Dr Sudath Guanasekara Part 1. This document is expected to serve as the blue print of a Master plan for the rehabilitation, Development and Protection of the Kandyan areas as defined in this paper below and its people, located right at the center of this Island (The Geographical heartland HADABIMA” of this Island) and it […]

Saeed Naqvi A brutal tragedy is being played out on an epic scale between Israel and Gaza. Though the scale is truly epic, it still constitutes but a sub plot in the cosmic drama of a hegemon’s fall, to describe which Milton’s description on another epochal fall is apt: From morn till noon he fell, […]

Times Radio There’s definitely a growing concern, a growing nervousness at the indiscriminate nature of the bombing of Gaza by the IDF.” A tipping point” is approaching where the West will stop supporting Israel because of the “dire” situation in Gaza, says Huff’s Post, Kevin Schofield, as the UK foreign secretary slaps a travel ban […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division A meeting between Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and Cuban Ambassador Andres Marcelo Gonzales Garrido took place on 14.12.2023 at the Temple Trees in Colombo. The Prime Minister thanked Cuba for the consistent support extended to Sri Lanka at the United Nations and other international forums. He also referred to […]

By ANDREA SAMUELS Courtesy The Jerusalem Post While the attacks of October 7 have left death and destruction in their wake, one thing that they failed to damage was the relationship between Israel and Sri Lanka. People of all nationalities and religions were victims of the Hamas atrocities on October 7. Men, women, and children from the […]

Courtesy The Island Suresh P wants to know who represented govt. at Nepal talks Former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Suresh Premachandran has demanded to know who represented Sri Lanka at talks in Kathmandu, Nepal in April this year, which led to the so-called Himalaya Declaration jointly prepared by the ‘Sangha for a Better Sri […]

Courtesy The Island President Ranil Wickremesinghe held discussions on Thursday (07) with a delegation comprising representatives from the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) and Buddhist monks, as reported by the President’s Media Division (PMD) on Friday (08). The PMD mentioned that the Joint Himalayan Declaration, a collaborative effort between the Global Tamil Forum and the Buddhist […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 15 – Sri Lanka’s public security minister, Tiran Alles, is the first sitting Sri Lankan minister to be identified in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ Pandora Papers data trove as having offshore holdings. An ICIJ analysis of the leaked records and U.K.’s public property register shows that Alles, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s economy grew by 1.6% in the quarter from July to September, official data showed on Friday, as the country claws its way back from its worst financial crisis in more than seven decades following a record fall in foreign exchange reserves. The expansion was the first since the end of 2021, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says a special commission should be appointed to investigate the incidents of harassment experienced by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) members during the ‘Aragalaya’ protest movement last year. Addressing the SLPP’s National Convention to unveil the party’s political mission titled ‘Ayubowan 2024’ got underway at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been re-elected as the leader of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna. MP Gamini Lokuge proposed the former president’s name while MP Johnston Fernando seconded it. SLPP’s 2nd National Convention got underway at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium this afternoon (Dec.15), under the aegis of Mahinda Rajapaksa and the party’s national […]