Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The procession of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa unearthed from the Deegawapiya site during excavations and the Crest-Gem, which is currently on island-wide public veneration, recently arrived in Matale, allowing devotees to pay their homage. Accordingly, following the exposition of these sacred Omniscient Relics at Bambawa Rajamaha […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre •           Disaster Risk Reduction is very important for building robust communities – Defence Secretary The National Disaster Management Coordinating Committee (NDMCC) serves as a crucial platform for policy formulation, strategic planning and effective coordination among stakeholders for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) activities. We facilitate communication between sub-national and national […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, May 16 (Daily Mirror)- The hotel ‘Soul Beach,’ which was located in Dehiwala and later demolished, is suspected to have belonged to Shiran Basik, an alleged major drug smuggler currently operating from abroad, was alleged to have been built on government land, it was revealed. The hotel’s structures were removed […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් මෑත කාලයේ දී බුදු දහමට හා බෞද්ධ දර්ශනයට අපහාස කරමින් බුදුදහම හා බෞද්ධ දර්ශනය විකෘත්ති කිරීමට කටයුතු කළ කල්ලිය පිළිබඳව සහ රෝහණ බැද්දගේ මහතාගේ ‘සූරිය මංගල්ලේ’ ගීතය විකෘත්ති කර සමාජ මාධ්‍යයට මුදාහැරි පුද්ගලයාව සාධාරණීයකරණය කිරීමට එම කල්ලිය විසින් කටයුතු කළ ආකාරය පිළිබඳ හෙළිදරව්වක් පූජ්‍ය ගලගම කුසලධම්ම හිමියන් අනාවරණය කර තිබේ.  මෙරට […]

Shenali D Waduge Foreign MPs mustering votes will attend, INGOs/NGO representatives fulfilling geopolitical agendas will attend, diplomats ordered by their governments will attend, families of dead LTTE will attend, other Tamils will be forced to attend. This will be the coterie shedding crocodile tears very soon at a ceremony annually being eulogized as mullaivaikkal massacre”. […]

 Sudath Gunasekara  Where is the Government and where is the war hero Mahinda Rajapasha?. Why can’t the government ban this woman’s’ visit It should do it immediately This woman is coming to commemorate a band of terrorists who waged war against the elected democratic government of this Country   This is adding fuel to the fire […]

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Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre In the face of magnitude of the challenges posed by climate change in the Asian region, the imperative to transition towards renewable energy sources and promote green finance has never been more urgent.                                                                   Renewable energy offers a viable solution to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change, reduce […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS It is suggested that since the north and east of Sri Lanka have become Hindu and Tamil, Tamil opposition to Buddhistization should be given serious consideration. The restoration of archaeological monuments should be done in such a way that the interests of the Tamils living near them are not affected. Since they are […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් බලවත් පුද්ගලයන් විසින් ඩොලර් බිලියන 56ක් විදේශ බැංකු ගිණුම්වල තැන්පත්කර ඇති බව රනිල් රාජපක්ෂ ආණ්ඩුවේ අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා බරපතළ හෙළිදරව්වක් කර ඇති බවත්, මේ වසරේ ගතවූ මස 5ක කාලය තුළ අමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියන 9ක් එම ඩොලර් බිලියන 56 තුළට අදාළ බවත් ජානිපෙ ජාතික සංවිධායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ජයන්ත සමරවීර මහතා […]

By KELUM BANDARA Courtesy The Daily Mirror May 14 (Daily Mirror) –  The U.S. State Department has sought to intervene in the drafting of Sri Lanka’s new piece of legislation that, if enacted, will provide for the registration of both local and international NGOs in the country, a top source said yesterday. The final draft of […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has highlighted the government’s efforts to enact numerous new laws aimed at apprehending criminals over the past two years.  He made this observation during the opening ceremony of the new Court Complex in Theldeniya today (15).   Wickremesinghe also highlighted the government’s achievement of implementing 75 new laws in the past […]

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara.  Mahanuwara 14. May. 2024. I am attaching herewith a very important Article by D.B.S. Jeyaraj. (Lankaweb. 14.5.2024) You all must read this article and take immediate steps to defeat this notion.  I maintain we all must work very hard and fight tooth and nail to stop this disaster come true. You may […]

L.K.N. PERERA  ( LL.B Cey)  Attorney at law                               L.K.N. PERERA  ( LL.B Cey)  Attorney at law,                       Labour Consultant, Ex-Senior Deputy  Registrar, Supreme Court,   Ex Judicial Officer, Ex-President. Lanka Academic Association , Ex Director Waste Management Authority, Co -Chairma- Seruvila  Mangala Maha Chaityawardena  Samitiya .   Advisory Committee Member of All Ceylon Buddhist Congress. […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The Himalayan declaration met with immediate opposition from Tamil Separatist Movement. The Himalayan move drew swift condemnation from TNPF MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam and former MP Suresh Premachandran (EPRLF) while the TNA distanced itself from it.  An influential section of the Tamil community, and some prominent nationalist organizations, also rejected the Declaration, said Shamindra Ferdinando. […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The Himalayan Declaration”, was sprung on the public in 2023, as a solution to the ethnic issue. It was prepared by an assortment of Sangha   and an assortment of Tamil Separatists working together without any publicity. The Buddhist assortment, called Sangha for Better Sri Lanka (SBSL) is a group of Maha Sangha from […]

Ceylon Diary – SBPC Official Channel In this thought-provoking video, we delve deep into the psychological and sociological factors that play a crucial role in justifying bad behavior. From understanding the mindset behind such actions to exploring the societal influences at play, we unravel the complexities that give rise to justification for wrongdoing. Join us […]

Palitha Ariyaratna Guardians of Justice and Rights Lawyers: The Unsung Heroes Lawyers don’t merely argue cases; they stand as guardians of justice. Their duty extends beyond advocacy—it encompasses the preservation of fundamental rights and liberties. Here’s how they fulfill this noble duty: Defending the Defenseless: Lawyers amplify the voices of marginalized individuals. Whether it’s a […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division It has been advised to the Ministry of Investment Promotion in the National Operations Room discussions to prepare a plan to make proper use of the buildings constructed in the Technology Parks by the Techno Park Company in Kurunegala and Galle Districts.The problems of the development projects and the methods of […]

Milinda Moragoda, Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation Milinda Moragoda, Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, released a six-point statement on 14 May 2024 concerning the present economic situation. The bitter truth that half-hearted economic reforms by successive governments have been a major contributory factor to the current economic crisis” Milinda Moragoda said in a statement. He […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් මැයි දින වේදිකාව මත සිට ජවිපෙ දේශපාලන මණ්ඩල සභික ලාල්කාන්ත මහතා විසින් සිදු කළ ප්‍රකාශයක අන්තර්ගතය විකෘති කරමින් මේ දිනවල විවිධ දේශපාලන සංවාද මණ්ඩප ගොඩනැගෙන ආකාරය දැක ගත හැක. ඒ තුළ ඊට පෙර තවත් ජවිපෙ ප්‍රබලයකු වූ නලින් හේවගේ මහතා රූපවාහිනී සංවාදයකදී සිදු කළ ප්‍රකාශයකටද විවිධ අර්ථකථනයන් ලබාදෙන ආකාරය දැකගත හැක. […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් බුදුන් වහන්සේ උපන් ස්ථානය  හබරණ, හිරිවඩුන්න විහාරස්ථානයේ බෝධිය අසල බවට ඇතැමුන් පවසන කතාව සනාථ කිරීම සඳහා කිසිඳු පුරාවිද්‍යාත්මක සාක්ෂියක් හමුවී නොමැති බව පුරාවිද්‍යාඥයෝ හෙළිදරව් කරති. 2018 දී පමණ පුරාවිද්‍යා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාජල්වරයා මෙවැනි මතයක් සමාජය තුළ පැතිරයන හෙයින් මේ පිළිබඳව සත්‍ය අසත්‍යතාව පුරාවිද්‍යා කැණීම් හා සාක්ෂි මගින් තහවුරු කරගන්නා ලෙස දන්වා තිබූ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror India on May 14 extended the ban imposed on the LTTE for five more years as it continues to foster a separatist tendency amongst the masses and enhance the support base for it in India, particularly in Tamil Nadu. In a notification, the Home Ministry said the Central government is of […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ප්‍රජා උපදේශක කමිටු පිහිටුවීමේ චක්‍ර ලේඛයේ කිසි තැනක එහි සාමාජිකයන් ලෙස පළාත් පාලන ඡන්දයට තරඟ කරන අපේක්ෂකයන් පත්කිරීම ගැන සඳහන් නොවන බවද රට පුරා විශ්‍රාම ගිය ඉංජිනේරුවරු, කාර්මික නිලධාරින්, විවිධ වෘත්තීන්වල අය ආදී ප්‍රයෝගික දැනුමක් ඇති ග්‍රාමීය නායකයන්ගේ සහාය රටේ සංවර්ධනය සඳහා යොදාගැනීම මෙහිදී සිදු කෙරෙන බවද අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අවධාරණය […]

worldwide news World Bank Launches First-Ever Pandemic Bonds to Support $500 Million Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility Washington, DC, June 28, 2017 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) today launched specialized bonds aimed at providing financial support to the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF), a facility created by the World Bank to channel surge […]

Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.   Liby Ousmane Lougué (Burkina Faso), Papa Roger, 2020. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 2 October 1958, Guinea declared its independence from France. Guinea’s President Ahmed Sékou Touré clashed against France’s President Charles De Gaulle, who tried to strong arm Touré into […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The arrival of Buddhist monks in the north and east is not something new. Buddhist monks were reclaiming the North and East for Buddhism during the period of British rule too. Ven. Kohukumbure Revata went into thick jungle amidst many difficulties in search of the Dighavapi chaitya, said Ellawela Medhananda. He had cleared […]

RT.com Russia remains America’s second-largest supplier of crop nutrients, according to the news agency ©  Getty Images / Johner Images The US has ramped up fertilizer imports from Russia over the past year despite being at the forefront of the Western sanctions war against Moscow, RIA Novosti analysis of official data showed on Monday. According to […]

ශමින්ද්‍ර ෆර්ඩිනැන්ඩෝ  උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ විදේශීය ඔත්තු සේවා-රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික ‘මෙහෙයුම්’ සහ ‘මැදිහත්වීම්’ සම්බන්ධයෙන් නිරන්තරයෙන් වාර්තා වේ. දේශපාලන පක්ෂ සහ ජාතික සංවිධාන මෙම විදේශීය මැදිහත්වීම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් නොයෙකුත් ප්‍රකාශ කර ඇත. ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිවරයා 2022 දී බලයෙන් පහ කිරීමට නොයෙකුත් දේශීය-විදේශීය පාර්ශ්ව ඒකාබද්ධ බලපෑම් සිදුකළ බවට කථානායක මහින්ද යාපා අබේවර්ධන පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී පසුගිය මාර්තු 21 […]

Courtesy The Sunday Times The decision to outsource online and on-arrival tourist visa processing to three foreign companies was made despite national telecom provider SLT-Mobitel having already partially upgraded the existing electronic travel authorisation (ETA) system at the request of the Immigration Department at no cost to the government. The fee charged by SLT-Mobitel was […]