Courtesy The Telegraph Vladimir Putin said blackmail attempts” were doomed to failure” in an angry address after an aborted mutiny by Wagner mercenary fighters over the weekend.  The Russian President claimed the mutineers wanted Russians to fight each other” but had badly miscalculated” as he thanked those who had stood down to avoid bloodshed. Mr Putin […]

Dilrook Kannangara The Vallipuram Inscription or Vallipuram Gold Plate is an important ancient artifact that busted fake homeland claims of a certain ethnic group found. It was unearthed as part of archeological excavations carried out during the British era. It states that the Sinhala Buddhist temple in the area now known as Vallipuram (Veli Pura […]

Manusha Media විදේශ රැකියා ක්ෂේත්‍රය ඩිජිටල්කරණයට ලක් කරන ලෙසට ඉල්ලා සිටිමින් සිංහල රාවය සංවිධානයේ අක්මීමන දයාරතන හිමියන් ඇතුළු එම සංවිධානයේ නියෝජිතයින් පිරිසක් අමාත්‍යාංශයට පැමිණ කළ ඉල්ලීමට කම්කරු සහ විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා සුබවාදී ප්‍රතිචාරයක් ලබාදුන්නේය. සිංහල රාවය ජාතික සංවිධානයේ නියෝජිත කණ්ඩායම පෙර දැනුම්දීමකින් තොරව අමාත්‍යාංශයට පැමිණ තිබුණත් අමාත්‍යවරයා ඒ වන විට පැවති සාකච්ඡාවක් […]

Malinda Seneviratne Human beings are curious. Their curiosity prompts them to explore the unknown, venture into unmapped territory and test their own capacities to endure. They climb, they sail and they dive to depths never reached before. Exploration itself is a challenge. Explorers encounter the unknown which could take the form of species and peoples […]

Malinda Seneviratne At around 11.30 pm, Sri Lanka time, on Monday the 19th of June, a submersible vessel, the Titan, at the other end of the world, set off with five persons on board and a 96-hour oxygen supply to explore the wreck of the ill-fated British passenger liner, the Titanic, which sank in the […]

Jubeda Chowdhury , freelance columnist, researcher 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 […]

e-Con e-News Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News June 2023 Part 4 * ‘Among the Indians it goes by the name of Sielediba, but the Pagans call it Taprobane… As its position is central, the land is a great resort of ships from all parts of India, and from Persia & Ethiopia, and in like manner it […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia June 26 (AdaDerana) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe states that an extended bank holiday was declared from June 29 to July 03, 2023, including June 30, in order to obtain necessary time required for the domestic debt optimization strategy of Sri Lanka. Making a […]

By Global Times China will continue to help Sri Lanka to the best of its ability to promote Sri Lanka’s economic and social development as well as living standards, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang told his Sri Lankan counterpart Ali Sabry on Sunday in Beijing who is on a  state visit to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has held a meeting with the President of the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Bai Yinzhan at their head office in Beijing on Monday (26).   President Bai confirmed that CHEC will invest USD 1.2 billion in the Colombo Port City, starting with the International Financial Centre, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Through the facility established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka, Michelin Foundation channels support to procuring essential medicine given the ongoing socio-economic situation in the country and to address the identified drug shortage as highlighted by the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka.  The medicines were handed over to […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured that Sri Lanka has qualified for the assistance from the World Bank since all the required benchmarks for financial assistance from the WB have been fulfilled so far and that the much-needed” funds will help strengthen the country’s economy. Speaking in an interview with FRANCE 24 on the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The 5th Round of Sri Lanka-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (SLTFTA) negotiations commenced in Colombo this morning (26), aligning with President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s vision of strengthening economic ties with major and emerging economies, with a particular focus on ASEAN countries, the PMD reported. Mr. K.J. Weerasinghe, the Chief Negotiator, International Trade Office (Leader of […]