Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka is experiencing an unprecedent state of events. Taken as a whole, there is much to analyze. Sri Lanka has seen governance pass from one colored party to another. Opportunistic politics has been the hallmark of governance of every government that has come to power. This has been the case of […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS There were demonstrations at Colombo, Kandy, Galle,   Jaffna, Anuradhapura, Kurunegala, Dambulla, Gampaha Matara, Panadura, Ratnapura, Welimada Nuwara Eliya, and Ampara.  There were protests also at Homagama, Piliyandala, Polgahawela , Ragama Minuwangoda Nittambuwa, Jaela, Kantale, Nikaweratiya and Peradeniya, The public  also protested at  Bogawantalawa and Deraniyagala, at Dehiattakandiya and Galnewa, at Kochichikade, and  Meerigama, […]

Shenali D Waduge The subject of corruption” is taking prominence throughout the recent protests taking place in Sri Lanka. This has led to the people claiming that they wish to reject entire 225 member Parliament. Corruptions cannot be committed by politicians on their own. They are assisted by the Secretaries, Public Officials & Advisors. The […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The public must realize that that their beloved Pohottu took over from Yahapalana   only to complete the USA scenario for Sri Lanka. Pohottu is Yahapalana 2, more deadly than Yahapalana 1, because the USA is now in a mighty hurry. The US   feels it must move fast and secure Sri Lanka. China is […]

ජයන්ත හේරත් මේ අපි අත් දකින්නේ පසු කරන්නේ විදුලි බලයේ විප්ලවයයි. වේගවත් අදුරදර්ශී අනපේක්ෂිත සන්වර්දන වෑයමක   ප්‍රති ඵල විපාකය. විමලසුරේන්ද්‍ර ට මිනිස්සු ලක්ෂයකට විදුලි ආලෝකය දෙන්න ඕන උනේ 1918 දීය. හිතපු සැනින්  වැඩේ කෙරුනේ නැත. කැළණි ගඟ මුදුනින් පටන් ගත් ජලාශ බලාගාර පද්ධතිය හදන්න පටන් ගත්තේ 1950 ස්  ගණන් වලය. එතනම 40 ක් පරක්කුය. පසුව  […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි රට අර්බුදයකට පත්කර හමාරය. රට අර්බුදයකට තල්ලු කල අයට, රට ගොඩ ගැනීමට එක්වෙන ලෙස ජනාධිපතිතුමා ආයාචනය කරයි. මේ ආයාචනය කිසිදාක පලගන්වෙන ඉල්ලීමක් නොවේ. ඔවුන් සිදුකලේ ඔවුන්ට පැවරු ව්‍යාපෘතියකි. ඔවුන් කල යුතු ඉතිරි කොටස කුමක්දැයි තීරණය කරන්නේ ඔවුන් නොව, ඔවුනට මේ කාර්ය පැවරු හාම්පුතාලා විසිනි. ඒ අනුව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ සිටින සජබ, ජවිපෙ, මුස්ලිම් කොන්ග්‍රසය, […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara I draw the attention of my readers to the following news item highlighted in the Sunday Times of 2 .4..2022.  Kandy’s old prison now a no man’s land a news item by By L. B. SenaratneKandy. During a visit to the eight-acre Bogambara Prison complex that now seems to be a no […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ 1505දි ලොරෙන්සෝ අල්මේදා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණිලි වෙලේ කෝට්ටේ රජ කලේ ධර්ම පරාක්‍රමබාහු රජතුමායි (8වන පරාක්‍රමබාහු). ඉතා කපටියෙකු වූ අල්මේදා තමන් පෘතුගාල රජුගේ දුතයන් බවත්,  තමන්ට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අයිති කරගැනීම පිළිබදව කිසිම ආශාවක් නැති බවත්, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සමඟ වෙළඳ සහ වාණිජ කටයුතු සිදු කිරීමට පමණක් කැමති බවත් කියා සිටියේය. රජතුමා මේ සම්බන්ධව සිය ඇමති […]

Courtesy UCA News Catholic clergy join calls for president’s resignation over the worst economic crisis in decades. Catholic nuns hold placards during a demonstration against the government amid the worsening economic crisis in Colombo on April 5. (Photo: AFP) By UCA News reporter, Colombo Published: April 06, 2022 09:04 AM GMT Catholic bishops, priests and nuns […]

Courtesy BDNews24 Bangladesh’s economy is robust” and the government has been exercising extreme caution” so that the country does not face a crisis like that of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. She made the remarks after Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader expressed concern over the risks facing Bangladesh’s economy in parliament on […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has revoked the State of Emergency imposed in the country.  Issuing an Extraordinary Gazette Notification, the Head of State revoked the order issued with effect from midnight of 5 April. President Rajapaksa issued an Extraordinary Gazette, declaring a state of Public Emergency on 1 April. The decision was taken […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake came under fire in Parliament today by government MPs who claimed he was instigating violent protests.  Government MPs claimed that Dissanayake was seen chatting to protestors on his way from Parliament on Tuesday and echoing the sentiments of them. Referring to the claims, Chief Government Whip […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will not resign from office under any circumstance, Minister Johnston Fernando said today. The remarks of the Chief Government Whip came during the parliamentary proceedings this morning (April 06). In response to a question raised by Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s MP Lakshman Kiriella, Minister Fernando said I would like to remind […]

Courtesy Adaderana Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Harin Fernando today proposed fellow MP Harsha de Silva’s name as a caretaker President if no one else is up for the position. His remarks came during the parliamentary session earlier today (April 06). Fernando said Harsha de Silva, who is an expert in economics, should be appointed […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a Presidential Advisory Group on Multilateral Engagement and Debt Sustainability. Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Prof. Shanta Devarajan and Dr. Sharmini Coorey serve as the members of the said advisory group, according to the President’s Media Division (PMD).

Courtesy Adaderana Two shipments of fuel have been delivered to Sri Lanka in the last 24 hours under Indian credit line, the High Commission of India in Colombo says. Each consignment contained 36,000 metric tonnes of petrol and 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel. Taking to its official Twitter account, the high commission stated that this […]