By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 8 (newsin.asia): Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Sri Lankan Defense and Urban Development Secretary and younger brother of the country’ fifth President Mahinda Rajapaksa, is confident of getting elected as President of Sri Lanka at the end this year. He said in an interview here on Wednesday, that his confidence rests on […]

Sudath Gunasekara 8.3.2019. Sirisena: Looking at the world map to find the next county he should visit before expiring his term while dreaming as to how he could become the President for a second term Rnil W: Scheming and dreaming to oust or eliminate Sirisena to become the President as he knows that he can […]

Janaka Perera President Maithripala Sirisena will be the Chief Guest at the ceremonial opening of the Buddha Shrine of the International Cambodian Buddhist Centre Kaduwela on Saturday March 9. The distinguished Cambodian guest will be Her Eminence Mahopasika Sok Im. The event will be Co-Chaired by the Most Venerable Napana Pemasiri Mahanayaka Thera, Chief Sangha […]

RANJITH SOYSA The UN ‘s highest court recently ruled that the UK’s claim of sovereignty of the Chagos Isands is illegal. It was stated that the UK’s continued administration of the islands ” constitutes a wrongful act entailing the international responsibility of that state”. Mauritius reported to the courts that the UK forced her to […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ ප්‍රමුඛ විපක්ෂයේ ඒකාබද්ධ මැයිදින රැළිය මෙවර බොරැල්ල කැම්බල් පිටියේ පැවැත්විමට තීරණය කර ඇත. මේ සදහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොලීසියේ එකගතාවය මත කොළඹ නගර සභාවට මුදල් ‌ගෙවා පිටිය වෙන්කර ගැනීමට ද ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ පියවර ගෙන තිබේ. මැයි දින පැවැත්වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ප්‍රධාන දේශපාලන පක්ෂ නියෝජිතයින්ගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් කොළඹ දිසාව […]

මානව හිමිකම් මුවාවෙන් කෙරෙන රණවිරු දඩයමට, මැතිවරණ කල් දැමීමට, ඒකිය රට දෙකඩ කරන ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝදනවලට එරෙහිව හා සියලු ජාත්‍යන්තර මැදිහත්වීම්වලට එරෙහිව ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් ‌කොමිෂම ඉදිරිපිට මාර්තු 10 ඉරිදා සවස 1ට පැවැත්වෙන උද්ඝෝෂණය සදහා මහාචාර්ය චන්න ජයසුමන මහතා සහභාගි වෙයි. ඒ සදහා චන්න ජයසුමන මහතා  හෙට පිටත්ව යන අතර ශ්‍රී ලාංකිය දේශප්‍රේමි ජනතාව සමග අත්වැල් […]

මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාව  ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ අද දින (08* මාධ්‍යහමුවට සහභාගි වූ නියෝජිතයින් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී කනක හේරත් මහතා  පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී ඩි. වි. චානක මහතා  පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී කාංචන විජේසේකර මහතා  පාසල් දරුවෝ 14ටත් ඉටුනොවෙන සිහිනයක් පෙන්නලා  කෘෂිකර්මය විනාශ කරපු මොඞ් ගොවියා කියනවා පරාක‍්‍රමබාහු රජුට පස්සේ තමන්ලූ රට ස්වයංපෝෂිත කලේ.  ජැක් පොට් වගේ කැස්නෝ ගමට ගෙනිහින් ගමේ සූදුව […]

මාධ්‍යට කිව්වට පලක් නැ. සංහිදියාවට බාධා වෙයිනේ ඒ නිසා ප‍්‍රචාරය කරන එකක් නැ https://www.facebook.com/fortune2020/posts/2348767562020145

By  D.B.S. Jeyaraj Courtesy The Daily Mirror Gota would’ve been a political casualty if MR-MS’ Oct. 26 coup succeeded Imperative for Rajapaksas to pick candidate with best chance of winning Is former President Mahinda Rajapaksa playing fair by his younger brother Gotabaya as far as the presidential election candidate issue is concerned? This question has popped […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 8 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s Transport and Civil Aviation Ministry, on Friday, launched special ‘all female compartments’ in passenger trains travelling throughout the island in order to ensure the safety of female passengers, local media said. The additional compartments were unveiled on Friday morning, coinciding with International Women’s Day, on the […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 8 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s national air carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, operated its first all female crew flight from Colombo to Singapore and back on Friday to celebrate International Women’s Day, the airline said in a statement. The UL306 flight took off from Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport on Friday morning carrying […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Presidential Commission of Inquiry has decided to investigate a complaint lodged against a financial irregularity committed through the ‘Suraksha’ insurance operated by the Ministry of Education. The complaint was filed by UNP Parliamentarian Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe yesterday (07). He claims that this insurance has not drawn any benefit for school children and irregularity […]

Courtesy Adaderana The CID officer arrested in the act of accepting a bribe of Rs 80,000 has been remanded until March 22nd by the Colombo Magistrate. The suspect, who was arrested by the Bribery Commission yesterday (07), was produced before the Colombo Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne. The Bribery Commission informed the court that the officer in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet says the lack of progress” shows that the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka should remain firmly on the agenda of the UN Human Rights Council. In the latest report on Sri Lanka by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for […]

BY IDAH Z. PSWARAYI-RIDDIHOUGH Courtesy http://blogs.worldbank.org It’s International Women’s Day today, and there is a lot to celebrate in Sri Lanka and beyond. Being a woman, mother, sister, aunt – name it, it’s something women wake up to daily and they love it.  None of them question about being enumerated for these roles.  We marvel and revel in […]

BY IDAH Z. PSWARAYI-RIDDIHOUGH  http://blogs.worldbank.org This International Women’s Day I chose to have a conversation with a lady who is recognized as the leading Sri Lankan woman entrepreneur, Mrs. Aban Pestonjee. Her story is an inspiration to youth (male and female) and women who are afraid of failure and taking risks. Starting from a modest home-based business, […]