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හිමාලය කන්ඳෙන් බැස සමනල ගිරි මුදුනට නැගපු හාමුදුරුවරු අතලොස්සකොසොල් රජතුමාගේ සීන සැබෑවීම අතීතයේ දුටුගැමුණු-වළගම්බා-විජයබා රජවරුන්ට <කඩේ ගිය> හාමුදුරුවරුන් නමැති සංස්ථාවට අද අත්වෙන ඉරණම කුමක්ද? මේ දිවයිනට ආවේනිකවූ, ලෝකයට සිංහල බෞද්ධ ශිෂ්ටාචාරය (හා ථෙරවාද බුදු දහම) දායාද කල මුරදේවතා සංකල්පය බලවත්සේ දූෂණය වෙමින් පවතී. තරුණ කාලයේ jvp කාරයින්ව සිටි, පසුව මංගල සමරවීර සමඟ ngo සුදුනෙළුම් ව්‍යාපාරයක නිරතවූ අය ලෙස සැකකරණ එක් අතලොස්සක්, අවුරුද්දක් පමණ හොර රහසේ තටමා හිමාලය ප්‍රකාශණය නම් මී බෙට්ටක් ප්‍රසූත කලේ (වැදුවේ) ය. තව කොටසක් ශ්‍රීපාද කන්දට නැඟ අධිෂ්ඨානයක් කලායයි ලංකා සී නිව්ස් වෙබ් අඩවියේ පළවිය. හිමාලය නැග්ග පංචස්කන්ධ පිටිපස්සෙන් සිටින්නේ කවුරුන්ද ගැන අදහසක් ඔවුන්ට ලබාදුන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
සිංහල උරුමය සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව යන දෙකම එකවර රැකිය නොහැකිය; එකක් සුරැකීමට අනෙක මිය යා යුතුමය.
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සිංහල දේශය නොවේ. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව යනු 1948 බිහිවූ දුක්ඛිත 76 වසරක සාපලත්, ලෝකයටම ණය ගැති වූ කෙටි ඉතිහාසයක් ඇති බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයන් විසින් 1833 අටවා ගත් අට්ටාලයකි. එයට කිසිම භාෂා අනන්‍යතාවයක් නැත; දිශානතියක් නැත; එල්ලයක්, ධර්මයක් නැත, විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තියක් නැත, ඉතිහාසයක් නැත. ඒ වෙනුවට අම්බලමක් හෝ මඩමක් සේ එයට භාෂා, නීති, ඇදහිලි සහ ඇදීම්/රිදීම් රාශියක් ඇත. එය මත සිංහල උරුමය පැටවීම ලේ හැලීම් ඇති කෙළේය; ජාතික සමගිය නැති කෙළේය; ලෝකෙට පිළිකුලක් විය. එය තුළ සිංහලයාට, සිංහල උරුමයට සහ සිංහල ඉතිහාසයට තැනක් නැත. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුල සිංහල උරුමය සුරැකීම, සුප් බඳුනක ලුණු කැට සෙවීම වැනි නිෂ්ඵල ක්‍රියාවකි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
State Minister Tennekoon and Defence Secretary visit paratroopers injured during Independence Day rehearsals
State Minister Tennekoon looks into the well-being of paratroopers injured during 76th Independence Day rehearsals State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon visited the Army Hospital and the National Hospital in Colombo to personally inquire about the well-being of Army and Air Force paratroopers who sustained injuries during 76th Independence Day rehearsals at Galle Face on Tuesday (Jan 30). During his visit, the State Minister checked on the condition of the paratroopers who faced the unexpected tragedy and interacted with them briefly while wishing them a quick... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ( SDGs) තිරසර සංවර්ධන අභිමතාර්ථ සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීම ඇතුළත් තිරසාර ව්‍යාපාර ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීමේ උපාය මාර්ග දියත් කරනවා-අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා
Ø ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ( SDGs) තිරසර සංවර්ධන අභිමතාර්ථ සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීම ඇතුළත් තිරසාර ව්‍යාපාර ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීමේ උපාය මාර්ග දියත් කරනවා.. -අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා Ø SDGs සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීම සඳහා එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ ආසියා හා පැසිෆික් කලාපය සඳහා වන ආර්ථික හා සමාජයීය කොමිසම (ESCAP) ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පූර්ණ සහාය ලබා දෙනවා... -එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සහකාර මහ ලේකම් Armida Alisjahbana ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ SDGs සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීම සඳහා තිරසාර ව්‍යාපාර ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීමේ නව උපාය මාර්ග අද (2024.01. 31) අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සහ ESCAP හි විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂවරිය ද වන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
Contribution of Siam and Burma to Buddhism in Sri Lanka
King Kirti Sri Rajasimha appoints Velivita Saranankara as the Sangharaja of Sri Lanka Colombo, January 30: It is well known that monks from Siam and Burma (as Thailand and Myanmar were called earlier) helped stem a decline in the practice of Buddhism and contributed to its democratization in Sri Lanka during certain periods in the island’s history. The circumstances which necessitated help from Siam and Burma, the process of securing such help, the role of the Dutch in it, and the results of foreign involvement are vividly described... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
Sri Lankan workers exploited, poorly paid, with the lowest wages in Asia-Oceania
A survey by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) among Japanese firms that operate in the region highlights Sri Lanka’s low wages, inadequate to cover workers’ housing costs. Some 60 per cent of Japanese companies invested in the country because of its cheap labour. Meanwhile, local skilled workers continue to leave. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Sri Lanka has the lowest wages in Asia-Oceania, this according to a survey by the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) among Japanese companies operating in the region. This is a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
New Details on Trawler Hijacking as Somali Pirates and Crew Arrive in Seychelles
Three Somali pirates arrive in Seychelles on board the Seychelles Defense Forces (SDF) vessel, the Topaz. Photo courtesy Vel Moonien The six crew members of the Sri Lankan trawler Lorenzo Putha 4, hijacked in Arabian Sea off of Somali on Saturday, arrived safely in Port Victoria on Mahé, Seychelles’ main island, on Wednesday morning. They were escorted by the Topaz, a vessel of the Seychelles Defense Forces (SDF). On board the Topaz were the three Somali pirates arrested on Monday by special forces, approximately 180 nautical miles from Denis Island... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
පාළු ගෙයි වළං බිඳින විශ්වවිද්‍යාල සිසුවෝ ..ජනපති ඇවිත් යනතුරු සිට ...නැවත විරෝධය ඇරඹුවේ මෙහෙමයි
https://youtu.be/wHGQgMqT2Zg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
Five persons arrested during ‘Satyagraha’ in front of CID
Five civil society activists have been arrested while staging a ‘Satyagraha’ campaign in front of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today (31 Jan.) demanding the arrest of former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. Unions and civil society organisations staged a ‘Satyagraha’ campaign today, demanding that the former Health Minister be arrested over his alleged involvement in the controversial import of substandard medicines. Rambukwella was due to appear before the CID today, however had failed to do so on account of having to appear before the Colombo High Court over another case. Thus, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
THE STRANGE TALE OF NPP (MALIMAWA) AND JVP (SEENUWA): VULGAR REPRESENTATION OF MARXIST UNITED FRONT POLITICS
“A dog is smarter than its tail, but if the tail were smarter, then it would wag the dog”. 1. Relationship Between NPP and JVP Even for the political analyst it is problematic to comprehend the concrete and organic relationship that exists between the Jathika Jana Balavegaya (National Peoples’ Power - NPP) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). The relationship between the two entities, JVP and NPP or in other words the organizational structure or the hierarchical relationship of the two cannot be ascertained following their public meetings, press conferences or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
Connecting North & East Sri Lanka (Part 2)
Before 1833, the nearest land between Yapapatuna (Jaffna Peninsula*) and the Eastern Province was the land belonging to Kurundugamurata Disavani (Mulativ District*). It is necessary to look into the historical information & archaeological facts related to this piece of land says the author Wimal Patabandige. Reporting on this area was Portuguese Captain Ribeiro who was in Sri Lanka from 1640 for 18 years. He mentions that the land between a river in the southern jurisdiction of Yapapatuna and a river in the northern jurisdiction of Trincomalee was an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
Get Cracking on creating employment and alleviating poverty
In the Fifth Century we built the Yodha Ela at a gradient of six inches in a mile- so miniscule a gradient that defies the irrigation engineers of today. By 1970, we became self sufficient in producing rice- then we had no poverty as we provided rice free to all on a ration scheme. Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake took charge of paddy production and Sri Lanka produced all the rice it needed. . As the Additional Government Agent of the Kegalla District it was my task every Saturday and Sunday to accompany the Prime Minister... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
The VAT and the DAT
The ripple effect of the increase in the VAT rate from 15 to 18 percent has led to another hike in the cost of living causing wide spread agitation against the measure and has rattled the government. It has given another opportunity to traders to inflict one more exorbitant hike in the price of goods. The government expects the people to believe that it was forced by the IMF. The restoration of VAT from the absurd level of 8 % to 12% was an IMF condition. What the IMF insisted was to increase the revenue but... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
Tragedy of Gaza as it stands: A reflection of deepening divisions in the Muslim ummah
The situation in Gaza has escalated exponentially since 7 October 2023 on a day-to-day basis. The extensive and explicit media (and social media) coverage can, at times, inadvertently cause us to fall prey to compassion fatigue. We may even become desensitized to facts and figures, but it is crucial now more than ever to continue to cut through biases in an attempt to understand and feel the dire conditions facing the Palestinian people – the pain of our Muslim brothers and sisters. Beyond the staggering numbers and statistics lies a humanitarian crisis that demands our compassion... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
State Minister Tennakoon visits Royal Navy ship ‘HMS Spey’
State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon, visited the Royal Navy ship HMS Spey last evening (Jan. 29). HMS Spey arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday (Jan. 28) on an official visit. The Commanding Officer of the ship, Commander Paul Caddy received the State Minister on his arrival on board the ship. The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Andrew Patrick was also present at the occasion. Making a brief speech, Minister Tennakoon recalled the long standing historical and cultural ties between Sri Lanka and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
Prof. John Beaty and the True Origin of the Jews
This long article explain the origin of the Jews. The Zionists are European (Ashkenazi Jews) whereas the original biblical Jews are still spread around the middle east and even suggests that the Palestinians are original biblical Jews who have been converted to the Muslim religion.
EPub Format Although his name has been almost totally forgotten for more than two generations, during the early 1950s Prof. John Beaty was a figure of some prominence, at least within conservative circles. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
Water cannons, tear gas fired to disperse SJB protestors
Police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse Samagi Jana Bala Wegaya (SJB) protestors near the public library in Colombo a short while ago. SJB leader Sajith Premadasa was at the protest. https://youtu.be/-Lyn2lPF4aU https://youtu.be/if6O7uj-Z28
Colombo, Jan 29 (Daily Mirror) - The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will not take notice of any restrictions but will take to the streets tomorrow and fire the first shot towards overthrowing the present... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
Air ambulance service between Maldives-Sri Lanka to begin on March 01
Colombo, Jan 30 (Daily Mirror) - An air ambulance service between the Maldives and the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) will start on March 1 this year as part of Phase I of the programme, Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said. The announcement was made following a special meeting between the Maldives Transport and Aviation Services Minister Capt. Mohamed Ameen and Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva at the Ministry office today with the aim of initiating an air ambulance service between the two countries. The service will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
Police fire tear gas at SJB’s protest march
The police have fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) protesters in Colombo this afternoon (Jan.30). Joined by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, SJB MPs and supporters, it was organized by the main opposition in protest of the conduct of the government. Earlier today, three court orders were issued ahead of the SJB’s protest march, barring the demonstrators from entering certain locations in Colombo including the Finance Ministry, the Presidential Secretariat, the President’s House and Galle Face Green. They are also banned from causing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide policy support to President’s Office
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest charitable foundations, has agreed to establish a Program Support Unit to support the Office of the President of Sri Lanka. Accordingly, Global Health Strategies, an international organization established by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and its local partner Connect to Care Organization, have agreed to establish a Program Support Unit to support the President’s Office in relation to these programs and to act as partners providing active contributions to the Government of Sri Lanka. As such, an Executive Committee consisting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/24)
Connecting North & East Sri Lanka (Part 1)
There is no difference in not knowing one’s mother tongue or history or choosing to forget one’s history or ridiculing one’s heritage & not wishing to know one’s parents & their ancestor’s history & heritage. So says, Wimal Patabandige. This aptly fits the cap to a rising number of youth & adults who shy from even speaking in their mother tongue. History was dropped from the school syllabus in 1965. The students who studied Ceylon history, Indian history and European history as three broad subjects,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/24)
BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 13A2.
Ven. Galgamuwe Santhabodhi, who was responsible for the revitalization of Kurundi vihara in Mullaitivu, has also successfully conserved another monastery, Sapumalgaskada at Vavuniya. Like Kurundi, Sapumalgaskada monastery was excavated and conserved, due to the efforts of Ven. Santhabodhi. Sapumalgaskada archaeological site is situated in the Periyakattikulam forest reserve in Vavuniya District. Sapumalgaskada is the current name given to this site. The original name is unknown. Santhabodhi said that after Kurundi, I got known as a person trying to save our heritage. A group built around me who informed me when they heard... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/24)
පරුෂ වචනයෙන් බැන පොලිස් නිලධාරිනියකට පහරදුන් කාන්තාවක් අත්අඩංගුවට (වීඩියෝ)
පොලිස් නිලධාරියෙකුට පරුෂ වචනයෙන් බැනවැදී පොලිස් නිලධාරිනියකට පහරදීමේ චෝදනාව යටතේ කාන්තාවක් ගන්දර පොලිසිය විසින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබෙනවා. අප කළ විමසීමකදී ගන්දර පොලිසිය සඳහන් කළේ මෙලෙස අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත්තේ ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ පදිංචිව සිටින ශ්‍රී ලාංකික කාන්තාවක් බවයි. පොලිසිය සඳහන් කළ පරිදි මාතර, දෙවිනුවර ඔරලෝසු කනුව ආසන්නයේදී ත්‍රිරෝද රථයක ගමන්කරමින් සිටි පොලිස් නිලධාරීන් පිරිසක් සිය රථයේ ගමන්මගට බාධා කළ බව පවසමින් එම කාන්තාව ඇය ගමන්ගත් වාහනය නවතා පොලිස් නිලධාරියෙකුට පරුෂ වචනයෙන් බැනවැදී තිබෙනවා. එහිදී අදාල නිලධාරියා විසින් කළ දැනුම්දීමකට අනුව ගන්දර පොලිස් ස්ථානය ආසන්නයේදී අදාළ කාන්තාව ගමන්කරමින් තිබූ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/24)
BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 13A1.
New Buddhist temples were erected in the north, during the Eelam war and after. Admiral Daya Sandagiri, then Commander Northern naval area built Dambakola Patuna Sangamitta Vihara at Sambilturai, in Jaffna District. The foundation was laid in 1997, work was completed in 2005. Several temples were built in the north after 2009. Sri Raja Maha Vihara was built at Vadduvaakal Bridge, Mullaitivu. Nayaru Rajamaha Vihara was built by 19th Gemunu Watch Battalion opposite its military camp. 643 Brigade built a large vihara visible from the outside at its base at Oddusuddan. Mankulam Sri Sugatha... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/24)
Haiti’s Lethal Lessons for Sri Lanka & the World
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 21-27 January 2024 ‘The similarities between Haiti & Sri Lanka are phenomenal’, notes national scribe Shenali Waduge. One such parallel is the plan to destroy rice production and make the country dependent on food imports. How has this come to pass in this our famed ‘Granary of the East’, and ‘Mediatrix’ – central node for over 2,500 years in the global naval traffic of this ocean (which we now hesitate to name as Indian, see ee... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/24)
දේශපාලන මතභේද, වාදයට පමණක් සීමා කළ යුතුයි..දේශපාලන නායකත්වයට රාජ්‍ය සේවකයින්ගේ සහයෝගය ලබා දෙන්න..- අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පොළොන්නරුවේදී.
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතාවය හා පෝෂණය සහතික කිරීම සඳහා ග්‍රාමීය ආර්ථික පුනර්ජීවන කේන්ද්‍ර සවිබල ගැන්වීමේ බහු ආංශික ඒකාබද්ධ යාන්ත්‍රණය, ‟අලුත් ගමක් - අලුත් රටක්″ ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධ සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන, පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්‍රික් ප්‍රගති සමාලෝචන රැස්වීම පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම් කාර්යාලීය ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේදී අද (2024.01.29) පැවති අවස්ථාවේදීය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා - අපි දැවැන්ත විශ්වාසයකින් රට ගොඩගත්තා. කවුරු මොනවා කිව්වත් ඔබ ඒ විශ්වාසය තැබූවා. අපි වැටුණු බරපතළ පසුබෑමෙන් අද රට හිස ඔසවා තිබෙනවා. ලෝකයේ රටවල් අපිත් එක්ක ගණුදෙනු නැවැත්වූවා. බැංකු පද්ධතිය ගණුදෙනු නැවැත්වුවා. අමාරු අවස්ථාවල යළි විශ්වාසය දිනාගෙන ඒ අවස්ථා සමඟ ගණුදෙනු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/24)
මඩකලපුවේ හාමුදුරුවන්ගේ අති විශාල "ගොවිපොළ" 🤩 අපිට පුළුවන් වෙලා තියනවා සතරපේරුවේ දායකයන්ට දන් දෙන්න
https://youtu.be/I8jNt3hP8nw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/24)
‘ශ්‍රී ලාංකික වෙන්න; ජාතිය, ජන්මය ආගම, ඉතිහාසය අදාළ නොවේ’ සහ ජවිපෙ වෙත මිත්‍රත්වයෙන් ප්‍රශ්ණ කිහිපයක්
අද දකුණේ සෑම දේශපාලන වේදිකාවකම පාහේ පක්ෂ නායකයෝ ජනතාවට කියන්නේ ‘ශ්‍රී ලාංකික වෙන්න, ජාතිය, ජන්මය, ආගම, ඉතිහාසය අදාළ නොවේ’ යන්නයි. නමුත්, උතුරට සහ නැගෙනහිරට ගොස් ඔවුහු මේ දේශනාව නොකරත්. පැරණි සිංහල බෞද්ධ ශිෂ්ටාචාරයේ නටඹුන් වැඩිපුරම ඇත්තේ උතුරේ, නැගෙනහිර, උතුරු මැද සහ වයභ පළාත්වලයි. එවැනි තත්ත්වයක් යටතේයි JR 1987 ඉන්දු - ලංකා ගිවුසුමේ සඳහන් කළේ උතුර සහ නැගෙනහිර වනාහි පාරම්පරික ද්‍රවිඩ වාස භුමි බව. වාසනාවකට මේ බොරුව ඔහු 1987 ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 13වෙනි සංශෝධනයට අඩංගු නොකළේය. මෑතක ප්‍රබල ජවිපෙ දේශපාලන නායකයෙක් (ද්‍රවිඩ) සිංහල සමාජ ජාලා මාධ්‍යකට කීවේ උප්පැන්න සහතිකයේ ජාතිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/24)
ඩෝසරයට වැව් යට කළ මහවැලිය මාදුරු ඔයෙන් යළිත් වැඩ පටන් ගනී.
1912 දී ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක මණ්ඩලයේදී මහවැලිය උතුරට හැරවීමේ වැදගත්කම ගැන කතා කලේ දෙමළ මන්ත්‍රී වරයෙකු වූ ඒ. කනක සබේ මහතාය. එයට ප්‍රධාන හේතුව වූයේ දෙමළ ඊළාම් සිහිනය එදත් තිබුණු බැවිනි.ව්‍යාජ දෙමළ ඉතිහිසයක් මත පදනම්ව උතුරේ දෙමළ පාලනයක් තිබුණේ යැයි ඇති කළ මතය අනුව ඊළාම් රාජය්‍යට ජලය සපායා ගැනීම ඔවුන්ගේ අරමුණක්ව තිබුණි.වසර සියයකට පමණ පසු මොරගහකන්ද ජලාශය හරහා උතුරු මැද කොන්ක්‍රීට් ඇළ කපා ඒ සිහිනය ඉටු කර දෙන්නට වර්තමාන දේශපාලනඥයන් උත්සාහ කරමින් සිටින සමයක මහවැලියේ වර්තමාන මෝඩකම් සහ කුරිරුකම් පිළිබඳ සැකෙවින් දැක්වීම මැනවි යයි සිතමි. චෝල ආක්‍රමණ වලදී සිංහලයන්ගෙන් කොල්ලකන ලද උතුරු දිග තැනිතලාවේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/24)
Historic provisional ruling: ICJ orders protection of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip from ‘acts of genocide’
Ayesha Naseem, UK On Friday 26 January 2024, the International Court of Justice delivered a provisional ruling in South Africa’s case, submitted to the court in December last year, in which it accused Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The International Court of Justice concluded that “South Africa has standing to submit to it the dispute with Israel concerning alleged violations of obligations under the Genocide Convention.” (“APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP”, www.icj-cij.org) Given how historic this whole... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/24)
Sri Lankan fishermen captured by Somali pirates rescued
Colombo, Jan 29 (daily Mirror) - The Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG) has rescued six Sri Lankan fishermen who were captured by Somali pirates along with their multi-day fishing trawler, said Navy spokesman Capt. Gayan Wickramasinghe.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/24)
Will defy all laws and begin another Aragalaya tomorrow: SJB
Colombo, Jan 29 (Daily Mirror) - The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will not take notice of any restrictions but will take to the streets tomorrow and fire the first shot towards overthrowing the present government, SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara said today. “The IGP or anyone else can impose any restriction but we will defy all laws and bring 50,000 people to Colombo tomorrow,” Madduma Bandara told a media briefing. “It was the SJB which pioneered the uprising in 2022 and we intend... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/24)
‘Yukthiya’ operation leads to arrest of 836 more suspects
A total of 836 more suspects have been arrested by Sri Lanka’s police and security forces personnel within a 24-hour window ending at 12.30 a.m. today (Jan. 29) as part of the ongoing countrywide anti-drug operation ‘Yukthiya’. Meanwhile, detention orders have been secured against six of the arrested individuals, while another person has been referred for rehabilitation, the Ministry of Public Security said. According to the Ministry of Public Security, the narcotics taken into custody during this period include 142 grams of heroin, 95 grams of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and 1,650 narcotic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/24)
Colombo Port sees surge in ship arrivals due to Red Sea crisis
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva has stated that the recent increase in the number of ship arrivals at the Colombo Port is likely due to the Red Sea crisis. Accordingly, the Minister revealed that the number of ships docking at the Colombo Port has increased by 35% within the month of January, while container operations at the port have also increased by 72%. Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva made these remarks while attending a special inspection of the Jaya Container Terminal (JCT)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/24)
Sri Lanka’s total exports reach USD 14.49 bn in 2023
Sri Lanka’s total exports for the year 2023 reached USD 14.49 billion, the Export Development Bank (ED) reported, adding that it is only a minor decline of 0.39% compared to 2022. In a report issued in this regard, the EDB revealed that Sri Lanka had recorded a total of USD 14.99 billion in exports for the year 2022, USD 3.08 billion higher than that earned last year. As per the report, the estimated value of services exports for the period of January to December 2023 was USD 3,080.9 million, increasing 63.1 %... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/24)
Thai Prime Minister to visit Sri Lanka to sign FTA
The Prime Minister of Thailand, Srettha Thavisin will undertake a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka from 03 – 04 February 2024 at the invitation of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The Thai Prime Minister will participate in the ceremony to mark the 76th Anniversary of the Independence of Sri Lanka as Guest of Honour. During the visit, the Thai Prime Minister is scheduled to have official discussions with President Wickremesinghe, and witness the signing of the historic Sri Lanka – Thailand Free Trade Agreement (SLTFTA), the Ministry... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/24)
Not The Archbishop's Call To Challenge The Anti-Terrorism Bill.
Jan 26th 2024 There is an unwritten law that suggests:" Religious leaders should never dabble in politics" as it is not their call. Yes! there is that case of a certain Archbishop Desmond Tutu in S Africa where he too was accused of dabbling in politics with no right to do so! but in relatively different and exceptional circumstances. However, if the case involves religious persecution it seems only correct for a leader whose religious faction as well as those of others is affected to speak up. When the Archbishop of Colombo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/24)
From Ceylon to Australia: Migrant Journeys, 1860s-to-2010s-by Earlson Forbes
Ceylonese/Sri Lankans have entered Australia for a variety of reasons during the past one and a half centuries. The far greater number of these arrivals occurred in the second half of the twentieth century and first two decades of the 21st century. Early arrivals go as far back as the last two decades of the nineteenth century. Figure 3 Queensland sugarcane plantation workers. … [placed as frontispiece because of its striking character Early Arrivals Before Australian Federation on 01 January 1901, there... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/24)
JULIE CHUNG OPPOSES ONLINE SAFETY BILL: CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACKYARD AT ALABAMA, BEFORE YOU TRY TO CLEAN UP SRI LANKA’S BACKYARD!
Julie Chung, the Korean - American ‘Viceroy’ of Sri Lanka having climbed Sri Pada, “with pilgrims and fellow adventurers appreciating the natural beauty”, enjoying “the magnificent views at sunrise” on 19 January 2024 (how Chung saw a dissimilarity between ‘pilgrims’ and ‘adventurers’ is the biggest question! She does not bring Lord Buddha, Lord Shiva, Adam or St Thomas to her discussion stopping short at saying “interfaith reverence”. Very good), issued a statement criticizing the Online Safety Bill (OSB) on 25 April 2024. We quote her X message: “The United States... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
කන්ට නැතිව මහමඟ මිනිසුන් මියයද්දී 1948 පෙබ් 4 දා මේ රටට නොලැබුණු නිදහසක් සැමරීමට, හිඟාගෙන ආ කෝටි 70ක් නාස්ති කිරීම වැහි නැති හෙන ගහන ජාතික අපරාධයක්?
මහනුවර.25.01.2024 මම මේ විරෝධය වසර 1997 සිට වසර 27 ක් තිස්සේ ලියන, කියන දෙයක්.එහෙත් එම විරෝධතාවන් තුට්ටුවකට නොසලකා පෙබ 04 දිනම (ජෙනින්ග්ස්ගේ බිරිඳගේ උපන් දිනය සිහිකිරීම සඳහා) පවත්වන අබමල් රේණුවක දේශ ප්‍රේමයක් හෝ දේශ වාත්සල්‍ය‍යක් නැති මේ දේශපාලකයින් යැවිය යුත්තේ කොයි අන්ගොඩටදැයි මට නොතේරේ. යටත් විජිත වාදී පාලනයකින් නිදහස ලැබෙනවා කියන්නේ, ඔවුන් ගේ ග්‍රහනයෙන් මිදී පෙර පැවති අපගේම දේශපාලන, ආර්ථික සමාජ සහ සන්ස්කෘතික අනන්‍යතාව හා නැතිවූ අයිතිවාසිකම් යළි ලබාගැනීමය. එසේම ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක, විධායක සහ අධිකරණ යන තුන් ආකාරයෙන්ම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
විධායක ජනාධිපතිත්වය අහෝසි කළ යුතුයි; එය මඟින් ඊළම බිහිවීම නොවැලැක්විය හැකියි
විධායක ජනාධිපතිත්වය අහෝසි කළ යුතුය යන විවාදය නැවත ආරම්භ වී ඇත. මෙය හොඳ දෙයකි. විධායක ජනාධිපතිත්වය ඇති කිරීම මේ රටේ දේශපාලනයේ සිදුවූ නරකම දෙයකි. පසුගිය වසර 45 තුල මේ රටේ වු බිඳ වැටීමට ඍජුව වගකිව යුත්තේ විධායක ජනාධිපතිත්වයයි. මේ තනතුර මේ රටේ ප්‍රශ්ණවලට විසඳුම නොවේ; ඒවාට ප්‍රධානතම හේතුවයි. ජනාධිපතිට බැරි ගැහැණියක් පිරිමියෙක් කිරීම සහ පිරිමියෙක් ගැහැණියක් කිරීම පමණක් බවත්, ගැසට් යනු තමාගේ කට වචනය බවත් වැනි උද්ධච්ච ප්රකාශ වලින් ජනාධිපතිවරු පිළිබිඹු කලේ ඔවුන් සතු අසීමිත බලයයි. ඉතාම අධි බලයක් තනි පුද්ගලයෙක් සතු වීම ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වැනි රටට ආදරය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
Is Presidential Decision To Join US Navy in the Red Sea Unilaterally A Correct One?
When Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that the Government would be deploying a Navy vessel to the Red Sea. Wickremesinghe pointing out that the disruption of shipping lanes in the region would lead to increased freight charges and cargo costs, increasing import prices in the country.He seemed to unilaterally making a decision which was cautiously approached by other nations who also were in the same predicament yet did not commit to directly deploying their Navies in direct conflict unlike... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
Palestine vs. Israel: "There Has Never Been Such a Clearcut Case of Good vs. Evil"
Ex-BBC journalist Tony Gosling interviews me on 9/11, war in Gaza, and eschatology Trained as a journalist by the BBC, Tony Gosling is a British land rights activist, historian & investigative radio journalist. He interviewed me last night (Jan. 24). Below are selected extracts. -KB Tony Gosling: So what do you make of what’s been going on in Gaza? Most people looking at this absolutely horrified. And we do see a large proportion of the press, particularly the Murdoch press, doing everything they can, bending over backwards,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
Sri Lankan trade & cultural exhibition in China
An exhibition of Sri Lanka trade, investment opportunities and culture will be held in Baoji City in Xian Province in China in March 2024. More than 40 Sri Lankan stalls will be set up to display Sri Lankan products with the participation of more than 100 entrepreneurs and traders.A team of Chinese and Sri Lankan organizers of this exhibition called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees on January 23 to brief him on the proposed Sri Lankan exposition in Xinjiang. They said the exhibition will promote Sri Lankan trade, investment and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
Sri Lanka inflation surges on food costs, IMF tax pressure
BENGALURU: Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rate jumped to 4.2 percent year-on-year in December driven by rising food prices, official data showed on Monday, although it remains well below record high levels seen at the height of the country's financial crisis. Vendors are selling vegetables at a market in Sri Lanka. — AFP/File Food prices rose 1.6 percent in December after falling 2.2 percent in November on the year, the Department of Census and Statistics said in a statement. Prices for non-food items, however, fell 6.3 percent in December from 7.1... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
Psychiatric treatment for self-proclaimed ‘Vishwa Buddha’
The saffron-robed person claiming to be ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been referred for psychiatric treatment under the recommendation of the Judicial Medical Officer, Senior Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris revealed before the court today (26). Appearing on behalf of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Senior Deputy Solicitor General stated that accordingly, the suspect, who has been remanded in custody, is currently receiving psychiatric treatment at the Prison Hospital. This was revealed when the case pertaining to the breaching of bail conditions by the self-styled monk was recalled before the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Bill sparks geopolitical debate as Russia backs govt.
The controversial Online Safety Bill has sparked a geopolitical debate with the Russian Ambassador in Colombo Levan Dzhagaryan stating that regulations of the online sphere are solely a domestic issue of Sri Lanka, and that any interference in this internal issue by foreign powers is absolutely irrelevant and unacceptable. In a statement issued by the Russian Embassy in Colombo this morning (26), the Russian Ambassador in Colombo highlighted that Russia is currently following the developments pertaining to Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Bill, which was passed in the Parliament on Wednesday (24). Dzhagaryan... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
World Court orders Israel to prevent acts of genocide, fails to order ceasefire
The World Court ordered Israel on Friday to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by South Africa. South Africa brought the case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) earlier this month, asking it to grant emergency measures to halt the fighting, which has killed more than 26,000 Palestinians. It accused Israel of state-led genocide in its offensive, begun after Hamas militants stormed into Israel killing 1,200 and kidnapping more than 240. Israel sought to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
President promises to facilitate meeting with IMF to clarify doubts or alternative proposals
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has extended an invitation to all political party leaders in the Parliament to engage in discussions with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the implementation of the agreement with the IMF. Emphasizing the importance of unity in leading the country to success, he highlighted that withdrawing from the agreement would jeopardize the trust in Sri Lanka’s economy. The President stressed that the nation’s economy suffered due to the politics of promises, emphasizing the need for all political parties to formulate comprehensive plans for the country’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
Sri Lanka’s economy suffered due to ‘politics of promises’ - President
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged all political parties to formulate a comprehensive plan for rebuilding the country, especially when gearing up for the elections. Addressing an event at the Sri Lanka Customs headquarters in Colombo this morning, the Head of State emphasized that the nation’s economy has suffered due to the ‘politics of promises’. The event was organized to mark International Customs Day observed annually on January 26, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. Further, addressing the gathering, the President appealed to the political parties to unite for discussions with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
විශ්ව බුද්ධත් මානසික රෝහලට... "පාස්පෝට් එක තහනම් කරා කියලා දණගහන්නේ නෑ..."
https://youtu.be/3m0670mQy48... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
AN OVERWHELMING CONCERN FOR GUN VIOLENCE IN SRI LANKA
Jan.23rd. 2024 Alas ! our peaceful and tranquil Motherland Sri Lanka is suddenly being torn apart by gun violence. Yes! there are guns both legal and illegal everywhere, some in hands that have no compunction to use them readily and others who do have trepidations but still use them on various grounds on various unacceptable lame excuses which are a shambles as it involves precious human lives! and the fact of the matter is, many innocent people are dying or getting critically injured on an alarmingly regular basis, and a serious... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
විධායක ජනාධිපති ධූරය පවත්වා ගැනීම බඩදිය වළඳමින් අජීර්ණයට බෙහෙත් බීම වැනිය
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට විධායක ජනාධිපති ධූරය අනවශ්‍යය. විධායක ජනාධිපති ධූරය නොමැති කල රටේ ආරක්ෂාව, නීතිය හා සාමය, ආර්ථිකය අදට වඩා යහපත් මට්ටමක පැවතුනා. 1971 JVP කැරැල්ල මාස තුනකින් මඩින්න හැකිවුනා. විධායක ජනාධිපතිවරුන් දෙදෙනෙකුට 1987 දී එය මඩින්න අවුරුදු 2ක් ගතවුනා. විධායක ජනාධිපති ධූරය නොතිබුනේ නම් දෙමළ ත්‍රස්තවාදය (1972 සිට 2009) සහ මුස්ලිම් ත්‍රස්තවාදය (2019-) වැනසීමට දශක ගණන් යන්නේ නැත; එම ප්‍රශ්ණ යටගහන්නේද නැත. අද විධායක ජනාධිපති ධූරය අවශ්‍ය යයි කියන්නේ නොදන්නකමින්ය. 13 වන සංශෝධනය ලංකාවට බලෙන් පෙව්වේ විධායක ජනාධිපති ධූරය නිසාමය. එය නොතිබුනා නම් 13 වන සංශෝධනය කිසිසේත්ම සම්මත නොවේ. විධායක ජනාධිපති ධූරය නොමැති විට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
Global Advocacy and Violation of Labor Rights by Dr. Yunus and Grameen Telecom
On 22nd January 2024, 12 US Senators sent a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urging them to end ‘harassment’ against Dr. Yunus. The letter has become a national issue at this moment. Before this, there was an argument concerning the veracity and falsity of labor rights in Bangladesh and elsewhere following the court ruling against Dr. Yunus for allegedly violating labor laws at Grameen Telecom on January 1, 2024. It has focused on the operations of the Grameen Telecom. The unfolding story of Grameen Telecom has become a modern-day surprise, shaping a critical... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
What is the Origin of DRS ? Instant Replay demanded by a Coach Referral in Baseball or Player Referral demanded by a dissatisfied Player under DRS in Cricket ?
The Decision Review System (DRS), formerly known as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), is a technology-backed system used in cricket to assist the match officials in their decision-making. On-field umpires may choose to consult with the third umpire (known as an Umpire Review), and players may request that the third umpire consider a decision of the on-field umpires (known as a Player Review). The main elements that have been used are television replays, technology that tracks the path of the ball and predicts what it would have done, microphones to detect small sounds made as the ball hits bat or pad, and infra-red imaging... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
The Portuguese Inquisition in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s Christian Colonial Dark History / Buddhism / Ceylon / Sri Lanka / History / Colonial rulers / Britain / English / Dutch / Portuguese https://youtu.be/EsQS8Ws4T28... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/24)
Sri Lanka debt overhaul harms older women
The World Bank's Women, Business, and the Law Index has documented a persistent gender pension gap in rich and poor countries. This is partly because of gender-based legal disparities, such as lower mandatory... Please credit and share this article with others using this link:https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2731005/. View our policies at http://goo.gl/9HgTd and http://goo.gl/ou6Ip. © Bangkok Post PCL. All rights reserved. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2731005/... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/01/24)
Sri Lanka scales up preventive health care, with impressive results
The Kopay Divisional Hospital in the Jaffna District in northern Sri Lanka is one of the primary medical care institutions in the country. Photo: World Bank/Chameera Laknath A recent visit to Sri Lanka took me to the Kopay Divisional Hospital in the Jaffna District in the northern part of the country. For the close to 16,000 people living in the area, this hospital serves as the first point of care. It is also one of the primary medical care institutions that is part of Sri Lanka’s primary healthcare reorganization strategy, implemented... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/01/24)
Group connected to certain political party posting insulting posts: Amaraweera
Hambantota, Jan. 25 (Daily Mirror)- A group connected to a particular political party and fake account holders have posted insulting posts on State Minister Sanath Nishantha's tragic death, Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. He told reporters that they observed those who circulate such insulting posts on social media and came to know that they were being done by a group connected to a certain political party and through fake accounts. "Lots of insulting posts about his death are shared on social media. We observed who had uploaded such posts.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/01/24)
ආර්ථික අර්බුදයට හේතුව පාලකයින්ට නිවැරදි උපදෙස් ලබා නොදීම - මහ බැංකු අධිපති
රට ආර්ථික අර්බුදයකට ලක් වූයේ අවශ්‍ය අවස්ථාවේදී පාලකයින්ට නිවැරදි උපදෙස් ලබා නොදීම හේතුවෙන් බව මහ බැංකු අධිපති ආචාර්ය නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ පවසනවා. https://youtu.be/3ju4ZA55Ku0 රට ආර්ථික වශයෙන් බංකොළොත් වීමට හේතු සෙවීම සඳහා පත් කළ පාර්ලිමේන්තු තේරීම් කාරක සභාවට කැඳවූ අවස්ථාවේදී මහ බැංකු අධිපතිවරයා පැවසුවේ ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය විසින් ප්රකාශ කළ රට බංකොලොත් වීමට බලපෑ ප්‍රධාන කරුණු පහෙන් තුනකටම ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව සෘජුව සම්බන්ධ බවයි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/01/24)
State Minster Sanath Nishantha's final words to the media (Video)
In the final interview conducted before his untimely demise, State Minister Sanath Nishantha participated in the Hiru 'Aththa' program. During the discussion, he expressed that he had not done anything against the people. Additionally, he shared that his wife and children did not want him to continue in politics. This last conversation now stands as a reminder of the late State Minister's thoughts and reflections. https://youtu.be/DfprD8Q3ML0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/01/24)
මේ අවස්ථාවෙදී විධායක ජනාධිපතිකම අහෝසිකිරීම එළුවා බේරාගැනීමට එලුවගේ බෙල්ල කැපුවා වැනි වැඩකි.
මේ දිනවල බොහෝ දෙනෙකුට විධායක ජනාධිපතිකම අහෝසි කිරීමේ රුදාවක් හටගෙන තිබෙන බව පෙනේ. එහි ඇති විශේෂත්වය නම් ඒ රුදාව හැදී ඇති සියළු දෙනාම මේ රටේ ශිෂ්ඨාචාරාය හෝ ඉතිහාශය නොදන්න ආත්මාර්ථකාමි දේශපාලකයින් වීමය.එසේම දේශපාලන හේතු නිසා දෙමළ සහ මුස්ලිම් හිත වාදීහුය. ඒ නිසාම. සින්හල බෞද්ධ විරෝධීන් වීමය. සති අන්තයේ පුවත් පතක සඳහන් වූ පරිදි මෙහි මූලිකත්වය ගෙන කටයුතු කරන්නේ කරු ජයසූරිය මහතා සහ රාජිත සේනාරත්නය. පැපැරල් සන්විධානයේ සාමජිකයකුද මීට සහාය පලකොට ඇත.එහෙත් ඔහුපවසා ඇත්තේ මහ මැතිවරණයෙන් පසු එය කළයුතු බවය. රාජිතගේ අදහස මැතිවරණයට පෙර එය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
රනිල්ගේ මැරයන්ට පාඩමක් ඉගැන්වූ ජවිපෙ දෙල්ගොඩ රැලිය
ලංකාවේ මැතිවරණ සංස්කෘතියට රාජ්‍ය අනුග්‍රහයෙන් දූෂණය සහ භීෂණය හඳුන්වා දුන්නේ ජේ.ආර්. ජයවර්ධන ජනාධිපතිගේ පාලන සමයේ දී ය. 1982 ජනාධිපතිවරණයේ දී විරුද්ධ පක්ෂවලට මුහුණ දීමට සිදු වූ ඡන්ද භීෂණයට ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ මුහුණ දුන් ආකාරය පිළිබිඹු කෙරෙන සිද්ධියක් කාරිගෙ චැනල් එකේ මෙවර වීඩියෝවෙන් https://youtu.be/z1xTVPB5oHI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
How Sri Lanka and Maldives tackle India’s objections to visits by Chinese research vessels
Colombo, January 24: Maldives and Sri Lanka are in the unenviable position of meeting the contradictory demands of India and China on the visits of Chinese naval research vessels. While India and China have competing strategic interests in the Indian Ocean around the Maldivian archipelago and Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Sri Lanka have the sovereign right to take decisions on such matters based on their national interest. ADVERTISEMENT Both the Maldives and Sri Lanka have taken temporary decisions. While, Sri Lanka has declared a one-year moratorium on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
Self-proclaimed ‘Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’ requires psychiatric treatment, court told
The self-proclaimed ‘Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’, Mahinda Kodituwakku has been further remanded until February 07. He was produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage earlier today. During today’s proceedings, the forensic psychiatrist told the magistrate that the suspect requires psychiatric treatment. Accordingly, the magistrate ordered that Kodituwakku be further remanded and referred to psychiatric treatment through the prison. Kodituwakku was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on January 15, on charges of committing irreligious activities that are contrary to Buddhist teachings. Subsequently, on court orders, the self-styled... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
Parliament approves Online Safety Bill
Parliament, Jan. 24 (Daily Mirror)- Amidst criticism from tech industry giants such as Google, Yahoo, and Amazon, Parliament approved the contentious Online Safety Bill, a piece of legislation perceived by some as draconian and a potential threat to freedom of expression. The bill was passed without a vote in the House after Third Reading of the bill, a two-day debate in which the opposition launched a scathing attack on it saying it borders on the infringement of freedom of expression. During the Second Reading, the bill was taken to vote with 108 supporting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
Greenpeace Spy Ship, White Mischief & Selling off Key Industries in Sri Lanka
‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 14-20 January 2023 ‘We are coming, Colombo! Next month the iconic Greenpeace´s Ship: The Rainbow Warrior will be in our country, SriLanka, demanding Climate Justice!’ – Facebook Demanding? From whom? Greenpeace – yet another Anglo-American Environmental NGO camouflage – is set to sail their much-hyped ship (bombed in a New Zealand port in 1985 by the French government, who saw it as an English spy ship) into Colombo harbor from 17-18 February. You’d... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
2566 ක අපේ උරුමය වන මේ රට, දැය සහ සමය බේරා ගැනීමේ නාමයෙන් ත්‍රයිනිකායික මහ නාහිමිවරුන් ඇතුළු මේ රටේ සියළුම සන්ඝයා වහ්න්සේලා සහ දේශ ප්‍රේමීන් වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කෙරෙන සන්දේශයකි.
(අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිර ලේකම් සහ හෙළ අභිමානි ජාතික සභාවේ සභාපති. මහනුවර). 12.01.2023 ගරුතර නා හිමිවරුන් ප්‍රමුඛ දේශප්‍රේමී සන්ඝයා වහ්න්සේලා සහ සියළුම දේශප්‍රේමීන් වෙතය. මේ සින්හල දේශය, ජාතිය සහ බෞද්ධ උරුමය බේරාගැනීමට එකාවන්ව අපි එක්වෙමු අද මේ රට පත්ව ඇත්තේ මේ රටේ ඉතිහාසයේ කිසිම දවසක නොවූ විරූ අතිශයින්ම භයානක දේශපාලන, ආර්ථික හා සමාජික අර්බුධයකට බව අමුතුවෙන් කිවයුතු නොවේ. අද මේ රටේ, රට ගැන හෝ ජනතාව ගැන හෝ සිතන රජයක් හෝ පාලකයෙක්ද නැත. පාලකයින් සිතන්නේ ඔවුන්ගේ ආත්මාර්ථය ගැන පමණි. මීට හොඳම උදාහරණය 2019 ජනාධිපති මැතිවරණයේදී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
Public veneration of Deegawapiya Relics at Minuwangoda Rajamaha Viharaya
The exposition of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa and the Crest-Gem commenced at Minuwangoda Rajamaha Viharaya today (Jan 23). These revered articles will remain there until the morning of January 25. Further, arrangements have been made for the public veneration of these revered articles at the Diwulapitiya Sri Jothikaramaya, Katuwagoda from January 25 to 27, at Mirigama Shasanawardhana Piriwen Maha Viharaya from 27 to 29 and at Maddepola Raja Maha Viharaya, Giriulla from 29 to 31. The ‘Deegawapiya Trust Fund' is known for its philanthropic endeavours... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
අපි තමයි හොඳටම කළේ
‘අපි තමයි හොඳටම කළේ’ න්‍යාය බොහෝ ලෙස ප්‍රචලිත වුයේ 2009 යුධ ජයග්‍රණයෙන් පසුවය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව යනු මුළු ආසියාවේම ආශ්චර්ය (Wonder of Asia) බවට වූ සංචාරක ප්‍රවර්ධන වැඩසටහන් එවකට තිබු රජය විසින් ආරම්භ කෙරිණ. මේ ගැන සෙසු ආසියානු රටවල වැඩි කැමැත්තක් නොතිබීණ. කෙසේ වෙතුදු, එකී රජයට තමනට එරෙහිව නැඟුණු අභූත යුධ අපරාධ චෝදනා වැරදි බව ලොවට පෙන්වා දීමේ හැකියාවක්/ශක්තියක් වත් නොවීය. 2022 කොරෝනා සමයේ මුළු ලොවෙන්ම ‘අපි තමයි හොඳටම කොරෝනා සුව කළේ’ යයි පාරම් බෑවෙමු. ඇත්තවශයෙන්ම එවිට ලොව වැඩිම කොරෝනා මරණ ප්‍රතිශතයන් වාර්ථා වු රටක් වුයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවය. අපට තරම් හොඳින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
හිමාලයා ප්‍රකාශනය සහ ජනපතිගේ ප්‍රකාශවල යටි අරමුණු සහ ක්‍රියාන්විතයන්
18/01/2024 ශ්‍රි ලoකාවේ සාමය, ඒකීය භාවය සහ මානව අයිතීන් රැකීම උදෙසා, දැනට දශක දෙකකට අධික කාලයක් ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ සිට අඛණ්ඩව කටයුතු කරනු ලබන, දේශහිතෛශි ශ්‍රි ලාංකිකයින්ගෙන් සැදුම්ලත් ‘ස්පර්' නමින් හදුන්වන අප සංවිධානය, ගෝලීය දෙමළ සංසදය සහ භික්ෂූන් හත්නමක් මගින් එලිදක්වා ඇති හිමාලයා ප්‍රකාශනයේ සඳහන් කරුණු සහ ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් යාපනයේදී 13 වෙනි සංශෝධ්‍නය සහ අදාල බලතල උපරීමයෙන් ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම මැයෙන් කර ඇති රටට අහිතකර ප්‍රකාශවල යටි අරමුණු සහ ක්‍රියාන්විතයන් පිළිබඳව සිය බලවත් කනස්සල්ල ප්රකාශ කරයි. ජනාධිපත්තිවරයාට සහ මල්වතු හා අස්ගිරි මහා නායක ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේලාට මෑතකදී භාර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
On the ‘Yukthiya’ – A Call to Traverse Sri Lanka’s Realities and Lessons from the Past
In recent times, Sri Lanka has found itself ensnared within the tendrils of a disturbing and rapidly escalating wave of criminal activities, spanning from larcenies and physical assaults to even more egregious acts such as homicides. This surge has cast a palpable specter... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
සොමාරාමගේ “රට, ජාතිය, ආගම” ප්රකාශය
Lankaweb අඩවියේ කළින් පළවූ ‘Bandaranaike Assassination – due to Banda – Chelva pact?’ යන ඉංග්‍රීසි ලිපියේ සිංහල අනුවාදය, එම මුල් ලිපිකරු විසින්ම. 1956 මැතිවරණ ව්‍යාපාරයේදී බණ්ඩාරණායක මහතා සිංහල එකම රාජ්‍ය භාෂාව බවට පත් කරන බවට පොරොන්දු විය. නමුත් බලයට පත් වූ පසු එම පොරොන්දුව ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට යම් ප්‍රමාදයන් ඇති විය. ඒ.පී ජයසූරිය මන්ත්‍රීවරයාගේ මාරාන්තික උපවාසයක් ඇතුළුව ජාතිකවාදීන් විසින් දැඩි විරෝධතා ආරම්භ කරන ලද අතර, එයට හිටපු සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය සහ එවකට පළාත්පාලන සහ නිවාස අමාත්‍යවරයා වූ විමලා විජයවර්ධන මන්ත්‍රීවරියගේ සහ කේ.එම්.පී.රාජරත්න මන්ත්‍රීවරයාගේ විශාල සහයෝගයන් ලැබුණි. බණ්ඩාරනායකට තම ‘සිංහල පමණයි’ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය නීතිගත කිරීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
New war is here: US prepares 'open-ended' bombing of Yemen. Why is Saudi Arabia urging 'restraint'?
https://youtu.be/OQT5GvayQlY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
Maldives gives port clearance to a Chinese ship. The move could inflame a dispute with India
The Maldives government has confirmed giving clearance to a Chinese ship to dock in its port, a move which could further irk India with whom the tiny archipelago nation is involved in a diplomatic spat FILE - Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climat...Show moreThe Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The Maldives government said Tuesday that it had given clearance to a Chinese ship to dock in its port, a move that could further irk India with whom the tiny archipelago nation is involved... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
SJB to spend over Rs 20 Mn for protest on Jan. 30: Range Bandara
Colombo, Jan 23 (Daily Mirror) - Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is to spend more than Rs 20 million to be paid for the people who are to be brought to Colombo for its protest on January 30 2023, UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara alleged today. Mr. Range Bandara told journalists that some of the funds have been allocated to provide liquor for those who are participating in the protest. “A close associate of the SJB Leader has assured that he will pay for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
On Camera: Scientists capture plants "Talking" to each other for the first time
A team of scientists from Japan has made an incredible discovery, capturing real-time footage of plants "talking" to each other. According to Science Alert, plants are surrounded by fine mist of airborne compounds that they use to communicate. These compounds are like smells and warn plants of danger nearby. The video recorded by the Japanese scientists has revealed how plants receive and respond to these aerial alarms. This significant achievement, led by molecular biologist Masatsugu Toyota from Saitama University, was published in the journal Nature Communications. https://youtu.be/wJ0SgwWG1q4 ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/24)
Six Indian fishermen arrested for poaching in Sri Lankan waters
Six Indian nationals, together with two fishing trawlers, have been taken into custody by the Sri Lanka Navy for poaching in local water north of Delft Islands, Jaffna. The apprehension took place during a special operation conducted on Monday night (22 Jan.), in a bid to chase away foreign fishing vessels poaching in Sri Lankan waters. Accordingly, the arrested Indian nationals, and their trawlers, were brought to the Kankasanthurai Harbour, and are due to be handed over to Mailadi Fisheries Inspector for onward legal action, the Navy reported.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
Sri Lankan Tamil leaders seek Indian intervention in implementation of 13A – report
A group of Sri Lankan Tamil legislators has sought India’s intervention to ensure that Colombo fully implements the New Delhi-mooted 13th Amendment, which provides for the devolution of power to the minority community, PTI reported quoting sources. The group led by the veteran politician and TNA Leader R Sampanthan met India’s new High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, on Monday, said the source from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), which represents Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority. The two-hour-long talks were centred on the 13 Amendment, which created the provincial councils system for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
Police recover car suspected to have been used in shooting of Buddhist monk
Police have recovered the vehicle which is suspected to have been used by the suspects involved in the shooting of a Buddhist monk in Malwathuhiripitiya area of Gampaha earlier today (23 Jan.). The vehicle was found abandoned in a shrubby area at Godella in Kaduwela, Police said, adding that it had been torched beyond recognition. According to police, however, another vehicle, bearing the same licence plate as that of the vehicle the suspects had arrived in, was found in a garage in Eluwila, Panadura. https://youtu.be/C_Ix1RA-lPU ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
Why Israel’s Violence Gets So Much Notice: Euro-American Colonialism
The question of Israel is whether European colonialism can ever make peace with the rest of the world. Partisans of Israel have often asked: On a planet overflowing with war, famine, and cruelty, why does the world pay so much attention to what’s happening in Gaza (and the West Bank) in comparison with other horrors? The implied or explicit answer is that this must be due to antisemitism. This question held more power during Israel’s past attacks on Gaza — e.g., Operation Cast Lead from 2008-2009, Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
බුදු දහමට පහරදී රටේ සමාජ සංස්ථාව බිඳ දැමීමේ දැවැන්ත මෙහෙයුම ගැන වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාරගෙන් සුවිශේෂී අනාවරණයක්
මහා සංඝරත්නයට සහ රටේ සමාජ සංස්ථාවට දිගින් දිගටම සිදුවන පහර දීම දීර්ඝ කාලීන න්‍යායපත්‍රයකට අනුව සිදුවන බවත්, රටේ පවතින අර්බුදය මැද එය උච්චම තැනට ගෙනවිත් ඇති බවත් දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේ මහ ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා පවසයි. රූපවාහිනී සංවාදයකට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා පවසන්නේ මහාවංශයට, ත්‍රිපිටකයට පහර දෙමින් බුදුන් වහන්සේ ලංකාවේ ඉපදුනු බව පවසමින් ඇතැම් පුද්ගලයන් මෙරට ජනයාගේ විශ්වාසයන්ට සහ ශ්‍රද්ධාවට දැඩි ලෙස පහර දෙමින් ඇති බවය. මෙවැනි දේ සිදුකරන එක් පුද්ගලයකු වන්නේ කෘෂිකර්ම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ හිටපු අධ්‍යක්ෂකවරයකු බවත් ඔහු අමෙරිකාවේ පවා නීත්‍යානුකූල නොවන PL 480 නමැති ගිණුමක් පවත්වාගෙන යන බවත් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
Fulfilment Of Latter Days Prophecies:
“Muslims should rejoice that the era of the second rejuvenation of Islam has arrived” – Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Given below are the few extracts from the address of Ahmadiyya Khalifa, related to the fulfilment of Latter Days Prophecies, delivered at Concluding Session of the last month Qadian Convention.) His Holiness mentioned numerous prophecies relating to the latter days and the advent of the Promised Messiah (peace be upon him). One of the prophecies quoted by His Holiness was in relation to chapter 73, verse 16 of the Holy Qur’an, which states: ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
India raises a grand Hindu temple and simultaneously plans to build a grand mosque
Design of proposed mosque in Ayodhya Colombo, January 23: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday consecrated, amidst unprecedented fanfare, an idol of Lord Rama in a grand new temple coming up at Rama’s birthplace in Ayodhya in the North Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. But even as the consecration was going on, his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with the cooperation of the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, was planning to build a grand mosque 25 km away on 5 acres of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
Nearly 1,000 arrested during ’Yukthiya’ operation within 24 hours
Colombo, Jan 21 (Daily Mirror) - A total of 987 suspects have been arrested during the islandwide operation 'Yukthiya' within the last 24 hours, the Public Security Ministry said. They said 663 suspects have been arrested over drug offenses and 324 suspects who were on the list referred to Crime OICs of police station were also arrested accordingly. Among the 638 suspects arrested over drug offences, 12 are being further investigated into under detention orders while 14 drug addicts have been referred for rehabilitation. Meanwhile, 14 suspects who... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
Give high priority to renewable energy in 2024 to reduce recurrent costs of local governments: Dinesh
Colombo, Jan 22 (Daily Mirror) - Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and the Local Government Minister requested that high priority be given to renewable energy in order to reduce the recurrent costs of the local government bodies in 2024. He made these comments while participating in the progress review meeting of the Domestic Credit Fund Board for the year 2024. "High priority should be given to the government's programme of optimal utilization of solar energy, and to increase the IT literacy of the rural youth community,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
Government with 6.9 mn mandate shattered by its own leaders: SB
Colombo, Jan 22 (Daily Mirror) - The government which was formed with a 6.9 million mandate and a two-thirds majority was shattered by its own leaders, Parliamentarian S.B. Dissanayake said today. "I am dissapointed that the government formed with a 6.9 million mandate and a two-thirds majority was shattered by our own leaders," he said. The MP said even though the President had powers to dissolve Parliament at any time now, no one can change the Presidential election which is due in October. He told reporters that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
Against legalising prostitution under NPP government
A protest was held in front of the head office of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in Pelawatta against the statement by National People's Power (NPP) executive member Samanmalee Gunasinghe over legalising prostitution under their government. Protest was staged by New Peoples Front Pix courtesy social media... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
NPP Dilemma: Rhetoric vs. Reality, Present Ideology vs.Past Ideology
Colombo, Jan. 22 (Daily Mirror)- With vital elections looming on the horizon , rhetorical remarks from across the political divide have become the norm for each passing day. It is common for political leaders of all hues to fine-tune their speeches with rhetorical language as a vote catching ,crowd pulling exercise. In the process, what is done is ostensible concealment of truth from the general public in the couch of rhetorical language . Voters who get carried away by political rhetoric are at the receiving end finally. In recent times... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
Secretary General refutes reports of constant violence against women in Parliament and lack of action
The Secretary General of the Parliament Mrs. Kushani Rohanadeera has said that the reports that there is constant sexual harassment towards female staff members and female Members of Parliament in Parliament and that proper investigations and measures are not being taken are completely false. Issuing a statement, the Secretary General emphasized that when such incidents related to disciplinary violations in the Parliament are reported, investigations related to them are carried out very impartially under the guidance of the Speaker and the Speaker did not interfere or influence in any way other than giving... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
New CCTV surveillance system for traffic violations starting today in Colombo
Starting from today (22), the Colombo Police have activated a new CCTV surveillance system aimed at tracking drivers who violate traffic rules within the city. A total of 108 CCTV cameras have been installed to monitor vehicles entering Colombo. If a driver is found violating traffic rules, a fine slip will be issued through the police in the area of the driver's residence. Notice boards have been set up at nine entry points to inform drivers in advance about the implementation of this surveillance system. The new CCTV monitoring system... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
VAT-exempt shops across Sri Lanka - Minister
Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardena has revealed plans to establish shops exclusively selling VAT-exempt goods nationwide. Speaking at a program in the Kaduwela area, the minister stated that this initiative aims to provide consumers with a fair opportunity to purchase items not subject to VAT. Goods such as vegetables, baby milk powder, fruits, and rice fall under the non-VAT category. Minister Gunawardena instructed officials to take the necessary measures to create a network of stores dedicated to selling these non-VAT items throughout the island.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
Rising food prices drive Sri Lanka inflation up to 4.2% in December : CBSL
Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rate jumped to 4.2% year-on-year in December driven by rising food prices, official data showed on Monday, although it remains well below record high levels seen at the height of the country's financial crisis. Food prices rose 1.6% in December after falling 2.2% in November on the year, the Department of Census and Statistics said in a statement. Prices for non-food items, however, fell 6.3% in December from 7.1% year-on-year in November. The National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) captures broader retail price inflation and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/24)
Will IMF/WB ruin rice production in Sri Lanka as it did in Haiti
There are a few things Sri Lanka & Haiti have in common – that is production of rice. Within 20 years Haiti turned from a self-sufficient rice producing country to one having to import rice after IMF & WB pressurized Haiti to cut import tariffs on rice from 50% to 3% & cheap subsidized rice from US flooded into Haiti which urban consumers benefitted at the cost of the poor farmer. Haiti now imports 80% of the rice it consumers & in the event of a disaster like covid –... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
කල්ට් මතු වීම
තමා බෝධිසත්වයෙක් බව කියමින් මිනිසුන් ගෙන් වැඳුම් ගන්නා ඊජිප්තුවේ බල්ලන් බලා ගත් බව කියන පුද්ගලයෙකු සහ ඔහු ගේ කල්ට් එකක් පිලිබඳ රාවයක් මේ දින වල යයි. මෙය යම් පුද්ගලයෙකු හෝ පුද්ගලයන් පිරිසක් විසින් නළුවන් යොදා කරන කැළනියේ නයා වැනි දේශපාලන උපක්‍රමයක් හෝ යම් මානසික අක්‍රමතාවකට ලක්වූ පුද්ගලයෙකු විසින් තමා බෝධිසත්වයෙකු බව කීම නිසා විචාර බුද්ධියෙන් අඩු පිරිස් ඔහුව වන්දනා කරනවා විය හැක. විශේෂඥ මනෝ වෛද්‍ය නීල් ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතා යටතේ අංගොඩ රෝහලේ පුහුණුව ලබන විට තමන් බුදුවූ බව කියූ , තමන් නිවන් දැක තිබෙනු කියූ පුද්ගලයෝ රැසක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
Crisis in Sri Lanka and the World -Colonial and Neoliberal Origins: Ecological and Collective Alternatives -by Asoka Bandarage
Volume 30 in the series De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Now in Paperback This book provides a broad picture of Sri Lanka’s on-going political and economic crisis as the culmination of several centuries of colonial and neo-colonial developments. The book presents the Sri Lankan crisis as an exemplification of a broader global existential crisis facing more and more debt trapped countries, especially in the post-colonial Global South. The book's in-depth case study raises important questions pertaining to sovereignty and political and economic democracy in Sri Lanka and the world at large. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
Bangladesh’s Participation at the NAM summit shows its ‘non-alignment policy and peaceful diplomacy’
Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud lead the Bangladesh delegation at the 19th NAM Summit in Uganda from January 20-21, focusing on "Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Affluence." The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), established in 1961, is a group of mostly developing countries working together to advance shared interests. The NAM summit, inaugurated by Ugandan President Iweri Museveni, adopted a declaration on Palestine and the 'Kampala Declaration' at the end of two days of talks. The two-day ministerial meeting on NAM ended on Thursday after finalizing the Kampala Declaration and declaration on Palestine. Bangladesh plays its... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
Dhaka International Trade Fair’s role in promoting Bangladesh’s international trade
The 28th Dhaka International Trade Fair was officially inaugurated on January 21 by Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina as the chief guest at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center located in Purbachal, near the capital. According to the layout plan of this year's trade fair, the total number of pavilions, restaurants and stalls of different categories is 351 and the total number of pavilions, restaurants and stalls allotted to local and foreign organizations is 300. This year, the entrance of the fair has been made in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
Significance of newly formed Bangladesh government’s international recognition
After winning the national elections, the Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina, formed a new administration for the fourth consecutive time, demonstrating their ongoing success. Sheikh Hasina has attained a great degree of bravery in her leadership while facing complex local and international plots. Following the elections held in Bangladesh on January 7, the governing Awami League (AL) has gained respect on a global scale. Many have described the election as free, fair, unbiased, and participatory. acknowledging people's enthusiasm for democracy. Numerous chiefs of foreign... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
Fate of the 13th amendment hangs in the balance
Colombo, January 20: The present Sri Lankan constitution, in place for more than four and a half decades, has seen 21 Amendments. Most of them were brought by incumbent Presidents to suit their political interests and were fundamentally anti-democratic. But the 13th Amendment, which has a relatively democratic dimension in comparison, has long been the subject of intense political controversy. This write has already discussed several times the controversies surrounding it. It was brought in to create Provincial Councils after the July 1987 India-Sri Lanka Accord, has been a part of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
Controversial monk ’Vishwa Buddha’ expelled from monkhood
Colombo, Jan. 21 (Daily Mirror)- The controvercial saffron-robed monk who identifies himself as ‘Vishwa Buddha' has been expelled from the Ramanna Maha Nikaya and the monkhood. The Mahanayake Thera of Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya, Ven. Makulewe Wimalaabhidana Thera has informed this decision to the Commissioner General of Buddhist Affairs. The Karaka Maha Sangha Sabha of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya had unanimously decided on December 15, 2023 to explell the controversial monk from the Ramanna Maha Nikaya and the monkhood. The particular monk, who was arrested... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
Controversial monk ‘Vishwa Buddha’ remanded
The saffron-robbed monk claiming to be ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been ordered to be remanded in custody until January 26, after being produced before the Gangodawila Magistrate’s Court in Nugegoda. The suspect, who was out on bail, was re-arrested this morning (21) by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). https://youtu.be/WZDWg4Zndbw විශ්ව බුද්ධ සමග සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡා කළ චැනල් ගැන අධිකරණය CIDයෙන් විමසයි... අන්තිමට සිදුවූ දේ මෙන්න Earlier, the monk was arrested on December 12 at a private establishment in Kalagedihena by the cybercrimes unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), acting on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
විශ්ව බුද්ධ මුනි’ යළිත් රිමාන්ඩ් (වීඩියෝ)
බෞද්ධයන්ට හා බුදුදහමට අපහාස වන අයුරින් ප්රකාශ නිකුත් කර ඒවා අන්තර් ජාලයට මුදාහැරි බවට චෝදනා එල්ලවීම හේතුවෙන් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් රත්නපුරේ විමල බුද්ධි හෙවත් විශ්ව බුද්ධ නැමැත්තා මේ මස 26 වනදා දක්වා රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගතකතර තිබෙනවා. https://youtu.be/sf_fteeXykw ඒ, ඔහු නුගේගොඩ වැඩබලන මහේස්ත්‍රාත් සුනිල් හෙට්ටආරච්චි හමුවට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුවයි. රත්නපුරේ විමල බුද්ධි හෙවත් විශ්ව බුද්ධ නැමැත්තා අද (21) අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබුණේ කලගෙඩිහේන ප්‍රදේශයේදීයි. මීට පෙර ද මෙම චීවරධාරියා අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව මගින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගතකර පසුව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
G77+China summit: President emphasizes immediate reforms in global financial structure
President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing the 3rd South Summit today (21) in Kampala, Uganda, highlighted the numerous challenges the world faces, such as conflicts, pandemic repercussions, climate disasters and financial market uncertainties. The President also emphasized the disproportionate impact on vulnerable G77 economies. In his statement, President Wickremesinghe stressed the urgency of reforming the global financial architecture. The President also pointed out that the contemporary international debt resolution architecture is more suited for a world where the Paris Club and London Club dominated global debt resolution. Currently the global debt and particularly debt... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
Sri Lanka will face a worse crisis, if deviate from current economic management plan - Semasinghe
The State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe says that the Micro-Finance and Loan Regulation Act was submitted to Parliament in order to establish a proper, strong regulatory procedure as a government. Joining the “FLi Diri Abhimani 2024” awards ceremony, organized to award women entrepreneurs in the Micro-Financial Sector, Semasinghe mentioned that the approval is expected to be obtained for the relevant act within the next few months. “We hope to get approval for this act in the next few months and protect consumers so that they can reap micro-finance benefits. We also... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
President Ranil addresses G77+China summit in Uganda
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is currently addressing the Group of 77 and China (G77+China) Third South Summit in Kampala, Uganda, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. In his statement at the summit in Kampala, President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed establishing unity within the G77 and China to address challenges facing the Global South. Emphasizing the group’s 60th anniversary, he also highlighted principles like unity and cooperation as the basis for tackling these issues sustainably, according to the PMD. The Sri Lankan President is in Uganda to attend the XIX Summit of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
NAM calls Israel’s war in Gaza illegal and condemns attacks on Palestinians
Heads of states of the Non-Aligned Movement Saturday called Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip “illegal” and strongly condemned indiscriminate attacks against Palestinian civilians, civilian infrastructure and the forced displacement of the Palestinian population. While calling for a ceasefire desperately needed for humanitarian aid to access the Gaza Strip, the movement in a joint statement called for a two-state solution, on the basis of the borders before 1967, when Israel seized Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem in a brief war with neighboring Arab states. The group... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/24)
Abolishing Executive Presidency is the Only Way Rajapaksas Can Remain Relevant
Rajapaksas are about to end up irrelevant in national politics. The battle is now between Sajith and Anura for presidency and opposition leader. These may be the last few months of power Rajapaksas enjoy. There is a way to strike it big and remain politically relevant for SLPP. There's only one way for them to remain a fighting force and have hope of a comeback - abolish executive presidency (EP). They have the numbers in parliament and minority parties will also support it. Chandrika, Mahinda and Sirisena came to power promising they'd... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
වසර 50ක්, සමාජවාදී ලංකා කම්කරු සමිතියට නායකත්වය දෙන දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධනයන්.
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සභාපතිත්වය දරන සමාජවාදී ලංකා කම්කරු සමිති සම්මේලනයට වසර 50ක් සැපිරීම නිමිත්තෙන් මේ සටහන ලියැවේ. ලෝකයේ පළමු වතාවට ත්‍රෛපාර්ශවීය ගිවිසුමකින් පෞද්ගලික අංශයේ සේවකයන් 37 ලක්ෂයකගේ රැකියා රැකදුන් අවස්ථාව කෙටියෙන් වුවද මෙහිදී විශේෂයෙන් සටහන් කළ අතර, වැඩකරන ජනතාව වෙනුවෙන් දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධනයන් ඉටු කරන මෙහෙවරේ වැදගත් අවස්ථා කිහිපයක් සංක්ෂිප්තව ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත. දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන බොහෝ දෙනා හඳුනන්නේ දේශපාලනඥයකු ලෙස වුවත් ඔහුගේ ඒ දේශපාලනය මුවහත් වන්නේ වැඩකරන ජනතාව ඒකරාශී කරන වෘත්තීය සමිති ඔස්සේය. පිලිප් ගුණවර්ධනයන්ගේ දැවැන්ත නායකත්වයෙන් පසු, ම.එ.පෙ. ප්‍රතිනිර්මාණය කරමින් 1973 දී එහි නායකත්වයට පත් දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධනයන් සිය පක්ෂයට අනුබද්ධිත වෘත්තීය සමිති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
Meet the Willy Wonka of Newfoundland — originally from Sri Lanka
Charmiria Meilinda hopes his handmande chocolate business takes off. Originally from Sri Lanka, he now lives in L'Anse au Loup. (Amy Feehan/CBC) Chamira Milinda is the owner of Chocolate de Champ, a small homemade chocolate business he runs out of his home in L'Anse au Loup, a community on Labrador's southern coast. Since moving to Labrador from his home in Sri Lanka in 2012, Milinda has been working full time in a bakery. He dedicates his time outside of work to crafting his unique and handmade... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
Changing agreement with IMF under Opposition leader’s government a mere slogan
Avissawella, Jan 20 (Daily Mirror) - statement made by the Opposition Leader about changing the agreement by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with Sri Lanka is a mere slogan, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. He said the Opposition Leader had made a statement that he will change the agreement with the IMF under his government. Therefore, everyone should act responsibly at this time, the Minister said at a meeting in Avissawella today. "At a time when the country was in trouble, the agreement made... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
Leaked audio exposes woman attempting to bribe Narcotics ASP
Colombo, Jan 20 (Daily Mirror) - A leaked audio conversation between a police officer and a female lawyer, suspected of representing a relative of organized criminal Ganemulla Sanjeewa who is being held at the Weeragula Police Station, has surfaced. It is alleged that during the conversation, the lawyer engaged with an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) from the Narcotics Unit and attempted to offer a bribe. It was reported that a team of officers from the Police Narcotics Bureau was dispatched to investigate a house in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
Rs. 1.6bn worth of heroin recovered from intercepted fishing trawlers
Sri Lanka Navy on Friday (Jan.19) foiled yet another drug smuggling attempt by intercepting a local multiday fishing trawler carrying a large cache of heroin. The street value of the heroin consignment, weighing over 65kg, is believed to be more than Rs. 1,626 million. Additionally, another multiday fishing trawler, suspected of assisting the other vessel, too was impounded during the operation which led to the arrest of 11 suspects involved in the drug smuggling attempt. The Navy and the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB), in tandem with the intelligence services, had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
සුදුලූණු වංචාව සිදුකල සමාගම මිනිස් පරිභෝජනයට නුසුදුසු සහල් තොගයක් ගෙන්වලා - පාරිභෝගික අයිතීන් සුරැකීමේ ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය
මිනිස් පරිභෝජනයට නුසුදුසු සහල් තොගයක් මුදා හැරීමට පාරිභෝගික අධිකාරියේ අධ්‍යක්ෂක මණ්ඩලය අනුමැතිය දීමේ සූදානමක් ඇති බවත්, මහා පරිමාණ සුදුලූණු වංචාව සිදුකල සමාගම විසින් මෙම සහල් ආනයනය කර ඇති බවත් පාරිභෝගික අයිතීන් සුරැකීමේ ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය පවසයි. මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පාරිභෝගික අයිතීන් සුරැකීමේ ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය මේ බව සඳහන් කර තිබේ. අදාළ මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය පහළින්... මිනිස් පරිභෝජනයට නුසුදුසු සහල් තොගයක් මුදා හැරීමට පාරිභෝගික අධිකාරියේ අධ්‍යක්ෂක මණ්ඩලය අනුමැතිය දීමේ සූදානමක්! පාරිභෝගික ජීවිත අනතුරේ මහා පරිමාණ සුදුලූණු වංචාව සිදුකල සමාගම විසින් මෙරටට ආනයනය කරන ලද මිනිස්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
DRS in Cricket: Enhancing Decision-Making Through Technology
The Decision Review System (DRS), a technology-based aid used in cricket, was conceived by Senaka Weeraratna in 1997. Initially known as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), DRS combines television replays, ball-tracking technology, microphones, and infra-red imaging to assist match officials with decision making. It comprises both Umpire Reviews and Player Reviews, and was first introduced in Test matches in 2008, ODIs in January 2011, and in a Twenty20 International in October 2017.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) initially made... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
“As the premier think tank on national security in Sri Lanka, INSS stands as a beacon of intellectual exploration." - Defence Secretary
“In the realm of national security, knowledge is not merely power; it is the bedrock upon which our safety and freedom vest." Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne expressed his views as the Chief Guest of the launching ceremony of ‘Defence Review-2023’ held at the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS) in Battaramulla today (Jan 19). Overlooking Director General and Acting Director (Research) of INSS, Colonel Nalin Herath warmly received the Chief Guest of the Day, Defence Secretary Gen. Gunaratne, on his arrival at the venue and also delivered the welcome... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
ආණ්ඩුවේ පැටිකිරිය එළියට - බැසිල්, මහින්ද, මෛත්‍රීගේ ගේම් ! රොෂාන් වේදීකාව දෙවනත් කරයි
https://youtu.be/93QGJDis8U4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
මාලදිවයින් කතානායකවරයා හා ශ්‍රී ලංකා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා අතර හමුවක්.
මාලදිවයින පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ කථානායක මොහොමඩ් අස්ලාම් මහතා හා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අතර හමුවක් 2024.01.18 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී සිදුවිය. කිසි දිනක පලුදු නොවූ දෙරට අතර අනාදිමත් කාලයක සිට තිබූ සම්බන්ධතා හා රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික සබඳතා පිළිබඳව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා හා කතානායකවරයා මෙහිදී ස්මරණය කළේය. මාලදිවයින් අධ්‍යාපන ක්ෂේත්රයට ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයින් දක්වන බුද්ධිමය දායකත්වය පිළිබඳව කථානායකවරයා මෙහිදී ප්රකාශ කළේය. ඒ බොහෝ ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ගුරුවරුන් මාලදිවයිනේ පෙර පාසල් සහ පාසල්වල සේවය කිරීමයි. මාලදිවයින් ආයෝජනවලින් 10%ක් ආයෝජනය කර ඇත්තේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රධාන සමාගම් විසින් වීම විශේෂත්වයක් බව කතානායකවරයා පැවසීය. ආසියා කලාපයෙන් අපේ ස්ථාවර කමිටුවට ශ්‍රී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
Sri Lankan govt to persist with anti-drug operation despite UN concerns
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urges the Sri Lankan government to review the ongoing “Yukthiya” [Justice] operation Colombo:Sri Lanka has pledged to sustain its anti-drug operation — in which some 40,000 people have been arrested over the last month — despite serious concern expressed by the UN and international rights groups. “They can issue statements, but I will not stop this operation,” Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Tiran Alles told a media conference in Colombo on Thursday. Rather than issuing “general statements”, the UN must... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
NIA files supplementary chargesheet against four in Sri Lanka human trafficking case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet against four accused in a 2021 case relating to human trafficking of 39 Sri Lankan nationals into India on the false pretext of taking them to Canada. Mohamed Imran Khan alias Imran, who was arrested by the NIA recently, has been charge-sheeted under various sections of IPC relating to trafficking, confinement, and conspiracy, along with absconders Seeni Aabul Khan, Mohamed Ibrahim alias Ahmed and Pudumadam Imran alias Hajiyar aka Imrankhan, before the NIA Special Court, Bengaluru. The accused were allegedly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
Extended Fund Facility agreement has to be amended: Sajith informs IMF
Colombo, Jan 19 (Daily Mirror) - Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa informed a group of IMF officials that the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement which their organization has signed with the Sri Lankan government has to be amended and a Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) government will do so in the future. Premadasa made this remark when he met a group of IMF officials who are currently visiting Sri Lanka. The team includes Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer, IMF Resident Representative Ms. Sarwat Javan and local economist Manavee Abeywickrama. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
NPP not expecting to legalize prostitution: Harini
Colombo, Jan 19 (Daily Mirror) - The National People's Power (NPP) was not expecting to legalize prostitution and that it would only amend some laws which inconvenience those who were forced to prostitution due to economic hardships, NPP MP Harini Amarasuriya said today. She told the Daily Mirror that the main focus of the NPP was to revive the economy of the country as economic hardships had forced women into prostitution. The MP said women who were forced to prostitution had to face numerous hardships due to some... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
Property tax will help Sri Lanka to take quantum leap to achieve IMF targets – Peter Breuer
Although Sri Lanka’s macro economy is gradually stabilizing, the country’s economic recovery process is still in the ‘infancy level’ and has yet to reach the broader population, says Peter Breuer, the Senior Mission Chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Sri Lanka. Mr. Breuer has also expressed that property tax will help Sri Lanka to take the quantum leap to achieve the IMF programme’s goals. A group of officials from the IMF arrived in Sri Lanka on 11 January to engage in discussions for a period of one week, while studying... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/24)
Swift completion of final agreements with official creditors critical for Sri Lanka – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is critical for Sri Lanka to swiftly complete the final agreements with the official creditors and reach a resolution with the external private creditors. IMF mission team, led by Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer, was in Sri Lanka from January 11-19 to discuss recent macroeconomic developments and progress in implementing economic and financial policies under the EFF arrangement. https://youtu.be/cXm2SWv0IDw Issuing a statement to convey its preliminary findings observed during the visit, the delegation says the economic reform program implemented by the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/01/24)
Karapitiya medical officers, patients & local residents seek justice for arrested senior oncologist
The medical officers and nurses of the oncology unit of the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, together with the patients and residents of the area staged a demonstration on Friday (Jan.19), seeking justice for the senior oncologist arrested over an alleged assault. Dr. S.C.R. Perera, 61, was arrested for purportedly assaulting a female junior staff member during a contentious situation that had ensued on Wednesday morning. He was accused of assaulting the said staff member during a heated argument between him and the other junior staffers after he slammed them for disrupting hospital... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/01/24)
All stalled development projects to commence in February - Bandula
Development projects are set to commence in February, following the finalization of agreements related to the debt restructuring and ongoing discussions with foreign creditors of Sri Lanka, according to Dr. Bandula Gunawardena, the Minister of Transport, Highways, and Mass Media. During a media briefing at the Presidential Media Centre on Friday (Jan.19), the minister highlighted that Rs. 150 million has been allocated to the District Development Committees under the relevant chairmen for road development. Additionally, Rs. 50 million has been earmarked through the Ministry of Rural Affairs for the development of small roads. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/01/24)
සිත් තැවුලට පත් විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍යවරයා ගත් තීරණය... ''උදේ 04 ඉඳන් ඇහැරිලා ලෙඩ්ඩුන්ට සේවය කළ කෙනෙක්''
https://youtu.be/i3XIzHO58Cg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/01/24)
Positive signs in Sri Lanka's economic reforms - more to be done : IMF
Colombo, January 19, 2024 - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Peter Breuer visited Sri Lanka from January 11 to 19, 2024, to assess recent macroeconomic developments and progress in implementing economic and financial policies under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement. At the conclusion of the mission, Peter Breuer issued a statement highlighting positive signs in Sri Lanka's economic reform program. Here are the key points from the statement: Economic Recovery Signs: Real GDP recorded a positive growth of 1.6 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2023, marking the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/01/24)
Oncologist at Karapitiya Hospital voluntarily retires, following assault accusations
Colombo, January 19, 2024 - The Senior Oncologist at Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, who was recently arrested for an alleged assault, has decided to retire voluntarily. His letter of retirement has been submitted to the Ministry of Health, according to the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA). The decision to retire comes in the wake of a contentious incident at the hospital, where Dr. Perera was accused of assaulting a junior staff member during a heated argument. The dispute arose after Dr. Perera criticized junior staff for disrupting hospital services with a token strike. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/01/24)
We must oppose the spread of big power rivalry & build a multipolar world - President tells world leaders
President Ranil Wickremesinghe commended President Yoweri Museveni for assuming leadership at the 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Kampala, Uganda. He highlighted the current global challenges, including the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the shift in the post-Cold War order, and emerging multipolar dynamics. President Wickremesinghe emphasized the need for NAM to reinvent itself, transforming into the largest bloc representing the Global South. Proposing the recognition of Palestine and addressing various geopolitical, economic, and technological issues, he called for a united NAM with updated objectives to build a multipolar world.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/01/24)
India’s annexation of Sikkim & Lessons for Sri Lanka
Recently, Dr. Wasantha Bandara declared that Sri Lanka was fast on its way to becoming the 29th State of India on the lines of what happened to Sikkim. Obviously, many may be unaware of what happened to Sikkim & how it was annexed to be worried as to how Sri Lanka can be compared to it. However, the resemblances are certainly alarming. Sri Lanka’s leaders who are already not in the pocket of the bully-neighbor must take serious note. The Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim became a protectorate of India in 1950... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/01/24)
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ දූත මණ්ඩල අඩු කරන ලෙස මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ ඉල්ලා සිටී
කාලීන අවශ්‍යතාවයක් සේ සලකා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ දූත මණ්ඩල අඩු කරන ලෙස යෝජනාවක් පාත්ෆයින්ඩර් පදනමේ නිර්මාතෘ මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ මහතා ඉදිරිපත් කරයි. නවීන තාක්ෂණය වඩාත් පහසුවෙන් භාවිතා කර සම්බන්ධතා ගොඩනැගිය හැකි ගෝලීයකරණයක් ඉදිරියේ රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික කටයුතු පරිවර්තනය කළ හැකි බව ඔහු ස`දහන් කරයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පරිපාලන ව්‍යුහය නවීකරණය කිරීම, කාර්යක්ෂමතාවයක් ඇති කිරීම සහ සීමිත සම්පත් උපරිම වශයෙන් භාවිතා කිරීම සඳහා හදිසි අවශ්‍යතාවයක කොටසක් ලෙස, විදේශයන්හි රාජ්‍යතාන්ත්‍රික දූත මණ්ඩල සංඛ්‍යාව විශාල ලෙස අඩු කිරීම පිළිබඳව බරපතල ලෙස සලකා බලන ලෙස ඔහු රජයෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටී. හැටකට වැඩි තානාපති හා මහ කොමසාරිස් කාර්යාල ශ්‍රී ලංකාන පවත්වාගෙන යන අතර,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/01/24)
Defence Secretary Chief Guest at 96th National Boxing Championship
Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne graced the closing ceremony of the 96th National Boxing Championship as the Chief Guest at the MAS Arena of Royal College Colombo, yesterday (Jan 17). Notably, Umayanga Mihiran of Sri Lanka Police was recognized as the Most Outstanding Boxer of the year 2023. The Sri Lanka Army Boxing Club with a haul of 23 gold medals received accolades as the most successful club of 2023 at the 96th National Boxing Championship held last evening. The event saw outstanding players being honoured with trophies and accolades... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/01/24)
Russia struts the world nuclear energy stage like a colossus
Colombo, January 18: Media reports suggest that Sri Lanka may go in for Russian help to set up a nuclear power plant to supplement the current energy mix. The Russian State-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom appears to be the front runner among international companies that have shown interest in investing in Sri Lanka in this sector. Russia has reportedly agreed to send a delegation from Rosatom to Sri Lanka to discuss its proposal. A perusal of material on the subject by even Western experts would show that Russia is a leader in this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/01/24)
IMF representatives meet NPP leaders
Colombo, Jan. 18 (Daily Mirror)- A group of IMF representatives including head of operations for Sri Lanka, Peter Breuer met representatives of the National People’s Power (NPP) at the JVP head office today. Ms. Sarvath Jahan, the resident representative of the IMF, Ms. Manavee Abeywickrama (IMF staff) and Peter Brewer, participated in representing the IMF in this discussion. NPP MP Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Sunil Hadunnetthi representing the NPP Economic Council, Professor Anil Jayantha, Economic Analyst Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma and National Executive Member of the NPP Muditha... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/01/24)
ජවිපෙ ඉතිහාසය අලුතෙන් ලියයි.. IMF ලොක්කා පැලවත්ත මූලස්ථානයේ.. මාලිමා ආර්ථික ප‍්‍රධානීන් හා සාකච්චා..
ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සදහා මෙහෙයුම් ප්‍රධානී පීටර් බෘෘවර් (Peter Breuer) ඇතුළු කණ්ඩායමක් සහ ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ නියෝජිතයන් අතර සාකච්ඡාවක් (18) ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ ප්‍රධාන කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැත්විණි. ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල නියෝජනය කරමින් පීටර් බෲවර් මහතාට අමතරව මුල්‍ය අරමුදලේ නේවාසික නියෝජිත සර්වත් ජහාන් මහත්මිය සහ මානවී අබේවික්‍රම යන අය සහභාගි විය. මේ අවස්ථාවට පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීනී ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය, ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ ආර්ථික කවුන්සිලය නියෝජනය කරමින් සුනිල් හදුන්නෙත්ති, මහාචාර්ය අනිල් ජයන්ත, ආර්ථික විශ්ලේෂක ආචාර්ය හර්ෂන සූරියප්පෙරුම සහ ජාතික විධායක සභික මුදිත නානායක්කාර යන අය සහභාගි විය. – Media... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/01/24)
Sri Lankans in Yemen fear ‘being caught in the crossfire’ as Colombo plans to join US-led attacks on Houthis
Sri Lankans are concerned their lives ‘may be threatened’ and help will not be readily available in an emergency as the country does not have a mission in Yemen Colombo’s move to join the US operation signals its attempt at a ‘balancing act’ rather than a change in support for the Palestinian cause, one analyst says Isuru Alagiyawanna, 32, arrived in Yemen just six months ago in search of a better life away from the debilitating economic crisis of his native Sri Lanka.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/24)
Sri Lanka-India passenger ferry services to resume this week
Colombo, Jan 18 (Daily Mirror) - The passenger ferry service between India’s Nagapattinam and Kankesanthurai in Jaffna will be initiated this week, Controller General of Immigration and Emigration I.S.H.J. Ilukpitiya said. Addressing the media, he said that so far, the initial programmes required to initiate the service have been completed, and immigration officers have already been deployed at the KKS port. However, the official launch of the ferry service was held on October 2023, as the ‘Cheriyapani’ passenger ferry docked at Kankesanthurai port while resuming the ferry service between the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/24)
President arrives in Uganda, receives gun salute
Kampala, Jan 18 (Daily Mirror) - President Ranil Wickremesinghe who arrived in Kampala , Uganda was greeted with gun salute upon arrival at the Entebbe airport. Uganda's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oreyem Okello along with Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardene, and Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Kenya Dr Kana Kananathan welcomed the guest. The reception, characterized by a red carpet and a state welcome, showcased the strong diplomatic ties between Sri Lanka and Uganda. The mammoth gun salute not only symbolized the significance of the visit but also underlined the mutual respect... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/24)
Police to trace traffic offenders in Colombo using CCTV system from next week
In a bid to curb traffic violations, Sri Lanka Police has decided to trace traffic offenders in Colombo using the surveillance camera system in the island’s commercial capital. Speaking to the media this morning, Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon said this initiative would be implemented starting next Monday (Jan.22). https://youtu.be/VPWCgeFUC2M Accordingly, the traffic fine sheet and the respective CCTV footage will be sent to the police station closest to the registered owner of the vehicle involved, the Acting IGP explained. The decision was taken... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/24)
Politics without substance or substance without politics? People have a choice.
The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum for the year 2024 is held from January 15 - 19 in Davos, Switzerland, under the theme ‘Rebuilding Trust’. It aims to restore collective agency, and reinforce the fundamental principles of transparency, consistency, and accountability among leaders. Judging from events unfolding in various parts of the world, including the annihilation of the Palestinians in Gaza, the ever-widening income and wealth disparity between the rich and the poor, the hunger and malnutrition that millions of very ordinary people experience, the millions of the forcibly displaced persons... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/24)
How We administrators developed Sri Lanka on Rupees till the end of 1977.
Our monetary economists of today have decided that printing money is to be stopped till the end of the year. The new Central Bank Act of 2023 is said to forbid money printing. Some foremost economists and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka are of the opinion that printing money causes inflation and should not be done. I lived in Sri Lanka till 1973 and worked in senior Administrative Service positions from 1955 to 1973- some 17 years handling arduous development tasks all done with locally printed Rupees. In 1970, as a Deputy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/24)
කෝටි 750ක් ගිලපු ශ්‍රීමත්ගේ එයාර් බස් ගනුදෙනුව - එක ගුවන් යානයකින් කෝටි 150ක් ගසා කාලා
https://youtu.be/ghWm-Gt_ljw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/24)
Decision Review System (DRS)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_Review_System The Decision Review System (DRS), formerly known as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), is a technology-based system used in cricket to assist the match officials in their decision-making. On-field umpires may choose to consult with the third umpire (known as an Umpire Review), and players may request that the third umpire consider a decision of the on-field umpires (known as a Player Review). The main elements that have been used are television replays, technology that tracks the path of the ball and predicts what it would have done, microphones to detect small sounds made as the ball hits the bat or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/24)
Sri Lanka’s Election Expenditure Act: A Step Towards Transparency
In a recent media briefing at the Presidential Media Center, Wajira Abeywardena, Chairman of the United National Party (UNP) and Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka, shed light on the crucial role of the Regulation of Election Expenditure Act No 3 of 2023. Passed in early 2023, the Act aims to keep a check on the funding sources of Sri Lanka’s 75 registered political parties. Abeywardena highlighted that the political parties’ division has been a source of numerous challenges since the country’s independence. Furthermore, he drew attention to Sri Lanka’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
WHO's praise for Maldives, Sri Lanka: ‘Earnest efforts to control Hepatitis B’
Maldives and Sri Lanka have achieved control over hepatitis B disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. The experts also reviewed the findings of national surveys conducted among children in 2022-2023, in these countries.(Shutterstock) This comes after an expert panel verified that the two countries have had consistently high coverage of Hepatitis B vaccine doses in infants and a low prevalence of the deadly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
Russian Federation donates sunflower oil worth USD 1.5 mn to Sri Lanka
Colombo, Jan. 17 (Daily Mirror)- The Russian Federation has donated USD 1.5 million worth of sunflower oil to Sri Lanka through the UN World Food Programme, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The official handing over ceremony took place at the Partnership Secretariat for World Food Programme Co-operation (PSWFPC) premises in Colombo, yesterday (16). Accordingly, the Russian Federation has granted 130.41 MT of fortified Sunflower oil through the World Food Programme (WFP). The initial batch of 351.9 metric tons (MT) was received... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
Budget 2024: Sri Lanka’s road to economic recovery?
Sri Lanka’s Budget 2024 has ambitious proposals that could push the country forward, however, it continues to stare at a long road to economic recovery The recently passed 2024 Budget has many promises but when judging Sri Lanka by its past, it falls short of the revenue needed to fulfill expenditures for key proposals in the budget. The budget posed a significant dilemma for Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe. He had to balance the needs of the International Monetary... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
Can We Survive without a Homegrown Solution?
A senior Japanese diplomat attached to the Japanese Embassy in Colombo, speaking to Ceylon Today in terms of anonymity, claimed that a homegrown solution will not help Sri Lanka overcome the present economic crisis. He pointed out that the Gotabaya Rajapaksa Administration’s attempt to resolve the then-developing catastrophe with a homegrown approach failed. Therefore, in his thinking, the sole solution for Sri Lanka lies with the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) as the only way forward. This Japanese diplomat, who was not authorised to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
Supreme Court deems Duminda Silva’s presidential pardon invalid
The Supreme Court has declared former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decision to grant presidential pardon to former MP Duminda Silva, convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, as invalid. https://youtu.be/jpKBSB8qNb8 The relevant court order was issued by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court when several petitions filed by the late Premachandra’s wife and daughter, Sumana and Hirunika Premachandra and former Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) Attorney-at-Law Ghazali Hussain, was taken up in court this morning (17 Jan.). The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
President Ranil briefs Indian CEOs on Sri Lanka’s economic outlook
President Ranil Wickremesinghe took centre stage in a recent roundtable discussion organized by the Consortium of Indian Industry (CII) and World Economic Forum yesterday (16), unveiling a comprehensive economic vision for Sri Lanka. The President emphasized the successful resolution of supply bottlenecks, the removal of import restrictions and the restoration of foreign exchange liquidity as key factors contributing to sustained economic growth. Sri Lanka is actively expanding its trade agreements, with a recently completed comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Singapore and an upcoming FTA with Thailand in February. Ongoing discussions with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
Sri Lanka to issue on-arrival driver’s licenses for foreigners starting April
State Minister for Transport Lasantha Alagiyawanna has assured that the ongoing issue in the issuance of driver’s licenses would be addressed by October, with a shift towards providing permanent licenses through a one-day service rather than temporary ones. Speaking at a news conference held at the Presidential Media Centre under the theme ‘Collective Path to a stable country’ today (Jan.17), the state minister outlined plans to elevate all district offices responsible for issuing driving licenses to the status of the head office in Werahera by the end of this year. Alagiyawanna, elaborating... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
Sri Lanka as Indian State No. 29, Tamil Eelam as No. 30
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 07-13 January 2023 Sri Lanka has been invaded 17 times throughout its known history, mostly from South India, suggests Wasantha Bandara. We can now pay in dollars & rupees for front-row seats to Invasion No. 18 – with our hands chained behind our backs. An Indo-US United War Supply Centre is to be set up in Gokanna (aka Cheena Varaaya aka Trincomalee), to prepare for Sri Lanka’s vassalage as India’s 29th state, with Tamil Eelam aka Tamilnadu South sliced out... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
Pathfinder delegation promotes Tourism & Connectivity in South India- Rameswaram-Talaimannar ferry link discussed
Pathfinder Shipping with Indian and Norwegian partners are ready to reestablish the ferry link between six to nine months after approvals granted As part of its overall objective of consolidating ties with institutions at governmental and nongovernmental levels in Tamil Nadu, a Pathfinder Foundation delegation visited Chennai to promote tourism and connectivity between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. Bernard Goonetilleke, Chairman (PF) met with Thiru K. Ramachandran, Minister for Tourism, Government of Tamil Nadu, and Dr. K. Manivasan IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
The Fascinating History of Television – From Idiot Box to Intelligent Box
On July 20th, 1969, American Astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the Moon. As he took the first tentative steps on the moon's surface he uttered the immortal words "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." At the same time, the television camera on the lunar module captured these historic moments. The television (TV) camera used by NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of USA) was a small robust camera first developed in 1928 by the Scottish innovator John... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
Exposition of Deegawapiya Relics continues further
The exposition of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa and the Crest-Gem takes place at Abeysekararamaya, Yakkala today (Jan 16) for public veneration. These revered articles will be remaining there until the morning on January 18. Further, arrangements have been made for the public veneration of these revered articles at the Vidyawansha Maha Pirivena, Gampaha from January 18 to 20, at Amara Viharaya, Raddolugama from 20 to 22, at Bodhirajaramaya, Raddolugama from 22 to 23 and at Minuwangoda Rajamaha Viharaya from 23 to 25. The Devotees have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
Insights into Sri Lanka’s next presidential election and challenges faced by NPP
NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake addressing a political rally.(File photo)
Sri Lanka’s next presidential election, scheduled between September and October 2024, has heightened the political atmosphere with anticipation. According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka, voters can elect a president for a five-year term. The election process involves limited ranked voting, allowing voters to express up to three ranked preferences for the president. If no candidate receives over 50% of valid votes on the first count, all candidates except... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
Dismantling US$ dominance: De-dollarization strategies
The impact of the US dollar’s dominance as the primary international currency, termed the “US dollar trap,” on poor, developing, and emerging economies. The consequences encompass financial stability and dollarization, with monetary policy constrained by the dollar’s influence. A stronger dollar negatively affects trade and finance in emerging markets, causing a decline in real trade volumes. The dollar’s status as the global reserve currency leads to dissatisfaction among strategic competitors, potentially challenging US hegemony in the global financial system. Despite claims of instability, the dollar’s global role has provided... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
Striking health workers shouldn’t be granted docs’ allowance under any circumstances -Udaya
Udaya Pivuthu Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila, MP, yesterday (16) insisted that health sector trade union coalition’s demand for Rs 35,000 allowance shouldn’t be granted under any circumstances. The former Power and Energy Minister said that those trade unions should realise that their demand for Rs 35,000 allowance because the Disturbance, Availability, and Transport (DAT) allowance given to doctors had been increased by that amount couldn’t be accepted. With the increase doctors receive Rs 70,000 DAT allowance. The Colombo District lawmaker told The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
බුදු දහමට අපහාස කරන භික්ෂුන්ට කෝටි ගණනින් විදේශ රටවලින් මුදල්…
මෙරට සිදු කෙරෙන බුදු දහමට අපහාස කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය ඉතා සංවිධානාත්මක ක්‍රියාවලියක් බවත් මේ සදහා කෝටි ගණනින් මුදල් විදෙස් රටවලින් ලැබෙන බවත් පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සදහන් කර සිටියේ පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුව අමතමිනි. පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායකයා එහිදී වැඩි දුරටත් මෙසේ අදහස් දැක් වීය. බුදු දහමට අපහාස කිරීම විවිධ පිරිස් අතින් අද සිද්ධ වෙනවා. බුදු දහමට අපහාස වන අයුරින් හැසිරෙන භික්ෂුන් වහන්සේලාට රුපියල් කෝටි ගණනින් විදේශ රටවලින් මුදල් ලැබෙනවා. සමහරු බෞද්ධයින් ලෙස පෙනී සිටිමින් බුදු දහමට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
‘දොස්තලාට වැඩිකලා.. වර්ජනේට බැහැපල්ලා..’ සෞඛ්‍ය සුළු සේවකයනට ඇමතුම ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයෙන්..
වෛද්‍යවරුන්ට ලබා දුන් රුපියල් තිස් පන්දහසක දීමනාව ඉල්ලමින් සිදු කරන වැඩ වර්ජනය පසුපස ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේ ඇතැමුන් සිටින බව රජයේ වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරීන්ගේ සංසදය පෙන්වා දෙයි. වෛද්‍යවරුන්ගේ දීමනාව කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලයෙන් අනුමත කිරීමෙන් පසු ඒ මොහොතේමද ‘හෙට වැඩ වර්ජනයකට බැහැපල්ලා’ යයි ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයෙන්ම දුරකථන ඇමතුමක් ලැබුණු බව සංගමයේ සභාපති වෛද්‍ය රුක්ෂාන් බෙල්ලන මහතා සඳහන් කළේය. ඒ අනුව පහුවෙනිදා එම වැඩ වර්ජනය ආරම්භ වූ බවද ඔහු පැවසීය. බාල බෙහෙත් නිසා රෝගීන් මිය යන බවට පසුගියදා කිඹුල් කඳුළු හෙලූ වෘත්තිය සමිති අද කරන්නේද වැඩ වර්ජනය කරමින් ඊටත් වඩා රෝගී ජීවිත අවදානමේ හෙළිමක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
Red Sea crisis sees container boom in Colombo port
Traffic has grown by 80% in a few weeks, after many companies decided to abandon the Suez Canal route because of Houthi attacks, for the one circumnavigating Africa. But for Sri Lanka it risks being only a short-term gain. The political crux of Colombo's participation in the Red Sea mission. Colombo (AsiaNews) - According to data from the Sri Lanka Port Authority (SLPA), due to the Red Sea crisis, the port of Colombo has increased the volume of containers transhipment from a ship by approximately 80%. to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/24)
අවලෝකිතේෂ්වර' ලෙසින් පෙනී සිටි මහින්ද රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගර ගත කෙරේ
අවලෝකේතීශ්වර බෝධිසත්ත්ව' ලෙස පෙනී සිටි මහින්ද කොඩිතුවක්කු නමැත්තා ලබන ජනවාරි 24 දක්වා රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කරන ලෙස කොළඹ මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණය අද (16) නියම කළා. එහිදී සැකකරු අංගොඩ මානසික රෝහල වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කර, ඔහුගේ මානසික වෛද්‍ය වාර්තාවක් කැඳවීමට පියවර ගන්නා ලෙසයි මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරයා නියෝග කළේ. එහිදී පැමිණිල්ල වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටි නියෝජ්‍ය සොල්සිටර් ජනරාල් දිලීප පීරිස් ඉදිරිපත් කළ කරුණු සලකා බැලීමෙන් අනතුරුවයි මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරයා මෙම නියෝග නිකුත් කරනු ලැබුවේ https://youtu.be/uz_4JbcLKUw අවලෝකිතේෂ්වර බෝධිසත්ත්වයන් ලෙස පෙනී සිට බුදු දහම විකෘති කරමින් දේශන පැවැත්වීමේ චෝදනාවට අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් අත්අඩංගුවට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Sri Lanka faces soaring Dengue cases, logs 380 cases daily
Colombo, Jan 16 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka is grappling with a surge in Dengue fever cases, logging a staggering 380 cases per day. Health experts have raised alarm bells as the country battles this alarming spike in mosquito-borne illnesses. The latest data from the Epidemiology Unit, as of January 15, reveals a total of 5,829 reported Dengue cases, with a significant concentration of over 1,700 cases reported from the Western Province alone. The capital city, Colombo, remains a hotspot, contributing to a substantial portion of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Self-proclaimed Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva remanded till January 24
Colombo, Jan 16 (Daily Mirror) - Self-proclaimed Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, Mahinda Kodithuwakku was today ordered to be remanded till January 24 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court. He was arrested by the CID for allegedly insulting Buddhism and hurting religious feelings. https://youtu.be/AhInbpbffxA Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
President discusses effective progress of debt restructuring at Business Roundtable in Switzerland
Addressing the Business Roundtable organized by BOI Sri Lanka and the Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce yesterday, during his official tour to Switzerland to attend the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted significant strides in Sri Lanka’s economic recovery and outlined future growth prospects. https://youtu.be/LZtsE1YEOFw President Wickremesinghe began by acknowledging the challenging times the nation faced, noting the adverse effects of the recent crisis on businesses, small enterprises and the overall population. He mentioned a constructive meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Opportune moment for investing in Sri Lanka’s renewable energy sector – President
President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted the present as an opportune moment for investing in Sri Lanka’s renewable energy sector, expressing confidence in its potential to yield substantial benefits for both stakeholders and consumers in the coming decades. The President also underscored that investors venturing into this sector can anticipate a comprehensive and unwavering policy framework in the realm of renewable energy. President Ranil Wickremesinghe made these remarks during his address at the “Green Technology Forum” convened on January 15 in Davos, Switzerland. The event was coordinated by the Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Sri Lanka to speed up negotiations to use sea area beyond exclusive economic zone
The Sectoral Oversight Committee on International Relations has drawn its attention to the affairs related to the National Oceanic Affairs Committee Secretariat, an agency affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Committee to which met on 09 January 2024 chaired by Member of Parliament Akila Ellawala discussed the role of the National Oceanic Affairs Committee Secretariat, challenges faced and future plans, the Parliamentary Communications Department said in a statement. The current Chairman of the secretariat, Dr. N.P. Vijayananda, addressing the meeting, stated that there is a possibility of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
බුදුන්වහන්සේ ලංකාවෙ උපන් බවට ගෙනයන ව්‍යාජ මතයේ යටි අරමුණ ඔබ දන්නවා ද?
බුදුන්වහන්සේ ලංකාවේ දී උපත ලැබූ කියන පුද්ගලයින් ගැන හෙළි කිරීම වැදගත්, එක අතකින් වැදගැන්මක් නැති ලඳබොළඳ කතා බහක් වුවත් ඔවුන්ගේ උත්සහය පරාජය කළ යුතුයි, එළවා එළවා පහර දිය යුත්තේ පුරාවිද්‍යාත්මක කරුණු වලින්, මෝඩ ශ්‍රධාවන්තයා මුළා කිරීමට වඩා බරපතල වන්නේ තරුණ ප්‍රජාව මුළා කිරීමයි. අනාගත සමජය මුළා කිරීමයි. එපමණක් නොව චීවරය දරාගත් පිරිසක්, යොදා ගැනීමේ සැඟවුනු රහස කුමක් ද? භික්ෂුව සතු සමාජ බලය හෑල්ලුවට පත් කිරීමයි. හාස්‍යයට පත්කිරීමයි. එයයි මෙහි යටි අරමුණ. බුදුන්වහන්සේගෙ උපත ලංකවෙ ද? ඉන්දියාවේ ද ? ( ලුම්බිණිය ) * අනාගමිකයින්ගෙ තවත් උත්සාහයක්, බුදු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
භෂ්ම කරනලද දම්පල් ප්රකාශය යළි ලියවමු
ශ‍්‍රීමත් අනගාරික ධර්මපාල නොහොත් සිරි දේවමිත්ත ධර්මපාල ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේ 1933 දී අපවත් විමෙන් පසු උන්වහන්සේ ගේ දේහය ආදාහන කරවා ලබා ගත් භෂ්මාවශේෂ වලින් කොටසක් බරණැස මූලගන්ධකුටි විහාරයේ ස්ථූපයක නිදන් කළ බව පැවසෙයි.අනෙකුත් කොටස 1933 මැයි 07 වන දින හේවාවිතාරණ පවුලේ සාමාජිකයන් විසින් දුම්රිය මාර්ගය ඔස්සේ තලෙයිමන්නාරමට ගෙනවුත් කොලඹට වැඩම කළ බව දක්වා ඇත.විද්‍යෙදය පිරිවෙනේ දී ප්රදර්ශනය කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව බොරැුල්ල කනත්තේ විශේෂ සොහොන් ගෙයක මෙම භෂ්මාවශේෂ තැන්පත් කරන්නට ඇතැයි යන්නට තිබෙන සාක්ෂිය වූයේ එහි ශිලාමය අනුස්මරණ ස්ථානයක් සාදා තිබෙන බැවිනි.මෙම ස්ථානය පිළිබඳව සිංහල බෞද්ධයාගේ මතකය ඈත්ව ගොස් තිබුණි. එතැන වල්බිහිව තිබුණි.එ් අතර මරදානේ අග‍්‍රශ‍්‍රාවක විහාරයේ ද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Road map for AKD
Presidential Candidate AKD Road map Action plan 1 request all the ministers and MP’s to return all the vehicles Lottery to be thrown in Galle face so that everyone gets one vehicle 2 Ask all ex presidents and wives to return all the vehicles and handover the house given to them and return body guards back to police 3 Start using the houses given by the government as state offices and get rid of private houses rented by the state 4 Give a limited fuel allowances and Train... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Hiru TV Salakuna Live | Wimal Weerawansa | Episode 416 | 2024-01-15 | Hiru News
https://youtu.be/JtaZ2VYlCso... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Is a huge war coming? US bombs Yemen, Iraq & Syria. Israel bombs Gaza & Lebanon. Both threaten Iran.
https://youtu.be/G0uXnxBWG-Q... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Prime Minister visits Mandaram Nuwara without prior notice - People requested to protect culture and promote tourism
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena met the residents of Mandaram Nuwara today (2023.01.15) without prior notice. They exchanged many views with the Prime Minister on matters affecting the area, infrastructure and tourism. They pointed out strongly the need for an economic center to transport the harvest , including vegetables, to the main market without expiring. Further they pointed out the lack of many infrastructures including a playground for children and youth to play, drinking water and road facilities. They said that since they are working to protect... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Moragoda repeats his earlier call to abolish Provincial Councils in the Context of Modernizing and Restructuring the Economy
Milinda Moragoda, Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, called on political parties to seriously consider abolishing the provincial council system as a priority action in their campaign manifestos for the forthcoming national elections. Moragoda reiterated his earlier proposal that provincial councils should be abolished and power directly devolved to empowered and reconfigured local, urban, and municipal councils. Since these bodies operate closest to the citizenry, they are in a better position to address and solve community-level problems. Furthermore, a small country of 22 million people does not require another unnecessary layer of administration.This measure should be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
හදිසියේ ධනවතුන් වූ 50,000ක් පසුපස යුක්තිය ලුහුබඳී
ක්ෂණිකව ධනවතුන් වූ විශාල පිරිසක් පසුපස යුක්තිය මෙහෙයුම දියත් කරමින් තිබෙන බව වැඩබලන පොලිස්පති දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පවසයි. ඔහු පැවසුවේ මෙවැනි පුද්ගලයින් 50,000ක් පමණ ඉදිරියේ දී අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමට නියමිත බවය. සීතාවක පොලිස් කොට්ඨාසයේ ප්‍රජා පොලිස් කමිටු සාමාජිකයින් දැනුවත්කිරීම සඳහා විශේෂ වැඩසටහනක් අවිස්සාවේල්ල පොලිස් ස්ථානයේදී ඊයේ (14) පැවැත්විය. ඒ, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් සහ වැඩබලන පොලිස්පති දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් යන මහත්වරුන්ගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙනි. එහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ වැඩබලන පොලිස්පති දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා , "ක්ෂණිකව ධනවතුන් වූ විශාල පිරිසක් පසුපස මේ යුක්තිය මෙහෙයුම ලුහු බඳිනවා. මේක එසේ මෙසේ ඉවර වෙන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
IMF'S RECENT OVERVIEW ON SRI LANKA POSITIVE WITH THANKS TO PRESIDENTIAL VISION
Jan15th 2024 The President's vision for Sri Lanka has certainly been recognized by the IMF and augurs well towards the future of Sri Lanka with Ranil Wickremasinghe at the helm with all his political savvy as the Nation emerges from the travails of the past with no thanks to past leaders whose mismanagement becomes the cynosure of all global eyes which has left the Nation in the grip of severe economic setbacks where the cost of living continues to skyrocket and no end appears to be in sight but an acclaim... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
ටෙලිකොම් ගන්න අම්බානි, අලිරාජා එයි..
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ටෙලිකොම් සමාගම පෞද්ගලීකරණය කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාදාමය යටතේ එහි කොටස් ආයෝජනය සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ප්රකාශ කළ සමාගම් තුනක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් රාජ්‍ය ව්‍යවසාය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගතකරණ ඒකකය විසින් ඇගයීම් සිදු කිරීමට නියමිතය. රාජ්‍ය ව්‍යවසාය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගතකරණ වැඩපිළිවෙළ යටතේ මෙම සමාගමේ රජය සතු කොටස් සඳහා ආයෝජනය කිරීමට සුදුසුකම් ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ අවසන් දිනය පසුගිය සිකුරාදා (12දා) අවසන් වූ අතර ඒ අනුව ඉන්දියාවේ ජියෝ ප්ලැට්ෆෝම්ස් සමාගම, ෆෝචූන් ඉන්ටර්නැෂනල් ඉන්වෙස්ට්මන්ට් සමාගම් සහ පෙටිගෝ කොමසියො ඉන්ටර්නැෂනල් නමැති ආයතන ත්‍රිත්වය අදාළ සුදුසුකම් ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ ඉල්ලුම් පත් යොමු කර ඇති බව ව්‍යාපාර ආරංචි මාර්ග සඳහන් කළේය. මෙයින් ඉන්දියානු ජියෝ ප්ලැට්ෆෝම්ස් සමාගම ඉන්දියාවේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Sri Lanka Ushers in a New Era of Fish Export with Innovative Dehydration Technology
In a pioneering step, Sri Lanka has introduced a fresh wave of innovation into its fish export industry. The country has successfully shipped a colossal 10,000 kg container of dried and Maldive fish to Australia and Korea. This groundbreaking move utilized a revolutionary dehydration technology, marking a departure from the traditional sunlight drying methods. The news was announced by the Agriculture and Plantation Industries Minister, Mahinda Amaraweera.
According to Amaraweera, this export denotes the first time Sri Lanka’s dried... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Sri Lanka arrests 10 Indian fishermen for poaching in its waters
There have been regular instances of Indian fishermen being arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in Sri Lankan waters. A total of 240 Indian fishers were arrested, and 35 trawlers were seized by the Sri Lankan Navy in 2023 for alleged poaching. (Representative picture) The Sri Lankan Navy arrested 10 Indian fishermen and seized their trawler for allegedly poaching in Sri Lanka's waters, an official statement said on Monday. The incident happened on Sunday near the north of Point Pedro in Jaffna, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Treasury Secy says no more IMF medicine hereafter
Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardena before the House Committee probing bankruptcy (pic courtesy Parliament) Secretary to the Treasury Mahinda Siriwardena recently told the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), tasked with investigating causes for the financial bankruptcy declared by the government and to report to Parliament and submit its proposals and recommendations in this regard, emphasised that this should be the last occasion Sri Lanka would seek the IMF intervention. A statement issued by Parliament quoted Siriwardena as having said that necessary reforms should be carried out to ensure the country... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Tiran explains police action to foreign diplomats
Minister Sabry addresses Colombo-based diplomats. He is flanked by Minister Tiran Alles and Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has explained the ongoing ‘Yukthiya’ operation to members of the Colombo-based diplomatic community. The Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Commission has jumped to question the government operation. The Foreign Ministry said that Minister Alles provided an update on the progress made by the special operation against drug menace and underworld activities on the invitation of Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, recently. The Bar Association... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Sri Lanka Navy arrests 12 Indian fishermen in three trawlers on Sri Lankan waters
Jaffna, Jan 14 (Daily Mirror)- The Sri lanka Navy seized three Indian trawlers with 12 Indian fishermen poaching on Sri Lankan waters off the Kovilan Lighthouse in Karainagar, Jaffna. The Navy said they conduct regular patrols and operations on Sri Lankan waters to curb illegal fishing practices by foreign fishing trawlers, taking into account the consequences of these practices on the livelihood of local fishermen and marine resources of the country. Accordingly, the Northern Naval Command deployed its Fast Attack Craft to chase away a cluster of Indian poaching trawlers,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Yukthiya operation should be handled diligently to avoid international intervention: SJB
Colombo, Jan. 15 (Daily Mirror)- The Government as a whole and the police should handle the Yukthiya operation diligently to avoid international intervention which may lead to its end, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Tissa Attanayake said today. “The operation, which is a good, should be handled with care as UN Human Rights office (OHCHR) has already focused its attention on it. It has already voiced its concern saying it has led to violation of human rights. This may cause a fresh problem to the country,” Attanayake told a news... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
CID arrests self-proclaimed ‘Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested Mahinda Kodituwakku, the self-proclaimed ‘Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’ at Pannipitiya a short while ago. Kodituwakku is accused of committing irreligious activities that are contrary to Buddhist teachings. https://youtu.be/EJVOz6Jv9wk On Friday (12), the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court also imposed an overseas travel ban on him. Earlier this week, the president of Buddhist Information Centre, Ven. Agulugalle Sri Jinananda Thero had filed a complaint with the CID alleging that Kodituwakku has been misleading the Buddhist community.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms may invest in Sri Lanka Telecom - report
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani has plans to expand his horizons in the telecommunications business through his firm Jio Platforms, expressing interest in buying stake in Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, the state-owned telecom company, Indian media reported. The Sri Lankan government has been struggling with the cash-strapped Telecom PLC, as current authorities continue to push for privatisation of many sectors to revive the economy amid the recent financial crisis. Sri Lankan government had invited applications from potential bidders for Sri Lanka Telecom PLC by November 10, and Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms was one... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
Over 1,400 wanted suspects arrested within 24-hour ‘Yukthiya’ operation
A total of 1,468 out of 42,248 wanted suspects, in the list shared with all police stations as wanted in connection with various crimes, have been arrested during the last 24 hours under the ‘Yukthiya’ operation, the Ministry of Public Security said. Furthermore, the ministry mentioned that this includes 254 suspects out of the 4,088 suspects against whom open warrants have been issued for dangerous drugs related offences as well as 942 out of 31,417 suspects against whom arrest warrants have been issued over charges which are not related to drugs. At... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/24)
සිංහල ජාතියේ උරුමය ආරක්ෂා කිරීම. සත්‍යය, සමගිය සහ සංහිඳියාව. මේ රට පිළිබඳ සත්‍යයේ ඉතිහාසය.
ප්‍රාග් ඉතිහාශය පසෙක තැබුවද ලොව පුරා ඉතිහාශය හා පුරාවිද්‍යාව පිළිබඳ ප්‍රවීන පඬිවරුන් විසින් පිළිගත් ඉතිහාශය අනුව මේ රට සහ ජාතිය පිළිබඳ සැබෑ සහ සම්පූර්ණ සත්‍යය මෙසේය. ප්‍රථමයෙන්ම, ක්‍රි.පූ. 543 සිදුවූ විජයාගමනයෙන් ඇරඹුණු මේ රටේ ශිෂ්ටාචාරය ගොඩනැගූ මෙම දිවයිනේ මුල් පදිංචිකරුවන් වූයේ සිංහලයන්ය. එතැන්සිට මේ රටේ මානව ශිස්ඨාචාරය ගොඩ නැගුවේද ක්‍රි.පූ. 307 දී සිදුවූ මහින්දා ගමනයේ සිට සමස්ථ ලෝකයේම අනන්‍යවූ සින්හල බෞද්ධ සිස්ඨාචාරය ගොඩනගා තහවුරු කලෝද සින්හලයෝම වූහ. ක්‍රි.පූ. 543 සිට මේ පින් බිම ඔවුන්ගේ එකම මව්බිම ද විය. අසෝක පුත් මිහිඳු හිමියන් විසින් කි.පු.307 දී මේ රටට හඳුන්වාදුන් බුදු දහමෙන් පෝසිත ශිස්ඨාචාරය අද්ධ්වීතීය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/24)
දේශපාලන කුල දුෂණය
ජාතිය හෝ ආගමට තරමටම කුලයට සලකන ‘කුල දේශපාලනයක්‘ රටේ පවතින බව දේශපාලන නායකයින් හොඳින්ම දනී. කුලය මත ජයග්‍රහණය හෝ පරාජය තීරණය වන දිස්ත්‍රික්ක 9 ක් දකුණේ ඇත. යාපනය, වන්නි දේශපාලනයේ දී කුලයට වඩා වෙන් කිසිවක් තීරණාත්මක නැති බව, අරූන් සිද්ධාර්ථන් ඇතුළු තරුණයින් යාපනයේ දී ජනාධිපතිවරයාට කීවේ ‘පීඩිත කුලවලට රජයේ කාර්යාලයකින් සේවාවක් ලබා ගන්න බෑ. කුලය නිසා පහසුකම් නොලැබෙන රජයේ පාසල් 70 කට වඩා තියෙනවා‘ කියාය. උතුරේ වෙල්ලාල හා වෙල්ලාල නොවන පීඩාකාරී කුල භේදයක් ඇත. උතුරේ ඡන්දදායකයින් ලක්ෂ 11 කින්, ලක්ෂ 7 ක් මැතිවරණයක දී ඡන්දය ප්රකාශ කරති. එයින්, වෙල්ලාල නොවන කුලවල සහ දෙමළ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/24)
Thai Pongal Day Message
'Thaipongal', which is a national festival showcasing the excellence of Hindu culture that inherits an agricultural economy, embodies the core values based on peace, unity, and compassion. This harvest festival, during which the Tamil farmers, having a belief in the traditional lifestyle that is bound up with nature, extend their gratitude to the sun for a rich harvest, will be a reflection of the lifeblood of the nation. It will be a motivation for the active concept of food security and rural revitalization... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/24)
Rajapaksas Are Responsible for Every Action and Inaction of Ranil They Appointed
Ranil was rejected by the people at presidential elections every time he contested but Rajapaksas appointed him in July 2022 via a parliamentary ballot. Prior to that Rajapaksas appointed him PM in May 2022. Ranil has just one parliamentary seat and cannot pass any act, law, policy or funds. All these are done by Rajapaksas’ SLPP political party with parliamentary majority. Therefore, Rajapaksas are fully responsible for all actions of Ranil and his inaction where action is needed. Rajapaksas cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds at the same time. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/24)
SHOULD WE BE INFORMANTS TO BOOST TAX REVENUE?
The headline on page one of the Sunday Island of 07 January 2024 read, “CBSL Governor urges public to become informants to boost tax revenue.” The article was based on an interview with Governor Nandala Weerasinghe (NW) hosted by the President’s Media Centre. NW is quoted to have said, “If the public wants to reduce taxes, in the future, what I see is, while they pay their taxes, they should encourage others to pay taxes or inform the authorities on those who are not paying taxes.” He urges the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
Chris Hedges: The Death of Israel
Settler colonial states have a terminal shelf life. Israel is no exception. Birth of a New Nation – by Mr. Fish By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Israel will appear triumphant after it finishes its genocidal campaign in Gaza and the West Bank. Backed by the United States, it will achieve its demented goal. Its murderous rampages and genocidal violence will exterminate or ethnically cleanse Palestinians. Its dream of a state exclusively for Jews, with any Palestinians who remain stripped of basic rights, will be realized. It will revel in its blood-soaked victory.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
How Corporate Media Whitewash Israeli Crimes: A Personal Narrative
"If anything good has come out of this horrific war, it’s that the moral depravity of the so-called 'rules-based order' has been exposed to the masses. The mask has fallen from the Neoliberal class." https://youtu.be/zmrGgrMRBPI RANSCRIPT // Like many of you, my heart is weighed down so heavily by the ongoing turmoil in Gaza. And every day, I witness in absolute horror what Israel is doing to Palestinians, as it commits war crime after war crime; it’s watching dismembered children with their limbs blown off or helpless... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
Yanis Varoufakis: Israel's genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza must be stopped
"If we don't stand up for Palestinians today, who will stand up for us tomorrow, for our children?" — Yanis Varoufakis on South Africa's case against Israel at the International Criminal Court, and why everyone around the world must support it. https://youtu.be/MM9NbVjENb4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
Can the US and Israel stitch up genocide hearing?
Former UK diplomat and human rights campaigner Craig Murray joined us to talk about South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. https://youtu.be/oVRfKlTPT1E... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
State Minister Tennakoon sends off the Japanese Minister at BIA
State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon sent off the Minister of Finance, Minister of State for Financial Services and Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation of Japan, Hon. Suzuki Shunichi at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday (Jan 12). Minister Shunichi arrived in Sri Lanka on January 11 for an official visit and engaged in official discussions with President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Ali Sabry. The Japanese Minister and the delegation visited Parliament, JR Jayawardene Centre, Sri Jayawardenepura Hospital, Colombo Dockyard and Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
SLAF Helicopter Crash in Central Africa: Defence Ministry Refutes Al-Shabaab Hostage Claims
Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) initiates Investigations The Ministry of Defence in Sri Lanka strongly refuted the allegations that a group of Sri Lankans was taken hostage by the Al-Shabaab militant group after a SLAF helicopter crash-landed in Somalia. The SLAF MI 17 helicopter (SMH 4417) was on a routine cargo flight during a United Nations Peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic on January 12 crash-landed at Sam-Oundja during the landing phase due to rotor brownout (RWB) resulting from extreme dusty and sand conditions. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
13 A: Prez accused of abusing GR’s mandate
MP Gevindu Cumaratunga Dissident SLPP National List MP Gevindu Cumaratunga has accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of blatantly abusing ousted predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s mandate.The lawmaker questioned UNP leader Wickremesinghe’s recent declaration in Jaffna regarding the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, enacted in 1988, at the behest of India. MP Cumaratunga yesterday (12) told The Island that he raised the issue in Parliament early this week, close on the heels of President Wickremesinghe’s high profile visit to Jaffna. The MP, with an impeccable patriotic pedigree, said that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
Preparations for SLN’s Red Sea operations will cost USD 40 mn: expert
The government will have to spend about USD 40 million to upgrade the offshore patrol vessel to be sent to the Red Sea to take part in operations against the Houthi rebels, Y.N. Jayarathna, retired Rear Admiral and hydrographer, said in a televised interview this week. The Sri Lanka Navy would be able to operate in the Red Sea if the government was willing to spend necessary funds for upgrading the ships and bear operational costs, Jayarathna said. “We need to use offshore patrol vessels. We have these... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
Acting IGP hands over list of 42,248 crime suspects to OICs
Colombo, Jan 13 (Daily Mirror) - Acting IGP Deshabandu Thennakoon has handed over a comprehensive list of 42,248 suspects involved in crimes across the entire island to the Officers-in-charge of crimes of all the police stations, the Public Security Ministry said. They said this list comprises 35,505 individuals with open warrants, 4,258 wanted suspects identified through fingerprints, and 2,485 individuals wanted for crimes committed in the country over the last two years. The IGP has instructed division officers, district officers in charge, Head Quarters Inspectors (HQIs), and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
Japan wants Sri Lanka to settle initial part spent on LRT project
Colombo, Jan 14 (Daily Mirror) - Japanese Minister of Finance Shun’ichi Suzuki and his delegation informed Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and SJB MPs that Sri Lanka should settle the amount which it has already spent on the initial part of the LRT project before its cancellation, SJB MP Harsha De Silva said. The visiting Japanese Minister had wanted the completion of the debt restructure. He had also said Sri Lanka should not jeopardise the IMF programme.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
Anura vows to dissolve President’s security detail, vehicle fleet once elected
Hambantota, Jan. 14 (Daily Mirror)- Claiming that a future NPP government would stop politicians’ misuse of public money, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today they will dissolve the large security detail of the President and the fleet of expensive vehicles used by politicians. Speaking at the Hambantota District Women's Convention, he said the NPP will prove in practice that they will not misuse or loot a cent of public money and set an example to the people. “The President has thousands of army and police teams assigned... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
New Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha meets former President
Newly-appointed Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha on Saturday met Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and discussed New Delhi’s consistent support to Colombo over the last several decades. “High Commissioner
santjha met former President
PresRajapaksa and discussed Sri Lanka’s age-old relationship with India, as well as India’s consistent support to Sri Lanka over last several decades as a close friend and neighbour,” the Indian High Commission said in a post on X. Jha assumed charge as the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka in December 2023. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
Mahanayaka Theros call for necessary legal provisions to prevent distortion of Buddhist teachings
The Chief Prelates (Mahanayaka Theros) of all three Buddhist Chapters in Sri Lanka have called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe to implement the law against the organized groups of people who they claim are spreading false ideologies regarding Buddhism and are harming the Buddhist philosophy and its cultural values. https://youtu.be/mX8CN8OeZg4 In a joint letter addressed to the Head of State, the chief prelates highlight that it has become evident that the behaviour of such individuals who are trying to destroy Buddhism can no longer be considered as mere incidents. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
Tensions fare as Dudley Sirisena's University Lecture sparks opposition (Video)
https://youtu.be/mrYNnTqqIcQ In an unexpected turn of events, Dudley Sirisena, a prominent figure in the rice business, faced strong opposition from university students during his recent lecture at the institution. The incident, which unfolded at Kelaniya University, reportedly led to a heated situation as students expressed their disapproval.Dudley Sirisena, known for his significant contributions to the rice industry, had been invited to deliver a lecture at Kelaniya University. However, the university students vehemently opposed his presence, leading to an atmosphere of tension on the campus... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
China media warns against taking China's Indian Ocean research as threats
Chinese state media warned on Friday that a report by a prominent U.S. think tank on the military uses of Chinese scientific research across the Indian Ocean gave "ammunition" to countries bent on concocting threats from China. The report this week by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) "comes at a time when some countries need to manufacture a 'China threat' narrative in the Indian Ocean region and provides them with ammunition", the state-controlled tabloid Global Times said in an editorial. "The timing of this report is delicate,"... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
Chief Prelates call for legal measures against distortion of Buddhism
In response to the recent emergence of a self-proclaimed "Awalokitheshwara" propagating distorted interpretations of Buddhist philosophy, the Chief Prelates of the three Buddhist Sects have collectively written to the President, urging him to enact legal provisions to address this concerning issue. The letter emphasizes the critical need to safeguard the purity and integrity of Buddhism, a cornerstone of Sri Lanka's cultural and spiritual heritage. https://youtu.be/pepIEIkY1oQ The self-proclaimed "Awalokitheshwara" has gained attention for disseminating teachings that deviate from the authentic principles of Buddhism, leading to confusion and potential misunderstandings among... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/24)
A Sri Lankan Buddhist Priest as a Chaplain in US Defense Establishment: A Shocking Revelation by Julie Chung
Julie Chung the Korean - American ‘Viceroy’ of Sri Lanka, in her X message posted on 11 January 2023 had revealed some interesting information which we ordinary Sri Lankans are not aware of. Her message says: Today I met with Bhante Piyaratana a Buddhist Chaplain of Sri Lankan origin working with veterans in the US Department of Defense, to discuss with work helping Americans from a variety of religious backgrounds on their spiritual journeys. Born in Kandy with postgraduate studies in the US, Reverend Piyaratana presented me with books he has written on Buddhism. Interfaith... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/01/24)
Is the ICC cheating Sri Lanka?
The Cricket loving public and the taxpayers of Sri Lanka have every right to ask the Govt. and the Minister of Sports whether they have demanded from the International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Geoff Allardice on his recent visit to Sri Lanka, adequate compensation for the use of a Sri Lankan invention, the Decision Review System (DRS) now widely acknowledged in Wikipedia and Google, as the Brainchild of a Sri Lankan lawyer (Senaka Weeraratna) in ICC administered International cricket ( in all three formats of the game i.e., Test cricket, One Day International, and T20). The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/01/24)
Public service is the backbone of a country.- Prime Minister
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena mentioned that Public service is the backbone of a country during the administrative Grama Niladhari appointment ceremony held at Temple Trees today (2024.01.12).Speaking on this occasion the Prime Minister stated that-Most government officials forget the responsibility of the Grama Niladhari officer. Not only government officials but also politicians forget their responsibilities of them. The country we inherit, its history, and its development was protected by the rural regime that started from the village.At that time, we were not equipped with an air force, but our kings created defense systems that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/01/24)
The World's Most Documented Genocide in History
International Law is officially dead https://youtu.be/6e_woWJ3q8o The World's Most Documented Genocide in History (double-down.news)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/24)
මං බලයට ආවාම හොරු අල්ලා හොරා කෑ මුදල් ගෙන රට දියුණු කරනවා..- සජිත්
දළ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදිතයෙන් අධ්‍යාපනය සඳහා වෙන් කරන මුදල වැඩි කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා පසුගිය කාලයේ පාගමන් පැමිණිම, එය තුරුම්පුවක් ලෙස ගෙන මැතිවරණ ජය ගැනීම ආණ්ඩු බිහි වීම සිදුවුවත් එවැනි වැඩි කිරීමක් සිදු නොවූ බවත් එයට හේතුව රජයේ මුදල්වලින් පමණක් අධ්‍යාපනය ගොඩගත නොහැකි වීම බව විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා පැවසීය. 75 වසරක ඉතිහාසය තුළ සිදුවූයේ බදු ආදායම උපයෝගී කර ගෙන සංවර්ධන කටයුතු සිදුකිරීම පමණක් වන අතර විපක්ෂයේ සිට කිසිදු වැඩ කොටසක් සිදු නොවූ බවත් මේ ක්‍රමය සමගි ජන බලවේගය වෙනස් කර ඇති බවත් රටේ වැඩ කරන විකල්ප ආණ්ඩුව බවට සමගි ජන බලවේගය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/24)
China denies US think-tank report accusing its research ships of collecting information for military purposes
The scientific activities of the Chinese side are totally in line with UNCLOS (UN Convention on Law of the Seas) and we have made contributions to the marine and scientific area: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning China on Friday denied an American think-tank report alleging that its vast fleet of “scientific research” ships is collecting data from the oceans, including in the Indian Ocean, for military purposes, especially for submarine operations, saying that the Chinese vessels operations are in line with the UN Convention on Law of the Seas. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/24)
Princess Royal looks on as husband invited to smash coconut in temple visit
Anne was heard to quip later that Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence had 'still got his bowling arm' VICE ADMIRAL SIR TIMOTHY LAURENCE AT VAJIRA PILLAYAR KOVIL HINDU TEMPLE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA PA TONY JONES5 HOURS AGO The Princess Royal appeared impressed when her husband banished bad luck by smashing a coconut during a Hindu temple visit in Sri Lanka. Anne watched as Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence hurled the fruit to the ground, sending a spray of coconut water over the nearby... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/24)
Gaza genocide and Lanka’s Red Sea mission
Palestinian Red Crescent personnel check an ambulance destroyed by Israeli attacks in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip yesterday. AFP Sri Lanka, whose economic independence has been severely undermined due to its economic bankruptcy, has little freedom or external sovereignty to take a principled stance concerning the Palestinian cause. States are expected to be law-abiding and uphold global justice. They must desist from committing crimes against humanity or being complicit in crimes against humanity. But in practice, most states act like ruffians, showing scant respect for the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/24)
Two arrested with fake gemstone during Operation ‘Yukthiya’
Two suspects have been arrested in the Mawathagama area over the possession of a fake gemstone, police reported. According to police, the suspects were arrested during the ongoing island-wide anti-drug operation ‘Yukthiya’. They had been arrested while in possession of ‘maranchi gemstones’ (synthetic, commonly known as ‘fake gems’), police stated. Following their arrest, the suspects had to offer a bribe of Rs. 150,000 to the police, in return for their release.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/24)
Court bans foreign travels of self-proclaimed ‘Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’
January 12, 2024 03:38 pm The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court on Friday (Jan.12) imposed a travel ban on Mahinda Kodituwakku, the self-proclaimed ‘Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’. Kodituwakku is accused of committing irreligious activities that are contrary to Buddhist teachings. He returned to Sri Lanka recently and was welcomed by his supporters at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) upon arrival. Earlier this week, the president of Buddhist Information Centre, Ven. Agulugalle Sri Jinananda Thero had filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) seeking an investigation on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/24)
Joining the US bandwagon-sending a freighter for Red Sea Safety- a Severe Mistake for which our country weill have to pay dearly.
As a small country with little resources and being harassed by the IMF today, we should know how to manage ourselves within the powerblocks of the World. As Sir John Kotalawala once said we have to be non aligned to any power block. In short, we are today a bankrupt country with really no means of existence, other than begging for aid because of a major wrong decision made by President Jayawardena in 1977 to bow to the IMF and accept their Structural Adjustment Programme which did decide that we ban... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/24)
Sri Lanka on a suicidal mission
Houthis parading a missile truck. (File Photo) We refer to the news report that the government of Sri Lanka is planning to send her naval ships to the Suez Canal area arguably to protect the international ships from the Houthi rebels who have started attacking the ships which are operating to and from Israel. According to the information such operations will cost the country more than Rs 250 million at a time when many Sri Lankans are fighting to keep their heads above the water. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/24)
State Minister Tennakoon receives Japanese Finance Minister at BIA
State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon received the Minister of Finance, Minister of State for Financial Services and Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation of Japan, Hon. Suzuki Shunichi at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning (Jan 11). Subsequently, the two high officials held a bilateral meeting at the BIA’s VIP Lounge. During the occasion, the State Minister Tennakoon extended his gratitude to the Japanese Minister and the Japanese government for their support and cooperation during the challenging period in the recent past. Furthermore, in an appreciative gesture,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/24)
ආවරණය වන 2024 වර්ෂයේ විමධ්‍යගත අය-වැය සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන දියත් කෙරේ....
-සංවර්ධනයේ ප්‍රතිලාභ සියලු දෙනාට ම සමානව ලැබෙන අයුරින් විමධ්‍යගත වැඩසටහන ක්‍රියාත්මක කරනවා - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා කියයි... -නියමු ව්‍යාපෘතියක් ගම්පහ දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙන් ආරම්භ කරන බව ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ ප්‍රධාන සංවිධායක අමාත්‍ය ප්‍රසන්න රණතුංග මහතා පවසයි රටේ දිස්ත්‍රික්ක 25 ම ආවරණය වන 2024 වර්ෂයේ විමධ්‍යගත අය-වැය සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමේ සමාරම්භක රැස්වීම අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තු සංකීර්ණයේදී 2024.01.11 දින පැවැත්විණි. ප්‍රාදේශීය හා දිස්ත්‍රික්ක සම්බන්ධිකරණ කමිටු හරහා අදාළ සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘති හඳුනාගෙන ක්‍රියාත්මක කරනු ඇත. 2024 ජනවාරි 31 වැනිදා වන විට දිස්ත්‍රික් මට්ටමින් යෝජනා ලබා ගැනීම අවසන් කරන අතර, අනුමත වූ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/24)
IMF conditions violate human rights in Sri Lanka
Colombo, January 11: More than a week has passed since the dawn of the New Year. Although greetings were exchanged as per tradition, it cannot be said that Sri Lankans greeted each other without a tinge of apprehension about what is in store for them in the new year. Newspapers carried New Year messages from political leaders and religious dignitaries along with news about impending steep rise in prices. Most people had already taken austerity measures to cope with the skyrocketing cost of living will were preparing to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/24)
UN court hears South Africa genocide case against Israel
The UN’s International Court of Justice is hearing a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The submission also calls on the court to order Israel to stop military operations there. The ICJ will deliver only an opinion on the genocide allegation as the case is not a criminal trial, although it is being closely watched. Israel has vehemently rejected the accusation as “baseless”. There were angry scenes outside the ICJ’s Peace Palace on Thursday as Dutch police... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/01/24)
Bottled water contains up to 100 times more plastic than previously estimated
Bottled water contains up to 100 times more tiny pieces of plastic than was previously estimated, scientists said. The average liter of bottled water contains around 240,000 detectable plastic fragments, researchers wrote in a study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They were able to find microscopic bits of plastic, called nanoplastics, by probing samples with lasers that were tuned to make specific molecules resonate. How much plastic is in bottled water? Scientists have known for years that there's plastic in water.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/01/24)
සිය දිවි නසා ගැනීම
මානසික විෂාධය (ඩිප්රෙෂන්) මේ සියවසේ මිනිස් වර්ගයා විනාශ කර දැමීමට තරම් වූ දරුණු රෝගයකි. මෙය ඉතා තදින් ලොව පුරා පැතිර යයි. මෙය බොහෝ දෙනෙක් ගණන් නොගන්නා සහ කථා කිරීමට අකමැති රෝගී තත්ත්වයකි. මෙය නිසා මිනිස් ක්‍රියාකාරිත්වය හින වී සමහරු සිය දිවි නසා ගැනීමට පවා පෙළඹේ. මිනිස් මනසේ ඇති වන ව්‍යසනය, අධි ව්‍යාකුලභාවය, අධි තෙරපුම වැනි තත්ත්වයන් නිසා මේ රෝගය සෑදේ (හට ගනී). දීර්ඝ කාලයක් මේ රෝගයෙන් පෙලෙන්නන්ගේ මොලයේ හිපොකැම්පස් ප්‍රදේශය හීනවී ගොස්, මතක තබා ගැනීමේ හැකියාව සහ හැඟීම් (ඉමෝෂන්ස්) ප්රදර්ශනය කිරීමේ හැකියාව දුර්වල වේ. කෑම අරුචිය හෝ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/01/24)
"ඉඩම් අයිතිය ඉල්ලා සිටින ජනතාවට එය ලබාදීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය රජය ඉදිරි මාස 2 තුළ සාර්ථකව, වේගවත්ව ක්‍රියාත්මක කරනවා; ගොවිතැන කරන, පදිංචිව සිටින ජනතාව, අනවසරද අවසරද යන කාරණාව මත එලවා දමන්නේ නෑ" - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා
ඉඩම් අයිතිය ඉල්ලා සිටින ජනතාවට එය ලබාදීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය රජය ඉදිරි මාස 2 තුළ සාර්ථකව, වේගවත්ව ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන බවත්, ගොවිතැන කරන, පදිංචිව සිටින ජනතාව, අනවසරද අවසරද යන කාරණාව මත එලවා නොදමන බවත්, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී 2024.01.10 දින අවධාරණය කළේය. ඔහු මේ බව කියා සිටියේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාගෙන් ප්‍රශ්න ඇසීමේ අවස්ථාව යටතේ දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානයේ පා.ම. චාල්ස් නිර්මලනාදන් මහතා උතුරේ මුලතිව් දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ, කිසිදු ලියවිල්ලක් නොමැතිව මධ්‍යම පාන්තික ඉඩම්වල (MCC Land) ජීවත් වන බවත්, ඔවුන්ට ඒ සඳහා ඔප්පු ලබාදීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මෙන්ම ඔවුන්ට රජයේ සුබසාධන දීමනා ලබාදීම පිළිබඳවත් අසා තිබූ ප්‍රශ්නයකට පිළිතුරු දෙමිනි. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා පැවසුවේ, මිනිස් ජිවිතයේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/01/24)
"බිල නොගෙවීම නිසා පළාත් පාලන ආයතනවල විදුලිය විසන්ධි කිරීම නොකළ යුතුයි; විකල්ප බලශක්තිය සම්බන්ධතා නොදෙන විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලයේ හිතුවක්කරිකමට දඩ ගැසිය යුත්තේ කාටද ?" --- අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අවධාරණය කරයි
විදුලි බිල නොගෙවීම නිසා පළාත් පාලන ආයතනවලට අදාළ විදුලිය සම්බන්ධතා විසන්ධි කළ යුතුය යන ස්ථාවරයේ තමන් නොසිටින බව පැහැදිලිව ප්රකාශ කරන බවත්, එය විසඳා ගැනීමට මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරය සහ විදුලිබල අමාත්‍යංශය සමග සාකච්ඡා ආරම්භ කර ඇති බවත්, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සහ රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන, ස්වදේශ කටයුතු, පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අවධාරණය කළේය. ඇතැම් පළාත් පාලන ආයතන විකල්ප පුනර්ජනනීය විදුලි බලය සඳහා වහලවල උපකරණ සවිකර ඇතත්, විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලය ඒවා සම්බන්ධ නොකර හිතුවක්කාරී ලෙස හැසිරෙන බවත් කී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා, එම ක්‍රියාවට දඩ ගැසිය යුත්තේ කාටද යන්න ප්‍රශ්න කළේය.ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේ, පා.ම.දයාසිරි ජයසේකර මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී 2024.01.10... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/01/24)
"ආර්ථිකය පණ ගැන්වීමේ ඉදිරි ක්‍රියා මාර්ගය සඳහා, විදේශ ආයෝජන, පෞද්ගලිකව හෝ රාජ්‍ය ආයෝජන අවශ්‍යයි.-අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා
"ආර්ථිකය පණ ගැන්වීමේ ඉදිරි ක්‍රියා මාර්ගය සඳහා, විදේශ ආයෝජන, පෞද්ගලිකව හෝ රාජ්‍ය ආයෝජන අවශ්‍යයි. ස්ථාවරව ඒ ප්‍රතිපත්තියට අපි සියලු දෙනා කැප වී තිබෙන බව, මා විශ්වාස කරනවා, මුළු පාර්ලිමේන්තුවම. එය සාර්ථක කරන්න සහයෝගය හා සක්‍රීය දායකත්වය පෞද්ගලික අංශයෙනුත් අපි බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනවා" - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා ඔහු මේ බව කියා සිටියේ, අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාගෙන් විමසන ප්‍රශ්න යටතේ පා.ම. නාලක බණ්ඩාර කොට්ටෙගොඩ මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී 2024.01.10 දින... විමසූ ප්‍රශ්නයකට පිළිතුරු දෙමිනි. "ගරු කතානායකතුමනි නාලක බණ්ඩාර මන්ත්‍රීතුමා විසින් නගන ලද ප්‍රශ්නයට අපේ ගරු අමාත්‍යතුමා පිළිතුරු දීමට මත්තෙන් මම සඳහන් කරන්නට කැමැතියි, විදේශ ආයෝජනයන් පිළිබඳව අපට පසුගිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/01/24)
සියලු හිඟ විශාමික පාරිතෝෂිත ගෙවීමට මුදල් ලැබුණා; එය විශ්‍රාමිකයන්ට විශාල ජයග්‍රහණයක් --- අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා
වසර ගණනාවක් තිස්සේ ප්‍රමාද වෙමින් පැවති සියලුම විශ්‍රාමික පාරිතෝෂිත ගෙවීමට අවශ්‍ය සියලු මුදල් ලැබීම නිසා, 2023 වර්ෂය වනවිට ගෙවීමට තිබූ සියලු හිඟ පර්තෝෂිත විශ්‍රාමිකයන් වෙත ගෙවා අවසන් කිරීමට හැකිවූ බවද එය මෙරට විශ්‍රාමිකයන් ලැබූ විශාල ජයග්‍රහණයක් බවද, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සහ රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන, ස්වදේශ කටයුතු, පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී 2023.01.10 දින ප්රකාශ කළේය. ඔහු මේ බව කියා සිටියේ, අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගෙන් ප්‍රශ්න ඇසීමේ අවස්ථාවේදී, පා.ම. ජගත් කුමාර සුමිත්‍රාරච්චි මහතා ඉදිරිපත් කළ ප්‍රශ්නයකට පිළිතුරු දෙමිනි. 2021 වර්ෂයේ සිට මෙම විශ්‍රාමික පාර්තෝෂිත හිඟය පැවතිණි. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා මෙසේද කීය. "ඉතා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/01/24)
Foreign Ministry urged to advise govt. against Red Sea deployment
Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Iran M. M. Zuhair yesterday (09) urged the government not to join US-led military alliance in Red Sea operation. The former PA MP and Senior State Counsel issued the following statement: “Those in Sri Lanka holding accountable office but recklessly aiding the US moves to widen the Western supported wars in the Middle East, must read the 85 page Complaint of genocide that South Africa had filed in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) arising from the ongoing mass murder of civilian men, women and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/01/24)
චමින්ද විජේසිරි මන්ත‍්‍රීකම කෝටි 09කට විකුණලා.. පාර්ලිමේන්තු එන්නේ ද්විත්ව පුරවැසියෙක්..
සමගි ජන බලවේගග පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ධුරයෙන් චමින්ද විජේසිරි මහතා ඉල්ලා අස්වී ඇත්තේ රුපියල් ලක්ෂ නවසීයක් ලබාගෙන බවට පළවන මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා ගැන සොයා බලන්නයි පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී මහින්දානන්ද අලුත්ගමගේ ඉල්ලා සිටී. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් සියලු දෙනාම චමින්ද විජේසිරි මහතාගේ ප්‍රකාශයන් නිසා හෑල්ලුවට දැක්වී ඇතැයි ද ඔහු කියා සිටියේය. විජේසිරි මහතාගෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වීමෙන් පුරප්පාඩු ධුරයට පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට පිවිසීමට නියමිතව ඇති ද්විත්ව පුරවැසික් බවද ඔහු පෙන්වා දෙයි. අද පාර්ලිමේන්තුව අමතමින් හෙතෙම මේ අදහස් පළ කරන ලදී. මන්ත්‍රීවරයා එහිදී මෙසේද සඳහන් කළේය ‘ඊයේ ඉල්ලා අස්වුන මන්ත්‍රීවරයා කිව්වේ එතුමට ළමයි ඉස්කොලේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/24)
Monetary deal behind Chaminda Wijesiri’s resignation?: Aluthgamage
Colombo, Jan 10 (Daily Mirror) - SLPP MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage who questioned the alleged deal behind the resignation of SJB MP Chaminda Wijesiri, where it has been reported that the latter had accepted a sum of Rs. 90 million to vacate his seat for the person who is next in the SJB list in the Badulla District to come into Parliament, requested the Speaker to look into the matter. “It has been reported that Chaminda Wijesiri has accepted a sum of Rs. 90 million to vacate... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/24)
Sri Lanka hoping to strike debt deal with commercial creditors within 2 months
The governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) says ‘good faith negotiations’ are in progress with commercial creditors to reach an in-principle agreement as soon as possible. Addressing a special media briefing at the CBSL premises this morning (Jan.10), Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said the agreement is expected to reach within the next two months. https://youtu.be/0Qp2x4tpgEM Sri Lanka reached in-principle agreements with China’s Export-Import (Exim) Bank and the Official Creditor Committee (OCC) in late 2023 on the financial terms of debt treatment. The OCC was formally... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/24)
World Bank forecasts Sri Lankan economy to grow 1.7% in 2024
The World Bank forecasts the Sri Lankan economy to grow by 1.7 percent in 2024 and by 2.4 percent in 2025, according to its report on global economic prospects made available to the local press on Wednesday. According to the World Bank, the country’s economy is estimated to have recorded a negative growth of 3.8 percent in 2023. Although the output in Sri Lanka is also estimated to have declined in the 2022-2023 financial year, progress has been made in sovereign debt restructuring, said the World Bank. However, it said... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/24)
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණි ඈන් කුමරිය සම්ප්‍රදායික රැඟුම් මැදින් හරසරින් පිළිගත් අයුරු
https://youtu.be/QpeijNlgL94... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/24)
Princess Anne calls on President Ranil Wickremesinghe
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom accompanied by her spouse Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, who are on a three-day official visit to Sri Lanka, met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the President’s House a short while ago. The Princess Royal and her spouse arrived in Sri Lanka this afternoon for a three-day visit. The visit comes as Sri Lanka and the UK mark 75 years of diplomatic relations. During the visit, The Princess Royal is scheduled to undertake engagements in Colombo, Kandy and Jaffna.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/24)
Stringent legal action against businesses exploiting consumers and unfairly profiting
State Minister for Finance, Ranjith Siambalapitiya, emphasised the strict enforcement of laws to eradicate the trade mafia generating profits without registering with the Inland Revenue Department (IRD). He also outlined the government’s plan to expand the tax base, anticipating a rise in the direct tax percentage to 40%. These remarks were made during his participation in a special VAT awareness conference at the Ministry of Finance yesterday (09 Jan.), organized by Saman Ratnapriya, the Director General of Presidential Trade Unions, for the benefit of civil society activists, government officials,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/24)
How Sri Lanka is made to be the 29th State of India
It can be very logically proven that six international agendas are being implemented together -at one and the same time-under the current Ranil Wickramasinghe rule. It can be clearly proven that the final goal is to weaken the government of Sri Lanka, break down the structure of society, and make it dependent politically and economically. A very potent space was created historically to initiate the entire agenda and lay it on Sri Lanka by the ’77 government change. Thereafter it can be seen that the journey which has systematically progressed, under different governments... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/24)
Why the 13 th Amendment is inimical for our development and how it will create a separate State
Posted on March 4th, 2021,republished in view of attempts to implement the 13 th Amendment I have in several of my Papers detailed as to Why the 13 th Amendment should be abolished. I have detailed my experiences in my eighteen years’ service in the Administrative Service implementing development programmes islandwide. To state briefly if I were to work in either the agricultural marketing sector, the agrarian extension sector or the small industries sector I will not be able to achieve any target purely because the subjects are devolved(not decentralized) and the implementation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/24)
BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 12E.
Tamil Separatist Movement used all sorts of tricks to try and stop Kurundi. Since there was strong evidence to show that Kurundi was indeed Kurundi, this was not easy and Tamil Separatist Movement found that they were making contradictory statements. Tamil Separatist Movement asked whether Kurundi was Kurundi. Was it really the one built by Kallatanaga as mentioned in the Mahavamsa? No archaeological evidence has yet proven that the Kurundi vihara discussed in the literature is the mound at Kurundi, they said. Tamil Separatist Movement thought that the correct location for Kurundi was Karikattumulai... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/24)
Sri Lanka’s proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC),
South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission heard confessions from perpetrators of human rights abuses from 1996. Whenever we hear the term Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), what comes to mind is the body by that name established in South Africa in 1995, headed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The South African TRC may not have been the first of its kind, but it was undoubtedly the one that gained the most public attention and the most accolades. Rightly so, because the South African TRC was a sincere... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
'හිමාලයා ප්‍රකාශනය' ගැන තම මතය සෘජුව නොකියන්නෝ 'බියගුළු අවස්ථාවාදීන්' - දේශපාලන පක්ෂ නායකයන්ට විමල්ගෙන් විවෘත සංදේශයක්
"හිමාලයා ප්රකාශය" සහ ඒ මත පදනම්ව ආණ්ඩුව විසින් ගනු ලබන ඉදිරි ක‍්‍රියාමාර්ග පිළිබඳව නිහඬව සිටීමට කිසිදු දේශපාලන බලවේගයකට සදාචාරාත්මක හැකියාවක් නැති බවත්, එම නිසා සියලු බලවේග "හිමාලයා ප්රකාශය" සහ ඒ මත පදනම්ව ආරම්භ වී ඇති "සත්‍ය සෙවීමේ කොමිසම" පිහිටුවීම ඇතුළු සෙසු ක‍්‍රියාමාර්ග පිළිබඳ තම මතය විවෘතව රටට ප්රකාශ කිරීමට කටයුතු කළ යුතු බවත් ජානිපෙ නායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. මේ බව දන්වමින් විවෘත්ත සංදේශයක් ඒ මහතා නිකුත්කර ඇති අතර, අදාළ සංදේශය පහළින්... සියලු මහජන නියෝජිතයින්, දේශපාලන පක්ෂ නායකයින් හා පොදු මහජනතාව වෙත.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
WHY SRI LANKA IS ATTEMPTING TO HARM HER OWN NAVAL OFFICERS.
We refer to the news report that the Government of Sri Lanka is planning to send her naval ship or ships to the Red sea area arguably to protect the international ships from the Houthi rebels who have started attacking the ships which are operating to and from Israel. According to the information such operations will cost the country more than Rs 250 million. How can any sensible person justify spending our limited foreign exchange on a such a wasteful exercise especially when more than 70% of the population is fighting hard to keep... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
Milinda Moragoda Interacts with the office bearers and Executive Committee of the Jamiyyathul Ulama.
Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation and Urumayake Ulpatha Milinda Moragoda met with the office bearers and Executive Committee of the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) for an interactive discussion and exchange of ideas on a wide range of subjects and issues. On this occasion, Mr Moragoda also presented the Executive Committee members with copies of Asoka Vadana a compilation of articles written during his tenure as High Commissioner in India. The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama has been in existence since 1924, and was incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 2009. The objectives... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
ඉහළ අස්වැන්නක් ලබා දෙන සහල් වගාවකට චීන විශේෂඥ දැනුම...
චීන අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ලී කියෑං (Li Qiang) විසින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා වෙත චීනය වඩාත් ශුභ ලෙස සලකන ‘මකරාගේ වසර’ සඳහා අලුත් අවුරුදු සුබපැතුම් පිරිනැමීය.ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ චීන තානාපති කිව් ෂෙන්හොං (Qi Shenhong) මහතා අද (2024.01.09) කොළඹ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා හමුවී චීන අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාගේ විශේෂ සුබපැතුම් පත්‍රය භාර දුන්නේය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ පවතින දුෂ්කරතා මඟහරවා ගැනීමට ඇති හැකියාව දැකීමට සතුටු වන බව පැවසූ තානාපතිවරයා අතර කෘෂිකර්මාන්තය නවීකරණය කිරීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව දරන ප්‍රයත්නයන්ට චීනයේ අඛණ්ඩ සහයෝගය ලබා දීමටද සහතික විය.ඉහළ අස්වැන්නක් ලබා දෙන සහල් වගාව සංවර්ධනය කිරීම පිළිබඳ චීන විශේෂඥ දැනුම ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සමඟ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
Super ( Not so super ) markets
A few weeks back jugglery committed by a supermarket with the slogan ගෙදර යන ගමන් was exposed Supermarket was scrupulously charging higher prices at the cashier than the price marked on the product claiming that notices are placed everywhere that prices can be changed any time A few days back another supermarket along the same road owned by a Foreign entity that boasts that you can “ spar (e) money for something else did the same thing Today they charged for four loaves of bread when the purchased quantity... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
Cameron has ‘no regrets’ over Chinese investment links
Screen grab taken from Parliament TV of Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron speaking at the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday (Photo: Parliament TV/PA Wire) Lord Cameron has said he has no regrets about backing a Beijing-funded development last autumn and dismissed concerns about his role as a senior figure in a mooted UK-China investment fund. The Foreign Secretary has faced criticism over his links to China since being appointed to the role by Rishi Sunak, given the UK... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
Sri Lanka to join US-led naval operations against Houthi rebels in Red Sea
A Sri Lankan navy spokesman says the debt-ridden country’s navy is preparing to join a U.S.-led operation to protect merchant vessels in the Red Sea against attacks by Houthi rebels COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Debt-ridden Sri Lanka ’s navy is preparing to join a U.S.-led operation to protect merchant vessels sailing in the Red Sea against attacks by Houthi rebels, a Sri Lankan navy spokesman said on Tuesday. The attacks by Houthi rebels have targeted commercial shipping vessels transiting through the critical Bab el-Mandeb Strait that links markets in Asia and Europe... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
Office for National Unity and Reconciliation Bill passed in parliament
The Office for National Unity and Reconciliation Bill debated in Parliament today (Jan. 09) has been passed by a majority vote. The debate on the Second Reading of the Bill was held from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and at the end of the debate, MP G. G. Ponnambalam of Ahila Ilankai Thamil Congress (AITC) called for a division for the said Bill. In the voting held, 48 votes had been cast in favour of the Bill while only 7 votes were cast against. Accordingly, the Second Reading of the Bill was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
New investment zones to be established in North, East and South
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval for the establishment of new investment zones with the necessary technical assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Since the need to develop a joint mechanism between the public and private sectors to build an export-oriented economy has been emphasized in the 2022 budget, the government says it has identified the appropriateness of developing new investment zones. Accordingly, a proposal was submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers seeking approval to establish new Investment Zones in the Northern, Eastern, Northwestern and Southern Provinces; in Mankulam, Paranthan... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
President Wickremesinghe to contest as an independent candidate (video)
According to internal political sources, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has made a decision to hold the Presidential Election in September 2024. In a surprising move, he has also declared his intention to contest the election as an independent candidate. Additionally, the President has outlined plans for Parliamentary elections scheduled for January 2025 and Provincial Council Elections in March 2025. This strategic timeline is expected to shape the political landscape in the coming months. Meanwhile,former minister Ravi Karunanayake, Colombo district leader of the United National Party,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
උතුරේ ජනතාව පෙළන කුල ප්‍රශ්නය ගැන අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ත් යාපනයේදී ජනපතිට කියයි
උතුරේ සෞඛ්‍ය හා අධ්‍යාපන ක්ෂේත්රයේ ගැටලු විමසීමට ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා සිය යාපනය සංචාරයේදී පෙරේදා (6 දා) පියවර ගත්තේය. ඉන් අනතුරුව යාපනය රියෝ අයිස් ක්‍රීම් වෙළෙඳසලට පැමිණි ජනාධිපතිවරයා අයිස් ක්‍රීම් රස බලන අතර කුඩා දරුවකු සමග සතුටු සාමීචියේ යෙදුන අවස්ථාවකි. උතුරේ කුමන දේශපාලන පක්ෂයක්, කුමන අයුරින් කටයුතු කළද කුල ප්‍රශ්නය නිසා ජනතාව පීඩාවට පත්ව සිටින බවත්, යාපනය මගහැර කොළඹ ජීවත් වන දේශපාලනඥයන් එම ගැටලුව පිළිබඳ හඬක් අවදි නොකිරීම කනගාටුවට කරුණක් බවත් අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ත් මහතා පවසයි.උතුරු පළාතේ සිව් දින සංචාරයක නිරත ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා සහ යාපනය සිවිල් සමාජ කේන්ද්‍රයේ සභාපති අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ත් මහතා අතර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
Multi-culturalism breeds conflict, sometimes leading to terrorism
The fundamental duty of all people living in Sri Lanka is to live in harmony with each other, particularly in harmony with the predominant religious culture and beliefs, and not hurt the moral sensitivities of the ethnic majority, which has made the biggest contribution throughout history to the building of the country and to the civilization that sustains the national ethos. It is an unequal contribution. This requirement prevails in all Countries influenced by Abrahamic religions, especially in Islamic countries. There is greater stability in Islamic countries because they do not compromise... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
Parliament urged to oppose proposed Red Sea mission
FSP questions feasibility of bankrupt country joining US military project The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) yesterday (07) urged political parties in Parliament to oppose the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government’s decision to join a US-led multinational coalition to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea against continuing attacks by Yemen’s Houthi group. Senior FSP spokesperson Pubudu Jagoda said that the move, announced by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on January 03 at an event at the BMICH, had taken all political parties by surprise. The former JVPer questioned the rationale behind... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
Justice ‘’Youkthiya’’ in Action
It is a commendable concept and a remarkable operation against drugs, the underworld, and criminal activities which appear to be undermining and underestimating the rule of law and the peace of the country, bringing the peaceful life of the peace-loving citizens to its knees. The duration of its effectiveness remains uncertain, and the movement's ability to withstand opposition from various quarters, where support... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
සත්‍ය සෙවීමේ කොමිසම් පනත:ආරක්ෂක හමුදා පාවාදෙන ඛෙදුම්වාදී මර උගුලක්
මේ වන විට හිමාලයා ප්රකාශය මගින් දිගහැරෙන මාර්ග සිතියම අනුව ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා ඛෙදුම්වාදී දෙමළ දේශපාලන පක්ෂ නායකයින්ට 2023.12.21 දින ලබා දුන් පොරොන්දුව අකුරටම ඉටු කරමින් සත්‍ය සෙවීමේ සහ ප්‍රතිසන්ධාන කොමිසම් පනත ගැසට් පත්‍රයේ පළ කර ඇත. ජනාධිපතිවරයා එහිදී පොරොන්දු වූයේ එම පනත කෙසේහෝ 2024 ජනවාරි මාසයේදී සම්මත කරන බවය. ඊට සමගාමීව එම පනත මගින් පිහිටුවනු ලබන කොමිසමේ නිර්දේශ අනුව කටයුතු කිරීම සඳහා ජාතික ඒකාග්‍රතාවය සහ ප්‍රතිසන්ධාන කාර්යාල පනත ද ගැසට් කර ඇත. ප්‍රතිසන්ධාන කාර්යාල පනතට අමතරව අතුරුදහන් පුද්ගලයින් පිළිබඳ පනත සහ වන්දි ලබාදීමේ කාර්යාල පනත ආදී වශයෙන් පනත් ත්‍රිත්වයකට පවරා ඇති වගකීම් ඉටුකිරීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
Who are Yemen's 'Houthis'? Why are they attacking Israel-bound ships in Red Sea?
What is Yemen's so-called "Houthi" movement, officially known as Ansarallah? Why are they blocking Israel-bound ships from entering the Red Sea? Ben Norton explains. || Geopolitical Economy Report || https://youtu.be/jhcoG-PHot8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
සෑම ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශයකටම අස්වැසුම විශේෂ ඒකකයක්..
අස්වැසුම සුභ සාධක ප්‍රතිලාභ යෝජනා ක්‍රමය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම හා යථාවත් කිරීම පිළිබඳ විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවක් අද (2024.01.08) අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්විණි. 2023 වසරේ සියලුම අස්වැසුම අභියාචනා ජනවාරි 31 වනදා වන විට විසඳා අවසන් කිරීමටත්, පෙබරවාරි මුල් සතිය වන විට දෙවන වටය සඳහා අලුතින් අස්වැසුම අයදුම්පත් කැඳවීමටත්, සෑම ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසයකටම අස්වැසුම විශේෂ ඒකකයක් ඇති කිරීමටත් ග්‍රාමීය මට්ටමින්ඒ සඳහා නිළධාරියෙකු පත්කිරීමටත් මෙහිදී තීරණය කරනු ලැබීය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා - අස්වැසුම අහිමි වෙයි කියලා විශාල පිරිසකට සැකයක් සහ බියක් තිබුණා. දිසාපතිවරු ඇතුළු සියලු දෙනා ගැටලු රැසක් මධ්‍යයේ වුණත් අස්වැසුම හොඳින් ක්‍රියාත්මක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
More Time And Discussion Needed Before Parliamentary Passage Of Onur Law
This week the government will be taking up the ONUR bill for debate after which it will be enacted as law. The bill proposes to establish an Office for National Unity and Reconciliation in order to assure to every citizen equal opportunities in the economic, social, cultural and political spheres. At the same time, the new institution will have the purpose of safeguarding identity and building an inclusive society in which diversity will be respected and all communities will coexist in harmony and unity. The commendable objectives outlined in the ONUR bill, such as promoting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
මනුෂ එක්ක ඉතිහාසගතවන නුවරඑළියට කාර්යාලයක් ලබාගත් පුංචි දරුවෝ.
දුන්න පොරොන්දුව ඒ ආකාරයෙන්ම ඉටු වෙයි - අලුත් අවුරුද්දේ දින හතක් ඇතුළට නුවඑරළියට විදේශ සේවා කාර්යාලයක්ඊළග පරම්පරාව වැඩ කරන්නේ ඡන්ද බලාගෙන නෙමෙයිපසුගිය වසරේ විදේශ ශ්‍රමිකයින් ඩොලර් බිලියන 6කට ආසන්න ප්‍රමාණයක් එවලා - බිලියන 6 පසු කරන්න බැරිවුනේ මිලියන 30ක අඩුවක් නිසාමුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශයේ නිලධාරීන් නිසා ඩොලර් ගෙන්වා ගැනීමට බාධා ඇතිවෙලාවිදේශ ගත ශ්‍රමිකියන්ට සහ ඔවුන්ගේ පවුල්වල සාමාජිකයින්ට සේවාවන් සැපයීම සදහා දෙමළ මාධ්‍යයෙන් කටයුතු කළ හැකි කාර්යාලයක් ලබාදෙන ලෙසට විදේශ ගත ශ්‍රමිකයින්ගේ දරුවන් ජාත්‍යන්තර සංක්‍රමණික දිනය යෙදී තිබුණ පසුගිය 18 වැනිදා කළ ඉල්ලීම අනුව 2024 වසර ආරම්භ කර දින 7ක් ඇතුළත නුවරටළියට ප්‍රාදේශීය කාර්යාලයක් ලබාදෙන බවට දුන් පොරොන්දුව ඒ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
Sri Lanka Navigates the Seas of Geopolitics
Pressure from India and the U.S. on the docking of Chinese research vessels at its ports appears to have prompted Sri Lanka to impose a one-year moratorium on visits by foreign research vessels. January 08, 2024 Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry on Dec. 9, 2023.Credit: X/President’s Media Division of Sri Lanka In recent months, Sri Lanka has found itself at the center of an escalating geopolitical storm, which seems to have prompted it to impose a one-year moratorium on foreign research vessels. Behind this seemingly local decision looms the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
Allied Warships Trickle Into Red Sea Coalition
INDIAN OCEAN (June 26, 2021) Sri Lanka Navy Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel SLNS Gajabahu (P-626), right, and SLNS Sayurala (P-623) exercise divisional tactics alongside Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 26. In its 27th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and partner navies' abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam Butler) In the Red Sea, Operation Prosperity Guardian (OPG) is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
Japan urges early signing of debt MoU between Sri Lanka and creditors
Japan restated the importance for early completion of signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Sri Lanka and creditor nations on debt restructuring, after an agreement was reached in principle late last year. It also emphasised the need to ensure transparency and comparability in agreements with creditors outside the Official Creditor Committee (OCC), according to a statement dated Friday. Japan, along with France and India, co-chair the committee of 15 creditor nations. Battling its worst financial crisis since independence in 1948, the South Asian island nation is trying to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
Committee appointed to address distortion of Religious beliefs - Minister
Vidura Wickramanayake, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs of Sri Lanka, has announced that the Cabinet has formed a committee to investigate individuals leading movements that distort religious beliefs and contribute to societal discord. The government aims to enact new legislation to curb and eliminate activities that misrepresent religious teachings, potentially leading to social tensions. The minister highlighted the need for preventive measures following incidents where individuals distorted religious facts, resulting in tragic consequences such as suicides among their followers. The government is committed to creating an environment that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
President to attend Economic Summit in Davos
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to travel to Switzerland this week to participate in the economic summit scheduled to begin in Davos on the 13th, as confirmed by the President's Media Division. Following the summit in Switzerland, the President will proceed to Uganda, in response to an official invitation from the country. The visit is expected to involve the participation of several ministers accompanying President Wickremesinghe... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/24)
US Sets up Sri Lanka as 8th Fleet Indo-Pacific Military Base
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 31 December 2023 – 06 January 2024 The President, in his imported New Year blue suit with fading blue tie, announces deploying a Sri Lankan Navy ship into the roiling Red Sea at a cost of Rs250million per fortnight. He hopes to thwart depreciation of the Rupee in case shipping companies hike their prices claiming diversion around the Cape of Tempests of South Africa (which last week took Israel – tho not their bloodier sponsors, the USA – to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/24)
ඉංග්‍රීසි පඬි නැට්ටන්ගේ පැවැත්ම වෙනුවෙන් ජනාධිපති සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු ධූර කාලය වසර 6ක් කරන 2/3 කින් සම්මත කළ හැකි 22වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය එයිද?
වර්තමානයේ ක්‍රියාත්මක වන 1978 ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව 21 වතාවක් සංශෝධනය වී ඇති අතර එකී ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන වලින් ප්‍රයෝජන සළසා ගත්තේ සාමාන්‍ය ජනතාව නොව ඉංග්‍රීසි පඬි නැට්ටන්‍ ය.ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83 ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ දැක්වෙන විධාන අනුව ජනාධිපති සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු ධූර කාලය වසර 6කට වඩා වැඩි කිරීමට නොපැමිණි මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් ද ඇතුලු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරු 2/3 ක් සහ ජනමතවිචාරණයක් මගින් ජනතාවද අනුමත කරන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයක් මගින් මිස කළ නොහැකිය. එහි වඩා වැදගත් වන්නේ ජනාධිපති සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු ධූර කාලය වසර 6කට වඩා වැඩි කිරීමට අදාලව යන්නය.1978 ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/24)
Usman Khawaja Speaks After ICC Disallow Use of 'All Lives Are Equal' Message on Shoes | The Quint
Read the Comment on the Double Standards of the International Cricket Council (ICC) when it comes to matters involving non-European cricketers and inventors. The Decision Review System (DRS) is another example where the ICC has failed to 'play cricket' in the true spirit of the game. ICC has a moral obligation to the Cricket world to explain how it acquired the idea of DRS. Both Wikipedia and Google identify Senaka Weeraratna, a lawyer from Sri Lanka, as the inventor of DRS based on his letter to the Editor of the ' Australian ' newspaper dated March... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/24)
පනික්කාර් න්‍යාය අනුව මේ රට ඉන්දියාවේ 29 වන ප්‍රාන්තය කිරීමට පාර කපන ඊනියා සත්‍ය, සමගිය හා සංහිඳියා පනතට අපගේ දැඩි විරෝධය මින් ප්රකාශ කරමු.
පළමුව ශ්‍රී ලන්කාවේ ස්වාධිනත්වය, ස්වයිරී භාවය හා නිදහසද, දෙවනුව, සින්හල ජාතියද, මිහිපිට සින්හල බෞද්ධ සිෂ්ඨාචාරයද අවසන්කොට එය ඉන්දියාවේ 29 වන ප්‍රාන්තය කිරීමට පාර කපන මේ රජයේ දේශද්‍රෝහී, ජාතිද්‍රෝහි ඊනියා “සත්‍ය, සමගිය හා සංහිඳියා පනතට”, මේ රටේ පරම භූමිපුත්‍රයින් වන අපි සියළු දෙනාම එක හඬින් අපගේ දැඩි විරෝධය මින් පළකරමු. තවද, වසර 2566 ක් වන අපගේ සින්හල බෞද්ධ ශිස්ඨාචාරයද මිහිපිටින් අතුගා දමන එවැනි පනතක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් නොකළයුතු බවද එක හඬින් රජයට අපි බලකර සිටිමු. සත්‍යය, එකමුතුකම සහ සංහිඳියාව සඳහා ස්වාධීන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/24)
Israel cannot be a colonial power and a democracy (therealnews.com)
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé reframes ‘the only democracy in the Middle East’ as a colonizing force that is inherently undemocratic due to its necessary subjugation of Palestinians. Israel’s status as a bona fide democracy is often taken to be a self-evident truth, but a more critical look at the history and reality of Zionism calls this into question. After all, how can a democracy exist in a country constitutionally defined as an ethnostate that can only exist through the suppression and gradual elimination of its Others? Israeli historian Ilan... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/24)
New Book - Resisting The Rule of Law In Nineteenth-century Ceylon: Colonialism And The Negotiation Of Bureaucratic Boundaries
James S. Duncan Jul 06, 2020 $251.95 Hardcover$251.95 Overview This book offers in-depth insights into the struggles implementing the rule of law in nineteenth-century Ceylon, introduced into the colonies by the British as their "greatest gift." The book argues that resistance can be understood as a form of negotiation to lessen oppressive colonial conditions and that the cumulative impact caused continual adjustments to the criminal justice system, weighing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/24)
යාපනය ගිනි තැබූ 1981 සංවර්ධන සභා මැතිවරණය - I Jaffna District Development Council Election 1981
ලංකාවේ දූෂිත මැතිවරණ සංස්කෘතිය ආරම්භ වූයේ 1981 යාපනය සංවර්ධන සභා මැතිවරණයෙනි. බොහෝ දෙනා ඒ මැතිවරණය දූෂිත බව අසා ඇතත් ඒ ඡන්ද දූෂණය සිදු වූයේ කෙසේ දැයි නොදනිති. කොළඹින් ගිය 500ක අතුරු පොලිස් බළකායක් සහ කුරුණෑගලින් ගිය 1500ක දේශපාලන හෙංචයියන් කණ්ඩායමක් යාපනය ගිනි තබමින් කළ විනාසය අවසන් වූයේ දකුණේ ආණ්ඩුවෙන් ආරක්ෂාවක් හෝ පිළිසරණක් හෝ නැතැයි යන ආකල්පය උතුරේ මිනිසුන්ගේ සිත් තුළ ඇති කරමිනි. උතුරේ සන්නද්ධ කණ්ඩායම්වලට ඔවුන්ගේ අනුකම්පාව සහ පිළිගැනීම ලැබුණේ එයින් පසු ව ය. කාරිගෙ චැනල් එකේ මෙවර වීඩියෝවෙන් විස්තර කෙරෙන්නේ යාපනය සංවර්ධන සභා ඡන්දය මැර ඡන්දයක් වූ ආකාරයයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/24)
Hotline for inquiries on dengue
Colombo, Jan. 06 (Daily Mirror)- The Health Ministry has introduced a hotline number for people to contact on matters related to the prevention and control of the dengue epidemic. Director of the National Dengue Control Unit Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said members of the public can contact the hotline number 011-7966 366 set up at the Disaster Preparedness & Response Division of the Health Ministry from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm from today (6) to inquire about dengue fever or inform of mosquito breeding places. The hotline is open... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/24)
Govt. expedites legislation against religious distortion
Colombo, Jan 06 (Daily Mirror) - The government is in the process of evolving fresh legislation to curb or eliminate the distortion of core religious teachings by some individuals creating social tension, Buddhasasana, Religious, and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickramanayake said. The Minister made these remarks in response to a query about the controversial preacher who provoked some of his followers to commit suicide in his sermons. Wickramanayake said the Cabinet appointed a committee to look into such religious cults led by various individuals. “We want to create... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/24)
Nationwide Measles vaccination drive kicks off
Colombo, Jan 06 (Daily Mirror) - The Health Ministry today commenced the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Supplementary Immunization Activity across all immunization clinic centres in nine high-risk health districts. The targeted areas include Colombo (including the CMC area), Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Kandy, Jaffna, Kurunegala, and Kalmunai. Running from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., this vaccination programme, led by the Epidemiology Unit, focuses on children born between April 7, 2023, and July 5, 2023. The decision to administer an additional vaccination dose against measles to infants aged 6 to 9... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/24)
Matara school student arrested for Drug Possession
A student studying in the eleventh grade at a prominent school in Matara was arrested on January 4 for the possession of drugs. The sixteen-year-old student, residing in the Polhena area of Matara, was found with 60 mg of the drug 'ice' at the time of his arrest. According to preliminary investigations by the police, the student claimed to have started using drugs six months ago after connecting with a friend in Kochchikade through Facebook. The arrested student allegedly confessed to requiring around fifty thousand rupees for his drug habit. In... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/24)
Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Protestors to be suspended
Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has issued a directive to the chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to suspend the services of employees participating in the ongoing strike and to initiate disciplinary action against them. The strike has led to disruptions in the supply of electricity, which is considered an essential service. In a letter to the CEB chairman, Minister Wijesekera emphasized the critical nature of electricity services and urged swift action to address the disruptions caused by the striking employees. The Minister instructed the chairman to provide details of the involved... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/24)
Red Sea Deployment: Ranil Plays Pandu With Sri Lanka’s Security to Please the Americans
Whilst making an address at the “Shilpa Abhimani 2023” Awards Ceremony held at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre on 3 January 2024, RW had the audacity to say that he is considering to send a warship to Red Sea in support of a US - led operation. It is astounding that RW has chosen an event presenting awards to village-level humble craftsmen to disclose such an important strategic decision which has local and international overtones. Has he thought that local craftsperson’s problems and grievances are caused by Houthis who are attacking vessels in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/24)
හිමාලයා ප්‍රකාශනයේ' යටි අරමුණ ගැන දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයෙන් හෙළිදරව්වක්
'හිමාලයා ප්‍රකාශනයේ' යටි අරමුණ ගැන දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයෙන් හෙළිදරව්වක් Back ගෝලීය දෙමළ සංසදය හා රටේ බහුතර ජනතාවක් නොදන්නා අනුනායක ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේලා හත්නමක් අත්සන් තබා ප්රකාශයට පත්කළ 'හිමාලයා ප්‍රකාශනය' නම් ලියවිල්ල එළිදැක්වීම පිටුපස බෙදුම්වාදීන්ගේ න්‍යායපත්‍රය ක්‍රියාත්මක වන බවත්, එම ලියවිල්ල එළිදැක්වීම සිදුවන්නේ යම් මාර්ග සිතියමකට අනුව බවත් දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය හෙළිකරයි. මේ පිළිබඳව එම ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය සිදුකරන සවිස්තරාත්මක හෙළිදරව්ව පහළින්... MONKS WHO WERE SIGNATORIES TO HAMALYAN SATAMENT PARTNERED BY GLOBAL TAMIL FORUM These are the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/24)
Sending Sri Lanka Navy to Red Sea is Insane, Irrational and Asking for Trouble
Ranil is back to his true self again. He is doing the same grave mistake his uncle did in the late 1970s. Instead of maintaining strict neutrality in global conflicts, he teamed up with USA. This attracted a strong and violent response from India, the Soviet Union and China which dragged the nation into a long a protracted war and another insurrection. However, when faced with an Indian invasion in 1987 JRJ’s pleas to USA went unheard! By the time JRJ left power, the entire country was under foreign invasion, Tamil terrorism and JVP insurrection. That... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/24)
Has the JVP unequivocally ruled out an armed struggle to win government?
In an interview with the Daily Mirror in December 2023, Senior JVP member Dr Nalinda Jayatissa stated that in the latest opinion poll, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading among all the prospective presidential candidates and there was no need for the JVP to take up arms once again - https://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/JVP-led-NPP-believes-in-a-unique-Sri-Lankan-economic-model-based-on-socialist-principles-Nalinda-Jayatissa-former-MP/231-273197 In answer to a question posed by the interviewer Kelum Bandara from the Daily Mirror regarding a statement made by JVPs politburo member K.D. Lalkantha that the party is even ready for an armed struggle if the need arises, senior JVP... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/24)
AIAI welcomes reconsideration of Hit-and-Run law under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
All India Association of Industries (AIAI) welcomes the decision of the Central Government to reconsider the proposed Hit and Run law under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and its provisions to be kept in abeyance till further orders as the proposed law may award imprisonment of upto 10 years along with fine of Rs. 7 lakhs if the driver escapes or fails to report the incident immediately says Dr. Vijay Kalantri, President, All India Association of Industries (AIAI) and Chairman, MVIRDC, World Trade Centre Mumbai. Dr Kalantri further said that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/24)
Sri Lanka launches dengue eradication week
COLOMBO, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Health Ministry has declared a countrywide dengue prevention week from Jan. 7 to Jan. 13, said the National Dengue Control Unit on Thursday. Addressing a press conference in Colombo to announce the initiative, Sudath Samaraweera, the director of the National Dengue Control Unit, said mosquito breeding sites across the country will be targeted. An awareness campaign will also be held in conjunction, he said, noting that there has been a surge in dengue cases in recent months. The main focus of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/24)
21 Indian Fishermen Detained By Sri Lanka For "Illegal Poaching" Released
They were detained by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly being involved in illegal poaching in the Lankan waters. At least 220 Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy in 2023 Chennai: As many as 21 Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka to Chennai on Friday, the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka informed through a statement. They were detained by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly being involved in illegal poaching in the Lankan waters. At least 33 Indian trawlers... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/24)
How the US has saved Adani
Adani has emerged unscathed from a slew of alleged wrongdoings The writer is an academic and researcher. He is also the author of Development, Poverty, and Power in Pakistan, available from Routledge The controversial Indian multibillionaire, Gautam Adani, has managed to secure a big boost of confidence by attracting over half a billion dollars for the Adani conglomerate backed Colombo seaport project in Sri Lanka. This American deal with Adani seems compelled by growing great power... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/24)
India to donate 20 locomotives to Sri Lanka
The donation is the latest investment by India into its neighbouring country’s railway network following a loan funding upgrade to signalling systems in 2023. Sri Lanka’s railway network includes the famous nine arch bridge. Credit: Alexander Ishchenko/Shutterstock.com The Indian Government will give 20 repurposed locomotives to Sri Lanka in a donation confirmed by the island nation’s national rail operator. The donation of engines that have been taken off India’s rail network in favour of electric alternatives was confirmed by Sri Lanka Railways’ General Manager H.M.K.W Bandara. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/24)
Red Sea deployment: SLN still studying US proposal
The Navy was still studying the possibility of sending a warship to the Red Sea in support of a recently launched US-led operation to thwart Houthi attacks on commercial shipping, sources said. Sources said that a thorough study was required before such a deployment could be made in a region prone to missile attacks. President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday (3) disclosed the possibility of the Navy joining the high profile mission. Sri Lanka’s pledge to join the US led endeavour was revealed at an event held at the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/24)
CID investigates deceased preacher who allegedly promoted ‘mass suicide’
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) says it commenced an investigation into the preacher named Ruwan Prasanna Gunaratna, who promoted ‘mass suicide’ through his distorted teachings and later died by suicide. When the CID officers presented submissions in this regard, the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court also called for an investigation to determine if the deceased preacher had received funds from any organizations and how the money was spent. Earlier this week, CID launched an investigation into the seven deaths that had recently occurred under similar suspicious circumstances, after the bodies of a young... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/24)
VAT exemptions for Ayurvedic products, medicines aims to reduce healthcare costs - State Minister
The State Minister of Indigenous Medicine, Sisira Jayakody announced on Thursday (Jan.04) that athe government has taken a significant step towards reducing healthcare costs by exempting Ayurvedic products, medicines and industries-related to indigenous medicine from Value Added Tax (VAT). The decision aims to make traditional medicine more accessible to the public, he explained. Additionally, the State Minister mentioned that the cabinet has granted approval for the establishment of a special bureau dedicated to addressing issues affecting native doctors and ensuring the sustainability of the indigenous medicine system. Speaking at a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/24)
සජිත් හෙළිකළ දේශපාලන කුමන්ත්‍රණය.... "හා හා හී හී මෝඩ පුතාණෝ..."
https://youtu.be/Xzbr4NAshC8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/24)
Heroin, ‘Ice’ worth over Rs. 3.1bn recovered from intercepted fishing vessel
Approximately 245kg of heroin and crystal methamphetamine (‘Ice’) were recovered from the multi-day fishing trawler intercepted off the southern coast of the island, Sri Lanka Navy says. A multi-day fishing trawler carrying a massive cache of drugs was intercepted on Thursday night (Jan.05) in a coordinated operation mounted by the Navy and the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB). Six locals aboard the vessel, which was at sea about 28 nautical miles (50km) west of Hikkaduwa, were also apprehended during the operation. https://youtu.be/PwfNdYJVqXk The estimated value of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/24)
දැනුවත්ව ඉතිහාසය විකෘති කිරීම
ජාතික ආරක්ෂාවට පසු අන් සියළු දේට වඩා තමනට වැදගත් රටේ ඉතිහාසය යයි ඇමරිකානුවන් පවසයි. එය දැනුවත්ව විකෘති කිරීම එම රටේ සිරේ යන වැනි වැඩකි. බොහෝ දියුණු යුරෝපා රටවල්ද තම ඉතිහාසය විකෘති කිරීමට කිසිසේත් ඉඩ නොදේ. උදාහරණයක් ලෙස 2වෙනි ලෝක මහා යුද්ධයේදී නාට්සි වරුන් විසින් යුදෙව් සංහාරයක් නොකළේය යයි කියන්නෙකුව සිර ගත කිරීමේ දැඩි නිතී යුරෝපයේ බොහෝ රටවල ඇත. අප රටේ? අවුරුදු දෙදහසකට වඩා පැරණි, ලෝක උරුමයන් වන, අදත් අළුතින් හමුවෙන, ඉතා වටිනා පුරා විද්‍යා ස්මාරඛ සුරක්ෂිත කිරීමේ උවමනාවක් රජයනට සහ රටවැසියනට නැත. පුරාවස්තු විනාශ කිරීමට, වෙනස් කිරීමට සහ සොරකම්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/24)
New Zealand HC pays farewell call on Sri Lanka Defence Secretary
High Commissioner (HC) of New Zealand for Sri Lanka HE Mr. Michael Appleton who will be completing his tenure in Sri Lanka, paid a farewell call on the Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gen. Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Ministry, Defence Headquarters Complex, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte today (Jan 04). Gen. Gunaratne warmly received the High Commissioner on the arrival to the Defence Ministry. During the cordial meeting held between the two high officials, New Zealand HC expressed his gratitude to the Defence Secretary for the cooperation extended by the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/24)
United Nations to assist reforms, digitalization and poverty eradication programs in Sri Lanka – UN Assistant Secretary General
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Director for Asia and the Pacific, Kanni Wignaraja expressed appreciation for the reforms undertaken for sociopolitical development in Sri Lanka and assured continuous assistance under the UNDP. When she called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (January 4), she lauded the Prime Minister’s role in ensuring the empowerment of the downtrodden people of Sri Lanka. “We highly appreciate your consistent policy to work for uplifting the marginalized people of the country that you have carried out that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/24)
NIC and passport -My ordeal at Sri Lanka Passport office - Uphill battle 3/1/24
My son came for a holiday from the UK after 8 years and wanted to renew/obtain new dual passport which has expired. We went to get one day service at 8 am to the passport office Handed over all the documents but the NIC he had was issued several years later in 2015 hence they needed another letter from the NIC office that he did not have a NiC previously He went abroad when he was 8 where he did not have a NIC At counter 17,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/24)
ISB හිමියන්ට හදුන්නෙත්තිගේ ‘හා කමක් නෑ මචන්’ ප්රකාශයට හර්ෂගෙන් ප‍්‍රතිචාර…
ජාතික ජන බලවේගයට රජයක් පවත්වාගෙන යාම සම්බන්ධයෙන් කිසිදු අදහසක් නොමැති බව ඔවුනගේ ප්‍රධානතම ආර්ථික විශේෂඥයා වන සුනිල් හඳුන්නෙත්ති විසින් කරන ලද ප්‍රකාශයකින් පෙනී යන බව සමගි ජන බලවේග පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීය හර්ෂද සිල්වා මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ජාත්‍යන්තර ස්වෛරීත්ව බැඳුම්කරණ ණයට ගරු නොකරන බවට හඳුන්නෙත්ති මහතා විසින් ප්රකාශ කර ඇති බවද පවසන ඔහු මීට පෙර ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ ආර්ථික උපදේශකයෙකු වුන අනිල් ජයන්ත විසින්ද මේ ආකාරයේ ප්‍රකාශයක් කර ඇති බවද කියා සිටියේය. මෙම ප්රකාශ වලින් ඔවුනට පැහැදිලිව රටක් පාලනය කරන්නේ කෙසේද යන්න ගැන කිසිදු අවබෝධයක් නොමැති බව මන්ත්‍රීවරයා තම සමාජ ජාල... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
UNICEF, WHO to support Sri Lanka’s supplementary measles immunization activity
UNICEF, together with the World Health Organization (WHO), has planned to support the Health Ministry in implementing a supplementary measles immunization activity (SIA) in Sri Lanka aimed at controlling the ongoing measles outbreak, midst over 700 measles cases reported in the country since May 2023. The SIA will be launched in two phases; the first phase will commence on 6 January, targeting 69-month-olds in 9 identified districts with a high population density, where measles cases were reported including Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Kandy, Jaffna, Kurunegala and Kalmunai. The second phase will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
Sri Lanka to deploy Navy ship on Red Sea amidst rising Houthi threats
Colombo, Jan 04 (Daily Mirror) - President Ranil Wickremesinghe said a decision has been taken to deploy a ship from the Sri Lanka Navy on the Red Sea area, contributing to the security of the region against Houthi activities. The decision comes amidst rising concerns among international shipping companies regarding attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in the Red Sea. The Houthis claim to be retaliating against Israel's military campaign in support of Hamas. This ongoing disruption in the Red Sea has resulted in increased freight... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
Yukthiya: 1038 arrests in 24 hours
In an extensive islandwide special operation conducted over the last 24 hours, law enforcement agencies arrested 1038 individuals. The operation, led by the Ministry of Public Security, aimed to curb criminal activities and maintain public safety. Among the results of the operation were drug seizures, including 417 grams of Heroin, 205 grams of ICE (crystal methamphetamine), 2.8 kilograms of Cannabis, and a haul of 4 kilograms of Hashish. Additionally, authorities confiscated 722 pills during the operation.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission was a waste of Tax Payers money – so will Sri Lanka’s!
Any truth & reconciliation commission that shies from exposing the true players who trained, armed and funded militancy in Sri Lanka as well as provide covert & overt support that led to the 3 decade bloodshed should be denounced, named & shamed. These players include foreign nations, foreign politicians including the Church who have openly and unabashedly supported terrorists as evidenced in their statements and actions as well as a plethora of photos to prove. Sri Lanka’s politicians wriggle & accept any proposal so long as it assures to keep... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
කුල දේශපාලනය සහ ශාන්ගේ පිම්ම
ශාන් විජයලාල් සිල්වා සමගි ජනබලවේගයට එක්වීම, ගාල්ල දේශපාලනයේ චිත්‍රය මුළුමනින්ම වෙනස් කිරීමට හේතු වන්නේය. 2020 මහා මැතිවරණයේ දී ගාල්ලේ වෙරළබඩ කලාපයේ එකම ආසනයකින්වත් (අම්බලන්ගොඩ, රත්ගම, බලපිටිය, හබරාදූව, බෙන්තර හා කරන්දෙණිය) සජබට 18% ඉක්මන ඡන්ද ප්‍රමාණයක් ලැබී නැත. අමු සිංහලෙන් කියන්නේ නම් ගාල්ලේ කරාව සහ සලාගම කුල ඡන්දයක් සජබට තිබුණේම නැති තරම්ය. පොහොට්ටුවෙන් ඡන්දය දිනා සජබයට ගිය ගාල්ලේ දෙවැනියා ශාන් ය. පළමුවැනියා චන්දිම වීරක්කොඩි ය. මනාප ලැයිස්තුවේ ඊලඟට ඉන්න හබරාදූවේ දිල්ශාන් ගුණසේකර ට පාර්ලිමේන්තු යන්න වැඩි උනන්දුවක් නැති නිසා පක්ෂ මාරුව ගැන තවම අධිකරණයේ නඩු පවරා නැත. ගාල්ලේ සජබ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
US illegally “annexed” Hawaii: Will Sri Lanka’s fate be same with MCC?
https://www.youtube.com/embed/R9c3jEQEFN4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Hawaii was annexed by US in 1898. The reason for Hawaii to be annexed was the fear of Hawaii becoming part of European empire. US doesn’t want to see Sri Lanka tilt to China and is exerting tremendous pressure via Quad partners. Are we interested enough to protect our sovereignty? Before that do we understand the dangers lurking at our door. Didn’t the wise say don’t accept any gift horse that can be a Trojan Horse! Hawaii was an independent state proved by the 2001... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
සියළුම දේශපාලන පක්ෂ දැනුවත් කිරීමක් – ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම වියවස්තාවේ 10 සහ 14(1)e වගන්තිවලින් සියළුම ආගම් වලට සිය අයිතිය ලඛා දිය යුත්තේ
ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම වියවස්තාවේ 10 සහ 14(1)e වගන්තිවලින් සියළුම ආගම් වලට සිය අයිතිය ලඛා දිය යුත්තේ නමවැනි ව්‍යවස්ථාවෙන් බැදී ඇති බුද්ධ ශාසනය ආරක්ෂාව සහ පෝෂණය සැලසෙන අයුරින්ය. යම්කිසි තැනක කවර අන්දම හෝ ආගම් ප්‍රචාරයත් හෝ බෞද්ධයාට හිරිහැර වන අන්දමේ ආගම් ඇදහීමක් හෝ බුද්ධ ශාසනයට හානියක් වන ආගමික ක්‍රියාවක් හෝ ආගමට හරවා ගැනීමත් හෝ අනවසර පල්ලි ඉදිකිරීමක් හෝ සිදු වන්නේ නම් එය ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවට පටහැනි නීති විරෝධී ක්‍රියාවක්. පාලිත ආරියරත්න... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
සිංහල බෞද්ධ රජ්ජයේ ආරක්ෂාව ඔබ කථාකරණ දේශපාලනයේ නියමුවන්ගේ ආරක්ෂාවට වඩා අපට වටිනවා.
ඒ අයි කිවහොත් දේශපාලන පක්ෂයේ ආරක්ෂාව ඔබේ චන්ද සම්මුතියේ ආරක්ෂාවයි. නමුත් රටේ නියම ආරක්ෂාව වන්නේ මේ රටේ සැබැ අයිතිකරුවන්ගේ හා එම ජාතියේ අනාගත පැවැත්ම හා ඔවුන්ගේ සුවදේශික සංස්කෘතියේ ආරක්ෂාවයි. එය තරමක වෙනත් විදිහකින් කිවහොත් ජාතික ආරක්ෂාව යනු ජාතියේ භෞතික ඒකාග්‍රතාවය සහ භූමි ප්‍රදේශය ආරක්ෂා කිරීමේ හැකියාවයි. තවදුරට ඔබහට උගන්වනු ලබතොත් මවුබිමෙන් පිටත ලෝකයේ සෙසු රටවල් සමඟ එහි ආර්ථික සබඳතා සාධාරණ කොන්දේසි මත පවත්වාගෙන යාමට; එහි ස්වභාවය, රට තුල සුවදේශික ආරක්ෂණ ආයතනය සහ පාලනය පිටතින් සිදුවන බාධා වලින් ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීමට;... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
SL- Pak Defence Secretaries chair 4th Sri Lanka-Pakistan Defence Dialogue
Strengthening Bilateral Relations and Regional Cooperation The fourth Sri Lanka-Pakistan Defence Dialogue was successfully held at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte today (Jan 3). The Sri Lankan Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne led the host delegation while the Defence Secretary of Pakistan Lieutenant General (Retired) Hamood Uz Zaman Khan led the visiting delegation at the high level talks. Both sides delved into the progress of the decisions made at the last defence dialogue and discussed on ways to resolve outstanding issues. Deliberations were focused on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
Prime Minister thanks New Zealand Envoy for his contributions for strengthening bilateral ties
The outgoing New Zealand High Commissioner Michael Appleton paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees in Colombo on Tuesday (January 2). He thanked the government for its decision to reopen its Embassy in New Zealand shortly. He said Sri Lanka has achieved remarkable recovery to face the Covid 19 challenges and the unprecedented economic crisis. “When I arrived in Sri Lanka 3 years ago, the country was reeling under the impact of Covid pandemic and I had to stay in a hotel room under quarantine. Now... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
Drug procurement scam: Cabinet Office hands over documents to CID
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The Cabinet Office has handed over the documents requested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) investigating the procurement of fake immunoglobulin by the Health Ministry. Authoritative sources said that the two sets of documents had been handed over to the CID so far and a third set would be sent within the next few days. Sources said so when The Island sought clarification from the Cabinet Office regarding the directive issued by Maligakanda Magistrate Lochana... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
Mass suicide? : Probes into 7 recent deaths under similar circumstances handed over to CID
Investigation activities concerning seven deaths that had occurred under similar suspicious circumstances within the last few days have been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Police Media Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said. The bodies of a young female and a male who died of suspected poisoning were found by the police. The duo are said to have been the followers of a certain religious preacher who had committed suicide in the Homagama area recently. https://youtu.be/nOxjL2NsYjc Police said that the body of the 21-year-old woman was recovered... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
SL cannot go back to a period of shortages or economic collapse - President
President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that the nation cannot revert to a period marked by scarcity of fuel, lack of fertilizers, and economic collapse. The President further asserted that despite the challenges, the country's economy can experience swift strengthening by persisting on the current trajectory, acknowledging the inherent difficulties. In his address at the "Shilpa Abhimani 2023" Presidential Handicraft Awards ceremony held at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre in Colombo today (03), President Ranil Wickremesinghe underscored that making incorrect economic decisions could exacerbate the devaluation of the Rupee. He emphasized his steadfast commitment... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/24)
BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 12D.
The “contested sites” issue at Kurundi was created by the Tamil Separatist Movement. Tamil Separatist Movement announced, untruthfully, that there was an ancient kovil on the site of the Kurundi monastery. Tamil Separatist Movement said that for generations Tamil people believed that an old Hindu temple, known as Aathi Sivan Kovil, was located there .This was false. There was never any kovil at Kurundi, only ruins of an ancient Buddhist monastery. Tamil Separatist Movement announced their strong opposition to the renovation of the Kurundi stupa. They engaged in “Protests” and spoke of “Provocation” and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 12C.
Hinduism is not a world religion. It is confined to India. Hinduism was introduced to East Asia but failed to take root there. Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia retained the Ramayana but rejected the Hindu religion. Hinduism was not allowed to enjoy its position even in India. In India, there is an ongoing tussle between the Hindus and Muslims. Hindus cannot even claim a temple without a fight erupting like at Ayodhaya. When Supreme Court awarded Ayodhaya to the Hindus, they were jubilant. The term “Hindutva” is used disparagingly in India. It was created... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
2022 අමුතු සිදුවීමට ප්‍රමුඛ වූ කාරණය - කාලිංග මාඝ ගෙන් පසු දේශීය කෘෂිකර්මාන්තය වැනසුවේ ගෝටාබය පමණි
"ගොවිතැන් බතක් කරගෙන ඉන්න පුළුවන් තාක්කල් සිංහලයෝ ආණ්ඩුවට විරුද්ධව නැගිටිනවා බොරු!" (ඇතැම් ප්‍රදේශ වල, "බත් ගෙඩියක් බාගෙන කාලා ඉන්න පුළුවන් තාක්කල් සිංහලයෝ ආණ්ඩුවට විරුද්ධව නැගිටිනවා බොරු!") මෙය සුද්දාගේ කාලේ සිට එන කියමනක්. කෙතරම් කෙනෙහෙළිකම් කලත්, රජයට එරෙහිව බහුතර ජනතාව නැගිටියේ නැති දුකින් ගෙතුණු කියමනක්. එය නිර්මාණය වුනු කාලයේ කිසිම කෙනෙකු හිතන්න නැතුව ඇති දේශීය කෘෂිකර්මාන්තයට වින කරන ආණ්ඩුවක් පහළ වේ කියා. පරංගි, ලන්දේසි, බ්‍රිතාන්‍යය පමණක් නොවේ විවිධ ඉන්දියානු ආක්‍රමණ කාරයන් තියා JVP සහ LTTE ත්‍රස්තවාදීන්වත් දේශීය කෘෂිකර්මාන්තය සමග හැප්පුනේ නැත. රට කොල්ලකා, රටේ ඒකීයභාවය වනසා, සතුරන් සමග හොර ගිවිසුම් ගහපු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
Is there any Scientific Evidence Favorable to Reincarnation?
Reincarnation is the belief that when a person dies, he is reborn again. Reincarnation is regarded as the mental continuum of an individual. Belief in reincarnation is an ancient phenomenon and exists in many cultures. The Egyptians believed in the soul's immortality. In India, the concept of reincarnation is first recorded in the Upanishads. Hinduism teaches that the soul goes on repeatedly being born and dying. The Greek philosopher and the mathematician Pythagoras believed that the soul was immortal and was reincarnated into another living being... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
Is Dhammika Perera Trying to Imitate Donald Trump?
Dark suits with a Long Red tie over a white shirt is the TradeMark of Donald Trump. As a prospective Sri Lankan Presidential candidate, is Dhammika Perera planning to use his Red-Shirt students to be his Front Guard? Red Shirts do have a bad image. These are only guesses, but hopefully, he might have a more educated plan in front! The reputation of Donald Trump crumbled on the 6th of January when Trump used his supporters to enter Government Offices! The current legal activity has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
New Year Greetings from the German Dharmaduta Society
https://das-buddhistische-haus.de/pages/images/stories/videos/DBH-Interview-062019.mp4 On the occasion of the New Year (2024), the German Dharmaduta Society wishes to thank all its members, well-wishers, and supporters including the Dayakayas (Patrons) of Das Buddhistisches Haus ( Buddhist Vihara in Berlin - Frohnau) for their help in numerous ways in the past years and takes this opportunity to extend our heartfelt warm greetings and best wishes to you all for a Happy New Year. May you be protected. May the Buddha Sasana be protected. May all beings secure a noble and peaceful life, and the opportunity to act... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
What Is the Israel Lobby and What Does it Do?
Presented on 10/10/23 by Dr. Walter L. Hixson, historian and commentator, and former distinguished professor, University of Akron. Dr. Hixson will provide an explanation of and historical analysis of the Israeli lobby in the US which he argues is the the largest, most well-funded and influential lobby acting on behalf of a foreign country in American history. His analysis stems from his work positing the connection of the two countries based on their characterization as "settler colonial nations". This has created a special relationship between Israel and the US which has bolstered Israeli policies... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
‘Defence Ministry staffers have been entrusted with significant responsibilities and all must endeavour to serve with the utmost dedication’ - State Minister of Defence
The State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon while attending the customary New Year’s Day ceremony at the Defence Ministry this morning (Jan 1) stated ‘Defence Ministry staffers are entrusted with significant responsibilities and all must endeavour to strive to achieve national goals with utmost dedication’. ‘As we step into a new year, let us remember and honour our fallen heroes, those who sacrificed their lives to the motherland, protecting our freedom and safeguarding our way of life. Their courage, dedication and selflessness should never fade from our collective... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
On the Gaza ‘shoah’ and the ‘banality of evil’
War by war, Israel has slowly but surely normalised genocidal violence against the Palestinian people. Two Palestinian men carry the shrouded bodies of their children, killed in Israeli bombardment, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis on December 28, 2023 [AFP] “[T]he reality of concentration camps resembles nothing so much as medieval pictures of Hell.” – Hanna Arendt In February 2008, Matan Vilnai, then Israel’s deputy defence minister, threatened the Palestinians of Gaza with a “holocaust”. “They will bring... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
The Treasury has been allowed pay off debts of the Pensioner’s Fund and made it independent
• We have already moved forward from the past. We have to step into the future from the present- Prime Minister The Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena announced that the Pensioner’s Fund and made it independent.”We have already moved forward from the past and we have to step into the future from the present”, he added. He expressed these views today (01.01.2024) at the Prime Minister's Office, Colombo, after religious rites at the start of the New Year's official activities. Secretary to the Prime Minister Mr. Anura Dissanayake delivered the welcome speech and subsequently, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
State Minister of Defence looks into the welfare of the monks at flood affected Somawathiya area
State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon along with the Chief Incumbent of Somawathiya Viharaya made an inspection visit the flood affected Somawathiya sacred area yesterday (Dec. 31) to inquire into the well-being of the monks and people living there. This area is experiencing floods after heavy rains in the Polonnaruwa District. The State Minister reached the shrine in a Sri Lanka Air Force helicopter. Due to the floods authorities face difficulties in continuously providing food and other facilities to the resident monks and people of Somavati shrine and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
Persons with no Taxpayer Identification Number TIN in Sri Lanka could face a penalty up-to Rs. 50,000
Colombo, Jan 02 (Daily Mirror) - With effect from 1 January, persons who have not obtained a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) will be subjected to a penalty not exceeding Rs. 50,000, the Department of Inland Revenue cautioned. With effect from 1 January, persons who have not obtained a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) will be subjected to a penalty not exceeding Rs. 50,000, the Department of Inland Revenue cautioned. In a notice to the public, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) reiterated it is mandatory for persons at the age of 18... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
SJB unionist: IOC and Sinopec benefit from special levy on fuel to recover CPC losses
Ananda Palitha Even after imposing 18 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on fuel with effect from January 1, the government continued to charge Rs 50 on a litre of both petrol and diesel purportedly to recover losses incurred by the highly corrupt state owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) over the years, Samagi Jana Balawegaya trade union leader Ananda Palitha told The Island yesterday (01). The CPC owed the public an explanation why those who had been struggling to make ends meet were forced to pay for losses caused by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
Sri Lanka Navy to ink MoU with US Nuclear Security Administration
The Sri Lanka Navy is slated to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Nuclear Security Administration of the United States regarding the prevention of illegal transportation of nuclear and other radioactive materials. The proposal presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his capacity as the Minister of Defence, to sign the relevant MoU was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers at its meeting held on 01 January. Accordingly the draft of the MoU has already received clearance from the Attorney General, while the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Regulatory Council, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
State revenue to be increased to 15% of GDP
State Minister for Finance, Shehan Semasinghe, emphasized that the sustained single-digit inflation has significantly contributed to fostering business confidence within the country. During a press conference at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) themed "Collective Path to a Stable Country," held today (01) the State Minister disclosed that the state revenue accounted for 11.2% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2023, with projections indicating an anticipated increase to 15% by the year 2026. In his remarks, State Minister for Finance, Shehan Semasinghe, provided insights into the economic landscape, stating that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
කෘෂි රැකියාවලට විදේශ ගත වුවන්ට රජයෙන් ඉඩම් අක්කර දෙකක්
කෘෂිකාර්මික ක්ෂේත්රයේ රැකියා සඳහා විදේශගත වන සියලුම ශ්‍රමිකයින් යළි දිවයිනට පැමිණි පසු කෘෂි ව්‍යවසාකයින් බවට පත්කිරීම සඳහා අක්කර දෙකක ඉඩමක් ලබාදීමට රජය පියවර ගන්නා බව කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනූෂ නානායක්කාර පවසා තිබෙනවා. අමාත්‍යවරයා වැඩිදුරටත් පැවසුවේ ඉඩම් අමාත්‍යාංශය සමඟ එක්ව මෙම තීරණය ගෙන ඇති බවයි. ඔහු මේ බව පවසා ඇත්තේ නව වසරේ රාජකාරී ආරම්භ කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා විදේශ රැකියා නියුක්ති කාර්යාංශයේ ඊයේ (01) පැවති වැඩසටහනට එක්වෙමින්. මෙලෙස විදේශයන්හි කෘෂීකාර්මික ක්ෂේත්රයට අදාළ දැනුම මෙරටටද ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා මෙම පියවර ගන්නා බවයි වාර්තා වන්නේ.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
විශේෂ මෙහෙයුම් වලින් සැකකරුවන් 822ක් අත්අඩංගුවට
ගෙවුණු පැය 24 තුළ යුක්තිය මෙහෙයුමේදී තවත් සැකකරුවන් 822 දෙනෙකු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබෙනවා. ඉන් 60 දෙනෙකු රැදවුම් නියෝග මත ප්‍රශ්න කරන බවයි මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යංශය සදහන් කළේ. මත්ද්‍රව්‍යවලට ඇබ්බැහි වූ තවත් 72 දෙනෙකු පුනරුත්ථාපන මධ්‍යස්ථාන වෙත යොමුකර තිබෙනවා. මෙම මෙහෙයුමේදී හෙරොයින්, අයිස්, මත්පෙති සහ කේරළ ගංජා පොලිස් භාරයට ගෙන තිබෙනවා. එමෙන්ම බ්ලූමැන්ඩල් පොලිස් වසමේ කිඹුලාඇළ, ඉබ්බගෙවත්ත, රෙඩ්බානාවත්ත සහ දුම්රිය පටුමග යන ප්‍රදේශවල ඊයේ රාත්‍රියේ විශේෂ මෙහෙයුමක් සිදු කර තිබුණා. එහිදීද හෙරොයින් ළඟ තබාගත් සැකකරුවන් විසිදෙනෙකු පොලිසිය අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබෙනවා.මේ අතර යුක්තිය මෙහෙයුම පිළිබඳ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
Police introduce hotline for operation ‘Yukthiya’
Sri Lanka Police on Tuesday (02 Jan.) introduced a hotline for the public to provide information in relation to the ongoing massive anti-drug operation ‘Yukthiya’, which is being carried out across the island. The hotline was introduced under the directive of the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, while stickers displaying the relevant hotline number were also pasted on the back of three-wheelers today. Accordingly, the public has been urged to contact the Police Headquarters via the phone number 071 859 8800 if they have any information about drug-related offenders or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/24)
“Helplessness and Confusion” In the Coming Year
Lenin in his Note, “Helplessness and Confusion” dated May 21, 1913 stated that, “chaos and confusion among modern Social-Democrats and ‘near Social-Democrats’ are not only external but also internal. A huge number of old ‘prominent Party people’ are completely confused, they have understood absolutely nothing about the new state of affairs” and their helpless “dithering” “have caused hopeless confusion in everything they undertake” (Collected Works, Volume 19). No doubt that all government and opposition politicians (including the so-called dissidents who tasted power, thanks to Rajapaksa benefaction), those who have already stitched their ceremonial... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/24)
Sinhala Buddhists should strongly oppose carving out EELAM through Truth, Unity and Reconciliation
All Sinhala Buddhists should rally around this national struggle and strongly oppose and protest against the Government’s move to pass this Act in Parliament, designed to harm the Sinhala nation and its culture and that will carve out the map of EELAM, the 29th State of Bharatha Desh? and demand the Government to withdraw this proposal immediately. It was reported that the Government of Sri Lanka, has decided to establish an independent Commission for Truth, Unity and Reconciliation and pass an Act of Parliament embodying... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/24)
Green Whitewash & the Blocking of the Red Economy
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 24-30 December 2023 Sri Lanka’s high-quality graphene & other abundant mineral resources do not belong to us: according to the USA & the EU. The EU has got the World Trade Organization (WTO) to block Indonesia from restricting its own nickel exports. Indonesia wants to process the raw ore locally. Nickel is used to also make steel and electric batteries etc. Jakarta has appealed but the US is preventing the formation of a WTO appeal court! ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/24)
Double Covid vaccine doesn’t stop symptoms for half of Delta cases
Here are some Island articles that might interest you and your professional colleagues. Please feel free to forward them and comment on the journal website at the end of the article for the benefit of other readers. An article related to CKDu (CKD-CTN) submitted to the Island in July 2023 was published only on December 8th, 2023: https://www.facebook.com/sunil.wimalawansa/posts/pfbid02EPmGh6FrHPEhsodQ6WUWs6NbpmWNWheWNMpr5kNkFA6h3Xqun3syg6LrozZ8Gewkl https://island.lk/eradicating-ckdu-from-sri-lanka-is-straightforward-what-is-preventing-it/ The author has no conflicts of interest to declare. Surprisingly, some continue to mislead that agrochemical causes CKDu, as misled by a handful of (politically motivated) people... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/24)
Qadian Convention concludes.
Muslims should rejoice the era of Islam’s revival’: Ahmadiyya Supreme Head (Khalifa) delivers concluding address at Qadian Convention (Jalsa Salana) 2023 The three day 128th Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Qadian, India, concluded with a faith inspiring address by the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, on 31 December 2023. His Holiness addressed the final session via satellite link from the Masroor Hall, Islamabad, Tilford, UK. Over... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/24)
Cheating helpless customers at ගෙදර යන ගමන්
The famous “supermarket on the way home ““ගෙදර යන ගමන්”Place Pelawatte Battaramulle mulls Time. 31 December 2023 at 12.15 pm Walked into The-supermarket to buy a pack of Iced Coffee to treat our guests Price marked by either the manufacturer or the supermarket was 500 Rs against 240 last year Picked a few packs and the cashier scanned them and wanted to charge 650 each We lost out “Cool” despite we were buying iced coffee to cool ourselves under VAT pressure (A very Agonizing Time ) ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/24)
රිචඩ් ද සොයිසා ඝාතනය - තිරිසන් සිද්ධියක සම්පූර්ණ කතාව
නැවතත් බලයට එන්න දගලන්නේ මේ කාලකන්නි සෙවනැලිද? බුද්ධිමත් ජනතාවනි මේ පැහැදිලි සත්‍යය කතාවලට හොදින් සවන් දෙන්න https://youtu.be/lFgxVICpASQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/24)
දුක්ඛ යන බෞද්ධ සංකල්පයෙන් පැවසෙන්නේ කුමක් ද ?
දුක්ඛ" යන බෞද්ධ සංකල්පය මගින් පැවැත්මේ (existence) සැබෑ ස්වභාවය විස්තර කරයි. එහි ගැඹුරු දාර්ශනික අර්ථයක් ඇත. "දුක්ඛ" යන වචනය බොහො විට වරදවා වටහාගෙන ඇතිවා මෙන්ම වරදවා භාවිත කරද ඇත. "දුක්ඛ" යන වචනයේ අර්ථ්‍ය හුදෙක් "දුක්වීම " හෝ "දුක් විදීම" නොවේ. දුක්විදීම යන්නෙහි අර්ථය කායික, මානසික, සාමාජයීය, ආධ්‍යාත්මික සහ මනෝ ව්‍යාධිමය විඳවීමයි. එය කායික, චිත්තවේගීය, සහ මානසික වේදනා ඇතුලත් අත්දකීමක් විය හැක. මෙවැනි ආකාර විදවීම් චිකිත්සක හෝ සමාජ - ආර්ථික මැදිහත් වීම හරහා අවම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/24)
ගැහැණු පෙරමුණ අරන් ඉන්නේ.. දැන් මාලිමා ජය සහතිකයි..
ජාතික ජන බලවේගය අද වන විට ධෛර්යවන්ත ගැහැණුන්ගෙන් සමන්විත ව්‍යාපාරයක් බවට පත්වී ඇති බව එහි නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී අනුර දිසානායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඒ අනුව 2024 ජයග්‍රහණ ගැන යම් කුකුසක් තිබුනේ නම් අද වන විට එම කුකුස මුළුමනින්ම අහවර වී ඇති බවද හෙතෙම කියා සිටියේය. ඒ මහතා මේ බව කියා සිටියේ මාතර දිස්ත්‍රික් ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ කාන්තා සමුළුව අමතමිනි. මෙරට කාන්තාවන් නැඹුරුවන දේශපාලන ව්‍යාපාරය ජයග්‍රහණය කරන බවට මතයක් ඇති බවද පැවසූ ඔහු 2024 වසරට පියාගන්නේ 2023 අභිබවා යන මහා ජනතාව ව්‍යාපාරයක් ලෙස බවද කියා සිටියේය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/24)
Wishing all of you a prosperous and happy new year 2024.
The necessary measures have been taken in this year's budget to launch the government's procedure to create a country with new hopes.In line with the last year, let us all work together with dedication for a prosperous future in a disciplined and democratic society by helping to implement the challenging program of creating a new era in all economic, political, social and cultural fields.In this new year, I recollect with gratitude the challenging work done by our farmers in the face of the food and economic crisis faced... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/24)
Buddhism is a major ingredient in India’s foreign policy
Indian Minister Selja brings the Kapilavastu relics to Sri Lanka Colombo, December 31: Religion has been part of the foreign policies of Christian and Islamic nations for a long time. As is well known, one of the goals of the foreign policy of Western colonial powers was to spread Christianity and “civilize” the world, the sword in one hand and the bible in the other, as it were. In the medieval era, spreading Islam through proselytization was the core objective of expansionist Islamic forces. Vast areas from Spain... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/24)
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