by Malaka Rodrigo, Pragati Prava Bai  Courtesy Mongabay From 2015 to 2020, authorities in Sri Lanka and India seized nearly 65 metric tons of sea cucumbers worth more than $2.8 million and arrested 502 people in connection with the attempted trafficking. The sea cucumber fishery is banned in India and restricted under a licensing system in Sri […]

Courtesy Borneo Bulletin COLOMBO (XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Trade said yesterday it decided to import 100,000 tonnes of white rice from Myanmar to control the rising price of rice in local markets. The ministry said in a statement it planned to import the rice at USD445 per tonne through the Sri Lanka State […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Ceylon Today The United States, Britain, Canada and few other Western so-called champions of human rights will press their unreasonable demand at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) next month to initiate an international probe into alleged human rights violations in the last phase of the separatist war against Tiger […]

By P. K. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today The recently announced multi-faceted US$ 200 million plan to develop Galle Harbour both as an enhanced commercial port and as a water sports and leisure hub hosting cruise ships, is an attractive proposition. Indeed, the Public-Private sector project, envisaging domestic and foreign investment, promises to breathe life into […]

By Hiruni De Silva Courtesy Ceylon Today-Hiruni De Silva is a Sri Lankan Counter-Terrorism Analyst. The teardrop island of Asia in the Indian Ocean is used as a pawn on the geopolitical chess board. After the misery of its 30-year bloodthirsty war, exhausted since 2009, Sri Lanka now suffers its aftermath.  At present Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy Adaderana India’s support has made a world of difference” to Sri Lanka’s economic situation, said Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris, on his first visit to India since he was appointed last year, making it clear that the flurry of agreements announced in recent weeks have allowed the neighbours to move on from the […]

Courtesy The Island HC Navaratne responds to Ontario’s politico’s allegation 140,000 killed in Vanni war Sri Lanka has pointed out flaws in the process adopted by the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to pursue unsubstantiated war crimes accusations, which paved the way for the 2015 accountability resolution. In spite of serious concerns expressed […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 26 new coronavirus-related fatalities for February 06, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus to 15,621. This includes 17 males and 09 females, according to the Department of Government Information. Six of the deceased were in the age group of 30-59 years. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health says that another 1,298 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today (07). This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases registered in the country thus far to 620,732. A total of 23,452 patients infected with the virus are currently undergoing treatment island-wide while total recoveries stands at […]

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 go to the IOC for such a large volume of fuel from a foreign Agency that will drain millions of Foreign Exchange? I know he will say the CPC refused. […]

Pathik Hasan Dhaka Bangladesh 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 […]

by Ruwan Laknath Jayakody A drafter of the Animal Welfare Bill blamed the non-enactment of the law on politicians from mainstream political parties and both sides of the aisle, whom he claimed feared losing votes, and thereby their political survival. Attorney-at-Law (AAL) Senaka Weeraratna who is a Member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka […]

නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය දෙස් – විදෙස් හෙද සහ සෞඛ්‍ය කාර්යමණ්ඩලයේ රැකියා අවස්ථා වෙනුවෙන් අභිනවයෙන් ස්ථාපිත කෙරෙන හෙද සහ සෞඛ්‍ය සත්කාර හා හෙද පුහුණු අධ්‍යාපන ආයතනයේ (Institute Of Nursing & Health Care Studies – (INHCS) පාලක මණ්ඩලය හා උපදේශක මණ්ඩලයට පත්වීම් ලිපි භාරදීම ගරු රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය , විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය […]

ගුණරුවන් අපෙ කමට උදහස – පර  දෙසුට මඳහස හිඟමනට අදහස – මෙ ද, අපට නිදහස ? තිබෙන’මුදු ජව පස – වරන කල පල රස බුදින දෙය පිට දෙස – කුමන දැයෙ නිදහස ? කොළොම්තොට යත වෙස – යුගදනවි ගෙන බදු පැස තෙල් ගුදම දෙත ඉස – එ ද නිදහසෙහි උස ? ලගිත රුපු සිවු දෙස – බුදිත දැයෙ ලෙය මස මකත දිවි […]

CHIYO KANDA Country Manager, Maldives and Sri Lanka, South Asia Published on End Poverty in South Asia Worldbank blogs COVID-19 has resulted in the worst health, social and economic crisis of our time. From the loss of life and its impact on communities, to the widespread economic instability and job loss, the devastating impacts of the […]

Suhasini Haidar Courtesy The Hindu Sri Lanakan Foreign Minister’s visit ahead of Finance Minister trip Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris will meet External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday, in his first visit to India since being appointed last August. Both sides are expected to discuss India’s economic support to Sri Lanka, plans for […]

Courtesy Global Times Illustration: Liu Rui/GTEconomic cooperation between China and Sri Lanka has made headlines lately, after Sri Lanka asked for China’s help on its debt restructuring. A spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said earlier this week that China will continue to provide assistance to Sri Lanka’s economic and social development to the […]

By Huang Lanlan in Shanghai and Chen Runze in Colombo Courtesy Global Times Chinese and Sri Lankan national flags are seen at Colombo’s Port City during the visit of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on January 9, 2022. Photo: VCGAfter Sri Lanka declared an economic emergency and asked China […]

Tamara Hinson  Courtesy Wanderlust.co.uk Make your trip to Sri Lanka even more special with a sleepover in one of these unique hotels, although don’t blame us if you can’t bear to leave… This sleek bed and breakfast feels like a stylish home from home – guests are invited to help themselves to snacks and (non-alcoholic) drinks […]

Courtesy Island Numerous positive claims are often cited for organic farming such as being environmentally friendly, superior food quality free from pesticides and other toxins, efficient energy use and sustainable food production. Much of these are highly contestable, and the most critical issue, why it is expanding only at a snail pace, is hardly discussed. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G. L. Peiris arrived in Delhi on Sunday for a three-day visit to India to strengthen bilateral ties including in areas of trade and connectivity. He was received in Delhi by the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in India, Mr Milinda Moragoda. Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Prof. G. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 1,331 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 618,520.  The number of Covid-19 infected patients currently under medical care across […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala Vellalarism has been a unique force in Sri Lankan history.  It has been the longest running political force in Sri Lankan history. It has run through three colonial empires – Portuguese, Dutch and British – without losing its grip on power. Even when slavery was abolished in 1844 Vellalarism managed to […]

ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති ජනරජයේ පරමාධිපත්‍යය බලය මේ ප්‍රවාදය තුළ අර්ථදැක්වෙන්නේ ජනතාවගේ සාමූහික අයිතිවාසිකම් ද ඇතුළත් වන පරිදි ය. ජනරජයේ අනන්‍යතාව ප්‍රකාශ කෙරෙන සාමූහික අයිතිවාසිකම් සහ පොදු සාමූහික අයිතිවාසිකම් ලෙසින් ඒවා බෙදා දැක්වුණි. බුද්ධ ශාසනය, සිංහල භාෂාව සහ දේශීය දැනුම අයත්වන්නේ ජනරජයේ අනන්‍යතාව ප්‍රකාශ කෙරෙන සාමූහික අයිතිවාසිකම් තුළට ය. එයට අමතරව, වර්ධනය වන දේශීය දැනුම් පද්ධතියක් […]

ලංකා පිරිවෙන් ගුරුසේවා සංගමය දිනය:- 2022.02.05 අධ්‍යාපන ලේකම් මහාචාර්ය කේ. කපිල. සී.කේ. පෙරේරා අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යංශය ඉසුරුපාය, බත්තරමුල්ල. අධ්‍යාපන ලේකම්තුමනි, පාසල් සඳහා ලබාදුන් නිවාඩුව පිරිවෙන් සඳහා ලබා නොදීම පිළිබඳව. ඔබගේ ED/09/12/06/05/01-2022 දරණ චක්‍ර ලේඛනය මගින් සියලූ පාසල් හා පිරිවෙන් සඳහා නිවාඩුව 2022.02.07 දින සිට 2022.03.06 දක්වා මාසයක කාලයක් ලබාදී ඇත. උසස් පෙළ විභාගය පදනම් කරගෙන උසස් […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග සෝමරත්න දිසානායක සිනමා නිර්මාණයක් වන ජංගි හොරා චිත්‍රපටය  මානසික ව්‍යාකූලත්වයෙන් සහ අර්චන කාමයෙන් ( Fetishism  ) පෙලෙන  පුද්ගලයෙකු පිලිබඳ කතාවකි. Fetishism” යන පදය ආරම්භ වන්නේ පෘතුගීසි වචනය feitico යන්නෙන් වන අතර එහි අර්ථය “උමතු ආකර්ෂණය” යන්නයි.  මෙම පුද්ගලයා ලිංගික තෘප්තිය ලබන්නේ කාන්තා යට ඇඳුම් සොරකම් කිරීමෙනි. අර්චන කාමය ලිංගික අපගමනීය චර්‍යාවක් ලෙස […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While issuing an extraordinary gazette notification the Health Ministry announced that people should not enter public places without having proof of being fully vaccinated against the Coronavirus from April 30. The gazette notification was issued by Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. The gazette mentioned ‘fully vaccinated’ as a relevant person has obtained […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health says that another 1,287 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today (February 05). Sri Lanka’s tally of Covid-19 cases confirmed in the country thereby climbed to 617,189. According to official figures, 580,770 positive cases have recovered. With the new development, the number of virus-infected people who are […]

DOUG SAUNDERS Courtesy The Globe & Mail Next time you think of reaching for the higher-priced produce on your supermarket’s organic” shelf, spare a moment’s thought for the people of Sri Lanka. After its annual rice harvest failed, this poor island nation – whose diet is about 80-per-cent rice – in recent weeks launched a […]

High Commission of Sri Lanka New Delhi හැත්තෑ හතරවන නිදහස් දින සමරුව නිමිත්තෙන් නවදිල්ලි ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ කොමසාරිස් කාර්යාලය චාම් උත්සවයක් සංවිධානය කළ අතර එයට සමාන්තරව එහි කාර්යාලයේ ප්‍රධාන ගොඩනැගිල්ල ශ්‍රීමත් ඩී.  බී. ජයතිලක මහතා නමින් නම් කෙරිණ . නිදහස ලබන්නට කලින් වකවානුවේ පළමුවතාවට එතුමා ලංකාවේ විශේෂ නියෝජිත වශයෙන් 1942 වසරේ සිට ඉන්දියාවේ කටයුතු කර […]