Shenali D Waduge The date was July 10, 1991. The battlefield: Elephant Pass. The threat: a deadly armored bulldozer storming through the final defense line.  The fear: LTTE about to penetrate Elephant Pass camp. Behind the barricades stood hundreds of soldiers. In front stood just one man – a 24 year old Gamini Kularatna from […]

Dilrook Kannangara Influenced by China, Sri Lanka joined China’s attempts to push the trilingual inscription to be recognized by UNESCO. This is part of China’s soft power projection and also part of a plan to link the modern One Belt One Road to a historic parallel. The inscription found in Galle, Sri Lanka, contains Chinese, […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM, FRCP/FRACP Spokesperson, USLA The United Sri Lanka Association (USLA)  Wellington NZ continued it’s unbroken record of commemorating and honoring the Ranaviru for their sacrifices of life,  limb, blood , sweat and toil to rescue Sri Lanka from terror that enabled all to enjoy the unrestricted freedoms all have enjoyed since 18th of […]

Kaarige Channel Eka | Dharmasri Kariyawasam ආණ්ඩුව පසුගිය අප්‍රේල් 05 දා ඉන්දියාවත් සමඟ අත්සන් කරන ලද ආරක්ෂක සහයෝගිතා ගිවිසුම තව මත් රටට අනාවරණය කළේ නැත. මේ වීඩියෝව මඟින් ඒ ගිවිසුම හෙළිදරවු කරනු ලැබේ. එමෙන් ම ගිවිසුමේ ඇති වගන්ති මඟින් ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව උල්ලංඝනය වන ආකාරයත් රටේ ජාතික ආරක්ෂාව, ස්වාධීනත්වය සහ ස්වෛරීභාවය අහිමි වන ආකාරයත් මේ […]

Kanthar Balanathan, Australia USA: Humanity knows how the migrants into the USA carried out the genocide of the Red Indians and conquered the land. Since then they have been attentive to establishing the USA as the leader of the world. The USA destroyed the South America and the rest of the countries. If a leader […]

NDB Bank PLC NDB Bank is proud to announce its partnership with the Coconut Cultivation Board (CCB) for the Kapruka Ayojana Credit Scheme, a transformative financial solution designed to boost coconut cultivation and integrated farming systems across Sri Lanka. This strategic initiative reinforces NDB’s unwavering commitment to supporting the nation’s agricultural sector and empowering local […]

Dr. Teale N. Phelps Bondaroff Director of Research OceansAsia Close to five million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by authorities over a 10-year span, according to a new study that warns the scale of the trade is far larger than current data suggest. Published today in Conservation Biology, the study analyzed online seizure records from […]

Courtesy Daily mirror As strong winds and heavy rains continued to sweep Colombo, several trees around the city were uprooted, damaging property and cars. Seen here is a tree that was uprooted close to the Colombo City Centre shopping mall, destroyed a nearby car. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Public opinion is all powerful in any country. There is no escape for any government from it in furtherance of its policy implementations and decision making.    The current government is an extremely novel political phenomenon in Sri Lanka. It is a rejection of the old political forces that ruled the […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror However, when this newspaper contacted Eng. Hedigallage to find out about the US$ 1 million payment to RMA Energy for the consultancy service provided for this project, and also to know how Dr. Siyambalapitiya could change his stance regarding RE addition to the grid after assuming duties as Chairman CEB, the former […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror The push towards the removal of IPKF by R Premadasa is the spur which potentially fuelled the continuation of the war, killing many soldiers and civilians to come Last week, Sri Lanka commemorated the servicemen and women who paid with their life and limb, defending the territorial integrity of this country, so […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, May 30 (Daily Mirror) – A group of independent councillors from the Matugama Pradeshiya Sabha, who recently declared their support for the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), have accused the National People’s Power (NPP) of attempting to buy their allegiance through financial and political incentives. Speaking to the media, a spokesperson […]

Courtesy Hiru News Employees of Lanka Sugar Private Limited are warning that the local sugar industry is facing a severe crisis and the threat of collapse due to the priority given to imported white sugar. They highlight the critical issue of an inadequate price and insufficient market share for locally produced sugar. Lanka Sugar Private […]

Bello Mundo – EN An unknown and MYSTERIOUS country that has one of the oldest and most complex cultures on the continent—and yes, it remains one of the least understood places in the world. The name itself says a lot: Sri Lanka, which means glorious island” in Sinhalese, is called by many the Pearl of […]