By AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror   Colombo, Jan. 17 (Daily Mirror)- The Russian Federation has donated USD 1.5 million worth of sunflower oil to Sri Lanka through the UN World Food Programme, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The official handing over ceremony took place at the Partnership Secretariat for World Food Programme Co-operation […]

TALAL RAFI Courtesy ORF research and analyses Sri Lanka’s Budget 2024 has ambitious proposals that could push the country forward, however, it continues to stare at a long road to economic recovery The recently passed 2024 Budget has many promises but when judging Sri Lanka by its past, it falls short of the revenue needed […]

By  Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today A senior Japanese diplomat attached to the Japanese Embassy in Colombo, speaking to Ceylon Today in terms of anonymity, claimed that a homegrown solution will not help Sri Lanka overcome the present economic crisis. He pointed out that the Gotabaya Rajapaksa Administration’s attempt to resolve the then-developing catastrophe with […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court has declared former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decision to grant presidential pardon to former MP Duminda Silva, convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, as invalid. The relevant court order was issued by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court when several petitions filed by the […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe took centre stage in a recent roundtable discussion organized by the Consortium of Indian Industry (CII) and World Economic Forum yesterday (16), unveiling a comprehensive economic vision for Sri Lanka. The President emphasized the successful resolution of supply bottlenecks, the removal of import restrictions and the restoration of foreign exchange […]

Courtesy Adaderana State Minister for Transport Lasantha Alagiyawanna has assured that the ongoing issue in the issuance of driver’s licenses would be addressed by October, with a shift towards providing permanent licenses through a one-day service rather than temporary ones. Speaking at a news conference held at the Presidential Media Centre under the theme ‘Collective […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

 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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Presidential Candidate AKD Road map Action plan 1 request all the ministers and MP’s to return all the vehicles Lottery to be thrown in Galle face so that everyone gets one vehicle  2 Ask all ex presidents and wives to return all the vehicles and handover the house given to them and […]

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Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena met the residents of  Mandaram Nuwara today (2023.01.15) without prior notice. They exchanged many views with the Prime Minister on matters affecting the area, infrastructure and tourism. They pointed out strongly the need for an economic center  to transport the harvest , including vegetables, to the main […]

The Pathfinder Foundation Milinda Moragoda, Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, called on political parties to seriously consider abolishing the provincial council system as a priority action in their campaign manifestos for the forthcoming national elections. Moragoda reiterated his earlier proposal that provincial councils should be abolished and power directly devolved to empowered and reconfigured local, […]

Lanka Lead ක්ෂණිකව ධනවතුන් වූ විශාල පිරිසක් පසුපස යුක්තිය මෙහෙයුම දියත් කරමින් තිබෙන බව වැඩබලන පොලිස්පති දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පවසයි. ඔහු පැවසුවේ මෙවැනි පුද්ගලයින් 50,000ක් පමණ ඉදිරියේ දී අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමට නියමිත බවය. සීතාවක පොලිස් කොට්ඨාසයේ ප්‍රජා පොලිස් කමිටු සාමාජිකයින් දැනුවත්කිරීම සඳහා විශේෂ වැඩසටහනක් අවිස්සාවේල්ල පොලිස් ස්ථානයේදී ඊයේ (14) පැවැත්විය. ඒ, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් […]