Archive for April 23rd, 2019
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS National security is the priority in any country and Sri Lanka has been facing for this issue clearly since 1983 and even before it was, but after 1983 security forces identified the significance of national security than any other activity of the country. Before Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa elected as president of the […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Dr. Daya Hewapathirane Sufism or the Sufi Muslim Ideology Traditionally, Sufism or the Sufi Muslim ideology had been the predominant Islamic spiritual tradition observed throughout Southern Asia, including Sri Lanka. Sufism is considered to be the mystical, ascetic branch of Islam which emphasizes personal experience with Allah. Sufis can be members of either the Sunni […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Wimal Senanayake Whatever truth that may come into light with the ongoing investigations, one thing for sure is this government is utterly disjointed powerless and headless. Heart is crying for the loss of lives and limbs and as the opposition has rightly pointed out, it is due to the presence of this inept and incompetent bunch […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
S.Akurugoda As per the headline news item appeared in The Island dated 23rd April, Petroleum Resource Development Minister Kabir Hashim has revealed that following some incidents in the Mawanella area, Intelligence had unearthed cache of explosives at Lacktowatta in Wanathawilluwa, Puttalam. During the raid two key suspects were captured. However, due to the intervention of […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
මාධ්ය නිවේදනය ගරු කතානායකතුමනි, මේ ගරු සභාව අද විශේෂ රැස්වීමක් පවත්වන්නේ පසුගිය ඉරිදා සිදුවුණු බෝම්බ ප්රහාරයන්වලින් පස්සෙ, රටේ අනාගතය ගැන සාකච්ඡා කරන්න. මේ වන විට 300 කට අධික පිරිසක් ඒ ප්රහාරයන් වලින් මිය ගිහින් තවත් 500 ක් පමණ තුවාල ලබලා තියෙනවා. මම මේ අවස්ථාවේදී නැවත වතාවක් ඒ මිය ගිය පිරිස වෙනුවෙන් ඔවුන්ගේ ඥාතීන්ට මාගේ බලවත් […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
MEDIA RELEASE – Mahinda Rajapaksa Hon Speaker, We are gathered here today, to discuss the future of our country following the bomb attacks that took place on Easter Sunday. More than 300 people were killed and more than 500 people were injured in those attacks. I wish to take this opportunity to once again convey […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
මාධ්ය ප්රකාශය Federation of University Teachers’ Associations 2019 පාස්කු ඉරිදාව අප රට මුහුණ දුන් තවත් ව්යවසනකාරී දිනයක් ලෙස බොහෝ කාලයක් යනතුරු අප මතකයේ පවතිනු ඇත. යුද්ධය නිමාවී දස වසරකට ආසන්න කාලයක් ගිය තැන අප පසු වුයේ බෝම්බ පිපිරීම් සහ මහා පරිමාන ව්යවසනයන් තවදුරටත් අතීතයට අයත් වූ සිදුවීම් ලෙස සිතන ශුභවාදී මානසිකත්වයකිනි. ගැටළු තිබු බව සැබෑවකි. […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Media Statement Federation of University Teachers’ Associations Easter Sunday of 2019 is destined to be yet another day of devastation that our country will have to remember in the years to come. As we approach 10 years living in a country that is not at war with itself, we were hopeful that we had put […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
By Senaka Weeraratna Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL) Public Lecture Did Japan contribute to Sri Lanka and India gaining independence from British colonial rule?” by Senaka Weeraratna On Monday 29th April 2019 at 5.00 p.m. at the Gamini Dissanayake Auditorium No. 96, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 07 ALL ARE WELCOME Abstract The time has come […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද උදෑසන ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණපක්ෂ කාර්යාලයේදී ඇත්තටම රටේ ආරක්ෂාවක් නැහැ. රට අරාජික වෙලා. පාලනයක් නැහැ. එහෙ මෙහෙ බෝම්බ පුපුරනවා.මේ තත්ත්වය ඉතා ඉක්මනින් වෙනස් කරන්න වෙනවා යි හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මෙසේ පැවුසවේ අද :23*උදේ ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ කාර්යාලයේදී මාධ්යවේදින් රටේ වත්මන් ආරක්ෂක තත්ත්වය සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමසන අවස්ථාවේදිය. […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Prof. Hudson McLean https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/22/asia/sri-lanka-investigation-easter-attacks/index.html After over 10 years of Peace & Harmony, in the Island Paradise, sudden blasts killing innocent Easter Sunday worshippers, shocked the World. The well planned, organised, coordinated attack on three Churches and several hotels in different locations, add to the fact, that, the attacks were professionally managed & executed. It is […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
වෛද්ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග මොහොමඩ් සහරාන් හෂීම් නුඹගේ දෙවියන් නොඅදහන මිත්යාදෘෂ්ටිකයන් පිරිසක් මරාගෙන මැරී යාමට නුඹ සිතුවාද ? ස්වර්ගයට ගොස් කන්යාවන් දහසය දෙනෙකුගේ පහස ලබමින් කිරි සහ මීපැණි බීමට නුඹ සිතා සිටියේද ? මධ්යකාලීන යුගයේ ආගමික අන්තවාදීන් විසින් ඔටු සම් වල ලියූ ප්රලාප ශුද්ධ වූ දේව වාක්ය […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
චන්ද්රසිරි විජයවික්රම
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Dr. Daya Hewapathirane The world renowned Israeli Professor Yuval Noah Harari, a historian, philosopher and author of the international bestsellers translated into 50+ languages and sold worldwide with his book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” (2014) looking deep into our past, his second book Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow” (2016) considering far-future […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Dilrook Kannangara What happened on April 21, 2019 was no accident. It was going to happen based on what happens around the world and in Sri Lanka. Explosives were unearthed, Buddhist shrines were vandalized, hate material were found and even intelligence reports indicated of an impending Islamic terrorist attack. The parliament was told that at […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
New Zealand Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights in Sri Lanka (SPUR – NZ) New Zealand Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights in Sri Lanka (SPUR – NZ) vehemently condemns the reprehensible and shameful terrorist attack on innocent people attending to their religious activities on Easter Sunday at several locations including holy places […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights in Sri Lanka (SPUR) NSW Inc Australia Our Society expresses its profound and heartfelt sorrow on the senseless killing of innocents in Sri Lanka. Our thoughts are with the families and persons affected by the deaths, grievous injury and destruction of property by terrorists who have caused fear […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Dr.P.A.Samaraweera With the terror attack on Easter Sunday, the death toll had risen to 290. Nearly 500 being injured. It had been reported that 24 suspects are in custody and details about them are not known. The suspicion is on a Muslim terrorist organisation. However, on the day of the attack, Human Right Activists pointed […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Prof. Hudson McLean After over 10 years of Peace & Harmony, in the Island Paradise, sudden blasts killing innocent Easter Sunday worshippers, shocked the World. The well planned, organised, coordinated attack on three Churches and several hotels in different locations, add to the fact, that, the attacks were professionally managed & executed. It is dangerous […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Ilyas Haniffa, President Asiff Hussein, Vice President- Outreach Centre for Islamic Studies Sri Lanka’s Muslims woke up to a rude shock on Easter Sunday, 21st April and reacted with disbelief to the news that churches and hotels had been bombed while our Christian brothers and sisters were celebrating Easter. As Muslims we are […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
MAHINDA KARUNARATNE It is a Muslim Jihad attack on other communities and a threat, which the damn govt. is impotent to accept, yet they are talking damn reconciliation. What was notable yesterday 21st April is that Muslims were new it very well, they kept their shops and businesses closed but with no any indication of […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
By Lee Brown Courtesy New York Post The Sri Lanka suicide bombers had planned an attack on a fourth luxury hotel, but for some reason it never occurred, officials said Tuesday. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe revealed the plot on the unnamed luxury hotel without saying why it failed, according to the New York Times. This man had […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
By Frida Ghitis Courtesy CNN (CNN)The first time I traveled to Sri Lanka, in 2010, a ghastly civil war had just ended. Military officers still manned checkpoints along major roads. Frida GhitisWhether we were passengers in a rickety tuk-tuk in Colombo, the bustling, leafy capital, or riding in an air-conditioned car across the countryside, armed […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana Parliamentarian Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe stated that the government including United National Party (UNP) MP Mujibur Rahman should bear the responsibility for the series of explosions which occurred around the country on Easter Sunday (21). MP Rajapakshe mentioned this at the special parliamentary meeting held today (23). According to him, on November 18th, 2016, he […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Courtesy Mirror (UK) An image released by the Amaq news agency shows alleged mastermind Zahran Hashim with seven men claimed to have carried out the bombings ISIS has released a picture which it claims shows seven suicide bombers alongside the mastermind who co-ordinated the Easter Sunday atrocity in Sri Lanka. The image was released by […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that investigators have made good progress in identifying the suspects involved in the Easter Day attacks. Speaking in a media briefing for the foreign correspondents today (23), the Prime minister also said it is possible” the Easter bombings were retaliation for the Christchurch attacks, but did not provide […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana (CNN) Early warnings from India’s intelligence services to Sri Lankan officials ahead of the Easter Sunday bombings were based on information gleaned from an ISIS suspect, CNN has learned. Delhi passed on unusually specific intelligence in the weeks and days leading up to the attacks, Sri Lankan officials have said, and at least […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana President Maithripala Sirisena says that he hopes to affect changes among the heads of the country’s security forces within the next 24 hours. He stated this during his address to the nation, in the wake of Sunday’s devastating bombings targeting multiple churches and hotels in Sri Lanka. President Sirisena pointed out that various […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
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