There is much ado about the claims that the 1956 Official Language Act was responsible for the present ‘ethnic conflict’. The advocate of this notion must explain how ITAK formed in 1949 sought to create a Tamil Nation as per translation of its name? They must also explain how grievance over Sinhala language could be […]

Sunil Wimalawansa Professor of Medicine  Why such has not been adopted or implemented in Sri Lanka and other counties? This is very similar to what Professor  Wimalawansa recommended to the SLGo in mid-March 2020 to effectively control COVID? A great example is summarized int the following website by one of our colleagues, from the U.K., Dr […]

Ranjith Soysa The US Ambassador patronizingly speaks of 1955 UDHR and advise Sri Lanka to respect the dead. But, in USA the black living are subjected to ridicule and at times violence as screened to the world especially during the last 12 months Black Lives Matter demos. It was reported in December 2020 how a […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While saying that attempts are made by certain private sector hospitals to carry out PCR and antigen tests at regional testing places and mini laboratories without the authorization from the Health Ministry, General Shavendra Silva, Commander of the Army said testing methodology has been twisted in some private Hospitals. He expressed […]

Sri Lanka news Sri Lanka decided to use an Indian vaccine COVAXIN™ made by Indian vaccine maker Bharat Biotech for Sri Lanka while the AstraZeneca vaccine developed by Oxford University and manufactured locally in India under British license will not available for export to Sri Lanka. Indian regulators gave the nod for emergency use to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that 536 new cases of coronavirus have been reported increasing the today’s tally of positive cases to 873. Seven new cases reported today are from the prisons cluster while the remaining are all close contacts of patients from the Peliyagoda cluster.  This brings the total number of cases from […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services today confirmed two more COVID-19 related deaths, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus to 276. One of the deceased is a 71-year-old woman from Peliyagoda who had been transferred from Colombo National Hospital to Mulleriyawa Base Hospital after being identified as Covid-19 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services says that necessary documents have been forwarded to the Attorney General’s Department for legal approval to obtain Covid-19 vaccines from India. India on Wednesday began supplying Covid-19 vaccines to six neighbouring and key partner countries. Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles are the first recipients to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The individual who spat at health officials in Atulugama has been sentenced to 6 years rigorous imprisonment by the Panadura Magistrate’s Court and also imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000.  The incident was reported on December 02, 2020 in Atulugama police area when two Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) and two public servants had […]

Courtesy Adaderana Steps have been taken to reinstate the interdicted Embilipitiya High Court Judge Gihan Pilapitiya, sources say. Reportedly, the Judicial Service Commission is due to issue a letter regarding his reinstatement. While he is reinstated to his duties, Pilapitiya will still be subjected to an investigation, according to sources. Embilipitiya High Court Judge Gihan […]

Courtesy Adaderana The All Share Price Index (ASPI) of the Colombo Stock Exchange has surpassed the 8,000 points mark for the first time in history. The ASPI closed 8,131.25 points at the end of trading today (January 21), gaining 246.80 points from the previous day or 3.13%. The ASPI had reportedly crossed the 8,000 points […]

Courtesy Adaderana Two players of the Sri Lanka Cricket team have tested positive for COVID-19 infection, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) stated. Bowlers Binura Fernando and Chamika Karunaratne have been diagnosed with the virus, according to SLC.

Courtesy Hiru News The syrup produced by Dhammika Bandara of Kegalle was distributed to the public before the clinical study has been completed. It is reported that arrangements have been made to distribute 5,000 bottles of syrup at his residence in Udukumbura, Kegalle. However, the clinical work of the syrup produced by Dhammika Bandara is […]

There is much hue and cry over allegations of post-independent Sri Lanka disenfranchising Indian Tamils. Let us therefore address this question directly. Sri Lanka was illegally invaded and occupied by 3 western European countries from 1505 – the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British. These colonial invaders followed a policy of divide and rule – […]

The Attorney General of Sri Lanka is the Sri Lankan government’s chief legal adviser, TheAttorney General has now declared that the MCC Compact and the Program Implementation Agreement & Articles of Association of MCA are inconsistent with the written laws & the Constitution of Sri Lanka. This is a complete reversal of the AG’s legal opinion […]

By The Sri Lanka Study Circle  Globalisation unmasked  Globalisation has resulted in Third World Nations, inveigled into debt and encouraged to take decisions that have made their food-chains vulnerable and the Nations themselves, dependent on the globalists for their physical survival.  COVID 19, has unmasked the evil face of Globalisation that had been deliberately concealed and, […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS   The military relationship between Sri Lanka and USA is continuing. Sri Lanka Air Force Airmen and Pacific Air Forces Airmen participated in the first virtual and fourth annual Airmen-to-Airmen Talk, known as A2AT, hosted from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on December 2020. The Talk included subject matter experts from each country in […]

Prof. N.A.de S. Amaratunga  TNA has submitted its proposals to the Experts Committee appointed to  draft a new Constitution. What they have asked for is far in excess of the devolution package granted in the 13th Amendment. The powers that are demanded exceeds those granted to the states in India which is a federal country. […]

Pledged by: A small but significant community of South Asian immigrants from Sri Lanka in the USA and others who have reached out globally. We support your journey with hope for the Soul of America and the Soul of the Free World………. We are profoundly gratified by your success and convincing win for saving the […]

N.A.de S. Amaratunga Indian Foreign Minister in his recent visit to Sri Lanka has firmly told the government that the 13th Amendment must be implemented in a united Sri Lanka. Unitary state is not acceptable to India probably because it is not acceptable to TNA and Tamil separatists. India has been reminding our governments when […]

Courtesy The Island Public Security Minister retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera Monday, 18 at his ministry met Justice Minister Ali Sabry, PC, to discuss ways and means of strengthening law enforcement operations. Public Security Ministry Secretary retired Maj. Gen. Jagath Alwis and IGP Chandana Wickremaratne participated in the discussion. Former Senior Deputy Inspector General (SDIG) […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ඇල්පෙනෙත්තක්වත් හදන්නෙ නැති ජාතියක් ලෙස තවදුරටත් අපි අපටම චෝදනා කර ගැනීම ඵලක් නොමැති බව ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.01.20 දින පැවැසීය. පන්නිපිටිය, මාකුඹුර ප්‍රදේශයේ ඉදිකළ යෝ බ්‍රෑන්ඩ් (Yoo Brand) පාවහන් කර්මාන්ත ශාලාවේ සාමාරම්භක උත්සවයට විඩියෝ තාක්ෂණය ඔස්සේ සම්බන්ධවෙමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. මෙම කර්මාන්ත ශාලාවේ නිෂ්පාදනය […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ලෝකයම වසංගත බියකින් වෙලී ගි‍යත්, දරුවන්ගේ අනාගතය වෙනුවෙන් මෙරට පාසල් පද්ධතිය යථා තත්ත්වයට පත් කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය ආරම්භ කළ බව ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.01.20 දින පැවසීය. ඇතමුන් විවිධ දෑ ප්‍රකාශ කළද දරුවන්ගේ අධ්‍යාපනය ප්‍රමාද කිරීමට හෝ ආපස්සට ගැනීමට ඉඩ දිය නොහැකි බව ද අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අවධාරණය කළේය. හෝමාගම […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 20 (Daily Mirror) – While blaming the Health Ministry officials providing false picture about Covid-19 situation to the politicians, the Public Health Inspectors (PHI) Union yesterday warned of a considerable spike in Covid-19 cases in the coming weeks. Speaking to Daily Mirror, Union’s Chairman Upul Rohana said the Government did not […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Washington, January 20 (BBC): Kamala Devi Harris, born to a Jamaican Economist and an Indian Tamil cancer researcher, will make history when she takes the oath of office on Wednesday, becoming the first woman and first black and South Asian American to serve as US vice-president. Harris’ Domestic Policy Advisor is Rohini Kosoglu, […]

Sandun A Jayasekara Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka has ventured into gold exploration to determine whether the country has gold deposits to be exploited commercially, a senior official of the Environment Ministry said. Secretary of the Ministry of Environment- Dr. Anil Jasinghe told Daily Mirror that a discussion was held last week with the […]

Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror Muslims have become reluctant to go to hospital as they are being cremated if they succumb to COVID-19, MP Rishad Bathiudeen told Parliament today. “Muslims are scared to go to hospital as they are afraid that they will be cremated if they succumb to COVID-19,” Mr. […]

Courtesy Adaderana

Courtesy Adaderana Another individual has fallen victim to the deadly novel coronavirus today (January 20), the Director-General of Health Services confirmed. The deceased is a 53-year-old female residing in the Mallawagedara area in Negombo. Upon being diagnosed as a COVID-19 patient, she had been transferred from the Negombo District Hospital to the Infectious Diseases Hospital […]

Courtesy Hiru News With 389 persons testing positive for COVID-19 infection the country total increased to 55,189.  So far 770 persons have been reported for the day. In January more than 11,000 cases have been reported with a daily average of over 600. In January the daily reported numbers have been increasing and this is […]