Shenali D Waduge China has a history of over 3500 years. India’s history dates back to the Indus Valley civilization. India was given its name by the British in 1947. Asia’s population is 4.5billion of which 2.7billion are Chinese or Indian. Both China and India are key players in Asia. Asian continent can be strengthened […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara The news is given below It will happen as per a request by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) which is the main party that backs President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The SLPP MPs who served as state ministers in the previous government met the president recently to discuss the appointment of state ministers of […]

Sugath Kulatunga The Government has already met a few of the anticipated conditionalities of the IMF. Rupee has been devalued, subsidies reduced in essential services like electricity and water and cost reflective pricing has been imposed and interest rates increased. The next thing the IMF would insist is privatization of SOEs. We now hear the […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The IUSF starts its process of controlling the freshers, long before they arrive in the University.  IUSF made use of the one year gap between A Level and University to gain control over the future first year undergrad. IUSF does the work, but there is a political party behind this which provides the […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. (Note: Editor@ft.lk – This essay is an explanation regarding Victor Ivan’s guest column. If you are unable to print it in your newspaper, kindly forward it to him.) Who wants a ‘state religion’? The Buddhists wish—and quite rightly—that in this country where they form 70 percent of the population, Buddhism should […]

Lines and Beyond !. JVP එකට විෂන් එකක් නෑ- 2. සිස්ටම් චේන්ජ් ඉල්ලන අය අවශ්‍ය සිස්ටම් එක කුමක්දැයි ඉදිරිපත් කල යුතුය- රසික ජයකොඩි  Source: Lines and Beyond August 26, 2022

Media Release High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi Speaker of the Sri Lanka Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena unveiled a portrait of Sir D.B. Jayatilaka, Sri Lanka’s first representative to India, today (28) at the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the establishment of modern Indo-Lanka […]

Courtesy Ther Print The Print is reproducing Qi Zhenhong’s article on the docking of Yuan Wang 5, which the Indian high commission in Colombo slammed as lacking ‘basic diplomatic etiquette’. In recent days, two pieces of news related to China have widely caught the eyes in Sri Lanka. Early this month, after U.S. House Speaker […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Twenty-four companies from UAE, Saudi Arabia, USA, China, India, Russia, UK, Malaysia, Norway and Philippines have submitted proposals for the Expressions of Interest (EOI)s to engage in the petroleum business in Sri Lanka, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said. He said the committee appointed by the ministry will evaluate proposals, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While urging the public that they should not receive and/or pay foreign remittances through informal methods such as ‘Hawala’ or ‘Undial’ sytems’, the police said it would expand its investigations on illegal foreign currency traders. Police said the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has observed that the significant decrease in the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another two Covid-19 related deaths for yesterday (Aug. 27). Both deceased are males above the age of 60 years, according to the Government Information Department.  Meanwhile 56 new cases of coronavirus have been detected within today (28), increasing the total number of confirmed cases reported […]

Hiru News

Courtesy Hiru News Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry awarded letters of appointment to a group of Sri Lankan trained nurses who are scheduled to begin their employment at hospitals in the United Kingdom at a ceremony held on 25 August, 2022 at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute. This was the first batch of trained nurses […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police has sought public assistance in identifying several more suspects who are accused of forcibly entering the premises of the Presidential Secretariat and damaging its properties. In a communiqué, the Police Media Division stated that the relevant persons were identified from the videos and photographs taken during the investigations regarding the […]

Courtesy Hiru News GCE (A/L) 2021 – Island’s First ranked students Biological Science stream- Thamilvannan Thuwaragesh of St. Michael’s College, Batticaloa Maths stream- Sahan Samarakoon from Royal College Colombo – 7 Engineering Technology – Neranda Dilhara Kumarasinghe of Narammala Mayurapada Central Commerce stream-Isini Neha Amararatne of Gampaha Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya Arts stream- Ishara Lakmal Heenkenda […]