Sri Lanka News 28th Oct 1987 Shri Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, New Delhi. Dear Prime Minister, We thank you once again for all your efforts on behalf of the Tamil people. We repeat our deep anguish at the tragic turn of events in Jaffna. We feel it is our duty to also express our […]

Sarath Wijesinghe (President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel Solicitor in England and Wales and president Ambassador’s Forum) Tourist Destination Sri Lanka is known to be tourist destination among the places known for tourists and tourism in the world of tourism in the competitive  market when the tourists are looking for places of interest […]

තිස්ස ගුණතිලක පසුගිය 2023 ඹක්තෝම්බර් මස 01වනදා lankaweb.com අඩවියේ පලවූ  ‘බොජ්ජංග තුලින් අත්දකින නිවන හා බොජ්ජංගයෙන් ආදේශවන (replace) වන සමත භාවනාව’ යන ලිපිය තුලින් මෙතෙක් වැසී තිබූ නිවන් මාර්ගය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම විවර විය. බුදුන්වහන්සේ අපගේ එකම ශාස්තෘන් වහන්සේය. බුද්ධ වචනය හා බුදුන්වහන්සේ දේශනාකල ධර්මය අප වටහාගත යුතු හා පිලිපැදිය යුතු එකම ප්‍රතිපදාවයි. නිවනට ඇති එකම මාර්ග […]

By Senaka Weeraratna This is an updated and edited version of a Public Talk delivered on World Animal Day (October 4, 2015) at the Dharmavijaya Foundation, Colombo. ………………………………………. New Vision We need a new vision for this country and its civilizational advancement.  It must begin in our schools. The primary purpose of education is to […]

Sarath Wijesinghe (President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, Solicitor in England and Wales, President Ambassador’s forum) Tourism and Cricket They say Sri Lanka is famous both for tourism and cricket. Propagation of tourism is a necessity for the country want of tourists for the most needed foreign currency and income for the country […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, while thanking the Asian Development Bank for the assistance provided to agriculture, rural small and medium sectors and other development projects, urged the regional funding agency to initiate new projects on areas such as renewable energy, digitalization, and public transport systems, especially the railways. He said this […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D. බල පෙරනිමිති පෙරමඟ නැකතටත් වැඩී.”  සැළලිහිණි සංදේශය මෙම ලිපි මාලාව ලිවීමට මට සිතුනේ ලාල් කාන්ත හා සේපාල් අමරසිංහ යන පංචස්කන්ධ දෙක එකතුව ඥානසාර හිමියන්ට හා පිරිත් නූලට කල අවඥාව නිසාය. ඉන් පසුව සේපාල් ඇමෙරිකාවේ ඔරිගන් ජනපදයේ සිටි රාජනීස් නම් හින්දු පූජකයා (දාර්ශනිකයා?) මෙන් හිස තොප්පියකින් වසාගෙන, JVP එකට සම්බන්ධව සිටි වාරණ […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island  Top Opposition spokesperson Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (02) said that the government should take full responsibility for the suspension of USD 2.9 bn IMF bailout over Sri Lanka’s failure to achieve the anticipated revenue mobilisation. The former External Affairs Minister found fault with the government for tax concessions […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A total of USD 56 billion has been parked abroad by powerful persons during the past few years, Minister of Justice Wijedasa Rajapaksha informed Parliament today. A sum of USD 9 billion has been parked this year alone,” the Minister said.  I propose a special motion to order these persons to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government has informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the tax percentages can not be increased further at this juncture as requested and that the government was expecting to initiate discussions to request the IMF to reconsider its request, Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today. He told Parliament that the IMF […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The proposed cable car line from Nanu Oya to Nuwara Eliya has been halted as a certain Forest Department official was refusing to grant permission to release 150 perches on the Kikiliyamana mountain without any reason, a government MP revealed today. Parliamentarian Madura Vithanage told Parliament that the project is unable […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While condemning the statement by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MP Bimal Ratnayake, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera said today that the JVP is engaging in actions that are detrimental to the country by brainwashing young people. Addressing the media, he said the ongoing detrimental process […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Social media regulation could be an inevitable scenario as the countries in the globe envisage signing an international convention on the same, President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed. The remark from the President came hours after the Online Safety Bill was presented to Parliament. The Bill was presented to the House this morning. […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe, during an interview with an international broadcaster based in Germany, slammed the allegations levelled in the documentary aired by British television network Channel 4 with regard to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. Wickremesinghe stressed that the Sri Lankan government would not carry out an international inquiry on any issue, including […]

Courtesy Adaderana The World Bank revised up its forecasts for Sri Lanka’s economy on Tuesday, noting the crisis-hit nation had made strides in reducing inflation and had benefited from tourism revenue as well as an appreciation in its currency. The bank now expects the economy to expand 1.7% in 2024, up from an earlier forecast […]