Archive for May, 2023
Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Many expressed displease about education reforms in Sri Lanka and it could assume that academics appointed to perform the role of reforming education failed to do the task as required by the country, and the development of policies for education reforms have stagnated because the appointed experts are lacking the understanding of […]
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
By Dr Tilak S. Fernando The Central Postal Exchange Division officers of Sri Lanka seized parcels addressed to Borelesgamuwa, Wellawatte, Minuwangoda and Thalamgama areas sent from the United States and Canada. A person came to collect the packages. When the customs officials inspected them in front of the person who came to collect the parcels […]
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena held extensive discussions with Prime Minister of Thailand Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on bilateral relations. The meeting took place at the Government House in Bangkok during the three-day visit of Prime Minister Gunawardena to Thailand. The visit was to attend the United Nationas Vesak Day celebrations and to […]
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
Media Release Sri Lankan High Commission in India Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda recently undertook a visit to the Headquarters of the Akshaya Patra Foundation in Bengaluru, Karnataka to study their renowned mid-day meal programme for school children. Established in 2000 as a non-profit trust of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), […]
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රටක් ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතිකව විනාශ කළාම ඒ රටට ඉදිරි වන්නේ වහලුන් පිරිසක් යැයි බුද්ධ ශාසන ආගමික කටයුතු හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු ඇමති විදුර වික්රමනායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඇතැමුන් ආගමට සංස්කෘතියට පහර දෙන්නේ ඒ නිසා බවද ඔහු මෝඩිභිවාදනයෙන් උන්මාද වූ තරුණ පිරිස් විසින් එම තත්ත්වයට සමාජය පත්කරමින් ඇතැයි කියා සිටියේය. කිසිම ආගමකට […]
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් තමන් වහන්සේට ජීවිත තර්ජන ඇති බැවින් මේ වන විට සැඟවී සිටින බව පූජ්ය බලංගොඩ කාශ්යප හිමියන් සඳහන් කරති. මෝඩාභිමානී”ප්රසංගය සහ මේ දිනවල බෞද්ධ ආගම සම්බන්ධ කොටගෙන ඇති වී තිබෙන සිදුවීම් පිළිබඳව කතා කිරීම හේතුවෙන් තමන් වහන්සේට ජීවිත තර්ජන සිදු වෙමින් පවතින බව උන්වහන්සේ පවසති . එමෙන්ම මංජු නිශ්ශංක නැමැති පුද්ගලයාට […]
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana Bruno Divakara, the owner of the YouTube channel ‘SL-Vlogs’, has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), a short while ago. He was arrested by the CID after being questioned for over eight hours regarding the recent controversial comments by stand-up comedian Nathasha Edirisooriya, who was also arrested recently, Police Spokesman SSP […]
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The Government has refuted recent allegations made pertaining to the lack of funding towards the Anuradhapura Poson Programme, stating that Rs. 28.8 million has already been granted for this purpose. Accordingly, two Ministries and one Department have, thus far, contributed a sum of Rs. 28.8 million for the Anuradhapura Poson Programme this year, […]
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana A gazette notification has been issued bringing several state-owned institutions including the Colombo Lotus Tower Management Company, Sri Lanka Cement Corporation, State Engineering Corporation, Sri Lanka Telecom and its subsidiaries and allied institutions under the purview of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilisation and National Policies. The gazette has been issued by President and Finance […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Rohana R. Wasala Courtesy The Island The following is a public proposal respectfully offered, for what it is worth, by a senior Sri Lankan to the Most Venerable Mahanayake Theras of all Nikayas on behalf of all Sri Lankans of like mind: I believe that the Mahanayake Theras have been alive to the events of […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
by Professor Sunil J. Wimalawansa Types of leadership Sri Lanka needs? To advance the country, Sri Lanka needs a new generation of younger, educated, patriotic and self-sacrificing, honest, and intellectually mature people in leadership positions who understand the economy and how the country could develop sustainably. An energetic, open-minded, honest, broadly educated, younger generation must […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Prime Minister’s Media Division Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sun Weidong said Sri Lanka is a longtime friend of China and his country will always stand by Sri Lanka’s sovereignty as well as for political independence and socioeconomic development. He stated this when he called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Shenali D Waduge Those currently wailing over freedom of expression and attempting to portray an image that people were over-reacting, have conveniently forgotten the Dutch newspaper cartoons that resulted in a religious jihad for disrespecting Prophet Mohammed. The cartoons resulted in calls for death, led to riots & arson. All that Sri Lanka’s Sinhala Buddhist majority […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
චන්ද්රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි ආගමික දර්ශනයන් මිනිස් මනසට ගලා ඒමට පෙර මෙලොව විසු සියලුම මිනිස්සු නිරාගමිකයෝය. ඒ යුගය මීට වසර මිලියන ගණනකට පෙර ලොව පැවතී තත්වයයි. සියලුම සතුන් හා මිනිසා පරිනාමය වීම ආරම්භ වී නොදියුණු වානරයාගේ සිට මිනිසාට පෙර මානවකයා දක්වා පරිනාම ක්රියාවලියට වසර මිලියන 80ක පමණ කාලයක් ඉක්මවා මෙලොවට බිහිවූ පලමු මිනිස් පරපුරද අනිවාර්යෙන්ම නිරාගමිකයින් […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Lankaweb Poetry Corner by Sunil Kumar In the shadows of my weary soul, A haunting presence takes its toll. A weight upon my fragile heart, As sadness weaves its sublime art. Like an Autumn’s fading light, emotions dimmed and veiled from sight. A somber melody softly plays, as tears now dance in silent haze. A […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
උපුටාගැණීම අද දෙරණ මුදලට යටවූ ශ්රී ලාංකිකයින් පිරිසක් හරහා සංවිධානාත්මක කණ්ඩායමක් විසින් රට තුළ නැවතත් ගැටුම් ඇතිකිරීමට උත්සාහ ගන්නා බව අධිකරණ අමාත්ය ආචාර්ය විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි. අද පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකට එක්වෙමින් අමාත්යවරයා මෙම අදහස් පළකළේය. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ අධිකරණ අමාත්ය ආචාර්ය විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා, “ආගමික අන්තවාදය පැතිරවීම පිළිබඳව පහුගිය කාලයේ ක්රිකට් මණ්ඩලය සම්බන්ධව […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ බුදුදහමට ගරහන ලද නටාෂා” නමැති තැනැත්තිය ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපද රාජ්ය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ව්යාපෘතියක මෙන්ම USAID ආයතනයේ ද සේවයේ නියුතුව සිටි අයකු බවත් ඇය බුදුදහමට ගැරහීමට සැලසුම්සහගතව ගොඩනගා, වේදිකාගත කළ අයකු බවත් මේ දියත් වන බුදුදහමට ගැරහීමේ මෙහෙයුම අහිංසක එකක් නොවන බවත් උත්තර ලංකා සභාගයේ සභාපති, ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විමල් වීරවංශ […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ආගමික ජාතික සංහිදියාව විනාශ කරනු ලබන සමාජ මාධ්ය යේ කැපී පෙනෙන අයට සහාය ලබා දෙන්න එපා. මේ කණ්ඩායම්වලට විදේශීය රටවලින් සහාය ලබා දෙනවා කියලා තොරතුරු පවතිනවා. අපේ රටේ ඇතැම් භික්ෂුන් වහන්සේලාටත් එහෙම මුදල් එනවා කියලා හෙලිව තිබෙනවා” අධිකරණ, බන්ධනාගාර කටයුතු හා ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා ප්රතිසංස්කරණ අමාත්ය විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි අමාත්යවරයා […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් බුදුදහමට එරෙහිව සිදුකරන කුමන්ත්රණ පසුපස මංජු නිශ්ශංක නම් පුද්ගලයා සිටින බව පූජ්ය බලංගොඩ කස්සප හිමියෝ කියා සිටිති. ඔහුගේ පියා ඇමරිකාවේ සිට කොටි ඩයස්පෝරාව හරහා ලබාගන්නා මුදල් ශ්රී ලංකාවට එවමින් සිටින බවත් උන් වහන්සේ පවසති. තමන් බිලියන 3ක් තමන් වියදම් කිරීමට සූදානම් වූ මංජු නිශ්ශංක ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ නායක අනුර දිසානායක […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මෙරට ජනප්රිය යූ ටියුබ් නාලිකාවක් වන ‘ලකයි සිකයි’ හි නිර්මාණ ශිල්පීන්ට සමාජ ජාල ඔස්සේ මරණීය තර්ජන එල්ල වන බව ඔවුන් කියා සිටිති. ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ලක්මාල් වීරසූරිය හා සහන් අරෝෂ ඕස්ට්රේලියාවේ සිට අන්තර්ජාලය ඔස්සේ අදහස් පළ කර මේ බව කියා සිටියහ. ලක්මාල් විරසූරයිගේ බිරිඳ මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් පොලිස් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ කොට්ඨාසයටද පැමිණිලි […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily Mirror These numbers are not determined by authentic evidence or facts but by political outlooks and agendas. And all those who refer to these numbers seem to have forgotten that they are talking about human lives Ranaviru Day Commemoration at Parliament premises Sri Lankan Government officially commemorates the members of the Armed […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The signing of the agreement to extend the USD$ 1,000 million assistance scheme from India for the import of essential materials for a further period of one year has been carried out today (May 30), says Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe. In a Twitter message, Minister Semasinghe has mentioned that the officials of […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong has assured that China, a longstanding ally of Sri Lanka, will always stand by the island nation’s sovereignty and its political and socioeconomic development. Weidong called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (30 May), during which he assured that China will […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The Ministerial Consultative Committee has approved the orders made by the Minister of Public Security under the Immigrants and Emigrants Act to revise the fine of US$500, in addition to the visa fees, to foreigners who have overstayed their period of valid visas. The approval was given at the Ministerial Consultative Committee held […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lankan government has made it mandatory to test imported dried fish, sprats and fruits for heavy metals such as lead and arsenic with effect from June 01, 2023. A survey conducted by the Food Control Administration Unit of the Health Ministry between 2021 and 2022 found that certain consignments of imported […]
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Monday, May 29th, 2023
Shenali D Waduge An unidentified petition from overseas by one Anonymous Mouse” claims there is a violation of fundamental rights of a comedian by the name of Nathasha Edirisooriya”. There are grave errors in this petition that need to be pointed out as well as a string of other connections that question the agenda behind […]
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Monday, May 29th, 2023
by Professor Sunil J. Wimalawansa Tariff and taxation Most of the Sri Lankan government’s revenue is derived from customs duties and Value-Added-Taxes (VAT). This contrasts with most other countries where customs act as a border protection force to prevent the smuggling of counter-banned, incoming illegal items such as narcotics and to prevent dumping from protecting […]
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Monday, May 29th, 2023
BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS It is recorded that various agricultural items produces and products were exported by Sri Lanka in history and many of the agricultural items were rice and cinnamon, and other items, I never heard or read Sri Lanka had exported cannabis for making money or to increase export revenue. The report of Dudley […]
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Monday, May 29th, 2023
Chamuditha News Brief ශ්රී ලංකා ස්වදේශීය වෛද්ය සභාව සමග චමුදිත සමරවික්රම.
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Monday, May 29th, 2023
Book review by Prof. N.A. de S. Amaratunga PhD, DSc Prof. Nimal Senanayake MD, PhD, DSc, FRCP, eminent neurophysician, creative writer, and film producer continues his major endeavour to educate the public on common diseases and for this purpose he has produced a series of highly readable small books on these topics. Viral diseases that […]
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