Courtesy MailOnLine Ranjan Ramanayake waves to supporters outside prison after his release An outspoken Sri Lankan politician imprisoned last year for accusing the island nation’s judges of corruption was released Friday after a presidential pardon. Ranjan Ramanayake, 59, was serving as a deputy minister in 2017 when he told reporters that most of the judiciary […]

Meera Srinivasan  Courtesy The Hindu Sri Lanka awaits China’s response to its request for bridge loans to tide over the country’s enduring economic crisis Weeks ahead of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva, where a resolution on Sri Lanka is expected to be tabled, China has said it will continue to support” […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror An investigation is underway to find out the policemen who took photographs while sitting on the President’s chair and several other locations inside President’s House, police informed Colombo Fort Magistrate. The Colombo Central Division Criminal Investigation Unit made this revelation before Magistrate Thilina Gamage in response to an allegation made by […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former MP Ranjan Ramanayake has not got full freedom as he has not been given his civic rights, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said. Mr. Premadasa said he and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is not happy with the half freedom he has got. “Mr. Ramanayake has not been released under article […]

Courtesy Adaderana China has always been supporting Sri Lanka in the international fora for protecting its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, Ambassador of China to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong says. In an article titled, From One-China Principle to Yuan Wang 5: Let’s Join Hands and Resolutely Safeguard Our Sovereignty, Independence and Territorial Integrity”, he reiterated China’s continued […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court granted bail to 07 remanded suspects including Dhaniz Ali who were in remand custody over the forcible entry to the Presidential residence. The order was issued by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage. In addition, two more suspects including Lahiru Weerasekara who were named as the suspects in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Upon his release from prison earlier today (Aug 26), former MP Ranjan Ramanayake accepted a new position as a goodwill ambassador to promote the welfare of Sri Lankan migrant workers, says Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara. This is a voluntary position to make use of Ramanayake’s tacit knowledge in the […]

Malinda Seneviratne In Sri Lanka’s political lexicon there are two terms that have obtained a lot of play over the past 8 years or so: Toyyas and Bayyas. Bayyas are sometimes taken to be Rajapaksa loyalists but the truth of that identity goes beyond that family and could be best understood as a contradistinction of Toyyas. Toyyas are certainly anti-Rakapaksa but that’s not […]

ජයන්ත හේරත් බයිඩ්න් ඊයේ මරු වැඩක් දුන්නේය. මිලියන් 40 ගේ ශිෂ්ය ණය එක පෑන් පහරකින් කපා දැමීය, ඇමෙරිකන් ඩොලර් ට්රිලියන් භාගයකි, බිලියන් 500 කි අපට ගෙවන්නට ඇති විදේශීය නය මෙන් 10 ගුණයකි. සිම්පල් ය දියයුත්තේ executive ඕර්ඩර් එකය. ඕඩරය ඒ අයුරෙන්ම ක්රියාත්මක විය යුතුය. 14% ට නොමිලේ උසස් අධ්යාපනය සලසනු වෙනුවට කල යුත්තේ සියලුම ශිෂ්යයන්ට […]

 Lanka Lead News ලංකාව තෙල් ප්‍රශ්නයෙන් ගලවා ගැනීමට රුසියාවෙන් අලුත් උත්තරයක් ලබාදී ඇත. මෙම උත්තරය ලංකාවේ ඉන්ධන ප්‍රශ්නයට ඛනිජ තෙල් ඇමැතිවරයා දුන් උත්තරවලට වඩා හාත්පසින්ම වෙනස් එකකි. එය මාසිකව ඩොලර් මිලියන 300 ක් වටිනා ඛනිජ තෙල් වසර දෙකක ණය පදනමක් යටතේ ලබා දීමටයි. මේ සම්බන්ධව රුසියාවේ ඉන්තුම් හෝල්ඩින්ස් සමාගම ලංකා ඛනිජ තෙල් නීතිගත සංස්ථාවට අවබෝධතා […]

Courtesy Adaderana Acting Secretary General of Parliament Ms. Kushani Rohanadheera has informed all Members of Parliament to participate for the special program conducted by the Governor of the Central Bank on Sri Lanka’s current economic situation and way forward.” Organized as per the instructions of the Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, this interactive discussion […]

Courtesy Adaderana he Director General of Health Services has confirmed another six Covid-19 related deaths for yesterday (August 24). The deceased includes four males and two females with all but one in the age group of 60 yeas and above. The other is between 30-59 years of age.  Meanwhile another 114 new Covid-19 infections have […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today ordered to remand until September 01 a woman who was arrested in relation to the incident of pushing a group of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) supporters into the Beira Lake at Slave Island on May 09. The order was issued when the case was taken up before […]

Courtesy Adaderana A leading activist of ‘Aragalaya’ protest movement, Senadhi Guruge, who was arrested in connection with an assault on two intelligence officers, has been remanded until September 02. When Guruge was produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage earlier today, the police made a request to refer him to an identification parade. Accordingly, he […]

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara (SLAS) Former Secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaaranaayaka, President Sri Lanka Administrative Service (1991-1994) and President Mahanuwara Sinhala Bauddha Jesta Purawwesiyange Sanvidhaanaya. An open letter to the President, the Prime Minister, Minister of Public Administration, the Minister of local Government and Provincial Councils and all patriotic Members in this Parliament if there […]

Senaka Weeraratna The greatest impact of Buddhism in Europe is seen in the growth of Atheists (and Atheism) and sharp decline in Monotheism among Europeans of Christian origin.  The Buddha rejected the idea of an external saviour from the very inception of his mission and advocated self reliance and self – effort for your personal […]

Courtesy Adaderana Senadhi Guruge, an activist of the ‘Aragalaya’ movement, was arrested by the police today (Aug 24). He was taken into custody in connection with an assault on two intelligence officers.

By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island A media release issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) says, The ban was lifted after a study was conducted by a committee consisting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Attorney General’s Department, intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies, and the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank of […]

Shenali D Waduge Much hype and propaganda has fooled the world & Sri Lankans into believing China has trapped Sri Lanka in debt. For every woe Sri Lanka suffers the credit is put on China. This has been the fashionable sing-song-of Colombo cocktail circles who want to dictate how the entirety of Sri Lanka think. […]

Dilrook Kannangara IMF help is getting delayed and delayed. So many rounds of negotiations have been held but Sri Lanka is yet to see the money. Even if IMF help comes, it will be a loan which will have to be repaid with interest just like other loans. Since all economic powers have to approve […]

Sugath Kulatunga A home-grown concept which has been accepted globally, has been considered irrelevant by the EDB which originated the concept. The rural sector in many developing countries offers potential for increased exports, as well as for expanded employment opportunities in what is often one of the poorer segments of the economy. Introducing programmes to […]

By Sena Thoradeniya During their occupation of the Galle Face Green, Galle Face Protesters (GFP) had brought forth the relationship between youth, politics and culture to the focus of cultural critics. Nobody had ventured into study this phenomenon in detail in the uprisings of 1971, 1988-89 and Tamil Eelam War, although fragmentary  references were made […]

By A. Abdul Aziz – Chairman, Press & Media Desk, AMJSL. A four member delegation from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Sri Lanka (AMJSL) visited to Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs in Colombo on 22 August 2022.  Ministry Officials welcomed the delegation and arranged to meet  Hon. Vidura Wickramanayaka, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and […]

Rabi Sankar Bosu Courtesy CGTN China’s space-tracking ship Yuanwang-5 dock at Hambantota International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, August 16, 2022. /Xinhua Editor’s note: Rabi Sankar Bosu is an Indian contributor to Chinese media outlets. He writes about Chinese politics, social and cultural issues, and China-India relations with a special interest in the Belt and Road […]

Sam Peres Courtesy Outlook This is in Colombo where I live, and the situation in the interior must be more difficult. However, there is general agreement that the QR system introduced for the distribution of fuel is a success. Life is not perfect in Sri Lanka, but it is definitely better than it was when […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Was there a conspiracy to topple the government The government today said that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) sleuths are questioning several suspects including the convener of the IUSF Wasantha Mudalige detained under the provisions of Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to determine whether there was a conspiracy to topple the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa may return home in about two weeks after fleeing a popular uprising in July, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, depending in part on arrangements to secure his safety. One of the sources said his return was partly linked to the costs of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s 2023 budget would aim to reduce the fiscal deficit to 6.8 per cent in 2023 from the projected 9.9 per cent in 2022, a senior Cabinet Minister said on Tuesday, ahead of the visit by the IMF delegation for a bailout package to the crisis-hit island nation. Sri Lanka is in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The import of over 300 items has been temporarily suspended with effect from today (August 23) under the Import and Export Control Act through a government notification by the Finance Ministry. The regulation has been issued by has been issued by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic […]

By Ted Nordhaus, the executive director of the Breakthrough Institute, and Saloni Shah, a food and agriculture analyst at the Breakthrough Institute. Courtesy  Foreign Policy.com A nationwide experiment is abandoned after producing only misery. Faced with a deepening economic and humanitarian crisis, Sri Lanka called off an ill-conceived national experiment in organic agriculture this winter. Sri Lankan […]