By Charles.S.Perera Nearly 7 million people have elected Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the President of Sri Lanka on the 16 November,2019 approving his Presidential election manifesto  Saubhaagye Dakma or the Ten  Principles of Inclusive Governance. According to democracy we claim to practice in Sri Lanka, all the people of Sri Lanka belonging to different political parties […]

Sunil Yatalamatta Gamage We want to establish a people centered government, which fulfills people safety,security, diversity, equality, inclusion, experience , and happy.–President H.E. Gotabhaya Rajapakse. Death penalty needed to be introduced ASAP for drug traffickers, vandalizes of ancient historical heritage sites, deforesting of rain forests preserves. I have been inviting for individuals to use their […]

By Garvin Karunaratne, former G.A. Matara A few weeks ago our President – true to his military form, dared to haul the Central Bank over the coals. The Mandarins in the Central Bank have now hit back: Sri Lanka’s Central Bank had complied with government directions as permitted by available monetary law”, Central Bank officials […]

World News On Nov. 29, 2017, Indigenous socialist president Evo Morales won a legal challenge to modify the Bolivian constitution, to allow Morales to run for a fourth term as the Bolivian president. Two years later, on Oct. 25, 2019, the winner of Bolivia’s presidential election was announced. Evo Morales won 47 per cent of the vote, while […]

JUSTICE FOR ANIMALS & NATURE Sri Lanka has now become the killing fields of rare and exotic animals. It is heartrending to see the pride of Sri Lanka’s fauna, namely, wild elephants and leopards being trapped and killed. Last year (2019) alone 384 elephants died mostly at the hands of humans and sometimes under cruel circumstances by […]

සංවර්ධන නිලධාරී සේවා සංගමය.  ජනමාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයයි. ලේකම්, රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන හා ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය, නිදහස් චතුරස‍්‍රය, කොළඹ 07. ලේකම් තුමනි, 2019 අගෝස්තු 01 අභ්‍යාසලාභී පුහුණුවට බඳවාගත් සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන් 2020 අගෝස්තු 01 දිනට ප‍්‍රමාදයකින් තොරව ස්ථීර කිරීමට පියවර ගැනීම සම්බන්ධවයි. 2019 අගෝස්තු 01 අභ්‍යාසලාභී පුහුණුව සඳහා ඇතුළත් කරගෙන ඇති සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන්ගේ වසරක පුහුණු කාලය 2020 අගෝස්තු 01 […]

Ruwan M Jayatunge  M.D.   Combatants Affected by the Prolonged War The 30 year armed conflict in Sri Lanka has produced a new generation of veterans at risk for the chronic mental health problems that resulted following prolonged exposure to the war. Over 200,000 members of the Sri Lanka armed forces and police had been […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia He was speaking at the webinar on ‘Deepening Economic Collaboration between India and Sri Lanka’, organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies on 21 July 2020. Colombo, July 23 (newsin.asia): Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha said that […]

By Dharshan Weerasekera, Attorney-at-Law Courtesy Island The report of the special Presidential Commission headed by Dr. Laksiri Gunaruwan to assess the proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact was released to the public on 23rd June 2020. It paints a grim picture of what would happen if the Compact is signed and recommends that the Government […]

Courtesy The Island SK E&S Co. Ltd., or SK Group, South Korea’s third largest conglomerate (Chaebol) is currently in talks with the Sri Lankan authorities on the establishment of a number of investment ventures in Sri Lanka, including a $600 million LNG project. The proposed project would be able to supply LNG to 930 MW […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Those who traditionally voted for the UNP should decide whether they are going to destroy the party or not at this election, UNP Leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday. Speaking during an election rally, Mr. Wickremesinghe said Tuesday’s Appeal Court decision to reject the petition filed by Samagi Jana […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has told a Sri Lankan family fighting deportation from Australia to give up and go home. The minister said the family-of-four, who are detained on Christmas Island, has cost the taxpayer $10million which could have been spent on Australians. Priya and Nades Murugappan came to […]

PMD President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today participated in another campaign tour in support of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) candidates in Galle. The President commenced his campaign tour from Hiniduma and participated in a public gathering at Neluwa Public Playground organized by the SLPP candidate Sampath Athukorala. President Rajapaksa visited the Neluwa National College and […]

Courtesy Hiru News Another arrival from Saudi Arabia, tested positive for Covid-19, increasing total in Sri Lanka to 2,753

Courtesy Hiru News It has now been revealed that the extremists had a plan to launch a second attack targeting the Sri Dalada Perahera in Kandy after the Easter Sunday attack. A State Intelligence official working in the Eastern Province testified for the second day yesterday in connection with the Inquiry of the Presidential Commission […]

Courtesy Hiru News Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa states that steps will be taken to develop villages and cities with a plan. The Prime Minister said this while participating in a public meeting held in Thalawathugoda yesterday.

Courtesy Hiru News Acting IGP informs all police stations that Toddy tapping from Kithul trees, will no longer be an offence to file a court case.

Courtesy Hiru News It was revealed today that if the property owned by ETI had been sold through a public auction, it would have been able to pay the depositors. This was during the hearing of the Special Presidential Commission to Investigate Alleged irregularities in ETI. The first to testify today was a person who […]