Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 195 persons have tested positive for Covid-19, moving the daily count of new cases detected to 747. Two of the coronavirus infected patients identified today are returnees from overseas. This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases reported in the country to 573,649 while approximately 13,575 infected […]

Courtesy Outlook Sri Lanka Parliament was suspended by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, through an extraordinary gazette notification dated December 12, while he left for Singapore on an unscheduled visit. Sri Lanka Parliament was suspended by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, through an extraordinary gazette notification dated December 12, while he left for Singapore on an unscheduled visit. Parliament, […]

Courtesy Dawn Police on Monday claimed to have arrested 18 more main suspects involved in the lynching of 49-year-old Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara in Sialkot. A mob comprising hundreds of protesters, including the employees of the factory Kumara was the manager of, had tortured him to death on December 3 and later burnt his body. […]

LANKAWEB EDITORIAL The travails of Fundamentalist Islam is a global scourge that has spread like wildfire around the world sadly because there seems to be no control to curb it by the powers that can effectively do so probably due to apathy and the usual excuse that it is not a global priority which is […]

Jayantha Liyanage General secretary Sinhaladeepa Jathika Peramuna Dr. Jehan Perera, Executive Director, Naitional Peace Council, No: 12/14, Purana Vihara Road, Colombo – 06. Date – 11.12.2021 Open Letter By Registered Post Dear Sir, SRI LANKA (SINHALADEEPAl ls NOT A MULTI EThNIC COUNTRY I refer to the article that appeared on 16.11.2021 in the Island Newspaper […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් දකුණ හා මධ්‍ය පළාත් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර       මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශය විසින් පොහොර සහ කෘෂි රසායන ගෙන්වීමට අනුමැතිය ලබා දෙන ගැසට් පත්‍ර නිකුත් කර සති දෙකකට වඩා ගතවී ඇති නමුත්, මේ දක්වා පොහොර හෝ කෘෂි රසායන කිසිවක් ආනයනය කර නෑ.  කුමන හෝ පළිබෝධ නාශකයක් රටට ගෙන්වන්න නම් පළිබෝධ නාශක රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් ගේ අනුමැතිය […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Dec 12 (News 1st) – Sri Lanka’s number of registered tax payers has dropped by 33.5% between 2019 and 2020. The platform, publicfinance.lk said Sri Lanka’s number of tax payers that stood at 1.7 million in 2019 had dropped to 1.1 million in 2020. The platform further stated that the decline is most […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මුදල් අමාත්‍යවරයාට මොල හතක් ඇතැයි ඇතැමුන් පවසන්නේ ඔහු 7 සමත් නිසා වන්නට ඇතැයි ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. රටක් ගොඩ දැමීමට එය ප්‍රමාණවත් නොවන බවත් අඩුම තරමේ දාසය සමත්වී මොල 16ක් වත් තිබිය යුතු බවත් ඔහු පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ පන්නිපිටිය […]

Courtesy The Print The plan is to extend credit lines for Sri Lanka to import food, medicine, fuel and other essential items from India, the Economic Times newspaper reported Saturday. Mumbai: India is working on an urgent package of assistance for Sri Lanka to help the island nation out of an economic crisis, the Economic Times […]

Courtesy The Telegraph (UK) The stone, discovered in the gem-rich area of Ratnapura, has been dubbed the ‘Queen of Asia’ A woman walks past the world’s largest natural corundum blue sapphire, weighing 310 kilograms CREDIT: DINUKA LIYANAWATTE /REUTERS Sri Lankan authorities on Sunday put on show what they said was the world’s largest natural corundum blue sapphire, […]

By P.K. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today The lynching of Sri Lankan factory manager, Priyantha Kumara (49) in Sialkot, Pakistan on December 3, is but the latest in a long series of mob or vigilante killings in the world. Lynching goes back to the American War of Independence in the 18th Century. It is, therefore, a contribution […]

Courtesy Adaderana His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith today (December 12), responding to a proposal made by the Tourism Ministry, urged the authorities not to devalue Christmas. The Archbishop of Colombo stressed that the authorities should not be allowing the sale of liquor on Christmas when it is banned on Vesak. His remarks came during the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers scheduled to be held tomorrow (13) will reportedly focus more attention on the foreign exchange reserves crisis the country is currently facing. Secretary to the Finance Ministry Mr. S.R. Attygalle and the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Mr Ajith Nivard Cabraal will also […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 714 today (December 12) as 172 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 572,902. As many as 545,051 recoveries and 14,614 […]

by Garvin Karunaratne Perhaps a Paper written and published a  decade ago may show why we need a Marketing Department .today Proven Sri Lankan solution – Part IV: Marketing Dept determined prices for producers (Ceylon Daily News: 12 th April 2010) Garvin Karunaratne During the red onion season there was a hive of activity and […]

 චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම,  LL.B., Ph.D. ‘President Jayawardena and my close friend, Ronnie de Mel, the Minister of Finance were fooled by the IMF.  The IMF has successfully taken Sri Lanka to its grave.’  Garvin Karunaratne, ‘The economic woes of today (2021) go back to 1977,’ Lankaweb, Dec. 4, 2021 ගාර්වින් කරුණාරත්න මහතා විසින් සිය මව්බිමට සේවය […]

Courtesy The Express Tribune DPO vows to deliver justice to the bereaved family members of Priyantha Kumara Participants of the walk organized by Sialkot police in solidarity with the family of Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara. PHOTO: EXPRESS SIALKOT: Sialkot police on Saturday organised a walk to show solidarity with the family of the Sri […]

Courtesy The News International LAHORE : Leaders of different faiths while condemning the lynching of Sri Lankan citizen in Sialkot expressed full support for unanimous stance of Muslim scholars against the misuse of blasphemy laws and announced endorsing declaration of Prime Minister Imran Khan and corps commander conference against those misusing blasphemy laws for personal […]

By Ghazi Salahuddin Courtesy The News International  We have witnessed the impassioned response of the ulema to the Sialkot tragedy, reinforcing the sacred values of peace and tolerance. There was an impressive gathering of some of the most prominent religious leaders and scholars on Tuesday when they visited the Sri Lankan High Commission in Islamabad. A […]

Courtesy Hiru News A controversy has arisen regarding the Government Valuation Department issuing an assessment report within a day following an agreement to hand over shares of the Kerawalapitiya Yugadanavi power plant to an American company. Leader of the JVP Anura Kumara Dissanayake presented the agreement to transfer the shares of the Yugadanavi power plant […]

Courtesy Hiru News The All Ceylon Dedicated Economic Centres Association states that the current shortage of vegetables in the market will intensify during the forthcoming festive season. Mettika Vithanage, Professor of Natural Resources at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, warns that the country will face a food shortage by next April. According to the management […]

Courtesy Hiru News Prof. Meththika Vithanage of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura says that despite warnings being issued to those responsible for a possible food crisis in the future, no one has paid attention to it. In an exclusive interview with our news team she stated that the root cause of the current crisis is […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Residents take part in a candle light vigil in Islamabad on Wedmesdau to pay respect to the slain Sri Lankan factory manager. AFP Every time, breaking news of a barbaric crime or terror act is reported from anywhere in the world, peace-loving Muslims the world over feel dejected and wish it had not […]

Courtesy Adaderana Advocates the need for collaboration to develop a long-term vision, which can help reduce policy volatility The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) has urged the authorities to provide an urgent solution to facilitate the availability of appropriate herbicides, weedicides, fungicides and pesticides, which are essential for the sustenance and health of the country’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 762 today (December 11) as 184 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 572,188. As many as 544,626 recoveries and 14,595 […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Recently, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has announced it will pay Rs.10 more than the official buying rate for US Dollar remittances to Sri Lanka, and people working overseas are confused with the new practice because the new exchange management regime has not shown that currencies, which remit to Sri Lanka […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara. Pension for Politicians in this country? For what service they have done to the nation for the past 73 years after 1948 (with the rare exception of 12 isolated cases) * Or for what they are repeatedly doing even at present to this Paradise on earth, once hailed as the Pearl […]

Dhamma talk of Ven. Bhante Wimala  Since 1999 Venerable Bhante Y. Wimala has been the head monk and the spiritual teacher of the Theravada Buddhist Center in Nairobi, Kenya. The Center is located in a beautiful suburb of Nairobi called Loresho, just a few miles away from the city center. The center was built by […]

නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය දෑතේ සවියෙන් කැටයම් මවනා දැව පින්තාරු ශිල්පීන් දිරිගැන්වීමේ අරමුණින් JAT Holdings සහ NAITA එක්ව ආරම්භ කිරීමට නියමිත ‘JAT පින්තාරු ශිල්පී අභිමන්’ වැඩසටහන වෙනුවෙන් විශේෂ අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමක් අත්සන් කිරීම නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය, විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය සීතා අරඹේපොල මහත්මියගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් අද […]

Prime Minister’s Media Unit Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has conveyed his condolences to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the death of the Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces General Bipin Rawat. It is with profound sorrow that I convey my deepest condolences to the Government and the people of India on […]