Archive for July 26th, 2016

30 years of LTTE Terror Killings: Do Sinhalese lives matter to UNHRC

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

Shenali D Waduge Why is no one counting the Sinhalese dead? There are no books, no documentaries, no panel discussions, no media coverage, no UNHRC head wants to even come and meet the families of these victims, no global tears or candles, no vigils, no commemorations. Are Sinhalese not human beings too? Do their deaths […]

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Mahinda’s support will be a great help – Dinesh

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

Courtesy Adaderana The support extended by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to take part in the scheduled protest march adds some additional strength, MP Dinesh Gunawardena says. The observation was made at a press conference held in Colombo this afternoon (26). Mahindananda, Weerawansa, Namal Rajapaksa, Johnston Fernando, Rohitha Abeygunawardena and Kanchana Wijesekera are behind the organization […]

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Protect our language, protect our nation, asks Gevindu

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

Courtesy Adaderana The first priorities should be to safeguard the language and to protect our nation, Gevindu Kumaratunga says. The observation was made at an event held to celebrate the 129th birthday anniversary of one of Sri Lanka’s greatest scholars, Munidasa Kumaratunga last evening. This country needs more writers like Munidasa Kumaratunga who can address […]

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Sri Lanka belongs to Sinhala.

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

By Charles.S.Perera France belongs to French, Germany belongs to Germans, Italy belongs to Italians,England belongs to English, India belongs to Indians. (America there is a problems because America belongs to native Americans). However, America belongs to Americans. Sri Lanka belongs to Sinhala.  In France there are many minorities  Algerians , Polonaise, Africans etc. But they […]

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ගොවියාගේ පිට කොන්ද බිඳින මොරගහකන්ද

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් පොල්ගොල්ලෙන් කැපුණු උමගක් හරහා උකුවෙලට වැටීපසුව බෝවතැන්නට එකතුවන මහවැලියේ ජලයෙන් විදුලි බලය උත්පාදනය කරන ගමන්ම මහවැලි ප්‍රදේශයන්ද සංවර්ධනය කිරීම වර්තමාන මහවැලි සැලැස්මේ අරමුණු අතර විය. මෙකී සැලැස්ම ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට ද ප්‍රථම මොරගහකන්ද ප්‍රදේශයේ ජලාශයක් ඉදිකිරීමට යෝජනාවක් විය. 1968 දී එක්සත් ජාතීන් ගේ සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතිය යටතේ කරන ලද අධ්‍යනයකින් අඹන්ගඟ ප්‍රදේශයට වාර්ෂිකව විශාල වර්ෂාපතනයක් […]

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හිටපු අමාත්‍ය IMR ඊරියගොල්ල මහතාගේ දියණිය අගමැති රනිල්ට විරුද්ධව පෙත්සමක් අත්සන් කරයි

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

උපුටාගැණීම Ceylon Leader හිටපු අධ්‍යාපන සහ සංස්කෘතික අමාත්‍ය IMR ඊරියගොල්ල මහතාගේ දියණිය වන වෛද්‍ය චන්ද්‍රිකා ඊරියගොල්ල මහත්මිය ශ්‍රී ලංකා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතාට විරුද්ධව අන්තර්ජාල පෙත්සමක් සදහා අත්සන් ලබාගැනීමේ ව්‍යාපාරයක නියැලෙමින් සිටිනවා. ඒ භීෂණ සමයේදී වදකාගාර පවත්වාගන යාම සහ තරුණයින් වදදී ඝාතනය කිරීමේ චෝදනා එල්ල කරමින්ය. (එම පෙත්සම සදහා මෙතනින් පිවිසිය හැක) දැනට බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයේ පදිංචිව සිටින […]

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මේක සිංහල බෞද්ද රටක්.. පාලකයන්ට ඔ්නෑ විදිහට නටන්න දෙන්නේ නෑ.. – අස්ගිරි මහ නාහිමියෝ සිහ තේජසින් දැහැන් බිඳිති..

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

lanka C news මේ ගැන පාලකයන්ගෙන් විමසූ විට එවන් ප‍්‍රශ්ණයක් නැති බවත් ඒව බොරු ප‍්‍රචාර බවත් කියන්නේ යයි කී මහ නාහිමියෝ ගේ ඇතුලේ වෙස් බැන්ඳට නටන්න වෙන්නේ එලියේ බවත් මෙරට භික්‍ෂුන් වහන්සේලා කිසිකලෙක පසුබාන්නේ නැති බවද කියා සිටියහ. කොළඹ සම්බෝධි විහාරයේ පැවති උත්සවයක් අමතමින් මහ නාහිමියෝ මේ බව කියා සිටියහ. මේ රට බෞද්ද රටක් බවත් […]

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Call for establishment of a strong, independent Public Private Partnership Unit to encourage investment to Sri Lanka 

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

Sarath Obeysekera  ( Phd-in small letters !) July 25, 2016, 7:53 pm             Business News –The Island    …………. By Malith Mendis, who is currently the chairman and Managing Director of Mendis Cobain Consultants (Pvt) Ltd, is the Immediate past president of the Association of Consulting Engineers Sri Lanka. A former Head of the Lanka Hydraulic Institute, […]

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Irate Ranil rings Maithri in London

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

By Gagani Weerakoon Courtesy Ceylon Today Last week with the re-launch of www.manthri.lk, which keeps track of the performance of Members of Parliament (MPs) in a scientific way, Verite Research an independent think tank who operates the website revealed the voters, how their elected members have performed in the new Parliament that came into power after […]

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I strongly disagree that govt. has won over the world – GL

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

Kelum Bandara Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, in an interview with the Daily Mirror, says the government’s cosponsoring of the UNHRC resolution spells real danger for the country. He said though the government speaks with different voices, it would find it difficult to renege from its own commitments given internationally. […]

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Of those political marriages

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

Editorial Courtesy The Island July 24, 2016, 9:13 pm Marriages are said to be made in heaven. For, one cannot foretell who will marry whom. This may be true of political marriages as well to some extent, one may argue, but, we love to think, they have nothing to do with heaven; they are made […]

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The missing millions from Singapore? C.V. Wigneswaran’s Accusation – Leading Nowhere

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

by S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole Courtesy The Island July 24, 2016, 9:16 pm The NP Chief Minister in declaring open a housing scheme by a charitable member of the public in Achchuvely about a month ago, made a startling claim. He said in public from the stage that: A foundation in Singapore had donated Rs. 90 […]

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Vehicle mania of politicians – Further Reflections

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

Prof. A.N.I.Ekanayaka Emeritus Professor July 24, 2016, 9:15 pm In the public interest it is worth continuing to keep the spotlight on the vexed issue of brand new vehicles for politicians. One recalls the furor that erupted some weeks ago following the government’s audacity in seeking a supplementary estimate of around Rs 1175 million to purchase […]

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The Rise and Fall of Raj Rajaratnam – Part II- The modern face of illegal insider training

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

By A Special Correspondent Courtesy The Island July 26, 2016, 8:09 am ” Rajaratnam inquired as to whether the Cisco Executive might be “interested in the money business.” Rajaratnam sketched out how the new fund could make “60 million dollars a year,” and require no more than three or four people. (Continued from yesterday) US District […]

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The Rise and Fall of Raj Rajaratnam – Part I-Raj Rajaratnam the Man

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

By A Special Correspondent Courtesy The Island July 24, 2016, 9:15 pm Interest in the Sri Lankan born billionaire stockbroker Raj Rajaratnam who fell from grace in 2009 has been rekindled following the appointment of one of his former employees Indrajith Coomaraswamy as the Governor of the Central Bank. In this three part series of articles, […]

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National Audit Bill: Should they hold it up?

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

By Lacille De Silva Former Director General (Administration) and former Secretary to Special Presidential Commission on corruption (Courtesy The Island) July 24, 2016, 9:13 pm Why are some powerful ministers and secretaries to ministries mounting pressure on the President and the Prime Minister to dilute the National Audit Bill? It has been sent through all appropriate […]

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Controversial bill now needs simple majority due to JO’s lapse Office of Missing Persons:

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island July 24, 2016, 12:00 pm Due to a serious lapse on the part of the Joint Opposition (JO), the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government in now in a position to pass the controversial Office of Missing Persons (OMP) Bill with a simple majority, according to legal sources. The JO comprises nearly 50 members […]

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Wang Yi’s visit boosts China-Sri Lanka ties, sparks concern in India

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

ByMunza Mushtaq  Courtesy DAILY TIMES China, Sri Lanka’s biggest donor of foreign aid this year, has assured its ‘fullest cooperation’ to develop the South Asian island nation amidst increasing concern by India. During a recent meeting with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi pledged his government’s continued assistance to help develop the […]

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