Courtesy Hiru News President Ranil Wickremesinghe held bilateral talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The discussions are taking place in Tokyo, Japan. President Ranil Wickremesinghe also called on His Majesty Emperor Naruhito at Imperial Palace in Tokyo. President Wickremesinghe left the island last morning (Sep. 26) on […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The administration of Sri Lanka has encountered a gigantic task of uniting the people of the country after the ARAGALAYA, the challenge seems to be an arduous task. People in the country are divided based on various ideologies and policy matters of the government. It is natural, that people have a variety […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Since the administration of King Vijaya, the application of values did not work in society because the behaviour of King Vijaya showed that he had no values and was not concerned about practising values in society. King Vijaya was a lawbreaker and was deported from his country as he was behaving harmful […]

Sugath Kulatunga, Derana TV Channel must be congratulated on the new program they have introduced under the title ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka’ and brilliantly conducted by the dynamic Chatura de Alwis. I hope other channels also follow this example and devote more time on development issues rather than wasting time on never ending cheap TV drama […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya It is not a secret that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has never made any profits.  The public must always chip in by paying more taxes to cover their expenses by pumping money from the government coffers. Another generator at the Norochchole plant has been shut down, and social media is […]

Courtesy CNA MANILA/TOKYO: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is ready to provide further financial support to Sri Lanka, a top official of the regional lender said on Tuesday (Sep 27), as the Indian Ocean nation battles its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades. The remarks came after an ADB pact this month for […]

By Feizal Samath Courtesy TTG Asia Sri Lanka is planning to offer a 49 per cent ownership and management stake in its loss-making national carrier to cut losses and transform the airline to a profitable venture. The move would signal a return to foreign management and partnership after a 10-year contract with Emirates ended in March […]

Steve Forbes Forbes Staff Courtesy Forbes For decades, the International Monetary Fund has been the scourge of countries that get into economic trouble, yet its authority has never been seriously challenged. Today, this is especially dangerous. The deadly combination of inflation and food shortages is putting numerous nations on the brink of disaster. A few, most […]

Courtesy Adaderana Expression of opinions on social media by public officers without following the Establishment Code shall constitute an offence leading to disciplinary action, the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration says. This was conveyed in a circular titled Expression of opinions on social media by public officers” published today (Sep. 27). In the […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe held discussions with Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi this morning in Tokyo. During the meeting, Foreign Minister Hayashi welcomed Sri Lanka’s progress with the IMF and expressed his country’s willingness to take a leading role in Sri Lanka’s creditor talks, the PMD reported. President Wickremesinghe expressed regret over the breakdown […]

Courtesy orinoco tribune The IMF released a report today on the Bolivian economy in which it recommends adopting drastic neoliberal measures, including; reducing workers’ salaries, cutting public investments, and ending currency controls. These policies have turned Bolivia from one of the poorest countries in the region into it’s fastest-growing economy. The report takes aim at […]

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Dilrook Kannangara Many nations including Sri Lanka face a hunger problem. Instead of looking for easy ways out, blaming this and that and finding faults with everything suggested, nothing much happens in Sri Lanka. Various types of beans grow in all parts of the island. Beans can be grown in a small garden. Almost all […]

Manusha Media විදේශ ගත ශ්‍රමිකයින් සදහා වන විශ්‍රාම වැටුප් යෝජනා ක්‍රමය ආරම්භ කළේ විදේශ ගත ශ්‍රමිකයින්ට අපගේ ප්‍රතිඋපකාරය පළ කිරීමටයි – අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මනුසවි විශ්‍රාම වැටුප් යෝජනා ක්‍රමය අරඹමින් කියයි මනුෂ්‍යත්වයේ නාමයෙන්, දශක ගණනාවක විගමනික ශ්‍රමිකයන්ගේ අපේක්ෂාව යථාර්ථයක් කරමින්,  ‘මනුසවි‘ සමාජ ආරක්ෂණ දායක  විශ්‍රාම වැටුප් යෝජනා ක්‍රමය ආරම්භ කිරීමට හැකි වූ බවත්, ඉදිරියේ දී […]

Chandre Dharmawardana I have gone thorough the following U-tube video and I am sad to see this kind of unsubstantiated claims misleading the public. This is just one of many. [ටවුම මැද්දේ වගා කරන, ගල් පොළොවේ කුඹුරු කරන, ගොවි රජාගේ විශ්වකර්ම වැඩ I urge the Sri Lankan scientific community to not to ignore this sort […]

Courtesy Hiru News Today, 8 state-of-the-art CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) Screening Vehicles (mobile labs) worth LKR 660 million donated by China entered commissioning in 8 CKDu affected areas, i.e. Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Ampara, Kurunagala, Matale, Badulla. SriLankan people especially in the rural area are suffering in relation to CKD, known as the “silent killer”;, […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that discussion on restructuring Sri Lanka’s bilateral debt has already commenced with India and China at a lower level and that he is visiting Japan to discuss their role it the process. He stated that talks with China would go to a higher level probably after the National Congress […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka is to purchase crude oil from Iran on a government to government deal, a Minister said today. Foreign Minister Ali Sabry told Daily Mirror over the phone that he had a cordial discussion with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on the sidelines of the 77th Session of the UN […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lankan officials promote ad-hoc bilateral creditor platforms to expedite process  Bilateral assurances expected around mid-November  Private creditor assurance could come by way of ‘good faith’ engagement by officials  ISB holders form two groups representing international and local bondholders to assess restructuring   Any fund disbursements from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya. It is obvious that there is some behind-the-scenes work involved in the recent coal tender revocation. Calling for a new tender allows opportunists to gain an unfair advantage and deceptive gains once more. How to avoid such an incident occurring in the future is as paramount as securing the next consignment […]

සුදත් ගුණසේකර මහනුවර 25.9.2022. මේ සඳහා මැතිවරණ කොමිසම  ප්‍රකාශය  කරණුයේ නොවැ  11 දාට පසුව බවද  දැනට පවතින ආසන සන්ක්‍යාව අඩුකිරීමට  පාර්ලිමේන්තු කාරක සභාවේ නිර්දෙශ සහ සන්සෝධන මෙතෙක්ලැබි නොමැති බැවින් මේ වරද පසුගිගිය, එනම් 2018 පැවැති මැතිවරණයේ දී තොරාගත් නොයෝජිතයින්  සන්ක්‍යාවම තෝරාගන්නා බවද මැතිවරණ  කොමිසන් සභාවේ සභාපති පවසා ඇතැයි  නො 25 ඉරිදා අරුණ පුවත් පතේ සඳහන් […]

A Guide for Practitioners Courtesy Worldbank Group 5.1 Introductory RemarksEfforts toward asset confiscation are of little value if, at the end of the day, no asset is available for confiscation. Stolen assets may be hidden or moved out of reach in a short period, while investigation and confiscation proceedings may take years, often giving the […]

By Dr Tilak S. Fernando Recently, Chanaka Senanayake (we are only one nation-one country, one law and one nationality & one language organisation) interviewed the Sri Lankan media. He said Sri Lanka owes International Monitory Organisations a sum of US $55 billion in loans. However, out of that US$55, a sum of US$30 billion had […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 25 (newsin.asia): Foreign Minister Ali Sabry enunciated Sri Lanka’s vision in his address to the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 24. Pitching strongly for multilateralism, Sabry said that now is indeed a watershed moment for the international community: a moment of great challenge and […]

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United States of America On September 23, 2022 local time, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Wang Yi expressed, China and Sri Lanka are each […]

Courtesy Adaderana China and Sri Lanka have agreed to speed up the negotiation process and strive for an early conclusion of a free trade agreement, thereby boosting the confidence in and stabilizing the expectations for their economic and trade cooperation, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met […]

Courtesy Hiru News A new consignment of medicine worth 12.5 million RMB (650 million LKR) donated by China under its 500 million RMB emergency humanitarian assistance has departed Chengdu, China and is scheduled to arrive at Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport on Friday (23rd) evening via a charter flight of Sichuan Airlines. With a total volume […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka expects the International Monetary Fund board to approve a $2.9 billion loan by year-end, officials from the country’s central bank told investors during a virtual presentation on Friday, sources participating in the event said.

Courtesy Adaderana The police have arrested at least 84 individuals today following the protest organized by the Socialist Youth Union this evening Sep. 24). According to the police, two Buddhist monks and four females are also among the arrestees. The national organizer of the union, Eranga Gunasekara has also been arrested by the police. Earlier […]

 Lanka Lead News අරගලයට නව ජවයක් – තරුණ බලය යළි කොළඹට” යන තේමාව යටතේ සමාජවාදී තරුණ සංගමය අද (24) කොළඹදී සංවිධානය කර තිබූ විරෝධතාව අතරතුර කලහකාරී ලෙස හැසිරුණු විරෝධතාකරුවන් 84 දෙනෙක් පොලිස් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබේ. කොළඹ පුරහල අසලින් ගමන් ආරම්භ කළ පාගමන කොළඹ කොටුව දක්වා ගමන් කිරීමට සැලසුම් කර තිබූවද විරෝධතාකරුවන් ඩීන්ස් පාර ඔස්සේ මරදාන […]