Archive for May, 2023
Friday, May 12th, 2023
BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The International Monetary Fund was established after the Briton-Wood Agreement as a solution for international financial crisis, which was encouraged by the ad hoc work of certain European countries. These countries attempted to gain trade advantages by ad hoc changes in currency values that was meant devaluation of currency to attract demand […]
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Friday, May 12th, 2023
Dilrook Kannangara Those who allege local and foreign conspiracy in 2022 regime change have a responsibility to their people. If their allegations are true, it is a very serious violation of Sri Lanka’s sovereignty, the Constitution (on many counts), the franchise, fundamental rights of individuals, the Penal Code and many other laws. Internationally, it is […]
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Friday, May 12th, 2023
C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. හැඳින්වීම ලංකාවේ කළුසුද්දන්, මාක්ස්වාදීන් හා පක්ෂ දේශපාලකයින් විසින් කරගෙන ගිය තවත් එක් මහජනයා රැවටීමක් ලෙස මැයි දින පෙලපාලිය නම් කල හැකිය. මුලදී සිටම මාක්ස්වාදීන් එය භාවිතා කලේ ඔවුන්ගේ බංගවේවා මන්තරය වාර්ෂිකව මැතිරීම පිණිසය. සාදුකින් පෙලෙනවුන් අන්තිම සටනට සැරසවීමය. එය ඔවුන්ගේ සිංහල බෞද්ධ විරෝධී සංකේතය (සිග්නල් එක) විය. 1960 ගණන්වල දක්නට ලැබුණේ […]
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Friday, May 12th, 2023
අගමැති මාධ්ය අංශය අග්රාමාත්යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ ජාත්යන්තර හෙද දිනය නිමිත්තෙන් රාජ්ය සේවා එක්සත් හෙද සංගමය 2023.05.12 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ සංවිධානය කර තිබූ සැමරුම් උත්සවය අවස්ථාවේදීය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්රාමාත්යවරයා – අද ජාත්යන්තර හෙද දිනය. ජාත්යන්තර හෙද දිනයේ පූජ්ය මුරුත්තෙට්ටුවේ ආනන්ද නායක ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් අප රට තුළ රාජ්ය සේවා එක්සත් හෙද […]
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Friday, May 12th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Referring to Sri Lanka’s worst-ever marine disaster associated with the Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl container vessel, Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) was not adhering to the instructions given by the Attorney General (AG). Addressing a news briefing today (12), Dr. Rajapakshe said there had […]
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Friday, May 12th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (May 12) pledged to modernize the country’s education sector to create a young generation equipped with knowledge and nourished with abilities within the next 10 years. Pointing out that a cabinet committee has already been appointed for the modernization of education, the President also stated that he would work […]
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Friday, May 12th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The Parliament of Sri Lanka has approved the appointment of a Select Committee to investigate matters relating to the damage caused by both the MT New Diamond and X-Press Pearl vessels. The setting up of the 21-member Parliamentary Select Committee was approved in Parliament today (12 May). Accordingly, the committee will be tasked […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2023
Senaka Weeraratna Buddhism is the most endangered religion in the world. Buddhism has lost more territory and space worldwide to other religions in the last one thousand years, than any other World Religion. The encroachment of Buddhist territories still continues. The danger is there for everyone to see. Now the competitors are at the Gates of Buddhist […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2023
By Dr Tilak S. Fernando Although I managed (the author of the book) to systematically detail different epochs of economic development in ancient Ceylon, it is impossible to forecast, in detail, during the Sigiriya reign. It is because it is impossible to categorise Sigiriya’s economy into various sections. The King murdered his father and all […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2023
මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් සියම් රට භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලා වඩම්මවා උපසම්පදා කර්මය මෙරට සිදු කර මේ වන විට වසර 270 ක් ගත ව වී තිබේ.මේ නිමිති කොට ගෙන සියම් දේශයෙන් සැපැමිණි භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලා සියක් නමක් පාද චාරිකාවේ යෙදී සිටිති. උන්වහන්සේලා ගේ මීළඟ අභිප්රාය වන්නේ සියම් දේශයෙන් වැඩම කළ උපාලි මහ තෙරුන්වහන්සේ ඇතුළු විසි එක් නම ප්රථමයෙන් විවේකව […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2023
Prime Minister’s Media Unit A delegation of Vietnam Buddhist handed over a consignment of medicine to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (May 11). This donation was symbolically handed over to the Prime Minister by Most Venerable Thich Vien Minh, Vice Supreme Patriarch of the Council of Vietnam Buddhist Sangha. Thereafter, the […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2023
By Dr Tilak S. Fernando In the sixteenth, Ceylon was divided into three regions: Kotte, Up-Country and ‘Yapa’. Of course, the principal and the wealthiest was Kotte. Agriculture (Paddy growing) was the main crop. Still, within the Kotte area, tea, rubber, coconut, Cinnamon, areca nut, and precious stones, including elephants, were sourced from other regions. […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2023
Dr. Shakuntala Bhabani Kolkata India The sixth international Indian Ocean Conference is set to begin in Bangladesh capital city Dhaka from May 12 which will be attended by about 150 delegates, including high-level representatives from 25 countries. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Peace, Prosperity and Partnership for a Resilient Future’ due to the […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2023
By Dr Tilak S. Fernando Following a meeting former Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama had with his counterpart Bernard Brice Kouchner in Paris, in 2009, with other senior French officials, on a three-day tour to Paris, it was agreed to accommodate job opportunities for migrants from Sri Lanka in France. It mainly dealt with professionals, skilled […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2023
Lanka Lead News වව්නියාව දිස්ත්රික්කයේ නැදුන්කර්නි ප්රදේශයේ නයිනමඩු රක්ෂිත භූමිය තුළ පිහිටා ඇති වඩුන්නාගල බෞද්ධ පුරාවිද්යා භූමියේ පුරාවිද්යාත්මක සාක්ෂි විනාශකරමින් එම ස්ථානයේ හින්දු ශිවලිංගයක් තැන්පත් කිරීමේ ආන්දෝලනාත්මක සිදුවීම පිටුපස ඇති සත්ය කතාව සොයා පසුගිය දා ‘අනාගතය අපි‘ සංවිධානයේ ගවේෂණයක් සිදුවිය. මෙම ගවේෂණයේදී අදාළ ස්ථානය පිළිබඳව ඉපැරණි බෞද්ධ පුරාවිද්යා සාධක රැසක් හමු වූ බවත්, වඩුන්නාගල පුරාවිද්යා […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily Mirror MP Namal Rajapaksa today said that more details will surface shortly on who the Foreign Party was who backed the Aragalaya and presently Sri Lanka had a President and cabinet appointed by the Aragalaya. “Not just us, even the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna who were party to the Aragalaya, are now stating […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka is working closely with several Ministries and relevant authorities to develop a project to mainstream e-mobility through the conversion of 500,000 Tuk-Tuks to electric vehicles (EVs) or e-Tuk- Tuks over a 5-year period. In a statement issued in this regard, the UNDP stated that […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2023
Courtesy Hiru News Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said Sri Lanka’s public bank deposits and stability of the banking system will be safeguarded in any reorganization of domestic debt. Governor Weerasinghe told a public forum, There is speculation about the stability of public deposits and banking system stability. A key objective of the central bank […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2023
Courtesy Hiru News An International Monetary Fund team will Sri Lanka from May 11 to 23, with its Asia Pacific Department Chief Krishna Srinivasan also joining from May 12 to 15. The IMF said the visit will be part of regular consultations ahead of the first review mission later this year. The IMF’s first review […]
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily News Sri Lanka’s political story has never been short of twists and turns, especially since last year when a leader elected with a resounding majority, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, resigned paving the way for a nominated Parliamentarian, Ranil Wickremesinghe, to replace him. That drama is now set to continue. There was some quiet on […]
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily News New investment laws to help FDI inflow Special Overseeing Committee established on President’s advice The Government has decided to put in place a mechanism of providing investment approvals to foreign investors as soon as they arrive in the country enabling them to fast track the implementation of the project. Investment Promotion […]
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
කැලණිය විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ ආර්ථික විද්යා අධ්යයනාංශයේ හිටපු ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ මහාචාර්ය සුනන්ද මද්දුමබණ්ඩාර උපුටාගැණීම ලංකාදීප වෙසක් දින මුහුණු පොතේ තැබූ සටහනක මෙසේ සඳහන් වී තිබුණි. ˝ ‘‘අද පාරවල් ඇහිරිල තිබුණෙ දන්සැල් නිසාමත් නෙවෙයි, ඒවට ආපු තඩි කාර්වලින්.’’˝ අල් ජසීරා හෝ බීබීසී මාධ්යවේදියකු මෙම තත්ත්වය දුටුවේ නම් ඔවුන් තම නාලිකාවලට යවන වාර්තා මෙයට වඩා බොහෝ වෙනස් වනු ඇත. දන්සැල් […]
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
By Dr Tilak S. Fernando During this period of Kingdom, Ceylon was divided into three regions: Rohana (Matara), Southern and Raja Rata (Up county). In the early part of this kingdom, disputes, conspiracies or threats of fear of war existed. Therefore, it caused many problems towards the progress of the country. At times all three […]
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
By Dr Tilak S. Fernando When ancient Ceylonese trade, industries and technology were discussed, the irrigation network was the first thing that came to mind—the old technology and self-determination. During the Polonnaruwa era, irrigation networks were prominent and considered a meritorious deed according to the Sinhala culture and tradition. When a massive lake was to […]
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
Asoka Bandarage Colonial and Neoliberal Origins: Ecological and Collective Alternatives Volume 30 in the series De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111203454 About this book This book provides a broad picture of Sri Lanka’s on-going political and economic crisis as the culmination of several centuries of colonial and neo-colonial developments. The book presents the Sri Lankan crisis […]
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
By Dr Tilak S. Fernando At Westminster Abbey, Charles III was crowned as the modern King. The occasion was highlighted with pomp and glory, returning to the 13th Century. Westminster Abbey holds every Royal occasion and retains the tombs of previous kings and queens since 1066. Westminster Abbey had performed sixteen weddings, including the wedding […]
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය අරමුදල් සපයාගැනීමේ අපහසුතාව හේතුවෙන් අතරමඟ නවතා දමා ඇති පහළ මල්වතුඔය ව්යාපෘතිය කඩිනමින් යළි ආරම්භ කිරීම පිළිබඳ සොයා බලන ලෙස 2023.05.09 දින අග්රාමාත්ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ නිලධාරීන්ට උපදෙස් ලබා දුන්නේය. යාන්ඔය වේල්ල ඉදිකර ඇති Sinomach China CAMC ඉංජිනේරු සංස්ථාව විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇති ව්යාපෘති යෝජනාවක් පරීක්ෂා කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව අග්රාමාත්යවරයා මෙලෙස උපදෙස් දෙනු […]
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
Manusha Media රටේ අනාගතය වෙනුවෙන්, සරල, ශක්තිමත්, යාවත්කාලීන වූ කම්කරු නීති පද්ධතියක් ගෙන ඒම සඳහා පූර්ණ සහාය ලබා දීමට ශ්රී ලංකා නීතීඥ සංගමය එකගතාවය පලකර සිටී. ඒකාබද්ධ කම්කරු නීති පද්ධතියක් සකස්කිරීම සඳහා අවශ්ය පූර්ණ නීතිමය සහාය ලබාදීමට ශ්රී ලංකා නීතීඥ සංගමය කටයුතු කරන බව, කම්කරු නීති වෙනස් කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් කම්කරු අමාත්යංශය විසින් ආරම්භ කර ඇති මහජන […]
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Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
Shenali D Waduge Mr. Imran Khwaja, the Deputy Chair of the International Cricket Council (ICC), is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka today (May 9) on a 2-day fact-finding mission on political interference in cricket administration. It would be prudent for Mr. Khawaja and his team to also inquire into why ICC has been unwilling to […]
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Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය අග්රාමාත්යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ 2023.05.08 දින මහරගම ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ පැවති ප්රාදේශීය සංවර්ධන කමිටු රැස්වීමේදීය. පාසැල් හැරයන දරුවන් පිළීබදව පැහැදිලි තොරතුරු නොමැතිව එම දරුවන්ගේ අනාගතය පිළිබඳව නිසි වැඩසටහන් ක්රියාත්මක කරන්නේ කෙසේදැයි ගැටලුවක් ඇතිවන බව අග්රාමාත්යවරයා මෙහිදී පෙන්වා දුන්නේය. සාමාන්ය පෙළ සහ උසස් පෙළ අවසන්ව විවිධ හේතූන් මත පාසැල් හැරයන දරුවන්ට ඉදිරි […]
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