Dr Sarath Obeysekera I remember the times of RP when garment factories were built in rural  areas  The progress of each factory was monitored by the president himself with a few super secretaries. Ministers were given marching orders if things go wrong  There was an incident when an  Investor who was waiting to get a […]

ඒ.ජේ.ඒ. අබේනායක දිවයින අමාත්‍ය සුසිල් ප්‍රේම්ජයන්ත් මහතා විසින් පසුගිය 5 වැනිදා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කළ ආයුර්වේද පනත් කෙටුම්පත ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවට පටහැනි බවට නිගමනය කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා පාරම්පරික ආයුර්වේද වෛද්‍ය බී.ඒ. රත්නපාල මහතා විසින් ගොනුකළ විශේෂ පෙත්සම ලබන 19 වැනිදා එස්. තුරෙයිරාජා, යසන්ත කෝදාගොඩ සහ ජනක් ද සිල්වා යන මහත්වරුන්ගෙන් සමන්විත ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ ත්‍රිපුද්ගල විනිසුරු මඩුල්ල […]

| Lanka Lead News අගමැති නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදිගේ මෑත කාලීන කයිරෝ සංචාරයේ ආලෝක රශ්මිය උපයෝග කර ගනිමින් ඉන්දියාව මැදපෙරදිග කළාපයේ ඉටුකරන භූමිකාව ඉහළ නංවන විට, ඊජිප්තුව සමඟ සබඳතා පුළුල් කරන විට, ඊශ්‍රායලය සහ ගල්ෆ් කලාපයේ අරාබි රටවල් මෙන්ම තුර්කිය සහ ඉරානය සමඟ සහයෝගීතාව තීව්‍ර කරන කරන විට, සාම්ප්‍රදායිකව කලාපයේ ප්‍රමුඛ බලවතා වන එක්සත් ජනපදය ඉන්දියාවේ උපායමාර්ගය […]

Dr. Ibrahim Islam An Iraqi refugee named Salwan Momika publicly burned the Quran in front of the central mosque in Stockholm, Sweden, on the last Eid al-Adha. A few days ago, an anti-immigration and anti-Islam extremist organization called Stram Kurs burned the Quran in Malamo, Sweden. This heinous act was led by a fanatic named […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, July 11: The Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra who is on a short visit to Sri Lanka in preparation for the forthcoming visit of the Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to India, told the media here on Tuesday, that Wckremesinghe’s visit will be a huge success.” The Lankan President is assured of […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Gandhara Art Islamabad, July 11: A three-day Gandhara Symposium 2023, titled Cultural Diplomacy: Reviving Gandhara Civilization and Buddhist Heritage in Pakistan”, is being held in Islamabad from July 11 to 13. The Symposium’s organizers include PM Task Force on Gandhara Tourism; the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI); and the Directorate of Archaeology […]

Courtesy News Gallup WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Sri Lanka passes the one-year anniversary of massive civil unrest that toppled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Gallup surveys show a nation still in crisis for the reasons that led it to that point last July: A record-high three in four (76%) Sri Lankans report struggling to afford food, while […]

By Hyshyama Hamin Courtesy The Diplomat Activist Hyshyama Hamin explains how Sri Lankans’ personal stories intersect with global movements.  On a humid morning in June 2006, a mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka, buzzed with the activities of my nikah (Islamic marriage) ceremony. The men, I imagine, were huddled together around the marriage documents, with the local imam explaining […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Teachers will not be recruited for a three-year teaching diploma course at National Colleges of Education (NIE) in the future, but they will be assigned to a university established to produce teachers for a four-year degree, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said. While participating in a programme to educate the principals on […]

Courtesy Adaderana The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has been appointed for the divestiture of three state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers on Monday (10 July) approved the appointment of IFC for the divestiture of Sri Lankan Airlines Limited, Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC and Sri Lanka Telecom […]

Shenali D Waduge The name Captain Upul Aladeniya is possibly unknown to most, particularly so, because the State & the Education system make no effort to glorify our national war heroes. This year he would have turned 60 but he died a soldiers death on 11th July 1990 in Kokavil at the age of just 26 […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS When critically evaluate international critique on the operation of hard currencies of the world, many experts concern about different opinions to change the injustice that are incurring many of the countries. It needs dividing the international financial system into regions. Indian region should use Indian rupee as an international reserve currency and […]

දිනසේන රතුගමගේ මුලතිව් කොක්කුතුඩුවායි සමූහ මිනී වලේ වළ දමා ඇත්තේ එල්.ටී.ටී. ඊ. වධකාගාරයකින් මරා දමන ලද කොටි සෙබළියන් පිරිසකගේ මළ සිරුරු බවට තොරතුරු අනාවරණය වී තිබේ.මෙම සමූහ මිනී වලේ කැණීම් කටයුතු සිදු කරගෙන යන පිරිසට සමූහ මිනී වලේ තිබී බෝම්බ හා පතරොම් කීපයක් 8 දා හමු වී ඇත.යුද්ධයේ අවසන් කාලයට ඉතා ආසන්න කාලයේ මෙම සමූහ […]

මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ රාජ්‍ය දෙපාර්තුමේන්තුවේ මූලිකත්වයෙන්,ඇමෙරිකානු එක්සත් ජනපදයේ රාජ්‍ය ලේකම් ඇන්ටනී බ්ලින්කන් මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් කෘතීම මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය නිවාරණය පිළිබඳ ජාත්‍යන්තර සමුළුවක් 2023 ජුලි 7වෙනි දින zoom තාක්ෂනය ඔස්සේ පවත්වන ලදී. ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය,එක්සත් රාජධානිය,ඊශ්‍රායලය,ජර්මනිය,ඉතාලිය, ආජන්ටිනාව, බෙල්ජියම, කැනඩාව,ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව, දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව, කොරියාව ඇතුළු රටවල්  විශාල සංඛ්‍යාවක විෂය භාර අමාත්‍යවරුන් සහ රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික නිලධාරීන් මෙම සමුළුවට සහභාගි […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena praised corporal B.R.K.L Karunaratne of the Sri Lankan Infantry who intervened and prevented a major accident of a bus, which could have  which falling into a cliff while traveling from Kandy to Mahiyangana. The soldier’s quick action prevented the accident and saved the lives of more than […]

Dr. Ibrahim Islam The burning of the Qur’an in Sweden has sharply heightened tensions throughout the world with Turkey at its forefront aggressive approach, expressing its strict condemnation over this unethical and heinous act against the holy Quran. We condemn in the strongest possible terms the vile attack on our holy book. Permitting this anti-Islam […]

Courtesy The Morning Claims repeated extension tantamount to improper use of Exec. powers  Claiming that the continuous extension of the service of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chandana D. Wickramaratne, who was scheduled to retire in March 2023, amounts to an improper use of Executive power in a way that is harmful to the […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Ceylon Today More than three decades have passed since the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by Sikh Khalistan terrorists in October 1984 in New Delhi and her son Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in May 1991 in Tamil Nadu and President Ranasinghe Premadasa in May 1993 in Colombo by Liberation […]

HANS VOGEL Courtesy The Unz Review Following in the footsteps of her illustrious predecessor Josef Goebbels, Mrs. Ursula Von der Leyen, unelected president of the Fourth Reich” has imposed censorship. In the endless wisdom of her little brain, Mrs. Von der Leyen has decided that the inhabitants of the EU who survived or escaped the […]

HANS VOGEL Courtesy The Unz Review No longer is it a matter of speculation whether or not the West” is in free fall. It clearly is, and it is clearly intentional. The Great Covid Show, brought to you by the usual suspects, seems to have created the right conditions for the Great Reset.” There were […]

By A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary – Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at – Sri Lanka. According to the latest information received by U.K. based IHRC, at least six Ahmadi Muslims have been arrested and five First Information Reports (FIRs) have been registered in Punjab, Pakistan against Ahmadi Muslims for sacrificing animals on Eid-ul-Azha (Hajj Festival). Eid Festivals […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed Public Security Minister Tiran Alles to take the final decision on the appointment of the new IGP, informed sources said. Accordingly, the Minister has been instructed to decide whether to appoint an acting IGP or to grant another extension for former IGP C.D. Wickramaratne. Sources further […]

Courtesy Adaderana Debt-ridden Sri Lanka may need to cut interest rates again to further boost growth in its economy, according to the head of its central bank. Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, told CNBC Friday that there will be more rate cuts to come, even after the central bank […]

Courtesy Adaderana The de-dollarisation, the movement to reduce other countries’ reliance on the greenback, among the emerging economies of the BRICS economic group is yet to reach a ‘common currency’ breakthrough. The de-dollarisation movement, however, is currently morphing into a growing number of countries ditching the dollar and choosing to trade in their own currencies […]

Courtesy Adaderana Their Majesties the King and Queen of Thailand have bestowed an honour upon Don Upul Jayarathna Denelpitiyage, a Sri Lankan mahout, in recognition of his unyielding care for the recuperating Thai elephant, Sak Surin (also known as ‘Muthu Raja’), foreign media reported. The elephant is currently in 30-day quarantine in Lampang province of […]

Shenali Waduge If anyone is a Tamil Buddhist they should be PROTECTING THE BUDDHIST HERITAGE SITES NOT VANDALIZING THEM?Everyone must understand that this new strategy & tactic is because all their previous lies have fallen flat all the above were created to advance their quest for a separate state – now they have plucked out […]

By Rohana R. Wasala  At the conclusion of a thoughtful feature article under the title ‘A new identity for Sri Lanka’ in the Sunday Island of June 25, 2023, Uditha Devapriya, a young journalist that I admire for the quality of his writing, refers to what he calls a minority view that he shares about […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින රාත්‍රීයේ ආරක්ෂාවට සිටි පොලිස් සැරයන්වරයා පරුෂ වචනයෙන් බැන වදිමින් තමන්ට වෙඩි තියන්නට සුදානම්වු බවත් පන්සලේ සිටි බල්ලා නිසා දිවි ගලවා ගත් බවත් මඩකලපුව මංගලාරාමාධිපති අම්පිටියේ සුමනරතන හිමියෝ පැවසුහ. ඒ සම්බන්ධව වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දක්වමින් උන්වහස්සේ මෙසේද පැවසූහ.මම මේ දිනවල ඉන්නේ කෙවිලියාමඩුව පන්සල්ගල අභිනවාරාම පුදබිමේ. මිට මාස ගණනකට පෙර මට කිසියම් පුදගලයෙක් වෙඩි තැබිම […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. සුද්දන් ලංකාවට කල විනාශය, රට සූරාකෑම ගැන මැල්කම් රංජිත් කාදිනල්තුමා විසින් වතුකම්කරුවන් ලංකාවට ගෙනත් අවුරුදු 200 පිරීමේ සැමරීමකදී කල කතාව දැක මෙම සටහන ලිවීමට සිතුණි (Sri Lanka SEDEC, Lifetraveler.lk). ක්‍රිස්තියානි, මාක්ස්වාදී රාවයේ වික්ටර් අයිවන්ට, පන්සලේ විප්ලවය යන නමින් පොතක් ලියා (2006) සංඝ සමාජයට උපදෙස් දෙන්නට පුළුවන් නම්, හුදෙක් සිංහල පාඨකයින්ගේ දැනගැනීම […]

Mohammad Abdullah ‘COMPLAINING to Iqbal: Dialogue with the Dead’ (also titled ‘SMS to Sir Muhammad Iqbal’) is a poem written by the late Malaysian poet and public intellectual Mohd Kamal Hassan (1942–2023). Inspired by his trip to Spain, the poem provides a concise account of the pitfalls of the international order that he calls ‘the […]