By Noor Nizam – Peace and Political Activist, Political Communications Researcher, SLFP/SLPP Stalwart and Member “Viyathmaga”, 14th., November, 2021. Look at the way of their life style and the houses they have built while they are in Public Service. The Honourable Minister of Finance was very correct in saying that the Public Service is a burden […]

තිසර සමල්   – අනුරාධපුර   ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂ අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික් බල මණ්ඩලය ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂ ජාතික සංවිධායක, රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අනුරාධපුර පිහිටි ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂ ප්‍රධාන කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැත්විණි. එහිදී ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂ දිස්ත්‍රික්  භික්ෂු පෙරමුණ, තරුණ පෙරමුණ, ගොවි පෙරමුණ, ගුරු පෙරමුණ හා කාන්තා පෙරමුණ ඇතුළු දිස්ත්‍රික්  අනුබද්ධ සංවිධාන සදහා නව […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය කොළඹ 10 ශ්‍රී වජිරාශ්‍රම බෞද්ධ මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ වාර්ෂික කඨින මහා පුජෝත්සවයේ කඨින චීවරය අද (14) උදෑසන අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ සිට පෙරහරකින් වැඩම කොට සඝසතු කර පූජා කෙරිණි. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ උපදෙස් මත වස් ආරාධනයෙන් පසු කඨින චීවරය සඝ සතු කිරීම දක්වා මූලික දායකත්වය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආර්යා ශිරන්ති වික්‍රමසිංහ රාජපක්ෂ මහත්මිය ඇතුළු දරු මුණුබුරන් සහ […]

Nava Thakuria Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, condoles the sad demise of two young journalists in India and Afghanistan within 24 hours and urges the concerned authorities to probe the developments that led to their untimely deaths, and subsequently to book the perpetrators to justice. It may be […]

Courtesy RT Food banks across the United States are struggling to keep up with the number of Americans in need of assistance amid record inflation and the supply chain crisis, which have gripped the nation ahead of the holiday season. The Alameda County, California Community Food Bank was forced to make a lot of really tough […]

Courtesy RT A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle descends after receiving fuel at an undisclosed location in the Gulf, August 9, 2019 © Reuters / US Air Force The US military tried to cover up a deadly attack on Syrian civilians that killed as many as 80 people, claiming that women and children could have been terrorist […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 14 (newsin.asia):  Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda sought avenues for further strengthening bilateral cooperation in the civil aviation sector with India, when he met the Civil Aviation Minister of India Jyotiraditya Scindia in New Delhi.  Minister Scindia accorded a warm welcome to High Commissioner Moragoda. The High Commissioner […]

Courtesy johnogroat-journal.co.uk There are two main types of cardamom: green (Elettaria cardamomum) and black (Amomum subulatum). Green cardamom, also known as true cardamom, is a sub-species of the ginger (Zingiberaceae) family. Green cardamom is native to Southern India and Sri Lanka. The botanical has long, pointed leaves and pretty, white flowers. The seed-containing pods are […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island General Shavendra Silva’s recently concluded visit (Oct 23 to Oct 30) to Russia should be examined against the backdrop of an unprecedented travel ban by the United States on the Sri Lanka Army Commander over hearsay war crimes accusations, including extrajudicial killings, during the last phase of the Vanni […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror As many as 8000 Covid-19 patients sought treatment at Ayurveda hospital in Navinna, Maharagama but none of them succumbed to the disease, a minister said. State Minister of Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and Ayurvedic Hospitals Development and Community Health Sisira Jayakodi said it proved the efficacy of Ayurvedic medicine in the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara says that the Budget presented by the Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa is an ‘extraordinary’ one and is beyond the tradition. He said the budget proposal has grappled with the main issues and it has provided certain measures and certain allocations in order to overcome some of the most important […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Annual Action Plan of the National Audit Office for the year 2022 has been approved by the Committee on Public Finance (COPF), the Communications Department of Parliament said. The Committee met under the chairmanship of MP Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, yesterday (13). In terms of Section 35 of the Audit Act No. 19 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health says that another 199 persons have tested positive for Covid-19, increasing the daily count of new cases to 697. The fresh cases confirmed includes 02 returnees from overseas and 197 patients associated with the ‘New Year’ Covid-19 cluster.  This brings the tally of confirmed cases of the virus in […]

Courtesy Hiru News Chinese Ambassador says Sri Lanka has agreed to retest the rejected Chinese Organic Fertiliser via a third party. The ship in question – the Hippo Spirit – departed from China in September carrying 20,000 tonnes of much-needed organic fertiliser to Colombo. The order was placed after the Sri Lankan government stopped all […]