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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
Jayantha Herath In 2025, Sri Lanka faces a critical higher education access crisis. Despite 196,000 students qualifying for university admission, only 45,000 were admitted to state universities. This leaves over 75% of qualified students without access to public university education. Key Issues Not Addressed by the New Government Reforms – No expansion of state university […]
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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
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අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) නීතීඥ,සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන. ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ වැරදි ඉංග්රීසි භාෂා පරිවර්තනය යොදා ගෙන ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්යය අත්හැරවූ, අහිමිකළ නීතියේ බලවතුන්ට එරෙහිව ජනාධිපතිතුමා නීතිය ක්රියාත්මක කරයිද? 1. ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය සිංහල භාෂා පාඨය නිවැරදිව ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවට පරිවර්තනය වී නැත. (83.b) 2. එනම් එහි ඉංග්රීසි භාෂා පරිවර්තනය මගින් ජනාධිපති […]
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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් ප්රතිසංස්කරණ වැනි ඉතාමත් භාර්යදූර ලොකු වැඩ කිරීමට තරම් දැනුමක් හෝ කුසලතාවක් ඇති පිරිසක් මාලිමා ආණ්ඩුවේ නැති බව ඔවුන් තේරුම්ගත යුතු යැයි එක්සත් ජනරජ පෙරමුණේ නායක පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක මහතා කොළඹදී ඊයේ (18දා) මාධ්ය හමුවක් කැඳවමින් පැවසීය. බලයට ඒමට පෙර විශ්වකෝෂ මෙන් මේ අය පෙන්නුවට ඔවුන් කොතරම් කුඩා පිරිසක් ද යන්න දැන් […]
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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් වර්තමාන රජය අමාත්යංශ විසි ගණනකට සීමා කිරීම නිසා බුද්ධ ශාසන කටයුතු පිළිබඳ අමාත්යංශයක් දැන් නොමැති බවත්, සංස්කෘතික අමාත්යංශය යටතේ සියල්ල පවතින බවත් බුද්ධශාසන, ආගමික සහ සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාත්ය සුනිල් සෙනෙවි මහතා පවසයි. වීඩියෝව නරඹන්න.. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLankaLeadNews%2Fvideos%2F643086464781066%2F&show_text=false&width=219&t=0
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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
Maathalan – (මාතලන්)
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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
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Friday, July 18th, 2025
වෛද්ය ගාමිනී විතාන ශ්රී ලංකාවේ විශ්ව විද්යාල අධ්යාපනයෙහි නිර්මාතෘවරයා ලෙස හැඳින්වෙන්නේ ශ්රීමත් අයිවර් ජෙනිංග්ස් මහතාය. ඔහුට අවශ්ය වූයේ ශ්රී ලංකාවේ විශ්ව විද්යාල අන්තර්ජාතික මට්ටමකට ගෙන ඒමය. එහෙත් ලෝක ශ්රේනිගත කිරීම් අනුව ලංකාවේ විශ්ව විද්යාල සිටින්නේ පහළ මට්ටමකය. අප්රිකාවේ සමහර විශ්ව විද්යාල ලංකාවේ විශ්ව විද්යාල වලටත් වඩා ඉදිරියෙන් සිටින බව රහසක් නොවේ. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ විශ්ව විද්යාල වල […]
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Friday, July 18th, 2025
Ministry of Defence – Media Centre A high-level briefing on the progress of the Ranaviru Matters Committee and associated cabinet submissions was held this morning (July 18) at the Deputy Minister’s Office in Colombo, reaffirming the government’s commitment to the welfare of war veterans and the families of fallen heroes. The meeting, chaired by Deputy […]
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Friday, July 18th, 2025
Ministry of Defence – Media Centre Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) chaired a high-level strategic discussion titled National Entrepreneurship Development and Business Startup-Defence Contribution” today (Jul 18) at his office premises. The session marked a significant inter-ministerial collaboration, aiming to integrate the strengths of the defence sector with national development priorities. […]
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Friday, July 18th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Despite legal bans, ragging remains a deeply entrenched, systemic crisis in Sri Lankan universities, fueled by complicity and institutional silence, but a bold intervention proves it can be eradicated Ragging is not merely a matter of seniors bullying juniors. It is a complex, systemic issue involving indoctrination, complicity, and institutional silence […]
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Friday, July 18th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana In a decisive move to strengthen macroprudential policy and mitigate systemic financial risks, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), acting as the Macroprudential Authority, has issued new Directions to licensed financial institutions to impose maximum caps on loan-to-value (LTV) ratios for vehicle-related credit facilities. The directive, which takes effect from 18 July […]
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Friday, July 18th, 2025
Courtesy Hiru News The Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) states that history and aesthetics have been made compulsory subjects only up to Grade 9. They point out that subjects like aesthetics are not listed as compulsory for the GCE Ordinary Level examination. The government is currently focused on introducing new educational reforms in Sri […]
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Friday, July 18th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka plans to launch a programme next month to issue temporary driving licences to foreign visitors directly at the airport. Motor Traffic Commissioner General Kamal Amarasinghe told Hiru News that a proper plan needs to be implemented within the Katunayake Airport premises for this initiative. Under the new system, temporary driving licences […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2025
Newspaper Version (Op-Ed Articel) Just days ago, we were told that trade discussions with the United States were progressing well” and all under control.” Now, we face the reality: a 30% U.S. tariff on Sri Lankan goods, effective August 1st. According to foreign media, Sri Lanka has been grouped with Algeria, Iraq, and Libya — all […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The United States has offered to accept 70 to 80% of products exported from Sri Lanka without imposing any tariffs, Deputy Minister of Economic Development (Prof.) Anil Jayantha Fernando stated. The offer has been made during on-going discussions between Sri Lanka and the US following the decision by US President Donald Trump earlier […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2025
History with Nirmal – නිර්මාල් සමග ඉතිහාසය සවිස්තරාත්මක අධ්යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ මාලාවක් හදුන්වා දීමට ආණ්ඩුව කටයුතු කරන බව පෙනේ. මේ ඒ පිළිබද විමසා බැලීමකි.
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Thursday, July 17th, 2025
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Thursday, July 17th, 2025
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
National Development Bank PLC, When running a business, whether it’s a home-based catering service, a clothing boutique, or a digital platform, the numbers matter. And among those numbers, there’s one that too many overlook until it’s too late: taxes. For women entrepreneurs striving to build something meaningful and lasting, understanding taxation isn’t just a legal […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana China will always remain a trusted friend and ally of Sri Lanka, said Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, during a ceremony held at the Ministry of Education in Battaramulla today (16). At the event, it was officially announced that the entire requirement of fabric for school uniforms for the year 2025—valued […]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2025
e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 06-12 July 2025 * The Vass season commencing with the Esala Moon in its waxing, sees the Yala harvest in full blush, in Ampara, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Wayamba and other green fields south. However, the incessant rains (especially in the […]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka›s crucial export sector faces significant disruption following a warning from the Exporters Association of Sri Lanka (EASL) regarding a proposed 30 percent tariff on all exports to the United States, outlined in a recent letter from President Donald Trump. The tariff, slated to commence on August 1, 2025, has […]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 13 (Daily Mirror) – National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa has alleged that the ‘Punarudaya’ government has handed over the tender to develop Sri Lanka’s electronic National Identity Card (e-NIC) system to an Indian non-profit company, raising serious concerns over national data security. Addressing a media briefing, Weerawansa […]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2025
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Saturday, July 12th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror In the conduct of negotiations for the reduction of reciprocal tariffs, the U.S. authorities have proposed some restrictive measures on trading with China, but Sri Lanka has declined to do so in principle in conformity with its neutral foreign policy, the Daily Mirror learns. Sri Lanka is among the countries […]
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Saturday, July 12th, 2025
ලංකාවෙබ් කෘත්රිම බුද්ධිය විසින් රචිතයි ශ්රී ලංකාවේ මැතිවරණ පොරොන්දු: යථාර්ථය හා ඉටුකළ හැකිභාවය පිළිබඳ සම්පූර්ණ සමාලෝචනයක් ආරම්භය ශ්රී ලංකාවේ දේශපාලන පද්ධතිය තුළ මැතිවරණ කාලය එන විට, ජනතාවට විවිධ ආකාරයේ ආකර්ෂණීය පොරොන්දු ලබාදීම සාමාන්ය වටපිටාවක් වී තිබේ. මෙවන් පොරොන්දු බහුතරයක් අතිශයින් ජනප්රිය වුවත්, ඒවා ප්රායෝගික වශයෙන් ක්රියාත්මක වීම පිළිබඳව විශේෂ සැලකිල්ලක් දැක්විය යුතුය. මේ ලිපියේ අරමුණ […]
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Saturday, July 12th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror This is nothing but the contradiction between theory and practice. When the NPP was in the Opposition it was the strongest critic of the government regardless of which party was in power, putting the ruling party always on the defensive. Criticising is always easy Director CID Shani Abeysekera So long as […]
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Saturday, July 12th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that, as a result of recent discussions with the United States, the previously imposed reciprocal tariff rate on Sri Lanka was successfully reduced from 44% to 30%. He further emphasised that ongoing dialogue will continue in order to secure additional concessions. The President stated that the objective of […]
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