Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec.15 (Daily Mirror) – The minority allies of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) – Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) – remain disappointed after its leader Sajith Premadasa said in Parliament that he would not patch up with President Ranil Wickremesinghe in view of future elections, an […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom will visit Sri Lanka from January 10 to 13, 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. She will be accompanied by her spouse Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the statement said. Her Royal Highness has been invited by the Government of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has branded the government’s decision to engage in a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with an Australia-based firm as an act of corruption. Delivering a special statement today (14 Dec.), the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader accused the government of endorsing a proposal to engage in a PPA with the […]

Courtesy Adaderana State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe declared that work on more than 200 development projects, initiated with foreign aid but halted midway, is set to recommence in the first quarter of the next year.  State Minister Semasinghe made this announcement in light of the bolstering of the country’s economy with the second tranche […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Maligakanda Magistrate Lochani Abeywickrama has emphasized that the court finds the actions of the former Secretary of the Ministry of Health Janaka Chandragupta with regard to the process of purchasing the batch of ‘substandard’ human intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), as suspicious. Therefore, the Magistrate has ordered that all responsible parties must be arrested […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Kurunegala High Court has convicted five individuals, including the former Mayor of Kurunegala, Thushara Sanjeewa Vitharana, for their role in the destruction and removal of the ancient ‘King’s Court’ (Raja Sabha Mandapaya). The court handed down a three-year sentence of rigorous imprisonment to each of the five suspects. The case revolved […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Kurundi Vihara has led to a lot of talk about how to conserve a Buddhist monument in Sri Lanka. Until Kurundi, there was no discussion on the subject.  The Department of Archaeology selected certain Buddhist monuments and renovated them.  There was no fuss. But when the Kurundi vihara issue came up, the public […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ පසුගිය කාලයේ සිටී රාජ්‍ය නායකයෝ විවිධාකාර ආගමික සිද්ධඨාන වෙත ගොස් ඉමහත් භක්තියෙන් පුද පුජා වලට සහභාගී වන රුපවාහිනී රාමු අප දැක ඇත්තෙමු. සිරිමා බන්ඩාරණායක මැතිණිය සැබෑ බෞධාගමිකයෙකු ලෙස අවංක ලෙස හැසිරීය. මෙම මැතිණිය පල්ලි, කෝවිල් වලට ගොස් කෙනෙකුට ආගම් 2ක් හෝ 3ක් ඇදහිය හැකි බවට වූ  බොරු ප්‍රදර්ශනයේ නොයෙදුනාය. R ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා මුස්ලිම් […]

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Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The outgoing High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, Major General Umar Farooq Burki (Retd) made a farewell call on to Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte today (Dec 13). During the meeting, the Defence Secretary expressed his appreciation for the […]

පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී යදාමිණි ගුණවර්ධන පරාටේ නීතිය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට පෙර සමථකරණයකට යාම සඳහා මුල්‍ය නීති රෙගුලාසි සංශෝධනය කළ හැකි නම්, මුල්‍ය ආයතනවලින් ණය ගෙන ගෙවාගත නොහැකි බොහෝ පිරිසක් ආරක්ෂා කරගත හැකි බව, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී යදාමිණි ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී කියා සිටියේය. බැංකු ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ විශ්‍රාම ගිය පිරිසකට පුහුණුවක් දී එම කාර්යය සඳහා යෙදවිය හැකි බවද මන්ත්‍රීවරයා සඳහන් කළේය. […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Public awareness, education, and training initiatives are the building blocks of resilience. Our collaboration with SAARC countries is not just a diplomatic formality; it’s a bond forged in the crucible of shared experiences. Together with ADPC, BMGF, USAID, and other stakeholders, we’ve not only fortified our disaster management capabilities […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Sri Lanka, H.E. Maged Mosleh met the State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon at his office in Colombo today         (Dec 13). Following a warm reception, the State Minister held a cordial discussion with the Egyptian envoy. During the interaction, […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre A delegation led by Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, H.E. Paul Stephens met Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Headquarters Complex, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte today (Dec 12) and had a cordial  discussion. The outgoing Commander, Joint AgencyTask Force (JATF) of Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB) Rear Admiral […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News Corruption and labour shortages are among the causes, but the latest challenge comes from President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s budget proposal to increase VAT by 18 per cent. For some observers, the sector is on the verge of collapse. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Sri Lanka’s coconut industry is facing a major […]

Courtesy The Hindu They have been taken to the Kankesanthurai naval base for interrogation, say sources Six fishermen from Pudukottai district were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday on the charge of trespassing into the territorial waters of the island nation. Coastal Security Group sources said the six fishermen set sail on board a mechanised […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 13 (Daily Mirror) – The Court of Appeal in its majority decision today affirmed the convictions and the sentences imposed on three accused in connection with South Asia’s largest VAT scam.  The Colombo High Court had convicted and sentenced these three accused for committing criminal misappropriation of nearly Rs. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec. 13 (Daily Mirror) – The Education Ministry is expected to make the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination simpler by making several major changes in the existing education system starting next year. It has also been decided to grant the priority to measure the students’ literacy and numeracy skills, Education Minister […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka’s gross foreign reserves are projected to reach US $3.8 billion by the end of 2023, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections. This figure falls short by US $600 million compared to the programme request, reflecting a slowdown in reserves accumulation during the second half of the year due […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Parliament, Dec. 13 (Daily Mirror) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) does not consider what is said in Parliament on Sri Lanka’s cricket as they have a certain way of doing things, Minister of Sports Harin Fernando told Parliament today. Minister Fernando was responding to a question raised by Opposition Leader […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Parliament, Dec. 13 (Daily Mirror)- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal will be renegotiated under a future Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) government, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said today. He told Parliament that they would reach an agreement with the IMF so as not to burden the people. “We are going to […]

Courtesy Hiru News Colombo, December 13, 2023 In response to the rising concerns over religious hate crimes propagated on social media platforms, Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon has taken proactive measures by directing the Police Computer Crimes Division to set up a dedicated unit for the investigation of such allegations. The newly […]

Sugath Kulatunga Business Times of December 03, 2023, published a relevant article by Agri experts pointing out that the Ad hoc ban on oil palm deters foreign exchange savings. One was under the impression that Minister Amaraweera had instructed the CEA to conduct further formal research on palm oil cultivation. The knee-jerk ban on Oil […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D චන්ද සූත්‍රය: [අනුරකුමාර = රනිල්/සජිත්/චන්ද්‍රිකා/මෛත්‍රීපාල/පොහොට්ටුව..+ (27/4/23 හිමාලයන් ගිවිසුම)] හැඳින්වීම JVP හා බුද්ධාගම යනුවෙන් මීට පෙර ලියූ ලිපි දෙකේ අවසාන ලිපිය වන මෙයින් විශේෂයෙන් jvp පක්ෂ නායකයාගේ අදහස් හා මත උදාහරණ ලෙස යොදාගනිමින් පොදුවේ (ද්‍රවිඩ හා මුස්ලිම් නොවන) ලංකාවේ දේශපාලකයින්ගේ හෘදයශාක්ෂිය (truthfulness) සම්බන්ධයෙන්  ඉදිරියේ කිරීමට යන විමර්ශනයකට පසුබිම සපයයි. මෙහි සළකාබැලෙන කරුණු  […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් දේශපාලන පක්ෂ සහ කණ්ඩායම් 12 ක් මේ වන විට ‘මැතිවරණ සන්ධාන‘ ගොඩ නැගීමට සාකච්ඡා පවත්වති.  පාර්ලිමේන්තු දේශපාලනයේ  උපරිම අවදානව ඇත්තේ සන්ධාන හැඳීමේ දී ය.  ‘දැලි පිහියෙන් කිරි කෑමට වඩා බියකරු‘ සන්ධාන හැදීම ප්‍රවේශමෙන් කළ යුතු ව්‍යවස්ථාමය අභ්‍යාසයකි.   විධිමත් ලියාපදිංචියක් සහිත ‘සන්ධාන‘ හා ‘කට වචනයට නැතිනම් අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමකට‘ සීමා වූ සන්ධාන රැසක […]

පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ සභානායක කාර්යාලය නිවසට හෝ කම්හලට ඇතුළුවීමට පෙර මෙරට බලශක්තියෙන් 19%ක් නැතහොත් පහෙන් එකක් අපතේ යන බවත්, ඒ නිසා බලශක්ති විගණනයක් අත්‍යවශ්‍ය බවත්, පා.ම. යදාමිණි ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී 2023.12.12 දින අවධාරණය කළේය. සම්ප්‍රේෂණයේදී 11%කට ආසන්න ප්‍රතිශතයක්ද, ගෘහස්ත සම්බන්ධතාවයට පෙර තවත් 9%කට ආසන්න ප්‍රතිශතයක්ද මෙසේ අපතේ යන බව ඔහු අනාවරණය කළේය. මේ නිසා ආයෝජන ප්‍රවර්ධනයට සෘජුවම […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Senior officials of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) met with  the State Minister of Defence in Sri Lanka Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon at his office in Colombo yesterday (Dec. 11). Upon arrival, the delegation led by BMGF’s Deputy Director for Emergency Response, Global Development Dr. Valerie Bemo was warmly […]