Courtesy The Daily Mirror KCI Metro Link Korea Co and the GBK Consortium of more than 15 South Korean companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to undertake a feasibility study for a light rail line running north from Colombo to Bandaranaike International Airport and Negombo, along with an associated mixed use development. The project […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lankans returning to the country from abroad will be sent home without delay following expedited PCR tests, the government has decided. The decision has been taken at a meeting held at the Ministry of Health today (September 16). With the new laboratory facilities at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), it is possible […]

Courtesy Adaderana The total number of people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 118 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Wednesday (Sep. 15). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 11,817. According to the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 889 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,271. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 498,694. As many as 428,590 recoveries and 11,817 deaths […]

Courtesy Adaderana Approval has been granted to two state-owned companies to import organic fertilizer for crops including tea, coconut, and rubber, Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage said. Previously, fertilizer was allowed to be imported only for paddy cultivation. The two state-owned companies will be permitted to import organic fertilizer for other crops as well. Meanwhile, […]

By Philippa Roxby Health reporter Courtesy BBC More than four out of five UK adults have now had two jabs, but reported daily Covid cases remain high. Meanwhile, it’s been confirmed that millions of people will get booster vaccines – while children aged 12-15 will be offered single doses. Why are infections still high when […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS REVISED 18.9.21 The Tamil Separatist Movement was not crushed by the Eelam defeat. They knew it was going to happen and were ready for it. The Movement created two new organizations after the war ended, ‘Transitional government of Tamil Eelam’(TGTE) and the ‘Global TamilForum’ (GTF). TNA is the local representative in these two […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Reincarnation means a ‘soul’ moving from one and taking birth in another human body after death. Hypnosis uses to identify memories of past life. Buddhists and Hindus have a shared belief over incarnations. In Western countries ‘past-life practitioners’ use hypnosis, which has become more or less a business.  A session […]

By The Sri Lanka Study Circle 23Mar 21 is a red-letter day for Sri Lanka. On this day, the little island nation once again bloodied the nose of America when she defeated its plan to drive home a deep nail of American colonialism into her. America, unleashed its running-dogs at the UNHRC, hoping to establish […]

Chanaka Bandarage Through its 2011 documentary (film/video) titled ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’, UK’s Channel 4 TV misled the UK people and the World asserting that Sri Lanka’s military during the last stages of the war against the LTTE committed gruesome war crimes and crimes against humanity. The writer can state with absolute certainty and responsibility […]

තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යංශය, සංවර්ධන සම්බන්ධීකරණ හා අධීක්ෂණ අමාත්‍යාංශය, ඩිජිටල් තාක්ෂණ හා ව්‍යවසාය සංවර්ධන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යංශය. ළමා සංවර්ධන මධ්‍යස්ථානවල නේවාසික දරුවන්ට රුපියල් මිලියන 21ක් වටිනා පරිගණක 700ක්  සහ අන්තර්ජාල සබඳතා ලබාදෙයි. රාජ්‍ය හා පෞද්ගලික දෙඅංශය ම එක්ව දරුවන්ගේ අනාගතය පිළිබදව විශ්වාසයක් ගොඩනැගීමට අවශ්‍ය පරිසරය නිර්මාණය කළ යුතුයි. – තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා, සංවර්ධන සම්බන්ධීකරණ හා අධීක්ෂණ […]

Media Unit Media Secretary to the Governor of Uva Province බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ ජනතාව කොවිඩ් – 19 වෛරසයෙන් ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීම හා ව්‍යාප්තිය පාලනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවශ්‍ය ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ගැනීම සඳහා දිස්ත්‍රික් කොවිඩ් මර්ධන කමිටු රැස්වීම ඌව පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවර ඒ.ජේ.එම්. මුසම්මිල් මැතිතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම් කාර්යාලයීය ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේදී පවත්වන ලදී. මෙහිදී දැනට ක්‍රියාත්මක නිරෝධායන ඇඳිරි නීතිය ඉවත් කිරීමෙන් පසු […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ඉතාලියේ වෙසෙන ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ජනතාව සහ ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අතර සුහඳ හමුවක් අද (14) දින බොලොඤ්ඤා හි දී පැවැත්විණි. ඉතාලියේ විවිධ නගර නියෝජනය කරමින් පැමිණි ශ්‍රී ලාංකික නියෝජිතයන් පිරිසක් මෙලෙස අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා නවාතැන්ගෙන සිටින බොලොඤ්ඤා හෝටලයේ දී සුහඳ කතාබහකට එක් වූහ. කොවිඩ්-19 වසංගතය තත්ත්වය හමුවේ වුවද ඉතාලියේ සංචාරය කරමින් එරට වෙසෙන ශ්‍රී […]

Courtesy DailyMirror Colombo, Sept 15 (DailyMirror) – Members of the Dawoodi Bohra Community in Sri Lanka distributed cooked food to health workers and army personnel who were involved in the vaccination drive in the Western Province today. The initiative is part of a worldwide project launched by the International Dawoodi Bohra Spiritual Leader, His Holiness […]

Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday (Sep. 14) engaged in a cordial discussion with Sri Lankan expatriates from various parts of Italy. The audience has recalled the triumphs gained through the diplomatic relations established during the PM Rajapaksa’s tenure as the President, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a media release. The foresighted decision […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ajith Nivard Cabraal has officially assumed duties as the 16th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, a short while ago.  I am extremely privileged to lead the Central Bank once again and deeply humbled by the trust and confidence reposed in me by the President, Prime Minister and Finance Minister to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 132 Covid-19 related deaths for September 14, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus to 11,699. According to the figures released by the Govt. Information Department, the deaths reported today includes 66 males and 66 females. Three of the victims […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reported that 572 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka today (Sep. 15), moving the daily total of new cases to 2,314. According to the Government Information Department, the new cases were associated with the New Year Cluster. This brings the tally of […]

Courtesy Adaderana China told the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday (Sep. 14) that it opposes the interference of powerful nations in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka. Delivering a statement at the 3rd meeting of the UNHRC General Debate of the 48th regular session, the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations […]

Courtesy Adaderana State Minister of Prison Management & Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Lohan Ratwatte has resigned from his position over the incidents at the Anuradhapura and Welikada prisons. A statement issued by the President’s Media Division said that the parliamentarian has accepted responsibility for the incidents involving him at the Welikada and Anuradhapura prisons premises and decided […]

by Garvin Karunaratne Our Central Bank Governor Professor Luckshman is due to leave on 14 th September. Is important to note that when he assumed duties at the end of 2019 he vowed  to follow neoliberal policies, negotiate with the IMF and aim at a stable  and sustainable economy”(28/12/2019). He failed and in January 2021 […]

Professor Nalin Abeysekera  Ph.D.(University of Colombo) ,B. Sc Mkt. (Special) (University of Sri Jayewardenepura), MBA (University of Colombo), MCIM(UK), Chartered Marketer (UK), MSLIM, MAAT, Dip in CMA As Sri Lankans, most of us are blessed with the free education of this country. If you compare this blessing word of free education” with the globe you would […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය කොවිඩ්-19 වසංගතය මිහිතලයෙන් දුරුවේවා ! ප්‍රාර්ථනයෙන් ලෝකවාසී සියලු ජනතාවටත් ජනපති, අගමැති ඇතුළු රජයටත්  සෙත් පතා අනුරාධපුර ඓතිහාසික මිරිසවැටිය චෛත්‍යරාජයාණන් අභියස පැවැති විශේෂ සති පිරිත් දේශනාව ඊයේ (13) නිමාවට පත්විය. අටමස්ථානාධිපති උතුරු මධ්‍යම දිසාවේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක අති පූජ්‍ය ආචාර්ය පල්ලේගම සිරිනිවාස නාහිමි සහ රුවන්වැලි චෛත්‍යාරාමාධිකාරී නුවර කලාවියේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක පල්ලේගම හේමරතන නාහිමියන්ගේ අනුශාසනා […]

RANJITH SOYSA Defence Secretary Gen (retd) Kamal Gunaratne recently made a very sensible statement urging the public not to be misled by false claims made on Easter carnage. Many fake information concerning the state of the investigations are published in some of the main media as well as the social media which are apparently attempting […]

India – Nava J. Thakuria Guwahati: Can the proprietors of 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 […]

Courtesy The First Post Megastar Amitabh Bachchan joined in the fun, sharing a hilarious video that superimposes the Singhala track over a dance scene from the movie KaaliaFP TrendingSeptember 14, 2021 16:42:58 IST Screengrab from Instagram Music has always cut across geographical boundaries, with the latest example being the Sri Lankan hit song Manike Mage […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka rejects the proposal for any external initiatives purportedly established by Resolution 46/1, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris told the 48th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) today. In response to the oral update on Sri Lanka by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, the minister […]

Courtesy Adaderana New Zealand has granted refugee status to a Sri Lankan who may have unknowingly helped funnel money to terrorists behind the Easter bombings, Radio New Zealand reported. The Immigration and Protection Tribunal in New Zealand found the man was not involved in supporting terrorist goals and did not know who the money went […]

Courtesy Adaderana The total number of people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka soared yet again as 136 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Monday (September 13). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 11,567. According to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reported that 847 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka today (Sep. 14), moving the daily total of new cases to 2,475. According to the Government Information Department, 2,473 of them have been associated with the New Year Cluster and the remaining two […]