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News Archive for Dec 2021
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan And China's Quadrilateral Co-operation In The RegionChina, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are all near neighbours in the region. All four can share common regional ties both in terms of their geographical proximity, development journey and through more recent ties through membership of the regional trade bloc. Sri Lanka differs in that it is an island economy and has been utilizing this in terms of developing and redeveloping its maritime facilities in international trade and commerce. Long known, even to the ancient Greeks as a maritime hub in South Asia, its redevelopment, with Chinese financial assistance through the Belt... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/21)
‘O TEMPORA, OR MORES’ SHAME ON THIS AGE AND ITS LOST PRINCIPLES’
In the month of December 2021. the President Biden invited 112 countries for the first summit on Democracy including the UK. The President in his welcome address said “ Well, hello everyone, and welcome to the first Summit for Democracy. This gathering has been on my mind for a long time for a simple reason: In the face of sustained and alarming challenges to democracy, universal human rights, and — all around the world, democracy needs champions. And I wanted to host this summit because here is the — here in the United... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/21)
An invaluable talk on the hidden potential of Sri Lanka and the preservation of its indigenous heritage
This is an invaluable talk on the immense hidden potential of Sri Lanka for the advancement and prosperity of the inhabitants of the country. Spare the time (45 mts) to listen. https://youtu.be/ncwn3YHujM0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/21)
ආර්ථික සංවර්ධන නිලධාරින්ට/ සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන්ට හිමි දීමනා 2021.12.31 ට පෙර ගෙවීමට පියවර ගැනීම.
එන්. එච්. එම්. චිත්‍රානන්ද මහත්මා, ලේකම්, ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය. ලේකම් තුමනි, ආර්ථික සංවර්ධන නිලධාරින්ට/ සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන්ට හිමි දීමනා 2021.12.31 ට පෙර ගෙවීමට පියවර ගැනීම. ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය යටතේ ප්‍රාදේශීය පාලනයට අයත් කාර්යාලවල සේවයේ නියුතු ආර්ථික සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන්ට හා සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන්ට හිමිවිය යුතු දීමනා මෙතෙක් හිමි වී නොමැති බව අප සංගමයට දිගින් දිගටම වාර්තා වේ. අදාළ දීමනා ගෙවීමට ක්‍රියා කරන ලෙස අමාත්‍යාංශ ලේකම්වරයා ලෙස ඔබ ලිඛිතව දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම්වරුන්ට හා ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම්වරුන්ට දැනුම් දි ඇතත් බොහෝ ආයතනවල අදාළ දීමනා මෙතෙක් ලබා දී නොමැති බව දැන ගැනීමට ඇත. රජයට අදාළ විවිධ ව්‍යාපෘති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/21)
Douglas Wickramaratne: The Perpetual Patriot is no more!
Douglas Wickramaratne answered the final call from above to leave this world on 1 December 2021. He was born on 9 April 1938 in Colombo and lived in North London. Educated at Ananda College, Colombo, he was the leader of the debating team for both Sinhala and English until Dr Buddhadasa Bodhinayake succeeded him. He was an interminable patriot.He always argued with the international community to safeguard the reputation of Sri Lanka. His funeral took place on 14 December at West Chapel of Golders Green Crematorium in London. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/21)
තරුණ ලියෝ නායකයෝ සිවු දෙනෙක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා අතින් "ජාත්‍යන්තර සිංහ සභාපතිගේ විශිෂ්ට නායකත්ව සම්මාන" ලබති
ලොව විශිෂ්ට කුසලතා දක්වන තරුණ නායකයන් වෙනුවෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තර සිංහ සමාජ සභාපති විසින් පිරිනමන විශිෂ්ට නායකත්ව සම්මාන දිනාගත් තරුණ ලියෝ නායකයන් සිව් දෙනෙකුට අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (30) දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී එම සම්මාන පදක්කම් පැළැඳවිය. කොළඹ රාජකීය විද්‍යාලයේ නියෝජ්‍ය ප්‍රධාන ශිෂ්‍ය නායක සහ රාජකීය විද්‍යාලයීය ලියෝ සමාජයේ බිනුජ අමරනායක, කොළඹ තර්ස්ටන් විද්‍යාලයේ නියෝජ්‍ය ප්‍රධාන ශිෂ්‍ය නායක සහ ලියෝ සමාජයේ හිටපු සභාපති තරිඳු රණවීර, කොළඹ ආනන්ද විද්‍යාලයේ ලියෝ සමාජයේ හිටපු සභාපති සුනෙර ලැනරෝල් සහ හොරයිසන් විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ හිටපු ශිෂ්‍ය කමිටු නායක සහ කොළඹ නයිට්ස් ලියෝ සමාජයේ හිටපු සභාපති ඉඳුනිල් උදාර පලිහවඩන මෙසේ සම්මාන පදක්කම් හිමිකර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/21)
බුද්ධංගල ආනන්ද හිමියන්ගේ දේහයට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා අවසන් ගෞරව දක්වයි
අපවත් වී වදාළ පූජ්‍ය බුද්ධංගල ආනන්ද හිමියන්ගේ දේහයට අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (30) පෙරවරුවේ අවසන් ගෞරවය දැක්විය. කොළඹ 07, සමස්ත ලංකා බෞද්ධ මහා සම්මේලන ශාලාවේ තැන්පත්කර තිබුණු ආනන්ද හිමියන්ගේ දේහයට අවසන් ගෞරව දැක්වීමෙන් අනතුරුව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා උන්වහන්සේගේ සහෝදරයෙකුවන අමාත්‍ය සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා ඇතුළු පවුලේ ඥාතීන්ට සිය සාතීශය සංවේගය පළ කළේය. අම්පාර බුද්ධංගල ආරණ්‍ය සේනාසනයේ වැඩසිටි ආනන්ද හිමියෝ අපවත්වන විට 78 වන වියේ පසුවූහ. ප්‍රසිද්ධ ධර්ම දේශකයෙකු වූ ආනන්ද හිමියෝ පැවිදි දිවියට එළඹීමට පෙර කීර්තිමත් යුද සෙන්පතියෙකි. ආනන්ද වීරසේකර නම් වූ හෙතෙම විශ්‍රාමලත් මේජර් ජෙනරාල්වරයෙකි. වසර 34 ක හමුදා සේවයට 1998 වසරේ සමුදීමෙන් අනතුරුව ගුවන් තොටුපොළ හා ගුවන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/21)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් බෞද්ධ තොරතුරු පද්ධතිය ජනගත කරයි
දිවයින පුරා පිහිටි සියලුම බෞද්ධ විහාරස්ථානවල තොරතුරු ඇතුළත් තොරතුරු පද්ධතිය ජනගත කිරීම අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ඊයේ (29) පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. බෞද්ධ කටයුතු පිළිබඳ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් සම්පාදිත මෙම තොරතුරු dba.gov.lk වෙබ් අඩවියට පිවිසීමෙන් ජනතාවට පරිශීලනය කළ හැකිය. රාජ්ය ආයතන ඩිජිටල්කරණය කිරීමේ ව්‍යාපෘතිය යටතේ බුද්ධශාසන ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාත්‍යවරයා වශයෙන් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ උපදෙස් පරිදි තොරතුරු ජාලගත කිරීමේ මෙම ඩිජිටල්කරණ ව්‍යාපෘතිය ක්‍රියාත්මක විය. ඒ අනුව බුද්ධශාසන ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශයේ වෙබ් අඩවිය භාෂා ත්‍රිත්වයෙන්ම mbs.gov.lk වෙබ් ලිපිනයෙන් ඉදිරියේ දී එළිදැක්වීම ද අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් මෙහි දී ආරම්භ විය. බෞද්ධ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/21)
Sri Lanka reports 563 new cases of Covid-19 and 18 new fatalities
The Health Ministry says that 563 persons have tested positive for coronavirus within today (30). This figure includes two persons who had returned from overseas. This brings the tally of confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported in the country to 586,746. 11,471 patients infected with the virus are currently being treated across the island. The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 18 new coronavirus-related deaths for December 29, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus pandemic to 14,962. According to the figures released... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/21)
Fertilizer crisis: Farmers demand compensation for destroyed crops (Video)
Farmers are requesting the authorities to take immediate action to compensate their crops that were destroyed due to lack of fertilizer. However, Minister of State for Agriculture Shasheendra Rajapaksa stated that compensation will be paid to farmers only after strict monitoring of any deficiencies in the cultivation of organic fertilizers. https://youtu.be/O8q3pW9solo Farmers who used to cultivate paddy during the Maha season in the hope that the government would provide the necessary fertilizer for paddy cultivation are now in a difficult situation. Due to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/21)
Arsenophobia: The root cause of food crisis in Sri Lanka
In the list of words most feared by many Sri Lankans, Arsenic stands among the top10. Historically, arsenic was a rat poison. This potential of arsenic was illegally employed later to get rid of unwanted friends and even spouses by some of the humans. However, arsenic had positive use and reputation as a health care agent. It is reported that Hippocrates used arsenic sulfide in the form of natural crystalline minerals, namely realgar and orpiment, to treat ulcers. Later, the arsenic containing minerals were used... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/12/21)
Jaffnaites hid the evil history of mediocre Tamils
Jaffnaites have a rather ambivalent attitude towards their history. Either they go over the top to glorify their origins and raise it to an imagined past that never existed, or they withdraw into a shell like the snail unable to face their ignominious and inhuman past. Their claims to a glorious past are derived mainly from the brief kingdom of Jaffna ( 1215 - 1619 ) – the only period they were independent. It failed to produced anything great to crow about. “No original artistic tradition grew in Tamil Ceylon,” wrote Prof. S. Arasaratnam.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/12/21)
Open letter to Dr. Jehan Perera, National Peace Council of Sri Lanka
29 December 2021 Dr.Jehan Perera Executive DirectorNational Peace Council of Sri LankaColomboSri Lanka Dear Jehan Perera: I read the statement by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s to the UN General Assembly which was short and dignified. Expressing his thoughts by saying that there is a need for a Joint Effort for reconciliation to become a reality. This expression obviously was the reconciliation between the minority Tamil-separatists and the majority Sinhalese in Sri Lanka. To me that statement on re-con-silly-a-shun... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/12/21)
Why Sri Lanka And Pakistan Praise Bangladesh?
Five excellent articles praising the ‘Bangladesh Economic Rise Model’ were published in the Pakistan’s major leading dailies recently. Normally Pakistani media outlets don’t publish the positive content related to Bangladesh massively. But this time, Pakistani media start to publish the write-ups on the Bangladesh massively. On the other hand, Sri Lanka’s popular daily ‘Daily News’ published some article praising Bangladesh’s economic thriving. At the age of 50, Bangladesh is going to be a South Asian Economic miracle. Although Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) was the part of the Pakistan, it has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/12/21)
Saudi Fund for Development Pledges Continuous Support for Sri Lanka’s Development Efforts
During a meeting with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning at Temple Trees, the CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Mr. Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad expressed continuous support for implementing development projects in Sri Lanka. Prime Minister Rajapaksa expressed his gratitude to SFD as well as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the support extended to Sri Lanka for development projects as well as the continued close collaboration and friendship between the two governments. The very first project initiated with support from SFD was the a water... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/12/21)
New HRC Chief summons police over PTA cases
Newly appointed Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission retired Supreme Court Justice Rohini Marasinghe has called for a meeting with the Director CID, Director TID and the head of the Police Legal Division today (29) to discuss cases of those who had been held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). In addition to those who had been taken in during the war, under the PTA, several hundred arrests were made in the aftermath of the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage. Sources said that PTA cases would be a priority... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/21)
Sri Lanka confirms 419 new COVID cases and 21 new deaths recorded in Sri Lanka
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 419 today (December 29), the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 586,183. As many as 560,085 recoveries and 14,944 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 11,000 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 21 new coronavirus-related deaths for December 28, increasing the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/21)
Sri Lanka receives $ 1.5 billion in Chinese currency
It is reported that Sri Lanka receives USD 1.5 billion in currency exchange facility from China in Chinese Yuan. Accordingly, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka will receive nearly 10 billion Chinese Yuan, equivalent to USD 1.5 billion. Sources at the Central Bank stated to Hiru News that the money would be used only for imports through China. Although the value of our official foreign reserves has exceeded USD 3 billion after receiving this financial assistance from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, in fact the Central Bank... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/21)
ADB to reimburse funds spent for Sinophram vaccines
The Asian Development Bank has agreed to reimburse USD 85 million spent for Sinopharm vaccines, stated State Minister Prof Channa Jayasumana... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/21)
Do you need a government? to sell everything to other countries for the leaders to just remain in power and enjoy the luxuries of Office while the masses are starving and dying?
On the eve of Christmas of our politicians; who continue to destroy this resplendent Island and the Sinhala nation and to invite the whole nation to rise up immediately against this betrayal and save your motherland from these devils. I request the editor to republish the same at this moment as it fits in very well to the present scenario of the proposal to sell this national asset to India by the present Government as well. There is very little difference between the two deals. Only the names of politicians are different. The,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/21)
New Book 'Buddhism in Germany' by William Peiris
Buddhism in Germany by William Peiris focuses on the contribution made by the German scholars towards the spread of Buddhism in Germany in particular, and the West in general. The Book narrates the manner in which Buddhism was spread in Germany, who gave leadership in promoting Buddhism and the manner of reception and attitude of Germans towards Buddhism. Germans have demonstrated exemplary conduct in the acceptance and practice of Buddhism. In Germany it is not intellectuals alone who have embraced Buddhism but even a good number of ordinary common people have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/21)
Millions of animals are killed every day, but there’s a reason nobody cares
Perhaps you’ve seen this meme before or variations of it while scrolling through your social media feeds. Impossibly huge number of human lives lost juxtaposed near impossibly huge number of animal lives lost. We often reason that these monolithic numbers will move our friends to action. But chances are high that your friends don’t even read those memes before they scrolled on by. Does this mean that you’re surrounded by soulless monsters? Well, probably not. As the number of victims in a tragedy increases, our empathy shuts off the lights... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/21)
Terror in Tamil Nadu: In Conversation with B R Gautaman
Shocking state of affairs in Tamilnadu due to Muslin extremism https://youtu.be/UZ9ahBwWEVg In the backdrop of the terror attacks by Islamic fundamentalists in Sri Lanka, we take a look at the vulnerabilities in Tamil Nadu. The National Tawheed Jamath with sympathies towards the ISIS has been declared as the perpetrator of the Sri Lankan attacks which left more than 250 dead. Tawheed Jamath has been raising its fundamentalist agenda and flexing its arms in Tamil Nadu. However, though information of their activities have reported in media,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/21)
Book Review: “My Jaffna: Pen Pictures of Post-war Jaffna” by Shanika Sriyananda, Fast Publishing (Pvt) Ltd.
Colombo, December 28 (Colombo Times): “When you are writing the book, write that Jaffna people love Sinhala people. We both want to live together like how we lived for centuries without getting burned by the flames of separatism” – Selvaratnam, resident of Jaffna The political rhetoric very often grabs headlines. The shrill voices of emotive appeal very often tend to paint a black and white picture, drowning out the many shades of grey that constitute everyday life experiences. In “My Jaffna: Pen Pictures of Post-War Jaffna” Shanika Sriyananda has attempted to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/21)
අගමැති තිරුපති ගිය ගුවන් යානය යාළුවෙක් දුන් එකක්.. නම හෙලි නොකරයි…
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඇතුළු පවුලේ සාමාජිකයන් මෑතක දී ඉන්දියාවේ තිරුපති දේවාලයේ පුද්ගලික සංචාරයක නිරත වූ ජෙට් යානය අගමැතිවරයාගේ මිත්‍රයෙකු ලබාදුන් එකක් බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්ය මණ්ඩල ප්‍රධානී යෝෂිත රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඉන්දීය ව්‍යාපාරික මිතුරෙකු විසින් මෙම යානාව ලබා දී ඇති බවත් නම හෙළ කිරීමට අකමැති බවත් යෝෂිත රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. මෙම යානාව ලබා දිම සුහදතාවයේ ඉගියක් බවද ඔහු සඳහන් කර ඇත. අදාල ගුවන් යානයේ සාමාන්‍ය කුලී ගාස්තුව පැයට ඩොලර් 6700 පමණ වෙයි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/21)
Lanka readies oil tank farm deal with India; Wang to visit Colombo after spat, may offer sweeteners
Wang Yi’s two-day visit, expected between January 7 and 9, will take place against the backdrop of a spat between the two countries over a contaminated consignment of organic fertiliser that has resulted in unexpected tensions between both countries. Earlier this month, a short- to medium-term plan was decided during Sri Lanka Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa's visit to India this week. CHINA’S FOREIGN Minister Wang Yi will visit Sri Lanka next week in the midst of a crippling economic crisis that has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/21)
Saudi Fund for Development Inaugurates and Lays a Foundation Stone for Two Vital Projects in Sri Lanka
$425 million-projects’ value financed by the SFD in Sri Lanka SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE, Sri Lanka--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Saudi Fund for Development represented by the CEO Mr. Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, inaugurated the completion of the development of Peradeniya-Badulla-Chenkaladi Road Project in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, with a loan worth US$ 60 million. “The road connects the eastern, middle, and southern provinces, promoting sustainable development goals, and increasing agricultural goods transportation.”Tweet this Benefiting three million people in the surrounding areas, the project will strengthen the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/21)
Universities to resume academic activities at 50% capacity
The University Grants Commission has decided to permit universities to continue lectures and other academic activities with a maximum student capacity of 50% from tomorrow (29). UGC Chairman Prof. Sampath Amaratunga said that lectures and other academic activities of universities will be conducted under strict health guidelines. Accordingly, the UGC has provided the universities with further instructions and guidelines related to this. Universities will resume in-person academic activities following prolonged closure caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. Although, the universities were physically closed, the usual academic and non-academic activities... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/21)
Sri Lanka records 20 new COVID deaths and 479 cases today
The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 22 more coronavirus-related deaths for December 27, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus pandemic to 14,923. According to the figures released by the Government Information Department, the deaths reported today include 12 males and 10 females. Six of the patients are between the ages of 30-59 years. Fifteen others are in the age group of 60 years and above and the remaining victim is aged below 30 years. Meanwhile, the daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/21)
Bangladesh's Assistance To Sri Lanka Increases Image and Prestige Of Bangladesh In The World
Debt-ridden Bangladesh a few years ago is now a country of unprecedented success in debt relief. The world today looks at Bangladesh in amazement. Bangladesh only borrowed from other countries or organizations. Now that history has changed and started giving loans. Bangladesh has given loans to Sri Lanka and Sudan. Bangladesh gave a loan to a country for the first time by giving the first installment of the loan promised to Sri Lanka in August. Once upon a time, it was a ‘Bottomless Basket’ and donation seeker in the international arena. Now it is a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/21)
Bangladesh’s Success Story: Why and How?
Bangladesh has improved its quality of life, economic strength and prosperity, education and research in every field. And that is why in the past Bangladesh was said to follow the developed countries to move forward, today the countries of Africa are being urged to look forward to that Bangladesh. No development in Bangladesh today is a surprise, but the result of systematic hard work. Today Bangladesh is reaping the harvest of thousands of days of suffering of millions of people. When Bangladesh achieved GDP growth of more than 6 percent for the first time... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/21)
සිංහලයනට වන අසාධාරනකම් ගැන කථා කිරීමට කිසිවෙක් නැත
‘සිංහල’, බෞද්ධ’ සංකල්පයන් ‘සිංහල’’, බෞද්ධ’ යන සංකල්පයනට පසුගිය වසර 40 ක පමණ කාලයක සිට සිදුවී ඇති අවැඩ, අගතිය, හානිය අති මහත්ය. 1815දි බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය අධිරාජ්‍යවාදීහු පවා උඩරට ගිවුසුම මඟින් මේ රට හැඳින්වුයේ ‘සිංහලේ’ යන නමිනි. සිලෝන් හෝ ශ්රී ලංකා යන නම් ඔවුන් පාවිච්චි නොකළේ එකල ඒවා මේ රටේ නාමය ලෙසට සනිටුහන්ව නොතිබීමයි. 1995 මැද භාගයේ පමණ සිට මේ රටේ සැමදා තිබුණු ‘සිංහල බෞද්ධ’ වෙනුවට ශ්රී’ ලාංකික’ යන අනන්‍යතාවය දිය යුතුය යන රාජ්ය මතයක් ගොඩ නැඟීමට පටන් ගැනිණි. එක් සුළු ජාතියකට මහ ජාතිය විසින් කරන ලද අසාධාරණ වෙනුවෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/21)
ජනතාව සාගතයෙන් තබා රට නොරටුන්ට හිමිකර දීමේ සැළසුම් පරදවමු....!
ගෑස්, විදුලිය, ඉන්ධන සහ පොහොර ජනතාවට ලබාගත නොහැකි කරන ආකාරයට පත් කිරීමත් සමගම ආහාරත් ජනතාවට ලබාගත නොහැකි තත්ත්වයට පත් කිරීමේ කූඨ සැළසුමක් ක්‍රියාත්මකයි. එහි අරමුණ ජනතාව සාගතයෙන් තබා රට නොරටුන්ට හිමිකර දීමයි. අපි ඒ උගුලේ නොවැටෙමු..., සාගතයට මුහුණ දෙමු..., අපි ආහාරවලින් පොහොසත් වෙමු..., ඉඩ ඇති සෑම තැනකම ආහාරයක් වගා කර ගනිමු...! ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 50 වැනි කොටස - ස්ව-ඥානයට මුල් තැනක්
මෙම ප්‍රවාදයෙන් යෝජනා කෙරෙනුයේ ස්ව-ශක්තිය මත ගොඩනැගෙන සහ ඒ අනුව ශක්තිමත් වන රාජ්‍යයකට අදාළ පාලන ක්‍රමයකි. තම ශක්තිය පිළිබඳ අවබෝධයක් සහ ඇගැයීමක් නොමැතිව බෞද්ධයන්ට අත්පත් කරගත හැකි විමුක්තියක් නැත. තමන්ට ඇත්තේ තමන්ගේ ම පිහිට බැව් බෞද්ධයෝ හොඳින් ම දනිති. දුකින් මිදීමේ පළමු පියවරවනුයේ මෙම අවබෝධය සහ ඒ අනුව ලබාගන්නා ඥානයයි. ලෞකික කරුණු අරභයා ද මෙම කාරණය අදාල කරගත හැකි ය. මිනිසුන් හට තමන්ගේ ලෞකික අවශ්‍යතා සපුරාගත හැක්කේ සහ ඇතිවන ගැටලු විසඳාගත හැක්කේ තමන් සතු භෞතික සහ සංස්කෘතික සම්පත් පිළිබඳව ඇති අවබෝධය තුළින් ගොඩනගා ගනු ලබන දැනුම ඇසුරිනි. ඇතැම් කාර්යයන්ට අදාළ දැනුම බාහිර පාර්ශ්වයන්ගෙන් ලබාගත්ත ද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/21)
Sri Lanka has no choice but to Restructure External Debt: A Pathfinder Perspective
Has the time come to consider seriously the merits of restructuring the government’s external debt obligations? The Sri Lankan authorities have indicated that they are in the process of negotiating inflows to meet the country’s immediate foreign exchange requirements. However, there is considerable uncertainty as to whether there would be sufficient inflows to meet the acute dollar illiquidity over the medium-term. Companies and even families restructure their debt when foreseeable future earnings become insufficient to repay debts while maintaining their financial viability. The same applies to countries. Over the years, a number of countries... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/21)
කැබිනට් සාමුහික මතයට විරුද්ද නම් ඇමති ධුරයෙන් ඉවත් වීම සුදුසුයි…- ජනපති
කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලයේ සාමූහිකව ගන්නා තීරණ සම්බන්ධයෙන් වෙනස් මතයක් දරන්නේ නම් කැබිනට් ඇමති ධුරයෙන් ඉවත් වී ඒ වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටීම වඩාත් සුදුසු බව ජනාධිපති ගෝටාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සදහන් කරයි. ඔහු මේ බව සදහන් කලේ ජනාධිපති නිල නිවසේදී මාධ්‍ය ආයතන ප්‍රධානින් සමඟ පැවති සාකච්චාවේදී මාධ්‍යවේදියෙකු නැගූ පැනයක ප‍්‍රතිචාර ලෙසය. සාමුහික වගකීමකින් වෙනස් මතයක් දැරු පමණින් වාසුදේව නානායක්කාර, විමල් වීරවංශ, උදය ගම්මන්පිල යන කැබිනට් අමාත්‍ය ධුරවලින් ඉවත් කිරීමට තමන්ට කිසිඳු උවමනාවක් නැතැයිද ඔහු එහිදී පැවසීය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/21)
Sri Lanka has high expectations from Wang Yi’s visit
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to visit Sri Lanka around 08 and 09 January 2022, reports newsin.asia. It will be happening when the island nation’s economy is in dire straits, facing a severe dollar shortage, absence of foreign investment and a fall in international financial ratings. Colombo will expect Beijing to help it come out of the woods. Given the geopolitical importance of Sri Lanka to China, Wang Yi is expected to come up with a number of investment proposals. The Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/21)
CBSL to buy 25 pc of commercial banks’ forex
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has ordered all licensed commercial banks to sell 25 per cent of their foreign exchange transactions to the CBSL on a weekly basis. Meanwhile, the CBSL has raised the annual license fees of licensed commercial banks and licensed specialised banks. Its Monetary Board requests these banks to pay the license fees in respect of the calendar year 2022 to the Central Bank on or before 31 January 2022. The fees are based on the total assets as at the end of 2021.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/21)
රසායනික පොහොර ගෙන්වීමට ආයතන 10කට අවසර
රසායනික පොහොර ආනයනය කිරීම සඳහා ඉල්ලීම් කළ ආයතන 10කට අනුමැතිය ලබා දුන් බව ජාතික පෙහොර ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ අධ්යක්ෂ චන්දන ලොකුහේවගේ මහතා පවසයි. ඔහු සඳහන් කළේ, ආනයනය කිරීමට තේාරාගන්නා ආයතනය අනුව ආනයනය කරන පෙහොර මෙරටට ලැබෙන කාලය තීරණය වන බව ය. කෙසේ වෙතත්, ඉදිරි මාස දෙක ඇතුළත ඇණවුම් කළ පෙහොර ප්රමාණය මෙරටට ලැබීමට නියමිත බව චන්දන ලොකුහේවගේ මහතා ප්‍රකාශ කළේ ය. යූරියා, මිශ්‍ර පොහොර, කේසරයිට්, සින්ක් සල්ෆේට් සහ සෘජු පොහොර වර්ග එලෙස ආනායනය කිරීමට අවසර ලබා දී ඇති ඒ මහතා පැවසීය. මේ පිළිබඳ වැඩිදුරට ත් අදහස්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/21)
50% of people show no interest in getting booster doses: PHIU
Fifty percent of the public do not come forward to get their booster doses assuming there is no risk of COVID presently in the country, Public Health Officers' (PHI) union Head Upul Rohana said. He told the Daily Mirror that the daily COVID positive case announcements was misleading the public and had projected a picture that the COVID pandemic had been brought under control and therefore, people were behaving very carelessly and showing ignorance in following health guidelines. However, at the grassroots level of society, the situation was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/21)
Digitised TV Broadcasting to be launched tomorrow
The Sri Lanka Television Broadcasting Digitization Project is to be officially launched tomorrow afternoon, the Mass Media Ministry said. The Ministry said with the Television Broadcasting Digitization Project, people would be able to watch programs more clearly while removing TV signal vulnerabilities. This project is planned and operated by the Mass Media Ministry with JICA financial and technical assistance. The official launching ceremony of the program will be held tomorrow at 7.00 pm. The Ministry said after initialising the program, the whole analog signal broadcasting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/21)
Price of jackfruit & other vegetables also increase.
The prices of white jackfruit (Kos), green jackfruit (Polos), banana flower (Kesel Muwa) and sweet potato, which were cheaper than the vegetables that have gone up in the market, have also risen sharply. It is reported that the wholesale price of a kilo of green jackfruit, which was previously between 20 and 40 rupees, has now increased to 100 rupees and the price of a kilo of white jackfruit has increased to 200 rupees. In addition, the price of a kilo of banana flower has increased to Rs. 150.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/21)
President accepts P.B. Jayasundera’s resignation?
https://youtu.be/Qq3xZnWZQMo President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has accepted the letter of resignation tendered by Presidential Secretary P.B. Jayasundera, according to political sources. It is reported that Jayasundera is set to step down from his position with effect from December 31. Recent news reports revealed that the presidential secretary had handed over his resignation to the Head of State. Gamini Senarath, the Secretary to the Prime Minister, is tipped to be appointed as the next Secretary to the President. Meanwhile, Secretary to the Irrigation Ministry, Anura Dissanayake... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/21)
COVID: 458 cases and 17 more coronavirus deaths recorded in Sri Lanka today
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 458 today (December 27), the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 584,107. As many as 559,684 recoveries and 14,901 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 9,500 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 17 coronavirus related deaths for December 26,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/21)
Sri Lankan Economy has floundered. Is there a way ahead?
The economy of Sri Lanka has come to a situation where the Government has allowed it to freewheel, without any controls. Going on this path It is purely a matter of time- for the economy to totally crash. The Aim in writing this Paper is to find a solution to the present mayhem where we do not have funds even to pay for essentials. Perhaps how countries have suffered and faced similar crisis in the past may offer us ideas. In 1997 The Asian Giants- Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Southern Korea all crashed. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/21)
Declassified documents show how US lied to Russia about NATO in 1990s
Promises that the bloc wouldn’t expand appear to have been ignored in Washington’s quest for influence in Europe. FILE PHOTO: Russian President Boris Yeltsin (L) and US President Bill Clinton shake hands before leaving a final news conference in the Kremlin in this September 2, 1998. © REUTERS In April 2014, President Vladimir Putin addressed Russia's Federal Assembly in the wake of Moscow’s reabsorption of Crimea. Over the course of his speech, he laid the blame for an increase in tensions on the West, which he insisted had “lied... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/21)
Your $1.7 billion of gold is now ours, UK tells starving Venezuelans
In its prolonged freezing of Venezuelan assets, the UK continues to withhold 31 tons of its gold stored at the Bank of England, with a new Supreme Court ruling supporting the seizure. © REUTERS / Tamara Abdul Hadi 5/ Ultimately the UK Supreme Court has legitimised a modern expression of piracy using 19th century legal doctrines. Any foreign state which cuts off diplomatic relations with the UK would now be wise to also withdraw its foreign reserves.— John McEvoy (
jmcevoy_2) December 20, 2021 The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/21)
Afghanistan emerges most dangerous country for scribes: PEC
Geneva: As the year 2021 sets to finish its cycle, Afghanistan emerges as the most dangerous country for scribes with 12 journo-casualties, followed by Mexico (10 dead), Pakistan (7), India (6), etc. The south Asian nation also lost at least 10 media workers to the Covid-19 complications till date, said Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body. Since the Taliban take over the country in August, it also witnessed the collapse of over 150 print media outlets following new restrictions and many opted for online news services. Thousands of professional... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/21)
ඩොලර් අර්බුදය රුපියල් වලින්ම විසඳා ගැනීමට වෙර දරමු.
ඩොලර් අච්චු ගහන්නේ ඇමරිකාවේය. ශ්රී ලාංකීය රුපියල් අච්චු ගහන්නේ ශ්රී ලංකාවේය. ආර්ථිකය තුල ගැටළු ඇති වුනත් අපිට රුපියල් අච්චු ගැසීමේ කටයුත්ත කල හැක. නමුත් අපිට ඩොලර් අච්චු ගැසීම කල නොහැක. දැන් අත්‍යවශ්‍ය සාධකයව ඇත්තේ ඩොලර්ය, ශ්රී ලංකා රජය උග්‍ර ඩොලර් හිඟයකට මුහුණදී සිටි. ඕනෑම දෙයක් හිඟ වෙනවිට එම භාණ්ඩයේ වටිනාකම ඉහල යන බැවින් එය වර්තමාන ශ්රී ලංකාව තුල ඇති අර්බුදයට සාපේක්ෂව ඉහල අගයක් ගත යුතුය. එසේවීම කිසිවෙකුටත් වලකාලිය නොහැක. මේ වනවිට ඇමරිකන් ඩොලරයක වටිනාකම රුපියල් 202.50ක් සේ සටහන්ව ඇත. දැන් බරපතලම ප්‍රශ්නයව ඇත්තේ,ලබන වසරේ විදේශ ණය ගෙවීම සඳහා අවැසි ඩොලර් සොයා ගැනීමේ ගැටලුවයි. මේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/21)
Losing goodwill: Assam media's way
Public reactions against a news item in any newspaper or news channel may be usual in India, but public outrages in digital platforms against the mainstream media outlets for not covering a particular issue is definitely an unusual phenomenon. Far-eastern Indian State of Assam witnessed such a public fury against some of the editor-journalists for avoiding the press conferences by opposition political parties where they targeted the State chief minister for his family’s alleged land scam. The organized public uproar in the alternate media was so intense that the celebrity editor-journalists of Assam... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/21)
“City of the future” rising from the sea at Colombo
https://youtu.be/SVwhFrqesyY Colombo, December 26 (Xinhua): On the golden artificial beach in Colombo’s Port City, the Sri Lankan Sanjeewa Alwis was earnestly “building” a sandcastle model similar to the financial center building that will be built in Port City. Noticing Alwis’ “masterpiece” on the beach, three Sri Lankan kids playing by the sea rushed to him to jointly build the sandcastle. Colombo Port City Marina Photo: Tang Lu/Xinhua While listening to Alwis, who talked about the sandcastle that was “piled up” from the sea,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/21)
Sri Lanka to sign Trincomalee oil tank farm deal with India in a month, says Minister
The facility has 99 storage tanks with a capacity of 12,000 kilolitres each After a year of visible strain in its ties with Colombo, New Delhi may finally have some reason for cheer. In a month’s time, Sri Lanka will ink the long-dragging deal with India to jointly develop the Trincomalee oil tank farms — a coveted project that has remained controversial for decades. “We have been negotiating this for 16 months, and we are now very close to finalising the terms of the Trincomalee project with India. We... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/21)
Chinese Ambassador’s visit to Jaffna sparks concern, commentary in Sri Lanka
Some newspapers and television channels saw the visit as a provocation to India, which has traditionally held close ties with the North, owing to geographic, cultural, and linguistic proximity. A recent visit by the Chinese Ambassador in Colombo to Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province has sparked concern and considerable commentary on what is widely seen as a heightening geopolitical contest between India and China, now manifesting in the island nation’s north. Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong, who assumed charge in Colombo a year ago, went to the Northern Province for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/21)
Registration of marriages between foreigners and Sri Lankans to require ‘security clearance report’
The Registrar General has issued a circular to all District Registrars and Additional District Registrars informing of the additional documents required for the registration of marriages between foreigners and Sri Lankan nationals. The circular states the current procedure of registration of marriages between a foreigner and a Sri Lankan under (112 chapter of) marriage (Genera) Registration Ordinance was based on the following documents obtained from the foreign party of such marriage. 1. Valid Passport 2. Certification of Confirmation of Civil Status (Divorced papers/ Documents for Confirmation of Widowed where necessary) ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/21)
398 fresh cases and another 13 coronavirus deaths reported today
The Ministry of Health says that 398 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 within today (26). This includes two persons who had returned from overseas. Meanwhile the tally of confirmed cases of coronavirus climbs to 583,649 with this. 9,329 patients infected with the virus are currently undergoing treatment across the island. The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 13 coronavirus related deaths for December 25, moving the country’s death toll due to the virus to 14,884. The deaths reported today include 09 males and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/21)
BUDDHIST CIVILIZATION IN THE NORTH AND EAST OF ANCIENT SRI LANKA Part 3
revised 26.12.21 The North and East was a part of the Buddhist civilization of the Anuradhapura kingdom. It was part of the Rajarata and came directly under the rule of the Sinhala king. Inscriptions show that Abhayagiri had monasteries outside Anuradhapura. Abhayagiri had monasteries at Kantarodai in Jaffna, and at Nedunkerni and Ottimalai in Vanni. With the rise of the Tamil Separatist Movement, Buddhists feared for the Buddhist ruins in the north and east. They wanted them listed and shown on maps. Several persons then started to list the Buddhist sites... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
ජිනීවා නිසා රට අනතුරක මේක රණවිරු ගායෙන් පත්වුන ආණ්ඩුවක්.
https://youtu.be/SW-asemflYA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
Catholic Priest Destroyed the Entire Mayan Written Language
The Maya writing system was used in what is now Mexico and Central America for almost two thousand years, until after the arrival of Cortés. It was written in bark paper books, carved on public monuments and inscribed on personal objects of pottery, bone and jade. The invading Spanish outlawed the script and burned thousands of books, systematically wiping out literacy in the Maya script and severing the Maya people from the written record of their own extraordinary past. n the nineteenth century the texts began to re-emerge,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
Rare praise from Pakistan is grudging recognition of Bangladesh's surprising success story
Bangladesh got its independence from Pakistan in 1971 after a bloody struggle. Pakistan had been exploiting then East Pakistan systematically and Islamabad's economy was built on the money of the Bengali-majority areas. However, the newly independent nation of Bangladesh came into existence under the charismatic leadership of its great founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1971, signaling the ultimate triumph of the Bengali identity. Bangladesh inherited a shattered economy and a completely broken infrastructure. It was described as a hopeless economic disaster by many economic experts and world leaders such as then... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
ගෙවත්තේ මිරිස්, බටු, නිවිති හිටවාගන්න.. ආහාර හිගයක් එනවා…
එන ජනවාරි මාසයේ සිට තම තමන්ගේ ගෙවත්තේ කුමක් හෝ බෝග කිහිපයක් පැල කර ගන්නැයි වෙළෙඳ අමාත්‍ය බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන මහතා ජනතාවගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටියි. දෙවන ලෝක යුද්ධ කාලයේදී පවා ආහාර හිගයක් ආ බවද ඒ මහතා සඳහන් කළේය. ආහාර මිල ඉහල යාම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මාධ්‍යවේදීන් වෙත අදහස් පළ කරමින් ඔහු මෙසේ කියා සිටියේය. “සෑම නිවසකම වගේ මිරිස් පැල කිහිපයක්, බටු පැලයක්, නිවිති ටිකක් වගා කරගන්න. මේ වගේ කෙටි කලකින් ප්‍රයෝජනයට ගන්න පුළුවන්. අපි යෝජනා කරලා තියෙනවා කඩිනම් වගා සංග්‍රාමයක්. ජනවාරි මාසයේ සිට තම තමන්ගේ ගෙවත්තේ මොනවා හරි වගාකරගන්න. මොකද දෙවන ලෝක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
Sri Lanka reports 529 new cases of coronavirus and another 19 coronavirus deaths
The Health Ministry says that another 529 persons have tested positive for Covid-19. The new cases confirmed today includes one returnee from overseas. This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases registered in the country to 583,251 while presently approximately 9,252 infected patients are undergoing treatment. The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 19 coronavirus related deaths for December 24, increasing the death toll in Sri Lanka due to the virus to 14,871. The deaths confirmed today include 07 males and 12 females, according to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
P.B. Jayasundara hands over his resignation letter to the President?
It is reported that Secretary to the President Dr. P.B. Jayasundara has sent a letter to the President stating that he will resign from the post of Secretary to the President after 31 January. In that letter, Dr. Jayasundera has requested the President to release him from the post of Secretary to the President after 31 January. It is reported that this article mentions all the difficulties faced by Dr. P.B. Jayasundara during his tenure as Secretary to the President. Some of the decisions taken by Dr.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
COOL debacle in the hands of fools: He laughs best who laughs last!
(An opinion offered for critical examination) Addressing a gathering of jurists in Sinhala at a function in Colombo, justice minister Ali Sabry said (December 12): “To me as minister for justice, and to us all as citizens of this country, people are the most important factor. It is because of them that this (legal) profession exists; judges sit because of them. Ultimately, the interest of the people must take priority over everything (else). I don’t think I will (Ali Sabry chuckled as he said this) seek to go to parliament again…. I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
‘One Country, One Law’ in an aggrieved and anxious nation
The appointment of a presidential task force mandated to draft relevant legislation aimed at operationalising the ‘One Country, One Law’ concept precipitated howls of protests. The howlers weren’t exactly from those opposed in some way to a single corpus of rules; rather they by and large belonged to that small set of people who are either inclined to object to anything that any government proposes or to see demons in anything proposed by governments headed by people with the name Rajapaksa.One has to wonder if the objectors would have been as livid had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
රජයේ නිළධාරීන්ට අලුත් ගමනකට ඇමති දුමින්ද ආරාධනා කරයි....
දේශපාලන අධිකාරියට, නායකත්වය දෙන්න පුලුවන් මතවාද හදන්න පුලුවන් හැබැයි මේක ගමේ ගිහින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන්න නිල වශයෙන් වගකීම හා අයිතිය තියෙන පිරිස තමයි රජයේ නිළධාරීන්, රජයේ සේවය නැතිව අපිට මේ වැඩ කරන්න බෑ,අපි එහෙම නම් රණ්ඩු වෙලා හරියන්නේ නෑ, අපි යාලු වෙන්න ඕන, අපි යාලු වෙලා හරියන්නේ නෑ, අපි හොඳම යාලුවෝ විදිහට තවත් වැඩි සම්බන්ධතාවයක් හදාගත්තොත් තමයි මේ ගමන අපිට යන්න පුලුවන්කම තියෙන්නේ. අපි හැමදාමත් රජයේ සේවකයාව ආරක්ෂා කරලා තියෙනවා, රැකලා තියෙනවා, ඒ වගේම රජයේ සේවකයා වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී ඉඳලත් තියෙනවා.ඒ නිසා අපි හැමෝම අලුත් ගමනක් යමු කියලා මතක් කරනවා යැයි රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍ය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා පැවසීය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
නත්තල් පණිවුඩය.
සාමයේ හා ප්‍රේමයේ සළකුණ මිහිමත තැබූ උතුම් නත්තල ජේසුස් ක්‍රිස්තුන් වහන්සේගේ උප්පත්තිය සිහිගන්වයි. දෙවියන්වහන්සේගේ ප්‍රේමය සහ මානව ගරුත්වය මනුෂ්‍යත්වය පෙරදැරි සමාජයකට විශ්වාසනීය පදනමක් විය. බෙත්ලෙහෙමේ දිළිඳු ගවලෙනක ගවඔරුවක උපන් ජේසු බිළිඳා යථාර්ථවාදීව ලෝකය දෙස බැලීමට සිය උපතේ පටන්ම ආදර්ශයක් ගෙන දුන්නේය. අසිරිමත් හදවත් ඇත්තෝ සාමය බෙදා ගනිති. තමන්ට වෛර කරන සතුරාට ද ප්‍රේම කරති. ප්‍රේමය සාමය හා සහෝදරත්වයේ අරුත ගෙන සිය ජීවිතය පුබුදුවා ගනිති. ජේසුස් ක්‍රිස්තුන් වහන්සේ මුළු දිවියම කැප කළේ සමාජයේ පීඩාවට පත්වන ජනතාව ඉන් මුදාගෙන යහපත් සමාජයක් මෙලොව නිර්මාණය කිරීම උදෙසාය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
Don’t Let Covid Spoil Christmas
Christmas 2021 approached with several restrictions from the Sri Lankan Health authorities due to Covid-19. Over two billion people celebrate the birth of Christ on 24 December every year. Christmas is the most joyful season in the year. Generally it’s an occasion for the family to reunite and everyone in the family joins for either lunch or dinner on Christmas: the menu is Turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, and vegetables. Other types of poultry, roast beef, or ham come to the dining table as extras. For dessert its... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
Colombo Stock Exchange ASPI crosses 12,000 points for first time ever
Colombo, Dec 24 (AdaDerana) – The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) set a new record today (December 24) as the All Share Price Index (ASPI) surpassed 12,000 points for the first time in history. The ASPI closed at 12,070.68 points at the end of trading today (November 16), marking an increase of 1.00% (119.45 points) from the previous day. Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates from around the world READ: India’s Enforcement Directorate to seize expensive gifts Jacqueline Fernandez received by conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar The previous highest... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
Domestic Gas Explosions
During the past few weeks, wives, cooks at various hotels and restaurants and other family members were shocked by gas explosions originating from the domestic liquid petroleum (LP) gas cylinder. From 1 January to 5 December 2021 there were 244 explosions. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed an eight-member committee to investigate the recent report of LP gas cylinder fires and to submit their recommendations within three days. The Committee, after the initial investigation, recommended the following guidelines for the public to follow. The Committee's recommendations: (1) To... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
නව වසරේ එළවළු හිඟයක් ගැන තවත් අනතුරු ඇඟවීමක්
ලබන වසරේ මුල් කාර්තුවේ යළිත් මේ රට තුළ එළවළු හිඟයක් ඇති වන බව සමස්ත ලංකා ඒකාබද්ධ විශේෂිත ආර්ථික මධ්‍යස්ථාන එකමුතුවේ සභාපති අරුණ ශාන්ත හෙට්ටිආරච්චි මහතා පවසයි. අද (දෙසැ. 24) දින මාධ්‍යයට ප්‍රකාශයක් කරමින් ඔහු මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ ය. ලබන වසරේ මුල් මාසය තුළ ගොවීන්ට අවශ්‍ය රසායනික පොහොර ලබා දුන්න ද අස්වැන්න ලබා ගැනීමට මැයි, ජූනි මාස දක්වා බලා සිටීමට සිදු වනු ඇති බව ඔහු පැවසී ය. ගොවීන්ට ලබා දෙන පොහොර වැඩි මිලට ලබා දෙනු ලැබුවහොත් යළිත් එළවළු මිල ඉහළ යාමේ අවදානමක් පවතින... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
Adaptation and sustainability integral to ancient civilization
Ruminations on Sri Lanka’s Ancient Past – Part VI The evidence assembled by C.R. Panabokke, in ‘Evolution of the Indigenous Village Irrigation Systems of Sri Lanka’ (2010), shows the transition from rainfed to irrigated agriculture took place mainly in the 3rd century BCE. A study by Rukshan Jayawardena, ‘Ancient Irrigation and Related Settlements of the Early Historic Period’ (1997) yields useful information on the growth of irrigated agriculture during this period. There is no reliable evidence to indicate that rice was grown on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
Agro sector mess: Govt. cannot absolve itself of responsibility by sacking Secy. – Opposition
The main Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) has called for a thorough inquiry into the conduct of sacked Agriculture Secretary Senior Prof. Udith K. Jayasinghe by Auditor General W.P.C. Wickramaratne and other relevant authorities. Matale District lawmaker Rohini Kaviratne on behalf of the SJB said that the truth couldn’t be suppressed by sacking Prof. Jayasinghe. Accusing Prof. Jayasinghe of importing liquid nano urea from India at a cost very much higher than in the Indian market in the wake of a stock of Chinese carbonic fertiliser being... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
Sri Lanka to maintain healthy reserve position throughout Year 2022
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said on Wednesday that measures being taken at present would ensure that by end of 2021, official reserves would remain above US dollars 3 billion. Thus the government and the Central Bank remain confident that expected inflows will materialise and the reserve position will remain at comfortable level throughout the year 2022. The full text of the CBSL statement is as follows. Despite the headwinds of the economic impact of COVID-19 and challenges posed by adverse developments in the external sector,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
No request for IMF funding during visit
Sri Lanka had not sought financial support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during a just concluded staff team visit to Colombo. IMF’s mission chief for Sri Lanka, Masahiro Nozaki told Daily Mirror via email that the staff is still ready to discuss the option if requested. Nozaki said a staff team from the IMF visited Colombo from December 7–20 to conduct the 2021 Article IV consultation with Sri Lanka. Under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, the IMF holds regular bilateral discussions with all... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/21)
PM Rajapaksa offers prayers at Tirupati
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is on a two-day spiritual visit to India, on Friday offered prayers at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala in India’s Andhra Pradesh along with his wife Shiranthi Rajapaksa. https://youtu.be/TXX2AqD-Z1Y PM Rajapaksa came to India on Thursday to pay his visit to the temple city of Tirupati. He was accorded a warm welcome by the joint executive officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Veerabrahmam and chief vigilance and security officer Gopinath Jatti as he arrived... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/12/21)
Sri Lanka reports 573 new coronavirus cases and 20 new COVID-related deaths
The Health Ministry reports that 573 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in the country within today (24). This includes two persons who had arrived from overseas, the Govt. Information Department said in a release. Meanwhile this brings the tally of Covid-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka thus far to 582,722. Presently approximately 9,020 patients infected with the virus are undergoing treatment across the island. The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 20 more coronavirus-related deaths for December 23, increasing the death toll in the country due... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/12/21)
Agri. Minister assures there will be no food shortage
Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage has assured that there would not be a food shortage in the country next year. He says certain statements warning about a looming food shortage cannot be accepted as 90 to 95 percent of paddy fields in each district have already been cultivated now. The minister’s remarks came after a statement made by Udith K. Jayasinghe, the former Secretary to the Agriculture Ministry sparked controversy. Mr. Jayasinghe was subsequently removed as the agriculture secretary and Mr. D.M.L.D. Bandaranayake was appointed to the post. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/12/21)
Former Agriculture Secretary exposes fertilizer fraud (Video)
Former Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture Prof. Udith K. Jayasinghe stated that there was a fraud in importing nano fertilizer at a higher price. https://youtu.be/sjQsuYUfGzw He pointed out that a bottle of nano liquid fertilizer, which could have been bought for USD 5.25, has been bought for USD 10. Meanwhile, farmers are still complaining that their crops are being destroyed due to the substandard fertilizer that was provided by the government. Farmers in Welikanda, Susirigama, and Malinda villages in the Mahaweli B... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/12/21)
Celebrate Christmas on an Eco – Friendly footing without killing billions of defenseless animals and cutting millions of Trees worldwide
A man preaches peace. He is world renown as ‘Prince of Peace’. Yet, ironically his birthday anniversary is celebrated worldwide with unlimited bloodshed of defenseless animals. Turkeys, cattle, pigs, goats, lambs, rabbits, and bird kinds such as ducks, hens, roosters, fowls are all lined up and forced to lay down their precious lives for human feasts on account of the ‘Prince of Peace’ - Jesus Christ. Shame on followers of Jesus Christ. Their idol deserves better than blood shed of innocent animals as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
මහජන නියෝජිතයින් යයි කියාගන්නා මැති ඇමතිවරුන් 60 දෙනෙක් නව වසරේ මහජන මුදලින් ඉසුරින් පිරුණු විදේස රටවල නත්තල් සවාරියේ (ප්‍රවෘතියක්)
22.12. 2021 දින ලන්කාවෙභි ඉහත මැය යටතේ පලවූ ලිපියට තව එකතු කිරීම් කීපයක්. ජනාධිපති තුමනි 1 ඉහත ලිපියේ සඳහන් 60 දැනා දැනටමත් දිවයිනෙන් බැහරව ගොස් ඇත්නම් ඒ සියලු දෙනාම වහාම ආපසු කැඳවන්න. 2 මේ ගමන් සඳහා ගුවන් ටිකට් පත් සහ වෙනත් දීමනා සඳහා වැය කොට ඇත්තේ රජයේ මුදල් නම් එම මුදල් වහාම ආපසු ගෙවන මෙන් ඔවුන්ට දන්වන්ට 3 මේ අතර අමති හා රාජ්ය ඇමතීන්සිටිත්නම් ඔබ සහ රජය අපකීර්හියට පත්කිරීම හේතුව මත වහාම අදාල තනතුරුවලින් ඔවුන් පහ කරන්න 4 අනාගහයේ කිසිම දිනක මොවුන්ට ඔබ පක්ශයෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Maldives, Nepal And Bhutan Can Learn From ‘Bangladesh Economic Growth Model’
Bangladesh is now one of the world's developing economies. In 2015, Bangladesh graduated from Least Developed Countries (LDC) status and became a low-middle-income country. Many Asian, European and American economists are positive that soon Bangladesh will become one of the middle-income countries in the world. Today, Bangladesh is moving forward at a good pace in various indicators of the economy. The country, once infamously labeled a “bottomless basket case” in 1972 by then US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, is rapidly advancing in national growth, per capita national income, export income, foreign exchange... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Spirits of cheer, in moderation
The Head of the Catholic Church of Sri Lanka Malcolm Cardinal Ranjiths’ proposal to keep the shops closed that sell the spirits of cheer (supposedly) during Christmas has met with stiff criticism coming from many members of the public Well on its own, it is always a sensible thing to do: to keep the consumption of spirits down to a possible minimum, even during festivals such as Christmas. After all, we Sri Lankans are said to be amongst the top that drink their guts out, who cannot be easily out drunk by even the world’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
කොළඹ සහ ගල්කිස්ස කාල්ටන් පෙර පාසල් දූ දරුවන්ගේ වාර්ෂික කැරොල් ගී ප්‍රසංගය
කොළඹ සහ ගල්කිස්ස කාල්ටන් පෙර පාසල් දූ දරුවන්ගේ වාර්ෂික නත්තල් කැරොල් ගී ප්‍රසංගය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ඊයේ (22) පස්වරුවේ මාලිගාවත්ත කාල්ටන් පෙර පාසලේ දී අති උත්කර්ෂවත් අයුරින් පැවැත්විණි. කොළඹ මාලිගාවත්ත සහ ගල්කිස්ස කාල්ටන් පෙර පාසල්වල දරු දැරියෝ මෙහි දී කැරොල් ගී ගායනා කරමින් සිය හැකියාවන් පිළිඹිබු කළහ. නත්තල් මිහිර විදහාපාමින් පෙර පාසල් දරු දැරියෝ ප්‍රසංගය විචිත්‍රවත් කළහ. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා දරුවන් ගේ හැකියාවන් අගය කරමින් කැරොල් ගී මිහිර විඳ ගත්තේය. කාල්ටන් පෙර පාසල් සමූහයේ අධ්‍යක්ෂිකා සහ විදුහල්පතිනි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආර්යා ශිරන්ති වික්‍රමසිංහ රාජපක්ෂ මහත්මිය ද අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා සමඟ ප්‍රසංගය නැරඹුවාය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Sri Lanka and India discuss ways to promote bilateral cultural relations through the iconic figures of Theri Sanghamitta and Sita of Ramayana
Sri Lanka and India discussed ways in which the two countries could further enhance bilateral cultural relations when Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with Minister of State for External Affairs & Culture of India Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi. The meeting between the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka and the Minister of State for External Affairs & Culture of India was held in a very cordial manner. The discussion focused on further enhancing bilateral cultural relations, in particular through promoting Theri Sanghamitta and Sita of Ramayana,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Iran Agrees To Take Tea From Sri Lanka To Settle $251 Million Oil Debt
Iran has agreed to accept Ceylon tea in exchange for some $251 million in oil debt from the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka, Iranian media report. Alireza Peyman-Pak, the head of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization, said on December 23 that "in recent negotiations, we reached a written deal to reimburse Iran's debt and interest on it in the form of a monthly shipment of tea produced in Sri Lanka." According to Iranian media, Peyman-Pak said a deal was reached in which Sri Lanka will export... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Expected Foreign Exchange Inflows and the Official Reserve Position
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka wishes to inform the general public that the measures being taken at present will ensure that by end of 2021 official reserves will remain above US dollars 3 billion. Despite the headwinds of the economic impact of COVID-19 and challenges posed by adverse developments in the external sector, the Sri Lankan economy showed resilience throughout 2021. Also, Sri Lanka successfully met its debt obligations by repaying foreign loans, including the payments of the International Sovereign Bonds. Since the beginning of the year both... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Why Sri Lanka is accustomed to playing China against India and leveraging on its locational advantage
The Sinhalas do not want to trust New Delhi on its word, and their competitive political leaderships keep packaging it differently, but to the same end as far as India relations go File image of Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Reuters Once again, much has been written about the recently reported upheaval in Sri Lanka’s China relations and the nation’s strategic tilt towards the larger Indian neighbour. Going by Colombo’s track record even of the short-span 21st century, independent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
ආහාර හිඟය අනිවාර්යයි - ඉවත් කළ කෘෂිකර්ම ලේකම් කියයි (වීඩියෝ)
රට තුළ පවතින තත්ත්වය තුල ඉදිරියේ දී ආහාර හිඟයක් ඇතිවීම ස්ථිර බව කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශයේ හිටපු ලේකම් මහාචාර්ය උදිත් ජයසිංහ ප්‍රකාශ කළා. ඒ හිරු ප්‍රවෘත්ති සමග විශේෂ සාකච්ජාවකට එක්වෙමින්. https://youtu.be/CR7ma5J9s0I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Former Agri. Secretary expresses disappointment over dismissal
Udith K. Jayasinghe, the former Secretary to the Agriculture Ministry, says he is disappointed by the dismissal even after dedicating his time, labour and knowledge to serve in the post. https://youtu.be/CPDAU8DhFc8 Speaking to the media, Mr. Jayasinghe said he is not aware of a specific reason for his sacking and that he is yet to be notified in writing of the move. He was removed as the Agriculture Secretary not long after he sparked debate with a warning about an imminent food shortage due to the existing crisis... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
රජරට වකුගඩු රෝගයට හේතුව කෘෂි රසායනද?
ලයිසෙන්කෝවාදය (Lysenkoism) නම් ව්‍යාජ විද්‍යාත්මක තර්කයක් ඉදිරිපත් කරමින්, විසි වැනි සියවසේ සෝවියට් සමාජය තුළින් ඉස්මතු වීමේ නොතිත් ආශාවකින් පෙළුණු, නිර්ධන පාන්තික විද්‍යාඥයකු ලෙස තමන් විසින්ම හඳුන්වාගත් ට්‍රොෆිම් ලයිසේන්කෝ (Trofim Lysenko) නමැත්තාට සමාන කළ හැකි චරිතයක් අපේ රට තුළ ද බිහි වී ඇතැයි සිතේ. වර්ෂ 1930 ගණන්වලදී ලයිසෙන්කෝ විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද, ශාක වර්ධනය හා පෝෂණය පදනම් වූ සිද්ධාන්තය, එතෙක් මෙතෙක් සාක්ෂි සහිතව පිළිගන්නට යෙදුණු මෙන්ඩලීනියානු ප්‍රවේණි විද්‍යාත්මක සිද්ධාන්තය සම්පූර්ණ ලෙසම ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන්නක් විය. එයට හේතුව ලෙස ඔහු ප්‍රකාශ කරන්නට යෙදුණේ මෙන්ඩල්ගේ සිද්ධාන්තය, මාර්කස් විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නට යෙදුණු භෞතිකවාදය සහ ඒ හා සබැඳුණු ස්වාභාවික පරිණාමය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
ආහාර හිඟයක් ඇති විය හැකි බවට මහින්ද අමරවීරගෙන් ප්‍රකාශයක් (වීඩියෝ)
පොහොර අර්බුදය හමුවේ ඉදිරියේදී අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම ආහාර හිඟයක් ඇති විය හැකි බව හිටපු කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යවරයෙකු වන මහින්ද අමරවීර මහතා ද පවසනවා. කෙසේ වෙතත්, කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍ය මහින්දානන්ද අලුත්ගමගේ මහතා පවසන්නේ, කිසිදු ආහාර හිඟයක් ඇති නො වන බවයි. https://youtu.be/GydgNTbClwo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
පොහොර නො මැති වීමෙන් ගොවියෝ අපහසුතාවක (වීඩියෝ)
https://youtu.be/kAQpHhRINgc පොහොර නො මැති වීමෙන් වී, බඩඉරිඟු ඇතුළු භෝග රැසක මහා කන්නයේ අස්වනු අඩුවනු ඇතැයි ගොවි ජනතාව පවසනවා. වගාවන් සඳහා අවශ්‍ය පොහොර නො මැති වීමෙන් ප්‍රදේශ රැසක ගොවීන් තවදුරටත් අපහසුතාවට පත් ව සිටිනවා.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
No pathogens confirmed in organic fertilizer samples tested by Singapore lab - Seawin Biotech
The Chinese supplier of controversial organic fertilizer consignment says the reports of a Singaporean laboratory that tested its products shipped to Sri Lanka has confirmed that no plant, animal or human pathogens including Erwinia was detected in the samples. MV Hippo Spirit carrying 20,000 tonnes of organic fertilizer from the Qingdao Seawin Biotech recently docked in Singapore for testing by SGS Testing & Control Services Singapore Pte. Ltd. after Sri Lanka rejected the shipment. The fertilizer consignment in question was under the spotlight over the past few months after the National Plant... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Disputed Chinese fertilizer shipment: Court order preventing payment to be revoked?
The Colombo Commercial High Court’s decision on extending or revoking the interim order preventing the payment on Letter of Credit to the Chinese company that shipped a disputed consignment of organic fertilizer to Sri Lanka is expected to be delivered on January 06. Accordingly, the relevant court order, which prevents the payment to the Chinese firm on Letter of Credit, was extended until next month. A petition filed by the Colombo Commercial Fertilizers Ltd. was taken up before Commercial High Court Judge Pradeep Hettiarachchi this morning (December 23). The Ceylon... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
554 novel coronavirus cases in total confirmed and death toll moves up with 21 new fatalities today
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 554 today (December 23) as 82 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 582,149. As many as 558,527 recoveries and 14,832 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 8,700 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director-General of Health Services has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Reminiscences of Hela Havula proponents at a Boarding House in Mt. Lavinia
I would like to share my memories of a group of young boarders barely out of their teens, who later became household names in the fields of Arts, Music, Linguistics, Sinhala Literature, Journalism, and Medicine. They were boarders in my grandfather’s house in Mt. Lavinia, in the period 1940s – 1950s. Most of them were old boys of Mahinda College, Galle. They were all proponents of the Hela Havula language reform movement founded by the literary giant Cumaratunga Munidasa in 1941. The likes of Edwin Ariyadasa, Vinnie Vitharana, Siri Gunasinghe,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
GLOBAL TAMIL FORUM SEEMS DELUDED AT THE MISGUIDED US SANCTIONS ON ARMY OFFICERS.
Dec17th. 2021 The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) -strong supporters of the deposed Tamil tigerTerrorist in their never ending cacophony about separatism and minority rights which are obsolete and abstract in multicultural Sri Lanka, as usual has called on the Government of Sri Lanka to reflect on recent messages conveyed by the US and the wider international community through the newly imposed sanctions by the US State Department on two former Sri Lankan Army officials albeit based on unproved speculation. There seems to be a total misinterpretation of the protocols related... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
The Holy Triple Gem for ALL BUDDHISTS are the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha. If you do not respect one, you do not respect the other two also.
Receiving a basic degree or even a PhD is no reason to shun those who teach the Dhamma. Colombo University has for decades been the hunting ground for INGO and Marxist anti-Buddhist mercenaries. The international agencies and the Western Embassies have a permanent gravy distribution station in Colombo campus. Paragoda Hamuduruwo sings hosannas on Ven. Walpola Rahula Hamuduruwo as Vice Chancellor of Vidyalankara University. Actually Ven Rahula was the VC of Vidyodaya University. He left Vidyodaya in 1969 because of his disaffection with the political regime. He was the first Bhikkhu to become a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Sri Lanka Can Follow Bangladesh’s Act Of ‘Balancing Capability’ In The Strategically Significant ‘Bay of Bengal' Region
The name 'Bay of Bengal' is a book of pride for Bengalis! Large cities like Madras (Chennai), Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar in all areas or states, are located on the shores of the Bay of Bengal, but the sea is not named after them. Again, it was not named after a region like the Arabian Sea, but after Bengal or Bengal. That is why the world has to remember the name of Bengal from time to time. In the middle of Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the vast territory of South India, the reservoir... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
මහජන නියෝජිතයින් යයි කියාගන්නා මැති ඇමතිවරුන් 60 දෙනෙක් නව වසරේ මහජන මුදලින් ඉසුරින් පිරුණු විදේස රටවල නත්තල් සවාරියේ (ප්‍රවෘතියක්)
මම මේ රටේ ජනාධිපතිනම් මොවුන් සියළුදෙනාම යවන්නේ අපායට මැති ඇමතිවරුන් 60ක් ඔවුන්ගේ පවුල්වල අයද සමග මේ දිනවල ඇමෙරිකාව එන්ගලතය වැනි රටවල නිවාඩුවක් ගතකිරීම සදහා විනෝද සවාරියක් පිටත්ව ගිය බවට ප්‍රවෘතියක් පලවිය. මුලු රට මෙන්ම මුළුජාතියම විසාලා මහනුවර මෙන් රෝ බිය, දුර්භික්ස බිය,රෝගබිය සහ දේසපාලන යක්සශබිය යන සිව් බියෙන් හා, බඩගින්න, අහස උසට ඉහලගිය බඩු මිල, සහ දෝරේ ගලා උතුරායන ජනතා අසහනයට අමතරව ඩොලර් බිලියන 60 කට වැඩි ලෝක නය උගුලක හිරවීසිටීම වැනි, බුදු දහමේ දැක්වෙන අන්තෝ ජටා බහි ජටා වැනි පඹගාලක පටලැවී ගැලවෙන මඟක් නොදැක රටේ ප්‍රධාන අහාරය වූ බත් පතද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Strategic Significance of ‘Bay of Bengal’ and Bangladesh’s Act Of ‘Balancing Capability’
The name 'Bay of Bengal' is a book of pride for Bengalis! Large cities like Madras (Chennai), Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar in all areas or states, are located on the shores of the Bay of Bengal, but the sea is not named after them. Again, it was not named after a region like the Arabian Sea, but after Bengal or Bengal. That is why the world has to remember the name of Bengal from time to time. In the middle of Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the vast territory of South India, the reservoir... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Sri Lanka inflation hits record high as food crisis looms
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's inflation hit a record 11.1 percent in November, official figures showed Wednesday, and authorities warned a worsening economic crisis could prompt further food rationing. The island's tourism-dependent economy was hammered by the pandemic and the government imposed a broad import ban to shore up foreign exchange reserves, triggering shortages of essential goods. Supermarkets have for months been rationing milk powder, sugar, lentils and other essentials as commercial banks ran out of dollars to finance foreign goods. The shortages have also driven up prices, with food costs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Sri Lanka will use tea to pay off its $251 million oil debt to Iran
Tamil women pick tea leaves in the highlands of Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. Getty Images Sri Lanka reached an agreement to send tea to Iran to settle a $251 million oil debt, according to reports. Sri Lanka wasn’t able to pay the debt via other means as US sanctions prohibit dealings with Iranian banks. But Sri Lanka said its tea-barter plan does not violate UN or US sanctions against Iran. Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell. Sri Lanka will send tea to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/21)
Iran, Sri Lanka sign agreement in Colombo to settle oil debt issue
Tehran, IRNA – Iran and Sari Lanka have signed an agreement on working out ways to settle the latter's oil debt to Iran. Chairman of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran Ali-Reza Peimanpaak and minister of trade of Sari Lanka signed the agreement in a meeting, according to the Wednesday report of Iran's Embassy in Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Peimanpaak, who is also a deputy for the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, arrived in Colombo early on Monday as his first trade destination to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
China donates medical equipment to SJB’s ‘Husmak’ initiative
The Chinese government has donated 8 lifesaving kidney dialysis machines worth Rs. 20 million to hospitals in the Northern and Eastern provinces. Ambassador of China to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong symbolically handed over the donation to Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa on Wednesday (December 23). The medical equipment was donated after a request made by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya leader for the party’s Husmak’ initiative.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
Sri Lanka records three new Omicron cases
Three new cases of Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 have been detected in Sri Lanka, says Dr. Jude Jayamaha, Consultant Virologist of the Medical Research Institute. This was disclosed at a media briefing at the Health Promotion Bureau today (December 22). According to Dr. Jayamaha, two of the new cases of this highly-mutated variant had returned from Sudan. The other Omicron-infected person is reportedly a returnee from Tanzania. They had arrived in the country on the 19th and 20th of December. The new development brings the total number of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
Daily count of Covid-19 cases climbs to 673 and confirms another 16 deaths
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 673 today (December 21) as 215 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 581,595. As many as 558,226 recoveries and 14,811 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 8,500 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director General of Health Services... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
Expected Foreign Exchange Inflows and the Official Reserve Position
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka wishes to inform the general public that the measures being taken at present will ensure that by end of 2021 official reserves will remain above US dollars 3 billion. <br /><br />Despite the headwinds of the economic impact of COVID-19 and challenges posed by adverse developments in the external sector, the Sri Lankan economy showed resilience throughout 2021. <br /><br />Also, Sri Lanka successfully met its debt obligations by repaying foreign loans, including the payments of the International Sovereign Bonds. Since the beginning of the year both the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
Presidential Committee contradicts natural law of hydrocarbon explosions.
The Committee appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to probe the recent gas explosions, concluding that the change in the composition of gas was the primary reason for the recent gas-related explosions. But this conclusion contradicts the basic law of gas explosions. Here is a simple demonstration. https://youtu.be/TSikAUFk9Ww DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. The demonstration was carried out in the safety of our workshop in Northolt (UK). Here is an entertaining example of the effect of the composition of an inflammable gas and air (Oxygen) with (sort of)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
Change in gas composition main cause of explosions
Presidential Committee contradicts Litro Chairman A simmering controversy over gas-related explosions has taken an unexpected turn with Prof. Shantha Walpolage, the Chairman of the Committee appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to probe the recent gas explosions, concluding that the change in the composition of gas was the primary reason for the recent gas-related explosions, They came to the conclusion following theoretical and on-site inspections, Prof. Walpolage said. “The composition of the gas had changed but cylinders, regulators, stoves and other equipment have not,” he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
Change in gas composition results in gas related accidents
The main reason for the recent gas related accidents has been identified as the change in the composition of gas, Prof. Shantha Walpolage, the Chairman of the Committee appointed by the President to probe gas-related accidents, said. He told media today that they got this finding verified during their on-site inspections as well. "The cylinders, regulators, stoves and other equipment have remained unchanged. What was subjected to change was the gas composition," he underlined. Thus, he reiterated that the main reason for the recent gas explosions could... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
ණය වාරික ගෙවීමට මුදල් සංචිත ප්රමාණවත් - මහබැංකු අධිපති
ආර්ථිකය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අසත්‍ය ප්‍රචාර සිදුකරමින් සිටින විවිධ පාර්ශවයන් රටට විශාල හානියක් සිදුකරමින් සිටින බව මහ බැංකු අධිපති අජිත් නිවාඩ් කබ්රාල් මහතා පැවසීය. https://youtu.be/kF05861gFq0 එසේම ණය වාරික ගෙවීමට සහ අනෙකුත් කටයුතු සදහා මෙරට සතුව මුදල් සංචිත පවතින බවයි මහ බැංකු අධිපතිවරයා සදහන් කර ඇත. මේ අතර ශ්රී ලංකාව මුහුණ දී සිටින විදේශ විනිමය අර්බුදයෙන් ගොඩඒම සඳහා ඩොලරයට සාපේක්ෂව රුපියලේ අගය නිදහසේ තීරණය වීමට ඉඩදීම ඇතුළු කඩිනම් පියවර වෙත යොමු විය යුතු බව ආර්ථික විශේෂඥයන් පෙන්වා දෙයි. සෑම රටක්ම ජාත්‍යන්තර මුදල් ඒකක ඇතුළත් විදේශ විනිමය සංචිතයක් පවත්වාගෙන යනු ලබන අතර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
Sri Lanka’s inflation increases to 11.1% YoY in November
Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the National Consumer Price Index, increased to 11.1 per cent in November 2021 from 8.3 per cent in October 2021, according to the Statistics Department of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, on an annual average basis, the NCPI increased to 6.2 per cent in November 2021 from 5.7 per cent in October 2021, the statement said. Inflation was driven by monthly increases of prices of items in both Food and Non-food categories. Subsequently, Food inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to 16.9 per cent in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
President releases ‘ecological floating islands’ to Beira Lake
https://youtu.be/lf_js_NpVYE President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (21) released a thousand ecological floating islands to Beira Lake initiating the purifying process of the lake. Beira Lake has been polluted due to unauthorized urbanization and improper upgrading of sewerage infrastructure in the city of Colombo. The “Ecological floating islands” method was implemented under the guidance of Chairman of the Land Development Corporation, Retired Major General M.R.W. de Soyza, the PMD reported. Ecologist Ranoshi Siripala points out that the experiment conducted for water purification by planting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
Sri Lanka reports 713 new cases of coronavirus and 24 new fatalities
The Health Ministry says that a total of 713 new cases of coronavirus have been identified within today (21). This includes one person who had arrived from overseas, the Govt. Information Department reported. Sri Lanka’s total count of confirmed cases of Covid-19 has climbed to 580,922 with this. 8,212 patients infected with the virus are currently undergoing treatment across the island. The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 24 more coronavirus-related deaths for December 20, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus pandemic to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
Presidential committee reveals reason for recent LPG-related incidents
The root cause for the recent domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder-related incidents in the country was a result of the change in the composition, the presidential committee appointed on the matter says. Chairman of the said committee, Prof. Shantha Walpolage of the University of Moratuwa revealed this during a press conference held today. https://youtu.be/kbq6YPCIQaI Upon making inspections where the incidents were reported, the committee members had observed that there had been no change in the cylinders, regulators, rubber pipes, stoves and other equipment, Prof. Walpolage told reporters.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
නො විසඳෙන පොහොර ගැටලුවෙන් පීඩා විදින ගොවීන් (වීඩියෝ)
ලබන කන්නය සඳහා හෝ රසායනික පොහොර ලබාදෙන ලෙස ඉල්ලමින් දිවයිනේ බොහෝ ප්‍රදේශවල අදත් (21) ගොවි විරෝධතා පැවැත්වුණා. ඔවුන් චෝදනා කරන්නේ, පොරොන්දු වූ වගා හානි වන්දි කඩිනමින් රජය විසින් ලබාදිය යුතු බවයි. https://youtu.be/MWEZK7lZF0Y එමෙන්ම වී ගොවීන් බොහෝ පිරිසක් මෙවර කන්නයේ වගා කටයුතු ආරම්භ කළේ ද මාසයක පමණ කාලයක් පමාවීමෙන් අනතුරුවයි. ඒ අවශ්‍ය පොහොර නිසි වේලාවට ලබාදෙන බවට රජය දුන් පොරොන්දුව මතයි. කෙසේවෙතත් වගාව ආරම්භ කර සති කිහිපයක් ගතව ඇතත් තමන්ට කිසිඳු පොහොරක් නොලැබුණු බවට ගොවීන් චෝදනා කරනවා. මේ හේතුවෙන් ඇතැම්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/21)
Superpower’s superior democracy!
US President Joe Biden’s much-advertised ‘Summit for Democracy’ held in early December, is an example of how the champions of so-called democratic world misuse the name of ‘Democracy’ to promote their geo-political interest. As pointed out in an article appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, the composition of the summit reflects a combination of an “anti-China geopolitical agenda “and attempt to punish specific democracies, sighting why the countries with significantly higher democracy ratings from Freedom House – including Hungary, Singapore, Bolivia and Sri Lanka – did not receive an invitation. (https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/congo-in-china-out-biden-s-democracy-summit-guest-list-raises-eyebrows-20211209-p59g7f.html) We remember how... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/21)
France And Bangladesh Can Benefit From Growing Trade And Strategic Ties
France has historical relations with Bangladesh. Bangladesh's contact with France dates back to the war of liberation. Relations between Bangladesh and France have historically been cordial. The foundation of this relationship was laid in the distant past. The contribution of the French in the liberation war of Bangladesh is also memorable. The French writer and thinker Andre Malraux said that he considered the war of independence of Bangladesh as his own war. He also expressed his desire to come to this country to take part in this war. Also, during... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/21)
Sri Lanka And Bangladesh: Bangladesh's Assistance To Sri Lanka Increases Image and Presitage Of Bangladesh In The World
Debt-ridden Bangladesh a few years ago is now a country of unprecedented success in debt relief. The world today looks at Bangladesh in amazement. Bangladesh only borrowed from other countries or organizations. Now that history has changed and started giving loans. Bangladesh has given loans to Sri Lanka and Sudan. Bangladesh gave a loan to a country for the first time by giving the first installment of the loan promised to Sri Lanka in August. Once upon a time it was a ‘Bottomless Basket’ and donation seeker in the international arena. Now it is a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 49 වැනි කොටස - ජාතියේ බස වැඩීම
සිංහල භාෂාව යනු අවුරුදු දහස් ගණනක් තිස්සේ මෙ රට ජනයා විසින් වර්ධනය කොට පෝෂණය කළ සාමූහික උරුමයකි. එහෙයින් “ජනරජයේ අනන්‍යතාව තහවුරු කරනු ලබන ජනතාවගේ සාමූහික අයිතිවාසිකම්” අතරට සිංහල භාෂාව ද අයත්විය යුතුවෙයි. මෙම ප්‍රවාදයෙන් අර්ථදැක්වුණු “සාමූහික අයිතිවාසිකම්” යටතේ එම කරුණ දක්වා තිබේ. මෙම සාමූහික හිමිකම ආරක්ෂා කොට පෝෂණයකිරීම ජනරජයේ වගකීමක් බව ද එහි දී ප්‍රකාශකෙරිණි. ත්‍රිපිටකය ග්‍රන්ථාරූඪ කෙරී තිබෙන පාලි භාෂාව හා බැඳුණු ඉතා ළඟ සම්බන්ධයක් සිංහල භාෂාවට වෙයි. එහෙයින් බුදුදහම අර්ථාන්විතව ප්‍රකාශකිරීමේ විශේෂ හැකියාවක් ද සිංහල භාෂාව විසින් අත්පත් කරගෙන තිබේ. සාරත්‍ථප්පකාසිනීයේ (සංයුක්ත නිකාය අට්ඨකථාවේ) එන සුභාසිත සූත්‍ර වර්ණනාවෙන් ද මෙම කරුණු ප්‍රකාශ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/21)
Do US sanctions work?
On Human Rights Day this year, the US sanctioned a number of individuals and entities in several countries for alleged human rights violations. Among these were individuals from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. While the two Sri Lankans sanctioned were low-level military personnel (Lt. Com. Chandana Hettiarachchi and Army Sergeant Sunil Ratnayake), the Bangladeshis sanctioned were of high rank and their number was also much higher. Those sanctioned in Bangladesh were: the current Inspector-General of Police and a former Director-General of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Benazir Ahmed; the current RAB... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/21)
Unmasking the dangers of facial analysis tools
The Governments of British Columbia, Alberta and Québec recently ordered facial recognition Company Clearview AI to stop collecting — and to delete — images of people obtained without their consent. Discussions about the risks of facial recognition systems that rely on automated face analysis technologies tend to focus on corporations, national governments and law enforcement. But what is of great concern are the ways in which facial reognition and analysis have become integrated into our everyday lives. Amazon, Microsoft and IBM have stopped supplying facial recognition systems to the Police... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/21)
Composition of Litro LP gas printed on cylinders from today
The general public should not have any undue fear when using liquefied petroleum gas, says the Litro Gas Limited Chairman, Theshara Jayasinghe. He also noted that there is no change in the composition of Litro’s LP gas, adding that steps have been taken to obtain recommendations from foreign experts in this regard. The remarks of the Litro chairman came during a media briefing organised by the Presidential Media Centre earlier today (December 20). President’s Media Spokesman Kingsly Rathnayake moderated the media briefing. Though certain groups have suggested that the cause... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/21)
Fuel prices increased from today
Fuel prices have been increased with effect from today (Dec. 21), the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said. Accordingly, the price of 92 Octane Petrol has been increased by Rs. 20 per litre with the new price declared as Rs. 177 per litre. https://youtu.be/StUmQJhLUsw The price of 95 Octane Petrol has been increased by Rs. 23, from Rs. 184 to Rs. 207. Auto Diesel has been increased by Rs. 10 while Super Diesel has been increased by Rs. 15. The new prices are Rs. 121 per litre... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/21)
COVID: 524 cases in total and 19 new COVID deaths confirmed in Sri Lanka on Monday
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 524 today (December 20) as 107 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 580,209. As many as 557,621 recoveries and 14,771 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 7,800 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director-General of Health Services has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/21)
සුද්දගෙ නීතිය අපිට එපා - අටවෙනි කොටස
‘13-A කියන්නේ අපේ අවසාන බලාපොරත්තුව නොවේ. ඊට එහාට (රාවුෆ් හකීම්ගේ වචන වලින් නම් ඉන් ඔබ්බට) යන්න ඕන.’ මනෝ ගනේෂන්-12/12/2021 බළලා මල්ලෙන් එලියට පැනීම 13-A යනු, තමන් අත ගැසූ හැමදේම අසාර්ථක කර ගත් ජේ. ආර්. විසින් රටට අටවා දුන් මර උඟුලක් බව ඉන් අවුරුදු 34 කට පසුව මනෝ ගනේෂන් හා හකීම් කල ඉහත ප්‍රකාශයෙන් ඔප්පු නොවේද? යහපාලන සුරතලාවූ සම්බන්ධන් ඒ දිනවල කතාකලේ <ඔක්කොම එකතු වෙන්න පුළුවන් හොඳ තීන්දුව> ගැනය. රනිල්ගේ ඔරුමිත්තනාඩු ව්‍යාපාරය භාරව සිටි එක් අගසව්වෙක්වූ ආබ්‍රහම් සුමන්තිරන්ගේ සිහිනය වූයේ <මධ්‍යම රජයට ආපසු ගන්න බැරි ආකාරයේ> බලය බෙදීමක්ය. දැනට රටින් පැණගොස්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/12/21)
India And Bangladesh Can Benefit From Growing Trade And Economic Ties
Bangladesh’s stable economic development is creating new opportunities for India’s northeastern states and work on a CEPA trade agreement is ongoing. The two countries are celebrating 50 years of India-Bangladesh friendship and India’s President Ram Nath Kovind is currently on an official trip to Bangladesh. 2021 marks the golden jubilee of the liberation of Bangladesh and fifty years of India-Bangladesh diplomatic ties. India’s President Ram Nath Kovind is currently on a three-day state visit to Bangladesh from December 15 to 17, 2021; this is his first state visit since the outbreak of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/12/21)
බටහිර සෞඛ්‍ය ආධිපත්‍යකට ඉණිමං බඳින G M O A
ලංකාවේ සෞඛ්‍ය සේවයට ඉතා දීර්ඝ කාලීන ඉතිහාසයක් ඇත. අනුරාධපුර සහ මිහින්තලේ නටබුන් ආශ්‍රිතව හමුවන පැරණි රෝහල් වලින් ඒ බැව් සනාථ කළ හැකිය. ඒවායේ කැණීම් වලින් සොයා ගත් සැත්කම් උපකරණ ඉතා විශිෂ්ඨය. සිංහඅඩුව යනුවෙන් හදුන්වන්නේ ඉන් එක් සැත්කම් උපකරණයකි. මේ පන්නයේ සැත්කම් උපකරණ රාශියක් වර්තමානය වන විට බටහිර රෝහල් වලදී සැත්කම් සඳහා භාවිතා කෙරේ.පුලතිසි රාවනා බුද්ධදාස වැනි මහ වෛද්‍යවරුනගේ විශ්මිත ප්‍රතිකාර සහිත ඉතිහාසයේ අපට හිමි වූ වෙසෙසි ස්ථානය කෝට්ටේ යුගය දක්වා දක්වාම නොනැසී පැවතුණි. කෝට්ටේ යුගයේ දී ලංකාවට පැමිණි එක් ඉතාලි කුමාරිකාවක් චර්ම රෝගයක් සඳහා ප්‍රතිකාර ලබා ගැනීමෙන් පසුව සුවපත්ව රජුගේ අවසරය පරිදි සිංහල වෛද්‍යවරු කණ්ඩායමක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/12/21)
ආණ්ඩුව දොසෙන් බේරෙන්න රසායනික පොහොර ගේන්න කියලා කිව්වත් කොහොමද ගේන්නේ? කවුද ගේන්නේ?
ආණ්ඩුව දොසෙන් බේරෙන්න රසායනික පොහොර ගේන්න කියලා කිව්වත් කොහොමද ගේන්නේ? කවුද ගේන්නේ? ගේන්න සල්ලි ටික කෝ,දැන් අපි කාට බැන්නත් වැඩක් තියෙනවාද,අපිට රසායනික පොහොර හම්බෙන්නෙත් නෑ, කාබනික පොහොර හම්බෙන්නෙත් නෑ, පැලේට හයියක් එන්නෙත් නෑ. දැන් ප්‍රශ්නය තියෙන්නේ පුද්ගලික අංශයටත් රසායනික පොහොර ගේන්න සල්ලි නෑ, ඒ ගොල්ලන්ට අවසර දීලා තිබුණට ගේන්න පුලුවන්කමක් නෑ.ආණ්ඩුවක් විදිහට අපිට නෑ මේක පුද්ගලික අංශයට දුන්නා කියලා නිකං ඉන්නත් බෑ, අපිට වගකීමක් තියෙනවානේ ගොවිමහත්වරුන්ගේ ගොවිතැනට අපි කොහොමද දායක වෙන්නේ කියන එක පිළිබඳව.යූරියා ටොන් එකක් ඉස්සර වුණේ ඩොලර් 300 ක් විතර, හැබැයි දැන් මේ වෙන කොට ඩොලර් 1250 යි,ඒ කියන්නේ කී ගුණයක් වැඩි වෙලාද,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/12/21)
Collective efforts needed to avoid Sialkot-like tragedies: Qadri
Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari lights a candle during a vigil held in memory of the Sri Lankan factory manager who was lynched in Sialkot, Priyantha Kumara, in Islamabad on Saturday. — Online ISLAMABAD: Minister for Religious Affairs Dr Noorul Haq Qadri on Saturday said collective efforts were needed by all segments of society, including media and religious leaders, to prevent tragedies like the lynching of a Sri Lankan factory manager in Sialkot. The minister called for promotion of interfaith harmony to counter internal and external conspiracies against Pakistan. He... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/12/21)
Sri Lanka requiring COVID-19 card for entry to public places
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka will require the showing of a COVID-19 vaccination certificate compulsory for entry to public places starting from Jan. 1, in a renewed attempt to prevent another spike in infections. Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga made the announcement Sunday in an abrupt switch from the gradual ending of restrictions put into place after the country was confronted with a third wave of COVID-19 infections in April caused by the Delta variant. Ranatunga said health officials were drawing up arrangements on implementing the decisions, according to a government... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/12/21)
කුලපති මග හැර ගිය කොළඹ සරසවි සිසුන් (වීඩියෝ)
කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ පසුගිය දිනෙක (17)පැවැති උපාධි ප්‍රධානෝත්සවයේදී කුලපති පූජ්‍ය මුරුත්තෙට්ටුවේ ආනන්ද හිමි අතින් උපාධිය ලබා ගැනීම විශ්ව විද්‍යාල සිසුන් කිහිප දෙනෙකු විසින් ප්‍රතික්ශේප කර තිබෙනවා. https://youtu.be/bCkAfV0fkO0 ආනන්ද හිමි අතින් උපාධිය ලබා ගැනීම ප්‍රතික්ශේප කර කුලපතිනිය අතින් උපාධිය ලබා දෙන ලෙස මෙම සිසුන් ඉල්ලීමක් කර ඇති බවයි වාර්තා වන්නෙ. නාරාහෙන්පිට අභයාරාමාධිපති පූජ්‍ය මුරුත්තෙට්ටුවේ ආනන්ද හිමියන් කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ කුලපති ලෙස පත් කිරීමට එම විශ්ව විද්‍යාල ආචාර්ය වරුන්ගේ සංගම් මෙන්ම මහා ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමය ද විරෝධය එල්ල කර ඇත්තේ එය දේශපාලනික පත් කිරීමක් බව සඳහන් කරමින්. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/12/21)
'Vegetable shortage is inevitable'
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has promised to intervene in the problems of vegetable farmers and find a solution as soon as possible, says the Chairman of the All Ceylon Special Economic Centers Association Aruna Shantha Hettiarachchi. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister's official residence in Nuwara Eliya today. https://youtu.be/2-rd-mGVgZ4 The All Ceylon Dedicated Economic Centers Association has emphasized to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa that there may be a shortage of vegetables in the future due to the prevailing situation and that the shortage of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/12/21)
Gas companies issued directions regarding domestic gas supply ස්ටිකරය ඇල වූ ගෑස් සිලින්ඩර් හෙට සිට වෙළඳපොලට - දිවයින පුරා භූමිතෙල් පෝලිම් (වීඩියෝ)
State Ministry of Consumer Protection has directed the Consumer Affairs Authority to advise the Gas companies to supply domestic gas according to the Guidelines laid by the Court of Appeal, stated State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna. https://youtu.be/V5SYR6VveA4 සංයුතිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් තොරතුරු ඇතුළත් ස්ටිකරය සහිත නව ගෑස් සිලින්ඩර් හෙට සිට වෙළදපළට නිකුත් කරන බව අදාළ කටයුතු සම්බන්ධීකරණය සඳහා පත් කළ, තාක්ෂණ අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් ජයන්ත ද සිල්වා ප්‍රකාශ කළා. ඒ අනුව ප්‍රමිති ආයතනයේ ප්‍රමිතීන්වලට අනුව අදාළ ගෑස් සිලින්ඩර්වල ප්‍රොපේන් අගය සියයට 30ක් සහ බියුටේන් අගය සියයට 70ක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/12/21)
CAA to instruct Litro and Laugfs on supply of LP gas
The State Ministry of Consumer Protection has advised the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) to direct the country’s two largest LP gas suppliers - Litro and Laugfs, to distribute LP gas only as instructed by the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal on Friday had directed Litro Gas Lanka Limited and Laugfs Gas PLC to only distribute LP gas cylinders that are in compliance with the standards approved by Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI). This order was issued by Appeals Court Judges Ruwan Fernando and Sampath Wijeratne when the writ application filed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/12/21)
Daily count of new coronavirus cases hits 551 and 18 more deaths Colombo sends financial SOS to Delhi, but India wants Lanka to first walk the talk on China මැති ඇමතිවරුන් 60 දෙනෙක් මහජන මුදලින් විදේස රටවල නත්තල් සවාරියේ (ප්‍රවෘතියක්)) ඇමති මණ්ඩලයේ සාමුහික වගකීමක් ගැන කතා කරන්න 20වන සංශෝධනයෙන් පසු ඇමති මණ්ඩලයක් හෝ අගමැතිවරයෙක් පත් කර නෑ....! ‘ඔළුව නැතත් කඳ ෆයිට්‘ අජිත් නිවාඩ් කබ්රාල් - සර්වබලධාරී පී.බී.ජයසුන්දරගේ ආර්ථික විද්‍යාව උප්පරවැට්ටියට ජාත්‍යන්තරය රවට්ටන්න බෑ ෆිච් ආයතනය ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම් පහත දැමීම නිවැරදියි අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා නුවරඑළිය කාල්ටන් පෙර පාසලේ නත්තල් කැරොල් ගී ප්‍රසංගය නරඹයි හොකී සම්මේලනයට නව මූලස්ථානයක් ලබාදෙමින් හොකී ක්‍රීඩා පිටි සංවර්ධනයට අපි අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමක් අත්සන් තැබුවා.-අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා - ඩයස්පෝරාවට දුවන්න බැට දුන් ලන්ඩන් සිංහයා ඔන්ලයින් ගුප්ත කැබිනට් පත‍්‍රිකාවක්… ශ්රී ලංකාවට සම්බාධන අවදානමක…- විමල් රාජ්ය ඇමති සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත ජවිපෙට එක් වෙයි ද? A Practical Way Out of Economic Crisis Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR to ‘CC’ LPG Fiasco! Unloading and distribution of one LPG shipment currently underway - Litro Litro permitted to unload one of the latest LPG shipments ලිට්‍රෝ සමාගමෙන් ප්‍රතිඥාවක් - බාල ගෑස් නැව තවමත් කොළඹ මුහුදේ - Signs of cabinet reshuffle early in 2022 Daily count of COVID cases at 695 today and Fourteen more COVID-related deaths in Sri Lanka පොහොර නොමැතිකම හේතුවෙන් මෙවර වී අස්වැන්න 80% කින් පමණ අඩු විය හැක. Covid-19: A record day for cases - what does it tell us? ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ set to web the Sri Lankan box office Yugadanavi mess: Group led by Ministers stepping up campaign, won’t heed SLPP warnings Yugadanavi petitions: Ministers’ affidavits unconstitutional, AG tells court COVID: 715 cases in total and 22 more deaths confirmed on Friday Directives not given to pay salary arrears to Dr. Shafi - Public Service Commission Litro & Laugfs ordered to only distribute LPG up to SLSI standards Chemical fertilizers cost farmers more than 30% extra Permission given to unload Litro gas from the ship (Video) Domestic gas cylinder should contain 30% propane' (Video) Pulling back from the precipice: A Pathfinder perspective UN Assistant Secretary-General Praises Sri Lanka’s Vaccination Program ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් සඳහා පාසල් මට්ටමින් සංවර්ධන සංචිතයක් නිර්මාණය කරනවා. -අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා - ප්රශ්න කලා කියා BOI සභාපති, අධ්යක්ෂ මණ්ඩලය COPE කමිටුවට තර්ජනය කරලා.. සමාව ගන්නැයි කියලා.. Parliamentary prorogation; a move to remove heads of COPE, COPA, PFC? Karma is hunting SLSI to convene a special meeting over composition of a domestic gas cylinder Cabraal clears air about rumours on exchange rate policy change Health Ministry directs to pay Dr. Shafi’s salary arrears Further hearing of FR petitions against Yugadanavi deal tomorrow Thilina Gamage acquitted from elephant calf case Task force to be formed to study effects of chemical pesticides & fertilizers on humans Coronavirus: Sri Lanka confirms 758 new cases and 21 more coronavirus deaths Down with the 225 who have failed to agree on united response to the Sialkot barbarism! කාබනික වගාව ප්‍රචලිත කිරීමේ අරමුණින් තණ කොළ කපන යන්ත්‍ර බෙදා දීම ආණ්ඩුවක් විදිහටයි, කෘෂිකර්ම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විදිහටයි, පොහොර ලේකම් කාර්යාලය විදිහටයි ගත්ත තීන්දුව තාම ක්‍රියාත්මක කර ගන්න බැරි වෙලා තියෙනවා. විදෙස් සංචාරකයන් පිටකොටුවේ සිට බැණ වදිති.. තවත් එන සංචාරකයන්ට අනතුරු අගවති.. Central Bank rules out need to strike agreement with IMF ලිට්‍රො සමාගම අධිකරණයට දුන් පොරොන්දුව...Litro agrees to display stickers indicating LPG composition on cylinders, court told Circular issued on extending public sector employees’ retirement age 772 new cases of coronavirus and 16 new COVID-related deaths confirmed today New revelations regarding Yugadanavi agreement (Video) Yugadanavi mess: Group led by Ministers stepping up campaign, won’t heed SLPP warnings Same witness signed on behalf of Govt. and US Company: JVP පාර්ලිමේන්තුව වාර අවසන් කළේ ආර්ථික හා දේශපාලන අර්බුදයට විකිණීමෙන් උත්තර සෙවීමටයි - ඉතිහාසය පුරා අර්බුද එනකොට ජනාධිපතිවරු පාර්ලිමේන්තුව වැහුවා පුද්ගලික අංශයට අවශ්‍යය තරම් රසායනික පොහොර ආනයනයට අවසර දුන්නද සමාගම් රසායනික පොහොර ගෙන්වීමට මැලිකමක් දක්වයි විද්‍යාත්මක පදනමක් මත නිපදවූ ප‍්‍රතිශක්තිය වර්ධනය කරන දේශීය ආහාර අතිරේක සදහා ඉඩක් දී ඩොලර් අර්බුදයට විසදුම් සොයමු - කෝවිඩ් මරණ වැළැක්වීමේ එකමුතුවෙන් ජනාධිපතිවරයාට සංදේශයක් රාජ්ය නිලධාරීන් සඳහා යතුරුපැදි ලබා දීමට ප්රමාණවත් මුදල් වෙන්කර එම යෝජනාව කඩිනමින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටිමු. Govt. to pay USD 6.7 Mn to Chinese fertilizer company. Litro to brief court on possibility to display LPG composition on cylinders Sri Lanka to reject latest LP gas shipment? COVID: 762 cases in total and 20 new Covid-19 fatalities reported today Omicron: Boris Johnson announces Plan B Covid rules for England Omicron accounts for 20% of Covid cases in England Sri Lanka’s gas tragedy: the untold story
The Health Ministry reported that another 121 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 increasing today’s total count of new cases to 551. Sri Lanka’s tally of confirmed COvid-19 positive cases climbs to 579,685 with this while 7,607 infected patients are currently undergoing treatment islandwide. (LankaWeb - 20/12/21)
Sri Lanka seeks urgent help from India as its net foreign exchange reserves plunge to an all-time low of $1.2 billion, barely enough to pay for a month’s imports. Even as Sri Lankan Parliament was debating the annual budget presented by Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, he flew off to New Delhi, for a two-day visit on 1 December, to seek urgent help from India to ward off an impending economic collapse of the country. This drew a sarcastic comment from former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Speaking in Parliament he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/21)
මැති ඇමතිවරුන් 60ක් ඔවුන්ගේ පවුල්වල අයද සමග මේ දිනවල ඇමෙරිකාව එන්ගලතය වැනි රටවල නිවාඩුවක් ගතකිරීම සදහා පිටත්ව ගිය බවට ප්‍රවෘතියක් පලවිය. මුලු රටම රෝ බිය, බඩගින්න, අහස උසට ඉහලගිය බඩු මිල,දෝරේ ගලා උතුරායන ජනතා අසහනය, ඩොලර් බිලියන 60 කට වැඩි ලෝක නය උගුලක හිරවීම වැනි පඹගාලක පටලැවී රටේ ප්‍රධාන අහාරය වූ බත් පතටද තව ටික දිනකින් නැතිවන තත්වයට රට ඇදවැටී තිබේන මෙවැනි වෙලාවක රටේ තියෙන අන්තිම ඩොලරයද පිහගෙනමැති අමතිබලතල යොදාගෙන ලෝකය වටා විනෝද සවාරියන මහජන නියෝජිතයින්යයි කියාගන්නා මුන් හැමදෙනාම රටතුල තිබෙන අන්තිම තඹයද අතගාගෙන රට යනරෝමය ගිනිගනිද්දී වීණා වාදනය කළ නීරෝ මෙන් රට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/21)
ඇමති මණ්ඩලයේ සාමුහික වගකීමක් ගැන කතා කරන්න 20වන සංශෝධනයෙන් පසු ඇමති මණ්ඩලයක් හෝ අගමැතිවරයෙක් පත් කර නෑ....! (19යෙන් පත් වූ ඇමතිවරු 20න් ඉබේ පත් නොවන බවත් මේ වනවිට 20න් ඇමති මණ්ඩලයක් පත් කර නැති බවත් වලංගු ඇමති මණ්ඩලයක් නැති තැන සාමූහික වගකීමක් නැති බවත් මෙම ලිපියෙන් පෙන්වා දේ) 19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයේ 1.(3) වන වගන්තිය මෙන් විධිවිධානයක් 20 වන ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයේ ඇමති මණඩලය පරිච්ඡේදයේ (VIII) ඇමතිවරුන්ට නැත. එනම් 19න් පත් වූ ඇමතිවරුන්ට 20න් ඇමතිවරු වීමට අන්තර්කාලීන විධිවිධානයක් ඇතුලත් කිරීමට 20 සංශෝධනය ක්‍රියා කර නැත. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/21)
කිසිදු ආනයනයකට ඩොලර් නිදහස් කිරීම වැලැක්වීම තුලින් මහා භාණ්ඩාගාර මුට්ටියේ දන්කුඩ ටිකක් හූරා ජනවාරි 18 ට පෙර ඩොලර් මිලියන 500 ක ණය පියවීම තුලින් පමණක් ශ්රී ලංකාව බංකොලොත් භාවයෙන් මුදවා ගත නොහැකි යැයි හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් පවසයි. ජාත්‍යන්තර ෆිච් ආයතනය ලංකාව බංකොලොත් භාවයට ආසන්නම තැනට ලංකාවේ ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරිම් පහත හෙලා තියෙනවා. මේ තත්වය 2022 ජනවාරි පළමු සතියේ අති විය හැකි බව අනුමාන කරනු ලැබූවා. අද වන විට අතශ්‍යවශ්‍ය භාණ්ඩ සඳහා ණයවර ලිපි සඳහා ඩොලර් මිලියන 800 ක ඉල්ලීම් මහ බැංකුව වෙත ලැබි තියෙනවා. හැබැයි ඒ කිසිවක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/21)
නුවරඑළිය කාල්ටන් පෙර පාසලේ පැවති නත්තල් කැරොල් ගී ප්‍රසංගය නැරඹීම සඳහා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඊයේ (17) පස්වරුවේ එක්ව සිටියේය. ප්‍රසංගයට එක්වූ කාල්ටන් පෙර පාසලේ දූ දරුවෝ කැරොල් ගීත සුමිහිරිව ගායනා කරමින් නත්තල් සිරිය කැන්ඳුහ. නත්තල් කැරොල් ගී ගායනා කළ කාල්ටන් පෙර පාසලේ දූ දරුවන් සමඟ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ද නත්තල් මිහිර බෙදා ගත්තේය. කාල්ටන් පෙර පාසලේ විදුහල්පති හා අධ්‍යක්ෂිකා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආර්යා ශිරන්ති වික්‍රමසිංහ රාජපක්ෂ මහත්මිය මෙම ප්‍රසංගය අවසානයේ දූ දරුවන්ට ත්‍යාග ප්‍රදානය කළාය. මෙම අවස්ථාවට නුවරඑළිය නගරාධිපති චන්දන ලාල් කරුණාරත්න, හිටපු නගරාධිපති මහින්ද දොඩම්පේගමගේ මහත්වරු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/21)
හොකී සම්මේලනයට නව මූලස්ථානයක් ලබාදී හොකී ක්‍රීඩා පිටි සංවර්ධනය කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් වූ අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුම අත්සන් තැබීමෙන් අනතුරුව පසුගියදා (15) ටොරින්ටන් හි පිහිටි හොකී ක්‍රීඩාගාර පරිශ්‍රයේ දී තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව පැවසීය. ලාංකේය හොකී ක්‍රීඩාවේ ප්‍රගමනය වෙනුවෙන් සහ ක්‍රීඩකයන්ගේ පරිපාලන කටයුතු සඳහා ක්‍රීඩා සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව සතු ටොරින්ටන් හි පිහිටි කෘත්‍රිම හොකී තණතිල්ල සමග ගොඩනැගිල්ල (Astro Turf Complex) ශ්රී ලංකා හොකී සම්මේලනයේ ප්‍රධාන මූලස්ථානය ලෙස හොකී සම්මේලනය වෙත ලබාදීම මෙහිදි අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අතින් සිදුවිය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/21)
මා ආනන්දයට ඇතුළත් වූයේ ඩග්ලස් වික්‍රමරත්න පාසලෙන් අස්ව ගොස් අවුරුදු හය හතරකට පසුවය. නමුත් එතරම් කල් ගතවීත් ඩග්ලස් ගැන නොදන්නා කිසිවකු අපේ ආනන්දයේ සිටියේ නැත. ආනන්දයේ ඉංග්‍රීසි හා සිංහල විවාද කණ්ඩායම් දෙකේම නායකත්වය දැරූ ඩග්ලස් ගැන ගුරුවරු නිතර වර්ණනා මුඛයෙන් කතා කළේය. “ඔය ළමයි ඩග්ලස් වික්‍රමරත්න වගේ සිංහල හා ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් චතුර ලෙස කතා කරන්න ඉගෙන ගත්තොත් මුළු ලෝකයම ජය ගන්නට ඔයාලට බැරි නැහැ” යි අපට සිංහල ඉගැන්වූ බර්ටි විජේසිංහ ගුරුතුමා නිතර කීවේය. ඩග්ලස් වික්‍රමරත්න ආනන්දයේ දිලෙන තරුවක් වූයේ වාග් චාතූර්යයෙන් රන් පදක්කමක් දිනූ නිසා පමණක් නොවේ.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/21)
අප ජාතියක් ලෙස අද සිටින්නේ 1977 සිට ආ විවෘත ආර්ථික ගමනේ කෙළවරක බවත් එම වැරදි සංවර්ධන මොඩලයට එරෙහිව, ජාතික ආර්ථිකය ශක්තිමත් කරන, නිෂ්පාදනය බලගන්වන, දෑහිතකාමීත්වය මත පදනම් වුණු, ලක්වාසී සියලු ජනී ජනයා සංවිධානාත්මකව හා ඥානාන්විතව පෙළගස්වමින් මේ රට ගොඩනගන, ජනයා සමග තදින් බැඳුණු පාලනයක් කරා මේ රට යොමු කර ගැනීමේ නව ගමනක උත්පත්තියක් බවට මේ මොහොත පත්කර ගැනීම මෙරට සියලු සජ්ජනයන්ගේ වගකීම බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, කර්මාන්ත අමාත්‍ය විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසා සිටියි. ඇහැලියගොඩ මෝරගල සුවින්රා උත්සව ශාලාවේ දී ‘යුගදනවි ගනුදෙනුව, ආණ්ඩුවේ විනිවිදභාවය හා ජීවන වියදම” යන මාතෘකා යටතේ ගොඩනැඟුණු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/21)
ඔබ හිතනව ද වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව ඔබ වැනි ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨයන්ට නිසි තැන දෙනවා කියලා? ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨකමට වඩා ප්‍රශ්නේ තියෙන්නේ අඩු ම ගානේ අපේ උගත්කමට සලකන්නෙව ත් නෑනෙ. පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ තිබූ අය-වැය විවාදය මසකට ආසන්න කාලයක් තිබුණා. මම මට ගෝචර අමාත්‍යංශ කිහිපයක් ඉල්ලුවා. මට බලශක්ති එකේ විනාඩි 10ක් දුන්නා. සාමාන්‍ය විවාදෙට විනාඩි 10ක් දුන්නා. අධ්‍යාපනයට කොහොම ත් උත්තර දෙන්න එපැයි. එතැන විනාඩි පහළොවක් තිබුණත් අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යංශය ගැන කතා කරන්න ලැබුණෙ නෑ. අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යංශයේ වැය ශීර්ෂය ගැන කතා කරපු කථිකයන්ගෙන් විශේෂයෙන් ම සමහරු ඊළඟ සුමානෙ වෙනකොට එක්කෝ මහෙස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණයෙ, නැත්නම් මහාධිකරණයෙ විත්ති කූඩුවට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/21)
Latest CBSL data shows Sri Lanka's GDP contracted by negative 1.9% in the last quarter (quarter 3) of 2021. However, the worst is yet to come when $1.5 billion has to be repaid in a month on top of existing problems. Another further $5.7 billion has to be settled next year in loan repayments and interest on them. This means 2022 will be a worse year than 2021 which is already the worst in history. Sadly, economic problems are a precursor to military, terrorism, extremism related problems. The sudden collapse of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/21)
(AFP) International ratings agency Fitch downgraded Sri Lanka Saturday by one notch to “CC” due to mounting fears of a sovereign default on its $26 billion foreign debt. The downgrade came a day after Sri Lanka reported a 1.5 percent contraction in the third quarter of this year as a foreign exchange crisis wrecked its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. https://youtu.be/6X-o5Uf5F4U Fitch said the downgrade reflected its view of an “increased probability of a default event in coming months” as Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves slumped to $1.58 billion at the end of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/21)
18 Dec 2021 A bouquet of flowers to Dr Deshai Boteju for explaining the LPG fiasco in Sri Lanka so clearly for all to understand. What is most strange is that there is not a word from the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka on the issue! Throughout Sri Lanka major issues with LPG usage in domestic environments cropped up almost overnight. The majority of these incidents came to notice during November and December 2021 and continue to date. Some of the causes of these explosions are blamed on the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/21)
Litro Gas Lanka Limited, one of the largest liquefied petroleum gas suppliers in Sri Lanka, says unloading and distribution of LPG from a latest shipment is currently underway. https://youtu.be/l3gQjfEMY_Q According to the chairman of the company, Mr. Theshara Jayasinghe, two more ships with LP gas, docked near the Kerawalapitiya Terminal, are awaiting the approval of Sri Lanka Standards Institute (SLSI) and Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA). Joining Ada Derana’s BIG FOCUS program earlier today, the Litro chief stated that a total of three ships carrying LP gas have arrived... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
https://youtu.be/GztY7juvpjA Litro Gas Lanka Limited has been given the nod to unload one of the two latest shipments of liquefied petroleum gas. Earlier this week, the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) directed Litro Gas not to unload the latest shipment of LP gas as it does not comply with the SLSI standards. Ada Derana had reported yesterday that the latest shipment of liquefied petroleum (LP) gas that had arrived in Colombo Port for Litro Gas, one of the main suppliers of LPG in Sri Lanka, does not comply with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
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It is reported that the government is focusing on a cabinet reshuffle early next year. Sources stated that several top ministerial posts will be changed accordingly. Meanwhile, political sources stated to the Hiru News team that the President had stated during a recent discussion that he was not happy with the way some ministers are currently acting. Also, some ministers are of the opinion that a cabinet reshuffle is appropriate.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 695 today (December 18) as 187 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 579,134. As many as 547,182 recoveries and 14,734 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 17,200 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director-General of Health Services has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
පොහොර නොමැතිකම හේතුවෙන් මෙවර වී අස්වැන්න 80% කින් පමණ අඩු විය හැකි බවත්,බුසල් 100 ක් අක්කරයට ගන්න පුලුවන් නම් මේ පාර බුසල් 20-25 ක් තියෙයි.ඒ ටිකත් වැඩක් නෑ හාපු කුලිය දෙනකොට ඉවරයි.හාන්න රුපියල් 12000 යි අක්කරයට,කපන්න 12000 යි,එතකොට ණය විතරයි.කෑමටවත් වී ටික මේ කන්නේ ලබා ගන්න බැරි වුණොත් අපි ඔක්කොම ඉවරයි යැයි අනුරාධපුර තිරප්පනය පෑතිස්රඹෑව ගම්මානයේ ගොවීන් රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාට පෙන්වා දුන්හ. ගොවීන් මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටියේ, රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා සමඟ පැවති සාකච්ජාවකදීය.රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ විමධ්‍යගත මුදලින් පෑතිස්රඹෑව එක්සත් අවමංගල්‍යාධාර සමිතිය වෙත ප්ලාස්ටික් පුටු බෙදා දීමට සහභාගී වූ අවස්ථාවේදී පොහොර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
The UK has reported its highest number of daily infections since the pandemic began, and England's chief medical officer has warned that more Covid records will be broken. Speaking at a Downing Street news briefing, Prof Chris Whitty said the Omicron variant was moving at a phenomenal pace and that case numbers would continue to hit new highs over the coming weeks. In that case, infections will reach a level that will exceed testing capacity. So why is it happening and what does it mean for the NHS?... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
Colombo, Dec 17 (newsin.asia) – Spider-Man: No Way Home is already breaking records post-pandemic with immense response kicking in from cinema fans across Sri Lanka. The latest Marvel instalment, Spider-Man: No Way Home is one of the most anticipated films of the year, and fans eager to avoid spoilers are expected to arrive in droves to cinemas this weekend. The ticket sales for the blockbuster movie opened two weeks in advance at SAVOY Cinemas. The movie lovers who were keen on a cinematic experience have started to storm the theatres with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
A group led by Cabinet ministers Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila campaigning against the Yugadanavi deal is holding a public meeting today (14) at Eheliyagoda to step up pressure on the government to scrap the questionable deal. The group launched its campaign on 29 October at the Solis Hall, Pita Kotte, where it vowed to oppose the agreement detrimental to the country. The SLFP, the second largest party in the government parliamentary group with 14 members, would be represented by its General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekera, organisers of today’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
The Attorney General today (December 17) informed the Supreme Court that affidavits filed by three ministers with regard to the Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions challenging the Yugadanavi Power Plant agreement are unconstitutional. https://youtu.be/jS91fX0uqTM The affidavits had been submitted by Ministers Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila. The petitions were called before Supreme Court’s five-judge bench consisting of Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya and Justices Buwaneka Aluvihare, Priyantha Jayawardena, Vijith Malalgoda and L.T.B. Dehideniya earlier today. The FR petitions were put forward by the Archbishop of Colombo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 715 today (December 17) as 177 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 578,439. As many as 546,839 recoveries and 14,720 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 16,800 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director-General of Health Services has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
The Public Service Commission on Friday (December 17) insisted that it has not directed the Health Ministry’s Secretary to pay the arrears of Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen who was sent on compulsory leave from May 24, 2019, over allegations of performing illegal sterilization operations. However, the Health Ministry reiterated that the Director of Kurunegala Teaching Hospital was instructed to pay Dr. Shafi’s salary arrears based on a notice issued by the Public Service Commission on November 30. In a letter, dated December 06, the Secretary to the Health Ministry Dr. S. H. Munasinghe... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
The Court of Appeal has directed the two largest suppliers of liquefied petroleum gas in Sri Lanka - Litro Gas Lanka Limited and Laugfs Gas PLC – to only distribute products that are in compliance with the standards approved by Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI). https://youtu.be/-JKvgP7KN0A This interim order was issued by Appeals Court Judges Ruwan Fernando and Sampath Wijeratne when the writ application filed by public interest litigation activist Nagananda Kodituwakku was taken up this morning. In his petition, Kodituwakku also sought the Appeals Court to direct... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
Companies that import chemical fertilizers stated that farmers will have to pay 30 to 40 percent more for other crops, including paddy, as the government will no longer subsidize chemical fertilizers. Sujeewa Walisundera, Secretary of the Special Fertilizer Importers' Association, stated that the government has not yet paid around Rs. 27 billion due to companies for fertilizer subsidies for the past three years. Meanwhile, agitations were held in several parts of the island today to protest against the lack of fertilizer for their crops.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
Secretary to the Ministry of Technology Jayantha De Silva stated that he has given permission to unload Litro gas. He stated this after he tested the gas samples on board the ship. https://youtu.be/MohapbgTvIc The filling and distribution of gas cylinders will commence as usual from tomorrow (18), Litro Gas said. Litro stated that it will commence the distribution of gas as it currently complies with the standards of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
https://youtu.be/MohapbgTvIc A special discussion on the gas crisis is scheduled to be held on 21 December under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. It is reported that the ministers in charge of the subject, as well as the heads of the gas companies, are scheduled to participate in the discussion and a number of decisions are to be taken there. Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka Bureau of Standards has decided that the propane content of a domestic gas cylinder sold in Sri Lanka should be 30... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/21)
Sri Lanka is facing what is arguably its most challenging external financing crisis. Gross Official Reserves have declined to USD 1.6 bn as at end-November. Repayments over the subsequent 12 months amount to about USD 7 billion. The authorities have responded with import and capital controls as well as a fixed exchange rate based on moral suasion by the CBSL and rationing of foreign exchange by the commercial banks. This has resulted in a scarring of the economy which will inevitably have an adverse impact on growth, employment and incomes. Inflation is rising and is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/21)
The visiting U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Kanni Wignaraja called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa last evening at Temple Trees and discussed a range of issues, including Sri Lanka’s vaccination program. “You have a very good vaccine program,” Ms. Wignaraja said. After mention of the fact that Sri Lanka has also started administering COVID vaccine booster shots, she pointed out that many countries who have started the booster shots are seeing an increase in tourist arrivals. The Prime Minister noted that tourism is slowly starting to pick up once again in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/21)
පළාත් මට්ටමේ පාසල් සත් සාමාජික රග්බි තරගාවලියට ඩයලොග් ආසියාටා පුද්ගලික සමාගමේ පූර්ණ අනුග්‍රාහකත්වය ලබාදීම සම්බන්ධව දැනුම්වත් කිරීමේ මාධ්‍ය හමුවට එක්වෙමින් ඊයේ (14) දින තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ඩන්කන් වයිට් ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේ දී අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව පැවසීය. මෙම සත් සාමාජික රග්බි තරගාවලිය ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශයේ රග්බි උපදේශක කමිටුවේ නිර්දේශ මත අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශයේ මෙහෙයවීමෙන් සහ සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශයේ සෞඛ්‍ය මාර්ගෝපදේශවලට යටත්ව ශ්රී ලංකා පාසල් රග්බි සංගමය විසින් සංවිධානය කරනු ලබයි. තරගාවලිය 2021 දෙසැම්බර් 18 සිට 31 දක්වා පැවැත්වේ. ක්‍රීඩකයින් ඔවුන්ගේ පාසල් විසින් අධීක්ෂණය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/21)
ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලයට ලක්ෂ ගණන් වැටුප් ගෙවා අලුත් සාමාජිකයන් බඳවා ගෙන ඇති බවත් කෝප් කමිටුව මේ පිළිබඳව ප්රශ්න කළ බවත් විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා පැවසීය. මේ රටේ බදු ගෙවන ජනතාවගේ මුදලින් නඩත්තු වෙන එම නිලධාරීන් ආයෝජනය මණ්ඩලය බලාපොරොත්තුවන ඉල්ලක්ක සපුරා ඇත්දැයි කෝප් කමිටුව සොයා බැලූ බවත් ඒ හේතුකොටගෙන ආණ්ඩුවේ ඉහළ බලධාරීන් ඒ පිළිබඳව නොසතුටට පත්ව ඇති බවත් විපක්ෂ නායකතුමා පැවසීය. මිලියන 3352 මුදලක් ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලයේ වියදම් කළ ආකාරය පිළිබඳව කෝප් කමිටුව ප්රශ්න කළ බවත්, කෝප් කමිටුවේ මේ ප්රශ්න කිරීම් වලට ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපතිවරයා ඇතුළු අධ්යක්ෂ මණ්ඩලය අකමැති වූ බව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/21)
Prorogation of Parliament by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sparked a political debate with many interpreting it in different ways. It appears to have caused dissension within the government with MP Anura Priyadarshana Yapa being skeptical about the move and making remarks openly. Every President who served in the past prorogued Parliament, but the timing of the present prorogation with no logical reason left the scope for interpretation of it in different ways. What is plausible is that it was done to get rid of the heads of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/21)
Supporters of Sri Lanka's President-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa cheer near the Election Commission office in Colombo [S Kodikara/AFP] Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka was infested by a pandemic of a different kind: An outbreak of borderline racism and boundless populist irrationality. The carriers and incubators of that pathogen are now the stakeholders of the current government. Then in the opposition, they spread a mass hysteria laced with racist dog-whistling, conspiracy theories and promises to fix it all through the pie in the sky economic policies and an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/21)
The Sri Lanka Standards Institution has convened a special meeting on 20 December to decide on the composition of a domestic gas cylinder. Manohara Jayasinghe, Senior State Counsel appearing for the Consumer Affairs Authority and the Sri Lanka Standards Institution, made this statement when the petition filed seeking an inquiry into the accidents due to gas leaks were taken up in Court today (16). Litro Gas today filed an affidavit in the Court of Appeal stating that only domestic gas approved by the Consumer Affairs Authority and the Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/21)
The Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Ajith Nivard Cabraal today (December 16) cleared the air about the rumours that claimed there has been a change in exchange rate policy. In a tweet, the CBSL chief dismissed the rumours as ‘fake’.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/21)
The Ministry of Health has given instructions to pay the salary arrears of Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen who was sent on compulsory leave from May 24, 2019, over allegations of performing illegal sterilization operations. This was conveyed in a letter directed to the Director of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital by the Secretary to the Health Ministry Dr. S. H. Munasinghe on Dec. 06. https://youtu.be/_4ymfmVHwhc Accordingly, Dr. Shafi will be paid the arrears of his salary for the period he was sent on compulsory leave. Dr. Munasinghe has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/21)
The Supreme Court has postponed the hearing of Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions challenging the Yugadanavi Power Plant agreement until 10.00 a.m. tomorrow (December 16). The applications were called before a five-judge bench consisting of Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya and Supreme Court Justices Buwaneka Aluvihare, Priyantha Jayawardena, Vijith Malalgoda and L.T.B. Dehideniya is taking up the petitions this morning. https://youtu.be/RZlhZylyIHg President’s Counsel Manohara de Silva presented submissions on behalf of several trade unions including the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU). The petitions were filed seeking a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/21)
The Colombo High Court today ordered to acquit and release interdicted Magistrate Thilina Gamage from the case filed over the illegal possession of an elephant calf. Delivering the decision today, Colombo High Court Judge Damith Thotawatte stated that the prosecution has failed to prove the allegations against the defendant Thilina Gamage beyond a reasonable doubt. Therefore the court ordered to acquit and release him from the case, Ada Derana reporter said. However, the court decided not to acquit the other defendants named in the case including the former Assistant Director of the Wildlife... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/21)
The Agriculture Ministry and the Health Ministry have decided to set up a special task force to study and submit a report on the effects of chemical pesticides and fertilizers on humans. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Ministers Keheliya Rambukwella and Mahindananda Aluthgamage at the Health Ministry. During the meeting, it was noted that the said task force should consist of an independent team of experts representing multiple sectors and that a comprehensive study should be conducted on the matter. Accordingly, the Director-General of Health Services... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/21)
The Health Ministry reports that 758 new coronavirus positive cases have been identified within today (16). The new cases include 03 returnees from overseas while the total number of Covid-19 infected patients currently undergoing treatment is 16,528. The tally of confirmed cases of Covid-19 detected in the country climbs to 577,724 with this. The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 21 coronavirus related deaths for December 15, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus to 14,698. The deaths confirmed today reportedly include... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/12/21)
The lesson taught by the failure of our parliament to register a prompt united response of unqualified condemnation against the occurrence of the Sialkot savagery committed in the name of religion should never be forgotten by all patriotic Sri Lankans. My hunch is that ordinary Sri Lankans whose hearts bled for Priyantha Kumara, the victim of that sadistic barbarity, would have reasonably expected all the MPs to unite against murderous Islamism that led to his ordeal, following the example of all Muslim MPs having stood by their fellow Muslim MP Rishad Badiuddeen who was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/12/21)
කාබනික වගාව ප්‍රචලිත කිරීමේ අරමුණින් අනුරාධපුර මිහින්තලය ගොවිජන සේවා බල ප්‍රදේශයේ ගොවි සංවිධාන වෙත තණ කොළ කපන යන්ත්‍ර බෙදා දීම රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් සිදු කෙරිණි. වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුවේ සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම ප්‍රථිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනයට අනුව කාබනික වගාව ප්‍රචලිත කිරීමේ අරමුණින් වල් මර්ධනය කිරීම සදහා වල් නාශක කෘමිනාශක භාවිතය අවම කරවීම මෙහි අරමුණයි. ගොවි සංවිධාන වෙත තණ කොළ කපන යන්ත්‍ර නොමිලේ ලබා දීම මෙහෙදී සිදු කෙරුණු අතර, ගොවි සංවිධාන වෙත ලබා දුන් මෙම තණ කොළ කපන යන්ත්‍ර ගොවි සංවිධානයේ සියලු ගොවීන්ට භාවිතයට ගත හැක. ගොවි සංවිධාන වෙත ලබා දුන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/12/21)
ආණ්ඩුවක් විදිහටයි, කෘෂිකර්ම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විදිහටයි, පොහොර ලේකම් කාර්යාලය විදිහටයි ගත්ත තීන්දුව තාම ක්‍රියාත්මක කර ගන්න බැරි වෙලා තියෙනවා. ලංකාව ඇතුලේ තියෙන පොහොර ටික ඉක්මනට බෙදා දෙන්න පුලුවන්කම තියෙන්න එපැයි. දෙනවා කියලා කිව්වට තාම ගොවීන් අතට පොහොර ලැබිලා නෑ .කොච්චර රෑට ටී.වී එකේ කිව්වත් සේරම හරි දෙනවා - වෙලාවට දෙනවා කිව්වට.ඇත්ත කථාව බිමේ ගොවිමහත්වරු ගාව මේක නෑ.හරි වෙලාවට මේක නැති වුණාට පස්සේ ආයේ මේක දුන්නට වැඩක් නෑ යැයි රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටියේ අනුරාධපුර මිහින්තලය ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශයේ පහළහල්මිල්ලෑව අවමංගල්‍යාධාර සමිතිය වෙත විමධ්‍යගත අරමුදලින් ප්ලාස්ටික් පුටු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/12/21)
ම්රිය සේවකයන් විසින් අද ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන ලද වැඩවර්ජනය හේතුවෙන් බොහෝ පිරිසක් අපහසුතාවයට පත් විණි. පිටකොටුවේ දුම්රිය ස්ථානයේ සිටි විදේශීය සංචාරකයන්ද මාධ්‍ය වෙත අදහස් පළ කරමින් චෝදනා එල්ල කළහ. https://youtu.be/WKsnYs5n1V0 වර්ජනයක් ක්‍රියාත්මක වන්නේ නම් ප්‍රවේශ පත්ර අලෙවි කලේ කුමක් නිසාදැයි ඔවුන් ප්රශ්න කලහ. නිවාඩුව ගත කිරීමට ආසියා පැසිපික් කලාපයේ ඔ්නෑ තරම් ස්ථාන ඇති බවටත් ඔවුන් කියා සිටියහ. ශ‍්‍රි ලංකාවට කිසිවෙකුට සංචාරයට පැමිණෙන්නේ නම් තමන්ගේම වාහනයක් රැගෙන එන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටින බවද එක් සංචාරකයකු මාධ්‍ය වෙත කියා සිටියේ ය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/21)
Central Bank ruled out the need to strike any arrangement with the International Monetary FUND(IMF) to tide over the current foreign exchange crisis. Its Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal told Daily Mirror that certain measures had been taken to ensure non-debt inflows, repatriation of export proceeds and remittances, and those would be sufficient to deal with the present requirements. Asked whether the Central Bank proposed further curbs on imports, he said such a proposal had not been made. “It would have been an idea by the Finance Ministry. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/21)
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circular has been issued to extend the retirement age of public sector employees to 62 years. The communiqué published by the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, S. R. Attygalle will accordingly come into effect from January 01, 2022. The current retirement age of public sector employees is 57 years. However, if any individual wishes to serve beyond the age of 57, he or she will be allowed to serve until the age of 62 years, without requesting an extension of service. As per the circular, any officer can retire... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/21)
The Health Ministry says that 772 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus within today (15). This includes two returnees from overseas while the rest are associated with the New Year Covid-19 cluster. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of the virus reported in the country to 576,966. Approximately 16,186 patients infected with Covid-19 are persistently undergoing treatment across the island. The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 20 more coronavirus-related deaths for December 16, increasing the death toll in the country due to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/21)
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) states that it is problematic for a single witness to sign the Kerawalapitiya Yugadanavi power plant agreement on behalf of both Sri Lanka and the United States. Former Member of Parliament Sunil Handunnetti made several other revelations regarding the agreement at a press conference convened in Colombo today https://youtu.be/p_nJZtRETmg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/21)
A group led by Cabinet ministers Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila campaigning against the Yugadanavi deal is holding a public meeting today (14) at Eheliyagoda to step up pressure on the government to scrap the questionable deal. The group launched its campaign on 29 October at the Solis Hall, Pita Kotte, where it vowed to oppose the agreement detrimental to the country. The SLFP, the second largest party in the government parliamentary group with 14 members, would be represented by its General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekera, organisers of today’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/21)
Making another revelation with regard to the Yugadanavi agreement, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today said that the same person has signed as the witness for both sides representing the Government and the US Company. https://youtu.be/p_nJZtRETmg Former JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti told a news conference that they could imagine why the agreement was not presented in Parliament. "According to clause 35 of the agreement, Finance Ministry Secretary Sujith Ruchira Attygalle has signed on behalf of the Government. Former power Ministry Secretary M.M.C. Ferdinando, who is said... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/21)
ඉතිහාසය පුරාම පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ වාර අවසන් කිරීම අධ්‍ය්‍යනය කළ යුත්තේ, ඒ වන විට පැවති දේශපාලන, අර්ථික ගැටළු සමඟය. මෑත ඉතිහාසයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව වාර අවසන් කළ සෑම අවස්ථාවක දී ම රටේ දේශපාලන අර්බුදයක්, ආර්ථික අර්බුදයක් හෝ පාලක පක්ෂයට නැතිනම් පුද්ගලිකව ජනාධිපතිවරයාට විසඳාගැනීමට අර්බුදයක් තිබුණේය. ඕනෑම දැවෙන ප්‍රශ්නයකට විසඳුම් සොය ගැනීමට කාලය මාස 2 ක කාලයක් ලබා ගැනීමේ මාර්ගය ‘පාර්ලිමේන්තුව වාර අවසන් කිරීම‘ ලෙස පාලකයින් දැක ඇත. උපක්‍රමයක් ලෙස භාවිත කොට ඇත. ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා 2021 දෙසැම්බර් 12 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුව වාර අවසන් කිරීම ද ආර්ථික හා දේශපාලන අර්බුදයෙන් ගොඩ ඒමට කාලය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/21)
පුද්ගලික අංශයට අවශ්‍යය තරම් රසායනික පොහොර ආනයනයට අවසර දුන්නද, පොහොර වල මිල මේ වන විට පස්ගුණයින් පමණ ඉහළ යාම හේතුවෙන් පොහොර ආනයනය කර විකුණාගත නොහැකි වේයැයි බියෙන් සමාගම් රසායනික පොහොර ගෙන්වීමට මැලිකමක් දක්වන බව රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටියේ, අනුරාධපුර තිරප්පනය, උලන්කුළම ගොවි සංවිධානයේ නියෝජිතයන් සමඟ පැවති සාකච්ජාවකදීය.මෙම සාකච්ජාව උලංකුළම මරණාධාර සමිති ශාලාවේදී පැවැත්විණි. එහිදී ගොවි නියෝජිතයන් අමාත්‍යයවරයාට කරුණු දක්වමින් කියා සිටියේ, තිරප්පනය ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් බල ප්‍රදේශය තුළ බඩඉරඟු වගාවට ඔබතුමාගේ මැදිහත්වීම තුළ යම්කිසි ප්‍රමාණයක් යූරියා පොහොර ලබා දීම සිදු වෙලා තියෙනවා.නමුත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/21)
කොරෝනා වෛරසයට මුහුණදීම සදහා වන එන්නත්කරණ වැඩසටහන ඉදිරියට ගෙන යන අතරවාරයේදී ජනතාවගේ ප‍්‍රතිශක්තීකරණය වර්ධනය කිරීම සදහා වන දේශීය විසදුම් වෙත යොමුවිය යුතු බවටත් ඒ හරහා විදේශ විනිමය අර්බුදයට විසදුම් සෙවිය යුතු බවටත් යෝජනා කරමින් කොවිඩ් මරණ වැළැක්වීමේ එකමුතුව විසින් ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා වෙත සංදේශයක් යොමු කරනු ලැබුවේය. ප‍්‍රතිශක්තිකරණය වර්ධනය කිරීම සදහා වන දේශීය වශයෙන් වන ආහාර අතිරේකයන් තුළින් විදේශ වෙත ඇදී යන මුදල් ප්රමාණය සීමා කරගැනීමට හැකියාව ලැබෙනු ඇති බවත්, විදේශ සංචිත අර්බුදය විසදා ගැනීමේදී එය සුබදායී ලෙස බලපානු ඇති බවත් එම සංදේශයේ සදහන් විය. දේශිය හා බටහිර වෛද්‍යවරුන්, රසායන විද්‍යාඥයින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/21)
බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා, මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශය, කොළඹ - 01. ගරු මුදල් අමාත්‍යතුමනි, රාජ්ය නිලධාරීන් සඳහා යතුරුපැදි ලබා දීමට ප්රමාණවත් මුදල් වෙන්කර එම යෝජනාව කඩිනමින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටිමු. පසුගිය නොවැම්බර් 12 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කර 2021 දෙසැම්බර් 10 දින සම්මත වූ 2022 වර්ෂයට අදාළ අයවැය යෝජනාවක් ලෙස රාජ්ය නිලධාරීන්ට යතුරුපැදි ලබාදීම සඳහා රු. මිලියන 500 (ලක්ෂ 50 000) මුදලක් වෙන් කර ඇත. රාජ්ය නිලධාරීන් සඳහා යතුරුපැදි ලබාදීමට එම මුදල් ප්රමාණවත් නොවන අතර ඒ සඳහා ප්රමාණවත් මුදලක් වෙන් කර එම යෝජනාව කඩිනමින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන මෙන් අප පළමුව ඉල්ලා සිටිමු. 2013... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/21)
The Sri Lankan government today said it has decided to pay USD 6.7 million to the Chinese fertilizer company that had shipped the disputed fertilizer consignment, on the advice of the Attorney General’s Department. According to Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage, the payment includes the cash deposit of USD 5 million placed by the company. https://youtu.be/0okm_aA7NvA The minister added that the company, China-based Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group, has been requested to re-manufacture the fertilizer to comply with the required standards. The fertilizer shipment in question was under... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
The Court of Appeal has ordered Litro Gas Lanka Limited to brief the judge bench of the potential to display the composition on domestic gas cylinders by tomorrow (December 15). A writ application filed by public interest litigation activist Nagananda Kodituwakku seeking a court order directing Litro Gas Lanka and Laugfs Gas PLC, the two largest LP gas suppliers in Sri Lanka, to recall domestic gas cylinders released to the market was taken up earlier today. It was called before Appeals Court Judges Ruwan Fernando and Sampath Wijeratne. During the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
The latest ship that arrived in Colombo with liquefied petroleum (LP) gas for Litro does not comply with the required level of ethyl mercaptan, Ada Derana learns. https://youtu.be/MmcWfL8aqMM According to sources, Sri Lanka may reject this LP gas shipment. A final decision in this regard is expected to be taken by the technical committee later this morning. Ethanethiol, commonly known as ethyl mercaptan, is added to natural gas as an odorant, usually in mixtures containing methane. It is what makes propane gas smell and is an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 762 today (December 14) as 180 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 576,194. As many as 545,768 recoveries and 14,661 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 15,700 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director-General of Health Services has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
Omicron: Boris Johnson announces Plan B Covid rules for EnglandClose Boris Johnson has announced a toughening of restrictions in England to slow the spread of Covid and its Omicron variant. They include wearing a mask in theatres and cinemas from Friday, and asking people to work at home from Monday if they can.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
Health Secretary Sajid Javid tells MPs Omicron represents 20% of Covid cases in EnglandHospitalisations and deaths, he adds, are expected to "dramatically increase" in the next few weeksIn response, England and Scotland have set new targets to give boosters to all eligible adults who want one by the end of the monthThere have been long queues at walk-in vaccination sites and the NHS booking site has experienced technical problems due to demandFree lateral flow tests appear to have run out for people to order online but Boris Johnson says there are "ample supplies" in pharmaciesOne person... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
acses.org Courtesy Island
Recent explosions and gas leak accidents related to domestic LP gas cylinders have created an environment of fear, anxiety, and social unrest throughout the country. More than 400 explosions and gas leak incidents have been reported during the first week of December 2021. In addition, a large number of observations have been made with respect to leaking gas cylinder valves. The reported accidents and incidents can be divided into four major categories: (a) Sudden gas explosions inside houses and building,... -Full Story-
OLYMPIC AND POLITICS
The Olympic games have been subjected to politics since 1936, the refusal of some Western countries to boycott the Winter Olympics (2022) in China is the newest politics and China has reacted that countries like Australia, the US, Canada and New Zealand would be subjected to consequences, and the politics in Olympics might lead to economic relationships and what would be the measures that China has planned to implement is not clear. Politics in Olympic games is a less emphasis point, however, the story of politics in Olympic games would provide a broader knowledge about... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
Sri Lanka, Cambodia And Bangladesh Under US Sanctions: The Limits Of The US's Decision
The couple and their family members will be deemed ineligible to travel to the United States. The United States has imposed sanctions on two Sri Lankan government officials for alleged human rights abuses. The couple and their family members will be deemed ineligible to travel to the United States. The two accused Sri Lankan officials from the United States are Navy officer Chandana Hettiarachchi and former Army Sergeant Sunil Ratnayake. Chandana Hettiarachchi was involved in human rights abuses against at least eight Tamil civilians between 2006 and 2009, the US government said in a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
The recent US sanctions on Bangladesh: The US should look at the human rights situation in its territory first!
When Bangladesh is working to ensure the security for the region including Indian North Eastern part from terrorism, extremism, separatism etc., a recent inappropriate decision by US can hamper the situation. When Bangladesh’s law enforcement and security agencies are working to curb the extremism, terrorism, separatism to bring peace in the region, The US has imposed sanctions on Bangladesh high officials at this time which is very inappropriate. The contribution of Bangladesh’s security and law enforcement agencies are well known to the world. Bangladesh ensured the region including Indian North Eastern part from terrorism, extremism, separatism... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
Release of 10 PTA detainees on bail must become part of process of positive change
In recent days, the government has sent mixed signals with regard to improving the human rights situation in the country. On December 10, on which day International Human Rights Day is celebrated, a civil society organisation in Kandy, the Human Rights Organisation headed by Fr Nandana Manatunga was issued a court order obtained by the police to block it from organising a human rights event on the theme “Ensure the Prisoners their Dignity and Rights to Human Conditions.” A similar event in Puttalam organised by an inter-religious group was subjected to surveillance by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 48 වැනි කොටස- ශාසනික ඉගැනුම
ජාතික අභිවෘද්ධිය උදෙසා ඉලක්කගත අධ්‍යාපනයෙහි අත්‍යවශ්‍ය බව මෙයට පෙර ලිපියෙන් අපි විමසා බැලුවෙමු. එනමුදු, එම විමර්ශනයෙන් අවධාරණය කෙරුණේ ජනරජයේ මූලික සමාජ - ආර්ථික කාර්යයන්ගේ අභිවෘද්ධියට අදාළ වන්නා වූ ඉලක්කගත අධ්‍යාපන වැඩපිළිවෙළ ගැන ය. සියලු මට්ටමේ විශේෂඥයන් බිහිකර ගැනීම, පුහුණු ශ්‍රම බලකායක් ඇති කරගැනීම, නවෝත්පාදන දිරිගැන්වීම, යහපත් ආකල්ප වර්ධනය කරවීම, සියලු දෙනා දේශප්‍රේමයෙන් සන්නද්ධ කරවීම යන කරුණු එහි දී අපගේ සාකච්ඡාවට ලක්විය. එයට අමතරව, මෙම ප්‍රවාදයෙන් අවධාරණය කෙරෙන ජනතාවගේ සාමූහික අයිතිවාසිකම් ප්‍රවර්ධනය වෙනුවෙන් ඉලක්ක කරගත් අධ්‍යාපන වැඩපිළිවෙළක් ද ජනරජය විසින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කළ යුත්තේ ය. මෙයින් අවධාරණය කෙරුණු පළමු සාමූහික හිමිකම වනුයේ බුද්ධ ශාසනය යි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
Thanks goodness for Omicron!
Am I being flippant about something that is of serious concern to the health of the economy and the well being of the citizens? No. It’s sarcasm. Unfortunately, it needs to be labeled for the benefit of those who spin doom’s day scenarios with the unabashed objective of living in political territories closer to their hearts. Pandemics are not for celebration. Covid-19 has taken an immense toll on one and all. It has crippled economies across the globe, a fact largely ignored by those who believe that bad times are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
තානාපතිවරුන්ගේ නත්තල් සුහද හමුව
මෙරට තානාපති හා මහ කොමසාරිස්වරුන් වෙනුවෙන් විදේශ අමාත්‍යාංශය සංවිධානය කළ නත්තල් සුහද හමුව සහ රාත්‍රී භෝජන සංග්‍රහය ඊයේ (12) රාත්‍රීයේ දී කොළඹ ශ්‍රැංග්‍රිලා හෝටලයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආර්යා ශිරන්ති රාජපක්ෂ මහත්මිය මෙම සුහද හමුවට විශේෂ ආරාධිතයෝ ලෙස එක්ව සිටියහ. එළැඹෙන නත්තල් උත්සවයට සමඟාමීව මෙම විශේෂ සුහද හමුව සංවිධානය කර තිබිණි. ඊට එක්වූ තානාපතිවරුන්, මහ කොමසාරිස්වරුන් ඇතුළු තානාපති සේවයේ නිරත උසස් නිලධාරීන් සහ රාජ්ය නොවන සංවිධාන නියෝජිතයන් සමඟ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මෙහි දී සුහඳ කතාබහක නිරත වූයේය. මෙම අවස්ථාවට විදේශ අමාත්‍ය මහාචාර්ය ජී.එල් පීරිස්, අමාත්‍යවරුන්වන නිමල් සිරිපාල... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
Interview: U.S. democracy run by oligarchy, says former UN independent expert
Geneva (Switzerland), December 9: America's democracy is run by an oligarchy, former United Nations independent expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order Alfred-Maurice de Zayas said recently. "In the United States, we really do not have a functioning democracy," de Zayas told Xinhua during an interview outside the Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. "Functioning democracy means that there's a correlation between the will of the people and the policies that affect them," the American-Swiss historian pointed out, saying that whereas "you let the politicians do whatever they... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/12/21)
Suspended Chinese solar power projects will not be given to India : Dr.ramesh
Government spokesman Dr. Ramesh Pathirana dismissed media reports that the solar power generation projects in the north about to be launched by China but abandoned under controversial circumstances would be given to India. He told the media that neither the government discussed it nor the government intends to entrust the construction of a solar power generation project to Adani Group of India as suggested by interested parties. The Chinese Embassy in Colombo has announced that China has decided to suspend the construction of a hybrid solar power (renewable energy)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/21)
Cabraal denies being summoned to Cabinet meeting to discuss IMF
The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Ajith Nivard Cabraal has denied reports that he has been summoned by the Cabinet of Ministers for its meeting today. In a twitter message, the governor said the news reports claiming that he has been summoned by the Cabinet to discuss matters related to seeking the assistance of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were originated by an ‘opposition politician’ and that they are ‘totally fake’. He alleged that this is a part of the opposition’s misinformation campaign to cause uncertainty. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/21)
Daily count of Covid-19 cases climbs to 747 and confirms another 27 deaths
The Health Ministry says that another 195 persons have tested positive for Covid-19, moving the daily count of new cases detected to 747. Two of the coronavirus infected patients identified today are returnees from overseas. This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases reported in the country to 573,649 while approximately 13,575 infected patients are currently undergoing treatment island-wide. The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 27 coronavirus related deaths for December 12, pushing the country’s death toll due to the virus to 14,641. The deaths... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/21)
Sri Lanka: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Suspends Parliament, Goes Singapore
Sri Lanka Parliament was suspended by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, through an extraordinary gazette notification dated December 12, while he left for Singapore on an unscheduled visit. Sri Lanka Parliament was suspended by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, through an extraordinary gazette notification dated December 12, while he left for Singapore on an unscheduled visit. Parliament, which ended its sessions on Friday, was originally set to convene on January 11. It will now convene on January 18. President Rajapaksa, through an extraordinary gazette notification dated December 12,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/21)
Police arrest 18 more main suspects in Sialkot lynching case
Police on Monday claimed to have arrested 18 more main suspects involved in the lynching of 49-year-old Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara in Sialkot. A mob comprising hundreds of protesters, including the employees of the factory Kumara was the manager of, had tortured him to death on December 3 and later burnt his body. A first information report was registered against 900 workers of Rajco Industries on the application of Uggoki Station House Officer Armaghan Maqt under sections 302, 297, 201, 427, 431, 157, 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code and 7 and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/21)
The Travails of Fundamentalist Islam as applicable to the Sialkot Murder
The travails of Fundamentalist Islam is a global scourge that has spread like wildfire around the world sadly because there seems to be no control to curb it by the powers that can effectively do so probably due to apathy and the usual excuse that it is not a global priority which is an irresponsible and unrealistic one, to say the least, if this is the case! The recent gruesome and unwarranted killing of Factory Manager Priyantha Kumara in Sialkot Pakistan must take center stage on the platform of world opinion about the mendacity... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
Ref-SRI LANKA (SINHALADEEPA) ls NOT A MULTI ETHNIC COUNTRY
Dr. Jehan Perera, Executive Director, Naitional Peace Council, No: 12/14, Purana Vihara Road, Colombo - 06. Date - 11.12.2021 Open Letter By Registered Post Dear Sir, SRI LANKA (SINHALADEEPAl ls NOT A MULTI EThNIC COUNTRY I refer to the article that appeared on 16.11.2021 in the Island Newspaper titled "New Constitution needs to reflect Sri Lanka's plurality" by Jehan Perera. The concept of plural nature in Ceylon had been introduced by the British in 1815 under their "Divide & Rule" policy, hence not an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
පළිබෝධ නාශක රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් කෙනෙක් නැති නිසා අනුමැතිය නෑ ආණ්ඩුව ‘නීති විරෝධී බෝට්ටු කෘෂි රසායන‘ වැටලීම් අඩපන කරලා
මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශය විසින් පොහොර සහ කෘෂි රසායන ගෙන්වීමට අනුමැතිය ලබා දෙන ගැසට් පත්ර නිකුත් කර සති දෙකකට වඩා ගතවී ඇති නමුත්, මේ දක්වා පොහොර හෝ කෘෂි රසායන කිසිවක් ආනයනය කර නෑ. කුමන හෝ පළිබෝධ නාශකයක් රටට ගෙන්වන්න නම් පළිබෝධ නාශක රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් ගේ අනුමැතිය අවශ්‍යයි. දැන් සති තුනකට වැඩි කාලයක් රටේ පළිබෝධ නාශක රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් කෙනෙක් නෑ. ඒ නිසා ඉන්දියාවෙන් බෝට්ටු හරහා ගේන ප්‍රමිතියකින් තොර පලිබෝධ නශක වැටලීම් සිදු කරන්නේ නෑ. ඔළුවිල්, වැලිගම, මන්නාරම හා ත්‍රිකුණාමලය හරහා සිදු කරන බෝට්ටු කෘෂි රසායන මාෆියාව කාබනික ලේබල් ගහගෙන හොර බඩු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
Sri Lanka’s registered taxpayers decreased by 33%
Colombo, Dec 12 (News 1st) – Sri Lanka’s number of registered tax payers has dropped by 33.5% between 2019 and 2020. The platform, publicfinance.lk said Sri Lanka’s number of tax payers that stood at 1.7 million in 2019 had dropped to 1.1 million in 2020. The platform further stated that the decline is most probably due to major changes in tax policy introduced in 2019. This includes the increase in thresholds for Value Added Tax (VAT) and the abolition of Pay As You Earn (PAYE) taxes... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
මුදල් ඇමතිට මොල හතක් ඇතැයි කියන්නේ හත සමත් නිසා වෙන්න ඇති…- විජේදාස
මුදල් අමාත්‍යවරයාට මොල හතක් ඇතැයි ඇතැමුන් පවසන්නේ ඔහු 7 සමත් නිසා වන්නට ඇතැයි ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. රටක් ගොඩ දැමීමට එය ප්රමාණවත් නොවන බවත් අඩුම තරමේ දාසය සමත්වී මොල 16ක් වත් තිබිය යුතු බවත් ඔහු පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ පන්නිපිටිය ප්‍රදේශයේ පැවති උත්සව අවස්ථාවකට එක් වීමෙන් පසුව මාධ්‍යවේදීන් අමතමිනි. ඉදිරියේ එළඹෙන සති කිහිපය තුළ අත්‍යවශ්‍ය ආහාර ද්‍රව්‍ය පවා සපයා ගැනීමට නොහැකි තත්ත්වයකට ආණ්ඩුව පත් වනු ඇතැයිද ඔහු පැවසීය. සති දෙක තුනකින් විදේශ සංචිත බින්දුවටම වැටුණු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
India working on urgent economic package to aid Sri Lanka, report says
The plan is to extend credit lines for Sri Lanka to import food, medicine, fuel and other essential items from India, the Economic Times newspaper reported Saturday. File photo of PM Narendra Modi with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa in New Delhi | Bloomberg Mumbai: India is working on an urgent package of assistance for Sri Lanka to help the island nation out of an economic crisis, the Economic Times newspaper reported Saturday, citing officials that it didn’t identify. The measures will cover areas including food and health security,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
One of world's largest and rarest blue sapphires weighing in at 310kg
The stone, discovered in the gem-rich area of Ratnapura, has been dubbed the 'Queen of Asia' A woman walks past the world's largest natural corundum blue sapphire, weighing 310 kilograms CREDIT: DINUKA LIYANAWATTE /REUTERS Sri Lankan authorities on Sunday put on show what they said was the world's largest natural corundum blue sapphire, weighing 310 kilograms, which was found in a gem pit about three months ago. Local gemologists, who have examined the sapphire, said it was one of the rarest gems in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
Common Threads in Lynching
The lynching of Sri Lankan factory manager, Priyantha Kumara (49) in Sialkot, Pakistan on December 3, is but the latest in a long series of mob or vigilante killings in the world. Lynching goes back to the American War of Independence in the 18th Century. It is, therefore, a contribution of the United States, the world’s oldest democracy, ironically. And it survived in the US till as recently as the 1950s and 1960s. Priyantha’s case had all the hallmarks of typical lynching. In lynching, there is always a social, cultural, religious and ethnic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
The Archbishop of Colombo stressed that the authorities should not be allowing the sale of liquor on Christmas when it is banned on Vesak. “Don’t degrade Christmas” - Cardinal’s reaction to Tourism Ministry proposal
His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith today (December 12), responding to a proposal made by the Tourism Ministry, urged the authorities not to devalue Christmas. The Archbishop of Colombo stressed that the authorities should not be allowing the sale of liquor on Christmas when it is banned on Vesak. His remarks came during the feast of the Sacred Heart Church in Bollatha. Citing newspaper reports, the Cardinal said the Tourism Ministry has sought approval to allow the ministry-registered hotels and restaurants to sell liquor on Christmas day. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
Finance Secretary and CB Governor summoned to Cabinet meeting
The meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers scheduled to be held tomorrow (13) will reportedly focus more attention on the foreign exchange reserves crisis the country is currently facing. Secretary to the Finance Ministry Mr. S.R. Attygalle and the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Mr Ajith Nivard Cabraal will also be summoned to the Cabinet meeting. Tomorrow is the first meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers since the government’s Budget for the financial year 2022 was passed in parliament. Meanwhile minister Bandula Gunawardena says that the agreement... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
COVID: 714 infections in total and 19 more Covid deaths recorded today
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 714 today (December 12) as 172 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 572,902. As many as 545,051 recoveries and 14,614 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 13,200 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director General of Health Services... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
Why we need a Marketing Department right now
Perhaps a Paper written and published a decade ago may show why we need a Marketing Department .today Proven Sri Lankan solution - Part IV:
(Ceylon Daily News: 12 th April 2010) Garvin Karunaratne During the red onion season there was a hive of activity and the Assistant Commissioner in Jaffna ran round in circles attending to purchasing red onions and dispatching them by the wagon load to Tripoli as well as to cities like Galle. Once, I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
සුද්දගෙ නීතිය අපිට එපා - හත්වෙනි කොටස
‘President Jayawardena and my close friend, Ronnie de Mel, the Minister of Finance were fooled by the IMF. The IMF has successfully taken Sri Lanka to its grave.’ Garvin Karunaratne, ‘The economic woes of today (2021) go back to 1977,’ Lankaweb, Dec. 4, 2021 ගාර්වින් කරුණාරත්න මහතා විසින් සිය මව්බිමට සේවය කිරීමට නැවත නැවතත් කරණ ඉල්ලීම බීර අලියාට වීනා ගායනා කිරීමක් වැනියයි මට සිතේ. වයි නේෂන්ස් ෆේල් යනුවෙන්, ඇමෙරිකන් ප්‍රොපෙසර්ලා දෙන්නෙක් විසින් ඇන්ග්ලෝ-ඇමෙරිකන් ක්‍රමයට ආවඩමින් 2012 දී ලියන ලද පොතේ (Why Nations Fail), ගාර්වින් පෙන්වන මෙම IMF (+(world bank) මගඩිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
Sialkot police organise walk in solidarity with lynched Sri Lankan’s family
DPO vows to deliver justice to the bereaved family members of Priyantha Kumara Participants of the walk organized by Sialkot police in solidarity with the family of Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara. PHOTO: EXPRESS SIALKOT: Sialkot police on Saturday organised a walk to show solidarity with the family of the Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara, who lynched by a mob in the city earlier this month. The walk was led by Sialkot District Police Officer (DPO) Omar... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
‘Nation united against extremism, terrorism’
LAHORE : Leaders of different faiths while condemning the lynching of Sri Lankan citizen in Sialkot expressed full support for unanimous stance of Muslim scholars against the misuse of blasphemy laws and announced endorsing declaration of Prime Minister Imran Khan and corps commander conference against those misusing blasphemy laws for personal objectives. This was announced by Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East affairs and Chairman Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Hafiz Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi while addressing a press conference following an interfaith meeting with clerics of Christianity, Hinduism,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
For the writ of reason
We have witnessed the impassioned response of the ulema to the Sialkot tragedy, reinforcing the sacred values of peace and tolerance. There was an impressive gathering of some of the most prominent religious leaders and scholars on Tuesday when they visited the Sri Lankan High Commission in Islamabad. A joint declaration emphasised that there was no place for extremism and violence in Islam. All news channels telecast live these proceedings that continued for a considerable time. It appeared to be a well-thought out plan to activate ulema of different religious... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
Yugadanavi power plant deal: Revelations regarding the assessment report
A controversy has arisen regarding the Government Valuation Department issuing an assessment report within a day following an agreement to hand over shares of the Kerawalapitiya Yugadanavi power plant to an American company. Leader of the JVP Anura Kumara Dissanayake presented the agreement to transfer the shares of the Yugadanavi power plant to an American company yesterday. NFE Sri Lanka Power Holdings LLC entered into this agreement on behalf of the New Fortress Energy Company of the United States and Government of Sri Lanka on September 14. >Prior... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
Authorities warn of a possible food shortage
The All Ceylon Dedicated Economic Centres Association states that the current shortage of vegetables in the market will intensify during the forthcoming festive season. Mettika Vithanage, Professor of Natural Resources at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, warns that the country will face a food shortage by next April. According to the management trusts, the prices of vegetables have gone up again with the decrease in the stocks of vegetables received by the economic centres. Accordingly, the supply of vegetables to the Nuwara Eliya Economic Center has decreased by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
No attention paid to the possible food crisis warnings' (Video)
Prof. Meththika Vithanage of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura says that despite warnings being issued to those responsible for a possible food crisis in the future, no one has paid attention to it. In an exclusive interview with our news team she stated that the root cause of the current crisis is the fertilizer problem. https://youtu.be/WcWNHOvT2aQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
Killing of Priyantha: Extremists damage image of Islam and Pakistan
Residents take part in a candle light vigil in Islamabad on Wedmesdau to pay respect to the slain Sri Lankan factory manager. AFP Every time, breaking news of a barbaric crime or terror act is reported from anywhere in the world, peace-loving Muslims the world over feel dejected and wish it had not been another tragedy that will make others glower at them with suspicion as though they too are complicit in the crime. But often, what they dread is the case, for more than 90... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
Planters’ Association requests speedy solution on other agri inputs beyond fertiliser
Advocates the need for collaboration to develop a long-term vision, which can help reduce policy volatility The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) has urged the authorities to provide an urgent solution to facilitate the availability of appropriate herbicides, weedicides, fungicides and pesticides, which are essential for the sustenance and health of the country’s plantation sector. In addition to requesting the Government to fast-track implementation of the decision to allow private fertiliser imports, the PA also highlighted the increasing risk of Sri Lankan tea and rubber plantations facing a similar... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
762 Covid-19 cases and 22 more deaths reported within the day
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 762 today (December 11) as 184 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 572,188. As many as 544,626 recoveries and 14,595 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the COVID-19 outbreak. More than 12,900 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 22 more... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/21)
MAINTAINING DUAL EXCHANGE RATES IN SRI LANKA
Recently, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has announced it will pay Rs.10 more than the official buying rate for US Dollar remittances to Sri Lanka, and people working overseas are confused with the new practice because the new exchange management regime has not shown that currencies, which remit to Sri Lanka other than US dollars are eligible to claim additional local currency incentive in the new regime. The other aspect is whether the Central Bank will charge rupees 10 more than the official rate for the US dollars that going out for various payments.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/12/21)
Pension for Politicians in this country? For what service they have done to the nation
Pension for Politicians in this country? For what service they have done to the nation for the past 73 years after 1948 (with the rare exception of 12 isolated cases) * Or for what they are repeatedly doing even at present to this Paradise on earth, once hailed as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean and the Granary of the East? Or is it for making it second only to Afghanistan in the global poverty index and reducing it to a country that is going round the world with a begging bowl on head?... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/12/21)
“The Gradual Reduction of Anxiety.
Since 1999 Venerable Bhante Y. Wimala has been the head monk and the spiritual teacher of the Theravada Buddhist Center in Nairobi, Kenya. The Center is located in a beautiful suburb of Nairobi called Loresho, just a few miles away from the city center. The center was built by the George Phylnormel Foundation in memory of Mr. George and Mrs. Norma Perera. The premises consist of a residence for monks, a Meditation hall and a traditional Stupa. The center is open every day from 8am to 6.30 pm for public.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/12/21)
‘JAT පින්තාරු ශිල්පී අභිමන්’ වැඩසටහන වෙනුවෙන් JAT හා NAITA අතර අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමක් අත්සන් කිරීම
දෑතේ සවියෙන් කැටයම් මවනා දැව පින්තාරු ශිල්පීන් දිරිගැන්වීමේ අරමුණින් JAT Holdings සහ NAITA එක්ව ආරම්භ කිරීමට නියමිත ‘JAT පින්තාරු ශිල්පී අභිමන්’ වැඩසටහන වෙනුවෙන් විශේෂ අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමක් අත්සන් කිරීම නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්ය අමාත්‍ය, විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය සීතා අරඹේපොල මහත්මියගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් අද (10) දින JAT Holding සමාගමෙහි ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේ දී පැවැත්විණ. නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්ය අමාත්‍යාංශයට අනුබද්ධ ජාතික ආධුනිකත්ව පුහුණු කිරීමේ අධිකාරියේ (NAITA) සහයෝගය ලබා ගනිමින් ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ සිටින දැව පින්තාරු ශිල්පීන්ගේ පෙර දැනුම ඇගැයීමකට ලක්කර (RPL) මෙරට දැව භාණ්ඩ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/12/21)
Prime Minister Rajapaksa Conveys Condolences to Prime Minister Modi on the Death of Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces General Bipin Rawat
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has conveyed his condolences to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the death of the Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces General Bipin Rawat. “It is with profound sorrow that I convey my deepest condolences to the Government and the people of India on the loss of a distinguished son of the nation, General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces, his spouse Madhulika Rawat and 11 staff members in a tragic aircraft crash yesterday,” Prime Minister Rajapaksa said. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
උප්පැන්නයේ සිංහල ජාතිය ඉවත් කිරීම පිටුපස ඉන්නා සැළසුම්කරු ජනාධිපති නීතීඥ අලි සබ්‍රිය......එහි ඉලක්කය බුද්ධාගමට හිමි ප්‍රමුස්ථානය අහිමි කිරීමය
උප්පැන්නයේ සිංහල ජාතිය ඉවත් කිරීම පිටුපස ඉන්නා සැළසුම්කරු ජනාධිපති නීතීඥ අලි සබ්‍රිය......එහි ඉලක්කය බුද්ධාගමට හිමි ප්‍රමුස්ථානය අහිමි කිරීමය... උප්පැන්නයෙන් සිංහල ජාතිය ඉවත් කිරීම ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව උල්ලංඝනය කිරීමේ ඉංග්‍රීසි ජාතිවාදීන්ගේ කුමන්ත්රණයක් පැවතියේය. එහි ඉලක්කය එල්ලවන්නේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 9 වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ පිළිගෙන ඇති බුද්ධාගමට ප්‍රමුඛස්ථානය අහෝසි කිරීමට ය. විදෙස් නීති රටට ගෙනවිත් රට අස්ථාවර කිරීමට උත්සාහ කළ අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශය උප්පැන්නයෙන් සිංහල ජාතිය ඉවත් කිරීමේ සැළසුමේ ඉන්නා බව කිව හැක්කේ ජනාධිපති නීතීඥ අලි සබ්‍රිගේ සිංහල භාෂා විරෝධී අදහස් අනුමත කරන අය මෙයට සම්බන්ධ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) In Bangladesh Towards Peace And Prosperity: Peace Accord In 1997 Paves The Way
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord has entered into two eras. The agreement was signed 24 years ago with the aim of ending the bloody clashes between the Bengalis and the government forces and establishing peace with the tribes and hills of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. After the agreement, it was hoped that if implemented, the winds of peace would blow in the mountains and the economy would gain momentum. In the last 24 years, this hope has been fulfilled. The way of life of the locals has changed. Various development projects undertaken by the government... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Priyantha Kumara case: Special prosecution team from Lahore to visit Sialkot
On Friday, a special prosecution team from Lahore will meet officials of the Sialkot police in the high-profile case of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara who was lynched by a mob. However, the team will visit Rajco Industries and inspect the factory site. The police will provide the prosecution with 12-hour CCTV footage of the incident obtained from over 100 cameras. Furthermore, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has directed the team to ensure that the trial of the suspects is completed as soon as possible and file the case challan in court... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Understanding the history and politics behind Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
Members of a civil society group participate in a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to the Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara, who was lynched by a Muslim mob in Pakistan. AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary A Sri Lankan working in Pakistan, Priyantha Kumara, was lynched by a mob of hundreds of people on Dec. 3, 2021, over allegations of blasphemy, or sacrilegious act. After being assaulted, he was dragged into the streets and set on fire, and the lynching was recorded and shared widely on social media. Such tragic killings in Pakistan over blasphemy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Punjab to conduct slain Lankan’s trial on daily basis
Special cell to be set up by prosecution to monitor case trial Members of the Human Rights Council of Pakistan place oil lamps to pay tribute beside a photograph of late Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara, in Karachi on December 5, 2021, after he was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob who accused him of blasphemy.Image Credit: AFP Islamabad: The provincial government of Pakistan’s Punjab region has decided to conduct the trial pertaining to the mob lynching of Priyantha Kumara, a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Sialkot incident : Will Priyantha’s killers receive maximum punishment ?
On December 3, initial footage of a frenzied mob flocking around an individual on Wazirabad Road, Sialkot in Pakistan eventually beating him to death went viral on social media. The beating continued amidst chants of ‘kaafir ke bachche me Quran ki ayatein dustbin mein fainki hain’ which translates to ‘son of a Kaafir has thrown verses of Quran in the dustbin’. Video evidence thereafter showed how the mob resorted to burning the lifeless body while some spectators took selfies with burning corpse. The victim, Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
US imposes sanctions on two more SL military officers
The United States imposed human right-related sanctions on two more Sri Lankan military officials under Section 7031(c), gross violation of human rights, the US State Department announced on Friday. Those military personnel were: Chandana Hettiarachchi, a Sri Lankan naval intelligence officer, for his involvement in gross violations of human rights, namely, the flagrant denial of the right to liberty of at least eight “Trincomalee 11” victims, from 2008 to 2009. The second person was Sunil Ratnayake, a former Staff Sergeant in the Sri Lanka Army, for his involvement in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Opposition Leader donates Rs.2mn for children of Sialkot victim
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has made two financial donations of Rs. 1 million each for the education of the two children of Priyantha Kumara, who was subject to a gruesome murder in Sialkot, Pakistan. The Opposition Leader made this donation after visiting the victim's house today. In addition to the cash donations, Mr. Premadasa also donated a laptop computer to be used for education of one of Priyantha's children.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
SL won’t seek assistance from anyone; will stabilize foreign reserves on its own: Basil
Sri Lanka will stabilize its foreign reserves on its own and will not seek any assistance from anyone, Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa told Parliament today. Winding up the committee stage debate of the budget in the House, Minister Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka will not seek IMF assistance if its conditions cannot be accepted. “No one will seek a loan from a bank if the conditions it lays to lend is not favorable. Our stance is that we will stabilize our foreign reserves on our own,” he said. “IMF officials... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Vaccination card to be made mandatory when entering public places
The Special Committee on COVID-19 Control today decided to make the vaccination card mandatory when entering public places in the future,President’s Media Division(PMD) said. Legal advice has been sought with regard to preventing those who have not obtained the vaccine from entering public places in order to prevent the spread of the pandemic. Meanwhile, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed the members of the Special Committee on COVID-19 Control to take necessary steps to complete administering booster doses within the next two weeks to control the spread of COVID-19 during the upcoming... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Daily count of COVID cases moves to 754 today and 18 deaths recorded in Sri Lanka
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 754 today (December 10) as 187 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 571,426. As many as 544,200 recoveries and 14,573 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the COVID-19 outbreak. More than 12,600 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Anura says Yugadanavi deal not signed with New Fortress Energy
MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake today (December 10) made a staggering revelation during the parliamentary session regarding the agreement signed for the transferring shares in West Coast Power Limited (WCP) - the owner of Yugadanavi Power Plant - and to develop a new LNG receiving, storage and regasification terminal. https://youtu.be/u_tZMxlL_rM According to the JVP leader, the relevant deal was not signed with the United States-based New Fortress Energy Inc. but with another company. The lawmaker said they had been urging the government for more than a month to table... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Gas-related incidents continue to report from several parts of the island
The Court of Appeal today directed to consider the petition filed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) seeking an inquiry into the dangerous incidents caused by the importation of substandard gas, on 14 December. The order was issued while considering the petition filed by civil society activist, Attorney-at-Law Nagananda Kodithuwakku before the Court of Appeal today. https://youtu.be/c1pRYUC1R4A Minister Bandula Gunawardena, State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna, and the Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Authority as well as the Director of the Sri Lanka Standards Bureau have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Another revelation about the Yugadanavi power plant agreement
Although the front page of the agreement stated that the sale of shares in the Yugadanavi power plant will take place, it will include the transfer of the monopoly power of supplying LNG to all power plants in the country to New Fortress Energy. https://youtu.be/kR_jz7U355Y Also, the Leader of the Jathika Jana Balawegaya, Parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake revealed in Parliament today (10) that the Ministry of Finance has signed the agreement with the New Fortress Energy Company and not with another company which has been approved by the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
HOW DOES SINO- INDIAN CONFLICT NEGATIVELY INFLUENCE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SRI LANKA
The conflict between India and China had not been reported in extended history as we understood, and it recorded in the current era after the independence in 1947, why was an unending conflict originated was also a difficult question to answer, and whether it will be ended soon or later is a vital matter for both countries. The experience of the international arena since the cold war provoked the relationship between India and China. Many analysts doubt the reason for the antagonism and contributory factors to originate between the two countries. Outsiders of the Sino-Indian... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
පොළොන්නරුව සොළොස්මස්ථාන පූජා භූමිය කඩිනම් සංවර්ධනයට පියවර
පොළොන්නරුව ඓතිහාසික සොළොස්මස්ථාන පූජා භූමි සංවර්ධන කටයුතු කඩිනම් කරන ලෙස බුද්ධශාසන ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (09) දින රාජ්ය නිලධාරීන්ට උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. පොළොන්නරුව ඓතිහාසික සොළොස්මස්ථාන පූජා භූමි සංවර්ධන කටයුතු පිළිබඳ සොයා බැලීමේ සාකච්ඡාව අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවති අවස්ථාවේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මේ බව දැනුම් දුන්නේය. සොළොස්මස්ථාන පූජා භූමිය විදුලියෙන් ආලෝකමත් කිරීමේ අවශ්‍යතාවය මෙහිදී අස්ගිරි පාර්ශවයේ අනුනායක මහනුවර ඓතිහාසික ගෙඩිගේ රජමහා විහාරාධිපති හා පොළොන්නරුව සොළොස්මස්ථානාධිපති ශ්‍රාස්ත්‍රපති අතිපූජ්‍ය වෙඬරුවේ උපාලි නාහිමියෝ පෙන්වා දුන්හ. ඒ සඳහා අවශ්‍ය පියවර කඩිනමින් ගන්නා ලෙස විදුලි බල මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති එම්.එම්.සී. ෆර්ඩිනැන්ඩු මහතා වෙත ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Japan Keen on Attracting Skilled Workers from Sri Lanka, New Ambassador Tells Prime Minister Rajapaksa
During his first courtesy call on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa since recently assuming duties in Sri Lanka as the new Ambassador of Japan, Ambassador Mizukoshi Hideaki said that the Government of Japan is interested in attracting skilled workers from Sri Lanka. In the past few years, Sri Lanka and Japan signed two MoUs on both low-skilled and specified-skilled worker recruitment to Japan. According to the Foreign Ministry, under the Specified Skilled Worker Recruitment Program (SSWRP), 14 job fields have been allowed to recruit employees from Sri Lanka to Japan. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
පහේ ශිෂ්‍යත්වය සමත් දූ දරුවන් 9000කට සේවා නියුක්තයන්ගේ භාර අරමුදල් මණ්ඩලයේ ශිෂ්‍යත්ව ප්‍රදානයට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මුල්වෙයි
දෙදහස් විස්ස වර්ෂයේ පහ ශ්‍රේණිය ශිෂ්‍යත්ව විභාගය සමත් වූ සේවා නියුක්තයන්ගේ භාර අරමුදල් මණ්ඩලයේ දූ දරුවන් 9000කට ශිෂ්‍යත්ව ප්‍රදානයට අදාළ පළමු අදියරේ මුදල් චෙක්පත් ප්‍රදානය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද (09) දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. පළමු අදියර යටතේ දූ දරුවන් 6000කට ශිෂ්‍යත්ව ප්‍රදානය සඳහා මහජන බැංකුවේ සිසු උදාන බැංකු ගිණුම් විවෘත කිරීමට පිරිනමන රුපියල් 89,820,000 වටිනා චෙක්පත සේවා නියුක්තයන්ගේ භාර අරමුදල් මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති ශ්‍රියාන් ද සිල්වා විජයරත්න මහතා විසින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට මෙහිදී පිරිනමන ලදි. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා අදාළ චෙක්පත ඒ මොහොතේදීම මහජන බැංකුවේ සභාපති සුජීව රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට භාර කළේය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Afghanistan followed by Mexico, Pakistan, India emerge dangerous for journalists in 2021
Geneva/Guwahati, 9 December 2021: Afghanistan and Mexico are the most dangerous countries for media work this year, the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said in its annual report in Geneva on Thursday in view of Human Rights Day. Since 1 January, 76 media workers have been killed in 28 countries around the world. Afghanistan leads with 12 assassinations, ahead of Mexico where 10 journalists were killed. Among the most dangerous countries are Pakistan (7), India (6), Yemen (4), Democratic Republic of Congo (3) and the Philippines (3 killed). Two deaths were recorded in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Ulema to observe ‘day of condemnation’ today: Hafiz Ashrafi
Special Representative to the Prime Minister on Religious Harmony and Middle East, Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi Thursday said the Ulema and religious scholars and other segment of society would observe ‘day of condemnation’ today (Friday) to condemn lynching of Sri Lankan national in Sialkot on accusation of blasphemy. In a statement, he said the Ulema, belonging to different sects, would condemn the lynching of foreigner in their Friday sermons, besides sensitizing the masses the blasphemy laws. Ashrafi said the time was ripe for nation to play its role against those using religion and sacred... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Sialkot lynching: Punjab forensic agency examines 34 prime suspects
Results will be available within a few days The Punjab Forensic Science Agency has conducted a photogrammetric test of 34 prime suspects arrested for lynching Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara over alleged blasphemy in Sialkot on December 3. So far, 139 people have been arrested by the police. The anti-terrorism court on Wednesday remanded the accused into police custody for 15 days. According to the police, the 34 prime suspects were brought to the Punjab Forensic Science Agency for the photogrammetric test. The forensic examination was conducted of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Sialkot Incident, Satire Anyone?
Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana is a name that will be remembered in Pakistan for a long time. Or will it? Our short-term memory is just that, short! Lest we forget, only recently the Sri Lankan was dispatched to hell (Urdu vernacular: jahanam raseed kar diya) by a mob of steadfast faith (pukhta emaan). Social media is rife with disgusting images and videos of this episode, accompanied by these gems of Urdu phrases! Will this bother us for long? Of course not! After all, we are a resilient nation, which can bounce back from any... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Sialkot Incident: Ramifications & Recommendations
Much has been written, reported, said and talked about the horrendous incident in which a Sri Lankan national working in a factory in Sialkot was brutally killed and his body was burnt in the middle of Wazirabad road. Police arrested a number of accused offenders and authorities made solemn pledges to dispense justice. All said and done, people have serious doubts about any positive results and the furor will peter out with time as has happened in the past in many gruesome incidents. Only hollow statements, some rubble rousing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
All Pakistan Must See These Sad Images
Priyantha Kumara, the Sri Lankan national who was lynched by a mob in Pakistan's Punjab province on December 3 over allegations of blasphemy, was buried according to Buddhist and Catholic rites at Ganemulla, a suburb north of Colombo, on Wednesday, December 8. More like this Pak arrests 100 in Sri Lankan national's lynching casePakistan's anti-blasphemy law is wrong in Islam Please click on the images to view Priyantha Kumara's final journey. IMAGE: Nilushi, Priyantha Kumar's wife, with her sons, aged 14 and 9, at the funeral.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
The Pond, Butterflies, and the Rainbow
Recently the surgeon Dr. Athula Withanage translated into Sinhala for the first time, ‘Evgeni Onegin’ a Russian romantic novel written in verse and a masterpiece of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Simultaneously, he translated it into English, making it the 46th English translation. This achievement by Dr. Athula Withanage can be hailed as a historical event as it was declared impossible to achieve by many authors in the past including the great translator, Oruwala Bandu. This was because of cultural differences and the era (1880) when it was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Govt. MP strikes discordant note, slams Parliament over National List farce … condemns halting of Law College exams in Sinhala
SLPP MP Gevindu Cumaratunga says a section of the ruling coalition is pursuing political strategies contrary to the mandate received by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna at the 2019 presidential and 2020 parliamentary elections. MP Cumaratunga also strongly criticised the conduct of the Parliament as the highest institution in the country on the basis of continuing manipulation of the National List to accommodate those who had been rejected by the electorate and appointed outside the respective National Lists of political parties. The parliament consists of 196 elected and 29 appointed members. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
1,374 waste disposal sites located along Kelani River: Amaraweera
There are 1,374 waste disposal sites in the Kelani River area from Seethawaka to Peliyagoda, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. The Minister expressed these views while participating in an inspection tour of the Kelani River today to inspect the places where the Kelani River is polluted. The observation tour was organized in collaboration with the SL Navy, the Central Environmental Authority and a number of other agencies. The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has conducted an island-wide survey covering the entire river network of our country. According to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Priyantha didn’t know what he had torn and discarded: Malik Adnan
Pakistani national Malik Adnan, who received the highest bravery award from his Prime Minister Imran Khan for shielding Priyantha Kumara from the unruly mob in Sialkot last Friday, revealed yesterday that Priyantha was unaware of what was written in the posters pasted on the factory walls as it was in the Urdu language and discarded it unknowingly. Hours after he received the award from Imran Khan, Adnan told Daily Mirror from Sialkot that he was in shock at what had happened last Friday and was unable to accept that Priyantha had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
No vehicle imports, no public sector recruitment in 2022 - Basil
Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa says the importation of vehicles and recruitment of public sector employees will not be carried out in 2022. Addressing an event, the lawmaker stressed that the government will have to impose restrictions on the aforementioned. Accordingly, new vehicles will not be imported and approval will not be given for recruitment to the public sector next year, he added. https://youtu.be/rnYMsbvS7g0 Minister Rajapaksa urged the public sector authorities not to ask for new staff members. He stated that there is not enough workspace at some divisional... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Absolutely no reason why universities should only be state-run – President
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says there is a mismatch between the education generally on offer in Sri Lanka and what is necessary for the country to develop in the 21st century. https://youtu.be/oHrD0lxECmY “This is why I have constantly called for educational reforms, especially in our tertiary education system,’’ said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, addressing the General Convocation of Sir John Kotelawala Defence University at the BMICH today (09). “I strongly believe that no matter the degree programme followed by university students, they must all graduate having gained at least some... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/21)
Ranil’s writ against PCoI recommendations fixed for consideration
The writ application filed by former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe against the recommendations of the Presidential Commission to Investigate into Political Victimization has been fixed for consideration on January 28, 2022. The petition was taken up before the Appeals Court bench consisting of Judges Nishshanka Bandula Karunaratne, Devika Abeyratne and D.M. Samarakoon today (Dec. 09). In his petition, the UNP leader and parliamentarian requested the court to issue a writ order quashing the panel’s recommendations against him and also sought an interim order preventing the implementation of the recommendations until the hearing of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/21)
Over-30s in Colombo city to receive Pfizer booster dose from tomorrow
The booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine will be administered to people aged above 30 years from tomorrow (December 09) within the city of Colombo. The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) said SMS alerts would be sent to all eligible vaccine recipients. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/21)
Daily count of Covid-19 cases in Sri Lanka moves to 744 & 22 more deaths
The Health Ministry reported that another 236 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today, pushing the daily count of new cases to 744. The new cases of Covid-19 reported today includes one returnee from overseas. Meanwhile the tally of Covid-19 cases confirmed in the country increase to 570,672 while approximately 12,294 infected patients are undergoing treatment currently. The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 22 more novel coronavirus-related deaths for December 08, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus pandemic to 14,555. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/21)
China approves first antibody Covid treatment.
China’s medical regulator has approved Brii Biosciences’ antibody combination Covid-19 treatment for adults and adolescents, making it the first therapy of this kind given the green light in the country. The BRII-196/BRII-198 combination is intended to treat mild Covid-19 and “common types” of the disease in patients with high risk of developing severe illness, the National Medical Products Administration said in a statement. The neutralizing antibody cocktail was approved for both adults and minors aged between 12 and 17 years. READ MORE: Scientists develop drug to treat Covid-19 anxiety ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/21)
Covid: Pfizer says booster shot promising against Omicron
Image caption,The booster is said to improve the level of neutralising antibodies Pfizer and BioNTech have said a booster jab of their coronavirus vaccine promises to be an effective defence against the new Omicron variant. Three doses provide a similar level of antibodies against Omicron to that of two doses against other variants, the companies said after a small study. The World Health Organization (WHO) earlier said vaccines should still work against severe Omicron cases. Researchers across the world are piecing together data about Omicron. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/21)
Bangladesh And Assam Can Benefit From Strengthening Trade And Connectivity Ties
It is Bangladesh that paved the way to build a peaceful North East India. As a regional state, Assam is benefitting from that. Bangladesh has played a vital role in curbing terrorism for the region. Bangladesh’s handing over Alpha militants to India has freed Assam from separatism and extremism. Bangladesh wants Peace and harmony with its neighbors. Bangladesh doesn’t believe in anarchy, chaos. So, North East India should always be grateful to Bangladesh for this. Bangladesh doesn’t like any internal or external conflicts across the world. For ensuring this, Bangladesh signed the ‘Chittagong Hill Tract... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/21)
Role of Theosophists in Buddhist revival in Ceylon.
Princeton University Social Anthropologist Prof. Gananath Obeysekere has said that Theosophists led by Col. Henry Steel Olcott introduced a “protestant” and “purified” form of Buddhism in Ceylon when Buddhists in the island were “demoralized” by the “disestablishment” of their religion by the British rulers. But Obeysekere’s view is challenged by Peradeniya University historian Prof. P.V.J. Jeyasekera. In his book: Confrontations with Colonialism: Resistance, Revivalism and Reform Under British Rule in Sri Lanka 1796-1920 Vol. 1, Jayasekera fully acknowledges that the Theosophists played a stellar role in the Buddhist liberation movement against the Colonial regime,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/21)
ඉන්දියාවෙන් ඩොලර් බිලියන 1.5ක ණයක්.. කොන්දේසිය මිලදී ගැනීම් සියල්ල ඉන්දියාවෙන් පමණයි..
ඉන්දීය රජය විසින් ශ්රී ලංකාවට ඩොලර් බිලියන එක හමාරක ණය පහසුකමක් ලබාදීමට එකඟතාව පළකර තිබේ. පිරිපහදු කළ ඉන්ධන, ඖෂධ අත්‍යවශ්‍ය ආහාර මිලදී ගැනීම සඳහා මෙම ණය පහසුකම් හිමි වන බව මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශය සඳහන් කරයි. ඉන් ඇමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 500 ක ණය පහසුකම ලබාදෙන්නේ පිරිපහදු කළ ඉන්ධන මිලදී ගැනීම සඳහාය. ඉතිරි ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියන 1 ක මුදල ඖෂධ හා අත්‍යවශ්‍ය ආහාර ද්‍රව්‍ය මිලට ගැනීම වෙනුවෙනි. නමුත් මෙම ණය පහසුකම භාවිතා කළ හැකි වන්නේ ඉන්දීය නිෂ්පාදන මිලදී ගැනීමට පමණක් යයිද වාර්තා වෙයි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/21)
Lessons from the Sialkot tragedy
THE attackers were all young. Many of those who watched the gruesome spectacle were teenagers. No one showed any sense of shock at the bestiality that was taking place. Several were busy filming the ghastly scene rather approvingly. There was not even a feeble voice of protest when the attackers set on fire the body of the dead Sri Lankan factory manager. What happened in Sialkot last week demonstrates the radicalisation of a society that condones violence in the name of faith. The crowd that had gathered seemed immune to the grisly nature of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/21)
Pakistan’s military leadership affirms zero tolerance for incidents like Sialkot lynching
RAWALPINDI – Taking note of the heinous lynching of a Sri Lankan citizen at Sialkot, the Corps Commanders Conference unequivocally affirmed zero tolerance for such elements so as to eradicate extremism & terrorism from the country. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa chaired the meeting where global, regional and domestic security milieu were discussed, said ISPR in a statement. Expressing satisfaction over security measures along the borders, COAS emphasised on maintaining high vigil to guard against any threat. Referring to the brewing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/21)
How Islamic Fundamentalists Get Away With Murder in Pakistan
If Imran Khan cares about foreign investment and economic growth, he must abolish the country’s blasphemy law. A member of the Human Rights Council of Pakistan places an earthen oil lamp to pay tribute to late Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara in Karachi, Pakistan, on Dec. 5. RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Priyantha Kumara, the Sri Lankan general manager of a garment factory in Pakistan’s eastern city of Sialkot, was bludgeoned to death by an Islamist mob... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/21)
Chinese firm sues Sri Lanka in dispute over $49.7m fertilizer deal
A ship loaded with 20,000 tons of fertilizer from Shandong-based producer Seawin Biotech meant for export to Sri Lanka is on its way back after failing to reach any constructive agreement with Sri Lanka, despite relentless efforts to solve the dispute, sources close to the matter told the Chinese Global Times on Tuesday. The ship is to arrive in Singapore, where the company has launched an international arbitration procedure to settle a growing dispute over fertilizer export contract to Sri Lanka, according to the sources. The dispute, which started in early November,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/21)
Daily COVID cases count climbs to 757 and 28 new deaths confirmed in Sri Lanka
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 757 today (December 08) as 185 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 569,928. As many as 543,467 recoveries and 14,533 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the COVID-19 outbreak. More than 11,900 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 28 more... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/21)
Why Pakistanis Are Saying Sorry To Sri Lanka
n December 3, members of Pakistan's hardline Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan attacked a garment factory in Sialkot in Punjab and brutally lynched a Sri Lankan national -- one report said all the bones in his body were broken -- before burning his body. His alleged offence: Alleged blasphemy, a misdemeanour which Pakistani fundamentalists have used again and again to murder anyone accused of disrespecting Islam. Priyantha Kumara, in his 40s, was working as the general manager of the factory in Sialkot district, some 100 km from Lahore.Sponsored As pressure... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/21)
Dangerous justification
At a time when millions worldwide are consumed with anger and despair over the barbaric lynching of a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot, Federal Minister Pervez Khattak has uttered words which can only be interpreted as a pathetic justification for murder. Speaking to reporters, the defence minister, when asked to comment on the ghastly crime, said the killing was simply a result of young people being high on emotion and passion. Indignant at the idea that the government is somehow responsible for creating an environment where such a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/21)
Gazette issued on organic & inorganic compounds, phosphorus derivatives import
An Extraordinary Gazette notification has been issued allowing the imports of organic and inorganic compounds, and phosphorous derivatives of fertilizers. In addition, this communiqué has banned the import of Glyphosate.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/21)
Daily COVID cases count at 748 today and COVID death toll moves up with 21 new fatalities
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 748 today (December 07) as 222 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 569,171. As many as 543,111 recoveries and 14,505 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the COVID-19 outbreak. More than 11,500 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 21 more... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/21)
යුගදනවි ගිවිසුමට එරෙහි පෙත්සම්වලට තල්ලුවක්...
Three ministers file objections in support of Yugadanavi petitions https://youtu.be/rQldb0y6W9Y... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/21)
Sigiriya: Sri Lanka's ancient water gardens
A complex masterpiece of irrigation engineering design, Sigiriya's artfully designed water gardens required structural planning way ahead of its time. Orange sand particles twinkled in the sun as a lone motorbike kicked up dust in its wake. It was 09:30 on a bright Monday morning and the temperature was already creeping past 30C. A family of toque macaque monkeys swung from verdant tree branches and rolled playfully in the hot sand in front of us. But we barely took notice; we couldn't take our eyes off the 200m-high... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/21)
Why Thailand Should Play Role In Resolving Rohingya Refugee Crisis
Bangladesh is a Southeast Asian country geographically but South Asian culturally. Myanmar-Bangladesh is a bordering country. On the other hand, Thailand and Myanmar are neighboring countries. There is close historical-geographical proximity among Myanmar, Thailand, and Bangladesh. Trilateral relations amongst these countries were good. The three states could benefit hugely from Myanmar-Bangladesh Ties. But a little problem between Bangladesh-Myanmar has become an obstacle. Seven and a half lakh Rohingya Muslims have come to Bangladesh to take shelter to save their lives from the atrocities of the Myanmar army in 2017. Bangladesh is trying to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/21)
Douglas Wickremeratne – An outstanding hero
I was very sad to hear of the passing of Douglas Wickremeratne in London on December 01, 2021. He was in touch with me regularly by forwarding posts until the last and I used to reciprocate. He has a huge claim for the gratitude of Sri Lanka and its patriotic people for the stand he took soon after the civil unrest in July 1983, when he alone stood up to fight the disinformation campaign of the country's detractors in London. His brave stand triggered others, primarily Sinhalese in many parts of the world, to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 47 වැනි කොටස- ඉලක්කගත අධ්‍යාපනය
දුකින් මිදීම අරභයා ආර්ය මාර්ගයෙහි පියමනින බෞද්ධයා විසින් කළයුත්තේ සිත සැකැසීම, සිත සංහිඳුවීම, සිත එකඟකිරීම සහ සිත අරමුණෙහි පිහිටුවීම යන කාර්යයන් ය. ලෝකෝත්තර විමුක්තිය වෙනුවෙන් නිර්දේශිත මේ වැඩපිළිවෙළ මිනිසුන්ගේ ලෞකික අවශ්‍යතා වෙනුවෙන් ද යොදාගත හැක්කේ ය. සිත සතියෙහි නොපිහිටුවා, අරමුණක් නැතිව කරනු ලබන කටයුතුවලින් සමාජය තුළ මහත් වූ ව්‍යාකූල තත්ත්වයන් නිර්මාණය කරනු ඇත්තේ ය. රටක පැවැත්ම, අභිවෘද්ධිය තීරණය කරනු ලබන මූලික ම අවශ්‍යතාවක් වනුයේ අධ්‍යාපනයයි. විවිධ මට්ටමේ වන රාජ්‍යයේ අවශ්‍යතා සපුරාලීම වෙනුවෙන් මිනිසුන් පුරුදු පුහුණුකරවීම අධ්‍යාපනයේ මූලික අරමුණක් විය යුත්තේ ය. කාලීනව ඇතිවන එ බඳු අවශ්‍යතා සහ ගැටලු නිවැරැදිව හඳුනාගැනීම ද අධ්‍යාපනයෙන් පෝෂණය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/21)
සුළු හා මධ්‍ය පරිමාණ ව්‍යාපාරික ගැටලුවලට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගෙන් විසඳුම්
සුළු හා මධ්‍ය පරිමාණ ව්‍යාපාරිකයන් සිය ව්‍යාපාර කටයුතු අඛණ්ඩව පවත්වාගෙන යාමේ දී දැනට මුහුණ පා ඇති ගැටලු හඳුනාගනිමින් ඔවුන්ට කඩිනම් විසඳුම් ලබා දෙන්නැයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අදාළ නිලධාරීන්ට අද (06) දින උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. පාර්ලිමේන්තු සංකීර්ණයේ කමිටු කාමර අංක 07හි ව්‍යාපාරික නියෝජිතයන් සමඟ පැවති සාකච්ඡාවේ දී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මේ බව දැනුම් දුන්නේය. වසංගත තත්ත්වය හමුවේ විවිධ දුෂ්කරතාවලට මුහුණ පෑ ව්‍යාපාරිකයන් වෙනුවෙන් තවදුරටත් ණය පමා සහන කාලයක් ලබාගැනීම සහ වෙන්දේසිකර ඇති දේපල නැවත ලබා ගැනීම පිළිබඳව මෙහි දී ව්‍යාපාරිකයෝ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට කරුණු පැහැදිලි කළහ. භාණ්ඩ මිලෙහි නිරන්තරයෙන් සිදුවන මිල උච්ඡාවචනය හා තොග... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/21)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා විරෝධතාවේ නිරත විරුද්ධ පක්ෂ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් හමුවට
ආරක්ෂාව තහවුරු කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා පාර්ලිමේන්තු පරිශ්‍ර පිවිසුමේ විරෝධතාවක නිරත වූ සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් හමුවට ගිය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (06) පෙරවරුවේ ඔවුන් සමඟ සුහඳ කතාබහක නිරත විය. විරෝධතාවයක් සංවිධානය කිරීමේ දී මීට වඩා වැඩි මන්ත්‍රීවරු පිරිසක් සහභාගී කර ගත යුතු යැයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මෙහිදී සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් හමුවේ පැවසීය . ඉතිහාසයේ තමන් සමඟ දේශපාලන සටන් වලට එක්වූ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් දෙස බැලූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා අතීතයේ මෙවැනි සටන්වල නිරත වූ ආකාරය ඔවුන් සමඟ සිහිපත් කරමින් එතැනින් නික්ම ගියේය. සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් වන රාජිත සේනාරත්න, ඉමිතියාස් බාකිර් මාකාර්, පාඨලී චම්පික... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/21)
තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගෙන් ශ්රී ලංකා වූෂු ක්‍රීඩාවේ ප්‍රවර්ධනයට පුහුණු මධ්‍යස්ථානයක් සමඟ මූල්‍යමය ප්‍රදානයක් හිමිවෙයි.
වූෂු ක්‍රීඩාවෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තර ජයග්‍රහණ හිමිකරගැනීමේ අරමුණ ඇතිව එම ක්‍රීඩාවේ නිරත ක්‍රීඩික ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ගේ පුහුණු කටයුතු දිරිගන්වමින් ඔවුන්ගේ දක්ෂතා ඔප්නැංවීම සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකා වූෂු සම්මේලනය හා ගිවිසුම්ගතවෙමින් ඔවුන්ට මූල්‍යමය ප්‍රදානයක් ලබාදීම අද (06) දින තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ජාතික ක්‍රීඩා සභා ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේ දී සිදුවිය. මීට සමගාමීව වූෂු ක්‍රීඩාවේ නිරත ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ට පුහුණු කටයුතු සිදුකිරිම සඳහා නියමිත ස්ථානයක් නොමැතිවීමේ අඩුව පුරවමින් ශ්රී ලංකා වූෂු සම්මේලනය වෙත පුහුණු මධ්‍යස්ථානයක් ලබාදීම ද අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් සිදුවිය. තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යංශය වෙනුවෙන් ක්‍රීඩා සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ අධ්යක්ෂ ජනරාල් අමල් එදිරිසූරිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/21)
ග්‍රාමීය අඩු අදායම්ලාභීන් වෙනුවෙන් 2024 වර්ෂය වනවිට නිවාස 71,110ක් ඉදිවෙනවා - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා
ග්‍රාමීය අඩු ආදායම්ලාභීන්ගේ නිවාස ගැටලුව විසඳීම සඳහා “ඔබට ගෙයක්-රටට හෙටක්” නිවාස වැඩසටහන යටතේ 2024 වර්ෂය වනවිට නිවාස 71,110ක් ඉදිකිරීමට නියමිත බව නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්‍ය, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (06) දින පෙරවරුවේ පැවසීය. අය-වැය 2022 නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යාංශයේ වැය ශීර්ෂ විවාදය ආරම්භ කරමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යාංශයේ වැය ශීර්ෂ විවාදයේ දී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා කළ සම්පූර්ණ කතාව මෙසේය. ගරු කථානායකතුමනි, නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යාංශය යටතේ රාජ්ය අමාත්‍යාංශ 4 ක් ක්‍රියාත්මක වෙනවා. අප... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/21)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පැවති ශ්රී ලංකා පශු වෛද්‍ය සංගමයේ 73වන වාර්ෂික සම්මේලනය
ශ්රී ලංකා පශූ වෛද්‍ය සංගමයේ 73වන වාර්ෂික සම්මේලනය හා මහා සභා රැස්වීම අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ඊයේ (04) පස්වරුවේ කොළඹ ශැංග්‍රිලා හෝටලයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. පශු වෛද්‍ය ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ උන්නතිය උදෙසා කටයුතු කළ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ පශු වෛද්‍යවරුන් දෙපළක් වන එච්.පී.ප්‍රේමසිරි සහ ආර්.එම්.පී.එච්. දසනායක මහත්වරුන්ට මෙහි දී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ සුරතින් විශේෂ ඇගයීම් සම්මාන හා සිහිවටන තිලිණ ප්‍රදානය කෙරිණි. ශ්රී ලංකා පශූ වෛද්‍ය සංගමයයේ 73වන සම්මේලනයේ සභාපති පශු වෛද්‍ය එරන්දික ගුණවර්ධන මහතා විසින් වාර්ෂික සම්මේලනයට පැමිණි අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා ඇතුළු සම්භාවනීය අමුත්තන් පිළිගන්නා ලදි. මෙහි පැවැති වාර්ෂික මහා සභා රැස්වීමේ දී ශ්රී ලංකා පශූ වෛද්‍ය සංගමයේ නව සභාපතිවරයා වශයෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/21)
They Lynched Him, Burnt His Body and Took Selfies With His Corpse
Police arrested 126 people, identifying some culprits from the selfies.6.12.21 A PERSON PLACES AN EARTH OIL LAMP IN KARACHI ON DEC 5 TO PAY TRIBUTE TO PRIYANTHA DIYAWADANAGE, THE LATE SRI LANKAN FACTORY MANAGER WHO WAS BEATEN TO DEATH AND SET ABLAZE BY A MOB WHO ACCUSED HIM OF BLASPHEMY IN SIALKOT, PAKISTAN. PHOTO: RIZWAN TABASSUM / AFP A Sri Lankan man accused of blasphemy was lynched and his body set ablaze by workers he oversaw at a factory in the city of Sialkot in northeastern Pakistan.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/21)
A moment of reckoning in Pakistan
A girl along with others carries a sign, condemning the lynching of the Sri Lankan manager of a garment factory after an attack on the factory in Sialkot, during a protest in Lahore. ReutersThe lynching of Sri Lankan national, Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, a factory manager, by an enraged mob apparently provoked by blasphemy against Islam, has been a cause of anger and despair across Pakistan. Prime Minister Imran Khan called it ‘a day of shame’, and even far-right Tehreek-Labbaik-Pakistan (TLP) had condemned the act. The lynching was dreadful because the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
Sialkot tragedy cannot be defended, Pakistani Americans say
A man along with others carries a sign, condemning the lynching of the Sri Lankan manager of a garment factory after an attack on the factory in Sialkot, during a protest in Lahore, on Dec 4. — Reuters WASHINGTON: “The Sialkot tragedy will have a horrible impact on our efforts to promote Pakistan in the US Congress,” says Dr Rao Kamran Ali, who heads the Pakistani American Political Action Committee. Wajid Hassan of the Pakistani American Congress fears that this incident will have a long-lasting effect. “Every time we go and talk about Pakistan,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
PM chairs high-level civil-military huddle on national security after Sialkot lynching
Prime Minister Imran Khan presides over a meeting on Monday called to review the overall security situation in the country. — Photo courtesy Prime Minister's Office Prime Minister Imran chaired a high-level meeting of the country's civil and military leadership on Monday to review the overall security situation in Pakistan after the brutal mob lynching of a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot last week. The meeting was attended by Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Jawed Bajwa, National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yousuf, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
Sialkot lynching: Govt plans to implement 'comprehensive strategy' to curb untoward incidents
Govt expresses serious concern over cruel act of killing a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot, aims to bring perpetrators to justice Prime Minister Imran Khan chairs a meeting to review overall security situation in the country in Islamabad on December 6, 2021. — PM Office ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday decided to implement a comprehensive policy to control violence after a mob lynched a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot. Last week, hundreds of people, including workers from the factory, had tortured the foreigner, Diyawadanage Don Nandasri Priyantha, to death... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
Remains of Priyantha Kumara arrives in Sri Lanka from Pakistan
The remains of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara, who was lynched by a mob in Pakistan’s Punjab province, reached the island a short while ago. https://youtu.be/Fd4V2EaCB34 The body was repatriated on Monday, even as Pakistani authorities arrested more suspects involved in the grisly incident that shocked people across the world. The remains were airlifted by SriLankan Airlines flight UL 186 at 12.30 p.m. from Lahore and arrived at the BIA in Katunayake at 5.00 pm via UL 186 from Lahore (12.30 pm). The remains will be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
Litro releases new stocks of LP gas cylinders with new seal
Litro Gas Lanka Limited has commenced the distribution of domestic LP gas cylinders, conforming to the requirements of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA). The CAA said that the new stock of LP gas cylinders can be identified by the shrink bundling film of the gas cylinder valves (the polythene seal), which will carry a red logo on a white background (See the image above). Following a discussion held yesterday with State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna, Litro Gas Lanka Limited and Laugfs Gas PLC, the two largest suppliers of LP Gas in Sri Lanka,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
Sri Lanka’s daily count of Covid cases hits 741 and confirms another 23 deaths
The Health Ministry reported that another 173 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 today, increasing the daily count of new cases detected to 741. The coronavirus cases confirmed today includes two returnees from overseas, according to the Epidemiology Unit of the ministry. Sri Lanka’s total count of Covid-19 cases reported climbs to 568,423 with this while over 11,000 infected patients are currently undergoing treatment in the island. The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 23 coronavirus related deaths for November 05, raising the country’s death toll due to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
Douglas Wickremaratne is no more.
I first met Douglas Wickremaratne somewhere in 1984/85 when we were searching for a speaker for a debate on the ethnic problem to be held at the University of Cambridge. I was then working in Cambridge and we Professor Atula Ginige and a few others were in charge of the Sinhala side to make a presentation. We heard about Douglas and called on him in London to invite him to speak on occasion. Douglas readily agreed and also suggested another speaker Dr Cappie Kannangara, who was approached. Dr Cappie too readily agreed. In... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
IJU expresses concern over sedition charge against Silchar journalist
Hyderabad, 5 December 2021: Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses concern over the slapping of sedition charges against a journalist from Assam’s Barak valley and urges the authority to withdraw the case against Anirban Roy Choudhury. The Silchar-based editor of digital outlet BarakBulletin faces sedition charges over an editorial and the young scribe has been summoned by the police to be present at Silchar Sadar police station on Monday morning, following an FIR, lodged by Santanu Sutradhar of All Assam Bengali Hindu Association. “It is shocking that the news portal editor has been... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
සුද්දගෙ නීතිය අපිට එපා - හයවෙනි කොටස
'එක රටක්-එක නීතියක් කියන්නේ ලස්සන සටන් පාඨයක්' - අලි සබ්‍රි, අධිකරණ ඇමති ‘The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers’ William Shakespeare එක රටක් යන්න අත්හැරදමා, එක නීතියක් නමැති බරව කකුල කරට ගැනීම ලංකාවේ නීතිඥ ප්‍රජාව එක රටක්-එක නීතියක් යන සංකල්පය නිසියාකාරව අවභෝධ කරගෙන නැති බවට හොඳම නිදසුනක් අධිකරණ ඇමති අලි සබ්‍රි විසින් නොවැම්බර් 28 දා දිවයින ඔන්ලයින් යූටියුබ් සාකච්චාවේදී රටට ලබා දුන්නේය. ඔහු සිතන්නේද, එක නීතියක් යන්නෙන් අදහස් කරන්නේ, 'තරාතිරම නොබලා හැමදෙනාටම නීතිය එක සමානව භූමියේ ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම’ යන්නය. ඔහු කියන මේ කතාව දෝෂ සහිතය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
Pension for Politicians for what service they do to the country?
Members of Parliament (MP) have to serve 10 years hereafter to qualify for pension as opposed to five years at present. (2022 Budget speech) While welcoming that policy decision of the Government who can say that this is not another election gundu to deceive the people aimed at the proposed Provincial Council Elections? If the Government was really honest and concerned about public good what it should do is to abolished this joke immediately, particularly in view of the present hard times the country is undergoing at the moment, as Canada... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
The people’s voice against the killing of George Floyd clearly shows that the Blacks in United States are a great deal ahead in seeking the justice in demanding the right to equality before the law...!
The people’s voice against the killing of George Floyd clearly shows that the Blacks in United States are a great deal ahead in seeking the justice in demanding the right to equality before the law...! * [Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna (Attorney-at-Law)] The ruling power of the British Crown in the United States was brought to an end when the Declaration of Independence was pronounced in 1776 with the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). It was recognized as a free state by the Treaty of Paris in 1783. The racial laws for the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
ක්‍රීඩා සාහිත්‍යයට ප්‍රමුඛත්වය ලබාදෙමින් ක්‍රීඩා සංස්කෘතිය රැකගැනීම උදෙසා මෙවැනි ක්‍රීඩා සාහිත්‍ය සම්මාන උළෙල පැවැත්වීම ඉතා කාලෝචිතයි. -අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා -
තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ඩන්කන්වයිට් ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේ දී ඊයේ (03) දින පැවති ශ්රී ලංකා ටෙලිකොම් මොබිටෙල් සබුද්ධි ක්‍රීඩා සාහිත්‍ය සම්මාන උළෙලට සහභාගී වෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව පැවසීය. පදක්කම් දිනන ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ගේ දස්කම් ජනතාව අතරට ගෙනයන ක්‍රීඩා මාධ්‍යවේදීන්, ක්‍රීඩා සාහිත්‍යවේදීන්, ක්‍රීඩා සාහිත්‍ය සම්බන්ධව පර්යේෂණවල නියැලෙන්නන්, ක්‍රීඩා විද්‍යාර්ථීන් ඇගයීමට ලක්කිරීම හා ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ නවකයින් දිරිමත් කිරීමේ අරමුණින් මෙම සබුද්ධි ක්‍රීඩා සාහිත්‍ය සම්මාන උළෙල පැවැත්විණි. මෙහිදී ක්‍රීඩා සාහිත්‍යයට කරනු ලබන සේවාව වෙනුවෙන් විද්‍යුත්, මුද්‍රිත හා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
Pakistan Church leaders condemn lynching of Sri Lankan national, demand justice
The Pakistani church leadership has condemned the killing and burning of the body of a Sri Lankan Christian by a Sialkot mob on Saturday. As many as 124 people have been arrested in the lynching of a Sri Lankan export manager by dozens of factory workers in Sialkot. The gruesome killing of Priyantha Kumara, who was working in a sports garments manufacturing factory as a general manager for the last 10 years, on blasphemy allegations had shocked and pained the entire country, said Church of Pakistan Moderator/President Bishop Dr... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
Pre-designed plot led to lynching of Lanka manager in Pakistan factory: Report
PM Imran Khan assures Lankan President of strict action against culprits Members of the Human Rights Council of Pakistan place oil lamps to pay tribute beside a photograph of late Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara, in Karachi on December 5, 2021, after he was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob who accused him of blasphemy.Image Credit: AFP Islamabad: Two primary suspects, Farhan Idrees and his colleague Usman Rasheed, whom the Sri Lankan general manager of a factory in Sialkot city of Punjab... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
Bravery award for Sialkot worker who tried to shield Priyantha 'Was trying to save humanity,' Malik Adnan speaks to SAMAA
Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced a bravery award for a Sialkot factory worker who tried to shield Priyantha Kumara from the mob before the Sri Lankan national was lynched and his body was set on fire on Friday. Malik Adnan has told SAMAA TV that he was trying to save humanity. A video of Malik Adnan, who is a production manager at the Rajco Industries, trying to shield Priyantha Kumara went viral on Saturday. The video shows Adnan pleading with the mob and shielding Priyantha, especially his head from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
Daily count of coronavirus cases moves to 746 and 21 more Covid-19 deaths
The Health Ministry says that another 160 persons have tested positive for Covid-19, pushing the daily count of new cases detected to 746. The new cases confirmed within today includes 04 returnees from overseas. This brings the tally of coronavirus cases registered in the country thus far to 567,682 while over 11,000 infected patients are currently undergoing treatment across Sri Lanka. The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 21 coronavirus related deaths for November 04, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus to 14,461.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/21)
Tamil oppressors denied Tamils justice, equality and dignity
Jaffna burst into history under violent and tragic circumstances. It began when Megaha of Kalinga, South India, invaded and occupied Jaffna in 1215. He opened his reign with ruthless terror. His violence knew no limits. The historical records reveal that he destroyed non-Saivite shrines, smashed Buddhist temples, and gouged the eyes out of heretics. His lasting contribution, apart from setting up a new state, was to establish the culture of political violence in Jaffna. The violent culture he established never left Jaffna. This explains why he is known in the history of Jaffna as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/21)
The Economic Woes of today(2021) go back to 1977, when we followed the neoliberal policies laid down by the IMF
The IMF has successfully taken Sri Lanka to its grave. In 1976, Sri Lanka did not owe a single dollar to anyone. In 1977 Sri Lanka held SDR 170 million in its foreign exchange budget. That was the last year we held a credit. Since then it is not a credit but a foreign debt. Today, five decades later, the banks hold no dollars and importers are finding it difficult to obtain dollars from their banks. The dollar shortage has created a shortage of goods of all types... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/21)
Bhutan And Bangladesh Can Benefit From Growing Trade Ties
South Asian neighbors Bangladesh and Bhutan have a harmonious relationship on the strength of their mutual interest, shared history and culture. On December 6, 1971, Bhutan and India became the first countries to recognize the independence of Bangladesh. Bangladesh-Bhutan ties started to deepen from this period. Bhutan and Bangladesh can work together in the sectors of information and communication technology, agriculture, horticulture and fisheries to enhance trade and investment relations between Bangladesh and Bhutan. Bangladesh and Bhutan have excellent relations in various fields including trade investment, communication, education, cultural exchange, people-to-people contact,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/21)
Press Statement by the Muslim Civil Society Alliance
The Muslim Civil Society Alliance (ACJU, MCSL, NSC, YMMA) is shocked and condemns the cold blooded murder of fellow Sri Lankan brother Mr Priyantha Diyawadana by a rabid mob, accusing him of blasphemy. He was a Sri Lankan expat worker and General Manager of a factory of the industrial engineering company Rajco Industries in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan. This is an extremely shameful and barbaric crime and should not be tolerated. Extra judicial vigilantism cannot be condoned at any cost by anyone, no matter which religion, ethnicity or nationality they belong to. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/21)
2 suspects 'confess' to police they lynched Sri Lankan factory manager in Sialkot
Punjab government has sent an initial investigation report to Prime Minister Imran Khan, sources say SIALKOT: Two key suspects have "confessed" to the police of their involvement a day earlier in the torture and killing of a Sri Lankan factory manager, well-placed sources told Geo News on Saturday. During initial interrogation, the two suspects, identified as Farhan and Talha, "admitted" their role in the brutal attack on the foreign national, the police sources said. A day earlier, Priyantha Kumara, who had been working as a manager at a private factory... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/21)
At least 800 booked under ATA over Sialkot lynching
Policy say initial report of incident submitted to PM Imran; 112 suspects detained so far SIALKOT: The police have arrested a prime suspect and booked at least 800 people under the Anti-Terrorism Act a day after a mob tortured a Sri Lankan man, employed as a manager in a factory on Wazirabad Road, Sialkot, to death and set his body on fire. The police said Farhan Idrees, the key suspect, has been detained. They said hundreds of people armed with sticks... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Postmortem report, videos reveal new details on Sialkot lynching
The body has been moved to Lahore Outside the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce, people pay homage to Sri Lankan national Priyanatha Kumara who was lynched by a mob on Friday. The preliminary postmortem of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara reveals that he died of a severe blow to his head and most of his limb bone had been shattered before the body was set on fire. The report and additional videos that surfaced on Saturday have revealed new details on the lynching. It emerged that at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
‘Sri Lankan donated us 35,000 eyes, but we lost sight’-Former Spence Hospital head Dr Brohi speaks to SAMAA
Dr Niaz Brohi Pakistan is the largest recipient of eye donations from Sri Lanka, having received at least 35,000 corneas since 1967, says Dr Niaz Brohi a leading ophthalmologist of the country. He is a member of the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society from Pakistan. Ever since a mob lynched the Sri Lankan national Priyanatha Kumuara in Sialkot on Friday, Dr Brohi says he has been grief-stricken like many others in the country. “We hang our heads in shame,” he says. He has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Pakistan: More than 800 booked for lynching Lankan national
In a shocking incident on Friday, angry supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan lynched Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana over allegations of blasphemy Over 800 people have been booked under terrorism charges while 13 prime suspects are among 118 arrested so far in the horrific lynching of a Sri Lankan national over allegations of blasphemy in Punjab province of Pakistan, a top police official said on Saturday, as pressure mounted on the government to bring the guilty to justice. In a shocking incident on Friday, angry supporters of the hardline... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
CBSL announces series of benefits to encourage expats sending remittance via official channels
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has announced a series of benefits to ensure that more migrant workers send remittances to the island via official channels. Speaking at a media briefing today (December 04), the CBSL Governor, Ajith Nivard Cabraal listed some of the benefits the bank hopes to introduce, such as insurance and pension schemes. Apart from export earnings and tourism receipts, the foreign remittance inflow which is the hard-earned money of the Sri Lankan migrant workers plays a major role in strengthening the country’s economy. In such... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Domestic LP gas distribution to begin tomorrow under 3 conditions
The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) today gave the nod to release liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)to the market under three conditions. In a statement, the Authority’s chairman Major General (Rtd.) Shantha Dissanayake said the gas samples collected under the supervision of the committee appointed to monitor the two ships that imported LPG stocks along with Industrial Technology Institute, Sri Lanka Standards Institution and CAA, were referred to the laboratory of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) yesterday. Accordingly, based on CPC’s test reports and the recommendations of the relevant technical committee, a decision was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Daily COVID infections count reaches 740 and 20 deaths
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 740 today (December 04) as 199 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 566,936. As many as 542,010 recoveries and 14,440 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the COVID-19 outbreak. More than 10,486 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 21 more... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Exploding Gas Appliances in Sri Lanka
4 Dec 2021 The ‘experts’ - the politicians, the administrators, and the businessmen are trying to 'rediscover the wheel'! A few days ago, we witnessed parliamentarians, administrators, and perhaps businessmen with vested interests in the 'gas saga' sitting together to find solutions for the gas explosions happening throughout Sri Lanka. Is this the best coterie of ‘wise men’ who can come up with solutions for what is happening? The country would have expected the Institution of Engineers investigating almost now a month of Guy Fawkes ‘fire works’ happening throughout the island.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
ඩග්ලස් වික්‍රමරත්න මහතා
I am very sad to hear of the passing of Douglas Wickremeratne. He was in touch with me by forwarding posts until the last. I used to reciprocate. He has a huge claim for gratitude of Sri Lanka and it's patriotic people for the stand he took in 1983 when he alone stood up to fight the disinformation campaign of the country's detractors in London. His brave stand triggered others to come out in support of national unity, territorial integrity and an undivided Sri Lanka. He gave leadership to this cause particularly among Overseas... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
One Country One Law
Last week the writer approached a local studio to get some photographs to get his passport renewed. During the conversation with the photographer, he advised the writer about the legal requirements of the Immigration office, which require both ears to be visible in the photograph to renew his passport. He also informed the writer that Muslim women, need not bother about exposing their ears in the photograph because Muslim women are allowed to wear the Hijab covering their head and chest, including their ears. The friendly conversation suddenly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Nepal Should Play Role In Rohingya Refugee Crisis Solution
Image source: Internet On the Rohingya issue (repatriation), Nepal and Bangladesh can work together. Nepal can play role in resolving Rohingya crisis. As a regional country, Nepal should play in resolving the regional crisis. Rohingya refugee crisis is a regional problem for both South Asia and Southeast Asia. Nepal and Bangladesh are two of South Asia’s closest friends and peace-loving neighbors, their ties made closer by recent high-level state visits. President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid visited Nepal in 2019. Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari likewise visited Bangladesh... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Now The Target Should be Security Council Resolution?
In the last five years or so, various initiatives have been taken in bilateral and international forums to repatriate the displaced Rohingyas or to resolve the crisis, but to no avail. The adoption of a unanimous resolution for the first time in the Third Committee of the United Nations on this issue on Wednesday is a beacon of hope in the current crisis. The matter has been published in the media for a good reason. We have also seen that Japan-Russia-China has expressed their views again after the adoption of this proposal. They have explained... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
ශිරාස් යුනුස් (Shiraz Yunus) මහතාට අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලයේ කිසිඳු තනතුරක් ලබා දී නොමැත
ශිරාස් යුනුස් (Shiraz Yunus) මහතා ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ සම්බන්ධීකරණ ලේකම්වරයෙකු ලෙස කටයුතු නොකරන, අතර එවැනි තනතුරක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලය විසින් ලබා දී නොමැති බව මෙයින් දන්වා සිටිමි. ශිරාස් යුනුස් (Shiraz Yunus) මහතා විසින්, ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ මුස්ලිම් කටයුතු පිළිබඳ සම්බන්ධීකරණ ලේකම්වරයා ලෙස කටයුතු කරන බව පවසමින් සිදු කරන ප්‍රකාශ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලයේ කිසිඳු සම්බන්ධයක් නොමැති බව ද මෙයින් ප්‍රකාශ කරමි. එසේම, ඔහු හට කිසිඳු ආකාරයේ තනතුරක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලය විසින් ලබා දී නොමැත. ඔහුගේ ප්‍රකාශ සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම පුද්ගලික වන අතර වත්මන් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා හෝ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලය එම අදහස් අනුමත නොකරන බවද වැඩිදුරටත් දන්වා සිටිමි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙ පෙරිමියන්කුළම, ගල්කඩව ප්‍රදේශයේ මිරිස් , වම්බටු හා බඩඉරඟු ඇතුළු ගොඩ භෝග වගාවන් කාබනික පොහොර යෙදූ පසු, එම කාබනික පොහොර හරහා දිලීර රෝගයක් බෝ වී වගාවන් විනාශවේ
අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙ පෙරිමියන්කුළම, ගල්කඩව ප්‍රදේශයේ මිරිස් , වම්බටු හා බඩඉරඟු ඇතුළු ගොඩ භෝග වගාවන් රසායනික පොහොර නොමැතිකම හේතුවෙන් කාබනික පොහොර යෙදූ පසු, එම කාබනික පොහොර හරහා දිලීර රෝගයක් බෝ වී වගාවන් විනාශ වන බවට ලැබුණු තොරතුරකට අනුව ඒ පිළිබඳව සොයා බැලීමට ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂ ජාතික සංවිධායක, රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා අදාළ ගොවි බිම් නිරීක්ෂණය කරනු ලැබීය. අනුරාධපුර, පෙරිමියන්කුළම, ගල්කඩවල ප්‍රදේශයේ වම්බටු හා මිරිස් වගා බිම් කීපයක් මෙන්ම ගොවීන් විසින් සැකසූ කොම්පෝස්ට්ද අමාත්‍යයවරයාගේ නිරීක්ෂණයට මෙහිදී ලක් විය. එහිදී ගොවීන් අමාත්‍යයවරයාට පෙන්වා දෙනු ලැබුවේ වසර ගණනක් විශාල ලෙස ආදායම් ලබා ගත් තම ගොවිබිම් වලින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Notes to the People: From Industrial Agriculture to Natural Farming
Without questioning the honesty of the Government’s initiative to move away from the system of industrial agriculture in spite of the presence of some contrary evidence it is not difficult to reach a conclusion that the Government’s effort has ended with abject failure. Although many had anticipated the Finance Minister, Basil Rajapaksa, in his maiden Budget would have reversed the import ban on chemical agricultural inputs in the face of growing protest by the farmers and small scale tea estate owners, such a policy reversal had to wait until the committee stage... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Fertiliser Fix
By Priyan R Naik When the ship ‘Hippo Spirit’ departed from China in September 2021 carrying 20,000 tonnes of organic fertiliser for Colombo as the first of several consignments totalling 99,000 tonnes of organic fertiliser nobody would have imagined something with the shipment would go so horribly wrong leading to a diplomatic tussle, a blacklisting of a bank and a group of unhappy farmers. Later in October 2021, the ‘Hippo Spirit’ moved away from Colombo harbour and reportedly sailed to Hambantota port. Meanwhile Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Organic farming drive suspended
“Good Governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our Government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion” – Narendra Modi Sri Lanka has backed down from its ambitious plans to become the world’s first completely organic farming Nation, reversing a ban on the import of chemical fertiliser. Earlier in May, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa imposed a total ban on agrochemicals, saying he wanted to make farming 100 per cent organic. Plantations Minister Ramesh Pathirana said the change was to help growers of Ceylon Tea, exports of which are $1.3B annually.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Supporting Lankan agricultural scientists in facing microbial-fertiliser vendors
It was mystifying to read Professor Kulasooriya’s article “Don’t deride Sri Lankan scientists”, (Island, 29/11/2021) because it is not clear who has derided Sri Lankan scientists. By “Sri Lankan” scientists, did he exclude expatriate Sri Lankan citizens, dual citizens and others as being fair game for derision? For many decades Dr. Nalin de Silva has derided Sri Lankan scientists as well as science itself. The media perhaps allowed such misinformation with the oddity of a “Science Dean” attacking science. I remember articles where Prof. Carlo Fonseka as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Chinese embassy says no withdrawal from northern power projects
The Chinese embassy said , China's Sino Soar Hybrid Technology Co., Ltd, had not withdrawn from the execution of northern power projects. A spokesman for the embassy said the project had been suspended by Sri Lanka earlier this year , but it was still valid. “The company will continue the contract after the cabinet approval . There is no withdrawal,” he said. Earlier , the embassy tweeted , “Sino Soar Hybrid Technology, being suspended to build Hybrid Energy system in 3 northern islands due to 'security concern' from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
At least 50 arrested over lynching of Sri Lankan citizen in Sialkot: Punjab govt
Punjab government spokesperson Hassan Khawar on Friday said that at least 50 people allegedly involved in killing of a Sri Lankan national over blasphemy allegations in Sialkot have been detained thus far. The Sri Lankan national was tortured to death in the Punjab Town earlier today. An angry mob of hundreds also set the body of foreign national on fire after lynching him over blasphemy allegations. Addressing the media hours after the tragic incident, the spokesperson, flanked by PM’s aide on interfaith harmony Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi and Inspector General... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Imran Khan says those responsible will be punished with full severity
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he is overseeing the investigations into the killing of a Sri Lankan national over blasphemy allegations in Sialkot and that those responsible will be punished with full severity of the law. A mob in Sialkot brutally murdered the Sri Lankan man and set his body on fire over blasphemy allegations. Priyantha Kumara, the export manager of a private factory, was attacked by workers of the factory on Wazirabad road in Sialkot, Pakistan. "The horrific vigilante attack on factory in Sialkot & the burning alive... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Sri Lanka confirms first Omicron variant case
Sri Lanka has confirmed its first case of Omicron Covid-19 variant, the Health Promotion Bureau announced on Friday (03 December). The virus strain was detected in a Sri Lankan national who recently returned to the island on November 24 from Nigeria, according to Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Samitha Ginige. https://youtu.be/ICVK2aIN1hE The 25-year-old female in question is currently under quarantine. She is reportedly a resident of Marawila area. In a statement, Deputy Director of Health Services, Dr. Hemantha Herath said the Omicron case was detected as a result... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
President to establish ‘Green Agriculture Operative Centre’
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to establish a ‘Green Agriculture Operative Centre’ to systematically and sustainably fulfil the priorities identified to make Sri Lanka a ‘green’ country. This is being implemented under the direction of the Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army General Shavendra Silva, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said in a statement. The President has given directives to ensure that this Operative Centre gives priority to a number of functions including the amalgamation of the Colombo Commercial Fertilizers Ltd. and the Ceylon Fertilizers Company Limited as the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Sri Lanka records 725 coronavirus cases and 20 deaths confirmed within the day
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 725 today (December 03) as 217 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 566,196. As many as 541,536 recoveries and 14,419 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the COVID-19 outbreak. More than 10,241 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed another 20... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/21)
Operations at all electricity grid sub-stations back to normal - State Minister
Operations at all electricity grid sub-stations are now back to normal and countrywide power supply has been restored, says Duminda Dissanayake, the State Minister of Solar Power, Wind and Hydro Power Generation Projects Development. Major disruptions to the electricity supply were reported across the country at around 11.30 a.m. this morning owing to a breakdown in transmission lines. The electricity supply to several areas in Colombo was restored at around 2.00 p.m. Subsequently, the power supply on Anuradhapura-Habarana, Laxapana-Athurugiriya and Kotmale-Biyagama transmission lines was re-established. Following the reports on power... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
ලංවිම සභාපතිගේ 'කඩාකප්පල්කාරී' කතාවට ඉන්ජිනේරු සංගමය දුන්න පිළිතුර
විදුලිය සැපයුම බිඳ වැටීම කඩාකප්පල්කාරී ක්‍රියාවක් බවට ලංකා විදුලි බල මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපතිවරයා කරන චෝදනාව කිසිසේත් පිළිනොගන්නා බව ලංවිම විදුලි ඉන්ජිනේරු වෘත්තීය සමිති සංගමයේ සභාපති සෞම්‍ය කුමාරවඩු මහතා පවසයි. අද කොළඹදී පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී ඔහු ප්‍රකාශ කළේ, දෝෂය ඇතිවූයේ ස්වයංක්‍රීය පද්ධතියක හෙයින් විදුලිය බිඳ වැටීම පිළිබඳ සම්පූර්ණ වාර්තාවක් ලබා ගත හැකි බව ය. අදාළ සම්ප්‍රේෂණ පද්ධතිය යථා තත්ත්වයට පත් කිරීම සඳහා විදුලි ඉන්ජිනේරුවරුන් සිය වෘත්තීය සමිති ක්‍රියාමාර්ගය ද පසෙක තබා සේවය ලබා දුන් බව ඔහු පෙන්වා දුන්නේ ය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
''දිවයින පුරා විදුලිය බිඳ වැටුණේ හිතාමතා කළ ක්‍රියාවක් නිසා'' - ලංවිම සභාපති
දිවයින පුරා අද (දෙසැ. 3) විදුලිය බිඳ වැටුණේ ''එක් සංගමයක සීමිත කොටසක් හිතාමතා කළ වෘත්තීය නොවන ක්‍රියාමාර්ගයක්'' හේතුවෙන් බව විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති එම්.එම්.සී. ෆර්ඩිනැන්ඩු මහතා පවසයි. විදුලි බිඳ වැටීම පිළිබඳ mawbima.lk වෙබ් අඩවිය වෙත අදහස් දක්වමින් ඒ සභාපතිවරයා ප්‍රකාශ කළේ, එය නීති විරෝධී ක්‍රියාවක් බව ය. වෘත්තීය සමිති ක්‍රියාමාර්ගය සවස් 4.30න් පසුව ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන බව පැවසුව ද පෙරවරු 11.00ට විදුලිය විසන්ධි කරන්නේ කෙසේ දැයි සභාපතිවරයා ප්රශ්න කළේ ය. "එක සංගමයක සීමිත කොටසක් හිතා මතා කරපු වෘත්තීය නොවන ක්‍රියාමාර්ගයක් නිසයි මේක ඇති වුණේ. දැන් ඒක යථා තත්ත්වයට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
CEB engineers briefly call off work-to-rule campaign
The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) has temporarily called off its work-to-rule campaign. The CEBEU members launched a work-to-rule campaign on November 25 over several issues including the controversial Yugadanavi power plant deal. The association demanded that the government not proceed with the deal with US-based energy company New Fortress Energy Inc., which includes a transfer of 40% of shares of West Coast Power Private Limited (WCPL) - the owner of Yugadanavi power plant in Kerawalapitiya. They also called on authorities to put an immediate stop to the abrupt... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
Recent power outages suspected to be acts of sabotage - CEB GM
The recent disruptions to the electricity supply are suspected to be acts of sabotage, says the General Manager of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). Eng. M.R. Ranatunge alleged that CEB engineers are deliberately dragging the restoration activities. Meanwhile, State Minister of National Security & Disaster Management Chamal Rajapaksa stressed that necessary actions would be sought against the CEB engineers if it is revealed that deliberate acts of sabotage have caused the power outages. Major disruptions to the electricity supply were reported across the country at around 11.30 a.m. this morning owing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
Pakistan And Bangladesh Should Reap The Benefits From Potential Growing Economic Ties
Bangladesh and Pakistan together make up 5 percent of the world's population. The Possibilities of market value in the case of export and import between these two states are inevitably huge. But the trade between the two countries of 39 crore people is now only 6-7 hundred million dollars. This is a very small share in the exports of both countries. In 2019-20, only 50 million worth of goods went from Bangladesh to Pakistan. It has the potential to grow exponentially. The industrial sector of both countries has expanded tremendously in the last 50 years.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පැවති මල්ලිකා නිවාස සමිතියේ සියවස් සැමරුම
මල්ලිකා නිවාස සමිතියේ “සියවසක ජයග්‍රහණය” සැමරුම් උත්සවය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ඊයේ (01) දින පස්වරුවේ බණ්ඩාරණායක අනුස්මරණ ජාත්‍යන්තර සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලා පරිශ්‍රයේ ජැස්මින් ශාලාවේ දී පැවැත්විණි. ශ්‍රීමත් අනගාරික ධර්මපාලතුමාගේ මව වන මල්ලිකා හේවාවිතාරණ ළමාතැනීගේ සංකල්පයක් අනුව මල්ලිකා නිවාස සමිතිය ආරම්භ වූයේ 1920 ඔක්තෝබර් 09 වැනිදාය. අසරණ වූ කාන්තාවන්ට සහ ළමුන්ට සහන සැළසීම එහි ප්‍රධාන අරමුණ වී තිබිණි. මල්ලිකා නිවාස සමිතියේ සියවස් සැමරුම් උත්සවයට සමඟාමීව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විසින් මල්ලිකා හේවාවිතාරණ ළමාතැනීගේ ඡායාරූපයකට මල්දමක් පළඳවමින් එතුමියට ගෞරව දක්වන ලදි. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආර්යා ශිරන්ති වික්‍රමසිංහ රාජපක්ෂ මහත්මිය ද මෙම අවස්ථාවට එක්ව සිටියාය. මල්ලිකා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
මාධ්‍යවේදීන්ටත් නොතේරෙන විදියට මේ රට හසුරුවන්න නොයෙක් බලවේග ක්‍රියාත්මක වෙනවා - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා
මාධ්‍යයත් එක්ක සුහදව වැඩ කරන එක කලාවක්. අපි කවදාවත් මාධ්‍යයට කිසි දෙයක් හැංගුවේ නෑ. අපේ ජීවිතේ දුෂ්කරම කාලවල මාධ්‍යවේදීන් අපිත් එක්ක හිටියා. හැම අවස්ථාවේම අපි මාධ්‍යවේදීන් ආරක්ෂා කළා. මාධ්‍යවේදීන්ටත් නොතේරෙන විදියට මේ රට හසුරුවන්න නොයෙක් බලවේග ක්‍රියාත්මක වෙනවා යැයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය විසින් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රථමවරට ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන් සඳහා පිරිනමන “ඇසිදිසි රක්ෂණාවරණය” ප්‍රදානය කිරීමේ සමාරම්භක අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (02) දින පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. අද මේ රටේ මාධ්‍යවල පෙන්වන දේවල්ම යොදාගෙන මේ රටේ කීර්තිනාමය විනාශ කරන්න... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
ගෑස් පිපිරුම් ගැන ගම්මන්පිලගෙන් හෙලිදරවුවක්.. ‘මකැප්ටන්’ යයි ප‍්‍රබල සැකයක්..
පෞද්ගලික බස් රථ වලට භාවිතා කෙරෙන ඩීසල් ලංගම බස් රථ වලද දුම්රිය, වෑන්, විදුලි ජනන යන්ත්‍ර, විදුලි බලාගාර සදහා ද භාවිතා වන බවත් ඒසේ තිබිය දී පෞද්ගලික බස්රථ පමණක් නතර වනුයේ ඩීසල් බාල නිසා නොව පෞද්ගලික බස් රථ හිමියන්ගෙන් විශාල පිරිසක් දිගුකලක් භූමිතෙල් සිය බස්රථ වල ඉන්ධනයක් ලෙස භාවිතා කිරීමට යාම නිසා බවත් බලශක්ති අමාත්‍ය නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටියේ ය. බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යංශය සහ ශ්රී ලංකා මහජන උපයෝගිතා කොමිෂන් සභාව එක්ව සකස් කරන ලද ඛනිජ තෙල් නිෂ්පාදන පාරිභෝගිකයන්ගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් සහ වගකීම් ප්‍රකාශනය හා පැමිණිලි සහ ආරවුල් විසඳාලීමේ ක්‍රියාපටිපාටිය බලාත්මක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
ගෑස් සංයුතිය වෙනස් කිරීම කුමන්ත්රණයක්.. නඩු දාන්න ගියාම ඇමතිලා දෙන්නා මගේ කට වැහුවා..
මෙරට ගෘහස්ථ ගෑස් සිලින්ඩර් වල සංයුතිය වෙනස් කිරීම සැලසුම් සහගතව කළ අපරාධයක් බවත් එය බරපතළ වංචාවක් බවත් පාරිභෝගික අධිකාරියේ හිටපු විධායක අධ්යක්ෂ තුෂාන් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. https://youtu.be/68-toc47hiw දැනට ඇති ගෑස් භාවිතය ඉතාම අවදානම් බවත් ඊට ප්‍රධාන හේතුව සංයුතිය වෙනස් වීම බව ද ඔහු පැවසීය. මෙම වංචාව තමන් පසුගිය අප්‍රේල් මාසයේ දී හෙළි කළ ද අදාළ අමාත්‍යවරුන් දෙදෙනා විසින් තමන්ගේ කට වැසූ බවත් නඩු දාන්න ඉඩ නොදුන් බවත් ඔහු කියා සිටී. අන්තර්ජාල නාලිකාවක සාකච්ඡාවකදී මහතා මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
SLFP suggests urgently holding PC polls under former election system, reducing seats in LG bodies
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) suggests that it would be appropriate to hold the Provincial Council elections expeditiously, under the former election system the least limited to this particular election alone. The suggestion was made at the Select Committee of Parliament to Identify Appropriate Reforms of the Election Laws and the Electoral System and to Recommend Necessary Amendments held today (02). State Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara who testifying on behalf of the party at the committee stated that many problems have risen due to postponing of the provincial council elections for a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) is ready to regulate LP Gas – Chairman
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the electricity sector regulator and the designated regulator for the petroleum industry, together with Sri Lanka Standards Institute (SLSI) has already formulated a standard for the much-talked LP gas in September this year and is ready to regulate LP Gas and other related industries, PUCSL Chairman Janaka Ratnayake said. “The LPG Gas Standard, developed under the supervision of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution, can be implemented immediately to ensure the protection of consumers of LPG. However, The PUCSL does not have the legal powers to enforce... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
Chinese energy project on three Sri Lankan islands suspended
The Chinese Embassy in Colombo says that the hybrid energy project planned in three islands off Jaffna peninsula has been suspended due to “security concern” from a third party. In a tweet, the embassy said that the Hybrid Energy system to be built in three northern islands of Sri Lanka by the Chinese high-tech renewable energy company, Sino Soar Hybrid Technology, has been suspended. It said that the same company has now inked a contract with the Maldivian government to establish solar power plants at 12 of its islands. “Sino... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
Daily count of new Covid-19 cases reaches 735 and 27 deaths
The Ministry of Health reports that another 197 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today, increasing the daily count of new cases to 735. This brings the total number of Covid-29 cases confirmed in the country to 565,471. Nearly 10,000 infected patients are presently being treated for the virus across the island. The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed another 27 coronavirus-related deaths for December 01, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus pandemic to 14,399. According to the figures released by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
Request from presidential committee on LP gas issues to consumers
https://youtu.be/_pgQfSEfInA The general public is urged to contact the dealer, the nearest police station or the Presidential Committee looking into the recent accidents linked to Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders, in the event of any explosions or related issues. In a statement issued today (December 02), the committee’s chairman Prof. Shantha Walpolage said the panel can be contacted via 0115 811927 or 0115 811929. The committee also mentioned a set of instructions for the general public to follow in case of an emergency. The consumers are advised to ensure... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
Several top officials of Board of Investment resign.
Several prominent members of the board of directors of the Board of Investment (BOI) have stepped down from their positions. According to a statement issued by the BOI, the Chairman, members of the Board of Directors and the Director-General are among the top officials who resigned. The full statement of the Board of Investment is as follows:... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
U.S donates nearly 200,000 additional Pfizer vaccines to Sri Lanka
Nearly 200,000 additional Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses arrived in Sri Lanka today (December 02) as a donation from the United States. This gift demonstrates the ongoing commitment of the United States to support Sri Lanka in the fight against COVID-19, the U.S. Embassy in Colombo said in a statement. “As the pandemic continues and new variants emerge, the United States continues to partner with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization to vaccinate as many people as possible and build a world that is safer and more secure... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/21)
BREAKING NEWS - අපේ සීමාව පැනලා.. මුළු රටම කළුවර වෙයි..? ගෝඨා නොසිතූ දෙයක් කරන්න යයි වීඩියෝ
https://youtu.be/-N0WfmFBxus... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/21)
Soapy Water Leak Test: How Do You Check for Gas Cylinder Leaks, How to Detect a Gas Leak in Your Home – Gas Leak Soap Bubbles – Soap Test for Gas Leak
The soapy water leak test allows for tell-tale gas leak soap bubbles that are indicative of a gas leak. You just coat all of the gas transmission gear (pipes, hoses & valves) with soapy water and then pressurise the system. If you see gas leak soap bubbles or smell rotten eggs, you know you have a leak. It is important to know how do you check for gas cylinder leaks and regularly leak test your BBQ gas bottle (LPG gas cylinder), regulator and hose using the soap bubble test for gas leak. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/21)
Litro urges consumers not to test gas cylinders at home for leaks
Litro Gas Lanka Ltd. has warned consumers no Litro Gas Lanka Ltd. today (Dec. 01) warned the consumers not to test their gas cylinders at home using methods such as soap water. At a media briefing, Director of Sales and Marketing of Litro Gas Lanka, Janaka Pathirathna said people using soap water to test for liquefied petroleum gas leakages poses certain dangers. “The cylinder must remain sealed once it is brought home. the regulator must be fixed soon after the seal is removed. If not, the safety cap must be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/21)
Omicron could be ominous for Sri Lanka’s economic revival
In the immediate term, all political parties in Parliament should bury their respective hatchets, and agree on a political truce for the next two years. They could take the next step and agree to form a national government or a national governance council for two years. The theme of such a government or entity should be responsible governance as the most important political activity now is responsible governance. Sri Lanka’s dependency on export earnings, foreign remittances and tourist earnings for its survival has made it very seriously vulnerable to the effects of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/21)
ලංකාවේ ඇත්ත මුදල් ඇමති බැසිල් නොව පී.බී.ජයසුන්දරයි! පී.බී.ජයසුන්දර අහුරාගෙන සිටි කෘෂි රසායන ආනයන ගැසට් නියෝගයට බැසිල් රට යන්නට පෙර අත්සන් කරලා
කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලය, අමාත්‍යාංශ, පාර්ලිමේන්තුව වැනි වැදගත් ආයතනයන් ගන්නා තීරණ ක්‍රියාත්මක නොවන්නේ ලංකා ආර්ථික මෙහෙයවීමේ සර්ව බලධාරියා බවට ජනාධිපති ලේකම් පී.බී.ජයසුන්දර පත්ව ඇති නිසා බව නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් පවසයි. කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශයේ වැය ශීර්ෂයේ කතාකල ඇමති මහින්දානන්ද කීවේ එදින සවස ගැසට් එක නිකුත් කළ හැකි බවයි. ඊට පෙර දින පුවත්පත් සාකච්ඡාවේදී එතුමා කීවේ ජනතා සංවේදී රජයක් ලෙස ගොවි ජනතාවට සවන් දී මැයි මාසයේ නිකුත් කරන ලද ගැසට්පත්‍රය ඉවත් කර ගන්නා බවයි. මේ ගැසට් එක ට මුදල් ඇමති බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ අත්සන් කළේ ඊයේ ය. දැන් සතියක් මේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/21)
‘India That Is Bharat’ Review: A Book of Consequence for Constitutional Reform in former European Colonies including Sri Lanka
Author J Sai Deepak and his book's cover. Snapshot J Sai Deepak’s book ‘India That is Bharat’ is a rigorous survey of India’s political history since the Papal Bull of 1493.India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution. J Sai Deepak. Bloomsbury India. 2021. Pages 484. Rs 404.here’s a genre of videos on YouTube called the ‘unBoxing video’. It mostly interests DIY buffs and techno-novices who receive products by mail and need help to figure out how to use what they had ordered, whether it be a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/21)
Myanmar And Bangladesh Can Benefit From Strengthening Trade And Connectivity Ties
Myanmar is one of the closest neighbors of Bangladesh. Which is also known as Burma. Before the Second World War, many people from Bangladesh used to travel to Burma in search of livelihood. Since then, the people of this country have developed an economic and social relationship with Burma. Apart from India, Bangladesh shares a border with Myanmar. The 271 km long Bangladesh-Myanmar border is very important for Bangladesh due to geographical reasons. Bangladesh can use Myanmar by land for communication in Southeast Asian countries including China. Road connectivity is possible through Myanmar. Maybe a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/21)
Maldives And Bangladesh Can Benefit From Growing Trade Ties
Maldives and Bangladesh both are South Asian countries. Maldives and Bangladesh established diplomatic relations on 22 September 1978. That was the starting point. The relations between two South Asian countries are increasing day by day. Maldives President Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh's visit to Bangladesh in March, 2021 added multidimensionality to the two countries. Because the country has expressed its determination to work together with Dhaka on bilateral, regional and international issues. Not only that, a total of six Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) has been signed between Dhaka-Male within a month; Of which four have been completed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/21)
ඇමරිකාවේ තරුණ ජේම්ස් ලංකාවේදී පැවිදි දිවියට| අහම්බෙන් ඇහුණු ඒ බණ පදයෙන් මගෙ මුලු ජීවිතේම වෙනස්වුණා||
https://youtu.be/pPIsCA4vA3E... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/21)
Growing and export of ganja to be legalised
Legislation will be brought to Parliament shortly to permit the growing and export of ganja as a medicine for a number of noncommunicable diseases, State Minister Sisira Jayakody said yesterday. Speaking during the committee stage debate on the budget in the House he said laws will be brought in to legalise growing and export of ganja only as a medicinal product. “It has been proven that diseases such as cancer and conditions such as strokes can be cured through ayurvedic treatment where ganja is used as a medicine. Therefore we... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/21)
Sri Lanka will handle debt repayments ’seamlessly’: CB Governor
Sri Lanka is confident of being able to "seamlessly" repay all of its sovereign debt that comes due in 2022, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said on Wednesday, while exploring new instruments to make its debt profile more sustainable. "The repayments (for 2022) will go through seamlessly, we are confident we'll be making those payments on time. There is absolutely no worry about that," Cabraal told Reuters in an interview. "At the same time we are taking many steps to deal with our debt in a sustainable manner and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/21)
CEB engineers withdraw from power restoration activities
Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) says its members have withdrawn from power restoration activities with effect from 4.15 p.m. today (December 01). The chairman of the union Mr. Saumya Kumarawadu told the media that the decision was taken to oppose the abrupt transfers of law-abiding officials. https://youtu.be/xmILLaP2sWU Speaking further, the trade union chief said the CEB engineers attended power restoration activities even after the end of their shift despite their work-to-rule campaign. “We even restored the power outages on the day before yesterday just within... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/21)
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Trade takes up gas cylinder issue
A special meeting of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Trade was held in Parliament today (01) to seek the views and solutions of several parties regarding the sudden spike in gas cylinder-related incidents reported over the past couple of days. https://youtu.be/752z-3T_l20 The Ministerial Consultative Committee met under the chairmanship of Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardana and State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna was present during the discussion held. The special Ministerial Consultative Committee was held for further discussion on several issues raised by the Opposition in Parliament yesterday (30), discussing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
Daily coronavirus infections count climbs to 744 and 27 deaths
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 744 today (December 01) as 185 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 564,733. As many as 540,783 recoveries and 14,372 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the COVID-19 outbreak. More than 9,500 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
CBSL to freeze bank accounts transferring money using unlawful methods
Bank accounts of those who distribute and receive money through unlawful money transfer methods will be frozen with immediate effect, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Ajith Nivard Cabraal said in a tweet today. Accordingly, the Central Bank has urged all migrant Sri Lankans to use only legal channels to repatriate their earnings. Earlier today, it was announced that Sri Lankan migrant workers would receive an additional Rs. 10 for each US Dollar they convert into Rupees in December this year, through the Sri Lankan Banking System and other... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 27 B4
The Tamil Separatist Movement says it is entitled to self determination and has the right to set up a separate state. The Tamil Separatist Movement cites the often repeated UN statement which says “All peoples have the right to self-determination and by virtue of that right to freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development”. Netherlands said in an opinion to the International Court of Justice, given in 2018 that self-determination was a part of International law as a right. Netherlands pointed out that in 1970 UN... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
High Commissioner Moragoda seeks greater defence and security cooperation with India
Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda explored avenues of further augmenting defence and security cooperation with India, when he met the Defence Minister of India Shri Rajnath Singh in New Delhi, today (30). Minister Singh extended a warm welcome to High Commissioner Moragoda. The Defence Minister of India and the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka discussed a range of issues, reviewing the existing excellent defence and security ties between the two countries. High Commissioner Moragoda thanked the Defence Minister for the support that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
Turkey And Bangladesh Can Benefit From Growing Trade and Strategic Ties
Turkey is a real well-wisher and good friend of Bangladesh. It is Turkey that was, is, and will be with Bangladesh in the crisis moment. Only the sky is the limit of Turkey-Bangladesh ties. According to recent reports of Bangladeshi media outlets, Bangladesh In recent times, Bangladesh and Turkey have become increasingly close, with two main goals behind them. On the one hand, Turkey's far-reaching efforts to regain its influence in the Muslim world. On the other hand, Bangladesh is willing to expand trade and defense ties including resolving the Rohingya crisis. Based on these... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
Bhutan Can Play Role In Rohingya Crisis Solution
South Asian neighbors Bangladesh and Bhutan have a harmonious relationship on the strength of their mutual interest, shared history and culture. On December 6, 1971, Bhutan and India became the first countries to recognize the independence of Bangladesh. Bangladesh-Bhutan ties started to deepen from this period. Bhutan and Bangladesh signed ‘PTA’ on December 06, 2020. After PTA, Bhutan and Bangladesh can cooperate to resolve some regional crisis. Bhutan and Bangladesh can work together in resolving the Rohingya refugee crisis because it is a regional crisis. For decades, Myanmar has gone through extreme cruelty to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
Nepal And Bangladesh Could Benefit From Growing Trade Ties
Nepal and Bangladesh are two of South Asia’s closest friends and peace-loving neighbors, their ties made closer by recent high-level state visits. President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid visited Nepal in 2019. Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari likewise visited Bangladesh in 2021 as a guest on the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Nepal recognized Bangladesh as a sovereign state in 1971 and bilateral relations solidified after Bangladesh established six trade routes with Nepal in 1976. Relations were further enriched by the visit of King Birendra of Nepal to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
ආපදා ණය රුපියල් කෝටි 17 ක් නොගෙවීම නිසා දුම්රිය සේවකයින් දැඩි පීඩාවක. අවශ්‍ය මුදල් කඩිනමින් ලබා දෙන්න
ලේකම්, එස්.ආර්.ආටිගල මැතිතුමා, මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශය, ආපදා ණය රුපියල් කෝටි 17 ක් නොගෙවීම නිසා දුම්රිය සේවකයින් දැඩි පීඩාවක. අවශ්‍ය මුදල් කඩිනමින් ලබා දෙන්න ආපදාවක් වූ විට හෝ වෙනත් ණය අවශ්‍යතාවයක් වූ විට, හදීසි හා අත්‍යාවශය වියදමක් දැරීම සඳහා රාජ්ය සේවකයින්ට ගෙවනු ලබන ආපදා ණය මුදල් නොගෙවීම නිසා දුම්රිය සේවකයින් දැඩි පීඩාවකට පත්ව ඇත.ආයතන සංග්‍රහයේ XXIV වන පරිච්ඡේදය 10: 1 අනුව සේවකයාගේ ඉල්ලීම මත, මාස 10 ක වැටුප් උපරිමයකට යටත්ව, ආපදවක් වෙනුවෙන් වැටුප් අත්තිකාරමක් ලබාගැනීමට සේවකයාට හැකියාව ඇත. ගංවතුර, නායයෑම් ආදි ස්වාභාවික විපත් වලදී සහන සැලසීමට, වෛද්‍ය වියදම්, පවුලේ කෙනෙකුගේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
International award to north-eastern journalist Nava Thakuria
Guwahati: The Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) rewards senior journalist Nava Thakuria, a resident of northeast India, for his relentless initiatives to safeguard the rights of media persons in the south Asian country and also defending the press freedom in the region with an exemplary commitment. The Assam-based working journalist has been awarded on 30 November 2021 remotely as it was difficult for him to reach Geneva because of the Covid-19 restrictions. “It is the first time that the PEC rewards a journalist from India, the second most populous... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
Showcasing the Gandhara Buddhist civilization
Colombo, November 30: The remnants of the Gandhara Buddhist civilization in Pakistan are a sight to behold, not just for Buddhist pilgrims but also for art lovers. Imposing stupas with intricate and lifelike carvings depicting various events in the Buddha’s life and his past births abound in the Swat Valley in North West Pakistan bordering Afghanistan. It is amazing that an avowedly Islamic country, where idols are considered haram (forbidden), has diligently preserved these masterpieces, and that, against heavy odds. Mercifully, the icons escaped the Islamization drive of President Zia... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
New health guidelines issued for public and work-related activities
The Director-General of Health Services has published new guidelines for public and work-related activities to be followed from the 01st to 15th of December. In a press release, Dr. Asela Gunawardena noted that there is still a risk for escalation in COVID-19 transmission due to cluster formation, although significant control of the epidemic in the country has been achieved. Proper adherence to the health guidelines has given more responsibility to the Medical Officers of Health (MOH) for regulation and monitoring at the ground level, he added. “The contribution and active engagement of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
President appoints committee to investigate gas cylinder fires and explosions
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a Committee to look into the recent incidents of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder fires and explosions that have occurred at domestic, commercial and sales outlets in various parts of the country and to find possible causes of the problem in order to provide immediate solutions to the issue. Chaired by Prof. Shantha Walpola of the Moratuwa University, the committee also includes Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon, Prof. Ajith de Alwis of Moratuwa University, Prof. W .D.W Jayathilaka of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Prof. Pradeep Jayaweera, Commissioner of Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
722 COVID cases in total and 18 new deaths detected within the day
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 722 today (November 30) as 195 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 563,989. As many as 540,387 recoveries and 14,346 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the COVID-19 outbreak. More than 9,200 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed. The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 18 new... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/21)
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