නවසීලන්ත රජය ශ්රී ලංකාවට ලබාදෙන මූල්ය සහාය තවදුරටත්
නිල සංචාරයක් සඳහා මෙරටට පැමිණ සිටින නවසීලන්ත නියෝජ්ය අග්රාමාත්ය සහ විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්ය වින්සන්ට් පීටර්ස් මහතා සහ ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා අතර හමුවක් අද (26) පස්වරුවේ ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේදි සිදු විය. පසුගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී මෙන්ම මහ මැතිවරණයේදී ද ලැබු සුවිශේෂී ජයග්රහණ පිළිබඳ මෙහිදී ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා සහ නව රජය වෙත නවසීලන්ත රජයේ සහ ජනතාවගේ සුබපැතුම් පිරිනැමූ නියෝජ්ය අග්රාමාත්යවරයා දෙරට අතර දිගුකාලීන මිත්ර සබඳතා ඉතා ශක්තිමත් ලෙස තහවුරු කර ගැනීම තම රජයේ අරමුණ බවද කියා සිටියේය. නව රජය යටතේ ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සිදු වෙමින් පවතින ධනාත්මක වර්ධනය පිළිබඳ සතුට පළ කළ නවසීලන්ත නියෝජ්ය අග්රාමාත්යවරයා දේශපාලන ස්ථාවරත්වය, ආර්ථික ස්ථාවරත්වය සහ සමාජ සංවර්ධනය වෙනුවෙන් නව රජය ගෙන යන වැඩපිළිවෙළ ඇගයීමට ලක් කළේය. එමෙන්ම රට නිවැරදි දිශාවට ගෙන යාමේ ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතාගේ නායකත්වය නියෝජ්ය අග්රාමාත්යවරයා පැසසුමට ලක්…
India’s Reserve Bank seeks approval for rupee lending to Sri Lanka
India’s central bank is taking another step to internationalise the rupee, seeking approval to allow domestic banks to lend the currency to overseas borrowers in Sri Lanka and other countries. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked the federal government to allow domestic banks and their foreign branches to lend Indian rupees to overseas borrowers to enhance the use and acceptability of the local currency in trade. The proposal, which was sent to the finance ministry last month, suggests lending in rupees to non-residents can begin in neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka, the sources said. If successful, such rupee-denominated lending could be extended to cross-border transactions globally, one of the sources said. https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1795470547300847&output=html&h=280&slotname=6280235995&adk=251595277&adf=743471279&pi=t.ma~as.6280235995&w=696&abgtt=7&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1748308625&rafmt=1&format=696×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcolombogazette.com%2F2025%2F05%2F26%2Findias-reserve-bank-seeks-approval-for-rupee-lending-to-sri-lanka%2F&host=ca-host-pub-2644536267352236&fwr=0&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTkuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiMTM2LjAuMzI0MC45MiIsbnVsbCwwLG51bGwsIjY0IixbWyJDaHJvbWl1bSIsIjEzNi4wLjcxMDMuMTEzIl0sWyJNaWNyb3NvZnQgRWRnZSIsIjEzNi4wLjMyNDAuOTIiXSxbIk5vdC5BL0JyYW5kIiwiOTkuMC4wLjAiXV0sMF0.&dt=1748310564331&bpp=1&bdt=316&idt=130&shv=r20250521&mjsv=m202505220101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D414febda410ef934%3AT%3D1742430699%3ART%3D1748310533%3AS%3DALNI_Ma7nbxI7Wzm1_v9KIYMOpvoUUfBGQ&gpic=UID%3D0000106a38e7c116%3AT%3D1742430699%3ART%3D1748310533%3AS%3DALNI_MbJZ_ucfDLFwNpO35KtETIEYRnQeA&eo_id_str=ID%3D230d7c9ba290e8d0%3AT%3D1742430699%3ART%3D1748310533%3AS%3DAA-AfjZmx4pB-oXviON6EZgFU5eb&prev_fmts=0x0%2C696x280%2C696x280&nras=1&correlator=3217611507509&frm=20&pv=1&u_tz=330&u_his=1&u_h=864&u_w=1536&u_ah=816&u_aw=1536&u_cd=24&u_sd=1.25&dmc=8&adx=222&ady=1878&biw=1513&bih=708&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=31092617%2C95353387%2C95360813%2C31092656%2C95361622%2C95360953%2C95360683&oid=2&pvsid=2142780534278016&tmod=1270908148&uas=0&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fcolombogazette.com%2F&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1536%2C0%2C1536%2C816%2C1528%2C708&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=31&bz=1.01&td=1&tdf=2&psd=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDNd&nt=1&pgls=CAEQBBoHMS4xNTMuMA..&ifi=4&uci=a!4&btvi=1&fsb=1&dtd=134 According to Ministry of Commerce data,…
උතුර දකුණ යා කළහැකි සංස්කෘතික පාලම ගොඩනැගිය හැක්කේ කලාකරුවන්ටයි – ජනපති
ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා සහ ශ්රී ලාංකික ප්රාසාංගික කලාකරුවන්ගේ ඒකාබද්ධ සංසදය අතර හමුවක් ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේදී අද (25) පස්වරුවේ පවත්වා තිබේ. රට තුළ මෙන්ම විශේෂයෙන් ග්රාමීය ප්රදේශවල ජීවත්වන ජනතාවට අහිමි වී ගිය සංස්කෘතික ජීවිතය නැවත සමීප කරවීම වෙනුවෙන් එළිමහන් ප්රසංග පවත්වන කලාකරුවන් සිදුකරන මෙහෙය මෙහිදී ඇගයීමට ලක් කළ ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඒ වෙනුවෙන් සිය ස්තූතියද පළකර ඇත. ග්රාමීය ප්රදේශවල ජීවත්වන ජනතාව ආර්ථික වශයෙන් ගොඩනැංවීමට රජය ගෙන යන වැඩපිළිවෙළට අමතරව ඔවුන්ගේ කටුක ජීවන රටාවට අස්වැසිල්ලක් වෙමින් සංස්කෘතික ජීවිතයක් ලබා දීමේ වැදගත්කම පැහැදිලි කළ ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා සංස්කෘතික ක්රියාකාරකම් තුළින් විනයගරුක පුරවැසියෙක් රට තුළ ගොඩනැගිය හැකි බවත්, එහිදී ප්රාසාංගික ක්ෂේත්රයේ කලාකරුවන්ට දැඩි වෘත්තිමය සහ සමාජ වගකීමක් පවතින බවත් අවධාරණය කළේය. එමෙන්ම උතුර දකුණ යා කළ හැකි සංස්කෘතික පාලම ගොඩ නැගිය හැක්කේ කලාකරුවන්ට බව පැවසු ජනාධිපතිවරයා සමස්ත…
Gaza Situation is dire – BBC
There is no excitement as the camera passes. The children barely glance. What can surprise a child who lives among the dead, the dying, the waiting to die? Hunger has worn them down. They wait in queues for scant rations or for none at all. They have grown used to my colleague and his camera, filming for the BBC. He witnesses their hunger, their dying, and to the gentle wrapping of their bodies – or fragments of their bodies – in white shrouds upon which their names, if known, are written. For 19 months of war, and now under a renewed Israeli offensive, this local cameraman – who I do not name, for his safety - has listened to the anguished cries of the survivors in hospital courtyards.…
‘Queen of Sinhala Cinema’ Malini Fonseka passed away
Sri Lankan cinema icon and veteran actress Malini Fonseka, widely celebrated as the “Queen of Sri Lankan Cinema,” has passed away this morning (24) at the age of 76, while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo. Malini Fonseka’s illustrious career spanned over seven decades, marking her as one of the most revered and influential figures in Sri Lankan arts and cinema. She first rose to prominence after winning the Best Actress Award at the 1969 National State Drama Festival. Her cinematic acclaim grew rapidly with multiple Sarasaviya Best Actress Awards for her performances in Hingana Kolla (1980), Aradhana (1982), and Yasa Isuru (1983). Fonseka made her film debut in 1968 with Punchi Baba, directed by Tissa Liyansooriya. That same year, she starred in…
IMF Board To Review Sri Lanka In Coming Weeks
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund is expected to meet in the coming weeks to decide on approving the staff level agreement that was reached between the IMF staff and the Sri Lankan authorities, confirmed Julie Kozack, the spokesperson for the fund. During a press conference held in Washington, DC on Thursday (22), she stressed that IMF Executive Board approval is contingent on the implementation of prior actions relating to restoring electricity cost-recovery pricing and ensuring proper function of the automatic electricity price adjustment mechanism. She further stressed that the board approval will also be contingent on the completion of financing assurances review, which will focus on confirming multilateral partners’ committed financing contributions. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff reached a staff-level agreement…
Eliminating Hamas: Insights from Sri Lanka’s defeat of the Tamil Tigers
Security expert Moshe Elad argues that the case of Sri Lanka proves that terror groups can, in fact, be completely defeated through military means. As Israel struggles with the issue of “eliminating Hamas” and ending its rule in the Gaza Strip, Col. (res.) Dr. Moshe Elad, a Middle East expert and former security coordinator of the Tyre and Bint Jbeil districts in the South Lebanon Security Zone, spoke to Maariv on Wednesday about the prospects of successfully dismantling terrorist organizations. Elad drew on international case studies to explore whether such a goal is truly achievable—and pointed to one case that few in the West are comfortable discussing. According to Elad, the global debate about whether terrorist organizations can be completely dismantled, or whether “total victory” is ever feasible, appears…
U.S. Embassy Warns of Fake Social Media Accounts Posing as Embassy Officials
The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka has observed a recent increase in social media accounts impersonating officials of the U.S. Embassy. We encourage social media users and followers of U.S. Embassy Sri Lanka’s official accounts to verify the authenticity of any account claiming to represent the Embassy or its officials, avoiding engagement with or reliance on information from impersonator profiles. For our Embassy’s most accurate and up-to-date information, skip the fakes and go straight to the source. Visit our official website at https://lk.usembassy.gov/ and follow only our verified Embassy social media accounts: We encourage the public to follow Ambassador Julie Chung’s official profile on X (@USAmbSL) for accurate updates about the United States in Sri Lanka. Please note that she does not have profiles on Facebook, Instagram,…
No One Must Bow to Tyranny: AKD’s Defiant Call for Peace and Justice
“No one must bow to tyranny. We must only bow to truth, to humanity, to compassion.” With these stirring words, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake delivered a bold and emotionally charged address, urging Sri Lankans to transform the painful lessons of history into a future of peace, justice, and national dignity. Speaking at the 16th National War Heroes Commemoration Day, the President reflected on the blood-soaked chapters of Sri Lanka’s past, where rivers ran red and tears flowed in torrents. He called on the nation to rise from the ashes of war and division, and to reject the politics of fear, ethnic hatred, and authoritarianism. “We are a people who have shed enough blood to soak this earth. A nation whose rivers have run with blood,…
New Canadian PM supports calls for accountability in Sri Lanka
Newly appointed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called for accountability in Sri Lanka, in a statement issued to mark Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day. Carney said that Canada continues to support independent international efforts to seek accountability and push for truth and justice. “Today marks 16 years since the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka – a conflict that spanned over 26 years and killed tens of thousands of civilians “On this Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, we remember the lives lost – the families torn apart, the communities devastated, and those who remain missing to this day. We also think of Canada’s Tamil community, who carry with them the memory of loved ones, and the many remembrance services planned across Canada. “As we mark…
