Stanley Gunaratne  After Sarath Weerasekera finally stating what patriots have long stated regarding the Indo Lanka Accord (in stark contrast to the “India first” mantra foolishly and treacherously stated by other members within the government),  I share part 2 in the hope that citizens will call for an urgent correction of our nation’s laws. This […]

Sunil Yatalamatta Gamage  Many countries especially western world wants our country to be vulnerable for attacks. They don’t want our country to be politically stable with strong national security! they will use NGO’s and various elements to destabilize the government. The people of this country had given the mandate to make that change immediately but […]

Shivanthi Ranasinghe This is in response to the October 06, 2020 The Island editorial titled Lajja!”. This particular editorial had most unfortunately deviated from its usual high standard of professionalism. Instead, this is quite presumptuous and in fact caters to fake news. It is true that the release of MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s brother has raised […]

By Sri Lanka Study Circle This is a response to the article by Shenali Waduge on MCC and relating it to the claim by a MP that the MCC will be signed but subject to Sri Lankan Law. Unfortunately, the statement from this MP has come AFTER the article showing how foreign laws will prevail […]

Dilrook Kannangara  Summary: At Least 40% of Chinese Loans to Sri Lanka Had Immediate Economic Benefits to Sri Lanka Private Sector All Chinese loans to Sri Lanka are for the construction of valuable physical assets. Even if only 40% of those projects are given to Lankan organisations and individuals, that is highly profitable. In other […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය දෙදහස් දහනවය වසරේ පහ ශ්‍රේණිය ශිෂ්‍යත්ව විභාගය සමත්වූ සේවා නියුක්තයන්ගේ භාර අරමුදලේ සාමාජිකයන්ගේ දූ දරුවන්ට ශිෂ්‍යත්ව ප්‍රදානය සඳහා ලබාදෙන රුපියල් මිලියන 90ක් (රු.89,895,000) වටිනා චෙක්පත අද 2020.10.13 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට පිරිනැමිණි. සේවා නියුක්තයන්ගේ භාර අරමුදල් මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති ශ්‍රියාන් ද සිල්වා විජයරත්න මහතා විසින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට මෙම චෙක්පත භාරදෙන […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ටවර් හෝල් නාට්‍ය හා රංගකලා පාසලේ සිසුන්ට ලබා දෙන රුපියල් දෙදහසක්වන මාසික ශිෂ්‍යත්ව අරමුදල රුපියල් තුන්දහස දක්වා වැඩිකිරීමට ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අද 2020.10.13 දින උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. ටවර් හෝල් රඟහල පදනමේ 296 වැනි භාරකාර මණ්ඩල රැස්වීම අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැති අවස්ථාවේ මෙම තීරණයට එළැඹිණි. මෙයට අමතරව ටවර් […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Courtesy Ceylon Today The scientific community believes that all activities of the cosmos are governed by nature. Some believe that there is a massive force embracing gravity that consists of ‘the weak force; electromagnetic and the strong force’. These fundamental forces together seem to govern everything that occurs in the […]

Yoshitha Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Several issues cropped up after a relative of an LTTE member was appointed to a high position of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) by the previous government, former president Maithripala Sirisena told the PCoI into the Easter Sunday attacks. He said due to such issues, he […]

Courtesy Adaderana Most Ven. Napane Pemasiri Thero, the Mahanayake of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya, says that he was not aware of the press conference held yesterday (12) with the participations of the Chief Secretary Thero of the Ramanna Maha NIkaya. The Sri Lanka Amarapura – Ramanna Samagari Maha Sangha Sabha, holding a press […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has dispatched 06 police teams to arrest MP Rishad Bathiudeen, the Police Spokesperson said. Earlier today (13), the Colombo Fort Magistrate ruled that the Police can proceed to arrest MP Bathiudeen and the two other suspects who are accused of misappropriating public funds during last year’s presidential election, […]

Courtesy Hiru News Total number of Covid-19 cases reported in Sri Lanka exceeds the 5,000 mark (5,038); 3328 recoveries & 1,697 still receiving treatment. Brandix Cluster update : 145 more coronavirus infected persons reported – Country total crosses 5,000 Another 145 from Minuwangoda Brandix cluster tested positive for Covid-19. Among them 48 are from quarantine […]

Courtesy Hiru News The government has decided to remove import duties on several essential commodities. Accordingly, import duties on dhal, canned fish, onions and sugar have been removed. The government has taken this decision considering the current cost of living and the difficulties associated with Covid-19. Due to the tax exemption, canned fish (big) can […]

Courtesy Hiru News Two CID teams sent to MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s Colombo and Mannar residences to arrest him.

Courtesy Hiru News Fort Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage today (13) informed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) that a court warrant is not required to arrest a person on charges under the Public Property Act. The Cour stated the above was rejecting a request by the CID to issue a warrant for the arrest of three suspects, […]