Jayantha: Liyanage – General Secretary – SJP The proposed new Constitution must restore the historical national rights of the Sinhala nation lost in the year 1815 by taking the following aspects into consideration.  (01). The New Constitution must be named as THE SINHALA CONSTITUTION”. The name of the nation must be named as SINHALA NATION” […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he wishes to further consolidate and expand the existing solid partnership between Russia and Sri Lanka into new and more extensive areas of cooperation. He made this remark in a felicitation message for his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, to mark the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations […]

Courtesy Adaderana he Health Ministry says that another 1,273 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 today, bringing the total infections registered in the country thus far to 635,606.  According to official figures, 596,891 positive cases have recovered. Following the new development, the number of virus-infected people who are undergoing treatment moved to 22,746. Meanwhile, the […]

Garvin Karunaratne, former G.A.Matara  A Report from Reuters on 17/2: Shortage of Suzuki Car Mirrors reflect Sri Lanka’s growing economic crisis harks a re write of one of my early Papers: Old memories of development: A Youth I will never forget By Garvin KarunaratnePosted on October 15th, 2019 Seeing what is happening in Elpitiya my mind […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Scratch below the surface of any civil war and there is usually a foreign sponsor to be found, said   analysts. Almost all civil wars have an external dimension. In virtually every case of  political violence within  a third world country,  it is usually  a foreign government that  has  helped to fund, arm, train […]

නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය ශ්‍රී ලංකා සාගර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය මඟින් සිදුකෙරෙන නාවික, ධීවර හා සාගර සම්බන්ධ පාඨමාලා 21ක් අතරින් පාඨමාලා ත්‍රිත්ත්වයක අධ්‍යයන කටයුතු සාර්ථකව අවසන් කළ සිසු සිසුවියන්ගේ  ප්‍රථම ඩිප්ලෝමා සහතික ප්‍රදානෝත්සවය  රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය සීතා අරඹේපොල මැතිණියගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් (18) බණ්ඩාරනායක අනුස්මරණ ජාත්‍යන්තර සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලා පරිශ්‍රයේ දී (BMICH) පැවැත්විණ. […]

D.B.S.Jeyaraj Courtesy The Daily Mirror Interestingly enough much interest has been evinced by readers about N.Q. Dias. Many people have heard of him but  seem to know very little about  who exactly he was or what he  accomplished N.Q.Dias was not merely the Perm. Sec. Defence and External affairs, but the most powerful public servant around  and […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ගැලපෙනම ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා ක්‍රමය බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා භාවිතා කරන ක්‍රමය බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා පුවත්පත් මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති ආචාර්ය මහින්ද පතිරණ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් කතා කරන විට බොහෝ දෙනෙකු දේශීය භාෂාෙවන් ද ඇතැම් වචන යොදා ගන්නා බවද හෙතෙම පවසයි. මේ ආකාරයෙන් ඉංග්‍රීසි භාවිතා කරන්නන් තමන් දැක ඇත්තේ දෙදෙනෙක් […]

වන්නි රොමේෂ් මධුෂංඛ උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් උතුරු පලාතේ සහල නැලිය ලෙසින් හැඳින්වෙන මන්නාරම් දිස්ත්‍රීක්කයේ මෙවර මවකන්නයේ වී අස්වැන්නට නිසි කලට පොහොර නොලැබීම හේතුවෙන්  අස්වැන්න 50 %කින් පමණ අඩුවෙනු ඇතැයි දිස්ත්‍රීක් ගොවීහු පෙන්වා දෙති. මන්නාරම පූවර්සන්කුලම් ප්‍රදේශයේ වී අස්වැන්න නෙලීමේ කටයුතු මේ දින වල සිදුවන අතරම එම ප්‍රදේශයේ පිහිටි සියලු කුඹුරු ගොවිතැන්හි වී වගාවන් සඳහා […]

China News On February 17, 2022, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the Chinese and Sri Lankan political parties celebrating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of China-Sri Lanka diplomatic relations and the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Rubber-Rice […]

Meenakshi J Courtesy The National News Known as choon paan, the vehicles deliver baked goods while playing everything from classical music to Tamil tunes On my way back from an early morning stroll around Nuwara Eliya’s tea gardens, the sound of Beethoven’s Fur Elise pervades the calmness of the countryside, as the warmth and golden hues of […]

Chaturanga Samarawickrama Courtesy The Daily Mirror Despite assurances that there will be no scheduled power outages in the next three months, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) announced its decision to impose power outages from today. The PUCSL Chairman, Janaka Ratnayake said the power shedding starts from 2.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror An investigation has revealed that a controversial tweet by Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam about an alleged abduction attempt in Kalmunai, was false and misleading, Police Headquarters issuing a statement said.  On Thursday, MP Rasamanickam taking to his Twitter account reported an alleged abduction of a member of a […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara too has been acquitted in the case filed against him over criminal negligence of duty by failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks despite receiving intelligence information beforehand. The verdict was delivered by Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar Namal Balalle, Aditya Patabendige, and Mohamed Irshadeen […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 1,282 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 today, as the daily count of new cases continues to rise in the country. This brings the tally of Covid-19 cases registered in the country thus far to 634,333.  According to official figures, 596,639 positive cases have recovered. Following the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Distribution of fuel has been restricted until the prices are increased, says the chairman of National Employees Union of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). According to him, shortages of fuel are observed at some filling stations in parts of the country including the Colombo District. Filling station owners have complained that petrol stocks […]

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 […]