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News Archive for Aug 2022
Did the US use Ukraine-Russia war to weaken Europe?Was US using Ukraine for a bigger goal than to draw Russia into a proxy war? Did US use the Ukraine war to destabilize & weaken EU? Shouldn’t EU leaders & Europeans wake up to this unpalatable reality. While many Europeans are asking why America does not fight its own wars & why European leaders are choosing to fight America’s war at the expense of their own, no one appears to be providing the answers. US did the same to Europe during the War on Terror and Arab Spring. How many non-Europeans... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/22)
Significance of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's upcoming India visit
After almost three years, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to Delhi again on a state visit on September 5. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit is very significant in India-Bangladesh bilateral relations. The Modi government also wants to give special importance to this visit. Because in the changing geo-political situation, New Delhi considers Dhaka as its most 'trusted friend'. On September 6, the two Prime Ministers will have a private meeting and a delegation level meeting. Sheikh Hasina will address major business meetings like the Indian Chamber of Commerce the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8Le
An unprecedented number of first year undergraduates have complained that they were abused mentally, physically and sexually in the fresher rag, said Daily Mirror in 2018. We have received detailed accounts from students subjected to ragging. Freshers are humiliated, abused, threatened and physically attacked. However, none were ready to reveal their ordeal, even behind closed doors, fearing retribution. That included those who had graduated, reported Daily Mirror Freshers hate the early stages of the university life due to ragging, continued Daily Mirror. The parents of a fresher, a hosteller had been very apprehensive over... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8Lf
The majority of the freshers are scared and submit as commanded by the seniors without complaint. Many are afraid to stand against it. Our precursor batch complained about the rag, and this simply prolonged the rag, said an undergrad. My friends and I formed a group and planned to escape the evening rag, which was after lectures. But, many declined to join us and said that they would rather face the rag and that they were scared to escape, said a respondent. These freshers were scared to attend lectures without the ‘Vaatha Card’ issued... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/22)
Lankan President says he will not sanction death penalty
Colombo, August 31 (PMD): Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 31) through the Attorney General that he will not place his signature for the execution of the death penalty. Additional Solicitor General Nerin Pulle, who appeared for the Attorney General, stated this when several fundamental rights petitions filed calling for the annulment of the decision taken by former President Maithripala Sirisena in 2019 to execute four defendants sentenced to death on drug charges, were called. The petition was called before a three-member Supreme Court bench consisting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/22)
Sky diving and bungee jumping from Lotus Tower in Colombo
Colombo, August 31 (PMD): Adding a new experience for the people of Sri Lanka, the operations of the tallest self-supported structure in South Asia, the Lotus Tower, is planning to commence operations from the 15th of September. With the commencement of operations of the Lotus Tower, which was built at a cost of nearly US$113 million, the Colombo Lotus Tower Pvt Ltd intends to offer the Sri Lankan public a novel experience. A Chinese company granted US$ 88.65 million and the rest has been borne by the Sri Lankan government. The loan... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/22)
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's inflation hits another record
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's inflation hit an eleventh consecutive monthly record in August, official data showed on Wednesday, rising to 64.3 percent as the International Monetary Fund extended bailout talks by one more day. The benchmark year-on-year Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) in August was more than eight times higher than the 7.6 percent recorded in October 2021. Since then it has set a new record high every month. According to the department of census and statistics, food inflation in August was even higher, hitting 93.7 percent. Inflation in August was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/22)
Julie Chung and fire hoses of falsehoods
When it comes to fire hoses and falsehoods, the USA would be tough to beat. Chung and Biden ought to know. US Ambassador Julie Chung was spot on. A few days ago, she pointed out, correctly, that ‘fake news - and fake tweets - are a real problem.’ She urged one and all, ‘don’t be misled.’ This particular tweet, apparently, was a response of sorts to ‘fake tweets mimicking [her] account’ which ‘have been spreading on social media’. Indeed, I have seen some ‘Julie Chung tweets’ which, at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/22)
Sri Lanka, IMF reach preliminary agreement on emergency loan: reports
Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a preliminary agreement on an emergency loan to the crisis-hit country and a formal announcement will be made on Thursday, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. https://youtu.be/PgNFcvseCHY The island nation, struggling with its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades, had sought up to $3 billion from the IMF. Spokespersons for the IMF and the Sri Lankan government did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Staff-level agreements are typically subject to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/22)
Circular issued allowing migrant workers to import electric vehicles
The Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment has issued a circular allowing migrant workers to import an electric vehicle with the intention of promoting migrant worker remittance. The Cabinet of Ministers green-lighted the proposal tabled by Minister of Labour & Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara earlier this month. Through this move, a license is issued to local migrant workers who import an electric vehicle equivalent to 50% or less of remittance transmitted through legal channels. If a migrant worker has transferred more than USD 3,000 will be allowed to import an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/22)
Two accused of stealing from Temple Trees further remanded
The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court ordered today (Aug 31) to further remand two suspects who allegedly entered the Temple Trees and stole two televisions and a bag containing a camera, until September 14. The case filed against the suspects for forcibly entering the Temple Trees, stealing its properties and being a member of an unlawful demonstration was called before Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage today. Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) informed the court that the investigations regarding the suspects who are remanded in custody, have not yet been completed, and therefore requested to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/22)
ADB approves $200 million loan to mitigate Sri Lanka’s food crisis
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $200 million emergency assistance loan for Sri Lanka, with funds repurposed from other ongoing ADB projects, to improve food security and protect the livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable, especially women and children. “Food insecurity has severely affected the people of Sri Lanka amid the current economic difficulties. This assistance will expand direct financial support for the poor and vulnerable, boost livelihood development activities and agricultural production, and enhance social protection systems,” said ADB Senior Education Specialist for South Asia, Asako Maruyama. “This fulfills the government’s request... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/22)
Sri Lanka: Aragalaya has a message. Don’t shoot the messengers
One needs to question whether strengthening of Sinhala Buddhist hegemony has been a consequence of other religious denominations veering more towards orthodoxy and fundamentalism or whether it has been the other way about. There is confusion as to where the Egg is and where the Chicken is. During a meeting in Anuradhapura recently, President Wickremasinghe, deliberately, or inadvertently and/or innocently touched on a core issue that is at the heart of the dissatisfaction people have with the political system and what it has produced over the years. He mentioned that the original spring... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/22)
OFFER OF ASSISTANCE BY 'FORMER' PRO-SEPARATIST GROUPS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO OPEN A PANDORA'S BOX
We wish to refer to Sri Lanka government’s decision to de-list some of the banned designated persons, groups and entities which were proscribed under paragraph 4 (2) of the United Nations Regulations no 1 of 2012. The main reason for the proscription was their direct assistance and funding of the Liberation Tamil Tiger Organization a k a Tamil Tigers , a terrorist organization. The recent decision to de-list said to be after a detailed study of 577 individuals and 18 organizationswhich were blacklisted in the year 2021 for financing terrorism. The people... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/22)
“D.B. Jayatilaka’s pioneering contribution to the Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka as a Buddhist educationist at Ananda and Dharmaraja Colleges”
29th August 2022 The Buddhist Revival was one of the great landmarks in the history of Sri Lanka during the 19th and 20th centuries. It was followed by a Buddhist Renaissance in the Post-Independence period when the state machinery was regained by the downtrodden people after nearly 500 years of Euro-Christian colonial rule. Ananda College established in 1886 played a pivotal role in the Buddhist Revival. It was the hub of Buddhist resistance to the spread of missionary education, denationalization of Buddhist children, and Christian conversion. This school produced outstanding students and outstanding... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/22)
රන්ජන් බාගෙට නිදහස් වී ආ ගමන්ම කට වරද්දාගනී.. බන්ධනාගාරයෙන් ප්රකාශයක්..
බන්ධනාගාර ආයතනවල සපයන ආහාර ප්රමිතියෙන් තොර බවට හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී රන්ජන් රාමනායක කළ ප්රකාශය සම්පූර්ණයෙන් ප්රතික්ෂේප කරන බව බන්ධනාගාර මාධ්ය ප්රකාශක, බන්ධනාගාර කොමසාරිස් (පාලන) චන්දන ඒකනායක පවසයි. අද (අගෝ. 30) පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකදී ඔහු මේ බව පැවසීය. ඔහු ප්රකාශ කළේ, පණුවන් සිටින මාළු හෝ දහඩිය, සෙම්, සොටු සමග ආහාර පිසීම කිසිදු අවස්ථාවක සිදු නොවන බව ය. වසරකට බන්ධනාගාරවලට සිරකරුවන් ලක්ෂ ගණනක් පැමිණ යන බව ත් මේ දක්වා එවැනි ගැටලුවක් පැන නැගී නොමැති බව ත් ඔහු පැවසීය. එවැනි ගැටලුවක් තිබුණහොත් රැඳවියන් ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් බන්ධනාගාර අධිකාරිවරයාට, ප්රධාන ජෙලර්වරයාට හෝ බලධාරීන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/22)
President’s Full Interim Budget Speech 2022
Delivering the Interim Budget Speech for 2022 in Parliament today (30), President Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that the government’s aim is to create a surplus in the primary budget by the year 2025. “Our effort is to stabilize the economic growth rate. Our aspiration is to establish a solid economic foundation by the year 2026,” he said, in his final remarks during the speech. https://youtu.be/Oqmveo_1YZk He said as at end 2021, Sri Lanka’s public debt is about 110 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). “Our target is to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/22)
Sri Lanka has made good progress in negotiations with IMF - CBSL chief
The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that Sri Lanka has made “good progress” in the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which are aimed at clinching a bailout package. “I can announce that we have made good progress in the negotiations with the IMF. Hopefully, we will be able to reach the first milestone, a staff-level agreement with the IMF soon,” the central bank chief told reporters in Colombo. “Once we reach that agreement with the IMF, it means that we have a credible program in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/22)
Sri Lanka reports 3 more Covid-19 deaths, 74 cases
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another three Covid-19 related deaths for yesterday (August 30), the Department of Government Information reported. The victims include one male and two females, all in the age group of 60 years and above. Meanwhile 74 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed within today (30), increasing the total number of infections reported in the country to 669,893.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/22)
Special unit to be set up for restructuring state-owned enterprises
The government has decided to establish a “State-Owned Enterprise Restructuring Unit” with the aim of facilitating the restructuring of government-owned business entities. Presenting the Interim Budget 2022 in the parliament, President Ranil Wickremesinghe further proposed to allocate Rs. 200 million to implement this proposal. He mentioned that the decision was taken as some of the state-owned enterprises have been making losses on a continuous basis due to issues of structural nature existed for some time. As these losses cannot be met endlessly by the General Treasury, attention is paid to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/22)
Sri Lanka to establish National Debt Management Agency
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his interim budget speech, said an independent National Debt Management Agency (NDMA) would be established in the country. Speaking further, he said the government debt management-related activities are carried out by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, External Resources Department, National Budget Department and the Treasury Operations Department at present. As it is important to pay special attention to the management of public debt, an independent NDMA will be set up under the General Treasury in lieu of the current arrangement in this respect, the President added.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/22)
Govt to suspend purchase of fossil fuel-powered vehicles for state sector
The government has decided to suspend the purchase of vehicles powered by fossil fuels for the state sector, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said delivering the interim budget speech in the parliament today. As per this policy, only electric-powered vehicles will be purchased for the use of the public sector in the future. Meanwhile, the private sector will also be encouraged to use electric vehicles, the President said further. In purchasing vehicles for the public sector, suitable categories of vehicles are decided on the basis of the efficiency and prices of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/22)
Sri Lanka's president to cut spending in interim budget
COLOMBO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's president is set to slash expenditure when he presents an interim budget on Tuesday to see the crisis-ridden country through the rest of the year, amid discussions with the International Monetary Fund on a bailout package. The tourism-dependent nation of 22 million is facing its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948, with foreign exchange reserves crashing, public finances in a mess and the costs of basic goods rocketing. Having become president after his predecessor was ousted in a popular uprising in July, Ranil Wickremesinghe... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/22)
SL envoy woos Chinese investment in solar, wind energy
Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Dr. Palitha Kohona said Sri Lanka is an ideal spot for solar energy development and also wind energy development and China can be a big help as we transition to clean energy. “We would be able to address a huge part of our energy crisis by relying on renewable energy,” he said, according to the Chinese media. The 2022 World Conference on Clean Energy Equipment is underway in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province. More than 18 hundred guests from 17 countries and regions are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/22)
සිංහල භාෂාවේ පිරිහීම සිදුවන්නේ ප්රගතියේ නාමයෙන්ද?
සිංහල භාෂාවේ පිරිහීම සිදුවන්නේ ප්රගතියේ නාමයෙන්ද? ඇත්තටම එහෙම වෙන්නේ ඒ නිසාද? සිංහල හරියට කතා කරගත නොහැකි රාජ්ය නායකයින් පත් කර ගන්නා රටේ දේශීය ජනයාගේ භාෂාව පිරිහීම අහඹු සිදුවීමක් නොවේ. සිංහල භාෂාව යනු නුදුරු අනාගතයේදී ලෝකයේ අතුරුදහන් වන භාෂාවන් අතරින් එකක් බව මානව විද්යාඥයින් මෙන්ම අදාල ජාත්යන්තර සංවිධාන විසින් හඳුනාගෙන ඇත. එය එසේ වීම යහපත් බව සිහලයා විසින්ම තීරණය කොට ඇත. එය එසේනම් ඒ පිළිබඳව අපට කල හැකි දෙයක්ද නොමැත. මම අහම්බෙන්, ඇත්ත වශයෙන්ම වැරදීමකින් ක්ලික් වීම නිසා අද පැරණි ගීතයක් ඇසුවෙමි. මට එක වරම සිතුනේ එම ගීතය ලියවුනු කාලයේ ලංකාව වෙනස්ම රටක් බවය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/22)
චීනය ලංකාවේ ණය කපා නොහැරි හේතුව කියයි..
‘චීනය පසුගියදා ප්රතිපත්තිමය තීරණයක් ගෙන තිබෙනවා, අප්රිකානු රටවල් 17කට ලබාදී ඇති පොලී රහිත ණය කපා හැරීමට. නමුත් ශ්රී ලංකා රජය පොලී සහිතව ලබා ගත් ණය ප්රතිව්යුහගත කරන ලෙස වත්මන් පාලනය කර ඇති ඉල්ලීමට චීනය කිසිදු ප්රතිචාරයක් දක්වා නැහැ. එමගින් පෙනෙන්නේ රාජ්යතාන්ත්රික වශයෙන් මතුව ඇති ගැටලුවයි’ යයි පෙන්වා දෙන ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ දේශපාලන මණ්ඩල සභික, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ගාමිණී වලේබොඩ මහතා, තවදුරටත් එම තත්ත්වය වර්ධනය වීමට ඉඩ නොදී නොබැඳි පිළිවෙත අනුගමනය කිරීමේ ප්රවේශයකට යන ලෙස වත්මන් පාලනයට බල කරන බව පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මෙසේ පැවසුවේ පිටකෝට්ටේ පිහිටි ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ ප්රධාන කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැති මාධ්ය හමුවකට එක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/22)
Sri Lanka launches tender for 100 MW solar park
The Sri Lankan authorities are seeking a developer to build a 100 MW solar project on a build-own-operate basis, in addition to a new 132 kV transmission line. The facility will sell power to the Ceylon Electricity Board under a 20-year power purchase agreement. The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Sri Lanka’s largest electricity supplier, has launched a tender for the development and construction of a 100 MW solar power plant in Siyambalanduwa, Uva province. The selected developer will build the project on a build-own-operate (BOO) basis, in addition to installing a new 132 kV transmission line. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/22)
Twenty-four foreign firms interested in Sri Lankan petroleum business: Official
The interested countries are the UAE, Saudi Arabia, U.S., China, India, Russia, Britain, Malaysia, Norway, and the Philippines. At least 24 foreign companies are interested in the petroleum business in Sri Lanka, a government official said on Monday. The companies are from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, the United States, China, India, Russia, Britain, Malaysia, Norway, and the Philippines. Kanchana Wijesekera, Sri Lankan Minister of Power and Energy, said his ministry “has appointed a committee to evaluate the expressions of interest (EOIs) submitted by the foreign firms”,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/22)
US will support SL through IMF, if agreement reached: Julie Chung
The US will support Sri Lanka through International Monetary Fund (IMF), if Sri Lanka could reach an agreement with the IMF, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung said. She said in a twitter post that the US will redouble its endeavours to support Sri Lanka through ongoing efforts such as financing for SMEs, fertilizer and seeds for farmers, education exchange and training to strengthen public financial management. In her tweet she also mentioned that she spoke with the US-SL Business Council on ways US and Sri Lanka businesses can... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/22)
All-party govt. essential to defeat Intl. agendas
Whilst highlighting that some international forces might want to keep Sri Lanka as a weak state, UNP MP Vajira Abeywardene said an all-party government is essential to defeat these agendas. Speaking during a UNP meeting in Galle, MP Abeywardene said all parties should get together to defeat the desires of some international forces. These desires he said could be harmful to Sri Lanka. “All parties should get together to defeat the efforts of some international forces to harm Sri Lanka," he said. “It is also essential... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/22)
IMF rescue package could take six months after staff-level agreement
Prof. Prema-chandra Athukorala says China’s position on SL’s debt could drag negotiations for at least six monthsCites Zambia as example where debt restructuring negotiations took about 7 months to conclude as a result of China’s initial hesitancy in debt restructuring After reaching staff-level agreement, debt restructuring advisors will approach creditors to obtain financial assurances from them to secure IMF facility However, former CB Governor Dr. Coomaraswamy and current Governor Dr. Weerasinghe hopeful of fund disbursement by end of this year After reaching a staff-level agreement, the full approval for the envisaged International Monetary Fund... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/22)
Govt. decides to sell 49% stake in SriLankan Catering
Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva says that proposals are to be called for from desiring investors to invest in 49% shares and administration of SriLankan Catering and also 49% shares and administration in SrLankan Airlines’ Ground Handling. https://youtu.be/0EyArQJBOGI The minister stated this at a press conference held today at the ministry regarding the restructuring of SriLankan Airlines, the country’s national carrier. He stated that currently the SriLankan Catering is making profits to a certain extent and that therefore they have decided to sell 49% stake and administration... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/22)
05 more Covid-19 deaths confirmed
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 05 coronavirus related deaths for yesterday (28), the Department of Government Information reported today (29). The new Covid-19 deaths include two males and three females while one of the patients is between the ages 30-59 years. The rest are aged 60 years and above. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/22)
Why are India & China fighting over a colonial created artificial border line?
China has a history of over 3500 years. India’s history dates back to the Indus Valley civilization. India was given its name by the British in 1947. Asia’s population is 4.5billion of which 2.7billion are Chinese or Indian. Both China and India are key players in Asia. Asian continent can be strengthened by the unity of India & China. Unity means power and power means the ability to meet challenges & threats. This is why divide & rule colonial policies were rolled out to divide invaded nations & people. It was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
The government is to appoint 30 state ministers before the formation of the next Cabinet, a political source said.-(Daily Mirror 25 August 2022 06:46 am)
The news is given below “It will happen as per a request by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) which is the main party that backs President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The SLPP MPs who served as state ministers in the previous government met the president recently to discuss the appointment of state ministers of the new government. The SLPP has asked for the appointment of 40 of them. However, the president is keen to appoint only 30. According to informed sources, the appointment of state ministers will take place... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
Privatization.
The Government has already met a few of the anticipated conditionalities of the IMF. Rupee has been devalued, subsidies reduced in essential services like electricity and water and cost reflective pricing has been imposed and interest rates increased. The next thing the IMF would insist is privatization of SOEs. We now hear the baying of the wolf pack of of many politicians and economic pundits urging the government to get on the job and privatize State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to make them efficient and profitable and ease the burden of losses to the state. Majority of them think that a wave... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8Ld
The IUSF starts its process of controlling the freshers, long before they arrive in the University. IUSF made use of the one year gap between A Level and University to gain control over the future first year undergrad. IUSF does the work, but there is a political party behind this which provides the money, said analysts. Once the intake into University was decided and the successful applicants are informed, the IUSF contacted those students over the phone and through social media. IUSF clearly has contacts in the administration, who are prepared to release this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
Balkanization of Sri Lanka & Victor Ivan’s plan (part 2)
(Note: Editor
ft.lk - This essay is an explanation regarding Victor Ivan’s guest column. If you are unable to print it in your newspaper, kindly forward it to him.) Who wants a ‘state religion’? The Buddhists wish—and quite rightly—that in this country where they form 70 percent of the population, Buddhism should be recognized as the predominant religion of the people. In the rest of the world, Ceylon is regarded as essentially a Buddhist country, and they want this claim established here as well…They will not be content to remain in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
සිස්ටම් චේන්ජ් කියන්නෙ අන්ධ සටන් පාඨයක්. Janaka Kumbukage interviews Rasika Jayakody
!. JVP එකට විෂන් එකක් නෑ- 2. සිස්ටම් චේන්ජ් ඉල්ලන අය අවශ්ය සිස්ටම් එක කුමක්දැයි ඉදිරිපත් කල යුතුය- රසික ජයකොඩි Source: Lines and Beyond August 26, 2022 https://youtu.be/YrfjG53l6xA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
Speaker unveils a portrait of Sir D.B. Jayatilaka at the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi
Speaker of the Sri Lanka Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena unveiled a portrait of Sir D.B. Jayatilaka, Sri Lanka's first representative to India, today (28) at the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the establishment of modern Indo-Lanka relations. This year marks the 80th anniversary of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) sending Sir D.B. Jayatilaka as its first Representative to India in 1942. Unveiling the portrait of Sir D.B. Jayatilaka at the Chancery Building comes as one of a series... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
What the Chinese envoy to Sri Lanka wrote that made India call out his behaviour
The Print is reproducing Qi Zhenhong's article on the docking of Yuan Wang 5, which the Indian high commission in Colombo slammed as lacking 'basic diplomatic etiquette'. In recent days, two pieces of news related to China have widely caught the eyes in Sri Lanka. Early this month, after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s sneaky visit to China’s Taiwan region, the Chinese side responded with firm countermeasures immediately. Over 170 countries around the world have all expressed their firm support for the One-China Principle and strong objection against the US provocation. I’m grateful... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
24 companies interested in petroleum business in SL: Minister.
Twenty-four companies from UAE, Saudi Arabia, USA, China, India, Russia, UK, Malaysia, Norway and Philippines have submitted proposals for the Expressions of Interest (EOI)s to engage in the petroleum business in Sri Lanka, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said. He said the committee appointed by the ministry will evaluate proposals, issue Request for proposal (RFP)s and finalize the process in 6 weeks. The Minister earlier said that they have called for Expressions of Interest for oil companies to import, distribute and sell petroleum products in Sri Lanka.(DSB)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
Police to expand probe on illegal foreign currency traders, methods
While urging the public that they should not receive and/or pay foreign remittances through informal methods such as ‘Hawala’ or ‘Undial' sytems’, the police said it would expand its investigations on illegal foreign currency traders. Police said the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has observed that the significant decrease in the amount of foreign exchange received by the country is a major factor for the intensification of the economic crisis that Sri Lanka is facing. The CBSL has also learnt that exchanging foreign currency is taking place outside the legal... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
Covid-19: Sri Lanka confirms two more deaths, 56 new cases
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another two Covid-19 related deaths for yesterday (Aug. 27). Both deceased are males above the age of 60 years, according to the Government Information Department. Meanwhile 56 new cases of coronavirus have been detected within today (28), increasing the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country to 669,749.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
චීනයේ සහයෝගය හැමදාමත් ශ්රී ලංකාවට දෙනවා - ඉන්දීය මහකොමසාරිස්ගෙන් නෝක්කාඩුවක්
https://youtu.be/8PT_FdER-Zc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
Sri Lankan trained nurses to UK
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry awarded letters of appointment to a group of Sri Lankan trained nurses who are scheduled to begin their employment at hospitals in the United Kingdom at a ceremony held on 25 August, 2022 at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute. This was the first batch of trained nurses under the programme implemented by the International Institute of Health Sciences (IIHS), Welisara, Sri Lanka, with the facilitation of the Sri Lanka High Commission in London.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
Police seek public help to identify 72 more suspects who damaged President’s Office
Sri Lanka Police has sought public assistance in identifying several more suspects who are accused of forcibly entering the premises of the Presidential Secretariat and damaging its properties. In a communiqué, the Police Media Division stated that the relevant persons were identified from the videos and photographs taken during the investigations regarding the incident that took place on July 9. As their identity has not yet been confirmed, the police also request the public to contact the following phone numbers or WhatsApp if they have any information about the suspects. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
GCE (A/L) 2021 - Students that topped the various streams to become Island's number 1
GCE (A/L) 2021 - Island's First ranked students Biological Science stream- Thamilvannan Thuwaragesh of St. Michael's College, Batticaloa Maths stream- Sahan Samarakoon from Royal College Colombo - 7 Engineering Technology - Neranda Dilhara Kumarasinghe of Narammala Mayurapada Central Commerce stream-Isini Neha Amararatne of Gampaha Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya Arts stream- Ishara Lakmal Heenkenda of Kendagolla Maha Vidyalaya, Badulla... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/22)
13-A is Sri Lanka’s death trap
Recent essays by Sudath Gunasekera and Garvin Karunaratna raise the old question again about getting rid of the curse called 13-A. Some time back, SPUR in Australia devoted lot of time and energy to demonstrate how cancerous this 13-A to the island of Sinhale. After that only the Lankaweb printed articles written against 13-A. Other media, newspapers, and websites did not print anything against 13-A. Lankaweb has archived hundreds of essays explaining why 13-A is a bad idea from all kinds of different angles. Just yesterday Gajendra Kumar Ponnambalam said that Tamils (he)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/22)
Significance of promoting Eco-Tourism hotspots
The scenic Kanthale Wewa An Australian-based premium company in healthcare named AusCeylon and PhytoMedica Pvt Ltd want to develop an Eco Resort and a medicinal Plant Garden at Agbopura 227/C in the Kanthale district. Kanthale is one of the most famous travel destinations worldwide for centuries due to its unique and pristine biodiversity and culture. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka remained the fourth most popular destination for tourism in 2020. The company believes vigour and health are vitally important to human beings as much as their culture and food.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/22)
Response to your "Dear Friend" letter of August 7, 2022 on Sri Lanka
Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 25 August 2022 Hon,. Pierre Poilievre MP Conservative Party Leadership Candidate -2022 Dear Pierre. I note that you are galloping to victory to lead the Conservative Party, the Party that put me through emotional waves of highs and lows when you all dealt with Sri Lanka’s Tamil Eelam War and supporting the Tamil Tiger terrorist cause. The end result was my decision to abandon your lot, give up my card carrying membership (Sustaining Donor-1544311255047), and not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/22)
අපේ හුළං ටිකත් ඉන්දියාවට
අපගේ මාතෘ භූමියේ සියලු අයිතීන් දිනෙන් දින විදේශිකයන් අතට පත්වෙමින් තිබේ. මෙතෙක් කලක් විකුණනු ලැබුවේ භූමිය පමණි. දැන් එම තත්ත්වය වෙනස් කරමින් අපගේ හිරු එළිය, සුළඟ, මුහුද පවා විදේශිකයන්ට විකිණීමට පටන් ගෙන තිබේ. එහි එක් පියවරක් ලෙස පසුගියදා මෙරට සුළං විදුලි බලාගාර දෙකක් ඉදිකිරීමට අදානි ග්රීන් එනර්ජි සමූහයට තාවකාලික අනුමැතිය ලබා දෙනු ලැබීය. මේ ආකාරයෙන් නොරටුන්ට විකුණනු ලබන්නේ ලක් මවගේ ප්රාණ වායුවයි. මෙරට අනාගත පරපුරේ උරුමයයි. මෙම බලාගාර දෙක ඉදිකරනු ලබන්නේ මන්නාරමේ හා පුනරීන්වලය. මන්නාරමේ ඉදිකරන බලාගාරය මෙගාවොට් 286 ක්ද, පුනරීන් බලාගාරය මෙගාවොට් 234 ක්ද වශයෙන් ඉදිකිරීමට නියමිතය. මෙම ව්යාපෘතිය සඳහා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/22)
China says Ball is in Sri Lanka’s court
Responding to Sri Lanka’s request for China to change its tune on debt relief, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy said the ball is in Sri Lanka’s court, not China’s. The spokesman told Daily Mirror China communicated to the Sri Lankan Finance Ministry three months ago about its readiness to discuss how to address the debt issue with the Chinese banks. He said China encouraged its banks to discuss it. The Chinese position was also communicated during the telephone conversation between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and then Sri Lankan Prime... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/22)
Majority of the public workforce will NOT survive in the private sector or be recruited at all" - Minister
Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says that all state-owned enterprises (SOEs) need to be restructured. In a Twitter message the minister said political decisions, political appointments, mismanagement and incompetence have led to the downfall of the public service. He points out that the majority of the public workforce would not be able to survive in the private sector or be recruited at all. “Performance-based salary is a must,” he added. While stating that there are capable and efficient employees at the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/22)
Families of misguided JVP youth must file legal action against JVP
Did JVP naturally emerge or was it created in response to the then governments nationalization programs? Who formulated the “5 Lectures” that indoctrinated Sinhala youth to become members. Who advised JVP to expand in universities and attempt to win sympathy of the armed forces? Who wanted JVP to attack police posts? Who funded the ‘education camps’ in remote areas of the South & southwestern coasts? Who helped JVP create secret cells? Who christened the name Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna? What is the real objective of JVP & now JJB JVP began... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/22)
LTTE Diaspora funds should compensate victims of LTTE before investing in Sri Lanka
The South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission that was bragged & boasted despite its failure, recommended compensation to victims though it was given no mandate to award such. Leaving aside awarding – where do they get the funds to award such compensation? Sri Lanka’s Parliament passed the Office for Reparations Act in 2018 (59-43 vote) insisted by US & allies. No terrorist group or their families can be compensated from STATE FUNDS prior to the victims of these terrorists being given compensation first. LTTE fronts must be asked to use their funds to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/22)
Why we must repeal the 13 th Amendment
I write in support of Sudath Gunasekera's Paper re completely disbanding the 13 th Amendment. Sections from Two of my earlier Papers that prove the fact that the 13 th Amendment should be totally abolished are enclosed to remind patriots. Why the 13 th Amendment is inimical for our development and how it will create a separate State Posted on March 4th, 2021 in Lanka Web I have in several of my Papers detailed as to Why the 13 th Amendment should be abolished. I have detailed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/22)
රැට්ටාගෙන් ජනපති රනිල්ට දරුණු අනතුරු ඇඟවීමක්
ගෝල් ෆේස් අරගලයේ ප්රභල ක්රියාකාරිකයෙකු වූ රතිඳු සේනාරත්න හෙවත් රැට්ටා සිය සමාජාලා ගිණුමේ සටහනක් තබමින් වක්රාකාරයෙන් රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා වෙත දරුණු අනතුරු ඇඟවීමක් කර තිබේ.ඔහු,‘පරණ එකාට රටිං පනින්න හරි පුලුවං උනා. මූට නං රටිං පනින්නත් බැරි වෙනවා.” මර්ධනය නවතනු යනුවෙන් සටහන තබා තිබේ.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/22)
Chinese spy ship left Sri Lanka but it portrayed an India plagued by chronic insecurities, anxieties and self-doubt
Helping Sri Lanka in its hour of need, even as a first responder, does not automatically give India the right to dictate terms or call for “punishment” or “lessons” should things not go New Delhi’s way. From the ramparts of Red Fort, the prime minister has given a call for India to become a developed nation by 2047, but what does it mean to become “developed”? Are development, growth, and composite national power enough, or should there be a commensurate change in attitude? A nation with great power ambitions needs to be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/22)
Student achieves 'amazing' GCSEs despite being in country for less than a year
Udarna Jayawardena puts her success down to the support of her teachers at Stroud High School Udarna Jayawardena achieved nine grade 9s in her GCSEs (Image: Stroud High School) A Gloucestershire school has praised a Sri Lankan student who has been in the UK for less than a year for her 'amazing' GCSE grades. Udarna Jayawardena, of Stroud High School (SHS), achieved nine grade 9s - some of which in subjects that she had never studied before. Udarna relocated from Sri Lanka with her family last September. She puts her success down... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/22)
Sri Lanka politician freed after calling judges corrupt
Ranjan Ramanayake waves to supporters outside prison after his release An outspoken Sri Lankan politician imprisoned last year for accusing the island nation's judges of corruption was released Friday after a presidential pardon. Ranjan Ramanayake, 59, was serving as a deputy minister in 2017 when he told reporters that most of the judiciary were dishonest and "work for money". He was convicted of contempt of court and jailed for four years in January 2021 but walked free after a reprieve from President Ranil Wickremesinghe. ADVERTISEMENT... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/22)
China pledges support to Sri Lanka at UNHRC session in September
Weeks ahead of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva, where a resolution on Sri Lanka is expected to be tabled, China has said it will “continue to support” Sri Lanka in international fora while slamming countries “far or near” for “bullying” the island nation. “China has always been supporting Sri Lanka in the international fora for protecting its sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity. We will continue... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/22)
Cops who took photos seated on President’s chair face probe - Police tell court
An investigation is underway to find out the policemen who took photographs while sitting on the President's chair and several other locations inside President's House, police informed Colombo Fort Magistrate. The Colombo Central Division Criminal Investigation Unit made this revelation before Magistrate Thilina Gamage in response to an allegation made by President's Counsel Maithri Gunaratne. (Lakmal Sooriyagoda)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/22)
Ranjan not granted full freedom, civic rights: Sajith
Former MP Ranjan Ramanayake has not got full freedom as he has not been given his civic rights, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said. Mr. Premadasa said he and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is not happy with the half freedom he has got. "Mr. Ramanayake has not been released under article 34 of the constitution and therefore he has no civic rights," he added. "We will not pressurise the government to grant Mr. Ramanayake his civic rights as he has got freedom after a long imprisonment. We actually... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/22)
Will not tolerate any infringement on Sri Lanka’s sovereignty, territorial integrity: China
China has always been supporting Sri Lanka in the international fora for protecting its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, Ambassador of China to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong says. In an article titled, “From One-China Principle to Yuan Wang 5: Let’s Join Hands and Resolutely Safeguard Our Sovereignty, Independence and Territorial Integrity”, he reiterated China’s continued commitment to support the island nation. https://youtu.be/TqNIhPuoWKk In contrast, some countries always make various groundless excuses to bully Sri Lanka and trample on the island’s sovereignty and independence repeatedly, the Chinese envoy said further. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/22)
More activists arrested over forcible entry to state buildings granted bail
The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court granted bail to 07 remanded suspects including Dhaniz Ali who were in remand custody over the forcible entry to the Presidential residence. The order was issued by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage. https://youtu.be/m0735ZSWYGA In addition, two more suspects including Lahiru Weerasekara who were named as the suspects in the case were also granted bail today. They were released on surety bail of Rs. 500,000 each. In the meantime, Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage ordered two activists of ‘Aragalaya’ protest movement... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/22)
Ranjan accepts new position as goodwill ambassador for migrant workers
Upon his release from prison earlier today (Aug 26), former MP Ranjan Ramanayake accepted a new position as a goodwill ambassador to promote the welfare of Sri Lankan migrant workers, says Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara. https://youtu.be/GPRulagccwQ This is a voluntary position to make use of Ramanayake’s tacit knowledge in the area of foreign employment, Minister Nanayakkara said further in a tweet.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/22)
Beware the NEDdas!
In Sri Lanka’s political lexicon there are two terms that have obtained a lot of play over the past 8 years or so: Toyyas and Bayyas. Bayyas are sometimes taken to be Rajapaksa loyalists but the truth of that identity goes beyond that family and could be best understood as a contradistinction of Toyyas. Toyyas are certainly anti-Rakapaksa but that’s not all they are.They are anti-Rajapaksa because they believe the Rajapaksas represent Bayyas. Toyyas would suffer any and all violations that the Rajapaksas are accused of if they were committed by those they believe represent the Toyya community, let’s say. That’s those who can be called... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/22)
No free meal
බයිඩ්න් ඊයේ මරු වැඩක් දුන්නේය. මිලියන් 40 ගේ ශිෂ්ය ණය එක පෑන් පහරකින් කපා දැමීය, ඇමෙරිකන් ඩොලර් ට්රිලියන් භාගයකි, බිලියන් 500 කි අපට ගෙවන්නට ඇති විදේශීය නය මෙන් 10 ගුණයකි. සිම්පල් ය දියයුත්තේ executive ඕර්ඩර් එකය. ඕඩරය ඒ අයුරෙන්ම ක්රියාත්මක විය යුතුය. 14% ට නොමිලේ උසස් අධ්යාපනය සලසනු වෙනුවට ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/22)
කොමිස් ගහන්න රුසියා, රුසියා තෙල් එපා කියයි
ලංකාව තෙල් ප්රශ්නයෙන් ගලවා ගැනීමට රුසියාවෙන් අලුත් උත්තරයක් ලබාදී ඇත. මෙම උත්තරය ලංකාවේ ඉන්ධන ප්රශ්නයට ඛනිජ තෙල් ඇමැතිවරයා දුන් උත්තරවලට වඩා හාත්පසින්ම වෙනස් එකකි. එය මාසිකව ඩොලර් මිලියන 300 ක් වටිනා ඛනිජ තෙල් වසර දෙකක ණය පදනමක් යටතේ ලබා දීමටයි. මේ සම්බන්ධව රුසියාවේ ඉන්තුම් හෝල්ඩින්ස් සමාගම ලංකා ඛනිජ තෙල් නීතිගත සංස්ථාවට අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමක් ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබෙන බව ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ ජාතික සංවිධායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ජයන්ත සමරවීර මහතා ප්රකාශ කර ඇත. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් කළ සොයා බැලීමකදී අනාවරණය වූයේ ලෝක වෙළෙඳපොළේ පවතින මිලට වඩා සියයට පහළොවත් තිහත් අතර මිලකට අඩුවෙන් ඉන්ධන ලබාදීමට එම සමාගම ලංකා ඛනිජ තෙල්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/22)
Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Governor to conduct special program for MPs on Sri Lanka’s economic situation
Acting Secretary General of Parliament Ms. Kushani Rohanadheera has informed all Members of Parliament to participate for the special program conducted by the Governor of the Central Bank on “Sri Lanka’s current economic situation and way forward.” Organized as per the instructions of the Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, this interactive discussion is scheduled to be held on Tuesday (August 30), from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm at the Committee Room No. 1 of the Parliament. The Acting Secretary General has further informed that this dialogic discourse has been organized with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/22)
Sri Lanka reports 6 more Covid-19 deaths, 114 new cases
he Director General of Health Services has confirmed another six Covid-19 related deaths for yesterday (August 24). The deceased includes four males and two females with all but one in the age group of 60 yeas and above. The other is between 30-59 years of age. Meanwhile another 114 new Covid-19 infections have been detected today (25) increasing the tally of coronavirus cases reported in the country to 669,581.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/22)
Woman arrested over pushing SLPP supporters into Beira Lake remanded
The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today ordered to remand until September 01 a woman who was arrested in relation to the incident of pushing a group of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) supporters into the Beira Lake at Slave Island on May 09. The order was issued when the case was taken up before Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage today (25). Accordingly, the magistrate who ordered the woman to be remanded in custody until September 01, further ordered her to be produced in an identification parade following a request made by the police.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/22)
‘Aragalaya’ activist Senadhi Guruge remanded
A leading activist of ‘Aragalaya’ protest movement, Senadhi Guruge, who was arrested in connection with an assault on two intelligence officers, has been remanded until September 02. When Guruge was produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage earlier today, the police made a request to refer him to an identification parade. https://youtu.be/9OYh5aZ5M9g Accordingly, he will be referred to an identification parade on September 02. Guruge was taken into custody on Thursday (Aug 24) by the crimes unit of Colombo Central Police for allegedly kidnapping two intelligence... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/22)
Abolish the white elephant and the national curse, “The Provincial Councils”-An open letter
An open letter to the President, the Prime Minister, Minister of Public Administration, the Minister of local Government and Provincial Councils and all patriotic Members in this Parliament if there is any? Abolish the white elephant and the national curse, “The Provincial Councils” and its root cause, The JR/ Rajiv Accord of 29th July 1987 at least now, if you love your Motherland. To save Mother Lanka from the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/22)
The Impact of Buddhism in Europe
The greatest impact of Buddhism in Europe is seen in the growth of Atheists (and Atheism) and sharp decline in Monotheism among Europeans of Christian origin. The Buddha rejected the idea of an external saviour from the very inception of his mission and advocated self reliance and self - effort for your personal salvation. You save yourself by your own efforts, the Buddha said and not through rituals, prayers and animal sacrifice. The Buddha, while rejecting an all mighty God, however never rejected virtue or the goodness in conduct. In fact, he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/22)
‘Aragalaya’ activist Senadhi Guruge arrested
Senadhi Guruge, an activist of the ‘Aragalaya’ movement, was arrested by the police today (Aug 24). He was taken into custody in connection with an assault on two intelligence officers.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/22)
Delisting of former proscribed entities
A media release issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) says, “The ban was lifted after a study was conducted by a committee consisting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Attorney General’s Department, intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies, and the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.” The report also states: “According to the Ministry, 577 individuals, and 18 organizations, had been blacklisted, in 2021, for financing terrorism, under the United Nations Regulations No. 01 of 2012. However, following lengthy considerations, it was decided to delist... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/22)
Sri Lanka’s foreign debt – 81% debt held by West & Allies not China
Much hype and propaganda has fooled the world & Sri Lankans into believing China has trapped Sri Lanka in debt. For every woe Sri Lanka suffers the credit is put on China. This has been the fashionable sing-song-of Colombo cocktail circles who want to dictate how the entirety of Sri Lanka think. Sri Lanka’s economic woes have naturally being pinned on China. The ugly truth is that Sri Lanka’s foreign debt is owed to the West & not China. Holding 81% of Sri Lanka foreign debt the West & its allies are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/22)
Will IMF Help Ever Come?
IMF help is getting delayed and delayed. So many rounds of negotiations have been held but Sri Lanka is yet to see the money. Even if IMF help comes, it will be a loan which will have to be repaid with interest just like other loans. Since all economic powers have to approve (or rather not reject) IMF’s help to Sri Lanka, they use it as a stick against Sri Lanka. IMF officials, and economic powers that can veto IMF help to Sri Lanka have taken the island nation round and round in circles. Tangible help... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/22)
A GOOD CONCEPT REJECTED IN Sri Lanaka BUT WELCOMED ABROAD
A home-grown concept which has been accepted globally, has been considered irrelevant by the EDB which originated the concept. The rural sector in many developing countries offers potential for increased exports, as well as for expanded employment opportunities in what is often one of the poorer segments of the economy. Introducing programmes to stimulate exports from rural regions is a challenge in many countries because of the lack of entrepreneurial skills among the rural population, scattered and sometimes widely dispersed locations of producers, the small scale of production operations and lack of knowledge of market opportunities.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/22)
Group Formation and Culture of Galle Face Protesters -Part I
During their occupation of the Galle Face Green, Galle Face Protesters (GFP) had brought forth the relationship between youth, politics and culture to the focus of cultural critics. Nobody had ventured into study this phenomenon in detail in the uprisings of 1971, 1988-89 and Tamil Eelam War, although fragmentary references were made into JVP’s post-1971 “Vimukthi Gee” (of Nandana Marasinghe fame, assassinated by JVP/DJV; a stern warning for those upper class elements who pampered the GFP coining some adorable names such as “Aragalists” and “Gotagamians”!) , Nanda Malini’s “Pawana” and “Sathyaye Geethaya” during JVP’s second... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/22)
Ahmadiyya Delegation Meets Hon. Vidura Wickramanayaka.
A four member delegation from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Sri Lanka (AMJSL) visited to Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs in Colombo on 22 August 2022. Ministry Officials welcomed the delegation and arranged to meet Hon. Vidura Wickramanayaka, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs. Honorable Minister was very much delighted and respectfully accepted the Holy Qur’an Sinhala Translation and the Sinhala Translation of the book ‘Life of Muhammad (pbuh)’ - and the book: World Crisis and the Pathway To Peace... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/22)
Sri Lanka is not a boxing arena for India to curb China's influence
China's space-tracking ship Yuanwang-5 dock at Hambantota International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, August 16, 2022. /Xinhua Editor's note: Rabi Sankar Bosu is an Indian contributor to Chinese media outlets. He writes about Chinese politics, social and cultural issues, and China-India relations with a special interest in the Belt and Road Initiative. The article reflects the author's views, and not necessarily those of CGTN. This week, Sri Lanka has once again made headlines in various news media outlets. The way the United States and Indian media outlets... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/22)
Sri Lanka: Hope May Be A Firefly But It Has Replaced Darkness Of Last Couple Of Months
This is in Colombo where I live, and the situation in the interior must be more difficult. However, there is general agreement that the QR system introduced for the distribution of fuel is a success. Life is not perfect in Sri Lanka, but it is definitely better than it was when the "Go Gota Go" protests began in April. The financial crisis continues but the government is better positioned to handle it. Or perhaps people have reconciled themselves to chronic shortages and understand that the economy cannot stabilise overnight. They are willing to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/22)
PTA, a must to tackle terrorism: Cabinet Spokesman
The government today said that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) sleuths are questioning several suspects including the convener of the IUSF Wasantha Mudalige detained under the provisions of Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to determine whether there was a conspiracy to topple the government. The Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) was a must to tackle the recent wave of terrorism and as such no one would be arrested or charges filed against any Sri Lankan citizen who has not committed any... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/22)
Ex-President Gotabaya may return home by early September – sources
Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa may return home in about two weeks after fleeing a popular uprising in July, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, depending in part on arrangements to secure his safety. One of the sources said his return was partly linked to the costs of his stay in Thailand. Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka in the early hours of July 13 after massive protests engulfed Colombo and demonstrators angry with the country’s economic devastation stormed his official residence and office. He resigned as president after... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/22)
Sri Lanka aims to cut fiscal deficit in budget 2023
Sri Lanka’s 2023 budget would aim to reduce the fiscal deficit to 6.8 per cent in 2023 from the projected 9.9 per cent in 2022, a senior Cabinet Minister said on Tuesday, ahead of the visit by the IMF delegation for a bailout package to the crisis-hit island nation. Sri Lanka is in the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis that has led to severe shortages of fuel and other essentials, leading to long serpentine queues in front of filling stations. “Sri Lanka is planning to cut the budget deficit to 6.8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/22)
Sri Lanka suspends import of over 300 items.
The import of over 300 items has been temporarily suspended with effect from today (August 23) under the Import and Export Control Act through a government notification by the Finance Ministry. The regulation has been issued by has been issued by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies, in terms of the powers vested in him by Section 20 of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969. https://youtu.be/5a1bAYyw0gw Cited as the "Imports and Exports (Control) Regulations... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/22)
Sri Lanka's Experiment with Organic Farming Fails Miserably
Faced with a deepening economic and humanitarian crisis, Sri Lanka called off an ill-conceived national experiment in organic agriculture this winter. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa promised in his 2019 election campaign to transition the country’s farmers to organic agriculture over a period of 10 years. Last April, Rajapaksa’s government made good on that promise, imposing a nationwide ban on the importation and use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/22)
පාණදුරා වාදයේ කාලීන වටිනාකම
1873 අගෝස්තු මස 26 හා 28 දෙදින තුළ පාණදුරේදී ඉමහත් ආශ්චර්යාත්මක පරිවර්තනයක් සිදු විය. ඒ අන් කිිසිවක් නොව අධිරාජ්ය විරෝධී සහ දේශීයත්වය නියෝජනය කළ බෞද්ධයන් හා සුදු අධිරාජ්යවාදය නියෝජනය කරමින් යටත්විජිත පාලනයේ අනුග්රහය ලද ක්රිස්තියානි මිෂනාරින් අතර පැවැති මහා වාදයයි. මේ වසරේ දී අප සමරන්නේ ඒ අරුම පුදුම සංසිද්ධියේ 149 වැනි අනුස්මරණයයි. පාණදුරා වාදය යනු හුදු ආගම් දෙකක දර්ශනයන් අතර ඇති වූ මත ගැටුමක් ය යන්න පූර්ණ සත්යය නොවේ. එය මතවාදී අරගලයකි. කිසි දා පරාජය කළ නොහැකි බවට ආකල්පමය මතවාදයක් සිය යටත්විජිත පාලිතයන් තුළ ජනනය කරවමින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/22)
Why do some think that one has to be politically correct all the time?
The Editor, Lanka Web, Dear Sir Why do some think that one has to be politically correct all the time? A video doing the rounds on many social media platforms shows a woman being caught red-handed by the owner of a lost credit card. The gist of the incident was that the lost card was found by someone and given to a security guard on that premises, and instead of trying to restore it to its rightful owner, the guard called his wife and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/22)
මේ අවස්ථාවේදි මහ මැතිවරණයකට යාම කිසිසේත්ම සුදුසු නැත-( ඉහහත සඳහන් ලිපියට කෙටි එකතුවකි)
ඉහත ලිපියේ සඳහන් ගැටළු කිසිවක් නොසලකා හදිසි මැතිවරණයක් ඉල්ලා වටිනා කාලය සහ මිනිස්දින කා දමමින් ඝෝෂා කරමින්, විරෝධතා පෙළපාලි යන ජේ වී පී එක මැතිවරණයක් තිබ්බොත් ඔවුන්ට දැනට තිබෙන ආසන 3, රජයක් පිහිටුවීමට අවශ්ය 113 ක් වෙයි කියා හිතනවාද? ඒ වගේම දැනට 50 ක් පම්ණ තිබෙණ තව නොබෝ දිනකින් එයද 30 කට පමණ බැසීමට ඉඩ ඇති සජිත් පෙරමුණට 113 කර ගත හැකිද යන ප්රශ්නය ඔවුන් විසින් තමන්ගෙන්ම ඇසිය යුතුය.මගේ මතයේ හැටියට ඒ දෙකම හුදු දවල් හීන පමණි. හැබැයි එකක් නම් ඉස්ථිරවම කිව හැක. එනම් මේ දෙකම කිසි ලෙසකින් මේ අවස්ථාවේදී සිදු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/22)
මේ අවස්ථාවේදි මහ මැතිවරණයකට යාම කිසිසේත්ම සුදුසු නැත
රට හෝ ජනතාව ගැන අබමල් රේණුවක හෝ ආදරයක් ඇති එසේම සිහිමොළයක් ඇති කිසිම දේශපලනඥකු මේ අවස්ථාවෙ මැතිවරණයක් ගැන සිතන්නේ නැත. මේ රටේ අද පවතින කඩා වැටුණු ආර්ථිකය, සමාජ අසහනය හා අවුළ් සහගත තත්වය යටතේ මැතිවරණයක් ඉල්ලා උද්ගෝෂන වල යෙදීම රට තවත් අවුල් කිරීමක් පමණි. කුහක දේශපාලකයිනි, ඔබ තුල රටට හා ජනතාවට අබමල් රේණුවක පමණ හෝ ආදරයක් තිබේනම් ඔබ ක්රියාකල යුත්තේ රට හා ජාතිය පළමු තැන තබා මිස ඔබට හෝ ඔබගේ කණ්ඩායමට බලය ලබාගැනීමේ එකම අරමුණ මුල්තැන තබා මැතිවරණයක් සඳහා පාරවල් දිගේ උද්ඝෝෂනය කිරීම නොවේ. අද පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ සිටින... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/22)
Japan showed that no Western colonial country was invincible
It is said that freedom is never given but grabbed. Grabbing was possible in many parts of Asia because the Japanese had given hell for leather to the Imperial Western colonial countries occupying a vast swathe of Asian territory before 1939. At the end of the war in 1945 the Victors were tired, financially and economically weak. Their soldiers were in no mood to fight another war(s) with National Liberation Armies in European Asian colonies. Great Britain was forced to grant independence to India by threats of Naval Mutinies and Army Revolts. 2.5 Million... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/22)
‘අරගලය පිටුපස සිටි බළල් අත් ගැන සොයන්න’ ජනාධිපති කොමිසමක් ඕනේ” – මොහොමඩ් මුසම්මිල්
රට තුළ පැනනැගුණු ආර්ථික ආපදාව හේතුවෙන් ජනතාව මුහුණ දුන් සාධාරණ දුක්ගැනවිලි ගසාකමින්, දෙමළ ඩයස්පෝරාවෙන් මෙන්ම සෞදි අරාබි හා කටාර් රාජ්යවල සංවිධානවලින් යහමින් මුදල් ලබා ගනිමින්, ශ්රී ලංකා රාජ්යය බිඳවැට්ටවීමට උත්සාහ කළ ගෝල්ෆේස් අරගලය පිටුපස සිටි දේශපාලන පක්ෂ දෙකක් ඇතුළු සියලු බළල් අත් පිළිබඳව පුළුල් විමර්ශනයක් සිදුකොට, මෙකී අරගලයට සිය සාධාරණ දුක්ගැනවිලි හේතුවෙන් සහාය දුන් අහිංසක ජනතාව ඇතුළු සියලු රටවැසියන්ට සත්ය තොරතුරු අනාවරණය කිරීමට ජනාධිපති විමර්ශන කොමිෂන් සභාවක් පිහිටුවිය යුතුයැයි ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ ප්රචාරක ලේකම්, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී, මොහොමඩ් මුසම්මිල් මහතා අවධාරණය කරයි. අද(21) පිටකෝට්ටේ පිහිටි ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ ප්රධාන කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැති මාධ්ය හමුවකදී ඒ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/22)
ජූලි 09 වනදා සිද්ධීන්ට සම්බන්ධ විශාල පිරිසක් අත්අඩංගුවට
බස්නාහිර පළාත් ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ නියෝජ්ය පොලිස්පති දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් මහතාට පහරදීමේ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් සැකකරුවන් 8 දෙනා අධිකරණය හමුවේ වරද පිළිගැනීමෙන් අනතුරුව ඇප මත මුදාහැර ඇති බව වාර්තාවේ. මේ අතර ජනාධිපති මන්දිරයට බලහත්කාරයෙන් ඇතුළු වූ බවට චෝදනා එල්ල වූ රංගන ශිල්පී ජෙහාන් අප්පුහාමි කොටුව මහේස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණයට භාර වී ඇති අතර ඔහුට රුපියල් ලක්ෂ පහක ශරීර ඇපයක් මත ඇප ලැබුනු බව අප වාර්තාකරුවෝ පවසති. ජුලි 09 වැනිදා අරලියගහ මන්දිරයට සහ ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයට බලහත්කාරයෙන් ඇතුළුවීම, අමාත්යවරුන්ගේ නිවෙස්වලට ගිනි තැබීම ඇතුළු දේපළ සොරකම් කිරීමේ සිද්ධීන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේ නමක් ඇතුළු 8 දෙනෙකු මේ වන විට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/22)
Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe calls Rajapaksa to facilitate his return: Reports
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reached out to his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa to finalise arrangements and facilitate his return to the crisis-hit country, a media report said on Monday. Rajapaksa, 73, fled the country and resigned last month in the face of a popular uprising against his government for mismanaging the island nation's economy. Rajapaksa, 73, fled the country and resigned last month in the face of a popular uprising against his government for mismanaging the island nation's economy. Read more at: https://www.oneindia.com/international/sri-lankan-president-wickremesinghe-calls-rajapaksa-to-facilitate-his-return-reports-3451558.html... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/22)
Is nuclear power appropriate for Sri Lanka?
In his address to the Advocata Institute in Colombo, earlier this month, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said:“I think we need to seriously consider getting a report on using nuclear energy in Sri Lanka.”In the current context of national penury, any plan to go for nuclear energy will seem far-fetched, even impossible. But considering the expansion of Sri Lanka’s energy needs in the years to come, and also considering the need to meet the challenges posed by climate change, working on the nuclear energy option is worth ‘serious’ consideration, as the President put it. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/22)
කොළඹට එන විදුලි බස් ...
https://youtu.be/ahU2IWPoBmI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/22)
Police seek assistance to identify suspects who stormed PM’s Office
Sri Lanka Police has sought public assistance to identify several persons who are accused of entering the Prime Minister’s Office and damaging its property on July 13. It said the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is carrying out the investigations regarding the incident of several persons forcibly entering the Prime Minister’s Office and damaging its property on July 13. Accordingly, any information on the persons in the photographs below can be conveyed through the following phone numbers or through WhatsApp: 0718594924, 0718594950 or 0718594901 See photographs released by the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/22)
Sri Lanka expecting IMF funding by year-end if all goes to plan: CBSL chief
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says the International Monetary Fund’s disbursement of the Extended Fund Facility to Sri Lanka can be expected by the end of the year, subject to the success of debt restructuring with creditors and successful negotiations with the IMF. Speaking on Bloomberg Television, the Governor also discussed inflation in Sri Lanka, monetary policy and the country’s domestic debt. Asked whether he can give the IMF assurances that Sri Lanka’s debt is sustainable without restructuring domestic debt, he said: “This is exactly what we are discussing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/22)
CLIMACTERIC OF GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES MANAGEMENT IN SRI LANKA
Public sector investments from 1956 to 1977 had a tremendous growth, the major reason for the increasing trend was the political pressure towards the elected governments from public and trade unions while restrictions for private investment have been decreed by the government. Investment role and ownership patterns have been misinterpreted by Marxist political parties stressing more government investments in the country. After 1956, the government nationalized several private investments emphasising and giving a public feeling that the role of investment was the job of the government. Left political parties and associated trade... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
RUMBLE EXCLUSIVE: Sri Lanka Protest Leader Caught Lying about US Funding
RUMBLE EXCLUSIVE: Sri Lanka Protest Leader Caught Lying about US Funding https://rumble.com/embed/v1dpsr7/?pub=4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
Whose Grain Is Being Shipped from Ukraine? America’s GMO Agribusiness Giants to Take Control of Ukraine Farmland
All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** A great humanitarian uproar in recent weeks demanding the safe shipping of Ukrainian grain to ease a hunger crisis in Africa and elsewhere is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
Balkanization of Sri Lanka & Victor Ivan’s plan (part 1)
(Note: Editor
ft.lk - This essay is an explanation regarding Victor Ivan’s guest column. If you are unable to print it in your newspaper, kindly forward it to him.) Introduction Victor Ivan’s guest column in the DailyFT (August 5, 2022), received an adverse reaction from Sepal Amarasinghe, a fellow traveler in the same bus, declaring that Victor has committed [political] suicide (by Victor’s recognition of Ranil’s “destiny” instead of Ranil’s fate). According to Sepal, Ranil has a very short span of power. Unlike that kind of prognosis, an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
The Extra Mile by - Dr. Gamini Goonetilleke FRCS
Sri Lanka was affected by a 30-year armed conflict and many combatants and civilians became casualties as a result of this gruesome war. Many lives were lost and a large number of combatants and civilians lost their limbs due to anti-personal mines and many sustained gunshot injuries. The country had limited resources and the situation was critical. The Sri Lankan armed forces had a small number of military surgeons who treated these soldiers in the Northern hospitals. However, the casualty numbers were mounting and the doctors were overwhelmed. During this difficult time, a handful of surgeons volunteered to go to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
Madams in Public Service ?
The Editor, LankaWeb. Dear Sir, A few days ago I went to the department of Immigration and Emigration in Battaramulla to get an amendment to my passport.It was so chaotic with thousands of people trying to gain access and with no proper arrangements to have any orderly entry.If people are given online appointments within specified time slots, then why does it have to be so chaotic and disorganized?The guards who man those entry points were of no help to anyone; as they live in their own aloof worlds.After... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
මම මේක දියුණු කළේ නැත්නම් මටත් යන්න වෙනවා -ජනපති
https://youtu.be/3g-46cVikpU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
Leave if you can’t perform duties properly: President tells state workers
The public servants who do not perform their duties properly should leave the service immediately, President Ranil Wickremesinghe says. Addressing the District Development Council in Anuradhapura today (Aug 21), the Head of State said his aim is to unite everyone for the future of the country. https://youtu.be/3igp13Skfig Public sector officials and provincial representatives of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), United National Party (UNP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) had joined the event to look into the development work of the district and to discuss future plans. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
Price of kerosene increased by Rs. 253 per litre
The price of kerosene will be increased by Rs. 253.00 effective from midnight today (Aug 21), the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) says. Accordingly, the revised price of kerosene per litre will be raised from Rs. 87.00 to Rs. 340.00.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
Police seek public assistance identify more suspects
The police are seeking the assistance of the general public to identify several individuals who were involved in the recent unrest at the Polduwa Junction. In a statement, the police media division said the Western Province (South) Crimes Division has initiated investigations into the tense situation reported at the Polduwa Junction on the 13th of July. The police have released the images of 23 more suspects who were captured on video footage while engaging in protests and behaving in unruly manner. More information on the suspects can be submitted to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
US Footprints at the Galle Face Protest Site
M.P. Wimal Weerawansa participating in the debate on Emergency Regulations on 27 July said that CIA through USAID and NED (National Endowment for Democracy) have funded various Sri Lankan Non-Governmental Organisations aiming regime change and protesters were attempting to destroy the State with the aid of external forces. He disclosed the amount spent by NED in Sri Lanka from 2016 to 2020 and named some recipient organisations and the number of “projects” funded by it. He further stated that the script of the present protest was written by foreign powers, how Youtubers were paid by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
Privatizing Sri Lanka ex-ante? IMF Bailing out BlackRock amid Adani Greenwash in Mannar and Pooneryn?
Buenos Aires was rocked again last week by massive protests against austerity measures imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Structural reforms with austerity have resulted in soaring inflation, currency depreciation, poverty and inequality that is eroding Argentine society and economy, while enabling bail out of private lenders and vulture funds like BlackRock. Argentina is now on its 21st IMF agreement! Sri Lanka negotiating a 17th IMF agreement at this time may be doing marginally bit better than Argentina, which is South American’s 3rd largest economy. However, the strategic Indian Ocean island perpetually in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8Lc
There is systemic ragging in the universities of Sri Lanka. This ragging is not something generated from within the University. It is a political enterprise directed from outside the University but executed by students within the University. This fact is now in the open domain. University ragging is a political enterprise, announced Prof Sujeewa Amarasena, Vice Chancellor, University of Ruhuna in 2019. They have been at this for the last two decades, he said. There was general agreement with this allegation. This ragging is carried out by certain political parties active in the University... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
The NATO Alliance of Sri Lanka: No Action, Talk Only way to overcome an economic crisis
Insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results - Albert Einstein “Where are the protestors, the system has drowned them. Where is the system, it is where it has always been. Where are the people? they're all back in the hole they have always been” - paraphrasing the lines taken from the traditional Cossack folk song "Koloda-Duda", by Pete Seeger for his famous song “Where have all the flowers gone”. Pete Seeger was a legend in his own time. As the New York Times notes, this musician, songwriter and song collector-historian "helped... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
"Out of 26 Christian nations in Europe, 24 do not even recognise Hinduism."
Out of 26 Christian nations in Europe, 24 do not even recognise Hinduism as a religion. They practise such overt discrimination at home, yet target India for 'Christian persecution': Pt. Satish K. Sharma https://youtu.be/5U6jxWsLEFw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
Official recognition of Buddhism in non-Buddhist countries
This is an edited version of an address delivered by Senaka Weeraratna, Hony. Secretary of the German Dharmaduta Society, on September 28, 2016 in support of his resolution entitled ‘Recognition of Buddhism as an official religion in non – Buddhist countries’ at the First Plenary Session of the 28th General Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) held in Seoul, South Korea from September 26 to 30, 2016. The WFB being the leading international Buddhist Organisation, was founded by a great visionary, Dr. G.P. Malalasekera,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
IMF and WB’s assessment of ‘No crisis situation and major food shortage in Bangladesh
According to the IMF, Bangladesh is not at risk of experiencing a crisis similar to the one that occurred in Sri Lanka. An IMF official said Bangladesh is not facing a crisis and its external position is "very different from several countries in the region". When describing Bangladesh's present economic status to media during an online conference on Tuesday, Rahul Anand, division chief in the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, said that Bangladesh's external position is "quite different from several nations in the region." According to him,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
US envoy is confident about Lanka’s recovery but warns that the road to it is hard
Colombo, August 20: The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung is confident that Sri Lanka will recover from its present political and economic troubles, but she cautions that it will have to ensure political stability and take hard decisions in consonance with the IMF’s stipulations to bring about the desired result. Addressing the annual convocation of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) here on Saturday, Ambassador Chung warned that there is no magic wand to bring about change and that the Lankan government will have to take unpopular decisions. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/22)
CID record statements from Dulanjalee Premadasa and Hirunika
Dulanjalee Premadasa, the sister of Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and SJB Member Hirunika Premachandra today gave statements to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over ongoing investigations. The CID summoned Dulanjalee Premadasa to record a statement over the investigation into the setting of fire to President Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence in Colombo. Meanwhile, the CID also recorded over six hours long a statement from Hirunika Premachandra this morning as well. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/22)
‘ගෝඨා නැවත රජ වෙනවා.. ඔහුගේ දෛවය වළගම්බා රජුට සමානයි…’- අධ්යාත්මවේදියෙක් අනාගතය කියයි…
හිටපු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා රටේ ජනතාව විසින්ම නියත වශයෙන්ම මීලඟ රාජ්ය නායකයා ලෙස පත් කර ගන්නා බව ආධ්යාත්මික වේදී ඇහැලේපොළ රන්තිලකගෙ කමල් රෝහණ මහතා පවසයි. https://youtu.be/DJe8VUTJCWc ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ දෛවය වළගම්බා රජුගේ දෛවයට සමාන බවද පවසන ඔහු මෙය විශ්ව ශක්තිය විසින් සිදුකරන දෙයක් බවත් කියා සිටියි. අන්තර්ජාල නාලිකාවක සාකච්චාවකදී ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පල කර ඇත.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/22)
On China connection, Lanka minister says India understands its situation
Indian authorities have expressed worries about the ship’s snooping capability. Amid concerns over a visit by Chinese ship Yuan Wang 5 to his country, visiting Sri Lankan Tourism Minister Harin Fernando on Saturday said that he hoped it would not cause a major diplomatic row, as India “understands” its situation. Indian authorities have expressed worries about the ship’s snooping capability. “Sri Lanka is friends with everyone and I am sure India understands it,” Fernando said. “We have had a very good diplomatic relationship with India. I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/22)
Mystery as Tamil Tiger found dead at a Torquay hotel
By the side of his naked body was a glass of Coke which it later turned out contained cyanide Twenty-five years ago Devon was gripped by the story of a mysterious death that was likened to an Agatha Christie novel, and remains unsolved to this day. A man, calling himself Mr Patel, was found dead in a room at the Grand Hotel on Torquay seafront, a place the Torquay-born thriller writer knew well. By the side of his naked body was a glass of Coke which it later turned out contained the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/22)
SL aims to welcome 1 million tourists this year; Harin Fernando
Tourism minister Harin Fernando who was in Ahmedabad to promote tourism in the island nation said that as things get back to normal after the recent political crisis in the island nation, the government aims to receive at least 10 lakh tourists this year, mostly from India. Fernando, who was in Ahmedabad to promote tourism in the island nation, said religious and cultural tourism between Sri Lanka and India "will make a lot of sense". "There are a lot of commonalities we can find with India, and we think the next year... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/22)
Police seek public assistance to identify 50 suspects
The Colombo South Police Division is seeking public assistance to identify the 50 people who are charged with forcible entry to the Temple Trees in Colombo and damaging its properties on July 09. Information can be submitted to the following telephone numbers: 011 242 1867076 347 73421997 (hotline)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/22)
Hirunika records statement with CID
Former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at around 11.00 a.m. this morning to record a statement with regard to an ongoing probe. Speaking to the media, Premachandra said she was not informed of the nature of the investigation. https://youtu.be/a-KnLomVMaw She alleged that President Ranil Wickremesinghe is now attempting to arrest and interrogate those who were involved in the Aragalaya movement. It was Ranil Wickremesinghe who reaped benefits from the mass protests and became the president of the country, Premachandra said further.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/22)
IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit
The International Monetary Fund said it will need “adequate assurances” from Sri Lanka’s creditors for a new program as it prepares a visit to Colombo later this month. The goal of the visit is to make progress on a staff-level agreement for an aid package “in the near term,” to help the island nation weather a severe economic crisis, the IMF said on Friday. https://youtu.be/7urQChF0Ao8 Staff from the global lender will be in Colombo from August 24 to 31, the IMF said. “Because Sri Lanka’s public... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/22)
Political geographies: imagined and real
In his ‘The Ballad of East and West’ Rudyard Kipling put the issue of political geographies in a nutshell.Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment SeatLiterally, yes, where one ends the other starts and apart from that common boundary there can be no overlap. On the other hand, it all depends on who gets to draw the lines and how. Where does East begin? Can such a question prompt an unequivocal answer? For decades the Berlin Wall... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/22)
The Blessings & Impact of Ahmadiyya Convention United Kingdom.
((Given below is an excerpt of the Friday Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, on 12 August 2022, at ‘Masjid Mubarak’, Islamabad, Tilford, U.K. gave a discourse on The Blessings & Impact of Ahmadiyya Convention recently (August 5 – 7) concluded in United Kingdom. After reciting the first part of the Sermon, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may Allah strengthen his hands) said that all praise belongs to Allah, as He enabled the Annual Ahmadiyya ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/22)
CB Governor: Lanka now in a position to pay for essentials
Inflation will not be as high as initially expected and there are signs of economy stabilising, Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says.Dr. Weerasinghe said that during the past few months a number of initiatives had been made to improve the economy and they were yielding the desired results. “During the last review, we thought the inflation would reach 70%. However, now we believe that the inflation will not be that high even with the electricity tariff hike,” he said. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/22)
Veteran journalist Sugeeswara Senadhira appointed Lankan Prime Minister’s Media Advisor
Colombo, August 18 (newsin.asia): Veteran Sri Lankan journalist of audiovisual and print media, Sugeeswara P. Senadhira, has been appointed as Advisor (Media) to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena. Sugeeswara has the unique record of serving as International Media Director to three Presidents, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Maithripala Sirisena and Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He also served as Sri Lanka Consul in Norway and Minister Counsellor at the Sri Lanka High Commission in New Delhi and Sri Lanka Embassy in Paris. A broadcaster-journalist, Sugeeswara started his media career at the External Services of All India Radio, New Delhi... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/22)
IMF Staff Statement on Sri Lanka
Washington, DC: IMF staff plans to visit Colombo during August 24-31 to continue discussions with the Sri Lankan authorities on economic and financial reforms and policies. The objective is to make progress towards reaching a staff-level agreement on a prospective IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement in the near term. Because Sri Lanka’s public debt is assessed as unsustainable, approval by the IMF Executive Board of the EFF program would require adequate assurances by Sri Lanka’s creditors that debt sustainability will be restored. IMF staff would also continue the engagement with other stakeholders during the visit.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/22)
CB optimistic of wrapping up IMF staff-level deal towards end of this month.
Says IMF mission due in Colombo towards end of this month to reach staff-level agreementStresses that no change in govt.’s position about not opting to restructure domestic debt Reiterates that domestic debt restructuring will have detrimental effects on banks and it will delay economic recovery processExpects inflation to peak next month around 65%, lower than previous forecast of 70%, and then it will begin to ease By Nishel FernandoThe Central Bank (CB) is optimistic of wrapping up the much-anticipated staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout package during the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/22)
90-day detention order issued on two including IUSF convenor
The Defence Ministry has issued detention orders on IUSF convenor Wasantha Mudalige and Hashan Gunathilake, who were arrested following a protest march in Colombo yesterday. Accordingly, the Defence Ministry has granted permission for them to be detained for 90 days and questioned by the police. https://youtu.be/EazHSWbZN0U Earlier today, sixteen individuals who were arrested following the protest at Union Place in Colombo on Thursday (Aug 18) were granted bail by the Colombo Additional Magistrate. Meanwhile, police had said that detention orders will be sought on three arrestees... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/22)
COVID: Six more deaths and 164 new cases reported
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 06 more coronavirus related deaths for yesterday (18). According to the Govt. Information Department, the victims include 01 male and 05 females. One of them is between the ages 30-59 years. Another one was aged below 30 years while the remaining four were aged 60 years and above. Meanwhile, 164 new Covid-19 infections have been identified within the country today (Aug. 19). This increases the total number of Covid-19 cases detected in the country thus far to 668,827.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/22)
Police initiate probes in search of Jehan Appuhami
Actor Jehan Appuhami, who was arrested yesterday (18) in Colombo during the protest march held by the Inter-University Students Federation (IUSF) has escaped custody, the police said. The police have initiated an investigation to arrest him. Meanwhile, 16 people who were arrested during the protest were granted bail after being produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today (18). The arrestees include three Buddhist monks as well. The police said detention orders will be sought on three other arrestees including the IUSF convenor Wasantha Mudalige. Police Media Spokesman Senior... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/22)
Fuel distribution to 12 filling stations to be suspended
Distributing fuel to 12 filling stations that have failed to comply with the guidelines will be suspended, Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says. https://youtu.be/BhVb3F1Qb-w The decision was taken at the review meeting of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) marketing division held today (Aug 19) at which the implementation of the QR code system was evaluated. Accordingly, instructions have been given to continuously monitor the filling stations and to submit complaints sent by the general public to the police stations, the minister said further.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/22)
Who Were Not Afraid of Galle Face Protesters?
Broadly speaking there were two major groups who supported and sympathised with the Galle Face Protesters (GLF); (1) Local players and (2) International players. It was easy to identify the local players, but not the international players who were hidden and used various agents and dubious methods to attain their main objective, regime change and creating chaos and instability in the country. We will do an in-depth scrutiny of the international players in a subsequent article, first paying our attention to the local players. By May we were able to distinguish several sub-groups... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/22)
Sri Lanka’s external relations amidst power rivalries
“Relationship Not Normal, Can’t Be…”: S Jaishankar On India-China Ties As reported by a NDTV Staff Writer (13 Aug, 2022}, “External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that India-China relations cannot be normal unless border situation is and added that if China disturbs the peace and tranquility in border areas, it will impact the relations further”. In view of the fact that the relations between India and China are dependent on the “peace and tranquility” in the border areas means that Sri Lanka’s relations with either... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/22)
The demand was to bring stolen money($$$$) who thought it was the LTTE That was bringing it, for RUNIL?.
Refer statements made by Nivad above, in his defence makes interesting reading 22. The 7th Respondent states that the decision to default on 12th April 2022 was highly suspicious, irrational, arbitrary, illegal, and wrongful and it is inexplicable that it had been hastily carried out in view of the fact that, by end March 2022, the “pipeline” of expected forex inflows showed a healthy position which had obviously been recklessly and callously disregarded. That “pipeline” of expected inflows is given below: 23. The 7th... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/22)
රනිල්ගේ නිවසට ගිිනි තැබීම ගැන ‘සිරස’ හිමිකරුගෙන් CID ප්රශ්න කරයි.. නාලිකා ප්රධානීන් රැසක් පෝලිමේ කැදවයි..
පොලිස් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් කැපිටල් මහරාජා සමූහ ව්යාපාරයේ සභාපති ශෂී රාජමහේන්ද්රන් මහතාගෙන් පැය අටහමාරක පමණ කාලයක් ප්රකාශ සටහන් කරගෙන ඇත. පසුලිය ජූලි 09 වැනිදා එවකට අගමැති වත්මන් ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතාගේ පෞද්ගලික නිවසට ගිනිතැබීමේ සිදුවීම ගැන සිදුකරන විමර්ශනවලට අදාළව මෙම ප්රකාශ සටහන් කරගෙන තිබේ. පසුගිය අඟහරුවාදා පෙරවරු 10.00 පමණ සිට ශෂී රාජමහේන්ද්රන් මහතාගෙන් පස්වරු 6.30 පමණ කාලයක් මෙසේ ප්රශ්ණ කර ඇත්තේ සිරස රූපවාහිනී නාලිකාව දිගින් දිගටම රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතාගේ නිවස පිහිටි ස්ථානය පැවසීම හේතුවෙන් අරගලකරුවන් එම නිවස ගිනිතැබීමට පෙළඹවීමක් සිදු කර ඇති බවට එල්ල වන චෝදනා මතයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/22)
Sri Lanka warns of 8pc economic contraction
Workers carry a basket of watermelons at a wholesale vegetable and fruit market amid an ongoing economic crisis on the outskirts of Colombo. Sri Lanka defaulted on its $51 billion foreign debt in April and is seeking an International Monetary Fund bailout after months of food, fuel and medicine shortages. PHOTO: AFP/FILE Sri Lanka's economic meltdown will result in a record contraction of at least eight percent this year but the public could soon expect some relief from runaway inflation, the head of the country's central bank said Thursday.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/22)
Sri Lanka's forex situation has 'improved', says Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe
The nation is in midst of an unprecedented economic crisis that has led to severe shortages of fuel and other essentials Sri Lanka's forex situation has "improved" and the economy has started to see favourable results due to decisions made by the Central Bank to mitigate the country's economic crisis, Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said on Thursday. Sri Lanka is in the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis that has led to severe shortages of fuel and other essentials. "The forex situation has improved now. We... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/22)
Sri Lanka's Ex-Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa Awaiting Green Card to Settle in US With Wife & Son: Report
Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country last month amid public protests calling for his resignation, is awaiting a US Green Card in order to return to the US and settle there with his wife and son, according to a report by the Daily Mirror. The report quoted ‘reliable sources’ as saying that Rajapaksa’s lawyers in the United States began the application process for his Green Card last month, as he was eligible to do so because his wife, Ioma Rajapaksa, is a US citizen. His lawyers in Colombo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/22)
Australia kicks in extra $25 million emergency aid to Sri Lanka
The Australian government will lift emergency aid to Sri Lanka to AU$75 million as the south Asian island grapples with an economic crisis that has triggered a new surge of people fleeing on boats for Australia. Sri Lanka’s worst financial meltdown has led to skyrocketing prices and crippling shortages of food, fuel and other necessities over the past three months and year-on-year inflation has climbed beyond 60 per cent. The deterioration of living conditions has resulted in a renewal of attempted boat arrivals in Australia from Sri Lanka, with five vessels being... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/22)
IMF team to visit Sri Lanka by month-end for staff-level agreement
The Governor of the Central Bank says that Sri Lanka’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making good progress and that an IMF delegation is expected to visit the island by the end of August to reach a staff-level agreement. https://youtu.be/bDsmzgP_GIE "IMF program is making a good progress. For example, IMF mission is planning to visit Sri Lanka towards the end of this month to reach a staff-level agreement on a policy package,” Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said. He stated that after Sri Lanka reaches a staff-level... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/22)
Sri Lanka to ask Japan to open talks on debt restructuring with key lenders
(Reuters) - Sri Lanka will ask Japan to invite the Indian Ocean island’s main creditor nations, including China and India, to talks on bilateral debt restructuring, as it seeks a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades, its president said on Thursday. https://youtu.be/KmM2MVkPO5E “Someone needs to call in, invite the main creditor nations. We will ask Japan to do it,” President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Reuters in an interview, adding that he would travel to Tokyo next month and hold talks with Japanese premier Fumio Kishida. Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/22)
Susil doesn’t think Gotabaya will return to politics again
Minister Susil Premajayantha says he does not believe that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will get involved in politics again after returning to Sri Lanka. Responding to a question from journalists on whether he is expecting the former President to engage in politics again after returning from overseas, he said: “No. Never. I don’t think.” https://youtu.be/YqxpU0XBbSA The Minister of Education made these comments while speaking to reporters following an event held in Jaffna today (18). In response to another question, the minister denied that the government recently... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/22)
SLPP requests President to facilitate Gotabaya’s safe return to Sri Lanka
During a discussion this evening, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has requested President Ranil Wickremesinghe to facilitate the return of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to Sri Lanka, MP Sanjeeva Edirimanna said. SLPP parliamentarians had met the President for an official discussion this evening (18) at the President’s Office. Expressing his views during this, SLPP’s national organizer and former minister Basil Rajapaksa had said that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna will provide its fullest support to the President to build the country by resolcing the current economic crisis. In addition,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/22)
12 arrested during protest by university students in Colombo
Police said that a total of 12 persons have been arrested so far following the protest by university students at Union Place in Colombo today (18). https://youtu.be/EH5t3tFCs0k Eerier, police had said that 05 protesters including IUSF convenor Wasantha Mudalige, against whom an arrest warrant was pending, were arrested during the protest march in Colombo. It was reported that actor Jehan Appuhami is also among the persons arrested during the protest. The arrests were made after police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesting university... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/22)
Minister Kanchana files complaint with CID to probe CPC and CPSTL activities
Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara has lodged a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today to investigate into the Ceylon Petroleum Cooperation (CPC) and Ceylon Petrol Storage Terminals (CPSTL) activities. In a tweet, the minister said he requested to investigate into the fuel procurement, evaluation of proposals, non-placement of orders, selection of suppliers, delays in payments, distribution irregularities and also the allegations made by individuals within CPC and the CPSTL.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/22)
Myanmar buys Russian oil as emerging markets take shunned supply – report
Bloomberg Myanmar is set to join a growing list of developing countries that are warming up to Russian oil imports amid growing shortages across some of the most impoverished parts of Asia. The military-led government bought Russian fuel oil and the cargoes will arrive in phases from September, said junta chief Min Aung Hlaing this week. Ties between the two countries have strengthened on the back of a defense partnership, with Russia supplying arms, ammunition and training to Myanmar. “We discussed buying and distributing fuel oil from Russia months before... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/22)
Nine petitions filed against 22nd Amendment to Constitution
Nine petitions have been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, Ada Derana reporter said. The relevant petitions were filed by nine citizens including the Secretary to the ‘Vinivida Peramuna’, Attorney-at-Law Nagananda Kodituwakku and Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara. The Attorney General has been named as the respondent in the petitions.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/22)
දෙමළ සංවිධාන තහනම ඉවත් කළේ ඇයි?
විදේශයන්හි සිට ක්රියාත්මක වන දෙමළ සංවිධාන හයකට හා පුද්ගලයන් තුන්සිය දහසය දෙනකුට මෙරට තුළ පනවා තිබූ තහනම ඉවත් කිරීමට ආණ්ඩුව ගෙන ඇති තීරණය සාමාන්ය ජනතාව අතර කෙසේ වෙතත් දේශපාලන ලෝකය තුළ උණුසුම් මාතෘකාවක් බවට පත්ව තිබේ. මෙම තහනම පැනවීමට පියවර ගෙන තිබුණේ එම සංවිධාන හා පුද්ගලයන් කොටි සංවිධානයට ආධාර හා අනුබල දෙමින් ත්රස්තවාදය හා බෙදුම්වාදය ප්රවර්ධනය කරන්නේය යන පදනමිනි. කෙසේ වෙතත් මෙම තහනම ඉවත් කරමින් ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යාංශය ප්රකාශ කර තිබුණේ උක්ත සංවිධාන හා පුද්ගලයන් තවදුරටත් කොටි සංවිධානයට ආධාර හා අනුබල නොදෙන බව සනාථ වී ඇති නිසා ඔවුන් මත පනවා තිබූ තහනම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
IMF ණයත් නෑ බෙරේ පළුත් නෑ
IMF වැඩසටහන සාර්ථක කරගැනීම වෙනුවෙන් ඉදිරිපත්ව ඇති ප්රධානම කොන්දේසි දෙකක්ම ඉටුකිරීමේදී ශ්රී ලංකාව විශාල අවධානමක IMF විසින් පෙන්වාදෙන සියලුම ණයහිමි රටවල් විසින් ශ්රී ලංකාව කෙරෙහි මේ මොහොතේ ‘ලිහිල් දැක්මක්’ පවත්වාගත යුතුය. දැන් චීනය අල්ලා ඇත්තේ එම නිලයෙනි ශ්රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ ප්රතිපත්තියේ සැලකියයුතු චංචලභාවයක් පැවැති, ගෙවීගිය මාස 07ක කාලයේදී ඉන්දියාවෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාවට සුවිශේෂී සහායක් මාස තුනක් ඇතුළත ආණ්ඩුව තුනක් වෙනස් වී විශාල දේශපාලන රික්තයක් ඇති වූ රටේ අස්ථාවර තත්ත්වය නිසා IMF සාකච්ඡා සැලකිය යුතු ලෙස මන්දගාමීවී වෙලා විදේශ විනිමය හිඟය හේතුවෙන් නිදහසින් පසු ශ්රී ලංකාව දරුණුතම ආර්ථික අර්බුදයකට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
ශ්රී ලංකාවට උපරිම උදවු කරනවා.. අපට අඛණ්ඩව එය කල හැකියි..- චීනය
රී ලංකාව මුහුණ දෙමින් සිටින ආර්ථික හා සමාජයීය දුෂ්කරතාවයන් පිළිබඳ ව චීනයට බලවත් හැඟීමක් පවතින බව චීන විදේශ අමාත්යාංශය සඳහන් කරයි. https://youtu.be/ZDNmhw_8Sys එහි මාධ්ය ප්රකාශක වැන්ග් වෙන් බින් මහතා චීනයේ බීජිං නුවර පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකදී මේ බව කියා සිටියේය. ශ්රී ලංකාවට මෙම දුෂ්කරතාවලින් මිදීම සඳහා චීනය උපරිම සහාය ලබාදීමට කටයුතු කරන බවත් එය චීනයට කළ හැකි බවත් පැවසූ ඔහු අඛණ්ඩව ඒ ආකාරයෙන් කටයුතු කිරීමට සූදානම් බවත් සඳහන් කළේය. ‘යුවාන් වැන් 5’ නෞකාව හම්බන්තොට වරායට පැමීණීම පිලිබදව ඇති වී තිබෙන උණුසුම් තත්වය පිලිබද කරුණු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Chinese Research Ship on 'Mission of Peace and Friendship' to Sri Lanka; to Boost Bilateral Space, S&T Exchanges: Captain
China’s high-tech research vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ is on a “mission of peace and friendship" and its docking at a Sri Lankan port will deepen bilateral relations in the field of space, science and technology, according to the controversial ship’s captain. Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ is berthed at Sri Lanka’s strategic southern port of Hambantota. The ship arrived on Tuesday and will be docked at the Chinese-run port till August 22, amidst security concerns expressed by India. The ship was originally scheduled to arrive at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Sri Lanka to woo greater number of Indian tourists
The island is preparing new packages such as the Murugan-Shiva Shakthi trails Sri Lanka’s tourism officials, conscious of the dire need to shore up their country’s economy, plan to woo a greater number of Indian tourists, who constitute the single largest segment of foreign tourists, through new packages such as the Murugan-Shiva Shakthi trails. Their optimism stems from the fact that there is a proposal to resume air passenger services from the Palaly airport in Jaffna to destinations in the southern part of India. As part of the Murugan... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
India monitoring Chinese vessel docked in Sri Lanka; Chinese envoy to Colombo says 'This is life'
Reacting to the docking of the Chinese vessel in Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that India is monitoring the developments in the island nation. Jaishankar says India is monitoring China's spy vessel docked in Sri LankaChinese ship docked at Hambantota port after Sri Lankan authorities granted the vessel access to the port from August 16 to 22The vessel will remain at the port for six days for refuelling and replenishment of supplies External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that New Delhi was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Weerasekera alone refuses to abandon China ship
Former Public Security Minister, Rear Admiral (ret.) Sarath Weerasekera, has taken exception to the withdrawal of permission granted to Chinese research vessel Yuang Wang 5 to visit Hambantota port for refueling. Sri Lanka, in 2017, leased Hambantota harbour to China for 99 years. The ex-Navy Chief of Staff has raised the issue at hand at the government group meeting, chaired by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Monday (08) at the Presidential Secretariat. Among those present at the group meeting were Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and former PM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
No longer intend to criticize govt.: SJB
Three Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs Dr.Harsha de Silva, Eran Wickramaratne and Kabir Hashim today said they no longer intend to criticize the government but will focus on making proposals to push the nation through the current economic crisis. The three MPs made this remark at a press conference last morning. “ We proposed removing of regulations pertaining to converting dollars into rupees in Parliament last Friday and the Central Bank announced the withdrawal of the mandatory requirement to convert service export receipts / proceeds that are received in Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Research vessel docking at Hambantota Port doesn’t affect any country: China
China on Tuesday said the activities of its high-tech research vessel will not affect the security of any country and should not be “obstructed” by any “third party,” as the ship berthed at Sri Lanka’s strategic southern port of Hambantota amid Indian and US concerns. https://youtu.be/ucwbtu7sptA Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ has successfully berthed at Hambantota Port with active cooperation from the Sri Lankan side. Wang parried a question of extending financial support to Sri Lanka, which went bankrupt defaulting on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
New political alliance led by Wimal to be launched in Sep.
https://youtu.be/vIeiX0OWG_g... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Govt mulling privatizing of several state enterprises, President says.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, speaking of the reforms he plans to introduce for the revival of the economy, stated that the Sri Lankan government is looking at raising income taxes and widening the tax net by taxing capital and wealth in order to bring in some of the lost revenue. In an interview with The Economist on Tuesday (Aug 16), the Head of Stated also said several state-owned enterprises such as SriLankan Airlines, Sri Lanka Insurance, the petroleum corporation and the government’s stake in the national telecoms firm could be privatized. “We are looking now at disposing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Coronavirus: 161 new cases and five more deaths confirmed
Sri Lanka’s death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 16,635 today after the Director General of Health Services confirmed 05 more Covid-19 related deaths in the country for yesterday (Aug 16). According to the Govt. Information Department, four victims were aged 60 years and above. The remaining one was aged between 30-59 years. Among the victims are 02 males and 03 females. Meanwhile, another 161 new Covid-19 infections have been identified in the country today (Aug. 17). This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases detected in the country thus far... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
‘If we keep arguing, then we all are going to suffer’ – President
President Ranil Wickremesinghe states that the emergency regulations will not be extended further as the situation of the country is getting back to normal and that it will lapse by the end of the week. “But that is not enough. We have to have an attitudinal change and if we do that, then this country will have a future,” said the president, speaking at the 2022 award ceremony of the “Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka which was presided over by him. “Just after I became the Minister of Finance, I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Scramble for Sri Lanka – to take control of Sri Lanka’s National Resources – People vs Corporates
Sri Lanka is faced with several challenges – all taken together the ultimate aim is simply to take control of Sri Lanka. Controlling the resources makes a nation compliant and meets the geopolitical objectives of parties using various modus operandi to realize their goals. This is what citizens of Sri Lanka need to understand. We are being played against each other & amidst the confusion and chaos they are walking away with all our resources! By now we should have understood that UN/UNHRC have been used to weaken our internal systemscamouflaging... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Mirihana Outrage: Harbinger of Present and Some Future Events?
The previous version of this piece was written soon after the Mirihana Incident (31, March,2022) but I was unable to get it published due to some reasons which do not have any importance to the reader. Whilst accepting that during the past one month (in April) many developments had taken place beyond anybody’s control, I have prepared an edited version of the original article as it consists a preamble to a publication, I am compiling tentatively titled, “From Mirihana to Galle Face Green”. Since things are unfolding in a rapid pace it is difficult to cluster... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
ආදානිගේ සුළං බලශක්ති ව්යාපෘති
පසුගිය ආණ්ඩු සමයේ හිටපු මුදල් අමාත්ය බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ මැදිහත් වීමෙන් සහ එවකට ලංකා විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලයේ හිටපු සහාපති එම්. එම්. සී. ෆඩිනැන්ඩු මහතා විසින් අත්සන් කළ අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමකට අනුව, මෙරට සුළං බලශක්ති ව්යාපෘති දෙකක් ඉන්දියානු අදානි සමාගමට පැවරීමට කටයුතු සිදුකෙරිණි. මන්නාරමේ මෙගාවොට් 286 ක සහ පුනරීන් හි මෙගාවොට් 234 ක එම සුළං බල ව්යාපෘති දෙක සඳහා අදානි ග්රීන් එනර්ජි සමාගම ඇමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 500ක මුදලක ආයෝජනය කිරීමට බලාපොරොත්තුවේ. එනමුත්, මෙම ව්යාපෘති දෙක මගින් ජනනය කරනු ලබන විදුලි ඒකකයකට රුපියල් 25 ට වැඩි මුදලක් ගෙවීමට සිදුවන බැවින් මෙම ව්යාපෘති පිළිබදව ශ්රී ලංකා සුනිත්ය බලශක්ති අධිකාරියේ සහ ලංකා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Your Demand for the Arrest of Mr. Gothabaya Rajapakse In Singapore
Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Conservative Party Leadership Candidate - 2022 Dear Mr. Poilievre Reference your "demand" for the arrest of Mr. Gothabaya Rajapakse, the former President of Sri Lanka, please explain what right you have to make any "demands" on politicians of Sri Lanka and the Government of Sri Lanka as well as the Government of Singapore. You were elected by Canadians, to represent them in Canada and not by Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka or Singaporeans in Singapore to represent them. You seem to have the delusion that you have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
උණුසුම මැද ආ චීන නැවට ලැබුණු උණුසුම් පිළිගැනීම...
https://youtu.be/acE4wYkyaRw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
THE MYSTERY BEHIND SWINDLED US$ 30 BILLION FROM SRI LANKA
Central Bank of Sri Lanka After seventy-four years of democratic Governments, within the framework of democracy, Sri Lanka has today declared bankruptcy, or on the verge of it, due to the lack of much-needed dollars to pay back debts to international organisations up to US 55 billion dollars. Global Organisations investigations reveal that out of the US$ 55 billion loans, Sri Lanka heads the list by fleecing 30 billion out of Sri Lanka. “We are not concerned about any person or Governments which... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
House & Apartment Prices Increase by a Record High with the Escalating Construction Costs in Sri Lanka
The recently released Q2 data of the House Price Index of LankaPropertyWeb revealed that the overall selling prices of apartments increased by 45.17% when compared to Q2 of 2021. According to developers and real estate agents that LankaPropertyWeb has been in contact with, these price increases are largely a cause of the demand created for real estate as a hedging against inflation, shortage in raw material and skyrocketing construction costs. Mainly the devaluation of the Rupee against the US Dollar and the shortage and high priced raw materials have shifted people’s behavior since March... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
අරගලයට වියදම් කලේ අපයි.. ඩුබායි-කටාර් සිට සල්ලි දැම්මා.. ගිණුම් විස්තර මා සතුයි..- ඩයස්පොරා ප්රධානී…
ගාලුමුවදොර මූලික කරගෙන ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ඇතිවූ අරගලයට වියදම් කළේය ඩයස්පෝරාව බව එහි ප්රධාන නිමලන් විශ්වනාදන් සඳහන් කරයි. ඩුබායි කටාර් වැනි රාජ්ය වල සිට මුදල් අරගලයට ලබා දුන් බවත් ඒවායේ ගිණුම් විස්තර තමන් සතුව ඇති බවත් හෙතෙම පැවසීය. https://youtu.be/0_-foIuZ4tk මෙතෙක් තහනම් කර තිබූ සංවිධාන හයක තහනම නැති කරගැනීමත් සමඟ ශ්රී ලංකාවට ඩොලර් ගෙන ඒමට සූදානම් බවද පැවසූ පවසන ඔහු නවත් ත්රස්තවාදී සැකකරුවන් පනස් දෙනෙකු නිදහස් කිරීමට ද ආණ්ඩුව පොරොන්දු වූ බවද කියා සිටී. ඩයස්පෝරාව බලාපොරොත්තුව ඉදිරි අවුරුදු දෙකහමාරක කාලයෙන් පසුව ද රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Defence Ministry clarifies on blacklisting and delisting of persons and organizations
Issuing a clarification on Sri Lanka lifting the ban imposed on several Tamil diaspora organisations, the Defence Ministry says that such inclusions and exclusions for blacklisted individuals and organizations are routinely carried out by relevant authorities after observation and careful study over a continuous period of time. According to the blacklisting and delisting of persons, 577 individuals and 18 organizations were blacklisted in the year 2021 for financing terrorism under the United Nations Regulation No. 01 of 2012, it said today. After a series of discussions and careful study conducted at the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Britain launches trade system for developing countries including Sri Lanka
Britain has launched a scheme to extend tariff cuts to hundreds of products, such as clothes and food, from developing countries including Sri Lanka, part of London’s post-Brexit efforts to set up systems to replace those run by the European Union. “The UK’s new Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) is one of the most generous sets of trading preferences of any country in the world, and will benefit Sri Lanka by boosting the economy and supporting jobs,” the British High Commissioner in Colombo Sarah Hulton said. She said Sri Lanka will continue... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
President says state of emergency will not be extended
President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the State of Emergency, which is scheduled to lapse by the end of this week, will not be extended. “As the country’s situation is back to normal, I will not extend the State of Emergency which is scheduled to lapse by the end of this week,” he said today (16). The President stated this while addressing the “Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka - 2022” awards ceremony held at the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel in Colombo today (16). President Ranil Wickremasinghe expresses confidence that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Coronavirus: 6 more deaths and 195 new cases reported
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 06 more Covid-19 related deaths in the country for yesterday (Aug 15). The Department of Government Information reported that all the victims are over 60 years of age and include three males and three females. Meanwhile another 195 new cases of coronavirus have been detected today (16), increasing the tally of infections reported in the country to 668,336.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Govt says former President not using state funds on expenses abroad
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is spending for his current foreign travels through his personal funds and not through state funds, the Government Information Department said today. Issuing a statement, it said former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa does not spend government money on any expenses he makes abroad and that all such expenses shall be borne by the personal funds of the former President. At the press conference held today (16) at the Government Information Department’s auditorium to announce the weekly cabinet decisions, media persons had raised a question about the foreign expenses of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/22)
Is there no term-limit to NGO & Media heads?
The coterie of people chanting ‘democracy’ and in particular speaking about age limits and term limits of others ignore that the same has to apply to them. Take some of these NGOs and Media heads – they have been heading their organizations for over 25 years! What kind of ‘democracy’ is this? Here are a few of the main NGOs/Civil Society heads who have something to complain about Sri Lanka at all times. For over 25 years they have been wailing the same sod stories promoting negativity amongst the masses... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/22)
බිල් දමා ගැනීම හා ගෙවීම
එක්සත් රාජධානියේ විදුලිය හා ගෑස් බිල 2022 අන්තිම වන විට 83%ක ඉහළයාමක් අපේක්ෂිතය. මාස කීපයකට පෙර එම බිල වැඩිවූයේ 50% කින්ය. මේ අතරතුර කාලයේ දැවැන්තම Energy කොම්පැනිකාරයාගේ අර්ධ වාර්ෂික ලාභය විතරක් පහුගිය වසර හා සසදන විට පස් ගුණයකින් ඉහල ගොස්ය. ඒ ලාභය පාරිභෝගිකයාට හරවන ත්යාගශීලිකමක් පේන්නට නැත, ඒ ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/22)
Report on UN new foresight elements in Our Common Agenda proposed by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres assessed by The Millennium Project released August 15, 2022.
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UN reform to make the international organization more future-oriented was assessed by 189 futurists and related international experts from 54 countries. They overwhelmingly endorsed and will support the five foresight elements of Our Common Agenda, as an integrated and interdependent system: the success of each one affects the success of all the others. The five elements are: • UN Futures Lab • UN Summit on the Future • UN Envoy for Future Generations • Periodic UN Strategic Foresight and Global Threats reports ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/22)
ඉංග්රීසි අන්තවාදීන්ගේ වැරදි චර්යාවන්, ලෝකයේ දියුණු රටවල් සමඟ සම්බන්ධ වී ශ්රී ලාංකිකයන්ගේ ආර්ථිකය ශක්තිමත් කර ගැනිම වළක්වා ඇති ආකාරය.
බ්රිතාන්යයේ යටත් විජිතවල සේවය කිරීමට ඉංග්රීසි ඉගෙන ගැනීම අනිවාර්ය කරන අධ්යාපනයක් සහ නීති ක්රමයක් ලංකාවේ ඇත.ලෝකයේ ඇති එකම ජාත්යන්තර භාෂාව ඉංග්රීසි පමණක් බව ජනතාවට ඒත්තු ගන්නවා තිබුණද එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානය ජාත්යන්තර භාෂා 6ක් පිළිගෙන ඇති බව දරුවන්ගෙන් සඟවයි.ප්රංශය, ජර්මනිය, චීනය, රුසියාව, කොරියාව, ඉතාලිය, ජපානය වැනි ස්වාධීන දියුණු රටවල සේවය කිරීමට සහ අධ්යාපනය ලැබීමට ඒ භාෂා ඉගෙනීමට සිඳුවන අතර, ඒ ඒ භාෂා ඉගෙනීමට අවස්ථාව සළසා දී ඇත්තේ සුපිරි පාසල්වල වරප්රසාද ලත් සීමිත පිරිසකට පමණි.(ඇ.එ.ජ. පවා බ්රිතාන්යය යටත් විජිතයක් වී සිටීම මත එහි භාෂාව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/22)
An alarming News item of the highest national importance
I give you the relevant news item below as it was rereported. Posted on August 14th, 2022 Ada derana “Sri Lanka lifts ban on six Tamil diaspora organizations. The Government of Sri Lanka has lifted the ban imposed on six international Tamil organizations by the previous Government”. In my opinion this is a very serious and dangerous a move against the National Security of this country. that will have far reaching implications. Because obviously it opens the gates for a resurrection of the LTTE. Which mean the present Government has betrayed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/22)
Sri Lanka Collapsed First, but It Won’t Be the Last
As a Sri Lankan, I find watching international news coverage of my country’s economic and political implosion is like showing up at your own funeral, with everybody speculating on how you died. The Western media accuses China of luring us into a debt trap. Tucker Carlson says environmental, social and corporate governance programs killed us. Everybody blames the Rajapaksas, the corrupt political dynasty that ruled us until massive protests by angry Sri Lankans chased them out last month. But from where I’m standing, ultimate blame lies with the Western-dominated neoliberal system that keeps developing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/22)
Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka to launch welcoming ceremony for arrival of Chinese research vessel: source
Yuan Wang 5 scientific research vessel Photo: VCG The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka will hold a welcoming ceremony for the arrival of the Chinese Yuan Wang 5 scientific research vessel at the port of Hambantota, a source close to the matter told the Global Times on Monday. "The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka will hold a simple but warm welcoming ceremony on the premise of epidemic prevention and control," the source said. According to Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Yuan... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/22)
Sri Lanka imposes ban on three new entities and 55 individuals
While de-listing six Tamil international organizations including the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) and 317 individuals, the government has added 55 new individuals and three more organizations to the banned list as part of this year’s review, informed sources said. According to the gazette notification issued on July 28 this year signed by Defence Ministry Secretary General (Rtd) Kamal Gunaratne ban on Global Tamil Forum (GTF), Australian Tamil Congress (ATC), World Tamil Coordinating Committee (WTCC),TAMIL Eelam Peoples Assembly (TEPA), British Tamil Forum (BTF) and Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC), have been lifted.there... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/22)
COVID: Three deaths and 129 cases confirmed
Sri Lanka’s death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 16,624 today after the Director General of Health Services confirmed 03 more Covid-19 related deaths in the country for yesterday (Aug 14). Two victims were aged 60 years and above, and the remaining one was aged between 30-59 years, according to the Govt. Information Department. One victim was a male and the other two were females. Meanwhile, another 129 new Covid-19 infections have been identified in the country today (Aug. 15). This brings the total number of Covid cases detected in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/22)
President orders to strictly limit state sector expenditures
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered the public sector officials to strictly adhere to the circular issued by the Treasury earlier this year to limit government expenditures.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/22)
PNS ‘Taimur’ departs island after successful Passage Exercise with SL Navy
Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) ‘Taimur’ which arrived at the port of Colombo on an official visit on 12th August 2022, set sail from the island after successful conduct of a Passage Exercise with Sri Lanka Navy Ship (SLNS) ";Sindurala" today (15th August). Sri Lanka Navy bade customary farewell to the departing ship in accordance with naval traditions at the port of Colombo. Subsequently, PNS ‘Taimur’ conducted the Passage Exercise with SLNS "Sindurala" off Colombo harbour, on her departure. As such, the two ships conducted maneuvering and Search and Rescue exercises off Colombo harbour.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/22)
Ripples in the Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang--5 and Easter Sunday 2019
The alarm bells had been ringing for some time in Sri Lanka. The island nation is strategically located at the center of the Indian Ocean on the busiest trade and Undersea Data Cables routes in the world and hence perpetually in the cross-hairs of big power rivalry. For those who missed the signs if not the red flags; ripples caused by the US House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi’s Pivot to Asia last week announced loud and clear that colonialism and Cold War are back, big time in the mythical “Free and open Indo-Pacific”.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/22)
වර්තමන පාලකයින්ටද මතක් කිරීමක්?
රෝමය ගිනි ගනිද්දී නීරෝ වීණා වාදනය කරයි” පැරණි කියමනක්” අරගලය ගැන වචනයක් “ගෝඨභය ජනාධිපති වරයා ඔවුන්ගේ දුක් ගැනවිළිවලට සවන්දි සමනය නොකරන්නේ මන්දැයි වැඩිහිටි අපට මහත් ප්රහේළිකාවකි. එබැවින් තව තවත් ප්රමාද නොකොට දැන්වත් ඔවුන් ඔබ හමුවට කැඳවා ඒ නොදරුවන්ගේ ගැටළු ටික විසඳාලුව මැනවි. එසේ කිරිමට ඔබ අපොහොසත් වුවහොත් මුළු රටේම වියරු ජනතාව ඔබ දැනට සිටින ජනපති මැදුර වට කරන දිනය එතරම් ඈතක් නොවන බව මම ඔබට ඉඳුරාම කියමි” “මුලු ලක්දිවම අරාජිකව ගිනිගෙන දැවෙද්දී ඝෝථාභය ඇමතිවරුන් සහ රාජ්ය ඇමතිවරුන් පත්කරයි” අද්යතන කියමනක් “රෝමය ගිනි ගනිද්දී නීරෝ වීණා වාදනය කරයි”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/22)
Peaceful and Unlawful Assembly
This is a response to the media, the BASL and foreigners who never give up preaching on how ‘peaceful protesters’ were attacked ‘brutally’ by the Security Forces, especially at Galle Face Green on July. 22. With hundreds of thousands of protesters (Sunday Times Aug . 7) including non-nationals living on charity,, who were the peaceful protesters? There is a right to peaceful assembly but not to unlawful assembly..Under which law can protesters ‘peacefully’ block access to government buildings or interfere with other purposes the building was designed for? Can they... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/22)
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Impact of Corvid 19 on the Dollar crisis Diehard critics of the government ignore the impact of Corvid 19 on the foreign exchange earnings of the country. In 2020 worker remittances were 7.1 billion dollars and Tourism earnings in 2018 was 4.4 billion dollars. If we had this revenue even without an increase, we would have 11 billion dollars. Even with a trade deficit of 7 billion dollars we would have a surplus of 4 billion dollars which is the outstanding debt this year. If Corvid was not there, we would have got an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/22)
US Fingerprints Found Behind Sri Lanka Unrest and the Aragalaya’s Work
This is a very important YouTube clip for circulation, to create awareness of underlying and background realities. This is not the usual You Tube made by people. It is backed up by carefully researched supporting information. https://youtu.be/Ysy6qrXi0m0 Listening to it and analysing the facts presented gives a good understanding of this entire Aragalaya and where it is coming from – and where it is going. The Sri Lankan people need to be aware that their country is being made use of for the US geopolitical agenda of world hegemony. Is that what Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/22)
මේ වූ කලී, 2019 ජූලි 21 දින සහ 2021 සැප්තැම්බර් 10 වන දින වල ලන්කාවෙබ් අඩවියේ මවිසින් පළකරණු ලැබූ ලිපි දෙකක් නැවත පළකිරිමකි
ජාතික වශයෙන් ඉතා වැදගත් මෙම කරුන ගැන නැවත, නැවත ළිවීමේ අරමුණ වණුයේ මෙහි ඇති ජාතික හා සන්ස්කෘතික වැදගත්කම පිළිබඳ වසර ගණනාවක් තිස්සේ ලියා ඇතත් එහි ඇති ජාතික වැදගත්කම මේ රටේ තත් කාලීන ජනාධිපති වරයා ඇතුළු කිසිම දේශපාලකයෙකුට මෙන්ම අවෂේශ ආගමික ජන නායකයින්යයි කියන රට .ජාතිය, ආගම සහ සින්හල බෞද්ධ සන්ස්කෘතිය ආරක්ෂාකර ගැනීමේ වගකීම දරණ කිසිවෙකුට හෝ එකම සින්හලයෙකුට හෝ මගේ ලිපියේ ඇති යතාර්ථය තේරී ඇති බවක් තවම මට පෙනීගොස් නැති නිසාය. එසේ වීමට හේතුව ඔවුන් කිසිවෙකු තුල තම ජාතිය හා සන්ස්කෘතිය ගැන කිසිදු හැඟීමක් නැති නිසා විය හැක. ඊට හෙතුව 1505 සිටම ඔවුන්තුල තිබුණු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/22)
1948 සිට වසර 74ක් දේශීය පාලනයෙන් ආරක්ෂාව ලැබූ අධිපරිභෝජකයන්ගේ ජීවන රටාව 2022 "ගෝඨා ගෝ ගමෙන්" අවසන් වෙයිද?
වර්තමානයේ ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ඇත්තේ ආර්ථික ප්රශ්නයක්ද, දේශපාලන ප්රශ්නයක්ද, ජාත්යන්තර ප්රශ්නයක්ද, ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ ප්රශ්නයක්ද යන්නද ප්රශ්නයකි.ආහාර, විදුලිය, ඉන්ධන මිල ජනතාවට නොදැරිය හැකි මට්ටමෙන් ඉහළ ගොස් ඇත. එහි ප්රතිඵලයක් ලෙස සමාජ අරගල නිර්මාණය විය. ජනාධිපතිවරණයෙන් තෝරාගත් ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිවරයා නීතිය දෑතට ගත් ජනතාව විසින් 2022 ජූලි 09 දින නෙරපා හැරීම දක්වා එකී අරගලය ක්රියාත්මක විය.මැද පිළිවෙත අනුගමනය කළ දේශීය ජනතාවඅධිපරිභෝජන සමාජ සංස්කෘතියකට පරිවර්තනයකිරීමේ නීති පැනවීම 1815 සිට බ්රිතාන්යයන් විසින් මෙරටට හඳුන්වා දෙනු ලැබීය. ඒ උඩරට ගිවිසුමෙනි. 1948 සිට ස්වදේශිකයන් විසින් වසර 74ක් තිස්සේ අධිපරිභෝජන සමාජ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/22)
“පළමුව -ජාතිය” ප්රතිපත්තිය අනුගමනය කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාතික සංවිධාන අගමැති දිනේෂ්ට ප්රශංසා කරයි 
ජාතික සංවිධාන සහ අග්රාමාත්ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන අතර හමුවක් 2022 අගෝස්තු 10 වන දින අග්රාමාත්ය කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැත්විණි. පූජ්ය මැදගොඩ අභයතිස්ස හිමි, ආචාර්ය ගුණදාස අමරසේකර,වෛද්යය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර, නීතීඥ කල්යානන්ද තිරාණගම, මහාචාර්ය ආර්. බී. හේරත්, ඉංජිනේරු කීර්ති වික්රමරත්න, විශේෂඥ වෛද්ය හැරිස් පතිරගේ, නීතීඥ මදුමාලි අල්විස්, ප්රිමාල් ප්රනාන්දු, යසස් ධර්මදාස, සේනාරත්න ද සිල්වා ඇතුළු ජාතික විද්වතුන් නියෝජනය කරමින් සංවිධාන 13ක පමණ නියෝජිතයෝ මෙම අවස්ථාවට සහභාගී විය. “එදා දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මන්ත්රීතුමා එක්ක එකතුවෙලා අපි අතීතයේ සැබෑ අරගලවලට පණ දුන්නා.අද විදේශ අවශ්යතා පිරිමසා ගන්නා, මුදලට කරන අරගල තියෙනවා.ඒවා අරගල ලෙස හඳුන්වන්න බැහැ.” යනුවෙන් ආචාර්ය ගුණදාස අමරසේකර මහතා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/22)
Many in U.S., Western Europe Say Their Political System Needs Major Reform
Protesters chant and demonstrate outside the French Senate in Paris, opposing a new law they say would consolidate police power and restrict civil liberties, on March 16, 2021. (Kiran Ridley/Getty Images) How we did this As they continue to struggle with a public health crisis and ongoing economic challenges, many people in the United States and Western Europe are also frustrated with politics. A four-nation Pew Research Center... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/22)
රුසියාව-චීනය ලංකාව හා හතුරු කරවීමේ පාත්ෆයින්ඩර් මෙහෙයුමක්.. එයරොෆ්ලොට්, යුවාන් වැන්ග් 5 එහි උපක්රමයි…
ඊළාම් රාජ්යයක් සඳහා අරමුදල් රැස් කිරීම ඇතුළු මෙරට ජාතික ආරක්ෂාවට හානිකර අන්දමින් කටයුතු කළ ගෝලීය දෙමළ සංසදය, ලෝක දෙමළ සම්බන්ධීකරණ කමිටුව, දෙමළ ඊළාම් ජනතා සම්මේලනය, ඕස්ට්රේලියානු දෙමළ කොංග්රසය, කැනේඩියානු දෙමළ කොංග්රසය, බ්රිතාන්ය දෙමළ සංසදය යන ජාත්යන්තර දෙමළ සංවිධානවලට මෙතෙක් පනවා තිබූ තහනම ඉවත් කිරීමට ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යාංශය පියවර ගෙන ඇත්තේ කවර හේතු නිසාද යන්න ඔවුන් රට හමුවේ පැහැදිලි කළ යුතු බව ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ ප්රචාරක ලේකම්, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී, මොහොමඩ් මුසම්මිල් මහතා අවධාරණය කරයි. ඒ මහතා මෙසේ අවධාරණය කළේ (14) පිටකෝට්ටේ පිහිටි ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ ප්රධාන කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැති මාධ්ය හමුවකදීය. දෙමළ ඩයස්පෝරාව නියෝජනය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/22)
Arms, drug seizure from Lankan boat: Accused raised funds to revive LTTE, says NIA
In a major revelation in a case pertaining to the seizure of a huge quantity of narcotic drugs along with five AK-47 rifles and 9mm ammunition numbering 1,000 from Sri Lankan fishing boats, the NIA has stated that an accused had been involved in activities of proscribed terrorist organisation LTTE within India and abroad. The accused had also plotted to procure prohibited arms and ammunition, besides contraband articles. The NIA filed the report in the Kerala High Court in response to the bail plea filed by Ramesh, a Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/22)
Cardinal Ranjith’s request to President Ranil
Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith today requests President Ranil Wickremesinghe to investigate whether there was a political conspiracy behind the Easter Sunday terror attack. He expressed these views while participating in the second phase of the distribution of the financial donation given to the victims of the Easter Sunday attack by His Holiness Pope Francis. https://youtu.be/4FcFGrXYJNw The second phase of distribution of the financial donation of 100,000 Euros made by the Pope Francis, for the welfare of the victims of the Easter Sunday terror attacks, was carried... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/22)
Sri Lanka lifts ban on six Tamil diaspora organisations
The Government of Sri Lanka has lifted the ban imposed on six international Tamil organisations. This is through an Amendment to the List of Designated Persons under Regulation 4(7) of the United Nations Regulations No. 1 of 2012. https://youtu.be/QYUCL1PlHPw According to the Defence Ministry, a total of 577 persons and 18 entities were Listed under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373. Accordingly, 316 persons and 06 entities have been De Listed from the Designated List. Entities De Listed from the Designated List: 01. Australian Tamil... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/22)
UN Women’s MoU with BlackRock
To: Sima Sami Bahous, UN Women Executive Director,Åsa Regnér, UN Women Deputy Executive Director for Policy, Programme, Civil Society and Intergovernmental Support; Anita Bhatia, Deputy Executive Director for UN Coordination, Partnerships, Resources and Sustainability Subject: UN Women’s MoU with BlackRock Dear Ms Bahous, Ms Regnér, Ms Bhatia, We write to you on behalf of the undersigned feminist organizations, networks, constituencies and individuals, all of whom are committed to ensuring that the United Nations delivers on international agreements on gender equality, SDG 5 and women’s human rights. We are dismayed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/22)
Import Substitution is the only way ahead today
Import Substitution does not ring a bell with the IMF, The talk today is to privatize. However what we need today in order to tackle the economic meltdown is import substitution. My mind travels to an older Paper of mine which offers the solution to provide the production that we need which we earlier imported which we cannot get now due to the dearth of dollars and also in that process find employment and incomes to the people. https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2019/12/21/import-substitution-is-the-way-to-rejuvenate-our-economy/... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/22)
The Yuan Wang 5 affair turns out to be a storm in a teacup
Colombo, August 12 (Counterpoint): The geopolitical controversy over Sri Lanka’s granting permission to the Chinese survey and tracking vessel Yuan Wag 5 at the Hambantota port from August 11 to 17, has blown over with India and the US finally taking an accommodative stance. The vessel, which was in the vicinity of the Hambantota port in South Sri Lanka, is likely to dock soon. India had delivered a demarche to the Sri Lankan government expressing its objections to the docking of the vessel on the grounds that it could spy on vital Indian... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/22)
Coronavirus: Five more deaths and 181 new cases reported
Sri Lanka’s death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 16,619 today after the Director General of Health Services confirmed 09 more Covid-19 related deaths in the country for yesterday (Aug 12). According to the Govt. Information Department, all five victims were aged 60 years and above. Three were males and the remaining two were females. Meanwhile, another 181 new Covid-19 infections have been identified in the country today (Aug. 13). This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases detected in the country thus far to 667,916.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/22)
Clearance given to Chinese vessel Yuan Wang 5 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On 12 August 2022 the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China had informed the Foreign Affairs via Diplomatic Note that the Vessel YUAN WANG 5 was scheduled to arrive in the port of Hambantota on 16 August, 2022 and applied for clearance for replenishment purposes for the new dates 16 to 22 August, 2022. Having considered all material in place, on 13 August, 2022 the clearance to the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China was conveyed for the deferred arrival of the vessel from 16-22 August, 2022 by the Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/22)
Will form an all party government with those who are willing" - Minister of Justice (Video)
Justice and Prison Reforms Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe says that he will work with any group willing to support the formation of an all-party government. He stated that today (13) while speaking to the media in Kandy. https://youtu.be/xBRU9qlmlJY The minister further said that if it is not possible to gather all the political parties representing the parliament, obtaining the support of a majority of parties is the next best option. The minister also said that there is no connection between the formation of an all-party government and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/22)
Sri Lanka Grants Permission for Chinese Tracking Ship to Dock
Yuan Wang 5's docking was delayed after India cited security concerns, but New Delhi and Washington "failed to give concrete reasons" for why they opposed its arrival, Colombo said. New Delhi: Sri Lanka on Friday, August 12, granted permission for the high-tech Chinese tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 to dock at the Hambantota Port after India and US “failed to give concrete reasons” for why they opposed its arrival, according to local media reports. According to the Sri Lankan newspaper Sunday Times, the ship will dock at the Hambantota International Port on August 16,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/22)
Should Sri Lanka privatize Central Bank & Institute of Policy Studies too?
There are some people who sit on cushy taxpayer paid platforms & promote privatization while others also mandated to function as a government body accepts foreign funds compromising their ‘advice’ to the state. If entities are not working for the state, do the tax payers require to pay for them? Are these entities not better off being privatized first? The Central Bank of Sri Lanka was established in 1950 as a semi-autonomous body & is governed by a 5 member Monetary Board. CBSL is the sole authority allowed to print... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/22)
Should we privatize Sri Lanka’s State Owned Enterprises (SOE’s)
In the name of development Sri Lanka has seen enormous changes. How far development was not planned considering the environment is seen by many environment-related catastrophes across the island. The geopolitical position of Sri Lanka impacts every issue Sri Lanka faces be it local or international. The efforts to control Sri Lanka by any other means & the modus operandi used has to be considered by the government – policy advisors especially the general public. In such a scenario, when local NGOs function as lobbyists for foreign governments canvassing conferences to ‘privatize... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
Beware of 'Human Rights' mercenaries
'Human Rights’ mercenaries are those who unceasingly vilify the ethnic majority until almost the last pound of flesh is extracted, and are constantly promoting the anti-majoritarian propaganda rhetoric of Multi-Culturalism, Secularism, Reconciliation, and whatnot, and now the Division of the country on Ethnic and Religious lines. The greatest victory in recent times was achieved by the Security Forces on the battlefield after a huge sacrifice of life and limb by the heroic soldiers. About 30, 000 personnel from the security forces perished. It must be noted that when the Allies beat Germany... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
Sri Lanka: Lest we forget, not Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, but the political system failed the country
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa made mistakes as President. However, he should not be treated like a Pariah. There are other opportunists riding the wave of discontentment, who should wear the hat of a Pariah before Gotabhaya. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa made mistakes as the President of the country, and grave ones at that too. Some of his decisions were ill timed and ill informed. Some decisions he should have taken, were not taken. The country is witnessing the aftermath of these decisions and non-decisions. However, he cannot be held solely responsible for the disastrous economic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
REINTRODUCING THE SIX YEARS PROGRAM OF INVESTMENT (1955-1960)
I read content in many publications that Sri Lanka has an economic crisis (2022) that is unimaginable to the government’s economic advisors what should do to get out of the problem. If the government economic advisors knew about this situation before 2022, why didn’t they educate the policymaking process of the country? Sri Lanka had various economic plans and the most successful plan that contained the best policies was the Six Years Program of Investments (1954-1960) by the Planning Secretariat of the government of Mr Sir John Katalawela. This program was not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
Marching ahead with the spirit of Swatantra Bharat
It was probably two decades back, when a group of journalists and Guwahati-based patriots marched on a street of Guwahati to celebrate the Independence Day. As a number of separatist armed militant outfits imposed a general strike on the day (that was the way the ethnic insurgents made them visible in the public domain continuing their decades long armed struggle against New Delhi) the entire city wore a deserted look. Markets, business centers, private vehicles and even the roads were empty as the militants, through their media statements (which were published with special focus in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8Lb
JVP ragging in the University started in the 1970s. G.R.Morrel recalls that at University of Kelaniya where he taught as an instructor in the late 70’s, the Students’ Council was in the hands of the JVP. They ran the campus mainly through intimidation. New students were ragged mercilessly, and staff members who opposed the ragging were threatened. in 1974 A group of young mathematics teachers who were admitted to campus for a diploma course were dragged to the dark basement of the Science faculty and brutalized. Ragging is too polite a word for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
මධ්යම සංස්කෘතික අරමුදලේ හෙට දවස වෙනුවෙන්
දිනය - 2022අගෝස්තු111980 අංක 57 දරන මධ්යම සංස්කෘතික අරමුදල පණත මගින් සංස්කෘතික ත්රිකෝණ යෝජනා ක්රමය යටතේ ශ්රී ලාංකේය අතීත ශ්රී විභූතිය අනාගත පරපුරට සුරක්ෂා කරනු පිණිස අනූපමේය සේවයක් ඉටුකළ මධ්යම සංස්කෘතික අරමුදලේ වර්තමානය ඉතා ඛේදජනක තත්ත්වයකට පත්ව ඇත. ශ්රී ලාංකික ජනතාවට දැවැන්ත ප්රතිලාභ රැුසක් ලබාදෙමින් අතීතයේ ආදි කර්තෘන් සිදුකළ මෙහෙය අලූයම ලූ කෙළ පිඩක් සේ බැහැර කර තම සුරතලූන්ගේ සුඛවිහරණය උදෙසා අත්තනෝමතික තීන්දු තීරණ ගනිමින් පාලක මණ්ඩලය ද නොමග යවමින් සිටී.දශක එක හමාරක පමණ කාලයක සිට ප්රතිපත්තිමය රාමුවකට නතුවෙමින් දෛනික පැවැත්ම තකා අවස්ථාවාදී දේශපාලන උවමනාවන් මුදුන්පත් කර ගැනීමට උත්සුක වීමෙන් ආයතනය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
Scarred Communities- Psychosocial Impact of Disasters on Sri Lankan Society
මහාචාර්ය දයා සෝමසුන්දරම් ඇතුළු වෛද්ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග, ආචාර්ය ගැමිලා සමරසිංහ (කොලඹ විශ්ව විද්යාලය), ආනන්ද ගලප්පත්ති, ටී. විජයසංගර් සහ ඇන්ඩෘ කීෆ් විසින් ලියන ලද "Scarred Communities" ග්රන්ථය මුද්රණද්වාරයෙන් එළි දක්වා තිබේ. මෙම ග්රන්ථය මගින් ශ්රී ලාංකික සමාජය විසින් මුහුණ දුන් ස්වභාවික ආපදා සහ යුදමය මෙන්ම තරුණ කැරලි නිසා හටගත් මනෝ සමාජයීය හානි පිලිබඳව විශ්ලේෂණය කරයි. මානව සමාජයක් විසින් මුහුණ දෙන ව්යසනයන් සහ ඉන් සිදුවන කෙටි කාලීන සහ දීර්ඝ කාලීන හානි පිලිබඳව විස්තර කෙරෙන Scarred Communities, එම හානි අවම කර ගැනීම සඳහා කල යුතු මනෝ සමාජයීය ක්රියා මාර්ග පිලිබඳව ද පාඨකයා දැනුවත් කරයි. දමිළ සහ සිංහල විද්වතුන් කණ්ඩායමක් විසින් වාර්ගික අගතියෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
චීන නැවේ ප්රශ්ණයන් IMF ණය ඇණහිටීවි.. ශ්රී ලංකාව අන්ත දුක්ඛිත විය හැකියි..- Economic Times
චීනයේ Yuan Wang 5 නෞකාව හම්බන්තොට වරායට පැමිණීමට එරෙහිව කටයුතු කිරීම මගින් ශ්රී ලංකාව ජාත්යන්තර මුල්ය අරමුදලෙන් බලාපොරොත්තු ණය මුදල ලබා ගැනීමේ ක්රියාවලියට අහිතකර බලපෑමක් එල්ලවනු ඇතැයි ඉකොනොමික් ටයිම්ස් පුවත්පත වාර්තා කරයි. ශ්රී ලංකාව සඳහා ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදලින් ණය පැකේජය ක්රියාත්මක කිරීමට නම් පළමුව ශ්රී ලංකා ණය තිරසාර තක්සේරු වාර්තාවේ ප්රධාන ණය හිමියන්ගෙ අනුමැතිය අත්යවශ්යම කරුණකි. ශ්රී ලංකාවට ප්රධාන ණය දෙන රටවල් අතර චීනයේ ද වන අතර ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදලේ ණය ක්රියාවලිය සඳහා චීනය සිය කැමැත්ත ලබා දීම අත්යවශ්ය වී තිබේ. නමුත් චීනයට අවශ්ය නම් මෙම ක්රියාවලිය දිගු කලක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
Yuan Wang 5 standoff: Sri Lanka's IMF process may be under threat
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Can Sri Lanka's resistance against letting China dock the Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota stall its efforts for a bailout package at the International Monetary Fund? Yes, if China decides so. And by accounts reaching Delhi, it appears Beijing has sought... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
We must learn to survive - Hiran Cooray
There was a need for change Tourism had to sacrifice a bit Most people remained silent before protests We just take things for granted Governments must be more accountable Tourism has literally come to nothingNot fair for us to ask for handouts The tourism industry was one of the biggest foreign exchange earners in Sri Lanka. However, since the Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 and later COVID, the political crisis and the protests, Sri Lanka saw a drastic drop in tourism in Sri Lanka. Daily Mirror spoke to veteran tourism industry expert and member of the recently appointed Tourist... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
Governance structure with fair representation for all parties in progress - President
President Ranil Wickremesinghe states that he aims to prepare a governance structure with fair representation for each political party. His remarks came during a discussion held at the Presidential Secretariat last evening (Aug 10) with several parties regarding the formation of an all-party government. The President has further mentioned that his main objective is to establish the National Assembly, adding that the representation of all parties and the full representation of other parties and groups in the alliance are necessary for this purpose. President Ranil Wickremesinghe also requested respective parties... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
Vicissitudes of India-Sri Lanka strategic relations
Colombo, August 10 (Counterpoint): The current disturbance in India-Sri Lanka relations caused by the proposed docking of the sophisticated Chinese military survey vessel Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota port is but the latest in a long series of hiccups in Indo-Lankan strategic relations. The relationship has been seeing ups and downs since the two countries became independent in the 1940s. A factor characterizing the relationship is the difference in the strategic vision of the two countries. India has consistently believed that Sri Lanka is vital for its security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR),... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
අපට ඕන වෙලාවක ඇවිත් ඕනෑම ගොඩනැගිල්ලක් අත්පත් කර ගන්නවා..- අරගල නායක වසන්ත මුදලිගේ
ගාලුමෝදර අරගලකරුවන් ඉවත් වන්නේ ගාලු මුවදොර පිටියෙන් පමණක් බව අන්තර් විශ්ව විද්යාල ශිෂ්ය බල මණ්ඩල කැඳවුම්කරු සහ ගාළු මුවදොර අරගලයේ ප්රධානියෙකුද වන වසන්ත මුදලිගේ සඳහන් කරයි. https://youtu.be/8qnrzk06vuI ගාලු මුවදොරින් ඉවත් වුණාට ඕන වෙලාවක ඕනෑම ගොඩනැගිල්ලක් අත්පත් කර ගැනීමට පැමිණෙන බවද හෙතෙම පවසයි. ඒ සඳහා ජනතාව සමග ඕනෑම මොහොතක පැමිණීමට සූදානම් බවද හෙතෙම කියා සිටියේය. ගාලු මුවදොර පිටියෙන් අරගලකරුවන් ඉවත් වීම පිළිබඳව මාධ්ය හමුවක් අමතමින් ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පල කරන ලදී.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/22)
SL will get negative impact on long-term friendship with China: Sri Lanka-China Social and Cultural Cooperation ASLCSCC
The government's decision to postpone the arrival of the Chinese ship Yuan Wang 5 at Hambatota port, would have a negative impact on the long-term friendship between Sri Lanka and China, the Association for Sri Lanka-China Social and Cultural Cooperation (ASLCSCC) said. ASLCSCC President Indrananda Abeysekera said that our government should reveal the reason behind the change in the criteria that existed when Yuan Wang 5 was allowed to come to Hambantota port. Yuan Wang 5 is a research and survey vessel. In 2013, Yuan Wang 3 berthed at Colombo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/22)
Death threats to NTC officials for reducing bus fares
Following the discussion between the National Transport Commission (NTC) officials and the private bus owners regarding the revision of bus fares, the bus owners behaved violently and threatened the NTC officials with death. The police said death threats have been made at the NTC officials following talks on the revision of bus fares. It was reported that the bus owners had threatened to kill and verbally abused the NTC staff over the phone. A complaint in this regard was made to the Narahenpita police by the NTC Chairman... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/22)
COVID: Nine more deaths & 227 new cases reported
Director-General of Health Services confirmed 06 new coronavirus-related deaths for August 09. This brings the country’s death toll from the pandemic to 16,603. The deaths reported today include 04 males and 05 females above the age of 60 years, according to the figures released by the Department of Government Information. Meanwhile, 227 more people tested positive for COVID-19 today, as the tally of Covid-19 cases detected in the country thus far to 667,385.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/22)
All About Climate Change: Heat, Temperature and Humidity Levels
Even though many people think about rising temperatures and extreme heat when we talk about climate change, the reality is that climate change involves much more than that. Researchers have argued that temperature on its own is not the most effective way to measure climate change. They suggest that the energy produced by extreme weather is linked to the amount of water in the air, which subsequently affects comfort. This means that our attempts to define climate change and deal with its effects should not just be concentrated on high temperatures and air-conditioning but... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/22)
Indo-Lanka Accord of 29 July 1987 does not restrict Sri Lanka’s use of its own Ports or Trinco Oil Tanks
The Indo-Lanka Accord was signed on 29 July 1987 in Colombo with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signing on behalf of India & President J R Jayawardena signing on behalf of Sri Lanka. There are 6 points annexed to the accord. The text of the Accord & the 6 point annexures are what makes the Indo-Lanka Accord. The letter drafted by PM Rajiv Gandhi is not part of the Accord though it was signed on the same day. This letter does not even mention the name Indo-Lanka Accord. Therefore, no one can use the contents... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/22)
Why follow Bindu(of Sunday Times): It is NATO- No Action Talk Only.
It was four months ago in March 2022 that I suggested immediate action re our economic meltdown. I recall:“The Way Out of the economic abyss besetting Sri Lanka” in the Lanka Web of March 11 th. It is months- four months have passed and yet as Bindu says we are only talking. In the meantime the fuel queues are mounting and food is beyond the reach of many. Fuel has got priority. Food and medicines are in the background and when the current food stocks- now at a high price- are used up,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/22)
Genesis of the the Export Development Board (EDB)
In January I wrote on FB that I would take up the genesis of the EDB. But other than in bits of anecdotes where I dealt with a few salient developments of the institutional history I had not attempted a comprehensive cover of the fascinating story which is given below. When the Additional Director General of the Export Promotion Secretariat (EPS) Shelton Fernando joined the ITC as a consultant, I who held the post of Director Trade Information was promoted to that post. One of the first suggestions that I made to Dr.Ratwatthe was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/22)
ඕස්ට්රේලියාවේ ශ්රී ලංකා රාජ්ය තාන්ත්රික නියෝජනය
ශ්රී ලoකාවේ සාමය, ඒකීය භාවය සහ මානව අයිතීන් රැකීම උදෙසා, දැනට දශක දෙකකට අධික කාලයක් ඕස්ට්රේලියාවේ සිට අඛණ්ඩව කටයුතු කරනු ලබන, දේශහිතේශී ශ්රී ලාoකිකයින්ගෙන් සැදුම්ලත් 'ස්පර්' නමින් හදුන්වන අප සoවිධානය, ඕස්ට්රේලියාව තුල ශ්රී ලංකාවේ රාජ්ය තාන්ත්රික නියෝජනය සිදු කෙරන ආකාරය පිළිබඳව සිය කණගාටුව සහ කනස්සල්ල ප්රකාශ කරයි. බොහෝ ඕස්ට්රේලියානු ශ්රී ලාංකිකයන් විසින් නැවත නැවත ඉල්ලීම් කළද, ඔස්ට්රේලියාවේ සහ නවසීලන්තයේ ශ්රී ලංකා මහ කොමසාරිස් ධූරය දැනට වසර දෙකහමාරකට වැඩි කාලයක් පුරප්පාඩුව පවතී. එබැවින් ශ්රී ලංකාවට, ඉන්දියන් සාගර කලාපයට පොදු වූ අවශ්යතාවන් මෙන්ම දිගුකාලීන සබඳතාවක් ඇති ඔස්ට්රේලියාව තුළ, තම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/22)
BRITAIN BIGGEST ANNUAL MUSLIM GATHERING CONCLUDES.
CONVENTION CALLS FOR JUSTICE AND WORKING FOR THE GREATER GOOD TO ATTAIN LASTING PEACE The 56th Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the United Kingdom concluded on Sunday 7th August 2022 in which five speeches delivered by the World Head the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. The Convention began on Friday (5th August) with the traditional Friday Sermon and the opening session by raising of the black and white flag of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community alongside the Union Flag. In his... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/22)
Lankan Prez praises army for protecting parliament and saving the constitution
Colombo, August 9: On Tuesday, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe paid his first official visit to the Army HQ in the outskirts of Colombo and addressed the troops even as protesters were planning to renew the agitation to oust him from the Presidency. As it turned out, the function at the Army HQ went off without a hitch and calm prevailed in the island with no sign of the planned stir. But it did appear as if Wickremesinghe had deliberately chosen August 9 to make a ceremonial first visit to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/22)
It was the Security forces that safeguarded the legislature - President Wickremesinghe
Security forces have saved the day by safeguarding the legislature and thus avoided further anarchy, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. President Wickremesinghe during his visit to the Defence Secretariat in Akuregoda said a very few understand the important operation in which security forces were involved in July this year. Protesters were trying to take over Parliament. If they succeeded, legislature of the country would have come to a standstill. There will not be a government if the legislature comes to a standstill,” the President said. https://youtu.be/eS9c4GLSLoo ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/22)
Activists leave Galle Face protest site
Actress and GotaGoGama activist Damitha Abeyratne said today that they have decided to vacate from the Galle Face protest site. However, speaking to the media she said that the Aragalaya was not over. "Though we have physically left the Galle Face, the Aragalaya is very organized. Remember that we are ready to rise again against any corrupt politicians," she said. Today marks 123 days to the Galle Face protest site and some activits were seen removing the tents from the site.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/22)
Six more Covid-19 deaths, 214 cases reported
Six new coronavirus-related deaths were confirmed for yesterday by the Director-General of Health Services bringing the country’s death toll to 16,594. Also, 214 persons tested positive for COVID-19 today. Accordingly, Covid-19 cases reported in the country since the pandemic began rose to to 6667,158... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/22)
AG raises strong objections to Fr. Jeewantha Peiris’ petition
The Attorney General informed the Supreme Court today (09), that he has strong objections with regard to the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed by Rev. Fr. Jeewantha Peiris. Rev. Fr. Jeewantha Peiris, who is an activist of the ‘Aragalaya’ protest movement, had previously filed an FR petition with the Supreme Court seeking an order to prevent his arrest. Senior State Counsel Mr. Shaveendra Wickrema, appearing for the Attorney General, stated before the court that the submission to seek relief in abbreviated methods without following the proper judicial procedure cannot be approved. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/22)
Another person arrested over forcible entry to President’s House
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the forcible entry into the President’s House in Colombo and obstructing the duties of police officers. The 32-year-old suspect, who is residing in the Koswatte area, was arrested on charges of engaging in a demonstration by being a member of an unlawful assembly at Bank of Ceylon Mawatha in Colombo Fort, damaging public property and criminal coercion by obstructing the duties of police officers on July 09. The relevant suspect was handed over to the Slave Island Police after he surrendered to the Colombo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/22)
Two arrested for stealing MP Amarakeerthi’s gold rings during assault
Two individuals who had stolen three gold rings worn by former MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala when he was assaulted and killed by a mob have been arrested. The parliamentarian and a police sergeant attached to his security detail were killed in a mob attack in Nittambuwa amidst the nationwide unrest on the 9th of May this year. According to the police, the two suspects were traced through pawn tickets. They have been remanded until the 22nd of August after being produced before Attanagalla Magistrate’s Court today. One of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/22)
ESTABLISHING A PEOPLE’S CONGRESS IN SRI LANKA
The concept of a people’s congress has been related to political administration in socialist countries and they functioned to consider the ideas of people regarding any work. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, many socialist countries had a people’s congress that was a similar constitutional institution to a parliament which is elected by the votes of citizens. The system of Sri Lanka has three institutions a legislature, the executive and the judiciary, the major criticism about the three institutions is they are subject to corruption and they are not functioning for the needs of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8K
JVP had two levels of activity, open and secret. They had two parallel political agendas, one for the public and another for the insiders in the party, said analysts. JVP functioned openly as an agitation group, whilst, at the same time recruiting combatants into a clandestine military organization, said Jayantha Somasunderam. JVP‘s public agenda said the JVP wanted to create a socialist revolution which would benefit the masses. This bogus agenda was put forward to win the popular support JVP needed in order to capture political power. The public were enticed into the movement... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
රෙජිම් චේන්ජ් සැලසුම සහ ගෝඨාභය...
විමල් වීරවංශ පසුගියදා රූපවාහිනී වැඩසටහනකට එකතු වෙමින් අනාවරණය කළේ, අරගලය හමුවේ ඉල්ලා අස්වීමට සූදානම් වූ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂට එවක අගමැති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ ද ඉවත් කර ඉල්ලා අස්වන ලෙස ඇමරිකානු තානාපතිනී ජූලි චන්ග් බල කළ බවය. විමල් ඊට පෙර ප්රකාශ කළේ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය අවු. 05ක ධූර කාලය නිමාකර සිය දරු මුනුබුරන් සමග ජීවත් වන්නට ඇමරිකාව බලා යාමේ අපේක්ෂාවෙන් ඇමරිකාව අසතුටු නොවන ආකාරයට කටයුතු කළ බවයි. එහෙත් ජනාධිපති ධූරය පමණක් නොව සිය ජීවිතය ද බරපතළ අවධානමක පවතින අවස්ථාවක ඇමරිකාවේ නැතහොත් ජූලි චන්ග්ගේ උවමනාව අනුව කටයුතු කර ඇමරිකාව අසතුටු නොකර ඉන්නට ගෝඨාභය කටයුතු කර නැති බව විමල්ගේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
22 nd Amendment
Since the devaluation of the rupee in early March, five months have lapsed without any positive plan of action to address the problem of the dearth of dollars. People have died in queues; severe scarcities have arisen in essential goods and inflation has galloped over 70 percent. In brief the country has undergone and continues to be in an unprecedented economic and social crisis. But our parliamentarians have behaved as if there is no dollar crisis and are splitting hairs on a political solution through ad hoc Constitutional gymnastics which is a clever diversion. Now the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
බඩගෙඩි හා මොළගෙඩි
පාර්ලිමේන්තු අයියලාගේ බඩගෙඩිවල සයිස් එක දැක්කාම හරිම දුකක් දැනෙන්නේය, කොහොම ඔය ඉදිරියට නෙරා ආ බඩගෙඩි උස්සා ගෙන ඉන්නේදැයි සිතේය. මුළු මේන්තුවේම ඉන්නේ අසාධ්ය බඩගෙඩි ලෙඩ්ඩුය, සැත්කම් කර ගන්නට නිතර නිතර දුවන්නේ සිංගප්පුරුවටය, ඉන්දියාවටය තයිලන්තයටය වැය කරන්නේ මහජන බදු මුදල්ය කිසි ලජ්ජාවක් නැත. මේන්තුවෝ මුලින්ම කල යුත්තේ ඉදිරියට නෙරා ආ බඩගෙඩි අඩු කර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
ඉංග්රීසි අන්තවාදීන්ට තැන නැති ක්රීඩාවේදී ලක්දරුවෝ ජය ලබති...!
ඉංග්රීසි අන්තවාදීන්ගේ ලක්ෂණ 7...!1) නීතිය නොදන්නා ජනාධිපතිවරු පත් කරගැනීමට සහාය දෙයි.2) ඉන්ධන වැඩි වශයෙන් දහනයවන වාහන භාවිතා කරයි.3) පාපැදි භාවිතා කිරීමට ජනතාවට උනන්දුව ඇති නොකර පාපැදි අධික මිලට අලෙවි කිරීමට දිරි දෙයි.4) රුසියාව සහ චීනය සමඟ රාජ්ය තාන්ත්රික සම්බන්ධතා පැවැත්වීමට බාධා කරයි.5) දේශීය නිෂ්පාදකයන්, ගොවිතැන අධෛරයට පත් කර විදේශීය නිෂ්පාදන සහ විදේශීය් ආහාර ආනයනය කරන්නන්ට දිරි දෙයි.6) අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් නඩු විභාග කිරීම, නීති අධ්යාපනය ලබා දීම වළක්වයි.7) රජයේ දේපල උකස්කර විදෙස් රටවලින් ණය ලබා ගැනීමට උපදෙස් දෙයි. මාධ්ය අංශය, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යයන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
On the controversial ship’s visit to Sri Lanka, China says it is “senseless” to invoke “security concerns”
Colombo, August 8: The Chinese Foreign Ministry told the media in Beijing on Monday, that it is “senseless” to invoke “security concerns” to “pressure” Sri Lanka to deny entry to Chinese ships that are carrying out legitimate tasks. Without naming India (referring to it as a “third-party”) the Chinese Foreign Ministry readout said that as a sovereign country, Sri Lanka has the right to conduct its foreign relations without interference from third parties. ADVERTISEMENT Here is the readout of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) statement at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
චීන නැව නැවැත්වුවේ නැතිනම් ධුරයෙන් පහ කරන බවට ජනාධිපතිට තර්ජනය කරලා..
ලබන එකොළොස් වැනි දා හම්බන්තොට වරායට පැමිණීමට සැලසුම්කර තිබූ චීනයේ ‘යුවාන් වැන් 05’ සන්නිවේදන නෞකාව පැමිණීම නවත්වන ලෙස ජනාධිපතිවරයාට බලපෑම් කර ඇත්තේ බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහ ඇමරිකානු නියෝජිතයෙකු විසින් බවට තොරතුරු ඇතැයි පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී වාසුදේව නානායක්කාර මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. https://youtu.be/-guCGcMvFLM නෞකාව නැවත්වුයේ නැතිනම් ජනාධිපතිධූරය අවසන් කරන බවට ඔවුන් දැනුම් දී ඇති බවද මන්ත්රීවරයා පැවසීය. ජනාධිපතිට කල එම තර්ජනය ඉදිරියේ මෙම නෞකාව නවත්වා ඇති බවද හෙතෙම පැවසීය. ඕනෑම රටක යුද නෞකාවනට මෙරට වරායනට පැමිණීමට ඉඩ දෙන්නේ නම් චීන නෞකාව පැමිණීමේ වරද කුමක්දැයි හෙතෙම ප්රශ්න කළේය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
ඉන්දු- පැසිෆික් වුවමනාවට චීනයට දොර වැසීම නොබැඳි පිළිවෙත නොවේ!
චීනයේ යුවාන් වැන් 05 සන්නිවේදන නෞකාවට හම්බන්තොට වරායට ඉන්ධන පිරවීම සඳහා ඇතුල්වීමට ශ්රී ලංකා රජය ඉඩ දීම කල් දැමීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා මාධ්යය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කර තිබේ. එම නිවේදනය මගින් ඔහු පවසන්නේ ඉන්දු පැසිෆික් උවමනාවට චීනයට දොර වැසීම නොබැඳි පිළිවෙත නොවන බවයි. ඉන්දු- පැසිෆික් වුවමනාවට චීනයට දොර වැසීම නොබැඳි පිළිවෙත නොවේ! ලබන එකොළොස්වැනි දා හම්බන්තොට වරායට පැමිණීමට නියමිතව තිබූ චීනයේ යුවාන් වැන් 05 සන්නිවේදන නෞකාවට එදින පැමිණීමෙන් වළකින ලෙස ශ්රී ලංකා රජය චීන තානාපති කාර්යාලය වෙත දැනුම් දී ඇති බව වාර්තා වේ. එසේ දැනුම් දී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
Stop the Hate Campaign Against Sri Lanka!
The US State Department owes Sri Lanka an explanation for disallowing former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from returning to the US. He had been living in the States since 1998. For 16 years, he was a US citizen and only renounced his citizenship to contest at the 2019 presidential campaign. This was a straightforward process, as he lived as an exemplary US citizen. He contributed to the US economy and paid all taxes and other dues to the US Government. He is without any record of criminal offences. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
Government lifts import ban on glyphosate
The Finance Ministry has lifted the import ban on the popular weedicide glyphosate with effect from August 5 while allowing glyphosate imports into the country subject to import control license requirement. According to the Gazette Extraordinary No 2291/44 signed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilisation and National Policies, N-(phosphonomethyl) Glycine and its salts and derivatives (Glyphosate) has been removed from the ban list of goods specified in schedule four in the Gazette Extraordinary No.2044140 published on November 09, 2017, as amended. Earlier, glyphosate use was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
Colombo allows Pakistani frigate Taimur to dock, Dhaka says no
Sri Lanka has allowed permission to the Chinese built-Pakistani guided missile frigate PNS Taimur to make a port call at Colombo while on its way to join the Pakistan Navy in Karachi. Build by Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai, the warship is on its maiden voyage to Pakistan while exercising en-route with Cambodian and Malaysian navies. The ship is expected to be at Colombo port from August 12-15, 2022. While Sri Lanka gave permission to the Pakistani guided missile frigate to make a port call at Colombo, it is understood that the ship... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
China asks India to ‘stop disturbing’ its exchange with Sri Lanka
In the wake of Sri Lanka’s request to defer the planned docking of a high-tech Chinese research vessel at the strategic Hambantota Port, China on Monday took a dig at India, saying it was “senseless to pressure” Colombo by citing the issue of security concerns. https://youtu.be/-guCGcMvFLM According to reports from Colombo, Sri Lanka has asked Beijing to defer the arrival of the Chinese space and satellite tracking research vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ which was scheduled to dock at the Hambantota Port from August 11 to 17 due to security concerns... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
JVP pulls out of talks with President on all-party govt
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says it will not participate in the discussion which was scheduled to be held tomorrow with President Ranil Wickremesinghe regarding an all-party government. https://youtu.be/cNSGO_2mRHo Accordingly, the party has decided to submit its relevant proposals to the President in writing, former JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti told Ada Derana. A meeting between the President and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) was initially scheduled to be held tomorrow (09) to discuss the proposed all-party government. The JVP had previously said that although they would... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
Police seek public assistance to identify suspects who forcibly entered President’s House
Sri Lanka Police today sought public assistance to identify the persons who forcibly entered the President’s House in Colombo on 09 July and cause damages to property. Issuing a press release, the Police Media Division said that the Colombo Central Division criminal investigations unit is carrying out investigations to arrest suspects in connection with the incident of a large group of protesters forcibly entering the President’s House and damaging its property on July 09. Accordingly, investigators are seeking public assistance to identify 32 suspects wanted in connection with the incident based on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
SJB’s Kesbewa organiser arrested over May 09 violence
Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) Kesbewa electorate organiser Gayan De Mel has been arrested by police on suspicion of his involvement in six separate incidents of violence that had taken place on May 09th. According to a notification made by Piliyandala Police, the suspect had surrendered to the police through an attorney today (08). The suspect, who was subsequently taken into custody, is scheduled to produce before Kesbewa Magistrate’s Court later today. Meanwhile, another person who was involved in the protest at Galle Face Green has decided to surrender to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8La
The University student was a very important component of the JVP. Undergrads were active in the two insurgencies of 1971 and 1987. In 1971 the army had found large quantities of explosive, weapons, bombs and a transmitter at University of Peradeniya. Uniforms were being stitched in women’s hall of residence, reported General Cyril Ranatunge. G.R.Morrel recalls, at Kelaniya Campus, where he taught as an instructor in the late 70’s, the Students’ Council was in the hands of the JVP. Mainly through intimidation, they ran the campus. New students were ragged mercilessly, and staff members... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/22)
Free lunch for children at five Kamburupitiya schools
The Srilankan schools that were closed for two weeks due to fuel and other shortages have reopened on the 25th July 2022 and UKFG has resumed their Free Lunch For Children programme . The situation in Srilanka is still critical. Prices of essential food have gone up by 300% aince April and the fuel shortage has brought many services to halt. Out of 170,0000 low income families 900,000 could afford only one meal a day now . Most of the children come to school with no dinner and breakfast. Naturally , starving children could... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/22)
Sino-Indian conflict and economic crisis put Sri Lanka in a cleft stick over “spy” ship visit
Colombo, August 7 (Counterpoint): The proposed docking of the Chinese survey and tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota port from August 11 to 17, has touched off a low-intensity conflict between India and China putting Sri Lanka in a cleft stick. Sri Lanka is desperately in need of financial help from both India and China to tide over an unprecedented financial crisis. Therefore, any standoff between the two giants will exacerbate the island nation’s bid to emerge from the economic quagmire. After India verbally protested to Sri Lanka against the vessel’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/22)
ඇමරිකා-ඉන්දියා වුවමනාවට චීන නෞකාවට දොර වැසීම පසුපස බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ…?
ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති මාධ්ය නිවේදනයක් මෙහි දැක්වේ. ඉන්දු- පැසිෆික් වුවමනාවට චීනයට දොර වැසීම නොබැඳි පිළිවෙත නොවේ! ලබන එකොළොස්වැනි දා හම්බන්තොට වරායට පැමිණීමට නියමිතව තිබූ චීනයේ යුවාන් වැන් 05 සන්නිවේදන නෞකාවට එදින පැමිණීමෙන් වළකින ලෙස ශ්රී ලංකා රජය චීන තානාපති කාර්යාලය වෙත දැනුම් දී ඇති බව වාර්තා වේ. එසේ දැනුම් දී ඇත්තේ එම සන්නිවේදන නෞකාවට අවශ්ය ඉන්ධන ඇතුළු අනිකුත් පහසුකම් ලබා ගැනීම පිණිස හම්බන්තොට වරායට පැමිණීම පිණිස ලබාදී තිබූ අවසරය තාවකාලිකව අත්හිටුවීමට ගත් තීරණය අනුව ය. මෙම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/22)
Chinese embassy seeks urgent meeting with Sri Lankan authorities; Report
China's embassy has sought an urgent meeting with senior Sri Lankan authorities after Colombo sought a deferment of the planned docking of a high-tech Chinese research vessel at the strategic Hambantota port over which India raised concerns, sources said. The Chinese space and satellite tracking research vessel 'Yuan Wang 5' was scheduled to dock at the Hambantota Port from August 11 to 17, weeks after Sri Lanka witnessed a major political turmoil following massive mass protests over the country's worst economic crisis in decades. A 'third-person' note from Sri Lanka's... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/22)
Won’t allow Indian fisher folk to exploit fishing resources in lieu of India’s donation: Minister
Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda said he would not allow the Indians to exploit fisheries resources in the Sri Lankan waters in lieu of India’s donation of food rations. During his visit to Kalpitiya fishery harbour on Friday (06) to study the plan for the proposed development project to extend the jetty, he stressed that he would not allow the Indians to exploit Sri Lanka’s marine resources. The fisher folk explained on the issues affecting them and requested the Minister to intervene and resolve them. They pointed out that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/22)
Sinopec likely to enter Lankan fuel market
Sinopec, the biggest petrochemical company in China, is likely to enter Sri Lankan market for fuel importing, distribution and selling petroleum products, informed sources said. Cabinet of Ministers in June approved a proposal to allow more companies from oil-producing nations to import oil and start retail operations in Sri Lanka. The proposal, prompted by severe foreign exchange shortage, was tabled by Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera. At present, 90 percent of Sri Lanka’s fuel supply is through the State-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, and the remaining 10 percent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/22)
Sri Lanka reports three more Covid-19 deaths
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed three more Covid-19 related deaths for yesterday (06 August). All three patients are males above the age of 60 years, according to the Department of Government Information.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/22)
History of Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Documentary
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 formerly Ceylon, is an island of serendipity where you can expect to see the unexpected. It has a rich history, which is explored in this documentary. Where else would you catch sight of a macaque monkey chewing betel nuts while riding pillion on the back of a bicycle, or a man perched on stick, fishing in the sea, or an Asian elephant carrying its lunch in its trunk while it walks down the street with its mahout. In a culture where elephants and humans have had a symbiotic relationship dating back more than 5000... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/22)
අරගලයේ මුවාවෙන් කොටින්ට සුදුහුණු ගෑමේ තැතක් - යාපනයේ පුරපති ඝාතනය යලි මතක් කරගනිමු
යම් සමාජ-ආර්ථික හෝ ජනවාර්ගික ප්රශ්නයක් හේතුවෙන් පැනනගින ඕනෑම සාධාරණ ජනතා විරෝධතාවක් අදූරදර්ශි අන්තවාදීන් පිරිසක් අතට පත්වුවහොත් ඔවුන් එය විකෘති කරති. එතැන් සිට එය විනාශ කාරී ත්රස්ත බලවේගයක් බවට පත්වෙයි. මේ තත්වය අපට පසුගිය දශක කිහිපයේ සිට මේ දක්වාම අපට වරින් වර අත්විඳින්නට සිදුවී ඇත. ගාලුමුවදොර පැවතෙමින් ආ උද්ඝෝෂණවල දී අපේ ආරක්ෂක හමුදා මිනීමරු අපරාධකරුවන් ලෙස හෙලා දකිමින් කොටි සංවිධානයට ආවැඩූ එක් 'අරගලකරුවෙකු' කෑගසන කෙටි වීඩියෝවක් අපට දක්නට ලැබින. ඔහුට අනුව ප්රභාකරන් යුක්තිය වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටි විමුක්ති කාමියෙකි. වසර 2009 දී කොටි සංවිධානය ප්රභාකරන්ගේ මරණයත් සමග යුදමය වශයෙන් පරාජයට පත්වන විට කුඩා දරුවන්ව සිටි වත්මන් ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/22)
දෙයියෝ සාක්කි..
ඒ දවස්වල කලට වැහි වැටෙන තුරු බලා සිටියේ වැඩිහිටියන්, සතා සීපාවා, ගස් කොළන්, ගංගා ඇළ දොළ, ළිං විතරක් නෙවේය, හිච්චන් බලා හිටියෙත් වැස්ස වැටෙන්නේ කොයි වේලාවේද කියාය. පොද වැසි, මල් වැසි වලට වඩා හිච්චන්ගේ මනාපය වූයේ නා කපන වැහි, මොර සූරන වැසිවලටය. වැහි පීලි අගිස්සෙන් දියඇලි රූ මවමින් කඩන් හැලුණු තද හීතල වැහි වතුර පාරට ඔළුව අල්ලා බස බස ගා නා ගනිද්දි ලැබූ ආශ්වාදය වචන වලට පෙරලන්නට බැරිය. කඳුරේ, ලිඳේ, ඇලේ සුනිල දියෙන් නානවාට වඩා දහ ගුණයක තෘප්තියක් ලැබුනේ වැහි වතුරෙන්ය. වැටෙන වැස්ස බොන්නට කට උඩුබැලියන් කර ගෙන අප්පච්චිට හොරා, ගේ පිටුපස වත්ත දිගේ දුව ගියේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/22)
Rule of law is not the rule of lawyers – Attorney-at-law Manoj Gamage
Colombo, August 6: Here are the excerpts from an exclusive interview conducted with the President of the Lawyers for Justice Attorney-at-law and Unofficial Magistrate Ravindra Manoj Gamage on the current situation of law and order of the country. Q: What is the current situation of law and order in Sri Lanka? A: We can accept the fact that it was the ordinary people who were under enormous pressure without adequate gas, fuel, electricity and so on started the protest (Aragalaya). But after that, we saw how some bankrupt political elements... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/22)
Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) vows to fight back - Emergency receives some lawyers’ backing:
In spite of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) being quite clearly opposed to the declaration of Emergency, to deal with the continuing challenge posed by the ‘protest movement’, an increasingly vociferous section of the lawyers overwhelmingly support measures taken by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. Appearing on ‘Rathu Ira,’ anchored by Nimesh Wijesuriya, on Swarnavahini on Thursday (04) night, a former top hand in the Attorney General’s Department Srinath Perera, PC, and several senior lawyers, including Tirantha Walaiyadde, PC, and Attorney-at-Law... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/22)
Sri Lanka asks China to defer visit of research vessel at Hambantota
The Sri Lankan government has asked the Chinese government to defer the visit of its space-satellite tracker ship Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota port “until further consultations” are made between the two governments. https://youtu.be/ft1YKw88ooM The spy ship was scheduled to dock at Chinese leased Hambantota port on August 11 for refueling and leave on August 17. Designated as a research stroke survey vessel, Yuan Wang 5 was built in 2007 and has a carrying capacity of 11,000 tonnes. The survey vessel departed from Jiangyin, China on July 13... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/22)
IMF proposals MUST be implemented - OLD economic model will NOT work need innovative thinking - President
The President delivered the keynote address at the launch of the research reports on Sri Lanka’s economic reforms and the panel discussion held at the Bandaranaike International Conference Hall in Colombo (Aug 05). The Advocata Institute organized this two-day economic forum on the theme “LET’S RESET SRI LANKA https://youtu.be/NLxNO93hK3g President Wickremesinghe pointed out that whether the International Monetary Fund (IMF) proposal is good or bad, whether anyone likes it or not, it should be implemented in order to recover from the ongoing economic crisis the country is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/22)
China and India: friendship and 'friendship'
India is reported to have ‘raised concerns at the highest levels’ over Sri Lanka’s decision to allow the Chinese research vessel Yuan Wang 5 to dock at the Hambantota Port. Yuan Wang 5 is said to be a ship engaged in marine scientific research, but benign though that sounds, it is also one of China’s latest generation space-tracking vessels, capable of monitoring satellite, rocket and intercontinental ballistic missile launches. Intelligence for the military, then, and as such certainly part of China’s defence hardware complement. It is legitimate for India to be concerned. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/22)
US Capitol Hill Investigations & Charges key to Sri Lanka’s Investigation & Charges
On 6th January 2021 groups of Americans, some armed, stormed Capitol Hill and even captured and held an autonomous zone. Extensive damage was caused and US National Guards had to be brought in to disburse the unruly mobs. The whole world took the side of the US Govt & demanded action against the mobsters. After investigations, US authorities are now charging all those who took part in the mob protests. In Sri Lanka, on 9th July 2022 autonomous areas had been created over 100 days and protestors stormed 6 state buildings... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/22)
Lessons for Sri Lanka: What US means when it delivers “Democracy” via NED to China
US Govt delivers democracy through National Endowment for Democracy NED. Foreign aid & programs associated with the aid were to determine the manner of “democracy” to be delivered. That “democracy” meant helping friendly regimes, toppling unfriendly regimes, propping puppets, assisting dictators – all in the name of ‘democracy’. Democracy became intertwined with political and economic assistance that soon became insisted. The task was outsourced to USAID and US Peace Corps who initially targeted Latin America, Africa, Middle East & Asia. 1960s – John F Kennedy modernized democracy 1970s – Richard... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/22)
The building of new places of religious worship should be in proportion to the number of followers whether in the North, East, or South of Sri Lanka
The building of new places of religious worship should be in proportion to the number of followers whether in the North, East, or South. No matter which religion, Sri Lanka does not need any more ‘Kattankudys’ (where the mosques far outnumber the Muslims there). This policy should be enforced constitutionally. It would be necessary to conduct a survey to find out how many new places of worship have come up disproportionate to the number of its adherents in areas where the buildings have been constructed. All citizens/individuals without question should have equal rights. But when it comes... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/22)
වසර දෙකකට තෙල් දෙන්න රුසියාව අහයි… කොමිස් නැතිව සිපෙට්කෝ ලොක්කන් පස්සට අදී..
මාසිකව ඩොලර් මිලියන 300ක් වටිනා ඛනිජ තෙල්, වසර දෙකක ණය පදනමක් යටතේ ලෝක වෙළඳපෙළෙහි පවතින මිලට වඩා 15%-35%ක් අඩුවට ලබාදීම සඳහා රුසියාවේ ඉන්තුම් හෝල්ඩින්ස් සමාගම ලංකා ඛනිජ තෙල් නීතිගත සංස්ථාවට අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමක් ඉදිරිපත් කර මේ වන විට සති තුනක කාලයක් ගත වී ඇතත් එම සංස්ථාවේ කොමිස් ගිලින නිලධාරීන් එම ව්යාපෘතියෙන් තමන්ට කොමිස් නොලැබෙන නිසා එය කඩාකප්පල් කිරීමට අරමුණු සහගතව කටයුතු කරන බවට ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ ජාතික සංවිධායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ජයන්ත සමරවීර මහතා චෝදනා කර සිටියි. එහෙයින් තෙල් පෝලිම්වලදී විස්සකට අධික පිරිසක් මියගොස් ඇති මේ මොහොතේ, ඉහත කී නිලධාරීන්ට යට නොවී එම ව්යාපෘතිය කඩිනමින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/22)
Police seek public assistance to identify several suspects
Sri Lanka Police is seeking public assistance to identify the suspects involved in the stealing of two T-56 firearms and the assault on 26 army personnel during the protest near Polduwa Junction last month. During the protest held on July 13 near the Parliament entry road at Polduwa Junction, protesters had snatched two T-56 assault rifles with two magazines containing 60 live rounds of ammunition, from two army soldiers on duty. One of the two firearms that were reported missing was later recovered by navy divers in Rajagiriya near the Butterfly Bridge... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/22)
Rising prices reduce access to food for millions in Sri Lanka: WFP
Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis since independence is spinning off a “serious food crisis,” said World Food Programme Representative and Country Director Abdur Rahim Siddiqui, while describing a toxic mix of spiking prices, shrinking crop yields, the fallout of the war in Ukraine and a lack of state funds to pay for key supplies. “The economy has collapsed and the country has run out of the money needed to import essentials like fuel, food and fertiliser,” he said, and urged more donor support to WFP and other humanitarian responders. A... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
Four new COVID-related deaths confirmed
The Director-General of Health Services today confirmed 04 new coronavirus-related deaths for August 04, pushing the country’s death toll from the pandemic to 16,578. The deaths reported today include 02 males and 02 females, according to the figures released by the Department of Government Information. The two female victims and one of the male victims were above the age of 60 years. The remaining male victim was aged between 30-59 years.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
We can no longer rely on old economic model - President Ranil
President Ranil Wickremesinghe says there can be no reliance on old economic models any longer and there should be innovative thinking while paying prompt attention to the global changes. The President made these remarks while delivering the keynote address at the launch of the research reports on Sri Lanka’s economic reforms and the panel discussion held at the Bandaranaike International Conference Hall in Colombo, today (Aug 05). The Advocata Institute organized this two-day economic forum on the theme “LET’S RESET SRI LANKA”. President Wickremesinghe pointed out that whether the International... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
Pelosi’s Pivot as Cold War and Colonialism rebound: Militarization and Indian Ocean Greenwash
All bets were off as Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and second in line to the United States Presidency pivoted to Asia, August 1st. As Ms. Pelosi tottered off a US Air Force plane at Singapore’s Changi Airport in her signature stilettos South East Asia tripped into high tension as a collective shudder seemed to reverberate through the region. China’s President Xi had warned President Biden ahead of Pelosi’s proposed Taiwan trip: “play with Fire and you will get burned!” This is a time when relations between the two Superpowers, one rising and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda meets Tamil Nadu Parliamentarian Kanimozhi Karunanidhi
Further strengthening the engagement with the State of Tamil Nadu and as a follow-up to the meeting with its Chief Minister in early June, Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with Lok Sabha MP for Thoothukkudi constituency, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi in New Delhi. Parliamentarian Kanimozhi Karunanidhi is the daughter of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi and sister of the present Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. She is in New Delhi attending the monsoon session of the Parliament. At the outset, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8K
JVP had two levels of activity, open and secret. [1] They had two parallel political agendas, one for the public and another for the insiders in the party, said analysts.[2] JVP functioned openly as an agitation group, whilst, at the same time recruiting combatants into a clandestine military organization, said Jayantha Somasunderam. [3] JVP‘s public agenda said the JVP wanted to create a socialist revolution which would benefit the masses. [4] This bogus agenda was put forward to win the popular support [5] JVP needed in order to capture political power. [6] The public... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
RAJAPAKSAS BACK TO THE FOLD THEY DESECRATED OR IS THIS SOME KIND OF A JOKE !
Is this some kind if joke that Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) General Secretary MP Sagara Kariyawasam has said that if former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is willing to engage in politics with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) after his return to Sri Lanka, the SLPP will gladly accept him? Or is this some ploy by those who are devious enough to condemn the corrupt actions of the Rajapaksa Administration in public but covertly hope for their own agendas to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
Sri Lanka committed to 'one-China' policy: President Wickremesinghe says after Pelosi's Taiwan visit
Hours after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit, Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe said the country was committed to 'one-China' policy. Sri Lanka is firmly committed to the one-China policy, President Ranil Wickremesinghe reaffirmed on Thursday, a day after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan despite vociferous protests from Beijing. Pelosi held talks with Taiwan's top leadership, including President Tsai Ing-wen, on Wednesday and reaffirmed America's ironclad support for the self-ruling island. Pelosi became the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the island claimed by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
Sri Lanka to hold crucial talks on formation of all-party govt. to combat economic meltdown
The crucial talks on the possibility of forming an all-party government to tackle Sri Lanka’s economic meltdown will take place on August 5, 2022 evening, officials and political leaders in Colombo said. Sri Lanka's newly-elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday invited the political parties to form an all-party government to overcome the current economic crisis as the Parliament reconvened after a seven-day adjournment. The talks will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
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 established an All-Party... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
Countries must refrain from provocations - President
Countries must refrain from provocations which further escalate the current global tensions, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said. He said in a Twitter post that during a meeting with Ambassador of China Qi Zhenghong, he reiterated Sri Lanka's firm commitment to the one-China policy, as well as to the UN Charter principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations. "Mutual respect and non-interference in the internal affairs of countries are important foundations for peaceful cooperation and non-confrontation," he tweeted. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
Cabinet nod awaited for drafted duty-free regulations to set up South Asia’s first downtown duty-free mall
The facility to be operated by two of world’s leading DF operators to showcase Sri Lanka as a world-class dining destination Key regulations been drafted prioritising strategically-important businesses backed by an expedited approval system As the construction of Colombo Port City’s downtown duty-free (DF) Mall steams ahead, the Colombo Port City Economic Commission (CPCEC) awaits the Cabinet nod for the drafted duty-free regulations for South Asia’s first downtown duty-free mall, which is to be operated by two global operators, positioning Colombo Port City (CPC) as a regional shopping destination. According to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
Ceylon Chamber cheers President’s call to form all-party government
Says concerted and united effort necessary to address current challenges facing the country Stresses that all political parties must join hands and put Sri Lanka first over individual agendasSays consensus of all parties required for the reform agenda as only then it will spur global confidence amongs investors, private sector, and publicCalls all political parties and public to work together and be patient to usher in a new era for Sri Lanka The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce yesterday welcomed the call by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to initiate the formation of an all-party government,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
CTU’s Joseph Stalin remanded
General Secretary of the Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) Joseph Stalin, who was arrested by police for violating a court order during a recent protest, has been remanded till August 12. He was ordered to be placed under remand custody after being produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today (04). https://youtu.be/PCMsJzq2Hw0 He was arrested at the CTU head office last evening, for allegedly violating a court order during a protest at Bank of Ceylon Mawatha on May 28. Many trade unionists and politicians had arrived at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
Supreme Court recommends further streamlining fuel distribution through SLTB
The distribution of fuel should be further streamlined through the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB), the Supreme Court pointed out today. This was mentioned when two fundamental rights (FR) petitions filed over the country’s economic crisis were called before the Supreme Court judges Vijith Malalgoda and Arjuna Obeyesekere this morning. The FR petitions were filed by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), seeking a court order directing the government to provide short- and long-term solutions to provide uninterrupted supply of fuel, electricity, food, medicines and other essentials. The petitioners... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/22)
“අරගලයේ තරුණයින් අතර මානසික ව්යාකුලතා ඉතා ඉහලයි. හීනමානය නිසා යතාර්ථය වැසි ගිහින්. ඔවුන් පුනුරුථාපනය කළ යුතුයි – විශේෂඥ මනෝවෛද්ය පි.කේ. කඳපොලආරච්චි
මාස හතරකට වැඩි කාලයක් තිස්සේ අරගල බිමේ ඉන්න තරුණ තරුණියන් බහුතරයකට අවිවේකි බව, මත්ද්රව්ය භාවිතාව ඉතා ඉහල විම, ස්ථිර වාසස්ථාන නොමැතිව අව්වෙන් වැස්සෙන් පීඩා විඳීම, පෝෂණ ආහාර නොමැතිකම, නින්ද නොලැබීම, සනීපාරක්ෂාව නොමැතිකම, ලිංගික කටයුතු සිදු නොවීම, අභ්යන්තර කාන්ඩායම් අතර ගැටුම්, අපේක්ෂා බංගත්වය ආදී මානසික ආතතිය වැඩි කරන විෂාදය සඳහා වන සියලු නරක සාධක සියල්ල එකවිට දැන් අරගල බිමේම තියෙනවා. ඒ තත්වය ඔවුන්ට නොදැනීම ඔවුන්ගේ විචාර බුද්ධිය නැතිකොට මනස විකෘති කරන තැනකට ගෙනත් ඉවරයි. අරගලේ ඉන්න ගොඩක් තරුණයෝ කොන්ඩේ රැවුල් වවාගෙන අමුතු ඇඳුම් පැළඳුම් ඇඳගෙන හිටියේ ඔවුන්ගේ තියෙන යම් යම් මානසික ව්යාධි නිසයි. බොහෝ තරුණයින් දුෂ්කර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/22)
රෙජීම් චේන්ජ් එකට සහය දුන් නීතිඥ සංගමය පිටුපස ඉන්නේ අමෙරිකානු ඔත්තු සේවා
ඔබ පසුගියදා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී CIA සංවිධානය USAID සංවිධානය සහ NED නම්වූ තවත් සංවිධානයක් පිළිබඳ බරපතල ප්රකාශයක් කළා. නමුත් එය ඉතාම කෙටි හෙළිදරව්වක්. අපට මේ සංවිධාන සම්බන්ධයෙන් පැහැදිළි විස්තරයක් කළ හැකිද? විමල්වීරවංශ : USAID සංවිධානය 1961 දී පිහිටුවන්නේම එක්සත් ජනපදයේ උවමනාවන් සඳහා සිවිල් ක්රියාකාරකම්, ආර්ථික ආධාර සහ මානුෂීය ආධාර මගින් දුප්පත් රටවල පුරවැසියන්ගේ “හදවත් සහ මනස්” දිනාගැනීම යන මුඛ්යය පරමාර්ථය ඇතුවයි. මේ සටන් පාඨයට මුවාවෙමින් CIA සංවිධානයේ උපක්රම සාර්ථක කර දීමට USAID සංවිධානය, අසියානු අප්රිකානු ලතින් අමෙරිකානු රටවල ප්රගතිශීලී ආණ්ඩු වැට්ටවීමටත් එම රටවල ජන මනස විකෘති කිරීමටත් ඔවුන් කළ මෙහෙය සුළු පටු නැහැ. කෙසේවුවත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8J
But there were criticisms as to how the darling JVP was treated. In 1971, Senator S Nadesan drew attention to the Emergency Regulations enacted at the time, particularly Regulations 19 and 20 which dealt with arrest, detention, cremation and burial. These Regulations say that any police officer may arrest without a warrant a person suspected of an offence under the Emergency Regulations. The earlier safeguards that such a person must be produced before a magistrate within 24 hours and also that police must report to magistrate if they arrest a person without a warrant were removed.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8G
The two JVP insurgencies of 1971 and 1987 have not been looked at analytically. Commentators have focused on describing what the JVP did, not why they did it. Commentators treat the JVP with great indulgence, calling the JVP an idealistic, romantic youth movement, which arose spontaneously. It was nothing of the sort. It was an externally influenced movement intended to destabilize and break up the state. Analysts now trace JVP beginnings to the 1960s at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, where agitation started in the mid 1960s. I was in the University at this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/22)
සව්සිරිය නැති වෙච්චි
අපි පරිසරයේ සම කොටස්කාරයෝ වෙච්චිඅපි දෙගොල්ලොම අහිංසක ඈයෝ වෙච්චිබොලාගේ උපකාරෙන් මේ පරිසරය රැකිච්චිබොලාට බුහුමන් කරාට පව් නැති වෙච්චි..මේ දයාව උදුර ගත්තු උද්ධච්චයෝ බෝ වෙච්චිබොලාව මස් කරල බබෙකියු කන්න ලොල් වෙච්චිහිරිකිතක් නැති උන් ' ශිෂ්ඨ සම්පන්න' වෙච්චිබොලාට අත් දෙක එකතු කරන අපි 'ප්රිමිටිව්' වෙච්චි..භූතයෝ ත්සුනාමියෝ කුඹුරට පැමිනිච්චිඋන් ඉන්ධන බිබී සරු පස නිස්සාර කරච්චිඉන්ධන නැති වෙච්චි, තිබුණත් බෝ ගණන් පලච්චිබොලාව මස් කරාපු ඈයෝ ඇරගල් කොරච්චි..අපට බොලාව නැති වෙච්චිනිසරු කුඹුරු සෙත්ත පෝච්චි භූත ත්සුනාමියො ඔහෙ දිරච්චිඅපි නිස්කාරනේ හිඟන්නෝ වෙච්චි.. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/22)
Sri Lanka leader proposes 25-year plan for crisis-hit nation
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's new president said Wednesday that his government is preparing a national policy roadmap for the next 25 years that aims to cut public debt and turn the country into a competitive export economy as it seeks a way out of its worst economic disaster. President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his speech to Parliament said Sri Lanka needs long-term solutions and a strong foundation to stop a recurrence of economic crises. Massive public protests have blamed Wickremesinghe's ousted predecessor, Gotabaya Rajapakasa, and his powerful family for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/22)
British woman’s passport seized over posting over protest in Colombo
The passport of a British national who posted about the protests at Galle Face has been seized by the Immigration and Emigration officers yesterday. The officials visited the house of British national, Kayleigh Fraser and seized her passport reportedly over violation of visa conditions. Kayleigh Fraser had posted a video on social media showing immigration officers inspecting her passport. Fraser said on her social media that she received a call from Sri Lankan immigration authorities demanding that she leave the country immediately. During her interaction with immigration... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/22)
Queen Elizabeth sends congratulatory message to President Ranil
Queen Elizabeth has sent a congratulatory message to President Ranil Wickremasinghe saying she is looking forward to continue the warm friendship between Britain and Sri Lanka. The British High Commission to Sri Lanka has conveyed the congratulatory message from Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II to the President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe. The message reads as follows: “I would like to extend my congratulations to you on becoming President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. I look forward to continuing the warm friendship between our... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/22)
Occupants asked to vacate Galle Face protest site
https://youtu.be/0_iNpJ31imo The Colombo Fort Police has informed those occupying tents and temporary shelters at the Galle Face protest site to vacate the premises by 5.00 p.m. on August 05. The law enforcement authorities stressed that legal action would be sought against those who fail to comply with the instructions. In an announcement, the Galle Face occupants were urged to behave in a manner that is in compliance with the country’s law and not to oppress the members of the public.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/22)
CTU’s Joseph Stalin under arrest
Joseph Stalin, the general-secretary of the Ceylon Teachers’ Union, has been arrested by the police today (August 03). He was taken into custody for violating a court order during a protest march at the Bank of Ceylon Mawatha on May 28, according to the police.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/22)
Sri Lanka confirms 122 new Covid-19 cases and 08 more deaths
The Health Ministry says that another 122 persons 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 666,086. Meanwhile, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed 08 new coronavirus-related deaths for August 02, pushing the country’s death toll from the pandemic to 16,574. The deaths reported today include 07 males and one female, according to the figures released by the Department of Government Information. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/22)
Questions for Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith is not only asking questions but making all sorts of wild allegations. Cardinal Malcolm also needs to answer some questions. Cardinal Malcolm – Are you aware that within the course of 3 years the AG’s dept is to file charges against 79. Did such happen to the victims of LTTE over 30 years of LTTE terror? Cardinal Malcolm – Are you aware that since May 2009 until April 2019 not a single suicide attack took place until 21 April 2019. Cardinal Malcolm – Wasn’t the 21 April 2019 attack... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8H
The 1987–89 JVP insurrection was the second unsuccessful armed revolt conducted by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna against the Government of Sri Lanka, then under President J. R. Jayewardene. Victor Ivan said that he had anticipated the rise of the JVP in its second insurrection. He was told that old JVPers who refused to obey the JVP were under threat they could even be killed. Unlike the first unsuccessful JVP insurrection of 1971, the second insurrection was not an open revolt, but appeared to be a low intensity conflict that lasted from 1987... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/22)
THE MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK FOR SRI LANKA NECESSITOUS
Financial assistance for Sri Lanka from international financial institutions has been conditioned to have a macroeconomic framework for the country. Although the macroeconomy is a broader area like a jungle as stated by R.G.D.Allen in his famous title Macroeconomics, many countries have developed their macroeconomic framework, considering the vital structural factors of the framework, people have no understanding of this framework and there is a question of whether the policymakers have a clear understanding of the macroeconomic framework. The linkage of variables in the framework is vital and if policymakers are performing research on the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/22)
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith blames UN & Foreign Conspiracy for Easter Sunday attacks
On 21 April 2019 9 suicide bombers committed suicide in 3 Churches, 3 hotels and 1 motel killing over 270 innocent people. While all of the suicide bombers are dead, we are yet to know whether they committed suicide on their own free will or whether a bigger plot was involved. ISIS claimed responsibility over a tape released honoring the dead. However, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith on 21st July 2019 blamed Easter Sunday attack on an ‘international conspiracy’ to destabilize Sri Lanka while addressing a congregation at St. Sebastians Church, Katuwapitiya. Fast forward to 2020 & thereafter... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/22)
අරගලයේ දේශපාලන ඉතිරිය
"ස්වයං විවේශනය, දුෂ්ටත්වයේ හරය තෙක් දිවෙන දරුණු, නොමසුරු, අනුකම්පා විරහිත විවේචනය නිර්ධන පාන්තික ව්යාපාරයක ජීවය සහ හුස්ම පොද වේ" -- රෝසා ලක්සන්බ(ර්)ග් අරගලය අවසන් වුනා කියල සමහරු කියනවා. අරගල ඉවර වෙන්නෙත් නෑ ඉවර කරන්නත් බෑ කියල තවත් අය කියනවා. කෙසේ වෙතත් 'අරගලය' නමින් හැඳින් වූ දේශපාලන ක්රියාවලිය එක්තරා ආකාරයක නිමාවකට ඇවිල්ලයි තියෙන්නේ. අරගලය මැරුණා නැත්තම් මැරුවා කියල කියනවා නෙවෙයි. ඒ නිසා මෙතන ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නේ පශ්චාත් මරණ පරීක්ෂණයක් නෙවෙයි. අරගලයේ සක්රීය වූ අය වගේම දුර ඈත සිට බලාපොරොත්තු පිරුණු දෑසින් අරගලය දෙස බලා සිටි අයද, අරගලය, එහි ප්රකාශිත අරමුණු සහ අරගලකරුවන් අතර සිටි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/22)
Wide publicity was given in today’s papers on 9 proposals submitted to the President under the following caption-Where are they Could the SLFP General Sect respond?
However only the following proposals were included in the press release. 1.Establishment of a Crisis Management Cabinet and the 2.Inclusion of all Members of Parliament in the attached committees for Ministries, as well as the 3 Appointment of an Advisory Committee consisting of experts and intellectuals to each Ministry. It the party said it also presented its stance about the structure and responsibilities of the National Assembly to be established in the Parliament. But here again details were not given Where are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/22)
කොරෝනා ප්රෝඩාව, ලෝක ආර්ථිකය බිඳ දැමීමේ බටහිර අධිරාජ්යවාදී කුමන්ත්රණය සහ ලංකාවේ ඉරණම
කොරෝනා ප්රෝඩාව, ලෝක ආර්ථිකය බිඳ දැමීමේ බටහිර අධිරාජ්යවාදී කුමන්ත්රණය සහ ලංකාවේ ඉරණම JULY 31, 2022 සංස්කාරක COMMENTS OFFON කොරෝනා ප්රෝඩාව, ලෝක ආර්ථිකය බිඳ දැමීමේ බටහිර අධිරාජ්යවාදී කුමන්ත්රණය සහ ලංකාවේ ඉරණම ලෝක ආර්ථිකය බිඳ දැමීමට බටහිර අධිරාජ්යවාදයට අවශ්ය ව ඇත්තේ මන්ද? අජිත් සී හේරත් මුළුමහත් ලෝකයම සියවස් පහක් තිස්සේ සුරාකමින් බටහිර අධිරාජ්යවාදින් විසින් හොබවනලද ආධිපත්යය බිඳ වැටෙමින් පවතී. එහෙත් ඔවුහු සාමකාමීව ඉතිහාසයේ වේදිකාවෙන් බැස යාමට සුදානම් නැත. සිය ආධිපත්යය තවදුරටත් මානව වර්ගයා මත පවත්වාගෙන යාම සඳහා ඔවුහු තමන්ට ගත හැකි සියලුම ක්රියාමාර්ග අනුගමනය කරමින් සිටිති. 2020 වසර වූ කලී ඔවුන් විසින් සමස්ත මානව වර්ගයාටම එරෙහි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/22)
President Wickremesinghe cannot be discharged from the proceedings of Easter Sunday attack petitions- Cardinal
The application made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe that he be discharged from the proceedings in connection with the twelve Fundamental Rights petitions filed over Easter Sunday attacks should be dismissed by Supreme Court, Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith said. Tendering written submissions before Supreme Court, Colombo Archbishop today maintained that President Ranil Wickremesinghe cannot be necessarily discharged from these proceedings. President Ranil Wicremesinghe had been made a party to a Fundamental Rights petition filed by Bar Association of Sri Lanka as the 8th Respondent, for the various acts or omissions which... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/22)
Man who sat on President’s chair arrested
A person who illegally entered the President's House in Fort on July 9 and took photographs while sitting on the President's chair was arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division in Deraniyagala. Police said the arrested suspect who is 28-years-old, was identified as a resident of Samanpuragama. The suspect is scheduled to be produced before the court tomorrow.(DSB)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/22)
Seven more COVID-related deaths confirmed
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 07 coronavirus-related deaths for August 01, increasing the country’s death toll due to the virus to 16,566. The deaths reported today include 03 males and 04 female patients, according to the Government Information Department. Two of the Covid-19 victims were between the ages 30-59 years while the remaining five were aged 60 years and above.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/22)
First person to forcibly enter Presidential Secretariat on July 09 remanded
The person, who was arrested on suspicion of being the first to forcibly enter the Presidential Secretariat when the protesters took over the premises on July 09, has been remanded until August 05. He was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today (Aug 02). Further, Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage ordered the suspect to be referred to an identification parade on 05 August. The Fort police arrested the 38-year-old male from Pannipitiya yesterday (Aug 01). The premises, which had been blocked by protesters for more than 100... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/22)
SLFP, SJB and TNA on board with talks for all-party govt: PMD
Several political parties including the main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) have agreed to attend future talks on forming an all-party government, the President’s Media Division says. Several rounds of discussions were held today with the members of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) and National Congress today. Representatives from each political party including CWC Senthil Thondaman, the party’s general secretary Jeevan Thondaman, National Congress leader MP A.L.M. Athaullah and several others have attended the talks. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/22)
Sri Lanka must restrict Religious Leaders to their place of Worship & away from politics
During ancient times in Sri Lanka, the kings went and sought advice as well as blessings from the Sangha. The kings went to the Sangha – the Sangha did not come to the King. The role of the Maha Sangha was advisory. The reverse is happening now. In the western hemisphere, the Church played a key role in governance. Post-colonial rule, governance transferred to the State & its institutes. Religions were kept confined to their places of worship. However, of late, we see an unwelcome increase in the interference of governance by religious... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/22)
අරගල, විප්ලව සහ දේශපාලයේ අවලස්සන යටිපැත්ත
ජනතා නැගිටීමක්, උද්ඝෝෂණයක්, රටක දේශපාලන නායකත්වයට අභියෝග කරන දේශපාලන ක්රියාවලියක්, දේශපාලන පෙරළියක් -- මේ හැම එකක්ම අරගලයක් කියල කියන්න පුළුවන්. විප්ලවයක් කියල කියන්න බෑ. සමහර අරගල විප්ලව බවට පරිවර්තනය වෙන්න පුළුවන්. කොන්දේසි තියෙනවා. පහුගිය මාස කිහිපය හරහා ලංකාවේ සිදුවුණා නැත්තම් සිදු කරන ලද අරගලය විප්ලවයක් බවට පෙරලුනේ නැහැ. ඒක 'අරගලයක්' නෙවෙයි, ඇත්තටම. එතන තිබුනේ අරගල. බහු වචනින්.අරගලයට අදාල විවිධ ප්රකාශන සහ ක්රියාකාරකම් දිහා බලනකොට බරපතල කාරණා ගැන පොදු එකඟතාවක් තිබුනේ නෑ. මතවාදී කරුණු ගැන වගේම අරමුණු පිළිබඳවත් පොදු අවබෝධයක්, එකඟතාවක් තිබුනේ නෑ. ක්රමය වෙනස් කිරීම ගැන යම් යම් පුද්ගලයින් සහ සංවිධාන කතා කළත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/22)
JUSTICE FOR ANIMALS AND NATURE (JAN) PROPOSED WORK PLAN
1. Animal Welfare Bill – Lobby strongly for the enactment of the Animal Welfare Bill which is long overdue since its release by the Law Commission in 2006 2. Animal Protection Education in Schools - Promote animal protection education and see it take root in Sri Lanka’s system of school education beginning from the kindergarten. 3. Animal Law as a subject in the Law Faculty - Campaign for introduction of ‘Animal Law ’as part of legal studies in high schools and tertiary education i.e., Law Faculty. 4. Legal Proceedings -... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/22)
POHOTTU AS USA’ S PROXY Part 8F
The April 1971 JVP insurrection took the country by surprise because it was against a popular, SLFP government which had just one year before, won 91 seats out of 151 in the 1970 general election. The JVP insurrection of 1971 was met with stunned disbelief, said Suriya Wickremasinghe. It was marked with confusion, bewilderment, rumor and speculation. How such a situation could have come about. Was there a foreign hand behind this extraordinary event? Of course there was. It was obvious that this was no home grown insurgency. Kamal Gunaratne commented on the planning... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/22)
Anatomy of Sri Lanka’s failed revolution
Colombo, August 1 (newsin.asia): On July 9, it looked as if Sri Lanka was undergoing a revolution through raw peoples’ power. Massive crowds had converged on Colombo to force the incompetent President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to quit. The Presidential palace, the Presidential Secretariat and the Prime Minister’s office were stormed, vandalized, and occupied. But the most barbaric act was the burning of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s personal residence, that housed thousands of books and rare objet d’art. Shockingly, a member of the opposition in parliament and a former army chief, Field Marshal Sarath Foneska,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/22)
Sri Lanka protesters divided on leaving main camp amid crackdown
Debate within the protest movement on wrapping up the seafront camp was triggered by a violent crackdown by security forces 10 days ago. Colombo, Sri Lanka – The mainly youth-led protest movement in crisis-hit Sri Lanka is divided on whether to withdraw from a sea-facing camp they set up months ago near the presidential secretariat in capital Colombo. The GotaGoGama camp, also called Galle Face Green, is the epicentre of the protests in Sri Lanka that started more than 100 days ago to demand the removal of the then-government over the country’s worst economic crisis in seven... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/22)
TNA to support forming of all-party government
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on Monday announced that it will support President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s efforts to form an all-party national government to help the country to recover from the worst economic crisis. TNA leader and veteran Tamil political leader R Sampanthan told reporters that the move to form an all-party government is the best step to be taken right now and his party will support the move. Another Tamil National Alliance (TNA) spokesman said that the party has decided that the formation of an all-party government would be suitable in order... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/22)
Social activist ‘Ratta’ arrested by CCD
Social activist and YouTuber Rathindu Senaratne, popularly known as ‘Ratta’, has been arrested by officers of the Colombo Crimes Division - Colombo Central. He has been arrested for allegedly violating a court order during a protest at Bank of Ceylon Mawatha in Colombo on 21 May. Senaratne had arrived at the CCD, earlier today, to record a statement regarding the protest staged near the Polduwa Junction on July 13. Meanwhile the Colombo Fort Magistrate today issued an order barring three persons including social activist Rathindu Senaratne from traveling overseas. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/22)
First person to forcibly enter Presidential Secretariat on July 09 arrested
Police have arrested the first person to allegedly forcibly enter the premises of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo during the protests on July 09. Police said that the suspect, a 38-year-old male from Pannipitiya, was arrested by a special police investigation unit today. The premises, which had been blocked by protesters for more than 100 days, was overrun and stormed by protesters on July 9 demanding the resignation of then president Gotabaya Rajapaksa.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/22)
Cabinet approval for 22nd Amendment to Constitution
The draft of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, the Justice Ministry said. The draft constitutional amendment was presented to the Cabinet by Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and subsequently approved by the Cabinet. The amendment, which had been referred to as the 21st Amendment so far, will in fact be the 22nd Amendment, as another draft 21st Amendment has already been gazetted. Policy approval of the Cabinet of Ministers was given on 2022.06.20 for the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/22)
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