Courtesy The Hindu ​India’s fisherfolk must be weaned away from bottom trawling The resumption of fishing off India’s eastern coast including the Palk Bay, after the annual 61-day ban on fishing, has led to the death of a sailor from the Sri Lanka Navy. The Sri Lankan Navy had carried out an operation on June […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s agreements with China and other creditor nations to restructure about $10 billion in bilateral debt brought it a step closer towards restoring debt sustainability, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday. The island nation signed deals with China and other creditor nations to restructure about $10 billion in bilateral debt […]

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BY BINOY KAMPMARK Courtesy counterpunch Image by Samuel Regan-Asante. One of the longest sagas of political persecution is coming to its terminus. That is, if you believe in final chapters. Nothing about the fate of Julian Assange seems determinative. His accusers and inquisitors will draw some delight at the plea deal reached between the WikiLeaks founder’s […]

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තිස්ස ගුණතිලක අපි සද්ධර්මය තුලම තියෙන සුළු සුළු කාරනා කිපයක් පැහැදිලි කරගනිමු. එය සද්ධර්මය තේරුම් අරගෙන ඉදිරියට යන්න පහසු වේවි. බුදුන්වහන්සේ ‘සද්ධම්මෝ පරම දුල්ලභෝ – ධම්මපදය’ යයි පැවසුවේ සද්ධර්මය ඇසීමට ලැබීම ඉතාමත් අසීරු නිසයි. එහෙනම් උදේ හවස අපට රේඩියෝ එකෙන් ටෙලිවිශන් එකෙන් ඇහෙන්නේ සද්ධර්මය වෙන්න බැහැ. එය ඇසීම එතරම්ම දුල්ලභ කාරනයක් බවයි බුදුන්වහන්සේ දේශනා කලේ.  […]

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පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ සභානායක කාර්යාලය පළාත් පාලන ආයතන තුළ තාවකාලික, අනියම්, ආදේශක, කොන්ත්‍රාත් සහ සහන පදනම මත සිටින සේවකයන්ට ස්ථිර විශ්‍රාම වැටුප් සහිත පත්වීම් ලබා දීමට කැබිනට් අනුමැතිය ලැබී ඇත. ඒ, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සහ රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන, ස්වදේශ කටයුතු, පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා ඉදිරිපත් කළ අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩල සංදේශයටකට අනුවය. මෙමගින් දිවයින පුරා ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා, […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries Mahinda Amaraweera, announced that a national week for the implementation of the Youth Agri-Entrepreneurship Village Program will be held from July 01st to 07th. He also stated that the government has decided to provide free MOP fertilizer for paddy cultivation to farmers for the next two seasons. […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Navy says that the 10 Indian fishermen who were arrested while poaching in Sri Lankan waters off Kankesanthurai in the early hours of Tuesday (25) will also face charges for causing the death of a naval person and for causing damage to naval property. The Sri Lanka Navy had conducted a […]

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Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited the Chief Prelate of the Malwatu Chapter Most Ven. Thibbatuwawe Sri Sumangala Maha Nayaka Thera and the Chief Prelate of the Asgiri Chapter Most Ven. Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Nayaka Thera during his visit to Kandy, a short while ago, and received their blessings. The President engaged in progressive discussions […]

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Courtesy  Hiru News President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the importance of teachers being present in schools during school hours for the education of the nation’s children. He warned that if this commitment is not upheld in the future and school children are deprived of their education as a result, necessary measures will be taken to designate […]

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