Courtesy The Daily Mirror Some Christian preachers are misleading their followers requesting them not to get the COVID-19 vaccine, saying the Bible had forbidden taking such vaccines, Sri Lanka National Christian Conference (SLNCC) said yesterday. President of Sri Lanka National Christian Conference Bishop Janaka Kumaratunga told Daily Mirror that many preachers had been asking the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India conducted searches at multiple locations in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, in the Vizhinjam arms recovery case, where heroin and arms were seized from six Sri Lankan nationals in March this year. NIA teams conducted searches at seven locations, spread across Chennai and Tiruvallur districts in Tamil […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Finance has issued a statement today, reiterating that a new special commodity levy was NOT imposed on several food items through the Gazette Extraordinary issued on August 11. Clarifying media reports, the finance ministry said the gazette notification only extended the validity period of the existing special commodity levy previously imposed on […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has registered 160 more COVID-19 related fatalities confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Friday (August 14). This marks the sixth consecutive day that the daily count of COVID-19 deaths surpassed 100. The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 5,935. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 822 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 3,245. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 351,533. As many as 307,345 recoveries and 5,935 deaths […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM FRCP/FRACP Dear Editor, I am writing in absolute frustration & anger on watching parliamentarian Mudgibur Rahman blaming the government for the present spike in incidence of Covid in Sri Lanka claiming that it was because of the delay in securing vaccine because it wasted time chasing a ‘Paniya’ without placing orders of vaccines.Nothing is […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විසින් ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට විවෘත සංදේශයක් යොමු කර ඇත. මන්ත‍්‍රීවරයා විසින් තම සමාජ ජාල ගිණුමේ පළකර තිබූ එම සංදේශය මෙසේය. විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ 2021 අගෝස්තු මස 13 දින දීය, ජනපති ගෝඨාභයට – විවෘත සංදේශයක් ? හිතවත් ගෝඨාභය, මෙහෙම ආමන්ත්‍රණය කළේ ඔබ […]

තිසර සමල්- අනුරාධපුර මෙරට වී අස්වැන්න, බලශක්ති උත්පාදනය, පානීය ජල හා වාරි ජල සැපයුම වැඩි දියුණු  කරමින් දේශීය ඉංජිනේරු තාක්ෂණයෙන් ඉදිවන රජරට විශාලතම ජලාශය හා මෙරට හයවැනි විශාලම ජලාශය  වන පහළ මල්වතු ඔය ජලාශයේ  ඉදිකිරීම්  කටයුතු රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍ය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ නිරීක්ෂණයට ලක් විය. මෙරට වැඩිම වී අස්වැන්නක් ලබාගෙන මන්නාරම ‘සහල් නැළියේ’ අස්වැන්න තෙගුණ කිරීම හා […]

තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය, ඩිජිටල් තාක්ෂණ හා ව්‍යවසාය සංවර්ධන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය ඔරු පැදීමේ හා ස්කොෂ් ක්‍රීඩාවෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තර ජයග්‍රහණ හිමිකර ගැනීමේ අරමුණ ඇතිව එම ක්‍රීඩාවන් හි නිරත ක්‍රීඩික ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ගේ දක්ෂතා ඔප්නැංවීම සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඔරු පැදීමේ සංගමය හා ශ්‍රී ලංකා ස්කොෂ් ක්‍රීඩා සංගමයසමඟ ගිවිසුම්ගතවෙමින් ඔවුන්ට මූල්‍යමය ප්‍රදානයන් ලබාදීම අද (13) දින තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් […]

 by P.K. Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 12 (Counterpoint): There is no data on the extent of polygamy among Sri Lankan Muslims. Yet, polygamy is seen by the authorities and the majority Sinhala community as being a widely prevalent custom among Muslims, which is both a social evil and a demographic threat to the Sinhala community. In July this […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror As a first step of the programme to launch 20 television channels dedicated to education, six new television channels and a radio frequency will be launched next week, Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said. Addressing a meeting held at the Mass Media Ministry today, he said the ‘Vision FM’ radio station, […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් Hiru News A gazette notification issued imposing a special Commodity Levy on several items. A kilo of  Sprats and dried fish Rs. 100. Butter Rs. 880.00 per kg, Dairy spreads Rs. 880.00 per kg, Mathe seed Rs. 50.00 per kg, Kurakkan (Eleusine coracana spp.) fl our Rs. 150.00 per kg and Mustard seeds Rs. […]

Courtesy Hiru News The key observations and recommendations by the national experts suggest that at current levels of mobility restrictions, the number of cases would increase up to mid-September at 6000 cases per day. The key observations and recommendations of the 5th Independent Expert Group Meeting convened by WHO Sri Lanka which was held on 10 […]

Courtesy Adaderana Army Commander General Shavendra Silva says that inter-provincial travel restrictions will be further tightened from midnight today (13). He stated this while announcing the decisions taken today during the meeting of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 Control, held under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The Army Commander said that traveling between […]

Courtesy Adaderana මුඛ ආවරණය ⁣පලඳින්නැයි කාන්තාවකට අවවාද කළ පොලිස් නිලධාරියාට දෝස්මුරයක්…

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has registered 155 more COVID-19 related fatalities confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Thursday (August 12). This marks the fifth consecutive day that the daily count of COVID-19 deaths surpassed 100. The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 5,775. […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 770 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 today (August 13), increasing the daily count of positive cases to 3,152. According to the Government Information Department, 3,142 cases reported today have been associated with the New Year cluster. The remaining 10 were identified as arrivals from foreign countries. The latest […]

Courtesy Adaderana More than half of the population in Colombo and Kalutara districts, aged over 30 years in have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, says General Shavendra Silva. According to the army commander, 51% adults in Colombo District and 55% in Kalutara Districts have received both doses of coronavirus vaccine. Reportedly, 48% of Gampaha […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed the health officials to pay special attention to people above the age of 60 and are suffering from chronic non-communicable diseases. A study carried out into the deaths reported during the last few days has revealed that majority of them were from the Western Province. It has been […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS REVISED 15.8.21 Scratch below the surface of any civil war and there is usually a foreign sponsor to be found, said analysts.   Almost all civil wars have an external dimension. It is necessary to be alert to such interventions. These interventions hide under the   term ‘Terrorism”. Terrorism is the perfect tool to exert […]

Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President Ambassador’s Forum and Jeff Goonawardena-Former Counsel General, Managing Director Thilanka Group of Hotels (International) and Joint Secretary Ambassador’s Forum Foreign and Domestic Policies These are some topics interconnected and interwoven for a country to prosper in tourism and economy. The world today is interlinked […]

වාගිස ප්‍රනාන්දු විසිනි. ඊයේ (12 වනදා) ලංකාවේ ආසාධිතයින් ගණන 3039කි. (රජය විසින් නිකුත් කරන දත්තවල නිරවද්‍යතාවය පිළිබදවද ප්‍රශ්ණයක්ද මේ වනවිට මතුව තිබේ) ඒ කෙසේවෙතත්, එම දත්ත නිවරැදියැයි උපකල්පනය කිරීම හැර වෙනත් විකල්පයක්ද අපට මේ මොහොතේ නැත. මන්ද? පසුගියදා ඇතැම් රජයේ රෝහල්වල කොරෝනා ආසාධිතයින්ගේ ධාරිතාවය ඉක්මවාගොස් ඇතැම් ආසාධිතයින් රෝහල් භූමියේ පවා වැතිර සිටින ඡායාරූප මාධ්‍යයේ පලවූ […]

ALI SUKHANVER Definitely US’ decision of pulling out its forces from the Afghan land is going to change the whole future scenario of the war-torn Afghanistan, might be in a positive way and might be negatively. But one thing is very much clear that things would take a long time in permanent settlement. At present […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Without accepting a religion, but simply developing a realisation of the importance of compassion and love, with more concern and respect for others, a kind of spiritual development is possible for those persons who are outside of religion”- Dalai Lama. Peter Kalu, who lives in Hertfordshire, UK, was intrigued by […]

තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය ශ්‍රී ලාංකික තාරුණ්‍යයට තම කුසලතාවයන් ඔප්  නැංවීමට මඟ පෙන්වීම හා සහයෝගය  ලබා දීම අරමුණකර ගනිමින්, අන්තර්ජාතික තරුණ දිනයට සමගාමීව ඩයලොග් ආසිආටා සමාගම විසින් තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය සමගින්  එක්ව Youth Can වැඩසටහන දියත් කරන ලදී මෙම වැඩසටන තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය  හා ජාතික තරුණ සේවා සභාව සමගින් එක්ව, මිනිස් බල හා […]

තිසර සමල් – අනුරාධපුර අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ ගම්මාන රැසක  පවතින අලි මිනිස් ගැටුමට විසදුමක් ලෙස සූර්ය පැනල භාවිතයෙන් 2021 වර්ෂයේ  අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ ගම්මාන රැසක් ආවරණය වන ලෙස කිලෝමීටර 482.2 ක  ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට නියමිත විදුලි අලි වැට සම්බන්ධයෙන් සාකච්ජාවක් රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පැවැත්විණි. අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම් ආර්.එම් වන්නිනායක, අනුරාධපුර සහකාර වනජීවි අධ්‍යක්ෂ ඩබ්ලිව්.එස් වේරගම […]

By A. Abdul Aziz 55th Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) UK concludes with an inspirational address by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad If governments and leaders do not understand their responsibilities, particularly with regards to warfare and conflicts, and if they do not fulfil the rights of others, I fear the onset of an unthinkable global war, the […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Beijing, August 12 (Xinhua):  China on Thursday released a White Paper titled Moderate Prosperity in All Respects: Another Milestone Achieved in China’s Human Rights” in which it had a chapter on how it coped with the COVID-19 pandemic. The White Paper said: The Covid-19 pandemic is the most serious global health emergency in […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 12 (Xinhua): A tusker, escorted by the Special Task Force is on a 10-day journey to participate in the Kandy Esala Perahera, which is scheduled to be held from Aug. 14 to 24 in Kandy. The festival is one of the grandest Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, with an elephant parade […]

Courtesy Japan Today TOKYO The family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in March following mistreatment at a Japanese immigration center said she was “treated like a dog” after the government disclosed Thursday security camera footage of her final days. Two weeks’ worth of video footage showing Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, 33, before her […]