Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health confirms that 229 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified. All new patients are close contacts of patients who already tested positive for the virus.

KAMALIKA PIERIS This essay, which is the final essay of this set, summarizes the   reactions to the three agreements discussed, namely, ACSA, SOFA and MCC. All three agreements are with the United States of America  and all three were prepared by USA, In USA to benefit the USA. Of the three agreements, ACSA is already […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Those supporting USA defended the Agreements. The Colombo-Trincomalee railway link   which the public associate with the MCC, would not be dividing the country, it would be linking it more strongly, they said.  In Japan, there is a high-speed railway line between Tokyo and Nigata. The bullet train takes less than two hours to […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS This essay lists four set of objections raised against the three US treaties, by four separate organizations in Sri Lanka. They are objecting from different perspectives and they all show opposition to US rule in Sri Lanka. In July 2019, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna held a news conference to protest against the two […]

By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA The Indian proxy Dayan Jayatilleke and JVP stooge Kumar David predict the overthrow or downfall of Sri Lanka government of President Gotabhabaya Rajapaksa under Biden-Harris duo The Indian proxy Dayan Jayatilleke in his latest pro-American, pro-Indian article written to Sri Lanka Guardian and reproduced by Financial Times assuming the the […]

MALINDA SENEVIRATN​E Draconian. Dictatorial. Authoritarian. Hitler-like. These are the words that were used when Gotabaya Rajaakssa first announced the decision to contest, throughout the election campaign and even now, as he approaches one year in office. Interestingly, the Colombot twitterati understandably disappointed by the fact that their outcome preferences did not materialize, are the chief […]

ගාල්ලේ දෙව්සිරි පී. හේවාවිදාන ලන්ඩන් නුවර සිට ආනන්ද බෝඩිමේ සිටි “ගෝඨා අයියා” ගැන ගාල්ලේ දෙව්සිරි පී. හේවාවිදාන ලන්ඩන් නුවර සිට ලියන රසවත් ලිපිය අද නොවැ 19 ඉරිදා සිළුමිණ පුවත්පතේ 17 වෙනි පිටුවෙන් කියවන්න මා ගාලු මහින්දයෙන් අස් වී ආනන්දයට ආ දිනය මට කිසිවිටක අමතක නොවේ. ආනන්ද බෝඩිමට දෙමාපියන් සමඟ එදා පැමිණි සියලුම ළමයි පඩිපෙළ මතදී […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය රටවැසි සහ ලෝවැසි ජනතාව මුහුණ පා සිටින කොරෝනා වසංගතයෙන් අත්මිදීම සඳහා ආශිර්වාද ප්‍රාර්ථනා කිරීමේ අරමුණින් ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමන් අද 2020.11.15 දින පෙරවරුවේ ජය ශ්‍රී මහා බෝධීන් වහන්සේ වැද පුදා ගැනීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක් විය. සියම් නිකායේ මල්වතු පාර්ශ්වයේ උතුරු මධ්‍යම පළාතේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක, අටමස්ථානාධිපති අතිපූජ්‍ය පල්ලේගම සිරිනිවාස නාහිමියන් බැහැ දුටු ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා […]

By, Sugeeswara Senadhira/Daily News Sri Lanka is not a piece of real estate to be bartered away, says Foreign Secretary Adm.Prof.Colombage Colombo, November 13: The media hype on Presidential Elections and General Elections in powerful countries has made almost every citizen an amateur analyst of international affairs and this has resulted in people worrying to […]

By Frances Bulathsinghala/Sunday Observer Why can’t the government use the 25,000 traditional Lankan medicine practitioners and the thousands of Ayurvedic doctors in Sri Lanka in the battle against COVID-19? Colombo, November 15: With around 25,000 traditional Sri Lankan medicine practitioners and thousands of other Ayurveda doctors, why have we not incorporated a policy to use […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has reported another five coronavirus related deaths, the Department of Government Information confirmed. Accordingly, the total number of deaths so far witnessed in the country due to the virus has risen to 58. A 54-year-old male from Jinthupitiya, Colombo 13 had passed away at the Colombo National Hospital. Reportedly, the victim […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka saw another surge in its confirmed Covid-19 cases this evening (15) as 160 more persons were tested positive for the virus. All the new cases are close contacts of the Minuwangoda and Peliyagoda clusters, reports revealed. According to the Government Information Department, 704 positive cases in total were registered today, recording […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara 14.11.2020 මෙම කාන්තාව කියන පරිදි මේ රටේ ඒකාබද්ධ තාවය සහ ඊනියා සන්හින්දියාව විනාශවී ඇත්තේ මෙවැනි ජාත්යන්තර කුමන්ත්‍රනකාරි නිලධාරින්ගේ අමණ ක්‍රියා කලාප සහ අන්තගාමි මුස්ලිම් හා දෙමල දේශපාලකයින්ගේ ක්‍රියාවන් නිසා සහ  ඊටත් වඩා ඔවුන්ගේ චන්දය නමැති එලු අණ්ඩකෝශය පසු පස හිගා යන ජාති ද්‍රෝහි බඩගෝස්තර වාදී රටට ජාතියට සහ ආගමට අබැටක් පමණ […]

Prof. N. A. de S. Amaratunga   DSc Joseph Biden has decisively won the US presidential elections in November 2020 though President Trump also did extremely well getting more than 47% of the popular vote. This indicates towards a politically divided America and that Trumpism, or the nationalism that he gave leadership to, could influence future […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS TREATY OBLIGATIONS The Sri Lankan intelligentsia wanted clarification about these US Agreements. This was the first time that the Sri Lanka public had even thought about such matters.  Until now the intelligentsia had shown no interest in any Agreements that the government was signing.   They trusted the government .This time it was different.  […]

Anjalika Silva USA Dear Fellow Sri Lankans of all citizenships around the world – IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE, HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF A NEW BEGINNING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF PEACE, UNITY AND FAIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRUTH ABOUT SRI LANKA TO THE THE NEW US ADMINISTRATION.  THE BLAME […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්           රජයේ නියෝගයෙන් පාරිභෝගික අධිකාරිය විසින් සුදු සීනි සඳහා උපරිම සිල්ලර මිලක් හඳුන්වා දී තිබේ.මෙම ගැසට්ටුව නිකුත් කරනුයේ නොවැම්බර් මස 14 වනදා වන විට බදු පනත යටතේ වන නවතම ගැසට්ටුවක් පිටවීමට නියමිත වන වකවානුවකය.පසුගිය ඔක්තෝබර් මස 14 දින සීනි ආනයනය සඳහා වන බද්ද රුපියල් 49 ශත හැත්තෑපහකින් අඩු කරමින් ආණ්ඩුව ගැසට් නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් […]

වාගිස ප්‍රනාන්දු  විසිනි කෝවිඩ් ඇවිත් වනසන විට දිවි            පෙවෙතරටම සොයයි ඔබ කොහිදැයි වී                මවිතගහ කොල සුරකින්න යොදවා අද ඔබේ  සුරතකෙළෙසද ඉන්නේ නිහඩව,දැක         මේ විපත? ඔබ සිටි විටදි සුව පුටුවේ පෙර                යුගයමුළු රට සැනසුනා දැක ජීවිත රැකි           විදියජීවිත රකින එක නොව අද ඇති ලොකු ගැටයවැළලියයුතුද පුච්චනවද මැරුණට පසු    මිනිය සුදුස්සාට සුදුසුම තැන ඇති              ලොවකමිත්‍යාවට වැඩි අගයක් […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි ඉතිහාසය විසින් බාධක රාශියක් පසුකරමින් ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ජනාධිපතිවරයා ලෙස බලයට පත්කර හරියටම මේ වනවිට වසරක කාලයක් නිමකර ඇත.මෙම කාර්යයේදී, මෙරට සිටි හා විදේශගතව සිටි ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයින් 6,924,255 එම කටයුත්තේදී, පෙරමුණු බල ඇණියක්සේ අභිතව ඉදිරිපත්ව කටයුතුකර, මේ රට ගමන්කරමින් තිබු විනාශකාරී තත්වය නවතාලීමට සමත්විය.එසේ කිරීමට දායකවූ මේ මහා බලසේනාව මෙවැනි කටයුතු වලට […]

By Punchi Singho   Briefing the media, at a press conference on 12th November 2020, was one of the outstanding and respected personalities in the Sri Lankan legal profession, Mr. Mayura Gunawansha President’s Counsel and an advisor to the Government. Please open video.  https://www.facebook.com/556585814550714/posts/1504465263096093/?sfnsn=mo Mr. Gunawansha was speaking to the press in his capacity as the spokesperson for the powerful ‘Professionals National Front’ […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Authorities will resume the repatriation process to bring back stranded Sri Lankans from overseas by next week Colombo, November 14 (Daily Mirror) – Army Commander and Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak, Lt. General Shavendra Silva said authorities will resume the repatriation process to bring back stranded Sri […]

Yoshitha Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Hira Foundation Sri Lanka which was founded by former Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M. Hizbullah had not been registered properly with the Social Services Department, the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks was informed yesterday.    Testifying before the Commission Social Service Officer Dammika Wasala Bandara said that after revoking the relevant […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A total of 214 more Covid-19 cases were reported surging the total cases detected so far to 16,405, the Government Information Department said. It said all the positive patients are close contacts of previous clusters.

Courtesy Adaderana More areas of the Colombo District will be under isolation orders from November 16, according to Commander of Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva. Accordingly, Maradana, Fort, Pettah, Slave Island, and Dam Street areas in the Colombo District will be declared isolated areas until further notice. The order will be in effect from 5.00 […]

Courtesy Adaderana An individual who was arrested for spreading false rumors through the internet that a large number of COVID-19 infected people are dying on the roads in Sri Lanka has been placed under remand custody. When the suspect was produced before the Kandy Magistrate’s Court, he was ordered to be remanded until November 18, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Covid-19 infections identified from prisons across the island have increased to 329 as more inmates contracted the virus. Commissioner General of Prisons, Thushara Upuldeniya said 44 inmates at the Boossa Prison were tested positive for the virus today (14).

Courtesy Adaderana Total Covid-19 infections detected among prison inmates have reached 278, according to the Department of Prisons. Commissioner General of Prisons, Thushara Upuldeniya said 107 of them are female inmates. Sixty-eight inmates at the Old Bogambara Prison have been tested positive for novel coronavirus yesterday, while 13 inmates at Kuruwita Prison and 03 at […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS What is a debt trap, is a question to ordinary people in the country, because many people have no understanding of the debt trap issue, and access to related statistics? People know what is a trap, and how to use a trap for various purposes.  A trap is used to catch animals, […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Sri Lanka has good strategies for debt management and the current debt statistics don’t indicate that Sri Lanka has caught in a Chinese debt trap, and China helped Sri Lanka to expand its GDP base by initiated loan projects, and Sri Lanka needs to expand Chinese sponsored projects in many areas, not […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Bim Saviya, the MCC Agreement and now a directive on residual” land has muddied the waters in relation to State Land policy and management Land management in Sri Lanka appears to be all over the place. Several ministries and government departments appear to be responsible for State land management including for forests […]