Archive for February, 2022
Friday, February 11th, 2022
Source: Hindustan Times Indian Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Sri Lankan high commissioner Milinda Moragoda on Friday discussed the finalisation of a USD 1 billion line of credit to be provided by India to the island nation to purchase essential items to tide over an economic crisis. Moragoda met Sitharaman and conveyed Sri Lanka’s appreciation […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
Garvin Karunaratne I refer to Jamila Husain’s article Rising number of Government (SLPP) MPs resort to using filth in parliamentin your esteemed columns. I was beside Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake at a meeting, possibly at Tolangamuwa Central. The Prime Minister was presiding and I think it was a meeting organized by the rural development society. […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
ජයන්ත හේරත් නිදහස් අධ්යාපනය යනු අධ්යාපනය සෑම කෙනෙකුටම ලබා ගැනීමේ ඇති අයිතියයි, නිදහසයි. රජයක යුතුකම විය යුත්තේ ඒ අයිතිය තහවුරු කිරීමයි. ඒ සඳහා අවශ්ය පහසුකම් සැපයීමයි. අවුරුදු 2500ට පෙරත් අධ්යාපන ගාස්තු තිබුනේය. දිසාපාමොක් අහිංසක ගෙන් අද්යාපනයට ගාස්තුව අයකළේය. මිනිස්සු 1000 මරා ඇට මාලයක් පිදීමෙන්ය. මිනී මස් රාත්තල් ලක්ශයක්ය්. පුද්ගලික මුදලට, හෝ රජය මුදල් යොදා හෝ […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
ජාතික සංවිධායක ජනක ප්රසාද් සමස්ත ලංකා වායුසමන ශිල්පී සංගමය සමස්ත ලංකා වායු සමන ශිල්පී සංගමයේ මහ සභාව සහ වැඩමුළුව 2022. 02. 07 දින මොරටුව ‘ශ්රී ලංකා ජර්මානු කාර්මික අභ්යාස ආයතනයේදී පැවැත්විනි. ලංකාවේ සියලුම දිස්ත්රික් නියෝජනය කරමින් වායු සමන ක්ෂේත්රයේ ව්යාපාර ලියාපදිංචියක් හිමි ව්යවසායකයෝ ඊට සහභාගි වූහ.රට පුරා විසිරී සිටින සියලුම වායු සමන ව්යවසායකයන් එකම සංවිධානයකට […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
By P.K.Balachandran/SAM Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, February 10: India and Sri Lanka had been at odds for most of the 20 th.Century. The question of the economic and political rights of the people of Indian origin troubled both pre-independence and post-independence governments in the two countries. Then, there was the dispute over Katchchativu island. From 1983, […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday challenged the main opposition for an immediate election to show the government’s strength, a challenge which was accepted by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya today. Prime Minister Rajapaksa challenged the Opposition to a battle in an election and to see if they could defeat the government. He said that […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් කාබනික පොහොර යොදා සිදු කළ මෙවර මහ කන්නයේ අස්වැන්න සැලකිය යුතු ප්රමාණයකින් අඩු වී ඇතැ යි බොහෝ ප්රදේශවල ගොවීන් පවසනවා. ඇතැම් ප්රදේශවල ගොවීන් පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ, රජයෙන් ප්රමාණවත් තරම් කාබනික පොහොර ද නො ලැබුණු බවයි. මෙවර මහ කන්නය යටතේ කාබනික පොහොර යොදා ගනිමින් ගාල්ල දිස්ත්රික්කයේ ප්රදේශ කිහිපයක ගොවීන් වී වගාව සිදු කර […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana A delegation headed by the Deputy Director-General for Administration & Financial Affairs of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Nedhal A. Al-Olayan visited Sri Lanka recently to sign a loan agreement to construct and equip the Medical Faculty at the University of Moratuwa. The visiting delegation which included Deputy Director for […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The District Court of Colombo has issued two enjoining orders against the Government Nursing Officers’ Association and its chairman Saman Ratnapriya calling for the immediate suspension of their trade union action. The enjoining orders were issued after taking into account a request made by the Attorney General. He had filed action against the […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health says that another 1,297 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 in the country today (10), as the daily count of fresh cases continues to rise. This brings the tally of Covid-19 cases registered in the country thus far to 624,545 while presently approximately 14,847 patients infected with the virus […]
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Senaka Weeraratna Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne, Vice-Chancellor, University of Colombo unveiled a vintage photograph showing staff and students of the Colombo Law Faculty (1972), in the Board room of the current Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, today (Feb. 09, 2022), in the presence of the members of the Faculty of Law, and several invited Guests from the […]
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය අන්තර්ජාතික රතුකුරුස සහ රතු අඩසඳ සම්මේලනයේ මහලේකම් ජගාන් චැපගන් (Jagan Chapagan) මහතා සහ එම දූත පිරිස ඊයේ (08) පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හමුවූහ. ලොව විශාලම මානුෂවාදී සංවිධානය වන අන්තර්ජාතික රතු කුරුස සහ රතු අඩසඳ සම්මේලනය රටවල් 192ක් පුරා විහිදී පවතියි. කොවිඩ් වසංගතය ඇතුළු ඉතිහාසයේ ශ්රී ලාංකික ජනතාව මුහුණ […]
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
by Jamila Husain Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Feb 9 (DailyMirror) – A rising number of ruling SLPP Parliamentarians are now resorting to using filth in Sinhala such as ‘P ***** ‘ and ‘P ****** ‘ in Parliament to stifle the opposition from raising their voice against the burning issues in the country as well as to prevent […]
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Courtesy The News Anil Kapoor left his fans stunned with his ageless charm The much adored and evergreen Bollywood star Anil Kapoor left his fans stunned with his ageless charm as he enjoys some memorable moments exploring the beauty of Sri Lanka. Anil Kapoor was spotted enjoying a ‘gala’ time by the gorgeous beach donning […]
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is committed to honour all forthcoming debt obligations and the country is not on the brink of a sovereign default, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka reiterated on Wednesday (February 09). In a statement, the Central Bank dismissed the recent media reports on an impending sovereign default as totally unsubstantiated”. The […]
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 36 new coronavirus-related fatalities for February 08, moving the death toll in the country from the virus to 15,692. This includes 27 males and 09 females, according to the Department of Government Information. Eight of the deceased were in the age group of 30-59 years. Three […]
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health says that another 1,263 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today (February 09). Sri Lanka’s tally of Covid-19 cases confirmed in the country thereby climbed to 623,248. According to official figures, 593,602 positive cases have recovered. Following the new development, the number of virus-infected people who are […]
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today urged the people of Anuradhapura to place their trust in him and the government, as he pledged to increase the farmers’ income by 100%. It came during the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s first rally for the year, titled Public Rally 2022” which kicked off at the Salgado Stadium in […]
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The European Union (EU) has strongly urged Sri Lanka to lift forthwith import restrictions that prevent many European products from entering the island nation’s market. This was conveyed during the 24th meeting of the EU-Sri Lanka Joint Commission on February 08 in Brussels. A joint statement issued by the EU and Sri Lanka […]
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Courtesy Hiru News Central Bank says with the realization of expected forex inflows and the build-up of international reserves, the need for initiating discussions with investors on debt restructuring as claimed by media reports does not arise. The Sri Lankan Government would be able to ensure settlement of its sovereign debt without default.
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2022
Dr Sudath Gunasekara The first question I ask the Minister in charge of the Electricity Board is as to why he skipped the CPC and went to the IOC for such a large volume of fuel from a foreign Agency that will drains millions of Foreign Exchange? I know he will say the CPC refused […]
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2022
High Commission of Sri Lanka New Delhi Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Hon. Prof. G.L. Peiris concluded a successful two- day official visit to India from 06-08 February 2022. The Foreign Minister undertook his maiden visit to New Delhi after assuming office as the Foreign Minister in August last year, on an invitation extended by […]
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2022
MD Pathik Hasan Bangladesh and Pakistan together make up 5 percent of the world’s population. The Possibilities of market value in the case of export and import between these two states are inevitably huge. But the trade between the two countries of 39 crore people is now only 6-7 hundred million dollars. This is a […]
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2022
Benedict B. George Bangladesh has always been a shining example of religious unity and peace. “Secularism” is not only a phrase engraved in Bangladesh’s constitution as one of the four essential principles of the state, but it is also an automatism that molds Bangladeshi people’s social sustenance. However, there has been an increase in the […]
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2022
තිසර සමල් – අනුරාධපුර රාජ්ය අමාත්යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා අනුරාධපුර කනදරාව ගොවි ජනපදයේ යාය 02 ප්රදේශයේ 06 ඇළ හා 05 ඇළ ප්රදේශයේ ගොවි බිම් වෙත ගොස් වී වගාවන් හී තත්වය සම්බන්ධයෙන් නිරීක්ෂණයක ඊයේ (07) පස්වරුවේ නිරත විය. රාජ්යය අමාත්යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා හමුවට, අමාත්යයවරයාගේ නිවසට කනදරාව ගොවි ජනපදයේ ගොවීන් පිරිසක් ඊයේ (07) පෙරවරුවේ පැමිණ අමාත්යයවරයා හමුවී කියා […]
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2022
-SOUTH ASIAN INTELLIGENCE REVIEW MALDIVES President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, in his Presidential address during the inaugural sitting of the People’s Majlis (Parliament), on February 3 announced that the government is set to launch a “National Moderation Campaign” in a bid to eradicate religious extremism in the Maldives. Raajje, January 29, 2022.–SOUTH ASIAN INTELLIGENCE REVIEW
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Monday, February 7th, 2022
තිසර සමල් – අනුරාධපුර අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්රික්කයේ ඉපලෝගම ප්රාදේශීය සම්බන්ධීකරණ හා සැළසුම් කමිටු රැස්වීම සූර්ය බල සුළං හා ජල විදුලි ජනන ව්යාපෘති සංවර්ධන රාජ්යය අමාත්යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ සභාපතීත්වයෙන් මිහින්තලය ප්රාදේශීය සභා ශ්රවණාගාරයේදී පැවැත්විණි. එහිදී මිහින්තලය ප්රාදේශිය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශයේ පවතින රාජ්යය ආයතන මගින් ක්රියාත්මක කළ සංවර්ධන ක්රියාවලියේ පසුගිය ප්රගතිය හා ඉදිරියේදී ක්රියාත්මක කිරීමට නියමිත සංවර්ධන යෝජනා සම්බන්ධයෙන් සාකච්ජා කෙරිණි. මේ වන විට කොරෝනා රෝග ව්යාප්තිය හා […]
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Monday, February 7th, 2022
ජයන්ත හේරත් පටුවතවිතාන ලා විජේසුන්දර ලා ජාතික වීරයෝය නිදහස් අද්යාපනය වෙනුවෙන් දිවි පිදූහ විජේ වීරයා වීරයෙක් නොවේය උන්නැහේ බිය ගුල්ලාය යුද්දය එන විට හැන්ඟුනාය අත් බෝම්බ දෙකක් බෙහෙත් කොටන තුවක්කුවකින් ආණ්ඩු පෙරලුවේ Castro ය හැමදාම මිලිටරියට පැරදුනේය මිලිටරිය දිනුවේය JVP කාරයා වපුරන්නේ විෂ භීජය දූෂණයය ද්වේශය ය ක්රෝධයය භීෂණය ය මේවාගෙන් දිනන්නට බැරිය අස්වැන්නද විෂ […]
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Monday, February 7th, 2022
CaFFE Organization Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) will soon commence regional workshops of the Janani Project, an initiative to build digital literacy and empowerment among grassroots female politicians. CaFFE Executive Director, Manas Makeen and the research team have already met with Assistant Elections Commissioners of the areas in which the workshops will be […]
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Monday, February 7th, 2022
By Rain Jordan Courtesy Nture World News To safeguard the world’s largest mammal, scientists and conservation organizations advocate for one of the world’s busiest shipping channels to be redirected. Researchers have been piecing together information about a little-known, vulnerable group of blue whales that lives off the southern coast of Sri Lanka since 2008. What they’ve […]
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