Translated by : A.A.M,NIZAM – MATARA Attention of the Local and International Monetary Institutions and reputed Economists has drawn on the statement made by President Sirisena to the Heads of Media Institutions on 6th January about the financial situation of the country.  One of the statements he had made at this media gathering was that […]

ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මාහාචාර්ය සුනන්ද මද්දුමබණ්ඩාර කැලණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ ආර්ථික විද්‍යා අධ්‍යයන අංශය lanka C news ජනවාරි 6 වන දින ජනාධිපති මෛත‍්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා රටේ ජනමාධ්‍ය ප‍්‍රධානීන් අමතා කළ ප‍්‍රකාශය පිළිබඳව දෙස් විදෙස් ආර්ථික විද්‍යාඥයන්ගේ සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය ආයතනවල අවධානය මේ වන විටත් යොමු වී ඇතැයි සිතිය හැක. එයට හේතුව එතුමා රටේ ආර්ථික කටයුතු පිළිබඳව ඉතා ආන්දෝලාත්මක කරුණු […]

By Dr Upul wijayawardhana Courtesy The Island February 4, 2018, 9:16 pm My title, in no way, is intended to cast aspersions on the good people of Raigama or Gampola but simply to remind the readers of a folk tale; one that is supposed to have happened during the time of Sinhala kings which came to […]

Janaka Perera As Sri Lanka marks the 70th Anniversary of the British departure from her shores on February 4 we wonder whether we have paved the way for the emergence over the decades of corrupt and blundering rulers from among our own politicians to replace the old colonial masters, in the name of independence and […]

BY MALINDA SENEVIRATNE The Foreign Affairs Ministry and the British High Commission declared in a joint statement released on Friday (February 2, 2018) that a document offering ‘Royal Etiquette Guidelines’ circulated by an entity calling itself ‘Welcome Committee of British Royals’ is false.  Both parties stated that neither had set up any such committee.  It was headlined […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island The total loss incurred by the Employment Providence Fund (EPF) due to the bond scam alone is over Rs 26 billion, Center for Human Rights (CHR) Executive Director Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon said yesterday addressing a press conference at Rajagiriya. Referring to a report prepared by former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane If our motherland is fortunate to have a government in future, with leaders who are upright and patriotic, it should, as a priority, take action to inquire into human rights violations and economic devastation caused to our people and our motherland during the British colonial rule. Based upon findings, the government should […]

කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ජනාධිපතිවරයාගෙන් ඉල්ලයි. රැකියා විරහිත උපාධිධාරී සංගමයේ කැදවුම්කරු තැන්නේ ඥාණානන්ද හිමියන්ට  තර්ජනය කර පහරදීමට තැත් කළ ඌව මහ ඇමතිවරයා වහා එම තනතුරෙන් ඉවත් කරන ලෙස කැෆේ ඇතුළු මානව හිමිකම් සංවිධාන ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත විවෘත ඉල්ලීමක් සිදු කරයි. ඒකාබද්ධ රැකියා විරහිත උපාධිධාරී සංගමය ඌව පළාත් ගුරු විභාග සමතුන්   දැනට පවත්නා පුරප්පාඩු සදහා බදවාගන්නා ලෙස සිදු කළ උද්ඝෝෂණය […]

Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon Executive Director/CaFFE Executive Director/CHR-Sri Lanka කසුන් පලිහේන ඔහුගේ බේරුමට සැකසූ වාර්තාව බැදුම්කර වාර්තාවේ සත්‍ය අනාවරණය කරයි.  ගණුදෙනු 7 කින් සේවක අර්ථසාධකයට පමණක් පාඩුව රු. බිලියන 26 යි.  කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් පුවත්පත් සාකච්ඡාවක දී කියයි. බෑනා ගේ සමාගමේ විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ පලිසේන විසින් හෙළි කළ තොරතුරු අනුව එම සමාගම විසින් ගණුදෙනු 7 ක් තුලින් සේවක අර්ථසාධක […]

කන්න වෙලා තියෙන්නේ පිටරට හාල්,නැව් එනකම් බලන් ඉන්න වෙලා

The public are starving while the govt.’s concern is on dances – Mahinda (English)

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga had been reportedly detained at the Dubai Airport this morning, while in transit to the United States, sources said. He was to be handed over to the Dubai Police by the immigration officers. Udayanga Weeratunga, Sri Lanka’s former envoy to Russia was accused […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Foreign Affairs Ministry and the British High Commission today said the document which is currently being circulated purporting to be a guide in ‘royal etiquette’ issued by a ‘Welcome Committee of British Royals’, was false. In a joint statement, the ministry and the High Commission said no such committee has been […]

BY GAGANI WEERAKOON Courtesy Ceylon Today With President Maithripala Sirisena continuing to openly criticize the acts of his main coalition partner United National Party (UNP) – which many believe as an act designed to save his face and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in the run-up to the Local Government Elections – Speaker Karu Jayasuriya […]

දෙවරක් රැවටෙන ජනතාවක් ලංකාවේ නැහැ… හිටපු ජනපති පොළොන්නරුවේදී පවසයි

lanka C news හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා සහභාගී වන 360 වැඩසටහන දෙරණ නාලිකාවේ හෙට සදුදා දිනයේ විකාශණය කිරීමට නියමිතය. එම වැඩසටහනේ පූර්ව ප‍්‍රචාරය මහා නවත්වන්නැයි ආණ්ඩුවේ ඉහල බලපෑමක් එල්ල වී ඇති බව දෙරණ නාලිකාවේ අභ්‍යන්තර ආරංචි මාර්ග කියයි. ඒ අනුව එහි පූර්ව ප‍්‍රචාරය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම නවත්වා දමා ඇත. එමෙන්ම අද දිනයේ දෙරණ නිලාකවේ විකාශණය කිරීමට […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara 1.2.2018 I am penning these few words in response to the excellent write up on the following article that appeared in yesterday’s Lannkaweb by Shenali Waduge (31.1.2018). Nothing to celebrate about a Dominion Status in 4 February 1948. Sri Lanka must celebrate 22 May 1972 Republic Day” While I commend Shenalis article […]

Between 1948 and 1972, Ceylon was independent but remained a dominion status where the head of state was the Monarch of England. At the time of Ceylon Independence George VI was King of England. His daughter Elizabeth II became Queen of England and Head of State of Ceylon from 1952 to 1972. Moreover, UK still […]

Courtesy The Island Ven. Prof. Bellanwila Wimalarathana Nayake Thera, the chief incumbent of the Bellanwila Raja Maha Viharaya, died yesterday following what sources described as “an attack by the temple’s tusker”. The prelate usually feeds the elephant named ‘Miyan Kumara’ between 6.00-6.30 am as a practice on a daily basis. On Friday morning, he had […]

Embargo 0001H UK time Friday 20 September-The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) A call is made today for increased awareness of ‘silent’ heart attacks that may follow surgery. In a session at this week’s Annual Congress of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI), Professor Daniel I. Sessler, […]