VICHARA May day has come and gone leaving a few significant lessons for the major political parties. First lesson is that the NPP has shown that they are a force to reckon with. They were able to muster massive crowds not only at the main venue in Colombo but assemble similar numberss in three outstations […]

Mapping Militarism 2024: Expanded and Improved Online Tools Created Mapping Militarism – World BEYOND War They allow you to explore the world, now and back through the years. Which nations are spending how much money on militaries? Which are spending how much per capita? Which are exporting weapons? Which are importing weapons from the dominant […]

By Noam Chomsky Courtesy tomdispatch.com In Washington-Speak, Palestinian State” Means Fried Chicken” The fact that the Israel-Palestine conflict grinds on without resolution might appear to be rather strange.  For many of the world’s conflicts, it is difficult even to conjure up a feasible settlement.  In this case, it is not only possible, but there is […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Chudamani Vihara, Nagapattinam Colombo, May 7: The passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tami Nadu and Kankesanthurai (KKS) near Jaffna, which was launched in October 2023, will resume on May 13, the Indian High Commission in Colombo has said. Sri Lankan Buddhists would be interested to know that Nagapattinam was among the […]

By DBS Jeyaraj/Daily Mirror Colombo, May 4: The 2024 May Day saw-according to some newspapers-41 May Day rallies, meetings or seminars being held throughout the country. Other newspapers  lowered the number to 22. Pride of place was given to Colombo where the UNP, JVP/NPP, SLPP and SJB  held their rallies. All four parties had big […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් දැනට ක්‍රියාත්මක ජාත්‍යන්තර මුල්‍ය අරමුදල සමග සිදුවන වැඩපිළිවෙළ ඔස්සේම ඉදිරි ජාතික ජනබලවේග පාලනයකදීද ඉදිරියට යාමට සිදුවන බව එම පක්ෂයේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඔහු මේ බව කියා සිටියේ දෙරණ රූපවාහිනී නාලිකාවේ පැවැති 360 වැඩසටහන සමග එක්වෙමිනි. ‘අපි ආණ්ඩුවක් ගන්න මොහොතේදී මේ ණය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය […]

Fibre2Fashion News Desk  INSIGHTS Indian  has committed to provide a grant of US$61.5 million for the comprehensive development of Sri Lanka’s Port of Kankesanthurai (KKS). The decision was ratified during a cabinet meeting, sanctioning acceptance of India’s financial assistance to revamp the KKS Port in Jaffna. This is as per media reports, which added initially […]

Courtesy Malay Mail Sri Lanka’s Central Bank governor P. Nandalal Weerasinghe speaks during the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Annual Report 2023 press conference in Colombo May 7, 2024. — AFP pic COLOMBO, May 7 — Sri Lanka’s tentative recovery from its worst economic crisis could be stalled by presidential elections due later this year, […]

By N. S. Venkataraman Courtesy Eurasian Review Referring to the policy of the Government of Canada permitting the activities of those who are demanding and carrying out campaigns for independent states in other countries (for example the similar demands of the LTTE the Khalistan in Sri Lanka and India, respectively), India’s Foreign Minister reminded the Canadian government about Newton’s Third Law of […]

courtesy FibreFashion INSIGHTS The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) predicts an 8.4 per cent increase in exports to $12.9 billion in 2024, following a decline in the previous year. This projection was outlined in the CBSL’s 2023 Annual Economic Review, released recently. Exports dropped by 9 per cent to $11.9 billion in 2023 from […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s official reserve assets increased by 9.6% to USD 5.43 billion in April 2024, compared to USD 4.96 billion in March 2024, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).  However, this includes proceeds from the swap with People’s Bank of China (PBoC) equivalent to around USD 1.4 billion, which is […]