උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් දණ්ඩනීති සංග්‍රහය සංශෝධනය කිරීම සඳහා පනතක් ගැසට් කර ඇත්තේ රටේ ස්ත්‍රී දූෂණ සහ ළමා අපචාර ප්‍රචලිත කිරීම සඳහා බව දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේමහ ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා පවසයි. ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුව විසින් අද(20) මේ පිළිබඳව පැවැත් වූ මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාවේ දී  වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා අනාවරණය කළේ මෙම පනත මගින් කිරීමට උත්සාහ […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Police Special Task Force (STF), in a raid conducted on Tuesday night (March 19), has managed to arrest three suspects involved in organized crimes. Accordingly, a close associate of the infamous gangster Keselwatte Dinuka”, identified as Tharindu Ruwan Kumara, was apprehended in Borella. The STF personnel found 6.5 grams of heroin on […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe has assured that the economic reforms being implemented will not be disrupted by the coming elections and that the government is ready to make the ongoing reforms a law of the country. The State Minister had stated this during a discussion with the IMF’s Executive […]

Courtesy Adaderana A new study has challenged the alleged health benefits of intermittent fasting, a popular diet often praised by celebrities and health gurus alike. Intermittent fasting is a well-known practice in which you eat all your food in an eight-hour window and fast for the remaining 16 hours of the day. However, a study […]

Courtesy Adaderana If Sri Lanka continues to rely on borrowing to address the imbalance between imports and exports, the nation will inevitably confront another economic crisis within a decade, says President Ranil Wickremesinghe. He also underscored his vision to establish economic stability and expedite the transformation of Sri Lanka into an export-oriented economy. The President […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna GKUP Group As residents of Sri Lanka, we all play a role in maintaining a healthy environment for every living creature in our region. Today, I want to address several issues related to our local area, particularly focusing on poor city trash management. Having lived in Mahanuwara City (Kandy) for over four […]

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අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ·       රට ගොඩනැගෙන්නේ සහයෝගයෙන් සහ එකමුතුවෙන්. රට ගොඩනැගුනොත් එහි ප්‍රතිඵලය ඔබටයි ඔබගේ දරුවන්ටයි.                                                                            –අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ උඩුගම මූලික රෝහලේ සිව් මහල් ගොඩනැගිල්ල සහ නියාගම ප්‍රාදේශීය රෝහලේ තෙමහල් ගොඩනැගිල්ලේ පළමු අදියර  ජනතා අයිතියට පත් කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවන්ට 2024.03.18 දින එක්වෙමිනි. දකුණු පළාත් සභා ප්‍රතිපාදන සහ ලෝක […]

BY ADELINE LEONG courtesy The Rakyatpost   Researchers found a 1,200-year-old Buddhist stupa including two Buddha stucco statues in good condition in Malaysia’s Bujang Valley. Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. If you thought everything in Bujang Valley was destroyed, you were right until now. In August 2023, a team of 11 […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Counterpoint Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 19: It was no surprise that Vladimir Putin won the Russian Presidential election last Sunday. With no one of any standing to challenge him, he bagged 88% of the vote, a record till date. The nationwide turnout was 74.22%, surpassing the 2018 level of 67.5%. Communist candidate Nikolai Kharitonov […]

Special correspondent Pravda.Ru Daria Aslamova met in India with the President of the BRICS International Forum, Ms. Purnima Anand. Photo: Pravda.Ru by Daria Aslamova Why are you participating as an international observer in the election campaign in Russia, including in the new Russian territories? “Elections in Russia are very important for the whole world, because the Russian […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මහජන උපයෝගීතා කොමිසමේ හිටපු සභාපති ජනක රත්නායක මහතා විසින් අල්ලස් හෝ දුෂණ කොමිසමේ නිලධාරීන් වෙත අල්ලස් ලබා දුන් බවට චෝදනා චෝදනාවක් එල්ල වෙයි. ජනක රත්නායක මහතාගේ හිටපු පුද්ගලික සහකාරවරිය යයි කියන ගයාත‍්‍රි බිම්බා නැමැත්තිය විසින් අන්තර්ජාල නාලිකාවකදී මේ බව හෙලිකර ඇත. සත්‍ය වසන් කරමින් අපරාධකරුවන් ආරක්ෂා කිරීම සඳහා අල්ලස කොමිසමේ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ක්‍රි.ව 2-3 තරම් ඉතිහාසයට දිවයන වව්නියාවේ වඩුනාගල ඓතිහාසික සිද්ධස්ථානය බෞද්ධ පුරාවිද්‍යාත්මක ස්ථානයක් බවත්, මෙම ස්ථානයේ ශිව පූජා පවැත්වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධිකරණය විසින් නියෝගයක්ද ලබාදී ඇත්තේ සවස 6.00 දක්වා පමණක් පූජා පැවැත්විය හැකි ලෙස පමණක් බවත් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව පැවසුවේ මෙම ස්ථානයේ ශිව පූජා පැවැත්වීමට ගිය […]

By AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Parliament, March 19 (Daily Mirror)- The Central Bank has no powers to increase the salaries of its employees without the approval of Parliament in terms of the Constitution and the move to increase their salaries is wrong, Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today. He told Parliament that Parliament has […]

Courtesy Adaderana The buying rate of the US Dollar has dropped below the Rs. 300 mark for the first time since July 05, 2023.  According to the official exchange rates announced today by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), the buying rate of the USD is Rs. 299.29 and the selling rate is Rs. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has given its approval to provide 10kg of rice per month for each low-income family for a period of two months. As per the proposal furnished by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, as many as 2.74 million low-income families will benefit from this relief program. These low-income families will be identified […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers have approved a proposal to draft the necessary laws to amend the electoral system to elect 160 Members of Parliament directly from the voters of the respective constituencies, also known as the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) system, and for the remaining 65 MPs to be elected according to the proportional voting […]

Courtesy Hiru News A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Education and Microsoft Company at the Presidential Secretariat today (19), marking the commencement of a pilot project to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the school curriculum. This initiative will offer students above grade 8 the opportunity to delve into AI within […]

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Dr. Sunil J. Wimalawansa, MD, PhD, MBA, DSc, Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, will be honored with the 2024 Eugene T. Davidson, MD, Public Service Award by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE). The award ceremony will occur during the 33rd Annual Scientific & Clinical Congress in […]

By Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel (LL.M (UCL)), former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President of the Lanka Ambassador’s Forum – United Kingdom, Solicitor in England and Wales, and Suchithra Withanage (LL.M (UK) (LL.M (UK) MBA (UK | Reading) LL.B (Hons) (UK)) Diploma in Law (UK) MCIArb (UK) MBCS (UK) MCMI (UK) ACIPR (UK) ASIArb (Singapore) […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre •     The procession of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa and the Crest-Gem on exposition at Buddhist shrines in Anuradhapura. The island-wide public veneration of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa unearthed from the Deegawapiya site during excavations and the Crest-Gem commenced from Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ඉන්දියාව සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අතර අත්සන් තබන එට්කා ගිවිසුම ඉන්දියානු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණය අවසන් වූ පසු අත්සන් තැබීමට සූදානම් වන බවට ආණ්ඩුවේම විශ්වාසදායි ආරංචි මාර්ග වලින් දැන ගන්න ලැබී ඇතැයි පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සදහන් කර සිටියේ පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ඉදිරි ජනාධිපතිවරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තර මට්ටමේ ප්‍රකට මත විමසුම් ආයතනයක් විසින් සිදුකරන ලද සමීක්ෂණ වාර්තාවක් පසුගිය සඳුදා දිනයේදී නිකුත් වී ඇති බව වාර්තා වේ. මෙම මත විමසුම සිදුකළ ආයතනය මෙරට ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂ – විපක්ෂ සියලුම දේශපාලන කඳවුරු මෙන්ම තානාපති කාර්යාල පවා පිළිගන්නා, ජාත්‍යන්තර කීර්තියට පත් ආයතනයක් බවත් ඔවුන් පසුගිය දශක දෙකක කාලය […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island A recent India-Sri Lanka agreement for constructing renewable energy systems in three islands off the Jaffna coast reaffirms India’s domination of the sector. On March 1, the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority, the Government of Sri Lanka, and U-Solar Clean Energy Solutions from India signed an agreement for the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Jaffna, March 17 (Daily Mirror) – The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a total of 18 Indian poaching trawlers and 146 Indian fishermen within Sri Lankan waters in 2024. In a latest incident, the Navy seized two Indian trawlers and arrested 21 Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters off the […]

By Rubatheesan Sandran Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s memoir claims regular dinner invitations from Cardinal Ranjith until the 2019 Easter Sunday attack A woman looks at the copies of the ‘The Conspiracy’ book written by toppled Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa displayed at a bookshop in Colombo on March 7. (Photo: AFP) Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has alleged […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka and Japan today signed the Exchange of Notes pertaining to the grant assistance amounting to Japanese Yen 1,600 million (approximately LKR 3.3 billion) to be provided under the Japanese Economic and Social Development Programme. The Government of Japan, as one of Sri Lanka’s main development partners, provides concessional loans and various […]

Palitha Ariyarathna – GIA Alumni Member Ceylon, now known as Sri Lanka, is renowned for producing some of the world’s most exquisite sapphires. The rich blue hue of Ceylon sapphires has captivated gem enthusiasts for centuries, with its deep and mesmerizing shades reminiscent of the ocean at dusk. These precious gemstones are valued not only […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 10-16 March 2024 How many think ‘liberal’ only means extending ‘freedom’ as in ‘liberate’? – yet, think again – what ‘liberal’ really means is: the right of some individuals to own private property, not just land, but humans – by enslavement – as European history amply demonstrates!      ‘Neoliberalism’ – […]

Cyrus Janssen The German Economy is finished. Once the economic powerhouse of Europe, Germany is now struggling for economic survival and guess which country is most responsible? The United States! Germany’s economy is crashing for three main reasons: Sky High Energy Prices, Reduced Exports to China, and Increased Military Expenditures. In today’s video I’ll break […]