උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මාතලේ යටවත්ත පදිංචි අමල් අත්තනායක මහතා ගේ නිවසට පැමිණි ජවිපෙ සමාජිකයින් පිරිසක් ඔහුට විනාඩි 22 ක් පුරා තර්ජනය කරමින් දොස් පවරා ඇතැයි පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රිනී රෝහිනී කවිරත්න මහත්මිය පවසයි. යටවත්ත ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවේ ජවිපෙ හිටපු මන්ත්‍රී ඩබ්ලිව්. ජී. මංජුල ප්‍රසාද් සමරවීර හා මෑතක දී මාලිමාවට එක් වූ විජේරත්න නැමැත්තෙක් මෙසේ තර්ජනය කරන්නේ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ හොර රහසේ පැමිණෙන බව කියන භාවනා මධ්‍යස්ථානයක් පිළිබඳ වාර්තා වනවා.ගම්පහ ප්‍රදේශයේ ඇතැයි කියන එම භාවනා මධ්‍යස්ථානය පිළිබඳ සොයා බැලීමට කම්කරු නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය මහින්ද ජයසිංහ එහි ගොස් තිබෙනවා.නමුත් එහි ගිය කම්කරු නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය මහින්ද ජයසිංහ ට ඊට ඇතුළුවීමට එහි ආරක්ෂක නිලධාරීන් අවසර දුන්නේ නැහැ.නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයා එහි ගොස් තිබුණේ, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s vision for the Indian Ocean is one of shared destiny—where nations rise above rivalry to protect freedom of navigation and foster stable and sustainable prosperity based on cooperation, and find peaceful solutions to all issues, says Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath. He made these remarks on Sunday (16) while addressing the first […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lanka Army has directed all personnel below the rank of Major to hand over their passports to their respective regiments, according to the Army Spokesman. Army Spokesperson Brigadier Waruna Gamage further revealed that this step has been taken in connection with an administrative matter.  However, he also mentioned that passports can […]

Courtesy The Morning A consortium of 43 Renewable Energy (RE) developers, collectively representing over $ 3.5 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), has called for the intervention of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to address significant delays in implementing RE projects in Sri Lanka. In a letter written on Tuesday (11), the developers, who were provisionally […]

By Maheesha Mudugamuwa Courtesy The Morning The Health Ministry is planning to review the legal obligations of medical specialist trainees who travel abroad for compulsory Government-sponsored foreign training but fail to return to Sri Lanka upon completion, The Sunday Morning learns. This decision comes in response to a growing number of medical officers who, after receiving State-funded […]

By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne informed Parliament on Friday (14) that he intended to take necessary action regarding requests made by MPs concerning allegations over USAID funding in Sri Lanka. He made this statement in response to a question raised by Opposition MP Dayasiri Jayasekara, who sought a clarification on the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, has emphasized the necessity of providing a high-quality education to every child in Sri Lanka. She made this statement while participating in an inspection tour of Jaffna Hindu College today  (15). During the visit, the Prime Minister engaged in […]

Courtesy Adaderana More than 30,000 suspects have been arrested in connection with the anti-drug and crime prevention operations conducted by the police across the island, according to Police Media Spokesperson SSP Buddhika Manatunga. Addressing a press briefing today (15), SSP Manatunga stated that these operations were launched on January 12 and have been implemented across […]

Lanka Leader අර්බන් සිටිසන් සංවිධානයේ සභාපති ශර්ම්ලා ගෝනවෙල ගරු ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතාට ලිපියක් යොමුකරමින් ඉල්ලා සිටින්නේ ඇමරිකානු ආධාර සංවිධානයේන් මුදල් ලබා ගත් සියලු ජනතා නියෝජිතයන්, මාධ්‍ය වේදීන්, ආයතන, සංවිධාන නම් ලැයිස්තුව ප්‍රසිද්ධ කරන ලෙසටත්,  අප රටේ හර පද්ධතියට හා සමාජ සම්මතයන්ට ගරු නොකරන ඊට  එරෙහිව කටයුතු කරන අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය තුමිය තව දුරටත් එම තනතුරේ ක්‍රියා […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka’s inflation is expected to increase sizeably” in the third quarter this year (3Q25), with the possibility of it hovering around 2 percentage points above the inflation target in mid-2026, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said in its monetary policy report that was released yesterday.Nonetheless, headline inflation is […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 15 (Daily Mirror) – In the midst of controversy over USAID funding in Sri Lanka, the government has sought a report from the National NGO Secretariat in this regard, a Minister said yesterday. Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Daily Mirror yesterday he would fully deal with allegations over […]

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Tirantha Walaliyadde Preservation of Sri Lanka as a Unitary State and the identity of the Sinhale and to subvert any move towards converting Sri Lanka into a Federal State as well as any attempt at moving toward the creation of a Separate Tamil Eelam State in the North and East of Sri Lanka.

By Sena Thoradeniya A senior journalist, sharing with this writer, an X message posted by Julie Chung in her X account after her meeting with an NPP Minister added: All are under control”.  Who are these ALL” mentioned by the said senior journalist? This article explores those NPPers who were fallen into Chung’s pocket. Following […]

Palitha Ariyarathna  Synopsis: The article criticizes USAID’s involvement in Sri Lanka, accusing the agency of undermining national sovereignty through regime change, media manipulation, and constitutional alterations funded by U.S. money. It argues that USAID’s hidden agendas, often linked to NGOs and their defense operations, destabilize countries by altering their way of life. Key projects, from […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඇමෙරිකානු තානාපති කාර්යාලය ඉදිරිපිට සංවිධාන රැසක සහභාගීත්වයෙන් ඊයේ (14) උද්ඝෝෂණයක් පැවැත්විණි. උද්ඝෝෂයකයන් එහිදී ඇමෙරිකානු ජනාධිපති ඩොනල්ඩ් ට්‍රම්ප් මහතාගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටිවේ වියානා සම්මුතිය කඩපු සහ USAID සංවිධානය හරහා රටේ අභ්‍යන්තර ප්‍රශ්න වලට මැදිහත්වන ජුලී චන්ග් මෙරටින් ඉවත් කරන ලෙසයි.  එම අවස්ථාවට සහභාගී වූ සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා අදහස් දක්වමින් පැවසුවේ USAID […]

AJITH SIRIWARDANA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 14 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) briefed U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung on the SLPP’s proposal for a Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate into the use of USAID funds by both registered and unregistered NGOs in Sri Lanka, with a focus on ensuring transparency in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has filed indictments in the Colombo High Court against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his grandmother Daisy Forrest Wickremesinghe under the Money Laundering Act. The Attorney General has filed the indictments against these defendants for failing to disclose how they acquired lands and properties […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ආදරය… ජීවිතය ජීවත් කරවන හරි අපූරු හැඟීමක්, අපි කවුරුත් එක වගේ විඳන්න ආස දෙයක් නමුත් කෙතරම් කැපකිරීම් කළත් හැම ආදර කතාවක්ම සතුටින් අවසන් වෙන්නේ නැහැ. එලෙස මතකයන් පමණක් ඉතිරි කර මැකී යන සමහර ප්‍රේමකතාවල සුන්දරත්වය තවමත් ජීවමානයි. අද (14) ආදරවන්තයින්ගේ දවසේ අපි ඔබට රැගෙන එන්නේ වසර 220ක් පැරණි, ඔබ අසා ඇති […]

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Shenali Waduge US agencies partnering Sri Lanka Ministries Statutory Bodies & Corporations USAID & Ministries: ·      Ministry of Finance: economic reforms, fiscal management, and public financial management. ·      Ministry of Justice: legal reforms, strengthening the rule of law, and promoting access to justice. ·      Ministry of Education: education reforms and improving educational quality. ·      Ministry of Health: healthcare delivery and public health programs, HIV/AIDS and other diseases. ·      Ministry of Environment: environmental protection and addressing climate change issues. ·      Ministry […]

Editorial Courtesy The Morning The concerns expressed by the Government with regard to the Attorney General’s (AG) Department’s duties concerning the legal proceedings into the assassination of former newspaper editor and lawyer Lasantha Wickrematunge have sparked debates on social media platforms, the general society, and in the political arena. While some encourage the Government’s interest […]

Aloysius Hettiarachchi While engaged on a research work to find out how the process of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) works as it applies to Reinforced Concrete Structural Analysis, I came across the report of such an analysis by a group of researchers of the University of California funded by their State Government. My attempt was […]

By Lakshmi Subramanian Courtesy The Week The project approved by the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government in 2022 without a competitive tender process was under scanner for a long time Representative Image Adani Green on Thursday announced that the group will withdraw from the two proposed wind power projects and two transmission projects in northern and eastern […]

 CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Mannar has been chosen as the site for the largest wind power project in South Asia A large wind power project, built by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and India’s Adani Group, has disturbed the island’s natural balanceWhile the project aims to produce clean energy, it has caused […]

 KURULU KOOJANA KARIYAKARAWANA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, February 14 (Daily Mirror) – Social activist groups lobbying for LGBTIQ rights yesterday urged the new government to make necessary legal reforms to decriminalize same-sex relationships between consenting adult women in Sri Lanka, as stated by the NPP policies to improve welfare of the LGBTIQ community. In […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Adani Green Energy, part of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s Adani Group, has decided to withdraw from its wind energy project in Mannar, Sri Lanka. Despite obtaining most approvals, the company cited delays, including unresolved environmental clearance and an ongoing Supreme Court case as reasons for the withdrawal. The company has informed Sri Lanka’s […]