Courtesy The Daily Mirror During the last couple of days, Sri Lanka elected a left-leaning outsider as its 9th Executive President and then went on to win a test match in Galle. No one challenged the election results; Protesters did not storm Parliament, arsonists did not torch the houses and shops, and the army did […]

By Shabiya Ali Ahlam Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his inaugural address to the nation last evening pledged to prioritise economic stability and restore confidence in the country’s recovery.Dissanayake announced that his government would immediately initiate negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to proceed with the activities under the extended […]

Courtesy Adaderana A discussion has taken place between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe. The Department of Government Information reported that the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Mahinda Siriwardene, also participated in the discussion. The current economic situation of the country was […]

Courtesy Adaderana Fitch Ratings has affirmed Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘RD’ (Restricted Default) and Long-Term Local-Currency IDR at ‘CCC-’.  Fitch typically does not assign Outlooks to issuers with a rating of ‘CCC+’ or below. The rating agency said sovereign remains in default on Sri Lanka’s foreign-currency obligations, while restructuring negotiations […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has issued a statement mentioning the number of Members of Parliament (MPs) to be elected from each electoral district and the number of candidates in a nomination paper in the 2024 General Election.  The highest number of MPs will be elected from the Gampaha District with a […]

Courtesy Adaderana Pledges by Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to cut taxes and make changes to the country’s International Monetary Fund bailout could keep the country’s credit risks elevated for some time, rating agency Moody’s has said. We do not expect significant disruption to the country’s reform agenda or macroeconomic policies, which include […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that his government firmly believes that Sri Lanka’s economy needs to be stabilized before making structural changes to all sectors. Before implementing long-term and medium-term plans for that purpose, we will work to create a short-term stability through the immediate economic measures that are required,” he said, delivering […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ෆිච් රේටින්ස් ආයතනය නිකුත් කළ, ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම් දැක්වුණේ ජනපතිවරණයේ ප්‍රතිඵලය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රතිපත්තිමය දිශානතියට අවිනිශ්චිතතාවයක් එක් කරන අතර ණය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගතකීරීම හෝ ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ වැඩසටහන් නැවත සාකච්ඡා කිරීම ප්‍රමාද කිරීමටද හේතුවිය හැකි බවයි. මේ අතර, කොළඹ කොටස් වෙළෙඳපොළ මිල දර්ශකවල අද දිනයේත් කැපී පෙනෙන ඉහළ යෑමක් දක්නට ලැබෙනවා. සියලු‍ කොටස් මිල […]

Dilrook Kannangara When a new government is elected, doomsayers and losers say nothing will succeed. That is to vent their very own personal defeatist thoughts. That is not where I’m coming from. While wishing every success to the AKD government I wish to bring to the attention the challenges that are too steep for any […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar for Lankaweb In a sudden and overwhelming sweep the recent past of turmoil and anguish seems to have been overcome as the JVP under Anura Kumara Dissanayaka from humble beginnings albeit a resolute campaigner who seems to have swayed the minds of an overwhelming majority has taken office as the new Executive President and his […]

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake September 23, 2024 Update by Gospa News Editorial Staff The leader of the opposition alliance National People’s Power, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Lankan news portal Newsfirst reported. Dissanayake was supported by 5,740,179 voters after second ballot count. His closest rival, Sajith Premadasa, leader of United People’s Power, scored […]

Mohan D Mendis The 2019 and 2024 presidential elections in Sri Lanka marked significant turning points in the country’s political landscape, reflecting shifts in voter preferences and growing dissatisfaction with the traditional political elite. 2019 Presidential Election The 2019 election saw a pivotal contest between two major figures: Gotabaya Rajapaksa from the Sri Lanka Podujana […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara  Dear Mr. President,         You are welcome and congratulations. This is something long overdue. This should have done by those who took over the country from the British in1948, by restoring the position that was there in 1815.Therefore, the whole country will welcome your bold step. However, I would like to […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Secretary Prime Miniter Sirimavo Bandaranayaka and President Sri Lanka State Administrative Services Association (1991-1994) I am making this statement as the first and the only person who predicted that Gotabhaya will poll over 6.9 million + at the 2019 Presidential Election. This was how I worded it in my personal email to […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රට මේ වන විට දැඩි ණය අර්බුදයකට පත්ව සිටින බව පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ ආර්ථික විද්‍යා හා සංඛ්‍යාන විද්‍යා අංශයේ මහාචාර්ය වසන්ත අතුකෝරල මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඔහු පවසන්නේ පසුගිය මාස විසි හයක කාලයකදී ලබාගන්න ලද දේශීය ණය ප‍්‍රමාණය සැලකීමේදී දෛනිකව රුපියල් බිලියන 6.5ක පමණ මුදලකින් ජනතාව ණයකරුවන් කර ඇති බවයි. මෙම […]

බීබීසී සිංහල Article information ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නව ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක සහ ඔහුගේ කණ්ඩායම සමග කටයුතු කිරීමට අපේක්ෂාවෙන් පසු වන බව ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල (IMF) පවසයි. එහි ප්‍රකාශකයෙකු සඳහන් කළේ, ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ අනුග්‍රහය ලබන වැඩසටහනේ තුන් වන සමාලෝචනය සඳහා කාල වේලාවන් පිළිබඳව ප්‍රායෝගිකව හැකි ඉක්මනින් නව පරිපාලනය සමග සාකච්ඡා කරන,” බව ය. එම ප්‍රකාශයේ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නව ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක සහ ඔහුගේ කණ්ඩායම සමග කටයුතු කිරීමට අපේක්ෂාවෙන් පසු වන බව ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල (IMF) පවසයි. එහි ප්‍රකාශකයෙකු සඳහන් කළේ, ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ අනුග්‍රහය ලබන වැඩසටහනේ තුන් වන සමාලෝචනය සඳහා කාල වේලාවන් පිළිබඳව ප්‍රායෝගිකව හැකි ඉක්මනින් නව පරිපාලනය සමග සාකච්ඡා කරන,” බව ය. එම […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් 2024 වසරේදී පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයට කිසිදු මුදලක් වෙන් කිරීමක් සිදුකර නැති මැතිවරණ කොමිසම සඳහන් කරයි. මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් සමන් ශ්‍රී රත්නායක මහතා පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ නමුත් ජනාධිපතිවරයා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවා හැරියහොත් මැතිවරණයට අවශ්‍ය මුදල් භාණ්ඩාගාරයෙන් නිදහස් කිරීමටත් ඔහු බැඳී සිටින බවය. පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවා හැරින ඕනෑම අවස්ථාවකදී එම දිනයේ සිට දින 52ත් 66ත් […]

SANTOSH MATHEW Courtesy The Statesman In a seismic shift that could reshape South Asia’s geopolitical landscape, the resurgence of Sri Lanka’s Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) signals more than just a political realignment it marks the rise of a China-aligned force at India’s doorstep, threatening to push New Delhi further into a strategic corner. In a […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Containers stuck at customs inspection yards The time for change is now, and all stakeholders must come together to drive this transformation In the high-stakes world of trade and logistics, corruption at Sri Lanka’s customs, IRD, ports, and airports is not just an inconvenience—it’s a crisis that’s crippling the nation’s export […]

Courtesy Adaderana The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), has decreased to 1.1% in August 2024, compared to 2.5% in July 2024, according to the latest data released by the Department of Census and Statistics. Meanwhile, food inflation has decreased to 2.3% in August 2024 compared to 2.9% in July […]

Courtesy Adaderana New Secretaries have been appointed for 15 ministries, including the positions of Prime Minister’s Secretary and Cabinet Secretary, according to the President’s Media Division (PMD).  The full list of appointments is as follows: 1. Mr. G.P. Saputhanthri – Secretary to the Prime Minister2. Mr. W.M.D.J. Fernando – Cabinet Secretary3. Mr. K.D.S. Ruwanchandra – Secretary […]

Courtesy Adaderana September 24, 2024   05:55 pm Sri Lanka’s new three-member Cabinet of Ministers was sworn-in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, a short while ago.  Dr. Harini Amarasuriya was sworn-in as the Minister of Justice, Education, Labour, Industries, Science and Tech, Health and Food Security, shortly after taking oath […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Extraordinary Gazette notification issued by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolving the Parliament of Sri Lanka effective from midnight today (24), has been published by the Department of Government Printing. The proclamation dissolves Parliament with effect from midnight today and summons the new Parliament to meet on the November 21, 2024. It has […]

Senaka Weeraratna Hon. Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe,  President of Sri Lanka  Dear Ranil It would be tantamount to an amiss if a friend from your childhood days both in the primary and secondary schools and subsequently at the Colombo Law Faculty, did not stand up and say  ‘ Thank you’ for having served as the President […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ   අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා ලංකාවේ ප්‍රථම සුලුතර ජනපති වීමට නියමිතය. මෙය වනේ වන හතුරෙකුටවත් නොවිය යුතු තැනකට මෙරට ජනාධිපති වරයා ඇද දැමීමෙකි. මෙවර මුලු ඡන්ද සංඛ‍්‍යාව 17,140,354 කි; එසේම ප්‍රකාශිත ඡන්ද සංඛ‍්‍යාව 13,619,916 කි. අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා ඉන් ලබා ගත්තේ ඡන්ද  එනම්, ජනාධිපතිවරයා ලබාගෙන ඇත්තේ ඡන්ද 5,634,915 කි. ප්‍රතිශතයක් ලෙස මෙය, මුලු […]

Dilrook Kannangara Anura Kumara won the most keenly contested Sri Lankan election with a large margin. He transformed the JVP into a modern and realistic political party. As a result, he won Colombo-7 along with other affluent Colombo suburbs (3,4,5,6). Same goes for suburbs with professionals including Homagama, Moratuwa, etc. His dramatic wins in former […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna Synopsis The article examines the complexities of Sri Lankan politics, particularly focusing on Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Sinhala Buddhist vote. Despite Dissanayake garnering approximately 57,401 votes, he faced significant opposition, with nearly double that number supporting other candidates. Many voters criticized him for perceived anti-Buddhist sentiments within his party, leading to […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) WWV, RWP and two bars, RSP and bar, USP, MMSc (Strat Stu- China), MSc (Def Stu) in Mgt, MSc (Def & Strat Stu), fndu (China), psc has been appointed as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Defence by His Excellency the President […]

Aparna Ramamurthy in Colombo Courtesy DW.com Sri Lanka’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is tasked with leading the island nation out of its worst economic crisis in more than two generations. Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka‘s president on Monday, vowing to change the island nation, which is emerging from its worst economic crisis in more than […]