Shenali Waduge The UN was created in 1945 following the end of World War 2 promising to ensure no future world wars, to respect individual state sovereignty and to not interfere in internal affairs of sovereign states. Since 1945, only 10 countries around the world without a conflict and countries facing conflicts are as a […]

නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය සමස්ත ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නියෝජනය වන පරිදි නව ක්‍රීඩා සංස්කෘතියක් බිහි කිරීමේ උදාර පරමාර්ථය පෙරදැරිව 2021 වසරේ සිට ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කළ ජාතික ක්‍රීඩා දිනය” වෙනුවෙන් සුබාශිංසන පළ කරනුයේ ඉමහත් සතුටිනි. අභියෝග හමුවේ ලොව ජය ගැනීමට ක්‍රීඩාවෙන් ලැබෙන දායකත්වය අති මහත්ය. ජය පරාජය විඳ දරාගන්නා ශක්තිමත් මිනිසෙකු නිර්මාණය කිරීම පමණක් නොව […]

By D. B. S. Jeyaraj Courtesy The Daily Mirror Lands and Mahaweli Development Minister Gamini Dissanayake warned Tamils that it would require 14 hours for Indian troops to come and rescue them but the Sinhalese could destroy them in 14 minutes if they wanted to On Sunday July 24, mobs began moving in the direction of […]

Paresh Dave Courtesy Reuters YOKOHAMA, Japan, July 30 (Reuters) – They hail from Sri Lanka, enjoy 30-second rubs in U.S. mud, get top-notch service in Japan because of the pandemic and are called the best in the world by Joe Ryan, an Olympian who played the game of his life on Friday. They are the […]

UCA News reporter, Colombo Catholic bishops have urged the Sri Lankan government to reopen schools and take drastic measures to stop the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the poor. “The children will be able to learn not only the sciences but also achieve emotional, psychological and spiritual health, interact with their teachers, their […]

By Sarah Ward Courtesy Glasgow Times A TOURIST who was raped by a hotel worker at a glamorous resort in Sri Lanka 11 years ago has finally won her quest for justice after the tour operator was held liable. The woman, now aged in her 40s, was on holiday with her husband in July 2010 at […]

By Major General (Retired) Ranjith Rajapathirana Courtesy Ceylon Today Julie Hathai; 7 July 1915 eventually became a phrase signifying a major calamity. It is one of the darkest days in the annals of history on which date, young Edward Henry Pedris, age 28 years (1887-1915) and a scion of an immensely wealthy elite SinhaleseBuddhist family […]

Kamal Weeraratne (RP) Courtesy Ceylon Today Attorney General Sanjaya Rajaratnam yesterday informed the Supreme Court a probe conducted into the April 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, had revealed that SJB MP Rishad Bathiudeen and his sibling Riyaj Bathiudeen had supplied a stock of State-owned copper, at a concessionary rate, to a copper factory owned by […]

By Jayasri Priyalal Courtesy The Island Doing the right thing the wrong way Nurturing nature is the right thing to do when mother nature is struggling to adjust to the manufactured damages taking their toll and challenging the mutual cohabitation of all living beings on earth. Feeding seven billion people with depleted natural resources and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Some Scandinavian countries and Bhutan who have converted to organic fertilizer have only achieved 18% and 10% respectively after 10 to 15 years  This is for the kind attention H.E. the President and the Cabinet of Ministers.  We are a group representing the mothers of this country. We are also professionals […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government has decided to call all employees of public service back to duty from the 2nd of August (Monday), subject to COVID-19 health guidelines, the President’s Media Division said in a press release issued today (July 30). Secretary to the President, P.B. Jayasundera has informed the decision to the Secretary of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has registered 56 more COVID-19 related fatalities confirmed by the Director General of Health Services on Thursday (July 29). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 4,380. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 825 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 today (July 30), increasing the daily count of positive cases to 2,460. According to the Government Information Department, 2,455 of the new cases reported today have been associated with the New Year cluster. The new development has brought Sri Lanka’s confirmed coronavirus […]

Courtesy Hiru News Secretary to the Ministry of Finance S.R. Attygalle states that printing money takes place even when the economy is stable. He was speaking at a media briefing held in Colombo today (30). The Secretary to the Ministry of Finance further clarified regarding the payment of salaries of public servants.