Shenali D Waduge Before anyone takes out all the denigrative words & phrases in the dictionary, it would be wiser for them to check out where a God is officially referred in the Constitutions of other states that have a shorter history than Sri Lanka. In the name of God the Father, the Son & […]

දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර.මහනුවර අපි පාර්ලිමේන්තුව කියලා නඩත්තු කරන්නේ මීහරක් ගාලක්.රටේ හැම හොරකම් ල මුල එතන –  thukvitharak mehemath Lankaawak ! Inbox DAMITHA SENEVIRATNE මහජන බැංකුව ඔවුන්ගේ රුපියල් මිලියන 54,000 (බිලියන 54) ණය බොල් ණය ලෙස කපා හැර තිබේ. පසුගියදා මහජන බැංකුවේ සභාපති සුජීව රාජපක්ෂ කෝප් කමිටුව හමුවේ මේ බව හෙළි කළේය. ඔබ මුදු, මාල, […]

By Alfred McCoy    Courtesy tomdispatch.com One of modern history’s major empires is falling apart right now, right before our eyes. Yet precious few in the media have reported on this extraordinary event, much less offered any analysis of its implications for the fast-changing shape of global power. Over the past 60 years, France has […]

Dilrook Kannangara There is no way India, Pakistan and Bangladesh could have existed as one independent nation. They did the right thing by partitioning it ultimately into 3 nations. Similarly, there is no way Israelis and Palestinians can coexist as one nation. A two-state solution was proposed for Israel and Palestine. Though parties have agreed […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Aba – the mega Sinhala movie  Aba, the mega Sinhala movie directed by the versatile filmmaker Jackson Anthony, constitutes an impressive cinematic adventure for both its creators and its audiences. The film is a historical epic based on an independent and informed reconstruction of the Pandukabhaya story found in  The Great […]

මාධ්‍ය අංශය, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය 2023 පොලිස්පති කුසලාන පොලිස් ශිෂ්‍යභට කදවුරේ ත්‍යාග ප්‍රධානෝත්සවය මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් වියානි ගුණතිලක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් කලුතර පොලිස් විද්‍යාලයේ දී 2023.10.16 වන දින පැවැත්විණි. 2023 පොලිස්පති කුසලාන, ජාතික ශිෂ්‍යභට කදවුර දින 07 ක් පුරා කළුතර පොලිස් විද්‍යාලයේ පැවති අතර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පලාත් 09 නියෝජනය කරමින් පාසැල් 49 ක පොලිස් ශිෂ්‍යභට බාලක […]

By SIMINA MISTREANU Courtesy abc news China is hosting its third international forum centered around President Xi Jinping’s signature policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, which over the past 10 years has built infrastructure across continents, burdening some smaller countries with debt. BEIJING — China is hosting its third international forum centered around President Xi Jinping’s […]

By Global Times Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin Photo: mfa.gov.cChina will continue to support its financial institutions in actively negotiating with relevant parties, and is willing to work together with relevant countries and international organizations to assist Sri Lanka in addressing its difficulties, easing its debt burden and achieving sustainable development, Chinese Foreign Ministry […]

Courtesy Temco TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo or Jokowi welcomed Sri Lanka‘s desire to establish a preferential trade agreement or PTA with Indonesia. Jokowi made the statement during bilateral talks with President Ranil Wickremesinghe on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, Oct. 17. According to the Palace’s Press Bureau, the […]

By P.k. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today The 23rd Council of Ministers (COM) Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) was held in Colombo on 11 October. Sri Lanka took over the Chair of the IORA from Bangladesh and will be in charge till 2025. India will be the Vice-Chair during this period.   The theme of […]

By Dr. Palitha Kohona Courtesy Ceylon Today China has been a major investor in Sri Lanka. In fact, after the brutal conflict with the terrorist LTTE was successfully ended in 2009, China became the main source of foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the country at a time when more traditional sources of investments could not […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island … dares SLPP to move court against rebel group Top Opposition spokesperson Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (16) dismissed Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe’s attempt to introduce a new system for electing MPs as a politically motivated project to sabotage national elections. Such an exercise couldn’t be justified under any circumstances […]

Courtesy Adaderana Chinese tech giant ‘Huawei’ has expressed its willingness to support an annual study programme aimed at nurturing software and hardware engineers in Sri Lanka. Speaking in this regard, Simon Lin, Senior Vice President of Huawei Technologies and President of Huawei Asia Pacific, revealed that Huawei has already initiated collaborations with several Sri Lankan […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva says that the government will have to ground state-owned national carrier SriLankan Airlines, if there is no buyer to enter into a joint venture with the government. Responding to the allegations of staff shortages, salary and debt issues within the airline, during Ada […]

Courtesy Daily News Colombo Additional Magistrate Pasan Amarasinghe yesterday (16) ordered the remand of six suspects, including the alleged mastermind of the Easter Sunday attacks, who had relations with Sri Lankan millionaire businessman Ahmed Lukman Thalib, who is said to have provided finances to the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, until instructions are received from the Attorney […]

අග්‍රමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය මේ වන විටත් වැසී ගොස් ඇති පාසල් සංඛ්‍යාව අටසීයක්…සල් රැක ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධ්‍යාපන  නිලධාරින් ගැඹුරු ලෙස අවධානය යොමු කළ යුතුයි…–අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පාසල් වැසීයාම වෙනුවට පාසල් රැක ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධ්‍යාපනයේ නිලධාරින් ගැඹුරු ලෙස අවධානය යොමු කළ යුතු බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ අදහස් පළ කළේ අද (2023.10.16) කොළඹ, […]

 Dr. Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam. Test Match cricket is the pinnacle of the game of cricket. Cricket was introduced by Great Britain who embody the great game with its history, culture and heritage in regard to Test Match cricket in particular.     Unfortunately, money speaks in the world today and based on this factor, India dominates […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, October 16 (Counterpoint): The Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is currently on his first-ever visit to China since he assumed office as President Sri Lanka in July 2022. Expectations are high in Sri Lanka as China has promised debt relief measures though without revealing any details. ADVERTISEMENT Geopolitically interested external forces […]

Courtesy Daily News United National Party Chairman, former Minister, and Member of Parliament Vajira Abeywardena emphasized that the present Government is dedicated to elevating Sri Lanka’s global standing by ensuring the public’s access to accurate information, drawing inspiration from the significance of the Media Development Authority Act of Singapore  in their developmental journey. The Member […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Neurosurgery Unit of Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital has successfully carried out an awake brain surgery, for the resection of a brain tumor, while the patient was not only awake and fully conscious, but had also drawn a picture during the operation. The awake brain surgery, also known as ‘awake craniotomy’ is a type […]

e-Con e-News ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 08-14 October 2023 ‘War is robbery, commerce is generally cheating’ – Benjamin Franklin (who described people as ‘tool-making animals’) The IMF & World Bank’s ‘tough love’ and sweet hemlock about eliminating ‘corruption’ & ‘transparency’ mainly aims to sabotage a national movement focused on […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer A Portuguese envoy in the court of a Sri Lankan king Colombo, October 15: Speaking at the Sitawaka-Sisu Arunalu programme held at the Rajasingha Central College, Hanwella, on September 25, President Ranil Wickremesinghe called for a fresh analysis of the achievements of Rajasingha the First, a courageous and patriotic” King of Sitawaka, a 16th.century principality […]

Courtesy NDTV The fishermen were arrested off the coast of Mannar in the northeast and Delft and Kachchativu islets in the north on Saturday. Colombo:  Twenty-seven Indian fishermen were arrested for allegedly poaching in Sri Lanka’s territorial waters, the island nation’s Navy said on Sunday. The fishermen were arrested off the coast of Mannar in […]

N. SAI CHARAN Courtesy The Hindu As per the revised schedule, the high-speed craft Cheriyapani will ply between the two places only on October 16, 18, 20, and 23, say sources. A day after its launch, the operation of the high-speed passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai in the northern province […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that Sri Lanka is benefiting from the fact that free trade has made it easier for the international movement of goods and the flow of capital.  In an exclusive interview with Chinese state-run TV news channel CGTN, the Head of the State mentioned that it is beneficial for both […]

Courtesy The Fishing Daily BLOOM sues the French State, supportive of environmental destruction in the Indian Ocean Sri Lanka needs to follow the example of Maldives and focus on its Fishery and Tourism industry to generate foreign exchange while preventing poaching by so-called ‘aid donors’– EU, Japan, South Korea and other distant water States. While […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Oct 10 (DailyMirror) – The sea level rise, triggered by climate change, will deprive Sri Lanka of 6,110 of land by 2025, and 25,000 hectares by 2100, an expert said yesterday. Addressing a workshop under the theme ‘Climate Changes Impact on Health’ in Wadduwa, Kalutara, Dr. P.G. Hemantha Kumara who is the Vice […]

By P.K.Balachandran  Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, October 14 (Counterpoint): In the context of the unprecedented ferocity of the Hamas-Israeli war, many Israelis are disillusioned about their country’s claim to be a safe haven for persecuted Jews from across the globe. Many wonder if their dream of living happily in a State of their own after millennia […]

Courtesy OdisavTV “India and Sri Lanka are embarking on a new chapter in diplomatic and economic relations. The Ferry service brings alive all historical and cultural connections,” he said in his virtual video address on the occasion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched ferry services between Nagapattinam in India and Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A renowned CNN Correspondent Sara Sidner, has issued an apology following a controversial statement she made during a live broadcast stating that the Israeli Prime Minister’s office had confirmed that the Hamas had beheaded babies in Israel.In her apology, Sidner acknowledged the need for caution and precision when reporting such sensitive […]