Archive for January 23rd, 2024

On the ‘Yukthiya’ – A Call to Traverse Sri Lanka’s Realities and Lessons from the Past

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024

By Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel (LL.M (UCL)), former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President of the Lanka Ambassador’s Forum – United Kingdom, Solicitor in England and Wales, and Suchithra Withanage (LL.M (UK) (LL.M (UK) MBA (UK | Reading) LL.B (Hons) (UK)) Diploma in Law (UK) MCIArb (UK) MBCS (UK) MCMI (UK) ACIPR (UK) ASIArb (Singapore) […]

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සොමාරාමගේ “රට, ජාතිය, ආගම” ප්‍රකාශය

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ Lankaweb අඩවියේ කළින් පළවූ ‘Bandaranaike Assassination – due to Banda – Chelva pact?’ යන ඉංග්‍රීසි ලිපියේ සිංහල අනුවාදය, එම මුල් ලිපිකරු විසින්ම. 1956 මැතිවරණ ව්‍යාපාරයේදී බණ්ඩාරණායක මහතා සිංහල එකම රාජ්‍ය භාෂාව බවට පත් කරන බවට පොරොන්දු විය. නමුත් බලයට පත් වූ පසු එම පොරොන්දුව ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට යම් ප්‍රමාදයන් ඇති විය. ඒ.පී ජයසූරිය මන්ත්‍රීවරයාගේ […]

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New war is here: US prepares ‘open-ended’ bombing of Yemen. Why is Saudi Arabia urging ‘restraint’?

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024

Geopolitical Economy Report

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Maldives gives port clearance to a Chinese ship. The move could inflame a dispute with India

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024

Courtesy abc news The Maldives government has confirmed giving clearance to a Chinese ship to dock in its port, a move which could further irk India with whom the tiny archipelago nation is involved in a diplomatic spat COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Maldives government said Tuesday that it had given clearance to a Chinese ship […]

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SJB to spend over Rs 20 Mn for protest on Jan. 30: Range Bandara

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 23 (Daily Mirror) – Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is to spend more than Rs 20 million to be paid for the people who are to be brought to Colombo for its protest on January 30 2023, UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara alleged […]

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On Camera: Scientists capture plants “Talking” to each other for the first time

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024

Courtesy Hiru News A team of scientists from Japan has made an incredible discovery, capturing real-time footage of plants “talking” to each other. According to Science Alert, plants are surrounded by fine mist of airborne compounds that they use to communicate. These compounds are like smells and warn plants of danger nearby. The video recorded […]

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Six Indian fishermen arrested for poaching in Sri Lankan waters

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana Six Indian nationals, together with two fishing trawlers, have been taken into custody by the Sri Lanka Navy for poaching in local water north of Delft Islands, Jaffna. The apprehension took place during a special operation conducted on Monday night (22 Jan.), in a bid to chase away foreign fishing vessels poaching in […]

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Sri Lankan Tamil leaders seek Indian intervention in implementation of 13A – report

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana A group of Sri Lankan Tamil legislators has sought India’s intervention to ensure that Colombo fully implements the New Delhi-mooted 13th Amendment, which provides for the devolution of power to the minority community, PTI reported quoting sources. The group led by the veteran politician and TNA Leader R Sampanthan met India’s new High […]

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Police recover car suspected to have been used in shooting of Buddhist monk

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana Police have recovered the vehicle which is suspected to have been used by the suspects involved in the shooting of a Buddhist monk in Malwathuhiripitiya area of Gampaha earlier today (23 Jan.). The vehicle was found abandoned in a shrubby area at Godella in Kaduwela, Police said, adding that it had been torched […]

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