Archive for September, 2021
Sunday, September 19th, 2021
Dr. Sudath Gunasekara Retired Secretary to PM Sirimavo Banmdaranayaka Ex-President SLAS (1991-94) and President Mahanuwara Sinhala Baudha Jestha Purawesiyange Sanvidhanaya I apologize to my readers for deviating from the above Headline in this article as I wish to discuss few important issues where President Mahinda Rajapaksa erred between 2010 and 2015 as they have a […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
Anjalika Silva USA The content is also in the attachment. SRI LANKA SHOULD CLOSE DOWN MOST OF OUR OVERSEAS MISSIONS AS A STEP TOWARDS REDUCING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE – The Island 9/18/2021 The critical countries that are supporting and defending Sri Lanka can utilize the expatriate help that is currently developed far ahead of the official knowledge […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
By Marcus Aurelius A moot point was made by the Sri Lanka Study Circle on 15 Sep 21, in its piece about Mahinda ‘Walking the Plank’, suggesting that America is attempting to force its way into Sri Lanka through the backdoor. The point made is alarming, considering that neither the Government nor the Opposition seems […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් සී.ඩබ්.ඩබ්.කන්නන්ගර අධ්යාපන ක්රම ආරම්භ වූයේ 1942 දී පමණය.1945 වසරේ නිදහස් අධ්යාපන පනත සම්මත වූවායින් පසු ස්වභාෂා සහ ද්වි භාෂා පාසල් සියල්ලේම රජය මූලික කරගත් අධ්යාපන ක්රමයක් ආරම්භ විය 1962 දී පාසල් රජයට පවරා ගැනීමෙන් පසු එවකට තිබූ බෞද්ධ පාසල්ද පරම විඥානාර්ථ පාසල්ද පල්ලි පාසල්ද රජයට ගෙන පොදු අධ්යාපන ක්රමයක් ස්ථාපිත කරන ලදී. බි්රතාන්ය […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
තිසර සමල් – අනුරාධපුර ස්පුට්නික් එන්නතේ පළමු මාත්රාව ලබා ගත් මහනුවර දිස්ත්රික්කයේ සියලු දෙනාට එහි දෙවෙනි මාත්රාව අද (20) දිනයේ සිට ලබා දීම ආරම්භ කරන බවත්, අවශයය එන්නත් ඊයේ (19) උදෑසන මෙරටට ලැබී ඇති බැවින්, ස්පුට්නික් එන්නතේ ඒ තියන ප්රශ්නය අපිට නිමා කරන්න පුලුවන් යැයි ඖෂධ සැපයුම් නියාමන රාජ්ය අමාත්ය චන්න ජයසුමන මහතා ප්රකාශ කරයි. අමාත්යවරයා මේ […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
by Tang Lu, Jamila Najmuddin Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 19 (Xinhua): These days in Sri Lanka, both locals and the Chinese living here are busy preparing for festivals related to the full moon. The day of Sept. 20 is the monthly Poya Day in Sri Lanka and the following day is the annual Mid-Autumn Festival […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Eurasia Review The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet delivered her oral update on Sri Lanka on September 13 at the 46 Session of the UNHRC in Geneva, which went beyond the council’s mandate in commenting on a member country that has not gone unnoticed by at least […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
විශේෂාංගය කතුවැකිය උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම මෙරට රාජාවලියේ කීර්තිමත් රජුන් අතර විමලධර්මසූරිය රජුට (1562-1604) හිමිවන්නේ සුවිශේෂී ස්ථානයකි. කොනප්පු බණ්ඩාර නමින් පෘතුගාලයේ ලිස්බන් නුවර සෙමනේරියක අධ්යාපනය ලද හෙතෙම භාෂා කීපයක හසළ දැනුම ඇත්තකු ලෙසද සැලකේ. විමලධර්මසූරිය රජ කරන සමයේ ප්රථම ලන්දේසි නියෝජිත පිරිස මෙරටට පැමිණ තිබේ. එම නාවික කණ්ඩායම පැමිණියේ සෝබෝල්ඩ් ද වයිට්ගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙනි. විමලධර්මසූරිය රජු නැඟෙනහිර පළාතේ […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
කතුවැකිය උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම ලොහාන් රත්වත්තේ ආයෙත් වරක් පිස්සු කෙළියේය. පිස්සු කෙළිය කියා කීවේ මෙහෙම වැඩ කරන්නට පුළුවන් වන්නේ සිහිබුද්ධියෙන් නම් නොවන බැවිනි. මත්පැනින් සූර්වී සිටියාම සිහිබුද්ධිය සම්පූර්ණයෙන් අඩුවන්නේ නැතත් ටිකක් හෝ එහි අඩු ලුහුඬුවක් පෙනෙන්නට පටන් ගනී. මෑතදී වාර්තා වුණු ලොහාන්ගේ පිස්සු නැටිලි දෙක තුනේදීම ඔහු හිටියේ බීමතින් බවට ඕනෑ තරම් සාක්ෂි ඇත්තේය. ලොහාන් නම් […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
Courtesy Hiru News Thushan Gunawardena, the executive director of the Consumer Affairs Authority, has decided to resign.Today’s hard talk is regarding this incident;
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
Courtesy Hiru News Former President Maithripala Sirisena says that it is not appropriate to build a walking lane around the Parakrama Samudraya. Meanwhile, it is reported that several places in the Parakrama Samudraya have been eroded due to the removal of stones for the construction of the walkway. Our correspondent in the area stated that […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka reached an important milestone yesterday (September 18) with 50% of the population fully vaccinated, surpassing vaccination goals set by the World Health Organization (WHO). Vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate has been the chant for the pandemic response. This is based on the science of vaccines and global evidence that COVID-19 vaccines can protect […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana Executive Director of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) Thushan Gunawardena has decided to step down from his position, Ada Derana learns. According to reports, Mr. Gunawardena is expected to hand over his resignation to State Minister of Consumer Protection, Lasantha Alagiyawanna next Tuesday (Sep. 21). He has taken the decision citing the mounting […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris has reaffirmed Sri Lanka’s active commitment to dialogue and engagement with the Commonwealth of Nations, at a virtual meeting with the organization’s Secretary-General Patricia Scotland in New York. Sri Lanka as a founding member of the Commonwealth remains proactive and committed to the values, principles and objectives of […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The total number people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 103 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Saturday (Sep. 18). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 12,125. As per the data […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 436 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 1,733. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 504,491. As many as 432,038 recoveries and 12,125 deaths […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
By Rohana R. Wasala It seems I was born to restore the Sasana in India. When I started Buddhist work in India, a lot of lay Buddhists as well as Bhikkhus in Ceylon started working against me. They did not accept my advice……… I left Ceylon and went to India to do the work for […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 18 (newsin.asia): In line with India’s continuing commitment to assisting Sri Lanka in the development of its railway infrastructure, a consignment of 20 railway passenger coaches supplied by Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) Ltd, reached Colombo Port on Friday, September 1. This consignment is a part of the contract […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රාජ්ය අමාත්ය ලොහාන් රත්වත්තේ මහතා අනුරාධපුර බන්ධනාගාරයට ඇතුළු වී සිදු කර ඇතැයි කියන කලබැගෑනිය සත්ය එකක් බව විපක්ෂයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන් පිරිසක් තියා සිටිති. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=655544888758289&t=28 අදාළ සිදුවීම ගැන සොයා බැලීම සඳහා එම බන්ධනාගාරයට ගිය මන්ත්රීවරුන් වන මනෝ ගනේෂන්, කාවින්ද ජයවර්ධන, රෝහන බණ්ඩාර යන මන්ත්රීවරන් කියා සිටියේ බීමතින් බන්ධනාගාරයට ඇතුළු වි ඇති […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
Courtesy The Hindustan Times The IRCTC, in a statement issued earlier this month, said that it has joined hands and signed the agreement with Cordelia Cruises being operated by Waterways Leisure Tourism for marketing and promotion of the first indigenous luxury cruise in India. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will launch the […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
Courtesy ANI Foundation for Buddhist Brotherhood commends India’s work for maintaining ties with neighbours Read more At: https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/foundation-for-buddhist-brotherhood-commends-indias-work-for-maintaining-ties-with-neighbours20210918230831/
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne* The month of August 2006, fifteen years ago was a very eventful month for Sri Lanka Navy. I was the Commandant of Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA) and Flag Officer Naval Fleet (FOCNF) based in Trincomalee; both were busy appointments. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a Tamil separatist […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
Andy Mukherjee Courtesy Asharq Al-Awsat The Maldives and Sri Lanka, both highly tourism-dependent tropical islands, have seen the pandemic devastate their economies and finances. Government debt this year is expected to linger above 100% of gross domestic product in the two small Indian Ocean nations. Unsurprisingly, both have similar — and similarly poor — credit […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
තාරක සම්මාන් මව්බිම දැන් පාරිභෝගික සේවා අධිකාරියේ විධායක අධ්යක්ෂ තුෂාන් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා රාජකාරී කටයුතු කිරීමේදී තමන්ට එල්ල වූ තර්ජන සහ විවිධ බලපෑම් මෙන් ම සතොස ආයතනයේ සිදුවන විවිධ අකටයුතුකම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් ආන්දෝලනාත්මක හෙළිදරව්වක් කර තිබේ. ඒ, ජනප්රිය යූටියුබ් නාලිකාවක වැඩසටහනකට එක්වෙමිනි. එහිදී ඔහු ප්රකාශ කළේ, තමන්ට විෂය භාර අමාත්යවරුන් දෙදෙනකුගෙන් බලපෑම් එල්ල වූ බවය. එමෙන් ම, […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
Adaderana රාජ්ය අමාත්ය ලොහාන් රත්වත්තේ මහතා බීමත්ව පැමිණ අනුරාධපුර බන්ධනාගාරයේ සිරකරුවන්ට ගිනි අවියක් පෙන්වා තර්ජනය කළේ යැයි සිරකරුවන් තමන්ට සනාථ කළ බව විපක්ෂයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරු පවසති. විපක්ෂයේ මන්ත්රීවරුන් තිදෙනෙකු අනුරාධපුර බන්ධනාගාරයේ අද (18) සිදුකළ නිරීක්ෂණ චාරිකාවකින් පසු මාධ්යවෙත අදහස් දක්වමින් ඔවුන් මේ බව සඳහන් කළෝය. රාජ්ය අමාත්ය ලොහාන් රත්වත්තේ මහතා අනුරාධපුර බන්ධනාගාරයේ එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ සැකකරුවන් රඳවා […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed authorities to inoculate children between age 15 to 19 with Pfizer vaccines, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. He said that the President has also instructed to vaccinate the children above 12 years with special needs with the Pfizer vaccines. The Commander said […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Around 50% of the country’s total population were fully vaccinated by yesterday, State Minister of Manufacturing, Supply and Regulations Channa Jayasumana said. He said accordingly, a total number comprising of 10,968,195 people have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by yesterday. The Minister said 8,973,670 people were given Sinopharm vaccine, […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
Courtesy Hiru News The song ‘Manike Mage Hithe’ sung by Yohani de Silva has been viewed more than 110 million times on YouTube. With the song becoming a sensational hit in India, the Indian NDTV channel held an interview with her today (18) Yohani, in the interview with NDTV, said that Priyanka Chopra sharing her […]
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