Courtesy Hiru News Dr. Wijedasa Rajapaksa, Minister of Justice, Prisons and Constitutional Reforms states that the constitution as well as the structure of political parties should be changed. Addressing an awareness seminar on the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, the Minister said that the political parties in the country were not based on principles.

Statesman News Service | New Delhi  On closer reflection, economic mismanagement and the Covid-19 pandemic have compelled Sri Lanka to battle its worst economic crisis in seven decades. The spirited demonstration by Buddhist monks in Colombo on Monday was direly symptomatic of the grave crisis within. While the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has begun bailout talks, the island nation’s cabinet has […]

PHILIP GIRALDI  Courtesy The Unz Review If you want a war with Iran, Russia, China and Venezuela tell me why and how it would benefit Americans So Honest Joe Biden is now going to give another $1.2 billion to the Ukrainians on top of the sixty or so billion that is already in the pipeline, but […]

Samina Akhter Most Bangladeshi and India media report read that the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has received 600 kg of mangoes from Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as part of her “mango-hilsa diplomacy.” Hasina delivered mangoes to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, according to the Bangladesh Deputy […]

Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel former Ambassador to UAE and Israel It is a Trained Important and Useful Profession World is in need of caregivers and skilled labour and employees in other areas that brings dollars to their respective countries. Care giver producing countries require much needed foreign currency including Sri Lanka immersed in the dollar […]

යසස් ධර්මදාස විධායක කමිටු ලේකම්, ගෝලීය ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සංසදය මේ වනවිට 50 වන මානව හිමිකම් සැසිවාරය ජිනීවාහි ආරම්භවී ඇත. ප්‍රථමයෙන්ම විදේශ අමාත්‍ය ජී. එල්. පීරිස් මහතා විසින් සැසිවාර 47 දී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අනුමැතියකින් තොරව සම්මත කරගන්නා ලද රණවිරුවන්ට එරෙහිව චෝදනා ගොනුකිරීමේ බාහිර යාන්ත්‍රණයට නැවතත් එහිදී විරෝධය ප්‍රකාශ කිරීම පිළිබඳව එතුමාට අපගේ ප්‍රසාදය පල කරන්නෙමු. එසේම […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera As an example emerging concept of the Blue Economy has been embraced by the Government of Seychelles as a mechanism to realise sustainable economic development based ,around an ocean-based economy.   Seychelles intention is to implement the Blue Economy concept at the national level as a framework to foster an integrated approach for […]

Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Courtesy The Daily News The Queen appears on the Buckingham Palace balcony with Royal Family members to watch the flypast. Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in England were held with the pomp and pageantry, stemming from the grandeur of Britain’s unique traditions. Born to be a Queen is extraordinary, and […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Public Administration says that a committee has been appointed to look into the possibility of granting 05 years of leave to government employees to work in the private sector.  Secretary to the ministry Mr. M.M.P.K. Mayadunne stated that a seven-member committee has been appointed for this purpose and that the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of India, as a close friend of Sri Lanka, will extend its fullest support to the island nation in overcoming the current difficult situation, Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra told President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (June 23). The Indian Foreign Secretary made these remarks during a meeting with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් තමන් ඉදිරියේ දී ඉන්දීය රජය සමග පවතින ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සබඳතා තවදුරටත් ශක්තිමත්ව පවත්වා ගැනීමට කටයුතු කරන බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ පවසනවා. අද (23) පස්වරුවේ ඉන්දීය විදේශ ලේකම්වරයා ඇතුළු පිරිස සමග සාකච්ඡා කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව නිල ට්විටර් ගිණුමෙහි සටහනක් තබමිනුයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කර ඇත්තේ. මේ අතර මෙරටට අද පෙරවරුවේ පැමිණි ඉන්දීය විදේශ […]