by Satyajith Andradi Courtesy The Island Sri Lanka continues to be in the grips of many high profile crises of recent origin such as the COVID–19 pandemic, chronic difficulties in servicing foreign debts, shortages of essential items such as food and fuel, skyrocketing cost of living, and crop failures due to the ban of chemical […]

by Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island A document on the United States Indo-Pacific Strategy issued by the White House, in February 2022 states: The United States will pursue five objectives in the Indo-Pacific – each in concert with our allies and partners, as well as with regional institutions”. We will: * ADVANCE A FREE AND […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ministers Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila have been removed from their respective ministerial portfolios by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The President’s Media Division said that under the powers vested in him by the Constitution, the President has removed the two MPs from their Cabinet minister posts with effect from this evening (03).  This was […]

Courtesy Adaderana SLPP Member of Parliament S.B. Dissanayake has been sworn in as the new Minister of Industries before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat this evening (03). Secretary to the President Gamni Senarath was also present on this occasion, the PMD said.  This comes after Ministers Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila were removed […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 20 coronavirus related deaths for March 02, increasing the official Covid-19 death toll in Sri Lanka to 16,287.  This figure includes 09 males and 11 female patients, according to the Government Information Department.  Two of the victims are between the ages 30-59 years while […]

RANJITH SOYSA Yet again, after the comprehensive defeat of the armed struggle in Nandikadal, in 2009    to create a separate racist enclave, seven Tamil leaders and their political parties have written to the Prime Minister of India that the Tamils do not enjoy equal rights , they are discriminated and marginalized and therefore India should […]

ජයන්ත හේරත් 1970 ගණන්වල ඉන්දියාව රුසියානු ගැති විය සිරිමාද  රුසියානු ගැති විය. ඉන්දියාව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සමඟ සුහද සබඳතාවක් පැවැත්වීය දෙන්නම හිටියේ එකම බෝට්ටුවේය. 1977 මැතිවරණය  සමීකරණය වෙනස් කළේය. ඡන්දෙ දිනුවේ වාම විරෝධී JR ය. ඔහු ඇමරිකානු හිතවාදී විය. දැන් ඉන්දියාව ඇමරිකානු ගැතිය. අසල්වැසි ඉන්දියාව සමඟ ජීවත් වන්නේ කෙසේදැයි JR දැන සිටියේ නැත. ඔහු ඉන්දියාවෙන් ඈත් […]

Prime Minister’s Media Unit Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse informs Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris and Sri Lankan Embassy in Moscow to take precautionary measures to safeguard Sri Lankan students following higher studies in Belarus in the wake of the escalation of the Ukraine- Russia war. The Prime Minister made this remark in immediate response […]

Embassy of Sri Lanka Greetings from the Embassy of Sri Lanka! The Embassy of Sri Lanka is in the process of updating the database of Overseas Sri Lankans in the US.  Please find below the link to fill out your contact information and also we would be grateful if you could kindly share this information […]

Jubeda Chowdhury Bangladesh The Rohingya and Afghan refugee issues are also currently important international issues. More than 1.1 million Rohingyas have taken refuge in Bangladesh since August 2017 due to genocide and ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. About 50,000 newborn Rohingya children are added to it every year. Earlier, the Rohingya had been subjected to systematic […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ආණ්ඩුව නියෝජනය කරන දේශපාලන පක්ෂ 11ක් විසින් සකස් කරන ලද මුළු රටම හරිගමට දස වැදැරූම් ජාතික ප්‍රකාශනය එලි දැක්වීම අද පස්වරුවේ සිදුවුණා. ඒ, හිටපු ජනාධිපති මෛති්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන, ආණ්ඩුව නියෝජනයකරන හවුල්කාර පක්ෂ වල නායකයින් වන අමාත්‍ය විමල් විරවංශ, උදය ගම්මන්පිල වාසුදේව නානායක්කාර ඇතුළු තවත් පක්ෂ නායකයින්ගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් කොළඹ පැවති උත්සවයකදීයි. ආණ්ඩුව නියෝජනය […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island MEP, EPDP opt out of the grouping; Sirisena expected to attend launch SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekera says the reaction of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) to the deteriorating financial crisis and a spate of other contentious issues have compelled some members of the ruling coalition to make […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 751 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 647,699.  According to official figures, 609,292 positive cases have recovered. Following the […]

Shenali D Waduge Sans political colours, the policy of One Country One Law was looked forward to being implemented without favour or bias by all citizens of Sri Lanka. This meant that in front of the law civil and criminal laws would be one & applicable to all. It was also accepted that while personal […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Radical groups of Tamil youth   started operating in the north in the 1970s. ‘Standardization’ radicalized the student population, and organizations such as Tamil Maanavar Peravai (Tamil Students Federation) and Tamil Ilaingar Peravai (Tamil Youth Federation) were formed.  At one time there were nearly 34 groups, big and small, engaged in acts of violence, […]

High Commission of Sri Lanka New Delhi Continuing its efforts to enhance dialogue with all major religions in India, the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi presented a Sinhala translation of the Holy Quran to the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (Council of Muslim Theologians of India). Founded in 1919, the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind is one of […]

Sinhaladeepa Jathika Peramuna It has been reported in the media that the SL Government has decided to take a neutral stand in regard to the Ukraine issue. Since the year 1948 Russia is maintaining the super power balance against the USA and it should be that way because if the USA were given a monopoly […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) යුක්‍රේන ගැටුම සහ එය අවසන් නොවී දිගට ඇදීමෙන් බටහිර මාධ්‍ය බරපතල ලෙස අසරණ වන අතර ඉංග්‍රීසි කතා නොකරන රටවල් වන ප්‍රංශය, ජර්මනිය, ඉතාලිය, නෙදර්ලන්තය, ජපානය, කොරියාව, චීනය වැනි රටවල් ඇමෙරිකාවට සහ එංගලන්‍තයට සහාය නොදෙන බව ලෝකයට පෙනෙන්නට පටන් ගනී. ඉංදියාව සහ අරාබිය එක්සත් ජාතීගේ ආරක්ෂක මණ්ඩලයේදී ඇමෙරිකාවට සහ එංගලන්තයට […]

by Nava Thakuria The news broke from Chennai in south India as a senior photojournalist killed himself on 13 February 2022 in his office itself. Initially it was assumed T. Kumar’s suicide as a personal affair, but soon the harsh  reality surfaced. The victim did not receive full salaries for nearly five years and he […]

John Rozario Karnataka, India One of the long-standing unresolved issues between Bangladesh and India is the Teesta water-sharing agreement. The agreement between Bangladesh and India on Teesta water sharing has been discussed for the last few years. But the Teesta issue has stopped with assurance. After the Ganges Treaty in 1996, the issue of distribution […]

by Algemeiner Staff Courtesy Algemeiner An Israeli citizen who was killed in Ukraine called his partner shortly before being fatally shot, saying, I don’t want to die.” Roman Brodsky, 37, was gunned down while in his vehicle, apparently by Ukrainian forces who mistook him for a Chechen soldier. He made the phone call to his […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka says it is convinced that counter-terrorism legislation must secure and protect the rights of persons subject to investigation detention and trial, and must not restrict democratic freedoms such as the freedom of expression. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris made this remark delivering the High-Level Segment Statement at the 49th […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 914 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 646,948.  According to official figures, 609,092 positive cases have recovered. Following the […]