Courtesy Adaderana Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom accompanied by her spouse Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, who are on a three-day official visit to Sri Lanka, met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the President’s House a short while ago. The Princess Royal and her spouse arrived in Sri […]

Courtesy Adaderana State Minister for Finance, Ranjith Siambalapitiya, emphasised the strict enforcement of laws to eradicate the trade mafia generating profits without registering with the Inland Revenue Department (IRD).  He also outlined the government’s plan to expand the tax base, anticipating a rise in the direct tax percentage to 40%. These remarks were made during […]

Dr. K M Wasantha Bandara It can be very logically proven that six international agendas are being implemented together -at one and the same time-under the current Ranil Wickramasinghe rule. It can be clearly proven that the final goal is to weaken the government of Sri Lanka, break down the structure of society, and make […]

By Garvin Karunaratne Posted on March 4th, 2021,republished in view of attempts to implement the 13 th Amendment  I have in several of my Papers detailed as to  Why the 13 th Amendment should be abolished. I have detailed my experiences in my eighteen years’ service in the Administrative Service implementing development programmes islandwide. To […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Tamil Separatist Movement used all sorts of tricks to try and stop Kurundi. Since there was strong evidence to show that Kurundi was indeed Kurundi, this was not easy and Tamil Separatist Movement found that they were making contradictory statements. Tamil Separatist Movement asked whether Kurundi was Kurundi. Was it really the one […]

By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission heard confessions from perpetrators of human rights abuses from 1996. Whenever we hear the term Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), what comes to mind is the body by that name established in South Africa in 1995, headed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The […]

විමල් වීරවංශ (පා. ම.)  නායක, ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ, “හිමාලයා ප‍්‍රකාශය” සහ ඒ මත පදනම්ව ආණ්ඩුව විසින් ගනු ලබන ඉදිරි ක‍්‍රියාමාර්ග පිළිබඳව නිහඬව සිටීමට කිසිදු දේශපාලන බලවේගයකට සදාචාරාත්මක හැකියාවක් නැති බවත්, එම නිසා සියලු බලවේග “හිමාලයා ප‍්‍රකාශය” සහ ඒ මත පදනම්ව ආරම්භ වී ඇති “සත්‍ය සෙවීමේ කොමිසම” පිහිටුවීම ඇතුළු සෙසු ක‍්‍රියාමාර්ග පිළිබඳ තම මතය විවෘතව රටට […]

RANJITH SOYSA We refer to the news report that the Government of Sri Lanka is planning to send her naval ship or ships to the Red sea area arguably to protect the international ships from the Houthi rebels who have started attacking the ships which are operating to and from Israel. According to the information […]

Pathfinder Foundation Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation and Urumayake Ulpatha Milinda Moragoda met with the office bearers and Executive Committee of the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) for an interactive discussion and exchange of ideas on a wide range of subjects and issues. On this occasion, Mr Moragoda also presented the Executive Committee members with […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය  චීන අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ලී කියෑං (Li Qiang) විසින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා වෙත චීනය වඩාත් ශුභ ලෙස සලකන ‘මකරාගේ වසර’ සඳහා  අලුත් අවුරුදු සුබපැතුම් පිරිනැමීය.ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ චීන තානාපති කිව් ෂෙන්හොං (Qi Shenhong) මහතා අද (2024.01.09) කොළඹ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා හමුවී චීන අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාගේ විශේෂ  සුබපැතුම් පත්‍රය භාර දුන්නේය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ පවතින දුෂ්කරතා […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  A few weeks back jugglery committed by a supermarket with the slogan ගෙදර යන ගමන් was exposed   Supermarket was scrupulously charging higher prices at the cashier than the price marked on the product claiming that notices are placed everywhere that prices can be changed any time  A few days back another supermarket […]

By Arj Singh Courtesy inews.co.uk The Foreign Secretary said he was supporting Sri Lanka over Beijing-funded development Lord Cameron has said he has no regrets about backing a Beijing-funded development last autumn and dismissed concerns about his role as a senior figure in a mooted UK-China investment fund. The Foreign Secretary has faced criticism over his links […]

Courtesy abc News A Sri Lankan navy spokesman says the debt-ridden country’s navy is preparing to join a U.S.-led operation to protect merchant vessels in the Red Sea against attacks by Houthi rebels COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Debt-ridden Sri Lanka ’s navy is preparing to join a U.S.-led operation to protect merchant vessels sailing in the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Office for National Unity and Reconciliation Bill debated in Parliament today (Jan. 09) has been passed by a majority vote. The debate on the Second Reading of the Bill was held from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and at the end of the debate, MP G. G. Ponnambalam of Ahila Ilankai Thamil […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval for the establishment of new investment zones with the necessary technical assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Since the need to develop a joint mechanism between the public and private sectors to build an export-oriented economy has been emphasized in the 2022 budget, the government […]

Courtesy Hiru News According to internal political sources, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has made a decision to hold the Presidential Election in September 2024. In a surprising move, he has also declared his intention to contest the election as an independent candidate. Additionally, the President has outlined plans for Parliamentary elections scheduled for January 2025 and […]

RANJITH SOYSA උතුරේ සෞඛ්‍ය හා අධ්‍යාපන ක්‍ෂේත්‍රයේ ගැටලු විමසීමට ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා සිය යාපනය සංචාරයේදී පෙරේදා (6 දා) පියවර ගත්තේය. ඉන් අනතුරුව යාපනය රියෝ අයිස් ක්‍රීම් වෙළෙඳසලට පැමිණි ජනාධිපතිවරයා අයිස් ක්‍රීම් රස බලන අතර කුඩා දරුවකු සමග සතුටු සාමීචියේ යෙදුන අවස්ථාවකි. උතුරේ කුමන දේශපාලන පක්ෂයක්, කුමන අයුරින් කටයුතු කළද කුල ප්‍රශ්නය නිසා ජනතාව පීඩාවට […]

Senaka Weeraratna The fundamental duty of all people living in Sri Lanka is to live in harmony with each other, particularly in harmony with the predominant religious culture and beliefs, and not hurt the moral sensitivities of the ethnic majority, which has made the biggest contribution throughout history to the building of the country and […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando  Courtesy The Island FSP questions feasibility of bankrupt country joining US military project The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) yesterday (07) urged political parties in Parliament to oppose the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government’s decision to join a US-led multinational coalition to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea against continuing attacks by Yemen’s Houthi group. […]

Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel (LLM International Law (UCL)), former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President of the Lanka Ambassador’s Forum – United Kingdom, Former Chairman of The Consumer Affairs Authority, Solicitor in England and Wales. It is a commendable concept and a remarkable operation against drugs, the underworld, and criminal activities which appear to be […]

වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මේ වන විට හිමාලයා ප්‍රකාශය මගින් දිගහැරෙන මාර්ග සිතියම අනුව ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා ඛෙදුම්වාදී දෙමළ දේශපාලන පක්ෂ නායකයින්ට 2023.12.21 දින ලබා දුන් පොරොන්දුව අකුරටම ඉටු කරමින් සත්‍ය සෙවීමේ සහ ප්‍රතිසන්ධාන කොමිසම් පනත ගැසට් පත්‍රයේ පළ කර ඇත. ජනාධිපතිවරයා එහිදී පොරොන්දු වූයේ එම පනත කෙසේහෝ 2024 ජනවාරි මාසයේදී සම්මත කරන බවය. ඊට […]

Geopolitical Economy Report What is Yemen’s so-called “Houthi” movement, officially known as Ansarallah? Why are they blocking Israel-bound ships from entering the Red Sea? Ben Norton explains. || Geopolitical Economy Report ||

 අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අස්වැසුම සුභ සාධක ප්‍රතිලාභ යෝජනා ක්‍රමය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම හා යථාවත් කිරීම පිළිබඳ විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවක් අද (2024.01.08) අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්විණි. 2023 වසරේ සියලුම අස්වැසුම අභියාචනා ජනවාරි 31 වනදා වන විට විසඳා අවසන් කිරීමටත්, පෙබරවාරි මුල් සතිය වන විට දෙවන වටය සඳහා අලුතින් අස්වැසුම අයදුම්පත් කැඳවීමටත්, සෑම ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසයකටම අස්වැසුම විශේෂ ඒකකයක් ඇති […]

Joint CSO Statement This week the government will be taking up the ONUR bill for debate after which it will be enacted as law. The bill proposes to establish an Office for National Unity and Reconciliation in order to assure to every citizen equal opportunities in the economic, social, cultural and political spheres.  At the […]

Manusha Media දුන්න පොරොන්දුව ඒ ආකාරයෙන්ම ඉටු වෙයි – අලුත් අවුරුද්දේ දින හතක් ඇතුළට නුවඑරළියට විදේශ සේවා කාර්යාලයක් ඊළග පරම්පරාව වැඩ කරන්නේ ඡන්ද බලාගෙන නෙමෙයි පසුගිය වසරේ විදේශ ශ්‍රමිකයින් ඩොලර් බිලියන 6කට ආසන්න ප්‍රමාණයක් එවලා – බිලියන 6 පසු කරන්න බැරිවුනේ මිලියන 30ක අඩුවක් නිසා මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශයේ නිලධාරීන් නිසා ඩොලර් ගෙන්වා ගැනීමට බාධා ඇතිවෙලාවිදේශ ගත […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Diplomat Pressure from India and the U.S. on the docking of Chinese research vessels at its ports appears to have prompted Sri Lanka to impose a one-year moratorium on visits by foreign research vessels. January 08, 2024 In recent months, Sri Lanka has found itself at the center of an escalating […]

by John Konrad (gCaptain) INDIAN OCEAN (June 26, 2021) Sri Lanka Navy Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel SLNS Gajabahu (P-626), right, and SLNS Sayurala (P-623) exercise divisional tactics alongside Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 26. In its 27th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and […]

Courtesy Adaderana Japan restated the importance for early completion of signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Sri Lanka and creditor nations on debt restructuring, after an agreement was reached in principle late last year. It also emphasised the need to ensure transparency and comparability in agreements with creditors outside the Official Creditor Committee […]

Courtesy Hiru News Vidura Wickramanayake, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs of Sri Lanka, has announced that the Cabinet has formed a committee to investigate individuals leading movements that distort religious beliefs and contribute to societal discord. The government aims to enact new legislation to curb and eliminate activities that misrepresent religious teachings, potentially […]

Courtesy Hiru News President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to travel to Switzerland this week to participate in the economic summit scheduled to begin in Davos on the 13th, as confirmed by the President’s Media Division. Following the summit in Switzerland, the President will proceed to Uganda, in response to an official invitation from the country. […]