Dr. Chula Rajapakse. MNZM FRCP/FRACP Wellington,NZ Dear Editor,   I just viewed a  a video received via social media showing seemingly a challenge of a lady in Jaffna by the police and the sudden appearance of a lawyer, clearly positioned in advance to be handy,  confronting the police with an allegation of extra judicial action .The […]

Shenali D Waduge The following photos are alarming and raises more questions than answers. Who can explain the connection? There were many Church-based NGOs operating in the North and East throughout the conflict. Many of them had their offices virtually next door to LTTE offices. Audit the monies sent to these organizations throughout 30 years […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 25 (newsin.asia): 65 countries, including Sri Lanka and Pakistan made a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council on Friday against interference in China’s internal affairs under the pretext of advocating human rights, a newsletter issued by the Chinese embassy in Colombo said. The Global Times said that the joint statement by […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 25 (newsin.asia): Sri Lanka is encouraging entrepreneurs, small businesses, and community organizations to invest in 7,000 small scale solar projects throughout the country, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told the UN High-Level Dialogue on Energy in New York. He also said that the country’s largest wind power farm was recently inaugurated. The High-Level Dialogue […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් තේ් වගාවට යෙදිම සදහා රසායනික පොහොර නොමැති කම හේතුවෙන් තේ වගාවෙන් නෙලා ගත හැකි අමු තේ දළු අස්වැන්න අඩු විි ඇති බවට බලන්ගොඩ ප්‍රදේශයේ කුඩා තේ වතු හිමියන් දිගින් දිගටම මැසිවිලි නගති. දැනට මාස කිහිපයක සිට තේ වගාව සදහා යෙදිමට අවශ්‍ය රසායනික පොහොර නොමැති බවත් ඒ හේතුවෙන් තේ අක්කරයකින් නෙලා […]

By Kalani Kumarasinghe Courtesy The Diplomat For weeks headlines have hit news platforms around the world that Sri Lanka is experiencing food shortages. Reports of essentials such as food and medicine being in short supply have created a very grim picture of the island nation and its citizens.  The Sri Lankan government has been busy denying […]

Courtesy Teheran Times Making the remarks in a meeting with Sri Lanka’s energy minister in Tehran on Saturday Akbar Komeijani said: The expansion of trade and banking relations between Iran and Sri Lanka is possible based on the financing of exports and imports between the two countries and the provision of direct and indirect payment […]

Courtesy The Daily Star Bangladesh recently decided to lend $250 million dollars to Sri Lanka from its foreign currency reserve. This loan will be provided through a currency swap mechanism. This episode of Star Explains discusses the reason behind this lending and the conditions under which the process will be conducted.

Courtesy Adaderana The total number people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 79 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Friday (Sep. 24). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 12,609. According to the data […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 364 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 1,146. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 512,531. As many as 453,689 recoveries and 12,609 deaths […]