හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ/ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය  ශ්‍රී ලංකාව දැනටමත් ‘අතිධාවන උද්ධමනය‘ ට මුහුණ දී ඇති බවත්, කිසිදු පාලනයකින් තොරව සල්ලි අච්චු ගැසීමට මහ බැංකුවත් කටයුතු කරන්නේ නම් එය ‘ජවන උද්ධමනයක්‘ බවට පත්වීම නොවැලැක්විය හැකි වනු ඇත.   2022 පෙබරවාරි 28 සිට මාර්තු 18 දක්වා මහ බැංකුව විසින් රු. මිලියන 188,610 […]

Jubeda Chowdhury Dhaka city The good news for both Myanmar and Bangladesh is that Myanmar-Bangladesh’s trade ties are going to be normalized and strengthened day by day. For example, Myanmar has decided to import 3,000 tons of cement to Rakhine from Bangladesh after the State chamber of commerce and industry urged the center to grant […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The LTTE evolved from a militant Tamil youth group, in the 1970s, to become ‘one of the most powerful terrorist groups in the world’. It challenged the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Sri Lanka state, said admiring supporters of LTTE. We are asked to believe that  a bunch of  village lads from […]

By Shihar Anees Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 21 (EconomyNext): China is considering 2.5 billion US dollars in a loan and buyers credit to Sri Lanka Beijing’s Ambassador to Colombo Qi Zhenhong as the country is trying hard to repay foreign debt amid a forex crisis triggered by money printed to enforce low interest rates on […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ‘දෙමළ ඊළම හදන පාර දිගේ ලංකාව අරගෙන යනවද කියලා ප්‍රශ්නය ගැටලුව අද අපිට මතුවෙලා තියෙනවා මිත්‍රවරුනි . ඉන්දුනීසියාවට කරපු දේමයි ලංකාවට කරන්න හදන්නේ ඒ ඇමරිකානු න්‍යාය පත්‍රය ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන අවලස්සන ඇමරිකානුවා බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ යි කියලා අපි බය නැතුව ප්‍රකාශ කරනවා’ යයි හිටපු බලශක්ති ඇමති උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි.javascript:window[“$iceContent”] පිවිතුරු හෙළ […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s special address to the Nation on 16 March lacked luster, character and much needed answers. This is a curiosity in itself as he is an articulate man with the unique knack of explaining complex issues in simple terms that makes logical sense to the intellectual, the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Malwathu and Asgiri Mahanayake Theras have presented a letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa highlighting the importance of convening an all-party conference of local and foreign scholars to formulate a plan for sustainable development, and 13 other issues. The letter sent to the President was signed by Malwathu Mahanayake Most Ven. Thibbatuwawe Sri Sumangala […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Advisory Committee appointed to assist the National Economic Council has presented five proposals that need to be implemented expeditiously, the President’s Media Division said. The members of the Advisory Committee met President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and members of the National Economic Council for the first time this morning (21) and presented the set of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lankan government has requested for a USD 1 billion loan and a USD 1.5 billion credit line from China, says the Chinese Ambassador in Colombo, Qi Zhenhong. He added that the request is being considered by China. The ambassador, Qi Zhenhong, told reporters in Colombo on Monday that China is considering […]

Courtesy Adaderana A special meeting of the ruling party is scheduled to be held tomorrow (22) under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The meeting is to be held at Temple Trees at around 6.00 pm tomorrow, government sources told Ada Derana. All members of parliament (MPs) from the ruling party have reportedly been informed […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 238 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 657,791.  According to official figures, 624,592 positive cases have recovered. Following the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Twice-postponed Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa’s visit to New Delhi took place finally to secure a US $ 1 billion credit line to purchase essentials – food items and pharmaceuticals for dollar-starved Sri Lanka. India offered such assistance for Sri Lanka to stave off food and fuel shortages. The latest engagements herald the […]

Courtesy CGTN Sri Lanka is mired in a financial crisis as the COVID-19 pandemic hammered the country’s tourism sector and led to a foreign currency shortage. Some Indian media have taken the chance to revive an old accusation of a “China debt trap” to slander China-Sri Lanka economic cooperation while ignoring plain facts. “Although the […]

Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu SJB slams Rajapaksa govt. for pampering PM Modi’s notorious friends” The Adani Group’s back door” entry into Sri Lanka’s energy sector disrupts the country’s competitive electricity generation system, the Opposition has said, accusing the Rajapaksa government of pampering” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s notorious friends”. It is with deep regret that […]

Courtesy The Bangkok Post Country seeks IMF bailout to deal with worst debt crisis in decades. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has cancelled exams for millions of students as the country has run out of printing paper and is short on dollars to finance imports, officials said on Saturday. Education authorities said the tests, scheduled for March […]

Courtesy Adaderana Envoys of the United States and several other key nations in the west, as well as Japan on Friday, called on Sri Lanka to join in active support against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In a joint statement, the ambassadors and high commissioners to Sri Lanka urged the island nation to raise vocal support” […]

Courtesy RT The presidents of the two countries have held talks discussing the hottest international and bilateral issues. China’s President Xi Jinping urged his US counterpart Joe Biden to engage in talks with Russia to address the reasons behind the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, stressing it should be resolved through diplomacy. The two presidents held […]

Courtesy RT Kiev initially claimed Russian bombs had killed more than 1,000 people, but local officials now say otherwise More than 200 civilians have been rescued unharmed from the bombed Mariupol Drama Theater, in Ukraine, and one injured woman has been taken to hospital, the local deputy mayor told reporters on Friday. Initial claims from […]

Courtesy RT Moscow has deployed Kinzhal missiles for the first time since the start of its military operation. The Russian military has said it used its state-of-the-art Kinzhal hypersonic missiles to destroy an arms depot near the city of Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine. The strike with the air-launched missile system took place on Friday, Russian […]

Vasily Kashin Courtesy Russia Today Beijing is the only major power to benefit from Moscow’s conflict with Kiev Russia’s military operation in Ukraine and the consequent economic embargo of Moscow by the West is the largest upheaval in world politics since at least the end of the Cold War. The result will be a complete […]

Courtesy Hiru News Official data showed yesterday that Sri Lanka’s tea crop suffered its lowest yield in 13 years, reducing output in the country’s main export commodity as the island grapples with its worst economic crisis in seven decades. The Sri Lanka Tea Board figures showed that monthly tea crops dropped to 18.16 million kilos […]

ප්‍ර සමරසිංහ උස මහත විනිවිද පෙනෙන වීදුරු බෝතල් කීපයක් පේලියට පේවිලා කඩේ මේසෙ අග්ගිස්සේ හිටියේ, හරියට හරිබැරි ගහල වාඩිවෙලා උන්නු මුදලාලිගෙ දිලිහෙන තට්ටෙ යාන්තමට හරි වහන් කරන්න වාගේ. එකක, පාට පාට හූනු බිජු (සීනි දවටපු මාදුරු ඇට), තව එකක දේදුන්නේ පාට නාරං බික්, (නාරං බිකක් වාගේ සීනි පෙති) අනික් බෝතලේ ගුණසිරි බුල්ටෝ, තව තිබ්බ ඩෙල්ට […]

ජයන්ත හේරත් MicroSoft  CEO සත්‍ය නදෙල්ල ඉන්දියාවෙන් රට පැටවූ ඇමෙරිකන් ඉන්දියන්ය. Google CEO සුන්දර පිචෛ ද ඉන්දියාවෙන් රට පැටවූ ඇමෙරිකන් ඉන්දියන්ය. අපි දිවා රෑ වඳින බුදු හාමුදුරුවොත් ඉන්දියන්ය. රටේ විදේශ විනිමය දුෂ්කරතා මඟහරවා ගැනීමට ඩොලර් බිලියන් අවශ්‍ය නම් වැඩි වැඩියෙන් රට පැටවිය යුතුව ඇත්තේ  අපේ පුහුණු ශ්‍රමිකයන් ය. Brain gain ය Brain drain නොවේය. උසස් […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ/ ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය ජාත්‍යන්තර මුල්‍ය අරමුදලේ නිර්දේශ හා උපාය මාර්ගික උපදේශයන් නොතකා හරිමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව රටත්, ආර්ථිකයත් කාබාසිනියා කරමින් උද්ධමනය අහස උසට නංවන මැරතල් මුදල් අච්චු ගැසීමක දිගටම නිරතවන බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රෙය් විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් පවසයි. ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ […]

By Lakshmi Subramanian  Courtesy The Week There is palpable anger in island nation against govt On Friday, a day after India extended one billion dollar line of credit to Sri Lanka, the official Twitter handle of Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka noted, A friend holds out a helping hand again!!!Energizing bilateral economic partnership, India […]

Xinhua COLOMBO, March 18 (Xinhua) — A specialized nephrology hospital in Sri Lanka, built with the assistance of the Chinese government, has successfully performed a kidney transplant surgery from a living donor recently, the first of its kind since the operation of the hospital. The China-Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Hospital said the recipient of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The International Monetary Fund (IMF) intends to begin discussions with Sri Lanka on a programme to support the country, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice says. Speaking at a media briefing on Thursday (March 17), Mr. Rice said the IMF has highlighted the urgent need to implement a credible and coherent strategy to restore macro-economic […]

Courtesy Adaderana Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa says no conditions have been set for the USD 1 billion credit facility received from India. He made this remark speaking to the media upon returning to the island after concluding his two-day official visit to India.

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 288 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 657,723.  According to official figures, 624,521 positive cases have recovered. Following the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A three-day motorcycle parade organised by a private motorcycle club called “Spin Rider Club” from Mirigama to Anuradhapura via Kalpitiya has been cancelled by the police due to public protest. The said club had sought permission to hold the parade in line with a cash donation to Maharagama Apeksha Hospital and […]