Sugath Kulatunga Now, ex-Finance Minister BR has also threatened to bring in new regulations against exporters who default on repatriation of the full amount of export proceeds. Here again, the proposal is confined to exports only and confined to getting back the full amount of the export value as declared. It is not about trade […]

RANJITH SOYSA Yesterday’s Island reported the Minister Bandula Gunawardana claiming that only way to stop the crippling shortages is by selling state assets. And, he was endorsing the remarks of Ranil Wickramasinghe who also was canvassing to sell Telcom, Insurance Corp etc to enable to build a reserve of $3 billion! But, according to a […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D මේ දිනවල රටේ තිබෙන ඊළම් ප්‍රශ්ණය 2023 පෙබරවාරි 4 ට පෙර විසඳන්න බලනවා යන තදියම අතරේ, ඉන්දියන් පෙඩරල් ක්‍රමය ඒ සඳහා විසඳුම යයි NGO ඩොලර් මුදලාලි කෙනෙක්වන ජෙහාන් පෙරේරා විසින් අයිලන්ඩ් පත්‍රයට පසුගියදා ලියූ ලිපිය දැක මෙම සටහන ලිවීමට සිතුනේ ඔහුට ඉතිහාසය මතක් කර දීමටය. ඊළම් ව්‍යාපාරයට කරදෙන සිංහල නම් ඇති […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා හා යුරෝපා සංගමයේ සාමාජික රටවල තානාපතිවරුන් අතර සාකච්ඡාවක්  2022.12.08 දා අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්විණි.රටතුළ ආර්ථික, සමාජීය සහ දේශපාලන ස්ථාවරත්වය ඇති කිරීම සඳහා රජය ගෙන ඇති පියවර සහ එහි ප්‍රතිඵල සම්බන්ධයෙන් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා තානාපතිවරුන් දැනුවත් කළේය.මෙම සාකච්ඡාවට යුරෝපා සංගමයේ තානාපති ඩෙනිස් චිබි (Denis Chibi), ජර්මනියේ තානාපති හොල්ගර් සූබර්ට් (Holger Seubert), නෙදර්ලන්ත […]

Sufian siddique The United States is regarded as the largest democracy or fully democratic nation in the world. The question of whether the United States believes it is its “right” to warn other nations of the world about kidnappings, killings, or violations of human rights may follow from this introduction. However, a number of publications […]

– ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය අංශය දුරදිග නොබලා ජනප්‍රිය තීන්දු තීරණ ගැනීම හේතුවෙන් අද රට බලවත් දුෂ්කරතාවකට මුහුණ දී සිටින බවත්, රටේ අනාගතය යහපත් කිරීමට නම් ජනප්‍රිය නොවන තීන්දු තීරණ ගැනීමට සිදුව තිබෙන බවත් ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා පැවසීය. ජනාධිපතිවරයා මේ බව පැවසුවේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ (08) අයවැය තෙවැනි වර කියැවීමේ විවාදයට එක්වෙමිනි. රට මෙවැනි ආර්ථික අර්බුදයකට පත්වීමට වැරදි […]

Courtesy BBC The Colombo to Badulla railway is so enchantingly beautiful that it’s become a bucket list adventure for many visitors. I was woken by the long, forlorn sound of the siren. The brakes hissed and screeched as our train chugged up the hill and pulled into Radella, a station along one of the most […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Whilst highlighting that a Presidential election is the best option when it comes to seeking a mandate of the people, UNP stalwart Navin Dissanayake today said one could expect a presidential poll in August 2023.  “The best option to hold a Presidential election, as people can elect a new president after […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Chief incumbent of the Maligawatta Sri Bodhirajarama Vihara Uvatenne Sumana Thera has been remanded till December 14 by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court over an alleged financial fraud relating to coconut oil deal. The CID alleged that Sumana Thera had issued eight dishonored cheques amounting to Rs.58 million in lieu of purchasing […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe made special revelations regarding the increase in electricity tariffs and claimed that Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake has no power in this regard. Speaking in Parliament this morning (08 Dec), Wickremesinghe addressed recent concerns pertaining to the proposed increase in electricity tariffs. Stating […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe says a parliamentary select committee will be appointed on a resolution by parliament to look into those who led the economy to bankruptcy with incorrect fiscal policies. The President made this remark joining the debate on budget proposals in parliament today (Dec. 08), in response to a query made by […]

Courtesy Adaderana Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that Sri Lanka can expect approval for the USD 2.9 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) Rapid Financing Instrument in January next year, as creditor assurances from countries including China and India can be obtained this month. Joining ‘@HydePark’ current affairs programme on Ada Derana 24, the governor […]

Courtesy Hiru News President Ranil Wickremesinghe said during the Budget Debate today that a Parliamentary Select Committee will be established on a resolution by the Parliament, to look into those who led the economy to bankruptcy with incorrect fiscal policies. President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the country has had to face adverse repercussions today due […]