News Room : Historic ‘loss and damage’ fund adopted at COP27 climate summit – The Island
(Al Jazeera) Countries at the United Nations COP27 climate summit in Egypt have adopted a final agreement that establishes a fund to help poor nations cope with the extreme weather events caused by global warming. Following tense negotiations that ran through the night, the summit’s Egyptian presidency released a draft text of the overall agreement early on Sunday and also...
News Room : Self-righteousness ire of Sirisena
Monday 21st November, 2022 Former President Maithripala Sirisena, MP, like all other Sri Lankan politicians, never misses an opportunity to make himself out to be a knight in shining armour on a mission to slay the dragon of corruption. Pontificating about the virtues of honesty, he has claimed that some years ago his fight against corruption even brought him on...
News Room : Speaker endorses certificate on eight Bills – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando General Secretary of the Democratic Left Front (DLF) Vasudeva Nanayakkara, MP, yesterday (20) said that the UNP had sold the urea plant at Sapugaskanda to a foreign buyer who set it up in an Arab country.Having brought the machinery as scrap iron the buyer had re-installed the machinery and today Sri Lanka procured urea from that facility,...
News Room : MN Group of Companies wins Brand of the Year – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando General Secretary of the Democratic Left Front (DLF) Vasudeva Nanayakkara, MP, yesterday (20) said that the UNP had sold the urea plant at Sapugaskanda to a foreign buyer who set it up in an Arab country.Having brought the machinery as scrap iron the buyer had re-installed the machinery and today Sri Lanka procured urea from that facility,...
News Room : Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources – The Island
A new play that combines two great pillars of literature – the Mah?bh?ratha and Antigone – with the untold histories of the Sri Lankan civil war to forge a new story about surviving loss, discovering love and building a path to justice, by Lankan origin Australian writer and director S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack is a soaring achievement, says The Guardian. The play staged at...
News Room : Legalizing ganja cultivation will be a money-maker for politicians: JVP – The Island
A new play that combines two great pillars of literature – the Mah?bh?ratha and Antigone – with the untold histories of the Sri Lankan civil war to forge a new story about surviving loss, discovering love and building a path to justice, by Lankan origin Australian writer and director S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack is a soaring achievement, says The Guardian. The play staged at...
News Room : Cardinal Ranjith demands drastic changes of existing political system
by Norman Palihawadane The laws of this country now in operation have been promulgated to empower a single person or one particular group to rule the entire nation at his or their will, said Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith at an event in Ja-ela last week. Addressing a meeting held at Panahawatte in Bollatha, Ja-Ela to hand over 12 newly...
News Room : Let the selectors not fool us
by Rex Clementine Are you not surprised that after Danushka Gunathilaka’s arrest in Sydney no one has resigned. Ideally, the National Selection Committee and Team Manager should have stepped down, but they are hanging on as if nothing happened. The team management clearly lost control of the players during the World Cup and it remains to be seen the outcome...
News Room : Lankan civil war drama lifts joy above trauma – The Island
A new play that combines two great pillars of literature – the Mah?bh?ratha and Antigone – with the untold histories of the Sri Lankan civil war to forge a new story about surviving loss, discovering love and building a path to justice, by Lankan origin Australian writer and director S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack is a soaring achievement, says The Guardian. The play staged at...
News Room : ‘Free market Uncle’s’ policy framework egged – The Island
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is likely to hold presidential election before any other polls after November 16 2023, three sources close to him said, as he seeks a $2.9 billion IMF loan to consolidate the economy which is on a slow recovery path from a crisis. Wickremesinghe was elected as the president in the 225-member parliament on...