Dr Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara This controversial man’s full name appears as Samuel Ratnajeevan Herbert Hoole and he is referred to as a Sri Lankan Tamil engineer and academic. He is a member of the election commission of Sri Lanka appointed by the Constitutional Council headed by former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya. According to his Bio data […]

Jon Schwarz courtesy theintercept.com IT’S TOUGH TO determine the most bizarre thing President Donald Trump has ever said. But what he tweeted on Tuesday morning is definitely in the running: Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS REVISED 21.6.20 Medhananda has shown, through his explorations and his writings, that the Eastern Province had a vibrant Buddhist civilization in the ancient and medieval period.  He has also shown that it had special features, such as hillside monastic complexes and a series of ‘Muhudu Maha vihara’. Monastic complexes Medhananda found evidence of […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Revised 27.6.20 Ven. Ellawala Medhananda made a special effort to find and record stone inscriptions from the archaeological sites he explored. Medhananda had been very successful in this venture. He says he has found over 500 ‘new’ inscriptions. This can be accepted as Medhananda has been engaged in archaeological explorations for over 35 years. […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Revised . 27.6.20 The inscriptions found by Medhananda have helped to confirm known historical facts and also advance our knowledge of the Sinhala Buddhist civilization of ancient and medieval Sri Lanka.     The inscriptions Medhananda   found refer to a wide range of Sinhala kings. This indicates the extent of Medhananda‘s explorations. Here is […]

ALI SUKHANVER Pakistan has recently shot down a spy drone of India and India has arrested a spy-pigeon of Pakistan. The owner of the pigeon Habibullah, a Pakistani villager, has warned the Indian authorities to refrain from ‘victimizing innocent birds’. He has urged the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to return his pigeon, currently being […]

Courtesy NowThis News ‘It was horrific then. It’s horrific to hear it now.’ — Ken Burns wants all of us to remember Donald Trump’s extreme response to the Central Park Five case. In US news, Ken Burns sat down with NowThis News to talk about the Central Park 5 case and how Donald Trump reacted […]

Dr. Sarath Obeysekera  We read politicians including paradesheeya sabha members and monks involved in robberies ,  but this is the first time we hear about  a Doctor who is almost a consultant involved in a robbery. There is nothing here to be surprised because most of the doctors who become consultants eventually start robbing poor […]

by Shamindra Ferdinando  Courtesy The Island National Freedom Front (NFF) leader and Minister Wimal Weerawansa on Monday (8) said that the three-member Election Commission (EC) should take the responsibility for holding up the parliamentary polls as well as the conduct of its member Prof. Ratnajeevan Hoole. The EC comprises Mahinda Deshapriya, Prof. Ratnajeevan Hoole and […]

Courtesy matador network SRI LANKA IS planning to welcome tourists back starting on August 1, 2020, but it’s taking this step with a serious safety protocol. Many countries are now requiring a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival, administering them at the airports, but Sri Lanka is requiring four tests. According to Sri Lanka Tourism, the first test must be […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry says that one more person has tested positive for the novel coronavirus today (09). The total number of positive coronavirus cases reported in Sri Lanka has now risen to 1,858.

Courtesy Hiru News Various comments made by opposition and ruling party politicians regarding the forthcoming parliamentary election and the Independent Election Commission are given below;

Courtesy Hiru News It has been revealed that the doctor had used a toy pistol for the purpose to threaten the cashier of the Colombo National Hospital Accounts Division and had robbed 7.9 million rupees. Police Media Spokesperson SP Jaliya Senaratne stated that he was a doctor attached another hospital and has come to the […]

Courtesy Hiru News Minister Wimal Weerawansa revealed today that the US official who arrived in Sri Lanka and refused to be subject to a PCR test was not a diplomat. He was speaking at a press conference held in Colombo. The Minister also expressed his views regarding the conduct of the Election Commission Chairman.

Courtesy Hiru News Police Inspector Neomal Rangajiva of the Police Field Force Headquarters said that IGP Pujith Jayasundara insisted on mentioning the name of former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in connection with the 2012 shooting incident at Welikada Prison. He was presenting evidence before the Presidential Commission appointed to Investigate Political revenge.