Translated from Hiru News Samagi Jana Balawegaya Colombo District Member of Parliament Mujibur Rahuman stated that a decision has been made to inquire from the Inland Revenue Department regarding the assets of six Cabinet Ministers of the present government. He pointed out that, under the Right to Information Act, inquiries are currently being made from […]

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Udaya Gammanpila ජනපතිගේ සැගවූ  වත්කම් ගැන නවතම හෙලිදරව්ව මෙන්න | මී ලග ආණ්ඩුවෙන් ඇතුලට යන නම් ලැයිස්තුව බලන්න

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara Ex secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranayake (A Champion of the NAM) and President of The Sri Lanka Administrative Service Association (SASA) 1991-94. This is an introduction to my Proposal to set up a Memorial Museum of Patriotic Wars of Kandyan Sinhalese (MMPKS) 1505-1848 and an Institute of Colonial Crimes Studies in […]

Sri Lanka Sovereignty Forum We have the honour to address you on behalf of the Sri Lanka Sovereignty Forum regarding an issue of utmost seriousness: the public display of the symbols and insignia of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) — an internationally proscribed terrorist organisation — in Geneva during the sessions of the Human Rights […]

Neth News UNP සැමරුම සිනා සාගරයක් කරමින් චාමර සම්පත් කරපු සුපිරි කතාව මෙන්න

Shenali D Waduge 21 September 2025 To: The President, United Nations Human Rights CouncilThe High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHRPermanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN, GenevaPresident, United Nations General AssemblyPresident, United Nations Security CouncilMembers of the UN Human Rights CouncilThe Government of Sri LankaDear Excellencies & UN Member States Terrorists laugh at the UN […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ කතරගම – ත්‍රිකුණාමල (කොළඹ හරහා) බසයේ මාගේ අසුන  ලඟින් වාඩිවී ගිය තරුණිය බසය තේ බොන්න නැවැත්වූ වෙලේ සිසිල් බීම බෝතලයක් පමණක් අරගෙන මා සිටින මේසයේම  පුටුවේ වාඩි  විය. මාද  සිසිල් බීම බෝතලයක් පමණක් බොන බව දුටු ඇය කථා කරමින්, ‘මමත් අයියේ කවදාවත් මේ හෝටලෙන් කන්නේ නැහැ. කාටද පුළුවන් මේ කෑම කන්න.  තිබහා  යන්න […]

Shenali D Waduge Afghanistan is today remembered for suffering, oppression, war, militancy, opium, and foreign occupation. Yet for over 1,200 years Afghanistan was a center of Buddhism, known for its monasteries, universities, art, and trade. Few realize that the same land which today exports narcotics, terrorists and violence once produced statues of the Buddha, manuscripts […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), addressing the high profile gathering at the 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in China, emphasized the significance of collective dialogue, regional cooperation, and mutual respect in addressing global and regional security challenges. He said, We should take seriously the legitimate security concerns […]

National Development Bank PLC National Development Bank PLC is proud to announce its achievement of winning Gold at the SLIM DIGIS 2.5 Awards, Sri Lanka’s premier recognition for excellence in digital marketing. The accolade was awarded for the Bank’s NDB Avurudu Dupatha campaign, a bold and innovative initiative that blended gaming, storytelling, and digital banking […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් වර්තමාන රේගු අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් සීවලී අරුක්ගොඩ මහතා ආන්දෝලනාත්මක රතු ලේබල් කන්ටේනර් නිදහස් කිරීමේ සිද්ධියේ දී එම කන්ටේනර් නිදහස් කිරීම අධීක්ෂණය සඳහා පත්කර තිබුණ නිලධාරියා බවත් එහිදී ඔහු එම අධීක්ෂණ කාර්‍යභාරයෙන් ඉවත්වී එම කන්ටේනර් නිදහස් කිරීමේ කාර්‍යභාරයට උරදී කටයුතු කර ඇති බවත් නීරීක්ෂණය වෙන බව, මේ පිළිබඳව සොයා බැලීමට පත් කළ […]

Hiru News Former President and United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has called on all opposition parties to unite to defeat what he called “dictatorship.” Speaking at the UNP’s 79th anniversary convention, held under the theme “Let’s Stand Together” in Colombo today, Wickremesinghe said, “Let’s all unite and get organised to defeat the attempts […]

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By Garvin Karunaratne, former G.A.Matara As a school boy at St Peter’s College I was always dragged by my father to mount and set up a public address system at one of the LSSP meetings. He owned Radio Works Bambalapitiya and held a contract with the LSSP to supply public address systems at election meetings […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Ex CEO Cololmbo Dockyard Pvt Ltd and chairman advisory board under EDB to develop Marine and Offshore Industry  1. Introduction Sri Lanka stands at a critical juncture in its economic and industrial development. The current Government’s development priorities, especially under the NPP administration, recognize that a robust and skilled workforce is indispensable […]

Senaka Weeraratna  Imran Khan delivered the ‘ MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture’ in 2010.  In this riveting lecture full of exciting personal anecdotes Imran Khan refers also to the tensions on the field due to poor umpiring decisions stemming from either negligence or deliberate wrong doing usually favouring the home side.   He cites a […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Sept. 19 (Daily Mirror) – The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 with Sri Lanka positioned at the 93rd spot.   Last year, Sri Lanka ranked the 89th spot in the index. Published annually since 2007, the ranking uses 80 indicators – from research and […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතාව ඉහළ නැංවීමේ අරමුණින් පොළොන්නරුව නගරයේ සහ ඒ අවට ආහාර පරිහරණය කරන ආයතන ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීමේ සහ ඇගයීමේ උත්සවයක් කථානායක වෛද්‍ය ජගත් වික්‍රමරත්නගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පැවැත්වුණා. එම අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් කථානායකවරයා සඳහන් කළේ, වසර 40ක් වූ පාර්ලිමේන්තු ඉතිහාසය තුළ කිසිදු අවස්ථාවක මුළුතැන්ගෙය මහජන සෞඛ්‍ය පරීක්ෂකවරුන්ගේ අධීක්ෂණයකට හෝ ලක්වී නොමැති බවයි. එම අවස්ථාවේදී ඔහු […]

SL Leaders ඉඩමේ අගය දන්නේ නෑ, රත්තරන් බඩුවල අගය දන්නේ නෑ.. බැංකු ගිණුමක් නෑ, කවුද මේ ඇමතිලා? – 209 වන දිගහැරුම

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lankan Citizen   18 September 2025 Subject: Urgent Legal Inquiry Regarding Public Display of LTTE Symbols Near UNHRC, Geneva To:Swiss Federal Authorities / Permanent Mission of Switzerland in GenevaOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)UN Geneva SecurityPermanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN, Geneva Dear Sir/Madam, I write […]

By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka stands at a pivotal moment with the new government trying to woo investors and bring FDI  Surrounded by one of the world’s busiest maritime corridors and blessed with vast ocean resources, the island nation has the potential to transform its economy by embracing the blue economy. To do this, […]

By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDL), once hailed as a flagship of Sri Lanka’s industrial base, has recently secured contracts for highly specialised vessels — including cable laying ships for European clients and hybrid green bulk carriers. Yet despite this technically prestigious order book, the company under its long-standing Japanese management struggled to […]

Ceehalé World Heritage Foundation Ceehalé World Heritage Foundation (CWHF) announces that a formal complaint has been filed with theUnited Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) concerning the Sri Lanka AccountabilitProject (SLAP).The complaint has been submitted in public interest by Venerable Kassapa of Great Britain, the Founderof CWHF, Anuradha Yahampath, former Governor of the Eastern […]

වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම  ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83.b ඡේදය, සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම  ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83.ආ ඡේදයට ගැලපෙන ලෙස නිවැරදිව ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවට පරිවර්තනය කරන ලෙස මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ සභාපති විසින් ජනාධිපති ලේකම්ට දැනුම් දී ඇති හෙයින් 1978  සිංහල, දෙමළ සහ ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා ව්‍යවස්ථා කෙටුම්පත්, කෙටුම්පත් කළ නීති කෙටුම්පත් සම්පාදක දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ නිලධාරීන් […]

Courtesy The Island By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has requested the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption (CIABOC) to investigate and find out how Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe amassed as much as Rs 275 mn. SJB leader Sajith Premadasa has asked the SJB’s Anti-Corruption Movement […]