Archive for August, 2023
Tuesday, August 8th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The continuous practice of reusing single-use plastic bottles for drinking water will bring people to their own deaths, Secretary of the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) Dr. Sarath Edirisinghe said. Meanwhile, addressing the media, the Director of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children Dr. G. Wijesuriya said a trend has been […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2023
Shenali D Waduge A fake history was created & promoted by Tamil politicians who fooled Tamil youth to take up arms and resulted in 30 years of brutal bloodshed & put Sri Lanka into $200billion debt. That bloodshed was ended by the sacrifices of our heroic armed forces. Yet, that debt together with unplanned governance […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2023
KAMALIKA PIERIS When the Eelam war ended in 2009, the government made no attempt to integrate the north with the rest of the country. Instead they paid puja to its Tamil-Hindu culture, ignoring the fact that this was one of the arguments used for waging the Eelam war. In 2009, soon after the war ended […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2023
e-Con e-News August 2023 Part 2 ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ In 1782, while the newly ‘independent’ USA was beginning its forays into the Indian & Pacific Oceans, the French & English fought 4 battles: The Battle of Sadras south of Madras, the Battle of Providien near Trincomalee, the Battle of Negapatam off Cuddalore, where the French seized Trincomalee […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2023
KAMALIKA PIERIS The Tamil agricultural laborers who migrated to Jaffna in the 17th century, probably set up shrines to the village gods they worshipped back home. The Bhakti religion had incorporated local gods into its philosophy. Due to their low caste they would not have been allowed into the major temples that existed at the […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2023
By Raj Gonsalkorale It was the Roman lawyer, Cicero, who in his De Re Publica, uses the literary device of the Dream of Scipio to give the authority of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the greatest of the Roman Republic’s citizen soldiers, to the proposition that the ‘populus’, the people, served by a true republic is […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2023
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය අග්රාමාත්යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ අලුත් ගමක් – අලුත් රටක් ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධතා සහභාගිත්ව සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන 2023.08.04 දින මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්රික් ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ පැවති මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්රික් වැඩසටහනේ දීය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ අග්රාමාත්යවරයා – මඩකලපුව කියන්නේ බහු පාර්ශවීය සංවර්ධනයක් සිදුවිය යුතු පුළුල් අවකාශයක් සහිත දිස්ත්රික්කයක්. මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්රික්කය කෘෂිකාර්මික, පසුසම්පත්, ධීවර කර්මාන්තය ඇතුළු විවිධ ක්ෂේත්ර වලින් […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2023
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය ත්රිකුණාමල, සේරුනුවර කාවන්තිස්සපුර ගම්මානයේ කුඹුරු යායක අස්වැන්න නෙළන ගොවීන් සමඟ අග්රාමාත්යවරයා පිළිසඳරක යෙදුණු අවස්ථාව. මඩකලපුව, අම්පාර, ත්රිකුණාමල දිස්ත්රික්කයන්හි ‘අලුත් රටක් – අලුත් ගමක්’ ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධතා සහභාගිත්ව සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහනට සහභාගිවූ අග්රාමාත්ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා නැගෙනහිර පළාතේ ගොවිබිම් රැසකට ගොස් ගොවීන් හා අදහස් හුවමාරු කරගත්තේය. 2023.08.05 දින කාවන්තිස්සපුර ගොවිබිමට ගිය අවස්ථාවට නැගෙනහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාර […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2023
අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ප්රතික්ෂේප කළ අගවිනිසුරු සහ සංස්ථාගත නීති අධ්යාපන සභාවේ සිංහල විරෝධී රීති 2023.08.08 පාර්ලිමේන්තු න්යාය පත්රයට නැවත ගෙනවිත් ඇත. නීති විද්යාලයේ සිංහලෙන් නීති අධ්යාපනය ලබා දීම වළක්වන ලද 2020.12.30 අංක 2208/13 අතිවිශෙෂ ගැසට් පත්රය 2023.03.21 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසින් ප්රතික්ෂේප කරන […]
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Saturday, August 5th, 2023
Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio Nearly 90% (33 of 38) of central banks monitored by the Bank for International Settlements raised interest rates in 2022, a dramatic shift away from the loose financial conditions that characterized the previous decade. With a rapid rise in rates, the risk of unintended consequences and policy error is high, with […]
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Saturday, August 5th, 2023
මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් Lanka Lead News දේවානම් පියතිස්ස රජ දවස සංඝමිත්තා තෙරණින් වහන්සේ ප්රමුඛ පිරිස අත ශ්රී මහා බෝධීන් වහන්සේ දඹකොළපටුනට රැගෙන පැමිණි පසු අනුරාධපුරයට වැඩම කරන ලද ගමනේ දී තැන්පත් කළ එක් ස්ථානයක් වශයෙන් ප්රකට තිස්ස විහාරය එ සමයේ ඉඳි කරන ලද්දකි.යාපනයේ බහුලව තිබූ හිරිගල් යොදා නිර්මාණය වූ තිස්ස විහාර බිමේ ශ්රී මහා බෝධි ශාඛා […]
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Saturday, August 5th, 2023
Dilrook Kannangara It has been 14 years since Sri Lanka promised 13 Plus to the UN (May 29, 2009) but no government since then implemented it as a Constitutional amendment. For good reasons. When the President visited India recently, the Indian PM made it very clear that Sri Lanka must devolve more powers to Tamils. […]
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Saturday, August 5th, 2023
Malinda Seneviratne Tragedy of any kind can yield tears. Tragedy of any kind can also yield resolve. There are other harvests too. Apportioning of blame, absolving responsibility, anger, revenge-intent and collapse of one kind or another for example. It’s seldom just one thing. And so, in this country where there has been so much death, […]
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Saturday, August 5th, 2023
Courtesy Tasnim News TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Ali Sabry said his country is eager to attract investment from Iran. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart in Tehran on Saturday, Sabry praised Iran for its progress under the pressure of sanctions. We want to have good relations with […]
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Saturday, August 5th, 2023
Courtesy The Financial Express The core objective of the Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity Project (SL-UDI) is to gather biographic and biometric information, such as facial, iris, and fingerprint data. India has extended crucial financial support to Sri Lanka’s unique digital identity project with an advance payment of INR 450 million. The project is a […]
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Saturday, August 5th, 2023
Courtesy Mehr News TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – Iran and Sri Lanka agreed to take action regarding the release of prisoners of the two countries in a humane way in the near future, the Iranian Foreign Minister said Today the potential of the Asian continent has attracted the attention of the world powers, and Asian […]
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Saturday, August 5th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India has sparked both excitement and concern among the citizens of Sri Lanka. The visit, aimed at strengthening economic ties and exploring various cooperation opportunities, has the potential to bring about much-needed development to the island nation. However, there are concerns that this visit may compromise […]
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Saturday, August 5th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The vision to transform Colombo into a beautiful city is already in motion, with plans provided by Surbana Jurong while similar plans have been prepared for Trincomalee, aiming to enhance the development in that region as well, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said. He said Surbana Jurong is also actively involved in creating […]
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Saturday, August 5th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Ports, Shipping and Aviation Ministry has planned to re-construct the Talaimannar Pier to facilitate passenger vessels from Rameswaram, India after 37 years. The pier was destroyed and had been abandoned to deteriorate during the conflict era in the north. Accordingly, under the instructions of Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, the […]
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Friday, August 4th, 2023
Sugath Kulatunga The opposition has awakened from their slumbers on the recent liberalization of food and fruits and vegetables. Any person who had read the IMF staff papers and the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies (MEFP) signed by the President and the Governor Central Bank which sets out the specific plans and policies that […]
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Friday, August 4th, 2023
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය. අග්රාමාත්යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ 2023.08.03 දින මොණරාගල දිස්ත්රික් ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ පැවැති අලුත් ගමක් – අලුත් රටක් ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධතා සහභාගිත්ව සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහනනේදීය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ අග්රාමාත්යවරයා – මුදල් අර්බුදයකට දැවැන්ත ජාත්යන්තර ප්රශ්නයකට ශ්රී ලංකාව මුහුණ දුන්නා.අර්බුදයෙන් ගොඩ ඒම සඳහා ජාත්යන්තර සහයෝගය සහ මිත්රත්වය අවශ්ය වී තිබෙනවා.මෙවන් අර්බුදයන්ට මුහුණ දුන් රටවල් මේ තරම් […]
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Friday, August 4th, 2023
lanka C news මිහින්තලය රජමහා විහාරස්ථානයේ ආලෝක පූජාවේ බරපැන දැරීම සඳහා ආධාර එකතු කරන ලද ආධාර පත්රයක් සමාජ ජාලවල හුවමාරු වෙමින් ඇත . 1979 වසරේ පුදබිමට විදුලි බලය ලබා දුන් වසරේදී සිට මේ දක්වාම විදුලි බිලක් පැමිණ නැති බවත් එනිසා විදුලි ගාස්තු ගැනීමක්ද සිදු කරන ඇති බවත් මිහින්තලාව විහාරාධිපති හිමියන් එහි දී මාධ්ය හමුවක් අමතමින් […]
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Friday, August 4th, 2023
By Harry McNeil Courtesy Naval Technology Indo-Pacific Deployment 2023 (IPD23) unit enhances maritime collaboration through a successful goodwill exercise with the Sri Lanka Navy. In a demonstration of commitment to fostering regional cooperation and advancing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” the Indo-Pacific Deployment 2023 unit, under the Maritime Staff Office for Japan, recently concluded a successful […]
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Friday, August 4th, 2023
by Nadja Skopljak Courtesy Offshore Energy French telecommunications corporation Orange has taken delivery of its new cable laying and repair vessel (CLRV), said to be designed for the maintenance of cables for offshore wind projects. The vessel, named Sophie Germain after the pioneering French mathematician and philosopher, is currently on its way from Sri Lanka’s Colombo […]
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Friday, August 4th, 2023
Lanka Lead News ජනාධිපතිවරු 7 දෙනෙකු අත නොතැබූ 13 වැනි ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය හරහා උතුරු හා නැගෙනහිරට පොලිස් හා ඉඩම් බලතල ලබාදීමට ජනාධිපතිවරයා සර්ව පාක්ෂික සමුළුව කැඳවූ බවත්, ඒ පිළිබඳව තමන් පුදුමයට පත්වූ බවත් ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ හිටපු නාගරික මන්ත්රී ෂර්මිලා ගෝනවල මහත්මිය පවසයි. සිරස නාලිකාවේ පැවති සටන වැඩසටහනට එක් වෙමින් ඇය මේ බව පැවසුවාය. […]
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Friday, August 4th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily Mirror While Sri Lanka has secured the bid to host a prestigious travel awards show in Colombo, the officials visiting Sri Lanka to discuss the event had been greeted by unmanned service counters at the Bandaranaike International Airport. This was revealed by State Tourism Minister Diana Gamage who welcomed the officials representing […]
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Friday, August 4th, 2023
Courtesy Ada Derana The government intends to recultivate 11,000 acres of abandoned paddy lands before the end of this year in a bid to prepare for a potential food crisis, State Minister of Agriculture Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva said. The state minister pointed out that the program for harvesting abandoned paddy lands is being implemented […]
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Friday, August 4th, 2023
Courtesy Ada Derana Sri Lanka’s inflation rate, which dropped to single digits for the first time in months in July, may still face headwinds from rising water, food and energy prices, analysts say, in a challenge for a crisis-hit country seeking to foster growth. Inflation has dropped sharply in recent months from the 69% hit […]
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Friday, August 4th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed the government’s financial accountability to Parliament, making it clear that they will only adhere to the instructions and orders of the Parliament in the debt optimization program. He asserted that he is committed to preventing the country from descending into anarchy by avoiding out-dated political practices, and he remains […]
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Thursday, August 3rd, 2023
KAMALIKA PIERIS The Tamil Separatist Movement has shown strong opposition to the re-establishment of Buddhist temples in the north and east. In this case, Kurundi vihara in Mullativu. The Tamil Separatist Movement is opposing two things, the conservation of ancient Buddhist temples and the building of new Buddhist temples. This issue has been simmering for […]
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