Courtesy The Statesman Sri Lanka’s economic recovery continues with real gross domestic product (GDP) posting three consecutive quarters of expansion, and growth accelerating to 5.3 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday. Sri Lanka’s economic recovery continues with real gross domestic product (GDP) posting three […]

https://techcrunch.com/ Sanjiva Weerawarana is a Sri Lankan success story. He founded enterprise software firm WSO2 in 2005, got it close to $100 million in ARR, then sold it to private equity firm EQT for $600 million in May. He sometimes drives for Uber, too. Sri Lanka isn’t renowned for its startup ecosystem, but one company […]

Shenali D Waduge It is time the world wakes up & put an end to this woke” madness. How many more female athletes need to throw in their towel against biological males who are competing in women’s events simply because of some new gender” mumbo-jumbo allowing males to compete in women’s sports as transgenders” or […]

By A.Abdul Aziz Through an unprecedented report, the top international organization of the world lit a light of hope for a severely persecuted community. Did the time of redress begin for Ahmadi Muslims? It is of course too early to say, but a good sign arrived, unexpected, on July 14, 2024, from the United Nations […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි පළමුව හිස් භාණ්ඩාගාරය පුරවමු. කාලය ගොඩාක් වටිනවා! ඒක නිසා අපි කෙලින්ම මාතෘකාවට බහිමු. “මැතිවරණය හා මැතිවරණ පොරොන්දු” අපේ මාතෘකාවයි. ජනාධිපතිවරණ පොරොන්දු දෝරෙගලාගෙන රටම යටවේගෙන යන අවස්තාවක් මේක. මේ කිසිදු මැතිවරණ පොරොන්දුවක එම පොරොන්දු ඉටුකරන ආකාරයක් සම්බන්ධව කිසිදු සඳහනක් නැහැ. පොරොන්දුවිම හා පොරොන්දු ඉටුකිරීම යනු කාරනා දෙකක්. පොරොන්දුවිම ඉතා පහසු දෙයක් වෙන අතර […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe declared the immediate initiation of the River for Jaffna” project, which is designed to provide a comprehensive solution to the water scarcity issues in the northern region of Sri Lanka. The President made these remarks while attending the opening of the Thalaiyady Seawater Desalination Plant, part of the Jaffna-Kilinochchi Water […]

Courtesy Hiru News Chief Incumbent of the Hunupitiya Gangaramaya Temple, Ven. Galboda Gnanissara (81) Thera, also known as “Podi Hamuduruwo,” has passed away. Galboda Gnanissara Thera, a highly esteemed Buddhist prelate, served as the chief incumbent of the Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was appointed as the Sanghanayaka of the Western Province in […]

Sugath Kulatunga It is pathetic to see a majority of SLPP MPs under the delusion that President RW has performed a miracle in saving this country from the economic debacle it faced and he is the only one who can continue the recovery.  What he has done is nothing but accepting the dictates of the […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne graced the Employee Appreciation Ceremony held to felicitate retired military veterans serving in Rakna Arakshaka Lanka Limited (RALL) at the Suhurupaya Auditorium in Battaramulla last evening (Jul 31). The RALL was founded in 2007 under the supervision of the Ministry of Defence with the […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Sri Lankan Government strongly advises its citizens to refrain from seeking employment in Myanmar through illegal foreign employment agents or persons and institutions involved in human trafficking. Alarming reports have revealed that a group of Sri Lankans who have illegally left for work in Myanmar are being forcibly […]

by A. Abdul Aziz, Sri Lankan Correspondent, Al Hakam, London. Ahmadiyya International Convention in U.K. concludes. The 58th Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the United Kingdom concluded on Sunday 28 July 2024 with faith-inspiring address by the World Head the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor […]

Courtesy Adaderana The main suspect in the killing of ‘Club Wasantha’ at Athurugiriya, Sujeewa Ruwankumara alias ‘Loku Patty’ has been arrested in Belarus, according to police sources. He has reportedly been arrested by security service personnel in Belarus, the source said. Several accomplices of ‘Loku Patty’, who is said to be an organized criminal and […]