Courtesy Business Stanadard The 500 MW wind mill project caused much storm after last week’s parliamentary oversight committee proceeding A demonstration was held here in the Sri Lankan capital on Thursday against the proposed wind mill project to be undertaken by India’s Adani group in the northeastern region of Mannar. The protesters from the Gotagogama (President Gotabaya […]

Shenali D Waduge It is legal to protest but there are restrictions. Are protestors aware of the restrictions? If not, the onus is on the Sri Lankan Govt, the Sri Lankan Police to clearly make public what is legal and what is not & it must be communicated by the Govt’s Media division. GoSL must […]

Courtesy RT The pontiff has lamented military conflicts across the globe and said the Russia-Ukraine crisis may have been provoked” Pope Francis has suggested that World War III is already in progress, as evidenced by intertwined elements” at work in the Russia-Ukraine crisis and other conflicts across the globe. A few years ago, it occurred to me […]

අචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර මහනුවර “අල්ලස් මුදලක් ඉල්ලා වරදකරු වී අධිකරණයෙන් දඩ ගැසුම් කා අත්හිටවූ සිර දඬුවම් ලැබූ පුද්ගලයෙකු ඉදිරියටත් රටේ නාගරික සංවර්ධන සහ නිවාස ඇමැතිකම් සේම පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂ සංවිධායක ලෙස ද කටයුතු කරනු ඇත”! සිහි බුද්ධිය ඇති ජනතාවගේ (පක්ෂ වහලුන්ගේ නොවේ) බුද්ධියට නිගා දෙන, ඔවුන් සමච්චලයට ලක් කරන මෙවැනි ‘පාර්ලිමේන්තු ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී’ යයි  කියාගන්නා වෙනත් […]

Prof. Hudson McLean *Fridays to be declared holidays for public sector for 3 months *Declare Poson Poya Day as our National Day. This is absolute madness.  When the country is on its knees, the top of the pinnacle seeks more holidays? Why don’t the government make the entire week a holiday? I have seen many […]

Dr. Abantika Kumari Bangladesh is made up of 160 million people who are multi-religious, multi-ethnic, and multi-lingual. The Constitution of Bangladesh guarantees all citizens the freedom to freely and peacefully practice their chosen religions. Religious minorities make up roughly 12% of Bangladesh’s present population, according to conservative estimates. Hindus account for 10% of the population, […]

Samina Akhter Dhaka The Bangladeshi NGO Odhikar has been deregistered by the Prime Minister’s Office’s NGO Affairs Bureau. The company’s registration renewal application was denied on June 12 due to a bureau application. The license of the private voluntary organization Odhikar has not been renewed, according to NGO Bureau Bangladesh, due to financial irregularities, foreign […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, June 15: On the face of it, China appears to be shedding its aloofness and trying to create the impression that it is also helping Sri Lanka overcome the current grave economic crisis. It says that it has pumped in US$ 76 million so far. But that sum pales into […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror An official report on the possible mid-air collision avoided by UL 504 has been filed by the crew upon their return to the BIA yesterday which has confirmed that due to the vigilance and action taken by the crew, they had managed to avert one of the worst mid-air collisions. Sri […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Embassy of the United States of America announced today that the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Board of Directors has approved USD 120 million in new loans to grow and support the Sri Lankan economy. For seventy years, the United States has provided foreign assistance, loans, and trade opportunities to help […]

Shenali D Waduge It took US 60 years (19 Aug 2013) of silence and denial to finally admit to its role in toppling the elected PM of Iran Mohammad Mossadegh on 19 August 1953. There was no social media then, no artificial intelligence, no NGOs of the kind present today, all it took was one […]

ජයන්ත හේරත් ඉන්ෆ්ලේෂන් අඩු කරන්නට අන්එම්ප්ලෝයිමෙන්ට් වැඩි කල යුතුය. භාණ්ඩ මිල අධිකව ඉහල ගොසින්ය ඉන්ෆ්ලේෂන් ය. එවිට භාණ්ඩ මිලදී ගැනුමට වැඩි වැටුප් ලබන හොඳ ඉල්ලුමක් ඇති රැකියා තිබිය යුතුය. හොඳ ඉල්ලුමක් ඇති රැකියා තියෙන්නේ වැටුප ඉහල නිසාය පුහුණු ශ්රමය නැති නිසාය පළපුරුද්ද ඇති ශ්රමිකයන් අඩු නිසාය දැනුම, පුහුණුව හා පළපුරුද්ද නැත්තේ JVP NPP තක්කඩි විශ්ව […]

Samina Akhter Dhaka Bangladesh has recently been depicted by some in the international media saying ‘there will be no Hindus left in Bangladesh in the next 30 years if the current rate of exodus continues’ and Hindus are fleeing to India’.  However, this understanding is completely incorrect. Bangladesh is being depicted unfairly and without evidence […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි ස්ථානය රාගම ශික්ෂණ රෝහල් වැඩබිමයි. ඒ වනවිට රෝහල ඉදිවෙමින් පැවතිණි.බිම් මහල ඇතුළුව මහල් 4ක කොන්ක්‍රීට් වැඩ නිමවා තිබුණි. තවද එක කණුවක් නියමිත ස්ථානයට වඩා අඩියක පරතෙරකින් පිහිටීමේ වරදක් අප අතින් සිදුව තිබුණි. මේ වරද මම එතරම් ප්‍රභල වරදක් ලෙස නොසැලකුවත් එය ව්‍යාපෘති කළමනාකාර මහතාට දැක ගැනීමට ලැබුනේ, 4 වෙනි මහලත් සම්පුර්ණ වූ […]

Courtesy The South China Morning Post Officials granted leave for one working day a week and ‘provided with the facilities to engage in agricultural activities in their backyards’, cabinet said The country’s unprecedented economic downturn has left staple foods in short supply and 4 out of 5 people in the nation of 22 million were […]

Feng Guoquan Courtesy CGTN Sri Lanka is in a dire situation. Known as the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean,” the country is facing the worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. Western media has taken this opportunity to hype up the so-called Chinese debt trap, alleging that Sri Lanka is on the verge of economic […]

By Rebecca Pavey Courtesy Ceylon Today   The Cabinet today (14) approved a proposal to issue a Gazette lifting the ban on ‘Angampora’ martial art, a traditional game that was banned under British rule. The relevant proposal was tabled by the Minister of Sports. A similar proposal to lift the ban imposed on the game […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has given the approval to the proposal to declare Fridays as holidays for public sector employees from this week. According to Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, this will not include the essential services including health, power & energy, education, water, electricity, transport, port and air services, and defence. As the current […]

Courtesy Adaderana Six batches of rice are scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka under China’s 500 million RMB grant to the island nation, the Embassy of China in Colombo said today. The first and the second batches are meanwhile scheduled to reach the Colombo Port on the 25th and 30th of June. Taking to its official […]

Courtesy Adaderana Priority in the distribution of the latest shipment of 3,500 metric tonnes of LP gas will be given to hospitals, hotels and crematoriums, says Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The payment for this LP gas shipment was made yesterday and it is currently being unloaded. Unloading of a consignment of 3,600 metric tonnes of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed has dismissed the remarks made by Sri Lankan Opposition MP Harsha de Silva as inaccurate”. Issuing a clarification on the matter, Mr. Nasheed said, I believe a number of countries are willing to help Sri Lanka and the assistance will come through.” MP Harsha de Silva, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Adani Group today said it was disappointed” as it reacted to a massive controversy over an energy project in Sri Lanka awarded to the group, after a Lankan official’s claim that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa acted under pressure from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Our intent in investing in Sri Lanka is to address […]

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 […]