දිනසේන රතුගමගේ Lanka Lead News කුරුන්දි අට්ඨකථා ලේඛණය කළ ලාංකේය ඉතිහාසයේ වැදගත්ම ඓතිහාසික පුදබිමක් වූ මුලතිව් කුරුඳුමලේ විහාරස්ථානයට කෙලවර වූ බටහිර මායිමේ පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් අත්පත් කරගෙන තිබූ ඉඩම් අක්කර 229ක් වහාම නිදහස් කොට ඒවායේ අයිතිකරුවන් වෙත බාරදෙන ලෙස ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඊයේ(22) දැනුම් දී තිබේ. මෙම ඉඩම් පිහිටා ඇත්තේ මුලතිව් තන්නිමුරුප්පු ප්‍රදේශයේ වන අතර, මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් […]

ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය ඒකකය දකුණු ආසියාවේ හොඳම දූෂණ මර්දන පනත නුදුරේදීම ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ දී සම්මත කිරීමට අවශ්‍ය පියවර ගන්නා බව ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා පැවසීය. එම පනතට අදාළ කැබිනට් අනුමැතිය මේ වන විටත් ලබාදී ඇති බව අනාවරණය කළ ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඉදිරියේදී විපක්ෂ නියෝජිතයන් සමඟ සාකච්ඡා කර එය පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන බව ද පැවසීය. ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says that 121 million US dollars out of 333 million US dollars, the first tranche that was extended to Sri Lanka by the IMF, was used to pay the installment of the Indian credit line. He said the relevant installment of 121 million US dollars […]

Courtesy Adaderana The International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout will help bring Sri Lanka’s depleted foreign exchange reserve to pre-crisis levels in four years, said the country’s central bank governor. On Tuesday, the IMF extended a long-awaited US$3 billion (S$4 billion) loan to the island nation, which has been reeling since 2021 from its worst economic […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court is due to deliver the verdict on the petitions filed against the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill confidentially to the Speaker of the Parliament. The second hearing of the Bill took place today (24 March), before a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, during which the presentation of the petitioner’s arguments […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka will hold a virtual presentation next week to update its commercial creditors and investors following the receipt of IMF Executive Board approval for the bailout package. The investor and creditor presentation will commence at 8.30 a.m. on March 30, chaired by Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe and Finance Ministry’s Secretary […]

Hiru News

Courtesy Hiru News President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that due to the public sector engaging in business activities, the money that was available for the construction of 100 projects similar to the Mahaweli during the past decades, has been destroyed. He noted that in the future, the public sector will stop engaging in business and open […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale The IMF agreement is much more than the USD 3 billion that accompanies it. In the overall scheme of the country’s foreign debt (now estimated at around USD 48 Billion) and overall debt at 115% of GDP, with no funds for foreign debt repayments and no foreign exchange to purchase essentials, the […]

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If the head of any organisation is a crook, it amounts to a licence for theft down the line, all the way to the bottom. If there’s a crook at any level of an organisation, it implies that the head of that institution is either a crook or is incompetent.  Organization, here, could […]

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 […]

By Citizen Perera Feigning grief at ‘Laws–Delays’ and making snide comments about Sri Lanka’s judiciary was Julie Chung, the yankee ambassador, an embodiment of diplomatic impropriety. Chung made a spectacle of herself whilst addressing a gathering of lawyers, at an event organised by that branch of the Bar Association which is funded by the US […]

Dr. Abantika Kumari Assistant Professor at History Department of Allahabad College, Uttar Pradesh, India The United States’ “2022 Nation Reports on Human Rights Practices” were published on March 20, 2023 and have rekindled old wounds caused by the US’s continued attempts to serve as the world’s policeman. The solemn report is essentially a list of […]

by A. Abdul Aziz, Chairman, Press Desk, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at – Sri Lanka. Through knowledge bestowed upon him by God, the All-Knowing, the Holy Prophet, Muhammad, peace be upon him, foresaw the condition under which his Community (Ummah) had to pass during different ages and particularly in the Last Days. He is reported to have […]