KAMALIKA PIERIS Premadasa made political changes which were not for the   good of the country. A political party had to get a minimum number of votes to be eligible for representation in Parliament. Premadasa reduced this cut off point from for  12.5% to 5 %.This law was introduced in 1988 by then President the late […]

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KAMALIKA PIERIS Premadasa was probably the most calculating politician Sri Lanka has ever had.Premadasa was politicking day and night, said Sarath Amunugama.His voice rang with authority and power, commanding compliance, said Evans Cooray. Premadasa had an unparalleled knowledge of the Colombo’s electoral mathematics, said Sarath.  He created a support base which included the poor of […]

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Dilrook Kannangara What changed?” demands anti-Sinhala and anti-Buddhist elements in Sri Lanka when the ICCPR Act is implemented. They have been used to a life of hate speech against Sinhala and Buddhist interests for the past 200 years. Instead of changing to the new world norm of human rights, they blame the Act and live […]

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අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය (2023.06.01) තායිලන්තය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා- වෙසක් පුන් පොහෝ දිනය නිමිත්තෙන් එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ වෙසක් දිනය තායිලන්තයේ සංවිධානය කිරීම පිළිබඳව මහා චූලලෝන්ග්කෝර්න් රාජවිද්‍යාල විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය, වෙත මාගේ සුභ පැතුම් පිරිනමන්නේ ඉතාමත් ගෞරවයෙනි. බෞද්ධ වර්ෂයෙන් 2567 වූ (ව්‍යවහාර වසරෙන් 2023) වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය, මේ වසරේ මෙම සම්මේලනයට සහභාගී වෙමින්   සැමරීමට ලැබීම […]

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Erina Haque Qatar-Bangladesh long-term deal on LNG imports: A ray of hope in times of crisis? Bangladesh has signed a long-term agreement to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar at the rate of 1.8 million metric tons (MMT) per annum for 15 years. The agreement was signed on Thursday (June 1). According to the […]

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By Shailendree Wickrama Adittiya Courtesy The Morning Clay is a material many of us are familiar with, whether we come across it in the form of cookware, as a medium of art, or in construction. However, the industry remains largely untapped, with its potential going unnoticed and uses being limited for years. Shedding light on […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s economy is gradually recovering from the crisis thanks to the correct policies including the collective efforts of the people, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said, delivering a special statement on the government’s efforts over the past nine months to revive Sri Lanka’s economy. The President’s Media Division (PMD) says the objective of this […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ගෝලීය ශ්‍රී ලංකා කොංග්‍රසය නායක මංජු නිශ්ශංක නමැත්තා සම්බන්ධයෙන් නීති විරෝධී වත්කම් හා දේපොල විමර්ශන කොට්ඨාසය විසින් පරීක්ෂණ ආරම්භ කර ඇත. මුල්‍ය විශුද්ධිකරණ පනත යටතේ මෙම පුද්ගලයා විසින් වරදක් කර ඇතිදැයි අනාවරණය කරගැනීමට ඉන් බලාපොරොත්තු වන බව පොලිසිය කියයි. කොළඹ පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී පොලිස් මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශක ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ පොලිස් අධිකාරී නිහාල් […]

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Courtesy Adaderana An interlocutory application has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking to dismiss the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed by Pastor Jerome Fernando without taking it up for hearing. Pastor Jerome Fernando had filed the relevant FR petition requesting an order to be issued preventing his arrest. Accordingly, the interlocutory application was filed […]

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