By Raj Gonsalkorale It was always known that the self-appointed icons of democracy only pay lip service to democracy and that self- interest and the singular desire to control a global agenda of their choosing takes precedence over everything else. The recent G7 meeting confirmed this. The G7 countries and their invitees gathered in the […]

Sunil Kumar For a nation that enjoyed the prestige of world recognition regarding how the Covid virus situation was handled Sri Lanka seems to have rolled to the bottom of the pile as the nation today rests in circumspect speculation of what to expect next. While It is no easy task however to maintain stability […]

The Joint Front to Protect Open University The JFPOU (the Joint Front to Protect Open University) would like to state with pride that its historic struggle to reverse the arbitrary decision of the President to reject the legitimate shortlist for the Vice Chancellor position of the Open University of Sri Lanka has been realized. We […]

කීර්ති හේවාගොඩ Environmental Activist  මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ට අයත් දොලුව ප්‍රාදේශීය කොට්ඨාසයේ ,ජයරත්න යාපා පුර ගම්මානයට නුදුරු හාන්තාන කදුවැටියේ  පරිසර සංවේදී ඉඩම් අක්කර  5 ක් පමණ යම් පිරිසක් විසින් සංවිධානාත්මකව හෙලි පෙහෙලි කරමින් , භෝග වගාවට අනුයුක්තව කටයුතු කරමින් සිටින බව ප්‍රදේශයේම තොරතුරු මාර්ගයෙන් දැන ගැනීමට ලැබුණූ අතර පසුගිය ජුනි 13 වන දින මේ සම්බන්ධව මධ්‍යම […]

Courtesy Maritime Bulletin un 25 1310 UTC UPDATE: 1 crew is reported missing. Photos by Sri Lankan Navy Jun 25: Container ship MSC MESSINA reportedly suffered fire in engine room in Indian ocean halfway between Sri Lanka and Malacca Strait, at around 1930 UTC Jun 24. The ship was disabled, and as of 0415 UTC […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Commenting on the controversy over stopping the importation of chemical fertilizers, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said it was not a hasty decision. Prior to the implementation of the said decision, stocks of fertilizer required for the forthcoming season had been imported. Already 300,000 metric tons of fertilizer required for 1 and 1/2 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government has decided to suspend the importation of compost fertilizers, says the Director-General of Agriculture. Earlier this month, the Cabinet of Ministers had approved a proposal to import compost. The approval came after the government decided to ban the import of chemical fertilizers in a bid to promote toxic-free diets. However, the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has recorded 48 more COVID-19 related fatalities confirmed by the Director General of Health Services yesterday (June 24). The new development has pushed the official death toll due to the virus in Sri Lanka to 2,862. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the new victims confirmed today […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says 620 more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 today (June 25) increasing the daily count of positive cases to 1,859. All new cases reported within the day have been associated with the New Year cluster.  This brings the tally of confirmed infections of coronavirus reported in the country so […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka expects to vaccinate 13 million of its population against COVID-19 by the end of September, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said in a televised address to the nation on Friday (June 25). Speaking on the national inoculation drive, the President stated that Sri Lanka will ramp up vaccination programs upon the receipt of […]