Garvin Karunaratne Garvin Karunaratne recalls his experience of 18 years working in stations like Hambantota as well as in the hilly Districts of Kandy and Nuwara Eliya. He chides the authorities for erecting wind turbines on the coast. He believes that the authorities seem to be working to prove that wind turbines are not suitable for […]

A Statement by ‘The ‘Socialist Vanguard Party for the Restoration of a United and Sovereign Sri Lanka’  On the 06th of January 2022, an illegal and unsanctioned compact was made by some representatives of the people of Sri Lanka, leasing out 99 oil tanks and thousands of acres of land in the vicinity of the Trincomalee […]

Garvin Karunaratne Ph.D.Michigan State University The former PrimeMinister Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe sings praise of the IMF: US dollar will hit Rs 300 in near future By Methmalie Dissanayake UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (16), warned the US dollar would reach Rs 300 before the end of the year. In a statement, he said the economy […]

ජයන්ත හේරත් චීනයේ  අවුරුදු පතා ඉංජිනේරුවෝ ලක්ෂ 6 ක් උපාධි ලබා විශ්ව විද්යාල වලින් පිටවෙති.  චීනයට කිට්ටුවීමට නම් අපේ ඉංජිනේරු උපාධි නිෂ්පාදනය අවුරුදු පතා 8000 දක්වා වත් වැඩි කල යුතුය පුද්ගලීකරණ සහ මිලිටරීකරණ ක්‍රම ඇතුලත්ව. 2016 දී චීනයේ Science Technology Engineering Mathematics  උපාධිධාරීන් මිලියන 4.7 ක් ද, ඉන්දියාවේ STEM උපාධිධාරීන් මිලියන 2.6 ක් ද  එක්සත් […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය රටවල් අතර තිබෙන මිත්‍රත්වයෙන් සහ ස්ව ශක්තියෙන් නැගී සිටි චීනය නිසා අද සමස්ත ආසියාවම වෙනසකට ලක්වෙලා තිබෙනවා යැයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. චීන-ශ්‍රී ලංකා තානාපති සබඳතා සඳහා වසර 65ක් පිරීම  සහ රබර්-සහල් ගිවිසුමට වසර 70ක් පිරීම නිමිත්තෙන් නෙළුම් පොකුණ රඟහලේ දී අද (17) පස්වරුවේ පැවැති සමරු උත්සවයට එක්වෙමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මේ බව […]

ලංකා ගුරු සේවා සංගමය. ගරු ජනාධිපතිගෝඨාභය රාජපක‍ෂ මැතිතුමා,ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය,කොළඹ 01. ජනාධිපතිතුමනි, අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යංශය යටතේ පුරප්පාඩු වී ඇති අධ්‍යාපන අධ්‍යක‍ෂ හා කොමසාරිස් තනතුරු 18 ක් ස`දහා සිදු කිරීමට නියමිත පත්වීම් සම්බන්ධවයි. රාජ්‍ය සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ අධ්‍යාපන සේවා කමිටුවේ අනුමැතියට යටත්ව අධ්‍යාපන ලේකම්වරයා විසින් අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යංශයේ පුරප්පාඩු වී පවතින අධ්‍යාපන අධ්‍යක‍ෂ හා කොමසාරිස් තනතුරු 18 ක් […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Feb 17 (LonelyPlanet) – Sri Lanka’s tropical beaches are unanimously adored. Crafted from a 1340km (833-mile) coastline, its countless topographically varied beaches, coves, and bays attract sun-seekers, fun lovers, and surfers throughout the year. Wildlife plays its part too – beaches are vital nesting grounds for endangered marine turtles, while blue whales are […]

by Nermina Kulovic Courtesy Offshore Energy A drillship owned by Aquadrill Offshore, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, has caught fire while docked at a port in Sri Lanka. The Hambantota International Port Emergency Response Unit (ERU) together with the port’s Quality, Health, Safety & Environment Dept. (QHSE), and Port Control, responded to a fire that occurred […]

Courtesy The New Indian Express The ganja seized on Tuesday night is valued at Rs 1.25 crore, and with the vehicles used to smuggle which included a mini-lorry, two cars, and a scooter, the total value of seizure is Rs 2 crore. By Express News Service THANJAVUR: Ganja packets weighing 250 kg and bound for Sri […]

Courtesy superyachtnews However, questions remain over the project’s tangible yachting benefit given current procedures and processes… The Sri Lanka Port Authority (SPLA) has announced that nearly 100 acres of landmass will be added to the Galle Harbour. The Cabinet of Ministers has cleared a proposal to call for Expressions of Interest from investors to develop […]

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  Question: Will China meet Sri Lanka’s request for debt relief? Some people also believe that part of why Sri Lanka is struggling economically is due to expensive joint Chinese investments that are not profitable. What’s your response to that?  […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Member of Parliament Ranjan Ramanayake, who is currently incarcerated, has been brought to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing the incidents of political victimization. He was escorted to the said commission’s police unit by the prison officials at around 9.30 a.m. today (February 17). In January 2020, a three-member Presidential Commission […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed relevant officials to take steps to grant the nurses’ trade union demands while considering the financial situation of the country and without affecting the overall government services.  “Health care services, including medicine and nursing, are highly valued. Understanding the financial situation in the country, take steps to provide […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 1,235 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today (17). This brings the tally of Covid-19 cases registered within the country thus far to 633,051. Meanwhile over 20,000 patients infected with the virus are currently undergoing treatment island-wide.  The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 27 […]