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Courtesy The Island The new Cabinet of Ministers was sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (18). President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will retain the ministerial portfolios of Defence, Finance, Economic Development and Digital Economy Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya – Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Vijitha Herath […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජනතාව බලාපොරොත්තු වූ සියලු දේහල් ඉටු කිරීමට සූදානම් බව වෙළද වාණිජ සමුපකාර හා ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතා අමාත්‍ය වසන්ත සමරසිංහ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. රටේ ජනතාවගේ බොටුව මිරිකමින් සිටින මාෆියාකාරයන් ඉදිරියට එම කටයුතු කිරීමට සිදු නොවනු ඇති බවද හෙතෙම පැවසීය. ඉදිරියේදී ජනතාවට අඩු මිලට බඩු ගැනීමටත් හිගයකින් තොරව බඩු ගැනීමට හැකි වන වෙළඳපොලක් […]

CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 18 (Daily Mirror) – National Freedom Front (NFF) leader and former Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa today claimed that organizations like the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) have come forward to demand racist, religious and separatist demands. While addressing the media, he said that he believes that the extraordinary […]

Courtesy Adaderana The delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer, who are currently on a visit to Sri Lanka, have reportedly met with former President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (18) at his office in Flower Road, Colombo.  In a post on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), former State Minister of Finance […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has issued a Gazette notification declaring that former minister Ravi Karunanayake has been elected as a Member of Parliament through the National List of the New Democratic Front (NDF), which contested the General Election under the ‘Gas Cylinder’ symbol. Earlier today, it was reported that the New […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has reaffirmed its readiness to collaborate with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to advance Sri Lanka’s economic recovery within the context of the mandate.  Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer and the IMF delegation met with President Dissanayake and key ministers of the newly-formed government at the […]

Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake International Monetary Fund head, Kristalina Georgieva, claimed Sri Lanka as a debt restructuring ‘success’ story at the Annual Meetings in Washington last month.[i]  Left unsaid was the fact that the geostrategic county’s debt had ballooned from $ 26 billion to a purported whopping $100 billion during two years of debt restructuring under […]

Shenali D Waduge In an unprecedented & unexpected vote, Northern Tamils not only have voted for a predominantly Sinhala party but have rejected the Tamil politicians who have claimed to represent them over the years. This is not only a slap to Tamil political separatist quest but ushers a new beginning & opportunity for goodwill […]

Courtesy The National Post Food banks in Toronto reported a record-breaking 3.48 million visitors between April 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024. As it has annually since the pandemic, the number of people visiting Toronto food banks for the first time soared again over the last year, and newcomers to Canada are among the largest […]

Shenali D Waduge Parliamentary elections in recent years had never seen what resulted in nothing short of a tsunami on 14 November 2024. The silver lining was that virtually all of the old brigade who had entered parliament from different parties were voted out. A single party for the first time gained a majority in […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 10-16 November 2024 • US and Indian warships – the Indian submarine INS Vela and the USS destroyer Michael Murphy – sail into Colombo, one after the Presidential election, and one after the Parliamentary election, a week apart. Our innumerable political and economic crystal-ball gazers (drunk on […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The second Yahapalana government which started with Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in 2019, followed by Ranil Wickremesinghe In 2022 came to an end in September 2024, with the election of a new President, JVP’s Anura Kumara Dissanayake.  For the first time in our political history, a rural lad was voted into the highest position in […]

Chanaka Bandarage The essence of democracy is that representatives are elected by the people. If those who are rejected by the public in the election are later allowed to sit as MPs in the parliament through the National List, that will be directly in conflict with the concept of democracy. Effectively, it is  making a […]

අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ. සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන. ආසන 159ක් ලැබූ පමණින් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ පවතින දෝෂය / අතපසුවීම නිවැරදි නොකර අලුත් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන ගෙන ඒමට මාළිමා ආණ්ඩුවට හැකිද? ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ ඇති දෝෂය / අතපසුවීම නිවැරදි කිරීමට ගෙනා 22වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය සම්මත නොකර, […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Dubai and Singapore are remarkable examples of how strategic vision, innovation, and determination can transform regions with limited natural resources into global hubs of trade, finance, and tourism. Here’s why we should learn from their success stories 1. Visionary Leadership • Dubai:  In the 1960s and 70s, Dubai’s rulers, such as Sheikh […]

VFM RADIO 107 එලවනවා, ෂර්ට් එකෙන් අල්ලනවා, පොලේ ගහනවා අගමැති ආරක්ෂකයින්ගේ චණ්ඩි පාට් කැබිනට් මාධ්‍ය හමුව රත් කරයි ඇවිල්ලා මාසයක් නෑ – මොනකක්ද මේ මර්දනය ආ..

Courtesy Adaderana A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by its Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer, has arrived in Sri Lanka this evening (17). The team will remain in in the country until November 23 and during their stay will conduct the third review of Sri Lanka’s economic reform program […]

Senaka Weeraratna Justice for Animals and Nature Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. We remember with appreciativeness your active participation at a meeting held at the Open University premises in January 2020, convened & presided by Dr. Dileepa Witharana – an academic with compassion for the voiceless living beings, with the intention of mapping out a […]

Courtesy The Daily News United National Party (UNP) Chairman Vajira Abeywardena stated yesterday that, for the first time, the people in the North have shown unprecedented trust in a party from the South, which he views as a positive development. This is a very special occasion in the election history of the country. The people […]

Excerpt from Hiru News In the 2024 Parliamentary Election, the National People’s Power (NPP) launched its campaign under the theme “Clean the Parliament,” securing 159 out of the total parliamentary seats. Among these, 157 MPs who were not in the previous parliament have been newly elected, with a significant majority of them being fresh faces. […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් 2024 පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයේදී පාර්ලිමේන්තුව සුද්ද කරමු” යන තේමාව මූලික කරගනිමින් ජාතික ජන බලවේගය සිය මැතිවරණ කටයුතු ආරම්භ කළ අතර ඒ අනුව සමස්ත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ මන්ත්‍රී ආසන 159ක් හිමි කරගැනීමට සමත් වුණා. එම ආසන 159 අතුරින් ගියවර පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ නොසිටි මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් 157 දෙනෙකු මෙවර පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට තේරි පත් වී ඇති අතර එම පිරිස අතරින් අතිශය […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Nineteen candidates from the National People’s Power (NPP) and two from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) have been elected to Parliament this time. The elected NPP Members of Parliament are:• Muthumenike Rathwatte (Digamadulla)• Ambiga Samuel (Badulla)• Nilanti Kottahachchi (Kalutara)• Oshani Umanga (Kalutara)• Dr. Kaushalya Ariyarathne (Colombo)• Samanmalee Gunasinghe (Colombo)• Dr. Harini […]

KELUM BANDARA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) has sent an official letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and  the National People’s Power (NPP), congratulating them on their resounding and historic victory in the recent parliamentary elections. In the letter, the CTC extended heartfelt congratulations on behalf of Tamil Canadians, acknowledging this landmark […]

Courtesy Adaderana The leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), former President Mahinda Rajapaksa claims that the party received the exact number of votes they had expected. Speaking to the media today (16), he expressed that the victory of the National People’s Power (NPP) is a positive development, noting that freshers should be given […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo District has seen a profound shift in voter dynamics in the 2024 General Election, with the leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Sajith Premadasa suffering a significant decline in support. Premadasa, who garnered an impressive 305,744 votes in the 2020 parliamentary election, managed only 145,611 votes this time—marking a loss […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Rathnayake states that there has been a significant reduction by 10% of the voter turnout in 2024 General Election, in comparison with Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election which was held in September 21. The Elections Commissioner General also confirmed that 5% of the ballots casted have been […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ambika Samuel, the newly elected female representative to Parliament, has expressed confidence in the potential of the youth in plantation community and beyond to take an active role in politics.  Speaking about her journey into politics, Samuel, the first female Tamil MP to have been elected through a major political party from the […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 16: In the November 14 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections, the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) swept the Sinhala-dominated areas of the island, as predicted by many. The Sinhalas are the majority community in Sri Lanka and the NPP had the reputation of being a Sinhala nationalist party. What came as […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror What happened was after the war we had a bloated military, and no government had the guts to start a national discussion about the need to slowly demilitarise after the war If they can have that forthright vision and try to work out these issues about militarisation, the release of land, […]