Courtesy Sputnik Russian and Ukrainian officials agreed to meet in Gomel region, Belarus on Monday for talks aimed at halting the fighting in Ukraine and resolving the crisis between Moscow and Kiev.Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have found some points of contact from which common positions can be built on, Vladimir Medinsky, special assistant to President […]

Courtesy RT Ceasefire talks hosted by Belarus adjourn for consultations © Getty Images / MicroStockHub Moscow and Kiev have found certain things that could be agreed on during the ceasefire talks hosted by Belarus and will return for consultations before the next round, both delegations told reporters after the talks ended on Monday. The main […]

Courtesy RT The British foreign secretary made unacceptable” statements on clashes” between NATO and Russia, Putin’s spokesman said Liz Truss during a panel discussion at the 58th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, February 19, 2022 © Getty Images / Ronald Wittek Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin […]

BBC A huge convoy of Russian armour, nearly 17 miles long, is advancing on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, satellite images show https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60542877

By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D. Since the days of President Jayawardena we have got used to look for foreign goods and  following the IMF model of allowing imports without any control, spending our foreign exchange for luxury purposes even when we did not have sufficient funds, we have become an indebted country. The IMF advice was […]

Sugath Kulatunga The question before policy makers today is whether to seek a bail out from IMF and face a certain devaluation of the rupee. It is like the proverbial curate’s egg. Sri Lanka has had several devaluations of the rupee. I am not aware whether a proper evaluation of the impact of devaluation on […]

Mehjabin Bhanu Rajshahi City Corporation in Bangladesh A six-day joint exercise titled ‘Exercise Cop South-2022’ participation of Bangladesh Air Force and US Pacific Air Force under the direction of the Armed Forces Department and under the management of Bangladesh Air Force Air ended at Bangladesh Air Force Base Bangabandhu on 25 February 2022 (Friday). 36th […]

ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර, මහනුවර. (1815 මාර්තු 2 උඩරට ගිසුම අත්සන්කළ දිනය නිමිත්තෙන් ලියන ලිපියකි)  1505 පෘතුගීසි මේරටේ මුහුදුබඩ ප්‍රදේශ අල්ලාගන්නා තුරුම මේ රටේ  ජාතිවාදයක හෝ බෙදුම්වාදයක කිසිම සලකුනක් තිබුණේ නැත. මන්ද ක්‍රි පූ 543 සිටම එතෙක් රටේ උතුරේ සිට දකුණු කෙලවර දක්වාත් බටහිර සීට නැගෙනහිර සමුද්ද්‍රය දක්වාත් සිටි එකම ජාතිය සින්හල ජාතිය පමණක් වූ නිසාය.. […]

ජයන්ත හේරත් රටේ දේශපාලන පක්ෂ    ජනතාවගේ ප්‍රශ්න දැකිය යුතුය. තරුණ පරම්පරාවේ බලය සහ ශක්තිය හඳුනා ගත යුතුය. එම තරුණ බලයේ   සම්පූර්ණ විභවය ජාතියේ රටේ උන්නතියට මුදා හල යුතුය යොදා ගත යුතුය. ප්‍රයෝජනයට නොගෙන විනාශ වීමට ඉඩ නොදිය යුතුය. පරාක්‍රමබාහු ගේ ජල බින්දු වැනිය. තරුණයන් සවිබල ගැන්විය යුතුය. සෑම කෙනෙකුටම ධනාත්මක වෙනසක් කල හැක. දේශපාලන පක්ෂ […]

මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සියලුම හින්දු බැතිමතුන් ඔවුන්ගේ උත්තරීතර දෙවියන් සිහිකර උපවාසයේ යෙදෙමින් ඉතාමත් ශ්‍රද්ධාවෙන් සමරන මහා ශිව රාත්‍රී දිනයට මම ඉතාමත් සතුටින් සුභාශිංසන පළ කරමි. සෑම ආගමක් තුළම සමෘද්ධිමත් ජීවන ගමනක් උදෙසා අධ්‍යාත්මිකත්වය මූලික වේ. විමුක්තිය සොයා යන සියලුම හින්දු භක්තිකයන්ට මහා ශිව රාත්‍රී දින උපවාසය අධ්‍යාත්මික වශයෙන් ශුද්ධ වූ […]

by Melani Manel Perera Courtesy Asia News Because of war, Ukrainian holiday makers cannot leave the island nation. Today the Sri Lankan government will discuss the possibility of providing financial assistance and extending visas. In recent days, protests broke out in front of the Russian embassy. Colombo (AsiaNews) – The Sri Lankan government will consider […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While identifying the priorities, the government should decide whether to stay in the dark after eating apples, grapes and oranges or make sacrifices to prioritise our limited foreign exchange spending on essential commodities such as medicine and fuel, Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said. Addressing the media yesterday, he said without considering […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 996 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today (Feb. 28). This brings the tally of confirmed cases of Covid-19 detected int eh country to 646,033. Approximately 20,888 patients infected with the virus are currently undergoing treatment across the island.  The Director General of Health Services […]

Courtesy Sputnik As Global media outlets provide 24/7 updates about the conflict in Ukraine, several Western media journalists used racialised language while reporting about the developments. The military operations started after the Donetsk, and Lugansk People’s Republics requested Russia to defend them from Kiev aggression.India’s Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar […]

Courtesy Sputnik Over the weekend, Western countries initiated new sanctions against Russia in connection with the Russian operation in Ukraine. European Union banned any Russian aircraft from landing, taking off or flying over the territory of the EU.Russia, as a response to a ban the European states placed on the operation of flights of Russian […]