By Raj Gonsalkorale The UN deputy human rights chief and the independent expert on Myanmar have called for targeted sanctions against the leaders of what they both described as the coup that took place in the country last week, as the Human Rights Council met in special session on Friday to discuss the ongoing crisis […]

 Dr. Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara. While we categorically deplore and condemn Interference by the Indian Ambassador in Sri Lanka’s internal matters we call upon the Government to take stern action against all ambassadors who behave in this manner and deport them as soon as possible (as Premadasa once did to British Ambassador) and discontinue diplomatic relations […]

ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති ජනතාවගෙන් දුරස්ථ වූ පාලනය ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ද? නියෝජිත ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදයේ නාමයෙන් පාලනය ජනතාවගෙන් ඈතට ගෙන යෑම ජනතා පරමාධිපත්‍යය උල්ලංඝණය කිරීමකි. නිවෙසක පාලනය නිවැසියන් අතින් සිදුවන අයුරින් ම ගමක පාලනය ගැමියන් හට සිදු කළ හැකිය. (නාගරික බිම් මට්ටමේ පාලනය ද මෙයට අනුරූප වෙයි. පහසුව සඳහා ග්‍රාමීය පාලනය ගැන පමණක් මෙහි දී සාකච්ඡා කෙරෙයි). රටට ම […]

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අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය පාස්කු දින ප්‍රහාරය සහ කොවිඩ්-19 වසංගතය හේතුවෙන් බැංකු ණය ගෙවා ගැනීමට නොහැකි වූ ව්‍යවසායකයින්ගේ දේපළ අත්පත් කර ගැනීම වෙනුවට සහන කාලයක් ලබා දීම ගැන අවධානය යොමු කරන්නැයි ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.15 දින බැංකු ප්‍රධානීන්ට දැනුම් දුන්නේය. බැංකු ණය ගෙවා ගැනීමට නොහැකි වූ ව්‍යවසායකයින්ගේ දේපළ අත්පත් කර ගැනීම තාවකාලිකව අත්හිටුවීම […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය සමෘද්ධිලාභින් ණය සහ ආධාර මත පමණක් ජීවත්වන පිරිසක් බවට පත්නොකර ව්‍යවසායකයින් ලෙස ස්වයංව නැගීසිටිමේ හැකියාව ඇති පිරිසක් බවට පත්කිරීමේ ක්‍රමවේදයක් අවශ්‍ය බව ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද  2021.03.15 දින පෙරවරුවේ දී පැවසීය. සමෘද්ධි,ගෘහ ආර්ථික, ක්ෂුද්‍ර මුල්‍ය ස්වයං රැකියා හා ව්‍යාපාර සංවර්ධන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ඉදිරි සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන් පිළිබඳව මුදල් අමාත්‍යංශයේ  රන්දොර  ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේ […]

Courtesy RT Video allegedly showing a rogue” SAS unit committing war crimes in Afghanistan has supposedly disappeared, as an investigation into the squad’s alleged massacres” has been plagued by missing evidence and silence from witnesses. Saifullah Yar was just 19 when his family were shot dead in an SAS raid on their Afghan village in […]

ලංකා ගුරු සේවා සංගමය. අමාත්‍යතුමනි, අධ්‍යාපන විද්‍යාපීඨ විවෘත කිරීමට මෙතෙක් කිසිදු පියවරක් නොගැනීම සම්බන්ධව. ජදඩසා-19 වසංගතයේ පළමු අදියරෙන් පසු 2018/2020 අධ්‍යයන වර්ෂවලට අයත් සිසුන් 8000 කගේ අධ්‍යයන කටයුතු 2020 ජුලි 07 වැනි දින සිට දිවයින පුරා පිහිටි විද්‍යාපීඨ 19 දීි ආරම්භ කරන ලදි. නමුත් වසංගතයේ දෙවන අදියර ආරම්භ වීමත් සම`ග විද්‍යාපීඨ නිරෝධායන මධ්‍යස්ථාන බවට පත් […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 15 (newsin.asia): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that security will be beefed up in the Eastern Province to stem separatist terrorism and Islamic extremism. Tamils and Muslims together outnumber the Sinhalese in the Eastern Province. The province had been the base of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil […]

Courtesy mint An APSEZ release said the WCT will be developed on a Build, Operate and Transfer basis for a period of 35 years as a public-private partnership. (AFP) APSEZ will partner with John Keells Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka’s largest diversified conglomerate, and with the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) as a part of the consortium […]

Abhishek G Bhaya Courtesy CGTN A Sri Lankan man buys a national flag at a small shop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 29, 2020. Photo for illustrative purpose only. /Xinhua The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka has asked concerned authorities in Beijing to “investigate” inappropriate advertising of Sri Lanka’s national flag on Amazon. The reaction […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Myanmar Prof. Nalin de Silva has decided to resign amid allegations that Sri Lankan fishermen stranded in Myanmar have not been assisted. However, the ambassador stated that he would remain in Myanmar until the end of the BIMSTEC Ministerial Conference to be held online and until the fisheries […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government has instructed to implement the orders issued regarding Madrasa schools in the country, says Minister of Education Prof. G. L. Peiris. Speaking at the press conference held today (15), the Minister stated that there are 1,565 Madrasa schools in Sri Lanka. However, the ‘Yahapalana’ government did not make any attempt to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says that the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attack is incomplete. The Archbishop expressed these views speaking to the media today (March 15). I have seen with my own eyes how my people’s bodies had been torn to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has registered 70 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 15), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 248 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 88,155. Recoveries from […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has reported 05 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 15). As per the Department of Government Information, two male patients and three female patients are among the victims. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 532 in total. […]

Courtesy Adaderana A 33-year-old Sri Lankan woman being detained by immigration authorities in Japan died of emaciation on March 6, after requesting provisional release and expressing a desperate desire for food in notes and letters.  I truly want to eat now,” she wrote in hiragana in a note while under detention at a facility operated […]

Courtesy Adaderana Citizens above the age of 60 years within the Colombo city limit can reserve an appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine via online services, the Municipal Commissioner of Colombo informed issuing a notice. Accordingly, eligible citizens may reserve a convenient timeslot through the following sites or apps: – www.colombo.mc.gov.lk (Official website of Colombo […]

Courtesy Adaderana A suspect arrested several months earlier over drug offenses has been identified to have links with extremists organizations. The resident of the Keselwatta area in Panadura had been arrested by the Peliyagoda Police, Police Media Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana. Investigations into the suspect have revealed that large sums of money had been credited […]