Courtesy Adaderana With another uptick in Covid-19 figures observed today (09), total infections confirmed in Sri Lanka surpassed the 30,000 mark. Department of Government Information confirmed that 335 more individuals linked to the Peliyagoda fish market cluster were tested positive for the virus. Thereby, the country has confirmed a total of 694 new infections so […]

Courtesy Adaderana The bodies of COVID-19 victims that are not claimed by relatives can be cremated under the terms of quarantine regulations, the Attorney General stated. The Attorney General has notified the Director-General of Health Services with this regard, stated Coordinating Officer to the Attorney General State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne. The bodies of 19 persons […]

Courtesy Adaderana Justice Minister Ali Sabry says that the Attorney General of Singapore has sought certain clarifications from the Attorney General’s Department of Sri Lanka with regard to the extradition request against former Central Bank governor Arjuna Mahendra. He stated this in parliament today in response to a question pertaining to the present progress of […]

Hiru News

Courtesy Hiru News A Sri Lankan-born actress Thusitha Jayasundara has been included to the cast of the Amazon Original series based on the iconic The Lord of the Rings novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. Thusitha Jayasundera is a Sri Lankan actress based in the United Kingdom. She currently plays Ros Mahendra in the BBC drama Doctor Foster. […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Galle Chief Magistrate Harshana Kekunawela today (09) conducted an inquiry into the death of a Dutch monk who was found floating in the Rathgama Lagoon, Dodanduwa The Dutch monk had previously resided at the Polgasduwa Forest Convent. The Hiru local correspondent stated that the body of the 56-year-old monk was found […]

Ada Derana Further clinical trials on local indigenous medicine for COVID-19

By Garvin Karunaratne, former G.A. Matara  Our Minister for Power is over the moon with the opening of the Mannar 100MW Wind Farm today(8/12/20) by no less a person than our Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.   This Wind Farm as well as the Puttlam Wind Power  Plant which a is already open prove to the […]

කෝණය – Konaya

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය මෙරට ජාතික විදුලිබල පද්ධතියට මෙගාවොට් 103.5 ක ධාරිතාවක් එක් කෙරෙන මන්නාරම තම්බපවනී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පළමු සුළං විදුලි බලාගාර උද්‍යානය අද 2020.12.08 දින ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ සුරතින් විවෘත විය. සර්ව ආගමික නායකයින්ගේ ආශිර්වාද ලබා ගත් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා සමරු ඵලකය නිරාවරණය කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පළමු සුළං විදුලි බලාගාරය – තම්බපවනී ජනතා අයිතියට පත් කරමින් […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B.,Ph.D. බුදුදහම රැකීම රටේ හැමදෙනාගේම වගකීමක්– මැල්කම් රංජිත් කාදිනල්තුමා පුතේ අන්තිම සිංහලයා ඉන්නකන් උඹලා බඩගින්නේ ඉන්නේ නෑ– කේරළයෙන් ලංකාවට පැමිණි මොහිදීන් බෙග්, මිය යෑමට කලින් පුතාට කියපු දේ හිත හොඳ ගෑණු සංකල්පය සිංහල බෞද්‌ධයින්ට, සිංහල බෞද්‌ධයින් යයි පිරිත් නූල් බැඳගෙන ඉන්නා පක්‍ෂ දේශපාලක කළු සුද්දන් විසින් සැළකුවේ හරියට බොහෝ පිරිමි හිතහොඳ ගෑණුන්ට සළකන […]

බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය්ය   ඉංජිනේරු ගාල්ලේ දෙව්සිරි පීී. හේවාවිදාන ලංඩන් නුවර සිට   දෙසැ 6 ඉරිදා මව්බිමට ලියු ලිපිය. යහපාලන රජයේ අගමැති රනිල්ට හා සජිත් පේ‍්‍රමදාස ඇතුඵ ඇමති මන්ඩලයට යුද්ධය ඇත්තටම දිනා දුන් සාමාන්‍ය සෙබළාගේ දුක් සෝ සුසුම් පෙනුනේ නැත.  ඔවුන්ට අවශ්‍ය වුයේ දෙමළ ඩයස්පොරාවත්, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch වැනි  සින්හල විරොධී N.G.O. කාරයින්ව සතුටු කිරීමටය.   යුධ හමුදා […]

News A life example for some of our politicians who rush for Doctorates and ‘Paper’ qualifications ! *Humility and humbleness* Cricketer Rahul Dravid was awarded with a doctorate degree by the University of Bangalore, which Rahul Dravid gracefully returned. Not only did he give back the degree, but he also gave a wonderful speech, he […]

Courtesy The Island Lord Naseby, the Honorary President of The All Party Parliamentary British Sri Lanka Group has, on the basis of assurances received from the heads of ICRC, Colombo, on three occasions; denied torture was taking place in post-war Sri Lanka. In a letter addressed to Lord (Tariq) Ahmad, Minister of State for South Asia and the […]

W. Panditaratna Courtesy The Island The article of Vimal Dias which appeared in the Sunday Island of February 24th, while recalling the enormous contribution made by the late Senaka Bibile, as the Chairman of the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC), bemoans the fact that while on an UNCTAD assignment. “He was also working on the feasibility […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Governor William Gregory’s term from 1872 to 1877 was the golden age” of Ceylon coffee Colombo, December 8: Today, Sri Lanka is synonymous with tea and not coffee. As on date, it is way down in the list of coffee producing countries, 43 rd. to be precise. But back in the 1870s, Ceylon, […]

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg/New York Times Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Dr. Jane M. Orient is the executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons promotes the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine Washington, December 6: A doctor who is skeptical of coronavirus vaccines and promotes the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a Covid-19 treatment will be the lead witness […]

Reuters Dec 8 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan shares rose for an 11th straight session on Tuesday, riding on gains in financial and industrial stocks. * The benchmark stock index ended up 1.39% at 6,564, its highest closing level since Feb. 23, 2018. * Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index rose to 326.2 million […]

Courtesy Borneo Bulletin COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka announced yesterday the first large-scale Chinese investment in manufacturing in the country, a USD300-million tyre factory near a strategic deep-sea port. Western nations, as well as regional power India, have long been concerned about Chinese influence in Sri Lanka through projects under its gargantuan Belt and Road […]

Courtesy renewablesnow.com December 8 (Renewables Now) – Sri Lanka has today opened its largest wind farm — a 100-MW facility in Mannar District that received financial support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) three years ago. The wind park is owned by Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and was built at a total cost of about […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today Co-Cabinet Spokesperson, Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana, stated that the country will see the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in the next three to six months. He made this statement while addressing the media briefing held at the Government Information Department today (8). The Minister said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Although the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) was able to provide information on Islamic extremism to the State Intelligence Service (SIS), the SIS was hesitant to receive them, former TID Director DIG Nalaka de Silva today informed the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks. Commencing the testimony, the Commissioners had played the voice […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s first state-owned wind-powered electricity generating plant was declared open in Mannar this morning (December 08). Located in Mannar ‘Thambapavani’ is the largest wind power plant complex in the country. Marking a historic milestone in Sri Lanka’s power generation, the power plant was declared open by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. The phase […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal submitted by the Prime Minister for the allocation of funds from the General Treasury to perform essential renovation activities and rehabilitation of the Mahinda Rajapaksa National Tele-Cinema Park in Ranminitenna. The government said the Mahinda Rajapaksa National Tele-Cinema Park has been established for earmarking a renaissance […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Minister has given its nod to the proposal tabled by Minister of Power to initiate the procurement procedure by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) – the licensee of transmission – to implement the Siyambalanduwa solar power project through private sector investments. Approval was also granted to construct the power line […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka recorded its youngest Covid-19 related death as a 20-day-old infant, who had contracted the virus, passed away today (08). Health authorities confirmed that the infant was admitted to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children in Colombo last night and has been diagnosed with pneumonia. However, a subsequent PCR test has confirmed […]

Courtesy Hiru News A total of 797 persons tested positive for Covid-19 today with 230 cases reported from prisons. The total has now increased to 29,378. This is the 3rd highest ever daily total reported in the country.  This was also the 40th highest daily caseload reported today around the world. Meanwhile the active cases […]

Courtesy Hiru News A large number of people arrived in the Udumagama area in Kegalle today (08) violating quarantine laws to obtain a locally made syrup which was declared to be able to control the coronavirus. Dhammika Bandara, the manufacturer of the local syrup, distributed it free of charge to the people and there was […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Part 18 of this series contains short updates on matters discussed earlier. This essay provides an update on   celebrations of the Eelam War.  In July 2020, a group of Jaffna undergraduates celebrated Black Tiger Day on a Sunday night. Leading activists of several student bodies organized the event. Student participants were asked to […]

By Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.   My role in society, or any artist’s or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.” John Lennon John Lennon who was an inspirational character […]