KAMALIKA PIERIS Kurundi Vihara has led to a lot of talk about how to conserve a Buddhist monument in Sri Lanka. Until Kurundi, there was no discussion on the subject.  The Department of Archaeology selected certain Buddhist monuments and renovated them.  There was no fuss. But when the Kurundi vihara issue came up, the public […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ පසුගිය කාලයේ සිටී රාජ්‍ය නායකයෝ විවිධාකාර ආගමික සිද්ධඨාන වෙත ගොස් ඉමහත් භක්තියෙන් පුද පුජා වලට සහභාගී වන රුපවාහිනී රාමු අප දැක ඇත්තෙමු. සිරිමා බන්ඩාරණායක මැතිණිය සැබෑ බෞධාගමිකයෙකු ලෙස අවංක ලෙස හැසිරීය. මෙම මැතිණිය පල්ලි, කෝවිල් වලට ගොස් කෙනෙකුට ආගම් 2ක් හෝ 3ක් ඇදහිය හැකි බවට වූ  බොරු ප්‍රදර්ශනයේ නොයෙදුනාය. R ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා මුස්ලිම් […]

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Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The outgoing High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, Major General Umar Farooq Burki (Retd) made a farewell call on to Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte today (Dec 13). During the meeting, the Defence Secretary expressed his appreciation for the […]

පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී යදාමිණි ගුණවර්ධන පරාටේ නීතිය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට පෙර සමථකරණයකට යාම සඳහා මුල්‍ය නීති රෙගුලාසි සංශෝධනය කළ හැකි නම්, මුල්‍ය ආයතනවලින් ණය ගෙන ගෙවාගත නොහැකි බොහෝ පිරිසක් ආරක්ෂා කරගත හැකි බව, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී යදාමිණි ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී කියා සිටියේය. බැංකු ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ විශ්‍රාම ගිය පිරිසකට පුහුණුවක් දී එම කාර්යය සඳහා යෙදවිය හැකි බවද මන්ත්‍රීවරයා සඳහන් කළේය. […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Public awareness, education, and training initiatives are the building blocks of resilience. Our collaboration with SAARC countries is not just a diplomatic formality; it’s a bond forged in the crucible of shared experiences. Together with ADPC, BMGF, USAID, and other stakeholders, we’ve not only fortified our disaster management capabilities […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Sri Lanka, H.E. Maged Mosleh met the State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon at his office in Colombo today         (Dec 13). Following a warm reception, the State Minister held a cordial discussion with the Egyptian envoy. During the interaction, […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre A delegation led by Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, H.E. Paul Stephens met Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Headquarters Complex, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte today (Dec 12) and had a cordial  discussion. The outgoing Commander, Joint AgencyTask Force (JATF) of Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB) Rear Admiral […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News Corruption and labour shortages are among the causes, but the latest challenge comes from President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s budget proposal to increase VAT by 18 per cent. For some observers, the sector is on the verge of collapse. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Sri Lanka’s coconut industry is facing a major […]

Courtesy The Hindu They have been taken to the Kankesanthurai naval base for interrogation, say sources Six fishermen from Pudukottai district were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday on the charge of trespassing into the territorial waters of the island nation. Coastal Security Group sources said the six fishermen set sail on board a mechanised […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 13 (Daily Mirror) – The Court of Appeal in its majority decision today affirmed the convictions and the sentences imposed on three accused in connection with South Asia’s largest VAT scam.  The Colombo High Court had convicted and sentenced these three accused for committing criminal misappropriation of nearly Rs. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec. 13 (Daily Mirror) – The Education Ministry is expected to make the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination simpler by making several major changes in the existing education system starting next year. It has also been decided to grant the priority to measure the students’ literacy and numeracy skills, Education Minister […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka’s gross foreign reserves are projected to reach US $3.8 billion by the end of 2023, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections. This figure falls short by US $600 million compared to the programme request, reflecting a slowdown in reserves accumulation during the second half of the year due […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Parliament, Dec. 13 (Daily Mirror) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) does not consider what is said in Parliament on Sri Lanka’s cricket as they have a certain way of doing things, Minister of Sports Harin Fernando told Parliament today. Minister Fernando was responding to a question raised by Opposition Leader […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Parliament, Dec. 13 (Daily Mirror)- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal will be renegotiated under a future Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) government, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said today. He told Parliament that they would reach an agreement with the IMF so as not to burden the people. “We are going to […]

Courtesy Hiru News Colombo, December 13, 2023 In response to the rising concerns over religious hate crimes propagated on social media platforms, Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon has taken proactive measures by directing the Police Computer Crimes Division to set up a dedicated unit for the investigation of such allegations. The newly […]