By Raj Gonsalkorale  Whence comes the power of words? Citizens of purportedly civilized nations have come under the sway of the rhetoric of demagogues. Soldiers have killed and been killed following the orders of military superiors. Leaders of some religious sects have put people to death for utterances labelled blasphemous or heretical. Leaders of others […]

Traveling Diary Srilanka 🇱🇰

Prof.Hudson McLean This has nothing to do with Getting a Homeland anywhere. Tamil Homeland is in India – Tamil Nadu! These vultures are only collecting money for themselves! These Overseas Tamils are living & enjoying  a good life is Safe Havens. Hopefully Tamils living in Sri Lanka, as Guests, should realize, that if they wish […]

මාධ්‍ය අංශය, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය.  “එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ සංවිධානය තහනම් සංවිධානයක් වුවත් ඔවුන්ගේ බැනර්,ලාංඡන,ඡායාරූප යොදාගනිමින් මියගිය සාමාජිකයින් සැමරීමට බාධාවක් නොමැති” බවට මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ආනන්ද විජේපාල මහතා ප්‍රකාශ කළේ යැයි සඳහන් කළ නොමග යවනසුළු පුවත් ඇතැම් ප්‍රධාන මාධ්‍ය, සමාජ මාධ්‍ය, යූ ටියුබ් හා වෙබ් පිටු මගින් ප්‍රචාරය කෙරෙමින් පවතින බව අප හට නිරීක්ෂණය විය. නමුත් එම වීඩියෝ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් දස වැනි පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ නව කතානායක අශෝක රන්වල මහතා පැළඳ සිටි හිස් පළඳනාවේ පහළ කෙළවර දෙක එකට එක් වී තිබුණේ අත් වැරදිමකින් බව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ඉහළ නිලධාරියෙක් සති අන්ත පුවත්පතකට සඳහන් කර තිබේ. එය හිතා මතා කරන ලද දෙයක් නොවන බවත් අතපසුවීමකින් එලෙස සිදුව තිබූ බවත් පසුව එය වහාම නිවැරදි කිරීමට කටයුතු […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Diplomat For the new government, acting upon deals with Adani is more than a legal or economic issue. It is a test of its commitment to fighting corruption. The indictment of Indian billionaire businessman and chairman of the Adani Group, Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani, and others in a U.S. court has […]

Courtesy TRTWorld It approved a $442 million Adani wind power deal in the island’s northwest in February 2023 but the vast project is stalled by a court challenge over environmental issues. Sri Lanka has opened an investigation into the local investments of India’s Adani Group in the wake of US bribery charges against its tycoon […]

By Jayadeva Uyangoda, Amit Baruah Courtesy Z Network Jayadeva Uyangoda, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Colombo, spoke to Amit Baruah about the groundbreaking November 14 election results and their implications for Sri Lanka’s future. He discusses South Asian politics, democratic movements, and social transformation. What do the results of November 14 mean for Sri […]

Source: Xinhua COLOMBO, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) — A delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC), led by Sun Haiyan, deputy head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, visited Sri Lanka from Nov. 23 to 26. During the visit, the delegation met with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister […]

Suhasini Haidar,Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu Delay over $533 mn loan announced in November 2023 comes as Sri Lankan government says reports reviewing projects will come very soon” A general view of the Colombo main port is seen beyond the main wholesale market. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A year after it announced it would […]

IMF Communications Department Washington, DC: Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement about Sri Lanka to Members of the Financial Community today: The Sri Lankan authorities have been implementing an ambitious economic reform program supported by the IMF, which aims to restore debt sustainability and external viability, underpin broad […]

Courtesy Livemint Sri Lanka’s central bank said it will start using a single benchmark interest rate to manage monetary policy, starting from its next update on Wednesday, replacing its current system of two rates. (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s central bank said it will start using a single benchmark interest rate to manage monetary policy, starting […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 26 (Daily Mirror) – The Examinations Department has decided to suspend the 2024 GCE Advanced Level (A/L) examinations on November 27, 28 and 29 due to the prevailing adverse weather conditions. Examinations Commissioner General Amith Jayasundara stated that the examination papers scheduled for the suspended days will now be […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Department of Meteorology has issued a ‘Red’ alert warning for the land and the deep and shallow sea areas around the island due to the deep depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal. As per the warning, the depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression. The system […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s new government has responded to allegations over the lack of Muslim representation in its Cabinet of Ministers. We didn’t form the Cabinet according to the race, religion or the cast. We have selected the persons who are very much capable to hold those ministerial portfolios,” Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa […]

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Wimal Weerawansa “ඒ තීරණ නොගත්තානම් අනුරට ජනාධිපති වෙන්න රටක් අද නැහැ” ජවිපෙ හිටියානම් අද ජනාධිපතිනේ? රටේම මාතෘකාවට විමල් දුන්න පිළිතුර!!