Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Finance Minister Ronnie de Mel who served in the J.R. Jayewardene government and presented 11 successive budgets said Sri Lanka needs more of socialism if its economy was to survive. Mr. de Mel who was a pioneer in introducing the open market economy in Sri Lanka made these remarks when […]

Kelum Bandara Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka will import 39,000 tonnes of dehydrated coconut chips to manufacture coconut oil to meet the local demand for edible oil without any shortage to be triggered otherwise by the ban imposed on palm oil, an official said. The Trade Ministry will sign a forward sales agreement with […]

Courtesy Adaderana Necessary steps have been taken to provide a bottle of quality, local coconut oil at a control price of Rs. 450, said Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardena. He mentioned this speaking at a media briefing held today (April 12). The Minister further said, No matter what changes take place, a bottle of locally […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka on Sunday (April 12) confirmed another 43 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the country as total infections detected within the day reached 225. This brought the total number of Covid-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 95,394. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 3,021 patients infected with the virus […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Sri Lanka has signed a loan agreement of USD 500 million with the China Development Bank (CDB). The Ministry of Finance stated that the relevant funds will be disbursed within this week. Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona, on behalf of the government of Sri Lanka, signed the loan agreement with the […]

Courtesy Adaderana India reported another record daily surge in coronavirus infections Monday to overtake Brazil as the second-worst hit country. The 168,912 cases added in the last 24 hours pushed India’s total to 13.5 million, while Brazil has 13.4 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. India also reported 904 deaths in the […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .K1J 6G 10 April 2021 Hon. Marc Garneau, PC CC CD MPMinister of Foreign AffairsGovernment of CanadaHouse of CommonsOttawa. Honourable Minister Marc Garneau: Re Canada welcomes UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka That statement of yours stymied me, foxed me, googlyed me,  made me […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS REVISED 12.4.21 The 1956 achievements are popularly credited to SWRD.  Ananda Meegama rectified this and showed that it was Philip who was behind most of the changes. It is now acknowledged that Philip was responsible for most of the progressive measures instituted in the MEP regime, said WTA Leslie Fernando. Philip contribution to […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Philip was universally considered a man of high principles, honesty and integrity.  He was very austere in his ways. DB Dhanapala recalled that he found him a mild kind of man who liked to listen to you with as little comment as possible.  Everyone who knew him remarked, that   in private he was […]

By Noor Nizam – Peace and Political Activist, Political Communication Researcher, SLFP/SLPP Stalwart, Convener “The Muslim Voice” and Member “Viyathmaga”, April 11`th., 2021. This is a wonderful move by the President and a most effective way of implementing a “MONITORING SYSTEM” to follow-up on all decisions and instructions given by the president/taken at the Gama […]

ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. මහනුවර සිoහල බෞද්ධ ජේෂ්ඨ පුර වැසියන්ගේ සන්විධානයේ සභාපති සහ අග්රාමාත්ය සිරිමවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ඉස්තිර ලේකම් -මහනුවර  (මෙම ලිප්පිය ලිවීමට මා පෙලඹවූයේ ලබන ජූනි මස පමණ යලිත් පලාත් සභා මැතිවරණය පැවැත්වීමට අගමැති තුමා උපදෙස් දුන්” බවට පුවත් පත්වල පලවූ පුවතකි). එදා 2009 මැයි මස නන්දිකඩාල්හිදී ලොවම පරාජය නොකල හැකියයි කී ලෝකයේ දරුණුතම […]

සමෘද්ධි සංවර්ධන නිළධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය.   අතිගරු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා, අලුත් අවුරුද්ද වෙනුවෙන් අඩු ආදායම්ලාභී හා සමෘද්ධිලාභී පවුල් හට රු.5000/ දීමනාව හදිසි තීරණයෙන් සමෘද්ධි සේවකයින් වෙත වු පීඩාව පිළිබඳව. සිංහල හා හින්දු අලුත් අවුරුදු උදාවට පෙර සමෘද්ධි හා අඩු අදායම්ලාභී පවුල් වෙත රු.5000/ දීමනාවක් ලබා දීමට ආණ්ඩුව ගෙන ඇති තීරණය දැනුම් දෙමින් මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශයෙහි මාධය […]

Courtesy HealthyMuslim. Coriander, or cilantro, is a remarkable healing plant and it is unusual in that its leaves are used as a herb and its seeds as a spice. This versatile ingredient not only tastes great, but it also has many health-protective properties. Coriander contains antibacterial compounds that protect against food poisoning and numerous bugs, and is an effective anti-inflammatory. What’s more, coriander has an amazing ability for […]

Courtesy The Straits Times COLOMBO (NYTIMES) – Last year’s winner of Mrs World, a beauty pageant for married women, said she would return her crown after she snatched one off the head of the 2021 winner of Mrs Sri Lanka World, claiming that she was divorced – a violation of pageant rules. Ms Pushpika de Silva […]

Courtesy The Hindustan Times Sri Lanka has unveiled draft legislation for a Colombo Port City Commission which allows for sweeping tax breaks, tax-free salaries and to be an offshore financial centre.ANI |PUBLISHED ON APR 11, 2021 04:36 PM IST US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives, Alaina Teplitz on Saturday warned Sri Lanka of unintended […]

Courtesy Adaderana

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has reported 02 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (April 11). As per the Department of Government Information, both victims are male patients, aged 60 and 72 years. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 598 in total.

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka on Sunday (April 11) confirmed another 55 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the country as total infections detected within the day reached 225. This brought the total number of Covid-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 95,131. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,902 patients infected with the virus […]

Courtesy Adaderana The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa may evade the protection provided by Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found, though its prevalence in the country is very low and the research has not been peer-reviewed. The study, released on Saturday, compared almost 400 people who had […]

by Rohana R. Wasala The report of the ministerial subcommittee appointed by the president on February 19, 2021 to study the Final Report of the PCoI on the Easter Sunday Attacks and to suggest how its recommendations should be carried out was handed over to the president on April 5 by its secretary Harigupta Rohanadheera, […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala Between  mid-twenties and mid-thirties, Jaffna stood as a shining beacon, showing the path to a future filled with humane and liberal values aimed at bonding a divided nation into one united brotherhood, rising above castes and divisive creeds. Jaffna held the future of the nation  in the palm  of  its hands. […]

 මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්          හදිසි මරණ පරීක්ෂකවරු සඳහා තනතුරු බිහි කිරීම සිදු වන්නේ 1979 අංක 15 දරණ අපරාධ නඩු විධාන සංග්‍රහයේ 108 වගන්තිය අනුවයි. සිවිල් පුරවැසියන්ගෙන් තෝරාගත් උගත් බුද්ධිමත් පුද්ගලයන්  සීමිත පොලිස් බලතල සහිතව මෙම තනතුරට  පත්කිරීමට  අධිකරණ ඇමතිවරයාට බලය හිමිවී තිබේ.මෙම තනතුර සඳහා පඩිනඩි සැපයීමක් සිදු නොවන අතර හදිසි මරණයකදී කරන ලද පරීක්ෂණයකින් අනතුරුව ලබා […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira* Courtesy Euresia Review Indian security officials believe the interception of a Sri Lankan boat carrying 300 kilograms of heroin, five AK-47 guns and ammunition off the coast of Vizhinjam in Kerala in South India on March 25 points to a network of narco-terrorism with strong links to a group in Sri Lanka. […]

Courtesy Ada Derana Steps have been taken to provide a cash allowance of Rs. 5,000 to Samurdhi recipients and low-income families, says State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self-Employment and Business Development Shehan Semasinghe. The decision has been taken in view of the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year. Samurdhi officers have been […]

Courtesy Adaderana Director-General of Health Services has confirmed another COVID-related death in Sri Lanka on Saturday (April 10). This brings the total number of COVID deaths reported in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic to 596. The deceased was identified as a 56-year-old man from Udahethenna. He was tested positive for the virus […]

Courtesy Asda Derana A total of 160 more persons were tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka today (April 10) as the confirmed cases count reached 94,724. Fifty-one of them have been identified from the prison cluster, the Department of Government Information said. Meanwhile, the recoveries count recorded in the country is currently at 91,456. […]

Courtesy Ada Derana Ministry of Health on Tuesday (April 09) confirmed 116 more new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 228. Among the newly-identified coronavirus patients are 45 individuals who arrived in Sri Lanka from overseas and 03 from the prison cluster, the Department of Government Information said. […]

Courtesy Newin.asia India, April 9 (Quartz) – As India braces for the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, some Indians have come up with a jugaad—the colloquial term for a hack—that might prove to be a menace for the country. On April 1, the government in the western state of Gujarat shut down a couple of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministerial Consultative Committee on Defence has met under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Sri Jayewardenepura Parliamentary Complex on Thursday (April 08). This is the inaugural meeting of the Consultative Committee after the election of the current Parliament. The President chaired the meeting in his capacity as the Minister in […]

Sugath Kulatunga  It is a consolation that the Government has decided to defer the resurrection of the Provincial Councils, until after a new law is approved by the Parliament. Meanwhile, 10 leading Venerable monks have strongly protested on the very idea of bringing back the Provincial Councils. It is noted that these same Venerable monks […]