Archive for January, 2025
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
සාකච්චා කලේ සමන්ති පෙරේරා ප්රශ්නය : වෘත්තියෙන් වෛද්යවරයෙකු වන ඔබ කටුවන රජක කුලයේ ඉතිහාසය පිලිබඳව හදාරන්නේ ඇයි පිළිතුර ; හම්බන්තොට කටුවන රජක කුලයේ වර්තමාන සාමාජිකයෙකු වන මට හිතුනා අපේ පරම්පරාවේ අතීතය ගැන හොයන්න. අපේ පරම්පරාව ශත වර්ෂ ගානක් ජීවත් උනේ මේ ප්රදේශයේ. අපේ පරම්පරාවෙන් පරම්පරාවට උරුම වෙච්ච කතන්තර සිදුවීම් තියනවා. ඒවා ලේඛනගත කිරීමයි මගේ වෑයම. ප්රශ්නය ; ඔබගේ පරම්පරාවේ ඉතිහාසය […]
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
Dr. Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara Apropos decision to import vehicles (27th.1.2025. Morning), I would like to request the government not to go ahead with this decision for the following reasons. Firstly, this will seriously affect the already meagre Fe balance in the country and it will drain out the last $ in the Central […]
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 28 (Daily Mirror) – A study is being conducted on how to list loss-making State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) via a holding company, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake revealed today.
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 28 (Daily Mirror) – The Attorney General has filed indictments against Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa over the alleged misappropriation of Rs.70 million belonging to Krrish Company. The indictments were filed before the Colombo High Court by the Attorney General, alleging the misappropriation of Rs. 70 […]
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
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Sunday, January 26th, 2025
e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 19-25 January 2025 * Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. Actually England’s Chamber…Yes, despite the name, it is not a Sri Lankan grouping. It is made up of unrepentant and inveterate importers of foreign goods. Their commerce serves someone else’s industry. Not ours. This Chamber […]
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Sunday, January 26th, 2025
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් වැවිලි කර්මාන්ත අමාත්ය සමන්ත විද්යාරත්න විසින් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාරවර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් හට ‘අපහාසාත්මක, වැරදි සහ නොමඟයවන සුළු උපහාසාත්මක’ ප්රකාශ 15 ක් පමණ සිදු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් රුපියල් මිලියන 100 ක වන්දියක් ගෙවන ලෙස ඉල්ලා නීතිඥවරුන් විසින් එන්තරාවාසියක් යොමු කර ඇත. 2024 ජනවාරි 9 වැවිලි කර්මාන්ත අමාත්යාංශයේ පැවැත්වූ පුවත්පත් සාකච්ඡාවක දී “අන්නාසිගලට ඇත්තටම […]
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Sunday, January 26th, 2025
Courtesy ifj.org The BBC has closed the Sinhala Radio service broadcast due to financial crisis, effective from November 30. The International Federation of Journalists and its Sri Lankan affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Federation of Media Employees Trade Union (FMETU) express concern at the closure of BBC’s Sinhala broadcast and urge the […]
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Sunday, January 26th, 2025
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් රටේ වාර්ෂික සහල් අවශ්යතාව මෙට්රික් ටොන් ලක්ෂ 24ක් වන අතර මෙට්රික් ටොන් ලක්ෂ 30ක් පමණ නිෂ්පාදනය කළ බව සියලු වාර්තාවල ඇතැයි ද ආණ්ඩුවේ නොහැකියාව නිසා එය කළමනාකරණය කරගත නොහැකි වී ඇති බව ද හිටපු කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්ය මහින්ද අමරවීර පවසයි. වැඩි දුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ ඔහු කියා සිටියේ රුපියල් 10කින් සහල් පාලන මිල […]
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Sunday, January 26th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 26 (Daily Mirror)- The government is planning to fill approximately 30,000 existing vacancies within the public service and to allocate necessary funds in the upcoming budget. This was revealed during the Anuradhapura District Coordination Committee meeting held today at the Anuradhapura District Secretariat. Delays in recruitment due to technical procedures, […]
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Sunday, January 26th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 26 (Daily Mirror)- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today that if former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has no other house to settle in, the government will provide him with a suitable house. Speaking at a meeting in Thambuttegama, President Dissanayake said he and the Ministers have not moved into mansions […]
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Sunday, January 26th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has emphasized that the government is taking steps to strengthen the public service as a right of the citizen and a responsibility of public officials. Highlighting the dissatisfaction among citizens regarding the current public service, the President stated that the government aims to deliver efficient services to citizens through […]
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Saturday, January 25th, 2025
Courtesy the Daily Mirror The Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (JNP) raised concerns over the failure on the part of the government to declare a minimum purchase price for paddy and asked whether it had not been done as a help for the millers who helped the ruling party during the elections. JNP Farmers’ Wing leader Karunathilaka […]
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Saturday, January 25th, 2025
By Imesh Ranasinghe Courtesy The Morning Sri Lanka imported about $ 950 million worth of goods on average from Singapore prior to the import restriction in 2020 as it is Sri Lanka’s fourth largest import destination. According to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), exports to Singapore amounted to $ 123 million in 2023, […]
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Saturday, January 25th, 2025
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Saturday, January 25th, 2025
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
සමන්ති පෙරේරා / ගාමිනී විතාණ රජක කුලයේ ව්යාප්තිය ගැන ඓතිහාසික වාර්තා හොයන පරියේෂිකා අනෝමා යකුම්පිටියටත් මටත් වැදගත් වන තොරතුරු ටිකක් ලැබුනා. රජක කුලය, රදා කුලය හේන කුලය , රජක කුලය, ඩොබී කුලය, පේඩි කුලය යනුවෙනුත් හඳුන්වනවා.ඔවුන් ගේ පටබැඳිනාම පේඩි, පේඩියා, චාකාලි, හේනයා වෙනවා. රජක කුලයේ සාමාජිකයෝ විශාල ප්රමාණයක් අටවන වීර පරාක්රමබාහු රජු කාලේ ඉන්ඳියාවෙන් එනවා. […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
Palitha Ariyarathna, Geopolitics View on Security The security of former presidents in Sri Lanka is a matter that goes beyond personal safety; it is an essential part of national stability. In recent years, the government’s decision to reduce the security detail for former presidents has sparked controversy. These figures, having led the country through times […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
Written by Dr Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam. Willetton, Australia. Sri Lanka and its majority people must not be looked upon as a country that perpetrated human rights abuses when the USA and the current Trump Administration are worse. Every country in the world has and continues to perpetrate human rights abuses based on majority dominance and prejudices. […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
by A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jana’at, Sri Lanka. The Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at was held on the 14 January 2025 at Baitul Basit Mosque Sri Lanka in Pasyala, chaired by Representative of Ahmadiyya Khalifa His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. To mark the event, Tahajjud Prayer […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් අග්රාමාත්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය මහත්මිය පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ පසුපස මාර්ගයෙන් පිටවන්නේ වාහනක් තුනකින් බව සමගි ජන බලවේග පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී චමින්ද විජේසිරි මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඇය වොල්වෝ රථයකින් පිටවෙන බවත් ඒ අවස්ථාවේ මාර්ග තුනක් වසා ඇයට ඉඩ සලසා දෙන බවත් ඔහු පවසයි. තමන් විසින් තම ජංගම දුරකථනයෙන් මීට අදාළ රූප රාමු වීඩියෝ ගත කර […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
Courtesy Financial Express Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has revoked a decision announced in June last year to award a controversial 484 MW of wind power plants in Mannar and Pooneryn to Adani Green Energy SL Ltd. Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The government will assume full responsibility for the 323 containers recently released from Sri Lanka Customs without inspection, according to Deputy Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation, Janith Ruwan Kodituwakku. The Deputy Minister said that the containers were released due to delays and congestion in the clearance of imported goods at the port. […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has filed a fundamental rights (FR) petition with the Supreme Court seeking an order for the deployment of his security detail which had been reduced. Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya and other members of the Cabinet of Ministers have been named as respondents in the petition. The petition filed […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The Ambassador of Switzerland to Sri Lanka and Ambassador designate to the Maldives, Dr. Siri Walt, has assured Switzerland’s support in recovering assets that have been moved out of Sri Lanka. Ambassador Walt made these remarks during a meeting held today (24) at the Presidential Secretariat with the Secretary to the President, Dr. […]
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