By Dr. Ivan Amarasinghe courtesy The Sunday Times On March 15, 2006, the United Nations set up the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to promote and protect human rights around the world. It seeks the assistance and cooperation of States and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to monitor, report, advice and contribute best practice to ensure […]

දෙශාඅභිමානී සුර්ය වංශ රත්න විභූෂණ පාලිත ආරියරත්න සෙන්කඩගල සිංහ ද්වාරයේ සිට මේ අද සාර පොහොය දිනේදී මා කතා කිරීමට යන්නේ හොඳ ළමයා හා නරක ළමයි රෑනක් ගැනය. කථා පුවත සිතට ආයේ නරක මන්ත්‍රී ළමයි රෑනක් විසින් තමන්ලා ලොකු කියා පෙන්නවිමට හොඳ ළමයි ගැන හා ඒ ළමයින්ගේ ස්වරුපය මාධ්‍යය තුලින් විකට ස්වරුපයෙන් කියාපෑමට උත්සාහ ගැනීම නිසාය. […]

By Kanbawza Win Courtesy Asian Tribune In a landmark verdict, the United Nation’s highest court has ruled that it has the authority to consider a genocide case against Burma and ordered the country to prevent irreparable harm from being committed again, signalling that the sensational news has vanquished the conflict resolutions. But my research indicates […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම –මට කියලදෙන්න ප්‍රවෘති- රුහුණ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ මේ වන විට පවතින අර්බුදකාරී වාතාවරණය විසඳා ගැනීම වෙනුවෙන් ඉදිරිපත් වූ සිසුන් පිරිසකට අමාත්‍ය විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා මැදිහත් වී විසඳුම් ලබා දී ඇති බව වාර්තා වේ. කළමනාකරණ පීඨයේ සිසුන් නව දෙනෙකුට ජීවිතාන්තය දක්වා ලබාදී තිබූ පන්ති තහනම් ඉවත්කිරීම පිළිබඳව මෙම සාකච්ඡුා පැවති අතර ඒ අනුව එහිදී කරගන්නා ලද […]

By Craig Welch Courtesy National Geographic Scientists have found large natural stores of the toxin in the Arctic. It’s not clear how much will get into food webs as the planet warms. Scientists have uncovered another hidden threat buried in the icy frozen north—massive natural reserves of mercury, a toxic heavy metal that in some […]

Sudhi Ranjan Sen Hindustan Times, New Delhi CDC, America’s front line public health agency, has partnered with Manipal Centre for Virus Research (MCVR) to carry out illness surveillance across India.Hindustan Times, New Delhi India has asked the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop funding research in India without government approval […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකාසීනිවුස් පසුගිය යහපාලනය රජය විසින් මැතිඇමැතිවරුන් සඳහා පමණක් වාහන ගෙන්වීමට රුපියල් බිලියන 28 ක මුදලක් වැය කර ඇති බව ඊයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී හෙළි විය. ඇමැති ජොන්ස්ටන් ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතා විසින් සභාගත කරන ද පිළිතුරක මෙම තොරතුරු දීර්ඝ තොරතුරු දැක්වෙයි. එමගින් වැඩිම මුදලක් වෙන්කර ඇත්තේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා ලෙස කටයුතු කළ මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා වෙනුවෙන් වාහන ගැනීමටයි. ඔහු […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකාසීනිවුස් යහපාලන රජය සමයේ මැති ඇමතිවරුන් සඳහා ගෙන්වන ලද වාහන ප්‍රමාණය ගැන හෙළි වීමෙන් පසුව එකල ආණ්ඩුවේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ හා ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් ලෙස කටයුතු කළ නිමල් බෝපගේ මහතා විසින් ශේෂ හෙළිදරව්වක් කර ඇත. නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් ඔහු සඳහන් කරන්නේ වාහන ලබා වාහන ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වූ යෝජනාවකට තමන් විරෝධය පළ කළ විට එකල […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia However, it is unlikely that either party will let the Tamil issue affect cooperation in other areas such as economic development and security. New Delhi, February 8 (newsin.asia): In his media statement after talks with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Saturday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he is […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia New Delhi, February 8 (The Hindu): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told The Hindu’s Suhasini Haider in New Delhi that the problem of debt repayment is worrying and that it would be helpful if lenders, led by India, could give a three-year moratorium on repayment. The visiting Lankan PM also said that […]

Courtesy Ada Derana The economy of Sri Lanka is recovering from tragic terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday last year, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Gross Domestic Project (GDP) growth is projected to rebound to 3.7 percent in 2020, on the back of the recovery in tourism, and assuming that the Novel Coronavirus will […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former secretary to the ministry of parliamentary reforms and media Nimal Bopage says that other than for the ministers efforts were made to provide vehicles to 58 MPs under contract basis during the yahapalana government. Issuing a release he noted that former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe forced him to sign the deal […]

Courtesy Hiru News Retired DIG Palitha Siriwardena says that if not for the influence of former governor Asath Salley, they would have been able to succeed in the investigation into the attack on Buddha statues in Mawanella. He made this revelation while giving a statement before the presidential commission to inquire into easter Sunday attacks, […]

Courtesy Hiru News It has been decided to give access to the voice tapes tabled by Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake to Members of Parliament subsequent to removing content which are a threat to national security and false claims therein. This decision was made at the Party Leaders’ meeting in Parliament today under the leadership of Speaker […]

Courtesy Hiru News The CID informed the court today that it is conducting further investigations into whether the weapon seized from the house of MP Ranjan Ramanayake has been used to commit a crime. The case was taken before the Nugegoda Magistrate today. Ramanayake is in remand until February 12th in connection with allegedly influencing […]

By BBC Monitoring Essential Media Insight The coronavirus outbreak in China has provided fertile ground for conspiracy theories and misinformation on the web everywhere, but in Russia they are being spread on primetime news programmes. Russian TV is also unique in having a consistent overall thrust: that shadowy Western elites and especially the US are […]

Courtesy Hiru News The official Chinese death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose on Friday to 638, with the government saying total infections had climbed past 31 thousand 500. The National Health Commission said the toll was raised by 73 new deaths from the epidemic. As debates over the origin of the Wuhan coronavirus rage […]