Archive for July, 2023
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
By Basil Fernando The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Over a long period, many erudite scholars and critics have engaged with the issue of the extent to which caste remained a relevant factor in understanding social development in Sri Lanka. One could sum up broadly the overwhelming view among such writers as being that while […]
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Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
Lanka Lead News ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපතිධූරය දෙවරක් දැරූ මහ බැංකුවේ හිටපු අධිපති අජිත් නිවාඩ් කබ්රාල් මහතා තමාට එල්ලවන චෝදනා සම්බන්ධයෙන් ලංකා ලීඩ් වෙබ් අඩවියට සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡාවක් ලබාදෙමින් ආන්දෝලනාත්මක කරුණු රැසක් හෙළිදරව් කළේය. වත්මන් මහ බැංකු අධිපති නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ මහතා දැවැන්ත ලෙස මුදල් නෝට්ටු අච්චු ගැසීම මෙන්ම හිටපු මහ බැංකු අධිපති ඉන්ද්රජිත් කුමාරස්වාමි මහතා […]
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Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
Lanka Lead News හිටපු මහ බැංකු අධිපතිවරයෙකු වන අජිත් නිවාඩ් කබ්රාල් මහතා මහ බැංකු අධිපතිවරයෙකු ලෙස බරපතල චෝදනා වලට ලක්වූ පුද්ගලයෙක්. ඔහු විසින් මහ බැංකු අධිපති තනතුර දෙවරක් දරා ඇති අතර ඔහුගේ එම දූර කාල දෙක තුලදීම ශ්රී ලංකා ආර්ථිකයට බරපතල හානි සිදු කළ බවට එල්ල වන චෝදනා තවමත් අවසන් නැහැ. කෙසේ වුවද අජිත් නිවාඩ් […]
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Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
By Dr Parakrama Waidyanatha Courtesy The Island Various reports in the media yet claim that the Rajarata kidney disease, scientifically defined as the chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu), is caused by agrochemicals whereas the overwhelming evidence is that it is caused by hard water and fluoride prevalent in dug wells on high ground. […]
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Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The importation of certain drugs are sometimes approved by the Director Board of the National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA), even in the absence of such approval from the relevant expert committee, according to Senior Consultant Physician Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama. Speaking during Ada Derana’s ‘Big Focus’ programme with regards to the importation of drugs, […]
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Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday (18 July) obtained approval from the court to investigate nine bank accounts belonging to Pastor Jerome Fernando, who recently found himself in hot water after making controversial statements during a sermon. The order was issued by Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage this morning (18), upon consideration […]
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Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has stated that the 13th Amendment will be implemented with full powers, except Police Powers, subject to agreement among political parties in parliament. Outlining his plans for the devolution of power, President Wickremesinghe said that the 13th Amendment with full powers, except Police Powers, as outlined under List 1, will […]
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Monday, July 17th, 2023
KAMALIKA PIERIS Kurundi is set deep in the Nagacholai Forest reserve. Santhabodhi thera said that a large extent of Nagacholai forest surrounding the Kurundi Vihara was illegally cleared in 2019 and 2020 and five acres were turned into paddy fields. The Kurundi pond was enlarged into a lake to make sure that it could not […]
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Monday, July 17th, 2023
e-Con e-News (from ‘Relief of Ceylon’, Chapter V, The Way Ahead) ‘The study of the problem of agriculture & industry necessarily involves the study of the relief of the country before a comprehensive scheme could be intelligently planned for agriculture and industry. In the centre of the island is the hill country over 1000ft. […]
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Monday, July 17th, 2023
Rohan Pethiyagoda Boys’ academic outcomes are sinking at an unprecedented rate. At university, girls now outnumber boys by two to one. Here, in a speech to an international policy workshop organized by the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka, I venture into the minefield of political impropriety and argue that boys and girls should […]
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Monday, July 17th, 2023
By Sunil Kumar The name Anandasagaree certainly does not get a stamp of approval from the Government of Sri Lanka with very valid reason hence the recent denial of an entry Visa to Sri Lanka by the Government of Sri Lanka to Gary Anandasagaree. Canadian MP Gary Anandasagaree inasmuch as his father V Anandasagaree of […]
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Monday, July 17th, 2023
Courtesy Pakistan Observer Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday expressed his gratitude to Sri Lanka for supporting and helping Pakistan in reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund. During a telephonic conversation with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, PM Shehbaz acknowledged the role played by Sri Lanka as a friend and well-wisher of Pakistan. […]
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Monday, July 17th, 2023
Courtesy BBC By Archana Shukla BBC News, Colombo At first glance, life in Sri Lanka’s financial capital Colombo looks deceptively normal. Roads are packed with traffic, public spaces and restaurants are full of both locals and tourists, while shops are bustling. It is hard to imagine that just a year ago, this was a country […]
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Monday, July 17th, 2023
Graham Shaw Courtesy blogs.lse.ac.uk This fascinating post by Graham Shaw draws attention to the little known role that Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) played in the Indian National Movement by becoming a critical entry-point for nationalists and revolutionary literatures that would otherwise have found it impossible to enter India. A perfectly timed post as both countries mark the 75th […]
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Monday, July 17th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday she was eager” to work with China on areas of mutual interest, including debt restructurings for poorer countries, and that multilateral development banks needed reforms before capital increases could be considered. At a press conference before a meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and […]
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Monday, July 17th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) says that it has collected a total tax revenue of Rs. 696,946 million for the first half of this year. In comparison, the revenue collected from the income tax during the first half of 2022 amounted to a total of Rs. 361,832 million, according to the department. Accordingly, […]
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Sunday, July 16th, 2023
e-Con e-News July 2023 Part 3 ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ * ‘The US decided to undertake… an influence campaign behind the scenes, providing favors…through grants, training grants & money for individuals involved in participating to get them to flip their decision… Stakeholders from China have left that project and have struck out on their own to try to construct […]
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Sunday, July 16th, 2023
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය. නවසීලන්තයේ රාජ්ය තාන්ත්රික දූත මණ්ඩලයක් ශ්රී ලංකාවේදී ස්ථාපනය කිරීම තුළින් ප්රායෝගික සහ අර්ථාන්විත ආකාරයේ සහයෝගිතාව ඉදිරියට ගෙන යාමේ වැදගත්කම පිළිගන්නා බව අග්රාමාත්ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි. අග්රාමාත්යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ 2023.07.14 දින කොළඹ දී ශ්රී ලංකාවේ නවසීලන්ත මහ කොමසාරිස් කාර්යාලය නිල වශයෙන් විවෘත කිරීමේ උත්සවයේදීය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්රාමාත්යවරයා – […]
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Sunday, July 16th, 2023
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් අරගලයේ සිටි රැට්ටා ඇතුළු පිරිසගේ ගිණුම් පරීක්ෂණ නිලධාරීන් විසින් පරීක්ෂණ කරමින් සිටින බව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී මහින්දානන්ද අලුත්ගමගේ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඔහු මේ බව කියා සිටියේ දී මිනුවන්ගොඩදී පැවති ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ ආසන බලමණ්ඩලය අමතමිනි. ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ නායක අනුර දිසානායක මහතාගේ පුත්රයා සහ ලේලිය ගලධාරී හෝටලයෙන් ආහාර ගනිද්දී අනුර […]
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Sunday, July 16th, 2023
Lanka Lead News ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ජනාධිපති වී සති දෙක තුනකින් තානාපති කාර්යාලයක කාන්තාවක් තමංව පැහැරගෙන ගොස්, ලිංගික අඩන්තේට්ටම් කර, මරන්න උත්සාහ කළ බවට පැමිණිල්ලක් දැමූ බවත්, දැං එම කාන්තාව එය ඕනකමින් කළ බොරුවක් බව අධිකරණයේ දී පිළිගෙන ඇති බවත්, පසුව අරගලය හරහා ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිවරයාව අයිං කළ බවත් පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ මහලේකම් සාගර කාරියවසම් මහතා […]
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Sunday, July 16th, 2023
Courtesy Adaderana The Ambassador of Türkiye to Sri Lanka says the elements of FETÖ (Fethullahist Terrorist Organization) – the group behind the foiled 2016 coup bid – have been eliminated from Sri Lanka after successful joint efforts by the two nations against terrorism. Addressing the Democracy and National Unity Day Commemoration Ceremony in Colombo on […]
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Sunday, July 16th, 2023
Justice for Animals and Nature The sentience of animals like crabs, lobsters & prawns (decapod crustaceans), calls for their legal protection. The welfare of decapod crustaceans remains largely unprotected, and they are truly voiceless. Their suffering at the humans is a blot on our moral conscience. There is compelling scientific evidence that they are sentient […]
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Saturday, July 15th, 2023
Courtesy Gov.UK Animal welfare Amendment to Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill following LSE report on decapod and cephalopod sentience The scope of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill has today been extended to recognise lobsters, octopus and crabs and all other decapod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs as sentient beings. The move follows the findings of a government-commissioned independent review […]
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Saturday, July 15th, 2023
By Asiri Fernando Courtesy The Morning The Government will appoint a committee to evaluate the proposal submitted by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for an oil distribution pipeline connecting Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu to Trincomalee and Colombo, the Ministry of Power and Energy said yesterday (15). The proposal comes days before President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to […]
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Saturday, July 15th, 2023
Lanka Lead News සෞඛ්ය පද්ධතියට ඖෂධ මිලදී ගැනීමේ දී දීර්ඝ කාලීනව දක්නට ලැබෙන දූෂණ, වංචා සහ අකාර්යක්ෂමතාවයන් අද වන විට වර්ධනය වීම නිසා සෞඛ්ය සේවා සැපයීමේ දී මතුවන ගැටලු මුල්කර ගෙන මේ දිනවල විවිධ වෘත්තීය සමිති නායකයන් විසින් සමස්ත සෞඛ්ය පද්ධතියට සහ සෞඛ්ය සේවකයන්ට පහරදීමේ හොඳ නරක පිළිබඳව ලංකා ලීඩ් ජාතික සංවිධානවල මතය විමසන ලදී. […]
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Saturday, July 15th, 2023
Lanka Lead News ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ සංජීව ජයවර්ධන මහතා විසින් අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කළ ලියකියවිල්ලක අඩංගු වූ කරුණු අනුව ජනපති ගෝඨාභයට ලණු දුන් ආර්ථික ඝාතකයා කවුරුන්දැයි පැහැදිලි වූ බව ලංකා ලීඩ් පාඨකයන් රාශියක් අදහස් දක්වා ඇත. ඒ අනුව ඉන්දියාවේ ශ්රී ලංකා තානාපති මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ සහ හිටපු මහ බැංකු අධිපති ඉන්ද්රජිත් කුමාරස්වාමි අදාළ චෝදනාවෙන් නිදහස් වනවාද යන්න පාඨකයෝ […]
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Saturday, July 15th, 2023
Courtesy Mongabay COLOMBO — Fireflies, with their bioluminescent rears, are fascinating species that appeal to people’s imaginations, especially those of children. In Sri Lanka, the first systematic study of fireflies was carried out by British naturalists in the 18th century, but afterward, there was a loss of interest in studying these fascinating creatures. Shedding new light […]
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Saturday, July 15th, 2023
Courtesy NDTV Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, also the Sri Lanka’s finance minister, made this remark while addressing the Indian CEO Forum this week. Sri Lanka would want to see the Indian Rupee used as much as the US dollar, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, days ahead of his first official visit to New Delhi. […]
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Friday, July 14th, 2023
විමල් පටබැඳිගේ (ශාස්ත්රවේදී, නීතිඥ, විශ්රාමික සොලිසිටර්) (පළමු කොටසින්)”ලෝක කම්කරුවෙනි එක්වව්!” නිෂ්කී්රය කරමින් මහ පොලව තුළ ලෝක ධන කුවේරයන් එක් වී ඇත. ඇමරිකා, කැනඩා, යුරෝපා, ඕස්ටේ්රලියා නවසීලන්ත, බටහිර ලේ නෑයන් එක් ව ඇත. සියලූ ජාතීන් එකමුතු විය යුතු මිස ලෝකය භේද කොට පාලනය කිරීමේ (ඩිවයිඞ් ඇන්ඞ් රූල්* සහායකයන් විය යුතු නැත. ස්වාධීන, ස්වෛරී රාජ්යයක්/රටක් තූළ පුරවැසියන්ට […]
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Friday, July 14th, 2023
වෛද්ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග දාර්ශනික ආතර් ෂොපන්හෝවර් භාවිතා කළ “ජීවත්වීමට ඇති කැමැත්ත (Wille zum Leben / will to live) පිලිබඳ සංකල්පය වෙනුවට ෆ්රෙඩ්රික් නීට්ෂේ බලයට ඇති කැමැත්ත පිළිබඳ සංකල්පය හඳුන්වා දුන්නේය. බලයට ඇති කැමැත්ත “will to power” මිනිසුන්ගේ ප්රධාන ගාමක බලවේගය ලෙස නීට්ෂේ දුටුවේය. ඔහු බලයට ඇති කැමැත්ත පිළිබඳ සංකල්පය මනෝවිද්යාත්මක, ජීව විද්යාත්මක සහ පාරභෞතික මූලධර්මයක් ලෙස විවිධ ලෙස අර්ථකථනය කළේය. බලයට ඇති […]
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