Shenali D Waduge Undoubtedly, media, plays a crucial role in manipulating people’s minds. Media headed by the wrong people can have detrimental results on a populace. We know the lengths LTTE terrorists took fake propaganda. It’s an uphill task to reverse the lies people had been fed. Those who sit in media, dictate what people […]

Written by Zulfick Farzan Courtesy News 1st COLOMBO (News 1st); The two suspects, including a US Citizen, who were arrested from Theldeniya, Digana for the possession of multiple weapons were remanded to the 15th of November when they were produced in Court on Monday (1). Sri Lanka Police arrested two men for the possession of […]

Senaka Weeraratna The situation of the Press is far worse today It is totally anti-national and anti – Buddhist. A content analysis of the Political Columns of any English language mainstream newspaper will reveal this stark truth.  The Govt. has the mandate to establish a Commission of Inquiry like what Mrs. Bandaranaike did in 1963, to investigate and report […]

By Dr. Tilak S.Fernando The masterpiece of the Great Russian poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin’s novel ‘Eugene and Onegin’ is translated into Sinhala for the first time by Dr Athula Withanage, who has written many books in Sinhala and English. Dr Withanage was a senior surgeon who worked for over twenty years in the NHS UK. […]

Hafizur Talukdar Let there be a direction to keep the earth habitable The plenary session of the second day of the COP-26 conference started on Monday. World leaders have gathered in Glasgow in a last-ditch effort to save the world from the ravages of climate change. In his opening remarks, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson […]

MD Pathik Hasan Bangladesh and Thailand are near neighbors, connected by the Bay of Bengal. The development of these maritime ties would benefit both countries in terms of trade, investment, and regional communications.  The two countries are in talks to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) to boost trade and investment. Bangladesh is geographically positioned as […]

Hafizur Talukdar The world is fascinated by the development of Bangladesh The world is fascinated by the development of Bangladesh! On the occasion of Bangabandhu’s birth centenary and the golden jubilee of independence, the top people of Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and India have come to Bangladesh in the confidence of a leader even […]

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Dr. C.S. Weeraratna, Economic and social benefits of the agricultural sector, which includes cultivation of food crops and plantation crops, are well known to most of us. The value of the paddy and other food crops produced during a year is around Rs. 300 billion and we earned a similar amount in foreign exchange by […]

Chaturanga Samarawickrama Courtesy The Daily Mirror A pecial gazette notification was issued announcing the Meerigama-Kurunegala section of the Central Expressway (E-04) which was designated as an Expressway to be an ‘User Fee National Highway’ The gazette notification was issued by the Highways Minister, Johnston Fernando. The stretch of road is 40.910 km long and 80.000-100.000 […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Department of Agriculture stated that a list is currently being prepared for the importation of pesticides. The department stated that it would then table the said list to the cabinet of ministers. The Director-General of the Department Ajantha Silva further stated that as local pest control methods are increasingly used, attention […]

Courtesy Hiru News Lawyers point out that the condition imposed by Trade Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena that at least five more items should be purchased without giving the opportunity to purchase only rice and sugar from Sathosa is a violation of the Consumer Affairs Act. The decision taken by the Minister of Trade Dr. Bandula […]

Courtesy Adaderana A special gazette has been issued removing the price control on a number of food items including sugar, dhal, chicken, canned fish, corn, big onions, wheat flour, potatoes and milk powder. The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) said the gazette is effective from Wednesday (November 03). Thereby, seven gazette notifications previously published by the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The total number of people who died of COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 15 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Wednesday (November 03). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in the country to 13,806. The latest victims include […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health reported that another 124 persons have tested positive for coronavirus today, increasing the daily count of new cases to 592. Accordingly, the total number of Covid-19 cases registered in the country so far has risen to 543,385. Over 15,000 patients infected with the virus are currently being treated across […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has briefed the court of probes initiated into alleged misappropriation of Rs. 1 billion at the National Fertilizer Secretariat. Former Secretary to the Agriculture Ministry, Major General (Retired) Sumedha Perera had filed a complaint, stating that this financial irregularity occurred in 2018 and 2019 during the process to […]