Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka is unlikely to seek a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with the Cabinet failing to reach a consensus last evening. Government sources told Daily Mirror last night that most members of the Cabinet did not support seeking financial support from the IMF. Sources said that a majority […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President’s decision to remove him from his post is a blessing in disguise, Former State Minister Susil Premajayantha said today. “It is a blessing in disguise as remaining as a state minister would have been an issue considering the ways the country is being administered currently,” Mr. Premajayantha told journalists.   […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health reported that another 629 persons have tested positive for coronavirus today (January 04).  This figure includes 09 individuals who had arrived in the country from overseas. Following the new development, Sri Lanka’s tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases climbed to 588,929. The number of virus-infected patients currently undergoing treatment now […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the procurement of 500 new buses for the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) under the Indian loan grant scheme and another 750 jeeps for Sri Lanka Police under the Indian Line of Credit.  On 08th January 2020, the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers had been granted […]

Courtesy Hiru News The National Federation of Tea Smallholders stated that they have faced many difficulties due to the collapse of their products. Meanwhile, farmers in several parts of the country are still complaining about the lack of fertilizer.

Courtesy Hiru News Parliamentarian President’s Counsel Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has forwarded a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping, requesting that China halt the economic invasion into Sri Lanka. In the detailed letter, MP Rajapakshe points out that the bilateral relationships between China and Sri Lanka extend back to the pre-era of B.C., where Bhikku Faxian […]

By Mahendran Thiruvarangan Courtesy The Island The last Kuppi Talk article by Erandika de Silva discussed the disjuncture between the emphasis on standardisation and the absence of serious efforts to address the challenges facing students and teachers in the peripheries due to socio-economic inequalities. She drew insights from her own teaching experiences in the North […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island No agro-chemical imports yet, only fraction of liquid fertilizer received The government lifted the ban on agro-chemical imports, well over a month ago, but the country is yet to receive much-needed fertiliser supplies. The President’s Office on Nov. 22 announced the ending of the ban on agro-chemicals imports introduced […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While commenting on prevailing economic crisis and food scarcity were due to the ignorant decisions by the government, the Janatha Vikuthi Peramuna (JVP) said today the President should bear the entire responsibility for the food scarcity. JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva told a news conference that even though President Gotabaya Rajapaksa […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Highest since January 2009; breaks country’s 12-year record of maintaining single-digit inflation Food inflation tops 20%; monthly increase exceeds 5% CB says a large component of inflation driven by supply side factors” A gentle Christmas rally normally seen in prices every December turned into a blowout in December 2021, as inflation […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Among the records made last year—most of which didn’t necessarily bring in a sense of achievement—was the record phase at which money was printed, as the Central Bank, influenced by the Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), flooded the markets with liquidity to support the government bloat its fiscal deficit.  As at the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror In a major twist of events, Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa who returned back to the country from the United States on January 1st morning, is internally campaigning to be appointed as the Prime Minister in the coming months, replacing his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa whilst also calling for an urgent cabinet reshuffle, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Government today announced a Rs 229 billion economic relief package which comprises a Rs 5000, salary hike for state workers, increasing of pensions, Samurdhi and special stimulus payment for home gardens. Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa told a press conference that the cabinet today decided to grant an allowance of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Commercial High Court has dissolved the enjoining order preventing the payment on Letter of Credit to the Chinese company that shipped a disputed consignment of organic fertilizer to Sri Lanka, as all parties had agreed for a settlement.  The court was expected to deliver its decision on extending or revoking the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health reported that another 365 persons have tested positive for coronavirus today (03).  This figure includes 06 persons who had arrived in the country from overseas. Sri Lanka’s tally of confirmed cases of Covid-19 climbs to 588,300 with this while the number of infected patients currently undergoing treatment is 12,135. […]

Garvin Karunaratne Veteran administrator,  Sudat Gunasekera former Secretary to the Hon Prime Minister , has said in his Paper  What the Government should do to get rid of the present financial crisis ailing the country? in Lanka Web, 2/1/2022 what measures Sri Lanka has to take to get out of the financial  mess we are in. I  […]

Courtesy The Island Crackers did burst, and rockets did fly with blasts. As the old year folded up, the fireworks continued. Were some of the louder blasts from gas cylinders? Who knows, with no legal action taken against those gas-blast dealers so far. The law can wait till they draw in all the crooked profits. […]

ලංකා ගුරු සේවා සංගමය. ලේකම්, රාජ්‍ය සේවා පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශය, නිදහස් චතුරස්‍රය, කොළඹ 07. ලේකම්තුමනි,   #COVID-19  අවදානම තුල රා.ප.ච. 02/2021 (vi) චක්‍රලේඛය මගින් ගර්භනී, වයස අවු. 01 ට අඩු දරුවන් සිටින හා විශේෂ රෝගාබාධවලින් පෙළෙන රජයේ සේවකයින්ට දී තිබූ සහන අහෝසි කිරීම සම්බන්ධවයි. #COVID-19 අවදානම් තත්වයක් යටතේ රාජ්‍ය සේවයට වාර්තා කිරීමේදී […]

MD Pathik Hasan Public diplomacy is also called people’s diplomacy. Public diplomacy between Pakistan and Bangladesh is very necessary to bolster the ties between two brotherly nations. It is the ‘Public Diplomacy’ which can bring the two countries under an umbrella. People to People contact can initiate to strengthen the ties melting the ice between […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Jan 2 (NewsWire) – The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has issued a notice to tourists who are who are expecting to travel to Sri Lanka. In the notice issued SLTDA has urged potential travelers to Sri Lanka to beware of fake sites available online claiming to be travel and immigration agencies […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් කරන්න බැරි දේවල් කරන්න ගොස් අද රටම අමාරුවේ වැටී ඇති බව රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. පොහොර නැති කළ පසු ගොවීන් ඵලදාව ගන්නේ කෙසේදැයි ඔහු ප්‍රශ්න කරයි. අද ඇතිවී තිබෙන තත්වයට තීන්දු තීරණ ගත් අය වගකිව යුතුව ඇතැයිද ඔහු සඳහන් කලේය. හරි තීන්දු තීරණ ගත් ගන්න තිබුණ ද […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජනාධිපතිවරයාට හූ තැබූ බව සදහන් සටහනක් සමාජ ජාලයක හුවමාරු කළේ යයි කාන්තාවක් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට කැඳවා ප්‍රශ්න කර තිබේ. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4704509742979570&t=2 තම ජංගම දුරකතනයේ දත්ත සියල්ල අපරාධ පරීක්‍ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තු නිලධාරින් විසින් පිටපත් කර ගත් බවත් ඇය සදහන් කලාය. ජනාධිපතිවරයාට අපහාස කිරීම බරපතල වරදක් බවත් ඉදිරියට එවන් දේ නොකරන ලෙසත් තමනට ඔවුන් […]

Minoli Soysa in Colombo and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi Courtesy Guardian Half a million people have sunk into poverty since the pandemic struck, with rising costs forcing many to cut back on food Sri Lanka is facing a deepening financial and humanitarian crisis with fears it could go bankrupt in 2022 as inflation rises to record […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Russia has transferred US $ 5.5 million for the World Food Programme (WFP) to implement projects related to nutrition at school levels, the Russian Embassy said . The embassy said it had been done in line with the policy of strengthening cooperation with Sri Lanka in the interest of sustainable development […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 339 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 today (02). This includes three persons who had arrived from overseas, according to the latest figures.  The total number of coronavirus cases confirmed in the country rises to 587,935 with this while approximately 11,967 infected patients are currently undergoing treatment.  […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara 30.9 2021 (A. republication) 2.1.2021 Fail Clipart Financial – Financial Crisis Icon – Free Transparent PNG Clipart Images DownloadFree Image Clipartmax Definitely one doesn’t need to be a financial or an economic wizard or a John Keynes to un-mess this mess that has emerged as a direct result of mismanagement of […]

By Garvin Karunaratne   The experience of the Divisional Development Councils Programme(DDCP) of Sri Lanka(1970-1977) is currently of great importance in today’s situation of unemployment and also the inability to import goods due to the lack of foreign exchange.   This is because the DDCP is a programme that really creates employment. Further it is important to […]

Jubeda Chowdhury Bangladesh-India bilateral relations are a role model in the world in terms of relations among neighboring countries. They are deep and have evolved over time. India is seen as Bangladesh’s true friend.   On December 6, 1971, India granted diplomatic recognition to Bangladesh as an independent and sovereign country. The same day, Bhutan […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රාජපක්ෂලාගේ සෑම චලනයක් ගැනම දැන් තියෙන්නේ දැඩි අවධානයකි. මේ රටේ දේශපාලන නායකයන්, ව්‍යාපාරිකයන් ඉන්දියාවේ තිරුපති ගිහින් තරාදියේ ඉඳගෙන තම බරට සරිලන පූජාවක් කළත් ඒ සියලු දෙනාට වඩා රාජපක්ෂලා තිරුපති ගියොත් හිතන්නට දෙයක් ප්‍රචාරයට දෙයක් ජනතාවට ලබා දෙති. ඒ අනුව ගිය සතියේ තිරුපති ගිය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂත්, පවුලේ උදවියත් සමාජ මාධ්‍යවලට හොඳ […]