Shenali D Waduge An unidentified petition from overseas by one Anonymous Mouse” claims there is a violation of fundamental rights of a comedian by the name of Nathasha Edirisooriya”. There are grave errors in this petition that need to be pointed out as well as a string of other connections that question the agenda behind […]

by Professor Sunil J.  Wimalawansa Tariff and taxation Most of the Sri Lankan government’s revenue is derived from customs duties and Value-Added-Taxes (VAT).  This contrasts with most other countries where customs act as a border protection force to prevent the smuggling of counter-banned, incoming illegal items such as narcotics and to prevent dumping from protecting […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS It is recorded that various agricultural items produces and products were exported by Sri Lanka in history and many of the agricultural items were rice and cinnamon, and other items, I never heard or read Sri Lanka had exported cannabis for making money or to increase export revenue. The report of Dudley […]

Chamuditha News Brief ශ්‍රී ලංකා ස්වදේශීය වෛද්‍ය සභාව සමග චමුදිත සමරවික්‍රම.

Book review by Prof. N.A. de S. Amaratunga  PhD, DSc Prof. Nimal Senanayake MD, PhD, DSc, FRCP, eminent neurophysician, creative writer, and film producer continues his major endeavour to educate the public on common diseases and for this purpose he has produced a series of highly readable small books on these topics. Viral diseases that […]

Ven. Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero, President of Sinhala Ravaya Ven. Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero, the president of the Sinhala Ravaya organization, said the foreign employment sector should be digitized to ensure the safety of migrant workers. The Sinhala Ravaya organization, Lanka Janatha Pakshaya and the Organization for the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers held a […]

Jubeda Chowdhury in Dhaka city Economic sanctions, Visa restrictions, political embargo are the part of US coercive diplomacy.  These are not a modern development. These first recorded use was in ancient Greece. But despite all the evidence since then showing they are generally ineffective and often counterproductive; the United States has developed a penchant for […]

Sufian Asif Energy cooperation between Nepal and Bangladesh is one of the most promising areas of cooperation. Plans to make power an exportable good are outlined in Nepal’s 15th Five-Year Development Plan (2019-2024). Nepal plans to grow its 1,250 MW of electricity production to more than 5,000 MW within the next five years, making it […]

BY Sahan Tennekoon Chief Prelate of the Ramanna Sect – Southern Sri Lanka, Ven. Dr. Omalpe Sobitha Thera yesterday (29) said that the intelligence agencies should immediately conduct an investigation into Pastor Jerome Fernando, who allegedly insulted Buddhism and several other religions when preaching, and determine whether he is being led by any international force. […]

Courtesy Lanka Lead News මෝඩාභිමානය නම් බුද්ධාගමට දිගින් දිගටම අපහාස කරමින් රංගනයක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම හේතුවෙන් අද වන විට රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගතව සිටින නටාෂා එදිරිසූරිය සිය මුහුණු පොතෙහි තමා සම්බන්ධයෙන් කළ හඳුන්වාදීම අනුව ඇය සෘජුවම අමෙරිකානු එක්සත් ජනපදයේ USAID මගින් සෘජුවම වැටුප් ගන්නා සාමාජිකාවක් බවට සැක කළ හැකි බව ඇය වැනි අයගේ කටයුතු සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධ්‍යනය කරන්නන් […]

Courtesy The Daily News There has been a rapid appreciation of the LKR against the USD within the last week. Today (29 May) the buying rate of 1 USD was reported at LKR 289.89 and selling rate of 1 USD is 303.26 according to the CBSL exchange rates. These exchange rates are based on the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $350 million special policy-based loan to provide budget support to Sri Lanka for economic stabilization today (29). In a statement, the ADB said the program is part of a broader package of financial assistance anchored by the International Monetary Fund’s Extended Fund Facility for the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Sun Weidong will lead a Foreign Ministry delegation to Sri Lanka from 29 May to 01 June 2023, to co-chair the 12th round of Diplomatic Consultations between the two countries with Secretary, Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Aruni Wijewardane. The discussions are […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lankans living abroad will be able to apply for a new passport or can renew their passport with effect from June 01, 2023. This was stated at a meeting of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on International Relations. It was revealed by the officials of the Immigration and Emigration Department who participated in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Food security in Sri Lanka is improving across all provinces, according to the Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) report jointly carried out in February/March 2023 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).  The report estimates 3.9 million people or 17 percent […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ven. Rajangane Saddharathana Thero who was arrested by police in Anuradhapura for allegedly making statements that could disrupt religious harmony has been ordered to be remanded in custody until June 07, after being produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today (29). Saddharathana Thero was reportedly arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) last […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ආගමික සංහිඳියාවට බාධා කරන කණ්ඩායම් පිළිබඳව පරික්ෂණ කිරිමට වහාම ක්‍රීයාත්මක වන පරිදි විශේෂ පොලිස් ඒකකයක් ස්ථාපිත කිරිමට ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ තිරණය කර ඇති බව වාර්තා වෙනවා. ඒ අදාළ කණ්ඩායම් වල මෙවැනි ක්‍රියා සංවිධානාත්මකව කරන ක්‍රියා මිස අහඹු ක්‍රියා නොවන බවට ජනාධිපතිවරයා ලද බුද්ධි තොරතුරු මත බව සඳහන්. “සංහිඳියාව රකින්න විශේෂ පොලිස් […]