Centre Stage Sashi Tharoor – a political priority for India…. relevant for Sri Lanka as much as it is for India..…policy our past dynastic political leaders chose to do otherwise…

NJ THAKURIA Geneva: New Year has brought sad news for the Indian media fraternity as a young scribe was found murdered in Bijapur locality of Chhattisgarh State on Friday. Local media persons informed that the body of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar was recovered from a newly constructed septic tank belonging to an influential contractor based in […]

Chanaka Bandarage If the intention of the program is to make Sri Lanka clean it is a fantastic idea. Sri Lanka is perhaps the cleanest country in South Asia, but it is one of the dirtiest in South East Asia (Sri Lanka can also be categorised as part of South East Asia). The problem is […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan In the 1980s, India and China’s GDPs were relatively close, but the countries have since diverged significantly:GDP: In 1980, China’s GDP was $302.9 billion, while India’s was $189.4 billion.Per capita GDP: In 1980, China’s per capita GDP was $306.9, while India’s was $276.3.Growth rate: China’s average growth rate was typically 100% higher […]

By Maneesha Dullewe Courtesy The Morning Despite Government attempts at imposing price controls on the market with the ostensible goal of providing relief to consumers, it has often led to supply and demand issues, with consumers bearing the brunt of the impact.   According to economists, when price controls are imposed, price signals are distorted and […]

Courtesy The Morning A special meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (6) between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Attorney General (AG) Parinda Ranasinghe, PC at the Presidential Secretariat, The Sunday Morning learns. This meeting comes amid ongoing speculation that the President’s Office has requested AG Ranasinghe to resign from his post.  However, sources within the AG’s Department have […]

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KAMALIKA PIERIS If Maname was  Sarachchandra’s  first experimental drama, then his next play Sinhabahu with its rich dramatic text, the powerfully complex tragic characters he created around the popular yet simple folk legend, their singing of his poignant poetry was,  I think the high point in his dramatic career, said Ranjini Obeyesekera.  Sarachchandra remained a dramatist to the end of […]

Asian Human Rights Commission Asian Human Rights Commission writes the second letter to the Honorable President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on needed bribery and corruption control investigations Honorable Anura Kumara Dissanayake President Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Presidential Secretariat, Galle Face, Colombo 01, Sri Lanka. +94(0) 11 2 354 354 +94(0) […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Elon Musk calls on King Charles of Great Britain of the United Kingdom to order a new General Election! Elon Musk says the KING should order a new general election   Elon Musk says the KING should order a new general election David Wilcock The billionaire X owner and Donald Trump adviser […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna Former Beachfield and Life Safety Officer and Deep Sea Diver Synopsis:The Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (SSCP), aimed at creating a direct shipping route between India’s east and west coasts, poses serious environmental, economic, social, and legal risks. The project threatens the ecologically sensitive Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait, home to endangered species and vital […]

Sarath Wijesinghe President’s counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel former Chairman Consumer Affairs Authority and President Ambassador’s Forum UK/SL and Solicitor in United Kingdom and Wales Current Legislation Current legislation on consumer law and practice is inadequate, insufficient and ineffective and as a result the citizen suffers from all corners and the life is […]

Pale Blue Thoughts Umpire Decision Review System in Cricket Watch “DRS, Snicko, Hot Spot, Hawkeye, Umpire’s call and Player Referral’ explained in a YouTube presentation Watch “DRS, Snicko, Hot Spot, Hawkeye,  Umpire’s call explained and Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna identified as the world’s first person to conceive and publish internationally (in 1997) the concept […]

Courtesy Hiru News A controversy has erupted following Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa’s remarks at the opening ceremony of the children’s bone marrow transplant unit at Maharagama Apeksha Hospital. The unit, the first of its kind in a government hospital, was built with donations from the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya, amounting to Rs. 176 million, and […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් රුහුණු කතරගම මහා දේවාලයේ ධන පරිත්‍යාගයෙන් ඉදිකෙරුණු මහරගම අපේක්ෂා රෝහලේ ඇට මිදුලු බද්ධ කිරීමේ ළමා ඒකකය විවෘත කිරීමේ උත්සවයේදී සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය නලින්ද ජයතිස්ස පළකළ අදහස් සම්බන්ධයෙන් සමාජය තුළ මතභේදයක් උද්ගත වී තිබෙනවා. පාර්ශව රැසක් පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ, අර්බුද රැසකට මුහුණ පා ඇති මෙරට සෞඛය පද්ධතියට ජනතාවගෙන් ලැබෙන පරිත්‍යාග නිසි පරිදි කළමනාකරණය කරගත […]

By Hannah Giacardi & Annabal Bagdi Courtesy .mirror.co.uk The Government has updated its terror advice to Brits heading to Sri Lanka, warning terrorist groups ‘are likely’ to carry out attacks The Foreign Office has warned Brits travelling to Sri Lanka that a terror attack is likely  UK holidaymakers are being warned of a potential terror […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale It takes nine months to complete the drug procurement process, thus there is no immediate solution to address various glitches in the system. In order to address the importance of tackling the root causes of the issue and introducing a comprehensive plan to address it, we have to study the problem, identify […]

– දිල්රූක් කන්නන්ගර ජාතිකවාදය (nationalism) යනු උතුර, දකුණ, නැගෙනහිර සහ බටහිර යන සතර දිග්භාගයම එක්සේසත් කිරීමයි. මෙය 2024 මහා චන්දේදී මනාවට සිදුවුනා. අධිරාජ්‍යවාදීන්ට එරෙහි ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය මෙන්ම 2024 චන්දය ජයගත් පක්ෂය සිංහල, දෙමළ සහ මුස්ලිම් ජන එකමුතුවෙන් රාජ්‍ය පාලනය දිනා ගත්තා. ඊට වැඩි ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයක් 15 වන සියවසේ සිට තිබී නැත. දැනට ඇත්තේ  ජාතිකවාදී (රටේම […]

by Dev Chandrasekhar Courtesy Countercurrent.org In the decades since the formal end of colonialism, nations across the Global South have proudly waved the banner of independence, self-reliance, decolonization, and now—deglobalization. The rhetoric of national empowerment, however, generally masks the perpetuation of colonial-era economic structures and cultural impositions. Local elites are replacing foreign powers as the […]

Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam Sharma has weaknesses that he has developed, which are not playing within the V and not going forward or back precisely when playing his defensive strokes both on the front and back foot. Also he is not very fit physically and tactically is making mistakes when captaining the Indian national cricket team. […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asian News Utilities have been suspended for non-payment of bills, yet another consequence of the economic crisis that has gripped Sri Lanka for three years. To cope with the situation, demand for solar panels has also increased, but the authorities have been forced to issue a warning to prevent fraud by […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island General Shavendra Silva inspects a farewell parade in his honour at ‘Home of Gajaba’ at Saliyapura, Anuradhapura, on Dec 29, 2024, on the eve of his retirement. He was the first Gajaba Regiment officer to serve as Commander of the Army (August 2019 to May 2022) as well as […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් කොළඹ ක්‍රිෂ් ගොඩනැගිල්ලේ නිවාස 5ක් මිලදීගෙන ඇති ව්‍යාපාරිකයෙක් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ. ඒ, පසුගිය යහපාලන ආණ්ඩුව සමයේ ක්‍රියාත්මක පොලිස් මූල්‍ය අපරාධ විමර්ශන ඒකකයේ(FCID) ප්‍රධානියා ලෙස කටයුතු කළ, එවකට ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ නියෝජ්‍ය පොලිස්පති රවී විද්‍යාලංකාරට එරෙහිවය. රවී විද්‍යාලංකාර තමාගෙන් රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 750ක් ලබාගෙන, එම මුදල වංචා කළ බව පවසමින් මෙම […]

Courtesy Adaderana A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between India and Sri Lanka for rehabilitation of the Karainagar Boatyard in Northern Province of Sri Lanka with grant assistance from the Government of India to the tune of LKR 290 million. The MoU was signed and exchanged by High Commissioner of India to Sri […]

Courtesy Adaderana Veteran Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament J. R. P. Suriyapperuma has passed away. He was aged 96 at the time of passing. Suriyapperuma has previously served as the chief organiser of the the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) for the Dedigama electorate in the Kegalle District.

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said the highest-ever allocation of funds for the health sector will be made in this year’s budget proposal.  Dr. Jayatissa revealed this today (02), while speaking at the inauguration of the first and only bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cell transplant unit in a […]

Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr.) 2066 Kings Grove  Crescent . Ottawa  . Ontario , K1J G1 . Canada I January 2025 OPEN LETTER Rt. Hon Anura Kumara DissanayakeLeader of the National People’s Power (NPP)President of Sri LankaPresident’s SecretariatColombo 1Sri Lanka 1st January 2025 Dear President Dissanayake:: Re: the article by SHENALI  D. WADUGE (28 December 2024) ‘ANURA KUMARA  AS JVP LEADER & ANURA […]

Dilrook Kannangara The most decorated military officer of the Sri Lanka army has retired from all military posts after 41 years of service to the nation. These years saw most violence in the island nation. He was also one of only two four-star Generals of the army. He commanded not only the 58th Offensive Division […]