BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Insulting to others is an explicit nature of Sri Lankans irrespective of ethnic groups such as Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim. In other ethnic groups in the world there may have such a negative cultural feature in relation to human behaviour, comparatively Sri Lankans gets a priority for this bad feature and I […]

Senaka Weeraratna India with the support of Buddhist Asia can become a World Superpower. Not necessarily militarily but economically, morally, and spiritually. Buddhism which has heavily influenced the moral and ethical foundations of a wide range of countries in South Asia, South East Asia, and the Far East in the past two millennia, can again […]

By Dr Tilak S. Fernando However, as much as everyone brags about the increase in tourism, the fact remains that the hotel staff is disgracefully still living in the colonial era.  The Tourist Board had approached the Immigration and Emigration Department to extend tourist visas for six months and beyond. If Sri Lanka wants to […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena held a discussion with Italian Ambassador Rita Giuliana Mannella about the expansion of trade and investment relations between the two countries. He urged to explore possibility of investments in new areas during a discussion held with Ambassador of Italy Rita Giuliana Mannella and European Union Ambassador Denis […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය වාල්මිකීගේ රාමායණය ඉන්දු ලංකා අනාදිමත් පුරාවෘත්තයන් සටහන් කරයි. දෙරට පුරා විසිරී ගිය එහි ජනප්‍රවාදයන් අතර නුවරඑළිය සීතා අම්මාන් කෝවිල ප්‍රධානතම ස්ථානය ගනී. දෙමළ හින්දු ජනතාවගේ වන්දනාමානයට පාත්‍රවන මෙම ස්ථානය සිංහල ජනතාව ද පැදකුණු කරයි. මෙය ජාතික හා ආගමික සමගිය සදහා වූ තෝතැන්නකි. සීතා අම්මාන්  කෝවිල් භාරකාර මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති වී. රාධක්‍රිෂ්ණන්  මහතාගේ ආරාධනයට […]

e-Con e-News ‘The irrationalities & inhumanity of the world order are essentially a problem of vested interests both on a national & international scale, not to be resolved as a problem in logic by argumentation or as a problem in ethics by appeals to righteousness.’– see ee Focus, SBD de Silva, Political Economy of Underdevelopment For every $1 the IMF encourages a […]

Lanka Lead News ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ’ නායක විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් ගෝල්ෆේස් අරගලයේ ඇතුළාන්තය” පිළිබඳව පුළුල් අධ්‍යයනයකින් අනතුරුව රචනා කළ නවය; සැඟවුණු කතාව” විමර්ශනාත්මක කෘතිය එළිදැක්වීමේ සජීවී විකාශය හා එක්වන්න.. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=1179052012792347 https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWimalWeerawansa.sl%2Fvideos%2F1179052012792347%2F&show_text=false&width=560&t=0

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that any attempt to disturb the education system of the country, whether directly or indirectly, will not be permitted, and if required, new legislation will be introduced to address such conduct. The President stressed the pivotal role of education in shaping the future of the country, and announced his […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former President Maithripala Sirisena has claimed that he is being targetted as a perpetrator of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, despite several arrests already being made in this regard.  Speaking at a news conference in Colombo today (25 April), Sirisena deemed it ‘unfair’ that he is still seen as a perpetrator of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe has stated that Indian tourists visiting Sri Lanka can now use the Indian Rupee (INR) for local transactions.  Delivering the keynote address at the webinar organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Dr. Weerasinghe reiterated […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka today urged the Federation of University Teachers’ Association (FUTA) to postpone their trade union action until the paper markings of the 2022 G.C.E. Advanced Level examination is completed.  The HRCSL said it has initiated an inquiry into this issue by self-intervention in concern with some complaints […]