Courtesy Adaderana The motion seeking the removal of Janaka Ratnayake from his position as the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) was passed in parliament a short while ago (24 May). Accordingly, the proposal to oust Ratnayake as the PUCSL Chairman was passed in parliament with a majority of 43 votes, […]

by Professor Sunil J.  Wimalawansa Properly trained labour force with skills, ethics, and attracting FDIC The skilled labour force in Sri Lanka is either stagnant or decreasing with exiting to other countries.  Most could speak and/or understand English, and fewer speak other foreign languages.  Hence, besides vastly expanding skills training centres—universities as described above, the […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS When Sri Lanka ended the ethnic war in fourteen years ago, many analysts believed that the decline in military expenses would improve the economic prospectus of the country. Tourism business and merchandise exports would be positively supported to an increase in external value of the Sri Lanka rupee, but such an outcome […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s Cabinet appears to be least bothered about finding solutions to the country’s economy and instead fishing to create new issues. The latest is a proposal to create a memorial to ‘symbolize unity & healing’ and is to include ex-combatants (LTTE) as well. What an insult to the war heroes who […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. Introduction Politicians in European countries still think they are the masters of their former colonies. They entertain a superiority complex, thinking that they can fool people of ex-colonies pretending as statesmen (not politicians), genuinely concerned about the <plight> of these people. They exploited these countries, applied divide and rule strategy, and […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Premadasa took a special interest in housing. The United Nations recognized President Premadasa as one of the Asian pioneers of the Shelter for All programmes, said Pramod de Silva. It was President Premadasa who proposed at the United Nations, to declare an International Year of Shelter for the Homeless. The proposal was unanimously […]

Shenali D Waduge When the Prime Minister of Canada calls himself a feminist” we seriously have to wonder what kind of ideology he professes for Canada. We all know Canada was confiscated from the indigenous who had been living there for centuries & history was rewritten. No doubt that is a key factor that gels […]

Prof. N.A. de S. Amaratunga DSc Pastor Jerome Fernando’s controversial methods adopted to spread his version of Christianity in Sri Lanka has raised a hornet’s nest and the president of the country has instructed the CID to investigate into the matter. In this context it may be vitally important to be aware of the opinion […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන. ජනාධිපතිවරයාට පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් බලය පවරා ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ  33 ව්‍යවස්ථාවට වඩා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 70 ව්‍යවස්ථාව බලවත් බවත් ඒ අනුව 33 ව්‍යවස්ථාව යටතේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවීම වැරදි බව 2018 දෙසැම්බර් 13 ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරුවරු 7ක්  SC FR  351/ 2018 ඇතුලු තවත් නඩු වලදී ඒකමතිකව […]

Manusha Media The recent non-inclusion of the Free Trade Zones & General Service Employees Union (FTZ&GEU), along with three other trade unions, from the National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC) is a result of the Ministry’s yearly reconstitution process. The NLAC appointments are granted yearly, and memberships expire at the end of each year. The last […]

By Dr. Rajkumar Singh Courtesy Ceylon Today Ashoka, the Great, was a prominent Mauryan emperor who ruled over a vast empire in India from 273 BCE to 232 BCE. After his famous military conquest of the Kalinga kingdom, he underwent a spiritual transformation and embraced Buddhism. His conversion to Buddhism led to a significant shift […]

Courtesy Kuwait Times COLOMBO: The International Monetary Fund asked Sri Lanka Tuesday to speed its debt restructuring and warned any delays could undermine efforts to overcome the country’s worst economic crisis. Sri Lanka expected a quick deal with creditors shortly after defaulting on its $46 billion foreign debt in April last year, but restructuring talks began […]

Courtesy Adaderana Upon completion of their mission to Sri Lanka, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team says that keeping up the economic reform momentum and ensuring timely implementation of the IMF-supported programme’s commitments are key for Sri Lanka to emerge from the economic crisis. The mission discussed recent economic developments and the implementation of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo High Court today (23) sentenced a former cadre of the now-defunct separatist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to rigorous life imprisonment. The accused, Thangavelu Nimalan, has been found guilty of the possession of explosives and 02 micro-type pistols to carry out a suicide bomb attack in the Colombo […]

Shenali D Waduge India will not allow a separate Tamil Eelam in India. Sri Lanka will also not allow a separate Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. Yet from Justin Trudeau to provincial politicians in Canada, an overwhelming sympathy for Tamils can be seen. Given that the stalwarts propagating Eelam are mostly located in Canada & […]

by Professor Sunil J.  Wimalawansa Preamble: This article was published in June 2006 as a three-part series in the Sunday Financial Times (Part 1: https://www.sundaytimes.lk/060618/ft/2.1.html).  There were several requests to republish this article in full. Since the entire piece was not published then, the author is grateful to the editor of Lanka Web for the […]

By Sunil Kumar When the President  of Sri Lanka  urges all Sri Lankans to work together to build a prosperous country free of bankruptcy and all the ills of the recent past it is an assertive call to the nation which needs to be responded to beyond conjecture or speculation. The protocols  surrounding his call […]

Dilrook Kannangara In an unprecedented development, US Democratic Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC) and US Republican Congressman Bill Johnson (OH) introduced a bipartisan Resolution last week calling for a referendum for Eelam Tamils to be democratically and equitably represented” as well as a lasting peaceful political solution”. This has been played down by local news media […]

Sufian Siddique Independent researcher and freelance columnist, Dhaka Wars and conflicts are increasing worldwide. People from any part of the world are not good. But we are better than other countries – it must be admitted. In terms of infrastructure, Bangabandhu’s golden Bangladesh has progressed quite a bit overall. Especially, the country has been at […]

BY PAUL WISEMAN Courtesy The San Diego Union-Tribune  WASHINGTON —   If the debt crisis roiling Washington were eventually to send the United States crashing into recession, America’s economy would hardly sink alone. The repercussions of a first-ever default on the federal debt would quickly reverberate around the world. Orders for Chinese factories that sell electronics to the United […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A day after Pastor Jerome Fernando had expressed an apology via a live video stream over his controversial remarks, Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said an apology will not prevent the police from taking action against him. Pastor Fernando who is under investigation over his controversial remarks made against Buddhism, Islam […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A mobile brothel operated by an Aragalaya activist has been raided by the Walana Anti-Corruption Unit and seven individuals including four women taken into custody, Police said. The arrests were made following information that a 29-year-old Aragalaya activist in Moratuwa was operating a brothel. The suspect was arrested by a police […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror MP Wimal Weerawansa said following the Aragalaya, ‘Plan B’ is now in operation. “US Envoy to Sri Lanka Julie Chung doesn’t send naughty Twitter messages anymore. She has become very good. She makes it a point to tweet even if someone sneezes,” Weerawansa said. 

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While establishing 50 new centres for the process of obtaining passports without delay by end June, it has been decided to issue e-passports by the end of this year, Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said. He told the media that 50 new centres at fifty District Secretariats will be established to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Suhurupaya building will be converted to a one-stop-shop to obtain passports, NICs and all other documents related to births, marriages and deaths, Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said. He told a news briefing that the one-stop-shop will be open for the public within two months. Apart from that, the Registrar […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Numerous investment proposals initiated by the Sri Lankan embassy in Beijing with leading Chinese companies have not taken off the ground due to what a top source called ‘lack of any serious enthusiasm at the Colombo end and the absence of committed, knowledgeable and goal -oriented bureaucrats for a long period […]

Courtesy Adaderana In a significant move to address Sri Lanka’s fuel supply challenges, a contract agreement was signed with Sinopec, a leading international petroleum company. The agreement, signed today (22), marks a crucial step in ensuring a steady and uninterrupted fuel supply for the nation, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The signing ceremony took […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is mulling measures to lure back Chinese tourists in a bid to alleviate an unprecedented debt crisis, its tourism minister said, as the South Asian nation tries to stabilize the economy. The country is targeting half a million Chinese tourists in 2024, nearly double its pre-Covid visitor levels, Tourism Minister Harin […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) inflation eased to 33.6% year-on-year in April, after a 49.2% rise in March, the statistics department said on Monday. The NCPI captures broader retail price inflation and is released with a lag of 21 days every month. Food prices eased sharply to 27.1% in April from […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara says that according to the agreement signed between Sinopec and the Ministry of Power and Energy, the state-owned Chinese company will be granted a 20-year license to operate 150 fuel stations currently operated by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). In a tweet, the minister said that […]