By Rohana R. Wasala  Courtesy The Island Some well meaning, erudite, but very naive and innocent,  young bhikkhus are challenging the pastor to a debate over his deprecatory remarks about Buddhism, which I think is ridiculously ingenuous and unnecessary, because that is giving this mocker of the sacred a measure of dignity that he doesn’t […]

by Professor Sunil J.  Wimalawansa Would taking excessive (unnecessary) loans by Sri Lanka lead to bankruptcy? In 2002, Sri Lanka paid more than US $320 million as import duties to affluent countries.  While some European countries exported three to five times more than Sri Lanka, Norway paid only $125 million, and Switzerland paid $245 million […]

Mahinda Gunasekera Agincourt, Ontario Honourable Political Party Leaders, Please see the article by the Indian Journalist, N. Sathiya Moorthy published in the Colombo Telegraph where he writes about the final stages of the nilitary action taken by the Sri Lankan authorities to eliminate the internationally designated (including Canada) terrorist group known as the Liberation Tiger […]

Press Release Pathfinder Foundation The 3rd Bay of Bengal Maritime Dialogue hosted by the Pathfinder Foundation, Sri Lanka and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue of Switzerland was held on 23 – 24 May in Colombo.  The event was attended by over fifty delegates at the senior government level, regional organizations leading think tanks, universities independent […]

Lanka Lead News දෙමළ ජන සංහාරයක් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිදුවූවා යැයි පවසමින් කැනඩා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ජස්ටින් ටෘඩර් මහතා කළ ප්‍රකාශයට පිළිතුරු සැපයීම සඳහා ගෝලීය ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සංසදය විසින් කැනඩා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාට ලිපියක් යොමු කොට තිබේ. නොමග යවන සුළු බලපෑමක් මත, අනවබෝධයෙන් කැනඩා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා සිදුකර ඇති මෙම ප්‍රකාශය නිවැරදි කරගැනීම සඳහා එම සංසදය විසින් මෙරට සිදුවූ මානුෂීය මෙහෙයුමේ සැබෑ […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena thanked the Saemaul Foundation of Korea for expanding its rural infrastructure and livelihood development projects after the successful implementation of two pilot projects in Sabaragamuwa district. These efforts have inspired our villagers to speed up their drive to uplift the rural economy,” he said. The President of […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena  advised the Governors to take urgent measures to prevent the spread of dengue with the intervention of all the relevant authorities at a discussion held at Temple Trees today (25) to discuss the progress of dengue control programs. The discussion was held with the participation of Governors, […]

Nandita Roy Had PM Hasina any other intention, she would not have requested the Commonwealth, international community to send election observation teams A short introduction New US visa policy for Bangladesh: US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken on Wednesday announced a new visa policy for Bangladeshi individuals believed to be responsible for, or complicit […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Russian Ambassador Levan Dzhagaryan takes questions from Daily Mirror in an interview on bilateral ties and the current position of his country on the war with Ukraine. He spells out the importance of nuclear energy cooperation with Sri Lanka. Excerpts:  QThere are reports about the energy sector cooperation between Russia and […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රටේ මීළඟ ජනාධිපතිවරයා නියත වශයෙන්ම තමන් බවත් එ් බව විශ්වයේ විශ්ව ශක්තිය විසින් තමාට දැනුම් දී ඇති බවත් මහජන උපයෝගිතා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ හිටපු සභාපති ජනක රත්නායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඇතැමකුට මේය සිනහසීමට කාරණයක් වුවත් එය පරම සත්‍ය බවත් ඔහු කියා සිටී. ඉන්දියානු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි මහතා තමාගේ ඇඳුමට සමාන ඇඳුම් […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A large group of women who gathered in Colombo in support of Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa’s wife, Jalani Premadasa said they had no idea as to why they had gathered in Colombo. The women representing Colombo North said they had gathered to protest against a mud-slinging campaign against Mrs Premadasa. However, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The sudden shift to organic farming in 2021 by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resulted in a drop of more than 50 percent in paddy yield in the 2021/2022 Maha season, according to a research. The then government enacted the Import and Export Regulations No. 7 of 2021 which banned the import […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ගෝලීය භූ දේශපාලන හැසිරීම හමුවේ කලාපයේ භූමිකාව හැඩගැස්වීම සඳහා ආසියානු රාජ්‍යයන් හඬක් නැඟීමේ වැදගත්කම ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා අවධාරණය කළේය. සිංගප්පූරුවේ සහ වියට්නාමයේ නියෝජ්‍ය අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරුන් ඇතුළු ලෝක නායකයන් හමුවේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේ ජපානයේ ටෝකියෝ නුවරදී (25) ආරම්භ වූ ආසියාවේ අනාගතය පිළිබඳ 28 වන ජාත්‍යන්තර සමුළුව (Nikkei Forum) අමතා […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror In his address at the Nikkei Forum on the Future of Asia in Tokyo, President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that Asia has become the global economic powerhouse and the most dynamic region, with its economy already comparable in size to those of Europe and North America. President Wickremesinghe highlighted Asia’s significance as […]

Courtesy Adaderana Addressing the Nikkei Forum on the Future of Asia in Tokyo, a short while ago, President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted Asia’s significance as the world’s largest economy, home to 60% of the global population, and a major contributor to global growth.  He emphasized the region’s potential for continued growth, supported by China’s recovery, India’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that collective policy measures are painful for businesses and households and that such measures are imperative to prevent devastative impacts of the soaring inflation and economic instability, and to restore economic conditions that are essential for economic stakeholders. Speaking at […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (May 25) expressed his appreciation for the support extended by Japan to Sri Lanka for the economic recovery process. He conveyed this during the bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo. We have made remarkable headway as far as the debt restructuring talks are concerned,” Reuters […]