By Rohana R. Wasala
සුභ අලුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා! The Sinhala Aluth Avurudda or the Sinhalese New Year is celebrated in the month of Bak according to the traditional lunar calendar of the Sinhalese people. The name ‘Bak' comes from the Sanskrit word ‘bhagya' meaning ‘fortune'. The month of ‘Bak' corresponds to April in the Gregorian calendar, which is commonly used in Sri Lanka today as it is in other parts of the world. Although there is usually little conspicuous seasonal change experienced in the course of the year in tropical Sri Lanka except... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/25)
Dilrook Kannangara
Talks of a land bridge between India and Sri Lanka are buzzing once again. Those who feel nostalgic about the time when there was some kind of connectivity miss the point that it was built by the British to bring down slaves from India to Sri Lanka cheaply. While it served a colonial purpose, it has no utility today unless India is looking to do a colonial move against Sri Lanka. Though Colonial Britain officially agreed to end slavery in 1833, it never gave up that lucrative industry until after WW2. According to British... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/25)
Focus
Definition Operation Colombo and Operation Condor were covert operations carried out in the 1970s in Chile and South America, primarily aimed at eliminating political dissidents and leftist groups after the US-backed Coup against Chile's democratically elected President Salvador Allende. This operation is a stark representation of state terrorism, where government employed systematic violence and human rights violations to maintain power and suppress opposition, often through extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances. 5 Must Know Facts Operation Colombo and Condor involved several countries, including Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay, which collaborated to track down... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/25)
Saeed Naqvi Courtesy Naqvi Journal
Dated: 11.04.2025 “Rav mein hai aaj Trump kahan dekhiye thamey Na haath baag par hai, na pa hai rakab mein.” (Trump is in full gallop, who knows where he'll stop? Reins are not in his hands, nor feet in the stirrups) Traumatic turn the world order is taking place in the time of Trump tends not to make much sense unless, from the pandemonium one sifts out a policy statement. Vice President J.D. Vance's chastisement of Europe at the February 14 speech at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/25)
Courtesy India Today
An India-Sri Lanka direct rail or road link needs just a 25-km-long bridge. The Pamban Bridge, recently inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi, completes a crucial part of a direct train from Chennai to Colombo. Planned by the British, and brought to the drawing table time and again, an India-Lanka rail link would boost both ties and trade. Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week inaugurated the Pamban Bridge, which replaces the 110-year-old bridge built during British colonial rule. (PTI Image) Board the Indo-Ceylon Express from Egmore station in Madras... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
ප්රකාශයක් ලබා ගැනීමට අල්ලස් හෝ දුෂණ විමර්ෂණ කොමිසම විසින් කර ඇති කැදවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති නිවේදනයක් මෙහි දැක්වෙයි. අල්ලස් හෝ දූෂණ චෝදනා විමර්ශන කොමිෂන් සභාවේ කැඳවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් viii වැනි විධායක ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතාගේ කාර්යාලය නිකුත් කළ නිවේදනය. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අටවැනි විධායක ජනාධිපති වශයෙන් කළ ප්රකාශයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් අල්ලස් හෝ දූෂණ චෝදනා විමර්ශන කොමිෂන් සභාව ක්රියා කර තිබෙන අතිශය වේගවත් ස්වරූපය පුදුමය දනවන සුළුය. ඉහත ප්රකාශය මාධ්ය ඔස්සේ ප්රථම වරට ප්රචාරය වූයේ ඊයේ (10) සවස හයටය.එදින රාත්රියේ සිට පසු දින කාර්යාල... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/25)
by Professor Amarasiri de Silva Courtesy The Island
Globalisation can be understood as relations between countries, and it fosters a greater relationship between countries that involve the movement of goods, services, information, technology, money, and human beings between countries. These relationships transcend economic, cultural, political, and social contexts. Globalisation in the modern world today is a significant shift from the past. Globalisation in the modern world today is a state in which the world becomes interconnected and interdependent. This change occurs due to better technology, transport, communication, and foreign trade. Trade... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/25)
Courtesy The Island
Dr. G. Weerasinghe The Communist Party (CP) of Sri Lanka yesterday (10) expressed grave concern over the NPP government’s unilateral decision to enter into a defence MOU with Quad-member India. The CPSL urged All democratic and progressive forces to pressure the government to reveal the contents of the defence agreement with India. It also asked the NPP government to revive the Indian Ocean Peace Zone proposal at the UN and mobilise global opposition to militarisation in the region. All democratic and progressive forces had to build a United... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/25)
YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, April 11 (Daily Mirror) - The U.S. does not have the economic capacity to impose its will on the rest of the world, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. He said the following in his statement: In 1950 the U.S. had 50% of the world's GDP. Today it is only 25%, China has 19% and the EU 13%. These high reciprocal tariffs seeks to destroy the manufacturing capacity of Asia from East Asia to South Asia. This also affects Australia. In one blow, the faith in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/25)
Courtesy Adaderana
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has indicated that he is prepared to appear before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) to record a statement about the bribery case filed against New Democratic Front MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake. This is in response to the letter directed by CIABOC earlier today. The communiqué issued by the Office of the former President states it is baffling and surprising about the quick reaction by the Bribery Commission to follow up on his media statement, which was given mere 18 hours ago. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/25)
By Special Correspondent
For decades, Sri Lanka has benefited from substantial international development assistance aimed at addressing our national priorities. From education and agriculture to climate resilience initiatives, donor-funded projects have catalysed progress and innovation across the country. Yet as we navigate our economic recovery, a disturbing pattern undermines the effectiveness of this vital support—one that demands immediate national attention. The Accountability Gap Despite formal financing agreements between international donors and the Government of Sri Lanka, our internal oversight mechanisms remain woefully inadequate. Government ministries routinely treat donor-funded Project Management Units... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/25)
මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්
සිංහල ජාතියේ අභිමානවත් සංස්කෘතික මංගල්ය සහ ජාතික දිනය වශයෙන් සැළකෙන අලුත් අවුරුද්ද ඒළඹීමට තව වැඩි කාලයක් ගත වන්නේ නැත. අප්රියෙල් මස 14 දිනය යෙදෙන අලුත් අවුරුදු උදාවත් සමග සියලු ලක් වාසීන් එය සැමරීමට එකාවන්ව සැදී පැහැදෙයි.අවුර් යන නාමය සූර්යයාට යෙදෙයි. අවුරුදු කාලයට ලංකාවට සාපේක්ෂව සූර්යයා ලංකා මහී තලයට මුදුන් වෙයි.යකඩත් හබල පෙතිත් මේ කාලයට උණු වන්නේ යැයි ජන වහරේ පවතින්නේ නිකමට නොවේ.අවුර් නැතිනම් සූර්යා එක කෙළින් මුදුන් වන බැවින් දුරාතීතයේ පටන්ම ලක් වාසී ජනතාව මෙම කාලයට අවුරුදු කාලයයි දක්වති.මේ සිද්ධාන්තයට අමතරව ආසියාතික රටවල සංස්කෘතික සංකලනයක අවස්ථාවන් දක්නට හැක්කේ මේ අවුරුදු කාලය තුළයි.විශේෂයෙන්ම චීනය කොරියාව තායිලන්තය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/25)
Ramzy Baroud Coutesy counterpunch.org
Muslims should their house in Order and stop collaborating with Israel and NATO’s war machine and their Saudi Wahhabi- Salafi- ISIS Project Explaining Arab political failure to challenge Israel through traditional analysis—such as disunity, general weakness, and a failure to prioritize Palestine—does not capture the full picture. The idea that Israel is brutalizing Palestinians simply because the Arabs are too weak to challenge the Benjamin Netanyahu government—or any government—implies that, in theory, Arab regimes could unite around Palestine. However, this view oversimplifies the matter. Many well-meaning pro-Palestine commentators... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කර සිටින පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී චාමර සම්පත් දසනායක මහතා සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා විශේෂ ප්රකාශයක් කරයි. චාමර සම්පත් මන්ත්රීතුමාගේ පවුලේ සාමාජිකයන් මා මුණගැසුණා.අගමැති ලෙස සිටි සමයේ මෛත්රිපාල සිරිසේන ජනපති සමග මගේ අනුදැනුම ඇතිව භාණ්ඩාගාර ලේකම්තුමා එදා චක්රලේඛනයක් නිකුත් කළා. පළාත් සභා මුදල් තැන්පත් ගිණුම් වල තැබීමට නොහැකි බවට ඒ චක්රලේඛයෙන් කියැවුනා. රජයේ මුදල් මෙන්ම අනෙක් මුදල් ඒ වර්ෂය ඇතුළත වියදම් කරන්නට තිබෙනවා. නැතිනම් මුදල් අමාත්යංශයට හෝ පළාත් සභාවේ මුදල් අමාත්යංශයට ඒ මුදල් නැවත දෙන්නට තිබෙනවා. ඒ මුදල් ඉතිරි කරගෙන තැන්පත් ගිණුම් වල තබාගෙන එය පසුව වෙනත් ව්යාපෘති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/25)
Courtesy The Island
Police investigating the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage have taken former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pilleyan, into custody. Police said that he had been arrested in Batticaloa and brought to Colombo. The CID questioned the former lawmaker on 20 November, 2024 following the accusations made by Hanzeer Azad Maulana, one time spokesperson for the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal, led by Pilleyan, that his former leader had arranged for a meeting between a senior military intelligence officer and Muslim extremists detained at the Batticaloa Prison. Moulana made the accusation in a documentary produced by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/25)
By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, April 10 (Daily Mirror) - This government will not lay their hands on either Mahinda Rajapaksa or Ranil Wickremesinghe though they brag about apprehending robbers, MP Chamara Samapth Dassanayake told Parliament. "You will only catch few small fish instead of big ones. I am the only sitting MP which the present government has arrested," MP Dassanayake added. He said the Beragala detention camp was the most dangerous though the government is harping only on Batalanda. https://youtu.be/gw8XUpkez2o... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/25)
DD India
India’s plan to develop a major energy hub in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, marks a strategic move to strengthen its presence in the Indo-Pacific and counter China’s growing influence in the region. Trincomalee’s deep-water harbour, historic oil tank farm, and strategic location near India make it ideal for energy storage, supply, and transit. Partnering with the UAE brings financial muscle and technical expertise, helping ensure reliable energy access for both India and Sri Lanka. The project supports regional energy security, boosts Sri Lanka’s economy, and serves as a counterbalance to China’s “debt-trap diplomacy,” especially after Beijing’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/25)
Madyawediya
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By Sanjoy Hazarika
Foreign Militaries and Mercenaries Dirty War Operations, Paramilitary terror and Torture House Training Operations a la the “Jakarta Method” and “Operation Colombo” to Bolster ‘Yankie Dickie’ Jayawardena against India, then allied closely with the Socialist block and Soviet Union/ Russia. Is history repeating with the setting up of Chabad Houses all over Sri Lanka? ISRAEL SAID TO AID SRI LANKA FORCES—New York Times Archives Credit...The New York Times Archives Israeli intelligence agents and former British Army commandos are training Sri Lanka's security forces as part of a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/25)
Andre Damon
April 1, 2025 On Sunday, the New York Times published an extensive article on US involvement in the Ukraine war entitled “The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine,” which admits that “America was woven into the war far more intimately and broadly than previously understood.” “The United States” was “woven into the killing of Russian soldiers on sovereign Russian soil,” the Times report asserts. The article is an admission that the United States waged, and is waging, an undeclared, unauthorized and illegal war against Russia. It makes clear that American officers,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/25)
Courtesy The Island
United Republican Front (URF) leader Patali Champika Ranawaka, on Monday (07), said that the signing of MoUs/agreements with India seemed to be a unilateral decision taken by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the expense of his government, as well as the country. The former Minister alleged that the relevant ministers and officials hadn’t been consulted in this regard. Ranawaka was addressing a public gathering, in Batticaloa, in support of URF candidates contesting the forthcoming LG polls, under the ‘Pencil’ symbol. The ex-lawmaker said that some of these MoUs would require passage... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර්
වර්තමාන ආණ්ඩුව විසින් සත්ය සෙවීමේ කොමිසම පිහිටුවා බෙදුම්වාදීන්ගේ උපාය මාර්ගික සැළැස්ම ක්රියාත්මක කළහොත් එය එදා මිලේනියම් සිටි පාවාදීම, ගිරිතලේ හමුදා කඳවුර පාවාදීම වැනි පාවාදීම් වලට වඩා බොහෝ සෙයින් බරපතළ බව දේශහිතෛෂි ජාතික ව්යාපාරයේ මහ ලේකම් වෛද්ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා පවසයි. වෙනස ටී.වී. යූ ටියුබ් නාලිකාව සමග සංවාදයකට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා මේ බව පැවසීය. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දක්වමින් බෙදුම්වාදීන්ගේ අතීත ක්රියාකාරකම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් සහ මෙරට හමුදා නිලධාරීන්, බුද්ධි නිලධාරීන් පාවාදීමේ ඉතිහාසය සම්බන්ධයෙන් මෙතෙක් හෙළි නොවූ ඇත්ත විස්තර රැසක්ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත. එම වීඩියෝව පහතින් https://youtu.be/DSP7BdcwpdM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර්
බ්රිතාන්ය රජය ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ආරක්ෂක හමුදා ප්රධානීන්ට එරෙහිව සම්බාධක පැනවීම පිළිබඳව අදහස් දක්වන බෙදුම්වාදීන්ගේ සහ දෙමළ ඩයස්පෝරාවේ මාධ්ය ප්රකාශකයෙකු ලෙස සැලකෙන ජෙහාන් පෙරේරා නැමැත්තා සඳහන් කරන්නේ අන්තර්ජාතික තලයේ පැන නගින යුධ අපරාධ චෝදනාවලින් ගැලවීම සඳහා කුමන හෝ ක්රමයක් අවශ්ය බවය. ඒ අනුව ඔහු ඉදිරිපත් කරන විසඳුම සත්ය සෙවීමේ කොමිසම පිහිටුවීමය. මීට පෙර ඔහු විජිත හේරත් අමාත්යවරයාගේ ජිනීවා කතාව උපුටා දක්වමින් “නවාස් කොමිසම් වාර්තාව“ ගැන සඳහන් කරමින් කියා සිටියේ අමාත්යවරයා විසින් සත්ය සෙවීමේ කොමිසම පිහිටුවිය යුතු බවට ඇමතිවරයා මානව හිමිකම් සමුළුවේදී ප්රතිඥාවක් ලබාදීම ජේහාන් පෙරේරාගේ ඇගයීමට ලක් විය. ඉන්පසුව බටලන්ද කොමිසම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/25)
CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, April 9 (Daily Mirror) - Former Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne claimed that if someone like President Ranil Wickremesinghe were currently in government, he would have directly engaged with Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the U.S. President, to negotiate a reduction of the 44% tariff imposed on Sri Lankan goods. https://youtu.be/i9AZ5OjmlRE Addressing the media, Senaratne said that U.S. President Donald Trump operated under the influence of Elon Musk, who he claimed was the person proposing tariff rates to the President. "Ranil Wickremesinghe is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/25)
KELUM BANDARA Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, April 10 (Daily Mirror) - India has proposed a land connectivity project with Sri Lanka once again during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but the Sri Lankan government has not committed yet, the Daily Mirror learns. In 2002, the then Sri Lankan government proposed a land bridge between Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, India, and Talaimannar in Sri Lanka. That was based on the ancient land link called Ram Setu or Adam's Bridge. According to the plan, road and rail bridge links were proposed to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, April 9 (Daily Mirror) - SJB MP Jagath Vithana alleged in Parliament that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe funded Maithripala Sirisena’s 2015 Presidential campaign-on the condition that Arjuna Mahendran be appointed Central Bank Governor. The MP said he will reveal much more of a fresh investigation being held into the Bond Scam if he is summoned for it.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/25)
Courtesy Adaderana
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized that since assuming office, the current government has taken decisive steps to free the process of combating bribery and corruption from political interference. He emphasised that while the political mechanism has been liberated from engaging in such crimes, it is now the responsibility of the administrative machinery operating beneath that political structure to fall in line and correct its course without delay. He explained that a grace period of six months has already been provided for the state officials to adjust to this new direction. The President... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/25)
Courtesy Adaderana
Health officials urge the public to remain vigilant and seek immediate medical attention if they experience symptoms linked to mosquito-borne diseases, as cases of Chikungunya, dengue, and malaria are back on the rise in Sri Lanka. Officials warn that the global spread of Chikungunya — now reported in over 115 countries — is also being observed locally. So far, 190 suspected cases have been reported in Sri Lanka, of which 65 have been clinically confirmed. The highest number of cases has been recorded from the Western Province. Medical professionals stress... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/25)
By Palitha Ariyarathna
Colonialism stands as one of history's darkest legacies—a calculated system of exploitation that left entire nations scarred. From Asia to Africa, the Americas to the Pacific, powerful empires such as Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, and others plundered lands, oppressed their people, and devastated centuries-old cultures. This legacy also includes the systematic erasure of indigenous populations, often amounting to acts of genocide. Though colonialism is often relegated to history, the echoes of these atrocities still resonate through the structural inequalities it left behind. It is imperative to call attention to these crimes, not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/25)
Shenali D Waduge
India does not want South Asian nations to develop ties with China, but India is happy to expand relations & economic partnerships with China. This logic is hard to comprehend but is a fact. Nepal’s ties with China improved following the 2015 earthquake. The same year Nepal was formulating a new constitution. India demanded changes to certain clauses which Nepal refused resulting in India closing its borders & disallowing food, medicines, essentials & fuel to reach Nepal. The embargo lasted 6 months (Sept 2015-Feb 2016) Slapping Nepal with an economic embargo at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/25)
SepalAmarasinghe
https://youtu.be/_JoWe3XaIGs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත්
https://youtu.be/52GSWY_sDzs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/25)
ලංකාවේ වෙනදේ
‘ද අයිලන්ඩ්‘ පුවත්පතට ප්රකාශයක් කරමින් ආරක්ෂක ලේකම් තුයියකොන්නා මහතා සදහන් කරන්නේ ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතා සහ ඉන්දියාවේ අගමැති නරේන්ද්ර මෝදි මහතා අතර ඇතිකරගත් එකඟතාවය මත අත්සන් කළ ආරක්ෂක ගිවිසුම සකස් වන්නේ හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා 2023 ජුලි 21 දින ඇතිකරගත් එකඟතාවයේ දිගුවක් ලෙස බවය. ඒ පිළිබඳව අදහස් දක්වන දේශපාලන විචාරකයන් සදහන් කරන්නේ තුයියකොන්නා මහතාට අදාළ ක්රියාවලිය පිළිබඳව අවබෝධයක් නොමැති බවය. ඊට හේතුව 2023 ජුලි 21 දින රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා සහ නරේන්ද්ර මෝදි මහතා අතර ඇතිකරගත් එකඟතා ප්රකාශය තුළ ආරක්ෂක ගිවිසුමක් පිළිබඳව කිසිදු කරුණක් අඩංගු නොවීමය. ඒ අනුව රටේ ආරක්ෂක ලේකම්වරයා ඉන්දියාව සමඟ අත්සන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/25)
Wimal Weerawansa
2025 පලාත් පාලන මැතිවරණය සඳහා මතුගම ප්රාදේශීය සභාව සඳහා “පංචා යුධය ලකුණින්” තරග ව දින ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ අපේක්ෂක අපේක්ෂිකාවන්ගේ ජයග්රහණය තහවුරු කිරීම උදෙසා අද (05) දින එළිදැක්වූ “ලස්සන මතුගම " වැඩපිළිවෙල එළිදැක්වීමේ අවස්ථාවේදී ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් සිදුකළ කතාව. https://youtu.be/yTl6r9Tnxw8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/25)
ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න
මෝඩි ඉන්දියාවේ ශ්රී මහා බෝධියටත් මෙහෙම වඳිනවද?. මෝඩි,.සිකිමයට භූතානයට නේපාලයට කලදේ දැන දැනත් ඉ න්දියා ලංකා දෙරට එසේම යාකරනන්නට එනවිට එහි භයානකත්වය නොදැනද හාමුදුරුවෝ පිරිත් නුල්බැඳ ''හොඳ එකා ''කියා පිටටත් තට්ටු කරලා ආශීර්වාද කරන්නේ . අපේ උන්මයි රට පාවාදෙන්නේ. මිතුරු කම එකක් පාවාදීම වෙන එකක් .ලංකාවේ බෞද්ධ කාන්තාවන්ට අඩිය තියන්න නොදෙන ශ්රී මහා බෝධියේ උඩමළුවට මිසදිටුවෙකුට අඩිය තියන්න දෙනවා රට රවටන්න. අපි ගියා නම් බලන්න ඕන එයාලගේ ''රැස්පොට් '.. වීඩියෝවේ නිවේදකයා පුන පුනා කියනවා මෝඩි භික්ෂුන්ගේ දෙපා අල්ලා වැන් ඳ බවත් ඒ තරම් බැතිමත් නිරහංකාර බවත් පෙන් වන්න. එයා නිකන් දෙකට නැමුන විතරයි . මෝඩි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/25)
CNN NN’s Fareed Zakaria, host of “Fareed Zakaria GPS” shares this take on President Donald Trump’s tariffs, including the repercussions he predicts https://youtu.be/AfscyIbtz2Y... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/25)
Ministry of Defence - Media Centre
Today holds special significance as it coincides with the state visit of the Indian Prime Minister underscoring the profound historical, cultural, and strategic ties that unite our two nations and reaffirming the shared vision of our leaders for a prosperous and secure Indian Ocean region. Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) made these remarks during his visit to the Indian Naval Ship Sahyadri at the Colombo port on Sunday (Apr 06). The Deputy Minister was received by the Commanding Officer of the ship Captain Rajat... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa participated in the 'Rising Bharat Summit 2025' in New Delhi today, which aims at strengthening trade, security, and diplomatic ties between India and Sri Lanka. The summit, which brings together influential leaders and thinkers, focuses on key regional issues and future collaborations. Namal delivered a speech during a panel discussion on the topic 'Strengthening Indo-Sri Lanka Ties Through Dialogue, Collaboration, and Shared Progress.' His remarks highlighted the importance of fostering deeper cooperation between India and Sri Lanka for mutual growth and stability in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/25)
Courtesy Adaderana
A specially deployed Sri Lankan Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Team, comprising Tri-Service personnel, has been mobilized in Myanmar to support post-disaster recovery efforts following a powerful earthquake that recently struck the country, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement. Upon arrival at Yangon International Airport, the team had proceeded to the disaster-stricken region approximately 450 km away and is currently stationed in Nay Pyi Taw province. On Monday (Apr 7), they were deployed to Pobba Thiri Township to conduct two mobile medical clinics with transport support provided by local authorities, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/25)
Courtesy Adaderana
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa says that politically driven delays in development projects in Sri Lanka resulted in an energy crisis that ultimately led to the country’s worst financial crisis. Speaking during a special address themed “The South Asian Platter: Menu for Growth” at the ‘Rising Bharat’ Summit held in India today (April 8), Rajapaksa stressed that development efforts must be carried out without delay, highlighting the importance of acting when the moment demands it. “We must implement and execute what has to be done at that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/25)
