By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Diplomat China’s Sinopec has agreed to set up an oil refinery with an investment of $3.7 billion in Hambantota. During his visit to China from January 14-17, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake secured several agreements, including a $3.7 billion deal with Sinopec to set up an oil refinery in Hambantota. The Sri Lankan foreign […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, January 21 (Daily Mirror) – A mudslinging campaign is underway against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and everyone is saying that he is whining. But lions do not whine like puppies do, Ven. Iththakande Saddatissa thera said. He told the media that the former President shed tears after the bomb attack on […]

Hiru News The United National Party (UNP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) have agreed to form a united front to contest the forthcoming elections, following a secret discussion held yesterday (20) with representatives from both parties. The need for collaboration between the two parties had gained momentum after their defeats in the last presidential […]

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මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය දිනන දකුණ – දක්ෂිණාංශික දේශපාලනය ප්‍රතිස්ථාපනය කිරීමේ සාමූහිකය. දක්ෂිණාංශික දෘෂ්ටියක් මත විශ්වාසය තබන ලාංකික ජනතාව එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය සහ සමගි ජන බලවේගය එක්විය යුතු යන මතය වටා දැඩිව පෙළගැසෙමින් සිටින බව ‘දිනන දකුණ සාමූහිකය’ විශ්වාස කරයි. මෙම පක්ෂ දෙකෙහි එක්වීම පමණක් ප්‍රමාණවත් නොවන අතර දක්ෂිණාංශික මතවාදයක් පෙරදැරිව දකුණු කඳවුරේ දේශපාලන ඒකීයභාවයක් ගොඩනැගිය යුතු […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා ත්‍රිකුණාමලය තෙල් ටැංකි සංකීර්ණය පිලිබදව සිය ආණ්ඩුවේ අළුත් වැඩක් ලෙසින් ඉදිරිපත් කරන ව්‍යාපෘතිය මින් වසර තුනකට පෙර තමන් බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යධූරය දරන සමයේ සම්පූර්ණ කල ව්‍යාපෘතියක් බව පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. මේ සම්බන්ධ ගිවිසුම 2022 වසරේ අත්සන් කල බවත් එවකට එයට දැඩිව […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Dissanayake offering a floral tribute at the Mao Zedong Mausoleum during his state visit to China. Image courtesy – PMD If the government had the required convincing power it could have turned around one of the much talked about rice merchants of this country to their side in the quest […]

Editorial Courtesy The Daily Mirror Whether one reads the newspaper, switches on the radio or watches social media, one topic dominates. They all have one criticism or the other of our four-month old regime. It started with the Speaker of the House and his claim of a doctorate. We all know even Mervyn Silva was […]

CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA   Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is resorting to political revenge by suggesting that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa should should pay the rent or leave his official residence in Wijerama Mawatha, MP Namal Rajapaksa said today. MP Namal Rajapaksa told the media that Dissanayake was planning to take the residence […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake assured that the government has implemented measures to ensure that there will be no shortage of rice during the upcoming ‘Maha’ cultivation season.  Addressing a public gathering in Horana, the President emphasized the importance of maintaining rice reserves to stabilize food security. Speaking at the event, which was part […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Working Committee of the United National Party (UNP) has reportedly approved initiating discussions with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) on the possibility of the two parties collaborating in the upcoming elections. The Working Committee of the UNP convened this afternoon (20) at the party headquarters to deliberate on the matter. Meanwhile, the […]

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Courtesy The Island Unhappy about photos on Ukraine war and South China Sea The Russian and Chinese Embassies in Colombo have taken exception to some photographs exhibited at the World Press Photo exhibition now open at the Independence Arcade in Colombo.The complaint from Russia relates to photographs of the Ukraine war while China’s objection is […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් සරණාගතයන් ලෙසින් රටට ඇතුළුවන අනවසර සංක්‍රමණිකයන්ට විරෝධය පළකිරීම සහ ඒ පිටුපස ඇති මිනිස් ජාවාරම හෙළාදැකීම සඳහා විරෝධය  පළකරමින් ස්වදේශික ව්‍යාපාරය අද විපක්ෂනායක කාර්යාලය අසලදී විරෝධතාවයක් පැවැත්විය.  සරණාගතයින් ලෙසින් මෙරටට පැමිණෙන සංක්‍රමණිකයින්ගෙන් මෙරට ජාතික ආරක්ෂාවට බරපතල තර්ජනයක් ඇති බව එහි සභාපතිවරයා පැවසීය. වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ ඔහු පැවසුවේ මෙම සරණාගතයින් මෙරට පදිංචි කරවිය […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Minister of Energy, Kumara Jayakody has stated that as a priority, the government will implement the recommendations of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) to reduce electricity tariffs.  He emphasized that recommendation will be implemented considering this as the first phase in the plan to provide a 30% tariff […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka and China are ushering in a new chapter in bilateral relations,” Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has said in an interview with Xinhua. At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Dissanayake was on a state visit to China from Tuesday to Friday, his first trip to China since taking […]

Courtesy Hiru News Energy Minister Engineer Kumara Jayakody announced that electricity bills have been reduced by approximately 20%, effective from midnight on January 17, following recommendations from the Public Utilities Commission. In a special statement made today (18), the Minister expressed optimism that the reduction will benefit all citizens, particularly the hotel sector and industrialists. […]