Courtesy The Island The Committee of Public Enterprises (COPE) has decided to further examine the controversial Adani Wind and Solar power project in the Northern Sri Lanka when the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) comes up for investigation. The COPE said so after former Chairman of CEB M.M.C. Ferdinando appeared before the parliamentary watchdog committee yesterday […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Political interference, mismanagement, corruption still galore The Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government had not utilised USD 1.1 bn received for leasing Hambantota Port to China Merchants Port Holdings Company in 2017, to settle a loan obtained for the construction of the facility during Mahinda Rajapaksa’s administration, the Committee of Public Enterprises (COPE) […]

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Courtesy Hiru News Dhammika Perera was sworn in as the Minister of Investment Promotion, before the President, today

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 […]

KRISHAN FRANCIS COLOMBO, SRI LANKA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  Courtesy The Globe and Mail Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has collapsed” after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity, its Prime Minister told lawmakers Wednesday, in comments underscoring the country’s dire situation as it seeks help from international lenders. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament the […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM Wellington , NZ Sri Lanka needs Dollars. The quickest route to earning and owning  dollars now are tourists and foreign remittances into the banking system , not to the money exchangers.  Each tourists on average brings $1000, dollars. 3000 tourists are worth 3 milion dollars , the money required to clear […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් උඩරට වියළි කලාපයේ ත්, නැගෙනහිර පලාතේ මඩකලපුව මායිමේත් වී ගොවීන් අස්වනු නෙලා ගැනීමට ඩීසල් නොමැතිකම නිසා අන්ත අසරණ තත්වයකට පත්ව ඇත. කොළ මඩිය යන්ත්‍ර සඳහා ඉන්ධන නොලැබේ නම් නිසි කලට නෙලාගත නොහැකිව වී අස්වැන්න විනාශ වී යන්නේයැයි හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් පවසයි.    පිලිලුමලේ, වෙල්ලාවලි, මණ්ඩූර්, එරාවුර්, ඔට්ටමාවඩි යන මඩකලපුව කලාපයේ […]

මනුෂ මාධ්‍යය පුද්ගලික අංශයේ සේවකයින්ගේ අවම වැටුප සහ වතු කම්කරුවන්ගේ වැටුප ඉහළ දමන බවට කම්කරු සහ විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා සහතික විය. ජීවන වියදමට සරිලන ආකාරයට පුද්ගලික අංශයේ සේවකයින්ගේ අවම වැටුප සහ වතු කම්කරුවන්ගේ අවම වැටුප ඉහළ දමන බවත්, ඒ සදහා අවශ්‍ය වන නීති රීති පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන බවටත් ඇමැතිවරයා සහතික විය. ඒ […]

Courtesy Adaderana Business magnate Dhammika, who took oath as a Member of Parliament this morning, says he is better at bringing in dollars than taking loans. Speaking to the media, MP Perera said he would reveal his plans to bring in foreign exchange to the country within two weeks. With regard to his decision to […]

Sanjeewa Jayaweera | New Delhi Courtesy The Statesman When employees are in fuel queues and not reporting to work, there is zero productivity. The fuel shortage, currently being experienced across Sri Lanka, is causing severe distress and incredible frustration to the public. It has graduated to an extent previously not experienced nor seen in at […]

Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the programme for a bailout package would be finalized by the end of July. The first in-person talks with the IMF on Sri Lanka’s bailout request commenced in Colombo on Monday (June 20) and are going on for […]

Courtesy Adaderana Finance Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman has assured Sri Lanka of her fullest support” and cooperation for its recovery from the ongoing economic crisis. Sitharaman conveyed the assurance to Sri Lankan High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda when the envoy met her on Monday. The Finance Minister of India assured the high commissioner of her […]

Courtesy Adaderana Youth activists Rathindu Senaratne alias ‘Ratta’, Lahiru Weerasekara and five others have been remanded until July 01 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court. Social activist and YouTuber Rathindu Senaratne, the national organizer of ‘Youth for Change’ Lahiru Weerasekara and actor Jagath Manuwarna, who were wanted over the incidents unrest in early June, had […]

දෙශාභිමානී සුර්ය වංශ රත්න විභූෂණ පාලිත ආරියරත්න සෙන්කඩගල සිංහ ද්වාරයේ සිට හීනය අම්මා ලඟට ඇවිත් කිවේ හෙට අපි ගොල්ෆ් පේස් පිට්ටනියට යමු පුතේ කියලාය ගමේ අනිත් කට්ටියත් යනවා, අපි එතනට ගිහින් විනෝද වෙමු එතනට ගොඩක් කට්ටිය එනවා සැණකෙළියක් වගේ. ඉතින් ඒ ගැන අහනකොටත් ඇඟ කිලිපොලා යාමක් හා දැඩි සීතලක්ද දැනුණා. Pic by Nisal Baduge Daily […]

ShenalI D Waduge Argentina gained independence from Spain in 1810. Like Sri Lanka, Argentina is rich in agriculture with vast fertile land. Unlike Sri Lanka, by 1913 Argentina became one of the world’s 10th wealthiest states. Like Sri Lanka, political instability became a factor for Argentina’s decline. Unlike Sri Lanka, Argentina was ruled by the military […]

Dr Anula Wijesundere President, Success Colombo. Dear Sir / Madam, We understand with dismay that the Parliament of Canada has declared the 18th of May as The Tamil Genocide Day”. When this motion was introduced in the Parliament of Canada by MP Gary Anandasagari, he did not elaborate on the topic at all. The topic […]

Shenali D Waduge Cambridge Analytica showed the world how personal information of people on social media is used to swing elections. Is the same being applied in Sri Lanka. Protests are a new norm. All types of people join affording opportunities for others who join for different reasons. What or who is psychologically motivating them […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D. ‘ටිබැට් (සිකීම්) ජාතික ඇස්. මහින්ද හිමි හිට්ලර්ගේ ඔත්තුකාරයෙක්’ -බුදුන්ගේ රස්තියාදුකාරයෙක් වන උපුල් ශාන්ත සන්නස්ගලට අනුව වියළි කලාපයේ වාරි කර්මාන්ත සිතියම-1905 හැඳින්වීම අරගලකාරයින් යන්නේ දළදා මාළිගාවටද? මල්වතු-අස්ගිරි පන්සල් දෙකටද? මා එසේ අසන්නේ, උපදේශයක්, අනුසාසනාවක් මිස, සංඝ ආඥාවක් නිකුත් කිරීමට මේ හාමුදුරුවරුන් දෙනමට හැකියාවක් නැති නිසාය. අරගලකරුවන්ව බ්ලෙස් කල ක්‍රිස්තියානි පූජකයාද මේවා දන්නේ […]

A denizen of Colombo 5 The fuel and gas crises continue unabated. People stay in unending queues not for hours but days without drinks or food. A few have died in the queues and the crowds are becoming to be restless and violent. There is no light at the end of the tunnels. This tragedy […]