By Sena Thoradeniya Whilst making an address at the Shilpa Abhimani 2023” Awards Ceremony held at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre on 3 January 2024, RW had the audacity to say that he is considering to send a warship to Red Sea in support of a US – led operation. It is astounding that […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම Lanka Lead News ‘හිමාලයා ප්‍රකාශනයේ’ යටි අරමුණ ගැන දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයෙන් හෙළිදරව්වක් Back ගෝලීය දෙමළ සංසදය හා රටේ බහුතර ජනතාවක් නොදන්නා අනුනායක ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේලා හත්නමක් අත්සන් තබා ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කළ ‘හිමාලයා ප්‍රකාශනය’ නම් ලියවිල්ල එළිදැක්වීම පිටුපස බෙදුම්වාදීන්ගේ න්‍යායපත්‍රය ක්‍රියාත්මක වන බවත්, එම ලියවිල්ල එළිදැක්වීම සිදුවන්නේ යම් මාර්ග සිතියමකට අනුව බවත් දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය හෙළිකරයි. […]

Dilrook Kannangara Ranil is back to his true self again. He is doing the same grave mistake his uncle did in the late 1970s. Instead of maintaining strict neutrality in global conflicts, he teamed up with USA. This attracted a strong and violent response from India, the Soviet Union and China which dragged the nation […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale In an interview with the Daily Mirror in December 2023, Senior JVP member Dr Nalinda Jayatissa stated that in the latest opinion poll, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading among all the prospective presidential candidates and there was no need for the JVP to take up arms once again – https://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/JVP-led-NPP-believes-in-a-unique-Sri-Lankan-economic-model-based-on-socialist-principles-Nalinda-Jayatissa-former-MP/231-273197 […]

PRESS RELEASE  All India Association of Industries (AIAI) All India Association of Industries (AIAI) welcomes the decision of the Central Government to reconsider the proposed Hit and Run law under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and its provisions to be kept in abeyance till further orders as the proposed law may award imprisonment of upto 10 years […]

Courtesy People’s Daily Online COLOMBO, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry has declared a countrywide dengue prevention week from Jan. 7 to Jan. 13, said the National Dengue Control Unit on Thursday. Addressing a press conference in Colombo to announce the initiative, Sudath Samaraweera, the director of the National Dengue Control Unit, said […]

Courtesy NDTV They were detained by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly being involved in illegal poaching in the Lankan waters. At least 220 Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy in 2023 Chennai:  As many as 21 Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka to Chennai on Friday, the Indian High Commission in […]

Syed Mohammad Ali Courtesy The Express Tribune,  Adani has emerged unscathed from a slew of alleged wrongdoings The writer is an academic and researcher. He is also the author of Development, Poverty, and Power in Pakistan, available from Routledge The controversial Indian multibillionaire, Gautam Adani, has managed to secure a big boost of confidence by […]

Noah Bovenizer Courtesy Railway Technology The donation is the latest investment by India into its neighbouring country’s railway network following a loan funding upgrade to signalling systems in 2023. The Indian Government will give 20 repurposed locomotives to Sri Lanka in a donation confirmed by the island nation’s national rail operator.  The donation of engines […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island The Navy was still studying the possibility of sending a warship to the Red Sea in support of a recently launched US-led operation to thwart Houthi attacks on commercial shipping, sources said. Sources said that a thorough study was required before such a deployment could be made in a […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) says it commenced an investigation into the preacher named Ruwan Prasanna Gunaratna, who promoted ‘mass suicide’ through his distorted teachings and later died by suicide. When the CID officers presented submissions in this regard, the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court also called for an investigation to determine if the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The State Minister of Indigenous Medicine, Sisira Jayakody announced on Thursday (Jan.04) that athe government has taken a significant step towards reducing healthcare costs by exempting Ayurvedic products, medicines and industries-related to indigenous medicine from Value Added Tax (VAT). The decision aims to make traditional medicine more accessible to the public, he explained. […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Approximately 245kg of heroin and crystal methamphetamine (‘Ice’) were recovered from the multi-day fishing trawler intercepted off the southern coast of the island, Sri Lanka Navy says. A multi-day fishing trawler carrying a massive cache of drugs was intercepted on Thursday night (Jan.05) in a coordinated operation mounted by the Navy and the […]