Dr Sarath Obeysekera Presidential Candidate AKD Road map Action plan 1 request all the ministers and MP’s to return all the vehicles Lottery to be thrown in Galle face so that everyone gets one vehicle  2 Ask all ex presidents and wives to return all the vehicles and handover the house given to them and […]

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Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena met the residents of  Mandaram Nuwara today (2023.01.15) without prior notice. They exchanged many views with the Prime Minister on matters affecting the area, infrastructure and tourism. They pointed out strongly the need for an economic center  to transport the harvest , including vegetables, to the main […]

The Pathfinder Foundation Milinda Moragoda, Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, called on political parties to seriously consider abolishing the provincial council system as a priority action in their campaign manifestos for the forthcoming national elections. Moragoda reiterated his earlier proposal that provincial councils should be abolished and power directly devolved to empowered and reconfigured local, […]

Lanka Lead ක්ෂණිකව ධනවතුන් වූ විශාල පිරිසක් පසුපස යුක්තිය මෙහෙයුම දියත් කරමින් තිබෙන බව වැඩබලන පොලිස්පති දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පවසයි. ඔහු පැවසුවේ මෙවැනි පුද්ගලයින් 50,000ක් පමණ ඉදිරියේ දී අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමට නියමිත බවය. සීතාවක පොලිස් කොට්ඨාසයේ ප්‍රජා පොලිස් කමිටු සාමාජිකයින් දැනුවත්කිරීම සඳහා විශේෂ වැඩසටහනක් අවිස්සාවේල්ල පොලිස් ස්ථානයේදී ඊයේ (14) පැවැත්විය. ඒ, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar Jan15th 2024 The President’s vision for Sri Lanka has certainly been recognized by the IMF and augurs well towards the future of Sri Lanka  with  Ranil Wickremasinghe at the helm with all his political savvy as the Nation emerges from the travails of the past with no thanks to past leaders […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ශ්‍රී  ලංකා ටෙලිකොම් සමාගම පෞද්ගලීකරණය කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාදාමය යටතේ එහි කොටස් ආයෝජනය සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ප්‍රකාශ කළ සමාගම් තුනක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් රාජ්‍ය ව්‍යවසාය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගතකරණ ඒකකය විසින් ඇගයීම් සිදු කිරීමට නියමිතය. රාජ්‍ය ව්‍යවසාය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගතකරණ වැඩපිළිවෙළ යටතේ මෙම සමාගමේ රජය සතු කොටස් සඳහා ආයෝජනය කිරීමට සුදුසුකම් ප්‍රකාශ කිරීමේ අවසන් දිනය පසුගිය සිකුරාදා (12දා) අවසන් වූ […]

GEETA PILLAI Courtesy bnn In a pioneering step, Sri Lanka has introduced a fresh wave of innovation into its fish export industry. The country has successfully shipped a colossal 10,000 kg container of dried and Maldive fish to Australia and Korea. This groundbreaking move utilized a revolutionary dehydration technology, marking a departure from the traditional […]

Courtesy India Today There have been regular instances of Indian fishermen being arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in Sri Lankan waters. A total of 240 Indian fishers were arrested, and 35 trawlers were seized by the Sri Lankan Navy in 2023 for alleged poaching. (Representative picture) The Sri Lankan Navy arrested […]

Courtesy The Island Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardena before the House Committee probing bankruptcy (pic courtesy Parliament) Secretary to the Treasury Mahinda Siriwardena recently told the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), tasked with investigating causes for the financial bankruptcy declared by the government and to report to Parliament and submit its proposals and recommendations in this regard, […]

Courtesy The Island Minister Sabry addresses Colombo-based diplomats. He is flanked by Minister Tiran Alles and Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has explained the ongoing ‘Yukthiya’ operation to members of the Colombo-based diplomatic community. The Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Commission has jumped to question the government operation. The Foreign Ministry […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Jaffna, Jan 14 (Daily Mirror)- The Sri lanka Navy seized three Indian trawlers with 12 Indian fishermen poaching on Sri Lankan waters off the Kovilan Lighthouse in Karainagar, Jaffna. The Navy said they conduct regular patrols and operations on Sri Lankan waters to curb illegal fishing practices by foreign fishing trawlers, […]

 By YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan. 15 (Daily Mirror)- The Government as a whole and the police should handle the Yukthiya operation diligently to avoid international intervention which may lead to its end, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Tissa Attanayake said today. The operation, which is a good, should be handled with care […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested Mahinda Kodituwakku, the self-proclaimed ‘Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’ at Pannipitiya a short while ago. Kodituwakku is accused of committing irreligious activities that are contrary to Buddhist teachings. On Friday (12), the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court also imposed an overseas travel ban on him. Earlier this week, the president […]

Courtesy Adaderana Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani has plans to expand his horizons in the telecommunications business through his firm Jio Platforms, expressing interest in buying stake in Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, the state-owned telecom company, Indian media reported. The Sri Lankan government has been struggling with the cash-strapped Telecom PLC, as current authorities continue to […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 1,468 out of 42,248 wanted suspects, in the list shared with all police stations as wanted in connection with various crimes, have been arrested during the last 24 hours under the ‘Yukthiya’ operation, the Ministry of Public Security said. Furthermore, the ministry mentioned that this includes 254 suspects out of […]