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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath, has provided an update on the country’s strategic efforts to revitalize its tourism sector, which has faced unprecedented challenges in recent years due to the Easter Sunday attacks, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the economic crisis. Speaking at the India Foundation Program, Herath stated, We too […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඉන්දියාව හා ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව විදුලි සම්ප්‍රේෂණ ජාලයන් සම්බන්ධ කිරීමටත්, ඉන්දියාවේ සිට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව දක්වා තෙල් නළයක් ඉදිකිරීමටත් දෙරට අතර වන එක්ටා ගිවිසුම ඉක්මනින් අවසන් කිරීමටත් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා සහග සාකච්චා කල බව ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි මහතා පවසයි. නවදිල්ලියේ ‘හයිද්‍රාබාද් හවුස්’ දෙරටේ රාජ්‍ය නායකයින් දෙපළගේ හමුවීමෙන් පසුව පැවති […]

Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel –  Sri Lanka –  Solicitor England and Wales former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President Ambassador’s forum UK/SL A loud and clear mandate President AKD is in power only for a few weeks (just over 50 days) elected by the citizen with and unprecedented majority of the Parliament surprising the world […]

Garvin Karunaratne  The High Commissioner for Sri Lanka from the UK has told us to to look to the UK for emulation re corruption. Perhaps our High C ommissioner is not aware of the fanciful gifts collected by Prime Minister Starmer and his wife recently.  https://www.adaderana.lk/news/103220/british-hc-recommends-sri-lankan-mps-learn-from-uk-system-to-curb-corruption- What a shame Garvin Karunaratne Additional information by Lanakweb […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Sri Lanka has a new President, and a fresh general election will be held on the 14th November to elect members to its parliament and for a new government to be formed thereafter. The choice before the voters will be whether the NPP should be given a Parliamentary majority for them to […]

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Media OutReach Newswire FUZHOU, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 5 August 2024 – From August 1 to 3, the Delegation of Fujian visited Saudi Arabia. The Delegation of Fujian had in-depth exchanges with officials from the Saudi Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Investment, Ministry of Media, and other relevant departments, and introduced the economic […]

Courtesy Sri Lanka Travel The life of Ravana, one of the most powerful beings ever to roam the universe, if Hindu legends are to be believed, had unfolded in the small island Sri Lanka, where he ruled with mighty power over gods, humans and demons. Valmiki’s Ramayana paint Ravana as a tyrant of mighty power […]

MOD  Media Centre General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) which is functioning under the purview of the Ministry of Defence clarifies regarding the admission of civilian students to the MBBS Degree Programme of KDU. MBBS Degree Programme conducted by the Faculty of Medicine of KDU was commenced in the year 2009 mainly to cater […]

Written by Rajesh Kurup Courtesy The Financial Express This offer is significantly lower than the tariffs from existing renewable and traditional energy sources in the country, which range from 8.75 to 26.99 cents, according to a compilation of power tariffs. Adani Group, which is setting up two wind power projects in Sri Lanka totaling 484 MW, […]

By Julia Conley Defense lawyers for Israel did not convince the International Court of Justice that the ongoing evacuation operation in the southern Gaza city had enhanced the security of civilians.” Emphasizing that Israel had not convinced the International Court of Justice that sufficient efforts have been made to protect civilian life from harm, the […]

BY JENNIFER ANANDANAYAGAM Courtesy Health Digest The seasons of fall and winter are usually associated with the flavor of cinnamon. Whether it’s homemade cinnamon rolls or cinnamon crumble apple pie, the spicy, sweet, and comforting aroma of this popular spice is something we’ve come to love.  Historically, cinnamon was considered sacred, with Romans burning the spice […]

 By LAKMAL SOORIYAGODA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 16 (Daily Mirror) – Self-proclaimed Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, Mahinda Kodithuwakku was today ordered to be remanded till January 24 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court. He was arrested by the CID for allegedly insulting Buddhism and hurting religious feelings. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය  චීන අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ලී කියෑං (Li Qiang) විසින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා වෙත චීනය වඩාත් ශුභ ලෙස සලකන ‘මකරාගේ වසර’ සඳහා  අලුත් අවුරුදු සුබපැතුම් පිරිනැමීය.ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ චීන තානාපති කිව් ෂෙන්හොං (Qi Shenhong) මහතා අද (2024.01.09) කොළඹ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා හමුවී චීන අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාගේ විශේෂ  සුබපැතුම් පත්‍රය භාර දුන්නේය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ පවතින දුෂ්කරතා […]

Courtesy Hiru News Colombo, December 13, 2023 In response to the rising concerns over religious hate crimes propagated on social media platforms, Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon has taken proactive measures by directing the Police Computer Crimes Division to set up a dedicated unit for the investigation of such allegations. The newly […]

By Peter Koenig Global Research, October 11, 2023 Most people, including journalists on both sides of the aisle – mainstream and non-mainstream — seem to believe that this a one-off war, a surprise attack by Hamas, the defenders” of Palestine. It is not. Connecting a few dots over the past 70 years may help better understand […]

Dr. Maha Hilal In a June 2012 piece headlined Praying at the Church of St. Drone,” I wrote, Be assured of one thing: whichever candidate you choose at the polls in November, you aren’t just electing a president of the United States; you are also electing an assassin-in-chief.” At that time, President Barack Obama was overseeing what […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Singapore, September 2: Singapore’s President-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a man of Jaffna-Tamil origin, said on Saturday that he was surprised at the margin of his victory at Friday’s polls, calling it a vote for an optimistic future and a vote for unity. The 66-year-old former senior minister scored a landslide win with 70.4 per […]

Amar Diwakar March 23, 2018 The U.S. tried to foment an anti-communist Buddhist bloc in Southeast Asia—with deadly consequences for the region’s politics today. Tang Chhin SothyAFP/Getty Of the world’s major faiths, Buddhism is often characterized as being a religion of peace, tolerance, and compassion. The Western encounter with Buddhism has largely been distilled through […]

Garvin Karunaratne Many recent Papers detailing details of the August 12, 1953 Hartal in nostaglia took me to my days at Arunachalam Hall at Peradeniya. It was the 11 th of August 1953 and we students had planned for a major a protest in Kandy on the next day. The Vice Chancellor had decided that […]

By Sunil Kumar for LankaWeb Aug3rd. 2023 There seems to be no rationality relative to Sri Lanka’s security and sovereignty considered when Land connectivity is essential for the growth of ties between India and its neighbouring country where in the past explosive situations have resulted, yet Sri Lanka High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda has […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe assured that the restructuring of domestic debt will have no impact on the membership balance of any public funds, including the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF). He emphasized that the rate of return for superannuation funds will not be affected in any way. Furthermore, the President stated that the restructuring of […]

Dilrook Kannangara In an unprecedented development, US Democratic Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC) and US Republican Congressman Bill Johnson (OH) introduced a bipartisan Resolution last week calling for a referendum for Eelam Tamils to be democratically and equitably represented” as well as a lasting peaceful political solution”. This has been played down by local news media […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government has decided to allow the entry of three foreign companies to sell fuel below the prices set by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) for the benefit of the government as well as the people, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. “We still face the main problem of making fuel […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka aims to announce a debt-restructuring strategy in April and step up talks with commercial creditors ahead of an International Monetary Fund review of a bailout package in six months, the country’s central bank governor told Reuters on Thursday. The crisis-hit island has secured financing assurances from all its major bilateral creditors, […]

e-Con e-News The Sunday Times asked the question above of the much-promoted Shanta Devarajan, ‘Professor of the Practice of International Development at the Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University, US, advisor to the Government of Sri Lanka on the International Monetary Fund (IMF).’ ‘No comment,’ replies the much-promoted and seemingly mired professor. • What is the relationship between […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන්  රුපියලට සාපෙක්ෂව ඩොලරයේ මිල රු. 7 – 8 කින් පහත වැටීමක් මේ සතිය පුරා අඛණ්ඩව වාර්තා වෙමින් ඇත.   2022 මැයි මාසයෙන් පසුව ඩොලරයට සාපෙක්ෂව රුපියල වඩාත්ම ශක්තිමත් අවස්ථාව මේ සතියේ වාර්තා විය.  අද (3/3) කොළඹ වානිජ්‍ය බැංකු ඩොලරය මිලදී ගන්නේ රු. 334.50 ට ත් අඩුවෙනි. මේක වුනේ කොහොමද?   පසුගිය කාලයේ දී […]

Sugath Kulatunga No country in the world has been able to move from low- to middle- and high-income status without undergoing the process of industrialization. STIGLITZ. (Nobel Laureate & former chief economist of the World Bank) At independence Sri Lanka (Ceylon) had a stable democracy, a sound economy, and an efficient public service.  Our external […]