Archive for February, 2021

Mutant variant of COVID-19 virus identified from Colombo

Monday, February 15th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana A mutant variant of the COVID-19 virus has been identified in two patients from Colombo, said Dr. Ruwan Wijayamuni, the Chief Medical Officer of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC). Dr. Wijayamuni points out that it will be difficult to prevent a third wave of COVID-19 cases if the public does not follow health […]

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AG requests for another Trial-at-Bar for third bond auction

Monday, February 15th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has requested for another Trial-at-Bar for the trial of the Bond Scam involving the third Treasury Bond Auction of March 31, 2016. The Coordinating Officer of the Attorney General State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne stated that Attorney General Dappula de Livera made this request to the Chief Justice today (February 15). […]

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May the UNHRC respect the common humanity of all Sri Lankans before seeking to punish them for human rights violations uncommitted

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

By Rohana R. Wasala The 73rd anniversary of independence was officially celebrated in Colombo on February 4 with some of the accustomed pomp and pageantry associated with the event. Faced by the still rampant Covid menace and the looming economic and political crises, the current regime, which is still struggling to reach its cruising altitude, […]

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Permitting religious cults is dangerous – Prof. Gunaratna

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

by Nadira Gunatilleke Courtesy Sunday Observer 14 February, 2021 The Government should not permit religious functionaries to cross over to the political space, said Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, in an exclusive interview with the Sunday Observer. Dr Gunaratna is an Honorary Professor at the Sir John Kotalawala Defence University and Senior Advisor to its Department of […]

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Sri Lanka cannot compromise at the UNHRC sessions

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

Newsfirst Sri Lank The latest show in town for all matters concerning the law. Today’s topic – Sri Lanka cannot compromise at the UNHRC sessions Guest : Former permanent representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Tamara Kunanayakam,

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අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා ඓතිහාසික කන්දේවිහාරාධිපති පූජ්‍ය කොක්කාවිට විපුලසාර නාහිමියන් බැහැ දකී

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අළුත්ගම ඓතිහාසික කන්දේ විහාරයට ගිය ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා කන්දේවිහාරාධිපති සහ ඇමරිකාවේ ෆ්ලොරීඩා බෞද්ධ විහාරාධිපති කීර්ති ශ්‍රී වාගීස්වර විනයාචාර්ය ගෞරව ශාස්ත්‍රෙව්දී පූජ්‍ය කොක්කාවිට විපුලසාර නාහිමියන් ඊයේ 2021.02.13 පස්වරුවේ බැහැ දැක ආශිර්වාද ලබා ගත්තේය. කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ හා බෙන්තර වලල්ලාවිට කෝරළයේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක ධූරය ද හොබවන පූජ්‍ය කොක්කාවිට විපුලසාර නාහිමියන්ට නමස්කාර කරමින් පළමුව […]

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ආණ්ඩුවක් පිහිටුවලා ඒ ආණ්ඩුවෙන් පුළුවන් තරම් ප්‍රයෝජනය ගැනීම ජනතාව සතු වගකීමක් – ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ආණ්ඩුවක් පිහිටුවලා ඒ ආණ්ඩුවෙන් පුළුවන් තරම් ප්‍රයෝජනය ගැනීම ජනතාව සතු වගකීමක් යැයි ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඊයේ 2021.02.13 පස්වරුවේ අවධාරණය කළේය. රුපියල් කෝටි 14ක වියදමෙන් මහල් හතරකින් යුතුව ඉදිකළ බේරුවල ප්‍රාදේශිය සභා බහු කාර්ය ගොඩනැගිල්ල විවෘත කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මේ බව කියා සිටියේය. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා කළ සම්පූර්ණ කතාව මෙසේය. දීර්ඝ කතා […]

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හැට නව ලක්ෂයක ජනවරම යනු කුමක්දැයි ඇතමුන් යළි කියවාගත යුතුයි – රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ජයන්ත සමරවීර

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ජයන්ත සමරවීර අෙ`ග් වාඩිවී කණ කෑම්, භාදා, දුෂ්කරතා, කුමන්ත‍්‍රණ, සියල්ල මැද යළිත් දේශ හිතෛෂී ප‍්‍රගතිශීලී බලවේගය වෙත ආණ්ඩු බලය ලැබී ඇති බවත්, ඉතිහාසයේ සිදුවූවාක් මෙන් එම ජයග‍්‍රහණය ආපසු හැරවීමට ඉඩ නොතබා, ආණ්ඩුව තුළ සිටින ඇතැමුන් හැටනව ලක්ෂයක් ජනතාව මේ ජයග‍්‍රහණයෙන් ආපේක්ෂා කරන්නේ කුමක්ද යන්න විවෘත මනසින් යුතුව කියවාගතයුතුව ඇතැයි ගුදම් පහසුකම්, බහාලූම් අංගන, […]

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When would there be a UN Human Rights Commissioner In Geneva fair and objective,able to separate facts from fiction to give Sri Lanka the recognition it deserves.-Part Three

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

By Charles.S.Perera In September  1973 a Military Coup  helped by the USA against Salvador Allende, President of Chili in which he died, and  the suffering of the people that followed  cannot be understood by any one, other than those who went through it.  So it is with Sri Lanka,  no one can understand the suffering  […]

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MP Gary Anandasangaree’s baseless campaign to push for a Mono-Ethnic Separate State in the North and East of Sri Lanka

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

Mahinda Gunasekera Tambrook Drive Agincourt, ON M1W 3L9 Dear Madam Jean Yip, MP Gary Anandasangaree’s baseless campaign to push for a Mono-Ethnic Separate State in the North and East of Sri Lanka I am a resident of Scarborough-Agincourt for the past 38 years having migrated to Canada in 1975.  I understand that MP Gary Anandasangaree […]

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එක නීතියක්

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති නීතිය හැමෝට ම සමානව ක්‍රියාත්මක වෙන්න ඕන කියලා ලිබරල් අදහස්වලින් කියැවෙනවා. නීති ගොඩක් තියෙනවා නම් මේක කරන්නේ කොහොම ද කියලා අපේ ලිබ්බෝ කියන්නේ නෑ. අපේ ලිබ්බෝ වටේ අඳුරු තැන් ගොඩක් තියෙනවා. ඉතින් ඒ අයට එක රටක් – එක නීතියක්” කියන හඬ ඇහෙන්නේ නෑ. අපේ ලිබ්බෝ කියන්නේ මහ කුහක පිරිසක් හින්දා අපි ඒ […]

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The Atlantic: Chinese ‘debt trap’ is a myth

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

 Courtesy CGTN News Two American scholars recently debunked the myth of the Chinese “debt trap,” saying that exhaustive research shows that Chinese banks have never actually seized an asset from any country and are willing to restructure the terms of existing loans.  They called the Chinese debt-trap narrative “a lie, and a powerful one.” Deborah […]

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Sajith meets Ranil over report on political victimisation

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) today confirmed that its leader and Leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa had met former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe a few days ago. SJB MP Gayantha Karunatilleka who was responding to a question raised by journalists at a press conference confirmed that there was a meeting between […]

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Fmr Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara passes away from Covid-19

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana Former Speaker of Parliament W.J.M. Lokubandara has passed away today (February 14) at the age of 81, his family sources said. He was under medical care for Covid-19 at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) at the time of his passing. Earlier this month, it was revealed that the former speaker had tested positive […]

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Sri Lanka confirms 07 new COVID-19 deaths

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana Total COVID-19 deaths reported in Sri Lanka climbed to 397 on Sunday (February 14) as seven more persons were confirmed to have fallen victim to the virus. According to the Department of Government Information, one of the deceased is an 85-year-old man from Gothatuwa area. He was transferred from a private hospital in […]

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Coronavirus: 801 new positive cases within the day

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka registered 444 new positive cases of COVID-19 today (February 14) as total novel coronavirus infections reported within the day reached 801. Department of Government Information says the new infections are close contacts of earlier cases linked to the Peliyagoda cluster. The new development has pushed the country’s confirmed COVID-19 cases count […]

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Easter attacks: Information to file charges against 30 forwarded to Attorney General

Sunday, February 14th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has been forwarded information regarding the filing of charges against 30 persons involved in the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, says Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekera. Speaking to journalists in Colombo, he stated that 251 suspects have been remanded in connection with the attacks. The cardinal has a responsibility […]

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The SINHALESE are the REAL MINORITY – PROTECT THE SINHALESE

Saturday, February 13th, 2021

It is true the Sinhalese are an ethnic majority in Sri Lanka, but it is also true that the Sinhalese are the only ethnic group in the world. The Tamils & Muslim may be ethnic minorities in Sri Lanka but there are 76million Tamils living in all parts of the world with 72million Tamils living […]

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative will help Sri Lanka become a maritime hub: Lankan Foreign Secretary

Saturday, February 13th, 2021

By Jamila Najmuddin Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, February 12: Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Adm.Jayanath Colombage has told Xinhua that Chinese investments will create job opportunities for locals and that Sri Lanka is keen on reaping the benefits of the Belt and Road Initiative.  Sri Lanka will also look to boost local production in order to join the global […]

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Coronavirus: 796 new positive cases within the day

Saturday, February 13th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has registered 368 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (February 13), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 796 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 74,852. Recoveries from […]

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Six more COVID-19 deaths bring tally to 390

Saturday, February 13th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has reported 06 more coronavirus related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (February 13). As per the Department of Government Information, three male patients and three female patients are among the victims. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 390 in […]

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Import restrictions on vehicles to continue

Saturday, February 13th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) says restrictions on non-essential imports including vehicles will remain in place until the balance of payment issues are resolved. CBSL Governor Prof. W.D. Lakshman noted that the government’s interest and determination to move away from the heavy dependency on imports are significant for long-term policy approach. […]

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Sri Lanka must demand answers from UNHRC – Prove we killed 40,000 or shut up!

Friday, February 12th, 2021

A UN member state is being accused of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity & even ‘genocide’.Sri Lanka has been the victim of an annual witch hunt sponsored by blood-money for 12 years. All of these allegations has credibility if and only if they can prove Sri Lanka intentionally killed 40,000 and the deaths are disproportionate […]

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MAKING JUDGMENT ON THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE GOVERNMENT SINCE ITS ELECTION

Friday, February 12th, 2021

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Before coming to power, members of the current government promised various policy actions to people, and now it has come the right time for evaluating such policies whether they were fulfilled or initiated to work on. This is a critical question to people as they are eager to see the performance of […]

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US Secretary of State re-engaging with UNHRC

Friday, February 12th, 2021

Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr.) Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada. 12 February 2021 Mr. Antony BlinkenUS Secretary of State2201 C Street NW, Room 206Washington D.C 209520-2204US. Dear Mr. Blinken: It was with special interest that I read the announcement of 8 February that the U.S. is rejoining the United Nations […]

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SRI LANKA NEED TO DECLARE EMEREGENCY AND LOCKDOWN IMMEDIATELY

Friday, February 12th, 2021

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The numbers of positive Covid cases have increased rapidly during past 2 months.   We are fast reaching 1000 positives cases per day within next week or two. The resources of health authorities  have been stretched to near break-down levels.  The public co-operation for the adherence of health and safety guidelines […]

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“සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශයේ රසායනාගාර අංශය හදුනා ගන්නා රෝගීන් හය දහසක් පමණ, වසංගත අංශයට හදුනා ගැනීමට නොහැකිවෙලා තියනවා”

Friday, February 12th, 2021

රවී කුමුදේශ්  වෛද්‍ය රසායනාගාර විද්‍යාඥ වෘත්තීයවේදීන්ගේ විද්වත් සංගමය  මේ වන විට හදුනාගෙන ඇති කොවිඩ් ආසාධිතයින්  ප්‍රමාණය ගැන   සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශයේ තැන් දෙකකින් නිකුත් වන  සංඛ්‍යා ලේඛන  පරස්පරයි. 2021.02. 11 දින, වසංගත රෝග අංශය නිල නිවේදන වලට අනූව, දැනට හදුනාගෙන ඇති අසාධිතයින්  සංඛ්‍යාව 73, 116 කි. රසායනාගාර සේවාවේ වාර්ථාවලට අනුව, පළමු වරට තහවුරු කරන ලද  ආසාදිතයන්ගේ සංඛ්‍යාව […]

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Consequences of relying on recommendations by those with conflicts of interest (COVID-19):

Friday, February 12th, 2021

World Medical News “Potential collusion by medical profession /administrators, organisations (e.g., WHO, NIH, Medical Associations), with Big-Pharma at the expense of the public–human lives:”  While the information in the above link may exaggerate, the recommendations by the mentioned organisations against” the use of three most cost-effective therapies for COVID-19 that can save human lives (even […]

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වසර 40කට පෙර පෞද්ගලීකරණය කළ බලවේග පේෂකර්ම ආයතනවල සේවකයන්ට මාසික දීමනාවක් දීම අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ඇරඹෙයි

Friday, February 12th, 2021

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය වසර 40කට පෙර පෞද්ගලීකරණය කළ බලවේග පේෂකර්ම ආයතනවල සේවකයන් තුන්දහස් තුන්සිය තිස් දෙදෙනෙකු සඳහා මාසික දීමනාවක් ලබා දීම ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද 2021.02.12 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ආරම්භ විය. 1980 හා 1982 කාලය තුළ පෞද්ගලීකරණය කළ බලවේග පේෂකර්ම ආයතනවල වසර 10 කට අඩු සේවා කාලයක් හිමි සේවකයන්ට ඔවුන් ජීවත්ව […]

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බෞද්ධ හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට භාරදෙයි

Friday, February 12th, 2021

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය සමස්ත ලංකා බෞද්ධ මහා සම්මේලනය විසින් බෞද්ධ හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාව ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට විජේරාම පිහිටි නිල නිවසේ දී අද 2021.02.12 දින පෙරවරුවේ භාර දෙනු ලැබුවේය. 2018 වර්ෂයේදී පොසොන් පොහෝ දින මිහින්තලා පුදබිමේ දී ස්ථාපිත කළ මෙම කොමිෂන් සභාව දිවයින පුරා වසර දෙකකට අධික කාලයක් සාක්ෂි විමසීමට ලක්කර මෙම වාර්තාව […]

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