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News Archive for Apr 2024
China's assistance offered to expand the sectors related to renewable energy, vehicle manufacturing, agricultural technology, paper and printing related fields.A meeting between Chinese Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (CASMCE) and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena was held today (25.04.2024) at the Temple Trees. Attention was paid onto expansion and trade investments in renewable energy, vehicle manufacturing, agricultural technology, paper and printing related fields.Mr Ren Xinglei, President of CASMCE, said that the Chinese people are very happy about the Prime Minister's visit to China and expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the visit.Mr Xu Xiang, Vice President of CASMCE said that there is potential to invest in the development of industries related to solar power,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
සෝවාන් මාර්ගය, විචිකිච්ඡාව හා එහි ප්‍රහානය - විඳිම්දෝ මිදෙම්දෝ දෙගිඩියාව - තෙවෙන කොටස -සක්කාය දිට්ඨිය හා එහි ප්‍රහානය
භාහිරය දැකීම (දැකීම ඇසීම විඳීම මනසිකාරය - දිට්ඨ සුත මුත විඤ්ඤාත) ප්‍රශ්ණයක් නොවේ. ප්‍රශ්ණයක් වන්නේ භාහිරය ඇති සැටියෙන් නොදැකීමයි (නොඇසීමයි, නොදැනීමයි, මනසිකාරය නොවීමයි). භාහිරය හෙවත් ස්වභාවධර්මය (nature) පවතින්නේ අනාත්මීය ස්වභාවයෙනි. එනම් දෙයක් යමක් කෙනෙක් නැති ඒ නිසාම ගින්නක් ආශ්වාදයක් (හෝ ගැටීමක්) ඇතිනොවන ශුන්‍යත ස්වභාවයෙනි. තිලක්ෂණයේ 'සබ්බේ සංකාරා අනිච්චාති' යනුවෙන් දැක්වෙන්නේ භාහිරයේ පවත්නා සියල්ලම (සබ්බේ සංකාරා - ස්කන්ධයේ හමුවන සංකාර නොවේ.) අනිච්ච එනම් අගයක් නැති, නන්දියක් වින්‍දනයක් ඇති නොවන, අනාත්මීය, ශුන්‍යත ස්වභාවයෙන් පවතින බවයි. සම්පූර්ණ සද්ධර්මය තුලම විග්‍රහ වන්නේ භාහිරයේ නැතහොත් ස්වභාවධර්මය තුල පවත්නා මෙම අනිච්ච, ශුන්‍යත ගුණය හසුකරගැනීමයි. එසේනම් එවැනි ශුන්‍යත ගුණයකට යටත්ව භාහිරය පවතිනාබව පලමුවෙන්ම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
PEPE ESCOBAR AND LARRY JOHNSON ABOUT THE WAR AGAINST THE BRICS.
https://youtu.be/m6x06HLGk38... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
INTERVIEW: ‘We don’t see any pathways to peace,’ says Scott Ritter
https://youtu.be/hsucQArXUTE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
Allegations made against me by His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith
At an event held to mark the fifth anniversary of the Easter Sunday suicide bombings, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith made the following allegations against me. That the day after the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Sunday attacks was handed over to me, I had spoken to the Cardinal over the phone and said that I had difficulties in implementing the recommendations in that report as it would entail the arrest of individuals and even the banning of organisations that were supportive of me. That I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
අගරදගුරු අලි බොරු කියන්නේ..- ගෝටාභයගෙන් නිවේදනයක්
අගරදගුරු මැල්කම් රංජිත් කාදිනල්තුමන් විසින් මෑතක දී සිදු කරන ලද ප්‍රකාශයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ප්‍රතිචාර දක්වයි. ඒ මහතා විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති නිවේදනය මෙසේය. මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය අතිඋතුම් මැල්කම් කාදිනල් රංජිත් හිමිපාණන් විසින් මට එරෙහිව කරන ලද චෝදනා පාස්කු ඉරිදා මරාගෙන මැරෙන බෝම්බ ප්‍රහාරයට වසර පහක් පිරීම නිමිත්තෙන් පැවති සැමරීමක දී අතිඋතුම් මැල්කම් කාදිනල් රංජිත් හිමිපාණන් මට එරෙහිව පහත සඳහන් චෝදනා එල්ල කරන ලදී. පාස්කු ඉරිදා ප්‍රහාරය පිළිබඳ ජනාධිපති විමර්ශන කොමිෂන් සභාවේ වාර්තාව මට ලැබුණු දිනට පසු දිනම මා කාදිනල් හිමිපාණන්ට දුරකථනයෙන් කතා කර එම වාර්තාවේ සඳහන් නිර්දේශ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
අරගල නායක සන්නස්ගල අත්අඩංගුවට.. හොරු එලවමු කියමින් හොරකම් කරලා..
උපකාරක පන්ති දේශක උපුල් ශාන්ත සන්නස්ගල මහතා අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත. කඳාන පොලිසිය විසින් ඔහු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත්තේ පුද්ගලයෙකුගෙන් රුපියල් ලක්ෂ දහයක මුදලක් ලබාගෙන එය නොගෙවා වංචා කිරීමක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් ලැබී ඇති පැමිණිල්ලක් මතයි. අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමෙන් පසු වැලිසර මහේස්ත‍්‍රාත් අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද සන්නස්ගල මහතා ඇප මත මුදාහැරීමට නියෝග කර ඇත. රුපියල් ලක්ෂ දහයක මුදලක් තමන් විසින් සන්නස්ගල මහතාගේ ගිණුමට බැර කළ බව සඳහන් කරමින් නුවන් ප්‍රදීප් නැමැත්තෙක් මෙම චෝදනාව එල්ල කරයි. එම මුදල ආපසු නොවීම මත මුදල් සම්බන්ධ විශ්වාසය කඩකිරීමේ චෝදනාව ගොනු කරමින් කඳාන පොලිස් ස්ථානය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
Sri Lankan shares end higher as financials, industrials gain
ENGALURU : Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Thursday, driven by gains in financial and industrial stocks. * The CSE All Share index settled 1.4 per cent higher at 12,075.98, gaining for three straight sessions. * LOLC Holdings and John Keells Holdings were the top gainers on the CSE All Share, rising 5.6 per cent and 2.4 per cent, respectively. * Trading volume on the index fell to 141.70 million shares from 207.60 million shares in the previous session. * The equity market's turnover rose to 2.91 billion... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
Sri Lanka's economy expected to grow 3% in 2024, central bank says
Construction sites of commercial buildings are seen as the sun sets in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 24, 2024. Picture taken through a glass window. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/ File photo BENGALURU : Sri Lanka's economy is expected to grow by 3 per cent in 2024 after it reduced interest rates amid easing inflation, its central bank said on Thursday, as the country navigates its escape from its worst financial crisis in decades. The island nation's economy contracted 2.3 per cent in 2023 after also shrinking the previous year as the country plunged into its... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
She completed law degree while working as a domestic helper in Singapore
Ms Jayanthi Gamage spent her weekends attending virtual lessons and pockets of free time were dedicated to studying. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG SINGAPORE – Ms Jayanthi Gamage was at work in August 2023 when an e-mail from the University of London arrived in her inbox. It included the word “Pass”, which marked the end of her seven-year journey to complete a law degree and a dream come true for the then domestic helper. Describing the 43-year-old Sri Lankan’s journey as a “long” one makes light of it. It... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
Indian Ocean Region to benefit from Iran-Sri Lanka cooperation: Raisi
April 25, 2024 President Ebrahim Raisi has stated improved relations between Iran and Sri Lanka in various fields would benefit the two countries and the Indian Ocean region. Raisi made the remarks in a joint press conference with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the Island nation’s capital of Colombo on Wednesday. He said that Iran is ready to supply technical and engineering services to Sri Lanka to help the country boost its economic and industrial infrastructure. The president made the comments hours... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
Sinopec to complete feasibility study on Sri Lanka refinery by June – report
Chinese state energy giant Sinopec is pushing for greater access to Sri Lanka’s market, where rival India is also seeking to expand its presence, as it looks to build its first fully-controlled overseas refinery, reflecting a change in the firm’s global strategy to compensate for slowing demand growth at home. Sinopec, the world’s largest oil refiner, is expected to complete a feasibility study by June for a plant at the Chinese-run Hambantota port, after winning Colombo’s approval last November, two senior industry sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena proposes 'Cinnamon for Cars' to China
Today (25.04.2024), a significant meeting took place between Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and representatives from the China Association of Small and Medium Commercial Enterprises (CASMCE) at the Temple Trees. The meeting focused on discussions surrounding the expansion and trade investments in various sectors, particularly renewable energy, vehicle manufacturing, agricultural technology, as well as paper and printing-related fields. Mr Ren Xinglei, President of CASMCE, said that the Chinese people are very happy about the Prime Minister’s visit to China and expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the visit. Mr Xu... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
Sri Lanka signs MOU with Singapore to boost Boating and Yachting industries
In a bid to bolster their respective boating and yachting sectors, Sri Lanka and Singapore have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Chamber of Marine Industries of Sri Lanka (CMISL) and the Singapore Boating Industry Association (SBIA). The signing ceremony, held on April 22, saw Indhra Kaushal Rajapaksa, Chairman of CMISL and Vice President of Sri Lanka Singapore Business Council, and Y.P. Loke, Chairman of SBIA, formalizing the agreement. Witnessing the signing were notable figures including Senarath Dissanayake, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Singapore; Arthur Tay, Chairman of One 15 Marina; Darren... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
Gota fires back at Cardinal, rebuts allegations
In a scathing rebuttal of allegations by Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith regarding the Easter Sunday attacks, former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said Cardinal Ranjith either glosses over the responsibility of, or expressly absolves the two parties actually involved in the terrorist strikes. Cardinal Ranjith made the following allegations against former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at a recent media conference: • That the day after the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Sunday attacks was handed over to me, I had spoken to the Cardinal over the phone and said... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
පාස්කු කොමිසමේ ප්‍රබලතම සාක්ෂිකරුගේ ආන්දෝලනාත්මක හෙළිදරව්ව.
https://youtu.be/bghvepnVAeM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
මේ වගේ භයානක අදහස් එක්කද මෙතුමලා රට හදන්න යන්නේ-ජවිපෙ කැරැට්ටුව හෙළි කරමින් බලයේදී එළියට ආපු වීඩියෝව
https://youtu.be/U9Ti6WCy8ZY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
Strategic significance of Iranian President’s visit to Sri Lanka
Dr. Ebrahim Raisi Colombo, April 24: The one-day visit of the Iranian President Dr.Ebrahim Raisi to Sri Lanka on Wednesday, brief though it may be, has great economic, political and, most importantly, strategic significance. The primary purpose of Dr.Raisi’s visit is to sign five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs). Dr. Raisi and the Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will also participate in a public ceremony to mark the inauguration of the Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project (UOMDP), a joint venture. ADVERTISEMENT ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project inaugurated
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Iranian President Dr. Ebrahim Raisi jointly inaugurated the Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project (UOMDP) on Wednesday (24). Dr. Raisi arrived on the island nation on Wednesday morning via the Mattala International Airport, where he was accorded a warm welcome by Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena. https://youtu.be/kfzHTrIykuE His visit comes after a special invitation extended by his Sri Lankan counterpart, marking the first visit of an Iranian President to Sri Lanka since former President Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit in April 2008. Shortly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/24)
Portugal needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president
Critics of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa say behind remarks is lack of national recognition that slavery should be discussed in schools Portugal needs to “pay the costs” of slavery and other colonial-era crimes, the country’s president has said, in a rare instance of a European leader seemingly backing the need for reparations. Portugal has long grappled with calls by campaigners to address its legacy as the European country with the longest historical involvement in the slave trade. During the span of four centuries, nearly 6 million Africans... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/24)
Milinda Moragoda designated as Honorary Senior Fellow of National University of Singapore’s ISAS
In continuation of his association with the National University of Singapore’s Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Former Cabinet Minister, Ambassador and Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, Milinda Moragoda, has been recently designated as a Honorary Senior Fellow by the institution. The ISAS was established in 2004 as an autonomous research institute at the National University of Singapore. Its establishment reflects the increasing economic and political importance of South Asia and the strong historical links between South Asia and Southeast Asia. The institution, dedicated to research on contemporary South Asia, seeks to promote understanding of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/24)
12th International Meeting of High-Ranking Officials Responsible for Security Matters Convenes in Saint Petersburg, Russia
High-ranking officials from around the world gathered in Saint Petersburg for the 12th International Meeting on Security Matters from April 22nd to 25th, 2024. This prestigious event serves as a platform for global leaders to discuss and address pressing security challenges facing nations today. One notable highlight of the meeting was a bilateral discussion between the Secretary Defence of Sri Lanka General Kamal Gunaratne and Mr. Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. The meeting underscored the importance of fostering international cooperation and collaboration in addressing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/24)
Exposition of Deegawapiya Relics at historic Polonnaruwa city
The exposition of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa and the Crest-Gem takes place at Sri Lanka Army Infantry Training Centre, Minneriya for public veneration. These revered articles will be on public display there until the morning on April 27. Subsequently, these revered articles will be on display at the Hingurakgoda Buddhist Centre from April 27 to 29, at Hingurakgoda Jayamaha Pirivena from April 29 to May 1, at Polonnaruwa Medamaluwa Monastery from May 1 to 3 and at Polonnaruwa Gal Vihara from May 3 to 5. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/24)
Iran and Sri Lanka strengthen bilateral ties - Five MoUs signed (Video) -
Iranian President Dr. Ebrahim Raisi and President Ranil Wickremesinghe engaged in one-on-one discussions followed by a bilateral meeting between representatives of both nations at the Presidential Secretariat. The discussions culminated in the signing of five memorandums of understanding (MoUs) aimed at enhancing bilateral relations. https://youtu.be/PQr66oxQ2RQ These MoUs cover various sectors including film, media, tourism, cooperatives, libraries, and cultural, scientific, technical, and sports fields, signaling a commitment to comprehensive cooperation between Iran and Sri Lanka. The agreements include: Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the National Library... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/24)
ඉරාන ජනපති උමා ඔය ජල විදුලි බලාගාරය විවෘත කිරීම - සජීවීව
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Relief to 24159 families in Colombo Divisional Secretariat Division from the national program of rice distribution for low-income families....
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, the rice distribution program for the beneficiary families that belong to the Colombo Divisional Secretariat division was held on 22.04.2024 at Sri Wickramarama, Mattakkuliya, symbolizing the national program of providing rice to low income-earning families.The Prime Minister addressing the event commented ..."The necessary environment is being created to build a future where the people and children of Colombo can live confidently. As the first step, we have started programs to ensure their food safety."Colombo District Secretary Mr. K.A. Wijesiri mentioned that..."Under this program, implemented nationwide at the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/24)
The New Junta in Niger Tells the United States to Pack Up Its War and Go Home
Dressed in green military fatigues and a blue garrison cap, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, a spokesperson for Niger’s ruling junta, took to local television last month to criticize the United States and sever the long-standing military partnership between the two countries. “The government of Niger, taking into account the aspirations and interests of its people, revokes, with immediate effect, the agreement concerning the status of United States military personnel and civilian Defense Department employees,” he said, insisting that their 12-year-old security pact violated Niger’s constitution. Another sometime Nigerien spokesperson, Insa Garba... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/24)
War Games, Environmental pollution and lessons unlearned.
The US has more than 750 military bases around the world and it may be time for the rest of the world to follow the example of the Niger Junta and call for an end to environmentally destructive military bases and war games, and declare the Indian Ocean a ‘Zone of Peace’. As the US CARAT war games and US marines training of the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), unfold off the strategic Trincomallee deep sea habour this week, some lessons from the Sahel region of Africa regarding foreign military training for coups and other... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/24)
Top Chinese delegation meets Anura Kumara
Colombo, April 23 (Daily Mirror)-A top delegation of the Chinese Communist Party headed by Vice Minister of the International Department, Sun Haiyan met National People's Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the JVP head office today. The delegation included head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party Liu Jianchao and Political Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka Chen Xiang Yuan. They discussed matters related to the current political situation in the country and upcoming elections. The NPP representatives briefed the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/24)
The Pettah Mafia
The country is aware of several mafiosi like the diesel mafia, rice mill mafia and the drugs mafia which are a curse on the country. But it is very rare that people refer to the Pettah mafia which is the mother of all mafiosi. This mafia has existed from colonial times and grown in strength. Most members of this mafia have non-national roots but have captured the native bureaucracy and politicians. Today they lead a cabal consisting of Customs, Banks, Import Control and Consumer Affairs. The strength and influence of the Pettah Mafia was demonstrated during the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/24)
The Naked Emperor – Exxon, Sarvodhaya & the JVP
‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 14-20 April 2024 * ‘Firstly, the political parties & party politics, and secondly the Executive Presidency; both these structures should be abolished. Thirdly, the independence of the judiciary should be maintained. Fourthly all the appointments in ministries & government institutions such as Central Bank, Treasury, etc, should be managed by non-political, non-partisan persons, and all political appointees should be sent home. Lastly, the religious institutions headed by Buddhist Sangha ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/24)
A Slow-Motion World War III?
I’ve been describing this world of ours, such as it is, for almost 23 years at TomDispatch. I’ve written my way through three-and-a-half presidencies — god save us, it could be four in November! I’ve viewed from a grave (and I mean that word!) distance America’s endlessly disastrous wars of this century. I’ve watched the latest military budget hit almost $900 billion, undoubtedly on its way toward a cool trillion in the years to come, while years ago the whole “national security” budget (though “insecurity” would be a better word) soared to well over the trillion-dollar mark. I’ve lived... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/24)
බිඳවැටෙන අධිරාජ්‍ය හමුවේ ගොඩනැගෙන බහුධ්‍රැවීය ලෝකය සහ ලෝකයේ නව ගමන්මග - ආචාර්ය ජගත් චන්ද්‍රවංශගෙන් විශ්ලේෂණාත්මක විග්‍රහයක්
වර්තමානයේ දී ලෝකයේ බොහෝ රටවල් අමෙරිකාව ප්‍රමුඛ බටහිර ආධිපත්‍යයෙන් මිදී බහුධ්‍රැවීය ලෝකය තුළට පිවිසෙමින් ඇති බව හා ගෝලීය මූල්‍ය ක්‍රමය බිඳවැටී නව මූල්‍ය පද්ධතියක් ලෝකය තුළ ස්ථාපනය වෙමින් පවතින බවත් රුසියානු ශ්‍රී ලංකා ව්‍යාපාරික සංසදයේ සභාපති ආචාර්ය ජගත් චන්ද්‍රවංශ මහතා අනාවරණය කරයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව අනාවරණය කළේ බිඳවැටෙන අධිරාජ්‍ය හමුවේ ගොඩනැගෙන බහුධ්‍රැවීය ලෝකය සහ ලෝකයේ නව ගමන්මග පිළිබඳව පැවති සංවාදයක දී පිළිතුරු ලබාදෙමිනි. සංවාදය පහළින්... * බටහිර බලවේග විසින් යුක්රේනය භාවිතා කරමින් රුසියාවට එරෙහිව අරඹා ඇති යුද්ධය, යුදමය වශයෙන් පරාජයකර අවසන් කිරීමට රුසියාව පමාකරමින් සිටින බවක් පෙනෙන්නට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/24)
Iranian President to visit Sri Lanka on April 24
Colombo, April 22 (Daily Mirror) - President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr. Ebrahim Raisi is scheduled to make an official bilateral visit to Sri Lanka at the invitation of President Ranil Wickremesinghe to jointly declare open the Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project on April 24, The Foreign Affairs Ministry said. They said the Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project, funded by Sri Lanka and Iran, is designed to generate and add 120 Megawatts of electricity to Sri Lanka’s national grid and provide irrigation to approximately 25,000 acres of paddy lands in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/24)
Sri Lanka’s inflation eases to 2.5% in March 2024
The overall rate of inflation as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) on Year-on-Year basis has been decreased to 2.5% in March 2024, compared to 5.1% in February 2024, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) revealed in its latest report. Meanwhile, the contributions to the inflation rate of March 2024 from the food group and non-food group are 2.1% and 0.4% respectively. On a monthly basis, the Year-on-Year inflation of the food group remained unchanged in March 2024 at 5.0% which was reported in February 2024 and the Year-on-Year inflation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/24)
‘Shree Ramayan Trails’ launched in Sri Lanka to boost tourism
April 22, 2024 09:42 pm A historic milestone in the Indo-Sri Lankan cultural and religious bond was marked yesterday (21) with the official launch of the ‘Sri Ramayan Trails’ project at Taj Samudra in Colombo, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. This initiative aims to bolster the country’s tourism industry by leveraging cutting-edge technology and innovative tourism methodologies, it said. Under the auspices of His Holiness Swami Govind Dev Giri Maharaj, the Chief Treasurer of the renowned Sri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, and graced by Mr. Sagala... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/24)
මුළු ලෝකයේම සුළු ජනකොටස් අතර වැඩිම අයිතිවාසිකම් හා වරප්‍රසාද භුක්ති විඳින සුළුජන කොටස් ඉන්නේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ?
එහෙත් වැඩිම මැසිවිලි නගන්නේත්, ඊනියා ජාත්‍යන්තරය ලවා මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් උල්ලන්ඝනය ගැන දොස් නගන්නේත් සිංහල බෞද්ධයින්ට, ඒ අනුව වැඩිම හානිය සිදු කරන්නේත් ඔවුන්, ඒත් ලෝක අනුකම්පාව ලබාගන්නේ ඔවුන්.ඒ ඇයි? මෙසේ වීමට හේතු රැසක් ඇත. මා දකින අන්දමට ඒවා පහතින් දක්වමි. 1.සිංහල රටේ සිංහල දේශපාලනඥයින්ට මේ රට, එහි ඉතිහාසය, තම ජාතිය හෝ ජනතාව ගැන කිසිම අවභෝධයක්,හැඟීමක් හෝ ආදරයක් නොමැතිවීම 2 ඔවුන්ට රටට වඩා, සිංහල ජාතියට වඩා සුළුජන චන්ද වටිනාකමින් වැඩිවීම 3 මේ රටේ පෞරුෂත්වයක් සහ කොන්දක් නැති දේශපාලකයින් බටහිර රටවල් සහ ඉන්දියාව ඉදිරියේ නිවට වීම සහ බියගුළුවීම ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/24)
Scott Ritter: Iran EASILY DEFEATS Israel At The Present Time! Netanyahu Is Shock!
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Aruin Sidhaarthan UNP Candidate Jaffna -Turning Point | 15-04-2024 |
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SECULARISM?
Robin Jeffry, in a recent write up ,appeared in the East Asia Forum, said, “From a young age, Modi has been a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu-supremacist organization whose inspiration stems from Italian fascism of the 1920s. The social and cultural goals of the RSS call for the creation of a state in which the strong central rule of a Hindu supremacist party and its leader bring about the rebirth of a golden Hindu civilization.” Robin Jeffrey is Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University and La Trobe University. Whatever thoughts he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/24)
ගෝලිය ඒකාබද්ධ ජාතික සංවිධාන මඟින් කරනු ලබන ආයාචනයයි
ශ්‍රී ලකාවේ යෝජිත අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිපත්තිය තුළ මවු භාෂා භාවිතයේ වැදගත්කම පිළිබඳව සැලකිිමත් වී නැති බැවින් අපගේ අනාගත පරපුරේ දැනුම් උකහාගැනීමේ හැකියාව සහ ආත්මාභිමානය ප්‍රවර්ධනය පිළිබඳව සිදුවිය හැකි අඩාල වීම සහ, එ් ඔස්සේ සිංහල භාෂාව මළ භාෂාවක් බවට තල්ලු වී යාමේ ඇති දැඩි අවදානම ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුව විසින් සැප්තැම්බර් 23 දාතමින් ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලැබ ඇති ජාතික අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිපත්ති රාමුව හා ඒ සඳහා වූ ධවල පත්‍රිකාව තුළ පාසල් අධ්‍යාපන මාධ්‍යය ඉංගිරිසියට හැරවීම සඳහා යෝජනා කරනු ලැබ ඇති අතර මාතෘ භාෂාවන්ගෙන් අධ්‍යාපනය ලැබීමේ වැදගත්කම අමතක කර ඇති බව පෙනී යයි. මේ අතර, විපක්ෂ නායක සංජිත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/24)
සෝතාපන්නය (සෝවාන් වීම) හෙවත් සක්කාය දිට්ඨි, විචිකිච්ඡා සහ සීලබ්බත පරාමාස ප්‍රහානය - දෙවන කොටස
අරහත්භාවය නොහොත් නිවන අත්කරගැනීමට පලමුවෙන් සෝතපන්නයට පැමිනිය යුතුය. සෝතාපන්නයෙන් තොර නිවනක් නැත. එසේ නම් සෝතපන්නය පලමුවෙන් දත යුතුය. සෝතාපන්නයට පලමුවෙන් පත්විය යුතුය. ඉහත සඳහන් සංයෝජන තුනම සෝවාන් මාර්ගයට පිවිසීමට ප්‍රහානය කලයුතු ධර්මයෝය. මෙම තුන් සංයෝජන ප්‍රහානය සිඳුවන්නේ දැනුමෙන් නැතහොත් සත්‍ය ඤාණය හා එම දැනුමට අනුගතවූ ජීවිකාව තුල පමනක් බව බුදුන්වහන්සේ සබ්බාසව සූත්‍රයේ දස්සනේන පහාතබ්බා (දස්ස - දර්ශනය, නේන - අනුගතවීමෙන්, පහාතබ්බා - ප්‍රහානයවන) යනුවෙන් පෙන්වාදෙයි. එසේනම් සෝවාන් අවස්ථාවට පත්වීමට මුල් සංයෝජන තුන තේරුම්ගෙන, එම සංයෝජන ධර්ම ප්‍රහීනවන ජීවිකාවකට අනුගතවිය යුතුය. සෝවන් මාර්ගය ඉතාමත් සරලව අත්කරගත හැක්කක් සේ ඔබට දැනෙනු නොඅනුමානය. එසේනම් සොවාන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/24)
A.T. Ariyaratne and the Bauddha Jatika Balavegaya (BJB)
“I got disillusioned with politics. An idea was born in my mind that a social revolution minus political colouring should be staged. The Sarvodaya Shramadana movement was the outcome of this thinking” A.T. Ariyaratne The passing of A.T. Ariyaratne at the age of 92 years on April 16, 2024, removes from the national scene a colossus that straddled many spheres of local life and singularly gained international recognition for himself and his country to an unimaginable extent. Though small and diminutive in physical size he reached dizzy heights that should inspire the current... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/24)
BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 17B.
The Kurundi issue has created an interest in the archaeology of Sri Lanka. Siran Deraniyagala said that Sri Lanka’s archaeological heritage is divisible into Prehistoric (Stone Age) Protohistoric (Iron Age) and historical periods. This covers an estimated 1 million years or more. The Iron Age appeared at about 1000 BC and the historic period at about 500 BC. The ancient chronicles set out Sri Lanka's history in considerable detail since the 2 century BC and less reliably back to the 6 century BC. These chronicles are supplemented by over 4000 inscriptions on stone from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/24)
Doomsday Clock - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Doomsday Clock and Minutes to Midnight - an initiative by the world's top nuclear scientists to quantify the likelihood and yes we are closer to nuclear war in 2024 than ever before. It is just 90 seconds to midnight. Worst ever. But this did not happen suddenly. It gradually deteriorated over since 1997. It was 15 minutes to midnight after the Cold War ended but since then it again reduced (worsened). Now it is worse than during the Cold War. Doomsday Clock - Bulletin of the Atomic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/24)
General Amnesty for Tri-Forces Absentees
The Ministry of Defence announces that the General Amnesty period announced from 20.04.2024 to 20.05.2024 for members of the Tri-Forces who have been marked as Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) is not applicable for Commissioned Officers who are marked as AWOL. 1. General Amnesty is valid only for other rank personnel of the Tri-Forces who have not reported for duty without leave on or before 31.12.2023. 2. This General Amnesty period does not apply for Commissioned Officers who have not reported for duty without leave. 3. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/24)
Come to Mannar this weekend to make Japanese dreams come true under SSW visa
Sakura blossoming Japan has become the dream state of many Sri Lankans. Accordingly, the SSW (Specified Skilled Worker) Visa project that provides an opportunity to earn a high salary in Japan. It's given you a great opportunity to fulfill your Japanese dreams, and for that you have to come to the ''Jayagamu Sri Lanka'' program which will be held on April 20 and 21 at the Mannar Municipal Council Stadium. The opportunity to realize the Japanese dream has been created through several leagle methods, where Sri Lankans have been given the opportunity to access... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/24)
1.පල්ලේකැලේ හමුදා කඳවුරේ අවි ජවිපෙ පැහැරගත් හැටි -එය ‘දේශප්‍රේමීන්ගේ’ ප්‍රථම හමුදා කඳවුරු ප්‍රහාරයයි
0 දශකයේ(1980 සිට 1990 දක්වා) ධවල භීෂණයේ අඳුර විනිවිදි සත්‍ය සිදුවීමක තිත්ත ඇත්ත කියන youtube චැනල් එක
භීෂණය සියැසින් දුටු සහ වාර්තාකළ ගවේෂණාත්මක මාධ්‍යවේදී ධර්මන් වික්‍රමරත්න කියයි. ලාංකීය දේශපාලන ඉතිහාසයේ ගමන්මග වෙනස්කල සන්ධිස්ථානයක් ලෙස 1986 සිට 1990 දක්වා පැවති ජවිපෙ 2වැනි කැරැල්ල හැඳින්විය හැකිය. එම කාලය තුළ ඝාතනයට ලක්වූ සහ අතුරුදන් වූ සංඛ්‍යාව 41,813 වේ. එහෙත් මානව හිමිකම් සංවිධාන වාර්තාවන්ට අනුව 2වැනි කැරළි සමයේදී ඝාතනයට සහ අතුරුදන් වීමට ලක්වූ සංඛ්‍යාව 67,652කි. මින් 6,661 කැරළිකරුවන් අතින් ඝාතනයට ලක්වූ අතර ප්‍රා සංවිධානය මගින් ඝාතනය කරන ලද සංඛ්‍යාව 1,222කි. සෙසු සියළු දෙනා ඝාතනයට පත්වූයේ ආරක්ෂක අංශ ඇතුළු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/24)
John Mearsheimer: “Things are going to get worse in Ukraine, Middle-East and South-East Asia.”
Paul Buitink talks to John Mearsheimer, a renowned American political scientist and international relations scholar who belongs to the realist school of thought. He is a Professor at the University of Chicago. John gives an overview of what offensive realism is. Furthermore he discusses the European Union's foreign policy and how dependent it is on that of the US. He explains Russia's strategy and how Ukraine is going to lose with severe negative consequences for Europe and NATO. He also gives his view on the tensions between US and China and how the situation in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/24)
ගෝලිය ඒකාබද්ධ ජාතික සංවිධාන මඟින් කරනු ලබන ආයාචනයයි
ශ්‍රී ලකාවේ යෝජිත අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිපත්තිය තුළ මවු භාෂාභාවිතයේ වැදගත්කම පිළිබඳව සැලකිිමත් වී නැති බැවින් අපගේඅනාගත පරපුරේ දැනුම් උකහාගැනීමේ හැකියාව සහආත්මාභිමානය ප්‍රවර්ධනය පිළිබඳව සිදුවිය හැකි අඩාල වීම සහ,එ් ඔස්සේ සිංහල භාෂාව මළ භාෂාවක් බවට තල්ලු වී යාමේඇති දැඩි අවදානමශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුව විසින් සැප්තැම්බර් 23 දාතමින් ඉදිරිපත් කරනුලැබ ඇති ජාතික අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිපත්ති රාමුව හා ඒ සඳහා වූ ධවලපත්‍රිකාව තුළ පාසල් අධ්‍යාපන මාධ්‍යය ඉංගිරිසියට හැරවීම සඳහායෝජනා කරනු ලැබ ඇති අතර මාතෘ භාෂාවන්ගෙන් අධ්‍යාපනයලැබීමේ වැදගත්කම අමතක කර ඇති බව පෙනී යයි. මේ අතර,විපක්ෂ නායක සංජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා ද ප්‍රසිද්ධියේ ප්‍රකාශ කරඇත්තේ අධ්‍යාපනයේ මුල් වසරවලදී පටන් ඉංගිරිසි මාධ්‍යයෙන්සියලු පාසල්වල... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/24)
Bondholders fear regime change impact
Colombo, April 20 (Daily Mirror) - The representatives of bondholders who hold around 50 per cent of Sri Lanka’s outstanding international sovereign bonds (ISB), during closed-door interactions with the representatives of Sri Lankan political parties, have expressed fear whether any debt restructuring agreement will be honoured in case of a regime change at the elections pending this year, Daily Mirror learns. The bondholders held talks with various political leaders including from the opposition parties such as the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), the National People’s Power (NPP) and the United Republican Front (URF) led... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/24)
Discussions with bondholders have failed again for the second time.
Will this be the end of the IMF program? Before this SL had 16 IMF programs - all failed half way through the program! Bond holders own 50% of foreign loans and these are the loans with highest interest rates and administration fees. A debt restructure without them is like a wedding without the groom. Bond holders demanded more money on top of existing massive interest rates! They now want the interest rate linked to SL's GDP growth! When the SL grows, the interest rate should also grow! But if... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/24)
From Haiti in 1970s-80s as IMF ruled to SL today.
In Haiti, after the state borrowed money in the 1970s and 1980s to feed corruption and sustain autocracy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pushed subsequent democratic governments to privilege the free market, while opening ever more quickly to the global economy. Sensing opportunity, non-governmental organizations streamed into Haiti to provide food, housing, and health care, everything a cash-strapped government couldn’t do. The succession of catastrophes — coups, an earthquake, cholera, hurricanes — only strengthened the humanitarian sector but at the expense of effective government. In this century, the situation had become so dire that all too many... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/24)
Haiti Today, America Tomorrow? When Democracies Die, Mobs Take Over
Haiti has descended into chaos. It’s had no president or parliament — and no elections either –for eight long years. Its unelected prime minister Ariel Henry resigned recently when gang violence at the airport in Port-au-Prince made it impossible for him to return to the country after a trip to Guyana. Haiti is the poorest country in the region, its riches leached out by colonial overlords, American occupying forces, corporate predators, and home-grown autocrats. As if that weren’t enough, it’s also suffered an almost Biblical succession of plagues in recent years.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/24)
The similarities between Greece’s failed SYRIZA & Sri Lanka’s JVP-NPP
Like Sri Lanka, Greece too declared default on €1.6 billion debt to IMF. It was the same year US-India sponsored regime change took place in Sri Lanka. Greece’s default came exactly 15 years after joining the Eurozone. Both Greece & Sri Lanka had one thing in common – both guilty of systematic tax evasion which was a key component in their default. In 2015 the Greeks voted to reject debt restructuring. The Greeks were told its best to be bankrupt & start again with help of IMF of course, is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/24)
BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 17A.
Buddhists in Sri Lanka should be made aware of the stature of Buddhism in the Asian region when discussing the Kurundi issue. Buddhism enjoys a unique place in Asian history as the single shared experience among half the world’s population. No other movement has equaled the degree to which Buddhism has affected nearly every corner of Asia, said Robert E Fisher. Buddhism influenced the cultures of all these countries. Buddhism did not convert by force or through inducements, only thorough conviction. Buddhists are very proud of this fact. Buddhism was a very accommodating religion,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/24)
සාධාරණ නඩු විභාගයක පැවැත්ම සහ මූලධර්ම ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීම සඳහා පනත් කෙටුම්පතක් අධිකරණ ඇමතිට, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්ට, ජනාධිපතිවරයාට ඉදිරිපත් වෙයි.
නීති ග්‍රන්ථ ගණනාවක් ලියා ඇති, විද්‍යුත් සහ මුද්‍රිත මාධ්‍යයේ නීතිය පිළිබඳ ලිපි ලියන, නිතිය පිළිබඳ අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන්, වැඩමුළු පවත්වන කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ විද්‍යාවේදී උපාධියක් සහ උපදේශනය පිළිබඳ පශ්චාත් උපාධි ඩිප්ලෝමාවක් ලබා ඇති නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන විසින් සාධාරණ නඩු විභාගයක් පැවැත්ම සහ මූලධර්ම ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීම සඳහා වන පනත් කෙටුම්පතක් අධිකරණ ඇමතිට, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්ට, ජනාධිපතිවරයාට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට ක්‍රියා කර ඇත.එකී යෝජිත පනත් කෙටුම්පත අධිකරණ, විනිශ්චය අධිකාර සහ ආයතන ඉදිරියේ කරුණු දක්වන තැනැත්තන්ගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමේ පනත් කෙටුම්පත (A Bill to Protection of the Rights of Persons Presenting Submissions before Courts, Tribunals and Institutions.) යන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/24)
BIG FOCUS | ලෝක යුදමය තත්ත්වයන් හමුවේ මෙරට මැතිවරණ අනාගතය
https://youtu.be/Su2WyK3EZg4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/24)
Promoting TRANSGENDERISM on the pretext of GENDER EQUALITY & LGBTQIA Discrimination
https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/4228-2/ Who are promoting LGBTQ among adults & children & influencing governments? https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/gender-dysphoria-sex-change-lgbtq-is-a-business-dont-fall-prey-victim-sri-lanka/ Gender Dysphoria-Sex Change-LGBTQ is a BUSINESS, don’t fall prey/victim Sri Lanka https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/decriminalizing-lgbtq-impact-on-schools-children-in-uk/ Decriminalizing LGBTQ & impact on Schools & Children in UK https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/will-france-have-to-change-french-language-to-satisfy-lgbtq-gender-issue/ Will France have to change French language to satisfy LGBTQ “gender” issue? https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/sri-lanka-before-passing-gay-bill-wake-up-to-the-agenda-behind-lgbtq-transgenders/ Sri Lanka before passing GAY BILL – wake up to the AGENDA behind LGBTQ & Transgenders ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/24)
Sri Lanka debt restructuring stumbles as govt rejects bondholders’ proposal
Colombo Colombo, April 17 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka on Tuesday rejected international bondholders’ proposal to restructure more than $12 billion in debt, putting at risk critical International Monetary Fund support and delaying its efforts to resolve a two-year-long debt crisis. Some of the proposal’s “baseline” assessments and a lack of a contingency option in the case of continued economic weakness were the two main reasons the deal was not agreed, the government said in a statement. Colombo said it hoped to hold further talks... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/24)
Scott Ritter: Israel Hiding Damages Caused By Iran's Retaliation; Iran Will Strike Nuclear Base!
https://youtu.be/nEhQBtJDYv4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/24)
ඉන්දියාව, අමෙරිකාව ප්‍රමුඛ බලවේගවලට ලංකාව අත්පත්කර ගැනීමට අවශ්‍ය ඇයි? - වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර හෙළිකරයි (වීඩියෝ)
අමෙරිකානු අධිරාජ්‍යය බිඳවැටෙන සෑම විටම ඔවුන් විසින් ලෝකයේ යුදමය තත්ත්වයක් නිර්මාණය කරන බවද, ඊශ්‍රායලය ත්‍රස්තවාදී රාජ්‍යක් ලෙස අමෙරිකාව භාවිත කළේ ඛනිජ තෙල් වෙනුවෙන් අරාබි මුහුද, රතු මුහුදේ ගැටලුවක් නිර්මාණය කිරීමට බවද වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව පැවසුවේ දෙරණ වාද පිටිය දේශපාලන සංවාදය හා එක් වෙමිනි. ලංකාව පිහිටා ඇත්තේ ලෝකයේ වැදගත් උපායමාර්ගික මරමස්ථානයක බවත්, ලෝකයේ ප්‍රධානතම නාවික මාර්ගයේ පිහිටා ඇති රටක් නිසාම බලපෑම් කිරීමට හා අත්පත් කරගැනීමේ උවමනාව ඉන්දියාව අමෙරිකාව ප්‍රමුඛ විදෙස් බලවේගවලට ඇති බවත් ඒ මහතා පෙන්වා දෙයි. සවිස්තරාත්මක වීඩියෝව නරඹන්න... ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/24)
බෙදා හදා ගැනීම පිළිබඳ රාජ නීතිය සහ පැරණි මූලාශ්‍ර
මෙරට ගැමි සමාජය හසුරුවන ප්‍රධානතම රැහැන නම් සාමූහිකත්වයයි.පැරණි ගැමියන් කිසි විටක සාමූහිකත්වයෙන් තොරව සංවිධාන ගත නොවූහ.ඔවුන්ගේ ප්‍රධානතම ආර්ථික ක්‍රියාවලිය වූ කුඹූරු ගොවිතැන සහ හේන් ගොවිතැන සාර්ථකත්වයට පත් කරනු ලැබූවේ එකට වැඩ කරගැනීමට තිබූ දක්ෂතාවයෙනි.මුල් කැටෑ හේන නම් වියළ් ගොවිතැනේ දී සියලුම දෙන එකතු වී මූකලානක් කොටා පුලුස්සා වටේ දඬුවැට සවි කර තමන්ගේ පංගු වෙන් කර ගත්තද හේනේ පැල් රැකීම කරන ලද්දේ සාමූහික හැඟිමකිනි. එසේම අස්වනු කපා පා ගා ගැනීම සහ බෙදා හදා ගැනීම සඳහා පුද්ගලිකත්වයට වඩා සාමූහිකත්වය ඉස්මතු විය.මේ නිසා මුලු රටේම වැඩ කිරීමේ හැකියාව ඉතා ඉහළ මට්ටමින් තිබුණි. පසු කාලීනව රාජකාරිය යනුවෙන් නම් කළ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/24)
We Successfully Responded to the Public's Call for System Change - Minister Manusha Nanayakkara.
Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said today (17) that the demands for systemic change voiced by the public on the streets have been achieved within the Ministry over the past two years, with necessary policy adjustments implemented. The minister made this statement today (17) when he participated in the special event organized by the Ministry of Labor and Foreign Employment to celebrate the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. The Minister noted that many positive changes have been made in Sri Lanka's labor sector and highlighted that steps were taken to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/24)
Price-gouging & verbal hostility: Arrested street food vendor granted bail
The owner of a street food eatery in Aluthkade, who was arrested for price-gouging a foreign tourist and behaving in a verbally aggressive manner, has been granted bail. When the accused was produced before the court earlier today (17), he was ordered to be released on a cash bail of Rs. 50,000 and surety bail of Rs. 1 million. https://youtu.be/eXcdMj81oSs On Tuesday (16), the police arrested the 51-year-old in question for trying to charge Rs. 1,900 from a foreigner for a Kottu Roti and verbally harassing him when... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/24)
Coup After Coup After Coup: Sabotaging the 5th Industrial Revolution in Sri Lanka
ee wishes readers a Happy New Year! Last week, ee reproduced an Island report recalling how an attempted military coup, to overcome the so-called 2018 ‘constitutional coup’, was thwarted. Observers of such machinations of state & statecraft wonder if the latest tale about former President Maithripala Sirisena allegedly disclosing an ‘Indian Hand’ as being behind the April 2019 bombings, may indeed be true. ee also wonders if the dearly beloved ‘Cardinal’ too had inside information about this all along, ‘incensed’ because this handler was being censored? After all, the precious prelates of the Catholic Church must surely have hourly access via the Vatican... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/24)
Great Developmment Programmes that can deliver Sri Lanka out of the woods
Is it not sad that Sri Lanka, a country that had no foreign debt in 1977, is today having a foreign debt of $ 91 billion( Prof. Charitha Herath:Lankadeepa- 7/2/24) When President Gotabhaya left the debt was $ 56 billion. Sri Lanka is a country of ample resources, a fertile land, blessed with rain and ample manpower. As a development expert with experience of handling development I can recall Great Development Programmes that if copied, could provide a way out. The Comilla Programme of Rural Development.(1960-1969)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/24)
ගරු ජනාධිපති තුමාගේ ක්ෂනික හා පෞද්ගලික අවාධානය සඳහා
සුභ අලුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා! ශ්‍රී ලන්කා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී සමාජවාදි ජනරජයේ 2024 ක්වූ අප්‍රේල් 14. ගරු ජනාධිපති, රනිල් වික්‍රමසින්හ මැතිතුමා වෙතය. ගරු ජනාධිපති තුමනි, 1815 ආරම්භවූ බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය යටත් විජිත පාලනයෙන් මිදී, මේ රට ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක,විධායක සහ අධිකරණ බලය සහිත පූර්ණ නිදහස ළබාගත්තේ 1972 මැයි 22 දාය. එසේම 1948 සිට වසර 24 කට පසු සෝල්බරී ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ තිබුණු අධිරාජ්‍යවාධී යදම්වලින් මේ රට මිදුනේත් එදිනය. 1972 සිට 1977 දක්වාම හත් වසරක්, එවකට පැවති සිරිමා බණ්ඩාරනායක රජය විසින් ජනරජ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/24)
ගෝලිය ඒකාබද්ධ ජාතික සංවිධාන මඟින් කරනු ලබන ආයාචනයයි
ශ්‍රී ලකාවේ යෝජිත අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිපත්තිය තුළ මවු භාෂාභාවිතයේ වැදගත්කම පිළිබඳව සැලකිිමත් වී නැති බැවින් අපගේඅනාගත පරපුරේ දැනුම් උකහාගැනීමේ හැකියාව සහආත්මාභිමානය ප්‍රවර්ධනය පිළිබඳව සිදුවිය හැකි අඩාල වීම සහ,එ් ඔස්සේ සිංහල භාෂාව මළ භාෂාවක් බවට තල්ලු වී යාමේඇති දැඩි අවදානමශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුව විසින් සැප්තැම්බර් 23 දාතමින් ඉදිරිපත් කරනුලැබ ඇති ජාතික අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිපත්ති රාමුව හා ඒ සඳහා වූ ධවලපත්‍රිකාව තුළ පාසල් අධ්‍යාපන මාධ්‍යය ඉංගිරිසියට හැරවීම සඳහායෝජනා කරනු ලැබ ඇති අතර මාතෘ භාෂාවන්ගෙන් අධ්‍යාපනයලැබීමේ වැදගත්කම අමතක කර ඇති බව පෙනී යයි. මේ අතර,විපක්ෂ නායක සංජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා ද ප්‍රසිද්ධියේ ප්‍රකාශ කරඇත්තේ අධ්‍යාපනයේ මුල් වසරවලදී පටන් ඉංගිරිසි මාධ්‍යයෙන්සියලු පාසල්වල... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/24)
Privatization of Public Enterprises.
A strident cry we hear now from goverment politicians and economic pundits is that State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) must be privatized to make them efficient and profitable and ease the burden of losses to the state. Majority of them think that a wave of the majic wand of privatization will turn the white elephants to cash cows. Historically in Sri Lanka, SOEs have made a significant contribution to industrial development, employment creation and providing essential services. Before 1977 many SOEs came into existence out of a nationalization wave born out of compulsions of state control or to fill a gap in the production of essential goods or services. Other than Corporations established under specific Acts, SOEs were formed under the Government Sponsored Corporations Act No.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/24)
For the defenders of Israel’s war on Gaza, the game is up
Staunch allies calling themselves friends of Israel are beginning to realise they are also friends of the murderers of western aid workers, friends of genocide and friends of fascism Six months on, the entire edifice that allowed Israeli forces to kill more than 33,000 Palestinians and wound another 75,000, displace a population of over 2.3 million and then starve them,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/24)
යෝජිත "අධිකරණ, විනිශ්චය අධිකාර සහ ආයතන ඉදිරියේ කරුණු දක්වන තැනැත්තන්ගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමේ පනත් කෙටුම්පත" අධිකරණ ඇමතිවරයාට, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්ට සහ ජනාධිපතිවරයාට....
අධිකරණ, විනිශ්චය අධිකාර සහ ආයතන ඉදිරියේ කරුණු දක්වන තැනැත්තන්ගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමේ පනත් කෙටුම්පත1.මෙම පනත 2024 අංක .... දරන අධිකරණ, විනිශ්චය අධිකාර සහ ආයතන ඉදිරියේ කරුණු දක්වන තැනැත්තන්ගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමේ පනත යනුවෙන් හදුන්වනු ලැබේ.2.අධිකරණ, විනිශ්චය අධිකාර සහ ආයතන ඉදිරියේ කරුණු දක්වන තැනැත්තන්ට මෙම පනතේ විධිවිධාන අදාල වේ.3. අධිකරණ, විනිශ්චය අධිකාර සහ ආයතන ඉදිරියේ කරුණු දක්වන තැනැත්තන්ට වෙනත් ලිඛිත නීති වලින් ආරක්ෂා කර ඇති සාධාරණ නඩු විභාගයකට අදාල නීතිමය ප්‍රතිපාදන, 2024 අංක 8 දරන අධිකරණයකට, විනිශ්චය අධිකාරයකට හෝ ආයතනයකට අපහාස කිරීම පනතේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/24)
My Berlin speech on Palestine that German police entered the venue to ban – and whose publication here led to my being banned from Germany!
Friends, Congratulations, and heartfelt thanks, for being here, despite... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/24)
Eating Cinnamon Has An Unexpected Effect On Your Bones.
The seasons of fall and winter are usually associated with the flavor of cinnamon. Whether it's homemade cinnamon rolls or cinnamon crumble apple pie, the spicy, sweet, and comforting aroma of this popular spice is something we've come to love. Historically, cinnamon was considered sacred, with Romans burning the spice at funerals, until it eventually became an important traded commodity. From being used for medicinal purposes and as an embalming agent to flavoring food and being used as a preservative, it's safe to say that we've found many uses for this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/24)
අලුත් අවුරුද්දට සින්හල ජාතියට පනිවිඩයක් සහ ප්‍රශ්නයක්?
2024. 4.14. මහනුවර රටට,ජාතියට මෙන්ම මේ රටේ නියෝජිත ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදයට හූනියමක් හා ශාපයක් වී ඇති, 35 වසරක් රට විනාශකළ1978 ව්‍යවස්ථාව සහ විධායක ජනාධිපති ධුරය වහාම අහෝසිකොට 1972 ජනරජ ව්‍යවස්ථාව යළි බලගන්වා මේ රටත්, ජාතියත්, සාශනයත් වැටී ඇති අඝාධයෙන් ගොඩගැනීමට ජාතියක් වෂයෙන් ඔබ සූදානම්ද? මේ රටේ අද පවතින සියළුම ආර්ථික, සාමාජික, දේශපාලනික, ජන වාර්ගික, ආගමික, සන්ස්කෘතික, වාර්ගික, අයිතිහාසික, ආරක්ෂක, හා භූදේශපාලනික අර්බුධ වලට මූලික හේතුව, 1978 ජේ. ආර්. ගේ ඇමෙරිකන්-ප්‍රන්ශ දෙබිඩි විධායක ජනාධිපතිකම සහ ඒ හා බැඳුණු විවුර්ත ආර්ථිකය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/24)
In the Sinhala New Year Let us hope
My We alleviate poverty that afflicts over half of us Mind you By the Sixties we had alleviated poverty We did control our economy then, made things. We imported only what we could not make In 1977 we embraced the IMF’s Structural Adjustment Sent all development workers to the barracks yet we pay them fat salaries! Once in the Fifties, I remember, we even grew cotton and the air was filled with pollen. Now we import. Once in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/24)
Policy Statements of RW and AKD On Education And Industrialization
It is gratifying to note our President and a leading politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) making emphatic and unequivocal statements on two vital policy issues. Present stated repeatedly that the country has to convert itself into an export economy to be a developed nation by 1948. He was in the JR government when the the Export Development was established in 1979, and a comprehensive export development drive was launched under the policy direction of an Export Development Council of Ministers under the Chairmanship of JR the President. The implementing agency of the national drive... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/24)
Usurping Authority
It is noted that a person, who describes himself as Kleppe Ariyamagga, has taken upon himself the task of ‘rectifying’ some alleged errors which, according to him (and some others like him) are found in the long accepted history of Sri Lanka, especially in its Buddhist history. Now, the fundamental question is whether this (presumptuous) person has a legal status, through delegation of authority by the government of Sri Lanka, to represent the country concerning matters of its history. If this person has no such authority, it seems that his conduct amounts... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/24)
Iran had legal right to counter-attack Israel in self-defense
https://youtu.be/1p1-Psc0Un8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/24)
The Missiles of April
An Iranian missile is launched. Scores of these missiles were used to attack Israel. Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel will go down in history as one of the greatest victories of this century. I’ve been writing about Iran for more than two decades. In 2005, I made a trip to Iran to ascertain the “ground truth” about that nation, a truth which I then incorporated into a book, Target Iran, laying out the US-Israeli collaboration to craft a justification for a military attack on Iran designed to bring down its theocratic government. I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/24)
Belgian traveller scammed in Kalutara
Colombo, April 12 (Daily Mirror) - Tim Tense, a Belgian traveller exploring Sri Lanka, recently shared a troubling encounter from his visit to Kalutara. According to Tim, he fell victim to a scam at a local restaurant, where he was charged an exorbitant Rs. 1,000 for a single Ulundu Vadai and a cup of plain tea. In his YouTube video titled "Avoid this man in Kalutara, Sri Lanka," Tim recounted his experience. He traversed Kalutara on his own three-wheeler, soaking in the sights. Upon parking, he was approached by a Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/24)
Elections could dent Sri Lanka’s recovery: ADB
Colombo, April 12 - Sri Lanka's recovery could be stalled by abrupt policy changes after elections later this year even as the economy showed signs of stabilising, the Asian Development Bank warned Friday. The island nation weathered an unprecedented financial crisis in 2022 that forced a foreign debt default as well as food and fuel shortages that prompted months of unrest. It secured a $2.9 billion rescue loan from the International Monetary Fund last year, with President Ranil Wickremesinghe hiking taxes and cutting generous subsidies to restore the government's ruined... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/24)
Cisco which is a port operator wanted Hambantota port to expand into a large-scale shipbuilding and Repair Centre
We proposed to establish an Offshore and Marine sector industry which would have been a Dollar Generating venture Instead same member of the committee sold it to another Chinese company God knows how our decision makers got Access to Chinese to take over this port Now they are killing our own Port Business by starting transshipment trade If we started the Offshore industry at that time we would be generating more income for our country Sri Lanka’s China-backed port starts container transshipment amid Red Sea... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/24)
Death and AI
Please find the attached regarding AI use by Israel in Gaza and OVER THE HORIZON (OTH) operations by foreign intelligence agencies in Sri Lanka for FULL SPECTRUM DOMINANCE including the Aragalaya Regime Change and Sovereign Default operation. There is a lot of AI and technology hype in Sri Lanka as if AI and drones can solve all our problems. The SL military is being downsized to enable drones to take over in a country where Data Security is non-existent, making the country even more vulnerable to external interventions than it is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/24)
There Is Only One Spaceship Earth -Freeing the World from the Deadly Shadow of Genocide and Ecocide
When I was in the U.S. military, I learned a saying (often wrongly attributed to the Greek philosopher Plato) that only the dead have seen the end of war. Its persistence through history to this very moment should indeed be sobering. What would it take for us humans to stop killing each other with such vigor and in such numbers? Song lyrics tell me to be proud to be an American, yet war and profligate preparations for more of the same are omnipresent here. My government spends more on its military than... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/24)
තුන් හෙළයේ සඟ පරපුරේ අයිතිය සංඝාධිකරණය | Special court for the Sangha
https://youtu.be/PoQ04RqMHVo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/24)
Hartal-Left and Trade Unionism.
During Hartel ( the General strike) organanised by the Marxist parties in 1953 to express public dissatisfaction over the cost of rice of the GCSU ( General Clerical Services Union). Mr. Kanakasamy was shot by the police lead by LSSP stalwarts; Dr. N.M.Perera, Dr. Colvin de Silva and Lesley Gunawardena. The GCSU was powerful and acted as in the form of real power to demand a prominent powerful upsurge until 1985. It was stated by Nicky Karunaratne, who was based on the LSSP hierarchy. ‘The old left’ liked to look back with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/24)
The hidden but real issue in the row over Kachchativu
Colombo, April 10: There is hullabaloo in India over the tiny and uninhabited Kachchativu island in the Palk Strait. It was triggered earlier this month by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also the supremo of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). To everyone’s surprise, Modi accused the opposition Congress party of giving the island away to Sri Lanka “callously” in 1974. This was followed by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s utterances blaming India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), an ally of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/24)
Sri Lanka shows signs of recovery but must maintain reform momentum: ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says its annual flagship economic publication – the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) April 2024 – has projected Sri Lanka’s economy to record moderate growth of 1.9% in 2024 and 2.5% in 2025 following two consecutive years of contractions. According to the publication, Sri Lanka is showing signs of recovery, with green shoots emerging in the second half of 2023. Inflation has decelerated to single digits, foreign exchange reserves continue to be built up, and the exchange rate has appreciated. Meanwhile, tourist arrivals and remittance inflows continue to show a commendable recovery... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/24)
Why JVP, SLLP Cannot Win Next Presidential Election: Minorities Shun Them Both
The next presidential election will be decided by religious minorities – Christians, Hindus and Muslims. This is because the majority creed is seriously divided between various political parties. There is no leader capable of uniting Buddhists or at least 60% of them. At the same time there are no strong minority leaders either to call for election boycotts or split minority votes by each community. As a result, minorities are likely to vote as a bloc to one candidate while the majority will be divided between two, three or even four political parties. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/24)
BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 12F2b.
Eelamists maintain that Koneswaram kovil in Trincomalee is a very ancient kovil. The British accepted that statement without question. Pridham in his book ‘Historical, political and statistical account of Ceylon’ (1849) wrote about Koneswaram temple in Trincomalee, saying it was regarded with great reverence by its devotees. The temple is said to have had 1000 pillars, 3 Rajagopurams, two on either side facing the sea and one in the center. However, there is no evidence that an ancient kovil ever existed at Koneswaram. Two contradictory reasons are given by Eelamists, for this total lack... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/24)
BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 12F2a.
The Tamil settlers brought in by the British administration in the early 20th century, to colonize the north and east, entrenched the Hindu religion in those two areas. Then they started to say that Hinduism had been in the north and east from ancient times. They said that according to legend there were five ancient temples dedicated to Lord Shiva in the littoral regions of Sri Lanka. They are called ‘Pancha Easwaram’, the five abodes of Siva as Easwaran. The temples are Naguleswaram at Keerimalai, Koneswaram in Trincomalee, Munneswaram near Chilaw, Thirukitheswaram at Mantota and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/24)
අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යවරයාගේ දේශපාලන අරමුණු වෙනුවෙන් ඇතුලුව පවත්වන ලද උත්සවයකට අධිකරණ සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපතිතුමා වන ගරු අගවිනිසුරුතුමාව සහභාගී කර ගැනීම සම්බන්ධව නීතීඥවරයෙකු අගවිනිසුරුතුමාට ලියයි.
2024.04.09 අගවිනිසුරු ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය මැතිතුමා (ජ.නී) සභාපති, අධිකරණ සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාව, කොළඹ 12. ගරු සභාපතිතුමනි, අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යවරයාගේ දේශපාලන අරමුණු වෙනුවෙන් ඇතුලුව පවත්වන ලද උත්සවයකට අධිකරණ සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපතිතුමා වන ගරු අගවිනිසුරුතුමාව සහභාගී කර ගැනීම සම්බන්ධවයි. 1. අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යවරයාගේ දේශපාලන අරමුණු වෙනුවෙන් ඇතුලුව පවත්වන ලද උත්සවයකට අධිකරණ සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපතිතුමා වන ගරු අගවිනිසුරුතුමාව පසුගිය දිනයකදී සහභාගී කර ගෙන ඇති බව සහ තවද ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ ජනාධිපති අපේක්ෂකයා ලෙසද අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යවරයා ඉදිරිපත් කරවීමේ ඉල්ලීම් https://www.lankadeepa.lk/news/වජයදාස-ජනපතවරණයට/101-649965 සම්බන්ධව මාධ්‍යයේ පුවත් පළ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/24)
අලුත් අවුරුද්දේ සැබෑ අයිතිය අපගේ දූ දරුවන් සතුයි
සිංහල හා හින්දු අලූත් අවුරුද්ද හෙවත් සූර්ය මංගල්‍යය හෙළයේ මහා සංස්කෘතික මංගල්‍යයයි. මෙලෙස නැකත් චාරිත‍්‍රයන්ට හා ආගමික කටයුතුවලට මූලිකත්වය දෙමින්, පාරම්පරික සම්ප‍්‍රදායන් හා සිරිත් සුරකිමින් එකම අරමුණකින් යුතුව, එකම මොහොතක එකම නැකතකට එක්ව කටයුතු කිරීම ලොව කිසිදු රටක සංස්කෘතියක දක්නට නොලැබේ.ස්වභාවධර්මයා සමග ගනුදෙනු කළ අපේ මුතුන් මිත්තෝ අලුත් අවුරුද්දේ එය තව තවත් යථාවත් කළෝය. ඔවුන්ගේ දරු මුණුපුරන් වූ අපට ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතාවය, සකසුරුවම, අපේකම, සමගිය පිළිබඳව යළි යළි අකුරු කරන්නට අවශ්‍ය නොවේ. අවශ්‍ය ක්‍රියත්මකභාවයයි.ආහාර හා ආර්ථික අර්බුදයකට මුහුණ දී, රට බත බුලතින් සරි කරන්නට අභියෝගාත්මකව ගොවි ජනතාව කළ මෙහෙය මේ අලුත් අවුරුද්දේ කෘතවේදීව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/24)
Why a Sri Lankan island is sparking an Indian election controversy
Indian Prime Minister Modi claims the former Congress government sneakily gifted Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka. But the truth is more complex, say diplomats and analysts. Video Duration 02 minutes 45 seconds02:45 By Junaid Kathju New Delhi, India – Fifty years after India and Sri Lanka settled a long-simmering dispute over a tiny island, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused a former government of the now-in-opposition Congress Party of gifting Indian territory to its southern neighbour. The allegation by Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/24)
MYTH OF MALIMAWA: A COMPASS WITHOUT THE MAGNETIC NEEDLE: ANURA KUMARA PRESIDENCY IN A CLOUD CUCKOO LAND
1. Introduction In this essay we do not intend to discuss the (i) surge of NPP/JVP activities in recent times displayed by its public rallies and reality of such activities (ii) Anura Kumara’s visits to some foreign countries (iii) visits of foreign envoys to NPP headquarters (iv) election forecasts of US funded “research institutes”, political careerists of dubious nature who earlier campaigned for Yahapalana project and (iv) glorification and enthrallment of so-called political analysts who are in RAW pay list - those eyeing for top diplomatic posts something more than what they have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/24)
US Shipping Medical Waste & Weapons to Sri Lanka?
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 31 March – 6 April 2024 * ‘Maersk wouldn’t have taken on board containers carrying hazardous materials that were to be unloaded here without specific approval from the relevant authorities in Colombo’ – Gomi Senadhira, Former SL Ambassador to the World Trade Organization The US army has declared Baltimore Port a no-go area & drone-free zone, making it difficult for ‘independent’ investigators to report on the actual contents on that Maersk-chartered... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/24)
Ban Ki-moon appreciates growing close partnership between GGGI and Sri Lanka
During the discussion held between Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena inSeoul, Chairman of Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Ban Ki-moon expressed appreciation over the close partnership with Sri Lanka and assured efforts to reinforce the longstanding amicable relations between Sri Lanka and GGGI and to explore opportunities to fortify bilateral ties across various sectors. “The Government of Sri Lanka is in the process of transitioning to a greener, inclusive, and more resilient economy through interventions on renewable energy, sustainable transport, and creating our cities greener,” Prime Minister Gunawardena said in his talks with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/24)
The NPP’s sidestepping in Jaffna and repeating deadly mistakes
National People’s Power (NPP) presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s pronouncement in Jaffna earlier this week that he did not come to bargain for votes by assuring that he would give ’13 plus’ or a ‘federal solution’ begs the crucial question as to what exactly is the NPP’s public position in regard to these and other thorny issues including the militarisation of the Sri Lankan State? Blind loyalty to rhetoric To be clear, these core dysfunctions have monstrously perverted constitutional democracy in this country, reducing the Sinhala majority... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/24)
BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 12F1.
Talk shows on Kurundi invariably led to the question, “Was there a kovil at Kurundi?” This ensures that in any discussion on Kurundi, the word Kovil also gets a mention. This is significant. Hinduism is now starting to run parallel to Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Hinduism, originated in India in the Vedic period (2000 BC – 400 BC). It was known then as Santana dharma. Hinduism does not have a founder or a leader but has many texts such as Vedas. Hinduism believes in one God, but in many incarnations. It has a trinity... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/24)
කච්චතිවු අපේ - සිරිමාවෝ කිව් ලිව් හැටී මෙහෙමයි
ඉන්දියාවේ මහ චන්දය ළඟා වී ඇත.බහුජන සාක්ෂරතාවය දුර්වල ඉන්දියාවේ චන්ද ගොඩ රැඳි තිබෙන්නේ මිනිසුන් ගේ හැඟීම් මත බැවින් ඒ හැඟීම් ඇවිස්සීමට නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි අගමැතිවරයා කච්චතිවු දූපත ඈඳා ගෙන ඇත. කච්චතිවු ලංකාවට ලබා දීම ගැන ඔහු ඉන්දීය කොන්ග්‍රස් බලධාරීන්ට දොස් කියා තිබෙන්නේ මේ ඇවිස්සීම කරන්නටයි.මේ උණුසුම අවුරුදු කටේ ලංකාවටත් දැනී තිබේ.ඉන්දියාවේ සරණ යන අන්තාවාදී දෙමළ දේශපාලඥයන් මෝදි ගේ කියුම් අල්ලා ගෙන නටන්නට බොහෝ විට ඉඩ ඇත.දැනටමත් උතුරේ ධීවර සහයෝගිතා ව්‍යාපාරය විරෝධය පළ කර ඇත. උතුරේ චන්ද ගොඩ වැඩි කර ගැනීමට වළිකන මේ දේශපාලඥයන් කිසිවිට සිංහල දෙමළ සමගිය පිළිබඳ කතා නොකරන බව සිකුරුය.කච්චතිවු හි යථාර්තය පිළිබඳ මහජනතාව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/24)
"Government is ready to implement a program for the welfare of retired war heroes and their families" - State Minister of Defence
The State Minister of Defence discusses welfare and administrative matters of retired/medically retired servicemen at Gajaba Regiment. The Security Forces- Wanni (SF-Wanni) organized a programme with the participation of retired/medically retired servicemen and next of kin of deceased war heroes at the Regimental Centre of the Gajaba Regiment on Saturday (06 April). The program was held with the aim to inquire about their wellbeing and address their outstanding issues and administrative matters. The State Minister of Defence, Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/24)
Indonesia Hopes to Sign Sri Lanka Trade Pact Next March
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo meets his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe in China on Oct. 17, 2023. (Photo Courtesy of the Presidential Press Bureau) Jakarta. Indonesia is seeking to sign its trade pact with Sri Lanka by next March while hoping that one year of negotiations is enough to close the deal. It has only been a few weeks since Indonesia and Sri Lanka agreed to formally discuss the preferential trade agreement (PTA). The first round of negotiations already took place virtually earlier... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/24)
India’s diplomatic war with Sri Lanka -An election stunt?
As part of his clever tactics, the leader of the BJP party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started a diplomatic war with Sri Lanka to win the general elections which will start on April 19. Modi has flagged the issue of Indian fishermen discontented after a 1976 pact between the neighbours barred them from the waters around the island. Now, he is putting pressure on Sri Lanka to hand over Katchatheevu Island to India. In return, New Delhi is offering financial assistance to Sri Lanka. However, according... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/24)
After Maldives, India supplies onions to neighbour Sri Lanka and ally UAE
Despite political shifts in Maldives towards a pro-China stance under Muizzu's regime, India continues to provide essential commodities to its neighbours. The credibility of the Narendra Modi government’s neighbourhood first policy is evident as India is now planning to supply thousands of metric tons of onion to Sri Lanka after supplying vast quantities of essential commodities to Maldives under the pro-China Mohammed Muizzu regime. Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre), External affairs minister S Jaishankar (right), and commerce minister Piyush Goyal. It is understood that besides this, India on April 3... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/24)
SJB’s economic policy managed by SLPP dissidents – President
President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that the present Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) lacks the policies of the United National Party (UNP), with its economic strategy now being overseen by individuals who was expurgated by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP). Additionally, President Wickremesinghe highlighted that the SJB, once poised to take control of “Sirikotha” in 2020 under the UNP banner, has now been influenced by the chairman of the SLPP and other factions. https://youtu.be/McI8oOW0L-g These remarks were made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe during a meeting of political party representatives... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/24)
Sri Lanka’s debt repayments to be suspended until 2028
Sri Lanka and a group of its creditors are in final negotiations to suspend debt repayments until 2028, Nikkei has learned, as country creditors including Japan seek to prevent China’s influence from expanding in the debt-ridden island. “Negotiations [with the creditor nations] have concluded. We are hoping that it [a detailed announcement] will take place in the next few weeks,” Sagala Ratnayaka, Sri Lanka’s national security adviser to the president, told Nikkei in a recent interview. The repayment period will be 15 years, from 2028 to 2042, with the interest rate newly set at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/24)
ශී්‍ර ලංකා භූමියේ මුල් ම වාසීන් දෙමළ ජනයා ද?-2
පල්ලව පාලනයකලාබ්‍රයන්ට පසු ද්‍රවිඩ භූමියේ කොරමණ්ඩල ප්‍රදේශය ඇතුළු උතුරු කොටස ව්‍ය.ව. 9 වෙනි සියවස පමණ දක්වා පල්ලවයන් යටතේ විය. දකුණු කොටස පාණ්ඩ්‍යයන් යටතේ ය. පල්ලවයන් ද්‍රවිඩ වාර්ගිකයන් නොවේ. දක‍ෂිණාපථයේ (ඩෙකාන් ෘැජ්බ) සාතවාහන අධිරාජ්‍ය සම්බන්ධය තිබූ, කලකට පසු වත්මන් ආන්ද්‍ර ප්‍රාන්ත භූමියට සංක්‍රමණය කළ ස්වදේශික ජන වර්ගයකි. ජෛන සහ බෞද්ධයෝ ය. චීන වාර්තා අනුව අගනුවර ආශි්‍රත ව බෞද්ධ විහාරරාම සියයක් පමණ විය. 7 වෙනි සියවසේ ලංකාව සමග ද සම්බන්ධතා විය. ජෛන භක්තික මහේනද්‍රවර්මන් රජු හින්දු භක්තික වූ පසු බුදු දහම පහත හෙළා ඇත. සමහරු බමුණු බිලිපූජා ක්‍රම ද පවත්වා ඇත. විෂ්ණු භක්තිය ද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/24)
PERSECUTION OF AHMADIS IN PAKISTAN CONTINUES.
Persecution of Ahmadis | PDF to Flipbook (heyzine.com)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/24)
The paradox of Ranil Wickremesinghe
Colombo, April 4: President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s recent announcement seems to have put an end to the confusion over the sequence of national elections. He has said that no election will be held until the external debt restructuring process being carried out under the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF ) assistance programme is completed and that process will be over before the Presidential election which is due later this year. As the President has mentioned the month of July as a deadline, he has given a clear message to those who have been... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/24)
'No ground' for Indian request for return of Katchatheevu island: Sri Lankan Minister Douglas Devananda
'It is the election time in India, it is not unusual to hear such noises of claims and counterclaims about Kachchatheevu' Representational image.Shutterstock The statements coming out of India on "reclaiming" Kachchatheevu island from Sri Lanka have "no ground", the Sri Lankan Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda has said. The senior Sri Lankan Tamil politician's comments came days after the Narendra Modi government targeted the Congress Party and its ally the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu accusing them of overlooking national interests in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/24)
Damitha Abeyratne and husband remanded
Actress Damitha Abeyratne and her husband, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over an alleged financial fraud, has been remanded on the orders of the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court. Accordingly, the couple will be behind bars on remand until April 17. The actress and her spouse, who had been wanted by the CID, were arrested after they appeared before the court on Thursday (04). https://youtu.be/xPfwD0sGTTA The CID is investigating Abeyratne and her husband, in connection with their involvement in an alleged money scam.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/24)
Sri Lanka settled nearly $2bn worth of foreign debt and interest, govt. says
Mr. Rajith Keerthy Tennakoon, President Director General of Community Affairs says that after between President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s assumption of office and February 2024, the Sri Lankan government has settled a total of USD 1909.7 million in foreign debt and interest payments. He also highlighted that from 21 July 2022 to February 2024, the government has disbursed $1338.8 million in multilateral loans and interest, with no outstanding arrears in loan instalments or interest payments up to February 2024. Mr. Rajith Keerthi Tennakone conveyed this information during a special media statement today (05). Expressing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/24)
South Korea promises to open new job opportunities for Sri Lankans
A meeting between Korean Prime Minister Han Duck Soo and his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena was held on Thursday (04) in Seoul. During the discussion, the Korean Prime Minister asserted that many new job opportunities would be opened for Sri Lankans. In addition to the labour force that provides jobs for agriculture, construction and other industries in his country, PM Han also mentioned the possibility of providing new jobs for health services and professional services. He said that South Korea, as a member of the Paris Club, will always... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/24)
MPs from "Nidahasa Janatha Sabha" sign MOU with SJB's "Samagi Jana Sandanaya"
In a significant development in Sri Lankan political circles, Members of Parliament from the "Nidahasa Janatha Sabha" and the "Samagi Jana Sandanaya" led by the SJB (Samagi Jana Balawegaya) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This agreement reflects a strategic move towards cooperation and collaboration between the two political factions. The MPs involved in this MOU signing include:Prof. G L PeirisDilan PereraDr. Nalaka GodahewaDr. Upul GalappaththiWasantha Yapa BandaraK P S KumarasiriThese members of parliament, who had previously broken away from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), chose to sit independently in Parliament... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/24)
ශී්‍ර ලංකා භූමියේ මුල් ම වාසීන් දෙමළ ජනයා ද?-1
බොරුවක් සත්‍යයක් ලෙස පිළිගැන්වීමට නම් එය යළි යළිත් කීමට නාසි හිට්ලර්ගේ ප්‍රධාන සගයෙකු වූ ගොඛෙල් නාසි අනුචරයන්ට උගන්වා ඇත. පුහුණු කොට ඇත. බටහිර යුරෝපීය රටවල පමණක් නොව සෑම රටක ම වාගේ විශේෂයෙන් ම ඉංගිරිීසීන්ගේ කොලනි ලෙස පැවති රටවල මේ පාඩම කි්‍රයාවට නගන අය අපමණ ය. වත්මන් ලංකාවේ පවා ගොඛෙල් පාඩම අනුව කටයුතු කරන නව නාසි අනුචරයන් සිටින බව පෙනෙන ඇසෙන දැනෙන දෙයකි. දෙමළ ජනයා ශී්‍ර ලංකාවේ මුල් වැසියන් වූ බව කියන පිරිසකි. විසිවෙනි සියවසේ අවසාන දසකයේ පමණ සිට නිර්මාණය කරමින් ඇති මේ අදහස අද අන්තවාදී දේශපාලකයන් මනෝ ලෝකයේ —ඊළාම්˜ රාජ්‍යයකට ඓතිහාසික අයිතියක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/24)
Editor’s Note: Electoral bonds, and our tumbledown democracy
When the skeletons came tumbling out after the Supreme Court demanded full disclosure in the electoral bonds scheme, it did not really surprise anyone. The BJP exudes an almost contemptuous confidence that no revelations can derail its ultimate victory. Where does this confidence come from? It is 2024 and among the BJP’s star campaigners in the high-stakes electoral battle in Maharashtra are Ajit Pawar and Ashok Chavan. But rewind to the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha campaigns and you will find that Ajit Pawar and Ashok Chavan figured prominently... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/24)
විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ අධිකරණ ඇමතිවරයාට ජනාධිපති ධූර අපේක්ෂකත්වය බාර ගන්නා ලෙස කර ඇති ඉල්ලීම සම්බන්ධ පුවත් සහ අදාලව පැන නැගී ඇති නීතිමය කරුණු සම්බන්ධවයි.
සමායෝජක - වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන. විද්‍යුත් ලිපිනය arunaunawatuna
gmail.com දුරකථන 0712063394 2024.04.04 පාලක ලේකම්, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, අංක 301,ටී. බී. ජයා මාවත, කොළඹ 10. විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ අධිකරණ ඇමතිවරයාට ජනාධිපති ධූර අපේක්ෂකත්වය බාර ගන්නා ලෙස කර ඇති ඉල්ලීම සම්බන්ධ පුවත් සහ අදාලව පැන නැගී ඇති නීතිමය කරුණු සම්බන්ධවයි. 1. ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ ජනාධිපති අපේක්ෂක ධූරය බාර ගන්නැයි එම පක්ෂයේ විධායක සභිකයෝ සහ ආසන සංවිධායකයෝ අධිකරණ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/24)
KACHCHATIVU: ENIGMA OF A BARREN ISLAND
Now and then, Kachchativu island, lying halfway between the islands of Rameswaram (India) and Delft (Neduntheevu -Sri Lanka), has been hitting the news headlines. Mainly, such interests are evinced when several of the hundreds of Indian trawlers that cross the International Boundary Line (IMBL) three times a week and engage in bottom trawling in Sri Lankan waters get arrested for a variety of offences, including illegal entry into Sri Lankan waters, engaging in fishing without licenses and practising bottom trawling, which is an offence in Sri Lanka. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/24)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාගේ කොරියානු සංචාරයෙන් මෙරට ක්ෂේත්‍ර ගණනාවකට ප්‍රතිලාභ රැසක්.
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සහ දකුණු කොරියානු මහජන සමුහාණ්ඩුවේ, ජියොන්ග්සන්ග්බක්-ඩු (Gyeongsangbuk-du) ප්‍රාන්ත ආණ්ඩුකාර ලී චෙයොල් වූ මහතා (Lee CHeol Woo) අතර හමුවක් 2024.04.03 දින ජියොන්ග්සන්ග්බක්-ඩූ ආණ්ඩුකාර කාර්යාලයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. අධ්‍යාපන හා උසස් අධ්‍යාපන, කෘෂිකාර්මික, ධීවර, කාන්තා හා ග්‍රාමීය සංවර්ධන කටයුතු වෙනුවෙන් විශාල ප්‍රතිලාභ රැසක් ලබාදීමට මෙහිදී එකඟ වූ අතර තවත් ව්‍යාපෘති රැසක් කෙරෙහි අවධානය යොමු කෙරිණි. පාසල් සඳහා සුහුරු පන්ති කාමර, උසස් අධ්‍යාපනය නොලබා පාසල් හැරයන්නන් සදහා වන වෘත්තීය පුහුණු ආයතන සඳහා තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ උපකරණ, විශ්වවිද්‍යාල ශිෂ්‍ය ප්‍රවේශ අවස්ථා වැඩි කිරීම, ශිෂ්‍යත්ව අවස්ථා වැඩිකර රට තුළ නේවාසික වීමේ ඉඩකඩ ලබා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/24)
දිවුලපතාන ගම්මානයේ ජනතාවට නිදහසේ ජීවත් විය හැකි වාතාවරණයක් උදාකර දෙන්නැයි ඉල්ලා මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් පෙත්සමක්
දිවුලපතාන ගම්මානය ආශ්‍රිතව ඉදිකර තිබෙන ආරක්ෂිත මුරකපොලු ඉවත් කිරීමට පියවර ගන්නා ලෙස නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කරන්නැයි ඉල්ලා ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය හමුවේ මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් පෙත්සමක් ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ. අම්පාර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ සිංහල ජනතාව බහුතරයක් වාසය කරන දිවුලපතන ගම්මානය ආශ්‍රිතව ඉදිකර තිබෙන ආරක්ෂිත මුරකපොලු ඉවත්කොට එම ජනතාවට නිදහසේ ජීවත් විය හැකි වතාවරණයක් උදාකර දීමට පියවර ගන්නා ලෙස නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කරන්නැයි ඉල්ලා ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය හමුවේ මෙම මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් පෙත්සම ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත. පූජ්‍ය බෙංගමුවේ නාලක හිමි සහ දිවුලපතන ගම්වාසින් පිරිසක් විසින් මෙම පෙත්සම ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ. එහි වගඋත්තරකරුවන් ලෙස වාරිමාර්ග අමාත්‍ය පවිත්‍රා වන්නිආරච්චි, සංචාරක අමාත්‍ය හරින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/24)
Statement by SBSL and GTF on recent events in Sri Lanka
The Sangha for Better Sri Lanka (SBSL) and the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) are saddened by the untoward incidents that took place during the Maha Shivaratri Event (March 8, 2024) at Vedukkunari Aathi Sivan Temple in the North of Sri Lanka. On the Maha Shiva Rathri night (the most auspicious night in the Hindu calendar), in an alarming escalation of force, the security forces resorted to actions which included depriving the devotees of food, water and other basic necessities, and the forceful and humiliating manner in which the devotees including the temple priests... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/24)
The Forever Failure of America’s Failed Forever Wars
TomDispatch is distinctly a forever-war creation. When I began it almost 23 years ago, the U.S. had just invaded Afghanistan and, of course, there wasn’t the faintest sense that what had been launched then, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on this country, would still be going on globally so many years later, or that, in all those years, the best-funded military on the planet would achieve so remarkably little (except perhaps in getting itself funded at ever more astronomical levels). If, in fact, you had told me then that, by March 2024, the U.S. military... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/24)
Practical problems that can pop up in a NPP (JVP) government
A NPP victory is highly likely in the forthcoming Presidential/Parliamentary elections. People are jubilant about this. People will vote for NPP en-mass; this is for sure. People’s only hope is that NPP will rescue them from the current social and economic plight and bring forth prosperity to them. What people want is a political party that can rebuild this nation, not a one that will put it further down. Since 1970 or so all parties have been extremely corrupt. In the past 30 years we have become... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/24)
සිංහල අවුරුද්ද යනු නිෂ්පාදනයට පිවිසෙන සුබ මුහුර්තයයි
සූර්යයා පෘතුවියට සාපේක්ෂව යන ගමනේ දී ලංකාවට මුදුන්වන්නේ බක් මාසයේ දීය.සූර්ය රශ්මියේ තෙදබල වැඩි වැඩියෙන් අවශ්‍ය වන්නේ ගහකොළ බවභෝග වර්ධනයටයි. පැවති වර්ෂයේ යල සහ මහකන්න යන්හි අස්වනු කපා පා ගැනීමෙන් පසු ඉටු දෙවියන් සතුටු කිරීමට ගම්භාර වැව් කොටු භාර දෙවි දෙවතාවුන් සතුටු කිරීමට ගම්මඩු දෙවොල් මඩු නටා දේව දානය අහවර වීමෙන් පසු බක් මාසයේ ප්‍රථම වර්ෂාව පතිත වන බව පැරැන්නන් දැන සිටියහ. ඒ නිසා අවුරුදු උත්සවයට පළමු යල කන්නයේ ගොවිතැන සම්පූර්ණ කරති.එහෙත් එළඹෙන වසර සඳහා නිෂ්පාදන සැලසුමක් පිළිබඳ සුභ මුහුර්තයක් ගනු ලබන්නේ සූර්යයා මේෂ රාශියෙන් මීන රාශියට සංක්‍රමණය වීමෙන් අනතුරුව අවුරුදු දිනයේ දීය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/24)
අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශය ඉදිරිපිට 2024.04.02 අඟහරුවාදා (අද දින) පෙ.ව. 8-10 අතර පැවැත්වීමට ඇති නිහඬ විරෝධය සහ නීති සටහන් ලබා දීම පවත්වන බවට අදාල කාරණාවයි.
මරදාන සහ කෙසෙල්වත්ත පොලිස් ස්ථානාධිපතිවරුන්, අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම්තුමා, නීතිපතිතුමා, නීතීඥවරුන් , මාධ්‍යවේදීන් වෙත..., 1. “අධිකරණයේ ස්වාධීනත්වය ජාත්‍යන්තර අධිකරණ යාන්ත්‍රණවල පරීක්ෂාවට ගැනීමට මාර්ගය පාදන, විරුද්ධ නීතිමය අදහස් දරන නීතීඥයන් දඩයම් කරන අධිකරණ අපහාස මුවාවෙන් ගෙනා නීතිය සහ අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දීම වැළකූ අගවිනිසුරු, අධිකරණ ඇමති නියෝජිතයන් ඇතුලු සංස්ථාගත නීති අධ්‍යාපන සභාවේ ක්‍රියාකලාපය නිවැරදි කරමු... ” මැයෙන් නිහඬ විරෝධය සහ නීති සටහන් ලබා දීම නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන විසින් අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශය ඉදිරිපිට 2024.04.02 අඟහරුවාදා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/24)
ඥාණසාර හිමිට සමාව දී නිදහස් කල යුතුයි.. නැතොත් යුද්දයක් ඇතිවෙයි..
බරපතල වැඩ ඇතිව බන්ධනාගාරගත කර සිටින පූජ්‍ය ගලගොඩඅත්තේ ඥානසාර හිමියන්ට සමාව දීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සියලු පාර්ශ්වයන්ගේ අවධානය යොමු විය යුතු යැයි රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය අනූප පැස්කුවල් මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. බෞද්ධ ජනතාව වේදනාවට පත්වන ආකාරයෙන් තවදුරටත් ඥානසාර හිමියන් සිරගත කර තැබුණොත් එම වේදනාව වෛරයක් බවට පත්වනු ඇති බවද හෙතෙම පැවසීය. අවසානයේ එම වෛරය ගැටුමක් බවට පත්වීමටත් ගැටුම අවසානයේ යුද්ධයක් බවට පත්වීමටත් ඉඩ ඇතැයි ද හෙතෙම කියා සිටී. ඔහු මේ බව කියා සිටියේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී අදහස් පල කරමි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/24)
Gnanasara Thero’s bail application rejected
The Colombo High Court on Tuesday (02) rejected the bail application filed by the General Secretary of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero, who was recently handed a 4-year rigorous imprisonment. High Court Judge Aditya Patabendige conveyed the decision when the bail application put forward by the defense attorneys requesting the court to release their client on bail was taken up before the court on Tuesday morning. On March 28, Judge Patabendige sentenced the BBS General Secretary to four years of rigorous imprisonment for the defamatory comments made... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/24)
SLPP Must Contest Presidential Election to Remain Relevant (Otherwise SLPP Will Permanently Slip from the Top)
A debate rages over if the SLPP must contest the presidential election or not. Contesting elections only to win them is a disastrous approach. Win or lose, the SLPP must contest the election and remain relevant. Otherwise, it will permanently slip from the top slot and will never be able to get up there again, especially so at the current and future political climate. SLPP politicians must learn from the UNP. After the 2005 presidential election, UNP didn’t contest a presidential election. In 2010 and 2015 contesting it was outsourced to others and instead... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/24)
Empowering Buddhists: New App Aims to Safeguard Rights in Sri Lanka
In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, a groundbreaking initiative is set to empower Buddhists across Sri Lanka. The upcoming mobile application, designed to protect Buddhist rights, promises to be a beacon of justice and advocacy. Here’s why this app matters: Reporting Violations: The app provides a streamlined platform for reporting incidents that violate the sanctity of Buddha Sasana, Dharma, or the Sangha. Whether it’s an act of desecration, discrimination, or injustice, users can swiftly document and report violations.Legal Guidance: Backed by legal experts, the app ensures that aggrieved Buddhists receive accurate guidance. From understanding their rights to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/24)
If the precious commitments of our people are not remembered again and again, the battles and legacies will be erased from the history books...- MP Yadamini Gunawardena
MP Yadamini Gunawardena stated that if the precious commitments of our people rendered in the past are not remembered again and again, the battles and legacies will be erased from the history books. He said this while attending the 52nd commemoration of the national hero Philip Gunawardena held at the Foundation Institute, Colombo (31.03.2024).MP Yadamini Gunawardena addressing the gathering stated that,“When Hon. Philip Gunawardena, who is remembered with respect even today as a national hero of the country who made many commitments for the achievements of the public not only in our country but... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/24)
පන්සල් ,පොලිසි, දේශපාලකයෝ, නිලධාරීන් මුං ඔක්කොම නටන්නේ කුඩු සල්ලි වලට යට වෙලා.@TruthwithChamuditha
නීතිඥ යමිත නලින්ද රාජපක්ෂ සමග චමුදිත සමරවික්‍රම. Yamitha Nalinda Rajapaksha On Truth with Chamuditha. https://youtu.be/XuFiPby7y2E... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/24)
Why did the British retain Dutch officials after taking over Ceylon?
Frederick North, the first British Governor of Ceylon Colombo, March 31: The British conquest of Ceylon from the Dutch in 1796 did not result in the wholesale dismissal of Dutchmen from the various institutions of the government. And the British too found it convenient to employ them. The reasons for employing the Dutch were basically four: The first was the failure of the early British policy of employing British officials drawn from the Madras Civil service. It was from Madras that the military campaign to take Ceylon was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/24)
P Chidambaram slams PM Modi’s Katchatheevu remark, says talk about China’s invasion on Indian territory
While responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Katchatheevu remark, Congress leader P Chidambaram on April 01 said that the PM should talk about the live issues. He also said that China has occupied 2,000 km2 of Indian territory and the Prime Minister gave a clean chit to China.He said, “Honourable Prime Minister raked up an issue that was settled in 1974 and 1976. 50 years ago, we had acknowledged that the small island of 1.9 km2 fell on the Sri Lankan side of the International boundary line. That was after many years of negotiations.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/24)
Katchatheevu neither acquired nor ceded, lies in Sri Lankan maritime area – UBT leader
April 1, 2024 01:52 pm Adding fuel to the Katchatheevu row, India’s Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi shared an RTI reply of 2015 where it was mentioned that the Katchatheevu island was neither acquired nor ceded and that it lies on the Sri Lankan side of the India-Sri Lanka International Maritime Boundary Line. In a post on ‘X’, Chaturvedi pointed out that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) should be able to address the “discrepancies” in its RTI response in 2015 and its position in 2024. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/24)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties plan to field presidential candidate from community
Sri Lanka’s Tamil political parties plan to field a candidate from the minority community for the presidential election who would present a credible and acceptable political solution for them, a senior community leader has said. Sri Lanka is set to hold the next presidential election in the last quarter of 2024. The next president would be elected by mid-November at the latest. Addressing reporters at his residence in the eastern district of Trincomalee on Sunday, senior Tamil leader R Sampanthan said that Tamils would be well served in the forthcoming presidential election... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/24)
Four officers of the Excise Department arrested with Kerala Cannabis
In a significant operation, the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) apprehended 8 suspects, including four officers of the Excise Department, for possession of 45kg of Kerala Cannabis in Chilaw. The PNB, in a coordinated effort, conducted the operation resulting in the arrests of the suspects found in possession of the sizable quantity of illicit drugs. Additionally, a van belonging to the Excise Department was also taken into custody as part of the operation. The arrests highlight the ongoing efforts by law enforcement agencies to combat the illegal drug trade and ensure the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/24)
ශ්‍රී ලංකා රාජ්‍ය මෙතෙක් බිඳ වැට්ටවීමට නොහැකි වූයේ මහා සංඝරත්නයේ ඓතිහාසික භූමිකාව නිසයි.... සංඝ සමාජය බිඳදමා රට අත්පත්කර ගැනීමේ සූක්ෂම මෙහෙයුම වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර හෙලිකරයි
2005 දී නෝර්වේ රාජ්‍යයේ මැදිහත්වීම හරහා ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට උත්සාහ දැරූ ඊනියා සාම ක්‍රියාවලිය මගින් බෙදුම්වාදීන්ට තාවකාලික ආණ්ඩුවක් ලබා දී පසුව වෙනම රාජ්‍යයක් ලබාදීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය අසාර්ථක වීමට ප්‍රධානතම හේතුවක් වූයේ පූජ්‍ය කොටපොල අමරකීර්ති නායක හිමි වැනි නායක හිමිවරුන්ගේ භූමිකාව නිසා බව මෙම ක්‍රියාවලිය මෙහෙයවූ පුද්ගලයන් පවසා ඇති බව දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේ මහ ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේ ශාන්ති පදනම මගින් පැවැත් වූ 45 වන වාර්ෂික මහා සභා රැස්වීමට එක් වෙමිනි. නැගෙනහිර තමන්කඩුව දෙපලාතේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක ශ්‍රි කළ්‍යානිවංශ පාර්ශවයේ අනුනායක කොළඹ සේරුවිල බෞද්ධ මධ්‍යස්ථානාධිපති පිච්ච... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/24)
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