Ven. Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero, President of Sinhala Ravaya Ven. Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero, the president of the Sinhala Ravaya organization, said the foreign employment sector should be digitized to ensure the safety of migrant workers. The Sinhala Ravaya organization, Lanka Janatha Pakshaya and the Organization for the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers held a […]

Jubeda Chowdhury in Dhaka city Economic sanctions, Visa restrictions, political embargo are the part of US coercive diplomacy.  These are not a modern development. These first recorded use was in ancient Greece. But despite all the evidence since then showing they are generally ineffective and often counterproductive; the United States has developed a penchant for […]

Sufian Asif Energy cooperation between Nepal and Bangladesh is one of the most promising areas of cooperation. Plans to make power an exportable good are outlined in Nepal’s 15th Five-Year Development Plan (2019-2024). Nepal plans to grow its 1,250 MW of electricity production to more than 5,000 MW within the next five years, making it […]

BY Sahan Tennekoon Chief Prelate of the Ramanna Sect – Southern Sri Lanka, Ven. Dr. Omalpe Sobitha Thera yesterday (29) said that the intelligence agencies should immediately conduct an investigation into Pastor Jerome Fernando, who allegedly insulted Buddhism and several other religions when preaching, and determine whether he is being led by any international force. […]

Courtesy Lanka Lead News මෝඩාභිමානය නම් බුද්ධාගමට දිගින් දිගටම අපහාස කරමින් රංගනයක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම හේතුවෙන් අද වන විට රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගතව සිටින නටාෂා එදිරිසූරිය සිය මුහුණු පොතෙහි තමා සම්බන්ධයෙන් කළ හඳුන්වාදීම අනුව ඇය සෘජුවම අමෙරිකානු එක්සත් ජනපදයේ USAID මගින් සෘජුවම වැටුප් ගන්නා සාමාජිකාවක් බවට සැක කළ හැකි බව ඇය වැනි අයගේ කටයුතු සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධ්‍යනය කරන්නන් […]

Courtesy The Daily News There has been a rapid appreciation of the LKR against the USD within the last week. Today (29 May) the buying rate of 1 USD was reported at LKR 289.89 and selling rate of 1 USD is 303.26 according to the CBSL exchange rates. These exchange rates are based on the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $350 million special policy-based loan to provide budget support to Sri Lanka for economic stabilization today (29). In a statement, the ADB said the program is part of a broader package of financial assistance anchored by the International Monetary Fund’s Extended Fund Facility for the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Sun Weidong will lead a Foreign Ministry delegation to Sri Lanka from 29 May to 01 June 2023, to co-chair the 12th round of Diplomatic Consultations between the two countries with Secretary, Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Aruni Wijewardane. The discussions are […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lankans living abroad will be able to apply for a new passport or can renew their passport with effect from June 01, 2023. This was stated at a meeting of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on International Relations. It was revealed by the officials of the Immigration and Emigration Department who participated in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Food security in Sri Lanka is improving across all provinces, according to the Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) report jointly carried out in February/March 2023 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).  The report estimates 3.9 million people or 17 percent […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ven. Rajangane Saddharathana Thero who was arrested by police in Anuradhapura for allegedly making statements that could disrupt religious harmony has been ordered to be remanded in custody until June 07, after being produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today (29). Saddharathana Thero was reportedly arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) last […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ආගමික සංහිඳියාවට බාධා කරන කණ්ඩායම් පිළිබඳව පරික්ෂණ කිරිමට වහාම ක්‍රීයාත්මක වන පරිදි විශේෂ පොලිස් ඒකකයක් ස්ථාපිත කිරිමට ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ තිරණය කර ඇති බව වාර්තා වෙනවා. ඒ අදාළ කණ්ඩායම් වල මෙවැනි ක්‍රියා සංවිධානාත්මකව කරන ක්‍රියා මිස අහඹු ක්‍රියා නොවන බවට ජනාධිපතිවරයා ලද බුද්ධි තොරතුරු මත බව සඳහන්. “සංහිඳියාව රකින්න විශේෂ පොලිස් […]

Dilrook Kannangara There is a wrong view in some sections of Sri Lankans that India will never allow an Independent Tamil Eelam as that would trigger separatism in India. This belief cannot be more wrong. In fact, the opposite is true. Both Bangladesh and West Bengal state of India are mostly habituated by Bengali people. […]

ෆීනික්ස් නීති සාර සංග්‍රහය 1. බුද්ධාගම ගැන ප්‍රකාශ කර පසුව සමාව ගැනීම කරන්නේ (ICCPR) විත්ති වාචකයකටද?  2. රටෙන් පැනීමට තැත් කිරීම. කටුණායකදී අත්අඩංගුවට ගනීම සිදුවන්නේ ඇයි?  3 බුද්ධාගමට, බුද්ධ ශාසනයට අගෞරව කිරීමේ කාරණා වලදී ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 9වන ව්‍යවස්ථාව සහ දණ්ඩ නීති සංග්‍රහයේ 289 වන වගන්ති වල වැරදි අත්හැර  දමන්නේ ඇයි?  4. බුදු දහමේ කාරණා ගැන […]

Prof. Chandana Jayalath University of Vocational Technology It is with profound grief that the University of Vocational Technology announces the passing away of Vidyajothi Emeritus Professor Dayantha Wijesekera, the first Chancellor of the university. The Vidya Jyothi is considered to be the highest national honor for science in Sri Lanka for outstanding contribution to the […]

John Rozario Karnataka, India Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Bangladesh has moved far beyond Pakistan and there is a lesson that needs to be learned from the country. When a nation decides on freedom and its rights … when justice settles in people’s hearts … then whatever you do, even military operations, […]

e-Con e-News The uninterrupted interregnum of the aragalaya, from March 2022 – that removed in 3 months a popular President elected by a huge landslide just over 2 years before – took place during the US trial of a relative of the ruling Rajapaksas – former Sri Lanka Ambassador to the US, Jaliya Wickramasuriya – […]

By Asiri Fernando Courtesy The Morning  Sri Lanka’s renewed focus on a digital economy as part of its recovery effort and the cornerstone of the island’s future economic growth remains vulnerable, with the proposed enactment of legislation on the protection of vital undersea data cables remaining incomplete to date, The Sunday Morning learns. This, despite the process […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Says with RCEP Sri Lanka aims to achieve higher level of economic liberalisation Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing the Nikkei Forum  In an effort to become more integrated in global trade, Sri Lanka will apply for membership to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced yesterday. By entering into a […]

රුහුණු වෛද්‍ය පීඨයේ පීඨාධිපති මහාචාර්ය වසන්ත දේවසිරි මහතාගේ විග්‍රහයක්) Courtesy Lanka Lead News එක්තරා ස්ත්‍රියක විසින් සිදුහත් කුමරුවන් සුද්ධෝදනගේ කොලු පැටියා උපන් හැටියේ කවි කියමින් ඇවිද්ද බව පවසමින් මතු කිරීමට උතසාහ ගත් ග්‍රාම්‍ය උපහාසය ජාති ආගම් භේදයකින් තොරව සියලුම ශිෂ්ට සම්පන්න ජනතාවගේ පිළිකුළට භාජනය වීම පුදුමයට කරුණක් නොවේ. මා වඩාත් මවිතයට හා සෝකයට පත් වූයේ […]

By Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today   For nearly a decade-and-a-half, the British establishment has been catering a damning falsehood against Sri Lanka. There had been a concerted effort with the active participation of the British media and Parliament to defame Sri Lanka as war criminals. Notable politicians as Prime Ministers Tony Blair and David […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror India has done more for Sri Lanka than the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Union Minister for External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar stressed on Saturday. The Modi government, he underlined, is working on developing an extended neighbourhood” that involves islands in the Indian Ocean, Gulf countries and nations in South-East Asia. What […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The United Kingdom (UK) has sought assistance from the Sri Lankan government to prevent Sri Lankans from coming to Britain as illegal immigrants. British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Sarah Hulton who met Public Security Minister Tiran Alles recently requested the Minister to cooperate in preventing illegal Sri Lankan immigrants from […]

Courtesy Adaderana Stand-up comedian Nathasha Edirisooriya, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over her recent controversial comments, has been ordered to be remanded in custody until June 07, after being produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court. This order has been issued by Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage this evening (May 28). […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 26: Nalanda University in India is inviting applications from Sri Lankan nationals for following programs under the BIMSTEC Scholarship Scheme for the academic year 2023-24. •       MA and PhD in Historical Studies •       MA and PhD in Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions ADVERTISEMENT •       MA and PhD in Hindu Studies […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia May 26 (AdaDerana) – President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed his regret to the Japanese Government for the suspension of the Colombo Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, which was being implemented with Japanese support. During the official meeting in Tokyo this morning (25) between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the President […]

Courtesy The Island President Ranil Wickremesinghe actively engaged in a pivotal business round table on Sri Lanka’s Economic Revival & Opportunities for Japanese Enterprise,” where he presented the nation’s commitment to stabilizing and liberalizing the economy while actively inviting new foreign ventures. The event, jointly organized by JETRO, Japan-Sri Lanka Business Co-Operation, and the Embassy of Sri […]

Lanka Lead News නතාෂා එදිරිසිංහ නම් කාන්තාව බෞද්ධාගමටත්, සිදුහත් උපතටත් විශාල අපහාසයක් සිදු කර ඇති බව ප්‍රකාශ කරමින් අස්ගිරි මහා විහාර පාර්ශ්වයේ පුත්තලම මහා දිසාවේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක පූජ්‍ය මිගෙට්ටුවත්තේ සුමිත්ත හිමියන් විසින් පොලිස්පති චන්දන වික්‍රමරත්න මහතා වෙත පැමිණිල්ලක් කර තිබේ. අදාළ පැමිණිල්ල මෙසේ ය.

Courtesy Adaderana Stand-up comedian Nathasha Edirisooriya, who found herself in hot water over her remarks on religions which stirred much controversy in the country, has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). She was taken into custody at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake while trying to fly out of the country, according […]

by Professor Sunil J.  Wimalawansa Consequences of IMF loans: Under IMF-imposed policies, Sri Lanka has witnessed the dramatic deterioration of many local industries.  Sri Lanka had sold off its profitable public sector enterprises such as the Tire Corporation, Sugar Corporation, Milk-food Corporation, Air Lanka (which used to be Sri Lanka’s national airline), Ceylon Transport Board, […]