Prof. Sudharshan Seneviratne, Executive Director General, IORA Sri Lanka Secretariat Sri Lanka is the designated Chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) from 2023 to 2025. The 23rd meeting of the IORA Council of Ministers will be held today (11). The Committee of Senior Officials was held from October 9-10, 2023. In 2023 October […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි ජැක්සන් ඇන්තනි ජාතියට පහලවූ මහා යුග පුරුෂයකි.ඔහුගේ රංගන කුසලතාවයන් සම්බන්ධව එකිනෙක කතාකලොත් අපිට මහා ග්‍රන්ථයක් නිර්මාණය කල හැකියි. ඔහු නළුවෙක් පමණක්ද නොවෙයි. ගායෙකයෙකු පමණද නොවෙයි.ඔහු චිත්‍රපට අධ්‍යක්ෂක වරයෙක් පමණද නොවෙයි.ඔහු පරිසර ගවේෂකයෙකුද පමණක් නොවෙයි, පරිසරය හා පරිසර වේදනය සම්බන්ධව උගන්වන ගුරුවරයෙකුද පමණක්ද නොවෙයි, ඔහු දේශ ගවේශකයෙකු පමණක්ද නොවෙයි ඒ ඒ සමාජයන්ගේ සංස්කෘතික […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division The members of Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank held detailed discussion with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Sri Lanka’s financial requirements for projects for the next 5 years at the Temple Trees in Colombo on October 10. Expressing satisfaction over Sri Lanka’s quick stabilization of the economy after the […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) serves as a platform for implementing Disaster Risk Management Sri Lanka is highly vulnerable to maritime disasters due to oil spills as Sri Lanka is situated in the busiest Shipping Lane in the IOR and cooperation between Navies and Coast Guards is vital to […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre State Minister of Defence Hon.  Premitha Bandara Tennakoon chaired a discussion on preventive action on dangerous trees falling and precautionary measures to mitigate possible hazards in suburban areas at the Disaster Management Center (DMC) in Colombo today (Oct. 11) A range of important issues including protecting human lives and […]

OCTOBER 10, 2023  PRESS RELEASES Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Note: The following statement is published according to the guidance of the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. Statement on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Over the past few days, hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians, including women, children and the […]

By Dr.Farah Mihlar Courtesy NewsIn.Asia October 10 (DailyFT):  A comprehensive analytical review of the horrific tragedy that took place on Easter Sunday 2019, when a group of Muslim suicide bombers targeted foreign tourists and Christian places of worship killing over 200 people, has been much awaited and necessary. Apart from a few media articles and […]

By, P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, October 11: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wikremesinghe’s  visit to China, which is to begin on October 15, is expected to bring in Chinese investments to the Colombo Port City, which has been awaiting both domestic and foreign investment for long. According to Dr.Palitha Kohona, who returned to Sri Lanka upon […]

by Gulf News Looking to enter Sri Lanka’s resurgent tourism sector? Hilton Colombo is a perfect choice On the back of falling inflation rate and rising tourism revenue, the World Bank has revised its forecast for the Sri Lankan economy. It is now expected to expand by 1.7 per cent in 2024, up from an […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island Chinese research vessel Shi Yan 6 would arrive in Sri Lanka in late November, Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Sabry said on Monday (09). The Foreign Ministry had granted approval for the arrival of the ship, he added. The ship is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on 25 November. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, in a fresh letter addressed to President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for a local probe to clear certain shortcomings that are visible in the previous probes into the Easter Sunday bomb attacks. The letter signed by several Bishops including Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith who are members […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) is keen to participate in oil and gas exploration opportunities in Sri Lanka and is waiting for the island nation to unveil its roadmap and policy on developing the upstream petroleum industry, the company said Wednesday. OVL is the overseas investment arm of India’s state-owned Oil and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Fitch Ratings said yesterday the cash flow operations of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) would not be sufficient to cover its interest obligations this year, despite a 150 percent tariff increase. This is due to the reduced contribution from low-cost hydro power generation during the year, which compelled CEB to purchase […]

Courtesy Adaderana China has assured that it remains ready to work together with all relevant international financial institutions to jointly play a positive role in helping Sri Lanka ease its debt burden and achieve sustainable development. Speaking during his regular press briefing on Tuesday (10), China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin explained that as Sri […]

Courtesy Adaderana Discussions between Sri Lanka and all its creditors are ongoing, though the International Monetary Fund has not been informed about any specific agreements, its mission chief for the country said on Wednesday. We will need to assess the entire package of agreements in its totality to assess consistency with IMF debt targets,” Peter […]

Courtesy AdaDerana The rapid spread of an eye infection called ‘Conjunctivitis’ has been reported from several parts of the country, according to health officials. The Ministry of Health, which informs the general public not to have undue fears of the matter, however, has outlined some necessary safety measures in a bid to minimize the infection. […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Supreme Court issued an order today, mandating that all state universities in the country must provide a comprehensive report by November 10, 2023. This report is expected to include details on any reported incidents of ragging that have occurred at these universities over the past three years. Furthermore, the universities are […]