Garvin Karunaratne   I enclose a 2010 writeup on what we did  achieve in the Marketing Department. Perhaps this may move our Prime Minister to Act to establish a Marketing Department today.  [ Price fixing] * Prices at main producer fairs closely monitored * Prices vary on quantities coming in * Prices informed by telegram […]

Sasanka De Silva, Pannipitiya. A couple of days ago, I realized that I was unable to buy any stocks using the platform access given to me by the broker firm, and when they were contacted immediately to know the reason why my ability to buy was brought to near zero rupees, the reply I received […]

Samina Akhter With the aim of increasing bilateral trade and mutual economic cooperation, special attention must be paid to the ‘Middle East’. Bangladesh seeks cooperation in at least 12 sectors from the top ten countries of the Arab world or the Middle East to overcome the ongoing power and energy crisis, the impact of the […]

Samina Akhter, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is expected to visit India and Pakistan next month, according to reports. The Saudi Crown Prince is likely to visit the two countries on November 14 while on his way to the G20 summit in Bali (Indonesia), reports quoting […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, October 25 (newsin.asia): To commemorate the 7th Ayurveda Day, the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Center, the cultural arm of the High Commission of India in Colombo, organized a special  exhibition  on  the  theme  Ayurveda Everyday, Ayurveda Everywhere” for the Sri Lanka Police Force on 22nd October. The key objective of the exhibition was […]

Lanka Lead News ද්විත්ව පුරවැසිභාවය දරන මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් තීරණයක් ගත යුත්තේ මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව මිස පාර්ලිමේන්තුව නොවන බව කථානායක මහින්ද යාපා අබේවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි. ද්විත්ව පුරවැසිභාවය දරන මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් අධිකරණය ඉදිරියේ අභියෝගයට ලක් කිරීමේ හැකියාව රටේ ඕනෑම පුරවැසියෙකුට ඇති බව ද කථානායකවරයා පවසයි. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් දෙතුන් දෙනෙකුට ද්විත්ව පුරවැසිභාවය ඇතැයි තමන්ට දැනගන්නට ලැබී ඇති බවත්, ඒ […]

Lanka Lead News ඉන්දියාව පුරා ඊයේ(24) දීපවාලී උත්සව සැමරෙද්දී ඉන්දීය අගමැති නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි පාකිස්ථාන දේශ සිමාවේ පිහිටි කාගිල් හමුදාකඳවුරේ සෙබළුන් සමග දීපවාලී උත්සවය සැමරු බව වාර්තා වේ. එහිදී තමිල්නාඩුවේ සිට පැමිණ සිටි සෙබළු සුරංගනීට මාළු ගෙනාවා” සිංහල ගීතය ගයමින් අගමැතිවරයා සමග සතුටු වූ ආකාරය අගමැතිවරයාගේ නිල ට්විටර් ගිණුමට එක් කර තිබුණි. මෙම උත්සවයේ දී  ඉන්දීය […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Tissamaharama Magistrate Tharindu Sameera Silva today ordered the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) to conduct a prompt investigation into the incident where a group had harassed and abused animals at Yala National Park recently and also ordered the suspects to be arrested and produced before court. The DWC was further […]

Courtesy Hiru News According to the National STD/AIDS Control Programme sexually transmitted diseases including HIV are spreading more among school and university students. Dr. Rasanjali Hettiarachchi, director of the programme, stated to the correspondents, this situation is mostly reported from the districts of Colombo, Gampaha and Kandy. She also said, in the first five months […]

උපුටාගැණීම අද දෙරණ “the morning” ඉංග්‍රීසි පුවත්පතේ වාර්තාවක් මගින් තම වරප්‍රසාද කඩවී ඇති නිසා ඒ පිළිබඳ පරීක්ෂණයක් පවත්වන්නැයි අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා කථානායකවරයාගෙන් කළ ඉල්ලීම සත්‍ය සඟවමින් කළ ප්‍රකාශයක් බව තරුණ ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ගේ සංගමය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පවසයි. එම සංගමය අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යවරයා වෙත සහ ජනමාධ්‍ය වෙත නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ, පාර්ලිමේන්තු වරප්‍රසාදවලට මුවා වී අමාත්‍යවරයා පසුගිය 21 වෙනිදා පර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී සිදුකළ එම […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Ceylon Today Colombo, October 24: Whenever Ranil Wickremesinghe occupies a seat of power, there is talk of developing Trincomalee harbor and its environs to serve the Eastern and North Central Provinces that had been hard-hit by the 30-year war. Whenever he was in power as Prime Minister he would initiate some moves to develop […]

Lanka Lead News සයිප්‍රසයේ රැකියාවලට ගිය ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන්ගේ සමාජ ආරක්ෂණ මුදල් යුරෝ බිලියන ගණනක් සයිප්‍රසයේ බැංකුවක ගොඩගැසී පවතින බවත්, එහෙත් එම මුදල් ඔවුන්ට ලබාගැනීමට නොහැකි වී ඇති බවත් උත්තර ලංකා සභාගයේ සභාපති, ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, හිටපු අමාත්‍ය විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. එම මුදල් ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන් අතට ගැනීමට අදාළ රාජ්‍යතාන්ත්‍රික සාකච්ඡාව සිදු කර අවශ්‍ය ඉදිරි […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia The initiative will collect excess food and avoid waste. Many children have stopped going to school because lunch is no longer guaranteed. The funds allocated by the government are not enough. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Food banks and food exchange centres have been set up at religious facilities to provide […]

KANIKA GUPTA, Courtesy Nikkei Asia As millions suffer from hunger, officials promise ‘gigantic’ farm modernization A Sri Lankan farmer gestures to show the ideal height of the plants in his paddy in July, as growers struggle amid the economic crisis and the aftermath of a ban on chemical fertilizers.   © Reuters COLOMBO — Sri […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage today reconfirmed that she will leave for US soon to initiate talks on inviting Walt Disney to invest in a theme park in Sri Lanka.  Responding to social media claims that the Disneyland project was false, she said that she was in touch with the […]

By SOUMYA BHOWMICK Courtesy Asia Times The Rajapaksa regime’s tax policies exacerbated endemic weaknesses in the economy Sri Lanka’s fiscal situation has been facing turmoil since the global financial crisis of 2008 as well as the 26-year-long civil war that ended in 2009, draining the country of valuable resources over the years. The present economic breakdown […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has pardoned 08 Tamil prisoners including 03 accused of attempting to assassinate former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga who had consented to their release, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. According to Article 34 of the Constitution of Sri Lanka, the President Ranil Wickremesinghe has granted amnesty to eight Tamil prisoners […]

Shenali D Waduge We gained nominal independence in 1948. Nominal, because the Queen remained Head of State & UK Privy Council was the Highest Court inspite of being called ‘independent’. Hardly, 10 years into post-independence, a prime minister was assassinated, after the 1st prime minister accidentally fell to his death. But we also produced the world’s […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara  Mahanuwara I draw the attention of all patriotic citizens to the following excellent news reported in Ceylon Today as instructions issued by the Presidential Secretariate. The whole nation welcomes this patriotic decision, if it is true, as a timely action taken by the President at a time like this.  In my opinion […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Ferando For the last few years, the SriLankan airline has been making a loss continuously. It is the consensus of everyone that the airline is overstaffed, particularly top-heavy, with millions of rupees to the senior management staff as salaries.  Therefore, the only option would be to privatise the airline. During President […]

By Sanjeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island Despite the old saying, the only sure things in life are death and taxes,” most of those working in Sri Lanka have never paid direct taxes, and those who pay have been enjoying relatively low taxes rates for several decades. We have also been spared a multitude of other […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Deceleration in monthly prices stoke hopes on a consumer price pivot from October Water and electricity tariff hike drives Sept. non-food and overall consumer inflation  UK offers a case for how markets stump governments, which come up with inflationary policies  Sri Lanka’s inflation measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Seven persons who were filming the high security area of ​​the Victoria Reservoir in Theldeniya using drone camera were taken into the custody by the Army personnel attached to the security at the Reservoir. Police said the seven people were taking photographs of the reservoir and the dam while operating a […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping on his re-election as the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China He said in a message to the Xi Jinping that the election results have re-confirmed the strenght and courage that his leadership holds and the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage will be visiting US next month to initiate talks in constructing South Asia’s first Disneyland in Hambantota.  A statement from Gamage’s media unit said that the State Minister will be visiting Burbank in the United States next month to discuss initial plans for an 18-billion […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the delay in the Sri Lankan university system at the commencement of courses would be avoided enabling students to complete their studies within the stipulated duration. The President made this observation during a meeting held with the prefects of Royal College, Colombo at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (22). […]

Courtesy Adaderana Presidential pardons have been granted to a group of prisoners who had been convicted by courts in relation to LTTE activities. The special amnesty was granted for eight LTTE inmates in accordance with the powers vested in the President under the Constitution of Sri Lanka, Additional Commissioner of Prisons, Chandana Ekanayake said. Accordingly, […]

Courtesy Hiru News Ali Sabry, Minister of Foreign Affairs and President’s Counsel says that it will be possible to receive the first loan installment from the International Monetary Fund by the beginning of next year. The minister made these comments while speaking to the media in Colombo yesterday.

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake ‘History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce”  Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte  ‘Make the Economy Scream’  were President Nixon’s instructions to the Central Intelligence Agency, September 1970, as the first Socialist President of Chile, Salvador Allende’s Popular Unity Party swept to power amid Cold War headwinds.[i] According to […]