Chanaka Bandarage Up to 2015 or so there was little media scrutiny of bribery and corruption in Sri Lanka.  True the private electronic media like Sirasa did investigative journalism, but that did not go far enough. The 2005 – 2015 government was   very clever and ruthless in suppressing decent.  Some media personnel made the supreme […]

Dilrook Kannangara It is yet another secret military deal with USA approved following agreement by both parties on April 6, 2022. It is not surprising that Sri Lankan media failed to report this as they were silent on the first ACSA secret deal signed between USA and Sri Lanka on March 11, 2007. This was […]

LANKA LEADER ඊයේ(01) කොළොඹ පැවැති මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාවකට එක් වෙමින් වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ ජාතික පෙරමුණේ සභාපති ඉංජිනේරු කපිල පෙරේරා මහතා ඉදිරි දින කිහිපය තුළ මේ අටවා ගෙන තිබෙන ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට භයානක ප්‍රතිඵල අත්පත් කර දෙන තායිලන්ත,සිංගප්පූරු සහ එට්කා ගිවිසුම් අත්සන් කිරීමට කටයුතු කරන බව අවධාරණය කරනු ලැබීය. මේ වන විට ජනතාව මුහුණ දෙන ආර්ථික අපහසුතා හේතුවෙන් මතුවි තිබෙන […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Cabinet has approved the Cabinet Paper No. 23/2527/603/061 dated 24.01.2024, on paying of salary and allowances to the dependents of deceased Tri-Forces personnel, who had retired from service on medical grounds owing to terrorist activities during active service in the war prior to 19.05.2009,  those deceased prior to […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය  .දරිද්‍රතාවය අවම කිරීම, ආහාර සහ පෝෂණ සුරක්ෂිතතාව ඉහළ නැංවීම සහ ස්වභාවික සම්පත් වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම සඳහා කැපවී සිටින ජාත්‍යන්තර ජල කළමනාකරණ ආයතනය (IWMI)  සහ   අන්තර්ජාතික කෘෂිකාර්මික පර්යේෂණ පිළිබඳ උපදේශක කණ්ඩායම  (CGIAR ) සිය නිෂ්පාදන හවුල්කාරිත්වයේ 40 වැනි සංවත්සරය නිමිත්තෙන් මේ වසරේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ නව වැඩසටහනක් දියත් කිරීමට පියවර ගෙන තිබේ. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Over half of students BestColleges surveyed (54%) say that the use of AI tools on college coursework counts as cheating or plagiarism.  ImageCredit: picture alliance / Contributor / Getty I I myself placed a question in AI Chat Box as follows In need to formulate a plan to invest in a program […]

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Nick Turse Courtesy The Intercept A formerly secret map from AFRICOM shows a network of 29 U.S. military bases that stretch from one side of Africa to another. Nick Turse LAST MONTH, ABOUT a dozen al-Shabab fighters infiltrated the perimeter of a military base in Manda Bay, KenyaOpens in a new tab. One of them took aim […]

By Liu Xin Courtesy Global Times Accusations of ‘debt trap,’ ‘neocolonialism’ have no market in KenyaOver the last decade, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has yield fruitful achievements and greatly enriched China-Africa relations. As this year marks the 10th anniversary of the proposal of BRI, Global Times reporters Liu Xin and Xing Xiaojing (GT) […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, February 2: Alienated from India, the Mohamed Muizzu government in the Maldives has entered into deals with China and Sri Lanka to counter India’s bid to influence its policies. For one, the Maldives is trying to attract Chinese tourists to fill the gap created by the loss of Indian tourists […]

Courtesy CGIAR Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the city sufficiently utilized green infrastructure? Sitting at the Kelani River delta on the west coast of Sri Lanka, set amidst a backdrop of shiny hotels, red-tiled colonial era-buildings and street markets, Colombo appears to be your typical Asian […]

Courtesy Nikkei Asia Indo-Pacific and ASEAN meetings with Europe underscore divided views Palestinians walk past a house destroyed by an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, in early January.   © Reuters RHYANNON BARTLETT-IMADEGAWA and CATHERINE DE BEAUREPAIRE, Nikkei staff writersFebruary 3, 2024 06:35 JST BRUSSELS — Indonesia and Sri Lanka’s foreign ministers called on the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The saffron-robed person claiming to be ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been ordered to be further remanded in custody until 16 February, 2024. This order was issued when he was produced before the Gangodawila Magistrate’s Court in Nugegoda, Ada Derana reporter said. The suspect, who was out on bail, was re-arrested on 23 January by […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Online Safety Act has been published in the government gazette, bringing it into effect as the Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024. Accordingly, the Act will provide for the establishment of the Online Safety Commission, safety from prohibited statements made online and prevention of the use of online accounts and inauthentic […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Thailand, Feb. 02 (Bangkok Post) The Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which is expected to be signed between Thailand and Sri Lanka this week, will benefit Thailand’s exports of automotive parts, textiles, electrical appliances, machinery, steel products, paper, processed food and animal feed, Thai media reported. Thailand and Sri Lanka will sign […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 02 (Daily Mirror) –  The Government of Sri Lanka has negotiated a financial assistance package of USD 150 million from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group. The funds are earmarked for the implementation of the Financial Sector Safety Net Strengthening Project. The primary focus of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 02 (Daily Mirror) – Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has been arrested  by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) a short while ago in connection with the importation of substandard Immunoglobulin injections. Rambukwella complied with a court order, arrived at the CID this morning to provide a statement. Maligakanda Magistrate […]

By Garvin Karunaratne All of us do some jobs to find a living and later in retirement get to oblivion, some become activists, others don robes, finding paths for self-salvation. The greatness in Mahindapala is that in unpaid lifetime, in retirement, he fought for Sri Lanka for the downtrodden, and provided ideas for new paths […]

By  Mawbima කෘතහස්ත මාධ්‍යවේදී එච්.එල්.ඩී. මහින්දපාල අභාවප්‍රාප්ත වී තිබේ. මිය යන විට ඒ මහතා 93 වන වියේ පසු විය. සන්ඩේ ඔබ්සර්වර් සහ ඔබ්සර්වර් (ඩේලි) පුවත්පත්වල ප්‍රධාන කර්තෘවරයෙකු ලෙස සේවය කළ ඔහු 50 දශකයේ ප්‍රකට මධ්‍යවේදින් වන ක්ලැරන්ස් ප්‍රනාන්දු, ඩෙන්සිල් පීරිස් වැන්නවුන්ගේ සමකාලීනයෙකි. කෙසේ වෙතත්, ඔහු 70 දශකයේ ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවට සංක්‍රමණය විය. එහි සිට ඩේලි නිව්ස් පුවත්පතට […]