By Sena Thoradeniya Julie Chung, the Korean – American ‘Viceroy’ of Sri Lanka having climbed Sri Pada, with pilgrims and fellow adventurers appreciating the natural beauty”, enjoying the magnificent views at sunrise” on 19 January 2024 (how Chung saw a dissimilarity between ‘pilgrims’ and ‘adventurers’ is the biggest question! She does not bring Lord Buddha, […]

දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ඉස්ථිර ලේකම් සහ හෙල අභිමානී  පදනමේ සභාපති. මහනුවර මහනුවර.25.01.2024 මම මේ විරෝධය වසර 1997 සිට වසර 27 ක් තිස්සේ ලියන, කියන දෙයක්.එහෙත් එම විරෝධතාවන් තුට්ටුවකට නොසලකා පෙබ 04 දිනම (ජෙනින්ග්ස්ගේ බිරිඳගේ උපන් දිනය සිහිකිරීම සඳහා) පවත්වන අබමල් රේණුවක දේශ ප්‍රේමයක් හෝ දේශ වාත්සල්‍ය‍යක් නැති මේ  දේශපාලකයින් […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ විධායක ජනාධිපතිත්වය අහෝසි කළ යුතුය යන විවාදය නැවත ආරම්භ වී ඇත. මෙය හොඳ දෙයකි. විධායක ජනාධිපතිත්වය ඇති කිරීම මේ රටේ දේශපාලනයේ සිදුවූ නරකම දෙයකි. පසුගිය වසර 45 තුල මේ රටේ  වු බිඳ වැටීමට ඍජුව වගකිව යුත්තේ විධායක ජනාධිපතිත්වයයි.  මේ තනතුර මේ රටේ ප්‍රශ්ණවලට විසඳුම නොවේ; ඒවාට ප්‍රධානතම හේතුවයි.  ජනාධිපතිට බැරි ගැහැණියක් පිරිමියෙක් කිරීම […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar (with news info – courtesy of an Info Lanka report)) Jan.24th 2024 When Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that the Government would be deploying a Navy vessel to the Red Sea. Wickremesinghe pointing out that the disruption of shipping lanes in the region would lead to increased freight charges and […]

KEVIN BARRETT Courtesy the unz review Ex-BBC journalist Tony Gosling interviews me on 9/11, war in Gaza, and eschatology Trained as a journalist by the BBC, Tony Gosling is a British land rights activist, historian & investigative radio journalist. He interviewed me last night (Jan. 24). Below are selected extracts. -KB Tony Gosling: So what do you […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division An exhibition of Sri Lanka trade, investment opportunities and culture will be held in Baoji City in Xian Province in China in March 2024. More than 40 Sri Lankan stalls will be set up to display Sri Lankan products with the participation of more than 100 entrepreneurs and traders.A team of […]

Courtesy The News BENGALURU: Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation rate jumped to 4.2 percent year-on-year in December driven by rising food prices, official data showed on Monday, although it remains well below record high levels seen at the height of the country’s financial crisis. Food prices rose 1.6 percent in December after falling 2.2 percent […]

Courtesy Adaderana The saffron-robed person claiming to be ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been referred for psychiatric treatment under the recommendation of the Judicial Medical Officer, Senior Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris revealed before the court today (26). Appearing on behalf of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Senior Deputy Solicitor General stated that accordingly, the suspect, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The controversial Online Safety Bill has sparked a geopolitical debate with the Russian Ambassador in Colombo Levan Dzhagaryan stating that regulations of the online sphere are solely a domestic issue of Sri Lanka, and that any interference in this internal issue by foreign powers is absolutely irrelevant and unacceptable. In a statement issued […]

Courtesy Adaderana The World Court ordered Israel on Friday to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by South Africa. South Africa brought the case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) earlier this month, asking it to grant […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has extended an invitation to all political party leaders in the Parliament to engage in discussions with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the implementation of the agreement with the IMF. Emphasizing the importance of unity in leading the country to success, he highlighted that withdrawing […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged all political parties to formulate a comprehensive plan for rebuilding the country, especially when gearing up for the elections. Addressing an event at the Sri Lanka Customs headquarters in Colombo this morning, the Head of State emphasized that the nation’s economy has suffered due to the ‘politics of […]

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