Archive for August, 2018
Monday, August 27th, 2018
Letter to the editor: by Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai, Dehiwela Another subject hotly debated in the two submissions of MMDA is the case of appointing female qazis. Back again we are missing the basic reason for the feeling that male qazis are inadequate. The function of a qazi is a sacred duty prescribed by Islam. But […]
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Monday, August 27th, 2018
Dr Sarath Obeysekera Dr Jayampathy should write these letters in his native language .People assume that he is not a member of the GMOA which does not understand any language I could not find the word complict ( in penaltimate paragraph ) in neither oxford nor Webber
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Monday, August 27th, 2018
Dr Sarath Obeysekera This can be the next case for special courts after Medamulana Commemoration Museum ?? Below any sign post it is customary to write the name of the organization ??????? Responding to rumours of development around Japan-Sri Lanka Friendship Road in Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte, the Megapolis Ministry today said that there would be no […]
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Monday, August 27th, 2018
කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්යක්ෂ/ශ්රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්රය හා කැෆේ සංවිධානය ශ්රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්රය විසින් ගොනු කරන ලද පැමිණිල්ලකට අනුව මීට වසරකට වැඩි කළකට පෙර, ඌව පළාත් ප්රධාන අමාත්ය චාමර සම්පත් දසනායක විසින් බදුල්ල දෙමළ විද්යාලයේ විදුහල්පතිනිය දණ ගැස්සවීමේ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභාව විසින් විමර්ශනයක් පවත්වනු ලැබීය. නමුත් මෙම විමර්ශනය […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
KAMALIKA PIERIS Yahapalana government, under instruction from the USA, planned to crush the public into submission, as fast as possible. But it did not work like that. Yahapalana antics have somehow led to an increase in self esteem, a self esteem based on disappointment and fury. ‘Sri Lankans are a resilient people who sustained a […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
චන්ද්රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි අද දින මම ඝරසර්ප බැලීමට ගියේ, හිස් මනසකින් යුක්තවය. චිත්රපටය ආරම්භවිය. මම චිත්රපටියක් බලන්නෙක් නොව මේ සිදුවීම් මාලාව අතර අතරමංව මේ මොනවාද සිදුවෙන්නේ යන කුහුලින් යුක්තව සිදුවීම් අතර හිදිමින් සිදුවෙන දේ දකිමින් පසුවුයෙමි. මට තේරුනේ, කිසිදු හිස් බවක් නැති චිත්රයක් අතර මාත් සිටින්නාක මෙනි. විරාමය ලබන මොහොත වන විට මගේ මනසේ සනිටුවහන් […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island The new draft constitution prepared by a panel of experts, for the consideration of the Steering Committee of the Constitutional Assembly is now out. The panel of experts who prepared this draft comprised the following: Prof. Suri Ratnapala, N. Selvakkumaran, Prof. Navaratna Bandara, Asoka Gunawardena, Suren Fernando and Niran […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island August 15, 2018, 10:40 pm Under the provisions of Appendix I of the 9th Schedule, which was introduced by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, police and public security are a subject devolved to the provincial councils. However, for more than three decades, no government has implemented these provisions […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
Viet Nam News Update: August, 24/2018 – 07:00 HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam welcomed San Francisco’s landmark verdict against Monsanto and called upon the company to pay compensation for Agent Orange victims in Việt Nam, deputy foreign ministry spokesperson Nguyễn Phương Trà told a press briefing in Hà Nội on Thursday. The verdict serves as a […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
Dr Sarath Obeysekera August 25, 2018, 9:17 pm Melstacorp PLC, the Harry Jayawardena controlled conglomerate which is the holding company of the Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC. with substantial stakes in other Harry J controlled or influenced blue chips last week announced that it would shortly enter the country’s healthcare industry through subsidiaries incorporated […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island August 26, 2018, 12:00 pm Former Director General, Commerce and one-time Permanent Representative at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Gomi Senadhira, yesterday, said that he would brief the Presidential Committee of Experts to Evaluate the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SL-SFTA) in respect of stipulation that may result in the […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Washington, August 27 (Sunday Observer): Sri Lanka ranks 59 in the Rule of Law index among 113 countries of the world and 2nd among the South Asian countries having secured 0.52 marks, according to the Rule of Law Index for 2017/18 released by the World Justice Project.Nepal has won first place in South […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
Courtesy ANI Bodhgaya (Bihar), Aug 27 (ANI): Devotees and delegates from around 30 countries offered prayers to the Lord Buddha in the holy city of Bodhgaya in Bihar state on August 26. It aimed to give a glimpse of Lord Buddha’s place of mediation to the visitors. The gathering was part of sixth International Buddhist […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today The Office of National Unity and Reconciliation (ONUR), has launched a radio drama series with the objective of contributing ‘towards a positive dialogue in the society.’ It is unclear whether five out of a 15 episode series is titled, ‘Kanata Parak’ or if the 15-episode series is titled ‘Kanata Parak’ […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
By Charunya Rajakaruna Courtesy Adaderana Rajya Sabha MP of the Indian Parliament and senior politician Subramanian Swamy in one of his latest tweets has referred to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s upcoming visit to Delhi, India. The Indian MP had previously invited former President Rajapaksa to Delhi to attend a function organized by the ‘Virat Hindustan Sangam’. His […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
කොමිස් වලට ගෙනා චීන දුම්රිය ඉංජින් කට්ටලවල තිරිංග ක්රියාත්මක කළාම නතර වන්නේ 2km / m100 ක් ගිය පසුවයි. ලංකා දුමිරිය නියාමක සංගමයේ සභාපති බි. ආර්. ඒ. ඒ. ජයසිජහ
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
lanka C news බැදුම්කර වංචාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් පරීක්ෂණ කරන ලද ජනාධිපති කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාවේ හෙලි නොකරන ලද කොටස හෙලි වූ සැනින් ඇමති සජිත් පේ්රමදාස මහතාගේ රෙදි ගැලවෙන බව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. තමන් සමග විවාදයකට එන්නැයි කරන ලද අභියෝගයට ඔහු මෙතෙක් ඉදිරිපත් වී නැති බවද මන්ත්රීවරයා සදහන් කරයි. ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ විසින් සංවිධානය කරන […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
සාකච්ඡා කළේ – මනෝජ් අබයදීර උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින විවාහ මංගල උත්සව කිහිපයකට සාක්ෂි අත්සන් කිරීම සඳහා, දින වෙන් කර ගැනීමට, ඔහු හමුවීමට කිහිපදෙනෙක් ඒ වන විටත් පැමිණ සිටියහ. ව්යායාම් නිමවා, සුපුරුදු ජවයෙන් සැරසී සිටි ඔහු, ඊළඟට සිදු කළේ, රට වටේ සිටින තම සංවිධායකයන් සමඟ සැප්තැම්බර් පස් වැනිදා කොළඹදී පැවැත්වීමට කටයුතු යොදා තිබෙන, යෝධ උද්ඝෝෂණයේ සංවිධාන කටයුතු […]
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Saturday, August 25th, 2018
Chandre Dharmawardana This kind of propaganda claiming that deformed childern are born due to the use of glyphosate and other agrochemicals is not new. Similar films were shown regularly at all sorts of green-activist rallies some years ago as well, and now almost as a matter of routine. These NGOs command vast financial resources, fanning […]
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Saturday, August 25th, 2018
Dr Sarath Obeysekera Ordinary people are not aware that major private companies are facing difficulties. They cannot even pay salaries.Big construction companies who have been providing support to generate employment are facing bankruptcy. Large Chinese companies have invaded Sri Lanka taking over all the construction work. One property developer which provide flats to people at […]
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Saturday, August 25th, 2018
By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 25: The United States and Japan have both cast their eyes on the Eastern Sri Lankan port of Trincomalee to counterbalance the presence of the Chinese in Hambantota in the South and Colombo in the West and its growing clout around the Bay of Bengal. The Trincomalee harbor was meant […]
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Saturday, August 25th, 2018
By P.K.Balachandran/DailyFT Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The visit of Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera to Sri Lanka, the very first in the history of Sri Lanka and Japan, is of great significance to the Indian Ocean region. Onodera’s itinerary, which included a trip to Hambantota, Trincomalee and Colombo ports, assumes importance in the light of China’s bid to […]
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Saturday, August 25th, 2018
By Eurasia Review Sri Lanka’s government will develop the Colombo Port’s East Container Terminal (ECT) to be the largest and deepest container terminal in South Asia without any foreign funding, Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said Thursday. He said he would submit the proposal and blueprint of the development plan to the Cabinet shortly. The […]
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Saturday, August 25th, 2018
මාගම්පුත්ර උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම ජනාධිපතිවරණයට වැඩි කැමැත්තක් පෙන්වමින් රනිල් හා මෛත්රි දෙපිලකට බෙදී ව්යාජ නෝක්කාඩු ගමනක යෙදෙන බව මහින්ද හොඳින් තේරුම් ගෙන සිටින මොහොතකි. ජනාධිපතිවරණය මිස පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණය ඊට කලින් පවත්වන්නට මේ දෙන්නාටම ඕනෑ නැති වගක් මහින්ද දන්නේය. රට යන අත අනුව, මහින්දටද තමන් නියෝජනය කරන ප්රබලම කණ්ඩායමත් සමඟ, ඉතා දුෂ්කර ගමනක් හීන් සීරුවෙන් සිය දේශපාලන […]
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Saturday, August 25th, 2018
ඩබ්ලිව්.කේ. ප්රසාද් මංජු උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම ඉන්දියාවේ පාලක පක්ෂය වන භාරතීය ජනතා පක්ෂය විශේෂ දේශනයක් පැවැත්වීම සඳහා ඉන්දියාවට පැමිණෙන ලෙසට හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට ආරාධනා කිරීම මෙරට දේශපාලන ක්ෂේත්රයේ බල පෙරළියක ආරම්භයක්දැයි මෙරට දේශපාලන ක්ෂේත්රය තුළ මෙන්ම කලාපීය දේශපාලන ක්ෂේත්රය තුළද මේ වනවිට දැඩි අවධානයකට ලක්ව තිබේ. ත්රස්තවාදය පරාජය කිරීමෙන් පසුව ශ්රී ලංකාව යළි ගොඩනැංවීම පිළිබඳව […]
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Saturday, August 25th, 2018
අරුණි මල්ලවආරච්චි උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම 2017 වසරේ එක්තරා දිනයකි. වෙලාව මධ්යම රාත්රියත් ඉක්මවා තිබිණි. නිවෙසක කාමරයක් තුළට වී තරුණ කාන්තාවක් නිදිවර්ජිතව සුසුම් හෙළමින් සිටියාය. තම සැමියා ඒ වන විටත් නිවෙසට නොපැමිණීම ඇගේ වියවුලට හේතු වී තිබිණි. ඇයගේ මනසේ මැවෙමින් තිබූ සැකය හා බියමුසු සිතිවිලි සිතේ සැනසීම නැති කොට තිබිණි. ඇය වරෙක කාමරයේ ඒ මේ අත ඇවිද්දාය. තවත් […]
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Friday, August 24th, 2018
C. Wijeyawickrema Rahul Gandhi (RG), the new president of the Indian Congress party wants to be the next Indian PM. That is why he thinks he could try to act like a new Indian Mahathma Gandhi, who was not his relative. RG says, when he saw the dead body of Prabakaran at Nandikadal, he felt […]
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Friday, August 24th, 2018
Dr Sarath Obeysekera Will such comments below open the eyes of Government ? Galle: Updates from Cruisers https://www.noonsite.com/Countries/SriLanka/galle-what-we-wish-we-d-known-before-arrival By Sue Richards — last modified May 30, 2018 01:20 PM This report began with the experiences of two cruisers who visited Galle in spring 2013. We have since had subsequent comments from cruisers visiting Galle (see bottom of page) and […]
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Friday, August 24th, 2018
Dr Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has been mooting a Yacht Marina in Galle Harbour. A small Marina was built spending over 150 million Rupees and few Yachts sometimes patronize the harbour .If you have twitter or face book account or even Websites of Yacht Enthusiasts ,you will read many adverse comments […]
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