Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena called upon all policy-makers, as well as the private sector and civil society, to use the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) formulated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to understand and implement measures to help move Sri Lanka away from vulnerability […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS With the rise of the Tamil Separatist Movement, the Buddhist realized that the Buddhist sites in the north and east were in danger.  The Tamil Separatist Movement intended to ruthlessly eliminate all evidence of a Sinhala Buddhist civilization in the north and east. Therefore, the Sinhala Buddhist lobby wanted the ancient Buddhist monuments […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. 71 කැරැල්ල ආරම්භයේ සිට අවසානය දක්වා පුර්ණ සමාලෝචනයක් – කර්තෘ වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම්. ජයතුංග (මේ පොත දැන් මිලදී ගත හැකියි ; දුශෙයින් පොත් හළ 271 A හයිලෙවල් පාර නුගේගොඩ) වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම්. ජයතුංග විසින් 71 කැරැල්ල පිළිබඳව අධ්‍යයනයක් කොට කැරළිකරුවන් සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡාවලට ලක් කරමින් ඉතිහාසයේ සැඟව පැවති සාධකයන් ඉස්මතු කරමින් […]

By Dr. S. I. Keethaponcalan  Courtesy Eurasia Review One of the highlights of President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s India visit last month was the agreement to establish land connectivity between Sri Lanka and India.” Land connectivity between India and Sri Lanka means building a bridge from the Ramanathapuram region to Mannar, a modern Ramsethu. The parties are also […]

Courtesy AdaDeran මෙරට අමෙරිකානු තානාපතිනිය වන ජූලි චංග් මහත්මිය විසින් හැසිරෙනු ලබන්නේ විදේශ තානාපතිවරියක් ලෙස නොවන බවත්, ඇය මෙරට ස්වෛරීභාවට දැඩි තර්ජනයක් එල්ල කරන බවත් පෙන්වා දෙමින් ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුව අද(31) විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යවරයාට ඇය පිළිබඳව චෝදනා සහිත ලිපියක් භාර දීමට විදේශකටයුතු අමාත්‍යංශයට පැමිණියහ. එහිදී එම සංවිධාන එකමුතුව වෙනුවෙන් අදහස් දැක්වූ වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා […]

Courtesy AdaDerana Sinopec, a Beijing-based leading international petroleum company, has officially kicked off its business operations in Sri Lanka, by supplying fuel at its first filing station on the island established in Mattegoda, Colombo. Sinopec Fuel Oil Lanka, the local subsidiary of the Chinese petroleum giant began its retail operations on Wednesday (Aug. 30), with […]

Courtesy AdaDerana Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics says that headline inflation based on the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) has further reduced to 4% in August, compared to 6.3% in July 2023.  According to its latest report, Colombo’s food Inflation has decreased to -4.8% in August, from -1.4% in July 2023. The CCPI […]

Courtesy AdaDerana Sri Lanka saw a notable increase in workers’ remittances and a boost in tourist arrivals in July 2023, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) says. In its latest report on the external sector performance, the CBSL said the workers’ remittances recorded in July 2023 climbed to USD 541 million from USD 279 […]

Courtesy AdaDerana A fundamental rights (FR) petition was filed before the Supreme Court today (Aug. 31) seeking the appointment of a five-member committee of specialist doctors led by the Director-General of Health Services (DGHS) to conduct a transparent probe into the deaths of patients and complications caused by ‘substandard’ drugs imported to Sri Lanka. Main […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The North and East of Sri Lanka was Sinhala and Buddhist   till the British took power in 1815. The North and East of Sri Lanka was never the area of historical habitation of the Tamil speaking peoples”.  The North and East of Sri Lanka never was the homeland” of the Tamil people”. The […]

RANJITH SOYSA With reference to the reports published in many news sources  and Sunday Island, The US ambassador had met a senior Army Officer and discussed “the need to build trust with the minorities to ensure lasting peace”. US ambassador’s blatant interference in domestic issues and her audacity to convey her proposal how to ensure lasting […]

by Professor Daya Somasundaram and Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wC8a6cHRHuW-uRfoE6ZJ1uSwv5RxiJEZ/view?ts=64eb310e&pli=1

 Lanka Lead News පොතුවිල් ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලය විසින් මුදල් වලට තමන්ගේ ඉඩම් අනීතික ලෙස වෙනත් පාර්ශව වලට පවරාදෙන බව පවසමින් පොතුවිල් කනගර් ප්‍රදේශයේ  සිංහල, දෙමළ ජනතාව උද්ඝෝෂණයක නිරත විය. එම ජනතාව පවසන්නේ 1980 ගණන් වල සිට තමන් මෙම ඉඩම්වල පදිංචි වී සිටි බවත්, යුද්ධයෙන් අවතැන්වී අනාත කඳවුරුවල සිටිය දී නැවත මෙම ප්‍රදේශයේ පදිංචි කළ බවත්, […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said the need for a national transport policy was always emphasized by Anil Moonesinghe. He said this at the book launch of “The Golden Mark of Honest Politics, Philanthropist Anil Moonesinghe” written by Mahinda Ariyawansa held at the Matugama Pradeshiya Sabha Auditorium on August 27. Speaking on […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සහ නෙදර්ලන්තය අතර හවුල් අතීතයක් ඇති බවත්, කෞතුකාගාර එකතු කළමණාකරණය, පර්යේෂණ දැනුම හා විශේෂඥ දැනුම හුවමාරු කර ගැනීම යන ක්ෂේත්‍රවල සමීප සහයෝගීතාවයෙන් පොදු අනාගතයක් ගොඩනගා ගැනීමට එය ඉවහල් වනු ඇති බවත් නෙදර්ලන්ත සංස්කෘතික හා මාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ගුනේ උස්ලු (Gunay Uslu ) පැවසීය. ඇය මේ බව පැවසුවේ අද (2023.08.29) අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන […]

An Article by the Asian Human Rights Commission This story is about Junious. Please do not think that I made a mistake in naming the hero and misspelling Junious for genius. I quite understand some people’s misunderstanding of that sort because an impression has been created and kept for a long time that Junious was […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya. Analog forestry is a sustainable land management approach that draws inspiration from natural forests to design and manage diverse and productive ecosystems. The concept was developed by the Mesoamerican Forests in Peril project (known by its Spanish acronym, MAAP) in the 1980s. Analog forestry seeks to mimic the structure, composition, and function […]

Sugath kulatunga. A few days back the media reported that the Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Paul Stephens revealed that the Australian government has put forward a new proposal to establish Sri Lanka as a key international education center. He had stated that by launching of Sri Lanka as an international educational center, the […]

Press Release 2023.08.30 Pathfinder Foundation The Eighth Research Institute for Indian Ocean (RIIO) International Conference, which focused on the Challenges and Prospectus for Blue Economy Cooperation in the Indian Ocean, was held in Kunming, China.  The event held from the perspective of security and development was attended by policymakers and academia representing think tanks in […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya A binary option contract is a type of financial derivative that offers two possible outcomes: a fixed payout or nothing at all. It is called a “binary” option because there are only two possible outcomes. Traders or investors speculate on whether an underlying asset’s price will be above or below a predetermined strike […]

lanka C news හිටපු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ජනාධිපති ධුරයෙන් ඉවත් කරවීම සඳහා ‘ගෝඨා හෝම් අරගලය’ ආරම්භ කරන ලද්දේ රාජපක්ෂ පවුල තුලින්ම බව ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුවේ ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. හිටපු ඇමති බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාද ඒ සඳහා තීරණාත්මක කාර්යභාරයක් ඉටු කරන ලද බවද ඔහු පෙන්වා ඔහු මේ බව සඳහන් කරන්නේ අන්තර්ජාල නාලිකාවක […]

BY Sahan Tennekoon and Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning The Asgiri Chapter of the Siam Sect wants the relevant authorities to continue the ongoing investigations into the alleged defamatory actions against Buddhism and the Buddha Sasana by various parties, despite those parties making apologies after the incidents. Speaking to The Daily Morning yesterday (30), the Asgiri Temple […]

BY UDITHA JAYASINGHE Courtesy Japan Times ANAMADUWA, SRI LANKA –  H.J.M Seneviratne, 63, slices through yellowed paddy stems dried out by a drought that has destroyed over 95% of his crop and is threatening crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s summer rice harvest. The island’s economy was crushed last year by its worst financial crisis in over seven decades, […]

Courtesy RechargeNews Sri Lanka has the potential for 56GW of offshore wind, according to a new World Bank report, which says the crisis-stricken country could use this natural advantage to rebuild its economy. The report, issued last week, found that Sri Lanka has the capacity for 27GW of fixed offshore wind in shallow waters, defined […]

Courtesy AdaDerana During his visit to Kandy, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has emphasized the government’s resolute dedication to protecting religious shrines and historical sites. According to the President’s Media Division (PMD), the Head of State has announced the establishment of committees, headed by religious leaders from their respective provinces, aimed at addressing religious matters in the […]

Lanka Lead News මරණයෙන් පසු ජීවයක් ඇති බවත් ඒ පිළිබඳව කිසිඳු සැකයක් නොමැති බවත් රෝගීන්ගේ මරණාසන්න අත්දැකීම් 5000 ක් පමණ අධ්‍යනය කළ ඇමෙරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ කෙන්ටකි ප්‍රාන්තයේ පිළිකා රෝග විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍යවරයෙකු වන ජෙෆ්රි ලෝන්ග් මහතා පවසා තිබේ. ජෙෆ්රි ලෝන්ග් මහතා පිළිකා රෝග විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍යවරයෙකු මෙන්ම මරණාසන්න අත්දැකීම් පිළිබඳ පර්යේෂණ පදනමේ නිර්මාතෘවරයාද වන අතර, තමාගේ වෘත්තීය […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS According to news reports, crimes in SRI LANKA have increased during the past decade, despite legal rules and religious practices committing crimes is a passion in society, and why people commit crimes is a vital dilemma that need to critically evaluate, comparatively current crime figures and trend have increased compared to previous […]

විමල් පටබැඳිගේ – ශාස්ත‍්‍රවේදී, නීතිඥ, විශ‍්‍රාමික සොලිසිටර් 8 වෙනි කොටසෙන් ….. ශී‍්‍ර ලංකාවේ වාර්ගික ජාතිවාදී නාසිවාදීන්ට ආරම්භයේ සිට රැුකවරණය, පුහුණුව, ආයුධ, මුදල්, උපදෙස් ආදිය සපයමින් සියලූ ආකාරයෙන් සහායකයන් වෙන ඉන්දියාව, ඇමරිකාව, කැනඩාව, බි‍්‍රතාන්‍යය, නෝර්වේ ඇතුළු යුරෝපීය බටහිර රටවල බලධාරීන්ගේ සහ හිටපු මහ ලේකම් බැන්කි මූන් වැනි එ.ජා.සං. යේ සිටි සහ සිටින නිලධාරීන්ගේ හෘද සාක්‍ෂිය ”නාසිවාදී” […]

BY  SHENALI WADUGE · 28TH AUGUST 2023 One of Sri Lanka’s greatest strategist is N Q Dias the Permanent Secretary of Defense & External Affairs He renamed Operation Monty” set up in 1952 into a Task Force Anti- Illicit Immigration in 1963 to stop illegal immigration of Indian Tamils. TFAII is headquartered in Palaly with units deployed from […]

Sugath Kulatunga In our democracy the people can use the power of franchise in selecting a government only once in 5 years unless the Parliament is dissolved earlier. In between elections the voice of the people is muted. This makes people to resort to enraged demonstrations and Aragalayas. The government also takes decisions on conjecture. […]