Archive for August, 2022
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana A suspect has been arrested in connection with the forcible entry into the President’s House in Colombo and obstructing the duties of police officers. The 32-year-old suspect, who is residing in the Koswatte area, was arrested on charges of engaging in a demonstration by being a member of an unlawful assembly at Bank […]
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana Two individuals who had stolen three gold rings worn by former MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala when he was assaulted and killed by a mob have been arrested. The parliamentarian and a police sergeant attached to his security detail were killed in a mob attack in Nittambuwa amidst the nationwide unrest on the 9th of […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The concept of a people’s congress has been related to political administration in socialist countries and they functioned to consider the ideas of people regarding any work. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, many socialist countries had a people’s congress that was a similar constitutional institution to a parliament which is […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
KAMALIKA PIERIS JVP had two levels of activity, open and secret. They had two parallel political agendas, one for the public and another for the insiders in the party, said analysts. JVP functioned openly as an agitation group, whilst, at the same time recruiting combatants into a clandestine military organization, said Jayantha Somasunderam. JVP‘s public […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
හිරන් කුරේ විමල් වීරවංශ පසුගියදා රූපවාහිනී වැඩසටහනකට එකතු වෙමින් අනාවරණය කළේ, අරගලය හමුවේ ඉල්ලා අස්වීමට සූදානම් වූ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂට එවක අගමැති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ ද ඉවත් කර ඉල්ලා අස්වන ලෙස ඇමරිකානු තානාපතිනී ජූලි චන්ග් බල කළ බවය. විමල් ඊට පෙර ප්රකාශ කළේ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය අවු. 05ක ධූර කාලය නිමාකර සිය දරු මුනුබුරන් සමග ජීවත් වන්නට […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
Sugath Kulatunga Since the devaluation of the rupee in early March, five months have lapsed without any positive plan of action to address the problem of the dearth of dollars. People have died in queues; severe scarcities have arisen in essential goods and inflation has galloped over 70 percent. In brief the country has undergone […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
ජයන්ත හේරත් පාර්ලිමේන්තු අයියලාගේ බඩගෙඩිවල සයිස් එක දැක්කාම හරිම දුකක් දැනෙන්නේය, කොහොම ඔය ඉදිරියට නෙරා ආ බඩගෙඩි උස්සා ගෙන ඉන්නේදැයි සිතේය. මුළු මේන්තුවේම ඉන්නේ අසාධ්ය බඩගෙඩි ලෙඩ්ඩුය, සැත්කම් කර ගන්නට නිතර නිතර දුවන්නේ සිංගප්පුරුවටය, ඉන්දියාවටය තයිලන්තයටය වැය කරන්නේ මහජන බදු මුදල්ය කිසි ලජ්ජාවක් නැත. මේන්තුවෝ මුලින්ම කල යුත්තේ ඉදිරියට නෙරා ආ බඩගෙඩි අඩු කර ගැනීමය, […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
මාධ්ය අංශය, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යයන වැඩසටහන ඉංග්රීසි අන්තවාදීන්ගේ ලක්ෂණ 7…! 1) නීතිය නොදන්නා ජනාධිපතිවරු පත් කරගැනීමට සහාය දෙයි. 2) ඉන්ධන වැඩි වශයෙන් දහනයවන වාහන භාවිතා කරයි. 3) පාපැදි භාවිතා කිරීමට ජනතාවට උනන්දුව ඇති නොකර පාපැදි අධික මිලට අලෙවි කිරීමට දිරි දෙයි. 4) රුසියාව සහ චීනය සමඟ රාජ්ය තාන්ත්රික සම්බන්ධතා පැවැත්වීමට බාධා […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 8: The Chinese Foreign Ministry told the media in Beijing on Monday, that it is senseless” to invoke security concerns” to pressure” Sri Lanka to deny entry to Chinese ships that are carrying out legitimate tasks. Without naming India (referring to it as a third-party”) the Chinese Foreign Ministry […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
lanka C news ලබන එකොළොස් වැනි දා හම්බන්තොට වරායට පැමිණීමට සැලසුම්කර තිබූ චීනයේ ‘යුවාන් වැන් 05’ සන්නිවේදන නෞකාව පැමිණීම නවත්වන ලෙස ජනාධිපතිවරයාට බලපෑම් කර ඇත්තේ බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහ ඇමරිකානු නියෝජිතයෙකු විසින් බවට තොරතුරු ඇතැයි පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී වාසුදේව නානායක්කාර මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. නෞකාව නැවත්වුයේ නැතිනම් ජනාධිපතිධූරය අවසන් කරන බවට ඔවුන් දැනුම් දී ඇති බවද මන්ත්රීවරයා […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
Lanka Lead News චීනයේ යුවාන් වැන් 05 සන්නිවේදන නෞකාවට හම්බන්තොට වරායට ඉන්ධන පිරවීම සඳහා ඇතුල්වීමට ශ්රී ලංකා රජය ඉඩ දීම කල් දැමීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා මාධ්යය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කර තිබේ. එම නිවේදනය මගින් ඔහු පවසන්නේ ඉන්දු පැසිෆික් උවමනාවට චීනයට දොර වැසීම නොබැඳි පිළිවෙත නොවන බවයි. ඉන්දු- පැසිෆික් වුවමනාවට චීනයට […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
By Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy The Ceylon Today The US State Department owes Sri Lanka an explanation for disallowing former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from returning to the US. He had been living in the States since 1998. For 16 years, he was a US citizen and only renounced his citizenship to contest at the 2019 presidential […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Finance Ministry has lifted the import ban on the popular weedicide glyphosate with effect from August 5 while allowing glyphosate imports into the country subject to import control license requirement. According to the Gazette Extraordinary No 2291/44 signed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilisation and […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka has allowed permission to the Chinese built-Pakistani guided missile frigate PNS Taimur to make a port call at Colombo while on its way to join the Pakistan Navy in Karachi. Build by Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai, the warship is on its maiden voyage to Pakistan while exercising en-route with […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana In the wake of Sri Lanka’s request to defer the planned docking of a high-tech Chinese research vessel at the strategic Hambantota Port, China on Monday took a dig at India, saying it was senseless to pressure” Colombo by citing the issue of security concerns. According to reports from Colombo, Sri Lanka has […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says it will not participate in the discussion which was scheduled to be held tomorrow with President Ranil Wickremesinghe regarding an all-party government. Accordingly, the party has decided to submit its relevant proposals to the President in writing, former JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti told Ada Derana. A meeting […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police today sought public assistance to identify the persons who forcibly entered the President’s House in Colombo on 09 July and cause damages to property. Issuing a press release, the Police Media Division said that the Colombo Central Division criminal investigations unit is carrying out investigations to arrest suspects in connection […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) Kesbewa electorate organiser Gayan De Mel has been arrested by police on suspicion of his involvement in six separate incidents of violence that had taken place on May 09th. According to a notification made by Piliyandala Police, the suspect had surrendered to the police through an attorney today (08). […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
KAMALIKA PIERIS The University student was a very important component of the JVP. Undergrads were active in the two insurgencies of 1971 and 1987. In 1971 the army had found large quantities of explosive, weapons, bombs and a transmitter at University of Peradeniya. Uniforms were being stitched in women’s hall of residence, reported General Cyril […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
UK Friends of Galle The Srilankan schools that were closed for two weeks due to fuel and other shortages have reopened on the 25th July 2022 and UKFG has resumed their Free Lunch For Children programme . The situation in Srilanka is still critical. Prices of essential food have gone up by 300% aince April […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 7 (Counterpoint): The proposed docking of the Chinese survey and tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota port from August 11 to 17, has touched off a low-intensity conflict between India and China putting Sri Lanka in a cleft stick. Sri Lanka is desperately in need of financial help from both […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
විමල් වීරවංශ,(පා.ම.) නායක, ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ, ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති මාධ්ය නිවේදනයක් මෙහි දැක්වේ. ඉන්දු- පැසිෆික් වුවමනාවට චීනයට දොර වැසීම නොබැඳි පිළිවෙත නොවේ! ලබන එකොළොස්වැනි දා හම්බන්තොට වරායට පැමිණීමට නියමිතව තිබූ චීනයේ යුවාන් වැන් 05 සන්නිවේදන නෞකාවට එදින පැමිණීමෙන් වළකින ලෙස ශ්රී ලංකා රජය චීන තානාපති […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Courtesy The Daily Mirror China’s embassy has sought an urgent meeting with senior Sri Lankan authorities after Colombo sought a deferment of the planned docking of a high-tech Chinese research vessel at the strategic Hambantota port over which India raised concerns, sources said. The Chinese space and satellite tracking research vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ was […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda said he would not allow the Indians to exploit fisheries resources in the Sri Lankan waters in lieu of India’s donation of food rations. During his visit to Kalpitiya fishery harbour on Friday (06) to study the plan for the proposed development project to extend the […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sinopec, the biggest petrochemical company in China, is likely to enter Sri Lankan market for fuel importing, distribution and selling petroleum products, informed sources said. Cabinet of Ministers in June approved a proposal to allow more companies from oil-producing nations to import oil and start retail operations in Sri Lanka. The […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed three more Covid-19 related deaths for yesterday (06 August). All three patients are males above the age of 60 years, according to the Department of Government Information.
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Tekweni Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 formerly Ceylon, is an island of serendipity where you can expect to see the unexpected. It has a rich history, which is explored in this documentary. Where else would you catch sight of a macaque monkey chewing betel nuts while riding pillion on the back of a bicycle, or a man […]
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Saturday, August 6th, 2022
ජානක පෙරේරා විසිනි යම් සමාජ–ආර්ථික හෝ ජනවාර්ගික ප්රශ්නයක් හේතුවෙන් පැනනගින ඕනෑම සාධාරණ ජනතා විරෝධතාවක් අදූරදර්ශි අන්තවාදීන් පිරිසක් අතට පත්වුවහොත් ඔවුන් එය විකෘති කරති. එතැන් සිට එය විනාශ කාරී ත්රස්ත බලවේගයක් බවට පත්වෙයි. මේ තත්වය අපට පසුගිය දශක කිහිපයේ සිට මේ දක්වාම අපට වරින් වර අත්විඳින්නට සිදුවී ඇත. ගාලුමුවදොර පැවතෙමින් ආ උද්ඝෝෂණවල දී අපේ ආරක්ෂක හමුදා මිනීමරු අපරාධකරුවන් ලෙස […]
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Saturday, August 6th, 2022
ප්ර සමරසිංහ ඒ දවස්වල කලට වැහි වැටෙන තුරු බලා සිටියේ වැඩිහිටියන්, සතා සීපාවා, ගස් කොළන්, ගංගා ඇළ දොළ, ළිං විතරක් නෙවේය, හිච්චන් බලා හිටියෙත් වැස්ස වැටෙන්නේ කොයි වේලාවේද කියාය. පොද වැසි, මල් වැසි වලට වඩා හිච්චන්ගේ මනාපය වූයේ නා කපන වැහි, මොර සූරන වැසිවලටය. වැහි පීලි අගිස්සෙන් දියඇලි රූ මවමින් කඩන් හැලුණු තද හීතල වැහි […]
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Saturday, August 6th, 2022
By Nadira Gunatilleke/Daily News Colombo, August 6: Here are the excerpts from an exclusive interview conducted with the President of the Lawyers for Justice Attorney-at-law and Unofficial Magistrate Ravindra Manoj Gamage on the current situation of law and order of the country. Q: What is the current situation of law and order in Sri Lanka? […]
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