Archive for April, 2022
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
KAMALIKA PIERIS President J.R.Jayewardene (1978 – 1989) had as his close advisors, two leaders of the Tamil Separatist Movement, A.J.Wilson and Neelan Thiruchelvam. Professor A.J. Wilson served as a constitutional advisor to J.R. from 1978-83. And Neelan Thiruchelvam was associated with Wilson in discussions with JR. JR would undoubtedly have come under their influence. We […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara And, instead, put all the Sri Lankan politicians, who have robbed and destroyed the motherland since 1977 in these cages, if you want to rediscover and restore, that was Sri Lanka, once hailed as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean and the Granary of the East”. Because such drastic punishment to […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් කොළඹ ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය ඉදිරියේ විරෝධතාවේ යෙදෙන පිරිස සදහා බුරියානි බෙදා දීමක් සිදු කර තිබේ. ලොරි රථයකින් පැමිණ බුරියානි බෙදා දෙන ආකාරය සමාජ ජාලාවන්හි පින්තූර හුවමාරු වෙමින් ඇත. ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වන බල කරමින් මෙම පිරිස් විරෝධතාවය. මිලියනයේ විරෝදතාව ලෙස නම් කර ඇති මෙය පැවැත්වෙන්නේ සිවු වන දිනටයි.
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් කොළඹ ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය ඉදිරියේ විරෝධතාවයේ යෙදෙන විරෝධතාකරුවන් සඳහා ඊයේ රාත්රියේ අරක්කු ලොරියක් ලබාදී ඇති බව එම විරෝධතාවේ ඉදිරිගාමියෙකු වන උපුල් ශාන්ත සන්නස්ගල මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. විරෝධතාවය ඇතුලෙද ආණ්ඩුවේ ඔත්තුකරුවන්ට සිටිනා බවත් ඔවුන් සියලු රහස් රජයේ පාර්ශ්වයන් වෙත ලබා දෙමින් සිටින බවත් ඔහු චෝදනා කළේය. තමන් ළඟ සිටින සියලු දෙනාම අවිශ්වාස […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
By Niluksi Koswanage Courtesy Bloomberg Sri Lanka’s street protests over soaring inflation and lengthy power cuts have shaken President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s hold on power, with government ministers resigning while the opposition called for fresh elections in the South Asian nation. The political turmoil is complicating efforts to manage the island’s foreign exchange crisis and secure more funds to keep […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
Courtesy Frnace 24 Consumer prices in the US surged by 8.5% in March, the fastest pace since 1981. The inflation spike was fuelled by a 32% jump in energy costs, linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Many American consumers are struggling to keep up with the price rises. Also in the show – Emmanuel Macron […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
It will not be imposed on farmers but the choice will be left to them: Minister K. Govardhan Reddy Environment-friendly organic farming will be promoted in the State to ensure premium price for the farm produce, Agriculture Minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy said, adding: However, the switch to organic farming will not be a sudden one […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
Courtesy The Daily Mirror China on Tuesday reiterated that it is doing its ”utmost” to provide assistance to debt-ridden Sri Lanka. Asked about the reported request of Sri Lanka to China for monetary help to tide over the present crisis, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Tuesday reiterated his ministry’s previous remarks that China […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
Courtesy Hiru News පාස්කු ප්රහාරයට පෙර සහරාන් හෂීම් ඇතුළු කණ්ඩායම විසින් පටිගත කරන ලද එම ප්රහාර එල්ල කිරීමට හේතු දැක්වෙන වීඩීයෝවක් අද මාධ්ය වෙත නිකුත් කරනු ලැබුවා. අද පැවති ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් ආරක්ෂක ලේකම්වරයා කියා සිටියේ පාස්කු ඉරු දින ත්රස්ත ප්රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් පුද්ගලයින් 735 දෙනෙකු අතරින් 196 දෙනෙකු රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කර ඇති […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne says that a total of 735 persons have been taken into custody so far over the Easter Sunday attacks. He said 27 cases have been filed against 79 of them under 25,653 charges. The Defence Secretary revealed this during a press briefing held today at the Department of Government […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
Courtesy Hiru News The first consignment of 11,000 tonnes of rice from a total of 40,000 metric tonnes imported under the Indian loan scheme targeting the Sinhala and Tamil New Year arrived today (12). This includes 7,000 tons of Nadu, 2,000 tons of Samba & 2,000 tons of raw rice. Accordingly, a kilo of Samba […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
An Anguished Citizen Recently Ranil has been going around the country doing Pooja’s and celebrating his 40 years in politics. As far as I can see he was a miserable failure as a politician. It was like 40 years of mayhem. He failed to win elections 29 times, tried to win in 2010 with Sarath […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
ජයන්ත හේරත් ගවයා පූජනීය වස්තුවකි. ඉන්දියානුවන් ගරු බුහුමන් කරයි. සරසයි. වඳියි. ගස් පර්වත ගෞරවණිය පුජණිය වස්තු බවට හරවා අපිත් බිම පෙරලි පෙරලී වඳින්නෙමු. ජපානයේ ආචාරය දෙපාර්ශවයම ඔලුව සමාන දුරක් පහත් කිරීම පමණි. ආචාරයට සමාචාරයය. කිසිම ගවයකු තවකෙකුට වඩා උසස් හෝ පහත් නැත. ඇඳ සිටින ඇඳුමින් කෙනෙකු උසස් හෝ පහත වන්නේ නැත. ගවයින් රැලක් එක ගව […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජනාධිපතිවරයාට ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වන ලෙස බල කරමින් ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය අසළ විරෝධතාවයේ යෙදෙන විරෝධතාකරුවන් අතර ආධාර මුදල් සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගැටලූකාරී තත්ත්වයක් ඇතිවී තිබේ. මෙම මිලියනයේ විරෝධතාවයට ආධාර සදහා විදේශයන් මගින් ලැබෙන මුදල් යූ ටියුබ් ක්රියාකරුවන් විසින් වංචනික ආකාරයෙන් භාවිතා කරන්නේ යැයි ඔවුන් එකිනෙකා චෝදනා කරමින් සිටිති. විරෝධතාවයේ ප්රමුඛ සාමාජිකයෙක් වන උපුල් […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ අග්රාමාත්ය ශ්රී ලාංකිකයන්ගේ ප්රෞඩ උරුමයක් වන සිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු උදාව නිමිත්තෙන් සුභාශිංසන පළ කරනුයේ ඉමහත් සතුටිනි. දුක්ඛ දෝමනස්සයන් පහ කොට සතුට ළඟාවීමේ අපේක්ෂාව සංකේතවත් වන සිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුද්ද අප සියලු දෙනාගේ මහා සංස්කෘතික මංගල්යයයි. කෘෂිකර්මය පදනම් කරගත් ඓතිහාසික සමාජ සංස්කෘතික වටිනාකම් පරපුරෙන් පරපුරට දායාද […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
Prime Minister’s Media Unit Friends and citizens of Sri Lanka. I speak to you at a crucial time as we grapple with many challenges that have overcome our people. These challenges are not new to me having overseen the journey our nation has undertaken in my fifty plus years of politics. Friends, I am sure […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය මිත්රවරුණි, අපේ රටේ ඉතාම තීරණාත්මක මොහොතක ඔබ අමතන්නට මට සිදුව තිබෙනවා. මගේ පනස් වසරකට අධික දේශපාලන ජීවිතය තුළ ඉතාම තීරණාත්මක දේශපාලන සන්ධිස්ථාන රාශියක් පසුකර තිබෙන බව මම කියන්න ඕනෑ. මිත්රවරුණි, කොරෝනා වසංගතයෙන් පස්සේ අපිට මුහුණ දෙන්න සිදුවුණු ආර්ථික ප්රශ්නය අපේ රටේ ජනතාව හොඳින් තේරුම් අරගෙන තිබෙන බව මම විශ්වාස කරනවා. මේ වසංගතයෙන් […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
Dhinesh Kallungal Courtesy The Hindu Huge increase in transshipment volume at ICTT The economical and political turmoil in Colombo coupled with the congestion at the Colombo port has come as a blessing for ports in south India, especially the International Container Transshipment Facility (ICTT), Vallarpadam, Kochi, where the cargo traffic has increased by over 62% […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that every second the youth protested, the country was losing vital dollars and the government would take all possible measures to address the current issues since the other parties refused to accept the request for an all party government. In his televised address to the […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Even certain groups from the neighboring countries have begun intervening in the affairs of Sri Lanka today, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said over the weekend. ” A curse is upon Sri Lanka as a result of action taken by certain groups who had set people against each other to […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The rebel Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MPs, which includes former Ministers Vasudeva Nanayakkara and Wimal Weerawansa, have decided not to support the no-confidence motion against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Nanayakkara told Daily Mirror that they had advised the main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya not to go ahead with the no-confidence motion […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says although an invitation was extended to all parties to come forward in unity to address the current crisis situation, they have not stepped forward. This is not a time to prioritize party affiliations over the resurrection of the country’s economy, he said, delivering a special televised statement today […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The Enforcement Directorate (ED) of India on Monday said it has attached assets worth INR 359 million of four Indians allegedly involved in drugs and arms smuggling as part of a plan to ‘revive’ the banned Sri Lankan terror group LTTE that was militarily defeated in 2009. The accused are being probed by […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) says that fuel will not be pumped into canisters, barrels and other portable containers at CEYPETCO filling stations on April 12, 13 and 14. CPC Chairman Sumith Wijesinghe said that a decision was taken to suspend issuing fuel to cans and such as a preliminary step as there […]
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Monday, April 11th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana Several leading licensed commercial banks in Sri Lanka have today declared their selling rate of the US Dollar at Rs. 330. Meanwhile the buying price of the dollar has been declared at Rs. 320. Accordingly, the following selling rates of the USD had been listed by commercial banks: Bank of Ceylon – Rs. […]
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Sunday, April 10th, 2022
Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka is facing a decisive period in its democratic history. It requires all to relook at how government & governance is structured & look for ways we can adopt a system beneficial to us. PRESIDENT will be the Head of State & head of Parliament. There will be no Prime Minister. […]
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Sunday, April 10th, 2022
John Rozario Karnataka, India The South Asian Island nation of Sri Lanka is currently going through an extreme economic crisis. Foreign exchange reserves have fallen so low that school examinations have been closed indefinitely due to a lack of imported paper. In addition to cooking gas, there has been a shortage of kerosene or petrol. […]
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Sunday, April 10th, 2022
Malinda Seneviratne There are calls, obviously from oppositional elements, for snap elections. There are of course constitutional provisions for holding parliamentary elections and those who make such demands cannot be ignorant about them. It’s therefore empty rhetoric. There are elections that have not been held, though, which not many seem to be concerned about. Yes, […]
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Sunday, April 10th, 2022
Malinda Seneviratne Someone robs a bank. Now, obviously, it is not always the case that those who carry out such heists do all the planning themselves. The brains prefer not to get their hands dirtied. Also, in case things go wrong, they would obviously want the out of ‘not being involved,’ which of course would […]
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Sunday, April 10th, 2022
ෂම්මි උයනගේ පරිගණක මෘදුකාංග ඉංජිනේරු ජාතික සංවිධානය යනු කුමක්ද? විජාතික පණ්ඩිතයන් නිතරම අසන ප්රශ්නයක්! වචනාර්ථයෙන් ගත්විට එයට යම් නිශ්චිත තේරුමක් පැවතියද එහි නියම අර්ථ දැක්වීම යම්කිසි පරාසයක් තුළ විහිදෙයි. අද කාලයේ සමහර ජාතික සංවිධාන වල සිටින පුද්ගලයන්ගේ කියුම් කෙරුම් අනුව නම් ජාතික සංවිධාන වල ස්වභාවය විග්රහ කර ගැනීම තරමක් අපහසු බවයි මාගේ හැඟීම. නම් වලින් […]
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