Researched and written by Mr. Rama Somasunderam retired State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport (1990) and retired Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Mahaweli (SLAS).    This was called the Jaffna Peninsula Lagoon Scheme which is located at Elephant Pass which is located 30 miles South East of Jaffna. The lagoon is 19,000 acres and […]

Mr. Rama Somasunderam retired State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport (1990) and retired Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Mahaweli (SLAS).    The Kelini Ganga is one of the main rivers of Sri Lanka. It has its source in the Central Hills near Adam’s Speak and follows through the South Western Part of the country […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ දීර්ඝ නාවික ගමනකින් පසු 19 හැවිරිදි නාවික උප කපිතන් එඩ්මන්ඩ් දනතිස්ස කඩිනමින් ප්‍රංශයේ මාර්සෙයි නගරයට පැමිණියේ සිය ප්‍රියම්භිකාව වන මධුමනී විවාහ කර ගැනීමටය. නැවේ අවසාන මෙහෙයුමේදී කපිතාන් වරයා ද හදිසියේ මිය ගියෙන් එම තනතුරද ඔහුට ලබා දීමට නැව් සමාගම් අධිපතියා දනතිස්සට පොරොන්දු වී තිබුණි. තමනගේ හොඳම කාලය ලබා ඇතැයි තරුණ දනතිස්ස සහ මධුමනී […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  කොළඹ හිටපු ප්‍රධාන  අධිකරණ වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරී, විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය ලූෂන් බර්නාඩ් ලලන්ත ද අල්විස් / එල් බී එල් ද අල්විස් / ලලන්ත සර්) සහ කාරියවසම් මැඩම් මගේ ගුරුවරු. ලලන්ත සර් කෙලින් අවංකව වැඩ කරපු කෙනෙක්.  වෛද්‍ය ආනන්ද සමරසේකරලා වගේ අය මේ ක්ශේත්‍රය දූෂණය කලා බලය සහ මුදල් හමුවේ. ඒත් ලලන්ත සර් මහා […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) refers to investment made by foreign companies or individuals in the economy of another country. FDI can have a significant impact on the economy of the recipient country in several ways: 1.     Increased Capital: FDI brings much-needed capital to a country, which can be used to build […]

සැදැහවත් බෞද්ධයෙක් පෙබ 24 දා අධ්‍යාපන අමාහ්‍යාන්ශයේ යකඩ ගේට්ටුව උඩින් ඇතැමුන් සිවුරු වැට උඩ රඳවාද තවත් අය පේමන්ට් එකේ දමාද දිව්වේ  බෞද්ධ භික්ෂූන්ද. මා හිතන අන්දමට ඔවුන් භ්ක්ෂූන් නොවිය හැක.අනිවාර්‍යෙන්ම ඔවුන් සිවුරු පෙරවාගත් අන්තවාදී දේශපාලන පක්ෂයකට අයත් පිරිසක් විය යුතුය. ඔවුන් සැබෑ භික්ෂූන් නම් ඒ අයගේ ගුරු හාමුදුරුවරුන් විසින් ඔවුන් වහාම පන්සලට කැඳවා උපැවිදිකොට වහාම […]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China February 2023 https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjbxw/202302/t20230220_11027664.html Contents Introduction I. Political Hegemony—Throwing Its Weight Around II. Military Hegemony—Wanton Use of Force  III. Economic Hegemony—Looting and Exploitation IV. Technological Hegemony—Monopoly and Suppression V. Cultural Hegemony—Spreading False Narratives Conclusion Introduction Since becoming the world’s most powerful country after the two world wars […]

Courtesy The Island Wimal Weerawansa SLPP rebel and National Freedom Front leader, Wimal Weerawansa, told Parliament yesterday that the government was planning to place the State Intelligence Service’s decision-making responsibility under a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US. Weerawansa said that a similar shifting of the responsibility had happened in 2001. The 20-member Pentagon […]

Courtesy The New Indian Express Sri Lanka’s economic crisis and sovereign default were the result of long-lasting fiscal indiscipline, weak institutions, lack of transparency and accountability and short-sighted economic policies. By PTI COLOMBO: The issues that led Sri Lanka to become an economic basket case in 2022 serve as a warning for other nations. When politicians […]

Courtesy Tempo.co TEMPO.CO, Colombo – Sri Lanka will launch a mobile app on March 1 to protect tourists, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said on Saturday, Feb. 25. The minister, addressing an event in Colombo, said this is one of the best mobile applications in the region for tourist safety. “The app can be operated in seven languages,” […]

Courtesy India Today The United States has expressed its concerns about India’s neighbours using Chinese funds for terror threats. By India Today World Desk: The US is deeply concerned that loans provided by China to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which are in India’s immediate vicinity, may be utilised as means of exerting coercive pressure, a […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that the government is seeking the possibility of introducing non-paying wards in private hospitals where the government is taking the tab for the treatments made in those non-paying wards, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The President also said the government was considering to introduce paying […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror EXIM Bank of China (Export-Import Bank) submitted a comprehensive program in its financial support document on January 19 to ‘strongly support’ Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring process with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and it includes short, mid and long-term measures for debt treatment, a diplomatic source from the Chinese embassy said. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The report of the Board of Inquiry prepared by a three-member-committee headed by Admiral of Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda to ascertain lapses by the armed forces and state intelligence services during the recent incident of violence was today filed before the Court of Appeal. President’s Counsel Uditha Igalahewa appearing for Admiral of […]

Courtesy Adaderana There are some disagreements over restructuring debt for distressed economies, the chief of the International Monetary Fund said on Saturday on the sidelines of a G20 meeting, adding that banning private cryptocurrencies should be an option. India’s G20 presidency comes at a time when its South Asian neighbours Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan […]

Courtesy Adaderana The US is deeply concerned that the loans being given by China to India’s immediate neighbourhood – Pakistan and Sri Lanka – may be used for coercive leverage, a senior State Department official said on Friday. Concerning Chinese loans to countries in India’s immediate neighbourhood, we are deeply concerned that loans may be […]

Courtesy Adaderana Chairman of Election Commission Nimal G. Punchihewa says that he has sent a letter to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene asking him to intervene to urge the Treasury to release the funds required to hold the Local Government election. The decision has been arrived at when the Election Commission met yesterday (Feb. 24). The […]

Courtesy Adaderana The National Council Sub-Committee to identify short- and medium-term programs related to stabilization has held a discussion on rural credit and social security programmes. This was taken up for consideration on Thursday (Feb. 23) when the National Council sub-committee met in Parliament under the chairmanship of MP Patali Champika Ranawaka. Representatives including the […]