BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS I read a news report in Daily Mirror that the education in Sri Lanka from next year would be in the English medium. It is a good decision and it would support reducing social differences in the country. As we have seen for a long-time education in the English medium is an […]

Sugath Kulatunga It was refeshing to see our Parliament debating for two days on a critical problem of child malnutrition facing the country, without wasting time on splitting hairs on political issues. It is sad that the debate was triggered not on a finding of the government but on a statement made by the UNICEF […]

by Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island According to a media report the Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has set up a committee to evaluate renewable energy project proposals…with the aim of identifying the obstacles to the quick implementation of renewable projects and providing solutions for them” (Daily News, August 27, 2022). This step has […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. The map above shows 4 ideas: A. the division of the island as seven major river basins instead of the 1832 Colebrooke-based artificial nine provinces (1. Yalpanam 2. Rajarata 3. Dambadeni 4. Mahaveli 5. Deegavapi 6. Kelani 7. Ruhunu). B. red line demarcates the mythical Tamil homeland (Eelam) boundary. C. broken […]

Manusha Media  Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said that the foreign exchange sent by expatriate workers to Sri Lanka has increased by 16.4 percent in August compared to July this year, and the number of workers who have registered with the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) to leave for foreign jobs […]

Dilrook Kannangara Having read an interesting article by Garvin Karunaratne prompted me to write this to bring to attention real issues of today that were disregarded in it. In short, if a separate state or states are declared in the northern and eastern provinces, they will be rich and developed countries in a generation thanks […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින එංගලන්තයෙන් දුටුගැමුණු කෙනෙක් ඇවිත්….සිංහල බල මණ්ඩලය ආරම්භ කරලා කොළඹ සිටඅනුරාධපුරය හරහා නුවරට රථ පෙළපාලියක් ගියා…ලෝකය පුරා රටවල කොටි සාමාජිකයන් යුද පුහුණුව ලබන බවප්‍රථම වරට මෙරටට දැනුම් දුන්නේ මමයි… අදටත් ඒ හඬ ගාම්භීරය. සිංහල ජන දුක හමුවේ දැනුදු ඒ හදවත කම්පනයට පත් වේ. හිරු නොබසින අධිරාජ්‍යයේ සැපවත් ජීවිතයක් ගත කිරීමට අවස්ථාව තිබියදී, ඔහු […]

Courtesy Morning Star CHINESE loans to countries facing financial ruin in recent years, including Sri Lanka, Argentina and Pakistan, mean that Beijing is increasingly seen as an alternative to the International Monetary Fund, an analysis published in the Financial Times has found. China’s Belt and Road Initiative had already led to it eclipsing the World Bank as […]

Courtesy The Island ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s central bank chief has informed the speaker of parliament that he has no objections to presenting the country’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) though doing so is a decision up to the minister of finance.Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena informed parliament Friday September 09 morning that Central Bank […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he is focusing on an export oriented, very competitive market economy for Sri Lanka as the country has the opportunity of supplying South Asia, Southeast and east Asia. Our focus is on competitiveness and export markets. That’s what we are working on looking at the industry for technology […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka beat Singapore to win the Asian Netball Championship and also qualify for the 2023 World Cup. Sri Lanka defeated Singapore 63 – 53 at the finals on Sunday (11) to become six-time Asian Netball Champions. Singapore were forced to settle for second at the Asian Netball Championship for a second straight […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka produced a dominant performance to defeat Pakistan by 23 runs in the 2022 Asia Cup final on Sunday.  Bhanuka Rajapaksa (71*) and Wanindu Hasaranga (3/27) were the stars of the night for Sri Lanka as they lifted a sixth continental title in Dubai.  Being invited to bat, the Sri Lankans posted […]

Robin Rapidly Increasing Serum 25(OH)D Boosts the Immune System against Infections-“Sepsis and COVID-19”   Dear Vitamin D Researchers, Medical Professionals and/or Advocates:   Question: Why should doctors or the public notice vitamin D researchers if immunologists are unaware of 25-hydroxyvitamin D’s importance to the immune system?   I can only do a fraction of what I would like to regarding highlighting […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Sept 9 (NewsWire) – Minister of Tourism Harin Fernando has held discussions with the President of the Qatar Football Association Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmed Al-Thani on building an International Football Stadium in Sri Lanka. Minister Fernando said the meeting with the Qatar Football Association President focused on promoting sports tourism. […]

Lanka Lead News ඉන්දියාවේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා තානාපති මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ මහතා විසින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය ඉන්දියාවේ ආර්ථිකය සමඟ ඒකාබද්ධ කල යුතු බවට ඉල්ලීමක් ඉදිරිපත් කළ බව ද daily mirror පුවත්පත වාර්තා කරයි. ඒ පිළිබඳව අදහස් දක්වන දේශපාලන විචාරකයන් සඳහන් කරන්නේ ඉංදියාවේ උපායමාර්ගික උවමනාව මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ කටින් එලියට දැමීම ඉන්දියානු ඔත්තු සේවා සමත් වී ඇති බව ය. […]

By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island It was up to the Minister of Finance Ranil Wickremesinghe to decide whether to present the government’s agreement with the IMF to Parliament, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said yesterday.Earlier, Chief Opposition Whip, Lakshman Kiriella, said that at the next business of the committee meeting, he was planning to ask […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A major tea export company in Sri Lanka has been evading taxes worth US dollars 300 million every year, a government MP told Parliament yesterday. MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage who made this disclosure in Parliament added that none of the companies who run supermarket chains does not pay a single cent as […]

Courtesy Adaderana The President’s Media Division (PMD) says the facilities provided to state ministers have been brought under the management of public expenditure. Accordingly, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has emphasized that all authorities should make every effort to utilize public funds spent by the government in a frugal and efficient manner, taking into account the severe […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has held a discussion with the officials of Lanka Coal Company and the supplier who was awarded the coal term tender. The coal procurement for the Lakvijaya Power Station in Norochcholai was taken up for discussion at this meeting. Due to various misleading statements that were […]

Courtesy Hiru News USAID Administrator Samantha Power announces an additional USD 40 million to Sri Lanka to help farmers purchase fertilizer and other vital agricultural inputs

By Garvin Karunaratne, formerly of the SLAS The Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka happen to be interlocked into the rest of Sri Lanka economically and cannot sustain itself if separated. This fact is well illustrated in the working of government departments that deal with development. My life in the Administrative Service began in […]

Sugath Kulatunga Many parties try to read a systems change factor  which was not there into Gota Go home cry. Aragalaya focused only on  the single objective to send Gota home. The core of the Aragalaya consisted of an urban and semi urban subculture of long haired persons of unconventional appearance who reject conventional values. […]

Courtesy The Telegrapgh (India) ‘We will form a new political alliance under the leadership of Mahinda Rajapaksa’ Sri Lanka’s politically under siege Rajapaksa family would return to dominate once again by forming a new alliance, Namal Rajapaksa, the son of the former president and prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, said on Friday. “We will form a […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government of Sri Lanka today (Sep 09) signed an agreement for financial assistance of USD 203 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific (JFPR) to implement the Food Security and Livelihood Recovery Emergency Assistance Project. In a press release, the […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has advised officials to revise the circulars immediately if it impedes the implementation of development projects, the President’s Media Division (PMD) says. The President chaired a discussion at the President’s Office today (09) to examine the progress of several development projects in the country based on Indian investment cooperation, and […]

Courtesy The Daily News Govt reached only an understanding with IMF Leader of the House Susil Premajayantha yesterday said in Parliament that the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff had only reached an understanding and not signed an agreement. He was responding to a question by NPP and JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake […]

Courtesy The Daily News Chief Government Whip and Urban Development and Housing Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said yesterday that newly appointed State Ministers will enjoy no privileges and therefore, they will not be a burden to the country. Earlier only 20 Ministers were appointed and it became more difficult to maintain lots of institutions coming under […]

Courtesy The Daily News Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena engaged in religious observances at the sacred Katharagama Kiri Vehera. In the year the 66th anniversary of the political and social revolution ushered in by the historic victory of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) Government in 1956 is commemorated, some of the alliance partners have disintegrated and […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mhanuwara 8th Sept. 2022. After all a cabinet by perception is a small cupboard or a small private room and necessarily one cannot call a container a cabinet. Therefore usually, a Cabinet of Ministries has to be small What is more is you can’t have another set of independent ministers from the […]

Senaka Weeraratna  Watch “PM Modi unveils statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate” on The narrative on WW2 is being rewritten in India. The unveiling of a huge sculptured statue of the Liberator of India, Netaji Subash Chandra Bose by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, is a water shed moment for […]