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Friday, June 24th, 2022
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Political interference, mismanagement, corruption still galore The Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government had not utilised USD 1.1 bn received for leasing Hambantota Port to China Merchants Port Holdings Company in 2017, to settle a loan obtained for the construction of the facility during Mahinda Rajapaksa’s administration, the Committee of Public Enterprises (COPE) […]
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Saturday, June 18th, 2022
තුශාර ගමගේ මුහුණ පොතින් 1987 වසරේ එවකට මම හත වසර ශිෂ්යයකු ලෙස මහමෝදර කරාපිටිය පාරේ ගල්වඩුගොඩ හන්දියේ jayalath අයියාගේ රේස්බුකියට සහ ලොකු අම්මාගේ සිල්ලර කඩයට පාසල ඇරී හවස් ජාමෙට යන්නේ ලොකු අම්මාට සුලු සුලු උදව් කිරීම සඳහාය. හවසට කඩේ වසා ලොකු අම්මා සමග ගෙදර ඒම මගේ සාමාන්ය පුරුද්දයි. ගාල්ලේ මහින්දයට මා පාසල් යන්නේ ලොකු අම්මලාගේ […]
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Thursday, June 16th, 2022
Courtesy Business Stanadard The 500 MW wind mill project caused much storm after last week’s parliamentary oversight committee proceeding A demonstration was held here in the Sri Lankan capital on Thursday against the proposed wind mill project to be undertaken by India’s Adani group in the northeastern region of Mannar. The protesters from the Gotagogama (President Gotabaya […]
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The Adani Group today said it was disappointed” as it reacted to a massive controversy over an energy project in Sri Lanka awarded to the group, after a Lankan official’s claim that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa acted under pressure from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Our intent in investing in Sri Lanka is to address […]
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Saturday, June 11th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana It was revealed during yesterday’s meeting between the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Ceylon Electricity Board that the CEB had continuously purchased power for higher prices from the Ace Power Plant located in Embilitpitya. The CEB had continuously included the capital cost into the purchase of a unit of power even […]
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Thursday, June 9th, 2022
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Thursday, June 9th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that the country must build trust in the international community regarding Sri Lanka Port by providing an efficient service utilizing modern technology. The President made these remarks participating in the progress review meeting of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation held at the President’s House, Colombo today (09). […]
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Friday, June 3rd, 2022
Ravi Kumudesh මසකට ඩොලර් 240000 ක් ඉතිරි කර කොලෙස්ටරෝල් පෙත්ත නිපදවිය හැකි සමාගම රට තුල තිබියදී, ඒවා අධෛර්යට පත් කොට, ඉන්දීයාව වැනි රටකින් අතිශය වැඩි මුලදලකට ඖෂධ මිලදී ගැනීමට සිදු වන්නේනම්, ශ්රී ලාංකවේ සෞඛ්ය යාන්ත්රණ හසුරුවන සියලුම ආයතන, ඒවායේ ප්රධාන නියාමකයින් සහ දේශපාළණ හිතවත්කම් වලට ඔවුන්ව පත් කල පාළකයින් සෘජුවම ඊට වගකිව යුතු බව සෞඛ්ය […]
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2022
රවී කුමුදේශ් සභාපති සෞඛ්ය වෘත්තීයවේදීන්ගේ විද්වත් සංගමය ඉන්දීය ණය ආධාර යටතේ, ඉන්දියානු සමාගමක් හරහා ඇටොවාස්ටීන් හෙවත් කොලෙස්ටරෝල් පෙති මිලදී ගැනීමට ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇති ඇනවුමක් හරහා මාසයකට ඇමරිකන් ඩොලර් 2, 40, 000/- ක පමණ වැඩිපුර ලභාංශයක් තබා ගැනීමට හැකිව තිබේ. මෙම ඇනවුමට අනූව මිලි ග්රෑම් 20 ඇටොවාස්ටීන් සියයේ පැක්ට්ටු 22 331 ඇනවුම් කර ඇති අතර, ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් 1, […]
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2022
By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island Sri Lanka will lose about USD 240,000 per month from an agreement the Health Ministry has made with an Indian Company using the money received from the Indian credit line, President of the College of Medical Laboratory Science, Ravi Kumudesh told The Island yesterday. The Ministry has ordered 22,331 packets of […]
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2022
වැසිවනාන්තර සුරකින්නෝ සංවිධානය විල්පත්තු වන විනාශය මෙන් 20 ගුණයක වන විනාශයක්. මොනරාගල දිස්ත්රික්කයේ සියඹලාණ්ඩුව ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලය අයත් වත්තේගම කැබලිත්ත කොටියාගල වන සංරක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට අයත් ඉතා වටිනා රක්ෂිත වනාන්තර ප්රදේශ කාලයක සිට ප්රදේශයේ දේශපාලනඥයින්ගේ සහායද ඇතිව හොරෙන්ම අල්ලාගෙන නොයෙක් ආකාරයේ වගාවන් සිදු කිරීම මහා පරිමාණ ව්යාපාරිකයින් සහ අතලොස්සක් දූෂිත රාජ්ය නිලධාරීන් එකතුව කරගෙන යන්නේ වසර […]
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Sunday, May 29th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police says that another 37 persons have been arrested for illegally storing fuel for the purpose of selling at a higher price. The suspects were arrested in 38 raids carried out within yesterday (28), police spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said. A police spokesman said that 814 liters and 800 milliliters of […]
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Thursday, March 31st, 2022
By Namini Wijedasa Courtesy The Sunday Times Even China, which avoids commenting on Sri Lanka’s internal matters, raised the issue at the highest levels in private and in public Central Expressway third section The Highways Ministry is barreling through the controversial bid to award part of the Central Expressway Project’s (CEP III) third section to […]
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Thursday, March 24th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has observed that in 2017, some 47 people were involved in preparing fake documents and submitting fake information and have obtained loans to the tune of Rs. 68 million from the State Mortgage and Investment Bank (SMIB). This was taken into discussion during the meeting of the […]
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Saturday, March 19th, 2022
Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu SJB slams Rajapaksa govt. for pampering PM Modi’s notorious friends” The Adani Group’s back door” entry into Sri Lanka’s energy sector disrupts the country’s competitive electricity generation system, the Opposition has said, accusing the Rajapaksa government of pampering” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s notorious friends”. It is with deep regret that […]
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Tuesday, March 15th, 2022
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Myanmar uses 70% of chemical fertilizer during the monsoons and 100% of such fertilizer during the dry weather Sri Lanka’s pride has taken a beating because it has gone to the extent of obtaining loans from Bangladesh and importing rice from Myanmar The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has paid 3.05 […]
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Sunday, March 13th, 2022
ඉරිදා ලංකාදීප ප්රබල දේශපාලන බලධරයන්ගේ අතින් එසවූ දෝලාවල නැගගත් දේවාලවල කපු නෝනලාට අසීමිත දේශපාලන බලය ලැබෙන විට නීතිය නිහඬ කළ හැකිද? මෙම දේශපාලන ක්රියාදාම රාමුවට මුවා වී මුදල් හා දේපොළ හම්බ කිරීමද මීට සමාන්තරව සිදු වෙයි. එවන් ක්රියාදාමයක් වාර්තා වෙන්නේ අනුරාධපුර නගරයෙනි. දේශපාලකයන්ගේ සාස්තර ගෙදර නමින් හඳුන්වන ඥානාමැණියන්ගේ දේවාලය ඊට කදිම නිදසුනකි. අනුරාධපුර ජනතාව අතර […]
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Monday, February 21st, 2022
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ශ්රී ලංකන් ගුවන්සේවයේ අලෙවි අංශ ප්රධානීයා, ශ්රී ලංකාව හා මාලදිවයිනේ ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ කලාප කළමණාකරු හා සෞදිඅරාබියේ ගුවන්සේවා කළමණාකරු යන නිලධාරීන් තිදෙනා විසින් ගුවන්සේවයේ නිරෝධායන පැකේජ මෙහෙයවීම මගින් රුපියල් මිලියන 600කට වඩා වැඩිමුදලක් වංචා කර ඇති බව ගුවන්සේවයේ අභ්යන්තර විගණන අංශ වාර්තා මගින් තහවුරු කර තිබෙනවා. ගුවන්සේවයේ රහස්ය විගණන වාර්තා වලින් හෙළිකොට […]
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Wednesday, January 26th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The Railway Trade Union Alliance has highlighted a 2018 purchase of 160 Indian railway carriages at a cost of over USD 80 million that now lie in various states of corrosion and disuse. They also claimed that the carriages cannot be run on the upcountry line due to their 65-foot length, prompting a […]
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Wednesday, January 26th, 2022
Courtesy Hiru News A lawyer by the name of B.A.W. Abeywardena has sent a letter to all Members of Parliament, including the President and the Speaker, requesting permission from Parliament to end his life. He has stated that he arrived at such a decision following his dismissal from the Land Reforms Commission where he worked […]
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Monday, January 24th, 2022
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Lak Sathosa garlic scam: One-time Executive Director of Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA), Thushan Gunawardena says the Immigration and Emigration Department has barred him from leaving the country. An irate Gunawardena alleges he is being harassed over the disclosure of a massive garlic scam at Lak Sathosa last September. Instead […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ලංකා විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලයෙන් ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 180 ක වන්දියක් ඉල්ලා මැලේසියානු සමාගමක් විසින් සිංගප්පූරු බේරුම්කාර මණ්ඩලයට පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ. යාපනය සුළං සහ සූර්ය බල ව්යාපෘතියක් පිහිටුවීමට මෙම මැලේසියානු සමාගමට බලපත්රයකින් අනුමැතිය ලබාදී පසුව එය අවලංගු කර ඇති බව විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලයේ ප්රකාශකයෙක් පැවසීය. බේරුම්කාර මණ්ඩලයේ විභාග වන මෙම නඩුව සඳහා […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island A group led by Cabinet ministers Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila campaigning against the Yugadanavi deal is holding a public meeting today (14) at Eheliyagoda to step up pressure on the government to scrap the questionable deal. The group launched its campaign on 29 October at the […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The Public Service Commission on Friday (December 17) insisted that it has not directed the Health Ministry’s Secretary to pay the arrears of Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen who was sent on compulsory leave from May 24, 2019, over allegations of performing illegal sterilization operations. However, the Health Ministry reiterated that the Director of Kurunegala […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලයට ලක්ෂ ගණන් වැටුප් ගෙවා අලුත් සාමාජිකයන් බඳවා ගෙන ඇති බවත් කෝප් කමිටුව මේ පිළිබඳව ප්රශ්න කළ බවත් විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්රේමදාස මහතා පැවසීය. මේ රටේ බදු ගෙවන ජනතාවගේ මුදලින් නඩත්තු වෙන එම නිලධාරීන් ආයෝජනය මණ්ඩලය බලාපොරොත්තුවන ඉල්ලක්ක සපුරා ඇත්දැයි කෝප් කමිටුව සොයා බැලූ බවත් ඒ හේතුකොටගෙන ආණ්ඩුවේ ඉහළ […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health has given instructions to pay the salary arrears of Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen who was sent on compulsory leave from May 24, 2019, over allegations of performing illegal sterilization operations. This was conveyed in a letter directed to the Director of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital by the Secretary to the […]
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Saturday, December 11th, 2021
Courtesy Hiru News A controversy has arisen regarding the Government Valuation Department issuing an assessment report within a day following an agreement to hand over shares of the Kerawalapitiya Yugadanavi power plant to an American company. Leader of the JVP Anura Kumara Dissanayake presented the agreement to transfer the shares of the Yugadanavi power plant […]
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Friday, December 10th, 2021
Courtesy Hiru News Although the front page of the agreement stated that the sale of shares in the Yugadanavi power plant will take place, it will include the transfer of the monopoly power of supplying LNG to all power plants in the country to New Fortress Energy. Also, the Leader of the Jathika Jana Balawegaya, […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Fertiliser imports from China, India: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probing allegations against Secretary to the President, Dr. P.B. Jayasundera, as regards the opening of a new account at the Town Hall Branch of the People’s Bank under the name ‘United Farmers Trust Limited’ (UFTL) on Oct.18 for the […]
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Sunday, November 21st, 2021
by Ifham Nizam and Prabhath Withana Courtesy The Island An investigation by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) into a complaint of fraud, which caused a loss of over USD 18 million to the government coffers, has been stalled by a minister, according to police sources. The CCD commenced the investigation, several weeks ago, following a […]
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