දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර.මහනුවර. එසේ නොකරණ සෑම ජනාධිපති අපේක්ෂකයෙකුගේ මෙන්ම සෑම පක්ශයකම නාමයෝජනා පත්‍ර ප්‍රතික්ශේප කළයුතුය. 1948 සිට මේ වෙනතුරු කොට මහ මැතිවරණ 16 ක් පමණත් ජනාධිපති වරණ 6කුත් පවත්වා තිබෙනවා. ඒ කියන්නේ ආණ්ඩු 16ක්. ජනාධිපතිවරු 9 ක්. හැබැයි අපේ ආණ්ඩු සහ ජනාධිපතිවරු කොතරම් හොඳට රට පාලනය කරලා තියෙවාද කීවොත් 1948 වෙනකොට ආර්ථික වෂයෙන් ආසියාවේම […]

Vichara When confronted with a difficult question from a member of the public it is the standard ploy of a bureaucrat to throw the book of rules at him. FRs and ARs are safe havens of the unwilling bureaucrat. Recently a similar situation was witnessed in Parliament. When the opposition asked for information on the […]

දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. මහනුවර හුදී ජන පහන් සන්වේගය සඳහා පමණි. මහ දැනමුත්තාගේ කතාව මම ඉගෙනගත්තේ මගේ ගමවූ මීමුරේ ගමේ පාසැලේ 2 වන වසරෙදී. ඒ 1946 දී. මහ දැනමුත්තා කියන්නේ එකෝමත් එක කාලෙක අපේ රටේ හිටපු ලොකුම ලොකු පඬි තුමා. ඔහුට හිටියා ඒවගේම උගත් ගෝලයෝ 5 දෙනෙක්. ඒ පස්දෙනාට නම් දීලා තිබුණේ මෙහෙමයි.රබ්බඩ අයියා,කෝටුකිටය්යා, පොල්බෑමූනා, […]

Saeed Naqvi When the dust settles on the Israel-Gaza war, Israel will be confronted with an existential question: should it redesign itself to harmonize with the region and beyond? Or continue in old, exceptional ways? The exclusive Israeli-style vengeance witnessed in the 51 days of bombardment, a jaw for a tooth, was possible only with […]

The History Hub Embark on a historical journey through the heart of the Jewish experience—from the ancient call to Abraham to the establishment of modern-day Israel. This deep dive explores pivotal moments that have shaped the nation’s destiny and the unyielding spirit of a people in pursuit of a place to call home. Witness the […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s overall rate of inflation as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on year-on-year (y-o-y) basis has increased to 3.4% in November, from 1.5% in October. The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS), in its latest report, said the year-on-year inflation of the food group increased to -3.6% in November […]

Courtesy Hiru News Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has declared that Members of Parliament (MPs) are protected by parliamentary privilege and cannot be sued for the statements they make within the House. The announcement came in response to a question raised by Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa during a parliamentary session. The […]

Mehjabin Bhanu- Bangladeshi culuminst, security and strategic affairs analyst, teacher. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) encourages governments to work together to regulate shipping involved in international trade and to adopt the highest standards that are practical in terms of maritime safety, navigation efficiency, and the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships.  The International […]

ALI SUKHANVER From the US to UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, China and Saudia, no country allows any immigrant to stay there without official documentation. Recently when Pakistan announced a strict action plan against all illegal immigrants, a very strange and illogical wave of resentment simply ‘haunted’ the attention of some specific  human rights organizations all […]

Written and Compiled by Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD (in progress)  In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same., Albert Einstein For treatment, procedures for PTSD in Sri Lanka medications and psychotherapy are widely used. Some prefer to […]

Prof. Sunil Wimalawansa  Part Five: Vitamin D safety and adverse effects—When should caution be advised?   In hypovitaminosis D, maximum benefit occurs over a steep dose response. Beyond that, no matter the high doses, additional benefits won’t exist. This principle is crucial for designing Clinical Studies and RCTs and Practice (DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11061542)  It provides original links to […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රිකට් අතුරු කමිටුවක් පවත්වාගෙන යාමට අධිකරනයෙන් බාධාවක් නොවන්නේ නම් හිටපු ඇමති රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතා විසින් පත්කර ඇති අතුරු කමිටුව දිගටම පවත්වාගෙන යාමට තම අනුමැතිය ලබාදෙන බව ක්‍රීඩා ඇමැති හරීන් ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. අධිකරණයේ තීරණයට ගරු කරමින් ක්‍රිකට් ගැටළුවට තමන් මැදිහත් වීම සිදු කරන බවද හෙතෙම පැවසීය. වත්මන් ක්‍රිකට් අර්බුදය […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe  courtesy PIME Asia News  An organised crime cartel allegedly brought 13 children ‘regularly’ from Sri Lanka to Malaysia and from there, using false documents, they were trafficked to the rest of the world, including Europe. The chairman of the National Child Protection Authority, Udayakumara Amarasinghe: ‘Parents are given a certain amount of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lankan Catholic Church has deplored the appointment of Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon as the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP). Addressing a media briefing today (Nov.29), Spokesperson of the Colombo Archdiocese Rev. Fr. Cyril Gamini said the Catholic Church deems this appointment ‘an insult’ to the victims of the 2019 Easter […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lankan government has announced that it has reached an agreement in principle with its Official Creditor Committee (OCC) on the financial terms of a debt treatment.  Issuing a statement, the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policy stated that the agreement in principle covers approximately US$ 5.9bn of outstanding public […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS A book titled Kurundi Vihara Vamsaya” was published in 2023, by Sarasavi Prakashakayo.    The idea of such a publication originated with Channa Jayasumana, who felt that an authoritative book on Kurundi was urgently needed. He has funded the publication as well. The book was edited by Chandima Bandara Ambanwela and Sumedha Weerawarne. Chandima […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Kurundi vihara supporters were quietly active, where Kurundi was concerned. They set up committees in Colombo to support Kurundi. Ven.Medagoda Abeyatissa of Sunetra Devi Pirivena, Pepiliyana, and Dr Wasantha Bandara   had told Ven. Santhabodhi they would gather the national organizations together for the   Kurundi cause. On September 25, 2022 the Jatika Sanvidana Ekamutuwa […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි මිනිසුන්ගේ මොලයේ ඇති ප්‍රශ්නයක්, අවුකන බුදු පිළිමයට ආදේශ කරගෙන සමාජ ප්‍රශ්නයක් නිර්මාණය කරගෙන ඇත.ඇයි මිනිසුන් තුල මේ ආකාරයේ ප්‍රශ්න නිර්මාණය කිරීමට අදාළ සිතුවිලි පහල වෙන්නේ? යන්න සම්බන්ධව අපි කරුණු සෙවිය යුතුය බුදු දහමට අනුව කිසිවෙක් උපතින් උසස් වෙන්නේ වත් පහත්  වෙන්නේ වත් නැත. උපතින් සමානව උපදින මිනිහා දෙකට බෙදී සුළුතරයක් උසස් තලයකටත්, […]

Sri Lankan Canadian Action Coalition Why does this matter, you might ask? We have migrated from Sri Lanka to Canada seeking peace, far removed from the divisive politics of our homeland. My aspiration is to coexist and collaborate with my Tamil friends and families in harmony. It’s imperative to acknowledge the suffering endured by all […]

Manusha Media Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara expressed his dissatisfaction today (27) with the delay in implementing a low-interest housing loan scheme for migrant workers, despite Cabinet approval. Minister Nanayakkara conveyed his displeasure during a scholarship awarding ceremony organized by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment. At the event, he presented […]

Manusha Media තීරු බදු සහන දෙන්න ජනාධිපතිතුමා ගැසට් නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කළත් රේගුවට තවම පියවරක් අරගෙන නෑ – අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාරගෙන් චෝදනාවක් විදේශගත ශ්‍රමිකයින්ට අඩු පොලී නිවාස ණය ලබාදීමට කැබිනට් මණ්ඩල අනුමැතිය ලබාදී ඇති නමුත් එය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට භාණ්ඩාගාරයට සහ බැංකුවලට තවමත් හැකියාව ලැබී නැති බවත්, විදේශගත ශ්‍රමිකයින්ට ලබාදෙන තීරු බදු සහනය ඉහළ දැමීමට ජනාධිපතිවරයා  ගැසට්නිවේදනයක් […]

ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය ධුරයෙන් ඉවත් කිරීමේ ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහගේ නිර්ලජ්ජිත ක්‍රියාව දැඩි පිළිකුලෙන් යුතුව හෙළා දකින බවත් රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතා ෂම්මි සිල්වා පමුඛ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් චෞර වළල්ලට” එරෙහිව ගත් ආදර්ශවත්, විශිෂ්ට ක්‍රියාමාර්ග දැඩි සේ අගය කරන බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ පවසයි. 28 පිටකෝට්ටේ පිහිටි ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ ප්‍රධාන කාර්යාලයේදී […]

Xinhua COLOMBO, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Education will commence distribution of vouchers to buy shoes for 747,000 poor children from Dec. 4, a government official said on Monday. Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha told parliament that the distribution of vouchers would end by Dec. 24, which would allow children to buy […]

Courtesy Offshore Technology The refinery will be built at Hambantota port in the south of the country. Sri Lanka’s Government has approved China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation’s (Sinopec) proposal to build a $4.5bn (32bn yuan) refining facility, reports Reuters. With the approval, the Chinese Government-backed refiner will be able to complete project specifics and enter a […]

Courtesy The Telegraph  online Aimed at boosting the tourism sector, Indian tourists – the largest inbound group – to Sri Lanka, would receive free tourist visas with immediate effect, the Department of Immigration and Emigration has announced here. The facility follows a Cabinet decision from October to issue free tourist visas to travellers from India, […]

Courtesy India Today A woman claiming to be daughter of slain LTTE leader Prabhakaran, addressed Lankan Tamils and she assured that the Tamil Eelam’s fight for freedom will continue. Identifying herself as Dwaraka, Prabhakaran’s daughter, she expressed her willingness to reveal her identity to the world on an important day. A video of a woman, […]

By Leonard Khafafa Courtesy The Standard (Kenya} A recent Daily Mirror editorial on Sri Lanka mentions that since independence, the country had implemented a number of welfare measures such as, subsidizing costs of food and fuel.” It adds that these measures were intended to gain electoral popularity, but they also led to a weakening of the economy.” […]

Courtesy AdaDerana Sri Lanka needs $100 billion to become a net zero emitter by 2040, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, as the island also attempts to build climate change resilience while navigating its worst financial crisis in decades. Sri Lanka will focus on green financing tools, including debt for nature swaps as it attempts […]

Courtesy AdaDerana In a landmark address at the 58th Annual General Meeting of the Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL), President Ranil Wickremesinghe outlined a comprehensive strategy to propel the country’s tourism sector to new heights, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.  During the meeting which was held on Monday (27) at Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo, […]