Malinda Seneviratne Over the last 24 years, Easter Sunday has been celebrated on various days, from the 23rd of March to the 5th of May. It is then a movable holiday or, if one wants to be overly technical about it, a movable holy-day given that the word derives from the Old English hāligdæg (hālig […]

Lanka Lead News යාපනයේ සිවිල් සංවිධාන කේන්ද්‍රයේ සභාපති අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ථ් මහතා දින කීපයකට පෙර අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් බව යාපනයෙන් රපෝර්තු වී තිබුනි. ඔහු රිජුව සම්බන්ද නැති, පවුල් දෙකක් අතර වෙච්ච ආරවුලක් මුල් කරගෙනයි ඔහුව අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත්තේ. පරීයේෂන තවම කරගෙන යනවායි පොලීසිය කියන බැවින්, සිද්ධාර්ථ් මහතාට මහේස්ත්‍රාත්තුමා බේල් දී නිදහස් නොකර, ඔහුව රිමාන්ඩ් බාරයේ තැබීමට තීරනය […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS There were several other rigged elections in JR’s time. The Referendum was not the only one.   JR had intervened in the Jaffna District Development Councils elections held on June 4, 1981.  This was the first election to take place under Proportional Representation. Officials selected by the Commissioner of Elections were replaced by nominees […]

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Manusha Media Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara, today said that duty free allowance given to expatriate workers at the airport will be increased from May 01. He said a circular in this regard was issued.The Minister was addressing the media at the Government Information Department.Earlier a memorandum presented by the Minister of […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  අරුණ පුවත් නිකවැරටිය කොටවෙහෙර පොලිස් වසමට අයත් ඉහළ වීරදඩාන මෙත්සඳ විහාරස්ථානයේ වැඩ වාසය කළ 22 හැවිරිදි පූජ්‍ය කොස්ගොඩ සුදින්න නම් හිමිනමට ලිංගික අතවර කළ කාන්තාවන් අතුරින් කීපදෙ‌නෙකු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇති බව විහාරස්ථානයේ විහාරාධිපති කල්පිටිය ශාසනාරක්ෂක බල මණ්ඩලයේ ප්‍රධාන ලේඛකාධිකාරී අස්ගිරි පාර්ශ්වයේ ගාලු දිසාවේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක පූජ්‍ය මිගෙට්ටුවත්තේ සුමිත්ත නා හිමියන් මීට සුළු මොහොතකට […]

Courtesy CNA NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka’s economy is expected to shrink by 2 per cent in 2023, its central bank said in an annual report on Thursday (Apr 27), as the country struggled to emerge from its worst financial crisis in decades. The central bank projected Sri Lanka’s economy would grow by 3.3 per cent […]

By Dr. Imran Khalid Courtesy Ceylon Today The Chinese economy is off to a roaring start this year, clocking in a 4.5 per cent year-on-year growth rate in the first quarter – A figure that has surpassed even the most-optimistic projections. With this sturdy start in the first quarter, China is poised for a full-year […]

By Uditha Devapriya Courtesy Ceylon Today During a visit to Sri Lanka on 14 December 2015, then US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Designate Thomas Shannon announced the launch of the first US-Sri Lanka Partnership Dialogue. The Dialogue, held in February the following year in Washington, sought to enhance cooperation between the two […]

By:Methmalie Dissanayake Courtesy Ceylon Today The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) yesterday (25) said the President and the Government should have tabled the complete report of the Easter Sunday Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI), in Parliament first before giving it to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka (CBCSL). The full report was handed over […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ප්‍රවාහන, මහාමාර්ග හා ජනමාධ්‍ය ඇමැති, ආචාර්ය බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී පැවසුවේ මෙරට සියලු දේශපාලන නායකයන්ට ආර්ථික ලණු දුන්නේ මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශ ලේකම්ව සිටි පී.බී. ජයසුන්දර මහතා බවය. ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ ගිවිසුම පිළිබඳ පාර්ලිමේන්තු විවාදයට ඇමැතිවරයා පැවසුවේ මෙම අර්බුදය සඳහා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවත් ප්‍රධාන වගඋත්තරකරුවකු බවයි. අවධානය යොමු කළ යුතු ප්‍රධාන කරුණු වෙනුවට එදිනෙදා […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් යම් සමාජයක් ආරක්ෂා කර ගත හැක්කේ එහි දේශපාලන සාක්ෂරතාව බලගැන්වීමෙන් බවත් ඒ අනුව යමින් විෂම රැලි – කුණාටුවලට ගොදුරුවීම වළක්වා” ලාංකේය සමාජයේ දේශපාලන සාක්ෂරතාව බලගැන්වීමේ අරමුණින් නවය; සැඟවුණු කතාව” කෘතිය ජනගත කළ බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකා පදනම් ආයතනයේදී තමන් විසින් ගෝල්ෆේස් […]

By Daya Gamage Foreign Service National Political Specialist (ret) U.S. Department of State Draconian Patriot Act exposed Six weeks after the September 11 attacks on American soil, the U.S. Congress passed the USA/Patriot Act,” nation’s hurried surveillance laws that expanded the government’s authority to check on its own citizens, while simultaneously reducing checks and balances […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando  Courtesy The Island National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa on Tuesday alleged that having failed to thwart Ranil Wickremesinghe’s ascent to presidency, the US was now working with the UNP leader to achieve its objectives. MP Weerawansa, the Chairman of the Uththara Lanka Sabhagaya said that President Wickremesinghe already consented to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Anti-Corruption Bill which was presented to Parliament by Minister of Justice Wijedasa Rajapakshe provides provisions for the Commission for Investigation of Bribery and Corruption powers to engage in joint investigations with foreign countries and other foreign parties. As per the Bill, the Bribery Commission is given powers as stated above […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa, in response to US Ambassador Julie Chung calling his book a work of ‘fiction’ said he was happy the US Ambassador had taken time to translate his book into English and read his work within a day. “Ambassador Julie had tweeted about my book, with no mention of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lankan government has denounced the United States’ move to blacklist the Governor of North Western Province in Sri Lanka, Wasantha Karannagoda. Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry has expressed grave concerns associated with the decision to US Ambassador Julie Chung today (April 27). The Sri Lankan government says such unilateral move by […]

Courtesy Adaderana Welisara Magistrate Thusitha Dhammika has deemed the deaths of the 11 inmates at the Mahara Prison, who were shot dead during a riot that erupted in 2020, a ‘crime’. The magistrate mentioned this on Thursday, delivering the verdict of the magisterial inquest on the incident. He, thereby, ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Department of Examinations announced that applications for Examiners to evaluate G.C.E. Advanced Level answer scripts will be accepted online from today (27) until May 02, 2023. Accordingly, applications are called from teachers, including those who have not applied earlier and those who have retired after December 31, 2022. Moreover, the Examinations Department […]

Courtesy Adaderana A discussion regarding the import of maize to be used for the production of poultry feed was held at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera and the President’s Senior Adviser on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayake. During the meeting yesterday (26), special […]

Courtesy Adaderana The USAID’s Sri Lanka Energy Project and the Asia Development Bank (ADB) have collaborated to launch the Sri Lanka National Chapter WePOWER to promote the advancement of women working in the country’s local energy sector. The national chapter is affiliated with the regional South Asia WePOWER Network. In addition to promoting women in […]