By Raj Gonsalkorale Hitler rose to power through the Nazi Party, an organization he forged after returning as a wounded veteran from the annihilating trench warfare of World War I. He and other patriotic Germans were outraged and humiliated by the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which the Allies compelled the new German […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය කොළඹ මහ නගර සභා බල ප්‍රදේශයේ මහජනතාවට කොවිඩ් එන්නත් ලබාදීමේ වැඩසටහන අද 2021.03.11 දින පෙරවරුවේ ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ නිරීක්ෂණයට ලක්විය. නාරාහේන්පිටි අභයාරාම විහාරස්ථානයට ගිය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා එහි පැවති 1200ක පිරිසකට කොවිඩ් එන්නත් ලබා දීමේ වැඩසටහන මෙසේ නිරීක්ෂණය කළේය. කොළඹ මහ නගර සභා මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් වන ගලගම ධම්මරන්සි හිමි, වෛද්‍ය […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය රට ජාතිය ගැන හැඟීම තිබෙන තරුණ ව්‍යවසායකයින් පිරිසක් ජාතික ඇඳුමෙන් සැරසී සිටිනු දැකීම විශාල ආඩම්බරයක් බව ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඊයේ 2021.03.10 දින පස්වරුවේ පැවසීය. කොළඹ ෂැන්ග්‍රිලා හෝටලයේ පැවති ලාංකේය තරුණ ව්‍යවසායකයින්ගේ මණ්ඩලයේ 22 වැනි සංවත්සර සැමරුමට එක්වෙමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. හිටපු සභාපති චමත් කෝට්ටගේ මහතා එම තනතුරේ කාලය […]

By Uditha Devapriya/Ceylon Today Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 11: Partly in spite of and partly because of the political leadership,  Sri Lanka never got to evolve a foreign policy of its own in the first ten years of its independent statehood. Scholars are divided on why exactly this was so, with some pointing at the […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 11 (Economy Next): The People’s Bank of China has confirmed that a 1.5 billion dollar equivalent swap arrangement had been approved, State Minister for Capital Markets and Money, Nivard Cabraal said. He said Sri Lanka could draw down the swap at any time but it will be kept as a buffer.

By P.K.Balachandran/counterpoint.lk Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 11: With the date for voting on a resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) nearing, the scenario is grim. Diplomatic sources say that given the reality of international politics, the vote is most likely to go against Sri Lanka. But Sri Lanka is unfazed […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island … directs IGP to probe four persons including Sara Attorney General Dappula de Livera, PC, has informed the Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith that it is futile to proceed with the 2019 Easter Sunday case unless he receives access to all volumes of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror -Ibrahim brothers and several int’l orgs funded Thawheed Jamaath -Save the Pearl” had provided legal assistance to Zahran and his group -Wearing of the Burqa will be banned in public places. -Eleven extremists organisations to be banned The intelligence services have identified Naufer Moulavi as the mastermind behind the Easter Sunday […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Wahabbism and Quasi Courts should be banned in Sri Lanka as it is recommended by the report of the Presidential Commission which probed the Easter Sunday attacks, MP Venerable Rathana Thera told Parliament yesterday. The Thera said those organisations which embrace Wahabbism, such as All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama should be probed […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror SLMC Leader Rauff Hakeem and ACMC Leader Rishad Bathiudeen have been associated with the Easter Sunday attackers, Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told Parliament yesterday. Minister Aluthgamage said both Mr. Hakeeem and Mr. Bathiudeen visited those who were wounded in some incidents which took place prior to the Easter Sunday attacks. Mr. Hakeem […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 05 more Covid-19 related deaths, increasing the death toll due to the virus in the country to 520. 01. The deceased is a 56-year-old female resident from Nawalapitiya. She was diagnosed as infected with Covid-19 virus while undergoing treatments at District Hospital Nawalapitiya and transferred to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government Information Department reports that another 134 fresh cases of Covid-19 have been detected today (11). All new cases are close associates of infected patients from the Peliyagoda Covid-19 cluster. This brings the tally of Covid-19 cases reported so far today to 292. Meanwhile the total number of cases from the Minuwangoda, […]

Courtesy Hiru News Samagi Janabalavegaya MP Ashok Abeysinghe today expressed his regret before the CID over the statement made regarding the Easter attack. After failing to appear on the two previous occasions when he was called, he was at the CID for nearly five hours providing statements today. The Leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya […]