Rohan Abeygunawardena Yes, I am referring to Swarna Mallawarachchi. Wikipedia calls her the “Golden Star of Sinhalese cinema.” But I borrowed the description from quizmaster of Sirasa Laxshapathi, the Sri Lankan version of the British game show ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’, Chandana Sooriyabandara, who called her “The Iron Lady of Sinhala Cinema” when she […]

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By Engr. Kanthar Balanathan DipEE (UK), GradCert (RelEng-Monash), DipBus&Adm (Finance-Massey), C.Eng., MIEE, Former Director of Power Engineering Solutions Pty Ltd, Consulting Electrical Engineers Leading Engineer of the World 2006, UK Authority Award Mr Sivagnanam Sritharan: I would like to advise you on some of the key points that may correct you in your political arena. First, […]

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By Engr. Kanthar Balanathan DipEE (UK), GradCert (RelEng-Monash), DipBus&Adm (Finance-Massey), C.Eng., MIEE, Former Director of Power Engineering Solutions Pty Ltd, Consulting Electrical Engineers Leading Engineer of the World 2006, UK, Authority Award Since independence in 1948, Tamil politicians worked out a secret plan to be in parliament continually. This was by sowing ethnic hatred and racial […]

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Nandita Roy Who is the busiest diplomat in Bangladesh at the moment? No one can answer this without thinking. The US Ambassador Peter D. Hass is currently the busiest diplomat in Bangladesh. Not only among diplomats, he has come to the center of politics in Bangladesh. He is making headlines every day. His busy schedule, […]

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අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය මාලදිවයිනේ විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය අබ්දුල්ලා ෂාහිඩ් මහතා 2023.06.07 දින කොළඹ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා හමුවිය. මෙම හමුවේදී ඔවුන් දැනට දෙරට අතර පවතින සහයෝගීතා ක්ෂේත්‍ර ශක්තිමත් කිරීම සහ වෙළෙඳාම, ආයෝජනය, අධ්‍යාපන සහ සංස්කෘතික  කෙ‍ෂ්ත්‍රවල නව සහයෝගීතා මාර්ග ගවේෂණය කිරීම පිළිබඳව අදහස් හුවමාරු කර ගත්හ. අධ්‍යාපන ක්‍ෂේත්‍රය වෙනුවෙන් ලබාදුන් සහයෝගයට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා වෙත […]

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Sri Lanka News Have the State authorities questioned the Principal and Rev. Dushantha Rodrigo (Bishop of Colombo) Chairman of the Board of Governors of Bishops College?  The College website [https://www.bishopscollege.lk/chairpersons-message/] proclaims that “The Rt. Rev. Dushantha Lakshman Rodrigo or ‘Bishop Dushy’ as he is known by all… accepted the opportunity to ‘lead his flock as the shepherd […]

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Malinda Seneviratne There are words that seem to be very popular among politicians and political groups when it comes to naming a new part or coalition. ‘Jathika’ or ‘National’ would top the list. We have the Eksath JATHIKA Pakshaya (United NATIONAL Party). Whenever this party led coalitions, ‘pakshaya’ was replaced with ‘peramuna’ or ‘front,’ but […]

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Courtesy Adaderana A special discussion took place between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and a group of MPs belonging to the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today (08 June), sources confirmed. Accordingly, several matters of concern, including the land disputes suffered by those in the Northern and Eastern provinces, the distribution of power, and provincial council elections, are […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday said it has approved Sri Lanka’s eligibility to access concessional financing. The availability of concessional assistance, offered at low interest rates, broadens Sri Lanka’s options to bridge its urgent development financing needs to restore economic stability and deliver essential services, particularly to the poor and vulnerable, […]

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