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News Archive for Jul 2022
Time for New Solutions for Sri Lanka. Fight for Private Creditor Debt Cancellation.With the whole world watching the deteriorating political, economic and humanitarian situation unfolding in Sri Lanka, and while we pray for swift solutions to food, fuel and medical shortages, there is now an opportunity to reinvent how countries caught in post-Covid 19 debt traps recover from crippling debt and re-emerge as healthy, functioning economies. Sri Lanka like many other countries seeking International Monetary Fund (IMF), bailouts is in a difficult position. Corrupt governments have mismanaged the nation’s finances and agreed to predatory loans with exploitive interest rates. Having absconded from the country they ravaged,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
Regime Change Role of International Republican Institute (IRI) in Sri Lanka
US foreign policy does not change whatever party comes to power. American Exceptionalism is at the forefront of US foreign policy for Democrats & Republicans. Soft-power tools are terms “democracy” “freedoms” “rights” “gender equality” “youth empowerment” lavishly used to exert pressure on third world target nations. The International Republic Institute was led by late John McCain while National Democratic Institute was led by late Madeleine Albright. Nothing happens in a country which is of geopolitical interest naturally or spontaneously. This is what citizens must understand first of all. All the leaders following... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION FOR STAGFLATION IN SRI LANKA?
Stagflation means double-digit inflation seems in many countries as a result of the post-Corona pandemic, and the temporary solution to this situation being used by many countries is to increase subsidies to lower income earners, how these countries spend for subsidies (Source of funds) has not been disclosed and it could assume that printing money generates funds for subsidies. Is it the economically logical way of finding funds for spending? Money printing or more printed money added for circulation is one reason for stagflation. Printing money for subsidies in all countries and it seems that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
Unheard Voices of Youth and Women, The Referendum and All-party government.
In the present system of governance there are two deep rooted shortcomings which have surfaced frequently, but no acceptable solution has been found. The explosive issue of the neglect of the voice of youth was addressed partially after the 1971 JVP insurgency, but practical mechanisms have not been institutionalized to meet the concerns. This dilemma has emerged in a more complex state in the form of the Aragalaya with the stringent voice of “go home”. This voice has been orchestrated by many unfriendly elements local and foreign which have sensed an opportunity to ravage Sri Lanka.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8Da
Wiswa Warnapala declared that violence was first injected into the politics of Sri Lanka by the JVP. JVP was a violent murderous movement from the very beginning. They were guilty of gruesome killings, said Rohan Gunaratne. Despite JVP ‘s attempts to identify itself with Fidel Castro and Ché Guevara, JVP had more in common with the Peruvian Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), and Kampuchea’s Khmer Rouge, said Tisaranee Gunasekera. Its use of lethal violence is very similar to Shining Path. Like the Khmer Rouge it eliminated anyone who opposed them. It is quite... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8Db
The JVP’s Political Bureau its highest decision making body decided in September 1970 decided to begin collecting arms, with Loku Athula placed in charge of the armed section and directed to collect 100,000 bombs. At the next PB meeting, held at year-end, Loku Athula reported that 3,000 bombs were ready. The hand bomb was the JVPs main weapon. But guns and ammunition were also being purchased and stolen and stored by the JVP, in one instance at the Talagalle Temple at Homagama, which was raided by the Police. Uniforms for JVP combatants were being... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8E
JVP was given a new lease of life when the UNP came to power in 1977. Under the previous SLFP government JVPers were brought before the Criminal Justice Commission, (CJC) a special tribunal set up through a special Act of Parliament. JVPers were charged with waging war against the lawfully elected government, breaking the peace, loss of human life, possession of arms and explosives. The CJC had been permitted to accept evidence that would otherwise have been inadmissible under the Evidence Ordinance. The UNP government of 1977 declared that this was a violation of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
Time for ‘System Change’
The Seventh Executive President of the Socials Republic of Sri Lanka, Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa RWP RSP, finally had to leave the country after a public campaign that commenced on March 31, 2022 at his private residence in Mirihana, Nugegoda. On June 9, followed a rampage when protesters at Galle Face were allegedly beaten up by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) supporters, with iron bars and sticks. Among the protesters were looters and thugs who misbehaved engaging in looting and arson where... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
ශ්රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමයේ ඇතැම් හැසිරීම් පිළිගැනීමට බැහැ-අධි නීතිඥ මනෝලි ජිනදාස
නීතිඥ සංගමයේ සාමාජික අධිනීතිඥ මනෝලි ජිනදාස මහත්මිය හිරු ප්රවෘත්ති සමග සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡාවකට එක් වෙමින් ශ්රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමයේ ඇතැම් ක්රියාකලාපයන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් සංගමයේ සාමාජිකයින්ට ගැටලු පවතින බව පවසා සිටියි. https://youtu.be/zF3HGas_348 එහිදී ඇය සඳහන් කළේ නීතිඥ සංගමයට අදාළ නොවන කරුණු සම්බන්ධයෙන් නිකුත් කරන ඇතැම් ප්රවෘත්ති නිවේදන හේතුවෙන් සංගමයේ පැවැත්මට ද ගැටලු මතුවිය හැකි බව අවධාරණය කළාය. ගුවන් යානය තුලදී ධානිෂ් අලි නැමැත්තා අත් අඩංගුවට ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් නැගූ ප්රශ්නයට පිළිතුරු දෙමින් ඇය පවසා සිටියේ,අදාළ පොලිස් නිලධාරීන් එම පුද්ගලයා අත් අඩංගුවට ගැනීම නීත්යානුකූල අයුරින් සිදු කර ඇති බවයි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
Aragalaya backfired? Where are we heading?
Whilst the economy, the basic underlying problem that needs urgent attention remains largely unattended by all concerned, political changes have moved at an alarming pace. So fast, that the totally unexpected has happened. Who would have imagined that Ranil, humiliatingly rejected by the voters in August 2020, would achieve his lifelong ambition in the most bizarre manner? The way, party after party, pledged support to Dulles made most of us believe that he would be our eighth president. When Sajith, who would have been the outright winner in a contest for verbosity,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
Samagi Jana Balawegaya is a green light for an all-party government
The Samagi Jana Balawega declared that there should be discussions with the party leaders to form an all-party government. Its national organizer Tissa Attanayake said this while addressing the media in Kandy yesterday... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
Lanka nod to China ship, India wary
The southern deep-sea port of Hambantota is considered strategically important for its location Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickeresinghe Sri Lanka has allowed a Chinese research vessel to dock at the Hambantota port next month, the island nation’s army spokesman said on Sunday, days after India said it carefully monitors any development having a bearing on its security and economic interests. The southern deep-sea port of Hambantota is considered strategically important for its location. The port, located in the hometown of the Rajapaksa... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
Sri Lanka: President Wickremesinghe says not the time for Rajapaksa to return
Sri Lanka's new president Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday it was not the right time for former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to the country as it could inflame political tensions, the Wall Street Journal reported. "I don't believe it's the time for him to return," Wickremesinghe said in an interview with the Journal. "I have no indication of him returning soon." Rajapaksa, after facing calls to resign over his handling of the country, fled on July 13 and stepped down from his position. Days later, Wickremesinghe won a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
Easter Sunday attack suspects still engage in politics: Cardinal
Those who set off bombs on Easter Sunday in 2019 are still engaged in politics and work as police officers to date, Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today. Delivering a sermon at the festive mass held to mark the annual feast of St. James Church, Mutuwal, Cardinal Ranjith said the truth behind the Easter Sunday attacks have been swept under the carpet as powerful people in the country were behind them. “Those who set off bombs in three churches and a few hotels in 2019 are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
Elections after another two and a half years - Manusha
Minister Manusha Nanayakkara says that the incumbent government will continue permanently for the next two and a half years and another election will only be held after that. He stated that the political stability demanded by the world has been provided today through the country’s parliament. https://youtu.be/saJyhGrvFAc “This stable government will continue to operate permanently for the next two and a half years. After two and a half years, elections will be held,” he said. “Because if the state is not stable, the economy cannot be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
Patali Champika says no invitation to form all-party govt
MP Patali Champika Ranawaka says that they have not received an invitation to join an all-party government. The former minister stated this while speaking to the media after attending an event held at the Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo. https://youtu.be/Hn8s2eXKzPk Asked why they are still holding back despite being invited to join an all-party government, he said that in the letter sent by the President, he has not invited to join an all-party government. “In this letter, he has asked for our opinion on a constitutional amendment... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
Sri Lanka clarifies on Chinese research vessel to dock at Hambantota Port
Sri Lanka has allowed a Chinese research vessel to dock at the Hambantota port next month, the island nation’s Army spokesman said on Sunday, days after India said it carefully monitors any development having a bearing on its security and economic interests. The southern deep-sea port of Hambantota is considered strategically important for its location. The port, located in the hometown of the Rajapaksa family, has been developed largely with Chinese loans. https://youtu.be/jrYdJLLHe5k Asked for his comment on reports about the possible docking of the Chinese spacecraft tracking... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/22)
A Message for our Leaders
If President Gotabhaya had taken action on the suggestions in my Paper: The Way Out of the Economic Abyss besetting Sri Lanka published in the Lanka Web on 11 th March 2022, he would not be in the present plight. Our country would also have been saved from its present disastrous situation. It is up to our present Leaders our President and Prime Minister to take immediate action to bring about the production of all items that we imported and in that process create employment and incomes to our people and also aim... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
රනිල්-දිනේෂ් සගයින් දෙදෙනා හා කළුකොඳයාවේ ප්රඥාශෙඛර මොඩලය
හැඳින්වීම 2017 දී මුලින් ලියන ලද කළුකොඳයාවේ ප්රඥාශෙඛර මහනාහිමියන්ගේ ජාතික මෙහවර යන ලිපිය මීට පෙර දෙවතාවක්ම ලංකාවෙබ් වෙබ් අඩවියේ පලවිය. ඒ අවස්ථා දෙකේදී ලියු හැඳින්වීම් මෙම රචනාව ආරම්භයේ කොපිකර ඇත. මෙය නැවත වතාවක් රටවැසියා විසින් කියවිය යුතුයයි සිතෙන්නේ, කාලෝචිත වන්නේ, කරුණු කීපයක්ම නිසාය. *(1) <ගෝල්පේස් ගෝ-හෝම් විකාරයට> මේ වනවිට සරත් ෆොන්සේකාද හොට පටලවා ගෙන ඇත; (2) සිවුරට අවඥා කරමින් සිටි රංජන් රාමනායක හිරෙන් නිදහස්වීමට නියමිතය; (3) අරගලකාරයින්, ජේ.වී.පී-පෙරටුගාමී-අන්තරේ යන හැමෝම ජනතාවට බලයදීම, මහජන සභා පිහිටුවීම ගැන කතාකරමින් සිටී;.(4) රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ ජනාධිපතිද සිස්ටම් චේන්ජ් එකකට සූදානම්ය; (5) ලැජ්ජාව නැතිනම් භය වත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
ලෑන්ඩ් ඔෆ් තව දියව්.
'60 '70 '80 ගණන් වල අපි නෑවේ සීතල වතුරය. කන්දෙන් ලන්දෙන් වැස්සෙන් ලිඳෙන්, ඇලෙන් ගලා ආ වතුරය. මුලින් දැනුන තද හීතල ටික වෙලාවක් ගියාම දැනෙන්නේ නැත, සුන්දර වතුර ටිකය මරුය. ජර්මනිය ළඟදී සීතල වතුරෙන් නාන්නට පටන් ගෙනය, ආලෝකමත් කර තිබු විශේෂ ස්ථාන කළුවරට, හඳපානට බාර දීලාය මේවා "තිරසාර දියුණුවේ" ලක්ෂණ වෙන්නට පටන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
The Tokyo Trials - How America Sabotaged Justice in the Far East, 1945-58
https://youtu.be/OxhrX20i62s A critical comment Japanese leaders have unfortunately paid the supreme penalty for their defiance of the West. They were brought before Tribunals which in the words of their own American judges were nothing but ' high grade lynch mobs'. In a sense, these Tribunals were nothing but ' Kangaroo Courts'. A survey of Courts set up by colonial authorities all over the world in European colonies to try freedom fighters, whether they be black, brown, yellow, or even white, shows a remarkable consistency in the manipulation of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8c
One of the tasks assigned to the JVP in 1987-89 was to weaken the Sri Lanka army and divert military attention away from the Eelam war. The first targets of the JVP in 1987 were, therefore, armed forces and police. JVP targeted the armed services and the police in both insurgencies. JVP infiltration of armed service in 1987-89 was more successful than in 1971 observed Chandraprema. From 1984 onwards JVP had infiltrated the armed forces. Eventually JVP’s DJV had a registry with names of over 700 service personnel from police, army, navy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Pt 8b
The notion that in 1971 the JVP was only interested in taking over police stations is incorrect. This was only a cover. Even then, the target was the armed forces and the military installations. During the 1971 insurgency, JVP took over the Anuradhapura air strip and was eyeing the one at Vavuniya. JVP planned to establish military units in each police area in the country. At the Urubokka Conference, the suggestion made that projectiles such as rockets would be effective against the Army’s Panagoda Cantonment, at Homagama. In early 1970, at the Dondra... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
Sri Lanka President announces postponement of reaching agreement with IMF
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday that reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to help bring the country out of the economic crisis has been pushed back to September due to unrest in recent weeks, AP reported. The President of Sri Lanka said that negotiations with the IMF on a package of measures to rescue the economy did not move forward after these incidents. Six-time prime minister and veteran politician Wickremesinghe is unpopular because he is backed by the majority of lawmakers backed by the powerful Rajapaksa family... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
Chinese ship set to dock in Sri Lanka
Chinese vessel Yuan Wang 5. Photo: brisl.org It is arriving for replenishment, says Colombo Days after denying reports of the scheduled arrival of a Chinese research vessel, and following India’s “clear message” about “carefully monitoring” the development, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence on Saturday confirmed that the vessel had sought clearance to call at the southern Hambantota Port in August. “The vessel will be in Hambantota from August 11 to 17, mainly for replenishment, including fuel,” Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry media spokesman... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe says IMF agreement delayed after unrest
Sri Lanka's president said on Saturday that an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help pull the bankrupt nation out of its economic crisis has been pushed back to September because of unrest over the past weeks. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his first speech since he was elected by parliament on 20 July, said even though he as the prime minister had aimed to reach an agreement by early August, it has now been pushed back by a month. Wickremesinghe was elected to complete the five-year term of his predecessor Gotabaya... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
“ගෙදර යන්න කියන්න එපා. මට යන්න ගෙයක් නෑ” – ජනපති
නව බලවේගයකට සූදානම්ව රට ගොඩ නැගීමේ අභියෝගයට සියලු දෙනා ම කැපවී වැඩ කිරීමේ කාලය දැන් එළඹී ඇති බව ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ පවසයි. ජනාධිපතිවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ, මහනුවර ජනාධිපති මන්දිරයේ සිට අද (ජූලි 30) විශේෂ ප්රකාශයක් සිදු කරමිනි. රට තුළ පවතින ප්රශ්න විසඳීමට ඇති සුදුසු ම ක්රමය සර්ව පාක්ෂික ආණ්ඩුවක් පමණක් බව ජනාධිපතිවරයා එහිදී අවධාරණය කළේ ය. ජනාධිපතිවරයා පෙන්වා දුන්නේ, ඉතිහාසයේ ප්රථම වතාවට ශ්රී ලංකාව “ෆැසිස්ට් ත්රස්තවාදයට” මුහුණදුන් බව ය. ගෙවල් සහ පොතපත ගිනි තැබීම හිට්ලර්ගෙන් උගත් දෙයක් බව එහිදී ඔහු පැවසීය. සමහරු කියනවා පෙළපාලි දානවා රනිල් ගෙදර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
Oil and gas exploration delays in Mannar basin to cost SL over US $ 1bn in FDI
The long-delayed Mannar basin M2 block (exploration and production) tender and commencement of exploration work by the selected bidder for the M1 and C1 July 2019 tender could cost Sri Lanka over a billion dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI). Moreover, the delays conducting a marketing campaign to attract further investment while the oil and gas prices have been at historically high levels could be foregoing billions more. Cairn India drilled three completed exploratory wells between 2011 and 2013. Two of the wells, Barracuda and Dorado, contain gas estimated to be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
Merchandise export earnings top US $ 1.2bn in June
Earnings from merchandise exports reached US $ 1,208 million in June 2022Key sectors contributing to improved export earnings include apparel, coconut and rubber Grim export performance witnessed in tea and spices sectorsUS, UK and India emerge as largest markets for SL export basketExports to all regions except CIS countries grew in June 2022 and Jan.-Jun. 2022 period The earnings from merchandise exports expanded by 20 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the month of June, fetching foreign exchange earnings amounting to US $ 1,208 million. The Export Development Board (EDB) attributed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
SJB disassociates itself from SF’s call for August 9 final battle.
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has not made any decision to participate in a protest which is claimed to be the final battle against the corrupt politicians on August 9 although party Chairman Sarath Fonseka had claimed he and others will participate in it, an SJB MP said today. SJB MP Mujibur Rahman told a press conference that the party had not made any official decision to participate in any decision to participate in any protest on August 9th. “One has to ask Field Marshal Fonseka as to what made him come out... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
China defends military ship’s planned visit to SL as India voices concern
China said on Friday it hoped “relevant parties” would refrain from interfering with its legitimate maritime activities, after New Delhi voiced concern over a Chinese military ship’s planned visit to a port in India’s southern neighbour Sri Lanka. India worries that the Chinese-built and leased port of Hambantota will be used by China as a military base in India’s backyard. The $1.5 billion port is near the main shipping route from Asia to Europe. Shipping data from Refinitiv Eikon showed Chinese research and survey vessel Yuan Wang 5 was en... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
More COVID infections and deaths reported today
The Health Ministry says that another 83 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 today, bringing the tally of Covid-19 cases registered in the country thus far to 665,526. Following the new development, the number of patients under medical care or receiving home-based care now stands at 922. Meanwhile, the death toll moved to 16,556 after 03 more fatalities, confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Friday, were confirmed today.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
Man arrested for stealing President’s flag remanded
The man who stole the President’s official flag and used it as a bedsheet has been remanded until the 05th of August. The suspect was produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court earlier today. He was taken into custody after he surrendered to the Wellaweediya Police last morning. On the 09th of July, people in large numbers thronged Colombo to take part in the mass demonstrations against the government over economic mismanagement and corruption. As the demonstrations made strides, the protesters stormed the President’s House in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
The United States has given 1046136 dollars in 2021 and 9123573 dollars from 2016 to 2020 to NGOs in Sri Lanka. Today's value is more than 372 crore rupees - Vimal's parliamentary speech reveals
On the 27th, during the emergency law debate in Parliament, National Freedom Front leader MP Wimal Weerawansa announced that NED (National Endowment for Democracy), a subsidiary organization of the American CIA, had funded various non-governmental organizations operating in Sri Lanka and the financial allocations given from the year 2016 to the year 2021 were disclosed. According to the document that Hansard passed in Parliament, it is revealed that in the year 2021 alone, 1,046,156 US dollars have been pumped for 15 projects of 15 non-governmental organizations operating in Sri Lanka. Likewise, it is revealed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
ලංකාවේ NGO වලට අමෙරිකාව 2021 දී ඩොලර් 1046136ක් සහ 2016 සිට 2020 දක්වා ඩොලර් 9123573 ක් ලබා දීලා. අද වටිනාකම රුපියල් කෝටි 372කටත් වැඩියි- විමල්ගේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු කතාවෙන් හෙලිවෙයි
පසුගිය 27 වනදා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ හදිසි නීති විවාදය පැවැති අවස්ථාවේදී ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් අමෙරිකානු CIA සංවිධානයේ පරිවාර සංවිධානයක් වන NED ( National Endowment for Democracy- ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදය සඳහා වන ජාතික උරුමය ) නම් ආයතනය විසින් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ක්රියාත්මක විවිධ රාජ්යය නොවන සංවිධාන රැසකට 2016 වර්ෂයේ සිට 2021 වර්ෂය දක්වා ලබාදුන් මුදල් ප්රතිපාදන සම්බන්ධයෙන් හෙලිදරව් කරනු ලැබීය. පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ හැන්සාඩ් ගත කළ එම ලේඛනයට අනුව 2021 වර්ෂයේදී දී පමණක් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ක්රියාත්මක රාජ්යය නොවන සංවිධාන 15 ක ව්යාපෘති 15 ක් වෙනුවෙන් අමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් 1,046,156ක් පොම්ප කර ඇති බව අනාවරණය වේ. එලෙසම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
Time for New Solutions for Sri Lanka.
Fight for Private Creditor Debt Cancellation. With the whole world watching the deteriorating political, economic and humanitarian situation unfolding in Sri Lanka, and while we pray for swift solutions to food, fuel and medical shortages, there is now an opportunity to reinvent how countries caught in post-Covid 19 debt traps recover from crippling debt and re-emerge as healthy, functioning economies. Sri Lanka like many other countries seeking International Monetary Fund (IMF), bailouts is in a difficult position. Corrupt governments have mismanaged the nation’s finances and agreed to predatory loans with exploitive interest... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/07/22)
Ways Out of our Econmic Meltdown
I enclose one of my 2019 Papers which warned our fate which has come though today. It also contains what has to be done to get out of our economic woes. May this awaken our leaders to an immediate process of action. Bindu once said we are all following NATO principles. Lets get down to make everything we imported. My experience in the Divisional Development Councils Programme as well as the Youth Self Employment Programme of Bangladesh which I designed and established in Bangladesh which is a live programme that has brought over three million... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/22)
Singapore & World Leaders must ask LTTE apologists & lobbyists to present facts
An organization by the acronym PEARL located in Washington DC, USA has written to Singapore’s Attorney General’s department to investigate the former President Gotabaya Rajapakse. On what grounds can lobbyists insist on investigating a non-Singaporean going to the extent of prosecuting him for “alleged” crimes committed outside of Singapore, simply because they have created a well-funded propaganda sans any evidence? This propaganda has turned into a money-making venture on the guise of accountability. World leaders must now demand they present facts only. The letter refers to LTTE – the Liberation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/22)
SARATH FONSEKA SHOWS HIS COWARDNESS ONCE AGAIN!
This is a historical time which Sri Lanka needs patriots and all others to be united and bring the country back on its feet. The country is undergoing an unprecedented economical and political crisis at the moment. The unity among people is vital to overcome this calamity so that the country leaders can steer it out for stability. In a vital time like this, yesterday MP Sarath Fonseka in his debate speech of Extending the Emergency Law in the parliament urged masses to gather and rally once again in Colombo on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/22)
කුඩා ලංකාව මුළු ලෝකයටම දුන් ආදර්ශය
2009 අප්රේල් අග-මැයි මුල මෙවැනි දෙයක් ලංකාවේද සිදුවිය. බොහෝදෙනාට නොවැටහුණත් එය මෑත ලෝකයේ පරණ යටත් විජිත හා බැඳුණු ඉතිහාසයේ සිදුවු වැදගත්ම සිදුවීමකි. මිලිබෑන්ඩ් හා කුෂ්නර් යන බ්රිතාන්ය හා ප්රංශ විදේශ ඇමතීන් දෙන්නා යුරෝපා සුදු රටවල ඒජන්තවරු වශයෙන් ප්රභාකරන් විනාශ මුඛයෙන් ගලවා ගැනීමට බලවත් උත්සාහයක් දැරුවේය. මේ සඳහා කුෂ්නර්ගේ කූඨ උපාය වූයේ ප්රභාකරන් මුණගැසී මුලතිව් දෙමළ හිරකරුවන් (ප්රාණ ඇපකරුවන්) මුදා ගැනීමට සාකච්ඡා කිරීමට යාමට ලංකා රජයෙන් අවසර ඉල්ලීමය. එවිට ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ආරක්ෂක ලේකම් කියා සිටියේ එසේ ගියොත් නිසැකවම කුෂ්නර්ව ප්රභාකරන් විසින් හිරකාරයෙක් කරගන්නා නිසා ඊට ඉඩදිය නොහැකි බවය. එසේ හිරකාරයෙක් වීම තමාට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/22)
Ambassador Chung and xeroxable change
Aragalaya. Translatable as revolt, uprising, protest, agitation, struggle or even insurrection. Aragalaya is singular, but considering statements and actions it was certainly not marked by concert, ideological agreement, unity of purpose etc. Eclecticism was the signature of the rumbling. There was mumbling, nothing more, about system-change, but a revolution it certainly was not. So, aragalaya: singular; aragala: plural. The latter is the better descriptive. And perhaps it is exactly this eclectic and disjointed character that forced the agitators to dilute whatever revolutionary fervour there may have been to a project that targeted an individual and once that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/22)
ව්යවස්ථාවෙන් පිට බලය පිහිටුවන්න ඕනෙ - මේක තමයි රාජ්ය බිඳ වැට්ටවීමේ සැලැස්ම
https://youtu.be/hIRdBBELxoQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/22)
Why has Lankan President Wickremesinghe prorogued parliament?
Colombo, July 29 (Counterpoint): Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has prorogued parliament till August 3. According to informed sources, the prorogation would enable him to reconstitute the various parliamentary committees and appoint suitable chairmen for them in the light of the new alignment of political forces in parliament after the exit of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his own election as President. The prorogation also enables him to formally address parliament as the new President of Sri Lanka. He would be delivering the equivalent of the “Throne Speech”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/22)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe invites all MPs to join all-party programme
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has extended an invitation to all the Members of Parliament to join a National All Party programme to create economic and social stability in the country, President's Media Division said. In a written invitation to all the Members of Parliament, the President said the government is currently engaged in great efforts to gradually restore normalcy to the political and social unrest created with the economic crisis that the country is facing today. Accordingly, initial plans required to implement a systematic economic reform programme are being formulated, while... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/22)
Covid: Five more deaths, 143 new cases added to total count
The Health Ministry says that 143 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 today, as the daily count of new cases continues to rise in the country. This brings the tally of Covid-19 cases registered in the country thus far to 665,543. Meanwhile, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed 05 new coronavirus-related deaths for July 28, pushing the country’s death toll from the pandemic to 16,553.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/22)
No new financing to Sri Lanka until macroeconomic policy framework is ready - The World Bank
The World Bank Group says it is deeply concerned about the dire economic situation and its impact on the people of Sri Lanka. In a statement, the global financial institution said it is repurposing resources under existing loans in our portfolio to help alleviate severe shortages of essential items such as medicines, cooking gas, fertilizer, meals for school children and cash transfers for poor and vulnerable households. “To date, about US$160 million of these funds has been disbursed to meet urgent needs. In addition, other ongoing projects continue to support basic services, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/22)
The suspect who stole the President's official flag surrenders
The suspect who stole the President's official flag from the Presidents House on the 9th of July and used the flag as a bed sheet has been arrested.The suspect who was arrested for stealing the President's official flag has been identified as Udeni Kaluthanthri, a former SJB trade union leader. The person who posted a video on social media using the President's official flag as a bed sheet has surrendered to the police through a lawyer this morning (29). The suspect, Udeni Kalutantri, is a port security officer and the former... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/22)
June export earnings up 20% to US$ 1,208.2 Mn
Earnings from the merchandise exports increased by 20 % y-o-y to US$ 1,208.2 Mn in June 2022 as per the data released by the Sri Lanka Customs. This was mainly due to the increase in earnings from export of Apparel & Textiles, Rubber based products, Coconut based products, Food & Beverages and Seafood. Major product sectors except Tea and Spices & Concentrates; Apparel & Textiles, Rubber-based products, Coconut based products, Electrical & Electronic components and Food & Beverages, Seafood and Ornamental fish. Seafood and Ornamental fish recorded increased exports in June 2022.<br /><br />Exports of Apparel... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/22)
US envoy and Lankan President patch up after rocky start to relations
Colombo, July 27 (newsin.asia): The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung and the Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe met here on Wednesday and pledged to cooperate for Sri Lanka’s “better future”. The relations between the two had a rocky start with Ambassador Chung’s tweets on the way Wickremesinghe handled the protesters drawing censure from Wickremesinghe at a meeting of diplomats. When the two met, Ambassador Chung discussed advancing the existing relations between Sri Lanka and the United States “through a strong approach,” according to a release from the President’s Media... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/22)
මන්දිරවල ඇඟිලි සලකුණු ගුවන් තොටුපලට… කිසිවකුට රටින් යන්න බෑ… පරම්පරා ගාණකට රජයේ රස්සා නෑ.. පොලිස් වාර්තා නෑ..
ජනාධිපති මන්දිරය ඇතුළු පරිපාලන මර්මස්ථානවල තිබී හඳුනා ගැනෙන ඇඟිලි සලකුණු ගුවන්තොටුපොළ වෙත යැවූ පසු ඒවායේ හිමිකරුවන් කිසිවකුටත් රටින් පිටව යෑමට හැකියාව නොලැබෙන බව හිටපු මහජන ආරක්ෂක ඇමැති රියර් අද්මිරාල් (විශ්රාමික) ආචාර්ය සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා ප්රකාශ කළේය. යම් කිසි හේතුවකින් ඔවුන් වරදකරුවන් වුව හොත් පොලිස් වාර්තාවක්වත් ලබා ගැනීමට ඉඩ නොලැබෙන බව පැවසූ වීරසේකර මහතා රජයේ හෝ ආරක්ෂක අංශයේ රැකියාවකට ඔවුන්ට තබා පරම්පරාවේ කිසිවකුටත් යෑමට නොහැකි වනු ඇති බවත් පැවසීය. හිටපු ඇමැතිවරයා මෙසේ ප්රකාශ කළේ විදෙස් ගමන් බලපත්ර සැකසීමේදී ලබා ගැනෙන ඇඟිලි සලකුණු රටින් පිටව යෑමේදී සසඳා බැලෙන ආකාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් කරුණු පැහැදිලි කරමිනි. හදිසි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/22)
පාර්ලිමේන්තුව වටලන්න සෙනග කැදවූයේ මා නොවේ.. බිමල්, ලාල් කාන්ත, හදුන්නෙත්තියි..- පැතුම් කර්නර් අපරාධ කොට්ඨාශයේදී
පසුගිය 13 වැනිදා ඔහු පාර්ලිමේන්තුව අසල පොල්දුව මංසන්ධියෙහි විරෝධතාවය ආරම්භ කළේ තමන් නොව ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ විසින් බව සමාජ ක්රියාකාරී පැතුම් කර්නර් සඳහන් කරයි. බිමල් රත්නායක, සුනිල් හඳුන්නෙත්ති, ලාල්කාන්ත එම ස්ථානයට පිරිස් ගැන කැදවූ බවත් පැවසූ ඔහු තමන් එම ස්ථානයට ගියේ එහි පැමිණි ජනතාවගේ සහයට බවද කියා සිටියේය. එම සිදුවීමට අදාළව ප්රකාශයක් ලබා ගැනීමට තමන් අපරාධ කොට්ඨාසය කැඳවනු ලැබූවද ඒ සඳහා සූදානම් වීමට අවශ්ය වීම සහ තමන් අසනීප තත්ත්වයකින් පසු වීම මත දින කිහිපයක් ඊට ප්රමාද වූ බවද ඔහු එහිදී පැවසීය අදාල සිදුවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ප්රකාශයක් ලබා ගැනීමට ඔහු කොළඹ අපරාධ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/22)
Activist Pathum Kerner arrested
The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has arrested social media activist Pathum Kerner in connection with the violent incidents during a protest at Polduwa Junction near Parliament on July 13 Earlier, the Police obtained a foreign travel ban against Kerner, who allegedly led the protesters to break the barricade at the Polduwa Junction during the protest.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/22)
Colombo denies reports on Chinese ship
The arrival of the vessel, Yuan Wang 5, was highlighted by Belt & Road Initiative Sri Lanka, a Colombo-based organisation studying China’s ambitious connectivity project. Photo: brisl.org Reports say it will enter Hambantota in August; India says it is monitoring the ship’s progress ‘carefully’ Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry on Thursday denied reports that a Chinese research vessel involved in space and satellite tracking would enter the Hambantota port in August this year, even as India sent a “clear message” that it was monitoring the ship’s progress “carefully”. “We have no... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/22)
China says massive loans did not lead to Sri Lankan crisis.
Chinese projects have boosted country’s economic development, and brought tangible benefits to its people: Zhao Lijian. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian. China on Thursday defended its massive infrastructure ventures and investments in Sri Lanka and said that they have “boosted” its economic development, amid criticism from the US that Beijing’s unproductive projects and opaque loan deals were among the reasons for the country’s bankruptcy. “The China-Sri Lanka practical cooperation has always been led by Sri Lanka with scientific planning and thorough verification with no strings... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/22)
Sri Lanka hopes for $4bn in China aid ‘soon’ as envoy defends ties
Sri Lanka hopes to conclude discussions with China “soon” on a $4 billion aid package, the country’s ambassador to Beijing told Nikkei Asia. Ambassador Palitha Kohona said in an email that talks were progressing. “We hope that these discussions could be concluded soon, as a positive outcome would definitely assist Sri Lanka to reestablish confidence in the financial markets and recover from its unprecedented and dire financial circumstances.” China has been a major creditor of Sri Lanka, though it remains a burning question exactly how much the latter owes the former. Since Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/22)
‘Opaque’ loans from China hurt Sri Lanka - USAID Administrator
“Opaque” loans for “headline-grabbing” infrastructure projects, were among the factors behind the current crisis that has engulfed Sri Lanka, said Samantha Power, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), on Wednesday. Delivering a speech at the IIT-Delhi, Ms. Power praised India’s “swift” action in response to the emergency in Sri Lanka and argued that India’s strength especially in the field of tackling food security threats, was nurtured over the past seven decades in partnership with the United States. Ms. Power cited the Upanishads and urged India to play a greater role... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/22)
Overseas travel ban imposed on 21 including Dhaniz Ali
An overseas travel ban has been imposed on 21 persons including Dhaniz Ali by the Fort Magistrate's court... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/22)
Anthony Veranga remanded
Anthony Veranga Pushpika de Silva, the convenor of the Ruhuna University Students union arrested by the police on charges of holding protests in violation of court orders and damaging public property has been remanded until 9th August.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/22)
Did the Sri Lankan Economy Collapse due to
Embezzlement by the Ruling Rajapaksa Brothers?
An Analysis of the Pandora Papers and the Claims of International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) as well as the Anonymous Hacker Group. The Present Crisis in Sri Lanka: 2022• Sri Lankans revolted when the Sri Lankan economy defaulted in May 2022 for the firsttime leading to severe fuel shortages, power-cuts etc.• It was entirely blamed on the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and PM Mahinda Rajapaksaand other Rajapaksa family members (yes, there was evident nepotism!)• Powerful media and social media campaigns developed against the Rajapakasa brothersand provoked people• Robbing the nation and sending their... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
WHAT ARE THE REFORMS NEEDED TO GET BACK SR LANKA TO THE STABILITY LEVEL? PART TWO
Part one of this article focused on several significant points that have been developed in the country since the colonial era that are vital to understanding the background for reforms needed in the country. The working knowledge of English is essential to reduce the population of the country as a strategy to send them overseas in addition to other population control strategies. Sending people as permanent residents would use them to stay away from the country, for example, the Christian population was about 10% when independence was gained, but it has gradually decreased to less... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
Go for Oil and Gas
It is sad to see the long never-ending queues for fuel and gas. Already the queues have claimed 25 lives. There is no light at the end of the tunnel that the supplies of gas and fuel would improve in the near future. The lost to the economy in the impact of the shortage of these commodities is immense. In addition, the opportunity cost of manpower wasted in these queues must be more than the direct cost to the economy. It is bewildering why the smart Prime Minister, smarter Sajith or AKD nor the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8a
Initially, there was much sympathy for JVP in villages, said Rohan Gunaratna. Many people had genuine sympathy for JVP because they too when they were young, had experienced the frustrations articulated by JVP. The lower and lower middle class thought JVP offered a better alternative to UNP and SLFP. They had high expectations from JVP. There was also the feeling that unemployed and underprivileged youth had the right to revolt, observed Chandraprema. One group of commentators saw the JVP as innocent, idealistic activists. This view was soundly crushed by others. "It was a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
රජවක රක්ෂිතය කොල්ල කයි..
බලංගොඩ ප්රදේශයේ කූරගල පර්වතය ට බද්ධව පිහිටා ඇති රජවක වන රක්ෂිතය ජෛව විවිධත්වයෙන් පොහොසත් සහ ජල පෝෂක වටිනාකමින් යුත් වන භූමියකි. වර්ග කිලෝමීටර 26.33 ක වපරිසරයක ආවරණය කරන මේ රජවක වනාන්තරය සමනල වැව ජලාශයේ ප්රධාන ජල පෝෂකය ලෙස හදුනාගෙන තිබේ. රජවක වනාන්තරයේ අතිශය වැදගත් කම නිසාම අංක 1577/5 දරණ ගැසට් පත්රය මගින් වර්ෂ 2008 නොවැම්බර් 25 වන දින රක්ෂිත වනාන්තරයක් ( reserved forest) ලෙස ප්රකාශය ට පත් කෙරිණ. එහෙත් පසුගිය කාලයේ රජවක වනාන්තරය ට කණ කොකා හැඩීමට පටන් ගත්තේ රජවකට අනුරූපව ඇති,කූරගල පර්වතය ආශ්රිතව ඉදිකිරීම් සමූහයක ට මුල පිරීමක් සමගය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Pt 7F5
University of Peradeniya was the one of the main centers of JVP activity, in the 1987 insurgency. It was the epi-center of JVP activity in 1989. Some members of University minor staff and University security were in the JVP military wing. Instructions for prison attack and central command attack in Kandy were issued from Hilda Obeyesekera Hall, Peradeniya. Universities were paralyzed in the period 1987-1989. JVP dominated the university through the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF). It was well known that these University campaigns were carried out by IUSF and the Deshapremi Sishya Viyapraya,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
Is Ranil Wickramasinghe the Right Leader at the Wrong Time?
During the Collapse of the Circus, the Clown or the Joker becomes the King! BUT - Sri Lanka Has Talent! ---- Read Below! "President Wickremesinghe in a light tone asked some of the diplomats if protestors could illegally occupy the President’s Office in their respective countries" https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/07/23/president-raises-unofficial-concerns-with-colombo-based-diplomats-over-statements/ This is proof that Ranil Wickremasinghe is No Leader! As the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, appointed by ex-President Gotabaya Rajapakse, when no other Law Maker wanted to take the offer of PM, Ranil Wickremasinghe, a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
තලෙයිබාන්වරු ලෙසත් ,ලිබියාවෙි බෙංගාසි කැරළිකරුවන් ලෙසත් ලාංකීය ඊනියා “අරගලකරුවන්” හඳුනා ගනිමු. 
ලෝක සිතියමෙි ලිබියානු රට පිහිටා ඇත්තේ අප්රිකානු මහද්වීපයේ වන අතර ඉතාම දිළිඳු රටක් ලෙසින් 1969 ට පෙර පැවත ඇත.ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය ප්රමුඛ බටහිර රටවල්වලට යටත් රූකඩ ආණ්ඩුවක් එහි පැවතිනි.රාජාණ්ඩුවක්ව පැවති ලිබියාවෙි පාලකයා ලෙස කටයුතු කලේ ඉන්ද්රිස් නැමති නායකයාය.රට තුල පැවති ඇතැමි ඛනිජ සමිපත් බ්රිතාන්යන් ඇතුළු බටහිර තමන්ට රිසි සේ සූරා කමින් පැවතුණි . නන්නත්තාරව පැවති ලිබියාවෙි පාලන බලය 1969 වසරේදී හමුදාවෙි කර්නල්වරයෙකු වූ මුවම්මර් ගඩාපි විසින් අත්පත් කර ගන්නා ලදී. 70 දශකයේ ඔහු විසින් ලිබියානු පාලන තන්ත්රය කෙසේ විය යුතුදැයි න්යායික ලිඛිත පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් තම හරිත කෘතිය නැමති වැඩපිළිවෙළින් රට හමුවෙි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
NZ Sri Lankans deplore the brutal attack on youth groups by SL government
New Zealand Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights (SPUR NZ) in a letter addressed to key Sri Lankan Ministers has condemned the recent actions taken to silence the voice of the youth of Sri Lanka. Our motherland, with a long established culture that values Peace and Stability, has in recent times reached a historically critical juncture. Unprecedented shortages of essentials like petrol, diesel, gas and fertiliser have crippled the economy and people’s livelihoods. There is no doubt that the government (2019 -2022)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
American Civil Liberties Union states protesters’ legal limits
Colombo, July 27 (newsin.asia): In his interaction with foreign diplomats last week, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressed their concerns about the application of force to oust protesters from the Presidential Secretariat on the night of July 21-22. The US Ambassador, Julie Chung, had tweeted saying that she met President Wickremesinghe to express her “grave concern” over the crackdown. She described the military cum police action as an “ escalation of violence against protesters” and termed it “unnecessary and deeply troubling.” ADVERTISEMENT She went on to instruct... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
Sri Lankan top court summons former President Rajapaksa for Aug. 1
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court has summoned former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appear in court on August 1 to make submissions in response to applications calling for an investigation against those responsible for leading the country and the people into bankruptcy, local media reported on Wednesday. Rajapaksa fled his crisis-ridden country to Singapore after a popular uprising forced him to resign in mid-July. At the time, the Singapore government said he had not been granted asylum, and was in the country on a private visit. Rajapaksa has been permitted to stay in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
Aragalaya Pushing State Towards Anarchy
Independent MP Wimal Weerawansa yesterday (27) said in Parliament that there is a conspiracy to take the State towards anarchy in the guise of ‘Aragalaya’ and that attempt should be defeated. Weerawansa made this remark during the debate on Emergency Regulations. “The country has reached to a critical junction at this moment. Everyone knows we voted for MP Dullas Alahapperuma in the poll to elect a President with the other opposition parties in Parliament. However, that election was won by Ranil Wickremesinghe. If Alahapperuma won, we could have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
Strugglers conspiring to destroy the State with vested interest: Wimal
Claiming that the protesters who are engaged in the struggle are attempting to destroy the State tactfully with the backing of external forces, Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa today said such moves should be defeated. Speaking at the emergency debate, he told Parliament that they would vote in favour of the proclamation of emergency regulations, because they wanted to prevent the state being destroyed. Weerawansa said the people protested to evict former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and that they could not approve of the moves to evict all the rulers who come to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
Police release photographs of main suspects wanted over setting fire to Ranil’s private residence
he Police released a set of photographs of a group of suspects wanted over the incident of setting fire to President Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence in Colombo on July 9. Police said the investigations into the arson attack on the President's private residence was being carried out by the Criminal Investigations Department. They said the investigators were looking to identify a group of persons identified as the main suspects involved in causing damage and setting fire to the house based on the CCTV footage and the video footage. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
Police arrest IUSF activist Veranga Pushpika
An activist of the Inter-University Students Union and the 'GotaGoGama’, Anthony Veranga Pushpika has been arrested by the Colombo South Divisional Crime Detective Bureau (DCDB) today in connection with causing damages to public property during a recent protest near the Police Headquarters. It was reported on social media that the activist who was returning on a bus after taking part in a demonstration in Colombo had been forcibly taken away by an unidentified group in a blue coloured jeep in Fort. However, the OIC of the Colombo South Division said... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
IMF says Sri Lanka needs to talk with China about debt restructuring
Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Sri Lanka should kick off debt restructuring talks with its bilateral lender China, while the island state’s government seeks a financing loan from the Washington-based fund. “China is a big creditor, and Sri Lanka has to engage proactively with it on a debt restructuring,” Krishna Srinivasan, director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department, told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday. The island of 22 million is currently engulfed by its most severe economic and political crisis in recent history. Six-time prime... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
Bail rejected for suspects arrested over torching of President’s residence
Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage has ordered to further remand the 04 suspects who had been arrested on suspicion over the incident of setting fire to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence, until the August 10. When the case was called before the Court today (27), the magistrate has also granted permission to name Ivon Andrew Perera, on whom a foreign travel ban has been imposed, as the fifth suspect in the incident after considering a request made by the Crime Investigation Department. The CID officials informed the court the suspects are being... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
Dhaniz Ali arrested for forcibly entering state media institute remanded
Dhaniz Ali, the man who was arrested last night while trying to leave for Dubai on a flight from the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has been remanded until the 05th of August. He was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court earlier today. The 31-year-old, a resident of Webada in Kurunegala, was taken into custody in connection with the forcible entry to Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and attempt to disrupt telecasts on July 13. On July 13, a group of protesters including Dhaniz Alia forced their way into the state-owned... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
Sri Lanka Parliament approves state of emergency
https://youtu.be/nTcNc7rUxCw Proclamation on the state of emergency declared by the then Acting President under the Public Security Ordinance approved in Parliament of Sri Lanka by majority vote. The Proclamation on the state of emergency declared by then Acting President under the Public Security Ordinance was approved in Parliament today (27) by a majority of 57 votes with 120 voting in favour and 63 voting against it. Parliament convened today at 10.00 am and the debate started after the Leader of the House, Minister Susil Premajayantha, presented to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/22)
Have Central Bank officials given Governor & Govt wrong advice?
Are we barking up the wrong tree? We often target the politicians little realizing that most often they act on advice given to them. In such a scenario, have we omitted to look into the role of senior offilicials & questioned if they could have misled the governors & the govt? Did they suggest to take $12b ISBs? If they didn’t, have they made any notes of their objections? Did they negotiate debt repayment before opting to default? What are the options they looked at before declaring Sri Lanka would default repayment? The role of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
INTERNATIONAL BIAS: World reaction to US Capitol Hill riot & Protestors rioting in Sri Lanka
Let us compare how the international community reacted to 2 incidents of riots targeting State buildings in US & Sri Lanka & the hypocrisy of those issuing statements in response to both incidents. Let us also compare how the world reacted to law enforcements clear the rioters in US and the manner they reacted to how law enforcements attempted to clear rioters in Sri Lanka after almost 2 weeks of illegal occupation. The hypocrisy is prevalent resulting in the sitting President Ranil Wickremasinghe pointing out to the US envoy why she or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 7F2
JVP staged a second uprising which lasted from 1987 to 1989. This was not an open revolt, but a low intensity conflict with the JVP resorting to assassinations, raids and attacks on military and civilian targets. With these practices of fear and intimidation, the JVP was able to bring the country to a standstill. This campaign virtually brought the country to a standstill confirmed Indradasa. It was known as period of terror. The situation in 1987 was different 1971 said Air vice Marshal Sosa. The strategy this time... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 7F3
From 1987 to 1989, the JVP was able to dominate the country. A wave of violence swept in after 1987. There were suddenly large number of people who were willing kill. And a larger number who were willing to accept this. There was a general increase in murder, rape, abduction and holdups, said Chandraprema. 1988 started a phase of open confrontation. Trees were cut and placed across roads, power pylons and transformers damaged and telephone exchanges were sabotaged, and hospitals were not functioning. JVP ordered the closure of Gampaha hospital in 1988. The letter... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 7F4
B.J.C. Perera was Consultant Pediatrician in Kurunegala in 1988. In Kurunegala there was a lot of public support for JVP and people in the area were openly sympathetic to the cause said BJC. JVP were in almost total control. Hospital had JVP sympathizers on the staff. Two of his House officers were also JVP. They tried to disrupt the working of the hospital. ‘’But I did not allow them to disrupt ward activities,’ Said BJC. The hospital was not closed for even one day. Kurunegala was one of the few hospitals which functioned... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
STRINGENT MEASURES TO FIGHT BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION
People waiting in a queue to purchase cooking gas. Picture by Sulochana Gamage The current economic crisis is exacerbating day after day. People line up in extended queues, although the Government advises not to line up in long rows. The general public does that because they may lose their place in the queue once they leave. Therefore, desperate folk stand in queues day and night and sleep wherever possible because of this problem. The Sri Lankan people have never seen such a predicament in the last 74 years... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
Sri Lanka Has Hit the Bottom! - Strategic Geographical Location of Sri Lanka Ignored.
Sri Lanka Has Hit the Bottom! - Strategic Geographical Location of Sri Lanka Ignored. Why Sri Lanka Needs New Blood. New Young Leadership! Why are two Island States under British Rule in the Indian Ocean, Ceylon (an Island paradise) & Singapore (a muddy fishing village), emerging during the 1960s, slumped into a Third World, whilst the other climbed into a First World? Whilst Lee Kwan Yew as the founding Prime Minister, had Vision, Leadership, Control, and Honesty, the Senanayake, and Bandaranaike wasted Time on Nationalism, Religion and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
අමෙරිකානු තානාපතිනිය රාජ්යය තාන්ත්රික සීමාවෙන් ඔබ්බට යමින් සිටින බව වෘත්තිකයන් ඇයට ලිඛිතව දන්වයි 
ගරු ජුලී ජේ. චුන්ග්,තානාපතිනි,එක්සත් ජනපද තානාපති කාර්යාලය කොළඹ,210 ගාලු පාර,කොළඹ 03,ශ්රී ලංකාව. ගරු තානාපතිතුමියනි, ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වෘත්තිකයන් වශයෙන් අපි ඔබගේ තනතුරෙහි ක්රියාකාරකම් පුරාවටම නිරීක්ෂණය කරමින් සිටිමු. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ඔබගේ කටයුතු රාජ්ය තාන්ත්රික මට්ටමින් ඔබ්බට ගිය දේශපාලන මට්ටමට ලඟා වී ඇති බව අපගේ අවධානයට ලක්විය. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වත්මන් තත්ත්වයත් සම්බන්ධව අවංක උනන්දුවක් ඇති පුද්ගලයෙකු ද රාජ්ය තාන්ත්රික සීමාවෙන් ඔබ්බට ක්රියා කිරීමට නැඹුරු වනු ඇති බව තේරුම් ගත හැකි නමුත් එක්සත් ජනපදය කෙරෙහි ශ්රී ලංකා ජාතිකයන් තුළ සෘණාත්මක ආකල්පයක් ගොඩනැගීම වළක්වා ගැනීම සඳහා සීමාවන් තුළ ක්රියා කිරීම සැමවිටම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
Chinese PM says Beijing will help Sri Lanka “within its capacity”
Beijng, July 26 (Chinese official media): The Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday sent a message to Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena congratulating him on taking office as Sri Lankan Prime Minister. In his message, Li said that China and Sri Lanka enjoy a profound traditional friendship, and are friendly neighbors and strategic cooperative partners. Since the establishment of their diplomatic ties 65 years ago, the two sides have always treated each other with respect and as equals, continuously strengthened mutual political trust and promoted mutually beneficial cooperation, and joined hands... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
Bangladesh seeks $4.5b IMF loan as reserves shrink
Bangladesh has sought the funds for its balance of payment and budgetary needs, as well as for efforts to deal with climate change Bangladesh has sought a $4.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, the Daily Star newspaper reported on Tuesday, joining South Asian neighbours Pakistan and Sri Lanka in seeking help to cope with mounting pressure on their economies. Known for its big garment-exporting industry, Bangladesh has sought the funds for its balance of payment and budgetary needs, as well as for efforts to deal with climate change, the Daily... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
ECO-EXTREMISM HAS BROUGHT SRI LANKA TO ITS KNEES
An obsession with organic farming ‘in sync with nature’ triggered an unsustainable but predictable economic crisis Five years ago, the World Bank was extolling “how Sri Lanka intends to transition to a more competitive and inclusive upper-middle income country”. Right up to the middle of last year, despite the impact of the pandemic, the country’s misery index (inflation plus unemployment) was low and falling. Then the misery index took off like a rocket, quintupling in a year. What happened? There is a simple explanation, one that the BBC seems determined to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
International Democrat Union congratulates president Ranil Wickremesinghe & call partners to support SL
The International Democrat Union (IDU) congratulates Ranil Wickremesinghe on his election as the 8th President of Sri Lanka. President Wickremesinghe takes office in the most challenging political and economic situation the country has ever faced. The mismanagement under the previous President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the corruption of the Rajapaksa family have led the country into a state of collapse. President Wickremesinghe is the most experienced politician Sri Lanka can entrust with the leadership of the country in this situation. As a six-time prime minister, he has proven that he can resolve political crises... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
Some SJB MPs in favour of all party govt with RW
Whilst Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentary group has unanimously decided to vote against the Emergency Bill tomorrow, there seemed to be different opinions about an all party government as some MPs representing the party opine that the party should play a role in an all party government without accepting ministerial portfolios. SJB Gampaha District MP Harshana Rajakauna who spoke to media after the party’s working committee and parliamentary group meeting, said his party would support a multi-party government without accepting ministerial portfolios. “We are of the opinion that SJB should play a role... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
Leading GotaGoGama activist Dhaniz Ali arrested
A leading Galle Face protest site activist Dhaniz Ali has been arrested by the CID while trying to leave for Dubai on a flight from the BIA this evening, Police said. He was accused of entering the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and attempted to disrupt telecasts on July 13. The Police media unit said that there was an arrest warrant against the suspect. Meanwhile, a video circulating on social media shows CID officers attempting to arrest the suspect while inside the plane despite the passengers onboard protesting against the move.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
Man who forcibly entered Rupavahini and disrupted telecast arrested at BIA
Dhaniz Ali, the person who forcibly entered Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and attempted to disrupt telecasts on July 13, has been arrested. He was taken into custody while trying to leave for Dubai on a flight from the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake. On July 13, a group of protesters including Dhaniz Alia forced their way into the state-owned media institute, demanding that only anti-government protests-related news be broadcast thereafter. Two of the protesters then appeared on a live interview, after which the channel suspended its live and recorded telecasts.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
Long-term investments in Sri Lanka are India’s plan to fix economic crisis: Envoy
After helping Sri Lanka with an unprecedented assistance of around $4 billion since January as the country plunged into a deep economic crisis, India is now planning to invest heavily in newer sectors through both private and public firms there, Gopal Baglay, high commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, told ThePrint in an interview. The sectors India will focus on include renewable energy, hydrocarbons, ports and infrastructure, and IT among others. Both countries are also looking at signing the long pending Economic and Technology Co-operation Agreement. The top Indian diplomat in Colombo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
Sri Lanka confirms 119 new Covid-19 cases and five more deaths.
The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 5 deaths and 119 infections of Covid-19 reported yesterday (July 25). https://youtu.be/ZcP8VLew62s The new development brings the total number of Covid-19 related cases confirmed in the country to 665,094 and the death toll to 16,544. According to the Department of Government Information, the victims include three males and two females, above the age of 60.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
Overseas legal moves targeting ex-Prez: Manohara wants govt. to ensure his safe return
President’s Counsel Manohara de Silva yesterday reminded the new government that it couldn’t absolve itself of the responsibility for the protection of ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa now being hounded by interested parties over unsubstantiated war crimes allegations entirely based on hearsay evidence. The leading lawyer said so in response to The Island query regarding South Africa-based International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) requesting Singaporean Attorney General to arrest the ex-Sri Lankan President over war crimes. Sri Lanka brought the war to a successful conclusion in May 2009 against LTTE terrorists responsible... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/22)
Re: $50 - $80 million dollar investigation:
The Hon Senator Penny WongSuite 419 Gouger StreetAdelaideSouth AustraliaCC: Prime Minister Albanese. Secretary General UNHRC.Re: $50 - $80 million dollar investigation:Dear Senator Wong,Firstly please allow us to congratulate you on your outstanding efforts towards peace and International trade.Secondly this letter was authorised by the Executive Committee of;THE GLOBAL PEACE CONGRESS OF AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED on 21/07/2022.Our NGO promotes Peace wherever it’s needed, much more in Sri Lanka at the moment.A mother threw herself and her two children off a bridge into the river, committing suicide because she could no longer bare to see her children... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
පුස්තකාල මිලියන 22
'60 සිරිමාවෝ ආවාය පත්තරකාරයෝ පහර පිට පහර දිගට හරහට දුන්නෝය. පස්සර අමරානන්දගේත් හුළං ගියේය. ආණ්ඩුව පැරදුනේය පලා ගියේය. '65 ආවේ ඩඩ්ලිය 53 එපාවී 60 ඕනවී 60 එපාවූ ඩඩ්ලිය. '70 දි පත්තර කාරයෝ සිරිමා-දිශානතිය ට භ්රමණය විය දින්නේ සිරිමා ය. '77 ජේ ආර් දින්නේය පත්තරකාරයන්ගේ වැඩය. පත්තර කාරයෝ හොඳ වැඩ කාරයෝය ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 7F1
The JVP did not fade away after April 1971 as it would have done, had it been a purely local affair. Instead, JVP met secretly and reorganized. JVP first retreated into their hideouts in the jungles of the North Central Province. They moved the camps from place to place. They did not stay in one place for long. The leader at Namal oya camp was in a separate chena known only to couple of trustworthy members. There were jail breaks. In November 1971 JVPers escaped from Vidyalankara, Vidyodaya and Weerawila camps. At Vidyalankara, they ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
මේ රටේ කවුරු බලයට ආවත් මෙම ජාහික ප්රතිපත්තිය පිළිගැනීම සහක්රියාත්මකකිරීම අනිවාර්යයයි.
1ජනතාවගේ එදිනෙදා ජීවිතයට අත්යාවස්ය සහල් පිටි, අල, පරිප්පු, ලොකු ළුුණු, කරවල සහ සීනි වැනි ආහාර ද්රව්ය සහ, ඉන්ධන, ඖෂධ වැනි දේවල්, පෝලිම්වල පැය ගණන් නොසිට හිගයකින් තොරව සාධාරණ මිලකට ලබාගැනීමට මෙන්ම ජලය, විදුලිය සහ ප්රවාහන සේවා අඛණ්ඩව ලබාගතහැකි පරිසරයක් ඇතිකිරීම 2 අත්යාවස්ය භාණ්ඩ සඳහා දැඩි පාලනමිල ක්රමයක් ක්රියාත්මක කිරීම සහ එය උල්ලන්ඝනය කරණ සහ භාණ්ඩ සඟවන පුද්ගලයින්ට එරෙහිව දැඩි දඩුවම් දීම 3 වී වගාව ප්රධානකොට ඇති කෘශිකර්මාන්තයට, මෙන්ම අපනයන වැවිළි කර්මාන්තයට අවවස්ය රසායනික පොහොර සහ පළිභෝධ නාසක වැනි යෙදවුම් සාධාරන මිලකට හිගයකින් තොරව ලබාදීම. 4 ගෙවතු මුල්කොට ගෙන දීපව්යාප්ත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
2020 මහ මැතිවරණයේදී මේ රටේ මුළු චන්ද සන්ක්යාවෙන් 3.16% ක් පමණක් ලබාගත් ත්රස්ථවාදි ණඩයකට බලය දී ඊට විරුද්ධව චන්දය දුන් 97% ජනතාවක් පාවා දී , වසර 2500 ක් පැවති මේ සින්හල බෞද්ධ රටත්, ජාතියත් විනාශ කරනවාද?
ශ්රි ලන්කා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ සිටින මන්ත්රීවරුන් 225 දෙනාම වෙත, විෂේශයෙන්ම සින්හල මන්ත්රීන් වෙත කෙරෙන අනතුරු ඇඟවීමක්. ක්රි. පූ. 543 සිට සින්හලේ රාජධානිය වශයෙන්ද ක්රි.පූ.307 සිට අද දක්වාම ලෝකයේ ඇති එකම සින්හල බෞද්ධ රාජ්ය වශයෙන්ද පැවති බව මේ රට විනාශකිරීම සඳහා අධිරාජ්ය වාදීන් විසින් දෙමල මුස්ලිම් මිනිසුන් සින්හලයින්ට එරෙහිව උසිගන්වනතුරු පිළිගත් දෙමළ සහ මුස්ලිම් මන්ත්රීවරුන්ද මේ සින්හල රටේ නීත්යානුකූල පුරවැසියන් වනනිසා ඔවුන්ටද මෙම නිවේදනය අනිවාර්යෙන්ම අදාල වේ. පැරණි ලෝකයේ අනාදිමත් කාලයක සිට මෑතක් දක්වාම මිහිබට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
The message I sent to Mr. Ranil Wickremasinghe after he was elected as the President'
The President Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1. Dear Sir, First of all, as an old friend, let me congratulate you on your unprecedented victory. It is like the Phoenix rising from the Ashes. It is a world record getting elected as the President of a country of 225 Member Parliament, where all are hostile, with only I vote (that is your own),. Isn’t it a miracle that has made history in world politics? I think... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
Bring in Law & Order Now! Funding Depends on Peace!
Protests are Part & Parcel of Democracy, but taking advantage of a situation is Not! Current demonstrations and taking over the official buildings have gone too far. Looting of Government & Historical property must be stopped. This is a Crime Against the Society! The demonstrations were against the Rajapaksa regime and the Rajapaksa family is No Longer in government. What some of these demonstrators have not realized is that the Ring Leaders are being funded by foreign governments who are trying to bring in the LTTE Tamil Terrorist idealogy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
High Commissioner Moragoda visits Amul Headquarters in Gujarat; discusses ways and means to enhance dairy sector cooperation
Sri Lanka sought ways and means to develop its dairy industry with the cooperation of India, when an official delegation led by Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to New Delhi, Milinda Moragoda held discussions last week with the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF), popularly known as Amul. High Commissioner Moragoda met Amul's Managing Director Dr. R.S. Sodhi for discussions at the Federation’s headquarters in Anand, during the former's first official visit to the State of Gujarat since assuming office in India. High Commissioner Moragoda was in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
Peaceful Protests vs Robbery & Destruction of Government Property
First of all Peaceful Protest against the Government is Part of Democracy! But when Democracy is being misused for Terror & Theft, the perpetrators MUST be punished with Hard Labour! The President's House and the property of other politicians cannot be used as an Act of Vengeance. The protestors reached their reasons and the President was removed. Rights group seeks arrest of former president Rajapaksa in Singapore I for one, Do Not Agree! This again is an Act of Revenge, led by sympathizers... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
ජනපති කොඩිය පඩියට එලන්නට සැලැස්මක් තිබේද?
වැඩබලන රනිල් බලය ලැබුණු විගස වර්ෂ පණහක් තිස්සේ භාවිතා කළ රටේ නායකත්ව ධජය ඉවතට විසි කර දැමුවේය.මෙරට පළමු ජනපති ලෙසට පත් වූයේ අග්රාණ්ඩුකාරවරයාව සිටි විලියම් ගොපල්ලව මහතාය.ඔහු පත් විමෙන් පසු ඒ රාජ්ය නායකත්වයට සුදුසු වන පරිදි ධජයක් නිර්මාණය විය.නිල් පාට පසුබිමක මැද රාජ්ය ලාංඡනය විය. 1972 මැයි 22 සිට 1978 පෙබරවාරි 04 දක්වා වූ සිය ධූර කාලයෙහි මේ නිල ධජය ඔහු භාවිතා කරන්නට ඇත. අනතුරුව 1982 දී මෙරට පළමු විධායක ජනපති වරයා ලෙසට පත් වූ ජේ.ආර්. ජයවර්ධන මහතා තමන්ගේ ප්රතිපත්ති අනුව නිල ධජය නැවත ප්රතිනිර්මාණය කරගත්තේය. ඔහුගේ ප්රතිපත්තිය වූයේ ධර්මිෂ්ට සමාජයකි.කොළ සුදු සහ රෝස පාට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
OVERSEAS TRAVEL BAN IMPOSED TO LEADERS OF NON-PARTISAN PROTEST
An overseas travel ban has been imposed to frontline leaders of the non-partisan protest against the current regime including Convener of the Inter-University Students’ Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige, Secretary of the Ceylon Teachers’ Association Joseph Stalin, Convener of the Socialist Youth Union Eranga Gunasekara, Rev. Fr. Jeewantha Peiris, Lahiru Weerasekara and Rangana Lakmal, based on a request made by the Colombo Fort Police. The non-partisan protest leaders were charged of damaging public property during a protest held in front of the Colombo Police Headquarters on June 06 and the case filed against the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
DID COOMARASWAMY’S $12 B BORROWINGS THE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE CRISIS?
JUNE 16, 2022 Dr. Indrajith Coomaraswamy is building himself as an economic savior. He became CBSL Governor thanks to his school mate Malik Samarawickrama. He is certainly a gentleman economist. His knowledge of financial markets according to CBSL sources was very shallow. So he depended on his officials. During his tenure it is now clear he persuaded the Government to obtain USD 12 billion in ISB loans. By doing so, Sri Lanka’s debt servicing became unsustainable. That was the origin of Sri Lanka’s external debt problem. That’s why in the IMF Article 4 Report,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
Sri Lanka's Presidential Secretariat resumes operations after 107 days
The government said investigations into the occupation of the presidential secretariat, the damage caused to it by the occupation Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickeresinghe Sri Lanka's Presidential Secretariat, which was stormed by a sea of anti-government protesters in early July, resumed operation from Monday amidst tight security, 107 days after the building's entry gate was blocked, officials said. The building's entry gate has been blocked by the protesters since April 9. On July 9, the protesters stormed the building and occupied it. In... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
Sri Lanka towards a government of national unity
Newly appointed Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has been tasked with coordinating consultations with political parties. President Ranil Wickremesinghe spoke to parliament after his election, urging MPs to join forces to change the system. The Samagi Jana Balawegaya and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party will work together on the basis of the proposals put forward. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Sri Lanka’s new prime minister, Dinesh Gunawardena, has been tasked with coordinating consultations with political parties to form a government of national unity with the possibility of expanding the cabinet. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
Taisei Corp. denies bribery allegations
Details of a disinformation campaign to discredit the government making allegations of demanding a bribe from a Japanese company engaged in the construction work of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) expansion project have been revealed. A serious bribery allegation levelled against senior Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa in parliament quoting un-substantive social media reports has cited the Japanese Taisei Corporation Sri Lanka Ltd., as the aggrieved party. Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has stepped down temporarily from his post, pending an investigation into bribery... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
Open-Air theatre at Viharamahadevi Park available for peaceful protests: Prez
American Civil Liberty Union says protesters cannot block Govt buildings President Ranil Wickremesinghe briefed the diplomatic community that facilitates within Colombo, such as the Open-Air theatre at Viharamahadevi Park, New Town Hall, Hyde Park and Campbell Park were all being made available for non-violent protests. In his briefing to the diplomatic community last Friday, the President reaffirmed Sri Lanka’s commitment to upholding the rights of peaceful, non-violent protests. The meeting had been convened to brief the Diplomats on the removal of the protesters who had been illegally occupying... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
IMF staff level agreement delayed due to unrest by protesters
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff level agreement which was to come in August this year has been delayed because of the unrest caused by some protesters whose agitation later turned violent, a cabinet Minister said today. Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara told a media briefing that the staff level agreement with IMF has been delayed because of the protests that later turned violent. “The World Food Organization Chief who was to visit Sri Lanka last week, put off his visit by a week while Sri Lankans... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
Remanded for Facebook post
A suspect was produced before Galle Magistrate Pavitra Sanjeewani Pathiran today on the charge of sharing a Facebook post showing solidarity to the 'Aragalaya' struggle and containing malicious statements against the police and security forces was remanded till August 8. The suspect Ahmed Niswar of Galle Fort had been arrested and produced in Court by the Criminal Investigations Department. The lawyers appearing for the suspect requested Court to release the suspect on bail but the Computer Crime Unit in Matara who produced the suspect protested against it. (D.G.Sugathapala)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
Energy Minister says only QR Code quota system for fuel from Aug. 01
Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says that the National Fuel Pass will be implemented islandwide from Tuesday (July 26) in multiple locations at Ceypetco and Lanka IOC filling stations. In a twitter message, he said the system will be in place with the Last Digit of Number Plate until the 1st of August. https://youtu.be/gdj8Z_vZCRY From the 1st of August, only the QR Code system quota will be in place and the last digit of number plate system and other allocations will be invalid. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
Sri Lanka asks China for help with trade, investment and tourism
(Reuters) - Sri Lanka has asked China to help with trade, investment and tourism to help it grow sustainably, Colombo’s envoy to Beijing said on Monday as it negotiates for an emergency $4 billion package to help it emerge from an economic meltdown. The island nation of 22 million people is suffering its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948 after running out of foreign reserves. Protesters angry about the shortages of fuel, food and medicine toppled the Rajapaksa ruling family. Ambassador Palitha Kohona’s emphasis on China as a key to Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
Covid-19 cases in Sri Lanka on the rise again
There has been a minor increase in the number of Covid-19 patients detected within Western Province and other provinces, according to the Health Ministry’s Director of Medical Technical Services and Chief Coordinator for COVID-19, Dr. Anwar Hamdani. Speaking to the media today (25), he said that the people should once again start following the health guidelines they used to follow before, emphasizing that it is mandatory to wear face masks, maintain social distancing, limit unnecessary movements and to minimize gatherings. In addition, he mentioned that wearing a face mask not only helps... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
Fuel imports have to be restricted in next 12 months due to forex issues - Minister
Minister of Power and Energy Kanchan Wijesekera says that the ‘QR Code’ system was introduced since the country’s daily fuel demand cannot be fulfilled. Due to foreign exchange issues, fuel imports have to be restricted in the next 12 months, he said in a tweet. He also said that the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has never distributed fuel daily to every single fuel station and that is “practically not possible even when stocks are unlimited.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
It’s time normalcy was restored in Sri Lanka
Colombo, July 25: Two experienced politicians – Ranil Wickremesinghe, who entered Parliament as a 28-year-old youth in 1977, and Dinesh Gunawardena, who followed his Royal College classmate to the Legislature six years later in 1983, took the two top positions in the Government last week, those of President and Prime Minister respectively. They are faced with an enormous task of solving the economic issues that include shortages of fuel, gas, and a few other essential items, dwindling foreign exchange reserves and debt restructuring. As they stressed after taking office, there is an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
Russian President Putin’s congratulatory message to President Ranil
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has met with Russia’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Yury Materiy this morning (25). During the meeting, the Ambassador extended Russian President Vladimir Putin’s wishes on President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s election to the office of the Presidency. In his congratulatory message to President Wickremesinghe, Russian President Vladimir Putin says he wishes for further development of the Russian-Sri Lankan relationship and constructive bilateral cooperation in all spheres for the benefit of the people in both countries. The Russian President’s message reads: “Please accept sincere congratulations on the occasion... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Pt 7E1
Ten out of the island’s 22 Administrative Districts were battlegrounds, in the 1971 insurgence, said observers. There were attacks on police stations in all 22 districts. JVP attacked with home-made weapons in groups of 25 to 30. JVP believed that controlling these rural police stations would provide them with weapons and also provide them with secure bases for subsequent attacks by the JVP on towns. If not for the premature attack in Wellawaya which resulted in the police and military being placed on high alert, the situation would have been very grave. For not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 7E2
The government of Sri Lanka had received reports from intelligence that an armed insurrection was planned by a select group of youth. This information was ignored by the government. A report submitted later to Criminal Justice Commission inquiry no 1 indicated that two years prior to April 1971, groups of young persons between ages of 18-25 were known to be meeting in secret. These groups were active in many part of the island. They had formed cells, each of 5- 24 unemployed youth from poor families. They were trained in jungles and remote areas... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 7E3
The 1971 JVP Insurgency was totally a new experience for Sri Lanka. Once the government woke up to the fact that they had a full blown insurgency on its hands, it moved fast to squash it, said Gamini Gunawardene. The Opposition UNP got to a side, did not obstruct and engage in the blame game. The government responded strongly to the Insurgency and suppressed it successfully, using army, police and foreign assistance. We have learned too many lessons from Vietnam and Malaysia. We must destroy the insurgents completely. We have no choice, army said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/22)
3, කාල කන්නි හා පාලකයෝ
3 ප්රයිම් සංඛ්යාවක්ය. 3 බෙදිය හැක්කේ 3 හා 1න් පමණක්ය. 3 ඉතිරි නැතිව බෙදන්නට බැරිය. මරුය. අති විශිෂ්ඨය. 2 3 5 7 11 ... ප්රයිම් අංකයන්ය. කාලෙක සිට 3 කැරකෙන්නෙ JVPයටය එය ආරක්ෂා කර ගන්නටද ඔවුනට ඇති ශක්තිය පුදුමාකාරය. බටර් ලන්තයේදීත් ආරක්ශාය. අනිත් පක්ෂ ලැබූ සංඛ්යා එහෙ මෙහෙ වුනත් JVP 3 ගලේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/22)
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka & Seven-pronged Strategy by Dhammika Perera! Good Thinking!
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is a Fact, and that goes to show Military men are not Administrators with Practical Vision, Innovation & Creativity. The Rajapaksa family-run Sri Lanka was sitting on Yesterday's Glory, letting the Island rot under mismanagement & corruption. The Seven-pronged strategy on paper looks great but will take 3-5 years to bear fruit. But there are other ideas which may return foreign revenue during 1-2 years! Desperate diseases require desperate remedies! Sri Lanka is in desperate need of a remedy! Borrowing funds as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/22)
President reaffirms commitment to uphold right to non-violent assembly - Statement from President’s office
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reaffirmed Sri Lanka’s commitment to upholding the rights of peaceful, non-violent assembly. The President expressed this stance to the Colombo based Diplomats at a meeting held on Friday. The meeting had been convened to brief the Diplomats on the removal of the protesters who had been illegally occupying the Presidential Secretariat. President Wickremesinghe stated that both Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and Article 14 (1) (b) of the Constitution of Sri Lanka, which governs the rights of peaceful assembly, would be upheld by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/22)
Rights group seeks arrest of former president Rajapaksa in Singapore
A rights group documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore's attorney general, seeking the arrest of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his role in the South Asian nation's decades-long civil war, the Reuters reported. The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) said Rajapaksa committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions during the civil war in 2009 when he was country's defence chief, according to a copy of the complaint seen by Reuters. The South Africa-based ITJP argued that based on universal jurisdiction the alleged... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/22)
Three arrested with stolen goods from the President’s House
Three persons who stormed into the President's House at Fort on July 9 during protest, had been arrested with 40 gold-plated brass sockets that were fixed on the walls to hang window curtains. The Welikada Police arrested the suspects while attempting to sell the stolen items yesterday. Police launched investigations after a number of items at the President's House was stolen following the protesters took control on the palace on July 9. The arrested three suspects, aged 28, 34 and 37, were residents of Obeysekarapura in Rajagiriya. Police... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/22)
SLAF clarifies over airman who claims he does not want to be a slave to SLAF
The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) said that an airman who claimed that he did not want to be a slave to Sri Lanka Air Force, has left the SLAF on termination of his initial engagement of eight-years. An airman named Asanka Srimal, who served in the Sri Lanka Air Force has posted a social media post that he left the service stating, “My choice was taken because I did not want to be a slave to Sri Lanka Air Force”. However, SLAF Spokesman Group Captain Dushan Wijesinghe said that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/22)
Veteran Politician Takes Control of Sri Lanka’s Battered Economy
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — Former Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as the country’s president and has promised to form an all-party government capable of securing a multibillion-dollar International Monetary Fund bailout. Wickremesinghe’s victory followed the resignation of President Gotobaya Rajapaksa, who fled to Singapore after hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans marched across the capital on July 9, overran the presidential palace, picnicked on the lawns and even swam in the president’s pool. However, Wickremesinghe is also unpopular with many of the protesters given his close... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/22)
Protesters disregarded multiple requests to vacate Presidential Secretariat: Police
The police announced today that investigations are underway to identify all those who visited the Presidential Secretariat after it was occupied by the protesters on July 09, for the crime of trespassing. Convening a media briefing on Saturday (July 23), the police spokesperson SSP Nihal Thalduwa said measures will also be taken to arrest all those who stole artifacts and other valuable items from the President’s House. According to the police, the main suspects who stole valuable historical items from the establishment have been identified based on evidence on CCTV footage. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/22)
Presidential Secretariat to reopen on Monday?
Sri Lanka’s besieged presidential office will reopen on Monday (Jul 25), police said, days after anti-government demonstrators were flushed out in a military crackdown that triggered international condemnation. Widespread public anger over the island’s unprecedented economic crisis saw protesters storm and occupy the colonial-era building earlier this month. Soldiers were forced to rescue then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa from his nearby residence on the same day, with the leader fleeing to Singapore and resigning days later. Troops armed with batons and automatic weapons cleared the 92-year-old presidential secretariat in a pre-dawn raid... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/22)
Wikileaks releases 2007 document related to Ranil
Colombo, July 24 (NewsWire) – Wikileaks has published a document pertaining to a conversation between the newly elected President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremeinghe and the Japanese government in 2007. The document has been published hours after Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected the 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka in a secret ballot held in Parliament. As per the document shared by Wikileaks, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was the opposition leader in 2007, had asked Japan to suspend economic assistance to Sri Lanka. The document further reveals that Japan had responded that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/22)
President raises unofficial concerns with Colombo based diplomats over statements
- Diplomats were briefed by the President on the military operations conducted to clear the protestors from the Presidential Secretariat area, but the diplomats were requested to check with the authorities as well to clarify matters when making statements in the future - President Wickremesinghe in a light tone asked some of the diplomats if protestors could illegally occupy the President's Office in their respective countries - He informed them that the protestors had been informed to vacate the area by 6 am yesterday but the protestors had refused and instead provided an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/22)
Over 1,000 valuable artefacts missing in state premises taken over by protesters
More than 1,000 items with archaeological value are reportedly missing from the state premises such as President's House and Temple Trees which were taken over by the protesters. Police sources said special investigations have been launched to recover those items. Investigating officers have received information that some people had stolen certain parts of valuable artefacts in those premises. It was also reported that the Archaeological Department does not have official records of the artefacts in the President's House though it was gazetted as a place of archaeological importance.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/22)
මාගේ පුද්ගලික නිවස ගිනි තැබීමේ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් කිසිදු පාර්ශ්වයක් ට්විටර් පණිවිඩ නිකුත් නොකිරීම විමතියට කරුණක්'
ගාලු මුවදොර විරෝධතාකරුවන්ට ඉන් ඉවත්වන ලෙස පූර්ව දැනුවත් කිරීම් කිහිපයක්ම සිදුකර තිබුණ ද, පෙරදින රාත්රිය වනතෙක්ම ඔවුන් ඉන් ඉවත් නොවීම හේතුවෙන් පොලිසිය සහ හමුදාව යොදා ඔවුන්ව ඉවත් කිරීමට කටයුතු කළ බව ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ විදෙස් තානාපතිවරුන් හමුවේ පවසා තිබෙනවා. https://youtu.be/TpM26teksG0 ඒ විදෙස් තානාපතිවරු කිහිපදෙනෙකු ජනාධිපතිවරයා සමග සිදු කළ සාකච්ඡාවක් අතරතුරයි. මේ අතර ඊයේ අලුයම ඇතිවු සිද්ධියෙන් පසු ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය ඇතුළු කොළඹ නගරයේ ස්ථාන කිහිපයක ආරක්ෂාව තවදුරටත් දැඩිකොට තිබෙනවා. අරගලකරුවන් ඉන් ඉවත් කිරීමට ආරක්ෂක අංශ මෙහෙයුමක් දියත් කළ අතර එහිදී නොසන්සුන්තාවක් ද උද්ගත වී තිබුණා. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/22)
උගත් නීතීඥ මහත්ම මහත්මීන්ගේ උදහසට ලක්වීම පිණිස ලියමි.
නඩත්තු නඩුවට ඇවිත් සැමියා දෙන රු10000/- න් ගෑණු මනුස්සයාගෙන් රු 2000/- ක් ගාස්තු ලෙස ගන්නත්, පොලිසිය හරහා අර මහත්තයා අල්ලන්න..ඇප ගන්නනම් කියලා visiting card එක දීගන්නටත්, දික්කසාද නඩුවේ නියත තීන්දුවේ සහතික පිටපත උසාවියෙන් අරන් දෙන්න රු 5000/- ක් ගැනීමටත්, කුඩු නඩුවේ මිනිහගෙ නඩුවට පෙනී ඉඳලා ගාස්තුවට හරි යන්න ගෑණිගේ කරාඹු ජෝඩුව ගලව ගන්නටත්, ඔප්පුවේ ප්රතිෂ්ඨාව අඩුවෙන් දාලා මුද්දර ගාස්තු වලින් රාජ්ය ආදායමට යන්න ඕන බදු ටිකට කෙලින්නටත්, ඇතුලේ ඉන්න රංජන් කියන්නා වගේ ගත්ත ගාස්තුවට රිසිට් එකක් දී ගන්නටත්, ඇත්ත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/22)
මුලදී අත දී පසුව පොහොට්ටුවට හිත දුන් ඩලස්ගේ පිරිස වෙනතක යන්නම යයි
ජනාධිපතිවරයා තේරීමේ ඡන්දයට ඉදිරිපත්වූ ඩලස් අලහප්පෙරුම මහතාට සහාය දුන් ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ මන්ත්රීවරුන් කණ්ඩායම ඉදිරියේ දී වෙනම කණ්ඩායමක් ලෙස කටයුතු කරන බව වාර්තා වෙනවා. ඒ ඩලස්අලහප්පෙරුම මහතාගේ නායකත්වය යටතේයි . එම කණ්ඩායමට මහාචාර්ය ජී එල් පීරිස්, මහාචාර්ය චරිත හේරත්, මහාචාර්ය චන්න ජයසුමන,ආචාර්ය නාලක ගොඩහේවා යන මහත්වරුන්ට අමතරව,පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ" හෘද සාක්ෂියට එකග මන්ත්රී කණ්ඩායමද ඇතළත් වනු ඇති බවයි දැනගන්නට ලැබෙන්නේ. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/22)
ඇමරිකාවෙත් විරෝධතා පාලනය කලේ මෙහෙමයි ! ජනපති රනිල් තානාපතිනියට අතීතය සිහි කරයි
ඊයෙ දිනයේදී ජනාධිපති මන්දිරය අත්පත් කර ගැනීම වෙනුවෙන් ආරක්ෂක අංශ විසින් සිදුකල මෙහෙයුම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා ඇමරිකානු තානාපතිනියට කරුණු පැහැදිලි කිරිමක් සිදුකර තිබෙනවා. එහිදී ඔහු පවසා ඇත්තේ ඇමරිකාවේ කැපිටල් ගොඩනැඟිල්ල සහ කොංග්රස් මණ්ඩල ගොඩනැඟිල්ල විරෝධතාකරුවන්ගෙන් මුදා ගැනීමට ඇමරිකානු ආරක්ෂක අංශ ක්රියා කලේද මේ ආකාරයෙන්ම බවයි. ජනාධිපතිවරයා මේ බව පවසා ඇත්තේ විදෙස් තානාපතිවරුන් හමුවූ අවස්ථාවකදියි. පසුගිය මාසයේදී ලොස් ඇන්ජලිස් පොලිසියද විරෝධතා පාලනය කිරීමට මේ ආකාරයෙන් කටයුතු කල අතර එවන් විඩීයෝ කිහිපයක් ට්විටර් ඔස්සේ පසුගිය කාලය පුරාවටම ප්රචාරය වුනා. https://twitter.com/bellikemike/status/1540853268418441216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1540853268418441216%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fnethgossip.lk%2Farticle%2F41439 ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/22)
ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී දාන්න ගිය දේශපාලන ඩීල්
https://youtu.be/fqtodMNUsGA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/22)
Turn National List 29 Members into an Advisory Council not MPs
Sri Lanka’s Parliament consists of 225 Members of Parliament from which 196 are elected by the People and 29 are not-elected but nominated by the respective parties & enter depending on the allocation as per the votes obtained by each party. Therefore, the composition of the National List corresponds to the votes won by parties. Given that the National List are supposed to be professionals who are not politicians, they should not enjoy perks given to politicians. The 29 Member National List should be transformed into an Advisory Council with no mandate... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Pt 7C
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna was created by Rohana Wijeweera, whose real name was Patabandige Don Nandasiri Wijeweera. He was a member of Sri Lanka’s Communist Party (Moscow wing) led by S.A. Wickremasinghe and in 1962 was awarded a scholarship to Lumumba University in Moscow, to study medicine. Sunday Times carries biographical information on Wijeweera at https://www.sundaytimes.lk/010408/spec.html (See essay by Kumudini Hettiarachhci and Renuka Sadanandan.) In Moscow, Wijeweera had apparently changed his loyalties from Moscow to China. When he came on a visit to Sri Lanka in 1964, Russia did not permit him to return.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 7D
The subversive activities of the JVP had come to the attention of the intelligence services and a special unit has been formed in the CID to watch them, said Indradasa Godahewa. The first police report of the existence of the JVP underground movement was presented to the Cabinet in 1968. In 1970 the government set up a special police unit nicknamed the `Guevara Bureau', through which all intelligence pertaining to the subversive movement was channeled. From January 1971, at Kegalle, police intelligence and the spy network floated by SP Seneviratne with the special vote... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
Why did Indian Army Chief go to Bangladesh?
The chief of army staff of India, General Manoj Pande completed his Bangladesh visit recently (from July 18 to July 20) as part of the "outstanding" bilateral defense relations between Bangladesh and India. General Manoj Pande was on his first trip abroad since taking over the post. First day of his visit, the army chief laid a wreath at Shikha Anirban to honor the valiant souls who made the ultimate sacrifices during the Liberation War of 1971. Indian Army chief General Manoj Pande received a Guard of Honour at a convention... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
Geopolitcs
European ambassadors gave President GR an "ultimatum", a "last chance" to condemn Russia, but Sri Lanka had refused to condemn either side. A few days later the Aragalaya started. When things had cooled down somewhat, Gota arranged to talk to Putin. Within 24 hours of talking to Putin, two Russian oil officials came to Colombo for discussions. Julie Chung endorsed the JVP. The Aragalaya stormed President’s House and Gota resigned.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
Sri Lanka won’t get a bailout from the IMF until chaos ends, Johns Hopkins professor says
KEY POINTS “The IMF cannot… interact with the government when things are in a continuing crisis mode. So until the government stabilizes, until they have a minister of finance, there’s no one for the IMF to talk with,” professor Deborah Brautigam told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Friday.“The IMF will not lend into a situation where they deem their money will not be repaid,” she added. Sri Lanka will need to emerge from its current state of chaos before the International Monetary Fund can step in with a bailout, according to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
China offers support for new Sri Lankan President
Chinese President Xi Jinping says he is hopeful that Sri Lanka and China will carry forward the traditional friendship, consolidate political mutual trust and push forward the strategi cooperative partnership of sincere assistance and ever-lasting friendship. He conveyed this in a letter to Sri Lanka’s new President Ranil Wickremesinghe to extend congratulations and best wishes on his new appointment. In his letter, the Chinese President said he believes that under the leadership of his Sri Lankan counterpart, the island nation will be able to overcome temporary difficulties and advance the process of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
Nine arrested during Galle Face military raid granted bail
The nine protesters, who were arrested this morning near the Galle Face protest site for allegedly causing damages to properties at the Presidential Secretariat premises, have been granted bail. They were produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court earlier today. The arrestees, including Attorney-at-Law Nuwan Bopage, were released on cash bails Rs. 10,000 each and personal bails of Rs. 500,000 each. A tense situation was reported last night (July 21) as the armed forces stormed the protest site at the Galle Face Green to clear the Presidential Secretariat and its... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
US envoy meets President Ranil, raises concerns over violence against protesters
Ambassador of the United States to Sri Lanka Julie Chung says she called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe to express her grave concern over the “unnecessary and deeply troubling” escalation of violence against protesters overnight. Taking to her official Twitter handle, the US envoy noted that the President and the Cabinet of Ministers have an opportunity as well as an obligation to respond to the calls of Sri Lankans for a better future. “This is not the time to crack down on citizens,” she pointed out. It is time to look ahead at the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in
The swearing-in of the new Cabinet of Ministers of the interim government under President Ranil Wickremesinghe took place at the Temple Trees. The ceremony was held after MP Dinesh Gunawardena took oaths as the new Prime Minister this morning. https://youtu.be/z3jqIgzmr3A President Wickremesinghe has decided to continue the interim government with the cabinet ministers of his predecessor who stepped down last week. Accordingly, the ministers have been assigned the portfolios they were serving in prior to the resignation of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. However, Ali Sabry, PC... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as new Prime Minister
Member of Parliament Dinesh Gunawardena has taken oaths as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. He took oaths before President Ranil Wickremesinghe this morning (July 22). Gunawardena embarked on active politics in late 1970s and entered the parliament in 1983 representing the Maharagama electoral district. https://youtu.be/z3jqIgzmr3A He has held cabinet ministerial portfolios under various governments. Gunawardena has also served as the chairperson of three Parliament Select Committees to identify electoral reforms and as the Leader of the House and the Chief Government Whip... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
Sri Lanka: Ranil becomes the President, the Phoenix rises, again.
A chattering crow lives out nine generations of aged men,but a stag's life is four time a crow's,and a raven's life makes three stags old,while the phoenix outlives nine ravens,but we, the rich-haired Nymphsdaughters of Zeus the aegis-holder,outlive ten phoenixes. The phoenix is an immortal bird associated with Greek mythology (with analogs in many cultures) that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. Some legends say it dies in a show of flames and combustion, others that it simply dies and decomposes before being born again.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
Who is NED & what is its role in Sri Lanka
The term “democracy” has become a tool used to undermine democracy in the name of democracy by interfering into the internal affairs of countries & causing mayhem. What the CIA did back in the 1970s has now been outsourced to an entity called NED – National Endowment for Democracy. Entire vocabulary of “democracy” “rule of law” “freedoms & rights” “peace” “reconciliation” are encrypted to mean the opposite of what they profess to promote. NED founder Alan Weinstein called it the “second CIA” in 1991. The NED was designed to enable bogus “democracy promoting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
WHAT ARE THE REFORMS NEEDED TO GET BACK SR LANKA TO THE STABILITY LEVEL? PART ONE
Although Sri Lanka is a small country with a limited land area and resources it needs radical reforms to achieve stability and expected development. It is needed to understand that stability in this dynamic world is like a dream. The country has a long history of seditions (Aragala) and the result of conflicts created instability and frustration for many citizens with qualifications, skills and experience, many have left the country and many are in the country without opportunities to overseas. In Sri Lanka, there is a religious madness that is related to all... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
ඩලස් - සජිත් හවුල පැරදුණේ ඇයි?
විපක්ෂයේ දේශපාලන පක්ෂ දෙකක් ගත් අමනෝඥම තීරණය සජබ හා ‘කහ පක්ෂය’ ජනපති තරඟයට එක්ව තරඟ කිරීම ලෙස ඉතිහාසගත වනු ඇත. ප්රතිපත්ති - වැඩපිළිවෙලක් - අරමුණක් - සැලසුමක් නැති බෝඩ් ලෑල්ලට සජබ මන්ත්රී රැසක් ඡන්දය දී නැත. සජිත් ඉවත් වූ පමණින් ඩලස් දිනන්නේ නැති බව සරළවම විග්රහ කළෙමි. අවසනාවකට පුද්ගලික න්යාය පත්රයකත්, අවස්ථාවාදී බල දේශපාලනයකත් සිටි සජබ - කහ පක්ෂයටත් එය තේරුණේ නැත. ඩලස් ට දැවැන්ත පරාජයක් ලැබුණේ ඇයි? උත්තරය සරළය. ජනපති තරඟය ඇරඹෙන විට විපක්ෂයට 62 ක්, රනිල්ට 90 ක්, ඩලස් ට 69 ක් තිබූණි. අවසන් ප්රතිඑලය ඡන්ද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
ජනසතු අරගලය ජනතාකරණයට ලක් වුනාද?
ජනතා අරගලයක් අලුතින් ජනසතු කරන්න ඕනේ නෑ. තිබ්බේ අරගලයක් නෙවෙයි, අරගලයන්. බහුවචනයෙන් තමයි කතා කරන්න වෙන්නේ. එක් එක් අරගල වල එක එක ජන කොටස්. සමපාත වුන තැනුත් තිබුනා. නොවුන තැනුත් තිබුනා. වඩා නිවැරදිව කිව්වොත් කවුරු කවුරුත් 'අරගලයක්' තුල හිටියා, ඉන්නවා සහ තමන් තේරුම් ගත්ත කුමන හෝ අරගලයක් සමග අනන්ය වුනා, අනන්ය වෙලා ඉන්නවා. 'ජනතාකරණය' කියන්නේ වෙනම දෙයක්. පුද්ගලීකරණය වෙනුවට රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස භාවිතා කරපු සුරතල් ආදේශයක්. ජනතාව. ජනතා අයිතිය. ජනසතු වීම. ජනතා හඬ සහ ජනහඬ නියෝජනය කිරීම. ඊනියා ජනතා නියෝජිතයින්ට ජනතාව නියෝජනය කිරීමේ වරම් ලබා ගැනීම හෝ ලබාදීම ට අදාළ ක්රමවේදය. මේ සියලු දේවල් ආදරයේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
FOUR-DAY WEEK
Employees at work. In June 2022, the Sri Lankan Government declared a ‘four-day week’ for Public Sector workers for three months, except for the essential services. It started on Friday, June 17th, giving a holiday to public sector employees. Critical services are categorised as the public sector for employees in the health, water supply, power and energy, education, and security; such essential services were exempted from the regulation. The decision to make the four-day week was not in line with the list of other countries in the world that are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
The Aragalaya: a postscript
Ranil Wickremesinghe is no longer president in an acting capacity. He is the president, period. Did someone say ‘I don’t know whether to laugh or cry?’ I am pretty sure someone did. Did someone say, ’who wudda thunk?’ Well, if two or three years ago, if anyone suggested that in July 2023 Ranil Wickremesinghe would be the president of this country, there would have been laughter and tears, if at all, would have been of mirth.But get this: he is legit. Yes, he barely got into Parliament. Yes, his party returned just a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
Aragalaya only managed to send elected Prez home and bring in defeated Ranil as Prez: Wimal
What the Aragalaya (struggle) has finally done was to send home President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was elected through an election, and elect Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was defeated in the election, as the President, National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa said today. He told a news conference that as a result of the struggle on May 9, Ranil Wickremesinghe became the Prime Minister, subsequently became Acting President due to the June 9 struggle and now became the President. "This is only what the Aragalaya has achieved now. That is why... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/22)
Security forces smash Sri Lanka's main protest camp
View gallery Members of Sri Lankan security forces remove a barricade blocking the main gate of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo early Friday Sri Lankan security forces demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital early Friday and evicted activists hours before the new president was due to name a cabinet. The raid came a day after veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the crisis-hit country's new leader, replacing Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled and resigned after protesters overran his palace. Troops and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/22)
Sri Lankan soldiers 'raid' main protest site in Colombo
Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers and police swoop in on unarmed activists blocking Presidential Secretariat in the capital after new President Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in, according to AFP. Several activists were seized by troops who smashed tents set up along the main road leading to the presidential office. (AP) Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers and police have raided the main anti-government protest camp in the country's capital and started tearing down tents of unarmed activists, the AFP news agency said. Security forces swooped in on the protesters blocking the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/22)
Tense situation at Galle Face protest site as security forces move in
A tense situation is reported at the Galle Face protest site near the Presidential Secretariat as Police and troops moved in and remove protesters from the area. The security forces removed some of tents and structures placed around the Presidential Secretariat.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/22)
Sri Lanka made ‘dumb bets’ on Chinese investment: CIA chief
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief has held China responsible for Sri Lanka’s economic collapse, saying Colombo’s “dumb bets” on high-debt Chinese investment have led to the catastrophic outcomes. https://youtu.be/7qsjMPAPiF0 “The Chinese have a lot of weight to throw around and they can make a very appealing case for their investments,” William Burns said at the Aspen Security Forum on Wednesday. “Nations should look at a place like Sri Lanka today–heavily indebted to China–which has made some really dumb bets about their economic future and are suffering pretty catastrophic, both... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/22)
"I am not a friend of the Rajapaksas - I have been against them ever since I knew them" - President
Yesterday evening, President elect Ranil Wickramasinghe visited Hunupitiya Gangarama Temple in Colombo. Although this was planned as a private visit, many politicians of the ruling party and journalists from home and abroad who came to know about it also attended the event. A British sky news journalist asked the President that since the people of this country are expecting a change and how will you, an old Rajapaksa supporter, make that change. The rest of the conversation is given below; How can I be a friend... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/22)
UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as the 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka
UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in today (21) as the 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka. This was at the Parliament complex. Ranil Wickremesinghe is the first President of Sri Lanka to be elected in a vote held in the Parliament. Former MP Sirima Bandaranaike, the world's first Prime Minister, was sworn in on July 21, 1960. Likewise, Ranil Wickramasinghe was first elected to Parliament on 21 July 1977.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/22)
The Elephant in the Room: Geopolitics and the ‘Great Reset’ in Sri Lanka
“But to watch cricket, there has to be a country left for us to watch it in, no?” A fan at the Galle Test Match that ended with an innings victory for Sri Lanka. July 11, 2022 Spirits were high on July 11 when the Sri Lankan cricket team beat the visiting Aussies by an innings even though the country was in its worst economic crisis ever, due to a lack of Dollars to buy fuel caused by an international Sovereign Bond (ISB), debt trap and Staged Default. The cricket victory followed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 7B
JVP was allowed to register as a political party in 1981. The first elections the JVP contested were District Development Councils elections. JVP contested four seats in the District Development Councils election in 1981, and won two. The seats were Colombo, Gampaha, and Galle. I was unable to find out what the fourth was, probably Matara. JVP participated in the District Development Council (DDC) elections of 1982 too. JVP then started to regularly contest the two major national elections, General and Presidential.JVP made sure that it had a presence, however small, in each election.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 7A
Why did the two JVP uprisings happen precisely in 1971 and 1987, asked commentators. The answer is that they were both linked to the Eelam war. JVP insurgency and the Eelam Wars both started around the same time. The first JVP insurgency started in the south in 1971. LTTE activities also started in the 1970s. The JVP activities are well documented. Here are the parallel activities of the LTTE for the same period. Senior DIG (Retd) Edward Gunawardena pointed out that terrorism in the north started in the early 1970s. The militant... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
සිංහල බෞද්ධ ඉවරද?
දැනට උද්ගතව ඇති ආර්ථික හා දේශපාලන අර්බුදය සම්බන්ධ ප්රධාන ආගමික ක්රියාකාරිකයෙකු වන ඕමල්පේ සෝභිත හිිමිපාණන්ගේ ප්රකාශයක කොටසක් පමණක් උපුටා දක්වමින්ිදැන් සිංහල බෞද්ධ ඉවරයැ’ යි පිරිසක් උදම් අනනු සමාජ මාධ්ය ජාලාවල දක්නට ඇත. කෙනෙකුගේ ප්රකාශයක් විකෘති වන සේ උපුටා දැක්වීමේ වරදට අමතරව, මෙහිදී අප අවධානය යොමු විය යුතු වඩාත් වැදගත් කරුණ වනුයේ මෙබඳු විකෘති කිරීමක් මගින් සමාජගත කිරීමට උත්සාහ දරනු ලබන මතවාදය කවරක්ද යන්නයි. සෝභිත හිමියන් ප්රකාශ කොට ඇත්තේ ගෝඨාභය රජයට තව දුරටත් සිංහල බෞද්ධ ඡුන්ද පදනම නැති බවයි. එහෙත් මෙම ප්රකාශකයන් එය යොදා ගන්නේිසිංහල බෞද්ධ ජාතිකත්ව හා ආගමිකත්ව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
An Analysis of Wickremesinghe’s thumping victory in Lankan Presidential poll
Colombo, July 21 (newsin.asia): Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe won the Sri Lankan Presidential election with a thumping majority against Dullas Alapahpperuna and Anura Kumara Dissanayake. In the election held on Wednesday in the Sri Lankan parliament, with its 225 members as the voters, Wickremesinghe got 134 of the 219 valid votes, Alahapperuma got 82 and Dissanayake got three. Voting was by secret ballot, which allowed members to vote freely. The post of President had been vacant since President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned on June 14, having falling from grace. Pressured by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
Real Debt Trap: Sri Lanka Owes Vast Majority to West, Not to China
Facing a deep economic crisis and bankruptcy, Sri Lanka was rocked by large protests this July, which led to the resignation of the government. Numerous Western political leaders and media outlets blamed this uprising on a supposed Chinese “debt trap,” echoing a deceptive narrative that has been thoroughly debunked by mainstream academics. In reality, the vast majority of the South Asian nation’s foreign debt is owed to the West. https://www.youtube.com/embed/U52tT5hgtSk?feature=oembed Sri Lanka has a history of struggling with Western debt burdens, having gone through 16 “economic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
Dinesh Gunawardena tipped to be PM
Leader of the House and MP Dinesh Gunawardena is tipped to be appointed as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka under the Presidency of Ranil Wickremesinghe. https://youtu.be/wnMRq7OlE4I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
Our candidate couldn't win: Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that his party’s candidate was unable to win the Presidential election in Parliament today. “We presented Dullas. We voted for him, but lost. Somebody has to win,” he told media in parliament. "He (Ranil) got more votes, so he became the president. That's what has happened. We are waiting to see what will happen in the future. Whatever the government is, it must work for the people of the country," he said. "There are different opinions. Some say this is the opinion of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
New President vows tough line against troublemakers
Sri Lanka’s president-elect vowed on Wednesday to take tough action against anyone resorting to what he called the undemocratic means that led to his predecessor’s ouster. Six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he will not bow to violence after winning a parliamentary vote to succeed Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned last week. “If you try to topple the government, occupy the president’s office and the prime minister’s office, that is not democracy, it is against the law,” Wickremesinghe said after praying at a Buddhist temple in the capital Colombo.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
CBSL chief confident Sri Lanka can overcome economic crisis within 5 months
Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says he is confident that Sri Lanka can come out of this severe economic crisis within a period of 05 months. “We have a clear program and a clear path,” he added. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=329050316110205&ref=external In an interview with CNN, the governor said Sri Lanka will, however, experience a difficult time until then. If Sri Lanka has a stable administration from tomorrow onwards, we can make strong decisions by the administration, Dr. Weerasinghe pointed out. Sri Lanka parliament voted in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
IMF hopes to complete Sri Lanka aid talks ‘as quickly as possible’
The International Monetary Fund hopes to complete rescue talks with Sri Lanka “as quickly as possible,” Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday, hours before the crisis-hit South Asian nation elected a new president. Speaking with Nikkei Asia in Tokyo, Georgieva said the fund was “very deeply concerned about the well-being of the people in Sri Lanka,” which has been gripped by severe shortages of fuel, food and other essentials after its foreign reserves dried up. https://youtu.be/WZbuo4iDyJQ Frustrated citizens have turned their anger on the government, clouding the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
Ranil to be sworn in as President tomorrow
Ranil Wickremesinghe is to be sworn in as Sri Lanka’s 8th Executive President at the Parliamentary complex tomorrow morning (21 July). Sri Lankan Parliament today voted acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe as the next President of the country. He won 134 of the total 219 votes that were found valid. https://youtu.be/cy1WwGgKyYw The other main candidate, ruling party lawmaker Dullas Alahapperuma received 82 votes while the third candidate, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, got just three votes. Following his victory, Wickremesinghe said that Sri Lanka is in a very difficult... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
Newly elected President’s invitation to all political parties
Newly elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe invited all parties in Parliament including the opposition to work together on a new strategy fulfilling the aspirations of the people. Addressing the House after he was elected as President by a majority of votes in Parliament, he expressed his gratitude to fellow presidential candidates MPs Dullas Alahapperuma and Anura Kumara Dissanayake. https://youtu.be/mTv9aOCV_4s Wickremesinghe stated that he has been in the Parliament for 45 years and that his life was in this parliament. “I am especially grateful to be given this honor from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
Sri Lanka parliament elects Ranil Wickremesinghe as new President
The Parliament today (July 20) elected Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka by majority votes. In a secret ballot that got underway in the House this morning, the Members of Parliament voted to elect a succeeding President to fill in the post left vacant after the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa last week. In the 225-member parliament, 223 had cast their votes and four were declared invalid. Two members namely MPs Selvaraja Gajendran and G.G. Ponnambalam abstained from voting. https://youtu.be/0OL5XlwnjgU Wickremesinghe... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
Dullas, Sajith agree to fulfill TNA demands in return for support
Presidential candidate Dullas Allahapperuma and his prime ministerial candidate Sajith Premadasa have agreed to fulfill demands put forward by the TNA in a meeting held today evening which included the release of all political prisoners and the release of all private lands, including those occupied by the army and archeological sites in the North and East. A senior TNA source who attended the meeting said that some of the other demands put forward included the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) restarting inquiries into missing persons, the Sri Lankan government must cooperate with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
A VERY CREDIBLE NEWS ITEM THE SRI LANKA ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO LOOK AT SERIOUSLY
July 19th 2022 The objective of this posting is not to cause alarm but to warn the Sri Lanka authorities to take preventive action before the Nation already imperiled by the Rajapaksa debacle takes another unexpected hit from an unlikely source which in all probabilities has been planning for exactly such a situation.It is not mere speculation that organizations like the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and their allies from Tamil Nadu et al would truly relish such a situation to manifest itself where the facts presented seem very much aligned to their ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
රට මුහුණ දෙන අර්බූදය සමනය කිරීමට ජනාධිපති අපේක්ෂක ඩලස් අලහප්පෙරුමට දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්යාපාරයෙන් කොන්දේසි 12ක්
දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්යාපාරය ජනාධිපති අපේක්ෂක ඩලස් අලහප්පෙරුම මහතා වෙත ලිපියක් යවමින් පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ වත්මන් ආර්ථික සහ දේශපාලන අර්බුදය තවදුරටත් වර්ධනය වීම වළක්වා ගැනීම සහ නිශ්චිත කාල රාමුවකට අදාළව අර්බුදය සමනය කර ගැනීම සඳහා වැඩපිළිවෙළක් සහ එය ක්රියාත්මක කිරීම සඳහා මාර්ග සිතියමක් රටට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට ආණ්ඩුවේ පාර්ශ්ව මෙන්ම විපක්ෂයේ පාර්ශ්වද අසමත්වී ඇති බව අවධාරණය කරයි. දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්යාපාරයේ මහ ලේකම් වෛද්යය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතාගේ අත්සනින් යුතුව ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලබන එම ලිපිය මගින් ,මේ වනවිට උත්සන්න වෙමින් පවතින දේශපාලන අර්බුදය උපදින්නේ ක්රමයෙන් වර්ධනය වූ ආර්ථික අර්බුදයට මුහුණදීම සඳහා ආණ්ඩුවේ පාර්ශ්ව මෙන්ම විපක්ෂය සහ මහජනයා සමඟ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
මහ බැංකු අධිපති නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ අද ඇතිවී තිබෙන ආර්ථික අර්බූදයේ ප්රධාන පාර්ශවකරුවෙක්-ඉංජිනේරු කපිල පෙරේරා වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ ජාතික පෙරමුණේ සභාපති
වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ ජාතික පෙරමුණ මාධ්ය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පවසා සිටින්නේ, මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ මහතා අද උද්ගතව ඇති ආර්ථික අර්බුදය බිහිකිරීමේ ප්රධාන පාර්ශවකරුවෙකු බවයි. ජාත්යන්තර ස්වෛරී බැඳුම්කර අධිකව නිකුත් කිරීම අද අප රට වැටී තිබෙන තත්වයට ප්රධානතම හේතුවක් බැව් ඉතා පැහැදිළි බව පෙන්වා දෙන වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ ජාතික පෙරමුණ නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ මහතා නියෝජ්ය මහබැංකු අධිපති සහ ජේෂ්ඨ නියෝජ්ය මහබැංකු අධිපති ලෙස මහබැංකුව මෙහෙයවමින් 2013-2019 දක්වා කාලය තුළ ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියන 14ක පමණ ජාත්යන්තර ස්වෛරී බැඳුම්කර ප්රමාණයක් නිකුත් කිරීමට දායක වී ඇති බව පවසයි.වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ ජාතික පෙරමුණේ සභාපති ඉන්ජිනේරු කපිල පෙරේරාගේ අත්සනින් යුතුව නිකුත් කර ඇති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/22)
ලංකාව: කළු සුද්දන්ගේ පාලන සමය, 1948-2019 (නොහොත් මන්ත්රී ප්රජා තන්ත්ර-නාස් ලණු-වාදය) හැඳින්වීම- part II
පොතක් වශයෙන් මා විසින් පිළියෙලකල ඉහත සඳහන් මාතෘකාව සහිත ලිපි එකතුවට ලියනලද හැඳින්වීම කොටස් දෙකකින් ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නේ ජූලි 9 දා සිදුවූ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨභයගේ ඉවත්කිරීම සමඟ රටේ උද්ගතව ඇති අර්බුදකාරී තත්වය ඉදිරියේ එහි සඳහන් කර ඇති කරුණුවල වැදගත්කම නිසාය. අලි-මිනිස් ගැටුම් ගැන ඇතිවූ පෙලපාලි මෙන් නොව, පෝර දියව් පෙළපාලි රෙජීම් චේන්ජ් එකක් සඳහා මානබලමින් සිටි රට කැබලිකිරීමේ දෙස්-විදෙස් ව්යාපාරයට ඉණිමඟක් ලබාදුන්නේය. රටේ යහපත සඳහා සිස්ටම් චේන්ජ් එකක් වේවිද, නැද්ද යන්න නුදුරු අනාගතයේදී දැනගැනීමට හැකිවනු ඇත. ලංකාව, ලෝකයේ වඳවෙමින් යන අතීත ශිෂ්ටාචාරයකට හිමිකම් කියන සිංහල බෞද්ධයාට ලෝකයේ ඇති එකම ඉඩම් කැබැල්ල බව පෙන්වා දෙන්නට තරම් දැණුමක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
Petition challenging appointment of Ranil as MP dismissed
A Fundamental Rights petition filed challenging the legality of the appointment of UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe as a Member of Parliament was Today dismissed by Supreme Court. Supreme Court three-judge-bench comprising Justices Gamini Amarasekara, Shiran Goonaratne and Janak de Silva refused to grant leave to proceed with this petition taking into consideration several reasons including petition had been filed out of time. General Secretary of Vinivida Peramuna Nagananda Kodituwakku filed this petition seeking a declaration that UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe is disqualified and not entitled to be elected as Members... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
Professionals, new comers in Parliament agree to support Dullas: Jayasumana
Professionals and new comers in Parliament have come to an agreement that Dullas Alahapperuma should be made President, former minister Channa Jayasumana said. He told media that country is urging that someone who is free of fraud and corruption should lead the country and Mr. Alahapperuma bears such qualities. He said Mr. Alahapperuma manifested his plans to ensure political and economic stability during the next 18 months. He said Mr. Alahapperuma can garner around 20 votes more than the required votes . (Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
Wimal, Gammanpila led group to vote for Dullas
MPs Wimal Weerawansa, Udaya Gammanpila and the independent group from the ruling party have decided to vote for MP Dullas Alahapperuma in the vote to elect the President. MP Weerawansa informed the decision during a press briefing held today... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
SLFP decides to vote for Dullas
SLFP Central Committee has decided to vote for MP Dallas Alahapperuma in the vote to elect the President tomorrow, said MP Dayasiri Jayasekara.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
Some TNA, SJB, SLFP MPs to vote for Ranil
A section of TNA, SJB and SLFP MPs will vote in favour of Acting President Ranil’ Wickremesinghe tomorrow, MP Harin Fernando told Dailymirror a short while ago. Fernando said he was confident that Wickremesinghe will win the Parliament vote for presidency tomorrow as he had the numbers. "It is a secret vote and we have assurance from several SJB, TNA and SLFP MPs that they will vote for Ranil Wickremesinghe despite their parties deciding to vote for Dullas Allahapperuma," Fernando said. (Yohan Perera)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
Did Sri Lanka’s President ban chemical fertilizer on advice of Indian ecologist Vandana Shiva?
In April 2021, Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapakse banned chemical fertilizer. The decision was sudden & no one really knew who advised the President. It now emerges that the President was advised by none other than Indian ecologist Vandana Shiva. As a result paddy crop failed resulting in retail price of rice increasing by 30% and tea production falling by 40%. However, anyone can give advice, but it has to be taken pragmatically. Nevertheless, we must wonder if this was part of the political & economic collapse of Sri Lanka. Therefore not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
පහත ඒවායින් කොපමණ සත්යයක් ද? How much of the following true?
මේ රට පාලනය කරන්නේ නූගත් පිරිසක්, හොරු රැලක් කියලා අපේ රටේ තරුණ තරුණියො කැරැල්ලක් ගැහුවා. Young people agitated claiming that the politicians are uneducated and ignorant. සෝෂල් මීඩියා වල ප්රසිද්ධ, ලියන, පේජ් කරන, වීඩියො හදන පිරිසක් මේ කැරැල්ලට එකතු වුනා. Social media people joined the agitation group "aragalaya". ජනප්රියතාවය වැඩි හින්ද ඉබේම මේ තරුණ අරගලයේ ස්වයං පත් වූ නායකත්වය ඔවුන්ට හිමි වුනා. As the "aragalaya" became popular, the social media people appointed themselves as their leaders. අවසානයේ කොල්ලො, කෙල්ලො පාරට ඇවිත් පාලකයන් පැන්වූවා. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
SRI LANKA: Malnutrition and Starvation- Next Stage of the Crisis
As people began to learn about the terrible consequences of the dollar crisis, there also emerged a political slogan that seemed to suit the occasion. “Gota Go Home” became the slogan and in no time it became the rallying cry from almost everyone throughout the country. There appeared at the time there is a unity of purpose and a unity of perspective among all those who were participating in adopting that slogan.The actual reason that pushed forward this massive movement varied. For majority of people, one of the most compelling reasons... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
US fingerprints found behind Sri Lanka unrest
This particular discussion was commenced by objecting to the use of inappropriate and humiliating language ' Buddhist Terrorism'. It was in that context that Kalinga Seneviratne's article becomes relevant https://www.indepthnews.net/index.php/the-world/asia-pacific/2588-why-a-white-christian-isn-t-called-a-terrorist ' Why are Christians not called Terrorists by the International Media while all others belonging to non - Christian religions are called Terrorists?' Cherry-picking targets for demonizing and group defamation carries potential criminal liability. Kalinga's question has still not been answered. No country has 100% of its population belonging to one religion. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
2020 මහ මැතිවරණයේදී මේ රටේ මුළු චන්ද සන්ක්යාවෙන් 3.16% ක් පමණක් ලබාගත් ත්රස්ථවාදි ණඩයකට බලය දී ඊට විරුද්ධව චන්දය දුන් 97% ජනතාවක් පාවා දී , වසර 2500 ක් පැවති මේ සින්හල බෞද්ධ රටත්, ජාතියත් විනාශ කරනවාද?
ශ්රි ලන්කා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ සිටින මන්ත්රීවරුන් 225 දෙනාම වෙත, විෂේශයෙන්ම සින්හල මන්ත්රීන් වෙත කෙරෙන අනතුරු ඇඟවීමක්. ක්රි. පූ. 543 සිට සින්හලේ රාජධානිය වශයෙන්ද ක්රි.පූ.307 සිට අද දක්වාම ලෝකයේ ඇති එකම සින්හල බෞද්ධ රාජ්ය වශයෙන්ද පැවති බව මේ රට විනාශකිරීම සඳහා අධිරාජ්ය වාදීන් විසින් දෙමල මුස්ලිම් මිනිසුන් සින්හලයින්ට එරෙහිව උසිගන්වනතුරු පිළිගත් දෙමළ සහ මුස්ලිම් මන්ත්රීවරුන්ද මේ සින්හල රටේ නීත්යානුකූල පුරවැසියන් වනනිසා ඔවුන්ටද මෙම නිවේදනය අනිවාර්යෙන්ම අදාල වේ. පැරණි ලෝකයේ අනාදිමත් කාලයක සිට මෑතක් දක්වාම මිහිබට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
ලාල් කාන්තවයි හඳුන්නෙත්තිවයි අත් අඩංගුවට ගත යුතුයි- එක්සත් රණවිරු ප්රජාවේ කැඳවුම්කරු අසේල ධර්මසිරි 
එක්සත් රණවිරු ප්රජාවේ කැඳවුම්කරු අසේල ධර්මසිරි මහතා මාධ්යය සාකච්ඡාවක් පවත්වමින් පවසා සිටියේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට පහරදීමට ජනතාව පෙළඹවූ සුනිල් හඳුන්නෙත්තිට සහ ලාල් කාන්තට එරෙහිව නීතිය ක්රියාත්මක කළ යුතු යැයි අවධාරණය කළේය. මහනුවරදී පසුගිය 17 වනදා මාධ්යය හමුවක් පවත්වමින් මේ බව පැවසූ ඒ මහතා වැඩිදුරටත් පවසා සිටියේ භාෂණයේ සහ ප්රකාශනයේ නිදහස ඇති නමුත් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යයවස්ථාව ආරක්ෂා කිරීමේ වගකීම සියලු දෙනාටම තිබෙන බවයි. ඒ අනුව රටේ මූලික නීතිය වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යයවස්ථාවට එරෙහිව කෙනෙකු ගැටුම්කාරී ලෙස කටයුතු කරන්නේ නම් ඔවුන් සියලු දෙනා ත්රස්තවාදීන් ලෙස... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
Registration of Sri Lankan Students in India
The High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi together with the Deputy High Commission of Sri Lanka in Chennai and the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Mumbai intend to collect information pertaining to Sri Lankan students who are currently studying in India in order to update the relevant databases. This would enable the Sri Lankan Missions/Posts to reach out to Sri Lankan students and provide assistance whenever necessary This would enable the Sri Lankan Missions/Posts to reach out to Sri Lankan students and provide assistance whenever necessary. The Sri Lankan Missions/Posts in India request... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
Ranil and Dinesh to Run the Interim
US Fingerprints Behind Aragalaya? Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as the Acting President Gotabaya resigned and fled the country for Singapore, Arjuna Mahendran’s safe haven, that, the then President Sirisena’s plea in 2017 [remember 20,000 signatures] for the swindler’s extradition was disregarded. The famous 225, meeting in groups at multiple venues haven’t made any compromise resulting in all party interims rule a non-starter. They will never be able to suppress their greed for power, position and privileges; cast off their personal agendas and unite for the sake of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
Dullas Alahapperuma: Former Scribe in Fray to Become Next Sri Lankan President
The former journalist, Dullas Alahapperuma, has the support of ex-foreign minister GL Peiris and received a fresh boost from opposition leader Sajitha Premadasa. Will this steer him to victory on Wednesday? ullas Alahapperuma of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party is one of the candidates who is in the race to become the Sri Lankan president. The presidential election was triggered when Gotabaya Rajapaksa, of the same party, fled to Singapore in the face of public wrath. The 63-year-old lawmaker is a former journalist who first served as a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/22)
In defense of the Presidential system.
With the exceptional success of the Aragalaya protests many politicians and academics have developed and aversion to the Presidential System of Government. (PSG). But Aragalaya hostility was not on the PSG but against Gotabhaya Rajapakse and of course the Rajapakse clan which is now extended against Ranil W. Many parties tried to read systems change element into Gota go home cry which was not correct. Until their final success the Aragalaya focused on the single objective to send Gota home which was an adroit strategy. Only with their success have they demanded pending the enactment of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/22)
ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන මාෆියාව/මේනියාව Bangladesh approach 'not to face Sri Lanka like crisis' රනිල්ගේ ගෙට ගිනි තැබූ බවට සැක සජබ සංවිධායකගේ පුතා රටින් පනී?  ශ්රී ලංකාව සහ රුසියාව ඉන්දියාව සමඟ කරන ගනු දෙනු වලදී ඉන්දීය රුපියල භාවිතයට ඉඩ  අරගල ලොක්කන් තිදෙනෙකුගේ ගිණුම්වලට කෝටි හතරහමාරක්.. ලැබුනු විදිහ ඇහුවාම බැංකුවත් වටලනවා කියා තර්ජනය කරලා.. Universal jurisdiction: Manohara asks whether US visa refusal aimed at Gotabaya’s arrest State of Emergency declared in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s ambassador to China urges ADB and World Bank to take bigger role in debt restructure I can’t lie and promise immediate relief to the people – Sajith Previous govt was ‘covering up facts’ about financial crisis - Acting President Sri Lanka to seek UK assistance to probe Easter Sunday attacks Will China Subdue the United States without a Fight to Dominate the Indian Ocean? This Is VERY VERY Bad... (It's Happening NOW!) Will all the Problems in this country be over with Gota Going Home? Time to review the number of reviews in the Decision Review System (DRS) එදා පෙනී සිටියේ ධර්ම රාජ්යයක් වෙනුවෙනි. අද සිංහල බෞද්ධ බලය දැන් ඉවරයි. බාරගත් කොන්ත්රාත් එකත් ඉවරද? අරගලය කුමණ්ත්රණයක්ම පමණී. ඉතිහාසය හරියට ලියන්න. ගෝඨාභය බෞද්ධයින්ගේ ගෞරවය රැක්කාට ස්තූතියි. Let sanity prevail! Much needs to be done to prevent falling down; Ranil Acting President orders probe into alleged attempts to influence MPs’ votes Top-level talks with the IMF had stalled - Economy to contract by 6% - CBSL governor Presidential contest 2022: Independent Parties yet to decide US ambassador Chung: If Capitol Hill rioters are to face sedition charges – what about July9 in Sri Lanka? රනිල් ජනාධිපටිය. ඒකට මට හිනාය. News, Air, Sea and Cyber Embargo on Sri Lanka? Western Debt Is Driving Sri Lanka’s Crisis Global energy crisis and Bangladesh case Leading by example: Bangladesh’s approach to regional humanitarian crisis Vee da (වීද) hoo da (හූද) people? It is easy to make allegations, So we see that there is an organization ready to print and distribute new headbands overnight. ගෝටාභය රාජපක්ෂ ගැන ජාත්යන්තර අමුතු හෙලිදරව්වක් - හොදින් අහන්න කරපු දේ. Why a White Christian Isn't Called a Terrorist කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලයට රැස්වෙන්න තැනක් නෑ.. කොළඹ හෝටලයක රැස්වේ.. හිටපු ජනපති ගෝටාභය යලි ලංකාවට… කොළඹින් නිල නිවසක්… වරප්රසාද සියල්ල සූදානම්.. කෝටි හතරහමාරක් රැට්ටාලට ලැබිලාලු Sri Lanka’s Crisis Of Legitimacy – Analysis Sri Lanka introduces national fuel pass to ease queues Ex-President Gotabaya says he ‘took all possible steps’ to prevent crisis Will begin urgent relief program to provide essentials, Ranil says SJB reaffirms Sajith’s candidature for presidency GL questions Kariyawasam on backing Ranil for office of president SLFP decides to refrain from voting in election for presidency Anura Kumara to join race for presidency Vacancy in office of President officially announced in parliament How parliament elects successor when office of President becomes vacant පාර්ලිමේන්තුව තෝරා ගන්නේ රනිල්ද? ඩලස්ද? ආර්ථික අර්බුදය ඇති වූයේ කෞටිල්යෙගේ දියකාවා උකුසු කුමන්ත්රණයට ලංකාව හසු වීම නිසයි Open later to President Counselor Mr. Chandaka Jayasundara ගාලු මුවදොර මහරාජාගේ ජොක්ස්ට්රැප් විරෝධතාව - 2014 පෙබරවාරි මාසයේදී යුක්රේනයේ ‘මෛඩන් චතුරශ්රය’ ව්යාජ කොඩි මෙහෙයුම නැවත ධාවනය කිරීම (2 කොටස) US Fingerprints Found Behind Sri Lanka Unrest Acting Lankan President Wickremesinghe to suppress fascism and enhance parliament’s powers Multiplicity of candidates will complicate Lankan Presidential poll Sri Lanka Collapses and Dutch Farmers Revolt. Blame ‘Green’ Policies. අරගලකරුවන් ඉවත්වූ මන්දිර මාධ්යයට ප්රදර්ශනය කෙරේ (වීඩියෝ) China will agree to $4 billion aid for Sri Lanka “at some point”: Envoy SLPP to support Ranil in parliamentary vote for president Sri Lanka faces shutdown without stable govt: CBSL governor warns Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Acting President Court dismisses case against Russia’s Aeroflot airline ඩොලර් අර්බුදය උග්රවන්නේ 2017 විදේශ විනිමය පනත නිසාද?  The Tragedy of Export Development Breaking News! Here is letter of Gotabaya Rajapaksha Resign IMF says talks with Sri Lanka 'interrupted' by unrest President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns - letter sent to Speaker of Parliament Army personnel empowered to use force to protect lives & state property from harm අරගලය පිටුපස සජිත්ට තනියෙන් ජනපති/අගමැති විය හැකිද? පාර්ලිමේන්තුවෙන් පත්වන්නේ කවුද? Destructive Vengeance Beyond Reason in Sri Lankan Protest We condemn all violence & call for the rule of law to be upheld - US Ambassador Sri Lanka Speaker Seeks President Rajapaksa's Resignation, Says Other Options To Be Considered Army vehicles head towards Sri Lankan Parliament RW informs Speaker to nominate a PM UN chief asks Sri Lankan leaders to embrace spirit of compromise for peaceful, democratic transition Protesters brutally assault soldiers, steal two T-56 weapons along with ammunition: Army Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves the Maldives When the centre cannot hold… Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign on July 14 after reaching Singapore Gotabaya Rajapaksa awaits for private jet to depart from Maldives for Singapore Sri Lanka slipping into anarchy Modi government distances itself from Rajapaksas in latest twist to see-saw relationship Island-wide curfew imposed Protestors near Speaker’s residence tear-gassed Ranil requests Speaker to nominate a PM accepted by govt and oppn to form all-party govt Acting Lanka President Wickremesinghe says fascists trying to take over government වැඩ බලන ජනාධිපතිගෙන් විශේෂ ප්රකාශයක් (වීඩියෝ) PM appointed Acting President: Speaker Sri Lanka crisis | PM Ranil Wickremesinghe ‘to declare Emergency’, curfew imposed in Western Province Sri Lanka declares state of emergency as president flees country without resigning Future of a post-Rajapakse Sri Lanka Sri Lanka: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country on military jet No lawful authority for immigration officers to prevent Prez from flying out - SLIEOA Sri Lanka’s Crisis: Scenarios & Options Will all the Problems in this country be over with Gota Going Home? The dollar crisis Maharaja’s Jockstrap Protest at Galle-Face - A Re-run of Ukraine’s ‘Maiden Square’ False-Flag Operation in February 2014-(Part 2) මැතිවරණ සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ඡන්ද විමසීම් ජනතාවගේ සෘජු ඡන්දයෙන් පැවැත්වීමට හැකිවන පරිදි ඩිජිටල් ඡන්ද ක්රමයට පරිවර්තනය කරන නීති සංශෝධන ගෙනෙන ලෙස ඉල්ලා මැතිවරණ කොමසාරිස් ජනරාල්ට ඉල්ලීමක්.... New economic policies for SL The Rajapaksa Regime Is Gone. What Next for Sri Lanka? Wanted ex-CBSL governor speaks to CNN about Sri Lanka’s crisis situation Items and equipment at Temple Trees stolen; Complaints lodged with Police Archeology Dept officials visit President’s House to assess damage Gotabaya Rajapaksa signs resignation letter Sri Lanka President Seeks Seaborne Escape After Airport Standoff POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 6A ලංකාව: කළු සුද්දන්ගේ පාලන සමය, 1948-2019 (නොහොත් මන්ත්රී ප්රජා තන්ත්ර-නාස් ලණු-වාදය) POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 6B Eid-ul-Adha Sermon by Ahmadiyya Khalifa People have had their say! වත්මන් අර්බුදයේ සැබෑ පියවරුන් කවුද?  THIS WAS NOT JUST AN ARAGALYA OF THE YOUTH, IT HAS MORE DEEP INVOLVEMENTS. Real debt trap: Sri Lanka owes vast majority to West, not China Sri Lanka President Near Airport As Exile Rumours Spread GR still in the country, meets defence leaders Parliament to elect new President on July 20: Speaker UAE’s flydubai suspends operations to Sri Lanka Sajith prepared to give leadership to the motherland Parliament to elect new President on July 20 - SJB general secretary President still in Sri Lanka: Speaker clarifies reports of President leaving country Political instability might delay the progress we have been making so far - CBSL governor Prime Minister makes a special statement (Video) කිව්වා වගේ ම අස්වෙනවා - ඊළඟ කෙනා එන්නෙ රහස් ඡන්දෙන් පාපොච්චාරණය Colombo chaos: IMF and countries like India cannot help Sri Lanka unless there’s a credible regime in place An uprising fuelled by green madness... let the West beware: The anarchic scenes in Sri Lanka are a lesson for all governments in pursuing an economically illiterate agenda, Sri Lanka caught in a cleft Sri Lankan crisis is ‘very serious' matter, says EAM S Jaishankar ගිනි පති ධම්මදින්න ගේ ගින්න කිසි ලෙසකින් හෝ නොවෙමු! මංමුලාවූ අරගලය අරගලකරුවන්ගේ කෝපය සහ විරෝධය සාධාරණයි. එහෙත් නැවේ කපිතාන් සහ උප කපිතාන් මුහුදට දැම්මට නැව බේරෙන්නේ නැහැ- ජාතික සංවිධාන කියයි Sri Lanka is Not Bankrupt! “A country never goes bankrupt” පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන්ගේ භාෂා පරමාධිපත්යය ආරක්ෂා කිරීමට අසමත් වූ මහින්ද යාපා අබේවර්ධන කථානායකවරයා ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්යය රකීවිද? Thousands of protesters storm house of Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa ගාලු මුවදොර මහරාජාගේ ජොක්ස්ට්රැප් විරෝධතාව - 2014 පෙබරවාරි මාසයේ යුක්රේනයේ ‘මයිඩන් ස්ක්වෙයාර්’ ව්යාජ කොඩි මෙහෙයුමේ නැවත ධාවනය (1 කොටස) Army responds to shooting at entrance of President’s House Probe into PM’s private residence fire taken over by CID US, EU urges Sri Lankan political parties to cooperate and work quickly to achieve political and economic stability IMF hopes for resolution of Sri Lanka crisis to resume bailout talks What did happen to my Motherland-Sri Lanka Apt Question by Shenali Waduge අරගලය තුල ඇති අරගලය Prime Minister’s private residence set on fire President Gotabaya to step down on July 13 Party Leaders decide to inform President to resign President to accept decisions taken at the party leaders meeting PM Ranil Wickremesinghe says ready to resign Day of Open Doors Both the President and the PM should resign immediately and pave the way for the Parliament to elect a New President and a PM. For the rest of the 2year term of the Present Parliament that should be run by an Interim all -party Cabinet of about 12.. Maharaja’s Jockstrap Protest at Galle-Face - A Re-run of Ukraine’s ‘Maiden Square’ False-Flag Operation in February 2014 (Part 1) Sri Lanka - Way Forward Long Immediate and Long term Sri Lanka’s Political Crisis: Name 29 Professionals to be included into National List PM should resign as finance minister – Dhammika Perera ජනතා ප්රශ්න විසඳීමට සිදුකරන "අරගලය" ඉංග්රීසි ජාතිවාදීන් පෝෂණය කිරීමටද? Can Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith elaborate on the Church sponsored Eelam Pan-Christian State අර්බූදයෙන් ගොඩයාමට හැට එක් වැදෑරුම් සමාජ ගිවිසුම පිළිගනිමු- පූජ්යය ඉඳුරාගාරේ ධම්මරතන හිමි;සිඅය්ලු දේශපාලකයන් මහජනයාගේ කෝපය සමඟ සෙල්ලම් කරන්න නොකළ යුතුයි- ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුවේ මාධ්යය ප්රකාශක වෛද්යය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර Why isn’t the COPE-COPA grilling the Politicians? Sri Lanka’s energy crisis an artificial one? විදේශ ගත ශ්රමිකයින්ට විශ්රාම වැටුපක් - රුපියල් විසිදහසත් ලක්ෂයත් අතර මාසික ප්රතිලාභයක් ශ්රී ලං.ග.ම. සේවක වර්ජනය අවසන්. Joint statement of SLCAC and SLCAB about the verdict on TGEWA Country now reaping its benefits after long and well-planned effort: President Certain elements attempting to incite violence under guise of peaceful protests - Kamal Gunaratne The Opposition party (SJB) to surround President’s House tomorrow Violence is not & Answer - Chaos & force will not fix the economy : US Ambassador Police, armed forces empowered to use ‘necessary force’ to prevent violence Parts of Western Province under police curfew ඇමති කාංචන තෙල් මිල ගැන රටම ඇන්දුවේ මෙහෙමයි How the “Rule of Law & Democracy” angels removed a Chief Justice in Sri Lanka The Government should immediately proscribe all anti-national foreign agents called “Civil Societies” සිහිනය ලොකු කිරීමේ මාර්ගය පුරාවිද්යා බලධාරීන් විසින් අතහැර දැමූ ජාතික උරුමය කුච්චවේලි Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's 'Mango diplomacy' with Pakistan Self-inflicted wounds behind Sri Lanka's bankruptcy, not Chinese loans Probe the huge profit margins CPC makes on imports, sales of fuel: PUCSL Head Sri Lanka’s headline inflation projected to hit 70% in coming months CPC opens registration for USD priority consumer facility For a Balanced Economic and Foreign Policy: Beyond a self-inflicted fuel embargo WHAT ACTIONS WILL TAKE AGAINST RAJAPAKSA REGIME? හීනෙන් දුටු ගොල්ෆ් පේස් පිට්ටනිය - දෙවෙන කොටස How to get dollars for petrol - The Soviet Style- මව්රට පුවත්පත හා මව්රට වෙබ් අඩවිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අමාත්ය මනූෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී අද (05) කළ ප්රකාශය ගැන කරුණු පැහැදිලි කරන විශේෂ මාධ්ය නිවේදන යි. The Quickest Way Out Of The Gas and Oil Queues In Sri Lankan Silver Lining in Tourism Death of a Patriot ඉන්ධන, ගෑස්, පොහොර, ගල් අඟුරු අර්බුදයන් සියල්ලට නුදුරේදීම විසඳුම් සූදානම්…- විමල් හෙලි කරයි… Brits advised against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka as Tui cancels more holidays Putin, President of Sri Lanka discuss trade, economic cooperation, including in energy sphere - Kremlin JVPඑක නෙවෙයිද රට බංකොලොත් කරේ? PM should resign as finance minister - Dhammika Perera SL President calls Russian counterpart, seeks credit support to import fuel SRI LANKA NEED TO AGREE WITH THE HARSH CONDITION OF IMF HOW TO FAST TRACK DOLLAR INCOME GENERATION PM shares road Map - Parliament adjourned for 10 mts "I am ready to resign & support Anura Kumara Dissanayake if he can revive the country in 6 months as stated" - PM Is foreign-funded “Civil Society” attempting to replace the Political System in Sri Lanka? Lessons for Sri Lanka: Libya after US-NATO “liberated Libya” US Senate says IMF agreement with SL must depend on key reforms සියළුම අරගල කරුවන්, වැඩ වර්ජකයින්, රජයේ සහ විපක්ෂයේ බලලෝබී විරෝධථා කරුවන් සියළුදෙනා වෙත: ඔවුන් සියළු දෙනාගේම දේශප්රේමී ඇස් ඇරේවා යන ප්රාර්ථනාව සමඟ විවූර්ථ සන්දේශයක් 22A aims to achieve political stability - Minister Wijeyadasa Companies to get weekly guaranteed fuel quota if paying in USD Schools to remain closed this week ජනපති ගෝඨාභය යටතේ අගමැති වෙන්න අනුර සූදානම්.. ඉන්ධන, ගෑස් ගැටළුව දින කිහිපයකින් විසදන්න පොරොන්දු වේ… Japan says closely paying attention to SL’s difficult economic situation, ready to assist Lessons for Sri Lanka : “psychological operations in guerilla warfare“ CIA Manual used in Nicaragua THE PRIVATE SECTORS OF SRI LANKA IS EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT Cricket Australia must take up DRS authorship issue with ICC and resolve it on footing of fair play and justice Sri Lanka seeks greater cooperation in the food processing and dairy sectors with India තෙල් ඉල්ලන්න කටාර් ගිය කංචන තහනම් සංවිධානයක් ලෙස නම් කර තිබූ කටාර් චැරිටි තහනම ඉවත් කිරීමට පොරොන්දු වෙලා  සාෆි නිදහස් කලායැයි බොරු ප්රවෘත්ති පල කිරීම් ගැන සාක්ෂි ඉදිරිපත් කරන්න – කුරුණෑගල මහේස්ත්රාත්  Proposed Lankan constitutional amendment lets President Gotabaya off the hook Bankrupt Sri Lanka’s inflation jumps beyond 50% Sri Lanka fuel crisis: 'Living in my car for two days to buy fuel'- BBC News IMF highlights ‘corruption vulnerabilities’ in report on Sri Lanka HRCSL: No prisoners were used in 09 May attacks on protesters Chief Prelates write to President on country’s current situation Japanese Embassy denies media reports on Japan refusing to support Sri Lanka Why did Sabry-Nandalal & Sri Lanka’s top economists & business leaders recommend to stop debt repayment & float the rupee? POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 5Da POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 5Db POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 5Dc De-dollarize! AK-47 හා කාන්තා අයිතිය SECULARISM IN QUESTION IMF tells Sri Lanka to fight graft, raise taxes A close look into Sri Lanka's debt crisis: No 'Chinese debt traps' A soup kitchen opens in Colombo to cope with hunger caused by the economic crisis
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In recent times, one of the topics of discussion in regional politics including Bangladesh is the economic and political disaster in Sri Lanka. Since early 2022, this issue has been the subject of extensive discussion in both national and international level. Bangladesh's story is different from others The worsening economic crisis that Sri Lanka and many other nations are experiencing does not threaten Bangladesh with a debt catastrophe. More than 10 nations face the possibility of an economic collapse due to rising inflation, debt, and borrowing costs. Canadian... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/22)
ඉකුත් 09 දින රාත්රියේ වැඩබලන ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතාගේ පෞද්ගලික නිවසට ගිනි තබා හානි කිරීමට මුල්වූ බවට සැක , අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමට සොයමින් සිටි හිටපු නියෝජ්ය අමාත්යවරයකුගේ පුතකු රටින් පලාගොස් ඇති බව අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තු ආරංචි මාර්ග පවසයි. ඒ අනුව අදාල නියෝජ්ය අමාත්යවරයාගේ පුතා ඉකුත් (10) දින රාත්රියේ ඩුබායි රාජ්ය බලා පිටත්ව ගොස් ඇති බවද අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තු ආරංචි මාර්ග කියයි. සැකකරුගේ පියා මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ රජයේ නියෝජ්ය අමාත්යවරයකුව සිට පසුව එම පක්ෂයෙන් ඉවත්ව සමගි ජන බලවේගයට එක්ව ඇති අතර, දැනට ඔහු ගම්පහ දිස්ත්රික්කයේ ආසන සංවිධායකවරයකු වශයෙක් කටයුතු කරමින් සිටින බවද පැවසේ. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/22)
ඉන්දියානු සංචිත බැංකුව (RBI) ඉන්දියාව සහ ශ්රී ලංකාව සහ රුසියාව ඇතුළු අනෙකුත් රටවල් අතර ඉන්දියානු රුපියල් වලින් වෙළඳ බේරුම් කිරීමට අවසර දී ඇත. “ඉන්දියාවෙ අපනයනය මූලික කරමින් ගෝලීය වෙළඳාමේ වර්ධනය ප්රවර්ධනය කිරීම සඳහා සහ ඉන්දියානු රුපියල කෙරෙහි ගෝලීය වෙළඳ ප්රජාවේ වැඩිවන උනන්දුව සඳහා සහාය වීම සඳහා,ආනයන අපනයන කටයුතු වලදී ඉන්වොයිසි කිරීම, ගෙවීම සහ අපනයන පියවීම සඳහා ඉන්දියානු රුපියල භාවිත කිරීමට අවසර දීමට තීරණය කර ඇත.” යනුවෙන් ඉන්දියානු සංචිත බැංකුව පසුගිය ජූලි 11 වන සඳුදා නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පවසා සිටියේය. කෙසේ වුවද එවැනි ගනුදෙනු කිරීමට ප්රථම බැංකු අනුමැතිය ලබා ගත යුතුය. “හවුල්කාර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/22)
ගාලු මුවදොර අරගල භුමියේ රැඳී සිටින අරගලයේ ප්රධාන භූමිකාවක් දරන සමාජ මාධ්ය ක්රියාකාරීන් තිදෙනකු තම බැංකු ගිණුම්වලින් රුපියල් හාරකෝටි පනස් ලක්ෂයක් රැගෙන යාම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මේ වන විට ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යාංශයෙන් විමර්ශනයක් ආරම්භ කර ඇත. මෙම පුද්ගලයන් තිදෙනා මෑතකදී ලංකා බැංකුවේ යුනියන් ප්ලේස් ශාඛාවේ නව ගිණුම් තුනක් අරඹා තිබේ. එම ගිණුම්වලට පසුගිය 15 වැනිදා රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 150 බැගින් රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 450ක මුදලක් විදේශයක සිට කිසියම් පුද්ගලයකු තැන්පත් කර ඇති බව වාර්තා වෙයි. එම මුදල තැන්පත් කිරීමෙන් ටික වේලාවකට පසු මෙම බැංකුවට අදාළ පුද්ගලයන් තිදෙනා සුදු පැහැති ප්රියස් මෝටර් රථයක පැමිණ ඇත. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/22)
Manohara de Silva, PC, says the rejection by the US of a visa application by Gotabaya Rajapaksa towards the tail end of the latter’s presidential term may allow Western powers to arrest him in terms of the Geneva Resolution. The President’s Counsel emphasised that the Geneva Resolution authorised universal jurisdiction by accepting the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sri Lanka. The High Commissioner conducted that investigation, in terms of the Geneva Resolution (A/HRC/25/1), adopted in Match 2014. Sri Lanka co-sponsored... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/22)
A Gazette Extraordinary has been issued declaring a state of emergency across the island with effect from today (July 18). The state of emergency has been declared in a proclamation by Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe in terms of Article 40(1)(C) of the Constitution, by virtue of the powers vested in him by Section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance (Chapter 40), as amended by Act No. 8 of 1959, Law No. 6 of 1978 and Act No. 28 of 1988. https://youtu.be/ZfZqEi--19A It states the public emergency in Sri Lanka has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/22)
Sri Lanka has not reached any initial agreement with the IMF on debt relief, and its largest creditors -the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank - are urged to come up with a package that would speed up its debt restructuring process, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to China Palitha Kohona told the Global Times in an exclusive interview. https://youtu.be/d-2H0QbTvK4 He also called for more assistance from partners after the debt-ridden country claimed bankruptcy and imposed a state of emergency amid escalating protests and persisting shortage of daily necessities. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/22)
The Leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa says that he cannot lie and promise that relief can be given to the people immediately, within the current economic bankruptcy the country is facing. A special meeting between representatives of the citizen’s struggle protest movement and the opposition leader took place this morning (18) at the opposition leader’s office in Colombo. https://youtu.be/2dctijgLv-k During this week, the process of appointing the successor president of this country is ongoing while the members of citizen’s struggle informed their position to the opposition leader.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/22)
Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the country’s previous administration was “covering up facts” about its crippling financial crisis. Former leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government did not tell the truth, that Sri Lanka was “bankrupt” and “needed to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF),” Wickremesinghe told CNN from parliament in the nation’s administrative capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Monday. “I would like to tell the people I know what they are suffering,” he added. “We have gone back. We have to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps. We don’t need five... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/22)
The Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe delivered a special statement today (18) and touched on several topics including the present economic crisis, the shortages of essentials as well as the investigations into the Easter Sunday attacks. https://youtu.be/WM1ktWPlmqA He said that everyone should come together and rebuild Sri Lanka and this country can be rebuilt. Wickremesinghe said that when he accepted the premiership on May 13, a number of issues had arisen due to the collapse of the economy. He said: “I have worked to solve them. At... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/22)
Dr. Patrick Mendis, a former American diplomat and a military professor in the NATO and Indo-Pacific Commands of the US Department of Defense, is a distinguished visiting professor of transatlantic relations at the University of Warsaw in Poland as well as a distinguished visiting professor of global affairs at the National Chengchi University in Taiwan. A non-resident senior fellow of the Synergia Foundation in Bangalore, India and the Taiwan Center for Security Studies in Taipei, Prof. Mendis served as a distinguished visiting professor of Sino-American relations at the Yenching Academy of Peking University... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
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My answer is no. Only the Chapter on Rajapaksa family in the Mahavamsa will be closed. It will be followed by a very uncertain and really turbulent period that might be followed by a period of prosperity, happiness and peace for all if the present system of Government is replaced with a homemade model of development that make the maximum use of its bountiful physical, human and cultural resources under a strong, patriotic, visionary and benevolent Sinhala Buddhist leader who considers the subjects as his own children as it was done by our ancient... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
The recently concluded Sri Lanka – Australia Test series though it brought joy to Sri Lanka due to the magnificent performance of our cricketers also produced recriminations in Australia. Both Steve Smith and David Warner were subject to heavy criticism for wasting a pair of reviews on clear-cut lbw decisions in the second innings of Australia. The match ended in an innings defeat for Australia in the Second Test against Sri Lanka. Smith was accused of “Totally lacking in broader match awareness with so many batters to follow and fielders around the bat.” The Australian cricket writer... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
දක්ෂිණ ලංකාවේ ප්රධාන සංඝනායක පූජ්ය ඕමල්පේ සෝභිත හිමිබෝධිරාජාරාමයඇඹිලිපිටිය 2022 ජූලි මස 09 දින ජනාධිපති මන්දිරය අසල ඇතිවූ ජන අරගලයට සමගාමීව ඔබ වහන්සේ සහ කිතුණු පූජකයන් එක්ව මාධ්ය වෙත නිකුත් කරන ලද ප්රකාශය සම්බන්ධවයි.ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට හැට නව ලක්ෂයක් චන්දය ලබා දුන් අතර එම සිංහල බෞද්ධ බලය දැන් ඔහුට අහිමි වී ඇති බවද ලංකාවේ ජනතාවගෙන් සියයට අනූහතක්ම මේ ජන වරම ප්රතික්ෂේප කර ඇති බවද මේ ප්රකාශයේ අන්තර්ගතයයි. 2019 වර්ෂයේ දී ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ජනපති ධූරයට පත් කරලීම පිණිස ජනතාව පෙළ ගැසුණේ පැවති යහපාලන රජයේ අමනෝඥ ක්රියාකලාපය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
වළඳන එක බත් ඇටයකටවත් ණය නොවන, සිල්වත්, ගුණවත්, ප්රතිපත්තිගරුක ඉතාම සුන්දර පැවිදි ජීවිතයක් අපි ගෙවමින් සිටින්නෙමු. කුඩා කළ පැවිදිව, ගිහි පැවිදි අධ්යාපනයන් ඉතා උසස් ලෙස ලබාගෙන, ජීවිතය පුස්තකාළයක් කරගෙන, ගිහි ජීවිතයක නිවස තුළ, රැකියා තුළ, ගිහි බැඳීම් අතරේ සිදුවන සියළුම ක්රියාකාරකාම් වල සිට, ගිහි ජීවිතය ගැන ගිහියන්ට වඩා හොඳට අධ්යනය කර, ඒ ගැන හොඳින් ඉගෙන ගෙන, ඇස් දෙකෙන් දැක, කන් වලින් අසා, නුවණින් විමසා එහි ඇති හිස් කම නිසාම එයට නොඇලී, හුදකලාව වනගතව බවුන් වඩමින් අප ජීවත් වෙමු. එම නිසා මෙම මාතෘකාව ගැන කථා කරද්දි “නොදන්න දේවල් කථා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
A social media video clip is doing the rounds where a member of a legal profession who should be well versed in the law, is claiming that the Rule of Law and Human Rights protected by the Constitution of Sri Lanka is no longer valid post 9th July 2022. He thereupon declares that if any case is filed against any person who was a party to the Aragalaya on the 9th July 2022 they know the addresses of the private residences of the IGP and Deshabandu Tennakone, thus indirectly threatening... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
Whilst revealing that the G7 alliance on the global food crisis has offered Sri Lanka US$ 14 million to spend on food, Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe said there is much to be done to avoid third-world countries such as Sri Lanka falling down on their knees in the face of the global situation. Speaking during an international conference on food security, Acting President Wickremesinghe said high inflation had put food out of reach of people. " It is said some six million people in Sri Lanka are suffering from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
Acting President Ranil Wickramasinghe has instructed to conduct an investigation into the allegations that certain individuals through social media are attempting to influence or exert pressure on Members of Parliament and obstruct their right to vote freely to elect the next President. https://youtu.be/3Zo8AN2-Rrw The Acting President has issued these instructions to the security forces after being notified by MPs that due to threats made through social media, a situation has arisen where they are unable to vote freely. Accordingly, Mr. Wickramasinghe has informed to investigate the relevant incidents... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
Sri Lanka's crisis-hit economy is likely to contract by more than 6% this year as political instability and social unrest hamstring key discussions on financial relief with the International Monetary Fund and bilateral creditors, the country's central-bank governor has said to wall street journal. While technical discussions at the central bank and finance ministry level have continued, Nandalal Weerasinghe, who took over as central-bank chief in April, said top-level talks with the IMF on a multibillion-dollar bailout had stalled. He said the country urgently needed a stable political administration to progress... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress said that they will announce today as to who would get their support in the vote to elect the next President. The number of candidates to be the next President has now increased to 4 after Leader of the National People's Power Anura Kumara Dissanayaka also entered the race yesterday. The Samagi Jana Balawegaya had unanimously agreed to support Sajith Premadasa as their candidate.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Group of 9 Independent Parties is also yet to decide on whom to support during the upcoming vote in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
An 11 member far-right militia group “Oath Keepers” are charged with seditious conspiracy for January 2021 while another group was also charged in January 2022 attacks on the US Capitol. More than 725 Trump supporters were arrested for their role in opposing transfer of presidential powers. Sedition is the “attempt to overthrow, put down or destroy by force the government of the United States”. The Oath Keepers claim that the US Government has been corrupted by elites. The group is accused of using encrypted communications to plan the attack on Congress by creating several... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
රනිල් ජනාධිපටි උනේය ඒ කට මට හහ් හහ් හා කියා සිනහ පහල වන්නේය. '77 පටන් උප ඇමටි අධ්යාපන ඇමටි අර ඇමති මේ අමැටි අගමැටි වීමේ වාසනාවය. මාමා බෑනා පක්ෂයේ list එකේ ඉහල නායකයෝ එකා පිට එකා මැරී වැටෙද්දී පණ බේරා ගත්තේය. ඇරගල්කාරයෝ මරා ගනිද්දී හබන් කුකුළාට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
While everyone is distracted with the horse trading and the Parliament Puppet show to elect the next President and the Aragalaya, at this time questions are being raised as to whether there in a Air-Sea and Cyber Blockade of Sri Lanka to stop fuel arriving in the country from Russia or Iran since the first week of June? These countries do NOT trade in 'exorbitantly privileged' US Dollars. There seems to be a fuel embargo on Sri Lanka to deepen the crisis caused by the Staged Default, these months of June-July by starving the economy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
Behind the food and fuel shortages causing Sri Lanka's protests lie unmanageable debts to the West. The only answer to worsening humanitarian catastrophe is an immediate write-off. On Sunday, demonstrators broke into the lavish private residence of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. As protesters swam in his pool and made use of the gym, Rajapaksa finally succumbed to popular demands and promised to resign. But as he flees the country and a state of emergency is declared, it is unclear whether the victory for people power the resignation represented will open up solutions... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
In recent days, Power generation is being disrupted as per the demand due to sudden power and gas crisis in the country. This has increased load shedding in the country, including the capital Dhaka. According to media reports, load shedding is going on for six to eight hours in some districts including Rajshahi and Rangpur in the northern part of the country. Dhaka, Chittagong, Barisal, Sylhet and Mymensingh divisions are experiencing three hours of load shedding every day. Due to this, the city dwellers have become restless in the heat and industrial production is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
In recent times, Bangladesh most often gets significant global attention for her geopolitical quandary, US- backed targeted sanctions on security apparatus and climate disasters, while ignoring its significant and proven contribution to humanitarian activities. Though Bangladesh’s realization of humanitarian diplomacy has not been developed for many years, an impressive record of development and growth since the last decade owing to the demographic dividend, robust ready-made garment exports, remittances, and comparatively stable macroeconomic circumstances motivates the country to use its soft power through humanitarian assistance. Natural calamities including cyclones, floods, droughts, earthquakes, heatwaves, forest... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
Sri Lankans make a unique and hilarious knicker-twisted nation, exasperated over lengthy fuel lines to the point of ousting a president and then entire families sweating lengthier lines under umbrellas to see his residence. Any uprising cast as being spontaneous invariably runs into a bunch of problems, the most serious being the one about credentials. Who speaks for the aragalaya, one could ask. If anyone claims he/she speaks for the aragalaya (and many have, as individuals or groups), the immediate question is, who gave him/her the authority and on what grounds? This of course... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
It is easy to make allegations, especially now that every one has access to social media. But subsequently, no attempt is made to take them to courts by the enemies of politicians who make these accusations. See the book "Chavura Rajina"[Bandit Queen] on Chandrika Bandaranaike written by Victor Ivan indicting Chandrika. Only thing she was finally indicted upon was the Water's Edge land case. Every one has to be presume innocent until proven guilty. Yahapalanaya came to power with the express statement that they will investigate the Rajapaksas. A special unit was set... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
But they are not there, no orgaization exists, to MAKE biodiesel, biogas, or plant manioc. Doing those is SIMPLER, easier, and more helpful to the country and the down-trodden people than doing all this agitation and sowing vindictiveness. Sri Lanka is supposed to be a Buddhist country. Whether you are a Buddhist or a Marixts or an agnostic, the logic behind the Buddha's message contained in the parable of the man writhing in agony with an arrow in his body is unbeatable. The Buddha asked, if you... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
https://youtu.be/DeO_-DTeKjA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
This article is the 31st in a series of joint productions of Lotus News Features and IDN-InDepthNews, flagship of the International Press Syndicate. Click here for previous series. SYDNEY (IDN) – After a White Australian of Christian background Brenton Tarrant gunned down 50 Muslims praying at a Christchurch mosque on a Friday, it took the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern more than a day to call it a “terrorist” act, and when she did so, the mainstream media in Australia and New Zealand quoted Tarrant’s mother as describing him an “angelic boy”. Social... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
වැඩබලන ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් රැස්වූ පලමු කැබිනට් රැස්වීම ඊයේ දිනයේ රැස් වී තිබේ. එම කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලය රැස් වී ඇත්තේ කොළඹ නිදහස් චතුරස්රය ආසන්නයේ පිහිටි හෝටලයක දී ය. ඊට හේතුව වී ඇත්තේ ජනාධිපති මන්දිරය, ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය, අගමැති කාර්යාලය සහ අරලියගහ මන්දිරය අරගලකරුවන් විසින් අත්පත් කර ගැනීමෙන් පසුව මේ වන විට එහි පරීක්ෂණ කටයුතු සහ පිලිසකර කටයුතු සිදුකරමින් පැවතීමයි. රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා වැඩබලන ජනාධිපති ලෙස දිවුරුම් දීම කොළඹ වාලුකාරාමයේදී සිදු කිරීමටද මෙම හේතුව බලපා තිබිනි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
එළැඹෙන මාසයේදී නැවතත් ශ්රී ලංකාවට පැමිණෙනු ඇතැයි ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ සභාපති මහාචාර්ය ජී එල් පීරිස් මහතා සඳහන් කළේය. මාධ්ය වෙත අදහස් පල කරමින් ඔහු මේ බව පැවසීය. ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට විශ්රාම ගිය ජනාධිපතිවරයෙකුට හිමිවන වරප්රසාද ලැබීමට නියමිතව තිබේ. ඒ අනුව ඒ මහතාට හා ඔහුගේ බිරිදට කොළඹින් නිල නිවසක්, ආරක්ෂක බල ඇණියක්, වාහන ඇතුළු වරප්රසාද රැසක් හිමි වෙයි. දැනට විදෙස්ගතව සිටින ගෝටාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විසින් ඉල්ලා සිටින අවස්ථාවක මෙම පහසුකම් ලබා දීමට කටයුතු සූදානම් වෙමින් පවතී.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
රතිඳු සේනාරත්න (රැට්ටා), ඩිලාන් සේනානායක සහ අවිශ්ක විරාජ් කෝනාර විසින් මෑතකදී ලංකා බැංකුවේ යූනියන් ප්ලේස් ශාඛාවේ නව ගිණුම් තුනක් අරඹා තිබේ. මෙම ගිණුම් තුනට අද (15) රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 150 බැගින්, ලක්ෂ 450ක මුදලක් (හාරකෝටි පනස් ලක්ෂයක්) විදේශයක සිට තැන්පත් කෙරී තිබේ. ඉන් පැය කිහිපයකට පසු බැංකුවට සුදු පැහැති ප්රියස් මෝටර් රථයක පැමිණ තිබෙන රැට්ටා, ඩිලාන් සහ කෝනාර මෙම සම්පූර්ණ මුදලම රැගෙන ගොස් තිබෙන අතර, සාමාන්ය ක්රියාවලිය අනුව මුදල් ලැබීමට හේතුව පිළිබඳ ප්රශ්න කළ බැංකු නිළධාරීන්ට තර්ජනය කර තිබෙන්නේ තමන් අරගලයේ බවත්, තමන්ට බාධා කළහොත් ඊළග දිනයේ බැංකුවත් වටලන බව කියමින්ය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
Sri Lanka’s slide into political instability since April 2022 culminated in the resignation of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa following public protests on 9 July 2022. The government’s policy blunders and resistance to course correction were blamed for unleashing the harshest economic crisis on the Sri Lankan population in recent history. The former president’s resignation paves the way for the formation of an interim all-party government. Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves behind an economy ravaged by shortages of essential goods, spiralling inflation and a historical-first debt default. Much of the blame for this sorry state... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
The Ministry of Power & Energy today (July 16) introduced the National Fuel Pass which allows the general public to purchase a guaranteed quota of fuel per week for their personal vehicles. The fuel pass was launched with the technical support of the Institute of Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA), with the intention of easing the fuel queues. Accordingly, one vehicle can be registered under one National Identity Card (NIC), passport number or business registration number, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said joining the launch. A QR code will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
Sri Lanka’s ousted president, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took “all possible steps” to avert the economic crisis that has engulfed the island nation. Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation was accepted by parliament on Friday. He flew to the Maldives and then Singapore after hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters came out onto the streets of Colombo a week ago and occupied his official residence and offices. Sri Lanka’s parliament met on Saturday to begin the process of electing a new president, and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to commence an urgent relief program to provide fuel, LP gas and essential food items to reduce the burden on the people who are under economic pressure. He took this decision at a discussion held with Cabinet ministers and parliamentarians this morning (July 16). In addition, it has been decided to use additional funds for this purpose from the relief-oriented budget to be presented in the parliament in August. During the discussion, the Acting President also gave directives to speed up the measures pertaining... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
The parliamentarians of the main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and Samagi Jana Sandhanaya met today (July 16), under the leadership of Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa for a further discussion on the vacant position of the President. The SJB leader had earlier announced that he also plans to join the race for the presidency. His candidature was unanimously adopted by the parliamentary groups of the two parties. Accordingly, the adoption of the candidacy of the opposition leader was reaffirmed at today’s meeting. Several more rounds of discussions are scheduled to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
Chairman of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Prof. G.L. Peris has called for an explanation from the party’s General-Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam regarding his statement on backing the candidature of Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the election in parliament for the office of President. https://youtu.be/-owQEtxrGgY In a letter directed to Kariyawasam, Prof. Peiris demanded a response for the following: • Under what authority this purported decision was made;• The names of the persons who purportedly participated in the making of this decision;• The basis of selecting these persons;• The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) says it will refrain from voting to elect a new President as many candidates are now vying for the post, party leader Maithripala Sirisena says. The former president noted that a single candidate should be elected for the office of President unanimously. https://youtu.be/6cLZrYLayuE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
The leader of National People’s Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake has decided to enter the race for the presidency alongside three other frontrunners. https://youtu.be/RrxxNAZTGQA MP Vijitha Herath told a media briefing held at the NPP headquarters today that the party will nominate its leader for the election in the parliament for the office of President, scheduled to be held on July 20. Meanwhile, Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, SLPP MP Dullas Alahapperuma and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa will also contest to become the country’s next Head of State, which... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
The vacancy in the office of President of Sri Lanka was announced in the House this morning, by Secretary-General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake. The parliament met at 10.00 a.m. today under the provisions of the Presidential Elections (Special Provisions) Act, No. 02 of 1981, after former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa vacated the office effective from the 14th of July. https://youtu.be/XIMHea0eDSg The letter of resignation submitted by Rajapaksa to the Speaker was also read out in the House. A parliamentary vote is scheduled for July 20 (Wednesday) to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
The procedure for election of the President when the office of President shall become vacant (In terms of Presidential Elections (Special Provisions) Act No. 2 of 1981.) The parliament media unit has explained the procedure to elect a new President in terms of Presidential Elections (Special Provisions) Act No 02 of 1981, when the office of President becomes vacant. It states that, when the office of President becomes vacant in terms of paragraph (1) of Article 38 of the Constitution, as provided by Article 40 of the Constitution, Parliament should elect as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/22)
ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිවරයා නෙරපීමෙන් පසු පත්වන ජනාධිපතිවරයා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවෙන් නොව ජනතාවගේ ඡන්දයෙන් පත්කර ගැනීමට විධිවිධාන වූයේ නම් මේ ආකාරයට ගෝඨාභය ජනාධිපතිවරයාව නෙරපන්නේ නැත. එමෙන්ම රටෙන්ද නෙරපන්නේ නැත. ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිවරයා නෙරපීමේ ක්රියාව ආරම්භ කරන ලද්දේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසින් ජනාධිපතිවරයා ලෙස තෝරා ගැනීමට විධිවිධාන තිබූ හෙයින් ය. එම විධිවිධාන නොවන්නට ගෝඨාභය ජනාධිපතිවරයා නෙරපා දැමීමෙන් ප්රතිඵල ලැබිය නොහැකි වේ. එක් මන්ත්රී ආසනයක් හිමිවී තිබූ රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා අගමැති වීම හෝ ජනාධිපති වීම පිළිබඳ ජනතාව පුදුමයට පත් වූ අනපේක්ෂිත සිද්ධියකි. ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිවරයා නෙරපීමේ ක්රියාවලිය සඳහා ගාලුමුවදොර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/07/22)
(2022. 04.19. දින Daily News පුවත් පතේ 7 වැනි පිටුවේ පළ කරන ලද ලිපියේ සිංහල අනුවාදයයි) ශ්රී ලංකාව ආක්රමණය කිරීමට දියකාවා උකුසු කුමන්ත්රණ න්යාය ක්රියාත්මක වෙන්නේ කෙසේද? යන පර්යේෂණ ගැටලුවට පිළිතුරු සෙවීමට 2010 වසරේ දී මා විසින් සමාජ විද්යාත්මක පර්යේෂණයක් ආරම්භ කරන ලදී. එම පර්යේෂණයේ සාරාංශයක් සහ ඒ පර්යේෂණය ඇසුරින් ගොඩනගන ලද අනාවැකියේ සාරාංශයක් 2021 දෙසැම්බර් 20 වන දින බණ්ඩාරනායක අනුස්මරණ සම්මන්ත්රණ ශාලා පරිශ්රෙය්දී මා විසින් ප්රකාශයට පත් කරන ලදී. එම ප්රකාශය ඇන්ටි ඉලුමිනාටි යූ ටියුබ් නාලිකාවේ ප්රකාශයට පත් කර ඇත. මෙම ලිපිය පදනම් වී ඇත්තේ ඇන්ටි ඉලුමිනාටි යූ ටියුබ් නාළිකාවේ පළ වූ එම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
Dear Mr. Chandaka Jayasundara(Presidents Counsellor), You, being an educated man, seem to be blind and did not analyse the entire situation of Sri Lanka. Real problem is that this crisis was NOT created by Rajapaksa. Maybe Mr.Kabral is a bit responsible as the Governor of the Central bank did not see that this was going to happen. In 1920 Mahatma Gandhi organized the Indian people to boycott imported goods(imported by the British) while Ceylonese(I mean Sinhalaya) embraced them. These goods were not given free to Sri Lankans. The money went out of the country. Mahatma Gandhi's... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
1 කොටසින් ඉදිරියට 2014 පෙබරවාරි මාසයේදී යුක්රේනයේ, ජුන්ටා අගමැති ලෙස පත් කළ හිටපු මහ බැංකුකරුවෙකු වූ Yatsenyuk, රුසියානු ඇප දීමේ ගනුදෙනුව අවලංගු කර ඒ වෙනුවට IMF 'සහාය' ඉල්ලා සිටියේය. IMF කප්පාදු පියවර වහාම ක්රියාත්මක කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටියේය; විශ්රාම වැටුප්, උනුසුම් ආධාර සහ අනෙකුත් සමාජ වැඩසටහන් කප්පාදු කරන ලදී. කුමන්ත්රණය විසින් නිර්මාණය කරන ලද තත්ත්වය විස්තර කරමින් විශ්ලේෂකයෙකු පැවසුවේ, "යුක්රේනය මූල්ය කළු කුහරයක් බවට පරිවර්තනය කරමින් පාලන තන්ත්රය අවුල් සහගත තත්ත්වයන් මුදා හැරියේය" යනුවෙනි. 2022 මැයි 09 වැනි දින කොළඹදී සිදුවූ කුමන්ත්රණය, 2014 යුක්රේන කුමන්ත්රණයට සමාන බොහෝ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
Evidence is emerging that at least some segments of the ongoing protests in Sri Lanka are funded and backed by the US, serving US interests. A “digital strategist” given credit by the Western media for the successful toppling of the Sri Lankan government was a “volunteer” at a US National Endowment for Democracy-funded “election” organization. His group’s involvement in the current protests are a carbon copy of events that unfolded during the 2011 US-engineered “Arab Spring.” https://youtu.be/Ysy6qrXi0m0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
Colombo, July 16 (newsin.asia): The Acting Sri Lankan President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has said in a Special Statement released on Friday, that in the short period of time he is Acting President, he will take some urgent steps, including suppressing fascistic elements, which have raised their heads lately, and introducing drafts to fully re-implement the 19th Amendment of the constitution to enhance the powers of parliament vis-à-vis the Executive Presidency. The 19 th.Amendment (19A) had given parliament and the Independent Commissions ascendency over the Executive Presidency in vital areas. But these powers were... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
Colombo, July 15 (newsin.asia): Given the fact that the Sri Lankan Presidential election is to be held with a number of candidates in the fray, the procedure could be complicated with the possibility of the counting going through three phases. The process is set to begin on Friday following Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena’s formal announcement that he has received an authenticated letter from Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigning from the Presidency. Gotabaya had sent the letter by email from his refuge in Singapore late on Thursday. His signature was authenticated by the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
Douglas Blair is a news producer for The Daily Signal. He is the co-host of The Daily Signal Podcast. Sri Lanka is on fire and enraged protesters have stormed the presidential palace. Dutch farmers continue to protest all across the Netherlands by blocking roads with their tractors. Germany, Italy, and Poland have all had their own farmers’ protests, inspired by the Dutch. Around the globe, protesters are expressing just how fed up they are with failed “green” policies. The tension has been brewing for a long... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
අරගලකරුවන් ඉවත් වීමෙන් පසුව කොළඹ කොටුව ජනාධිපති මන්දිරයේ වත්මන් තත්ත්වය අද මාධ්ය වෙත ප්රදර්ශනය කෙරුණා. අනතුරුව අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ නිලධාරීන් ජනාධිපති මන්දිරයේ ඇඟිලි සලකුණු ලබා ගන්නා අයුරු ද දක්නට ලැබුණා. https://youtu.be/H3WVJhNifN8 කොළඹ කොටුව ජනාධිපති මන්දිරය අරගලකරුවන් විසින් අත්පත් කර ගත්තේ පසුගිය 09 වැනිදා පැවති විරෝධතාවය අතරතුරයි. අරගලකරුවන්ගේ ග්රහණයට නතු වූ ජනාධිපති මන්දිරය ඉන් අනතුරුව මහජන ප්රදර්ශනය සඳහා විවර කෙරුණා. දින 06ක පමණ කාලයක් ජනාධිපති මන්දිරය තම ග්රහණයේ තබා ගත් අරගලකරුවන් ඉන් ඉවත්වුයේ ඊයේ පස්වරුවේයි. අරගලකරුවන් ජනාධිපති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
Sri Lanka is continuing negotiations with China for as much as $4 billion in aid and is confident Beijing will agree “at some point,” according to a top envoy. Colombo is asking China for a loan of $1 billion to repay an equivalent amount of Chinese debt coming due this year, Palitha Kohona, Sri Lanka’s ambassador to China, said in an interview to Bloomberg Television Friday. It is also seeking a $1.5 billion credit line to pay for Chinese imports and activation of a $1.5 billion swap, he added. “We are confident... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has decided to support Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the parliamentary vote to elect the country’s next President, the party’s general-secretary Sagara Kariyawasam says. Wickremesinghe, who was appointed the Prime Minister after Mahinda Rajapaksa was forced to step down in early May amidst growing public agitations, was sworn in as the caretaker president today (July 15) soon after Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation from the presidency was made official. Another frontrunner in the race to become the country’s president is MP Dullas Alahapperuma, who previously served as the Minister... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
The governor of Sri Lanka’s central bank, Nandalal Weerasinghe, has warned that the country may shut down if no stable government is formed soon. There is a “lot of uncertainty” over whether enough foreign exchange can be found to pay for essential petroleum, he told the BBC’s Newsnight programme. https://youtu.be/IIfo8aQN8kE Progress on getting an international bailout package depended on having a stable administration, he said. The country is in the grip of mass unrest over an economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled abroad... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has taken oath as the Acting President a short while ago. He was sworn in before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya. https://youtu.be/NXzp_vjxnI8 His swearing-in came shortly after Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena officially announced the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the President of Sri Lanka effective from July 14, 2022. Meanwhile, the vacancy in the country’s presidency is set to be announced in the parliament tomorrow (July 16) when it convenes at 10.00 a.m., pursuant to Section 04 of the Presidential Elections (Special Provisions)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
The Colombo Commercial High Court has dismissed the case filed by an Irish company against Russia’s Aeroflot airline with costs, Ada Derana correspondent says. The verdict was delivered by Colombo Commercial HC Judge Sumith Perera when the case was taken up this morning.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
අප රටේ විදේශ විනිමය ලැබීම් සහ ගෙවීම් වලට අදාල සියලු කටයුතු මූලික වශයෙන් නියාමනය කරනු ලබන්නේ 2017 අංක 12 දරන විදේශ විනිමය පනත මගිනි. එම පනත සම්මත කරනු ලැබූ 2017 ජුලි 28 දක්වා ඒ සියලු කටයුතු පාලනය වූයේ 1953 අංක 27 දරණ විනිමය පාලන පනත මගිනි. එම පනත යටතේ පිහිටු වූ විනිමය පාලන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් මහ බැංකුව සහ මූල්ය මණ්ඩලයේ උපදෙස් අනුව විනිමය පාලනයට අදාළ සියලු කටයුතු ස්වාධීනව සිදුකරනු ලැබීය. ඒ අනුව විදේශ විනිමය ගනුදෙනු පිළිබඳ සියලු තොරතුරු බැංකු පද්ධති තුළ ඒකරාශී වූ අතර බැංකු පද්ධතියට පරිබාහිරව කළු වෙළඳපළක් වර්ධනය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
A positive contribution of the JR regime was the establishment of two lead institutions on investment and export namely the Greater Colombo Economic Commission (GCEC) and the Export Development Board (EDB). It must be noted that the concepts on these institutions were developed during the previous SLFP government. The EDB was not limited to traditional trade promotion but was vested with powers for export development including a venture capital capability. It derives its power from the highest echelons of political power in the country and has the active participation of the private sector and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/22)
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The IMF hopes unrest in Sri Lanka will be resolved soon so that aid talks that were interrupted can resume, a fund spokesman said on Thursday (July 14). Formal discussions on a new loan programme for the cash-strapped nation began last month but were thrown off course by the political upheaval that led to the resignation of the country's president. "We are, of course, deeply concerned about the ongoing crisis of impact on the Sri Lankan people and particularly the poor and the vulnerable groups," IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/22)
The President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sent the letter of resignation from his post as President of Sri Lanka to the Speaker. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned after landing in Singapore since he left the island on Tuesday. https://youtu.be/3G_j3k9YxrM The parliament Speaker has also confirmed he has received President Rajapaksa's resignation letter. The President's resignation comes on a day the protesters announced they would end their occupation of official buildings, including the presidential house, presidential secretariat and the Prime Minister's... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/22)
Sri Lanka Army says that members of the Armed Forces are legitimately empowered to exercise their force, if the situation deems necessary as security to the public property, key installations, vulnerable points and human lives, does fall within the purview of their responsibility. In view of escalation of violent acts, those protesters, intent on harming the Armed Forces or the public property are therefore earnestly urged to desist from all forms of violence immediately or be prepared to face consequences, the army said issuing a statement. Read the full statement below: ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/22)
"ගෝටාභය රාජපක්ෂ බලයෙන් ඉවත් විය යුතුයය. ඊළඟට මේ රටේ සිංහල බෞද්ධ ජනතාවගේ බලය එතනින් ඉවරයය " ඕමල්පේ සෝභිත තෙර අන්ය ආගමිකයින් පිරිවෙරාගෙන 2022 ජූලි 10 දා කියන්ගන් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අවරුදු දෙදාහකට වඩා පැරණ සිංහල බෞද්ධ රාජ්ය කඩා දාන වීරයා ලෙසය. රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ නමැති නෝන්ජල් පඹයා නම් මීලඟ ජනාධිපති පදවියට තප්පරයක්වත් පත් නොකළ යුතුයි-සෝභිත හිමි https://youtu.be/ITl4ejTTBCo ඔහු සැබෑ වීරයෙක්ද එහෙම නැත්නම් බටහිර රහස්බලවේග (Western Deep State) වලටතමන්ගේ කම සහ දේශය පාවාදෙන දොන් ජුවන් ධර්මපාල කෙනෙක්ද? https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items17/Aragalaya%20Pitupasa.pdf... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/22)
සජිත්ට තනියෙන් ජනපති/අගමැති විය හැකිද? පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ නිල විපක්ෂයට හිමි උපරිම ඡන්ද ගණන 62 කි. යථාර්ථවාදී සංඛ්යාව 58 කි. සජබ ට හරීන් හා මනූෂ නැතිව කෙළින්ම 45 කි. එයට චම්පික රණවක ද ඇතුළත් ය. (ඔවුන්ගේ ඉෂාක් රහමන්, එම්.එස්.තවුෆික්, දිගාමඩුල්ලේ ෆයිසාල් කාසිම් සහ එච්.එම්.එම්.හාරීස් ද (සජිත්ට ඡන්දය දෙන්නේ නම් පමණක් 49 කි.) ද්රවිඩ ජාතික සන්ධානයේ 10 ම සජිත් සමඟය. ගජේන්ද්ර පොන්නම්බලම් ගේ AITC මන්ත්රී 2 හා විග්නේෂ්වරන් ගේ TMTK මන්ත්රී ධූරය ද ලෙස ද්රවිඩ මන්ත්රීවරු 13 ක් සජිත්ට සහාය දේ. ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ (3) සජිත්ට ඡන්දය දෙන්නේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/22)
A Russian film crew was given access to the home of Ranil Wickremesinghe and his brother, who lived in a neighbouring house that was also destroyed by protestors according to him, appears describing what occurred, and the damage caused, including the destruction of artworks and 2,600 books which had been handed down from Ranil’s ancestors and which he intended to donate to libraries for future Sri Lankans. https://videopress.com/embed/ZRFMOr5l?hd=1&cover=1&loop=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=1&muted=0&controls=1&playsinline=0&useAverageColor=0 While the burning of his house is itself a criminal act in which the perpetrators MUST be brought to justice, this destruction of the nation’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/22)
US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung has called for calm from all parties during this time. The United States reiterates our call for calm at this time. We urge all parties to approach this juncture with a commitment to the betterment of the nation to work quickly to implement solutions that will bring long-term economic political stability. We condemn all violence call for the rule of law to be upheld. A peaceful transfer of power within SL's democratic ' constitutional framework is essential so the people's demands for accountability, transparency, democratic governance a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/22)
Sri Lankan Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Thursday informed Gotabaya Rajapaksa that he should submit his letter of resignation as the President as soon as possible or else he will consider other options to remove him from the office, according to a media report. Sri Lankan Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Thursday informed Gotabaya Rajapaksa that he should submit his letter of resignation as the President as soon as possible or else he will consider other options to remove him from the office, according to a media report. On Wednesday, the Parliament... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/22)
he vehicles will be surrounding the Parliament at different locations. While there is no expected protest at the parliament, this is just a safety measure to be on the safe side. A video from Colombo shows tracked armoured vehicles with army men moving on the streets of the city. The vehicles are reportedly heading towards Sri Lanka Parliament amid the Sri Lankan economic crisis. The vehicles will be surrounding the Parliament at different locations. Parliament is the last phase where protesters might protest today. While there is no expected protest... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/22)
Acting President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to nominate a Prime Minister who is acceptable to both the Government and Opposition. In a statement, the Prime Minister's Media Division said that on Monday (11th) the Prime Minister held a meeting with the Members of the Cabinet at the Prime Minister's Office and all ministers who participated in this meeting were of the opinion that as soon as there is an agreement to form an all-party government, they will hand over the responsibilities to that government. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/22)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is following the situation in Sri Lanka very closely and has urged all party leaders to “embrace the spirit of compromise” for a peaceful and democratic transition. The comments by Mr. Guterres came as embattled Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on July 14 fled to the Maldives on a military jet, hours before he was supposed to step down in the face of a public revolt against him and his family for mishandling the economy that has bankrupted the country. “I continue to follow the situation in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/22)
The Sri Lanka Army said today that protesters had brutally assaulted two soldiers last night during the protests near Parliament and took two automatic T-56 assault rifles from their possession along with ammunition. Army Spokesman Brigadier Nilantha Premaratna said two army soldiers were brutally assaulted and their weapons and ammunition were stolen by protesters who behaved violently in and around the Parliament roundabout. He urged the public to be vigilant as violence can be spread using these stolen weapons. Meanwhile, the spokesman said at least 16 soldiers have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/22)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has departed from the Maldives a short while ago, on board a Saudi Airlines flight, the Daily Mirror learns. He is now on his way to Singapore along with his wife and two security officials who flew with him from Colombo. He had been escorted to the plane by special forces of the Maldives Defence Force. (Jamila Husain)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/22)
I write (it is 12.09 pm, on Wednesday) at a time when there’s a remarkable and unprecedented lack of political clarity in the country. As I write, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has left the country. As per the Constitution, if indeed Rajapaksa did resign, or, as reported, Rajapaksa citing Article 37.1 of the constitution , Ranil Wickremesinghe has assumed the presidency in an acting capacity. There’s ‘fighting’ within parliament with parties and politicians unable to decide on Rajapaksa’s successor and of course who the next premier should be. There’s fighting among ‘aragalists’ over representational legitimacy, ideological and political... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
Colombo, July 13 (newsin.asia): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was to resign on Wednesday, July 13, now intends to resign on July 14, upon reaching Singapore, informed sources said. Gotabaya Rajapkasa had difficulty in getting into Maldives as the immigration staff were reluctant to allow him in. It was only after Maldives parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed intervened, that the Lankan President was allowed in. Nasheed pointed out that if a Head of State wanted to land in a country, he could not be barred. Gotabaya was put up in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to Maldives on Wednesday followed by an uprising triggered due to the economic collapse of the island nation, is now waiting to travel further to Singapore.Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is now an acting president, has declared a state of emergency in the country and a curfew in the Western province had been imposed.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has not departed for Singapore on the scheduled Singapore Airlines flight from Male to Singapore, the Daily Mirror reported.Rajapaksa along with his wife Ioma Rajapaksa... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
Demonstrators celebrate after entering the Sri Lankan PM's office in Colombo to demand his resignation as interim president. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte Things have gone from bad, to worse, to outright crazy in Sri Lanka since the beginning of the year. We warned you early on that the country would default on its huge sovereign debt, which it did in May. Since then, the economic crisis has quickly morphed into full-blown political turmoil and a social catastrophe the likes of which the region has not seen for a long time. And... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
Indian High Commission ‘categorically denies’ reports that India facilitated the Rajapaksas’ recent travel Distancing itself from the Rajapaksa family that has been pushed out of power by angry protestors in Sri Lanka, the government made it clear that it has not offered outgoing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his brother and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, and others who may wish to flee Sri Lanka, any support. New Delhi is watching the situation in Colombo closely, even as efforts get underway for the Sri Lanka Parliament to elect the next President next week. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
An island-wide curfew has been imposed until 5.00 a.m. tomorrow (July 14) by Acting President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The Prime Minister’s Office said an islandwide curfew has been imposed effective from 12 noon today (13) until 5.00 a.m. tomorrow. The curfew order has been issued by virtue of the powers vested in the Prime Minister under section 16 of the Public Security Ordinance (Chapter 40) and directs that no person shall be on any public road, railway, public park, public recreation ground or other public ground or the seashore in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
Police fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse protestors in front of the Speaker’s official residence near the Parliament. A large group of people were engaged in a protest near the Speaker’s house while police had used tear gas to disperse them as they attempted to breach the police barricades, Ada Derana reporter said. Meanwhile police had previously fired tear gas to disperse a group of protesters at Polduwa Junction in Battaramulla, near the entry road to the Parliament.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has requested the Speaker of Parliament to nominate a person agreeable to the government as well as the opposition to be appointed as Prime Minister under an all-party government, the PM’s Office said. In the discussion held with the Cabinet Ministers at the Prime Minister’s Office on the 11th of July, all the ministers who participated were of the opinion that as soon as there is an agreement to form an all-party government, they are ready to hand over the responsibilities to that government, the release said. Accordingly,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
'We can't allow the destruction of state property Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe | AP Acting President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday said there was a fascist threat to democracy in the country and vowed to restore normalcy as well as stop the destruction of state property, hours after anti-government protesters stormed his office. In his first televised address since being appointed to the post after embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives, Wickremesinghe said he had ordered military commanders and the police chief... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
සර්වපාක්ෂික ආණ්ඩුවක් පිහිටුවා රට තුළ සාමකාමී පරිසරයක් ඇති කිරීමට වැඩ බලන ජනාධිපතිවරයා ලෙස තමාත් කතානායකවරයාත් මේ මොහොතේ කටයුතු කරමින් සිටින අතර එය කඩාකප්පල් කිරීමට කැරලිකරුවන් සහ ඇතැම් පුද්ගලයන් උත්සාහයක නිරත වන බව වැඩ බලන ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ පවසනවා. https://youtu.be/D5JseojaPwc මේ වනවිට රට තුල පවතින තත්ත්වය සම්බන්ධයෙන් විශේෂ ප්රකාශයක් කරමින් ඔහු සඳහන් කළේ පවතින වාතාවරණය සාමාන්ය තත්ත්වයට පත් කරන ලෙස තමන් ආරක්ෂක අංශවලට උපදෙස් ලබාදී ඇති බවයි. එහි දී ඔහු මෙලෙස අදහස් පළකලා. ජනාධිපතිතුමා ඊයේ රාත්රියේ මාලදිවයින බලා පිටත් වුණා. ඔහු ඒ බව මටත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Acting President in accordance with the Article 37.1 of the Constitution, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhane said today. He said in a special statement that the President informed him that the Prime Minister was appointed as the Acting President as he was away from the country.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will declare an island-wide Emergency when he becomes acting President, his office said on July 13 although President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is yet to officially resign. A curfew has also been imposed in the Western Province. Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said in a tweet that “PM becomes acting President only if the President appoints him as such, or if the office of President is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
Protests break out across Colombo demanding Maldives-bound Gotabaya Rajapaksa step down immediately An anti-government protester outside president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office in Colombo on Wednesday as crowds awaited his official resignation. Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/AP Hannah Ellis-Petersen in ColomboWed 13 Jul 2022 07.43 BST The Sri Lankan president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has fled to the Maldives on a military jet hours before he was due to resign on Wednesday, following days of extraordinary scenes including his presidential palace and office being taken over by anti-government protesters. Following his departure, the prime minister’s office... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
13th July 2022 will be remembered as the day an elected President resigned becoming the only President since 1978 to do so. He was the 7thPresident of Sri Lanka but one who was unlucky enough to inherit a legacy for which only he has been held accountable. Though 6.8m voters voted him to power on 19 Nov 2019, less than 500,000 protesters secured his downfall. Is this democracy & rule of law? It is a warning to all others who may also meet the same fate from a well-planned psy ops. This came... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has arrived in the Maldives, after fleeing the country amid protests over the island's economic crisis. The 73-year-old arrived in the capital city, Male, at around 03:00 local time (22:00 GMT), the BBC understands. Mr Rajapaksa left aboard a military jet, ending a familial dynasty that has ruled the country for decades. He had been in hiding after crowds stormed his residence on Saturday. His brother, former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, has also left the country, sources have told the BBC. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
The Immigration & Emigration Officers’ Association (SLIEOA) says its members have no lawful authority to prevent President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from leaving the country as he is still officially in office. In a statement, the association also said there is no truth to the media reports and social media posts in circulation, which claim that the immigration & emigration officers refused to allow President Rajapaksa to fly out of the country after he arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake today. After the anti-government protesters in large numbers gathered to Colombo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
The political system has collapsed. Mob rule has taken over. Where lies the People’s mandate? Is Sri Lanka a functioning democracy or is life to function as per protests, protestors & their demands? What will life be under such a system of lawlessness & disorder when a handful decides what is law & who is right. How will this apply to diplomatic relations & international trade & business. The foreign envoys, the NGOs, the Civil Society groups, including political parties, that took part in this must provide the answers. Getting rid of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
My answer is no. Only the Chapter on Rajapaksa family in the Mahavamsa will be closed. It will be followed by a very uncertain and really turbulent period that might be followed by a period of prosperity, happiness and peace for all if the present system of Government is replaced with a homemade model of development that make the maximum use of its bountiful physical, human and cultural resources under a strong, patriotic, visionary and benevolent Sinhala Buddhist leader who considers the subjects as his own children as it was done by our... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
In early March this year the Sri Lanka rupee was devalued by about 15% against the dollar. Since then, we have had a fuel and gas crisis and the escalation of all prices of essential commodities. The economic crisis led to Cabinet reshuffles several times and the resignation of the Prime Minister in early May after the island wide arson and the murder of one MP. Meanwhile from early April a youth protest called Aragalaya with a cry of Gota go home had camped out in Galle face. During the last four months from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
/Contd from Part 1 In Ukraine in Feb 2014, Yatsenyuk, a former Central Banker now installed as the Junta Prime Minister, scrapped the Russian bail-out deal and sought instead IMF assistance. The IMF demanded the immediate implementation of austerity measures; pensions, heating-assistance and other social programs were slashed. Describing the situation created by the coup, an analyst said “Regime change unleashed chaos, transforming Ukraine into a financial black hole”. The Coup in Colombo on 09th May, had many features that resembled the Ukrainian Coup of 2014; just... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
මැතිවරණ සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ඡන්ද විමසීම් ජනතාවගේ සෘජු ඡන්දයෙන් පැවැත්වීමට හැකිවන පරිදි ඩිජිටල් ඡන්ද ක්රමයට පරිවර්තනය කරන නීති සංශෝධන ගෙනෙන ලෙස ඉල්ලා මැතිවරණ කොමසාරිස් ජනරාල්ට ඉල්ලීමක්.... ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පවත්වන මැතිවරණ සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ඡන්ද විමසීම් ජනතාවගේ සෘජු ඡන්දයෙන් පැවැත්වීමට හැකිවන පරිදි ඩිජිටල් ඡන්ද ක්රමයට පරිවර්තනය කරන නීති සංශෝධන ගෙනෙන ලෙස ඉල්ලා මැතිවරණ කොමසාරිස් ජනරාල් සමන් රත්නායකට නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන විසින් දැනුම් දේ. ඩිජිටල් ඡන්ද ක්රමය හදුන්වාදී නීති සංශෝධන ගෙනා යුතු නීති 6ක් එහි දක්වා ඇත. ඒවා නම් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණ පනත, ජනාධිපතිවරයා තෝරා පත්කර ගැනීමේ පනත,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/22)
Millions of Sri Lankans are anxiously waiting to see what actions will be taken to make life bearable again. If we follow the example of successful countries, we see how they have exploited their opportunities, and used the wealth created, not to import cars and go on luxury trips abroad, but to re-invest the money proceeds in further projects to bring in even more money. These worthy patriots proceed in this way until their fellow citizens have a good standard of living. Probably, the best example of that compounding of wealth is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/22)
July 12, 2022: Mobs have ended the Gotabaya Rajapaksa-Ranil Wickremesinghe government in Sri Lanka. On Saturday, huge crowds of angry youth stormed the official residences of the president and the prime minister and set fire to the private residence of Wickremesinghe, forcing the hands of the two leaders. Both President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have declared their intention to resign. While the president said that he would quit on July 13, the prime minister said that he would quit as soon as the proposed all-party government is formed. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/22)
Former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, wanted by Sri Lankan authorities over the bond scam, speaking to CNN Philippines about the island nation’s crisis situation said the government of Sri Lanka is finding it difficult to persuade lenders. In response to a question on the events that led to the collapse of Sri Lanka’s economy, Mahendran said the abrupt tax cuts introduced by the incumbent government created inflationary pressure as most of the government spending had been funded by the printing of new money. He also said: “There was a change in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/22)
Several complaints had been lodged with the Kollupitiya Police claiming that various items and equipment were stolen from the Temple Trees. Police said the staff of the Temple Trees had lodged the complaints. The Media Unit of the Temple Trees also complained that some of their equipment was stolen from the Temple Trees. However, a senior officer of the Kollupitiya Police said they were unable to ascertain what items were stolen from the Temple Trees premises as protesters are still occupying the Temple Trees. However, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/22)
A group of officials from the Archeology Department arrived at the President's House this morning to ascertain whether there have been any damage caused to the properties which have archeological value. https://youtu.be/VYhSobJfaSY The officials including the Director General of the Archeology Department Anura Manathunga discussed with the protesters who are occupying the premises. A large number of protesters stormed the President's House, Presidential Secretariat and Temple Trees last Saturday and they are still occupying the premises.
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- Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday signed his resignation letter, dated for July 13 - Speaker will make a public announcement tomorrow ending Gotabaya Rajapaksa's presidency - Rajapaksa was still in the country and was protected by the Armed Forces President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday signed his resignation letter, dated for July 13 and the Speaker of Parliament will publicly announce it to the nation tomorrow, the Daily Mirror learns. The resignation letter of the President was signed and handed over to a senior government official who will hand... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/22)
Sri Lanka's president was considering using a navy patrol craft to flee the island Tuesday following a humiliating standoff with airport immigration, official sources said. Gotabaya Rajapaksa has promised to resign on Wednesday and clear the way for a "peaceful transition of power" following widespread protests against him over the country's worst economic crisis. The 73-year-old leader fled his official residence in Colombo just before tens of thousands of protesters overran it on Saturday. He then wanted to travel to Dubai, officials said. As president, Rajapaksa enjoys immunity... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/22)
Shivanthi Ranasinghe observed in May 2022 that for the past two months, the country has been experiencing different types of protests. Television news from March 2022 onwards showed groups of people in different towns blocking the main roads protesting against the shortage of petrol, gas, kerosene, as well as electricity cuts. These protests continued into June 2022 and scenes from them were seen daily in television news. There was a demonstration in Horowopotana on April 21st. Shivanthi observed that these protests did not erupt in just one area, they erupted in several areas simultaneously.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/22)
හැඳින්වීම- part I පොතක් වශයෙන් මා විසින් පිළියෙලකල ඉහත සඳහන් මාතෘකාව සහිත ලිපි එකතුවට ලියනලද හැඳින්වීම කොටස් දෙකකින් ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නේ ජූලි 9 දා සිදුවූ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨභයගේ ඉවත්කිරීම සමඟ රටේ උද්ගතව ඇති අර්බුදකාරී තත්වය ඉදිරියේ එහි සඳහන් කර ඇති කරුණුවල වැදගත්කම නිසාය. අලි-මිනිස් ගැටුම් ගැන ඇතිවූ පෙලපාලි මෙන් නොව, පෝර දියව් පෙළපාලි රෙජීම් චේන්ජ් එකක් සඳහා මානබලමින් සිටි රට කැබලිකිරීමේ දෙස්-විදෙස් ව්යාපාරයට ඉණිමඟක් ලබාදුන්නේය. රටේ යහපත සඳහා සිස්ටම් චේන්ජ් එකක් වේවිද, නැද්ද යන්න නුදුරු අනාගතයේදී දැනගැනීමට හැකිවනු ඇත. ලංකාව ලෝකයේ වඳවෙමින් යන අතීත ශිෂ්ටාචාරයක් වන සිංහල බෞද්ධයාට ලෝකයේ ඇති එකම ඉඩම් කැබැල්ල බව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/22)
GotaGogama was attacked on the afternoon of May 9th,2022 around 2.30 pm- 3 pm. Sri Lankans who were watching live television coverage of the Temple Trees meeting called by Mahinda Rajapaksa , saw mobs carrying wooden poles and other objects trooping out of Temple Trees, immediately after Mahinda Rajapaksa had ended his speech. They headed to the main entrance to Temple Trees along Galle Road, went to Minagama, broke down the tents and beat up those inside them. The mobs then marched towards the Galle Face Green and attacked GotaGogama supporters there, who were... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/22)
(Given below is an excerpt of the Eid-ul-Adha Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, on 10th July, 2022, at ‘Masjid Mubarak’, Islamabad, Tilford, U.K.) After Tashahud, Ta‘awuz and the recitation of Surah al-Fatihah, Ahmadiyya Khlaifa (may Allah strengthen his hands) highlighted the importance of trusting in God’s promises, Who does not let sincere sacrifices go to waste and eventually grants victory to the believers. However, it was important to act according to God’s will. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/22)
The President of the Republic & the Prime Minister was summarily kicked out. Dismissed. Well done! The Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka shall run through the Democratic Process of electing the next leaders! Let us get back to business! Sri Lanka needs Credibility & International Support. To get the economy back on its feet, Sri Lanka desperately needs foreign currency, which is generated by Tourism & Exports. But do not forget Human Resource values! Foreign tourists have many options in the East, & West to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/22)
වත්මන් ආර්ථික අර්බුදය සහ ඒ තුළින් උත්සන්න වූ දේශපාලන අර්බුදය නිර්මාණය කිරීමට දායක වූ පාර්ශ්ව හෙවත් අර්බුදයේ පියවරුන් පිළිබඳව විවිධ පාර්ශ්ව එකිනෙකාට චෝදනා කරති. ඊට අමතරව යම් පාර්ශ්ව අර්බුදය නිර්මාණය කරන්නට බෙහෙවින් දායක වූ පියවරුන්ට එය විසඳිය හැකි යැයි විශ්වාසය පළ කරති. එසේම අර්බුදයේ මූලයන් පිළිබඳව සහ එය විසඳීමට අදාළව ආණ්ඩුව සහ විපක්ෂය මෙන්ම ආණ්ඩුවෙන් ස්වාධීන වූ දේශපාලන නායකයින් එකිනෙකාට පරස්පර මතවාද ප්රකාශ කරති. ඒ නිසා මේ කිසිදු පාර්ශ්වයකට මේ වනතුරු අර්බුදය විසඳිය හැක්කේ මෙසේ යැයි නිශ්චිත න්යාය පත්රයක් සහ මාර්ග සිතියමක් මහජනයාට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට නොහැකි වී ඇත.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/22)
Was Gotabaya's failure to bring all the corrupt officials and government servants and politicians before the law and punish them over the last 31 months lead to this "Aragalaya"? This is not just an "aragalaya". The manner in which it has been moving since it started shows all the signs that it is being worked out according to a set plan. It has resemblances to what happened in Libiya and in Iraq some years ago when the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/22)
Sri Lanka owes 81% of its external debt to US and European financial institutions and Western allies Japan and India. China owns just 10%. But Washington blames imaginary “Chinese debt traps” for the nation’s crisis, as it considers a 17th IMF structural adjustment program. Facing a deep economic crisis and bankruptcy, Sri Lanka was rocked by large protests this July, which led to the resignation of the government. Numerous Western political leaders and media outlets blamed this uprising on a supposed Chinese “debt trap,” echoing a deceptive narrative that has been thoroughly debunked... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
Sri Lanka's embattled president was flown to an airbase near the main international airport Monday, officials said, raising speculation he will escape into exile abroad. Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the presidential palace in Colombo under naval protection on Saturday, shortly before tens of thousands of protesters overran the compound. Hours later, the parliamentary speaker announced Rajapaksa would resign on Wednesday to allow a "peaceful transition of power". The 73-year-old leader had taken refuge at a navy facility in the island's northeast, a top defence official said, adding that he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is still in the country and met the tri force commanders today morning, the Daily Mirror learns. Rajapaksa who was aboard a naval vessel within the territorial waters of Sri Lanka following the July 9 protest, returned back to land today and met the tri force commanders and Chief of Defense staff in the morning. Rajapaksa will resign from the Presidency on July 13 and will leave for overseas later this week.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
Party leaders have decided to elect a new President on July 20 through a vote in Parliament in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhane said today. He said it was decided to convene Parliament this Friday (15) and inform the House that there is a vacancy for the Presidency according to the provisions of the Constitution. “Nominations for the presidency will be called for on July 19 and a vote will be taken on July 20 to elect a new President,” he said. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
United Arab Emirates carrier flydubai has suspended operations to Colombo in Sri Lanka until further notice, a spokesperson for the budget airline said on Monday. "We will continue to closely monitor the situation on the ground in Sri Lanka. Passengers who have booked to travel on these flights will be contacted and offered a refund," the spokesperson told Reuters by email. Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways did not follow suit, but said that some of its services from Colombo would stop at India's Cochin International Airport to refuel before continuing onwards... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa says that the mandate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) government including the President and the Prime Minister is now over and that they are prepared to give leadership to the country. Making a special statement today (11), he said that the opposition is ready to stabilize the country and to build the country’s economy. https://youtu.be/EK7LeW8Dygw “They got together and finished destroying this beautiful motherland. We in the opposition are ready to stabilize the country and provide leadership to the programme... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
Party leaders have reportedly decided to convene the Parliament on July 15 (Friday), following the President’s resignation. https://youtu.be/6ilBJ-C_cOc SJB parliamentarian Ranjith Madduma Bandara said that nominations for the position of President will be accepted on July 18 (Monday) and that the President will be elected on July 20. Speaking to reporters following the party leaders’ meeting at the parliament complex this evening (11), he said that the Parliament must be summoned and informed within 3 days after a president resigns. He said that accordingly, the party... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa still in Sri Lanka says Parliament Speaker as he clarifies reports of President leaving country "I made a mistake in the BBC interview, President is still in the country" speaker has told ANI news agency,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
COLOMBO, July 11 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's central bank governor signalled on Monday that he would stay in the job but warned that prolonged political instability in the country may delay progress on negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for a bailout package. "Political instability might delay the progress we have been making so far," Weerasinghe said of the talks with the IMF during an interview with Reuters in his office, where chants from protesters occupying the president's house nearby could be heard. "I would like to have a stable political... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
Making a special statement this afternoon (11), the Prime Minister said that with the weak administrative system in the country, the economic crisis of this country can never be restored in a few days, and it will take at least a year to recover one step. https://youtu.be/QRyLOyUDKHQ Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe says that he took over the country at a time when it was in a severe economic disaster. He also said that even the International Monetary Fund has accepted that at least 04 years should be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
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දැවන්ත ආරාක්ෂක බලකායන්ගේ එකතුවෙන් ගොඩ නැගූ යෝධ බැරියර් එකින් එක පෙරලමින් ජනාධිපති මැදුරට අරගල්කරුවන් ඇතුලු වූ ඓතිහාසික අවසන් සටන පිලිබ්ඳ අරගලයේ පෙරමුනේම සිටි සටන් සගයකු වන සමජවාදි තරුණ සංගමයේ ක්රීෂ් ටෙලාන්.සියඹලාපිටිය සහෝදරයා විසින් සිය ෆේස් බුක් ගිනුමේ තැබූ සුවිශේෂී සටහන මෙන්න... // ඇත්තම කියනවනං හොඳම අවස්ථාවල පොටෝ වැදුනෙ ෆෝන් එකෙන් නෙවේ ඇස් දෙකෙන්. ඉතින් ඒ මතකය මෙහෙම ලියල තියනව. ජනාදිපති මන්දිරේ කෙලින්ම බැරියර් එක ඉස්සරහයි අපි උන්නේ. එතන උපරිම සීයක් ඉන්න ඇති..වැඩිම දෙසීයක්. ෆාදර් ජීවන්ත, ඇකා, මහින්ද ජයසිංහ, ජගත් මනුවර්ණ, වසන්ත සමරසිංහ වැනි ඇත්ත නායකයින් පෙරමුණේ උන්නා. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
Anger and frustration may have prompted Sri Lankan protesters to storm Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence. But the bottom line and the lesson from recent history like the Arab Spring countries where civil strife hasn’t abated is that Sri Lanka needs a functional government to get its act together, conduct negotiations with IMF and major nations, and restructure the economy to make it viable again. Continuing anarchy could lead to agencies and friendly countries interested in Sri Lanka’s revival developing cold feet. Abhorrent actions like setting PM Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private home on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
The anarchic scenes in Sri Lanka are enough to make the blood of any world leader run cold. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence overrun by furious protesters. Crowds cavorting on his four-poster bed and in his swimming pool and gym. Sections of the Prime Minister’s home in flames. This burning building not only serves as a symbolic funeral pyre for Rajapaksa’s government. It is a smouldering lesson for all governments in pursuing an economically illiterate green agenda at the expense of common sense. Make no mistake: The roots of this chaos... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
An all-party govt may lack political legitimacy to steer the nation out of economic collapse Since the last three months, nationwide protests in Sri Lanka have escalated against the crippling shortages of essentials, double-digit food and fuel inflation and long power cuts, among other privations. The groundswell of discontent spilled over into a spiral of arson against the rule of the Rajapaksas with protestors storming the official residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and setting fire to the private residence of prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Earlier in May, Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned as premier... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
https://youtu.be/PzR-6xvn17M Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), July 11 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on July 10 called the economic crisis in Sri Lanka a "serious" matter and highlighted India's help to the island nation. Addressing media persons, Jaishankar said, "The Sri Lankan crisis is a serious matter. It is something which has been built over a period of time. Prime Minister Modi has a policy called 'Neighbourhood First.' We try and support our neighbours in a way which meets their requirements.” "We had given Sri Lanka a line of credit, which has kept... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
ගේ දොර දේපල ගිනි තබන හමුදාවේ ගිනි පති ධම්මදින්න ය. හනුමන්තා වගේය සුපිරි ගෙයක් දොරක් වාහනයක් පේන්නට බැරිය ගිනි තියන්නේය. මී ලඟට පත් වන ආණ්ඩුවේ ගෙවල් හා දේපල ගිනි තබන අමාත්යංශයේ ඇමැටි ධම්මදින්න ය. සිවුරට ඇති ගරුත්වය කෙලසන මෙවැනි පුද්ගලයින් සාසනයෙන් නෙරපා හැරිය යුතුය, සිවුරක් ඇඟ ලූ පමණින් යමෙක් ගරුතර වෙන්නේ නැත. පූජනීය වෙන්නේ නැත. අවිජ්ජාවෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
ඉරාක ලිබියා- යේමන් සූඩන්කිසි ලෙසකින් හෝ නොවෙමු අපිමොරොක්කො ලෙබනන් -ඉජිප්තු ජෝර්දන්කිසි ලෙසකින් හෝ නොවෙමු අපිඇරගල් හමුවේ ඔවුන් ළදරුවෝයෞවනයේ-ඉන්ධන කට ගෑ..කරදර හමුවෙදි ඇතිවන තුරුඅපි ගස් වවමුඅනවැසි පෝලිම් හැකි ලෙස අඩු කරසිනා වෙමු..//එම්සීසී හා ජූලී අත්හැරදිවිය පුරා අපි සිනාසෙමු සිනාසෙමු..ඉරාක ලිබියා..//අපේම දේපළ ගින්නට යව යවසන්තෝසෙන් හිනැහෙන්න එපාඅප ලවාම අප දන්ගෙට යව යවසටන දිනුව සේ සිතනු එපාජූලිල කුමටද අප හද මල්නිති සිනා සෙතේ සිනා සෙතේ.. ඉරාක ලිබියා..//... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
අරගලය විසින් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ විධායක ජනාධිපති පන්නා දමා, ජනාධිපති මන්දිරය හා ජනාධිපති ලේඛම් කාර්යාලය අත්පත්කරගෙන ඇත. ව්යාවස්තාවට පටහැනිව රටේ ජනාධිපතිව පන්නා දැමීම තුලින් බිද වැටෙන්නේ, ව්යාවස්තාවේ ආධිපත්යයි. ඒ අනුව තවදුරටත් මෙරට වලංගු ව්යාවස්තාව අවලන්ගුවූ ලියවිල්ලක් බවට පත්වී හමාරය. නීතියක් හෝ නීතියේ ඇතයි කියන ආධිපත්ය තවදුරටත් මේ බිම තුල වලංගු නැත. කොටින්ම කිවහොත් මේ රට තුල මේවන විට රජයක් නැත.තිබුන රජය බිඳ වට්ටවනු ලැබුවේ, ජුලි මස 9 වෙනිදා ක්රියාත්මකවූ අරගලය හා එහි ක්රියාකාරී අරගලකරුවන් විසිනි. ජනාධිපති මන්දිරය හා එහි ක්රියාකාරී මධ්යස්ථානය වන ජනාධිපති ලේඛම් කාර්යාලය අල්ලා ගත් අරගලකරුවන් විසින් දැන් සිදුකල යුතු ප්රධාන කාර්යවන්නේ,වහා වහා ක්රියාත්මකවී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
July 9, 2022 9:29 pm | පැන නැගී ඇති තත්වය පිළිබඳව ලංකා ලීඩ් වෙබ් අඩවිය ජාතික සංවිධානවල මතය විමසීමේදී ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුවේ මාධ්යය ප්රකාශක වෛද්යය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා මෙලෙස ප්රතිචාර දැක්වීය. ” අරගලකරුවන්ගේ පමණක් නොව සෙසු ජනතාවගේ කෝපය සහ විරෝධය සාධාරණයි. අප සංවිධාන තුලත් ඒ විරෝධය සහ කෝපය එලෙසම තියෙනවා.එහෙත් අප මහා පින්තූරය දකිනවා.ටයිටැනික් නැව ගිලෙන්න හේතු වුනේ කපිතාන්ගේ වරද බවට විවාදයක් නැහැ. එහෙත් කපිතාන් සහ කපිතාන්ගේ ගෝලයා මුහුදට දැමීමෙන් නැව ගිලෙන එක වලකින්නේ නැහැ.ශ්රී ලංකාව නැමැති නැව ආර්ථික අර්බූදය තුළ ගිල්ලවන ජාත්යන්තර මෙහෙයුමක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
Explained: What Happens When A Country Goes Bankrupt? Explained: What Happens When A Country Goes Bankrupt? Sri Lanka is in the midst of a rising financial and humanitarian catastrophe, with predictions that it could dec... “The country is going bankrupt.” In truth, that is a false assertion. Ranil Wickremesinghe, as a veteran politician, as the Prime Minister, was Totally Irresponsible to declare Sti Lanka is bankrupt. He should have known better than to state that publicly to bring the "Fear Factor". This was Criminal! ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
නීතිමය නිදහස වෙනුවෙන් පෙළ ගැසෙන්න ජනතාව සූදානම්ද?අහිමි කළ අධිකරණ භාෂා අයිතිය නැවත ලබා ගත හැකි වෙයිද?අධිකරණ අමාත්යාංශයේ මෙහෙයවීමෙන් අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්යාපනය ලබාදීම තහනම් කළ 2020.12.30 අංක 2208/13 අතිවිශෙෂ ගැසට්ටුවේ එකී තහනම ඉවත් වෙයිද?ඉදිරියේ පත්වන ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඉංග්රීසි ජාතිවාදීන්ගෙන් ජනතාව මුදවා ගනීවිද?ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණ සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ලබා දෙන ලෙස ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ සහ විපක්ෂයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරු කතානායක මහින්ද යාපා අබේවර්ධන ගෙන් 2021 අගෝස්තු 17 දින ඉල්ලා සිටියද එය ඉටු කරමින් ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්යය ආරක්ෂා කිරීමට ඔහුට නොහැකි විය.පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරු තමන්ට හිමි අයිතිවාසිකම් යටතේ කළ මේ ඉල්ලීම ඉටු නොකිරීමට අලි සබ්රි අධිකරණ ඇමතිවරයා කතානායකවරයාට සහාය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
Voters furious at corruption and economic meltdown set fire to the prime minister’s home and stormed the presidential residence Sunday July 10 2022, 4.30am, The Sunday Times Sri Lanka The house of Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was set on fire by protestersERANGA JAYAWARDENE/AP Sri Lanka sank into chaos last night when tens of thousands of protesters stormed the president’s official residence and then set fire to the prime minister’s home following months of growing public fury at their leadership. By the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
සීඅයිඒ (එනම් NED) හි ඉතිහාසය පිරී ඇත්තේ ආන්ඩු පෙරලා දැමීම, යුද්ධ ආරම්භ කිරීම, කුමන්ත්රණ වේදිකාගත කිරීම සහ කුසගින්නෙන් පෙළෙන රටවල් යටත් කර ගැනීම සඳහා ව්යාජ ධජ මෙහෙයුම් වලින් පිරී ඇත. ව්යාජ-කොඩි මෙහෙයුමක් අර්ථ දක්වා ඇත්තේ, ඇත්ත වශයෙන්ම වගකීමක් නැති පාර්ශවයක් විසින් එය සිදු කර ඇති බව පෙනෙන ආකාරයට සංවිධානය කරන ලද දේශපාලන හෝ මිලිටරි ක්රියාවක් ලෙස ය. 2022 මැයි 09 වන දින ඇමරිකානු තානාපති කාර්යාලයේ සිට මීටර් පහක් ආරම්භ වූ කොළඹ ව්යාජ කොඩි මෙහෙයුම ව්යතිරේකයක් නොවීය; එය ජනතාව විසින් ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදීව තෝරා ගන්නා ලද ශ්රී ලංකාවේ නීත්යානුකූල ආන්ඩුවෙන් දේශපාලන බලය නීතිවිරෝධී ලෙස... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
The Sri Lanka Army said today that Army troops fired a few rounds to the air and the sidewalls of the main gate entrance to the President's House on Saturday preventing the entry of the protesters into the compound, and did not intend on causing deliberate harm to the protesters. The Army said in a statement that the attention has been drawn to a few video clips going viral claiming that the Army troops opened fire at protesters in order to cause intentional harm to them when they were attempting to forcibly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/22)
The investigation into the incident of setting fire to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence in Colombo last night has been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), police said. The Kollupitiya Police were investigating the incident and the probe will now be taken over by the CID. Earlier, the police arrested three persons over the arson attack. (DSB)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/07/22)
The European Union (EU) and the US on Sunday urged Sri Lanka’s political fraternity to cooperate, focus and work quickly’ to achieve a peaceful, democratic and orderly transition amid the island nation’s worst economic and political crisis in decades. On July 9, thousands of irate anti-government protesters stormed the official residence of embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and forced him to offer his resignation on July 13. A mob also torched the private house of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Rajapaksa would resign on July 13, Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said on Saturday... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/07/22)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it is hoping for a resolution to Sri Lanka’s political turmoil that will allow a resumption of talks for a bailout package after a violent day of protests. Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will resign on Wednesday after thousands of protesters stormed his official residence and secretariat on Saturday, an official said. Protesters also set fire to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence. “We are closely monitoring the ongoing developments in Sri Lanka,” Peter Breuer, IMF Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, and Masahiro... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/07/22)
With queues for fuel extending to miles at Petrol stations, with queues for cooking gas, essential industries like Sevanagala sugar closing down due to lack of fuel, scarcity of food and essential food getting beyond the reach of people due to the 80% devaluation of the rupee, Sri Lanka has a doomed future. With Ministers scrambling with the begging bowl to Russia, India and the Middle East begging for foreign companies to open up fuel distribution in Sri Lanka, the problem of fuel supplies is likely to be solved. However that will definitely increase our... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/07/22)
Sri Lanka’s energy crisis an artificial one?Shenali D Waduge Shenali Waduge touched on an important point. Today despite the Russian-Ukraine debacle, oil flows un the Middle East, Venezuela, Iran, and over 100 countries, as in https://www.worldometers.info/oil/oil-production-by-country/ Sri Lanka is a small fry in the Big Fish oil market game. The oil business offers substantial payback to operators, but since Sri Lanka has a current cash flow problem, the discussions could be more complicated. Sri Lanka has a current negative cash-in-hand problem, as a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
ඇමරිකානු එක්සත් ජනපදය විසින් නිර්මාණය කර මෙරට තුල ඇතිකරන ලද අරගලය, ඉතා කෙටිකාලයක් තුලදී ජයග්රාහි ඉලක්කය පසුකර යන්නට සමත්විය. දැන් රාජපක්ෂ පවුල රාජ්ය බලය හසුරවන කවය තුල නැත. අරගලයට පෙරදා මෙරට ඇමරිකානු තානාපතිවරිය මෙරට ජනතාව අමතා, අරගලය සාමකාමී අරගලයක් විය යුතු බව සැලකර සිටියද, ඇයගේ ඉල්ලීම සම්බන්ධව කිසිදු සැලකිල්ලක් නොදැක්වූ අරගලකරුවන් විසින්, ඇමරිකාවේ ප්රධාන දේශපාලන හිතවාදියාවූ රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතාගේ නිවසට ගිනි තැබීම ඇය කිසිසේත්ම අනුමත කරන ක්රියාවලියක් නම් නොවේ.මේ ක්රියාව තුලින් පෙන්නුම් කරන්නේ, තමන් නිර්මාණය කල පිල්ලිය යකදුරාවම බිල්ලට ගන්න වෑයම් කරන තත්වයකි. මේ ගෙවී යන්නේ අරගලයේ ආරම්භක අවදිය වන බැවින්, අවසානය වනවිට සිදුවෙමින් ගලායන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
The private residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Cinnamon Gardens has been set on fire. https://youtu.be/vUXbOiAdAuU A demonstration was staged outside the PM’s residence this evening. Later, a group of people had stormed into the premises. Meanwhile, several media persons were attacked by the Special Task Force officers, while on duty at the scene.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed that he would step down from the presidency on July 13 (Wednesday), Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena says. The announcement came hours after people, calling for the resignation of the President and his government, stormed into the President’s House in Colombo Fort earlier today. https://youtu.be/ooU0RdPvCOY They had pushed through barricades at entry roads to the President’s House to reach the premises and occupied the premises. The Speaker, in a video statement released a short while ago, stated that the President... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
It was decided in the Party Leader's meeting that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa should resign immediately. The party leaders meeting chaired by the Speaker is being held to discuss further decisions following the massive protests in the country. Earlier, President Rajapaksa informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will respect any decision taken at Party Leaders' meeting.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says the decisions taken at the party leaders will be conveyed to the public and appropriate action will be taken according to the decisions taken at this meeting. unconfirmed reports indicate that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that he will respect any decision taken in the party leaders' meeting. Meanwhile, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka has made a request to the President. BASL has issued a statement asking the President to consider whether he can continue to fulfil his obligations, powers & duties as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
https://youtu.be/WrZq1rNYTKA Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says he is ready to step down from his portfolio, making way for the establishment of an all-party government.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
Good move by the President to let the crowd <storm> the Presidential palace and open a safety valve. This is not his palace but of all Presidents of Sri Lanka. In Switzerland this type of visit to places that are not generally open to the public is called - Tag der oeffenen Tuer - Day of Open Doors.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
Why The President should resign immediately 1Gota Go home protest was started on 9th April 2022 at Gall Face in front of the Presidential Secretariate. 2 The first Massive public protest at Jubilee post demanding him to resign was held on May 31. 2022 at Mirihana near the President's house. Instead of resigning, The President, shifted to the Presidential House, in Fort next morning 3Leading Monks have started a death-unto-fast on 8th July in Fort 4 The Fort and Cinnamon Garden Courts have turned down a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
The history of the CIA (aka NED) is replete with False-Flag operations hatched to topple governments, initiate wars, stage Coups and starve countries into submission. A False-Flag operation has been defined as a political or military act orchestrated in such a way that it appears to have been carried out by a party that is not in fact responsible. The False-Flag operation in Colombo, that began five meters from the American Embassy on 09 May 2022, was no exception; it was the signal to precipitate the US inspired coup d'état that would... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
I have no dispute with any body who says that mismanagement and corruption have been the main reasons for the current dollar shortage which is the reason for the oil and gas queues and the consequent misery.The COPA Committee sittings televised nearly daily shows that this corruption is not confined to politicians only but also rife among top govt officials without whose cooperation the politicians can’t get their commissions .The answere to the problem then is finding the dollars in the immediate term , medium , term and long term.All the finance ministers... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
We are in the midst of a political crisis emerging out of an economic crisis. People’s emotions are high as a result of the sufferings they have to undergo affecting their homes & livelihoods. While debt has been carried forward and made worse with every successive governments, no government is elected to make excuses for non-performance or inability to come up with alternative solutions. Parliament today is a home & home for politicians majority of whom have served in every party or are related to members in other parties. This is one... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
PM Ranil Wickremesinghe is an experienced political survivor, "Jumping Jack Flash" or a Nidikumba (නිදිකුම්බා), Mimosa Pudica, Sleeping Grass Sensitive Plant or Touch-me-not Shame Plant. Sri Lanka needed someone to "Carry-the-Can" which nobody wanted. Ranil, who refused to leave Temple Trees at one point, took the job to re-enter the historic mansion. He has declared that Sri Lanka is bankrupt. The whole world knows that! As the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance, has Ranil got any solutions that he should express, to bring some degree of credibility? If... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
(ඉංග්රීසි ජාතිවාදීන් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණ රටේ බහුතර ජනතාවගේ භාෂාවෙන් ලබා දීම වළක්වාගෙන ඇත. "නීතිය නොදැනීම සමාවට කරුණක් නොවේ" යන්න ඉන් බිඳවැටී ඇත. මේ කෙටි ලිපිය ඒ ගැන පැහැදිලි කිරීමට සහ එය නිවැරදි කර නීතියේ පාලනය ස්ථාපිත කිරීමට සහ ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදය ශක්තිමත් කිරීමටය.)"නීතිය නොදැනීම සමාවට කරුණක් නොවේ" යන්න පිළිගත් වලංගු නීති සිද්ධාන්තයකි. නීතියේ මූලාශ්ර 2කි. ඒ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව පනවන නීති සහ ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණය. පාර්ලිමේන්තුව පනවන නීති මෙන්ම ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය ලබා දෙන සෑම තීරණයක්ම නීතිය ලෙස සළකනු ලබයි. ඒ අධිකරණ පූර්ව නිදර්ශන සිද්ධාන්තය ක්රියාත්මක වීම තුළය.පාර්ලිමේන්තුව පනවන නීති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith is calling for justice for Easter Sunday, we all want justice, but why didn’t he call for justice for the victims of LTTE crimes? He doesn’t do so because the Church was heavily involved in the LTTE-Eelam-separatist project as part of West’s geopolitical & conversion agenda in South Asia. These are facts that are hard to swallow but facts that are unpalatable for the Church & its supporters to accept. The greater dravida nadu encompassing Sri Lanka and a separated Tamil Nadu would create a Pan-Christian State as a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
පසුගිය ජූනි 30 වනදා ජාතික මහජන සභාවේ මැදිහත් වීමෙන් කතානායක මහින්ද යාපා අබේවර්ධන මැතිතුමාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් එලි දැක්වුනු හැට එක් වැදෑරුම් සමාජ ගිවිසුම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඊයේ(07) බොරැල්ල එන් එම් පෙරේරා මධ්යයස්ථානයේ දී පැවැති මාධ්යය සාකච්ඡාවක් අමතමින් මහාචාර්ය පූජ්යය ඉඳුරාගාරේ ධම්මරතන හිමියන් අදහස් දැක්වූහ. එහිදී උන් වහන්සේ පවසා සිටියේ මේ වනතෙක් කිසිදු දේශපාලන කණ්ඩායමක් හෝ පක්ෂයක් මෙම අර්බූදයෙන් ගොඩයාමට අවශ්යය වන උපාය මාර්ගික සැලැස්මක් ඉදිරිපත් කර නොමැති බවයි. ඒ අනුව කවුරු බලයට ආවත් අනුගමනය කළ යුතු රට ගොඩනැගිය හැකි ජාතික මහජන සභාව ඉදිරිපත් කළ හැට එක් වැදෑරුම් වැඩ පිළිවෙල පිළිගත යුතුව ඇති බවයි. එහිදී උන්වහන්සේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
The public are listening with interest & shock to the questions and answers emerging from the COPE sessions. COPE & COPA are regarded as the Parliamentary WatchDog. Members of Parliament sitting on both Committees grill Public Officials questioning their actions, calling for explanations, national policies and even directing the CID to investigate. The irony is that all of these Ministers at some point or the other had been heading the Ministries where discrepancies and irregularities are taking place. So the question is, why are these politicians under whose tenure discrepancies & irregularities... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
Leaving aside the global crisis as a result of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Sri Lanka’s Govt is doing a pretty good job adding to the crisis. Is there any truth in the allegation that the government has created the energy crisis for the kickbacks and commissions taken by politicians, public officials and their cronies? When the country is in peril, to intentionally create a crisis to create opportunities to make money is unforgiveable and should be condemned by all. Much of our internal problems can be addressed if the kickbacks, commissions... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
විදේශගත ශ්රමිකයින් සදහා වන විශේෂිත විශ්රාම වැටුපක් හදුන්වා දෙන බවත්, ඉදිරි සති කිහිපය තුළ එම විශ්රම වැටුප් ක්රමය විදේශ ගත ශ්රමිකයින්ට හදුන්වා දෙන බවත් කම්කරු සහ විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා පැවසුවේය.විදේශගත ශ්රමිකයින් සදහා වන විශ්රාම වැටුප් ක්රමයක් සකස් කිරීම පිළිබද වසර ගණනාවක් තිස්සේ සාකච්ඡාවෙමින් පැවති අතර, වහාම එම විශ්රාම වැටුප් ක්රමය ක්රියාත්මක කිරීමට අවශ්ය පියවර ගන්නා ලෙසට ඇමැතිවරයා, ශ්රී ලංකා විදේශ සේවා නියුක්ති කාර්යාංශයට උපදෙස් ලබාදුන්නේය. ඒ අනුව ශ්රී ලංකා සමාජ ආරක්ෂණ මණ්ඩලයේ සහාය ඇතිව මෙම විශ්රාම වැටුප් ක්රමය හදුන්වා දේ.නීත්යානුකූලව විදේශ සේවා නියුක්ති කාර්යාංශයේ ලියාපදිංචිය ලබා විදේශ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
ලංකා ගමනාගමන මණ්ඩලය හා ඊට අයත් ඩිපෝවල සේවයේ නියුතු සේවකයින්ට සේවයට වාර්තා කිරීමේදී බලපා තිබූ ඉන්ධන හා ප්රවාහන පහසුකම් නොමැතිවීම මත සේවකයින්ට සේවයට වාර්තා කිරීමට නොහැකි වීමෙන් පොදු ප්රවාහන සේවය බිඳවැටීම වළක්වමින් අවශ්ය පහසුකම් ලබාදෙන ලෙස ඉල්ලමින් 2022 ජූලි 08 දින ක්රියාත්මක කිරීමට නියමිතව තිබූ වර්ජනය ක්රියාත්මක නොකිරීමට ශ්රී ලංගම වෘත්තීය සමිති ඒකාබද්ධ සන්ධානය තීරණය කරන ලදී.2022 ජූලි 08 (අද) පස්වරු 2.00 ට ප්රවාහන අමාත්ය බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන හා ශ්රී ලංගම සභාපති වරයා ඇතුලු බලධාරින් හා වෘත්තීය සමිති නියෝජිතයන් අතර පැවති සාකච්ඡාවෙන් අනතුරුව නියමිත වර්ජනය ක්රියාත්මක නොකිරීමට තීරණය කරන ලදී.විෂයභාර අමාත්යවරයා හා ශ්රී ලංගම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
Toronto July 7th - As you know, the Sri Lankan Canadian Action Coalition and Sri Lanka Canada Association of Brampton challenged the Tamil Genocide Education Week Act (TGEWA) on the basis that the Ontario government did not have the authority to make statements regarding a genocide that they claimed took place in Sri Lanka. While it is evident that our country suffered greatly from the war that occurred over many years, not a single competent international authority or Canadian federal government has recognized that a genocide occurred in Sri Lanka. In fact,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
The programme of the opposition political groups to mislead the people at a time when successful solutions have been achieved to the existing problematic situation was very sad and unpleasant, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said. The President’s Media Division (PMD) said in a statement that after a long and well-planned effort, the country was now reaping its benefits. It said the essential medicines have already been received and the required fuel, gas and ordered essentials will continue to be received from July 12. “At a time when successful solutions... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
Defence Secretary Rtd.General Kamal Gunaratne said that there has been information that certain elements were attempting to incite violence under the guise of peaceful protests.In a video statement released today evening, Gunaratne urged all citizens to act with patience during these trying times and refrain from engaging in any unlawful acts."The Sri Lanka Police and the three Armed forces have been empowered to take action against anyone engaging in any form of violent act. We requested the public to render their support to the security forces who are always committed to protecting the motherland and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) today said its entire party machinery will come to Colombo tomorrow and surround the President's House and will remain there till President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves office. “We will gather at Fort Railway station and will march towards the President's House later and remain there till the President resigns, “ SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara and two other MPs Rajitha Senaratne and Mujibur Rahman told a press conference today. “We call on all people to violate curfew in such an eventuality and join in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
Violence is not an answer. If you are going to protest, please do so peacefully. And reminding military & police to grant peaceful protesters the space and security to do so. Chaos & force will not fix the economy or bring the political stability that Sri Lankans need right now. The American ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chang, has made a note on her Twitter account regarding the series of anti-government protests scheduled to be held in Colombo tomorrow (09). The ambassador points out that violence is by no means the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
The Defence Secretary says the police and the armed forces empowered to use necessary force against those who endanger or harm the general public, engage in anti-social activities or cause damages to property. In a video statement, General (Retd.) Kamal Gunaratne said certain groups are attempting to incite violence among the general public under the pretext of peaceful demonstrations. Meanwhile, a police curfew order was also imposed in several police areas in the Western Province ahead of the series of mass anti-government protests expected to take place in and outskirts of Colombo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
Police curfew will be imposed in several police areas of the Western Province with effect from 9.00 p.m. today (July 08), Inspector-General of Police C.D. Wickramaratne announced. https://youtu.be/B7tZLn3FpEk Thereby, the curfew orders will be effective in the following police areas until further notice: • Negombo police area• Kelaniya police area• Nugegoda police area• Mount Lavinia police area• Colombo North police area• Colombo South police area• Colombo Central police area Urging the residents of these areas to remain indoors while the curfew is effective, the police stressed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/22)
ලංකාවට පෙට්රල් සහ ඩීසල් ගොඩබාන මිල ගැන තෙල් සංස්ථාවත්, ඛනිජ තෙල් අමාත්යාංශයත් කියන්නේ පට්ටපල් බොරුය. ලංකාවට පෙට්රල්/ඩීසල් ගොඩබාන මිල අතර රු. රු. 130 සිට රු. 150 ක් දක්වා අතර පරතරයක් ඇත. මේ දත්ත ඇමති කාංචන විජේසේකර ගේ ටුවිට් එකේ ඉලක්කම් සහ රේගුවේ දත්ත අතර සංසන්ධනයකි. ඛනිජ තෙල් ඇමතිගේ පණිවුඩයේ ‘Landing cost per liter in Rs.’ (ලීටරයක් ගොඩබාන මිල) යැයි තීරුවක් ඇත. එය, පෙට්රල් 92 රු. 363.51 ක් ද, පෙට්රල් 95 රු. 367.18 ක් ද, ඔටෝ ඩීසල් රු. 403.65 කි. ලංකාව තෙල් ගන්නේ මේ මිලට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/07/22)
Let us return to the impeachment of 2 Chief Justices of Sri Lanka – how they were removed matters not so much as the trial or the allegations related therein. Another noteworthy feature is the manner one Chief Justice got full international backing while the other received only international condemnation. This is quite strange for the “international community” & the legal fraternity that claims to be unbiased. Shirani Bandaranayake was Chief Justice 43 Appointed on 18 May 2011 Impeachment motion in November 2012 Procedure to impeach a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/22)
The Government should immediately proscribe all these anti-national foreign agents called “Civil Societies” and initiate a full investigation with a view to take legal action against their misdeeds and put an end to their activities. The following letter by Shenali Waduge is a must, that should be read by all Sinhala people who love their Motherland and the glorious Sinhala nation. Sri Lankan politicians in particular, from the President and Prime Minister downward, who handle the destiny of the country and all policy makers and top Government officials who are in charge... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/22)
ඍෂි ඉන්දියානු යුවලකගේ පුතෙකි බොරිස් ගේ එක්ස්චෙකර්ය ඉනෆ් ඊස් ඉනෆ් කියා ඉල්ලා අස් විය. සජිඩ් පකිස්තානු මාපිය දෙපලකගේ පුතෙකි බොරිස් ගේ හෙල්ත් සෙක්රටරිය ඉනෆ් ඊස් ඉනෆ් කියා ඉල්ලා අස් විය. ඉන් අනතුරුව මැටි ඇමටි පෝලිමක් ඉල්ලා අස්විය. අන්තිමට බොරිස් උන්නැහෙට යන්නට සිදු විය, දැනට බාගෙට ගොසින්ය. ආරංචි හැටියට පක්ෂයේ නායකත්වයට දොළොස් දෙනෙක් ඇහැ ගහ ගෙන ය ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/22)
නැගෙනහිර පළාතේ ඉතා වැදගත් ෙඑතිහාසික සිද්ධස්ථානයක් වනුයේ තිරියායේ හිරිගඩු සෑයයි.තපස්සු භල්ලකු වෙළඳ දෙබෑයන් විසින් රැගෙන පැමිණි කේශ ධාතු තැන්පත් කර සැදූ කුඩා ස්ථූපය ප්රතිසංස්කරණයට ලක් වෙමින් අදටත් එහි ජීවමාන වෙයි. තපස්සු භල්ලුක වෙළඳ දෙබෑයන් ලංකාව වෙත පැමිණ ගොඩ බට තැන් ගැන පුවත් කීපයක් වෙයි. ඉන් එකක් නම් තිරියයාට නුදුරු කණිකාර වේලි තොටුපළයි.ගැඹුරු මුහුදකින් යුක්ත නමුත් යාත්රිකයන්ට සුවසේ වෙරළ වෙත ළඟ විය හැකි මෙම වරාය අද හඳුන්වනුයේ කුච්චවේලි යනුවෙනි.කුච්චවේලියට නුදුරින් පවතිනුයේ සෙම්බිමලේ පුරාවිද්යෘ ස්ථානයයි. එයට කණිකර ගිරි නම් ව්යවහාරයකි.කණිකර යන්න ප්රදේශයට තවත් නමකි. කණිකර පෙදෙසේ ප්රධාන වෙළඳ තොට වූ කණිකරවෙල්ලියෙහි ඉතා සුවිශේෂී බෞද්ධ සිද්ධස්ථානයක් වෙයි.එය පිච්චමල් විහාරය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/22)
In a show of goodwill, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave 1000 kg of the renowned Amrapali mango to Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The mango was given to the Prime Minister of Pakistan's protocol officer by the Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad in July 05, 2022. According to a statement from the Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad, "This gift will be considered a special example of bilateral friendship between the two fraternal countries." Since a few years ago, Bangladesh has been providing the leaders of South Asian, Southeast... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/22)
Farmers take part in an anti-government protest demanding the resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's ongoing economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 6, 2022. /VCG Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe declared his country "bankrupt" on Tuesday, as a result of the island's worst-ever economic crisis since independence in 1948. Sri Lanka presently owes over $50 billion to international creditors. This April it announced it was suspending debt payments. Wickremesinghe said the crisis has made bailout negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/22)
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Chairman, Janaka Rathnayake, today urged the government to investigate the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) for making huge profit margins on fuel imports and sales. While addressing the media, he said the revenue after importing and selling fuel not gone to the government or to the treasury but to the CPC where they had huge financial burdens. The chairman referred to the CPC as a 'dark hole' and said the revenue after importing and selling fuel is sucked into the CPC... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/22)
Sri Lanka’s headline inflation is expected to rise to 70 per cent in the coming months from the current level of 50%, the Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says. His remarks came during a media briefing convened in Colombo to announce the Central Bank’s 5th monetary policy review for the year 2022. https://youtu.be/sNU6XpuHCVs The major concern and priority, from the Central Bank’s point of view, is to address inflation and inflation expectations going forward and bring it down to a reasonable level as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/22)
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) says it has opened registration for priority consumer facility to purchase fuel for US dollars. The applications could be downloaded from the CPC website (www.ceypetco.gov.lk). The relevant conditions, the USD payment process and the infrastructure requirements to be complete by the applicant after authorization is grant by CPC can also be viewed on the CPC website. The Minster of Power and Energy last week announced that any company or industry that capable of paying in US dollars can open a consumer account at the CPC to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/22)
A shortage of exorbitantly privileged American Dollars, the global reserve fiat currency, which is not backed by gold, silver, oil or drugs, is the purported reason for Sri Lanka’s compounding crisis and the international media narrative of ‘famine’ in the country. The financial crisis that has brought the strategic Indian Ocean island nation to a standstill, which co-incidentally stymies protests, originated with an International Sovereign Bond (ISB), debt trap and Default in April this year. Such defaults, often staged, render countries in the Global South vulnerable to International Monetary Fund (IMF), ‘bailouts’, structural... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/22)
When two people get together there is a question that each other ask. The question is what actions by the government would take against the Rajapaksa regime? Many information published on social media may not be true and it would be a willful fabrication. But, Sri Lankans believe that no smoke could come out without a fire. Many Sri Lankan people overseas are confused about social media information and express views against the Rajapksa regime. If the Rajapaksa regime has done corrupt practices against the government they must be investigated by a Royal Commission and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/22)
බල්ලෙක් බවු වවු ගෑවේය. මැදියම් රැයේ එම අශික්කිත ශබ්ද්දය ඇසුණු මම පොඩ්ඩක් බයවුනි ඒ ඇයි කිවහොත් අර කාන්තිමත් පෙනුමක් ඇති හිනිනෙන් දුටු ලාල් අය්යාගේ ගොලයෙකුවත් මේ රෑවෙලා ගෙවල් පැත්තෙවත් කැරකෙනවද මන්දෑ කියාය. ගෝටා ගෝ හෝම් මල්ලිලා අයියලා රටටම දවල් තරු පෙන්න ගහපු ගැහිල්ල මතක් වෙනකොට මුළු ගමම විදුලිය කැපු වෙලාවට නිදියන්නේ මර භියෙන්ය. නිකරුනේ ඉන්න අපේ ගෙවල් හෝ අල්ලපු ගෙදර ගිනි තිබ්බොත් එහෙම අඩුම ගානේ ගිණි නිවන හමුදාවට එන්න පෙට්රෝල් ඩිසල් නැති කාලයක අපි අර... පහල ඇති ටැප් එකෙන් පම්ප කරලා ගෙදර ගිණි නිවන්නද ? මෙහෙම කාලකන්නි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/22)
During the reign of Brezhnev in Soviet Union a currency called “valid roubles” was introduced by Russian government All foreign embassy staff and foreign Employees in Soviet Union were given a quota of a printed note called Valid Roubles ( vlutnaya rublaya) and the government established special shops in the city These shops sold foreign tobacco like Marlborough Philip Morris 555 etc The embassy staff sometimes sold the valid roubles at a higher rate to locals or students who visit these shops and buy foreign products like tobacco top quality... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/07/22)
මව්රට පුවත්පත සහ මව්රට වෙබ් අඩවිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අමාත්ය මනූෂ නානයක්කාර මහතා අද (05) පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ දී සිදු කළ ප්රකාශය සම්පූර්ණයෙන් ම ප්රතික්ෂේප කෙරේ. මව්රට පුවත්පත සහ මව්රට වෙබ් අඩවිය ස්වාධීන මාධ්ය ආයතනයකි. ‘සමඟි ජන බල වේගය’ දේශපාලන පක්ෂයට හෝ එම දේශපාලන පක්ෂය හා බැඳුණු පාර්ශ්වයකට මව්රට පුවත්mතේ හෝ එහි වෙබ් අඩවිය වූ මව්රට වෙබ් අඩවියේ කිසිදු සම්බන්ධතාවක් නො මැත. දේශපාලන, සාහිත්ය සහ සමාජීය කරුණු විෂය කර ගත් මව්රට පුවත්පත සහ වෙබ් අඩවිය කාලීන පුවත් ඉතා වගකීමෙන් යුතුව මාධ්ය සදාචාරය හා සමාජ වගකීම ඉහළින් ම රකිමින් වාර්තා කරයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/07/22)
Sadly, much of the loss of confidence in Sri Lanka today , at the heart of it’ current misery , is the consequence of well organised, well funded and well orchestrated propaganda specifically designed to achieve “ Loss of Confidence In Sri Lanka , among expatriate workers and international community “.The propaganda uses clear examples of mismanagement by the current administration , exaggerates the consequences of these, and often also uses blatantly false claims and misinterpretations, to destroy confidence in the Administration .From the moment this administration came into power, they used... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/07/22)
Minister of Tourism Harin Fernando appointed Priantha Fernando as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTB). Priantha Fernando is a professional with many years of experience. He qualified for an M.Sc. in tourism at the University of Surrey. Also, he gained experience in Hotel Management and Tourism at Belair College, UK. Priantha Fernando held a number of senior positions in the public and private sector. When his appointment as the Chairman of the SLBT was announced, he was in Bangladesh on a significant project of the Bangladesh Tourism... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/07/22)
The late Gomin Dayasri declared he didn’t want to be a President’s Counsel. Appearing on Sirasa Pathikada, the outspoken lawyer said that there was no point in requesting such a title. Dayasri said so during a conversation with the late Bandula Jayasekera, who invited him on several occasions. Dayasri pointed out the absurdity in the process of appointing President’s Counsel. By Shamindra Ferdinando The much respected senior Attorney-at-Law Gomin Dayasri, 77, is no more, but his voice carried such weight that he had the opportunity... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/07/22)
විපක්ෂයේ සිටියත් තමන් ඇතුළු ස්වාධීන පක්ෂ එකමුතුවේ නායකයන් විදේශ රාජ්යයන් කිහිපයක් සමග සාකච්ඡා කරමින් තෙල්, ගෑස්, ගල් අඟුරු හා පොහොර ලබා ගැනීම පිළිබඳ අර්බුදයන්ට විසඳුම් ලබාදීමේ දැවැන්ත මෙහෙයුමක නිරතව සිටින බවත් ආණ්ඩුවේ ප්රතිචාරය අයහපත් නොවුණහොත් එම උත්සාහය තව දින කිහිපයකින් සාර්ථක වනු ඇති බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, හිටපු අමාත්ය විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසා සිටියි. බොරැල්ලේ පිහිටි ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂයේ ප්රධාන කාර්යාලයේ පැවති ස්වාධීන පක්ෂ එකමුතුවේ පක්ෂ නායක මාධ්ය හමුවට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා මෙසේ පැවසීය. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා මෙසේද සඳහන් කළේය. විශ්වාසය අහිමි කරගත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/07/22)
The British government has again warned against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka as the island nation plunges deeper into economic turmoil. Hours later, as tour operators scrambled to respond to the country’s worsening situation, Tui became the first to cancel all holidays to Sri Lanka until 18 July. Britain’s largest tour operator said in a statement: “Due to the ongoing political and economic instability in Sri Lanka, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have advised against all but essential travel. “As a result, we’ve unfortunately... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/07/22)
MOSCOW. July 6 (Interfax) - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has called Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday. "Current aspects of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, including energy, agriculture and transport, have been discussed," the press service said. In the context of the 65th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations observed this year, the sides "reaffirmed the mutual desire to continue progressive development of the traditionally friendly relations between Russia and Sri Lanka," it said. It was agreed to continue contacts at various levels,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/07/22)
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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should step down from his Finance Minister portfolio, Minister Dhammika Perera says. The parliamentarian told a media briefing today that “Sri Lanka’s finance minister plans for disaster.” The finance minister has no plans to resolve the current dollar crisis in the country, he continued, explaining that all of Sri Lanka’s economic challenges are linked to the dollar crisis. https://youtu.be/83znS2urrx4 Speaking further, Minister Perera said the finance minister has no future cash flow planning for the country either. The finance minister... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/07/22)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sought an offer of credit support from Russian President Vladimir Putin to import fuel to Sri Lanka to ride out the current economic challenges. Taking to his official Twitter account, the Head of State said he had a very productive telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart today (July 06). https://youtu.be/mAaPbInIPwQ The two leaders have unanimously agreed that strengthening bilateral relations in sectors such as tourism, trade and culture is paramount in reinforcing the friendship between the two nations. During their conversation, President... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/07/22)
Despite the views of politicians and others, Sri Lanka should be forced to agree to strong conditions for economic support. Historical information indicates that the welfare economy has been operating against people working and many people in the country have been addicted to subsidies the government needs to change this situation. Subsidies are encouraged not to work and depend on government support. Poor people should be given support, it doesn’t mean that the country should be allowed the entire population to push depending on subsidies. IMF or any other organization need to impose a strong... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/07/22)
1. Purpose Sri Lanka is currently facing a severe shortage of foreign currencycreating hardships to the people in the country .Conventional foreign income generating avenues such as tourism,export of garments ,coconut products ,export of teas and spices are not performing . Earlier, a few decades ago, casinos were not that common and casino cruises were negligible. In order to find a casino, a person would have to travel to that location where they were legal. But now the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/07/22)
Parliament was adjourned for 10 minutes after the opposition staged a protest during the Prime Minister’s speech. Accordingly, the Parliament was adjourned at around 10.40 am today, Ada Derana correspondent said. PM Ranil Wickremesinghe today delivered a special statement in Parliament regarding the progress of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He said that Sri Lanka’s discussions with the IMF had ended successfully and that the next step is to submit a report on debt restructuring. TEXT of PM's special statement in Parliament Today,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/07/22)
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today challenged Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake to revive Sri Lanka’s economy in 06 months. Addressing the Parliament today, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said he is ready to step down from the premiership in order to allow MP Dissanayake to implement his economic plans The statement is given below (<a href="https://www.hirunews.lk/english/309082/pm-shares-road-map-parliament-adjourned-for-10-mts">Click here for the FULL statement of the PM "MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake has stated that if he is handed over the country, it will be restored in six months. Indeed,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/07/22)
Do “civil society” actually represent Sri Lankan citizens or are they representatives of those that fund or pay their salaries? Their connections and the manner they network provide clues. While they point fingers claiming politicians should serve a term, how long have they held posts in these organizations? While they project themselves as being better than politicians – how better are they, how trustworthy are they given that their funding determines the initiatives they take up & the topics they raise. It is they who began the ‘Reject 225+1” campaign as early... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/07/22)
By the time we understand the truth it is too late, the damage has been done. For Libyans, they have to face their sad fate. Falling under heavily funded Western propaganda of lies turning Gaddafi into a ‘dictator’ and requiring to be ousted in order for Libyans to be liberated, Gaddafi was killed while US President & heads of armed forces watched. Hillary Clinton who was Vice President at the time laughed at his death “we came, we saw, he died”. 20 October 2011 Gaddafi was killed. To comprehend the tragedy that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/07/22)
The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee said yesterday that any IMF agreement with Sri Lanka must be contingent on independence of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, strong anti-corruption measures, and promotion of the rule of law. "Without these critical reforms, Sri Lanka could suffer further economic mismanagement and uncontrollable debt," he tweeted. Earlier, the IMF team which concluded its visit to Sri Lanka said they had had constructive and productive discussions with the Sri Lankan authorities on economic policies and reforms to be supported by an IMF Extended... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/07/22)
දරුවනි,ඊණියා අරගල කරුවනි, මෝඩ වැඩ වර්ජකයිනි සියළුම දේශ පාලුවනි.. ඔබේ ගෙය මුළුමනින්ම ගිනිගෙන. එය නිවිමට හැකි දෙයක් කරණු මිස එයට තව තවත් පෙට්රල් වත් කරන්ට හෝ පිදුරු දමන්ට එපා. ඔබේ අම්මා සහ පියා යන දෙදෙනාම ගේ ඉදිරිපස ලිඳේ ගිලෙනවා. ලක් මවද ඉන්දීය සාගරයේ සීග්රයෙන් ගිලෙනවා. ළිඳේ ගිලෙන මව, පියා දෙදෙනාත් සාගරයේ ගිලෙන ලක් මෑනියනුත් ජීවිත ආරක්ශාවට කඹයක් හෝ දමා ඒ තිදෙනා බේරාගැනීමට උත්සාහ කරනවා මිස ඔබ කළයුත්තේ ඒ තිදෙනාගේම ගෙලෙහි ගල්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/07/22)
The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was presented to establish political stability in the country which is requested by most of the international agencies assisting Sri Lanka, Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs & Constitutional Reforms Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe says. His views came in the backdrop where SLFP chairman Maithripala Sirisena criticized the 22nd constitutional amendment as an attempt to strengthen the powers of incumbent President Gotabaya Rajapaksa until the end of his tenure. https://youtu.be/NvaiQmst9U8 Speaking at a media briefing today (July 03), Minister Rajapakshe said they do not intend... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/07/22)
Any company or industry that capable of paying in US dollars can open a consumer account at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to obtain a weekly guaranteed fuel quota, Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekara says. They need to pay a month in advance and fuel will be issued either on a daily or weekly basis from the 12th of July, the minister said in a tweet. Already paid customers will receive their quota starting from the aforementioned day, he added.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/07/22)
All government and government-approved private schools across the country will remain closed this week, the Ministry of Education says. https://youtu.be/-3uk10z1Ezk The decision was taken at a virtual meeting held with the Education Ministry officials, provincial secretaries and directors of education today. The turnout of students, teachers and principals in schools and the Power & Energy Ministry’s fuel distribution process were taken up for discussion during the meeting. Accordingly, it was decided that a week of holidays would be declared for government and government-approved private schools from 04th... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/07/22)
අග්රාමාත්ය ධුරය සහ කැබිනට් පත් මණ්ඩලය පත් කිරීමේ අවස්ථාව ලබා දෙන්නේ නම් කොටි කාලයකට ආණ්ඩුවක් පිහිටුවීමට තම තම පක්ෂය සුදානම් බව ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ නායක අනුර දිසානායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. කෙටි කාලයක් සඳහා පිහිටුවන එම පාලනය තුළදී ඉතා කෙටිකලක් තුළ මෙරට මූලික ගැටළු වූ ඉන්ධන, ගෑස්, කිරිපිටි, විදුලිය ආදී ගැටලු ඉතා කෙටි කාලයක් තුළ විසඳා දීමට සූදානම් බවද හෙතෙම පැවසීය. නමුත් එම පාලනය යටතේ සියලු ප්රශ්න විසඳන බවට තමන් නොපවසන බවද හෙතෙම පැවසීය. අම්බලන්තොට නගරයේ දී පැවති ජාතික ජන බලවේගය විරෝධතා පාගමනක් අමතමින් හෙතෙම මේ බව කියා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/07/22)
Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Mizukoshi Hideaki said that Japan is ready to provide continuoussupport to Sri Lanka while strengthening relations between the two countries, for Sri Lanka'seconomic program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and for the development activitiesof the country. In a statement, the President's Media Division said that during discussions between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Japanese Ambassador at the President’s House in Colombo, today, Ambassador Mizukoshi Hideaki said that continuous efforts will be made to further strengthen the economic, social and cultural relations with Sri Lanka. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/07/22)
The reason US invaded countries of Latin America for 39 years was bananas. However, the Nicaraguan operation was different. US was involved in 2 covert operations in Nicaragua & Iran (1984-1987) The 1stoperation was to use a Honduran rebel group called Contras against the Nicaraguan Government of Sandinista. The 2nd covert operation was to sell arms to Iran to release American hostages held in Lebanon. The profits from the arms sales to Iran was used to support the Contras to overthrow the Nicaraguan government via third parties and private funds. It is the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
According to the general understanding, the government sector and the private sector are equally responsible for the management of the economy, however, since the 1956 election, the responsibility of the management of the economy was unequally transferred to the public sector and this process was incurred by the nationalization of private enterprises, controlling the private investments and the spreading of the concept of socialism in the country that discouraged private investors and massively created investment problems in the country. The macroeconomic problems of the country were related to unemployment, distribution of income, increasing population more... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
The Decision Review System known as UDRS or DRS or the Player Referral concept is in vogue not only in cricket but in many other sports activities where the Third Umpire plays the role of an Appeal Judge. Who came up with this concept & when is a question the International Cricket Committee (ICC) has consistently failed to answer despite incessant calls to do so. If every song has a singer and every lyric has an author, the DRS too must have emerged from somebody’s brain. Sri Lankan Attorney Senaka Weeraratna... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
Sri Lanka and India agreed to explore further avenues towards greater cooperation in the food processing and dairy sectors, when Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda met with India’s Minister of Food Processing Industries Shri Pashupati Kumar Paras today (01 July) in New Delhi. At the outset, Minister Paras accorded a warm welcome to High Commissioner Moragoda and said that he and his government led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi are always ready to help Sri Lanka in these difficult times. While thanking the Minister, High Commissioner Moragoda... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
මේ දිනවල කටාරයේ සංචාරයක නිරත වන විදුලිබල හා බලශක්ති අමාත්ය කාන්චන විජේසේකර මහතා ඊයේ(30) දිනයේ දී කටාර් චැරිටි සංවිධානයේ නියෝජිතයන් මුණ ගැසී කළ සාකච්ඡාවක් අතර තුර අදාල සංවිධානයට එරෙහිව ලංකාව පනවා ඇති තහනම ඉවත් කිරීමට තීරණය කර තිබෙන බව එම නියෝජිතයන්ට දැනුම් දී ඇති බව වාර්තාවේ. මත භේදයට තුඩු දුන් කටාර් චැරිටි සංවිධානය 2019 වසරේ දි ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහ්තාගේ සෘජු මැදිහත්වීම යටතේ රජය විසින් තනහම් කරන ලදී. එවකට පොලිසිය භාර අමාත්යවරයා වූ ආචාර්ය සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව හමුවේ ප්රකාශ කර සිටියේ, කටාර් චැරිටි, ත්රස්ත සංවිධානයක් ලෙස නම් කරන බවයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
කැමැත්ත නොමැතිව ගැබිනි මවුවරුන් වඳ භාවයට පත් කිරීම හා ඒ සඳහා පෙළඹවීම ඇතුළු චෝදනා එල්ල වී ඇති වෛද්ය සෙයිගු සිහබ්ඳදීන් මොහොමඩ් සාෆි නමැත්තා තම අධිකරණය විසින් නිදොස් කොට නිදහස් කර ඇති බවට මාධ්ය මගින් අසත්ය ප්රවෘත්ති පළ කර ඇති බව ‘සනාථ කිරීම සඳහා අවශ්ය සාක්ෂි අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලෙස කුරුණෑගල මහෙස්ත්රාත් බන්දුල ගුණරත්න මහතා 24 දා අගතියට පත් පාර්ශ්වයට නියෝග කළේය. එම සැකකාර වෛද්යවරයාට එරෙහිව අධිකරණය හමුවේ පවතින නඩුවේ විමර්ශන මේ දක්වා අවසන් වී හෝ නඩු විභාගය අවසන් කර නොමැතිව තිබියදීත් ඇතැම් ජනමාධ්ය මගින් “සියලු චෝදනා ඔප්පු කිරීමට නොහැති වීම නිසා වෛද්ය ෂාෆි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
Colombo July 1 (Counterpoint): The Gazetted draft of the 22 nd. Amendment (22A) of the Sri Lankan constitution, which will be presented to parliament in the coming week, is a compromise between the interests of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. It is also designed to maintain the stability needed to tide over the current economic crisis and to avoid a referendum. If passed by parliament, by the required two-thirds majority, the draft 22A will enter the constitution as the 21 st.,Amendment (21A). Constitutional Council and Independent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
Sri Lankans have taken to the streets over an acute shortage of essentials including food, fuel and medicines - Copyright AFP - Sri Lanka’s inflation hit a ninth consecutive record in June, official data showed Friday, rising to 54.6 percent a day after the IMF asked the bankrupt nation to rein in galloping prices and corruption. It was the first time the increase in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) crossed the psychologically important 50 percent mark, according to the department of census and statistics. The figures came hours after the International Monetary Fund... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
Being the first in the queue is usually a coveted spot, but Ajeewan Sadasivam has no idea how long he'll be stuck in this one. "I've been in line for two days already," he says, as he waits patiently outside a petrol station in the capital Colombo. As a taxi driver, fuel is his lifeblood, but Sri Lanka has no fresh supplies of petrol coming in. "I have been sleeping in this car. Sometimes I leave to go and get food, then I come back and wait… I haven't bathed in days." He says he has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
MF has clearly mentioned that Sri Lanka needs to first reduce the prevalent corruption conditions and overhaul the taxation structure. Sri Lanka Economic Crises: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) shared its end-of-mission report on Thursday and highlighted the ‘corruption vulnerabilities’ in Sri Lanka. The IMF personnel had conducted a study after visiting Sri Lanka from 20th to 30th of June. The 10 day long study visit was aimed at identifying the possibilities to extend a financial bailout package to the island nation, reeling under extreme financial crisis. IMF has clearly mentioned that Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has declared that a false allegation by President of the Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) Attorney-at-Law Senaka Perera that some prisoners were used to attack anti-government protesters outside Temple Trees and at Galle Face on 09 May triggered violence in many parts of the country. The HRCSL also faulted Sudesh Nadimal Silva also of the same organisation for propagating unsubstantiated allegations. Justice (ret.) Rohini Marasinghe, in her... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
The Chief Incumbents of the four Buddhist Chapters have written to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, stressing 10 matters, including the creation of economic stability and provision of relief to the people. In their statement, the chief prelates said the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution should be passed in the parliament without delay. https://youtu.be/Oys2xmZDnJ0 They also stressed that the President should take expedite measures to convene political party leaders to appoint an honest, all-party government again. The tenure of the all-party government should be limited to 6 months,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
The Embassy of Japan in Colombo today (July 01) categorically denied a media report which stated that Japan would not support Sri Lanka at the moment due to mismanagement of funds. According to an article published by a local newspaper, the Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka reportedly mentioned this during a meeting with the TNA yesterday. The Japanese ambassador engaged in a visit to Jaffna from June 27 to 30. Issuing a clarification on Japan’s position on the economic situation in Sri Lanka, the embassy dismissed the contents of the article... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
Sri Lanka was always sitting on a time bomb. Our expenses were higher than our income/revenues, our imports were higher than our exports, we were living a superficial life on loans, taking more loans to settle loans and even loans to continue our lifestyle – it was only a matter of time that the bomb would explode. Confounding matters were several internal and global calamities – covid, global fuel crisis from Ukraine war, loss of revenues that Sri Lanka had been reliant on. The situation was well known to experts planning policy,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
Sarath Fonseka is credited with two achievements relating to the Eelam war. Firstly he single handedly, opposed the Ceasefire Agreement of 2002 (CFA) and secondly he played a major role in winning Eelam War IV. Fonseka had strongly opposed the Ceasefire Agreement. He was the only officer who had the guts to publicly oppose the CFA, said Shamindra Ferdinando, especially the move to remove high security zones. He flatly refused to do so, as long as the LTTE had artillery pieces and long range mortars. Austin Fernando, then in charge of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
Fonseka went in for self promotion once the war ended. DBS Jeyaraj observed that on July 9 2009, Fonseka spoke at a book launch about the war, in which he heaped compliments upon himself lavishly. Token lip service was paid to the President’s role. Gotabaya was virtually ignored. According to Sarath he and he alone had won the war with the President’s support. It was a one-man show. This implied that Sarath and not Mahinda was the savior of the nation. Another incident was the felicitation ceremony at Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda on July 10.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
Due to the much publicized animosity between the Army commander Sarath Fonseka and the head of the Navy, Wasantha Karannagoda, relations between navy and army was strained during Eelam war IV .Officers in the army knew this and were wary and guarded in their actions, said Kamal Gunaratne . The animosity between the two was well known, not only to the armed forces but also to the public. When Sarath Fonseka’s brother wrote an open letter to the President regarding Sarath, a reader responded that in the matter of rivalry among the Commanders of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
Sometime in the year 1992, an Economics student at the University of Peradeniya confessed confusion over a comment by Dr S B De Silva regarding multinational corporations. Apparently he didn’t have an issue with MNCs and the student had been shocked. Elaboration cleared it all up. What he had meant was that it doesn’t really matter, strictly in an economic sense, who rakes up the profits from a capitalist system; surplus value is anyway extracted and the worker is exploited. Whether the profiteer is white or black, an MNC or a local, is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
ඇමරිකාණු තුවක්කු අයිතිය ලිඛිත ව්යවස්ථාවෙන් protected ය. කාන්තා අයිතීන් එහෙම රකින්නට ව්යවස්ථාවේ ලියවී නැත. එබැවින් පහුගියදා ඇමෙරිකානු මහ උසාවිය කාන්තාවන්ගේ ගබ්සා කර ගැනීමේ අයිතිය උදුරා දමන්නට තීන්දු කළේය. ජේන් ෆෝන්ඩා කාන්තා සිරුර AK-47 හැටියට නිර්වචනය කරන කාලය ඇවිත් බව මතක් කරන්නේ එවිට ව්යවස්ථානුකුලව රැකවරණය ලබන්නට හැකි බව පෙන්වා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
From Nepal to Pakistan and from Sri Lanka to India, the South-Asian region is no doubt a paradise on earth, blessed with a lot of scenic beauty, mystic serenity and natural sublimity. Most of the people belonging to this region have hearts enriched with love, kindness and sympathy for the whole humanity. Though the South-Asian region comprises of the people following different religious philosophies but their ‘philosophical’ differences never create hostile-distances among them. From Buddhism to Hinduism and from Sikhism to Islam, one finds the followers of every religion here in a large number; at some... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
Sri Lanka should stamp out corruption and substantially raise taxes to rescue its economy, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday after bailout talks with the bankrupt island nation. Representatives from the global lender of last resort have just concluded a 10-day visit to the capital Colombo to map out a resolution to the South Asian country's unprecedented economic crisis. Their meetings follow months of lengthy blackouts and days-long queues for petrol as a financial crunch leaves Sri Lanka without the funds to meet its energy needs. But the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
The global inflationary crisis in 2021 and more dramatically in 2022 triggered a Sri Lankan default on payment of $78 million in matured foreign bonds in April 2022. On May 18, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka declared that the country was in a preemptive default status. Political unrest followed as the government failed to provide fuel and imported food, prices have dramatically increased while the government's ability to provide foreign currency to support continued imports dried up. The Western and components of the Indian mainstream media, think tanks... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
Due to the situation, many Sri Lankans can no longer afford even one meal a day. Between 600 and 700 people show up at the community kitchen run by Rev Geeth Chamara De Silva. Talks for a credit line continue between Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund. Colombo (AsiaNews) – “Many people do bad things to quell their hunger, others commit suicide. Recently a father hanged himself because he had nothing to feed his children with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/22)
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