Anil Amarasekera Co-President National Joint Committee Hon. Ranil Wickramasinghe,The Prime Minister of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka,The Prime Minister’s 0ffice,No. 58, Sir Ernest de Silva Mawatha Colombo 7. Dear Sir, The Millennium Challenge Corporation Agreement The National Joint Committee is committed to protect and preserve the unity and territorial integrity of our nation. We […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි සිරිසේනගේ දුෂිත පාලනය මේ රට ඉතිහාසයේ කිසිදා මුහුණ නොදුන් අවදානම් තත්වයකට, තල්ලු කර දමා හමාරය. බොරුව වංචාව හා දුෂණය පෙරටුකර ගත් පාලනය, මේවන විට සිරිසේනව ඉතිහාසයේ ඉතා අවදානම් තත්වයකට තල්ලුකර දමා ඇත. ඒ ඔහු විසින් මේ රටට සිදුකල මහා විනාශයට ඔහුට උරුම කර්මයේ පලයයි. අපට වැදගත් වනුයේ ඔහුට සිදුවන්නේ කුමක්ද යන්න නොව. […]

Dr Sarath obeysekera  There should be more clarity in above ruling  Muslims and burger ladies may not wate sarees? Standards for the blouse whether sleeveless or sleeved , whether naval button can be seen or not , and obe’ Theeraya” measurement by specifying width , front of the blouse to cover chest area and the […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE My dearest Team By now you would have been inundated with advise, hints etc  by many. These are my  hints or pathways, take it or leave it: i.                  Never underestimate your opposing team; ii.                At the beginning of your innings, if you are successful in scoring couple of boundries or […]

අද (31) දින පැවැති ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදු ජන පෙරමුනේ මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාව අද (31) දින මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාවට සහභාගි වූ නියෝජිතයින් ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතා ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ඉන්දික අනුරුද්ධ මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතා තේරීම් කාරක සභාව පත්කරලා කරන්නෙත් කල්මැරීමක්. මේ වෙද්දි පොලීසිය මගින් රිෂාඩි බදියුදින් ඇමැතිවරයා ප්‍රශ්න කර අධිකරණයට කරුණු වාර්තා කළ යුතුයි. එවැනි […]

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By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent, BBC News A fungus – genetically enhanced to produce spider toxin – can rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread malaria, a study suggests. Trials, which took place in Burkina Faso, showed mosquito populations collapsed by 99% within 45 days. The researchers say their aim is not […]

Courtesy Sputnik One man’s morning commute included quite the spectacle in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, after he spotted a local pineapple salesman taking his job to the next level. According to the owner of the footage, the salesman is a normal passenger on the train and is always seen with a pineapple dish. However, on this particular day the man displayed a new talent […]

By: Brian M. Perkins Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 17 Issue: 11 Aside from a branch of fighters in the restive region of Jammu and Kashmir, India has largely been spared violence at the hands of fighters belonging to, or aligned with, Islamic State (IS). Similarly, many of the once potent terrorist groups operating in India have […]

J.A.L.Jayasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror Chief prelates of the Malwatte and Asgiriya chapters and Colombo’s Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith today called on the government to refrain from entering into any agreement with any foreign country in a manner foreign armed forces could enter Sri Lanka and set up camps in the country jeopardizing the people’s […]

Pushpakumara Jayarathne and Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa Courtesy The Daily Mirror The number of complaints received by the Kurunegala and Dambulla hospitals against Dr. Siyabdeen Mohamed Safi, who is alleged to have engaged in sterilisation surgeries, has reached 377 as at yesterday, the spokespersons of both hospitals revealed. While the Kurunegala Hospital has received 99 complaints yesterday, […]

Aneesha Manage Courtesy The Daily Mirror Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa today said it was absolutely wrong to request a list of intelligence service informants to fulfil petty political gains as it would jeopardise the national security of the country. Speaking at a public meeting held at the Carlton House in Tangalle, Mr. Rajapaksa said investigations […]

Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Ministry of Public Administration has made it compulsory for all female employees who work in government institutions, to wear a sari or an osari.  Male employees should wear a shirt and trousers, or national dress. It said in its circular to ministry secretaries, provincial chief secretaries and […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today The Joint Opposition has decided to request Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to hold a vote by name when the No Confidence Motion (NCM) against Minister of Industry and Commerce, Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons, Co-operative Development and Vocational Training and Skills Development Rishad Bathiudeen is debated and taken to vote. UPFA Parliamentarian Udaya […]

Courtesy Adaderana Leader of Opposition Mahinda Rajapaksa says that it is improper to inquire the names of secret agents of state intelligence services to fulfil narrow political interests.He stated this addressing a public meeting held in Tangalle last evening (31). The Opposition Leader said that any government have their own secret agents placed at certain […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General’s Department has requested the Supreme Court for a fuller bench to consider the Fundamental Rights petition against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the former Defence Secretary. The FR petition has been filed against former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and IGP Pujith Jayasundara for allegedly failing to act on […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Asigiriya and Malwatta chapters and His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith have strongly expressed opposition to any agreement that may enable foreign forces to set up bases in Sri Lanka. Cardinal Ranjith called on Chief Prelate of Asgiriya Chapter Most Venerable Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thero at the Asgiri Maha Viharaya in Kandy this […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Maithripala Sirisena says that he is not in a hurry to make his decision on contesting for the upcoming presidential election. The President, who is currently in India for the oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at a press conference held in New Delhi stated that he is waiting for […]

Courtesy Adaderana Police have recovered the laptop computer suspected to have been used by Zahran Hashim, the alleged mastermind behind the Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka. Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said that the laptop was found in the Palamunai Lagoon in Akkaraipattu. Based on information received by the State Intelligence Service’s Ampara […]

Courtesy BBC When bombs planted in churches and hotels killed more than 200 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, few had realised that the nation had a problem with Islamist militancy. One man who did, reports the BBC’s Secunder Kermani, was Mohammad Razak Taslim. Lying on a hospital bed, Mohammad Razak Taslim’s face contorts […]