Dilrook Kannangara From 1969 to 2016 Tamil Nadu was mainly ruled by firebrand politicians including Karunanidhi, MGR and Jayalalitha. They had a tremendous impact not only on Tamil Nadu politics but by extension Tamil politics in Sri Lanka. Over 90% of Tamils in the world live in India; mostly in Tamil Nadu. Only 5% of […]

By Chandre Dharmawardana Courtesy The Island Image courtesy CGIAR Research Programme on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) According to newspaper reports (The Island 16 October [1]), an NGO carrying the acronym MONLAR has accused that the agricultural policies of successive governments have rendered millions of Lankans insecure”. It claims that as of today, 5.3 million people […]

පේශල පසන් කරුණාරත්න ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ආවේණික වඳ වී ගොස් ඇතැයි සැලකූ කෙතල (Lagenandra) ශාක විශේෂයක් බස්නාහිර පළාතේ කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙහි පාලින්දනුවර ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාස සීමාවේ මෝල්කාව ප්‍රදේශය තුලින් සොයා ගැනීමට පර්යේෂකයන් පිරිසක් සමත්වී තිබේ. වෘත්තීය තාක්ෂණ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ විද්‍යාර්ථයකු සහ ශාක විශේෂ පිළිබඳ අධ්‍යනයෙහි නිරත පරිසර ගවේෂකයෙකු වන පේශල පසන් කරුණාරත්න මහතා විසින් 2022 වසරේ දී පාලින්දනුවර […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Dambulla Primary School development work begins The construction work of Dambulla Primary School proposed to be developed utilizing the financial allocation of the Provincial Education Ministry of the Central Province, began recently (Oct 23) under the auspices of the State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon MP. Venerable […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Daily News Colombo, October 26: The benefits of Sri Lanka’s foreign policy of neutrality was evident during the recent challenges faced on several fronts. Although it was quite evident during the 30 years of conflict as many countries – Pakistan, China, Russia, United States, Israel and India – came to assist at different […]

Courtesy The Island A gang made-up of former and serving army commandos had been hired to facilitate the escape of underworld leaders Harak Kata and Kudu Salindu from the CID custody and they were to be paid one billion rupees, police said. Security has been beefed at the CID headquarters. It has been revealed that four serving commandos, too, […]

By Garvin Karunaratne It is reported that our President Ranil Wickremasinghe is seking th advise from foreign countries like Thailand to resurrect agricultural development in Sri Lanka. We need not go far. Lets go back to the Seventies when we did have a marvellous extension service that enabled us to become self sufficient in paddy, […]

Saeed Naqvi Courtesy Telegraph India Instead of being cheerleaders for globalisation being steered by one hegemonic power, the media became the drumbeaters and myth makers for America’s endless wars, particularly the ones after 9/11 which, by sheer repetition, were to impair and, over time, demolish the media’s credibility The singular lack of hospitality experienced by […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Finland ranks among the European Union’s most racially discriminatory countries, according to the findings of a survey conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Finland takes third spot in the report, which investigates the challenges faced by people of African descent in Europe, encompassing issues of race-based discrimination, harassment, […]

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MUNZA MUSHTAQ, Courtesy Nikkei Asia President Wickremesinghe faces growing public frustration ahead of elections A market in Colombo on Oct. 20. Sri Lanka’s government is due to present next year’s budget in mid-November.   © Reuters COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s cash-strapped government is breathing slightly easier after a week that brought an agreement on more support from the […]

By Prof. Rasheen Bappu Courtesy Ceylon Today US Congressman Dr. Ron Paul of R-Texas, 14th District Vitoria, Freeport in his speech said Israel helped create Hamas to destabilise Arafat who was very powerful at the time. Ron Paul explained the hypocritical approach of the US and Israel regarding the support of Hamas, much like they did […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Committee of Public Finance (COPF) has approved the orders made under the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act No. 11 of 2021. The decision was made following a lengthy discussion held on 24 October regarding the 10 business companies active in the Colombo Port City and attention was paid to the problematic situations […]

by Rohana R. Wasala I was saddened by the unexpectedly rude sarcasm of the apparently perfunctory memorial feature The Jackson of all trades: A tribute to Jackson Anthony” (The Island/October 20, 2023) penned by Uditha Devapriya about the recently deceased celebrity. In my opinion, the article is hardly worthy of the dead icon, or of […]

By Dr Tilak S. Fernando Unlike Sri Lanka, Switzerland is an excellent and clean country with no muddy patches or heaps of rubbish dumps in various parts of the country. Residents usually do not come in cars like in Sri Lanka and dump their domestic rubbish in bags in multiple places. Switzerland has been named […]

BY KUBIYA2 ON OCTOBER 25, 2023 ‘නව ව්‍යවස්ථාකෙටුම්පත මගින් 13 ඉක්මවා යන බලයක් පළාත් සභාවලට ලැබෙනවාද?’ යනුවෙන් දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේ මහ ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා ඉකුත් දා ලිපියක් මගින් දීර්ඝ විග්‍රහයක් සිදුකරන ලදී. එම ලිපිය මගින් ඒ මහතා පෙන්වා දී තිබුනේ නව කෙටුම්පත වර්තමාන ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් පිළිගතහොත් සහ එය ක්‍රියාත්මක කළහොත් බෙදුම්වාදීන්ට වඩා වාසි […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය තවමත් පත්වීම් නොලද බහුකාර්ය සංවර්ධන සහායකයින්ට ලබන නොවැම්බර් 15 වෙනිදාට ප්‍රථම අදාල ආයතනවලට පත්වීම් ලබාදෙන්නැයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා රජයේ නිළධාරීන්ට උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. බහුකාර්ය සංවර්ධන  කාර්ය සාධක බලකා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ කාර්ය සාධනය සහ පත්වීම් ලබාදීම කඩිනම් කිරීම පිළිබඳ සාකච්ඡාවක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද (2023.10.25) අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැත්විණි. රජයේ බඳවාගැනීම් ක්‍රියාවලිය සමාලෝචනය […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division China Foundation for Rural Development to assist Sri Lanka Vice President of China Foundation for Rural Development Liu Wenkui said his Foundation would assist Sri Lanka’s poverty alleviation programme. He gave this assurance when he called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo today (October 25). […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka H.E. Andrew Patrick made a call on the State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon at his office in Colombo on Tuesday (Oct. 24). Minister Tennakoon held a cordial discussion with the British High Commissioner after extending a warm reception when […]

අනුරුද්ධ බණ්ඩාර රණවාරණ මාධ්‍ය ලේකම්, ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ අසල්වැසි ලොකු අයියාගේ” සහ ඈත සිටින බටහිර ලොකු අයියාගේ” බලපෑමට, ද්විපාර්ශ්වික ගිවිසුම් පවා කඩ කරන, වැරදිසහගත විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තියක සිටින පාලනයකට චීනයෙන් අවශ්‍ය සහයෝගය ලබා ගැනීමට හැකිවේ යැයි තමන් විශ්වාස නොකරන බවත් නමුත් සෘජු විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තියක සිට කටයුතු කරන ඉතියෝපියාව, රුවන්ඩාව වැනි අප්‍රිකානු රටවල් පවා චීනයේ එක් තීරයක් […]

by Manasee Weerathunga Courtesy MONGABAY COLOMBO — Sri Lanka is a nation where agriculture is a pivotal factor of the country’s economy. However, the past two years were bleak for the agriculture sector following the government’s agrochemical importation ban in April 2021, triggering a severe economic and food crisis. Although the financial nosedive also impacted scientific research and […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe, addressing the 117th Anniversary of the Institution of Engineers, has outlined plans for modernizing the Agriculture Ministry. The Head of State expressed his intention to seek external assistance to design a new Agricultural Ministry by studying how similar ministries function in countries like Thailand and Malaysia, the President’s Media Division […]

Courtesy Adaderana At least 13 employees of Milco (Pvt) Ltd. have been arrested for holding the company’s chairman Renuka Perera hostage. The arrests were made by the officers of Kollupitiya Police amidst the chaos at the Milco head office in Colombo this afternoon (Oct. 25). Perera was released following the intervention of the police, reports […]

By Sena Thoradeniya (Contd. From 07 October 2023) 1. Empire Day, Accession Day, Coronation, King’s Birthday, Victory Day, Armistice, Celebrated in Ceylon Empire Day (date of Queen Victoria’s birthday), Accession Day (anniversary of the date the Monarch took office), Jubilees, King’s Coronation, King’s Birthday, Victory Day and other public occasions were celebrated throughout the Island, […]

තිස්ස ගුණතිලක මෙතෙක් ලිපිවලින් ඔබට ස්වභාවයේ පවතින ධර්මතාවයත් එය තුල සත්වයා විශේෂයෙන් මනු සත්වයා හැසිරෙන ආකාරයත් පැහැදිලි කිරීමට උත්සාහ කලෙමි. ස්වභාවධර්මය තුල පවතින ධර්මතාවයන් හා ඒවා හසුරුවන නැතහොත් පාලනයවන ආකාරය පලමුවෙන්ම දත යුතුය. අනාත්මීයව පවතින ස්වභාවධර්මය නැතහොත් අනාත්මීය භාහිරය යතාර්ථයයි (reality). එය නියාම පහකින් හසුරුවයි: බීජ, සෘතු, කම්ම (ක්‍රියා), චිත්ත හා ධම්ම නියාම වලට යටත්ව […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Counterpoint Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, October 24: In the modern capitalist era, the beneficiaries of war are the arms manufacturers, defence contractors and their political patrons. While combatants and innocent civilians perish in the war zones, arms manufacturers, particularly the major corporations, large defence contractors and their political patrons mint money. Corruption and malfeasance are […]

By M. Udita Sandaruwan Courtesy Ceylon Today It is the State with the lowest gravity in the world. There is a special area in that country that belongs to the rotation speed of the earth and the mysterious constant of the universe. Is it just a coincidence that the historic Sri Dalada Maligawa is located […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government has decided to accept the medical degrees awarded by internationally recognized universities as recognized medical degrees in Sri Lanka. Approval was granted at the Cabinet meeting held on May 2, 2023. Accordingly, approval was granted to appoint a committee headed by the Secretary to the Prime Minister to prepare […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has approved visa-free entry for visitors from seven countries including India, China and Russia as a pilot project until 31 March 2024, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said. In a tweet, he said the Cabinet has approved visa-free entry to visitors from India, China, Russia, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia and Thailand with […]