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By Bram Nicholas and Shiran Illanperuma/The Diplomat March 02, 2023: Sri Lanka’s debt default – announced in April of last year amid foreign currency shortages that had triggered rolling blackouts, fuel queues, and street protests – has been subject to endless debate by local and international observers. The root causes of the country’s debt problem […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The International Monetary Fund today praised the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s decision to raise the policy rate and said it shows its commitment to reduce inflation more quickly and firmly towards the single-digit target.” CBSL’s decision to raise the policy rate is appropriate and in line with its objectives set […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government will honour the Supreme Court’s decision preventing withholding any funds allocated to conduct Local Government Polls 2023 and will proceed accordingly, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. He said everyone should respect the court’s decision.  “It can be the Ministry of Finance, the government or an institution, It […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Renowned British supermodel Naomi Campbell features a pack of Sri Lankan made “Samahan,” as an essential product she keeps with her for a strong immune system.  In a recent interview with Vogue India titled What does Naomi Campbell carry in her bag?,” she says ‘Samahan’ is a good tea for the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Harsha de Silva has stated that although the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout Sri Lanka currently awaits is necessary, it is not, in fact, sufficient for the growth of the nation. Taking to Twitter, Harsha warned that Sri Lanka’s current challenge is to create growth, adding that the […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe, the president of Sri Lanka, is a traceable person with a preeminent heritage in Sri Lanka his patrimony is traceable to king Parakramabahu six and he has rich knowledge, skills and experience in policy development and implementation. The major weakness in Sri Lanka since independence was the lack of […]

By Jonathan Manz Former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz, slammed the IMF for callously unleashing riots on nations the IMF is dealing with; he pointed out that the riots are written into the IMF plan to force Nations to agree with the average 111 conditions laid down by […]

Sugath Kulatunga It is good to hear that the courts have recognized the right of information on the names of members of Parliament who have declared their assets. Some time back before the Right of Information law was introduced, the civil society organization CIMOGG made a similar request to the then Speaker who did not […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Tourism, as it is well known, is a major industry in Sri Lanka. The foreign exchange it brings into the country and the hundreds and thousands of people who are directly and indirectly employed in this sector makes this industry a vital one for the country. It is one of the most […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන්  රුපියලට සාපෙක්ෂව ඩොලරයේ මිල රු. 7 – 8 කින් පහත වැටීමක් මේ සතිය පුරා අඛණ්ඩව වාර්තා වෙමින් ඇත.   2022 මැයි මාසයෙන් පසුව ඩොලරයට සාපෙක්ෂව රුපියල වඩාත්ම ශක්තිමත් අවස්ථාව මේ සතියේ වාර්තා විය.  අද (3/3) කොළඹ වානිජ්‍ය බැංකු ඩොලරය මිලදී ගන්නේ රු. 334.50 ට ත් අඩුවෙනි. මේක වුනේ කොහොමද?   පසුගිය කාලයේ දී […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය. ඊට අදාල පත්වීම් බෙදාදීම 2023.03.03 දින  අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් සිදු කරනු ලැබීය.මෙහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා සඳහන් කළේ  රජය ප්‍රතිපත්තිමය වශයෙන් සේවා ස්ථානවල වැඩ කටයුතු  භාර ගෙන කටයුතු කරන්නට හැකියාව ඇති   තරුණ පරම්පරාවට  සෑමවිටම අවස්ථාව ලබාදෙන බවයි. ඒ අනුව ඉදිරි මාස කිහිපය තුළ තවත් මේම සේවාවට අන්තර් […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya The Quality-of-Life Index (QLI) is a metric used to assess individuals’ and communities’ overall well-being. It considers a wide range of factors, such as health, education, income, the environment, social support, and political stability. The QLI provides a comprehensive picture of a specific area’s quality of life and can be used […]

By Dr Tilak S. Fernando A massive Sinhala -English was out recently by Buddhadasa Hewage, marketed by the e-Lanka website in Australia at U.S. $50. The writer ordered the dictionary from them. It has 1,500,000 English words, similar to 95,000 Sinhala words, and contains 2432 pages. It is published after professor G.P. Malalasekera’s Sinhala-English dictionary, […]

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තිස්ස ගුණතිලක කුමක්ද මේ පංචස්කන්ධය හා පංචඋපාදානස්කන්ධය?  බොහෝ දේශකයන් ‘රෑප, වේදනා, සංඥා, සංකාර හා විඤ්ඤාණ’ යන පස් ආකාරය පංචස්කන්ධය ලෙස හදුන්වති. මෙහි ‘රෑප’ යනු රෑපය ලෙසද ඉතිරි සතර ‘නාම’ ලෙසද ගෙන නාම-රෑප එකතුවූ තැන පංචස්කන්ධය නැතහොත් ‘කය’ (ගත හා සිත) ලෙසද දේශනා කරන්නෝ තවමත් බහුලය. මොවුන් ඔබව පටලවා ඇති පඹගාලෙන් ඔබව මුදවාගැනීමට මෙම ලිපිය උපකාරී […]

By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island A video clip doing the rounds on web-based media platforms shows a former secretary of the agriculture ministry stating at a JJB (Malimawa) press conference that when Anura Kumara Dissanayake was the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation in the Chandrika Kumaratunga government in 2004, there was a surplus […]

Selima Hussain and Robin Lindsay  Courtesy Insider Miners in Sri Lanka risk their lives hunting for valuable gems in deep underground pits. Workers inhale toxic gasses like methane, and the tunnels can collapse at any moment. Sri Lanka is renowned for its jewels, and the city of Ratnapura translates to “city of gems.”  Inside Sri Lanka’s Deadly […]

Courtesy mint IRCTC will start the ‘Shri Ramayana Yatra’ through a special tourist train on 7 April 2023. The Shri Ramayana Yatra is a theme based pilgrimage tour by Bharat Gaurav Deluxe AC Tourist train on Ramayana circuit which covers the prominent sacred places associated with the life of Lord Rama. Apart form this, the […]

Courtesy Reuters.com COLOMBO, March 3 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will relax its currency band from next week, its central bank said on Friday, as part of efforts to move towards a market-determined exchange rate as it seeks to secure a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund. The central bank also raised interest rates […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පෙබරවාරි 14 දා ලංකාවට රහසිගතව පැමිණි ඇමෙරිකානු දූත පිරිස අතර ඇමෙරිකානු සීඅයිඒ සංවිධානයේ ප්‍රධානී විලියම් බර්න්ස් ද සිටි බවට නොනිල තොරතුරු ඇතැයි පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කර සිටියේ අද දින (03) පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකට එක් […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Gammanpila charges national security compromised The Director of the US Intelligence Agency CIA William Burns arrived in Sri Lanka on February 14, as a part of a top secret visit to the island, MP Udaya Gammanpila charged. For over three weeks we have been questioning as to who visited the island, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Taking everyone by surprise, the Monetary Board of the Central Bank today raised policy interest rates by 100 basis points, though many predicted the monetary authority to either maintain the status quo or signal a dovish tilt by cutting rates. Inflation, which peaked almost at 70 percent, has been steadily coming […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, stated that Sri Lanka stands ready to unlock the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme this month. Speaking at a press conference held this afternoon (03 March), Dr. Weerasinghe assured that all required prior actions with the IMF have been completed. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The All Share Price Index (ASPI) of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) increased by over 100 point during today’s (03 March) trading. Accordingly, the ASPI increased by 111.09 points (1.19%) to 9444.92 at today’s trading, while the turnover was recorded at Rs. 2.8 billion. Meanwhile, the S&P SL20 went up by 9.70 points […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Department of Motor Traffic has approved the use of ‘Vega’ cars – not only Sri Lanka’s, but also South Asia’s first all-electric supercar. Accordingly the number plate for the first Vega car registered in Sri Lanka was handed over today (03 March) to the President and CEO of CodeGen and the designer […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has emphasised that the only way a change of government can be brought about is through a Parliamentary election. Accordingly, he noted that a Parliamentary election is the only way through which change can be implemented, emphasising that taking to the streets is not an option for the Parliament. Speaking […]

Lt Col Anil Amarasekera. (Rtd.) Co-President National Joint Committee 01st March 2023. His Excellency, President Ranil Wickremasinghe, The Presidential Secretariat,Colombo 1. Your Excellency, You have made a public statement that you intend to fully implement the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The National Joint Committee (NJC) intends to caution you against implementing such a decision […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Why a constitution needs a country may be a complex and broad question, but it involves many points to consider. The answer to this question would be analytical that should cogitate various points relating to modern democratic aspects which concern with rights and responsibilities of citizens. It invites views and discusses many […]

Aloysius Hettiarachchi It was announced that our country is to go for nuclear energy with the help of Russia according to a news item on Sirasa this evening.. As a country we always start late. Color TV was one. But then we do it in style. Radio Ceylon that captured the hearts of Indians was […]