Dr Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara Every nation, some founded only a few decades ago have a national day in their calendar, celebrated with pomp and glory to mark their nationhood and inspire their people, particularly the younger generation for nation building even if they don’t have any longstanding heritage to commemorate. But isn’t it a pity […]

Dilrook Kannangara අරගලකාරයන්ගේ ප්‍රධාන ආහාරය බුරියානි. ඔවුන්ට බුරියානි සපයන්නන් ඔවුන්ව නටවන සෙයක් පෙනෙන්නට තිබේ. වෙසක් මාසේ නම වෙනිදා සිදුවීම් පිටුපස විශාල බුරියානි කාරයන් ප්‍රතිශතයක් සිටින බව ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අත් අඩංගුවට ගත් 2,400 ඉක්මවූ අයගේ නම් වලින් පෙනේ. වෙනස්ව කිවහොත් මිනී මැරීම, ගෙවල් ගිනි තැබීම, අරගලය වෙනුවෙන් මැර ප්‍රහාර එල්ල කිරීම, කොළඹ පාතාලය ප්‍රතිප්‍රහාර සඳහා කැඳවීම […]

By Jonathan Manz Bewildered, reeling and confused, Sri Lankans are just beginning to pick up the pieces of the jigsaw to decipher the events of Black-Monday, 09 May 22, when America, with its all-too-familiar ‘false-flag’ operations, executed a lightning Coup, to take control of the strategic Island in the Indian Ocean.  Taking control of the […]

Embassy & Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka Bangkok Minister of Education of Sri Lanka Susil Premajayantha led the Sri Lanka delegation for the 2nd Asia-Pacific Regional Education Minister’s Conference (APREMC-II), from 5th  to 7th  June 2022, in Bangkok. The Conference held on hybrid modality under the theme of ‘Education Recovery and Transformation towards more Responsive, […]

Senaka Weeraratna A just God must give a hearing to the prayers and cries of all species Prayers are offered by believers on the assumption that these prayers will be heard by God (or Providence) and  accordingly will be responded with relief. With what assumption do animals in slaughter houses scream prior to death? If […]

නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) 1) Registrar is directed to convey this enjoining order to the Head of Air Navigation Services, the 2nd defendent. 2) Registrar is directed to inform the Chief Trafic Controller by telephone and serve through the Fiscal also. ඉහත නියෝග 2 කොළඹ වාණිජ මහාධිකරණය විසින් CHC/126/22/MR නඩුවේදී එරොෆ්ලොට් රුසියන් එයර්ලයින් වෙත […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Chairman of Election Commission Nimal Punchihewa yesterday (11) said that there was no legal requirement for a National List MP to submit his or her asset declaration before the EC accepted nomination made by a political party. Attorney-at-Law Punchihewa said so responding to The Island query whether he had […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror MP Dr. Harsha De Silva said that Sri Lanka will have to wait until the end of this year to obtain a loan from International Monetary Fund (IMF). Even though staff level meetings are underway it’s monetary board has to approve the loan. “When I had a discussion with the Japanese […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror In a significant development, the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong met his U.S. counterpart Julie Chung in Colombo on June 13 and held discussions on broad topics of mutual interest” and pledged support in helping the island nation mitigate its crippling economic crisis. Sri Lanka is currently facing its […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Pir-Hossein Kolivand, Head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has said that the society is ready to send medicine and physicians to Sri Lanka. Kolivand made the remarks in a meeting with the Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran G.M.V. Wishwanath Aponsu, noting that the IRCS, in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is currently going through the worst economic crisis since gaining their independence in 1948 and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe believes that it is the fault of the previous governments and the politicians.  In an exclusive interview with WION’s Managing Editor Palki Sharma, Wickremesinghe called it a man-made economic crisis” and pointed […]

Courtesy Adaderana US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has agreed to assist Sri Lanka and to promote investment after the conclusion of the talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).  This was during a phone conversation with Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today In a twitter message, the Prime Minister said that he […]

Courtesy Hiru News In an exclusive interview of Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe with Palki Sharma on WION’s Global Leadership, he said, this is the most challenging appointment I ever had and someone had to take up the challenge. Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that India helped the island nation way more than […]

Courtesy Hiru News On June 13, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung attended the signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Sri Lankan Department of Agriculture, for a $27 million project that aims to double the milk production of Sri Lankan dairy farmers participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food […]

Courtesy Hiru News CEB Chairman M.M.C. Ferdinando has tendered his resignation to the Minster which has been accepted. Vice Chairman Nalinda Ilangaokoon has been appointed as the New Chairman of CEB. MEANWHILE INDIAN MEDIA HAD REPORTED THE MATTER , the following is the NDTV report. In a spiraling controversy over an energy project contract in […]