Archive for August, 2023
Monday, August 28th, 2023
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. ඊලාම් යුද්ධයේ දුර්විපාක සමාජය හඳුනාගන්නා කාලය තෙක් මනෝ විද්යාත්මක රෝගාබාධයක් වූ පශ්චාත් ව්යසන ක්ලමථ අක්රමතාවය (Post-traumatic stress disorder -PTSD) ශ්රී ලාංකාවට ආගන්තුක රෝග තත්වයක් විය. වියට්නාම් යුද්ධයෙන් පසුව ඇමරිකානු සමාජය වියට්නාම් සින්ඩ්රෝමය හඳුනාගත්තාක් සේ ඊලාම් යුද්ධයෙන් පසුව ශ්රී ලාංකික සමාජය පලාලි සින්ඩ්රෝමය හෙවත් සංග්රාමික පශ්චාත් ව්යසන ක්ලමථ අක්රමතාවය හඳුනා ගන්නා […]
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Monday, August 28th, 2023
A. Abdul Aziz – Press Secretary –Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at – Sri Lanka. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad travels to attend the Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany after four years The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad arrived safely in Germany on 27th August […]
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Monday, August 28th, 2023
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය අග්රාමාත්යවරයා මේ බව පැවසුවේ සමෘද්ධි නිලධාරීන්ගේ මෙතෙක් නොවිසදුනු ගැටළු සම්බන්ධයෙන් 2023.08.28 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ පැවැති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක් වෙමිණි. සමෘද්ධි දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට අන්තර්ග්රහණය කිරීමේදී 44 ඉ(11) වගන්තිය යටතේ මනාපය පලකළ නිලධාරින් රජයට ගෙවිය යුතු සියයට 60 අර්ථ සාධක අරමුදලේ දායකත්වය ගෙවීමේදී අමතර සියයට 4 පොළයක් අයකිරීමට ඇති තීරණය අසාධාරණ බවද වෘත්තීය සමිති සදහන් කලේය. […]
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Monday, August 28th, 2023
MOD Media Centre An Indian National Defence College (NDC) delegation led by Rear Admiral Sanjay Sachdeva called on State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon at his office in Colombo, today (Aug 28). The delegation of senior foreign military officers who arrived at the Island as part of their tour on strategic neighbourhood studies […]
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
Shenali D Waduge We expect entities that claim they are independent” and impartial” to uphold what they claim to be. Yet, the proof is in the pudding and the HRCSL press releases are a good way to question why the HRCSL chooses not to take action or at least make a statement on the cold […]
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
KAMALIKA PIERIS Neil Quintus Dias commonly known as N.Q. Dias, was a member of the Ceylon Civil Service, recruited in 1936. N.Q. Dias was known for planning and executing many of the nationalist policies of the 1956 government . NQ was the Permanent Secretary of Defence and Foreign Affairs from 1961 to 1965, also serving as the de facto Chief Adviser to […]
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
Dr. Sudath Gunasekara. (SLAS) President Senior Citizens Movement. Mahanuwara This was originally Posted on July 20th, 2009 Writing from USA This. request is made on the request of many readers for republication. It is usually we the Sinhalese who are blamed by the Tamils and the West for the so-called ethnic crisis in Sri Lanka. […]
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
A concerned citizen It is high time that the Government assert its sovereign authority and put all foreign Ambassadors in their due place and ask them to strictly adhere to the covenants laid down in the Vienna Convention in discharging their duties within the country The recent illegitimate and undiplomatic involvement of foreign Ambassadors in […]
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
Sasanka De Silva. Pannipitiya. Wildlife can pose significant threats to the aviation industry, primarily due to the potential for bird strikes and other wildlife-related incidents that can compromise flight safety. These threats include: Bird Strikes: Birds colliding with aircraft, known as bird strikes, are a major concern. Birds can be sucked into engines, causing damage, […]
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය “අභියෝග මැද අගමැතිකම භාරගෙන රට වැටී තිබුණ තත්ත්වයෙන් ගොඩ ගන්නට කටයුතු කළා.” –කිරිවෙහෙර රජමහා විහාරාධිපති පූජ්ය කොබවක ධම්මින්ද හිමි. “ රට නැවත නිසි මගට යොමු කළා” – කතරගම අභිනවාරාමාධිපති පූජ්ය කපුගම සරණතිස්ස හිමි. ඒකීය රාජ්ය හා මාතෘ භූමිය සුරැකීම අරමුණු කරගෙන මහ සඟරුවනේ ආශිර්වාදයෙන්, මහජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ, ජාතික සංවිධාන හා එක්ව, […]
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
MOD Media Centre • Real victory lies in the pursuit of knowledge” – Defence Secretary Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne graced the ‘Association of Retired Flag Rank Officers’ (ARFRO)-organized ‘Masterminds Competition-2023’, as the Chief Guest, at the Golden Rose Hotel in Boralesgamuwa on Saturday (Aug 26). The incumbent President of the ARFRO Air Chief Marshal […]
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
e-Con e-News ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News August 2023 Part 5 The New York Times in March 2022 reported the US Biden administration ‘seeks to help Ukraine lock Russia in a quagmire’. Thrilled after throwing some metal at the moon, India too appears eager to plunge its blades deeper into Sri Lanka and […]
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
Kunal Purohit Courtesy The South China Morning Post
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
By P. K. Balachandran Courtesy Eurasia Review Santosh Jha has to pursue India’s economic goals in the face of a stiff challenge from China Santosh Jha, who is tipped to be India’s envoy in Sri Lanka in place of the incumbent, Gopal Baglay, is expected to vigorously pursue India’s economic goals in Sri Lanka, given his strong […]
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Defence has granted approval for the Chinese geophysical and seismic survey vessel ‘Shi Yan 6’ to carry out research on Sri Lankan waters with the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA). A Spokesman of the Ministry of Defence stated that the approval was granted on request by NARA […]
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena states that the government is committed to preserving the unitary state, territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of the Motherland, which has been protected from generation to generation by the forefathers. He made these remarks while joining the Sathyakriya and Adhishtana Pooja which was held for the 29th year together […]
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says that if a bridge is to be constructed connecting Sri Lanka and India, a referendum should be held in order to seek the people’s consent for such a move. Joining the Sunday Mass held at the National Basilica Church in Thewatte, Ragama today (Aug 27), […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
By Sena Thoradeniya These days Julie Chung, the US Ambassador is in Jaffna peninsula. Her Tour de Jaffna, meeting families of the disappeared, female officers of CBSL regional office Kilinochchi, woman-majority workforce producing and packaging curry and chillie powder, people engaged in USAID- funded see weed cultivation, North Central Naval Commander (discussed challenges to maritime […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara The Rajiv/JR Accord of 29th July 1987and its illegitimate Indian child, the 13th A, and the resulting political mess are the threefold disasters that have already destabilized and destroyed political stability, good governance and the economy of this country beyond recovery for the past 36 years. Therefore, the crying need to […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* Mapjawn was inspired to make this map after reading Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self Determination by Adom Getachew. Source: Reddit – Photo: 2023 NEW YORK. 25 August 2023 (IDN) — In his 1987 book, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, historian Paul […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network Meeting in the Oval Office between President Nixon and President Mobutu of Zaire, known as Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 1997. The uranium used in making the bomb and subsequent atomic weapons were sourced from the DRC. Credit: Jack Kightlinger | Wikimedia Commons. – Photo: 2023 NEW YORK. […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
ISAS Events The publication provides an in-depth analysis of Sri Lanka’s ongoing political and economic crisis, taking into account the island’s historical evolution, with an emphasis on external political and economic intervention. The book discusses the unequal economic and financial architecture of the global economy, which set the framework for the debt and socio-economic crisis […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
Sri Lankan High Commission in India High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda paid the farewell call on Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India Shri Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi. At the outset, High Commissioner Moragoda thanked the Indian Road Transport and Highways Minster for the cooperation that the latter extended […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
Lanka Lead News ඉතිහාසයේ කවර කාලයක දී වත් නොතිබූ ලෙස ජාත්යන්තර බලවේග ඉතා සියුම් ලෙස මේ රටත්, ජාතියත්, ආගමත් වටා ගොනුවී අවසන්ව ඇති බව පූජ්ය ඇල්ලේ ගුණවංශ හිමියෝ පවසති. රටක පුරාවස්තු එම රටේ එක් ජාතියකට පමණක් අයත් වස්තූන් නොවන බවත්, රටේ සියලුම ජාතීන්ට මෙම උරුමය අයත් බවත්, උතුරේ දෙමළ දේශපාලකයන් අතලොස්සක් එකතු වී දකුණේ සිංහල […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
Lanka Lead News යුද විරුවන් යුද අපරාධකරුවන් ය යන චෝදනාව තර්කයකින් තොරව පිළිගනු ලැබුවේ වත්මන් ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මැතිතුමා අගමැති පදවිය හෙබ වූ 2015 කාලයේදී බවත්, රණවිරුවන්ට විරුද්ධව නගා ඇති යුද අපරාධ චෝදනා වලින් වාසිය අත්වී ඇත්තේ කාටදැයි සිතා ගැනීම මෙරට ජනතාවට බාර බවත් ගෝලීය ශ්රී ලාංකික සංසදයේ විධායක කමිටු ලේකම් යසස් ධර්මදාස මහතා පවසයි. […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
Lanka Lead News පර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා තම ආධාරකරුවන් සමග පැවැත් වූ සාකච්ඡාවක දී හෙළිදරව් කළ කරුණක් ඔහුගේ ආධාරකරුවකු විසින් අප වෙත එවා ඇත. ඒ පිළිබඳව සරත් වීරසේකර මහතාගේ මතය විමසීමකින් තොරව එය පළ කරනු ලබන්නේ එම කරුණ ජාතික වශයෙන් වැදගත් වන බැවිනි. ඊට අදාළව තම මතය ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ අයිතිය සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා සතු […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
Lanka Lead News අග්රාමාත්ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා ප්රමුඛ මහජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ මහජන නියෝජිතයන් හා පොදුජන සහභාගීත්වයෙන් සිදුකෙරෙන ‘ඒකීය රාජ්යය හා මාතෘභූමිය සුරකින අධිෂ්ඨාන පූජාව හා සත්යක්රියාව‘ අද (අගෝ. 26) ඓතිහාසික කතරගම කිරිවෙහෙර චෛත්ය රාජයාණන් අභියසදී ප.ව. 3.45 ට ආරම්භ විය. මේ අවස්ථාවට ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුව නියෝජනය කරමින් එහි කැඳවුම්කරු ආචාර්ය ගුණදාස අමරසේකර මහතා සහ ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The 5th Round of Bilateral Political Consultations between Sri Lanka and Thailand will be held on 28 August 2023 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. The consultations will be co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane and Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Thailand Sarun Charoensuwan. […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana Offshore Wind Road Map for Sri Lanka was launched on Friday (Aug. 25), which provides a strategic analysis of the offshore wind development potential in the country, considering the opportunities and challenges under different offshore wind growth scenarios. It is intended to provide evidence to support the Government of Sri Lanka in establishing […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana British Deputy High Commissioner Lisa Whanstall has called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena to discuss the commencement of the 2nd phase of UK aid programme to Sri Lanka. Whanstall visited the prime minister at the Temple Trees in Colombo earlier this week, accompanied by a delegation from Fleming Fund of UK Department of […]
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