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By Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake* InDepthNews2025-02-03 Of ‘GLADIO’ Operations, Raj Nostalgia History and Literary Festivals COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 3 February 2025 (IDN) — Independence has been a long mirage in Ceylon / Sri Lanka, where history seems to repeat itself as tragedy and farce in equal measure. This week, the geostrategic Indian Ocean island is set […]

Dr Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake With the wisdom of hindsight, as well as new research based on de-classified material and evidence from various archives, including the British Archives and the US Library of Congress, it is now clear that when the British crown colony of Ceylon morphed into a British Dominion with the spectacular Pageant of Ceylon […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya The issue surrounding the cancellation of duty-free vehicle permits for members of parliament (MPs) has resurfaced in the political discourse, igniting a heated debate. Initially introduced by former President Gotabaya Rajapakse, the policy came under scrutiny during election rallies, particularly by the National People’s Power (NPP), who promised to abolish these […]

by Garvin Karunaratne Sri Lanka, a sovereign country that did not owe a penny to anyone in 1977 has built up a foreign debt by following the dictates of the International Monetary Fund since 1977. In September 2022 the foreign debt was at $ 47.7 billion and by September 2024 the foreign debt was stated […]

The Lanka Property The Lanka Property Show, Sri Lanka’s premier and largest real estate exhibition, will return for its 9th edition on the 15th and 16th of February 2025 at the Balmoral Hall, The Kingsbury, Colombo, from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Hosted by LankaPropertyWeb, Sri Lanka’s leading online real estate platform, the property show […]

Dharman Wickremeratne ජවිපෙ 2වැනි කැරැල්ලේදී විජය කුමාරතුංග ඇතුළු 41ක් ඝාතනය කළ ලයනල් රණසිංහගේ සත්‍ය කතාව වූ ‘කොම්රේඩ් ලයනල්’ ග්‍රන්ථයේ නවතම මුද්‍රණය පෙබරවාරි 01 වැනිදා නිකුත්විය. පිටු 432කි. මිල රුපියල්1,500/-කි.ග්‍රන්ථයේ කතුවරයා ධර්මන් වික්‍රමරත්නය. ‘කොම්රේඩ් ලයනල්’ ග්‍රන්ථය නුගේගොඩ සරසවි පොත්හලෙන් සහ රට පුරා පිහිටි සරසවි පොත්හලේ ශාඛා 32 මගින් දැන් ඔබට ලබාගත හැකිය. සරසවි ශාඛාවන් පිහිටි නගර සහ දුරකථන අංක පහත දැක්වේ. ‘සටනින් සටන’ සහ ‘ගින්නෙන් […]

By Dr Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam. The Sri Lankan Cricket Team is a very good One Day Cricket Team, but a very poor Test Match Team because they play Test Match Cricket in the manner one may play One Day Cricket especially with strokes such as a the reverse sweep and the ramp stroke, which is […]

BY Sahan Tennekoon and Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning 07 Feb 2025 | In the wake of the controversial decision made by the Attorney General (AG) Parinda Ranasinghe (Jnr.), Presidents Counsel to discharge three suspects implicated in the case involving the murder of editor and lawyer Lasantha Wickrematunge and the alleged subsequent cover-up, AG’s Department sources stated […]

Delegation of the European Union to Sri Lanka and the Maldives The European Union (EU), through the UNIDO-implemented BESPA-FOOD project, is supporting Sri Lanka’s coconut industry in implementing a comprehensive ten-year strategic plan and a roadmap aimed at transforming the sector into a $2 billion export powerhouse. The Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure recently […]

Courtesy Independent A room in the hostel where the 24-year-old stayed had been fumigated before she fell ill Ted Hennessey Thursday 06 February 2025 14:25 GMT For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails A British woman who died after collapsing at a hostel in […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් පසුගිය අරගල සමයේදී විනාශ ‌කෙරූ නිවාස සදහා වන්දි ලබාදී ඇති අයුරු සහ එම වන්දි ගනු ලැබූ අය අද අමාත්‍ය නලින්ද ජයතිස්ස මහතා විසින් හෙළිකරව් කිරීමෙන් පසු හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී චන්න ජයසුමන මහතා තම ෆේස්බුක් පිටුවේ සටහනක් තබමින් පවසන්නේ තමන්ගේ කාර්යාලය ගිණි තබනු ලැබුවේ ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ සාමාජිකතයෙකු බවත් ඔහුට එරෙහිව නඩුවක් […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ට්‍රම්ප් පරිපාලනය විසින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඇතුළු රටවල් කිහිපයක විවිධ ව්‍යාපෘති සඳහා ජාත්‍යන්තර සංවර්ධනය සඳහා වූ එක්සත් ජනපද නියෝජිතායතනය (USAID) අරමුදල් සැපයූ ආකාරය පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු හෙළිදරව් කරන ලද අතර එය වසර ගණනාවක් පුරා විහිලුවක්” ලෙස සලකනු ලැබූ අතර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට ද්විමය ලිංග භාෂාවෙන්” වැළකී සිටින්නේ කෙසේද යන්න ඉගැන්වීමට වෙන් කර ඇත. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Slain Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge’s widow Sonali Samarasinghe is tipped to be appointed as Minister Counsellor at Sri Lanka’s Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, the Daily Mirror learns.  The appointment comes in the wake of the Attorney General taking steps to release three suspects from the charges […]

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Courtesy The Island Sajith Premadasa Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa chaired a meeting with Opposition party leaders yesterday to discuss coordinating future political activities and parliamentary affairs. During the meeting held at the parliamentary complex Premadasa stressed the need for a united Opposition to strengthen Parliament, support beneficial government initiatives, and oppose harmful policies. […]

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Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna National Organizer and MP Namal Rajapaksa has called for a government investigation into how NGOs in Sri Lanka have utilized foreign aid. In a tweet, he urged the government to probe NGOs and other entities that have received funds through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) […]

Courtesy Hiru News The government has officially announced the certified prices at which the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) will purchase paddy from farmers. The announcement was made at a special media briefing today (05) by Agriculture Minister K.D. Lal Kantha and Deputy Minister Namal Karunaratne. Accordingly, the revised procurement rates are:Nadu paddy at Rs. 120 […]

Courtesy Hiru News Minister of Health and Mass Media Nalinda Jayatissa stated that the government will prioritize filling urgent vacancies when recruiting graduates into the public service. Responding to questions at the cabinet media briefing today (05), he noted that while figures such as 30,000 or 35,000 have been mentioned, not all graduates will be […]

Sarath Bulathsinghala 4 Feb 2025 ඉහත දක්වන වෙන වෙනම අනාගතයන් කරා  ගෙන යාමට බලවන්තයින් කටයුතු කරමින් සිටිනවා. එකිනෙකාගේ අන්තිම බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනස් වුවත් ඔවුන් සියලු දෙනාට අවශ්‍ය ශ්‍රී ලංකාව  අස්ථාරව තබා ගැනීමයි. මේ සඳහා ඔවුන් සියලු දෙනා සාමුහිකව කටයුතු කරනවා. එය දැනට බොහෝසේ සිදුවී හමාරය. මේ සියල්ලට එරෙහිව තියෙන්නේ සිරි ලක ඇති සිංහල බෞද්ධ සංස්කෘතික පදනම […]

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Dr Sudath Gunasekara (SLAS) Former Secretary to Prime Minister Mrs Sirimav Bandaranayaka I strongly advise the President and his coterie of Ministers and their followers to read  ‘The Panakaduwa Tamba Sannasa” by  ( (ruled 1055–1110), to understand how our ancient Sinhala Buddhist Kings had treated those who saved this country and the Sinhala nation, before […]