Courtesy The Daily Mirror * Used by Aragalaya protestors in 2022, now open only for religious activities, festivals, musical events * No longer for political events Colombo, November 7 (Daily Mirror) – The government has decided to be strict on the reservation of Galle Face Green not only for religious activities but also for all […]

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Senaka Weeraratna  Many milestones illustrate the difficult journey of Cricket in Sri Lanka from the time of its introduction in the 19th century to where it is today. A fascinating saga of ascend from minnows to prodigy that has captured the imagination and fancy of the cricket world. Sri Lanka occupies a unique  spot in […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයේ සැබෑ මහ මොලකරු සොයා ගැනීමට ඇති හොඳම ක්‍රමවේදය හිටපු නියෝජ්‍ය පොලිස්පති රවී සෙනවිරත්න ආණ්ඩුව විසින් ආරක්ෂා කිරීම නොව ඔහුට එරෙහිව නඩු පැවරීම බව පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායක සර්වජන බලය කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික් අපේක්ෂක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය එල්ල කළ පුද්ගලයන් පිළිබඳ ඉතාම පැහැදිලි හා නිරවද්‍ය තොරතුරු […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ප‍්‍රකට සහල් ව්‍යාපාරික ඩඩ්ලි සිරිසේන මහතා පසුගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී රුපියල් කෝටි දහයක මුදලක් වත්මන් ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතාට ලබා දුන් බව ජන අරගල සන්ධානය පවසයි. එම පක්‍ෂයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු අපේක්‍ෂක ඉන්ද්‍රානන්ද ද සිල්වා මහතා පවසන්නේ ඊට අදාල දුරකතන චැට් තමා සතු බවය. තමන් පවසන්නේ අසත්‍ය නම් නම් නඩු දමන ලෙස අභියෝග කරන […]

BY Apsara Rodrigo Courtesy The Morning The Police has been receiving daily requests for security protection from Israeli and European tourists, both in the form of in person visits to Police stations and calls to the dedicated hotline, and the Police has been providing physical security for each such request. These requests come from individual […]

BY Apsara Rodrigo and Sahan Tennakoon Courtesy The Morning Muslim customary law reform activists condemned the National People’s Power (NPP) Government’s stance that there is no immediate necessity to amend the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA) and also that any such amendment would be done only upon prior consultation with the relevant religious leaders. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 05 (Daily Mirror) – The Court of Appeal today upheld the four-year rigorous imprisonment sentence imposed by the Colombo High Court on former Deputy Minister Shantha Premaratne for soliciting and accepting a bribe in 2007. While affirming the High Court’s conviction and sentence, the two-judge bench of the Court […]

By Uditha Devapriya, Omar Rajarathnam, and Mandana Ismail Courtesy The Diplomat The confusion surrounding the Arugam Bay incident underscores the complexities of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry and the geopolitics that have engulfed the island in recent years. November 05, 2024 On Wednesday, October 23, barely a month after Sri Lanka elected a new president, the U.S. Embassy in […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News Several samples of a free, ready-to-eat, cereal- and legume-based food meant to “eradicate malnutrition” in Sri Lanka have been recalled. The Health Sciences Institute in Kalutara detected the mycotoxins above permitted levels last August. The lack of suitable storage is among the main causes. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Aflatoxins […]

ANI News Asian Buddhist Summit 2024 delves into spread of Dhamma and the lasting importance of PaliRead more At:https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/asian-buddhist-summit-2024-delves-into-spread-of-dhamma-and-the-lasting-importance-of-pali20241106144321/

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 6 (Daily Mirror) – Two individuals were arrested by the Wildlife Conservation Department’s Emergency Raid Unit while attempting to sell ten rare Rath-Dothalu flowers in the Moragahayata area of Ratnapura. According to wildlife officials, these flowers are often used as offerings to the Buddha. The suspects, who were apprehended […]

Courtesy Adaderana The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Andrew Patrick has expressed eagerness to further strengthen the strong bilateral ties between Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.  During a meeting with Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake today (6), the British High Commissioner has proposed that steps be taken to educate Sri […]

By Shiran Illanperuma On the 23rd of October, the United States embassy in Sri Lanka issued a travel advisory warning of a potential attack targeting tourist sites in Arugam Bay, a popular surfing destination in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. The embassies of the United Kingdom and Russia soon followed suit. Given the mysterious […]

By Garvin Karunaratne , former G.A.Matara This is one of my early papers published four years ago. It is hoped that the new Government may find interesting ideas to follow to enable Sri Lanka’s economy to develop. A Story from Coffee. Ideas for our economic revival. Posted on September 14th, 2020. Republished in November 2024 […]

Viraj Fernando    – virajfernando03@gmailcom 1. Procedural Irregularities in Awarding the Project The best argument we have to counter the arbitrary award of this project to Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), is to ask the question, whether AGEL would have been awarded such a project and at a PPA price of $0.0826 in India under Indian […]