Archive for November, 2024
Thursday, November 7th, 2024
(Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel in Sri Lanka, solicitor in England and Wales, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel President Ambassador’s Forum in UK/SL) Consumer and Consumerism The consumer day 2024 will be organized worldover by the network of consumer organizations and the network of world consumer organization formed in 1962 initiated by John Kennedy with […]
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Thursday, November 7th, 2024
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ශ්රී ලංකාව මේ වනවිට පත්ව සිටින තත්ත්වය මත ඉදිරියට යාමට පරාමිතීන් දෙකක් ඇති බව ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ජාත්යන්තර මුල්ය අරමුදල සමග පවතින ගිවිසුම ඒ ආකාරයෙන්ම ඉදිරියට ගෙන යාම හෝ ඉන් ඉවත්ව වෙනම ක්රමවේදයකට රාජ්ය පාලනය කිරීම එම පරාමිතින් දෙක බවද ඔහු පැවසීය. නමුත් දැන් පවතින තත්ත්වය යටතේ […]
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Thursday, November 7th, 2024
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජාතික ජන බලවේගය කිසි විටෙක ජනතාවට බොරු කියා නැතැයි ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ ප්රධාන ලේකම් ටිල්වින් සිල්වා මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණය වෙනුවෙන් වෙන්නපුව ප්රදේශයේ පැවති ජන හමුවකදී ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේය. ‘ඒගොල්ලො කියනවනේ දැන් අපි බොරු කියලා බලය ගත්තා කියලා. අපි කිසි බොරුවක් කියලා නෑ. අපි අභියෝග කරනවා අපි […]
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Thursday, November 7th, 2024
by Kadira Pethiyagoda Courtesy The Island Sri Lanka’s application for BRICS membership may be an early indication of President Dissanayake’s long-term vision. It signals shrewdness on the international stage. It has potential to serve the country’s strategic interests through: increased diversity of partners; making Colombo a greater priority for non-BRICS states; and the ability to […]
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Thursday, November 7th, 2024
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka has been voted as the “Most Desirable Island in the World” according to the results for the 23rd Annual Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards. According to the travel magazine ‘Wanderlust’, Sri Lanka has risen from last year’s eighth place to take Gold in one of the Awards’ most thrilling turnarounds. […]
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Thursday, November 7th, 2024
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 7 (Daily Mirror) – The Small and Medium Scale Rice Mill Owners’ Association claimed today that the growing rice shortage in the market is due to increased use of raw rice for beer production. They explained that Nadu paddy, used to make raw rice for brewing, is being diverted […]
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Thursday, November 7th, 2024
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් වර්තමාන ජාතික ජන බලවේග ආණ්ඩුව රටේ ජනතාව රවටන රාජ්ය පාලනයක් ක්රියාත්මක කරන බව සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ නායක සජිත් ප්රේමදාස පවසනවා. ඔහු ඒ බව සඳහන් කළේ කොළොන්නාවේ පැවැති ජන හමුවකට එක්වෙමින්. ඉදිරි මහ මැතිවරණය ඉලක්ක කරගනිමින් සමගි ජන බලවේගය සංවිධාන කළ ජන හමුවක් කොලොන්නාවේදී පැවැත්වුණේ එම පක්ෂයේ නායක සජිත් ප්රේමදාසගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන්.
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Thursday, November 7th, 2024
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් ජනාධිපතිවරයා ප්රමුඛ ජාතික ජන බලවේගය මැතිවරණ සමයේ ජනතාවට ලබාදුන් පොරොන්දු වහා ක්රියාත්මක කළයුතු බව හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ ප්රකාශ කළා. දෙල්ගොඩ ප්රදේශයේ ඊයේ පැවති ජන හමුවකට එක්වෙමින් ඔහු කියා සිටියේ රාජ්ය සේවකයින්ගේ වැටුප් වැඩිකිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වූ උදය සෙනවිරත්න වාර්තාව ආණ්ඩුව කඩිනමින් ක්රියාත්මක කළ යුතු බවයි. පලපුරුදු අය පාර්ලිමේන්තුව වෙත යැවිය යුතු […]
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Thursday, November 7th, 2024
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
Prof. Hudson McLean With Donald Trump Impending Victory, the USA Mighty Dollar Will Roar Again! China Humpty & Russia Dumpty Sat on a BRICS Wall! Donald Trump being elected the New President of USA, Made China Humpty & Russia Dumpty to have a Great Fall! All Brazils Horses & All India’s Men Could Not Put […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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 […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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 […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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 […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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 […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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. […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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 […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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 […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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 […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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/
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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 […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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 […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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 […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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 […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 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 […]
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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
Senaka Weeraratna DRS is a gift from Sri Lanka to the world of cricket. Its impact is bigger than Sri Lanka winning the world cup in 1996. Why ? Because this innovation of Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna has completely transformed the game. It is the biggest change in the Rules of the Game since its […]
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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් තම සැමියා වූ විජය කුමාරතුංග මහතා දේශපාලන හේතූන් නිසා ඝාතනය කරන ලද ආකාරයෙන්ම තමන්වද ඝාතනය කිරීමේ කුමන්ත්රණයක් ඇත්දැයි සැකයක් පහළ වී ඇතැයි හිටපු ජනාධිපතිනි චන්ද්රිකා කුමාරතුංග මහත්මිය සදහන් කරයි. ඇය මේ බව සඳහන් කරන්නේ හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ ආරක්ෂක නිලධාරීන් අඩු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යංශ ලේකම්වරයාට ලිපියක් යොමු කරමිනි. විශ්රාමික ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ […]
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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
Courtesy The Telegraph Online (India) The government reversed the Electricity Act, approved in June this year under then-president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s government The new National People’s Power (NPP) government in Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced its first reversal of a key element in the ongoing IMF bailout programme concerning the loss-making state-owned enterprises. The government reversed […]
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