Archive for April, 2023
Friday, April 7th, 2023
Malinda Seneviratne A few weeks ago, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) posted a ‘wanted’ advertisement for a Financial Consultant ‘to provide guidance on investment decisions, cash management and dy-to-day organisational expenses. The expanded responsibilities include, ‘forecasting costs and revenues, conducting risk analysis for financial plans, evaluating capital expansion options and to provide guidance and recommendations […]
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Friday, April 7th, 2023
“නීතියේ සිංහල නුගමුල” ෆීනික්ස් නීති සාර සංග්රහය 1. ඉංග්රීසි නීති දේශන සිංහල භාෂාවට පරිවර්තනය කිරීමට නීති ශිෂ්යයන් භාෂා පරිවර්තක සුදුසුකම් ලබා නැත. 2. නිසි ප්රමිතියක නීති අධ්යාපනයක් සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් නීති විද්යාලයේදී නොලබා විභාග සමත්වීමට පමණක් සීමිත දැනුමක් නීති විද්යාලයෙන් පිටතදී ලබා ගැනීම. 3. සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් නීති දේශන නොපවත්වා සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් විභාග පවත්වා නීති දේශන පැවැත්වීමේ […]
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Friday, April 7th, 2023
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Friday, April 7th, 2023
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රටේ ජනතාවගේ උන්නතිය වෙනුවෙන් ත්රස්තවාදී ක්රියා සිදු කරන පුද්ගලයින් මර්දනය කිරීම සඳහා රජය කිසිවිටෙකත් පසුබට නොවන බව අධිකරණ අමාත්ය විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි. අන්තර්ජාල නාළිකාවක් සමඟ විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් ඔහු සදහන් කර තිබෙන්නේ ප්රතිත්රස්ත පනත සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඇතැම් පුද්ගලයින් සමාජය නොමග යවමින් සිටින බවය. එලෙස සමාජය මුලා කරන පුද්ගලයින්ට […]
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Friday, April 7th, 2023
Divyesh Singh Courtesy India Today The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has busted a racket allegedly working for the revival of a militant group in Sri Lanka. The agency has arrested one member and seized illegal proceeds. The National Investigation Agency has seized a huge cache of cash, gold bars, mobile phones, memory cards, drugs and […]
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Friday, April 7th, 2023
Anusha Ondaatjie, Courtesy Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange reserves grew in March to the highest in over a year after the South Asian nation clinched a $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout. The stockpile increased to $2.69 billion from $2.22 billion in February, according to data released by the central bank on […]
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Friday, April 7th, 2023
By Kalani Kumarasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Central Bank Governor and the leaders of the country must be mindful to work and not complain, former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said. I have done this job for the last nine years. Have I ever complained or cried for a single day? We did […]
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Friday, April 7th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lankan migrant workers’ foreign remittances have seen a sharp increase in March 2023, according to the figures published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL). Thereby, workers’ remittances amounted to USD 568.3 million last month, recording an increase of more than USD 161 million from February 2023. Sri Lanka consecutively registered […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Ex- Permanent Secretary Prime minister Sirimavo Bandaranayaka and President Mahanuwara Senior citizens Movement BRICS alliance working to create its own currency, says Russian official 1 min read . Updated: 02 Apr 2023, 10:25 PM IST Anwesha Mitra (L-R) Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
Dr. Upatissa Pethiyagoda. With development and population increase, national energy requirements will inevitably rise. Fears of exhaustion of the resource and inflation at supply sources, will surely increase prices of coal and oil. Small nations such as ours are bound to lose out. Two considerations have dominated discourse on Energy issues. (I) Both coal and […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන අග්රාමාත්ය ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය කුරුසිය මත ජීවිතය පූජාකළ ජේසුස් ක්රිස්තුස් වහන්සේගේ දුක් ප්රාප්තිය, මරණය හා උත්ථානය සිහිපත් කරන පාස්කු මංගල්ය ශ්රී ලාංකික හා ලෝකවාසී කිතුනු ජනතාව බැතියෙන් සිහිපත් කරන අද දින අසංවේදී සන්නිවේදන හා වත්මන් සංකීර්ණ සමාජ අනවබෝධය හමුවේ සිදී බිදි යන මානව සබදතා හා සමාජ ධර්මතා යළිදු නිවැරදි මගට ප්රවිෂ්ට […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
තිස්ස ගුණතිලක බුද්ධකාලීන දඹදිව ‘පුබ්බෙ අනනුස්සුතෙසු ධම්මෙසු’- මා දේශනා කරන්නේ ඔබ ආරංචියකින්වත් අසා නොමැති (පෙර නොඇසූවිරූ) ධර්මයකි. බුදුන් වහන්සේට පෙර දඹදිව විවිධ ඇදහිලි හා විශ්වාසයන් පැවතුනි. මේවායින් වඩාත්ම ප්රකට වූයේ වේදාන්ත දර්ශනයක්වූ බ්රාහ්මණ දහමයි. සසරේ මැරී මැරී නැවත නැවත උපදින අතර බ්රහ්මන් හමුවීමෙන් මෙම ක්රියාවලිය අවසන්වේ යනු එහි ඉගැන්වීමයි. ඊට අමතරව අද්භූත බල විශ්වාසයද (ගිනි […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
රෝහිත මුණසිංහ – පැරිස් – ප්රංශය ශ්රිලංකාවේ විශේෂිත සංසිද්ධියක් සිදුවී මේ දක්වා වසර 52 ක් ගතව ඇතත්, අප්රේල් 04 දිනයට අදාළව අදට ද බොහෝ මාධ්යවල ඒ පිලිබඳ ලිපියක් හෝ කෙටි සටහනක්වත් පළවෙන අතර, කැරැල්ලේ අයිතිකරුවා වන ජවිපෙ විසින් සැමරුම් සිදු කරනු ලබයි. එහෙත් මගේ මෙම ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම එවැනි සාම්ප්රදායික දෙයක් නොව, එම කැරැල්ල සහ ජවිපෙ දෙස නව මානයකින් බැලීමය. යම් සිද්ධියක්, නිර්මාණයක් හෝ පුද්ගල […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Defence Secretary Kamal Gunarathne said he would take legal action against three persons including journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrama, demanding compensation of Rs. 500 million each for defamation through social media. The Defence Secretary said that he has taken action to file cases against three persons demanding Rs. 500 million compensation each for damaging […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Ceylon Electricity Board has successfully acquired the 163 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant which was operated by Sojitz Kelanitissa (Pvt) Limited on March 28, 2023. The acquiring process was initiated in the latter part of the year 2022, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Power Purchase Agreement […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s court today ordered to dismiss a private plaint filed against former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal. Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawala made this order taking into consideration the preliminary objections raised on behalf of the former Central Bank Governor. Former Southern Province Governor Rajith Keerthi Thennakoon […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has issued a statement, clarifying a misreporting of the views recently expressed by the CBSL Governor, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe during a recent media engagement. The media reports in question, which claim that the Governor anticipates a difficult period ahead in the economy, were deemed a ‘gross […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Rajitha Senaratne has stated that he is ready provide the support required in the event a political request is made by the President with regards to rebuilding the country. Commenting on recent speculation that several MPs belonging to the SJB intend on joining forces with the President, Senaratne […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana උතුරු මුහුදු තීරයේදී හෙරොයින් මත්කුඩු කිලෝග්රෑම් 196ක් ආනයනය කිරීම, සන්තකයේ තබාගැනීම සහ ජාවාරම් කිරීමේ චෝදනා එල්ලවී සිටි විත්තිකරුවන් 05 දෙනෙකු නිදොස් කොට නිදහස් කරන ලෙස කොළඹ ත්රිපුද්ගල මහාධිකරණ විනිසුරු මඩුල්ලක් අද (06) නියෝග කර තිබේ. ආදිත්ය පටබැඳිගේ, මංජුල තිලකරත්න සහ මහේන් වීරමන් යන මහත්වරුන්ගෙන් සමන්විත ත්රිපුද්ගල මහාධිකරණ විනිසුරු මඩුල්ල විසින් මෙම තීන්දුව ලබාදී […]
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Before the European invasion, the economic policy of Sri Lanka was believed to be maintaining a production economy with a view to enduring of people and making savings for the future. The definition of production is a dynamic term that products and services creation related to agriculture, industry, construction and related services […]
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
Sasanka De Silva, Pannipitiya The ageing population in East Asia and the Pacific is poised to have significant implications for economic growth and fiscal stability in the region. With a rapidly ageing population, countries in this region are facing a myriad of challenges that will require careful planning and policy interventions to mitigate the adverse […]
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
Ceylon Diary – SBPC Official Channel
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
“නීතියේ සිංහල නගමුල”ෆීන්ක්ස් නීති සාර සංග්රහය 1. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අධිකරණ භාෂාව සහ නීති පැනවීමේ භාෂාව සිංහල භාෂාව වන අතර පනත් අතර අනනුකූලත්වයක් ඇති වවහොත් සිංහල භාෂා පාඨය යොදා ගත යුතුය. 2. වෛද්ය පීඨයේ ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවෙන් පමණක් උගන්වන අතර විභාග වෙනත් භාෂාවලින් පවත්වන්නේ නැත. 3. වෛද්ය පීඨවල උගන්වන්නේ නැති භාෂාවලින් විභාග පවත්වන්නේ නැත්තේ වෛද්ය අධ්යාපනයේ සහ […]
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
Jubeda Chowdhury Dhaka based teacher, freelance columnist, researcher. German-based news media Deutsche Welle aired a documentary about Bangladesh’s elite force Rapid Action Battalion RAB. Deutsche Welle published the investigative documentary in association with Netra News. A summary of the same was also circulated in a press release. It is said that there is a renewed […]
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
Courtesy Aljazeera Sri Lanka’s central bank is considering criminal charges against those accused of running a fake crypto scheme. Colombo, Sri Lanka – The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has announced that it is mulling criminal action against a group that ran a crypto investment scheme dubbed Sports Chain, seven months after an Al Jazeera investigation exposed […]
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
Courtesy Peoples Gazette According to the World Bank, the economy will continue to face significant challenges in 2023 and beyond. The World Bank on Tuesday announced that Sri Lankan economy is projected to contract by 4.3 per cent in 2023 as demand continues to be subdued, job and income losses intensify. The World Bank in its twice-a-year […]
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
https://beincrypto.com/ The Sri Lankan Central Bank is considering charging suspects involved in a crypto pyramid scheme that saw investors lose $47 million. During a period of economic turmoil in the country, investors disposed of expensive assets to obtain the funds needed to invest in the scheme dubbed Sports Chain. Countries with high levels of inflation […]
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s economy is projected to contract further in 2023 before it begins a gradual recovery in 2024, as the country navigates an unprecedented economic crisis, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in its annual flagship economic publication, the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) April 2023. The economy contracted by 7.8% in 2022 and is […]
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Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Shenali D Waduge How many foreign investors / foreign investments has Sri Lanka had since 1978? There are many who claim foreign investments are beneficial – beneficial to whom? How beneficial have they been to Sri Lanka- the People – the environment or to these investors? Who has done an analysis of these investments & sale […]
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Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Manusha Media නීති පද්ධතිය සකස් කිරීම ගැන වෘත්තීය සමිති – ආයෝජකයින් – ව්යවසායකයින් – විද්වතුන්ගෙන් අදහස් ලබාගැනීමටත් ක්රමවේදයක් සකස් කර තිබෙනවා – කම්කරු සහ විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර දැනට පවතින සංකීර්ණ කම්කරු නීති වෙනුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලබන සංයුක්ත කම්කරු නීති පද්ධතියේ පළමු කෙටුම්පත මැයි මාසය වන විට සකස් කර අවසන් කිරීමට අපේක්ෂා කරන බවත්, […]
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