Shenali D Waduge How many foreign investors / foreign investments has Sri Lanka had since 1978?  There are many who claim foreign investments are beneficial – beneficial to whom? How beneficial have they been to Sri Lanka- the People – the environment or to these investors? Who has done an analysis of these investments & sale […]

Manusha Media නීති පද්ධතිය සකස් කිරීම ගැන වෘත්තීය සමිති – ආයෝජකයින් – ව්‍යවසායකයින් – විද්වතුන්ගෙන් අදහස් ලබාගැනීමටත් ක්‍රමවේදයක් සකස් කර තිබෙනවා – කම්කරු සහ විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර දැනට පවතින සංකීර්ණ කම්කරු නීති වෙනුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලබන සංයුක්ත කම්කරු නීති පද්ධතියේ පළමු කෙටුම්පත මැයි මාසය වන විට සකස් කර අවසන් කිරීමට අපේක්ෂා කරන බවත්, […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය    පළාත් පාලන ආයතනවල කටයුතු අධීක්ෂණය කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් සුදුසු වැඩපිළිවෙළක් සකස් කිරීම සඳහා වන කමිටුව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් 2023.04.03 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී  රැස්විය. මෙම කමිටුව ආණ්ඩුකාරවරු, දිස්ත්‍රික් සම්බන්ධීකරණ කමිටු සභාපතිවරු, (අමාත්‍යවරු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරු ඇතුළත්) පළාත් ප්‍රධාන ලේකම්වරු, දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම්වරුන් නියෝජනය කරයි. පළාත් පාලන ආයතනවල නිල කාලය ඉකුත් මාර්තු මස 19 […]

Sasanka De Silva Professor Tsuneo Suzuki is a researcher and psychiatrist at Keio University in Japan. In the 1990s, he conducted a study on the effects of colour on people’s mood and behaviour, specifically looking at the relationship between blue light and suicide rates in Japan. Suzuki and his team found that areas with more […]

Courtesy The Morning If certain changes made by the private sector are successful, relief could be provided in the future, claimed Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe in reference to the calls for the removal of the recent tax package. He stated so, during a discussion held with university professors and […]

Courtesy The Morning Agreements to be signed in 2 weeks Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera stated that the three Cabinet-approved foreign oil companies are expected to commence their fuel distribution operations in Sri Lanka within the next two months. Sri Lanka is planning to ink the respective agreements with the three companies in […]

By Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning The Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, President Counsel Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said that provisions have been included in the proposed Anti-Corruption Bill in such a way that the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) can seek the assistance of the Attorney General (AG) […]

Courtesy The Morning 450 SOEs incur Rs. 2,894 bn losses during 2012-2022 Sectoral regulatory agency mooted for SOEs: Siyambalapitiya A total of 450 State owned enterprises (SOEs) have incurred a loss of Rs. 2,894 billion (bn) between the years of 2012 and 2022, with the highest being recorded in 2020, according to the Ministry of […]

lanka C news විපක්ෂයේ ඉදිරිපස අසුන් පෙලේ සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා සහ තවත් දෙදෙනෙකු පමණක් ඉතිරි වෙද්දී අනික් සියලුම දෙනා ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයට එකතු වනු ඇති බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී මහින්දානන්ද අලුත්ගමගේ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. මේ පිළිබඳව කොළඹ ප්‍රදේශයෙන් නිවසක දීර්ඝ සාකච්ඡාවක් එම මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් පිරිස විසින් සිදුකර ඇති බවට තොරතුරු ලැබී ඇතැයිද මන්ත්‍රීවරයා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව […]

Courtesy NDTV Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe admired the way India has managed socioeconomic development and has ensured high economic growth. New Delhi:  Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe sought India’s help in establishing policy reforms, governance, capacity building, digitalization, and public service delivery, according to the press statement released by India’s Ministry of Personnel, Public […]

CNA COLOMBO :Sri Lanka’s central bank kept interest rates steady on Tuesday and expressed optimism that prices would decelerate sharply in the coming months, in its first policy decision since securing a $3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) held its standing deposit facility rate and standing […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today The general public hailed the stern action taken by the Government against a handful of workers and former employees of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to ensure smooth supply of fuel. When a section of the striking CPC workers tried to physically stop those who wanted to report for work, the Government […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Restructuring of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) will be done by the institution that will be set up following the model of Singapore and Malaysia to run state institutions, State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya  told Parliament today. Responding to a question raised by Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa on the restructuring of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror In a desperate attempt Sajith invites all SJB MPs to dinner last night – SJB MPs complain of interference from Sajith’s wife, sister – Harsha, Eran, Kabeer to join President – Harsha likely to be sworn in as Minister of Policy Implementation – Daily Mirror learns that insecurity and mayhem has […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s heightened fiscal, external, and financial sector imbalances and its fluid political situation pose significant uncertainty for the country’s economic outlook, says the World Bank in its twice-a-year update, underscoring the need to address the root causes of the country’s economic crisis and build a strong and resilient economy to prevent future […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has given the nod to provide 10kg of rice per month to 850,000 more low-income families in the country. On 16 January 2023, cabinet approval was given to provide 2 million low-income families with a rice quota of 10kg for a two-month period. However, the government has identified that […]

Dilrook Kannangara As if economic crises are not enough, the nation has to deal with never-ending strikes by teachers at various levels of teaching and exam marking and a worsening lack of doctors and other professionals. Both these are tied to long term economic instability. The nation needs a steady flow of professionals for its […]

by Garvin Karunaratne, former SLAS. It was a very strange order coming from the Minister for Public Administration, Mr Felix Dias Bandaranayake, the de facto ruler of Sri Lanka in 1970. You can go on transfer as the Government Agent at Matara only if all members of parliament agree”. The order of the Hon Minister […]