උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් යහපාලන ආණ්ඩුවේ දූෂණ මර්ද ඒකකයේ ප්‍රධානියා ලෙස කටයුතු කළ අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා වංචා දූෂණ ලිපිගොනු 400ක් පෙන්වුවද ඒවායෙන් 360ක් පමණ හිස් ලිපි ගොනු බවත් ඒවායේ මුල් ලිපිගොනු ඇත්තේ තමන් සතුව බවත් ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කර සිටියේ නීතිඥවරු සමඟ ජනාධිපති […]

Courtesy Hindustan Times Colombo, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered former President Maithripala Sirisena to settle the full payment of compensation to the victims of the 2019 Easter terror attacks before August 30. Sirisena informed the Supreme Court that, out of the ₹100 million ordered to be paid as compensation for the victims of the […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved a significant reduction in electricity tariffs, amounting to 22.5%, which will take effect from midnight today (16), according to PUCSL Chairman Prof. Manjula Fernando. Key Tariff Reductions for Domestic Consumers:0-30 units: Reduced from Rs. 8 to Rs. 6 (25% reduction)31-60 units: Reduced […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 07-13 July 2024 ‘Stay order issued on Gazette increasing daily wage of plantation workers’ – Ada Derana, July 04 ‘National Chamber of Exporters expresses concern over Customs disruptions’ – Financial Times, July 12 ‘Nearly 1,000 railway termination letters sent for print’ – Daily Mirror, July 11 Pantomimes […]

Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka’s constitution has lost its gloss, credibility, supremacy and worth as it is regularly changed to suit politicians in power. In fact, the 47-year-old constitution has changed 21 times already and the 22 attempt is now being made. That is 22 changes within 47 years. No country has such a worthless piece […]

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KAMALIKA PIERIS The Ramayana trail of Sri Lanka seems to have started in 2008.In 2008, 50 sites related to the ‘Ramayana trail’ have been selected by Sri Lanka Tourism in order to promote visits by Indian tourists.  The tours were from one to three weeks duration and contained a maximum of 25 locations spread across […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Ramayana trail is a pilgrimage to the Ramayana sites in Sri Lanka .The main sites of the Ramayana trail have been given in the earlier essays. This essay looks at some of the lesser known Ramayana sites,  as listed in the tourist itineraries shown on Google. A selective collection of the lesser known […]

Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka is fast coming to its end. Having struggled a miserable 75 years of poverty, wars, insurrections, riots, bankruptcy, etc. it is now on its last legs. It will succumb to India within the next few decades if not years. Although it is resisted by some, there are supporters. India is home […]

Dhesamaanya Dr Suddath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara I want all patriotic Sinhala people of this country, to immediately open their eyes before they become extinct and take a closer look at this wanton and unprecedented destruction done by this government to the Geographical Heartland of this country, that decides the fate of the entire life system and […]

DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA   Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 13 (Daily Mirror) – As many as 45 Sri Lankan criminals –red noticed by Interpol are stationed overseas – mostly in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – and carry organised criminal activities in Sri Lanka, a top police source said.    The government has initiated action […]

Courtesy Times of Oman Manila: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $100 million policy-based loan to support and facilitate reforms in Sri Lanka, aimed particularly at enhancing the financial sustainability of the power sector in the island country. As per a release from the regional development bank dated July 11, the Power Sector Reforms and […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT) has plqnned to launch a satellite next year.  Chairman of the institute Prof. Chandana Jayaratne emphasized the need for further infrastructure development to educate school children regarding satellite technology.  He made these remarks while participating in a programme aimed at educating students on the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya has said that India, and Sri Lanka are working to trade in national currencies, a development that comes even as both sides have been focusing on financial connectivity. Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, he said, it makes more sense to pay for […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized his commitment to building a robust economic framework that ensures long-term stability for future generations, steering away from short-term solutions that could risk economic collapse. He made these remarks today (13) during the inauguration of the state-of-the-art swimming pool at the Anuradhapura Central College. Reflecting on past economic and […]

Courtesy Adaderana The European Union (EU) is backing Sri Lanka’s initiative of the newly established Department of Cinnamon Development through the Export Agriculture in Sri Lanka project, the EU Delegation to Sri Lanka and Maldives said in a statement. The statement highlighted that the EU will bring in the expertise of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) […]

Courtesy Adaderana A three-member panel of judges has been named to take up for consideration the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed seeking an order to prevent holding of the Presidential Election as the 19th Amendment to the Constitution has not been properly passed in Parliament. Accordingly, the petition filed by Attorney-at-Law Aruna Laksiri, is slated […]

BY  SHENALI WADUGE  · 12TH JULY 2024 The soon to depart US envoy continues to interfere in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs with impunity primarily because the Minister in charge does not wish to question her on breaking diplomatic protocols & violating the Geneva Conventions. As a result the envoy has come to believe she can summon public […]

Charles Abugre and Fellow Eminent Economists Courtesy Networkideas.org There should be a change of orientation in dealings with the IMF and Sri Lanka’s creditors. The aim must be to protect the living standards of the people and to promote the growth of the economy in ways that expand incomes, create good-quality jobs, and improve the […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය යාපනය දිස්ත්‍රීක් සම්බන්ධීකරණ කමිටු රැස්වීම අද (2024.07.12) යාපනය දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා ගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පැවැත්විණී.බිත්තර රැක්කවීමේ යන්ත්‍ර  බෙදාදීම සහ අඩු ආදායම් ලාභීන් වෙනුවෙන් සහල් බෙදාදීමද මෙහිදී සිදු කෙරිණී.මෙහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය වරයා – “යාපනය අර්ධද්වීපයේ ජීවන තත්ත්වය නඟා සිටුවීමට රජය කැප වී සිටිනවා. ජීවන තත්ත්වය ඉහළ නැංවීම සඳහා […]

Rohan Abeygunawardena There are books written on history, economics, and wars. But the book written and published by Dr. Thomas Jeyendran (BA (Hons), MBA, Cert. Ed, DBA, FCMI, FIC) ‘The EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY IN CEYLON AND BEYOND’ includes the story of the development of International Trade over the years, The Battles for Trincomalee and HMS Trincomalee. I […]

By Prof. Wasantha Gunathunga Courtesy Ceylon Today This article delves into the realms of Buddhism and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and their potential interrelationship. Understanding this interrelationship is crucial in a world where the teachings of the Buddha are often misconstrued. It’s therefore, essential for those engaging in this dialogue to be fully aware of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that a robust economy can be established by enhancing the export economy, manufacturing, tourism, technology sectors, and modern agriculture. He highlighted that the government has already laid the foundation for this vision. The President made these remarks today (12), during the inauguration ceremony of the second and third phases […]

BY  SHENALI WADUGE  ·11TH JULY 2024 Historically there have been 17 invasion attempts by South Indian leaders but no one has succeeded in taking over entire Sri Lanka. Ironically, none of the 3 Europeans who arrived were also able to conquer the island. A common trait in all of these external elements holding power in the […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS India is encouraging the Ramayana trail”.  The Government of India and the Indian High Commission in Colombo are very active in the matter.  It is quite possible that Ramayana trail idea may have originated in India.  The idea for a pilgrim centre at Seetha Eliya was first suggested by an Indian team that […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Arrangements have been made for the enshrinement ceremony of sacred relics and treasures in the hemispherical dome of the historic Deegawapi Stupa on July 14 under the auspices of President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Chief Guest. In line with the enshrinement ceremony, the newly constructed Shrine Room, dining facility […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ඉන්දීය රජයේ සේවක පිරිස්, මහජන දුක්ගැනවිලි සහ විශ්‍රාම වැටුප්, අමාත්‍යාංශයේ, පරිපාලන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ සහ මහජන දුක්ගැනවිලි දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ලේකම්, සහ යහපාලනය සඳහා වන ජාතික මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් වන ඉන්දීය පරිපාලන සේවයයේ ශ්‍රී වී. ශ්‍රීනිවාස්,  ප්‍රධාන කොටගත් ඉහළ පෙළේ නිල දූත පිරිසක් 2024 ජුලි 07 සිට ජූලි 09 දක්වා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙහි සිදු කළ නිල දූත […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සහ නවසීලන්ත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ කථානායක ගෙරී බ්‍රවුන්ලී (Gerry Brownlee) මහතා අතර හමුවක් අද (2024.07.10) අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්විණි. දෙරට අතර දිගුකාලීන මිත්‍රත්වය පිළිබඳ ව මෙහිදී සඳහන් කළ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා, නවසීලන්තය සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අතර ද්විපාර්ශ්වික ආර්ථික සහයෝගීතාව ඉහළ නංවන ලෙසත්, කොළඹ ක්‍රමය යටතේ වැඩිදුර සහය ලබාදෙන ලෙසත් ඉල්ලා සිටියේය. 1893 දී […]

මාධ්‍ය අංශය, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන 19ට පැවැත්විය යුතු  ජනමතවිචාරණය පවත්වා නැති බවත්, ජනාධිපතිවරණය පැවත්විය හැක්කේ  එකී ජනමතවිචාරණය පවත්වා ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් 19ය නීතියක් බවට සහකිය යෙදීමෙන් පසුව බවත්, ඒ සදහාවන ජනමතවිචාරණය පැවැත්වීමට ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයෙන් නියෝග ලබා ගැනීමට නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන විසින් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ  මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් නඩුවක් පවරා ඇත. 19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා […]

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