Shenali D Waduge Before anyone takes out all the denigrative words & phrases in the dictionary, it would be wiser for them to check out where a God is officially referred in the Constitutions of other states that have a shorter history than Sri Lanka. In the name of God the Father, the Son & […]

දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර.මහනුවර අපි පාර්ලිමේන්තුව කියලා නඩත්තු කරන්නේ මීහරක් ගාලක්.රටේ හැම හොරකම් ල මුල එතන –  thukvitharak mehemath Lankaawak ! Inbox DAMITHA SENEVIRATNE මහජන බැංකුව ඔවුන්ගේ රුපියල් මිලියන 54,000 (බිලියන 54) ණය බොල් ණය ලෙස කපා හැර තිබේ. පසුගියදා මහජන බැංකුවේ සභාපති සුජීව රාජපක්ෂ කෝප් කමිටුව හමුවේ මේ බව හෙළි කළේය. ඔබ මුදු, මාල, […]

By Alfred McCoy    Courtesy tomdispatch.com One of modern history’s major empires is falling apart right now, right before our eyes. Yet precious few in the media have reported on this extraordinary event, much less offered any analysis of its implications for the fast-changing shape of global power. Over the past 60 years, France has […]

Dilrook Kannangara There is no way India, Pakistan and Bangladesh could have existed as one independent nation. They did the right thing by partitioning it ultimately into 3 nations. Similarly, there is no way Israelis and Palestinians can coexist as one nation. A two-state solution was proposed for Israel and Palestine. Though parties have agreed […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Aba – the mega Sinhala movie  Aba, the mega Sinhala movie directed by the versatile filmmaker Jackson Anthony, constitutes an impressive cinematic adventure for both its creators and its audiences. The film is a historical epic based on an independent and informed reconstruction of the Pandukabhaya story found in  The Great […]

මාධ්‍ය අංශය, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය 2023 පොලිස්පති කුසලාන පොලිස් ශිෂ්‍යභට කදවුරේ ත්‍යාග ප්‍රධානෝත්සවය මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් වියානි ගුණතිලක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් කලුතර පොලිස් විද්‍යාලයේ දී 2023.10.16 වන දින පැවැත්විණි. 2023 පොලිස්පති කුසලාන, ජාතික ශිෂ්‍යභට කදවුර දින 07 ක් පුරා කළුතර පොලිස් විද්‍යාලයේ පැවති අතර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පලාත් 09 නියෝජනය කරමින් පාසැල් 49 ක පොලිස් ශිෂ්‍යභට බාලක […]

By SIMINA MISTREANU Courtesy abc news China is hosting its third international forum centered around President Xi Jinping’s signature policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, which over the past 10 years has built infrastructure across continents, burdening some smaller countries with debt. BEIJING — China is hosting its third international forum centered around President Xi Jinping’s […]

By Global Times Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin Photo: mfa.gov.cChina will continue to support its financial institutions in actively negotiating with relevant parties, and is willing to work together with relevant countries and international organizations to assist Sri Lanka in addressing its difficulties, easing its debt burden and achieving sustainable development, Chinese Foreign Ministry […]

Courtesy Temco TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo or Jokowi welcomed Sri Lanka‘s desire to establish a preferential trade agreement or PTA with Indonesia. Jokowi made the statement during bilateral talks with President Ranil Wickremesinghe on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, Oct. 17. According to the Palace’s Press Bureau, the […]

By P.k. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today The 23rd Council of Ministers (COM) Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) was held in Colombo on 11 October. Sri Lanka took over the Chair of the IORA from Bangladesh and will be in charge till 2025. India will be the Vice-Chair during this period.   The theme of […]

By Dr. Palitha Kohona Courtesy Ceylon Today China has been a major investor in Sri Lanka. In fact, after the brutal conflict with the terrorist LTTE was successfully ended in 2009, China became the main source of foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the country at a time when more traditional sources of investments could not […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island … dares SLPP to move court against rebel group Top Opposition spokesperson Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (16) dismissed Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe’s attempt to introduce a new system for electing MPs as a politically motivated project to sabotage national elections. Such an exercise couldn’t be justified under any circumstances […]

Courtesy Adaderana Chinese tech giant ‘Huawei’ has expressed its willingness to support an annual study programme aimed at nurturing software and hardware engineers in Sri Lanka. Speaking in this regard, Simon Lin, Senior Vice President of Huawei Technologies and President of Huawei Asia Pacific, revealed that Huawei has already initiated collaborations with several Sri Lankan […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva says that the government will have to ground state-owned national carrier SriLankan Airlines, if there is no buyer to enter into a joint venture with the government. Responding to the allegations of staff shortages, salary and debt issues within the airline, during Ada […]