KAMALIKA PIERIS Premadasa set up the Koggala Free Trade Zone.The National Housing Development Authority, Urban Development Authority, Central Environmental Authority and the Institute for Construction Training and Development,  (ICTAD).  He started the Housing Development Finance Corporation in 1984.(Daily News./2023/05/01).  This later became HDFC Bank . Premadasa  secured British funding for the construction of the Victoria Dam. […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලකසිරි උණවටුන 1978 ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවෙන් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට මුල් අවස්ථා අධිකරණ බල කිහිපයක් ලබා දී ඇත. 1972 ව්‍යවස්ථා සම්පාදකයන් විසින් ලබා නොදුන් මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් මුල් අවස්ථා අධිකරණ බලය 1978 ව්‍යවස්ථා සම්පාදකයන් විසින් 1978 ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවෙන් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට ලබා දෙන ලදී. මේ මුල් අවස්ථා මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් අධිකරණ බලය බලවතුන් විසින්  ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් ක්‍රියාත්මක කර ගත්තේය. මේ සඳහා කාර්ය […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe actively engaged in a pivotal business roundtable 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 […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka has received the approval from an expert committee to embark on a pilot project to cultivate cannabis within a BOI zone. This was revealed by Investment Promotion State Minister Dilum Amunugama during a media briefing at the BOI headquarters. The pilot project is to […]

By Rohana R. Wasala  Courtesy The Island Some well meaning, erudite, but very naive and innocent,  young bhikkhus are challenging the pastor to a debate over his deprecatory remarks about Buddhism, which I think is ridiculously ingenuous and unnecessary, because that is giving this mocker of the sacred a measure of dignity that he doesn’t […]

by Professor Sunil J.  Wimalawansa Would taking excessive (unnecessary) loans by Sri Lanka lead to bankruptcy? In 2002, Sri Lanka paid more than US $320 million as import duties to affluent countries.  While some European countries exported three to five times more than Sri Lanka, Norway paid only $125 million, and Switzerland paid $245 million […]

Mahinda Gunasekera Agincourt, Ontario Honourable Political Party Leaders, Please see the article by the Indian Journalist, N. Sathiya Moorthy published in the Colombo Telegraph where he writes about the final stages of the nilitary action taken by the Sri Lankan authorities to eliminate the internationally designated (including Canada) terrorist group known as the Liberation Tiger […]

Press Release Pathfinder Foundation The 3rd Bay of Bengal Maritime Dialogue hosted by the Pathfinder Foundation, Sri Lanka and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue of Switzerland was held on 23 – 24 May in Colombo.  The event was attended by over fifty delegates at the senior government level, regional organizations leading think tanks, universities independent […]

Lanka Lead News දෙමළ ජන සංහාරයක් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිදුවූවා යැයි පවසමින් කැනඩා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ජස්ටින් ටෘඩර් මහතා කළ ප්‍රකාශයට පිළිතුරු සැපයීම සඳහා ගෝලීය ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සංසදය විසින් කැනඩා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාට ලිපියක් යොමු කොට තිබේ. නොමග යවන සුළු බලපෑමක් මත, අනවබෝධයෙන් කැනඩා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා සිදුකර ඇති මෙම ප්‍රකාශය නිවැරදි කරගැනීම සඳහා එම සංසදය විසින් මෙරට සිදුවූ මානුෂීය මෙහෙයුමේ සැබෑ […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena thanked the Saemaul Foundation of Korea for expanding its rural infrastructure and livelihood development projects after the successful implementation of two pilot projects in Sabaragamuwa district. These efforts have inspired our villagers to speed up their drive to uplift the rural economy,” he said. The President of […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena  advised the Governors to take urgent measures to prevent the spread of dengue with the intervention of all the relevant authorities at a discussion held at Temple Trees today (25) to discuss the progress of dengue control programs. The discussion was held with the participation of Governors, […]

Nandita Roy Had PM Hasina any other intention, she would not have requested the Commonwealth, international community to send election observation teams A short introduction New US visa policy for Bangladesh: US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken on Wednesday announced a new visa policy for Bangladeshi individuals believed to be responsible for, or complicit […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Russian Ambassador Levan Dzhagaryan takes questions from Daily Mirror in an interview on bilateral ties and the current position of his country on the war with Ukraine. He spells out the importance of nuclear energy cooperation with Sri Lanka. Excerpts:  QThere are reports about the energy sector cooperation between Russia and […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රටේ මීළඟ ජනාධිපතිවරයා නියත වශයෙන්ම තමන් බවත් එ් බව විශ්වයේ විශ්ව ශක්තිය විසින් තමාට දැනුම් දී ඇති බවත් මහජන උපයෝගිතා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ හිටපු සභාපති ජනක රත්නායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඇතැමකුට මේය සිනහසීමට කාරණයක් වුවත් එය පරම සත්‍ය බවත් ඔහු කියා සිටී. ඉන්දියානු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි මහතා තමාගේ ඇඳුමට සමාන ඇඳුම් […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A large group of women who gathered in Colombo in support of Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa’s wife, Jalani Premadasa said they had no idea as to why they had gathered in Colombo. The women representing Colombo North said they had gathered to protest against a mud-slinging campaign against Mrs Premadasa. However, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The sudden shift to organic farming in 2021 by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resulted in a drop of more than 50 percent in paddy yield in the 2021/2022 Maha season, according to a research. The then government enacted the Import and Export Regulations No. 7 of 2021 which banned the import […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ගෝලීය භූ දේශපාලන හැසිරීම හමුවේ කලාපයේ භූමිකාව හැඩගැස්වීම සඳහා ආසියානු රාජ්‍යයන් හඬක් නැඟීමේ වැදගත්කම ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා අවධාරණය කළේය. සිංගප්පූරුවේ සහ වියට්නාමයේ නියෝජ්‍ය අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරුන් ඇතුළු ලෝක නායකයන් හමුවේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේ ජපානයේ ටෝකියෝ නුවරදී (25) ආරම්භ වූ ආසියාවේ අනාගතය පිළිබඳ 28 වන ජාත්‍යන්තර සමුළුව (Nikkei Forum) අමතා […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror In his address at the Nikkei Forum on the Future of Asia in Tokyo, President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that Asia has become the global economic powerhouse and the most dynamic region, with its economy already comparable in size to those of Europe and North America. President Wickremesinghe highlighted Asia’s significance as […]

Courtesy Adaderana Addressing the Nikkei Forum on the Future of Asia in Tokyo, a short while ago, President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted Asia’s significance as the world’s largest economy, home to 60% of the global population, and a major contributor to global growth.  He emphasized the region’s potential for continued growth, supported by China’s recovery, India’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that collective policy measures are painful for businesses and households and that such measures are imperative to prevent devastative impacts of the soaring inflation and economic instability, and to restore economic conditions that are essential for economic stakeholders. Speaking at […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (May 25) expressed his appreciation for the support extended by Japan to Sri Lanka for the economic recovery process. He conveyed this during the bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo. We have made remarkable headway as far as the debt restructuring talks are concerned,” Reuters […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Courtesy The Island The Jerome Fernando escapade, if rightly handled, will provide a golden opportunity to neutralise external threats to the prevailing peaceful religious coexistence in the Sinhalese Buddhist majority Sri Lanka. I hope that the fair minded reader will not immediately condemn me as a Sinhalese racist and a Buddhist […]

INSIGHT BY SUNIL KUMAR The aggravating news from Canada is  that the Sri Lankan High Commission in Canada has raised objections to the erection of a monument to commemorate what the Tamil community living there calls “genocide” of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka during the Tamil Tiger insurrection This follows in the heels of the […]

by Professor Sunil J.  Wimalawansa Pre-requisites for economic development and the need for a new constitution The stagnation of the Sri Lankan economy since gaining independence from the British is striking.  This is due to selfish politicians lacking: a vision for the country, forward-looking policies, and long-term national development plans (e.g., for clean water).  The […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS  President Premadasa‘s outrageous attitude to the Eelam war has not received the critical attention it deserves. He did not understand his duty in the matter. As Head of State, his first duty was to protect the territory and sovereignty of the country of which he is the leader.  Instead he took no interest […]

Shenali D Waduge There are several aspects to this issue that need to be understood. Firstly, is the need to ascertain whether Eelam is a quest originating from Tamils or handed to them to use as a political ploy, if so do these external elements continue to control that project. Secondly, are other external players also involved […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. මිහින්තලේ හාමුදුරුවන්ට පොසොන් උත්සවය පවත්වන්නට භාධා කරමින් බලයේ ඉන්නා දේශපාලකයින් හැසිරෙන ආකාරය මතක් කරන්නේ 1980 දශකයේදී JRJ  විසින් ගැටඹේ පන්සල කොටුකර කම්බි වැටක් ගැසීමේ සිද්ධියය. දේශපාලකයාට පන්දම් අල්ලන්නට සුදානම් නැති හාමුදුරුවරුන්ට මේ පාලකයින් හිරිහැර කරන්නේ ඔවුන්ගේ බොරු බෞද්ධ ස්වරූපය නිසා අන්ධවීම නිසාය. මිහින්තලේ හාමුදුරුවන් 13-A+  ට  විරුද්ධව පාර්ලිමෙන්තුව ඉදිරිපිට හාමුදුරුවරුන් කල […]

Sugath Kulatunga Today the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission will be axed on a resolution moved in Parliament. This will make all so called independent Commissions dependent on the whims and fancies of the subject Minister and create an ugly precedent. Before axing the PUC Chairman the Minister should explain to the Parliament the […]

AdaDerana May 24 (AdaDerana) – The World Health Organization on Tuesday (May 23) commended Sri Lanka for enacting a legislation on trans-fat to protect health and prevent premature deaths from coronary heart disease. Eliminating trans-fats from food supplies is a cost-effective measure with enormous health benefits. By enacting legislation on trans-fat, Sri Lanka has once […]

Manusha Media නව කම්කරු නීති පද්ධතිය ජුනි මාසය මුල වන විට කෙටුම්පත් කිරීමට අපේක්ෂා කරන බවත්, එම දල කෙටුම්පත ආයෝජන කලාපද ඇතුළුව සියලුම ක්ෂේත්‍රවල වැඩ කරන ජනතාව වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කර ඔවුන්ගේ අනුමැතිය ලබාගැනීමට අපේක්ෂා කරන බව කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා පැවසුවේය. කම්කරු නීති ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණය කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මහජන අදහස් ලබාගැනීම සදහා වන ඉන්ෆ්ල්ක්ස් […]