Dr Sarath Obeysekera President Maithripala Sirisena says he decided to establish the National Economic Council to strengthen the national economy by formalizing the economic management in the country. He said that the objectives of NEC are to increase the export income and develop the local industry.  He pointed out there is a need for a […]

By Pepe Escobar Information Clearing House. While the collective west is in the grips of an existential legitimacy crisis, the RIC is devising its own security order to protect the rest of the world from the ‘genocidals.’ The Hegemon has no idea what awaits the Exceptionalist mindset: China has started to decisively stir the civilizational cauldron […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Ministry of Defence has announced the establishment of a special unit to gather information on the human trafficking of retired Sri Lankan military personnel to the Russia-Ukraine war through illegal channels. Accordingly, the Defence Secretary requests the family members of the concerned to provide information about retired Sri […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre In a commendable display of swift action and strategic coordination, the Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG) responded decisively to an oil spill incident reported late on the evening of May 5, 2024. The spill, originating from a fuel transferring bowser that had fallen into a waterway at the Laggala […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය බේරුවල නගර සභා බල ප්‍රදේශය තුළ එකතු වන අපද්‍රව්‍ය, වත්තිමිරාජපුර ගම්මානයේ ඉඩමකට බැහැර කිරීමෙන්, මතුව ඇති බරපතළ සෞඛ්‍ය ගැටළුව  විසඳීම සඳහා, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවක් පාර්ලිමේන්තු සංකීර්ණයේදී 2024.05.09 දින පැවැත්විණි. පා.ම. ඉමිටියාස් බාකිර් මාකාර් මහතා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාගෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී කළ ඉල්ලීමකට අනුව පැවති මෙම සාකච්ඡාවට, ධිවර රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය පියල් නිශාන්ත මහතාද, […]

Nava Thakuria While a declining voters’ turnout surfaced in various parts of India/Bharat during the last three phases of polling under general elections 2024, Assam as well as Northeast Bharat recorded an impressive voters’ response to elect 25 members to the 18th Lok Sabha. Assam voted peacefully in the third  (and final) phase polling on 7 […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් විදේශිකයින් සඳහා ගුවන්තොටුපළට පැමිණීමේදී වීසා නිකුත් කිරීමේ බලය විදේශීය පුද්ගලික සමාගමකට පැවරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් විරෝධය පළ කරමින් දේශහිතෛෂි ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේ මහ ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතාගේ අත්සනින් යුතුව ආගමන විගමන පාලකවරයා වෙත ලිපියක් යොමු කර ඇත. රාජ්‍යය විසින් ඉටු කළ යුතු වගකීමක් විදේශීය පුද්ගලික අංශයකට පැවරීම මගින් ජාතික ආරක්ෂාව අනතුරට ලක් කිරීමට අමතරව […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, May 9 (Daily Mirror) – The Election Commission formally announced that the 2024 Presidential election will be held on a day between September 17 and October 16. Issuing a notice signed by its chairman R.M.A.L. Ratnayake, the Election Commission said it will call for nominations to hold the Presidential election […]

Courtesy Trans4Mind Excerpts about the life of Frederick Myers from the book by Ian Currie“You Cannot Die: The Incredible Findings of a Century of Research on Death”Edited by Peter Shepherd Frederick Myers was a founder of the Society for Psychical Research. Within a few weeks of Myers’ death in 1901, he began to communicate through […]

By Chandre Dharmawardana The Aragalaya came and went. The claim that we need a system change in Sri Lanka” has become the main legacy of that upheaval that brought Sri Lanka to the cusp of a violent takeover by organised left-wing or right-wing groups. The call for a system change” is nothing new. I remember how Mahinda […]

By Gary Brecher You see some pretty sick stuff when you do my job, but I just read something sicker than any Congo cannibal buffet.   It’s an article by a posh little Limey named Jeremy Brown condemning the Sri Lankan Government for being too messy in putting down the LTTE, and demanding that we stop […]

LankaPropertyWeb (LPW), LankaPropertyWeb (LPW), the leading real estate portal in Sri Lanka, proudly announces groundbreaking enhancements set to revolutionise the real estate marketing industry. Demonstrating an unwavering commitment to innovation, LankaPropertyWeb introduces two cutting-edge features – the AI-powered social Media Promo Add-On Package and the ML Image Recognition Tool – designed to transform property listings […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre ‘The sacrifices made by our brave soldiers in protecting our nation’s sovereignty and integrity are immeasurable. Many of them have endured life-altering injuries in the line of duty, yet their spirit remains unbroken and their dedication unwavering. It is our solemn duty to ensure that they receive the care […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ශ්‍රී ලංකා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා ලෙස, තමන්ගේ චීන නිල සංචාරයේදී අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුම් නවයක් අත්සන් කළ බවත් හදිසි මානුෂික ආධාර යටතේ සහල්, ධිවර දැල්, නිවාස පහසුකම් ලබාදෙන බවත්, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී 2024.05.08 දින අනාවරණය කළේය. ඒ අනුව එක ගිවිසුමක් යටතේ, චීනය විසින්, යුවාන් මිලියන 35.7ක වටිනාකමින් යුත් සහල් ටොන් 1630ක් ද, ධිවර දැල් […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය රාජ්‍ය සේවාවන්හි විධායක නිලධාරීන්ගේ වෘත්තීය ගැටළු විසඳීම සඳහා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ලේකම්ගේ සභාපතිත්වයෙන් මෙහෙයුම් කමිටුවක් පිහිටුවා ඇති බවත්, එහි නිර්දේශ සහිත වාර්තාව කඩිනමින් ඉදිරිපත් කර, ගැටුමකට නොයා සුහදව ගැටළුව විසඳාදීමට උත්සාහ දරන බව, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා කියා සිටියේය. ඒ, අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාගෙන් විමසන ප්‍රශ්න යටතේ, විජිත හේරත් මන්ත්‍රීවරයා විමසා තිබූ ප්‍රශ්නයකට පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී 2024.05.08 දින පිළිතුරු […]

The Ministry of Defence The Ministry of Defence has learned that a number of retired war veterans who had immensely devoted their lives to defend the country during the 30 – year long terrorist war have got  caught to a scheme by some illegal foreign job agents and have sent to the Russian-Ukrainian war  front […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia May 8 (AdaDerana) – Sri Lanka has shown a significant drop in annual birth rate while the number of annual deaths has increased since 2020, the Registrar General’s Department revealed. The Senior Deputy Registrar General, Attorney-at-Law Lakshika Ganepola stated that the number of annual births which was around 325,000 before 2020 has now […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former CEO of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) Dr. Vijith Gunasekara, has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday (08). He has been questioned for more than 10 hours following the arrest. Dr. Gunasekara was apprehended by the CID in connection with the procurement of substandard human intravenous immunoglobulin […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 08) declared that State Minister Diana Gamage is not legally qualified to hold a parliamentary seat. Accordingly, delivering its verdict today, the three-judge Supreme Court bench decided that State Minister Diana Gamage is not eligible to hold the position of Member of Parliament. https://youtu.be/4R9OTAoKQx4 The court had […]

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 […]