Sarath Wijesinghe former Chairman Consumer affairs Authority, President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President Ambassador’s forum Introduction of digitalization during the festive season for sustainable educational framework World is fast changing despite dangerous ‘’Covid19’’ – a Pandemic leading towards success in Sri Lanka through education on vistas of prosperity and spender in order […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි. මුදාහල මුත් ජිවිතේ උපන්නේ ජනතා හදේ ඔබෙන් නැගි හඩ රණ බිමේ විජය ගීතය වේ අපේ. “අධිරාජ්‍යවාදයට විනාශය- ජනතාවට විමුක්තිය” ඔබ හැම එදා එක්වුණේ, අධිරාජ්‍යවාදයට විනාශය-ජනතාවට විමුක්තිය; යන සටන් පාඨය යටතේයි. ජාතික හා ජාත්‍යන්තර ‍දේශපාලන තලයේදීදී, මෙයට වඩා අගනා සටන් පාඨයක් ඇත්තේම නැත. සතුරා, වර්ෂ 1505 සිට විවිධ වෙස්ගෙන, ශත වර්ෂ 5 ක් […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Daily News Colombo, April 2: Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his telephone conversation with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa earlier this week, said that China can lend a hand to Sri Lanka in the eradication of poverty adding that China succeeded in ending extreme poverty among 99 million people. President Rajapaksa said that […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 3 (Daily Mirror) – The Serum Institute in India, which manufactures Covishied Astrazeneca vaccines, which was administered in Sri Lanka, has informed the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) that it is presently unable to supply any further doses due to the temporary ban imposed on vaccine exports by the Indian government. The […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Action should be taken against former President Maithirpala Sirisena without delay as he has been held responsible for the Easter Sunday attacks, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today. Cardinal Ranjith who was speaking to the media after Easter Sunday services said a question arises whether some politicians who are […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ministry of Health on Saturday (April 04) confirmed 25 more new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 122. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 93,436. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,647 patients infected with the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has reported 02 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (April 04). As per the Department of Government Information, a male patient and a female patient are the latest victims of the virus. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith called on the government to take legal action against former president Maithripala Sirisena, who has been found guilty in the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. Speaking to the media following the Easter Sunday Mass at St. Lucia’s Church, Kotahena, […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today moved to give a reminder that all public servants, including those in Forest Conservation and Wildlife Departments, are in fact there to serve the people and should therefore look at both sides of the issues when addressing them.  Some do not understand the issues of the underprivileged. They haven’t […]

Prof. Asoka Bandarage The recent UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution A/HRC/46/L.1/Rev.1 of March 16 has brought extensive charges against Sri Lanka over alleged human rights violations, but is arguably seriously flawed. Opportunistic and strategic use of human rights by the western powers to maintain hegemony continually ignore violations of the rights of nature and […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The 1956 government attempted to radically reform the economy. It was the first Sri Lanka government to try to do so.   It was also the first government, and the only government to date, to see the need for a modern policy of Industrialization for Sri Lanka. There were no local industries when MEP […]

Dilrook Kannangara UNHRC voting clearly showed Sri Lanka’s friends and enemies (and the in-betweens). Although India abstained from voting, India fully supported the anti-Sri Lanka resolution. Sadly, some enemies are key export destinations (and import origins) of Sri Lankan produce (and Sri Lanka’s imports) which can become a future threat. While it is only the […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි. අප්‍රේල් කැරැල්ලට වසර 50ක කාලයක් ගතව ඇත. වසර 50ක් යනු සුළුපටු කාලයක් නොවේ. ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ ගොඩනැගීමට දායකවී අප්‍රේල් කැරල්ලටද සහභාගිවී, සිරගතවී, සිරගෙදරන් පලාවිත් යලි දේශපාලනය කල අයෙකු තුල මේ වන විට ඇති සිතුවිලි දහරාව කුමක්විය යුතුදැයි සොයා යනවිට, ජිවිතයේ සුන්දරම අවදිය, ඔවුන් විසින්ම ගින්දර ගොඩකට ඇදදමුවාක් වැනි මේ ක්‍රියාදාමයට ඔවුන් සහභාගී […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය පාස්කු දින ප්‍රහාරයේ වින්දිතයන් වූ සැමට සාධාරණය ඉටුවන තෙක් වූ කිතුණු ජනතා ඉවසීම  විශිෂ්ට බව ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (03) දින සිහිපත් කළේය. දෙවසරක් ගතවන පාස්කු දින ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අදහස් පළ කරමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. ලොව පුරා කිතුණු බැතිමතුන් සමඟ එක්ව ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය කිතුණු ජනතාව හෙට (04) දිනයේ […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has confirmed 37 more positive cases of COVID-19 today (April 03) as the daily infections count climbed to 167.  Among today’s positive cases are 07 persons who were detected from the prisons cluster and 32 who arrived from foreign countries. According to the Department of Government Information, the country has confirmed […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has confirmed 04 new COVID-related deaths today (April 03), according to the Director-General of Health Services. The new development has pushed Sri Lanka’s death toll to 579, says the Department of Government Information. One of the deceased is a 44-year-old woman from Akurana area. She died on March 28 while receiving […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekaara Mahanuwara HE the President,Republic of Sri Lanka Dear Sir, I would like to draw your serious and immediate attention to the content of this article, (attached) especially sections marked in red by Kamalika. I am afraid the same intrigue by the West is in full thrust even now, rather in a more […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS This essay looks at two important ‘results’ or ‘consequences’ or whatever, of the 1956 General election. They are firstly, the emergence of the SLFP. Secondly, the rise of Sirimavo Bandaranaike as the world’s first woman Prime Minister. SRI LANKA FREEDOM PARTY SWRD Bandaranaike formed the SLFP for two reasons, said Wiswa Warnapala. Firstly, […]

Chula Rajapakse Largely a good response against a case built on the foundations of the allegation of an uneacceptably large civilian casualty rate of 40000 or over in the last few weeks of the war, being led  & peddled by Uk and US against the reporting of their own embassies in Colombo at that time. […]

තිසර සමල් – අනුරාධපුර  පොලීසිය ඉන්නේ දඩ ගහන්න නෙමෙයි,පොලීසිය ඉන්න ඕන සමාජය යහපත් කරන වැඩේ කරන්න.ඒ නිසා අපි වෙනදටත් වඩා මහජනතාවත් සමඟ සම්බන්ධ වෙලා කරන වැඩ කළ යුතුයි.ඒකෙන් මම කියන්නේ නෑ හොරු අල්ලන්න එපා, කුඩු අල්ලන්න එපා,කසිප්පු අල්ලන්න එපා කියන එක නෙමෙයි,ඒ ටිකට දඩ ගහනවාට අමතරව,ඔවුන් යහපත් මාර්ගයට ගන්න වැඩේ තමයි අපි කරන්න ඕනකම තියෙන්නේ යැයි […]

Courtesy Yahoo News GENEVA (Reuters) – Chinese vaccine makers Sinopharm and Sinovac have presented data on their COVID-19 vaccines indicating levels of efficacy that would be compatible with those required by the World Health Organization, the chair of a WHO advisory panel said on Wednesday. The WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) hopes to […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control, Sudarshini Fernandopulle speaking to Ceylon Today stated that Sri Lanka’s inoculation program has been temporarily suspended due to  lack of COVISHIELD Vaccine stocks. When inquired further, Minister Fernandopulle stated that the Ministry of Health is in possession of only 264,000 doses of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has confirmed 91 more positive cases of COVID-19 today (April 02) as the daily infections count climbed to 211. Among the daily positive cases, 28 persons were identified as arrivals from foreign countries. https://adaderana-english-polly.s3.amazonaws.com/adaengmp3-02-04-2021-1617381810.mp3 According to the Department of Government Information, the country has confirmed a total of 93,128 positive cases […]

Courtesy Adaderana Two more persons have been arrested for propagating Wahhabism and extremist ideologies through social media, says the Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana. Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) had made the arrest on Friday (April 02). The suspects, aged 28 and 29 years, were identified as residents of Kattankudy area in Batticaloa. The duo had […]

Courtesy Adaderana Chief Epidemiologist Dr Sudath Samaraweera says that the programme to administer the first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has been temporarily suspended in Sri Lanka. He stated that the programme to administer the first dose was suspended in order to commence providing the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVISHIELD vaccine.  Speaking at […]

Source: TASS Russia has officially resumed flights to Sri Lanka and several other countries, namely, Germany, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Syria on April 1, according to a decision made by the country’s anti-coronavirus crisis center last week. The crisis center noted that regular flights would be resumed in a limited format. Most quotas have been […]

Courtesy Adaderana A container truck has been seized from Dambulla on Thursday night (April 01) on suspicion of carrying a consignment of coconut oil containing carcinogens. The vehicle in question was taken into custody by a team of officers of Dambulla Police, acting on a tip-off received by the Mayor of Dambulla Jaliya Opatha. The […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි. ලෝකයේ මහා ඛේදවාචකයන් ගනනාවක් සිදුව ඇත. සමහර ඛෙදවාචකයන් ඓතිහාසිකව සටහන්ව ඇති අතර, සමහරක්වා කිසිදු සටහනක් නැතිව ඉතිහාසය තුල වැලලී ගොස් ඇත. පවතින සමාජ කඩතුරාවන් ඉරා නව ලොවක් සොයා බලන හැමටම උරුම දඩුවම මරණයයි. එම සමාජ කඩතුරාව ඉරා දමන පුද්ගලයා කවරෙකු වුවද ඔහුට උරුමව ඇත්තේදැඩි දඩුවම් සහිත මරණයකි. මරණය දඩුවමක් සේ දකින්නේ ඝාතකයායි. […]

මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය විමුක්තිදායක ප්‍රීතියේ සැමරුම් දිනය පාස්කුවයි. මෙදින ලොව පුරා කිතුණු බැතිමතුන් සමඟ ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය කිතුණු ජනතාව ජේසුස් ක්‍රිස්තුස් වහන්සේ මරණය පරාජය කර උත්ථානවීම මහත් හරසරින් සමරනු ලබයි. පාස්කු මංගල්‍යයට පෙර කිතුණු බැතිමත්හු ජේසුස් ක්‍රිස්තුස් වහන්සේ කුරුසිය මත දිවි පිදීමේ යාගය මහ සිකුරාදා දිනයේ සිහිපත් කරති. ඒ සඳහා ඔවුන් […]

by Jamila Husain Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 1 (Daily Mirror) – The government yesterday said that despite several difficulties faced within the past few weeks from ‘unexpected influencers’ to bring down the Sinopharm vaccines from China, the government had finally been successful. State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation Prof. Channa Jayasumana said that Sri […]