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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
By Charles S.Perera There may not be election meetings. There may not be house to house campaign by Candidates. But there may the possibility of voting for your preferred candidate from the political party you support. Therefore there are things that you have to think before you cast your vote. We had been a country […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර (ශ්රි.ලo.පසේ) මහනුවර සින්හල බෞද්ධ ජෙස්ඨ පුරවැසියන්ගේ සන්ව්ධානයේ සභාපති මේ දිනවල සමාජගත වෙමින් පවතින මේ මාතෘකාව පිළිබද අදහස් කීපයක් ප්රකාශ කිරීමට මා අදහස් කළේ ජාතියේ ඉරණම විසදෙන මහ මැතිවරණයක් අතලන්ගම ඇති බැවිනි. පසුගිය දිනක මහනුවරට පැමිණි මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ සභාපතිතුමා අස්ගිරි හා මල්වතු නා හිමිවරුන් බැහදැකීමට ගිය අවස්ථාවේදි පන්සල් දේශපාලන වැඩ සදහා යොදා නොගත […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
ආචාර්ය චන්ද්ර ධර්මවර්ධන විසිනි. දැනට ඇහැලියගොඩ ආපන ශාලවක් පවත්වාගෙන යන අතර අක්කර හතරක ගොවිතැන් සහ බෝග වගාවක් ද වවන අජිත් පිරයන්ත තරුණ මහතගේ ප්රයත්නය ගැන ලක්ෂණ ලිපියක් පසුගිය ඉරිදා දිවයින පත්රයෙහි පල විය. එම ලිපිය අනුව: තම පියාගේ ආභාෂය මත කුඩාකල සිටම කුඹුරට, කමතට ඇලූම් කළ අජිත් කැත්ත උදැල්ල කමතට අවනත කරගැනීමට වැය කළේ කෙටි […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
KAMALIKA PIERIS This essay looks at the bungling that took place in the conduct of Eelam war 11 (1990-1995) and Eelam War III (1995-2002). This was no ordinary bungling. It was calculated bungling. War campaigns were planned in such a way that the LTTE would win. The government launched battles that the army would lose. […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera No longer were there individual destinies?; only a collective destiny. Made for plague and emotions shared by all.” Albert Camus In 430 BC, an entire chapter of the Peloponnesian war documented by the Greek historian, Thucydides was about a deadly epidemic. According to him, while Athenians prepared for war with Sparta, its […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
දයා හේවාපතිරණ ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර මහතා, අප ජනාදිපති තුමා වෙත යොමුකර ඇති ඉතා වැදගත් ඉල්ලීම් මෙන්ම, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා රටෙහි ජනාදිපති ලෙස සිටි කාලයෙහිදී මෙම සිහල බෞද්ධ රටෙහි අභිවුර්ධය සදහා ගතහැකිව තිබුන අවශ්යම පියවරයන්, අවස්ථාව තිබියදී පවා, ඉතා අදූරදර්ශී ලෙස අතපසු කිරීම නිසා, රටෙහි ඒකීය භාවයට සහ හෙළ බොදු සoන්ස්කෘතියෙහි උන්නතිය සම්බන්දයෙන් උද්ගතවී ඇති දැවැන්ත […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
සමස්ත ලංකා ප්රවාහන සේවක සංගමය ගරු ප්රවාහන අමාත්ය මහින්ද අමරවීර මැතිතුමා, ප්රවාහන හා සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අමාත්යාංශය, 7 වන මහළ, සෙත්සිරිපාය, බත්තරමුල්ල. ගරු ඇමතිතුමනි, මගී ජනතාවගේ ආරක්ෂාව සඳහාත් ශ්රී ලංගම සේවකයින්ගේ ආරක්ෂාව සඳහාත් ශ්රී ලංගම සියලූම රියදුරු කොන්දොස්තර මහතුන් හට මුඛ ආවරණ ලබාදීමට කඩිනමින් මැදිහත්වන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටීම. මේ මොහොත වන විට අප රට තුල උද්ගත […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Dan Lee Dimke The highly contagious virus that has caused “The COVID-19 Outbreak”, carries a significant vulnerability that may be immediately exploitable. In other words, this coronavirus can be stopped, far more easily than most people, and many health professional, realize. Dr. Dan Lee Dimke PhD, explains the science behind the fragile nature of this […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Courtesy Scroll.in The prime minister said ‘prepare but do not panic’ was India’s motto as it tackled the virus. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the video conference of SAARC nations to tackle coronavirus on Sunday. | BJP/Twitter Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday proposed to set up a COVID-19 emergency fund for South Asian Association for […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Courtesy BBC Sri Lanka has closed its border to travellers from the UK, affecting England fans who were still planning to visit the country despite the postponement of the two-Test series. Even though Joe Root’s side arrived home on Sunday, a number of supporters intended to go ahead with holidays. However, people from the UK, […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Courtesy TTG Media The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice to advise against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka. The move effectively places the popular holiday hotspot off limits to British tourists. The FCO made the announcement shortly after midday on Sunday (15 March), citing a decision by the Sri Lankan government to […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Courtesy ANI New Delhi, Mar 15(ANI): While attending a video conference of all South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries amid Coronavirus scare, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said, Our economy has taken serious blow, particularly tourism sector which was just recovering after last years’ terrorist attack. I strongly recommend SAARC leaders to […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
MANO RATWATTE, USA Courtesy The Island March 15, 2020, 8:50 pm Your Sunday paper headlines speak of panic buying in Sri Lanka because of the Coronavirus. I can assure you it is no different in the US right now. Almost all major Walmart and Target type super stores are out of toilet paper and all […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
by Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, yesterday, said the general election would be held on 25 April, as scheduled. He said so, participating in a video conference of SAARC leaders on Sunday evening. Pakistan was represented by the Health Minister of that country. The SAARC leaders’ video conference was aimed at chalking […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Health Ministry dispelled rumors that Colombo city or any other province will come under lockdown following a rise in the number of COVID-19 patients but added that preventive measures were being updated on a daily basis.“As of now, there is no truth to Colombo being locked down. However our medical […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (15) proposed to leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to formulate a collective response to combat COVID – 19. He further called for SAARC Ministerial Meeting to discuss measures to overcome this deadly health threat. President Rajapaksa made these proposals participating in a video conference […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana Individuals who conceal the fact that they have contracted COVID-19 will be sentenced to six months in prison, stated the Police. DIG Ajith Rohana mentioned this at a special press conference held earlier this afternoon (15). He added that steps will be take enabling arrest of such individuals without a warrant. Further, the […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana The government has introduced a hotline (117) for the public to seek or provide information on the novel coronavirus or COVID-19. The hotline will be active from 8 pm tonight (15), stated the Department of Government Information.
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana All flights to Sri Lanka from the United Kingdom, Norway and Belgium have been suspended from tomorrow (16). The relevant travel restriction will be in effect for 2 weeks, stated the Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). All airlines are strongly instructed not to board in any of their flights destined to […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana Steps will be taken to identify and quarantine those who had arrived in Sri Lanka from Italy and had not undergone a quarantine period, stated the Director-General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe. Persons who had arrived in the country from Italy between the 1st and 9th of March will be identified for […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් ඩීල් කුමන්ත්රණයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් සජිත් ප්රේමදාස මහතා කළ ප්රකාශයක් පිළිබඳව හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී පාලිත රංගේබණ්ඩාර මහතා අද ප්රතිචාර දැක්වූවා. ඒ, සිරිකොත එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකදීයි. මේ අතර, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂ හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ශාන්ත අබේසේකර මහතා ඇතුළු පිරිසක් සමගි ජන බලවේගයට සහය පළකිරීම සඳහා අද එක්වුණා. එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂ […]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් අද ‘‘හාඩ්ටෝක් විශේෂාංගය තුළින් සෘජුවම ප්රශ්න කෙරෙන්නේ එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂ හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ලක්ෂ්මන් කිරිඇල්ල මහතාගෙන්.
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