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 Courtesy The Week News Desk  Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Sampath Thuyacontha said the MoUs will not conflict with both Sri Lanka’s and India’s local laws and national policies. Members of the Frontline Socialist Party shout anti Indian slogans during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Sri Lankan state visit in Colombo | AP As Prime Minister […]

Courtesy Adaderana A team of Sri Lankan tri-forces personnel, including medical staff, departed for Myanmar on a special flight on Saturday to provide relief assistance to earthquake victims, the Defence Ministry said. Tri-Forces’ medical and disaster relief teams, along with humanitarian aid collected under the guidance of the Chief Prelates of the three Buddhist Chapters […]

Courtesy Adaderana Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that the agreement reached to build a multi-product pipeline and to develop Trincomalee as an energy hub will benefit the people of Sri Lanka. While addressing a joint press statement alongside Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, PM Modi said that the grid inter-connectivity agreement […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Colombo High Court has served indictments on Yoshitha Rajapaksa and Daisy Forrest Wickramasinghe in connection with a money laundering case. The court granted bail to both accused on two sureties each, set at Rs. 500,000.

Courtesy Hiru News The Court of Appeal has ordered the relevant returning officers to accept around 37 nominations for the Local Government Elections that were previously rejected.

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාගේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරයට සමගාමීව එළඹුණු ආරක්ෂක සහයෝගිතා ගිවිසුම ඇතුලු අනෙකුත් කරුණු සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉන්දීය විදේශ ලේකම්වරයා මෙන්ම ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආරක්ෂක ලේකම්වරයා ද අදහස් පළ කළා. මේ කොළඹදී ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවක් කැදවමින් ඉන්දීය විදේශ ලේකම් වික්‍රම් මිස්රි දැක්වූ අදහස්. බොහෝදෙනා අවධානය යොමුකරන්නේ ආරක්ෂිත සහයෝගීතාවය ගැන. ඒ පිළිබඳව නායකයින් දෙපළ අතර ඉතා හොඳ […]

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By Sena Thoradeniya Three days have passed since Trump’s declaration of tariff hike; but Julie Chung once busy pampering NPP poodles while preaching economic reforms and growth goals”,” Sri Lanka’s recovery”, Sri Lanka’s economic future” remains silent. Trump wanted to Make America Great Again (MAGA). Chung emphasized shared goals”, shared priorities”, shared prosperity”, shared commitment” […]

Courtesy Adaderana China on Friday announced a slew of additional tariffs and restrictions against U.S. goods as a countermeasure to sweeping tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. The Finance Ministry said it would impose additional tariffs of 34% on all U.S. goods from April 10. Beijing also announced controls on exports of medium and […]

Courtesy Adaderana The National Police Commission has cancelled the transfer of the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Bingiriya Police Station by the Acting IGP, with immediate effect.  The commission says the transfer has been ordered by the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasuriya without the approval of the National Police Commission and the Elections […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Sri Lanka says it stands ready to engage with the US administration at the earliest opportunity to explore ways to manage the trade balance in a fair manner and that it is committed to substantially reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers that hinder trade and investment. On Wednesday, US President Donald […]

By William J. Astore Courtesy Tomdispatch I read the news today, oh boy. About a lucky man named Elon Musk. But he lost out on one thing: he didn’t get a top secret briefing on Pentagon war plans for China. And the news people breathed a sigh of relief. With apologies to John Lennon and […]

MOD  Media Centre ‘Sri Lanka, due to its strategic location in the Indian Ocean, plays a critical role in regional maritime security. The maritime security strategy is considered the most important aspect in the National Security and Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) is given the highest priority’. Highlighting this crucial aspect, Deputy Minister of Defence Major […]

MOD  Media Centre ‘In an era defined by rapid technological shifts, evolving threats and complex global challenges, adaptability is not just an option; it is a necessity.’ Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), underscored this very sentiment while addressing the distinguished gathering at the Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers Symposium held at […]

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Nava Thakuria Guwahati: London-based global outfit dedicated for indigenous and tribal peoples’ rights, Survival International (SI) expressed relief that a foreigner was arrested after landing on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean to make contact with the uncontacted Sentinelese people. Terming the news as deeply disturbing, the Sl  director Caroline Pearce commented on 2 […]

Gospa News Russia’s deputy foreign minister has warned the United States that any military attack on Iran’s nuclear sites would have catastrophic” consequences for the entire region. Sergei Ryabkov made the remarks during an interview with the International Affairs journal on Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran if it fails to come to an […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන 1. චෝදනාව කරන අයටම හෝ තමා යටතේ ඉන්නා අයෙක් මගින් චෝදනව ඉදිරිපත් කරවා චූදිතව රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කළ හැකි බව, 2. චෝදනාව කරන අය සාක්ෂියට කැදවීමට ඉඩ නොදෙන බව, 3. දඬුවමේ සීමාවක් නැති බව, 4. වසර 2කට වඩා චූදිතව/ සැකකරුව රක්ෂිත […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) today expresses deep concern over the imposition of a 44% tariff on Sri Lankan exports to the United States. US President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs yesterday on major trade partners, including China and the European Union. With the US accounting for approximately USD 3 billion in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lankan animal rights activists marched on Thursday to protest the round-up of stray dogs a day ahead of a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  Authorities in Colombo and the Buddhist pilgrim city of Anuradhapura have reportedly deployed dog catchers to impound hounds ahead of Modi’s visit, which begins on Friday. […]

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Shenali D Waduge Are Sri Lanka’s govts, policy advisors & close coterie living in a delusional world thinking that a takeover of a country only happens via invasions as took place under Portuguese, Dutch, British ruling Sri Lanka from 1505-1972? Have they not noticed or kept track of the manner India is building its stronghold […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Considering the instances where proliferation of waste dumping is increasing, and the ongoing deaths and injuries  due to maniacal driving by bus drivers, and others, one cannot but feel that the much-publicized Clean Sri Lanka concept has not yet got off ground as desired.  The government needs to lift their game or […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Sri Lanka has pledged USD 1 million in humanitarian aid to assist ongoing relief and recovery efforts in Myanmar, in the aftermath of devastating earthquake.  In addition, preparations are underway to deploy medical teams and provide health sector assistance to support those affected on the ground, said Arun Hemachandra, Deputy […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to appoint a committee comprised of ministers to submit a report with recommendations to the Cabinet of Ministers related to the decisions taken by the United Kingdom to impose sanctions on 4 Sri Lankan individuals including General Shavendra Silva recently. Cabinet Spokesman Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said […]

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