By Rohana R. Wasala I wrote a long feature article (entitled ‘Case of a modern day arhant’) in September/October 2017 about a controversial Buddhist monk named Pitiduwe Siridhamma. This person (b. 1975) became a bhikkhu in his mid-twenties, as he claims, on leaving the university with a bachelor’s degree in science. In the course of […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ සිංහල බෞද්ධත්වයේ දිගටම සිදුවන වැටීම නිදහස ලැබීමෙන් අනතුරුව සිංහල බෞද්ධත්වයේ නැඟීමක් වෙනුවට වූයේ තව දුරටත් බිඳ වැටීමකි. ධර්මපාලතුමන් සඳහන් කළ පරිදිම සුද්දන් ගිය පසු කළු සුද්දෝ සිංහල බෞද්ධත්වය පාගා දැමීමට, ගැරහීමට ලක් කළහ. අද කළු සුද්දන්ට අමතරව වෙනත් බොහෝ අයද මේ දේට සම්මාදම් වෙත්. බෞද්ධයන් දිගින් දිගටම ක්‍රිස්තියානිකරණය වූහ. මෙය අද ඉතා සීග්‍ර […]

MEDIA STATEMENT The Auditor General has issued a Special Audit Report dated 17th November 2022 on the above mentioned project proposal is now published in the National Audit Office website with the following link : http://www.auditorgeneral.gov.lk/web/images/audit-reports/upload/2022/special/Light-Rail-Transit/Final-Report-LRT.pdf We, the members of the Committee that had been appointed in 2020 to review public investment projects, wish to […]

T Navajyoti Geneva, 14 December 2022: Ukraine and Mexico emerge as  the most dangerous countries for media work this year, stated the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) in its annual report published in Geneva on Wednesday. Since January, 115 media workers have been killed in 29 countries around the world and the number of victims is […]

Sugath Kulatunga A few days back Derana TV in their Rebuild Lanka program had a very interesting episode on investment promotion. It was very positive. The contrast presented between the Singapore procedure and that of Sri Lanka was revealing. That discussion made me give some thought to the subject. In the beginning, the GCEC made […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera An example of  failing a SOE is  Restructuring of     Dockyard Dockyard  One of the main features of the privatization was to hand over 10% shares to workers in the restructured company  As mentioned in a tv talk President DBW and a few leaders of JSS which was the state-sponsored union […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reiterated that he would work towards resurrecting the country from bankruptcy. Addressing an event in Kadawatha today (Dec. 14), the Head of State pledged to build a debt-free economy and to create a stable economy that is able to pay its debts. He attributed the country’s bankruptcy to the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is expecting loans of up to USD 5 billion next year from multilateral agencies besides a deal with the IMF, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry told Reuters, adding that the government could raise up to USD 3 billion through the restructuring of state assets. Apart from what we get from the IMF, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The executive board of the International Monetary Fund is not expected to formally approve Sri Lanka’s $2.9 billion bailout before year-end, a key step required for the embattled country to receive funding, two sources familiar with the matter said. Seeking a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades, Sri Lanka reached […]

Courtesy Hiru News President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed that he will definitely work towards resurrecting the country from bankruptcy and stressed that he will build an economy that is free from debt and create a stable economy that is able to pay its debts. He said during the opening of the Toyota Lanka fulfilment Centre in […]