by Zoe Alexandra Courtesy defenddemocracy.press Across West Asia and North Africa, massive protests have been staged in solidarity with the Palestinian people and to protest the criminal Israeli attacks on Gaza Since October 7, hundreds of thousands of people have participated in demonstrations in cities across North Africa and West Asia in solidarity with the […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Buddhima Samadhi Damsarani Senarathne of Defence Services College (DSC), Colombo set a new record clocking 2:45:69 minutes in the under-18 Girls’ 200-meter backstroke event at the recently held All Island National School Games Swimming Championships. She also won silver medals in both 50 m and 100 m (backstroke) event […]

Prime Minister’s Media The Prime Minister stated that the issues with regard to the  ownership of the land should be settled for the cultivation  at the Vavuniya District Food Security Program held today (2023.11.01) at the Vavuniya District Secretariat, in conjunction with the New Village – New Country National Programme. Speaking on this occasion the […]

Courtesy The Daily News Like a poorly scripted soap opera, the Easter Sunday Conspiracy introduces a new antagonist each episode – leaving the audience to wonder who is next in line to take the blame. A Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Member of Parliament now claims that the Easter Sunday attack was done by Israel […]

Dhaka Tribune Dhaka, November 2 (Dhaka Tribune): Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen handed over a few boxes of medicine as a token to  Ruwanthi Delpitiya, the acting high commissioner of Sri Lanka at an event held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. This donation has been made in a spirit of […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Nov 2 (NewsWire) – President Ranil Wickremesinghe has acknowledged that the decision to increase Value-Added Tax (VAT) by 18% was a challenging one, driven by the need to maintain economic stability.  This step aligns us with the practices of countries like India and Pakistan. Such decisions are never easy for any government. […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Wijeyadasa Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC, has said the Foreign Exchange Act No 12 of 2017, enacted during the Yahapalana administration was meant to facilitate the operations of those who exploited the system for their benefit. The new Act had repealed the Exchange Control Act of 1953, Dr. Rajapakshe said, adding […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Several important documents at the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) have been reportedly destroyed, the Society of Government Pharmacists alleged. Its President Thushara Ranadeva told the Daily Mirror that NMRA Chief Executive Officer Dr. Vijith Gunasekera has intervened in the destruction of these documents. The CEO has been disposing of certain […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Excise Department said the licenses of five liquor manufacturing companies have been suspended due to their failure to pay tax arrears.  Accordingly, the licenses of Synergy Distilleries (Pvt) Ltd, Finnland Distilleries Corporation (Pvt) Ltd, Wayamba Distilleries, W M Mendis & Co Ltd and the Randenigala Distilleries Lanka (Pvt) Ltd have […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe, speaking at the ‘Naam 200’ (We are 200) celebration, emphasised the goal of moving the country forward by uniting all its citizens.  The Head of State highlighted that it is the current government’s policy to uphold the rights of all Sri Lankan citizens, regardless of their background, adding that the […]

By Sena Thoradeniya JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has started his Presidential campaign” in America, months ahead of any Republican or Democratic candidate! He began his campaign in Los Angeles on October 28, 2023 addressing some Sri Lankans domiciled in the US, who do not have voting rights in Sri Lanka or cannot influence the […]

මාධ්‍ය අංශය, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ නේවාසික සම්බන්ධීකාරක මාර්ක් අන්ඩ්‍රේ ෆ්‍රැන්චෙ මහතා සුහද හමුවක් සඳහා මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ගරු ටිරාන් අලස් මහතා හමුවීමට අද දින (01) මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයට පැමිණියේය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ සහයෝගය ලබා දිය හැකි ආකාර සහ මාර්ගගත ක්‍රමවල සුරක්ෂිතතාව පිළිබඳ පනත් කෙටුම්පත පිළිබඳව මෙහිදී සාකච්ඡා කෙරිණි. මෙම සාකච්ඡාවේදී මාර්ක් […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ “අලුත් ගමක්- අලුත් රටක්“ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධතා සහභාගිත්ව සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන පිළිබඳ අනුරාධපුර විශේෂ සම්බන්ධීකරණ කමිටු රැස්වීම 2023.10.31දින උතුරු මැද පළාත් ප්‍රධාන ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ පැවති අවස්ථාවේදීය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා – අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය රටේ හදවත වැනි සුවිශේෂී ගෞරවයක් හිමිවෙන කේන්ද්‍රීය දිස්ත්‍රික්කයක්. වාරි කර්මාන්තයේ දී සුවිශේෂ ගෞරවයක් ලැබෙනවා. අතිරික්ත වී […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය  ලෝක නගර දින යෙදෙන අද (2023.10.31) දින මධ්‍යම නුවරගම් පළාත ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ නව ගොඩනැගිල්ල පොදුජන අයිතියට පත් කිරීම අනුරාධපුර පණ්ඩුලගමදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් සිදු කෙරිණි. එහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා – ජය ශ්‍රී මහා බෝධීන් වහන්සේගේ සෙවනැල්ල යටතේ තිබෙන ලෝකයේ පැරණිම නගරයක් හැටියටයි අනුරාධපුර නගරය ලෝක බෞද්ධ ජනතාව සලකන්නේ. ඒ […]

Courtesy Business Standard “The ETCA will be a pivotal move to further enhance bilateral trade between the two countries,” it added India and Sri Lanka have resumed talks for an economic and technology cooperation agreement (ETCA), after a gap of nearly five years, an official statement said. The two countries had 11-rounds of talks from […]

By Feizal Samath Courtesy TTGAsia The Sri Lankan government this week invited bids from the global industry to run and manage the island’s national carrier, SriLankan Airlines, which has been suffering accumulated losses over the years. While the airline has reported an operating profit for the period April 2022 to end March 2023, its accumulated debt […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror United Nations Resident Coordinator Marc-André Franche informed Public Security Minister Tiran Alles that support will be provided for the exchange of ideas and proposals with international organizations concerning the Online Safety Bill.  This revelation came during a meeting between the UN Resident Coordinator and the Minister at the Ministry of Public […]

Courtesy Adaderana Yemen’s Houthi rebels for the first time Tuesday claimed missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer into the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and further raising the risks of a regional conflict erupting. The Houthis had been suspected of an attack earlier this month targeting Israel […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has met several private sector representatives today (Nov. 01) and discussed the reform programs aimed at moving from crisis to recovery and sustainable growth, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. During the discussions, the private sector representatives have presented proposals to increase revenue and improve efficiency in the public sector, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The owner of the company, which allegedly used forged documents to import a batch of substandard human intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), has been remanded until November 15. The accused known as Aruna Deepthi, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), was produced before Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court earlier today. On Monday, the court […]