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TRIBUTE TO A TITAN – BY: KRISHANTHA PRASAD COORAY Photo 1 Caption: Lakshman Kadirgamar, former Foreign Minister for Sri Lanka, right, confers with Minister of Information and Media, Source: Times of Sri Lanka FB The loss of Mangala Samaraweera is a devastating blow to statesmanship in Sri Lanka. In the words of theologian James Freeman Clarke, “the difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman thinks about the next generation.” In that way, Mangala always put the truth and his moral convictions, his principles, before any election. Despite being a master political tactician instrumental in bringing three of the last four presidents into office, Mangala always thought first about the people of Sri Lanka, and second about politics and how to win elections. “What is saddest is that he passed just as more and more Sri Lankans were beginning to wake ...

Aug 29, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged James Freeman Clarke, Krishantha Prasad Cooray, Mangala Samaraweera

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Aug 26, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Jayam Rutnam Tagged Ancient Places in Sri Lanka, Famous Roma, How to Cook Crab Curry, Mangala Samaraweera, Mario Pieris, Ricky

DEMISE OF MANGALA SAMARAWEERA – OUTSPOKEN MATARA DISTRICT MAVERICK POLITICIAN & FORMER MINISTER By: Upali Obeyesekere – With files from International Media Mangala samaraweera News has reached us that Mangala Samaraweera has passed away today. Sri Lanka’s former finance minister Mangala Samaraweera passed away Tuesday in hospital where he was being treated for Coronavirus. According to hospital sources, he was receiving care in the intensive care unit for several days and was responding well. However, he suffered a cardiac arrest on Monday night and suffered another cardiac arrest on Tuesday morning. He was put on the ventilator but succumbed to the virus. The 65-year-old Samaraweera contracted the virus earlier this month and was receiving intensive care unit (ICU) treatment at the Lanka Hospital, despite being fully vaccinated. He was the second highest ranking Sri Lankan politician to succumb to coronavirus after the death of former parliamentary Speaker WJM Lokubandara. An ...

Aug 24, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Upali Obeyesekere Tagged Chandrika Banadaranaike, Coronavirus, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Mangala Samaraweera, Sri Lanka Telecom

Sri Lanka former finance minister Mangala Samaraweera passes away Source:-economynext ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s former finance minister Mangala Samaraweera passed away Tuesday in hospital where he was being treated for Coronavirus, a coordinator for the former minister said. The 65-year-old Samaraweera contracted the virus earlier this month and was receiving intensive care unit (ICU) treatment at the Lanka Hospital, despite being fully vaccinated. When unconfirmed reports surfaced last week that Samaraweera passed, sources close to him said he was in fact on the mend and was responding well to treatment. Samaraweera had held key portfolios in the cabinets of former presidents Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Mahinda Rajapaksa and Maithripala Sirisena. An outspoken politician hailing from the Matara district, Samaraweera left parliamentary politics in 2020, focusing his abilities on forming a broader alliance of like-minded, independent liberal thinkers. Most recently, he made headlines for his remark at the launch of a new ...

Aug 24, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Lanka Hospital, Mangala Samaraweera, Sri Lanka’s former finance minister

After Geneva Resolution: What next?-by Laksiri Fernando It should be made clear to the international community that without measures for the prevention of terrorism through national security, sustainable reconciliation and accountability cannot be achieved. It should also be made clear that in Sri Lanka’s view human rights should go along with promoting human duties and responsibilities The adoption of the UNHRC resolution against Sri Lanka is a setback not only to the Government but also to the country and the people. It is however not the end of the world. The Government as the elected authority by the people should now seriously think about the effectiveness of their foreign policies, foreign relations and perhaps personnel who are handling these crucial matters. Defeating the resolution undoubtedly was a difficult task, among other factors, given the last government was completely following an opposite policy. Who was correct may be a debatable matter ...

Apr 12, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Mangala Samaraweera, Ranil Wickremesinghe

SRI LANKA NEWS (AUGUST 2020) – Compiled by Victor Melder A study on the abnormalities and polymorphisms of amphibians found within and outside the Horton Plains National Park has identified a distinct frog species that does not belong to its generic “hourglass frog” classification. The study was conducted by graduate research assistant Praneeth Silva of Sri Jayewardenepura University’s Department of Zoology under the supervision of Prof. W. A. D. Mahaulpatha, senior lecturer and head, Department of Zoology. “Our study on amphibian abnormalities and causes found that Taruga eques species is faced with bigger threats in both localities in comparison to other amphibian species”, Silva said. Within and outside regions of the Sri Lankan Plains, habitat modifications due to human activities were the main threat on Taruga eques. The study revealed a novel pattern polymorphism of Taruga eques in that a variety of the species without the hourglass was identified within ...

Sep 1, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Dayasiri Jayasekara, Mangala Samaraweera, President Gotabaya Rajapaska, The Cabinet of Ministers and State Ministers Comments 0

SRI LANKA NEWS – JUNE 2019 – By Victor Melder All Muslim ministers in the UNF-led government resigned, yesterday. They had done so to allow the government to bring about reconciliation and conduct an impartial investigation into various allegations, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader, Rauff Hakeem told the media at Temple Trees. The decision had been taken after a lengthy discussion with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and others, Hakeem said. Hakeem requested the government to have an investigation conducted by the CID into the allegations and take legal action within one month if there was ample evidence. The Muslim community and the politicians who represented them had fully cooperated with the authorities to ensure the safety of the country following the Easter Sunday Bombings, and attacks on Muslims had to be condemned, Hakeem said. Although they had resigned from their ministerial posts, they would not resort to any ...

Jul 1, 2019 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Mangala Samaraweera, President Maithripala Sirisena, Ranil Wickremesinghe Comments 0

SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF (APRIL 2019) – Compiled by Victor Melder The Budget 2019 was passed in Parliament yesterday with a majority of 45 votes. It received 119 votes in favour and 74 against. The TNA, the SLMC and the CWC voted with the government while the Joint Opposition, JVP and some SLFP members voted against it. Many SLFP members were absent. At the end of the debate, a division was called by MEP leader Dinesh Gunawardena. Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera winding up the second reading of the Budget 2019 themed ‘Empowering the People and Nurturing the Poor’ said that the Opposition’s criticisms of the budget were unfair and baseless. He said that it was the country’s 73rd budget and the UNF government’s first budget. It was the fifth budget of the present government. “This is the first budget we presented as a government led by the UNF,” he said. ...

May 4, 2019 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Athula Karunanayake, Batticaloa, Karainagar, Katana and Zeon Church, Katuwapitiya, Kayts, Mangala Samaraweera, Pujith Jayasundara, Raavana 1, SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF (APRIL 2019), Velanai and Maruthankarny, Victor Melder, W. D. M. J. Wickremasinghe Comments 0