KAMALIKA PIERIS Kurundavashoka Monastery area was declared a protected archaeological site by Gazette number 7981 published on May 12th 1933. On 16th August 2013, this are area was again declared a protected archaeological site. The Department of Archaeology   started conservation work at Kurundi in September 2018. On 4 September 2018 when we first commenced work, […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ලංකාවේ ලොකුම සල්ලි බෙදන ව්‍යාපෘතිය, ජනසවිය ලෙස ඇරඹී සමෘද්ධිය නමින් දේශපාලනීකරණය වූවේය.  සැබෑ දිළින්දන්ට සහන මුදල වැඩි කර  නුසුදුස්සන් ඉවත් කිරීමට ගනු ලබන සෑම උත්සාහයකට නැවත නැවත විරෝධය පළ විය. අසාර්ථක විය.  ජූනි මාසයේ සිට රු. 8,500 සහ රු. 15,000 ක දිළිඳු සහන දීමනාව ලබන පිරිස ලක්ෂ  12 කි.  එය අද ලැබෙන […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි මේ දිනවල කරලියේ ඇති මාතෘකාව වන්නේ “දේශීය ණය  ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීමයි” මේ තුලින් සිදු කිරීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වන්නේ රජයේ දේශීය ණය බර අඩුකිරීම හෝ ඒවා ගෙවීමට සඳහා සහන කාලයක් ලබාගැනීම යයි අපට අනුමාන කිරීමට සිදුව තිබේ. ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය විදේශයන්ටත් ණය, දේශීය වශයෙන් මෙරට ජනතාවටත් ණයබරිත රාජ්‍යකි. මේ ණය බරිත රාජ්‍යට මෙරට ජනතාවගේ ශුභ […]

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 EngineersLeading Engineer of the World 2006, UK Authority Award The author, engineer (A) joined a thermal power station as a Senior Engineer in Sept 1998. The station had a combination of thermal, gas […]

Courtesy Aljazeera Central bank of crisis-hit country outlines measures to restructure local debt as part of efforts to meet conditions of IMF bailout. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has unveiled a far-reaching domestic debt restructuring plan aimed at restoring stability in the crisis-hit country. The move on Thursday comes as the government tries […]

By Yin Yeping Courtesy Global Times China has invested a lot in Sri Lanka in recent years and Sri Lanka looks forward to expanding the mutually beneficial partnership, Ali Sabry, Sri Lanka’s minister of foreign affairs, told the media during his visit to China. Speaking at a press briefing at the Sri Lankan Embassy in […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said the banking system would not be burdened any further as it already contributes to the Treasury and economy through taxes of over 50%. The President’s Media Division said the Governor assured that the 57 million depositors would be protected. Meanwhile, the Governor assured […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Central Bank (CBSL) governor says the banking system is excluded from the Domestic Debt Optimization (DDO) process, in order to safeguard the treasury, strengthen the economy, and ensure the protection of the 57 million public and private bank deposits in Sri Lanka. Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe explained that the banking system already contributes […]

Courtesy Adaderana One of the world’s most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process, pitting it against the food industry and regulators. Aspartame, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars’ Extra chewing […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is asking foreign investors in its international sovereign bonds to take a 30% haircut and is seeking similar concessions from holders of its other dollar-denominated bonds as it seeks to restructure its massive debt, its central bank governor said on Thursday. The government will also exchange treasury bills into long-term bonds […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed members to both the Election Commission and the Human Rights Commission (HRCSL) today. Thereby, Justice L.T.B. Dehideniya, a retired Supreme Court judge, has been selected as the chairman of HRCSL.