Courtesy The Daily Mirror Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa alleged that there is a sinister move to buy over MPs from his party the Samagi Jana Balawegaya ( SJB). Speaking during a public meeting in Dehiwala, Mr. Premadasa said some MPs have been offered millions of rupees if they cross over to the government. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The first phase of the program to plant three million jackfruit trees across the country, under the theme ‘Guwan Hamuda Herali Perali’, was launched today at the Anuradhapura Air Force Base under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. This program has been implemented in conjunction with the government’s food security program […]

Sugath Kulatunga Delivering the keynote address at the ‘Economic Dialogue – IMF & Beyond’ President  referred to Sri Lanka’s missed opportunities for development, and mentioned the failure to implement D.S. Senanayake’s proposals and the Shenoy Report of 1965. He added that the country’s progress was hindered by the ethnic issue that turned into armed conflict […]

සසංක ද සිල්වා පන්නිපිටිය. “දැනුම“ ලෙසද හැඳින්වෙන, පරීක්ෂණයෙන් ලන්ඩනයේ භූගෝල විද්‍යාව සහ වීදි සැකැස්ම සමඟ අයදුම්කරුවෙකුගේ හුරුපුරුදුකම මෙන්ම නගරයේ වැදගත් සන්ධිස්ථාන සහ උනන්දුවක් දක්වන ස්ථාන පිළිබඳ ඔවුන්ගේ දැනුම ඇගයීමට ලක් කරයි. මෙම පරීක්ෂණය ලෝකයේ එවැනි ආකාරයේ වඩාත්ම අභියෝගාත්මක තක්සේරුවක් ලෙස සලකනු ලබන අතර, සමත් වීමට ඇදහිය නොහැකි තරම් දුෂ්කර වීම සඳහා කීර්තියක් ඇත. පරීක්ෂණය සඳහා සූදානම් […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya The “Knowledge of London” test is a rigorous assessment that is taken by those who wish to become licensed taxi drivers in the city of London. Also known as “The Knowledge,” the test evaluates an applicant’s familiarity with the geography and street layout of London, as well as their knowledge of […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror  About 64 percent of the imported urea in Sri Lanka is used for paddy cultivation, but only 20-40 percent of it is actually absorbedThere are farmers who overcame the challenge posed by the chemical fertilizer ban brought about in 2021 GovernmentIn contrast to other countries, Sri Lanka shows limited interest in […]

By Vinod Moonesinghe/www.medium.com Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” – L.P. Hartley, The go-between Recent shortages of milk powder, wheat flour and even rice have brought into perspective Sri Lanka’s lack of food security. The situation has been exacerbated by growing dependence on imports of wheat — which […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror In the face of criticism against the new Anti-Terrorism  Bill, Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said the government would  not bring about any fundamental changes to the current version. The bill, already announced in the gazette notification, is  to be presented in Parliament for debate and enactment. This is to be  enacted […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe says, during his tenure as the Head of State, he will not tolerate any breach of law and order in the country. He emphasized that he would prioritize doing what is right over doing what is popular, and that presenting popular ideas can lead to the destruction of the country. […]

Courtesy Adaderana A meeting chaired by Foreign Affairs State Minister Tharaka Balasuriya was held at the Ministry on Thursday with regard to strengthening relations between Sri Lanka and the ASEAN countries. It was attended by Heads of Mission of the ASEAN countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam based in Sri Lanka and senior […]