Archive for April, 2021
Tuesday, April 20th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka confirmed 05 new COVID-related fatalities today (April 20) as the death toll from the pandemic climbed to 625, says the Department of Government Information. Details of the victims are as follows: 01. An 85-year-old woman from Mattakkuliya area: She was tested positive for novel coronavirus while receiving treatment at the Colombo […]
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana Ministry of Health on Tuesday (April 20) confirmed 85 new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 345. Meanwhile, the country’s recoveries count is at 93,547 while 3,305 active cases are receiving treatment at selected hospitals across the island. Sri Lanka has so far witnessed a total of […]
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers have approved the drafting of legislation to protect against the spreading of false and misleading statements through the internet. The government says that the spread of false information on the internet poses a serious threat and is seen as being used to divide society, to spread hatred and to […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
Press Release Veemansa Initiative Veemansa Initiative, an independent think tank recently held a Webinar on the proposed Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill and related subjects. Based on the deliberations at the webinar and the follow-up analysis, it was evident that the Colombo Port City Project, a 100% foreign investment venture plans to attract a […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Ceylon Today Colombo, April 19: A five-Judge Supreme Court Bench will take up the petitions filed against the Port City Commission Bill today (April 19) and the verdict is likely to end the controversy over the Bill and open the path for the Government to take required steps to modify the Bill if […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
By Raj Gonsalkorale The burqa ban announcement caused a stir among Muslims, who saw it as yet another attack on their community. In the past few months, the government has undertaken a number of controversial measures under the banner of fighting extremism, which have increasingly intimidated the Muslim population and disregarded rule of law principles – Farzana […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
Courtesy The Daily News Sri Lankan rupee has further appreciated to Rs.191.97 against the US Dollar when compared with the previous selling rate of Rs 201.28. The buying rate of a rupee stood at Rs. 187.93 against the US Dollar
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS The most sneering, contemptuous opposition to SWRD came from the English speaking elite drawn from all communities. SWRD was scorned for changing his religion to Buddhism, getting into national dress, hobnobbing with his social inferiors and supporting a low level, backward, indigenous language, Sinhala which should be trampled into oblivion. SWRD Bandaranaike […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) together with VISA Inc are conducting a series of discussions on promoting digitalization and financial inclusion in Sri Lanka. The PF, a non – partisan research and advocacy think tank is known to play a catalytic role in research and analysis aimed at contributing to economic policy […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය සිංහල දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුද්දෙන් පසුව අග්රාමාත්ය කාර්යය මණ්ඩල කාර්යාල කටයුතු ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් අද (19) දින පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ආරම්භ විය. අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මෙහි දී සිය කාර්යය මණ්ඩලයේ නිලධාරීන් ඇතුළු සියලුම සාමාජිකයන්ට අලුත් අවුරුදු සුභාශිංසන එක් කළේය. කාර්යය මණ්ඩල සමාජිකයන් ද අලුත් අවුරුද්දේ වැඩ ආරම්භ කිරීමට […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ ප්රමුඛ ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් සන්ධානයේ පක්ෂ නායක හමුව ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් අද (19) දින පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. මියගිය පක්ෂ නායකයින් සහ රණවිරුවන් සිහි කිරිමෙන් අනතුරුව එළැඹෙන මැයි පළමු වන දිනට යෙදෙන කම්කරු දිනය සැමරීම පිලිබඳව මෙහි දී සාකච්ඡා විය. කොරෝනා වසංගත තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන් […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
සාකච්ඡා කලේ වෛද්ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ත් කියන්නේ කවුද ? දේශපාලකයෙක්ද නැතිනම් සෝෂල් ඇක්ටිවිස්ට් කෙනෙක්ද ? “මම සෝෂල් ඇක්ටිවිස්ට් කෙනෙක් දේශපාලන අරමුණක් සහිතව. මම විශ්වාස කරනවා අපි හැමෝම දේශපාලනය කල යුතුයි කියලා. නැතිනම් සිදුවන්නේ ප්ලේටෝ කී පරිදි අඥාණ පාදඩයන් ගේ පාළනයට අපිව නතු වෙනවා. ඒ නිසා අපි ඔක්කොම දේශපාලනය විඤාණයක් ඇති කර ගත යුතුයි. […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්රකීර්ති බෞද්ධ ජනරජය තුළ ජනතාවගේ විධායක බලය” ක්රියාත්මක කරවීමට පමණක් බහුපක්ෂ ක්රමය.යොදාගන්නා බව මෙයට පෙර ලිපිවලින් පැහැදිළි කළෙමු. ඒ අනුව, ජනරජයේ විධායක ජනාධිපතිවරයා තෝරා පත් කරගැනීමට සහ සියළු කෝරළ සභාවල සභාපතිවරුන් තෝරා පත් කරගැනීමට බහුපක්ෂ ක්රමය යොදා ගැනෙයි. ජනරජයේ ආණ්ඩුවේ පාලනය මෙහෙයවීම සහ ඒ පාලනය පිළිබඳ විධානය භාර කෙරෙනුයේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා ප්රමුඛ ජාතික විධායක […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
Courtesy The Hindustan Times The heroin consignment seized by the NCB has a street value of ₹340 crore in India, and ₹1,750 crore in the international market, an official of the federal drug enforcement agency said.By Shishir Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday seized nearly 340 kg of heroin from a Sri […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island SLPP Chairman Prof. G.L. Peiris says that the proposed Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill is consistent with the Constitution. Prof. Peiris, who is also the Education Minister, insists the Bill received the sanction of the Attorney General. Prof. Peiris explained to the media the circumstances under which the […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් කොළඹ වරාය නගරය ඉදිකිරීම තුළින් රටට විශාල ආර්ථික වර්ධනයක් අත්කරගත හැකි බව මහාචාර්ය පූජ්ය මැදගොඩ අභයතිස්ස හිමියන්පවසනවා. වරාය නගරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාතික විද්වත් භික්ෂු සංසදය අද කැඳවා තිබූ ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකදී උන්වහන්සේ මේ බව සදහන් කළා.
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, today requested the public to observe two minutes’ silence at 8.45 a.m. on April 21 as a mark of respect for the victims of the Easter Sunday bombings. Sri Lanka on Wednesday marks two years since the devastating Easter Sunday attacks, which killed over 250 […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed two more COVID-19 related deaths increasing Sri Lanka’s death toll due to the virus pandemic to 620. 01. 58-year-old female from Mahawa who had been transferred from Galgamuwa Hospital Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital after being identified as Covid-19 positive. She had passed away on April 17 while […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) reports that another 87 persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Sri Lanka. This brings the tally of fresh cases reported so far today to 291. Meanwhile the total number of COVID-19 cases identified in Sri Lanka thus far has increased to 97,087. […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana Attorney General Dappula de Livera has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Trial-at-Bar granting bail to the Bond Scam suspects, the Coordinating Officer of the Attorney General State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said. On April 01, former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and seven suspects who were accused in another […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Education Professor G.L. Peiris announced that a decision has been taken to reopen all universities in Sri Lanka on April 27 (Tuesday). Addressing a press briefing in Colombo today, he said that the universities will be reopened for academic activities while strictly following health guidelines. However, he said that due to […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, announced that Wednesday (April 21) has been declared a special holiday for all Catholic schools in the country. This is due to the fact that April 21 will mark two years since the Easter Sunday terror attacks that saw six churches and hotels bombed, […]
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Sunday, April 18th, 2021
Asela KURULUWANSA Courtesy The Daily News The Colombo Port City has been gazetted as a land belonging to Sri Lanka and all its activities are being carried out in accordance with the laws of the country, State Finance, Capital Markets and Public Enterprise Reforms State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal told Chief Incumbents of the Malwathu […]
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Sunday, April 18th, 2021
Chaminda Perera Courtesy The Daily News Education Minister Prof.G.L.Peiris yesterday said that those who are filing petitions in the Supreme Court, challenging the constitutionality of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill, have forgotten the Greater Colombo Economic Commission Act (GCEC) which was passed in Parliament in 1978. He said the Greater Colombo Economic Commission […]
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Sunday, April 18th, 2021
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් කොළඹ වරාය නගරයේ පූර්ණ හිමිකාරීත්වය මෙරට සතු බවත්, වරාය භූමියේ කොටසක් වෙනත් පාර්ශවයකට පැවරූ බවට ගෙන යන ප්රචාරයන් ප්රතික්ෂේප කරන බවත් අධිකරණ අමාත්ය අලි සබ්රි ප්රකාශ කළා. මේ අතර, කොළඹ ව්යාපාරික සංගමය ද කොළඹ දී අද මාධ්ය හමුවක් කැදවමින් කියා සිටියේ කොළඹ වරාය නගරය තුළ ශ්රී ලාංකිකයින්ට ද ආයෝජනය කිරීමේ හැකියාව […]
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Sunday, April 18th, 2021
උපුටාගැණීම ලංකාදීප ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුව අද (18) රාජගිරියේ පිහිටි සිය මූලස්ථානයේදී මාධ්යය සාකච්ඡාවක් පවත්වමින් දේශ හිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්යාපාරයේ මහලේකම් වෛද්ය වසන්ත බංඩාර මහතා පවසා සිටියේ විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පෝට් සිටි ව්යාපෘතිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජනතාව නොමඟ යවන බරපතල මුසාවාදයන් ප්රචාරය කිරීමට දායකත්වය සපයන බවයි. එහිදී වසන්ත බංඩාර මහතා අවධාරණය කර සිටියේ පෝට් සිටි ව්යාපෘතිය ශ්රී ලංකාවට වාසිදායක […]
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Sunday, April 18th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says that the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks were politically driven. He claims that the Eater attacks were not carried out over religious extremism but a group that attempted to strengthen their political power by using religious extremism as a pawn. Urging not to use religion, language, […]
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Sunday, April 18th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana Ministry of Health on Friday (April 18) confirmed 27 more new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 287. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 96,797. The country’s recovery count is at 93,113 while 3,065 are […]
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Saturday, April 17th, 2021
H. L. D. Mahindpala No Tamil political leader in the post-Donoughmore period had single-handedly constructed an ideology and changed the course of national politics, almost overnight, asGanapathipillai Gangaser Ponnambalam (8 November 1901 – 9 February 1977). Not only that, no one else has left such a lasting impact – albeit a divisive and devastating one […]
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