Aloysius Hettiarachchi At this very moment the concrete used for the construction of large number of schools in the United Kingdom have been found to be of poor quality. It seems some have collapsed and others are crumbling. According to their BBC World Service around 150 schools are affected and many have been closed. It […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Minister of Labour & Employment of Republic of Korea, Lee Jungsik said Korea has doubled the recruitment of Sri Lankan employees this year and it will be further increased by giving more opportunities to skilled workers with knowledge of Korean Language. He said this when he called on Prime Minister Dinesh […]

Media Centre MOD 1985 අංක 40 දරණ මිනිස්බල උපයෝගිතා සහ පරිපූරක හමුදා පනතේ 52 වගන්තිය යටතේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොලිස් සේවාවට සහායවීම සඳහා පරිපූරක හමුදාවක් ලෙස  ආරම්භ කළ ග්‍රාමාරක්‍ෂක සේවය” 2006.09.13 වන දින නිකුත් කරන ලද අංක 1462/20 දරණ අති විශේෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රය මගින්  දිවි හිමියෙන් රට රකිමු” තේමාව යටතේ සිවිල් ආරක්‍ෂක දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව” නමින් ප්‍රතිසංවිධානය කරන […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), the Ministry of Defence’s premier think tank on national security, hosted a Round Table Discussion on Ensuring Holistic Human Security: Empowering Sri Lankan Children Through Safe And Fulfilling Work Environments” on Thursday, September 14, 2023, from 1400hrs to 1530hrs (IST) via Zoom. […]

Politics A discussion between the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, which is a major political party allied with it, was held on the night of 13.09.2023 in Colombo. The discussion was held under the leadership of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, the leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, and Mr. Basil Rajapaksa, the National Organizer […]

By Ranga Jayasuriya/Daily Mirror Colombo, September 13: Channel 4’s latest documentary on the Easter Sunday attack is way too depressing for any Sri Lankan, more so for the survivors and relatives who live with the memories of the slaughter of innocents. But, after a 47-minute-long documentary, all that emerges is a ghastly piece of clickbait […]

by a special correspondent Courtesy Ceylon Today In recent years, if there’s been an event that has sent shockwaves through our nation, akin to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is undeniably the Easter attack. Regrettably, many individuals have exploited this tragedy for political gain, seemingly oblivious to the harrowing truth that lies beneath. Sri Lanka finds […]

By A Special Correspondent Courtesy Ceylon Today Last year, a Sri Lankan individual stood resolutely before the special Bench of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, enduring five days of intense scrutiny from the organisation’s officials. During this period, he revealed a trove of State secrets, all while his life hung perilously in […]

By Special Correspondent Courtesy Ceylon Today A few days ago, this writer posed a critical question to an Islamic scholar of Sri Lankan heritage, now residing in Australia, regarding the Easter attacks: Was it a sinister political conspiracy? The response was unequivocal—there was no political conspiracy lurking behind the gruesome event. However, what unfolded was […]

By Divya Chandrababu Courtesy The Hindustan Times The Sri Lankan convicts have been lodged in the foreigners’ detention camp in Tamil Nadu’s Trichy until their deportation Chennai: The Union government has informed the Madras high court that it has taken steps to deport all the four Sri Lankans, convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, […]

Courtesy AdaDerana President Ranil Wickremesinghe and his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez engaged in a bilateral meeting in Havana this morning (15 Sep.), and the two leaders have reinforced the bonds of friendship and dialogue between the two nations. Sri Lankan President’s arrival in Cuba was marked by a warm welcome, as he received a […]

Courtesy AdaDerana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a three-member committee to investigate the allegations in the documentary aired by British television network Channel 4 on the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka. The committee, chaired by retired Supreme Court Justice S.I. Imam, consists of retired Air Force Commander A.C.M. Jayalath Weerakkody and President’s […]

Courtesy AdaDerana The new Central Bank Act, aimed at bolstering the bank’s independence, accountability and price stability in the country, comes into effect today (15 Sep.), Acting Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. Accordingly, the Acting Minister explained that as per the new Act, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s (CBSL) ability to print money […]

Courtesy AdaDerana Sri Lanka bank ratings are unaffected by the downgrade of Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency Issuer Default Rating to ‘RD’ from ‘C’, says Fitch Ratings. On 14 September 2023, the global credit rating agency downgraded the sovereign’s Long-Term Local-Currency Issuer Default Rating following the completion of an exchange of treasury bonds for longer-dated ones, […]