Courtesy The Daily Mirror Foreign Minister Ali Sabry summoned the Canadian Acting High Commissioner Daniel Bood today and expressed the deep regret of the Government on the announcement of unilateral sanctions brought against four individuals including two former Presidents of Sri Lanka by the Government of Canada based on unsubstantiated allegations, the ministry said. Earlier, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s output is estimated to have fallen by 9.2 percent in 2022 as the government ran out of the foreign exchange needed to cover food and fuel imports while the rupee plummeted and imports contracted sharply, and to service external debt, the World Bank says. In its Global Economics Prospects in January 2023, the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Adarsha Karadana, who was recently in the spotlight after releasing a controversial video of her estranged partner former MP Ashu Marasinghe, has been arrested by the Police Computer Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).  Accordingly, Karadana was arrested over a complaint lodged by the former Presidential Advisor, pertaining to a video […]

Courtesy Adaderana The ‘Nidahas Janatha Sandhanaya’ (Freedom People’s Alliance), a new coalition with the combined participation of 10 different political parties, was launched a short while ago.  The novel party was ceremonially launched today (11 Jan.), at the Headquarters of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in Colombo 10.  Accordingly, 10 political parties, including the […]

Courtesy Adaderana A new political alliance under the name ‘Nidahas Janatha Sandhanaya’ (Freedom People’s Alliance) is scheduled to be announced, with the combined participation of 10 different political parties, including those representing the opposition. Accordingly, it is reported that nearly 35 MPs will join the alliance, including former President Maithripala Sirisena, MPs Dullas Alaheppruma and […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The complicated picture of university education in Sri Lanka sends a message that University Education Reforms are required to make radical changes in higher education and is a vital part of the higher education system in Sri Lanka since 1960s and no attempt of reforms have been successful as the misunderstanding of […]

By Sena Thoradeniya Chairman Mao concluded his article titled, Report on An Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan” (1927) quoting the parable of Lord Sheh who loved dragons. As told by Liu Hsiang (77-6 B.C.) Lord Sheh was fond of dragons that he adorned his whole palace with drawings and carvings of them. But […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale “In my mind I see a group of chickens in a cage disputing over a few seeds of grain, unaware that in a few hours they will all be killed,” -Venerable Thích Nhất Hạnh Zen Master late Thich Nhat Hanh was a global spiritual leader, poet, and peace activist, renowned for his […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ” අලුත් ගමක්, අලුත් රටක් ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධතා සහභාගිත්ව සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන  සම්බන්ධයෙන්  දිස්ත්‍රීක් ලේකම්වරුන්  සමග 2023.01.10 දින ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශයේ පැවති  සාකච්ඡාවකදී  අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා මේ බව  අවධාරණය කළේය. එහිදී  වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා –  නැවතී තිබුණු ආර්ථිකය දැන් මේ වෙනකොට වැඩ කරනවා.  වෙනදාට වැඩිය ආර්ථික යන්ත්‍රය  සහ සේවා යන්ත්‍රය වැඩ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ශ්‍රී දළදා වහන්සේට අපහාස වන අයුරෙන් ප්‍රකාශ සිදුකිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් සේපාල් අමරසිංහ ලබන 17 වනදා දක්වා යළි රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කෙරුණා. ඒ කොළඹ ප්‍රධාන මහේස්ත්‍රාත් ප්‍රසන්න අල්විස් හමුවේ අද යළි නඩුව කැඳවූ අවස්ථාවේදීයි. <br /><br />විත්තියේ පාර්ශවයෙන් ඉල්ලා තිබූ ඇප ඉල්ලීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන තීන්දුව එදිනට නිකුත් කරන බවද මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරයා එහිදී […]

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (10 Jan.) further remanded YouTuber Sepal Amarasinghe until 17 January. Amarasinghe was remanded until today on 06 January, on orders of Colombo Additional Magistrate Tharanga Mahawatta, over the recent controversial statements he made about the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy, commonly known as the ‘Sri Dalada Maligawa’. […]

 Lanka Lead News දළදා වහන්සේට අපහාස වන අයුරින් ප්‍රකාශ නිකුත් කළ සේපාල් අමරසිංහ අද දින(10)  කොළඹ මහේස්ත්‍රාත් වෙත යොමුකිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව ලබන 17 දක්වා යළි රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කිරීමට නියෝග කෙරිණි. මෙහිදී විත්තියේ ඇප ඉල්ලීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් තීන්දුව එදිනට නිකුත් කරන බවයි මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරයා පැවසුවේ. කෙසේ වෙතත් අද නඩුව කැදවූ අවස්ථාවේ පැමිණිල්ල වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටි නියෝජ්‍ය සොලිස්ටර් ජනරාල් […]

By Dr Tilak Siyambalapitiya Courtesy The Island At a time the entire society is confused about who does what in determining electricity costs and prices, it would be useful for the learned and intelligent Sri Lankans to examine the correct procedure. What is written here is practiced across the civilized world, in countries where electricity […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror According to the electricity board act and the Public Utilities Commission act, either the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), the Power and Energy Ministry, or the Cabinet Ministers do not have the authority to increase the electricity tariff, Former Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka today said. He told the media […]

Courtesy Adaderana The United National Party (UNP) has decided to join hands with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) to contest the upcoming Local Government (LG) Election. The general secretary of the party, Palitha Range Bandara stated this speaking to the media today. At a recent meeting with electoral organizers of both parties, the UNP […]

Courtesy Hiru News It has been revealed that a Sri Lankan gemstone company that was key to sanctioned terrorist facilitator Ahmed Luqman Talib’s revenue generation in support of Al -Qaida continued doing business after Talib was sanctioned &amp; arrested.

Courtesy Hiru News Canada has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankan state officials, including former Presidents Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa, over alleged human rights violations during the island nation&rsquo;s civil conflict from 1983 to 2009. Minister of Foreign Affairs M’lanie Joly has announced sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Sri Lanka) Act targeting four […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

 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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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, […]

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 […]