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Courtesy Hiru News Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella stated that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has also paid attention to the news report regarding the exorbitant room rates and other charges levied from migrant workers by the hotels that provide quarantine facilities, The minister was commenting on the revelation made by the Hiru News team regarding exorbitant rates charged for […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) was formed in October 2001. TNA consists of four parties:   Illankai Thamil Arasu Kadchi, (ITAK), Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO), Peoples Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), and Eelam Peoples’ Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF). These are separatist parties and the last three TELO, PLOTE and EPRLF were active […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Revised 18.9.21 TNA became the dominant Tamil separatist party once the LTTE was eliminated at end of Eelam war IV. It is remarkable how quickly the Tamil National Alliance moved into this new phase, said Chandraprema. The war ended in May 2009 and by the end of that year, the TNA had taken […]

ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති සසර සරණ සත්ත්වයා පෙළෙන්නා වූ භවදුකින් මිදීමේ ක්‍රමය බුදුදහම තුළ විග්‍රහ කෙරී ඇත්තේ චතුර්විධ ආකෘතියක් තුළ ය. දුක, දුකට හේතුව, දුක නැතිකිරීම සහ දුක නැතිකිරීමේ මාර්ගය ලෙසින් චතුරාර්ය සත්‍යය දේශනාව තුළ මෙය ඉදිරිපත් කෙරෙයි. ලෝකෝත්තර අරමුණු වෙනුවෙන් දේශිත මෙම ආකෘතිය බෞද්ධ ජනරජයේ සමාජ – ආර්ථික ගැටලු විසඳීම සඳහා ද යොදාගත හැකි ය. […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා බොලොඤ්ඤා හි නවාතැන්ගත් හෝටලය අසල දී ඉතාලියේ වෙසෙන ශ්‍රී ලාංකික හා ඉතාලි ජනතාවගේ මහත් හරසරට ලක් වූහ.  ජී 20 අන්තර් ආගමික සංසදය (G20 Interfaith Forum) ට එක්වීම සඳහා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා නවාතැන්ගත් හෝටලයෙන් ඊයේ (12) පස්වරුවේ පිටතට යන අවස්ථාව දැක බලා ගැනීමට මෙසේ විශාල පිරිසක් හෝටල් පරිශ්‍රය අසල රැස්ව […]

by A. Abdul Aziz Ahmadiyya Khalifa His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad in his Friday Sermon delivered on 3rd September said that recently, a very dear life-devotee, Syed Taalay Ahmed (31) was martyred in Ghana, Africa. Ahmadiyya Head expressed his own love and admiration for Syed Taalay Ahmad too in the sermon. He said: He […]

තිසර සමල් – අනුරාධපුර. රසායනික පොහොර භාවිතය වෙනුවට කාබනික පොහොර භාවිතය ප්‍රචලිත කිරීමට වත්මන් රජය ගත් තීරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගොවීන්ගේ පවතින මතය සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමසා බැලීම සඳහා සූර්ය බල, සුළං හා ජල විදුලි ජනන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා අනුරාධපුර තිරප්පනය ප්‍රදේශයේ බඩඉරඟු ඇතුළු අතිරේක භෝග වගා කරන ගොවීන් හමුවී ඔවුන් සමඟ සාකච්ජා කර ගොවි බිම්ද නිරීක්ෂණය […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Ceylon Today Colombo, September 13: Recent detections of large quantities of heroin from vessels sailing in the Indian Ocean have once again brought home the imperative need for cooperation between the countries of the region. At the end of August, the Sri Lanka Navy had seized a trawler with 5 suspects, carrying over […]

Anusha Ondaatjie, Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka is turning to a veteran central banker as it seeks to bolster depleted foreign exchange reserves and service debt without seeking an international bailout.  Ajith Nivard Cabraal, a former junior minister overseeing capital markets who led the Central Bank of Sri Lanka from 2006 until early 2015, will […]

Courtesy The Daily Star Sri Lanka’s Capital Alliance (CAL) has recently made a foray into Bangladesh’s brokerage business. CAL is Sri Lanka’s leading investment bank, offering integrated investment and capital market solutions, and this becomes its first overseas foray. CAL will hold a majority stake of CAL Securities, the company said in a press release […]

VIJAY SAPPNI Courtesy Macdonald-Laurier Institute. As Sri Lanka moves closer to China in its economic ties, concerns about the Indo-Sri Lanka bilateral relationship grow, writes Vijay Sappani in the ORF.  By Vijay Sappani, September 13, 2021 India and Sri Lanka have enjoyed a cordial and relatively stable relationship since their independence. In the post-Liberation Tigers of […]

by Dennis Mombauer  Courtesy Mongabay Seaweed farming is an increasingly important part of the global food system and provides a range of benefits, including sustainable coastal livelihoods and economic diversification, food production, export revenue, climate change mitigation and adaptation, pollution control, and organic fertilizer. Sri Lanka used to have a prominent seaweed market in the 1930s, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal has been appointed as the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka by the President with effect from September 15, Presidential Media Division said.

Courtesy Adaderana The total number of people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka soared yet again as 135 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Sunday (September 13). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 11,431. According to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 805 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,560. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 488,482. As many as 414,295 recoveries and 11,431 deaths […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has informed the court that there is a suspicion as to whether the deletion of data from the database of the National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA) was an act by medicine traffickers. Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris, appearing on behalf of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), informed this when the […]

Courtesy  Hiru News The Teachers ‘and Principals’ Trade Unions stated that they are still withdrawing from the process of applying for the GCE Advanced Level Examination and the Scholarship Examination. The Ministry of Education has informed that applications for the two examinations should be submitted before 15 September. Today is the 64th day of the […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ආර්ථික, දේශපාලන හා සමාජීය අරමුණු සාක්‍ෂාත් කරගැනීමේ දී බොහෝ සෙයින් අපගේ අනාගතය රඳා පවතිනුයේ එක් ජාතියක් වශයෙන් සිදුවන එකමුතුකම හා සහජීවනය මත බව ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ජී20 අන්තර් ආගමික සංසදයේ ආරම්භක සැසිය අමතමින් අවධාරණය කරයි. ඉතාලියේ බොලොඤ්ඤා හි පැවැත්වෙන ජී 20 අන්තර් ආගමික සංසදයේ ආරම්භක දිනය වූ අද (12) දින […]

By Shruti Menon and Ranga Sirilal BBC Reality Check and BBC Sinhala Sri Lanka has experienced long queues to buy essential items amid tight lockdown measures to control the spread of Covid-19. Shelves at government-run supermarkets have been running low – some even empty – with very little stock remaining of imported goods like milk […]

– තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය සහ සංවර්ධන සම්බන්ධීකරණ හා අධීක්ෂණ අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා – පොලොන්නරුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කය තුළ ක්‍රියාත්මක වන සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතිවල වත්මන් ප්‍රගතිය අධීක්ෂණය සඳහා එක්වෙමින් ඊයේ (11) දින තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය සහ සංවර්ධන සම්බන්ධීකරණ හා අධීක්ෂණ අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව පැවසීය. අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමන්ගේ සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනය මගින් ඉදිරිපත් කළ […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Sept 12 (MSN) – Sri Lanka has experienced long queues to buy essential items amid tight lockdown measures to control the spread of Covid-19. Shelves at government-run supermarkets have been running low – some even empty – with very little stock remaining of imported goods like milk powder, cereal and rice. The government […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මාතලේ දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීණි රෝහිණී කවිරත්න මහ කන්නය සඳහා අවශ්‍ය කෘෂි රසායන (කෘමි, දිලීර හා වල් නාශක) ලබාදීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමසමින් කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් උදිත කේ ජයසිංහ වෙත දැඩි විවේචනාත්මක ලිපියක් යොමු කර ඇත. මහ කන්නය ආරම්භවීමට තවත් ඇත්තේ සති 3 ක් තිබිය දී, වගාව සඳහා අත්‍යවශ්‍ය කෘෂි රසායන ගොවියාට ලබාදීමට […]

Nitin Pai Courtesy LiveMint.com Policies that respect the farmer’s economic freedom offer the best route to sustainable agriculture Earlier this month, the Rajapaksa government imposed a state of emergency in Sri Lanka after its bungled response to a brewing foreign exchange crisis cascaded into food shortages. An army general has been put in charge of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror There has been less enthusiasm among the youth in Colombo City to get COVID-19 vaccines during the past few weeks, Chief Medical Officer Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Dr. Ruwan Wijayamuni said yesterday. We began giving the vaccines to those between 20 and 30 years old from Monday, September 6. However, the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The total number people died of COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up with 144 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Saturday (Sep. 11). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 11,296. According to the data released by […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reported that 620 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka today (Sep. 12), moving the daily total of new cases to 2,642. According to the Government Information Department, 2,641 of them have been associated with the New Year Cluster and the remaining one […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Ministry of Health has stated that it will intervene if certain hotels are charging exorbitant rates from guests who are staying in hotels after conducting covid tests until the results are received.  Tourists have repeatedly accused hotels of charging exorbitant rates for their stay in the country once they return from […]

Harindra Jayalal නේරංජනා නදිය අසබඩ ඉපදුණු රෝෂන් කුමාර් නමැති හින්දු තරුණයා ජීවිතේ සැබෑ සුන්දර බව පතා නිරෝධ සාමණේර නමින් බුදුමගට පිවිසි අයුරු.

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS After reporting Mr. Susil Siriwardane passed away, the debate on the elimination of poverty re-emerged and it might be for a short period because the condition of poverty in the country has not been eliminated so far. Mr. Susil Siriwardane attempted to reduce poverty through his project JANASAVIYA and Mr.R. Premadasa assisted […]