Courtesy Adaderana National People’s Power (NPP) Parliamentarian Dr. Harini Amarasuriya states that their party will support the private member’s bill tabled by SLPP MP Premnath C. Dolawaththa to decriminalize same-sex relationships under the penal code.  Joining the ‘Derana 360’ programme, Dr. Amarasuriya explained their party’s stance regarding the LGBTQ+ community. We have been advocating for […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the signing of debt restructuring agreements with Paris Club and other stakeholders, Cabinet Spokesperson, Minister Bandula Gunawardana said. Speaking during the Cabinet press briefing held today (25), Minister Gunawardana said the relevant agreements will be signed tomorrow (26). A Sri Lankan delegation comprising the Secretary of the […]

Shenali D Waduge Is it because the British British don’t go to vote that all these British MPs go wooing immigrants for votes? Or is there some other reasons not made public! Hot on the heels of the Labor Leaders pro-terrorist sponsored speech is one delivered by former PM David Cameron. He has been careful […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS It is absurd to argue that Sri Lanka has to wait for three hundred years to receive Buddhism.  Buddhism would have come into Sri Lanka in the time of the Buddha (6 BC). There was close contact between the Ganges area (Gangetic plain) and Sri Lanka during this time.  Buddhism was officially installed […]

දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර මහනුවර. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිරලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලන්කා පරිපාලන සේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-94)   එමනිසා රට ජාතිය සහ සසුන බේරාගැනීම සඳහා මෙම ලිපීයේ පහතින් දැක්වෙන සුදුසුකම් ඇති එසේම එම වැඩපිළිවෙල ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට ප්‍රතිඥාදෙන 4 වැනි සින්හල බෞද්ධ අපේක්ෂකයෙකු මේ රටේ ජනාධිපති කමට තෝරා පත්කරගත යුතුය. මේ රටේ කුමන පක්ශයක් […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරයන්ගේ බලතල සහ වරප්‍රසාද අභිබවා 2024 අංක 8 දරන අධිකරණයකට, විනිශ්චය අධිකාරයකට හෝ ආයතනයකට අපහාස කිරීම පිළිබඳ පනතේ විධිවිධාන ක්‍රියාත්මක කරවීමට හැකි පරිදි මේ වන විට නීති සම්මත කරවාගෙන ඇත. එය පැහැදිලි කර ගැනීමට 1953 අංක 21 දරන පාර්ලිමේන්තු […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 16-22 June 2024 ‘He discarded his Western dress, donned his national garb & began his pioneering effort to teach economics in the Sinhala language, a feat those at the helm of affairs at that time, thought unattainable. Supported by like-minded contemporaries he […]

Courtesy The Island Criticism of Adani projects is not new in Sri Lanka. For the first time now, a public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court against Adani Green Energy. Last week, the Bishop of the Diocese of Mannar along with three prominent environmentalists, filed a public interest litigation in the Sri […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre A series of programmes, including the proposed distribution of cement under the decentralized budget, the laying of foundation stones for school development projects under the ‘Kandukara Dashakaya’ programme and the progress review of completed projects, were conducted under the patronage of State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය  කොට්ටාව ආනන්ද විද්‍යාලයේ නව තෙමහල් ගොඩනැගිල්ල සිසු අයිතියට පත්කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් 2024.06.23 දින අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය.එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා –  නව දැනුම නව තාක්ෂණය උපයෝගී කර ගැනීම  වර්තමාන සිසු පරම්පරාවට අවශ්‍යතම අභියෝගයයි.  එම අභියෝගයට අප පිවිසිය යුතුයි. එම අභියෝගය හරහා අපේ දරුවන්ට අනාගතයට ගමන් කළ හැකි මාර්ගය ශක්තිමත් කර […]

Wimal Weerawansa

Courtesy Adaderana The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that Sri Lanka will record positive annual economic growth in 2024 for the first time since the economic crisis.  Joining Ada Derana’s current affairs program At HydePark”, the CBSL chief highlighted the need to persist along the narrow positive economic […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Strategic Steering Committee meeting and summary workshop of the Biogas, Biomass and Solar South-south and Trilateral Cooperation Project was successfully held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 12-14 June with the participation of 30 key stakeholders from the Strategic Steering Committee Board, with thematic focus on presenting the project’s results and achievements, alongside […]

Courtesy Hiru News The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), has decreased to 1.6% in May 2024, down from 2.7% in April 2024, according to the latest data released by the Department of Census and Statistics. This decline in inflation reflects a significant change in the economic landscape […]

Shenali D Waduge BY  SHENALI WADUGE · 23RD JUNE 2024 It is surprising that UK’s Labor Leader being a barrister, head of Public Prosecutions as well as the head of the Crown Prosecution Service would issue speeches completely ignoring facts & evidence. We take his speech & raise some poignant questions that he & his Labor Party should […]

Dilrook Kannangara Getting rid of a Prime Minister, Economic Affairs Minister and a President wasn’t the greatest achievement of Aragalaya 2022. In addition to these unprecedented wins, it also split the largest political party in the country into five (5) pieces. These five pieces are, Basil’s group, Lanza’s group, Sirisena’s group (and its own splinter […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The restoration of Kurundi vihara has brought up the question whether   Buddhism has the right to move into the north and east of Sri Lanka.  Supporters of Eelam see this as intrusion and conquest, while those against Eelam see it as natural, long delayed   return.  In Sinhala Buddhist nationalist discourse, the expansion is […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන 1953 අංක 21 දරන පාර්ලිමේන්තු බලතල හා වරප්‍රසාද පනතේ 3 වන වගන්තිය මෙසේය. 3. පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී, භාෂණයේ විවාද කිරීමේ හා කටයුතුවල නිරත වීමේ නිදහස තිබිය යුතු අතර, ඒ භාෂණයේ, විවාද කිරීමේ හෝ කටයුතුවල නිරත වීමේ නිදහස පාර්ලිමේන්තුවෙන් පිටස්තර වූ යම් අධිකරණයකදී […]

Ceylon Diary – SBPC Official Channel

Courtesy Adaderana The UK Proscribed Organisations Appeals Commission has rejected the appeal made by the Transitional Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) to lift the proscription on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organisation in Britain. Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry stated that accordingly, the UK will continue to […]

Hiru News

By Rohana R. Wasala Courtesy The Island Addressing a gathering as chief guest at the 100th anniversary celebration of the Sri Lanka Buddhist Society Moratuwa held at the Moratuwa Buddhist Society Hall on May 11, 2024, president Ranil Wickremasinghe pledged SLR 1 billion for research to ‘explore the connection between Buddha’s teachings and AI’ starting […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා දෙවන අනුප්‍රාප්තික ජනාධිපතිවරයා ලෙස වර්තමානයේ ධූරය දරන අතර පළමු අනුප්‍රාප්තික ජනාධිපතිවරයා වූයේ ඩී.බී. විජේතුංග මහතාය. ලක්ෂ 69ක අපේක්ෂාවන් බොඳ කිරීමේ විපාකය වූයේ ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිවරයාට ජනාධිපතිධූරය අත් හැරීමට සි‍ඳුවීමය. රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ අනුප්‍රාප්තික ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ ආණ්ඩුව පනත් කෙටුම්පත් රාශියක් […]

Ada Derana

Courtesy Adaderana China will keep supporting Sri Lanka to achieve debt sustainability as it has always been doing to help the country’s socioeconomic development, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman in Beijing. Lin Jian, the spokesman, made the remarks at a regular press conference in response to a media question about the recent diplomatic consultations […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Prof. G. L. Peiris …interest payments alone increased by USD 2.8 bn; foreign debt USD 100 bn Declaring that the economy had further deteriorated under President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s watch since July 2022, dissident SLPP parliamentarian Prof. G. L. Peiris said that the government was working overtime to depict a […]

by Dr. Sunil Wimalawansa, MD, PhD, MBA, DSc., Prof of Medicine With misplaced priorities, the caretaker government continues to make significant financial and policy errors that harm the country. It engages in untransparent secret deals and takes deliberately destructive and risky actions. With such a pitiful history and flawed policies designed to benefit themselves and […]

Garvin Karunaratne It is sad to reflect that DIG Munidasa (Muni) is no more.  As a relative of mine he was very close to us and very helpful on many an occasion. Muni hails from a family group  from Pilane, Galle, that has greatly contributed to Mother Lanka- he as a senior officer in the […]

ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර මහනුවර රට ජාතියට කිසිදු ආදරයක් නැති, තම ජාතිකත්වය පිලිබඳ කිසිදු අවභෝධයක් හෝ හැඟීමක් නැති බලතල නිද්‍රාවේ නිදාසිටින මේ රටේ සියළුම දේශපානඥයින්ගේ දෑස් ඇරවීම සඳහා විවුර්ත සන්දේශයක්? මේ රටේ ජාතික දිනය වියයුත්තේ පොසොන් දෙපෝය දිනයයි. සුද්දා රටින් ගිය පෙබ 04 නොවේ. ඕනෑම ජාතියක ජාතික දිනය වන්නේ එම ජාතියේ ආරම්භය සිදුවූ දිනයයි. මහාවන්ශයේ දැක්වෙන […]

Senaka Weeraratna An inspiration to take a Buddhist Mission to Germany from Sri Lanka and establish the Buddha Sasana in Germany This blurb was distributed by the Lanka Dhammaduta Society (later known as the German Dharmaduta Society) at public meetings held all over the country in 1956 and 1957 to publicise the oncoming First Buddhist […]