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News Archive for Mar 2021
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 10AThe results of the 1956 election baffled even the architects of its victory, said analysts. The MEP was stunned by its victory. SWRD was not expected to win. He had no proper candidates and the MEP coalition lacked financial resources. The 60 MEP candidates were facing a solid phalanx of 76 UNP, many of them sitting members. But MEP did win a landslide victory. The momentum was unstoppable. We were left speechless, said Bradman Weerakoon. Unlike in previous elections, in this election there had been only a few instances of bribery, violence or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/03/21)
Serious flaws in Geneva resolution.
Resolution A/HRC/46/L.Rev.1 dated 16 March 2021 has been adopted by the UN Human Rights Council based on procedures and practices adopted by Committees of the General Assembly. Of the 47 Members in the Council, 22 Member States cast an affirmative vote, 11 members opposed it, and 14 abstained. The procedure adopted does not recognize the number of votes that abstained. Therefore, adoption of the Resolution was based on 22 affirmative votes, which is less than half the 47-members in the Council. This outcome should be a cause to fault the Council for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/03/21)
A NEW CONSTITUTION TO REBOOT THE COUNTRY AND SCRAP PCS
Politicians bellow rhetoric, making propaganda mountains out of molehills of achievements, whilst our beautiful island nation of phenomenal potential aimlessly drifts, forever the land of tomorrow. Given recent talk about granting licences to Indian fishermen (i.e. CRIMINALS) and holding elections for parasitic PCs, one wonders when Sri Lanka will be allowed to thrive. Let's have one law and actual progress for Sri Lanka. I believe that these two Constitutional proposals submitted by concerned citizens (members of the public) would be of interest for genuine patriots to read and share. If nothing else, one can enjoy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/03/21)
NZ dairy expertise helping Sri Lanka post-war recovery
For the first time in their lives, Sri Lankans Nalayini and Chinniah were earning enough money to eat three meals a day and pay for their kids' education - thanks to one cow and a lot of hard work. Nalayini and Chinniah, both in their 50s, have overcome more obstacles than most couples do in a lifetime. They didn’t have an easy life before the civil war in Sri Lanka. They were living in poverty, raising their five children, and were only able to afford one meal a day instead of the usual three. “My... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/03/21)
38 dead, 64 new cancer patients detected daily: Dullas
The health sector in the country is now facing a threat of spreading non-communicable diseases and according to the latest records, 64 cancer patients are being detected and 38 patients lose their lives due to cancer every day, Power Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said. He indicated the vision of 'Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour' of the President and while giving priority to localism, a trend has been created to manufacture medicines against cancer. While drawing the attention of the President, special attention was also drawn to implement a mechanism... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/03/21)
Two more COVID-19 fatalities reported
Two more COVID-19 fatalities were reported today bringing the death toll in the country to 568, the Director-General of Health Services said. Accordingly, an 85-year-old female from Wattala and a 74-year-old male from Eravur in Batticaloa are among the deceased.
... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/03/21)
Sri Lanka receives 600,000 Sinopharm COVID vaccine jabs
https://youtu.be/XraQN67WJ4Q Sri Lanka on Wednesday (March 31) received a consignment of 600,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines donated by China. According to Ada Derana correspondent, a special flight chartered by the national carrier SriLankan Airlines (UL869) carrying the China-made vaccines touched down at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake at around 11.28 am. The vaccine consignment was ceremonially handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the airport premises. State Ministers Prof. Channa Jayasumana and Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle, Ambassador of China to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/03/21)
Coronavirus: 244 positive cases in total detected today
Sri Lanka on Wednesday (March 31) confirmed another 88 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the country as total infections detected within the day reached 244. This brought the total number of Covid-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 92,706. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,887 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres while total recoveries have reached 89,251. The death toll due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the country stands at 568.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/03/21)
Man from Jaffna arrested over U.S. bank account hacking
An individual from Chavakachcheri in Jaffna has been arrested on charges of money laundering by hacking into the accounts of banks in the United States. https://adaderana-english-polly.s3.amazonaws.com/adaengmp3-31-03-2021-1617183336.mp3 The 41-year-old has been taken into custody by the officers of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana said. Investigators have uncovered that the suspect had hacked into U.S. bank accounts and transferred Rs. 13.4 million to his account in a private bank in Sri Lanka. The police spokesperson said the suspect’s accomplices are based in the U.S. had aided... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/03/21)
Melbourne Oz Teen Wears No Mask In Fast Food Restaurant - Is Choked Unconscious, Thrown To The Floor, Picked Up And Toss Out Like Common Trash
https://rense.com/general96/20200330-a.mp4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/03/21)
අග්රාමාත්ය ලේකම්තුමා සංවර්ධන ලොතරැයි සුපිරි ජයග්රාහකයන්ට චෙක්පත් පිරිනමයි
සංවර්ධන ලොතරැයි මණ්ඩලයේ “සුපර්බෝල්” හා “ලග්න වාසනාව” ලොතරැයිපත් වලින් බිහිවූ සුපිරි ජයග්රාහකයින් සිව් දෙනෙකු සඳහා අග්රාමාත්ය ලේකම් ගාමිණි සෙනරත් මහතා අතින් අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී අද (30) දින චෙක්පත් ප්රදානය කෙරිණි. “සුපර්බෝල්” 1403 වන වාරයේ සුපිරි ජයමල්ල වන රු.75,412,110 /- ක මුදල දිනා ගත් කැකිරාව කේ.ජී.රොෂාන් මහතා ඇතුළු ජයග්රාහකයන්ට අග්රාමාත්ය ලේකම් ගාමිණි සෙනරත් මහතා අතින් මෙලෙස ජයග්රාහී මුදල් චෙක්පත් ප්රදානය කළේය. “ලග්න වාසනාව” 3096 වන වාරයේ සුපිරි ජයමල්ල වන රු. 2,454,571/- ක මුදල දිනාගත් හිඟුරාන ආර්.ආරියදාස, “ලග්න වාසනාව” 3098 වන වාරයේ සුපිරි ජයමල්ල වන රු.2,230,396 /- ක මුදල දිනාගත් කඩවත එච්.පී.තුසන්ත මහත්වරු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
The humble beetle that could rescue a town
30th March 2021An invasive water weed has decimated the wildlife and economy of one of Cameroon's most significant lakes. But a tiny, ravenous weevil could reverse the region's fortunes.A A flock of water birds scavenges for insects on the dense, leafy weed that covers much of Lake Ossa, one of Cameroon's largest lakes. The water weed is so closely packed that it looks like wide, flat green pasture, and the sure-footed birds pick their way freely across it as if they were walking on land. Five years... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
Resolving the human-elephant conflict without elimination
Colombo, March 30 (Daily Mirror): The human-elephant conflict is a modern phenomenon owning its existence to man’s increasing developmental needs and the expansion of the human population due to improved health and living conditions of people. Pushed by sheer need, if not greed, man has been forcibly intruding into places where elephants once roamed and foraged freely. Earlier in the pre-industrial developmental era, people and elephants lived in peace and harmony. Elephants were not killed. They were, of course, captured and traded for use as draught animals, in war as mounts for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi awaits its High Commissioner
Colombo, March 30 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner-designate to India, Milinda Moragoda, is yet to travel to New Delhi despite India approving his appointment during the latter part of last year. His office says he will leave soon but with no confirmation of a date. Sri Lanka and India have already gone through some diplomatic turmoil in recent months with the government refusing to hand over the East Container Terminal (ECT) to an Indian company, instead nominating the Western Container Terminal, then India abstaining from voting at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
Truths, untruths and Sri Lankan commitment
Colombo, March 28: The international community, harping on war crimes allegedly committed in Sri Lanka has done the exact opposite of promoting national reconciliation. While wars, atrocities and human rights violations in many guises continue in the rest of the world where the perpetrators are often powerful nations, millions of dollars have been raised the world over for lobbying and justifying the UN Resolution on Sri Lanka. Now, the UNHRC is seeking US$ 2.8 million to set up an office to put together information about the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
Xi says China ready to support Sri Lanka's post-pandemic recovery with closer cooperation
BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that China stands ready to work with Sri Lanka to boost bilateral cooperation and provide robust impetus for the latter's post-pandemic economic recovery and sustainable development. In a telephone conversation with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Xi suggested that the two countries steadily push forward major projects like the Colombo Port City and the Hambantota Port, and promote high-quality collaboration in jointly building the Belt and Road. Xi pointed out that since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
Asia’s best breakfasts: From hoppers in Sri Lanka to Vietnam’s banh mi
Breakfast is considered by many to be the most important meal of the day. What you eat in the morning replenishes those sleep jaded energy reserves and fuels your mind and body for the day ahead. Unfortunately, as our lives become increasingly busy, many of us opt to skip or skimp on breakfast and the traditions and culture that go with it. Modern Western options such as cereals, toast or even granola bars now rule many a breakfast roost.More from AsiaOneRead the condensed version of this story,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
Sri Lanka to install 7,000 rural solar plants
Colombo, Mar 30 (Prensa Latina) Sri Lanka will install seven thousand rural solar plants in an equal number of villages within the framework of a program under the name 'Electricity for All', according to the press.The Minister of State for the Development of Solar, Wind and Power Grid Generation Projects, Duminda Dissanayake, explained to the Daily News newspaper the new trends in the field of renewable energy development in the country. 750 megawatts (MW) are intended to be added to the national grid from these emerging facilities, the source... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
A pound of cinnamon quills can cost $27 — here's why it's one of the most expensive spices
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-ceylon-cinnamon-sri-lanka-so-expensive-2021-3?r=US&IR=T Ceylon cinnamon is made from the dried inner bark of a tree native to Sri Lanka.One pound of these quills can cost $27. That's because it's difficult and costly to produce.Even some of the most experienced cinnamon peelers can only make a few pounds of quills a day. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Following is a transcription of the video.Narrator: Ceylon cinnamon is native to just one region of the world, and producing it requires hours of delicate work. Even the most skilled workers can make only... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam Exploiting the Nation
The separatist politician Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam who is supported by the remnants of the LTTE international network is active again. After having masked the horrendous human rights atrocities committed by the LTTE, Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam has started to masquerade as a human rights activist. Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam has written to the German Government using Sri Lanka Parliamentary stationary. Terrorist supporters have historically exploited the free education, other opportunities and privileges the country has offered them, to attack the very country. They receive the security of the State such as security guards, but attack the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
Police seize two bowsers containing disputed coconut oil
Two bowser trucks with coconut oil stocks have been seized by the Dankotuwa Police on suspicion of containing carcinogenic substances. According to reports, the raid was carried out on Monday night (March 29) following a tip-off received through Hotline 119. Thereby, 27,500 litres of coconut oil have been taken into custody by the investigating officers. The bowser trucks were found while parked at a mill in the Dankotuwa area. Two drivers of the bowser trucks were also placed under arrest, however, they were later released after recording... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
Country’s daily COVID cases count reaches 139
Ministry of Health on Tuesday (March 30) confirmed 37 more new cases of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 139. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 92,442. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,749 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres. Total recoveries from the virus infection have reached 89,090 while the death toll stands at 566.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
Three including ex-CJ Mohan Peiris acquitted & released from Bribery Commission’s case
Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (30) acquitted and released Former Chief Justice Mohan Peiris and two others from a case filed by the Bribery Commission. When the case was called before Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika Sri Ragala earlier today, Additional Director General of Bribery Commission Subhashini Senanayake informed the court of the complainant’s intent to withdraw the indictment against the suspects. Accordingly, Former Chief Justice Mohan Peiris, Supreme Court Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz and former Secretary to Ministry of Power and Energy M.M.C. Ferdinando who were named as defendants in the case were acquitted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
PC polls only after passing new Act - Gammanpila (English)
https://youtu.be/Tm2FnYaOoOQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
Four elevated railway tracks to be constructed in Colombo
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to construct four elevated railway tracks in the city of Colombo. The project will be implemented as a private-public partnership covering the Colombo city, Cabinet Co-Spokesperson Minister Udaya Gammanpila said during the press briefing held this morning (March 30) to announce Cabinet decisions. The four railway tracks have been named Raktha (Red), Neela (Blue), Haritha (Green) and Dham (Purple), according to the minister. Raktha railway track, which is to be constructed from Ragama to Kottawa via Colombo Fort, is 42km... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
Is this the beginning of the complete take- over of Sri Lanka by India?
Dear all Patriots, I invite your immediate and very serious attention to the following news item with the view to stop this right royal betrayal. There is no use in closing the gate after the horse is gone Indian fishermen to be licensed to fish in Lankan waters March 29, 2021 by Pamodi Waravita Proposed as solution to illegal poaching Local Fisheries Association threatens union action “The Ministry of Fisheries is currently in discussions with the Government of India... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/03/21)
යෝ-වා ගේ රෙද්ද ඉස්සු මාතර මැද්ද වත්ත ගුණසිලි සුරුට්ටුවක් ආකාරයෙන් ගෙදරට එවූ ආගම් පොත්
ආගමික කුමන්ත්රණ කරුවන් නැවතත් තම දෙවියන්ව තැපෑලේ ඔබා නිවසටම තැපැල් කරන්න උත්සහයක් සහ බුදුහම හා සිංහල කම සුරකින අප වැනි අයට යෝ -වහා එවූ ගියවර ලියුමට 2020-10-17 දින පිළිතුරු ලිපිය දුනිමි. නමුත් ඒ මුග්ධ වැඩේ ඔවුන් නවත්වන්නේ නැතිව තව ලිපයක් ”ප්රේමණීය” මාතෘකාවක් ඔස්සේ කතෘ වන මා හට ඒවා ඇති බැවින් එයට නිසි පිළිතුර කාගේත් දැනගැනීම අද තබන්නෙමු ! දැන් ඉතින් අලුත් කොටසට හැරෙමු !!! ගියවර යෝ -වහා තැපෑලට දමා තිබ්බේ ”බාස් වීරසිංහ” කියා නම තිබෙන පේරාදෙණිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/03/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්රවාදය - 12 වැනි කොටස - විධායකයේ මෙහෙයවීම
දෙවැනි ජනරජ ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව තුළ විධායකය සහ ව්යවස්ථාදායකය පැහැදිළිව වෙන් කෙරී නොමැත. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන් අතුරෙන් අමාත්ය මණ්ඩල සාමාජිකයන් තෝරා පත්කර ගැනීම නිසා මෙම ගැටලුව පැන නැගී තිබේ. මෙම හේතුව කරණ කොට ගෙන බරපතල ව්යාකූල තත්ත්වයක් රට තුළ නිර්මාණය වී තිබේ. විධායක හැකියාවක් ඇති නමුත් ව්යවස්ථා සම්පාදක හැකියාවක් නොමැති අය පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට පත්වීම නිසා මෙය සිදුවෙයි. මෙම ගැටලුව නිරාකරණය කර විධායකය සහ ව්යවස්ථාදායකය එකිනෙකින් පැහැදිළිව වෙන් කෙරෙන වැඩපිළිවෙළක් මෙම ප්රවාදයෙන් යෝජනා කෙරෙයි. ඕනෑම රටක රාජ්ය පාලනයේ මූලික ම වගකීම පැවරෙනුයේ විධායකයට ය. පවත්නා නීතිවලට අනුකූල පරිදි ජනරජයේ ආණ්ඩුවේ පාලනය මෙහෙයවීම ඒ වෙනුවෙන් පත් කරගන්නා විධායකට විසින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/03/21)
Lankan govt gazettes Special Economic Zone for Colombo Port City.
Colombo, March 29 (DailyFT): A Bill to provide for the establishment of the Colombo Port City (CPC) Special Economic Zone has been published in the Gazette and is slated to be presented to Parliament next month. The 76-page Bill provides for the establishment of a Commission empowered to grant registrations, licences, authorisations, and other approvals to carry on businesses and other activities in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to be established within the Colombo Port City.The five-seven-member Commission will oversee all activities within the SEZ, including identification of a single-window investment facilitator for the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/03/21)
Xi tells Gota, China will work with Lanka to enhance Belt and Road Initiative
Colombo, March 29 (CGTN): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday told Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that China is willing to work with Sri Lanka to enhance Belt and Road Cooperation and contribute to the economic revival of Sri Lanka in post-pandemic era. Xi said China will continue to provide necessary assistance to Sri Lanka, conduct cooperation in areas including aviation and education and explore other potential cooperation areas. Xi said China will never forget Sri Lanka’s support for the restoration of China’s lawful seat in the UN, and is willing to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/03/21)
Violation of UN resolutions is not uncommon
Colombo, March 29: As early as 2002, the UN correspondent of the Los Angeles Times, Maggie Farley, noted that more than a hundred UN resolutions were being violated, and that in many cases, enforcement of resolutions was blocked by the US or its allies. She made this observation based on a 15-year review of compliance with UN resolutions done by the University of San Francisco Professor Stephen Zunes. Zunes had concluded that compliance depended on the influence of each State and its backers. The more powerful the backer, the less the chance of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/03/21)
Will not allow other countries to push for ‘separatism in the guise of power devolution’, says Gotabaya Rajapaksa
The Sri Lankan President said ‘the government does not wish to be associated with the power struggles in the Indian Ocean region by the global giants’. Sri Lanka will not allow other countries to achieve their geopolitical needs by introducing “separatism under the guise of power devolution” in the island nation, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said. “The government does not wish to be associated with the power struggles in the Indian Ocean region by the global giants,” Mr. Rajapaksa said, adding that the sovereignty of Sri Lanka would not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/03/21)
Two arrested in Jaffna over website & YouTube channel promoting LTTE
https://youtu.be/oxzvzdioFTk The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has arrested two persons including a female in Jaffna for maintaining a website and YouTube channel allegedly promoting LTTE terrorist propaganda. Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said that the TID had conducted a special raid in respect of an office situated at Navalar Street in Jaffna this morning (29). “The raid has been conducted in order to trace a YouTube channel and a website that had been operated for months and those channels had promoted the LTTE ideology in the cyber space,”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/03/21)
Colombo Archdiocese calls out against external interferences on investigations into Easter attacks
Archdiocese of Colombo says that it makes them wonder as to whether there are external interferences that hamper the efficiency of investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks seeing as the culprits of this crime have not been identified even after 2 years. As the Easter Sunday bombings were an attack on the entire Sri Lankan society, it is the responsibility of all citizens to pressurize those in power to mete out justice to the victims, the Archdiocese of Colombo stated. Issuing a statement, the Archdiocese urges the government and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/03/21)
President Rajapaksa assures strengthened mutual cooperation with China
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa assures his Chinese counterpart of strengthening mutual cooperation in all sectors and bilateral ties. President Rajapaksa mentioned this to China President Xi Jinping over a telephone conversation held today (March 29), President’s Media Division stated.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/03/21)
Five more COVID-19 deaths bring tally to 566
Sri Lanka has reported 05 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 29). As per the Department of Government Information, all five victims are male patients. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 566 in total.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/03/21)
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 count up by 166 more cases today
Sri Lanka has registered 71 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 29), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 166 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 92,303. Recoveries from the virus meanwhile climbed to 88,914 earlier today, as 291 more patients regained health. However, 2,823 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centers located across the island. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/03/21)
UNHRC; “Worrying about ants when elephants are stampeding –An African metaphor
Yet it remains the case that if Nigerian public and private sector players doing business with the Chinese elephant could improve their negotiating skills and be more ambitious about their negotiating positions, making better use of Nigeria’s ‘superpower’ qualities to minimise the drawbacks of its antlike ones, the future of Nigeria–China relations could be brighter and more beneficial for Nigeria than their past – South African Institute of International Affairs Human rights violations allegedly committed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the government of Sri Lanka are antlike compared to the Elephantine violations committed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/03/21)
Sri Lanka successful at talks with Pfizer
Colombo, March 27 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka yesterday said talks to purchase coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer-biontech have been successful and a final agreement is expected to be reached soon. State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals, Prof. Channa Jayasumana said that the US based company has offered to supply vaccines in special storage equipment during transportation. The Pfizer vaccine requires storage facilities with minus 70 degrees refrigeration, a facility which the Sri Lanka Government does not have. However, Prof. Channa Jayasumana said that the matter had been... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/03/21)
Lankan president says his govt will not succumb to UNHRC pressure
Gotabaya Rajapaksa accused the previous government led by Maithripala Sirisena of betraying the country’s sovereignty by co-sponsoring the UN rights resolution in 2015 Gotabaya Rajapaksa Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday stated that the recent UNHRC resolution against his country was the doing of local and foreign forces which do not want Sri Lanka to progress. He even vowed that his government would not succumb to such pressures. On Tuesday last week, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution against Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/03/21)
Coronavirus: 237 positive cases in total recorded today
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry says that another 69 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 increasing the total number of cases reported within the day to 237. This brings the tally of coronavirus cases identified in the country to 92,088 thus far, while the total recoveries have reached 88,623. Presently there are 2,906 patients who are being treated for Covid-19 at hospitals and treatment centers.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/03/21)
Two more COVID-19 deaths, tally at 651
Sri Lanka has reported 02 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 28). As per the Department of Government Information, the victims are two male patients from Colombo 15 and Mawanella areas. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 561 in total. 01. The deceased is a 60-year-old male resident from Colombo 15. He died on 01.02.2021 on admission to Base Hospital Mawanella. The cause of death is mentioned as COVID-19 infection and chronic renal failure. 02. The deceased... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/03/21)
Indonesia church rocked by suicide bombing on Palm Sunday
An explosion ripped through a Roman Catholic cathedral compound in the eastern Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday morning, shattering the calm of Palm Sunday, a holy day for Christians. Unverified video said to have been taken at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral showed smoldering wreckage and palm fronds scattered on the ground. Father Wilhelmus Tulak, a priest at the cathedral, told Metro TV, an Indonesian network, that a parking attendant had been burned as he tried to stop a suicide bomber. Ten people were injured, the priest said. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/03/21)
Indian hypocrisy is Himalayan
In a lofty speech delivered via video to the 75th General Assembly of UN (September 2020) – the first of its kind initiated in the wake of the pandemic -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi took great pains to explain a range of issues from India ’s “Neighbourhood First Policy” to the new dimensions of the Indo-Pacific region. Among the achievements he highlighted was this unusual factor peculiar to India only: “In the same period (i.e., within 4-5 years),” he said “600 million people have been freed from open defecation. “This was not an easy task. But... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/03/21)
China says majority of Sinopharm vaccines for local citizens
Sri Lanka will receive 600,000 doses of China's Sinopharm vaccinations on March 31 and priority will be given for Sri Lankan citizens when administering the vaccines while only 1 percent of the total amount to be delivered will be for Chinese nationals residing here, an official from the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka said. The Embassy official told the Daily Mirror that the vaccines were a donation to the Sri Lankan government from China and it was the Sri Lankan government who offered the vaccines to the Chinese nationals residing in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/03/21)
Another COVID death reported in Colombo
Death toll from the COVID-19 outbreak in Sri Lanka reached 559 as the Director-General of Health Services confirmed another fatality today (March 27). According to the Department of Government Information, the deceased, who was residing in Colombo 06 succumbed to the virus infection on Thursday. He was transferred to Mulleriyawa Base Hospital after testing positive for coronavirus at the Colombo National Hospital. The cause of death was recorded as COVID pneumonia and ischemic heart disease, the Department said further ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/03/21)
Daily COVID-19 cases count hits 278
Ministry of Health on Saturday (March 27) confirmed 115 more new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 278. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 91,839. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,893 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres. Total recoveries from the virus infection have reached 88,388 while the death toll stands at 558.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/03/21)
Will not betray sovereignty of the country, President assures
Sri Lanka has no intention of intervening in the power struggles of the giants in the Indian Ocean region, says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. https://youtu.be/n-NDoQ49gkU “We have no desire to propagate the neoliberalism of some countries or to intervene in the power struggles of the superpowers in the Indian Ocean.” He stressed the sovereignty of Sri Lanka will not be betrayed by allowing these countries to achieve their geopolitical needs by introducing separatism under the guise of power devolution. The President made these observations addressing the ‘Gama... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/03/21)
Sri Lanka’s coronavirus caseload up by 163 new infections
Ministry of Health on Saturday (March 27) confirmed another 163 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the country. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 91,724. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,778 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres. Total recoveries from the virus infection have reached 88,388 while the death toll stands at 558.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/03/21)
Sri Lanka begins discussions with UK over AstraZeneca vaccinations
Colombo, March 26 (Daily Mirror) – The State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) has begun discussions with Britain to purchase the Astrazeneca doses from the UK, especially since authorities are doubtful if the Serum Institute in India can now supply the remaining 8.5 million vaccinations which had initially been requested, the Daily Mirror learns. The SPC had initially requested Serum Institute in India for 10 million vaccination doses however the Institute had agreed to supply 1.5 million doses. While these doses will come in as scheduled, the SPC is doubtful if Serum Institute can... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
Sri Lanka goes on alert after new double mutant coronavirus detected in India
Colombo, March 26 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka’s Health authorities have gone on alert after a new double mutant of the Coronavirus has been detected from some samples in India with scientists studying if this new strain is more infectious or less affected by the vaccines. Sources from the Health Ministry said that Sri Lanka was randomly checking the samples of foreigners entering the country for all the new foreign variants of the COVID19 but authorities were now on alert for this new double mutant virus as well. “Randomly we check the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
Art across the Palk Strait
Colombo, March 25: Yazhpanam P.S. Balamurugan had to cancel nearly a dozen performances in India last year, after the pandemic made it impossible to travel from Jaffna, where he lives, in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. “I participated in some online events, and in another instance recorded a performance here and shared it with organisers there, but there’s nothing like a live performance in front of an eager audience,” says the nagaswaram artiste, who has a steadily growing fan base in south India. Those who heard him play... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
The UNHRC resolution against SL applies to India more than to Sri Lanka with small context changes only.
This was why India abstained from voting. UNHRC will turn to India with the same set of demands very soon and India is keen to avoid an embarrassing situation by being party to it. https://undocs.org/A/HRC/46/L.1/Rev.1 The paragraph about devolution of political authority must have sent a chill down India for sure. India revoked even limited devolution of political authority enjoyed by the people in Jammu and Kashmir. Now both states come under direct Indian central government rule. How can India preach devolution to Sri Lanka when India is reversing devolution against its... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
Prerogatives following the Geneva Kangaroo Court decision
Few countries can boast of anything close to the track record of Britain when it comes to gross human rights violations. Genocide and monumental plunder have marked the history of that country and indeed have been the main source of the wealth and sway its citizens and governments, respectively, have enjoyed over several centuries.It is ironic then that this global bully (or rather the side-kick of the worst rogue state on earth, the USA) has led moves against Sri Lanka in Geneva. These moves can be traced back to the USA’s direct involvement... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
Wanted: An International Center on Vexatious Persecution
The vote on the resolution against Sri Lanka was adopted on Tuesdays at the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. That slant was reflected in the vote as well. The resolution was passed 22-11 with 14 abstentions. First let us examine the story told by the numbers. There were 40 co-sponsors, 12 of whom had voting rights. The vast majority of the co-sponsors were from Europe and North America. In essence, then, it was a WHITE Move (note: the history of white people when it comes to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 9B
It is a wonder that the 1956 government was able to achieve anything at all, considering the obstacles the MEP government had to face, said analysts. First, there were natural disasters. An unprecedented drought in 1956 and unprecedented floods in 1957. Then there were two ethnic riots, the Gal Oya riots of June 1956, and two years later the 1958 riots, starting in May 24 1958. Emergency rule was declared from May, 1958 to March 1959. There was Press censorship and all night curfew. There has been government meddling in these... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
NEWS‘UK suppressed wartime HC dispatches unfavorable to Western strategy at UNHRC’
… 20-year UN ban on examination of accusations travesty of justice: ex-CJ Former Chief Justice Sarath Nanda Silva (1999-2009), on Thursday (18), alleged that the British government had suppressed diplomatic cables sent by its wartime Defence Attaché Lt. Colonel Anthony Gash from the British High Commission, Colombo, because they ran counter to the claims made by the western bloc as regards Sri Lanka at the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Appearing on ‘Get Real’ on Derana 24×7, anchored by Johnney Mahieash, the 41st CJ explained the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
Govt. tells parliament UNHRC resolution illegal
The government yesterday told Parliament that the recently ratified UNHRC resolution against Sri Lanka was illegal. Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that the resolution was an attempt to interfere in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs. “Sri Lanka considers the resolution unwarranted. This resolution against Sri Lanka is illegal.” Minister Gunawardena said that Sri Lanka was a sovereign state and the government would protect the country’s sovereignty. Gunawardena said that the new resolution had not been backed by a majority of the UNHRC members. Minister Gunawardena... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
One more Covid-19 death reported in Sri Lanka
The Director General of Health Services confirms one more Covid-19 related death while this brings the death toll due to the virus pandemic in the country to 558. The deceased is 70-year-old male from Mathugama who had been transferred from the Kalutara District General Hospital to the Homagama Base Hospital after testing positive for Covid-19. He had passed away at that hospital on March 25 due to heart disease and Covid-19 pneumonia. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
Coronavirus: daily case count climbs to 260
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry says that another 94 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 increasing the total number of cases reported within the day to 260. This brings the tally of coronavirus cases identified in the country to 91,561 thus far while total recoveries has reached 88,145. Presently there are 2,859 patients who are being treated for Covid-19 at hospitals and treatment centers.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
CID arrests two Madrasa teachers for giving weapons training to school children
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has arrested two Madrasa school teachers on charges of giving weapons training to school children in Puttalam. The arrests were made following a directive from Attorney General Dappula De Livera, the AG’s coordinating officer said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
SLSI responds to allegations over unhealthy coconut oil
The Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) today rejected as “totally fabricated and false” the allegations in the media and social media claiming that senior officials of the SLSI had authorized the sale of unhealthy coconut oil imported to the country by four importers. https://youtu.be/QEATNqKLy-Y SLSI, being the standards body for quality to the nation, will not compromise the set standards for any commodity or material that will be detrimental to the lives and livelihoods of Sri Lankans, its Director General Dr. Siddhika Senaratne said. “SLSI continuously conducts laboratory... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
Russia to resume commercial flights to Sri Lanka next month
Russia has decided to resume commercial flights to six countries including Sri Lanka from the 1st of April, the country’s emergency response centre said on Thursday (March 25). Accordingly, commercial flights to Germany (Frankfurt-Moscow/St Petersburg-Frankfurt/ Moscow-Berlin), Venezuela (Moscow-Caracas), Syria (Moscow-Damascus), Tajikistan (Moscow-Dushanbe), Uzbekistan (Moscow-Tashkent) and Sri Lanka (Moscow-Colombo) will recommence from the aforementioned date. Reportedly, regular international roundtrip flights between Moscow and Colombo are scheduled to operate once a week. The Russian government reached the decision after a discussion on the epidemiological situation in individual countries and in agreement with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
The Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2020
The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China March 2021 Foreword"I can't breathe!" -- George Floyd "The scenes (the U.S. Capitol building violence) we have seen are the result of lies and more lies, of division and contempt for democracy, of hatred and rabble-rousing -- even from the very highest levels." -- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc around the world, posing a major threat to human security. The virus respects no borders, nor does the epidemic distinguish between races. To defeat the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
Why Sri Lanka Had No Bargaining Chips at the UNHRC and Tamils Had All Trump Cards?
Reconciliation and accountability. These are the two words the international community imposed on Sri Lanka since it defeated Tamil terrorists in 2009. However, it was a one-way street; or, two one-way streets. Only Sri Lanka had to do reconciliation while Tamils always torpedoed it. Only Sri Lanka was pushed for accountability while Tamils were off the hook. This was why Sri Lanka lost the UNHRC vote in 2021. Sri Lanka had no bargaining chips, let alone trump cards. Tamils on the other hand had all trump cards against Sri Lanka. UN Thinks It Was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/21)
Core-Group supporters in UNHRC have a dismal Human Rights record
Colombo, March 25: Although the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution on Sri Lanka was adapted at the 46th Session with 22 members voting for it, 11 voting against and 14 abstaining. This means that the majority (25) were not for the resolution. Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena described the vote as the Global South coalescing against its Northern counterparts. The countries of the Global South – Asia, Latin America and Africa – refused to vote for the West-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka. The most populous countries in the world, China and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
Through 7,000 solar power plant installations, national grid to get 700 MW within three years: Power Minister
Under the programme titled 'power plant to the village', the government has planned to complete installing 7,000 solar power plants within three years and contribute 700 MW to the national grid, Power Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said. Addressing the media to announce the plans to launch the first phase of the 7,000 Solar Power Plant project to be constructed islandwide in association with 7,000 selected transformers. Accordingly, 880 power plants will be constructed as the first phase of the project and calling for tenders had already commenced today, the Minister said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
All Madrasas will not be banned: Sarath Weerasekara
While claiming that all the Madrasas will not be banned, Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara today reiterated that Madrasas that taught only religion and Arabic for children between the ages of five and 16 should be banned as they were against the National Education Policy. He told Parliament that the Muslim society and organisations had already granted their approval to ban the Madrasas. Responding to a statement made by SJB MP- S.M. Marikkar, the Minister said Madrasas that taught children above 16 years will not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
Coronavirus: 271 positive cases detected on Thursday
Sri Lanka on Thursday (March 25) confirmed another 108 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the country as total infections detected within the day reached 271. This brought the total number of Covid-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 91,289. Department of Government Information said 20 of the newly -identified cases are returnees from foreign countries. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,851 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres while total recoveries have reached 87,881. The death... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
UNHRC resolution seeks to interfere in matters within domestic jurisdiction – Foreign Min.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dinesh Gunawardena the new resolution against Sri Lanka, adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) seeks to interfere in all matters that are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of a country. Sri Lanka considers the resolution to be unwarranted, unjustified and a violation of the relevant articles of the United Nations Charter, in particular, Article 2(7) and the relevant sections of the UN resolutions 60/251 that provides for the mandate of the HRC, the minister remarked, delivering a special statement during today’s parliamentary session earlier today (March 25).... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
Sri Lanka can win the admiration of the world by resisting the UNHRC ' Inquisition'
Cuba is one of the most admired countries in the Global South. Cuba stood up for Sri Lanka at UNHRC, with a speech calling for defiance and resistance. These are the hallmark attributes of Cuba which have won global admiration. Likewise, China, Pakistan, Venezuela, Philippines, Bolivia and altogether eleven countries backed Sri Lanka resolutely. Our sincere gratitude is due to all of them. The speeches of the Delegates from Pakistan, Venezuela and the Philippines were masterly orations. It was a treat to listen to them. Great analysis and eloquence. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 9A
The general election of 1956 introduced to its joyful and triumphant public something they never ever expected, political assassination. SWRD Bandaranaike was assassinated in 1959. This was not the first assassination of a Head of state in South Asia. Liaquat Ali, Prime Minister of Pakistan was assassinated in 1951. Bandaranaike was probably the second. The first attempt at getting rid of Bandaranaike it appears was in August 1959. CP de Silva had become severely ill at a cabinet meeting on 25 August 1959 after consuming a glass of milk and was flown to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
The Burqa Ban is not a “Mere Proposal”
Last week, the Pakistan High Commissioner Major General (Retd.) Muhammad Saad Khattak, in an unprecedented and shocking move took to Twitter to make a comment on an internal matter of Sri Lanka. His Tweet appeared shortly after Public Security Minister Rear Admiral (Retd.) Sarath Weerasekera made the long pending announcement that he signed the cabinet papers to present in Parliament to ban the burqa. Mr Khattak claimed that such a move would “injure” the feelings of Muslims in Sri Lanka and elsewhere. Pakistan, who had been our all weather loyal friend had always... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
Sri Lanka slams Western powers for bullying: after resolution passed at UNHRC
Colombo, March 24 (Daily Mirror) – Speaking to media soon after the resolution on Sri Lanka was passed at the UNHRC, Gunawardena said that the fact that only 22 countries had voted in favour of the Resolution while 11 voted against and 14 abstained, showed that several countries were against this unfair pressure brought upon by the European and Western powers. He further said that any resolution sponsored at the UNHRC should have the consent of the concerned country and without their approval no resolutions could be implemented. He maintained firmly that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
Factors behind India’s abstention on Lanka resolution at UNHRC
Colombo, March 23: India on Tuesday abstained from voting on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on Sri Lanka for a variety of reasons. The immediate reason perhaps lay in the April 6 elections to the Tamil Nadu State Assembly in which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is contesting 20 seats of the 234 seats in alliance with the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka against the Tamil minority is a key electoral issue in Tamil Nadu, a fact which the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
Resolution on Lanka is a bid to undermine its development and stability, China says
Geneva, March 23 (newsin.asia): The Chinese Ambassador in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Chen Xu speaking on the resolution against Sri Lanka commended Sri Lanka for its commitment to promoting and protecting human rights, advancing sustainable economic and social development, improving people’s living standards, safeguarding the rights of vulnerable groups, advancing national reconciliation and combating terrorism, and congratulates the government of Sri Lanka on its achievements in the above-mentioned areas. Ambassador Chen said that according to UN General Assembly resolution 60/251, the work of the Human Rights Council should be guided by principles... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
Artificial beach between Kalutara and Mount Lavinia is a success: Coast Conservation Dept.
An artificial beach created along Kalutara's Calido Beach, the Ratmalana-Angulana stretch and in Mount Lavinia, which raised strong protests from activists, has been successful, Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department Chief Engineer (Coastal Design & Research) Sujeewa Ranawaka said. He told the Dailymirror that the project was implemented to build an artificial beach, stretching 2 km along Kalutara's Calido Beach, 1 ½ km along the Ratmalana-Angulana stretch, and 500 m in Mount Lavinia. He said the project aimed to create a 15m beach at Wellawatte through the sand engine... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
Murali rejects allegations by Fonseka
https://youtu.be/ejNwA7KTDfA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
EC decides not to register political parties named after religions or ethnicities
The Election Commission has decided not to register political parties whose official names portray affiliations to religions or ethnicities. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Elections Commission yesterday (March 23), Elections Commissioner-General Saman Sri Ratnayake said. He stated that a political party is registered as a national party as per the existing law, therefore it was decided not to register parties named after religions or ethnicities. During the meeting, it has also been decided to amend the official names of the recognized political parties which are currently... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
Two more COVID-19 deaths bring tally to 554
Sri Lanka has reported 02 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 24). The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 554 in total. 01. The deceased is a 65-year-old female resident from Colombo 15. She died on 21.03.2021at her residence and the cause of death is mentioned as Covid-19 pneumonia and heart failure. 02. The deceased is a 76-year-old male resident from Kolonnawa. He was diagnosed as infected with the Covid-19 virus while undergoing treatments at a private... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
COVID-19 238 new positive cases within the day-caseload in Sri Lanka climbs past 91,000
Sri Lanka has registered 106 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 24), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 238 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 91,018. Recoveries from the virus meanwhile climbed to 87,630 earlier today, as 324 more patients regained health. However, 2,836 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centers located across the island. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
Cabinet nod to purchase 7 million Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines
Cabinet of Ministers has given the nod to purchase 7 million Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines from Russia, the Department of Government Information said today (March 24). https://youtu.be/cS2o3eHbmCU The relevant proposal has been tabled by Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi. National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA) recently approved the emergency use of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccines in Sri Lanka. The vaccine consignment is expected to be purchased for USD 69.65 million upon the recommendation of the Cabinet-appointed negotiation committee. According to Government Information Department, the Health... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/21)
Have the Superpowers ever helped the Third World Countries?
Today at the UNHRC in Geneva we have seen the UK and other Developed Countries sponsor a vote against our country. In detail, this resolution involves the UNHRC establishing a programme to document human rights violations and find and preserve evidence against our war heroes for prosecution in International courts for incidents where they had to use fire power to defend the sovereign country. It is time we stop adoring the UK. It follows that sanctions will inevitably follow. Even India that should have stood with us abstained. Yet we implement the 13... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
Pakistan, China speak out in support of Sri Lanka at UNHRC
The draft resolution L.1/Rev.1 brought against Sri Lanka by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has failed to condemn the crimes committed by the LTTE against Sri Lankan people, Pakistan says. The Pakistani representative stated this speaking before the vote on the UNHRC draft resolution L.1/Rev.1 on Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’. The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday adopted the draft resolution against Sri Lanka tabled at council by the Core Group. Of the 47 states that took part in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
UNHRC adopts draft resolution on Sri Lanka
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday adopted the draft resolution against Sri Lanka tabled at council by the Core Group. https://youtu.be/8pqokvpx3O0 The vote on draft resolution L1/Rev.1 titled “Promoting Reconciliation, Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka” concluded, a short while ago, and was carried out via electronic voting during the meeting of the 46th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council. Of the 47 states that took part in the vote in Geneva, 22 member states voted in favour of the resolution while 11... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
සබුද්ධි කවයේ NLSL සබුද්ධි පොත්ගුල අනුරාධපුරයට...
සබුද්ධි කවය සංවිධානය කරන, ශ්රී ලංකා ජාතික පුස්තකාලය (NLSL) හා ප්රලේඛන සේවා මණ්ඩලය ප්රමුඛ සංවිධාන ශක්තියෙන් එක් වෙන ''NLSL සබුද්ධි පොත්ගුල'' මාර්තු වැඩසටහන අනුරාධපුරය මහවිලච්චිය තක්ෂිලා මහා විද්යාලයේදී ලබන සිකුරාදා පැවැත්වේ. ඒ විද්යාලීය විදුහල්පති චමින්ද සේමසිංහ මහතාගේ අධීක්ෂණයෙන් රාජ්ය අමාත්ය ෂෙහාන් සේමසිංහ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙනි. වැඩසටහන උදෑසන 07.45ට ආරම්භ වෙයි. NLSL සබුද්ධි පොත්ගුල ක්රීඩාව සහ කියවීම යන තේමාව යටතේ සබුද්ධිමත් පුරවැසියකු බිහි කිරීමේ අරමුණින් ක්රියාත්මක වන්නකි. එහි පළමු වැන්න හම්බන්තොට උඩමළල මහා විද්යාලයේදී පසුගිය මස 09 වැනිදාපැවැත්විණි. අනුරාධපුරය මහවිලච්චිය තක්ෂිලා මහා විද්යාලයේදී මේ මස 02 වැනිදා පැවැත්වෙන්නේ එම දෙවැනි වැඩසටහනයි. හුවමාරු පුස්තකාලය, කියවීමේ කඳවුර, සිතුවම් කඳවුර සහ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
Lanka Property Show 2021 Virtual to Feature REAL TALK at the Virtual Conference
LankaPropertyWeb, Sri Lanka’s number one real estate portal will be hosting the first ever Lanka Property Show 2021 Virtual Conference. The event will be held alongside the Lanka Property Show 2021 Virtual Expo that is set to go live from the 26th to the 28th of March. The virtual conference will be conducted by over 20 industry professionals including lawyers, structural engineers, architects, interior designers, leading property agents, developers, and moderated by the Head of Research at LankaPropertyWeb. Held over a course of 5 sessions, the Lanka Property Show 2021 Virtual Conference will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
What accountability, transparency at UNHRC?
The UNHRC is an intergovernmental organisation, reporting directly to the United Nations General Assembly, with a mandate to promote and protect human rights in member countries, by making recommendations to address situations of human rights violations. It is to be expected that institutions that have authority to make recommendations, in particular, on the contravention of legal compliance, need to be free from bias, in order to be acceptable to the alleged erring parties. In fact, the Terms of Reference for OHCHR investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) proclaims the investigation needs to be guided... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
Has Geopolitics Virus infected UNHRC?
The pile-on over Sri Lanka by UNHRC is a blatant use of human rights as a political weapon in the geopolitics of today’s world. Many have argued in these columns that Sri Lanka cannot capitulate merely on the grounds of allegations, which are serious in nature, levelled without regard to due procedures of fact and evidence. In the world community of states, the rule of law must apply alongside the principle of ‘innocent until proven guilty’. But our pleas are to no avail when the cause of justice is conflated with a hidden... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
සිංහරාජ මායිමේ ඉදි කරන්නේ හෝටලයක් නොවේ.. නිවාස 04ක්.. අපට නවත්වන්න බෑ…- මද්යම පරිසර අධිකාරිය
සිංහරාජ රක්ෂිත වන රක්ෂිතය ආසන්නයේ ආන්දෝලනාත්මක ඉඩම තුල ඉදි කරමින් ඇති ගොඩනැගිලි හෝටලයක් නොවන නිවාස තුනක් බව මධ්යම පරිසර අධිකාරිය පවසයි. අධිකාරියේ සභාපති එස්. අමරසිංහ මහතා සඳහන් කරන්නේ එම නිවාස ඉදිකිරීම සඳහා ප්රාදේශීය සභාවෙන් අවසර ලබාගෙන ඇති බවයි. එම ඉදිකිරීම් සඳහා මධ්යම පරිසර අධිකාරියේ කිසිදු මැදිහත්වීමක් සිදුකළ නොහැකි බවත් ඔහු පැවසීය. නිවාස ඉදි කරන බව පවසා හෝටලයක් හෝ වෙනත් ව්යාපාරික කටයුත්තක් සඳහා ඉදිකිරීමක් කරන්නේ නම් එය තහනම් කිරීමට කටයුතු කළ හැකි බවද සභාපතිවරයා පැවසීය. එකම පවුලේ සහෝදරයන් හතර දෙනකු මෙසේ නිවාස ඉදි කරන බව ද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
UN Resolution Against Sri Lanka Is Partisan And Unfair – OpEd
The UN Human Rights Council has thought it fit to pass a resolution by majority vote against Sri Lanka for what the resolution termed as human rights violation. While reading the resolution, it is necessary to keep in view that it is not a unanimous resolution, but only a resolution by majority votes. After passing this resolution, one is not sure as to how the UN Human Rights Council would act against Sri Lanka and whether it would go into silence thinking that it has done its “job”. It is well known by past experience... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
Perfume and cosmetic items of Rs. 17.2 Bn imported within five years: Cabraal
It was revealed in Parliament that Rs. 17.2 billion has been spent to import perfume and cosmetic items within five years from 2015 to 2019. It was also revealed that the amount of perfume and cosmetic items imported to the country during the said period was 13.8 million kgs. These figures came to light when Ajith Nivard Cabraal responded to a question raised by Government MP Mohammed Muzammil. MP Muzammil said the imported perfume and cosmetic items are of low quality and requested the Minister to look into... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
Wijedasa raises ambiguity over US$ 5 mn sent for Easter Sunday attack victims
While extending his gratitude for the benevolent decision to make an ex-gratia payment of US$ 5 million to the victims and their families of the Easter Sunday attack, MP Wijedasa Rajapaksa informed Saudi Minister of Justice Dr. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, in a letter that the victims have not been given a single dollar. The MP said he had inquired this from the former President and the incumbent President and President's Secretary by his letter dated January 12, 2021 and added that they confirmed that Saudi Arabia had not given... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
Covid deaths increase to 552
Another death due to coronavirus infection has been reported in the country today (23). The number of coronavirus infected deaths in the country has increased to 552.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
Covid case load increased by 226 today
Another 84 coronavirus infected persons have been reported in the country. Accordingly, the total number reported in the country today is 226.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
Sri Lanka says UN resolution will polarize society and adversely affect development, peace and harmony
Sri Lanka says it considers the UNHRC’s latest resolution against the island nation to be unwarranted, unjustified and in violation of the relevant articles of the UN Charter and also rejected the ‘unprecedented’ proposal in the resolution to expand the role of the OHCHR. This was stated by the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva, C. A. Chandraprema, while delivering remarks before today’s vote on the draft resolution. As the country concerned, the Sri Lankan representative was afforded time to deliver a statement before the vote... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/21)
Rebutting the HRC resolution against Sri Lanka, at Geneva, sponsored by UK “The Mother of all things evil” in the colonial world. UK The pot calling the kettle black?.
Today is the D day for Sri Lanka at Geneva. The chief sponsor of the Human rights resolution is UK.UK is the evil number one in the entire gang of European colonial aggressors. Judging by the atrocities and brutalities committed against the Sinhala natives in this country during the 1817-1818 and 1848 freedom struggles by the British, of all colonial aggressors UK stands out as the most savages and brutal and inhuman colonial power who has violated human rights all over the world during the period of Western Colonial Expansion during the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 8A
The Maha Sangha played a significant role in mobilizing support for the 1956 victory. The Sangha used their traditional leadership role in the villages to influence the public to vote for the MEP. 1956 was the climax of a political awakening that had started long before. Ananda Meegama traces the beginning of this activism to Anagarika Dharmapala (1864- 1933). Anagarika said that it was the duty of the bhikkhus to participate vigorously in the Buddhist revival which had started. Dharmapala's views caused only a slight ripple in the Sangha during his own lifetime, said... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/21)
කෙටිකාලයක් තුලදී අවාසනාවන්ත ලෙස මිය ගිය දෙවන හඳුන් දිවියා
කළුතර දිස්ත්රික්කයේ වලල්ලාවිට ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසය හරහා දිවෙන හොරවල-පැලවත්ත මාර්ගයේ ලිහිණියාව ප්රදේශයේදී 2021.03.22 වන අද දින උදෑසන ත්රීරෝධ රථයක ගැටී ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වෙසෙන බළල් කුලයේ දෙවැනි විශාලතම සත්ත්වයා වන Fishing Cat යන ඉංග්රීසී නාමයෙන් හඳුන්වන, හඳුන් දිවියෙකු මරණයට පත්විය. මෙම සත්වයා උසින් අඩි දෙකකට ආසන්න ගැහැණු සතෙකු වන අතර මරණයට පත්වූ මෙම සත්වයා හික්කඩුව වනජීවී කාර්යාලයේ නිලධාරීන් පැමිණ රැගෙන ගොස් ඇත. මෙම ප්රදේශයේදී පසුගිය දෙසැම්බර් මස 03 වන දිනද මෙලෙසම වාහනයක ගැටී පිරිමි සත්වයෙකු මිය ගියේය. මෙම ප්රදේශය ආශිතව විශාල වනාන්තර ප්රමාණයක් පවතින අතර එම වනාන්තර ආශ්රිතව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්රවාදය - 11 වැනි කොටස - කෝරළ විසඳුම
සමගිව රැස් වී, සමගිව කටයුතු කර. සමගිව විසිර යෑම සඳහා ජනතාවගේ නියෝජිතයන් හට අවස්ථාවක් සළසාදීම බෞද්ධ ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදයෙහි මූලික ම කාර්යයක් වෙයි. එසේ ම, නියෝජිත පාලනය ජනතාවගෙන් ඈත් වූ එකක් විය යුතු ද නොවේ. මෙම අවශ්යතාව බිම් මට්ටමේ දී සපුරාගැනීම උදෙසා ගම් සභා සහ නාගරික සභා ක්රමය උපයෝගී කරගත හැකි බව අපි හඳුනා ගත්තෙමු. එම ක්රමයෙන් නිර්දේශිත බිම් මට්ටමේ නිර්පාක්ෂික නියෝජිත ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදයෙන් ජනතාවගේ මූලික අවශ්යතා සපුරාලිය හැකි බව ද ඔවුන්ගේ මූලික ප්රශ්න විසඳිය හැකි බව ද පැහැදිළි ය. බිම් මට්ටමේ දී සපුරාගත නොහැකි අවශ්යතා සපුරාලීම වෙනුවෙන් සහ එම මට්ටමේ දී විසඳාගත නොහැකි ගැටලු විසඳා ගැනීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/21)
SRI LANKA'S VICTORY TODAY AT GENEVA WILL BE THE BEGINING OF THE NEW ERA OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS.
The polarization of the vote strength into two groups, The EU, North America and European countries of the North hemisphere on one side and the Asian countries, the Islamic and Arab Nations and those who supported the Non-Aligned Nations cause from the begining on the otherside will be the out come of the final vote today in Geneva. Sri Lanka will come out as the winner DEFEATING this resolution with the support of the Asian... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/21)
නූතන වන විනාශය ඉඩම් මංකොල්ලයේ ප්රතිඵලයක්ද?
ලංකාව බ්රිතාන්ය කිරීටයට භාර දීමට ප්රථම දිවයිනේ සංවර්ධන ඉලක්කයන් සැම සැකසුණේ ගොවිතැන මූලික කොට ගෙනය.වැව් තැනවීම කුඹුරු අස්වැද්දීම හේන් කෙටීම ඇළ මාර්ග තැනවීම ආදී සියල්ල සිදු කරන ලද්දේ ජනතාවගේ ආහාර අවශ්යතාවය සපුරා ගැනීම පිණිසය.ඇතැම් කාලවකවානුවල දීර්ඝ අක්රමණික සමයන් පසුකිරීමට අපගේ මුතුන් මිත්තන්ට සිදු විය. එවැනි අවස්ථාවලදී රජරට මහා මූකලාන් වලට යටවිය. වැව් බිඳී පිට්ටනි බවට පත් වී කැලෑවට යටවිණ.පසුව සිංහල කුමාරයෙකු විසින් නැවත රාජ්යය පිහිටුවීමෙන් පසු කළ පළමු කාර්යය වූයේ ගම් අස්වැද්දීමයි.කැලෑවට යටවූ පෙදෙස් එළි පෙහෙළි කරමින් ගම්බැඳීම යලි සිදු විය.මෙම සිද්දි දාමය නිසා රට තුළ වන විනාශයක් හෝ පරිසර විනාශයක් සිදු නොවීය.දිය උල්පත් හිඳී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/21)
Sri Lankan President and Prime Minister make phone calls to world Muslim leaders
Colombo, March 22 (Daily Mirror) – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa have made phone calls to world Muslim leaders, a day before the UN Human Rights Council takes a vote on a resolution against Sri Lanka. Secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-othaimeen, had received a phone call yesterday (Sunday) from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who discussed with him the existing relations between the OIC and Sri Lanka as well as the situation of the Muslim community in the country, the OIC said in a statement. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/21)
Lankan journalist’s first-hand account of the birth of Bangladesh
By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Ceylon Today Colombo, March 22: When the news spread in January 1972 that Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, who was released from the Pakistani prison would arrive in New Delhi on his way to the newly-born Bangladesh to assume leadership, I was among the large number of politically-conscience students and others who thronged the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi to listen to the newest leader in South Asia who earned the sobriquet Bongo Bondhu (Banga Bandhu). Though five decades have passed, I still remember vividly the enthusiasm among the crowd... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/21)
China in $1.5 Billion Swap Deal as Sri Lanka Seeks to Shun IMF
(Bloomberg) -- China signed a currency swap agreement with Sri Lanka as the South Asian nation looks to reduce reliance on the International Monetary Fund before $3.7 billion of foreign debt matures this year. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka is entitled to a 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) swap facility from the People’s Bank of China, Sri Lanka’s monetary authority said in a statement Monday. The agreement is valid for three years. Faced with low foreign-exchange reserves and looming debt repayments, Sri Lanka is getting closer to China, it’s biggest import partner.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/21)
Sri Lanka and China sign US$ 1.5 billion currency swap deal
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) have entered into a bilateral currency swap agreement with a view to promoting bilateral trade and direct investment for economic development of the two countries, and to be used for other purposes agreed upon by both parties, CBSL said. The People’s Republic of China remains Sri Lanka’s largest source of imports. In 2020, imports from China amounted to US$ 3.6 billion (22.3% of Sri Lanka’s imports). This swap agreement has been approved by the Cabinet of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/21)
Five more COVID-19 deaths
Sri Lanka has reported 05 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 22). As per the Department of Government Information, all 05 victims are male patients. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 551 in total. 01. The deceased is a 78-year-old male resident from Weuda. He died on 21.03.2021 while undergoing treatments at Kurunegala Teaching Hospital. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid-19 infection, heart failure, acute diabetes, and kidney disease. 02. The deceased... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/21)
Coronavirus: 274 positive cases in total recorded today
Sri Lanka has registered 99 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 22), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 274 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 90,514. Recoveries from the virus meanwhile climbed to 87,058 earlier today, as 299 more patients regained health. However, 2,905 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centers located across the island. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/21)
President Rajapaksa and OIC Secretary-General discuss relations over phone
Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen and Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa have spoken over the phone and discussed existing relations between the OIC and Sri Lanka as well as the situation of the Muslim community in the country. During the phone call, the OIC Secretary-General had praised the Sri Lankan President’s willingness to open up and reach out to international organizations. He also welcomed the decision of the Government of Sri Lanka on the right of Muslims to bury their dead in accordance with the Islamic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/21)
Deforestation in Sinharaja and elsewhere; It is time the President took action
Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a forest reserve and a biodiversity hotspot in Sri Lanka. It is of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO. According to International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Sinharaja is the country's last viable area of primary tropical rainforest. More than 60% of the trees are endemic and many of them are considered rare. 50% of Sri Lankan's endemics species of animals (especially butterfly, amphibians, birds, snakes and fish species). It is home to 95% endemic birds -Wikipedia The Sinharaja forest is the country’s most priceless jewel that belongs to the future... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
Cheerio EU, hello EA (and more, hopefully!)
EU. That’s the European Union. EA stands for East Asia. It’s a crude categorization in terms of what’s happening right now in Geneva with regard to Sri Lanka. Russia, after all, is ‘East’ according to some, West according to others. Pakistan is not East enough so to speak. Both countries are backing Sri Lanka with respect to the resolution tabled by the original Mother of all things Evil, Britain. The geography has to be discussed in detail but that’s for later.Here’s a lovely headline: ‘40 countries join resolution on SL as co-sponsors and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
March 22nd will come and go, Sri Lanka will remain resilient
omorrow (that is Monday the 22nd of March, 2021) a vote will be taken in Geneva on a resolution against Sri Lanka to be tabled the same day. The outcome will decide the fate of Sri Lanka or so some believe.Let’s be sober here. First of all, given the power wielded by the architects of the resolution and its principal marketers, it is likely that the resolution will pass with a majority of the 47 member voting for it.Let’s be sober here. This is not the first resolution (to be taken up and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
The Geneva game and the 13th Amendment: a geographical analysis -Part- I
“What we are doing now is dodging the issue of 13A, and criticising the 13A, which is very clearly part of their bottom-line. Instead, we are offering them strategic parts of our infrastructure like the East Container Terminal or the West Container Terminal, instead of dealing with the main issue, which is the 13A. It would seem like India would abstain yet again,” Dayan Jayatilleka, www.themorning.lk, March 7, 2021 Pasku bomb commission (PBC) Who could have expected that a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
UNHRC: ‘When the end justifies the means…’
In Geneva, essentially, it will be a West vs East battle, considering the key players. It is no secret that moves against Sri Lanka are orchestrated principally by Britain and EU countries, operating as proxies more or less of the USA, which opted out of the UNHRC’s annual drama on account of the infamous descriptive ‘cesspool of bias.The endgame has been clearly visualized and what we now see are strategic moves that envisage a movement towards that particular Promised Land. To this end, eight Human Rights Ambassadors of Europe including the United Kingdom,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
It’s time Tamil Eelamists shed half-truths
In the year 1977, the Tamli United Liberation Front (TULF) contested the General Election on a separatist ticket. The TULF swept the Tamil vote. That result was and is interpreted as an unofficial referendum on the Tamil people’s views on separation. And so the argument can be made as follows: if in any geographical territory the vast majority of people believe it is in their best interest to be independent of any directives however insignificant originating from any structure of authority outside that territory, then there shouldn’t be any objection... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
THE EPIDEMIC OF CURRENCY DEPRECIATION: CAN ASIAN REGION CONTROL THE EPIDEMIC BY UNITED ACCOMPLISHMENT? PART 1
The currency devaluation by developed countries (Especially France) had been an epidemic since the early 1900s until the establishment of the International Monetary Fund, and many western economies looked at this issue with a bias toward hard currencies of America and European counterparts. Fifty Economics classics edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon (2017) has noted the following point about John Maynard Keynes “After world war two, Keynes played an important role in establishing the Bretton woods system, a flexible regime that would stop the epidemic of currency devaluations which had caused so much animosity before the war. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
THE EPIDEMIC OF CURRENCY DEPRECIATION: CAN ASIAN REGION CONTROL THE EPIDEMIC BY UNITED ACCOMPLISHMENT? PART 2
The regime change in international financial management cannot be done overnight by South and Southeast Asia, the attitudes of people in the region are rigid and overnight changes impossible, it needs a broader discussion and debate among countries, and the political leadership of China and India must be agreed to a plan for achieving the aim. Sri Lanka associated with EU style SARC, but it was unsuccessful in a short period as self-centered attitudes of certain members of the organization and foreign influences mainly caused to unsuccess. SARC leaders contributed to disunity, and a severe... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
UNHRC is a toothless tiger – will Sri Lanka play its cards right in Geneva?
UNHRC Resolutions are legally non-binding. Its mandate covers only human rights not international humanitarian laws. Whether all 47 members vote against Sri Lanka, or whether all 47 Members vote for Sri Lanka, UNHRC cannot force Sri Lanka to do anything. Its only an annual circus for political pressures via resolutions. When UNHRC Resolutions are legally non-binding it implies that he Main Sponsors/Core Group can demand the Sun or the Moon from Sri Lanka, but Sri Lanka is bound in no way to accommodate their demands. However, if Sri Lanka goes and does something stupid like co-sponsoring a resolution inimical to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
Did India play a lead role in July 1983 riots & April 21st 2019 Easter Sunday to create an ‘ethnic’ issue?
At some time or the other this question will have to be answered. At present it remains a big question just as the role of the UNP in both events. Ironically, UNP ruled when both of these horrendous attacks took place. Providing a clue however, is the arrest of an Indian attempting to destroy a Buddha statue in Kuliyapitiya. We know that the spate of attacks on Buddhist sites became a precursor to the Easter Sunday attack. Until the identity of the Kuliyapitiya attacker was identified in all probability the blame would have fallen on the minorities. This was the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
Minister Dinesh Gunawardena – What is your strategy to defend Sri Lanka & its Armed Forces in UNHRC?
The regime change in 2015 brought to power a treacherous team that co-sponsored an intrusive UNHRC Resolution though legally non-binding, agreeing to do changes to internal mechanisms advantageous to the sponsors of the Resolution, to Geneva UNHRC Office and the lobby groups funding the entire exercise. The traitors were democratically replaced by the People voting a nationalist government expecting them to UNDO the wrongs by the yahapalana government. Thus, it was welcome news that the new Government had informed Geneva that it rejected the co-sponsorship. This in turn, meant that the foreign ministry headed by Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena known as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
අලි සබ්රි ඇමති මාවත-3
අලි සබ්රි ඇමති දෙවියන්ගේ නාමයෙන් දිවුරුම් දී ‘එක රටක් එක නීතියක්’ ශපථ කළ පළමුවෙනි අධිකරණ ඇමති ලෙස වාර්තාගත වෙයි. දේශපාලකයෙකු නොවූ ‘නම්බුකාර’ වෘත්තියක නියුතු කෙනෙකු වූ ඔහු ලොවට ම ඇසෙන සේ කළ ඒ ශපථය ඇසුන විට අධිකරණ ක්ෂේත්රයේ රටට ඵලදායී යම් ප්රගතියක් දැකිය හැකි වෙතැ’යි සිතුණි. එහෙත් ගතානුගතික දෙමළ සහ මුස්ලිම් භක්තික දේශපාලකයන්ට දෙවෙනි නොවී අංක එකට පත් වීමේ ලකුණු පෙන්වන ඔහු ඇමති පදවිය ලබා ගත වූ මාස පහ හය තුළ කළ කී දේ පෙන්වන ඔහුගේ ම`ග රට වැසියා පමණක් නොව ආණ්ඩුව ද නන්නත්තාර කරයි. ආගමික චාරිත්රානුකූලව මළ සිරුරු මිහිදන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
ලන්ඩන් පොලිස් කාරයකු විසින් අමු අමුවේ මරා පුච්චා දැමු අසරණ සේරා එවරෙඩ් තරුණිය
තිස් තුන් හැවිරිදි සේරා එවරඞ් ( Sarah Everard )වාසය කළේ දකුණු ලංඩන් නුවර Brixton නැමැති උප නගරයේය’ ඇගේ මුල් ගම වුයේ York නැමති ඵෙතිහාසික නගරයයි’ ඇයගේ පියා York සරසවියේ ඉලෙක්ට්රෝනික් පිළිබඳ මහාචාර්යවරයෙක් වන අතර මව පුන්යාතණ ක්රියාකාරියකි’ Durham විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ උපාධිධාරිණියක් වු සේරා York නගරයේ සිට හැ. 300ක් ඈත ලංඩන් නුවරට ආවෙ‘ ප්රසිද්ධ ආයතනයක අලෙවි කළමනාකාර අධ්යක්ෂක පදවියක් ලැබුන නිසාය’ පසුගිය මාර්තු 3දා Sarah Everard ලංඩන් නුවර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
ශ්රී ලංකා-බංග්ලාදේශ රාජත්රාන්ත්රික සබඳතා ශක්තිමත් කළ අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගේ දෙදින නිල සංචාරය
ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ බංග්ලාදේශ දෙදින රාජත්රාන්ත්රික සංචාරය පසුගිය සෙනසුරාදා (20) නිමාවට පත්විය. දෙරට අතර ද්විපාර්ශවීය සබඳතා ශක්තිමත් කළ මෙම සංචාරය බංග්ලාදේශ අග්රාමාත්ය ෂෙයික් හසීනා මහත්මියගේ ආරාධනාවකට අනුව සිදුවිය. බංග්ලාදේශ නිදහස් ස්වර්ණ ජයන්තිය සහ බංග්ලාදේශ ජනරජයේ ජාතියේ පියා ලෙස සැළකෙන බංගබන්දු ෂෙයික් මුජිබර් රහ්මාන් මහතාගේ ජන්ම ශත සංවත්සර උළෙලට එක්වූ ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා එරටට මහත් හරසරින් පිළිගත්තේය. දෙරටේ අග්රාමාත්යවරු අතර පැවති නිල සාකච්ඡාවේ දී දෙරටේ ආර්ථික සංවර්ධනය උදෙසා ආයෝජන, වෙළෙඳ, තාක්ෂණ, කෘෂි ක්ෂේත්ර හා දේශපාලන සබඳතා ඉදිරියට ගෙනයාම පිළිබඳ දීර්ඝ ලෙස අවධානය යොමු විය. එමෙන්ම ඒ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
Lankan Prez warns media owners about misuse of freedom
Colombo, March 21: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has warned media owner against misusing the freedom of the press and has set up a committee to advise him on how to protect Buddhist sites, and deal with those who tarnish the character of the Buddha and distort the Buddhist scriptures (the Tripitaka). “Media freedom does not mean freedom of the media owners. Certain media owners want to run the country the way they want. I cannot allow that to happen “, the President said while participating in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/21)
Lankan Parliament Speaker defends China’s electoral reforms in Hong Kong
Colombo, March 21 (Xinhua): The Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana has defended China’s decision to improve the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s (HKSAR) electoral system, saying that China’s legislative arrangements are purely its internal matter. The HKSAR is an integral part of China and Western countries should not interfere in China’s internal affairs, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana said in an exclusive interview to Xinhua. China’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), last week adopted a decision to improve the electoral system of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/03/21)
Basic heavy vehicle driving licencee will not be allowed to drive passenger buses: Dilum
Despite holding a heavy vehicle driving licence from ordinary driving schools, the Transport Ministry had decided not to allow those drivers to drive passenger transport vehicles, Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugama said. While addressing an event in Kalutara today, the State Minister said the decision was taken to introduce a new driver's licence to drove passenger buses. There is an alarming increase in accidents involving buses owing to poor knowledge and learning to drive buses, he said. Under the current situation, those who had obtained heavy vehicle driving... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/03/21)
Another COVID-19 death brings tally to 546
Sri Lanka has reported another death from the coronavirus pandemic today (March 21), according to the Ministry of Health. Accordingly, the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka has moved to 546. The deceased is a 64-year-old female resident from Medirigiriya. She had been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus while undergoing treatments at the Polonnaruwa General Hospital. She had then been transferred to Teaching Hospital in Anuradhapura where she passed away on 19.03.2021. The cause of death is has been determined as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/03/21)
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 caseload up by 165 more infections
Sri Lanka has registered 165 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 21), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 342 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 90,200. Recoveries from the virus meanwhile climbed to 86,759 earlier today, as 293 more patients regained health. However, 2,895 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centers located across the island. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/03/21)
Coronavirus infections at Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery climb to 474
The number of COVID-19 infections identified at the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery has risen to 474, according to the Public Health Inspectors’ (PHI) Association. https://youtu.be/zo7vXI7uUZc Its chairman, Upul Rohana, said that PCR tests had been carried out on all employees after encountering several COVID-19 infected people among the employees of the company. The identified patients are being sent to treatment centers and their first-tier contacts are directed for quarantine, he added. According to him, the increased numbers of coronavirus infections are reported from the oil refinery due... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/03/21)
Woman swims from Sri Lanka to India across Palk Strait
A 47-year-old Hyderabad-based woman Shyamala Goli became the world’s second female to swim across the 30-mile long Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka on Friday. She swam for 13 hours and 43 minutes from Talaimannar in Sri Lanka to Arichalmunai near Dhanushkodi in India. Her swimming journey began a few years ago after she decided to overcome her aquaphobia. Mother of an engineering graduate son, Shyamala runs a play school in Hyderabad. After successfully completing the mission an elated Shyamala said that the experience was unforgettable for several... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/03/21)
Sri Lankan deported from UAE arrested by TID
A Sri Lankan male who had been deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) at the Mawanella area. The 44-year-old resident of Mawanella has been arrested over the propagation of extremism, Police Media Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana said. https://youtu.be/f4wIuho_EUY The arrested suspect had been deported from the UAE on 05th of December, 2020. Further investigations are underway into the incident.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/03/21)
No one should be excited about next President: Prez
While claiming that some people have been excited about the next President, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said today no one should be excited about it and that it should be decided by the people. "Majority of people elected me to the presidency to develop the country. It is only 16 months out of 60 months of the term have elapsed. Some more time to go. Some people have been perturbed about the next president. No one should be excited about it. It is decided by the people. I will use the rest of the term... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/03/21)
Destructive Fake Posts being circulated. Is the JVP responsible?.
Following are some posts that are being circulated depicting what are labelled as Fake Posts and Original Posts. Looking at these, it does appear there is a deliberate campaign to discredit the government by interested parties who are resorting to unprofessional, unethical anti-national tactics. This needs to be investigated as a matter of priority by the government. The JVP has been linked to this campaign although there is no evidence to justify such a linkage if indeed there is one. A link to the JVP is indicated on the Fake posters. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
2014 වර්ෂයේ කැබිනට් අනුමැතිය පමනක් ලද ව්යාපෘතියට 2021 දී රාජ්ය අමාත්යවරිය යලි පන දේ.
වෘත්තීය පුහුණු මධ්යස්ථාන වල හා පාසැල් වල මෝටර් කාර්මික අංශයේ දියුණුවට පොලීස් සහය හිමිවේ. ශ්රි ලංකා පොලිස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව සතු භාවිතයට නොගෙන වෙන්දේසි කිරීමට නියමිත ගර්භිත රථ වාහන ගාස්තු අය කිරීමකින් තොරව වෘත්තීය පුහුණු මධ්යස්ථාන වෙත ලබා දීම අද දින නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්යාපන පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්ය අමාත්ය සීතා අරඹේපොල මහත්මියගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් සහ මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්ය ආචාර්ය සරත් වීරසේකර මහතාගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් අද දින අත්තිඩිය පොලිස් ක්රීඩාංගනයේදී පැවැත්විණි. මෙම වැඩසටහන සදහා මුලින්ම කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලය වෙත කැබිනට් පත්රිකාවක් 2014 වර්ෂයේදී යොමු කර අනුමැතිය හිමිවී ඇතත්, 2021 වර්ෂය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
Kandyan Convention of 1815 – A Convention violated and dishonoured
(This is an edited version of a paper read out at a Public Seminar on the ‘ Kandyan Convention of 1815’ held at the University of Peradeniya, Arts Theatre, on March 09, 2019) https://www.spur.asn.au/2019/03/18/kandyan-convention-of-1815-a-convention-violated-and-dishonoured/ The Kandyan Convention of 1815 (‘Ingrisy – Sinhale Givisuma’) must be examined in the context of British colonial policy seeking British supremacy all over the world. The British developed ingenious ways of grabbing other people’s lands under various pretexts. The Kandyan Convention is a classic example of this ploy. In India, under its policy of Subsidiary... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
Putin To Biden: Despite All Attempts To Stop Russia's Development, They Will Have To Reckon With Us!
Russian President Vladimir Putin has wished good health to American president Joe Biden and noted that evaluating other countries and leaders “is like looking in a mirror.” https://youtu.be/uO6ptqMSVzU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
Speech by H.E. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Event Celebrating the Birth Centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Golden Jubilee of the Independence of Bangladesh
March 19, 2021 Her Excellency Sheikh HasinaPrime Minister of BangladeshHonorable Ministers of the Bangladesh GovernmentExcellencies, Distinguished Invitees Ladies and Gentlemen, Ayubowan! I am delighted to be present here today in Dhaka to participate in an occasion of historic significance for the people of Bangladesh. Therefore, let me thank Her Excellency Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her cordial invitation to me and my delegation and the warm welcome given on my arrival. Despite many challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, I join you in person... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
Who masterminded the Central Bank gang robbery and who helped Mahendran to leave the country and abscond in hiding?
Arjun Mahendran has left the country and now he is absconding. Now that he was not found in Singapore where is he? Is he hiding in UK, USA or in the moon as planned? Probably Ranil will know best. I believe he will never come back and he will escape the Sri Lankan law. Then what next? Are we going to leave it at that? What plans the President has up his sleeves if he has any, I doubt? On whom are we going to fix responsibility regarding this mega robbery which has completely... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
ප්රතිසංස්කරණය කළ GOH හෝටලය අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් විවෘත වෙයි
සිවු වැනි වතාවට ප්රතිසංස්කරණය කළ වසර 183ක් පැරණි පුරාවිද්යාත්මක වටිනාකමකින් යුතු කොළඹ කොටුව යෝර්ක් වීදියේ පිහිටි ග්රෑන්ඩ් ඔරියන්ටල් හෝටලය (Grand Oriental Hotel) ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් ඊයේ 2021.03.18 රාත්රියේ විවෘත විය. යහපාලන ආණ්ඩුව සමයේ දී ග්රෑන්ඩ් ඔරියන්ටල් හෝටලය විකිණීම සඳහා ලංසු නිකුත් කරන ලෙස රාජ්ය ව්යවසාය සංවර්ධන අමාත්යංශයෙන් ඉල්ලීමක් කර ඇත. මේ බව සැලවීමත් සමඟ ග්රෑන්ඩ් ඔරියන්ටල් හෝටල (GOH) රැක ගනිමින් එය ප්රතිසංස්කරණය කොට ජාතියට දායාද කළ යුතු බවට නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්යවරයා ලෙස අග්රාමාත්යතුමා උපදෙස් දී තිබිණි. ඒ අනුව නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්යාංශය යටතේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
දෙදින රාජ්යත්රාන්ත්රික නිල සංචාරයක් සඳහා අග්රාමාත්යතුමා බංග්ලාදේශය බලා පිටත්ව යයි
බංග්ලාදේශ මහජන සමූහාණ්ඩුවේ (People’s Republic of Bangladesh) අග්රාමාත්ය ෂෙයික් හසීනා (Sheikh Hasina) මහත්මියගේ ආරාධනාවකට අනුව එරට රාජ්යතාන්ත්රික සංචාරයක් සඳහා ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.19 උදෑසන දිවයිනෙන් පිටත්ව ගියේය. UL 189 ශ්රීලන්කන් ගුවන් යානයෙන් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා ඇතුළු ශ්රී ලාංකේය දූත පිරිස බංග්ලාදේශය බලා පිටත්වූහ. මෙම දෙදින නිල සංචාරයේ දී අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා බංග්ලාදේශයේ නිදහස් ස්වර්ණ ජයන්තිය සහ බංග්ලාදේශ ජනරජයේ ජාතියේ පියා ලෙසට සැලකෙන බංගබන්දු ෂෙයික් මුජිබර් රහ්මාන් (Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) මැතිතුමාගේ ජන්ම ශත සංවත්සර සැමරුමට එක්වීමට නියමිතය. බංග්ලාදේශයේ නිදහස් ස්වර්ණ ජයන්තිය සහ බංගබන්දු ෂෙයික් මුජිබර් රහ්මාන් (Bangabandhu... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
බංග්ලාදේශ අග්රාමාත්යවරිය විසින් ශ්රී ලංකා අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මහත් හරසරින් පිළිගනියි
දෙදින නිල සංචාරයක් සඳහා අද 2021.03.19 දින පෙරවරුවේ බංග්ලාදේශ වෙත ගිය ශ්රී ලංකා අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඇතුලු දූත පිරිස එහිදී බංග්ලාදේශ සමූහාණ්ඩුවේ (People’s Republic of Bangladesh) අග්රාමාත්ය ෂීක් හසීනා (Sheikh Hasina) මහත්මිය විසින් මහත් හරසරින් පිළිගනු ලැබීය. ඩකා හි හස්රත් ෂාජලාල් ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන් තොටුපළේ (Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport) දී හමුදා උත්තමාචාර සහිත විශේෂ පිළිගැනීමක් ශ්රී ලංකා අග්රාමාත්යවරයා වෙනුවෙන් පැවැත්විය. ඉන් අනතුරුව බංග්ලාදේශ අග්රාමාත්ය ෂීක් හසීනා (Sheikh Hasina) මහත්මිය විසින් ඒ අවස්ථාවට එක් වූ බංග්ලාදේශ අමාත්යවරුන් ඇතුලු රාජ්ය නිලධාරීන් ශ්රී ලංකා අග්රාමාත්යවරයා වෙත හඳුන්වා දුන් අතර, ශ්රී ලංකා අග්රාමාත්යවරයා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
The UK High Court quashes the judgement of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court against former Minister Counsellor (Defence) of the Sri Lanka High Commission in London Major Gen Priyanka Fernando
The appeal made to the UK High Court by Major Gen Priyanka Fernando, the former Minister Counsellor (Defence) of the Sri Lanka High Commission against the judgement of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court on him was allowed today, 19 March 2021. In the judgement handed down by the High Court, it decided in favour of Major Gen Fernando and quashed his conviction by the Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 6 December 2019 and acquitted him. The defendants, who are pro-LTTE demonstrators who staged protests in front of the Sri Lanka High Commission in London... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
Group urges Japanese immigration bureau to reveal truth behind Sri Lankan detainee's death
NAGOYA -- A group supporting foreign workers and refugees petitioned the immigration bureau in this central Japan city on March 18 to reveal the truth behind the death of a Sri Lankan woman in her 30s detained at the facility. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210319/p2a/00m/0na/045000c Members of the group Start, which supported the woman, gathered to submit their calls and to protest outside the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau in the city's Minato Ward. They chanted phrases including, "Why didn't you save her?" and, "We want you to change." Their petition reads, "The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
Sri Lanka claims allegations raised in Geneva are politically biased
Sri Lanka today claimed that allegations raised against the country at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva are politically biased Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that the allegations raised by several countries including the UK, Canada and Germany, of human rights abuses in Sri Lank, is an action taken for political purposes, by concealing the truth. A vote is scheduled to be held on 22 March 2021 on the allegations made by several countries against Sri Lanka, at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
බුද්ධ චරිතය, ත්රිපිටකය සහ බෞද්ධ සිද්ධස්ථාන පිළිබඳ දුර්මත පතුරවන්නන් ගැන සෙවීමට කමිටුවක්
බුද්ධ චරිතය, ත්රිපිටකය සහ බෞද්ධ සිද්ධස්ථාන පිළිබඳ වැරදි අර්ථකතන දෙමින් දුර්මත පතුරවන අය ගැන සොයා බලා ගත යුතු පියවර රජයට නිර්දේශ කිරීමට කමිටුවක් පත් කර තිබෙනවා. බෞද්ධ උපදේශක සභාව අද (19) පස්වරුවේ 09 වැනි වතාවට ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේ දී රැස් වූ අවස්ථාවේ ත්රෛනිකායික මහා නායක ස්වාමීන්වහන්සේ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ වෙත කළ ලිඛිත ඉල්ලීමට ප්රතිචාර ලෙසයි කමිටුව කඩිනමින් ස්ථාපනයට තීරණය වී ඇත්තේ. පුරාවිද්යා චක්රවර්තී පූජ්ය එල්ලාවල මේධානන්ද, විද්යෝදය පරිවේනාධිපති පූජ්ය බලංගොඩ සෝභිත, අස්ගිරි පාර්ශවයේ නියෝජ්ය ලේඛකාධිකාරි පූජ්ය නාරම්පනාවේ ආනන්ද, සියම් මහා නිකායේ අස්ගිරි මහා විහාර පාර්ශ්වයේ මහා ලේඛකාධිකාරී පූජ්ය මැදගම ධම්මානන්ද,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
Six more Covid-19 deaths reported in Sri Lanka
The Director General of Health Services today confirmed six more COVID-19 related deaths, increasing the death toll due to the virus in Sri Lanka to 544. 01. A 70-year-old male from Polgahawela who passed away at the Kandy General Hospital on march 18 due to Covid-19 pneumonia. 02. A 79-year-old woman from Suduhumpola who passed away on March 17 while being treated at the Kandy General Hospital. The cause of death I s mentioned as heart disease and Covid-19 pneumonia. 03. An 83-year-old woman from Wattala who had passed away... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
Coronavirus: 298 fresh cases identified today
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry says another 144 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus increasing the today’s tally of new cases to 298. Earlier today, it was reported that 154 close contacts of patients from the Peliyagoda cluster had tested positive for the virus. This brings the tally of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country thus far to 89,497 while the total number of recoveries has reached 86,227. The number of infected patients currently under medical care is 2,732 while the death toll due to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
SIS chief files complaint with CID against Nalin Bandara
State Intelligence Service (SIS) chief Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay has lodged a complaint with the CID stating that MP Nalin Bandara has made baseless and false statements regarding him. https://youtu.be/mKBa1KB6MDg The CID are investigating into the complaint which was submitted in writing yesterday (18), Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said, adding that the SIS chief recorded a statement with the CID today. In the complaint, the SIS chief says that MP Nalin Bandara had made baseless allegations against him during a press conference on March 17 and that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
An American Journal (1851) highlights massacres of the Sinhalese and horrors perpetrated in 1848 under the administration of Lord Torrington
In 1851, An American Journal (The United States Magazine and Democratic Review), at a time (1851) when they I.e. USA, did not have imperial ambitions that dovetailed with that of British imperialism, highlighted and exposed the genocidal crimes committed on the Sinhalese people in British occupied Ceylon, under the administration of the then Governor Lord Torrington. In the concluding phase of the Journal article having the caption ‘ The English in Ceylon” ( May 1851) , the author of the article says as follows: ” The history of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් සිසු දරු යාත්රා දියත්වෙයි
කලුතර දිස්ත්රික්කයේ 2021 වසරේ පළමු වසරට ඇතුළත් වූ දරුවන් සඳහා පාසල් උපකරණ කට්ටල බෙදා දීමේ සිසු දරු යාත්රා ව්යාපෘතිය ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් අද 2021.03.18 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ආරම්භ විය. මව්බිමේ අනාගත සිසු දරු දැරියන්ගේ නැණ පහන් අවදි කිරීමේ අරමුණ පෙරදැරි කරගනිමින් වරාය හා නාවික අමාත්ය රෝහිත අබේගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ සමාජ සත්කාරයක් ලෙස සිසු දරු යාත්රා වැඩසටහන ක්රියාවට නැංවෙයි. පළමු අදියර යටතේ ළමුන් 106 දෙනෙකුටත් සමස්ත ව්යාපෘතිය යටතේ කලුතර දිස්ත්රික්කයේ පාසල් දරුවන් 20,000කටත් මෙම පාසල් උපකරණ කට්ටල ප්රදානය කිරීමට නියමිතය. අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැමිණ සිටි පිරිස... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගෙන් රේගු වෘත්තිය සමිති ගැටලුවලට විසඳුම්
ශ්රි ලංකා රේගුවේ පවතින වෘත්තිය සමිති ගැටලු නිරාකරණය කිරීමට අවශ්ය නිර්දේශ ඉදිරිපත් කර එම ගැටලුවලට විසඳුම් ලබා දෙන්නැයි ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.18 දින පස්වරුවේ භාණ්ඩාගාර ලේකම් එස්.ආර්.ආටිගල මහතාට උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. රේගු වෘත්තීය සමිති සන්ධානය සමඟ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවති සාකච්ඡාවේ දී අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේය. ශ්රී ලංකා රේගු වෘත්තිය සමිති සන්ධානය හමුවේ පවතින ගැටලු මෙන්ම රේගුවේ වර්තමානයේ පවතින අඩුපාඩු විසඳීමට ගත හැකි ක්රියාමාර්ග හා යෝජනා ඇතුළත් වාර්තා දෙකක් මෙහි දී රේගු මාණ්ඩලික නිලධාරීන්ගේ සංගමයේ සභාපති රේගු අධ්යක්ෂ ජී.වී.යූ.ඩී සිල්වා මහතා විසින් අග්රාමාත්යතුමාට පිළිගන්වනු ලැබුවේය. 2020... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
පැහැරගෙන ගොස් පහරදුන් බව කියූ මාධ්යවේදියාගෙන් පාපෝච්චාරණයක්...
පැහැරගෙන ගොස් පහරදුන් බව කියූ මාධ්යවේදියාගෙන් පාපෝච්චාරණයක් - CCDය රාජිතගෙන් සහ චතුරගෙන් ප්රශ්න කිරීමට සැරසේ https://youtu.be/QHtrj-FgF9w... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
India vote crucial for Sri Lanka at UNHRC
Colombo, March 18 (The Citizen): In his recent telephone conversation with the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapakasa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured that India “will not do any injustice to Sri Lanka,” says the Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Adm.Prof.Jayanath Colombage. He denied a report in the State-owned Daily News which quoted him as saying that India had assured that it would “support” Sri Lanka, and “protect the country’s sovereignty during the UNHRC sessions.” The paper further quoted the Foreign Secretary as saying: “Being the super power they (India) are, Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
රාජිත-චතුර ගස්.. වහාම පොලිසියට.. තවත් කිඹුල් නාටකයක් මාට්ටුයි.. පැහැරගත් බව කියූ මාධ්යවේදියාගේ පාපොච්චාරණය මෙන්න..
තමාව පැහැරගෙන ගොස් චිප් පතක් ඉල්ලා වද හිංසා පැමිණ වූ බවට පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කළ නිදහස් මාධ්යවේදියා ඉදිරිපත් කළ පැමිණිල්ල අසත්ය පැමිණිල්ලක් බව විමර්ශනවලදී අනාවරණය වූ බව පොලිස් මාධ්ය ප්රකාශක නියෝජ්ය පොලිස්පති අජිත් රෝහණ මහතා පවසයි. ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් කොළඹ අපරාධ කොට්ඨාසය විමර්ශන සිදුකළ අතර, එහිදී අනාවරණය වී ඇත්තේ එම මාධ්යවේදියා විසින්ම ඔහුගේ නිවසේදී මේසන් හැන්දකින් ඔහුගේ දෙඅත් පුළුස්සාගෙන ඇති බවයි. පැහැරගත් බව කී මෙම මාධ්යවේදියා මීගමුවේ සිට දෙමටගොඩ දුම්රිය ස්ථානයට පැමිණ ඇති බවත්, ඉන් අනතුරුව ඔහු හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී චතුර සේනාරත්න මහතාගේ තිඹිරිගස්යායේ පිහිටි කාර්යාලය වෙත ගොස් ඇති බව පොලිස්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
Revised quarantine guidelines issued for arrivals from overseas
https://youtu.be/ekglkBpqg4w Director-General of Health Services has issued revised COVID-19 quarantine guidelines for all incoming passengers and tourists arriving in Sri Lanka from overseas. The guidelines noted that they should receive the approval to enter the country from the Foreign Affairs Ministry and other relevant authorities or from Sri Lanka Tourism, respectively. All travelers should submit the filled Health Declaration Form to the staff of Airport Health Office at Health Counters at the arriving airport, it read further. Key points in the guidelines for Sri Lankan citizens/dual... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
Probe into land deed of disputed property at Sinharaja Forest
Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera says a full investigation is being carried out into the accuracy of the land deeds of the property in Sinharaja Forest, where plans for the construction of a hotel are underway. His remarks came as concerns were raised over environmental destruction taking place at 7-acre land at the Sinharaja Forest Reserve for the said construction. The minister pointed out that the Central Environment Authority or Ratnapura District Secretariat has not granted permission to clear the trees at the said plot of land. Divisional Secretary and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
313 coronavirus infections confirmed within the day
Sri Lanka registered 151 more positive cases of COVID-19 today (March 18) as total novel coronavirus infections reported within the day reached 313. Department of Government Information says 278 of today’s cases are close contacts of earlier cases linked to the Peliyagoda cluster. Eleven others were identified as arrivals from foreign countries and the remaining 24 were detected from the prison cluster. New development has pushed the country’s confirmed COVID-19 cases count to 89,175. According to COVID-19 figures, 2,693 active cases are still under medical care at designated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
COVID-related death reported from Ibbagamuwa
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll reached 538 as a 60-year-old man from Ibbagamuwa area fell victim to the virus. He tested positive for novel coronavirus while receiving medical care at Colombo North Teaching Hospital. He was then moved Mulleriyawa Base Hospital, where he passed away on Wednesday (March 17). The cause of death was recorded as COVID pneumonia and shock caused by blood poisoning, according to the Department of Government.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
Rajitha, Chathura to be questioned over false complaint of journalist abduction
The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) is due to interrogate former Minister Rajitha Senaratne and former MP Chathura Senaratne over a false complaint filed by a journalist alleging that he was abducted. A journalist recently lodged a complaint claiming that he had been abducted and assaulted by four individuals on March 10. However, following a lengthy investigation by the CCD, the complaint made by the 62-year-old journalist and owner of the ‘Siyarata’ newspaper was proven to be false, police said. Police stated that it was uncovered that the burn marks which he alleged were... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
Arjuna Mahendran extradition: AG sends clarification to Singapore for third time
The Attorney General has reportedly made clarifications to his Singaporean counterpart for a third time regarding the request of extraditing the former Central Bank (CBSL) Governor Arjuna Mahendran. https://youtu.be/XHY4uBYd7gE Attorney General Dappula de Livera stated this before the Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar in Colombo today (March 18). Arjuna Mahendran is one of the major suspects wanted by the authorities in connection with the Central Bank bond scam case. The case was taken up today (March 18) before Justices Champa Janaki Rajaratne, Damith Thotawatte, and Namal Balalle.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/03/21)
Did Sri Lanka commit ‘war crimes’? International Legal luminary Sir Desmond de Silva says NO
The legal opinion of Sir Desmond de Silva covers all areas of allegation against the Sri Lankan Army and takes every leaf of relevant international law relevant to war crimes and clearly establishes why Sri Lanka cannot be accused of committing war crimes. Even individual soldier misbehaviour he says can be dealt with within existing framework of internal laws which clearly reveals we not only do not require war crimes tribunals and we certainly do not require international judges whatsoever. With these clear and precise legal arguments in place why is the Government of Sri Lanka betraying its national army... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/03/21)
Did Sri Lanka commit ‘war crimes’? International Legal luminary Prof. Michael Newton says NO
Luckily the Mahinda Rajapakse government had sought the legal opinion of international legal experts whose opinions should now be used to compare the OISL and UNHRC Heads reports and demands that contravene Article 2.7 of the UN Charter by interfering in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation. Reading Prof. Newton’s legal opinion alongside that of the OISL and the PoE any would laugh at the childishness of the report produced, the premises and insinuations made. Any would have to wonder for whose interest the report has been written and for whose benefit the recommendations have been made. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/03/21)
Did Sri Lanka commit ‘war crimes’? International Legal luminaries Prof. Crane and Sir Desmond de Silva say NO
The Mshinda Rajapakse government sought the legal opinion of Prof D M Crane and Sir Desmond de Silva on the legal issues pertaining to the use of human shields and hostage taking by the LTTE. Their legal opinion sheds to pieces the findings of the PoE and the OISL as well as the OHCHR Heads reports and their insistence on war crimes tribunals against Sri Lanka. It is a good wake up call for all parties to realize that the nonsense of dramatic propaganda must stop and that the UN & UNHRC are duty-bound to look at the legal aspects... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/03/21)
Is Nandasena Doing a Sirisena at the UNHRC Sessions in 2021?
Sirisena’s betrayal ‘Nandasena started where Sirisena ended.’ That is the perception in the minds of many people in the country, today. “Sirisena betrayed the country and her soldiers in 2015 when he co-sponsored an anti-Sri Lankan Resolution containing the usual invective and unsubstantiated accusations, disgorged regularly from the poop-houses in Washington. Sirisena is considered today a traitor by most, if not all, Sri Lankans and history will condemn him so. Is Nandasena back-stabbing Dinesh? Where is Nandasena hoping to pitch his tent in 2021 when... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/03/21)
Did Sri Lanka commit ‘war crimes’? International Legal luminaries Sir Geoffrey Nice and Rodney Dixon say NO
The Mahinda Rajapakse government sought the legal opinion of a group of distinguished international legal luminaries who have been involved in war tribunals and who knew the laws related to conflicts. Reading these expert opinions against the PoE and the OISL reports as well as the biased and interfering statements of the OHCHR head, many would realize that the UNHRC has been compromised and the question is by whom! The legal arguments and the laws quoted by these two distinguished legal luminaries are worth reading to understand the nature of the bias and one-sided propaganda based vendetta that the UN/UNHRC... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/03/21)
Were the UN officials / Diplomatic Envoys SLEEPING during Sri Lanka’s Conflict?
Isn’t it a surprise that the diplomats and UN officials have woken up only after the conflict ENDED and chose not to ask any questions while the conflict was raging. Where were the UN and diplomats when the conflict was taking place? A Consultative Committee was set up in 2006 and this Committee met 28 times from 14 Oct 2006 to 11 May 2009. Sitting on this committee which met every two weeks were all of the top diplomats, UN officials, the Defense Secretary, the Armed Forces representatives, Public Officials covering the humanitarian rescue operation in Sri Lanka. This was the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/03/21)
UNHRC must judge Sri Lanka on violations of IHL not Human Rights
Does the UNHRC have a mandate to judge international humanitarian law in an armed conflict?Sri Lanka’s conflict is defined as a non-international armed conflict where governing rules are IHL. Why is the UNHRC taking Sri Lanka to task based on human rights alone and that too human rights that are outside of the conflict. When the UNHRC attempts to cunningly use human rights over IHL, the Global South nations of the UNHRC must realize the dangers for their own countries by the intrusive resolutions being passed which in turn can be applied to their countries by the precedents being created. Why... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/03/21)
Ending Sri Lanka’s Conflict: 7721 Collateral Damage is worth the eventual peace
Pro-LTTE and people living off LTTE kitty will not like to hear this but, whatever the collateral damage that took place during the final phase of the conflict is unfortunate, but it brought to an end 30 years of terror & deaths, it prevented LTTE terror taking place since May 2009 and that to all Sri Lankans is what matters. Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces saved close to 300,000 Tamils sacrificing 6261 armed forces personnel while also accepting close to 12,000 LTTE combatants who surrendered. The on the ground estimates, place the dead at less than 8000. To have saved 300,000 lives... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/03/21)
Barbados removes Queen as Head of State, what is the fate of Great Britain if remaining 14 countries do same & also exit Commonwealth?
In possibly a rising trend, Barbados has declared it doesn’t want the Queen to be its head of state. That leaves 14 more countries that continue to keep the Queen as head of their state. Let’s not forget, Great Britain had military presence in 171 countries except 22 countries of the world. Out of this 171 only 54 decolonized & independent countries remain members of the Commonwealth comprising 2.4billion people of which 1.3billion are Indians. The question is out of the remaining 14 – who will be next to say no to the Queen, while kick starting withdrawing from the Commonwealth.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/03/21)
British Parliament must also discuss payment of reparations to Sri Lanka for colonial crimes committed in Ceylon (1796 – 1948)
On March 18, 2021 the British Parliament will be having a full-scale discussion on the Report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights with a view to holding the Govt. of Sri Lanka, its machinery, and senior officials accountable for alleged war crimes in the last days of the war against terrorism which ended on May 18, 2009. Someone conversant with the high number of atrocities committed during the British colonial period in Sri Lanka (1796 – 1948) may not know whether to laugh or cry over this debate in the British... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/03/21)
අමාත්යංශයේ නව ලේකම්තුමිය වැඩභාරගැනීම
කේ. ඒ. ඞී. නිශාන්ති ජයසිදහ මහත්මිය අද දින ජාතික උරුම ප්රාසංග කලා හා ග්රාමීය කලා ශිල්පී ප්රවර්ධන කටයුතු රාජ්ය අමාත්යංශයේ ගරු. ලේකම්තුමිය ලෙස අමාත්යංශයේ දී 2021-03-16 දින ධූරයෙහි වැඩ භාරගනු ලැබුවා. මෙම අවස්ථාව සඳහා වැඩම කොට වදාළ ජාතික පිරිවෙන් උපදේශක දර්ශනපති දොඩම්පහල රාහුල නාහිමි, සහකාර අධ්යාපන අධ්යක්ෂ රඹාවැවේ පණ්ඩිත නාහිමි, නියෝජ්ය අධ්යාපන අධ්යක්ෂ කෙහෙල්වල විපස්සි නාහිමි යන මහා සංඝරත්නය සෙත් පිරිත් සජ්ජායනා කොට එතුමියට ආශීර්වාද කරනු ලැබුවා. කලකට ඉහතදී හොරණ ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම්තුමිය ලෙස කටයුතු කළ ඇය පසුව සෞඛ්ය පෝෂණ හා දේශීය වෛද්ය අමාත්යාංශයේ අතිරේක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
අතීතයේ තිබූ සාමූහික හැඟීම වර්තමානයට ගෙන ආවොත් අපට නැවත ලෝක කුසලාන ජයක් ලබන්න පුළුවන් - ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා
අතීතයේ තිබූ සාමූහික හැඟීම වර්තමානයට ගෙන ආවොත් අපට නැවත වතාවක් ලෝක කුසලාන ජයග්රහණයක් ලබන්න පුළුවන් යැයි ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.17 පෙරවරුවේ ප්රකාශ කළේය. ශ්රී ලංකාව ක්රිකට් ලෝක කුසලානය දිනා වසර 25ක් සපිරීම නිමිත්තෙන් ක්රිකට් විරුවන් ඇගයීම සඳහා අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවති ලෝක කුසලාන විජයග්රහණයේ 25 වැනි ජාතික සැමරුමට එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. අග්රාමාත්ය කාර්යාලය, තරුණ හා ක්රීඩා අමාත්යංශය, ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රිකට් ආයතනය එක්ව මෙම ජාතික සැමරුම් උත්සවය සංවිධානය කර තිබිණි. 1996 ලෝක කුසලානය දිනාගත් අවස්ථාවේ අන්තර් ජාතික ක්රිකට් කවුන්සලය (ICC) ක්රිකට් ශූරයන්ට පිරිනැමූ පදක්කම්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to Undertake State Visit to Bangladesh
March 17, 2021 Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will make a state visit to Bangladesh from March 19-20, 2021, on an invitation extended by the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. The visit will coincide with the celebration of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Golden Jubilee of the Independence of Bangladesh. Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health has granted approval to undertake the state visit to Bangladesh as a Bio Secure Travel Bubble adhering to strict COVID-19 preventive... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
Lanka to sign MoUs with Bangladesh on agriculture, health and education during Rajapaksa visit Indian High Commissioner speaks in Sinhala at a public function පාස්කු කොමිසම පරීක්ෂණයක් පැවැත්වීමට නිර්දේශ කල මරාගෙන මැරුණු ජමීල්ගේ මාමාව ඇමති කෙහෙළිය ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාට පත්කරලා. Pakistan’s hypocrisy on Sri Lanka’s burqa ban Salley arrested under PTA Russian top billionaire Andrey Melnichenko visits Port City Colombo Azath Salley arrested for alleged links to Easter Sunday attack: Minister Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 caseload up by 322 more infections Three more COVID-19 deaths push tally to 537 Ravi Karunanayake remanded over Bond Scam. Former directors of Swarnamahal Jewellers remanded Ex-Swarnamahal Jewellers directors produced before court AG files indictments before Trial-at-Bars hearing bond scam cases GOOD OFFICE OF SRI LANKA TO RESOLVE MYANMAR ISSUE USING BMISTIC CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS BONDS AS A VEHICLE “PERFIDIOUS ALBION” අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් “ප්රඥාබන්දු” ශිෂ්යත්ව අරමුදල ඇරඹෙයි “මේඩ් ඉන් ශ්රී ලංකා” (Made in Sri Lanka) ලොව ඉස්තරම්ම සන්නාමය කරමු - ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ආණ්ඩුවේ ගමන සුබවාදී නෑ.. වෙන්න යන දේ හොද දෙයක් නිසා හෙලි කරන්නේ නෑ…- විජේදාස Police find nexus between drug dealers and extremists Cabinet nod to convert paddy stocks into rice and distribute via Sathosa New laws to stop felling coconut trees without permission: Minister CID arrests Azath Salley Coronavirus: 274 new infections in total detected today Two new COVID deaths take total to 534 Former directors of Swarnamahal Jewellers arrested Adani gets govt nod to develop Colombo port terminal Myanmar coup and Western impotence; Death of freedom and justice We categorically deplore and condemn Interference by the Indian Ambassador in Sri Lanka’s internal matters බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්රවාදය - 10 වැනි කොටස-ගමේ පාලනය ගමට ම Arun Siddharthan අරුන් සිද්දාර්තන් නැවතත් උතුර කළබයි lanka sri 9arunவடக்கு அருண் சித்தார்த்தன் බැංකු ණය නොගෙවූ ව්යවසායකයින්ගේ දේපළ පවරා ගැනීම වෙනුවට සහන කාලයක් දීමට අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගේ අවධානය යොමුවෙයි සමෘද්ධිලාභින් ව්යවසායකයින් ලෙස නගා සිටුවන්න - ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා Video evidence of ‘massacre’ by UK special forces in Afghanistan mysteriously VANISHES – report අධ්යාපන විද්යාපීඨ විවෘත කිරීමට මෙතෙක් කිසිදු පියවරක් නොගැනීම සම්බන්ධව. Lankan President says Special Forces camps will be reopened in Eastern Province Adani Ports-led consortium to develop West Container Terminal in Colombo China to probe 'inappropriate advertising' of Sri Lanka flag on Amazon Sri Lanka's ambassador to Myanmar to resign after failing to help fishermen (Video) Regulating Madrasa schools is in no way illegal - GL PCoI report on Easter attacks is incomplete – Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith Coronavirus: 248 new cases reported in total today Five more COVID-19 deaths reported Sri Lankan woman dies of emaciation in Japanese immigration detention facility Online reservation available for senior citizens to obtain COVID-19 vaccine Suspect arrested over drug offence found linked to extremism Half a Million Jobs Lost?-Motor Trade. Is there a way out? අසාද් සාලිගේ දේශද්රෝහී, ජාතිද්රෝහි, විවස්ථා විරෝධී ආන්දෝලනාත්මක ප්රකාශය ගැන ඔඩු දිවීමට පෙර රජය වහාම දැඩි පියවරක් ගත යුතුය. What Matters is UN Security Council Where SL Enjoys StrongSupport; UNHRC Resolutions are Useless Creating a focal point for Buddhism in the West-The German Buddhist Pioneer Paul Dahlke හරියට එන්නත දුන්නේ මොන රටේද ? එන්ගලන්තෙ එන්ගලන්තෙ සතියකට දිනයක් හෝ පොහොයකට පන්සල් යෑම අනිවාර්ය කළ යුතුයි - ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 3A THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 3B THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 3C SABUDDHI and GARI sign MoU: Open new vistas in the field of SL’s academic research ශ්රී ලාංකේය ශාස්ත්රීය පර්යේෂණ ක්ෂේත්රයේ පෙරළියක් ඇති කරමින් සබුද්ධි හා ගැරී එක් වෙයි... 2018 වර්ෂයෙන් පසු ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාව පිළිබද උපාධිධාරීන් ශ්රී ලංකා ගුරු සේවයට බදවා නොගැනීම සම්බන්ධව. අධ්යාපන විද්යාපීඨ විවෘත කිරීමට මෙතෙක් කිසිදු පියවරක් නොගැනීම සම්බන්ධව. සාලිය පීරිස් ජයගත් නීතීඥ නිලවරණයේ ඇත්ත සඟවන්නේ ඇයි...? Sri Lanka to ban face coverings and close more than 1,000 Islamic schools Britain's ban on Tamil Tigers terrorist group may be lifted after secretive tribunal ordered Priti Patel to conduct a review CID team to investigate Azath Salley’s statement Sri Lanka’s coronavirus death toll at 527 Coronavirus: 282 positive cases in total confirmed today China eases visa rules for foreigners who get Chinese vaccines COVID-19 burial issue is now over - Army Chief Embracing the LTTE Strategy in 2008/09: Norway, USA, UK, France and the Human Rights Conglomerate as Complicit Tiger Allies “බසයෙන් අනාගතයට” දෙවැනි අදියර අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් Who truly was the most dishonest president? Sri Lankan President speaks to Indian Prime Minister ahead of crucial vote at UNHRC PCoI denies ever asking govt. to withhold parts of its report on carnage Amazan removes advert on door mat using national flag print China responds to concerns on Sri Lankan flag doormats; Amazon withdraws adverts Public Security Minister signs order banning burqa in Sri Lanka TID arrests man for promoting Wahhabism & Jihadist ideology No revenue loss from tax cuts on sugar - Finance Secretary Death toll in the country increases to 526 179 Covid-19 infected persons reported Patient with South African variant of COVID-19 identified in Sri Lanka Five new COVID deaths from Western & Eastern provinces 297 COVID infections confirmed within the day UNHRC defending Prabakaran, Sri Lanka’s Hitler, and the LTTE, its Nazi Party? මහජනතාවට කොවිඩ් එන්නත් ලබාදීම අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගේ නිරීක්ෂණයට තරුණ ව්යවසායකයින් පිරිසක් ජාතික ඇඳුමෙන් සැරසී සිටිනු දැකීම විශාල ආඩම්බරයක් - ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා Need to look afresh at Lanka’s foreign policy in its first decade China approves US$1.5bn dollar swap with Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is nonchalant about the possibility of defeat at UNHRC AG at meeting with Cardinal stresses need to study all 87 volumes of PCoI report Naufer Moulavi, mastermind behind Easter attack : Govt Wahabbism and Quasi Courts should be banned in SL: Ven. Rathana Thera Rauff Hakeem & Bathiudeen associated with Easter Sunday attackers: Aluthgamage Sri Lanka’s Covid-19 death toll climbs to 520 Coronavirus: 292 new cases reported in total today Ashok Abeysinghe regrets statements made UNHRC must judge Sri Lanka on violations of IHL not Human Rights Opposition’s Silly Hullabaloo over the Final Report of the PCoI ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණ උල්ලංඝනය නොකරන්න...‘19 නීතියක් බවට පත් වීමට පැවැත්විය යුතු ජනමත විචාරණය පවත්වන්න...’! VACCINE DIPLOMACY WORLDWIDE Mahawamsa, George Turnour and Royal College Colombo Maha Sivarathri Message සුභාශිංසන පණිවිඩය Lord Naseby supports vote in the absence of consensus on Core Group’s resolution Link between spice traders and Easter terrorists being probed – Trade Minister Easter attacks: AG directs probes into 5 suspects including Sara Jasmine Sarath Weerasekera reveals more details on Easter attacks Coronavirus death count climbs to 515 Coronavirus: 300 positive cases in total confirmed today Five-member SC bench to consider Nagananda’s petition against 20A AG directs IGP to probe into import of sword consignment Colombo HC issues warrants on Hirunika UK celebrating Women’s Day protecting LTTE Terrorist Aunty Adele LTTE would have been eliminated in May 1987 & not May 2009 if India did not save LTTE Oprah’s opera, the Harry and Meghan show; An anachronism draws millions of TV viewers මාතර නගරය විධිමත් කිරීම අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගේ අවධානයට විදේශ විනිමය උපයා ගැනීමට හැකි සාර්ථක ව්යාපෘති සැලසුම් කරන්නැයි අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගෙන් උපදෙස් PCoI report portrays wrong picture to Int’l community: Ven. Narampanawe Ananda Give AG full power to prosecute Easter attack perpetrators, Catholic Bishops urge Coronavirus: 304 positive cases in total confirmed today Sri Lanka’s COVID death toll hits 511 Only Oddamavadi assigned for burial of any COVID victims – Dr Hamdani Fonseka files writ application against recommendations of PCoI on political victimization India is West’s Poodle in Asia – India is no friend of Sri Lanka or South Asians CAN SRI LANKA BECOME COMPETITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE ECONOMY IN ASIA WITH VALUE ENGINEERING IN PUBLIC ENTERPRISES THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 4E THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 4F බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්රවාදය - 9 වැනි කොටස- බෞද්ධ අපිට ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදයක් භූමිතෙල් සහනාධාරය අවභාවිතයකින් තොරව ප්රතිලාභීන්ට ලබාදෙන්නැයි අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගෙන් උපදෙස් The Foreign Minister at the 43rd UNHRC session rightfully said Sri Lanka will oppose and reject UNHRC resolution. The way forward is to ask for a vote
Colombo, March 17: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has expressed optimism about his upcoming Dhaka visit which will enable him to join celebration of birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. During the visit, which begins on March 19, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will sign MoUs on education, health and agriculture. Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa Tweeted: “Looking forward to my visit to (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
Colombo, March 17: Reflecting the deep and enduring links between India and Sri Lanka, the Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay on Wednesday delivered a speech in Sinhala at the launch of the “Kapilawasupura Sri Sarvagna Dhathu Puranaya ha Rajaguru Waskaduwe Sri Subhuti Thero” in the august presence of the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The launching ceremony of a book titled “Kapilavasthupura sacred relics and Rajaguru Waskaduwe Sri Subhuti Thera”, an academic research work on Kapilavasthupura sacred relics and Rajaguru Waskaduwe Sri Subhuti Thera, was held under the patronage of President... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
දෙහිවල ට්රොපිකල් ඉන් හෝටලයේ මරාගෙන මැරෙන ප්රහාරය එල්ල කල ජමීල් නැමැත්තාගේ සහෝදරියට තම පුත්රයා විවාහකර දුන් අහමඩ් මුනව්වර් නැමැත්තා ශ්රී ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාවේ මුස්ලිම් සේවයේ උපදේශක සභාවට අමාත්ය කෙහෙළිය රඹුක්වැල්ල විසින් මීට මාස කිහිපයකට පෙර පත්කර ඇත. පස් දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් උපදේශක මණ්ඩලයට මුස්ලිම් සලාහුදීන්, අහමඩ් මුනව්වර්, ෆස්ලුල් රහ්මාන්, ෆසාල් මරික්කාර් සහ රාසික් සරුක් පත්කර තිබුණි. ඔවුන් විසින් ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාවේ සභාපති විශාරද ජගත් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා විසින් අන්තවාදී දේශනා සිදුකරන බවට සාම්ප්රධායික මුස්ලිම් සමාජය විසින් ලැබුණු පැමිණිලි මත වාරණය කල පුජකයින්ට නැවතත් මුස්ලිම් සේවයේ අවස්ථාව ලබාදීම සඳහා උත්සහ කර ඇත.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
Just weeks after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Sri Lanka to advocate on behalf of the island nation’s Muslim community, the Sri Lankan government has signaled its plans to ban the burqa, the all-encompassing covering that conservative Muslim women increasingly wear. Sarath Weerasekara, Sri Lankan minister of public security, explained the government’s logic: “The burqa has a direct impact on national security. In our early days, we had a lot of Muslim friends, but Muslim women and girls never wore the burqa. It is a sign of religious extremism that came about recently. We will definitely ban... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
Over alleged intervention to secure release of terror suspects A team consisting of an ASP of the CID yesterday evening arrested National Unity Front leader and former Western Province Governor, Azath Salley. Police Media Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said Salley had been taken into custody near his residence in Colpetty under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act. The arrest had been made on the advice of the Attorney General, his coordinating officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said. Public Security Minister Rear Admiral (Retd) Sarath... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
Prominent Russian business tycoon Andrey Melnichenko visited Port City Colombo today. He was accompanied by Sri Lankan-born British Politician and former EU Parliamentarian Niranjan Deva Aditya, a statement said. The statement said Melnichenko is a self-made billionaire with major investments in Switzerland based fertilizer giant EuroChem Group and Russia based coal energy company SUEK. He was warmly welcomed by Port City Colombo Assistant Managing Directors Yue Yeqing and Thulci Aluwihare together with Director Sales and Marketing Yamuna Jayaratne. The delegation was briefed on Port... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekera said, former Western Province Governor Azath Salley was arrested by CID as is alleged to have had links to the Easter Sunday suicide attack. https://youtu.be/sk-ho3ZbmRk Speaking to media after the Kolonnawa Regional Development meeting, he alleged that according to initial investigation it was revealed that Salley had overt or covert link to vandalizing of the Buddha statues in Mawanella and to the attack. He said the CID conducting further investigation on Azath Salley under detection order. "Also, Salley made... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
Sri Lanka has registered 140 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 17), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 322 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 88,862. Recoveries from the virus meanwhile climbed to 85,725 earlier today, as 354 more patients regained health. However, 2,600 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centers located across the island. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
Sri Lanka has reported 03 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 17). As per the Department of Government Information, one female patient and two male patients are among the victims. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 537 in total. 01. The deceased is a 72-year-old male resident from Medirigiriya. He was diagnosed as infected with the Covid-19 virus while undergoing treatments at a private hospital Kandy and transferred to Base Hospital Theldeniya. He died on 16.03.2021... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
UPDATE (07.47 pm): Former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and 07 others who were ordered to be remanded over the 2016 Bond Scam have been brought to the Welikada Prison a short while ago. The eight suspects have been directed to the quarantine center of the prison. https://youtu.be/Bsw5ZIMY2qc Former Minister Ravi Karunanayake has been remanded over the Central Bank Bond Scam issue in 2016. Another 07 suspects have also been remanded along with the former United National Party (UNP) Minister. They have been placed under remand... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
Arrested former directors of Swarnamahal Jewellers Pvt Ltd have been remanded until March 30. Earlier this evening (March 17), they were produced before the Fort Magistrate. https://youtu.be/XTFpfAy72f4 The arrest was made on Tuesday (March 16) upon the directions of Attorney General Dappula de Livera. Jeewaka Edirisinghe, Anjalee Edirisinghe Asanka Edirisinghe, and Nalaka Edirisinghe were accordingly arrested on the charges of money laundering.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
Arrested former directors of Swarnamahal Jewellers Pvt Ltd have been produced before Fort Magistrate this evening (March 17), says the Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana. The arrest was made on Tuesday (March 16) upon the directions of Attorney General Dappula de Livera. Jeewaka Edirisinghe, Anjalee Edirisinghe Asanka Edirisinghe & Nalaka Edirisinghe were accordingly arrested on the charges of money laundering.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
The Attorney General has filed indictments against the suspects of the Central Bank bond scam, says the AG’s Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne. The indictments were lodged before the two Trial-at-Bars hearing the legal matters on Central Bank Treasury Bond auctions held between March 29 and March 31, 2016. The Chief Justice appointed two Trial-at Bars for the hearing of the Bond Scam cases involving the said two bond auctions. The Attorney General requested for a Trial at Bar for the case on February 11, 2021, to try former... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/03/21)
Friendship with Sri Lanka and Myanmar Friendship with Sri Lanka and Myanmar goes back to generations with friendly and cultural bonds on religion culture and long lasting friendships we had for generations. The cultural religious and political prelateship between Myanmar and Sri Lanka spans a period of around thousand years. The relationship has been mutually beneficial for both countries on many fronts. It serves as a good foundation, to strengthen the friendship between the two countries. With the rise of Asia... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
That is a term that historians of colonization are familiar with as a descriptive of the duplicity, treachery and the breach of treaties that marked England’s relations with the peoples it sought to colonize / loot particularly in the 19th century. What this note addresses are the manifestations of trickery and the purveyance of falsehoods by and on behalf of the family that some people in Britain and some in former British colonies, directly and indirectly, support financially and otherwise. That applies in varying degree to its ancillary branches – few of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
“ප්රඥාබන්දු” ශිෂ්යත්ව අරමුදල ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් අද 2021.03.16 දින පස්වරුවේ දී බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්යන්තර අනුස්මරණ සම්මන්ත්රණ ශාලාවේ දී ආරම්භ විය. සාමාන්ය පෙළ විභාගය විශිෂ්ට ලෙස සමත්වන අඩු ආදායම් ලාභී පවුල්වල දරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් අමාත්ය බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ සංකල්පයකට අනුව උසස් පෙළ හැදෑරීමට “ප්රඥාබන්දු” ශිෂ්යත්වය පිරිනැමෙයි. “ප්රඥාබන්දු” ශිෂ්යත්ව භාරයට අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සමඟ වෙළඳ අමාත්ය ආචාර්ය බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන මහතා හා අධ්යාපන අමාත්ය මහාචාර්ය ජී.එල් පීරිස් මහතා අත්සන් තැබූහ. අනතුරුව වෙළඳ අමාත්ය බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන මහතා විසින් “ප්රඥාබන්දු” ශිෂ්යත්වභාරය විශ්වවිද්යාල ප්රතිපාදන කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපති ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ මහාචාර්ය සම්පත් අමරතුංග මහතාට පිරිනැමුවේය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
“මේඩ් ඉන් ශ්රී ලංකා” (Made in Sri Lanka) ලොව ඉස්තරම්ම සන්නාමය ලෙස ලොවට ගෙන යෑමට රටක් හැටියට අපි අත්වැල් බැඳ ගමු යැයි ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඊයේ 2021.03.15 රාත්රියේ ප්රකාශ කළේය. වාහන නිෂ්පාදනය, එකලස් කිරීම සහ වාහන උපාංග නිපදවීම සඳහා වූ සම්මත මෙහෙයුම් පටිපාටියක් (Standard Operating Procedures) එළිදැක්වීම කොළඹ ෂැන්ග්රිලා හෝටලයේ දී පැවති අවස්ථාවේ අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. කර්මාන්ත අමාත්ය විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් අදාළ මෙහෙයුම් පටිපාටිය (SOP) ඇතුළත් ලේඛනය අග්රාමාත්යතුමා වෙත පිළිගැන්නුවේය. මෙසේ එළිදැක්වූ ශ්රී ලංකා මෝටර් රථ හා මෝටර් රථ අමතර කොටස් නිෂ්පාදනය කිරිමේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
ආණ්ඩුව යන ගමන සුබවාදී නැතැයි ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී හිටපු අමාත්ය විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ආණ්ඩුවට ඉදිරියේදී වීමට නියමිත දේ තමන් දන්නා නමුත් එය වළක්වා ගත යුතු නැති නිසා හෙළි කරන්නේ නැති බවද ඔහු කියා සිටියේය. හිරු රූපවාහිනියේ පැවති සලකුණ වැඩසටහන සමග එක්වෙමින් ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පල කලේය. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=740988849948677&t=9... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
The Terrorist Investigation Division has commenced an investigation into Rs. 980 million in an account maintained by an extremist group at a bank in Trincomalee. Preliminary investigations have revealed that several drug dealers in Sri Lanka too have made financial contributions to the extremist outfit. This was revealed when a resident of Kehelwatta, Panadura, arrested in connection with drug dealing, said that he had donated money to an Islamic extremist organization, Police spokesman, DIG Ajith Rohana said yesterday. The suspect was arrested by the Peliyagoda Crimes Branch and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
The cabinet approval was granted to convert the stocks of paddy purchased from farmers by the Paddy Marketing Board into rice and distribute them continuously through Sathosa branch network. The decision was taken after the Cabinet meeting today.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
New laws will be introduced to stop the felling of coconut trees without permission in the future, Plantation Industries and Export Agriculture Minister Ramesh Pathirana said. While addressing a coordinating meeting at Gampaha District recently, the Minister pointed out that there is a huge demand for local coconut harvest in the international market and therefore, the coconut cultivation in the country should be increased. "It is essential to increase coconut cultivation in the country. We need to restrict the allotment of coconut cultivation lands and we will be doing it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
Former Governor of Western Province Azath Salley has been arrested this evening (March 16) by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The arrest was made on the advice of the Attorney General, his coordinating officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said. https://youtu.be/22evPJp-fTg Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana noted that Salley will be detained and interrogated under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism (PTA). Convening a media briefing recently, Leader of the National Unity Front (NUF) Azath Salley made controversial statements with regard to the law of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
Sri Lanka registered 120 more positive cases of COVID-19 today (March 16) as total novel coronavirus infections reported within the day reached 274. Department of Government Information says 250 of today’s cases are close contacts of earlier cases linked to the Peliyagoda cluster. The remaining 24 were detected from the prison cluster. New development has pushed the country’s confirmed COVID-19 cases count to 88,512.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
Director-General of Health Services today (March 16) confirmed 02 more COVID-related fatalities in Sri Lanka. One of them is a 75-year-old woman from Kandy who died on March 15. She was transferred from Kandy National Hospital to Theldeniya Base Hospital after testing positive for the virus. The cause of death was recorded as acute COVID pneumonia. The second victim is a 59-year-old man from Negombo who died due to heart disease, COVID pneumonia, high blood pressure, acute diabetes and kidney disease. He tested positive for the virus while he was under medical... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested the former directors of the Swarnamahal Jewellers Private Limited – Jeewaka Edirisinghe, Anjalee Edirisinghe, Asanka Edirisinghe, and Nalaka Edirisinghe. https://youtu.be/x16C23NEygo The arrest has been made upon the directions of Attorney General Dappula de Livera. They have been arrested on the charges of money laundering, the Coordinating Officer of the Attorney, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd. will work with Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holdings Plc to develop a port terminal in the island nation, Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s first such standalone overseas project. India’s biggest private port operator got a letter of intent from Sri Lankan authorities to build and operate the West Container Terminal of Colombo Port for 35 years, Adani Ports said in an exchange filing Monday. The project cost is estimated to be around $750 million, according to Daya Ratnayake, chairman of Sri Lanka Ports Authority. This marks the latest... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
The UN deputy human rights chief and the independent expert on Myanmar have called for targeted sanctions against the leaders of what they both described as the coup that took place in the country last week, as the Human Rights Council met in special session on Friday to discuss the ongoing crisis While the US and its allies gang against Sri Lanka, which incidentally is run by a President, a Prime Minister and a cabinet of ministers, elected by the people, a Parliament elected by the people, overwhelmingly one might add in all... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
While we categorically deplore and condemn Interference by the Indian Ambassador in Sri Lanka’s internal matters we call upon the Government to take stern action against all ambassadors who behave in this manner and deport them as soon as possible (as Premadasa once did to British Ambassador) and discontinue diplomatic relations with all such enemy countries Dear Patriots, Please seriously look at the following news item. Indian Envoy tours North, East to meet political heads & assess India-funded projects 11 March 2021 08:17 pm -... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
ජනතාවගෙන් දුරස්ථ වූ පාලනය ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ද? නියෝජිත ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදයේ නාමයෙන් පාලනය ජනතාවගෙන් ඈතට ගෙන යෑම ජනතා පරමාධිපත්යය උල්ලංඝණය කිරීමකි. නිවෙසක පාලනය නිවැසියන් අතින් සිදුවන අයුරින් ම ගමක පාලනය ගැමියන් හට සිදු කළ හැකිය. (නාගරික බිම් මට්ටමේ පාලනය ද මෙයට අනුරූප වෙයි. පහසුව සඳහා ග්රාමීය පාලනය ගැන පමණක් මෙහි දී සාකච්ඡා කෙරෙයි). රටට ම අදාළ පොදු නීති රීතිවලට අනුකූලව බිම් මට්ටමේ පාලනය සිදුවන්නේ නම් එයින් රාජ්යයේ ඒකීයභාවයට සහ භෞමික අඛණ්ඩතාවට හානියක් සිදු නොවේ. ගැමියන් විසින් සිදු කළ යුත්තේ ගමට අදාළ පාලනය ය. ග්රාමීය ජනතාවට අදාළ මූලික සමාජ - ආර්ථික කටයුතු ගැමියන් විසින් ම කරගැනීම එයින් අදහස්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
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පාස්කු දින ප්රහාරය සහ කොවිඩ්-19 වසංගතය හේතුවෙන් බැංකු ණය ගෙවා ගැනීමට නොහැකි වූ ව්යවසායකයින්ගේ දේපළ අත්පත් කර ගැනීම වෙනුවට සහන කාලයක් ලබා දීම ගැන අවධානය යොමු කරන්නැයි ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.15 දින බැංකු ප්රධානීන්ට දැනුම් දුන්නේය. බැංකු ණය ගෙවා ගැනීමට නොහැකි වූ ව්යවසායකයින්ගේ දේපළ අත්පත් කර ගැනීම තාවකාලිකව අත්හිටුවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මුදල් අමාත්යංශයේ පැවති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. ඒ අනුව ව්යවසායකයින්ගේ මූල්ය ගැටලුවලට සහන ලබාදීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මුදල් අමාත්යංශය, මහ බැංකුව සහ අදාළ බැංකු සමඟ එක්ව අවසන් තීන්දුවකට එළැඹෙන්නැයි අග්රාමාත්යතුමා උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. දීර්ඝ කාලයක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
සමෘද්ධිලාභින් ණය සහ ආධාර මත පමණක් ජීවත්වන පිරිසක් බවට පත්නොකර ව්යවසායකයින් ලෙස ස්වයංව නැගීසිටිමේ හැකියාව ඇති පිරිසක් බවට පත්කිරීමේ ක්රමවේදයක් අවශ්ය බව ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.15 දින පෙරවරුවේ දී පැවසීය. සමෘද්ධි,ගෘහ ආර්ථික, ක්ෂුද්ර මුල්ය ස්වයං රැකියා හා ව්යාපාර සංවර්ධන රාජ්ය අමාත්යාංශයේ ඉදිරි සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන් පිළිබඳව මුදල් අමාත්යංශයේ රන්දොර ශ්රවණාගාරයේ පැවති විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවට එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මේ බව පෙන්වා දුන්නේය. රාජ්ය අමාත්ය ෂෙහාන් සේමසිංහ මහතා මෙම විශේෂ හමුවේ අරමුණ සහ ඉදිරි සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන් පිළිබඳව පැහැදිලි කළේය. සමෘද්ධි සහනාධාර ලබන එහෙත් මේ වන විට සහනාධාර අවශ්ය නොවන පිරිස් ඉවත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
Video allegedly showing a “rogue” SAS unit committing war crimes in Afghanistan has supposedly disappeared, as an investigation into the squad’s alleged “massacres” has been plagued by missing evidence and silence from witnesses. Saifullah Yar was just 19 when his family were shot dead in an SAS raid on their Afghan village in 2011. When British military investigators flew to Kabul in 2017 to investigate the raid, he told them he was handcuffed and led away from his father, brother and two male cousins. He heard two sustained bursts of gunfire, and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
අමාත්යතුමනි, අධ්යාපන විද්යාපීඨ විවෘත කිරීමට මෙතෙක් කිසිදු පියවරක් නොගැනීම සම්බන්ධව. ජදඩසා-19 වසංගතයේ පළමු අදියරෙන් පසු 2018/2020 අධ්යයන වර්ෂවලට අයත් සිසුන් 8000 කගේ අධ්යයන කටයුතු 2020 ජුලි 07 වැනි දින සිට දිවයින පුරා පිහිටි විද්යාපීඨ 19 දීි ආරම්භ කරන ලදි. නමුත් වසංගතයේ දෙවන අදියර ආරම්භ වීමත් සම`ග විද්යාපීඨ නිරෝධායන මධ්යස්ථාන බවට පත් කරමින් 2020 ඔක්. 09 වැනි දින නැවත වසා දැමු අතර මෙතෙක් එම විද්යාපීඨ විවෘත කිරීමට අපොහොසත්වීම සම්බන්ධව ලංකා ගුරු සේවා සංගමය ඔබගේ දැඩි අවධානය යොමු කරමු. 02ග අප සංගමය විසින් මීට පෙර ද එනම් 2021.01.11 දිනැතිව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
Colombo, March 15 (newsin.asia): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that security will be beefed up in the Eastern Province to stem separatist terrorism and Islamic extremism. Tamils and Muslims together outnumber the Sinhalese in the Eastern Province. The province had been the base of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and also Jehadists who staged the April 21, 2019 suicide bombings in Colombo and other places. Speaking at the 14 th. “Discussion with the Village” program in Galagoda East in Galle District on March 13, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
An APSEZ release said the WCT will be developed on a Build, Operate and Transfer basis for a period of 35 years as a public-private partnership. (AFP) APSEZ will partner with John Keells Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka's largest diversified conglomerate, and with the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) as a part of the consortium awarded this mandate Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones Ltd (APSEZ), a key subsidiary of the diversified Adani Group, has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from Sri Lankan authorities for development and operations of ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
A Sri Lankan man buys a national flag at a small shop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 29, 2020. Photo for illustrative purpose only. /Xinhua The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka has asked concerned authorities in Beijing to "investigate" inappropriate advertising of Sri Lanka's national flag on Amazon. The reaction came after Colombo raised concerns with Beijing over the sale of Chinese-made doormats featuring the island nation's flag on the American retail platform and sought an inquiry. "It is China's consistent stand that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
https://youtu.be/0KGvqvqJ6Tc Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Myanmar Prof. Nalin de Silva has decided to resign amid allegations that Sri Lankan fishermen stranded in Myanmar have not been assisted. However, the ambassador stated that he would remain in Myanmar until the end of the BIMSTEC Ministerial Conference to be held online and until the fisheries issue is resolved. Sri Lankan fishermen detained in Myanmar recently told Hiru news team that they have to face many difficulties in Myanmar.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
The Government has instructed to implement the orders issued regarding Madrasa schools in the country, says Minister of Education Prof. G. L. Peiris. Speaking at the press conference held today (15), the Minister stated that there are 1,565 Madrasa schools in Sri Lanka. https://youtu.be/HinmU_qC6I0 However, the ‘Yahapalana’ government did not make any attempt to look into the education process, syllabi, or the lecturers at these institutions or take action to regulate them, he said. Prof. Peiris responding to a statement of a parliamentarian of the Opposition... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says that the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attack is incomplete. The Archbishop expressed these views speaking to the media today (March 15). “I have seen with my own eyes how my people’s bodies had been torn to pieces and strewn across these churches. I do not know if those politicians have seen it. The Presidential Commission may have investigated as best they could, but it is not a complete document. There are some basic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
Sri Lanka has registered 70 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 15), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 248 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 88,155. Recoveries from the virus meanwhile climbed to 84,969 earlier today, as 321 more patients regained health. However, 2,659 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centers located across the island. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
Sri Lanka has reported 05 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 15). As per the Department of Government Information, two male patients and three female patients are among the victims. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 532 in total. 01. The deceased is an 86-year-old female resident from Jaffna. She died on 13.03.2021 while undergoing treatments at Teaching Hospital Jaffna. The cause of death is mentioned as COVID-19 pneumonia and blood poisoning. 02. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
A 33-year-old Sri Lankan woman being detained by immigration authorities in Japan died of emaciation on March 6, after requesting provisional release and expressing a desperate desire for food in notes and letters. “I truly want to eat now,” she wrote in hiragana in a note while under detention at a facility operated by the Immigration Services Agency of Japan’s Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau. The facility houses foreigners who have overstayed their visas. According to a group supporting foreigners, START, the woman became unable to eat and walk due to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
Citizens above the age of 60 years within the Colombo city limit can reserve an appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine via online services, the Municipal Commissioner of Colombo informed issuing a notice. Accordingly, eligible citizens may reserve a convenient timeslot through the following sites or apps: - www.colombo.mc.gov.lk (Official website of Colombo Municipal Council)- www.echanelling.com- ‘echanneling’ mobile app The Municipal Commissioner Roshanie Dissanayake stated that the reservation will be carried out automatically and free of charge and that there is no need for any intermediaries for this process.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
A suspect arrested several months earlier over drug offenses has been identified to have links with extremists organizations. The resident of the Keselwatta area in Panadura had been arrested by the Peliyagoda Police, Police Media Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana. Investigations into the suspect have revealed that large sums of money had been credited to his bank account from Dubai. It has also been revealed that some of the said money had been transferred to an organization that promotes Islamic extremism, the DIG stated. Accordingly, the suspect has been... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/21)
500,000 jobs lost-Local Vehicle Industry(The Island 13/3/21) sends my mind to many instances in my experience that offer an immediate solution. Near my home on Old Kesbewa Road Gangodawila Nugegoda there is a man making oil filters. He has been making those since the Sixties and selling them some where. In the UK and US where I have happened to have lived for years there are local makers of oil filters. It is very rare for a manufacturer’s oil filter to be obtained from as far as France for a Peugeot or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/03/21)
අසාද් සාලිගේ දේශද්රෝහී, ජාතිද්රෝහි, විවස්ථා විරෝධී එම ආන්දෝලනාත්මක ප්රකාශය ගැන අධිකරණ ඇමතිවරයාද වහාම ප්රකාශයක් දැන්වත් කළ යුතුය.එසේ කොට අසාද් සාලිට විරුද්ධව වහාම නීතිමය පියවර ගන්නාමෙන් නිසි බලධාරීන්ට උපදෙස් දිය යුතුය. තම වර්ගයාගේ කෙනෙක් නිසා එසේ කිරීමට නොහැකිනම් ඔහුද වහාම ඉල්ලා අස්විය යුත්තේ සින්හල මිනිසුන්ගේ චන්දයෙන් පිහිටුවාගත් මේ රජය මරණයෙන් බේරා ගතයුතු නිශාය. එසේම රජයද තවත් ප්රමාද නොකර මේ ගැන ජාතියට ප්රකාශයක් කලයුත්තේ රට තුල මුස්ලිම් ත්රස්ථවාදය වහාම විනාශ කලයුතු නිසා සහ මේ රජයට චන්දය දුන් 70 ලක්ෂයක සිoහල චන්ද ආරක්ෂාකොට ගැනීම සදහාය .විරුද්ධ පක්ශයේ නායකයා, සිරිසේන සහ රනිල්ගෙන් එවැනි ප්රකාශ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/03/21)
Sri Lanka's stand against UNHRC's intrusive resolution against the island nation on war crimes matters is commendable. The government of President HE Gotabaya Rajapaksa has so far taken a bold stand on the matter forcing the Core Group to revise their resolution again and again trying to appease Sri Lanka. Yet, Sri Lanka must totally reject it not just for own sake but for the sake of other vulnerable UN members. Band together against colonial impositions. This is excellent strategic thinking. At the heart of this move is the knowledge that it is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/03/21)
See web link https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin-Baumann-7/publication/318673000_Creating_a_Focal_Point_for_Buddhism_in_the_West_The_German_Buddhist_Pioneer_Paul_Dahlke/links/59ae6d7e0f7e9bdd1162743c/Creating-a-Focal-Point-for-Buddhism-in-the-West-The-German-Buddhist-Pioneer-Paul-Dahlke.pdf Extracted from Buddhist Studies from India to America Essays in honour of Charles S. Prebish Edited by Damien Keown... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/03/21)
කොවිඩ් එන්නත ජනතාවට දුන් මුල්ම රට වන්නේ මහා බ්රිතාන්යයි. මතු නොව ඊශ්රායලයට පසු කොවිඩ් එන්නත මනා ලෙස පාලනය කළ ලෝකයේ දෙවැනි රටද මහා බ්රිතාන්යයි. බ්රිතාන්යය ඔක්ස්ෆඩ් හා ෆයිසර් එන්නත් මිලියන 83 ක් ලබාගත්තේ පසුගිය දෙසැම්බර් අග භාගයේදීයි. ඔවුන් ජනතාවට එන්නත්කරණය පටන් ගත්තේ පිළිගත් ක්රමවේදයකට අනුවයි. එන්නත මුලින්ම දුන්නේ වයස 90 ට වැඩි අයට හා නිදන්ගත රෝගීන්ටයි. ඉන්පසු වයස 80 ට වැඩි පුරවැසියන්ට හා රෝහලේ සේවකයන්ට එන්තත විදින ලදී. එන්නත බ්රිතාන්යයට ලැබුණු විගසම සමහර රටවල මෙන් දේශපාලකයන් එය අයථා ලෙස ගන්නට ගියේ නැත. බ්රිතාන්යයේ කථානායක 63... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/03/21)
බෞද්ධයන් ලෙස අපි සතියකට දිනයක් හෝ අඩුම වශයෙන් පොහොයකට හෝ පන්සල් යෑම අනිවාර්ය කළ යුතු යැයි ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.14 දින පෙරවරුවේ පැවසීය. පුත්තලම, මාදම්පේ ගල්මුරුව ශ්රී සුනන්දාරාම පිරිවෙන් විහාරස්ථානයේ රන්වැට සහිත අඩි 60ක් උසැති චෛත්යරාජයාණන් වහන්සේගේ කොත නිරාවරණය කිරීම සහ මකර තොරණ සහිත ඇතුළත ප්රාකාරය හා ප්රතිසංස්කරණය කරමින් සංරක්ෂණය කළ ඉපැරණි විෂ්ණු දේවාලය විවෘත කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. විහාරස්ථානයට පැමිණි අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විහාරාධිපති දේවහන්දියේ සද්ධානන්ද නායක හිමියන් බැහැදැක අදට යෙදී ඇති උන්වහන්සේගේ ජන්ම දිනයට සුභ පැතුම් එක් කළේය. අනතුරුව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/03/21)
The MEP government of 1956-1959 made many excellent, praiseworthy changes, some of which are well known and others which are not so well known. This essay and the one that follows it do not list all the improvements made by the 1956 Government. They contain only the most visible and best known changes. Other changes made by Bandaranaike and also changes contemplated by Bandaranaike are given elsewhere. SINHALA AS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE The 1956 government is mainly remembered today, for the elevation of Sinhala to the sole national language of the country. This... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/03/21)
SOCIAL LEGISLATION Bandaranaike‘s government made a lasting contribution to the social legislation of the country, specially Labour legislation. The MEP government set up Conciliation Boards , Labour tribunals, The Employees Provident Fund and passed the Prevention of Social Disabilities Act, No. 21 of 1957.These laws and bodies are now taken for granted. The pioneer role of the MEP is forgotten. MEP government set up Conciliation Boards to facilitate amicable settlement of disputes. The Conciliation Boards Act No. 10 of 1958 was passed amidst opposition from vested interest. Conciliation Boards were to operate... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/03/21)
This essay concludes the selective list of improvements made by the 1956 government. MEP government brought in the Suspension of the Capital Punishment Act No 20 of 1958, which suspended the death penalty from May 1958. Voting age at general election was brought down to 18 years from 21 years. Elections Amendment Act No, 11 of 1959. May Day was declared a holiday in Sri Lanka in 1956 for the Government sector, bank and mercantile sectors. A brand new Department of Ayurveda was set... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/21)
The ‘SABUDDHI’ Organisation, which works on fostering literature while encouraging connectivity between sports, art, and literature, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Global Academic Research Institute (GARI) on 11 March. The agreement is aimed at collaborating on future academic and research work, as well as providing media support to the GARI through the SABUDDHI Circle. ‘GARI’ is one of the most prominent educational, conference, and research publication centres in Sri Lanka committed to exchanging knowledge of the experts across the globe. It is also the host of the well-known “digital academic library”, www.research.lk.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/21)
සබුද්ධි සහ ග්ලෝබල් ඇකඩමික් රිසර්ච් ඉන්ස්ටිටියුට් හෙවත් ගැරී (Global Academic Research Institute - GARI) ආයතනය අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමකට (03 වැනිදා) එළැඹෙයි. එසේ එක් වන්නේ ඉදිරි ශාස්ත්රීය සහ පර්යේෂණ කටයුතුවලදී සහයෝගයෙන් කටයුතු කිරීමට මෙන් ම ගැරි ආයතනයට සබුද්ධි කවයෙන් මාධ්ය සහයෝගිතාව ලබා දීම උදෙසාය. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ප්රමුඛතම අධ්යයන, සම්මන්ත්රණ සහ පර්යේෂණ ප්රකාශන මධ්යස්ථානයක් වන ''ගැරී'' ආයතනය ලොව පුරා සිටින විද්යාර්ථීන්ගේ දැනුම හුවමාරු කර ගැනීමේ සංසදයකි. එම ආයතනය මේ වන විට ප්රකාශයට පත් කර ඇති පර්යේෂණ පත්රිකා ගණන දහසකට අධික වේ. www.research.lk නමින් සිය ඩිජිටල් ශාස්ත්රීය පුස්තාකලය පවත්වා ගෙන යන ගැරී ආයතනය මේ වන විට වාර්ෂිකව සංවිධානය කරන ජාත්යන්තර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/21)
ලේකම්, අධ්යාපන අමාත්යාංශය, ඉසුරුපාය, බත්තරමුල්ල. ලේකම්තුමනි, 2018 වර්ෂයෙන් පසු ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාව පිළිබද උපාධිධාරීන් ශ්රී ලංකා ගුරු සේවයට බදවා නොගැනීම සම්බන්ධව. දිවයින පුරා ඉංග්රීසි විෂය ගුරු පුරප්පාඩු රැුසක් තිබියදී 2018,2019 හා 2020 වර්ෂවල දී ඉංග්රීසි සදහා උපාධිය හා භාෂාව දෙවන භාෂාවක් ලෙස ඉගැන්වීම් පිළිබද උපාධියක් ලබා ඇති උපාධිධාරීන් මෙතෙක් ගුරු සේවයට බ`දවා ගැනීමට කටයුතු නොකර තිබීම සම්බන්ධව ලංකා ගුරු සේවා සංගමය ඔබගේ අවධානය යොමු කරමු. 02ග මෙම උපාධිධාරීන් ගුරු වෘත්තීයට පිවිසීම අරමුණු කර ගනිමින් අදාළ විශ්ව විද්යාල තුළ උපාධි පාඨමාලාව හදාරනු ලැබු අතර ඔවුන් කඩිනමින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/21)
ගරු අධ්යාපන අමාත්ය, ජී.එල්. පිරීස් මහතා,අධ්යාපන අමාත්යංශය,ඉසුරුපාය,බත්තරමුල්ල. අමාත්යතුමනි, අධ්යාපන විද්යාපීඨ විවෘත කිරීමට මෙතෙක් කිසිදු පියවරක් නොගැනීම සම්බන්ධව. ජදඩසා-19 වසංගතයේ පළමු අදියරෙන් පසු 2018/2020 අධ්යයන වර්ෂවලට අයත් සිසුන් 8000 කගේ අධ්යයන කටයුතු 2020 ජුලි 07 වැනි දින සිට දිවයින පුරා පිහිටි විද්යාපීඨ 19 දීි ආරම්භ කරන ලදි. නමුත් වසංගතයේ දෙවන අදියර ආරම්භ වීමත් සම`ග විද්යාපීඨ නිරෝධායන මධ්යස්ථාන බවට පත් කරමින් 2020 ඔක්. 09 වැනි දින නැවත වසා දැමු අතර මෙතෙක් එම විද්යාපීඨ විවෘත කිරීමට අපොහොසත්වීම සම්බන්ධව ලංකා ගුරු සේවා සංගමය ඔබගේ දැඩි අවධානය යොමු කරමු. 02ග... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/21)
2021 පෙබරවාරි 28 ඉරිදා දිවයින සංග්රහයේ බුලිත ප්රදීප් කුමාර ලියා ඇති ”කුවේරගේ පරාජය හෙවත් වේදිකාවට ගෙන දෑත් බැ`ද ඇ`දිවත කඩා දැමීම” ලිපියට පිළිතුරක් 2021 පෙබරවාරි මස 24වන දින ශ්රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමයේ සභාපතිවරයා තෝරා ගැනීමට පවත්වන ලද නිලවරණය අංශ කීපයකින් වැදගත් විය. එය වඩා වැදගත් වූයේ වර්තමාන ආණ්ඩුවට පෙර පැවැති යහපාලන ආණ්ඩුවේ නීති න්යායාචාර්යවරයෙක් වූ සාලිය පීරිස ජනාධිපති නීතිඥවරයා සභාපති තරගයට පිවිස තිබීමය. සාලිය පීරිස් ජනාධිපති නීතිඥවරයා පසුගිය යහපාලන ආණ්ඩුව සමයේ එයට සම්බන්ධ වී තනතුරු ලබා ගත් අයෙක් වූ අතර එය නීතිඥ වෘත්තියේ සම්බන්ධතා අතර පවතින ගැටුමකදී ස්වාධීනත්වයට අහිතකර ලෙස බල නොපාන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/21)
Public security minister cites threat to national security for proposed move Sri Lanka on Saturday announced plans to ban face coverings worn by some Muslim women, and said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools, known as madrassas, citing national security. Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekara said he signed a paper on Friday seeking the approval of the Cabinet to ban garments worn by Muslim women that cover the face. Such dress “has a direct impact on national security,” Mr Weerasekara... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/21)
Ruling told Home Secretary to consider taking Tamil Tigers off list of outlaws Group founded in Sri Lanka in 1976 and credited with devising the suicide vest UK banned group, formally known as Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, in 2001 Priti Patel has been ordered by a secretive tribunal to review the ban on one of the world's most dangerous terrorist groups. The Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission (POAC), an independent body set up under the 2000 Terrorism Act, ruled that the Home Secretary must consider taking the Tamil Tigers off the Government's list of outlawed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/21)
A team of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers have been appointed to inquire into the controversial statements made recently by Azath Salley. Police Media Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said that the five-member CID team will be led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). https://youtu.be/yYiaTDfCb7Q Accordingly, the investigations are currently underway, the DIG added. Leader of the National Unity Front (NUF) Azath Salley recently made a controversial statement regarding the law of the country triggering several complaints to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Minister... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/21)
Sri Lanka has reported another death from the coronavirus pandemic today (March 14), according to the Ministry of Health. Accordingly, the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka has moved to 527. The deceased is a 73-year-old male resident from Weligama. He had been diagnosed with the COVID-19 infection while undergoing treatments at Matara Base Hospital. Subsequently, he was transferred to the Hambantota General Hospital where he died on 14.03.2021. The cause of death is determined as blood poisoning, multiple organs dysfunction... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/21)
Sri Lanka has registered 140 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 14), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 282 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 87,907. Recoveries from the virus meanwhile climbed to 84,648 earlier today, as 395 more patients regained health. However, 2,732 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centers located across the island. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/21)
China said it will ease visa application requirements for foreigners seeking to enter the mainland from Hong Kong if they have been inoculated with Covid-19 vaccines made in China. The new rule will take effect on Monday to resume “people-to-people exchanges between China and other countries in an orderly manner,” according to a government announcement Friday. Foreigners visiting the mainland for work will face less paperwork in visa applications if they are able to show they have received vaccines produced in China. With the vaccine certificates, these travelers will also be able... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/21)
Forty-five bodies of COVID-19 victims held in various parts of the island have been buried as per guidelines, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. https://youtu.be/XBseZElKfUw Accordingly, the issue of COVID-19 burials has now been completely resolved, he added. “There may be about one or two [bodies] remaining. They will be buried today or tomorrow once they are cleared. There shouldn’t be any bodies in Sri Lanka to be buried or request for remains after that.” The burials are carried out at a high ground in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/21)
In his wide-ranging autobiographical tale of his numerous engagements in Sri Lanka and for Sri Lanka Michael Lord Naseby has condemned the LTTE for its deployment of so many Tamil civilians as a “human shield” and “bargaining counter” during the last stages of Eelam War IV in 2008/09. Let me, here, endorse the criticism and encompass the Western nations of Norway, USA, Britain and France as well as the Secretariat of the UN under Ban Ki-Moon for becoming de facto partners in this Tiger programme; while noting that several human rights agencies in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
ධාවනයෙන් ඉවත් කළ ලංගම බස්රථ, පුස්තකාල ලෙස ප්රතිනිර්මාණය කර පුස්තකාල නොමැති පාසල් සඳහා ලබා දීමේ “බසයෙන් අනාගතයට” දෙවැනි අදියර ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් ඊයේ 2021.03.12 දින පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. ඒ අනුව දිස්ත්රික්ක 20ක පුස්තකාල පහසුකම් නොමැති පාසල් 20ක් සඳහා මෙලෙස බස්රථ පුස්තකාල ලබා දීම සිදුවිය. “බසයෙන් අනාගතයට” පළමු අදියර අතිගරු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් පසුගිය ඔක්තෝම්බර් 01 වැනිදාට යෙදුණු ලෝක ළමා දිනය දා ක්රියාත්මක විය. එදින දිස්ත්රික්ක 5ක තෝරාගත් පාසල් 5ක් සඳහා බස් රථ පුස්තකාල ප්රදානය කෙරිණි. අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් දිස්ත්රික්ක 20ක තොරාගත් පාසල්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
Former President Donald Trump was often accused of having a complete disregard for the truth. Yet some of his predecessors' falsehoods ranged from the bizarre to the horrifying. So how does Trump truly compare? When Saddam Hussein invaded the oil-rich emirate of Kuwait in August 1990, President George HW Bush snarled: "This will not stand." But as US troops were scrambled to the Gulf, the American public was dubious about the justification for military action. The Kuwaiti government-in-exile promptly hired a US public... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
New Delhi, March 13 (Hindustan Times): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday discussed cooperation at multilateral forums, days ahead of an expected vote on Sri Lanka’s human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Modi and Rajapaksa “reviewed topical developments and the ongoing cooperation between both countries in bilateral and multilateral forums”, the external affairs ministry said in a readout on the phone call between the two leaders. It didn’t give further details. The leaders “agreed to maintain regular... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
Document in its entirety handed over to AG The Presidential Secretariat yesterday (12) handed over the remaining 22 volumes of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) report, hitherto declared sensitive and withheld from Attorney General Dappula de Livera, PC. The delivery of those volumes which dealt with some aspects of the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage took place close on the heels of an unprecedented meeting between the Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and the AG on March 8 at the Bishops’ House. In separate statements issued following... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
The advertisement on the sale of non slip doormats with the print of Sri Lanka's national flag has been removed from the Amazon site after the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on the matter. The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing had informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and requested it to take action to stop the production of door mats and any such products, misusing the Sri Lanka flag. The company which marketed the product on Amazon was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
It is China’s consistent stand that the national flag is a country’s symbol that must be fully respected, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo stressed in a statement published on Friday (March 12). Carpets and footwear displaying the Sri Lankan national flag had been made available for sale on Amazon, one of the world’s leading online consumer goods retailers. The ‘Sri Lanka Flag Non-Slip Doormat’ had been priced at USD 12 close to Rs. 2,400, while the slippers made using the Sri Lankan national flag, were also on sale on several websites including... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
Minister of Public Security Rear Admiral (Rtd) Sarath Weerasekara says he has signed the Cabinet paper banning the burqa in Sri Lanka. His remarks came during an event held at Munasinghe Aramaya in Kalutara today (March 13). https://youtu.be/HIOmAYFKVQU Explaining the reason for the move, the Public Security Minister said the burqa directly affects the national security of the country. “We had a lot of Muslim friends when we were little. But Muslim females did not wear the burqa back then.” Minister Weerasekara stressed that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
A man has been arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) for promoting Wahhabism and Jihadist ideology in the country. As per reports, the arrest was made in the area of Dematagoda on Friday (March 12). https://youtu.be/tEIFfO9sgUI The suspect has been identified as Rasheed Hajjul Akbar who is a resident of Mawanella area, Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana said. It was revealed that he had served as the chairman of Jamaat-e-Islami Organization for many years. The 60-year-old is also a close relative of one... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
Secretary to the Ministry of Finance S.R. Attygalle has insisted that there is no such thing as revenue loss in a tax deduction scenario. His remarks came during a media briefing convened earlier on Friday (March 12). The import tax on sugar was reduced from Rs. 50 per kilogram to 25 cents last year and people are claiming there was a revenue loss to the tune of Rs. 15.9 billion, Mr. Attygalle added. “Some revenue will be, in a way, reduced because of this action. But we are looking at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
Another coronavirus infected death has been reported. Accordingly, the total death toll has increased to 526. The deceased has been identified as a 48 year old female residing in the Kanaththewewa area. She was transferred from the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital to the Homagama Base Hospital after being identified as Covid 19 infected. She died while receiving treatment yesterday. The leading causes of death were acute bronchopneumonia and blood poisoning.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
179 Covid-19 infected persons have been identified today.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
A South African variant of COVID-19 known as B.1.351 has been detected from a patient in a quarantine center in Sri Lanka for the first time, Director of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of Sri Jayewardenepura University, Dr. Chandima Jeewandara said. He said the patient is a returnee from Tanzanian.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
Five more COVID-related fatalities have been reported in Sri Lanka, Director General of Health Services confirmed today (March 12). The new development has pushed the death toll from the virus to 525. According to the Government Information Department, four of the death were reported in Western Province while the remaining death was from Eastern Province. One of the deceased is a 72-year-old female from Akkaraipattu in Eastern Province. She was transferred from Akkaraipattu Base Hospital to Mulleriyawa Base Hospital after being diagnosed with novel coronavirus infection. She passed away on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
Sri Lanka registered 182 more positive cases of COVID-19 today (March 12) as total novel coronavirus infections reported within the day reached 297. Department of Government Information says 236 of today’s cases are close contacts of earlier cases linked to the Peliyagoda cluster. Six others were identified as arrivals from foreign countries and the remaining 55 were detected from the prison cluster. New development has pushed the country’s confirmed COVID-19 cases count to 87,286. According to COVID-19 figures, 2,803 active cases are still under medical care at designated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/21)
Hitler rose to power through the Nazi Party, an organization he forged after returning as a wounded veteran from the annihilating trench warfare of World War I. He and other patriotic Germans were outraged and humiliated by the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which the Allies compelled the new German government, the Weimar Republic, to accept along with an obligation to pay $33 billion in war reparations. Germany also had to give up its prized overseas colonies and surrender valued parcels of home territory to France and Poland. The German army was radically... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/03/21)
කොළඹ මහ නගර සභා බල ප්රදේශයේ මහජනතාවට කොවිඩ් එන්නත් ලබාදීමේ වැඩසටහන අද 2021.03.11 දින පෙරවරුවේ ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ නිරීක්ෂණයට ලක්විය. නාරාහේන්පිටි අභයාරාම විහාරස්ථානයට ගිය අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා එහි පැවති 1200ක පිරිසකට කොවිඩ් එන්නත් ලබා දීමේ වැඩසටහන මෙසේ නිරීක්ෂණය කළේය. කොළඹ මහ නගර සභා මන්ත්රීවරුන් වන ගලගම ධම්මරන්සි හිමි, වෛද්ය ප්රදීප් කාරියවසම් මහතා හා මනෝරි වික්රමසිංහ මහත්මියගේ ඉල්ලීම පරිදි මෙම වැඩසටහන ක්රියාත්මක විය. එන්නත් ලබා දීම කොළඹ මහ නගර සභාවේ ප්රධාන සෞඛ්ය වෛද්ය නිලධාරි රුවන් විජයමුණි මහතා ඇතුළු වෛද්ය කණ්ඩායම විසින් මෙහෙයවූහ. නාරාහේන්පිට අභයාරාමාධිපති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/03/21)
රට ජාතිය ගැන හැඟීම තිබෙන තරුණ ව්යවසායකයින් පිරිසක් ජාතික ඇඳුමෙන් සැරසී සිටිනු දැකීම විශාල ආඩම්බරයක් බව ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඊයේ 2021.03.10 දින පස්වරුවේ පැවසීය. කොළඹ ෂැන්ග්රිලා හෝටලයේ පැවති ලාංකේය තරුණ ව්යවසායකයින්ගේ මණ්ඩලයේ 22 වැනි සංවත්සර සැමරුමට එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. හිටපු සභාපති චමත් කෝට්ටගේ මහතා එම තනතුරේ කාලය අවසන් කිරීමත් ලාංකේය තරුණ ව්යවසායකයින්ගේ මණ්ඩලයේ නව සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස සාරංග ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පත්වීමත් මෙහිදී සිදුවිය. අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා එහිදී කළ සම්පූර්ණ කතාව මෙසේය. ලාංකේය තරුණ ව්යවසායකයින්ගේ මණ්ඩලයට දැන් වසර 22 ක් සම්පූර්ණ වෙනවා.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/03/21)
Colombo, March 11: Partly in spite of and partly because of the political leadership, Sri Lanka never got to evolve a foreign policy of its own in the first ten years of its independent statehood. Scholars are divided on why exactly this was so, with some pointing at the indifference of the first two UNP regimes to the country’s external relations and others arguing there was no need for the country to think about external relations just yet. However, it must be borne in mind that far from feigning indifference,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/03/21)
Colombo, March 11 (Economy Next): The People’s Bank of China has confirmed that a 1.5 billion dollar equivalent swap arrangement had been approved, State Minister for Capital Markets and Money, Nivard Cabraal said. He said Sri Lanka could draw down the swap at any time but it will be kept as a buffer.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/03/21)
Colombo, March 11: With the date for voting on a resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) nearing, the scenario is grim. Diplomatic sources say that given the reality of international politics, the vote is most likely to go against Sri Lanka. But Sri Lanka is unfazed by this prospect as it has taken a clear and resolute stand that the resolution is unacceptably intrusive, biased, selective in its choice of data, unethically equating a democratically elected government with a ruthless terrorist group, and is driven by ulterior... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/03/21)
… directs IGP to probe four persons including Sara Attorney General Dappula de Livera, PC, has informed the Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith that it is futile to proceed with the 2019 Easter Sunday case unless he receives access to all volumes of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) report, and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) completed its investigations into the attacks. The AG met the Archbishop on Monday (8). The meeting took place against the backdrop of the PCoI decision to deny the AG... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
-Ibrahim brothers and several int'l orgs funded Thawheed Jamaath -“Save the Pearl” had provided legal assistance to Zahran and his group -Wearing of the Burqa will be banned in public places. -Eleven extremists organisations to be banned The intelligence services have identified Naufer Moulavi as the mastermind behind the Easter Sunday terror attack while Ibrahim brothers and several international organisations have funded the Thawheed Jamaath to carry out the attack, Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara said today. He told Parliament that it was revealed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
Wahabbism and Quasi Courts should be banned in Sri Lanka as it is recommended by the report of the Presidential Commission which probed the Easter Sunday attacks, MP Venerable Rathana Thera told Parliament yesterday. The Thera said those organisations which embrace Wahabbism, such as All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama should be probed and banned. “The PCOI probing the Easter Sunday attack has revealed that the Jamiyyathul Ulama Organisation had embraced Wahabbism,” the Thera said. “All politicians and even Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith should support the move to ban Wahabbism and quasi Courts.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
SLMC Leader Rauff Hakeem and ACMC Leader Rishad Bathiudeen have been associated with the Easter Sunday attackers, Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told Parliament yesterday. Minister Aluthgamage said both Mr. Hakeeem and Mr. Bathiudeen visited those who were wounded in some incidents which took place prior to the Easter Sunday attacks. “Mr. Hakeem went to hospital to visit a member of Zahran’s group who was injured in an attack. Even Bathiudeen visited a person who was injured in an attack. Asath Sally got those who were arrested for the attack on the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 05 more Covid-19 related deaths, increasing the death toll due to the virus in the country to 520. 01. The deceased is a 56-year-old female resident from Nawalapitiya. She was diagnosed as infected with Covid-19 virus while undergoing treatments at District Hospital Nawalapitiya and transferred to Base Hospital Theldeniya and again to the District Hospital Nawalapitiya where she died on March 08. The cause of death is mentioned as pneumonia and Covid infection. 02. The deceased is a 63-year-old female resident from Angulana. She was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
The Government Information Department reports that another 134 fresh cases of Covid-19 have been detected today (11). All new cases are close associates of infected patients from the Peliyagoda Covid-19 cluster. This brings the tally of Covid-19 cases reported so far today to 292. Meanwhile the total number of cases from the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda and prisons clusters has increased to 82,644 with this. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
Samagi Janabalavegaya MP Ashok Abeysinghe today expressed his regret before the CID over the statement made regarding the Easter attack. After failing to appear on the two previous occasions when he was called, he was at the CID for nearly five hours providing statements today. The Leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya and leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa, General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara and several others accompanied him. After giving a statement before the CID, MP Ashok Abeysinghe stated that the case has now become a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
Does the UNHRC have a mandate to judge international humanitarian law in an armed conflict?Sri Lanka’s conflict is defined as a non-international armed conflict where governing rules are IHL. Why is the UNHRC taking Sri Lanka to task based on human rights alone and that too human rights that are outside of the conflict. When the UNHRC attempts to cunningly use human rights over IHL, the Global South nations of the UNHRC must realize the dangers for their own countries by the intrusive resolutions being passed which in turn can be applied to their countries by the precedents being created. Why... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
Sri Lankan Catholics, led by His Eminence Malcom Cardinal Ranjith, Bishop of Colombo, marked Black Sunday on March 7, with the participation of representatives from Buddhist, Hindu, Christian and Muslim religious communities, demanding justice for the victims of the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks carried out by local Islamist Jihadists two years ago. The Archbishop threatened further activism including asking for international help unless there emerge sure signs before April 21 that the real masterminds behind the horrendous crime are clearly identified and duly punished so that no repetition of the like will occur... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
* 19 ව්යවස්ථා කුමන්ත්රණය කළ අයට දඬුවම් කරන්න... ! 2002දී පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ගෙන එන ලද 19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පතේ 5 වන වගන්තිය අනුව ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 70 වන ව්යවස්ථාවට ඉක්බිතිව 70 (අ) ලෙස ව්යවස්ථාවක් ගෙන එමින් වසරකට පසු ජනාධිපතිවරයාට පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසිරවීම අවශ්ය වන්නේ නම් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ නොපැමිණි මන්ත්රීවරයන්ද ඇතුළුව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ මුළු මන්ත්රීවරයන් සංඛ්යාවෙන් තුනෙන් දෙකක සංඛ්යාවකට නොඅඩු සංඛ්යාවකගේ සම්මතය ඇතිව යෝජනා සම්මතයක් මගින් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ අනුමැතිය ලබා ගත යුතු බවට ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව සංශෝධනය කිරීමට යෝජනා කර තිබුණි.එකී 19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
Covid 19 spreads worldwide as a world wildfire Covid19 is spreading worldwide affecting billions as a major pandemic changing the world drastically with the slowdown in economies, developments, living conditions, and all kinds of day to day and permanent lifestyles of all with downturns in all areas in life with drastic effects and limited solutions. Lot is discussed on the origin and the current situation monitored by WHO as the leader and guide to the world in monitoring and providing information to governments... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
On 25th of February 2021 ‘’Ceylon Daily News’’ published following news item; ‘’An ancient Ola leaf original copy of the “Mahavamsa” (Great Chronicle) currently kept at the library of the University of Peradeniya is to be declared as a UNESCO World Heritage. The decision has been reached by UNESCO experts upon verifying that all sections of the “Mahavamsa” (the written history of ancient Sri Lanka) were correctly conserved at the University Library, Prof. Upul Dissanayake, Vice Chancellor of the Peradeniya University told the media yesterday.’’ (https://dailynews.lk/2021/02/25/local/242520/ola-leaf-mahavamsa-be-declared-world-heritage) According to same news item representatives... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
I take pleasure in greeting all those celebrating the Maha Sivarathri Festival in Sri Lanka and World over a blessed day. Hindu devotees in Sri Lanka have a long tradition of living in harmony with all ethnic groups. Devotees of the Hindu faith will fast on the day of the festival as they believe that spiritual liberation will manifest through the fast. They believe that fasting and engaging in holy rituals will lead to enriching their spiritual lives. They believe that observing a pure and holy fast will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
2021 මාර්තු 11 ලොව පුරා හින්දු බැතිමතුන් සමඟ එක්වෙමින් මහා ශිව රාත්රී දිනය ඉමහත් භක්ත්යාදරයෙන් සමරන ශ්රී ලාංකේය හින්දු භක්තිකයන්ට සුභාශිංසන පළ කරනුයේ ඉමහත් සතුටිනි. විවිධ ජනවර්ග සමඟ මිත්රශීලීව සහ එකමුතුව ජීවත්වීමේ දීර්ඝ සම්ප්රදායක් ශ්රී ලාංකේය හින්දු භක්තිකයන්ට ඇත. ඔවුන් සියලු දෙනා දැඩි අධ්යාත්මික හැඟීමකින් යුතුව ශිව රාත්රී දින උපවාසයේ යෙදී සිටිති. මහා ශිවරාත්රි දින උපවාසය ඔස්සේ අධ්යාත්මික විමුක්තිය උදාවනු ඇතැයි හින්දු භක්තිකයින්ගේ ඉහළ විශ්වාසයයි. හින්දු බැතිමතුන් මහා ශිව රාත්රි දිනයේ මෙසේ නිරාහාරව සිටීම සහ ශුද්ධ වූ චාරිත්ර පිළිපැදීම මඟින් අධ්යාත්මික ජීවිතය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/03/21)
Lord Naseby yesterday (9) said that in spite of the Core Group’s resolution being further watered down, the possibility of the government of Sri Lanka accepting it was unlikely. The Island raised the issue at hand with Lord Naseby, who unconditionally threw his weight behind Sri Lanka’s efforts to counter unsubstantiated war crimes accusations. Q: Having made invaluable representations to UNHRC on behalf of Sri Lanka, at the current session too, what would you think is advantageous to Sri Lanka (a) to go with the Core Group... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
Rs 3.72 billion worth of pepper imported between 2015 and 2019 Investigations were underway to ascertain information about a nexus between spice traders and the Easter Sunday terrorists, Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena told Parliament yesterday. Minister Gunawardena said so in response to a question by SLPP MP Mohamed Muzammil, who said that one of the leading sponsors of the Zahran Hashim’s group that executed the Easter Sunday terror attacks was Mohamed Yusuf Ibrahim, who had been a JVP national list candidate for parliamentary elections. “Ibrahim’s sons were involved... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
The Attorney General (AG) has directed the Inspector-General of Police to investigate five suspects whose names were disclosed by the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) which looked into the Easter Sunday terror attacks. https://youtu.be/htJaGD3-ZUA Accordingly, probes will be carried out into Abu Hind, Lukman Thalib, Lukman Thalib Ahmed alias Abu Abdulla, Rimzan and Mahendran Pulasthini alias Sara Jasmine who were named in the 17th chapter in the report. In a statement issued today (March 10), AG’s Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said a special... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
https://youtu.be/4HgScR8HNis A total of 676 individuals have been arrested in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, Minister of Public Security Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera stated. Among the arrested, 202 have been imprisoned and another 66 persons are currently being interrogated under detention, he said. The Minister mentioned this speaking at the debate on the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter attacks, at the parliament today (10). Meanwhile, Sri Lankan intelligence had uncovered information in early 2020 regarding a female unit... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
Sri Lanka has reported 04 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 10). As per the Department of Government Information, one female patient and three male patients are among the victims. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 515 in total. 01. The deceased is a 74-year-old male resident from Colombo 14. He died on 08.03.2021 at his residence and the cause of death is mentioned as Covid-19 pneumonia. 02. The deceased is a 57-year-old male... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
Sri Lanka registered 140 more positive cases of COVID-19 today (March 10) as total novel coronavirus infections reported within the day reached 300. The new development has pushed the country’s confirmed COVID-19 case count to 86,685. According to COVID-19 figures, 2,964 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centres. Meanwhile, total recoveries reported in the country now stand at 83,210. Sri Lanka has also witnessed 511 fatalities due to the outbreak of the pandemic.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
A five-member judge bench of the Supreme Court has been appointed by the Chief Justice to take up a petition challenging the 20th Amendment to the Constitution. Supreme Court Justices Gamini Amarasekara, Yasantha Kodagoda, A.H.M.D. Nawaz, Kumudini Wickremesinghe and Shiran Gunaratne will accordingly serve as the members of the bench. The relevant petition, filed by public interest litigation activist Attorney-at-Law Nagananda Kodituwakku, has been fixed for support on the 12th of March. Through his petition, Kodituwakku had stressed that the manner in which the 20th constitutional amendment was passed is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
The Attorney General has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to conduct investigations in the import of several swords, daggers, and other such weapons into the country. This was in relation to the Writ Application filed by His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, stated the Coordinating Officer of the Attorney General, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne. Accordingly, Attorney General Dappula de Livera has issued the following instructions to the IGP C. D. Wickramaratne: I. To apprehend the large consignments of swords, daggers, and similar weapons imported during, before, and after the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
The Colombo High Court issues warrant on former MP Hirunika Premachandra for not appearing before courts over the case on the abduction of a youth in 2015. https://youtu.be/Ujs7kPWRVBI A 35-year-old man was abducted in 2015 at Baseline Road area in Dematagoda and assaulted by a group of individuals who had arrived in a Land Rover Defender which was allegedly owned by Premachandra. The victim who was identified as a resident of Kolonnawa had been abducted on December 21, 2015. Nine including Premachandra were charged over the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
How come LTTE terrorist Aunty Adele is more important to the UK than Lord Naseby? Lord Naseby has asked a very pertinent question – why is UK not prosecuting Adele Balasingham for child soldier recruitment. The UK is not answering him? This is the same UK Government drafting resolutions against Sri Lanka for war crimes, but the UK Government sees fit to provide safe haven to a woman who denied children their right to be a child, their right to be with their families, their right to education, their right to freedom of movement & their right to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
Operation Vadamarachchi that encircled Prabakaran was brought to a close by Operation Poomalai by India and Prabakaran was evacuated to India by helicopter and kept until the Indo-Lanka Accord was signed and Rajiv Gandhi returned to Delhi. By rescuing Prabakaran in May 1987 India is responsible for every killing by LTTE until finally Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces eliminated Prabakaran in May 2009 though that too served India’s/QUAD interests. Operation Vadamarachchi (Liberation) – 26 May 1987 (Phase 1) 3 June 1987 (Phase 2) Nearly 5000 Sri Lankan troops were deployed to vest control over LTTE held areas... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
Oprah Winfrey's interview with Meghan and Harry pulls in 17.1 million viewers on CBS. Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, speak with Oprah Winfrey for a two-hour telecast on CBS Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex and Meghan the Duchess of Sussex are troubled individuals. One cannot but feel for them in their hour of reflection, tinged with more than a share of bitterness, anger, anguish and disappointment. The Royal household in the UK is an anachronism, more to the rest of the world perhaps than to the UK itself. The popularity of Queen Elizabeth... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
මාතර නගරය වාණිජ හා සංචාරක නගරයක් ලෙස දියුණු කරමින් එහි පරිපාලන නගරය කොටවිල ප්රදේශයේ ස්ථාපිත කිරීමේ කටයුතු කඩිනම් කිරීමට ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.09 දින උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. මාතර නව නගරය, අකුරැස්ස, දෙවිනුවර, දික්වැල්ල, කඹුරුපිටිය, කිරින්ද-පුහුල්වැල්ල, තිහගොඩ සහ වැලිගම නගරවල නාගරික සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය ක්රියාත්මක කරනු ලබන ව්යාපෘතිවල පවතින ගැටලු සම්බන්ධයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ කමිටු ශාලා 02හි පැවැති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. පළාත් පාලන ආයතන 17ක් මාතර දිස්ත්රික්කයට අයත් වේ. ඉන් පළාත් පාලන ආයතන 07ක් මුල් කරගෙන නාගරික සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය යටතේ 2021-2030 දක්වා සංවර්ධන සැළැස්මක් ක්රියාත්මකය. ඒ යටතේ මාතර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
විදේශ විනිමය උපයා ගැනීමට හැකි සාර්ථක ව්යාපෘති සැලසුම් කරන්නැයි මුදල් අමාත්යවරයා වශයෙන් ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඊයේ 2021.03.08 දින පෙරවරුවේ උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. ඉදිරියේ දී ශ්රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ විනිමයෙන් ක්රියාත්මක වන ව්යාපෘති පිළිබඳ විදේශ සම්පත් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ප්රධානීන් සමඟ මුදල් අමාත්යංශයේ පැවති සාකච්ඡාවේ දී අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. විදේශ ණය ලබා ගැනීමේ දී එම ණය පියවීම පිළිබඳව සළකා බලා සාර්ථක ව්යාපෘති පමණක් ක්රියාත්මක කරන ලෙස උපදෙස් දුන් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා එම ව්යාපෘති ඔස්සේ විදේශ විනිමය උපයා ගැනීමට අවශ්ය සැලසුම් සකස් කරගන්නා ලෙස ද උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. සාගර සම්පත් විශ්ව විද්යාලය සඳහා වන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
When looking at the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) into the Easter Sunday attacks, the international community can decide that this attack was carried out by the Sinhala Buddhists, Deputy Secretary of the Asgiriya Chapter Ven. Narampanawe Ananda Thera said. The prelate expressed his views after visiting the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera and a group of monks representing national organizations at the Asgiriya temple yesterday. Ven. Ananda Thera said the personal views of the Asgiri and Malwatu... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Sri Lanka (CBCSL) has urged the government to take immediate action to implement the recommendations in the report compiled by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry which investigated the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. In a special statement issued following a special meeting held today (March 09), the CBCSL further appealed to the government that full power and freedom be given to the Attorney General to prosecute the perpetrators who aided and abetted the dastardly terrorist act and those who were found guilty of negligence. “We urge that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
Sri Lanka registered 149 more positive cases of COVID-19 today (March 02) as total novel coronavirus infections reported within the day reached 304. Department of Government Information says 283 of today’s cases are close contacts of earlier cases linked to the Peliyagoda cluster. Five others were detected from the prison cluster and the remaining 16 were identified as arrivals from foreign countries. New development has pushed the country’s confirmed COVID-19 cases count to 86,343. According to COVID-19 figures, 3,079 active cases are still under medical care at selected... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
Four new COVID-related fatalities were confirmed today (March 09), says the Director-General of Health Services. Following the new development, the country’s death toll from the pandemic outbreak has risen to 511. According to the Department of Government Information, the details of the deceased are as follows: 01. An 81-year-old woman from Uduvil area – She had been under medical care at a private hospital in Colombo when she tested positive for the virus. She was then moved to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) where she passed away today.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
Seven more bodies of individuals who had fallen victim to COVID-19 were buried at Oddamavadi in Batticaloa today (March 09), says Army Commander General Shavendra Silva. The burials have been carried out by the Sri Lanka Army. https://youtu.be/VaknLdnk5E4 Accordingly, a total of 38 corpses infected with novel coronavirus have been buried since the policy on mandatory cremation was reversed last month. Meanwhile, Dr. Anver Hamdani, the Director of Medical Technical Services of Health Ministry said only Oddamavadi area has so far been assigned to carry out... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka today filed a writ application seeking the Court of Appeal to revoke the recommendations of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) appointed to probe the alleged incidents of political victimization. https://youtu.be/wwp02MGv0V0 The Attorney General, the Secretary of the PCoI and its three commissioners – Supreme Court Justice (Retired) Upali Abeyratne, Court of Appeal Judge (Retired) Daya Chandrasiri Jayatilake and IGP (Retired) Chandra Fernando have been named as the respondents of the writ application. According to the petitioner, the recommendations... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/03/21)
What kind of double game is India playing? How long does India think it can pretend to be friends of its neighbors while planning the downfall of its neighbors? Obviously this stems from a DNA that goes back to colonial rule wherein India was Colonial Britain’s trusted sepoy. India became India only after the Colonial British christened it as India in 1947. When India is today not only part of the Five Eyes (US-UK-Canada-NZ-Australia) Intelligence Alliance in 2020 and a member of the QUAD since 2007, India is purely functioning as a vassal of the West and even India’s foreign... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/03/21)
The economic conference held in Colombo several years ago especially focused on economic issues such as foreign debt, regulation, and export performance. They were quite significant issues not only in Sri Lanka alone but also in many third-world countries. The major macroeconomic attention of the conference was based on three vital aspects, competitiveness, government fiscal stability, and maintaining long-term sustainable economic growth. The current world problem of the Covid 19 crisis display that macroeconomic variables are subject to fluctuation and the concept of economic stability directing policy-makers to arm with policy ideas that could adapt... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/03/21)
One of Philip’s great success stories was potato farming in Nuwara Eliya. This had been tried before and failed. The MEP government wrote off the debt on this failed attempt and tried again with better seed potatoes. The trial was a complete success, and a potato research station was established in Rahangala. In 1957 Philip reported that sugar cane production was begun on a large scale in Kantalai. This was the first time that lift irrigation on a large scale was being used in Sri Lanka. In 1958 Philip reported that the sugar... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/03/21)
Philip Gunawardena is best remembered for the Paddy Lands Act of 1958. The main objective of this Act was to provide security of tenure of a permanent and heritable nature and regulate the rents paid by tenants. However its implementation was flawed owing to administrative deficiencies, observed Nimal Sanderatne. The first Paddy Lands Bill was passed in 1953 under the UNP. It was a limited attempt at tenancy reform and was focused on Hambantota and Batticaloa alone. Under this Bill, tenant and owner should sign an agreement, valid for 5 years. Philip found that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/03/21)
ජනරජයක් යනු ජනතාවගේ ආධිපත්යයෙන් පාලනය වන රාජ්යයකි. ජනතා පරමාධිපත්යය යන්න අර්ථවත් වනුයේ ඒ සඳහා රාජ්යය තුළ පවතින අවකාශයේ ස්වභාවය අනුව ය. මෙයට පෙර ලිපියකින් සඳහන් කළ ආකාරයට පරමාධිපත්යයට “ජනතාවගේ උපදේශන බලතල, පාලන බලතල, සාමූහික අයිතිවාසිකම්, මූලික පුද්ගලික අයිතිවාසිකම් සහ ඡන්ද බලය ඇතුළත් වන්නේ ය.” මෙම පරමාධිපත්යය ක්රියාත්මක කිරීම සඳහා අවැසි අවකාශය සැකැසීම බෞද්ධ ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදයෙන් සිදු කෙරෙයි. ජනතාව එකිනෙකාගෙන් වෙන් කෙරෙන ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ආකෘතිවල සරණ යෑම බෞද්ධ ජනරජය විසින් නො කළ යුතු ය. බෞද්ධ ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදයේ මූලික ම කාර්යය විය යුත්තේ මිනිසුන් එකතු කිරීම යි. එහෙයින් අප විසින් අනුගමනය කළ යුත්තේ පුද්ගලිකත්වය ඉක්මවා මිනිසුන් එකතු කිරීමට ඉඩ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/03/21)
දෙදහස් විසි එකේ පෙබරවාරි 05 දින අමාත්ය මණ්ඩල සංදේශයට අනුව භූමිතෙල් සහනාධාරය ප්රතිපූර්ණය කිරීම සහ බොරතෙල් සඳහා වන වරාය හා ගුවන් තොටුපල සංවර්ධන බද්ද නැවත සකස් කිරීම සඳහා පත්කරන ලද අමාත්ය මණ්ඩල අනු කමිටුව ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් පළමු වරට අද 2021.03.08 දින පෙරවරුවේ මුදල් අමාත්යංශයේ දී රැස්විය. භූමිතෙල් සහනාධාරය අවභාවිතයකින් තොරව සෘජුවම ගොවීන්ට හා ධීවරයින් ඇතුළු ඉලක්කගත ප්රතිලාභීන් වෙත ලබාදීමට ඇති හැකියාව පිළිබඳව සොයා බලන ලෙසත් ඊට අදාළ ක්රමවේදයක් සකස් කරන ලෙසත් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා අදාළ නිලධාරීන්ට මෙහි දී දැනුම් දුන්නේය. එමෙන්ම තෙල් සංස්ථාව විසින් රාජ්ය බැංකු වලින් ලබා ගන්නා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/03/21)
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The purpose of this article is to present the expert views and advice so far published on how to preserve our sovereignty, when nations which describe themselves as a ‘core group’, comprising Canada, UK, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Germany, have proposed a resolution at the 43rd session of the UNHRC that threatens the very sovereignty of Sri Lanka. This group proposes to violate Sri Lanka’s sovereignty, by changing the global rules, masquerading under the cover of ‘Human Rights’. Their proposed resolution, as reported, is based on the outrageous Report of the United Nations High Commissioner... -Full Story-
COVID-19 sees decline in Colombo city after months
Colombo, March 8 (DailyMirror) – Health officials from the Colombo Municipal Council said that the COVID-19 infections in Colombo were on the decline in recent weeks and from an estimated 250 random PCR and antigen tests being conducted, an average one or two people were testing positive in comparison to the average 70 or 80 positives. Chief Medical Officer of the CMC, Dr. Ruwan Wijemuni told Daily Mirror that random tests were ongoing in targeted public areas, but a lower number were now testing positive. He however urged people... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/03/21)
Sri Lanka And China Stand Shoulder To Shoulder At UNHRC – Analysis
Following the unequivocal support extended by China to Sri Lanka on the Core Group’s draft resolution at the UNHRC, Sri Lanka questioned the reliability of the data in the report on the Uighur Muslims of China. Following the unequivocal support extended by China to Sri Lanka on the Core Group’s draft resolution at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Sri Lanka questioned the reliability of the data in the report of the Special Rapporteur, Ahmed Shaheed, on the Uighur Muslims of China. Sri Lanka’s representative C.A.Chandraprema... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/03/21)
Sri Lanka is not for Sale
Parts of Muthurajawela Wetland cleared for private commercial constructions Intending to build public opinion against the foreign private enterprises taking over lands on a large scale and causing irreversible impact on the environment, a forum named ‘Our Land is Not For Sale’ was formed recently with the participation of environmental activists and other civil groups movements in collaboration with the Centre for Society and Religion (CSR). Today we see a tendency that the State mechanism has created room for selling lands and resources to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/03/21)
Sri Lanka before it became predominantly Buddhist
Before Sri Lanka became predominantly Buddhist following the conversion of the 3rd. Century King Devanampiya Tissa (247 BC-207 BC), the island had an amazing assortment of religious cults, practices and faiths including animism, Jainism, Shaivism, Brahminism and Buddhism. There were many gods, goddesses and deities of local and Indian origin. According to the ancient Sri Lankan chronicles such as the Mahavamsa and the Dipavamsa, Buddhism was introduced into the island in the 3rd., Century BC after the Third Buddhist Council by Mahinda Thera and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/03/21)
Coronavirus: 334 positive cases in total confirmed today
Sri Lanka has registered 177 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 08), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 334 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 86,039. Recoveries from the virus meanwhile climbed to 82,513 earlier today, as 454 more patients regained health. However, 3,024 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centers located across the island. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/03/21)
Coronavirus death count at 507
Sri Lanka has reported 05 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 08). As per the Department of Government Information, one male patient and four female patients are among the victims. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 507 in total.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/03/21)
OIC reveals death threat from Dubai
The former OIC of the Kelaniya Divisional Crime Bureau and other officers who have been suspended for allegedly assaulting Migara Gunaratne, the son of former Governor Maithri Gunaratne, made a special revelation at a press conference today. https://youtu.be/0_9eGcPmse4 He also released audio recordings of a threatening phone call he received after the incident.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 4D
Philip Gunawardene was the creator of the Multipurpose Cooperatives Society. Until 1956, the cooperatives had been single purpose ones. There were separate cooperatives for food distribution, for savings and loan disbursement. There were about 10,500 of cooperatives and they were of 70 different types. Philip decided to weld them into one organization, the Multipurpose Cooperative Society. By 1958 a fair number of Multipurpose Cooperatives were formed, others were converted. There was terrific enthusiasm on the part of the public, said Meegama The village level Multi-purpose Cooperative was a small unit... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 4C
Philip Gunewardene, who was very sympathetic towards the farmers, introduced a Crop Insurance Scheme which benefited the farmers immensely. I am not sure whether this insurance scheme is still operative, said Elmo de Silva in 2020 . Philip prepared a Crop Insurance Bill in 1958. It was necessary to protect the farmer from crop failure, through crop insurance. This would be tried out first in two pilot projects, one where risk is high and one where risk is low. The pilot projects will not be experimental ones, they will be fact finding. At... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
සුභාශිංසන පණිවිඩය
“රටකි, දැයකි, ලොවකි ඇය” යන තේමාව යටතේ සමරන ජාත්යන්තර කාන්තා දින ජාතික සැමරුමට සුභාශිංසන පළ කරනුයේ ඉමහත් සතුටිනි. ලෝකයේ කාන්තා අයිතිවාසිකම් වෙනුවෙන් එක් දිනයක් සැමරීමට ලක් වුවද සෑම මොහොතක්ම කාන්තාවන්ගේ අයිතීන් වෙනුවෙන් වෙන්විය යුතු බව මාගේ විශ්වාසයයි. දියණියක, බිරිඳක මෙන්ම ලොව උතුම් මව් පදවියට පත්වන්නේ ද කාන්තාවකි. මානව වංශය වෙනස් කළ සියලු ශාස්තෘවරුන්ගේ සිට මානව පැවැත්ම සාක්ෂාත් වන්නේ ඒ ඔස්සේය. මේ නිසා කාන්තාවන්ට සමාජය තුළ නිසි ගෞරවය නිතැතින් හිමිවිය යුතුය. සෞභාග්යයේ දැක්ම ප්රතිපත්ති මාලාවෙන් ද කාන්තා අයිතිවාසිකම්වලට මුල්තැන ලබාදෙනවා මෙන්ම ඔවුන්ව දිරිය කතුන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
ජාත්යන්තර කාන්තා දින ආශිර්වාද පූජාව අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් කැලණිය රජ මහා විහාරයේ දී පැවැත්වෙයි
ජාත්යන්තර කාන්තා දිනයට සමඟාමීව පවත්වන ආශිර්වාද පූජාව කැලණිය රජ මහා විහාරයේ දී ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහ එම ආර්යාව ශිරන්ති රාජපක්ෂ මහත්මියගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් අද 2021.03.07 දින පස්වරුවේ පැවැත්විණි. ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන කාන්තා පෙරමුණ මෙම ආශිර්වාද පිංකම සංවිධානය කර තිබිණි. අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහ ආර්යා ශිරන්ති රාජපක්ෂ මහත්මිය බෝධීන් වහන්සේට මල් පහන් පූජාකිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව කැළණිය චෛත්ය රාජයාණන් වහන්සේ ගරු අග්රාමාත්යතුමා අතින් ආලෝකමත් කෙරිණි. ආලෝක පූජාවෙන් අනතුරුව කැලණිය චෛත්යරාජයාණන් අභියස දී මෙම ආශිර්වාද පූජාව පැවැත්විණි. කැලණිය රජ මහා විහාරාධිපති මහාචාර්ය කොල්ලුපිටියේ මහින්ද සංඝරක්ඛිත නාහිමියෝ ප්රමුඛ මහා සංඝරත්නය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
Lankan women gain recognition but gender equality is still a far cry
International Women’s Day, originally called International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year. The UN theme for Women’s Day in 2021 is “Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. The theme celebrates the tremendous efforts made by women and girls around the world to make the post-COVID-19 world more equal than it has been so far. The way I see it, equality begins at home with the responsibility of raising the children and doing household chores shared equally between husband and wife.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
Hub of ancient East-West trade
Colombo, March 8: India-Sri Lanka trade goes far into the past, to the Early Historic Era in fact. The island had also played the additional role of being a transit point, a hub, in the trade between the Eastern and Western worlds. The story of India-Sri Lanka trade in ancient times is told by Prof. K. Rajan of Pondicherry University in his book: “Churning the Indian Ocean: Maritime Trade of Early Historic Peninsular India.” Rajan says that if the similarities between South India and Sri Lanka are striking it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
Colombo Port workers union opposes foreign involvement in the West Container Terminal
Colombo, March 7 (newsin.asia): The Sri Lanka Port Workers’ Union General Secretary Niroshan Gorakahenna told the media on Saturday that the workers are opposed to handing over the port to the Adanis and asserted that the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) itself should undertake to build the WCT. “It can do the ECT, it should be able to do the WCT too,” he said and added: “ Sri Lankan nationalists cannot oppose foreign involvement in the East Container Terminal and allow it in West Teminal. Workers will oppose it. We plan to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
Austria suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine batch after death
Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots, a health agency said on Sunday, Reuters reported. “The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has received two reports in a temporal connection with a vaccination from the same batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the district clinic of Zwettl” in Lower Austria province, it said. One 49-year-old woman died as a result of severe coagulation disorders, while... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
Govt. should implement recommendations fast – Cardinal
Recommendations made by the Presidential Commission, which probed the Easter Sunday attacks should be implemented soon while more investigations should be carried out to determine as to who organised and facilitated the attacks, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today. Cardinal Ranjith who was speaking to the media after participating in the Black Sunday protest at St. Sebastian’s Church Katuwapitiya said the government should immediately implement the recommendations made by the Presidential commission. “The Commission had recommended action against certain people and this action should be taken without delay,”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
Accept blame for not able to prevent Easter Sunday attacks: Sajith
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today said, they are ready to accept responsibility for not being able to prevent the Easter Sunday attacks as a member of the previous regime. He also called for a proper probe to identify the real perpetrators who were behind the attack. Speaking during the Opposition Leader's mobile service programme in Bundala, Mr. Premadasa said it is the people’s desire to see a real transparent probe taking place to find the real culprits behind the Easter Sunday attacks. “It is the view of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
Implement Commission's recommendations, Cardinal requests
https://youtu.be/DesdPG9he_U... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
Continuous protests until justice is done, Cardinal says
Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says he will continue to protest until justice is done for the victims of the Easter attack. He mentioned this speaking a peaceful protest in front of St. Anthony‘s Church in Kochchikade carried out in parallel to the ‘Black Sunday’ protest declared by the Archdiocese of Colombo. https://youtu.be/6sceoyVidPg The Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo declared today as a ‘Black Sunday’ against the lack of justice for all those who died and were affected by the Easter attacks. Accordingly, Catholics island-wide dressed in black... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
Sri Lanka’s COVID death toll tops 500
Sri Lanka’s COVID-related fatalities crossed the grim milestone of 500 today (March 07) as five more individuals fell victim to the virus infection. Thereby, total lives claimed by the pandemic outbreak in Sri Lanka now stand at 502, the Department of Government Information said. Details of the deceased are as follows: 01. A 74-year-old man from Pallekele area – He was under medical care at the Kandy National Hospital at the time of his death on March 02. The cause of death was recorded as COVID pneumonia and brain haemorrhage.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
Coronavirus: 359 positive cases in total confirmed today
Sri Lanka registered 183 more positive cases of COVID-19 today (March 07) as total novel coronavirus infections reported within the day reached 359. Department of Government Information says 321 of today’s cases are close contacts of earlier cases linked to the Peliyagoda cluster. Sixteen others have been detected from the prison cluster and the remaining 22 were identified as arrivals from foreign countries. New development has pushed the country’s confirmed COVID-19 cases count to 85,695. According to COVID-19 figures, 3,134 active cases are still under medical care at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
India is West’s Poodle in Asia – India is no friend of Sri Lanka or South Asians
What kind of double game is India playing? How long does India think it can pretend to be friends of its neighbors while planning the downfall of its neighbors? Obviously this stems from a DNA that goes back to colonial rule wherein India was Colonial Britain’s trusted sepoy. India became India only after the Colonial British christened it as India in 1947. When India is today not only part of the Five Eyes (US-UK-Canada-NZ-Australia) Intelligence Alliance in 2020 and a member of the QUAD since 2007, India is purely functioning as a vassal of the West and even India’s foreign... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/21)
Is India in the West or East, that’s the question?
What if the British High Commissioner in Colombo Sarah Hulton met with the Ambassador of South Korea Woonjin Jeong on Tuesday, the 2nd of March, 2021? What if he was accompanied by former Foreign Minister and the man who happily tossed Sri Lanka under the UNHRC bus driven by a warmongering Uncle Sam? What if Canadian High Commissioner in Colombo David McKinnon held discussions with his Bangladeshi counterpart, Tareq Ariful Islam, at the Canada House, Colombo 7, around the same time? Now there are no laws against diplomats meeting other diplomats.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 4B
Philip took a deep interest in paddy production and studied it from all angles. He complained repeatedly about the paucity of statistics on paddy cultivation. There was no information on the size of holdings, yield, ownership and so on. Thanks to Philip, in 1962, Department of Census and Statistics started an agricultural census. There was the problem of low paddy yields. The basic principles of land use in ancient Ceylon were sound and in accordance with modern principles of land utilization, said Philip, quoting Ernest Abeyratne. Therefore all what was needed now was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/21)
India in Geneva: friend, foe or navel-gazer?
‘If you are not with me, I will assume that you are against me,’ is a prudent rule of thumb, but only in certain situations. Not all questions can be answered with either ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Complex realities don’t often offer such luxurious indulgences. This is true of people, it is true of nations. It is true whenever there are multiple factors in play. There are costs and there are benefits, always and therefore decisions are based on assessing marginal benefits and marginal costs.Sometimes, of course, one takes a principled stand, regardless of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 4A
Philip Gunawardena was given the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in the MEP government of 1956. The portfolio included peasant agriculture, animal husbandry and the plantations. He was ably assisted by GVS de Silva as Permanent Secretary. The combination of GVS and Philip offered the country a socialist vision, said Garvin Karunaratne. I worked in his Ministry throughout this period and I can say that the forceful ideas that he uttered in his fiery speeches at last got channeled into action, said Garvin. Philip was one of the ablest minister seen in independent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/21)
To: UNHRC member nations at the 46th Sessions in Geneva, to be shared with your representatives at the meeting.
To: UNHRC member nations at the 46th Sessions in Geneva, to be shared with your representatives at the meeting. From: Concerned citizens of the small and nonaligned nation of Sri Lanka dispersed around the world. (Author’s identity is withheld for personal safety.) Date: March 2, 2021 We seek support for the nonaligned, independent nation of Sri Lanka, and desire for consensus through a vote to preserve the sovereignty and independence of Sri Lanka that ended terrorism 12 years ago in 2009 after 30 years of suffering... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/21)
ඝාතකයා සමග යහන්ගතව හිස සුන් කර ගැනීම.
ඝාතකයා සමග යහන්ගතව, විනාශය කරා ගමන් කිරීම, මේ රට තුල සිදුවෙන සාමාන්ය ක්රියාදාමයකි. එය යලි යලිත් සිහියට ගන්වමින් ඉතිහාසයේ තවත් වාරයකදී ඝාතකයා හා සරණ බන්ධනයට යන යුවතියක අප අද දිනයේදී දකින්නෙමු. කතෝලික ප්රජාව අද කළු ඉරිදාවක ප්රකාශයට පත්කර, කළු සරණ පැතීම අද දින සිදු කරයි. එය නම් කොට ඇත්තේ කළු ඉරිදා වශයෙනි. කළු පාට සංකේතවත් කරන්නේ, යක්ෂයාය. මුස්ලිම් අන්තවාදීන්ගේ වර්ණයද වන්නේ කලුපාටය. සහරාන් හා උන්ගේ මැර කණ්ඩායම පාස්කු ප්රහාරයට පෙර දිවුරුම් දුන්නේද කළු වර්ණයෙන් සැරසිගෙනය. අන්තවාදී මුස්ලිම් කතුන්ට ඇඳීමට සිදුව ඇත්තේද කළු බුර්කාවයි. ඒ කළු වර්ණය අද දිනදී ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සියලුම කතෝලිකයින්ට ඇදගෙන පල්ලි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/21)
අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගේ අතින් මොණරාගල DAG ඇපරල් විවෘත වෙයි
මොණරාගල DAG ඇඟලුම් කර්මාන්ත ශාලාව ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් අද 2021.03.06 දින පෙරවරුවේ විවෘත විය. ඩී.ඒ.ජී ඇඟලුම් පෞද්ගලික සමාගම (DAG Apparel (Pvt) LTD) රුපියල් මිලියන 500ක මුදලක් ආයෝජනය කරමින් මෙම නව ඇඟලුම් කර්මාන්ත ශාලාව ස්ථාපිත කර තිබේ. එමගින් නිර්මාණය වී ඇති සෘජු රැකියා අවස්ථා ගණන 600කි. තවත් 3000ක පිරිසකට වක්ර ප්රතිලාභ හිමි වනු ඇත. නව ඇඟලුම් කර්මාන්ත ශාලාව ඔස්සේ නිමි ඇඳුම් අපනයනයෙන් වසරකට රුපියල් බිලියන 3.5ක ආදායමක් ලබා ගැනීම අපේක්ෂිතය. පීත්ත පටිය කපමින් නව ඇඟලුම් කර්මාන්ත ශාලාව විවෘත කළ අග්රාමාත්යතුමා, එහි නිෂ්පාදන කටයුතු සිදුවන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/21)
360 More coronavirus cases bring total to 85,336
Sri Lanka has registered 170 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 06), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 360 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 85,336. Recoveries from the virus meanwhile climbed to 81,769 earlier today, as 448 more patients regained health. However, 3,074 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centers located across the island. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/21)
Coronavirus death count at 497
Sri Lanka has reported 04 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 06). As per the Department of Government Information, two male patients and two female patients are among the victims. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 497 in total.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/21)
President dismisses ‘baseless’ claims that current govt. is responsible for Easter attacks
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says the government will take necessary measures to punish the individuals who were responsible for the Easter Sunday terror attacks. https://youtu.be/2S9sjMzCuuk Quoting the report of Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) which investigated the explosions, the President said previous government has not given priority to national security since 2015. “The inefficient government was a major factor in the events which took place on the 21st of April in 2019,” he went on to quote the report, adding that “not only the former President and former Prime... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/21)
Bring intrusive UNHRC Resolutions against Sri Lanka to a conclusion with a VOTE
With every year, the resolutions and recommendations to Sri Lanka by the UNHRC have nothing whatsoever to do with the last phase of the conflict and the manner it ended. Geneva sessions have become nothing but intrusions into the internal affairs of Sri Lanka and a close look at the changes demanded showcase a ploy to weaken the foundation of Sri Lanka and enable international intervention and international rule in Sri Lanka. Why has Sri Lanka’s leaders and policy advisors failed to see where the UNHRC resolutions are leading? The former UNSG Ban Ki Moon... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/21)
How many Sri Lankans did the British kill – even Prabakaran was an angel compared to Governor Brownrigg
The US has outsourced 2021 Resolution against Sri Lanka to its poodle UK. UK is accusing Sri Lanka of killing 40,000, while this number cannot even be proved by providing even names of the supposed dead even after 12 years, the UK’s killings in then Ceylon over almost 150 years of occupation hasn’t even been acknowledged or apologized. UK should descend from its bogus virtuous ground and come clean on its colonial crimes which are even being burnt to hide the horrors committed in the name of the Queen/King. The killings by British in Ceylon are far more than the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/21)
Why is Michelle Bachelet silent on proved grave human rights infringements and instead attacks Sri Lanka without any evidence?
It is sad that the UNHRC has now forgotten why such a council was ever established. This is clear when the Commissioner of UNHRC has“ called upon member States to refer the situation in Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court(ICC) and ‘actively pursue extra territorial or universal jurisdictionand persecute international crimes committed by all parties in Sri Lanka’(Sunday Times.sl:31/1/2021) It is important to note that this directive from the Commissioner of the Human Rights Council appears in the form of an inquisition, even aimed at inciting member States to act against Sri Lanka. It has to be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/21)
අලි සබ්රි ඇමති මාවත-2
දෙමළ කථා කරන ජනයා දිනා ගැනීම දෙමළ භාෂාව කථා කරන ජනයා දිනා ගැනීම, ‘සංහිඳියාව’ සඳහා අධිකරණ ඇමතිට ඇති උනන්දුව අගය කළ යුතු ය. එයට හරස් වී ඇති බාධාව ඉවත් කිරීමට ඔහුගේ පිළියම අපූරු ය. ‘දෙමළ භාෂා විශේෂ සුදුසුකම’ සහිත නීතිඥයන්ගෙන් පොලිස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට ‘නීතිඥ සිඅයිපිලා’ බඳවා ගැනීමෙන් හෝ මහේස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණ ‘නීතිඥ සේවාව’ ආරම්භ කිරීමෙන් බාධාව ඉවත් කළ හැකි ය’යි සීතීම ‘කෑපත රෝගෙට ඇලවුනාම’ දකින දවල් සිහිනයකි. සිහිනය සැබෑ කරගැනීමට අවශ්ය නම් කළ යුත්තේ නීතිඥයන් 150 දෙනා පීසිලා ලෙස බඳවා ගැනීම ය. නීති ක්ෂේත්රයේ ‘පීසි’ ලෙස වරදවා ගත යුතු නැත. පොලිස් කොස්තාපල් නිලධාරීන් ලෙස... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
50th Anniversary (1957-2007) of the first Sri Lankan Buddhist Mission to Germany commemorated with the issue of a commemorative postage stamp
Buddhism is definitely making headway in Germany and the rest of Europe. http://archives.dailynews.lk/2007/08/28/news24.asp First Sri Lankan Buddhist Mission to Germany First Sri Lankan Buddhist Mission to Germany http://collect.ceylanka.net/itempage.asp?prod=MS-LK-07150&dum=19 Buddhism is definitely making headway in Germany and the rest of Europe. Expressing this view were prominent German invitees to a very significant event marking the 50th anniversary (1957-2007) of the first Sri Lankan Buddhist Mission to Germany, at the Savsiripaya Auditorium in Colombo 7, Sri Lanka on August 22. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
‘INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – 8TH MARCH 2021’ -Theme “a challenging world is an alert world”
First Woman Prime Minister in the world First woman you see in life and the best friend thereafter is your mother who is so caring and lovely towards you for ever. Mother is a woman that child loves most and she grooms and controls the world as the woman educating producing and donating the child to the world be a productive citizen to the society and the world over. The entire world revolves round mother who moulds the education and the future... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
Lord Naseby targets Adele Balasingham …. and Lord Tariq Ahmad
Lord Michael Naseby, in Island, 5 March 2021, where the title is “Lord Naseby asks why Adele not prosecuted in UK for child recruitment” Lord Naseby President of the UK all party British-Sri Lanka Parliamentary group, has questioned the failure on the part of the UK to prosecute senior LTTE leader Adela Balasingham, wife of the outfit’s late theoretician Anton Balasingham. Lord Naseby said that Adele, who had been involved with the LTTE for several decades, was responsible for recruitment and deployment of child soldiers. The following... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් ශ්රි ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදා 70 වැනි සංවත්සර ගුවන් සංදර්ශනය සමාප්ත වෙයි
ශ්රී ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාවේ 70 වැනි සංවත්සරය නිමිත්තෙන් සංවිධානය කළ ගුවන් සංදර්ශනයේ (Air Show) සමාප්තිය අද 2021.03.05 පස්වරුවේ ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් ගාලු මුවදොර දී පැවැත්විණි. දින තුනක් පුරා පැවැති මෙම ගුවන් සංදර්ශනය පසුගිය 03 වැනිදා ආරම්භ විය. ශ්රී ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව සහ ඉන්දියානු ගුවන් හමුදාව එක්ව සංදර්ශනය සංවිධානය කළේය. සමාප්ති උත්සවයට පැමිණි අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ගුවන් හමුදාපති එයාර් මාර්ෂල් සුදර්ශන පතිරණ මහතා විසින් පිළිගනු ලැබුවේය. 1951 මාර්තු 02 වැනි දින රාජකීය ගුවන් හමුදාව ලෙස ස්ථාපිත වූ ශ්රී ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව 1972 මැයි මස 22 වැනිදා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
Chiefs of Air Staff of Pakistan and Bangladesh Calls on Prime Minister Rajapaksa
The Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, and the Chief of Air Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat, called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees last evening. Both heads of the Air Force are visiting Sri Lanka to attend the 70th Anniversary Celebrations of the Sri Lanka Air Force. The Pakistani and Bangladeshi delegations spoke to the Prime Minister about providing training for Air Force officers as well as assisting each other... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
පාකිස්තානයේ සහ බංග්ලාදේශයේ ගුවන් හමුදා ප්රධානීහු අග්රාමාත්යතුමා හමුවෙති
පාකිස්තානයේ ගුවන් හමුදාවේ ගුවන් හමුදා ප්රධානී එයාර් චීෆ් මාර්ෂල් මුජාහිඩ් අන්වර් ඛාන් සහ බංග්ලාදේශ ගුවන් හමුදා ප්රධානී එයාර් චීෆ් මාර්ෂල් මසිහුසාමාන් සර්නියාබාත් මහත්වරු ඊයේ 2021.03.04 පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හමුවූහ. ශ්රී ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාවේ 70 වැනි සංවත්සර සැමරුමට සහභාගී වීම සඳහා පකිස්තාන හා බංග්ලාදේශ ගුවන් හමුදා ප්රධානීන් දෙදෙනා ශ්රී ලංකාවට පැමිණ සිටිති. පාකිස්තානය සහ බංග්ලාදේශයේ ගුවන් හමුදා ප්රධානීහු ලංකාවට අවශ්ය තාක්ෂණික සහයන් ලබාදීමට මෙන්ම මෙරට ගුවන් හමුදා නිලධාරීන්ට ලබා දිය හැකි පුහුණු පාඨමාලා පිළිබඳව ද අග්රාමාත්යවරයාට සැල කර සිටියහ. පසුගිය සතියේ පාකිස්තාන අග්රාමාත්ය ඉම්රාන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
මේ වසර අවසන්වනවිට විදුලිය ලබාදීම සියයට සියයකින් අවසන් කරනවා - ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා
මේ වසර අවසන්වන විට මෙරට විදුලිය ලබා දීමේ වැඩ පිළිවෙල සියයට සියයකින් අවසන් කිරීමට බලාපෙරොත්තු වෙනවා යැයි ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.05 දින පෙරවරුවේ පැවසීය. කෙරවළපිටියේ ඉඳිවන ලංකාවේ පළමු ස්වභාවික ද්රව වායු (LNG) විදුලි බලාගාරය සඳහා මුල්ගල තැබීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. ජාතික විදුලිබල පද්ධතියට මෙගාවොට් 350ක් එක්වන මෙම විදුලි බලාගාරයේ පළමු අදියරේ කටයුතු මාස 21ක් තුළ නිමා කිරීමට නියමිතය. එම අදියරේ දී මෙගාවොට් 220ක් ද තවත් මාස 12ක් තුළ අවසන්වන මෙම ව්යාපෘතියේ දෙවැනි අදියරේ දී මෙගාවොට් 130ක් ද ජාතික විදුලිබල පද්ධතියට එක්වීමට නියමිතය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
සී/ස ලංකා ගොඩනැගිලි ද්රව්ය සංස්ථාවේ සංඝරාජ මාවතේ සුපිරි වෙළඳ සංකීර්ණය අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගේ අතින් විවෘත වෙයි
සී/ස ලංකා ගොඩනැගිලි ද්රව්ය සංස්ථාවේ කොළඹ 12 සංඝරාජ මාවතේ පිහිටි නවීකරණය කරන ලද සුපිරි වෙළඳ සංකීර්ණය ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.05 දින පෙරවරුවේ විවෘත කළේය. සෞභාග්යයේ දැක්ම සංකල්පය යටතේ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදන ආර්ථිකයට රට පෙළගැස්වීමේ කාර්යය වඩාත් ශක්තිමත් කිරීමේ අරමුණ ඇතිව මෙම සුපිරි වෙළඳ සංකීර්ණය නවීකරණය කර තිබේ. අග්රාමාත්යතුමා වෙළඳ සංකීර්ණය විවෘත කිරීම සංකේතවත් කරමින් එහි වූ සමරු ඵලකය නිරාවරණය කරමින් පීත්ත පටිය කපා නව ගොඩනැගිලි පරිශ්රයට ඇතුළු විය. ලෝක ජනාවාස දිනය වෙනුවෙන් සී/ස ලංකා ගොඩනැගිලි ද්රව්ය සංස්ථාවේ සේවක මහත්ම මහත්මීන්ගේ දරු දැරියන් වෙනුවෙන් පැවැත්වූ චිත්ර තරගය ජයග්රහණය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
New railway lines to reduce Colombo traffic
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said a proposal has been issued to construct three railway lines covering the suburbs of Colombo to reduce traffic congestion. The proposed railway lines will be constructed as follows; Ragama to Kirulapone via Colombo Fort; Moratuwa to Kelaniya via Piliyandala and Narahenpita; Kottawa to Hunupitiya via Pannipitiya and Thalawathugoda. Prime Minister Rajapaksa additionally mentioned that in implementing this project, priority should be given to fulfilling the needs of the people. This railway project is to be implemented in several stages in the future.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
Lord Naseby asks why Adele not prosecuted in UK for child recruitment
Lord Naseby President of the UK all party British-Sri Lanka Parliamentary group has questioned the failure on the part of the UK to prosecute senior LTTE leader Adela Balasingham, wife of the outfit’s late theoretician Anton Balasingham. Lord Naseby said that Adele, who had been involved with the LTTE for several decades, was responsible for recruitment and deployment of child soldiers. The following is the text of the statement issued by Lord Naseby in response to the UK statement at the Human Rights Council by Lord Tariq Ahmad on Feb... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
Chinese loan and currency swap arrangement on the way
China will endorse a US $ 500 million loan and a currency swap arrangement of two billion Yuan (around US $ 600 million) within the next couple of weeks, informed sources said. Sri Lankan ambassador to China Dr. Palitha Kohona held talks with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui on Wednesday and discussed bilateral cooperation covering a wide range of areas. Sri Lanka has sought financial cooperation from China. Mr. Luo oversees China’s relations in the Asian region. According to a sources, the US $ 500 million is to be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
Challenges can be tackled successfully through international cooperation - President
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa says that the challenges that extend beyond the borders can be successfully faced through genuine international cooperation. https://youtu.be/VQ4O40KDVWk The President was speaking at the Presidential Colours Ceremony held at the Katunayake Air Force Base this morning. President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa presented colours to two squadrons of the Air Force in recognition of their outstanding service to the nation. The President's Media Division stated that the President presented colors to the No. 5 Fighter Squadron and the No. 6 Transport Helicopter Squadron of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
No proper methodology for Covid vaccination - Leader of the Opposition
https://youtu.be/z4zXJfdRtho Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says that a crisis has arisen in the country due to the lack of a proper method for administering the covid vaccine. The Leader of the Opposition made this remark while participating in the 50th Mobile Service held in Bloemendhal, Colombo North.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
Authorities explore more locations for COVID burials
https://youtu.be/5g4XrHy_R_M... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
Construction of Sri Lanka’s first LNG power plant begins
Construction of the Lakdhanavi Liquified Natural Gas Power Plant in Kerawalapitiya, was flagged off this morning (March 05) by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. On completion, LNG Power Plant is set to become the first of its kind in the country. Construction of the power plant will be completed in two phases with the first phase to be concluded in 21 months. The national grid will get an additional 220 megawatts of power from the LNG Power Plant, and it is expected to provide cheaper power, with savings of up to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
Coronavirus: 493 cases in total confirmed today
Sri Lanka registered 156 more positive cases of COVID-19 today (March 05) as total novel coronavirus infections reported within the day reached 493. Department of Government Information says 325 of today’s cases are close contacts of earlier cases linked to the Peliyagoda cluster. Thirteen others were detected from the prison cluster and the remaining 12 were identified as arrivals from foreign countries. New development has pushed the country’s confirmed COVID-19 cases count to 84,960. According to COVID-19 figures, 3,146 active cases are still under medical care at selected... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
Sri Lanka reports four new COVID deaths
Four new COVID-related deaths have been confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today (March 05). The new development has pushed the total lives claimed by the pandemic outbreak to 493. 1. A 39-year-old man from Atala area – He had been transferred to Kandy National Hospital after testing positive for the virus while at Kegalle District Hospital. He passed away today due to severe kidney damages and COVID pneumonia. 2. A 67-year-old man from Colombo 08 area – He was initially under medical care at a private hospital in Colombo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
AG ordered to present submissions on probes into imported swords
The Court of Appeal has directed the Attorney General to present submissions on probes into the import of a large consignment of swords following the Easter Sunday terror attacks, in consultation with the Inspector General of Police and the Defence Secretary. The petition filed by His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith seeking an impartial investigation on the alleged incident was taken up before Appeals Court judges Arjuna Obeysekara and Mayadunne Correa today (March 05). Senior State Counsel Avanthi Perera who appeared on behalf of the Attorney General, said she also represents the IGP... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
France admits torture and murder of Algerian freedom fighter in 1950s, but no apology for Algeria for colonial past
(L) Portrait non daté de l'avocat algérien Me Ali Boumendjel alors âgé de 32 ans. © AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERG; (R) French troops holding back crowds in front of Government House, Algiers, during the Algerian War of Independence. © Stan Meagher / Express / Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron has formally admitted that his country’s forces “tortured and murdered” Algerian freedom fighter Ali Boumendjel in 1957 during the nation’s war for independence in a meeting with his grandchildren. Macron made the confession “in the name of France” as he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
To: UNHRC member nations at the 46th Sessions in Geneva, to be shared with your representatives at the meeting.
To: UNHRC member nations at the 46th Sessions in Geneva, to be shared with your representatives at the meeting. From: Concerned citizens of the small and nonaligned nation of Sri Lanka dispersed around the world. (Author’s identity is withheld for personal safety.) Date: March 2, 2021 We seek support for the nonaligned, independent nation of Sri Lanka, and desire for consensus through a vote to preserve the sovereignty and independence of Sri Lanka that ended terrorism 12 years ago in 2009 after 30 years of suffering... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
Why the 13 th Amendment is inimical for our development and how it will create a separate State
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 of any policy determined by the Minister working at the Centre, on policies laid down by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
ජිනීවා යදමින් නොමිදුණු රටක සෞභාග්ය සිහිනයකි
කන්දක් විලි ලා මී පැටියෙක් වැදුවා බඳු වූ සෞභාග්ය ආණ්ඩුව මෑතකදී තම හෙණ්ඩුවෙන් කළ එකම දේ ජිනීවා විරෝධය ට පළිහක් නිර්මාණය කරලීම පමණි.ඒ සඳහා රටේ සෞඛ්ය විද්වතුන් ගේද ඇඳිවත ගලවමින් කළ විගඩම දෙස කෝපයෙන් බලා සිටීන ජනතාවක් නිර්මාණය කරමින් ඇත.ඉරණතිව් දූපතේ මිනී වැළලීම තුළින් එම දූපත මුස්ලිම් දූපතක් වන බව දුටුවේ සිංහලයන් නොවේ.මේ ප්රශ්ණය හමුවේ සිංහලයන්ට ඇත්තේ කෝපය හා ශෝකය පමණකි.ජිනීවා බලහත්කාරය යනු යටත්විජිත වාදී බෝම්බයකි. කුඩා රටක් වන ලංකාව බියටපත් කරමින් අධිරාජ්යවාදී වුවමනාවන් ඉටු කරගන්නට වළිකන ධවල රෙජීමයක් ලෙසට මෙය හඳුන්වා දිය හැකිය.දෙමළ බෙදුම්වාදී මතවාදයෙන් උන්මත්තකව සරණාගතයන් ලෙසට ඇමරිකාව බ්රිතාන්ය වැනි රටවලට වී සිටින... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
The glory of the Kalutara Bodhi
The Kalutara Bodhi The city of Kalutara unlike other urbanised cities is redolent of the ancient Buddhist Sinhala culture. It is because of the most sacred Kalutara Bodhi encircled with the gold fence seemingly holding the sky with its massive branches and standing majestically in the upper terrace of the temple premises. Even the gentle breeze blowing through the branches of the “Bo” tree heals the hearts of people. History The Kalutara “Bo” tree is proven to be one of those 32 saplings of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
ශෝක පණිවිඩය
හාතාගල රජමහා විහාරය ඇතුලු විහාරගණයන්හි අධිපති, ශ්රී සුමංගල විද්යායතන පිරිවෙනේ කෘත්යාධිකාරි නිල්වලා ආනන්ද විද්යාලයේ කළමනාකාර, රුහුණු මාගම්පත්තුව ඇතුලු ගිරුවාගම් දොළොස්දහස් රට ප්රධාන සංඝනායක, ගෞරවාර්හ පල්ලේගම ශ්රී ජිනරතන නායක ස්වාමීන්වහන්සේ, අපවත් වු පුවත ඇසීමෙන්, මම බලවත් සංවේගයට පත්විමි. වසර 67 ක තම ජීවන ගමන්මග තුළ වසර 54 ක් සම්බුදු සසුනේ උතුම් භික්ෂුවක ලෙස ගතකළ ජීවිතය අනුස්මරණය කිරීමට කැමැත්තෙමි. හක්මන ලාල්පේ ශ්රී ගුණානන්ද පිරිවෙනින් භික්ෂුවකට අවශ්ය ත්රිපිටක ධර්මය හා විවිධ භාෂාවන් උගත් අතර, පසුව උන්වහන්සේ තම ප්රදේශවාසීන්ගේ ජනජීවිතය නඟා සිටුවීම සඳහා අපමණ සේවාවක් සිදුකළහ. ශ්රී සුමංගල... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
මහා ශිවරාත්රි දින උත්සවය උත්කර්ශවත්ව සැමරීමට අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගෙන් උපදෙස්
මහා ශිවරාත්රි දින උත්සවය උත්කර්ශවත්ව සැමරීමට අවශ්ය පියවර ගන්නැයි බුද්ධශාසන, ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාත්යවරයා ලෙස ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හින්දු ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට උපදෙස් දී තිබේ. හින්දු බැතිමතුන්ගේ විශේෂ මංගල්යයක් වන මහා ශිවරාත්රී දිනය මෙවර 2021 මාර්තු මස 11 දිනට යෙදී ඇත. මහා ශීවරාත්රි දින උපවාස උත්සවය හින්දු කෝවිල්වල හොඳින් සංවිධානය කිරීම සඳහා දිරිමත් කරන්නැයි ද අග්රාමාත්යතුමා හින්දු ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට දැනුම් දී තිබේ. ඒ අනුව, ශ්රී ලංකාවේ හින්දු බැතිමතුන් බහුතරයක් වෙසෙන ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශ කේන්ද්රකර කරමින් විශේෂ හින්දු ආගමික වතාවත් සංවිධානය වනු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/21)
How burials of COVID victims are carried out at Iranaitivu Island
https://youtu.be/_HsqPgOJVd4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
Coronavirus death toll climbs to 489
Sri Lanka has reported 05 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 04). As per the Department of Government Information, one male patient and four female patients are among the victims. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 489 in total. 01. The deceased is a 53-year-old female resident from Ussapitiya. She was transferred from Mawanella Hospital to Base Hospital Kegalle where she was diagnosed as infected with the Covid-19 virus. Consequently, she was transferred to General Hospital... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
Sri Lanka records 351 more COVID-19 cases
Sri Lanka has registered 147 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 04), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 351 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 84,577. Recoveries from the virus meanwhile climbed to 80,836 earlier today, as 399 more patients regained health. However, 3,257 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centers located across the island. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
2016 hit-and-run case: Charges against Patali read out at HC
Charges against former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka over the hit-and-run case in 2016 have been read out at the Colombo High Court today (March 04). https://youtu.be/9DPfPzGub4w The matter was called before Colombo High Court Judge Namal Walalle, Ada Derana correspondent said. Accordingly, the indictment filed by the Attorney General was read out in the open court during the legal proceeding. Preliminary objections against the indictment are schedule to be taken up on the 27th of April. The case was filed over the alleged hit-and-run... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
Why is UNHRC so angry with Sri Lanka?
We are told there is a War against Terror. Sri Lanka should know, we suffered various forms of terror, the LTTE being the most heinous. That terror lasted 3 decades. We wasted decades following Western/UN templates of ceasefires, negotiations, peace talks. Lives were lost and people lived in fear. All communities fell victims. In 2006, LTTE went overboard with the closure of the Mavil Aru anicut committing a war crime denying water. LTTE challenged the Sri Lanka military and the military took the challenge. The East was liberated of LTTE in 2008 and thereafter with the capture of LTTE’s capital... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
The capture of Kilinochchi on 2 January 2009 ended military offensive & brought Sri Lanka under one flag
When the capital of the LTTE falls, it also signaled the end of the LTTE. That significant victory was delivered by Maj. Gen. Jagath Dias on 2ndJanuary 2009.With the fall of LTTE’s capital and stronghold, it virtually meant the end of the military offensive and the beginning of the humanitarian rescue operation. This is poignant for the UN, UNHRC and the foreign diplomats. It is also noteworthy that timed with the capture of Kilinochchi was the declaration by the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapakse to the LTTE to surrender and lay down arms. This offer was refused by the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
THE LINES ARE DRAWN AND THE COUNTRY SHOULD GO FORTH BOLDLY
At the UNHRC meeting the true friends of Sri Lanka emerged to speak and defend the country battered mercilessly for defeating the world most brutal terrorist organization i.e., Tamil Tiger terrorists in 2009, who held 20 million Sri Lankans to ransom for well over 25 years. The leading the Sri Lanka bashing were the UK. Germany. Canada, Switzerland, Netherlands. Belgium and the USA, all of them having a chequered history in violating human rights at different times. India, our friendly neighbour while thankfully taking a fair distance from the punitive stance of others opted to emphasize... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
TAMIL ASPIRATIONS OF SRI LANKA ARE LIKE CRYING OF KIDS TO BRING MOON PART 1
Aspirations might be used to describing the ambitions which are too broader and at present, they may look limiting wishes, latter, they would go like crying of kids to bring the moon. Aspirations of any nation will go to a broader area, from the point of view of Tamils of Sri Lanka who wish to have a separate country in Sri Lanka, also could include to aspirations. It may be defined as two countries one nation as assumed or planned by Norway. The term that uses in the study of the principles of economics describing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
TAMIL ASPIRATIONS OF SRI LANKA ARE LIKE CRYING OF KIDS TO BRING MOON PART 2
The LTTE, Prabhakaran, and colleagues worked against Sri Lanka’s unity and territorial integrity as he needed to establish a separate Tamil state with armed forces and struggle. His behavior appeared he wanted to re-establish the Vijaya Nagar empire that will create severe risk India creating new Issues. The intention of the LTTE movement had been under the control of India and the behavior of Prabhakaran was differentiated by the killing of the Indian Prime Minister and it was the main cause to ending the life of the LTTE leader. Politics could be played in any... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
A Raving Pastor Overrides Gotabaya’s Vision of 'Vistas of Prosperity'
A monkey edict at the instigation of the CORE group? Reacting defensively to a scathing criticism of his fly-by night conduct, pastor Colombage, at a hastily convened interview, with journalist Raymond, went on record to say, ‘Sri Lanka has a clear foreign policy; neutrality is the key and we want to maintain neutrality. We will not take sides and we will remain neutral. Technically, we are a Non-Aligned country but that is alright because we know Non-Alignment was created after World War 2 when the world was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 7C
Revised 2.4.21 Bandaranaike took firm decisions where international relations were concerned. This essay looks at his handling of several important issues which arose in 1956. ISRAEL Bandaranaike recognized Israel, though he had reservations. Bandaranaike told Parliament, the position is that the previous Government had agreed to diplomatic representation by Israel here, I presume, with the implication of our representation there. When I assumed office the Israel Government, kept on pressing us to find out whether they could send their Representative here as the previous Government had decided.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
An open letter to Arun Siddarth - SLFP District Organizer - Jaffna District.
"THE MUSLIM VOICE" is "SAD" that you did not include in your "WALK/SLOGAN" the Muslims as the 3rd., community for "NATIONAL UNITY and PEACE". It seems that you are trying to do the same thing YS Jaganmohan Reddy, now Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh did in 2017 when he launched a 3000 km walk to win the support of the people in his State to become the CM. It may be that you are also doing the same thing Mahinda Rajapaksa did in Pada Yatra... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
When Pigs Fly: Britain Preaching Human Rights to Sri Lanka
When Britain ruled Sri Lanka Who issued this scorched-earth policy in response to local resistance against a foreign invasion army? ….”cut down every yielding tree, pull down every dwelling house, destroy all fields, canals and irrigation reservoirs, kill all males over the age of 14 years and slaughter all cattle leaving those which are needed for the use of the army.” The army followed the orders to the letter, killing between 40,000 to 100,000 enforcing the promulgation. The rebel leader was beheaded. Was it the Waffen SS... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
ඉන්දියානු ගුවන් හමුදා ප්රධානී සහ අග්රාමාත්යතුමා අතර හමුවක්
ඉන්දියානු ගුවන් හමුදා ප්රධානී එයාර් චීෆ් මාර්ෂල් රාකේෂ් කුමාර් සිං බාදවූරියා මහතා අද 2021.03.03 දින පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හමුවිය. ශ්රී ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාවේ 70 වන සංවත්සර සැමරුම් උළෙලට සහභාගී වීම සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකාවට පැමිණ සිටින ඉන්දීය ගුවන් හමුදා ප්රධානී එයාර් චීෆ් මාර්ෂල් රාකේෂ් කුමාර් සිං බාදවූරියා මහතා සිය නිල සංචාරය අතරතුර මෙලෙස අග්රාමාත්යතුමා බැහැ දුටුවේය. එහිදී ආරක්ෂක අංශයෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාවට අඛණ්ඩ සහයෝගය පළ කරන බව එයාර් චීෆ් මාර්ෂල් රාකේෂ් කුමාර් සිං බාදවූරියා මහතා පැවසීය. ශ්රී ලංකාව සහ ඉන්දියාව අතර දීර්ඝකාලීන ආරක්ෂක සහයෝගීතාවයක් ඇති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
India’s Chief of the Air Staff Pledges Continued Support to Sri Lanka
March 3, 2021 The Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshall Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this evening. The Air Chief Marshall, who is visiting Sri Lanka to attend the 70th Anniversary Celebrations of the Sri Lanka Air Force, expressed continued support to Sri Lanka in the defense sector. Sri Lanka and India have had a long-standing defense and security cooperation that has spanned many areas including counter-terrorism, maritime security and drug... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
රාජ්ය ආයතනවල ජනතා සේවාවන් කාර්යක්ෂම කරන්නැයි අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගෙන් උපදෙස්
අන්තර් ආයතනික ගැටලු නිරාකරණය කර ගනිමින් රාජ්ය ආයතන ඔස්සේ ක්රියාත්මක ජනතා සේවාවන් කාර්යක්ෂම කරන්නැයි ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.03 දින උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. බත්තරමුල්ල සුහුරුපායේ පිහිටි නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්යංශ ශ්රවණාගාරයේ පැවති අමාත්යංශ නිලධාරින්ගේ හමුවට එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. ප්රමාදවෙමින් පැවති සංවර්ධන ව්යාපෘති කිහිපයක් පිළිබඳව මෙහි දී අග්රාමාත්යතුමා අවධානය යොමු කළේය. ඇතැම් ව්යාපෘති ප්රමාදවීමට හේතුවී ඇත්තේ අන්තර් ආයතනික සබඳතා දුරස්ථව පැවතීම නිසා බව පෙන්වා දුන් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා එවැනි කටයුතු මින් ඉදිරියට මනා සන්නිවේදනයකින් යුතුව කාර්යක්ෂම කර ගැනීමට පියවර ගන්නැයි අමාත්යංශ නිලධාරින්ට උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/21)
PCoI report on Easter Sunday carnage: AG won’t be given ‘sensitive’ volumes
GL admits flaws , appreciates recommendations The Presidential Secretariat has declined to release 22 volumes (each containing about 600 pages) of proceedings to Attorney General Dappula de Livera, PC, on the advice of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) that probed the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage. Authoritative sources told The Island that of the 87 volumes, the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (2) had sent only 65 to the AG. The Attorney General has been informed that the PCoI is of the opinion that 22 volumes shouldn’t be disclosed due to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/03/21)
Easter Sunday Attack: PCoI failed to find who influenced the course of investigation - Cardinal
The report of the Presidential commission which probed the Easter Sunday attacks had failed to find out as to who had influenced the investigations in order to shield certain individuals, Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today. Cardinal Ranjith told a press conference that the church had received information that some 'interested parties' have influenced investigations in order save certain forces. "We have information that there were certain groups had inflicted under influence on those who were investigated the attacks in order save certain individuals and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/03/21)
Epidemiology Unit begins probe on two deaths following vaccination
Two individuals from the Gampaha District have died two days after being vaccinated and the Epidemiology Unit is to investigate as to whether it could be attributed to the vaccine, Deputy Director General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath said. Speaking to the Daily Mirror, he said there is a particular procedure to find out whether it had any link to the vaccine. “We are currently investigating to ascertain whether these deaths were due to the vaccination,” Dr. Herath said. Divulapitiya police said a 57-year-old person who was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/03/21)
Was astounded with UK statement on Sri Lanka at UNHRC: Lord Naseby
Commenting on the UK statement of February 25, 2021 in Geneva on Sri Lanka at Human Rights Council by Lord Tariq Ahmad, President of the UK all party British Sri Lanka Parliamentary group Lord Naseby said he was astounded how the UK or any other Member of the Core group could possibly welcome the High Commissioner’s so called ‘detailed & most comprehensive report on Sri Lanka. He said the report is riddled with totally unsubstantiated allegations & statements totally ignoring the huge effort to restore infrastructure & rehouse displaced Tamils & Muslims... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/03/21)
Circular on burial of COVID-19 victims issued
he circular containing the guidelines with regard to the burial of COVID-19 victims has been issued, the Health Ministry said. Some key guidelines are as follows, The relatives of the deceased should inform the Director/ Head of the health care institution (Where the death has occurred) of their desire to bury the corpse without delay. The Director of the hospital/ Head of the health care institution should obtain a written request from relatives for burial. The relatives need to provide a coffin in advance. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/03/21)
Sri Lanka to receive first vaccine consignment under COVAX facility this Sunday
https://youtu.be/Q0yr8TfCMIg Sri Lanka is expected to receive the first batch of COVID vaccines under the COVAX facility this weekend, says State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Sudarshini Fernandopulle. Her remarks came during an event held at the Chilaw Hospital today. The vaccine consignment with 264,000 doses will accordingly arrive in Sri Lanka on Sunday (March 07). Under the COVAX facility, World Health Organization (WHO) had agreed to provide Sri Lanka with 20 percent of the vaccine requirement to vaccinate 4.2 million... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/03/21)
Covid-19: 335 new cases confirmed Today
The Health Ministry reports that another 130 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus bringing the total cases confirmed within the day to 335. All are close associates of the Peliyagoda Covid-19 cluster. This brings the tally of Covid-19 cases reported in the thus far to 84,226. A total of 3,285 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical treatment while total recoveries has reached 80,437. Meanwhile the death toll due to the virus stands at 484.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/03/21)
One more Covid-19 death reported in Sri Lanka
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed one more Covid-19 related death today, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus to 484. The victim is a 65-year-old woman from Eravur. She had been transferred from the Batticaloa Teaching Hospital to the Mulleriyawa Base Hospital after being identified as Covid-19 positive. She had passed away at the Mulleriyawa Base Hospital on March 03 with the cause of death reported as blood poisoning and Covid-19 pneumonia. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/03/21)
Court orders AG to submit report on illegal construction at Muthurajawela Wetlands
The Court of Appeal has directed the Attorney General to examine and submit a report on the alleged illegal construction and development projects at the Muthurajawela Wetlands on March 09. The petitions filed by Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and the Center for Environmental Justice seeking an injunction suspending illegal construction and development activities in the Muthurajawela Wetland Zone were taken up today (03) before Justices Arjuna Obeysekera and Mayadunne Corea. President’s Counsel Shamil Perera, appearing on behalf of the Cardinal, stated that illegal clearing and development activities are still continued... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/03/21)
Canada- before drafting HR Resolutions against Sri Lanka – atone for your crime against the indigenous of Canada
What is ironical and hypocritical about the UNHRC Resolutions being drafted against Sri Lanka, is that they are being drafted by countries which have appalling human rights records. Canada is one of the Core Group presenting a draft resolution against Sri Lanka. Canada is home to the bulk of runaway LTTE refugees/asylum seekers and pro-LTTE promoters. We really do not mind if Eelam is declared in Canada, as more Tamils living in Canada are asking for Eelam than the countable handful demanding it in Sri Lanka. The question for Canada is simple. Before pointing fingers accusing Sri Lanka of genocide... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/03/21)
Re: India calls upon Sri Lanka to fully implement 13 A to address aspirations of Tamil community/ India signals to Sri Lanka that support in UNHRC should not be taken for granted
1 March 2021 Mr. Indra Mani PandayIndia’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva9 Rue du ValaisGeneva 1202Switzerland Dear Mr. Panday: Re: India calls upon Sri Lanka to fully implement 13 A to address aspirations of Tamil community/ India signals to Sri Lanka that support in UNHRC should not be taken for granted This was announced by you on behalf of your employer the Government of India at the UNHRC in Geneva. I hope for your... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/03/21)
ශ්රීමත් ජනාධිතුමා, ගරු අගමැතිතුමා ඇතුලු සියලුම සින්හල දේශපාලකයින් වෙත විවුර්ත සන්දේශයක්
මේ රටේ ආණ්ඩුක්රම විවස්ථාව සහ ජනතා පරමාධිපත්ය විනාශකොට රට ජාතිය දෙමළුන්ට පාවාදුන්, එදා ඔබද විරුද්ධ වූ, 1987 ජූලි 29 ජේ ආර්- රජිව් ගිවිසුම සහ පලාත් සභා මර උගුල අහෝසි කොට රට ජාතිය බේරා ගෙන සදාකාලික ජාතික වීරයින් වශයෙන් ඉතිහාස ගතවෙනවාද එසේ නොකොට තාවකාලිකව බලයේ සිටීම සදහා, ඉතිහාසයේ කිසිම දිනක නොතිබුණු එසේම මතු කිසිම කිසිදාකද නොලැබෙන ඉන්දීය මිතුරුකම නැමැති මිරිගුව පසුපස දිව ගොස් වසර 2500 ක් පැවැති අභිමානවත් සින්හල රට හා ජාතිය 21 වන සියවසේදී ඉන්දියාවට පාවාදුන් ජාති ද්රෝහීන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
අලි සබ්රි ඇමති මාවත-1
අධිකරණ ක්ෂේත්රයෙන් මහජනතාවට ලබාදෙන සේවාව කාර්යක්ෂම කිරීමට දෝ අධිකරණ ඇමති අලි සබ්රි තම ප්රඥා මහිමයෙන් ලැබූ අදහසක් කි්රයාවට නැගීමට අවශ්ය යටිතල පහසුකම් සකස් කරමින් සිටියි. ඔහුගේ අපූරු අ`ඵත් ව්යාපෘතිය පොලිස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට ‘ප්රධාන පොලිස් පරීක්ෂකවරුන්’ (චීෆ් පොලිස් ඉන්ස්පෙක්ටර්ස් = සීඅයිපි* ලෙස නීතිඥයන් 150 දෙනෙකු බඳවා ගැනීම යි. පෙර කළ පිනකට දෝ ජාතික ලැයිස්තු මන්තී්ර පදවිය ලබා ඇති අධිකරණ ඇමතිට, මෙය අධිකරණ ක්ෂේත්රයේ ඇති දහසක් එකක් අඩුපාඩු සකස් කිරීම සඳහා පමා නොකොට ගත යුතු අත්යාවශ්යක පියවරක් ලෙස ඔහුට දේවාරූඪයකින් කීවේ දැ’යි දැනීමක් නැත. කෙසේ වෙතත් ජනාධිපති ද ගාවා ‘ජනපති තුමාගේ මග... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
Tamil genocide, Geneva fiasco and a Tamil Che Guerra - Part 2
Vigneswaran's egg basket Vigneswaran placed his one and only genocide egg in Michelle Bachelet's broken basket, expecting a surrender by the GOSL, headed by Gotabhaya Rajapakasa. Vigneswaran's this jocular behavior was a desperate attempt to piggyback on the American global strategy aimed at getting a foot hold in the island, by hook or by crook. The U.S. Plan to use UNCHR & OHCHR mechanism, unethically, as a vehicle to achieve this objective meets with the ultimate Eelam goal of Vignes, TNA and others via 13-A plus demand. After failing to get the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 7B
SWRD Bandaranaike made an impact on the international scene and brought honor and recognition to his country, said VLB Mendis. His untimely death two years after assuming office, deprived the country of an astute leader who could have played a major role in international affairs said Bandu de Silva. Bandaranaike first made an impact in India. SWRD led the Sri Lanka delegation to the Asian Regional Conference held in New Delhi in 1947. SWRD’S proposal for a setting up Asian Secretariat was accepted. His contribution received publicity. “The calls for Asian Federation were... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
වැඩිපුර බඳවාගත් සිසුන්ට සාපේක්ෂව විශ්වවිද්යාල පහසුකම් වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම සඳහා අමතර ප්රතිපාදන ලබාදෙන්නැයි අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගෙන් උපදෙස්
සෞභාග්යයේ දැක්ම ප්රතිපත්තියට අනුව යමින් මෙවර වැඩිපුර බඳවාගත් සරසවි සිසුන් 10588 දෙනෙකුට සාපේක්ෂව විශ්වවිද්යාලවල පහසුකම් වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම සඳහා අවශ්ය අමතර ප්රතිපාදන ලබාදෙන්නැයි ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.02 දින පස්වරුවේ උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. විශ්වවිද්යාලවල අවශ්ය යටිතල පහසුකම් සපයා ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී විශ්වවිද්යාල ප්රතිපාදන කොමිෂන් සභාව සහ සියලුම විශ්වවිද්යාල උපකුලපතිවරුන් සමඟ පැවැති සාකච්ඡාවට එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. මේ වසරේ දී විශ්වවිද්යාල සඳහා දරුවන් 41000ක් බඳවාගෙන ඇතැයි පෙන්වා දුන් විශ්වවිද්යාල ප්රතිපාදන කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපති ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ මහාචාර්ය සම්පත් අමරතුංග මහතා, 10588ක් තරම් සිසුන් සංඛ්යාවක් මෙවර විශ්වවිද්යාල සඳහා වැඩිපුර බඳවා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
අග්රාමාත්යතුමා ඉදිරියේ පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන කටයුතු රාජ්ය අමාත්ය ධුරයේ රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතා වැඩ භාරගනියි
පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන කටයුතු රාජ්ය අමාත්යවරයා ලෙස රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතා ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඉදිරිපිට දී අද 2021.03.02 දින පෙරවරුවේ වැඩ භාර ගත්තේය. කොළඹ පිහිටි පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන කටයුතු රාජ්ය අමාත්යංශයේ දී මෙම වැඩ භාර ගැනීමේ උත්සවය පැවැත්විණි. මහා සංඝරත්නයේ ආශිර්වාදය මැද රාජ්ය අමාත්ය රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතා සිය අමාත්යංශ වගකීම් සඳහා මුලපිරුවේය. අන්යාගමික නායකයෝ ද මෙහි දී රාජ්ය අමාත්යවරයාගේ ඉදිරි කටයුතු සඳහා සුබ ප්රාර්ථනා එක් කළහ. මෙම අවස්ථාවට රාජ්ය සේවා, පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්ය ජනක බණ්ඩාර තෙන්නකෝන්, තරුණ හා ක්රීඩා අමාත්ය නාමල්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
වෘත්තිමය හැකියාවන්ගෙන් පිරිපුන් විශිෂ්ටයන්ගෙන් පිරි ශ්රී ලංකාවක් බිහිවනු දැකීම අපගේ අපේක්ෂාවයි - අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා
වෘත්තිමය හැකියාවන්ගෙන් පිරිපුන් විශිෂ්ටයන්ගෙන් පිරි ශ්රී ලංකාවක් බිහිවනු දැකීම අපගේ අපේක්ෂාව යැයි ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.02 දින පෙරවරුවේ දී පැවසීය. “SKILLS SRI LANKA” ජාතික වැඩසටහනේ සමාරම්භක උත්සව අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්යන්තර සම්මන්ත්රණ ශාලාවේ දී අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. අතිගරු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ, අතිගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහත්වරුන්ගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් “SKILLS SRI LANKA” හැකියාවෙන් උගත් පරම්පරාවක් ජාතික වැඩසටහන ආරම්භ විය. නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තිය අධ්යාපන,පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්ය අමාත්යංශය මෙම ජාතික වැඩසටහන ක්රියාවට නංවයි. අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මෙහි දී කාර්මික විද්යාලවල දරුවන්ට ආරක්ෂිත ඇඳුම් කට්ටල ප්රදානය කළේය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
ක්රීඩාංගනයක් දියුණු කළාම රෝහලක් හදන්න තියෙන අවශ්යතාව අඩුවෙනවා - අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා
ක්රීඩාංගනයක් දියුණු කළාම රෝහලක් හදන්න තියෙන අවශ්යතාව අඩුවෙන බව ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.02 දින පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවසීය. ජවසම්පන්න පරපුරක් උදෙසා “ගමට පිටියක්” ජාතික වැඩසටහන යටතේ රටපුරා ග්රාමීය ක්රීඩා පිටි 332ක් එකවර සංවර්ධනය කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. ක්රීඩා අමාත්ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ සංකල්පයකට අනුව ක්රීඩාවේ යටිතල පහසුකම් සංවර්ධනය කරමින් රටේ නව ක්රීඩා සංස්කෘතියක් ඇති කිරීමේ පරමාර්ථය ඇතිව මෙම ජාතික වැඩසටහන ක්රියාත්මක වේ. ගමට පිටියක් ජාතික වැඩසටහනේ සමාරම්භක උත්සවයට අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා කළ සම්පූර්ණ කතාව මෙසේය. ක්රීඩාව වෙනුවෙන් අපි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
Newly appointed Sri Lanka Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand Mrs. C. A. Chaminda I. Colonne assumes duties at the Embassy
The newly appointed Sri Lanka Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand Mrs. C. A. Chaminda I. Colonne assumed duties today, 01st March 2021, at the Sri Lanka Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand [concurrently accredited to the Kingdom of Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)]. During the occasion Buddhist, Hindu, Christian and Islamic religious observances were conducted by Ven. Prof. Walmoruwe Piyarathna Thero, Rev. Krishnamoorthy Sivasubramanian, Rev. Worawut Saraphan and Rev. Sittirath Wacharapisudhi respectively. Chaminda Colonne is a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
Sri Lanka chooses Iranativu island for burial of COVID victims
https://youtu.be/0sNC6vL0aU8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
Coronavirus: 318 infections detected within the day
Sri Lanka registered 165 more positive cases of COVID-19 today (March 02) as total novel coronavirus infections reported within the day reached 318. Department of Government Information says 308 of today’s cases are close contacts of earlier cases linked to the Peliyagoda cluster. https://youtu.be/0sNC6vL0aU8 Another one was identified as an arrival from a foreign country and the remaining 09 were detected from the prison cluster. New development has pushed the country’s confirmed COVID-19 cases count to 83,870. According to COVID-19 figures, 3,367 active cases... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
Sri Lanka records 07 new COVID deaths
Sri Lanka has confirmed 07 new COVID-related deaths today (March 02), says the Director-General of Health Services. According to the Department of Government Information, the death toll from the virus outbreak in the country has climbed to 483 following the new development. Details of the deceased are as follows: 1. An 87-year-old woman has died yesterday (March 01) at her home in Colombo 15. The cause of death was cited as COVID pneumonia, acute diabetes, acute kidney infection and high blood pressure. 2. An 89-year-old woman from Colombo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
Cardinal wants ‘real masterminds’ of Easter attacks brought to justice
Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith today called on Sri Lankan authorities to bring to justice without delay the “true masterminds” behind the Easter Sunday attacks and those who have seriously neglected their duties despite having prior knowledge of the attacks. https://youtu.be/SBiCGF4hxc4 A copy of the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) appointed to investigate and inquire into the Easter Sunday attacks was handed over to the Archbishop of Colombo, yesterday (01). Speaking to reporter at a press conference in Colombo today, Cardinal Ranjith expressed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
Govt won’t take responsibility for PCoI report on Easter attacks - Keheliya.
Neither the President nor the government will take responsibility for the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the 2019 Easter attacks, says Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella. Speaking at the press conference held today (02) to announce the Cabinet decisions, Minister Rambukwella said that the report has been presented on an independent basis and that a commission report being right or wrong is not entirely up to the government. https://youtu.be/pA7WS-UuBkc He added that the government will continue its investigations via the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
AG receives 65 volumes of Easter attack commission proceedings
The Attorney General has received 65 volumes of the proceedings of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) which probed the Easter Sunday terror attacks from the Presidential Secretary today (March 02). The Presidential Commission has handed over a total of 87 volumes containing its proceedings to the Presidential Secretary, Coordination officer of the Attorney General State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne stated. https://youtu.be/xoR01aXuXY0 However, 22 volumes have not been handed over due to the sensitive nature of evidence pertaining to national security, she said further. Attorney General has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
Cardinal gives time until April 21st to take legal action for Easter attacks
Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has stated that time will be given until April 21 to take legal action against those responsible for the Easter attack. He was addressing a media briefing today after receiving the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter attack yesterday. Meanwhile, the Attorney General has obtained 65 volumes from the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter attack from the Secretary to the President today. Attorney-at-Law Nishara Jayaratne, the Attorney General's Coordinating Officer stated that 22... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
All citizens should unite to defeat government's plan to sell local resources - Sajith Premadasa
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says that all citizens should unite to defeat the government's program to sell local resources. He stated this while participating in the Opposition Leader's Mobile Service held in the Giligamuwa area in Kegalle.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
No Time Bar for Human Rights: Britain atone for 133years human rights violations in Sri Lanka
The UNHRC is all about HUMAN RIGHTS. Sri Lanka’s conflict ended with a military offensive that applied international humanitarian laws and not human rights law. Sri Lanka has to be judged by violations of IHL not HR in a non-international armed conflict. Nevertheless, human rights is human rights and there can be no time bar to human rights violations. This is why the human rights violations committed by colonial rulers upon countries that they invaded matter. UK ruled all but 22 countries around the world (90% of the world) making UK the world biggest human rights offender when tabulating all... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/03/21)
Abduction and Conscription of Child Soldiers by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
84 Tambrook Drive Agincourt, ON Canada M1W 3L9 Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada Ottawa Right Honourable Prime Minister, Canada's efforts to prevent the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict is greatly appreciated. Your statement on the 12th of February 2021 reaffirming Canada's commitment to draw attention to this inhumane practice with the longstanding intent of ending such conscription along with nearly 100 UN Member States endorsing the Vancouver Principles on 'Peacekeeping and the Prevention of the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers' is most commendable. The Late, Honourable Lakshman... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්රවාදය - 8 වැනි කොටස
ජනරජයේ පරමාධිපත්යයට ජනතා උපදේශනය අයත් බව ද, එම කාර්යයෙහි වගකීම “උත්තරීතර උපදේශක සභාව” නමින් පිහිටුවනු ලබන ආයතනයකට පැවරිය යුතු බව ද අපි නිරීක්ෂණය කළෙමු. මෙම “උත්තරීතර උපදේශක සභාව” පිහිටුවිය යුත්තේ කෙ ලෙසින් ද? ඒ සඳහා තෝරා පත් කරගත යුත්තේ කවුරුන් ද? එම ජනතා නියෝජිතයන් තෝරා පත් කරගත යුත්තේ කවර ආකාරයෙන් ද? අපි මෙම කරුණු පිළිබඳව මෙම ලිපියෙන් විමසා බලමු. කවර ජනරජයක වුව ද ජනතාවගේ සම්පූර්ණ (එනම්, සියයට සියයක) එකඟතාව සහිත ව අදාළ පාලන බලතල ක්රියාත්මක කෙරෙන්නේ නැත. පක්ෂ දේශපාලන ක්රමය තුළ පාලන බලතල පවරා ගන්නේ ප්රමාණවත් බහුතර බලයක් දිනාගත් කණ්ඩායමක් විසිනි. එවැනි කණ්ඩායමක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
Living with Covid-19
Life amid Covid-19 ‘’It is going to disappear one day. It is like a miracle it will disappear’’ repeated Donald Trump former President of the United States of America Let the above be our wishful thinking though living with Covid-19 is frightening and disturbing. But since we are compelled to live with it the challenge is ours and depends on how we react and fight the virus, following guidelines and medical advice. We are not experts to advise on any form of treatment or invisible forces to combat... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
නව ව්යවස්ථාවෙන් සෞඛ්ය විෂය මධ්යම රජයෙන් ක්රියාත්මක සංවෘත සේවාවක් කරන්න අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගෙන් උපදෙස්
සෞඛ්ය විෂය මධ්යම රජයෙන් ක්රියාත්මක සංවෘත සේවාවක් ලෙස නව ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා කෙටුම්පතට ඇතුළත් කරන්නැයි ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.01 දින පස්වරුවේ දැනුම් දුන්නේය. රජයේ වෛද්ය නිලධාරින්ගේ සංගමය සමඟ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ පැවති සාකච්ඡාව අතරතුර එම සංගමයේ සභාපති විශේෂඥ වෛද්ය අනුරුද්ධ පාදෙණිය මහතා කළ ඉල්ලීමට අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මෙලෙස එකඟත්වය පළ කළේය. සෞඛ්ය සේවය සහ වෛද්යවරුන් හමුවේ පවතින ගැටලු හා එම ගැටලු විසඳා ගැනීමට රජයේ වෛද්ය නිලධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය ඉදිරිපත් කරන යෝජනා මෙම හමුවේ දී සාකච්ඡාවට ගැණිනි. රජයේ වෛද්ය පීඨයකින් මේ වනවිට බිහිවන වෛද්යවරුන්ගේ වයස් සීමාව බොහෝවිට අවුරුදු 28 හෝ 30කට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
අතහැරදමා තිබූ නාගරික සංවර්ධන ව්යාපෘති රැසක් නැවත ආරම්භ කිරීමට අග්රාමාත්යතුමාගෙන් උපදෙස්
පසුගිය ආණ්ඩු සමයේ අත්හැර දමා තිබූ නාගරික සංවර්ධන ව්යාපෘති රැසක් නැවත ආරම්භ කිරීමට මුදල් සහ නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්යවරයා ලෙස ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.01 දින පෙරවරුවේ උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්යංශයේ ව්යාපෘති ගැටලු පිළිබඳව මුදල් අමාත්යංශයේ පැවති සාකච්ඡාවේ දී අග්රාමාත්යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. එහිදී අග්රාමාත්යතුමා නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්යාංශය යටතේ ක්රියාත්මක කිරීමට නියමිතව තිබූ හා දැනට ආරම්භ වී තිබෙන සංවර්ධන ව්යාපෘති වල ප්රගතිය සමාලෝචනය කළේය. සංවර්ධන ව්යාපෘති රැසක් පසුගිය ආණ්ඩුවේ වසර පහක කාලය තුළ දී අතහැර දමා ඇතිබව නිලධාරින් පිරිසක් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
Thousands of Canada’s indigenous children died in church-run boarding schools. Where are they buried?
TORONTO — Armed with everything from school attendance records to drones, researchers across Canada are racing to shed light on a bleak part of the country’s history: How many indigenous children died at residential schools, and where are their unmarked graves? From 1883 to 1998, nearly 150,000 indigenous children were forcibly separated from their families and sent to the government-funded, church-run boarding schools in an attempt to assimilate them. Once there, they were frequently neglected and abused. What happened at the schools was akin to “cultural genocide,”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
'Expect India to vote in favour of our country at UNHRC: Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary
In an exclusive interview to India Today TV, Sri Lanka Foreign Secretary Admiral (Retd) Jayanath Colombage on Monday said that he expects India to stand by and vote in favour of Sri Lanka ahead of next week's UNHRC sessions on the island nation's rights and accountability record. India has been urging Sri Lanka to implement and enforce the 13th amendment of its Constitution ever since the country's war with Tamil separatists ended in 2009. At the ongoing session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, India said that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
Sri Lanka ‘priority one’ partner in defence, says India
India described Sri Lanka as “Priority One” partner in the defence sphere and said the participation of its military aircraft in the 70th anniversary celebration of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) is indicative of the growing cooperation, camaraderie and friendship between the two militaries. The SLAF is celebrating its 70th Anniversary on March 2 and to commemorate the historical event, a Fly Past and an Aerobatic Display is being organised for the first time in the country at a grand scale. A total of 23 aircraft of the Indian Air Force... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
Coronavirus death toll climbs to 476
Sri Lanka has reported 05 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 01). As per the Department of Government Information, three male patients and two female patients are among the victims. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 476 in total. 01. The deceased is a 73-year-old female resident from Ganemulla. She was diagnosed as infected with Covid-19 and transferred from Colombo South Teaching Hospital to Base Hospital Pimbura where she died on 01.03.2021. The cause of death... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
Sri Lanka records 303 more COVID-19 cases
Sri Lanka has registered 111 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 01), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 303 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 83,546. Recoveries from the virus meanwhile climbed to 79,422 earlier today, as 475 more patients regained health. However, 3,653 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centers located across the island. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
Easter attacks report presented to Mahanayake Theros and Cardinal Ranjith
A copy of the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Sunday attacks has been handed over to Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith. https://youtu.be/4sAP63Gu7ZM The Director General, Legal Affairs of the Presidential Secretariat Hariguptha Rohanadheera presented the report to the Cardinal Ranjith at the Archbishop’s House today (01). Meanwhile the President’s Media Division stated that the report was also presented to the Mahanayake Theros of the Malwathu and Asgiri Chapters this morning. The report was presented to the Mahanayaka of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
Bigotry at the UNHRC.
Sri Lanka is facing repeated baseless accusations at the UNHRC this time around as well, which primarily stems from the Darusman report. What is the reality behind these calls for accountability? 41st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Sarath N. Silva joins Mahieash Johnney this week to discuss the legal basis of the challenges in the UNHRC. Original on air date - 25th of February 2021 https://youtu.be/bd0W40IUwqw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
UNHRC Divides the World
The world is a divided place as evidenced by the interactive dialogue on the OHCHR Report on Sri Lanka during the ongoing 46th Session of UN Human Rights Council. Instead of being the mediator, the actions of the incumbent High Commissioner of the UNHRC Michelle Bachelet are exacerbating this division further. Unless Bachelet takes corrective measures that deviates her Office from the UN mandate, she too will leave behind her a failed legacy as her predecessors did. As such, all member States must engage with the UN and its... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 7A
Bandaranaike had advocated an independent foreign policy for Sri Lanka long before he became Prime Minister. In 1952, Bandaranaike speaking in Parliament during the debate on the Throne speech said that Sri Lanka has so far failed to formulate a well defined and independent foreign policy. Sri Lanka should play an important and constructive role in international affairs. She should be neutral in power politics. Sri Lanka should occupy a position in South Asia like that of Switzerland in Europe, he said. In 1954, Bandaranaike persuaded Sri Lanka Parliament to approve Panchaseela. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
Problems in Geneva: Facts that brought us here
The annual patriotic taunts and the laments of the majority are heard as the day of reckoning approaches in Geneva. We are shouting ourselves hoarse, complaining that the whole world is ganging up against the brave Sri Lankans, to punish them for eliminating the most brutal terrorist outfit the world has ever seen. It is true that what was achieved in 2009 is something that no other country could do in eliminating terrorism. But does that guarantee peace when the basic grievances that led to civil unrest over the years... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
Yupa in a Buddhist Stupa
Since the Department of Archaeology began exploration and excavation work in the Northern areas of the island, it has been the talk of the town. There were some incidents which stirred up some controversy, starting from arguments about the identity of these ancient monasteries and the true inheritance of them. One such highly controversial place was Mullaitivu. Despite the archaeological and historical evidence, there were disputes about the place’s history. Therefore, Ceylon Today took you on a voyage to the past of Mullaitvu in one of our previous heritage articles. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
Liberalism or Hypocrisy? | Ruchir Sharma and Sanjay Dixit
https://youtu.be/bGaztD29pe0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/03/21)
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