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අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය මාලදිවයින පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ කථානායක මොහොමඩ් අස්ලාම් මහතා හා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අතර හමුවක් 2024.01.18 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී සිදුවිය. කිසි දිනක පලුදු නොවූ දෙරට අතර අනාදිමත් කාලයක සිට තිබූ සම්බන්ධතා හා රාජ්‍ය  තාන්ත්‍රික සබඳතා  පිළිබඳව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා  හා කතානායකවරයා මෙහිදී ස්මරණය කළේය. මාලදිවයින් අධ්‍යාපන ක්‍ෂේත්‍රයට ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයින් දක්වන බුද්ධිමය දායකත්වය පිළිබඳව කථානායකවරයා මෙහිදී ප්‍රකාශ […]

BY MEERA SRINIVASAN courtesy The Hindu Business UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urges the Sri Lankan government to review the ongoing Yukthiya” [Justice] operation Colombo:Sri Lanka has pledged to sustain its anti-drug operation — in which some 40,000 people have been arrested over the last month — despite serious concern expressed by the […]

Courtesy The Hindu The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet against four accused in a 2021 case relating to human trafficking of 39 Sri Lankan nationals into India on the false pretext of taking them to Canada. Mohamed Imran Khan alias Imran, who was arrested by the NIA recently, has been […]

By YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 19 (Daily Mirror) –  Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa informed a group of IMF officials  that the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement which their organization has signed with the Sri Lankan government has to be amended and a Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) government will do so […]

By AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 19 (Daily Mirror) –  The National People’s Power (NPP) was not expecting to legalize prostitution and that it would only amend some laws which inconvenience those who were forced to prostitution due to economic hardships, NPP MP Harini Amarasuriya said today. She told the Daily Mirror that […]

Courtesy Adaderana Although Sri Lanka’s macro economy is gradually stabilizing, the country’s economic recovery process is still in the ‘infancy level’ and has yet to reach the broader population, says Peter Breuer, the Senior Mission Chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Sri Lanka. Mr. Breuer has also expressed that property tax will help […]

Courtesy Adaderana The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is critical for Sri Lanka to swiftly complete the final agreements with the official creditors and reach a resolution with the external private creditors. IMF mission team, led by Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer, was in Sri Lanka from January 11-19 to discuss recent macroeconomic developments […]

Courtesy Adaderana The medical officers and nurses of the oncology unit of the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, together with the patients and residents of the area staged a demonstration on Friday (Jan.19), seeking justice for the senior oncologist arrested over an alleged assault. Dr. S.C.R. Perera, 61, was arrested for purportedly assaulting a female junior staff […]

Courtesy Adaderana Development projects are set to commence in February, following the finalization of agreements related to the debt restructuring and ongoing discussions with foreign creditors of Sri Lanka, according to Dr. Bandula Gunawardena, the Minister of Transport, Highways, and Mass Media. During a media briefing at the Presidential Media Centre on Friday (Jan.19), the […]

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Courtesy Hiru News Colombo, January 19, 2024 – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Peter Breuer visited Sri Lanka from January 11 to 19, 2024, to assess recent macroeconomic developments and progress in implementing economic and financial policies under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement. At the conclusion of the mission, Peter Breuer […]

Courtesy Hiru News Colombo, January 19, 2024 – The Senior Oncologist at Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, who was recently arrested for an alleged assault, has decided to retire voluntarily. His letter of retirement has been submitted to the Ministry of Health, according to the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA). The decision to retire comes in the […]

Courtesy Hiru News President Ranil Wickremesinghe commended President Yoweri Museveni for assuming leadership at the 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Kampala, Uganda. He highlighted the current global challenges, including the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the shift in the post-Cold War order, and emerging multipolar dynamics. President Wickremesinghe emphasized the need for NAM to reinvent […]

Shenali D Waduge Recently, Dr. Wasantha Bandara declared that Sri Lanka was fast on its way to becoming the 29th State of India on the lines of what happened to Sikkim. Obviously, many may be unaware of what happened to Sikkim & how it was annexed to be worried as to how Sri Lanka can be […]

පාත්ෆයින්ඩර් පදනම කාලීන අවශ්‍යතාවයක් සේ සලකා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ දූත මණ්ඩල අඩු කරන ලෙස යෝජනාවක් පාත්ෆයින්ඩර් පදනමේ නිර්මාතෘ මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ මහතා ඉදිරිපත් කරයි. නවීන තාක්ෂණය වඩාත් පහසුවෙන් භාවිතා කර සම්බන්ධතා ගොඩනැගිය හැකි ගෝලීයකරණයක් ඉදිරියේ රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික කටයුතු පරිවර්තනය කළ හැකි බව ඔහු ස`දහන් කරයි.  ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පරිපාලන ව්‍යුහය නවීකරණය කිරීම, කාර්යක්ෂමතාවයක් ඇති කිරීම සහ සීමිත […]

MOD  Media Centre Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne graced the closing ceremony of the 96th National Boxing Championship as the Chief Guest at the MAS Arena of Royal College Colombo, yesterday (Jan 17). Notably, Umayanga Mihiran of Sri Lanka Police was recognized as the Most Outstanding Boxer of the year 2023. The Sri Lanka Army […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, January 18: Media reports suggest that Sri Lanka may go in for Russian help to set up a nuclear power plant to supplement the current energy mix. The Russian State-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom appears to be the front runner among international companies that have shown interest in investing in Sri […]

Courtesy The Daily News Colombo, Jan. 18 (Daily Mirror)- A group of IMF representatives including head of operations for Sri Lanka, Peter Breuer met representatives of the National People’s Power (NPP) at the JVP head office today. Ms. Sarvath Jahan, the resident representative of the IMF, Ms. Manavee Abeywickrama (IMF staff) and Peter Brewer, participated […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සදහා මෙහෙයුම් ප්‍රධානී පීටර් බෘෘවර් (Peter Breuer) ඇතුළු කණ්ඩායමක් සහ ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ නියෝජිතයන් අතර සාකච්ඡාවක් (18) ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ ප්‍රධාන කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැත්විණි. ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල නියෝජනය කරමින් පීටර් බෲවර් මහතාට අමතරව මුල්‍ය අරමුදලේ නේවාසික නියෝජිත සර්වත් ජහාන් මහත්මිය සහ මානවී අබේවික්‍රම යන අය සහභාගි […]

Dimuthu Attanayake Courtesy The South China Morning Post   Isuru Alagiyawanna, 32, arrived in Yemen just six months ago in search of a better life away from the debilitating economic crisis of his native Sri Lanka. But as Colombo plans to join the US-led operations against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, he fears being caught in the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 18 (Daily Mirror) – The passenger ferry service between India’s Nagapattinam and Kankesanthurai in Jaffna will be initiated this week, Controller General of Immigration and Emigration I.S.H.J. Ilukpitiya said. Addressing the media, he said that so far, the initial programmes required to initiate the service have been completed, and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Kampala, Jan 18 (Daily Mirror) –  President  Ranil Wickremesinghe who arrived in Kampala , Uganda was greeted with gun salute upon arrival at the Entebbe airport.  Uganda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oreyem Okello along with Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardene, and Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Kenya Dr Kana Kananathan  welcomed the  guest. […]

Courtesy Adaderana In a bid to curb traffic violations, Sri Lanka Police has decided to trace traffic offenders in Colombo using the surveillance camera system in the island’s commercial capital. Speaking to the media this morning, Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon said this initiative would be implemented starting next Monday (Jan.22). Accordingly, the […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum for the year 2024 is held from January 15 – 19 in Davos, Switzerland, under the theme ‘Rebuilding Trust’. It aims to restore collective agency, and reinforce the fundamental principles of transparency, consistency, and accountability among leaders. Judging from events unfolding in various parts […]

by Garvin Karunaratne Our monetary economists of today have decided that printing money is to be stopped till the end of the year. The new Central Bank Act of 2023 is said to forbid money printing. Some foremost economists and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka are of the opinion that printing money causes inflation […]

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_Review_System The Decision Review System (DRS), formerly known as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), is a technology-based system used in cricket to assist the match officials in their decision-making. On-field umpires may choose to consult with the third umpire (known as an Umpire Review), and players may request that the third umpire consider a decision of the on-field umpires (known as a Player […]

By: Muhammad Jawad Courtesy BNN Breaking In a recent media briefing at the Presidential Media Center, Wajira Abeywardena, Chairman of the United National Party (UNP) and Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka, shed light on the crucial role of the Regulation of Election Expenditure Act No 3 of 2023. Passed in early 2023, the Act aims […]

Courtesy The Hindustan Times This comes after an expert panel verified that the two countries have had consistently high coverage of Hepatitis B vaccine doses. Maldives and Sri Lanka have achieved control over hepatitis B disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. This comes after an expert panel verified that the two countries […]