By Noor Nizam – Peace and Political Activist, Political Communications Researcher, SLFP/SLPP Stalwart, Convener “The Muslim Voice”, 15th., April 2022 The power of “ABILITY” of Gota against “CONSPIRACY” of those looking for a “Regime Change”. The protest taking place in Sri Lanka has been planned out in the same way the “Truckers Protest” was staged […]

මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ජේසුස් ක්‍රිස්තුස් වහන්සේ මරණය පරාජය කරමින් උත්ථානය ලැබූ විජයග්‍රාහී ප්‍රීතියේ සැමරුම් දිනය පාස්කුවයි. කිතුනු ජනතාවගේ ප්‍රධානතම මංගල්‍යක් වන පාස්කුව ලොවපුරා කිතුනු බැතිමතුන් සමඟ ශ්‍රී ලංකේය කිතුනු ජනතාව සමරනුයේ මහත් හරසරිනි. පාස්කු මංගල්‍යයට පෙර කිතුනු බැතිමත්හු ජේසුස් ක්‍රිස්තුන් වහන්සේ කුරුසිය මත දිවි පිදීමේ යාගය මහ සිකුරාදා දිනයේ සිහිපත් […]

National Joint Committee Under our Constitution (vide Article 40) when the office of the President falls vacant prior to his term of office by resignation or otherwise, his successor has to be elected by Members of Parliament and the new President will hold office for the remaining period of the office of President. The new […]

MALINDA SENEVIRATN​E Rev Fr Cyril Gamini (RFCG hereafter) has found his voice. RFCG, after shooting his mouth and naming names in a zoom discussion, was duly complained about and required to make a statement. Having named names, he was required to offer tangible proof, for lack thereof would amount to defamation. He ducked. He hid […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS JR made radical changes to the economic policy of Sri Lanka .He brought in a free market economy, ending   years of socialist bungling. The economic liberalization of 1977 pioneered by JR made radical changes in the economic policy of the country, said economists.  The 1977 economic reforms saw an initial burst of healthy […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 14 (Hindustan Times/newsin.asia): Sri Lanka has sought India’s assistance in garnering international support to secure bridge financing as it enters negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout programme to cope with the island nation’s worst economic crisis in decades, according to a statement from the Sri Lankan high […]

ANI News Amid Sri Lankan economic crisis, apparel orders from island nation diverting to IndiaRead more At:https://www.aninews.in/news/business/business/amid-sri-lankan-economic-crisis-apparel-orders-from-island-nation-diverting-to-india20220415195455/

SOUMYA BHOWMICK courtesy orfonline As Sri Lanka descends into economic despair, only two options are open to it: Either seek further assistance from the IMF or seek loans from individual countries. Lately, India’s immediate neighbourhood is in doldrums. From the mass protests, killings, and use of arms over the military coup in Myanmar about a […]

Courtesy Outlook Sri Lanka is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in history. With long lines for fuel, cooking gas, essentials in short supply and long hours of power cuts, the public has been suffering for months. Sri Lanka has started a process to import cooking gas through a credit line arrangement with India, the […]

Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu Ali Sabry  heading to U.S. for talks. COLOMBO Sri Lanka’s economic recovery will depend on reforms undertaken with the IMF’s support, but the government will not ignore the country’s poor, Finance Minister Ali Sabry said. The recently appointed Minister spoke to The Hindu ahead of his departure to Washington DC, where he will lead the Sri […]

Courtesy Adaderana Theshara Jayasinghe has stepped down from his position as the chairman of Litro Gas Lanka Limited, the primary liquefied petroleum gas supplier in Sri Lanka. Conveying the decision to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in his letter of resignation, Jayasinghe said he resigned with effect from 14 April (Thursday). Jayasinghe says, since the day of […]

Courtesy Adaderana SriLankan Airlines has clarified the speculations circulated on social media regarding SriLankan aircraft uplifting printed material to Entebbe International Airport in Uganda last year. In a statement issued on 14 April, SriLankan Airlines said it received an air cargo order to transport approximately 102 tons of printed material from Colombo to Entebbe International […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation says dispensing fuel volumes for vehicles at filling stations is limited with effect from 1.00 p.m. today (April 15). Thereby, filling stations are permitted to pump only fuel worth Rs. 1,000 for motorcycles at a single time. For three-wheelers, the limit has been set at Rs. 1,500 worth of […]