By Peter Kornbluh National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No 8 Washington, D.C. – September 11 1998 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. The violent overthrow of the democratically-elected Popular Unity government of Salvador Allende changed the course of the country that Chilean poet Pablo Neruda described as […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ  Lankawebහි 13/8/23 දින පළ වුනු  ‘Local adoption of the ICCPR Convention – a cunning enactment; works against Sinhala Buddhist activists and soft on Tamil separatist racists’ යන ඉංග්‍රීසි ලිපියේ සංශෝධිත සිංහල අනුවාදය, එම මුල් ලේඛකයා විසින්ම. සිවිල් සහ දේශපාලන අයිතිවාසිකම් පිළිබඳ ජාත්‍යාන්තර සම්මුතිය (The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – ICCPR) […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar While President Ranil Wickremasinghe insists that the Nation will maintain good relations with all countries and will take no sides he should also curb his Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry from direct involvement in the ongoing conflict between India and Canada before it becomes an embarrassment to Sri Lanka straddled with […]

by Janaka Perera Asoka Weeraratna – Founder of the German Dharmaduta Society, Berlin Buddhist Vihara and Mitirigala Nissarana Vanaya Professor Karl Heinz-Golzio The 50th Anniversary (1957-2007) of the first Sri Lankan Buddhist Mission to Germany  commemorated with the issue of a commemorative postage stamp Janaka Perera Colombo, (Asiantribune.com): Buddhism is definitely making headway in Germany and the […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Pursuant to the Private Security Agencies Regularization Act No. 45 of 1998, the Ministry of Defence has taken steps to update the licensing conditions for the regulation and registration of private security agencies currently registered under the Ministry of Defence. Accordingly, all registered institutions must submit applications for extension […]

Media Release2023.09.28 As the latest of a series of activities to mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between India and Sri Lanka which falls this year, the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi has initiated a book project on Ramayana sites in collaboration with the internationally renowned publisher […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය  ·       ගුරු පත්වීම් ලබා දීමේදී පළාත තුළ පුරප්පාඩු පිරවීමට පියවර ගත යුතුයි. ·       මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය ව්‍යාපාර වැළැක්වීමට ස්වේච්ඡා වැඩපිළිවෙළක් නැවත අවශ්‍යයි. – අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සහ පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරුන්, අතර හමුවක් 2023.09.26 දින  අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. එහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය වරයා – රටේ තිබෙන ආර්ථික, දේශපාලන හා පරිපාලන […]

Democracy Now!   http://www.democracynow.org – In 1991, Nelson Mandela traveled to Cuba to meet with then president Fidel Castro on one of his first international trips after being freed from prison. Mandela called the Cuban Revolution, “a source of inspiration to all freedom-loving people” and thanked Cuba for supporting the African National Congress at a […]

Priyantha Hettige The source for the collection of ideas and practices called ‘fascism’ (an Italian word) is to be found in the Holy Bible – the word of God. The Popes are fully fascist and rule through the power of God. Their rules are to be imposed on all of humanity without question or answer-back. […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Eid Milad-Un-Nabi Message When Muslims all over the world celebrate the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammed who dedicated himself to peace, love, mercy and goodness and wellbeing of the world, let us recommit ourselves to creating harmony in the society as it is the most appropriate way to respect him.It is […]

News Center කාදිනල් හිමි සම්පුර්ණ බොරු කරන්නේ | රාජ්‍ය නොවන සංවිධාන වලින් සල්ලි එකතු කරනවා | මිහින්තලේ හිමිගෙන් කාදිනල් හිමිට චෝදනා පත්‍රයක්

Courtesy Aljazeera Global lender says it did not reach a staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka in its first review under a $2.9bn bailout package. The International Monetary Fund did not reach a staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka in its first review under a $2.9bn bailout package, due to a potential shortfall in government revenue generation, says […]

Bloomberg News COLOMBO, Sept 27 —Some members on the committee of Sri Lanka’s official creditors are pushing to reach a deal to restructure the nation’s debt without the participation of China, Bloomberg News reported today citing people familiar with the matter. The members want the group of major creditors, including the US, Japan and India, […]

Courtesy NekkeiAsia Fund says crisis-hit economy needs tax reforms to boost coffers A vendor waits for customers at a marketplace in Colombo on Sept. 27. “The people of Sri Lanka have shown remarkable resilience and the authorities have made significant progress on important reforms,” the IMF said in a statement.   © AP MUNZA MUSHTAQ, Contributing writerSeptember […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission team concluding its visit to Sri Lanka said that despite early signs of stabilization, full economic recovery is not yet assured. The team led by Peter Breuer and Ms. Katsiaryna Svirydzenka said Sri Lanka has made commendable progress in implementing difficult but much-needed reforms. The […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Five fishermen who trafficked 151.341 kilos of heroin on 2nd November 2019 were sentenced to death on three charges by the Colombo High Court today. The suspects were sentenced to death after a long trial by Colombo High Court Judge Namal Ballale, observing that the prosecution case against the five accused […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A future National Peoples’ Power (NPP) government will never hesitate to work with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other institutions, former NPP MP Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said today.  He told reporters that the NPP will deal with the IMF while respecting the people’s mandate and will be committed to implementing […]