ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර ප්‍රථම්යෙන්ම එවැනි යෝජනා කරන අයගේ මොලේ තියෙන්නේ කොහේදැයි වහාම පරීක්ශා කළයුතුය. මන්ද දැනට රටතුල පවතින ආර්ථික,දේශපාලනික සහ සමාජ අසහනය අනුව විපක්ශ නායකයා සහ අනුර දිසානයක ඇතුලු ඇතැම් අය කියන පරිදි මැතිවරරණයකට යාමට මේ අවස්ථාව කිසිසේත්ම සුදුසු නොවන බැවිනි.. මන්ද පළමුවෙන්ම පාර්ලිමේත්ව විසුරුවා මැතිවරණයකට යාමෙන් අද රටේ පවතින දේශපාලන,ආර්ථික හා සමාජ අර්බුධ තවත් […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය මධ්‍යම සංස්කෘතික අරමුදලේ නව වෙබ් අඩවිය සහ යූ ටියුබ් චැනලය අන්තර්ජාලයට එක්කිරීම අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ සුරතින් අද (03) පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී සිදු විය. දේශීය සහ විදේශීය වශයෙන් මෙරට සංස්කෘතිය පිළිබඳව ප්‍රචාරයක් ලබා දීම හා සංචාරක ආකර්ෂණය වැඩි කිරීම මෙහි අරමුණයි. ccf.gov.lk වෙබ් ලිපිනය ඔස්සේ මධ්‍යම සංස්කෘතික අරමුදලේ නව වෙබ් අඩවිය වෙත පිවිසිය හැකි අතර […]

ෂම්මි උයනගේ පරිගණක මෘදුකාංග ඉංජිනේරු නීත්‍යානුකූලව ඡන්දයකින් පත්වූ ආන්ඩුවක් හෑෂ් ටැග් වලින් ගෙදර යැවිය හැකිද? පසුගිය 2019 වකවානුවේ දී පැවැත්වූ මැතිවරණ නීත්‍යානුකූල නොවූයේනම් අද ඇතිවන තත්වය මීට වඩා හාත්පසින්ම වෙනස් ස්වරූපයක් ගනී. එසේ වූවානම් නම් තීරණාත්මක බලවේගය වන්නේ හෑෂ් ටැග් නොව මහජනතාවගේ අරගලයයි. ඊනියා නිර්පාක්ෂික අරගලයේ  #GotaGoHome2022 හෑෂ් ටැග් ප්‍රමාණය ලක්ෂ 5 කට ආසන්න වී […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 28 (Sunday Observer): The pulse of a nation beats through its traditional knowledge. This holds true for ancient civilisations such as Sri Lanka. For nations such as ours to wipe out that which is indigenous and create a socio-economic path for its people on totally alien lines can only spell disaster. […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 3: China, which had expressed displeasure over Sri Lanka’s approaching the IMF for a bailout without consulting it first, and had warned that its relations with Sri Lanka would depend on the conditions set by the IMF, has now revised its stand. Beijing has realized that it cannot turn […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Peoples’ Responsibility Center, a civil organization staged a protest near the Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka calling for the Sri Lankan government to purchase fuel from Russia. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel 

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The JVP revealed that former Minister Namal Rajapaksa has received money from two Companies – ‘NR Projects’, a Netherlands company and ‘Aspen Medical’, an Australian Company through Nimal Perera connected to the construction of the Nuwara Eliya and Hambantota Hospitals. Convenor of the Voice Against Corruption Wasantha Samarasinghe said this fraud […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former President Maithripala Sirisena today strongly rejected the allegation made by Wasantha Samarasinghe, the convener of the Voice Against Corruption, that a portion of the money allegedly stolen from the Central Bank bond fraud had been given to former President Maithripala Sirisena and his family members. In a media release, the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Governor of Central Bank, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, in response to the allegations levelled by JVP Leader MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has said the payments made to Pakistani American political donor Imaad Zuberi have been made on official written instructions of the government, and not on the wishes of a single person.” Earlier […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government of China has decided to provide another grant of Chinese Yuan (CNY) 300 million to Sri Lanka to help in the supply of medicine, food, fuel and other essentials, the Office of the Prime Minister said in a statement issued today. The grant comes after a telephone conversation held between Sri […]

Courtesy Adaderan The go-ahead of the Cabinet of Ministers has been given to provide a special cash allowance for a period of three months to identified low-income families affected by the ongoing economic crisis. Relevant proposal was tabled by the Minister of Finance and Minister of Samurdhi. As the low-income families entitled to Samurdhi, Elderly, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Mahanayaka Thero of the Malwatta chapter of Siam Nikaya, Most Venerable Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thero has decided not to allow any politicians to meet with him. The decision has been taken by the Mahanayaka  Thero as no responsible persons have still responded to the proposals by the Chief Incumbents of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana he Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong today (May 02) reiterated China’s fullest support for Sri Lanka in securing the assistance of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to overcome the ongoing financial crisis. Mr. Zhenhong made these remarks during a meeting with Minister of Finance Ali Sabry. As a major shareholder of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has announced maximum retail prices for three local varieties of rice. However, the new maximum retail prices are not applied to rice stocks released to the market at concessionary prices by the Paddy Marketing Board, a special gazette notification published by CAA Chairman Shantha Dissanayake noted. According to the communiqué, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa may decide to step down from his position in consideration of the request made by the chief prelates of the three chapters, MP Basil Rajapaksa has reportedly commented during a meeting held with the independent parliamentarians. However, if this happens and a committee of party leaders calls for nominations […]

Shenali D Waduge In October 2020 the former head of State Intelligence Service Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry that nearly 15,000 people were aware of the Easter Sunday attacks 10 days BEFORE THE ATTACKS (11 April 2019) & this included diplomatic missions & Parliament. What a shocking number. Does this include […]

Sri Lankan Canadian Action Coalition  Aubowan , This is the hour of need for Sri Lanka! As those that have left Sri Lanka for better lives in Canada, we need to first accept that as Canadians or ex-patriots we can do more! Your 5 minute effort for this task will go a very long way! […]

Mahinda Rajapaksa Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka  Eid-Ul-Fitr I extend my congratulations to the Muslim community in Sri Lanka who are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with Muslims all over the world. During the most important month of the Muslim calendar, it is a great task for all of you to take a […]

Shenali D Waduge In 44 years of the executive constitution, Sri Lanka has seen nothing but political debacles. It is when we reach a stage of chaos that inspires us to think of ways to change and adopt new systems with the consent of the people. Therefore, people’s consensus is important. Nothing should be decided […]

KAMALIKA  PIERIS Officials look back fondly on the economic policy followed immediately after independence. R.K.H.M. Fernando, formerly a Director in the Treasury, said that at Independence the Soulbury constitution provided for an Appropriation Act as well as the Financial Regulations, which provided an adequate controlling framework with proper check and balances. All the monies collected […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar  As the crisis in Sri Lanka deepens with no viable resolution in sight and the nation and all concerned, clamors on probably very justifiably that the present Administration needs to be removed post haste the following shocking revelation has emerged.  It portrays the rank disregard by the legislators in charge of  […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE, CPA, FCMA, CGMA, PhD The political inexperience of President Gotabaya had been exposed, providing a platform for anti-Sri lankans to attack him in a ruthless manner.  President Gotabaya appear to be vulnerable  and far too flexible in the jungle of politics in Sri Lanka.  The media is having a field […]

Courtesy The Fiji Times Economist Dr Neelesh Gounder. Picture: RAMA The current economic and political crisis in Sri Lanka should be a lesson for Fiji of what bad finance management could do to an economy, says USP economist Dr Neelesh Gounder. His comments come in the wake of international media reports that Sri Lanka has […]

Courtesy NDTV Tamil Nadu: A resolution piloted by Chief Minister MK Stalin was unanimously passed by the house, including the opposition AIADMK and the BJP. New Delhi:  After Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a resolution seeking permission to supply rice and essential medicines as aid to Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said that […]

Courtesy The Hindu Thousands of demonstrators have hit the streets across Sri Lanka since April 9 Protesters take part in an anti-government demonstration near the president’s office in Colombo on April 30, 2022, demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation over the country’s crippling economic crisis. | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s beleaguered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on […]

Courtesy Outlook Sri Lanka’s overall inflation surged to nearly 30% in April from 18.7% in March as the country faces its worst economic crisis. Debt-ridden Sri Lanka’s overall inflation surged to nearly 30 per cent in April from 18.7 per cent recorded in March, according to the official figures, as the island nation grapples with […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror SJB MPs Harin Fernando and Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka were seen engaged in a verbal clash at the SJB May Day Rally held in Colombo today. Parliamentarian Fonseka, who was seated in the front row, was seen calling MP Fernando closer to him and both were seen enaged in a verbal […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Power and Energy Kanchan Wijesekera today announced that several new guidelines have been implemented for the transportation of fuel in the country. In a twitter message, the minister said that a decision has been taken to increase the capacity of fuel transportation via train to rural depots from 40% to 100%. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Calling the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka unfortunate”, Israel’s envoy to India, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Naor Gilon said that the country can use its potential in tourism and agriculture to come back to stability. Very unfortunate. I visited Sri Lanka to present my credentials just a couple of months ago. It’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that bringing forth the 21st Amendment to the Constitution alone cannot resolve the economic crisis in the country. Addressing a May Day event held today, the leader of the United National Party (UNP) stated that today the country is facing an unprecedented economic and political crisis. Our […]