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 […]

Shenali D Waduge Running parallel to removing nationally controlled state-entities are well funded initiatives to create non-citizens out of citizens. The goal is to remove any passion within people to defend one’s nation. When a nation is devoid of national assets & citizens to defend it, it is open to anyone to take it over. […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Many Sri Lankans are concerned about their next meal, the high cost of living, deteriorating health, stagnant incomes, how to buy school requisites for their children, malnutrition and increasing poverty which they experience on a day-to-day basis. While restructuring the economy is a must, politicians must balance this with redress for the […]

Sasanka De Silva The vending machine is a modern marvel of convenience, allowing people to purchase everything from snacks and drinks to electronics and even cars with the simple press of a button. The invention of the vending machine is credited to a man named Hero of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician and engineer who lived […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Sri Lankan government is seeking Russian cooperation in multiple sectors, namely, tourism, air traffic, and locomotive construction, besides eyeing crude from Moscow. Colombo is negotiating a deal to buy discounted crude from Moscow, Sri Lankan Minister of Transport and Highways and Minister of Mass Media Bandula Gunawardana told Sputnik on […]

Courtesy Adaderana Further investigations are underway regarding various connections that Salindu Malshitha Gunaratne alias Kudu Salindu”, is alleged to have had with terrorist groups, according to the relevant investigation officers. The officers have informed this to the courts today (April 03). They have stated before the courts that the investigations are being carried out into […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka went through 2 insurgencies, 3 decades of terror, mass suicide, Covid-19 but nothing came near to the collapse of governance & state of anarchy that took place in 2022. How far the outcome was a result of bad planning & management, obnoxious decisions or well-funded & choreographed from external sources […]

By Sanjeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island Undoubtedly, children, particularly from low-income families, have borne the most significant hardships due to the unprecedented economic crisis that has beset our country. The single biggest challenge has been the skyrocketing food prices of even essentials, resulting in many families adopting coping strategies from reducing the number of meals […]

සසංක ද සිල්වා, පන්නිපිටිය. ග්‍රිගෝරි පෙරෙල්මන් දක්ෂ රුසියානු ගණිතඥයෙක් වන අතර ඔහු ජ්‍යාමිතිය සහ ස්ථල විද්‍යාව පිළිබඳ ඔහුගේ පෙරළිකාර වැඩ සඳහා වඩාත් ප්‍රසිද්ධය. ඔහු 1966 ජුනි 13 වන දින ලෙනින්ග්‍රෑඩ් (දැන් ශාන්ත පීටර්ස්බර්ග් ලෙස හැඳින්වේ) හි උපත ලැබූ අතර හැදී වැඩුණේ ගණිතඥයින්ගේ පවුලක ය. පෙරල්මන්ගේ වඩාත්ම ප්‍රසිද්ධ ජයග්‍රහණය වන්නේ සියවසකට වැඩි කාලයක් ගණිතයේ නොවිසඳුණු වැදගත්ම […]

Sasanka De Silva Grigori Perelman is a brilliant Russian mathematician who is best known for his groundbreaking work in geometry and topology. He was born in Leningrad (now known as Saint Petersburg) on June 13, 1966, and grew up in a family of mathematicians. Perelman’s most famous achievement is his proof of the Poincare conjecture”, […]

Press Release Pathfinder Foundation The Official Launch of the Report on A Medium and Long-term Strategy for Indo-Japanese Collaboration to Support the Economic Transformation of Sri Lanka”, prepared by the Pathfinder Foundation with the assistance of a panel of experts, was held, in Colombo. Hon. Ali Sabri, Minister of Foreign Affairs, was the event’s Chief […]

e-Con e-News ‘But the question is whether the entire ouster [of President Gotabhaya Rajapakse in 2022]was instigated & executed from scratch by the West with the help of local quislings as has happened in so many other countries where the West successfully instigated regime changes or attempted them, from Chile to Bolivia, Iran, Libya, Syria etc, etc. […]

Courtesy Pakistan Observer Sri Lanka continues its dialogue with Russia on possible purchases of oil and gas, Sri Lankan Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardana told Sputnik in an interview. Sri Lanka does not buy oil from Russia yet, however, this is to be discussed with the Ministry of Petroleum. I think we can get some win-win […]

By  Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today The USD 2.9 billion IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF) was obtained after a tedious process of satisfying a number of preconditions. Some of these prerequisites Sri Lanka had to agree to, such as privatisation of SOEs, tax hikes and subsidy strikes can be potentially political suicide. Indeed, over 47 […]

Courtesy The Island Police inaction to prevent arson attacks against SLPP politicians in the Western province on May 9 may have been due to orders not to carry weapons to deal with protesters, a new investigation has revealed.A review of the role of the police at the time showed Senior Deputy Inspector General Deshabandu Tennakoon […]