Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Sept 21 (NewsWire) – The State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka (SPC) has secured the booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine for the Sri Lankan population. Chairman of the SPC Dr. Prasanna Gunasena said 14 million doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine have been procured to be administered as the third dose. According […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 21 (newsin.asia): The Foreign Ministers of Sri Lanka and Australia met on the eve of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. At the meeting the Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne sought from her Sri Lankan counterpart, Prof.G.L.Peiris, intelligence cooperation with Sri Lanka. Though […]

As told to ZINARA RATHNAYAKE Courtesy Rest of World Nangahami Premawathi is a 61-year-old single mother of three school-age children. She has been driving a tuk-tuk for PickMe, a Sri Lankan ride-hailing app, and for Uber, for four years. She also delivers food and packages.  In 2019, the latest year for which data is available, only 17,368 Sri Lankan women […]

BY: DANIEL GRAEBER Courtesy NaturalGas World US-based New Fortress Energy said September 21 it had finalised an agreement with the government of Sri Lanka to build an offshore regasification facility for LNG imports. For undisclosed terms, New Fortress is to acquire a 40% stake in utility West Coast Power, which owns a 310 MW power plant […]

Published by Sarah Smith, Editorial Assistant LNG Industry,  New Fortress Energy Inc. and The Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (GOSL) jointly announced that they have executed a definitive agreement for New Fortress’ investment in West Coast Power Limited (WCP), the owner of the 310 MW Yugadanavi Power Plant based in Colombo, Sri […]

Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Further investigations were being carried out into former Terrorism Investigation Division Director Nalaka Silva upon a compliant lodged by Anti-Corruption Force Director Namal Kumara in 2018 on an alleged plot to assassinate the then President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary and incumbent President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, […]

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Courtesy Adaderana There will be no shortage of medicinal drugs nor will substandard medicines be imported to the country as a result of the recent data loss at the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA), State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals assured today. Responding to a question raised by the Leader of Opposition, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reported that 403 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka today (Sep. 21), moving the daily total of new cases to 1,321. According to the Government Information Department, all new cases were associated with the New Year Cluster. This brings the tally of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The total number of people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 66 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Monday (September 21). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 12,284. According to the […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The purpose of establishing the International Monetary Fund was a good policy design because there had been conflicts in the international financial management relating to exchange rate determination and gaining trade advantages.  Economically, powerful countries attempted to take power by determining the exchange rate for their currency units. This situation was encountered […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS (Continued from B2) Western delegations have made it a point to meet and speak with the TNA, when they visit Sri Lanka. These are not secret discussions. They are   proudly reported in the newspapers. Sampanthan’s discussion with these foreigners covered the full spectrum of Tamil Separatist Movement concerns, such as the National question, […]

Asanga Abeyagoonasekera Asanga Abeyagoonasekera speaks on ‘Russia and Sri Lanka’s role in Regional Security’ at the Moscow Conference on International Security Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, Author and foreign policy analyst was invited from Sri Lanka for the IX Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) 2021. The conference was inaugurated by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, […]

ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති බුදුදහම අල්පේච්ඡතාව අගය කරයි. ඒ තුළින් ලද හැකි සතුට සහ සැහැල්ලුව පෙන්වාදෙයි. එහෙයින් ම, බහුභාණ්ඩික බවෙහි වරද ද බුදුදහම තුළින් අවධාරණය කෙරෙයි. මෙය ලෝකෝත්තර අරමුණු සඳහා පමණක් අදාළ කරුණක් නොවේ. අපි අපේ ලෞකික ජීවිත තුළින් ද මෙම ඉගැන්වීමෙහි ප්‍රායෝගිකත්වය අත්දැක ඇත්තෙමු. අල්පේච්ඡතාව යනු සියල්ල අත්හැරීම නොවේ. ධම්මපද අට්ඨකතාවේ එන බහුභාණ්ඩික තෙරුන්ගේ කථා […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය සෑම පුන් පොහෝ දිනකම ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ සංකල්පයකට අනුව පවත්වන අමාදම් සිසිලස” ධර්ම දේශනා මාලාවේ 214 වැන්න බිනර පුන් පොහොය යෙදෙන අද (20) දින පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. බුදුරාජාණන්වහන්සේට මල් පහන් සුවඳ දුම් පූජා කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආර්යා ශිරන්ති රාජපක්ෂ මහත්මිය විසින් මිනුවන්ගොඩ පත්තඩුවන භික්ෂු පුහුණු මධ්‍යස්ථානාධිපති, රාමඤ්ඤ මහා […]

Rudra de Zoysa. “Bishop of the Diocese of Galle, Rev. Dr. Raymond Wickremasinghe told a virtual congregation that the conscience of those responsible for the Easter Sunday carnage would never be at peace and it would haunt them eternally.” Dear Dr. Wickremasinghe, You have confounded and mystified many clear-thinking persons. Those responsible are already enjoying […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Sept 20 (News 1st) – Newspaper advertisements published in newspapers to lease three more valuable plots of land in the city of Colombo for investment projects on a 99-year lease basis. The advertisement was published by the Urban Development Authority. Tenders have been called for three plots of land on DR Wijewardena […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් නැගෙනහිර ජැටිය රැකගත් ආකාරයෙන්ම කෙරවලපිටිය යුගදනවි තාප බලාගාරය රැක ගැනීමට කටයුතු කරන බව ආණ්ඩුවේ හවුල්කාර සුළු පක්ෂ කියා සිටී. ‍ ආණ්ඩුවේ හවුල්කාර පක්ෂ 11 ක නියෝජිතයන් ලංකා කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවැති සාකච්ඡාවකින් අනතුරුව බව කියා සිටියහ. ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්‍ෂය, ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ ඇතුළු ආණ්ඩුවේ සුළු පක්ෂ 11ක නායකයන් බොරැල්ලේ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ආනයනික කාබනික පොහොර වලින් මෙරට පරිසරයට හානි වන්නේ නම් ඊට එරෙහිව අධිකරණයට යන බව ජාතික ගොවිජන එකමුතුව පවසයි. චීනයෙන් ගෙන්වන ලද කාබනික පොහොර වර්ග තුනක අහිතකර බැක්ටීරියාවන් ඇති බවට පර්යේෂණවලින් දැනටමත් තහවුරු වී ඇතැයි ද එම සංවිධානය කියා සිටියි. මෙයාකාරයෙන් කාබනික පොහොර ගෙන්වීමෙන් ඩොලර් මිලියන 5 ක කොමිස් මුදලක් ලැබෙන […]

කුමුදු ජයවර්ධන මව්බිම දැන් අමාත්‍ය සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා “හිට්ලර් කෙනෙකු වීමට” උත්සහ දරන බවට ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ජගත් කුමාර මහතා චෝදනා කරයි. අද කොළඹදී පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී ඔහු ප්‍රකාශ කළේ, ගුරු උද්ඝෝෂණ මෙතරම් දුරදිග ගියේ සරත් වීරසේකර අමාත්‍යවරයාගේ ක්‍රියාකලාපය හේතුවෙන් බවය. “සරත් වීරසේකර ඇමතිතුමා නොහිටින්න ගුරු උද්ඝෝෂණ මෙතරම් දුරට යන්නෙ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Estimated crop losses range between 25% to 50% across top five crops  Industry veteran urges to bring down ban to 50% before going fully organic in next 3-5 years In what could be the most comprehensive study carried out to date on the cost of chemical fertiliser ban and its implications […]

By Joseph Sunde*By Acton Institute Courtesy Eurasia Review In April, the Sri Lankan government banned the import and use of fertilizers and agrochemicals, including insecticides and herbicides, marking a significant step in their goal to become the world’s first country to produce 100% organic agriculture. According to President Gotabhaya Rajapakse, the move was necessary to reverse the country’s overuse of […]

By Clarisa Diaz & Sarah Todd Courtesy Quartz  In pursuit of becoming the world’s first 100% organic food producer, Sri Lanka now finds itself in an economic crisis exacerbated by the pandemic, inflation, and hoarding of essential food items. In April, the country enacted a sweeping, immediate ban of chemical fertilizers imports along with other imports like palm oil⁠. The fertilizer ban, […]

The Hindu Net Desk A video explainer on the economic crisis in Sri Lanka leading to speculations of a food shortage in the country. https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/food-emergency-in-sri-lanka-explained/article36562488.ece Sri Lanka’s government declared an economic emergency on August 30, 2021 amid rising food prices, a depreciating currency, and rapidly depleting forex reserves. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Major General N.D.S.P. Niwunhella […]

https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/ Climb a sacred mountain. Lounge on a deserted beach. And enjoy a cuppa on a picture-perfect plantation. All this and more awaits in Sri Lanka, the most serendipitous of islands… 1. Climb Sigiriya Lion Rock Fortress, Sigiriya (Shutterstock) One of Sri Lanka’s seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites, this rock-top fortress dates back to the […]

Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror The people who are above 30 years of age and not vaccinated so far, should get their vaccines within this week, the Government said today. State Minister Channa Jayasumana said the Government is compelled to issue a deadline because it would not be possible to continue to operate the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The March 12 Movement calls on the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) to suspend State Minister Lohan Ratwatte’s party membership and review his anti-disciplinary activities. Convener of the March 12 movement Rohana Hettiarachchi points out that there is no public confidence in the investigation being conducted by a Commissioner of the Prisons Department […]

Courtesy Adaderana The circular on the payment of a Rs 5,000 allowance to teachers and principals has been issued today (September 20). Accordingly, principals and teachers on duty can obtain the relevant allowance from the Zonal Director of Education. The Cabinet recently decided to pay Rs. 5,000 to teachers and principals who are on duty […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed another 93 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday (September 19), increasing the official death toll in the country to 12,218. According to the figures reported by the Department of Government Information today (20), the victims include 45 males and 48 females while one of the deceased is below […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 673 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 1,509. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 506,009. As many as 433,093 recoveries and 12,218 deaths […]