Senaka Weeraratna Hon. Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe,  President of Sri Lanka  Dear Ranil It would be tantamount to an amiss if a friend from your childhood days both in the primary and secondary schools and subsequently at the Colombo Law Faculty, did not stand up and say  ‘ Thank you’ for having served as the President […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ   අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා ලංකාවේ ප්‍රථම සුලුතර ජනපති වීමට නියමිතය. මෙය වනේ වන හතුරෙකුටවත් නොවිය යුතු තැනකට මෙරට ජනාධිපති වරයා ඇද දැමීමෙකි. මෙවර මුලු ඡන්ද සංඛ‍්‍යාව 17,140,354 කි; එසේම ප්‍රකාශිත ඡන්ද සංඛ‍්‍යාව 13,619,916 කි. අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා ඉන් ලබා ගත්තේ ඡන්ද  එනම්, ජනාධිපතිවරයා ලබාගෙන ඇත්තේ ඡන්ද 5,634,915 කි. ප්‍රතිශතයක් ලෙස මෙය, මුලු […]

Dilrook Kannangara Anura Kumara won the most keenly contested Sri Lankan election with a large margin. He transformed the JVP into a modern and realistic political party. As a result, he won Colombo-7 along with other affluent Colombo suburbs (3,4,5,6). Same goes for suburbs with professionals including Homagama, Moratuwa, etc. His dramatic wins in former […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna Synopsis The article examines the complexities of Sri Lankan politics, particularly focusing on Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Sinhala Buddhist vote. Despite Dissanayake garnering approximately 57,401 votes, he faced significant opposition, with nearly double that number supporting other candidates. Many voters criticized him for perceived anti-Buddhist sentiments within his party, leading to […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) WWV, RWP and two bars, RSP and bar, USP, MMSc (Strat Stu- China), MSc (Def Stu) in Mgt, MSc (Def & Strat Stu), fndu (China), psc has been appointed as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Defence by His Excellency the President […]

Aparna Ramamurthy in Colombo Courtesy DW.com Sri Lanka’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is tasked with leading the island nation out of its worst economic crisis in more than two generations. Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka‘s president on Monday, vowing to change the island nation, which is emerging from its worst economic crisis in more than […]

Mick Moore Courtesy Scroll.in The victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake and electoral loss of families that governed the country for a century is a hopeful sign. Following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 American presidential elections, these and many similar ideas about democracy under threat” have dominated public and private conversations among democrats globally. There […]

Courtesy Kuwait Times BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said he hoped to broaden cooperation with Sri Lanka under his Belt and Road infrastructure initiative (BRI) as he congratulated the island nation’s new leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka. Dissanayaka, a self-avowed Marxist, took his oath at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Monday, vowing to restore […]

By P. K. Balachandran Courtesy Eurasiareview Tall promises have to be delivered and a controversial past has to be reconciled with ground realities     The result of the Ninth Sri Lankan Presidential election uncannily followed a pattern that had unfolded in other countries in South Asia recently.  Seemingly strong and well-entrenched leaders suffered humiliation at the hands […]

https://thecommonwealth.org/ The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election, held on September 21, has been deemed peaceful by the Commonwealth Observer Group, but it noted that some voters and polling staff did not appear to fully understand the preferential system of voting.   The preferential voting system allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference. In Sri […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror From time to time since the inception, LTL incorporated two Trusts for the sole benefit of its employeesInaction against funds and shares being illegally transferred from this trust to two Companies has led to the filing of an FR Application in Supreme Courts These alleged frauds have been brought to the notice […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Sampath Thuyacontha has been appointed as the new Secretary of Defence. Thuyacontha joined the Sri Lanka Air Force on 17th of May 1988 to the 19th Intake as an Officer Cadet and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the General Duties Pilot Branch in the year 1990.  After […]

Courtesy Adaderana The newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed former Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ravi Seneviratne as the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security. Seneviratne had previously served as the Senior DIG in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Courtesy Adaderana Former president of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa has landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal via Sri Lankan Airlines on Monday. A source within the embassy stated that he has plans to visit different Buddhist sites and is also scheduled to visit Bharatpur. It is reported that Rajapaksa is believed to have […]

Courtesy Hiru News ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායකගේ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශයට සහ ලංකා වාණිජ මණ්ඩලයේ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශයට අනුකූලව ආර්ථිකයේ ක්ෂේත්‍ර 10ක් සඳහා ප්‍රමුඛත්වය ලබා දෙන ලෙස ලංකා වාණිජ මණ්ඩලය පවසනවා. ලිපියක් යොමුකරමින් ලංකා වාණිජ මණ්ඩලය පවසන්නේ නව ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ පළමු මාස ​හයක කාලය තුළ එම කරුණු විසඳිමට කටයුතු කරන ලෙසයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ 9 වැනි විධායක ජනාධිපතිවරයා වශයෙන් පත්වූ […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka’s dollar bonds and stocks have dropped following the election of leftist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake as President, sparking concerns about the future of the nation’s bailout by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and ongoing debt deals according to a report from Bloomberg. Bonds set to mature in March 2029 fell […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former Minister of Power Energy, Kanchana Wijesekara, announced that he has officially left the ministry and returned all state vehicles and office facilities. In a statement shared yesterday, he highlighted the improved financial health of the ministry and the institutions under his purview, noting that they now have adequate stocks of petroleum […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake states that over 3.5 million citizens who are eligible to vote, have not casted their votes during 2024 Presidential Election. Speaking during Ada Derana’s current affairs programme Big Focus” on Monday (23), Ratnayake said that the figure is 21.54% of the population that are eligible […]

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