Courtesy Adaderana The President’s Secretary has reportedly agreed to provide a conclusive solution to the issues concerning the recent revision of the Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) tax. This was stated by the Professionals’ Trade Union Alliance (PTUA), who claimed that the President’s Secretary had agreed to provide a certain extent of relief to those disadvantaged by the […]

Courtesy Hiru News Western Province Senior DIG Deshabandu Thennakoon is likely to be appointed as the Inspector General of Police following the retirement of the current IGP C.D Wickramaratne, the Daily Mirror learns. It was reported that the President had recommended to the Constitutional Council the appointment of Senior DIG Tennakoon as the 36th IGP […]

Shenali D Waduge In a report covering covid-19 period from March 2020 to March 2021 OXFAM’s research bring home some hard facts that are camouflaged by words & terms. IMF Fiscal consolidation is nothing but austerity upon low-income & middle class populations while IMF reforms means cutting social welfare & subsidies. OXFAM says that these […]

RON UNZ  Courtesy The Unz Review Russia, China, Iran… and Saudi Arabia?, by Ron Unz – The Unz ReviewOn Friday geopolitical plates of tectonic scale may have visibly shifted as Iran and Saudi Arabia, two of the most important countries in the Middle East and erstwhile bitter adversaries, announced that they had reestablished diplomatic relations after a […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division A discussion was held between Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and the Governors at Temple Trees on 14.03.2023 regarding the future activities and maintenance of 340 Local Government Institutions as the term of office of those institutions ends on March 19th midnight. Governors Tikiri Kobbekaduwa (Sabaragamuwa), Wasantha Karnagoda (North West), M.J.M. Musammil […]

Prime Minister’s Media Unit Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that he did not believe that the governments should control media. However, media should ensure ethical standards, he said while addressing the gathering at the felicitation of Mr. Kumar Nadesan for conferring Pravasi Bharatiya award – the highest recognition given to a non-Indian by the Government […]

Courtesy granma.cu Peru became a key piece of the U.S. military deployment in the region, with the installation of bases in the jungle of that country and the Regional Emergency Operations Centers. Author: Raúl Antonio Capote | informacion@granmai.cu march 9, 2023 07:03:49 The United States has close to 800 military bases throughout the world, of which more than […]

Courtesy CNA COLOMBO :Sri Lanka will introduce new central bank legislation aimed at bolstering the bank’s independence, accountability and also price stability in the country via a new inflation target, its governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said on Thursday. Sri Lanka is waiting for a $2.9 billion bailout programme from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be […]

Courtesy The Daily News South Asian media experts stress need to educate people to check with reliable media sources before sharing fake news: Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the ceremony held by India-Sri Lanka Society to felicitate Kumar Nadesan, President of Sri Lanka Press Institute, who was awarded Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (Overseas Indian Honour). Indian […]

Courtesy The Indian Express The roadmap of activities was expanded in 2022 and adopted by the member countries – India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Mauritius – with Bangladesh and Seychelles participating as observer countries. Commander Coast Guard Region (North-East) Inspector General Iqbal Singh addresses the Colombo Security Conclave in Kolkata, Wednesday. PTI THE INDIAN Coast Guard […]

By P. K. Balachandran Courtesy Eurasia Review Legal, political and administrative objections pose a challenge to the bill which has to be passed to get the IMF bailout  As part of the 15 measures needed to be taken to get the IMF’s bailout package of US$ 2.9 billion, the Sri Lankan government has introduced the Central […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Failure to submit audited statements of accounts for the year 2021 within 14 days will result in the termination of the right to be treated as a recognized political party, the Election Commission informed political parties today. Commissioner General of Elections Saman Ratnayake said that political parties have been notified to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) claims that the 2023 Local Government (LG) polls are unlikely to be held on 25 April, in light of the current situation. Speaking in this regard, the Executive Director of PAFFREL, Rohana Hettiarachchi, accused the government of acting in a manner that was inconsiderate […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Chairman of the Election Commission, Nimal Punchihewa stated that a response to the letter sent by the Election Commission to the Minister of Finance asking for funds for the local government elections has not yet been received. In an inquiry made by our news team, he said that he continues to […]

Courtesy Hiru News The government has decided to re-implement the Colombo Fort – Malabe light rail project as a solution to the severe traffic congestion in and around Colombo. Urban Development and Housing Minister Prasanna Ranatunga had recently submitted a Cabinet paper to obtain alternative proposals for this.Minister Ranatunga said that since thousands of public […]

Courtesy The Daily News First Capital says that they believe that attaining the required financial assurances and entering into an IMF program is key for Sri Lanka’s revival while a well planned reform program will ensure acceleration in the recovery trajectory. At this juncture, Sri Lanka stands with a high level of hope with Sri […]

Courtesy The Daily News British High Commissioner Sarah Hulton OBE and Trade Ministry officials. The UK Government launched its new Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) replacing the UK Generalised Scheme of Preferences system (GSP) was launched and under the scheme, Sri Lanka is eligible for zero tariffs on 92% of products. Over 150 additional products […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Cabinet nod has been granted to install two floating solar plants as a pilot project with 6.83 billion Korean Won funding from the South Korean government. The Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera on Monday sought the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers to sign the discussion paper with […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has depreciated against the US Dollar (USD) today for the third consecutive day, according to the Central Bank. Accordingly, today’s buying rate of USD is Rs. 327.59 while the selling rate is Rs. 344.66. The Rupee has been appreciating against the USD and other major currencies since […]

Manusha Media මැලේසියානු රජය මෙරටට අනුමත කළ රැකියා දසදහසක කෝටාවට අමතර ව මෙරට ආරක්ෂක අංශ සාමාජිකයන් සඳහා අතිරේක රැකියා දසදහසක කෝටාවක් වෙන් කර ඇති බව කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා අද කොළඹ බණ්ඩාරනායක අනුස්මරණ ජාත්‍යන්තර සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාවේ දී අද (14) ප්‍රකාශ කළේ ය. ඒ විදේශ රැකියා නියෝජිත ආයතන වෙනුවෙන් සම්මාන ප්‍රදානය කිරීමේ […]

Courtesy The Morning Police HQ calls up riot control reserves to the Capitol The Police Department, on Tuesday (14), instructed the relevant officers from regional commands to send the surplus anti-riot equipment kept in storage which are allocated to Police divisions in other districts, to the Police Field Force Headquarters (HQ) in Colombo. The order, […]

BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning Says inadequate intervention to obtain funds for ballot printing  Government Printer Gangani Liyanage said that since there is no point in participating in discussions with the Election Commission (EC) in a context where the latter does not intervene enough to obtain the necessary funds for the printing of the […]

Courtesy France24 Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lanka deployed armed troops as trade unions crippled hospitals, ports and banks Wednesday to protest against high income taxes imposed as a precondition for a crucial IMF bailout. Schools cancelled term tests and outpatient departments at hospitals closed due to the work stoppage that involved more than 40 trade unions. […]

Courtesy Nikkei Asia Island finds itself short of dollars as it awaits $2.9bn IMF rescue A demonstrator on March 8 shouts at a police officer during a Colombo protest organized by Women for Rights. Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis since it gained independence from the British in 1948.   © Reuters March 15, […]

Courtesy First Post The process of SRVAs started last year in the month of July when the RBI issued detailed guidelines on cross-border trade transactions in the Indian rupees (INR) Several nations express interest to facilitate international trade in Indian rupee. Representational Image/PTI. New Delhi: Indian rupee is edging closer to becoming an international currency with […]

By Tasos Kokkinidis Courtesy Greek Reporter The Greek Buddhist monk Nyanadassana has been a senior monk of the ancient Buddhist Theravada tradition for 37 years in Sri Lanka. Nanyadasana was born in 1959 as Ioannis Tselios in Serres, northern Greece. At the age of 64, after an unusual life, he has become an important Buddhist […]

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 Activism Sri Lanka (Ceylon) was infected with awry politics with no understanding of financial sustenance and resources, except the glory of power and wealth. It started with SJV Chelvanayagam demanding separate administration […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේ  අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලය සංවිධානය කරන  සංකථන මණ්ඩපය ශාස්ත්‍රීය වේදිකාව (දෙවන පියවර) 2023.03.13  දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවති අවස්ථාවෙදීය.    මෙවර   උඩරට කැරැල්ල සහ   මුරුසි සිරකරුවන්”  මැයෙන්   ප්‍රධාන දේශනය පුරා විද්‍යා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් මහාචාර්ය අනුර මනතුංග මහතා විසින් සිදුකරනු ලැබීය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා –  එදා අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් අපේ […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය. චීන ජනාධිපති ෂි ජින්පිං මහතාගේ තෙවැනි ධුර කාලය වෙනුවෙන් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සිය සුභපැතුම් එක් කරනු ලැබීය. 2023.03.13 දින සුභ පැතුම් පණිවිඩයක් නිකුත් කරමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මෙලෙස සුභපැතුම් එක් කළේය.චිනය සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අතර පවතින සමීප මිත්‍රත්වය හා සහයෝගීතාව තව තවත් ශක්තිමත් කිරීමට චින රජය සමග අඛණ්ඩව කටයුතු කිරීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වන බව […]

සටහන : – පේශල පසන් කරුණාරත්න ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ආවේණික නව භෞමික උඩවැඩියා ශාක විශේෂයක් සබරගමු පළාතේ රත්නපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙහි රත්නපුර ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාස සීමාවේ වලංකන්ද ප්‍රදේශය තුලින් සොයා ගැනීමට පර්යේෂකයන් පිරිසක් සමත්වී තිබේ. රත්නපුර ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශයේ වලන්කන්ද ප්‍රදේශයේ අධ්‍යනයේ යෙදුනු පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ ආචාර්ය උපාධි අපේක්ෂක, පේරාදෙණිය උද්භිද උද්‍යාන ජාතික ශාකාගාරයේ හිටපු නිලධාරියකු වන භාතිය ගොපල්ලව […]