Archive for January 16th, 2024
Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
e-Con e-News 07-13 January 2023 blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 07-13 January 2023 Sri Lanka has been invaded 17 times throughout its known history, mostly from South India, suggests Wasantha Bandara. We can now pay in dollars & rupees for front-row seats to Invasion No. 18 – with our hands […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
Pathfinder Foundation Pathfinder Shipping with Indian and Norwegian partners are ready to reestablish the ferry link between six to nine months after approvals granted As part of its overall objective of consolidating ties with institutions at governmental and nongovernmental levels in Tamil Nadu, a Pathfinder Foundation delegation visited Chennai to promote tourism and connectivity between […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
Rohan Abeygunawardena ACMA, CGMA. On July 20th, 1969, American Astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the Moon. As he took the first tentative steps on the moon’s surface he uttered the immortal words “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” At the same time, the television […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
Ministry of Defence – Media Centre The exposition of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa and the Crest-Gem takes place at Abeysekararamaya, Yakkala today (Jan 16) for public veneration. These revered articles will be remaining there until the morning on January 18. Further, arrangements have been made for the public veneration of these revered […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
By Prof. Amarasiri de Silva Courtesy The Island NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake addressing a political rally.(File photo) Navigating political landscape: Sri Lanka’s next presidential election, scheduled between September and October 2024, has heightened the political atmosphere with anticipation. According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka, voters can elect a president for a five-year term. […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
Courtesy The Island The impact of the US dollar’s dominance as the primary international currency, termed the US dollar trap,” on poor, developing, and emerging economies. The consequences encompass financial stability and dollarization, with monetary policy constrained by the dollar’s influence. A stronger dollar negatively affects trade and finance in emerging markets, causing a decline […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Udaya Pivuthu Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila, MP, yesterday (16) insisted that health sector trade union coalition’s demand for Rs 35,000 allowance shouldn’t be granted under any circumstances. The former Power and Energy Minister said that those trade unions should realise that their demand for Rs 35,000 allowance […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මෙරට සිදු කෙරෙන බුදු දහමට අපහාස කිරීමේ ක්රියාවලිය ඉතා සංවිධානාත්මක ක්රියාවලියක් බවත් මේ සදහා කෝටි ගණනින් මුදල් විදෙස් රටවලින් ලැබෙන බවත් පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සදහන් කර සිටියේ පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති මාධ්ය හමුව අමතමිනි. පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායකයා […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් වෛද්යවරුන්ට ලබා දුන් රුපියල් තිස් පන්දහසක දීමනාව ඉල්ලමින් සිදු කරන වැඩ වර්ජනය පසුපස ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේ ඇතැමුන් සිටින බව රජයේ වෛද්ය නිලධාරීන්ගේ සංසදය පෙන්වා දෙයි. වෛද්යවරුන්ගේ දීමනාව කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලයෙන් අනුමත කිරීමෙන් පසු ඒ මොහොතේමද ‘හෙට වැඩ වර්ජනයකට බැහැපල්ලා’ යයි ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයෙන්ම දුරකථන ඇමතුමක් ලැබුණු බව සංගමයේ සභාපති වෛද්ය රුක්ෂාන් බෙල්ලන මහතා […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia Traffic has grown by 80% in a few weeks, after many companies decided to abandon the Suez Canal route because of Houthi attacks, for the one circumnavigating Africa. But for Sri Lanka it risks being only a short-term gain. The political crux of Colombo’s participation in the Red Sea […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් අවලෝකේතීශ්වර බෝධිසත්ත්ව’ ලෙස පෙනී සිටි මහින්ද කොඩිතුවක්කු නමැත්තා ලබන ජනවාරි 24 දක්වා රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කරන ලෙස කොළඹ මහේස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණය අද (16) නියම කළා. එහිදී සැකකරු අංගොඩ මානසික රෝහල වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කර, ඔහුගේ මානසික වෛද්ය වාර්තාවක් කැඳවීමට පියවර ගන්නා ලෙසයි මහේස්ත්රාත්වරයා නියෝග කළේ. එහිදී පැමිණිල්ල වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටි නියෝජ්ය සොල්සිටර් ජනරාල් […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
By SHEAIN FERNANDOPULLE Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 16 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka is grappling with a surge in Dengue fever cases, logging a staggering 380 cases per day. Health experts have raised alarm bells as the country battles this alarming spike in mosquito-borne illnesses. The latest data from the Epidemiology Unit, as of […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
By LAKMAL SOORIYAGODA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 16 (Daily Mirror) – Self-proclaimed Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, Mahinda Kodithuwakku was today ordered to be remanded till January 24 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court. He was arrested by the CID for allegedly insulting Buddhism and hurting religious feelings. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
Courtesy Adaderana Addressing the Business Roundtable organized by BOI Sri Lanka and the Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce yesterday, during his official tour to Switzerland to attend the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted significant strides in Sri Lanka’s economic recovery and outlined future growth prospects. President Wickremesinghe began by […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted the present as an opportune moment for investing in Sri Lanka’s renewable energy sector, expressing confidence in its potential to yield substantial benefits for both stakeholders and consumers in the coming decades. The President also underscored that investors venturing into this sector can anticipate a comprehensive and unwavering policy […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
Courtesy AdaDerana The Sectoral Oversight Committee on International Relations has drawn its attention to the affairs related to the National Oceanic Affairs Committee Secretariat, an agency affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Committee to which met on 09 January 2024 chaired by Member of Parliament Akila Ellawala discussed the role of the National […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
මුහුණ පොතින් උපුටාගන්නා ලදී බුදුන්වහන්සේ ලංකාවේ දී උපත ලැබූ කියන පුද්ගලයින් ගැන හෙළි කිරීම වැදගත්, එක අතකින් වැදගැන්මක් නැති ලඳබොළඳ කතා බහක් වුවත් ඔවුන්ගේ උත්සහය පරාජය කළ යුතුයි, එළවා එළවා පහර දිය යුත්තේ පුරාවිද්යාත්මක කරුණු වලින්, මෝඩ ශ්රධාවන්තයා මුළා කිරීමට වඩා බරපතල වන්නේ තරුණ ප්රජාව මුළා කිරීමයි. අනාගත සමජය මුළා කිරීමයි. එපමණක් නොව චීවරය දරාගත් […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්
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