Garvin Karunaratne Former GA Matara 1971-1973 Having read what the newspapers detail on the first day of the budget, I get the impression that Poverty Alleviation and Training and Empovering the unemployed to become productive, making what the economy needs has not been given a place . Opening new universities and selling off post offices […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka H.E. Jean-François Pactet engaged in a friendly discussions with the State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon when he called on him at his office in Colombo today (Nov 15). Extending a warm reception to the French Ambassador, Minister Tennakoon sat down […]

Manusha Media ගෘහ සේවිකාවන්ට ගරුත්වයක් ලබාදෙන වැඩසටහනක් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරනවා.-කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනූෂ නානායක්කාර විදේශ රැකියා වල නිතර ගෘහ සේවිකාවන්ට කරදර සිදුවන බවට කෑ ගැසීමට රාජ්‍ය නොවන සංවිධාන ඕනෑ තරම් තිබෙන නමුත්, ඉතා සුළු වැටුපකට වහලුන් මෙන් සේවය ලබාගන්නා දේශීය ගෘහ සේවිකාවන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් හඬක් නැගෙන්නේ නැති බවත්, මෙයට විසදුමක් ලබාදෙමින් ඔවුන්ට ගරුත්වයක් ලබාදෙන වැඩසටහනක් […]

Prof. Hudson McLean The appointment of Representing Sri Lanka to Promote the Economy should be offered to Competent Sales Persons and should not be offered as Gifts to Boot-Lickers! I have seen the Sri Lankan diplomats in many countries, who are only drowned in the froth of their Diplomatic position but totally incapable of conducting […]

Geopolitical Economy Report A geopolitical analysis of why the United States so strongly supports Israel: Economist Michael Hudson discusses with journalist Ben Norton.

Chandre Dharma-wardana Credit: Global Justice Now (CC BY 2.0) What chemicals or environmental exposures are likely to cause cancer? That’s a complex question with a wide variance in views across the scientific community.  First, one needs to determine whether a substance or situation is likely to ever cause cancer. For instance, we know that drinking […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Destruction in Gaza Washington, November 16: US public support for Israel’s war against Hamas militants in Gaza is eroding and most Americans think Israel should call a ceasefire to a conflict that has ballooned into a humanitarian crisis, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that was completed on Tuesday. Some 68% of respondents […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් 2020 වසරේ හොඳම පසුබිම් ගායිකාව ලෙස ආචාර්ය නන්දා මාලනි මහත්මිය ජනාධිපති සම්මානයෙන් පිදුම් ලැබූවාය. ඒ කොළඹ නෙළුම් පොකුණ රඟහලේ පැවැති 2023 ජනාධිපති සිනමා සම්මාන ප්‍රදානෝත්සවයේදී ය. ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා වේදිකාවෙන් බැස ප්‍රේක්ෂකාගාරයේ සිටි නන්දා මාලනි මහත්මිය සිටි ස්ථානයටම ගොස් එම සම්මානය පිරිනැමීමට කටයුතු කළේය. පසුගිය වසරේ ගාලුමුවදොර ඇතිවූ අරගලයේ […]

 By YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror COLOMBO (Daily Mirror) Sri Lanka’s cricket crisis has taken a chaotic turn with some members of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and its chairman Ranjith Bandara accusing each other of mishandling the probe on Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Some COPE members highlighted that Prof. Bandara should be removed […]

Courtesy Hiru News In a startling revelation, serious concerns have emerged about the potential conflict of interest involving the present COPE Chairman, Prof. Ranjith Bandara, who has reportedly been retained by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) as a consultant for the Kandy Cricket Campus project. According to circulated minutes, Prof. Ranjith Bandara has also agreed with […]

By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Courtesy The Island Roshan Ranasinghe It was so heart-warming to listen to the no-holds-barred speech of the Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe; a very rare occurrence nowadays! As commented in the editorial Cheers for Maxwell and Roshan” (The Island, 9 November), it was a stellar performance indeed. Having sunk to the bottom with the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The targets laid out in Sri Lanka’s budget for 2024 will be challenging to meet, even with the economic recovery that we expect to continue next year, says Fitch Ratings.  The fiscal deficit is set to be wider than our current forecast of 7.1% of GDP in 2024 in light of the new […]