By Palitha Manchanayake Courtesy The Island Former Irrigation Engineer, Sri Lanka and Hydrologist/Flood Forecaster to the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney, Australia In this article, the author wishes to highlight his experience during the November 1978 cyclone, while working as an Irrigation Engineer (IE) attached to the Hydrology branch of the Irrigation Department, Sri Lanka. […]

Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.  A significant number of Sri Lankan soldiers sustained head injuries during the Eelam War that lasted from 1983 to 2009. These head injuries mainly occurred due to gunshot wounds, mortar blast injuries, grenade explosions and artillery blasts. Traumatic Brain Injuries increased High morbidity and mortality rates among the Sri Lankan combatants. […]

Pathik Hasan Myanmar is one of the closest neighbors of Bangladesh. Which is also known as Burma. Before the Second World War, many people from Bangladesh used to travel to Burma in search of livelihood. Since then, the people of this country have developed an economic and social relationship with Burma. Apart from India, Bangladesh […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lankan government has lost a total revenue of Rs 1,600 billion this year due to COVID-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa told Parliament today. Speaking during the debate on regulations imposed under the Financial Bill and Export Import Control Bill the Minister said 70% of indirect tax revenue has been […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Finance Bill which was debated in Parliament today (07) has been passed with amendments by a majority vote. During the second reading of the Bill, Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella called for a division and second reading of the bill was passed with 134 parliamentarians voting in favour and 44 voting against […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed another 184 coronavirus-related deaths for September 06 (yesterday), increasing the official death toll in the country to 10,504. According to the figures reported by the Department of Government Information today (07), the victims include 97 males and 87 females while four of the deceased, including 1 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that 1,141 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,964. This brings the confirmed tally of coronavirus infections reported in the country to 471,863. A total of 388,278 recoveries have been confirmed in Sri […]

Sangadasa Akurugoda As per a main news item appeared in ‘Divaina’ dated August 22, 2021, a foreign organisation has already given  Rs 850 millions, via a NGO, to some political parties and trade unions etc to embarrassed the current government. The news item revealed how this money has been distributed among the various recipients, including […]

ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති විවිධ වූ වියුක්ත න්‍යායන්ගේ උපකාරයෙන් අනුමාන දැනුමක් ගොඩ නඟාගැනීම වෙනුවට අත්දැකීම් මත පදනම් වූ ප්‍රත්‍යක්‍ෂය ඇසුරින් ලෝකය තේරුම්ගැනීමේ හැකියාවක් බෞද්ධ අපට හිමි වී තිබේ. එහෙයින් අපගේ සමාජ – ආර්ථික අවශ්‍යතා සාධනය උදෙසා මෙම හැකියාව භාවිතයට ගැනීම වඩාත් ප්‍රතිඵලදායක වේ. මෙයින් කියැවෙන්නේ න්‍යායික කරුණු දැනගැනීමේ අවශ්‍යතාවක් නැති බවක් නොවේ. එම කාර්යයෙහි නිපුණ අයවළුන් […]

Rainforest Protectors of Sri Lanka ඉඩම් ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක විසින් වසර 50 කට ආසන්න කාලයකට පෙර පිහිටුවන ලද්දේ එක්තරා පැහැදිලි කාර්යක් සිදුකිරීම සඳහා පමණි. එනම්, එවක පවුල් 6000කට අයිතිව තිබු, අක්කර ලක්ෂ 15කට ආසන්න ඉඩම් ප්‍රමාණයක් පවරාගෙන රජය යටතට පත්කිරීමටය.  කෙසේනමුත් මේ වනවිටත් LRC ආයතනයේ විශාල අකාරයේ ඉඩම් මංකොල්ලයන් ප්‍රමාණයක් අප වෙත වාර්තාවී […]

Embassy and the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka Bangkok, Thailand Today, 06th September 2021, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) C.A. Chaminda I. Colonne paid her very first courtesy call on the Prime Minister and Minister […]

RANJITH SOYSA It would be clear by now for the readers that a few countries including India and their agents are involved in a misinformation campaign to bring unwanted fear into the minds of the Sri Lankan public by spreading false news about food shortages. The agencies such as Gravitas, DW Germany and Al Jazeera, […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera London  Since 2015 Export Development Board has been trying to implement National Export Strategy ( NES) with few salient features which can enhance our foreign currency reserves A few of them are Development of Boat Building for Export coupled with Nautical Tourism in addition to Development of Spice Trade,Digital Technology  Transformation, development of  Wellness […]

Nava J Thakuria Guwahati: Can the mainstream newspapers and satellite news channels be compelled to make their annual balance sheets public in India? Or will it be possible to ask the professional journalists to go for self-declarations about their assets so that they can question the financial integrity of individuals in other professions including in […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 6: The High Commission of India Colombo announces scholarships to Sri Lankan nationals under the Ayush Scholarship Scheme for UG/PG/PhD courses in Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy for the academic year 2021-22.  The Government of India selects meritorious Sri Lankan nationals for the award of these scholarships in consultation with […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Sept 6 (NewsWire) – The Sri Lanka Rupee has depreciated drastically against several foreign currencies as per the daily currency exchange rate issued for today. The change in the currency has been reported in comparison to last week, the 02nd of September.  According to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the selling […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් තවත් මාස තුනක් ඇතුළත රටම ආදරය කරන ප්‍රභූවරයකු ජීවිතයෙන් සමුගන්නා බව පල්ලේකැලේ ගෝතමී විහාරයේ ප්‍රධාන කම්මට්ඨාචාරිනී ගෝතමී මෙහෙණින් වහන්සේ පවසති. එමෙන්ම හිතාගන්නවත් බැරි ප්‍රබල චරිත දෙකක් ලෙඩ ඇඳට වැටෙන බවද තවත් ප‍්‍රභූවරයෙක් දරුණු රෝගයකින් අසරණ වනු ඇති බවත්  රට හොල්ලපු කටක් ඇති අයෙකුටද දරුණු රෝගයක් වැලදෙනු ඇති බවත් මෙහෙණින් වහන්සේ කියා […]

Courtesy Hiru News The government has decided to immediately suspend the construction work of the proposed walkway near the Kantale Lake in Trincomalee. It is reported that the monks, farmers, and political activists in the area have strongly opposed the walking lane project. One of their main allegations was that the government was spending money […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Proclamation on the Emergency Regulations for the Supply of Essential Foods enacted by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was passed by a majority of 81 votes in Parliament today (06). When the vote on the proclamation of the emergency regulations was taken, a total of 132 parliamentarians voted in favour while 51 members voted […]

Courtesy Adaderana The total number of people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka soared yet again as 180 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Sunday (September 05). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 10,320. According to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 937 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 3,182. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 465,949. As many as 386,509 recoveries and 10,320 deaths […]

Courtesy Adaderana The People’s United Front today (06) testifying before the Select Committee of Parliament to Identify Appropriate Reforms of the Election Laws and the Electoral System and to Recommend Necessary Amendments pointed out that the country needs a mixed electoral system with single and proportional representation. The number of seats in Parliament should be […]

Courtesy European Supermarket Magazine Sri Lanka plans to bring in new laws to deter hoarding and increase penalties on traders to tackle food shortages caused largely by the country’s deteriorating forex reserves. Shortages of essential foods including rice, sugar and milk powder in recent months pushed the government to declare a food emergency last week, empowering authorities to seize stocks […]

ෂම්මි උයනගේ පරිගණක මෘදුකාංග ඉංජිනේරු පෘථිවියට කඩා වැටෙමින් තිබූ චීනයේ විශාලතම ලෝන් මාච් රොකට්ටුවේ අවශේෂ කොටස් මැයි 9 වන දින ග්‍රිනිච් වේලාවෙන් 0224 ට වායුගෝලයට ඇතුළු වූ අතර දේශාංශ 72.47 ක් සහ අක්ෂාංශ 2.65 ක් උතුරින් පිහිටි ඉන්දියන් සාගරයේ ස්ථානයකට කඩා වැටුණු බව ජාත්‍යන්තර මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා කර සිටියි.” 2020 නොවැම්බර් 06 වෙනිදා නිකුත් කරන ලද […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් දකුණු හා මධ්‍යම පළාත් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර  මැරෙනකල්ම ඉදලා දිව්‍ය ලෝකයේ යනවා මිස, අද ම මැරිලා දිව්‍ය ලෝකයේ යන්නට කාටවත් හිතෙන්නේ නැත. ‘මරණයෙන් මතු දිව්‍ය ලෝකයේ යන මිනිසුන්ගේ‘ පක්ෂයට දැන් වසර 75 කි. 1946 වසරේ නිදහසේ අරුණළු දකිමින් සිටි රටට, සිංහල-දෙමළ-මුස්ලිම් සෑම ජන කොටසකගේම ‘එක්සත් – ජාතික‘ සිහිනය ‘යුනයිටඩ් නැෂනල් පාටි‘ හෙවත් ‘අයික්කීය […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Sept 5 (NewsWie) – Online vaccination appointments are now open for age 20+ residents of Colombo, Gampaha, and Kalutara districts.  Sinopharm Dose-1 for age 20+ years for Colombo, Gampaha, and Kalutara districts by MOH. Conducted by the Provincial Director of Health Services, WP.” Hiranya Samarasekara of ICTA tweeted. Vaccination Centers at MOH […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Irrigation Department today decided to suspend the project to construct a jogging track on the breakwater of the ancient Parakrama Samudra. Department’s Director General K.D.N.Siriwardana told the Daily Mirror that if there is no agreement with the opposed parties, we will repair the damage caused to the breakwater. Several parties […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed the grim milestone of 10,000 with 189 more victims confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services for Saturday (September 04). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 10,040. According to the data released by the Department of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 744 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 3,308. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 462,767. As many as 384,557 recoveries and 10,140 deaths […]

Courtesy Adaderana COVID-19 vaccinations for those aged between 20-29 years in the Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Galle districts will kick off from tomorrow (Sep. 06), the Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) announced. The Army Commander, General Shavendra Silva added that youths who belong to the aforesaid age group […]