BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The concept of democracy for government administration arrived in Sri Lanka with foreign invasion, especially by Europeans.  In the book of John Doily, the sketch of the Kandian Kingdom attempted to give reasonable details of the system of administration in Sri Lanka in the past and it indicated that Sri Lanka had […]

Shenali D Waduge On 21st April 2019, 8 suicide bombers carried out attacks on 3 churches, 3 hotels and 1 guest house. This mass suicide killed close to 300 people and has injured many more. It took place during the government of President Maithripala Sirisena & Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe. The suicides took place inspite of […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale The sign “The Buck Stops Here” that was on President Truman’s desk in his White House office was made in the Federal Reformatory at El Reno, Oklahoma. Fred A. Canfil, then United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri and a friend of Mr. Truman, saw a similar sign while visiting […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සිය ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්විය යුතු නැතැයි ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා සභාපතිවරු සහ නගරාධිපතිවරු ඒකමතිකව තීන්දු කළහ. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා සමඟ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී අද (27) දින පැවැති හමුවේ දී ඔවුන් මෙම තීරණයට එළැඹිණි. දිස්ත්‍රික් නායකයෝ සහ පළාත් පාලන ආයතන ප්‍රධානීහු මෙම හමුවේදී රටේ පවතින වර්තමාන තත්ත්වය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඔවුන්ගේ අදහස් ඉදිරිපත් කළහ. මහින්ද […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය විදේශ ආධාර ලබාගෙන හෝ අපි රට ගොඩ නගන්න අවශ්‍ය වැඩ පිළිවෙල ඉටු කරනවා ජනාධිපතිවරයා කිසිවිටක මට ඉල්ලා අස්වෙන්න කිව්වෙත් නැහැ. කියන්නෙත් නැහැ කියලා මට විශ්වාස යැයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා සභාපතිවරු, නගරාධිපතිවරු සහ දිස්ත්‍රික් නායකයන් සමඟ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ අද (27) පැවැති හමුවේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව කියා […]

Sri Lanka News To those who are responsible for the above named article in today’s Island newspaper, https://island.lk/u-s-congress-to-probe-assets-fleecing-by-us-citizens-of-sri-lankan-origin/ This article represents the Sri Lankan version of <Manufacturing Consent> a topic which Prof Noam Chomsky has written extensively in his book about the US Media. The youtube video link is attached.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPazn1XNDQI  – Can You Trust […]

hiran cooray Yes. That’s right ! Inflation is not the problem we have today. In fact, inflation is the perfect solution to our problems. Read carefully! Why did we run out of dollars? Why do we have huge rupee and dollar debt ? Why did we continuously borrow? Even after the default, why are we […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Diplomat Implementing the IMF’s recommendations will be a daunting task for the Rajapaksa government as it will be resisted by the masses, opposition parties, and trade unions. On April 12, Sri Lanka announced that it was suspending external debt repayment and seeking a consensual restructuring of these obligations in a […]

Courtesy Adaderana PM Mahinda Rajapaksa says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has never asked him to resign from his position. During an audience with the chairpersons, mayors, and members of local government institutions today (April 27), PM Rajapaksa also expressed confidence that the President would not ask him to do so, the Prime Minister’s Office said in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) recovered today (April 27) with the All Share Price Index moving up by 5.43% and the S&P SL20 Index moving up by 13.52% at the market closure. At the time of the market closure, the ASPI was recorded at 7,280.52, an increase by 375.12 points. Meanwhile, the S&P […]

Courtesy Adaderana The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is forecasting the economy of Sri Lanka to grow by 2.6% this year down from 3.6% in 2021. In its World Economic Outlook (WEO), a survey published twice a year, the IMF showed a projection of 2.7% for Sri Lanka’s real GDP growth. The IMF has meanwhile urged Sri Lanka […]