Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 690 persons have tested positive for coronavirus today (16). This figure includes 03 persons who had arrived from overseas while the remainder are community cases.  Sri Lanka’s Covid-19 caseload climbs to 596,347 with this while presently 12,926 patients infected with the virus are undergoing treatment.  The Director […]

Courtesy The Morning India and China shore up forex for now, but future remains uncertain After Indian visit postponed, Basil holds virtual meeting with India’s Jaishankar China mum on debt restructuring, but pushes recommencement of FTA talks Dollar shortage leads to oil shortage and in turn electricity shortage Catholic Church makes bold allegation about Easter […]

By Yakuta Dawood  Courtesy The Morning Attygalle optimistic of receiving financial assistance from lenders The Government of Sri Lanka is optimistic of succeeding in its plan to restructure its debt with bilateral and multilateral lenders if its current attempts to restructure the debt with the Chinese Government materialises, the Treasury told The Sunday Morning Business.  Speaking […]

නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය පළාත් මට්ටමින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට නියමිත නිපුණතා උදාන ජාතික වැඩසටහන වයඹ පළාත කේන්ද්‍ර කරගනිමින් නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය, විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය සීතා අරඹේපොල මැතිණියගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ‘වයඹ උදානය’ නමින් පසුගියදා ආරම්භ විය. මෙම ජාතික වැඩසටහනට සමගාමීව වයඹ පළාතේ විසිර සිටින ත්‍රිරෝද රථ […]

ලංකා ඛනිජ තෙල් පොදු සේවක සංගමය ගරු ඛනිජ තෙල් සහ බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යතුමා. ඛනිජ තෙල් සහ බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යංශය, මල් පාර, කොළඹ. ගරු සභාපතිතුමා ඛනිජ තෙල් නීතිගත සංස්තථාව මගින්, පිරිපහදු කළමණාකාරතුමා පිරිපහදුව මගින්, ගරු ඇමතිතුමනි, නිසි වෙලාවට බොරතෙල් ආනයනය කිරීමට අපොහොසත්වීම නිසා පිරිපහදුවේ නිශ්පාදන කටයුතු පූර්ණ ලෙස අඩාල වීම පිළිබඳව පැමිණිලි කිරීම නිසි වේලාවට බොරතෙල් ආනයනය කොට […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM Dear Editor , It is disappointing and frustrating to see the respected Cardinal, continuing to raise doubts of a underlying conspiracy ” despite the  clear facts identified by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter Sunday Bombings, not finding any underlyingcnspiracy .   To raise these doubts  he uses a. […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ලංකා විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලයෙන් ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 180 ක වන්දියක් ඉල්ලා මැලේසියානු සමාගමක් විසින් සිංගප්පූරු බේරුම්කාර මණ්ඩලයට පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ. යාපනය සුළං සහ සූර්ය බල ව්‍යාපෘතියක් පිහිටුවීමට මෙම මැලේසියානු සමාගමට බලපත්‍රයකින් අනුමැතිය ලබාදී පසුව එය අවලංගු කර ඇති බව විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලයේ ප්‍රකාශකයෙක් පැවසීය. බේරුම්කාර මණ්ඩලයේ විභාග වන මෙම නඩුව සඳහා […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 15 (newsin.asia): The Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar held a virtual meeting with Finance Minister of Sri Lanka Basil Rajapaksa on Saturday in which an Indian credit facility of US$ 1 billion for importing essential items and US$ 500 million for importing fuel from India were discussed. ​Dr. Jaishankar […]

By Seneka Abeyratne Courtesy The Island Kozakian Shamshir weapon made of crucible steel from the collection of the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels The ancient kings, inspired by Buddhism and the constant need to feed a growing population, produced a new culture as well as a new economy. They also […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Dastardly conspiracy gradually unfolding’ Declaring that 2019 Easter Sunday carnage couldn’t be blamed on Muslim extremists alone, the Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith yesterday (14) questioned the failure on the part of the government to at least implement the recommendations made by the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne said it is not fair to criticize the police investigation into the incident in which a grenade was found at the Borella All Saints’ Church, less than 24 hours after it was reported. He made this remarks responding to the statement made by Archbishop His Eminence Cardinal […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases recorded in Sri Lanka moved to 661 today (January 15), the Health Ministry said. According to the Government Information Department, the newly-detected cases include 04 individuals who recently arrived on the island. The latest development has brought the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has identified 160 new cases of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (B.1.1.529), says Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, the Director of the Department of Immunology & Molecular Medicine at Sri Jayewardenepura University. These Omicron patients were found among 182 samples that were sequenced by the laboratory of the J’pura University. The new development […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Jan 14 (AdaDerana) – In the context of rising prices of all consumer products and the limited availability of most, the people of Sri Lanka, are faced with two ominous questions about which they are justifiably anxious. Will there be a scarcity of medicines in the near future in the country and […]

Courtesy RT Biden administration said one of the suspected hackers arrested in Russia was to blame for the Colonial Pipeline attack The Biden administration is pleased” about Russia arresting several suspected hackers, including one allegedly behind the ransomware attack that led to week-long fuel shortages last year. A senior administration official, speaking with reporters on […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ජාතික තෛපොංගල් උත්සවය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද (14) දින පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. ගොවිතැන් කටයුතු සඳහා සූර්ය දෙවියන්ගෙන් ලැබුණු ශක්තියට කෘතගුණ සැලකීම මුල් කරගනිමින් දමිළ දින දර්ශනයේ පළමු දිනය මෙලෙස සුවිශේෂීත්වයෙන් සැමරීම සිදු වේ. අස්වනු නෙලා ගැනීම සහ නෙලාගත් අස්වැන්නෙන් පළමු කොටස යොදා පොංගල් කිරිබත සෑදීම මෙම මංගල්‍යයේ චාරිත්‍රයකි. බුද්ධශාසන […]

BY BRAD DRESS Courtesy The Hill Two elephants recently died in Sri Lanka after swallowing large amounts of plastic found in a garbage heap, prompting a renewed warning from conservationists about the issue. The Associated Press reported that at least 20 elephants have died in the past eight years from eating plastic waste in the open landfill in […]

Courtesy ukr agroconsult Sri Lanka’s tea industry performed well in 2021 earning 1.3 billion U.S. dollars despite lower yields and higher costs of production, state media reported on Thursday. Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tea Board Jayampathy Molligoda was quoted by the state-owned Daily News as saying that Sri Lanka earned approximately 1.3 billion U.S. […]

Courtesy Finance Monthly When a company’s foreseeable future earnings are not sufficient to repay debts, the company in question may choose to restructure its debt. And this applies to countries too. In years gone by, several countries have chosen to restructure their debt, with Sri Lanka potentially soon to join them. How does debt restructuring […]

Courtesy New York Post MORE ON:ELEPHANTS Terrifying moment sex-crazed 13-foot elephant charges safari truck Africa sees elephant baby boom thanks to pandemic Indonesia baby elephant dies after losing half of her trunk Baby elephant loses half its trunk to Indonesia poacher trap PALLAKKADU, Sri Lanka — Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in […]

By Indika Hettiarachchi Courtesy EurasiaReviw For a large number of 6.9 million voters who voted for Gotabaya Rajapakse in the 2019 presidential election, it was like giving a benefit of the doubt. This is because GR was a political novice at age 70. And his style of management or governance was a big question mark, […]

Courtesy The Island … says govt. has got priorities mixed up By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Minister D.E.W. Gunasekera says that the cash-strapped government lacked the wherewithal to implement the much publicized Rs 229 bn relief package. Therefore, the one-time General Secretary of the Communist Party said the government had no option but to print more […]

Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror At least 14 statements have been recorded so far in connection with the recovery of a hand grenade at the Borella All Saints’ Church and those involved into the incident will be arrested irrespective of their possition, IGP C.D. Wickramaratne said. In a special statement the IGP said […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Three doses of COVID-19 vaccine drop hospitalization by 90% in people above 65 years of age, health experts highlighted. According to Head of the Immunology and Molecular Medicine Department at the Sri Jayewardenepura University Prof. Neelika Malavige, hospitalization due to Omicron is also dropped by 50% with two vaccine doses in […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara said today there was a main conspirator behind the incidents where hand grenades were placed at a private hospital in Narahenpita and at the Borella All Saints’ Church premises. He told reporters that in both instances, it was the same person who placed the bombs, who […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry reports that 677 new cases of the coronavirus have been detected today (14). This figure includes 03 persons who had arrived from overseas while the rest are community cases.  This brings the tally of Covid-19 cases registered in the country thus far to 594,996 while over 11,000 infected patients are […]

Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr.) Kings Grove Crescent . Ottawa . Ontario . K1J 6G1  . Canada, 13 January 2022 Mr. R. Sampanthan , MPPresident, Tamil National Alliance16(30), Martin RoadJaffnaSri Lanka Dear Mr. Sampanthan (Sam): You intrigue me, and here I am writing to you again.  This time to let you hear my thoughts on your down […]

Jubeda Chowdhury from Dhaka, Bangladesh Although the RAB has paid a heavy price in its campaign against terrorists and drug smugglers, the US has unfairly imposed sanctions against the group. A major obstacle to Bangladesh’s progress has traditionally been a volatile law and order situation, which forced the government to form an elite force to […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය මෙවර රාජ්‍ය වෙසක් උත්සවයට ප්‍රථම නාගදීප රජ මහා විහාරය පූජා භූමියක් ලෙස නම් කර ඊට අදාළ සන්නස් පත්‍රය පිළිගැන්වීම කළ යුතු යැයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. රාජ්‍ය වෙසක් උත්සවය – 2022 බලංගොඩ කූරගල ඓතිහාසික පුදබිම කේන්ද්‍ර කරගනිමින් පැවැත්වීමට තීරණය කරමින් ඊයේ (12) පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ පැවති සාකච්ඡාවේ දී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මේ බව […]

මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සමස්ත දමිළ ජනතාව බැතියෙන් සමරන තෛපොංගල් උත්සවය කෘතගුණ සැලකීම මුල්කරගත් උතුම් මංගල්‍යයකි. අස්වනු නෙලීම දක්වා හිරු දෙවියන් ඇතුළු ස්වභාවධර්මයෙන් කෘෂිකර්මාන්තයට ලැබුණු ශක්තිය සහ උපකාරයන්  සිහිපත් කිරීම මෙම උතුම් මංගල්‍යයේ විශේෂත්වයකි. හින්දු දින දර්ශනයට අනුව පළමු මාසය සහ උදාව යන්න අර්ථවත් කරමින් තෛපොංගල් ලෙසින් සමරන මෙම උත්සවය ලොව […]