By Hannah Giacardi & Annabal Bagdi Courtesy .mirror.co.uk The Government has updated its terror advice to Brits heading to Sri Lanka, warning terrorist groups ‘are likely’ to carry out attacks The Foreign Office has warned Brits travelling to Sri Lanka that a terror attack is likely  UK holidaymakers are being warned of a potential terror […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale It takes nine months to complete the drug procurement process, thus there is no immediate solution to address various glitches in the system. In order to address the importance of tackling the root causes of the issue and introducing a comprehensive plan to address it, we have to study the problem, identify […]

– දිල්රූක් කන්නන්ගර ජාතිකවාදය (nationalism) යනු උතුර, දකුණ, නැගෙනහිර සහ බටහිර යන සතර දිග්භාගයම එක්සේසත් කිරීමයි. මෙය 2024 මහා චන්දේදී මනාවට සිදුවුනා. අධිරාජ්‍යවාදීන්ට එරෙහි ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය මෙන්ම 2024 චන්දය ජයගත් පක්ෂය සිංහල, දෙමළ සහ මුස්ලිම් ජන එකමුතුවෙන් රාජ්‍ය පාලනය දිනා ගත්තා. ඊට වැඩි ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයක් 15 වන සියවසේ සිට තිබී නැත. දැනට ඇත්තේ  ජාතිකවාදී (රටේම […]

by Dev Chandrasekhar Courtesy Countercurrent.org In the decades since the formal end of colonialism, nations across the Global South have proudly waved the banner of independence, self-reliance, decolonization, and now—deglobalization. The rhetoric of national empowerment, however, generally masks the perpetuation of colonial-era economic structures and cultural impositions. Local elites are replacing foreign powers as the […]

Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam Sharma has weaknesses that he has developed, which are not playing within the V and not going forward or back precisely when playing his defensive strokes both on the front and back foot. Also he is not very fit physically and tactically is making mistakes when captaining the Indian national cricket team. […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asian News Utilities have been suspended for non-payment of bills, yet another consequence of the economic crisis that has gripped Sri Lanka for three years. To cope with the situation, demand for solar panels has also increased, but the authorities have been forced to issue a warning to prevent fraud by […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island General Shavendra Silva inspects a farewell parade in his honour at ‘Home of Gajaba’ at Saliyapura, Anuradhapura, on Dec 29, 2024, on the eve of his retirement. He was the first Gajaba Regiment officer to serve as Commander of the Army (August 2019 to May 2022) as well as […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් කොළඹ ක්‍රිෂ් ගොඩනැගිල්ලේ නිවාස 5ක් මිලදීගෙන ඇති ව්‍යාපාරිකයෙක් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ. ඒ, පසුගිය යහපාලන ආණ්ඩුව සමයේ ක්‍රියාත්මක පොලිස් මූල්‍ය අපරාධ විමර්ශන ඒකකයේ(FCID) ප්‍රධානියා ලෙස කටයුතු කළ, එවකට ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ නියෝජ්‍ය පොලිස්පති රවී විද්‍යාලංකාරට එරෙහිවය. රවී විද්‍යාලංකාර තමාගෙන් රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 750ක් ලබාගෙන, එම මුදල වංචා කළ බව පවසමින් මෙම […]

Courtesy Adaderana A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between India and Sri Lanka for rehabilitation of the Karainagar Boatyard in Northern Province of Sri Lanka with grant assistance from the Government of India to the tune of LKR 290 million. The MoU was signed and exchanged by High Commissioner of India to Sri […]

Courtesy Adaderana Veteran Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament J. R. P. Suriyapperuma has passed away. He was aged 96 at the time of passing. Suriyapperuma has previously served as the chief organiser of the the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) for the Dedigama electorate in the Kegalle District.

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said the highest-ever allocation of funds for the health sector will be made in this year’s budget proposal.  Dr. Jayatissa revealed this today (02), while speaking at the inauguration of the first and only bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cell transplant unit in a […]