Archive for June, 2021

Probes into irregularities at Galle vaccination program following ‘Ukussa’ exposé

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into the irregularities at COVID vaccination program at Unawatuwa in Galle, following the exposé by Ada Derana ‘Ukussa’ on Monday (June 07). State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals, Prof. Channa Jayasumana brought the matter to attention during the parliamentary session convened earlier today […]

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Sri Lanka confirms 54 new COVID deaths; highest toll in a single day

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka on Tuesday (June 08) registered 54 more victims of COVID-19, marking the highest number of deaths recorded in a single day. The latest fatalities have moved the country’s death toll to 1,843, the, the Department of Government Information said. The Department of Government Information stated that 15 of the victims had […]

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Daily coronavirus case count moves to 2,637

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 514 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,637. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 210,661. As many as 178,259 recoveries and 1,789 deaths […]

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WOULD COVID PANDEMIC CHANGE THE NEED OF CUT-THOUGHT COMPETITION AND ATTITUDES OF PEOPLE TOWARD SOCIO-ECONOMIC, POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND RELIGIONS?

Monday, June 7th, 2021

EDWARD THEOPHILUS Competition is a helpful disposition in the dynamic environment and might help for social and economic progress if it works well in society concerning the broader spectrum. The concept of competition entered politics as a feature of democracy, and many opinions that competition in politics would be harmful to society when competition animates, […]

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WILL FREELANCE JOURNALISTS UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH AND WRITE CONTENT.

Monday, June 7th, 2021

By Noor Nizam – Peace and Political Activist, Political Communications Researcher, SLFP/SLPP Stalwart, Convener The Muslim Voice” and Member Viyathmaga”, June 7th., 2021. ARE THEY MISUSING THE POWER OF THE PEN”/INTERNET TO MISGUIDE PEOPLE? Content about Sri Lanka’s relationship with China and the newly developing Colombo Port City Project with Chinese engagement has been subjected […]

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Fundraising appeal made to fight the act “Tamil genocide education week ” in court.

Monday, June 7th, 2021

SLUNA O5th June 2021 Dear SLUNA members and friends, As you all are aware, the bill 104, namely Tamil Genocide Education bill has become a law in Province of Ontario on 12th May 2021. The law alleges that a Tamil Genocide, has taken place in Sri Lanka since 1948, and it says it is necessary […]

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බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය – 21 වැනි කොටස -සංස්කෘතියේ ආර්ථිකය

Monday, June 7th, 2021

ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති මිනිසා යනු සංස්කෘතික සත්ත්වයෙකි. තමන් පිළිගන්නා පොදු සංස්කෘතික ඇගැයීම්වලින් මිදී තීරණගැනීමේ හැකියාවක් ඔහුට නැත. යමක හරි – වැරැද්ද, යෝග්‍ය – අයෝග්‍ය බව, හොඳ – නරක මිනිසුන් විසින් තීරණය කරන්නේ මෙවැනි ඇගැයීම් මත පදනම් වීමෙනි. සමාජයක ආර්ථික කාර්යයන් කෙරෙනුයේ ද ඒ සඳහා අදාළව ගනු ලබන තීරණ අනුව ය. ඉහතින් පෙන්වා දුන් ආකාරයට මෙවැනි […]

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ලෝක සාගර දින පණිවුඩය

Monday, June 7th, 2021

මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සමුද්‍රීය පරිසරයේ වැදගත්කම ගැන ලෝක ප‍්‍රජාව දැනුවත් කිරීම උදෙසා එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානය ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කළ ලෝක සාගර දිනය” වෙනුවෙන් සුබ පැතුම් එක්කරනුයේ ඉමහත් සතුටිනි. සංවර්ධනය සහ  කාර්මීකරණය යන‍ මානව ක්‍රියාකාරකම්වල බලපෑම හේතුවෙන් සමුද්‍රීය පරිසර දූෂණය ද මේ වනවිට ඉහළ යමින් ඇති බව පරිසර විද්‍යාඥයන්ගේ අදහසයි. ඉන්දියන් සාගරයට මැදිව […]

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An Open letter to Honorable Members of the House Foreign Relations Committee, and Members of the United States Senate

Monday, June 7th, 2021

Ms. Chandra Fernando Educational Consultant, USA I write to you today as a US citizen of Sri Lankan descent, a teacher trainer, child advocate, and an advocate for peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka. Ever since the devastation of the Asian Tsunami, I usually spend several weeks in Sri Lanka in January and February of […]

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Text – H.Res.413 – 117th Congress (2021-2022): Recognizing 12 years since the end of the war in Sri Lanka

Monday, June 7th, 2021

US Congress Text – H.Res.413 – 117th Congress (2021-2022): Recognizing 12 years since the end of the war in Sri Lanka on May 18, 2009, honoring the lives lost, and expressing support for justice, accountability, reconciliation, reconstruction, reparation, and reform in Sri Lanka to ensure a lasting peaceful political solution and a prosperous future for […]

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කාබනික පොහොර ආනයනය කොමිස් ගැහිල්ලක් විතරයි..- තිස්ස ජනනායක

Monday, June 7th, 2021

තිස්ස ජනනායක උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් කාබනික පොහොර ආනයනයය මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ප්‍රවීණ උපකාරක පන්ති දේශක තිස්ස ජනනායක මහතා තම සමාජ ජාල ගිණුමේ මේ සටහනක් තබා තිබේ. ඔහු එමගින් පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ කාබනික පොහොර විදේශ රටවලින් ආනයනය කිරීමෙන් සිදු වන්නේ කිහිපදෙනෙකු අතට කොමිස් මුදලක් ලැබීම සහ මෙරට මුදල් විශාල ලෙස පිටරටට ඇදී යාමක් පමණක් බවයි. ඔහු […]

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Oil spill preparations underway for stricken ship off Sri Lanka

Monday, June 7th, 2021

Article by Adam Duckett Courtesy Chemical Engineer EXPERTS have begun modelling how oil might spill from a cargo ship that caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka and then sank. It had been transporting toxic chemicals and plastic pallets, and efforts are now underway to clean up the pollution that is washing up on […]

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Swiss send Covid aid supplies to Sri Lanka

Monday, June 7th, 2021

Courtesy  swissinfo.ch The Swiss foreign ministry says it has shipped medical supplies to Sri Lanka to help the country combat the Covid-19 pandemic.This content was published on June 7, 2021 – 18:36June 7, 2021 – 18:36swissinfo.ch/ug The supplies include half a million antigen tests, 50 ventilators, 150 oxygen concentrators and testing material worth CHF3.5 million […]

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Cuba sends condolences to Sri Lanka over floods

Monday, June 7th, 2021

Courtesy Prensa Latina Havana, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Monday sent his deep condolences to the people and Government of Sri Lanka for the victims of the floods and avalanches caused by the monsoons.On his Twitter account, the foreign minister expressed Cubans’ solidarity and asked to convey the condolences to […]

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Sri Lanka agent deleted vital e-mails: ship probe

Monday, June 7th, 2021

Courtesy Mailonline The MV X-Press Pearl was carrying hundreds of tonnes of chemicals and plastics when it burned for almost two weeks just off Sri Lanka’s coast A Sri Lankan court hearing into the fire and sinking of a container ship off Colombo was told Monday that its local agent had deleted e-mails vital to […]

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CID to probe fake news on social media: Fmr UNP MP to give free legal aid for the harassed

Monday, June 7th, 2021

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been tasked with investigating those who are misleading the public by spreading false propaganda on social media, Police said. Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said a special police team has been appointed to investigate such false reports. He said the public was facing various inconveniences […]

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Govt aims to oppress people through ‘shortsighted’ fertilizer ban – Sajith

Monday, June 7th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says the government aims to oppress the general public through the chemical fertilizer ban imposed without a proper plan. Issuing a statement today (June 07), Premadasa said that it is questionable as to whether the government has conspired to make Sri Lanka ‘one of the largest Garbage Mountains in […]

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47 more COVID-19 deaths pushes toll to 1,789

Monday, June 7th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that Sri Lanka has reported 47 more deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday (June 07). As per the Department of Government Information, the reported deaths had occurred between May 17 and June 07. They are identified as residents of Elpitiya, Wathugahamulla, Dankotuwa, Marawila, Walapane, Dedigamuwa, […]

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Daily coronavirus case count moves to 2,610

Monday, June 7th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 650 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,610. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 207,943. As many as 176,045 recoveries and 1,742 deaths […]

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උඩරට අර්තාපල් වගාව හාන්සි කරන පොහොර – කෘෂි රසායන තහනම

Sunday, June 6th, 2021

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් දකුණ හා මධ්‍ය පළාත් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර  ලංකාවේ පාරිභෝගිකයින්ගේ වාර්ෂික අර්තාපල් අවශ්‍යතාවය මෙ.ටොන් 228,000 කි.  එයින් ලංකාවේ නිෂ්පාදනය කරන්නේ 35%කට අඩු ප්‍රමාණයකි. 2019 වසරේ බදුල්ල හා නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්‍රික්ක ප්‍රමුඛව හෙක්ටාර 5600 ක අර්තාපල් වගා කළ අතර මෙ.ටොන් 101,642 ක අස්වැන්නක් ලැබුණි.  නුවරඒළියේ – වැලිමඩ අර්තාපල් කිලෝවක මිල ඉන්දියානු- පකිස්ථානු අල කිලෝවකට වඩා රු. […]

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THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA CONDUCTS 12 BLOOD DONATION CAMPS ISLAND WIDE, IN A MONTH

Sunday, June 6th, 2021

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka – The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka expresses its gratitude for the great interest and fullest support showed by the people, in the blood donation camps, organized to meet the national need during this COVID pandemic – 500 pints of blood have already been supplied for national […]

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ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මහජන උපයෝගිතා කොමිෂන් සභාව මසක් තුළ දිවයින පුරා ලේ දන් දීමේ කඳවුරු 12 ක්

Sunday, June 6th, 2021

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මහජන උපයෝගිතා කොමිෂන් සභාව – රුධිර හිගය සපුරා ගැනීම සදහා කඩිනමින් සංවිධානය කරන ලේ දන්දීමේ කදවුරු සදහා ජනතාව දක්වන ඉමහත් උනන්දුව සහා පුර්ණ සහාය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහජන උපයෝගිතා කොමිෂන් සභාව සිය ප්‍රසාදය හා කෘතඥතාව පල කර සීටි – ජාතික අවශ්‍යතා සඳහා ලේ පයින්ට් 500 ක් දැනටමත් සපයා අවසන් ජාතික රුධිර පාරවිලයන මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ […]

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Effect of the US Bipartisan Resolution 413 on Sri Lanka is inciting a future and further conflict among races and harming the moderate Tamil citizens in Sri Lanka.

Sunday, June 6th, 2021

Anjalika Silva Moderate Tamils living in the country are enjoying peace.  Muslims have a home in the East. Diaspora ruling from outside Sri Lanka to push a US Resolution to combine the North and East is not desired by the moderate Tamil People living in Sri Lanka. Muslims faced ethnic cleansing in these areas.  Who […]

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MV X-Press Pearl could have been saved if the acid leak was fixed before it sailed to Colombo

Sunday, June 6th, 2021

By Sarasi Wijeratne/Counterpoint.lk Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 28:  The ill-fated container vessel X-Press Pear, which burned and sank off Colombo, could have been saved if the Nitric acid leak had been fixed before it sailed to Colombo. The ship’s crew had detected the leak after it left Jebel Ali in Dubai where it had loaded […]

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චීනය නොමිලේ දෙන්න හැදු එන්නත් 60 ලක්‍ෂයකට ප‍්‍රබලයෙක්ගෙන් බාධා.. ලංකාවම අමාරුවේ දමයි…

Sunday, June 6th, 2021

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ප්‍රදානයක් ලෙස චීන රජය විසින් මෙරටට ලබාදීමට සූදානම් වූ කොරෝනා එන්නත් මිලියන හයක් ලබා ගැනීම අවහිර කරන ලද විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍යවරවෙකු පිළිබඳව කොමිසමක් පත් කරන ලෙස වෛද්‍ය අංශ විසින් ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගෙන් ඉල්ලා ඇත. කොරෝනා මර්දනය සඳහා නිපදවන ලද චීන එන්නත ගැන බොරු ප්‍රචාර හේතුවෙන් මෙම වෛද්‍ය ප්‍රබලයා චීනය ලබාදීමට […]

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ෂැංග‍්‍රිලා වෙඩින් ගත්තේ, පියුමිට ඇදුම් ගිහින් දුන්නේ ඇමතී සරත් වීරසේකරගේ පුතාද..?

Sunday, June 6th, 2021

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් නිරෝධායනයට ලක්කර සිටින නිරූපණ ශිල්පිනී පියුමි හන්සමාලීගේ ඇදුම් බෑගයත් එම නිරෝධායන මධ්‍යස්ථානය ගෙනගොස් දුන්නේ තම පුත්‍රයා නොවන බව මහජන ආරක්ෂක ඇමති සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඔහු සඳහන් කරන්නේ පියුමි හන්සමාලි කියන ආකාරයට ඇයට ඇඳුම් ගෙනත් දී ඇත්තේ ඇයගේ නිවස ළඟ වෛද්‍යවරයෙකු බවයි. තම පවුල පදිංචි සිටින්නේ ඇයගේ නිවස අසල […]

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Small Sri Lanka harbors big maritime ambitions

Sunday, June 6th, 2021

Courtesy Kuwait Times COLOMBO: In this photograph taken on June 4, 2021 a container vessel is being offloaded at the East Terminal of the Colombo port. – AFP COLOMBO: The dramatic recent fire on a container ship off Sri Lanka highlighted the risks involved in the island nation’s ambitions to become one of the world’s busiest […]

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Sri Lankans, dual citizens from India, Vietnam, South Africa, South America cannot home quarantine

Sunday, June 6th, 2021

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lankans or dual citizens who are fully vaccinated arriving or transiting or having a travel history within the past 14 days from India, Vietnam, South African countries and South American countries will not be allowed for home quarantine but instead will have to go into a quarantine center, a revised […]

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Sixteen killed, 270,912 afflicted by inclement weather

Sunday, June 6th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana The prevailing inclement weather has severely affected ten districts in the country, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said. It has claimed two more lives pushing the death count to sixteen, DMC confirmed. Further, three individuals have gone missing while another five have been reported injured. Accordingly, a total of 270,912 have been afflicted […]

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Sri Lanka confirms 2,976 COVID cases within the day

Sunday, June 6th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana Daily COVID-19 cases count hit 2,976 on Sunday (June 06) as 1,055 more people were tested positive for the virus in Sri Lanka. The new development brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 205,333. As many as 167,304 recoveries and 1,696 deaths have been confirmed in […]

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