By Sena Thoradeniya Several decades ago, at school we used Philip’s Modern School Atlas and saw countries of Asia, Africa and South America were given different colours to symbolise which colonialists – British, French, Belgian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch or Italian – had subjugated those countries. On the occasion of the 77 th Independence Day of […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord of July 1987, led to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of November 1987. JR Jayewardene is remembered with contempt as the person who got the 13th Amendment accepted in Parliament. At the time, it was thought that this was forced […]

ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර මහනුවර මෙම සිද්ධියෙන් මනාව පැහැදිළිවන පලමු කරුණනම් මෙතරම් ජාතික වැදගත්කමකින් යුතු   දිස්ත්‍රික්ක 5ක මිනිසුන් දසලක්ෂ ගානක හා කර්මාන්ත ශාලා,රජයේ කාර්‍යාල, රෝහල් වැනි රාජ්‍යායත සිය දහස් ගානකට බලබපාන ඉතා වැදගත් සේවාකාක් ක්‍රියත්මක කිරීමට අමාත්‍ය මන්ඩල අනුමැතිය ලැබී  චීන සමාගමක් සමඟ ගිවිසුම්ද අතසන්කොට වසර 5 ½ ක් ගතවනතුරුත් රජයේ සහ රාජ්‍ය ආයතනවල පවතින අකාර්‍යක්ෂමතාව […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya Writing a good review is a valuable skill, whether you’re reviewing a product, service, book, movie, restaurant, or any other type of experience. A well-written review provides useful insights and helps others make informed decisions. Here’s a guide on what to include and what to avoid in your review: What to […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena held a meeting with Vietnam Vice President Tran Luu Quang on the sidelines of the 7th China – South Asia Expo in Kunming, Yunnan Province in China on August 16.The Vietnamese Vice President acceded to the request made by the Prime Minister to explore possibility of new […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara  I am told the Samanala water after feeding the Hydro plant at Kapugala empties in to Katupitiya oya a RB head water river of Walave ganga above the UdaWalawe Reservoir that can use the same water for agriculture under Uda Walave and why  does the Minister refuses to release Smanala  water and […]

Media Release  Sri Lankan High Commission Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda addressed the students of the 63rd National Defence Course at the National Defence College (NDC) in New Delhi, (18 aug) on the theme ‘Evolution of India-Sri Lanka Relation: Opportunities and Challenges.’ At the outset, High Commissioner Moragoda highlighted the uniqueness of […]

Courtesy People’s Daily Online COLOMBO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the importance of learning Chinese along with English for school children, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said on Thursday. The PMD said the president made such remarks while addressing the annual prize awarding of a leading school called “Anula Vidyalaya” […]

JYOTI MALHOTRA Courtesy The Print A complete lack of trust between the Sinhala elite and Tamil minority is apparent across Sri Lanka, which seems unable to even begin laying some of its ghosts to rest. Forty years ago this July, back in 1983, Sri Lanka was devastated by an anti-Tamil pogrom in which several hundred people […]

Courtesy News18 Sri Lanka’s largest bilateral creditor China, is likely going to help the cash-strapped country in effectively addressing the debt challenges as it has to finalise the external and internal debt for restructuring of $41 billion by September before the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) first review, reported PTI. The IMF is set to conduct […]

Lanka Lead News දශක තුනකට ආසන්න කාලයක් යුද්ධයක් පැවති රට තුළ යුද්ධය අවසන් වී පැවති සාමකාමී වාතාවරණය නිමා වෙමින් අද වන විට ඉතා අඳුරු කාල පරිච්ඡේදයකට යොමුවෙමින් පවතින බව රණවිරු අපි වෙනුවෙන් අපි ජාතික සංවිධානයේ සභාපති බලලත් නිලධාරී ජයලාල් නිශ්ශංක මහතා පවසයි. මෙම යුද්ධයේ දී රණවිරුවන් 30,000ක් පමණ දිවිපිදුවේ ද 14, 500ක් පමණ ආබාධිත වූවේ […]

Lanka Lead News මේ මොහොතේ නැවත වරක් මාතෘභූමිය ආගම් වශයෙන්, ජාති වශයෙන්, භූමිය වශයෙන් බෙදා වෙන්කරමින් වෙනම රාජ්‍යක් ගොඩනැගීම සඳහා තිබූ සැලසුම්වල පිඹුරුපත් නැවත මතුවෙමින් පවතින බව දෙවන පරපුරේ නායක උවිඳු විජේවීර මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව පැවසුවේ ‘13 පරදවමු සහජීවනය ගොඩනගමු‘ යන තේමාව යටතේ දෙවන පරපුර විසින් සංවිධානය කළ සම්මන්ත්‍රණයකට එක් වෙමිනි. ජනවරමක් […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka has made the biggest contribution to China in history by gifting Vinaya Pitaka to 400Ad Buddhist monk Faxian who travelled through the old Silk Route in search of Buddhist scripts, said a chief prelate announcing a series of Chinese funded welfare projects to mark the 10th anniversary of ‘One […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A tense situation arose when a group led by Tamil National People’s Front leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam entered the Kurundi temple and conducted a Pongal Pooja, Mullaitivu police said. Police said however the situation was brought under control. According to a court order obtained from the Mullaitivu Court, a group, including MP […]

Courtesy Adaderana After a brief but productive visit to Yunnan capital Kunming to attend the 7th China-South Asia Expo, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena reached the ancient capital of the province, Dali City, known for agriculture research in addition to being a major tourist attraction. He first visited the Science and Technology Campus on […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera says the prevailing arid weather has destroyed at least 39,000 acres of paddy land across the country thus far. A comprehensive report on the paddy crop damages is expected to be released in the coming weeks, the lawmaker said further while addressing an event. It is estimated that […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government has slashed the import tax on maize, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says. Accordingly, the import tax of Rs. 75.00 on 1 kilogram of maize has been reduced to Rs. 25.00 with effect from Thursday (Aug. 17). Taking to Twitter, Siyambalapitiya explained that the move aims to bring down the […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has received an invitation to participate in the Summit of the Group of 77 (G77) plus China, which will take place in Cuba in September, foreign media reported. The Cuban Ambassador to Sri Lanka Andrés Marcelo González has delivered the letter of invitation from the Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel to […]