Press conference Indonesia Focal Point for Corporate Accountability As the Indonesian Civil Society Coalition Criticizes UN Ocean Conference 2022, the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), meeting in Colombo October 12-14 must take note of the need to protect Indian Ocean Fisheries from Distant Water States plundering Indian Ocean resources and ban trawlers from non-Indian Ocean […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The camp for the National Cadet Corps, Cadet Eastern Band Championship – 2023 concluded at the National Cadet Corps Training Center in Rantembe recently (Oct 05). Forty male cadet bands and eighteen female cadet bands from all over the island participated in this camp for the national championships. For […]

Prime Minister’s Media ·        Cotton industry can get access to the world of fashion …         – Ms. Azusa Kubota, UNDP Resident Representative The Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that we need to enact new rules instead of relying on old regulations to get out of the prevailing  crisis. He expressed  this  view  while addressing the […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre There was a risk of breaking the stone embankment which was built under the project ‘Nilwala’ in the Matara Atthudawa area to prevent floods in the city of Matara, due to the bad weather conditions affecting the island. Therefore a constant operation was launched with the participation of more […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia New Delhi, October 4 (Reuters): India’s external intelligence service is a feared foe in its neighbourhood: Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal have all accused it of political meddling and involvement with outlawed groups that have perpetrated acts of violence. Now, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation last month that Indian government agents were […]

Dimuthu Attanayake  Courtesy The South China Morning Post Rajitha Wickramasinghe, 33, was living a comfortable life as a product development and innovation engineer, but as Sri Lanka reels from bankruptcy, he is among a growing number of professionals looking to emigrate. Disposable incomes of professionals like Wickramasinghe shrivelled as Sri Lanka was thrust into a […]

Written by Arun Janardhanan  Courtesy The Indian Express The ferry will operate between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The transit time is expected to be three hours. The vessel to be used as the ferry is called Cheriyapani and it can accommodate 150 passengers. (Twitter/@KRD_forum) The much-awaited passenger ferry service between […]

Courtesy AsiaOne BEIJING, Oct 7, 2023 – (ACN Newswire) – Major infrastructure projects undertaken by China Communications Construction Company Limited(CCCC) have received widespread praise from global officials in charge of transportation at two side events of the recently concluded 2023 Global Sustainable Transport Forum (GSTF). The 2023 GSTF and the 15th International Exhibition on Transport Technology […]

Courtesy Adaderana The President’s Media Division (PMD) says Sri Lanka cannot endorse the idea of international investigations into the island’s internal matters. The Constitution of Sri Lanka and all other existing laws do not provide for conducting international investigations, the PMD said further, explaining that carrying out such investigations would be in violation of the […]

By Sena Thoradeniya (Contd. From 26 September 2023) Government Agent’s and Assistant Agent’s Circuits in the Provinces/Districts 1.Official Diaries: The activities of Government Agents and Assistant Agents were not limited to office work in kachcheris. They travelled throughout the Provinces and Districts respectively under their authority every month, sometimes several weeks continuously reviewing the work […]

Sugath Kulatunga Lessons from History Let us revisit that historic conjuncture of the early 1980s. The military dictatorships were collapsing not only because of internal resistance but also because key external actors such as the United States, European Union, the World Bank, and International Monetary Fund (IMF) withdrew their support from them. Now, one of […]

Charles Millon France has long been aware of the geopolitical importance of the Indo-Pacific, but in recent years Paris has taken new steps to play a key role in the region.  France’s territories and exclusive economic zone in the Indo-Pacific Thanks to its neocolonial overseas territories, France has an exclusive economic zone of nearly 11.7 […]

Asian News Indian Ocean states say EU is pushing weakest conservation efforts for yellowfin tuna while EU ‘distant fleet’ hoovers up the most fish. The EU has been accused of hypocrisy and neocolonialism” for proposing insufficient measures to tackle overfishing of yellowfin tuna, while being the largest fisher of the prized species in the Indian […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre පවතින වැසිබර කාලගුණය හේතුවෙන් මාර්ග දෙපස කඩා වැටීමේ අවදානමක් පවතින විශාල ගස් පිළිබඳව වහාම අධ්‍යයනයක් කර මහජනතාවට තර්ජනයක් විය හැකි සෑම දෙයක්ම ඉවත් කරන ලෙස ආරක්‍ෂක රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ප්‍රමිත බණ්ඩාර තෙන්නකෝන් මැතිතුමා විසින් පරිසර අධිකාරියේ, මාර්ග සංවර්ධන අධිකාරියේ සහ අදාළ පළාත් පාලන ආයතනයන්හි නිලධාරීන් සමඟ සම්බන්ධීකරණයවී අවශ්‍ය පියවර ගන්නා ලෙස […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre මාතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ අකුරැස්ස දියලපේ ගම්මානයේ පිහිටි තැන්නපිටහේන කන්ද ඊයේ (ඔක්. 05) පස්වරු 5 ට පමණ නාය යෑමට ලක්විය. මෙම සිදුවීමට ප්‍රථමයෙන් ජාතික ගොඩනැගිලි පර්යේෂණ ආයතනයේ නිලධාරීන් විසින් ඊයේ පෙරවරුවේ මෙම ස්ථානය නිරික්‍ෂණය කර ඇති අතර, නායයෑම් සුන්බුන් ගලා යන මාර්ගයේ සහ තැන්පත් වීමේ අවදානම් කලාපයේ පිහිටි නිවාස 6ක පදිංචිකරුවන් ස්ථිර […]

George Galloway INTERVIEW: Will the US-Iran nuclear talks restart? Difficult to say, but the good and hopeful news is that the US put aside preconditions on the recent prisoner swap, says Professor Muhammad Marandi

Courtesy Radar Online In an alarming and ominous doomsday warning, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened the West with total nuclear destruction if they were to strike Russia, RadarOnline.com has learned. In a recent anti-US speech, Putin boasted about his country’s powerful missiles, namely the “Satan-2″ and “Flying Chernobyl,” which he claimed are ready for deployment. These statements come amid growing tension […]

Courtesy Z-LIVE NEWS UK Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again spoken out about his intentions in Ukraine. He stated that the attack on the neighboring country is about principles.” According to n-tv.de, Putin said at the Waldai Forum in Sochi that the Russian offensive in Ukraine is not a territorial conflict.” He emphasized, Russia is […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Around 700–800 fatalities are reported annually due to breast cancer in Sri Lanka, a medical expert said. Consultant Community Physician of the National Cancer Control Programme Dr. Suraj Perera told the media that there were 5,189 patients identified in Sri Lanka by 2020. It means there are 14 cases reported on […]

Courtesy CGTN Faced with internal conflicts and economic crises, Sri Lanka has been seeking development opportunities. Colombo Port City represents an expansion of the commercial capital. A key project under China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the development is intended to become a global tourism and investment hub. Situated at the crossroads of the Asia-Pacific and […]

Shenali D Waduge US-India Regime change in Sri Lanka in 2015 & multinational corporations promoting Mauricio Macri as President of Argentina also in 2015 have similarities. IMF/WB began playing key roles after the regime change. IMF & World Bank have a history of turning poor Global South nations into LOAN ADDICTS & then saddling them […]

By Kalyananda Tiranagama Executive Director Lawyers for Human Rights and DevelopmentCourtesy The Island It appears that President Ranil Wickremasinghe, all along his political career, has acted in the belief that he can bring about national unity, true national reconciliation among different communities and find a lasting solution to the ethnic problem only by granting more […]

තිස්ස ගුණතිලක සත්‍ය ඤාණය පිලිබදව ඉදිරි ලිපිය තුලින් පැහැදිලි කිරීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වුවත් පසුගිය ලිපියේ (සත්‍ය ධර්මය 1) පලවූ ඇතැම් කරුණු පිලිබඳව ප්‍රශ්ණ ඇතිවූබවක් විද්යුත් තැපෑල් (eMail) මගින් පාඨකයින්/හිතවතුන් දන්වා සිටි නිසා එම කරුනු පැහැදිලි කරනුවස්‍ මෙම ලිපිය වෙන් කරමි. බුදුන්වහන්සේ නිවනට මාර්ගය ලෙස බොජ්ජංගය හරහා කලයුතු ‘සම්පූර්ණ අතහැරීම’ (total detachment) තුල ඇතිවන ප්‍රීතිය (ultimate happiness) […]

Sri Lanka High Commission in India Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda who is to complete his tenure in Delhi, paid a farewell call on the National Security Advisor of India Shri Ajit Doval today at the latter’s office before leaving New Delhi. During the call, the High Commissioner expressed his appreciation to […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, H.E. Miyon Lee called on Defence Secretary  General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Ministry at Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte today (Oct. 5). The Ambassador was accompanied by the Defence Attaché of the Korean Embassy in New Delhi, Captain (Navy) Choi Yongseok. Gen. Gunaratne warmly […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre ආරක්‍ෂක රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ගරු ප්‍රමිත බණ්ඩාර තෙන්නකෝන් මැතිතුමා අද (ඔක්. 05) කොළඹ ආපදා කළමනාකරණ මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ මෙහෙයුම් මැදිරියේ නිරීක්‍ෂණ චාරිකාවක නිරත විය. පවතින අයහපත් කාලගුණ තත්ත්වය මත ඇති විය හැකි ආපදා තත්වයන්ට ගත හැකි ක්‍රියාමාර්ග හා ඇතිවිය හැකි අනතුරු අවම කරගැනීමට ගත හැකි පියවරයන් පිළිබඳව එම මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ නිලධාරීන් සමඟ අමාත්‍යවරයා […]

ප්‍ර සමරසිංහ රටේ අපනයන කරුවන් රටට ගෙන ආ යුතු අපනයන ඩොලර පිටරට සඟවා රටේ බැංකුවලට පොලු තියා ඒ පාඩුව විශ්‍රාමිකයන්ගේ ඊ ටී එප් එකෙන් සහ නිලධාරීන්ගේ හිඟන පඩියේ ආදායම් බදු වලින් හිලව් කරන තක්කඩි ජමුලේ උපදෙස් සේම, හැම උලව්වකටම හොට පොවන බුං හාමිනේ මෙතෙක් ඇස් කන් වසා සිටි අසාධාරණ කම් කොතෙකුත් තිබියදී, රටේ කස්ටම් එකෙයි […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය උඩරට ද්‍රවිඩ  ජනතාවට නිවාස, අධ්‍යාපන, සෞඛ්‍ය සහ යටිතල පහසුකම් ලබාදීම කඩිනම් කළ යුතු බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි.  එම ජනතාව ඉන්දියාවේ සිට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උඩරටට පැමිණ වසර 200ක් පිරීම නිමිත්තෙන් නව ප්‍රජාවගේ ලාංඡනයක් එළිදැක්වීම සඳහා ජල සම්පාදන හා වතු යටිතල පහසුකම් සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍යාංශයේ අද (2023.10.05)  පැවැති උත්සවයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් […]

Courtesy CNA COLOMBO :Sri Lanka’s central bank resumed interest rate cuts on Thursday to boost growth as the government seeks to lift revenue and repair its balance sheets in a bid to sustain financial support from the International Monetary Fund. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) lowered the standing deposit facility rate and the […]

Courtesy www.bssnews.net COLOMBO, Oct 5, 2023 (BSS/AFP) – Crisis-hit Sri Lanka cut interest rates by100 basis points Thursday as the second instalment of an IMF bailout was heldup after the government missed several loan conditions. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said it reduced the benchmark lendingrate to 11 percent as year-on-year inflation fell […]