Sarath Wijesinghe – former Ambassador to UAE and Israel IS ECTA A LIMPING HORSE Indo Sri Lanka Economic and Technical Cooperation has become a limping horse with many more obstacles ahead. Both parties have failed to reach a consensus on traffic barriers, negative lists and several other matters on the proposals from either side. It […]

 Sarath Obeysekera Nawlaoka Mudalali who has been a pioneer in starting a private hospital in a small scale expanded it with his visions ,because he knew that Colombo Lower middle Class and poor class can still afford 350 Rs to see a doctor in no time ,where as a labourer who earns mere 1500 rs […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Name and Shame ……….This is better than complaining to CIABOS….. I would like to highlight an incident where I was penalized by the government  ( Customs) when I brought my Lexus Car which I used for many years in England  to Sri Lanka .I obtained a Green Permit on the strength of […]

By Dr.Tilak S. Fernando It was an early night indeed that I went to bed quite early. I could hardly finish my bedtime prayers that I felt as if I got lifted up from the bed and floating up in the air! Was it a dream or an optical illusion? Next, I landed on a […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM Spokesperson, United Sri Lanka Association.New Zealand. Rt Hon Bill English MP, Prime Minister of New Zealand. Dear Mr.English, Thank you for your acknowledgement of my letter of 12th December offering our thanks and best wishes to your predecessor Mr.John Key on his retirement from a very successful tenure as Prime Minister during […]

BY GAGANI WEERAKOON Courtesy Ceylon Today Sri Lanka yesterday celebrated the 69th anniversary of gaining independence from Britain, and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of Independence Day sent the following message: “It gives me great pleasure to send Your Excellency Maithripala Sirisena my congratulations on the celebration of your National Day, together with […]

– By Ada Derana Staff Courtesy Adaderana Some people are eyeing to make false allegation against the Auditor General, the Joint Opposition stressed. JO MP Bandula Gunawardena while speaking at a press conference held on Monday said that some parties also attempt to pressurize the Auditor General over the controversial bond sale deal. The MP added […]

– By Roosindu Peris Adaderana No one intends to raise concerns about the Kothalwala Defense University, Government Nursing Officers Associations President Saman Rathnapriya said on Monday. Rathnapriya also questioned as to why the up and running Sir Johns Kothalwala Defense University has not faced resistance unlike the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM). […]

Adaderana The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka on Monday has dismissed the allegation raised by former President Chandrika Kumaratunga on the Norochcholai coal power plant. Chandrika Kumaratunga has said the China’s ambassador to Sri Lanka had told her that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa solicited Rs.15 billion as a commission for the Norochcholai project. A spokesman […]

ලංකා සී නිවුස් නොරොච්චෝල තාප විදුලි බලාගාරය ඉදිකිරීමේදී රුපියල් බිලියන 15ක කොමිස් මුදලක් හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා ලබා ගත් බව චීන තානාපති තමනට කිවුවේ යයිි චන්ද්‍රිකා කුමාරතුංග හිටපු ජනපතිනිය විසින් කරන ලද ප‍්‍රකාශය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම අසත්‍ය බව කොළඹ පිහිටි චීන තානාපති කාර්යාලය කියා සිටී. එවන් ප‍්‍රකාශයක් හිටපු ජනපතිනිය විසින් සිදු කර ඇත්තේ කිසිදු තොරතුරක් හෝ […]

ලංකා සී නිවුස් ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ පසුගිය මැතිවරණවලදී එජාපය ප‍්‍රමුඛ පොදු අපේක්‍ෂක කදවුරෙන් විශාල වශයෙන් මුදල් ලබා ගත් බවට පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී චතුර සේනාරත්න මහතා හෙලි කරයි. සති අන්ත දේශය පුවපත්පත හා අදහස් පල කරමින් ඔහු මෙසේ අදහස් කියයි. ‘අනුර කුමාර, විජිත හේරත් සමග මා කෙලින්ම ගණුදෙනු කලා. ඔවුන් ගණුදෙනු කලේ මා එක්ක විතරක් නොවෙයි. මේ […]

Courtesy Ada Derana  More issues continue to emerge due to the delay in holding the Local Government election, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says. Rajapaksa also underlined the services done by the LG bodies have also come to an abrupt end due to this reason. He made the observation while speaking at an event held in […]

By Ruwan de Silva Courtesy The Island Did the WB conduct an investigation to find out whether authorized primary dealers were trying to push interest rates up, causing a financial loss to the country? A Sunday newspaper reported on its front page on Jan. 29, 2017 that the World Bank (WB) had written to the […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වසර 69කට පසු My Dear ceylon Independence day special