Courtesy The Daily Mirror It has been five months since Sri Lanka entered the board-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on its 17th programme. Month-to-month progress has been tracked in the public domain by the IMF Tracker (https://manthri.lk/en/imf_tracker ), a platform maintained by Verité Research.The IMF Tracker identifies programme commitments that have been […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The economic development of Sri Lanka is negatively afflicted by attitudes of policymakers and planners and the behaviour of them concerned with many practical aspects in the policy planning process. Negative attitudes of policy planners have a direct relationship with countrywide economic problems, and neither the government policy development process nor the […]

Dilrook Kannangara 13 Plus has the best chance of passing parliament this time as all parties desperately try to win minority support. However, since all parties support 13 Plus, no party can gain political mileage over others using it. Ranil won most Tamil and Muslim votes whenever he contested for president (1999 and 2005), however, […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS  Restructuring of domestic debt has become a vital focus of news in Sri Lanka and many ordinary people are lack of understanding the process, which is expressing jargon and ordinary people have an idea that they are not concerned about the process. The act of rehabilitation of public enterprises, which was certified […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya Driverless cars, also known as autonomous vehicles or self-driving cars, have the potential to revolutionize transportation and reshape various industries. Their future holds numerous possibilities and challenges. Here are some key points about the future of driverless cars: 1.   Advantages: ·         Safety: One of the primary promises of autonomous vehicles is […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena arrived at Kunming International Airport this morning (Aug 15) to commence 4-day visit to Yunnan Province in China. He was warmly received at the airport by Vice Chairman of the CPPCC Yunnan Provincial Committee Zhao Jin, Protocol Chief and other senior officials and Charge D’ Affairs at Sri Lanka […]

Media Release Sri Lankan High Commission in India India’s top podcast ‘The Ranveer Show’ interviewed Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda in Mumbai.  Hosted by social media entrepreneur, YouTuber, motivational speaker and leadership coach Ranveer Allahbadia, ‘The Ranveer Show’ features eminent people from different walks of life talking about issues that impact the […]

MOD  Media Centre The Ranaviru Seva Authority (RVSA) awarded Rs. 2.76 million worth scholarships to 23 children belongs to war veteran families, those have excelled at the G.C.E. (Ordinary Level) Examination while obtaining 9 Distinctions, today (Aug 15). This specially organized event was held under the patronage of RVSA Chairperson Major General Nandana Senadeera (Retd). […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා චීනයේ සිව්දින නිල සංචාරයක් සඳහා අද (අගෝස්තු 14) සවස කොළඹින් පිටත් විය. චීන වාණිජ අමාත්‍යාංශය සහ යුනාන් ප්‍රාන්ත රජය එක්ව පවත්වනු ලබන 7 වැනි චීන – දකුණු ආසියානු ප්‍රදර්ශනයේ සහ 27 වැනි චයිනා කුන්මිං ආනයන හා අපනයන ප්‍රදර්ශනයේ ප්‍රධාන ආරාධිතයා ලෙස අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා  සහභාගි වීමට නියමිතය. ප්‍රදර්ශනය අගෝස්තු 16 […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The ‘Races’ of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) were invented by the British when they ruled our country. Until the British came, there were no races or ethnic divisions in Sri Lanka, as we know them today. The ‘ethnic groups’ we are saddled with today, are bogus ones created by the British rulers. The British […]

MOD  Media Centre The landscape of human trafficking is evolving, transforming into a ruthless business that preys on the vulnerable and exploits their desperation. This dark reality presents a complex challenge that threatens not just individual lives but our national security as well, stressed Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne delivering the keynote address at the […]

MOD  Media Centre Air Vice Marshal Roshan Senaka Biyanvila has been appointed as the new Director General of the Civil Security Department. AVM Biyanvila received his letter of appointment from Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Ministry today (Aug 14). He will be replacing Major General Ranjan Lamahewage as the new Director General.

By P.K.Balachandran/Ceylon Today Sir Robert Chalmers Colombo, August 14: Sir Robert Chalmers, an Oxonian and an eminent scholar of Buddhism and Pali, was excited when he was appointed Governor of Buddhist-majority Ceylon in 1913. The assignment was right up his street. While being an official in the British Treasury, Chalmers had pursued his interest in […]

ADITYA GOWDARA SHIVAMURTHY Courtesy ORF Online As China’s rise threatens the democratic rules, values, and institutions that have shaped the post-war world order, the United States (US) is increasing its outreach in the Indo-Pacific region. Distant South Asian island nations such as Sri Lanka are today receiving greater attention from the US. This brief seeks […]

By Shirani ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today It is no secret that President Ranil Wickremesinghe always rooted for a federal solution. Nevertheless, regardless of his own personal beliefs, he, as an astute politician, is also aware that majority of the country (which is not to be read as ‘majority community’) bitterly oppose such a power-sharing structure […]

By Prof.Kirthi Tennakone Courtesy The Island Pliny the Elder at work. (Boeheim Library Oxford) ktenna@yahoo.co.uk Civilisations evolve independently and through mutual interaction. Trade, invasions, emissaries and missionaries and the diffusion of ordinary folk across borders represent avenues of cultural interrelationship. The ideas and information aliens bring and their potentialities affirmatively further the advancement of a […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Lt. Gen. Dias warns of Eelam through constitutional means Former Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Jagath Dias asks whether a plan is underway to help establish Eelam by constitutional means.The Gajaba Regiment veteran asked a gathering at Sri Sambuddhathva Jayanthi Mandiraya whether they realised that the full implementation […]

From Russia Dermatologist Natalia Zhovtan has identified certain products that can accelerate skin aging in Russians, Life reports. Photo: pixabay.com According to the expert, the consumption of products such as may contribute to premature external aging. These foods are rich in monosodium glutamate, which can lead to obesity, liver cell damage, and permanent skin damage. “In addition, excessive salt intake […]

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 […]