අග්‍රමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ  2023.03.27 දින ජාතික වීරවර පිලිප් ගුණවර්ධන මැතිතුමාගේ 51 වන ගුණ සමරු  වැඩසටහනට සමගාමීව බස්නාහිර පළාත්, හෝමාගම ශ්‍රී සිද්ධාර්ථ කණිෂ්ඨ  විද්‍යාලය අ.පො.ස සාමාන්‍ය පෙළ දක්වා අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දෙන පාසලක් බවට ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම සහ නව බහුකාර්ය මධ්‍යස්ථානයෙහි ඉදිකිරීම ආරම්භ කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවේදීය.සිද්ධාර්ථ කණිෂ්ඨ  විද්‍යාලය බොරළුගොඩ රාළහාමි නමින් විරුදාවළි ලත් දොන් […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia India – Sri Lanka March 27 (NewsWire) – The governments of Sri Lanka and India have decided to launch a passenger ferry service between Kankesanthurai in Jaffna, Sri Lanka to Karaikal in India from 29th April 2023, it has been reported.  According to reports, discussions in this regard have been held between the […]

Courtesy The Hindustan Times Sri Lanka crisis: The Sri Lankan finance ministry officials held talks with its Indian counterparts to obtain the new temporary USD 1 billion facility for the purchase of essential items. Sri Lanka would seek a new temporary credit facility of USD 1 billion from India to purchase essential items including food […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy Asia News Sri Lanka is considering building small, offshore and onshore reactors, deeming nuclear power an environmentally and economically viable option. Currently, its electricity comes mainly from hydroelectric power plants. The government is vetting an existing contract between Rosatom and Bangladesh. Colombo (AsiaNews) – The Sri Lankan government wants to work […]

By Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today It took exactly one year for the IMF to agree to concede Sri Lanka’s appeal to help face the unprecedented economic crisis that is confronting the Island nation. Though referred to as a bailout, the USD 2.9 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) will hardly help Sri Lanka in the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Court of Appeal today (March 27) ordered the dismissal of a writ petition filed against Senior DIG in charge of the Western Province Deshabandu Tennakoon accusing him of assaulting protestors near Galle Face during the Gota Go Gama” protests, Ada Derana reporter said. Accordingly, the petition has been ordered to be dismissed […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says the Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to award licenses to China’s Sinopec, Australia’s United Petroleum and RM Parks of the USA, in collaboration with multinational oil and gas company – Shell plc, to enter the fuel retail market in Sri Lanka. In a twitter message, he said that the Energy […]

Courtesy Hiru News Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said the government will further negotiate with the International Monetary Fund to provide more relief to low-income earners. Addressing an event held to distribute free rice to low income earners under the government’s paddy purchase program in Maharagama, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said many countries have pledged to […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya They used a mixture of lime, volcanic ash, and water to create a building material that was both durable and easy to work with. The word “concrete” comes from the Latin word “concretus,” which means “compact” or “condensed.” Over time, the recipe for concrete was refined and improved, and it is […]

e-Con e-News A rather forgettable news column rang alarm bells. Tucked away in the Sunday Times, at the very bottom segment of its ST2 supplement, its very last link, was a Project Syndicate article, clumsily headlined ‘How China lost its clout on Asia’ by Yoon Young-kwan, ‘Exclusive to the Sunday Times, SL’, datelined to ‘New Delhi’.      ee (11 March 2023) has recorded before that Project […]

e-Con e-News ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 19-25 March 2023 ‘IMF denies influence in postponing SL polls’ ‘Anti-corruption & governance reforms a central pillar of EFF-supported program – IMF’ ‘Sri Lanka becomes first in Asia to have its governance come under IMF scrutiny’ * 208 years after the English coup d’état […]

Erina Haque from Sweden Last Wednesday altogether 9 districts and 211 upazilas across Bangladesh have been declared as homeless and landless free. The number of rehabilitated people is 3,856,505. The beneficiary includes widows, deserted women, bedes, low-caste people, hijras and climate refugees. This is a significant achievement in ensuring fundamental human rights. Bangladesh is lauded for […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන්, බුද්ධශාසන හා ආගමික කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය විදුර වික්‍රමනායක මහතා සහ විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතාගේ  සහභාගිත්වයෙන් බුද්ධශාසන අරමුදලේ  සාමාජිකයෝ 2023.03.24 දින කොළඹ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලයේදී රැස්වුහ. මෙහිදී බුද්ධ ශාසන අරමුදලේ වත්මන් තත්වය, පසුවිපරම හා ප්‍රගතිය පිළිබඳ පිරික්සින.  එමෙන්ම බුද්ධ ශාසනයේ, භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේගේ, විහාරස්ථාන ඇතුළු බෞද්ධ සිද්ධස්ථානයන්හි උන්නතිය වෙනුවෙන් වන […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ මහ කන්නයේ රජයේ වී මිලදී ගැනීම් සහ වී බැහැර කිරීම් වැඩසටහන යටතේ අඩු ආදායම්ලාභීන්ට නොමිලේ සහල් බෙදාහැරීම 2023.03.26 දින මහරගමදී සිදු කළ අවස්ථාවේදී ය. එහිදී  අදහස් දැක්වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය වරයා – අස්වැන්න කපා රටේ අස්වැන්න අඩු ප්‍රදේශ වලට  ලබා දීමේ හැකියාව දැන් ලැබී තිබේ . විශේෂයෙන් සහල් අතින් […]

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Courtesy Livemint President Wickremesinghe provided his insights on the early implementation of these initiatives when the delegation led by Pankaj Jain, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Natural Gas, met him, the Indian High Commission here said. A high-level Indian delegation called on Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe here on Sunday and briefed him on the developments […]

Courtesy The Morning First ferry from Pondicherry due end of April $ 50 one way ticket, 100 Kg luggage allowance A new passenger terminal at Kankesanturai (KKS) port, built at a cost of Rs 144 million is to be completed by the second week of April, with the first ferry from the Indian port of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Committee on Public Enterprise (COPE) has investigated numerous cases of procedural impropriety and financial misappropriation at the University of Peradeniya.  This comes in the wake of an evaluation of current performance and status of issues raised in the Auditor General’s report from 2020 and 2021. The COPE Chairman, Professor Ranjith Bandara attributed […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera says that the programme to distribute rice free of charge for 2.9 million families will commence tomorrow (March 27). Thus, the government has planned to distribute the paddy bought from farmers during this Maha season after converting them into rice. The Agricultural Minister also highlighted that the government […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Transport and Highways Bandula Gunawardene states that permission will be granted for anyone to carry out trade activities on the sides of the roads in all parts of the island during the upcoming New Year festive season. Joining an event held in Galle, the minister expressed that the producers will be […]

Shenali D Waduge The JVP of present day is the opposite of the JVP as per the ideology of its founder Rohana Wijeweera. This is why, the JVP present day stalwarts have nothing to do with the Wijeweera family. So what is the ideology that the present day JVP promotes? In all reality, they too […]

පුරවැසි පෙරේරා විසින් ‘නීති-ප්‍රමාද’ ගැන ශෝකයක් මවා පාමින් සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අධිකරණය ගැන කුණුහරුප ප්‍රකාශ කරමින් රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික නොහොබිනාකමේ පුද්ගලාරෝපණය වූ ඇමෙරිකානු තානාපතිනී ජූලි චුන්ග් ය. එක්සත් ජනපද රාජ්‍ය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් අරමුදල් සපයනු ලබන සහ වොෂින්ටනයේ හොරණෑව මෙන් ක්‍රියා කිරීමට නැඹුරු වන නීතිඥ සංගමයේ එම ශාඛාව විසින් සංවිධානය කරන ලද උත්සවයකදී, නීතීඥයින්ගේ රැස්වීමක් අමතමින් චුන්ග් […]

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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 Political Situation Sri Lanka may be returning to its normal peaceful balanced static and dynamic situation with the approval of the IMF fund. However, it’s a loss to understand as to why people […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya A human library is an organization or event that promotes dialogue, understanding, and respect among people from various backgrounds by allowing people to “borrow” other people as “books” to learn about their experiences, perspectives, and identities. The idea behind the Human Library is to create a safe space where people can […]

Priyantha Hettige Hospitals in Sri Lanka are being overwhelmed by a huge wave of Diabetes and Diabetes related cases. It seems that many people, usually over the age of forty, are consuming sugary foods and carbohydrates and getting not enough exercise, leading to insulin resistance. They become ill. Go to any hospital, island wide and […]

Sasanka  De Silva Pannipitiya Dementia is a general term used to describe symptoms affecting memory, thinking, and social abilities to the point where it interferes with a person’s daily life. Dementia is not a specific disease but rather a term used to describe a set of symptoms caused by various underlying conditions or diseases. It […]

Sri Lankan High Commission High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda met the Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India Shri Nitin Gadkari today (24) in New Delhi to discuss bilateral cooperation in the transport sector. The meeting between the Indian Minister and the High Commissioner was held in a very cordial […]

තිස්ස ගුණතිලක (මෙම ලිපිය 2023 මාර්තු මස 23 වනදා lankaweb අන්තර්ජාලයේ පලවු ‘භාහිය සූත්‍රය තුල සිහියට හසුවන සිතේ (උදය-) වය අදියර phase’ හා සම්බන්ධයි https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2023/03/22/භාහිය-සූත්රය-තුල-සිහියට/ ) මෙහිදි හමුවන ඉතාමත් සංකීර්ණ ක්‍රියාවලිය තේරුම් ගැනීමට ධර්මයේ මූලික කරුනු කිපයක් නැවත මතක්කර ගත යුතු වෙයි. භාහිර ලෝකය – ඔබ ඉදිරියේ පවතින භාහිර ලෝකය රූප හැඩතල (චක්ඛු රූප, ශබ්ද […]

Sufian Siddique Independent researcher and freelance columnist, Dhaka On March 20, the  State Department released a global report titled “2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices”.  The report is based on the human rights situation in 198 countries and territories.  The section on Bangladesh in the report highlights the issues of extrajudicial killings, disappearances, torture, […]