Senaka Weeraratna Dasis Manchanayake scored both a stunning century and half-century and then stunned the entire country by leading his team to a splendid victory over their rivals, which will remain etched in the memory of all those who were privileged to watch this unforgettable 144th Royal Thomian encounter. However, there is another story equally […]

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Priyantha Hettige. You are living in particularly significant times. The rise of Russia and its Federation of States is confronting the world’s most powerful and brutal-minded country in the world – the United States. The USA can be said to be poorly led by Joe Biden. It is a failing world power, old corrupt and […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය  අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේ ලංකා වැසි ජලය රැස්කරන්නන්ගේ සංසදය (LRWHF) විසින් බත්තරමුල්ල වෝටර්ස් එජ් පරිශ්‍රයේ දී 2023.03.22 දින සංවිධානය කරන ලද ලෝක ජල දින සැමරුම් උත්සවයේදීය.  2005 වසරේ   තමා ජල හා ජලාපවහන අමාත්‍යවරයාව සිටියදී ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය විසින් සම්මත කරන ලද වැසි ජලය රැස්කිරීමේ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය මගින් ජල ප්‍රභවය ආසන්නයේ වෙසෙන ප්‍රජාවන් […]

හිරාන් ප්‍රබල පාතාල කල්ලි නායක හරක් කටා වෙනුවෙන් අධිකරණයේ පෙනී සිටියේ ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ සාලිය පීරිස් ය. එපමණක් නොවේ, මැඩගස්කරයේ අත්අඩංගුවට පත්වූ හරක් කටා නැවතත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ගෙන ඒමට මැඩගස්කරය බලා පිටත්ව ගියේ සාලිය පීරිස් යටතේ කටයුතු කරනා කණිෂ්ඨ නීතිඥයන් දෙදෙනෙකි. හරක් කටා වෙනුවෙන් අධිකරණයේ සාලි පිරීස් පෙනී සිටින්නේ ඒ වෙනුවෙන් ලැබෙනා මිලියන ගණනක මුදල් කප්පම […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today The International Monetary Fund has emphasised the importance of anti-corruption and governance reforms as a central pillar of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF)-supported programme as they are indispensable to ensure the hard-won gains from the reforms benefit the Sri Lankan people. In a statement issued ahead of the IMF press briefing on […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe today said that he would not allow school children to be taken hostage by various groups and he would declare schools as an essential service if the teacher issues are not solved soon. Addressing a national ceremony of the distribution of free textbooks and uniforms to schoolchildren held […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe today said that he would get the approval and assistance of Parliament to implement the IMF agreement although it is not required by law.  Speaking to Editors of media organizations, Wickremesinghe said that the IMF agreement was a restructuring of the economy and not only of the country’s […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Parliamentary, Presidential and Local Government Elections should be held together on the same day, former Minister Navin Dissanayake said today. He said that all three elections should be held together to save money. During his remarks, he emphasized that local government reforms would be enacted soon. “The country cannot afford […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka is expected to introduce a property tax and a gift and inheritance tax by the beginning of 2025, under the International Monetary Fund programme.In particular, we will introduce a nationwide real property tax and adjust the system of transfers between the central and provincial governments.We will also introduce a […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Supreme Court today announced that the travel ban imposed on former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa would not be effective any further in connection with the Fundamental Rights petitions filed over financial irregularities and mismanagement of the Sri Lanka economy.  (Lakmal Sooriyagoda )

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR) has appreciated further against the US Dollar (USD) today, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Accordingly, today’s buying rate of USD is Rs. 312.61 while the selling rate of USD is Rs. 330.16

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Some political parties today informed the Election Commission that conducting the Local Government polls on April 25, considering the present situation was not possible.  In a statement, the Election Commission said following a discussion with the secretaries of the political parties, some of the parties proposed the LG Polls be held […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Japan provided USD 1.6 million to UN Women in support of humanitarian assistance for women most affected by the socio-economic crisis in Sri Lanka. The funding is part of a new project Empowering women in crisis”, running from February 2023 to December 2023, which will support at least 1,200 women, […]

Courtesy Adaderana A State-Owned Enterprise Restructuring Unit (SRU) has been set up by the Government, under the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies, in an attempt to implement structural reforms to accelerate growth so that the country can emerge out of the current economic crisis.  The decision was taken in view of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday called on all related parties, in particular Western commercial creditors and multilateral financial institutions, to make contributions to alleviating the debt pressure of developing countries amid the tightening international financial environment. The remarks were made by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin, after outgoing World Bank chief David Malpass […]

Courtesy Adaderana Central Bank governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe is optimistic that Sri Lanka will be able to achieve debt sustainability before the dates envisaged through the IMF program currently underway. Joining ‘At HydePark’ on Ada Derana 24, the governor said he believes Sri Lanka has entered a new era, given that the government has now […]