Insight By Sunil Kumar Jan15th 2024 The President’s vision for Sri Lanka has certainly been recognized by the IMF and augurs well towards the future of Sri Lanka  with  Ranil Wickremasinghe at the helm with all his political savvy as the Nation emerges from the travails of the past with no thanks to past leaders […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ශ්‍රී  ලංකා ටෙලිකොම් සමාගම පෞද්ගලීකරණය කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාදාමය යටතේ එහි කොටස් ආයෝජනය සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ප්‍රකාශ කළ සමාගම් තුනක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් රාජ්‍ය ව්‍යවසාය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගතකරණ ඒකකය විසින් ඇගයීම් සිදු කිරීමට නියමිතය. රාජ්‍ය ව්‍යවසාය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගතකරණ වැඩපිළිවෙළ යටතේ මෙම සමාගමේ රජය සතු කොටස් සඳහා ආයෝජනය කිරීමට සුදුසුකම් ප්‍රකාශ කිරීමේ අවසන් දිනය පසුගිය සිකුරාදා (12දා) අවසන් වූ […]

GEETA PILLAI Courtesy bnn In a pioneering step, Sri Lanka has introduced a fresh wave of innovation into its fish export industry. The country has successfully shipped a colossal 10,000 kg container of dried and Maldive fish to Australia and Korea. This groundbreaking move utilized a revolutionary dehydration technology, marking a departure from the traditional […]

Courtesy India Today There have been regular instances of Indian fishermen being arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in Sri Lankan waters. A total of 240 Indian fishers were arrested, and 35 trawlers were seized by the Sri Lankan Navy in 2023 for alleged poaching. (Representative picture) The Sri Lankan Navy arrested […]

Courtesy The Island Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardena before the House Committee probing bankruptcy (pic courtesy Parliament) Secretary to the Treasury Mahinda Siriwardena recently told the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), tasked with investigating causes for the financial bankruptcy declared by the government and to report to Parliament and submit its proposals and recommendations in this regard, […]

Courtesy The Island Minister Sabry addresses Colombo-based diplomats. He is flanked by Minister Tiran Alles and Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has explained the ongoing ‘Yukthiya’ operation to members of the Colombo-based diplomatic community. The Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Commission has jumped to question the government operation. The Foreign Ministry […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Jaffna, Jan 14 (Daily Mirror)- The Sri lanka Navy seized three Indian trawlers with 12 Indian fishermen poaching on Sri Lankan waters off the Kovilan Lighthouse in Karainagar, Jaffna. The Navy said they conduct regular patrols and operations on Sri Lankan waters to curb illegal fishing practices by foreign fishing trawlers, […]

 By YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan. 15 (Daily Mirror)- The Government as a whole and the police should handle the Yukthiya operation diligently to avoid international intervention which may lead to its end, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Tissa Attanayake said today. The operation, which is a good, should be handled with care […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested Mahinda Kodituwakku, the self-proclaimed ‘Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’ at Pannipitiya a short while ago. Kodituwakku is accused of committing irreligious activities that are contrary to Buddhist teachings. On Friday (12), the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court also imposed an overseas travel ban on him. Earlier this week, the president […]

Courtesy Adaderana Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani has plans to expand his horizons in the telecommunications business through his firm Jio Platforms, expressing interest in buying stake in Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, the state-owned telecom company, Indian media reported. The Sri Lankan government has been struggling with the cash-strapped Telecom PLC, as current authorities continue to […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 1,468 out of 42,248 wanted suspects, in the list shared with all police stations as wanted in connection with various crimes, have been arrested during the last 24 hours under the ‘Yukthiya’ operation, the Ministry of Public Security said. Furthermore, the ministry mentioned that this includes 254 suspects out of […]

ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. ප්‍රාග් ඉතිහාශය පසෙක තැබුවද ලොව පුරා ඉතිහාශය හා පුරාවිද්‍යාව පිළිබඳ ප්‍රවීන පඬිවරුන් විසින් පිළිගත් ඉතිහාශය අනුව මේ රට සහ ජාතිය පිළිබඳ සැබෑ සහ සම්පූර්ණ සත්‍යය මෙසේය. ප්‍රථමයෙන්ම, ක්‍රි.පූ. 543 සිදුවූ විජයාගමනයෙන් ඇරඹුණු මේ රටේ ශිෂ්ටාචාරය ගොඩනැගූ මෙම දිවයිනේ මුල් පදිංචිකරුවන් වූයේ සිංහලයන්ය. එතැන්සිට මේ රටේ මානව ශිස්ඨාචාරය ගොඩ නැගුවේද  ක්‍රි.පූ. 307 දී […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ජාතිය හෝ ආගමට තරමටම කුලයට සලකන ‘කුල දේශපාලනයක්‘ රටේ පවතින බව දේශපාලන නායකයින් හොඳින්ම දනී.  කුලය මත ජයග්‍රහණය හෝ පරාජය තීරණය වන දිස්ත්‍රික්ක 9 ක් දකුණේ ඇත.  යාපනය, වන්නි දේශපාලනයේ දී කුලයට වඩා වෙන් කිසිවක් තීරණාත්මක නැති බව, අරූන් සිද්ධාර්ථන් ඇතුළු තරුණයින් යාපනයේ දී ජනාධිපතිවරයාට කීවේ  ‘පීඩිත කුලවලට රජයේ කාර්යාලයකින් සේවාවක් ලබා […]

Dinesh Gunawardena (M.P) Prime Minister Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ‘Thaipongal’, which is a national festival showcasing the excellence of Hindu culture that inherits an agricultural economy, embodies the core values based on peace, unity, and compassion. This harvest festival, during which the Tamil farmers, having a belief in the traditional lifestyle that is […]

Dilrook Kannangara Ranil was rejected by the people at presidential elections every time he contested but Rajapaksas appointed him in July 2022 via a parliamentary ballot. Prior to that Rajapaksas appointed him PM in May 2022. Ranil has just one parliamentary seat and cannot pass any act, law, policy or funds. All these are done […]

By Sanjeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island The headline on page one of the Sunday Island of 07 January 2024 read, CBSL Governor urges public to become informants to boost tax revenue.” The article was based on an interview with Governor Nandala Weerasinghe (NW) hosted by the President’s Media Centre. NW is quoted to have said, […]

Courtesy ScheerPost Settler colonial states have a terminal shelf life. Israel is no exception. By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Israel will appear triumphant after it finishes its genocidal campaign in Gaza and the West Bank. Backed by the United States, it will achieve its demented goal. Its murderous rampages and genocidal violence will exterminate or ethnically cleanse […]

By Mnar Adley / scheerpost.com MintPressNews “If anything good has come out of this horrific war, it’s that the moral depravity of the so-called ‘rules-based order’ has been exposed to the masses. The mask has fallen from the Neoliberal class.” RANSCRIPT  //  Like many of you, my heart is weighed down so heavily by the ongoing […]

DiEM25 “If we don’t stand up for Palestinians today, who will stand up for us tomorrow, for our children?” — Yanis Varoufakis on South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Criminal Court, and why everyone around the world must support it.

Not the Andrew Marr Show Former UK diplomat and human rights campaigner Craig Murray joined us to talk about South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon sent off the Minister of Finance, Minister of State for Financial Services and Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation of Japan, Hon. Suzuki Shunichi at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday (Jan 12). Minister Shunichi arrived in Sri Lanka on January 11 […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Ministry of Defence in Sri Lanka strongly refuted the allegations that a group of Sri Lankans was taken hostage by the Al-Shabaab militant group after a SLAF helicopter crash-landed in Somalia. The SLAF MI 17 helicopter (SMH 4417) was on a routine cargo flight during a United Nations […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island MP Gevindu Cumaratunga Dissident SLPP National List MP Gevindu Cumaratunga has accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of blatantly abusing ousted predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s mandate.The lawmaker questioned UNP leader Wickremesinghe’s recent declaration in Jaffna regarding the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, enacted in 1988, at the behest of India. MP Cumaratunga […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island The government will have to spend about USD 40 million to upgrade the offshore patrol vessel to be sent to the Red Sea to take part in operations against the Houthi rebels, Y.N. Jayarathna, retired Rear Admiral and hydrographer, said in a televised interview this week. The Sri Lanka […]

 By DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 13 (Daily Mirror) –  Acting IGP Deshabandu Thennakoon has handed over a comprehensive list of 42,248 suspects involved in crimes across the entire island to the Officers-in-charge of crimes of all the police stations, the Public Security Ministry said. They said this list comprises 35,505 individuals […]

By YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 14 (Daily Mirror) –  Japanese Minister  of Finance  Shun’ichi Suzuki and his delegation informed Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and SJB MPs that Sri Lanka should settle the amount which it has already spent on the initial part of the LRT project before its cancellation, SJB MP Harsha […]

 By AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Hambantota, Jan. 14 (Daily Mirror)- Claiming that a future NPP government would stop politicians’ misuse of public money, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today they will dissolve the large security detail of the President and the fleet of expensive vehicles used by politicians. Speaking at the Hambantota District […]

Courtesy Adaderana Newly-appointed Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha on Saturday met Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and discussed New Delhi’s consistent support to Colombo over the last several decades. High Commissioner @santjha met former President @PresRajapaksa and discussed Sri Lanka’s age-old relationship with India, as well as India’s consistent support to Sri Lanka over […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Chief Prelates (Mahanayaka Theros) of all three Buddhist Chapters in Sri Lanka have called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe to implement the law against the organized groups of people who they claim are spreading false ideologies regarding Buddhism and are harming the Buddhist philosophy and its cultural values. In a joint letter addressed […]

Courtesy Hiru News