Shenali D Waduge Some points highlighting the dangers to Sri Lanka’s national sovereignty is highlighted by Dr. Wasantha Bandara. The sinhala version of his article is attached.   Dr. Wasantha claims 26 countries have been divided to fulfil strategic objectives of Western imperialists with the intervention of UN making the necessary demarcations in territory that have […]

by A. Abdul Aziz Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka. During his Friday sermon in earlier today’s (20th October 2023) delivered at ‘Masjid Mubarak’, Islamabad, Tilford, United Kingdom, Supreme Head (Khalifa) of the world wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad drew attention to the seriousness of the ongoing conflict in the Holy […]

Prof. Hudson McLean For over 2000 years Jews have been suffering for the Death Curse of Jesus Christ, cast by the Jews themselves. The Roman Pontius Pilate washed his hands, demonstrated daily by the Catholic priest, daily at each Holy Mass. Why did the Western World stand by Israel when Palestinians were left out in […]

Manusha Media Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara has revealed that around a thousand new job opportunities have opened up in Israel’s agricultural sector and emphasized that the government will carefully assess the current security situation in the country before taking necessary steps to employ Sri Lankans in these job opportunities. Minister Nanayakkara shared […]

By Peter Koenig Global Research, October 11, 2023 Most people, including journalists on both sides of the aisle – mainstream and non-mainstream — seem to believe that this a one-off war, a surprise attack by Hamas, the defenders” of Palestine. It is not. Connecting a few dots over the past 70 years may help better understand […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය  අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ  අද (2023.10.20) BMICH හිදී පැවති Techno 2023, කාර්මික හා තාක්ෂණ ප්‍රදර්ශනය විවෘත කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමිනි. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා – ආර්ථික අර්බුදයෙන් මිදීමේ අරමුණ සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීම සඳහා ‘ආර්ථිකය ප්‍රකෘතිමත් කිරීමට ඉංජිනේරුකරණය‘ යන තේමාව යටතේ techno2023 සංවිධානය කිරීම පිළිබඳව ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඉංජිනේරු ආයතනය (IESL) වෙත ප්‍රශංසාව […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ජාත්‍යන්තර වාණිජ මණ්ඩලයේ (ICC) ප්‍රථම කාන්තා සභාපති වන මාරියා ෆනෑන්ඩර් ග්ර්සා (Maria Fernanda Garza) මහත්මිය සහ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අතර හමුවක් 2023.10.19 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී සිදුවිය. වෙළඳ හා ආයෝජන, බැංකු, රක්ෂණ, පුහුණුව සහ අධ්‍යාපනය, මූල්‍ය, සංචාරක, කෘෂිකර්මය, කුඩා හා මධ්‍ය පරිමාණ ව්‍යවසායකත්ව සහය සහ ව්‍යවසායකත්ව සංවර්ධනය සහ එම ක්ෂේත්‍රවල ගැටලු බේරුම්කරණය […]

Sri Lanka High Commission Canberra, Australia  Given the importance and interest on current developments in Sri Lanka and at the request by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) with the Institute of Global Development located in the University, the Sri Lanka High Commission collaborated with the UNSW to organize a RoundTable discussion on Pathways […]

Courtesy CNA NEW DELHI :The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is looking for a strong budget and narrower deficit from Sri Lanka as it seeks funding to bridge the gap between government revenue and expenditure, the IMF mission chief for the country said on Friday. Sri Lanka plunged into its worst financial crisis in seven decades […]

Khabarhub COLOMBO, SRILANKA: The urban population in Sri Lanka has increased to 44.57 percent, state media reported on Thursday, quoting a survey from the National Physical Planning Department. The state-owned Daily News reported that the last survey on urbanization in Sri Lanka was conducted in 2012 and urbanization at that point was 18.2 percent. According […]

Courtesy Business Recorder COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s power regulator has approved an 18% electricity tariff hike for households in the country, which will be effective from Friday, the government said in a statement. Sri Lanka shares end higher on financials boost The overall hike approved on the day ranged from 18% to 24%, the statement said.

By Shannon Tiezzi Courtesy The Diplomat The counterterrorism expert and author of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre: Lessons for the International Community” explains how religious extremism manifested in Sri Lanka’s deadliest terror attack. On April 21, 2019 – Easter Sunday – a coordinated series of bombings ripped through Sri Lanka, targeting churches and luxury hotels. […]

Courtesy CGTN The People’s Republic of China and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka issued a joint statement on Friday deepening bilateral traditional friendship and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation. The China-Sri Lanka strategic cooperative partnership based on sincere mutual assistance and everlasting friendship has become a fine example of friendly interactions and mutually beneficial […]

Source: Xinhua BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) — The People’s Republic of China and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on Friday issued a joint statement. 　　The following is the full text of the statement. 　　Joint Statement between the People’s Republic of China and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 　　Beijing, October 20, 2023 […]

Courtesy China News On the morning of October 20, 2023, President Xi Jinping met at the Great Hall of the People with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe who is in China to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). Xi Jinping pointed out that the Chinese and Sri Lankan people have enjoyed a […]

Courtesy Adaderana Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced the parliament that a committee was appointed to look into the allegations made by State Minister Diana Gamage that Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Sujith Sanjaya Perera assaulted her outside the Chambers today (20). The committee, headed by Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapakse, comprises MP Chamal […]

Courtesy Adaderana State Minister Diana Gamage has been admitted to the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital following her claims about being assaulted by a male parliamentarian representing the main opposition. She also filed a complaint with Welikada Police prior to getting hospitalized. Earlier today, during the parliamentary session, Damage accused Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Sujith Sanjaya […]