Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila has dismissed the contents of the no-confidence motion signed by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) against him over the recent hike in fuel prices as baseless. Addressing a press conference earlier today (June 17), the energy minister said it was a childish move by the main Opposition. Fuel […]

Courtesy Adaderana A fundamental rights petition has been filed at the Supreme Court seeking a ruling that the government’s decision to import 227 luxury vehicles for Members of Parliament violates the Constitution. The petition was filed by former Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Western Provincial Councilor Mahinda Jayasinghe. Thirty-one persons including Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) has not granted approval for the sale of liquor online. Head of NOCPCO, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva confirmed this decision today (June 17). The Ministry of Finance yesterday (June 16) gave approval to the recommendation made by the Department of Excise to […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS There was much speculation as to the number of civilians killed in the last phase of the Eelam War IV, which ended in May 2009. In the absence of reliable statistics,   the Security Council and the Office of Secretary General had begun to rely on reports from Human Rights Watch and other international […]

මාධ්‍ය ඒකකය, තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යංශය කෘෂි නිෂ්පාදන ප්‍රති අපනයනය කිරීමේ කාර්මික ජනපදයක් වැලිපැන්න කේන්ද්‍ර කරගනිමින් ස්ථාපිත කරන බව තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඊයේ  (15)  දින පැවසීය. වැලිපැන්න අධිවේගී පිවිසුම අසල ඉදිකිරීමට යෝජිත කෘෂි නිෂ්පාදන ප්‍රති අපනයන කාර්මික ජනපද භූමිය නිරීක්ෂණය කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආයෝජන […]

කල්ප මධුරංග ලේකම් – ප්‍රොටෙක්ට් සංගමය සෑම වසරකම ජූනි මස 16 දිනට යෙදී ඇත්තේ ගෘහ සේවක දිනයයි. මෙවර එහි තේමාව වී ඇත්තේ “කෝවිඩ්-19 වසංගතය පසුකරමින් ශිෂ්ඨ රැකියා යන්න යථාර්ථයක් කරමු” යන්නයි. ජාත්‍යන්තර පරිමාණවත් ලංකාව තුළත් කෝවිඩ් වසංගතයෙන් ඉතාම දරුණු ලෙස බැට කෑ කොටසක් වූයේ අවිධිමත් අංශයේ කම්කරුවන්ය. ඒ අතරින් ගෘහ සේවක සේවිකාවන් විශේෂය. පසුගිය වසරේ […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  යුද හමුදා රෝහලේ සේවය කරන කාලයේදී කමාන්ඩෝ රෙජිමේන්තුවේ සෙබළුන් සහ නිලධාරීන් කිහිප දෙනෙකු ප්‍රතිකාර සඳහා මා වෙත යොමු කල බව කිව යුතුය. කමාන්ඩෝ රෙජිමේන්තුවේ එක් නිලධාරියෙකුට මම වසර ගනනාවක් ප්‍රතිකාර කලෙමි. ඔහු පැරෂූට් පිම්මකදී වැරදීමක් සිදු වීමෙන් බිම වැටී ඔහුගේ මොලය තුවාල (TBI – Trumatic Brain Injury)  වී තිබුණි. ඔහු තුල […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Washington, June 16 (Agencies):  US President Joe Biden has nominated foreign service woman diplomat Julie Chung to be the country’s next ambassador to Sri Lanka. Chung is of South Korean origin. Currently serving as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, 49-year-old Julie Jiyoon Chung, who was nominated on Tuesday, needs […]

Ranga Jayasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror A few leaders would throw a wrecking ball into a big chunk of the economic machinery, worse still when it is stumbling under the weight of a coronavirus pandemic and a full-blown foreign exchange crisis. Alas, that is exactly what President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is doing to the country’s agricultural […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has registered 59 more victims of COVID-19, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today. The latest fatalities have moved the death toll from the virus infection to 2,374, according to Government Information Department’s data. Reportedly, the victims have succumbed to the virus infection on Tuesday (June 15). As per official data, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 788 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,419. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 230,675. As many as 194,145 recoveries and 2,315 deaths […]

Courtesy Adaderana ndia became the first country to partner with Sri Lanka in fulfilling the vision of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to ensure that 70% of Sri Lanka’s national power requirements are fulfilled by renewable energy sources by 2030, as reiterated during his address at the recently concluded Sri Lanka Investment Forum. In this context, an […]

Courtesy Adaderana Arjuna Hettiarachchi, the chairman of the local shipping agency representing the ‘X-Press Pearl’ vessel, has been granted bail by the Colombo High Court.   Chairman of Sea Consortium Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Mr Hettiarachchi was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today after surrendering through his attorneys.  He was subsequently produced before the Colombo […]

By Nick Savvides courtesy The Loadstar Following the arrest and subsequent release of the captain of the X-Press Pearl, Sri Lanka’s Attorney General yesterday advised police to also arrest the carrier’s agent in the country. According to local press reports, Sri Lankan detectives visited the Sea Consortium Lanka offices, X-Press Feeders’ agency office in Colombo, and the […]

Courtesy Mailonline A sinking fire-damaged container ship could take months to salvage because of rough monsoon seas, Sri Lanka said Tuesday, as authorities investigated whether the deaths of dozens of turtles and dolphins were caused by the disaster. Part of the Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl submerged in early June after catching fire and burning for […]

News.lk Expressing his views regarding the recent resolution adopted by the European Parliament, requesting the EU Commission for a temporary withdrawal of the GSP+ status, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella highlighted that the Sri Lanka Constitution is the right of the citizens of Sri Lanka and the sovereignty lies within the people of Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy Adaderana The salvor reports have confirmed that no bunker fuel remains onboard the X-Press Pearl, the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) announced today. The Singapore-registered container ship was carrying 300 metric tons of bunker fuel at the time of the ill-fated incident. We have given written instructions to both the vessel’s owners and the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Daily COVID-19 cases count hit 2,275 on Tuesday (June 15) as 432 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 228,197. As many as 192,478 recoveries and 2,315 deaths have been confirmed in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has registered 55 more victims of COVID-19, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today. The latest fatalities have moved death toll from the virus infection to 2,315, according to Government Information Department’s data. Reportedly, the victims have succumbed to the virus infection on Monday (June 14). As per official data, 44 […]

By P. K. Balachandran  Courtesy Ceylon Today The Gotabaya Rajapaksa Government appears determined to bring about an immediate and drastic change in Sri Lankan agriculture by replacing the conventional chemicalsbased system to an organic-based one without the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides. Adopting a carrot and stick policy, the import of chemical fertilisers has […]

By Kamanthi Wickramasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror Experts have opined that shifting to organic agriculture overnight isn’t a wise move Just last October Sri Lanka imported around 180,000 metric tonnes of chemical fertilizer In Sri Lanka, farmers utilize close to 300 kilograms of fertilizer per hectare Since farmers don’t have adequate knowledge on the consumption […]

S. AKURUGOA As per the media reports, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), under a special team, has been tasked with investigating those who are misleading the public by spreading false propaganda on social media. Police Spokesman DIG Rohana has said it is an offence punishable under Section 98 of the Police Ordinance, that if anyone […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The main charge against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC is that they deliberately killed thousands of civilians in the last phase of Eelam War IV. Rajiva Wijesinha was Secretary-General of the Sri Lankan Government Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) from 2007–2009. In that capacity Rajiva had access to war data. Rajiva […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් දකුණු හා මධ්‍යම පළාත් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර 2010 – 2015 ආණ්ඩුවේ උපදේශකයින් තවත් වරක් ලංකා ආර්ථිකය ඝාතනය කිරීමේ මාවතට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වේගයෙන් තල්ලු කරමින් සිටින්නේ යැයි හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පවසයි. ‘‘2010 සිට 2017 මැයි 17 දක්වා යුරෝපයේ ජීඑස්පී ප්ලස් බදු සහනය අහිමිවීම නිසා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට රු. බිලියන […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්         වසංගත පැතිරීම පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු රාශියක් ලෝක ඉතිහාසය තුළ සටහන් වී ඇත. විශේෂයෙන්ම වසූරිය වංසගතය ලෝකයම පීඩාවට පත් කළ ආකාරය පුදුම  සහගතය. දූපතක් වශයෙන් ලෝක ගෝලයේ දක්නට තිබෙන ලංකාවට මෙවැනි වසංගතය පැමිණෙනුයේ සංක්‍රමණ නිසාවෙනි.විශේෂයෙන්ම වෙළෙඳාම හරහා පැමිණෙන නාවිකයන් මෙන්ම සෙබළුන් නිසා මේ රෝග තත්වයන් ලංකාව පුරා පැතිරුණු අවස්ථාවන් තිබේ. පරංගි(ෆිරංගි යනු විදේශික යන […]

ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති සෑම මිනිසකු ම සමාන ය” යන අදහස අර්ථවත් වනුයේ සාමාන්‍ය, පොදු ඇසකින් ලෝකය දෙස බැලීමේ දී විනා ප්‍රායෝගික භාවිත අර්ථයකින් නොවේ. ස්වභාවයෙන් ම මිනිසුන් අසමාන ය. විවිධ වූ නියාම ධර්ම කරණ කොට ගෙන මෙම අසමානතා ඇතිවෙයි. මේ සඳහා හේතුවන ධර්ම – කර්මාදී නියාම ධර්ම ගැන බෞද්ධ අපි හොඳින් ම දනිමු. ආර්ථික අරමුණු […]

By A. Abdul Aziz. The Gist of the Address by the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community the Fifth Khalifah (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France on 8th October 2019. The event was attended by over 80 dignitaries and guests, including diplomats, politicians, academics and the representatives of […]

By Darshani Kumaragamage, PhD d.kumaragamage@uwinnipeg.ca Banning the import and use of synthetic chemical fertilizers: I read with interest and concern the conflicting and controversial views expressed by many experts and stakeholders, regarding the Sri Lankan government’s decision to ban the importation of agrochemicals, including synthetic chemical fertilizers. Undoubtedly, some have genuine concerns regarding the negative […]

by Professor W. A. J. M. De Costa -Senior Professor and Chair of Crop Science Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture University of Peradeniya Why use fertiliser on crops? Fertilisers are used for two purposes. One purpose is to provide essential plant nutrients that are required for crops to produce an economically-important product (i. […]

The letter signed by Dr. Sampath Dharmadasa, President/SAEA and Dr. Shashika Rathnayaka, Secretary, has been copied to the Prime Minister, Ministers of Agriculture and Plantations, among others. In the absence of proper substitutes The Sri Lanka Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) has expressed some concerns on the appropriateness of the newly introduced regulation to restrict forthwith […]