President Ranil Wickremesinghe reiterating  his commitment to ensure that no child in the country will suffer, pledged that a better country will be created for the children of Sri Lanka within the next 5-10 years. President Wickremesinghe made these remarks while addressing the ceremony held to award Presidential scholarships held at Temple Trees on Wednesday […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (19) announced the establishment of a new development bank to provide financial support to industrialists in Sri Lanka. This initiative will offer industrialists the opportunity to obtain loans at low interest rates, the President declared. The President also revealed plans to set up an Economic Commission to oversee these activities. A […]

The proposed Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to review the Supreme Court determination on the Gender Equality Bill would undermine judicial independence, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) declared yesterday (19) The following is the text of the statement issued by the Bar Association: “The BASL reaffirms its commitment to upholding the Rule of Law […]

The ruling British Conservative party has appealed for the support of the British voters of Sri Lankan origin. On behalf of Rishi Sunak’s government, its Foreign Secretary David Cameron said, in a special video message reiterating his party’s commitment to British Tamils while pledging to “support truth, justice and accountability for all.” Sunak recently announced […]

Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda says China has been denied permission again to set up sea cucumber farms in Northern Sri Lanka. Jaffna District MP Devananda, who is also the leader of the Eelam people’s Democratic Party (EPDP), said so, addressing a group of local sea cucumber farmers in Jaffna. The Fisheries Ministry on Tuesday (18) […]

Thursday 20th June, 2024 The Constitutional Council (CC) deserves praise for having scuttled President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s plan to extend the term of Attorney General (AG) Sanjay Rajaratnam, who is to retire shortly. Five CC members voted against the proposal that the AG be allowed to stay in office for another six months. No AG has […]

Actor-turned politician Uddika’s bid to switch allegiance to JJB thwarted By Shamindra Ferdinando Ongoing investigation into firing a couple of gun shots at Anuradhapura District actor turned SLPP MP Uddika Premaratne’s vehicle last September has revealed that ASP Anuradhapura Sanjiva Mahanama fired at the car after the lawmaker got out of the vehicle and entered […]

By Dr Sirimewan Dharmaratne, Former Senior Analyst, HM Revenue and Customs, UK. While one can only imagine the atmosphere at the discussions with the IMF, what transpires from these meetings, one can presume that there was no resistance or contention to whatever the IMF proposes. The IMF appears to be pretty much dictating the fiscal […]

By Kassapa Last week, we wrote in these columns about United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Range Bandara’s proposal to conduct a referendum to extend President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s term of office and posed the question, was Range losing the plot or was Ranil using him as a cat’s paw to test the political waters? Range […]The post Ranil’s last-chance legal loophole appeared first o...

By Vishvanath It is now clear that the proposed debate between SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa and his JVP/NPP counterpart, Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD), is a nonstarter in spite of streams of rhetoric let out by both sides frequently. On Thursday (June 06), the state-owned ITN hosted what it had advertised as a debate between Premadasa and AKD. […]The post Of that ‘one-man debate’ a...

by Vishvanath Chief Government Whip and Minister Prasanna Ranagunga has been quoted by the media as saying, after an SLPP event in Minuwangoda over the weekend, that his party would not field a presidential candidate, and it will back someone in the fray instead. He has reportedly stopped short of naming the candidate concerned or the party […]The post Trumps up Ranil’s sleeve appe...

By Vishvanath Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga, a close associate of SLPP Founder Basil Rajapaksa,has reiterated that the government is planning to hold a snap general election before the next presidential contest. He told reporters in Colombo on Wednesday (June 05) that the parliament was very likely to be dissolved soon after the passage […]The post Rani...

In a poignant ceremony at the Jaffna Sanganai Market, the Vattukkottai Constituency Branch of the Ilankak Tamil Arasu Kadhchchi Party organized a Mullivaikal commemoration under the leadership of Shanmuganathan Jayanthan, a former Provincial Council Member. This event paid tribute to those who lost their lives during the final stages of the war. Attendees honored the…The post Mullivaikal Com...

Mano Ganesan, leader of the Tamil Progressive Alliance, has raised concerns about the Sri Lankan government’s lack of a clear policy on commemoration. In a phone conversation with President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Ganesan questioned the necessity and legality of recent police actions against Tamil women mourning their deceased relatives. “I asked President Wickremesinghe why the governme...

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has sharply criticized the Daily Mirror, accusing the publication of journalistic malpractice. According to Premadasa, the newspaper deliberately misquoted his statements and subsequently altered the article without issuing a correction. Premadasa clarified his stance, stating that his comments were misrepresented. “I clearly said that we will cancel liquor...

In a troubling incident at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake, State Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Development, Prasanna Ranaweera, has been accused of assaulting a porter and threatening several airport security officers. The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, May 14, when Minister Ranaweera arrived at the airport with his wife,…The post State Mi...

A 26-year-old man from Hokandara Horahena Road, Thadubima, died last night after being struck with a stick during an altercation in a house around 7:30 PM. The victim was admitted to Athurugiriya Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The Athurugiriya police have arrested the suspect involved in the assault. The suspect was apprehended in…The post Man Dies After Assault in Hokandara, ...

The launch of the Kankesanthurai-Nagapattinam passenger ferry service, initially scheduled for tomorrow, May 17th, has been postponed once again. Officials have indicated that the service may commence on May 19th instead. Further updates on the exact start date are expected in the coming days.The post Kankesanthurai-Nagapattinam Passenger Ferry Service Delayed Again appeared first on Newscutter.lk...

The Leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa, participated in the worship function on the occasion of the Maha Kumbabhishega festival at the Sita Eliya Amman Temple in Nuwara Eliya. The event commenced with a grand procession from the Mayurapati Temple in Colombo on the morning of May 17. The procession carried sacred items for the…The post Sajith Premadasa Participates in Maha Kumbabhishe...

Julie Kozack, Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Communications Department, has praised the Sri Lankan Government for its commendable achievements in economic policy and program implementation. Kozack noted the robust overall implementation of the IMF program by Sri Lanka. The IMF staff and Sri Lankan authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies,…The...

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 is gearing up with a series of warm-up fixtures designed to prepare teams for the main event. These matches, consisting of 20 overs per side, will not carry international T20 status, allowing teams the flexibility to field all members of their 15-player squad. New Format for Warm-up Matches…The post ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024: Warm-up Fixtures A...

In a significant political development, former Army Commander General (Retd) Mahesh Senanayake has aligned himself with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), a major opposition party led by Sajith Premadasa. Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has appointed General Senanayake as the leader of the ‘Samagi Ranawiru Balawegaya,’ a wing of the SJB dedicated to addressing issues faced…The ...

අමාත්ය ජීවන් තොන්ඩමන් මහතාගේ දැඩි දෝෂාරෝපණයට ලක්වූ කැළණි වැලි වතු සමාගමේ ඉහළම නිලධාරියෙකු සිහිසුන්වී රෝහල් ගත කර ඇතැයි රෝහල් ආරංචි මාර්ග සදහන් කරයි. එම නිලධාරියා මේ වන විට දැඩි සත්කාර ඒකකයේ ප්රතිකාර ලබමින් සිටින බව වාර්තා වේ.  The post තොන්ඩමන්ගෙන් දොස් ඇසූ නිලධාරියා රෝහලේ appeared first on Sri Lanka Breaking News | TrueNews.lk.

ආණ්ඩුපක්ෂයේ මන්ත්රී කණ්ඩායම් රැස්වීමේදී ඇතිවූ ආරවුලක් හේතුවෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ගුණතිලක රාජපක්ෂ මහතා තුවාල ලබා රෝහල්ගතකර තිබේ. අද (03) පස්වරුවේ ජානාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂ මන්ත්රී කණ්ඩායම් රැස්වීම ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැත්වුණි. එහිදී මහනුවර දිස්ත්රික්කයේ සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන් සඳහා මුදල් ප්රතිපාදන ගැටලුවක් මුලකර ගනිමින් ගුණතිලක රාජපක්ෂ මන්ත්රීවරයා සහ මහින්දානන්...

යාපනය,කයිට්ස්,සින්නමඩම ප්රදේශයේ අනාරක්ෂිත වතුර වළක වැටී මියගිය ගැහැණු දරුවන් දෙදෙනෙකුගේ මළ සිරුරු සොයාගත් බව කයිට්ස් පොලිසිය පවසයි. එලෙස ජීවිතක්ෂයටපත්ව ඇත්තේ කයිට්ස් , සින්නමඩුව ප්රදේශයේ පදිංචි නිරංජන් විදූෂා නැමති වයස අවුරුදු 11 සහ නිරංජන් අනුෂ්කා නමැති වයස අවුරුදු පහක් වූ එකම පවුලේ සහෝදරියන් දෙදෙනෙකි. පොලිසියට ලැබුණ තොරතුරක් අනුව සිදුකළ පරීක්ෂා කිරීමකදී දැරියන්Continue ReadingThe post වතුර වළක ව...

හෙට දිනයේ දිවයිනේ සියලුම පාසල් වසා තැබීමට තීරණය කර ඇත. පවතින අයහපත් කාලගුණික තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන් මෙම තීරණය ගත් බව අධ්යාපන අමාත්යාංශය පවසයි. අද දෙරණ කළ විමසීමකදී අධ්යාපන රාජ්ය අමාත්ය අරවින්ද කුමාර් මේ බව පැවසීය.The post හෙට දිනයේ දිවයිනේ සියලුම පාසල් වසා තැබීමට තීරණයක appeared first on Sri Lanka Breaking News | TrueNews.lk.

තායිවාන විවෘත මලල ක්රීඩා උළෙලේදී ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රීඩකයෙකු සහ ක්රීඩිකාවක් මීටර් 400 පිරිමි සහ කන්තා ඉසව් දෙකෙන් පළමු ස්ථාන හිමි කරගෙන තිබේ. එලෙස පළමු ස්ථානය හිමිකර ගෙන ඇත්තේ, අරුණ දර්ශන සහ තරුෂි කරුණාරත්නය. අරුණ දර්ශන මීටර් 400 පිරිමි ඉසව්ව තත්පර 45.82කින් නිම කරමින් පළමු ස්ථානයට පත් වූ අතර තරුෂි කරුණාරත්නContinue ReadingThe post අරුණ සහ තරුෂි ට මීටර් 400 පළමු තැන appeared first on Sri Lanka Breaking ...

අද (02) ආරම්භ වූ T-20 ලෝක කුසලානයේ පළමු තරගයේ ජය වාර්තා කිරීමට සත්කාරක එක්සත් ජනපදය සමත් වුණා. ඒ කඩුළු 07කින් කැනඩා කණ්ඩායම පරාජයට පත් කරමින්. ශ්රී ලංකා වේලාවෙන් අද උදෑසන 06.00ට ආරම්භ වූ පළමු තරගයේ කාසියේ වාසිය දිනාගත් එක්සත් ජනපදය පළමුවෙන් පන්දු රැකීම තෝරාගනු ලැබුවා. ඒ අනුව, පන්දුවට පහරදීමට පිටියටContinue ReadingThe post T-20 ලෝක කුසලානයේ පළමු ජය අමෙරිකාවට appeared first on Sri Lanka Breaking Ne...