Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 22 (Daily Mirror) – The government which was formed with a 6.9 million mandate and a two-thirds majority was shattered by its own leaders, Parliamentarian S.B. Dissanayake said today. “I am dissapointed that the government formed with a 6.9 million mandate and a two-thirds majority was shattered by our […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A protest was held in front of the head office of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in Pelawatta against the statement by National People’s Power (NPP) executive member Samanmalee Gunasinghe over legalising prostitution under their government. Protest was staged by New Peoples Front Pix courtesy social media

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan. 22 (Daily Mirror)- With vital elections looming on the horizon , rhetorical remarks from across the political divide have become the norm for each passing day. It is common for political leaders of all hues to fine-tune their speeches with rhetorical language as a vote catching ,crowd pulling exercise. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Secretary General of the Parliament Mrs. Kushani Rohanadeera has said that the reports that there is constant sexual harassment towards female staff members and female Members of Parliament in Parliament and that proper investigations and measures are not being taken are completely false.  Issuing a statement, the Secretary General emphasized that when […]

Courtesy Hiru News Starting from today (22), the Colombo Police have activated a new CCTV surveillance system aimed at tracking drivers who violate traffic rules within the city. A total of 108 CCTV cameras have been installed to monitor vehicles entering Colombo. If a driver is found violating traffic rules, a fine slip will be […]

Courtesy Hiru News Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardena has revealed plans to establish shops exclusively selling VAT-exempt goods nationwide. Speaking at a program in the Kaduwela area, the minister stated that this initiative aims to provide consumers with a fair opportunity to purchase items not subject to VAT. Goods such as vegetables, baby milk powder, fruits, […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation rate jumped to 4.2% year-on-year in December driven by rising food prices, official data showed on Monday, although it remains well below record high levels seen at the height of the country’s financial crisis. Food prices rose 1.6% in December after falling 2.2% in November on the […]

Shenali D Waduge There are a few things Sri Lanka & Haiti have in common – that is production of rice. Within 20 years Haiti turned from a self-sufficient rice producing country to one having to import rice after IMF & WB pressurized Haiti to cut import tariffs on rice from 50% to 3% & […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග M.D. PhD (in Progress) තමා බෝධිසත්වයෙක් බව කියමින් මිනිසුන් ගෙන් වැඳුම් ගන්නා ඊජිප්තුවේ බල්ලන් බලා ගත් බව කියන පුද්ගලයෙකු සහ ඔහු ගේ කල්ට් එකක් පිලිබඳ රාවයක් මේ දින වල යයි. මෙය යම් පුද්ගලයෙකු හෝ පුද්ගලයන් පිරිසක් විසින් නළුවන් යොදා කරන කැළනියේ නයා වැනි දේශපාලන උපක්‍රමයක් හෝ යම් මානසික අක්‍රමතාවකට ලක්වූ පුද්ගලයෙකු විසින් […]

About this book Volume 30 in the series De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Now in Paperback This book provides a broad picture of Sri Lanka’s on-going political and economic crisis as the culmination of several centuries of colonial and neo-colonial developments. The book presents the Sri Lankan crisis as an exemplification of a broader global existential […]

Jubeda Chowdhury Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud lead the Bangladesh delegation at the 19th NAM Summit in Uganda from January 20-21, focusing on “Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Affluence.” The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), established in 1961, is a group of mostly developing countries working together to advance shared interests. The NAM summit, inaugurated by […]

Anup Sinha – a security and strategic affairs researcher and freelance columnist The 28th Dhaka International Trade Fair was officially inaugurated on January 21 by Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina as the chief guest at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center located in Purbachal, near the capital. According to the layout plan of this year’s trade […]

Mehjabin Bhanu is a Bangladeshi culuminst, security and strategic affairs analyst, and teacher. After winning the national elections, the Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina, formed a new administration for the fourth consecutive time, demonstrating their ongoing success. Sheikh Hasina has attained a great degree of bravery in her leadership while facing complex local and […]

By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 20: The present Sri Lankan constitution, in place for more than four and a half decades, has seen 21 Amendments. Most of them were brought by incumbent Presidents to suit their political interests and were fundamentally  anti-democratic. But the 13th Amendment, which has a relatively democratic dimension in […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan. 21 (Daily Mirror)- The controvercial saffron-robed monk who identifies himself as ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been expelled from the Ramanna Maha Nikaya and the monkhood. The Mahanayake Thera of Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya, Ven. Makulewe Wimalaabhidana Thera has informed this decision to the Commissioner General of Buddhist Affairs. The […]

Courtesy Adaderana The saffron-robbed monk claiming to be ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been ordered to be remanded in custody until January 26, after being produced before the Gangodawila Magistrate’s Court in Nugegoda. The suspect, who was out on bail, was re-arrested this morning (21) by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Earlier, the monk was arrested on […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් බෞද්ධයන්ට හා බුදුදහමට අපහාස වන අයුරින් ප්‍රකාශ නිකුත් කර ඒවා අන්තර් ජාලයට මුදාහැරි බවට චෝදනා එල්ලවීම හේතුවෙන් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් රත්නපුරේ විමල බුද්ධි හෙවත් විශ්ව බුද්ධ නැමැත්තා මේ මස 26 වනදා දක්වා රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගතකතර තිබෙනවා. ඒ, ඔහු නුගේගොඩ වැඩබලන මහේස්ත්‍රාත් සුනිල් හෙට්ටආරච්චි හමුවට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුවයි. රත්නපුරේ විමල […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing the 3rd South Summit today (21) in Kampala, Uganda, highlighted the numerous challenges the world faces, such as conflicts, pandemic repercussions, climate disasters and financial market uncertainties. The President also emphasized the disproportionate impact on vulnerable G77 economies. In his statement, President Wickremesinghe stressed the urgency of reforming the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe says that the Micro-Finance and Loan Regulation Act was submitted to Parliament in order to establish a proper, strong regulatory procedure as a government. Joining the FLi Diri Abhimani 2024” awards ceremony, organized to award women entrepreneurs in the Micro-Financial Sector, Semasinghe mentioned that the approval […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe is currently addressing the Group of 77 and China (G77+China) Third South Summit in Kampala, Uganda, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. In his statement at the summit in Kampala, President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed establishing unity within the G77 and China to address challenges facing the Global South.  Emphasizing the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Heads of states of the Non-Aligned Movement Saturday called Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip illegal” and strongly condemned indiscriminate attacks against Palestinian civilians, civilian infrastructure and the forced displacement of the Palestinian population. While calling for a ceasefire desperately needed for humanitarian aid to access the Gaza Strip, the movement in […]

Dilrook Kannangara Rajapaksas are about to end up irrelevant in national politics. The battle is now between Sajith and Anura for presidency and opposition leader. These may be the last few months of power Rajapaksas enjoy. There is a way to strike it big and remain politically relevant for SLPP. There’s only one way for […]

-ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සභාපතිත්වය දරන සමාජවාදී ලංකා කම්කරු සමිති සම්මේලනයට වසර 50ක් සැපිරීම නිමිත්තෙන් මේ සටහන ලියැවේ. ලෝකයේ පළමු වතාවට ත්‍රෛපාර්ශවීය ගිවිසුමකින් පෞද්ගලික අංශයේ සේවකයන් 37 ලක්ෂයකගේ රැකියා රැකදුන් අවස්ථාව කෙටියෙන් වුවද මෙහිදී විශේෂයෙන් සටහන් කළ අතර, වැඩකරන ජනතාව වෙනුවෙන් දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධනයන් ඉටු කරන මෙහෙවරේ වැදගත් අවස්ථා කිහිපයක් සංක්ෂිප්තව ඉදිරිපත් කර […]

Courtesy CBC This baker’s true passion is his gourmet chocolate business Chamira Milinda is the owner of Chocolate de Champ, a small homemade chocolate business he runs out of his home in L’Anse au Loup, a community on Labrador’s southern coast. Since moving to Labrador from his home in Sri Lanka in 2012, Milinda has been working full time in […]

 By CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Avissawella, Jan 20 (Daily Mirror) – statement made by the Opposition Leader about changing the agreement by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with Sri Lanka is a mere slogan, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. He said the Opposition Leader had made a statement that he will change […]

 By DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 20 (Daily Mirror) – A leaked audio conversation between a police officer and a female lawyer, suspected of representing a relative of organized criminal Ganemulla Sanjeewa who is being held at the Weeragula Police Station, has surfaced.  It is alleged that during the conversation, the lawyer […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Navy on Friday (Jan.19) foiled yet another drug smuggling attempt by intercepting a local multiday fishing trawler carrying a large cache of heroin. The street value of the heroin consignment, weighing over 65kg, is believed to be more than Rs. 1,626 million. Additionally, another multiday fishing trawler, suspected of assisting the […]

රංජිත් විතානගේ සභාපති පාරිභෝගික අයිතීන් සුරැකීමේ ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය මිනිස් පරිභෝජනයට නුසුදුසු සහල් තොගයක් මුදා හැරීමට පාරිභෝගික අධිකාරියේ අධ්‍යක්ෂක මණ්ඩලය අනුමැතිය දීමේ සූදානමක් ඇති බවත්, මහා පරිමාණ සුදුලූණු වංචාව සිදුකල සමාගම විසින් මෙම සහල් ආනයනය කර ඇති බවත් පාරිභෝගික අයිතීන් සුරැකීමේ ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය පවසයි. මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පාරිභෝගික අයිතීන් සුරැකීමේ ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය මේ බව සඳහන් […]

By: Salman Khan Courtesy bnn Breaking News The Decision Review System (DRS), a technology-based aid used in cricket, was conceived by Senaka Weeraratna in 1997. Initially known as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), DRS combines television replays, ball-tracking technology, microphones, and infra-red imaging to assist match officials with decision making. It comprises both Umpire Reviews […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre In the realm of national security, knowledge is not merely power; it is the bedrock upon which our safety and freedom vest.” Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne expressed his views as the Chief Guest of the launching ceremony of ‘Defence Review-2023’ held at the Institute of National Security Studies […]