by Garvin Karunaratne, former GA Matara Economist Eran Wicks has rightly pointed out that we in our poor budget, are wasting funds and spending on unnecessary items. He has rightly said that of the Rs 254 million for the Highways Ministry as much as 85% is to be spent on Highways.(The Morning:1/12/23) I have for […]

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 […]

Prime Minister’s Media Unit Egg incubators are distributed with the objective of strengthening the rural economy and empowering small-scale poultry farm owners. With the objective of strengthening the rural economy and empowering small-scale poultry farm owners, 100  egg incubators were distributed today (2023.12.08) under the patronage of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees.Acceding […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Online youth radicalization in the South Asian region is a complex challenge that demands urgent attention and through fostering education, collaboration, socio-economic development and leveraging technology responsibly, we can empower our youth to resist extremist narratives and pave the way for a more peaceful and harmonious future in the […]

Press Statement Sri Lanka High Commission Canberra The High Commission of Sri Lanka in Canberra in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau hosted a vibrant evening reception to a selected number of outbound tour operators in Canberra on 06th December 2023 at the Sri Lanka High Commission premises. The key objective of this event was to […]

Politics The biggest event for Colombo scouts, the 58th Colombo Camporee is scheduled to be held from 8th to 10th December 2023 at the Vihara Maha Devi Park, with the participation of more than 12,000 scouts and scout leaders from the district. This time the theme of Colombo Camporee is ‘Scouting with Heart & Mind’. […]

Courtesy Pakistan Observer he Colombo Port City has great potential to facilitate the economic transformation Sri Lanka seeks, Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said on Thursday. Weerasinghe told reporters that the Colombo Port City is likely to become a global commercial hub featuring local and international businesses. We believe this project will change the fate […]

Courtesy The Island BY Dr B. J. C. PereraMBBS(Cey), DCH(Cey), DCH(Eng), MD(Paed), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lon), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCPaed, FCCP, Hony FRCPCH(UK), Hony. FCGP(SL)Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a well-known fact that many organs of the human body have some reserve quantum to fall […]

by Drs. Sunil J. Wimalawansa (Prof. of Medicine)and Chandra B. Dissanayake (Prof. of Geology) Since identifying chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka in the mid-1990s, little progress has been made in aetiology and prevention. Despite the numerous hypotheses and conjectures—with more than 35—none have been thoroughly studied or substantiated as the […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Russian embassy in Colombo declines to comment Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, yesterday (07) said that the government could not do anything about the activities of ex-military officers overseas.Minister Sabry said so in response to The Island query whether the Sri Lankan law prohibited Sri Lankans from joining the […]