Sarath Bulathsinghala Canada is following up on Ban ki-Moon’s Darusman’s Report a clandestine report purportedly made for the eyes of the former UN Secretary of General of the UN – Moon only, but later surreptitiously leaked to the public and now used as a major document to castigate the Sri Lankan government and her past […]

Lanka Lead News ජනාධිපතිවරයා පසුගිය දා උතුරේ කළ සංචාරයේදී එක්තරා දෙමළ පිරිසක් විසින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොලිසියේ නිලධාරීන් මඩ වතුරෙන් නහවමින් සිදු කළ අමානුෂික විරෝධතාව තමන් දැඩි ලෙස හෙළාදකින බව යාපනයේ සිවිල් සංවිධාන කැදවුම්කරු අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ථන් සදහන් කරයි. මෙම ක්‍රියාව සිදුකළේ සමස්ත උතුරේ ජනතාව නොවන බවත්, විවිධ දේශපාලන කණ්ඩායම්වල නියෝජිතයන් හා අතුරුදන් වූවන්ගේ ඥාතීන් ලෙස පවසන […]

By P. K. Balachandran Courtesy Eurasia News China’s EXIM Bank says in a letter to Sri Lanka that the latter need not pay back the principal and interest due on EXIM bank’s US$ 2.8 billion loan that were due in 2022 and 2023.    Reuters reported on Tuesday that the Export-Import Bank of China has told […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Central Bank has said that the interest rates can be relaxed once again with a cash infusion via the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) from International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Central Bank officials told this at the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) which met at the Parliament Complex chaired by Committee […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka is committed to meeting all its debt repayments and is hoping to complete debt restructuring negotiations in the next six months, the country’s central bank chief P. Nandalal Weerasinghe said on Tuesday. “There has been good progress this month with India already pledging financing assurances. We expect assurances from China […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Two members of Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka ( PUCSL) including Deputy Chairman Udeni Wickremesinghe and Member of the Commission Professor Mohan Samaranayake had requested the Ministry of Finance and the defence authorities to probe the incident of alleged storming of civil activists into the PUCSL office on St. Anthony’s […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Retired Major Ajith Prasanna was today sentenced to four years rigorous imprisonment by Supreme Court in connection with a contempt of court The Supreme Court further imposed a fine of Rs. 300,000 for the charges.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror There was a conspiracy hatched to evict former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, where even some of the ministers at that time, got involved, SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said today. He told a news conference that people have now realised it clearly and that they will take proper action against such individuals […]

Courtesy Adaderana The High Commission of Pakistan in Colombo has rebutted a statement made by the Director-General of the Animal Production & Health Department that no eggs can be imported from India or Pakistan due to the outbreak of bird flu. In a letter addressed to the Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Ministry, the high commission […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has summoned the Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy, and the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) for an inquiry as to why they failed to prevent the implementation of power cuts during the ongoing 2022 G.C.E. Advanced Level […]

Courtesy Adaderana (Reuters) – The Export-Import Bank of China has offered Sri Lanka a two-year moratorium on its debt and said it will support the country’s efforts to secure a $2.9 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters. India wrote to the IMF earlier this month, saying it […]

By Garvin Karunaratne The Comilla Programme of Rural Development was implemented in Bangladesh from 1960 to 1969 by a tri cornered effort of the Government of Bangladesh, The Agency for International Development of the United States of America and the Ford Foundation. The Agency for International Development of the US Government handed over the task […]

Sugath Kulatunga The year of the Rabbit has brought Sri Lanka the good news of the two-year moratorium proposed by China on debt repayment. This should be acceptable to all creditors and Sri Lanka. We cannot expect haircuts or of debt cancelation in the present global economic downturn. If SL can achieve the levels of […]

By Engr. Kanthar Balanathan DipEE (UK), GradCert (RelEng-Monash), DipBus&Adm (Finance-Massey), C.Eng., MIEE, Former Director of Power Engineering Solutions Pty Ltd, Consulting Electrical Engineers This is a document of appeal to the Tamil Politicians, Tamil Diaspora Organisations, and Terrorist groups articulating that they are liberation groups, and Tamils who are domiciled in Sri Lanka to give […]

Shenali D Waduge With Indian ferry service, Indian flights direct to Palaly & a history of illegal immigrants from India. In particular when India is the virtual defacto chief minister & governor of the North & controls essentials, even dictates the Sri Lankan govt to supply Jaffna unhindered supply of electricity and fuel. Well-funded campaigns […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The UN Human Rights declaration has evoked a range of attitudes from uncritical admiration to utter contempt. Admirers of Human Rights praise them extravagantly. Human Rights are the inalienable fundamental rights which a person is entitled to simply because he/she is a human being. They are universal in the sense of being applicable […]

Senaka Weeraratna Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948 mainly on the back of Japan’s resounding military victories during the Second World War and the Indian independence struggle. The importance of the overthrow of Western colonial powers in Asia by freedom fighters supported by Japan should not be underestimated. If the intervention of Japan had not taken […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya. Xenophobia is a fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers. It can manifest as prejudice, discrimination, or hostility towards individuals or groups perceived to be foreign or different. Xenophobia can also manifest in the form of political policies or actions that discriminate against or exclude certain groups […]

Shenali D Waduge The Indo-Lanka Accord signed under duress in July 1987 with even Prabakaran held virtual hostage in Delhi until Rajiv Gandhi returned from Colombo to New Delhi, does not mention a word about 13a or devolution. All that the Indo-Lanka Accord mentions is one election for the merged North East province to be […]

Sarath Wijesinghe (President’s Counsel former Ambassador to UAE and Israel former Chairman Consumer Affairs Authority) Consumer his power and the unfortunate plight today Consumer is not aware of his strength and power within as in the other parts of the world where they are a powerful force as an organized group. Today egg issue has […]

Sarath Bulathsinghala 22 Jan 2023 In a by-gone era seven wandering beggars arrived at a wayside resting place- (අම්බලම) in an evening to rest their weary limbs and feed their hungry stomachs. After exchanging pleasantries, they all decided to have some gruel for dinner. All agreed to contribute a handful of rice to the common […]

Shenali D Waduge The US, UK, EU, Canada are eternally parroting the need for an inclusive society, so too does UN & its associated organizations, the western-salaried NGOs/INGOs and civil society also preach need for inclusive, peace-loving, society & their slogans are togetherness”, assimilation” unity” & what not. What is baffling us is, why all […]

Shenali D Waduge We challenge anyone & any country accusing Sri Lanka of genocide” to place their facts first. These facts should give a good background knowledge of what LTTE is & what LTTE did to not only Sinhalese, Muslims, foreigners but also Tamils. LTTE emerged not after the July 1983 riots but in 1972 as […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya Fatal and serious road accidents are very common reporting in the media in Sri Lanka these days. Some common reasons for road accidents include: Distracted driving, such as using a cell phone or eating while driving. Impaired driving, such as driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Speeding or reckless […]

Chanaka Bandarage Courtesy: Vanguard Post News emanating from Sri Lanka shows that there is the tendency to give land and Police powers to the Provincial Governments including the Northern and Eastern provincial governments.  The Sri Lankan Government is under enormous pressure from the TNA (Tamil National Alliance) and other Tamil MPs; it is quite probable […]

Courtesy Teheran Times This past week for an evening in North Carolina I had the pleasure of speaking briefly with Medea Benjamin and hearing her opine about Ukraine to an audience at a local church. A petite, elegant, straight talking Jewish lady, now 70, who for decades has been at the forefront of trying to […]

Harunur Rasid In the cross-border commerce with Bangladesh, Myanmar has been exporting more than it has been importing, with 8,620.7 tonnes of exports to Bangladesh valued at US$10.733 million between April and October of the fiscal year 2022–2023. The two border checkpoints between Myanmar and Bangladesh, Sittway and Maungtaw, saw a 65 percent increase in […]

Manusha Media නීති විරෝධී ක්‍රම ඔස්සේ එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයට පුද්ගලයන් ගෙන්වන අයට එරෙහිව නීතිය තදින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන බවට එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයේ මානව සම්පත් අමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය Abdulrahman Abdulmannan Al Awar මහතා කම්කරු සහ විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතාට සහතික විය. රැකියා සඳහා සංචාරක වීසා මගින් එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයට පැමිණෙන ශ්‍රී ලංකික ශ්‍රමිකයන් […]

බි්‍රතාන්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු ගාල්ලේ දෙව්සිරි පී. හේවාවිදාන ලන්ඩන් නුවර සිට ලියයි බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු ගාල්ලේ දෙව්සිරි පී හේවාවිදාන ලන්ඩනයේ සිට ලියන අලුත්ම ලිපිය 2023 ජනවාරි 22 ඉරිදා සති අග අරුණේ 14වෙනි පිටුවේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථික තත්ත්වය කොතරම් දරුණු වී ඇද්දැයි කියනවා නම් පාසැලට යවන්නේ තමන්ගේ මොන දුවදැයි හා ගෙදර නවතාගන්නේ මොන පුතාදැයි යන අවාසනාවන්ත තත්ත්වයට බොහෝ දෙමාපියන් […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Jan 21 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka expects to get China’s backing for its debt restructuring plan within days to help unlock a $2.9 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, a government official said on Friday, as India pledged further support to its crisis-stricken southern neighbour. The island nation of 22 million people […]