Archive for April, 2023

Chinese Embassy responds to reports of exporting monkeys from Sri Lanka

Wednesday, April 19th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana The Chinese Embassy in Colombo says that the country’s wildlife authorities have clarified that they are not aware of the request to export 100,000 toque macaque monkeys from Sri Lanka to a Chinese private company and that no such application has been received from any side.  Issuing a press release on the issue, […]

More >

Beijing’s rise leaves Paris Club of creditors struggling to find forum

Wednesday, April 19th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana The last time emerging markets faced a major debt crisis, in the 1990s, influential creditors, named after traditional centres of diplomacy and finance, could quickly gather in private to agree a solution. These days, bringing together a more diverse group of lenders has proved a more cumbersome exercise. The Paris Club’s members are […]

More >

 MONEY EXPORTS: THERE IS NO INJUSTICE

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

  BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS       Many countries engage in animal exports for various purposes. Many Middle East countries import animal for various purposes such as getting meat, wools and skins and export of animal are major businesses and export of monkeys has no specific problems to Sri Lanka. It would be a business like in […]

More >

CEYLON COLLEGE OF SURGEONS’ “HISTORY OF SURGICAL SERVICES IN SRI LANKA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 2021” (Part 1)

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

KAMALIKA PIERIS The first contemporary monograph on western medicine in Sri Lanka was C.G Uragoda’s History of medicine in Sri Lanka from the earliest times to 1948, issued as the centenary publication of the Sri Lanka Medical Association in 1987. It recorded the   development of western medicine during the Portuguese, Dutch and British occupation and […]

More >

“HISTORY OF SURGICAL SERVICES IN SRI LANKA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 2021”   Part 2   

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

KAMALIKA PIERIS  The History of surgery in Sri Lanka published by the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka contains surgical information which will be greatly valued by the surgeons. But the book also contains information which will appeal to those interested in the history of medicine.  The book is a gold mine of medical biography. […]

More >

Lucrative Employment Opportunities for Sri Lankan Skilled Workers in several Countries

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Manusha Media Caregiver jobs in Japan and Europe – Hospitality industry jobs in England, Canada, Australia – Construction industry jobs in the Middle East Agreement inked for a vocational training programme aimed at foreign employment Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said  his Ministry has been able to secure lucrative employment opportunities in several countries for […]

More >

Ghana first to approve ‘world-changer’ malaria vaccine

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Courtesy BBC Ghana is the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine that has been described as a “world-changer” by the scientists who developed it. The vaccine – called R21 – appears to be hugely effective, in stark contrast to previous ventures in the same field. Ghana’s […]

More >

ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත් කෙටුම්පත ගැන අධිකරණ ඇමතිගේ පැහැදිලි කිරීම

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම ප්‍රධාන කරුණු දෙකක් පදනම් කර ගනිමින් ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත් කෙටුම්පත සම්පාදනය කළ බව අධිකරණ, බන්ධනාගාර කටයුතු හා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ අමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ පවසයි. විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ, අද (අප්‍රේල් 18) පැවැති කැබිනට් තීරණ දැනුම් දීමේ මාධ්‍ය හමුවේදී ය. රැඳවුම් නියෝග නිකුත් කිරීම සහ පාපොච්චාරණය මත චූදිතයන් වරදකරුවන් බවට […]

More >

Certain political elements behind delaying A/L answer script correction: Minister

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror An intelligence report revealed that certain extremist political groups wanted to promote extremist political ideologies by using the frustration of the youth by delaying the scrutinization of GCE (A/L) answer scripts, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said. After signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Vocational Training Authority (VTA) and the […]

More >

Railway Department to be made a corporation: Minister

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government has initiated discussions for the conversion of the Department of Railways to a public corporation as part of the process of reforming the state-owned enterprises (SOEs), a minister said today. A public corporation or a statutory corporation is operated on a commercial basis and governed by a chairman and […]

More >

Vietnam to boost traditional friendship and multifaceted collaboration with Sri Lanka

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana President of Vietnam Vo Van Thuong has affirmed that his country always attaches importance to developing its traditional friendship and multifaceted collaboration with Sri Lanka. This was mentioned when the new Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Vietnam, Sajeewa Umanga Mendis presented their credentials to President Thuong on Tuesday (April 18). The Sri Lankan […]

More >

X-Press Pearl’s insurer bribed local official to disrupt litigation processes?

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe says he has been tipped off on several occasions about a local official being bribed by the insurer of the tanker MV X-Press Pearl, which was gutted in a fire that erupted off the western coast of Sri Lanka two years ago. The lawmaker made this staggering revelation while […]

More >

ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත සකස් කර ඇත්තේ ජනතාවාදී අයුරින් – විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ (වීඩියෝ)

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත සකස් කර ඇත්තේ ජනතාවාදී අයුරින් බව අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ පවසනවා. ප්‍රවෘත්ති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ අද (18) පැවති කැබිනට් තීරණ දැනුම්දීමේ මාධ්‍ය හමුවට එක්වෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව කියා සිටියා. “ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනතින් ජනතාවට හානියක් නැහැ – එක්ස්ප්‍රස්පර්ල් වන්දිය යට ගහන තැන

More >

Government restricts holding events, meetings at Galle Face Green

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Courtesy Hiru News The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to permit only religious events at the Galle Face Green from 20th April 2023. According to a document from the Department of Government Information, permission will not be granted for musical shows, political meetings, or mass gatherings to be held at the Galle Face Green in […]

More >

ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල සහ සැඟවුණු ආර්ථික යුද්ධය

Monday, April 17th, 2023

ධරිණී රාජසිංහම් සේනානායක නැගී එමින් පවතින සහ වියැකි යමින් පවතින සුපිරි බල කඳවුරු අතර සැඟවුණු ආර්ථික යුද්ධය උත්සන්න වෙමින් ආසියානු 21 වැනි සිය වස ” තුළටද ව්‍යාප්ත වෙමින් පවතී. එක්සත් ජනපදයේ නාවික හමුදාව විසින් කරාට්-මා-රෙක්ස් (CARAT/ MAREX) නාවික යුද අභ්‍යාස මෑතකදී ශ්‍රි ලංකාවට අයත් සමුද්‍ර කලාපය තුළ පැවැත්වීම මගින් මෙන්ම ඒ අතර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජාත්‍යන්තර […]

More >

දෙමළ චේ ගුවේරා? (Tamil Che Guvera)

Monday, April 17th, 2023

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. දැනට වසර කීපයකට පෙර ගෝඨාභය පාලන කාලයේදී සේපාල් අමරසිංහ විසින් යාපනේ <අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ත් කියන කඳුළු කතාව> නමින් වීඩියෝවක් පලකරණ ලදී. (60) ” අරූන් සිද්ධාර්ත් කියන කඳුළු කතාව…” – YouTube අරුන්ට හිස එසවීමට අතදෙන ලෙස දෙමළ බෞද්ධයෙක් යයි කියන උතුරේ ආණ්ඩුකාරයෙක්වූ සුරේෂ් රඝුවාන්ටත්, බෞද්ධ ධර්මය වර්ණනා කරණ හා උතුරේ දෙමළ දුක ගැන […]

More >

Russia Leaves the Neoliberal West to Join the World Majority

Monday, April 17th, 2023

Courtesy The Unz Review In this episode of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour, economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss Russia’s economic transition away from the neoliberal West and integration with what it calls the World Majority” in the Global South. Transcript ​RADHIKA DESAI: Hi everyone, welcome to the seventh Geopolitical Economy Hour, a program […]

More >

An Open Letter to Minister of Power & Energy Sri Lanka

Monday, April 17th, 2023

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya Mr Kanchana Wijesekara.Ministry of Power and EnergyNo:72,Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha,Colombo 07.Sri Lanka. Dear Mr Wijesekara. The purpose of this mail is not to discuss the tariff hike but to bring to your attention the neglect and unfair treatment we, the solar power generators (home installations), received after the price hike. Tariffs have […]

More >

සෝබනකාරයා ගැන සංවාදය අප්‍රියෙල් 20 වැනිදා

Monday, April 17th, 2023

කල්පනා ඇම්බ්‍රෝස් ප්‍රභාත් විතානගේ විසින් රචිත ‘සෝබනකාරයා‘ කෙටි නවකතාව ගැන සංවාදයක් මෙමඅප්‍රියෙල් මස 20 වැනි බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා හවස 4 ට බොරැල්ල එන්. එම්. පෙරේරා ශාලාවේ දී පැවැත්⁣වේ. ප්‍රභාත් විතානගේ ලියූ සෝබනකාරයා නවකතාව පිළිබඳ සාහිත්‍ය සංවාදය අදහස් දැක්වීම ________ විමල් කැටිපෙආරච්චි  කල්පනා ඇම්බ්‍රෝස්  විවිමරී වැන්ඩර්පූටන් තාරක එරන්ද කල්දේරා සඳිනි ප්‍රාර්ථනා තෙන්නකෝන් දිල්ෂානි චතුරිකා දාබරේ රශ්මික මණ්ඩාවල සංවාදය මෙහෙයවීම: අනිල් හේරත්

More >

නිර්මාණාත්මක විනාශය

Monday, April 17th, 2023

සසංක ද සිල්වා නිර්මාණාත්මක විනාශය යනු නව සොයාගැනීම් සහ තාක්ෂණයන් පැරණි, අඩු කාර්යක්ෂම ඒවා විස්ථාපනය කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය විස්තර කිරීම සඳහා ආර්ථික විද්‍යාඥ ජෝසෆ් ෂුම්පීටර් විසින් නිර්මාණය කරන ලද යෙදුමකි. වෙනත් වචන වලින් කිවහොත්, එය නව සහ වඩා හොඳ නිෂ්පාදන, සේවා සහ දේවල් කිරීමේ ක්‍රම නිරන්තරයෙන් හඳුන්වා දීමෙන් වැඩිහිටි ඒවා යල් පැනීමට හා අවසානයේ වඳ වී […]

More >

Creative Destruction

Monday, April 17th, 2023

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya Creative destruction is a term coined by economist Joseph Schumpeter to describe the process by which new innovations and technologies displace older, less efficient ones. In other words, it refers to the idea that the constant introduction of new and better products, services, and ways of doing things inevitably leads to […]

More >

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe To Make Fresh Clarion Call For All-Party National Government

Monday, April 17th, 2023

Courtesy Outlook India Sri Lanka is in the midst of its worst economic crisis since its independence from Great Britain in 1948, triggered by a severe paucity of foreign exchange reserves Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to make a fresh call for the formation of an all-party government for the cash-strapped country when […]

More >

Ethiopia celebrates Sinhala and Tamil New Year 2023

Monday, April 17th, 2023

Courtesy APO Group The New Year festival was attended by a large number of Sri Lankan citizens in Ethiopia along with the diplomatic community ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 17, 2023/APO Group/ -The Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and to the African Union Commission (AUC) […]

More >

The right way to tackle the monkey menace.

Monday, April 17th, 2023

By P.k. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today Last week, Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera announced that the Government is considering a Chinese proposal to import 100,000 ‘toque monkeys’ from Sri Lanka for 1,000 zoos in that country. The international media promptly commented that the deal stemmed from Sri Lanka’s dire need for foreign exchange. The Indian […]

More >

‘Let the Rich Pay’ Mentality

Monday, April 17th, 2023

BY Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today In an effort to convince that the IMF is here to help Sri Lanka, IMF Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer says, When a crisis strikes, the poor are hit the hardest.” From the onset of the negotiations with the IMF, as Sri Lanka sought a bailout, […]

More >

COULD SRI LANKA REJECT THE CITIZENSHIP BY DESCENT DEPORTING SUCH PEOPLE FROM THE COUNTRY

Sunday, April 16th, 2023

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS  Citizenship by descent is considered the clear cut-right of a person and it is a universal human right. Any person born to this world he/ she /bisexual has right to live in the world and nobody can deny this right. This is not written in the list of human rights in United […]

More >

THE POLITICS IN “ARCHIVE OF MEMORY” Part 1

Sunday, April 16th, 2023

KAMALIKA PIERIS The book Archive of memory, reflections on 70 years of independence” curated by Malathi de Alwis and Hasini Haputhanthri was published in 2019 by HistoricalDialogue.lk.(ISBN 978-642-5313-00-6) There was also a traveling exhibition which displayed the same objects and text given in this book. The book and exhibition seem to have been planned together, […]

More >

THE POLITICS IN “ARCHIVE OF MEMORY” Part 2

Sunday, April 16th, 2023

KAMALIKA PIERIS The Sinhalese, the Buddhists and the Sri Lanka Army are presented in an unflattering, negative manner in the book ‘Archive of memory.’ The episode ‘Beef lamprais’ is on Buddhism.” The    narrator who lived in Kalutara, says we ate beef every day though we were Buddhist, so did the rest.  The majority in Kalutara […]

More >

THE POLITICS IN “ARCHIVE OF MEMORY” Part 3

Sunday, April 16th, 2023

KAMALIKA PIERIS Lastly,  Archive of Memory looked at  the Eelam War. There is a brief reference to LTTE activity. Two narrators recall LTTE bombs, one  at No Limit, Nugegoda on November 27, 2007 and the explosion at  Katunayake airport on 24.7 2001. In ‘Chain and bangles’ we are told of LTTE attacks on Sinhala villages. […]

More >

උදය-වය දකින ආකාරය – 5 අවසාන කොටස – එකායනො අයං මග්ගො – සතරසතිපට්ඨානය

Sunday, April 16th, 2023

තිස්ස ගුණතිලක සිත හා සිහිය යනු දෙකක් බව දැන් ඔබට පැහැදිලිවී ඇතැයි සිතමි. ‘සිත’ යනු භාහිරයේ පවතින රූප හැඩතලයකින් නික්මෙන තරංගය (වර්ණ තරංග, ශබ්ද තරංග ආදිය) අධික වේගයකින් විපරිනාමවන ඉංද්‍රියන් හා ගැටීමෙන් (ප්‍රසාදයවීමෙන්) ඇතිවන ස්කන්ධ ක්‍රියාවලියෙන් (රූප වේදන සංඥා ආදි) ආරම්භවී පටිච්චපමුප්පාදය තුල දිවෙන අරමුන නැතහොත් සිතුවිල්ල නැමති ක්‍රියාවලියයි. තත්පරයකට කෝටියකටත් වඩා වැඩි වේගයකින් සිතුවිල්ල/අරමුන/සිත […]

More >

Copyright © 2026 LankaWeb.com. All Rights Reserved. Powered by Wordpress