KAMALIKA PIERIS Pediatrician Manouri Senanayake researched into child hood and child care in ancient Lanka for her book titled Pediatrics and child care in Sri Lanka” (2007).  She found that the ancient literature yielded some information about childhood in ancient Sri Lanka.  Literary works emphasis the mother’s affection for her child. Childhood in ancient Sri […]

Sugath Kulatunga No country in the world has been able to move from low- to middle- and high-income status without undergoing the process of industrialization. STIGLITZ. (Nobel Laureate & former chief economist of the World Bank) At independence Sri Lanka (Ceylon) had a stable democracy, a sound economy, and an efficient public service.  Our external […]

පේශල පසන් කරුණාරත්න කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ වලල්ලාවිට ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසයට අයත් 849-D ග්‍රාම සේවා වසමේ බොදු බැතිමතුන්ගේ ආධ්‍යාත්මික හා සමාජීය දියුණුව සඳහා විශාල අඩුපාඩුවක් ව පැවති බුද්ධ මන්දිරයක අවශ්‍යතාවය ඉටුකර ගැනීම සඳහා නාවලකන්ද සමනල යෞවන සමාජයේ සභාපති පේශල පසන් කරුණාරත්න මහතාගේ මූලිකත්වය යටතේ යෞවන සමාජ තරුණ තරුණියන් ඇතුළුව ප්‍රදේශ වාසීන්ගේ දායකත්වයද ලබා ගනිමින් අභිනව බුද්ධ මන්දිරය […]

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 Solar System It is assumed and recorded that the solar system formed into its current outline about 4.5 billion years ago. It is presumed that the earth and the other planets are whirling and […]

Insight – නැණස කොටි නායකයා සමඟ යුධ හමුදා කපිතාන්වරයා පැවැත්වූ සම්බන්ධය ගැන තිස්පස් වසරකට පසුව කියන අමුතු කතාව පැවැත්වූ සම්බන්ධය ගැන තිස්පස් වසරකට පසුව කියන අමුතු කතාව

Prime Minister’s Media Unit Commader of the Pakistan Navy Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees on February 27. During the discussions, the Prime Minister thanked Pakistan for the support extended to Sri Lanka during the armed conflict as well as at the international forums. He also […]

Jubeda Chowdhury  columnist, researcher ‘Alone we can do very little; Together we can do so much’. These words of the American writer Helen Keller are remarkably appropriate in the context of electricity for South Asian countries. Despite the huge potential, very little cooperation between countries in the region has been realized on electricity. Bangladesh, Bhutan, […]

Pathik Hasan Dhaka, Bangladesh The economy of Bangladesh is gradually improving. As a result of the increase in the country’s GDP, the per capita income has increased and the standard of living is improving as compared to before. Although the economic momentum has been somewhat hampered in the past few years due to the corona […]

Written by Arun Janardhanan  Courtesy The Indian Express Santhan is the only Lankan national among the four to have expressed his wish to return to the country. A top official in the Trichy district collector’s office said a review of Santhan’s papers are pending. Nalini Sriharan (PTI Close to four months after the six convicts in […]

BY MEERA SRINIVASAN Courtesy The Hindu Businessline The announcement came days ahead of a mass protest announced by worker unions against the steep rise in taxes and living costs Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared public transport services essential”, in a move that outlaws strike action by those working in the sector. The announcement came […]

By P. K. Balachandran Courtesy Eurasia Review Teenage pregnancy is lower in Sri Lanka than in other countries in South Asia, but it varies with varying socioeconomic conditions within the island   In Sri Lanka, teenage pregnancy is lower than it is in most other developing countries, including South Asian countries. But there are noticeable differences […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Court of Appeal today issued a writ of certiorari quashing the charges against former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake in connection with two cases filed in Colombo High Court over Central Bank bond issuance. Court of Appeal two-judge-bench comprising Justices Sobhitha Rajakaruna and Dhammika Ganepola made this order consequent to the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Earnings from merchandise exports declined by 11.3% to USD 978 in January 2023, as opposed to those recorded in January 2022. Meanwhile, the deficit in the merchandise trade account narrowed to USD 410 million in January 2023 from USD 857 million recorded in January 2022, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) reported. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police have refuted recent claims that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has commenced a probe into an alleged assassination attempt on the President. Police stated that earlier today (28 Feb.), the website of a renowned radio station posted an article about the CID launching an investigation into a conspiracy to assassinate […]

Courtesy Adaderana The chairpersons of the People’s Bank and the Bank of Ceylon (BOC) both emphasized that their respective banks are ready to serve their customers tomorrow (March 01), the President’s Media Division (PMD) says. They expressed their confidence that it is the responsibility of all public servants to support the government’s program to build […]

Senaka Weeraratna For many years it was the propaganda of the Victors full of hate speech directed towards the losers i.e., Axis powers, Germany and Japan, and demonizing one of them i.e.Japanese, as cannibals and savages that characterized the WW2 narrative.  The people of Asia no longer accept the Western sponsored narratives as Gospel truths. […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. VIEWS   A River for Jaffna and the concept of Jana Sabha   C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D.   After reading the essay by Rama Somasuderam on the issue of fresh water supply to Jaffna,   [Jaffna Saltwater SchemePosted on February 25th, 2023   Researched and written by Mr. Rama Somasunderam retired […]

BY Mirudhula Thambiah Courtesy The Morning No action into Karannagoda committee recommendation yet Police, Defence Ministry say matter in President’s hands The Police stated yesterday (27) that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is yet to commence investigations into former Army Commander and incumbent Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Shavendra Silva as recommended by the […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Feb 27 (Bernama) – Sri Lanka’s tea production is expected to fully recover next year after last year’s drop, the country’s Environment Minister Naseer Ahamed said. The tea industry, a key foreign exchange earner, saw its output decline by 16 per cent to 251.5 million kilogrammes in 2022. The production has dropped because […]

By Bandula Sirimana/Business Times Colombo, February 26: Although the total government external debt amounts to US$ 35.052 billion as at end of September 2022, only bilateral debt is considered for the debt restructuring process to release the IMF Extended Fund Facility, The bilateral creditors including China, India, Japan and Paris club member countries have expressed […]

e-Con e-News The USA’s IMF package is still secret, right? The President keeps promising to present it ‘soon’. Just like the ‘promised’ IMF loan, which is supposed to act as a suppository to loosen the sphincters of tight-fisted money markets. The package is secret, the promised date is secret, and the IMF is still controlled […]

Allison Hurst Courtesy Toronto CTVnews Almost six months have passed and Toronto woman Shamita Kumar is still looking for a piece of luggage her mom was supposed to have with her in Sri Lanka. “My aunt was sick, so we were really there to take care of her,” Kumar told CTV News Toronto in an […]

MARTIN RAISER  Courtesy World Bank Blogs Sri Lanka is at a critical moment in its history. Years of economic mismanagement, weak governance, poor policy choices, and the impacts of external shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, plunged the country into its worst-ever crisis in 2022. Economic collapse and political […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has signed a Gazette notification, a short while ago, declaring several services related to ports, airports and passenger transport services as essential services, with immediate effect, the PMD reported.  Accordingly, the special Gazette declares public transport services for passengers or goods, discharge, carriage, landing, storage, delivery and removal of articles […]

Courtesy Adaderana The group of 62 individuals including IUSF convenor Wasantha Mudalige and 48 Buddhist monks, who were arrested in relation to forcibly entering the Ministry of Education premises recently have been granted bail. They have been ordered to be released on bail, after being produced before Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court today (Feb. 27). A total […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Faculty of Technology of the Ruhuna University will be closed for one week from today following an assault on the Sub-Warden, his wife and mother by a group of students yesterday (Feb. 26). Accordingly, the Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Ruhuna said that the students have also been ordered to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s investment arm, said it will provide Sri Lanka with a $400 million cross-currency swap facility to help fund essential imports. Three private banks will receive the facility to fund about 30% of imports, including medicine, food and fertiliser, the IFC said in a statement on […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has fixed for hearing a petition filed over the delay in holding the Local Government elections, for Friday, the 3rd of March 2023. The petition was filed by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara. The petitioner claims that the government was violating the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror If Sri Lankan can secure the 36 billion US dollars of export income owed by Sri Lanka it would be able to improve its economy The Sunday Times reported in July (2022) about an investigation carried out by the Global Finance Integrity (GFI); a think tank based in Washington, USA operating […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara.  It has been reported in today’s papers that the Fisheries Minister Devananda said the proposal to grant permits was a measure to reduce the tension between the fishermen on both sides, by preventing bottom trawling taking place off the northern seas. His mandate as the Minister of Fisheries is to develop the […]