Archive for January 9th, 2023

Govt. refutes claims that Sri Lanka’s forest cover has reduced to 16%

Monday, January 9th, 2023

Courtesy The Morning  Conservator General of Forests K.M.A Bandara has refuted media reports implying that Sri Lanka’s forest cover has reduced to 16%. He said this in response to a query made regarding the media report on the instructions of President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. The Presidential Secretariat had focused […]

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Is importing eggs such a bad idea?

Monday, January 9th, 2023

BY Sumudu Chamara Courtesy The Morning Balancing consumer demand for cheap protein against the low level risk of possibly introducing Avian influenza/bird flu and evading local egg production industry issues Sri Lanka is struggling to deal with what could be described as one of the most controversial food-related issues stemming from the economic crisis. The […]

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Our goal is $ 1 b forex per month: Manusha Nanayakkara

Monday, January 9th, 2023

By Marianne David Courtesy The Morning Focus on sending skilled workers for foreign jobs Working to prevent human trafficking, smuggling Expects foreign remittances to increase this year Benefits introduced to encourage remittances Upskilling domestic aides as housekeepers New foreign employment markets identified Now digitising foreign employment sector While Sri Lanka recorded the highest-ever number of […]

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ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ නායක අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක කියන්නේ නොම්බර එකේ දේශපාලන ජාවාරම්කාරයෙක්

Monday, January 9th, 2023

තිසර සමල් – අනුරාධපුර ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ නායක අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක කියන්නේ නොම්බර එකේ දේශපාලන ජාවාරම්කාරයෙක් යැයි  බුද්ධිමය අරගලය සිවිල් සංවිධානයේ නායක චන්දන ප්‍රේමසිංහ මහතා පැවසීය. අද (09) පෙරවරුවේ අනුරාධපුරයේදී මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් කැඳවමින් ඒ මහතා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටියේය. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ ඒ මහතා, අපි සියලු දේශපාලන පක්ෂ වල දේශපාලන ජාවාරම් දුෂ්ඨිවාදීව, විමර්ශනශීලීව පෙන්වා දුන්නා, ඒ […]

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ජාත්‍යන්තර මුල්‍ය අරමුදලෙන් රටට ලැබෙන සහයෝගය ගැන දේශපාලන කෝණයෙන් නොබලා අපි එකතු වෙලා කටයුතු කළ යුතුයි

Monday, January 9th, 2023

තිසර සමල් – අනුරාධපුර ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ සහාය ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියන 2.9කට සීමා කරන ප්‍රකාශ සිදු කරන්නේ IMF හි ක්‍රියාකාරිත්වය ගැන නොදන්නා කණ්ඩායම් විසින්…මුදල් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ෂෙහාන් සේමසිංහ ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියන 2.9කට සීමා කරන ප්‍රකාශ සිදු කරනු ලබන්නේ IMF හි ක්‍රියාකාරිත්වය ගැන නොදන්නා කණ්ඩායම් විසින් බව මුදල් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ශෙහාන් සේමසිංහ මහතා […]

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මහව – ඕමන්තේ රේල් පාරට ඉන්දියාවට හතර ගුණයක් ගෙවයි

Monday, January 9th, 2023

 Lanka Lead News දේශීය දැනුම, ශ්‍රමය හා අමුද්‍රව්‍ය යොදා ගනිමින් රේල් පීලි පමණක් ආනයනය කර මහව – ඕමන්තේ රේල් පාර ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණය කිරීම සදහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දුම්රිය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් ඇස්තමේන්තු කළ මුදලට වඩා හතර ගුණයක වැඩි මුදලකට ඉන්දියාවට කොන්ත්‍රාත්තුව ලබාදීම පිළිබදව දුම්රිය ඉන්ජිනේරු අංශ විමතිය පළ කරති. ඒ පිළිබදව අදහස් දැක්වූ හිටපු දුම්රිය සාමාන්‍යාධිකාරීවරයකු සහ අමාත්‍යංශ […]

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Indian Bank to hold special Rupee Vostro accounts of 3 Sri Lanka banks

Monday, January 9th, 2023

Courtesy The Firstpost With the help of Vostro account in local currency, Sri Lanka will be able to seamlessly import from neighbouring India without worrying about its depleting dollar supply. New Delhi: Economic crisis-hit Sri Lanka has been keen to trade in the Indian rupee and to speed up the process, an Indian public sector bank […]

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Watch: Elephant crossing the road attacks van, passengers manage to escape

Monday, January 9th, 2023

Courtesy Scroll.in The incident took place in the temple town of Katharagama in Sri Lanka, where pilgrims were travelling in the van.

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Sri Lanka out of intensive care, but still in the trauma ward

Monday, January 9th, 2023

Author: Editorial Board, ANU Courtesy East Asia Forum If you think your New Year hangover was bad, spare a thought for Sri Lanka. In 2022 what was once a dynamic economy on its way to high middle-income status became a cautionary tale of how rotten politics, and the bad policy it produces, can trump otherwise […]

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People who feed wild elephants will be arrested: Wildlife

Monday, January 9th, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Wildlife officials have been advised by their director general to arrest people who feed wild elephants and those cause harm to them, after increasing incidents have been reported. Director General of Wildlife Department, Chandana Suriyabandara said that incidents were reported not only on the Buttala-Kataragama road, but also in other places […]

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Cabinet gives consent to implement cost effective electricity tariff from Jan.

Monday, January 9th, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Kanchana Wijesekera, Minister of Power and Energy stated that cabinet approval has been granted to amend the general policy guidelines for the electricity industry and to implement a cost-effective electricity tariff beginning from January 2023.

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PUCSL refuses to accept tariff hike, says CEB doesn’t incur huge loss

Monday, January 9th, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) today said that they cannot accept the proposed electricity tariff hike and said the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is not incurring a huge loss over the past few years. While accepting the public petition signed by 6.9 million electricity consumers at his office, […]

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IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA A HERO OR VILLAIN?

Monday, January 9th, 2023

By Sanjeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island Currently there is an ongoing tussle between the Power & Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera (KW) in one corner and Janaka Ratnayake (JR), the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), in the other. As a result, the Minister is on his own, whilst JR is supported […]

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FIFA World Cup and One Love

Monday, January 9th, 2023

K . Venkat Once the FIFA World Cup started in Qatar, some of my virtue-signaling white friends went on an overdrive. Captains of a few European football teams had insisted on wearing the ‘One Love’ armband, ostensibly to express solidarity with homosexuals, whom Qatari laws persecute. The Qataris knew how to deal with this neo-aggression. […]

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