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News Archive for Jun 2021
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 20 C4One way of erasing the Eelam victory is by declaring that the officers, who led the military campaigns, had committed war crimes. Critics observed that army officers who led front line fighting formations in the Eelam war were relentlessly pursued on the basis of unsubstantiated war crime allegations, not proved in a court of law. On 19 May 2009, the Sri Lankan military effectively concluded its 26-year operation against the LTTE. The 58 Division of the Sri Lankan Army led by Brig. Shavendra Silva, 59 Division led by Brig. Prasanna de Silva and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/06/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 20 C3
It is necessary to examine thoroughly the allegation that the government denied food and medicine to the Tamil population in Vanni during Eelam war IV. This is a lie, Sri Lanka never deprived the north of food and medicine, reported Shamindra Ferdinando. Even during the Vanni offensive they received supplies. Never in the history of world has warfare had a government of any country provided food for thirty long years to people living in a territory that was controlled by the enemy, said Lt Col Anil Amarasekera. As a party to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/06/21)
Criminal complaint filed over Sri Lankan's death at immigration facility
NAGOYA A criminal complaint has been filed with prosecutors over the death in March of a Sri Lankan woman who was being held at an immigration facility in Nagoya. Masaki Hirata, a Nagoya City University scholar and supporter of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, accused an unknown person of failing to provide appropriate medical services to the woman despite her deteriorating health, according to the complaint. "As a citizen, I was heartbroken by the tragedy. I thought about what I could do to help and came up with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/06/21)
ඔන්ලයින් (මාර්ගගත) අධ්‍යාපනය - විකල්පයකි
අධ්‍යාපනය යනු කෙනෙකුගේ ජීවිතය වැඩිදියුණු කළ හැකි ආයුධයකි. එය සමාජයේ දැනුම ව්‍යාප්ත කිරීමට උපකාරී වන ඉතා වැදගත් මෙවලමක් වන අතර එය අධ්‍යාපනයේ වඩාත්ම කැපී පෙනෙන ප්‍රතිලාභයකි. තවද, එය දැනුම පරම්පරාවෙන් තවත් පරම්පරාවකට මාරු කරන මාධ්‍යයක් ලෙස ක්‍රියා කරයි. රටක ආර්ථිකය සහ සමාජය නංවාලීමට අධ්‍යාපනය උපකාරී වේ; එබැවින් එය ජාතියක සංවර්ධනයේ සන්ධිස්ථානයකි. ජාතියක තරුණයින්ගේ පෞරුෂය හැඩගස්වන අතරම එය ජනතාවට දැනුම හා කුසලතා ලබා දෙයි. අධ්‍යාපනය සාමාන්‍යයෙන් ආර්ථික ධනය, සමාජ සමෘද්ධිය සහ දේශපාලන ස්ථාවරත්වය යන සමාජයේ පදනම ලෙස සැලකේ. ආර්ථික හා සමාජ තත්ත්වය රඳා පවතින්නේ පුද්ගල අධ්‍යාපනය මත වන අතර එය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/06/21)
China, the most powerful country in the world under CPC leadership: Ranil
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that under the leadership of the Communist Party, China had become the most powerful country in the world economy today and it was important for Sri Lanka to understand how the development of the future cyber age applies to Sri Lanka and how it progresses. Mr.wickremesinghe made this remark during a speech via zoom, held to celebrate the centenary of the Communist Party of China (CPC). “It is important for all of us to think of the development of the Chinese Communist... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/06/21)
Chinese presence in SL could pose a threat, keeping close watch: Indian Navy
With the Chinese Navy getting new port projects in Sri Lanka, a top Indian Navy officer said that it 'could pose a threat' to Indian interests in the region and there is a need to keep a close watch on such activities. In an interview with ANI, Navy vice-chief vice-admiral G Ashok Kumar said the Indian Navy is very well prepared to secure the maritime boundaries of the country and there is no way anyone can surprise us. "If you want to analyse whether it is a threat or not,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/06/21)
Lanka Phosphate Company gazetted under Agriculture Ministry
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has amended the functions, responsibilities and institutions coming under the purview of Industries Ministry and the Agriculture Ministry through a Gazette Extraordinary, effective from June 17. The communiqué was published on Friday (June 18), amending the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2187/27 issued on August 09, 2020. Thereby, Lanka Phosphate Company Ltd. which was previously under the purview of the Industries Ministry has been brought under the Agriculture Ministry. As per the new gazette notification, the following institutions have been gazetted under the Industries Ministry: 1. Ceylon... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/06/21)
Daily coronavirus case count moves to 2,169
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 749 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,169. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 237,588. As many as 199,393 recoveries and 2,534 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 35,709 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/06/21)
Sri Lanka confirms 54 new COVID deaths
Sri Lanka has registered 54 more victims of COVID-19, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today. The latest fatalities have moved the death toll from the virus infection to 2,534, according to Government Information Department’s data. Reportedly, the victims have succumbed to the virus infection on Friday (June 18). As per official data, 43 victims were aged 60 years and above and 02 were aged between 30-59 years with 02 aged below 30 years.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/06/21)
Chennai Zoo lions infected with Delta variant of COVID-19
According to the Genome sequencing results of the lions which tested COVID-19 positive at the Chennai Zoo, four samples have been identified as “Delta” variants of the virus. As per the World Health Organization(WHO), this variant showed higher transmissibility and reduced neutralisation(by antibodies). This variant is first said to have been detected in India in late 2020. Variants of the SARS-CoV-2(infection) have been emerging and circulating around the world throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In two batches, eleven samples from the Chennai zoo lions were sent for testing. The ICAR-National Institute of High-Security... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/06/21)
EU experts assisting Sri Lanka to assess X-Press Pearl damage
A team of technical experts of the European Union (EU) will be assisting the Sri Lankan government to assess the environmental damage caused by the fire-ravaged container ship that sank off Colombo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday (June 18). According to a statement from the ministry, the EU/ECHO – the emergency arm of EU funding – through the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) supports three technical experts to help the government in this regard. The experts include Stephane Le Floch – an expert on oil and hazardous and noxious... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/06/21)
The United State of America – The land of hypocrisy, lies, and conspiracies.
Part I It was six months ago that American insurrection took place in Washington DC. January 6th 2021, will undoubtedly go down in history as the darkest day of American democracy. The world watched with horror as the most powerful beacon of democracy was coming apart by angry White mobs. They were politically and racially motivated, fuelled by their supreme leader Donald Trump and his Republican enablers. He had been shamelessly and cleverly manipulating his followers for four years with lies and conspiracies, like never seen before. Many pundits... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
USEFUL INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND RESOLUTIONS (Senate and House) – In relation to the H. Res 413 in the US Congress regarding Sri Lanka
Bills & Resolutions Forms of Congressional Action The work of Congress is initiated by the introduction of a proposal in one of four principal forms: the bill, the joint resolution, the concurrent resolution, and the simple resolution. Bills & Resolutions | house.gov An H. Res (or a simple resolution) only concerns "the rules, the operation, or the opinion" of one chamber of Congress. There is no "passage" only "adoption." This means that it does not pass forward to the senate for a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
‘’SIGNIFICANCE OF A PROPER AND CORRECT FOREIGN POICY AND THE COVID-19 PANDAMIC WAR ’’
Pandemic war in the peak Pandemic war is in the peak and there is no option but to win it sooner or later depending on the world situation. President and the Government has taken all possible endeavours using the political and personal goodwill with the world leaders to find vaccine which is the need of the hour and the response from the world leaders have been satisfactory in that japan China, and USA. Japan has sent positive signs of assistance... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
ආනයන - අපනයන ව්‍යාපාරවල නියුතු ආයෝජකයින්ගේ ගැටළු විසඳීමට කඩිනම් අවධානය.....
වරාය හා රේගුව ආශ්‍රිත සේවා ඩිජිටල්කරණයට ඉහළම ප්‍රමුඛතාවය..... අපනයන ව්‍යාපාර ව්‍යාපාරවල නියුතු ආයෝජකයින්ගේ ගැටළු විසඳීම සඳහා කඩිනම් පියවර ගතයුතු බව තරුණ කටයුතු සහ ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය, ඩිජිටල් සංවර්ධන හා ව්‍යවසාය කටයුතු රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය, ගම සමග පිළිසදරක් ග්‍රාමීය සංවර්ධන ජනාධිපති කාර්ය සාධක බළකායේ සභාපති නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි. ශ්රී ලංකා රේගුව මඟින් භාණ්ඩ නිදහස් කිරිමට පෙර අනුමත සහතික ලබා ගත යුතු ආයතනවල ක්‍රියාවලිය කාර්යක්ෂම කිරීමේ අරමුණින් අදාළ ආයතන ප්‍රධානීන් සමඟ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ ඊයේ (17) පැවති සාකච්ඡාව මෙහෙයවමින් අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. රේගුව විසින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
රනිල් - සජිත් ගැටුමෙන් මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් 750 කගේ තනතුරු අහිමිවේද?
මනාප ක්‍රමය තුල ලැයිස්තුවේ ඊලඟට සිටින්නා සෑම විටම තමන්ගේ අවස්ථාව එනතුරු බලා සිටීම අලුත් දෙයක් නොවේ. අලියා, පොහොට්ටුව, ද්‍රවිඩ - මුස්ලිම් පක්ෂ, ලොකු - කුඩා ඕනෑම පක්ෂයක මහජන නියෝජිතයින්ට ඕනෑම මොහොතක විනය චෝදනා එල්ල වී තනතුරු අහිමි කළ හැකිය. අද එජාපට මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් 2300 ක් ඇත. එයින් 750 කට වැඩි පිරිසක් මන්ත්‍රී ධූර රැකගැනීමටත්, තවත් පිරිසක් ඒ මන්ත්‍රීධූර ලබා ගැනීමටත් බලා සිටින්නේය. බැසිල් - විමල් ගැටුම එවැනිම තත්වයක් පොහොට්ටුවට ඇති කළ හැකිය. තනතුරින් ඉවත් කිරීම මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්ටත් ඔවුන්ට ඡන්දය දුන් අයටත් එක සේ වැදගත්ය. පුංචි අත් වැරද්දක්, නොතකා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
Can Asia guide Biden on China?”
At the “INSIGHT FORUM” organised by Our Hong Kong Foundation, eminent global thinker Professor Kishore Mahbubani called on the US to hit the “pause button” on its geopolitical contest against China amidst the raging global pandemic. Prof Mahbubani, who is a Distinguished Fellow at National University of Singapore’s Asia Research Institute, pointed out that the US trade war against China had hurt the American economy without solving the underlying economic concerns it was meant to resolve. Such policies have not raised America’s standing in the world, neither have they weakened... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
UK Covid infections rise as Delta variant dominates
UK coronavirus infections have risen slightly in the last week, with an estimated 119,000 people - up from 110,000 - now positive for the virus. The Office for National Statistics figures, up to 12 June, suggest one in every 540 people is infected. The more infectious Delta variant accounts for almost all of the cases, says Public Health England. There is some regional variation in infection rates, however, and some good news on vaccine efficacy. North-west England had the highest proportion of people... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
US seen as a bigger threat to democracy than Russia or China, global poll finds
London, May 5: The US faces an uphill task presenting itself as the chief guardian of global democracy, according to a new poll that shows the US is seen around the world as more of a threat to democracy than even Russia and China. The poll finds support for democracy remains high even though citizens in democratic countries rate their governments’ handling of the Covid crisis less well than people in less democratic countries. Inequality is seen as the biggest threat to global democracy, but in the US... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
UK marine experts to support Sri Lanka with X-press Pearl pollution response
UK-based Oil Spill Response experts look for pollutants from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, which is sinking after burning for almost two weeks in the sea off Colombo Harbour, at Sarakkuwa beach, north of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on June 10, 2021. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images) THE UK government will provide marine pollution expertise to help respond to the impact of burnt-out MV X-Press Pearl on the marine life and coastal habitats of Sri Lanka. 360p geselecteerd als... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
Sri Lanka seeks India's help after lion tests Covid-19 positive
The head of the National Zoological Gardens here said that they are in touch with India's Central Zoo Authority to treat an 11-year-old lion named 'Thor' who has tested positive.PTI | , Colombo Sri Lanka's zoological gardens authorities have sought assistance from India after a lion tested positive for the coronavirus at a zoo here. The head of the National Zoological Gardens here said that they are in touch with India's Central Zoo Authority to treat an 11-year-old lion named 'Thor' who has tested positive. "We are in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
Inaccurate figures on Covid death toll on June 11 led to extension of travel restrictions: Prez
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said today inaccurate figures on Covid death toll reported on June 11 led to the extension of travel restrictions and stressed that it was vital to provide accurate and updated information to make correct decisions. He said it was revealed through comprehensive investigations that only 15 deaths had occurred on June 11 whereas 101 deaths were reported that day. He said travel restrictions,which were to be lifted on June 14, were extended till June 21 based on the information of 101 COVID deaths being reported on June... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
Latest update on islandwide travel restrictions
A decision has been taken to lift the islandwide travel restrictions currently in effect at 4.00 a.m. on Monday (June 21), Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. However, the travel restrictions will be re-imposed at 10.00 p.m. on June 23 (Wednesday) and continue until 4.00 a.m. on June 25 (Friday). He said that the restrictions on travel between provinces will remain in effect during the period when travel restrictions are eased and until further notice. Meanwhile public gatherings, meetings and any events will also be prohibited during that period. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
Daily coronavirus cases count moves to 2,327 on Friday
Daily COVID-19 cases count hit 2,327 on Friday (June 18) as 767 more people were tested positive for the virus in Sri Lanka. The new development brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 235,401. As many as 197,259 recoveries and 2,480 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. According to official data, up to 35,707 active cases are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
Sri Lanka records 55 new COVID-related fatalities
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 55 more COVID-19 related fatalities, according to the Government Information Department. The new development brings the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 2,480. Reportedly, the victims - 23 females and 32 males - have succumbed to the virus infection on Thursday (June 17). As per the statistics released by the department, 13 are between 30-59 years and the rest of the victims are aged 60 years and above.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
Govt. to offer Rs. 10,000 per hectare for farmers producing organic fertilizer
Ministry of Agriculture says the government will offer Rs.10,000 per hectare to each farmer who produces organic fertilizer. The decision was reached at a meeting held at the Agriculture Ministry regarding the production and supply of organic fertilizer required for the upcoming Maha Season. https://youtu.be/Uq4SDLlgLmc During the discussion, it was revealed that 500kg of organic fertilizer, 5kg of ammonium nutrient, 35kg of potassium and 10 litres of biofertilizer have been recommended per hectare. The agriculture ministry said the government intends to fulfil the national requirement by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
Posts of several UNP local govt. members including 3 UC chairmen vacated
Gazette notifications have been published announcing that 59 local government members have vacated their posts as they have ceased to be members of the United National Party (UNP). The declarations were issued by the returning officers of relevant Pradeshiya Sabha, urban councils and municipal councils. These local government members who represented the UNP were elected to their posts in the 2018 Provincial Council elections, however, they had later endorsed the current main Opposition, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB). Thereby, the UNP had decided to suspend the party membership of these members.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/21)
PEOPLE IN THE EU CONCERNED ABOUT GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION, TIES BETWEEN BUSINESS AND POLITICS, SURVEY REVEALS
Over half of people in the EU think their government is run by a few private interests The Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) – European Union released by Transparency International today reveals that almost two thirds of people in the EU think that government corruption is a problem in their country. The GCB, which surveyed more than 40,000 people in the bloc, asked about people’s views and experiences of corruption. The results highlight some worrying trends across the region. Explore the findings Almost three in ten EU residents reported directly experiencing corruption, as they paid... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
GLOBAL CORRUPTION BAROMETER EU: PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT UNCHECKED ABUSES OF POWER
Countries in the European Union (EU) are known for being wealthy, stable and democratic. However, this clean image is undermined by issues ranging from regional inequality and erosion of the rule of law to corruption problems. Transparency International’s new Global Corruption Barometer – EU 2021 is one of the largest, most detailed surveys of people’s views and experiences of corruption across the bloc. https://www.transparency.org/en/news/gcb-eu-2021-survey-people-worry-corruption-unchecked-impunity-business-politics Find out what people across the EU think about corruption Externally hosted content may include ads. These aren't endorsed by or reflect Transparency International's views.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
Coronavirus pandemic worsened corruption in EU: survey
A new survey by Transparency International has found that 29% of EU residents used well-connected friends or family to receive medical care during the pandemic. At least 6% of people paid bribes to access health care. The survey said 26.4% of respondents believed that corruption in Germany had increased over the past year The coronavirus pandemic has worsened corruption across the European Union, Transparency International said on Tuesday. In its annual Global Corruption Barometer report for the EU, the anti-graft watchdog called health care a "hotspot for corruption,"... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
The Peradeniya University Agriculture Teachers’ Association (PUATA) express grave concern and displeasure on Dr.Padeniya's allegations
PRESS RELEASE The Peradeniya University Agriculture Teachers’ Association (PUATA) hereby express our grave concern and displeasure on the baseless allegations made by Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya as a participant in the “Urumaya” programme televised live on 14th June 2021 by the Independent Television Network (ITN). Dr. Padeniya’s comments, as a member representing the medical profession in Sri Lanka and a trade union, was targeted at the academics of the Faculty of Agriculture (FOA), University of Peradeniya (UOP), and we, the members of PUATA, consider it as an effort... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
අන්ත්‍රාවයි! අපෙන් ඩැහැගන්නා අපි හදපු පක්ෂ හා අපි හැදිය යුතුයයි පැතු දේශපාලන පක්ෂ.
මේ රටේ සාමාන්‍ය පොදු ජනතාවට අයත් දේශපාලන පක්ෂයක් අවශ්‍ය යයි සිතු අප අපේ තාරුණ්‍ය සම්පුර්ණයෙන්ම කැප කොට ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ ගොඩනැංවුයෙමු. අද එය අපට හිමි නැත. "අධිරාජ්‍යවාදයට විනාශය -ජනතාවට විමුක්තිය "යන සටන් පාඨය මුලිකත්වයෙලා තැනු ඒ දේශපාලන පක්ෂය, මේ වනවිට අධිරාජ්‍යවාදීන් විසින් මිලයට ගෙන අපිට එරෙහිව ඔවුන්ගේ ප්‍රධාන මෙවලමක් ලෙස මෙහෙයවයි. සතුටකට ඇත්තේ මේ දේශපාලන පක්ෂය විසින් 2005දී මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාව බලයට පත්කිරීම උදෙසා, මහා ව්‍යාපාරයක් සිදුකිරීමත් ඒ මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂයන් විසින් අධිරාජ්‍යවාදීන්ගේ ලෝකයේ බලවත්ම ත්‍රස්තවාදී සංවිධානය කුඩු පට්ටම් කිරීම මගින් අපේ අපේක්ෂාවන්වූ අධිරාජ්‍යවාදයට විනාශයේ අඩිතාලමට හොද ස්ථාවර පදනමක් නිර්මාණය කිරීමයි.මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාව බලයට පත්කළ මොහොතේම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මැදිහත්වී ආයෝජන කලාපවලට එන්නත් ලබාදීමේ යාන්ත්‍රණය කඩිනම් කරයි.
ආයෝජන කලාපවල සේවක සේවිකාවන්ගේ සෞඛ්‍ය ආරක්ෂාව වෙනුවෙන් කොවිඩ් එන්නත්කරණය කඩිනම් කරන බව තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය සහ ඩිජිටල් හා ව්‍යවසාය සංවර්ධන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඊයේ (16) දින පැවැසීය. බියගම අපනයන සැකසුම් කලාපයේ පැවති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. කොවිඩ් වසංගත තත්ත්වය හමුවේ උද්ගතව ඇති අභියෝගයන්ට මුහුණෙදෙමින් බියගම අපනයන සැකසුම් කලාපයේ නිෂ්පාදන සහ අපනයන ක්‍රියාවලිය අඛණ්ඩව පවත්වාගෙන යෑම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මෙහි දී විශේෂ අවධානයක් යොමු විය. සේවකයන්ගේ සෞඛ්‍ය ආරක්ෂාව වෙනුවෙන් සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යංශය හා ඒකාබද්ධව කොවිඩ් එන්නත්කරණ වැඩසටහන කාර්යක්ෂම ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
එළවළු පලතුරු මිල ඉහළ දැමීම නිසා සිදුවන පාරිභෝගික අපහසුතා මගහැරීමට අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගෙන් උපදෙස්
ඇතැම් වෙළඳුන් හිතුමනාපයට එළවළු හා පළතුරු මිල ඉහළ දැමීම නිසා පාරිභෝගිකයන්ට සිදුවන අපහසුතා මගහැරිය යුතු බව අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ මුලසුනෙන් අද (17) දින පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී රැස්වූ ආර්ථික පුනර්ජීවනය හා දරිද්‍රතාවය තුරන් කිරීම සඳහා වන ජනාධිපති කාර්යසාධන බලකාය තීන්දු කර ඇත. කොවිඩ් වසංගතය හමුවේ එළවළු හා පළතුරු මිල ගණන් ඉහළ යෑම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සාකච්ඡා කිරීම සඳහා ආර්ථික පුනර්ජීවනය හා දරිද්‍රතාවය තුරන් කිරීම සඳහා වන ජනාධිපති කාර්යසාධන බලකාය අද දින රැස්විය. ඒ අනුව මහජන අවධානය සෘජුව සන්නිවේදනය වන පරිදි ප්‍රධාන ප්‍රවෘත්ති විකාශනය අතරතුර ප්‍රධාන ආර්ථික මධ්‍යස්ථානවල හා පෑලියගොඩ මැනිං වෙළඳපොළේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts allowed to make video calls to SL, UK
The Madras High Court, on Thursday, allowed Nalini Sriharan and her husband Murugan, convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to make video calls to Sri Lanka and London. Nalini’s mother Padma had filed a petition before the Madras High Court, seeking permission to allow Nalini and Murugan to speak to their relatives living in Sri Lanka and London. Padma had sought permission for her daughter and her husband Sriharan alias Murugan to make video calls to her mother-in-law in Sri Lanka and sister-in-law in London for at least 10 minutes daily.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
Sri Lanka confirms highly-contagious Delta Covid variant found in community (English)
https://youtu.be/_uBwBwITFKo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
Delta Covid variant found in community for first time in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka today confirmed that the highly-contagious Delta variant of Covid-19, first identified in India, has been detected from community samples obtained in Colombo. This was revealed by the Director of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura Dr. Chandima Jeewandara. https://youtu.be/_uGuGuW5q-A He said the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2, has been detected from 5 samples which were all obtained from Dematagoda in Colombo. Dr. Jeewandara said this is the first time that the Indian variant has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
Sajith endorses Sri Lanka joining G7’s B3W initiative
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has endorsed the idea of Sri Lanka joining the Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative – a new global infrastructure investment of USD 40 trillion undertaken by the G7 countries to challenge China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In an exclusive interview with WION, the Opposition Leader said, Sri Lanka should benefit from such positive proposals which promote the country’s prosperity and development if obtaining such assistance improves Sri Lanka’s macroeconomic indicators such as employment, growth rate, balanced budgets and trade surplus. “Whatever economic, development and trade plans that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
Covid-19: daily count climbs to 2,361 positive cases
The Ministry of Health reported that another 526 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 today, increasing the daily count in the country to 2,361. All new cases reported so far today are associated with the ‘New Year’ Covid-19 cluster. This brings the tally of coronavirus cases confirmed in Sri Lanka to 233,064. Presently 35,256 positive patients are being treated for the virus while total recoveries has risen to 195,434.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
Sri Lanka confirms 51 more Covid-19 deaths
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 51 more Covid-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (16), according to the Government Information Department. This pushes the official death toll due to the virus in Sri Lanka to 2,425. According to the data released by the department, the 51 deaths confirmed today includes 20 females and 31 males. Meanwhile 14 are between 30-59 years while the other 37 are aged 60 and above.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
Gammanpila says SJB’s no-confidence motion is childish
Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila has dismissed the contents of the no-confidence motion signed by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) against him over the recent hike in fuel prices as baseless. Addressing a press conference earlier today (June 17), the energy minister said it was a childish move by the main Opposition. Fuel prices can be increased upon receiving the nod from the finance minister, he explained, adding that the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers is not required for such move. “I must remind the Samagi Jana Balawegaya that I was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
FR petition filed against import of luxury vehicles for MPs
A fundamental rights petition has been filed at the Supreme Court seeking a ruling that the government’s decision to import 227 luxury vehicles for Members of Parliament violates the Constitution. The petition was filed by former Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Western Provincial Councilor Mahinda Jayasinghe. Thirty-one persons including Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, the staff of the Finance Ministry and its Secretary S. R. Attygalle, the Bank of Ceylon, Director General of Customs, Director General of Import and Export Control, and the Attorney General have been named respondents of the petition. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
Online sale of liquor given red light from NOCPCO
The National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) has not granted approval for the sale of liquor online. https://youtu.be/M9zKm8IuXX4 Head of NOCPCO, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva confirmed this decision today (June 17). The Ministry of Finance yesterday (June 16) gave approval to the recommendation made by the Department of Excise to allow the public to purchase liquor through online procedures. However, this decision was met with objections from several parties including the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA).... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY PT 20 C2
There was much speculation as to the number of civilians killed in the last phase of the Eelam War IV, which ended in May 2009. In the absence of reliable statistics, the Security Council and the Office of Secretary General had begun to rely on reports from Human Rights Watch and other international NGOs during the last phase of the war. Persons who had some association with the war, either as a UN worker or a journalist assigned to cover the war or some such capacity put forward their estimates of civilians killed. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/06/21)
කෘෂි නිෂ්පාදන ප්‍රති අපනයන කාර්මික ජනපදයක් පිහිටුවීමට අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මුලපුරයි.
කෘෂි නිෂ්පාදන ප්‍රති අපනයනය කිරීමේ කාර්මික ජනපදයක් වැලිපැන්න කේන්ද්‍ර කරගනිමින් ස්ථාපිත කරන බව තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඊයේ (15) දින පැවසීය. වැලිපැන්න අධිවේගී පිවිසුම අසල ඉදිකිරීමට යෝජිත කෘෂි නිෂ්පාදන ප්‍රති අපනයන කාර්මික ජනපද භූමිය නිරීක්ෂණය කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. ශ්රී ලංකා ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලය සහ වෙළඳ අමාත්‍යංශය ඒකාබද්ධව මෙම ව්‍යාපෘතිය ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන අතර ඉදිරියේ දී දෙස් විදෙස් ආයෝජකයන් සඳහා එය විවෘත වනු ඇත. ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව එහි ආරම්භක අයෝජනය සඳහා දැනටමත් සාකච්ඡා ආරම්භ කර ඇත. ඒ අනුව ලංකාවේ නිෂ්පාදනය නොවන පරිප්පු, බාර්ලි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/06/21)
ජාත්‍යන්තර ගෘහ සේවක දිනය - 2021-ගෘහ සේවකයින්ද අයිතිවාසිකම් සහිත සේවක පිරිසක් බවට පත් කරමු.
සෑම වසරකම ජූනි මස 16 දිනට යෙදී ඇත්තේ ගෘහ සේවක දිනයයි. මෙවර එහි තේමාව වී ඇත්තේ "කෝවිඩ්-19 වසංගතය පසුකරමින් ශිෂ්ඨ රැකියා යන්න යථාර්ථයක් කරමු" යන්නයි. ජාත්‍යන්තර පරිමාණවත් ලංකාව තුළත් කෝවිඩ් වසංගතයෙන් ඉතාම දරුණු ලෙස බැට කෑ කොටසක් වූයේ අවිධිමත් අංශයේ කම්කරුවන්ය. ඒ අතරින් ගෘහ සේවක සේවිකාවන් විශේෂය. පසුගිය වසරේ ඔක්තෝබර් මස සිට 2021 ජනවාරි මස දක්වා කොවිඩ් -19 වසංගතයේ දෙවැනි රැල්ල පැවති කාලයේ ලෝක කම්කරු සංවිධානයේ කොළඹ කාර්යාලය සමඟ එක්ව “Rapid Assessment of the Impact of Covid – 19 on Domestic Workers in Sri Lanka” ව්‍යාපෘතියට සහභාගි වීමටත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/06/21)
කමාන්ඩෝ සෙබළුන්ට ප්‍රතිකාර කිරීම
යුද හමුදා රෝහලේ සේවය කරන කාලයේදී කමාන්ඩෝ රෙජිමේන්තුවේ සෙබළුන් සහ නිලධාරීන් කිහිප දෙනෙකු ප්‍රතිකාර සඳහා මා වෙත යොමු කල බව කිව යුතුය. කමාන්ඩෝ රෙජිමේන්තුවේ එක් නිලධාරියෙකුට මම වසර ගනනාවක් ප්‍රතිකාර කලෙමි. ඔහු පැරෂූට් පිම්මකදී වැරදීමක් සිදු වීමෙන් බිම වැටී ඔහුගේ මොලය තුවාල (TBI - Trumatic Brain Injury) වී තිබුණි. ඔහු තුල විශාදය මෙන්ම පෞරුෂත්ව වෙනස්වීම් ද සිදු වෙමින් තිබූ අතර මා ඔහු සඳහා මූලික වශයෙන් ප්‍රජානන ප්‍රතිකාර (Cognitive Therapy ) යොදා ගත්තෙමි. මෙම ප්‍රජානන ප්‍රතිකාර සඳහා මට මාර්ගෝපදේශනය ලැබුනේ වෛද්‍ය ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩර් ලුරියා ගේ සායනික ප්‍රතිකාර පිලිබන විස්තර කියවීමෙනි. වෛද්‍ය ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩර් ලුරියා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/06/21)
Biden nominates South Korean-origin diplomat Julie Chung as envoy to Sri Lanka
Washington, June 16 (Agencies): US President Joe Biden has nominated foreign service woman diplomat Julie Chung to be the country’s next ambassador to Sri Lanka. Chung is of South Korean origin. Currently serving as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, 49-year-old Julie Jiyoon Chung, who was nominated on Tuesday, needs to be confirmed by the Senate before she can head to the island nation. For similar articles, join our Whatsapp group for the latest updates. – click here Fluent in Korean, Japanese, Spanish and Khmer, Seoul-born Chung was previously Director of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/06/21)
The coming full-blown crisis in agricultural sector courtesy of a shortsighted fertilizer ban
A few leaders would throw a wrecking ball into a big chunk of the economic machinery, worse still when it is stumbling under the weight of a coronavirus pandemic and a full-blown foreign exchange crisis. Alas, that is exactly what President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is doing to the country’s agricultural sector through his misplaced fertilizer ban. The agricultural sector employs one-fourth of the Sri Lankan workforce (Central Bank Data 2018), and is still the largest sector of employment in sheer numbers. It suffers from a staggering level of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/06/21)
59 more COVID deaths, tally at 2,374
Sri Lanka has registered 59 more victims of COVID-19, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today. The latest fatalities have moved the death toll from the virus infection to 2,374, according to Government Information Department’s data. Reportedly, the victims have succumbed to the virus infection on Tuesday (June 15). As per official data, 38 victims were aged 60 years and above and 20 were aged between 30-59 years with one male aged below 30 years.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/06/21)
Daily coronavirus case count moves to 2,419
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 788 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,419. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 230,675. As many as 194,145 recoveries and 2,315 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 34,215 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/06/21)
Sri Lanka signs USD 100 mn LoC with India for solar energy projects
ndia became the first country to partner with Sri Lanka in fulfilling the vision of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to ensure that 70% of Sri Lanka’s national power requirements are fulfilled by renewable energy sources by 2030, as reiterated during his address at the recently concluded Sri Lanka Investment Forum. In this context, an agreement extending a USD 100 million Line of Credit (LOC) to Sri Lanka for projects in the Solar Energy Sector, signed between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Export-Import Bank of India, was exchanged by the High Commissioner of India... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/06/21)
Chairman of X-Press Pearl’s local agency granted bail
Arjuna Hettiarachchi, the chairman of the local shipping agency representing the ‘X-Press Pearl’ vessel, has been granted bail by the Colombo High Court. https://youtu.be/5hV0k0zZbWo Chairman of Sea Consortium Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Mr Hettiarachchi was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today after surrendering through his attorneys. He was subsequently produced before the Colombo High Court Judge Damith Thotawatta, who ordered that the defendant be released on a cash bond of Rs 100,000 and two personal bonds of Rs 1 million each. Informing of bail conditions,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/06/21)
Police search for 'missing' X-Press Pearl agent
Following the arrest and subsequent release of the captain of the X-Press Pearl, Sri Lanka’s Attorney General yesterday advised police to also arrest the carrier’s agent in the country. According to local press reports, Sri Lankan detectives visited the Sea Consortium Lanka offices, X-Press Feeders’ agency office in Colombo, and the home address of the agency’s MD and chairman, Arjuna Hettiarachchi, who is required to make a statement to the CID but failed to do so and has not been found. “Detectives have also recorded statements from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/06/21)
Monsoon delays salvage of fire-ravaged ship off Sri Lanka
A sinking fire-damaged container ship could take months to salvage because of rough monsoon seas, Sri Lanka said Tuesday, as authorities investigated whether the deaths of dozens of turtles and dolphins were caused by the disaster. Part of the Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl submerged in early June after catching fire and burning for almost two weeks off the island nation's coast, releasing tonnes of plastic raw materials that swamped local beaches. Coast Conservation Minister Nalaka Godahewa said he wanted the vessel removed so it would not pose a further pollution risk. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/06/21)
"Constitution is the right of the citizens of Sri Lanka and the sovereignty lies within the people of Sri Lanka, not anybody else" - Minister Keheliya Rambukwella
Expressing his views regarding the recent resolution adopted by the European Parliament, requesting the EU Commission for a temporary withdrawal of the GSP+ status, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella highlighted that the Sri Lanka Constitution is the right of the citizens of Sri Lanka and the sovereignty lies within the people of Sri Lanka and not anybody else". He said this today (15) at the cabinet decision media briefing held at the Department of Government Information when a journalist asked about the Minister's response regarding the above matter. Minister Rambukwella... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/06/21)
No bunker fuel remains onboard X-Press Pearl, salvor reports confirm
The salvor reports have confirmed that no bunker fuel remains onboard the X-Press Pearl, the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) announced today. https://youtu.be/AUj1SrAEpAA The Singapore-registered container ship was carrying 300 metric tons of bunker fuel at the time of the ill-fated incident. “We have given written instructions to both the vessel’s owners and the salvage company to investigate and report back to us whether there was bunker oil still remaining in its tanks,” MEPA Chairperson Darshani Lahandapura said. Both the salvage master and international oil spill... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/06/21)
Coronavirus: 2,275 more positive cases confirmed
Daily COVID-19 cases count hit 2,275 on Tuesday (June 15) as 432 more people were tested positive for the virus in Sri Lanka. The new development brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 228,197. As many as 192,478 recoveries and 2,315 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. According to official data, up to 33,459 active cases are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/06/21)
Sri Lanka confirms 55 new COVID deaths
Sri Lanka has registered 55 more victims of COVID-19, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today. The latest fatalities have moved death toll from the virus infection to 2,315, according to Government Information Department’s data. Reportedly, the victims have succumbed to the virus infection on Monday (June 14). As per official data, 44 victims were aged 60 years and above and the remaining 11 were aged between 30-59 years.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/06/21)
Global Organic Farming
The Gotabaya Rajapaksa Government appears determined to bring about an immediate and drastic change in Sri Lankan agriculture by replacing the conventional chemicalsbased system to an organic-based one without the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides. Adopting a carrot and stick policy, the import of chemical fertilisers has been banned and assistance to acquire organic fertilisers has been announced. But this has been done totally disregarding the advice of experts, who had recommended a step by step change-over to avoid losses to the farmer and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/06/21)
From inorganic to organic : Is Sri Lanka bracing for an agriculture disaster?
Experts have opined that shifting to organic agriculture overnight isn’t a wise move Just last October Sri Lanka imported around 180,000 metric tonnes of chemical fertilizerIn Sri Lanka, farmers utilize close to 300 kilograms of fertilizer per hectareSince farmers don’t have adequate knowledge on the consumption they think much fertilizer needs to be used to increase the yieldFertilizers have also contaminated most of the island’s waterways due to poor irrigation strategies The old Sinhala adage, Mada sodagath kala goviya rajakamatath sudusui ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/06/21)
Politically motivated mud-brigades in action?
As per the media reports, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), under a special team, has been tasked with investigating those who are misleading the public by spreading false propaganda on social media. Police Spokesman DIG Rohana has said it is an offence punishable under Section 98 of the Police Ordinance, that if anyone disturbs the public by publishing fake news. Minister of Public Security Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara too confirmed this move in his recent speech in the Parliament describing how false propagandists were misleading public against him and his close relatives. There should... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 20 C1
The main charge against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC is that they deliberately killed thousands of civilians in the last phase of Eelam War IV. Rajiva Wijesinha was Secretary-General of the Sri Lankan Government Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) from 2007–2009. In that capacity Rajiva had access to war data. Rajiva found that very few allegations of civilian deaths were made to the Peace Secretariat until the end of January 2009, when for the first time there was allegations of hundreds killed. In 2008 when forces took Kilinochchi, the total civilian... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
යුරෝපා ජීඑස්පී තහනම තවත් ‘ආර්ථික ඝාතනයක‘ ආරම්භය යි - තරඟකාරී පදනමින් අපනයනය අජිත් නිවාඩ් ගේ‘ තවත් දවල් හීනයකි
2010 – 2015 ආණ්ඩුවේ උපදේශකයින් තවත් වරක් ලංකා ආර්ථිකය ඝාතනය කිරීමේ මාවතට ශ්රී ලංකාව වේගයෙන් තල්ලු කරමින් සිටින්නේ යැයි හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පවසයි. ‘‘2010 සිට 2017 මැයි 17 දක්වා යුරෝපයේ ජීඑස්පී ප්ලස් බදු සහනය අහිමිවීම නිසා ශ්රී ලංකාවට රු. බිලියන 150 සිට 250 දක්වා වන පාඩුවක් සිදුවුණා. 2017 දී යුරෝපා සංගමය 2023 දක්වා ලංකාවට නැවත එම බදු සහනය ලබා දුන්නා. මේ රජයේ අදූරදර්ශී ක්‍රියා නිසා නැවත එම සහන අහිමිවීමේ අවදානමක් තිබෙනවා‘‘ යැයි හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් පවසයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
අවුරුදු සීයකට පෙර වසංගත අත්දැකීමක් සෙල්ලිපියකින් හෙළිවෙයි
වසංගත පැතිරීම පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු රාශියක් ලෝක ඉතිහාසය තුළ සටහන් වී ඇත. විශේෂයෙන්ම වසූරිය වංසගතය ලෝකයම පීඩාවට පත් කළ ආකාරය පුදුම සහගතය. දූපතක් වශයෙන් ලෝක ගෝලයේ දක්නට තිබෙන ලංකාවට මෙවැනි වසංගතය පැමිණෙනුයේ සංක්‍රමණ නිසාවෙනි.විශේෂයෙන්ම වෙළෙඳාම හරහා පැමිණෙන නාවිකයන් මෙන්ම සෙබළුන් නිසා මේ රෝග තත්වයන් ලංකාව පුරා පැතිරුණු අවස්ථාවන් තිබේ. පරංගි(ෆිරංගි යනු විදේශික යන අර්ථය දෙන්නකි) එවැනි රෝගයකි. කොළරාවද ඉන්දියාවේ සිට මෙරටට පැමිණි කල්ලතෝනින් නිසා ඇති වූවකි. දාහත්වන සියවසේ පමණ සිටම වසූරිය මන්නාරම අවට පැතිරී පසුව උඩරට රාජධානියද ආක්‍රමණය කරන ලද්දේය.මහාමාරිය පැතිරීමද මෙලෙසම සිදු විය.මෙයට ශත වර්ෂයකට පෙර ඉතාමත් දරුණු අන්දමින් පැතිර යන ලද්දේ ස්පාඤ්ඤ උණ නමින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 22 වැනි කොටස - සාමුහිකත්වයේ ආර්ථිකය
“සෑම මිනිසකු ම සමාන ය” යන අදහස අර්ථවත් වනුයේ සාමාන්‍ය, පොදු ඇසකින් ලෝකය දෙස බැලීමේ දී විනා ප්‍රායෝගික භාවිත අර්ථයකින් නොවේ. ස්වභාවයෙන් ම මිනිසුන් අසමාන ය. විවිධ වූ නියාම ධර්ම කරණ කොට ගෙන මෙම අසමානතා ඇතිවෙයි. මේ සඳහා හේතුවන ධර්ම - කර්මාදී නියාම ධර්ම ගැන බෞද්ධ අපි හොඳින් ම දනිමු. ආර්ථික අරමුණු ජයගැනීමට නම් පළමුවෙන් ම මෙම ධර්මතාව (මිනිසුන්ගේ අසමාන බව) අප විසින් මැනැවින් වටහාගත යුතු වෙයි. වැඩ කරන, වැඩ නො කරන, හැකියාව ඇති, හැකියාව නැති සෑම කෙනකුට ම එක හා සමානව ආර්ථිකයේ ඵල භුක්ති විඳිය නො හැකි ය. මෙම විසමතා නො සළකා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
An address by Ahmadiyya Head.
The Gist of the Address by the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community the Fifth Khalifah (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France on 8th October 2019. The event was attended by over 80 dignitaries and guests, including diplomats, politicians, academics and the representatives of think tanks as well as business leaders and various other professions. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said: The founding objectives of UNESCO are excellent and praiseworthy. Amongst its objectives are fostering peace and respect, promoting the rule of law, human... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
What to expect in the short term and long term
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I read with interest and concern the conflicting and controversial views expressed by many experts and stakeholders, regarding the Sri Lankan government’s decision to ban the importation of agrochemicals, including synthetic chemical fertilizers. Undoubtedly, some have genuine concerns regarding the negative impacts of synthetic chemical fertilizers on the environment and human health, while others see the potential threat of a food shortage if synthetic fertilizers are totally replaced by organic sources. Any action adopted in a quest to do the “right”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
FEATURES‘Fertilizer Saga’ in Sri Lanka: A Considered Opinion
Why use fertiliser on crops? Fertilisers are used for two purposes. One purpose is to provide essential plant nutrients that are required for crops to produce an economically-important product (i. e. food for humans, feed for animals, a variety of industrial products, etc.). Just as people require food, crops require nutrients for producing what is expected from them. When a crop is harvested and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
SAEA warns of big economic losses due to import restrictions on chemical fertilizers and pesticides
In the absence of proper substitutes The Sri Lanka Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) has expressed some concerns on the appropriateness of the newly introduced regulation to restrict forthwith the import of chemical fertilizers and pesticides by the Gazette Extraordinary No 2226/48 of May 6, 2021, to achieve the broader development goal. In a letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the SAEA, the professional body representing the Agricultural Economists... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
Dangers of banning inorganic fertilisers
In 2019, around Rs 310 billion worth of food has been imported. Among these are rice, sugar, green gram, red onion, big onion, maize, etc., which can be locally produced. If we are to reduce our expenditure on food imports, it is essential that the local food production is increased. For effectively addressing this issue, several inputs are important. Among these are good quality seeds/planting material, and use of appropriate technology. In this regard, judicious use of both organic and inorganic fertilizers is important. Several research... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
Import ban on inorganic fertilizers and its effects on the tea industry
1. Vegetatively Propagated Teas are CLONAL HYBRIDS which requires high and correct nitrogen ratios to reach its potential yield of over 3,000 kg per hectare made tea per annum. 2. The required norm is 10 kg nitrogen for every 100 kg of made tea. If soil carbon ratios are good at 7% organic matter in the soil, improving the cation exchange (ability of soils to hold nutrients) capacity, it is possible to reduce the N ratio from 10 N to seven N per 100 kg made tea. However, timing and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
චම්පික අගමැති අපෙක්ෂකත්වය හා පක්‍ෂයේ නියොජ්‍ය නායක ධුරය සජිත්ගෙන් ඉල්ලයි….
පාඨලි චම්පික රනවක මහතාගේ විශෙෂ නියොජිතයකු හා සජිත් ප්‍රෙමදාස මහතාගේ විශෙෂ නියොජිතයකු අතර දෙපාර්ශවයේ අනුදැනුම ඇතිව 11 දිනයේ විශේෂ සාකච්ජාවක් පවත්වා තිඛෙ. මෙහිදි පාඨලි චම්පික රනවක මහතාගේ පාර්ශවයේන් දැඩිව ප්‍රකාශ කර තිබුනේ ඉදිරි මැතිවරණයෙදි අගමැති අපෙක්ෂකත්වය එ මහතාට ලැබිය යුතු බවයි.තවද එය සානාත කරමින් මැතිවරණයට පෙර සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ නියොජ්‍ය නායක ධුරය පාඨලි චම්පික රනවක මහතාට ලැබිය යුතු බව පවසා තිබේ . ඊට ප්‍රතිචාර දක්වමින් සජිත් ප්‍රෙමදාස මහතාගේ විශෙෂ නියොජිතවරයා සදහන් කර තිබුනේ පක්ෂය තුල ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් චම්පික රනවක මහතාට වඩා වැඩි‚පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ වසර 32ක් නියොජනය කරන රන්ජිත් මද්ධුම බන්ඩාර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
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තමනට ඇමති ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වන්නැයි ලිපිය නිකුත් කිරිමට පෙර නෙළුම් මාවතේ ZOOM සාකච්චාවක් තිබූ බව බලශක්ති ඇමති උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ මහ ලේකම් සාගර කාරියවසම් හසුරුවන අදිසි හස්තය තමන් දන්නා බවත් එය සිදුවන්නේ විදේශයක සිට බවත් ඇමතිවරයා කියා සිටී. https://youtu.be/Az5nwLBhyLg මේ ප‍්‍රහාරය එල්ල වන්නේ තමනට නොව මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට යයිද පවසන ඇමතිවරයා තමන්ව ලෙහෙසියෙන් දේශපාලනයෙන් විසි කර දැමිය නොහැකි යයිද කියා සිටී. තමනට හා ඇමති විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පහර ගස්වන්නේ එකම අයෙක් විසින් බවද ඔහු තව දුරටත් සදහන් කරයි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
Secret of the “Universe Gate” in the Holy City
Tissa Wewa The Holy City of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka is a place unlikely to be the setting for a fascinating tale of flying objects and other mundane events. Anuradhapura, named after a King’s chieftain called Anuradha, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the world. It thus means Anuradha’s City. Also known locally as Rajarata (Land of the Kings), this UNESCO World Heritage Site is the first kingdom founded on the island (in 377 BC) and is located at the heart of Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
Sri Lanka's EDB concerned over EU resolution to withdraw GSP+
Pic: ShutterstockSri Lanka’s Export Development Board (EDB) recently expressed concern over the resolution adopted by the European Union (EU) parliament calling on the European Commission to consider the temporary withdrawal of Sri Lanka’s generalised scheme of preferences plus (GSP+) status for the latter’s persistent failure to adopt and enact human rights reforms and repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act. The resolution calls on the EU Commission to “carefully assess whether there is sufficient reason, as a last resort, to initiate a procedure for the temporary withdrawal of Sri Lanka’s GSP+ status and to report... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
Vietnam treasures ties with Sri Lanka: Party chief
The Communist Party of Vietnam and the Vietnamese State always treasure the traditional friendship and fruitful cooperation with Sri Lanka, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has said. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong holds phone talks with President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Communist Party of Vietnam and the Vietnamese State always treasure the traditional friendship and fruitful cooperation with Sri Lanka, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has said. The Party chief made the affirmation during his phone talks with President of Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
Court orders to provide list of those received 2nd dose of Covishield vaccine in Galle on June 5, 7
The Galle Chief Magistrate Harshana Kekunawela today ordered health authorities to hand over the list of persons who were given the second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine at the Galle Health Services Director's Office on June 5 and 7, to the police. The orders were issued after considering the facts provided by the Police over the investigation that a large number of people from the Western Province had arrived in Galle on the Southern Expressway in vehicles on the 5th and 7th June to receive the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
57 more COVID-19 deaths push tally to 2,260
The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that Sri Lanka has reported 57 more deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic. As per the Department of Government Information, the reported deaths had occurred on June 13. Among the deceased are 32 male patients and 25 female patients. Accordingly, the total number of deaths due to Covid-19 infection in Sri Lanka has risen to 2,260.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
Sri Lanka confirms 67 more COVID fatalities on Sunday
Sri Lanka on Sunday (June 12) registered 67 more victims of COVID-19, the Director-General of Health Services. The latest fatalities have moved the death toll from the virus infection to 2,203, according to Government Information Department’s data. Meanwhile, Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena says that COVID-19 deaths will be reported under a new methodology here on. Accordingly, all future COVID-19 deaths will be reported within a period of 24-48 hours.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
Daily coronavirus case count moves to 2,259
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 479 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,259. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 225,922. As many as 190,464 recoveries and 2,203 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 33,255 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
Condemnation of the misleading statement made by Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya on the role of Agriculture Professionals
We, hereby, vehemently condemn the derogatory and misleading remarks made by Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya - who seems to be a consummate politician and is a medical trade union leader - during a recent media release, in which he challenged the Agricultural officers' knowledge on organic agriculture. Furthermore, we believe that his conduct is highly unethical, unprofessional, and amounts to crossing someone else’s border to a field in which he is not at all an expert. Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya, not only shows and challenges his own understanding on agriculture at this vital point, but also dishonours his... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 20 C1
The main charge against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC is that they deliberately killed thousands of civilians in the last phase of Eelam War IV. Rajiva Wijesinha was Secretary-General of the Sri Lankan Government Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) from 2007–2009. In that capacity Rajiva had access to war data. Rajiva found that very few allegations of civilian deaths were made to the Peace Secretariat until the end of January 2009, when for the first time there was allegations of hundreds killed. In 2008 when forces took Kilinochchi, the total civilian... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
හෙද ගැටළු නොවිසදන්නේ නම් ඉදිරි සතිය තුළ නැවතත් වෘත්තීය ක්‍රියාමාර්ගයන්ට Chinese Admiral Zheng He and the Tamils of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan organisation donates medical oxygen cylinders Security tightened along TN coastal areas; threats of armed infiltrators entering state received Bahrain suspends work permits for people from red list countries indefinitely 1 percent of Sri Lanka's population infected with COVID-19. SLPP General Secretary attacked President and PM, not me, Gammanpila claps back COVID: Sri Lanka confirms 2,329 new cases within the day Construction of Central Expressway in Gampaha paused Fuel price hike is a measure to stabilize national economy - PMD G7 nations to agree tough measures on burning coal to tackle climate change Importing luxury vehicles for MPs ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 18D Pt 4D නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාපවල සේවක සේවිකාවන් සඳහා ජූලි මස මුල් සතියේ පළමු එන්නත් මාත්‍රාව ලබාදෙනවා - අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා. අන්තර්ජාල ගාස්තු නොමැතිව රටේ සියලුම දරුවන්ට e-තක්සලාව හරහා මාර්ගගත (Online) අධ්‍යාපනය නොමිලේ ලබාදීමේ ව්‍යාපෘතියකට අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මුලපුරයි Covid-19 has mutated so much in 18 months that proven treatments are often failing, says head of Moscow’s top virus hospital Covid-19 leads to brain changes & Alzheimer’s-like dementia, new AI-powered study finds Sri Lanka seeks initial US$40 million from cargo ship's operator 62 more COVID-19 deaths reported from Sri Lanka Daily coronavirus case tally moves to 2,340 EU adds another rare blood condition as side effect of AstraZeneca shot ගම්මන්පිල වහාම මාධ්‍ය කැදවයි.. ඉන්ධන මිල වැඩිකල බලධාරියා හෙලි කරයි.. Minister in charge of the subject should resign by taking the responsibility of increasing the fuel price' - SLPP ජාතියේ අභිමානය අනාගත කොළඹ නගරය-The pride of the nation is the future Port City of Colombo POLICY INNOVATION PROVIDING EDUCATION IN THREE LANGUAGES: WHY THE GOVERNMENT AND POLICYMAKERS RELUCTANT TO IMPLEMENT THE RIGHT POLICY? ‘’TALE OF TWO NATIONS’’
හෙද ගැටළු නොවිසදන්නේ නම් ඉදිරි සතිය තුළ නැවතත් වෘත්තීය ක්‍රියාමාර්ගයන්ට. (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
Colombo, June 9: The recent discovery of name- boards in public institutions which have omitted one of the national languages, namely Tamil, only to replace it with Mandarin Chinese has caused a furor with Tamil members of Parliament and other politicians voicing their protests. Certainly, this is most unfortunate but rather than blame the Chinese it is the Government Authorities in charge of the implementation of the Official languages policy who should be blamed. They have been remiss in this instance which is only a small part... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/21)
The Federation of Sri Lankan Muslim Associations Qatar (FSMA-Q), under the guidance of the Sri Lankan embassy in Qatar, has provided 60 medical oxygen cylinders to help in the fight against Covid-19 back in Sri Lanka. The Federation of Sri Lankan Muslim Associations Qatar (FSMA-Q), under the guidance of the Sri Lankan embassy in Qatar, has provided 60 medical oxygen cylinders to help in the fight against Covid-19 back in Sri Lanka.The support from FSMA-Q came in response to the call of the Sri Lankan government to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/21)
The Tamil Nadu state police and Central intelligence agencies have been on their feet and high vigilance after threats of an armed group trying to infiltrate from Sri Lanka were received. The Tamil Nadu state police and Central intelligence agencies have been on their feet and high vigilance after threats of an armed group trying to infiltrate from Sri Lanka were received. Security has been tightened along TN coastal areas after receiving news of infiltrators attempting to enter with rifles. https://youtu.be/vLGjdH8PPkM According to sources, an alert... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/21)
Citizens from India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are affected Bahrain has indefinitely suspended giving work permits to people from coronavirus red list countries who are outside the kingdom, a representative of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority told The National on Sunday. “For the time being, individuals who are in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal are not able to gain work permits in Bahrain," he said. "The decision was put in place on May 24, and we are still... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/21)
https://youtu.be/77drjcX_nf8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/21)
Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila, addressing the criticisms over the recent price hike of fuel, says that all he did was informing the public of a collective decision made by the government including the President and the Prime Minister. https://youtu.be/lu6ukbuAvUw Holding a press conference today (June 13), the Minister of Energy responded to the heavy criticisms and calls to step down from his position over the fuel price hike. On Friday (June 11) the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) and Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC) announced an increase in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/21)
Daily COVID-19 cases count hit 2,329 on Sunday (June 13) as 443 more people were tested positive for the virus in Sri Lanka. The new development brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 223,606. As many as 188,547 recoveries and 2,136 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. According to official data, up to 32,923 active cases are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/21)
The construction work on the Central Expressway in the Gampaha District will be temporarily suspended, said Minister of Tourism Prasanna Ranatunga. The work will be suspended until a final decision is reached after reviewing the construction plan, he said. A number of areas in the Gampaha District have been inundated due to the recent heavy rains and there have been allegations from various parties that such a situation has arisen due to the construction of the Central Expressway.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/21)
The latest fuel price hike is a step taken to stabilize the national economy, bank interest rates, and foreign reserves as well as to secure and improve the health and welfare of the public, President’s Media Division said. https://youtu.be/P1N2hEiPEbo Issuing a statement, the PMD stated that the Cabinet Sub Committee on Cost of Living chaired by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, with the participation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Ministers in charge of the subject, focused on a number of key reasons for the increase in fuel prices. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/21)
World leaders meeting in Cornwall are to adopt strict measures on coal-fired power stations as part of the battle against climate change. The G7 group will promise to move away from coal plants, unless they have technology to capture carbon emissions. It comes as Sir David Attenborough warned that humans could be “on the verge of destabilising the entire planet”. He said G7 leaders face the most important decisions in human history. The coal announcement came from the White House, which says it is the first time the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/21)
As per the main news item that appeared in The Island dated 9/06/2021 under the title ‘Covid time bonanza: Luxury SUVs for MPs coming, after all!’, the government was not in a position to cancel the order placed for the import of luxury vehicles for the 225 MPs as the opening of Letters of Credit meant guaranteed payment and Letters of Credit had been opened through a State Banks, Sri Lanka faced the prospect of being blacklisted if a unilateral decision was taken on the matter. https://island.lk/covid-time-bonanza-luxury-suvs-for-mps-coming-after-all/ The above reveals... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/21)
The Darusman Report (2011) which was commissioned by the UN Secretary-General pointed out that that there was a need for the UN to review its actions in the Eelam War IV. Clearly, it was felt that the UN had failed in its task of manipulating the Eelam war. Sri Lanka had won the Eelam war. UN Secretary-General then established an Internal Review Panel under Charles Petrie, to review UN actions in Sri Lanka during the final stages of the war in Sri Lanka and after. The Petrie report stated that from 2003 to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/21)
සියලුම නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාපවල සේවක සේවිකාවන් සඳහා ජූලි මස මුල් සතියේ පළමු එන්නත් මාත්‍රාව ලබාදෙන බව තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (12) දින පැවසීය. තිස් වැනි සංවත්සරය සමරන කොග්ගල නිදහස් වෙළද කලාපයේ කර්මාන්තශාලාවන්හි ආයෝජකයන් සහ එහි කළමණාකරුවන් සමඟ එම වෙළඳ කලාප පරිශ්‍රයේ පැවති හමුවකට එක්වෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. අමාත්‍යවරයා මෙම හමුවට සමගාමීව කොග්ගල නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාපයේ නිරීක්ෂණ චාරිකාවකට ද එක්විය. ආයෝජකයින් සමඟ පැවති සාකච්ඡාවේ දී නිෂ්පාදන හා අපනයන කර්මාන්තයේ දී ඔවුන් මුහුණ දෙන ගැටලු සහ ඒවාට ලබාදිය හැකි විසඳුම් පිළිබඳව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/21)
කොවිඩ් වසංගත තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන් මාර්ගගත (Online) ක්‍රමවේදය ඔස්සේ අධ්‍යයන කටයුතුවල නිරතවන රටේ සියලුම දරුවන්ට අන්තර්ජාල සේවා ගාස්තුවකින් තොරව e-තක්සලාව හරහා නොමිලේ අධ්‍යාපන වරම් ලබාදීමේ ව්‍යාපෘතිය කඩිනම් කරන්නැයි තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය, ඩිජිටල් තාක්ෂණ හා ව්‍යවසාය සංවර්ධන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. E-තක්සලාව ක්‍රමවේදයේ දැනට පවතින දුෂ්කරතා අවම කරගනිමින් වඩාත් සුදුසු ක්‍රමවේදයක් හඳුන්වාදිම සඳහා අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ඊයේ (11) පැවති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. 2021 ජුලි 21 දින වන විට මුල් අදියර ලෙස පාසල් 200ක සිසුන්ට අන්තර්ජාල සේවා ගාස්තුවකින් තොරව මාර්ගගත (Online) පන්ති e-තක්සලාව හරහා ආරම්භ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/21)
Covid-19 has mutated significantly, and the virus is now much harder to treat than it used to be. That’s according to the head of Moscow’s Kommunarka Hospital, which last year became the city’s main coronavirus treatment facility. Speaking to Moscow radio station Ekho Moskvy on Thursday, the hospital’s chief physician, Denis Protsenko, who became a household name in 2020 due to his role at the forefront of the country’s battle against Covid-19, explained that it has become much harder to treat ill patients. “There is a feeling that the virus... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/21)
According to recent US research, Covid-19 may lead to the type of brain changes common in Alzheimer’s disease, and a team of scientists has identified the mechanisms by which it may be causing such impairments. Cognitive disorders, including dementia, are increasingly being reported as a complication of the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19, researchers behind the recent study at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio have revealed. “Reports of neurological complications in Covid-19 patients and ‘long-hauler’ patients whose symptoms persist after the infection clears are becoming more common, suggesting that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/21)
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is seeking an interim claim of US$40 million from the operator of a fire-ravaged cargo ship to cover part of the cost of fighting the blaze, officials said on Saturday (Jun 12). Sri Lanka's attorney general has sent the claim to lawyers representing X-Press Feeders, the ship’s operating company, said Darshani Lahandapura, head of the state-run Marine Pollution Protection Authority. She said authorities were still assessing the total damages, and the interim claim seeks compensation for expenses from May 20, when the ship caught fire, through Jun 1. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/21)
62 more COVID-19 deaths confirmed by the Director General of Health Services increasing the total COVID 19 deaths in Sri Lanka to 2,073. Death toll due to COVID 19 from 08 to 31 May 2021 as confirmed yesterday (11) by the Director General of Health Services – 07Death toll due to COVID 19 from 01st June to 10th June as confirmed yesterday (11) by the Director General of Health Services – 55No COVID death was reported so far yesterday, June 11. May 08 - 01 deathMay 15 - 01 deathMay 23 - 02... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/21)
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 707 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,340. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 221,277. As many as 186,516 recoveries and 2,073 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 32,688 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/21)
Europe’s drug regulator on Friday identified another very rare blood condition as a potential side effect of AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine and said it was looking into cases of heart inflammation after inoculation with all coronavirus shots. The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) safety committee said that capillary leak syndrome (CLS) must be added as a new side effect to labelling on AstraZeneca’s vaccine, known as Vaxzevria. People who had previously sustained the condition, where fluids leak from the smallest blood vessels causing swelling and a drop in blood pressure, should not receive... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/21)
බලශක්ති අමාත්‍ය උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා විසින් හදිසි මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් කැඳවා තිබේ. බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශයේ දී හෙට දිනයේ මෙම මාධ්‍ය හමුව කැඳවා ඇත. ඉන්ධන මිල වැඩි කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වගකීම භාරගෙන ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස් වන්නැයි ශ්රී ලංකා පොදු ජන පෙරමුණ විසින් සිදුකරන ලද දැනුම් දීමෙන් පසුව මෙම මාධ්‍ය හමුවූ කැඳවූ බව ඔහුගේ ප්‍රකාශකයෙකු පැවසීය. ඉන්ධන මිල වැඩි කිරීම හෝ අඩු කිරීම තීරණය කරන්නේ මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරය විසින් බවත් බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය විසින් සිදු කළේ එය ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කිරීම බව අමාත්‍යංශ ප්‍රකාශකයෙකු සඳහන් කළේ ය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/21)
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna stated that the Minister in charge of the subject should take the responsibility of increasing fuel prices at a time when the people are under severe pressure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://youtu.be/RcvBeJr9dQg A statement issued by the General Secretary of the party Attorney-at-Law Sagara Kariyawasam states that the Minister in charge of the subject should take full responsibility and resign. The statement stated the party was "deeply concerned" about the government's decision to increase fuel prices and make it more... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/21)
The completed city will have reclaimed 269 hectares with 116 hectares being handed over to China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), which is the parent company of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC). The remaining land, which will be owned by the Sri Lankan Government and will be divided with 62 hectares to be used to set up a financial city and 91 hectares to be used as public spaces. නිම කරන ලද නගරය හෙක්ටයාර 269 ක් ගොඩකර ඇති අතර හෙක්ටයාර 116 ක් චයිනා වරාය ඉංජිනේරු සමාගමේ (චෙක්) මව් සමාගම වන චයිනා සන්නිවේදන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/21)
Since the 1930s policy changes in education with a bull’s eye on a broader spectrum of policies that included expanding literacy skills of the population and ability to use a second language, besides mother tongue. The accomplishment of the policy was unsuccessful because of many reasons. Before the Donormore reforms, education provision stuck to religious organizations and the prime aim of the education was to provide literacy skills and professional skills that have been provided by professionals in various trades. The invasion of British attitudes and caste dictions the ability to choose a profession restricted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/21)
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(Sri Lankan Lawyers in the United Kingdom (ASLLUK) made a request from the British Prime Minister Boris Jonson for vaccinations for Sri Lanka and it will be followed by a webinar organized by the Ambassador’s Forum and the Expats Community with the same request, urging the Sri Lankans worldwide to follow suit. We are informed that many countries have made the same request and there is a possibility for a favourable response considering the circumstances. Read below for details on... -Full Story-
From the Archaic diaries -SRI LANKAN PSHYCOANLIST
Ronald Senaratne in action with an Indian Actress. The late Ronal Senaratne called himself a 'self-made psychoanalyst.' He was popular among the Indian folk in London. Those who believed in 'Chakra' in the human body thought in Ronald Senaratne's predictions. 'Chakras' are various focal points used in multiple ancient meditation practices. He had travelled to the UK for the first time in 1988. News spread among the Sri Lankan community about a mystic practitioners' presence in London. He later used to rent a room in London and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/21)
සන්සුන්වන්න! කලබල නොවන්න! සිතන්න! සිතන්න! සිතන්න!
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ජීවත්වෙන අපි ගතකරන්නේ අමුතුම කලබලකාරී පරිසරයකය.අපි උපතේ සිටම මරණය දක්වාම මහා කලබලයකින් මොකක්දෝ කරමින් සිටි.අපි කරමින් සිටින්නේ කුමක්දැයි ජීවත් වෙන කිසිවෙකු නොදනී. ජීවත්වන්නේ කුමකටදයිද නොදනී. මොකක්ද මේ කලබලය? බෝඩ් උස්සගෙන , සටන් පාඨ හඬ නගමින් මියදින ලෙඩුන් දෙස නොබලමින් මොකක්ද ඔබ ඉල්ලන්නේ? මොකටද ඔබ ඉල්ලන්නේ? ඔබ ඔබෙන්ම ප්‍රශ්න කරන්න. ඔබ ජීවත් වෙන්නේ රෝගීන් නිසාය. එබැවින් ඔබ සේවය කල යුත්තේ රෝගීන්ටය. ඔබට රෝගීන්ගෙන් තොර ජීවිතයක් නැත. එබැවින් ඔබ කරන සියල්ලක්ම රෝගී හිතකාරක ලෙස සිදුවිය යුතුමය. බලන්න! අද ඔබ මේ මාරාන්තික රෝගය රට පුරාම පැතිරෙද්දී, ඔබේ වගකීම අත්හැර, මුදලක් ඉල්ලා මොර දෙන්නේ,ඇයි? දොස්තරවරුන්ට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 18D Pt 4E
One aspect of the Eelam war which has not received much attention is the support at UN level for Eelam War. To start with, the UN High command, based in New York, was supporting the Eelam War. In 2005, Kofi Annan, as UN Secretary General had sent a condolence message on the death of LTTE Eastern province political wing leader, Kaushalyan. The National Bhikkku Front marched down the streets and demonstrated outside the UN Head Office in Colombo. They said this gesture by Annan had given diplomatic status to a terrorist outfit. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/21)
China’s High Speed Rail. Profit-Driven New Cold War Against China
Report by Corporate-Funded Think-Tank. The same report paradoxically acknowledges the failure of the economic model the U.S. has tried to impose on the rest of the world A new report published in Railway Age magazine and written by the Information Technology Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has sounded the alarm about China’s growing high-speed rail sector. The report comes amid escalations in the U.S.’s New Cold War against China, of which technology is a key component. China is by far the world leader in high-speed rail investment and development, sporting more than 35,000 kilometers... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/21)
වැඩිම කෝවිඩ් මරණ ප්‍රතිශතයක් වාර්තා වන දෙවන දිස්ත්‍රික්කය වන බදුල්ලට අවශ්‍ය පහසුකම් සැලසිම
ඌව පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවර, එම්. මුසම්මිල් මහතා, ආණ්ඩුකාර කාර්යාලය,බදුල්ල. දිසාපති/දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම්, බදුල්ල. ප්‍රිය ආණ්ඩුකාරතුමනි, දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම්තුමියනි, බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ කෝවිඩ් තත්වය හා ඉහළ යන මරණ සංඛ්‍යාව සම්බන්ධයෙනි ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කෝවිඩ් රෝගීන් සංඛ්‍යාව සහ මරණ සංඛ්‍යාව අතර දෙවන ඉහළම අනුපාතය බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙන් වාර්තා වේ. රෝගීන් සියයකට සිදුවන මරණ සංඛ්‍යාව, වසංගත රෝගයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් යම් භූගෝලීය කලාපයකට සිදු කරන බලපෑම/ප්‍රබලත්වය පිළිබඳ තීරණාත්මකම සාධකයයි. බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රිකයේ කෝවිඩ් රෝගීන් ගේ මරණ සංඛ්‍යාව ඉහළ මට්මක පැවතීමට ප්‍රධානතම හේතුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ සෞඛ්‍ය පහසුකම් බිඳවැටීමයි. කෝවිඩ්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/21)
ලෝක ළමා ශ්‍රම විරෝධී දින පණිවුඩය
ගෝලීය වශයෙන් ළමා ශ්‍රමය තුරන් කිරීමට අන්තර්ජාතික කම්කරු සංවිධානය සහ එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මහා මණ්ඩලය ලෝක ප්රජාව පෙළගසමින් සිටින කාලයක ළමා ශ්‍රමය තුරන් කිරීමට සාධනීය කාර්යය භාරයක් ඉටුකර තිබෙන ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා ලෙස අදට යෙදී තිබෙන “ලෝක ළමා ශ්‍රම විරෝධී දිනය“ වෙනුවෙන් පණිවුඩයක් නිකුත් කරනුයේ ඉමහත් සතුටිනි. “ළමා ශ්‍රමය තුරන් කරන්න - දැන්ම ක්‍රියාත්මක වන්න” තේමාවෙන් ලෝකයම අද පෙළගැසෙන්නේ 2021 වසර ළමා ශ්‍රමය තුරන් කිරීමේ අන්තර්ජාතික වර්ෂය ලෙස ද නම් කරමින් බව මම ඔබට සිහිපත් කරමි. අන්තර්ජාතික කම්කරු සංවිධානය සහ එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ ළමා අරමුදල ගෝලීය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/21)
රාජ්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු සංස්ථාව යළි සක්‍රිය කරන්නැයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගෙන් නියෝගයක්
යහපාලන රජය ගෙනගිය අකාර්යක්ෂම කළමනාකරණය සහ මූල්‍ය අවභාවිතාව හේතුවෙන් පාඩු ලබන රාජ්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු සංස්ථාව යළි සක්‍රිය තත්ත්වයට පත්කිරීමට වහා කටයුතු කරන ලෙස ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඊයේ (10) පස්වරුවේ නියෝග කළේය. ශ්රී ලංකා රාජ්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු සංස්ථාවේ වත්මන් තත්ත්වය පිළිබඳව අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. පසුගිය යහපාලන ආණ්ඩු කාලය තුළ රාජ්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු සංස්ථාව ඔස්සේ අත්තනෝමතික ලෙස ව්‍යාපෘති රැසක් ක්‍රියාත්මක වී ඇති අතර ඒවායෙන් ලැබිය යුතු රුපියල් බිලියන ගණනක මුදල් මේ දක්වා ඉංජිනේරු සංස්ථාවට අය වී නොමැති බව මෙහිදී අණාවරණය විය. සිරිකොත පක්ෂ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/21)
යුරෝපා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ලංකාවට එරෙහි ජීඑස්පී නැවැත්වීම සලකා බැලීමේ යෝජනාව - ඔක්සිජන් නැතිව ලෙඩ ඇදට වැටුණු ලංකා ආර්ථිකයේ අවසන් හුස්ම පොද සිර කරනු ඇත
ශ්රී ලංකාවට ලබා දෙන ජී.එස්.පී. පලස් සහනය ඉවත් කළ යුතු දැයි සළකා බැලීමට යුරෝපා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ඊයේ යෝජනාවක් සම්මත කොට ගෙන ඇත. ඒ අනුව, ජීඑස්පී සහනය තවදුරටත් ශ්රී ලංකාව වෙත ලබා දෙන්නේ දැයි සලකා බැලීමට යුරෝපා කොමිසම ඉදිරියේ දී කටයුතු කරනු ඇත. මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් 705 ක් සිටින යුරෝපා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ වැඩිම පිරිසක් ලංකාවට එරෙහිව යෝජනාවකට ඡන්දය ප්‍රකාශ කළ අවස්ථාව ලෙස ඊයේ ජීඑස්පී සහනය ඉවත් කිරීම සලකා බැලීමේ යෝජනාව පත්විය. එම යෝජනාව ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට යුරෝපා කොමිසම නිර්දේශ කරන්නේ නම් ශ්රී ලංකා ආර්ථිකයට එය මරු පහරක් වනු ඇති බව හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා නිකුත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/21)
Islandwide travel restriction extended till June 21
The ongoing islandwide travel restriction has been extended til June 21 at 4 am, under the instructions of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. Silva told Daily Mirror that following a discussion with the COVID-19 task force, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa decided to extend the ongoing travel restriction, but under certain conditions. Under the new conditions, all factories including apparel factories, major construction projects, essential services, economic centers, who will be notified what are the days they can open per week, those involved in agricultural projects,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/21)
CEYPETCO fuel prices hiked from midnight today
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) has decided to increase fuel prices with effect from midnight today (June 11), the Ministry of Energy says. The fuel price revision has increased prices of Petrol 92 Octane by Rs. 20, Petrol 95 Octane by Rs. 23, Diesel by Rs. 7, Super Diesel by Rs. 12 and Kerosene by Rs. 7. Accordingly, the new CEYPETCO fuel prices are as follows: Lanka Petrol 92 octane – Rs 157.00Lanka Petrol 95 octane – Rs 184.00Diesel – Rs 111.00Super Diesel – Rs 144.00Kerosene – Rs. 77.00 ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/21)
COVID: 2,759 new cases confirmed within the day
Daily COVID-19 cases count hit 2,759 on Friday (June 11) as 527 more people were tested positive for the virus in Sri Lanka. The new development brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 218,893. As many as 184,090 recoveries and 2,011 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. According to official data, up to 32,818 active cases are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/21)
Sri Lanka’s COVID death toll tops 2,000 with 101 new victims
Sri Lanka on Thursday (June 10) registered 101 more victims of COVID-19, as the death toll crossed the grim milestone of 2,000. https://youtu.be/qr0ur3X5Nyc This is reportedly the highest number of COVID-19 victims the country has confirmed in a single day. The latest fatalities have moved death toll from the virus infection to 2,011, according to Epidemiology Unit’s data. COVID-19 Deaths Confirmed on 10-06-2021 by Adaderana Online on Scribd... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/21)
Importing organic fertiliser; Do we need plant deceases, unwanted pests and plagues to add to the country’s woes?
The President and the government is urged to at least postpone the decision made to ban the import of inorganic fertiliser at least for one year until it has had time to consult widely with experts and arrive at a more informed decision. Depriving some crops with inorganic fertiliser in the immediate term, and importing organic fertiliser as a substitute could be catastrophic in many ways. Judging by comments made by politicians and even some “experts” on the subject of fertilisers, both organic and inorganic, it appears there is a clear need for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/21)
ශ්රී ලංකාසාගර විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ විද්‍යාර්ථින්ට ලැප්ටොප්පරිගණක ලබා ගැනිමට අධ්‍යාපන ණය පහසුකම්
ශ්රී ලංකා සාගර විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ විද්‍යාර්ථින්ට ලැප්ටොප් පරිගණක ලබා ගැනිමට අධ්‍යාපන ණය පහසුකම් නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශ අනුබද්ධ ශ්රී ලංකා සාගර විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ උපාධි අපේක්ෂිත සිසුන් සදහා ඔවුන්ගේ අධ්‍යාපන කටයුතු පහසුකිරිම වෙනුවෙන් ලැප්ටොප් පරිගණක ලබා ගැනිමට අධ්‍යාපන ණය පහසුකම් සැලසීමට මහජන බැංකුව කටයුතු කරයි. නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය සීතා අරඹේපොල මහත්මියගේ ඉල්ලීමකට අනුව මහජන බැංකුව මෙම පහසුකම සලසා තිබේ. WISDOM අධ්‍යාපන ණය යෝජනා ක්‍රමය යටතේ ණය ලබා දීමට කටයුතු සලසා තිබෙන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/21)
ශ්රී ලංකා වරාය අධිකාරියේ ප්‍රධාන වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරීතුමිය අනිවාර්ය නිවාඩු යැවීම සම්බන්ධවයි.
වරාය හා නාවික කටයුතු පිළිබඳ ගරු අමාත්‍ය, රෝහිත අබේගුණවර්ධන මැතිතුමා, වරාය හා නාවික කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය, අංක 19, චෛත්‍ය පාර, කොළඹ - 01. ගරු ඇමතිතුමනි, ශ්රී ලංකා වරාය අධිකාරියේ ප්‍රධාන වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරීතුමිය අනිවාර්ය නිවාඩු යැවීම සම්බන්ධවයි. ශ්රී ලංකා වරාය අධිකාරියේ ප්‍රධාන වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරීතුමිය වහාම ක්‍රියාත්මක වන පරිදි අද දින සිට (2021. 06. 10) අනිවාර්ය නිවාඩු යවා ඇත. ඊට හේතුව නිල වශයෙන් අනාවරණය කර නැතත් වාණිජ කර්මාන්ත හා සේවා ප්‍රගතිශීලී සේවක සංගමයේ සභාපති සංජය කුමාර වැලිගම මහතාගේ මුහුණු පොතේ ඊයේ දවසේ (2021. 06. 09) පලකරන ලද පෝස්ටුවකට අනුව ප්‍රධාන වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරීතුමිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/21)
Indian envoy in Sri Lanka seeks stable and predictable policies
Colombo, June 10 (newsin.asia): The Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay has emphasized the need for “stable and predictable policies” for the promotion of economic interactions between India and Sri Lanka. Speaking at a session dedicated to India on June 9, at the Sri Lanka Investment Forum (SLIF) 2021 organized in the virtual format by the Board of Investment (BoI) of Sri Lanka, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), and the Colombo Stock Exchange, Baglay said that expedited implementation of bilateral projects would enhance investor confidence and boost economic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/21)
Chinese Ambassador lists difficulties faced by Chinese investors in Sri Lanka
Colombo, June 10 (newsin.asia): The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, told the Sri Lanka Investment Forum 2021 this week here that while the island nation is well positioned geographically to develop into an international investment hub, it has to remove certain impediments such as policy inconsistency, administrative inefficiency and indulgence in biased anti-Chinese propaganda. “Sri Lanka’s industry is not strong. Its development of the supply chain and supporting facilities is far from perfect. Second, although the policies to attract foreign investment are in place, the following problems still exist at the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/21)
As Bangladesh Rises, Sri Lanka Finds India is Not the Only Neighbour With Deep Pockets
The currency swap arrangement between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh seems to be the first time that any country other than India has provided macroeconomic support to another South Asian country. About two weeks ago, Bangladesh’s central bank approved, in principle, a $200 million currency swap deal for Sri Lanka, intended to bolster the latter’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves. This has evoked more than a little surprise, given the overall development levels of the two countries: Sri Lanka’s income per person is twice that of Bangladesh (in terms of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/21)
කොරෝනා ආසාදිතයන් තිස් ලක්‍ෂයක් සමාජයේ..
අද වන විට ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සමාජය තුළ කොරෝනා ආසාදිතයන් මිලියන තුනකට වඩා වැඩි පිරිසක් සිටින බව ඖෂධ හා සෞඛ්‍ය කළමනාකරණ උපදේශක ආචාර්ය සංජය පෙරේරා මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. https://youtu.be/nWl0NRzaoVw එන්න එන්නම රට බරපතළ අවදානමකට පත්වෙමින් ඇතැයිද පවසන ඔහු බලධාරීන් සහ උපදේශකයන් විසින් ජනාධිපතිව රවටමින් සිටින බවද කියා සිටියි. මෙම තත්වය යටතේ ඉදිරියේදි ලංකාවෙන් නවතම කොරෝනා ප්‍රභේදයක් බිහි විය හැකි බවද ඔහු පෙන්වා දෙයි. මෙම තත්ත්වය කළමනාකරණය කර ගැනීමට නම් අවහ වශයෙන් දින 21 කාලයක් රට වසා දැමීමක් සිදු කළ යුතු බවද ඔහු පවසයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/21)
Travel restrictions to be lifted on Monday: Army Chief
The ongoing island-wide travel restrictions will be lifted at 4.00 am on Monday (14), Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. Although the island-wide travel restrictions are lifted, various restrictions including provincial travel restrictions will remain in place. He also urged the public not to be deceived by rumors circulating on social media about travel restrictions.(Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/21)
2,715 coronavirus cases confirmed within today
The Ministry of Health says that another 573 persons have tested positive for coronavirus, increasing today’s tally of new Covid-19 cases to 2,715. It said that all positive cases reported today are associated with the ‘New Year’ Covid-19 cluster. This brings the total number of Covid-19 patients reported from the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda, prisons and New Year clusters to 209,332 thus far. A total of 216,134 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported in Sri Lanka while 31,986 patients are currently under medical care. Total Covid-19 recoveries stands at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/21)
COVID-19: Highly transmissible Alpha variant reported from multiple areas
Patients with an infection of the highly transmissible B.1.1.7 (Alpha) UK variant of the coronavirus have been reported from multiple areas of the island. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=540754927097793&ref=watch_permalink&t=0 As per the biological samples obtained from COVID-19 patients, the cases are reported from Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Kuliyapitiya, Wariyapola, Habaraduwa, Tissamaharama, Karapitiya, and Ragama areas, Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, the Director of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura said. Meanwhile, a patient infected with the B.1.617.2 (Delta) Indian variant has been identified from a quarantine center in Wadduwa. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/21)
Tamil Eelam in Tamil Nadu or every ethnic group around the world will demand Homelands too
Countries & governments of the world must begin to worry about a future scenario of Chinese in US seeking homeland in USA, Sikhs in UK seeking a homeland in UK, Muslims in US seeking a homeland in USA, Chinese in Australia seeking a homeland in Australia, Muslims in India seeking a homeland in India & Tamils in Canada, UK, South Africa, Singapore also seeking a homeland in those countries using the very arguments being used to demand a homeland in Sri Lanka. All of the Tamils living around the world – in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 18D Pt 4C
The United Nations is not as pure as we think. The United Nations, along with the 193 diplomatic missions located in New York, have long been veritable battlegrounds for spying, wire-tapping and electronic surveillance, said Thalif Dean. (2021). At the UN, virtually all the big powers play the spying game. US National Security Agency (NSA) and Britain’s spy agency, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), had once targeted over 1,000 political leaders, diplomats, and international institutions. During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s CIA had planted one of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Statement of HE Mahinda Rajapakse, the Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Sri Lanka on the World Accreditation Day 2021
Ministers, Secretaries, Distinguished Invitees, Ladies and Gentlemen It is with great pleasure that I issue this message today as we celebrate the World Accreditation Day under the theme Accreditation: Supporting the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sri Lanka, along with the other member states of the United Nations endorsed the Sustainable Development Agenda (the Sustainable Development Goals) in 2015, a Universal Call to Action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
විශ්‍රාම ගිය හෙද හෙදියන් අවශ්‍යතාවය අනුව කොන්ත්‍රාත් පදනම මත නැවත සේවයට බඳවා ගන්න - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා
විශ්‍රාම ගිය හෙද හෙදියන් අවශ්‍යතාව අනුව කොන්ත්‍රාත් පදනම මත නැවත සේවයට බඳවා ගන්නැයි ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (09) දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී සෞඛ්‍ය ඇමතිනි පවිත්‍රා වන්නිආරච්චි මහත්මියට උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. හෙද සේවයේ පවතින ගැටලු සම්බන්ධයෙන් සාකච්ඡා කිරීමට රාජ්‍ය සේවා එක්සත් හෙද සංගමයේ සභාපති, බස්නාහිර පළාත් ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක මුරුත්තෙට්ටුවේ ආනන්ද නාහිමියන්ගේ ඉල්ලීමකට අනුව පැවති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. දිවයින පුරා හෙද හෙදියන් 34000ක් පමණ මේ වනවිට සේවයේ නිරතව සිටින අතර ඔවුන් දැනට මුහුණ පා ඇති ගැටලුවලට කෙටි කාලීන හා දිගු කාලීන විසඳුම් සහ යෝජනා සාකච්ඡා කිරීම මෙම හමුවේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
රාජ්‍යය නිළධාරීන්ටත් එන්නත්කරණයේදී ප්‍රමුඛතාවක් ලබා දීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් බළධාරීන් සමඟ සාකච්ජා කරන බව රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා පවසයි
රාජ්‍යය යාන්ත්‍රනය ඇත්තටම දැන් දුවන්නේ ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම්කාර්යාල ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා, සෞඛ්‍ය අංශ නිසා, මේ ටික අපි බේරා ගත්තේ නැත්නම්, මේක කඩා වැටුනොත් එහෙම ඊළඟට සේරම ටික ඉවරනේ, මේ ටික තමයි අපි ඉස්සරලාම ආරක්ෂා කර ගන්න ඔ්න. ඒ නිසා රාජ්‍යය නිළධාරීන්ටත් එන්නත්කරණයේදී ප්‍රමුඛතාවක් ලබා දීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් බළධාරීන් සමඟ සාකච්ජා කරන බව රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටියේ අනුරාධපුර, තිරප්පනය ප්‍රාදේශීය කොවිඩ් කමිටුව අමතමින්ය.තිරප්පනය ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් සජිදා භාණු, තිරප්පනය ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා සභාපති රොෂාන් ඉලංගසිංහ, තිරප්පනය සෞඛ්‍ය වෛද්‍ය නිළධාරීතුමන් යන මහත්වරුන් ඇතුළු ප්‍රදේශයේ රාජ්‍යය නිළධාරීන්ගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් මෙම කමිටු රැස්වීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
A talk on the other side of the story in Canada.
https://youtu.be/BZ7vNfJOi5w... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
කාබනික පොහොර ආනයනය කරයි.. දැනටමත් ගොඩබා අවසන්….
කාබනික පොහොර බහාලුම් කිහිපයක් පෞද්ගලික සමාගමක් විසින් මෙරටට ආනයනය කර ඇතැයි සමස්ත ලංකා ගොවිජන සම්මේලනයේ ජාතික සංවිධායක නාමල් කරුණාරත්න මහතා පැවසීය. ඔහු සඳහන් කරන්නේ කාබනික පොහොරෙ අඩංගු කන්ටේනර් තුනක් දැනටමත් කොළඹ තොටළඟ පිහිටි කන්ටේනර් අංගනයේ අසුරා තිබෙන බවයි. ඉන්දියාවේ සිට මෙම කාබනික පොහොර තොගය එම සමාගම විසින් ආනයනය කර ඇතැයි ද ඔහු පැවසීය. ශාක නිරෝධායන පනත සහ සත්ව නිරෝධායන පනත යටතේ මෙරටට කාබනික පොහොර ආනයනය තහනම් තත්ත්වයක් යටතේ ඒවා ආනයනය කළේ කෙසේදැයි ඔහු ප්‍රශ්න කරයි. කෙසේ වෙතත් මෙම චෝදනා වලට පිළිතුරු දෙමින් කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍ය මහින්දානන්ද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Sri Lanka intends to vaccinate the entire population by the end of 2021 or early 2022
THE Sri Lankan government aims to vaccinate its entire population against the coronavirus by the end of 2021 or early 2022, said Army Commander General Shavendra Silva. The country has been able to manage the pandemic without any delay in major development projects and infrastructure project, Silva said, adding, “the health and safety of the workers too had not been compromised”. “Sri Lanka’s pandemic management strategy included the uninterrupted running of industries, factories, export agencies, and international businesses, where employees had been assured to work amid the pandemic with all necessary healthcare... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Where do liabilities lie in maritime incidents and do flag states matter?
A Singapore-registered container ship sank off Sri Lanka last week, causing the worst marine ecological disaster for the South Asian country. SINGAPORE: As Sri Lanka deals with its worst marine ecological disaster after the sinking of a Singapore-registered container ship, questions have been raised about who bears the responsibilities in maritime incidents. The stricken ship, X-Press Pearl, sailed under the flag of Singapore. It is owned by Singapore-based shipping group X-Press feeders, which has offices around the world. The vessel was sailing from India to Colombo when it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Sri Lanka cargo ship disaster: Large oil spill visible in satellite images
Evidence of oil seeping from the wrecked vessel can be seen in images taken on Monday, raising fears of the environmental impact. A large oil slick surrounding the damaged container ship in Sri Lanka has been captured in satellite images. The X-Press Pearl began to sink on 2 June after a fire broke out on board. The ship was laden with chemicals. The incident has been described as Sri Lanka's "worst marine ecological disaster". Images showing dead turtles washing ashore and beaches... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
The ban on agrochemicals and its implications
‘The best option available is to use a mixture of both synthetic and carbonic fertilizers, benefiting from their advantages to help farmers increase the agricultural output.’ Emeritus Professor of Agriculture Biology University of Ruhuna and Former Executive Director Sri Lanka Council of Agriculture Research Policy The Cabinet of ministers last month approved President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s proposal to ban the importation of chemical fertilisers. In addition to synthetic fertilisers, the importation of synthetic pesticides whether they are CLASS 1A or Class1B (Toxic) or Class 2 Less toxic is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Sri Lanka confirms highest death toll in a single day with 67 fatalities
Sri Lanka on Wednesday (June 09) registered 54 more victims of COVID-19, marking the highest number of deaths recorded in a single day. The latest fatalities have moved the country’s death toll to 1,910, the Department of Government Information said. The Department of Government Information stated that 19 of the victims had succumbed to the virus infection between the period of May 17 - May 31. The rest of them have died between June 01 - June 08.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Daily coronavirus case count moves to 2,716
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 543 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,716. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 213,396. As many as 180,427 recoveries and 1,843 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 31,126 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Top health officials of Galle District transferred over vaccine controversy
The Regional Director of Health Services and the Regional Epidemiologist of Galle District have been demoted and transferred over the incident of vaccinating many people from Western Province as revealed by Ada Derana ‘Ukussa’. https://youtu.be/JJCT_X8sNTM This is the result of the preliminary inquiries carried out by the Health Ministry following the exposé by Ada Derana, which the ministry says is being further investigated. The Ministry of Health had launched an investigation into the irregularities at a COVID vaccination program held recently at Unawatuwa in Galle, after the matter... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Japan responds positively to President’s request for AstraZeneca vaccines
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s request made to the Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, seeking to obtain 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine has been met with positive responses. This was disclosed during a meeting held between the President and the Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Sugiyama Akira at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (June 09), President’s Media Division revealed. The Japanese Government has also acceded to the President’s request to provide medical supplies and healthcare equipment needed to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The President also drew the attention... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 18D Pt 4b
There are two schools of thought in Sri Lanka regarding the UNHRC Resolutions against Sri Lanka. There are those who are delighted that their country is censured by the UNHRC and there are those who are not delighted. They are indignant. The first group contains those who wish to see Sri Lanka lose its independence, fail as a country, and eventually become a puppet state of the USA. The second group is loyal to the country. They are fiercely proud and protective of Sri Lanka, despite its many deficiencies. The senior members... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
දැලි පිහියෙන් කිරිපැණි කන අපේ ජනාධිපති
ශ්රී ලංකාව සිංහල බෞද්ධ නායකයෙක් විසින් පාලනය කිරීම ඉතා අසීරු කටයුත්තකි. සුද්දා එන්නට පෙර දෙමළ රජෙක් පාලනය කල මේ රට, ඕනෑම පරයෙකුට පාලනය කිරීමට නම් කලයුත්තේ සිංහලයාව ගොනාට අන්දවා ගැනීම බව තේරුම්ගත් සුද්දා, සිංහලයාව දෙමළුන්ට පාලනය කිරීමට ඉඩදිය නොහැක, යන මතවාදය ඉදිරියට දමාගෙන කටයුතු ආරම්භ කළහ. ඇත්ත වශයෙන්ම සුද්දා මෙහි එනවිට උඩරට පාලනය කලේ ශිව භක්තික නායක්කර් වංශික දෙමළ රජෙකි. එදාද සිංහල බෞද්ධයෙක් රජවෙනවාට එරෙහිව නැගී සිටියේද සිංහල බෞද්ධයින්ය. සිංහල බෞද්ධයින්ව පාගාගෙන පාලනය කල සුද්දාගෙන් අපට 1948 පෙබරවාරි මස 4 වෙනිදා රට පාලනය කිරීමේ අයිතිය හැර අන් සියලු දෙයක්ම ලබා දුන්හ. මෙය තේරුම් නොගත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
උතුර හෝ නැගෙනහිර දෙමළ ජාතියට පමනක් අයිති නැත-ආණ්ඩුව එය පිළිගත යුතුය
ඇමරිකාවේ කොන්ග්‍රස් සභික ඩෙබෝරා රෝස් නම් කාන්තාව ලංකාවට එරෙහිව සකස් කළ බරපතල ලියවිල්ලක් එහි කොන්ග්‍රස් මණ්ඩලයට ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ.කරුණු ගණනාවකින් සමන්විතව තිබුණද එම ලියැවිල්ලේ ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් ඉස්මතු කරවන කාරණය නම් ලංකාවේ උතුරුකරය ද්‍රවිඩ නිජභූමියක් බවයි. එම භූමිය ලංකා හමුදාවේ මිලිටලීකරණයට ලක්ව ඇතැයිද ඇය වැඩිදුරටත් චෝදනා කරයි. මෙම චෝදනා වල කිසිම අලුත් බවත් නොමැත. කොටි ත්‍රස්තවාදය පැවති සමයේ ද ඉන් පෙර තමිල් අරසු කච්චිය විසින් ගෙන ගිය මතවාද තුළද මෙම ප්‍රකාශ අඩංගු වී තිබුණි.නමුත් මේ අවස්ථාවේ දී සිදු වන්නේ මෙම ප්‍රකාශ ඇමරිකානු රජය විසින් පිළිගැනීමට උත්සාහ දැරීමයි.. ලංකාවේ ඉතිහාසය ගැන නොදන්නා ඇමරිකාව මෙම ප්‍රකාශ යම් විදියකින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Contaminants from Sri Lanka Ship Wreck Could Cause Wide-Reaching Damage
Contaminants released from the wreckage of a container ship off the coast of Sri Lanka could be dragged thousands of kilometers by ocean currents, impacting wildlife and humans in far-reaching latitudes. Authorities and salvage crews are now working to prevent the more than 300 metric tons of oil transported by the MV X-Press Pearl from spilling out of the ship’s fire-damaged hull. But significant damage has already been done. Chemicals and tiny plastic pellets that were once onboard the 186-meter vessel have already entered the ocean, causing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Vic medi-hotel leak linked to new variant outbreak
A man who contracted the infectious Delta COVID-19 strain mistakenly opened his room door soon after entering hotel quarantine in Melbourne, but Victorian authorities are downplaying the chances this incident caused transmission.P A worker at a Melbourne medi-hotel. Photo: AAP /James Ross Health officials have linked an outbreak of the Delta strain in Melbourne to the hotel quarantine case, a man in his 40s, who returned from Sri Lanka on May 8. They are now scrambling to work out the connection, with health officials believing it is most likely the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Sri Lanka Prosecutors Probing Deleted Emails From Captain of Ship That Sank With 25 Tons of Acid
State prosecutors in Sri Lanka's Colombo Magistrate's Court on Monday accused the operators of the ship that caught fire with 25 tons of acid onboard of a cover-up. The Deputy Solicitor General alleged that Sea Consortium Lanka, the local agent for the ship, deleted several emails exchanged with the vessel's captain that were characterized as important to the investigations. The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl cargo ship caught fire on May 20 and burned for 13 days while anchored in the waters near Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital. As a result, tons of chemicals spilled... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
As India watches, China grows powerful in Sri Lanka
Xi Jinping is winning the war without firing a shot in Sri Lanka, observes Colonel R Hariharan (retd). IMAGE: Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, right, bumps fists with China's State Councilor and Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe in Colombo, April 28, 2021. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters More like this India's Dilemma in Sri LankaChina gets tough with Bangladesh Many would consider the passing of the controversial Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill by the Sri Lanka parliament, with a comfortable margin on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
ගහලා එලෙවුවත්, ගුටිකාලා හරි කරන්න.. කාබනික පොහොර ගැන ජනපති දැනුම් දෙයි..
කාබනික පොහොර භාවිතයට එළඹීමේ දී පැමිණෙන අභියෝග නොතකා මහජන නියෝජිතයන් ජනතා සුභසිද්ධිය පිණිස ඉදිරියට යායුතු බව ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා පවසයි. නිරෝගී සහ ඵලදායී පුරවැසියෙක් බිහිකිරීමට වස විසෙන් තොර ආහාර වේලක් සඳහා වූ ජනතා අයිතිය “සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම” ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනයෙන් තහවුරු කර තිබේ. ඒ වෙනුවෙන් කාබනික පොහොර භාවිතයට කෘෂිකර්මාන්තය රැගෙන යාම රජයේ දැඩි ස්ථාවර වී තිබේ. එම වැඩපිළිවෙළ ඇතැම් පාර්ශ්වයන්ගේ විවේචනවලට ලක් වුවද අනාගත දරු පරපුරේ යහපත උදෙසා ක්‍රියාත්මක විය යුතු බව ජනාධිපතිතුමා අවධාරණය කරයි. හිඟයක් ඇති කිරීමට උත්සාහ ගත්ත ද ඉදිරි කන්නය දක්වා අවශ්‍ය පොහොර ප්‍රමාණවත් තරම් ගෙන්වා තිබේ. එම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Move to co-produce Sputnik V in Sri Lanka
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov who had a telephone conversation with his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardane said Russia was fully cooperative of the initiative to co-produce its Sputnik V vaccine here and asked the Sri Lankan authorities to expedite the process. Minister Gunawardane told Daily Mirror that the Russian Minister assured him of the supply of Sputnik V vaccine to Sri Lanka as committed. Besides, the two countries are expected to resume their trade dialogue as early as possible. Sri Lanka has given regulatory clearance for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Assistance of international legal experts sought to claim compensation
While claiming that five committees have been appointed to work on the procedures to demand claims from the X-Press Pearl vessel, Ports and Shipping Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardane said today steps were being taken to seek assistance of the international legal experts on the matter. The Minister told parliament that international legal procedures would also come into play in this process in addition to the domestic legal framework. He said legal assistance of the international legal experts would be sought in a transparent manner. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Wrong Central highway construction caused Gampaha floods: Prasanna Ranatunga
The reason for the flood situation in the Gampaha district was caused by reckless actions taken by the previous government during the construction of the segment from Kadawata to Gampaha of the Central expressway, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said. He told the Daily Mirror that the proposed segment from Kadawata to Gampaha of the Central expressway was to be constructed as an elevated highway. However, the previous administration did not follow the proposed plans, and they used it to fill the ground with earth for the construction of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
Govt. seeks US State Dept.’s intervention to withdraw or amend resolution on SL
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena today sought the immediate intervention of the US State Department to convey the concerns and the position of the government on the proposed resolution No. H.Res.413, which was introduced by Congresswoman Deborah Ross,to the Chair and members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee as well as the respective Congresspersons in order to withdraw or amend it. The Minister made this appeal when Charge d’ Affairesmof the US Embassy in Colombo Martin T. Kelly called on him at the Foreign Ministry today. The Minister explained that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/21)
AGRICULTURE -Japanese organic products maker turns cow urine into gold
Kankyo Daizen's fertilizer wins over farmers in Vietnam and Cambodia ASAHIKAWA, Japan -- An organic products company based in northern Japan hopes its environmentally friendly fertilizer made from cow urine will catch on with farmers in Southeast Asia. The liquid fertilizer, Tsuchi Ikikaeru -- or "soil comes back to life" -- is sold in five countries including Vietnam and Cambodia. Farmland in much of Southeast Asia faces degradation and declining fertility, the result of longtime overuse of agrochemicals. Kankyo Daizen collects the urine from dairy farmers in Hokkaido,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/21)
කාබනික පොහොර ව්‍යාපෘතියට විපක්ෂයෙන් අභියෝගයක්...
https://youtu.be/qUkUNFmO93c... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/21)
Probes into irregularities at Galle vaccination program following ‘Ukussa’ exposé
Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into the irregularities at COVID vaccination program at Unawatuwa in Galle, following the exposé by Ada Derana ‘Ukussa’ on Monday (June 07). https://youtu.be/M6nDMsJbTzk State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals, Prof. Channa Jayasumana brought the matter to attention during the parliamentary session convened earlier today (June 08). As per ‘Ukussa’ revelation, a group of individuals from the Western Province had attended the vaccination program in Galle to receive the second dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. State Minister... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/21)
Sri Lanka confirms 54 new COVID deaths; highest toll in a single day
Sri Lanka on Tuesday (June 08) registered 54 more victims of COVID-19, marking the highest number of deaths recorded in a single day. The latest fatalities have moved the country’s death toll to 1,843, the, the Department of Government Information said. The Department of Government Information stated that 15 of the victims had succumbed to the virus infection between the period of May 10 – May 31. The rest of them have died between June 02 – June 07. The deceased were identified as residents of Katana, Uduwela, Mawanella, Aranayake,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/21)
Daily coronavirus case count moves to 2,637
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 514 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,637. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 210,661. As many as 178,259 recoveries and 1,789 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 30,613 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/21)
WOULD COVID PANDEMIC CHANGE THE NEED OF CUT-THOUGHT COMPETITION AND ATTITUDES OF PEOPLE TOWARD SOCIO-ECONOMIC, POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND RELIGIONS?
Competition is a helpful disposition in the dynamic environment and might help for social and economic progress if it works well in society concerning the broader spectrum. The concept of competition entered politics as a feature of democracy, and many opinions that competition in politics would be harmful to society when competition animates, dividing people in society. In connection with Sri Lanka, it observed that the competition in politics has divided the society as every matter of human life has been invaded by politics. This idea may not be accepted by many who engage in competitive... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
WILL FREELANCE JOURNALISTS UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH AND WRITE CONTENT.
ARE THEY MISUSING THE “POWER OF THE PEN”/INTERNET TO MISGUIDE PEOPLE? Content about Sri Lanka’s relationship with China and the newly developing Colombo Port City Project with Chinese engagement has been subjected to a lot of scrutiny by the print, electronic, digital and social-media freelance journalists since the Colombo Port City Bill was presented to Cabinet by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for approval on the 4th., January 2021. The bill once approved will become... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
Fundraising appeal made to fight the act "Tamil genocide education week " in court.
O5th June 2021 Dear SLUNA members and friends, As you all are aware, the bill 104, namely Tamil Genocide Education bill has become a law in Province of Ontario on 12th May 2021. The law alleges that a Tamil Genocide, has taken place in Sri Lanka since 1948, and it says it is necessary to educate school children about its history to remember. Under these circumstances, I presume that all of you very well understand the situation our young kids would face in schools... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 21 වැනි කොටස -සංස්කෘතියේ ආර්ථිකය
මිනිසා යනු සංස්කෘතික සත්ත්වයෙකි. තමන් පිළිගන්නා පොදු සංස්කෘතික ඇගැයීම්වලින් මිදී තීරණගැනීමේ හැකියාවක් ඔහුට නැත. යමක හරි - වැරැද්ද, යෝග්‍ය - අයෝග්‍ය බව, හොඳ - නරක මිනිසුන් විසින් තීරණය කරන්නේ මෙවැනි ඇගැයීම් මත පදනම් වීමෙනි. සමාජයක ආර්ථික කාර්යයන් කෙරෙනුයේ ද ඒ සඳහා අදාළව ගනු ලබන තීරණ අනුව ය. ඉහතින් පෙන්වා දුන් ආකාරයට මෙවැනි ආර්ථික තීරණගැනීම සඳහා ද සංස්කෘතික ඇගැයීම් බලපායි. සංස්කෘතීන් එකිනෙකින් වෙන්කර හඳුනාගැනීමේ දී ඒවා සතු පොදු ඇගැයීම්වල වෙනස්කම් ද සළකා බැලෙයි. මේ උදෙසා මාන ස්වරූපයකින් සංස්කෘතික ඇගැයීම් හඳුනාගැනීමක් ද සිදු කරයි. අදාළ සංස්කෘතික පර්යේෂකයන් විසින් මෙ ලෙසින් හඳුනාගත් ඇගැයීම් මාන ගණනාවක් ම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
ලෝක සාගර දින පණිවුඩය
සමුද්‍රීය පරිසරයේ වැදගත්කම ගැන ලෝක ප්රජාව දැනුවත් කිරීම උදෙසා එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානය ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කළ “ලෝක සාගර දිනය” වෙනුවෙන් සුබ පැතුම් එක්කරනුයේ ඉමහත් සතුටිනි. සංවර්ධනය සහ කාර්මීකරණය යන මානව ක්‍රියාකාරකම්වල බලපෑම හේතුවෙන් සමුද්‍රීය පරිසර දූෂණය ද මේ වනවිට ඉහළ යමින් ඇති බව පරිසර විද්‍යාඥයන්ගේ අදහසයි. ඉන්දියන් සාගරයට මැදිව පිහිටි ශ්රී ලංකාව සමුද්‍රීය පරිසරය ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීම වෙනුවෙන් වැඩි අවධානයක් යොමු කිරීම ඉතා වැදගත්ය. ඒ වෙනුවෙන් 2008 වසරේ දී සමුද්‍රීය පරිසර ආරක්ෂණ අධිකාරිය පිහිටුවීමටත් සමුද්‍රීය ආරක්ෂාව හා බැඳී පවතින නෛතික ක්‍රියාදාමයන්ට මුලපිරීමටත් අපට හැකියාව ලැබිණි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
An Open letter to Honorable Members of the House Foreign Relations Committee, and Members of the United States Senate
I write to you today as a US citizen of Sri Lankan descent, a teacher trainer, child advocate, and an advocate for peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka. Ever since the devastation of the Asian Tsunami, I usually spend several weeks in Sri Lanka in January and February of each year. Since the war ended, I have participated in efforts towards reconciliation through my role as an educational consultant, teacher trainer and peacemaker. Since 2009, when the 26 year -old conflict ended, I focused my attention on reconciliation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
Text - H.Res.413 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Recognizing 12 years since the end of the war in Sri Lanka
Text - H.Res.413 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Recognizing 12 years since the end of the war in Sri Lanka on May 18, 2009, honoring the lives lost, and expressing support for justice, accountability, reconciliation, reconstruction, reparation, and reform in Sri Lanka to ensure a lasting peaceful political solution and a prosperous future for all people of Sri Lanka. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/413/text?r=1... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
කාබනික පොහොර ආනයනය කොමිස් ගැහිල්ලක් විතරයි..- තිස්ස ජනනායක
කාබනික පොහොර ආනයනයය මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ප්‍රවීණ උපකාරක පන්ති දේශක තිස්ස ජනනායක මහතා තම සමාජ ජාල ගිණුමේ මේ සටහනක් තබා තිබේ. ඔහු එමගින් පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ කාබනික පොහොර විදේශ රටවලින් ආනයනය කිරීමෙන් සිදු වන්නේ කිහිපදෙනෙකු අතට කොමිස් මුදලක් ලැබීම සහ මෙරට මුදල් විශාල ලෙස පිටරටට ඇදී යාමක් පමණක් බවයි. ඔහු තබා ඇති සම්පූර්ණ සටහන මෙසේය. කාබණික පොහොර ආනයනයේ අවදානම——————————–රසායනික පොහොර ආනයනය නැවැත්වීමට රජය ගන්නා ලද තීරණය මහත් සේ අගය කරමි.නමුත් ලංකාවේ දී ප්‍රමිතියෙන් යුත් කාබනික පොහොර නිපදවීමට අවශ්‍ය දේශගුණික හා පාරිසරික තත්වයන්ද, අවශ්‍ය අමුද්‍රව්‍ය, ශ්‍රමය හා තාක්ෂණික... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
Oil spill preparations underway for stricken ship off Sri Lanka
EXPERTS have begun modelling how oil might spill from a cargo ship that caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka and then sank. It had been transporting toxic chemicals and plastic pallets, and efforts are now underway to clean up the pollution that is washing up on the shoreline, in what has been described as the worst beach pollution incident in Sri Lanka’s history. While there are currently no signs that fuel oil has leaked from the ship experts have begun planning how they would respond. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
Swiss send Covid aid supplies to Sri Lanka
The testing equipment sent to Sri Lanka is part of Switzerland's efforts to provide support for other countries struggling to combat the Covid pandemic. Keystone/Chamila Karunarathne The Swiss foreign ministry says it has shipped medical supplies to Sri Lanka to help the country combat the Covid-19 pandemic.This content was published on June 7, 2021 - 18:36June 7, 2021 - 18:36swissinfo.ch/ug The supplies include half a million antigen tests, 50 ventilators, 150 oxygen concentrators and testing material worth CHF3.5 million ($3.9 million). An aircraft bound for Colombo left Zurich with 16 tonnes... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
Cuba sends condolences to Sri Lanka over floods
Havana, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Monday sent his deep condolences to the people and Government of Sri Lanka for the victims of the floods and avalanches caused by the monsoons.On his Twitter account, the foreign minister expressed Cubans' solidarity and asked to convey the condolences to the families and relatives of the deceased. Since Friday, heavy rains have hit the Sri Lankan territory, killing at least 17 people throughout the country and displacing more than 160,000. According to the Disaster Management... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
Sri Lanka agent deleted vital e-mails: ship probe
The MV X-Press Pearl was carrying hundreds of tonnes of chemicals and plastics when it burned for almost two weeks just off Sri Lanka's coast A Sri Lankan court hearing into the fire and sinking of a container ship off Colombo was told Monday that its local agent had deleted e-mails vital to the investigation. The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl reported an onboard acid leak to its representative Sea Consortium Lanka who in turn failed to alert local authorities, the state prosecutor said. He said investigators found... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
CID to probe fake news on social media: Fmr UNP MP to give free legal aid for the harassed
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been tasked with investigating those who are misleading the public by spreading false propaganda on social media, Police said. Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said a special police team has been appointed to investigate such false reports. He said the public was facing various inconveniences due to such false propaganda on social media platforms. DIG Rohana said it is an offence punishable under Section 98 of the Police Ordinance, that if anyone disturbs the public by publishing fake news. Meanwhile,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
Govt aims to oppress people through ‘shortsighted’ fertilizer ban - Sajith
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says the government aims to oppress the general public through the chemical fertilizer ban imposed without a proper plan. Issuing a statement today (June 07), Premadasa said that it is questionable as to whether the government has conspired to make Sri Lanka ‘one of the largest Garbage Mountains in the world’. Criticizing the government’s decision to import organic fertilizer, the leader of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) points out that while it is also against the Fauna and Flora Ordinance, these imported ‘waste fertilizer’ could spread various fungi and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
47 more COVID-19 deaths pushes toll to 1,789
The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that Sri Lanka has reported 47 more deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday (June 07). As per the Department of Government Information, the reported deaths had occurred between May 17 and June 07. They are identified as residents of Elpitiya, Wathugahamulla, Dankotuwa, Marawila, Walapane, Dedigamuwa, Waththala, Matara, Hatton, Galagedara, Wellampitiya, Uragaha, Horana, Gonapola – North, Paragasthota, Gonapola, Dehiwala, Colombo 09, Thlawakele, Nuwara Eliya, Trincomalee, Alawwa, Negombo, Galle, Kalutara, Darga Town, Angoda, Naththandiya, Walahapitiya, Haburugala, Moronthuduwa –Panadura, Maho, Polgahawela, Ibbagamuwa, Kandy, Bulathsinghala, Akurana, Dehiaththakandiya, Poogoda,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
Daily coronavirus case count moves to 2,610
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 650 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,610. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 207,943. As many as 176,045 recoveries and 1,742 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 30,156 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
උඩරට අර්තාපල් වගාව හාන්සි කරන පොහොර - කෘෂි රසායන තහනම
ලංකාවේ පාරිභෝගිකයින්ගේ වාර්ෂික අර්තාපල් අවශ්‍යතාවය මෙ.ටොන් 228,000 කි. එයින් ලංකාවේ නිෂ්පාදනය කරන්නේ 35%කට අඩු ප්‍රමාණයකි. 2019 වසරේ බදුල්ල හා නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්‍රික්ක ප්‍රමුඛව හෙක්ටාර 5600 ක අර්තාපල් වගා කළ අතර මෙ.ටොන් 101,642 ක අස්වැන්නක් ලැබුණි. නුවරඒළියේ - වැලිමඩ අර්තාපල් කිලෝවක මිල ඉන්දියානු- පකිස්ථානු අල කිලෝවකට වඩා රු. 30 ක් පමණ වැඩිය. ඒ ලංකා අර්තාපල්වල ඇති සුවිශේෂ වූ මිහිරි රසය නිසාය. අල හොද්දක්, අල බැදුමක්, අල චිප්ස් නැති කෑම පිඟානක් - සාදයක් දැන් පෙනවා පේනවා වගේය. පොහොර - කෘෂි රසායන නැති වානිජ්‍යමය අර්තාපල් වගාවක් පවතිය නොහැකි තරම්ය. ආණ්ඩුවෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/21)
THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA CONDUCTS 12 BLOOD DONATION CAMPS ISLAND WIDE, IN A MONTH
- The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka expresses its gratitude for the great interest and fullest support showed by the people, in the blood donation camps, organized to meet the national need during this COVID pandemic - 500 pints of blood have already been supplied for national need The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the electricity sector regulator, has successfully organized 12 blood transfusion camps island wide within a month, at the request of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS or Blood Bank)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ මහජන උපයෝගිතා කොමිෂන් සභාව මසක් තුළ දිවයින පුරා ලේ දන් දීමේ කඳවුරු 12 ක්
- රුධිර හිගය සපුරා ගැනීම සදහා කඩිනමින් සංවිධානය කරන ලේ දන්දීමේ කදවුරු සදහා ජනතාව දක්වන ඉමහත් උනන්දුව සහා පුර්ණ සහාය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්රී ලංකා මහජන උපයෝගිතා කොමිෂන් සභාව සිය ප්‍රසාදය හා කෘතඥතාව පල කර සීටි - ජාතික අවශ්‍යතා සඳහා ලේ පයින්ට් 500 ක් දැනටමත් සපයා අවසන් ජාතික රුධිර පාරවිලයන මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ ඉල්ලීම පරිදි, ශ්රී ලංකා මහජන උපයෝගීතා කොමිෂන් සභාව සහ දිස්ත්‍රික් විදුලි කාර්මික සංවිධාන සමග එක්ව, රුධිර හිගය පියවීම සදහා දිස්ත්‍රික් මට්ටමින් ලේ දන් දීමේ කඳවුරු 12ක් සාර්ථකව සංවිධානය කිරීමට සමත් විය. මින් 5ක් මේ වන විට නිමා කර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
Effect of the US Bipartisan Resolution 413 on Sri Lanka is inciting a future and further conflict among races and harming the moderate Tamil citizens in Sri Lanka.
Moderate Tamils living in the country are enjoying peace. Muslims have a home in the East. Diaspora ruling from outside Sri Lanka to push a US Resolution to combine the North and East is not desired by the moderate Tamil People living in Sri Lanka. Muslims faced ethnic cleansing in these areas. Who in their right mind wants another armed conflict? Not for Sri Lanka. US can promote a homeland for those who seek one in Tamil Nadu with 60 million of their ethnic group and not in Sri Lanka with less than... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
MV X-Press Pearl could have been saved if the acid leak was fixed before it sailed to Colombo
Colombo, May 28: The ill-fated container vessel X-Press Pear, which burned and sank off Colombo, could have been saved if the Nitric acid leak had been fixed before it sailed to Colombo. The ship’s crew had detected the leak after it left Jebel Ali in Dubai where it had loaded cargo and was enroute to Hamad in Qatar. The leak was allegedly not fixed here and nor was it fixed in Hazari in India which was its next stop. The ship, which was on a fixed port rotation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
චීනය නොමිලේ දෙන්න හැදු එන්නත් 60 ලක්‍ෂයකට ප‍්‍රබලයෙක්ගෙන් බාධා.. ලංකාවම අමාරුවේ දමයි…
ප්‍රදානයක් ලෙස චීන රජය විසින් මෙරටට ලබාදීමට සූදානම් වූ කොරෝනා එන්නත් මිලියන හයක් ලබා ගැනීම අවහිර කරන ලද විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍යවරවෙකු පිළිබඳව කොමිසමක් පත් කරන ලෙස වෛද්‍ය අංශ විසින් ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගෙන් ඉල්ලා ඇත. කොරෝනා මර්දනය සඳහා නිපදවන ලද චීන එන්නත ගැන බොරු ප්‍රචාර හේතුවෙන් මෙම වෛද්‍ය ප්‍රබලයා චීනය ලබාදීමට සූදානම් වූ එන්නත සඳහා උදාසීනත්වයෙන් කටයුතු කළ බවද එම සංගමය පෙන්වා දී තිබේ. එකී වෛද්‍යවරයා ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද කරුණු මතය එදා චීන එන්නත ලබා ගැනීම මෙරට විසින් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරනු ලැබ තිබූ බවද සඳහන් වේ. එම එන්නත් මිලියන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
ෂැංග්රිලා වෙඩින් ගත්තේ, පියුමිට ඇදුම් ගිහින් දුන්නේ ඇමතී සරත් වීරසේකරගේ පුතාද..?
නිරෝධායනයට ලක්කර සිටින නිරූපණ ශිල්පිනී පියුමි හන්සමාලීගේ ඇදුම් බෑගයත් එම නිරෝධායන මධ්‍යස්ථානය ගෙනගොස් දුන්නේ තම පුත්‍රයා නොවන බව මහජන ආරක්ෂක ඇමති සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඔහු සඳහන් කරන්නේ පියුමි හන්සමාලි කියන ආකාරයට ඇයට ඇඳුම් ගෙනත් දී ඇත්තේ ඇයගේ නිවස ළඟ වෛද්‍යවරයෙකු බවයි. තම පවුල පදිංචි සිටින්නේ ඇයගේ නිවස අසල නොවන බවත් තම පුත්‍රයා ඇය හඳුන්වන්නේවත් නැති බවත් මෙම ප්‍රචාරයන් මඩ පමණක් බවද ඇමැතිවරයා පවසා සිටියි. තම පුත්‍රයා ගේ විවාහ මංගල්‍යය ෂැංග්රිලා හෝටලයේ පැවැත්වූ බවට පළ වන වාර්තාද අසත්‍ය යයිද ඔහු සඳහන් කරයි. කොරෝනා ව්‍යාප්තිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
Small Sri Lanka harbors big maritime ambitions
COLOMBO: In this photograph taken on June 4, 2021 a container vessel is being offloaded at the East Terminal of the Colombo port. – AFP COLOMBO: The dramatic recent fire on a container ship off Sri Lanka highlighted the risks involved in the island nation’s ambitions to become one of the world’s busiest maritime transport hubs. The MV X-Press Pearl burned for 13 days, releasing tons of chemicals and plastics. The sinking ship’s nearly 300 tons of fuel oil may now leak into the Indian Ocean. How important is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
Sri Lankans, dual citizens from India, Vietnam, South Africa, South America cannot home quarantine
Sri Lankans or dual citizens who are fully vaccinated arriving or transiting or having a travel history within the past 14 days from India, Vietnam, South African countries and South American countries will not be allowed for home quarantine but instead will have to go into a quarantine center, a revised set of guidelines from the Health Ministry said. However, Sri Lankans or dual citizens who are fully vaccinated arriving from all other countries can go in for a mandatory 14 day home quarantine after undergoing a PCR test and after a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
Sixteen killed, 270,912 afflicted by inclement weather
The prevailing inclement weather has severely affected ten districts in the country, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said. It has claimed two more lives pushing the death count to sixteen, DMC confirmed. Further, three individuals have gone missing while another five have been reported injured. Accordingly, a total of 270,912 have been afflicted due to the adverse weather conditions experienced on the island. Rains have been pounding several districts of the nation since Thursday night, and many houses, paddy fields, and roads have been inundated, blocking traffic. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
Sri Lanka confirms 2,976 COVID cases within the day
Daily COVID-19 cases count hit 2,976 on Sunday (June 06) as 1,055 more people were tested positive for the virus in Sri Lanka. The new development brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 205,333. As many as 167,304 recoveries and 1,696 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. According to official data, up to 36,333 active cases are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
First compensation claim made over ‘X-Press Pearl’ fire
The Marine Environmental Protection Authority (MEPA) says it has already sought compensation from the company that owns the ‘X-Press Pearl’ cargo ship for the economic damages caused by its fire. Chairperson of MEPA Attorney-at-Law Dharshani Lahadapura stated that the compensation was sought through the Attorney General. In addition to this, compensation for the environmental damage caused by the fire is also expected to be sought from the company, Lahadapura said. She said, “The first claim for compensation has already been made. We have asked them for the damages that can... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
Adverse weather claims 14 lives, over 245,000 affected
Sri Lanka has reported a total of fourteen deaths caused by inclement weather so far, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) stated. Further, two persons have gone missing while another two are injured, the DMC said. A total of 245,212 have been afflicted due to the adverse weather prevailing over the island. https://youtu.be/jQcmMptvdhc Meanwhile, the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has issued landslide warnings to several areas. The warnings issued yesterday (June 05) are in effect until 05.30 pm today (June 06). Accordingly,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
Passengers from SL will not be allowed to travel to UK after June 8: SriLankan Airlines
The SriLankan Airlines announced today that passengers from Sri Lanka will not be allowed to travel to the United Kingdom from June 8 unless they are a British, Irish national or anyone with residence rights in the UK as Sri Lanka will move to the “red list” of countries entering the UK. It said Passengers who have already booked their travel on SriLankan’s next three flights to London UL 503 on 05th, 06th, and 07th June will not be affected by this change. The SriLankan said in a statement that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
Sri Lanka cargo ship disaster: Salvage experts monitoring sinking chemical-laden cargo vessel for pollution
Fishing has been banned along about 80km (50 miles) of the Sri Lanka coastline as debris from the ship continues to wash ashore. Image:Smoke could be seen rising from the ship as it sank A chemical-laden cargo ship which is slowly sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka is being monitored for environmental damage by salvage experts. The MV X-Press Pearl began sinking on Wednesday, a day after authorities extinguished a fire that had torn through the vessel over 12 days, with volunteers describing the situation as the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/21)
US urged not to proceed with resolution based on unverified ‘desk-reviewed’ info, etc.
Following Gen. Chagie Gallage’s strong condemnation of what he called a sininster US move to harass Sri Lanka further, as reported by The Island recently, the Sri Lankan government has formally requested the US House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) not to proceed with H. RES. 413 against Sri Lanka moved by Congresswoman Deborah Ross (Democrat/North Carolina) on 18 May 2021. In a letter addressed to HFAC Chair Representative Gregory Meeks (Democrat/New York) and Ranking Member Representative Michael McCaul (Republican/Texas), Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the USA Ravinatha Aryasinha said, “Sri Lanka vehemently opposes the contents... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/21)
Chagie picks holes in controversial US resolution
Flabbergasted by LTTE being rechristened as ‘independence group’ Retired infantry Maj. Gen. Chagie Gallage says the recent US declaration that some sections of traditional Tamil homeland remains so militarized 12 years after the war with ‘up to one soldier for every two civilians in the most war affected regions,’ underscored Sri Lanka’s daunting challenge in countering the high profile propaganda. The Gajaba veteran insists even during the height of the war there had never been such intense deployment. Over the years, the scale of deployment has been reduced... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/21)
Ten lives lost due to adverse weather conditions
Ten persons have been reported as dead due to the inclement weather prevailing over the island, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) stated. In addition, one individual has been reported missing while another 02 are injured. A total of 219,027 persons have been afflicted by the prevailing weather conditions, the DMC reported.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/21)
COVID: 40 new victims take death toll to 1,696
The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that Sri Lanka has reported 40 more deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday (June 05). As per the Department of Government Information, the reported deaths had occurred between May 21 and June 05. They are identified as residents of Hasalaka, Mawanella, Eravur 02, Kurunegala, Galle, Haliela, Batapola, Dikoya, Dangedara, Imaduwa, Atakalampanna, Kelaniya, Yakkala, Kinniya, Colombo 10, Maggona, Hikkaduwa, Menikhinna, Balangoda, Batticaloa, Polgampola, Dodangoda, Nuwara Eliya, Maskeliya, Bogawanthalawa, Kandy, Galagedara, Colombo 09, Mathugama, Beruwala, Kalutara and Nugegoda. Accordingly, the total number of deaths... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/21)
Daily coronavirus case count climbs to 3,094
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 814 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 3,094. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 202,357. As many as 166,132 recoveries and 1,656 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 34,569 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/21)
Inclement weather claims 6 lives, afflicts more than 183,000
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) says the death toll from the adverse weather condition in parts of the island has climbed to six. Meanwhile, five persons are reported missing and two others have sustained injuries. https://youtu.be/bqKQVx9bpdA In addition, as many as 183,028 people have been afflicted by the inclement weather, the DMC stated. Earlier today, the remains of four people were recovered from an earth slip at Devanagala area in Mawanella. They victims – father (57), mother (56), son (29) and daughter (23) – had been... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/21)
‘අතයි කකුලයි ගලවගන්න එක බයිසිකලයයි යන්නෙ’ අයෙක් කිවුවා.. මගේ ජීවිතය දැඩි අනතුරක.. නුදුරේදීම මා මරා දමාවි…- චමුදිත මාධ්‍ය අමතයි..
තමන් මේ මොහොතේ සිටින්නේ බරපතළ ජීවිත තර්ජනයක හා අවදානමක බව මාධ්‍යවේදී චමුදිත සමරවික්‍රම මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. බොහෝ දුරට ඉතා මෑතක දී තමා ඝාතනය කිරීමට වුවද වැඩි ඉඩක් ඇතැයි තමන් ඉතා වගකීමෙන් පවසන බවද ඒ මහතා පැවසීය. මේ සඳහා සාක්ෂි ගණනාවක් තමන් සතුව ඇති බවත් ඇතැම් සාක්ෂි හෙළි කිරීමටද නොහැකි බව ද ඔහු සඳහන් කරයි. https://youtu.be/pDm_AuGpuck ‘මගේ කොල්ලො අහනවා එයාගේ අතයි කකුලයි ගලවගෙන එන්න එක බයිසිකලයයි යන්නෙ කියලා’ යයි එක් පුද්ගලයෙක් ප්‍රකාශ කර ඇති බවත් තමන්ට දැනගන්නට ඇති බවද ඔහු කියා සිටී. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/21)
චන්දිමාල්ගේ පාටියට පෙර ඇමති පුතෙකුගේ විවාහ උත්සවයක් ෂැංග්රිලා හෝටලයේ..?
ජනප්‍රිය රූපලාවන්‍ය ශිල්පී චන්දිමාල් ජයසිංහගේ උපන්දින සාදය පැවති කොළඹ ෂැංග්රිලා හෝටලයේ ඊට දින දෙක තුනකට පෙර ප්‍රභූ පුත්‍රයෙකුගේ විභාග විවාහ උත්සවයක් පැවැත් වී ඇතැයි අන්තර්ජාල මාධ්‍ය කිහිපයක්ම වාර්තා කරයි. ප්‍රබල අමාත්‍යවරයකුගේ පුත‍්‍රයකුගේ විවාහ උත්සවය මෙසේ අඩු පිරිසකගේ සහභාගිත්වයෙන් එම හෝටලයේ දී පැවැත්වී ඇතැයිද එම වාර්තාවන් හි සඳහන් ය. විවාහ යුවල සඳහා රූපලාවණ්‍ය කටයුතු සිදුකර ඇත්තේ ද චන්දිමාල් ජයසිංහ වන බවත් ඒ සඳහා ඔහු මුදල් අය කර නැති බවත් එම වාර්තාවේ තවදුරටත් සඳහන් වෙයි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/21)
ඔවු මං නාටාමි කෙනෙක්.. ඇමති වීරසේකර ඉන්නේ නිරූපිකාවන්ගේ ඇදුම් අදින්නද.. තවත් රහස් හෙලි කරනවා..- චමුදිත ‘පත්තරේ විස්තරේ’ අරන් එයි..
තමන් ජනතාවගේ බර කර ගසන නාට්ටාමි කෙනෙක් බවත් තමන් එම රැකියාව ඉතා ගෞරවයෙන් භාර ගන්නා බවත් මාධ්‍යවේදී චමුදිත සමරවික්‍රම මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. හිරු රූපවාහිනියේ ‘පත්තරේ විස්තරේ’ වැඩසටහනට අද පෙරවරුවේ එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා මේ අදහස් පළ කළේය. නිරෝධායන නීතිය ක්‍රියාත්මක වීමේ දී රටේ පුද්ගලයන්ගේ තරාතිරම අනුව ඔහු නීතිය වෙනස් විය නොහැකි බව ද ඔහු පැවසීය. නීතිය බාර ඇමති සරත් වීරසේකර එම ඇමැති ධුරයේ රාජකාරී නිසි ලෙස කළයුතු බවත් නිරූපිකාවන්ගේ ඇඳුම් අදින එක ඔහුගේ කාර්යයක් නොවන බවත් ඒ මහතා එහිදී කියා සිටියේය. ෂැංග්රිලා හෝටලයේ උපන් දින සාදය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/21)
පොහොර - රසායනික ද්‍රව්‍ය තහනම -‘ශ්රී ලංකා තේ‘ ‘සිලෝන් ටී‘ නාමය ලෝක ආහාර සංස්කෘතියෙන් අතුරුදන් කරනු ඇත
පොහොර - කෘෂි රසායන නැති ‘කාබනික තේ’ ජනප්‍රිය සටන් පාඨයකි. ප්‍රායෝගිකව කිසි ලෙසකින් හෝ ජය ගත නොහැකි ඉලක්කයකි. රසායනික පොහාර - කෘමි, දිලීර, වල් නාශක තහනම් කිරීම ශ්රී ලංකාව සතු සුවිශේෂතම හා මිල කළ නොහැකි ‘ශ්රී ලංකා තේ සන්නාමය ලෝක ආහාර සංස්කෘතියෙන් අහෝසි කිරීමට හේතු වනු ඇත. ගහෙන් ගෙඩි ඒන්නා සේ එකවරම සියළුම රසායනික පොහොර ආනයක තහනම් කිරීම වැරදි, අන්තගාමී තීරණයකි. 2021 ලංකාවේ සමස්ත පොහොර අවශ්‍යතාවය මෙ.ටොන් 1,230,031.09 යැයි ජාතික පොහොර ලේකම් කාර්යාලය ගණන් බලා ඇත. පොහොර ටොන් ලක්ෂ 12 කට කාබනික ආදේශක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/21)
Ranil’s extent of greed for power
As per a news item appeared in Divaina dated 1 June 2021 (https://divaina.com/daily/index.php/puwath-2/59203-2021-05-31-03-16), the Working Committee of UNP , May 2021, has unanimously decided that party leader Ranil Wickramesinghe enter Parliament through its only National List seat and the party leader has reacted positively. As per the website of The International Democratic Union (IDU), an alliance of conservative political parties from 64 countries (predominantly those from the west), Ranil Wickramasinghes is still the Vice Chairman of the Asia pacific region since July 2005. Thus the western traditions towards which he had long tilted would... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
Plan of Action with respect to Sinking of X-Press Pearl ship and Environmental Destruction of Sri Lanka
Now that the inevitable has happened, let us all get together and put forward a plan of action to make most of what is left for Mother Lanka. Sri Lanka should get the help of the international community to obtain the maximum compensation, without any part of it going into any Individual or group of them as being alleged, but to the benefit of those who might have suffered most and to the country in general. Various experts put various figures: some say US $ 20 b while some others say 100... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 20 B
A WAR CRIME is an act that constitutes a serious violation of the laws of war. “Serious violations of international humanitarian law constitute war crimes.” (ICRC Rule 156). There are several lists of war crimes. Here are the current lists. (1) The Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court set up by the UN (1998, 2002) contains a long list of war crimes. It is the most official of the lists. The list can be seen at https://www.icc-cpi.int/resource-library/documents/rs-eng.pdf. (2)The International committee of the Red Cross has also issued... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
XPRESS PEARL නෞකාව ගිනිබත් වීම, ඊට වගකිවයුත්තන් සොයා දඬුවම් පැමිණවීම
ජනාධිපතිතුමා, ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය, කොළඹ 01. ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමනි, XPRESS PEARL නෞකාව ගිනිබත් වීම, ඊට වගකිවයුත්තන් සොයා දඬුවම් පැමිණවීම, සිදුව ඇති හානිය පිළිබඳව විධිමත් සොයා බැලීමක් සිදු කිරීම, අගතියට පත් පාර්ශව සඳහා වන්දි ලබා දීම සඳහා කඩිනමින් ජනාධිපති කොමිෂන් සභාවක් පත්කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටීම. ජාත්‍යන්තර නාවික ක්ෂේත්‍රය තුල ප්‍රති අපනයන සිදු කරන වරායන් අතර කොළඹ වරාය අත්කරගෙන ඇති කීර්තිනාමය අති විශිෂ්ඨ එකකි. එසේම අනෙකුත් සේවා පහසුකම් සැපයීම අතින්ද කොළඹ වරාය ජාත්‍යන්තර ඇගයීමට ලක්ව ඇත. එම කීර්තිය අප රටක් ලෙස ලැබූ විශිෂ්ඨ ජයග්‍රහණයකි. ඒවා අහඹු ලෙස අත්පත් කරගත් ජයග්‍රහන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
එන්නත් විෂ වුවහොත් විෂ ඉවත් කිරීමට ක්‍රමවේදයක් තිබේද?
වත්මන් වසංගත තත්වය නිර්මාණය කළ කොරෝනා වෛරසය ට එරෙහිව මිනිස් සිරුර තුළ ප්‍රතිදේහ නිර්මාණය කරලීම උදෙසා මේ වන විට ලෝකයේ ප්‍රමුඛ ඖෂධ සමාගම් එන්නත් වර්ග හතක් පමණ නිෂ්පාදනය කර තිබේ.මෙම එන්නත් සියල්ල එක සමාන යයි අප සිතුවද ඒවායේ හඳුන්වා දීම් අනුව සමාන නැත. ලංකාව තුළ පළමු වරට අත්හදා බැලූ ඔක්ස්ෆඩ් එන්නතත් ෆයිසර් එන්නතත් සමාන නැත.ෆයිසර් හෝ ස්පුට්නික් එන්නත් එකිනෙකට සමාන නැත. නමුත් සියල්ලම සමාන වන එක් තැනක් තිබේ. එනම් මේවා නිපදවා තිබෙන්නේ (M RNA )මැසෙන්ජර් රයිබො නියුක්ලික් අම්ල තාක්ෂණය මගිනි.ජානමය ප්‍රෝටීන් කොටස් මිනිස් සිරුරේ සෛල තුළට හුවමාරු කිරීම(Transduction is the process by which foreign DNA is introduced into... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
ඕනෑම වසංගත තත්ත්වයක දී පිලිකා රෝගීන්ට නේවාසිකව ප්‍රතිකාර ලබා දිය හැකි රුපියල් මිලියන 11ක පමණ වියදමින් වාට්ටුවක් අපේක්ෂා රෝහලට - තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා
මේ සඳහා වූ මූල්‍යමය පරිත්‍යාගයන් ලබාදීම තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පසුගියදා (02) ජාතික තරුණ සේවා සභා ප්‍රධාන කාර්යාලයේ සිදුවිය. පවතින කොරෝනා වසංගත තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන් අපේක්ෂා රෝහලේ නේවාසිකව ප්‍රතිකාර ලබමින් සිටින රෝගීන් හා පිලිකා රෝගියකුට කොරෝනා වෛරසය ආසාදනය වුවහොත් ලබාදෙන විශේෂ ප්‍රතිකාර හේතුවෙන් ඔවුන් වෙනුවෙන් වෙනම ඒකකයක් කඩිනමින් ඉදිකළ යුතු බව මහරගම අපේක්ෂා රෝහල් අධ්‍යක්ෂක විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය විජිත් ගුණසේකර මහතා විසින් මීට දින කිහිපයකට පෙර දන්වමින් ඉල්ලීමක් කරන ලදී . ඒ අනුව ජීවිත අපේක්ෂාවෙන් අපේක්ෂා රෝහලේ දිවි ගෙවන අපේම සහෝදර සහෝදරියන් වෙනුවෙන් උපේක්ෂාවේ පහන් දල්වමින් තරුණ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් එන්නත්කරණ ජාතික වැඩපිළිවෙලට රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යංශ ඒකරාශි වෙයි
රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යංශ ඒකරාශි කරමින් ජාතික එන්නත්කරණ වැඩපිළිවෙල ක්‍රමවත්ව හා විධිමත්ව ක්‍රියාවට නැංවීමට අදාළ සාකච්ඡාවක් තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ඊයේ (03) දින පැවැත්විණි. මෙහිදී දැනට එන්නත්කරණ වැඩපිළිවෙල ක්‍රියාත්මක වන ආකාරය පිළිබඳව රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරුන්ගේ අදහස් විමසීමට ලක්විය. ඒ අනුව එන්නත්කරණ වැඩසටහනට සියලු දෙනාට දායකවිය හැකි ආකාරය පිළිබඳව අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මෙහි දී පැහැදිලි කළේය. ජාතික එන්නත්කරණ වැඩපිළිවෙල කාර්යක්ෂම කිරීම සඳහා රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යංශ මට්ටමෙන් අවශ්‍ය සම්පත් ඒකරාශී කර ගැනීම හා අදාළ වැඩපිළිවෙල ක්‍රමවත් හා විධිමත්ව කිරීමට අදාළ තීරණයන්ට මෙහි දී එළැඹිණි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු රජය සෞඛ්‍ය ආධාර තොගයක් මත්තල දී තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට භාරදෙයි
ගෝලීය වසංගත අභියෝගය ජය ගැනීම සඳහා ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු රජය මෙරටට පිරිනමන සෞඛ්‍ය ආධාර තොගයක් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු මහ කොමසාරිස් ඩේවිඩ් හොලී මහතා විසින් අද (04) දින මත්තල ගුවන් තොටුපළ පරිශ්‍රයේ දී තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට භාර දෙන ලදි. කොවිඩ්-19 වසංගත තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන් පීඩා විඳින ශ්රී ලාංකික ජනතාවගේ සෞඛ්‍යාරක්ෂිත බව සුරක්ෂිත කිරීම සඳහා ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු රජය මෙම සද්කාර්යය ක්‍රියාත්මක කරයි. සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යංශයට සෘජුව පරිත්‍යාග කෙරෙන මෙම සෞඛ්‍ය ආධාර තොගය එම අමාත්‍යංශය වෙනුවෙන් අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාපක්ෂ මහතා විසින් භාර ගන්නා ලදි. ඔස්ට්‍රේලියානු C-17 ගුවන් යානය මගින් මෙරටට ගෙන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
කොළඹ නගර සීමාව තුළ එන්නත මගහැරෙන පුද්ගලයන් සඳහා එන්නත් මධ්‍යස්ථාන 5ක් - අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා
කොළඹ නගර සීමාව තුළ එන්නත මගහැරෙන පුද්ගලයන් සඳහා එන්නත් මධ්‍යස්ථාන 5ක් පිහිටුවන බව තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. කොවිඩ් එන්නතේ දෙවන මාත්‍රාව ලබාදීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අරලියහ මන්දිරයේ දී පසුගිය දා පැවති සාකච්ඡාවකින් අනතුරුව අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. එන්නත මගහැරෙන පුද්ගලයන් සඳහා පිහිටුවන මෙම එන්නත් මධ්‍යස්ථාන පහ රාත්‍රී 10.00 තෙක් විවෘතව තබන්නැයි ද අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මෙහි දී යෝජනා කළේය. අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා එහිදී මෙසේ ද කීවේය. කොවිඩ් එන්නතේ දෙවන මාත්‍රාව ලබාදීම සම්බන්ධව කිසිඳු බියක් ඇති කරගත යුතු නැහැ.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
Ill-fated container vessel MV X-Press Pearl used to call at Colombo port frequently
Colombo, June 4: Sri Lankan Ports and Shipping Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena told the media here on Thursday that the fire on-board the container vessel MV X-Press Pearl was an unfortunate incident which was beyond anyone’s control. Refuting allegations that the Port authorities had allowed the ship to enter Sri Lankan waters while it had been turned away by two other ports, he said that this ship had made two previous calls on the Colombo Port and it was on its routine stop to Colombo. He also noted that it is quite normal for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
Sri Lanka bans arrivals from several more countries
Colombo, June 4 (NewsWire) – Sri Lanka today banned arrivals from South Africa and South American countries with immediate effect due to the coronavirus situation in those countries. “In accordance with instructions received from the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation, due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation all online and offline airlines have been informed that passengers with a travel history (including transit) in the past 14 days to South Africa and countries in South America will not be permitted to disembark in Sri Lanka with immediate effect” Civil Aviation Authority said. South... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
Ukrainian captain of Avant Garde vessel returns home from detention in Sri Lanka, - Foreign Minister
Hennadiy Havrylov was acquitted by the court and eventually arrived in Odesa Hennadiy Havrylov, the Ukrainian captain of the Avant Garde ship who stayed in detention in Sri Lanka since 2016 returned home. Dmytro Kuleba, the Foreign Minister posted that on Twitter. "I welcome the return of Hennadiy Havrylov, the captain of the Avant Garde vessel who was kept in Sri Lanka since 2016 under unreasoned charges. The diplomats were nearby, fighting for his release. In late May, the court acquitted him. He is in Odesa now", reads the message. Hennadiy Havrylov was the captain... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
Top bankers confident govt has taken the right approach to repaying foreign debt
The government has succeeded in its public debt management programme with several initiatives and it would meet its foreign debt repayment obligations in the future too, S. Renganathan, MD/ CEO, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC said on Wednesday at a virtual forum hosted by CT CLSA on the banking sector in Sri Lanka. Responding to a question from the audience he said,” There may be concern in some quarters, but the government will definitely honour its commitments.” When a similar question was posed at Jonathan Alles, MD/ CEO... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
Daily COVID cases count tops 3,398 for third consecutive day
Daily COVID-19 cases count hit 3,398 on Friday (June 04) as 663 more people were tested positive for the virus in Sri Lanka. The new development brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 199,242. This is third consecutive day and the fifth instance daily count of COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka crossing the 3,000-mark. Government Information Department stated that the new cases reported today were associated with the New Year coronavirus cluster. As many as 164,281 recoveries and 1,608 deaths have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
COVID: 48 more deaths confirmed in Sri Lanka
Director-General of Health Services says 48 more deaths in Sri Lanka were attributed to COVID-19 infection. The new victims have moved the country’s death toll to 1,656.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/21)
Is there a Prevention for Coronavirus?
The Coronavirus entered the 3rd wave in Sri Lanka, and the number of deaths is increasing daily. However, the Government and the National Operation Centre for Preventing Covid-19 still seem to follow instructions from a set of western orientated experts and maintain that the injection is the only solution to stop the pandemic. Meanwhile, Hela physicians and Ayurveda doctors blame the Government for allowing people to die unnecessarily by ignoring Ayurveda and Hela medicine. They view it as a national disaster and think that the Government is helpless and compelled to listen to the 'highly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
The obnoxious political interference and claims
One boasts; how well the nation-wide vaccination programme is going. And then we have another, who tried to get in the way of health officials at a vaccination centre, demanding that the chit-bearers coming from him be given priority over the rest of the ordinary people in waiting (The editorial of the Island of 31-05-21, ‘Guru-gola way of doing it’), many quite possibly for long hours. And the next in line is one, who brazenly violated the health restrictions imposed by the authorities and let the people congegate and converge, as they wished. And the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
TO EXPATS AND OTHERS
Arun Siddharth Arulanandam TO EXPATS AND OTHERS - PLEASE DONATE FUNDS TO OBTAIN DRY RATIONS AS A GOODWILL GESTURE TO THOSE IN NEED in Jaffna. A request came in today – May 25, 2021. Due to lockdown, the Civil Society will purchase from known vendors and Cargills and distribute. Deliveries are not possible due to the lock down. Please share with anyone interested in helping. They appealed to us for help because their “Nationalist leaders” have not visited, and the diaspora overseas are not helping the poorest of poor. They have reached a desperate point and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
Gravitas: Canada's 'cultural genocide' unearthed
WION https://youtu.be/xbbwothRgoY Canada's 'cultural genocide' has been unearthed. The remains of 215 indigenous children have been found buried inside a former catholic school in British Columbia. Justin Trudeau has expressed 'remorse'. But will that be enough?... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
Joint Statement: We are stronger together, please help!
JOINT STATEMENT: June 03 2021 We are pleased to announce that the following Sri Lankan-Canadian organizations have joined as a united front to fight a Superior court case against the Ontario law on Tamil Genocide Education Week. Sri Lankan Canadian Action Coalition (SLCAC) Canadian Sri Lankan Center for Social Harmony (CSLCSH) Sri Lanka United National Association of Canada (SLUNA) Sri Lanka Canada Association of Brampton (SLCAB) We are stronger together and we will continue to challenge the Act in court! A 12-member steering committee will address aspects of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
කොවිඩ්-19 හමුවේ පහසුකම් නොලබන ආගමික ස්ථානවලට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ප්‍රත්‍ය පහසුකම්
කොවිඩ් -19 වසංගත තත්ත්වය මත ප්‍රත්‍ය පහසුකම් නොලබන විහාරස්ථාන සහ ආගමික ස්ථාන සඳහා සංකේතාත්මකව ආධාර පාර්සල් බෙදාදීම ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද (03) දින පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. සංචරණ සීමා පැනවීම හේතුවෙන් ප්‍රත්‍ය පහසුකම් නොලබන විහාරස්ථාන සහ අනෙකුත් ආගමික ස්ථාන වෙනුවෙන් බුද්ධශාසන, ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාත්‍යවරයා වශයෙන් ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ උපදෙස් පරිදි මෙසේ ප්‍රත්‍ය පහසුකම් පිරිනැමීම ක්‍රියාත්මක වේ. මෙයට පෙර රට අගුලු දැමූ අවස්ථාවල සහ සංචරණ සීමා පැනවූ කාලවල දී ද අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ උපදෙස් පරිදි ආගමික ස්ථාන වෙනුවෙන් ප්‍රත්‍ය පහසුකම් සැපයීම අඛණ්ඩව සිදුවිය. බුද්ධශාසන, ආගමික හා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
එන්නත්කරණ වැඩපිළිවෙලට දේශපාලඥයෝ සම්බන්ධ වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අපිටත් විවේචනයක් තිබෙනවා - රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක
එන්නත්කරණ වැඩපිළිවෙලට දේශපාලඥයෝ සම්බන්ධ වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අපිටත් විවේචනයක් තිබෙනවා,අපිත් ඒවා අනුමත කරන්නේ නෑ.සමහර කට්ටිය නූගත්කමට, නොදන්නා කමට එහෙමත් නැත්නම් ලකුණු දාගන්න කරන වැඩ වලින් ආණ්ඩුවක් විදිහට අපි අපහසුතාවකට පත් වෙනවා. ආණ්ඩුව වියදම් කරලා නොමිලේ එන්නතත් ගහලා බැනුමත් අහගන්නවා.හරි අපරාධයක් ඒක.ඒවා අපි හෝ ජනාධිපතිතුමන් අනුමත කරන්නේ නෑ.ඒ නිසා සෞඛ්‍ය බළධාරීන් සෞඛ්‍ය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගන්නා තීරණ වලදී සෞඛ්‍ය බළධාරීන් නායකත්වය ගන්න, වගකීම ගන්න.අපි දෙන්න තියෙන උපරිම සහයෝගය ඔබතුමන්ලාට දෙන්නම්.මේක තුවක්කුත් එක්ක කරන ගණුදෙනුවක් නෙමෙයිනේ යැයි රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටියේ ඉපලෝගම ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශයේ කොවිඩ් මර්ධන කමිටුව අමතමින්ය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
No sign of oil or chemical spill from MV X-Press Pearl so far
Colombo, June 3 (SLPA): A joint operation in coordinating with local authorities and the Indian Coast Guard to mitigate the impact of the possible environmental damage due to the fire on MV X-Press Pearl continued on June 3. Salvors and other officials have confirmed that the vessel’s aft portion is sitting on the seabed at a depth of about 21 meters. No signs of oil or chemical spills have been detected so far. X Press Pearl June-3-2021, Photo: SLPA Th Sri Lanka Navy, Indian Coast Guard, salvos and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
Chinese scientists help Sri Lanka cope with marine disasters, climate change
Colombo, June 3 (Xinhua): On June 2, hundreds of security personnel in COVID-19 protective clothing were busy removing tons of chemical pollutants and plastic from a beach in Colombo. About 9.5 nautical miles into the sea, they could see the charred remains of a foreign vessel swaying in the gusty monsoon wind. On May 20, the X Press Pearl container vessel loaded with chemicals exploded and caught fire off Colombo Port. Many of the containers and other polluting materials on board fell into the sea and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
U.S. GOVERNMENT AIRLIFTS URGENT COVID-19 SUPPLIES TO SURGES IN MALDIVES, PAKISTAN, AND SRI LANKA
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has airlifted emergency medical supplies to Maldives, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to help save lives, stop the spread of COVID-19, and continue to meet the urgent health needs across South Asia. This new airlift follows three shipments of COVID-19 relief supplies by the U.S. Government to Nepal and the delivery of seven emergency air shipments to India to help contain the COVID-19 pandemic. In Maldives, this emergency assistance delivery will provide 600 pulse oximeters and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
Sri Lankan cardinal to sue ship owner over pollution
Singapore-registered container ship has released chemical waste into the sea since catching fire on May 20 The Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, carrying hundreds of tonnes of chemicals and plastics, sinks after burning for almost two weeks just outside Colombo's harbor on June 2. (Photo: AFP) Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has decided to take legal action against the owner of a ship that has caused an environmental disaster on Sri Lanka’s coast. He said the fishing community has been severely damaged by the Singapore-registered MV X-Press... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
US picks Sri Lanka to share Covid vaccines
easwaranrutnam The United States has picked Sri Lanka, among other countries, to share 25 million coronavirus vaccines. The White House said that the United States has received requests for vaccines from countries all over the world. As a result, the US will share up to one-quarter of its donated doses directly with countries in need, those experiencing surges, immediate neighbors, and other countries that have requested immediate US assistance. Sri Lanka had made a formal request to the US for vaccines to meet its... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
UK adds seven countries to travel ‘red list’, including Sri Lanka.
Britain added seven countries, including Egypt and Sri Lanka, to its “red list” of destinations that require hotel quarantine on return to England on Thursday, in a review that also saw Portugal move from “green” to “amber”. Britain added seven countries — Afghanistan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Trinidad and Tobago — to its “red list” of places with severe COVID-19 outbreaks. All but essential travel to red list countries is barred, and U.K. residents returning from any of them must spend 10 days in a government-approved quarantine hotel.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
Covid-19 death toll in Sri Lanka surpasses 1,600
The Director General of Health Services confirmed 42 more coronavirus related deaths, pushing the country’s death toll due to the virus to 1,608. Three of these deaths were reported today (03) while the remaining 39 were confirmed between may 11 and June 02, according to the Health Ministry. It also revealed that 17 of the deceased are female and that three of the victims are below the age of 50. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
Daily count of new COVID-19 cases to 3,264.
The Ministry of Health reported that another 642 persons have tested positive for coronavirus today (03), increasing the daily total of new Covid-19 cases to 3,264. All new cases reported today are associated with the New year Covid-19 cluster. This brings the total cases count in the country thus far to 195,811. This is also the fifth instance of the daily count of Covid-19 cases in Sri Lanka crossing the 3,000-mark. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/21)
US Congress resolution on the Tamil cause: Sri Lanka gets fired by its own bullets?
Actual independence for the dominion of Ceylon came on February 4, 1948, when the constitution of 1947 went into effect. The constitution provided for a bicameral legislature with a popularly elected House of Representatives and a Senate that was partly nominated and partly elected indirectly by members of the House of Representatives. A prime minister and his cabinet, chosen from the largest political group in the legislature, held collective responsibility for executive functions. The governor-general, as head of state, represented the British monarch. In matters that the constitution failed to address, the conventions of the United Kingdom were observed. The UNP had a substantial majority in the legislature... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
Will US help create Tamil Eelam Homeland in Tamil Nadu & will India allow it?
India created Bangladesh out of East Pakistan. It took just 13 days. 73million Bangladeshi’s were given ‘independence’. So, the question is why didn’t India do the same to the Sikhs demanding ‘Khalistan’ or the Tamils demanding Tamil Eelam whether it was in Tamil Nadu or Sri Lanka’s North? Why is the West so pumped up to create ‘micro independent states’ that provide it strategic geopolitical advantage – Kosovo, South Sudan, East Timor are just some examples? What can we make out from Resolution 413 presented to US Congress by a handful of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
BANDULA JAYASEKERA - AN APPRECIATION
As a resident of Canada for over 50 years I have seen perhaps more than my share of Ceylon/Sri Lanka diplomatic representation in Ottawa and Toronto. It is said that career officers make better envoys than political appointees but, in my experience, this is not always the case. Vernon Mendis, part of the 'old guard' of the Ceylon diplomatic corps, had formidable gravitas and was a highly successful high commissioner in Ottawa. But so was Ernest Corea, eminent newspaperman, a political appointee who was named H.C. by the J. R. Jayawardena government. His networking skills... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
Genocide of Children: Hide your head in shame Canada
They say people living in glass houses should not throw stones. Canada has been one of the staunchest proponents of unsubstantiated allegations against Sri Lanka, simply because a handful of LTTE lobbyists have learnt the art of influencing them through means only they would know &unlikely to admit. In accusing Sri Lanka of genocide and what not, we would expect the accusers to be squeaky clean. Not so…. daily skeletons (pun intended) are coming out of graves of children killed. These are not just one or two incidents but systematic & planned... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 20A
Eelam war IV, which started in June 2006, was the LTTE‘s ‘final war’ to establish Eelam, using conventional warfare across large swathes of land, intermixed with guerilla methods. It was a high intensity, military confrontation across a vast battlefield. The warring was almost continuous, with few short pauses. Eelam war IV was a Civil War, a protracted armed confrontation between the state and a non-state army, sustained by a secessionist movement. It was not “Terrorism” nor was it a “War of liberation”. The intention was to partition the country, creating the littoral state... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
Pathfinder Foundation & Asia Society Policy Institute Report on Sri Lanka US Bilateral Relations Handed Over President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) in collaboration with the Washington based Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) held a virtual meeting in January, 2021 to pursue improved bilateral relations between the US and Sri Lanka. The discussions broadly focused on economic and relations and with a better understanding of the ground situation of the US administration. The report on the discussion presented by Mr. Bernard Goonathilaka to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President Secretariat. The objective of the initiative was to provide President Joe Biden administration with a better understanding of the ground situation prevailing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
To Commemorate the Vesak Day-2021 (2564 B.E.), Sri Lanka Embassy and Permanent Mission in Thailand collaborating with True Corporation PLC, Thailand, launched the telecast of 31 episodes of “True Little Monk” on Haritha TV, Sri Lanka
To Commemorate the Vesak Day-2021 (2564 B.E.), the telecast of the international award-winning “True Little Monk” ("True Plookpanya"), documentary series was launched on the Vesak Full Moon Poya Day, 26 May 2021 (2564 B.E. on Haritha TV during the “Buddha Rashmi" National Vesak Programme 2021 held at the Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 31-episode series is being telecast for the first time in Sri Lanka in collaboration with True Corporation PLC, Sri Lanka Embassy and Permanent Mission in Thailand, the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
උසස් දක්ෂතා සංචිතයට ෆොන්ටෙරා පිරිනමන විසි පන්දහසේ මාසික පෝෂණ දීමනාව අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන්
ෆොන්ටෙරා ආයතනය ඉහළ කාර්යය සාධනයක් සහිත ක්‍රීඩකයින් හැටදෙනා සඳහා ලබාදෙන රුපියල් 25,000ක මාසික පෝෂණ දීමනාව පිරිනැමීමේ සමාරම්භය තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද (02) දින ටොරින්ටන් පරිශ්‍රයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. එක් එක් ක්‍රීඩා සංගම් හරහා තෝරාගැනීමේ තරග පවත්වා මළල ක්‍රීඩා, බර ඉසිලීම, බොක්සිං, ජූඩෝ, බැඩ්මින්ටන්, පිහිනුම් සහ පැරා ක්‍රීඩාවලට අදාළව උසස් දක්ෂතා සංචිතය නියෝජනය කරන ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් ගණන 60 දෙනෙකි. අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ මගපෙන්වීම අනුව අපේ රටේ ක්‍රීඩාව ඉහළ නැංවීම සඳහා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය, ක්‍රීඩා සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, ජාතික ක්‍රීඩා සභාව එක්ව කෙටිකාලීන, මධ්‍යකාලීන හා දිගුකාලීන වැඩපිළිවෙලක් ක්‍රියාත්මකය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ජපන් තානාපතිතුමාගෙන් ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යතුමාට ජිම්නාස්ටික් උපකරණ පරිත්‍යාගයක්.
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ජපාන තානාපති සුගියාමා අකිරා මහතා මෙරට ජිම්නාස්ටික් ක්‍රීඩාව ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම සඳහා අවශ්‍ය ක්‍රීඩා උපකරණ තොගයක් තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා වෙත ඊයේ (31) දිනයේ දී පරිත්‍යාග කළේය. කොළඹ ටොරින්ටන් කායවර්ධන මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ දී මෙසේ භාර දුන් ජිමිනාස්ටික් උපකරණ තොගය එම අවස්ථාවේ දීම අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජක්ෂ මහතා විසින් ශ්රී ලංකා ජිම්නාස්ටික් සංගමයේ ලේකම් ආර්.ඒ.කේ.ජීවන්ත මහතාට ප්‍රදානය කරන ලදි. මෙසේ ප්‍රදානය කළ ජිමිනාස්ටික් උපකරණ අතර Vaulting Table, a Runway for Vaulting Table, Vaulting Boards, Landing Mat, a Safety Collar for Vaulting Board and a Mat for Hands අන්තර්ගත ය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
Sputnik V
GENERAL INFORMATION Sputnik V is the world’s first registered vaccine based on a well-studied human adenoviral vector-based platform. Sputnik V is already registered in more than 65 countries. The ongoing Sputnik V post-registration clinical trial in Russia involved more than 31,000 volunteers. Phase 3 clinical trials of Sputnik V have been conducting in the UAE, India, Venezuela and Belarus. Sputnik V is one of the three vaccines in the world with efficacy of over 90%. The Vaccine’s efficacy is confirmed at 91.6% based on the analysis of data on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
සයිනොෆාර්ම් වලකා තුන්වැනි රැල්ල හැදූ පුද්ගලයාම ස්පුට්නික්ට කොක්ක දායි… හතරවැනි රැල්ලක් පතයි.. පසුපස කිඹුලා..
ජුනි මස 2 දින රජයේ ප්‍රවෘත්ති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ පැවති පුවත්පත් සාකච්ඡාවේදී රාජ්‍ය ඖෂධ නීතිගත සංස්ථාවේ සභාපති විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය ප්‍රසන්න ගුණසේන මහතා පැවසුවේ චීන රජයෙන් නොමිලේ ලබාදුන් සයිනොෆාර්ම් භාවිතා කිරීම පුද්ගලයන් කිහිප දෙනෙකුගේ ක්‍රියාකාරීත්වය නිසා මාස ගණනක් ප්‍රමාද වූ බවයි. ඒ නිසි වේලාවට ලබා දුන්නේනම් ශ්රී ලංකාවට සිංහල අවුරුද්දට පෙර සයිනොෆාර්ම් එන්නත් මිලියන කිහිපයක් ලබා ගැනීමට හැකියාව තිබු බවත් එය වැළකීම නිසා කොරෝනා තුන්වෙනි රැල්ලක් ඇතිවීම පාලනය කර ගැනීමට නොහැකි වූ බවත්ය. සයිනොෆාර්ම් එන්නත භාවිතය වැලැක්වූ බවට ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් චෝදනාව එල්ල වී ඇත්තේ වෛද්‍යවරු සුළුතරයක් නියෝජනය කරන වෘත්තීය සමිතියක ප්‍රධානියෙක් වෙතයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
‘හෝටල් සැප දියවු.. තොපට සාපවේවා’ නිරෝධායනේට ගෙනයද්දී පියුමි හංසමාලි පස්පඩංගුවේ බැණ වදී.. වියරුවෙන් කෑ ගසයි.. මාස්ක් ගලවා විසි කරයි..
නිරෝධායනය සඳහා යොමු කරන ලද නිරූපණ ශිල්පිනී පියුමි හංසමාලි නිරෝධායන මධ්‍යස්ථානයක් කරා ගෙන යද්දී බස් රථය තුළ දැඩි ආවේගශීලීව අදහස් දක්වමින් අන්තර්ජාලයට වීඩියෝවක් මුදා හැර තිබේ. ඉන් ඇය කියා සිටින්නේ තමන් ඇතුළු කණ්ඩායම කොළඹ ආසන්න හෝටලයක නිරෝධායන සඳහා අවස්ථාව ඉල්ලා සිටියදී ඒ සඳහා අවස්ථාව නොදී කොළඹින් බැහැර බණ්ඩාරවෙල ප්‍රදේශයේ නිරෝධායන මධ්‍යස්ථානයට ගෙන යමින් සිටින බවයි. https://www.facebook.com/piumi.hansamali.3/videos/3826014397526465/?t=0 තමන් සමග රෝගී වූ පුද්ගලයෙකු ද සිටින බවත් ඔහු රෝහල්ගත කිරිමක් හෝ නොකරන බවටද ඇය චෝදනා කරයි. චන්දිමාල් ජයසිංහ, පියුමි හංසමාලි ඇතුළු පහළොස් දෙනකු මෙසේ නිරෝධායනයට යොමුකර ඇත්තේ පසුගියදා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
Pregnant mothers to get only Sinopharm jab: Health Ministry
The Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases of the Health Ministry has recommended that pregnant women should only be vaccinated with the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine, Deputy Director General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath told the Daily Mirror. He said since there are no sufficient data on other vaccines, the Committee had recommended only the Sinopharm vaccines will be given to pregnant mothers. Though Army Commander announced that the pregnant woman would be given priority when giving Sinopharm vaccine in relevant areas, Dr. Herath said there are certain practical... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
Islandwide travel restrictions further extended until June 14
Army Commander General Shavendra Silva says that islandwide travel restrictions will be further extended until June 14. He stated that the travel restrictions, which are currently in effect and had been initially extended until June 07 (Monday), will now remain in force until 4.00 a.m. on June 14. Accordingly, the islandwide travel restrictions will not be lifted on June 07, as announced previously. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
COVID: 39 more victims move death toll to 1,566
hirty-nine more deaths in Sri Lanka have been attributed to the novel coronavirus infection, Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (June 02). The latest fatalities have moved the country’s death toll to 1,566, according to Epidemiology Unit data. The deaths have taken place between May 17 and June 01, the Department of Government Information stated. Reportedly, 27 of them were over the age of 60. The deceased – 19 females and 20 males – were identified as residents of Moratuwa, Muwandeniya, Matale, Borella, Badulla, Jaffna, Wahamalgollewa, Trincomalee, Gampola,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
Daily coronavirus cases in Sri Lanka cross 3,000
Daily COVID-19 cases count moved to 3,306 on Wednesday (June 02) as 738 more people were tested positive for the virus in Sri Lanka. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 192,547. Government Information Department stated that the new cases reported today were associated with the New Year coronavirus cluster. As many as 160,714 recoveries and 1,566 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. According to official data, up to 30,267 active... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
Fifteen including Chandimal Jayasinghe, Piyumi Hansamali sent to quarantine centre
Chandimal Jayasinghe, Piyumi Hansamali and thirteen others, who were taken into custody over a party at a five-star hotel in Colombo violating quarantine laws, have been sent to Passara quarantine centre. Accordingly, they will be under quarantine for a period of 14 days. https://youtu.be/pgQPYPeNLKk Thirteen individuals who were arrested for attending the party hosted by Chandimal Jayasinghe and Piumi Hansamali were been granted bail earlier today (June 02). The arrestees – 11 males and 02 females – were produced before Colombo Additional Magistrate Bandara Nelumdeniya. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
This communication was sent to the House and Senate members by the Sri Lankan American Action Coalition on May 27, 2021.
FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE Sen. Menendez, RobertSen. Cardin, BenjaminSen. Shaheen, JeanneSen. Coons, ChristopherSen. Murphy, Christopher S.Sen. Kaine, TimSen. Markey, Edward J.Sen. Merkley, JeffSen. Booker, CorySen. Schatz, BrianSen. Van Hollen, ChrisSen. Risch, JimSen. Rubio, MarcoSen. Johnson, RonSen. Romney, MittSen. Portman, RobSen. Paul, RandSen. Young, ToddSen. Barrasso, John ASen. Cruz, TedSen. Rounds, MikeSen. Hagerty, Bill FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Rep. Meeks, Gregory W.Rep. Malinowski, TomRep. Sherman, BradRep. Sires, AlbioRep. Connolly, Gerald E.Rep.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
Are the tragedies of X’Press Pearl and Oil tanker fires accidents or manipulated conspiracies by the LTT E Diaspora or ISIS to destroy this country?
Ships catching fire in high sea is not an uncommon thing. But a Panamanian registered missive oil tanker carrying 270,000 Metric tons of crude oil catching fire in September 2020 in the Eastern sea. east of Sri Lanka and another giant ship carrying containers within 7 months getting completely destroyed by fire in May 2021 in the Western sea only 9.5 nautical miles from Colombo Port needs our special attention and serious investigations, To me both these incidents pauses a big mystery in view of the following reasons. Firstly,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
Dappula de Livera Called upon to Explain How the ‘Constitutional’ Port City Bill was Found to be Suddenly Unconstitutional in over 25 Instances - Part 1
Preamble This is an open letter issued by the members of the Sri Lanka Study Circle to the former Attorney General de Livera, calling him to explain why punitive action should not be initiated against him for alleged professional malfeasance connected with the Port City Bill. He is accused of having conducted himself in a manner that compromised the Country’s sovereignty and threatened her National Security; his alleged impropriety is more fully described in the body of this letter. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
Handing over the machine to the Hikkaduwa Hospital
On 31 ST May , SPUR -Vic Australia together with well wisheers in Australia have jointly collected funds and handed over a Stella 100 CPAP machine with non-vent mask, with a leak Port to be able to deliver BiPap to the Hikkaduwa District Hospital. Exco member Keerthi. at considerable risk to himself, drove to the hospital and handed the equipment to Dr Anuradha in charge of the Accident and Emergency Services node at the hospital. Dr Himal Kalambearchchi, the consultant physician to a number of South Coast Hospitals also attended the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
Dappula de Livera Called upon to Explain - What Special Interests did Messrs G L Peiris and P B Jayasundera Have to Intervene in the Proceedings that You Could Not Take Care of?” Part 2
/ Contd from sheet 5 (or Part 1) Abandoning your responsibility as AG when Messrs G L Peiris and P B Jayasundera intervened in the hearings as intervenient petitioners You are also called upon to explain, why you acted the way you did at the Supreme Court hearings when the Port City Bill was taken up? The Constitution of this country has specifically entrusted you with the role of ensuring that Bills placed before Parliament are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/21)
වෙඩි තැබීමේ ක්‍රීඩාවෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තර ජයක් සොයන්න අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගෙන් ගිවිසුමක්
වෙඩි තැබීමේ ක්‍රීඩාවෙන් ජාතික හා ජාත්‍යන්තර ජයග්‍රහණ හිමිකර ගැනීමේ අරමුණ ඇතිව ක්‍රීඩික ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ගේ දක්ෂතා ඔප්නැංවීම සඳහා තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (01) දින ශ්රී ලංකා ජාතික වෙඩි තැබීමේ ක්‍රීඩා සම්මේලනය සමඟ ගිවිසුම්ගතවෙමින් ඔවුන්ට මූල්‍ය ප්‍රදානයක් ලබා දුන්නේය. කොහුවල අලුතින් ඉඳිවන ජාතික වෙඩි තැබීමේ මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ දී අදාළ ගිවිසුම්ගතවීම හා මූල්‍ය ප්‍රදානය සිදුවිය. තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යංශය වෙනුවෙන් ක්‍රීඩා සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් අමල් එදිරිසූරිය මහතා සහ ශ්රී ලංකා ජාතික වෙඩි තැබීමේ ක්‍රීඩා සම්මේලනයේ සභාපති ශිරාන් පීරිස් මහතා අදාළ ගිවිසුමට අත්සන් තැබූහ. වෙඩි තැබීමේ ක්‍රීඩාවේ නිරත ක්‍රීඩක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/21)
පළමු මාත්‍රාව ලබා දුන් ස්ථානයේදීම දෙවන මාත්‍රාවත් ලබාදෙනවා - තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා
පළමු මාත්‍රාව ලබාගත් අයට ඔවුන් ලබාගත යුතු දෙවන මාත්‍රාව සඳහා නියමිත දිනය දැනුවත් කරමින් පළමු මාත්‍රාව ලබා දුන් ස්ථානයේදීම දෙවන මාත්‍රාවත් ලබා දීමට කටයුතු කරන බව තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. මහනුවර, කුණ්ඩසාලේ බණ්ඩාරනායක විදුහලේ පිහිටුවා ඇති එන්නත්කරණ මධ්‍යස්ථානය නිරීක්ෂණ චාරිකාවට එක්වෙමින් තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (01) දින මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. රට පුරා සිදුවන එන්නත්කරණ වැඩසටහන් නිරීක්ෂණය කිරීමේ යෙදෙන තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද දිනයේ මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ එන්නත්කරණ වැඩසටහන් නිරීක්ෂණ කරමින් එහි කටයුතු සොයා බැලුවේය. එහිදී අදහස්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/21)
වැරදි ප්‍රචාරවලට හසුනොවී සාමකාමීව පැමිණ එන්නත් ලබාගන්නැයි අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මහජනතාවගෙන් ඉල්ලයි.
කලබල ඇතිකරමින් ඒවා මාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ ප්‍රචාරය කරමින් ඇතමෙක් මෙම එන්නත්කරණ ක්‍රියාවලිය අසාර්ථක බව පෙන්වීමට උත්සහ කළ ද රටේ මහජනතාව එවැනි ප්‍රචාරවලට හසුනොවී සාමකාමීව පැමිණ තමන්ගෙ මධ්‍යස්ථානයෙන් එන්නත ලබා ගන්නැයි තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. රත්නපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ ග්‍රාමසේවා වසම් 18ක පැවති එන්නත්කරණ වැඩසටහන නිරීක්ෂණය කිරීමට එක්වූ අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඇහැළියගොඩ බුලුගහපිටිය පිරිවෙණේ දී ඊයේ (31) මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. එහිදී අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මෙසේ ද කීවේය. රටේ ජනතාවගෙන් ඉල්ලන්නේ තමන්ගේ ග්‍රාමසේවා වසමට එන්නත්කරණ වැඩසටහන එනකොට ග්‍රාමීය කමිටුව විසින් ලබාදෙන වේලාවට පැමිණ කිසිම කලබලයකින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/21)
Why plastic pellets called ‘nurdles’ are threatening miles of Sri Lanka’s coastline
A crab roams a Sri Lanka beach polluted with nurdle pellets that washed ashore from burning ship MV X-Press Pearl. (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)June 1, 2021 at 4:37 p.m. GMT+1 Tons of potentially toxic debris is threatening miles of coastlines and seas around western Sri Lanka after a fire on a ship led to the leak of nitric acid and nurdles — the small, lentil-sized pellets that are melted into all kinds of plastic products. Sri Lankan authorities are racing to clear tons of nurdles blanketing the South... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/21)
COVID: 43 new victims take death toll to 1,527
The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that Sri Lanka has reported 43 more deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday (June 01). As per the Department of Government Information, the reported deaths had occurred between May 20 and June 01. Accordingly, the total number of deaths due to Covid-19 infection in Sri Lanka has risen to 1,527... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/21)
Daily coronavirus case count climbs to 2,845
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 856 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,845. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 189,241. As many as 153,371 recoveries and 1,484 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 34,386 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/21)
President advises to tow ‘X-Press Pearl’ into deeper seas
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has advised to tow the fire-ravaged container ship ‘X-Press Pearl’ into deeper seas in order to prevent further marine pollution. The President has issued these instructions to the Chairman of Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) today (June 01) at a special meeting held at the Presidential Secretariat, President’s Media Division stated. During the meeting, the Minister of Ports and Shipping Rohitha Abeygunawardena revealed all the details on the vessel including its route from the United Arab Emirates on May 09 to the arrival near the Port of Colombo on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/21)
Govt to import organic fertilizer needed for Maha Season
With the ban on the import of chemical fertilizer, the Ministry of Agriculture has identified the need to take immediate action to supply the required organic fertilizer for the 2021/2022 Maha Season. Currently, there are 27 local organic fertilizer manufacturers licensed by the National Fertilizer Secretariat Office. Considering the production capacity of 10 of them, it is possible to supply carbonic fertilizer locally for 224,000 hectares for the 2021/2022 Maha Season and to manufacture the required carbonic fertilizer for another 100,000 hectares after making available the required facilities for the identified farmers.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/21)
Six arrested for attending Chandimal Jayasinghe and Piumi Hansimali’s party
Another six individuals who attended the birthday party hosted by Chandimal Jayasinghe and Piumi Hansimali have been arrested, Police Media Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana said. Event organizer Chandimal Jayasinghe and model Piumi Hansimali were arrested yesterday (May 31) for violation of quarantine regulations. The duo had had reportedly organized a birthday party at a 5-star hotel in Colombo on May 30 with around 25-30 people in attendance. They produced before the Aluthkade Magistrate’s Court in Colombo with charges under Section 264 of the Penal Code for violating health criteria and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/21)
Sri Lanka's burning cargo ship on track to become its 'worst environmental disaster'
(CNN)A huge cleanup operation was underway for a sixth day in Sri Lanka Tuesday after a container ship laden with chemicals caught fire 12 days ago, inundating the country's western coastline with microplastic pollution and potentially hazardous waste.Sri Lankan environmentalists said it is one of the worst ecological disasters in the country's history and have warned of a potential threat to marine life and the fishing industry.Members of the Sri Lanka Navy donned protective suits and rubber boots to remove the plastic pellets, chemical waste and debris that have blanketed beaches near the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/21)
රජයේ සේවකයින්ට කොවිඩ් එන්නත ලබා දීමට ප්‍රමුඛත්වය ලබා දීමට හා අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයට කඩිනමින් කොවිඩ් එන්නත්කරණය ආරම්භ කිරීම
ජනතාව සමඟ නිරන්තරයෙන් ගැටෙන රජයේ සේවකයින්ට කොවිඩ් එන්නත ලබා දීමට ප්‍රමුඛත්වය ලබා දීමට හා අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයට කඩිනමින් කොවිඩ් එන්නත්කරණය ආරම්භ කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් හෙට (02) අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමන් සමඟින් සාකච්ජා කරන බව රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටියේ අනුරාධපුර මිහින්තලය ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශ කොවිඩ් මර්ධන කමිටුවේදීය.මිහින්තලය ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශ කොවිඩ් මර්ධන කමිටු රැස්වීම මිහින්තලය ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාල ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේදී රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ සභාපතීත්වයෙන් ඊයේ (31) පැවැත්විණි.ඒ සදහා මිහින්තලය ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා සභාපතිතුමන්, ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම්තුමන් ඇතුළු ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාල නිළධාරීන්, මිහින්තලය පොලිස් ස්ථානාධිපතිතුමන් ඇතුළු කමිටු නිළධාරීන් සහභාගී වූහ. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/21)
Twin fears for India over the Colombo Port City
In light of the Sri Lankan Parliament passing a new legislation for China’s near-complete control in an ongoing Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project, neighbouring India has additional causes for concern on the security and economic fronts on this score too, apart from the existing ones from the southern Hambantota Port. While Indian concerns on the security front are obvious, the economic ills befalling the northern neighbour may be hidden until it becomes too late, unless New Delhi applied correctives in non-fashionable areas like job creation and ski training. The Parliament passed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/21)
Human Rights In Japan
The recent death of 33 year old extremely sick Sri Lankan girl student Wishma Sandamali in a Japanese Immigration Detention Center, allegedly due to callous neglect on the part of the authorities, has highlighted several issues pertaining to human rights in Japan. It has exposed Japan’s underside and opened up the larger issue of human rights in that country. Specifically, the areas of concern are: the plight of foreigners in Japanese immigration detention camps; the Japanese attitude to foreign immigration; and the overall human rights situation in that country. All three... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/21)
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