Sufian Siddique Independent researcher and freelance columnist, Dhaka The incident took place on Sunday morning local time in the Casagrande area near the city of Phoenix in the state of Arizona, USA. Earlier on July 18, Bangladeshi youth Yazuddin Ahmed was shot dead at a gas station on Hampton Avenue in Saint Louis, Missouri. Bangladesh […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අස්වැසුම ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමේදී පැනනැගී ඇති ගැටලු පිළිබඳව සාකච්ඡාවක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් 2023.07.26 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. වැඩිහිටි, ආබාධිත, වකුගඩු යන නිර්ණායකයන් ඒ ආකාරයෙන්ම ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට සහ මතුව ඇති අනිකුත් ගැටලු වහා නිරාකරණය කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මෙහිදී දීර්ඝවශයෙන් සාකච්ඡා කෙරිණි. රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරුන් වන ෂෙහාන් සේමසිංහ, අශෝක ප්‍රියන්ත, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ලේකම් අනුර දිසානායක, […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මෙසේ පැවසුවේ 2023.07.26 දින අරලිය ගහ මන්දිරයේ පැවැති  දහම් සරසවිය බුද්ධ ධර්ම උසස්  ඩිප්ලෝමා සහ ඩිප්ලෝමා සහතික පත්‍ර ප්‍රධානෝත්සවය අමතමිණි.ශ්‍රී ලංකා බෞද්ධ හා පාලි විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය හා බෞද්ධ කටයුතු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ඒකාබද්ධව ක්‍රියාත්මක කරනු ලබන දහම් සරසවිය බුද්ධ ධර්ම ඩිප්ලෝමා පාඨමාලාවේ  ඩිප්ලෝමා හා උසස් ඩිප්ලෝමාධාරීන් 1544  ක්  සඳහා සහතික පත් ප්‍රදානය මෙහිදී […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror Colombo, July 26: Given the stony silence of the Chinese government about the missing Foreign Minister Qin Gang, rumours about his fate and about why he has gone missing abound. The 57-year old Qin, has not been heard or seen since June 25, even though he still figures as ‘Foreign Minister’ in […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News As Chinese influence grows in the country, the link would give India access to the key ports of Trincomalee and Colombo. It remains an ambitious project and not without technical problems and socio-economic risks, but the step forward took place at a significant moment in a political key: […]

Lanka Lead News විදෙස් ණය බරේ විශාලම පංගුව ඇත්තේ ජාත්‍යන්තර ස්වෛරී බැඳුම්කර හරහා ගත් ණය බවත්, රාජපක්ෂලා ගැන විවේචන තිබුණ ද 2007 සිට 2015 දක්වා ඔවුන් ජාත්‍යන්තර සවෛරී බැඳුම්කර ණය ලබාගෙන ඇත්තේ ඩොලර් බිලියන 3.5ක් පමණක් බවත් ජාතික ජනබලවේගයේ නායක අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා පවසයි. ජාත්‍යන්තර ස්වෛරී බැඳුම්කර හරහා ඩොලර් බිලියන 12ක ණය ලබාගෙන ඇත්තේ […]

By Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today   The successful campaign by the LTTE ideologists to promote a false narrative in the West must not be ignored. This spells a serious  issue for Sri Lanka as this narrative is peddled by some of the prominent politicians in the West.  The LTTE propaganda – A time bomb It […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed the need for inclusive discussions on the 13th Constitutional Amendment during the All-Party Conference being held at the Presidential Secretariat this evening (July 26). The meeting was convened with the primary aim of apprising party leaders representing Parliament about both, the National Reconciliation Programme, and the North and East […]

Wansarathne Senanayake. B. Sc. (Cey), Textile Engineer (Germany), LTI (UK), IWSP Grad (UK), FIFST (SL) President SINHALA NADAYA   SRI LANKA AT A GLANCE – DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION & LAND                             Out of the 9 Provinces   Sinhalese Tamils SL Tamils Ind. Tamils […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya Autophagy is a natural cellular process that occurs in the body to maintain cellular health and balance. The word “autophagy” originates from Greek, where “auto” means self, and “phagy” means eating. Essentially, autophagy is the process of self-eating, where cells degrade and recycle their own damaged or dysfunctional components. Here’s how […]

By Dr M. R. Somasunderam. Warner and Khawaja are of the age where their respective performances as opening batsmen for Australia are of paramount importance. They cannot afford to be dropped and selected again to the national team based on their respective ages at thirty six years of age respectively. The Australian team has included […]

MOD  Media Centre When baseless allegations were raised on the international platform, China remained a true friend, standing shoulder to shoulder with us, and providing us with the necessary understanding and backing’ said the Defence Secrtary General Kamal Gunaratne speaking at a ceremony held to celebrate the 96th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara I fully agree with PC Manohara.This kind of pardoning is something unheard and unseen in Statecraft anywhere in the world. Pardoning two convicted and sentenced criminals who waged war against the State, (one for life and the other for 200 years, thereby making the supreme court a mockery) in the public eye. […]

Lanka Lead News පුරාවිද්‍යා ආරක්ෂක ස්මාරක හා පුරාවිද්‍යා රක්ෂිත ගැසට් කිරීමට පෙර අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලයට යොමු කිරීමට ජනාධිපති දුන් නියෝගය අභියෝගයට ලක්කරමින් හා පුරාවිද්‍යා භූමිවල මායිම් ගල් ගැලවීමට ජනාධිපති දුන් නියෝගය අභියෝගයට ලක්කරමින් ඉදිරිපත් කළ පෙත්සම් දෙක හෙට(25) දින විභාගයට ගැනේ. පුරාවිද්‍යා ආඥාපනත මගින් විෂයභාර අමාත්‍යවරයා හා පුරාවිද්‍යා අධ්‍යක්ෂක ජෙනරාල්වරයාට පිළිවෙළින් පුරාවිද්‍යා ආරක්ෂිත ස්මාරක හා පුරාවිද්‍යා […]

DR. BECCY CORKILL Courtesy IFLScience Using cinnamon in your homebakes? You may be barking up the wrong tree. Cinnamon is synonymous with the Christmas season – in pumpkin spice lattes, dense spice cake, and gooey cinnamon rolls, it is a key staple of the cozy aesthetic that many people fantasize about. So, it may be […]

Lanka Lead News ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතාගේ ඉන්දීය සංචාරයේ දී ජනාධිපතිවරයා මැදිහත්වී ඉන්දියාවේ දී ගිවිසුම් කිහිපයකට අත්සන් කළ බවත්, එම ගිවිසුම් අත්සන් කිරීමට ජනාධිපතිවරයාට තිබූ ජනවරම කුමක්ද යන්න විමසා සිටින බවත් නිදහස ජනතා සභා කාර්යාලයේ ඊයේ (24 දා) පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවට එක්වෙමින් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී මහාචාර්ය චරිත හේරත් මහතා විමසා සිටියේය. රට තුළ මෙතෙක් පැවති ප්‍රශ්නවලට […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Garnier Francis Analysis of telephone data revealed that Swiss embassy employee Garnier Banister Francis had been in touch with Chief Inspector Nishantha Silva before the latter left for Switzerland. She had also been in touch with several others. Had she really desired to migrate to Switzerland with her family, […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Ex-NPC member T. Raviharan of TNA greets HC Walsh Jawaharlal Nehru University facilitates talk on ‘structural genocide’ SLPP MP retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera yesterday (24) accused Canadian High Commissioner Eric Walsh of backing those propagating separatist sentiments. The former Public Security Minister, who is also the Chairman of the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Court of Appeal today refused to further extend its interim order preventing Justice Ministry officials from deducting the Advance Personal Income Tax (APIT) from the monthly salaries of the High Court Judges, Magistrates, District Judges and Presidents of Labour Tribunals. However, the Court of Appeal decided to issue notices on […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Claiming that Sri Lanka had outstanding foreign loans of USD 36 million to be settled until 2048, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardane said today anyone who wishes to come to power during that period is bound to pay the loans and must have plans to do so. He told the weekly […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected the reference to a ‘Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day’ in a recent statement by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Issuing a statement in this regard, the Ministry said it unreservedly rejects the reference to a Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day in the statement issued on 23 July […]

Courtesy Adaderana The proposed Sri Lanka – Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is expected to be signed in March 2024, in accordance with the action plan concerning the proposed agreement, Sri Lanka’s cabinet spokesman said today. Accordingly, negotiations pertaining to the proposed FTA are scheduled to conclude in February 2024, as per the information presented […]

Shenali D Waduge When countries with records of unprecedented mass murders feel it politically fashionable to annually commemorate an incident which took place in Sri Lanka which is miniscule to the crimes they committed, when political correctness has silenced people & prevented them voicing the truth, at least this 40th year we need to produce some […]

Sugath Kulatunga Merrill Fernando the pioneer of branded teas and the creator of the internationally recognized Dilmah Tea is no more. With his demise there has been a number of articles of appreciation in the media. In his path of triumph, he had to face many problems both in the market and on the domestic […]

By Sanjeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island In a statement issued on July 12,, Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said, Singapore adopts a strict zero-tolerance approach towards corruption. The CPIB investigates all cases without fear or favour and will not hesitate to take action against all parties involved in corrupt practices.” The statement was issued […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar  The recent proposal by  President Wickremasinghe  to approve a land bridge between Sri Lanka and India may not be beneficial to Sri Lanka from many perspectives.It could open the floodgates to many issues that have been contentious towards Sri Lanka’s National Security  in the past  and have been conscientiously kept secure […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. All human progress has depended on ‘new questions’ rather than on ‘new answers’ to the old questions.” Alfred North Whitehead — Science and the Modern World, 1925 Sinhala [language]’s survival as a clearly Indo-Aryan language can be considered a minor miracle of linguistic and cultural history” –James W. Gair, Studies in South Asian Linguistics: […]

Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lankan government spend on public health is not the same across the provinces. There is acute discrimination against some provinces. Healthcare cost is measured in per head (per capita) spend so it is a fair and comparable measure. When per head public healthcare cost is compared across the provinces, a terrifying and […]

Manusha Media පටු විදියට හිතන්නේ නැති, ජාතිවාදී, ආගම්වාදී නොවන, ජාතික වශයෙන් හිතන නායකයෙක් එක්ක වැඩ කරන්න උතුරේ ජනතාව සූදානම් ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ පුස් රැල්ල බිදිලා. ඒ ශෝ එක ඉවරයි හරිනි අමරසූරියලාගේ දේශපාලන නිරුවත දැන් පේනවා හැමෝම එකට එකතු කරගනිපු ගමන් අපි යන්නේ දැන් ආර්ථිකය ගොඩ නගමින් යනවා වැටී තිබුණ රට ගොඩ ගැනීමේ ගමනට එක්වන සෙට […]

By Uriel Araujo  Courtesy Global Research,  While Western discussions have focused on sending sophisticated weapons to Kiev, Hal Brands, a Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, argues that what Ukraine needs the most, besides air-defense systems, is artillery ammunition. He describes the current conflict as an artillery-centric one: if Kiev can’t find […]