Archive for September 20th, 2021
Monday, September 20th, 2021
BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The purpose of establishing the International Monetary Fund was a good policy design because there had been conflicts in the international financial management relating to exchange rate determination and gaining trade advantages. Economically, powerful countries attempted to take power by determining the exchange rate for their currency units. This situation was encountered […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS (Continued from B2) Western delegations have made it a point to meet and speak with the TNA, when they visit Sri Lanka. These are not secret discussions. They are proudly reported in the newspapers. Sampanthan’s discussion with these foreigners covered the full spectrum of Tamil Separatist Movement concerns, such as the National question, […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera Asanga Abeyagoonasekera speaks on ‘Russia and Sri Lanka’s role in Regional Security’ at the Moscow Conference on International Security Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, Author and foreign policy analyst was invited from Sri Lanka for the IX Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) 2021. The conference was inaugurated by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්රකීර්ති බුදුදහම අල්පේච්ඡතාව අගය කරයි. ඒ තුළින් ලද හැකි සතුට සහ සැහැල්ලුව පෙන්වාදෙයි. එහෙයින් ම, බහුභාණ්ඩික බවෙහි වරද ද බුදුදහම තුළින් අවධාරණය කෙරෙයි. මෙය ලෝකෝත්තර අරමුණු සඳහා පමණක් අදාළ කරුණක් නොවේ. අපි අපේ ලෞකික ජීවිත තුළින් ද මෙම ඉගැන්වීමෙහි ප්රායෝගිකත්වය අත්දැක ඇත්තෙමු. අල්පේච්ඡතාව යනු සියල්ල අත්හැරීම නොවේ. ධම්මපද අට්ඨකතාවේ එන බහුභාණ්ඩික තෙරුන්ගේ කථා […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය සෑම පුන් පොහෝ දිනකම ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ සංකල්පයකට අනුව පවත්වන අමාදම් සිසිලස” ධර්ම දේශනා මාලාවේ 214 වැන්න බිනර පුන් පොහොය යෙදෙන අද (20) දින පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. බුදුරාජාණන්වහන්සේට මල් පහන් සුවඳ දුම් පූජා කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව අග්රාමාත්ය ආර්යා ශිරන්ති රාජපක්ෂ මහත්මිය විසින් මිනුවන්ගොඩ පත්තඩුවන භික්ෂු පුහුණු මධ්යස්ථානාධිපති, රාමඤ්ඤ මහා […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
Rudra de Zoysa. “Bishop of the Diocese of Galle, Rev. Dr. Raymond Wickremasinghe told a virtual congregation that the conscience of those responsible for the Easter Sunday carnage would never be at peace and it would haunt them eternally.” Dear Dr. Wickremasinghe, You have confounded and mystified many clear-thinking persons. Those responsible are already enjoying […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Sept 20 (News 1st) – Newspaper advertisements published in newspapers to lease three more valuable plots of land in the city of Colombo for investment projects on a 99-year lease basis. The advertisement was published by the Urban Development Authority. Tenders have been called for three plots of land on DR Wijewardena […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් නැගෙනහිර ජැටිය රැකගත් ආකාරයෙන්ම කෙරවලපිටිය යුගදනවි තාප බලාගාරය රැක ගැනීමට කටයුතු කරන බව ආණ්ඩුවේ හවුල්කාර සුළු පක්ෂ කියා සිටී. ආණ්ඩුවේ හවුල්කාර පක්ෂ 11 ක නියෝජිතයන් ලංකා කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවැති සාකච්ඡාවකින් අනතුරුව බව කියා සිටියහ. ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ ඇතුළු ආණ්ඩුවේ සුළු පක්ෂ 11ක නායකයන් බොරැල්ලේ […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ආනයනික කාබනික පොහොර වලින් මෙරට පරිසරයට හානි වන්නේ නම් ඊට එරෙහිව අධිකරණයට යන බව ජාතික ගොවිජන එකමුතුව පවසයි. චීනයෙන් ගෙන්වන ලද කාබනික පොහොර වර්ග තුනක අහිතකර බැක්ටීරියාවන් ඇති බවට පර්යේෂණවලින් දැනටමත් තහවුරු වී ඇතැයි ද එම සංවිධානය කියා සිටියි. මෙයාකාරයෙන් කාබනික පොහොර ගෙන්වීමෙන් ඩොලර් මිලියන 5 ක කොමිස් මුදලක් ලැබෙන […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
කුමුදු ජයවර්ධන මව්බිම දැන් අමාත්ය සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා “හිට්ලර් කෙනෙකු වීමට” උත්සහ දරන බවට ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ජගත් කුමාර මහතා චෝදනා කරයි. අද කොළඹදී පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකදී ඔහු ප්රකාශ කළේ, ගුරු උද්ඝෝෂණ මෙතරම් දුරදිග ගියේ සරත් වීරසේකර අමාත්යවරයාගේ ක්රියාකලාපය හේතුවෙන් බවය. “සරත් වීරසේකර ඇමතිතුමා නොහිටින්න ගුරු උද්ඝෝෂණ මෙතරම් දුරට යන්නෙ […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Estimated crop losses range between 25% to 50% across top five crops Industry veteran urges to bring down ban to 50% before going fully organic in next 3-5 years In what could be the most comprehensive study carried out to date on the cost of chemical fertiliser ban and its implications […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
By Joseph Sunde*By Acton Institute Courtesy Eurasia Review In April, the Sri Lankan government banned the import and use of fertilizers and agrochemicals, including insecticides and herbicides, marking a significant step in their goal to become the world’s first country to produce 100% organic agriculture. According to President Gotabhaya Rajapakse, the move was necessary to reverse the country’s overuse of […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
By Clarisa Diaz & Sarah Todd Courtesy Quartz In pursuit of becoming the world’s first 100% organic food producer, Sri Lanka now finds itself in an economic crisis exacerbated by the pandemic, inflation, and hoarding of essential food items. In April, the country enacted a sweeping, immediate ban of chemical fertilizers imports along with other imports like palm oil. The fertilizer ban, […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
The Hindu Net Desk A video explainer on the economic crisis in Sri Lanka leading to speculations of a food shortage in the country. https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/food-emergency-in-sri-lanka-explained/article36562488.ece Sri Lanka’s government declared an economic emergency on August 30, 2021 amid rising food prices, a depreciating currency, and rapidly depleting forex reserves. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Major General N.D.S.P. Niwunhella […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/ Climb a sacred mountain. Lounge on a deserted beach. And enjoy a cuppa on a picture-perfect plantation. All this and more awaits in Sri Lanka, the most serendipitous of islands… 1. Climb Sigiriya Lion Rock Fortress, Sigiriya (Shutterstock) One of Sri Lanka’s seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites, this rock-top fortress dates back to the […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror The people who are above 30 years of age and not vaccinated so far, should get their vaccines within this week, the Government said today. State Minister Channa Jayasumana said the Government is compelled to issue a deadline because it would not be possible to continue to operate the […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The March 12 Movement calls on the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) to suspend State Minister Lohan Ratwatte’s party membership and review his anti-disciplinary activities. Convener of the March 12 movement Rohana Hettiarachchi points out that there is no public confidence in the investigation being conducted by a Commissioner of the Prisons Department […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The circular on the payment of a Rs 5,000 allowance to teachers and principals has been issued today (September 20). Accordingly, principals and teachers on duty can obtain the relevant allowance from the Zonal Director of Education. The Cabinet recently decided to pay Rs. 5,000 to teachers and principals who are on duty […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed another 93 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday (September 19), increasing the official death toll in the country to 12,218. According to the figures reported by the Department of Government Information today (20), the victims include 45 males and 48 females while one of the deceased is below […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 673 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 1,509. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 506,009. As many as 433,093 recoveries and 12,218 deaths […]
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