By Jaliya Wickremarachchi Ontario, Canada. Part I It was six months ago that American insurrection took place in Washington DC.  January 6th 2021, will undoubtedly go down in history as the darkest day of American democracy.  The world watched with horror as the most powerful beacon of democracy was coming apart by angry White mobs.  […]

Sri Lankan American Action Coalition. (SLAAC) a volunteer group functioning in USA Bills & Resolutions Forms of Congressional Action The work of Congress is initiated by the introduction of a proposal in one of four principal forms: the bill, the joint resolution, the concurrent resolution, and the simple resolution.  Bills & Resolutions | house.gov An […]

Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President Ambassador’s Forum, currently in UK Pandemic war in the peak Pandemic war is in the peak and there is no option but to win it sooner or later depending on the world situation. President and the Government has taken all possible endeavours using the […]

අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල්  අගමැති මාධ්‍ය හා සන්නිවේදන වරාය හා රේගුව ආශ්‍රිත සේවා ඩිජිටල්කරණයට ඉහළම ප්‍රමුඛතාවය…..  අපනයන ව්‍යාපාර ව්‍යාපාරවල නියුතු ආයෝජකයින්ගේ ගැටළු විසඳීම සඳහා කඩිනම් පියවර ගතයුතු බව  තරුණ කටයුතු සහ ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය, ඩිජිටල් සංවර්ධන හා ව්‍යවසාය කටයුතු රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය, ගම සමග පිළිසදරක්  ග්‍රාමීය  සංවර්ධන ජනාධිපති කාර්ය සාධක බළකායේ සභාපති නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුව […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් දකුණ හා මධ්‍යම පළාත් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර මනාප ක්‍රමය තුල ලැයිස්තුවේ ඊලඟට සිටින්නා සෑම විටම තමන්ගේ අවස්ථාව එනතුරු බලා සිටීම අලුත් දෙයක් නොවේ. අලියා, පොහොට්ටුව, ද්‍රවිඩ – මුස්ලිම් පක්ෂ, ලොකු – කුඩා ඕනෑම පක්ෂයක මහජන නියෝජිතයින්ට ඕනෑම මොහොතක විනය චෝදනා එල්ල වී තනතුරු අහිමි කළ හැකිය. අද එජාපට මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් 2300 ක් ඇත. එයින් […]

Keynote Speech by Prof. Kishore Mahbubani At the INSIGHT FORUM” organised by Our Hong Kong Foundation, eminent global thinker Professor Kishore Mahbubani called on the US to hit the pause button” on its geopolitical contest against China amidst the raging global pandemic. Prof Mahbubani, who is a Distinguished Fellow at National University of Singapore’s Asia […]

By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online Courtesy BBC UK coronavirus infections have risen slightly in the last week, with an estimated 119,000 people – up from 110,000 – now positive for the virus. The Office for National Statistics figures, up to 12 June, suggest one in every 540 people is infected. The more infectious Delta […]

By Patrick Wintour/The Guardian Courtesy NewsIn.Asia London, May 5: The US faces an uphill task presenting itself as the chief guardian of global democracy, according to a new poll that shows the US is seen around the world as more of a threat to democracy than even Russia and China. The poll finds support for […]

By: SwatiRana Courtesy Eastern Eye UK-based Oil Spill Response experts look for pollutants from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, which is sinking after burning for almost two weeks in the sea off Colombo Harbour, at Sarakkuwa beach, north of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on June 10, 2021. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via […]

Courtesy The Hindustan Times The head of the National Zoological Gardens here said that they are in touch with India’s Central Zoo Authority to treat an 11-year-old lion named ‘Thor’ who has tested positive.PTI | , Colombo Sri Lanka’s zoological gardens authorities have sought assistance from India after a lion tested positive for the coronavirus at […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said today inaccurate figures on Covid death toll reported on June 11 led to the extension of travel restrictions and stressed that it was vital to provide accurate and updated information to make correct decisions. He said it was revealed through comprehensive investigations that only 15 deaths had […]

Courtesy Adaderana A decision has been taken to lift the islandwide travel restrictions currently in effect at 4.00 a.m. on Monday (June 21), Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. However, the travel restrictions will be re-imposed at 10.00 p.m. on June 23 (Wednesday) and continue until 4.00 a.m. on June 25 (Friday). He said that […]

Courtesy Adaderana Daily COVID-19 cases count hit 2,327 on Friday (June 18) as 767 more people were tested positive for the virus in Sri Lanka. The new development brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 235,401. As many as 197,259 recoveries and 2,480 deaths have been confirmed in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 55 more COVID-19 related fatalities, according to the Government Information Department. The new development brings the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 2,480. Reportedly, the victims – 23 females and 32 males – have succumbed to the virus infection on […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ministry of Agriculture says the government will offer Rs.10,000 per hectare to each farmer who produces organic fertilizer. The decision was reached at a meeting held at the Agriculture Ministry regarding the production and supply of organic fertilizer required for the upcoming Maha Season. During the discussion, it was revealed that 500kg of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Gazette notifications have been published announcing that 59 local government members have vacated their posts as they have ceased to be members of the United National Party (UNP). The declarations were issued by the returning officers of relevant Pradeshiya Sabha, urban councils and municipal councils. These local government members who represented the UNP […]