Archive for February 15th, 2023

MAY THE MOST VENERABLE MAHANAYAKES ADMONISH MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA AS WELL

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

By Rohana R. Wasala Is former prime minister and president, Mahinda Rajapaksa still bluffing? The Most Venerable Mahanayake theras of the Three Nikayas (Siyam, Amarapura and Ramanna) wrote to president Ranil Wickremasinghe admonishing him not to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution two weeks ago, on February 2, as reported in The Island […]

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Why can’t the Government of Sri Lanka pass an Act in Parliament declaring Tamil secession as an illegal act like what India did in 1963 Under Nehru’s Government.

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

Dr Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara.  Reference the following news report. Last week, two vocal representatives of Tamil political opinion, Abraham Sumanthiran and C.V. Wigneswaran made statements rejecting implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution under the unitary system of government and demanded a federal system. Sumanthiran claimed that all the Tamil parties agree on a […]

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Sri Lanka Support Group වෙතින් ප්‍රකාශයක්

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

Sri Lanka Support Group Sri Lanka Peace Support Group නැමති සංවිධානයක් විසින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව දෙකඩ කිරීමේ තදබල වැඩ වල නියැලී ඇති බව මෑතක Lankaweb අඩවියේ ලිපි මඟින් එලි දක්වා තිබුණි. Sri Lanka Peace Support Group (SLPSG) සංවිධානය (එවැනි සංවිධානයක් ඇත්තටම ඇත්නම්) එය හා අප සංවිධානය – Sri Lanka Support Group (SLSG) අතර කිසිම සම්බන්ධතාවයක් නොමැති […]

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Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena held a productive discussion with representatives of IndustriALL Global Union

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

Prime Minister’s Media Unit Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena held a productive discussion with representatives of IndustriALL Global Union, which represents powerful Trade Unions in more than 100 countries at the Temple Trees today (Feb 15). Secretary to the Prime Minister Anura Dissanayake, Atle Hoie, General Secretary 0f IndustriALL Global Union, Praveen Rao, Coordinator, South Asia […]

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ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ස්විස්ටර්ලන්ත තානාපති සහ මහජන ආරක්ෂක ඇමති අතර හමුවක්

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

අකිල තෙන්නකෝන්, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය තුමාගේ,මාධ්‍ය ලේකම්. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ස්විස්ටර්ලන්ත තානාපති ඩොමිනික් ෆර්ග්ලර් මහතා අද(15දා)දින සුහද හමුවක්  සඳහා  මහජන  ආරක්ෂක ඇමති ටිරාන් අලස් මහතා හමුවීමට මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයට පැමිණියේය.මෙහිදී ස්විස් තානාපති ඩොමිනික් ෆර්ග්ලර් මහතා ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොලිසිය වැඩිදියුණු කිරීමට අවශ්‍ය තාක්ෂණික සහය සහ පොලිස් නිලධාරීන්ගේ පුහුණුවීම් වැඩමුළු පැවැත්වීමට සහයෝගය ලබාදෙන බව මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යවරයාට පැවසුවේය.තවදුරටත් අදහස් දක්වමින් ස්විස් තානාපති මහතා මානව හිමිකම් […]

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ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්තථාවේ නවවෙනි වගන්තියට කිසිදු හානියක් හෝ අත තැබීමක් කරන්නට ඉඩ තබන්නේ නැහැ.-අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා.

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්තථාවේ නවවෙනි වගන්තියට කිසිදු හානියක් හෝ අත තැබීමක් කරන්නට ඉඩ තබන්නේ නැහැ.  නව වෙනි වගන්තිය ආරක්ෂා කර තිබෙන්නේ මහ සඟරුවනේ  දැවැන්ත ඉතිහාස ගමනක ප්‍රතිඵලයක් ලෙසයි. නොසෙල්වෙන මහා පර්වතයක් සේ සම්බුද්ධ ශාසනයේ ආරක්ෂාවට ආණ්ඩු ක්‍රමයක එවැනි තැන්පත් කළ ශක්තිය අප ආරක්ෂා කර ගත යුතුයි.                                                                         -අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව […]

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul to Shoot Next Film in Sri Lanka, Inspired by Arthur C. Clarke

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

Jordan Raup Courtesy The Film Stage With its staggered, theatrical-only rollout over the last year, here’s hoping you’ve had the opportunity to experience the mesmerizing, transportive experience that is Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria. The director, who left Thailand for Colombia to film the Tilda Swinton-led feature, has now announced the first details for his next project, and […]

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Recent seismic activity in Indian Ocean likely led pilot whales to beach on Sri Lanka shores

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

by Hassaan Shazuli Courtesy Mongabay Marine experts say the seismic activity in the Indian Ocean in the past few days likely pushed a pod of pilot whales onto Sri Lanka’s shores. Authorities and volunteers undertook a strenuous 15-and-a-half-hour operation to send a pod of pilot whales safely back into the sea. Rescuers managed to push 11 […]

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Sri Lanka, India to sign power grid linking pact within two months: Envoy

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

Courtesy Alarabiya.News Sri Lanka and India will sign a pact to link their power grids and start negotiations on an upgraded trade agreement within two months, a Sri Lankan diplomat said on Wednesday, as the island nation seeks a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades. India has provided some $4 billion in […]

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China expresses support for Sri Lanka ahead of debt meeting

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

Courtesy MailOnline BEIJING (AP) – China expressed support for Sri Lanka ahead of a meeting Friday of government lenders to poor economies but did not say if it would help reduce a multibillion-dollar debt that has plunged the Indian Ocean nation into financial and political turmoil. Beijing is one of Sri Lanka’s biggest creditors after […]

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Issues in fully implementing 13A: Land powers

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island Many of those who call for the ‘full implementation of the 13th Amendment’ believe that all State land should be completely under the control of the provincial councils. The actual extent of the devolution of land powers would depend on the language used in the text of the 13th Amendment, […]

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EC to summon Finance Ministry officials for discussion on funds required for LG polls

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Chairman of the Election Commission Nimal G. Punchihewa says that he will summon the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and its officials for a discussion tomorrow (Feb. 16), in order to hold talks on the release of funds required for the upcoming Local Government (LG) election. The Election Commission chief also pointed […]

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China dithers over IMF’s Sri Lanka debt plan, leaves Colombo in limbo

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana With China yet to support Sri Lanka debt restructuring based on the debt sustainability analysis (DSA) of the IMF and Paris Club, time is running out on Colombo to secure a much-needed loan to revive the nation from the present economic crisis. Sri Lanka is seeking a USD 2.9 billion-dollar loan from the […]

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