Courtesy PV Magazine  Sri Lanka’s government-owned Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is inviting applications for the development of 1 MW to 5 MW ground-mounted solar projects – totaling 70 MW – with 20-year power purchase agreements (PPA). The Sri Lankan government’s CEB has kicked off a 70 MW ground-mounted solar tender in the South Asian country. […]

Courtesy Gulf Today People walk along the Pettah Market in Colombo, Sri Lanka. ReuersSri Lanka’s government projected a lower-than-anticipated budget deficit for 2024 on Monday on the back of a significant jump in revenues which are crucial to keep its bailout programme from the International Monetary Fund afloat. The government set a fiscal deficit target […]

RAJENDRA PRASAD MOHAPATRA Courtesy OdishaTV Ranatunga’s comment came days after the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended SLC for excessive political interference. Former Sri Lanka World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga has blamed BCCI secretary Jay Shah for running and ruining Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Ranatunga’s comment came days after the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who delivered the 2024 Budget Speech in Parliament today (13), proposed to increase Sri Lanka’s borrowing limit by Rs. 3,450 billion. As such, the borrowing limit for the next fiscal year will be raised from Rs. 3,900 billion to Rs. 7,350 billion. Addressing the House, the Head of State explained […]

Courtesy Adaderana In the budgetary allocations for the fiscal year of 2024, the Sri Lankan government has earmarked Rs. 3 trillion for the implementation of foreign debt restructuring and settlement of international sovereign bonds. Delivering the 2024 Budget Speech in the parliament this afternoon, President Ranil Wickremesinghe spoke on the measures the island nation has […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Sports Roshan Ranasinghe has filed a motion requesting the lifting of the stay order issued by the Court of Appeals preventing the operation of the seven-member Interim Committee appointed by him for the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the relevant gazette notification issued by him in this regard. The motion including […]

Courtesy Hiru News In a bid to enhance tax compliance and streamline the taxation process, Sri Lanka’s proposed 2024 Budget includes several stringent measures targeting individuals and entities that fall short in fulfilling their tax obligations. The outlined provisions aim to strengthen the tax system, improve clarity, and ensure the timely submission of required documentation. […]

Courtesy Hiru News In his capacity as the Minister of Finance, President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to unveil the much-anticipated 2024 Budget to the Parliament today, marking the country’s 78th Budget Speech. Ranil Wickremesinghe, the President stated today (13) that the Cost-of-Living Allowance of Rs. 7,800 government employees are currently receiving shall be increase to […]

Top Spin By Suni Nov.11th 2023  It has finally  happened and the axe has fallen on Sri Lanka Cricket confirming everyone’s fears including the President’s that the ICC will suspend Sri Lanka’s membership. What an ignominious shame and what an insult to a country renowned for her cricketing prowess and  flair that  goes back decades […]

Tilak S.Fernando Everything in this world must come to an end. This happened to Gamini Weerakoon, Journalist and former Chief Editor of The Island,” Gamini Weerakoon, who passed away on 11 November 2023 peacefully after a brief illness. I saw it, the ‘Sunday Observer.’ With deep sadness, I announce the death of the Chief Editor, […]

W. D. Lakshman, Professor Emeritus, University of Colombo Asoka Bandarage is known for her unconventional approach in several of her publications on development which extensively draw case study material from Sri Lanka. Her examination of the current crisis in Sri Lanka also employs an innovative analytical approach, setting it apart from most existing studies on […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනය කරන ලද ඉල්ලීමකට අනුව ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් කවුන්සිලයේ සභාපති ඉම්රාන් කවාජා ඇතුළු ප්‍රධානීන් පසුගිය වසරේ නොවැම්බර් මසදී මෙරටට පැමිණි අවස්ථාවේදීත් ක්‍රිකට් සඳහා දේශපාලන මැදිහත්වීමක් පිළිබඳව සාක්ෂි සොයාගැනීමට නොහැකි වූ බව සුප්‍රකට ක්‍රික් ඉන්ෆෝ වෙබ් අඩවිය අනාවරණ කරනවා. එම අනාවරණය සිදුකර ඇත්තේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් සාමාජිකත්වය තාවකාලිකව අත්හිටුවීමට ජාත්‍යන්තර […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් කවුන්සිලය විසින් ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවට ක්‍රිකට් තහනම් කළේ ක්‍රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලය විසින් ඉල්ලා සිටීම නිසා බව ක්‍රීඩා ඇමැති රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. එම තහනම ලැබීම ගැන පාලක මණ්ඩලයේ තිරිසනුන් සතුටුවෙමින් සාද පවත්වා ඇති බව ද ඔහු පැවසීය. ඔහු මේ බව සඳහන් කරන්නේ අන්තර්ජාල නාලිකාවක සාකච්ඡාවට එක්වෙමිනි. ‍ ශ‍්‍රී […]

Courtesy Express Tribune Collaboration between private sectors, regular exchanges of trade delegations is essential for improved ties. KARACHI: Consul General of Sri Lanka Jagath Abeywarna mentioned that despite 75 years of good diplomatic relations and a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) since 2005, Sri Lanka-Pakistan trade volume remains ‘insignificant’ at US $440 million due to certain […]

Xinhua   In response to escalating revenue losses, Sri Lanka Customs plans to enforce maximum penalties for individuals smuggling over 100 grams of gold and substantial quantities of restricted items including mobile phones, a spokesman said Sunday. A recent report from the Parliamentary Committee on Ways and Means highlighted a loss of 1.4 billion rupees in […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror COLOMBO (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga has alleged that Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Jay Shah was responsible for the issues plaguing Sri Lankan cricket.  In an interview posted on YouTube, Ranatunga alleged the close connection with officials […]

Courtesy Adaderana World Cup-winning former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga, expressing his views regarding the suspension imposed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), has called for a comprehensive investigation into the matter. Ranathunga further highlighted that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has to stand by his commitments against corruption and launch a […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D (848) ආන්ඩුව මට ගැහුවා – Ampitiye Sumanarathana Thero – YouTube  (ඉරාජ්) (854) ගිහි ජිවිතයේ දී මම Sunflower වේදිකාවේ ගීත ගායනා කරා/ Film එකකත් රගපෑවා-Ampitiye Sumanarathana Thero] – YouTube     (ලහිරු) ලබ්බෙක් (සේපාල්) හා <පිස්සෙක්> (අම්පිටියේ සුමනරතන හිමි) රටේ හාමුදුරුවරු අතලොස්සකගේ අඩුපාඩු/දුර්වලකම් හුවාදක්වමින්, යූටියුබ්-ෆේස්බුක් හරහා මුළු සංඝ සංස්ථා පදනමට පහර ගැසීමේ ව්‍යාපාරයක් සංවිධානාත්මක […]

By Nirmala Kanangara Courtesy The Daily Mirror Cricket fans who gathered near Sri Lanka Cricket a few days ago stage a protest demanding a shake-up in the sport’s administration following the disastrous performance of the national team at the ongoing cricket World Cup, being held in India. (Pic by Pradeep Dilrukshana)  After the special audit […]

 By SHEHAN DANIEL Courtesy The Daily Mirror COLOMBO (Daily Mirror) – Reiterating an earlier claim that he had received threats to his life, Sports Minister said that he would not drink even a glass of water at the Presidential Secretariat because it could be poisoned.  “I have faith in the President (Wickremesinghe), I go to see […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ක්‍රිකට්වලින් ලැබුණු ඩොලර් මිලියන හයක් විදෙස් ගිණුම්වල ගිණුම් ගත කර ඇති බව විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස ප්‍රකාශ කර තිබෙනවා. ඔහු මේ බව කියා සිටියේ කොළඹ අද (11) පැවති වැඩසටහනකදීයි. දූෂිත ක්‍රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලයට එරෙහිව සියලුදෙනා පෙළ ගැසිය යුතු බවයි විපක්ෂ නායකවරයා කියා සිටියේ. ක්‍රිකට්වලින් ඉපයූ ඩොලර් මිලියන 6ක් මෙරටට ඇවිත් නැහැ”

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ලංකාවේ ඇති දූෂණ ක්‍රිකට් ආයතන සියල්ලම විසුරුවා හරින බව ක්‍රිඩා අමාත්‍ය රොෂාන් රණසිංහ පවසනවා. ඔහු මේ පිළිබඳව සඳහන් කරන ලද්දේ අද (11) ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශයේදී කැඳවා තිබූ විශේෂ ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාව අතර තුරදීයි. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දක්වමින් ඔහු ප්‍රකාශ කරන ලද්දේ මෙවැනි අදහසක්. ” මහනුවර කිව්වොත් ක්‍රිකට් හොර ගුහාවක්. මහනුවර ක්‍රිකට් හොරුන්ගේ පාරාදීසයක්. […]

A.J. Caschetta Courtesy Israel National News The Tamil Tigers are only a memory, thanks to the Sri Lanka government which decisively ended a 40-year war against them. Read how. Op-ed. HamasSri LankaWar Against TerrorA.J. Caschetta Sri LankaiStock There are many parallels between Sri Lanka’s decades-long fight against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelan (LTTE), more […]

By Randeewa Malalasooriya President, Coconut Milk Manufacturers Association Courtesy Ceylon Today In recent times, Sri Lanka has been rethinking its approach to exports in response to global economic changes. It’s moving away from its traditional exports like tea and rubber and exploring new avenues to make the most of its rich agricultural resources. Coconut: A […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre South African High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Sandile Edwin Schalk met  Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Headquarters Complex, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte today (Nov 10). Gen. Gunaratne warmly received the South African envoy and had a discussion on the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding […]

Sri Lanaka News ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාවේ පවතින දූෂණ අක්‍රමිකතා සොයා බලා සියලු පරිණත ක්‍රීඩකයින් එකතු කළ යුතුයි.. බංකොලොත් වී ඇති රටේ ආර්ථිකය ශක්තිමත් කිරිම සියලු දෙනාගේම සාමූහික වගකීමක්.. ලංකාවේ companies ලක්ෂ එකහමාරක් තියෙනවා බදු ගෙවන පයිල් තියෙන්නෙ 20 දාහයි.. සමස්ත රාජ්‍ය සේවයෙන් 15% 20% රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරීන් මේ රට නොමඟ යවලා තියෙන්නේ… ලබන වසර මැතිවරණ වර්ෂයක්. මැතිවරණ […]

KEVIN BARRETT Courtesy The Unz Review Ever since February 2022, Western mainstream media has been telling us that Russia cannot possibly win its war in Ukraine. Zelensky, with his hundreds of billions of dollars’ backing from the West, would surely prevail. Russia has always been taking unbearably heavy losses. Putin is always about to keel […]

Shashik[S1]  Silva and Ammaarah Nilafdeen-Re- published with few comments by D R Sudath Gunasekara During his recent visit to the United States, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the National People’s Power, addressed an interesting question from a Sri Lankan resident. The person highlighted the significant dominance of the white population[S2]  in the US but […]

by Liz Theoharis Courtesy Counterpunch.org On September 19, 2001, eight days after 9/11, as the leaders of both parties were already pounding a frenzied drumbeat of war, a diverse group of concerned Americans released a warning about the long-term consequences of a military response. Among them were veteran civil rights activists, faith leaders, and public […]