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 […]

Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lankan people are also parasites to an extent.  Sri Lankans pay Ethiopian level of very low taxes (9% of the economy) but expect a Swedish level of welfare (they pay 32% of the economy as taxes)!

Sugath Kulatunga It is good news that the President is keen on establishing a branch of an Indian IIT in Kandy. It appears that Prime Minister Modi has agreed to support the Chennai IIT to launch the project. It is never too late, but the President should not consider that one IIT is the panacea […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්           උසාවියක විනිශ්චය ආසනය ඉදිරියට පමුණුවන චූදිතයෙකුට චෝදනාවන් ඉදිරිපත් කල විට ඔහු එය නොදැන සිටීම නිදහසට කරුණක් නොවේ යන්න සාමාන්‍ය පිළිගැනුමයි.වරදක් කල පසු දැන හෝ නොදැනීම යන්න උසාවියට වැදගත් නොවේ. ඒ නිසාම වින්දිතයන් විසින් තමන් වෙනුවෙන් කතා කිරීමට නීතිඥයන් ඉදිරිපත් කරති. අදාල චෝදනාවෙන් නිදහස් කර ගැනීමට අවශ්‍ය නීතිය ගැන ඔවුහු විනිශ්චය කාරවරයා ඉදිරියේ […]

Courtesy News18 A passenger filed a Rs 10 crore lawsuit against Vistara for the pain, humiliation and endangerment” faced by his ailing mother and sister. The man, identified as Mudhit Gupta, alleged that he had requested wheelchairs for his ailing mother and sister, but the airline did not provide this assistance and later, in a […]

by Amal de Chickera Courtesy The Island War in Gaza At the very centre of the catastrophe, are the people of Gaza themselves, caged in, bombed out, starved, parched, killed. Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Palestinian diaspora, Israeli allies who are anti-occupation, anti-authoritarianism and pro-peace, citizens of the world with a […]

Courtesy The Island Suffering Palestinians in the present Gaza violence The current, harrowing blood-letting in the Middle-East could be regarded as an acid test of the fair-mindedness and impartiality of not only the immediate parties and stakeholders to the conflict but also those of the entirety of the international community. In fact, the perpetuation of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team Sri Lankan authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the first review of the 48-month EFF-supported program. Accordingly, Sri Lanka will have access to SDR 254 million (about US$330 million) in financing once the review is approved by IMF Management and IMF Executive […]

Courtesy Adaderana Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang expressed profound gratitude for Sri Lanka’s enduring support through the historic Rubber-Rice Agreement with the People’s Republic of China. He emphasized that the Chinese people will always remember this gesture of goodwill and assured that China remains committed to extending its supportive hand to Sri Lanka. The bilateral […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry has emphasised the need for Sri Lanka to make the ‘right calls’ concerning important investment decisions, one year after Sri Lanka saw its worst, most unprecedented crisis. On the lessons learned during the economic crisis and political turmoil the nation faced over an year ago, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Key players in the development of Colombo Port City have finalized a groundbreaking USD 1.565 billion deal in Beijing, advancing phase two development of the Colombo Port City, encompassing the Marina Project, Marina Hotel, and Colombo International Financial Centre (CIFC) Project. Accordingly, the corporation framework agreement was signed by Port City Economic Commission, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Chinese Finance Minister, Mr. Liu Kun, has reaffirmed China’s commitment to extend comprehensive support for the implementation of a medium-term and long-term program that is mutually beneficial to both parties and aimed at optimizing Sri Lanka’s debt. The Chinese Finance Minister conveyed this commitment during bilateral discussions held this morning (19) in […]

Shenali D Waduge  ශාසනාභිමානි-දිරියවනිතා-දේශශක්ති  It is a simple question but holding a wealth of meaning & essentially answers and distinguishes those that naturally come forward to defend the nation & those who chose not to. Some leaders are born, some are made by circumstance & rise to the occasion but inherently they do so because […]

Harold Gunatillake  Doctor, my feet and ankles are getting swollen. What can I do?What is the most common cause of legswelling?In older adults is what we call venousinsufficiency.” The second most commoncause of leg swelling is a reaction to certainmedications.When you remove your socks and shoes at the end of the day and detect swelling […]

තිස්ස ගුණතිලක දුක ඇතිවීමට හේතුව ‘තන්හාව සහ අවිද්‍යාව’ ලෙස සද්ධර්මයේ සඳහන් වෙයි.  මෙය බුද්ධ වචනයයි. තන්හාව යනු ‘ඇලීමයි’ නැතහොත් දුක ඇතිවන්නේ ‘අල්ලාගැනීම’ නිසයි. එසේනම් දුක නැතිකිරීමට ‘අතහැරිය’ යුතුය. මුළු සද්ධර්මය තුලම ප්‍රකට වන්නේ මෙම ‘අතහැරීමයි’. සත්වයා උපන්දා සිට මේ මොහොත දක්වා පැමිනි ‘සංසාර ගමනේදී’ මුළු භාහිර ලෝකයම චෛතසිකව හා භෞතිකව අල්ලාගෙන සිටියි. භෞතිකව අල්ලාගත හැකි […]

Ceylon Diary – SBPC Official Channel දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර (ශ්‍රී.ලo.පසේ) මහනුවර සිංහල බෞද්ධ ජෙස්ඨ පුරවැසියන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ සභාපති හා සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක අගමැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිර ලේකම් මහතාසමග සාකච්චාව මෙහයවිම දේශබන්දු ,දෙශාභිමානී සුර්ය වංශ රත්න විභූෂණ පාලිත ආරියරත්න විසින්

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Beijing, October. 18 (Xinhua): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday announced eight major steps China will take to support high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. First, China will build a multidimensional Belt and Road connectivity network, Xi said in a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News A series of preliminary agreements have been signed with the China Exim Bank. An intervention with a double value: to recover as much as possible, given that China is Sri Lanka’s main creditor, and to increase ties with the country in an anti-India perspective Colombo (AsiaNews) – China […]

Courtesy Politico Former British PM promotes controversial Colombo Port City project at investment conference in the Middle East. LONDON — It is a multi-billion-dollar plan to build a metropolis in the Indo-Pacific which critics fear may one day act as a Chinese military outpost. Now the vast Colombo Port City project has a new champion […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former British Prime Minister David Cameron emphasized the pivotal role of Colombo Port City in Sri Lanka’s economic prosperity during his participation in a promotional event in Dubai. The event’s theme underscored the investment opportunities in the “Now is the time to invest in the port city of Colombo, Sri Lanka.” It […]