Archive for March, 2025
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න සිංහල බෞධ්ධභික්ෂුව කියන්නේ සිංහල නමින් අනන්ය වූ ජාතියක් විසින් වසර දහස් ගණනකට පෙර බිහි කල, වර්ධනයකළ, ආරක්ෂා කල , රටේ ඔවුන් විසින් බුදහමට අනුගතව හදාගත්තමන්ට අනන්ය වූ ජීවන ක්රමය හෙවත් සන්ස්ක්රුතිය මගින් නඩත්තු කරන ,ඒ සමාජයෙ සාමාජිකයන් අතරෙන්ම බිහිවූ ඒ සමාජයේ ගරුබුහුමන් ලබන භික්ෂුන්ට ය . ඒ භික්ෂුවගේ එක්වැ දගත් කාර්ය භාරයක් වන්නේ […]
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, March 25 (Daily Mirror) – In the wake of recent sanctions imposed by the UK government on four individuals, including Shavendra Silva and Wasantha Karannagoda, SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa questioned whether the new government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, will defend the former military commanders when foreign powers target […]
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The Chief Incumbent of Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya, Ven. Dr. Walawahengunawewa Dhammarathana Thero, claims that a situation has arisen where the President’s advice and directives are not being carried out due to certain politically-affiliated groups from previous governments that are continuing to haunt” the country’s state institutions. The Venerable Thero further charged that certain […]
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy First published Tue Nov 30, 2004; substantive revision Mon May 13, 2024 It is widely accepted that consciousness or, more generally, mental activity is in some way correlated to the behavior of the material brain. Since quantum theory is the most fundamental theory of matter that is currently available, it is […]
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Gananath Obeyesekere has passed away at the age of 95. Obeyesekere, a renowned Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University, has done much work in his home country of Sri Lanka. His research focuses on psychoanalysis and anthropology and the ways in which personal symbolism is related to religious experience, […]
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana A resolution to appoint a committee of inquiry for the removal of Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon was handed over to the Speaker of Parliament, (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne, today (25). This resolution has been signed by 115 Members of Parliament, according to a statement issued by the Communications Department of Parliament. This […]
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The Election Commission has informed the government to provide details of ongoing development projects during the election period. Accordingly, ministries and government departments are required to submit information regarding the relevant projects to the Election Commission for review. The commission stated that the disclosed development projects will be assessed, and a final decision […]
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Monday, March 24th, 2025
ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න එකමුතු වෙන්න ඕනනම් මුලින්ම කියන්න ඕන දෙමල හා මුස්ලිමුන්ට රට හැදු ගොඩ නැගු ආරක්ෂාකළ සිංහලයන්ට විරුධ්ධකම් නොකරන ලෙස.දෙමල මුදලියෝ පරංගි ආණ්ඩුකාර කොර්නේලියස්ට බොරු කියල උන්ගේ පැරණි නීති කියල තේසවලාමේ හදා ගන උන්ගේ පලාත්වල උන්ට විශේෂ නීති හදා ගත්ත. ලන්දේසි ඉංග්රීසි එය ස්තිරකලා, සිංහලයන් උන්ට කියා මර්දනය කරන්න. උතුරේ සිංහලයන් ඊට පස්සේ එලෙව්වා. වැඩි […]
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Monday, March 24th, 2025
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් මුළු රටට ම මාස හතක බරපතළ සහල් හිඟයකට මුහුණදීමට සිදුවන බවට ජාතික ගොවිජන එකමුතුවේ සභාපති අනුරාධ තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා අනතුරු අඟවයි. මාස් කන්නයේ වී වගාව අවස්ථා දෙකක දී ගංවතුරට හසුවීමෙන් සිදු වූ විනාශය සහල් හිඟයට බලපාන බව හෙතෙම කියයි. 2024/25 මාස් කන්නයේ දී හෙක්ටයාර් අට ලක්ෂ පනස්දහසක පමණ වී වගා කළ බව […]
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Monday, March 24th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, March 24 (Daily Mirror) – Cable car projects that operate more than a kilometre between two mountains without any support are rare in the world. The Sri Lankan people will have the chance to experience this rare opportunity before the end of this year. The first cable car project in […]
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Monday, March 24th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, March 25 (Daily Mirror) – India’s Adani Group is not ready to compromise on the initially agreed tariff rate and other parameters of the 484 MW wind and transmission project in Mannar, despite its agreement to execute the project if Sri Lanka requests, Daily Mirror learns. Adani Green Energy SL […]
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Monday, March 24th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The UK government has imposed sanctions on four individuals which it claims are responsible for serious human rights abuses and violations during the Sri Lanka civil war. The individuals sanctioned by the UK today include former senior Sri Lankan military commanders, and a former LTTE military commander who later led the paramilitary Karuna […]
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
By Raj Gonsalkorale GDP Is the wrong tool for measuring what matters – It’s time to replace gross domestic product with real metrics of well-being and sustainability– Joseph E. Stiglitz A country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the standard measure of the total value of all goods and services produced within its borders during a specific […]
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ Economists in Sri Lanka: Bribed in Printed US$s e-Con e-News 16-22 March 2025 * Minister Sirisena alleged that Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) had offered him money ‘sufficient for 14 generations to live in a first world country’ (see ee Random Notes) * • Dear Julie: We’re sure, you consider yourself a […]
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
Dilrook Kannangara The world is heading into WW3. It is a matter of when. The only way it can be avoided is if the debt trap trounces them first. It is not the fault of an individual, a nation or a few of them. It is a clash of competing priorities, access to scarce resources, […]
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යයන වැඩසටහන. දුරකථන 0712063394 1971 ඉපදුනු තෙන්නකෝන් පොලිස්පතිට, රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කිරීමෙන් පසු පොලිස්පති වීමට ඉඩ තිබේද යන්න කාලය විසින් විසඳිය යුතු ප්රශ්නයකි…! ශ්රී ලංකාව ජනරජයක් වුණේ 1972 මැයි 22 දිනය. ඒ 1970 පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයෙන් බලයට පැමිණි සමඟි පෙරමුණු ආණ්ඩුවේ ගරු සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක […]
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
By Afridi Ahmed Courtesy Modern Diplomacy. Tata Motors, India’s leading automobile family, along with DIMO, launched a new range of passenger vehicles (Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles and Electric Vehicles in the country. On 12 March 2025, Tata Motors, India’s leading automobile family, along with DIMO, a Sri Lankan conglomerate and the only authorised distributor […]
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
Reported by Prof Manouri Senanayake President, Servants of the Buddha Audience at Maithriya Hall (Based on an oration by Mr Don de Silva to the Servants of the Buddha) The Servants of the Buddha, an organisation that discussed the Buddha’s Teachings on a weekly basis for 104 years, staged its second Annual Oration on Saturday […]
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
KELUM BANDARA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, March 24 (Daily Mirror) – Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite broadband services will be on hold in Sri Lanka until it guarantees the right for the government agencies to secure data or communication details in case of issues related to national security, Daily Mirror learns. The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Ex -Secretary to Prime Miniter Sirimavo Bandaranayaka and President Sri Lanka Administrative Service Association (1991-1994) The writer of the attached letter Mr. L.K.N. Perera, a lawyer and a retired judge by profession, is an authority on the subject of Tamil and Missionary activities in this country from 1505 onwards. I don’t see […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
by A. Abdul Aziz (Given below is an excerpt of the Friday Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, on 21 March, 2025, gave a discourse on ‘True Significance of the Promised Messiah Day’ After reciting first part of the sermon with first chapter of Holy […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතාගේ ආණ්ඩුවේ වියදමක් මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ හා රනිල් වික්රමසිංහන ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ ආණ්ඩු වලට වඩා කෝටි ලක්ෂයක් වියදම වැඩි බව හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී චම්පික රණවක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඉදිරි පළාත් පාලන මැතිවරණය වෙනුවෙන් පැවැති ජන හමුවකදී ඔහු මේ බව පැවසුවේය. ලොකු වාහන පෙළපාලි නෑ කිව්වත් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවෙන් කෑම නොගන්නා බව කිව්වද […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
Courtesy Hindustan Times Health minister Nalinda Jayathissa said that Sri Lanka and India reached an agreement last month to establish solar power plants in the island nation. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the country on April 5. The announcement was made during his statement […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
Courtesy The Island Matale Dirstrict SJB MP Rohini Kumari Wijerathna yesterday tabled a list in Parliament naming 1,300 members, leaders, trade unionists, and activists of the UNP, who were allegedly assassinated by the JVP. The list was submitted during a parliamentary session as part of the government’s ongoing effort to document victims of political violence. Along with […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් විවිධ ආණ්ඩු විසින් පසුගිය වසර දහයක පමණ කාලයේදී වරින් වර පත් කෙරුණු ජනාධිපති කොමිෂන් සභා විස්සක පමණ වාර්තා තවමත් ක්රියාත්මක නොවී හමස් පෙට්ටියේ පවතින බව මහාචාර්ය නීතිඥ ප්රතිභා මහනාම හේවා මහතා ලංකාදීපයට පැවසීය. උදුලාගම කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාව මැක්ස්වල් පරණගම කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාව,ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි ඝාතන කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාව, විජය කුමාරතුංග ඝාතන කොමිෂන් […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් පසුගියදා මාතර මහේස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් වූ පොලිස්පතිවරයා සම්බන්ධයෙන් මහේස්ත්රාත්වරයා ඉදිරියේ ඔහුට ඇප ලබා දීමට විරුද්ධ වීමට කරුණු දක්වමින් අතිරේක සොලිස්ටර් ජනරාල්වරයා වෘත්තීමය නොවන ග්රාම්ය වචන භාවිත කරමින් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවෙන් සැකකරුවෙකුට හිමි අයිතීන් නොසලකා හරිමින් කටයුතු කර ඇති බව විවිධ පිරිස් විසින් සමාජ මාධ්ය තුළ අදහස් දක්වා තිබුණි. අතිරේක සොලිසිටර් ජනරාල්වරයාගේ හැසිරීම විවිධ […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has officially nominated Dr. Ruvaiz Haniffa as its candidate for the position of Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC). The party emphasized that the nomination reflects its vision for a super developed city” and aims to uplift the lives of all residents within the Colombo Municipal Council […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana Hassan Alaldeen has been officially nominated as the mayoral candidate for the Colombo Municipal Council by the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance. This announcement was made following an Iftar ceremony for Muslim devotees held in Dehiwala yesterday afternoon (March 21). Alaldeen, has previously served as a member of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance’s Executive Council, as […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has welcomed the 2025 Budget, stating that it offers a favorable resolution to concerns over payments for doctors’ additional duties. Addressing a press conference today (March 22), GMOA Media Spokesperson Dr. Chamil Wijesinghe said the budgetary provisions have addressed a key issue that had sparked widespread concern […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
By an Anonymous Contributor For decades, Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector has teetered on the edge of uncertainty, shackled by inconsistent policies and a lack of decisive action. Recognizing the urgent need for reform, agriculture professionals and university academics, with significant financial support from international contributors, undertook the monumental task of drafting two transformative documents: the […]
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