The main argument to support the MCC Land Project is that technology will put an end to land problems & Sri Lanka will be on par with countries using advanced technologies. These countries are where they are as a result of a lot of research.  Sri Lanka has had no such research except foreign research, […]

Sudath Gunasekara Why doesn’t the government ask the CID summon Ranil on the the following revelation and question him as to why he is not doing his duty by the country by producing Mahendra as he had promised in the Cabinet and later in Parliament as well  that he takes personal responsibility for all what […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D. ඉල්ලන් කෑම ඉහතින් ඇත්තේ, සිංහලයාට, විශේෂයෙන් සිංහල බෞද්‌ධයාට, සිංහල දේශපාලකයින් විසින් 1923/24 කාලයේ සිටම කල හානිය කෙටියෙන් හැඳින්‌විය හැකි කිට්ටුම ප්‍රස්ථාව පිරුළ යයි මට සිතේ. ඉල්ලන් කෑම යයි දැන් කාලයේ කියන්නේද මේ අදහසටමය. සිංහල බෞද්‌ධයාට තඩිබෑම 1551 දොන් ජුවන් ධ‌ර්‍මපාල කෝට්ටේ ක්‍රිස්තියානි රජු වීමේ සිට 1948 ද‌ක්‌වාම සිදුවිය. සුද්දා කල හානිය […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The election to be held on 5 August 2020 on all counts appear to be a lack lustre event.  The Sri Lankans are generally used to massive media campaigns, bill boards, cut-outs and public rallies accommodating hundreds of thousands of supporters.  These campaigns have energised the political parties and its […]

නීතිඥවරයෙක් පොලිස්පතිට පැමිණිලි කරයි. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය, ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණ උල්ලංඝනය කරමින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කළද ) 12.2 සහ 12.3 ව්‍යවස්ථාවල ඉංග්‍රීසි පරිවර්තනයේ race යන්න දක්වා ඇති අතර වර්තමානයේ නිකුත් කරන උප්පැන්න සහතිකයේ ‘ජාතිය’ / ‘race’ ලෙස දක්වා ඇත. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ දැක්වෙන විධිවිධාන අනුව ‘ජාතිය’ / ‘race’ යන්න පිළිගත් තත්ත්වයක් වන අතර එසේ වුවත් […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Given the popularity of three-wheelers as a mode of transportation, and the close proximity between drivers and passengers, the masks will prevent COVID infection”, Director General Health, Dr.Anil Jasinghe said. COLOMBO, July 30 (Xinhua) — The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka on Wednesday donated a large number of face masks and posters raising […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island North Western Province Governor A. J. M. Muzammil yesterday (30) alleged that the Election Commission (EC) seemed to be brazenly selective in the implementation of relevant laws pertaining to the conducting of parliamentary polls scheduled for Aug 5.  Muzammil said that the EC owed the public an explanation as […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said a new government will introduce laws making it mandatory to present agreements with regard to state properties in parliament before signing them. Speaking at a forum of professionals in Colombo, Mr. Rajapaksa said the members of the previous Yahapalana Government has signed contracts […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The United National Party will expel top members of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) including its leader Sajith Premadasa in the second round, and it will be announced in a few days time, party General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said today. Mr. Kariyawasam told the Daily Mirror that Mr. Premadasa could […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Working Committee of the United National Party (UNP) on Tuesday (28) approved the suspension of party memberships of 115 members. Accordingly, 54 members who had submitted nominations from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and another 61 Local Government members were expelled from the party. Several top figures of the party including Ajith […]

Courtesy Adaderana Three more persons have tested positive for novel coronavirus increasing the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country to 2,814. The three new cases include a foreigner who had arrived from Turkey, a Sri Lankan who had returned from United Arab Emirates (UAE) and another Sri Lankan returnee from Qatar. Four […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated that the city of Kelaniya will be developed curbing the drug menace and underworld while preserving the city’s historical heritage and pride.  President made these remarks touring Gampaha district for the second time today (30) in support of the candidates of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna contesting next week’s Parliamentary […]

Courtesy Adaderana Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara says that they will initiate legal action against the suspension of the United National Party (UNP) membership of 60 local councilors who supported the SJB. Speaking during a press briefing today (30), he said that local council members elected by the people cannot be […]

Courtesy Hiru News UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe alleges that there is no Sinhala party in the Samagi Janabalavegaya. He made this allegation while participating in a public meeting held in the Torrington area in Colombo yesterday. He also stated that the members of the party were elected from the UNP.

Courtesy Hiru News The Ceylon Electricity Board states that it has decided to provide a concession of Rs. 3 billion to all electricity consumers for the months of March, April and May. 6.7 million customers are entitled to this concession and only the fee mentioned in the February bill has to be paid for the […]