Dilrook Kannangara Calls to repeal Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) ignore a crucial reality: the PTA is the only legal framework that grants enforceable rights to terrorism suspects while allowing the state to combat violent extremism. Removing it would not end counter‑terrorism efforts—it would simply push them outside the law. Without the PTA, […]

Garvin Karunaratne Let us live in hope Let there be a new Programme To Create jobs- Earnings for people Alleviating their poverty Making everything that we import today. My mind rushes to the Matara of 1971 when I as Matara Disapathy Ran Ariyadasa, DeeRrOo created a Boatyard making seafaring boats And we also established an […]

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වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන 1972 අංක 7 දරන ගෙවල් කුලී පනත ඉවත් කිරීම සදහා වූ පනත් කෙටුම්පතට එරෙහිව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 121වන ව්‍යවස්ථාව යටතේ නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා විසින් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට පෙත්සමක් ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත. අධිකරණ සහ ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධතා අමාත්‍යවරයා විසින් 1972 අංක 7 දරන ගෙවල් කුලී පනත ඉවත් කිරීම සදහා වූ පනත් කෙටුම්පත පාර්ලිමේන්තු න්‍යාය පත්‍රයට ඇතුලත් කර පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මෙරට ප්‍රධානම පෙළේ ආයතනයක් තමන්ගෙ කර්මාන්ත ශාලා වසා දැමීමට ගෙන තිබෙන තීරණය නිසා විශාල පිරිසකට රැකියා අහිමි වන බව විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ දී පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මෙසේද කීවේය. ‘ඇමරිකාව සහ ඉන්දියාව අතර ගිවිසුමක් අත්සන් කර තිබෙනවා. ඒ අනුව ඇමරිකාව ඉන්දියාවට පනවා තිබූ සියයට පනහක බද්ද සියයට දහ අටක් […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb. 4 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka’s ambition to become an oil-producing nation has faced a setback, with the planned international tender process for offshore oil and gas exploration and development delayed due to a court case initiated in the past, an official said yesterday. The Sri Lanka Petroleum Development […]

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb. 4 (Daily Mirror) – The proposed ‘Protection of Occupants Bill’ is under fire as it has got three foreign companies to leave Sri Lanka while eight other local companies are expected to file fundamental rights cases against it, an Opposition MP told Parliament […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb. 4 (Daily Mirror) – Colonialism has become active in a different form in Sri Lanka and other countries in the Southern Hemisphere, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said today. Speaking during a ceremony held at Dharamakeerthirama in Polwatte, Kollupitiya to mark the 78th anniversary of independence, Premadasa said colonialism is […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror LEMONDE – Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday, February 4 that President Donald Trump was turning the United States into an authoritarian state as democracy declines globally to its lowest ebb in four decades. Trump’s return to the White House has intensified a “downward spiral” on human rights that was already under pressure […]

Courtesy Hiru News Insults directed at religious leaders by certain government ministers are strongly condemned, according to His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo. The Archbishop shared these views while participating in a special church service held today (04) in Colombo to mark Independence Day. Reflecting on the country’s cultural foundation, the Archbishop noted […]

Courtesy Hiru News A private company is allegedly planning to plunder valuable garnet minerals located in the coastal zone near the Mirijjawila boat yard in Hambantota. Environmentalists claim the firm intends to carry out this mineral theft under the guise of removing sand accumulated at the fishing harbor. When questioned whether permission had been granted […]

Courtesy Hiru News The historic Devnimori Sacred Sarvagna Relics from India arrived in the country a short while ago for a week-long exposition. Devotees can pay their respects at the Hunupitiya Gangarama Temple in Colombo starting tomorrow (4). This arrival marks the first time these sacred relics left India, following an initiative by Indian Prime […]

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