Courtesy The Daily Mirror Prof. Prema-chandra Athukorala says China’s position on SL’s debt could drag negotiations for at least six months Cites Zambia as example where debt restructuring negotiations took about 7 months to conclude as a result of China’s initial hesitancy in debt restructuring  After reaching staff-level agreement, debt restructuring advisors will approach creditors […]

Courtesy Adaderana Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva says that proposals are to be called for from desiring investors to invest in 49% shares and administration of SriLankan Catering and also 49% shares and administration in SrLankan Airlines’ Ground Handling.  The minister stated this at a press conference held today at the ministry regarding the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 05 coronavirus related deaths for yesterday (28), the Department of Government Information reported today (29). The new Covid-19 deaths include two males and three females while one of the patients is between the ages 30-59 years. The rest are aged 60 years and above. 

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 […]

C. Wijeyawickrema USA Recent essays by Sudath Gunasekera and Garvin Karunaratna raise the old question again about getting rid of the curse called 13-A. Some time back, SPUR in Australia devoted lot of time and energy to demonstrate how cancerous this 13-A to the island of Sinhale. After that only the Lankaweb printed articles written […]

By Dr Tilak S. Fernando The scenic Kanthale Wewa An Australian-based premium company in healthcare named AusCeylon and PhytoMedica Pvt Ltd want to develop an Eco Resort and a medicinal Plant Garden at Agbopura 227/C in the Kanthale district. Kanthale is one of the most famous travel destinations worldwide for centuries due to its unique and […]

 Asoka (Weerasinghe) Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 25 August 2022 Hon,. Pierre Poilievre MP Conservative Party Leadership Candidate -2022 Dear Pierre. I note that you are galloping to victory to lead the Conservative Party, the Party that put me  through emotional waves of highs and lows when you all dealt […]

සමීර කන්නන්ගර Lanka Lead News අපගේ මාතෘ භූමියේ සියලු අයිතීන් දිනෙන් දින විදේශිකයන් අතට පත්වෙමින් තිබේ. මෙතෙක් කලක් විකුණනු ලැබුවේ භූමිය පමණි. දැන් එම තත්ත්වය වෙනස් කරමින් අපගේ හිරු එළිය, සුළඟ, මුහුද පවා විදේශිකයන්ට විකිණීමට පටන් ගෙන තිබේ. එහි එක් පියවරක් ලෙස පසුගියදා මෙරට සුළං විදුලි බලාගාර දෙකක් ඉදිකිරීමට අදානි ග්‍රීන් එනර්ජි සමූහයට තාවකාලික අනුමැතිය […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Responding to Sri Lanka’s request for China to change its tune on debt relief, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy said the ball is in Sri Lanka’s court, not China’s. The spokesman told Daily Mirror China communicated to the Sri Lankan Finance Ministry three months ago about its readiness to discuss […]

Courtesy Hiru News Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says that all state-owned enterprises (SOEs) need to be restructured. In a Twitter message the minister said political decisions, political appointments, mismanagement and incompetence have led to the downfall of the public service. He points out that the majority of the public workforce would not […]

Shenali D Waduge Did JVP naturally emerge or was it created in response to the then governments nationalization programs? Who formulated the 5 Lectures” that indoctrinated Sinhala youth to become members. Who advised JVP to expand in universities and attempt to win sympathy of the armed forces? Who wanted JVP to attack police posts? Who […]

Shenali D Waduge The South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission that was bragged & boasted despite its failure, recommended compensation to victims though it was given no mandate to award such. Leaving aside awarding – where do they get the funds to award such compensation? Sri Lanka’s Parliament passed the Office for Reparations Act in […]

by Garvin Karunaratne I  write in  support  of Sudath Gunasekera’s Paper re completely disbanding the 13 th Amendment.  Sections from Two of my earlier Papers that prove the fact that the 13 th Amendment should be totally abolished are enclosed to remind patriots. Why the 13 th Amendment is inimical for our development and how […]

 Lanka Lead News ගෝල් ෆේස් අරගලයේ ප්‍රභල ක්‍රියාකාරිකයෙකු වූ රතිඳු සේනාරත්න හෙවත් රැට්ටා සිය සමාජාලා ගිණුමේ සටහනක් තබමින් වක්‍රාකාරයෙන් රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා වෙත දරුණු අනතුරු ඇඟවීමක් කර තිබේ.ඔහු,‘පරණ එකාට රටිං පනින්න හරි පුලුවං උනා. මූට නං රටිං පනින්නත් බැරි වෙනවා.” මර්ධනය නවතනු යනුවෙන් සටහන තබා තිබේ.

Sreemoy Talukdar Courtesy FirstPost Helping Sri Lanka in its hour of need, even as a first responder, does not automatically give India the right to dictate terms or call for punishment” or lessons” should things not go New Delhi’s way. From the ramparts of Red Fort, the prime minister has given a call for India […]

Courtesy https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/ Udarna Jayawardena puts her success down to the support of her teachers at Stroud High School A Gloucestershire school has praised a Sri Lankan student who has been in the UK for less than a year for her ‘amazing’ GCSE grades. Udarna Jayawardena, of Stroud High School (SHS), achieved nine grade 9s – some of which in […]