Manusha Media ඉදිකිරීම් සහ සෞඛ්‍ය ක්ෂේත්‍ර සඳහා වැඩි ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන් පිරිසක් බදවා ගැනීමටත්, ගෘහ සේවක සේවිකාවන්ගේ අවම වැටුප ඉහළ නැංවීමටත් අවශ්‍ය පියවර ගැනිමට සෞදි අරාබිය එකගතාවය පළ කර තිබේ. ඒ අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා සහ සෞදි අරාබියේ මානව සම්පත් සහ සමාජ සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු අහමද් බින් සුලෙයිමාන් බින්අබ්දුල් අසීස් අල් රාජ්හි මහතා අතර ඊයේ (08) […]

Empire Files Despite a concerted effort by the U.S. Empire to snuff out the ideology, a 2016 poll found young Americans have a much more favorable view of socialism than capitalism. Though he died 133 years ago, the analysis put forward by one of the world’s most influential thinkers, Karl Marx, remains extremely relevant today. […]

Courtesy The Real News Network  In the first of a two-part interview, Chris Hedges and Noam Chomsky explore the links between militarism, rising fascism, and climate catastrophe. World-renowned linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, essayist, and political activist Noam Chomsky joins The Chris Hedges Report for the first of a two-part interview. Chomsky has been a vocal critic of […]

Nalin Rajapaksha “ප්‍රභාගේ උපතේ සිට මරණය දක්වා විශේෂ අනාවරණයක්” – ප්‍රභාගේ පවුල ලඟින්ම ඇසුරු කළ වෛද්‍යවරයෙක් හෙළිකරයි

Courtesy The National Peace Council Since the end of the civil war, hate narratives and extremist ideologies spread by nationalistic groups and politicians have gradually changed the mindset of citizens to suspect other ethno religious groups. Trust among communities had been lost and furthered eroded by the Easter Sunday attacks, undermining religious coexistence. The tendency of […]

Courtesy Business Insider The Adani Group will become the first Indian port operator in Sri Lanka as construction of the Colombo Port’s Western Container Terminal (WCT) is set to start on Wednesday. The group will have the majority stake in the West Container International Terminal Joint Venture (JV) which is valued at $700 million. The build-operate-transfer (BOT) agreement which […]

By Dr. Justice Chandradasa Nanayakkara Courtesy The Island Greed is a burning desire, unquenchable thirst, a craving and lust. People who are greedy want the objects of their desire to provide them with lasting satisfaction so they feel fulfilled, whole, and complete. Greed creates an inner hunger so that that they always seem to be […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, yesterday (08) said that the party leaders were yet to respond to his request for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to examine TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran’s criticism of the Supreme Court. Minister Rajapakse said that he was quite disappointment over […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) says that the Sri Lankan economy, which faced extreme headwinds and heightened uncertainties during the first half of 2022, has shown signs of stability in the second half of the year so far. In a report titled Recent Economic Developments: Highlights of 2022 and Prospects for […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Colombo Fort Magistrate today remanded a catholic priest on charges of having cheated a man of Rs.8 million on a promise of providing a Prado Jeep imported from Japan. Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage remanded Fr. Warnakulasuriya Leslie Fernando till November 22 after being produced before Court by Colombo Fraud […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Some 81 schoolchildren who were addicted to drugs have been sent for rehabilitation within the first nine months of this year, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said today. He told Parliament that three children who are between 1 and 14 year-old and 78 children aged between 15 and 19 years were among […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Pitches SL as a safe and secure destination that places hospitality at its core Says country cheaper than competitors and offers value for money Tourism Minister Harin Fernando appealed to international travellers to add Sri Lanka to their travel wish list, assuring tourists are cushioned from the economic shocks the country […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Regulating of international schools will begin next year, Minister of Education Susil Premajaynatha told Parliament today. Responding to a question raised by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, the Minister said the Department of Education will only look at the available space in schools, available facilities and other criteria such as education qualifications […]

Courtesy Adaderana The revenue of Rs. 16 billion that the government lost after the special commodity levy imposed on sugar was slashed by the previous administration in 2020, Acting Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says.  He made this remark in parliament today (Nov. 09), presenting a document compiled by the Commissioner-General of the Inland Revenue Department […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara says that after 06 months of discussions, the officials of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) have finally mapped out a plan to accommodate more than 2,800 Mega Watts of renewable energy to the existing grid between 2022-2026.  In a tweet, the minister said that he had a […]

Courtesy Adaderana Preparations are underway for the parliamentarians of several political parties to join the United National Party (UNP) and to support the government in the upcoming budget, according to political sources. Accordingly, the sources further claim that nearly 13 MPs of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will join […]

Garvin Karunaratne, former GA Matara It is only a Philip Gunawardena that can do it. I happened to have worked with him. He was the Minister for Food and Agriculture and me an Assistant Commissioner of Marketing at Ratnapura, my first year of service. Down came an immediate transfer for me to the Tripoli Market […]

Senaka Weeraratna The command ‘ Kill and Eat animals ‘ found and endorsed in all Abrahamic religions is a throwback to the primitive hunter-gatherer mindset that prevailed at the commencement of the life of the Homo Sapiens species. Basically, it means you live off other species. But this conduct is morally indefensible for a higher […]

Samina Akhter, A Dhaka, Bangladesh based author and columnist According to reports of pro-government media outlet of Myanmar, Global New light of Myanmar, Myanmar’s export has been surpassing imports in the cross-border trade with Bangladesh and 8,620.7 tonnes of exports to Bangladesh was estimated at US$10.733 million between April and October in the 2022-2023 financial […]

Samina Akhter, A Dhaka, Bangladesh based author and columnist. After mortars landed in Bangladesh during attacks against the Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine State, border soldiers from Bangladesh and Myanmar’s junta promised to mend bilateral ties on Sunday. The Rakhine region of Myanmar, which borders Bangladesh, has seen a number of airspace violations over the […]

Courtesy Aljazeera UN agencies in Sri Lanka say they raised $79m in aid, they need an additional $70m to cater to growing number of poor people. The number of people in Sri Lanka needing urgent humanitarian help has doubled to 3.4 million, the United Nations has said as it warned of a worsening food crisis […]

By CANDACE SUTTON and STEPHEN GIBBS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Courtesy MailOnline Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka charged over alleged sexual assault  Injured star was preparing to leave Sydney when arrested at team’s CBD hotel Gunathilaka has been moved to Parklea jail in western Sydney on remand 31-year-old arrested in luxury city hotel early on Sunday and handcuffed  […]

Written by Mihir Mishra  Courtesy The Indian Express The Reserve Bank of India had announced guidelines on overseas trade in Indian Rupee in July. In part, this is also aimed at curtailing India’s dollar dependence for trade, and indirectly strengthen the domestic currency. On the lines of an arrangement being worked out with Russia, India is […]

Courtesy Adaderana Senior Advisor to the President on National Security and Chief of Staff of the President Sagala Ratnayake recalled that Faris Hadad-Zervos, the World Bank Country Director for Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka was amazed with the action policy and the vision of President Ranil Wickremesinghe which was revealed during their meeting recently. The […]

Courtesy Adaderana Senior Advisor to the President on National Security and Chief of Staff of the President Sagala Ratnayake recalled that Faris Hadad-Zervos, the World Bank (WB) Country Director for Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka was amazed by the action policy and the vision of President Ranil Wickremesinghe which was revealed during their meeting recently. […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt said that unbridled industrialization of the developed countries is the root cause of climate change, leaving the poor to suffer the consequences. He said that the problems facing poor countries are augmented due to the absence of adequate funding. As […]

Courtesy Adaderana Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong has reiterated China’s continued assistance to Sri Lanka in overcoming the country’s debt crisis. Qi Zhenhong has given this assurance during an extensive discussion held with State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe yesterday (Nov 07) on Sri Lanka’s debt issue. In a tweet, the Chinese Embassy […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka has 4 land registers & successive governments continue to pass amendments without passing 2 simple insertions that would protect land owners & their lands including State land. Whether this is being done intentionally or on the advice of advisors or ignoring advice is something the legislature needs to answer. Land […]

ෆීනික්ස් නීති සඟරාව. වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන. සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය සහ නීති විභාග පැවැත්වීම වළක්වා ඇති අලි සබ්‍රිගේ ගැසට් පත්‍රයට එරෙහිව ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිට කළ ඉල්ලීමට අනුව ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශයට යොමු කළ ලිපියට කුමක් වීද? සිංහල භාෂාව රාජ්‍ය භාෂාව බවට 1972 ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව මගින් පත්කර තිබුණි. ඒ අනුව […]

Media Release High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi  A bust of Sir D.B. Jayatilaka, the first Representative of Sri Lanka to India, commissioned by the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi in a bid to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Sri Lanka sending her first Representative to India in 1942, was […]