Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Newly appointed Defence Attaché at the Embassy of the United States of America in Colombo, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew House, paid a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), today (Jul 03) at the Ministry of Defence. During the meeting, both officials engaged in a […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University proudly announces the 18th International Research Conference (KDU IRC-2025) under the theme ‘Bridging Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Progress’, scheduled to take place on the 30th of September and the 1st of October 2025 at the university premises. Academic staff and researchers are […]

National Development Bank PLC In commemoration of the United Nations’ MSME Day 2025, NDB Bank proudly participated in the MSME Business Development Summit and Business Excellence Awards hosted by the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA Sri Lanka). Held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH), the event brought together industry […]

ප්‍රවෘත්ති  නිවේදනය එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ සංගමය (SLITPA) විසින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා කොන්සල් ජනරාල් කාර්යාලයේ සහාය ඇතිව සංවිධාන කළ  SLITPA UAE සම්මාන රාත්‍රිය 2025, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විද්‍යා හා තාක්ෂණ අමාත්‍ය වෛද්‍ය ක්‍රිෂාන්ත අබේසේන මහතාගේ සහභාගිත්වයෙන් ඩුබායි ක්‍රීක්සයිඩ් හෝටලයේදී පැවැත්විණි. “විශ්වාසය, නවෝත්පාදනය සහ බලපෑම” යන තේමාව යටතේ පැවති මෙම සම්මාන උළෙලේ දී […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s most commercially and politically vital hub is heavily influenced by India. From strategic ports and financial lifelines to digital identity, soft power, and trade deals, the Western Province is ground zero for India’s hybrid dominance — combining hard infrastructure control, financial leverage, digital entanglement, soft power, and embedded Indian-origin family networks. India exerts influence in […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna Sri Lanka now stands at a threshold it never imagined. A threshold where temples are no longer safe simply because they are temples, where monks are not judged by Vinaya but by the political backing or foreign funding that props them up, where the robe is worn as a disguise and not […]

Courtesy The Financial Express Starlink operates the world’s largest constellation of satellites, with over 6,750 units in low Earth orbit (LEO), a design that significantly reduces latency compared to traditional geostationary satellites. Starlink is live in Sri Lanka (Representative Image: Starlink) Prior to SpaceX’s planned launch for Starlink satellite internet service in India, the Elon […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News The largest foreign investment in the history of Sri Lanka has been on hold since the start of the year. Differences between the government over local market share have stopped the Sinopec project in Hambantota. The economic recovery plan has raised fears that it will damage the country’s […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, July 2 (Daily Mirror) – The Cabinet approved a new scholarship programme aimed at providing opportunities for Sri Lanka’s highest-performing students at the G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) examinations, to pursue their first degree at internationally ranked foreign universities. In line with the government’s policy objective of building a ‘civilized citizen and […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, July 2 (Daily Mirror) – Former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has thanked Elon Musk for enabling Starlink satellite internet access for all Sri Lankans.  In a post on X, he said, “This marks a significant step forward in the digital transformation of our nation.” Wickremesinghe said he was looking forward to meeting […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, July 2 (Daily Mirror) – It is high time that Sri Lanka’s education system is changed to be in line with the changing world, without becoming a laughing stock of the international community, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said referring to the incident at the World Economic Forum involving Minister Sunil Handunetti. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Following its official launch in Sri Lanka yesterday, Starlink, the satellite-based internet service by SpaceX, has released its pricing options for both residential and business users. Residential Plans Total Initial Cost: Business Plans Total Initial Cost (for Priority 40GB): Rs. 929,300 Key Details How to Order With its launch, Starlink is […]

සම්පත් සමරකෝන්, ලෝක සමාජ මාධ්‍ය දිනය (World Social Media Day) 2025  (ජුනි 30) ලොව පුරා යම් පමණක මට්ටමකින් සමරනු ලබන අවස්ථාවේ, සමාජ මාධ්‍ය භාවිතයේ නිදහස, වගකීම ඇතුලු මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් පිළිබඳ ගැඹුරු සංවාදයක්,  ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අපට අතිශය දැඩි අවශ්‍යතාවයක් ලෙස කරළියට පැමිණ තිබේ. ඒ බව, අන්තර්ජාල නිදහස, ඇතුලු ඩිජිටල් අයිතිවාසිකම් පිළිබද ක්‍රියාකරන අන්තර්ජාල මාධ්‍ය ක්‍රියාකාරීත්වය (IMA) […]

PFP News ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය හිටපු අගවිනිසුරුතුමා ජනාධිපති ධූරකාලය සම්බන්ධයෙන් වසර 6 යන්න ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ සිංහල භාෂා පාඨ අනුව අර්ථනිරූපණය නොකර වැරදියට අර්ථනිරූපණය කළ බවට නීති ප්‍රජාවේ සාකච්ඡාවක් පවතින බවට ජාතික භාෂා දිනය අදාල රාජ්‍ය මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාවේදී  විමසූ ප්‍රශ්නයට රාජ්‍ය භාෂා කොමිෂන් සභාව වෙනුවෙන් පිළිතුරු දීම වැළැක්වූයේ ඇයි?

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 1 (Daily Mirror) – Indian entrepreneurs state that they are currently directing their attention towards new investment prospects in Sri Lanka, particularly in sectors like energy, infrastructure, the digital economy, tourism and agriculture, as well as on enhancing entrepreneurial capacity.   A delegation of around 20 Indian entrepreneurs, comprising heads […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the Fourth Review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement.