KAMALIKA PIERIS  A National Physical Plan for 2011-2030, was prepared under President Mahinda Rajapaksa   and gazetted in 2011. When the Yahapalana puppet government took over in 2015, this plan was discarded. Yahapalana said that the 2011 plan was now outdated as several key national and international developments have taken place since then. The Yahapalana government […]

Sarath Wijeisnghe President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel and President Ambassador’s Forum Foreign Policy (Henry Kissinger – America has no permanent friends or enemies- Only interests) Foreign policy is the set of rules or practices followed by a nation as a member of the global forum linked by the UN today as guidelines […]

BY MIKE ADLER Courtesy Toronto.com Tamil Canadians support bill, while some Sri Lankan Canadians say ‘there is another side to the story’ Anura Ferdinand of the Sri Lankan Canadian Action Coalition, and other members of the community objecting to Ontario’s passage of Bill 104, are shown during a Zoom call on May 10, 2021. – Zoom […]

කම්කරු අරගල මධ්‍යස්ථානය සභාපති, ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා රාජ්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු සංස්ථාව, අංක 130, ඩබ්.ඒ.ඞී. රාමනායක මාවත, කොළඹ 02. 2021/05/14. සභාපතිතුමණි, සේවක ගැටලූ කෙරෙහි අවධානය යොමුකිරීම ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා රාජ්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු සංස්ථාව එක් කලෙක මෙරට ඉදිකිරීම් ක්ෂේත‍්‍රයේ දැවැන්තයා ලෙස වැජඹුණු බව  සාමාන්‍ය පිළිගැනීමයි. එහෙත් එහි වත්මන් තත්ත්වය අතිශය ඛේදජනක ය. මේ වනවිට ඉංජිනේරු සංස්ථාව තුළ අර්බුද රැුසක් පැන නැගී […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 14 (NewsWire) – The coronavirus vaccination programme will be conducted today, despite an islandwide travel restriction being enforced from today till Monday (17). The vaccination programme will be carried out in 56 vaccination centres in the Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara Districts. The public will be permitted to travel to their nearest […]

Courtesy Adaderana The vaccination program will be expanded to Kandy, Kurunegala and Ratnapura districts after concluding the process in Western Province, Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi said today. People in selected MOH areas of the aforesaid three districts will be administered COVID jabs, the she stated delivering a statement on the country’s inoculation drive. As […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reported that 1,380 more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka on Friday (May 14), as the daily count of new cases moved to 2,269. According to the Government Information Department, the new cases reported today are associated with the New Year coronavirus cluster. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Passengers travelling on SriLankan Airlines to Australia are now required to provide a negative Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) prior to check-in for flights. As per the latest health guidelines issued by the Australian High Commission in Colombo, the prerequisite will come be enforced from tomorrow (May 15), the national carrier said in a […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed the 900-mark today (May 14) as 31 more victims were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services. This is reportedly the highest-ever coronavirus deaths Sri Lanka has posted in a single day since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. According to Epidemiology Unit’s data, new fatalities […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Sri Lanka and the World Bank on Thursday (May 13) signed a USD 80.5 million additional financing to help Sri Lanka access and distribute COVID-19 vaccines and to strengthen the country’s vaccination system and pandemic response.  Secretary to the Ministry of Finance Sajith Attygalle signed on behalf of the Government […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government has decided to purchase stocks of vegetables the farmers had brought to the Dedicated Economic Centre in Dambulla today (May 14), says Matale District MP Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon. The decision has been taken during a meeting with Minister of Public Services, Provincial Councils & Local Government Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, Prime Minister’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 30 individuals who are suspected to have attempted to illegally migrate to a foreign country via sea routes have been taken into custody. The operation was carried out on the 13th and 14th of May by Sri Lanka Navy and the Coast Guard at Samindugama area. Fourteen of the suspects […]