Communist Party of Vietnam re-elected Nguyen Phu Trong for a third five-year term today (31st). The 13th Party Central Committee convened its first plenum in … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2021
India cuts internet to thwart farmers’ protest movement
India has blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi on Saturday as protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike after a week of … [Read more...]
GR wields tool JR used to revoke Sirima’s civil rights
The same law used by then UNP leader, President J.R. Jayewardene to strip the civil rights of Mrs Sirimawo Bandaranayake has been applied by the current … [Read more...]
World will need at least two years to recover from covid-19
Health experts say life will not be normal until a corona vaccine protects the entire world.Dr Clare Wenham, Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, … [Read more...]
Move to sacrifice western jetty instead of east jetty
It is reported that the government is trying to sabotage, from inside it, the protest movement being carried out by port workers against the government's … [Read more...]
This government too is relentlessly destroying national heritage
Elle Gunawansa Thera says that it is unfortunate that the present government, like every previous government, has been relentless in destroying the country's … [Read more...]
Port workers intensify protest campaign – start work to rule action
The Ports Trade Unions have launched a trade union action against the sale of the Eastern Jetty of the Colombo Port to Adani Company of India.Following a … [Read more...]
Covid-19 death toll exceeds 300
A statement issued by the Government Information Department confirms that the death toll from Kovid-19 infections in Sri Lanka has crossed the 300th mark.This … [Read more...]
A warning from Central Bank
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has warned people not to be misled by various forms of financial fraud carried out through social media, internet-based and … [Read more...]
President withdraws direct decision
The president has hastily appointed a commission to reconsider the current government's decision last February to withdraw its sponsorship of several … [Read more...]
Extent of land grab comes out of Basil’s mouth
Basil Rajapaksa, the head of the Presidential Task Force, has confirmed the government's targets for large-scale land use in various parts of the country for … [Read more...]
Corona is already socialized – a microbiologist reveals
Dr Muditha Abeykoon, a microbiologist at the Kegalle District General Hospital, says that the coronavirus has now been socialized in Sri Lanka, and that reality … [Read more...]
Cabraal’s harangue boomerangs
Minister of State for Finance Ajith Nivard Cabraal said in Parliament yesterday that six finance companies had collapsed during the last government period. It … [Read more...]
Mahinda’s BIL named as High Commissioner to Seychelles
Shiranthi Rajapaksa's younger brother Srimal Wickramasinghe has been appointed Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Seychelles.Sri Lanka established relations with … [Read more...]
China builds high-speed train reaching 385 mph
China has revealed a prototype for a new high-speed Maglev train that is capable of reaching speeds of 620 kilometers (385 miles) per hour.The train runs on … [Read more...]
Youths in Sri Lanka need a society that loves fellow beings not military training
“As the Socialist Youth Union, we believe that military training is not what the youth of this country need. Those structures, laws, and ethics for military … [Read more...]
Anura questions fake gazettes, illegal circulars & notices
The government has issued a number of gazettes, circulars and notices on various issues in the recent past, but they have become illegal, not implemented and … [Read more...]
Hoteliers burst Udayanga’s Ukraine ‘bubble’
It is reported that the tourist hotels in Polonnaruwa have refused to provide services to Udayanga Weeratunga who was travelling to important places in Sigiriya … [Read more...]
Adani, go home!
The Indian Adani Company, which has been named in a cabinet paper to provide the eastern jetty of the Colombo Port, is being opposed by a number of countries … [Read more...]
Government’s priority is not tourism but fulfilling needs of people – Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith
Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith says that the tourism industry has not done any good to the country and that the first … [Read more...]