Dr Sudath Gunasekara Colombo, November 21 (Daily Mirror) – The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation has established a special unit to address the issue of harmful animal populations causing significant damage to crops. This initiative aims to implement multiple strategies for sustainable control. A special discussion on the matter was held under the […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Gal Oya starts in the hill country east of Badulla and flows through the south east of Sri Lanka passing Inginiyagala and flows into the sea 16 km south of Kalmunai. The idea of using   Gal Oya for development was first suggested in the late 1930s.  A technical survey on harnessing the development […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Tamils were initially very keen on the Gal Oya Project. They thought it would help   strengthen their position in the Eastern Province. They thought it would strengthen Settler Colonization. Gal Oya scheme was in Ampara and Ampara was part of Batticaloa the time. G.H. PeIris observed that the records of the State Council […]

Prof. Hudson McLean UK Cannot & Must Not Risk the Citizens of UK for a Corrupt Regime in Ukraine!  Biden Made a Huge Mistake to Allow Ukraine Long Range Missiles. Let Us Stop the War! Express Your Opinion – Read What Others Say!The Independent Interactive Voice of Sri Lanka on the Internet. Please visit -: […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Let Elon Musk Lead Trump & USA!  The IQ, Experience, Background, Success  of Elon Musk is Much Superior than the rest of Trump Team collectively! Ukraine to Allow Long Range by USA & UK is an unnecessary escalation, more killing  just before Christmas and when Trump will VETO as he starts in […]

By Dr. Gamini Padmaperuma Initiatives on Digital Transformation are given very high priority by the new government. While the opportunities and benefits that are associated with Digital Transformation are widely highlighted, the challenges that face such major initiative are not so well identified. The purpose of this article is to highlight Opportunities, Challenges and Strategies […]

Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel Solicitor in England and Wales, President Ambassador’s Forum UK/SL Best tourist destination ? It is a known fact that Sri Lanka is one of the best tourist destinations – if not for the best-  which is a beautiful compact Island in the Indian ocean with […]

Padma Rao Sundarji Courtesy The Asian Age Sri Lanka’s NPP sweeps elections, ending political dynasties. Challenges await in corruption, IMF demands, and ethnic relations Fed up of nepotism, corruption and a staggering economic crisis and for the first time in their history, Sri Lankan citizens last week voted a largely unknown political party, the National […]

Courtesy The Business Recorder The CSE All-Share index settled 1% lower at 12,982.10. Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation reached minus 0.7% year-on-year in October after easing to minus 0.2% in September, official data showed on Thursday, as the island nation continued its economic rebound. The change was largely driven by a slowing in non-food price […]

Courtesy Kuwait Times COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new leader on Thursday backed a controversial IMF bailout, marking a U-turn from his election pledge to renegotiate the deal secured by his predecessor. Leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who tightened his grip on power last week after winning a huge majority in the legislature following his own victory in […]

Bharti Mishra Nath Courtesy NDTV Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), made history by securing an unprecedented mandate in the country’s snap parliamentary elections held on 14 November. The NPP coalition won 159 out of 225 seats in Sri Lanka’s Parliament. This victory is a more significant achievement […]

Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu President Dissanayake’s government had earlier said it would revisit the deal after the Parliamentary election Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Gautam Adani during a meeting in New Delhi in July 2023. Photo: Special Arrangement Sri Lanka should be vigilant about the Adani power project in the island, experts said on […]

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Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Controversial Jaffna District MP Dr. Archchuna Ramanathan made headlines on the first day of the new Parliament after taking the seat traditionally allocated for the Leader of the Opposition. Dr. Archchuna Ramanathan made headlines earlier this year after raising concerns at the Chavakachcheri Hospital and was later elected to Parliament after contesting independently […]

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Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake The list of recent IMF program successes is long. Barbados and Benin, Cabo Verde and Costa Rica, Moldova and Morocco, Suriname and Sri Lanka, to name but a few’, triumphantly declared the International Monetary Fund head, Kristalina Georgieva at Annual Meetings in Washington last month.[i]  Heedless of repeated calls for reform to give […]

Vichara Now that the NPP has won an absolute majority in the Parliament, there will be reams written on their achievement, particularly on the unique contribution and wise leadership of AKD the President. While endorsing the sentiments expressed so liberally, what is not understood is why this radical change did not come earlier in a […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara    20th Nov 2024. Dear Sir, Please accept my hearty and warm congratulations! firstly, on your unprecedented and historic victory as the President of this Island nation, the pearl of the Indian ocean and the most important geopolitical, economics and strategic hub of the present-day world. Secondly, on your landslide victory […]

Chanaka Bandarage The fact that we now have a fine government (at least uncorrupt), many have the unrealistic expectation that we will soon become a developed nation. Sri Lanka is a  3rd world country; a chronic one. Before becoming a 1st world country (eg. Singapore), we have to pass the 2nd world stage (eg. Malaysia). […]

Chandra Arya Member of Parliament/Député – Nepean www.X.com/AryaCanada www.Facebook.com/ChandraAryaCanada Mr. Speaker, On behalf of Canada’s Sri Lankan diaspora, including both Sinhalese-Canadians and Tamil-Canadians, I extend heartfelt congratulations to Sri Lanka’s President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, and his progressive party, National People’s Power, on their historic majority in the parliamentary elections. This victory represents a mandate to […]

Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel –  Sri Lanka –  Solicitor England and Wales former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President Ambassador’s forum UK/SL A loud and clear mandate President AKD is in power only for a few weeks (just over 50 days) elected by the citizen with and unprecedented majority of the Parliament surprising the world […]

Dr. Punsara Amarasinghe Basis of Historical Movies Historical movies resonate with stories from the past for an audience watching them with a sense of awe after many years. The effect is gob-smacking when you see what you have fancied in your imagination on the silver screen as the events in history unveil how our world […]

Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan,  Dhaka, Bangladesh The Palestinian issue is a long-standing humanitarian crisis that has been going on for almost seven decades. The Palestinian people have been living under constant Israeli occupation, oppression, and illegal settlements. This crisis is not limited to Palestine and Israel; rather, it has become a global conscience call for international […]

Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan,  Dhaka, Bangladesh  The advancement of technology around the world and the widespread spread of social media have made our lives easier, and there has been a mobility in obtaining and spreading information. However, along with this convenience, a big challenge has also arisen – propaganda. Once the only source of information was […]

අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ. සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන 1. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරයෙකු ලෙස ප්‍රතිඥා/ දිව්රුම් නොදී මන්ත්‍රීවරු ලෙස තෝර පත්කර ගත් අයට කළ හැක්කේ කථානායකවරයා තෝරා ගැනීම පමණක් බව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 63වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ දක්වා ඇත. 2. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරු අතරින් අගමැති සහ අමාත්‍යවරු පත් කළ යුතු බව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 43.4 […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island * One-time LTTE mouthpiece TNA is no more * N & E Tamil speaking representation enhanced * Fresh look at Sarath Fonseka’s performance at 2010 Prez poll in North required The new government’s main challenge is ensuring the full implementation of the IMF-led post-Aragalaya economic recovery in line with the Economic […]

Lt Col.Anil Amarasekera.(Rtd) Let me take this opportunity to explain to you why the letter that was sent by me on behalf of the NJC is important. The letter only summarised the dangers of devolution as opposed to decentralization. What is written below will convince you that the President should not devolve power to the provinces as suggested in the NPP […]

Sunil Vijaya I just read the article – https://www.caorc.org/post/2019/06/10/ravanas-mechanical-flying-peacock and thought of clarifying some issues the article has raised. 1.  All these GODs in Hindu mythology were humans like you and me. but since they had superhuman, attributes, they became gods after their demise. 2. Ravana was never born in Lanka or Heladeepa – he was pure Indian […]

by A. Abdul Aziz, Sri Lankan Correspondent, Al Hakam – London. Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Fifth Khalifa) Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (,ay Allah be his Helper) in one of Friday Sermon , delivered at Masjid Mubarak, Islamabad, Tilford, UK, said that the Fazl Mosque in London, is significant because it was the first […]