D. W. A. Hettiarachchi Our country’s food production was almost destroyed by a stroke of a pen perhaps due to wrong advice to the authorities. But was there a massive use of chemical fertilizer even in early 70s when Mahaveli was not in the horizon?. I do not think so. I was about 9 years […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka has come to a stage where everyone is questioning everyone and anything. This has merits as it affords an opportunity to rethink & restart where we went wrong, who has to be held accountable, where do we start to change, how do we change & who can start the change. […]

Ravi Kumudesh මසකට ඩොලර් 240000 ක් ඉතිරි කර කොලෙස්ටරෝල් පෙත්ත නිපදවිය හැකි සමාගම රට තුල තිබියදී, ඒවා අධෛර්‍යට පත් කොට, ඉන්දීයාව වැනි රටකින් අතිශය වැඩි මුලදලකට ඖෂධ මිලදී ගැනීමට සිදු වන්නේනම්, ශ්‍රී ලාංකවේ සෞඛ්‍ය යාන්ත්‍රණ හසුරුවන සියලුම ආයතන, ඒවායේ ප්‍රධාන නියාමකයින් සහ දේශපාළණ හිතවත්කම් වලට ඔවුන්ව පත් කල පාළකයින් සෘජුවම ඊට වගකිව යුතු බව සෞඛ්‍ය […]

නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) ජනාධිපතිවරයා ජනතාව විසින් ඡන්දයෙන් තෝරා ගත්තද ජනාධිපතිවරයා ප්‍රශ්න කළ හැක්කේ මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් නඩු වලින් පමණි. මෙය ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදයට, නීතියේ පාලනයට සහ ජනාධිපති සහ ජනතාව අතර ඇති සම්බන්ධතාවට හිතකර නැත. මේ දුර්වලතාවය හේතුවෙන් වතුර බොර කර බොර දියේ මාලු බෑමට පාර්ලිමේන්තුව සහ අන්තවාදීන් උත්සාහ කරන අතර, පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසින් ජනාධිපතිවරයා පාලනය […]

Reproduced by A. Abdul Aziz Critics of Islam repeatedly claim that Hazrat Aisha was not mature when the Holy Prophet of Islam married her. However, nothing can be further from the truth. There is a stark misunderstanding and abject misrepresentation of facts when it comes to the actual age of Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Daily News Colombo, June 3: The draft 21st Constitutional Amendment bill is due to be presented to the Cabinet on June 6. Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has been entrusted with the task of incorporating the valid suggestions made by party Leaders to ensure that it has smooth sailing in parliament. Although there […]

Courtesy The Economic Times Both international and domestic buyers have rejected a series of tea consignments due to the presence of pesticides and chemicals beyond permissible limits, Indian Tea Exporters Association (ITEA) chairman Anshuman Kanoria said on Friday. Filling up the vacuum created by crisis-hit Sri Lanka in the global market, Tea Board is eyeing […]

By  Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today We have two serious issues before us. One is the economic meltdown. The other is the breach in national security. Yet, the Parliament’s attention is focused entirely on another topic – how to wrestle power from the Executive President. The Precarious Fuel Situation On 28 May, it was reported […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Courtesy Ceylon Today The ‘Aragalaya’ or the protest by peaceful demonstrators in front of the Presidential Secretariat has exceeded fifty days and continues. The protesters claim the 6.9 million who voted for a change and for Gotabaya Rajapaksa failed to deliver what was promised on election platforms.  Fuel prices have […]

By Rajiesh Seetharam Courtesy Ceylon Today   The IMF programme, raising interest rates, measures to curb parallel foreign exchange market are steps in the right direction, which may bring stability to the economy and help in importing essential goods, however structural reforms are necessary to bring long term economic sustainability to Sri Lanka, stated former […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lankan authorities today raised objections against the Enjoining Order issued by Colombo Commercial High Court preventing a Russian Aeroflot flight from taking off within the territorial jurisdiction of Sri Lanka. Additional Solicitor General Sumathi Dharmawardena PC appearing for the Airport and Aviation Services Ltd (second defendant) urged the Court to suspend the operation […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Thirukumar Nadesan, the husband of former Minister Nirupama Rajapaksa who was named in Pandora Papers, have been acquitted in the Malwana property case. The verdict was delivered by the Gampaha High Court today (June 03). The case was filed against Basil Rajapaksa and Thirukumar Nadesan under three charges […]

Courtesy Adaderana Nine army intelligence officers accused in the case filed over the abduction and disappearance of journalist Pradeep Ekneligoda have been remanded until the 13th of June. The case was called before the Colombo Trial-at-Bar today (June 03). In November 2019, the nine accused had been served indictment over the abduction of Eknaligoda and […]

Courtesy Adaderana The police have secured a court order against a protest march scheduled to be held tomorrow (June 04). As per the court order, the protesters are barred from entering York Street, Bank Street, or Chatham Street. The court order also says the protesters are not allowed to cause any inconvenience to the general […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka seeks to secure around $5 billion in funding this year to cover repayments for fuel imports and other items bought through credit lines, and another $1 billion to bolster its foreign reserves, the prime minister’s office said on Thursday. The island nation is grappling with its worst financial crisis in over […]

සමන්ත කුමාරසිංහ හිටපු මුදල් මණ්ඩල සාමාජික  2022 මැයි 30 පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී මහාචාර්‍ය චරිත හේරත් මහතා  ගරු සභාපති  පොදු ව්‍යාපාර පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාව ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව  ගරු සභාපතිතුමනි  2022 මැයි මස 25 වන දින පැවති පොදු ව්‍යාපාර පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාව වෙත මහ බැංකුවේ මුදල් මණ්ඩලයට – අදාළ කටයුතු පිළිබඳව ඉදිරිපත් වූ සාවද්‍ය තොරතුරු නිවැරදි කිරීම  උක්ත […]