KAMALIKA PIERIS Philip Gunawardene accomplished much in food and agriculture during his short stay of three years in the MEP government. These are described at length in other essays in this series. This essay looks at certain aspects of Philip’s vision. Philip studied the rural sector carefully. Philip said that the   peasantry had many problems, […]

BY AAZAM AMEEN courtesy The Morning.lk In his address to the audience at the virtual event inaugurating Sri Lanka Internet Day 2021 held on the 6th and 7th of April, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa pledged to set up a Citizen Centric Digital Government for the convenience of Sri Lanka’s citizens. Stressing on the fact that a technology […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 8 (Daily News) – Sri Lanka will build South Asia’s first Disneyland in the proposed Bopitiya leisure Park which will be created by Korea Cavitation Co. a company with Investments from Malaysia and Korea. President of Korea Cavitation Co. Baekgeum Kim and the representative of Sri Lanka Dr. Parimala Rajo Isa […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 8: The High Commission of Pakistan, in collaboration with Ministry of Commerce and Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), organized a promotional event for Pakistani dates in Sri Lanka, at the High Commission in Colombo on Thursday.   In his remarks, the High Commissioner of Pakistan,  Maj. Gen (Retd.) Muhammad Saad […]

By Gabriele Steinhauser in Johannesburg, Saeed Shah in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Ryan Dube in Lima, Peru Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Johannesburg, April 8 (Wall Street Journal):  Powered by the U.S. and China, the global economy is set to make a stunning comeback this year from its deepest contraction since the Great Depression, economists say. For many developing […]

Courtesy Adaderana India and Sri Lanka on Thursday agreed to work jointly against terrorist groups and fugitives wherever they are present and active, and emphasised on sharing real time intelligence. In the first delegation level virtual police chiefs’ dialogue, India and Sri Lanka also decided to strengthen the existing cooperation mechanisms, as also designate nodal […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health says that another 49 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Three of the new cases from the Prisons Covid-19 cluster while the remaining 46 are close associates of the Peliyagoda Covid-19 cluster. This brings the tally of fresh cases reported within today to 309 while the total […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed two more Covid-19 related deaths today while this brings the death toll due to the virus in Sri Lanka to 593. One of the deceased is a 70-year-old male from Dehiwala who had been transferred from the South Colombo Teaching Hospital to IDH after being […]

Courtesy Adaderana Denmark lineage of COVID-19 has been identified in virus samples collected from 03 persons in the community in Colombo, says Dr Chandima Jeewandara, Director of Allergy, Immunity and Cell Biology Unit of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Sri Lanka has carried out monthly genetic sequencing of the COVID-19 virus variants since the virus […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Extraordinary Gazette notification announcing the appointment of Mr. Ajith Mannapperuma to the parliamentary seat vacated by Ranjan Ramanayake, has been published a short while ago.  The gazette notice states that the Secretary General of Parliament has informed the Election Commission, under Section 64(1) of the Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981, that a […]

Courtesy Adaderana Reigning Mrs. World Caroline Jurie and model Chula Padmendra, who were arrested by the Cinnamon Gardens Police, have been granted police bail. They were taken into custody this afternoon over the recent controversy at the Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant held at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre on Sunday (April 04). The arrests have […]

Courtesy Adaderana Tests carried out on samples from the two bowser trucks containing coconut oil – which were recently taken into custody at Dankotuwa – have indicated the presence of Aflatoxin, says the spokesperson of Sri Lanka Customs. The two bowser trucks were seized by Dankotuwa Police on the 30th of March, on suspicion of […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Philip Gunawardene returned to Sri Lanka in 1932 after ten hectic years abroad. Of all the socialist politicians in the island, Philip Gunawardene is the only politician to have had close contact with socialist movements abroad, observed Ananda Meegama.   He had met with revolutionaries and freedom fighters in four continents. Philip said he […]

Palitha Senanayake Britain, no longer Great, and75 years after it was forced to renounce its colonies with imperialism  identified to be the cause of World Wars, and increasingly finding itself in a rather insignificant role in world  affairs,  appear to indulge in some nostalgic glory turning a coveted eye at its former colony Ceylon, at […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Garvin Karunaratne observed that it was one thing to make hair raising speeches, another thing to be an efficient minister in a government. Philip was very efficient as a Minister, he said.  I worked in his ministry throughout the MEP  government period and I can say that the forceful ideas that he uttered […]

Rohan Abeygunawardena “These Sri Lankans are giving the Aussies a real hiding.” This was how Tony Greig described his favourite ‘’little Sri Lankans’’ when their captain Ranatunga’s six cleared the fence at World Cup 1996. Yes, 17th March 1996 was the ‘’Red Letter Day’’ of Sri Lanka cricket. Sri Lanka beat mighty Aussies at 1996 […]

තිසර සමල් – අනුරාධපුර  අපි හැමෝම එකම පක්ෂයේ අය,දැන් තමයි පක්ෂ දෙකකට බෙදිලා ඉන්නේ, මහින්ද මහත්තයාගේ ඇතුළු, දුමින්ද දිසානායකගේ -බර්ටි දිසානායකගේ ඇතුළු මේ බහුතරයකගේ ආරම්භය තියෙන්නේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය ඇතුලේ අපි අද පක්ෂ දෙකක හිටියට.සාමාන්‍යයෙන් අම්මා-තාත්තා එක්ක තරහා වෙලා ළමයෙක් ගෙදරින් ගියා කියලා, අම්මා තාත්තා ළමයා එක්ක තරහා වෙන්නේ නෑනේ, පුළුවන් තරම් අනුකම්පාකරනවා, උදව් කරනවා.හැබැයි අවසාන ප්‍රථිපලය […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  වෛද්‍ය ආර්.එම්.එස්.කේ රත්නායක මහතා මුලින්ම මට හමු වන්නේ 2000 වසරේදී නිර්වින්දන වෛද්‍යවරයෙකු(Anesthetist) ලෙස පත්වීම ලැබ හලාවත මූලික රෝහලට ගිය විටදීය. එවකට එතුමා හලාවත මූලික රෝහලේ වෛද්‍ය අධිකාරීවරයා විය. හලාවත මූලික රෝහලේ නිර්වින්දන අංශයේ විශේසඥ වෛද්‍යවරයෙකු නොසිටි  අතර  නිර්වින්දන  වෛද්‍යවරු වූ  සභාරත්නම් , ඉන්ද්‍රාණි ධනපාල , ශ්‍රියානි ප්‍රනාන්දු , පද්මරාජ් , ඊවා […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia New Delhi, April 7 (Reuters) – India’s fight against COVID-19 over the next four weeks will be very, very critical” as its faces a faster second surge in infections, senior government health official Vinod Kumar Paul said on Tuesday. India’s daily infections passed the 100,000 mark for the first time on Monday, data […]

Chaturanga Samarawickrama Courtesy The Daily Mirror While condemning the media reports, the Forest Conservation Department (FCD) said that there was no truth behind clearing an elephant corridor in the Sinharaja Forest Reserve for the construction of a hotel. While issuing a report, the Department said the claimed hotel construction takes place 3.5 to 5 km […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has authorized the proscription of 11 Islamic organizations linked to extremist activities, his Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said today (April 07). Relevant organizations are as follows:  1. United Thowheed Jamaath (UTJ)2. Ceylon Thowheed Jamaath (CTJ)3. Sri Lanka Thowheed Jamaath (SLTJ)4. All Ceylon Thowheed Jamaath (ACTJ)5. Jamiyyathul Ansaari Sunnaththul […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has reported 03 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (April 07). The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 591 in total. 01. The deceased is an 89-year-old male resident in Homagama. He was diagnosed with Covid-19 while undergoing treatments […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka on Wednesday (April 07) confirmed another 52 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the country as total infections detected within the day reached 190. This brought the total number of Covid-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 93,993. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,485 patients infected with the virus […]

Courtesy Adaderana Officials from five world powers began a new effort Tuesday to try to bring the United States back into the foundering 2015 nuclear deal they signed with Iran, a delicate diplomatic dance that needs to balance the concerns and interests of both Washington and Tehran. The meeting in Vienna of envoys from Russia, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former State Minister Ajith Mannapperuma, who contested the 2020 general election from Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), is expected to fill the parliamentary seat of Ranjan Ramanayake which was rendered vacant. He had come in fifth among the SJB contestants from Gampaha District, securing a total of 47,212 preferential votes in last year’s election. […]

Kirthimala Gunasekera Senior Lawyer Interesting informative article on ‘’DIGITALIZATION AND MODERNIZING TRADE BUSIENSS AND CONSUMERISM FOR THE CITIZEN’’ 4th April 2021 published in  Lanka Web .  E Land registration will soon be operating the land registration system to secure ownership . However it  can be a source of ownership insecurity,  without consumer protection laws  The […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS This video has many informative photographs and information on the life of Mr. S.W.R.D.Bandaranayeka  which are not found elsewhere,

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview given to Channel One’s Bolshaya Igra (Great Game) talk show, Moscow, April 1, 2021 Vyacheslav Nikonov: The word war” has been heard increasingly more often lately. US and NATO politicians, even more so the Ukrainian military, have no trouble saying it. Do you have more reasons to be concerned now than […]

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By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror James Emerson Tennent was Colonial Secretary in Ceylon from 1846 to 1850 and Acting Governor in April-May 1847. Tennent was not just an administrator, a Colonial master lording over obsequious natives. His keen eye and ear caught the nuances of the communities he was administering. His scholarship got him the Presidency of […]