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News Archive for Apr 2021
BANGKOK : Sri Lanka calls for stronger regional cooperation for building back better from the pandemic through promotion of trade, investment and foreign employment opportunities at the 77th Session of the UNESCAP in BangkokSri Lanka calls for stronger regional cooperation for building back better from the pandemic through promotion of trade, investment and foreign employment opportunities at the 77th Session of the UNESCAP in Bangkok Speaking on the theme ‘Building back better from crises through regional cooperation in Asia and the Pacific’ Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at the inauguration of the 77th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) outlined Sri Lanka’s successful approach in ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 13
The most important achievement of the 1956 government was the entrenchment of Buddhism. MEP government gave Buddhism its ‘rightful place.’ It is tempting to make fun of this phrase but it is an accurate description of the historical role of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Buddhism came to Sri Lanka in the time of Gautama Buddha, in 6th century BC. The evidence lies in the regular exchange of travelers between the Ganges plains and Sri Lanka during this time. Arahant Mahinda who came in the 3rd century BC did not bring Buddhism, it was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
අපි මේ මහා වසංගතයෙන් ගැලවෙන්නේ කෙසේද?
අප ජිවත් වන්නේ ආශිර්වාද ලත් රටක් තුලය. අපට ලෙඩ රෝග නැතිව ජිවත්විය හැකි භූමියක් ස්වභාවය විසින් නිර්මාණය කරදී ඇත. සුද්දා මේ රටට ඇතුළුවන විට මෙරට තුල ඉතා හොඳ සෞඛ්‍යමත් ජනතාවක් හා සෞඛ්‍ය පද්ධතියක් තිබුනද, අද මෙන් රෝහල් රට පුරාම තිබුනේ නැත. දැන් රට පුරාම රෝහල් තිබුනද හොඳ නිරෝගී ජනතාවක් නැති බව පැහැදිලිව දිස්වේ. එදා සෑම පවුලකම පවුලේ වෛද්‍යවරයා වුයේ මවය.ඇය පවුලේ සෞඛ්‍ය කටයුතු මැනවින් කළමනාකරණය කිරීම විදිමත්ව ඉටු කරන ලදී.එදා සෑම ගෘහනියක්ම සෞඛ්‍ය සම්බන්ධව සැලකිලිමත්වූ අතර ඇය උයන පිහන ආහාර වල ඇති ගුණ අගුණ සම්බන්ධව මැනවින් දත්හ.අද එසේ නැත. උයන්නට ඉගෙන ගන්නේ,පාර්මපාරික ඥානයෙන් නොවන බැවින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
Lies, deceptions and treachery of Kabir Hashim
The Shameless Jabbering Bandits (SJB) have accused the government of attempting to impose civil disabilities on key opposition leaders on the recommendations of the Special Presidential Commission on Political Victimization, saying that riot is tantamount to over-riding the judiciary and therefore unconstitutional. The Special Commission had indicted 22 political leaders and individuals associated with the previous government (many of them top leaders of the SJB now) for the violation of the Constitution in establishing or being part of the Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC) and the Anti-Corruption Committee Secretariat (ACCS). Among... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
නිදහසට එක්වෙමු-වැඩබිම ජයගමු යෝජනාව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට භාරදෙයි
ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ වෘත්තිය සමිති එක්ව සකස් කළ යෝජනා 21කින් යුතු ‘නිදහසට එක්වෙමු-වැඩබිම ජයගමු’ ජාත්‍යන්තර කම්කරු දින යෝජනාව ශ්‍රීලනිප සේවක සංගමයේ ලේකම් ලෙස්ලි දේවේන්ද්‍ර මහතා විසින් අද (30) දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට භාර දෙන ලදි. අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා එවකට කම්කරු අමාත්‍යවරයා ලෙස ගෙන ආ කම්කරු ප්‍රඥප්තිය මගින් මෙරට වැඩකරන ජනතාවට සිදු වූ ඉමහත් සේවාව සහ කම්කරුවන්ගේ අභිවෘද්ධිය උදෙසා දැක්වූ දායකත්වය වෘත්තිය සමිති නායකයෝ මෙහි දී ඇගයීමට ලක් කළහ. රාජ්‍ය, අර්ධ රාජ්‍ය සහ පෞද්ගලික අංශ වල වැටුප් වැඩිකීරීමට එවකට ජනාධිපතිවරයා ලෙස අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
මහ බැංකුවේ 2020 වාර්ෂික වාර්තාව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා වෙත පිළිගන්වයි
ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ 71 වන වාර්ෂික වාර්තාව මහ බැංකු අධිපති දේශමාන්‍ය මහාචාර්ය ඩබ්ලිව්. ඩී ලක්ෂ්මන් මහතා විසින් අද (30) දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට පිළිගන්වන ලදි. මුදල් නීති පනත අනුව සෑම වර්ෂයකම අප්‍රේල් 30 වන දින හෝ ඊට ප්‍රථම මුදල් අමාත්‍යවරයාට මහ බැංකුවේ වාර්ෂික වාර්තාව පිළිගැන්විය යුතු වේ. ඒ අනුව යමින් මුදල් අමාත්‍ය සහ අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට මෙලෙස මහ බැංකු වාර්තාව පිළිගැන්වීය. 2020 වර්ෂයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව විවිධ අභියෝග හමුවේ ලබා ගත් ආර්ථික ප්‍රගතිය වාර්තාවේ ඇතුළත් වන අතර ඉදිරි කාලය සදහා රාජ්‍ය ප්‍රතිපත්ති රාමුව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
China adds military relations to his extensive portfolio in Sri Lanka
Colombo, April 30 (South Asian Monitor): Sri Lanka and China vowed on Wednesday to enhance pragmatic cooperation in all sectors between the two countries, including the military, China’s official agency Xinhua reported. The pledge came after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense, Wei Fenghe, Closely following the pragmatic cooperation in the military field between the two countries, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa hoped that “the two militaries will carry out closer exchanges so as to further lift... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
Strategic cooperation comes to the fore in Sino-Lankan relations
Colombo, April 30 (Daily News): The Chinese Defense Minister Gen.Wei Fenghe’s visit to Sri Lanka this week could be described as yet another high-level exchange to boost political and economic cooperation as much as defense links with Sri Lanka’s closest and most dependable friend. Minister Wei was the second senior Chinese official to have visited the country since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic after the trip by China’s foreign policy chief Yang Jiechi in October 2020. After his talks with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Gen.Wei said the bilateral discussions... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
S'pore bars long-term pass holders and visitors from Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
SINGAPORE - All long-term pass holders and short-term visitors who have been in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the last two weeks will no longer be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore, Education Minister Lawrence Wong announced on Friday (April 30). This move, which kicks in from 11.59pm on Saturday, also applies to those who had transited through these countries and who had obtained prior approval for entry to Singapore. But returning Singaporeans and permanent residents who have been to these countries will still be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
Sixteen more Grama Niladhari Divisions isolated
Sixteen Grama Niladhari Divisions in Kalutara and Polonnaruwa districts have been placed under isolation orders with immediate effect, says Commander of Army General Shavendra Silva. The isolated areas are as follows: Baduraliya police area (Kalutara District):• Bolunna Grama Niladhari Division• Ingurudaluwa Grama Niladhari Division• Midalana Grama Niladhari Division• Morapitiya Grama Niladhari Division• Peleda Grama Niladhari Division• Hedigalla Grama Niladhari Division• Morapitiya North Grama Niladhari Division Theeniyawala police area (Kalutara District):• Theeniyawala Grama Niladhari Division Meegahathenna police area (Kalutara District):• Walallawita South Grama Niladhari Division• Makalandawa Grama Niladhari Division• Katuyakele... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
Sri Lanka records 11 new COVID deaths
Eleven more persons who were infected with COVID-19 have succumbed to the virus infection in Sri Lanka, says the Director-General of Health Services. The latest coronavirus victims have pushed the country’s death toll from the pandemic outbreak to 678. 01. A 79-year-old woman from Piliyandala area: She died on admission to a private hospital in Colombo. The cause of death was determined as COVID pneumonia. 02. A 76-year-old man from Dehiattakandiya area: He died on April 30 while receiving treatment at the Polonnaruwa District General Hospital. COVID infection and acute... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
Daily COVID cases hit record high with over 1,600 new infections
Sri Lanka’s COVID infections soared yet again on Friday (April 30) as 740 more people were tested positive for the virus. Following the new development, the island nation has recorded a total of 1,662 fresh cases of coronavirus within the day, marking the highest single-day spike in infections. Sri Lanka’s daily cases count have been staying above the grim milestone of 1,000 for a fourth consecutive day since April 27. Government Information Department said 1,636 of the new infections were linked to the New Year Cluster and the remaining 26... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
Police arrest 104 more people for violating quarantine laws
Sri Lanka Police has arrested 104 more individuals within the past 24 hours for not following quarantine regulations. A total of 4,191 arrests have been made by the police since 30th of October last year, Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana said. https://youtu.be/9DZXJzLXVxY The quarantine law gazette notification was published on the 15th of October 2020, however, the police have been enforcing the law regarding the quarantine gazette since the 30th of October 2020. The police spokesperson urged the members of the public to strictly adhere to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
Traditional punishment for suspect who attempted to snatch a necklace (Video)
A motorcyclist who had arrived at a fruit shop in the Atalugama, Dehiowita earlier today (29) had attempted to snatch the necklace of the shop owner and had tried to flee the premises. https://youtu.be/72vxazwUvS4 However, putting up a fight, she had not allowed him to flee. Afterward, the residents of the area had tied the suspect to a nearby pole and had handed him over to the Ruwanwella police. The suspect was identified to be a resident of Udapotha, Bulathkohupitiya who had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
India launches investigations into Rishad Bathiudeen
Intelligence Bureau and Kerala Police have started to dig into Kerala connections of All Ceylon Makkal Congress Leader and Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen after he was arrested by Sri Lankan Police on April 24 in connection with April 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed 279 people and injured hundreds. While the specifics of the links which Bathiudeen had in Kerala are yet to be revealed, the agencies will be looking into the inputs on his visit to Kasaragod in 2009 and also his acquaintance with a few religious leaders in Kerala,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/21)
Gravitas: Bill Gates says no to sharing vaccine formulas to developing world
The Global Elites want to keep vaccine patents locked. The US remains non-committal on waivers. Now, Bill Gates has said no to lifting patents to share vaccine formulas with the developing world. WION's Palki tells you how patents on vaccines are the biggest roadblock towards recovery. https://youtu.be/tropM4cajFw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 12
SWRD Bandaranaike was assassinated in 1959. This was followed by two attempts to remove his successor, Sirimavo. First, the failed coup of 1962 and second, the JVP insurgency of 1971. The 1971 rebellion was the first armed uprising against the state. Mano Ratwatte, son of Mackie Ratwatte, Private Secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo, recalls that in January 1966, at a political rally the Air Force guard had threatened to open fire on Prime Minister Sirimavo and Dr. Baduiddin Mohammed. The 1971 JVP insurgency has been described as a romantic, innocent revolution,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/21)
Bold Changes Needed to Salvage the Nation’s Tea Plantation Industry
Ananda Wickramasinghe The Sri Lankan tea plantation industry is facing serious challenges that call for unbiased analyses of the current status and bold rethinking of the solutions required if it is to continue to hold its place as one of the nation’s leading sources of foreign exchange. What we are witnessing presently is an industry that cannot be sustained anymore with a colonial-time attendance-based wages system. Tea is a high labour-intensive crop and requires an abundant supply of inexpensive and skilled labour throughout the year. Availability of cheap labour in the colonial period was the most significant... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/21)
දිස්ත්රික්ක කිහිපයක අහඹු PCR නවතන්නැයි දැනුම් දුන්නා.. ඉන් වසංගතය තවත් දරුණු වේවි..
දිස්ත්රික්ක කිහිපයක වෙනදා සිදු කරන ලද අහඹු PCR පරීක්ෂණ වහාම නවත්වන්නැයි දන්වා ඇතැයි මහජන සෞඛ්‍ය පරීක්ෂකවරුන්ගේ සංගමය සඳහන් කරයි. එහි සභාපති උපුල් රෝහණ මහතා සඳහන් කරන්නේ දැනට දිස්ත්‍රික් මට්ටමින් කරගෙන යමින් තිබූ අහඹු පරීක්ෂණ නවත්වන්නැයි බලධාරීන් විසින් දන්වා ඇති බවත් එය ඉතා කණගාටුදායක තත්ත්වයක් බවත්ය. මෙහි අරමුණ වන්නේ ආසාදිතයන් වාර්තා වීම අවම ලෙස පෙන්නුම් කිරීම බවද ඔහු පැවසීය. ඉදිරි දින කිහිපයේදී ආසාදිතයන් තවත් වැඩි වශයෙන් වාර්තා වනු ඇතැයි ද පැවසු ඔහු මෙම අහඹු පරීක්ෂණ නවත්වන්නැයි දැනුම්දී ඇත්තේ එම ඉහල වාර්තා වීම අඩු කිරීමට බවද ඔහු පැවසීය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/21)
Sri Lanka has prioritised relations with China, Gotabaya tells General Wei
Sri Lanka follows an independent foreign policy, will never bend to outside pressures, Chinese media quoted Mr. Rajapaksa. Sri Lanka has prioritised developing relations with China and “firmly supports” China’s positions on issues concerning its core interests, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defence Wei Fenghe, according to Chinese state media. The Sri Lankan President said his country “has been pursuing an independent foreign policy and will never bend to pressure from major powers outside the region as well as never forge an alliance... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/21)
Six more Grama Niladhari Divisions isolated
Six Grama Niladhari Divisions in Trincomalee District have been placed under isolation order with immediate effect, says the Commander of Sri Lanka Army General Shavendra Silva. https://youtu.be/jCLKwoJro-k Thereby, the following Grama Niladhari Divisions will be isolated until further notice: Uppuveli police area:• Sumedagampura GN Division Trincomalee police area:• Moodovi GN Division• Koviladi GN Division• Linga Nagar GN Division China Bay police area:• Kavattikuda GN Division• China Bay GN Division... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/21)
President emphasizes need to eliminate use of chemical fertilizers
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he will take up the challenge of making Sri Lanka the first country in the world to eliminate the use of chemical fertilizers, without taking a step back on the decision to end the use of chemical fertilizers in the country. The President said the fact that no country in the world has abandoned the use of chemical fertilizers is not an obstacle to achieve this goal. The President urged everyone to get together to educate the farmers to create a healthy generation by taking it to the field, without... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/21)
Local company sealed off after tests confirm presence of Aflatoxin in coconut oil
he Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has taken measures to seal off a local coconut oil manufacturing company after it was confirmed its products contain the highly carcinogenic substance Aflatoxin. https://youtu.be/w-E-DTN9nGo Further, the coconut oil stocks that the company had released to the market have been removed by the CAA. Following the recent controversy concerning the presence of Aflatoxin in imported unrefined coconut oil, the authorities have obtained samples of coconut oil products in the markets for testing. The test results have revealed that the carcinogen Aflatoxin... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/21)
New Covid-19 restrictions for all religious places of worship
The Director General of Health Services announced that all religious congregational activities will be prohibited until further notice due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country. https://youtu.be/elLTyQN0rLo Meanwhile the maximum number of persons allowed to gather at any place of worship has been reduced to 25. Previously the maximum number of persons allowed at religious places had been 50. Issuing a media release, the DG of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena states that based on the risks of the current Covid-19 situation, amendments have been made to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/21)
DO WE NEED A FUNDED PEACE?
I read an article published in Daily News on 28.04.2021 ‘World Military Spending Rises to the US $ 2 Trillion by Thalif Deen. The article was concluded quoting a statement US Secretary-General, Bank-Ki Moon, ‘the world is over-armed, and peace is underfunded.’ My question is could last a funded peace in the modern world? The best example is since the beginning of the LTTE issue the peace of Sri Lanka had become a funded peace that has not been succeeded, could we still believe in a funded peace? The book, Mahavamsa, describes... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
AN OPEN LETTER TO HE. GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA AND THE VISITING FOREIGN MINISTER OF CHINA.
Chinese Defence Minister and President Rajapaksa hold talks. Wonderfull friendship. Let it long last for ever for the benefit of our two Nations. The opponents of our "Maathruboomiya" are crying foul about the Colombo Port City Project and slandering the government with false publicity, backed by a media that is controlled by unscrupulous business magnates who are the "gatekeepers of the media" bombarding "media metaphors" to stall the progress of our nation forward to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
Tamil Memorial Monument in Markham, Ontario, Canada
26 April 2021 Mr. Khalid UsmanWard 7 CouncillorCity of Markham101 Town Centre BoulevardMarkham, Ontario, L3R 9W3 cc. Mayor Frank Scarpitti Dear Councillor Khalid Usman: Re: Tamil Memorial Monument in Markham’s Ward 7. Permit me to address the members of the City of Markham's General Committee through this letter on the above subject. Ladies and Gentlemen, so here we go again - the Canadian Tamil Blarney Lying Gong Show. The Tamils who... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
Opening Remarks by the Hon.Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Bilateral Discussion with General Wei Fenghe State Councilor and Minister of National Defense of CHINA
Hon. Minister, I’m am very happy to welcome you to Sri Lanka. We appreciate your deciding to visit despite the pandemic situation. We have had a number of high-level visits from China since the outbreak of the pandemic. I look forward to our discussion today and the opportunity, through this visit, to further strengthen our already strong and friendly bilateral relations. At the outset, allow me to convey my warm wishes on the 100th year anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party this year and for all its achievements. It is indeed an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා, චීනයේ ජාතික ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ජනරාල් වෙයි ෆෙන්ග් මහතා සමඟ පැවැති ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සාකච්ඡාවේ දී දැක්වූ අදහස්
ගරු ඇමතිතුමනි, ඔබව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පිළිගැනීමට හැකිවීම ගැන මම ඉතා සතුටු වෙමි. වසංගත තත්ත්වය නොතකා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සංචාරය කිරීමට ඔබ කළ තීරණය අපි අගය කරමු. වසංගත තත්ත්වය හමුවේ වුවද චීනයේ ඉහළ පෙළේ දූත පිරිස් අවස්ථා ගණනාවක දී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණියා. ඔබගේ මෙම සංචාරය සහ හමුවීම තුළින් අපගේ ශක්තිමත් හා මිත්‍රශීලී ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සබඳතා තවදුරටත් ශක්තිමත් කර ගැනීමට අවස්ථාව ලැබෙනු ඇතැයි මම බලාපොරොත්තු වෙමි. පළමුවෙන්ම මේ වසරට යෙදෙන චීන කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂයේ 100 වැනි සංවත්සරය සහ එහි සියලු ජයග්‍රහණ සඳහා මගේ උණුසුම් සුබ පැතුම් පළ කරමි.එය සැබවින්ම ඉතා වැදගත් සන්ධිස්ථානයක්. තවද, දිළිඳුකම තුරන් කිරීමේ දී චීනය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
Consultant Sabawa for Sri Lankan High Commissioner for India Requested the Maha Sangha to recite the ‘Rathana Sutta’
Uttareethara Sanga Consultant Sabawa for Sri Lankan High Commissioner for India has requested the Maha Sangha to recite the ‘Rathana Sutta’ in every temple in the country on Saturday 01st May with minimum participant for the benefit of the most affected Indian citizen, all the human in the world and finally Sri Lankan in the country in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Issuing a press release, the Uttareethara Sanga Consultant Sabawa, including Ven. Dr. Niyangoda Wijithasiri Anunayaka Thero says that not only our neighbor Country but the entire world is facing a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
Is there a relief for Parkinson's Disease?
https://youtu.be/A3vDxzzNbhg Transcript: After reading Tim Newman’s article, in MNT Newsletter, I was inspired to present this video, because Parkinson’s disease seems to be on the increase among the aging Sri Lankan population. Parkinson’s disease is a condition where the nerves of the brain and the other parts of the nervous system are affected. Symptoms about to be discussed are due to loss of nerve cells. What causes this to happen are not noticeably clear. Parkinson’s is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease. In the United States, approximately... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
Hindu temple officials arrested in Sri Lanka for holding festival amid Covid-19
A huge crowd attended the festival at the Sri Kamakshi Amman Kovil temple in Tamil-dominated Jaffna without maintaining social distance or wearing face masks.PTI | Top officials of a Hindu temple in Sri Lanka have been arrested for holding a festival despite a ban on large gatherings amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, according to a media report. A huge crowd attended the festival at the Sri Kamakshi Amman Kovil temple in Tamil-dominated Jaffna without maintaining social distance or wearing face masks, the Colombo Gazette newspaper reported. Police... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
AG files indictment in Puttlam HC under PTA against 6 accused
The Attorney General has filed indictments in the Puttalam High Court under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and the Terrorist Financing Act against six accused of collecting explosives and maintaining an explosive manufacturing base in Wanathawilluwa in 2019 January. He requested the Chief Justice for a Trial at Bar to try Mohammed Mufees, Mohammed Hamas, Ibrahim Mohammed Naufar, Mohammed Sajid, Ibrahim Sadeeq Abdullah, and Gaffoor Mama along with the deceased Zaharan Hasim and Mohammed Hasthun. https://youtu.be/QXKcCy81fSw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
SL-China agree to enhance defence cooperation
Sri Lanka and China agreed to enhance defence cooperation, particularly in terms of high level exchanges and training, informed sources said. The enhancement of defence ties and other bilateral cooperation were discussed when visiting Chinese National Defence Minister Wei Fenghe held talks with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today. According to informed sources, Sri Lanka was appreciative of China’s cooperation. Before his arrival in Sri Lanka, he visited Bangladesh and met with the top political and military leaders there. He is the second top ranked... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
COVID-19 strain responsible for current outbreak in Sri Lanka confirmed as UK variant
Mutations specific to UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 (B.1.1.7) have been detected in Sri Lanka, says Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, Director of Allergy, Immunity and Cell Biology Unit of Sri Jayewardenepura University. https://youtu.be/ZUOZw7icQng Addressing during a special media briefing on Wednesday (April 28), he said the mutations were discovered in the samples obtained from Colombo, Boralesgamuwa and Kurunegala areas. This confirms that B.1.1.7 is the currently circulating strain in Sri Lanka, responsible for the ongoing massive outbreak, Dr. Jeewandara noted. Speaking further, he explained that this variant has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
COVID: Sri Lanka sees highest daily spike as new cases soar above 1,400
With a spike in COVID infections, Sri Lanka’s daily cases count stayed above the grim milestone of 1,000 for the second consecutive day on Wednesday (April 28). The Health Ministry initially confirmed 988 new coronavirus-positive cases earlier today, and 463 more later in the day. Following the new development, the island nation has recorded 1,466 fresh cases of coronavirus within the day, marking the highest single-day spike in positive cases. Government Information Department said 32 of the new infections were from the prison cluster, 15 were arrivals from foreign countries... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
Six new COVID fatalities in Sri Lanka
Six new COVID-related deaths were reported in Sri Lanka on Wednesday (April 28), says the Director-General of Health Services. Following the confirmation of latest coronavirus victims, the country’s death toll now stands at 661. According to the particulars released by the Government Information Department, the details of the victims are as follows: 01. A 56-year-old man from Pallegama area: He died on April 25 while receiving treatment at the Mawanella Base Hospital. The cause of death was identified as COVID pneumonia. 02. A 45-year-old woman from Weerapokuna area:... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
Chinese Defence Minister holds bilateral talks with PM Rajapaksa
Chinese State Councillor and Defence Minister, General Wei Fenghe is currently holding bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, says the Premier’s Media Division. https://youtu.be/PJT-M8xJc7Q During the meeting, PM Rajapaksa has appreciated China for donating 600,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Sri Lanka to help the fight against the pandemic situation. “We look forward to China’s continued support in dealing with this crisis,” he said further. Speaking further, the Premier explained that, despite the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, Sri Lankan government... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
Indian COVID-19 variant found in at least 17 countries – WHO
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that a variant of COVID-19 feared to be contributing to a surge in coronavirus cases in India has been found in over a dozen countries. The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of COVID-19 first found in India had as of Tuesday been detected in over 1,200 sequences uploaded to the GISAID open-access database “from at least 17 countries”. “Most sequences were uploaded from India, the United Kingdom, USA and Singapore,” the WHO said in its weekly epidemiological update on the pandemic. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
Chinese Defence Minister and President Rajapaksa hold talks
Chinese State Councillor and Defence Minister, General Wei Fenghe, today called on Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for a bilateral discussion at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this morning. https://youtu.be/mZXCAVEV8H4 The Chinese Defence Minister was received by the Secretary to the President P.B. Jayasundera and Foreign Secretary Admiral (Retd.) Prof. Jayanath Colombage, upon arriving at the Presidential Secretariat. General Wei Fenghe said the bilateral discussions held with the President were extremely fruitful and also said the relations between the two nations were further strengthened by this visit. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/21)
Airfares soar and private jets in demand as rich Indians flee Covid-19
MUMBAI (AFP) - Airfares soared and demand for private jets boomed Friday (April 23) as Indians who could afford it scrambled to escape a Covid-19 surge before flights to the United Arab Emirates shut down. All flights from the UAE to India - one of the world's busiest air corridors - will be suspended from Sunday as coronavirus cases in the South Asian nation reach record levels and overwhelm hospitals. Price comparison websites showed one-way commercial flights from Mumbai to Dubai on Friday and Saturday costing as much as 80,000 rupees... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA IS A PRESIDENT WHO IS "TRUDGING" THE VILLAGES OF THE MOST REMOTE DIVISIONAL SECRETARIAT DIVISIONS IN OUR "MAATHRUBOOMIYA".
IS HE AN IMAGE OF THE LATE KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ OF THAILAND WHO SAID DURING HIS RULE THAT THERE WAS MUCH TO DO AT HOME. HE. Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the image of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (ninth king of the Chakkri dynasty (1950–2016), who said during his rule that there was too much to do at home. He was content to trudge through croplands in distant provinces in an open-neck shirt and sport coat, tending to the many... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
Alleged Gonibilla’s fury over PCoI on Political Victimisation
The prat-fallen and shameless Jeppo leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who was mainly responsible from 2015 to 2020 for all the ravages, hardships, and torments suffered by the people of this country due to his utterly disgraceful servitude to protect his Ranil Haamu and his destructive government keeps on holding meetings just in a vain attempt to project that he is a valid politician in this country by making mischievous and scornful allegations against the government. This member of the gang of robbers who ferociously snatched away the ID cards, gold jewelry, and money from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
US Agrees To Export COVID Vaccine Raw Materials To India, Lifts Embargo Amid Rising Cases
As India battles devastating COVID-19 crisis, the US has decided to lift embargo on export of raw materials required by SII for production of Covishield. As India battles the devastating second wave of COVID-19 pandemic with the nation clocking more than 3 lakh cases every day and making a new high in single day spike of COVID-19 infections, the US government has decided to lift the export ban on the essential raw materials required by the vaccine manufacturer in India for production of COVID-19 vaccine. This development... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
Report on 2019 Lanka bombings: Ruling party’s call to punish the entire former cabinet
Colombo, April 26 (ECONOMYNEXT): Sri Lanka’s ruling party MPs have requested President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to initiate legal action against the entire cabinet of the United National Party (UNP)-led Yahapalana government over the 2019 Easter bombings, a top minister said. Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage told reporters yesterday that the Presidential Commission of Inquiry that probed the attack has clearly stated in its report that the previous government should be held responsible for failing to prevent the deadly bombings. The April 21 attack, perpetrated by an Islamist... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
Sri Lanka is awaiting batch of Russian Covid-19 vaccines
Colombo, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) The first batch of Russian Sputnik-V vaccines will arrive in Sri Lanka this week, State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation Channa Jayasumana said on Tuesday.According to Jayasumana, talks are being held to organize the means of transportation in order to bring the shipment to Sri Lanka, News First website reported. 'We will most likely receive confirmation today or tomorrow as to when air transportation will be available,' the minister said. Sri Lanka has reported 102,376 Covid-19 cases, 647 deaths and 94,577 recovered patients from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
Chinese Defense Minister’s Visit Could Give Military Dimension To Sino-Sri Lankan Relations – OpEd
The visit of the Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe to Sri Lanka which begins on Tuesday, is significant as it indicates that Sino-Lankan relations may go beyond economic engagement to acquiring a military dimension. It is reported in a local Sunday paper that Wei’s visit will result in China’s giving Sri Lanka equipment to modernize the army, navy and air force and enhancing the training component. Though independent confirmation of this has not been possible, what is clear is that China is looking beyond infrastructure development projects in Sri Lanka.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
Sri Lanka sees record surge in COVID cases
https://youtu.be/mxKFMk2uGBk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
All schools, tuition classes island-wide temporarily closed
UPDATE: Education Minister Professor G.L. Peiris stated that all pre-schools and Piriven will also be closed until Friday (April 30). “The government has decided to close all schools, pre-schools and Piriven across the island until Friday (April 30),” the minister told reporters in Colombo today. “In the weekend, we will discuss with the health authorities, provincial education directors and school principals and reach a decision regarding the next week which is commencing on May 03.” He assured parents that they always give priority to the healthcare of children when taking decisions... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
Eight new COVID victims bring death toll to 655
Eight more COVID-related deaths were confirmed in Sri Lanka on Tuesday (April 27), says the Director-General of Health Services. The latest coronavirus victims have pushed the country’s death toll from the pandemic to 655. According to the Government Information Department, the details of the deceased are as follows: 01. A 62-year-old man from Polgolla area: He died while receiving treatment at the Kandy National Hospital on April 23. The cause of death was recorded as COVID pneumonia. 02. A 45-year-old man from Hettipola area: After testing positive for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
Sri Lanka records highest single-day spike with over 1,000 new COVID cases
Sri Lanka recorded the highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on Tuesday (April 27) with more than 1,000 people testing positive for the virus within the day, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) revealed. A total of 674 people were initially confirmed as coronavirus-positive cases, while another 422 were registered later. Sri Lanka has thus registered a total of 1,096 fresh cases of coronavirus on Tuesday as the cumulative cases tally touched 103,472... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
Bill to be drafted banning full face covering in public places
A decision has been taken to draft a Bill banning the full face covering in public places, says Cabinet Co-Spokesperson Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. https://youtu.be/ZeHogxujLgY He made this remark during the media briefing held today (April 27) to announce Cabinet decisions. Speaking further he pointed out that issues concerning national security and terrorism have emerged as full face covering makes it difficult to confirm one’s identity. There are certain countries that have already banned the full face covering, he said further.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
India Covid: Delhi builds makeshift funeral pyres as deaths climb
Funeral pyres have been built in parks and other empty spaces after Delhi's crematoriums reached capacity Crematoriums in the Indian capital Delhi have been forced to build makeshift funeral pyres, as the city runs out of space to cremate its dead. Staff are working around the clock, while parks and other empty spaces are also being utilised for cremations. Families have had to wait hours before being allowed to cremate their dead due to the rise in demand. Deaths have been surging in India... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 11
The possibility of a coup d'etat had been known from 1958. In Parliament in November 1958 NM Perera had dropped hints of a plan for a coup d’etat. He referred to Sidney de Zoysa, not by name, but as a person who was gathering power by placing his men in key positions in the police force. Philip Gunawardene picked this up and expanded on the subject in Parliament in 1958. Sydney de Zoysa was a trouble maker, he said. During the emergency of 1958 where ever Sydney went, there was trouble. People were... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
Has God forsaken humanity in the time of the Coronavirus Pandemic?
The horrifying tragedy that is unfolding before our very eyes worldwide but particularly in India, and God fearing traditional Christian countries such as USA, Brazil, Italy, Spain, France, U.K., Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Norway and Sweden raises fundamental questions not only in respect to humanity’s capacity to combat the spread of the coronavirus that has taken a huge toll of over 3 .1 Million fatalities and over 147 million infections up to date, but also on the very existence of GOD on whom so much faith and trust has been placed by billions of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
India’s Foreign Minister interferes with the Sovereignty and Independence of Sri Lanka
The following statement by the Indian Foreign Minister reported to have been made in the Indian Rajaya Sabha calling for early elections to Provincial Councils etc is a direct interference with the Sovereignty and Freedom of this country that should be deplored by every Sri Lankans. 0 .3 wants Sri Lanka to hold early election to provincial councils: Jaishankar Indian Foreign Minister CHENNAI, April 19, 2021 18:34 IST India supports the call of international community for the Sri Lankan government to fulfill its commitments on devolution of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/21)
The two youths making fireworks at Ibbagamuwa – signs of Terror making a return?
26 April 2021 It was reported on Sri Lankan media about an incident involving two Muslim youths at Pannala in Ibbagamuwa, receiving injuries while making what is supposed to be fireworks. The news also says that the local Police together the Police Special Task Force are investigating with the assistance of the Government Analyst Department. It is very clear from the description of the incident that the two youths Abdul Muhthalib Mujibur Rahman and Abdul Muthalib Mohammed Mufsil were making a rudimentary Pipe Bomb. Wikipedia explains a pipe bomb as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 15 වැනි කොටස- නීති සම්පාදනයට සුදුස්සෝ
මෙයට පෙර ලිපිවලින් පැහැදිළි කළ ආකාරයට බෞද්ධ ජනරජය තුළ පක්ෂ ක්‍රමය අදාළ කරගනුයේ “ජනතාවගේ විධායක බලය” ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට පමණකි. ජනතාවගේ උපදේශන, ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක සහ අධිකරණ බලතල ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට නිර්පාක්‍ෂික ක්‍රමයක් යොදා ගැනෙයි. පක්ෂ ක්‍රමයෙන් බැහැර වී “ජනතාවගේ ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක බලය” ක්‍රියාත්මක කළ හැක්කේ කෙලෙසින් ද? මෙම ලිපියෙන් අපි ඒ ගැන විමසා බලමු. රාජ්‍ය පාලනයට අවැසි ජනතා උපදේශනයේ වගකීම පැවරුණු උත්තරීතර උපදේශක සභාවක් පිහිටුවිය යුතු බව ද, ජාතික අරමුණුවලට අනුගතව අවශ්‍ය උපදෙස් සැපැයීම සඳහා ඒ ඒ විෂයය පිළිබඳ ගැඹුරු දැනුමක් ඇති අය ඒ සඳහා පත් කළ යුතු බව ද අපි හඳුනා ගත්තෙමු. ඒ වෙනුවෙන් තෝරා ගන්නා නියෝජිතයන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
ඇවිදින්නේ මරණය අතේ තියාගෙන. | V8 එක. | වඳ කොත්තු. | ඥානසාර හිමිගෙන් සියල්ලට පිළිතුරු
https://youtu.be/OnBqZqm2BBE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
UK bid to hide Gash reports challenged in House of Lords
… UNHRC avoids query whether new probe unit can seek those dispatches from Colombo Following the UK’s refusal to accede to Sri Lanka’s recent request for disclosing British wartime defence attaché Lt. Col. Gash’s dispatches from Colombo, Conservative member Lord Naseby has sought an explanation as regards the procedures followed by the Defence attachés in gathering and submitting information to Her Majesty’s Government. Authoritative Sri Lankan government sources told The Island that the UK in spite of being a member of the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
Colombo Port City is a potential source and driver of Sri Lanka’s economic growth
Colombo, April 23 (www.counterpoint.lk): The miracle of “Shenzen” inspired governments globally to find ways and means out of adverse situations that plague countries in terms of their economic performance, especially in the post-second world war era. Shenzen was well-regarded the world over as the most judicious and prudent way of experimenting with fundamental economic reforms the Chinese leaders wanted to introduce to the country’s economic structure. It was more of a litmus test of how market reforms such as liberalisation of the economy works within the global economic context.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
Director Indian Cultural Center in Colombo goes on a three-day Dhamma Yatra
Colombo, April 26 (newsin.asia): Underlining the deep people-to-people connect and shared Buddhist heritage between India and Sri Lanka, Dr. Rewant Vikram Singh, Director of Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), cultural arm of the High Commission of India, undertook a three-day Dhamma Yatra to Kadurawewa and Bingiriya villages of the Kurunegala district from 24 to 26 April. The Yatra was undertaken mainly to commemorate the auspicious Bak Full Moon Poya Day, the Indian High Commission said in a press release. During the Yatra, Most Venerable Mahasangha and the people of Kadurawewa and Bingiriya... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
Easter Sunday probe: Bathiudeen brothers face 90-day detention under PTA
The Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) yesterday (25) protested against the arrest of its Vanni District member Rishad Bathiudeen and his brother, Riyaj in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Rishad Bathiudeen is the leader of the All-Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC), a constituent of the SJB. The ACMC leader served as a Cabinet minister under both President Mahinda Rajapaksa (2010-2015) and President Maithripala Sirisena (2015-2019) SJB MP Manusha Nanayakkara told The Island that the latest arrests had been made close on the heels of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
Escalation of Covid-19 cases in the region Chinese FM to intiate dialogue with SL and other countries in the region
In the wake of the escalation of Covid-19 cases across the region, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will initiate a dialogue with his counterparts of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Afghanistan today on pandemic-related cooperation, poverty alleviation and other support needed at this hour, a Minister said. Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardane told Daily Mirror that the virtual meeting would take place today afternoon, and Sri Lanka would present its position on the situation. The meeting is meant for the exploration of new areas of cooperation during the trying time.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
Numerous Covid-19 clusters emerging in the country
Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said numerous Covid-19 clusters were emerging in the country, but the cases could be traced back to their contacts. Dr. Samaraweera told Daily Mirror the number of infections had increased because of the existence of many clusters. However, he said he could not view it as a sign of the disease spreading cutting across the country. (Kelum Bandara)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
Shortage of ICU beds in hospitals islandwide Rise in number of COVID-19 cases
With the number of COVID-19 cases on the rise daily, there is a shortage of beds in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) for the COVID-19 patients in hospitals islandwide. Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID-19 Disease Control Minister Sudarshani Fernandopulle told Daily Mirror that the available capacity in ICU was almost full. “Steps are being taken to increase the capacity in ICUs and High Dependency Units in order to address the issue," she said. She also said a new strain had been apparently identified and that’s why the ICU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
Schools, pre-schools closed in Western & North Western provinces
Education Minister Professor G.L Peiris announced that all schools, pre-schools and Piriven in the Western and North Western provinces will remain closed until the 30th of April, 2021. This decision has been taken as a precaution due to the recent surge in new COVID-19 cases. https://youtu.be/rujJRzBUyN4 However, the schools in other provinces will reopen for students as per usual from tomorrow (27), the Education Ministry said. “The government has taken a decision to close all schools, pre-schools and Piriven located within the Western and North Western... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
PM emphasize need to accelerate ‘South-South cooperation’ during UNESCAP address
Addressing the 77th Session of UNESCAP, Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said the government is keen on strengthening the island nation’s regional ties and emphasize the need to accelerate the “South-South” cooperation. “Towards that end, we believe UNESCAP should commit itself to being relevant and responsive with measures such as assisting small countries with pandemic recovery and vaccination programs, encouraging growth of foreign employment opportunities, promoting Eco-tourism and Health-tourism and encouraging investments into and find markets for emerging nations.” Rajapaksa, today via a video message, addressed the opening segment of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
Sri Lanka reports three more Covid-19 deaths
The Director General of Health Services confirms three more Covid-19 deaths today, pushing the country’s death toll from COVID-19 to 647. 1. A 70-year-old female from Galpatha who had passed away on April 26 while receiving treatment at the Kalutara District General Hospital. The cause of death is reported as Covid-19 pneumonia. 2. A 92-year-old male from Kandana who had passed away on April 25 while being treated at IDH. The cause of death is cited as Covid-19 pneumonia, acute kidney damage, high blood sugar, high blood pressure and kidney disease. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
952 coronavirus cases reported in Sri Lanka today
The Ministry of Health says that another 60 persons have tested positive for coronavirus increasing today’s total of new Covid-19 cases to 952. All 60 new cases are close contacts of infected patients from the Peliyagoda cluster. The total number of cases associated with the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda and prisons clusters has climbed to 96,698 with this. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in the country so far has hit 102,376.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
Several areas isolated from tonight; Dambulla EC isolated for 2 weeks
Commander of the Army General Shavendra Silva announced that a decision has been taken to isolate several Grama Niladhari (GN) divisions in three districts with effect from 8.00 p.m. tonight (26) to control the spread of Covid-19. https://youtu.be/zxFLJRKqnZA Gampaha District: Polhena, Heeralugedara and Kaluaggala GN divisions in Kotadeniyawa police area and Aswennawatta East GN division in Minuwangoda police area will be isolated from 8.00 p.m. tonight until further notice. Kalutara District: Miriswatta, Pelawatta North and Pelawatta East GN divisions in Meegahatenna police area will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
Govt institutions to operate with limited staff from tomorrow
The Ministry of Public Administration says that the heads of all government institutions will be empowered to decide on the number of employees required to report to work from tomorrow (27). The relevant circular will be issued tomorrow, the Secretary to the ministry said. Accordingly, state sector offices will operate with a limited number of staff from tomorrow due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
Police arrest 117 for violating quarantine laws
Sri Lanka Police says that a total of 117 persons were arrested within yesterday for not following quarantine regulations, the highest number of arrests within a single day for offences under the quarantine law. Sri Lanka Police has intensified the quarantine operation procedures because it has been observed that Covid clusters and sub clusters have been created in various localities, police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said. He said that the quarantine law gazette notification was published on the 15th of October 2020 and that however the police have been enforcing the law... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
MEANING OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IN SRI LANKA
It seems that economic development and growth in Sri Lanka could be used with different approaches and many Sri Lankans mean that economic development is individual prosperity while growth is an aggregate status that could reflect the comparative position of individuals with the previous pattern of consumption and other matters. Many students who learn macroeconomics in Sri Lanka and other countries know that consumption function may reflect the points to assess the development and growth of a country. The demonstration effect is the best example of this idea and can this apply to determine the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
Islamic peacemakers and queasy monk invitees: A retrospective look at the ‘National Conference on Peace, Harmony and Coexistence’ from a citizen’s perspective
“.........Please understand the global movement that becomes a cat’s paw of other individuals and groups who have nothing to do with your deep faith and your sincere desire to live your religion to the fullest to reach their selfish goals. Be brave enough to reject extremism. Rise up against schools and organizations that brainwash (the faithful) to kill people in the name of religion. ….” Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith to “My dear Muslim brothers and sisters”of Sri Lanka No ethnic or religious strife to be quenched in Sri Lanka ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
කලා නලා කාරයෙක්ව කටයුතු කරන රටේ, යුක්තිය, ධර්මය නිතිය සොයන්න එපා.
නලා කාරයාත් හොද කලා කාරයෙකි. නලාවේ හඩ ගෙනහැර පාන්නේ, එය පිඹින නලාකාරයාගේ කලාත්මක කුශලතාවයයි. ඒ කුශලතාවයට, නයෙක් මෙන්ම සමාජයක් වුවද නැටවිය හැකිය. මේ නැටවීම අපූරු කලාවක් වන අතර, නැටවීම නම් වූ සංකල්පයත් සමග නටන්නෙක්ද ඉස්මතුවේ. මේ ඉස්මතුවූ නව චරිතය, නැට්ටුවා ලෙස කරලියට එනවිටම නලා කාරයාගේ තාලයට ගයන නව චරිතයක්ද ඉස්මතුවේ. ඒ ගායකයා ලෙස සමාජගතවන නව කලා කරුවෙකි, මේ වාදනය, ගායනය, හා නර්තණය බැලීම සදහා එක් රොක් වෙන සමාජ බලකායක්ද ඉස්මතුවන අතර. එම නව බලකාය ප්‍රේක්ෂකයින් වශයෙන් හැදින්වේ.මේ නලා කාරයා කලාකාරයා බවට පත්වී සිදු කරන ලද සමාජ විප්ලවයයි. මේ විප්ලවය කිරීමට තුවක්කු බයිනෙත්තු හෝ අත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
BIRTH PANGS OF THE RAJAPAKSA SATRAPY
“But China has told us take whatever (money) necessary and pay back whenever possible.” Parliamentarian S.B. Dissanayake (to Rev. Keppitiyagoda Siriwimala Thero – 4.4.2021) Days after the presidential election of 2010, the Rajapaksa siblings gathered to enjoy an evening of musical extravaganza. Organised by the state-owned ITN and titled Jaya Jayawe (Victory Victorious), the show was billed as a “Musical tribute to the Heroes of the Nation.” The evening began with a lullaby about how “King Mihindu” and his “Chief General Gotabaya” saved Mother Lanka from demons. Song after saccharine song followed,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/21)
Premier Zhou Enlai’s visit to Ceylon in 1957
On 1 October 1949, the People’s Republic of China was proclaimed by Mao Zedong. Two months later, on 6 January 1950 the Ceylon government recognised Red China– one of the first countries to do so. Seven years later, in early 1957, the Premier of China, Zhou Enlai, made an historic five-day visit to the island, which paved the way for the establishing of diplomatic relations between Ceylon and China. Before exploring Zhou’s visit to Ceylon, it is worth diverting for a moment to briefly sketch the key... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/21)
Venous cerebral blood clots after vaccinations- post AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and other brands.
https://youtu.be/FANlHolmISk Transcript: “As the vaccine to protect against COVID-19 continues to roll out to more and more people, there is bound to be more and more side effects. Today, we are discussing the most dreaded side effect, i.e., Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (CVT)” Great concern of the people today is to have the COVID-19 vaccine against COVID-19 or not, and that is the question. Because of this situation the hesitancy rates seem increasing, and the anticipated herd immunity may be prolonged for at least another 4 years. Recently, it has been discovered... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/21)
Guidelines for tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka to be updated
Colombo, April 24 (Daily Mirror) – The guidelines for tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka is expected to be updated owing to the present COVID19 situation, Tourism Ministry sources told the Daily Mirror yesterday. The move comes after the health authorities issued new health guidelines for the country effective till May 31. Tourism Ministry sources said that they anticipate a change in the number of days tourists need to be quarantined when visiting Sri Lanka. Tourists visiting the country are currently restricted to a bio bubble. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/21)
Cardinal’s Candid Comments and the Bathiudeen Brothers Brouhaha
Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen being taken to prison when he was arrested in October last year All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) leader and ex-Cabinet Minister Rishad Bathiudeen is a prominent Sri Lankan politician, who is very often in the news for the wrong reasons. The 48-year-old Bathiudeen hailing from Dharapuram in the Mannar District is an engineer by training. Known widely as Rishad, he was first elected to Parliament from the Northern Vanni electoral district in December 2001. He has been consistently elected as Vanni MP since then in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/21)
New Covid strain found in Sri Lanka can remain airborne for nearly 60 minutes
Researchers in Sri Lanka say they have detected a new variant of coronavirus on the island nation which is highly transmissible and can remain airborne for nearly an hour. Sri Lanka is reporting over 600 new cases each day. HIGHLIGHTS The variant is highly transmissible: immunologist Neelika MalavigeSri Lanka's ministry of COVID prevention has issued new guidelines to contain the spreadSymptoms are now more visible and young people are more likely to develop them: Dr Asela Gunawardena Anew coronavirus strain that is airborne and more potent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/21)
Lankan monks visit Ghandhara civilisation sites
ISLAMABAD: A 14-member delegation of visiting Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka visited several archaeological sites of Gandhara civilisation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and performed religious rituals. The delegation arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for a week-long visit aimed at strengthening cultural ties between Islamabad and Colombo based on shared Buddhist heritage. The guests visited the sites in Taxila, Khanpur, and Takht-i-Bhai and evinced keen interest in the preservation of the sites by the government. They praised the restoration of the Buddhist religious sites at Bhimala in the Khanpur town of Haripur.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/21)
New, Highly Potent And Transmissible Coronavirus Strain Discovered In Sri Lanka
Scientists say that the new coronavirus strain can remain airborne for nearly an hour and it is spreading fast in the island nation In the backdrop of a Covid-19 resurgence in many parts of the globe, researchers in Sri Lanka have discovered a new, highly potent strain of coronavirus. According to scientist, the new strain is airborne, highly transmissible and more potent than all other strains of the virus found on the island-nation. Experts believe that the new strain is responsible for the spike in the number... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/21)
Swat valley most venerable place for Buddhists, say Lankan monks
Fazal Khaliq Courtesy Dawn A Buddhist monk praying in front of the meditating Buddha in Jahanabad, Swat. The statue blown up by militants was restored by the department of archaeology and museums. — Dawn SWAT: Sri Lankan Buddhist monks said here on Saturday that the paradisiacal Swat valley remained the centre of Buddhism and had immense importance for Buddhists all over the world. They said this during their visit to the Buddhist archaeological sites of Gandhara Buddhist civilisation in Swat valley. The delegation include senior monks Dr Walpole Piyananda, Dr Bodagama... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/21)
Top Muslim leader arrested over 2019 Easter attacks in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan police have arrested a prominent Muslim politician and his brother over suspected connections to the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in 2019 that killed 269 people. Rishad Bathiudeen, a former cabinet minister who currently leads an opposition party in Sri Lanka’s parliament, was arrested in the capital Colombo along with his brother, Reyaj Bathiudeen, for “aiding and abetting the suicide bombers who committed the Easter Sunday carnage”, police said. A spokesman added that the brothers have not yet been officially charged. Two local Muslim groups who had pledged... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/21)
Sri Lanka confirms two more Covid-19 deaths
The Director General of Health Services today confirmed two more Covid-19 related deaths in the country moving the death toll so far to 644. One of the victims is a 79-year-old female from Kelaniya who had been transferred from Teldeniya Base Hospital to Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH) after testing positive for Covid-19. She had passed away on April 25. The cause of death is cited as cardiac and raspatory failure caused by Covdi-19 pneumonia. The other patient is a 73-year-old male from Polonnaruwa. He had been transferred from Polonnaruwa District Hospital... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/21)
COVID-19: another 783 persons test positive
The Government Information Department reports that 133 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified increasing today’s coronavirus total to 783. All 133 new cases are close contacts of infected patients from the Peliyagoda cluster. The total number of COVID-19 cases associated with the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda and prisons clusters has reached 95,746. Sri Lanka’s tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported so far has climbed to 101,369 with this.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/21)
19 arrested for not following quarantine regulations
Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana says that 19 individuals were arrested within yesterday for not following quarantine regulations, and urged the public to adhere with quarantine rules and regulations at all times. https://youtu.be/AlT9lqr8IGM He stated that the COVID-19 virus is once again spreading across the country with clusters and sub-clusters being created. The police are therefore compelled to implement the quarantine procedures and the quarantine laws. Accordingly, 19 persons have been arrested within yesterday in respect of the offences of failure to wear facemasks and maintain social distancing.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/21)
Five more Covid-19 deaths reported in Sri Lanka
The Director General of Health Services confirms five more COVID-19 related deaths pushing the death toll due to the virus pandemic in Sri Lanka to 634. 01. The deceased is an 80-year-old male resident in Moratuwa. He died on 20.04.2021 while undergoing treatments in Kothalawala Defense University Hospital. The cause of death is mentioned as COVID-19 Pneumonia complicated with heart failure and atrial fibrillation. 02. The deceased is a 63-year-old male resident in Kandy. He was diagnosed as infected with Covid-19 virus while undergoing treatments in National Hospital Kandy and transferred to the Base... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/21)
Coronavirus: 657 new cases reported today
The Government Information Department reports that another 137 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 increasing the total number of fresh cases identified today to 657. All new cases are close associates of patients from the Peliyagoda Covid-19 cluster. This brings the tally of cases associated with the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda and prisons clusters to 93,157. The total number of Covid-19 cases reported in the country so far has climbed to 98,722 while total recoveries stands at 93,884.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/21)
Indian and Tamil Connection to Easter Sunday Attack?
Information on the Easter Sunday attack tickles in slowly. Based on available information, the radical group members that carried out the attack had agreed not to attack Sinhalese, especially Buddhists when some of them had suggested otherwise. Going by this decision, they avoided Sinhalese in their attacks except on the occasion of the Katuwapitiya Church attack. Based on available information, it was not on the plan. However, the Tamil partner of the attacker had intervened in the terrorist act. Most likely her involvement was to target this church which resulted in a complete... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
එකම භූමියක ආයතන ද්විත්වයකින් පරිපාලනය වු හාර්ඩි ආයතනය'' හාර්ඩි තාක්ෂණ ආයතනය '' ලෙස එක් ආයතනයක් ස්ථාපිත කිරිමට කැබිනට් අනුමැතිය.
අතිගරු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාගේ අධීක්ෂණය හා මඟපෙන්වීම යටතේ නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශයට අනුබද්ධ අම්පාර හාර්ඩි කාර්මික විද්‍යාලය හා අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශය අනුබද්ධ ශ්‍රි ලංකා උසස් තාක්ෂණ ආයතනය (SLIATE) යටතේ ක්‍රියාත්මක අම්පාර හාර්ඩි උසස් තාක්ෂණ ආයතනය යන ආයතන ද්විත්වය ඒකාබද්ධ කොට හාර්ඩි තාක්ෂණික ආයතනය (HIT), ලෙස එක් ආයතනයක් පිහිටුවීමට ඊයේ (20) අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලය අනුමැතිය ලැබිණි. 1960 දශකයේ පැවැති සංවර්ධන අවශ්‍යතාවයන්ට සමගාමීව ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ පලමු බහුකාර්ය ජලාශ ව්‍යාපෘතිය ලෙස ඇරඹුණු ගල්ඔය සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතිය අරමුණු කරගෙන කාර්මික නිලධාරීන්ට විධිමත් ඉංජිනේරු දැනුමක් ලබා දීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
අප්‍රේල් 21 පාස්කු ඉරිදා බෝම්බ මාලාව එල්ල වී දෙවසරක් පිරෙන මොහොත අනුස්මරණය කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.04.21 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී සිදු කළ සම්පූර්ණ කතාව.
ගරු කථානායකතුමනි, අද අපි මීට වසර දෙකකට පෙර එනම් 2019 අප්‍රේල් 21 පාස්කු දිනයේ ලංකා ඉතිහාසයේ ඇති වූ අඳුරුතම දිනයක දෙවන අනුස්මරණය ඉතා සංවේගයෙන් සමරනවා. එදා පාස්කු ඉරු දින දේව මෙහෙයන්ට සහභාගී වූ අහිංසක ජනතාව ඇතුළු 259 ක් මරුමුවට පත්කරමින් සහ සිය ගණනකට තුවාල සිදු කරමින් එල්ලවූ මරාගෙන මැරෙන බෝම්බ මාලාව හේතුවෙන් මියගිය දෙස් විදෙස් ආදරණීය ජනතාව අපි ඉතා සංවේගයෙන් සිහිපත් කරන ගමන් එසේ මියගිය කිතුණුවන්ගේ ආත්මයන්ට ස්වර්ගීය සැනසීමත්, අනෙකුත් ජනතාවට ඔවුන් බලාපොරොත්තු වන අයුරින් සැනසීම අත් වේවායිත් ප්‍රාර්ථනා කරනවා. ඒ වගේම එදා තුවාල වූ ආබාධිත වූ සිය ගණනක් ජනතාව අදත් ශාරීරිකව හා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
Why Melbourne is called, “Little Ceylon”
“Hoppers described as the love-child of a crepe & crumpet. It has become a very popular street food in Sri Lanka, in big towns and rural areas. It is now considered as a special ‘super staple food’ https://youtu.be/wCmOKth4YEE https://youtu.be/wCmOKth4YEE When Australia opened doors for Southern Asians in the late fifties and early sixties, it was a great opportunity for most Sri Lankans to migrate to Australia, those who disliked SWRD’s “Sinhala only within 24 hour policy” This... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
Sri Lanka orders Antigua-registered vessel with radioactive cargo out of Hambantota port
Colombo, April 21 (AFP): Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday (21) expelled an Antigua-registered ship that entered the island’s territory without declaring a radioactive cargo bound for China. The country’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Council (AERC) said the MV BBC Naples was asked to leave after it was found to be in the Chinese-run port of Hambantota on Tuesday (20) night carrying uranium hexafluoride. “The ship failed to declare its dangerous cargo – uranium hexafluoride – and we decided to order it to leave our waters immediately,” AERC director general Anil Ranjith told AFP.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
Mrs. World returns her crown after arrest by Sri Lanka police
The reigning Mrs. World has returned her crown of her own accord after she injured the winner of the Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant over the Sri Lankan winner's marital status, organizers said on Wednesday. The woman who ranked second in the contest, Mrs. Ireland Kate Schneider, will be granted the title instead of Caroline Jurie, they added. Jurie was arrested by Sri Lankan police earlier this month after allegations she injured the winner of the Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant during a dispute about her marital status. Jurie... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
3 people in Sri Lanka die of blood clots associated with AstraZeneca vaccine
The Sri Lankan health minister has informed parliament that the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has led to three deaths, as well as three additional cases of non-fatal blood clotting. Speaking to the Sri Lankan parliament on April 21, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi explained that there had been six cases of blood clotting after the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, and this has led to three deaths. However, the government has not said it will stop using the vaccine. In fact, the health minister noted that it would be dangerous to scaremonger on the back... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
Sri Lankan archbishop asks Muslims to reject extremism
A Sri Lankan Catholic archbishop has appealed to the country’s Muslims to reject extremism and join Catholics in determining the truth behind Easter Sunday suicide bombings in 2019 that killed 269 people. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A Sri Lankan Catholic archbishop appealed to the country's Muslims on Wednesday to reject extremism and join Catholics in determining the truth behind Easter Sunday suicide bombings in 2019 that killed 269 people. Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith made the appeal during a commemoration of the second anniversary... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
'My hip op in Sri Lanka cost very little'
80-year-old Tony Perry from Easton near Norwich was told he needed knee replacement surgery in July 2019. His appointment for the procedure at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital was cancelled in January 2020. His knee condition also exacerbated problems with his hip and his Sri Lankan partner suggested seeking treatment over there. "He spoke to several people in Sri Lanka and they said 'why don't you come here?' and it cost very little," he says. "I spoke to the surgeon. He insisted I had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
Coming weeks extremely critical, warns Epidemiology Chief
While the country moves back to normalcy with schools, universities and companies re-opening, COVID -19 cases are simultaneously increasing, making the next few weeks extremely crucial and challenging in controlling and preventing the virus, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera warned today. He told the media that people would have to act with a sense of responsibility in the coming weeks if they were to prevent a devastating situation. “A huge responsibility lies on people as to how they should abide by the health guidelines when they venture... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
Certain amendments possible to Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill: Romesh de Silva PC
President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva, appearing on behalf of President’s Secretary P.B. Jayasundara in the intervening petition on the Port City Economic Commission Bill, told the Supreme Court that the acts of the Colombo Port City Commission could be also subjected to judicial review and the aggrieved parties could file Fundamental Rights petitions or take legal measures if there is any matter occurred within the Commission. He also informed the bench that he would recommend making amendments to it. Making the submission on behalf of his client, he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
Cardinal urges Muslims to rise against those who instrumentalize Islam
Archbishop of Colombo Cadinal Malclom Ranjith today urged the Muslim community in Sri Lanka to rise up against those who try to instrumentalise Islam for their own purposes. “Rise up and defend yourself against those who try to instrumentalise Islam to fulfil their own purposes. Oppose Wahabism and organizations that promote such ideologies. This is my special request from the Muslim,” Cardinal Ranjith said at a program held to mark the second anniversary of deadly Easter Sunday attacks. “There would not have been any issue today if the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
Sri Lanka-India travel bubble delayed
Sri Lanka has decided to postpone launching the proposed “travel bubble” with India, in the wake of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in India, officials at the Indian Ministry of Tourism said. “We are just postponing the bubble, this is not a cancellation. When things get better in India, we look forward to launching the travel bubble,” an official at the Ministry told The Hindu. Sri Lanka has been preparing to open up the country for tourists in phases as earnings from the sector, a crucial foreign exchange earner, fell steeply in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
Uptick in COVID figures as daily cases climb to 578
Ministry of Health on Wednesday (April 21) confirmed 217 new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 578. Department of Government Information said 62 arrivals from foreign countries are also among the newly-identified cases. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 98,050. Meanwhile, the country’s recoveries count is at 93,668 while 3,752 active cases are receiving treatment at selected hospitals across the island. Sri Lanka has so far witnessed a total of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
Five more COVID victims bring death toll to 630
Five more persons who were infected with COVID-19 have died, as Sri Lanka’s death toll reached 630, Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (April 21). Details of the latest victims of coronavirus infection are as follows: 01. A 75-year-old man from Sewanagala area: He had been under medical care at the Embilipitiya Base Hospital when he tested positive for the virus. He was later transferred to Colombo North Teaching Hospital where he died on April 18. The cause of death was reported as COVID pneumonia, sepsis and acute kidney injury. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
Sri Lanka to conduct 15,000 daily PCR tests
The Ministry of Health says that a decision has been taken to conduct at least 15,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests per day in the country. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Special Review Task Force of the Health Ministry, held under the patronage of Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
Three people who received AstraZeneca jabs died of blood clotting – Health Min.
Three individuals who had received the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Sri Lanka have died of blood clotting, Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi told the Parliament today (April 21). In response to a question raised by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, the Health Minister stated that Sri Lanka has reported a total of six cases of blood clotting among those who were administered the AstraZeneca jabs. Several countries including Norway, Thailand, Austria and Iceland temporarily suspended the rollout of AstraZeneca vaccine, but have now resumed the procedure. Meanwhile, Denmark recently announced that it would... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/21)
BENEFITS OF COLOMBO PORT CITY SHOULD GO TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL SRI LANKA
Before start work in Colombo Port City, I published several articles explaining how it positively impacts the economy of Sri Lanka. The concept of port city development has been attracted in many countries and some are successful others are not successful as expected. Sri Lanka needs to invent new strategies for its development and growth and, the port city may be one that could be successfully used with many limits. Before beginning it was a dream when it graduating a reality many antagonisms emerged with different political opinions and unknown forces and motives. When looks... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Day of infamy and ' Pearl Harbour' moment in Sri Lanka's history
April 21, 2019 is destined to be marked as a date which will live in infamy. Paraphrasing President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he delivered the famous infamy speech on December 08, 1941 soon after the attack on Pearl Harbour by Japan,, posterity may well designate April 21, 2019 as the Blackest day and the ' Pearl Harbour' moment in the contemporary history of Sri Lanka. A total of 267 people were killed, including at least 45 foreign nationals,three police officers, and eight bombers, and at least 500 were injured. Three churches... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Shirley De Alwis: The Hand behind Peradeniya University’s Designs
Shirley D’Alwis, the first University Architect, died in harness. He was working day and night to complete the job entrusted to him – the preparation of the buildings he had designed and started constructing – for the university to be shifted to its intended site in Peradeniya. After a long and protracted “battle of the sites” fought in the legislature and in the media, the State Council had finally decided in September 1938 that the proposed University of Ceylon was to be a unitary and residential university and that it should be sited... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
දෙවියන් මෙරට ජනතාවට හා පාලකයන්ට හිතා බලන්න නිර්මාණය කරන දෑ දෙස බලන්න.
දෙවියන් අඳුරු කුටි තුල ලැග ඉන්නේ නැත.වැඩ සිටින්නේ මුළු මහත් සමාජය තුලමය. එසේ සමාජය ආවරණය කරමින් වැඩ සිටින දෙවියන් අඳුරු කුටි තුල ලැග ගෙන ඉන්නා මිනිසුන්ට සිතා බලන්න බොහෝ දේ නිර්මාණය කරමින් එලි දක්වයි. ඒත් අදුරේ අතපත ගාමින් සිටින මිනිසුන්ගෙන් කි දෙනෙකුට දෙවියන් ඉදිරිපත් කරන මේ කරුණු වැටහේද යන්න ගැටලුවක්ව ඇත. බලන්න මෙවර අපට සිතන්නට දෙවියන් ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇති දෙය දෙස මෙවර දෙවියන් එක වරම චිත්‍රපට දෙකක් ප්‍රදර්ශනය සඳහා ඉදිරිපත්කර ඇත. ඒ, 1.වරාය නගර වලිය 2.ජනාධිපති සමාව යන චිත්‍රපට දෙකයි. චිත්‍රපට දෙකේම ප්‍රධාන නළු නිළියෝ, සියල්ලක්ම එකය. සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස,ප්‍රමුඛ සජබ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Covid in Uttar Pradesh: Coronavirus overwhelms India's most populous state
image captionSushil Kumar Srivastava was photographed sitting in his car, strapped to an oxygen cylinder in Lucknow city India is reeling under a severe second wave of Covid-19 and many states are struggling to cope with the rising numbers. Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, is among the worst affected in the country and its people are suffering even as authorities insist the situation is under control, reports the BBC's Geeta Pandey. Kanwal Jeet Singh's 58-year-old father Niranjan Pal Singh died on Friday in an ambulance while being ferried from one hospital... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Covid-19: How India failed to prevent a deadly second wave
image captionFamily members of a person who died of Covid-19 react during a cremation In early March, India's health minister Harsh Vardhan declared the country was "in the endgame" of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Vardhan also lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership as an "example to the world in international co-operation". From January onwards, India had begun shipping doses to foreign countries as part of its much-vaunted "vaccine diplomacy". Mr Vardhan's unbridled optimism was based on a sharp drop in reported infections. Since a peak of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Covid: Why was India not already on the red list?
India will be added to the government's travel-ban red list from Friday 23 April. It came after Boris Johnson cancelled his planned trip to the country because of the Covid situation there. India has been reporting more than 200,000 cases daily since 15 April. But Pakistan and Bangladesh have both been on the red list since 9 April.
The red list is the government's list of 40 countries from which there are strict restrictions on travel to England. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
George Floyd officer convicted of murder
Civil rights leader Al Sharpton is calling the verdict a moment of "sunlight". "Today we can wipe our tears away and fight on for another day," he just told a news conference. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-56721011 "We don't find pleasure in this," he said. "We don't celebrate a man going to jail. We would rather have George Floyd still here." Leading a group of civil rights leaders in prayer, Sharpton recalled other black victims at the hands of white police officers and noted the funeral of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, fatally shot... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Avoid all travel to India; even if fully vaccinated: US advises its citizens
NEW DELHI: The highly infectious Covid mutant causing a mass .. Sri Lanka is learnt to have indefinitely postponed commencem .. Read more at:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/82159371.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
China offers Sri Lanka a lifeline as critics question cost
Yearlong talks yield $500m loan thought to carry 'geopolitical conditions' Signs advertise Colombo Port City: The development is said to give Beijing sweeping powers to oversee projects for the financial hub worth $1.4 billion. (Photo by Yuji Kuronuma)MUNZA MUSHTAQ, Contributing WriterApril 20, 2021 16:42 JST COLOMBO -- China appears to be tightening its strategic grip on Sri Lanka, wooing the debt-ridden South Asian nation with a fresh $500 million loan as Colombo wrestles with a deepening economic crisis. In March, Sri Lanka's foreign reserves dropped to $4.05 billion, their... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Buddhist monks arrive on a week-long pilgrimage
LAHORE: A 14-member delegation comprising senior Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka arrived in the provincial metropolis Monday to undertake a week-long religious pilgrimage to various Buddhist heritage sites in the country. The Buddhist monks started their journey with a visit of the Lahore Museum which houses some of the finest remains of the Gandhara civilization and rare Buddhist relics including the ‘Fasting Buddha’ and ‘Sikri Stupa’ dating back to the 2 BC. The visit has been arranged by the High Commission of Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with a view to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
India wants Sri Lanka to hold early election to provincial councils: Jaishankar
India supports the call of international community for the Sri Lankan government to fulfill its commitments on devolution of political authority including through early holding of elections to provincial councils, according to S. Jaishankar, India’s External Affairs Minister. This also covers the commitment of ensuring that all the provincial councils are able to operate effectively in accordance with the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka, Dr. Jaishankar has stated in his letter sent recently to the AIADMK’s Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) M. Thambi Durai. The Minister’s reply was in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Five new COVID deaths in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka confirmed 05 new COVID-related fatalities today (April 20) as the death toll from the pandemic climbed to 625, says the Department of Government Information. Details of the victims are as follows: 01. An 85-year-old woman from Mattakkuliya area: She was tested positive for novel coronavirus while receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital and was later transferred to Mulleriyawa Base Hospital where she died on April 16. The cause of death was recorded as heart attacks and blood poisoning along with COVID infection. 02. A 67-year-old woman from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Daily COVID cases count reaches 345
Ministry of Health on Tuesday (April 20) confirmed 85 new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 345. Meanwhile, the country’s recoveries count is at 93,547 while 3,305 active cases are receiving treatment at selected hospitals across the island. Sri Lanka has so far witnessed a total of 620 deaths due to the pandemic.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Cabinet approval to draft bill against spreading false, misleading statements through internet
The Cabinet of Ministers have approved the drafting of legislation to protect against the spreading of false and misleading statements through the internet. The government says that the spread of false information on the internet poses a serious threat and is seen as being used to “divide society, to spread hatred and to weaken democratic institutions.” Various countries have already taken steps to legislate in order to address this problem, it said. The government said that steps should be taken to provide access to accurate information to citizens and civil... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Colombo Port City – Projecting Sri Lanka as the newest commercial landscape in Asia - says Veemansa Initiative
Veemansa Initiative, an independent think tank recently held a Webinar on the proposed Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill and related subjects. Based on the deliberations at the webinar and the follow-up analysis, it was evident that the Colombo Port City Project, a 100% foreign investment venture plans to attract a diverse group of secondary investors. A prime target of the project is the financial sector in order to project Sri Lanka as an internationally competitive Financial Centre. In this regard, the establishment of regional... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Passage of Port City Bill, amended or otherwise, is essential for Lanka
Colombo, April 19: A five-Judge Supreme Court Bench will take up the petitions filed against the Port City Commission Bill today (April 19) and the verdict is likely to end the controversy over the Bill and open the path for the Government to take required steps to modify the Bill if the Supreme Court rules that any of its clauses contravenes the Constitution. The Court will also decide if the Bill could be passed by a simple majority or a two-thirds majority in Parliament or further approval at a national referendum and/or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Religious extremism and the teachings of the founders of religions.
The burqa ban announcement caused a stir among Muslims, who saw it as yet another attack on their community. In the past few months, the government has undertaken a number of controversial measures under the banner of fighting extremism, which have increasingly intimidated the Muslim population and disregarded rule of law principles - Farzana Haniffa, Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Colombo writing in the Al Jazeera on the 12 Apr 2021 The Justice and the Law Society (JATL) of the University of Queensland is a vital organisation within the TC... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
Rupee appreciates to Rs.191.97
Sri Lankan rupee has further appreciated to Rs.191.97 against the US Dollar when compared with the previous selling rate of Rs 201.28. The buying rate of a rupee stood at Rs. 187.93 against the US Dollar... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 10F
The most sneering, contemptuous opposition to SWRD came from the English speaking elite drawn from all communities. SWRD was scorned for changing his religion to Buddhism, getting into national dress, hobnobbing with his social inferiors and supporting a low level, backward, indigenous language, Sinhala which should be trampled into oblivion. SWRD Bandaranaike faced much ridicule during his short period as Prime Minister. No politician has ever had so bad a press in any part of the world as Bandaranaike said DB Dhanapala No other leader had such a hostile press like Bandaranaike, agreed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
පෝට්සිටිය ගැන විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ කියන්නේ බොරු - මෙන්න ඇත්ත
https://youtu.be/tqQPWdn9UV4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
The Pathfinder Foundation and VISA Inc in discussion to promote digitalization and financial inclusion in Sri Lanka
The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) together with VISA Inc are conducting a series of discussions on promoting digitalization and financial inclusion in Sri Lanka. The PF, a non – partisan research and advocacy think tank is known to play a catalytic role in research and analysis aimed at contributing to economic policy reforms in Sri Lanka. In this endeavor, over the years, the Foundation has established a wide and effective network of academics, experts, senior government officials and policy – makers to promote economic reform in the country. VISA Inc, along with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
අලුත් අවුරුද්දේ අග්රාමාත්ය කාර්යය මණ්ඩල කටයුතු ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ඇරඹෙයි
සිංහල දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුද්දෙන් පසුව අග්රාමාත්ය කාර්යය මණ්ඩල කාර්යාල කටයුතු ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද (19) දින පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ආරම්භ විය. අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මෙහි දී සිය කාර්යය මණ්ඩලයේ නිලධාරීන් ඇතුළු සියලුම සාමාජිකයන්ට අලුත් අවුරුදු සුභාශිංසන එක් කළේය. කාර්යය මණ්ඩල සමාජිකයන් ද අලුත් අවුරුද්දේ වැඩ ආරම්භ කිරීමට පෙර අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ ආශිර්වාදය ලබා ගැනීම විශේෂත්වයකි. ප්‍රවාහන අමාත්‍ය ගාමිණි ලොකුගේ, අග්රාමාත්ය ලේකම් ගාමිණී සෙනරත්, අග්රාමාත්ය කාර්යය මණ්ඩල ප්‍රධානී යෝෂිත රාජපක්ෂ මහත්වරු ඇතුළු අතිරේක ලේකම්වරුන්,ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ සහකාර ලේකම්වරුන් ඇතුළු අග්රාමාත්ය කාර්යය මණ්ඩලයේ සමාජිකයෝ සහ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට අයත් අමාත්‍යාංශවල පෞද්ගලික කාර්යය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන සන්ධානයේ පක්ෂ නායකයෝ රැස්වෙති.
ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ ප්‍රමුඛ ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් සන්ධානයේ පක්ෂ නායක හමුව ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද (19) දින පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. මියගිය පක්ෂ නායකයින් සහ රණවිරුවන් සිහි කිරිමෙන් අනතුරුව එළැඹෙන මැයි පළමු වන දිනට යෙදෙන කම්කරු දිනය සැමරීම පිලිබඳව මෙහි දී සාකච්ඡා විය. කොරෝනා වසංගත තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන් මැයි දින පෙළපාලි නොපවත්වා සෞඛ්‍ය මාර්ගෝපදේශ අනුව මැයි දින රැලිය පමණක් පැවැත්වීම පිලිබඳව මෙහි දී පක්ෂ නායකයිගේ අවධානය යොමු වීම විශේෂත්වයකි. මෙම අවස්ථාවට හිටපු ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන, ජනාධිපති කාර්යය සාධක බලකායේ සභාපති බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ, අමාත්‍යවරුන් වන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
ඉන්දියාවේ රෝ එක උමා මහේෂ්වරන්ව අත ඇරලා ප්‍රභාකරන්ව ඉහලට ගත්තා - අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ත්.
අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ත් කියන්නේ කවුද ? දේශපාලකයෙක්ද නැතිනම් සෝෂල් ඇක්ටිවිස්ට් කෙනෙක්ද ? "මම සෝෂල් ඇක්ටිවිස්ට් කෙනෙක් දේශපාලන අරමුණක් සහිතව. මම විශ්වාස කරනවා අපි හැමෝම දේශපාලනය කල යුතුයි කියලා. නැතිනම් සිදුවන්නේ ප්ලේටෝ කී පරිදි අඥාණ පාදඩයන් ගේ පාළනයට අපිව නතු වෙනවා. ඒ නිසා අපි ඔක්කොම දේශපාලනය විඤාණයක් ඇති කර ගත යුතුයි. ඒ වගේම දේශපාලනය කල යුතුයි." 2) ඔබ ලංකාවේ සාම්ප්‍රදායක දේශපාලකයන්ට වඩා වෙනස්. ලංකාවේ සාම්ප්‍රදායක දේශපාලකයා විස්තීර්ණ ලෙස කිසිම දෙයක් කියවලා නෑ. ඔවුන් තුල ගැඹුරු දැණුමක් නෑ. තමන් ගේ කතා වලින් ඔවුන් බුද්ධි කළඹනයක් කරන්නේ නෑ. නමුත් ඔබ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 14 වැනි කොටස - ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂය සහ විපක්‍ෂය
බෞද්ධ ජනරජය තුළ “ජනතාවගේ විධායක බලය” ක්‍රියාත්මක කරවීමට පමණක් බහුපක්‍ෂ ක්‍රමය.යොදාගන්නා බව මෙයට පෙර ලිපිවලින් පැහැදිළි කළෙමු. ඒ අනුව, ජනරජයේ විධායක ජනාධිපතිවරයා තෝරා පත් කරගැනීමට සහ සියළු කෝරළ සභාවල සභාපතිවරුන් තෝරා පත් කරගැනීමට බහුපක්‍ෂ ක්‍රමය යොදා ගැනෙයි. ජනරජයේ ආණ්ඩුවේ පාලනය මෙහෙයවීම සහ ඒ පාලනය පිළිබඳ විධානය භාර කෙරෙනුයේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා ප්‍රමුඛ “ජාතික විධායක සභාව” විසිනි. විෂයානුබද්ධ අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලයෙන් සහ දිස්ත්‍රික් නායක මණ්ඩලයෙන් ජාතික විධායක සභාව සමන්විත වෙයි. මේ අනුව විෂයානුබද්ධ ජනතා නියෝජනයකින් සහ භූමිය මත පදනම් වූ ජනතා නියෝජනයකින් ජාතික විධායක සභාව සැකසෙයි. ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් විෂයානුබද්ධ අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලයට සාමාජිකයන් තෝරා පත්කර ගනුයේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
Navy intercepts Lankan boat in high seas; NCB seizes 340 kg heroin and arrests 5
The heroin consignment seized by the NCB has a street value of ₹340 crore in India, and ₹1,750 crore in the international market, an official of the federal drug enforcement agency said.By Shishir Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday seized nearly 340 kg of heroin from a Sri Lankan shipping boat and arrested five people for drug trafficking in Kochi, people familiar with the matter said. Initial interrogation of the five men has led the NCB to believe that the Sri Lankan boat had picked up... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
NEWSGL: Colombo Port City Bill received AG’s sanction
SLPP Chairman Prof. G.L. Peiris says that the proposed Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill is consistent with the Constitution. Prof. Peiris, who is also the Education Minister, insists the Bill received the sanction of the Attorney General. Prof. Peiris explained to the media the circumstances under which the incumbent government had initiated the proposed Bill. He did so having briefed Ven. Dr. Ittapane Dhammalankara Thera as regards the current political developments, at the Sri Dharmaloka Maha Viharaya, Rukmale, Pannipitiya, on Saturday (17). President Gotabaya Rajapaksa recently presented... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
කොළඹ වරාය නගරය ඉදිකිරීම තුළින් රටට විශාල ආර්ථික වර්ධනයක් මහාචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය මැදගොඩ අභයතිස්ස හිමි කියයි (වීඩියෝ)
කොළඹ වරාය නගරය ඉදිකිරීම තුළින් රටට විශාල ආර්ථික වර්ධනයක් අත්කරගත හැකි බව මහාචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය මැදගොඩ අභයතිස්ස හිමියන්පවසනවා. https://youtu.be/wnp2csQNOwg වරාය නගරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාතික විද්වත් භික්ෂු සංසදය අද කැඳවා තිබූ ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකදී උන්වහන්සේ මේ බව සදහන් කළා.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
Cardinal requests to observe 2-minute silence on April 21
His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, today requested the public to observe two minutes’ silence at 8.45 a.m. on April 21 as a mark of respect for the victims of the Easter Sunday bombings. Sri Lanka on Wednesday marks two years since the devastating Easter Sunday attacks, which killed over 250 in bombings at three churches and three luxury hotels. Cardinal Ranjith stated that they decided to request all communities in the country to observe 2 minutes’ silence as the first blast had occurred at 8.45 a.m. on the morning... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
Sri Lanka’s coronavirus death toll climbs to 620
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed two more COVID-19 related deaths increasing Sri Lanka’s death toll due to the virus pandemic to 620. 01. 58-year-old female from Mahawa who had been transferred from Galgamuwa Hospital Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital after being identified as Covid-19 positive. She had passed away on April 17 while the cause of death is mentioned as Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome due to COVID Pneumonia. 02. 84-year-old male from Marassana. He had been transferred from Kandy National Hospital to Teldeniya Base Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19 and had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
291 more persons test positive for Covid-19 today
The National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) reports that another 87 persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Sri Lanka. This brings the tally of fresh cases reported so far today to 291. Meanwhile the total number of COVID-19 cases identified in Sri Lanka thus far has increased to 97,087. 3,111 of them are still under medical care while total recoveries stands at 93,374.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
AG files appeal against granting bail to Bond Scam suspects
Attorney General Dappula de Livera has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Trial-at-Bar granting bail to the Bond Scam suspects, the Coordinating Officer of the Attorney General State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said. On April 01, former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and seven suspects who were accused in another bond scam case were granted bail by the Trial-at-Bar consisting of Judges Amal Ranaraja, Namal Balalle, and Aditya Patabendige. On March 17, 2021, the eight suspects had been placed under remand custody over accusations of criminal misappropriation of bonds... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
Universities in Sri Lanka to reopen on April 27
Minister of Education Professor G.L. Peiris announced that a decision has been taken to reopen all universities in Sri Lanka on April 27 (Tuesday). https://youtu.be/ne-gQkISt9w Addressing a press briefing in Colombo today, he said that the universities will be reopened for academic activities while strictly following health guidelines. However, he said that due to an issue existing with regard to reopening hostels, only third year and fourth year students will be brought in at the start. Classes for first year and second year students are expected... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
April 21 declared special holiday for Catholic schools
The Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, announced that Wednesday (April 21) has been declared a special holiday for all Catholic schools in the country. This is due to the fact that April 21 will mark two years since the Easter Sunday terror attacks that saw six churches and hotels bombed, killing more than 265 people. The special holiday is applicable to all Catholic schools in the island governed by the Catholic Church. The Archbishop of Colombo stated that this will allow the students of these schools and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/21)
Port City governed within country’s laws - State Minister
The Colombo Port City has been gazetted as a land belonging to Sri Lanka and all its activities are being carried out in accordance with the laws of the country, State Finance, Capital Markets and Public Enterprise Reforms State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal told Chief Incumbents of the Malwathu and Asgiriya Chapters in Kandy yesterday (18). State Minister Cabraal visited the Asgiriya and Malwatte Maha Viharaya yesterday (18) morning on the instructions of the President and the Prime Minister, and briefed both the Mahanayake Theras on the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/21)
Port City Bill more transparent than GCEC Act - Minister
Education Minister Prof.G.L.Peiris yesterday said that those who are filing petitions in the Supreme Court, challenging the constitutionality of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill, have forgotten the Greater Colombo Economic Commission Act (GCEC) which was passed in Parliament in 1978. He said the Greater Colombo Economic Commission Bill adopted in Parliament in 1978 exempted usual tax laws of the country such as Inland Revenue Act and Foreign Exchange Act. The Minister said that a number of groups including the Samagi Jana Balawegaya and the United National... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/21)
කොළඹ වරාය නගරයේ පූර්ණ හිමිකාරීත්වය මෙරට සතුයි පාලනයෙන් ගිලිහී නැහැ (වීඩියෝ)
කොළඹ වරාය නගරයේ පූර්ණ හිමිකාරීත්වය මෙරට සතු බවත්, වරාය භූමියේ කොටසක් වෙනත් පාර්ශවයකට පැවරූ බවට ගෙන යන ප්‍රචාරයන් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන බවත් අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය අලි සබ්රි ප්‍රකාශ කළා. https://youtu.be/JRPNG3cKyY0 මේ අතර, කොළඹ ව්‍යාපාරික සංගමය ද කොළඹ දී අද මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් කැදවමින් කියා සිටියේ කොළඹ වරාය නගරය තුළ ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයින්ට ද ආයෝජනය කිරීමේ හැකියාව පවතින බවයි. කොළඹ වරාය නගර ආර්ථික කොමිෂන් සභාව යනු වරාය නගරය තුළ සිදුවන ක්‍රියාකාරකම් පාලනය, කළමනාකරණය සහ නියාමනය සඳහා පිහිටුවන්නක්. කොළඹ වරාය නගරය තුළ ව්‍යාපාර හෝ සේවා සැපයීම සඳහා අවශ්‍ය බලපත්‍ර නිකුත් කිරීමට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/21)
වරාය නගර ව්‍යාපෘතිය ඉතා හොද එකක්.. විජේදාස පොදු අපේක්‍ෂක පෙරහුරුවක…- ජාතික සංවිධාන විජේදාසට වටකර ගුටි..
ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුව අද (18) රාජගිරියේ පිහිටි සිය මූලස්ථානයේදී මාධ්‍යය සාකච්ඡාවක් පවත්වමින් දේශ හිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේ මහලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බංඩාර මහතා පවසා සිටියේ විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පෝට් සිටි ව්‍යාපෘතිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජනතාව නොමඟ යවන බරපතල මුසාවාදයන් ප්‍රචාරය කිරීමට දායකත්වය සපයන බවයි. https://youtu.be/tqQPWdn9UV4 එහිදී වසන්ත බංඩාර මහතා අවධාරණය කර සිටියේ පෝට් සිටි ව්‍යාපෘතිය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට වාසිදායක ලෙස සිදුවනවාය යන කාරණය මනාව තහවුරු වන්නේ ඉන්දියාව සහ අමෙරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය, මෙම ව්‍යාපෘතියට අදාලව පනත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට සැරසෙනවාය යන කාරණය ප්‍රචාරය වූ වහාම දැක්වූ ප්‍රතිචාර හේතුවෙන් බවයි. වෛද්‍යය වසන්ත බංඩාර මහතා පෙන්වා දුන්නේ එම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/21)
Easter attacks were an attempt to strengthen political power - Archbishop of Colombo
Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says that the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks were politically driven. He claims that the Eater attacks were not carried out over religious extremism but a group that attempted to strengthen their political power by using religious extremism as a pawn. Urging not to use religion, language, or race to harm another, the Archbishop of Colombo advised one to be free of the perspective of killing others to showcase their power and strength. The Cardinal mentioned this speaking at an event to bless a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/21)
Coronavirus: 287 more cases and another death reported
Ministry of Health on Friday (April 18) confirmed 27 more new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 287. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 96,797. The country’s recovery count is at 93,113 while 3,065 are receiving treatment at selected hospitals across the island. Meanwhile, another coronavirus death was reported from Pitabeddara today (April 18). This marks the 618th COVID-19 death reported in Sri Lanka due to the pandemic. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/21)
Death of liberal democracy in Jaffna led to national disaster
No Tamil political leader in the post-Donoughmore period had single-handedly constructed an ideology and changed the course of national politics, almost overnight, asGanapathipillai Gangaser Ponnambalam (8 November 1901 – 9 February 1977). Not only that, no one else has left such a lasting impact – albeit a divisive and devastating one -- with his ideology on the national scene as the politics engineered by him. He was, in his own way, an exceptional figure whose role has been overshadowed by his junior partner, S. J. V. Chelvanayakam, a charismatic figure who in reality extended... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
Embassy of Sri Lanka celebrates Sinhala & Tamil New Year Sunday 18 April 2021 from 1100 EST onwards
The Embassy of Sri Lanka, in collaboration with its ‘Overseas Sri Lankans (OSL) Network’ in the USA, will celebrate Sinhala and Tamil New Year on Sunday, April 18, 2021, from 11.00 am onwards. Modeled on the “Ratawata Aurudu” programmes done connecting main cities in Sri Lanka during the New Year, the celebrations conducted via zoom/facebook to allow connecting small gatherings consistent with COVID guidelines, will be joined by members of the Sri Lanka community and Friends of Sri Lanka from cities across the USA. Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic and Christian religious blessings will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා නැකතට හිසතෙල් ගෑමේ චාරිත්‍රය ඉටු කරයි
ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සිංහල දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුද්දේ හිසතෙල් ගෑමේ නැකත් චාරිත්‍රය අගමැති නිල නිවසේ දී අද (17) දින පෙරවරුවේ ඉටු කළේය. https://youtu.be/2psPv29dUKs පූර්වභාග 7.16ට දකුණු දිශාව බලා හිසට නුගපත් ද පයට කරඳ පත් ද තබා නිල් පැහැති වස්ත්‍රාභරණයෙන් සැරසී නුග පත් යුෂ මිශ්‍ර නානු හා තෙල් ගා ස්නානය කිරීම මෙවර සිංහල දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු නැකත් චාරිත්‍රයයි. පළමුව බුද්ධ මන්දිරයට ගොස් මල් පහන් පූජා කළ අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අනතුරුව හිසතෙල් ගෑමේ නැකත් චාරිත්‍රයට එක් විය. ඓතිහාසික මාදන්වල රජමහා විහාරාධිපති විශ්වීය බෞද්ධ හික්ෂු සම්මේලනයේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
දුමින්ද දිසානායක නැකතට හිසතෙල් ගෑමේ චාරිත්‍රය ඉටු කරයි
සිංහල හින්දු අලුත් අවුරුද්දේ හිස තෙල් ගෑමේ උතුරු මැද පළාත් රාජ්‍ය මහෝත්සවය උතුරු මැද පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාර මහීපාල හේරත්, රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍ය දුමින්ද දිසානායක යන මහත්වරුන්ගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද (17) අනුරාධපුර ආයුර්වේද රෝහල් පරිශ්‍රයේදී පැවැත්විණි. පූර්ව භාග 7.16 ට දකුණු දිශාව බලා හිසට නුග පත්ද, පයට කරඳ පත්ද තබා නිල් පැහැති වස්ත්‍රාභරණයෙන් සැරසී නුග මිශ්‍ර නානුද, තෙල්ද ගා ස්නානය කිරීම මැනවි යනු ජ්‍යොතිෂ නියමයන්ට අනුව මෙම චාරිත්‍රය ඉටු කරනු ලැබීය. උතුරු මැද පළාත් ආයුරුවේද කොමසාරිස් වෛද්‍ය සුපිපි සංඝමිත්තා මිය, උතුරු මැද පළාත් සෞඛ්‍ය දේශීය වෛද්‍ය, සමාජ සුභ සාධණ පරිවාස සහ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
A Phone Conversation Piloting a New Voyage
On the evening of March 29, Chinese President Xi Jinping had an important phone conversation with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. This was the second phone conversation between the two state leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a strategic communication with a backdrop of international and regional situation undergoing deep changes, together with economic and social development of the two countries on a critical stage. In the past two weeks, friends from different walks of life in Sri Lanka gave positive comments from different perspectives, which were... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
Cabraal: Prez appoints members to Port City Economic Commission
The President of the country would always appoint members to the Colombo Port City Economic Commission, entrusted with running of that city under the proposed CPCEC Bill, State Minister of Money & Capital Market and State Enterprise Reforms, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, yesterday, told the media, in Colombo. State Minister Cabraal said that most critics of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill had not even read it. “Sri Lankans don’t need to obtain a visa to enter the Port City as some claim. The Port City will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
Sri Lanka to impose restrictions on arrivals from overseas
Some restrictions will have to be imposed on arrivals from overseas taking into account the uptick in positive cases of COVID-19 among individuals arriving in Sri Lanka, says the Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera. https://youtu.be/uMhMXRpPpuY In a statement, he said Sri Lanka has registered 52,710 coronavirus infections so far in 2021 with 1,593 of them coming in from foreign countries. Reportedly, a large number of positive cases among those who arrived from the Middle East and some from Europe have been identified. Sri Lanka’s cumulative infections... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
Coronavirus: 252 new cases confirmed within the day
Ministry of Health on Friday (April 15) confirmed 85 more new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 253. According to the Department of Government Information, among the new positive cases are 49 individuals who arrived in the country from overseas. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 96,439. Meanwhile, the country’s recovery count is at 92,832 while 2,990 are receiving treatment at selected hospitals across the island. Sri Lanka has so... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
Two COVID deaths from Kelaniya & Kurunegala
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll climbed to 617 today (April 17) as two more persons were confirmed to have died of the virus infection. One of the deceased is a 73-year-old woman Kelaniya area. She passed away while receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital on Friday (April 16). The cause of death was recorded as COVID pneumonia, diabetes, hypertension, tuberculosis and cerebrovascular accident. The other victim was identified as a 71-year-old man from Kurunegala area. He passed away on Friday (April 16) while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
Five arrested in North for promoting LTTE
Five persons have been taken into custody for promoting the now-defunct separatist group LTTE, says Minister of Public Security, Rear Admiral (Rtd.) Sarath Weerasekara. The arrest has been made by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID). Three of the arrestees are from Jaffna and the other one is from Kilinochchi, according to Minister Weerasekara.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
Water meter theft: Deraniyagala PS Chairman remanded
The Chairman of Deraniyagala Pradeshiya Sabha, who was taken into custody over illegal possession of 98 stolen water meters, has been remanded until the 19th of April. https://youtu.be/FgejPqZVLeM He was produced before Avissawella Magistrate’s Court under the provisions of the Offences Against Public Property Act earlier today (April 17). Deraniyagala Police had received a complaint regarding the theft of 477 water meters and other equipment from the National Water Supply & Drainage Board (NWSDB). The complaint had been lodged by an engineer who is working on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
Will forfeit assets of banned extremist organizations – Sarath Weerasekara
Minister of Public Security, Rear Admiral (Rtd.) Sarath Weerasekara says measures will be taken to forfeit the assets of proscribed extremist Islamic organizations. He made this observation responding to the queries raised by the media in Colombo. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, on April 13, published an extraordinary gazette notification banning 11 extremist Islamic organizations. The decision was taken with the purpose of ensuring the continuance of peace within the country and in the interest of national security, public order, and the rule of law. Speaking further, Minister Weerasekara said... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
Add India to UK travel ban list to stop Covid variant, urges scientist
India should be placed on the UK’s “red list” for travel after the discovery of a new coronavirus variant, according to a leading scientist. © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA Prof Danny Altmann, from Imperial College London, says it is “mystifying” and “confounding” that those flying in from the country are not required to stay in a hotel. He warned that the Indian mutation of the virus could “scupper” the UK’s path to further easing of restrictions, despite the lockdown and vaccine programme leading to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
‘This is a catastrophe’: India looked like it had beaten Covid, but cases are now skyrocketing
An elderly woman gasped for air at the main 1,000-bed Covid hospital in Mumbai, India, even as a ventilator pumped oxygen into her lungs. She collapsed after hours of struggling for each breath, but came round again after doctors performed CPR to stimulate her heart back to life. Dr Sharad Achwar knew she would not survive. The infection had ravaged her lungs. Her daughter was called from the hospital and told: “Your mother has a few hours.” The daughter was furious at first, replying: “Do not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/21)
Prince Philip’s old car, a 1935 Standard Nine, becomes a Sri Lankan royal artefact
April 16 (AFP) – An 86-year-old car that once belonged to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, is now the centrepiece of a seaside museum in Sri Lanka. The prince, whose funeral will be on Saturday, was a car aficionado who bought the 1935 Standard Nine for 12 pounds when he was based in Colombo with the British Navy in 1940. “When he came back in the early 1950s, he came and saw the car,” said Sanjeev Gardiner, who has kept the vehicle at his Galle Face Hotel in Colombo. “When he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/21)
Have US sanctions been effective?
Colombo, April 16: On Thursday, April 15, US President Joe Biden imposed a new round of sanctions against Russia. The Treasury Department blacklisted six Russian technology companies that supported the cyber program run by Russia’s intelligence services. Eight persons and entities associated with Russia’s actions in Crimea were also sanctioned as were 32 entities and individuals who had allegedly carried out Russian government-directed attempts to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election through disinformation spreading and interference. In response, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council’s (the upper house of parliament) Committee on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/21)
Single dose of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID vaccine shown to be more immunogenic than natural infection
By investigating antibody and T cell responses to a single dose of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, researchers from Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom have found that more than 90% of vaccinated individuals produced an adequate amount of antibodies after receiving only one dose of the vaccine – irrespective of their age and gender. Their paper is currently available on the medRxiv* preprint server.Study: Antibody and T cell responses to a single dose of the AZD1222/Covishield vaccine in previously SARS-CoV-2 infected and naïve health care workers in Sri Lanka. Image Credit: NIAID ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/21)
Sri Lankan Mother Seeks Truth Behind Daughter's Death at Japan Detention Center
Tokyo, April 16 (Jiji Press)--The mother of a Sri Lankan woman who last month died at a detention facility in central Japan run by the Immigration Services Agency demanded Friday that the authorities tell the whole truth about her death. The deceased woman was Wishma Sandamali, 33, according to a support group. Meeting the press from her home in Sri Lanka, Wishma's mother, Sriyalatha, 53, teared up while saying that her daughter had been kind and liked living in Japan. She then urged the Japanese authorities to give full explanations about why Wishma became ill at the facility... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/21)
VACCINATED GUESTS TO GET MORE FREEDOM ON SRI LANKA VISITS
Holidaymakers to Sri Lanka who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be given more freedom than non-vaccinated tourists.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/21)
Foreign hand behind Port City legislation issue: Mahindananda
Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said there were foreign forces behind opposition politicians whipping up public criticism against the piece of legislations to govern the Colombo Port City. The Minister told a press conference that the proposed law is well in consistent with the constitution as informed by the Attorney General. However, he said the Supreme Court would determine it.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/21)
Law of the country also applies to Colombo Port City - State Minister Cabraal
https://youtu.be/dCVYncTjUhs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/21)
Seven new COVID fatalities confirmed in Sri Lanka
Seven new COVID-related deaths were reported in Sri Lanka today (April 16), the Director-General of Health Services confirmed. The new development has pushed the country’s death toll from the pandemic outbreak to 615. 1. The deceased is a 69-year-old male resident in Pasyala. He died on 14.04.2021 while undergoing treatments at National Hospital Colombo. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid-19 infection, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, heart disease and asthma. 2. The deceased is a 76-year-old male resident in Rathnapura. He was diagnosed as infected with Covid-19 virus while undergoing treatments... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/21)
National program to be launched to distribute 1 million Moringa plants
The national program titled ‘Jeeva Thuru Udanaya,’ organized by the State Ministry of Agriculture to make the general public aware of the nutritional and economic value of the Moringa (drumstick) tree, is expected to kick off tomorrow (April 17). https://youtu.be/4vpMOB7_NWY Manusath Derana, the CSR initiative of TV Derana, will join hands with this program to distribute a total of 1 million Moringa plants. Speaking to Ada Derana ‘BIG FOCUS’ earlier today, State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa’s Private Secretary Sanjeewa Wijekoon said the initiative will be implemented at 2,5000 temples... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/21)
159 cases of Covid-19 reported today
The Ministry of Health reports that another 30 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 bringing the tally of fresh cases detected within the day to 159. All new cases are close contacts of Covid patients from the Peliyagoda cluster. Accordingly, the total number of coronavirus cases from the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda and prisons clusters has increased to 90,852. The death toll due to the virus in Sri Lanka currently stands at 615.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/21)
Where the Indian Politicians and Kautillyan Mandarins have gone wrong and digging their own grave by supporting Tamils living in Sri Lanka leading to balkanization of British India
Although the Indian Politicians and Kavtillyan bureaucrats think they are masters of statecrafts they little realize that all ways it is not the case. For example they never thought Rajiv will be assassinated by the LTTE when the Indian Government subversively nurtured the Tigers to fight against the Sri Lanka government in 1980s by providing them military training all over India, gave them 32 million US $ and provided arms and all other facilities to fight against the Sri Lankan Forces and to kill thousands of Sinhala and Tamil people. They opened up training... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 10F
The political and social upheaval caused by the 1956 government received a mixed reaction in Sri Lanka society. 1956 had different connotations for different groups. For the English speaking elites in Colombo and elsewhere in the island, the world turned upside down. From 1948 to 1956 political power in Ceylon had been held by the English educated elite. This elite was highly westernized, Anglophile, right wing and Christian. Many had close ties to the UNP. its right to rule had never been challenged. Up to 1956, the ideal politician was one who belonged... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/21)
කොළඹ වරාය නගරය හා ලෝක දේශපාලනය
අලුත්ම දේශපාලන මාතෘකාව බවට පත්ව ඇත්තේ කොළඹ වරාය නගරයයි. අධිරාජ්‍යවාදීන්ගේ හා ඉන්දීය ව්යාප්තවාදීන්ගේ ද්වේශයට ලක්ව ඇති ප්‍රධානම රටක් බවට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව මේ වනවිට පත්ව ඇත. එහි ඉදිවෙමින් පවතින කොළඹ වරාය නගරය ආසියාවේ දිදුලන වෙළඳ මධ්‍යස්ථානයක් බවට පත්වීම ලෝකයේ කිසිදු බලවතෙකුට වලකාලිය නොහැක.මේ බව දැන දැනත් එහි ඉදිකිරීමට එරෙහිව ගත හැකි උපරිම දායකත්වය සැපයීමට මේ වනවිට බටහිර අධිරාජ්‍යවාදීන් හා උන්ගේ ගැත්තන් බවට පත්ව සිටින ඉන්දීය ව්යාප්තවාදින් හා මෙරට සිටින ඔවුන්ගේ ඉත්තන් හා පෙත්තන් කටයුතුකරමින් සිටි. කොළඹ වරාය නගරය කියන්නේ මෙරට සිතියමේ නොතිබූ පිහිටිමක්ය. මෙය ඉදිකිරීමට එරෙහිව පරිසර වෙදිත්වය ගෙනහැර පාමින් ලස්සන කතාන්දර නිර්මාණය කර ජනතා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/21)
පැළ සිටුවීමේ නැකතට රෝපණය කිරීමට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගෙන් පරිසර ඇමතිට සුදු සඳුන් පැළයක්
ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විසින් හෙට (16) ට යෙදෙන පැළ සිටුවීමේ නැකතට රෝපණය කිරීම සඳහා සුදු සඳුන් පැළයක් පරිසර අමාත්‍ය මහින්ද අමරවීර මහතාට කාල්ටන් නිවසේ දී අද (15) දින ප්‍රදානය කළේය. සිංහල දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු නැකත් චාරිත්‍රයේ පැළ සිටුවීම හෙට (16) දින පූර්වභාග 6.40 නැගෙනහිර බලා සිදු වේ. මෙම චාරිත්‍රයේ ප්‍රධාන උත්සවය පරිසර අමාත්‍ය මහින්ද අමරවීර මහතාගේ අගුණුකොළපැලැස්ස පිහිටි නිවස කේන්ද්‍ර කර ගනිමින් පැවැත් වේ. මෙයට සමගාමීව රට පුරා පැළ සිටුවීමේ නැකත් චාරිත්‍රය ඉටු කිරීමට නියමිතය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/21)
The Geneva game and the 13th Amendment: a geographical analysis -Part- III To: Expert Committee to draft a new constitution
“...the broadly held view the world over, [is] that the devolution of power to ethnic minority areas, making for a measure of autonomy, is the best vaccine against separatism.” -Dayan Jayatilleke, Advisor to Sajith Premadasa (Colombo Telegraph, April 7, 2021) “If the Tamils’ cry for separatism is given up, the two communities could solve their problems and continue to live in amity and dignity.” -M.C. Sansoni, CJ (Sessional Paper No. 7 of 1980) Unreasonable demands When Barak Obama became U.S. President in 2009, Neville Jayaweera, ex-CCS officer... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/21)
CHINA’S EXEMPLARY EFFORTS IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION
CHINA has released a white paper on poverty alleviation which outlines the success of policies implemented, the methods employed and her desire to share the unique social experiment with other developing countries. Sri Lanka being a friendly international partner of China should make use of this opportunity to study the program and plan a scheme and send a team to China to learn the activities conducted under the scheme so that Sri Lanka will be able to handle the fight against the poverty successfully. “China achieved the largest scale battle against extreme poverty... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/21)
Saudi Arabia: Dozens of Sri Lankan women wrongfully detained for months due to abusive kafala system
At least 41 Sri Lankan women, the majority of whom are migrant domestic workers, have spent months on end arbitrarily detained at a deportation center in Saudi Arabia, awaiting repatriation to their home country, Amnesty International revealed today. The women have been held at a Deportation Detention (Tarheel) Centre in Riyadh for periods ranging from eight to 18 months. At least three of them have young children detained with them, and one woman is in urgent need of medical care and treatment which she is not receiving. Their plight is a stark illustration... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/21)
ÀNI Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka’s post-pandemic haven
As Sri Lanka becomes the first Asian country to welcome back UK visitors (following a negative PCR test 96 hours before arrival), ÀNI Private Resorts offers guests the incredible opportunity to stay in their exclusive private paradise at the stunning ‘Safe & Secure Level One Certified’, COVID-free resort: ÀNI Sri Lanka. ÀNI Sri Lanka, a stunning 15-suite private resort, combines the privacy of an exclusive villa with five-star resort amenities on an all-inclusive basis, including a resort general manager, a team of butlers and concierges, internationally-trained executive chefs,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/21)
Four new COVID-19 deaths reported
Four new COVID-related deaths were confirmed in Sri Lanka on Monday (April 15), says the Director-General of Health Services. Following the new development, the country’s death toll has climbed to 608, according to the Department of Government Information. 1. The deceased is a 62-year-old male resident in Pannipitiya. He was transferred from Colombo South Teaching Hospital to Base Hospital Mulleriyawa where he died on 12.04.2021. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid 19 infection with hepatorenal failure. 2. The deceased is a 72-year-old female resident in Ellakkala. She was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/21)
Coronavirus: Daily cases count on Thursday hits 167
Ministry of Health on Friday (April 15) confirmed 40 more new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 167. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 95,949. Meanwhile, the country’s recovery count is at 92,308 while 3,033 are receiving treatment at selected hospitals across the island. Sri Lanka has so far witnessed a total of 608 deaths due to the pandemic.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/21)
Five-member bench to hear petition against Port City Economic Commission Bill
A five-member Supreme Court judge bench has been appointed to hear the petition filed against the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill. Chaired by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, the bench consists of Supreme Court Judges Buwaneka Aluvihare, Priyantha Jayawardena, Murdu Fernando and Janak de Silva. https://youtu.be/Eco-su6uIbU The petition, filed by Chairman of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) Engineer Kapila Renuka Perera, is expected to be taken up for hearing on the 19th of April. In his petition, he stressed that certain clauses of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/21)
Portuguese era – Dark Chapter in Sri Lanka’s History
I wish to respond to the article published on ‘ Lankaweb’ (April 06, 2021) under the caption ‘Was Portuguese proselytization ruthless as portrayed?’ byP.K. Balachandran, as I find the contents inaccurate, misleading and contrary to well established historical facts. The writer Balachandran relies on Sir James Emerson Tennent, Colonial Secretary from 1841 to 1850, and his book Christianity in Ceylon (John Murray, London, 1850), to make the assertion that the Portuguese proselytization efforts were benign and harmless, and if there had been any lapse or transgression somewhere that was due to a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 10D
The popular mood, after the 1956 elections, was such that everything was to change, the way institutions were run and certainly the persons manning them. The popular mood was not just for language change, though this had priority with an insistent lobby behind it, but it included a lot more, said Bradman Weerakoon. This was especially so on the cultural side where indigenous forms and practices were to soon replace the western modes of thought and habit which the Colombo elites had embraced. The banning of horse racing and the consumption of liquor... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/21)
D.S. Senanayake's instructions to J R Jayewardene prior to the San Francisco Peace Treaty Conference in September 1951
The then Prime Minister (D.S. Senanayake ) was invited to participate at the San Francisco Peace Treaty Conference in September 1951 after World War II to propose punitive provisions and the enforcement of arbitrary restrictions and embargoes for Japan. At the time DS was not in a position to attend that meeting and sent his nominee, J R Jayewardene. Prior to his departure, Jayewardene had a discussion with the Prime Minister who strongly advocated the idea of granting freedom to Japan. DS emphasized on requesting the world leaders that Japan be given a pardon. As... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/21)
කූරගල දැන් අපේ
https://youtu.be/NdhxM9aHzas... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/21)
රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා අනුරාධපුර මෙත්සිරි සෙවන කොරෝනා ප්‍රථිකාර මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ කොවිඩ්-19 වෛසරය ආසාධිතව ප්‍රථිකාර ලබන පිරිස් වෙත “සුව අවුරුදු නෑ ගමන්”
අනුරාධපුර මෙත්සිරි සෙවන කොරෝනා ප්‍රථිකාර මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ කොවිඩ්-19 වෛසරය ආසාධිතව ප්‍රථිකාර ලබන පිරිස් වෙත හා රෝහල් කාර්ය මණ්ඩලය වෙත අවුරුදු අසිරිය රැගෙන ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාවේ, රජරට සේවය හා කාගීල්ස් ෆුඩ් සිටි ආයතනය සමඟ රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා එම රෝහල වෙත “සුව අවුරුදු නෑ ගමන්” ගියහ. රෝග බියෙන් තොර, සුව සම්පත සපිරි, නිරෝගී සම්පන්න වාසනාවන්ත සුව නව වසරක් වේවා යන ප්‍රාර්ථනයෙන් අනුරාධපුර මෙත්සිරි සෙවන කොරෝනා ප්‍රථිකාර මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ කොවිඩ්-19 වෛසරය ආසාධිතව ප්‍රථිකාර ලබන පිරිස් වෙත හා රෝහල් කාර්ය මණ්ඩලය වෙත අවුරුදු අසිරිය ගෙන එමින් රෝහල සඳහා අත්‍යවශ්‍ය උපකරණ හා අවුරුදු කැවිලි ලබාදීම අනුරාධපුර මෙත්සිරි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/21)
ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා ඇතුළු පවුලේ සැම සුබ නැකතින් අවුරුදු චාරිත්‍ර ඉටු කරති
සමස්ත රට වැසියන්ට සුබ අලුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා ! යැයි ප්‍රාර්ථනා කරමින් ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා, අග්රාමාත්ය ආර්යා ශිරන්ති රාජපක්ෂ මහත්මිය ඇතුළු පවුලේ සාමාජිකයෝ නැකතට කිරි උතුරවමින් තංගල්ල කාල්ටන් නිවසේ දී අද (14) දින අලුත් අවුරුදු නැකත් චාරිත්‍රවල නිරත වූහ. පළා පැහැති වස්ත්‍රාභරණයෙන් සැරසී නැගෙනහිර දිශාව බලා ආහාර පිසීම, වැඩ ඇල්ලීම, ගනුදෙනු කිරීම හා ආහාර අනුභවය කිරීමේ චාරිත්‍ර මෙලස අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා ඇතුළු පවුලේ සාමජිකයෝ එක්ව ඉටු කළහ. අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ සහ අග්රාමාත්ය කාර්ය මණ්ඩල ප්‍රධානී යෝෂිත රාජපක්ෂ පුතුන් මෙන්ම අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ මුනුපුරු කේෂර රාජපක්ෂ සහ ලේලිවරුන්වන ලිමිණි රාජපක්ෂ සහ නිතීෂා රාජපක්ෂ මහත්මීන් ද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/21)
Sri Lanka to ban fabric imports
Pic: ShutterstockSri Lanka is all set to ban the import of textile fabrics in a bid to protect domestic industry, the state minister for batik, handloom textiles and local apparel productions, Dayasiri Jayasekara, has announced. The relevant gazette notification has been approved by Parliament, and will be notified soon, the minister said last week. Jayasekara told a news conference that a number of factors had contributed to the decline in the production of local handloom textiles, and that the local handicrafts industry had collapsed in the wake of imports of large quantities of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/21)
Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary responds to Western criticism on China
China and Sri Lanka have enjoyed a close relationship for decades. With the pandemic still raging around the world, China is donating vaccines to Sri Lanka. 600,000 doses have recently arrived in the country. Top officials from both countries also vow to advance relations. To discuss China-Sri Lanka cooperation in the post-pandemic era and the West's skepticism in this regard, CGTN anchor Zou Yue sat down with Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary, Admiral Jayanath Colombage. Adm. Colombage pointed out that due to Sri Lanka's location across the world's busiest sea lanes... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/21)
Viper Networks Signs $150 Million JV Agreement with BIET Group to Launch Renewable Energy Power Generation Projects Using an Innovative Hybrid PV-Thermal Technology
TROY, Mich., April 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Viper Networks, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VPER), is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a Joint Venture agreement with BIET Technologies Group to partner on the deployment of renewable energy power projects in several countries including USA, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Malawi. Abdelhakim Hassabou Ph.D. Chairman of BIET Technologies Group and Mr. Farid Shouekani, CEO of Viper Networks jointly emphasize: Solar Renewal Energy is foreseen to be the most important clean resource that can be utilized into many applications and projects we are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/21)
Sajith Premadasa the most undemocratic and unwise Parliamentary Opposition Leader of the World.
Sajith Premadasa contested the Presidential election from the UNP led coalition of political parties. The Yahapalanaya Government was then in place with a majority. When Sajith Premadasa was defeated at the polls and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa won the Presidential election with 69 lakh of popular votes, Sajith Premadasa if he was a wise man, should have suggested dissolving the Yahapalanaya government inorder to allow the new President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to form a caretaker government. But Sajith Premadasa was undemocratic, full of anger and jealousy that he lost. Therefore he took the opportunity to ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/21)
eLand Registration in Sri Lanka; A pathway for the mother of all scams?
Glory of technology is such that no one will object to introducing technology to land registries. But will the land owners have their rights protected? We only admire the glory of technology as a duck gliding on water without seeing the paddling underneath. Land owners need to be alerted that their ownership rights may not be available in the land registry eLand registration will soon be operating the land registration system to secure ownership. However, it can be a source of ownership insecurity, without consumer protection laws. The risk involved in the absence of consumer protection laws to protect... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 9D
S.W.R.D Bandaranaike was Prime Minister for a very short time, 1956- 1959. Throughout this period, he was soundly ridiculed. Praise for Bandaranaike came several decades later when the MEP period came into historical review and it was found that changes initiated had become entrenched, also that they were good. Then they started to praise Bandaranaike as a person. Guruge (1999) said he admired SWRD’s extraordinary intellectual and oratorical skills. Bradman Weerakoon (2004) said SWRD was ‘uncommon man in the age of the common man’ HSS Nissanka (1976) reported that KPS Menon said Bandaranaike was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/21)
AN OPEN LETTER TO HON. BANDULA GUNAWARDENA.
Providing the consumers/citizens a bottle of quality, local cocunut oil at a control price of Rs. 450/= through Sathosa and Cooperatives, is much welcomed by the "Nation". But what will be the volume of Coconut Oil in these bottles? ( A standard bottle of wine is ¾ of a liter, or 750 milliliters ) Taking necessary steps to provide the consumers/citizens a bottle of quality, local cocunut oil at a control price of Rs. 450/= through Sathosa and Cooperatives,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/21)
ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ පසුපෙළ මන්ත්‍රීවරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා බැහැ දැකීමට කාල්ටන් නිවසට අවුරුදු නෑ ගම් එති
කැවිලි පෙවිලි රැගෙන තංගල්ල කාල්ටන් නිවසට අවුරුදු නෑගම් පැමිණි ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ පසුපෙළ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විසින් අද (13) උදෑසන ඉතා සුහඳව පිළිගන්නා ලදි. ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඇතුළු පවුලේ සැමට උදාවන සිංහල දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුද්දට සුබ පැතුම් එක්කිරීම සඳහා ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ පසුපෙළ මන්ත්‍රිවරු මෙලෙස කාල්ටන් නිවසට පැමිණ සිටියහ. සිංහල සිරිතට මුල්තැන දෙමින් අලුත් අවුරුදු උදාව පවුලේ ඥාති හිත මිත්‍රාදීන් හා ගම් වැසියන් සමඟ සිය නිවසේ සිට සැමරීම අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා ඇතුළු පවුලේ සාමාජිකයන්ගේ සිරිතකි. නෑගම් පැමිණි ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ පසුපෙළ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් සමඟ සුහඳ කතා බහක නිරත වූ අග්රාමාත්ය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/21)
Pakistan to enable Lankan Buddhists to view Buddha’s relics in Gandhara
Colombo, April 13 (newsin.asia): The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, Maj.Gen.(R) Md.Saad Khattak, on Tuesday met the Venerable Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero, the Chief Incumbent of the Alan Mathiniyaramaya at his temple in Kirulapona and wished him on his birthday. They cut a cake to celebrate the occasion. In their discussions the two dignitaries underscored the importance of interfaith harmony and pluralism especially in multi-ethnic and multi-religious countries like Sri Lanka. The High Commissioner apprised him of the proposed Buddhist Heritage Trail to be established by the Government... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/21)
Chinese Defense Minister’s Visit To Sri Lanka In Perspective – Analysis
The visit has significance due to China’s growing ties with countries in the region and the US policy of containing China through the Quad. The visit to Sri Lanka of China’s Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe later this month, may be described as a “routine ministerial visit”. But seen in light of the developing situation in Sri Lanka and the South Asian and Indian Ocean region, the visit is significant. China is keen on developing ties with India’s neighbors in South Asia to wean them away from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/21)
Security tightened for Sinhala and Tamil New Year
https://youtu.be/bRf1rEZ8RYg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/21)
Daily COVID infections on Tuesday hits 185
Sri Lanka has confirmed 32 more new cases of the COVID-19 on Tuesday (April 13), as the daily cases count reached 185. Ten of the latest positive cases have been identified from the prison cluster, the Department of Government Information said. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 95,579. Total recoveries from the virus infection have reached 91,926 while the death toll stands at 602.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/21)
Customs officer arrested for allegedly forging documents to re-export areca nuts
An Assistant Superintendent of Sri Lanka Customs has been arrested over his alleged involvement in the falsification of documents to re-export 23 containers of dried Indonesian areca nuts to India as Sri Lankan areca nuts. The arrest has been made by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), according to the Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana. The arrestee was identified as a 29-year-old from Wadduwa area. DIG Rohana said the financial crimes investigation unit of the CID had launched a probe into the incident several months ago. During the probes... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/21)
‘’DIGITALIZATION AND MODERNIZING TRADE BUSIENSS AND CONSUMERISM FOR THE CITIZEN’’
Sarath Wijesinghe former Chairman Consumer affairs Authority, President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President Ambassador’s forum Introduction of digitalization during the festive season for sustainable educational framework World is fast changing despite dangerous ‘’Covid19’’ - a Pandemic leading towards success in Sri Lanka through education on vistas of prosperity and spender in order to digitalize the system and modernize the natural knowledge based on human capital to suit the 21st century on the theme ‘’Towards a perfect education that enriches wisdom and experiment’’ on steps taken by the programme and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
සිංහල දමිළ අලුත් අවුරුදු පණිවුඩය
සමස්ත ශ්‍රී ලාංකේයන්ගේ නැවුම් බලාපොරොත්තු ඉටුවන සිංහල දමිළ අලුත් අවුරුද්දක උදාව නිමිත්තෙන් සුභාශිංසන පළ කරනුයේ ඉමහත් සතුටිනි. අපේ රටේ ජනතාව අනාදිමත් කාලයක සිට හෙළ චාරිත්‍ර වාරිත්‍රවලට මුල් තැන දෙමින් හෙළයේ මහා සංස්කෘතික මංගල්‍යය සමඟ එක්වෙති. ගොවිතැන මූලික හරය කරගනිමින් මිනිසුන් අතර බැඳී පවතින සංස්කෘතිකමය වටිනාකමකින් යුතු සමාජ පිළිවෙත් සිංහල දමිළ අලුත් අවුරුද්ද සමඟ යළි සිහිපත් වේ. රජය දුන් සෞඛ්‍ය උපදෙස් පිළිපදිමින් විනය ගරුක ජනතාවක් ලෙස ඔබ කළ කැපකිරීම නිසා, අලුත් අවුරුද්ද මේ තරමින් හෝ නිදහසේ සැමරීමට අවස්ථාව උදා වී තිබේ. එබැවින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
Minute on Indian Education by Thomas Babington Macaulay - [February 2, 1835] This Day in History
What happened? On 2 February 1835, British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay presented his ‘Minute on Indian Education’ that sought to establish the need to impart English education to Indian ‘natives’. This minute is a very important document for UPSC history. Aspirants should know the gist of this minute and its impact on Indian education and society for the IAS exam. Background British education policy in colonial India was initially almost non-existent as their sole purpose was to make profit through trade and other means. Gradually, the importance of education... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
Colombo Port City and Hambantota port are dual engines of Lanka’s economic growth: Chinese envoy
Colombo, April 12 (newsin.asia): In his Sinhala-Tamil New Year message the Chinese Ambassador in Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong has said that tangible outcomes have been constantly achieved in the development of the China-funded Colombo Port City and Hambantota International Port prjects. Qi described these two projects as the “new duo engines of Sri Lanka’s economic growth.” He further said that “grant projects with an aim to improve people’s livelihood, the China-Sri Lanka Joint Research and Demonstration Center for Water Technology, as well as the National Nephrology Specialist Hospital has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
China’s US$ 500 m New Year gift to Sri Lanka
Colombo, April 12 (newsin.asia): On Monday a USD 500 Million Foreign Currency Term Financing Facility (FTFF) was signed in Beijing between the China Development Bank (CDB) and Sri Lankan Finance Ministry. This is the second tranche of the total RMB 2 billion plus (USD 1 billion) FTFF pledged by the Chinese side to Sri Lanka after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. The Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka described as a Sinhala/Tamil New Year gift. Earlier in March, the two Central Banks also entered into a bilateral currency swap agreement... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
Hong Kong tennis’ Sri Lanka-born, guitar-playing, law student Adithya Karunaratne is hoping to reign in Spain
The 19-year-old is hoping to make it big in tennis, moving to Spain six years ago to play on Europe’s competitive ITF circuitFormer Renaissance College student says Hong Kong is her home and she hopes to represent the city in all the major team competitions Adithya Karunaratne is trying to make it on the women’s tour by competing on the brutal ITF circuit in Europe. Photo: RNA Adithya Karunaratne has a couple of life options. She could follow a career in classical guitar... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
Network Airline Services (NAS) and Sri Lankan Airlines have operated three flights from Entebbe, Uganda, carrying delicacies of the sea.
Sri Lankan Airlines operated various ad-hoc charters into Entebbe – a destination it doesn’t usually fly to. Within 24 hours NAS Nairobi managing director Sarah Wangui and the wider Entebbe team took advantage of the opportunity and generated a load consisting of fish maws across 135 pieces. Fish maws are considered to be one of the top four delicacies of the sea in Asian culture, and the cargo was bound for Hong Kong. NAS sales director John Gilfeather commented: “This is great work from the team in Uganda, where they... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
Fmr. Finance Minister Ronnie de Mel asks for more of socialism
Former Finance Minister Ronnie de Mel who served in the J.R. Jayewardene government and presented 11 successive budgets said Sri Lanka needs more of socialism if its economy was to survive. Mr. de Mel who was a pioneer in introducing the open market economy in Sri Lanka made these remarks when Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa called on him to wish him for his 96th birthday recently. “We cannot worship capitalism anymore. The norm today is to earn by hook or by crook. However, what we need is fair play. We... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
SL to import dehydrated coconut chips to manufacture coconut oil
Sri Lanka will import 39,000 tonnes of dehydrated coconut chips to manufacture coconut oil to meet the local demand for edible oil without any shortage to be triggered otherwise by the ban imposed on palm oil, an official said. The Trade Ministry will sign a forward sales agreement with the All Ceylon Traditional Coconut Oil Producers' Association to obtain coconut oil at Rs. 450 a bottle. The Association’s representatives informed this at a press conference along with Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardane and State Minister for Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
Coconut oil to be sold at a control price of Rs 450 per bottle - Bandula
Necessary steps have been taken to provide a bottle of quality, local coconut oil at a control price of Rs. 450, said Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardena. He mentioned this speaking at a media briefing held today (April 12). The Minister further said, “No matter what changes take place, a bottle of locally produced pure coconut oil, suitable for human consumption, will be sold for Rs. 450 through Sathosa and Cooperatives, until the end of this year. We can come to such an agreement. Then there will be no price... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
225 total coronavirus cases reported today
Sri Lanka on Sunday (April 12) confirmed another 43 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the country as total infections detected within the day reached 225. This brought the total number of Covid-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 95,394. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 3,021 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centers while total recoveries have reached 91,775. The death toll due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the country stands at 598.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
Sri Lanka signs USD 500 mn loan agreement with China
The Government of Sri Lanka has signed a loan agreement of USD 500 million with the China Development Bank (CDB). The Ministry of Finance stated that the relevant funds will be disbursed within this week. Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona, on behalf of the government of Sri Lanka, signed the loan agreement with the China Development Bank at the Sri Lankan Embassy in Beijing on Monday (12). “This loan will infuse vitally required foreign exchange into the Sri Lanka economy. These funds will help with Government efforts to facilitate rapid economic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
Coronavirus: India overtakes Brazil as second-worst hit country
India reported another record daily surge in coronavirus infections Monday to overtake Brazil as the second-worst hit country. The 168,912 cases added in the last 24 hours pushed India’s total to 13.5 million, while Brazil has 13.4 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. India also reported 904 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 170,179, which is the fourth highest toll, behind the United States, Brazil and Mexico. India is experiencing its worst surge of the pandemic, with a seven-day rolling... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
Canadian resolution as Core Group at UNHRC on Sri Lanka
10 April 2021 Hon. Marc Garneau, PC CC CD MPMinister of Foreign AffairsGovernment of CanadaHouse of CommonsOttawa. Honourable Minister Marc Garneau: Re Canada welcomes UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka That statement of yours stymied me, foxed me, googlyed me, made me sick in my stomach, and disappointed me, especially when My Canada aided and abetted that terrorist Tamil Eelam War that the UNHRC had tied the Resolution to, and we have now embarked on a cunning... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 5E
REVISED 12.4.21 The 1956 achievements are popularly credited to SWRD. Ananda Meegama rectified this and showed that it was Philip who was behind most of the changes. It is now acknowledged that Philip was responsible for most of the progressive measures instituted in the MEP regime, said WTA Leslie Fernando. Philip contribution to the 1956 MEP government cannot be overestimated. ‘Philip provided the necessary backbone to the government. His very presence on the front benches made opponents wary, said Meegama. Till 1956 then he was seen as an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 5F
Philip was universally considered a man of high principles, honesty and integrity. He was very austere in his ways. DB Dhanapala recalled that he found him a mild kind of man who liked to listen to you with as little comment as possible. Everyone who knew him remarked, that in private he was a very gentle soul, on the political platform he was a fury. He was a stormy figure passionately committed to socialist political ideas, blunt and forceful, said Meegama. He had an angry demeanor on platform and attacked... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
Presidential Task Force to achieve goals set in “Discussion with the Village” programme.
This is a wonderful move by the President and a most effective way of implementing a "MONITORING SYSTEM" to follow-up on all decisions and instructions given by the president/taken at the Gama Samaga Pilisandara (Dialogue with the Village) meetings/discussions since put in place since the later part of 2020. It is also a great opening of opportunities to the new young parliamentarians of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and PM Mahinda Rajapaksa's government to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
ජනාධිපතිතුමා, අගමැතිතුමා ඇතුලු සියලුම සිoහල දේශපාලකයින් වෙත විවුර්ත සන්දේශයක්
(මෙම ලිප්පිය ලිවීමට මා පෙලඹවූයේ “ලබන ජූනි මස පමණ යලිත් පලාත් සභා මැතිවරණය පැවැත්වීමට අගමැති තුමා උපදෙස් දුන්” බවට පුවත් පත්වල පලවූ පුවතකි). එදා 2009 මැයි මස නන්දිකඩාල්හිදී ලොවම පරාජය නොකල හැකියයි කී ලෝකයේ දරුණුතම ත්රස්ථවාදීන් වූ LTTE ය පරාජය කොට රට ජාතිය තිස්වසරක යුධ ශාපයෙන් බේරාගත් ආකාරයෙන්ම, මේ රටේ ආණ්ඩුක්රම විවස්ථාව සහ ජනතා පරමාධිපත්ය විනාශකොට රට ජාතිය දෙමළුන්ට පාවාදුන්දා ඔබද විරුද්ධ වූ, 1987 ජූලි 29 ජේ ආර්- රජිව් ගිවිසුම සහ in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/21)
සමෘද්ධිලාභී පවුල් හට රු.5000/ දීමනාව - 2021. 04. 11
අතිගරු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා, අලුත් අවුරුද්ද වෙනුවෙන් අඩු ආදායම්ලාභී හා සමෘද්ධිලාභී පවුල් හට රු.5000/ දීමනාව හදිසි තීරණයෙන් සමෘද්ධි සේවකයින් වෙත වු පීඩාව පිළිබඳව. සිංහල හා හින්දු අලුත් අවුරුදු උදාවට පෙර සමෘද්ධි හා අඩු අදායම්ලාභී පවුල් වෙත රු.5000/ දීමනාවක් ලබා දීමට ආණ්ඩුව ගෙන ඇති තීරණය දැනුම් දෙමින් මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශයෙහි මාධය අංශය හා අග්රාමාත්ය කාර්යාලය විසින් නිකුත් කරන ලද අප්‍රේල් 10 වැනි දිනැති චක්‍රලේඛ අංක PTF/03-21 යන ලිපිය හා බැදේ, ඒ අනුව ඔබ විසින් ගන්නා ලද හදිසි තීරණය ක්‍රියාවට නැංවීමේදී එය ගම්මට්ටමින් ක්‍රියාවට නංවන සමෘද්ධි සේවකයින් බරපතල ගැටලු රැසකට මුහුණ දීමට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/21)
Flush Out Toxic Heavy Metals With Coriander
Coriander, or cilantro, is a remarkable healing plant and it is unusual in that its leaves are used as a herb and its seeds as a spice. This versatile ingredient not only tastes great, but it also has many health-protective properties. Coriander contains antibacterial compounds that protect against food poisoning and numerous bugs, and is an effective anti-inflammatory. What's more, coriander has an amazing ability for detoxifying the body, by binding to heavy metals and helping to remove them from the body. Many of the healing properties of coriander can be attributed to its exceptional phytonutrient content. It contains a volatile oil which is rich in beneficial phytonutrients, including carvone, geraniol, limonene, borneol, camphor, and linalool, as well as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/21)
Mrs World 2020 to return her crown after she snatched one off 2021 Mrs Sri Lanka winner
COLOMBO (NYTIMES) - Last year's winner of Mrs World, a beauty pageant for married women, said she would return her crown after she snatched one off the head of the 2021 winner of Mrs Sri Lanka World, claiming that she was divorced - a violation of pageant rules. Ms Pushpika de Silva had just been crowned Mrs Sri Lanka World at a pageant in Colombo last weekend when Caroline Jurie, the 2020 Mrs World winner, took the stage and announced that "there is a rule that you have to be married... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/21)
US envoy warns China-backed Colombo Port project may create safe haven for money launderers
Sri Lanka has unveiled draft legislation for a Colombo Port City Commission which allows for sweeping tax breaks, tax-free salaries and to be an offshore financial centre.ANI |PUBLISHED ON APR 11, 2021 04:36 PM IST A general view of the Chinese-funded project for the Port City is pictured in Colombo(AFP) US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives, Alaina Teplitz on Saturday warned Sri Lanka of unintended consequences of 'nefarious actors' who may try to misuse a China-backed Colombo Port City's easy business rules as a permissive money... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/21)
Grama Niladaris to boycott distribution of Rs 5000 allowance
https://youtu.be/lRsJUDAUqNg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/21)
Two more coronavirus deaths reported
Sri Lanka has reported 02 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (April 11). As per the Department of Government Information, both victims are male patients, aged 60 and 72 years. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 598 in total.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/21)
225 coronavirus cases reported within the day
Sri Lanka on Sunday (April 11) confirmed another 55 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the country as total infections detected within the day reached 225. This brought the total number of Covid-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 95,131. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,902 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centers while total recoveries have reached 91,631. The death toll due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the country stands at 598.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/21)
South African variant may evade protection from Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study says
The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa may evade the protection provided by Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found, though its prevalence in the country is very low and the research has not been peer-reviewed. The study, released on Saturday, compared almost 400 people who had tested positive for COVID-19, 14 days or more after they received one or two doses of the vaccine, against the same number of unvaccinated patients with the disease. It matched age and gender, among other characteristics. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/21)
The ban on the BBS: A sop to Cerberus?
The report of the ministerial subcommittee appointed by the president on February 19, 2021 to study the Final Report of the PCoI on the Easter Sunday Attacks and to suggest how its recommendations should be carried out was handed over to the president on April 5 by its secretary Harigupta Rohanadheera, the director general of legal affairs at the presidential secretariat. The sectoral oversight committee comprised minister Chamal Rajapaksa (chairman), and ministers Udaya Gammanpila, Prasanne Ranatunga, Romesh Pathirana, Johnston Fernando and Rohitha Abeygunawardane. Two days later (April 7), the media reported that the Attorney... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/21)
The glorious years of Jaffna youth were hijacked by Ponnambalam
Between mid-twenties and mid-thirties, Jaffna stood as a shining beacon, showing the path to a future filled with humane and liberal values aimed at bonding a divided nation into one united brotherhood, rising above castes and divisive creeds. Jaffna held the future of the nation in the palm of its hands. Influenced, on the one hand by liberal-democratic values imparted in the schools run by American missionaries and, on the other, by the Gandhain ideals, the English-speaking Tamil youth took to non-violent radical politics with a passionate mission to give new directions to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/21)
මරණ පරීක්ෂකවරු බඳවා ගැනීමට අදාළව ආණ්ඩුවේ වර්ගවාදය
හදිසි මරණ පරීක්ෂකවරු සඳහා තනතුරු බිහි කිරීම සිදු වන්නේ 1979 අංක 15 දරණ අපරාධ නඩු විධාන සංග්‍රහයේ 108 වගන්තිය අනුවයි. සිවිල් පුරවැසියන්ගෙන් තෝරාගත් උගත් බුද්ධිමත් පුද්ගලයන් සීමිත පොලිස් බලතල සහිතව මෙම තනතුරට පත්කිරීමට අධිකරණ ඇමතිවරයාට බලය හිමිවී තිබේ.මෙම තනතුර සඳහා පඩිනඩි සැපයීමක් සිදු නොවන අතර හදිසි මරණයකදී කරන ලද පරීක්ෂණයකින් අනතුරුව ලබා දෙන වාර්තාව උදෙසා යම් දීමනාවක් ගෙවනු ලබයි. ඒ අනුව මෙම තනතුරු ගරු කටයුතුය.බුහුමන් ලබන්නකි.වගකීමක් ඇති බැවින් තනතුර හොබවන පුද්ගලයා සමාජයේ පිළිගත් තැනැත්තෙකු බවට තක්සේරුවක් තිබිය යුතුය. මරණ පරීක්ෂණයකදී යම් තැනැත්තෙකුගෙන් සාක්ෂියක් ලබා ගැනීමට බලය පාවිච්චි කිරීමටද එලෙස සාක්ෂි දීම පැහැර හරින්නකුට විරුද්ධව වරෙන්තුවක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/21)
Taking Lessons From LTTE New Narco-Terrorism Network Takes Shape In South Asia – OpEd
By Sugeeswara Senadhira* Courtesy Euresia Review Indian security officials believe the interception of a Sri Lankan boat carrying 300 kilograms of heroin, five AK-47 guns and ammunition off the coast of Vizhinjam in Kerala in South India on March 25 points to a network of narco-terrorism with strong links to a group in Sri Lanka. The Indian officials told the Media the network of narco-terrorism has created sleeper cells in Sri Lanka and other neighbouring countries, and exports drugs to foment trouble. They added that the drug income is then used to fund illegal activities, including extremist activities. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/21)
Low-income families to receive Rs. 5,000 allowance for festive season
Steps have been taken to provide a cash allowance of Rs. 5,000 to Samurdhi recipients and low-income families, says State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self-Employment and Business Development Shehan Semasinghe. The decision has been taken in view of the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year. Samurdhi officers have been instructed to take necessary measures to hand over the cash allowance to relevant families prior to the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. This is jointly initiated by the Presidential Task Force for Economic Revival and Poverty Eradication... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/21)
Another COVID-19 death in Sri Lanka
Director-General of Health Services has confirmed another COVID-related death in Sri Lanka on Saturday (April 10). This brings the total number of COVID deaths reported in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic to 596. The deceased was identified as a 56-year-old man from Udahethenna. He was tested positive for the virus while he was undergoing treatment at the Nawalapitiya District General Hospital. He was then transferred to the Theldeniya Base Hospital where he passed away on Saturday. The cause of death was recorded as COVID pneumonia,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/21)
Coronavirus figures up by 160 new infections
A total of 160 more persons were tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka today (April 10) as the confirmed cases count reached 94,724. https://youtu.be/ItDBWEjkGv8 Fifty-one of them have been identified from the prison cluster, the Department of Government Information said. Meanwhile, the recoveries count recorded in the country is currently at 91,456. According to statistics, 2,673 active cases are still under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres. Sri Lanka has also witnessed 595 fatalities due to the outbreak of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/21)
Coronavirus: Daily cases count on Friday hits 228
Ministry of Health on Tuesday (April 09) confirmed 116 more new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 228. Among the newly-identified coronavirus patients are 45 individuals who arrived in Sri Lanka from overseas and 03 from the prison cluster, the Department of Government Information said. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 94,564. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,699 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at designated hospitals... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/21)
Indians are using fake Covid-19 results to travel, skip exams
India, April 9 (Quartz) – As India braces for the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, some Indians have come up with a jugaad—the colloquial term for a hack—that might prove to be a menace for the country. On April 1, the government in the western state of Gujarat shut down a couple of labs after it found that they were selling fake Covid-19 negative test results. This is not an isolated event. There have been several incidents where Indians have fudged reports—sometimes on their own—to dodge quarantine rules or travel freely without taking an RT-PCR... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/21)
Lifetime salaries, allowances of disabled war heroes to be paid to dependents
The Ministerial Consultative Committee on Defence has met under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Sri Jayewardenepura Parliamentary Complex on Thursday (April 08). https://youtu.be/yBjeMnHKYwU This is the inaugural meeting of the Consultative Committee after the election of the current Parliament. The President chaired the meeting in his capacity as the Minister in charge of the subject who is usually the Chairman of the Committee, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. A number of issues such as national security, promotion of law and order, salaries of war... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/21)
The Indian Trojan Horse
It is a consolation that the Government has decided to defer the resurrection of the Provincial Councils, until after a new law is approved by the Parliament. Meanwhile, 10 leading Venerable monks have strongly protested on the very idea of bringing back the Provincial Councils. It is noted that these same Venerable monks played a lead role in bringing this government to power. They have given five very cogent reasons why it should not be done. It is not necessary to elaborate on each reason adduced by the leading Buddhist clergy. But there are many more... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 5D
Philip Gunawardene accomplished much in food and agriculture during his short stay of three years in the MEP government. These are described at length in other essays in this series. This essay looks at certain aspects of Philip’s vision. Philip studied the rural sector carefully. Philip said that the peasantry had many problems, poverty, indebtedness, need for credit, lack of scientific techniques of production, and marketing facilities. Two main obstacles to agricultural progress were the backwardness of the agricultural techniques used which result in poor yields and the fact that villagers were landless... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/21)
Citizen Centric Digital Government being set up: President
In his address to the audience at the virtual event inaugurating Sri Lanka Internet Day 2021 held on the 6th and 7th of April, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa pledged to set up a Citizen Centric Digital Government for the convenience of Sri Lanka’s citizens. Stressing on the fact that a technology based society pillar cannot be overlooked, the president stated that Citizen Service Centres will soon adopt new technology for public service delivery. A digital payment system to pay traffic fines and a e-procurement system to eliminate bribery and corruption... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/21)
Sri Lanka will build South Asia’s first Disneyland
Colombo, April 8 (Daily News) – Sri Lanka will build South Asia’s first Disneyland in the proposed Bopitiya leisure Park which will be created by Korea Cavitation Co. a company with Investments from Malaysia and Korea. President of Korea Cavitation Co. Baekgeum Kim and the representative of Sri Lanka Dr. Parimala Rajo Isa Michael said that they are negotiating with the government to obtain a 150 acre land on a lease basis for this project. “We hope to raise around USD 400 million to construct this project through international... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/21)
Pakistani dates tickle Lankan taste buds
Colombo, April 8: The High Commission of Pakistan, in collaboration with Ministry of Commerce and Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), organized a promotional event for Pakistani dates in Sri Lanka, at the High Commission in Colombo on Thursday. In his remarks, the High Commissioner of Pakistan, Maj. Gen (Retd.) Muhammad Saad Khattak highlighted the Government of Pakistan’s policy of introducing non-traditional products such as dates through a diversified marketing approach. While underscoring the importance of consuming dates due to their innumerable health benefits, the High Commissioner urged Sri Lankan importers... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/21)
As U.S. economy roars back, life in many poor countries gets worse
Johannesburg, April 8 (Wall Street Journal): Powered by the U.S. and China, the global economy is set to make a stunning comeback this year from its deepest contraction since the Great Depression, economists say. For many developing countries, though, 2021 is shaping up to look a lot like 2020, with the pandemic still raging and poverty deepening. “Here in Washington, D.C., people are literally talking about the Roaring 20s and, you know, letting the doors fly off the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/21)
India, Sri Lanka agree to jointly work against terror groups, fugitives
India and Sri Lanka on Thursday agreed to work jointly against terrorist groups and fugitives wherever they are present and active, and emphasised on sharing real time intelligence. In the first delegation level virtual police chiefs’ dialogue, India and Sri Lanka also decided to strengthen the existing cooperation mechanisms, as also designate “nodal points” for timely and effective handling of existing as well as emerging security challenges. The Indian delegation was led by Director of Intelligence Bureau Arvind Kumar and the Sri Lankan team was led by C. D. Wickramaratne, Inspector General... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/21)
Over 300 fresh cases of Covid-19 reported today
The Ministry of Health says that another 49 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Three of the new cases from the Prisons Covid-19 cluster while the remaining 46 are close associates of the Peliyagoda Covid-19 cluster. This brings the tally of fresh cases reported within today to 309 while the total number of cases affiliated with the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda and prisons clusters climbs to 89,341.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/21)
Two more Covid-19 deaths reported in Sri Lanka
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed two more Covid-19 related deaths today while this brings the death toll due to the virus in Sri Lanka to 593. One of the deceased is a 70-year-old male from Dehiwala who had been transferred from the South Colombo Teaching Hospital to IDH after being diagnosed as Covid-19 positive. He had passed away on April 08 due to acute heart disease, septic shock, high blood pressure and Covid-19 pneumonia. The other victim is a 79-year-old woman from Kondavil who had passed away... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/21)
Three COVID-19 infections of Denmark variant detected from Colombo
https://youtu.be/O9vxqr36D6I Denmark lineage of COVID-19 has been identified in virus samples collected from 03 persons in the community in Colombo, says Dr Chandima Jeewandara, Director of Allergy, Immunity and Cell Biology Unit of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Sri Lanka has carried out monthly genetic sequencing of the COVID-19 virus variants since the virus first entered the country in March 2020. Accordingly, a total of 55 samples have been subjected to genetic sequencing for the month of March 2021, Said Dr. Chandima Jeewandara. He says that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/21)
Gazette published naming Ajith Mannapperuma to Ranjan’s MP seat
The Extraordinary Gazette notification announcing the appointment of Mr. Ajith Mannapperuma to the parliamentary seat vacated by Ranjan Ramanayake, has been published a short while ago. The gazette notice states that the Secretary General of Parliament has informed the Election Commission, under Section 64(1) of the Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981, that a vacancy has occurred in the membership of the Ninth Parliament by reason of Mr. Ranjan Ramanayake ceasing to be a Member of Parliament. “The Returning Officer, for the electoral district which returned the said member was directed by the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/21)
Caroline Jurie & Chula Padmendra granted police bail
Reigning Mrs. World Caroline Jurie and model Chula Padmendra, who were arrested by the Cinnamon Gardens Police, have been granted police bail. They were taken into custody this afternoon over the recent controversy at the Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant held at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre on Sunday (April 04). The arrests have been made on the offenses of simple hurt and criminal force, according to Police Media Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana. The Cinnamon Gardens Police have recorded statements from Jurie and Padmendra before releasing them on police bail. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/21)
Tests confirm Aflatoxin presence in samples from coconut oil bowsers
Tests carried out on samples from the two bowser trucks containing coconut oil – which were recently taken into custody at Dankotuwa – have indicated the presence of Aflatoxin, says the spokesperson of Sri Lanka Customs. https://youtu.be/I-3LW5Eunyo The two bowser trucks were seized by Dankotuwa Police on the 30th of March, on suspicion of containing carcinogenic substances. A total of 27,500 liters of coconut oil had been taken into custody from the two bowser trucks which were parked at a mill in the Dankotuwa area. Samples... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 5B
Philip Gunawardene returned to Sri Lanka in 1932 after ten hectic years abroad. Of all the socialist politicians in the island, Philip Gunawardene is the only politician to have had close contact with socialist movements abroad, observed Ananda Meegama. He had met with revolutionaries and freedom fighters in four continents. Philip said he has associated with socialists of different brands from pale pink to dark red in various parts of the world. His father got to know something of his son’s activities when Queen’s Counsel R.L. Pereira returned from New York. Pereira had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
UNHRC March 21 sessions -Britain turns a Coveted Eye at its Ex. Colonies
Britain, no longer Great, and75 years after it was forced to renounce its colonies with imperialism identified to be the cause of World Wars, and increasingly finding itself in a rather insignificant role in world affairs, appear to indulge in some nostalgic glory turning a coveted eye at its former colony Ceylon, at the recent UNHRC sessions. Well, Ceylon could well be the get- away to the South Asian continent, which was once the ‘jewel of the Imperial crown’. Many centuries ago Britain did it then, to ‘civilize’ these countries and profited enormously, and today, in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 5C
Garvin Karunaratne observed that it was one thing to make hair raising speeches, another thing to be an efficient minister in a government. Philip was very efficient as a Minister, he said. I worked in his ministry throughout the MEP government period and I can say that the forceful ideas that he uttered in his fiery speeches at last got channeled into action. Ananda Meegama agreed. He pointed out that revolutionaries do not normally do well in office. Philip was different. He did well as a Minister. His ministry did the work of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
THE STORY OF CRICKET IN THE PARADISE – THEN CEYLON NOW SRI LANKA
"These Sri Lankans are giving the Aussies a real hiding." This was how Tony Greig described his favourite ‘’little Sri Lankans’’ when their captain Ranatunga's six cleared the fence at World Cup 1996. Yes, 17th March 1996 was the ‘’Red Letter Day’’ of Sri Lanka cricket. Sri Lanka beat mighty Aussies at 1996 final in Lahore, Pakistan. The story of how a proud island nation overcame bombings, boycotts and near-bankruptcy at its cricket board to reach the top of the world 25 years ago was vividly described in an article published by Sam... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
අපි හැමෝම එකම පක්ෂයේ අය,දැන් තමයි පක්ෂ දෙකකට බෙදිලා ඉන්නේ
අපි හැමෝම එකම පක්ෂයේ අය,දැන් තමයි පක්ෂ දෙකකට බෙදිලා ඉන්නේ, මහින්ද මහත්තයාගේ ඇතුළු, දුමින්ද දිසානායකගේ -බර්ටි දිසානායකගේ ඇතුළු මේ බහුතරයකගේ ආරම්භය තියෙන්නේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය ඇතුලේ අපි අද පක්ෂ දෙකක හිටියට.සාමාන්‍යයෙන් අම්මා-තාත්තා එක්ක තරහා වෙලා ළමයෙක් ගෙදරින් ගියා කියලා, අම්මා තාත්තා ළමයා එක්ක තරහා වෙන්නේ නෑනේ, පුළුවන් තරම් අනුකම්පාකරනවා, උදව් කරනවා.හැබැයි අවසාන ප්‍රථිපලය වැරැද්ද කරපු කෙනාට වරද තේරුණු දවසට නැවත වතාවක් මහ ගෙදරට එනවා.ඒක අපි ඔලුවේ තියාගෙන අපි කා එක්කවත් අමනාප වෙලා නෑ යැයි ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂ ජාතික සංවිධායක, රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටියේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
වෛද්‍ය ආර්.එම්.එස්.කේ රත්නායක මහතා පිලිබඳව
වෛද්‍ය ආර්.එම්.එස්.කේ රත්නායක මහතා මුලින්ම මට හමු වන්නේ 2000 වසරේදී නිර්වින්දන වෛද්‍යවරයෙකු(Anesthetist) ලෙස පත්වීම ලැබ හලාවත මූලික රෝහලට ගිය විටදීය. එවකට එතුමා හලාවත මූලික රෝහලේ වෛද්‍ය අධිකාරීවරයා විය. හලාවත මූලික රෝහලේ නිර්වින්දන අංශයේ විශේසඥ වෛද්‍යවරයෙකු නොසිටි අතර නිර්වින්දන වෛද්‍යවරු වූ සභාරත්නම් , ඉන්ද්‍රාණි ධනපාල , ශ්‍රියානි ප්‍රනාන්දු , පද්මරාජ් , ඊවා පෙරමුණ සමග මා නිර්වින්දන අංශය අප අතට ගෙන පාලනය කලෙමු. මේ නිසා සමහර විට රෝහල් අධිකාරී වෛද්‍ය ආර්.එම්.එස්.කේ රත්නායක මහතා සමග සුළු සුළු කේස් ඇදගත්තෙමු. එසේම නිර්වින්දන අංශයගේ තිබූ නිල කාමරයට වෙනත් අංශ වල සිටි ජේෂ්ඨ වෛද්‍යවරු රිංගූහ. 2001 වසරේදී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
Next four weeks ‘very, very critical’ for India in COVID-19 battle
New Delhi, April 7 (Reuters) – India’s fight against COVID-19 over the next four weeks will be “very, very critical” as its faces a faster second surge in infections, senior government health official Vinod Kumar Paul said on Tuesday. India’s daily infections passed the 100,000 mark for the first time on Monday, data from the health ministry showed. It recorded 96,982 new cases on Tuesday. The Indian capital of New Delhi on Tuesday imposed a night-time curfew until April 30 with much of the country struggling to contain a second surge in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
Clearing elephant corridor to build hotel untrue: Forest Dept.
While condemning the media reports, the Forest Conservation Department (FCD) said that there was no truth behind clearing an elephant corridor in the Sinharaja Forest Reserve for the construction of a hotel. While issuing a report, the Department said the claimed hotel construction takes place 3.5 to 5 km air distance away from the Sinharaja Forest Reserve. "This land area was situated outside of the Sinharaja Forest Reserve and it was announced clearly in 2019 and the land area was a personal property - an abandoned tea estate,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
AG authorizes ban of 11 Islamic organizations linked to extremism
The Attorney General has authorized the proscription of 11 Islamic organizations linked to extremist activities, his Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said today (April 07). https://youtu.be/Df31Ko6n01w Relevant organizations are as follows: 1. United Thowheed Jamaath (UTJ)2. Ceylon Thowheed Jamaath (CTJ)3. Sri Lanka Thowheed Jamaath (SLTJ)4. All Ceylon Thowheed Jamaath (ACTJ)5. Jamiyyathul Ansaari Sunnaththul Mohomadiya (JASM)6. Dharul Adhar
Jamiul Adhar7. Sri Lanka Islamic Student Movement (SLISM)8. Islamic State of Iraq & Syria (ISIS)9. Al-Qaeda10. Save the Pearls11. Super Muslim... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
Three more COVID-19 deaths
Sri Lanka has reported 03 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (April 07). The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 591 in total. 01. The deceased is an 89-year-old male resident in Homagama. He was diagnosed with Covid-19 while undergoing treatments at Colombo South Teaching Hospital and transferred to Base Hospital Mulleriyawa where he died on 06.04.2021. The cause of death is mentioned as septic shock, bacterial pneumonia due to COVID-19, acute kidney injury, and NSTEMI. 02. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
190 coronavirus cases reported within the day
Sri Lanka on Wednesday (April 07) confirmed another 52 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the country as total infections detected within the day reached 190. This brought the total number of Covid-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 93,993. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,485 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centers while total recoveries have reached 90,917. The death toll due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the country stands at 588.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
World powers seek to bring US back into Iran nuclear deal
Officials from five world powers began a new effort Tuesday to try to bring the United States back into the foundering 2015 nuclear deal they signed with Iran, a delicate diplomatic dance that needs to balance the concerns and interests of both Washington and Tehran. The meeting in Vienna of envoys from Russia, China, Germany, France, Britain and Iran came as the U.S. was due to start its own indirect talks with Iran. It would be one of the first signs of tangible progress in efforts to return both nations to the accord, which... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
Ajith Mannapperuma to fill Ranjan’s parliamentary seat rendered vacant?
Former State Minister Ajith Mannapperuma, who contested the 2020 general election from Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), is expected to fill the parliamentary seat of Ranjan Ramanayake which was rendered vacant. https://youtu.be/1mCcLcax3jc He had come in fifth among the SJB contestants from Gampaha District, securing a total of 47,212 preferential votes in last year’s election. Accordingly, Ajith Mannapperuma’s name will be gazetted after the District Returning Officer submits it to the Election Commission. The Secretary-General of Parliament has notified the Chairman of the Elections Commission of a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
E register; Consumer protection lacking for land owners.
Interesting informative article on ‘’DIGITALIZATION AND MODERNIZING TRADE BUSIENSS AND CONSUMERISM FOR THE CITIZEN’’ 4th April 2021 published in Lanka Web . E Land registration will soon be operating the land registration system to secure ownership . However it can be a source of ownership insecurity, without consumer protection laws The risk involved in the absence of consumer protection laws to protect owners was demonstrated in USA, when New York News Paper prepared a forged deed to transfer the Empire State Building. The forged document was registered in 90 minutes, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 9C
This video has many informative photographs and information on the life of Mr. S.W.R.D.Bandaranayeka which are not found elsewhere, https://youtu.be/w5Rw_-8VjDY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
Crucial interview of Foreign Minister Lavrov
Vyacheslav Nikonov: The word “war” has been heard increasingly more often lately. US and NATO politicians, even more so the Ukrainian military, have no trouble saying it. Do you have more reasons to be concerned now than ever before? Sergey Lavrov: Yes and no. On the one hand, the confrontation has hit bottom. On the other, deep down, there’s still hope that we are adults and understand the risks associated with escalating tensions further. However, our Western colleagues introduced... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
වෙළද පොලේ විෂ පොල්තෙල්, නෑ කියන උන්ටම ඒව කවන්න ඕන.මේක මිනීමැරුමක් සම්බන්ධ උන් එල්ලල මරන්න
https://youtu.be/cBsAwdTtk6c... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
Was Portuguese proselytization ruthless as portrayed?
James Emerson Tennent was Colonial Secretary in Ceylon from 1846 to 1850 and Acting Governor in April-May 1847. Tennent was not just an administrator, a Colonial master lording over obsequious natives. His keen eye and ear caught the nuances of the communities he was administering. His scholarship got him the Presidency of the Ceylon branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. In “Christianity in Ceylon” published in 1850, Tennent traces its encounters with, and the challenges it faced from, entrenched faiths like Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and demon worship and how it tried to overcome... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
වැලිමඩ ශ්‍රී ලංගම බස්ගාල පිහිටි ශ්‍රී ලංගම සතු ඉඩම වැලිමඩ ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවට පවරා ගැනීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය වැලැක්වීමට කඩිනමින් මැදිහත් වන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටීම.
ශ්‍රී ලංගම ගරු සභාපති, කිංස්ලි රණවක මැතිතුමා, ශ්‍රී ලංගම ප්‍රධාන කාර්යාලය, නාරහේන්පිට, කොළඹ 05. ගරු සභාපති තුමණි, වැලිමඩ ශ්‍රී ලංගම බස්ගාල පිහිටි ශ්‍රී ලංගම සතු ඉඩම වැලිමඩ ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවට පවරා ගැනීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය වැලැක්වීමට කඩිනමින් මැදිහත් වන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටීම. වැලිමඩ ශ්‍රී ලංගම බස්ගාල පිහිටි ශ්‍රී ලංගම සතු ඉඩම අනාදිමත් කාලයක පටන් ශ්‍රී ලංගමයේ තනි අයිතිය හිමි ඉඩමකි. මෙම ඉඩම වැලිමඩ ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවට පවරා ගැනීමේ ශ්‍රී ලංගම විරෝධී ක්‍රියාවලියක් මේ මොහොතේ සිදුවෙමින් පවතී. වැලිමඩ ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවේ මහා සභාව මෙම ඉඩම ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවක පවරා ගැනීම සඳහා මහා සභාව අනුමත කර ඇති බවට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/21)
Removal of CJ Peiris unconstitutional: Justice Minister- Remedial measures promised
Justice Minister Ali Sabry told Parliament yesterday that the process of removing Mohan Peiris from the post of Chief Justice in 2015 was illegal. Answering a question raised by Matale District SLPP MP Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon, Minister Sabry said that he would take appropriate action after consulting Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on the “unconstitutional” removal of Chief Justice Peiris on Jan 28, 2015. Minister Sabry said that a Chief Justice could be removed only after obtaining the majority support of Parliament. He said that a Chief... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/21)
Action will be taken to rectify Mohan Peiris removal
The Justice Minister said he will seek the Prime Minister’s advice on the unlawful removal of one time Chief Justice Mohan Peiris from his post and rectify it Action will be taken to rectify the removal of Mohan Peiris as the Chief justice in 2015 with the advice of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Minister of Justice Ali Sabry told Parliament yesterday. Mr. Peiris was installed as the Chief Justice after the impeachment of then Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake on January 14, 2013. However, the Yahapalana... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/21)
Ringleaders behind Easter attacks identified: Sarath Weerasekara
Naufer Mawlawi, who is currently in remand custody, has been identified as the ringleader of Easter Sunday terror attacks, says Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekara. https://youtu.be/3AbabdbbkiE The minister’s remarks came during a special media briefing held this evening (April 06). The press conference was also attended by Minister of Mass Media Keheliya Rambukwella and State Minister of National Security Chamal Rajapaksa. Naufer Mawlawi is allegedly the theoretician of the now-banned organization National Thowheed Jamaath. According to Minister Weerasekara, Naufer Mawlawi was involved in bringing down the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/21)
Coronavirus: 177 new cases reported within the day
Ministry of Health on Tuesday (April 06) confirmed 82 more new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 177. Among the newly-identified coronavirus patients are 19 individuals who arrived in Sri Lanka from overseas, the Department of Government Information said. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 93,772. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,476 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres. Total recoveries... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/21)
Two new COVID fatalities from Bibila & Ampara
Two more COVID-related deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka today (April 06), says the Ministry of Health. This brings the country’s death toll from the pandemic to 588. According to the Department of Government Information, one of the deceased is a 70-year-old man from Bibila area who passed away on Sunday (April 04). He was transferred to the Homagama Base Hospital after testing positive for the virus at the Bibila Base Hospital. The cause of death was recorded as acute kidney failure, blood poisoning and COVID pneumonia. In the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/21)
Estate workers will be paid Rs.1,000 from April onward – Minister
Minister of Plantations, Ramesh Pathirana stated in Parliament today (06) that the government will give Rs. 1,000 salary to all estate workers from April. He stated this while delivering a verbal response to a question put forward by MP Waruna Liyanage in parliament this morning. https://youtu.be/EhP4nLIrHs4 Thereby, Minister Pathirana said that all plantation companies are legally obliged to pay this Rs. 1,000 daily wage to the estate workers, the Government Information Department reported. He said that for the first time in history, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/21)
AG summons Conservator-General of Forests over recent reports on forest destruction
Attorney General Dappula de Livera has summoned the Conservator-General of Forests and other officials of the Forest Conservation Department to take into consideration and verify the recent media reports on forest destruction. https://youtu.be/If7xmU27qvc According to the Coordinating Officer of the Attorney General, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, the relevant meeting is expected to be held today (April 06). Further, necessary directives on the matter will also be given to the officials of the Forest Conservation Department.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/21)
Cabinet nod to purchase 6 million more Sputnik V vaccine doses
Sri Lanka is planning to import 6 million more doses of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine from Russia, says the Department of Government Information. https://youtu.be/f8F2nq52oxQ During its meeting held on Monday (April 05), the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal tabled by Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi to order more of Sputnik V jabs to proceed with Sri Lanka’s inoculation drive. The National Medical Regulatory Authority on March 04 approved the emergency use of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in Sri Lanka. Later, on March 23, the Cabinet... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/21)
DESPITE CULTURAL INTEGRATION COMPOSING SUB-CULTURES IN OVERSEAS BY SRI LANKAN MIGRANTS
Culture is defined by many focusing on the past civilization; however, the culture cannot strictly define its real complexity limiting to past matters, which were broader and connected to social, economic, political, religious, races, and many others, the evolution of civilization added many features to the culture and historical information provides that many conflicts between cultures had been incurred based on values and assents. This means that culture and values had a partnering relationship and the other vital fact on this matter was that values developed as a result of the evolution of culture. It... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
The Geneva game and the 13th Amendment: a geographical analysis -Part- II-To: Expert Committee to draft a new constitution
“As already intimated to you [to Expert Committee] orally and in writing, we are willing to evolve a settlement within the framework of a united, undivided and indivisible country: yet based on the principle of internal self-determination resulting in maximum possible devolution.” -TNA leader Sampanthan (Island newspaper, March 21, 2021) “The Tamils of Sri Lanka are the indigenous people of Sri Lanka. They have continued to live in this Island for over 3000 year North and East of Sri Lanka are our traditional Homelands for over 3000 years. To expropriate such... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
As the New Old Left turns 50...
Revolutionaries, self-styled or otherwise, are hard to imagine as old people, the exception of course being Fidel Castro. Castro grew old with a Cuban Revolution that has demonstrated surprising resilience. Che Guevara was effectively stilled, literally and metaphorically when he was just 39, ensuring iconic longevity — and the wild haired image with a star pinned on a beret is a symbol of resistance and, as is often the case, used to endorse and inspire things and processes that would have horrified the man. Daniel Ortega at 75 was a revolutionary leader who... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
Outcome of vote on Geneva ‘resolution’
A few days ago, in Geneva, a ‘resolution’ was introduced against Sri Lanka. Reports indicate that this ‘resolution’ was based on falsities and inaccuracies, involving non-disclosure of vital information (as an example, one reads of suppression of ‘Gash reports’). All this seems to constitute a perversion of what is called ‘human rights’ for political purposes of certain countries, thereby removing any moral value and legitimacy in this so called resolution. It also seems to raise the question whether any official who contributed to this type of ‘resolution’ is a fit and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
SEVEN HUNDREDTH DHAMMA CONFERENCE
Sabbadanam dhammadanam jinati sabbarasam dhammaraso jinati sabbaratim dhammarati jinati tanhakkhayo sabbadukkham jinati. The gift of the Dhamma excels all gifts; the taste of the Dhamma excels all tastes; delight in the Dhamma excels all delights. The eradication of Craving (i.e., attainment of arahatship) overcomes all ills (samsara dukkha). The seven hundredth Dhamma conference which will be held in this weekend on Saturday the 10th evening at 7:00 pm EST and Sri Lankan time on Sunday the 11th at 4:30 am and it can be joined and participated by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
CARDINAL MALCOLM RANJITH’S EXPLOSIVE ANGER AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT MAITHREEPALA SIRISENA
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has already judged and found that the former President of Sri Lanka Mr Maithreepala Sirisena guilty for the crimes committed on Good Friday in Sri Lanka. He has thus surpassed the King Kekille of yesteryears. By his explosive speech at St Anthony;s Church at ,Kochchikade, Kotahena, he blasted the former President based on privilege information ( the full text of the Presidential Commission Report), using downtrodden abusive language in the Church premises. The Presidential Commission is a fact finding mission. In addition, a Parliamentary Select Committee concluded its... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 13 වැනි කොටස - පක්ෂ ක්‍රමයේ සීමා
බෞද්ධ ජනරජයේ පරමාධිපත්‍යය බලයට සාමූහික අයිතිය අයත්වන බවත් එයට මූලික තැනක් හිමිවන බවත් මෙම ලිපි පෙළින් අපි අවධාරණය කළෙමු. පක්ෂ ක්‍රමය ඔස්සේ ක්‍රියාත්මක වන්නේ ද එක්තරා ආකාරයක සාමූහික අයිතියකි. තව ද පවත්නා ක්‍රමයේ සිට වෙනත් පරමාදර්ශයකට රට ගෙන යෑමේ දී එය අනුක්‍රමිකව සිදුකිරීම ද අත්‍යවශ්‍ය කටයුත්තකි. එසේ නොමැතිව, එක්වර ම කරනු ලබන මහා වෙනස්කම් හේතුවෙන් සමාජය තුළ අනවශ්‍ය ගැටුම් නිර්මාණය විය හැකිය. කෙසේ වුව ද, පක්ෂ ක්‍රමයට සියල්ල යටත්කිරීම බෞද්ධ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය යටතේ සිදුකළ නොහැකිය. එහෙයින් යම් පාලනයකට යටත්ව පක්ෂ ක්‍රමයට ඉඩදිය යුතු බව අපි වටහාගත යුතු වෙමු. මේ සඳහා අනුගමනය කළ හැකි පාලන උපක්‍රම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
Unclear. Untold. Unfair. Untenable
Unclear. Untold. Unfair. These are words that one can reasonably expect in any decent conversation or review of the recent UN Human Rights Council resolution on/against Sri Lanka. However, such dismal descriptives are applicable to other matters, institutions and processes as well. Just the other day, those words were uttered at the launch of Dr Prasanna Cooray book ‘Politics of a Rainforest: Battles To Save Sinharaja,’ L. J. Mendis Wickramasinghe is a Sri Lankan herpetologist, taxonomist, naturalist, wildlife photographer, framed his observations with that telling end-note. The book... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
Gotabaya regime comes under multiple pressures
Colombo, April 5: The Gotabaya Rajapaksa Presidency, which is in its second year, is facing multiple problems, both domestic and external, economic as well as political. Divisions have arisen in the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and also with alliance partners. There is difficulty in kick-starting the economy derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly due to flaws in the decision making and implementing apparatuses. The external debt repayment issue is looming in the horizon. And last, but not the least, there is pressure from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
Naxal who executed Sukma attack was trained by LTTE in ambush tactics Read more
New Delhi, Apr 05: Preliminary investigations into the Sukma attack by the naxalites suggest that CPI (Maoist) leader Basava Raju led the execution. Basava Raju alias Nambala Keshav Rao took over as the general secretary of the CPI (Maoist) and has been part of the naxal movement since the 1970s. The National Investigation Agency had announced a reward of Rs 1.5 million for any information on Raju who is 67 years old. He is an expert at using the AK-47 according to a Intelligence Bureau report of 2011. In... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
Myanmar Court sentences 12 SL fishers to jail
A Myanmar court has sentenced 12 Sri Lankan fishermen to jail terms of three to five years on three charges. The 10-crew members were imposed with a jail term of three years and six months with a fine of 20,000 kyats (Rs 2,800) each, while the fishing trawler drivers were charged with five years and six months jail term, with a fine of 200,000 kyats (Rs 28,300). According to information received by Ceylon Today, the Court charged them for illegal entry into Myanmar waters, illegal fishing (without a fishing licence... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
Don’t protect perpetrators through committees – Cardinal
Easter Sunday carnage Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith yesterday asked the government not to appoint any more committees to delay action against those responsible for the Easter Sunday attacks. He made this statement after visiting a number of churches in Colombo and the suburbs yesterday. The Cardinal said that the government had time till 21 April to take action against the perpetrators of the attacks and Catholics will take to the streets if their request went unheeded. “We won’t be fooled again.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
Govt. ready to introduce new legislation to regulate int’l schools: Edu Minister
The Government is ready to introduce new legislation to regulate international schools, Education Minister Professor G. L. Peiris told Parliament today. Responding to an oral question raised by SJB MP Sumith Sanjaya Perera in the House, Professor Peiris said the Government is willing to have a dialogue with the Opposition and then draft legislation to this effect. “We have no legislation to regulate international schools in the country. There are 393 international schools in the country that are registered with the BOI (Board of Investment)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
Five more Covid-19 deaths reported in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has reported 05 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (April 05). As per the Department of Government Information, one female patient and four male patients are among the victims. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 586 in total.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
Coronavirus: 137 positive cases in total detected today
Sri Lanka on Monday (April 05) confirmed another 37 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the country as total infections detected within the day reached 137. This brought the total number of Covid-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 93,595. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,451 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres while total recoveries have reached 90,563. The death toll due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the country stands at 581.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
President orders immediate ban on import of Palm oil
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered the importation of Palm Oil into Sri Lanka to be halted with immediate effect. Secretary to the President P. B. Jayasundera has advised the Controller-General of the Department of Imports and Exports Control to issue the relevant gazette order to give effect to these instructions within today (April 05). https://youtu.be/QLkFINX-Gxc Further, the Director-General of Customs has been advised to refrain from clearing palm oil cargos at the Department of Customs. Concurrently, the cultivation of oil palm (Katu Pol) will be completely... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
Easter attacks victim issues letter of demand to Maithripala, Ranil and 10 others
Moditha Ekanayake, Attorney-at-Law, has issued a Letter of demand against 12 individuals seeking compensation of Rs 500 million for the physical and psychological damages caused to him by the failure to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. The letter of demand issued via Attorney at Law Sujeewa Gunatilake has been issued to 12 respondents including the former President Maithripala Sirisena, former Prime Minister, former State Minister of Defense Ruwan Wijewardene, former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara, former Defense Secretary Hemasiri Fernando, and Attorney General. Ekanayake, via his letter of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
Sri Lanka spent Rs. 1,239 billion to import vehicles from 2015-19
State Minister of Money & Capital Market and State Enterprise Reforms, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, says that Sri Lanka had spent Rs. 1,239 billion to import vehicles from 103 countries during the period from 2015 to 2019. “During 2015 to 2019, Sri Lanka has spent Rs. 1,239 billion to import vehicles from 103 countries”, he said speaking in parliament today (05). He further said that the total number of vehicles imported during the period from 2015 to 2019 was 2,515,546. In response to a question raised by MP Mohamed Muzammil, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
Sri Lankans deported from UAE found linked to extremist activities
Two suspects, who had been arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) after being deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have been revealed to have propagated extremist ideologies. Sri Lanka Police and the TID recently arrested two individuals who were deported from the UAE over various offenses. One suspect, a 44-year-old from Mawanella, had been arrested on March 30 while the other, a 47-year-old from Matale had been arrested on March 25. The laptops seized from the suspect had been analyzed and examined by a team of experts, revealing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/21)
BURMA: HOW A NATION IS EXPLOITED – THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN BURMA
There is so much publicity today in the Western Media of the vile nature of the Burmese (Myanmar) Army. Before the Army took power overthrowing the Govt. of Aung San Suu Kyi recently, the entire Western media was gunning for Aung San Suu Kyi branding her as a tyrant engaged in the persecution of Bengali Muslims who had infiltrated Myanmar illegally and calling themselves as ' Rohingyas '. All the accolades she had won previously were withdrawn one by one by western institutions and Universities for the 'crime' of not allowing illegal immigrants to settle down in Myanmar permanently. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/21)
What a Fight! What a Win! Bravo Sri Lanka! Bravo Mahinda! Bravo the Non-Aligned and the Global South! -(Part 1)
The global bully has his nose bloodied Jayawewa! Venceremos! Viva la Sri Lanka! We, the Non-Aligned, the Global South and Sri Lanka, gave a bloody nose to the global bully; we together defeated America, the new Caucasian Colonial cuss which attempted to use the UNHRC, to drag our heroic soldiers and fry them after a mock trial in an Electric chair in the US for having decisively defeated the American backed terrorists; the Americans also attempted to use the UNHRC to give itself unilateral powers to invade sovereign Nation States with impunity and,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/21)
‘’DIGITALIZATION AND MODERNIZING TRADE BUSIENSS AND CONSUMERISM FOR THE CITIZEN’’
Introduction of digitalization during the festive season for sustainable educational framework World is fast changing despite dangerous ‘’Covid19’’ - a Pandemic leading towards success in Sri Lanka through education on vistas of prosperity and spender in order to digitalize the system and modernize the natural knowledge based on human capital to suit the 21st century on the theme ‘’Towards a perfect education that enriches wisdom and experiment’’ on steps taken by the programme and vision of the President... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/21)
අප්‍රේල් විරු සැමරුම
මුදාහල මුත් ජිවිතේ උපන්නේ ජනතා හදේ ඔබෙන් නැගි හඩ රණ බිමේ විජය ගීතය වේ අපේ. "අධිරාජ්‍යවාදයට විනාශය- ජනතාවට විමුක්තිය" ඔබ හැම එදා එක්වුණේ, අධිරාජ්‍යවාදයට විනාශය-ජනතාවට විමුක්තිය; යන සටන් පාඨය යටතේයි. ජාතික හා ජාත්‍යන්තර දේශපාලන තලයේදීදී, මෙයට වඩා අගනා සටන් පාඨයක් ඇත්තේම නැත. සතුරා, වර්ෂ 1505 සිට විවිධ වෙස්ගෙන, ශත වර්ෂ 5 ක් පුරා මෙරට ජනතාව පෙලන ලදී. ඒ අධිරාජ්‍යවාදීන්ව මේ මාතෘභූමියෙන් පන්නා දැමීම යනු, මෙරට ජනතාව මත ඇති ගැටළු වලින් හරි අඩක් නිවැරදිව විසදා ගැනීමට මග පාදා ගැනීමයි. මෙම කාර්යය කියුබාව තුල සිදුවෙද්දී, කියුබාව සමග එක පෙලට සිටගත් ඔබ; එම කාර්යය, වියට්නාමය, ලාවෝසය, හා කාම්බෝජය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/21)
Lanka to adopt China’s method of using cutting-edge technology to fight poverty
Colombo, April 2: Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his telephone conversation with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa earlier this week, said that China can lend a hand to Sri Lanka in the eradication of poverty adding that China succeeded in ending extreme poverty among 99 million people. President Rajapaksa said that the Hambantota Port Project and development of infrastructure facilities are continuing in a satisfactory manner and urged the government of China to complete the project. He said he is committed to putting the country on the track of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/21)
Will Sri Lanka face a shortage of vaccines for the second dose?
Colombo, April 3 (Daily Mirror) – The Serum Institute in India, which manufactures Covishied Astrazeneca vaccines, which was administered in Sri Lanka, has informed the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) that it is presently unable to supply any further doses due to the temporary ban imposed on vaccine exports by the Indian government. The Daily Mirror learns that the SPC has sent several emails and made calls to the Serum Institute but it has only responded saying it will not be able to supply the further doses due to the Indian government’s temporary export ban,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/21)
Are you wearing clothes? - Cardinal questions Sirisena
Action should be taken against former President Maithirpala Sirisena without delay as he has been held responsible for the Easter Sunday attacks, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today. Cardinal Ranjith who was speaking to the media after Easter Sunday services said a question arises whether some politicians who are held responsible are shameless to go before the people once again. Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith questioned whether the former President is leading a party and is seeking re-election wearing clothes. “Why wait for months to take action... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/21)
Daily COVID-19 cases count hits 122
Ministry of Health on Saturday (April 04) confirmed 25 more new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 122. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 93,436. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,647 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres. Total recoveries from the virus infection have reached 90,208 while the death toll stands at 581.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/21)
Two more coronavirus deaths reported
Sri Lanka has reported 02 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (April 04). https://youtu.be/hL6qcng-D7k As per the Department of Government Information, a male patient and a female patient are the latest victims of the virus. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 581 in total.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/21)
Cardinal’s strong comments on former President contesting elections
Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith called on the government to take legal action against former president Maithripala Sirisena, who has been found guilty in the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. https://youtu.be/F0ZSQIJsVbU Speaking to the media following the Easter Sunday Mass at St. Lucia’s Church, Kotahena, this morning (04), the Cardinal called for the recommendations of the report to be implemented as soon as possible. The Archbishop said, “I earnestly request the Government to implement the report of the Commission... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/21)
Falsehoods circulated against me & govt. in organized manner – President
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today moved to give a reminder that all public servants, including those in Forest Conservation and Wildlife Departments, are in fact there to serve the people and should therefore look at both sides of the issues when addressing them. https://youtu.be/w-7C804ZwZo “Some do not understand the issues of the underprivileged. They haven’t visited these areas and haven’t witnessed anything. If I ask to release these lands, I will be attacked from tomorrow saying that I asked for the forests to be cleared.” Speaking further, the President... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/21)
‘HUMAN RIGHTS’ AND ECOLOGICAL CRISIS IN SRI LANKA
The recent UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution A/HRC/46/L.1/Rev.1 of March 16 has brought extensive charges against Sri Lanka over alleged human rights violations, but is arguably seriously flawed. Opportunistic and strategic use of human rights by the western powers to maintain hegemony continually ignore violations of the rights of nature and humanity rooted in the destructive model of economic development the same powers introduced to the world. Historical Background Ancient Sri Lanka was known for its Buddhist eco-centric approach to life. The origin of the contemporary ecological and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 10C
The 1956 government attempted to radically reform the economy. It was the first Sri Lanka government to try to do so. It was also the first government, and the only government to date, to see the need for a modern policy of Industrialization for Sri Lanka. There were no local industries when MEP came to power in 1956, everything was imported. The country was importing everything, from a pin, comb, pencil, and biscuit to mammoties, water pumps, agriculture and industrial machinery, reported economists. MEP had a long term plan for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/21)
UNHRC-Proof the Economy
UNHRC voting clearly showed Sri Lanka’s friends and enemies (and the in-betweens). Although India abstained from voting, India fully supported the anti-Sri Lanka resolution. Sadly, some enemies are key export destinations (and import origins) of Sri Lankan produce (and Sri Lanka’s imports) which can become a future threat. While it is only the UN Security Council that can impose economic sanctions on a nation, individual nations are free to impose their own sanctions on another nation. It was not that long ago that the EU removed the GSP Plus facility to Sri Lanka following the defeat... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/21)
අප්‍රේල් කැරැල්ලට වසර 50යි
අප්‍රේල් කැරැල්ලට වසර 50ක කාලයක් ගතව ඇත. වසර 50ක් යනු සුළුපටු කාලයක් නොවේ. ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ ගොඩනැගීමට දායකවී අප්‍රේල් කැරල්ලටද සහභාගිවී, සිරගතවී, සිරගෙදරන් පලාවිත් යලි දේශපාලනය කල අයෙකු තුල මේ වන විට ඇති සිතුවිලි දහරාව කුමක්විය යුතුදැයි සොයා යනවිට, ජිවිතයේ සුන්දරම අවදිය, ඔවුන් විසින්ම ගින්දර ගොඩකට ඇදදමුවාක් වැනි මේ ක්‍රියාදාමයට ඔවුන් සහභාගී වුයේ ඇයිද යන්න ගැටලුවකි. විශේෂයෙන්ම අප්‍රේල් කැරැල්ලට දායකවූ තරුණයින් අයත්වන්නේ මධ්‍යම පාන්තික හා සුළු ධනේශ්වර පන්තියට අයත් පවුල් වලට වීම එම කැරැල්ලේ ඇති විශේෂත්වයයි. ස්වභාවය විසින් මේ තරුණයින්ගෙන් යමක් බලා පොරොත්තුවී ඇත. අපි මිලින්ද ප්‍රශ්නය තුලින් දකින්නේ ස්වභාවයේ ක්‍රියාකාරිත්වයේ සංකීර්ණභාවයයි.ස්වභාවයට අවැසි දේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/21)
පාස්කු දින ප්‍රහාරයේ වින්දිතයන් වූ සැමට සාධාරණය ඉටුවන තෙක් වූ කිතුණු ජනතා ඉවසීම විශිෂ්ටයි - ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා
පාස්කු දින ප්‍රහාරයේ වින්දිතයන් වූ සැමට සාධාරණය ඉටුවන තෙක් වූ කිතුණු ජනතා ඉවසීම විශිෂ්ට බව ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (03) දින සිහිපත් කළේය. දෙවසරක් ගතවන පාස්කු දින ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අදහස් පළ කරමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. ලොව පුරා කිතුණු බැතිමතුන් සමඟ එක්ව ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය කිතුණු ජනතාව හෙට (04) දිනයේ ඉමහත් හරසරින් පාස්කු මංගල්‍ය සමරති. විමුක්තිදායක ප්‍රීතියේ සැමරුම් දිනය වන මෙදින ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය කිතුණු ජනතාව ජේසුස් ක්‍රිස්තුස් වහන්සේ මරණය පරාජය කර උත්ථානවීම බැතියෙන් සිහි කරති. මෙයට වසර දෙකකට පෙර 2019 අප්‍රේල් 21 වැනිදා පාස්කු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/21)
Coronavirus: 167 new infections confirmed on Saturday
Sri Lanka has confirmed 37 more positive cases of COVID-19 today (April 03) as the daily infections count climbed to 167. Among today’s positive cases are 07 persons who were detected from the prisons cluster and 32 who arrived from foreign countries. According to the Department of Government Information, the country has confirmed a total of 93,295 positive cases since the outbreak of the pandemic. However, 2,695 of them are still under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres across the island. Meanwhile, the death toll from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/21)
Four new COVID deaths in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has confirmed 04 new COVID-related deaths today (April 03), according to the Director-General of Health Services. The new development has pushed Sri Lanka’s death toll to 579, says the Department of Government Information. One of the deceased is a 44-year-old woman from Akurana area. She died on March 28 while receiving treatments at the Teaching Hospital in Kandy. The cause of death was recorded as sepsis and COVID pneumonia. A 44-year-old who was residing in Rambukkana area died on March 31 due to COVID pneumonia. He was also... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/21)
I would like to draw your serious and immediate attention to the content of this article, (attached) especially sections marked in red by Kamalika.
HE the President,Republic of Sri Lanka Dear Sir, I would like to draw your serious and immediate attention to the content of this article, (attached) especially sections marked in red by Kamalika. I am afraid the same intrigue by the West is in full thrust even now, rather in a more organized and larger scale What is worse is the additional conspiracies now hatched by India and Muslim Jihad terrorists Both the western countries, their allies and India and even Arabic terrorist have established... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 10B
This essay looks at two important ‘results’ or ‘consequences’ or whatever, of the 1956 General election. They are firstly, the emergence of the SLFP. Secondly, the rise of Sirimavo Bandaranaike as the world’s first woman Prime Minister. SRI LANKA FREEDOM PARTY SWRD Bandaranaike formed the SLFP for two reasons, said Wiswa Warnapala. Firstly, as a democratic alternative to UNP and Marxist parties. Secondly, to provide a means of political expression for Sinhalese and Buddhist vested interests. SLFP stood for Sinhala culture and Buddhism at the time when no other political party was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/21)
Colambage Interview with Conflict Zone - Tim Sebestian Continues to Orchestrate The Complex Web of Deceit and Deception Against Sri Lanka
Largely a good response against a case built on the foundations of the allegation of an uneacceptably large civilian casualty rate of 40000 or over in the last few weeks of the war, being led & peddled by Uk and US against the reporting of their own embassies in Colombo at that time. These embassy’s Defence attaché s regular dispatches during these weeks, obtained using suppression of information act in UK and tabled in the UK House of Lords in Oct 2017 by Lord Naseby, clearly and repeatedly had indicated that this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/21)
ප්‍රාදේශීය සම්බන්ධීකරණ කමිටු රැස්වීමකදී රාජ්‍ය ඇමති දුමින්දත් පොලීසියට දුන් උපදෙස..
පොලීසිය ඉන්නේ දඩ ගහන්න නෙමෙයි,පොලීසිය ඉන්න ඕන සමාජය යහපත් කරන වැඩේ කරන්න.ඒ නිසා අපි වෙනදටත් වඩා මහජනතාවත් සමඟ සම්බන්ධ වෙලා කරන වැඩ කළ යුතුයි.ඒකෙන් මම කියන්නේ නෑ හොරු අල්ලන්න එපා, කුඩු අල්ලන්න එපා,කසිප්පු අල්ලන්න එපා කියන එක නෙමෙයි,ඒ ටිකට දඩ ගහනවාට අමතරව,ඔවුන් යහපත් මාර්ගයට ගන්න වැඩේ තමයි අපි කරන්න ඕනකම තියෙන්නේ යැයි රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටියේ අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ තිරප්පනය ප්‍රාදේශීය සම්බන්ධීකරණ කමිටු රැස්වීමේදීය. සූර්ය බල, සුළං හා ජල විදුලි ජනන සංවර්ධන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ සභාපතීත්වයෙන් මෙම කමිටු රැස්වීම තිරප්පනය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/21)
Sinopharm, Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine data show efficacy: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Chinese vaccine makers Sinopharm and Sinovac have presented data on their COVID-19 vaccines indicating levels of efficacy that would be compatible with those required by the World Health Organization, the chair of a WHO advisory panel said on Wednesday. The WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) hopes to issue recommendations on those vaccines by the end of April, its chair Alejandro Cravioto, told a Geneva news briefing. "The information that the companies shared publicly at the (SAGE) meeting last week clearly indicates that they have levels of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/21)
We are at India's mercy : Dr. Fernandopulle
State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control, Sudarshini Fernandopulle speaking to Ceylon Today stated that Sri Lanka's inoculation program has been temporarily suspended due to lack of COVISHIELD Vaccine stocks. When inquired further, Minister Fernandopulle stated that the Ministry of Health is in possession of only 264,000 doses of the vaccine, and therefore it has been decided to suspend the administration of the vaccine till 19 April, despite promises made that at least 20% of the population will be vaccinated. The second dose of jabs is scheduled to begin... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/21)
Daily COVID infections count at 211
Sri Lanka has confirmed 91 more positive cases of COVID-19 today (April 02) as the daily infections count climbed to 211. Among the daily positive cases, 28 persons were identified as arrivals from foreign countries. https://adaderana-english-polly.s3.amazonaws.com/adaengmp3-02-04-2021-1617381810.mp3 According to the Department of Government Information, the country has confirmed a total of 93,128 positive cases since the outbreak of the pandemic. However, 2,856 of them are still under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres across the island. Meanwhile, the death toll from the virus stands at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/21)
Two Qatar deportees arrested for spreading extremist ideologies
Two more persons have been arrested for propagating Wahhabism and extremist ideologies through social media, says the Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana. Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) had made the arrest on Friday (April 02). The suspects, aged 28 and 29 years, were identified as residents of Kattankudy area in Batticaloa. The duo had been deported from Qatar along with four other individuals on the 21st of November 2020. The TID arrested the other four suspects on Thursday (April 01). According to the police spokesperson, the suspects in question,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/21)
Administering first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine suspended
Chief Epidemiologist Dr Sudath Samaraweera says that the programme to administer the first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has been temporarily suspended in Sri Lanka. He stated that the programme to administer the first dose was suspended in order to commence providing the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVISHIELD vaccine. https://youtu.be/cQST76snM2Y Speaking at a press briefing in Colombo today (02), he said that thus far Sri Lanka has received a total of 1,264,000 doses of the vaccine and that as of this morning 923,954 of those doses... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/21)
Russia resumes flights to 06 countries including Sri Lanka
Russia has officially resumed flights to Sri Lanka and several other countries, namely, Germany, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Syria on April 1, according to a decision made by the country’s anti-coronavirus crisis center last week. The crisis center noted that regular flights would be resumed in a limited format. Most quotas have been allocated for routes to and from Germany: flights will depart from Moscow to Frankfurt am Main five times a week, from St. Petersburg to Frankfurt am Main - three times a week and from Moscow to Berlin -... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/21)
Suspected container truck with coconut oil seized from Dambulla
A container truck has been seized from Dambulla on Thursday night (April 01) on suspicion of carrying a consignment of coconut oil containing carcinogens. https://youtu.be/LVPUXosR7jE The vehicle in question was taken into custody by a team of officers of Dambulla Police, acting on a tip-off received by the Mayor of Dambulla Jaliya Opatha. The said container truck was found while parked at a private warehouse located behind the Dambulla Dedicated Economic Center. The health authorities will subject the samples of the seized coconut oil stock for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/21)
මහා සිකුරාදා, අප සැමට කියන කථාන්තරය.
ලෝකයේ මහා ඛේදවාචකයන් ගනනාවක් සිදුව ඇත. සමහර ඛෙදවාචකයන් ඓතිහාසිකව සටහන්ව ඇති අතර, සමහරක්වා කිසිදු සටහනක් නැතිව ඉතිහාසය තුල වැලලී ගොස් ඇත. පවතින සමාජ කඩතුරාවන් ඉරා නව ලොවක් සොයා බලන හැමටම උරුම දඩුවම මරණයයි. එම සමාජ කඩතුරාව ඉරා දමන පුද්ගලයා කවරෙකු වුවද ඔහුට උරුමව ඇත්තේදැඩි දඩුවම් සහිත මරණයකි. මරණය දඩුවමක් සේ දකින්නේ ඝාතකයායි. ඝාතකයා සතුටුවන්නේ තමන්ගේ සතුරාට වද දෙමින් ලබා දෙන මරණයටයි. මෙවන්වූ සහසික ඝාතනයක් මීට වසර 1988කට පමණ පෙර කාලයක් තුලදී මේ පෘතුවිය මත සිදුවිය. එම ඝාතනය පිලිකුලින් හෙලා දැකීමේ හා ඝාතනයට ලක්වූ යේසුස් ක්‍රිස්තුස් වහන්සේ සිහිකිරීමේ අරමුණු සහිතව අපි මහ සිකුරාදා සමරමු.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/21)
සුභාශිංසන පණිවිඩය
විමුක්තිදායක ප්‍රීතියේ සැමරුම් දිනය පාස්කුවයි. මෙදින ලොව පුරා කිතුණු බැතිමතුන් සමඟ ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය කිතුණු ජනතාව ජේසුස් ක්‍රිස්තුස් වහන්සේ මරණය පරාජය කර උත්ථානවීම මහත් හරසරින් සමරනු ලබයි. පාස්කු මංගල්‍යයට පෙර කිතුණු බැතිමත්හු ජේසුස් ක්‍රිස්තුස් වහන්සේ කුරුසිය මත දිවි පිදීමේ යාගය මහ සිකුරාදා දිනයේ සිහිපත් කරති. ඒ සඳහා ඔවුන් දින හතළිහක කාලයක් යාඥාවෙන් භාවනාවෙන්, උපවාස ශීලයෙන් හා විවිධ පුණ්‍ය ක්‍රියා ඔස්සේ අධ්‍යාත්මික සහනය ප්‍රාර්ථනා කරයි. පාස්කු ඉටි පහනේ අලෝකය සහෝදර ජනතාවට සහනාලෝකය අත්විඳින්නට ඉඩ සළස්වන මහඟු අවස්ථාවකි. පාස්කු අර්ථයෙන් ගත්විට සියලු දෙනා එතෙර වීම මුළු මහත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/21)
Several ‘unexpected’ influencers prevented Sinopharm from arriving in Sri Lanka – Gov
Colombo, April 1 (Daily Mirror) – The government yesterday said that despite several difficulties faced within the past few weeks from ‘unexpected influencers’ to bring down the Sinopharm vaccines from China, the government had finally been successful. State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation Prof. Channa Jayasumana said that Sri Lanka faced many difficulties within the last two to three weeks from certain unexpected influencers from various parties to bring the vaccines to Sri Lanka, but the government had been able to overcome all this and had ultimately been able to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/21)
Solidarity is the only way to beat the pandemic, says Chinese envoy
COLOMBO, April 1 (Xinhua) — A batch of Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Sri Lanka from China on Wednesday as part of a donation by the Chinese government to the island nation. The vaccines arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport on Wednesday where it was officially handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by China’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong. Several Ministers including Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and Minister of Tourism Prasanna Ranatunga were present at the occasion. The President, the Chinese envoy, Minister and the Sri Lankan air crew. Photo:... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/21)
Indian under graduate, post graduate and Ph.D scholarships available to Sri Lankans
Colombo, April 1 (newsin.asia): The High Commission of India, Colombo, invites applications for the following ICCR scholarships for 2021-2022 academic sessions: Nehru Memorial Scholarship Scheme: This scheme covers all Undergraduate courses (except Medical/Paramedical& Fashion Design course) including Engineering, Science, Business, Economics, Commerce, Humanities and Arts. Maulana Azad Scholarship Scheme: Masters Degrees courses (except Medical/Paramedical& Fashion Design course) including Engineering, Science, Economics, Commerce, Humanities and Arts. However, preference would be given to the fields of Engineering, Science and Agriculture. Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship Scheme: Undergraduate courses in the field of ‘Information... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/21)
Sri Lanka’s rejection of the UNHRC resolution: A shift towards China?
Sri Lanka’s foreign policy posture is to balance the US and China, being part of both BRI and the Indo-Pacific. In Geneva, a tough resolution on promoting reconciliation, accountability, and human rights in Sri Lanka was passed with 22 votes out of 47 countries supporting the resolution. The current resolution gives more teeth to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to investigate and collect evidence of human rights violations, not limiting to the past unaddressed concerns by the government but also to the future concerns in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/21)
As Pandemic Threatens Restaurants, Charities Battling Hunger Offer a Lifeline
With food insecurity predating COVID-19, nonprofit groups see opportunity in subsidizing hybrid business models during the crisis Some restaurants have altered their business model to help feed the poor in the face of coronavirus restrictions. Tilly Tsang, former owner of Washington Bakery, prepares dinner plates of pumpkin fish and rice for Sunday meal distribution in Chinatown. Every Friday, seven people cook more than 300 traditional Chinese cuisine options for breakfast, lunch and dinner. On a sunny weekday morning in March just shy of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/21)
Terrorism Investigation Division nets four radicalists for spreading Wahabism in social media: Police
The officers of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) had arrested four suspects in connection with the offences of spreading extremist ideologies and Wahabism with the help of social media platforms, police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said. https://youtu.be/rg83lEijzwY He said the two suspects, a 31-year-old man from Wellampitiya and a 32-year-old male from Thihariya. They returned from Qatar after working there for a couple of years, he said. During their tenure in Qatar, they had created a WhatsApp group known as 'One... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/21)
Teacher from Ananda College tests COVID-19 positive
A male teacher from Ananda College in Colombo has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, Public Health Inspectors' (PHI) Union Secretary M. Balasuriya said. He told the Daily Mirror that the teacher had tested positive yesterday after being subjected to a PCR test. Balasuriya said the teacher was attached to the school hostel and PCR tests were underway even today on the students. The PHIs were tracing the associates of the infected teacher.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/21)
Three more COVID fatalities bring toll to 571.
Sri Lanka has reported 03 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (April 01). The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 571 in total. https://adaderana-english-polly.s3.amazonaws.com/adaengmp3-01-04-2021-1617299459.mp3 01. The deceased is an 80-year-old female resident from Katugasthota. She died on 31.03.2021 while undergoing treatments at a National Hospital Kandy. The cause of death is mentioned as lung infection and Covid-19 pneumonia. 02. The deceased is an 80-year-old male resident from Eheliyagoda. He was diagnosed as infected with the Covid-19 virus while undergoing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/21)
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 count up by 197 more cases within the day.
Sri Lanka has registered 72 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (April 01), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 197 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 92,917. Recoveries from the virus meanwhile climbed to 89,407 earlier today, as 156 more patients regained health. However, 2,939 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centers located across the island. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/21)
New gazette to ban mixing edible oils with imported coconut oil
Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardena says that a new gazette will be issued prohibiting the mixing of any edible oils with imported coconut oil. This new gazette will cancel the earlier gazette issued in 2016, which allowed to do the same. https://youtu.be/JoVLeJeAq14... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/21)
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