Archive for November 23rd, 2021
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
By Rohana R. Wasala To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them? Hamlet in Shakespeare’s Hamlet The initial two year period of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s presidential term has been largely […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS Tamil Separatist Movement says it is entitled to ask for a separate state because the Ceylon Tamils are a separate nation”. The concept “nation’ is not a legally recognized concept, nor is it recognized in international law. International law only recognizes the sovereign state. International law does not recognize imaginary nations either. The […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
MD Pathik Hasan Myanmar is one of Bangladesh’s closest neighbors with historic connectivity going back centuries. The 271 km long Bangladesh-Myanmar border is very important for Bangladesh due to its strategic position, although at present the area is militarized due to its ongoing internal conflicts. Were this to be resolved, Bangladesh could develop routes via […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara. While welcoming that policy decision of the Government who can say that this is not another election gundu to deceive the people aimed at the proposed Provincial Council Elections? If the Government was really honest and concerned about public good it should have abolished this joke as Canada had done it […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
MD Pathik Hasan Sri-Lanka is located ideally for a direct maritime or short sea connectivity with many countries in the region. As an island economy, Sri Lanka’s regional connectivity has been mainly through its main seaport in Colombo, for south Asian countries. The ports of Chittagong in Bangladesh and the ports of Colombo and Hambantota […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
The Secretary Agriculture Graduate’s Association of the Sri Lanka Agriculture Service පළිබෝධනාශක රෙජිස්ට්රාර්වරයාගේ 2021.11.22 දිනැති 2255/5 අංක දරන ගැසට් නිවේදනය පිළිබඳව මතුව ඇති ගැටළු පිළිබඳ කරුනු පැහැදිලි කිරීම ග්ලයිෆොසෙට් ඇතුළු පළිබෝධනාශක වර්ග 05ක් භාවිතය තහනම් කරමින් නිකුත් කර තිබු 2014.12.22 දිනැති 1894/4 අංක දරන අති විශේෂ ගැසට් නිවේදනය අවලංගු කරමින් 2021.11.22 දිනැති 2255/5 අංක දරන […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
රජිත් කිර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් දකුණ හා මධ්යම පළාත් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර අද ආණ්ඩුවේ කාබනික වගා සංකල්පය පිස්සන් කොටුවට බෝම්බ දැම්මා වගේ එකම විකාරයක් බවට පත්වෙලා. කවුරුවත් ග්ලයිෆොසෙට් තහනම ඉවත් කරන්න කිව්වේ නෑ. හැබැයි ගොවියෝ කෘමිනාශක, දිලීර නාශක, වල් නාශක ඉල්ලනවා. ඒ එකක්වත් ගෙනල්ලා ගොවියා, ගොවිතැන ගොඩගන්න කටයුතු කරන්නේ නෑ. හැබැයි උදේ – දවල් – හවස අමාත්යාංශයේ […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය නව ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා කෙටුම්පත පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන්ට ඉදිරිපත් කොට සාකච්ඡාවට ලක්කරන බව අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (23) දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ දී පැවසීය. අය-වැය කාරක සභා අවස්ථාවේ ජනාධිපති, අග්රාමාත්ය කාර්යාලය ඇතුළු ආයතනවල වැය ශිර්ෂ විවාදයට එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. නව ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා කෙටුම්පතක් සකස් කරන බවත් රහසිගතව සිදුවන යමක් […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය දකුණු ඉන්දීය මුස්ලිම් අධ්යාත්මික නායක අශ් ෂෙයික් ආචාර්ය තයිකා අහමද් නසීර් අලීම් මැතිතුමා අද (22) පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හමුවිය. ඔහු අභාවප්රාප්ත ඉන්දීය මුස්ලිම් අධ්යාත්මික නායක අශ් ෂෙයික් ආචාර්ය තයිකා සුහායිබ් අලීම් මැතිතුමාගේ පුත්රයාය. ආගමික සහජීවනය වර්ධනය කිරීමට ඉටු කළ හැකි කාර්යයන් ගැන මෙම හමුවේ දී ආචාර්ය තයිකා […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් විසි වැනි ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය පසු අගමැති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා කොන් කර ඇති බව අග්රාමාත්යවරයාගේ මුස්ලිම් කටයුතු සම්බන්ධීකාරක ශිරාස් යුනුස් මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. https://www.facebook.com/ShirazYoonusOfficial/videos/1813253578875717/?t=4 දැන් අග්රාමාත්යවරයා සිටින්නේ ප්රදර්ශනාත්මක තත්වයෙන් පමණක් යැයිද ඔහු පැවසීය. මෑතක පැවති විරෝධතාවකදී මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ පින්තූරයට ජනතාව පහර දෙනු දුටු බවත් තමන් ඉන් බොහෝ කනගාටුවට පත්වූ […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Fertiliser imports from China, India: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probing allegations against Secretary to the President, Dr. P.B. Jayasundera, as regards the opening of a new account at the Town Hall Branch of the People’s Bank under the name ‘United Farmers Trust Limited’ (UFTL) on Oct.18 for the […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana Residents of Kuringankerni area have attacked the house of Trincomalee District MP M.S. Thowfeek of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) following the ferry accident which took place this morning. A tense situation ensued after a passenger ferry was capsized at the Kuringankerni lagoon in Kinniya, killing six people including four schoolchildren. The residence […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 740 today (November 23) as 198 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 558,860. As many as 527,528 recoveries and 14,182 […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
Courtesy TASS On the whole, the meeting between the Sri Lankan President and Russia’s Security Council Secretary laid down the main tracks for cooperation in the areas of politics, trade and energy, and cooperation prospects in the field of security NEW DELHI, November 23. /TASS/. Sri Lanka and Russia agreed to share intelligence information and […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
By Hussain Shazzad* Courtesy Eurasia Review Bangladesh, the second highest recipient of China’s investment in South Asia after Pakistan, imports the highest volume of goods from China making it Bangladesh’s largest trading partner. This is the beginning of the story where China offers Bangladesh financial assistance and development experience for its ‘big-ticket megaprojects’ to fulfill its vision-2041, […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent Courtesy The Guardian Government criticised for delay as suspects face charges relating to 269 deaths 30 months after attacks The trial has begun of the 25 men accused of masterminding the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, which killed almost 300 people when churches and luxury hotels were targeted by Islamic […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
Courtesy News18 Exercise Dosti was initiated in 1991 between the Indian and the Maldives’ coast guards. (Image for representation only: Reuters) Indian Coast Guard vessels Vajra and Apoorva have been deployed for the exercise. The coast guards of India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka are currently conducting a five-day military exercise to enhance interoperability and […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
Courtesy Sputnik MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Sri Lanka and Russia have agreed on the exchange of intelligence information and cooperation fighting against terrorism funding, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said following a meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.”Had a friendly discussion with the Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev today. We agreed on deepening bilateral cooperation […]
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