The UN & foreign governments facing some form of terrorist threat should be worried about a new trend taking place with terrorist fronts forming virtual governments and referring to themselves as Prime Ministers.We are looking at shadow world governments setting up across the world where most of these terrorist organizations have kitty’s fatter than the GDP […]

We are living in times when international companies are taking governments to courts and winning millions in compensation. Sovereign governments cannot afford to hold the tax payers to ransom with irresponsible decision making that will only leave the People to suffer consequences. No compensation for wrongs of politicians has ever been paid by them. MCA-SriLankaisto be […]

M.K. Bhadrakumar Courtesy Newsclick.in Expectations were high from the summit with Rajapaksa, the first of its kind PM Modi has had with any South Asian leader, but the fault lines have appeared. The virtual summit between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa turned out to be somewhat surreal. […]

By Garvin Karunaratne The Hon President may please  consider getting the Army to establish the Marketing Department of the Fifties and thereby enable vegetable availability as well as controlling inflation. It can be later developed to be a major department. The total outlay can be recouped including the cost of establishing a Cannery within the […]

A. Hettiarachchi The recent unfortunate incident where three lives were lost due to a building collapse in Kandy prompted me to write this article. About six months ago there was a ‘Question Time Meeting ‘ of a professional association allied to building construction industry held in Wijerama Mawatha in Colombo 7. The topic of that […]

Dilrook Kannangara Since 13A was imposed on Sri Lanka by India in 1987 with the help of gunboats, an invasive Indian army and Indian sponsored Hindu terrorist groups, a number of progressive laws and constitutional amendments have been blocked as they were inconsistent with the provisions of 13A. Divi Neguma is one such attempt to […]

Senaka Weeraratna The moral obligation for all people living in Sri Lanka is to live in harmony with each other and particularly in harmony with the pre- dominant religious culture and beliefs and not hurt the moral sensitivities of the majority.  This requirement prevails in all Countries influenced by Abrahamic religions, especially in Islamic countries.  […]

මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දරුවන් ලෝකයේ සියලු සෞන්දර්යයන් එකට කැටි කොට සොබාදහම නිමැවූ සොඳුරුතම දායාදයයි. අපේ අනාගතය, අපේ ලෝකය ආදරණීය දරුවන් බව සිහිපත් කරමින් ලෝක ළමා දින ජාතික සැමරුමට  සුබ පැතුම් එක් කරනුයේ ඉමහත් සතුටිනි. අද ඔබගේ තුරුළෙහි හිනැහෙන, අව්‍යාජත්වය කැටිකර ගත් මේ ආදරණී මුහුණු හෙට දවසේ අප රටේ අනාගතයයි. අනාගත […]

Press Release Minister of Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research and Innovation In pursuance of a concept by Dr (Mrs.) Seetha Arambepola,  the State Minister of Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research and Innovation, the Ministry has initiated measures to setup a  coordinating unit to bring Technology, Research and Innovation related services closer to the general public, […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සංචාරකයින් ගෙන්වන්නන්ගේ සංගමයේ 40වන වාර්ෂික හමුව ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ඊයේ 2020.09.29 දින පස්වරුවේ කොළඹ රාමඩා හෝටලයේදී පැවැත්විණි. මෙම සංගමයේ නව නිලධාරී මණ්ඩලය තෝරා පත්කර ගැනීම ද මෙහිදී සිදු විය. ඒ අනුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සංචාරකයින් ගෙන්වන්නන්ගේ සංගමයේ නව සභාපති ලෙස තේරී පත්වූයේ තිලක් වීරසිංහ මහතායි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සංචාරකයින් […]

ප්‍රවෘත්ති නිවේදනය නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය සීතා අරඹේපොළ මහත්මියගේ සංකල්පයක් අනුව තාක්ෂණ, පර්යේෂණ හා නවෝත්පාදන සම්බන්ධ සේවාවන් ජනතාවට සමීප කරවීමට මෙන්ම එම ක්ෂ්‍රේත්‍රයට අදාලව ජනතාවට ඇති ගැටඵ නිරාකරණය හා තාක්ෂණික මාර්ගෝපදේශ කඩිනමින් සැපයීම අරමුණු කරගත් සම්බන්ධීකරණ ඒකකයක් […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror Late President J. R. Jayawardane initiated a massive operation to create an Executive Presidency with the intention of ensuring stability and economic freedom in the country, Pradeep Jayawardane, grandson of the first Executive President yesterday said. Mr. Jayawardane, who authored the book ‘Prajathanthrawadaye Ekadhipathiya’ (Dictatorship within Democracy), speaking at […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Gotabaya Rajapaksa during a conversation with four newly-appointed Ambassadors to Sri Lanka, today said China came forward to invest in development projects in the country, which was only a commercial transaction though some described it as a pro-China policy. Ambassadors of Republic of Korea, Germany, Holy See and […]

K. Buddhika Kumarasiri and Nihal Wettasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror Provincial Councils is an internal matter which should be decided by the President of Sri Lanka and not by the leaders of other countries, Provincial Councils and Local Government State Minister Sarath Weerasekera today said. Speaking at an event in Padukka, State Minister Weerasekera said, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is located in a place of strategic importance and therefore, the country is attracted to many parties, says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. In this context, Sri Lanka has chosen neutrality as its foreign policy.”  Our top most priority is mutually beneficial development cooperation. This country is open for foreign investments.”  He mentioned […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research and Innovation has initiated measures to setup a coordinating unit to bring Technology, Research and Innovation related services closer to the general public, as well as to provide technical guidance in addressing the issues related to the said fields faced by the general public, in pursuance […]

Courtesy Adaderana Five new cases of novel coronavirus have been reported increasing the total number of cases detected in Sri Lanka to 3,379. Four arrivals from Oman including an Indian seaman and one arrival from United Arab Emirates (UAE) have tested positive for Covid-19. Currently 136 patients infected with the virus are being treated at […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ambassadors of five countries from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have commended the government for successfully combatting the COVID-19 threat in Sri Lanka. This was conveyed during a meeting held with Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena at Parliament yesterday (29), the Speaker’s Office said. Furthermore, it was stated that Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy Hiru News State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal states that the export sector of the country has grown to the level that it was before the covid 19 epidemic. Meanwhile, the Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa stated at a press conference that the country is in a difficult economic situation. State Minister Ajith Nivard […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Registrar of the Asgiriya Chapter Ven. Medagama Dhammananda Thero states that the positive proposals of the committee appointed to review the 20th Amendment to the Constitution should be taken up during the committee stage of Parliament. He was speaking at a meeting with representatives of the National Movement for a Just […]

Courtesy Hiru News Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa states that the country’s economy will develop with the emergence of students with proper education and that his government’s goal is to take education in the country to the international level. The Prime Minister was addressing a function held at the Colombo Hindu College today.

Courtesy Hiru News President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has described to a group of newly-appointed foreign ambassadors about the high development potentials of the Hambantota Port. After receiving their credentials, the president had cordial discussions with the ambassadors from Korea Republic, Germany, the Vatican and Switzerland this morning (30). He refuted claims by some that the port, […]

Dr Sudath Gubasekara Mahanuwara (Continued from 26. 9. 2020)  According to all available evidence accepted by historians the world over it was the ancestors of the present day Sinhala nation who first found this country in the pre Christian period. They were the founder architects of the civilzation of this Island nation, defended it against […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය කාන්තාවන් පිළිබඳව විශේෂ අවධානයක් යොමුව ඇති මෙවැනි කාල වකවානුවක එලීනා ජයවර්ධන වැනි නිහතමානී කාන්තාවක් පිළිබඳ කෘතියක් එළිදැක්වීම ඉතා කාලෝචිත බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා පැවසීය. කොළඹ බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්‍යන්තර සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාවේ අද 2020.09.29 දින පැවති ප්‍රදීප් ජයවර්ධන මහතා විසින් රචිත  ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදයේ ඒකාධිපතියා – ජේ. ආර්. ජයවර්ධන යුගයේ නොපළ කතා” කෘතිය සහ සාගරිකා දිසානායක […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය බෙලිඅත්ත පුවක්දණ්ඩාව ප්‍රාථමික විද්‍යාලයේ සහ බෙලිඅත්ත ධම්මපාල බාලිකා විද්‍යාලයේ සිසු සිසුවියන් පිරිසක් අද 2020.09.29 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරය නැරඹීමට පැමිණ සිටියහ. මෙසේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරය නැරඹීමට පැමිණි සිසු සිසුවියන්ට අරලියගහ මන්දිරය පෙන්වූයේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාය. කාර්ය බහුල දෛනික කාර්යන් මදකට පසෙක දැමු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා දරුවන් සමඟ සුහද කතාබහක නිරතවෙමින් ඔවුන් සමඟ […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය විසි වෙනි ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයට කිසිඳු ගැටලුවක් ඇති නොවන බවට තමන්ට විශ්වාස යැයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අද 2020.09.29 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවසීය. විද්‍යුත් හා මුද්‍රිත මාධ්‍ය ආයතන ප්‍රවෘත්ති අධ්‍යක්ෂකවරුන් සහ පුවත්පත් කතුවරුන් අතර පැවති හමුවේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. මෙම හමුවේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා, ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මාධ්‍යවේදීන් ඇසූ […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Yahapalana President Maithripala Sirisena recently contradicted former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando as regards the latter’s statements before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (P CoI) probing 2019 April 21 Easter Sunday attacks. It was, in fact, Sirisena who appointed the P CoI several weeks before the end of his term. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror If the former yahapalana government had paid attention to the statements made in the Parliament regarding the involvement of Sri Lankans in the Islamic State (IS) organization, the coordinated terror attacks on April 21 and the destruction of the UNP could have been prevented, MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe told the PCoI on […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to implement the proposals tabled by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, on banning of cattle slaughter in the country with immediate effect, subjected to the implementation of relevant measures. As a country with an economy based on agriculture, the contribution of the cattle resource to develop the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers approved a proposal submitted by Minister of Justice Ali Sabry to establish a special unit under the Ministry of Justice to implement a Judicial Reform Program. It has been noted that there have been 766,784 pending cases in the courts by the end of 2019 and that delays in […]