ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති වර්තමානයෙහි අප රටෙහි නීති ගැටලු විශාල ප්‍රමාණයක් ඉස්මතු වී ඇත්තේ දේපළ හිමිකම, භුක්තිය, පවරාදීම සහ බදුදීම වැනි කරුණු ආශ්‍රිතව ය. සුරක්‍ෂිත සහ සැපපහසු ජීවිතයක් ගතකිරීම වෙනුවෙන් ද අනාගත පැවැත්ම තහවුරු කරගැනීම වෙනුවෙන් ද දේපළ හිමිකරගැනීමට සහ ඒවා නිරවුල් ලෙසින් පවත්වාගෙන යෑමට මිනිස්සු යොමුවෙති. මෙ ලෙසින් හිමි කරගන්නා දේපළ ත්‍රිපිටකය තුළ නිධාන” ලෙසින් […]

P.K. Balachandran/Daily Mirror Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 25: The name of Anagarika Dharmapala (1864-1933) is deeply etched in the history of Buddhism as the man who passionately and single-mindedly (if not single-handedly), strove to liberate the Buddhist shrine at Buddhagaya in North India from the clutches of a Hindu priest. Sadly, Dharmapala could not achieve […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Lak Sathosa garlic scam: One-time Executive Director of Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA), Thushan Gunawardena says the Immigration and Emigration Department has barred him from leaving the country. An irate Gunawardena alleges he is being harassed over the disclosure of a massive garlic scam at Lak Sathosa last September. Instead […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Having overcome the first debt hurdle for the year— yet with another US$ 6.0 billion dollars worth of debt waiting to be retired in the next eleven months— Sri Lanka is still showing aversion to seek International Monetary Fund (IMF) support to restore investor confidence and regain capital market access. Sri […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health says that another 877 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today (24).  This figure includes 08 persons who had arrived in the country from overseas.  Sri Lanka’s tally of Covid-19 cases confirmed in the country climbs to 602,763 with this while 11,126 patients infected with the virus […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala In their heart of hearts, the Vellalars who dominated the history of Jaffna through feudal, colonial and modern times are ashamed of their  past not because they failed to produce a great culture, great heroes, great iconic monuments, great civilisation, a great language, — or anything else outstanding or memorable, for […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara (මඟ හොඳට තිබේනම් යන්ට දෑසත් පෙනේනම් කිම බැදිවල යන්නේ මන්මුලාවු එකකු සේ සින්හලයකුගේ කියමනක්) Sri Lanka is geographically located almost right at the center of the globe (bet 5-10 degrees N of equator and 80-82 degrees E) and at the middle of the tropics. It is also blessed with the vast expanse […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Weekend Express Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 23: With the situation in Sri Lanka coming up for discussion at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on March 3, the Sri Lankan government as well as the Tamil parties have begun posturing either to get off the hook, as in the case of the Sri Lankan […]

By Marion Scott Courtesy Sundaypost The UK Government may ­continue training police officers in Sri Lanka despite Police Scotland pulling out of the contract amid escalating concern around human rights abuses. Human rights campaigners and politicians had urged the Scots force to stop the training programme when survivors, who endured rape, electric shocks and torture while being held […]

Seshadri Chari, Courtesy Deccan Herald India’s assertive ‘neighbourhood first’ policy was once again in full view recently in Sri Lanka, providing Delhi with the much-needed window of opportunity to regain a larger foothold in the island-nation. Not too long ago, it had seemed that our so… Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/trincomalee-is-a-big-win-more-to-do-to-get-lanka-off-china-addiction-1073674.html

Courtesy Adaderana The Government intends to support Green Gram (Mung bean) cultivation as an intermediate crop in the lands where paddy cannot be cultivated, according to the President’s Media Division. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has taken this decision considering the information received during the observation duties at the Department of Agrarian Development. President Rajapaksa has instructed […]

Courtesy Adaderana Meanwhile, the count of new Covid-19 cases surpassed the 800-mark for the fifth consecutive day as 838 people in total were confirmed positive for the virus today (January 23). According to the Government Information Department, the newly-detected cases include 01 individual who recently arrived on the island from overseas. The latest development has […]

Courtesy News 1st COLOMBO (News 1st); The fertilizer crisis is continuing to aggravate in the public, leaving farmers helpless, and potentially affecting the country’s food supply. Although the Government continues to maintain its organic fertilizer policy, permission has been granted to import chemical fertilizer. However, the rising cost of imports has caused fertilizer prices to rise […]

by Amani Nilar  Courtesy News 1st COLOMBO (News 1st); The Minister of Foreign Affairs, prof. G.L. Peiris says that China will donate one million tons of rice before the Sinhala and Hindu New Year, which would enable the public to celebrate the festival in a prosperous manner.  Speaking during his visit to the Maha Sangha […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (22) පෙරවරුවේ අනුරාධපුර ජය ශ්‍රී මහා බෝධීන් වහන්සේ වැඳ පුදා ගනිමින් ආශිර්වාද ලබා ගත්තේය. අටමස්ථානාධිපති, උතුරු මධ්‍යම දිසාවේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක ආචාර්ය අතිපූජ්‍ය  පල්ලේගම සිරි නිවාස නායක ස්වාමීන්වහන්සේ බැහැ දුටු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පළමුව උන්වහන්සේගේ සුව දුක් විමසා බැලුවේය. කිසිදු ලාභ ප්‍රයෝජනයක් අපේක්‍ෂා නොකර ජය ශ්‍රී මහා බෝධිය වන්දනාමාන […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ලාංකේය කතානාද සිනමාවට වසර 75ක් සම්පූර්ණ වීම හා ජාතික චිත්‍රපට සංස්ථාවට වසර 50ක් පිරීම නිමිත්තෙන් සංවිධානය කළ සමරු උත්සවය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ඊයේ (21) පස්වරුවේ ජාතික චිත්‍රපට සංස්ථාවේ දී පැවැත්විණි.  සමරු උත්සවය ආරම්භයේ දී ජාතික චිත්‍රපට සංස්ථාව ආරම්භ කළ දිවංගත අගමැතිනි සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ ඡායාරූපයකට ප්‍රවිණ රංගන ශිල්පීන් දෙපළක් වන රවින්ද්‍ර රන්දෙණිය සහ […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ඊයේ (21) පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී කොළඹ රාජකීය විද්‍යාලයට නවීන බස් රථයක් පිරිනැමිණි.  කීර්ති මන්ත්‍රීරත්න මහතා විසින් පරිත්‍යාග කළ මෙම බස් රථය ජපානයේ නිෂ්පාදිත ආසන 54කින් යුතු සුඛෝපභෝගී බස් රථයකි. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා කොළඹ රාජකීය විද්‍යාලයේ විදුහල්පති එම්.වී.එස්. ගුණතිලක මහතා වෙත බස් රථයේ යතුර පිරිනැමුවේය. අනතුරුව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා විසින් […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  අද දිනයේ නැන්දා සහ මාමා ජීවතුන් අතර නැත. එහෙත් ඔවුන් පිලිබඳ මතකය තවමත් මා තුල තිබේ නැන්දා ගේ නම සෝමා කිරිඇල්ලය. ඇය විශාකා ළදරු පාසලේ විදුහල්පතිනිය වූවාය. එසේම ළමා පොත් , ළමා නාට්‍ය  , ළමා ගීත ලියූ නිර්මාණශීලීතාවයෙන් හෙබි කාන්තාවකි. මාමා පියදාස කිරිඇල්ලය. ඔහු සාන්ත තෝමස් සහ කොලඹ රාජකීය විද්‍යාල වල […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 22 (newsin.asia): The authorities of the Chinese-built US$ 1.4 billion Colombo Port City on Saturday clarified that they will not charge any fee for personal photography and videography but will charge a variable fee for professional photography and videography. A press release issued by the Colombo Harbor Engineering Company Port City […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former President Maithripala Sirisena today (22) expressed his views regarding the extension of the term of office of the President. He expressed these views after a ceremony held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo.

By Valsan Vethody Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Mumbai, January 22 (newsin.asia): 2022 would be the Unlocking Year”. If so, there will be no more fear and anxiety; the masks would disappear; cosmetics and business suits would once again be out on display; work-from-home-battalions would go back to the usual hustle and bustle and to the intimidating presence […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today The Colombo Port City now says no fee is charged for taking personal selfies of videos within the city. It says in a statement that a payment structure was introduced for personal events, professional and/or commercial filming and photography due to the unprecedented number of such requests. The statement goes onto say […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today Thich Nhat Hanh, an influential Vietnamese Buddhist monk, has died at the age of 95. His Zen teaching organisation, Plum Village, said the monk “passed away peacefully” at the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam on Saturday. A prolific author and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh, is often referred to as the […]

By Seneka Abeyratne Courtesy The Island Brahmi inscription on a drip ledge at Vessagiriya, Anuradhapura. Pic courtesy: Preethi de Silva Ruminations on Sri Lanka’s ancient past – Part X By Seneka Abeyratne A distinguishing feature of the Early Historic Period, between 500 BCE and 300 CE, is the dramatic appearance of lithic Brahmi inscriptions, which […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka today slammed the World Report 2022” compiled by the Human Rights Watch, stating that it depicts an exaggerated and unduly negative picture of the current human rights situation in the country. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry noted that Sri Lanka Lanka follows a policy of constructive engagement with the international […]

Courtesy Adaderana Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI, 2013=100)1, increased to 14.0 per cent in December 2021 from 11.1 per cent in November 2021, according to the Statistics Department of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, on an annual average basis, the NCPI increased […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 75 new cases of Omicron and 3 new cases of Delta have been confirmed in Sri Lanka, according to the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant report published by the Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of the Sri Jayewardenepura University. The new Omicron and […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed another 12 coronavirus-related deaths for January 21, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus to 15,272. This includes 09 males and 03 females, according to the Department of Government Information. One of the victims is in the age group of 30-59 years […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS It is widely published the view expressed by Ms Diana Gamage in the parliament that the term of the president should be extended by two years and the reason for this change as pointed by Ms Gamage was the COVID-19 pandemic that has been limited the ability of president working to people. […]

Prime Minister’s Media Unit Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa requested South Korea to consider increasing the number of employment opportunities allocated for Sri Lanka. The Prime Minister made the request during a meeting with the Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea Park Byeong seug yesterday at Temple Trees. Speaker Park is the first South […]