Anna Bjerde  World Bank Managing Director of Operations Courtesy World Bank Blogs Last month, I visited Sri Lanka for the first time and saw a nation at a crossroads, emerging from a deep crisis and determined to make a real effort to implement changes. What struck me the most was the resilience of the Sri […]

By Toby Antony Courtesy The New Indian Express In recent months, NIA has launched probes into multiple human trafficking incidents in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.  Express News Service KOCHI:  Suspecting links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has launched a probe into two cases relating to the attempted human trafficking of […]

By AAKAR PATEL Courtesy Rediff.com We should reassess what India’s role in the world is and whether we are doing the right thing for ourselves, notes Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi addresses the Meri Maati Mera Desh-Amrit Kalash Yatra in New Delhi, October 31, 2023. Photograph: ANI Photo India abstained from calling for an end to violence in […]

BY Daya Gamage Foreign Service National Political Specialist (rtd) US Department of State Courtesy The Island During the summer of 2020, protests against police violence and racial injustice erupted throughout the United States. May 25, 2020-death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in police custody, renewed the people’s outrage regarding police treatment of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 22 (Daily Mirror) – A total of 10,456 suspects have been arrested as of today in the island-wide special operation ‘Yukthiya,’ launched last Sunday to curb drug-related and underworld activities. The Public Security Ministry said that 517 of these suspects are under further investigation with detention orders in place. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 22 (Daily Mirror) –  Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong said that his country will continue to provide firm support to the China-Sri Lanka Joint Water Technology Research and Demonstration Center. Making his remarks at the signing ceremony of the tri-partite agreement among the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Water Supply […]

Karma මොහු බේරාගැනීමට ආ මේ භික්ෂුව කව්ද? මානසික විකෘතිතාව කුමක් ද? මෙහු ගැන සියළු පැටිකිරිය ගැන උසාවියේදී හෙළි වූ කරුණු මෙවන් එකකට සමාජය කලබන්න තරම් බෞද්ධයා දුර්වල ද —– සිංහල දෙමළ මුස්ලිම් ඇතුළු සියලු ජාති වර්ග එකට ඒකීයත්වයෙන් කටයුතු කළ ද මේ වන විට සිංහල බෞද්ධයන්යාට විරුද්ධව බොහෝ බලවේ බලවේග කරලියට පැමිණ ඇත. එසේ කරලියට […]

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By Garvin Karunaratne Ph.D. Michigan State University Former SLAS, Government Agent, Matara In the Seventies, the IMF took on the new role of prescribing the path to be taken by the Third World countries to run their economies. This was the Structural Adjustment Program the IMF foisted on every country that sought financial help. President Ronald Regan and Prime Minister […]

Senaka Weeraratna In October 2022, Maithri Panagoda (Partner) published Pursuing a Vision of Justice”, a collection of 25 essays by judges, academics, historians, diplomats, friends, and family. The book, which was officially launched last year in the NSW Parliament House, shares stories from Maithri’s early years in Sri Lanka and his 45-year legal career in Australia.  Her Excellency the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec. 20 (Daily Mirror)- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a statement, said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has successfully restored law and at this moment, and hence the primary duty of the SLPP is to ensure a stable government until the next national elections. Former President Rajapaksa […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec.21 (Daily Mirror) Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has received a threatening call from an overseas underworld figure following a media briefing at the Presidential Media Centres on the progress of the island-wide special operation, Yukthiya” (Justice). Shortly after the briefing concluded, Minister Alles reportedly received an anonymous call, suspected […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 19 (Daily Mirror) – Amid geopolitical strain, Sri Lanka has decided to have a one year moratorium in allowing foreign vessels in conducting research in the country’s territorial waters, a minister said. The government has taken such a decision and communicated it to the relevant countries. The decision has […]

Courtesy Adaderana Moratuwa Police today (Dec.21) apprehended a suspect who was in possession of intoxicating pills. The suspect was taken into custody based on intelligence information received by the Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Crimes Unit of Moratuwa Police. The 30-year-old was tackled when he had made an attempt to flee from the backdoor […]

Courtesy Adaderana The overall rate of inflation as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) on Year-on-Year basis was recorded at 2.8% for the month of November 2023, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) revealed in its latest report.  This is an increase of 1.8% in comparison to the NCPI-based inflation of 1.0% recorded […]

Hiru News

Mahinda Rajapaksa M.P. Leader Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Around 40 professional associations and trade unions representing vital sectors of the economy and the public services have been agitating for a reduction in income taxes for many months. In the meantime, the high tax burden has precipitated an exodus of educated and highly trained professionals from […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS You Tube talk shows focused on the rivalry at Kurundi.  Each talk show began with an account of the history of the Kurundi monastery and then went on to the Kovil story. Through these talk shows and the daily news broadcasts the public was fully informed of the history of Kurundi and the […]

Sugath Kulatunga In our democracy the People can use the power of franchise in selecting a government only once in 5 years unless the Parliament is dissolved earlier. In between elections the voice of the People is muted. This makes them to resort to enraged demonstrations and Aragalayas. The government also takes decisions on conjecture. […]

Dilrook Kannangara Excessive devotion to a person leads to irrational behavior. Doctors and ambulance staff around the world experience assault from loved ones of deceased patients for merely pronouncing the patient dead. Some people irrationally believe that the dead are still alive until pronounced dead by a doctor, so it is the fault of the […]

Chanaka Bandarage In the recent Budget, the government announced the cancellation of rent and then granting freehold title to Colombo Flat dwellers. Although the government stated that the number of beneficiaries would be around 50,000, it is unlikely that the number is that high. According to the Opposition (SJB) it is about 15,000. There is […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The newly appointed Assistant Defence Advisor at the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka, Lieutenant Colonel Mandeep Singh Negi made a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Ministry in the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte, Today (Dec 20). Following a warm […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The newly appointed Bangladesh Defence Advisor (DA), Commodore M Moniruzzaman paid a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Ministry in the Defence Headquarters Complex, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte, today (Dec 20). During the interaction, the Defence Secretary conveyed his warm wishes to Cmde. Moniruzzaman […]

Prime Minister’s Media Do not touch co-operative properties to cause public frustration.- Prime Minister.Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena advised all the governors and district coordinating committee chairpersons to speed up all development activities across the island under the new budget provisions.The Prime Minister gave these instructions in a discussion held at the Temple Trees on 19.12.2023 […]

ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ මෙරට කීර්තිමත් දේශපාලනඥයකු වූ දිවංගත, හිටපු අමාත්‍ය ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි මහතාගේ 87 වන ජන්ම දිනය වෙනුවෙන් මෙවර ප්‍රධාන දේශනය පැවැත්වුයේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාය. Gateway of Exports අපේ ගමෙන් ලොවට” ලෙස, කොළඹ බණ්ඩාරනායක අනුස්මරණ ජාත්‍යන්තර සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාවේ පසුගිය 30 දා පැවති එම දේශනය ඇසුරෙන් මෙම ලිපිය සැකසිණි නිදහස් ආමන්ත්‍රණයක් වූ මෙවර ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි […]

Sri Lanka News President chairs the launch of State-of-the-Art Disaster Early Warning System Published on: December 19, 2023 Under the auspices of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, a sophisticated disaster early warning system was officially introduced today (19), marking a collaborative effort involving the Disaster Management Centre, Sri Lanka Telecommunication Regulatory Commission and major telephone service providers […]

Letter to India’s prime minister and the minister of health  The global pandemic preparedness accord (‘pandemic treaty’) currently being put in place by the World Health Organization (WHO) will pave the way for a fascist approach to societal management.” The beneficiaries will be unscrupulous corporations and investors whom the COVID‐19 response served well. This will […]

Mehjabin Bhanu – Bangladeshi columnist, security and strategic affairs analyst, and teacher. A recent increase in remittances, touching $1.07 billion during December 1-15, 2023, underlines significant support for our foreign exchange reserves. This significant increase not only indicates promising growth but also reveals a resilient pattern in remittance flows. As Bangladesh navigates through economic transitions […]

Lal Mia, an associate professor at the ‘Department of Political Science’ at Mashuddi Razia College in Tangail Bangladesh Over the last several decades, one of the most important issues has been the global climate problem. Globally, climate change is having a significant impact on biodiversity, livelihoods, and human life. The frequency and severity of floods, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 20 (Daily Mirror) – The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) is deliberating tycoon Dhammika Perera as one of its four potential candidates for the upcoming Presidential Election, said SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam. He told the media today that the party has not yet finalized its decision on the […]