News Archive for Dec 2024 KAMALIKA PIERIS K.W Devanayagam held a second press conference on 16th September, 1983 and announced that the situation was worsening. He said the Tamils of the Batticaloa district were getting agitated and a confrontational situation was developing. [1] He told the press that a massive attempt was on by Sinhala farmers, led by the Dimbulagala priest, to encroach on the portion of land reserved for the Tamil people under the Maduru Oya Scheme. He added that the land in question was within the traditional areas inhabited by the Tamils. If the Sinhalese insist on invading this territory,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/24) by Garvin Karunaratne The Background Sri Lanka is facing a severe recession . During the reign when Ranil Wickremasinghe ruled as the President from mid 2022 to November 2024, with the majority in Parliament supporting him the foreign debt ballooned from $ 56 billion in 2022 to as much as $ 100 billion when the NPP took over. In this period of two years and four months, following the dictates of the IMF experts, the foreign debt has almost doubled. Yet we follow the same path. Where will it all end. If... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/24)
By Nalliah Thayabharan Eelam is mentioned in the very oldest Babylonian inscriptions. Southern Elam was known as Anshan from the earliest times to the days of the Persian empire. Long before the rise of the city of Babylon the old city-states of Accad and Lagash held for a time part of the Eelamitic territory, and border warfare was very frequent. In the 23rd century BC, Eelamites conquered the city of Ellasar (Larsa) and the whole of Babylonia. Eelam offered prolonged resistance to the Assyrians in the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Assurbanipal crushed and annexed Babylonia, put an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/24)
Dilrook Kannangara Economics was known as the dark science until the 19th century. When the demand and supply curve was presented to non-economics academics and others, they asked what happens to people who cannot meet the price demanded by suppliers? They simply cannot afford it came the answer which horrified them. What if suppliers were forced to lower the price so that more people can afford it? Then suppliers go out of business and both consumers and suppliers (and the wider economy) suffer. These were not acceptable to the masses. However, western nations stubbornly stuck to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/24)
ජයන්ත විජේසිංහ වැසි වනාන්තර සුරකින්නෝ. පරිසරවේදීන් සහ ආණ්ඩුව කොටවන උපාය සහ දේශපාලන උපක්රම ? ලංකාවේ බහුතරය පරිසරයට ආදරය කරයි. මීට ගොවීන්ද ඇතුලත්ය. මාද ඈත පිටිසර ගමක ගොවි පවුලකින් එන්නෙකි. මාගේ බිරිඳද එසේය. මාගේ පවුල බෝංචි වගාව මුලික කරගත් එළවලු වගා කළ අතර, බිරිඳගේ පැත්තේ කුඹුරු සහ පොල් වගාව ඇත. අලින්ගෙන් වගාවට සිදුවන හානිවල පරිනාමය සහ එය ඔඩුදුවපු ආකාරය බිරිඳගේ ගමේ පැරන්නන්ගෙන් අසා දැක (වර්තමානයේ) අප හොඳින් දනී. අලියෙකු ජීවිතයට නොදුටු පලාතක් වන මගේ ගම්පලාතේ අලි ගැටලුව අප දැන් වසර 10ක පමණ සිට දිනපතා අත්විඳින්නෙමු. අපේ මහගෙදරද අලින් කැඩීය. මා පරිසර ලෝලියෙකි. සමහරුන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/24)
ඉසුරු ප්රසංග උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් 👉👉 මෙය ලංකාවට තරමක් ආගන්තුක හා පුදුම හිතෙන කතාවකි. 👉 එහෙත් ලංකාව පාඩම් උගත යුතු කතාවකි. 👉 සාමාන්යයෙන් ලංකාවේ දේශීය වෛද්ය ක්රමය සහ බටහිර වෛද්ය ක්රමය අතර ඇත්තේ විශාල ආරවුලකි. ප්රතිවිරෝධයකි. 👉 එහෙත් නූතන විද්යාවේ දියුණුව අතින් ලංකාවට හිතන්නටවත් බැරි තැනක සිටිනා චීනය යනු මේ දෙකම ඒකාබද්ධ කොට ඒ දෙකෙන්ම ප්රයෝජන ගන්නා පුදුමාකාර රටකි. 👉 දැන් මේ කියන්නට යන්නේ චීනය සිය දේශීය වෛද්ය ක්රමයත්, බටහිර වෛද්ය ක්රමයත් ඒකාබද්ධ කොට ඒ දෙකෙන්ම ප්රයෝජන ගැනීමෙන් නොනැවතී, තම පැරණි දැනුම ජාත්යන්තරයට පවා ගෙන යාමට කටයුතු කර ඇති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/24)
by Nalliah Thayabharan Southwest Asia is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq. It now includes fifteen countries: Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, as well as four occupied areas: East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and West Bank.The creation of countries in Southwest Asia resulted from several historical events, including the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I and the withdrawal of European colonial powers after World War II.During the First World War, the Ottoman Empire... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/24)
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e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 01-07 December 2024 What’s the latest Scam, Uncle IMF Sam? Why, why, why is the USA rushing so many US Democratic-Party-allied functionaries, one after another, into Sri Lanka – their pivot within their ‘pivot to Asia’? Can it be the imminent advent of the US Republican-Party’s Trump, who may try grab a percentage of their loot from Sri Lanka? Just after China’s envoy Qi Zhenzhong suggests that Sri Lanka’s independence is in peril, the Sunday Times concludes... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/24)
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ආධුනික ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු කණ්ඩායම සිය පළමු දින තුන ඉහටත් උඩින් ගොඩ දා ගත්තේය. රටේ ආහාර මිල, ආහාර හිඟය, තෙල් මිල, බලශක්ති ප්රතිපත්ති අවුල, උද්ඝෝෂණ (සංවර්ධන නිලධාරි/කොරියා රැකියා) මර්ධනය, ත්රස්තවාදය වැලැක්වීමේ පනත, පොහොර සහනාධාරය නොගෙවීම, සැප්තෑම්බර් විශ්රාම වැටුප් රු. 3000 නොගෙවීම, කතානායක අධ්යාපන සහතික, විදුලි - ඉන්ධන මිල, ගංවතුර සහන ඇතුළු රටේ මිනිස්සුන්ට දැනෙන ගැටළු 21 ක් නිර්මාණය වී තිබූ පරිසරයක ඒ කිසිවක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ප්රමුඛ විවාදය නොවන තැනට ආණ්ඩුවේ ආධුනිකයෝ මෙහෙයවා ගත්තෝය. . සියළු අවාසි තමන්ගේ පැත්තේ තිබිය දී ආණ්ඩුව, නවක මන්ත්රීවරුන් 149 ක් සමඟ දින තුනක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ තම ආධිපත්ය පැතිරවීම, මාධ්ය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS Ven. Kitalagama Sri Seelalankara, chief priest of Dimbulagala Raja Maha vihara (Dimbulagala Hamuduruvo, hereafter Dimbulagala) was a political monk. He had a continuing battle with Tamil officials and politicians of Batticaloa on illegal settlements in Maduru oya. He himself had tried to settle Sinhala farmers at Wadamunai, (Koralai Pattu west, Batticaloa district) in 1974 without success. The administration and the police had chased them away. Dimbulagala came to Mahaweli Centre to meet the Director General in August 1983. He was very agitated. You are the DG of Mahaweli. What you are doing while Mahaweli... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/24)
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් මන්ත්රී වැටුප, විශ්රාම දීමනාව සත්ය කුමක්ද? බොරුව කොච්චර ලොකුද? අද දේශපාලනයේ ආකර්ශණීයම මාතෘකා හතර මන්ත්රී වැටුප, විශ්රාම වැටුප, නිල නිවාස හා වාහනයයි. අවසනාවකට ප්රබන්ධ හා මිත්යාව තුලින් ආලේප ගන්වා, මන්ත්රීවරුන්ට එරෙහිව වෛරය, විරෝධයක මතු කරන්නට එය භාවිතා කර ඇත. බලයට පත්වී මාසයක් ගත වන්නටත් පෙර, මේ ගැන ඇති මිත්යාව සාකච්ඡාවට බදුන් කළ යුතුය. රාජ්යය යනු, ජනතාව වෙනුවෙන්, ජනතා නියෝජිතයින් විසින් පවත්වාගෙන යනු පාලන යන්ත්රයකි. එහි නීති සම්පාදන ක්රියාවලිය සිදු කරන්නේ මන්ත්රීවරුන් විසිනි. ආණ්ඩුව හා විපක්ෂය යන මේ දෙපිරිසටම රජයේ ඒකාබද්ධ අරමුදලෙන් වැටුප්, දීමනා, පහසුකම්, කාර්යාල සහ විශ්රාම වැටුප් ලබා දෙන්නේය. ඒ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/24)
CLRCUT Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sits down with Tucker Carlson in an explosive interview, discussing U.S.-Russia relations, the ongoing Ukraine conflict, and the rising nuclear tensions between the two powers. Lavrov dives deep into the concept of "hybrid war," Russia's red lines, and the use of hypersonic weapons as a message to the West. He addresses controversial topics like U.S. involvement in Ukraine, NATO's strategy, and the broader implications for global security. Don't miss this unfiltered conversation about the state of world affairs and the potential paths forward. https://youtu.be/mL1iVvMnrNE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/24)
Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), Attorney-at-Law. Coordinator, Dr. Thilaka Padma Subasinghe Memorial Legal Education Program 1. The Bill of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was introduced to the Parliament on 19 September 2002, which sought to amend Article 70 of the Constitution. However, the amendment was not implemented in 2002 because 7 Supreme Court judges delivered their Supreme Court determination SC/SD/11/2002, which ruled that the amendment should be made law through a referendum.2. A Bill of the19th Amendment to the Constitution was presented to the Parliament again on 24 March 2015, seeking to amend Article 70 and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/24)
by Gomi Senadhira Courtesy The Island ranil - sajith - anura During the presidential election campaign, the importance of trade, particularly exports, to Sri Lanka’s was emphasised by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) and the other two main contenders in the fray, namely Sajith Premadasa (SP) and Ranil Wickremesinghe (RW) in their manifestos. These three candidates together polled more than 90 percent of the votes at the presidential elections. During the parliamentary elections the political parties which based their campaign on these manifestos – Jathika Jana Balawegaya (NPP), Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/24)
- ශර්මිලා ගෝනවෙල - උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් උතුරු නැගෙනහිර මෙන්ම විදේශයන්හිද මෙම වසරේ කොටි සැමරුම ඉතාමත් උත්කර්ෂවත් ලෙස සිදුවිය. අප රටේ රණවිරුවන්ට අභූත චෝදනා නගමින්, රණවිරුවන්ගේ කීර්ති නාමයට, මානුෂීය ගුණයන්ට, කැපවීමට අපහාස කරමින් අප මාතෘ භූමියේ ව්යවස්ථාවට පටහැනිව යමින් රටේ ස්වෛරීභාවයට සහ භෞමික අඛණ්ඩතාවයට එරෙහිව සටන් වැදුණු ත්රස්ත සංවිධානයකට බෙදුම් වාදී දෘෂ්ටිවාදය නිදහසේ ප්රවර්ධනය කිරීමට ඉඩ හැරීම උපන් බිමට සාමය උදාකර දීමට තම ජීවිත කැප කරමින් අනාගත පරපුරට රටක් ඉතිරි කිරීමට ත්රස්තවාදියා හමුවේ ජීවිත දන් දුන් රණවිරුවන්ට කරන අපහාසයකි. රටේ නිල හමුදාවන් සමඟ යුද වැදුණු තහනම් ත්රස්ත සංවිධානයක කොඩිය හෝ එය සංකේතවත් කරන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් පවතින සහල් හිඟයට අදාළව වෙළෙඳ අමාත්ය වසන්ත සමරසිංහ විසින් තමාට එල්ල කළ චෝදනා ප්රතික්ෂේප කරන බව රත්න සහල් හිමිකරු, මිත්රපාල ලංකේෂ්වර පවසනවා. අමාත්ය වසන්ත සමරසිංහගේ චෝදනාව වූයේ රාජ්ය බැංකුවලින් රුපියල් බිලියන ගණනින් ණය ලබාගත්තත් රත්න සහල් හිමිකරු වෙළෙඳපොළට සහල් නිකුත් නොකරන බවටයි. ඇතැම් මහා පරිමාණ සහල් මෝල් හිමියන් රාජ්ය බැංකුවලින් බිලියන ගණනින් ණය ලබාගෙන තිබුණද වෙළෙඳපොළට අවශ්ය පරිදි සහල් නිකුත් කර නොමැති බවට වෙළෙඳ, වානිජ, ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතා සහ සමූපකාර සංවර්ධන අමාත්ය වසන්ත සමරසිංහ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී ඊයේ චෝදනාවක් කළා. කෙසේ වෙතත්, එම චෝදනාට ප්රතිචාර දක්වමින් සහල් ව්යාපාරික මිත්රපාල ලංකේෂ්වර සඳහන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The owner of ‘New Rathna’ Rice Mill, Lankeshwara Mithrapala, has invited Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe to personally inspect the company’s rice production facilities in the wake of the minister’s statement in Parliament yesterday (6) accusing large-scale rice millers of stockpiling. Responding to the allegations, Mithrapala stated, “I urge the Trade Minister to inspect my company at any time. I can prove the quantity of rice I released, my production capacity, and the stocks I have.” He explained that his operations involve maintaining rice stocks to ensure consistent market supply until the next... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/24)
Courtesy Adaderana Following a discussion with rice traders, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has directed new maximum retail and wholesale price limits for various rice types, according to the President’s Media Division (PMD). President Dissanayake has directed rice traders to sell Nadu rice to consumers at a wholesale price of Rs. 225 per kilo and a retail price of Rs. 230 per kilo. The President also instructed the officials Consumer Affairs Authority to closely monitor the situation over the next ten days and strictly enforce the law against rice mill owners who fail to comply... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/24)
Courtesy Hiru News The Department of Archaeology has refuted claims that its excavations in the Wandurawa area of Veyangoda are related to treasure hunting. Director General Thusitha Mendis emphasized that no objects of significant financial value have been unearthed in these investigations. Legal Officer Attorney-at-Law Rohana Kariyawasam highlighted that the site has been frequently targeted by treasure hunters, resulting in damage of Rs. 2.6 million to the highway over three months. Following the Magistrate's request, the department submitted a report confirming no archaeological significance at the site or its vicinity. Additionally, a scan conducted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/24)
Hiru News The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Mr. Donald Lu expressed the United States government's commitment to supporting Sri Lanka's on-going anti-corruption initiatives as needed during a meeting with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat today (07). Mr. Lu stated that the US is prepared to provide financial and technical assistance to strengthen Sri Lanka's security and economy. He also emphasized the US government’s willingness to offer technical expertise to help recover funds that were illegally taken out of the country, as part of Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/24)
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Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake There will be no honeymoon for the newly minted National People’s Power (NPP) Government in Colombo. The storm blowing from Washington across the Indian Ocean World--targeting China to the East, Iran to the West, and now it seems, India in the Middle is growing. Development projects that promised much needed foreign investment in Sri Lanka have been thrown into disarray by expanding United States sanctions on Russian firms, as well as, court action against the Indian conglomerate, Adani. Two months ago India's Shaurya Aeronautics Pvt Ltd and Russia's Airports of Regions Management... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
Shenali D Waduge The Age of Discovery was committed during times when there were no international laws. Those who eventually wrote the international laws were the perpetrators & violators of territories & committed insidious crimes that under their own terminologies constituted crimes against humanity, war crimes & genocide. None of these crimes that took place across the world have been taken up in any Court of law. Many of the conflicts that prevail find their roots to the policies of colonial rule. One such policy is the “Colonial Settler colonization” policy applied in Sri Lanka that brought... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS When the Accelerated Mahaweli project started, Gamini Dissanayake, Minister for Mahaweli had asked Ven. Ellawela Medhananda to do a history of the Mahaweli region. While engaged on this, Medhananda had met Ven. Kitalagama Seelalankara of Dimbulagala. Dimbulagala and Medhananda decided that the best way to prevent Tamilisation of the east was to settle Sinhalese in the Maduru Oya area. ‘We settled the excess population from Hingurakgoda and Minneriya, numbering 40,000 in Toppigala, Kunchanamalai, Nelugala, Atubandigala, Vesibandigala and Piyangala. We informed President JR Jayewardene that we were going to settle Sinhalese there. JR was against... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ ගතානුගතිකත්වය, සම්ප්රදාය තමන්වහන්සේ විසින් පන්සලේදී ගැට ගැසූ පිරිත් නූල එක් දේශපාලනඥයෙක් පන්සල් භූමියේදීම ගලවා දමා ඉවත්කර පන්සලෙන් නික්ම ගිය බව රජරට එයිතීහාසික විහාරස්ථානයක විහාරාධිපති හිමි නමක් මෑතකදී පැවසුහ. එකී දේශපාලනඥයා එවැනි සිද්ධියක් සිදු නොවූ බව තරයේ කියා සිටියේය. මෙහිදී කවුරුන් සත්යය පවසන්නේදැයි අප නොදනිමු. එය මේ ලිපියට අදාළ නොවේ. නමුත්, එවන් සිද්ධියක් ඇත්තට සිදුවී නම්, එම දේශපාලනඥයා සිදු කර ඇත්තේ ගතානුගතිකත්වය, සම්ප්රදාය ප්රතික්ෂේප කිරීමක්ද? අප ගතානුගතිකත්වය, සම්ප්රදාය ප්රතික්ෂේප කිරීම හොඳ දෙයක්ද? ඇතැමෙක්, විශේෂයෙන්ම නුතන තරුණයන්, එය හොඳ දෙයක් යයි පවසත්. මෙම ලියුම්කරු පවසන්නේ එය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
Aloysius Hettiarachchi As a senior citizen concerned with the statement made by the chairmen of the CEB and the request for comments on the EIA of the Galle Harbour extension project, I thought of giving my two cents worth in this forum. I have viewed the credentials of the current chairman who has had many years of experience in this field including in the CEB. It is the CEB engineers themselves who prevented the implementation of alterative energy projects for selfish reasons and we all suffered as a result. Now it seems they want to implement... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
Nava Thakuria Guwahati: Assam chief minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma will grace a spectacular cultural event, organised by Valmiki Sangeet Vidyalaya, on Sunday (8 December 2024) in the city. Titled Samatar Chandere Jivanar Joigaan (Joy of Living with Rhythm of Equality), the program will begin at 4 pm in Barsapara’s Assam Cricket Association stadium. The Vidyalaya, run by Dr Hedgewar Memorial Trust, has been organizing this annual event for the last few years with an aim to honour the revered architect of Indian Constitution Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891-6 December 1956) on his death anniversary. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. A cascade of anti-French sentiment continues to sweep across the belt of the Sahel in Africa: joining Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, Chad and Senegal demanded in November that the French government withdraw its military from their territories. From the western border of Sudan to the Atlantic Ocean, French armed forces, which have been in the area since 1659, will no longer have a base. The statement by the foreign minister of Chad, Abderaman Koulamallah, is exemplary: ‘France… must now also consider that Chad has grown up, matured, and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් කථානායක අශෝක රන්වල මහතා තම අධ්යාපන සුදුසුකම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් සත්ය තොරතුරු ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත්නම් ඔහුට ඉල්ලා අස්වැන්නැයි බල කළ යුතු යැයි ආචාර්ය නිර්මාල් රංජිත් දේවසිරි මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. එසේ නොවෙනම් ඔහු ඉවත් කිරීමට කටයුතු කළ යුතු බවද හෙතෙම කියා සිටී. පසුගිය මහ මැතිවරණවලදී ජාතික ජන බලවේගය වෙන මිනිස් සෘජුව පෙනී සිටි සිටි දේවසිරි මහතා තම සමාජ ජාල ගිණුමේ මේ බව සඳහන් කරමින් මෙම සටහන තබා තිබේ. රන්වල පරීක්ෂාව!!!==========ආණ්ඩුව තමන් ජනතාව දුන් පොරොන්දුව සම්බන්ධයෙන් බැරෑරුම්ව සිතන්නේ නම් කතානායක අසෝක රන්වල ගේ උපාධි පිළිබද තත්වය තමන්ම සොයා බලා ඔහු ඒ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් ණය ප්රතිව්යුගතකරණයට ක්රියාවලියට අදාළ මුල්ය හා නීති උපදේශකවරුන් සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව සිදු කරන ලද ගෙවීම් ප්රතිපූර්ණය කිරීමට රුපියල් මිලියන 3213 ක් මෙවර පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද පරිපූරක ඇස්තමේන්තුවෙන් අනුමැතිය ඉල්ලා ඇති බව සමගි ජන බලවේග පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී කබීර් හෂීම් මහතා පවසයි. රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා සහ ඔහුගේ රජය රට හදන්න වැල් පාර්ලිමේ ගියේ රෙදි ඇඳගෙන වුවත් අද ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතා හා වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව වැල් පාර්ලිමේ යන්නේ රෙදි නැතුව යයිද ඔහු කියා සිටී. අද පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී පරිපූරක ඇස්තමේන්තුව සම්බන්ධ විවාදය අමතමින් ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පල කරන ලදී. ජාත්යන්තර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Colombo Additional Magistrate questioned how the arrest and request to remand individuals who shared videos related to recent Maaveerar Naal commemorations can be justified without first investigating those who created and uploaded the videos. The Magistrate observed that this approach is akin to "shooting the messenger." Colombo Additional Magistrate Manjula Ratnayake made these remarks while granting bail to Renuka Perera, the Administrative Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, who was arrested by the CID for allegedly spreading false information regarding the Maaveerar Naal commemorations. The suspect... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The medical fraternity has raised serious concerns over a letter issued by the Regional Director of Health Services in Matale, instructing specialists over the age of 60 to retire by December 31. The letter, which the Daily Mirror has exclusively obtained, directs heads of relevant institutions in the district to advise medical professionals above 60 to vacate their positions. This directive has caused uncertainty among medical specialists in the area. Furthermore, the letter stipulates that the heads of institutions will be held accountable for any misconduct committed by professionals over... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Health Ministry is grappling with a shortage of multiple drugs, including several essential drugs, a senior official said. Speaking to Daily Mirror, Medical Supplies Deputy Director General Dr. G. Wijesuriya said while the shortage has affected several hospitals, the situation is under control as measures are being implemented to address the issue. “There are about 130 drugs currently in shortage at the Medical Supplies Division, while about 85 drugs are in short supply in hospitals,” he pointed out. “The ministry has recommended the use of substitutes for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized that he regards the media not as outsiders but as an integral part of the effort to build a better state and improve the lives of all citizens. He made these remarks during a meeting held today (05) with the heads of electronic media organizations at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. The President highlighted that the people expect a good political culture and elected the current government to fulfill that expectation. He invited all media organizations to collaborate in fostering the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka vowed Thursday to complete its long-delayed foreign debt restructure within the month before a 2025 budget adhering to strict revenue targets set by the International Monetary Fund. The island nation defaulted on its $46 billion external debt in April 2022 after running out of foreign exchange to finance even the most essential imports such as food and fuel. Its economy has recovered after getting an IMF rescue package and imposing austerity reforms aimed at repairing the government’s ruined finances. Economic development deputy minister Anil Jayantha Fernando said debt... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/24)
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Chanaka Bandarage The debate on abolishing the Executive Presidency has come to light again. This is good. True we have a new President, elected by the majority vote. But this does not negate the long felt need of abolishing the Executive Presidency. Since 1978, incompetent, fraudulent, sometimes violent, visionless Presidents have come and gone. They used the excessive power available to them to the maximum and destroyed this country. This could be repeated. We must leave a good, safe country for our future generations. For that the Executive Presidency must go. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/24)
by Garvin Karunaratne I write in support of MP Mr Tilvin Silva's, idea that Provincial Councils should be abolished(FTLK:4/12) I enclose my opinion as an administrator why the Provincial Councils imposed on us by an outsider, Rajiv Gandhi, should be abolished. Why the 13 th Amendment is inimical for our development and how it will create a separate State Posted on March 4th, 2021 By Garvin Karunaratne . I have in several of my Papers detailed as to Why the 13 th Amendment should be abolished. I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/24)
Dilrook Kannangara NPP government received the largest percentage of votes in any parliamentary election in South Asia. What is more important is its mandate came from all ethnic and religious groups. It won all except one district. With 159 seats in parliament, it is the only party ever to rule Sri Lanka without a coalition. In addition, unlike some leaders in the past, NPP leaders have no foreign travel restrictions, war crimes or serious human rights violation allegations against them. They have no corruption or other criminal cases in courts of law against them. Compared to all previous... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/24)
Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan, Dhaka, Bangladesh The average weather pattern in a place over the years is called climate. The change in that familiar weather pattern is called climate change. However, in the current world, climate change has become a global problem. As a result of climate change, the world is getting warmer, the weather is becoming more extreme, and the sea level is rising. Almost every country in the world is suffering from change-related problems in one way or another. According to the latest data from the international research organization German Watch, Bangladesh is ranked seventh among the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka has achieved another Staff-Level Agreement for the Third Review of the IMF program. The IMF delegation during its recent visit to Colombo praised the state of the economy and the success of their programme in Sri Lanka. The reality is far from its applause, where real output and incomes for people is much lower than where it was prior to the onslaught of the crisis. Worse, the IMF prescriptions of inflation targeting have drastically gone wrong, and the economy is caught in a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/24)
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj/DailyFT Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 29: November 13 is a date of great significance as far as the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP) – known as the Makkal Viduthalai Munnani in Tamil and People’s Liberation Front in English-is concerned. It was on 13 November 1989 that the JVP’s charismatic founder-leader Rohana Wijeweera. Since 1994 the JVP has been annually conducting an event to commemorate Wijeweera and the lives of thousands of JVP cadres killede in the two insurgencies of 1971 and 1987-89. The commemoration of heroes event called “Il Maha Viru Samaruwa” is a blend of speeches and songs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/24)
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Dec 3 (AdaDerana) – Sri Lanka’s tourism sector is taking a bold step into the limelight as a leading destination for Indian film productions, with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) taking centre stage at the 10th edition of the India International Film Tourism Conclave (IIFTC) in Mumbai, held from October 23 to 25, 2024. The event, renowned as the largest film tourism platform in India, provided an exceptional opportunity for Sri Lanka to showcase its diverse landscapes and cultural richness to the Indian film industry, positioning... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/24)
By P.K.Balachandran/Saunday Observer-Feautres Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Prof.Kurt F.Leidecker Colombo, Decembr 1: Buddhism and democracy are two sides of the same coin, if they are seen in the correct way, says the father of India’s democratic constitution and the modern-day apostle of Buddhism in India, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. He saw Buddhism as a democratic religion and he converted to it with lakhs of his socially oppressed followers called Dalits, in 1956. In a radio broadcast on October3, 1954, Dr. Ambedkar said that his social and political philosophy was enshrined... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් අයහපත් කාලගුණය හේතුවෙන් පූර්ණ හානි වූ වගා බිම් අක්කරයකට රුපියල් ලක්ෂයක වන්දි මුදලක් අවශ්ය බව අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්රික් මහා වාරිමාර්ග ඒකාබද්ධ ගොවි සංවිධානය සඳහන් කරයි. එහි සභාපති පුංචිරාළ රත්නායක මහතා පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ අක්කරයක් වගා කිරීම සඳහා ඊට වඩා මුදල් ප්රමාණයක් වැය වී ඇති බවයි. නව රජය කළ යුතුව ඇත්තේ පරණ චක්රලේඛ අහෝසිකර ගොවියාට රුපියල් ලක්ෂයක් ලබා දෙන වැඩපිළිවෙළ සකස් කිරීම බවයි. නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය නාමල් කරැනාරත්න මහතා අරගල කළේද වගාහානි වන්දි වැඩිකර ගැනීමට පවසන ඔහු දැන් නාමල් කරුණාරත්න මහතාට ලක්ෂයක් ලබාදීමට කටයුතු කළ හැකි බවද කියා සිටියේය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/24)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Today, December 4th, upon the request of the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, the Government of Japan has decided to provide emergency relief goods (tents, plastic sheets, sleeping pads) through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to Sri Lanka in response to the damages caused by the flood and landslide. In light of the humanitarian perspective and the friendly relations between Japan and Sri Lanka, Japan has decided to provide emergency assistance to Sri Lanka to support the people affected by the flood and landslide.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/24)
by Dharshan Weerasekera Courtesy The Island Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera at the UNHRC in 2015.(Picture courtesy Sunanda Deshapriya) Ever since the victory of the Sri Lankan armed forces against the LTTE in May 2009, the international community has been calling on successive governments in this country to ensure ‘transitional justice.’ These governments, in turn, have spent tens of millions of rupees on such efforts. Unfortunately, there has been little or no critical analysis in local newspapers or academic journals over whether the concept of ‘transitional justice’ is applicable to Sri Lanka. It is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/24)
By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana The NPP government should probe the killings of its founder leader Rohana Wijeweera and actor turned politician Vijaya Kumaratunga in keeping with the pledges made by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake during his policy statement, opposition MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake told Parliament yesterday “The President in his address to Parliament said cases which are buried will be taken out again. Therefore, we request that a probe be conducted on JVP founder leader Rohana Wijeweera and actor turned politician Vijaya Kumaratunga,” MP Dassanayake said. https://youtu.be/ym0sQfTW1mk “Find out... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/24)
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C. Wijeyawickrema Venerable Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera at Panadura (26 – 28 August 1873) vs Wesleyan Missionary Fathers හැඳින්වීම මෙම ලිපිය ඊමේල් මඟින් හිනිදුම සුනිල් සෙනෙවි ඇමතිවරයාට යවන්නට මට සිතුනේ ඔහු ගැන මට අසන්නට හා දැනගන්නට ලැබුණු කතා නිසාය, ගින්නක් නැතිව දුමක් නගින්නේ නෑ යන කියමන නිසාය. ඒ මක්නිසාදයත්, ඒ කතාවල අබමල් රේණුවක තරම් හෝ සත්යයක් තිබේ නම්, මෙම තනතුර ඔහුට දීම හා ඔහු එය භාරගැනීම යන දෙකම නරියාට කුකුල් කොටුව භාරදීමට සමාන ක්රියාවක් වන නිසාය. හරියට මහාචාර්ය සරච්චන්ද්ර ඇල්බට් පෙරේරාට අමරදේව කියා නම දැම්මා වගේ තමන්ට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/24)
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Sarath Wijesinghe (President’s Counsel, Senior Solicitor, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President Ambassador’s Forum UK / Sri Lanka) Attention and priority to foreign policy Nations give attention and priority to foreign policy due to the importance of the subject for the successful existence in the family of nations they live in. USA gives top priority to the formulation and application of foreign policy based on main four criteria towards and beneficial towards USA friendly foreign policy that entangles with the economy, international relations, aiming at prosperity and development of USA followed by major powers as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/24)
Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel Sri Lanka, Solicitor in England and Wales, President Ambassador’s Forum UK/SL, and former Ambassador to UAE and Israel Tourism is a Competitive trade Tourism is competitive as it is the fastest and easiest to thrive with available resources the country is bestowed with naturally not everybody is lucky to possess. World is different and complex with different climatic, geographical, and difficult condition with some counties prune to natural disasters often and difficult weather conditions. Yet in the modern world all the countries and the world over is contributing a substantial amounts to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka will not be able to afford a large public sector in the near future and will soon need to start reducing the number of state employees, a senior advisor to the president said yesterday. Projecting that the Treasury would be unable to sustain the current expenditure levels in the coming years, Senior Presidential Advisor Duminda Hulangamuwa said that the country would have to downsize its public sector workforce from its current 1.3 million employee base to 750,000 employees. “I can tell you that as we move forward, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ශ්රී ලංකාවට විශාල රාජ්ය අංශයක් දැරීමට තව දුරටත් නොහැකි වනු ඇති බවත් නුදුරේදී රාජ්ය සේවක සංඛ්යාව අඩු කිරීම ආරම්භ කළ යුතු බවත් ජනාධිපති ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ උපදේශක දුමින්ද හුළංගමුව මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. භාණ්ඩාගාරය දැනට සිදුකරන වියදම් ඉදිරියේදී පවත්වා ගැනීමට නොහැකි වනු ඇති බවද පැවසූ ඔහු දැනට රට තුළ සිටින ලක්ෂ දහතුනක් පමණ වන රාජ්ය සේවකයන් ඉදිරියේදී ලක්ෂ හත හමාරක් දක්වා අඩු කිරීමට සිදුවනු ඇති බවද කියා සිටියේය. ඒ මහතා මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේ කොළඹ පැවති උත්සව අවස්ථාවක් අමතමිනි. “අපි ඉදිරියට යන විට, භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ තිබෙන අරමුදල් ඉදිරි වසරවලදී ප්රමාණවත් නොවන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/24)
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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජාතික ජන බලවේග ආණ්ඩුව යටතේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ වරප්රසාද අඩු වෙනු ඇතැයි බලාපොරොත්තු වූ බව සමගි ජන බලවේග පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී දයාසිරි ජයසේකර මහතා පවසයි. තමන් පසුගිය සමයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු භෝජනාගාරයෙන් ඇතැම් දිනවල පමණක් දිවා ආහාර ගත් බවත් උදේ ආහාරය කිසිදා නොගත් බවත් හෙතෙම කියයි. මාලිමාවේ මන්ත්රීවරුන් දැන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවෙන් උදේට, දවල්ට ද කා හැකි නම් රෑට බත් මුලක් ඔතාගෙන යන්න තත්ත්වයට පත්ව ඇතැයි ද මන්ත්රීවරයා පැවසුවේය. මීට පෙරද ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණෙන් මන්ත්රීවරුන් 39ක් පත් වූ අවස්ථාවේ ද මෙම තත්වය ඇති වූ බවත් හෙතෙම වැඩි දුරටත් පැවසුවේය. අද පාර්ලිමේන්තු සැසිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/24)
ආචාර්ය ධරිණි රාජසිංහම් සේනානායක ආචාර්ය ධරිණි රාජසිංහම් සේනානායක ණය ප්රතිව්යුහගතකරණයේ සාර්ථකත්වය පිළිබඳ ශ්රී ලංකාව හොඳ උදාහරණයක්[i] බව ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදලේ ප්රධානියාවන ක්රිස්ටිනා ජෝර්ජියේවා පසුගිය මාසයේ වොෂින්ටනයේ පැවැති වාර්ෂික රැස්වීමේදී පවසා තිබේ. නමුත් ඇය විසින් නොපවසන ලද දෙය නම් මෙම උපායමාර්ගික වශයෙන් වැදගත් දිවයින “බංකොළොත්” යැයි ප්රකාශයට පත්කරන විට තිබූ ණය ප්රමාණය වන ඩොලර් බිලියන 26 ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදලේ විස්තීර්ණ අරමුදල් පහසුකම (Extended Fund Facility-EFF) යටතේ සිදු කරන ලද “සාර්ථක ණය ප්රතිව්යුහගතකරණයේ” දෙවසරකින් පසුව ඩොලර් බිලියන 100 දක්වා වැඩි වී ඇති බවය.[ii] මාසයකට පසුව දිවයිනේ අලුතෙන් තේරී පත්වූ ඇමැති මණ්ඩලයේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
e-Con e-News Posted byee ink.November 30, 2024Posted inUncategorizedTags:asia, China, politics, sri-lanka, travel blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 24-30 November 2024 * ‘I also ask him to examine the Central Bank, another institution that has been exercising influence over the economy of the country. The body of John Exter has been removed from the territory of Ceylon, but his soul is still marching on in the Central Bank of Ceylon, & the sooner that soul is also... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
by Garvin Karunaratne A Statement by Advisor Duminda Hulangamuva tells that our President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has decided to delay the implementation of the IMF's decision that Imputed Taxes should be taxed. (EN: 2/12/24) Our President has to be congratulated for this decision. This is a minor decision but it is important to note that it is a decision by the IMF that has been varied in the interests of our Motherland. I must mention that it is the decision of the IMF to impose the Structural Adjustment Programme provisions on our... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් නවක මන්ත්රීවරුන් 168 ක් සහින පාර්ලිමේන්තුවක් තේරී පත් වී ඇත. ආයතනයක් නවකයින්ගෙන් පිරෙන විට ‘සාම්ප්රදායට’ අගයක් ලැබීම අනිවාර්ය ප්රතිඑලයකි. මන්ත්රී ඇඳුම ගැන කතාව වැදගත්වන්නේ ඒ නිසාය. ‘පිරිපුන් අංගසම්පූර්ණ ඇඳුම’ සංකල්පය අහසින් කඩා පාත්වූවක් හෝ එංගලන්ත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවෙන් ගෙඩිය පිටින් ආනයනය කළ හෝ දෙයක් නොවේ. ඡන්දය දුන් මහජනතාවට ගෞරවයක් ලැබෙන ලෙස, නියෝජිතයින් සභාවට ගෙන්වා ගැනීම සඳහා සැකසුණු රීතියකි. සමගි පෙරමුණු ආණ්ඩුවේ දකුණු කොළඹ මන්ත්රී බර්නාඩ් සොයියා ටයි පටිය නොමැතිව, ෂර්ට් - කලිසම සහ කබාය ඇදගෙන පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ සභාවට පැමිණි විට කතානායකවරයා ඔහුට සභාවෙන් ඉවත් වෙන ලෙස දැන්වීය. මෙයින් ටික කලකට පසුව, දෙවන වරටත් වෙනත් මන්ත්රීවරයෙකුත් එවැනිම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. අගමැති සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිර ලේකම් සහ ශ්රී ලංකා පරිපාලන සේවා සන්ගමයේ හිටපු සභාපති (1991-94) විධායක ජනාධිපති ධුරය අහෝසි කිරීමේ කටයුතු ආරම්භ කෙරේ (2024. නොවැ. 24 ඉරිදා සිලෝන් ටුඩේ පුවත්පත) The National People’s Power (NPP) has called on the highest echelons of the Government to abolish the placed Party sources revealed. Executive Presidency as promised and the discussions in this regard have already been initiated, highly- The NPP has always criticized the current Executive Presidency, introduced by the 1978 Constitution, which consolidates significant power in the hands of the President, often bypassing legislative checks... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
Courtesy Hiru News "සලකුණ" අරලිය සමූහ ව්යාපාරයේ සභාපති, ඩඩ්ලි සිරිසේන සමඟ, https://youtu.be/6_ISPnnurw8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean How Safe & Secure are the Security Operational Functions & Details of Global Political & Commercial Leaders? When a bullet transmitted by a highly visible weapon, reached the “Ear of an ex-President of USA”, despite a highly professional Team of Secret Service Security personnel, the Safety Operational Control of Security is a Question Mark! Events proved from the time of Jesus Christ, the closest Disciple, Confidant like Judas Iscariot, gave the Kiss of Death for a few Pieces of Silver! Julius Caesar was stabbed on his back by Brutus!... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean January 20, 2025. The Inauguration day. The Proof of the Pudding on 21st January 2025! Cease Fire? The Trump Kiss Worked? Ukraine is Redundant! NATO Does Not Need Ukraine Anymore. NATO has now Finland & Sweden as Members. Russia Keeps 20%++ of Ukraine Territory. With a 1000 Km Demilitarized Zone under UK-Geermany-France-Italy (NATO)! Trump & the KISS! Carrot & the Stick! Cease Fire! If Ukraine Does Not Cease Fire No More USA Support... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
CHAPA නිදහස් https://youtu.be/ejG5PGgi3J4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
CHAPA නිදහස් July 9, 2022 ඕමල්පේ හිමිගෙ බෞද්ධ විරෝධී ත්රස්ත ප්රකාශය! https://youtu.be/e2hKWreaGtU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් නව පාර්ලිමේන්තු සැසිය ආරම්භයේදී ජය මංගල ගාථා නොකියූ නිසා රටට සාපයක් වැදී ඇත්දැයි සිතන බව සමගි ජන බලවේග පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී නලින් බණ්ඩාර මහතා පවසයි. අද පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකදී ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පල කලේය. “ගංවතුර තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන් රටේ අක්කර තුන් ලක්ෂ අසූදහසකට ආසන්න ප්රමාණයක් ජලයෙන් යටවෙලා තිබෙනවා. ගං වතුරෙන් හානියට පත් මෙම ඉඩම් සඳහා වන්දි ලබාදෙන්න රජය රුපියල් බිලියනයක් වෙන්කරලා තිබෙනවා. කෙසේ නමුත් මේ අනුව එක අක්කරයකට ලැබෙන්නේ රුපියල් 2600 ක් වගේ සුලු මුදලක්. ඒ අනුව හානියට පත් ඉඩම් වෙනුවෙන් රුපියල් බිලියනයක් ප්රමාණවත් වෙන්නේ නෑ. අවම රුපියල් බිලියන 20... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
by Melani Manel Perera Courtesy PIME Asia News In northern and eastern Sri Lanka, people held a peaceful day of remembrance on 27 November for their civil war dead. Despite bad weather, they laid flowers, candles, and fruit in Maaveerar Thuyilam Illam, heroes’ final homes. No restrictions were imposed under the new government. Muthukumara, a businessman from Colombo told AsiaNews, that “everyone is a human being,” urging the government “to go ahead with peace.” Colombo (AsiaNews) – Flowers, lamps, candles, coconuts and other fruit are, according to Tamil tradition, offered on 27 November to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, December 2 (Daily Mirror) - Referring to the recent actions of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya which has gained much publicity, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Nalin Bandara Jayamaha today said both should stop grandstanding The MP was referring to the report that said Prime Minister Amarasuriya had visited a supermarket on her own and the report that President Dissanayake had walked from the Presidential Secretariat to the Finance Ministry. “The Prime Minister's grandstanding comes at a time when the country is hit by a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, December 2 (Daily Mirror) - A delay in issuing a crucial circular/Gazette has put over 200 specialist doctors in Sri Lanka at risk of premature retirement, threatening the country’s public health service, Daily Mirror learns Despite a Court of Appeal ruling that extended the retirement age for specialist doctors in state hospitals to 63 years, and cabinet approving the same on 19th June 2024, the Ministry of Public Administration has yet to implement the decision through an official circular/Gazette. The controversy arose after a general circular and Gazette from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/24)
Shenali D Waduge With every government, the separatists have managed to continue their roadmap successfully. Inspite of this, the election results of the North saw a significant rejection of parties that had been mooting separatism & ethnic tensions though essentially the Tamil populace have had little or no opportunity to raise their voice accept to take orders either from LTTE, Tamil politicians peddling separatism, India, NGO circles, Western-linked clergy & from LTTE Diaspora as they all hold carrots of promises over the people. The incremental successes are now converging towards an ultimate goal, whether it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/24)
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. According to the Western chronological records, the first patients who showed PTSD-like symptomatology were recorded in 1666. These records were based on Samuel Pepy’s diary, which described the bizarre behavior pattern of the survivors of the Great Fire of London. Samuel Pepy vividly portrayed the nightmares, intrusions and flashbacks experienced by these survivors. Although the Western World recorded PTSD-like symptoms in 1666, King Seethawaka Rajasinghe – the 16th Century monarch of Sri Lanka, is believed to have suffered from combat-related PTSD, and his disturbed behavior... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean The Trump Team The Wealthy Billionaire Team has Quality Expertise. “Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width!” Starting with Russia, Trump kept the door open with President VladimirPutin, with a Love-Hate Relationship! Elon Musk, the South African born American citizen with Brains, now acting as Mentor to Trump, lodged at Mar- a-Lago, may get his own suite at the White House. Musk has direct links to President Xi of China and to Shri Narendra Modi, the Prime... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/24)
Sarath Wijesinghe President's Counsel, Solicitor in England and Wales former Ambassador to UAE and Israel and President Ambassador’s Forum Tourist Tourism and hospitality trade Tourist is one who travels away from the residence for a period over 24 hours for pleasure, leisure rest,holiday in addition to any other reason. But human by nature is to travel at any available opportunities are ready to travel and explore as has been done for generations. Human travelled to explore and better green pasters with better resources facialists and environments.With modern facilities to travel human adopted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean Trump threatens 100% tariff on BRICS countries if they pursue creating new currency!https://lnkd.in/eR2WzvnH currency-tariff/index.htmlBRICS group accounts for 45% of world population, 35% of its economy: Vladimir Putin Trump threatens 100% tariff on BRICS countries if they pursue creating new currency! https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/30/politics/trump-brics-currency-tariff/index.html Leader of Democracy at its Highest & on How to Cripple Competition by the C-i-C -elect of USA! BRICS group accounts for 45% of world population, 35% of its economy: Vladimir Putin How will BRICS Brazil - Russia - India - China _ South Africa... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/24)
Sarath Wijesinghe - President's Counsel, Former Ambassador to UAE and Israel and former Chairman Consumer Affairs Authority , President Ambassador’s forum UK/Sri Lanka, Solicitor in England and Wales. Economy of a Nation is the Cradle on which all others are based on and the cradle of the economy is SME’s worldover Transforming the outlook of the economic developments onto an upper level. This has become a disputed area in AI and Digital era when everything is transforming and changing so fast in a different era and area with industry as development of the SMEs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මහවිරු සැමරුම් ප්රවර්ධනය කිරීමේ යයි සමාජ ජාල ක්රියාකාරීන් තිදෙනෙකු අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම මගින් සමාජ මාධ්ය පාලය කිරීමේ ආණ්ඩුවේ දේශපාලන සුජාතභාවය විනාශ කර ගැනීම ආරම්භය කර ඇති බව මහාචාර්ය නිර්මාල් රංජිත් දේවසිරි මහතා පවසයි. ආණ්ඩුව අභියෝග සඳහා මුහුණ දීමේ දී කිසිදු පරිණතභාවයක් පිළිබිඹු නොකරන බවත් මෙවැනි ක්රියාවල ප්රතිඵලය ආණ්ඩුවට පමණක් නොව ආණ්ඩුව පත්කිරීම සඳහා පෙනී සිටි අයට ද භුක්ති විඳීමට සිදුවන බවත් ඒ මහතා කියා සිටී. කිසිවෙකු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන අසත්ය ප්රචාර පාලනය කිරීමට හැකි යැයි සිතීම මෙන් ම අසත්ය ප්රචාරය සඳහා ජනයා රැවටේ යැයි සිතීම ද වැරදි බව පවසන ඒ මහතා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Throughout his tenure in Parliament, Dr. Harsha has consistently been a voice of reason, advocating for economic stability, fiscal responsibility, and transparent governance. His contributions to major legislative reforms demonstrate a commitment to policies that prioritise national welfare over partisan gain The new political shift in Sri Lanka positions the leftist alliance to implement widespread policy changes, potentially offering the stability that many Sri Lankans have long been yearning forWhile Sajith Premadasa remains a prominent figure, securing more votes in the most recent elections than Dr. Harsha de Silva—voter dynamics... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/24)
Ada Derana https://youtu.be/fN-WaDDF-ZQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/24)
Courtesy AdaDerana Senior Economic Advisor to the President Duminda Hulangamuwa claims that the new government is encouraging the private sector to be at the forefront of economic development in the country. However, he noted that the government will retain control over strategic sectors of public interest. Joining Ada Derana’s current affairs program, ‘ HydePark’, Hulangamuwa highlighted that the government is pursuing a liberal market strategy to encourage private sector investment. Commenting on the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, Hulangamuwa explained that the government is not rushing the process but is carefully analysing which state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are a burden on the treasury. Responding to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/24)
By Sena Thoradeniya (1) Economic Crisis: Then and Now Founding father of JVP, Patabandige Don Nandasiri Wijeweera (later baptized as Rohana, to signify his Southern roots and victorious armies of ancient Rohana Rata), began his famous “panthi paha” (five classes or lessons) in 1965, with “Economic Crisis of Lanka”, an imaginary crisis he has invented to attract youth to his fledgling political movement. It is a historical mockery that after 59 years a loyalist of old JVP Anura Kumara, was thrust upon to grapple with a real economic crisis of Himalayan magnitude, the worst economic crisis... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/24)
Vichara At the opening of the 10th Parliament, President AKD made a policy statement covering a wide range of issues. It was a professional presentation. This note is in elaboration on a few topics in his speech that are related to economic development. (In this note the President’s statements are in Italics.) 1. “if national wealth becomes concentrated among a few, it will not stabilize the economy or society. Our policy, therefore, is that the benefits of the economy must be fairly distributed among the people” While appreciating the sentiments expressed so... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS After the colonization schemes of the 1950s and 1960s, the government started doing Development Schemes. Tamil Separatist Movement viewed these development schemes with great alarm, because they brought Sinhalese settlers into the area they had reserved for Eelam. State-sponsored colonization would lead to a change in the demography of the Northern and Eastern Province. The Accelerated Mahaweli Scheme was the largest development scheme in Sri Lanka .it started operations in October 1977. It was a multi-purpose development scheme involving the construction of reservoirs, hydroelectricity plants and irrigation systems. The Mahaweli Scheme was designed to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean President-elect Donald Trump Appointment of General Keith Kellogg with High Credibility, to Stop the Russian- Ukraine Conflict, is Positive! A Master-Stroke! Trump Offers the Russian Bear a Honeycomb! Offering President Putin of Russia a 20% land area which was Ukraine and a 1000 km Buffer De-Militarised Zone is a Practical Solution to please Putin. This is the only practical solution suggested by any leader, when all other leaders were “Provoking-the-Bear” and pouring gasoline into a burning fire. 80% is Better Than Losing More Men!... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/24)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera Politicians in this country instigate people to carry on strikeS irrespective of the nature of the problem ,and without studying the proposal –may be… From the government- side there should be many public forums explaining the circumstances under which Indians have been entrusted the peacekeeping functions in the North and how Rajeev Gandhi blackmailed Sri Lankans to sign in to the Indian Pease agreement .Then Indians shrewdly included Trinco tank farm in to the agreement as a strategic move .That was the ulterior intention ,and JR had to givein ,JVP is also responsible... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/24)
By N Sathiya Moorthy Courtesy Ceylon Today In a way, there isn’t much new in the book, The Rout of Prabhakaran by M.R. Narayan Swamy, who had authored an ‘unauthorised’ biography of LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, Inside an Elusive Mind, way back in 2003, and two other books, one earlier and another latter, on the world’s most dreaded guerrilla force and its unpredictable leader, who had the uncanny knack of turning defeat into victory – and victory, or whatever remained, into sure defeat. In other ways, The Rout is an after-thought of an unemotional and impartial analysis of Narayan Swamy’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/24)
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