Archive for January 18th, 2024

India’s annexation of Sikkim & Lessons for Sri Lanka

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

Shenali D Waduge Recently, Dr. Wasantha Bandara declared that Sri Lanka was fast on its way to becoming the 29th State of India on the lines of what happened to Sikkim. Obviously, many may be unaware of what happened to Sikkim & how it was annexed to be worried as to how Sri Lanka can be […]

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ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ දූත මණ්ඩල අඩු කරන ලෙස මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ ඉල්ලා සිටී

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

පාත්ෆයින්ඩර් පදනම කාලීන අවශ්‍යතාවයක් සේ සලකා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ දූත මණ්ඩල අඩු කරන ලෙස යෝජනාවක් පාත්ෆයින්ඩර් පදනමේ නිර්මාතෘ මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ මහතා ඉදිරිපත් කරයි. නවීන තාක්ෂණය වඩාත් පහසුවෙන් භාවිතා කර සම්බන්ධතා ගොඩනැගිය හැකි ගෝලීයකරණයක් ඉදිරියේ රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික කටයුතු පරිවර්තනය කළ හැකි බව ඔහු ස`දහන් කරයි.  ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පරිපාලන ව්‍යුහය නවීකරණය කිරීම, කාර්යක්ෂමතාවයක් ඇති කිරීම සහ සීමිත […]

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Defence Secretary Chief Guest at 96th National Boxing Championship

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

MOD  Media Centre Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne graced the closing ceremony of the 96th National Boxing Championship as the Chief Guest at the MAS Arena of Royal College Colombo, yesterday (Jan 17). Notably, Umayanga Mihiran of Sri Lanka Police was recognized as the Most Outstanding Boxer of the year 2023. The Sri Lanka Army […]

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Russia struts the world nuclear energy stage like a colossus

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, January 18: Media reports suggest that Sri Lanka may go in for Russian help to set up a nuclear power plant to supplement the current energy mix. The Russian State-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom appears to be the front runner among international companies that have shown interest in investing in Sri […]

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IMF representatives meet NPP leaders

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily News Colombo, Jan. 18 (Daily Mirror)- A group of IMF representatives including head of operations for Sri Lanka, Peter Breuer met representatives of the National People’s Power (NPP) at the JVP head office today. Ms. Sarvath Jahan, the resident representative of the IMF, Ms. Manavee Abeywickrama (IMF staff) and Peter Brewer, participated […]

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ජවිපෙ ඉතිහාසය අලුතෙන් ලියයි.. IMF ලොක්කා පැලවත්ත මූලස්ථානයේ.. මාලිමා ආර්ථික ප‍්‍රධානීන් හා සාකච්චා..

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සදහා මෙහෙයුම් ප්‍රධානී පීටර් බෘෘවර් (Peter Breuer) ඇතුළු කණ්ඩායමක් සහ ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ නියෝජිතයන් අතර සාකච්ඡාවක් (18) ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ ප්‍රධාන කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැත්විණි. ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල නියෝජනය කරමින් පීටර් බෲවර් මහතාට අමතරව මුල්‍ය අරමුදලේ නේවාසික නියෝජිත සර්වත් ජහාන් මහත්මිය සහ මානවී අබේවික්‍රම යන අය සහභාගි […]

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Sri Lankans in Yemen fear ‘being caught in the crossfire’ as Colombo plans to join US-led attacks on Houthis

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

Dimuthu Attanayake Courtesy The South China Morning Post   Isuru Alagiyawanna, 32, arrived in Yemen just six months ago in search of a better life away from the debilitating economic crisis of his native Sri Lanka. But as Colombo plans to join the US-led operations against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, he fears being caught in the […]

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Sri Lanka-India passenger ferry services to resume this week

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 18 (Daily Mirror) – The passenger ferry service between India’s Nagapattinam and Kankesanthurai in Jaffna will be initiated this week, Controller General of Immigration and Emigration I.S.H.J. Ilukpitiya said. Addressing the media, he said that so far, the initial programmes required to initiate the service have been completed, and […]

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President arrives in Uganda, receives gun salute

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Kampala, Jan 18 (Daily Mirror) –  President  Ranil Wickremesinghe who arrived in Kampala , Uganda was greeted with gun salute upon arrival at the Entebbe airport.  Uganda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oreyem Okello along with Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardene, and Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Kenya Dr Kana Kananathan  welcomed the  guest. […]

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Police to trace traffic offenders in Colombo using CCTV system from next week

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana In a bid to curb traffic violations, Sri Lanka Police has decided to trace traffic offenders in Colombo using the surveillance camera system in the island’s commercial capital. Speaking to the media this morning, Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon said this initiative would be implemented starting next Monday (Jan.22). Accordingly, the […]

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