C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D.
සුද්දෝදනගේ කොළුවා ගැන කතාකල නටාෂා නම් ඔල්මාද තරුණිය වෙනුවට, ඒ හැමදෙනාටම කලින්, ඉස්ලාම් ආගමට අපහාසකල, කිතුණු (බෝන් අගේන් මඩු) හා මුස්ලිම් පල්ලි වලට ගිනි තැබූ, බොදු බල සේනා සංවිධානයේ ඥානසාර හිමියන් හිරභාරයට ගතයුතු යයි මිසිස් චන්ද්‍රිකා විසින් කරණ ලද ප්‍රකාශය පුදුමයට කරුණක් නොවේ. ජෙරොම්ගේ ජරමරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජෙරෝම් ගැනට වඩා යූටියුබ්කාරයින්, අරගලයේ කුමන්ත්‍රණ පඬරැල් හා රටින් පැනගොස් පැරිසියේ සැඟවී සිටින slvlog හා මංජු නිස්සංකගේ ඒජන්ට්, භාරත තෙන්නකෝන් වැනි පංචස්කන්ධ වැඩියෙන් සඳහන් කරන්නේ ඥානසාර හාමුදුරුවන් ගැනය. මීට හේතුව වන්නේ මීට පෙර පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයේදී එලිවූවා මෙන් ජෙරොම් මගඩියේදීද එලිවන්නේ ඥානසාර හිමියන් රටට පෙන්වා දුන් සත්‍ය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/23)
උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින
අතිපූජ්‍ය බළන්ගොඩආනන්ද මෛත්‍රෙයමහ නාහිමි(1980 රසවාහිනි සඟරාවට ලියන ලද ඉහත ලිපිය අප වෙත යොමු කළේ මාතලේ තිබ්බටුවාවේ එස්. එස්. වීරසූරිය) වර්ෂ 1951 දෙසැම්බර් මස 23 වැනිදා මදුරාසියේ රායපෙටා වීදි මාවතේ තුබුණු ශ්‍රී කෞමාර නාඩි කාර්යාලයට ගියෙමි. එහිදී පණ්ඩිත තංගවේලු නම් නාඩි ශාස්ත්‍රඥයා හමුවී සංක්‍ෂිප්ත බුද්ධ චරිතය (නාඩි වාක්‍ය) ලබා ගතිමි. එයට ජේසුතුමාගේ චරිතය ද ගන්නට සිතිණි. මේවා ලබාගත හැක්කේ ප්‍රත්‍යෙක කාණ්ඩ හෙවත් ‘තනි කාණ්ඩම්' නම් ග්‍රන්ථාංශයෙන් ය. මෙහි මනෝමය ප්‍රශ්නවලට උත්තර ඇත. මම ජේසුතුමාගේ චරිතය ලැබේවා යි සිතීමි, සිතා ඒ බව නොකියා මගේ කේන්ද්‍ර පිටපත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/23)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Media reporting incident involving Ven. Ajahn Brahm Thera at BIA. Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva, who accused the media of involving him and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardane in the ordeal experience by Venerable Ajahn Brahmawanso (Ajahn Brahm Thera), said it was a case warranting regulation of media activities. The minister said that the Prime Minister was at a different lounge while he was at a separate section of the VIP lounge. "Media should not manufacture news. They report what really happened. This is why... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/23)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The government will introduce a floor and ceiling price for fuel with the launch of business operations by Sinopec, a leading international petroleum company, in the country shortly, a top source said. Sinopec has already signed the agreement to distribute fuel in Sri Lanka. Sinopec will be allocated 150-dealer operated fuel stations in the country. Besides, two other foreign fuel companies will be allowed to operate in the country later. Currently, the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and Lanka Indian Oil Company are the only fuel distributors in the country. A... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/23)
Courtesy Adaderana
https://youtu.be/sQ2JMEGuO9A ගජේන්ද්‍රකුමාර් පොන්නම්බලම් මන්‍ත්‍රීවරයා සමග ආන්දෝලනාත්මක සිද්ධිය ඇතිවූ පොලිස් නිලධාරීයා වන්නේ පොලිස් සැරයන් සනත් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාය. ඔහු 1990 වසරේදී ඔඩ්ඩුසුඩාන් පොලිස් ස්ථානයට අනියුක්තව සේවය කරමින් සිටින අතරතුර LTTEයේ පැහැරගැනීමට ලක්වී එම කඳවුරක වධ බන්ධනවලට ලක් වූ අයෙකි. එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ.යෙන් නිදහස ලබා පැමිණි සනත් ගුණවර්ධන පොලිස් සැරයන් ධුරයට උසස් කෙරුණු අතර යළි උතුරු පළාතට ස්ථාන මාරුවක් ලද ඔහු එහි රාජකාරී කරමින් සිටින අතරතුරයි මෙම සිද්ධියට මුහුණ දී තිබුණි. මේ අතර පොලිස් නිලධාරීන් පිරිසක් සමග ආරවුලක් ඇති කරගත් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ගජේන්ද්‍රකුමාර් පොන්නම්බලම් මහතාගේ විදෙස් ගමන් තහනම් කිරීමට කිලිනොච්චිය මහේස්ත්‍රාත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/23)
Courtesy Adaderana
An overseas travel ban was imposed on MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam today (June 06), on the orders of the Kilinochchi Magistrate’s Court. The Jaffna District parliamentarian, who represents the All Ceylon Tamil Congress or Ahila Ilankai Thamil Congress (AITC), is accused of his complicity in obstructing the duties of police officers and verbally abusing them during a recent event in Vadamarachchi. Soon after the incident, MP Ponnambalam was asked to record a statement with the Maruthankerny Police on Monday (June 05). However, he has failed to appear before the police, citing a parliamentary... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/23)
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The Cabinet of Ministers has granted the approval for the proposal to publish the draft Bill on contempt of a court in the government gazette, and subsequently to be tabled in the Parliament for its approval. On June 27, 2022, Cabinet approval was given for introducing legal enactments on “contempt of court” which includes clear and precise provisions and situational circumstances regarding the offense, defense and easing the penalty as well as the procedure to follow when easing the penalty. The draft Bill, prepared by the Legal Draftsman, later received the Attorney... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/23)
By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando
During the Rohana era, one has to consider that after the invasion of Arians and from the epochs of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, the Ruhuna reign existed according to the rules and regulations of the country. It was a self-sufficient reign managing its economic growth for a long time. It was mentioned in the chronicles that Ruhunu people, in probability, in fear of enemy threats, were returning to Ruhuna after establishing rural establishments with army support. Lots of jobs associated with the forces were available in Ruhuna. Therefore, for a long time,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන
සිංහල අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දීම වැළක්වූ 2020.12.30 අංක 2208/13 අතිවිශෙෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රය 2023.03.21 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසින් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කිරීමෙන් පසුශ්‍රී ලංකා නීති විද්‍යාලයේ අධ්‍යාපනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන2023.05.15 දිනැති 2332/02 අංක දරන අතිවිශෙෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රය සංස්ථාගත නීති අධ්‍යාපන සභාව විසින් පළකර ඇත.එකී ගැසට් පත්‍රය මගින්ද 1972 සිට ව්‍යවස්ථාපිත යුතුකම ඉටුකරමින් පවත්වාගෙන එනු ලැබූ සිංහල අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දීමේ ව්‍යවස්ථාපිත යුතුකම ඉටුකිරීමෙන් වැළකී ඇත.ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීති විද්‍යාලය සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන2023.05.15 දිනැති 2332/02 අංක දරන අතිවිශෙෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රයද නැවතත් සිංහල අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් නඩු විභාග කිරීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය
එක්සත් ජාතින්ගේ වෙසක් උත්සවය මෙවර තායිලන්තයේ අයුත්යා නුවරදී පැවැත්විණි. එහි ප්‍රධාන දේශනය හිමිවූයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාටයි. ඒ සඳහා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා සමඟ අනුනායක හිමිවරු ඇතුළුව අමාත්‍ය විදුර වික්‍රමනායක, රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය විජිත බේරුගොඩ ඇතුළු පිරිසක් සහභාගි වූහ. සංචාරය සදහා වූ සියලු වියදම් තායිලන්ත රජය විසින් දරනු ලැබීය. මෙම සංචාරය සඳහා මැයි 31 වෙනිදා ශ්‍රි ලංකන් ගුවන් යානයකින් පිටත්වන තෙක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා රැදි සිටියේ දෙස් විදෙස් ජනපති සහ අගමැතිවරුන් සඳහා වෙන් වූ විශේෂ ප්‍රභූ (VVIP) විවේකාගාරයේය. බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ජාතික අජාන් බ්‍රහ්මවංශ හිමියන්ද එදින සිංගප්පූරු ගුවන් සේවයට අයත් යානයකින් ඕස්ට්‍රෙලියාවේ පර්ත් නුවර දක්වා ගමන් කිරීමට, නියමිත වේලාවට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
Nandita Roy
Rami Niranjan Desai is an Author, Anthropologist and a scholar of the North East region of India. She focuses on ethnic identity, tribal issues and insurgency. She also comments and keeps a track of developments on the Indo Pacific and current affairs. She is presently Distinguished fellow at India Foundation, New Delhi and Consulting Editor, Global Orde. She wrote an article titled 'Why the US shouldn’t meddle in the Bangladesh election. The article was published on the 'India Today' journal on June 05, 2023. According to the article, the recent push by the US... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
Geopolitical Economy Report
China is advancing the global movement toward de-dollarization. Beijing's central bank is boosting its gold reserves while signing currency swap deals in yuan with countries like Argentina, encouraging the use of renminbi instead of US dollars. https://youtu.be/bdASCjEeJ0I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
e-Con e-News
The Sri Lankan ‘liberal’ fights for all of the social progressivism of the West, and none of their industrial policies that made such lifestyles possible in the first place. They want Western decadence & colonial underdevelopment Sri Lankan unions fight for higher & higher wages, but not for the kinds of industrial policies that would lead to the production of less & less-expensive goods. They envision a high-wage economy, not a low-cost one.-Shiran Illanperuma, Twitter The US-funded thinktank Advocata wants ‘Women workers’ to ‘break’ the ‘shackles of time limits’. By shackles, they mean the Shop... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Union minister for ports, shipping, and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off India’s first international cruise headed for Sri Lanka from the Chennai Port on Monday as part of a series of initiatives set off by the Centre to jump-start cruise tourism across the country. The luxury ship, MV Empress, will reach the Hambantota port in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, touch Trincomalee on the island nation’s northeastern coast and Kankesanturai in Jaffna district, before heading back to Chennai. The cruise features shopping areas, bars, swimming pools, cinemas, and more. A government... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
Courtesy Adaderana
The Association of Health Professionals has revealed that the automatic vaccination machine of the PET Scan machine worth Rs. 200 million at the Cancer Hospital in Maharagama, is not in use for over a period of one year, due to the non-availability of FDG chemical and connection tubes. When inquired by Ada Derana regarding the matter, Director of the Maharagama Cancer Hospital Dr. Aruna Jayasekara pointed out that apart from the automatic vaccinations with the PET Scan machine, other relevant tests are being carried out as usual through the machine. https://youtu.be/uEMHmt0Nq44... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
Courtesy Adaderana
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has handed over the Letters of Appointment to several new High Court Judges, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. Accordingly, the District Judges T.J. Prabhakaran, P.K. Parana Gamage, Assistant Secretary General of Parliament Tikiri K. Jayathilaka and Senior State Counsel K.D.Y.M. Nayani Nirmala Kasthuriratne have been appointed as High Court Judges.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS
The international financial system is associated with trade and non-trade transactions. The relationship between nations has many weaknesses that are not understood by many academics and practitioners who are operating in the system. It has communicated that seems to be jargon for average people. A major weakness of the international financial system has less concern for developing countries when it operates in deviated environments, as it is complicated by dynamism. It is vulnerable to changes in contrasting environments by the actions of major economies neglecting developing countries. The spending of major economies relates... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
Anurasiri Kottegoda
We have a proud history. We had great kings They made magnificent structures. These amazing achievements are in awe even today. Tourists flock to see these cultural heritage because they do not have such in their own nations. They come to visit Ruwanweli Maha Seya, 60,000,000 tons of bricks used to make Jetawanaramaya, Lova Maha Paya, Sigiriya, Parakrama Samudraya, Giritale, Kantale, Minneriya where massive lakes & man-made irrigation works. The technology used by our ancient kings cannot be matched even with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
by A. Abdul Aziz. Chairman, Press & Media Desk – AMJSL.
The Muslims who should have been united and be in harmony, are divided in countless sects and divisions. It is not only in religious field but in politics too. When such are the conditions, the aggregate will be below zero. It is incumbent that Muslims should unite on the hand of One Imam (Leader). There should be one Imam of the Muslims of the whole world. But without Khilafat (Spiritual Leadership), it is just impossible. Khilafat is the successor after the prophet in the form of a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
Lanka Lead News
මෙරට සිංහල මවුවරුන්ට වඳ සැත්කම් සිදුකළ බවට චෝදනා ලැබූ මොහොමඩ් ෂාෆි වෛද්‍යවරයා පිළිබඳව නැවත සමාජය තුළ කතිකාවක් නිර්මාණය වී ඇති පසුබිමක, රාජ්‍ය සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සෞඛ්‍ය සේවා කමිටු ලේකම්වරයා විසින් ෂාෆි වෛද්‍යවරයාව නැවත සේවයේ පිහිටුවන ලෙස හා ඔහුගේ චෝදනා නොසලකා හරින ලෙසට දන්වමින් සිදු කළ බලපෑම් සහගත ලිපිය පිළිබඳව ද සමාජය තුළ මහත් ආන්දෝලනයක් ඇති වී තිබේ. කෙසේ වෙතත් වෛද්‍ය ෂාෆිගේ මෙම ක්‍රියාව සහ එය යට ගැසීම සඳහා එල්ල වූ වහබ්වාදීන්ගේ බලපෑම් පිළිබදවත්, එම බලපෑම්වලට යටත්වූ දේශපාලකයන් හා නිලධාරීන් පිළිබඳවත් මෙන්ම මෙම සිදුවීම පිළිබඳව මුල සිට අග දක්වාම කරුණු සඳහන් සවිස්තරාත්මක ලිපියක් අප... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
Lanka Lead News
පසුගිය සිදුකුරාදා දිනයේ රැස්වූ මානව හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභාවේ අධ්‍යක්ෂකවරු යැයි කියා ගන්නා කිහිප දෙනෙකු හා විර්ශන නිලධාරීන් පිරිසක් මානව හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සිදුවන අල්ලස් හා දූෂණවලට විරුද්ධව කටයුතු කළ කොමසාරිස්වරු තිදෙනෙකුට එරෙහිව ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ගතයුතු බව තීරණය කර ඇති බව එම කොමිසමේ අභ්‍යන්තර ආරංචි මාර්ග හෙළිකරයි. එම කොමිසමේ උසස් නිලධාරියකු පවසන්නේ මෙම කොමසාරිස්වරු තිදෙනා පැමිණීම වැළැක්වීම සදහා ඔවුන්ට තර්ජනය කිරීමට හා පහර දීමට සැලසුමක් ක්‍රියාත්මක වන බවයි. එමෙන්ම මෙම පහරදීම් ජනතාව කළ බවට මාධ්‍ය මගින් ප්‍රචාරය කිරීමටද සැලසුම් කර ඇති බව ඔහු සඳහන් කරයි. මෙම සැලසුම ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන පුද්ගලයන් මානව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said although all political parties in Parliament are united, none of them currently possess a 50% voter base. He emphasized the need for unity among the parties, not solely for the purpose of elections, but to steer the country towards recovery from the ongoing economic crisis. The President also highlighted the loss of faith in elections and politics among the majority of the population, including the youth. During his address at the "2023/2024 National Law Conference" held at the Grand Hotel in Nuwara Eliya, President... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
Shenali D Waduge
Till not so long ago the world knew of only gays & lesbians & they were commonly referred to as homosexual & then those that continued to have normal sexual relations while also being homosexual were called bi-sexual. It was only after 1970s that the term transgender emerged while the term queer arrived after 1900s. Today, we see a small elite group of people promoting LGBTQIA+ (with acronyms increasing) Even the gay community must be unaware of who controls their community & new influx of terms. Having said that, it is also... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/23)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Ranasinghe Premadasa succeeded J.R. Jayewardene as the second President of Sri Lanka. Premadasa was President of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 to 1 May 1993. He was assassinated on May 1. 1993. Premadasa had a heroic struggle to enter the higher rungs of this party, said Sarath Amunugama. My view (Kamalika) is that his caste position (non-Goigama) as well as his predatory reputation would have influenced this. The Goyigama establishment in the UNP was grooming Upali Wijewardene to succeed Jayewardene as President. Upali Wijewardene, a kinsman of Jayewardene, educated at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/23)
Shenali D Waduge
In August 1873, 26th & 28th to be precise a great debate was held at the Galkanda Temple in Panadura between Migettuwatte Gunananda Himi & Father David de Silva. The topic was on Buddhism & Christianity. This became famously known as the “Panadurawadaya”. It should bring to light the statements by one “prophet” Jerome de Silva and an increasing bevy of modern liberal shows funded to smear Buddha & his teachings & drawing youth away from their ancestral heritage & culture. An opportunity for a revival in Buddhism amongst Buddhists has emerged. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/23)
Sugath Kulatunga
Today is Poson Poya, the day that Arhath Mahinda introduced the Buddhist Dharma to Lanka. It is the day that the seeds of Sinhala Budhist civilization was planted in this country. Every act of Arhath Mahinda had a specific significance. He ensured that the ruler of the county was intelligent. He tested him with a simple set theory test which used two examples. His first subject of the mango tree was associated with the environment and the next test on relatives was based on the family and community. Arhath Mahinda could have brought a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/23)
Courtesy Indian Express
According to an official, if the company supplies the necessary information then the body will wait for findings of investigation for further action. The Indian drug controller is investigating a Gujarat-based pharmaceutical company after receiving communication from neighbouring Sri Lanka that a steroid eye drop manufactured by the firm has been linked to adverse events including loss of eye sight. The Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) has also issued a notice to the company seeking details of the importer, those who the drug has been supplied to, and manufacturing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/23)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය
"සාවද්‍ය තොරතුරු අනතුරුදායකයි. බෞද්ධ ලෝකය මේ පිළිබඳව අවධානයෙන් සිටිය යුතුයි" - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා තායිලන්තයේ දී.- අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේ, 2023.06.01 දින තායිලන්තයේ චූලලෝන්කෝන් රාජවිද්‍යාල විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ දී, එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ වෙසක් දින උලෙළේ ප්‍රධාන දේශනය කරමිනි. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා... "වෙසක් දිනය තායිලන්තයේ සංවිධානය කිරීම පිළිබඳව මහා චූලලෝන්ග්කෝර්න් රාජවිද්‍යාල විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය, වෙත මෙන්ම. මෙහි දේශනය පැවැත්විම මට ආරාධනා කිරීම ගැන අතිපූජ්‍ය මහා සංඝරත්නය, ජාත්‍යන්තර වෙසක් දින සභාව, ජාත්‍යන්තර බෞද්ධ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල සංගමය, අයුත්යා හි මහා චූලලෝන්ග්කෝර්න් රාජවිද්‍යාල විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය (MCU), බැංකොක්හි එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ ESCAP මධ්‍යස්ථානය සහ එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/23)
Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.
A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience, of seeing the world and relating to others in a manner that markedly deviates from cultural expectations, and includes, and results in, problematic and habitual behaviors that are pervasive and inflexible (APA). The first clinical conceptualization of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) was provided in 1975 by Gunderson and Singer. By 1980, the construct of BPD was considered developed and validated to the extent that the disorder was included in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III; American Psychiatric Association... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/23)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka is showing a "strong commitment" to implementing economic reforms but must continue this momentum amid a challenging economic environment, International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura said on Thursday. In a statement at the conclusion of his visit to Columbo, Okamura said continued open dialogue with Sri Lanka's creditors would help reach restructuring agreements that would restore debt sustainability in line with IMF targets for its $3 billion, 40-month loan to the struggling island country. (Reuters) Full Statement Colombo, Sri Lanka: Mr. Kenji Okamura, Deputy Managing Director... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/23)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his televised address to the nation, asserted that his government would not hesitate to replace the heads of the state institutions such as the Ceylon Electricity Board, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and SriLankan Airlines unless they improved their performance in conformity with the restructuring plan for public enterprises. The president envisioned a four-pillar programme to revive the economy, said there are currently 430 public enterprises operating in 33 sectors of the economy. He said these enterprises employ six per cent of the Sri Lankan population but many of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/23)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake had informed the Secretary Ports and Aviation Ministry to hold an inquiry and punish those who are responsible for keeping Venerable Ajan Brahim Thera for 12 hours. Ekanayake said he had taken this decision following the advice of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The President had wanted action taken against those who are responsible for the drama. The President’s secretary said he express his regrets over the incident.(Yohan Perera)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/23)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
250bps rate cut clearly reflects CB’s desire to reboot economic growth “Today is the start of the policy easing cycle” – CB Governor Dr. Weerasinghe Expects market interest rates to come down with policy rate cut Confident inflation reaching single digit levels by July end Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe The Central Bank yesterday delivered a surprise policy rate cut, bringing nearly two years long tightening cycle to a close and left open the door for further rate cuts in the next few months... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/23)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Premadasa made political changes which were not for the good of the country. A political party had to get a minimum number of votes to be eligible for representation in Parliament. Premadasa reduced this cut off point from for 12.5% to 5 %.This law was introduced in 1988 by then President the late R. Premadasa to appease Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader M.H.M. Ashraff, said critics. This permitted the entry of small ethnic parties into Parliament. Sarath Amunugama called it the unleashing of a Pandora’s Box of small ethnic parties which could bargain for ministerial... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Premadasa was probably the most calculating politician Sri Lanka has ever had.Premadasa was politicking day and night, said Sarath Amunugama.His voice rang with authority and power, commanding compliance, said Evans Cooray. Premadasa had an unparalleled knowledge of the Colombo’s electoral mathematics, said Sarath. He created a support base which included the poor of all major castes. He had several venues where he met the public. He also created a coterie of loyalists. His chief supporter was Sirisena Cooray who was an early supporter of Premadasa. Premadasa read through old copies of Hansard... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
Dilrook Kannangara
“What changed?” demands anti-Sinhala and anti-Buddhist elements in Sri Lanka when the ICCPR Act is implemented. They have been used to a life of hate speech against Sinhala and Buddhist interests for the past 200 years. Instead of changing to the new world norm of human rights, they blame the Act and live in the tribal era! Sri Lanka acceded to the ICCPR (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) on June 11, 1980. However, Sri Lanka did not change the local law to reflect this until 2007. In 2007, the International Covenant on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය
(2023.06.01) තායිලන්තය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා- වෙසක් පුන් පොහෝ දිනය නිමිත්තෙන් එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ වෙසක් දිනය තායිලන්තයේ සංවිධානය කිරීම පිළිබඳව මහා චූලලෝන්ග්කෝර්න් රාජවිද්‍යාල විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය, වෙත මාගේ සුභ පැතුම් පිරිනමන්නේ ඉතාමත් ගෞරවයෙනි. බෞද්ධ වර්ෂයෙන් 2567 වූ (ව්‍යවහාර වසරෙන් 2023) වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය, මේ වසරේ මෙම සම්මේලනයට සහභාගී වෙමින් සැමරීමට ලැබීම වැදගත් සන්ධිස්ථානයක්. මෙම දේශනය පැවැත්විම මට ආරාධනා කිරීම ගැන අතිපූජ්‍ය මහා සංඝරත්නය, ජාත්‍යන්තර වෙසක් දින සභාව, ජාත්‍යන්තර බෞද්ධ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල සංගමය, අයුත්යා හි මහා චූලලෝන්ග්කෝර්න් රාජවිද්‍යාල විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය (MCU), බැංකොක්හි එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ ESCAP මධ්‍යස්ථානය සහ එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ වෙසක් දින... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
Erina Haque
Qatar-Bangladesh long-term deal on LNG imports: A ray of hope in times of crisis? Bangladesh has signed a long-term agreement to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar at the rate of 1.8 million metric tons (MMT) per annum for 15 years. The agreement was signed on Thursday (June 1). According to the agreement, Bangladesh will receive an additional 1.8 MMT of LNG annually, starting in 2026. The long-term LNG sales and purchase agreement (SPA) was signed between Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Minerals Corporation (Petrobangla) and Qatar Energy's LNG trading arm at Qatar Energy's headquarters in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
By Shailendree Wickrama Adittiya Courtesy The Morning
Saterra Pottery Founder Bhagya Senanayake on the industry’s potential and barriers to development Clay is a material many of us are familiar with, whether we come across it in the form of cookware, as a medium of art, or in construction. However, the industry remains largely untapped, with its potential going unnoticed and uses being limited for years. Shedding light on this was Bhagya Senanayake, who is not only involved in Salruk, her family’s terracotta business established three decades ago, but is also adding a modern touch... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
Courtesy Adaderana
Sri Lanka’s economy is gradually recovering from the crisis thanks to the correct policies including the collective efforts of the people, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said, delivering a special statement on the government’s efforts over the past nine months to revive Sri Lanka’s economy. https://youtu.be/vhVFaTuMTeA The President’s Media Division (PMD) says the objective of this address is to provide the public with a comprehensive understanding of Sri Lanka’s national transformation roadmap and to present the proposed strategies for accomplishing the envisioned objectives. In his speech, the Head of State... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
