Archive for November, 2020

Minuwangoda-Peliyagoda COVID-19 cluster up by 92 cases-A total of 325 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified so far today (18)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

Courtesy Adaderana Department of Government Information says that another 92 individuals have tested positive for novel coronavirus in the country. All new cases are close contacts of previously identified positive patients from the Peliyagoda cluster.  A total of 325 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified so far today (18). This brings the total number […]

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My success or failure is best measured by public opinion – President

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that his government has curtailed the opportunity for any form of extremism to raise its head again in Sri Lanka. The President mentioned this during a special address to the nation to mark the first anniversary of his Presidency. He added that there is no room for the underworld […]

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The best measure of his success is the opinion of the people, the President says while addressing the nation (Video)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

Courtesy Hiru News President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated that the best measure of his success is the opinion of the people and not the false propaganda spread by political opponents in an organized manner. Addressing the nation today (18), for the one-year anniversary of his inauguration, the President expressed these views.

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AG requests Acting IGP to submit the report on Brandix cluster today

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

Courtesy Hiru News The Attorney General has instructed the Acting Inspector General of Police to submit the progress report requested regarding the investigation into the Minuwangoda Brandix factory coronavirus cluster, today (18) itself. Attorney General’s Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne stated that the team conducting the investigation which includes the Criminal Investigation Department Director […]

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NO MORE INDIA FIRST! A RATIONAL AND BETTER FOREIGN POLICY – BALANCE

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

Stanley Gunaratne THE POLICY OF THIS COUNTRY SHOULD NOT BE “INDIA FIRST”, NOR GIVING PRIORITY TO INDIA. THEIR CONCERNS ARE OF NO CONCERN TO US. IT IS THE HEIGHT OF FOOLISHNESS FOR GOVERNMENTS OF THIS NATION TO PANDER TO INDIA AND ISSUE SUCH RIDICULOUS STATEMENTS. In order to be a global hub and connect to […]

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හරක් ටික ගාල් කරමු!

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

වාගිස ප්‍රනාන්දු විසිනි. හරක් ටික ගාල් කරමුයන මැයෙන් නොවැම්බර් 17 වනදා දිවයින තම පුවත්පතේ කතුවැකිය ලියා ඇත. අසත්‍ය ප්‍රකාශ ප්‍රචාරය කරන්නන් මෙසේ නීතිය ඉදිරියට ගෙන ඒම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පොලිසීයේ කාර්යභාරය මෙන්ම මෙවන් තීරණාත්මක අවස්ථාවකදී අසත්‍ය ප්‍රචාරය මැඩ පැවැත්වීම සදහා මාධ්‍යයේ මෙන්ම රටවැසි සියළුම දෙනාගේ වගකීම හා යුතුකම එහි මනාව පැහැදිළි කර ඇත. මේ කෙටි ලිපිය ඊට […]

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ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කළ 2021 අයවැය කතාව

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය හැඳින්වීම ගරු කථානායකතුමනි, අතිගරු ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිතුමාගේ රජයේ සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම” ප්‍රතිපත්ති රාමුව තුළ 2021 – 2023 මැදිකාලීන ආර්ථික පුනර්ජීවන හා දිළිදුකම පිටුදැකීමේ කඩිනම් වැඩසටහන ශක්තිමත් කරන 2021 අයවැය කතාව මේ උත්තරීතර සභාවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නේ ඉමහත් සතුටකින්. ගරු කථානායකතුමනි, අප රට කවර ආර්ථික මට්ටමක සිටියත්, කවර අභියෝගයන්ට මුහුණ දී තිබුණත් පිළිගත යුතු එක් […]

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ශ‍්‍රී‍්‍රී ලංගමය තුළ #කොරෝනා පොකුරුරු නිර්මාණයවීමේ ක‍්‍රි‍්‍රියියාවලියිය වැළැක්වීවීමට උපරිම සෞඛ්‍ය පහසුකුකම් විධිමත්ව්ව අඛණ්ඩ්ඩව එම සේව්වකයන්හ්හට ලබාදීමට කඩිනමින් මැදිහත්ව්වන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටීිටීම

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

සමස්ත ලංකා ප්‍රවාහන සේවක සංගමය. ගරු ජනාධිපති, ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා, ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය, කොළඹ 01. ගරු ජනපතිතුමනි, ශ‍්‍රී‍්‍රී ලංගමය තුළ #කොරෝනා පොකුරුරු නිර්මාණයවීමේ ක‍්‍රි‍්‍රියියාවලියිය වැළැක්වීවීමට උපරිම සෞඛ්‍ය පහසුකුකම් විධිමත්ව්ව අඛණ්ඩ්ඩව එම සේව්වකයන්හ්හට ලබාදීමට කඩිනමින් මැදිහත්ව්වන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටීිටීම සුව විරුවන්. රණවිරුවන් හා සමානවම ශ‍්‍රී ලංගම විරුවන් ද මේ මොහොතේ ඉටුකරනු ලබන්නේ මහඟු සේවාවකි. #කොරෝනා උවදුර […]

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Appeal Court Finds Wilpattu Rapist Guilty – Will the AG Direct the Police to File Criminal Charges Against Bathiudeen and his Accomplices?

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

By  Gandara John  In a landmark case, a bench of Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal found a former Minister, suspected of having close links to Easter Bomb terrorist Zaharan, guilty of illegally settling people on State Land and raping the Wilpattu Forest.   Bathiudeen, presently in remand jail for defrauding State funds, came into prominence […]

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MSC deals with grounded ship off Al Athaiba coast

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

Oman Observer Muscat: The Maritime Security Center (MSC) received a report stating that a wooden cargo ship flying the flag of the Republic of Sri Lanka ran aground and sank due to the failure of its engine off the coast of Al Athaiba in the Governorate of Muscat. The ship had a crew consisting of six […]

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Govt announces several tax concessions in 2021 Budget 2021

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

Courtesy Adaderana

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Judge Padmini requests promotion for Duminda’s verdict (Video)

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

Courtesy Hiru News It was revealed today (17) that former Director of the CID Shani Abeysekara was aware of the contents of the verdict in the case against former MP Duminda Silva before it was announced. This was during the hearing of evidence at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing incidents of political victimisation.  The […]

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Another five COVID deaths reported – total death toll rises to 66

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

Courtesy Hiru News The Government Information Department stated that five more COVID deaths have been reported, increasing the death toll to 66. 

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Another 241 COVID patients identified

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

Courtesy Hiru News Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva stated that another 241 persons have tested positive for COVID-19. All of them have been identified to close contacts of previous patients.

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Next year’s expected growth rate 5.5%, PM says (Video).

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

Courtesy Hiru News In his capacity as the Finance Minister, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa presented the Budget report for the year 2021 in Parliament today (17). This is the 75th budget report of the country and the Prime Minister while presenting the budget report stated that the expected economic growth in 2021 is 5.5%. Below […]

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Full budget speech of the PM – sessions adjourned

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

Courtesy  Hiru News https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lMO42oewnZzRT1SaMU2oWUOW5ieQUjrt/view PM making the budget speeach today said “It is with great pleasure that I present the budget speech 2021, which focuses on strengthening the 2021-2023 medium term programme of poverty alleviation and economic revival as envisaged within the “Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour”, the policy framework of the government of HE the President Gotabaya […]

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East Container Terminal, Colombo port

Monday, November 16th, 2020

RANJITH SOYSA Recently , the Minister Sarath Weersekera clarified the present Government’s position about the a rumour regarding the future of ECT which is being given prominence in social media criticising the President and the cabinet. The Minister should be thanked as his response was timely and it quashed the one -sided anti -Government propaganda […]

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LPL Franchise Owners

Monday, November 16th, 2020

R.Dasanayake It is alleged the take over of a television station in Sri Lanka was done surreptitiously by a company with diaspora connections. Today we hear the SLC is looking to finalize the owners of the five franchises for their T20 league. As per the contracts the Dubai based IPG group has the responsibility to […]

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මරක්කල නීතිරීති වලට ප්‍රමුඛස්ථානය ලැබුණේ කවරදාද?

Monday, November 16th, 2020

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්               මහමදාගම්කාරයන් යනු මොහොමඩ් නබි තුමාගේ අනුගාමිකයන්ය.ඒ නිසාම නබිතුමා නිර්මාණය කල ආගමට මහමත් ආගම යයි ව්‍යවහාරයක් ඇත. මහමත් ආගම ඉතාමත් ආක්‍රමණශීලි ස්වභාවයෙන් ලෝකයේ නොයෙක් රටවල පැතිරීම  නිසා ස්වදේශිකයන් ඝාතනයට ලක් වූහ.එසේම මහමත් ජනයා ගේ වානිජ ශූරත්වය නිසා ඉතා ඉක්මනින් විදෙස් රටවල වෙළෙඳ ආධිපත්‍යද ගැනීමට ද හැකි වී ඇත. ඉන්දියාවට පැමිණි මහමත් අක්‍රමණිකයන් විශාල […]

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නව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ විකල්ප යෝජනා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට භාර දෙයි

Monday, November 16th, 2020

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සඳහා නව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් වෙනුවෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කෙරෙන විකල්ප යෝජනා ඇතුළත් ග්‍රන්ථය අද 2020.11.16 දින  බෞද්ධ මහා සම්මේලනයේ සභාපති ජගත් සුමතිපාල මහතා විසින් ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා වෙත භාර දෙන ලදී. බුද්ධශාසන කාර්යසාධක මණ්ඩලය හා සමස්ත ලංකා බෞද්ධ මහා සම්මේලනය නියෝජනය කරමින් ගරුතර මහා සංඝරත්නය විසින් විජේරාමේ පිහිටි නිල නිවසේදී, […]

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Pathfinder Foundation Successfully Concludes Indian Ocean Security Conference

Monday, November 16th, 2020

The Pathfinder Foundation The Pathfinder Foundation’s Indian Ocean Security Conference was successfully concluded after 3-days of deliberations. The virtual event focusing on Maritime Security and Maritime Governance in the Indian Ocean saw participation of over 36 countries and an average of one hundred participants from around the world. Indian Ocean littoral countries including those members […]

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To Escape the Geopolitical Knot

Monday, November 16th, 2020

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today As early as January 2015 Teresita Schaffer predicted in her blog, ‘South Asia Hand’ Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s entrance to politics. This was an amazing forecast from one who was the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka from 1992-1995. It is especially so when according to Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s close associates, he did […]

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හිටපු ජනපතිගේ ගැසට්ටුවෙන් සිංහරාජය තුන් ගුණයක් ලොකු වෙයි.. සමාජ ජාලයේ සුබ පැතුම් වැසි වසී.. තවත් ගැසට් 65ක් මග එයි..

Monday, November 16th, 2020

– Maithripala Sirisena FB හෙක්ටයාර 11000 ක සීමාවේ තිබූ සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරය හේකටයාර 36000 ඉක්මවූ සීමාවකට නීතිගත කර තිබේ. හිටපු ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා විසින් අත්සන් කරන ලද අති විශේෂ ගැසට් නිවේදනයක් බලාත්මක වීමත් සමග මෙම තත්ත්වය උදාවී ඇත. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා විසින් තම ෆේස්බුක් ගිණුමේ සටහනක් තබා තිබේ. සමාජ ජාල පරිශීලකයන් […]

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දුටුගැමුණු පිලිරුව ඉදිරියේ දිවුරුම් දුන් ගෞරවය කෙලෙසාගන්න එපා..- ගැටඹේ හිමිගෙන් ජනපතිට තදබල දැන්වීමක්..

Monday, November 16th, 2020

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් කොරෝනා මෘත දේහ සම්බන්ධයෙන් රජයේ ස්ථාවරය කුමක්දැයි රටට සෘජුව ප‍්‍රකාශ කරන්නැයි මහනුවර ගැටඹේ රාජෝපවනාරාමාධිපති පුජ්‍ය කැප්පිටියාගොඩ සිරිවිමල නා හිමියන් ඉල්ලා සිටිති. තම අත්සනින් යුතුව නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් උන්වහන්සේ මේ බව කියා සිටිති. ඉස්ලාමීය කොරෝනා මෘතදේහ ආදාහනයෙන් බැහැරව භූමිදානයට අවසර දී ඇතැයි යන ආරංචියක් හේතුවෙන් සහ ඒ සනාථ කරමින් කැබිනට් ඇමතිවරයෙකු […]

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Do you bury your dead computer?

Monday, November 16th, 2020

By P.K. Balachandran/Daily Express Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The problem of e-waste looms large for Sri Lanka as unsafe disposal poses grave risks to the environment and human health Colombo, November 16: Last week a news item reminded Sri Lankans of a major problem they might face in the coming years – the accumulation of e-waste, a dangerous […]

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Sri Lankan president to review situation in isolated areas daily

Monday, November 16th, 2020

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Apart from 12 police divisions in Colombo already declared as under isolation Maradana, Fort, Pettah, Slave Island and Dam Street have also been isolated Colombo, November 16 (newsin.asia) – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will review the situation of isolated areas on a daily basis with the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and will order […]

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Evidence regarding Bathiudeen revealed at the Easter Commission (Video)

Monday, November 16th, 2020

Courtesy Hiru News It was revealed before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing Easter Sunday terror attacks today (16) that former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen had visited the house of a suspect arrested in connection with the Easter attack on several occasions. It was previously revealed that the former Minister had made several requests to the […]

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Another suspect arrested for posting fake news on social media

Monday, November 16th, 2020

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Another suspect was arrested by the CID in connection with the incident where a fake news was published on social media stating that a person collapsed and died on the road due to Covid-19. Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said the suspect aged 28 was traced with the information provided by […]

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Bathiudeen ordered to reforest Kallaru sanctuary on his own expenses

Monday, November 16th, 2020

Yoshitha Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Court of Appeal today ordered MP Rishad Bathiudeen to reforest the Kallaru sanctuary in Wilpattu National Park on his own expenses ruling that clearing of the sanctuary was illegal.  The court also ordered the MP to pay the cost of the petitioners. ()

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Three more COVID-19 deaths bring toll to 61

Monday, November 16th, 2020

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has reported another three coronavirus-related deaths hiking the tally to 61 deaths in total. The Department of Government Information confirmed that two men and a woman have succumbed to the virus in this manner. An 84-year-old woman had passed away at her home in Moratuwa from diabetes and COVID-19. A 70-year-old […]

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