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by Rajan Philips Courtesy Island Questions continue to be speculated about the true intentions of the JVP in orchestrating the NPP government – whether the JVP is still committed to its old Marxist-Leninist policies and whether it may or may not implement them through its NPP front. Further, will the JVP/NPP allow Sri Lanka’s multi-party […]

Courtesy The Satnadard Lydia Swinscoe Does Sri Lanka’s latest city hotel live up to the hype? Lydia Swinscoe checks in to find out Having spent over nine months in Sri Lanka, I’ve become fairly well acquainted with the Colombo hotel scene. There are the chains, some global, some local, which take up space in sprawling buildings and sky-punctuating towers, and […]

Udaya Gammanpila

Courtesy AdaDerana Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that the government is taking necessary actions to enhance the facilities and professional standard within the healthcare sector, and that expecting a compassionate discharge of duties from the nurses and midwives. The Prime Minister made these remarks while addressing a ceremony held today (24) at Temple Trees […]

MOHAMED AYUB   Courtesy Daily mirror President Dissanayake’s hesitancy over participation in the commemoration contrasts with his party’s historical pro-military stance, particularly during the post-ceasefire period when they shaped public opinion favouring military action against the LTTE Speculation arose as to why the president skipped the commemoration, with some citing that he wanted to appease the […]

Chanaka Bandarage The late Minister Gamini Dissanayke In the early 1990s stated that considering the number of professionals and technicians that Australia has absorbed into their country from Sri Lanka, what Sri Lanka has offered to Australia’s economic development far outweighs the amount of aid/assistance that Australia has given to Sri Lanka. He was spot […]

නැණස NENASA 🇱🇰 වීරත්වය කුමක්දැයි ලොවට කියා දුන් අපේ කාලයේ විරුවන් පිළිඹඳ ඔබ කිසිදා නෑසූ කථා එකතුව පරම වීර විභූෂණයෙන් පුදලද විරුවන්ගේ අවසන් මෙහෙයුම් පිළිඹඳව අප විසින් මෙතෙක් ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇති වීඩියෝ සියල්ල මෙතැනින්: “වීරත්වයේ පළමු පාඩම” – අපි කවුරුත් පසුබහින්නෙ නෑ, සේරම ඉවර වෙන්න උඩින් බෝම්බ දාන්න | Kokavil (1990)    • “වීරත්වයේ පළමු පාඩම” – අපි කවුරුත් පසුබහින…   අලිමංකඩ රැකගන්නට මහමුහුදෙන් […]

NDB Bank Reaffirming its commitment to the growth and empowerment of Sri Lanka’s vital SME sector, NDB Bank is proud to announce its role as the Official Banking Partner for the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) SME Development Awards (SMEDA) 2024. This landmark partnership reflects NDB’s continued dedication to recognizing and supporting the entrepreneurial […]

BY Sumudu Chamara and Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning 23 May 2025 | Noting that the Auditor General’s (AG) Department has thus far remained an institution with no issues, the main Opposition, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), questioned President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s nominations for the post of the AG. The SJB questioned as to why the […]

By Gayathri Kallukaran Courtesy Eastern Eye Both cases serving as stark warnings about the risks facing young travellers drawn into illicit drug operations abroad The arrests come amid heightened international scrutiny of cannabis trafficking involving young travellers A 21-year-old British woman has been arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly attempting to smuggle synthetic cannabis worth […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, May 23 (Daily Mirror) – Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said the government will not hesitate to take legal action against individuals or groups who promote the idea that the Sri Lankan military committed genocide during the civil war. Speaking in a recent interview, Herath strongly rejected growing international claims of […]

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Dasatha News අපි දැන් නැගිටින්න ඕනේ කාලය ඇවිල්ලා මුහුදු කොටි නිහඬ කළ නාවික විරුවෙක් රණවිරුවන් ගැන කියන ඇඟ හිරිවැටෙන කතාව මාලිමාවේ නියෝජ්‍ය ඇමතිට කන් පිරෙන්න විශ්‍රාමික විරුවා කියපු දේ

Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), AAL, Coordinator, Dr. Thilaka Padma Subasinghe Memorial Legal Education Program After imposing hundreds of thousands of rupees as legal fees on those who filed cases regarding constitutional errors before 18.07.2024 while serving as the Chief Justice, the Attorney General has also admitted that there are constitutional errors because published a […]

Champa Fernando Secretary, KACPAW (Kandy Association for Community Protection through Animal Welfare) I was more than happy when Dr. Hansaka Wijayamuni, Deputy Health Minister admitted in Parliament today (22/5/2025) that the national rabies eradication and dog population management programme has not provided sustainable results, and noted that something needs to be done to justify the […]

Ada Derana

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, May 22 (Daily Mirror) – The Supreme Court today quashed the findings, report and recommendations made by the Presidential Commission on Political Victimisation (PCoI) in relation to former Solicitor General Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe, President’s Counsel. The Presidential Commission on Political Victimisation (PCoI), commonly known as the Upali Abeyratne Commission was […]

උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත ස්වාධීන ආයතනයක් ලෙස පැවැතිය යුතු නීතිපති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට කටයුතු කරන්නට සිදුව ඇත්තේ දේශපාලන බලපෑම්වලට අනුව බව මේ වන විට හෙළිදරව් වී තිබේ. එම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ හිටපු සොලිසිටර් ජනරාල් දිල්රුක්ෂි ඩයස් වික්‍රමසිංහගේ ප්‍රකාශයෙන් ඒ බව පසක් වේ. දැන් ඇයගේ සේවයද අත්හිටුවා තිබේ. එහෙත් දිල්රුක්ෂි ඩයස් වික්‍රමසිංහට පෙර මේ බලපෑම එල්ල වූයේ තමන්ට බව ඇයට පෙර එම […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Continued from Tuesday 13th May 2025 Light of Asia’s ‘stunning impact in Ceylon’ forgotten and the ‘Uncrowned King’ buried One of the dozen of books that Nehru got from his father, when he was imprisoned  in a Lucknow jail by the British in 1922, was a copy of The Light of […]

දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. මහනුවර             මුළු ලෝකයේම, තම රට හා එහි සැබෑ ඉතිහාසය නොදත්,අතීතයේ සිටි වීර සිංහලයින් ගැන හෝ ඒ වීර සිංහල නරපතීන් රට පාලනය සහ සන්වර්ධනය කළ සැටි පිළිබඳ හෝ කිසිදු අවබෝධයක් නැති, තම රටට,ජාතියට හා ආගමට ආදරයක් නැති එසේම ජාතික සිරිත් විරිත්, ඇදුම් පැලදුම් ආදිය ඇතුළු තම ජාතික සන්ස්කෘතික අනන්‍යතාව නොදන්නා,නොරකින එසේම […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Venerable Walpola Rahula Thero’s 118th death anniversary fell on the 9th of May. On the 24th of May, a commemorative event is being organised by the Walpola Rahula Foundation Trust chaired by his only Monk pupil Venerable Galkande Dhammananda at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. It is timely and of significant relevance […]

Courtesy Investing.com Investing.com — The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has announced an unexpected 25 basis point rate cut, capitalizing on the current period of low inflation. The bank appears less convinced about inflation reliably reaching 5% in the second half of 2025. The bank anticipates inflation to turn positive in the third quarter of […]

Courtesy The Peninsularqatar Photo by (Fazeena Saleem/The Peninsula.)Follow usnewsCopyA+A- AFP Colombo:Sri Lanka’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate on Thursday, the first reduction in six months, with signs that the crisis-hit nation was emerging from its worst economic downturn. The single policy rate was reduced by 25 basis points to 7.75 percent, the Central […]

Courtesy Macau Business British fashion retailer Next has abruptly shut one of its three factories in Sri Lanka, sacking around 1,400 workers and sparking protests on Wednesday. The Next factory at the island’s Katunayake Free Trade Zone, just outside the capital Colombo, announced its immediate closure on Tuesday and promised severance deals to 1,416 workers […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, May 22 (Daily Mirror) – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s request to allow incumbent Auditor General Dharmapala Gammanpila to remain in the post for six more months has been approved by the Constitutional Council (CC) today. The request was approved by all members of the CC according to sources.

By Venerable Bhikkhu Mihita, Ph. D. Introduction When a Buddhist devotee offers  alms to the sangha and/or participate  in any other religious activity, the expectation is to earn enough punna merit to gain a berth  in Heaven (sagga), obviously by way of  having  a qualitatively better life than on Earth.  Fair enough! But   where is […]

Shenali D Waduge A day of honor was turned into a day of betrayal. Victory Day in Sri Lanka is not just a date on a calendar — it is a solemn tribute to the tens of thousands of brave Ranaviruwo who laid down their lives to defend the nation from one of the most brutal terrorist organizations […]