ඒ.ජේ.එම්. මුසම්මිල්, ඌව පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවර ලෝකවාසී හින්දු භක්තිකයන් දුරුතු මස උත්සවශ්‍රීරීයෙන් සමරන තෛපොංගල් දිනය සාමාජීය, සංස්කෘතික හා ආගමික වශයෙන් අතිශය වැදගත්ය. අද දින ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය හා ලෝකවාසී සියළු හින්දු භක්තිකයන් වෙත තෛපොංගල් සුභ පැතුම් එක් කිරීමට අවස්ථාව ලැබීම පිළිබඳව මා බෙහෙවින් සතුටු වෙමි. කෘෂිකර්මාන්තය තම ජීවනෝපාය කරගත් ජනතාව අද දින හිරු දෙවියන්ට කෘතඥතාවය දක්වමින් තම […]

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 Jewish News Colonial mansions and chattering monkeys turn up the heat for Brigit Grant in Sri Lanka There are lots of things one expects to see at breakfast. Cereal boxes. Eggs in cups. Toast in a rack. But a monkey hanging from the branch of a Foxtail palm tree? Now that’s something different. Except […]

Courtesy Jewish News This week’s yummy recipe is extracted from Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen: Over 90 Plant-Based Recipes to Save the Planet and Nourish the Soul Photo: Elena Heatherwick It can take 2,350 litres of fresh water to produce just one 150g beef burger – that’s enough water to fill 30 bathtubs or have a […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today The Colombo Chief Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) yesterday (12)  examined the health condition of  SJB MP Patali Champika Ranawaka, as per an order issued by Colombo High Court judge Damith Thotawattavon the previous day. The JMO was ordered to submit a report, promptly, on the MP’s health condition. The order was issued […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Chairman of Litro Gas Lanka Theshara Jayasinghe is reported to have been reappointed several hours after he was removed from the position. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is reported to have instructed to reinstate the sacked Chairman following an inspection visit at the Litro Gas Terminal this morning even though the Finance Ministry […]

Courtesy Adaderana The High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, calling on Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, has expressed his country’s strong support to the island nation in the wake of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extending over USD 900 million facilities over the last week. These comprise deferment of Asian Clearing Union […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases recorded in Sri Lanka moved to 594 today (January 13), 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 […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando The writer and his partner were invited on 1 January 2022 by Ceylon oldest living Olympian boxer, retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Sumith Liyanage, with some guests. Our conversation at the lunch table discussed details of Sumith’s career in Sri Lanka’s Police force. During the 1960 Olympics in Rome, […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය වරාය ගොඩනැගීම මඟින් මේ රට නාවික කේන්ද්‍රයක් බවට පත්කරමින් ආසියාවේ බලවත් රටක් ලෙස ඉදිරියට යාමට  තැබූ බලාපොරොත්තුව අත්හැර නොමැති බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. දකුණු ආසියාවේ සමුද්‍රීය කේන්ද්‍රස්ථානය කොළඹ වරාය නැගෙනහිර පර්යන්තය ඉදිකිරීම් කටයුතු ආරම්භ කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (12) දින පෙරවරුවේ මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. නැගෙනහිර […]

Mehjabin Bhanu  Rajshahi Bangladesh No one has the right to kill a citizen at the border. This is a clear violation of human rights and international law. We need to intensify our foreign policy and diplomatic efforts to reduce border killings to zero. According to Human Rights Watch, between 2000 and 2019, the BSF shot […]

ලංකා ගුරුසේවා සංගමය. ගරු අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය, දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා, අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යංශය, ඉසුරුපාය, බත්තරමුල්ල. අමාත්‍යතුමනි, අධ්‍යාපන විද්‍යාපීඨවල 02 වන වසර සිසුන් නැවත මාස 03 ක නේවාසික පුහුණුවට කැදවීමේදී පැනනැගී ඇති ගැටඵ සම්බන්ධයි. කොවිඩ්-19 වසංගතය හේතුවෙන් 2020 ඔක්. 10 වෙනි දින වසා දැමුණු අධ්‍යාපන විද්‍යාපීඨ පළමුව නිරෝධායන මධ්‍යස්ථාන බවටත්, පසුව ප්‍රතිකාර මධ්‍යස්ථාන බවටත් පත් කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව එහි […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 12 (newsin.asia): China has plans to revise schedules for the repayment of loans given to Sri Lanka, in response to the request made by the Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa during his meeting with the visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on January 9, the Global Times said. The Communist Party-run Global […]

Courtesy The Straits Times COLOMBO (REUTERS) – The Sri Lankan government will meet all debt repayments in 2022 and work on a more comprehensive plan to address its dwindling foreign exchange reserves, said central bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal on Wednesday (Jan 12). Sri Lanka managed to boost its reserves to US$3.1 billion (S$4.2 billion) at […]

By P. K. Balachandran Courtesy Eurasia Review A part of interest-free loans may be the first to be rescheduled while arrangements for other loans will have to be negotiated China has plans to revise schedules for the repayment of loans given to Sri Lanka, in response to the request made by the Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa […]

Courtesy Financial Express Last week, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told the visiting Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi that Sri Lanka would be helped if the debt could be restructured. Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a shortage of almost all essentials due to a shortage of dollars to pay for the imports. Sri Lanka is negotiating a […]

Sandun A Jayasekera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka’s economy is gradually but surely on the road to recovery and the country will record a GDP growth of over 5% in 2022, Governor of the Central Bank, Ajith Nivard Cabraal said today. The government is in the process of negotiating with India and China to […]

Courtesy Business Recorder COLOMBO: Sri Lanka ruled out an IMF bailout on Wednesday and said it plans to seek another loan from China to address an economic crisis that has led to food and fuel shortages. The island’s tourism-dependent economy has been battered by the pandemic, with supermarkets rationing goods and rolling blackouts imposed by […]

Riyaz ul Khaliq    Courtesy Anadolu Agency Rasheed Hajjul Akbar was arrested in March 2021 by counterterrorism police, say sources. The former chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Sri Lanka was released on bail by a Colombo court on Wednesday, sources said. Our lawyers had challenged the detention of Usthadh Rasheed Hajjul Akbar as illegal under fundamental rights […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases recorded in Sri Lanka moved to 653 today (January 12), the Health Ministry said. According to the Government Information Department, the newly-detected cases include 02 individuals who recently arrived on the island. The latest development has brought the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in […]

Courtesy Management Study Guide Sovereign debt is regularly in the news even though we may not realize it. Several poor countries keep defaulting on their debt. This occurs more frequently with countries in Latin America and Africa. People have a limited understanding of how sovereign debt works. This is because sovereign debt is a bit […]

ColdFusion A lot of people can feel and see the wealth inequality but they have no idea where it is coming from – US as an example With trillions of dollars being printed around the world, it’s time we take a look into how money is created.

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM Wellington NZ  Dear Editor , Please find below my response on listening to an interview given by the exUNP, now SJB , finance spokesperson on his hysterical advocation of joining the world” seemingly oblivious to all the efforts of the past two years of inviting foreign investment ,with each visiting heads to […]

Senaka Weeraratna Justice for Animals and Nature welcomes the grant of Cabinet Approval for the long-awaited Animal Welfare Bill initially drafted by the Law Commission of Sri Lanka and handed over to the then President Mahinda Rajapakse for enactment in May 2006. It has taken more than 15 years for the Govt. to reach the […]

නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය ශ්‍රම බලකායට එක්වන්නන් හට වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දෙන ආයතනවල සමස්ත ක්‍රියාදාමය වැඩිදියුණු කරමින් නිපුණත්වයෙන් සපිරි  අනාගත පරපුරක් බිහි කිරීමේ අභිප්‍රායෙන් නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යංශය සහ ඒ යටතේ පවතින ජාතික වෘත්තීය පුහුණු මධ්‍යස්ථානවල එකමුතුවෙන් පළාත් මට්ටමින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කෙරෙන […]

තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය, සංවර්ධන සම්බන්ධීකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශය, ඩිජිටල් තාක්ෂණ හා ව්‍යවසාය සංවර්ධන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය. මධ්‍යම අධිවේගී මාර්ගයේ මීරිගම – කුරුණෑගල කොටස විවෘත කිරීමට පෙර දින (14) තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය සහ මහා මාර්ග අමාත්‍යාංශය එක්ව ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාපැදි සම්මේලනයේ පූර්ණ අධීක්ෂණය යටතේ කාණ්ඩ තුනකින් සමන්විත පාපැදි තරගාවලියක් පැවැත්වීමට කටයුතු සංවිධානය කර තිබේ. රටේ සංවර්ධන ක්‍රියාවලියට […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 11 (newsin.asia): During his visit to Sri Lanka on January 8 and 9, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, had clearly indicated that China is keen on going beyond infrastructural development to investing in industries in the island nation to help it industrialize and develop a Made in Sri […]

Courtesy Economynext ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s 227 billion rupee ‘relief package’ to state workers and low income households may boost an economic recovery but will worsen the deficit, Moody’s a rating agency said. The handouts are about 1.6 percent of projected gross domestic product by Moody’s. While the size of the package is moderate and […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රකාශයක් හේතුවෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නැවතත් ලෝකයේ ණය ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම්වලින් පහත හෙලීමේ අවදානමක් මතුව ඇතැයි සමගි ජන බලවේගය පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී චම්පික රණවක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. චීනයට ගෙවීමට ඇති ණය ගෙවීම සදහා අමතර කාලයක් ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් චීන විදේශ ඇමැතිවරයා මුණගැසුණු ඉල්ලීම මීට හේතුව බව ඔහු පැවසීය. මෙම ඉල්ලීම […]

Courtesy Corporate Travel Community SriLankan Airlines announced (10-Jan-2022) it resumed codeshare operations with American Airlines from 23-Dec-2021 (Routes Online/Lanka Business Online/Colombo Page, 10/11-Jan-2022). Under the agreement, SriLankan codeshares on the following American Airlines services: New York JFK to London Heathrow and Paris CDG; Miami to London Heathrow and Paris CDG; Dallas Fort Worth to Paris CDG and Frankfurt; […]