Courtesy Adaderana The All Share Price Index (ASPI) of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) crossed the 10,500-point mark at the end of trading today (14 July). Accordingly, the ASPI gained 103.50 points today, closing at 10,595.02 points. Meanwhile, the day’s turnover was recorded at Rs. 2.70 billion, while the S&P SL20 went up by 60.88 […]

Courtesy Adaderana Reports have revealed that the lighting system of the ‘Golden Gate Kalyani’ bridge which was declared open in 2021 is no longer in operation, as several electric cables have been hampered with and stolen. Speaking in this regard at a press briefing in Colombo today (14 July), the Director General of the Road […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the Ministry of Health to expedite the approval process for drugs endorsed by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA). The Head of State issued these directives in response to the drug shortage caused by existing procedures, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. Accordingly, the Health Ministry was ordered […]

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: […]

Carlijn Kingma Although money plays a key role in our lives, the workings of our monetary system are a mystery to most of us. ‘The Waterworks of Money’ by cartographer Carlijn Kingma is an attempt to demystify the world of big finance. It visualizes the flow of money through our society, its hidden power made […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය චීන ව්‍යවසායකයින් විශාල පිරිසක් ක්ෂේත්‍ර රැසක සිදුකළ හැකි ආයෝජන පිළිබඳව සාකච්ඡා කිරීම සඳහා  2023.07. 13 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා හමුවිය. සංචාරක හා හෝටල් කර්මාන්තය, මැණික් හා ස්වර්ණාභරණ, කෘෂිකර්මය, ඖෂධ, ආහාර සැකසුම්, පුනර්ජනනීය බලශක්ති සහ විනෝදාස්වාද කර්මාන්තය ඇතුළු ක්ෂේත්‍ර රැසක ආයෝජන සඳහා විශාල විභවයක් පවතින බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මෙහිදී පැවසීය. සීමාසහිත  […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division A large group of Chinese entrepreneurs called on Prime minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (July 13) to discuss possible investments in many spheres. The Prime Minister said there is vast potential for investments in many fields including tourism and hospitality industry, gem and jewellery, agriculture, medicine, food processing, […]

RANJITH SOYSA Bar association’ should be shamed for their one-sided stance with regard to the ongoing debate about the speech done by MP Sarath Weerasekara in the Parliament on 7th July 2023. It is very clear that BA stands for what and aligned with whom. Sure it is not the general opinion of all the […]

Lanka Lead News සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා විසින් ජූලි මස 7 වැනි දා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ දී සිදුකළ ප්‍රකාශයක් පිළිබඳව අදහස් දක්වන නිතිඥ සංගමයේ සභාපති කවුශල්‍ය නවරත්න මහතා සඳහන් කරන්නේ කුරුන්දි විහාර ගැටලුව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඒ මහතා වරප්‍රසාද යටතේ අධිකරණයට බලපෑම් කරන බවයි. ඒ මගින් අදාළ ප්‍රශ්නය පිළිබඳව සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා තවදුරටත් කතා කිරීම වැළැක්වීම සඳහා නීතිඥ සංගමය උත්සාහ […]

By Vinod Moonesinghe/Factum Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, July 12: Historically, Sri Lankans have tended, whatever their faith, to tolerate other faiths. Indeed, to some extent every religion on the island has been influenced by the others. This mystical assimilation is reinforced by the existence of a syncretic system of folk belief underlying the major religions, incorporating […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Islamabad, July 12: The three-day Gandhara Symposium 2023, titled Cultural Diplomacy: Reviving Gandhara Civilization and Buddhist Heritage in Pakistan”, commenced in Islamabad today.  The Symposium has been organized by PM Task Force on Gandhara Tourism; the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISS); and the Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. […]

 Lanka Lead News 2001 වසරේ සිට 2004 දක්වා පැවැති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතාගේ නායකත්වයෙන් යුතු ආණ්ඩුවේ ‘යළි පුබුදමු ශ්‍රී ලංකා‘ වැඩපිළිවෙල හරහා ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට නොහැකි වූ රටට හානිකර සියලු දේ වර්තමානයේ දී ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් සිදුකරමින් සිටින බවත්, එම වැඩපිළිවෙල ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම සඳහා ලහිලහියේම අනපණත් ගෙනෙමින් සිටින බවත් ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ නීතිඥ කල්‍යානන්ද තිරාණගම මහතා පවසයි. අද(13) පැවති මාධ්‍ය […]

By Shyam Nuwan Ganewatta Courtesy The Island The IMF in 2020 told nations around the world that they should maintain a budget deficit to tackle the effects of COVID-19, however, two years later, the IMF insists that this would lead to chaos, Dr. Howard Nicholas, senior lecturer at Erasmus University – Rotterdam, and International Institute […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island The Government Medical Officers’ Forum (GMOF) yesterday (13) pointed out that India couldn’t absolve itself of the responsibility for the alleged supply of low quality Indian medicines to Sri Lanka under the USD 1 bn credit line opened over a year ago. GMOF President Dr. Rukshan Bellana said so, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it has not discussed any plans for a digital services tax with the Sri Lankan authorities in the current program. In a statement, a spokesperson for the global lender further clarified that it has not provided any recommendation on whether or not Sri Lanka should sign on […]

Courtesy Adaderana The bank accounts of six individuals, identified as members of the Board of Directors of ‘ONMAX DT’, a private firm believed to be a pyramid scheme, have been frozen, on orders of the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court. Accordingly, the relevant bank accounts are believed to have deposits amounting to Rs. 790 million, while […]

විමල් පටබැඳිගේ (ශාස්ත‍්‍රවේදී, නීතිඥ, විශ‍්‍රාමික සොලිසිටර්) 1ග 19 වෙනි සියවස ආරම්භයේ සිට දස දහස් ගණනින් ගෙන්වා පදිංචි කරවන ලද ”මලබාර්” වාර්ගිකයන් සහ යාපාපටුනේ පදිංචි කරවන ලද මලබාර් වැසියන් වෙනුවෙන් 1806 දී ”වහල් සේවාව” සහ කුල භේදය නීතිගත කරන ලද තේසවලාමෙයි නීතිය මගින් නීතිගත කරන ලද සමාජ අසමානතාවය;2ග සිංහල රාජ්‍යයට එරෙහිව සහ 1817-1818 සහ 1848 සිංහල […]

Editorial It seems perhaps a bit late in the day for the Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa to appoint a committee to look into how Sri Lanka went into bankruptcy and plan to gather information from foreign institutions as  a Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)has indicated to the media. Mr.Premadasa has apparently been awoken from […]

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Emilia Fernandez The United States and Bangladesh have close, long-standing relations that have their roots in history. Friendships between the two countries have grown over the past fifty years, increasing cooperation in fields like economic development, environmental preservation, counterterrorism, democratic government, and human rights defense. However, the recent acts of the US government and President […]

Dr. Shakuntala Bhabani Assistant Professor and Southasian affairs researcher in the Political Science department at a Kolkata Honors College Recent years have seen a perplexing change in the fundamental attitude of the West, led by the US, towards nations in South Asia. The US periodically exhibits a hostile and indifferent attitude towards this friendly country, […]

Mehjabin Bhanu – Bangladeshi culuminst, security and strategic affairs analyst, teacher. The new US visa policy was introduced before the general elections in May 2023. US Secretary Antony Blinken made a remark that sounded more like a threat from Washington, saying that Bangladeshi people who meddle in the democratic political process would face visa restrictions, […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ අපනයනය ඉලක්ක කර ගනිමින් ගොවීන් නගාසිටුවීම සඳහා දේශීය බීජ බෙදා දීම 2023.07.12 දින මීපේ, මාවතගම දී ආරම්භකළ අවස්ථාවේදීය. මෙහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා –    මොහොතකට හැරී බැලුවොත් අද කඩා වැටී සිටි තත්ත්වයෙන් රට ගොඩගෙන තිබෙනවා. ඊට ප්‍රධානතම බලවේගය වුණේ ගම්බද ගොවි ජනතාව යි. අපට තිබෙන ඉඩම් […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, July 12 (NewsWire) – Ms. India Inc, the esteemed beauty pageant celebrating the essence of womanhood, is all set to unveil its highly anticipated Season 4. This year promises to be a truly remarkable and international affair, as the grand finale will take place in the captivating island nation of Sri Lanka. […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror Colombo, July 12: An enduring feature of tourism in Sri Lanka has been the Westerners’ fascination with the Sri Lanka Railways (SLR). Foreigners go into raptures over SLR’s old-world carriages, its quaint British-era stations and its scenic routes. The journey into the past, which is what a journey on SLR is, kindles […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has deplored the burning of the Holy Quran outside a mosque in Sweden amidst Eid al-Adha celebrations two weeks ago, deeming it a violation of the freedom of worship”. On June 28, an Iraqi named Salwan Momika, who is said to be living in Sweden, set fire to a copy […]

Shenali D Waduge Every July & November terrorists contest for the best drama award. This year’s theme has been  to open a former LTTE welfare” office in Vavuniya and use that to commemorate dead terrorists. Whether these are former rehabilitated terrorists” or terrorists that ran away, sought asylum/refugee status and have now returned, I something […]

Dilrook Kannangara The West is in a death spiral. Unable to sustain demographic, military and economic dominance over the rest of the world, the West has resorted to beef up its population with the help of Asians and Africans. A massive push to bring millions of Asians and Africans is underway in many Western nations. […]

e-Con e-News July 2023 Part 2 ‘When the trumpet sounded everything was prepared on earth, and Jehovah gave the world to Coca-Cola Inc, Anaconda, Ford Motors, and other corporations. The United Fruit Company reserved for itself the most juicy piece, the central coast of my world, the delicate waist of America…’ – Pablo Neruda, Document […]

Sugath Kulatunga Sri Lanka does not possess an abundance of physical resources for large-scale industrial development but is blessed with ample human resources. It is on this comparative advantage that the country has to develop its economy. Education is the driving force with which the optimal benefit could be derived from this rare advantage and […]