(සේන තෝරදෙනිය විසින් "Alleged Suicide and the $ 2.5 Million Scam: Conspiracies, Autopsies and Public Distrust" නමින් ඉංගිරිසියෙන් ලියන ලද ලිපියේ සිංහල පරිවර්තනය: පරිවර්තනය ශ්රීමත් පුංචිහේවා විසිනි.)
හැඳින්වීම ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 2.5 ක සයිබර් වංචාවට සම්බන්ධ බව කියන භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ සහකාර අධ්යක්ෂවරයෙකුගේ සැක කටයුතු සියදිවි නසාගැනීම, කුමන්ත්රණ න්යායන්ගේ කුණාටුවක හඹා යාමක් ඇතිකොට තිබේ. සති දෙකකට වැඩි කාලයක් තිස්සේ මෙම න්යායන් මහජන කක්ෂයේ පුළුල්ව සංසරණය වෙමින්, සමාජ මාධ්ය මගින් දිනපතා උළුප්පා දක්වමින් සහ විපක්ෂ දේශපාලන පක්ෂවල විවේචන මගින් තහවුරු කරමින් පවතී. පාලක පක්ෂයේ බලපුළුවන්කාරයින් විසින් තමාගේ ස්ව-කැමැත්තට තෝරා පත්කර ගත් බව කියන ප්රාදේශීය අධිකරණ වෛද්ය නිලධාරීන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
Dr. Sunil J Wimalawansa Professor of Medicine
For more than sixty years, Sri Lanka has suffered repeated man‑made disasters. Every few years, something man-made (manufactured) happens that pushes the country back by almost a decade. These setbacks did not come from natural disasters—they came from selfish people, from violence, from poor leadership, and from decisions made without thinking about the nation's future. Since 1971, uprisings, terrorism, and political chaos have taken thousands of young lives. Each time, the country lost not only its youth but also its stability, its economy, and its hope. But... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
Did you all know that consumption of Beef was forbidden in Japan, for over 1200 years? It was actively forbidden by the Buddhists and also the Hindu influence over Japanese philosophies, including Shintoism. Consumption was rare, stigmatized, and legally discouraged, rather than entirely nonexistent. If you consume, you'd be made to do penance for 100 days. Until 1872. And then came Emperor Meji and along with him he brought the Meiji restoration. He decided to go hook line and sinker and ape the west. Emperor Meiji formally lifted the bans to promote modernization, Westernization,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Colombo Dockyard PLC which is a subsidiary of Mazagon Shipyard of India and Sri Lankan marine engineering companies could benefit substantially from India's planned shipbuilding component manufacturing expansion — but only if they reposition quickly from traditional repair-oriented activities into integrated regional supply-chain participation. The Indian strategy is not merely about building ships. It is about creating a complete maritime industrial ecosystem similar to what HD Hyundai, Chinese yards, and Japanese shipbuilding groups developed over decades. For Sri Lanka, the opportunity lies in becoming a specialized satellite maritime support hub rather than... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
Ven. Ampitiye Sumanarathana Thero
පූජ්ය අම්පිටියේ සුමනරතන නා හිමි. අමරපුර ශ්රී කළ්යාණිවංශික මහා නිකායේ මඩකලපුව - අම්පාර දෙදිසාවේ උප ප්රධාන සංඝනායක ශ්රී වාදීභසිංහ සිරි සුජාත ගෞරව ධර්ම කීර්ති ශ්රී සමාජ සේවා විභූෂණ විහාරාධිපති, ශ්රී මංගලාරාමය - මඩකලපුව, ශ්රී පන්ථාරාමය - සින්නවත්ත, ශ්රී සුධර්ශනාරාමය - රම්මුල්ල, ශ්රී අභිනවාරාමය - කෙවිළියාමඩුව රට ජාතිය බුදු සසුන වෙනුවෙන් සිදුකරනු ලබන අනුපමේය මෙහෙවරට ඔබටත් දායක විය හැක. අමතන්න 077 1791883 / 071 0479695 පූජ්ය අම්පිටියේ සුමනරතන නා හිමි. https://youtu.be/iPmamT7yrNY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2026/05/07/sri-lanka-india-land-bridge-opportunity-or-strategic-risk/ The proposed India–Sri Lanka land bridge must be viewed not merely as an infrastructure project, but as a long-term strategic and geopolitical decision with deep political, social, demographic, and security implications for Sri Lanka. At a time when Tamil Nadu politics is becoming increasingly assertive, Sri Lanka must proceed with extreme caution. The emergence of political figures such as Joseph Vijay, reportedly supported by influential Christian NGOs and regional nationalist groups, may create future pressures on Sri Lanka far beyond trade and connectivity. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
Dr. Alon Ben-Meir
Violence has metastasized into humanity's baseline condition. Yet international institutions remain paralyzed by vetoes and rivalry, offering hollow declarations while dehumanization becomes normalized. Coordinated action, not gestures, is desperately needed Global violence today is metastasizing, not contained; over 180,000 violent events reported globally by the International Institute for Strategic Studies signal a world in which conflict has become a baseline condition rather than an exception. More than 130 armed conflicts now rage—over twice the number of 15 years ago—shattering infrastructure, tearing apart social fabric, and normalizing dehumanization as a political weapon. Women and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
By Rohana R. Wasala
Continued from April 26, 2026 Below is the last paragraph of Part III published eleven days ago: Be that as it may, his (i.e., president Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s) efforts are apparently expended on appeasing the handful of racist Tamil separatists and the few religious extremists hiding safely in plain sight, taking refuge within the larger peaceful Tamil, Catholic, and Muslim mainstream minority communities. The latent resurgence of political (Tamil separatist) and religio-political (Catholic and Islamist) extremism has become a complex social, political, and security issue for the Sinhalese Buddhist majority... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/26)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Palm leaf manuscripts have been in existence in Sri Lanka from the ancient period onwards. The two oldest palm-leaf manuscripts found in Sri Lanka today are the Cullavagga Pālimanuscript of the H.C.P. Bell collection, which is held at the Library of the National Museum, Colombo, and the Mahavagga Pāli manuscript in the University of Kelaniya collection. Photocopies of both are available at the Library of the University of Peradeniya. Both are dated to 13 century. Cullavagga manuscript has wooden covers richly decorated in lac with a design of flowers and foliage. Karmmavibhāga ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/26)
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Senaka Weeraratna
https://youtu.be/kmYF1fcMchU?si=SBVHpTqlDQ9mHxQY The Animal Welfare Bill proposed by the Law Commission in 2006 (and verbatim reproduced in the Private Members Bill tabled by Ven. Athureliya Rathana Thera, in Parliament, in October 2010) has been hijacked by the Meat Trade and its collaborators and converted into an Animal Welfare Bill (2022) protecting not the innocent animals but the interests of the Poultry and Meat trade, and those who use live Animals in totally unnecessary experiments despite the availability of viable non-violent and harmless suitable alternatives. The Animal Welfare Bill (2006) introduced a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/26)
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By Sarath Obeysekera
The renewed call by India’s High Commissioner to fast-track a land bridge between Sri Lanka and India has reignited an important national debate. There are serious concerns inside Sri Lanka, even hinted in public reactions and past debates: 1. Sovereignty & security concerns Fear of uncontrolled movement of people and goods Customs, immigration, and law enforcement challenges 2. Economic imbalance Risk Sri Lanka becomes: A satellite economy Or overwhelmed by Indian labour and goods ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/26)
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In 2026, the United States reached a new turning point that revealed this cycle in real time: federal interest payments on public debt surpassed defence spending for the first time in American history. According to the US Treasury Department’s Quarterly Statement (Q1 FY2026), net interest payments reached $270.3 billion, exceeding the Pentagon’s $266.9 billion spent in the same quarter. On an annual basis, this equals around $1.04 trillion a year. It’s higher than America’s entire 2025 defence budget, which stood at roughly $839 billion before the current conflict, per the Congressional Budget Office (CBO,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/26)
By Sena Thoradeniya
Introduction The alleged suicide of an Assistant Director in the Treasury, linked to the US $2.2 million cyber fraud, has ignited a storm of conspiracy theories. For more than two weeks these theories have circulated widely in the public domain, amplified daily by social media and reinforced by criticisms from opposition political parties. The autopsy or the judicial postmortem examination, conducted by four “regional” Judicial Medical Officers (JMOs), reportedly handpicked by ruling party panjandrums, has only deepened suspicion. Opposition politicians and social media activists allege that all four JMOs are either... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/26)
Shenali D Waduge
The reported move by the Criminal Investigation Department Sri Lanka to obtain a statement from Asad Maulana living overseas since 2022, in connection with allegations involving Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay, raises several questions. Media reports indicate that the CID’s actions are linked to a complaint filed by Father Rohan based on claims made by Asad Maulana in the Channel 4 Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings: Dispatches. Several issues remain unaddressed: Why did Maulana not appear before domestic commissions or parliamentary committees to officially state his claims post-attacks Why... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/26)
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RANJITH SOYSA
At Tissa Viharaya, Jaffna, on the days significant to the Buddhists, the unruly individuals of another faith gather at its gates and create disruptive scenery disturbing the religious environment. This is the ugly truth the Buddhists devotees must face regularly. Such an unenviable situation was prevailing for the last one year. History of Tissa viharya goes back to BC 307 when King Devanampiyatissa was the ruler of Sri Lanka. He became a Buddhist after listening to Ven Mahinda thero. After embracing Buddhism, the King built several temples and in Nagadeepa,-name used for Jaffna peninsula-... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/26)
ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්රී ගුණරත්න, නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා, රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ෆ්රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය වෙනුවෙන්
2026 මැයි 06 ගරු කතානායකතුමා,ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව,ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ,කෝට්ටේ. ගරු කතානායකතුමනි, අස්වැසුම ප්රතිලාභීන් වෙත දෙවරක්/අතිරේක මුදල් ගෙවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව හරහා විමර්ශනයක් සිදු කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලීමයි. 2026 අප්රේල් 22 දින පෙ.ව. 9.23 ට ඔබතුමන්ගේ jagathw
parliament.lk ඊ මේල් ලිපිනයට මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ ඩො.මිලියන ඩොලර් මිලියන 2.5 ක මුදලක්, අතුරුදන්වීම පිළිබඳ පැමිණිල්ලක් සිදු කළෙමු. රාජ්ය පරිපාලන චක්රලේඛ අංක 27/2023 (2023.12.29) : මහජනතාවගෙන්, දේශපාලන අධිකාරියෙන් සහ අනෙකුත් ආයතනවලින් ලැබෙන ලිපි, විද්යුත් ලිපි (E-mail) සම්බන්ධ කටයුතු කළ යුතු ආකාරයට ඒ සඳහා ඔබතුමන්/ඔබගේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) played a crucial and vocal role in 1963 in bringing international attention to the repression of Buddhists in South Vietnam under the Catholic-led regime of Ngo Dinh Diem. Sinhala Buddhist leaders, monks and laity, public organizations, and the government, led by Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, acted as a primary international voice advocating for the rights of Vietnamese Buddhists during the Buddhist Crisis. Introduction HE Mr. To Lam, the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, along with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/26)
Eng. Kanthar Balanathan
Since Independence in 1948, some politicians started their campaign of Tamil Eelam as a conceptual republic via forming a party in 1949. The interesting comedy is that they did not deliberate about the concept prior to 1949 or even before independence in Feb 1948. This may indicate some kind of selfishness in the minds of the Tamil politicians. We are all propagating and shouting that Tami Eelam existed since long, however, then why did not the Cheras, Colas and the Pandians establish and declare it a republic or a state of Tamil Eelam. The propaganda... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Since I joined Colombo Dockyard as CEO, the Deputy Finance Minister of Norway came to me requesting us to build UFAC, known as Ultra Fast Patrol Craft, similar to several aluminium crafts built for the Sri Lanka Navy. He wanted us to finance the project, either through financing from Sri Lanka, and offered a sovereign guarantee from the Maldives. We built them and also a special luxury vessel for the Maldivian President. State banks, namely Bank of Ceylon and People’s Bank, provided financing. It was the first time state... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
The victory of King Wimaladharmasuriya I at the Battle of Danture in 1594 was a defining moment that secured the independence of the Kandyan Kingdom and preserved the Buddhist identity of Sri Lanka. By annihilating the Portuguese army, he prevented the total conquest of the island and the potential suppression of Buddhism under colonial rule. AI Overview His actions following the victory directly revitalized the island's religious and cultural heritage: Establishment of the Dalada Maligawa: After consolidating power, the king brought the Sacred Tooth Relic from its hiding place... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/26)
by Garvin Karunaratne
On many an occasion on my never ending irrigation inspections in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya long ago I had to cling onto trees and, creepers to avoid being blown off by the power of the wind. Speaking from my sheer experience in handling development tasks- Building up Coop Crayon at Morawaka in 1971, done in three months, developing it to enable Minister Illangaratne to declare that all imports of crayons should be stopped, and Again in Bangladesh, establishing the Youth Self Employment Programme in nineteen months- a programme that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/26)
By Sarath Obeysekera
The recent visit of Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu to Sri Lanka and his discussions with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake mark an important step in strengthening bilateral relations between the two Indian Ocean neighbours. The signing of multiple agreements reflects goodwill, mutual respect, and a shared desire for cooperation. However, at a time when Sri Lanka is navigating a fragile economic recovery, the critical question remains: Do these agreements translate into tangible economic gains—particularly in terms of foreign exchange earnings? President Muizzu’s political rise was initially perceived as tilting the Maldives away from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/26)
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත්
නඩු තීන්දු සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජනාධිපතිවරයා පසුගිය මැයි දිනයේ සිදු කළ ප්රකාශය තුළින් අධිකරණය කෙරෙහි පවතින මහජනතාවගේ විශ්වාසය පළුදු විය හැකි බව ශ්රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමය පවසනවා. නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් එම සංගමය මේ පිළිබඳව පවසා සිටියා. නීතියේ ආධිපත්ය සුරැකීම සඳහා එම සංගමය කැපවී සිටින බවයි එම නිවේදනයේ දැක්වෙන්නේ. එමෙන්ම ජනපතිවරයා කළ එම ප්රකාශයට විරෝධය දක්වමින් විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්රේමදාස මහතා ඇතුළු ඒකාබද්ධවිපක්ෂය විසින් විශේෂ නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කර තිබෙනවා. එමගින් පෙන්වා දී ඇත්තේ රජය අධිකරණය ඉලක්ක කරගනිමින් කරනු ලබන ප්රකාශ වහා නතර කළ යුතු අතර ජනාධිපතිවරයා කළ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
A massive theft occurred involving USD 2.5 million from the Treasury, allegedly reaching a third party, according to Samagi Jana Balawegaya Member of Parliament Harsha de Silva. The Member of Parliament made these remarks while making a special statement in Parliament today (5). The system is crippled because high-ranking officials, including the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, lack proper experience in financial management and because individuals from other services are appointed to such positions instead of skilled administrative officers. The Member of Parliament questioned why the Department of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/26)
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ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්රී ගුණරත්න ෆී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය
ගරු ප්රීති පද්මන් සූරසේන මැතිතුමාගරු අගවිනිසුරු සහ අධිකරණ සේවාකොමිෂන් සභාවෙහි ගරු සභාපති,ශ්රී ලංකා ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය,කොළඹ 12. 2026 මැයි මස 04 වන දින දීය. ගරු අගවිනිසුරුතුමනි, ගරු අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් දේශපලන වේදිකාවකදී අධිකරණය හමුවෙහි තවමත් පවතින නඩු කටයුත්තක ඉදිරියට ලබා දීමට නියමිත තීන්දුවක් පිළිබදව සිදු කරන ලද අගතිගාමී ප්රකාශයක් පිළිබදව විමර්ශනයක් පවත්වන ලෙසට කරනු ලබන ඉල්ලීමයි. පසුගිය මැයි දිනය දා ගරු අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් අධිකරණය හමුවෙහි තවමත් පවතින නඩු කටයුත්තක ඉදිරියට ලබා දීමට නියමිත තීන්දුවක් පිළිබදව සිදු කරන ලද ප්රකාශයක් පිළිබදව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/26)
Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is President of the Institute for Humanitarian Conflict Resolution.
One of the gravest injustices in America today persists not because it is hidden, but because it has been normalized—absorbed into daily life, tolerated in silence, and sustained by indifference where outrage should prevail Child Poverty in America How can the United States—still the richest nation on earth—tolerate one of the highest child poverty rates in the industrialized world? This is not inevitability but failure: we have the wealth to end it, yet lack the will. The same is true of widening... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/26)
Nava Thakuria
Guwahati: Counting of votes begins in all 126 legislative assembly constituencies of Assam, where elections were held simultaneously in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Keralam, Puducherry union territory, along with bye-elections in some other States in the last few weeks. As the clock touches 8 in the morning (4 May 2026), the process kicks off in 40 designated centres across 35 districts of the north-eastern State. Addressing the media recently, Assam chief electoral officer Anurag Goel disclosed that the ECI deputed 126 counting observers (IAS officers from the rest of India) for the State, along... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/26)
e-Con e-News
Posted byee ink.May 2, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:China, digitalization, economy, external-resources-department, finance, IMF, Ministry of Finance, news, politics blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 26 April – 02 May 2026 * ‘As President & Minister of Finance, were you aware that on or around Sept 6, 2025, a cyberattack was launched against the data system of the Ministry of Finance under your purview?’ – see ee Random Notes, The 22 Open Questions of the Free Lawyers Organisation * Has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/26)
Shenali D Waduge
by Shenali Waduge · 3rd May 2026 35 years out of 78 years of independence went into dealing with insurrections and terror against the State of Sri Lanka. This is almost half of Sri Lanka’s independence. While many strife to explain Sri Lanka’s debt crisis through economics, corruption, IMF policies or bad governance – a major contributor often left undiscussed is the financial burden as a result of armed insurgencies and the cumulative impact post-conflict. The JVP and the LTTE and since 2019 Islamic terrorism are 3 key reasons why Sri Lanka continues... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/26)
ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්රී ගුණරත්න රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ෆී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය
2026 මැයි 3 ගරු කබීර් හෂීම් මැතිතුමා, රජයේ ගිණුම් පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාවේ ගරු සභාපතිතුමා, ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව, ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ, කෝට්ටේ. ගරු සභාපතිතුමනි, භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ ඩොලර්මිලියන2.5 මංකොල්ලය සම්බන්ධයෙන් මුදල්අමාත්යාංශය, විදේශසම්පත් හා රාජ්යණයකළමනාකරණදෙපාර්තමේන්තුවල දායකත්වය පිළිබඳ කෝපාකමිටුව හරහා විමර්ශනයක්සිදුකරනලෙසඉල්ලීමයි. 2026 අප්රේල් 22 දින භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ සිදු වූ ඩොලර් මිලියන 2.5 ක මංකොල්ලය පිළිබඳව ගරු ගරු කතානායකතුමන් වෙත අප විසින් පැමිණිලි කරනු ලැබීය. එම ලිපිය ලැබුණු බව හෝ මේ දක්වා අප වෙත දන්වා එවීමට කතානායකතුමන් කටයුතු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/26)
The National Peace Council
The conclusion of the international Walk for Peace led by Most Venerable Bhikkhu Thich Paññākāra from Vietnam, that took place in Sri Lanka on April 21-18 generated interest and discussion across the country about the importance of peacebuilding and coexistence in the country. The public response to the walk, including support extended by people from different religious and ethnic communities, showed that there is much space within society for initiatives that encourage dialogue, restraint and mutual respect. The National Peace Council believes this positive response should be used constructively, while recognising that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/26)
Ven Dr Omalpe Sobhitha Thero President Justice for Animals and Nature
21 April 2026Ven Pannakara TheroHuong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center,Fort Worth, Texas,USA. Dear Bhanthe,Re: A request to include the spread of compassion & peace for all livingbeings including animals in your mission We are truly delighted and in much appreciation of your noble mission to spreadBuddhism, peace and harmony in the world. We are doubly pleased to note your boundless display of compassion towards animalsby making Aloka, a former stray animal, as a member of your team.Humans constitute the dominant species of this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/26)
සේනක වීරරත්න
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ බෞද්ධයෝ වියට්නාමයේ බෞද්ධයින්ට පෙර නොවූ විරූ ආකාරයකින් සහයෝගය දැක්වූහ. දකුණු වියට්නාමයේ අපගේ මධ්ය ආගමිකයින්ට අනුකම්පා කරමින් රට පුරා දැවැන්ත විරෝධතා පැවැත්විණි. මෙම ව්යාපාරය මෙහෙයවනු ලැබුවේ බෞද්ධ ජාතික බලවේගයේ (BJB) සභාපති එල්.එච්. මෙත්තානන්ද විසිනි. 1963 ඔක්තෝබර් මාසයේදී BJB විසින් සංවිධානය කරන ලද කොළඹ ආනන්ද විද්යාලයේ පැවති රැස්වීමකදී විරෝධතා උච්චතම අවස්ථාවට පැමිණියේය. මෙම රැස්වීමට දහස් ගණනක් සහභාගී වූහ. පෙළපාළියට එක් කරුණක් සම්මත කිරීමට පැය තුනක් ගත විය. පෙළපාළියේ ප්රමාණය එතරම් විශාල විය. සහෝදර බෞද්ධ රටක සිදුවෙමින් පවතින දේ කෙරෙහි මහජන කෝපයෙන් ඉඟියක් ලබා ගනිමින්, එවකට අගමැතිනි සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මහත්මිය, එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ දී මෙම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/26)
