Chandra Arya Member of Parliament/Député – Nepean www.X.com/AryaCanada www.Facebook.com/ChandraAryaCanada Mr. Speaker, On behalf of Canada’s Sri Lankan diaspora, including both Sinhalese-Canadians and Tamil-Canadians, I extend heartfelt congratulations to Sri Lanka’s President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, and his progressive party, National People’s Power, on their historic majority in the parliamentary elections. This victory represents a mandate to […]

Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan,  Dhaka, Bangladesh  The advancement of technology around the world and the widespread spread of social media have made our lives easier, and there has been a mobility in obtaining and spreading information. However, along with this convenience, a big challenge has also arisen – propaganda. Once the only source of information was […]

අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ. සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන 1. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරයෙකු ලෙස ප්‍රතිඥා/ දිව්රුම් නොදී මන්ත්‍රීවරු ලෙස තෝර පත්කර ගත් අයට කළ හැක්කේ කථානායකවරයා තෝරා ගැනීම පමණක් බව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 63වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ දක්වා ඇත. 2. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරු අතරින් අගමැති සහ අමාත්‍යවරු පත් කළ යුතු බව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 43.4 […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island * One-time LTTE mouthpiece TNA is no more * N & E Tamil speaking representation enhanced * Fresh look at Sarath Fonseka’s performance at 2010 Prez poll in North required The new government’s main challenge is ensuring the full implementation of the IMF-led post-Aragalaya economic recovery in line with the Economic […]

Lt Col.Anil Amarasekera.(Rtd) Let me take this opportunity to explain to you why the letter that was sent by me on behalf of the NJC is important. The letter only summarised the dangers of devolution as opposed to decentralization. What is written below will convince you that the President should not devolve power to the provinces as suggested in the NPP […]

CMISL President Kaushal Rajapaksa The Chamber of Marine Industries of Sri Lanka (CMISL) has congratulated President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the National People’s Power (NPP) on their success at the Parliamentary Election last week. This achievement reflects the collective aspirations of Sri Lankans for transformative leadership and a renewed focus on sustainable economic growth,” CMISL […]

 CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 20 (Daily Mirror) – Even though 70 percent of Sri Lankan Muslims voted for the National People’s Power (NPP) government, no Muslim representatives were included in the recent Cabinet appointments, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Kandy District candidate Rishad Mahroof said. Addressing the media at the […]

Aruni Samarakoon- University of Hull Courtesy Political Studies Association 20 November 2024 This blog article explores the transition from militant to non-militant revolutionary politics in Sri Lanka, within the context of the Global South. It will examine the emergence of revolutionary consciousness, the political developments and declines, and the subsequent re-emergence of that consciousness in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The stunning electoral sweep of the National People’s Power (NPP) led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is an earthquake in Sri Lankan politics”, says Erik Solheim, the former Norwegian peace facilitator in the island nation. The former diplomat also feels that the strong showing by the NPP in areas populated by Tamils, particularly […]

Courtesy Adaderana

Lt Co. A.S.Amarasekera.(Rtd.) Co-President, National Joint Committee. 18th November 2024. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake,The Presidential Secretariat,Colombo 1. Dear Mr. President, The National Joint Committee (NJC) wishes to congratulate you for winning the Presidential Election and leading the National People’s Power (NPP) to a landslide victory at the general election conducted on 14th of November 2024. The […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඉන්ධන අලෙවිය සඳහා මිල සූත්‍රයක් පැවතීම හොඳ දෙයක් බව බලශක්ති අමාත්‍ය කුමාර ජයකොඩි මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. එය සංශෝධනය විය යුතුද නැද්ද යන්න ඉදිරියේදී සලකා බලන බවත් හෙතෙම කියා සිටියේ සිය අමාත්‍යංශයේ වැඩ බාර ගැනීමේ අවස්ථාවේදී මාධ්‍ය අමතමිනි. මිල සූත්‍රය සම්බන්ධයෙන් බිය විය යුතු නැති බවද පැවසූ ඔහු සැම විටම මිල […]

Courtesy India Today The Sri Lankan Army ordered the closure of its Paruthithurai camp in the Northern Tamil region returning the land to its original owners. This follows President Anura Kumar Dissanayake’s promise to return government-occupied lands to Tamils during his first public address in Jaffna. Sri Lankan Army begins Tamil land restoration with closure […]

Maria Tavernini  Courtesy Reset Dialogues The sweeping majority secured by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition in the snap parliamentary election on November 14 marks a major shift in the country’s electoral landscape. Cutting across ethnic and religious differences, Sri Lankans swept the National People’s Power (NPP) front to a landslide victory, granting Dissanayake’s alliance a […]

By Anjana Pasricha Courtesy VOA New Delhi —  Sri Lanka’s Marxist leaning president has won a sweeping mandate to fulfill his pledges to combat corruption and implement pro-poor reforms, but he faces huge challenges in a country whose economy is still fragile, analysts say. Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition, the National People’s Power, or NPP, party, secured […]

by Ayampillai Dharmakulasingham, Retired Sri Lankan career diplomat Courtesy The Island The writer made a correct prediction: ‘The President’s party, the National People’s Power (NPP), is expected to win significantly in the upcoming general election’ ( The Island, Nov. 7). Similarly, the writer anticipated that the NPP would secure more than 135 seats in the parliamentary […]

Courtesy The Island … alleges constituents of alliance undermined Row over National List positions: UNP Leader and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has taken exception to the sumbission of Ravi Karunanayake’s name to the Election Commission (EC) as one of the two National List (NL) MPs of the New Democratic Front (NDF). He has said the […]

 DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror olombo, Nov 19 (Daily Mirror) – While assuring the public that tackling bribery and corruption will remain a priority, the new Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijayapala said today that he is committed to restoring the independence of the Sri Lanka Police, which he noted […]

Courtesy Adaderana The appointment of the new Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Secretary and Secretaries for 16 Ministries was held at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo today (19).  The ceremony was officiated by the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The list of appointees is […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Secretary General of Parliament, Mrs. Kushani Rohanadheera, clarified that a Member of Parliament (MP) is not paid a salary but is entitled to an allowance. Joining the Ada Derana’s current affairs programme ‘BIG FOCUS’, she explained that currently an MP is entitled to an allowance of almost Rs. 54,000. Apart from this, […]

Courtesy The Island The new Cabinet of Ministers was sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (18). President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will retain the ministerial portfolios of Defence, Finance, Economic Development and Digital Economy Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya – Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Vijitha Herath […]

CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 18 (Daily Mirror) – National Freedom Front (NFF) leader and former Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa today claimed that organizations like the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) have come forward to demand racist, religious and separatist demands. While addressing the media, he said that he believes that the extraordinary […]

Courtesy Adaderana The delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer, who are currently on a visit to Sri Lanka, have reportedly met with former President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (18) at his office in Flower Road, Colombo.  In a post on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), former State Minister of Finance […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has issued a Gazette notification declaring that former minister Ravi Karunanayake has been elected as a Member of Parliament through the National List of the New Democratic Front (NDF), which contested the General Election under the ‘Gas Cylinder’ symbol. Earlier today, it was reported that the New […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 10-16 November 2024 • US and Indian warships – the Indian submarine INS Vela and the USS destroyer Michael Murphy – sail into Colombo, one after the Presidential election, and one after the Parliamentary election, a week apart. Our innumerable political and economic crystal-ball gazers (drunk on […]

VFM RADIO 107 එලවනවා, ෂර්ට් එකෙන් අල්ලනවා, පොලේ ගහනවා අගමැති ආරක්ෂකයින්ගේ චණ්ඩි පාට් කැබිනට් මාධ්‍ය හමුව රත් කරයි ඇවිල්ලා මාසයක් නෑ – මොනකක්ද මේ මර්දනය ආ..

Courtesy Adaderana A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by its Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer, has arrived in Sri Lanka this evening (17). The team will remain in in the country until November 23 and during their stay will conduct the third review of Sri Lanka’s economic reform program […]

Senaka Weeraratna Justice for Animals and Nature Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. We remember with appreciativeness your active participation at a meeting held at the Open University premises in January 2020, convened & presided by Dr. Dileepa Witharana – an academic with compassion for the voiceless living beings, with the intention of mapping out a […]

Courtesy The Daily News United National Party (UNP) Chairman Vajira Abeywardena stated yesterday that, for the first time, the people in the North have shown unprecedented trust in a party from the South, which he views as a positive development. This is a very special occasion in the election history of the country. The people […]

Excerpt from Hiru News In the 2024 Parliamentary Election, the National People’s Power (NPP) launched its campaign under the theme “Clean the Parliament,” securing 159 out of the total parliamentary seats. Among these, 157 MPs who were not in the previous parliament have been newly elected, with a significant majority of them being fresh faces. […]