By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Without accepting a religion, but simply developing a realisation of the importance of compassion and love, with more concern and respect for others, a kind of spiritual development is possible for those persons who are outside of religion”- Dalai Lama. Peter Kalu, who lives in Hertfordshire, UK, was intrigued by […]

තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය ශ්‍රී ලාංකික තාරුණ්‍යයට තම කුසලතාවයන් ඔප්  නැංවීමට මඟ පෙන්වීම හා සහයෝගය  ලබා දීම අරමුණකර ගනිමින්, අන්තර්ජාතික තරුණ දිනයට සමගාමීව ඩයලොග් ආසිආටා සමාගම විසින් තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය සමගින්  එක්ව Youth Can වැඩසටහන දියත් කරන ලදී මෙම වැඩසටන තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය  හා ජාතික තරුණ සේවා සභාව සමගින් එක්ව, මිනිස් බල හා […]

තිසර සමල් – අනුරාධපුර අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ ගම්මාන රැසක  පවතින අලි මිනිස් ගැටුමට විසදුමක් ලෙස සූර්ය පැනල භාවිතයෙන් 2021 වර්ෂයේ  අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ ගම්මාන රැසක් ආවරණය වන ලෙස කිලෝමීටර 482.2 ක  ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට නියමිත විදුලි අලි වැට සම්බන්ධයෙන් සාකච්ජාවක් රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පැවැත්විණි. අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම් ආර්.එම් වන්නිනායක, අනුරාධපුර සහකාර වනජීවි අධ්‍යක්ෂ ඩබ්ලිව්.එස් වේරගම […]

By A. Abdul Aziz 55th Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) UK concludes with an inspirational address by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad If governments and leaders do not understand their responsibilities, particularly with regards to warfare and conflicts, and if they do not fulfil the rights of others, I fear the onset of an unthinkable global war, the […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Beijing, August 12 (Xinhua):  China on Thursday released a White Paper titled Moderate Prosperity in All Respects: Another Milestone Achieved in China’s Human Rights” in which it had a chapter on how it coped with the COVID-19 pandemic. The White Paper said: The Covid-19 pandemic is the most serious global health emergency in […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 12 (Xinhua): A tusker, escorted by the Special Task Force is on a 10-day journey to participate in the Kandy Esala Perahera, which is scheduled to be held from Aug. 14 to 24 in Kandy. The festival is one of the grandest Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, with an elephant parade […]

Courtesy Japan Today TOKYO The family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in March following mistreatment at a Japanese immigration center said she was “treated like a dog” after the government disclosed Thursday security camera footage of her final days. Two weeks’ worth of video footage showing Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, 33, before her […]

Kris Thomas & Pallavi Pundir Courtesy VICE.com Sri Lanka’s court says the politician’s family is powerful enough to influence the investigation. SRI LANKAN PARLIAMENTARIAN WAS NOT AT HOME WHEN THE 16-YEAR-OLD DOMESTIC AIDE AT HIS HOME SUFFERED FROM BURN INJURIES IN JULY 2021. PHOTO BY LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/ AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Before she burned to death […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror How did we get here? Sri Lanka is in crisis. Since April 2021, Sri Lanka saw a sharp increase of Covid-19 positive cases and deaths. Despite health authorities warning the public to limit celebrations and shopping sprees during the traditional new year festival, large gatherings and cross border travels resulted in […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror About 263 Community Vaccination Centres manned by tri-forces and health authorities will be operational countrywide today. Accordingly, vaccination centres are operational in 22 locations in the Colombo district, 17 in the Gampaha district, 33 in the Kalutara district while remaining vaccination centres operational in the Kurunegala, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Matale, Badulla,MOneragala, […]

Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror Another crucial meeting will held this morning between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Presidential Task Force on Prevention of COVID-19 to decide if travel restrictions will be imposed over the weekend to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Army Commander General Shavendra Silva told Daily Mirror that the […]

Courtesy Hiru News Another 156 Covid-19 related deaths for 11 August have been confirmed by Director General of Health Services. This has increased the total number of deaths in Sri Lanka to 5,620. 956 deaths were reported in the first 10 days of this month. Therefore, with the deaths reported today, the total number of […]

Courtesy Hiru News Another 619 persons tested positive for COVID-19. With 2,420 cases reported earlier today, the daily total of COVID cases increased to 3,039. Accordingly, the total number of COVID patients in the country increased to 345,118