Sugath Kulatunga ( Text of the speech is in ITALICS and the comments are in smaller fonts) 1.… we recently organized an all-party conference, which saw participation from representatives of various political parties, for which I am appreciative.  However, during the conference, we couldn’t arrive at a comprehensive agreement on power devolution. In the Sinhala […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS We are now in the month of August, 2023 and public attention is once against focused on the   13th Amendment (1987).  President Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that he wished to take further action on the 13th Amendment. He wanted to grant police powers to the Provinces. The Tamil Separatist Movement has been asking for this […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Secret talks on signing an Accord   started between India and Sri Lanka with the participation of Ambassador J.N. Dixit, Editor, Hindu”, N. Ram and Minister Gamini Dissanayake. The Indian Research and Analysis Wing, (RAW) drew up the necessary plans, said journalist Dharman Wickremaratne. Indian High Commission’s Second Secretary H.S. Puri left for Jaffna […]

අග්‍රමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ සමස්ථ ලංකා හදිසි මරණ පරීක්ෂක වරුන්ගේ මහා සම්මේලනය සහ නිලවරණය  2023.08.12 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ පැවැති අවස්ථාවේදීය. වසර විසිපහකට වැඩි සේවාකාලයක් සපුරණ හදිසි මරණ පරීක්ෂක වරුන් සහ අනෙකුත් හදිසි මරණ පරීක්ෂක වරුන් ඇගයීම ද මෙහිදී සිදු කෙරිණි. මෙහිදී  අදහස් දැක්වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා – හදිසි මරණ පරීක්ෂක  සේවාව හා සමාන්තරව […]

Priyantha Hettige, Kandy To: Mr. Speaker, Honorable Members of Parliament. Dear Members of Parliament, The Sri Lankan planned economic targets have not been met in recent months. The signs are that the economy is not moving as expected, nor as required. This ship is sinking and we could easily end up as impoverished as the […]

Anup Sinha – a strategic and security affairs researcher and freelance columnist specializing in South Asian Affairs A United States-based news outlet ‘The Intercept’ has published what it claims to be the details of a diplomatic cypher” – or a secret cable – that suggests the US administration wanted to remove former Pakistani Prime Minister […]

The world News This story has gone viral! Report 1: Does Leaked Cipher Vindicate Imran Khan? Vantage with Palki Sharma – Aug 10, 2023  Imran Khan had accused the US of masterminding a plot to topple his government last year. He had also talked about a cipher in which the US asked Pakistan to remove […]

ෆීනික්ස් නීති සාර සංහ්‍රහය වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන. ආයුර්වේද සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත සම්බන්ධ ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණය ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 123 ව්‍යවස්ථාව අනුව හේතු දැක්වීම සිදුකර නොතිබීම ඇතුළු ලිඛිත සහ වාචික කරුණු සළකා නොබැලීම ඇතුළු දෝෂ හේතුවෙන් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව අනුව නිවැරදි පිළිගත හැකි තීරණයක් නොවන  බව SC/SD/52/23 පෙත්සම්කරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් නීතීඥවරයා ලිඛිතව කථානායකවරයාට දැනුම් දැනුම් […]

By: Kimberly Rodrigues Courtesy EasternEye he Sri Lankan Navy reported that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy warship, named HAI YANG 24 HAO, reached the Colombo port on Thursday (10}. Chinese Naval Ship Nanning takes part in the multinational naval exercise ‘AMAN-23’ in the Arabian Sea near Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on February 13, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe urged officials in the gem and jewellery industry to swiftly provide comprehensive plans for achieving the country’s objective of bolstering annual export earnings through enhancements in the gems and jewellery exports and re-exports. During a recent discussion held at the Presidential Secretariat to address issues within the gem […]

Courtesy Adaderana State Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says that a Gazette notification is expected to be issued this week relaxing restrictions on import of lorries, trucks and buses used for public transport. However, regarding the import of other vehicles, financial analysts say that the import of other vehicles will be further delayed considering the existing […]

Courtesy Adaderana Condemning all political decisions made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe with regard to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Senior Deputy Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Prof. Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa warned that Sri Lanka is heading towards a democratic crisis. Also speaking on the President’s ongoing efforts towards the devolution of […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe underscored the imperative to fortify the nation’s economy, ensuring that forthcoming generations are spared from enduring the unfortunate period that both the country and its people have weathered in the past two years.  These remarks were made during his participation in the 150th Anniversary celebration of St. Thomas College in […]