KAMALIKA PIERIS Revised 13.10.20  Buddha wanted to spread his ideas   beyond the locality he lived in, and he sent sixty disciples in all directions. This was the start of Buddhist missionary work. 300 years later Emperor Dharmasoka (268 – 232 BC) took over the missionary task. He sent Buddhist missionaries to Syria, Macedonia, Cyrene, Epirus, […]

By Rohana R. Wasala While surfing the net this morning (October 6) I saw a flash of a You Tube video purportedly uploaded by Niroshan Premaratne, former UPFA Matara District MP (2015-20) from the Wimal Weerawansa-led Jatika Nidahas Peramuna. He failed to enter parliament in the general  election held on August 5 this year. It […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara  (V) expressed views openly against Mr Gotabaya Rajapakse seeking nomination for the Presidency.  His main argument at that time was  that the democracy will be threatened if military men occupy top roles in the country.  Minister Wimal Weerawansa (W) was in the forefront to bring the military […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය හිටපු චීන විදේශ අමාත්‍ය සහ වත්මන් කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂ දේශපාලන කාර්යාංශයේ සාමාජික යැංග් ජියේචී (Yang Jiechi) මැතිතුමාගේ නායකත්වයෙන් යුත් ඉහළ පෙළේ චීන දූත පිරිස අද 2020.10.09 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමන් හමු වූහ. ගෝලීය කොරෝනා වසංගතයෙන් අනතුරුව චීන රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික දූත පිරිසක් දකුණු ආසියානු කලාපයේ සංචාරයේ නිරත වන ප්‍රථම අවස්ථාව […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය පාස්කු දිනයට අනුබල දීම මත සැකපිට අත්අඩංගුවට ගත්, හිටපු අමාත්‍ය රිෂාඩ් බදියුදීන් මහතාගේ සහෝදරයෙක් වන රියාජ් බදියුදීන් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් අත්තනෝමතික ලෙස නිදහස් කිරීමට එරෙහිව ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් 100 දෙනෙකුගේ අත්සනින් යුත් ලිපියක් අතිගරු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂ මැතිතුමාට සහ ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අද දින (2020.10.09) බාර දෙන […]

Courtesy Xinhua COLOMBO, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday separately met with visiting senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi and the two sides discussed closer cooperation between their countries. Yang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror India has no moral right to ask for the fully implementation of the 13th amendment to the Constitution, Local Government and Provincial Councils Minister Sarath Weerasekera told Parliament yesterday. Participating in a debate at the time of adjournment of the House on foreign agreements of Sri Lanka, the Minister said that […]

Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Opposition yesterday challenged Brandix Ltd. to reveal the list of its employees who were said to have returned from India on September 22 and the places where they underwent quarantine process. Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella told Parliament that Brandix as a reputed apparel industry […]

Courtesy Adaderana The head of the high-level delegation from the People’s Republic of China, who is currently visiting Sri Lanka assures that China will continue to assist Sri Lanka for the success of the country’s development drive, the President’s Media Division said. The present status of bilateral relations between China and Sri Lanka is highly […]

Courtesy Hiru News UPDATE: 14 Covid-19 positive cases reported. 01 worker from the Minuwangoda Brandix garment factory & 13 close contacts of the workers. Therefore, 30 coronavirus positive cases have been reported today. Minuwangoda Brandix Corona cluster has increased to 1080. The total cases in the country has now increased to 4,523. The reported cases of […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former Chairman of the Fisheries Harbor Corporation Upali Liyanage stated that when Rajitha Senaratne was the Minister of Fisheries, he was pressured to appoint former MP Hirunika Premachandra as the Legal Assistant of the Corporation.

Courtesy Hiru News A letter signed by 100 Govt MPs’ submitted to the President, protesting against releasing of MP Rishad Bathiutheen’s brother Riyaj Bathiutheen.

Courtesy  Hiru News With the spread of the corona cluster reported from the Brandix garment factory in Minuwangoda, it was confirmed today that three employees of three other factories in the Katunayake Investment Zone have been infected with the coronavirus. The Board of Investment stated that these covid-19 infections have been reported from leading factories. […]