World BEYOND War
Join us for a Global Day of Action to Close Military Bases on February 23! We call on individuals and organizations around the world to participate in this worldwide day of protest against military bases. Join the Global Day of Action to CloseBases The thousands of military bases, both foreign and domestic, around the world are a critical piece of the war machine that must be dismantled. Closing bases is a necessary step to shift the global security paradigm towards a demilitarized approach that centers common security — no one... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1.At the invitation of H.E. Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China, H.E. Anura Kumara Disanayaka, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, paid a state visit to the People's Republic of China from January 14 to 17, 2025. 2.During the visit, President Anura Kumara Disanayaka held talks with President Xi Jinping, and met with H.E. Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council and H.E. Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
by Xinhua writers Ma Zheng, Liu Chen
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- "Sri Lanka and China are ushering in a new chapter in bilateral relations," Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has said. At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Dissanayake is on a state visit to China from Tuesday to Friday, his first trip to China since taking office in September as Sri Lankan president. "I first visited Beijing in 2004. Returning after 20 years, I see a tremendous transformation," Dissanayake said. Over the past 68 years since establishing diplomatic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
An under-construction luxury hotel property in Colombo has come under the scanner as part of a money laundering probe linked to a Gurugram-based realty company, Indian media reported today. The Indian Enforcement Directorate, a government agency tasked with investigating offences of money laundering and foreign exchange laws, said that the property is part of a collection of assets worth more than Indian Rupees 200 crore, linked to Krrish Realtech Private Limited, which is promoted by businessman Amit Katyal. The ED, in a statement had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
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The Energy Ministry stated that the proposed electricity tariff revision would be implemented only upon receiving approval from the Finance Ministry. Meanwhile, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) announced today that electricity tariffs will be reduced by 20%, effective from midnight. However, the Energy Ministry stated that the proposed tariff revision would only be implemented after obtaining consent from the Finance Ministry.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
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Sri Lanka might not have the pride it showcased during the Bandaranaike era of politics, but it will stop at nothing to grab all help offered by an Asian nation like China in its attempt to rebuild a weak economy China’s President Xi Jinping might not be captured smiling on camera, but President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) has been grinning quite often during the latter’s ongoing official visit to China. AKD is on a four-day visit to China (the visit... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/25)
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Sri Lanka and China have agreed to work towards the early conclusion of a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in one package in line with the principles of equality, mutual benefit, and win-win outcomes, a joint statement from the two countries highlighted. China expressed its readiness to continue supporting Sri Lankan enterprises in the tea, gem, and other industries in establishing ties with relevant Chinese associations of importers. It also said it would facilitate Sri Lanka’s participation in expos such as the China International Import Expo, China Import and Export Fair, China-South... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/25)
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The dossier was researched and written under the leadership of Professor Grieve Chelwa of The Africa Institute, Global Studies University, through Tricontinental Pan Africa
In Africa, the leading forces of capitalism have ruthlessly wielded a neoliberal conception of corruption to undermine states’ sovereignty and open the continent to plunder at the hands of Western multinational corporations. 26 November 2024 The dossier was researched and written under the leadership of Professor Grieve Chelwa of The Africa Institute, Global Studies University, through Tricontinental Pan Africa. The artwork in this dossier attempts to illustrate the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/25)
Courtesy The Straits Times
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025. Aaron Favila/Pool via REUTERS BEIJING - China and Sri Lanka agreed on more investment and economic cooperation on Wednesday as China's President Xi Jinping met recently-elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Beijing. The countries signed 15 cooperation documents, including agreements on economic and technological development and aligning China's 'Belt and Road Initiative' with Sri Lanka's 2030... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/25)
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The People’s Republic of China has played a vital role in the social and economic development of Sri Lanka for decades, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping today. Dissanayake said his visit will strengthen bilateral collaborations for the benefit of both countries and their people. President Dissanayake, who is currently on a four-day state visit to China, held an official meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this afternoon (15) at the Great Hall of the People. Upon President Dissanayake’s arrival at the Great Hall, he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/25)
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By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today
By Shivanthi Ranasinghe The international lifestyle magazine ‘Vogue’ has given Sri Lanka a glowing endorsement by claiming the Island as this winter’s hottest travel destination. This recognition from the prestigious magazine will certainly help Sri Lanka in more than one way. Revenues earned from tourism and foreign remittances are the two main single factors that are contributing to strengthening our economy. Therefore, high recommendations from highly influential sources as Vogue not only boost tourist arrivals. It will greatly support a deeply troubled economy. How is the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/25)
By Shiran Illanperuma Courtesy Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research
Positioned at the geographic and political heart of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is the epicentre of the 21st century struggle for regional influence. U.S. Department of State, Integrated Country Strategy – Sri Lanka, 2022 On 23 September 2024, Anura Kumara Dissanayake (referred to locally as AKD) was sworn in as the 9th executive President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. AKD is the first President of Sri Lanka to not belong to the political duopoly of the nationalist Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
Sugath Kulatunga
Prior to 1977 the country had an Island wide system of paddy stores for the storage of paddy purchased by the Paddy Marketing Board under the Guaranteed Price Scheme (GPS). This well run complex was disused by the UNP government in their frenzy for privatization. The stores network was given away to loyalists for other purposes or simply abandoned. The GPS too did not function allowing the private sector to dominate the purchase and milling of paddy leading to the development of an oligopoly (mafia) of paddy and rice marketing. The present government is resolved to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.
දූෂිත වෛද්යවරු සීමිත කණ්ඩායමක් විසින් සිදු කරන මෙම නීති විරෝධී මිනිස් අවයව ජාවාරම දෙවනි වන්නේ මත්ද්රව්ය ජාවාරමට පමණි. වකුගඩු මාෆියාවේ රැකවරණය සහිතව ලියකියවිලි වල සඳහන් නොකර බොහෝ වකුගඩු සැත්කම් රහසින් පුද්ගලික රෝහල් වල සිදු වන බව වාර්තා වේ. මෙම මාෆියාව නිසා මේ වන විට ශ්රී ලංකාව නීති විරෝධී වකුගඩු බද්ධ කිරීමේ මධ්යස්ථානයක් බවට පත්ව ඇත. මේ වකුගඩු ජාවාරම වසරකට රුපියල් බිලියන ගානක් උපයන අතර නීත්යානුකූලව ලංකාවට ලැබිය යුතු විදේශ විනිමය ජාවාරම්කරුවන් අතට පත් වී තිබේ. මීට වසර කීපයකට පෙර සිදු වූ යාපනය රෝහලේ වකුගඩු ජාවාරම රාවය පුවත්පත මගින් හෙළි කලද වකුගඩු මාෆියාව විසින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ
දියුණු රටවල් ජ්යෙෂ්ට පුරවැසියන්ට සුවිශේෂ වරප්රාසද දී ඔවුන්ව ඉමහත් ගෞරවයෙන් බලා ගනී. උදාහරණයක් ලෙස ජපානය ජ්යෙෂ්ට පුරවැසියන්ට දේවත්වයෙන් හා සමාන ලෙස සළකයි. ඕස්ත්රේලියාව ඔවුන්ට විවිධාකාර විශේෂ සහණ සළසයි - අඩු බස් ගාස්තු, අඩු මිලට බෙහෙත් සහ රජයේ අඩු කුලී නිවාස. අපේ රජයන් ජ්යෙෂ්ට පුරවැසියන්ට සැලකීම, ඔවුන්ට ගරු කිරීමේ අවශ්යතාවය ගැන සැළකිලිමත් නොවේ (මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ජ්යෙෂ්ට පුරවැසියන්ට රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 15ක තැන්පතුවක් සඳහා 15% පොලියක් ගෙවූ බව කාරුණිකව අමතක කළ යුතු නොවේ). අද රටේ සිඟන්නගෙන් 75% එහා ජ්යෙෂ්ට පුරවැසියන් විය යුතුය. ඔවුන් පාරේ ජීවත්වී පාරේම මැරී යයි. ඔවුන්ගේ දුක සැප කිසිවෙක් සොයා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
ප්ර සමරසිංහ
ඒ කාලේ, මහ වැස්සක් තුරල් ව ගිය විට මහගෙදර පිටුපස මිදුලේ තැනින් තැන දිය රැඳී, ගලාගිය නොගිය තැන් කිහිපයක් විය. මේ වතුර කෝටුවකින් පාදා වුවමනා නං තවත් හාරා එකිනෙකට යා කර ඇළ වේලි බැඳ වතුර පහතට ගලා යන්නට සැලැස්සුවා මතකය. වැසි වතුර ප්රමාණය සතුටුදායක මට්ටමක ඉතිරිව තිබුනේ නම් හා ඒ ගමන් මග ඒකාකාරී නොවූ මිදුලේ පහතට ගලන්නේ නම් ඒ තැන් සොයා එහි අමු කොස් කොල කීපයක් රඳවා හෝ කෙසෙල් කඳක පතුරක් රඳවා දිය ඇලි දෙක තුනක් එකවර හදන්නටද අමතක කලේ නැත. ඇළක් නම් එය ගලන්නට වුවමනාය. එහි තිබිය යුත්තේ වතුර, ගල් කැබලි, වැලි, කුඩා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
By Palitha Ariyarathna
Synopsis: The Clean Sri Lanka project is urged to advocate for stronger legal measures against unethical religious conversion practices. It is crucial for local Buddhist temples, government authorities, and the public to unite in preserving Sri Lanka’s Buddhist identity and cultural cohesion. Strengthening legal frameworks and raising awareness will help safeguard the nation’s religious and cultural heritage, ensuring peaceful coexistence for future generations. The Supreme Court ruled that the Sri Lankan Constitution does not guarantee a fundamental right to propagate religion January 13, 2025 – The growing trend of illegal... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
Courtesy 1News
Ancient wisdom is applied to modern life in Life Hacks from the Buddha. (Source: Supplied) One of the most notable New Zealand self-help books of last year was by Auckland-based psychiatrist and sleep specialist Dr Tony Fernando. 'Life Hacks from the Buddha: How to be calm and content in a chaotic world' does what it promises, presenting ancient Buddhist wisdom in bite-sized hacks, easily applicable to modern life. The following extract focuses on mindfulness and meditation – practices Fernando has taught to inmates at Mt Eden Correctional Facility. When in a mindful mode,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
by A. Abdul Aziz.
The Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at to be held today Tuesday the 14 January 2025 at Baitul Basit Mosque Sri Lanka in Pasyala, Pre-dawn (Thahajjud prayer in congregation at 4.16 am local time is also beginning of the event. Prior to the main program, flag hoisting to be done followed by silent prayer. The main event will start at 9.30 a.m. with the recitation of Holy Qur’an followed by its translations. The objective of this Convention (Jalsa Salana) is to present pure, pristine and peaceful... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
