Ceylon Diary – SBPC Official Channel මෙරට ආගමික අන්තවාදීන්ට තම ආගම පැතිරීමට වල්බුරු නිදහසක් නැතිබව ඔප්පුවෙන ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ නියෝග හා අනිකුත් ව්‍යවස්ථාමය කරුණු.

e-Con e-News India’s Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) ‘spy chief’ Samant Kumar Goel slunk into Colombo to further grab strategic sectors (fuel, ports, etc) and regions (Trincomalee, Mannar, Hill Country, etc) to divide the country. His arrival accounts for the rather muted LTTE Maaveerar Naal or Great Heroes Day on 27 November (see Random Notes).   […]

World Bank Blogs Each year, as we mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, we join our partners to renew our commitment and step up our actions for the prevention and elimination of gender-based violence.   Gender-based violence is a major issue in South Asia, where a staggering two out of five women experience intimate […]

Courtesy Hindustan Times President Ranil Wickremesinghe issued the orders to ensure public health safety, officials said. Sri Lanka on Saturday suspended the transportation of beef and mutton at district and provincial levels after a large number of cattle and goats died in the last two days due to unusually cold weather in areas of north […]

Courtesy The Island The IMF could finalise Sri Lanka’s financing package within three weeks of the country’s main bilateral creditors formally informing the IMF that they would help Sri Lanka restructure its debt, Governor of the Central Bank, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, said on Thursday appearing on a TV programme. Dr. Weerasinghe said that Sri Lanka […]

  KAMALIKA  PIERIS Archaeological excavations in Anuradhapura have shed new light on writing in ancient Sri Lanka. Valuable findings have emerged from the excavations in the Anuradhapura citadel site.  Thirty two pieces of broken pottery, with writing on it, were found in 1984, during excavations at the Anuradhapura citadel excavation site. The writing signified ownership.  […]

Malinda Seneviratne Such diversity! Such passion! Such innovation and creativity! Such courage and heroism! Such were and still are the encomiums floating around in mainstream and new media about the Aragalaya. Yes, there was diversity, passion, creativity, innovation and courage. These however do not necessarily constitute good, healthy, wholesome etc. For example, the LTTE, Al […]

By Dr Sarath Obeysekera Chairman Advisory Board for EDB to develop Marine and Offshore Industry  Preamble This proposal has been made with an action plan to develop NAUTICAL TOURISM with much emphasis on Entertainment Based facilities for tourists who will be tempted to visit Sri Lankan shores. This document is an outline of the idea, and a complete discussion is needed in […]

LANKAWEB EDITORIAL Regardless of all the political upheavals of  change which have been realistically fortuitous for Sri Lanka under the present administration,  the country is still facingunprecedented crises in many areas. Despite all the promises made by the administration which realistically  is of a ‘pro tem’ nature and hardly a legitimately elected one exercised by […]

Dr sarath obeysekera Traffic Safety and Road Conditions While in Sri Lanka, U.S. citizens may encounter road conditions that differ significantly from those in the United States. Vehicular traffic in Sri Lanka moves on the left (British style). Traffic in Colombo can be congested. Narrow two-lane highways, overloaded trucks, poorly driven buses, and a variety […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Says wants to make it clear that based on Sept. and Oct. data, exporters are not keeping money abroad Points out 25% export proceeds not converted due to dollars being utilised for local purchases JAAF reiterates that its members strictly abide by CBSL laws on repatriating export income        […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Daily arrival average increases to 2,302 Russia and India rank as top two source markets for SL tourism United Kingdom regains position as third largest tourist traffic generator for SL Arrivals for January 1-December 7 period total 644,186 Influx contributed by arrival of luxury cruise Azamara The tourist arrivals for the […]

Courtesy Adaderana (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund chief Kristlina Georgieva said she had a fruitful exchange” with her Chinese counterparts this week on her repeated calls for accelerating debt treatments for countries like Zambia and Sri Lanka. Georgieva, World Bank President David Malpass and other financial leaders met in person in China’s Anhui province this […]

Sugath Kulatunga Now, ex-Finance Minister BR has also threatened to bring in new regulations against exporters who default on repatriation of the full amount of export proceeds. Here again, the proposal is confined to exports only and confined to getting back the full amount of the export value as declared. It is not about trade […]

RANJITH SOYSA Yesterday’s Island reported the Minister Bandula Gunawardana claiming that only way to stop the crippling shortages is by selling state assets. And, he was endorsing the remarks of Ranil Wickramasinghe who also was canvassing to sell Telcom, Insurance Corp etc to enable to build a reserve of $3 billion! But, according to a […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D මේ දිනවල රටේ තිබෙන ඊළම් ප්‍රශ්ණය 2023 පෙබරවාරි 4 ට පෙර විසඳන්න බලනවා යන තදියම අතරේ, ඉන්දියන් පෙඩරල් ක්‍රමය ඒ සඳහා විසඳුම යයි NGO ඩොලර් මුදලාලි කෙනෙක්වන ජෙහාන් පෙරේරා විසින් අයිලන්ඩ් පත්‍රයට පසුගියදා ලියූ ලිපිය දැක මෙම සටහන ලිවීමට සිතුනේ ඔහුට ඉතිහාසය මතක් කර දීමටය. ඊළම් ව්‍යාපාරයට කරදෙන සිංහල නම් ඇති […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා හා යුරෝපා සංගමයේ සාමාජික රටවල තානාපතිවරුන් අතර සාකච්ඡාවක්  2022.12.08 දා අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්විණි.රටතුළ ආර්ථික, සමාජීය සහ දේශපාලන ස්ථාවරත්වය ඇති කිරීම සඳහා රජය ගෙන ඇති පියවර සහ එහි ප්‍රතිඵල සම්බන්ධයෙන් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා තානාපතිවරුන් දැනුවත් කළේය.මෙම සාකච්ඡාවට යුරෝපා සංගමයේ තානාපති ඩෙනිස් චිබි (Denis Chibi), ජර්මනියේ තානාපති හොල්ගර් සූබර්ට් (Holger Seubert), නෙදර්ලන්ත […]

Sufian siddique The United States is regarded as the largest democracy or fully democratic nation in the world. The question of whether the United States believes it is its “right” to warn other nations of the world about kidnappings, killings, or violations of human rights may follow from this introduction. However, a number of publications […]

– ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය අංශය දුරදිග නොබලා ජනප්‍රිය තීන්දු තීරණ ගැනීම හේතුවෙන් අද රට බලවත් දුෂ්කරතාවකට මුහුණ දී සිටින බවත්, රටේ අනාගතය යහපත් කිරීමට නම් ජනප්‍රිය නොවන තීන්දු තීරණ ගැනීමට සිදුව තිබෙන බවත් ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා පැවසීය. ජනාධිපතිවරයා මේ බව පැවසුවේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ (08) අයවැය තෙවැනි වර කියැවීමේ විවාදයට එක්වෙමිනි. රට මෙවැනි ආර්ථික අර්බුදයකට පත්වීමට වැරදි […]

Courtesy BBC The Colombo to Badulla railway is so enchantingly beautiful that it’s become a bucket list adventure for many visitors. I was woken by the long, forlorn sound of the siren. The brakes hissed and screeched as our train chugged up the hill and pulled into Radella, a station along one of the most […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Whilst highlighting that a Presidential election is the best option when it comes to seeking a mandate of the people, UNP stalwart Navin Dissanayake today said one could expect a presidential poll in August 2023.  “The best option to hold a Presidential election, as people can elect a new president after […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Chief incumbent of the Maligawatta Sri Bodhirajarama Vihara Uvatenne Sumana Thera has been remanded till December 14 by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court over an alleged financial fraud relating to coconut oil deal. The CID alleged that Sumana Thera had issued eight dishonored cheques amounting to Rs.58 million in lieu of purchasing […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe made special revelations regarding the increase in electricity tariffs and claimed that Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake has no power in this regard. Speaking in Parliament this morning (08 Dec), Wickremesinghe addressed recent concerns pertaining to the proposed increase in electricity tariffs. Stating […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe says a parliamentary select committee will be appointed on a resolution by parliament to look into those who led the economy to bankruptcy with incorrect fiscal policies. The President made this remark joining the debate on budget proposals in parliament today (Dec. 08), in response to a query made by […]

Courtesy Adaderana Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that Sri Lanka can expect approval for the USD 2.9 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) Rapid Financing Instrument in January next year, as creditor assurances from countries including China and India can be obtained this month. Joining ‘@HydePark’ current affairs programme on Ada Derana 24, the governor […]

Courtesy Hiru News President Ranil Wickremesinghe said during the Budget Debate today that a Parliamentary Select Committee will be established on a resolution by the Parliament, to look into those who led the economy to bankruptcy with incorrect fiscal policies. President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the country has had to face adverse repercussions today due […]

Shenali D Waduge Was Sri Lanka’s economic crisis precipitated by an externally planned course to incrementally result in outcome? This is a question Sri Lankans need to ask themselves. How far have Sri Lanka’s elected leaders, paid policy advisors failed to read the external threats & mitigate internal measures to address them, instead of blindly […]

Shenali D Waduge An interesting article by Caitlin Johnstone titled Robbing the Global South, then scorning its poverty: notes from the edge of the narrative matrix” gives much food for thought. She quotes Michael Parenti poor countries are not under-developed”…they are over-exploited”. She claims the poverty of the developing world is as a result of […]

Senaka Weeraratna Today, December 7 is the 81st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour which finally led to the liberation of the oppressed people in European colonies in Asia and Africa and other parts of the world.  The fightback of the Japanese Imperial Army, Navy, and Air Force, and Japanese people destroyed the […]

Manusha Media රට තුළ සේවයේ යෙදෙන ගෘහ සේවිකාවන්ගේ සේවා තත්වයන් සහ ආරක්ෂාව තහවුරු කිරීම සදහා විශේෂ ක්‍රමවේදයක් ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට කම්කරු සහ විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා තීරණය කර තිබේ. ඒ සදහා වන වැඩසහටනක් වහාම ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන ලෙස කම්කරු කොමසාරිස් ජනරාල්වරයාට අමාත්‍යවරයා උපදෙස් ලබාදී ඇත. අමාත්‍යාංශයේ මාසික ප්‍රගති සමාලෝචන සහ ඉදිරි වැඩ සටහන් සැලසුම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් […]