Archive for December, 2025
Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana Russia has dispatched a consignment of 35 metric tons of humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka following the impact of Cyclone Ditwah. The shipment arrived this afternoon (10) at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake on a special cargo flight. The consignment includes a mobile power station, vegetable oil, sugar, rice, and tents. The […]
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
Posted in Politics | Comments Off on අනුර අයියේ ….. ඇයි මෙහෙම ? ප්රේමකීර්තිගේ පුතාගෙන් චෝදනාවක්
Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
Bandula Kendaragama Page 1 of 31 ——— For further details, Contact Bandula Kendaragama on WhatsApp +61403204066Attention: His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake – Kotmale Dam – Gate Opening – Has Mahaweli Authority made a mistake or not? Is there something wrong in the system Your Excellency, Could you please pass this information to His Excellency the […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
Dr. Asoka Bandarage Courtesy: IPS NEWS Tropical Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall in Sri Lanka on 28 November 2025, is considered the country’s worst natural disaster since the deadly 2004 tsunami. It intensified the northeast monsoon, bringing torrential rainfall, massive flooding, and 215 severe landslides across seven districts. The cyclone left a trail of destruction, […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
By Rohana R. Wasala The Joint Opposition rally dubbed the ‘Maha Jana Handa’ (Vox Populi/ Voice of the People) held at the Ananda Samarakoon Open Air Theatre, Nugegoda on November 21, 2025 has suddenly acquired an increasing potential to be remembered as a significant turning point in post-civil conflict Sri Lankan politics, in the wake […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka is in shock. Never before in our history has all 25 districts been affected at once. We are in national mourning. The resilience of our people has been unwavering. As a nation we have endured 17 South Indian invasions, 3 colonial illegal occupations. 2 armed insurgencies, 3 decades of LTTE […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Facilitators Dr. Upali Peiris -Consultant PsychiatristDr. Ruwan M Jayatunge – Medical Doctor / Clinical PsychologistDr. Priya – General Practitioner Date: 11th of December 2025, ThursdayTime 8.30 pm Link; https://meet.jit.si/moderated/974a3405ecd97ef132153456f7d2e23e8a0a6311d1976d4227808f5f198ccfba
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
උදය ප්රභාත් පතිරණගේ උපුටාගැනීම-උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත නොම්ලේවත් කවුරුවත් යූස් කරන්නේ නැති ඒවා… ශ්රී ලංකාව සිංහල බෞද්ධ රාජ්යක් නොව, එය සර්ව ආගමික රාජ්යක්. එහි ඉතිහාසයේ සිංහලයාට වඩා වැඩි ඉතිහාසයක් දමිළයන්ට ඇත, යන්න තේමා කරගෙන, මාළිමා ආණ්ඩුව ” ශ්රී ලංකන් ඩේ ” එකක් දෙසැම්බර් 12 සිදු කරන්න, කෝටි 300 ක් අය – වැයෙන් වෙන් කරනවා. නමුත් ස්වභාදහම එයට […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පසුගිය දින කිහිපය තුළ මෙරටට බලපෑ දරුණු සුළි කුණාටු තත්ත්වය සහ ආපදා කළමනාකරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අදහස් දැක්වූ හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී නිමල් පියතිස්ස මහතා සඳහන් කළේ, වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව මෙවැනි දරුණු අනතුරු පිළිබඳ අනතුරු ඇඟවීම් නොතකා හරිමින් ආපදාව සිදුවීමට ඉඩ දුන් බවයි. මහජන නියෝජිතයෙකු ලෙස නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්රික්කයේ වසර 20කට අධික අත්දැකීම් ඇති තමන් […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
By Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu The programme’s crushing austerity measures make recovery harder, contend activists Updated – December 09, 2025 at 07:16 PM As Sri Lanka reels from Cyclone Ditwah’s devastation, calls to revisit the ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, which critics say imposes punishing austerity, are growing louder. At least 638 people […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 9 (Daily Mirror) – The United Nations has allocated US$4.5 million (LKR 1.38 billion) from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to strengthen Sri Lanka’s response to Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall on November 28. The funding will enable the UN to rapidly scale up emergency assistance, including food […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
Save the Children 9 Dec 2025 sri lanka At least 86,000 homes were damaged in the landslides and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah on 28 November. More than 630 people were killed, and nearly 70,000 are still living in temporary shelters, including schools. Save the Children, and partner organisation CCH (Centre for Children’s Happiness), have started […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
Courtesy The National Latest humanitarian flight carries 1,080 food parcels December 09, 2025 The UAE has sent an eighth plane of crucial aid and supplies to support communities in Sri Lanka hit by fatal floods and landslides. The eighth aid plane from the Emirates arrived on Tuesday in the capital Colombo, laden with 1,080 food parcels as […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
Courtesy Daily Mirror It is now evident that the Meteorology Department had forecast intense rainfall well in advance The era of global warming, no country is immune from extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods, or heatwaves. Yet nations with stronger disaster-preparedness systems consistently mitigate damage and reduce death tolls. The global lesson is clear: […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The ‘Level-3’ (Red) landslide evacuation warning issued to multiple areas in four districts has been extended. Accordingly, the National Building and Research Organisation (NBRO) landslide warning will be in effect till 04:00 p.m. tomorrow (10). Districts and Divisional Secretariat Divisions (DSDs) that have been issued the Level 3 (Red) landslide warnings, advising people […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The Department of Railways has announced that starting tomorrow (10), several office trains on the main line will resume operations. Due to recent adverse weather conditions, a culvert near the Bujjomuwa railway station between Ambepussa and Alawwa was damaged due to the overflowing Ma Oya river. As a result, a cavity of about […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
Courtesy Hiru News The United Nations Development Programme termed Cyclone Ditwah one of the worst flooding disasters in decades after new geospatial analysis revealed floodwaters submerged 20% of Sri Lanka’s landmass, more than 1.1 million hectares. The report confirms that 2.3 million people reside in the inundated zones, with women accounting for more than half […]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
Posted in JVP Anti-National Activities | Comments Off on ” ආණ්ඩුවට සල්ලි දෙන්නට ඇය හදිස්සි වුණේ ඇයි ? ” 😎🥸😉පැලවත්තේ පිං කැටේ හොලවන්නේවත් නැද්ද ?
Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
Posted in Politics | Comments Off on අපේ රටේ ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ බුද්ධිමට්ටමේ තරම.. මෙහෙම කරන්නේ හිතලමද ?
Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත ඔබ නොදත් BMICH අරමුදල..(දත්ත, තොරතුරු , ව්ශ්ලේශන අවශ්යබව කියන්නේ මේ නිසාවෙනි..අනුර පොරක් වී ඇත්තේ ඔවුන්ගේ බොරු වපුරන ජඩ මාධ්ය බලකාය නිසා මෙන්ම ඒ බොරු එලෙසින් ව්ශ්වාස කරන අනුගාමික් ලබ්දිකයන් සහ ඒවා බෙදාහරින Distributorsලා නිසාවෙනි. බන්ඩාරනායක අරමුදල කාගේද? ඔබ පුදුම කරන බන්ඩාරනායක අරමුදල මගින් ආපදාවෙන් විපතට පත්වූ ජනතාවට සහන සැලසීම සදහා රු. මිලියන 250 […]
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Posted in Corruption and bribery | Comments Off on බන්ඩාරනායක අරමුදල මගින් ආපදාවෙන් විපතට පත්වූ ජනතාවට සහන සැලසීම සදහා රු. මිලියන 250 ක් ආධාර ලෙස ලබාදී ඇත. බන්ඩාරනායක අරමුදල කාගේද?
Monday, December 8th, 2025
Bandula Kendaragama Dam Safety Consultant in Melbourne Could you please pass this information to His Excellency the President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Attention: His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake – Kotmale Dam – Gate Opening – Has Mahaweli Authority made a mistake or not? Is there something wrong in the system Your Excellency, I was attached to the […]
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Monday, December 8th, 2025
Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s Education Ministry is preparing to implement educational reforms that were not designed by local experts and do not reflect Sri Lanka’s cultural, religious, or societal context. Instead, the proposed syllabus follows a Western, globally standardised model built around lifestyles, ideologies, and norms that differ greatly from Sri Lankan values. As […]
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Monday, December 8th, 2025
චන්ද්රසිරි විජයවික්රම, LL.B.,Ph.D. රුපියල් මිලියන 900 ක් පමණ වියදම් කර දෙසැම්බර් 12 දා පවත්වන්නට ගිය ශ්රි ලංකා දිනය සංවිධානය කරන්නට භාරදී සිටි සමනලී එය කොට උඩ යාමේ හිතේ අමාරුව, <සිද්ධාර්ථ> කුමාරයාගේ පිටින් යැවීමේ සිද්ධියක් වාර්තා විය. කලින් 2017 දී ජේතවනාරාමයට (මඩු පල්ලියට නොව) මීතොටමුල්ලේ කුණු කන්ද ගෙන ගොස් දමන පින්තූරයක් සිය මුහුණු පොත් ගිනුමෙන් ප්රසිද්ධ […]
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Monday, December 8th, 2025
Press Release Pathfinder EdTech Institute officially opened its new Colombo campus located at No. 34, Sanchi Arachchi Gardens, Colombo 12, marking a significant step forward in its mission to support Sri Lanka’s digital upskilling and workforce development. The ceremonial opening was led by former Ambassador Mr. Bernard Goonetilleke, Chairman of the Pathfinder Foundation, and Mr. […]
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Monday, December 8th, 2025
Senaka Weeraratna Japan’s Master Plan, if carried out without first attacking Pearl Harbour, would have allowed Japan to dominate everything from East Asia to the Suez Canal plus liberate India and Ceylon from British occupation, says Japanese war history expert, Hiromichi Moteki. Hiromichi Moteki, Japanese war history expert, says that Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour […]
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Monday, December 8th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec. 8 (Daily Mirror) – In a strongly worded judgement condemning police violence, the Supreme Court has ruled that the fundamental rights of a lorry driver were violated by two officers of the Thalatuoya Police Station in Kandy, reiterating that the time has come for the Government to urgently address […]
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Monday, December 8th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana Approximately 108,000 hectares of paddy, 6,600 hectares of maize, 6,143 hectares of up-country and low-country vegetables and 11,000 hectares of land used to cultivate other crops have been completely destroyed due to adverse weather conditions experienced in recent days. Addressing a media briefing held today (08), D. P. Wickramasinghe, the Secretary to the […]
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Monday, December 8th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana December 8, 2025 08:07 pm The Grama Niladhari Officers’ Alliance has threatened to resort to trade union action if Grama Niladhari officers are continuously obstructed from carrying out their duties independently during the relief distribution process for those affected by the disaster. President of the alliance Nandana Ranasinghe stated that pressure is being […]
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Monday, December 8th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana December 8, 2025 09:44 pm The Bandaranaike Memorial National Foundation has extended a financial contribution of Rs. 250 million towards national recovery efforts following the recent disaster. The relevant cheque has been handed over to Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at the Prime Minister’s Office today (08). It was handed over to the […]
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