Sugath Kulatunga The details of the conditionalities of the IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF) are now accessible on the IMF website Web: http://www.imf.org. A few comments from a layman’s point of view are as follows. Reference to IMF program covers government ownership as well. The objective of the IMF intervention aims to restore macroeconomic stability […]

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රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන්    ඡන්දයෙන්තේරී පත්වන පළාත් පාලන නියෝජිතයින් (මැම්බර්) සංඛ්‍යාව 4714 ක් දක්වා සීමා වන සීමා නිර්ණය කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාව අද අගමැතිවරයා අතට පත් කර ඇත.  ඒ අනුව, 2017 දී 8771 ක් වුණු මන්ත්‍රී සංඛ්‍යාව අඩකින් පමණ අඩු කර ඇත.    ලංකාවේ ගම් සභා ක්‍රමය පැවති යුගයේ මැම්බර් මහත්වරු 9000 ක් පමණ පළාත් පාලන […]

PRESS RELEASE  HungryBrain ·         Student of HungryBrain becomes child prodigy before reaching 2 years Hitansh Singh, whose one-of-a-kind talent has finally brought him to the spotlight where he belongs, is proof that age is just a number. This boy from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, entered his name into the India Book of Records for having created […]

Erina Haque, Researcher, Human rights activist, and freelance columnist. Gun violence has once again afflicted USA in Louisville, Kentucky. On Monday morning, a gunman killed at least five people and injured nine more at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The gunman was identified later as Connor Sturgeon, an employee at Old National Bank, according […]

 Prime Minister’s Media Division If the Vesak festival diminishes in its importance, it will be a dark era like Amavaka–Venerable Elle Gunawamsa Thera The Prime Minister held a discussion on holding next month’s Vesak festival at Temple Trees on 10.04.2023 with the participation of venerable Theras representing Colombo Shasanarakshaka Bala Mandala and officials from Buddhist […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division The preliminary draft of the report of the National Committee on Delimitation of Divisions for Local Government bodies was handed over to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena today (11.04.2023). Demarcation of constituencies based on geographical size and population have been listed in the preliminary draft and the said draft is to be […]

By Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning Authorities of the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) and the Ministry of Agriculture are currently discussing the provision of 100,000 toque macaques (a reddish brown coloured Old World monkey endemic to Sri Lanka and known as the ‘rilawa’) to China, considering a request made by the latter to the […]

Courtesy OneIndia The revival of the LTTE has been on the radar of the investigation agencies for long. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) recently seized a huge cache of cash, gold bars, digital devices, drugs and documents, along with other incriminating material during the raids and searches conducted at Chennai. In a release the NIA […]

Courtesy The Hindu Sri Lanka has been struck by a catastrophic economic and humanitarian crisis sparked by years of mismanagement and the raging pandemic. The World Bank has assured crisis-struck Sri Lanka of continued support to stabilise the island nation’s economy and enhance its economic recovery, State Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe has said. State Finance […]

By Dr. Srimal Fernando Courtesy Ceylon Today The role of colonialism in determining global politics has come in for overdue analysis in recent years. Post colonialism studies the manner in which societies, governments and peoples of previously colonised regions across the globe experience international relations.    It was during the era of ‘new imperialism’ of the […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today We have a difficult question before us. On either side of us are two emerging superpowers, already in the top five of the strongest economies in the world. The problem is that these two nations do not see eye to eye on a number of issues. It is helpful […]

By P.k. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), comprising countries from Europe and North America, has informally sought a partnership with India, in an effort to contain Russia and China. Apart from 32 full members, NATO has 40 partners around the world in Asia, Africa, South America and Oceania. Though India […]

By Prof. Rasheen Bappu Courtesy Ceylon Today Approximately, 2,074 registered trade unions are in Sri Lanka, of which 54.5 per cent are in the public sector, 27.5 per cent in public corporations and 18 per cent in the private sector. The number of members covered by the trade unions amounts to 9.5 per cent of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Election Commission says, for the second time, it is compelled to postpone the 2023 Local Government polls, scheduled to be held on April 25. In a special media release published today (April 11), Commissioner-General of Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake said the decision was reached due to reasons beyond the control of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Sabry says he does not agree with certain points included in the proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill. Speaking during TV Derana’s 360°” programme last night (April 10), he emphasized that all members of the government are of the common opinion that the bill needs to be amended. There […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් නව සීමා නිර්ණ වාර්තාවට අනුව පළාත් පාලන ආයතන සඳහා තේරී පත්වන සභිකයන් සංඛ්‍යාව 4,714ක් දක්වා අඩු කර තිබෙනවා. සීමා නිර්ණ කමිටු සභාපති මහින්ද දේශප්‍රිය සඳහන් කළේ මීට පෙර පළාත්පාලන ආයතන සඳහා සභිකයින් 8,356 දෙනෙකු තේරී පත්ව සිටි බවයි.

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කර ඇති ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත් කෙටුම්පත සම්බන්ධයෙන් චෝදනා එල්ල කරන්නේ එහි වගන්ති පිළිබඳ නිසි දැනුවත් භාවයකින් තොරව බව අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ පවසනවා. හිරු සලකුණ දේශපාලන සංවාදාත්මක වැඩසටහනට එක්වෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ අදහස් පළ කළා.