Prime Minister’s Media Division Rumanian Ambassador Doamna Steluța Arhire called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (February 26). Prime Minister Gunawardena and Romanian Ambassador held discussions on the long standing bilateral relations between the two countries and the steps to be taken to enter into economic cooperation and investment in new […]

Ranjith Soysa Courtesy The Island The Sri Lankan government is getting ready to sign ETCA (Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement) with India amidst stiff resistance from the members of the professional groups who consider it as an open invitation to India to exploit the weak Sri Lankan economy as well as the Sri Lankans who are […]

Courtesy Adaderana Senior DIG and Acting IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon has been appointed as the 36th Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Sri Lanka. This appointment, in compliance with the stipulations outlined in Articles 41C.(1) and 61E.(b) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, has been made pursuant to the authority vested […]

Dilrook Kannangara Contrary to popular views, China is set to lose a war against USA and its proxies. Despite having the largest arsenal of weapons of war, they are untested in battlefield making them fail in a real war as China has not engaged in any serious war. This is one main reason why USA, […]

Courtesy OpportunitySrilanka A senior Sri Lankan expert in the maritime industry has reportedly said that Sri Lanka’s marine and offshore engineering industry can be developed to be on par with global players in shipbuilding, marine engineering and offshore construction. Dr. Sarath Obeysekera, Chairman of Sri Lanka Export Development Board’s (EDB) Advisory Forum on Marine and […]

Truth with Chamuditha චාමලී මදනායක සමග චමුදිත සමරවික්‍රම. Chamali Madanayake On Truth with Chamuditha

Courtesy The Intercept In 2018, shortly after U.S. Congress woman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), ousted incumbent Democrat Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th Congressional District, her office got an unexpected phone call. It was the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the powerful pro-Israel lobbying group, offering an unsolicited donation of $100,000. AOC declined the money and […]

Courtesy Livemint Here are top seven things the judges said The Supreme Court has scrapped the Electoral Bond Scheme that allowed anonymous funding to political parties, stating that it violates the right to information (RTI) and can lead to quid pro quo. The Supreme Court on February 15 scrapped the Electoral Bond Scheme that allowed […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මාර්තුවේ දී එට්කා ගිවිසුම අත්සන් කිරීමෙන් පසු ඕනෑම ඉන්දියානුවකුට රැකියාවකට, වෙළඳාමකට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට නිදහසේ පැමිණිය හැකි බවත් කලක් ගත වන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඉන්දියානුවන්ගෙන් පිරී යාම සහ ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන් මේ රටේ සුළුතරය බවට පත්වීම නොවැළැක්විය හැකි බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පෙන්වා දෙයි. එතැන් සිට […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් නැගෙනහිර පළාතේ මහ ඇමැති සෙන්දිල් තොණ්ඩමන් තම බලය පාවිච්චි කරමින් නැගෙනහිර පළාතේ ඉඩම් මහා පරිමාණයෙන් හිතවතුන් අතර බෙදාදෙන බව සහ මුදලට විකුණන බවට පළාතේ මහජනයා පැමිණිලි කරති. ඊට අදාළව විස්තර සහිතව සහ මහජන අත්සන් සහිතව පෙත්සමක් එම ජනතාව විසින් ජනාධිපතිවරයාට යොමුකර ඇත. එම ඉඩම් කොල්ලය නිසා මහාපරිමාණ වන සංහාරයක් සහ පරිසර […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered an investigation into the notification issued to Russian and Ukrainian tourists, requiring them to leave the country within 14 days. According to the President’s Media Division (PMD), the relevant notification was issued by the Department of Immigration and Emigration without prior approval from the Cabinet of Ministers. As […]

by Garvin Karunaratne Thanks to Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Bandula Gunawardena for revealing that the Sri Lankan Government is running a shortfall of Rs 10 trillion to meet its expenditure with its revenue…We collect only Rs 3 trillion while the expenses are Rs 13 trillion”(The Morning20​/02/2024) This reveals a situation of sheer bankruptcy, a situation out […]

Ama H. Vanniarachchy Courtesy Ceylon Today By Ama H. Vanniarachchy The recently-discovered Dimbulagala Rock Inscription became immensely popular in the country due to many reasons. It was instantly labelled by media as the, ‘largest inscription found in Sri Lanka’, and, ‘difficult to read and interpret’.  Accepting many of these ‘lucrative’ claims at face value social […]

By Katherine J. Cramer and Jonathan D. Cohen Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Plight of the American poor New York, February 21 (New York Times): When asked what drives the economy, many Americans have a simple, single answer that comes to mind immediately: greed.” They believe the rich and powerful have designed the economy to benefit themselves and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Kandy, Feb. 24 (Daily Mirror)- Renewing his pledge made during the 2019 Presidential election, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today said he will focus on the maximum on women’s health if elected as President of this country.  “I was called ‘Pad Man’ during the last Presidential election when I spoke of women’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana The United Republic Front presented the proposal titled A United Step for the Country” to President Ranil Wickremesinghe this morning (Feb.24), at ‘Sirikotha, the United National Party (UNP) headquarters in Colombo. After engaging in discussions with the President, the leader of the United Republic Front, MP Patali Champika Ranawaka, along with the delegation, […]

ධරිණී රාජසිංහම් සේනානායක ධරිණි රාජසිංහම් සේනානායක රටවල් බංකොළොත් කිරීම හයිබ්‍රිඩ් ආර්ථික යුද මාදිලියකි ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සිය ඉතිහාසයේ පළමුවරට තමන්ගත්  විදේශ ණය ගෙවීමට නොහැකි බවට එනම්  තමන්   බංකොළොත් වී ඇති බවට ප්‍රකාශ කිරීම සිදුවූයේ එය  බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයෙන් නිදහස ලබා වසර 75ක් පිරීම සැමරෙන අවස්ථාවේදීමය. මෑත වසර කීපය තුළ සිදුවීම් දෙස ආපසු හැරී බැලීමේදී ලැබෙන අවබෝධය තුළ ඒ සඳහා බලපාන […]

by Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island President distributing land deeds in Galle recently The Urumaya Programme, aimed at resolving land ownership issues for over two million Sri Lankans, was officially launched on 5 February in Dambulla by Minister Harin Fernando. During the press briefing the Minister is reported to have stated: The programme’s aim is to […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ජාතික මතවාදය වෙනුවෙන් සැමවිටම පෙනීසිටිමින් ජාත්‍යන්තර වශයෙන් හා දේශීය වශයෙන් ඒ වෙනුවෙන් තම හඬ අවදිකරමින් රට වෙනුවෙන් තම මාධ්‍ය භාවිතාව හැසිරවූ ප්‍රවීන මාධ්‍යවේදිනී ෂෙනාලි වඩුගේ මහත්මියගේ ආදරණීය මෑණියන් වූ ශ්‍රීමා වඩුගේ මහත්මිය ඉකුත් දා අභාවප්‍රාප්ත විය.  එම මෑණියන්ගේ අවසන් කටයුතු  බොරැල්ල සුසාන භූමියේ දී සිදුවූ අතර, එම අවස්ථාවට බොහෝ පිරිසක් එක්ව සිටියහ. එම […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS There is a tug of war going on in the north of Sri Lanka between the Buddhist and non-Buddhists over   Buddhist temples in the north. Neither side is prepared to give in. The Buddhist temples at Navatkuli( Jaffna) and Vadunagala ( Vavuniya) have faced strong opposition. In 2009 57 Buddhist families were brought […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. අවස්ථානුකූලව ලංකා මුහුදට හොරෙන් එන ඉන්දියන් මාළු බෝට්ටු ! India under Modi is a rouge state”- Hina Khar, Pakistan’s ex-foreign minister. පලවෙනි විජයබාහු මහරජතුමා (1055-1110),  කීර්ති කුමාරයා, නොසිටින්නට, ලංකාව දකුණු ඉන්දියාවේ කොටසක් වනවා නිසැකය.” නීල කණ්ඨ ශාස්ත්‍රී, දකුණු ඉන්දියා ඉතිහාසය පිළිඹද ලෝක ප්‍රසිද්ධ මහාචාර්ය *(A) හැඳින්වීම බෲනෝලාගේ මෝඩාභිමානය හරින් ප්‍රනාන්දු  නම් […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division  Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that it is most regrettable that not a single Supreme Court verdict has been delivered in Sinhala so far. He also emphasized the imperative need to prevent the attempts by interested parties to push Sinha la into the pile of abandoned and extinct languages. He stated this at […]

Press Release: UN FAO 22/02/2024, Colombo – Forty countries from the Asia and Pacific region today agreed that transforming agrifood systems was imperative to providing food security for their children’s generation and beyond, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The summation was delivered at today’s close of the 37th Session of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Amidst the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines emerged as a beacon of hope, offering humanity a vital tool against the deadly virus. However, recent research has introduced a concerning twist to this narrative. Since the onset of the pandemic, approximately 13.5 billion COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide, marking a significant milestone […]

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ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ ඉන්දියානුවන්ට මෙරට රැකියා වෙළඳපළ සහ වෙළඳාමට නිදහසේ පිවිසිය හැකි ආකාරයට සැකසෙමින් තිබෙන එට්කා ගිවිසුම අත්සන් තැබීමට ඉඩදී නිහඬව සිටියහොත් මේ සියවසේ, මේ රටට එරෙහිව අගතිදායකම දේ සිදුකළ පිරිස බවට වත්මන් මැති සබය පත්වන බවට ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා අවධාරණය කරයි. පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී පැවති විවාදයකට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා මෙසේ […]

By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Parliament, Feb. 21 (Daily Mirror)- A government MP said today that Sri Lanka should not be subjected to Indianisation, claiming that he was against the Indian rupee being used in Sri Lanka and to provide Sri Lankan airports to Indian investors. SLPP MP Sarath Weerasekara […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara says he has sought proposals from officials of the SLBFE and foreign employment agencies to completely stop” sending Sri Lankan women overseas to serve as housemaids. Taking to ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), the Minister stated that he has urged the management of the Sri Lanka Bureau […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Public Security, Tiran Alles, emphasized his unwavering commitment to continue operations aimed at suppressing drugs, tackling the underworld and preventing violence against women and children, regardless of any pressure encountered. Furthermore, Minister Alles disclosed that the value of drugs seized thus far during the ‘Yukthiya’ operation, which commenced on December 17, […]