Sangadasa Akurugoda As per media reports, US Embassy officials led by Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz held discussions with SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem and earlier with TNA leader R. Sampanthan at the latter’s residence, where the focus was on the proposed new Constitution, post-war reconciliation efforts, devolution of power, rule of law, Prevention of Terrorism Act […]

ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති සාමූහිකත්ව ඇගැයීම් උද්දීපනය කිරීමෙන් සහ සැලසුම්සහගතව ඒවා භාවිතයට යොමු කිරීමෙන් මූල්‍ය ප්‍රාග්ධනය රැස් කරගත හැකි ආකාරයත් බෙදී වෙන් වී තිබෙන ඉඩම් සම්පතින් වැඩ ගත හැකි ආකාරයත් අපි පසුගිය ලිපිවලින් හඳුනාගත්තෙමු. ආර්ථික සාධනයට අදාළ අනෙකුත් සාධකවලින් වැඩගැනීම සඳහා ද මෙම ක්‍රමය උපයෝගී කරගත හැකි ය. ආර්ථික කාර්යයන් සඳහා යොදාගනු ලබන විවිධ වූ යන්ත්‍ර […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ නිතීඥ කල්‍යාණන්ද තිරාණගම මහතා, තමන් විසින් රචනා කළ  කළණවත හෙවත් තවමත් හමුනොවූ  සාධාරණය සොයා කෘතිය අද (26) දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට පිළිගන්වන ලදි. පොලිස් කූඩු,  හිර ගෙවල්, අධිකරණ ශාලා හා  ජනතා වේදිකා හරහා ගිය ගමනේ කල්‍යාණන්ද තිරාණගම මහතා විසින් ලබාගත් අත්දැකීම් පාදක කොට ගෙන මෙම කෘතිය […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, July 26 (newsin.asia): The International Buddhist Confederation, with the support of the Indian Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Mahabodhi Society of India and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations organized the annual Esala Poya Day (known as Ashada Purnima in India) on July 24 to mark the first sermon by Lord Buddha. The President of […]

Courtesy Outlook The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has stated that strict laws are required to prevent child exploitation A young bonded child laborer rests his head in his handsAP Photo/ Kevin Frayer Days after the death of a 16-year-old girl who was employed as domestic help by a politician, Sri Lanka is set to […]

By P.K.Balachandran  Courtesy The Daily Mirror By the 9th Century AD, the Sinhalese kings had beefed-up their defences and had also taken to diplomacy to ward off South Indian predators. While Pali was the vehicle of Theravada Buddhism practiced in Sri Lanka, Lankan Buddhist monks learnt Sanskrit, wrote works in it and communicated with Indian […]

Courtesy Adaderana

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today ordered to remand the wife of former minister Rishad Bathiudeen and three others until August 09 in connection with the suspicious death of a teenage domestic worker who had been employed at their home.  The four defendants, including Bathiudeen’s father-in-law, brother-in-law and the broker who had brought the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 635 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 1,653. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 298,181. As many as 269,007 recoveries have been confirmed […]

Courtesy Hiru News The CID has commenced an investigation into a complaint made regarding protests in public places violating quarantine laws and endangering public health. A statement issued by the Police Media Division stated that the investigations are being carried out into a complaint lodged with the CID by Damgalla Gamage Danushka Dilshan Gamage, Chairman […]

Courtesy  Hiru News  The four suspects, including Rishad Bathiudeen’s wife, who were arrested in connection with the death of 16-year-old Ishalini who was working as a servant at MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s house, were remanded until August 9. >That was when the relevant case was taken before the Hulftsdorp Magistrate’s Court. Deputy Solicitor General Dilipa Peiris […]