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The dossier was researched and written under the leadership of Professor Grieve Chelwa of The Africa Institute, Global Studies University, through Tricontinental Pan Africa In Africa, the leading forces of capitalism have ruthlessly wielded a neoliberal conception of corruption to undermine states’ sovereignty and open the continent to plunder at the hands of Western multinational […]

Courtesy The Straits Times BEIJING – China and Sri Lanka agreed on more investment and economic cooperation on Wednesday as China’s President Xi Jinping met recently-elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Beijing. The countries signed 15 cooperation documents, including agreements on economic and technological development and aligning China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ with […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The People’s Republic of China has played a vital role in the social and economic development of Sri Lanka for decades, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping today.  Dissanayake said his visit will strengthen bilateral collaborations for the benefit of both countries and their people. President Dissanayake, who […]

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By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today By Shivanthi Ranasinghe The international lifestyle magazine ‘Vogue’ has given Sri Lanka a glowing endorsement by claiming the Island as this winter’s hottest travel destination. This recognition from the prestigious magazine will certainly help Sri Lanka in more than one way. Revenues earned from tourism and foreign remittances are […]

By Shiran Illanperuma Courtesy Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Positioned at the geographic and political heart of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is the epicentre of the 21st century struggle for regional influence. On 23 September 2024, Anura Kumara Dissanayake (referred to locally as AKD) was sworn in as the 9th executive President of the […]

Sugath Kulatunga Prior to 1977 the country had an Island wide system of paddy stores for the storage of paddy purchased by the Paddy Marketing Board under the Guaranteed Price Scheme (GPS). This well run complex was disused by the UNP government in their frenzy for privatization. The stores network was given away to loyalists […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. දූෂිත වෛද්‍යවරු සීමිත කණ්ඩායමක් විසින් සිදු කරන මෙම නීති විරෝධී මිනිස් අවයව ජාවාරම  දෙවනි වන්නේ මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය ජාවාරමට පමණි. වකුගඩු මාෆියාවේ රැකවරණය සහිතව ලියකියවිලි වල සඳහන් නොකර බොහෝ වකුගඩු සැත්කම් රහසින් පුද්ගලික රෝහල් වල සිදු වන බව වාර්තා වේ. මෙම මාෆියාව නිසා මේ වන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නීති විරෝධී වකුගඩු බද්ධ […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ දියුණු රටවල් ජ්‍යෙෂ්ට පුරවැසියන්ට සුවිශේෂ වරප්‍රාසද දී ඔවුන්ව ඉමහත්  ගෞරවයෙන් බලා ගනී. උදාහරණයක් ලෙස ජපානය ජ්‍යෙෂ්ට පුරවැසියන්ට දේවත්වයෙන් හා සමාන ලෙස සළකයි. ඕස්ත්‍රේලියාව ඔවුන්ට විවිධාකාර විශේෂ සහණ සළසයි – අඩු බස් ගාස්තු, අඩු මිලට බෙහෙත් සහ රජයේ අඩු කුලී නිවාස. අපේ රජයන් ජ්‍යෙෂ්ට පුරවැසියන්ට සැලකීම, ඔවුන්ට ගරු කිරීමේ අවශ්‍යතාවය ගැන සැළකිලිමත් නොවේ (මහින්ද […]

ප්‍ර සමරසිංහ ඒ කාලේ, මහ වැස්සක්‌ තුරල් ව ගිය විට මහගෙදර පිටුපස මිදුලේ තැනින් තැන දිය රැඳී, ගලාගිය නොගිය තැන් කිහිපයක් විය. මේ වතුර කෝටුවකින් පාදා වුවමනා නං තවත් හාරා එකිනෙකට යා කර ඇළ වේලි බැඳ වතුර පහතට ගලා යන්නට සැලැස්සුවා මතකය. වැසි වතුර ප්‍රමාණය සතුටුදායක මට්ටමක ඉතිරිව තිබුනේ නම් හා ඒ ගමන් මග ඒකාකාරී […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna Synopsis: The Clean Sri Lanka project is urged to advocate for stronger legal measures against unethical religious conversion practices. It is crucial for local Buddhist temples, government authorities, and the public to unite in preserving Sri Lanka’s Buddhist identity and cultural cohesion. Strengthening legal frameworks and raising awareness will help safeguard the […]

Courtesy 1News One of the most notable New Zealand self-help books of last year was by Auckland-based psychiatrist and sleep specialist Dr Tony Fernando. ‘Life Hacks from the Buddha: How to be calm and content in a chaotic world’ does what it promises, presenting ancient Buddhist wisdom in bite-sized hacks, easily applicable to modern life. […]

by A. Abdul Aziz. The Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at to be held today Tuesday the 14 January 2025 at Baitul Basit Mosque Sri Lanka in Pasyala, Pre-dawn (Thahajjud prayer in congregation at 4.16 am local time is also beginning of the event. Prior to the main program, flag hoisting […]

 By Capt. Vasabha Courtesy The Morning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) and his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People’s Power (NPP) Government have their work cut out for them in every sphere – economic, political, and social – this year.  In fact, how AKD steers his JVP/NPP Government and the country as a whole this […]

BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning Ministry of Health Secretary Dr. Anil Jasinghe, has announced that the Government is focusing on the establishment of several laboratories to test medicines in the near future. Dr. Jasinghe also indicated that an investigation is planned into recent allegations regarding the importation of medicines by a blacklisted company. It […]

Courtesy The Morning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was set to depart the country last evening (13) for a four-day State visit to the People’s Republic of China.  This visit, taking place from 14-17 January, is undertaken at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.   During the visit, President Dissanayake will hold discussions with President Xi […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා චීන ජනපති ෂී ජින්පින් මහතාගේ ආරාධනාවක් මත චීනයේ සිවු දින නිල සංචාරයක නිරත වන බව විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතාගේ සිවු දින නිල සංචාරය හෙට (14) සිට 17 වැනිදා දක්වා සිදු කෙරනු ඇති බවත්, එහිදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සහ විනය අතර […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government is taking significant steps to address salary disparities in the education sector and elevate five key education services, including teachers and principals, to be among the 10 highest-paid professions in the country, Deputy Minister of Labour Mahinda Jayasinghe said. Speaking at an event held in Maharagama, the Deputy Minister outlined the […]

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By Dr. Gamini Padmaperuma Introduction In my previous article published in Sunday Observer of 3rd November, 2024 entitled Digital Transformation: Avoid paving the cow path”, we discussed about the general benefits of the Digital Transformation to the economy as a whole. One of the very important sectors of this overall digital transformation effort is the […]

ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. මහනුවර 12.01.25. එම  ලිපියේ අඩන්ගු කරුණු සියල්ල සමඟ මාද සියයට සියයක්ම එකඟ වෙමි. මේ ලිපිය ලිවීම ගැන ඔහුට ස්තූතිවන්ත වන අතරම පහත සඳහන් යෝජානා මා ඊට එකතු කරමි 1 මොවුන් සියළු දෙනාම වහාම අපසු හරවා යැවිමට රජය වහාම  පියවර ගත යුතුය 2 එසේ නොකොට ඔවුන් මෙහි රඳවා ගැනීමට තිරණය කළ ඇමතිවරයා කවුරු […]

Nava Thakuria The construction of a colossal hydropower project by China in Tibet has emerged as a matter of grave concern for India, especially for those residing in its eastern regions including Bangladesh. These areas now face a perpetual threat akin to living under a water bomb, controlled by a foreign power governed by a […]