RANJITH SOYSA  The President Ranil Wickremasinghe, recently at an interview boldly made a statement which is of historical significance. He said that Thiriyaya, Muhudu Maha Vihraya and one Aloka Viharya in the south were light houses and the Ven monks who lived in these temples were the light house keepers. Many Sri Lankan Buddhists believe […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම Lanka Lead News කොටුව මහෙස්ත්‍රාත් තිළිණ ගමගේ මහතා ඊයේ (21) ප්‍රකාශ කළේ නතාෂා එදිරිසූරිය නමැති කාන්තාව සිය ප්‍රකාශය මගින් බෞද්ධ චරිතය සහ බෞද්ධ සාහිත්‍ය අතිශයින් හෑල්ලුවට ලක්කර ඇති බවය. නතාෂා ජූලි 05 දක්වා රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කළ මහෙස්ත්‍රාත්වරයා ප්‍රකාශ කළේ, භාෂණයේ සහ ප්‍රකාශනයේ නිදහස අන් අයට අපහාස කිරීමට දෙන බලපත්‍රයක් නොවන බවය. අන්තර්ජාලය හරහා […]

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Media Centre – MOD Acting Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon made a visit to the Indian Navy Submarine ‘INS Vagir’ at the Colombo port on Wednesday (Jun 21). Minister Tennakoon was received by the Commander of the submarine, Commander Divakar S on his arrival at the jetty and later accompanied him to the […]

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Sunimal Perera Montreal, Canada In retrospect, the sad and sudden demise of the OceanGate Titan submersible in the dangerous swells of the Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia, Canada has shaken the world and left many wondering after reading the intricate details of preparation and the safety factors which do appear to have been left wanting  […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva has assured the institution’s commitment towards supporting Sri Lanka’s economic reforms.  Following her meeting with President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Georgieva assured that the IMF is committed to supporting the island nation’s economic reforms, in a bid to improve the living standards of Sri […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has revealed that the Indian energy company Petronet LNG has presented short-term solutions to meet the Ceylon Electricity Board’s (CEB) requirement for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).  Taking to Twitter, Wijesekera revealed that Petronet LNG presented immediate, albeit short-term, solutions for CEB’s LNG requirements this morning (22 […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Instructions have been issued to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and other senior police officers to take immediate and stern legal action against violent crimes committed in both the Western and Southern provinces.  The relevant directive was issued by Public Security Minister Tiran Alles, during a special discussion with high-ranking police officers […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara says that special approval has been received to include the Japanese language into the school curriculum from the primary grades. Speaking in the parliament today (22), Nanayakkara mentioned that this decision has been taken targeting the future Japanese job market. Accordingly, necessary arrangements are already […]

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