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News Archive for May 2025
Hands Off Our Generosity! The Sinister Whispers Against a Sacred TraditionFor centuries, the heart of Sri Lanka has pulsed with the spirit of dana, of selfless giving. During sacred times like Vesak, our streets transform into vibrant avenues of generosity, where overflowing stalls offer everything from steaming rice and crispy roti to sweet ice cream and refreshing drinks, freely shared with all. This isn't about charity for the poor alone; it's a profound act of liberation, a shedding of attachment that enriches both giver and receiver. Anyone who has ever offered a simple biscuit to a stray dog or a comforting yoghurt... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
A Language of Blood Has Gripped Our World: The Twentieth Newsletter (2025)
Dahlia Abdelilah Baasher (Sudan), Untitled, n.d. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Over the past weeks, international focus has no doubt been on the escalation between India and Pakistan, which we will write more about once the dust settles. Though none of the armies crossed the border or the Line of Control, concern is nonetheless understandable: both countries wield nuclear weapons in their arsenal. Now, there has effectively been a return to the ceasefire of 1948, which has lingered in the decades since without a proper and full... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
Sri Lanka civic polls: Is NPP losing popularity among the people?
President Anura Dissanayake's NPP wins the local elections, but witnesses a huge dip in vote shares Updated: May 14, 2025 20:48 IST Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake | AP Sri Lanka’s local civic polls, held on May 6, have thrown up several surprises, indicating a shift in ground reality. President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka’s ruling National People’s Power (NPP) - Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) coalition witnessed a major dip in vote percentage. Although the NPP emerged as the largest party, winning 265 out of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
Sri Lanka stalls Starlink over security and sovereignty concerns
Starlink is great for developing countries, offering connectivity without costly infrastructure. But it’s a challenge for their national security, since authorities can’t monitor the traffic it carries. This policy conflict arose in Sri Lanka in early May, when the government paused rollout of the satellite communications service, blocking one of the few ways to ensure affordable connectivity to remote and vulnerable areas. Satellite internet can help close significant connectivity gaps across Sri Lanka, especially in remote, underserved and disaster-prone regions where fibre and mobile networks are limited. For... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
Sinopec facing obstacles in Sri Lanka top Chinese scholar
Says companies operating in Sri Lanka are against Sinopec entering the market Sri Lanka signed MoU with Sinopec for US $ 3.7 billion refinery in Hambantota If a Chinese oil company comes here, they have higher technologies. So the local companies will face severe competition Colombo, May 16 (Daily Mirror) - Sinopec, the leading Chinese petroleum company that has sought to invest in Sri Lanka, is facing obstacles in pressing ahead with implementation, a leading Chinese scholar who is presently in Sri Lanka told Daily... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
PRESIDENT TO USE ALL THE WEAPONS IN HIS ARSENAL TO BLOCK OPPOSITION'S LOCAL COUNCIL POWER GRAB...DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT FAILING TO GET A MAJORITY
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that if fragmented opposition groups band together to seize control of local government bodies, he will use constitutional, legal, and political power to thwart their efforts. The President made these remarks while addressing the JVP's 60th anniversary celebration held in Colombo on May 14. This is against the backdrop of the ruling National People's Power failing to get a majority vote in many local government bodies, despite winning in those areas. Meanwhile, the opposition parties have decided to band together to form a united... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
ලාබ ලබපු විදුලි බල මණ්ඩලය පුනරුදයෙන් පාඩුයි... මාටියා ගහපු බලාගාරවල පාඩුව30%කින් ජනතාවගේ කරට
https://youtu.be/EteTxjneDIE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
භික්ෂූන්ට බුදුන්ට වඩා මාක්ස් ලොකු උනාද ? Patali Champika
https://youtu.be/DWa0JjcDGQU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
ප්රභාකරන්ගේ පිළිම හදලා සමරන තැනට මේ ආන්ඩුව වැටුනේ ඇයි ?
https://youtu.be/cLSOlCjAxdc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
System change through transformation of strategic vision to strategic planning
Good ideas fail automatically. In a competitive environment and with limited resources, political parties need robust strategies to maximise their chances to win. In every day’s working routines, there is often a high focus on action and reaction - and little to no direction due to an unclear or non-existent strategy - Strategic Planning for Political Parties Abstract, Friedrich Naumann Foundation (https://www.freiheit.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/11_abstract_strategic-planning-2022.pdf) As the Friedrich Naumann Foundation says “strategic planning is a key competence for political parties and their leadership personnel while in government or in Opposition. Strategy development cannot be delegated or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
U.S. War on China, A long time Coming
In South Asia, a Regional Cold War is ramping up with India’s “Beggar thy Neighborhood First” policies, including war on Pakistan Image by Getty and Unsplash+. Movement toward war with China accelerates. Trump has raised America’s military budget to a Trillion dollars although claiming to be a peace maker. The public, focused on troubles currently upending U.S. politics, does not pay much attention to a war on the way for decades. The watershed moment came in 1949 with the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
Sri Lanka’s Land Market Shows Strong Momentum Amid Growing Demand, Reports LankaPropertyWeb
Colombo, May 2025 — The Sri Lankan land market is gaining renewed strength, with Colombo and the broader Western Province leading the way in price growth, according to the latest Land Price Index (LPI) published by LankaPropertyWeb (LPW). The 2025 index reveals that land prices in Colombo city (Colombo 1-15) have risen by 7% year-on-year, while the overall Western Province recorded an 12% increase — a notable jump from the 8% rise observed the previous year. The report highlights a sustained upward trend in land values, particularly in Colombo’s suburbs and key districts like Gampaha... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
Where is Sri Lanka Going Wrong & Into Debt?
Where is Sri Lanka Going Wrong & Into Debt? A great country, with a history going back into Before Christ, a country with unparalleled industrial engineering strength, and after years of Self-Rule, the only credit to Sri Lanka is a growing debt! Corruption, Greed of the Ruling Class, has stepped on and used the working class and the poor to achieve their own wealth!. What has a group of tiny sinking islands Maldives got better or more than the Pearl of Asia? Maldives has unveiled a $9... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
A Pope from Chicago – the birthplace of modern Islam in USA
Pope Leo XIV making his first public appearance from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica | Screenshot from NBC News The Conclave acted quite swiftly ending the weeks-long speculations about the next pope – only on the second day of the cardinals’ meeting. The announcement of Robert Prevost being the new Pope sent waves of excitement in not only the crowds gathered in and around St Peter’s Square in the Vatican, and also not only in the Catholic population in all parts of the world, but to the general global population... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
The Bloodied Emirates: How the UAE Fears a Free Muslim World with Dr Andreas Krieg
https://youtu.be/nwF_uIAIcC0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
What the U.S. Can Learn from Israel’s ‘Qatargate’ Affair
White House Correspondents’ season just wrapped in Washington. Last weekend, celebrities, journalists, and politicians descended on Washington to celebrate the free press. Traditionally, the weekend is also an occasion to take jabs at the administration. Among this year’s events was a soiree hosted by the Embassy of Qatar. Wining and dining the press has become somewhat of an annual ritual for Qatar. Doha hosted parties at the Four Seasons in 2023 and 2024 and co-sponsored another swanky event in 2019. How Qatar became a regular headliner during a weekend... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
Poverty Alleviation Creation of Employment, making what we need is the answer to the USA imposing a tax on our imports.
President Trump is looking after the interests of the USA and mind you within months many industries will open up making what the USA did import. Once I owned a Roadtrek-Chevrolet campervan in the USA and clocked over 50,000 miles travel over hill and dale. It was a marvel, far better that the Benz 200 I drive today. Earlier, When I was a doctoral student at Michigan State I ran in a Delta 99 Oldsmobile, a great car and I am certain that the car giants in the USA will soon make better cars than... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
Jairam Ramesh’s “THE LIGHT OF ASIA: the poem that defined THE BUDDHA” - I
This article is dedicated to the memory of Sri Lankan patriot, humanitarian, and friend of fellow global Buddhists, Hon. Lakshman Kadirgamar, who was instrumental in winning official recognition for Vesak as an international holiday at the United Nations in September 1999, on the eve of the 3rd Millennium Jairam Ramesh quotes the following short quatrain from Sir Edwin Arnold, the author of The Light of Asia, writing in 1893: Praise me or asperse, Deck me or deride, In my veil of verse, ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
Teaching Methods, Gravity hole, Elon Musk’s Next Gen and more (Revised).
I must confess that I am only a professionally qualified Civil & Structural Engineer with some computer programming experience plus some knowledge about Structured Computer Organization, I have no training on teaching methods. However, throughout my carrier I have been associated with teaching at primary and secondary education in several parts of the world. This is because I am married to a teacher from a teacher family that has also done a significant amount of community work in that field. By trying to help her in photocopying the question papers on mathematics for distribution to her... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
2/3 පාර්ලිමේන්තු බලයක් ඇති මාළිමා ආණ්ඩුව ඉක්මණින් කළ යුතු නීති සංශෝධන 5....!
1. කරුණු ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට අධිකරණයට යන නීතීඥයන් සහ තැනැත්තන් රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කිරීමට විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ අධිකරණ ඇමති ගෙනා 2024 අංක 8 දරන අධිකරණයකට, විනිශ්චය අධිකාරයකට හෝ ආයතනයකට අපහාස පනත අහෝසි කිරීම.2. සරත් එන්. සිල්වා අගවිනිසුරුගේ බලපෑම මත අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්යාපනය ලබා දීම 2009 සිට නතර කර ඇති ශ්රී ලංකා නීති විද්යාලයේ නීති අධ්යාපනය නැවත අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් ලබා දීම ආරම්භ කිරීම.3. ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය විසින් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට/ කථානායකවරයා වෙත යොමු කරන ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණ රාජ්ය භාෂාවෙන් හැන්සාඩ් වාර්තාවට ඇතුළත් කරවීමට පියවර ගැනීම.4. උසස් පෙළ සිසුන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
'' මේ වගේ ජෝකර්ලව එලෙව්වෙ නැත්නං තමයි පුදුම...''
https://youtu.be/IDQjWS-bwLo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
දූෂණය නෑ කිව්ව ආණ්ඩුවේ පැටිකිරිය එළියට.. ආණ්ඩුව කුඩේ කුඩු..
https://youtu.be/VdXDgkjtMYg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
යාපනය තිස්ස විහාරය අසල වෙසක් පොහෝදිනේ යකා නැටූ දෙමල අන්තවදියෝ ?
https://youtu.be/Zgaj4sxRj1I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
NPP releases pro-LTTE campaign songs ahead of local elections
The National People’s Power (NPP) has released a series of Tamil-language campaign songs for the upcoming local government elections, embracing rhetoric and imagery closely associated with Tamil nationalism and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The campaign, aimed at boosting electoral performance in the Tamil North-East, has raised questions over the sincerity of the party’s political stance. One of the songs, circulated by NPP’s Jaffna Member of Parliament Ilankumaran on Facebook, pledges the construction of a bronze statue in Valvettithurai to honour LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/05/25)
Who Will Tame the Beasts on Our Roads?
Sri Lanka's public road transport has long been a menace on the roads. For decades, citizens have endured the daily trauma of riding in filthy, overcrowded, and dangerously maintained buses, often driven by men who appear to treat roads like racetracks. Public transport, instead of being a symbol of convenience and safety, has mutated into a moving hazard. What’s worse is the widespread sense of impunity that emboldens such behaviour. Passengers are neither treated with dignity nor transported with care. Many are forced to cling to handrails for dear life, endure... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/05/25)
CEB chairman has not resigned, only requested leave to go abroad: Energy Ministry
Colombo, May 11 (Daily Mirror) - The Media Division of the Ministry of Energy has rejected reports circulating in the media regarding the resignation of CEB Chairman Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya. A senior official from the Ministry said that the Chairman had submitted a letter to the President informing him of his leave, as he plans to travel abroad for personal reasons. "There is no truth in the media reports suggesting the resignation of the CEB Chairman," the official added. Dr. Siyambalapitiya was appointed as the CEB Chairman on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/05/25)
CEB Chairman Tilak Siyambalapitiya resigns
The Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya has handed in his letter of resignation. It is reported that he submitted his resignation letter to Minister of Energy Kumara Jayakody last Friday, and accordingly, it has been accepted by the Subject Minister. Dr. Siyambalapitiya was appointed to the post on September 26, 2024.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/05/25)
Expats Vs Settlers Vs Natives: How Imperialism Sabotages Modernization in Sri Lanka
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com “Before you study the economics, study the economists!” e-Con e-News 04-10 May 2025 The French warship Beautemps-Beaupré has just barged into Colombo – so far from gay Paree and le port de Marseille. And while India (using French & US weaponry) and Pakistan (using US, Chinese & Swedish materiel) indulge in target practice on live civilians and others, Sri Lanka’s government has bravely declared it shall not allow the country to be used as a base in regional or global wars. Yet, as noble declarations go, the JVP-led NPP government’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
Justice for Amshi: A Nation’s Shame and a Call to Action
A 15-year-old girl named Amshi—brilliant, talented, and full of promise—is dead. She took her own life after being sexually abused three times by her teacher at Ramanathan Hindu Ladies College in Colombo. Instead of being protected, she was forced to be removed from school by the very principal who should have defended her. Forced into a new school in Kotahena, she then endured repeated public humiliation at a tuition class run by a friend of her abuser. On April 29, 2025, the trauma became unbearable—Amshi ended her life. Her death is not an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
With the best graphite in the World, we do not make our penc3ils yet. What a shame!
It is reported that a number of leading countries including the USA and India want to wrest control of our graphite. I have read somewhere that our graphite is of superb quality- something like the best in the World.. Because we are buried in the quagmire of debt and hold a failed economy it is likely that we sell our family silver for a song. Our treacherous leaders are selling everything for a song. I hope they do realize what they are doing to Mother Lanka. Anyone in power should know to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
Vietnamese Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien meets President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at UN Day of Vesak in Vietnam
Vietnamese Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien greets President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien also known as Ven Bhikkhuni Elizabeth Sujata The American Vietnamese Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien also known as Ven Bhikkhuni Elizabeth Sujata is seen greeting President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Conference Hall in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) where President Anura Kumara Dissanayake delivered the key note address reaffirming longstanding Buddhist ties between the two countries. He was the Chief Guest honouring a joint invitation extended by the Viet Nam Buddhist Sangha and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
The Moral Collapse of Sri Lankan Society: Justice for 2 suicides
Two young lives lost—one a university student, the other a schoolgirl in Kotahena. These are not isolated tragedies. They are searing warnings that Sri Lankan society is spiraling into a moral crisis. A breakdown is underway—of values, of accountability, of conscience. Behind every funeral lies a failing: in our families, our schools, our media, and our government. This is a call to all Sri Lankans. Not tomorrow. Now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WgthnVDzLs (Parents of Amisha) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-N9qPHjGZg (Parents of Charith Dilshan) Media Complicity Children today are raised in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
Suicidal Behavior Disorder
Suicide is a psychiatric emergency and needs immediate intervention. It has been recognized as a major health problem and a leading cause of death worldwide. Suicide does not occur in a vacuum; it’s a fatal outcry and a highly complex and multifaceted phenomenon. Suicide is the most severe and final manifestation of psychological pain (Rahman et al., 2010). Suicide is a social malady with far-reaching impact. Suicide is defined as an act of intentionally terminating one’s own life (Nock et al., 2008). The National Institute of Mental Health defines... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
අහිංසාවාදයට සිදුවූයේ කුමක්ද?(2) නව ලිබරල්වාදය ස්වමාංශ භක්ෂණය අරඹා තිබේ. දැන් ඔවුහු දරුවන් මරාදමමින් සිටිති.
May 2, 2025 සංස්කාරක Comments Offon අහිංසාවාදයට සිදුවූයේ කුමක්ද?(2) නව ලිබරල්වාදය ස්වමාංශ භක්ෂණය අරඹා තිබේ. දැන් ඔවුහු දරුවන් මරාදමමින් සිටිති. (What Happened To Ahimsa? යන ලිපි පෙළේ – Neoliberalism Has Turned Inwards – It Is Killing Its Children යන මැයෙන් පළවු 2 වන කොටසේ පරිවර්තනය) 1 කොටස ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදය නම් හොල්මනක් ගැන ප්රචාරක ව්යාපාරයක් ගෙන යන අතරම ස්වෛරී ජාතින් රැසක් විනාශ කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව සිය න්යාය පත්රය ක්රියාත්මක කිරීම සඳහා නව ලිබරල්වාදය දැන් ස්වකීය අභ්යන්තරය වෙත හැරෙමින් සමස්ත මානව සංහතියේම අනාගතයත් එහි දරුවනුත් විනාශ කිරීම අරඹා තිබේ. මේ ස්ත්රීපුරුෂ සමාජභාවය පිළිබඳ මතවාදයේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
අහිංසාවාදයට සිදු වූයේ කුමක්ද? (1) ජාතික විමුක්ති ව්යාපාරයන්ට එරෙහි අධිරාජ්යවාදයේ රහසිගත මෙහෙයුම්: බණ්ඩාරනායක ඝාතනය සහ නොබැඳි ව්යාපාරයේ බිඳ වැටීම
April 30, 2025 සංස්කාරක Comments Offon අහිංසාවාදයට සිදු වූයේ කුමක්ද? (1) ජාතික විමුක්ති ව්යාපාරයන්ට එරෙහි අධිරාජ්යවාදයේ රහසිගත මෙහෙයුම්: බණ්ඩාරනායක ඝාතනය සහ නොබැඳි ව්යාපාරයේ බිඳ වැටීම මනුකා විජේසිංහ (මෙම ලිපිය මනුකා විජේසිංහ විසින් ලියන ලද What Happened To Ahimsa? – From Ahimsa To Democracy & Non-Alignment To Gender Ideology යන ලිපියේ පළමු කොටසේ පරිවර්තනයයි.) තමන් විසින් මෙහෙයවන ලද කාලිංඝ යුද්ධයේදී වගුරුවන ලද අපරිමිත රුධිර ගංගාවන් හේතුවෙන් පසු තැවිල්ලට පත් ධර්මාශෝක අධිරාජයා විසින් අහිංසා ප්රතිපත්තිය අනුගමනය කරමින් ” සතුන්ට හිංසා නොකරනු”යන නීතිය පැනවූ බව පැවසේ. අහිංසාවාදය පදනම්ව ඇත්තේ සියලු ජීවීන් දිව්යමය ශක්ති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
What is in the UK-US tariff deal?
The UK and the US have reached a deal over tariffs on some goods traded between the countries. President Donald Trump's blanket 10% tariffs on imports from countries around the world still applies to most UK goods entering the US. But the deal has reduced or removed tariffs on some of the UK's exports, including cars, steel and aluminium. Here's an at-a-glance look at what's in the deal.
Trump declared on social media this announcement would be a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
Missing the wood for the trees; Local government elections are about the trees and not the wood.
The trees The quotation "Missing the wood for the trees" means being unable to see the whole picture or larger context because one is fixated on minor details or individual components. It suggests a lack of perspective and an inability to understand the bigger picture due to being too focused on the small parts. This catchy phrase originated as part of the works of John Heywood, an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs, circa 1546. It is an idiom used of someone who is too involved in the details of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/25)
A letter from a Father to his daughter in USA.
Look, at the haphazard way Radcliffe, a British Lord said to have had no previous experience in boundary making, unscientifically divided British India in to India and two Pakistans (West and East) in 1947. This division was deliberately done to perpetuate Indian (Hindus) and Pakistan (Muslims) wars indefinitely in keeping with the avowed British colonial policy of divide and rule to perpetuate the British empire where the sun will never set. It was the same policy they adopted in Dividing Sri Lanka, the land of the Sinhala people for 2500 years into two... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/25)
SC moved against NPP’s MoUs with India.
Patriotic National Movement, Global Sri Lanka Forum, Swadeshika Jathika Viyaparaya and Thunhela Jathika Viyaparaya have filed a petition, requesting the Supreme Court to prevent the implementation the seven Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) signed by India and Sri Lanka during Indian Premier Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Colombo. Challenging constitutionality of the seven MoUs finalised on April 07, 2025, in terms of Article 126 read with Article 17 of the Constitution, the petitioners, Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera, Dr. Wasantha Bandara, Shyamendra Wickremarachchi, Chaminda Priyadarshana, Dr. Asoka Indrajith Kamaladasa and Ballanthudawa Achchige... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/25)
ඡන්ද පදනම රිවස් ගියරයට වැටුණු මාලිමා ආණ්ඩුවට ප්රතිපත්තීන්ට පස්ස හැරවීමට එරෙහිව ජනතාවගෙන් කණේ පාරක්
https://youtu.be/xYMCVs3DEdg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/25)
ගම්මන්පිල එළියට දැමූ ආණ්ඩුවේ අලුත්ම ඩීල් ගේම - ''මගේ ළඟ හඬපටත් තියෙනවා" - Hiru News
https://youtu.be/8pz2xNxCivE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/25)
වතුර ඉල්ල ඉල්ලා හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා ආණ්ඩුවට දුවන්න දෙයි
https://youtu.be/OM5jGy9CF-U... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/25)
Maldives bans Israeli passport holders, so should Sri Lanka evict Zionist Chabad Houses: protest against Gaza war.
Apr 16, 2025 The Maldives has banned Israeli passport holders from entering its territory, the president’s office said on Wednesday, accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war, an allegation Israel has repeatedly denied. Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu ratified an amendment to the country’s immigration law after it was passed by parliament on Tuesday, a statement from his office said. The amendment introduces a new provision to the Immigration Act, expressly prohibiting the entry of visitors with Israeli passports into the Maldives, it added.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
India threatens Sotheby's with legal action over planned sale of Piprahwa gems
Topic:Archaeology Wed 7 MayWednesday 7 May The Piprahwa Gems are considered to be among the most significant finds in the history of Buddhism. (Supplied: Sotheby's)
Sotheby's has postponed its sale of jewels linked to the physical remains of the Buddha after New Delhi threatened to launch legal action. The relics were inscribed and consecrated about 2,000 years ago and then excavated in 1898 by a British estate manager. New Delhi argues the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
A New US Cold War Weaponizes Religious Diasporas in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region
Whither India’s Global Peace Making? In the cover image Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, abbreviated NSF Diego Garcia, is a British Ministry of Defence facility leased to the United States Navy, located on the atoll Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius. Africa), from which US Air Force can use to target Iran The writer, Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Links to Gospa News articles have been added by our Editorial Staff There have been several geopolitical developments in South Asia and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
FR petition filed to invalidate Sri Lanka-India MoUs
Colombo, May 8 (Daily Mirror) - A Fundamental Rights petition has been filed before the Supreme Court, seeking an order to invalidate the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) recently signed between Sri Lanka and India. A group of petitioners, including Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara, filed this petition, naming Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, members of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Attorney General, and several others as respondents. Seven MoUs between India and Sri Lanka, covering several key sectors, were exchanged on April 5 at the Presidential Secretariat in the presence of President Anura... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
Thousands of children suffer from Thalassemia
Health authorities have sounded the alarm over the growing burden of Thalassemia in Sri Lanka, with thousands of children affected and hundreds of thousands unknowingly carrying the gene for the disorder. Thalassemia is a hereditary blood disorder that affects the body’s ability to produce healthy red blood cells Speaking at a press conference held in conjunction with World Thalassemia Day, Specialist Dr. Samiddhi Samarakoon, Director of the Non-communicable Diseases Unit, revealed that 40 to 50 newborns are diagnosed with the condition each year in Sri Lanka. Dr. Samarakoon... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
Sri Lanka’s first quarter budget deficit at Rs. 498 bn
Sri Lanka’s government has recorded a significant budget deficit of Rs. 498.28 billion in the first quarter of 2025, according to the Financial Performance Statement submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers. The Financial Performance Statement is presented periodically to the Cabinet in line with Section 53 (1) of the Public Finance Management Act, No. 44 of 2024. The report, covering the period from January 1 to March 31, 2025, details that total revenue amounted to Rs. 1,064.66 billion, while total expenditure reached Rs. 1,562.94 billion. The figures include cumulative income and spending... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
“No one will be allowed to use Sri Lanka’s airspace or land to attack another country”
The government will not allow any faction to use Sri Lanka’s airspace or the country’s territory to attack another nation, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa stated when questioned on the stance of the government pertaining to India, Pakistan tensions. Speaking during the weekly Cabinet media briefing today (08), Minister Jayatissa said Sri Lanka will always reject all forms of terrorism and stand for regional peace. Commenting on the developments along the borders of India and Pakistan, the Minister said the government is taking note of the updates given by the Ministry... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
Stop the lies and use power to serve the people - Dilith tells govt.
The government should focus on using its powers to serve the people instead of propagating lies continuously, the leader of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance, MP Dilith Jayaweera said in Parliament. The ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ leader said the government has underestimated the awareness and the knowledge level of the people and therefore continues to lie about the state of the country’s economy on every platform. He said the country’s poor are becoming poorer and those who are suffering have given a clear message to the incumbent government led by the National People’s Power at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
Danger: Global Security is Now in the Hands of Trump, Rubio and Hegseth
The USS Abraham Lincoln Battle Group off the coast of Hawai’i. Official U.S. Navy photo by: PH2 Gabriel Wilson The United States is a national security state. Over the past half-century, it has unnecessarily conducted “forever wars” in Vietnam (1960s-1970s), Iraq (2000s-the present), Afghanistan (2000s-2020), and now possibly in Yemen. Not one of these costly ventures has advanced our national security, and—with the exception of Yemen—have been costly in terms of blood and resources. Even the Yemen war is getting costly as well. The United States... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
සබරගමුවේ තිත්ත ඇත්ත! විමර්ශනවල තත්වය හා වගකිවයුත්තෝ!
https://youtu.be/x4W9YL8JSAQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
චරිත් දිල්ශාන්ට වෙන කෙනෙක්ගේ යටඇඳුමක් අන්ඳලා, චරිත්ව එළියට දැම්මේ පාන්දර 2ට,
https://youtu.be/JwQwdi5NDjI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
සරසවිවල ඉන්න මන්ද මානසික පිස්#න්ව වහාම පලවා හැරිය යුතුයි
https://youtu.be/A-AgsAGvMPA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
රැග් කරන තිරිසන්නු හැදුවේ ගුද මාර්ගයට පොල්ලක් දාලා මාවත් මරලා දාන්න. මුන් තනිකරම ත්රස්තවාදීන්.
https://youtu.be/U3CP55l0aSA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
නවකවදය නෙවෙයි ,දූෂණයම කරනවා ( රුහුණු කුලපතිගෙන් හෙළිදරව්වක් ) | Talk With Chathura
https://youtu.be/idUG1dI3n5g... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
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https://youtu.be/Mc-Ut8WAHO4 https://youtu.be/Mc-Ut8WAHO4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
'' උද්ධච්ච මෝඩ මාලිමාව නායයෑම ඇරැඹෙයි...''
https://youtu.be/-B4aHJ4g3cI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
How an Import Media in Sri Lanka Aggrandizes the Colonial Export Trap
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 27 April – 03 May 2025 * ‘This is why Harry Dexter White of the US Treasury fought so hard at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference to have the 2 institutions headquartered in Washington.’ * After the shutting down of USAID and the US withdrawal from the WHO (World Health Organization), there was much headlined chatter that the US government would move to shutter (or at least shut up) the IMF & World Bank.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/25)
President Dissanayake woos Vietnam’s Vingroup for key sector investments
Sri Lanka will see Vietnam venturing into its business landscape, as the latter’s largest private conglomerate Vingroup has been invited to explore investment opportunities in the island’s tourism and real estate sectors.The invitation was extended by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake during a high-level business engagement held at Vingroup’s headquarters in Hanoi, on May 4, as part of his official state visit to Vietnam. While congratulating the group on its growth and diversified global presence, Dissanayake shared that Sri Lanka is pleased to facilitate the creation of a smooth and enabling environment... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/25)
India and Sri Lanka being drawn into U.S.’ new Cold War against China
An armed Sri Lankan soldier stands guard as a U.S. cargo plane carrying support troops and heavy vehicles lands at the Bandaranayake International Airport north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2005. At the time, the U.S. was deploying Marines to assist in a tsunami aid effort. Now, the U.S. is once again active in the region, but it's not for disaster relief this time. | Gemunu Amarasinghe / AP In 1964, during the second summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Cairo, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/25)
UK may restrict student visa applications from Pakistan, Sri Lanka & Nigeria: Reports
LONDON: The government authorities of the United Kingdom have planned to restrict visa applications of students who might claim asylum in Britain, according to reports. The asylum claimant students are mostly from Pakistan, Srilanka and Nigeria, according to reports The action follows last week’s local elections in England, when voters enraged over issues including illegal immigration punished Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Next week, the government is anticipated to release a white paper, a policy document that outlines its goals to lower net migration, which touched 728,000 in the year ending... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/25)
'' හරිනි කළේ අගමැති කෙනෙක් නොකළ යුතු දෙයක්...'' - පැෆරල් සංවිධානය
https://youtu.be/9le4yhRED34... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/25)
“From Classrooms to Coffins: The Human Cost of Ragging in Sri Lanka’s Universities”
The persistence of ragging in Sri Lankan universities is a multifaceted issue that intertwines socio-economic backgrounds & political affiliations resulting in an institutional culture. Understanding this complex cycle is crucial to formulating a plan to eradicate ragging from the university system. Student unions These ideologically tilted unions have played a pivotal role in shaping university student behavior & has impacted politics as well. The Socialist Students Union was formed in 1965 by Rohana Wijeweera. The SSU became the student wing of the JVP who refer to themselves... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
Iberian mysteries (the Spanish blackout): Do Pegasus and Cyber-attacks on Electricity Grids explain Chabad Houses in Sri Lanka?
It’s unprecedented. In two European countries—both EU and NATO members—electricity was suddenly cut off. Two more countries, France and Morocco, were also affected by the blackout. Life came to a standstill in the two countries most heavily impacted: passengers were trapped in trains, airports plunged into chaos, and in Spain alone, the estimated damages could reach 800 million euros. This is no small matter, nor has anything like it ever happened before—a total blackout in two countries and partial outages in two others. To this day, no one has offered a satisfactory explanation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
නවකවදය නතර කිරීමට විසඳුම් 2ක්...!
සමාජයේ විවිධ අංශ නවකවදය නතර කරන ආකාරය ගැන වසර ගණනාවක සිට කතා කළද එය නතර වී නැත. නවකවදය හේතුවෙන් වන මරණද නතර වී නැත. නවකවදය නිදහස් අධ්යාපනය පවත්වාගෙන යාමේදී අහිතකර බලපෑම් ඇතිකරන බවටද සමාජයේ විවිධ අංශ අතර කතිකාවක් පවතී.නවකවදය දෙන සිසුන්ට දඬුවම් කිරීමෙන් හෝ සරසවියෙන් නෙරපීමෙන් හෝ නීති පැනවීමෙන් පමණක් නවකවදය සරසවියෙන් ඉවත් කළ නොහැකිය.ආණ්ඩුවට හෝ සරසවි පරිපාලනයට හෝ පොලීසියට පමණක් නවකවදය නතර කිරීමේ පියවර ගැනීමද ප්රායෝගික නොවේ.නවකවදය නතර කරවීම සරසවි සිසුන්ට, සරසවි සිසුන්ගේ දෙමාපියන්ට, සරසවි ආචාර්ය මහාචාර්යවරුන්ට, උපකුලපතිවරුන්ට, රජයට සහ පුරවැසියන්ට අයත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
W.S.de Silva ( 1949 - 2025) - An Appreciation
It is with great sadness I am sharing the news received a few hours ago that our colleague W. S. de Silva is no more. His leg was amputated because of severe diabetes just a few days ago. He has succumbed finally to the complications arising from the amputation of his leg. He was 76 years old at the time of his passing. WS entered Royal College in 1960. He came from Maris Stella Primary School. Very soon became a live wire in class. He was good in his... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
Has Compass lost direction?
Sri Lankan voters have excelled in the art of changing governments in executioner style, which they did in many elections including that of 1977,1994, 2015, 2019 and, of course, 2024. They did so, giving massive majorities to parties in opposition that had only a few seats, because the preceding governments were so unpopular. It invariably was a negative vote, not a positive vote-endorsing policies, if any, of the incoming governments, the last election being no exception. NPP, contesting under the compass symbol, was essentially a revamp of the JVP and their main... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
Prime Minister under probe over alleged election law violation
Colombo, May 5 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka’s main election monitoring body, the People’s Action for Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL), has requested the Election Commission to inquire into the complaint that Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya violated election laws by asking her party's supporters to campaign even during the silent period. PAFFREL has written to Election Commission Chairman R.M.A.L. Ratnayake in this regard. “We have monitored that Prime Minister Amarasuriya has made a remark which could be seen as encouraging her supporters to engage in campaign even after the silent period... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
11 Sabaragamuwa Uni. students suspended over ragging incident
The academic activities of 11 students of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka have been suspended over the death of a student allegedly due to ragging, the police said. It was reported that the students include the four third year students arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department on Sunday (04). Meanwhile, four more students of the Sabaragamuwa University have surrendered to the Samanalawewa Police and have been handed over to the CID for questioning, Sri Lanka Police added.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
ආණ්ඩුව මෝදි එක්ක ගහපු ගිවිසුම් හොඳටම කරළියේ..! | හැමෝම හොයන ගිවිසුම් හත කිව්ව කතා ටික මෙන්න
https://youtu.be/q06acgAD5Ds... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
ආණ්ඩුව අනාගනී! අනුරගේ ගජමිතුරු ඩීල්?
https://youtu.be/EBE5c3_6S1Y... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
Whither India’s Global Peace-Making? Religious Diasporas in the New Cold War
There have been several geopolitical developments in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region. These include United States Vice President J.D Vance’s visit with his Indian origin wife, Usha and their children to India in April and the staging of terror attacks on tourists in Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which were instantly blamed on Pakistan. The same week there was a huge blast in Iran’s port Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf that opens into the Indian Ocean. Earlier in the month there were reports of the return of the United States Central Intelligence Agency... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/25)
Whither India’s Neighbourhood First Policy amid a new “Clash of Civilizations” to upend the Asian Century?-PART 2
Ironically, Prime Minister Modi was in Saudi Arabia when the attacks happened in Pahalagam, Kashmir, and he cut short his visit to the Kingdom to return to Delhi. In the wake of the attacks, the global corporate media echo chamber seemed taken with the prospect of a war between nuclear armed India and Pakistan. Although Pakistan had long been a 'Garrison State' with its powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), being well oiled by the CIA and funded by Saudi Arabia, it was painted as a proxy of China in the media. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/25)
How an Import Media in Sri Lanka Aggrandizes the Colonial Export Trap
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 27 April – 03 May 2025 * ‘This is why Harry Dexter White of the US Treasury fought so hard at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference to have the 2 institutions headquartered in Washington.’ * After the shutting down of USAID and the US withdrawal from the WHO (World Health Organization), there was much headlined chatter that the US government would move to shutter (or at least shut up) the IMF & World Bank.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/25)
අනුර ග්රිසියේ නැවු සමාගමකට ආයෝජන කරලාද.. හල්ඔලුවගේ චෝදනාව ගැන තවත් විස්තරයක්…
ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතා ග්රීසියේ නැව් ව්යාපාරයකට මුදල් ආයෝජනය කර ඇති බවට තුසිත හල් ඔලුව මහතා විසින් සිදු කරන ලද චෝදනාව පිළිබඳව හිටපු පළාත් සභා මන්ත්රී වරුණ රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අදහස් පළ කරයි. කලකට පෙර ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ මධ්යම කාරක සභිකයෙක්ද වූ වරුන රාජපක්ෂ මහතා එම පක්ෂය නියෝජනය කරමින් බස්නාහිර පළාත් සභාවටද තේරී පත්විය. තම සමාජ ජල ගිණුමේ අදාළ සිදුවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් දිගු පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් ඔහු විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති වීඩියෝව මෙසේය. https://youtu.be/bfyAIwzcaMU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/25)
අනුර කොටි ඩයස්පෝරාවෙන් බිලියනපතියෙක් වෙච්ච හැටි!
https://youtu.be/5xddaNFGY8k... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/25)
කර්මාන්තකරුවන්ගේ මාධ්යහමුව හොඳටම උණුසුම්...! | හුලංගමුව මොකද දැන් කියන්නේ | හොඳ හොඳ සෙල්ලම් එළිය
https://youtu.be/DRgXZFn7ah8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/25)
පාස්කු අපරාධකාරයෝ එලිපිටම ඉන්නවා | Wijeyadasa Rajapakse
https://youtu.be/rSqZhFgv9BM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/25)
Pathfinder Foundation receives a delegation from Sichuan University
Pathfinder Foundation hosted a high-level delegation from the China Centre for South Asian Studies of Sichuan University at its headquarters in Peliyagoda. The Foundation’s association with Sichuan University dates back to 2017, when the two institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation and joint studies. Both parties met once again to evaluate the progress of the MoU renewed in November 2023 and discuss opportunities for enhanced collaboration between the two institutions. The delegation was led by Prof. DING Zhongyi, Dean of the School of International Studies and Director of the Institute of South... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/25)
රාජ්ය මුදල් බිලියන ගානින් නාස්ති කිරීම, දේශපාලන පක්ෂවලට චන්ද එකතු කිරීම සහ දේශපාලන ගැත්තන්ට රැකියා සැපයීම හැර ජනතාවට කිසිදු සේවයක් නොකරණ ප්රාදේශීය සභා ක්රමය වහාම අහෝසි කොට පැරැණි ගම්සභා ක්රමය නැවතත් පිහිටුවනු.
1987 අන්ක 15 දරණ ප්රාදේශීය සභා පනතේ 3 වන වගන්තියේ දැක්වෙන පරිදි ප්රාදේශීය සභාවල කර්තව්ය මෙසේ දක්වා ඇත. “එක් එක් ප්රාදේශීය සභා ප්රාදේශය සඳහා සන්ස්ථාපනය කරණ ලද ප්රාදේශීය සභාව, එම ප්රදේශය ඇතුලත පලාත් පාලන ආයතන විය යුතු අතර, මහජන සෞක්යට,පොදු උපයෝගිතා සේවාවන්ට සහ පොදු මන්මාවත් වලටද සාමාන්යයෙන් එම ප්රදේශය ඇතුලත ජනතාවගේ සුඛ විහරණය, පහසුව සහ සුභසාධනය සහ සියළු පහසුකම් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමට සහ ප්රවර්ධනය කිරිරීමට ද අදාල සියළු කරුණු විධ්මත් කිරීම, පාලනය කිරීම සහ පරිපාලනය කිරීම ඊට භාර විය යුතුය". මා මේ රටේ රජයෙන්,සියළුම ප්රාදේශීය සභා වලින් සහ සමස්ත ජනතාවගෙන්ම අසා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/25)
Will have to increase power tariff or face delay in 5th IMF tranche: Sagala
Colombo, May 3 (Daily Mirror) - The government is facing a dilemma as it must either increase the power tariff or face a delay in receiving the fifth tranche under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement signed with the IMF, United National Party (UNP) National Organiser Sagala Ratnayake said yesterday. He said Sri Lanka breached the EFF agreement it signed with the IMF by reducing the power tariff in February this year, creating a problematic situation. Mr. Ratnayake told a media briefing that Sri Lanka has reached a staff-level agreement... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/25)
President urges trade unions to stop protesting on streets for petty demands
Colombo, May 2 (Daily Mirror) - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has urged trade unions not to take to the streets, in protest for petty demands and has called on them to change their old attitudes. In his May Day speech, President Dissanatake said that the NPP as a political force, has given up perks and privileges entitled to them through the constitution, gazettes and circulars. "We urge trade unions to shed their old attitudes. Do not fight even for petty things. We, as a political force, have given up perks... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/25)
Sajith says he won’t accept presidency without a public mandate
Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa claims that Sri Lanka’s debt repayment in 2028 is at risk, given the current state of the country’s economy. Speaking during TV Derana’s current affairs programme “360°”, he alleged that the previous government, led by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, agreed to initiate the debt repayment process in 2028—despite the possibility of obtaining an extension until 2033—in order to use it as a campaign point for the 2024 Presidential Election. “But it brought no benefit to the country or its people,” he added. Furthermore, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/25)
PART III OF: OVERSTEPPING BOUNDARIES: MENACING DIPLOMATIC OVERREACH OF SISTER JULIE CHUNG AND HOW SHE PROMOTED USAID AND LGBTIQ ACTIVITIES IN SRI LANKA
(Continued from April 28, 2025) 1. “Fairy mistress”, wicked witch or monster-mother? Different types of magical femininity? In summary, we state that US Ambassador Julie Chung is a master in “Public Diplomacy”, euphemism for espionage, information gathering, psychological warfare and propaganda, reaching out to targeted sectors, using persuasion or “soft power”, establishing and maintaining personal contacts and alliances, advocating democracy, freedom, human rights, shared goals, and engaging in many cultural interventions, regarded as “weapons of advocacy”. Mostly nobodies were brought to the table of high politics, given photo opportunities... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
මම ගල් අඟුරු හොරෙක්!
https://youtu.be/Pan5Oxi77iE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
ගම්මන්පිලගෙන් හෙළිදරව් රැසක්/ගම්මනුපිලගේ කාක තාලී න්යාය/An interview with Udaya Gammanpila
https://youtu.be/9y7JA1B1Uq8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
A very pertinent question regarding May Day rallies
I give you below a list of slogans at the major political parties as stated in the Ada Derana of today (01. 05. 2025.) Political parties and trade unions across Sri Lanka are commemorating International Labour Day today (May 01) with a series of May Day rallies and parades under various themes They are given below. National People’s Power (NPP/JVP) “People’s Power Building the Country.” Samangi Jana Balawegaya (SJB ) “Workers’ Power to Win the Country” the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) “We Have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
1815 මාර් 02 උඩරට ගිවිසුමෙන් උඩරැටියන් ඉන්ග්රීසීන්ට රට පාවා දුන්නා කියමින්, වසර 310 ක් පුරා (1505-1815) ජීවිත පරිත්යාගයෙන් පරසතුරන්ගෙන් රට දැය සමය ආරක්ශාකොටගත් වීරෝදාර උඩරට සින්හලයින්ට නින්දා කිරිම, දැන්වත් වහාම නතර කළ යුතුයි.
2025 අප්රේල්.06 ඉරිදා අරුණ පුවත් පතේ 14 වන පිටුවේ පළවූ “ඉන්දියාව සමඟ අත්සන්කරන ආරක්ෂක ගිවිසුම "උඩරට ගිවිසුමට දෙවැනි නෑ"යන ලිපිය හා බැඳේ එම ලිපියට යෙදූ මෙම මාතෘකාව, ලිපිය ලියු ලේකඛකයාගේද, සාකච්ඡාව ලබාදුන් විද්වතාගේද, එසේත් නැතිනම් පුවත්පත් කතු වරයාගේදැයි මම නොදනිමි. බොහෝ විට එය පිටුවභාර පුවත්පත් කතුවරයාගේ විය හැක.එය කාගේ වුවද, එම මතෲකාව මේ ලිපියේ අන්තර්ගතයට කිසිසේත් නොගැලපෙන බවනම් පළමුවෙන්ම පෙන්වාදිය යුතුව ඇත. ලිපියේ අදහස් ලබාදුන් විද්වතා හඳුන්වා දීමේදී “දෙරට අතර මෙවැනි ගිවිසුමක් අවසානවරට අත්සන් කෙරුණේ මීට වසර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
The truth will set us free - II
Lesson 2: Renewal begins with children Timothy Snyder (55) maintained interaction with his two children (ten year old son and the younger daughter) while he was in a Florida hospital at the beginning of 2020. No doubt, his wife Marci Shore (53), also teaching history at Yale University then, helped this loving interaction between the father and his children.The children told him about their school work and inquired about his progress towards recovery. Snyder remembers how he kept thinking about his children even in his sickest moments. and finds fault with America for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
නවක වදය පාලනයට ඇති නීති සහ රටේ මූලික නීතිය පිළිබද විෂය අනිවාර්ය විෂයක් ලෙස උසස් පෙළට ඉගැන්වීමට අධ්යාපන ඇමතිනිය හරිනි අමරසූරිය වෙත ඉල්ලීම් කිරීම නිදහස් අධ්යාපනය ලබන හෝ ලබා ඇති සැමගේ යුතුකමකි….!
නවක වදය පාලනයට ඇති නීති සහ රටේ මූලික නීතිය පිළිබද විෂය අනිවාර්ය විෂයක් ලෙස උසස් පෙළට ඉගැන්වීමට අධ්යාපන ඇමතිනිය හරිනි අමරසූරිය වෙත ඉල්ලීම් කිරීම නිදහස් අධ්යාපනය ලබන හෝ ලබා ඇති සැමගේ යුතුකමකි....!නවක වදය යනු ඉංග්රීසි අධ්යාපන ඒකාධිකාරය පවත්වා ගැනීමට ගම්වලින් විශ්ව විද්යාල වෙත එන සිසුන් කීකරු කර ගැනීමට ගමෙන්ම ආ සිසුන් යොදා ගන්නා විද්යාත්මක ක්රියාවලියේ පළමු අවස්ථාව බවට කිහිප දෙනෙකු පමණක් එකඟ විය හැකි කරුණක් වුවද තත්ත්වය එයයි. ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ රාජ්ය භාෂාව, අධ්යාපන භාෂාව සහ අධිකරණ භාෂාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් දක්වා ඇති විධිවිධාන නිවැරදිව ක්රියාත්මක කරන්නේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
Why Politics Still Matters — Especially for Us Seniors
Many people shy away from discussing politics. It’s seen as messy, divisive, or even dangerous. But whether we like it or not, nearly everything in life — our pensions, healthcare, cost of living, security, and dignity — eventually boils down to politics. And politics, when stripped of its rhetoric and drama, is just a numbers game. Whoever holds the larger number wins. That’s how decisions are made. That’s who calls the shots. We seniors often feel powerless, sidelined, or ignored. But here’s the overlooked truth: we have the numbers too.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
TIME OF TROUBLES
The tense situation taking shape in the Indian sub-continent will have adverse repercussions in the region unless India and Pakistan can consider reaching a peaceful solution to the issues arising from the massacre of 26 mostly Indian tourists in Kashmir by a group of armed men said to have a link to Pakistan. Pakistan rejects the claim. Both India and Pakistan meantime have taken a series of actions against each other enhancing the fears of a full-scale war in the sub-continent. Both countries have suspended diplomatic relations with each other and have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
Pope Francis and what he knew about the true Islam
The passing of Pope Francis means two Christian denominations are without a leader right now – the Anglicans, where Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, resigned some months ago, and the Roman Catholics, who lost their pontiff earlier today. (“Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury”, www.archbishopofcanterbury.org, 12 November 2024) At a time when leadership crisis is one of, if not the most, concerning issues facing the world, this is undoubtedly a challenging time for the Vatican. Realising how vital the matter of religious leadership is, we hope they... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
ගිවිසුම් 7ක් මගින් ලංකාව යටත් කර ඉන්දියානු ව්යාප්තවාදයේ ගොදුරක් බවට පත් කිරීමේ ඉන්දියානු මෙහෙයුම මේ මොහොතේ නිවැරදිව හඳුනාගත යුතුයි - මහාචාර්ය පූජ්ය මැදගොඩ අභයතිස්ස හිමි (වීඩියෝ)
පසුගිය දා ශ්රී ලංකාවට පැමැණි ඉන්දීය අග්රාමාත්ය නරේන්ද්ර මෝදි ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර මහතාව වැළඳ ගනිමින් සිදුකළ ජවනිකාව නිවැරදිව වටහාගත යුතු බවත්, ඉන්දියානු සටකපට ව්යාපෘතිය හඳුනා ගැනීමට නොහැකි තරම් බුද්ධි හීනයන් නොවිය යුතු බවත් මහාචාර්ය පූජ්ය මැදගොඩ අභයතිස්ස හිමියන් පවසති. පැරණි සංස්කෘතික ක්ෂලෝකයක සඳහන් කර ඇති පරිදි තරුණ බැමිණියක් විසින් මහළු බමුණකු කෙස් වැටියෙන් අල්ලා සිප වැළඳ ගන්නේ හේතුවක් ඇතිව බවත්, නරේන්ද්ර මෝදි විසින් අනුර දිසානායක වැලඳ ගනිමින් සිදුකළ ජවනිකාව හේතුවක් මත සිදුවූ නාටකයක් බවත් උන්වහන්සේ පවසති. ඉන්දියාව ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ජනපති අනුර දිසානායකගේ අත අඹරවා අත්සන් කරන ලද ගිවිසුම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් විරෝධය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
China ready to help Sri Lanka join BRICS
Colombo, May 2 (Daily Mirror) - China is among the countries which are ready to help Sri Lanka join the BRICS coalition in the future, a bloc with economies which account for an estimated 37.3% of global gross domestic product based on purchasing power parity, Daily Mirror learns. Sri Lanka, at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, in October, last year, placed on record its request to join the bloc. However, Sri Lanka’s application will be considered later since BRICS has no plan for expansion at the moment On October 2024... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
IGP Deshabandu facing death threats from underworld figures?
Two senior police officers visited the residence of suspended IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon in Hokandara yesterday (May 1), informing him that he may be the target of death threats allegedly issued by underworld gang members, including notorious criminal figure “Kanjipani Imran”. The officers have stated that intelligence reports indicate “Kanjipani Imran”—currently believed to be in hiding overseas—has instructed his associates to assassinate Tennakoon. Sources also revealed that a classified intelligence report has detailed growing concerns over threats to Tennakoon’s life, particularly in light of the removal of his official security detail after the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
SECURITY FORCES FOIL PLOT TO KILL SRI LANKA'S SUSPENDED POLICE CHIEF
Security forces have reportedly uncovered a plot to assassinate Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon. Security officials have informed IGP Tennakoon about the threat, with initial reports suggesting that the assassination plot is being orchestrated by an organised crime figure and international drug trafficker Kanjipani Imran. During his tenure as IGP, Deshabandu Tennakoon spearheaded a special program aimed at eradicating drug trafficking in Sri Lanka. However, due to ongoing legal proceedings, he is currently suspended from his duties as the IGP. Tennakoon was previously held in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
'' නලින්දගේ ජනමාධ්ය තග...''
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