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News Archive for Apr 2018
ජාත්යන්තර මැයි දිනය සැමරීමජාත්යන්තර කම්කරු දිනය වෙනුවෙන් මෙරටද, එතෙරද වෙසෙන ලක්ෂ සංඛ්යාත ශ්රී ලාංකේය වැඩ කරන ජනතාව වෙත මාගේ සුභාශිංසන පිරිනැමීමට කැමැත්තෙමි.ලෝකවාසී වැඩ කරන ජනතාව ජාත්යන්තර කම්කරු දිනය සමරමින් සිටින මේ දිනයේ, ලංකාවාසී වැඩකරන ජනතාව මුහුණ දී සිටින අභියෝග ගැන සිහිපත් කිරීම උචිත යැයි මම සිතමි. අදමේ රටේ පාලන බලය හොබවන්නේ ලංකා ඉතිහාසයේ වැඩ කරන ජනතාවට එල්ලවු දරුණුතම ප්රහාරය වු අසූවේ ජුලි වර්ජකයින් 40,000 කට අධික ප්රමාණයක් එකවර රැකියාවෙන් නෙරපීම සිදුකළ දේශපාලන පක්ෂය ප්රමුඛ සභාග ආණ්ඩුවකි. එමනිසා වැඩකරන ජනතාව ඉදිරියේ අද ඇති උවදුර සුළුපටු නොවේ. වර්තමානයේ යලිත් වරක් රාජ්ය අංශය හකුලා දැමීමේ උත්සාහයන් ක්රියාත්මක වන අතර, පෞද්ගලික... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
DO NOT GRACE THE TAMIL CLOSING FORUM ON 7th MAY WHICH IS HELD AT THE CENTER BLOCK IN PARLIAMENT.
30 April 2018 Mona Fortier, Liberal MP for Ottawa-Vanier Justice Bldg., Suite 809 House of Commons Ottawa K1A 0A6 URGENT FOR YOUR ATTENTION Dear Ms. Mona Fortier:: By now you may have received an invitation to grace the “Closing Forum at the Parliament Hill, 237C Central Block, on May 7th at 12 noon -1:30PM, of the Second International Conference on Tamil Nationhood and Genocide in Sri Lanka, My advice to you is NOT to attend this closing Forum, as this event is one more bead in a necklace... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
THE ARMED FORCES AFTER EELAM WAR IV
During the Eelam war, the UNP government decided to weaken the army by sending troops abroad. UK’s General Rose was invited to study the armed forces and advise on sending Sri Lanka troops for UN assignments abroad (2002). The service commanders had no say in the matter. In 2004, Sri Lanka sent troops to the UN peace keeping forces in Haiti. These troops were not recalled when Eelam war IV started. They continued in Haiti till the UN project ended in 2015. Sri Lanka is one of the longest serving nations in the UN mission in Haiti.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
ආණ්ඩුවේ සල්ලි අච්චු ගැසීම කොච්චර ද?
2018 මාර්තු සහ අප්රේල් දෙමස තුළ පමණක් රු. ට්රිලියනයක්, (බිලියන 1000) ක සල්ලි අච්චු ගසා ඇතැයි ප්රවෘත්තියකි. එය සමාජ ජාලාවන්හි දිගටම ප්රචාරය වේ. එය පට්ටපල් බොරුවකි! 1951 සිට 2017 දෙසැම්බර් දක්වා මහ බැංකුව අච්චු ගසා ඇති මුදල් ප්රමාණය 2017 මහබැංකු වාර්ෂික වාර්තාවේ237 පිටුවේ 7.4 වගුවේ දැක්වේ. එහි 4 වන තීරුවට අනුව, රු. බිලියන 939.8 කි. 2018 මාර්තු අග වන විට එය රු. බිලියන 930 කි. 2018 අප්රේල් මැද වන විට එය රු. බිලියන 1006 ක් විය. කි. එනම් රු. ට්රිලියනයකි. ඉතින්, අවුරුදු 70 ක් තුල මහ බැංකුව අච්චු ගැසූ මුදලට සමාන මුදලක් මාස 2 ක් තුල,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
“INCREASE OF GAS PRIZES AND THE IMPACT ON THE COST OF LIVING”
Cost of living and gas prizes Cost of living is proportionate to, and depends on the prices of the consumer items and the management of the economy and trade by the governance. Gas plays a main role in cost of living as the use of gas is fast increasing due to the shortage of traditional wood and want of clear, fast, energetic and convenient energy. Every drop of gas is imported in liquid form and distributed by two main companies “Litro” and “Laughfs” with full monopoly on the trade and distribution. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
President has lost control both in governance and party
At the close of two years, the National Unity Government (NUG) of Sri Lanka has failed to maintain the confidence and trust of the people it enjoyed during the first three months of its tenure. However, political crisis or instability in Sri Lanka remains unchanged. The NUG is likely to complete its full term, but it will not be a cakewalk. The strongest points of the Government, thus far, include the following: the political will of the President and the Prime Minister to continue the NUG till 2020; absolute majority in the Parliament; willingness... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
Disciplinary action against police personnel for assaulting female protestors
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara has instructed the DIG of North Central province to take disciplinary action against the police personnel who assaulted females at a temple in Eppawala. The police spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara stated this yesterday (29). Recently, several female protesters at a temple in Nallamaduwa, Eppawala were assaulted by police personnel following tensions arising when the police tried to disperse the crowd. The protests were held against a priest who lives in the said temple.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
Sri Lanka Separatists last resort is Self-Determination: historical Tamil homeland is where Tamils evolved
Let us first be clear that the Sinhalese majority has at no time claimed the island belonged ONLY to the Sinhalese and others were not welcome. What the Sinhalese majority does claim is the acknowledgment & due place be given to the 2600 year old civilizational history that helped build the island nation and to those that defended the nation sacrificing their lives. Giving due place to that historical identity does not impede upon any individuals right to live in any part of the island, to practice their faith or to enjoy rights & privileges equally. It was not the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
JVP proposes the 20th Amendment to get closer to TNA to get Tamil votes at future elections-this confirms why JVP holds May Day Rally in Jaffna .
The JVP’s whole political strategy to walk over UNP, SLFP and now SLPP to win the Parliamentary elections to form a government of their own is to dupe the people, by false allegations against popular political leaders, and making dangerous propositions. For the majority of the people in Sri Lanka JVP is a party of immature political dreamers. They started a revolution which failed no sooner they began it. Later they came into main stream politics and they were seen as young hopefuls despite their criminal beginning. Once they had a few members who were able to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
Police attacks women who opposed Chief prelate-විහාරාධිපති හිමියන්ට එරෙහි වූ කාන්තාවන්ට පොලීසියෙන් ප්රහාර
These women protest against a known predator who was not taken into custody but transferred and he comes back to the same temple! And the response is to be beaten brutally by the police & arrested??? While the monk goes free?! President, Prime Minister, IGP are you aware??? Do you care?! https://youtu.be/dtnDBvwijgQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
When the Sinhala Kings ruled our country
29th April 2018 12th Century Royal decree prohibiting killing King Kirthi Nissanka Malla of Polonnaruwa “Ordering by the beat of the drum that no animals should be killed within a radius of seven gaus from the city, he gave security to animals. He also gave security to the fish in the twelve great tanks, and bestowing on (the region’s people) gold and cloth and whatever other kind of wealth they wished; he commanded them not to catch birds and so gave security to birds….” This inscription, which is engraved in an upright stone slab at Ruwanweliseya,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
LETTER TO THE CITIZEN
29 April 2018 The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Ottawa Dear Editor (Letters) The moment the heavy iron rod came down on the neck of the white sitting Buddha statue decapitating it on the front lawn of the Buddhist temple, Hilda Jayewardenaramaya, on Heron Road, on the snowy night of March 16, 2018, the hurt not only lanced through the pious and compassionate hearts of the local Buddhist community, but also the Buddhist communities across Canada, the States, England, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Japan. Since then these foreign Buddhist... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
STUPID PROPAGANDA TOOLS
Carelessness and negligence are the basic ingredients of a road accident whereas fate and luck also play an important role in occurrence of it. In the first week of this April, a US embassy vehicle ran over a motorcycle at the intersection of Margalla Road and 7th Avenue in Islamabad, the Capital of Pakistan. The vehicle was being driven by the US defence attaché Col Joseph Emanuel who simply overlooked the traffic signal and rammed into a motorbike. One man died on the spot and another was critically wounded as a result of this accident. The CCTV... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
මන්නාරම් සිංහළයන් ගේ ඛේදවාචකය නාරිකාඩු වලදී දුටිමි
විජය ඇතුලු පිරිස සිය ප්රථම ජනාවාස ඇති කර ගන්නා ලද්දේ මල්වතු ඔය ආශ්රිතවයි. ඒ වන විටත් මෙම ප්ර දේශය දියුණු නගර වලින් සමන්විත ජනාකීර්ණ ව පිහිටියේය. විල්පත්තු අභය භූමියේ ඔච්චප්පුකල්ලු ස්ථානයේ හමුවන සෙල්ලිපියක් මංගණ නගරයක් ගැන සඳහන් වෙයි. එය මල් වතු ඔය මුහුදට වැටෙන ඉම ආසන්නයේ පිහිටියායි සැලකිය හැකිය. පී වීරසිංහ මහතා සඳහන් කරන පරිදි පැරණි පර්සියන් වරු අතර මගී වරු කොටසක් වූහ. ඔවුහු මේ මාන්තොට ආසන්නයේ සැදූ නගරය මගී නගරය විය හැකි යයි පළ කරන මතය බැහැරලිය හැකි නොවේ. ඔච්චප්පු කල්ලුවේ තිබෙන තවත් සෙල් ලිපියක කණශ නම් රජ කෙනෙක් ගැන සඳහනකි. ඔහු ලංකාවේ රාජ වංශයේ ලියැවී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
නොකඩවා නොනගතේ
සිංහල සහ හින්දු අලුත් අවුරුද්ද නිම යි. කවුරුත් දන්නා පරිදි චාරිත්රානුකූල නොනගතය හෙවත් නැකැත් නැති කාලය ද නිම යි. එහෙත් වඩා පුළුල් හා සාමාන්ය අර්ථයකින් ගත් කල නොනගතය ලැබුවේ මෙම අලුත් අවුරුදු සමයෙහි නොවේ. එය උදා වූයේ පළාත් පාලන මැතිවරණ ප්රතිඵල සමඟය. එතැන් සිට සියලු දේශපාලනඥයන්ගේ සහ ඔවුන්ගේ හිතවතුන්ගේ එකම කතාව හා කාරිය වූයේ අගමැතිවරයාට එරෙහි විශ්වාසභංග යෝජනාවය. මුළු රටෙහිම අන් හැම දෙයක්ම ඇනහිටි සැටියෙක් දිස් විය. අම්පාර සහ දිගන අවාසනාවන්ත බිහිසුනු සහ අවලම් සිදුවීම් පවා මතකයෙන් ගිලිහිණි. මැති සබයෙහි එම යෝජනාව විශාල වැඩි ඡන්දයකින් පරාජය වුව නොනගතය නොකඩවා පවතී. “අබුද්දස්ස කාලේ ලබුත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
බලවේග තුනකට ජනපති මැදිවෙයි
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ දේශපාලන ක්ෂේත්රය පිළිබඳ අතිශය දැනුම්වත් පුද්ගලයන් පවා නොදැන සිටි කාරණයක් තිබිණ. එය නම් අගමැති සහ එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂ නායක රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණේ සියලුම පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන් වෙත නිකුත් කර තිබූ නියෝගයකි. අප්රේල් මස 9වැනි සදුදා නිකුත් කළ එම නියෝගයෙන් ඔහු උපදෙස් දී තිබුණේ තමන්ට එරෙහිව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කැරුණු විශ්වාසභංගයට සහය පළකළ ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂ සාමාජිකයන් 16 දෙනා විවේචනය කිරීමෙන් වළකින ලෙසය. අමාත්යවරු 6 දෙනෙක්, නියෝජ්ය කතානායකවරයා, රාජ්ය අමාත්යවරු 4 දෙනෙක් සහ නියෝජ්ය අමාත්යවරු 5 දෙනෙක්, ඒ අතර වූහ. වික්රමසිංහගේ මෙම නියෝගයට හේතු වූයේ, බොහෝ දෙනා නොදැන සිටි තවත් කාරණයක් වූ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
බුදු පිළිම 1000 කට ලක්ෂ 32 ක බද්දක්
ලංකාවේ දුෂ්කර ප්රදේශ වල පිහිටි පන්සල් වල වැඩ සිටින මහා සංඝරත්නය දහස් නමක් උදෙසා වෙසක් පොහොය යෙදුණු අද (29 ) චීන බෞද්ධ දූත පිරිසක් විසින් පූජා කිරීමට සුදානම් කරන ලද පිළිම වහනසේලාට රජය විසින් ලක්ෂ තිස් දෙකක (32,000,00 ක) බදු මුදලක් නියම කිරීම නිසා එම පිලිම බෙදා දිමට නොහැකි වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සංඝ සම්මේලනය ඇතුළු මහා සංඝරත්නයේ දැඩි විරෝධය එල්ල වී තිබේ. ඓතිහාසික මිහින්තලා රජමහා විහාරයේ විහාරාධිපති වලවාහැංගුණවැවේ ධම්මරතන නාහිමියෝ මෙසේ පැවසුහ. අද වෙසක් පෝය දවසේ චීන දේශයෙන් මගේ ඉල්ලීමකට අනුව දහසක් මහා සංඝරත්නය පිරිසක් හට දානය පූජා කරන්න සැලසුම් කරලා තිබෙන වෙලාවක, ඒ අයගෙන් මං... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/18)
Amber Rudd resigns as home secretary
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has resigned, Downing Street has said, after claims she misled Parliament over targets for removing illegal migrants. Ms Rudd, who was due to make a Commons statement on Monday, was under pressure to resign over the Windrush scandal. She faced criticism over the existence of Home Office removals targets and her knowledge of them. Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott, who had repeatedly urged Ms Rudd to go, said she had "done the right thing". On Sunday, the Guardian published a letter to Theresa May, in which Ms Rudd set out her "ambitious but... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/18)
Decision to observe May Day on May 7 costs Lankan President Sirisena his party trade union
Colombo, April 29: The Sri Lankan Cabinet’s decision to postpone May Day events to May 7, to avoid any overlap with the celebrations around the Buddhist festival of Vesak, has understandably provoked trade unions in the island, including the Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya (the Sri Lanka Independent Workers’ Union), affiliated with President Maithripala Sirisena’s Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) for about 60 years. The SLFP trade union broke away from the party earlier this week, and has decided to function independently. With some 90,000 members from public enterprises, the union has grown to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/18)
In 2017 Sri Lankan economy grew at the lowest rate in 16 years, says Central Bank
Colombo, April 29 (The Island): Sri Lanka’s economy grew at the slowest pace in 16 years to record a worse than expected 3.1 percent GDP expansion last year, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL). The bank had expected the economy to grow at about 5.0 percent in 2017, but a drought and floods affected agriculture and industry had dragged down overall growth. At least 213 people were killed in the May 2017 rains that triggered over a dozen landslides and flooded 15 of the island’s 25 districts. “Adverse weather conditions and their spill over effects continued to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/18)
Infrastructure development in the absence of political rights is of no use to Tamils, says Wigneswaran
By Manjula Fernando/The Sunday Observer Colombo, April 29: In a wide ranging interview to The Sunday Observer, C.V.Wigneswaran Chief Minister of the Tamil-majority Northern Province of Sri Lanka, said that without a political settlement, giving infrastructural and economic benefits to the Tamils is akin to getting around a child with toys and dolls. “The Government still continues to use the Mahaweli Authority to colonize the Northern Province with people from the South, and in every manner, the Central government tries to dominate us administratively,” the Supreme Court judge turned political leader said. Excerpts: Q :... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/18)
Those ridiculing his reforms are enemies of the UNP, says leader Wickremesinghe
Colombo, April 29 (newsin.asia): United National Party (UNP) leader and Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has accused critics within his party of having worked to defeat it in the February 10 local bodies elections. The elections saw the UNP trailing far behind the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) led by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. “There are people who have criticised our re-organization, and there are those who have made light of this process. But none of them worked towards bringing our party to victory during the last local election. In fact some of them actively... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/18)
Pakistan brings to Sri Lanka relics of the Buddha from a 3 rd.Century BC stupa in Taxila
Colombo, April 29 (newsin.asia): Pakistan has sent the most sacred relics of the Lord Buddha to Sri Lanka for exposition in connection with the annual Buddha Rashmi National Vesak Festival. Sri Lankan Minister for Buddha Sasana, Gamini Jayawickrema Perera along with Parliamentarians, the High Commissioner of Pakistan Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat as well as senior monks, high ranking government officials, religious scholars, received the holy relics on April 28. The Curator of Taxila Museum, brought the relics. (High Commissioner of Pakistan, Dr. Shahid Hashmat handing over the Sacred Relics to Minister for Buddha Sasana Hon. Gamini... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/18)
Sri Lanka's currency suffers as debt trap deepens
China-financed infrastructure projects put country in vicious cycle. NEW DELHI -- Sri Lanka, which has loaded up on Chinese-funded infrastructure, is sinking deeper into a debt trap as its currency weakens and economic growth decelerates to its slowest pace in 16 years. The Sri Lankan rupee has depreciated 3% against the greenback this year to 157.4628 per dollar, according to forex data that the country's central bank tracked on Friday. It is at its weakest point ever and has softened nearly 20% since President Maithripala Sirisena took office in January 2015. About half of Sri Lanka's loans are denominated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/18)
Lord Buddha’s sacred relics from Pakistan arrive in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: In order to present the richest Buddhist historical legacy to the Sri Lankan people, Pakistan has sent the most sacred relics of the Lord Buddha to Sri Lanka on Sunday for exposition in connection with the Annual Buddha Rashmi National Vesak Festival. Sri Lankan Minister for Buddha Sasana, Gamini Jayawickrema Perera along with Parliamentarians, High Commissioner of Pakistan Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat as well as Senior Monks, high ranking government officials, religious scholars, received the relics amidst hordes of devotees. From Pakistan, Curator of Taxila Museum brought the Sacred Relics, said a press release received... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/18)
India to send Buddhist relics for Vesak in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, April 26 (Xinhua) -- India will send the sacred Buddhist relics to Sri Lanka for public veneration during the annual Vesak festival, a statement from the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka said on Thursday. Vesak is celebrated on April 29 this year in Sri Lanka to mark the birth, the enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha who founded the Buddhist religion. The statement said the relics would be brought from Sarnath, India for the first time for public exposition on the occasion of Vesak. The public can pay homage to these relics at "Temple Trees,"... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/18)
Until & unless TNA is cleared of links to LTTE terrorist separatism, TNA cannot demand a new constitution
That TNA is the main opposition party & its head is the Opposition Leader is inconsequential when there are alarming links that the TNA has to the LTTE not just in the past but in the present as well. So long as these links prevail, it automatically means that the quest to fulfil their common objective remains. When that common objective is to separate Sri Lanka carving out a mono-ethnic autonomous state it is nothing but the Eelam that the LTTE fought for, the Tamil State that the ITAK promised its voters & the internal self-determination TNA assured in its... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/18)
Why International Red Notice. You ask Ranil to produce Mahendran immediately before the court for the following reasons. It is as simple as that. I pose this question to the President?
28.4.2018 As I had pointed out in Lankaweb sometime back the whole country knows that, It was Ranil Wickramasinha who brought his buddy Arjuna Mahendran to Sri Lanka and got him appointed, as preplanned, as the Governor of the Central Bank in spite of strong objections raised by the President, who is only the de jure Head of the State It was he who invited him to come offering the Governorship of the CB It was he who got the CB under him from the Finance Ministry to accommodate Arjun M as conspired. It was he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/18)
Bungling of Vesak
Most of us were under the impression that the politicians who rush to the Mahanayakas on the slightest provocation, would have consulted them before declaring Vesak in April. But apropos your headline on April 24, even they have been taken unaware. I am more than eighty years old and cannot recall Vesak in April. As the Mahanayaka had mentioned, Poya on 29th April could have been an Adhi Bak Poya. Sinhala New Year and Vesak are the two key celebrations for the Buddhists in the island. While the first is a national event the latter is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/18)
The Sugandika Fernando blitzkrieg: A word of caution
April 28, 2018, 7:58 pm The 56 minute vido of a speech by a young, hitherto unknown lawyer named Sugandhika Fernando exposing to the public the seamy underside of the legal profession and the judiciary took the country by storm after the New Year. This vido became a sensation overnight even though it was not taken up by any of the formal media in the country. It has gone viral on the internet because there was an appetite among the general public for something like this. The judiciary in this country is looked upon with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/18)
Rolling the dhamma wheel in Cuba
April 28, 2018, 7:36 pm History was made on April 07, 2018 on Cuban soil when 25 or so Cubans, out of a head count of 75 or so attending, came to be initiated into Buddhism in capital city Havana. Held at the Museo Nacional de BellasArtes, Edificio de Arte Cubana, Sala de Audiovisuales (Audiovisual room …..of the National Museum), this is the first known formal introduction of Buddhism to Cuba. The initiation was conducted by Bhante Mihita of Canada, in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/18)
SL records slowest growth in 16 years
Sri Lanka’s economy grew at the slowest pace in 16 years to record a worse than expected 3.1 percent GDP expansion last year, according to the central bank. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka had expected the economy to grow at about 5.0 percent in 2017, but a drought and floods affected agriculture and industry had dragged down overall growth. At least 213 people were killed in the May 2017 rains that triggered over a dozen landslides and flooded 15 of the island’s 25 districts. "Adverse weather conditions and their spill over effects continued to affect... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/18)
Defending the state from Anura Kumara’s anarchist attack on the executive 20A instead of T-56
April 27, 2018, 9:03 pm It is bad enough that the Yahapalana 2015 ‘regime change’ project planted Mr. Sampanthan as a settler in the post of Opposition Leader, a post in which he continues to be a squatter, demanding ‘internal self-determination’ and the full implementation of the Geneva resolution. Now, another de facto member of the Yahapalana 2015 regime change coalition, the JVP, is attempting to do to the Sri Lankan State and Constitution, what its serial assassin did to Vijaya Kumaratunga in February 1988: shoot it in the chest and face. In... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/18)
Which is Leads to What? Secession via 13a – Self-Determination & Asymmetrical Federalism
Pre-independence Tamil leaders sought a Tamil nation, post-independence Tamil armed militancy also sought a separate Tamil nation, post-LTTE defeat Tamil political leadership are continuing the same calls coated in different politically correct terms that shroud & camouflage the ultimate objective. Can everyone now understand why we are against tweaking the constitution? Why is it difficult for the political leadership of the country, the legal luminaries advising the government, the political pundits to call a spade a spade & showcase that the country will not entertain any demands until all demands, aims & objectives for secession is removed which includes the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/18)
THE “OISL REPORT”
The “OISL Report’ is a report on Sri Lanka prepared by a special investigation team within the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The acronym OISL means ‘OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka.’ The purpose of the OISL report was to pave the way for UN resolution 30/1 on Sri Lanka in 2015. An internal report conducted by UN staff was necessary if the UN was to push charges against Sri Lanka. The Investigation started in 2014 and the report was submitted in 2015 in time for the review of Sri Lanka at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/18)
Sino-Indian Heart-to-Heart Discussion: What it means for South Asia
The media buzzed the past few days about the impending ‘informal meeting’ between China and India which was proposed to be held on April 27 and 28 in the central city of Wuhan in China. The ‘heart-to-heart chat’ between the two leaders of Asia’s largest two rising powers was explained as a new paradigm to explore avenues for corporation and to find ways of addressing contentious issues like border disputes. As the meeting has already begun as of the time this article is written, it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/18)
සම්මා සම්බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේගේ උප්පත්තිය, සම්බුද්ධත්වය හා පරිනිර්වාණය යන තෙමගුල සනිටුහන් කිරීම
වෙසක් දිනය ලොවපුරා බෞද්ධ ජනතාවගේ උතුම්ම දිනයයි. ඒ, මිනිසා විඳින සසර දුකෙන් මිදෙන ඒකායන මාර්ගය පෙන්වා වදාළ අප මහා සම්මා සම්බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේගේ උප්පත්තිය, සම්බුද්ධත්වය හා පරිනිර්වාණය යන තෙමගුල සිදුවූ දිනය වන හෙයිනි. අපගේ ඓතිහාසික මූලාශ්ර වල කියවෙන පරිදි, මේ පුංචි දිවයින උන්වහන්සේගේ පා පහසින් ආශීර්වාද ලබන්නට තෙවරක්ම වාසනාවන්ත වූ අතර, ලාංකේය සංස්කෘතියේ පදනම, ශක්තිය, ජීවනාලිය වන්නේ බුදුදහමයි. අතීතයේ සිටම අප රටත් ජනතාවත් නොයෙකුත් අභියෝගයන්ට, දුෂ්කරතාවයන්ට, මුහුණ දුන්නද ඒවා හමුවේ නොසැලී සිටීමට හා ජයග්රහණ ලැබීමට බුදු දහමේ ආභාශයෙන් අප ලත් ශක්තිය හේතු වූ බව නොරහසකි. පිරිසිදු ථෙරවාද බුදුදහම පවතින රටක් ලෙස පැවතීමට අපගේ මේ පින්බර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/18)
Yahapalanaya works for MR comeback
Sughandika Fernando exposed the whole justice system Where the Courts of Law cannot deliver justice, no repairs or reforms were possible There are thus definite and serious doubts about the role of the Judiciary and its independence This unprincipled Unity Government cannot provide answers to issues the people need answers A fortnight ago a video clip went viral on social media that left the whole of the Judiciary, the prosecuting agencies and the legal profession stark naked. It was a personal narrative by a young female lawyer, Sughandika Fernando that exposed the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/18)
Now it is the Royal UNP, not the village UNP - Rohitha
https://youtu.be/5dVUToBmfT0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/18)
An explosion is coming
April 26, 2018, 12:00 pm An explosion is not always a good thing. But it is not always preventable. Sometimes an explosion cannot be predicted but sometimes it can. Often an explosion is not inevitable but that does not mean it isn’t likely or even probable. In any country, these factors would cause a social upheaval. In Sri Lanka, a country of much unrest and violence, an explosion is almost certainly on the way. I do not wish it, nor will I exult over it, but I can see that it is on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/18)
‘WAR CRIMES’ AND EELAM WAR IV (Part 1)
REVISED 26.4.18 The “war crimes” charge against the Sri Lanka army is that the army killed hundreds and hundreds of “innocent” Tamil civilians instead of killing off the LTTE. This ‘war crimes’ charge is part of a calculated strategy carried out by the western countries that support Tamil Eelam. A bogus ‘body count’ was created at the end of Eelam War IV. The first estimate was 20,000 civilians killed. The Paranagama Commission reported that ‘privately UN staff were puzzled by the new death toll, then alleged to be 20,000 and wondered how it had been calculated.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
THE DEBATE ON A NEW CONSTITUTION FOR SRI LANKA (PART 2)
In 1971, Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike efficiently acted to control JVP actions showing lessons learned from 1958 emergency. With these excellent experiences in the past, Mr. JR Jayewardene and the UNP government strongly believed that the constitution introduced in 1972 must be reformed introducing a new constitution, which establishes an Executive Presidency in the unitary status. The executive presidency further supported Mr. R. Premadasa to eliminate the Second JVP Insurrection in 1988/89 and Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa to destroy LTTE terrorist war and create lasting peace in the country. This is a highly logical and valid point in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
To all patriots for their immediate attention
4. 2018 Please read the following two news items immediately
Posted on April 23rd, 2018 http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=183592 By Cyril Wimalasurendra Courtesy The Island April 23, 2018, 11:54 pm All other Buddhist nations, the world over, are making grand preperations to celebrate Vesak Poya Day, on May 29, and it is absurd for Sri Lanka to celebrate Vesak on April 29, Malwatte Anunayake Ven. Niyangoda Sri Vijithasiri Thera says. Even the international Vesak Day was celebrated, on May 29, the Thera said yesterday. "According to tradition,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
SRI LANKAN RUPEE DEPRECIATION – WHY WORRY TOO MUCH? SHOULD WE PREPARE TO FACE Rs 200 per USD?
To win the election, wages have been increased by Rs10,000. How these costs be absorbed, without increasing productivity. The Central Bank robbery is directly impacting on Rupee depreciation. Direct Foreign Investments are rapidly declining, export revenue deteriorating, to pay foreign debts Sri Lanka is faced to buy USD using its Rupee Reserves. The Sri Lankan rupee is under constant pressure, meddling inside the country with our own currency alone, we cannot survive. Sri Lanka in effect has failed to optimise the benefits of open market economy. Rapid depreciation of rupee is a concern, but... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
Let's get back to the days when the colonists at Polonnaruwa sold straw and made money.
I can remember the days when, on all my visits to Polonnaruwa, Hingurakgoda and Valachenai I was trailing behind lorry loads of straw. . Then the roads were narrow and a straw loaded lorry with bales jutting out could not be overtaken. That was in the Sixties. I was a frequent visitor at the Paper Factory when I had all island circuits as the Senior Assistant Commissioner of Agrarian Services. I enjoyed staying at the Paper Factory Circuit Bungalow and was often shown the process where our straw was turned into paper This time in 2018... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
කොටි හිතවත්තු සහ මහා බලවත්තු
කොටියන් හා උන්හට අද වනතෙක් කත්අදිනන් විසින් ස්ථුප සැදීමට විරුද්ධ වන්නේ මන්ද එය බෞද්ධ විරෝධයක් නොවේද ? ටිකකකලකට පෙර කනගරායම් කුලමේ ඉදිවෙමින් තිබු මහා දාගැබකට විරුද්ධව ප්රකශයක් කෙරු මල කොටි අඩවිය දිනක් කියා සිටියේ ජනඝාතක ශ්රීලංකාව විසින් ඔවුන්ගේ අන්තර්ජාතික හවුල් කරුවන් සමග එක්වී සුවිශාල දාගැබ් තනන්නේ (Eezham Tami) ඊසම් ටැමිල්(අලුත් දෙමල ජන වර්ගයක් ) නව ජන වර්ගයට අසාධාරණයක් වන ලෙස බවය. එය කෙසේද යතොත් යුද්ධයකින් සාපලත් ඊසම් ටැමිල් රෙද්දකින් තැනු කුඩාරමක සිටින විට පාන් හා කිරි පිටි ලබාදී ඔවුන් වෙත දියුණුවේ අයිතිවසිකම ද රජය විසින් ලබා නොදී මෙම කුමන්ත්රනය හමුදා ව අතින් දියත් වූ ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
ත්රෛයිලෝක කංසාව
සම්ප්රදාය සම්පන්න සිංහල ධූම මත්ලෝලතවය ලෙස චිරන්තනව පැවතියේ ත්රෛයිලෝක හෙවත් කංසාය. අර්ක ශාස්ත්රය තුළින් දියරමය මධුපැන් සූත්ර කර ගත් අතර ධූම ශාස්ත්රයට අනුව ධූම නාලිකා බිහිකර ගෙන ඇත. ත්රෛයිලෝක ගැන කතා විවරණයන් පැන නගින විට නිරායාසයෙන්ම මතුවන මතයක් වේ. එනම් ත්රෛයිලෝක හෙවත් කංසා සිංහල වෛද්ය විද්යාවේ මූල ඖෂධය බවය. එබැවින් කංසා මත්ද්රව්ය ගණයට යොමා අවිනීතික කිරීම යුක්ති සහගත නොවන බැවින් නීතිගත කල යුතු බවට වූ තර්කයන් උපදින්නේ ඒ අනුවය. සිංහලයන්ට පෙර හෙළයන් ද හෙළයන්ට පෙර යක් රකුස් දේව නාග ගෝත්රයන් ද ඊටත් මත්තේ ලක් ආදී මිනිස් ජන රෑන ත්රෛයිලෝක තම සුවපත් භාවය මූල ඖෂධය ද සේ හදුනාගෙන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
Love Romance and Fatal Outcry of Madame Bovary
“Everyone must have adored her, he thought. Every man who saw her must certainly have coveted her. This made her the lovelier in his mind; and he conceived a furious desire for her that never stopped; it fed the flames of his despair, and it grew stronger and stronger because now it could never be satisfied. – Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert’s realism novel Madame Bovary became a reaction against the Romanticism and considered as one of the turning points in the Western literature. This realism leads to the imitation not of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
Sri Lankan stocks slip as political uncertainty continues; banks weigh
COLOMBO, April 26 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares edged down in dull trade on Thursday and settled near their lowest close in more than one week hit earlier in the week as continued political uncertainty dampened sentiment, stockbrokers said. The market has been awaiting signs of political stability after President Maithripala Sirisena suspended parliament until May 8. A cabinet reshuffle was expected on Monday, but government sources said it had been delayed. Fitch Rating agency on Thursday said that recent political developments in Sri Lanka have created some uncertainty over reform momentum and fiscal consolidation, and prolonged upheaval could undermine... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
Evidence for persistent forest reliance by indigenous peoples in historical Sri Lanka
Working closely with Wanniyalaeto (Vedda) elders in Sri Lanka during the repatriation of skeletal remains, a team of researchers have demonstrated that while some Indigenous hunter-gatherers in Sri Lanka made use of agricultural resources and trade connections with farmers and colonial power structures, others continued to subsist primarily on tropical forest resources as late as the 19th century. Map showing the vegetation zones of Sri Lanka after Erdelen (1988) and Roberts et al. (2015a). Credit: Roberts et al. Historical Tropical Forest Reliance amongst the Wanniyalaeto (Vedda) of Sri Lanka: an Isotopic Perspective. Human Ecology (2018).... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
Glasgow tourist raped at luxury Sri Lanka resort
A TOURIST from Glasgow who was raped by an electrician at a luxury hotel in Sri Lanka had to get checked after realising she was pregnant. The woman, in her 30s, discovered she was pregnant on her return and had to be tested to make sure the baby was her husband's. She was on holiday with her husband at the Bentota Hotel when she was attacked by the uniformed hotel employee. She described how the man lured her into an engineering room in the hotel's grounds and held her by the throat. The woman was diagnosed with a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
Justin Trudeau’s latest stumble: snubbing Sri Lanka
The prime minister issued a ‘clearly out of step’ statement sidelining country’s majority ethnic group, warned Daniel Jean Apr 26, 2018 A spokesperson for the Sri Lankan government tells Maclean’s the country is concerned that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau repeatedly sidelined the South Asian nation’s majority ethnic group in his festive statements—one of which was described internally as “clearly out of step” by his national security advisor Daniel Jean. Sri Lanka’s concerns, expressed publicly for the first time, represent yet another South Asian diplomatic hiccup for Trudeau, who,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
රනිල්ගේ රෙදි ගලවන ෆයිල් තොගයක් රවී ලග.. රවී ඉවත් නොරකන හේතුව මේකයි..[Video]
එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂ ප්රතිසංවිධානයෙන් පසු එම පක්ෂ ඉදිරිපෙල හා පසුපෙල සියළු මන්ත්රිවරුන් සියළු දෙනා ඉන්නේ ඇටිකෙහෙල් කෑ උගුඩුවන් වගේයයි එක්සත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ පවසයි. රට පුරාම පාක්ෂිකයන් කියන්නේ රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතාට නායකත්වයෙන් ඉවත් වන ලෙස යයි එම පක්ෂයේ ප්රධාන ලේකම් මෛත්රී ගුණරත්න මහතා කියා සිටී. රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතාගේ රෙදි ගලවන ෆයිල් කිහිපයක් අතේ තියාගෙන සිටිනා රවි කරුණානායක මහතා ඉවත් කිරීමටද නොහැකි වී ඇතැයිද ඔහු සදහන් කරයි. කොළඹදී පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවක් අමතමින් ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පල කලේය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
88-89දී දිවි පිදූ 60,000ක සොහොන් කොත්වලට ජවිපෙ මුත්රා කරයි..
1987 දී 13 වැනි ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය සම්පූර්ණයෙන් බලාත්මක වූ පූර්ණ සන්ධීය රාජ්යයක් බිහිවීම වැළැක්වීමට එවකට ජනාධිපති ජේ. ආර්. ජයවර්ධන මහතාට ව්යවස්ථා බාධක හෙවත් ‘අඩ කොට’ තැබීමට සිදු වූයේ ඒකීයභාවය වෙනුවෙන් දිවි පිදූ ජවිපෙ සාමාජිකයන් 60,000කගේ පරිත්යාගයන් හේතුවෙන් බවත් වත්මන් ජවිපෙ නායක අනුර දිසානායක විධායක ජනපති ක්රමය අහෝසි කිරීමේ යෝජනාව හරහා එම ව්යවස්ථා බාධක ඉවත් කිරීමේ කොන්ත්රාත්තුව භාරගෙන ඇති බවත් එය රටේ ඒකීයභාවය වෙනුවෙන් දිවි පිදූ ඉහත කී පිරිසගේ සොහොන් කොත් මතට මූත්රා කිරීමකට සමාන බවත් ජානිපෙ ජාතික සංවිධායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ජයන්ත සමරවීර මහතා පෙන්වා දෙයි. පිටකෝට්ටේ පිහිටි ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ ප්රධාන කාර්යාලයේ පැවැති මාධ්ය හමුවක දී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
No attack, no victims, no chem weapons: Douma witnesses speak at OPCW briefing at The Hague (VIDEO)
Published time: 26 Apr, 2018 16:21Edited time: 26 Apr, 2018 18:28 Get short URL Witnesses of the alleged chemical attack in Douma, including 11-year-old Hassan Diab and hospital staff, told reporters at The Hague that the White Helmets video used as a pretext for a US-led strike on Syria was, in fact, staged. “We were at the basement and we heard people shouting that we needed to go to a hospital. We went through a tunnel. At the hospital they started pouring cold water on me,” the boy told the press conference, gathered by Russia’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
All Sinhala of whatever political affiliation unite to fight against anti Sinhala Buddhist activities of Yahapalanaya Government.මොන දේශපාලන පක්ෂකයක හො වේවා ඔබ සිංහලයෙක් නම් සිංහල බෞද්ධ අයිතිවාසිකම් විකුණන මේ උම්මත්තක යහපාලනය ආණ්ඩුවට විරුද්ධව නැගීසිටින්න.
All Sinhala whether of UNP, SLFP,JVP,SLPP of JHU unite as one against Sirisena and Ranil Yahapalanaya Government selling the Culture, Religion, Land and all the Sinhala Buddhist values in the name of reconciliation with Tamils, which they do to honour their allegiance to USA and the West, which they undertook to do by sponsoring the USA Resolution in Geneva against Sri Lanka and its Armed Forces. ඔබ එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂයෙ, ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයෙ, ජාතික විමුක්තිපෙරමුනේ , ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුනේ, හෝ ජාතික හෙලුරුමයේ ආදී මොනම දේශපාලන පක්ෂයක සාමාජිකයෙක් උවත් මොන ආගමක උවත් ඔබ සිංහලයෙක්නම් දෙමළුන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
JVP’s 3rd attempt to destroy Sri Lanka
The current Million rupees/U.S.Dollar voracious leadership of the JVP (Janatha Vikurthi Peramuna), who are alleged tohave been bankrolled by India’s RAW Agency to get its objectives of destabilizing Sri Lanka effectively achieved, has shamelessly shed the ideological stands of its leaders Rohana Wijeweera and Somawansa Amaeasinghe and has become a surrogate of the reactionary UNP and the terrorist proxy TNA. It has undertaken the contract of implementing the TNA-UNP (Singapore) Pact signed by Sumanthiran and quisling Mangala under the auspices of GTF (the Global Tamil Forum).in 2013 well ahead of regime change drama... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
A SHUT-UP CALL TO EVERYONE
It is the height of hostility or the climax of enmity with Pakistan that the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina succeeded in getting approval of a draconian law, the DSA, by her cabinet. The Digital Security Act is in fact a set of punishments which would be used to bring the opposition elements under pressure and the worst victim to this law would be Mrs. Khalida Zia’s opposition party Awami League. The journalist-community of Bangladesh has also many fearful reservations rather apprehensions over DSA as this law would deprive people of their freedom of expression. Analysts... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
Your proposal to Remove the Tamil Tiger Terrorists from the Banned List
By E-mail 84 Tambrook Drive Agincourt, ON M1W 3L9 April 24, 2018 Mr. Jack MacLaren MPP, Carleton-Mississippi Mills, Queens Park Ontario Dear Mr. Jack Maclaren, MPP, Re: Your proposal to Remove the Tamil Tiger Terrorists from the Banned List I was taken aback to read of your proposal to lift the ban on the Tamil Tiger Terrorists who were so designated by the UN Security Council Resolution Number 1373 of September 2001. Even before I got over that shock, I was sad to learn of the violence unleashed by an unstable extremist living in our midst against... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
THE DEBATE ON A NEW CONSTITUTION FOR SRI LANKA (PART 1)
Sri Lanka has been relegated to a sharp debate on the constitutional reforms since the political independence in 1948 as the constitution, which was given to the country by the Solebury Commission in 1947 was subject to many criticisms in regard to various matters. The constitution established to the country was not purely originated by a participative exercise of representatives of Sri Lanka in a constitutional council represented by selected agents of all communities considering the deviated interests of them. As a developing country the views of Sri Lanka’s educated community in relation to the national... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
Sri Lanka’s new Odel mall to transform Colombo into shopping hub
Colombo, April 26 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka and China, on Thursday launched the construction of a mega luxury mall complex in the heart of Colombo which will transform the island’s capital into an attractive shopping destination in South Asia. Odel, owned by Softlogic Holdings Limited, will fund the construction of the new Odel Mall, which will be constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC). The mall will be be constructed over 645,000 square feet and will dubbed as a ‘green boulevard’, as it showcases a sky garden and several other environmental friendly features. Group... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
පය බරවායට පිටකර බෙහෙත් බැඳීම නොහොත් විද්යාත්මක කැබිනට් සංශෝධනය.
රාජ්ය කරනවා යැ යි කියන හවුල් ආණ්ඩුවේ පාර්ශව කරුවන් පෙබරවාරි මාසයේ ප්රාදේශීය සභා නගර සභා ඡන්දයේ දී අන්ත පරාජයකට මුහුණ දුන්නේ ය. කුකුළා ගේ කරමල මෙන් උදේ හවස රූප පෙට්ටිවල දුටු හවුල් ආණ්ඩුවේ නායකයින් දෙපොළ දැක ගැනීම හාවා හඳ දැකීම වැනි දුර්ලභ දෙයක් විය. ඔවුන් රටේ සිටින බව පවා ජනතාව පසක් කර ගත්තේ හොලිවුඩ් පාතාළ චිත්රපටයක මෙන් සැප කාර් වලින් නායකයින් දෙපොළගේ මන්දිර වලට ඇදෙන ඉන් පිටවෙන ගෝල බාලයින් දවසේ තිස්සේ රූප පෙට්ටි වලින් දුටු බැවිනි.දිගින් දිගටම සාකච්ඡා කළ ඔවු හු පය බරවායට පිටකර බෙහෙත් බඳින්නා වැනි වූ කදිම විසඳුමක් ඉදිරිපත් කළ හ. ඒ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
Of that dream Cabinet
Midterm electoral defeats have a sobering effect on governments, intoxicated with power. Nothing scares politicians more than the prospect of being trounced. Once elected, they lose the ability to think, and they regain it when they are relegated to the political wilderness. The potentates of the last government are, today, campaigning against bribery and corruption and taking up cudgels for the rights of the people! The Feb. 10 local government polls disaster has jolted the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe administration into mending its ways, in a bid to win back public sympathy and regain lost ground. The yahapalana... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
Unprecedented depreciation of SL rupee: Increase in public debt during past one week equal to cost of Colombo-airport expressway
April 26, 2018, 12:05 pm Cabraal Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal yesterday said that during the past one week, the Sri Lankan rupee had depreciated Rs. 1.58 (from Rs. 157.46 to Rs. 159.04) against the US dollar. Since the foreign debt of Sri Lanka was approximately USD 30 billion, the depreciation of the currency, during the past week, had increased the total public debt by around Rs. 47 billion, he added To understand such debt increase in perspective, the following facts were relevant, Cabraal said: a) The investment on the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
Karnataka elections: How Sri Lankan repatriates will influence Sullia polls
Community leaders of Sri Lankan repatriates in Karnataka are trying to bring everyone under one umbrella to gain better leverage to bargain for their cause Though Tamil repatriates were granted citizenship, the authorities are clear that only employment was part of their rehabilitation and not homes. Sullia: Tea and rubber estate workers, who were originally from India and shipped back home from Sri Lanka as part of the Sirimavo-Shastri pact of 1964, are re-grouping in Sullia and Puttur constituencies of Dakshina Kannada district to try press their demand for permanent homes in the upcoming Karnataka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
‘India has a duty to ensure full implementation of the 1987 accord’
Tamils have no intention of dividing the country, says Sri Lanka’s Leader of Opposition The Indo-Sri Lanka Accord of 1987 is still alive and it is India’s duty to ensure that it is implemented in fullest spirit, said Sri Lanka’s Leader of Opposition R. Sampanthan on Tuesday. “Our journey continues, we need the accord, we need to ensure that the spirit of the accord is implement and India must do its duty to ensure the same. It is India’s duty and India cannot get away from that duty,” he said, speaking at the launch... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
Why Colombo remains a challenge for New Delhi
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resounding performance at the local-council elections in early February has prompted the observation that Rajapaksa is back in politics and poised to regain political power. This is a blow to the “unity” government that replaced the Rajapaksa regime in January 2015. The regime change that resulted in the formation of a “unity” government came about when former Rajapaksa loyalists joined the opposition right-leaning United National Party (UNP). The “unity” government suffered its first setback when a Rajapaksa-backed no-confidence motion was made against Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe on April 4, and 16 members of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/18)
වස විස තොර ගොවිතැන සහ වස විස නැති ශ්රී ලංකාවක්
අවුරුදු සමයෙහි හටගත් කෘෂි බෝග අස්වැන්නෙහි අතිරික්තයක් නිසාවෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කෘෂි කර්මාන්තය මුහුණදෙන දැවැන්ත අර්බුද රැසක් ඉස්මතු විය. මාධ්ය වාර්තා කරන පරිදි එම අර්බුද වස විස තොර ගොවිතැන නිසා ඇති වු පොහොර හිඟය, පොහොර සහනාධාරය ලබා නොදීම හෝ පොහොර මිල නිසා ඇති වු ගැටලු නොව කෘෂි කර්මාන්තයට අදාළ ප්රතිපත්තිමය ගැටලු වෙති. නව සංකල්පයක් ලෙස ක්රියාත්මක කෙරෙන වස විස තොර ගොවිතැන රජය විසින් ගන්නා ලද වැදගත් ප්රතිපත්තිමය තීන්දුවක් වුවද ගොවීන් ඊට හුරු කර ගැනීම අසීරු බව පෙනෙන්නට ඇත. ගොවීන්ගේ උවමනාව පරිදි රසායනික පොහොර යොදා සිදු කරන අතිරික්ත නිෂ්පාදනය නිසාවෙන් අනාගතයේ ආහාර හිඟයක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/18)
Why the Vesak was advanced to April?
The Vesak poya falls naturally on the 29th May which by means that the Vesak should be in the month of May according to Julian calendar we follow worldwide. From time and memory there had been no shifting of Vesak (or even Poson) festival. Since the Yahapaalana govt. came in to power, it is taking all decisions and acting on behalf of Tamils and Muslims and persecuting majority Sinhelaya and destroying and attacking Buddhism. (While the Temples, places of worship and Historical sites being destroyed and bulldozed by Tamils and Muslims,) yet the Yahapaalana govt. asks Sinhela... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
Removing Tamil Tigers from Terrorist List
Mr. Jack MacLaren MPP, Carleton-Mississippi Mills, Queens Park Ontario. Dear Sir: I have just watched the video of your statement in the legislature at Queens Park and read a comment in the Toronto Sun of April 12,2018 bylined Bonokoski in which he sums up your attitude as "naive, foolish thinking". My question to you is, who provided you with the information on which you based your statement and what you hope to achieve. Are you a secret admirer of terrorists and terrorism? It is well documented that members of all political parties in Canada... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
Pakistan: Minorities under Collusive Terror
At least two members of the Christian community, Rashid Khalid and Azhar Iqbal, were killed and another five were injured in a firing incident near a church in the Essa Nagri area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, on April 15, 2018. Quetta’s Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Abdur Razzaq Cheema, stated that the incident occurred when worshippers were leaving after attending the Sunday service at the church. Islamic State (IS, also Daesh) claimed responsibility for the attack through the Amaq ‘news agency’, its propaganda wing. On April 2,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
What Naseby actually told President
According to media reports, President Sirisena met with British Peer Lord Naseby during his visit to the UK to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). A long-standing friend of Sri Lanka with an involvement of over 50 years, he started the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka in 1975 and is currently its President. Naseby managed to obtain 39 pages of confidential dispatches by Lt. Col. Anton Gash, Defense Attaché at the British High Commission in Colombo in 2009, during the final stages of the Vanni campaign. He received the documents, albeit in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
‘Error of the moon’?
April 24, 2018, 12:00 pm Winston Churchill famously dubbed Russia a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. How would one describe Sri Lanka, under the yahapalana government? One may call it a tangle, wrapped in a jumble, inside a muddle. Anything King Midas touched got transmuted into solid gold, we are told. The present-day Sri Lankan leaders also have a magical touch of sorts. Anything they lay their hands on turns into an unholy mess, instantly. They have a remarkable ability to bring chaos out of order. The economy is in total disarray. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
The Opposition’s 20-A dilemmas
It’s the arithmetic, stupid! A no-confidence motion against the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Sampanthan, is logical and legitimate, neither because he is a Tamil nationalist nor because he propped up Ranil in the no-faith motion on the bond scam, but because he, unlike his TULF predecessor in the same post, Mr. A. Amirthalingam, by no means, commands the largest number of seats in the Opposition benches, while Mahinda Rajapaksa does. Talk to anybody on the street. Listen to anybody in the agora, the public space/s. Citizens talk to me because they recognize... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
Where have all the suspects gone- Far, Far, away!!!
1. Do we hear loud whispers asking where have all the suspects gone? Far, far away we are told!!! Should we ask why??? Arjuna Mahendran was last known to have been in Singapore, Udayanga in Dubai, Jaliya only the good Lord knows!!! We’ll definitely need to keep an eye on that since it was the director of the National Eye Hospital who gave him the green light saying that the surgery could not be performed in our island home!!! Mahendran was last known to have been in Singapore, Udayanga in Dubai, Jaliya only the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
WHAT’S NEXT & WHO’S NEXT AFTER YAHAPALANAYA?
“Ecrasez l’infame!”—“Crush the loathsome thing!” - Voltaire Neoliberalism is almost dead in Sri Lanka, and its Government is dying. The choice that is before us is which type/variety of Populism:Right, Left, Centre or Centre-Left? Even if the JVP’s 20th amendment is supported by the UNP, TNA and misguided/manipulated SLPP pundits, the people will defeat it at a Referendum because (i) they are looking for a chance to reject the Government and the Establishment (ii) the mood is for a strong state, not a weakened one (iii) the ‘NO’ campaign will be led... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
What MR got right and this Govt. could not!
Reading the Sunday newspapers, I stumbled upon two stories. One was about ‘resettlement experts’ making a hue and cry that the third phase of Central Expressway would cause mass displacement. “From a people’s point of view, we are heading for disaster,” one complains. According to the statistics cited, 6,432 people from 1,742 families would be affected. There are 624 people living in the road corridor; 2,098 agricultural landowners; and 25 entrepreneurs. The second is a report that the US Congress has allocated US$ 35 million for Sri Lanka for FY 2018, subjective... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
PM behind JVP’s proposal to remove executive presidency - PHU
While stating that the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) is against the proposal of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) to remove the executive presidency, General Secretary of the PHU Upul Wijesekara said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was behind the JVP’s proposal. Addressing a news conference, he said premier Wickremesinghe anticipated centralizing executive powers unto his purview by making use of the abolishment of the executive presidency. “It is obvious that the Prime Minister is acting according to the agendas of the foreign countries. Premier Wickremesinghe is now bit struggling to act upon the foreign countries... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
Scarcity of funds: Bond market likely to collapse, says Bandula
While claiming that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka lacked sufficient funds to pay back the Treasury bonds and bills before their date of expiry, MP Bandula Gunawardana said the bond market could collapse due to the prevailing situation. Addressing a news briefing, he said the government needs to pay back the funds of the Treasury bonds and bills before the date of termination and that they were short of funds to do so. “It is with responsibility that I say the Central Bank doesn’t possess sufficient funds to pay back the Treasury bonds... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
The March of Folly Destroying Continuity
When I served on the National Human Resources Development Council, I chaired a committee to recommend new ways of working in the public sector. We looked at several issues, but amongst them one that resonated with the Organization of Professional Associations, whom I was asked to meet to take the recommendations forward, was mechanisms to ensure continuity with regard to public institutions. This was stressed with regard to Secretaries to Ministries, who are now changed with a change of government, but we also felt a similar principle should apply for all organizations... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
Sri Lanka slams reports of Chinese militarization of Hambantota Port
Colombo, April 23 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has strongly denied reports of Chinese militarization of the Chinese funded Hambantota Port, in southern Sri Lanka, and stressed the Sri Lankan Navy was the sole military force responsible for the security of the Port. During discussions with China’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Cheng Xueyuan, Wickremesinghe said some foreign media irresponsibly hyped the question of militarization of the Hambantota Port out of their own hidden agenda, but time would eventually prove that the Hambantota Port was destined to embrace a prosperous and bright future in business.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
Pakistan expresses interest in building hi-tech heart hospital in Sri Lanka
Colombo, April 24 (newsin.asia) – A group of investors from Pakistan, who arrived in Sri Lanka on Monday have expressed interest to construct a state of the art hospital in the island country to perform heart surgeries and to build two tourism zones as well as to construct a low-cost new housing scheme. The delegation met President Maithripala Sirisena in Colombo and also held discussions in investing in the fields of health, housing, tourism and science and technology. The President’s Office in a statement said during talks, special emphasis was also given to building highways and oil exploration.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
Lankan Tamil leader spells out what Tamils need to do to secure their rights
Colombo, April 25 (newsin.asia): The leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), R.Sampanthan, told Tamils on Tuesday what they should do secure their rights within a united Sri Lanka. Launching a Tamil language book “Or Inapprachanaiyum Ou Oppandhamum” (An Ethnic Question and An Accord) on the India-Sri Lanka Accord of 1987 written by T.Ramakrishnan Associate Editor of The Hindu, Sampanthan appealed to the Tamils to eschew skepticism and see past and current efforts to find a political solution in a positive light and as being part of a continuum. He urged the Tamils to work cohesively for the attainment... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
IGP explains delay in bringing Udayanga to Sri Lanka
IGP Pujith Jayasundara says Sri Lanka’s former Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga has been arrested in Abu Dhabi by the authorities in that country according to their laws and regarding an offense committed there. “Our investigations are being carried out within the scope of his activities as the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia,” he said responding to a question put forward during a meeting with journalists today (24). However, we need to bring him here in order to record his statement and for other procedures, he said. “We are acting on this based on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
Ranil’s futile war with the media
On the night that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe won the no-confidence motion in Parliament (April 5, 2018) three separate but interconnected incidents occurred, within stone’s throw of each other: 1. he held a thanksgiving pooja to the deities at Gangaramaya Temple for saving his job which was on the line that day; 2. at the Head Office of the MTV station, which is within earshot of Gangaramaya, a mob led by UNP thugs threw stones, lit crackers, and threatened the media staff in an obvious attempt to teach a lesson to MTV which had persistently... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
The Evidence: How lies – Fake Videos – PR stunts – Child Actors justify military interventions of sovereign nations
Countries have fallen. People have lost lives & homes. Countries are destabilized, split to pieces, locals are armed, locals are roped in as poodles, regime change & system change are all part of a neo-colonial liberal agenda that seeks to destroy the sovereign state system & bring corporate rule to the hands of a miniscule. This agenda has been rolled out a well-planned, well-coordinated, well-funded set of initiatives of which manufactured stories, news, fake videos, false eye witnesses, staged scenes, bogus NGOs, bought over locals and now even child actors are playing a role. In bringing out some of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/18)
පාපෝච්චාරණය
මනෝ චිකිත්සකයා සෝපාව මත වැතිරී සිටින තම රෝගියා දෙස උපැස් යුවල යටින් බැලීය. ඔහුගේදර්ශන පථයට හසුවූයේ රෝගියාගේ හිස, කඳ සහ දෙපා පමණි‚. සෝපාව මත වැතිරී සිටිමින්මරෝගියා දෑස් වසාගෙන කථාවේ නිරත වෙයි. ඔහු තම ජීවිතයේ අඳුරු තැන් පවා සංස්කරණයකින්තොරව පවසයි. රෝගියාගේ වචන වලට අවධානය යොමුකරමින් චිකිත්සකයා සවන් දීගෙන සිටියි.මනෝ චිකිත්සකයා රෝගියාගේ හිස අද්දර මදක් පසුපසට වන්නට තබා ඇති පුටුවක වාඩිවී සිටිනබැවින් රෝගියාට තම චිකිත්සකයා නොපෙනේ. කාමරය මඳක් අඳුරුය. චිකිත්සකයා කාමරයේ දොර වසා ඇති බැවින් රෝගියාගේ කටහඞ බැහැරට නොපැතිරෙයි. රෝගියා කථා කළේ සිහින්ස්වරයකින්ය. එහි කලකිරීම, කෝපය වැනි ආවේගයන් ගැබ්වී තිබු‚. රෝගියාගේ කථනය උනන්දුකරවීම පිණිස ඉඳහිට චිකිත්සකයා රෝගියාගෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/18)
කාන්තාවන් වඳ බවට පත් වන්නේ ඇයි
මිනිසා ස්වභාව ධර්මයේ අපූරු නිර්මාණයකි. ගැහැනිය සහ පිරිමියා වශයෙන් මිනිස් සමාජය ලිංගිකත්වය අනුව වෙන්ව පවතින්නේ මිනිස් වර්ගයා බෝ කිරීම සඳහා අවශ්ය මානසික සහ ජීව විද්යාත්මක පෙළඹවීම ඉටු කරණු පිණිසය. පුරුෂ ඩිම්බයක් සහ ස්ත්රී ඩිම්බයක් එකතු වීම සිදු වන්නේ මේ අපූරු ස්ත්රී පුරුෂ සම්බන්ධය මතය. ලෝකයේ සියලුම ස්වභාව ධර්ම ක්රියාවලියන් මෙන්ම මෙයටද පටන් ගැන්මක් නැත. අවසානයක්ද නැත. එහෙත් ක්රියාවලිය දිගටම සිදු වෙයි. ස්ත්රියක් ගැබ් ගැනීම පිණිස සකස් වන පරිසරය සූදානම් කරන්නේ ස්ත්රීයගේ ජීව විධාත්මක චක්රය අනුවය. ස්ත්රිය තුළ දින 28 ක ආර්ථව චක්රයක් ක්රියාත්මක වෙයි. එනම් දින 28 කට වරක් ස්ත්රියගේ ඩිම්බ කෝෂයේ එක් ඩිම්බයක් පිටවීම සිදු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/18)
ග්ලයිෆොසේට් තහනම: රජයේ වෛද්ය නිලධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය පර්යේෂණය අධ්යයනය කොට තිබේ ද?
2018 අපේ්රල්19 වැනි දා ‘ඬේලි නිව්ස්’ පුවත්පතේ පළවූ Glyphosate Ban: Has the GMOA studied the Research? නැමැති ලිපියේ සිංහල පරිවර්තනය ‘යහපාලනය ලංකා’ අනුග්රහයෙනි ග්ලයිෆොසේට් වැනි ‘හානිකර රසායනික’ හොරෙන් මෙරටට ගෙන්වන්නන්ට එරෙහිව ‘දැඩි පියවර’ ගැනීමට හැකි වන පරිද්දෙන් අලූත් නීති හඳුන්වා දිය යුතුව ඇති බව, අපේ්රල් 11 වැනි දා පැවති ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡුාවකදී, රජයේ වෛද්ය නිලධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය ප්රකාශ කොට තිබුණි. රජයේ වෛද්ය නිලධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය ග්ලයිෆොසේට් සලකන්නේ ‘හානිකර’ දෙයක් වශයෙනි. මන්ද යත්, එය පිළිකා සහ වකුගඩු රෝගවල හේතුකාරකයක් යැයි කියන බැවිනි. එසේ වෙතත්, පසුගිය නොවැම්බර් මාසයේ ග්ලයිෆොසේට් මගින් ඇති කළ හැකි සෞඛ්ය ප්රතිවිපාකවලට අදාළව මේ දක්වා කරන ලද ලෝකයේ විශාලතම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/18)
The GMOA guns glyphosate and misses a milestone study on 90,000 people?
[A shorter version of this article appeared in the Daily News: http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/04/19/features/148615/glyphosate-ban-has-gmoa-studied-research] In a press conference held on 11th April, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) stated that fresh laws should be introduced to take “stern action” against people involved in smuggling in such “harmful chemicals” like glyphosate. The GMOA considers glyphosate to be “harmful” because it allegedly causes cancer and kidney disease. However, just last November, the world's largest study on the health effects of glyphosate covering over nearly a quarter century (23 years) and involving 90,000 people, found NO harmful effects even on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/18)
The support for abolishing the Executive Presidency is a ‘Fool’s Errand’
– 22 April 2018 The Society for Peace Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka (SPUR) joins other nationalist organisations, professionals and patriotic politicians in strongly condemning the proposal to abolish the Executive Presidential System in Sri Lanka. The territorial integrity and unitary state of the nation is critically dependent on an Executive President who is directly elected by all its eligible citizens regardless of ethnicity, religion or regional/local interests. In particular, it acts as a counterweight to the separatist features of the 13th... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/18)
දුම්බර අඩවියේ මහා ඉඩම් කොල්ලය
දුම්බර අඩවිය හෙවත් නකල්ස් කදුකරයේ පිහිටි අක්කර 21,000 ක පමණ වතු ඉඩම් විවිධ ව්යාපෘති කි්රයාත්මක කිරීම සදහා රාජ්ය ව්යවසාය හා මහනුවර සංවර්ධන අමාත්යංශයේ හිටපු අමාත්ය කබීර් හෂීම් හා වත්මන් අමාත්ය ලක්ෂ්මන් කිරිඇල්ල යන මහත්වරුන් විසින් ඔවුන්ගේ හිතවතුන් හා ඥාතීන් වෙත පවරා දී තිබේ. මෙලෙස විවිධ පුද්ගලයින්ට පැවරීම සිදු කර ඇත්තේ රාජ්ය වැවිලි සංස්ථාව හා ඇල්කඩුව වැවිලි සමාගම මගින් කළමනාකරණය කරනු ලබන වතු ඉඩම් ය. නකල්ස් සංරක්ෂිත වනාන්තරය මායිමේ පිහිටි අලකොළේ, කොටගල, ගල්පිහිල්ල, ගෝමරේ, හග්ගල්ල, හෙයාර් පාර්ක්, හුන්නස්ගිරිය, කැළෑබොක්ක, මැදවත්ත, නිකොලොය, රංගල හා ඕපල්ගල යන රාජ්ය වැවිලි සංස්ථාවට අයත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/18)
"කංසා" එදා සිට අද දක්වා
මිනිසාගේ බිහිවීම මිනිසා බිහි වන්නේ කංසා ශාකය බිහි වී වසර මිලියන 30 ක් පමණ ගෙවී ගිය පසුව ය. එනම් වසර ලක්ෂ දෙකකට පමණ ඉහත දී ය. අප්රිකාවේ දී බිහි වූ මිනිසා චීනයට පැමිණෙන්නේ් වසර 25000 කට පමණ ඉහත දී ය. මිනිසාට ප්රථම වතාවට කංසා ශාකය හමුවන්නේ වසර 12000 කට පමණ ඉහත දී ය. කංසා ශාකයෙන් ලබා ගත හැකි ප්රයෝජන දුටු මිනිසා කංසා ශාකය ගෘහාශ්රිත බෝගයක් ලෙස වගා කරන්නට විය. මිනිසාගේ එන්ඩෝකැනබිනොයිඩ පද්ධතිය ද කංසා නිසා සක්රිය විය. එකල කංසා ශාකය බහුකාර්ය බෝගයක් ලෙස පරිභෝජනය කෙරිණි. ආහාර, ඖෂධ, රෙදි විවීම, රූපලාවන්ය, ඉන්ධන, විනෝදය සහ ආධ්යාත්මික ජීවිතය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/18)
13 අහෝසි නොකොට විධායක ජනපති ධුරය අහෝසි කිරීම කුමන්ත්රණයක් !
අපේ රටට නිදහස ලබා ගැනීමට ප්රථමයෙන් පවා බෙදුම්වාදී දෙමළ දේශපාලනඥයන් රටේ දෙමළ රාජ්යයක් පිහිටුවීමට ගත් ප්රයත්නයක් අප දකිමු. මැලේසියාවේ බහුතර මැලේ ජාතීන් 52% ක් පමණි. ඉතිරිය චීන සහ දෙමළ ජාතිකයන් ය. ඒ රටේ භූමි පුත්ර සංකල්පය මගින් සියලු දේට ප්රමුඛස්ථානය සහ සියලු වරප්රසාද පළමුවෙන් හිමිවන්නේ රටේ භූමි පුත්රයන් සේ සැලකෙන මැලේ ජාතිකයන්ටය. නමුත් ඒ රටේ සිටින දෙමළ ජාතිකයන් මැලේසියාවේ වෙනම රාජ්යයක් ඉල්ලා දඟලන්නේ නැත. මන්ද මැලේසියාවේ මැලේවරුන් සියල්ලම පාහේ සමගි නිසා ය. භූමි පුත්ර සංකල්පයට විරුද්ධව ක්රියා කළහොත් දැඩි දඬුවම් විඳීමට සිදුවන බව දන්නා නිසා ය. එසේම අධිරාජ්යවාදීන් යටතේ සිටි කාලය තුළ මැලේ බහුතරයට සිදු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/18)
Roger Waters claims Syria’s White Helmets a ‘fake organization’
Echoing Assad regime, Pink Floyd co-founder claims rescue group spreads propaganda for 'jihadists and terrorists' Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters denounced the White Helmets civil defense group in Syria as a “fake organization” that spreads propaganda for “jihadists and terrorists.” Rogers made the comment Friday at a concert in Barcelona, when he said someone had wanted to speak to the audience on behalf of the group about the alleged chemical attack by the Syrian regime earlier this month. “He is one voice. I personally think he is entirely wrong. I believe the organization that he purports to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/18)
Wijeyadasa alleges President to have created an unstable situation in the country (English)
https://youtu.be/gMunQjWTqyc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/18)
Celebrating Vesak in April, a joke - prelate
April 23, 2018, 11:54 pm All other Buddhist nations, the world over, are making grand preperations to celebrate Vesak Poya Day, on May 29, and it is absurd for Sri Lanka to celebrate Vesak on April 29, Malwatte Anunayake Ven. Niyangoda Sri Vijithasiri Thera says. Even the international Vesak Day was celebrated, on May 29, the Thera said yesterday. "According to tradition, Sri Lankans celebrate Vesak in May. However, the government has decided to celebrate Vesak in April. No one has the right to change the Vesak Poya Day." "The Poya Day, which falls... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/18)
My comments on Jack MacLaren's request to remove Tamil Tigers from the Canadian Government's list of Terrorist organizations
21 April 2018 Jack MacLaren, Independent (Trillium Party) MPP for Carleton-Mississippi Mills, Ontario Cc. Premier Kathleen Wynne, MPP Dear Jack MacLaren: ‘Sweet Mother of Jesus!’ What’s all this that I read in the Toronto Sun of April 12, 2018, bylined Bonokoski which says “Removing Tamil Tigers off terrorist list naive, foolish thinking.” Did you really stand up in Queen’s Park Chambers and suggest that?. Phew! Man, did you really! What the heck did you add in to your coffee that morning, or smoked before you went... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/18)
SLPP should become Sri Lanka’s leading political party.
Despite dismissal by some silly quisling politicians as a never winning and politically suicide effort the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) the nascent political party of Sri Lanka made a tremendous and historical victory in the February 10th local government elections beating all traditional political parties and becoming first in the majority of local government Institutions in the country. Its victory was a surprise to many partisan political commentators to warn the neo-liberal reactionary UNP to take even undemocratic actions to suppress the forward march of the SLPP. The Pohottuwa has been the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/18)
EXECUTIVE PRESIDENCY MUST REMAIN AND BE FURTHER STRENGTHENED - JVP A PROXY OF UNP AND LTTE
Having a President like Maithreepala Sirisena cannot be a sound argument to do away with the Presidency. That selection was a cardinal mistake. Sobhitha talked about the Constitution, like a Tyre with 17 patches. Now he is no more. Now we have the same Tyre with 19 patches. JVP want to add another. This motion by JVP is a virtual contractual arrangement with the group of UNP, SLMC, JVP, TNA and all anti Sri Lankan forces to abolish Presidency. The Executive Presidency should not be abolished as a punishment to President Maithreepala Sirisena. Restricting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/18)
Evidence regarding glyphosate use and the incidence of kidney diseases
April 22, 2018, 10:14 pm It is progress that scientists, including two eminent physicians, have taken up, again, the case against glyphosate. Bhikkhusangha taken in general, and Bhikkhu Ratana in particular, do not have the tool kit which qualifies them to make decisions in these matters. Earlier, certain other scientists had taken up the case for glyphosate. Somethings belong mostly in religion and others mostly in natural philosophy, the circles intersecting each other only in the higher regions. The present case for and against glyphosate, the way I recall it, rests on epidemiological studies. Glyphosate has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/18)
Fuel pricing formula, an IMF condition – JO
‘Petroleum prices to be increased on May Day’ Joint Opposition (JO) spokesman Bandula Gunawardena, MP, yesterday alleged that the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government was about to introduce a fuel pricing formula at the behest of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Addressing the media at Vajirasharma temple, Punchi Borella, Gunawardena accused the government of having given in to IMF dictates. The JO strongly opposed the pricing formula, as the people were struggling to make ends meet, Gunawardena said. Predicting that the pricing formula would be introduced on May Day, Gunawardena said that JO May Day rally would... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/18)
Exposing fake witnesses in Iraq & Sri Lanka: Nayirah & Vany Kumar
The intervention in Syria has become an eye opener as a string of lies, fake videos, images, recruitment of child artists & PR firms have exposed the lies that have gone into justifying military intervention by the West & UN action thereafter. A girl crying before Congress claiming she witnesses Iraqi soldiers remove babies from incubators justified the invasion of Iraq. Channel 4’s star witness was Vany Kumar who had arrived from London to the Vanni and her accounts of blood being mixed with water & given to dying Tamil civilians together with a series of documentaries titled “Killing Fields”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/18)
Destabalizing Sri Lanka - Was 19a part of the regime change plot in Sri Lanka?
That regime change took place aligning a bevy of political parties, personages, over 50 civil society groups in an effortless coup against the previous government was evidenced in January 2015 and the string of actions & decisions taken thereafter put into context has spelt doom & destabilization for Sri Lanka. How many people have now realized whether the gameplan was to put their man in power tweaking the puppet President’s powers by introducing the 19th amendment booby trap? The 19a Bill was passed in Parliament on 28th April 2015 with a 2/3 majority after 174 amendments. 212 voted in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/18)
Death of Mr. D. Ananda de Silva - indefatigable Buddhist worker
It is with great sadness that I am conveying to you the heartbreaking news of the death of our close friend and dedicated Buddhist worker, Mr. D. Ananda de Silva, Assistant Secretary, German Dharmaduta Society. I have been informed by his son Renuka that his father died early morning today (at 4.30 a.m.) from Liver failure. He was ailing for some time and during the last few months he spent time in Hospital. He was 79 years old. He is survived by three children, two sons Priyanka and Renuka and daughter, Sangeethika.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/18)
E. W. Perera
Edward Walter Perera (11 December 1875 – 15 February 1953) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) barrister, politician and freedom fighter. He was known as the 'Lion of Kotte' and was a prominent figure in the Sri Lankan independence movement and a senator.
Born on 11 December 1875 at Unawatuna, Galle to Edward Francis Perera, Proctor of Colombo. Raised as a devoted Christian, Perera was educated at Royal College, Colombo and was the first editor of the Royal College Magazine, he served as a sub-editor of the newspaper, Examiner until he was called to the Bar... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/18)
Bill Gates commends Sri Lankan healthcare system
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have built very high quality primary healthcare systems, staffed primarily by women healthcare workers, co-founder of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates said. He expressed these views while speaking at the joint forum of the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting held in Westminster on Tuesday. He praised the Singaporean education system as well. “Nobody else is better in the world at education than Singapore,” he said. Mr. Gates said the Commonwealth has to learn from itself in solving its own problems, stating examples of what Nigeria learnt... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/18)
1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots
The 1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots (also known as the anti-Muslim riots of 1913[1][2][3] or the 1915 Buddhist Mohammedan riots or the 1915 Ceylonese riots) was a widespread and prolonged ethnic riot in the island of Ceylon between Sinhalese Buddhists and the Ceylon Moors and the brutal suppression of it by the British colonial authorities.[4] 1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots Ceylon Date 28 May - 8 August 1915 Location Western Provinceand Sabaragamuwa, British Ceylon Caused by Attempt to prevent an attack on a Buddhist procession by Indian Moors Methods Widespread looting, assault, arson and murder Lead figures ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/18)
Ban on pandals on Vesak, Poson Poya days to remain: Minister
Buddhasasana Minister Gamini Jayawickrama Perera said yesterday the ban of pandals on Vesak and Poson Poya Days would not be changed and stressed the need to focus on the spiritual aspect of religion rather than on mundane activities. He told Daily Mirror that this prohibition on pandals would only apply to May 29, the Vesak Poya Day and June 27 the Poson Poya Day and that pandals could be put up on the other days. The minister had imposed this restriction last month but the Government Information Department said the government had not taken... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/18)
CHOGM asks Lanka to lead mangrove conservation in the Commonwealth
London, April 20 (newsin.asia): The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) being held here has asked Sri Lanka to give leadership to mangrove conservation in the Commonwealth. Sri Lanka has been having a successful mangrove conservation program since 2015 thanks to President Maithripala Sirisena. This was stated during the 25th inaugural ceremony of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), held on April 19.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/18)
Syria: Latest case of using a “false flag” or “fake news” to unleash war
The airstrikes carried out by the US, UK and France on alleged chemical weapons facilities in Syria on April 14, are yet another instance of how the US (and its allies) use “false flags” or “fake news” to unleash military action to serve their geo-strategic interests, writes P.K.Bala.chandran in DailyFT. The US has been saying that Syrian President Bashar al- Assad is an “animal” who kills and maims his own people using chemical weapons like nerve gas. But the real reason for hating Assad is not that he has been using nerve gas against his own people,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/18)
The Keith Noyahr case: Gota as Fonny’s nanny
Major Ajith Prasanna takes a closer look at what Keith Noyahr wrote Sunday Leader throwing red herrings across the trail The mistake that Gota made April 21, 2018, 8:10 pm Amidst the political confusion that engulfed the country after the recent local government elections and just before the New Year holidays, the former Director of Military Intelligence Major General Amal Karunasekera was arrested in relation to the abduction and torture of Keith Noyahr, the Defence Correspondent of the now defunct newspaper The Nation, back in 2008. After this arrest, the state owned Sunday Observer... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/18)
An appeal to the Tamil Intelligentsia to question why the Tamil politicians want separation from Sinhala.
We are all human beings first before we started calling ourselves Tamil, Sinhala, Muslim or what not. Therefore we have to first treat all human beings equal, even those within our own Community not down grading another for what he had been called upon to do. This is how we have to see the larger human species, when we have passed our primitive stage of growth and become intelligent men and women. There is surely at least a very small group of Tamil Intelligentsia who can understand their role in life and see things as they really... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/18)
Can we eradicate hunger by mangrove conservation ?
Priorities are mixed up by Sri Lankan Delegation to Commonwealth Business forum in London “Sri Lanka to give leadership for mangrove conservation in Commonwealth countries” FT / Friday, 20 April 2018 00:00 London: Sri Lanka has been named as the country to give leadership for the conservation of mangroves in Commonwealth countries during the 25th inaugural ceremony of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), held yesterday . At yesterday’s meeting, an active committee has been established under the leadership of Sri Lanka to share the knowledge and the procedure on mangrove conservation with other Commonwealth states.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/18)
විශ්වාසභංගයේදී මොකද වුණේ? එතැනින් පසු රට කොතැනටද?
විශ්වාසභංගයේදී මොකද වුණේ? එතැනින් පසු රට කොතැනටද? මේ ඒ ගැන විමසමින් එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානයේ කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා සමග කළ සාකච්ඡාවකි. • ප්රශ්නය – මොන තර්ක විතර්ක දැම්මත් විශ්වාසභංගයෙන් අවසානයේදී සිද්ධ වුණේ අගමැති රනිල් ශක්තිමත් කිරීමක්? • පිළිතුර – අගමැති රනිල් ශක්තිමත් වෙලා නම් එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂයේ සියලු නාහෙන් ඇඬිලි දැන් නතර වෙලා තියෙන්න ඕන. විශ්වාසභංගයේදී අගමැති රනිල්ට පක්ෂව ඡන්දය දීපු එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂයේම සමහර මන්ත්රීවරුන් දැන් ආපහු කියන්න පටන් අරන් තියෙනවා අපි ගේනවා දැන් විශ්වාසභංගයක් කියලා. ඔවුන්ට පෙනිලා තියෙනවා ඔවුන් බලාපොරොත්තු වෙන ප්රතිසංවිධාන යූඑන්පීය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/18)
Era of warped logic
April 20, 2018, 10:25 pm Warped logic seems to be the order of the day; be it local, to justify errant politicians; or international, to teach lessons to ‘non-compliant’ states, where the dictum seems to be ‘Punish first and then investigate’. Lynn Ockersz, in his well-reasoned ‘World Scan’ calls it ‘World Disorder’ (The Island, 19 April) and analyses the international scene but there is hardly any doubt that events in Sri Lanka, too, were manoeuvred internationally. Going through the interesting correspondence following the unsuccessful no-confidence motion on our dearly-loved Prime Minister, it is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/18)
RT visits hospital seen in Douma ‘chemical attack’ video, talks to boy from footage (VIDEO)
Edited time: 20 Apr, 2018 13:51 Get short URL RT Arabic has traveled to the Douma hospital shown in footage of the aftermath of the alleged chemical weapons attack. The crew talked to a boy featured in the video, who recounted the events. Hassan Diab, 11, appears to be the trembling boy seen in the video of the aftermath of the alleged chemical attack in the Eastern Ghouta city. The footage was circulated by mainstream media after being posted by the so-called Douma Revolution group on Facebook. Hassan Diab,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/18)
Sri Lanka makes it obligatory for tuk tuk’s to be metered
Colombo, April 20 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s Transport Ministry, on Friday said it had been made obligatory for all three wheel services in the island country to fix a meter and issue a receipt at the end of the trip. The new rule had been announced on April 1, but a two week grace period had been issued following a request made by the Taxi Driver’s Association. A Transport Ministry official told newsin.asia that passengers could now request for a receipt at the end of their trip and those who faced any problems could lodge a complaint at the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/18)
THE “DARUSMAN REPORT” Part 5
This essay in the Darusman report series features the Report by Major General John Holmes prepared at the request of the Paranagama Commsiion. It is taken from the Parangama Commjission Report. ANNEX 1 – MILITARY EXPERT OPINION BY MAJOR GENERAL JOHN HOLMES DSO OBE MC EXPERT MILITARY REPORT By Major General John Holmes DSO OBE MC
General Holmes’ military career began at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1968. He was commissioned into the Scots Guards, before joining 22 Special Air Service Regiment in 1974. His career thereafter... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/18)
In defence of MR – Supposed ‘Horrors’ revisited
The supposed misdeeds and the flagrant violation of the norms of democracy perpetrated by MR and his aids and accomplices are now part of a political legend entrenched this country. Not only was the populace robbed and cheated – they were in danger of being bumped off by hired agents of a merciless dictator. Meanwhile the latter and his ‘gang of thieves’ ruined the economy, unleashed the dogs of racial intolerance and incurred the total contempt of the rulers and leaders of the World to such a degree that the crowning ignominy of the Electric Chair for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/18)
Tales Of Soldiers
Jose Naroskey once said “In war, there are no unwounded soldiers” Undeniably war has a profound effect on soldiers. It has a catastrophic effect on their health and wellbeing. I have met a number of soldiers around the globe who belonged to different Armies and various military organizations. Many of them are still affected by the reminiscences of the war. I recall some lines of Nancy L. Meek’s poem ‘The Sacrifice. In this poem she describes the state of mind of a soldier on returning from a war. This is what Nancy L. Meek writes…... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/18)
CASTE CONSCIOUS SHINING INDIA
This spring proved the beginning of a new tale of distress and grief for the low-caste Hindus of India. According to the details narrated by the Washington Post, “Caste prejudice is endemic in Hindu-majority India, even though the constitution outlaws the practice and has made it a crime punishable by up to a year in prison. The law also states that anyone accused of a caste-related crime could face immediate arrest. However, last month the Supreme Court ruled that in order to prevent misuse of the law, government officers accused of flouting it can be arrested only... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/18)
Skripals poisoning ‘highly likely’ staged by British intelligence – Russian Foreign Ministry
Published time: 19 Apr, 2018 16:30 Get short URL The UK’s behavior after the Skripal incident suggests that the attack was organized by the British spy agencies or was at least beneficial for them, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. Soldiers wearing protective suits seal a bin in Salisbury, Britain on March 10, 2018. © Peter Nicholls / Reuters “It was highly likely that the false-flag incident with the poisoning of the Russian citizens in Salisbury was beneficial for, or perhaps organized by, the British intelligence services... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/18)
Staged suffering? Interview with boy in Douma video raises more doubts over ‘chem attack’
Published time: 19 Apr, 2018 10:47Edited time: 19 Apr, 2018 12:40 Hassan Diab (left) featured in the video of the alleged chemical attack in Douma -CAPTION / RT The boy portrayed as a ‘victim’ in a video of the alleged chemical attack in Douma has told a Russian TV crew that he was asked to go to hospital, where people “grabbed” him and started “pouring water” over his head. Full Report https://www.rt.com/news/424563-douma-boy-chemical-video/ Panic, fear, screaming adults and frightened children featured in the purported footage of the aftermath following the alleged chemical... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/18)
THE “DARUSMAN REPORT” Part 4
This essay in the Darusman report series features the review of the Darusamn Report by Geoffrey Nice QC & Rodney Dixon QC at the request of the Paranagama Commission. It is taken from the Parangama Commjission report. March 24, 2015, 12:00 pm Review of "Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka" by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC & Rodney Dixon QC Review of "Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka" Introduction 1. This is a Review of the Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/18)
New Year Epitomize India’s Rebuilding of Asian Cultural Pathways
April 14th marked the dawn of a New Year to most communities in South and Southeast Asia, especially those along the two great Gangas (rivers) of Asia, the Ganges and the Mekong. It is based not on any religious scriptures but on astrology and the harvesting cycle. So we could say it is pre-Buddhist in origin. Last month I attended a two-day conference at Thammasat University in Bangkok that brought together Indian and Southeast Asian scholars to discuss re-building cultural links along the two great rivers that have in ancient times provided transport links to build... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/18)
Bay of Pigs, Cuba: CIA’s unlearned lesson in regime change
The looming end of the Castro era in Cuba coincides this week with the 57th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion – a failed attack by the CIA that greatly catalyzed the Castro approach to resisting American encroachment. On Thursday, Raul Castro, the 86-year-old brother of the late Fidel, will step down as the president of Cuba. For the first time in almost 60 years, the island will not be led by a Castro, although the man who is widely assumed to take the post next, First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, has vowed to stay... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/18)
වානිජ බෝගයක් ලෙස කංසා වගාව නීතිගත කළ යුතුයි.
පොහොර සහනාධාරයකින් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කෘෂි කර්මාන්තය නගා සිටුවිය නොහැකි නිසා කෘෂි ආර්ථිකය නගා සිටුවීමට වානිජමය වටිනාකමක් සහිත නව වානිජ බෝග ගොවීන් වෙත හදුන්වා දිය යුතුය. කංසා යනු එවැනි විශාල වානිජමය වටිනාකමක් සහිත ශාකයකි. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වගා කෙරෙන සෙසු වානිජ බෝගවලට වඩා වැඩි ලාභයක් කංසා වගාවෙන් උපයා ගත හැකිය. මන්ද අඩු පිරිවැයකින් වැඩි අස්වැන්නක් ලබාදෙන කංසා ශාකය ඇසුරෙන් විවිධ නිෂ්පාදන කරති. එමනිසා වානිජ බෝගයක් ලෙස කංසා වගාව නීතිගත කිරීම ආර්ථික සංවර්ධනය වේගවත් කරනු ඇත. බෙහෙත් නිෂ්පාදයට කංසා විශාල වශයෙන් යොදා ගනී. බටහිර රටවල් මෙන්ම අසල්වැසි ඉන්දියාවද කංසා යොදාගෙන බෙහෙත් නිපදවා විශාල... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/18)
රස පොහොරට පොහොර දමන බත් බැලයෝ
යහපාලන රජය පත් වූ අලුත ජනාධිපති තුමාගේ විශේෂිත සංකල්පයක් බවට පත් වූයේ වස විස නැති ගොවිතැනයි. වකුගඩු රෝගයෙන් පිළිකා සහ වෙනත් බෝ නොවන රෝග වලින් හෙම්බත්ව සිටි රජරට ජනතාව ඉන් මුදවා ගැනීමේ සද් චේතනාවෙන් ඇරඹි මේ වැඩ සටහන නිසා උග්ර පිළිකා කාරකයක් ලෙසට නම් දරා ඇති ග්ලයිෆොසොට් හෙවත් වානිජ වශයෙන් සර්පාර්ස් රවුන්ඩ් අප් වැනි නම් වලින් හඳුන්වන වල් නාශකය තහනම් කරන ලද්දේය. එයට අමතරව රසායනික පොහොර සහනාධාරය වෙනුවට ගොවියාට මුදල් ලබා දීමේ ක්රම වේදයක්ද ඇරඹිණ.දැන් වසර දෙකක පමණ කාලයක් එම ප්රතිපත්තියේ සිටි රජය හිටි හැටියේ වල් නාශක තහනම ඉවත් කරන්නටද නැවත රසායනික පොහොර සහනාධාරය ලබා දීමටද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/18)
Mirage – The Great Tamil Novel Of Our Time
Part 1 When two distinguished authorities on the history of Jaffna — Bishop S. Jebanesan of the Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India, and Richard Fox Young who holds a Chair in the Princeton Theological Seminary, USA., – collaborated to translate the novel Mirage (Kanal in Tamil), depicting the plight of the despised Tamil outcasts (Dalits) of the North, it automatically raised the significance and the value of the novel to a level way above the rest of modern Tamil literature. In addition to recognising its literary merits, their selective act to translate this particular novel conveys... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/18)
‘EXPLOIATION OF THE CONSUMER’
Consumer and consumerism in exploitation process Consumer is always exploited and at the receiving end every minute. This process aggravates during the festive seasons due to excessive demand on consumer items and services. Consumer is cheated and misguided by bogus year end and, clearance sales to get rid of the unwanted stock and sale of consumer items and services to the consumer who is in a hurry in the midst of congestion in preparation for the festival. Consumer in Sri Lanka is a group not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/18)
The search for truth in the rubble of Douma – and one doctor’s doubts over the chemical attack
Exclusive: Robert Fisk visits the Syria clinic at the centre of a global crisis This is the story of a town called Douma, a ravaged, stinking place of smashed apartment blocks – and of an underground clinic whose images of suffering allowed three of the Western world’s most powerful nations to bomb Syria last week. There’s even a friendly doctor in a green coat who, when I track him down in the very same clinic, cheerfully tells me that the “gas” videotape which horrified the world – despite all the doubters – is perfectly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/18)
Western media cover tracks of Trump, May and Macron's war crime in Syria
Published time: 17 Apr, 2018 15:51Edited time: 18 Apr, 2018 08:03 Get short URL With astounding double-think, the US and Britain accuse Russia of "tampering" with the alleged chemical-weapon attack site in Syria's Douma – just days after the US, UK and France barraged the county with over 100 missiles. If anyone is guilty of tampering with the alleged crime scene, it is the NATO trio who rushed to bomb Syria just as inspectors belonging to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrived in Syria – invited... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/18)
WATCH Syrian Boy in White Helmets FAKE Chemical Attack Video Reveals Truth
Earlier the White Helmets, a Western-backed NGO known for its ties with terrorist groups, released a video showing alleged victims of the false-flag chemical attack in Douma. The US and its allies used the video as a pre-text to conduct a missile strike on Syria. The Russia 24 TV channel released an exclusive interview on April 18 with a boy, who participated in filming a fake video, as evidence of the false-flag chemical attack in Douma by the White Helmets. In the interview, Hassan Diab says that he and his mother heard loud voices on the street, urging everyone to rush to the hospitals. When... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/18)
Mission Accomplished? Certainly not in Syria
April 17, 2018, 12:00 pm Donald Trump’s Twitter message announcing success of the missile attack on Syria by the US, the UK and France last Saturday (April 14) has revived memories of a similar message by former president George W Bush, at the height of the war against Iraq, which certainly haunted him in the later years of his presidency. Trump tweeted: A perfectly executed strike last night. Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Mission... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/18)
900-year drought wiped out Indus Valley Civilisation: IIT-Kharagpur
April 17, 2018, 12:00 pm NEW DELHI, April 16: The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) was wiped out 4,350 years ago by a 900-year-long drought, scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) have found. Evidence gathered during their study also put to rest the widely accepted theory that the said drought lasted for only about 200 years. The stud will be published in the prestigious Quaternary International Journal by Elsevier this month.Researchers from the geology and geophysics department have been studying the monsoon’s variability for the past 5,000 years and have found... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/18)
THE “DARUSMAN REPORT” Part 3
This essay looks at four assessments of the Darusman Report, by Godfrey Gunatilleke, John Holmes, Geoffrey Nice, Rodney Dixon, and the Paranagama Commission. Godfrey Gunatilleke wrote ‘An Analysis and Evaluation of the Report of the UN Secretary General’s (UNSG) Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka” for the Law and Society Review under the title ‘Truth and accountability: the last stages of the war in Sri Lanka.” (2011) Godfrey Gunatilleke said the Darusman Report is worthless as an account of the final stages of the war. However it is extensively used by the pro Eelam groups... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/18)
JO NEXT ACTION PLANS!- I1) NO CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST SAMBANDAN (2) DEMAND OPPOSITION LEADER’S ROLE FOR JO OR (3) DEMAND DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT
Unseating Sambandan: This ploy could backfire on JO itself. This will further alienate JO from the Tamil community. The TNA will use such a move to obtain the local and international attention in their favour, blowing out of proportion a rapid protest campaign justifying TNA’s long held view that Prez Mahinda Rajapakse is against Tamils and minorities. Such NCM will be defeated in the Parliament, with the support of UNP, SLFP, JVP, TNA, SLMC etc. Grabbing Opposition Leader’s Role: Even if JO wins the NCM, there will be no guarantee that it will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/18)
සෝවියට් වෛද්ය විද්යාව
සෝවියට් දේශය එක් කාලයක් විද්යාව සහ තාක්ෂණය අතින් ලෝකයේ මුල් පෙලේ රටක් විය. මේ කාලයේදී සෝවියට් දේශය වෛද්ය විද්යාව ජයග්රහණ රැසක් ලබා ගත්තේය. උදාහරණයක් ලෙස අක්ෂි වෛද්ය විද්යාව සඳහා ෆියදෝරොෆ් සහ අස්ථි ශල්ය විද්යාව සඳහා එලිසාරොෆ් යන විශේෂඥයන් ලෝක පූජිත වූහ. මෙම ජයග්රාහී සමයේදී සෝවියට් වෛද්ය විද්යාල ලෝක ශ්රේණි ගත කිරීමේදී ඉහල මට්ටමක තිබුනහ. ලෝකයේ නන් දෙසින් සිසුන් වෛද්ය විද්යා අධ්යාපනය ලැබීම සඳහා සෝවියට් දේශයට ආවෝය. සෝවියට් අස්ථි ශල්ය විද්යාව පිලිබඳ මා දන්නා එක් සිදුවීමක් තිබේ. 1980 දශකයේදී ශ්රී ලංකා යුද හමුදාවේ නිලධාරියෙකු වූ සනත් ගුණවර්ධන මෝටර් සයිකල් අණතුරකට භාජනය විය. මෙම අණතුර හේතු කොට ගෙන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/18)
දේවමත කරෙන් බෙල්ලෙන් එල්ලාගෙන පල්ලි කෝවිල් තනන දේශ පාලකයන් කරගන්නා පවු!
දේවමත කරෙන් බෙල්ලෙන් එල්ලාගෙන පල්ලි කෝවිල් තනන දේශ පාලකයන් කරගන්නා පවු! අද සිංහල බෞද්ධයා මරණින්දේය. හතු පිපෙන්නා සේ සැම තැනම පල්ලි කෝවිල් ඉදිවෙමින් පවතී. දේශපාලකයෝ විශාල පිරිසක් තම සිංහල බෞද්ධකම පසෙකලා අඩුම තරමින් වර්ෂයකට එක හරෙකු හෝ උරෙකු තම දෙවියන් උදේසා ඝාතනය වන ආගමික සත්ව ඝාතනාගාර රාජ්ය මට්ටමින් ඉදිකිරමින් යයි. (යම්කසි ආගමික තැනක සතුන් මැරීම සිදු කරයි නම් අප සිංහල බෞද්ධ දැක්ම වන්නේ එය ආගමික සත්ව ඝාතනා ගාරයක් බවයි). පුදුමයට කාරනයනම් පළමුවෙන් තෙරුවන් නැමද පන්සල් ගොස් බණ අසා දෙවනුව මහා පල්ලි විවෘත කොට, අමුතු මාදිලියේ ඉතිහාස කතා ඇතුළත් කර, අප මවු රට විවධ කොන වලින් ඩෑහෑ ගැනීමට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/18)
දුමින්ද-අමරවීර මහ ලේකම්වරු නොවේ.. ඔවුන් ‘මහ කේලාම්’වරුයි.. ඔවුන් කරන්නේ අගමැතිට කේලාම් කීමයි..- නල්ලතන්නියේ සිට ඩිලාන් මහගිරි දඹ නැගීම අරඹයි..
ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ හා එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානයේ සිටින්නේ මහ ලේකම්වරු දෙදෙනෙකු නොව මහ ‘කේලම්වරු’ දෙදෙනෙක් යයි ශ්රීලනිප මාධ්ය ප්රකාශක හිටපු ඇමති ඩිලාන් පෙරේරා මහතා පවසයි. මහ කේලම්වරුන් කරමින් සිටින්නේ අගමැති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහට ගතු කීම බවද ඔහු සදහන් කරයි. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී මහින්දානන්ද අලුත්ගමගේ මහතාට අධිකරණය විසින් ඇප ලබා දීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් අධිකරණය ඉදිරිපිටදී ඔහු මාධ්ය වෙත මෙම අදහස් පල කලේය. https://youtu.be/99mcPstgVKw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/18)
ගජමිතුරු කල්ලියේ අමුතු අවවැඩ රෙදි ගලවා පෙන්වයි.. 16 කණ්ඩායමේ ප්රබලතම හෙලිදරවුව චන්දිමගෙන්..[Video]
ආණ්ඩුවේ ගජමිතුරු කල්ලිය විසින් සිදු කරන අමුතු අතපෙවීම් සම්බන්දයෙන් හිටපු ඇමති පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී චන්දිම වීරක්කොඩි මහතා සදහන් කරයි. සිරස රූපවාහිනියේ පැතිකඩ වැඩසටහනට එක්වෙමින් මෙම අදහස් හිටපු ඇමතිවරයා පල කලේය. ඇමතිවරයෙක් ලෙස රාජකාරි කරද්දී ගජමිතුරු කල්ලියෙන් දැඩි බාධා එල්ල වූ බවත් ඔහු එහිදී සදහන් කලේය. කැබිනට් මන්ඩලයෙන් ඉවත් වූ හිටපු ඇමතිවරයෙකු විසින් සිදු කරන ලද ප්රබලතම හෙලිදරවුවක් ලෙස මෙම සාකච්චාව සැලකිය හැකිය. https://youtu.be/OQ4ujKLIbUA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/18)
Rickety yahapalana bus chugs along… Will Sirisena drive towards anarchy or safety?
A popular expression in North America is “Who is driving the bus?”, it means who is in charge? Most of us travel by bus and they are the bane of our lives. The private buses competing with each other for passengers, stopping everywhere to pick up people, but refusing to stop for them to get off are universally hated, but it is something we have to put up with. Buses being so much a part of our lives, I thought it would be good to use the bus analogy to describe the politics of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/18)
The March of Folly Continuing vacillation
Two months after the Local Government Elections, which made it clear that the country lacks confidence in the current Government, there has been no change in the course, or perhaps one should say the absence of any course, the government is embarked upon. Its only significant achievements thus far are agreeing to a UN Human Rights Council that puts the country in the dock, and the plundering of the country through manipulation of bond auctions. The President, and almost everyone in his party, and several of those in the UNP, deplore both these... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/18)
PM’s husband’s Capital Group is largest shareholder in BAE, shares soar since Syrian airstrikes
Edited time: 17 Apr, 2018 17:33 Get short URL Philip May, husband of the UK prime minister, works for a company that is the largest shareholder in arms manufacturer, BAE Systems, whose share price has soared since the recent airstrikes in Syria. The company, Capital Group, is also the second-largest shareholder in Lockheed Martin – a US military arms firm that supplies weapons systems, aircraft and logistical support. Its shares have also rocketed since the missile strikes last week. The fact has not gone unnoticed by some on Twitter, who agree that BAE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/18)
'Oxygen starvation, not gas’: Veteran UK reporter Fisk doubts MSM narrative on Douma ‘chem attack’
Published time: 17 Apr, 2018 10:40Edited time: 17 Apr, 2018 11:42 Get short URL708 Veteran UK reporter Robert Fisk went to Syria’s Douma and heard that residents shown in notorious “gas attack footage” actually suffered from oxygen loss due to hiding in trash-filled shelters, and not from chemicals. If you feel overwhelmed by MSM coverage of the “chemical attack” in Douma, here’s your voice in the wilderness. Robert Fisk, a veteran UK foreign correspondent with the Independent, and one of the few Western reporters to have interviewed Osama bin Laden, went to Douma to go beyond... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/18)
Maithri’s breather
The prorogation of Parliament, which came as a bolt from the blue, has left many bewildered. Everybody seems to be wondering what is there up President Maithripala Sirisena’s sleeve. Our contention is that there is nothing up there. The prorogation of Parliament is only a desperate measure the President, stuck neck deep in trouble, has adopted to give himself a breather. Faced with the prospect of 16 more UPFA MPs defecting to the Opposition, the President is at his wits’ end and, therefore, he needs time to cogitate on what to do next. It is said... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/18)
The UNP-SLFP merger and the Mahinda–Ranil choice One more Avurudu to go!
April 17, 2018, 9:14 am "Ranil Wickremesinghe’s…attempt at dragging a third world country, albeit ‘kicking and protesting’ into the 21st century with a neoliberal paradigm of economic and political structural reform has been found wanting and rejected. Cohabitation…has proved unworkable."–Bradman Weerakoon, ‘Rendering unto Caesar’, Epilogue, p 386, 2004 Just one more Avurudu to go. Only one more Avurudu to hold on for. Next year is national election year. The Supreme Court has clearly and irreversibly decreed that elections at the apex of the political system mandatorily have to be held in the last quarter of next year, 2019.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/18)
History behind the 1915 ethnic riots that inflamed Gampola
This article is being translated & commented from the Sinhala article appearing in the Lankadeepa newspaper by Pushpanath Jayasiri Mallikarachchi. Pushpanath Jayasiri Mallikarachchi brings out some previously unspoken facts which demands comparison of similarities with the present in Sri Lanka as well as similar sentiments presently emerging across UK, Europe, Australia and even throughout US & Canada. As in all cases activists & supposed rights-groups purposely ignore the background to animosities. They conveniently avoid mentioning what initially looks innocent & unimportant but when consistently & regularly added creates a larger issue & outcome. The scenario brought out by the author... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/18)
A hidden conspiracy to destroy the SLPP?
Sri Lanka has faced conspiracies against the populist political formulations since the formation of the People’s revolutionary government in 1956. Most of these conspiracies had to be faced by Madam Sirimavo Baandaranaike during her reigns of 1960 – 1965 and from 1970 – 1977and these conspiracies were reactionary in nature and were concerted attempts to thwart progress being made towards enhancing people’s welfare. The last conspiracy was an ultra reactionary conspiracy launched jointly by western powers, hegemonic India and diehard treacherous and perfidious local elements who converged together to avenge the war winning former... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
DO NOT FORGET – the Sinhalese suffered & are victims too
The narrative needs to change and no one needs to feel shy to challenge it bogged down by chants of political correctness & reconciliation. Truth is truth – lies are lies – no slogan should silence that. Presently it is being written either purposely omitting or ignorantly omitting some crucial facts. By doing so, not only is a wrong impression being promoted locally & globally but it is also contributing to creating distrust & mistrust while likely to create further animosity. No one can disassociate the present crisis from the legacy of colonial rule & the ills that has been... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
No release of chemicals is best proof there were none – employee of bombed Syrian research site
An engineer at the now-bombed-out research facility north of Damascus, which the US claims was the heart of Syria’s chemical weapons program, says the labs were making medicine and testing toys for safety. RT Arabic correspondents have visited one of the main targets of the US-led missile attack on Syria, the Scientific Studies and Research Center in the Barzeh district in northern Damascus. The three-story building was pelted with 57 Tomahawk missiles launched from US warships and 19 air-to-surface missiles, the Pentagon said.... -Full Story- (https:/rt.com/ - 16/04/18)
Trump wanted to bomb Russian & Iranian targets amid Syria strikes – report
President Donald Trump reportedly favored bombing Russian and Iranian targets in Syria, before Pentagon chief James Mattis talked the US leader out of it. Trump discussed three military options for Syria last week with his revamped national security team, led by Bush-era hawk John Bolton, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with White House decision-making. Read more Precise, overwhelming and effective – Pentagon gives details of Syria strike The least expansive option included striking “a narrow set of targets”linked to what the report said were “Syria’s chemical weapons capabilities.” The second option proposed targeting a broader... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
WHO WON THE NO CONFIDENCE MOTION AND THE IMPACT?
No confidence motion is now history The no confidence motion which is now history was won by the United National Party regime and the associated groups with ease after struggling and maneuvering day and night to get the members of the conflicting fractions to their sides with great stress strain and uncertainty for all worrying parties. The main issue/s of the motion that is the “BOND SCAM” now appears to be sidelined as the aftermath and implications of the results have surfaced with further complicated political diversities. It is certain there... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
The Buddhist Way to Happiness
In his book “Sapiens – A Brief History of Humankind”, Professor Harari states that Buddhists have studied systematically the causes of happiness and the essence of happiness, which is the reason for the growing interest in the scientific community, both in the philosophy and meditation practices in Buddhism. Yuval Noah Harari is a Professor in History, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His first book – Sapiens has become an international sensation, being translated into more than 50 languages and more than five million copies sold since its publication. It is considered as one of the best written... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
Geneva 2018 and its aftermath
April 9, 2018, 9:14 pm Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana opened his address to the UN Human Rights Council at the 37th Secession by referring to a section from President Sirisena’s 100 Day Programme; he stress, inter alia: "… the government’s firm commitment to the advancement of reconciliation, the rule of law, good governance, human rights, justice, equality, and dignity for all our citizens …" He concluded his address, stating: "Sri Lanka’s judiciary and law enforcement mechanisms are fully capable and committed to the processes of advancing justice to all concerned. It has a long... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
“CONSUMER AFFAIRS AROUND THE GLOBE IN ACTION”
Groups of laws designed to ensure the rights of the consumer Principles of consumer affairs is applied locality and universally in different jurisdictions depending on circumstances worldwide for the citizens and the business community depending on the different kinds of trade practices. In open economy it is based on consumer law, company Law, Hire Purchase, Competition law and connected areas with the government policy, economy, governance and the political situations with the underlining feature of protecting the consumer and the trader/industrialist and the regulator. System in the USA is vibrant with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
THE “DARUSMAN REPORT” Part 2
Revised 17.3.19 The Darusman Report has been widely criticized in Sri Lanka. The government of Sri Lanka said that the Report was characterized by “fundamental deficiencies, inherent prejudices, and malicious intentions” and that it was “legally, morally, and substantively flawed”. United National Party (UNP), then in opposition, also rejected the findings of the Report noting that it was an “unwarranted interference”. Darusman report was not prepared on the directions of the UN, or the Security Council. It is not a UN report nor does it bear the stamp for the UN, said Gomin Dayasiri. The Darusman Report... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
Stop All efforts of reconciliation with Tamils immediately.
He is gone……!!! President Maithripala Sirisena is gone after giving 683 acres of land back to Tamils to honour the reconciliation demands of the CHOGM leaders, who will now receive him as a real democrat who is prepared to sacrifice any thing to be received and hugged by Theresa May and other White Leaders of the white Commonwealth, and be allowed to shake in addition the gloveless hands of the Queen. President Sirisena is completely duped by the Western White leaders and he will never rid himself of his Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe who is really... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
THE “DARUSMAN REPORT” Part 1
Three days after the Eelam war IV ended in May 2009, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon visited Sri Lanka on the invitation of the President of Sri Lanka. A joint statement was issued which, inter alia, underlined the importance of an accountability process for addressing violations of international humanitarian and human rights law during the Eelam war. Thereafter Moon appointed a three-member Panel of Experts in June, 2010, to advise the UN Secretary General on ‘the modalities, applicable international standards and comparative experience relevant to the fulfillment of the joint commitment to an accountability process having regard... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
A Message for the Commonwealth Heads Conference 2018
The prime need of the Commonwealth countries, the home to a third of the World’s population, today is economic development in terms of alleviating poverty, creating employment, in short, to bring about development. According to the ILO, “almost 43% of the global youth labour force is still either unemployed or working yet living in poverty”(Global Unemployment Trends for Youth 2015:ILO) The Third World countries have been at the mercy of the IMF since the Seventies when the IMF poured its Structural Adjustment Programme(SAP) down the throats of all Third World countries‚ making them indebted in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
The logic of Sri Lanka’s anti-Muslim riot
The Sri Lankan government turned a blind eye to the anti-Muslim riot, possibly believing this would solve the ruling party’s internal problems During the “Black July” of 1983, thousands of Tamils were ruthlessly murdered by government-led mobs and Sinhala volunteers. Due to the backlash from the international community, the Sri Lankan government, since then, has tried to keep a check on large-scale ethnic clashes. As a result, relative peace has prevailed. However, in 2014, the Aluthgama riot happened. A couple of Muslims were killed by Sinhala mobs. Since the Mahinda Rajapaksa family in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
විශ්වාසභංගය ජයග්රහණය මෙන්ම පරාජය යනුත් පොහොට්ටුවේ ජයග්රහණයකි. mahinda.info විශ්ලේෂණය.
විශ්වාස භංගය ගෙන ඒමේදී ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂයේ නායකයින් විසින් පැවසූ දෙයක් නම් “මෙය දිනුවත් අපි දිනුම්, පැරදුනත් අපි දිනුම්” යන්නයි. එනම් විශ්වාස භංගය යනු ආණ්ඩුව “Political Paradox” එකක හිර කිරීමකි. [උදාහරණ]. එය වන්නේ කෙසේදැයි අපි බලමු. විශ්වාස භංගයට අදාලව සිදුවීමට හැකිව තිබූ අනෝන්ය වශයෙන් ස්වායක්ත ප්රධානතම විකල්ප අවස්ථා මෙලෙසයි. case 1 : විශ්වාස භංග යෝජනාවක් ගෙන ඒමෙන් වැළකීම. case 2 : විශ්වාස භංගයක් ගෙන ආවද එය අතර මගදී ඉල්ලා අස් කර ගැනීම. case 3 : විශ්වාස භංගයක් ගෙන අවුත් එය ජයග්රහණය කිරීම. case 4 : විශ්වාස භංගයක් ගෙන අවුත් එය පරාජය වීම. ඉහත විකල්ප අවස්ථාවන් වෙන් වෙන්ව සලකා බලමින් ඒවායෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
Is Syria part of a return to days of the Christian Crusades?
Why is it that when Western states, majority of whom are avid Christianity following countries never mention or purposely omit mentioning the Christian aspect to a conflict though the same states & their media channels go overboard in attacking other countries tagging religion to it? News coverage on Sri Lanka is full throttle anti-Buddhist and so too is coverage of news in Myanmar, same when stories emerge against Hindu India and Islam. Look at the numbers of mainstream media & even face book accounts that are Anti-Islam by Westerners but only when a non-Westerner puts a similar anti-Islam post does... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/18)
How the Syrian American Medical Society Is Selling Regime Change and Driving the U.S. to War
Reports on unproven allegations of a chemical attack in Douma, the Syria city formerly occupied by the Army of Islam insurgent group, invariably rely on a key source: The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS). Together with the White Helmets, SAMS has been cited by the Washington Post, New York Times, CNN and virtually every Western media organization reporting on the incident. In Douma, SAMS staff have claimed that they treated more than 500 people for symptoms “indicative of exposure to a chemical agent.â€... -Full Story- (https:/truthdig.com/ - 16/04/18)
On Russian warning, Syria had vacated chemical installations ahead of US airstrike
Beirut April 14 (Reuters): The Syrian government and its allies have absorbed a U.S.-led attack on Saturday and the targeted sites were evacuated days ago thanks to a warning from Russia, a senior official in a regional alliance that backs Damascus said. “We have absorbed the strike”, the official told Reuters. “We had an early warning of the strike from the Russians … and all military bases were evacuated a few days ago,” the official said. Around 30 missiles were fired in the attack, and a third of them were shot down, the official said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/18)
ඊලග පාර්ලිමේන්තු දා ආණ්ඩුවේ තොගයක් විපක්ෂයට.. තවත් පිරිසක් කකුලක් තියාගනී..
ඊළග පාර්ලිමේන්තු සැසිවාරයේදී ආණ්ඩුවේ මැති ඇමතිවරුන් ගණනාවක් ඒකාබද්ද විපක්ෂයට එක් වනු ඇති බව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ගාමිණි ලොකුගේ මහතා පවසයි. තවත් පිරිසක් විපක්ෂයට එක්වීම සදහා කකුලක් තියාගෙන සිටින බවද ඔහු සදහන් කරයි. ඒකාබද්ද විපක්ෂය විසින් එල්ල කරන ලද පොකුරු බෝම්බ ප්රහාරය දිගට හරහට පුපුරමින් ඇති බවත් තව ඉදිරියේදී තවත් පුපුරන බවත් මන්ත්රීවරයා තව දුරටත් පැවසීය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/18)
Goats and Sri Lankan Parliament
These amazing Moroccan goats climb up trees with no paws like cats and leopards .If the tree shakes due to strong winds they are bound to fall. When I saw these photos I got a wild idea that there is an analogue in Sri Lanka. The Tree which grows with free fertilizer and ground water is like our parliament which fed by the poor people and tax payers. “Goats” are the Member of Parliament, They somehow climb up the tree and the ones who are more intrepid goes to the very top .MP’s consume and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/18)
Mass defection forces Lankan President to try re-structuring relations with controversial coalition partner
Colombo, April 14: The defection of nearly 39 % of his party’s MPs to the opposition on April 11, has forced Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to attempt a re-structuring of relations with coalition partner United National Party (UNP) led by the controversial Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, writes P.K.Balachandran in BDNews24.com The first thing Sirisena did was to prorogue parliament from April 12 to May 8, so that tempers cool and issues dividing his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the UNP are discussed in a calmer atmosphere. The second step he took was to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/18)
Assad: US-Led Attack Came as West Realized It Lost Control in Conflict
After the United States, France, and the United Kingdom launched a total of 103 missiles against Syrian targets overnight on Saturday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the attack increases Damascus' resolve to continue "fighting and crushing terrorism in every inch of the nation."
The Russian Defense Ministry has commented on a joint US, British and French missile strike on Syria, which took place on the day, when the OPCW experts are set to start a probe into allegations of a chemical attack in Douma, a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/18)
Ethnic clashes in Sri Lanka and how to overcome them? Part 111
2 Colonial tools of governance like a) The Constitution. b) The system of Government, c) Parliament. d) Political Parties e) legal systems, f) Administrative machinery and g) Interference by ex-colonial countries, individually and jointly in the internal matters of this count The 1948 Constitution, the political Pandoras box of British colonial hypocrisy to perpetuate colonial rule and exploitation and destroy Sri Lanka’s unity, integrity, political instability, Sinhala Buddhist civilization, progress and making it a social hotchpotch of ethnic clashes The 1948 Constitution The Soulbury Constitution was made in England, or at least by Jennings... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/18)
To the Immediate attention of the New Minister of Kandyan Affairs Mr Samarawickrama and Auditor General
Auditor General Dear Sir, I sent you a complain regarding the appointment of a Chairman to a non- existing Board of a Authority called "The Sri Lanka Kanda Udarata Urumaya Savibala genviime Adhikariya" for immediate action. I regret very much to state that I have not received even an acknowledgement up to date. I would like to be informed as to what action you have taken on this serious violation of administrative procedure and an illegal action taken by a Cabinet Minister The proposed Act has not been passed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/18)
Can a Minister appoint a Board of Directors and a Chairman for a proposed statutory Board before the Act for such objectives is passed by Parliament?
Yesterday I read (in Kandy News of Jan 2. 2018. Page. 02) a statement issued by a Chairman of an interim Statutory Board of Directors of nine members of an Institution called ‘The Kandaudarata (Upcountry; Note that not Kandyan as it is popularly called) Urumaya Srakiima Adhikariiya) where even the draft of that Act for setting up the said Board is not yet finalized.... -Full Story- (lankaweb.com - 14/04/18)
Syria -chemical attack- staged to provoke US airstrike, London pushed perpetrators – Russian MoD
The Russian Defense Ministry has presented what it says is proof that the reported chemical weapons attack in Syria was staged. It also accused the British government of pressuring the perpetrators to speed up the “provocation.†During a briefing on Friday, the ministry showed interviews with two people, who, it said, are medical professionals working in the only hospital operating in Douma, a town near the Syrian capital, Damascus... -Full Story- (https:/rt.com/ - 14/04/18)
ඩොලර් සුවඳට කෙල හලන දියවන්නාවේ පෙරේත දෝශය
දේශමාමක සිහලුන් කෙසෙල් කඳන් ලෙස හෙලා දමමින්, පෙරදා ඒ ඓතිහාසික විශ්වාස භංගය පැරදවූයේ, දමිල සහ මුස්ලිම් ජාතිකත්වයයි. එයට සමගාමීව, සියලු දේශප්ප්රේමී බලවේගයන් මුලුගන්වමින් ඉදිරියට පැමිණියේ, ඩොලර් කුට්ටියේ බල මහිමය සහ සමහර ආත්මාර්ථකාමී දේශපාලකයින්ට ඇති පෙරේත දෝශයයි. ඒ අතර බොර දියේ මාලු බාමින්, විශ්වාස භංගයට පක්ශව චන්දය දුන් නමුත්, තම පක්ශයේ අනෙක් අය චන්ද පොලට නොයවා සීනු හැඬවූ, සමහර කපටි ආත්මාර්ථකාමී දේශපාලකයින් සිටි බවද නොරහසකි. මේ අප එලඹ සිටින්නේ මවු බිමට ඉතාම තීරණාත්මක කාලයකටය. මේ රජය බලයෙන් පහ වීමට පෙර, ෆෙඩරල් ව්යවස්ථාවක් බලගැන්වීමට විදෙස් බලවේගයන් උපරිම ලෙස ක්රියාත්මක වනු ඇත. දිවි දෙවෙනි කොට මව් බිම ගැන සිතා මේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/18)
අලුත් අවුරුද්දෙන් පස්සේ විශ්වාසභංගයේ ඇත්ත කතාව අපි රටට කියනවා
තමන් පැවසූ, සටන් කළ, අනුමත කළ සියලු දේ විශ්වාසභංගය තුළ තිබූ නිසා ඒ සඳහා හෘද සාක්ෂියට අනුව පක්ෂව ඡන්දය දීමට කටයුතු කළ බව ශ්රී ලනිපයේ භාණ්ඩාගාරික පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රි එස්. බී. දිසානායක පවසයි. ඔහු මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ ඊයේ (12දා) ශ්රී ලනිප පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවැති මාධ්ය හමුවකට එක් වෙමිනි. එහිදී මන්ත්රිවරයා මෙසේද පැවැසීය. රටේ ආර්ථිකය කඩාගෙන වැටුණු හැටි, රුපියල අවප්රමාණය වුණු හැටි, ආර්ථික සංවර්ධන වේගය අඩුවුණු හැටි, ඒකපුද්ගල ආදායම එකතැන පල්වෙන්න ගත්ත හැටි, රටේ විදේශික සංචිත අඩුවෙච්ච හැටි, බලාපොරොත්තු දිශාවට රටේ සංවර්ධනය ගමන් නොකරන හැටි ගැන මේ විශ්වාසභංග යෝජනාව තුළින් කතාබහට ලක්වෙනවා. ඒ විතරක් නෙමෙයි නුවර සිදුවුණු අවාසනාවන්ත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/18)
Chinese company to invest US$ 8000 million in underground road network in Colombo Port City
Colombo, April 13 (Reuters): China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) will invest $800 million to build an underground road network to Sri Lanka’s Port City, a $1.4 billion project built on reclaimed land, a government minister said. The plan, for which an agreement has already been signed, is expected to reduce traffic congestion on the existing route once the Port City – part of Beijing’s ambitious plan to create a modern-day “Silk Road” across Asia – starts operating. “Once legal procedure on the new reclaimed land is done, the construction will start,” Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/18)
Rebels in Lankan President’s party en route to tying up with Rajapaksa
Colombo, April 13 (newsin.asia): The 16 rebel Members of Parliament belonging to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) headed by President Maithripala Sirisena, are on the way to forming an alliance with the Joint Opposition and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) leader, Mahinda Rajapaksa. Quitting the government and sitting with the opposition are preliminary steps towards the goal, which is to become part of the anti-government group led by Rajapaksa. Explaining the rationale, a reliable source said on Friday, that formally quitting the SLFP and joining an opposition party would lead to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/18)
Rebellion forces Sirisena to appoint panel to re-structure relations with alliance partner
Colombo, April 13 (newsin.asia): The rebellion of 16 Members of Parliament belonging to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) headed by President Maithripala Sirisena, has forced him to try re-structuring the SLFP’s relations with its coalition partner, the United National Party (UNP) headed by the controversial Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Informed sources said on Friday that Sirisena has appointed a committee headed by Dr.Sarath Amunugama to discuss with all stake holders and UNP leaders, all aspects of the relationship including the question of continuing or discontinuing the alliance. The system of governance... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/18)
The Psychological Impact of Homophobia in Sri Lanka
Homosexuality is defined as the orientation of sexual need, desire, or responsiveness towards other persons of the same gender (Masango, 2002).Although definitions of the term often focus mainly on sexual acts and attractions persons of the same biological sex , homosexuality also refers to patterns of same sex romantic and emotional bonding identifies and communities based on same sex desires and relationships and the shared culture created by those communities (Herek, 1996). Homosexuality has been present in human civilization from ancient times (Somasundaram & Tejus Murthy, 2016). References to same-sex couples and activity have been noted as far... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/18)
Countries must exit the UN if it cannot prevent peace & ruin of countries
If the US & Allies get away to ruin yet another nation, it is time the Members of the UN take a firm stand to exit the UN, for there is little use in a world body that by virtue of its Charter exists to prevent wars & maintain peace, when obviously it cannot do so. What has this world body done about US invasion of over 22 countries in 20 years? UN could not stop close to a million dying in Iraq from sanctions Close to 3000 US citizens died & the entire world is supposed to weep for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/04/18)
HOW TO PROTECT THE CONSUMER DURING THE FESTIVE SEASON
Neglected consumer to be transferred to alert consumer Most powerful consumer worldwide is powerless in Sri Lanka as the most neglected group in the society, not conversant with the rights, laws, precautionary measures on consumer transections, and generally, knowledge on the important materials and availability on laws on consumerism, has become a soft targets and easy prey of errant trader and exploiters in action mostly during the festive season. Festive season is nearing and the errant traders are getting ready for bogus sales to get rid of the unsalable stock and dumped... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
Ambassador Azeez Presents Credentials in Geneva
Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez presented Credentials today, (12th April) to Mr. Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, accrediting him as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva. Welcoming the new Permanent Representative, Director General Mr. Møller apprised him of the diverse areas in which his Office remained engaged in Geneva and highlighted the integrated SDG Lab, Gender Parity Campaign, and UN Strategic Heritage Plan as among the important priorities. He called upon Sri Lanka to contribute towards the advancement of these initiatives while continuing the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
සමාජ ආර්ථික දේශපාලනයෙහි විප්ලවීය වෙනසක් කරමු. -සමාජ ප්රජාත්නත්රවාදී පක්ෂය
ජාතික ආණ්ඩුව එක් අර්බුදයක් නිසා තවත් අර්බුද රැසක් නිර්මාණය කරගෙන ඇත. ජාතික ආණ්ඩුවෙහි අවසානය යහපාලනය උදෙසා කැප වු පුරවැසි බලාපොරොත්තුව නොවුවත් රට පත්ව ඇති අරාජකත්වයට ජාතික ආණ්ඩුව හෝ ජාතික ආණ්ඩුවෙහි හවුල්කාර සිවිල් සංවිධාන නිශ්චිත විසදුමක් ලබාදීමට අපොහොසත් වීම නිසා ජාතික ආණ්ඩුවෙහි අනාගතයද නිශ්චිත නැත. අද ජාතික ආණ්ඩුව යනු ජාතික උත්සව සංවිධානය කරන ආයතනයකි. ජාතික ආණ්ඩුව විසින් විවිධ ජාතික උත්සව සංවිධානය කරන අතර ජාතික නිදහස් උත්සවය, ජාතික අවුරුදු උත්සවය, ජාතික වෙසක් උත්සවය හා ජාතික නත්තල් උත්සවය ආදී උත්සව පවත්වනවා හැර ජාතික ආණ්ඩුව මෙරට ජාතික ගැටලු විසදීමට විසදුමක් යෝජනා කර නැත. ජාතික ආණ්ඩුව බලයට පත්වන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
I have a dream -- Martin Luther King
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2017/01/25/i-have-a-dreammartin-luthe-king/ Posted on January 25th, 2017 Lanka Web News Item
Marches, speeches and reflection honour the civil rights leader killed 50 years ago: ‘It makes me cry when I think what they took from us’ “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
Sri Lanka: Canada High Commissioner called over at Ahmadiyya Center, Colombo.
E. David Mckinnon, the Canadian High commissioner of Sri Lanka called over at National Headquarters of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at in Colombo today – 11thApril 2018. He was accompanied by Trevor Ludowyke, Senior Development Officer of Canada High Commission. A.H. Nasir Ahmad - National President, M. Anis Ahmad – National Vice President, R. Bashirudin – General Secretary, A. Abdul Aziz – Press Secretary & National Secretary Tabligh, Moulavi A.B. Musthaq Ahmad – Missionary-in-Charge participated in this audience with the High Commissioner. A brief introduction on Ahmadiyyath in Sri Lanka as well as the claim... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
POLITICAL CRISIS DRIVES LANKAN PRESIDENT TO PROROGUE PARLIAMENT TILL MAY 8
April 12, 2018 Colombo, April 12 (newsin.asia): The looming political crisis in Sri Lanka, especially in parliament, has forced President Maithripala Sirisena to prorogue parliament till May 8. A gazette notification issued by the President on Thursday said: “By virtue of the powers vested in me by Article 70 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, I, Maithripala Sirisena, President, do by this Proclamation, prorogue Parliament with effect from the midnight of the Twelfth day of April, Two Thousand Eighteen, and fix the Eighth day of May, Two Thousand Eighteen,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
Adrift in a stormy sea
April 12, 2018, 9:06 pm Rats are abandoning the yahapalana schooner, with tattered sails and broken masts. Sixteen rodents have already jumped off the vessel, adrift in a stormy sea, and speculation is rife that six more will follow suit, soon. Chances of their survival, however, are zero. Citizen Perera is standing, astonished, on the deck. Is this his Casabianca moment? The skipper of the battered vessel is taking wing for a glad-handing session in a faraway land, we are told. His predilection for gloveless handshakes is monumental. He won’t give a tinker’s cuss about... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
Second SLFP schism: a survival strategy
April 12, 2018, 8:41 pm The biggest loser in Sri Lankan politics simply has to be Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. The daughter of two Prime Ministers and a former two-term President, she was on top of the world when she succeeded in ousting her arch rival Mahinda Rajapaksa in January 2015. And look where she and Mahinda are now. Mahinda is the head of a formation which not only has the largest number of seats in the opposition but more importantly, beat both the UNP and the SLFP to emerge the island’s largest political... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
Thank God for party politics!
Rathana Thera, Patali Champika parted ways in parliament JO saw the balance tilt in their favour over Maithri faction PM enjoys broad support from middle class, urban elite loyals I never thought I would say this, but thank God for party politics! The UNP is in shambles. The SLFP is in a mess. The Joint Opposition has won a majority of the seats and has voted more mayors than any other party. The JVP, at least for the time being, has indicated that it’s willing to overtly wade against the UNP and the policies of Ranil... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
THE LANKAWEB WISHES ITS READERS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
The New Year’s celebration is all the more festive because it is observed by both Sinhala Buddhists and Tamil Hindus. The annual event is marked by religious ceremonies, family activities, traditional foods, colourful decorations and a general feeling of good will toward neighbours and friends. This important national festival, known as Avurudu in Sinhala and Puththandu in Tamil, is not celebrated in any other nation. It is unique to the people of Sri Lanka. The Sinhala calendar indicates that Avurudu is to be celebrated when the sun, or Bak, reaches a given astronomical alignment. The term Bak is derived from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
Demand for the abrogation of Ranil-Sambandan Pact
There were reports that the joint opposition was now contemplating to bring a No Confidence Motion against the official (illegal) opposition leader Sambandan, which is a welcome move that should be undertaken without any further delay. What the country expect from the joint opposition now is to carry forward unceasingly the successes it achieved through the No Confidence Motion against Ranil Wickremasinghe which split Sirisena’s SLFP, exposed Sirisena’s double games and treachery, identified the blokes who would without any self respect and moral principles stoop to any bottom level to protect their perks, privileges,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
SINHALESE PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE FULL CONTROL OF THE POLITICAL DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN SRI LANKA.
POLITICAL PARTIES BASED ON COMMUNITY, RELIGION AND COMMUNAL BASIS HAS TO BE BANNED IN SRI LANKA BY THE MAJORITY SINHALESE COMMUNITY AND NATIONALIST SINHALA FORCES IMMEDIATELY UNDER ANY NEW CONSTITUTION TO BE PRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT. FOR THIS ALL SINHALA FORCES, INCLUDING THE MAHA SANGHA, THE SLFP, UNP, JVP AND OTHER PATRIOTIC POLITICAL PARTIES INCLUDING THE SLPP/JO SHOULD GIVE THEIR FULLEST SUPPORT. 72% SINHALA MP's (voters) CAN EASILY DO THIS. MINORITY REPRESENTATION IN THE NATIONAL PARTIES SHOULD BE BY MEMBERSHIP... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
Possible US-UK-France-Israel-Saudi Alliance Verses Russia-Iran-Syria Military Showdown
Western regimes (without evidence) have alleged Syrian government used chemical weapons and threatened military action. Russia and Syria at the emergency UN Security Council meeting demanded UN chemical weapons inspectors carry out an investigation immediately. USA, UK and France vehemently opposed any such investigation! Syria is facing Iraq's WMDmoment. Unlike Iraq 2002, Syria 2018 is backed by Russia and Iran. Game of threats and counter threats USA, UK and France have threatened to carry out military strikes against the civilian Assad regime. Israel has already carried out limited air attacks on Syrian military killing over a dozen Syrians. Saudi Arabia... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
Appoint a Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Ethno-Religious Issues in Sri Lanka
When military interventions and R2P have taken place based on false flags, false rescues, fake videos/documentaries, false allegations & fake witness accounts, when media has been used to fool & lie to the general public, when actors/actresses are hired to pretend they are victims we have every right to wonder whether events have authenticity or whether they have been created or manufactured with other intents & agendas in mind. When there has been no historical evidence of the Sinhalese, Tamils or Muslims living in disharmony in the past and all troubles started after arrival of colonial invaders using their divide... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
THE ‘LONG WATCH’ OF COMMODORE AJIT BOYAGODA
Revised 4.9.18 “A Long Watch, War, Captivity and Return in Sri Lanka” (pub 2016) by Commodore Ajit Boyagoda, as told to Sunila Galappatti, deals with Boyagoda’s eight-years in captivity, 1994-2002, in Jaffna, under the LTTE. This is a beautifully written book. The narrative tone is retained throughout, the Sinhala nuances are preserved, and the personal aspect is skillfully woven into the political events. Commodore Ajit Boyagoda was captured by the LTTE after his ship was sunk by the LTTE in 1994. Boyagoda had been on his final voyage, commanding Sagarawardene, one of the two 40 meter long... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
Professor Keith Scott- Mumby discovered Srilanka was the origin of much thought and substance.
Srilanka and history This island nation once called Ceylon. Srilanka- the name means splendid, brightly shining- is rich in religions celebration. each summer in the city of kandy. the temple of the tooth blazes with light for the festival honouring Buddha's tooth. Elephants parade in jewels and satin. Dancer whirl through the night to ward of evil. Witch doctors try to cureills with drumming, chanting, and fire eating. As the professor Keith Scott- Mumby discovered Srilanka was the origin of much thought and substance. Srilanka formerly known to the Arab as a serandib. the ancient Egyptian... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
JESUS CHRIST : EXPOSURE TO BUDDHISM
The Silk Road was well established centuries before the birth of Jesus Christ, providing opportunities for diverse groups of people to share not only goods but also their ideas and knowledge, including their spiritual faiths. In Jesus' time, Buddhism was already five hundred years old and had spread from India in all directions within and outside the Indian sub continent. The overland route westward was through Afghanistan, northern Iran (Persia) and Iraq and then branched to Palestine and Egypt and through Syria and Turkey to Greece. Alexander the Great travelled through the Silk road from Macedonia Greece to Northwest... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
මලික් සමරවික්රම මහතා ඉවත් කළ යුත්තේ ඇයි?
තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ වෘත්තීයවේදීන්ගේ සංසදය විසින් අද දහවල් පැවැත්වූ මාධ්ය සාකච්ඡාව සම්බන්ධ ප්රවෘත්තිය. අත්සන් කරන ලද සිංගප්පූරු-ශ්රී ලංකා ගිවිසුම මඟින් ශ්රී ලංකාව පාවාදීමකට ලක් කර ඇති බව තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ වෘත්තීයවේදීන්ගේ සංසදය පෙන්වා දෙයි. සංවර්ධන උපායමාර්ග සහ ජාත්යන්තර වෙළදාම අමාත්යවරයා දැනුවත්ව රට පාවා දීමක නිරත වන නිසා ඔහුව එම තනතුරුන් පහකරන ලෙස ජනාධිපතිතුමාගෙන් ලිඛිත ඉල්ලීමක් සිදු කළ බව එම සංගමය පවසයි. එහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ එම සංගමයේ ලේකම් ලසන්ත විකමසිංහ මහතා.. වීඩියෝව https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJu1Ql_MLmE සිංගප්පූරු-ශ්රී ලංකා ගිවිසුම ගිවිසුම නිසා සිංගප්පූරුවට වසරකට ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 10 ක බදු මුදලක් ඉතිරි වන බව සිංගප්පූරු වෙළෙඳ සහ කර්මාන්ත අමාත්යාංශයේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
අගමැති අභාවය සිදු වූ දින රාත්රියේ රාගම නිවාස සංකීර්ණයක ‘බාල්කෑමක්’ Conspiracy surrounding the S.W.R.D.Bandaranaike Assassination - A new perspective
විශ්රාමික අධ්යාපන අධ්යක්ෂවරයකු වූ ජයසිංහ විජයරත්න මීගමුවේ දාගොන්න ප්රදේශයේ වැසියෙකි. අපට ඒ මහතා හමුවූයේ දාගොන්න ප්රදේශයට ගිය අවස්ථාවකදීය. බණ්ඩාරනායක ඝාතනය සම්බන්ධව විජයරත්න මහතා සමඟ නියැළුණු සංවාදයේදී හෙතෙම පැවැසුවේ බණ්ඩාරණායක ඝාතනයට හේතු වූ කාරණා සොයා අඳුරේ අත පත ගාන්නට අවශ්ය නැති බවය. මාර්ටින් වික්රමසිංහ සූරීන් 'බමුණු කුලය බිඳ වැටීම' යනුවෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කළ කරුණු තුළ බණ්ඩාරනායක ඝාතනයට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/18)
SLFP headed for a split?
A section of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) backed the move to bring the no confidence motion in the hope of unseating Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The Prime Minister survived the motion with the support of his party men and the main opposition Tamil National Alliance (TNA). Be that as it may, the SLFP is now in disarray due to consequences of the motion. SLFP now embroiled in political turmoil Anura Yapa, Dayasiri, SB want to leave Govt. 16 members who voted for NCM in dilemma SLFP, as a party... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/18)
People want non-traditional politicians - Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
Spells out what he would do in case he is picked as presidential candidate Explains what he would do regarding his US citizenship Emphasizes the need for strong leadership and political stability We should not get involved in super power rivalries. As a small country, if we get involved in these rivalries, we would be in trouble. Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, in an interview with the Daily mirror , spoke about his future plans and the way forward for the country. Excerpts: QThere is a lot of talk about you being chosen as the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/18)
CHINA-BUILT COLOMBO PORT CITY AIMS TO BE SOUTH ASIA’S HUB IN FIVE YEARS
Colombo, April 11 (newsin.asia): The US 1.4 billion State of the Art Colombo Port City (CPC), built by the China Harbor Construction Company (CHCC) in association with the Singapore-based designers Surbana Jurong group and the business advisory group Atkins Acuity, is expected to be South Asia’s commercial and entertainment hub within the next five years. Spread over 269 hectares of land reclaimed from the sea adjacent to the present commercial district of Colombo, the CPC will be a “Singapore” within Sri Lanka, performing similar functions as a commercial, financial, residential and international entertainment... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/18)
SRI LANKA TO CALL FOR FRESH BIDS FOR OIL EXPLORATION IN MANNAR BASIN
Colombo, April 11 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka will call for fresh bids for an oil exploration block off the island’s northwestern coast in May, where traces of natural gas was discovered in 2011, Cabinet Spokesperson Rajitha Senaratne said Wednesday. Senaratne said that following a proposal by Minister of Petroleum Resources, Arjuna Ranatunga, the cabinet also agreed to enter into agreements with global oil companies for land and offshore exploration work along the Eastern coastal belt A natural gas field was found for the first time off the coast of Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/18)
DISSIDENTS IN LANKAN PRESIDENT’S PARTY WILL SIT IN THE OPPOSITION BUT WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HIM
Colombo, April 11 (newsin.asia): The 16 MPs and ministers belonging to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) led by President Maithripala Sirisena, who had voted for the No Confidence Motion (NCM) against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on April 4, will be sitting in the opposition benches, but will support President Sirisena, a source close to the President said on Wednesday. The source further said that the dissidents will not join the Joint Opposition led by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Central Committee of the SLFP met President Sirisena late on Wednesday to take... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/18)
SRI LANKA HAS ONE OF THE BEST HEALTH SERVICES IN THE WORLD, SAYS WHO
Colombo, April 11 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s health service is one of the best not only in Asia but in the world, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, quoted in a local media report said here Wednesday. Dr Tedros who visited the island country recently to celebrate World Health Day which fell on April 7, said the reason Sri Lanka had such a high quality health service was because of its free availability and the country’s political leadership gave a clear guidance to the health service. Sri Lanka which was earlier... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/18)
SRI LANKA’S MEGA $1.4 BLN PORT CITY PROJECT READY TO BE MARKETED TO INVESTORS
Colombo, April 11 (newsin.asia) – China Harbour Engineering Company, which is constructing a mega 1.4 billion dollar Port City project close to the Colombo Harbour, on Tuesday evening presented the Colombo Port City’s Development Control Regulations (DCR) to the government which will now enable land to be sold to investors. In an event held in Colombo titled, ‘Roadmap to Prosperity’, the DCR was handed over to Minister of Megapolis and Western Development, Champika Ranawaka and the Urban Development Authority. The DCR provides details on the use of land and development regulations which will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/18)
How the TNA and foreign powers saved Ranil—And the guarantee he signed in return
So now we know. We know the truth about the no-confidence motion and what happened behind the scenes. We know that the no-faith move could have succeeded. We know who decided to save Ranil. We know why. We know which foreign powers encouraged and backed that operation to rescue him. We know what Ranil signed—yes, actually SIGNED in reciprocity. We know the role Mangala played. We know what to expect in the coming weeks and months. We also know the plan behind the new Constitution. We know all this thanks to an in-depth... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/18)
A prelude to polls postponement
April 11, 2018, 10:07 pm It looks as if the government were all out to put off the Provincial Council (PC) polls again owing to its seemingly intractable problems, both internal and external. The unfolding drama in the yahapalana camp is like the political version of the Night of the Long Knives. The UNP is all out to purge what is known as the ‘unity’ government of the SLFP ministers who voted for the no-faith motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe the other day. President Maithripala Sirisena, who made a determined bid to remove the PM,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/18)
SLFP ministers’ failed bid to oust PM: Buckling under pressure, Prez accepts resignations
April 11, 2018, 11:58 pm Sirisena to go abroad on April 15 SLFP CC will meet after his return President Maithripala Sirisena, yesterday, accepted the resignation letters tendered by 15 SLFP ministers, including six Cabinet members, and the Deputy Speaker, who voted for the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe last week. Their resignations would take effect from midnight yesterday, former State Minister of Public Enterprise Development Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said. The UNP called for the resignation of the SLFP ministers who had turned against their leader and PM. Co-Cabinet... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/18)
A perfect storm
April 10, 2018, 9:28 pm The Joint Opposition (JO) is bragging that it has caused extensive damage to the yahapalana government with its no-faith motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Its ill-conceived move to oust the PM was born out of pure political adventurism. The abortive attempt has, however, yielded some results the JO did not bargain for. Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, out of sheer desperation to defeat the no-confidence motion, enlisted the backing of the TNA on ten conditions, some of which he must be regretting now. He also undertook to restructure the party. But, introducing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/18)
The Human Mind
There is a popular notion that states - As humans we live in our Minds. Mind has been variously defined as that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings, the seat of the faculty of reason or the aspect of intellect and consciousness experienced as combinations of thought, perception, memory, emotion, will and imagination, including all unconscious cognitive processes ( Pandya, 2011). The mind is the organized totality of an organism's mental and psychological processes, conscious and unconscious. According to Krishnamoorthy (2009) the mind is a virtual entity, one that reflects the workings of the neural... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/18)
An extract from the final Chapter of the Book ' Malabar and the Portuguese' by K.M. Panikkar
"An influential school of history holds that the benefits, that India has received from the direct contact with Europe, are of such a nature that, in spite of all their faults, the Portuguese should be considered as the pioneers of civilisation and as the forerunners of the British Empire. It may be permitted however, to ques- tion the correctness of the point of view, wrongly called historical, which thus tries to import retrospective values into events of an earlier date. Even accepting that the connection with Europe has been beneficial to India, it is open to doubt whether a century and a half... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/18)
SriLankan Democracy in Peril
DipEE(UK), GradCert(RelEng-Monash), DipBus&Adm(Finance-Massey), CEng. MIEE Australia Since 2015, people of SriLanka have perceived that the democracy that triumphed from 2004 to 2015 has weakened & shrunken as a result of a few politicians, taking the law into their own hand as if the country is their own, not being patriotic. This creates a cloud into everyone’s mind whether the country is run by a democratically elected government or a dictatorial tyrant assisted with corrupted politicians. Can the people postulate that it is because of some politicians who have been overexercising their power delegated or is it because... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/18)
Buddhist monk Ven. Ahangama Thero who campaigned for welfare of animals passes away
It is unfortunate that we gather to remember & honor people when they are no more. It is only upon the passing away of Most Venerable Ahangama Ananda Nayaka Thera, the Chief Incumbent of Sri Vijayaramaya, Wellawatte that his meritorious acts are being shared among all those who are unware. This picture will forever be etched in our hearts & minds of a cow saved by Ven. Ahangama Ananda thero be thanked for saving his life by bowing down in gratitude. He was one of the leading members of the Amarapura Nikaya who dedicated his life... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/18)
Reasons why LTTE are neither Political Prisoners nor Prisoners of War
LTTE is a globally designated terrorist organization banned in Sri Lanka & in 32 nations including US, UK, EU, Canada & India. However, Sri Lanka’s Opposition & Opposition Leader are demanding the release of LTTE claiming them to be ‘political prisoners’. There is no legal basis to make such a demand & the citizens of Sri Lanka as well as the GOSL & the world must be made aware of this. While there is no legal definition for terrorists, so long as one country’s terrorist becomes another country’s freedom fighter and when countries manufacture arms for profit while also manufacturing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/18)
SLPP flays Prez for scuttling no-faith motion
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday blamed President Maithripala Sirisena for the defeat of what it called the no-confidence battle in Parliament last week. It said the UNP dissidents would definitely have voted for the motion if the President had not scuttled the Joint Opposition’s move to oust the PM, at the eleventh hour. Addressing the SLPP's weekly media briefing, at its headquarters in Battaramulla, SLPP Chairman Prof. G.L Peiris said that the government had lost its two-thirds majority in parliament and there was no way it could go ahead with its constitution-making... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/18)
THE SRI LANKA MUSLIMS SHOULD SUPPORT GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA IF HE WILL CONTEST THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
What WE AS SRI LANKA MUSLIMS HAS FORGOTTEN is about the aspirations and inspirations of the Sri Lanka Muslims and Muslim Vote bank. We/our votes are sold to either the UNP or SLFP (UNF or UPFA) for the benefit of the deceptive "MUNAAFIKK" Muslim political leaders/party leaders. "The Muslim Voice" believes that the country's thinking that a "CHANGE" in the Prime Minister post is correct. It has been proved beyond doubt that the present PM Ranil Wickremasinghe is really involved... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/18)
රැට මතුවෙන අපාය
සහනයෙන් අසහනය කරා පිය මැනීම සදහා දිරිදීමට සිත් ඇත්තෝ රාශියක් ලහි ලහියේ නොයෙක් මාධ්ය වැඩසටහන් සිංහල බෞද්ධයා හට ඉදිරිපත් කරමින් සිටී. සංඛ්යා ලේඛණාත්මක විග්රහාවලින් පිරුණු එම අපචාරාත්මක වැඩසටහන් වලට නම්බු නාම දීමට, සම්මාන දීමට තෑගි භෝග ලබාදීමට නොයෙකුත් දෙස් විදෙස් ව්යාපාරිකයන් එකතු වී සිටිති.දුරාචාරය ඇති කිරීමට, දුරාචාරය මැඩපැවැත්වීමේ තේමා රැගෙනද, අපචාරය ඇති කිරීමට අපචාරය නැති කිරීමේ තේමා රැගෙන ද සිනමා චිත්රපට සිය ගණනින් බිහි වී ඇත. හොදින් හෝ නරකින් ලොව ඇති යහපත් සියල්ල විනාශ කිරීමේ අරමුණින් නිෂ්පාදිත ටෙලි නාට්ය, ගීත නිබන්ධන,නාට්ය දර්ශන, චිත්රපට සම්භාව්ය යයි කියන විද්යුත් ටීකාවන් සකස් කරන්නන්ගේ අරමුණ වන්නේ වැඩි වැඩියෙන් සිංහල බෞද්ධකම කෙලෙසා සතුටක් ලැබීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/18)
ඝාතකයන් ගේ විලාපය
රනිල් ඔබට මාව මතකද ? මම ගෝනවල සුනිල් මම ඔබගේ මිතුරු ස්ත්රී දූෂකයා සුනිල් සමාවෙන් පසු මම යලි උපන්නා නමුත් රතු සහෝදරයන් මගේ ශරීරය පෙනේරයක් ලෙස හිල් කලා මම මගේ ශරීරය අත හැර ඉහලට පාවී ගියා ගිනියම් බටයක් ඇතුලින් සිරිසේන කුරේ ඔබට මාව මතකද ? මම ඔබගේ ළමයෙක් මම සොත්ති උපාලි ඔබ සහ ගරු ප්රේමදාස දුන් කොන්ත්රාත් නිසි ලෙස ඉටු කලා නමුත් මට මහ පාරේ ගහලා දැම්මා මට දැන් ශරීරයක් නෑ මම භූතයෙක්ද ප්රේතයෙක්ද ? මට කියන්න දන්නේ නෑ චන්ද්රිකා ඔබට මාව මතකද මම බැද්දගානේ සන්ජීව ඔබ කියූ පරිදි මම වැඩ දුන්නා ගෙවල් ගිනි තිබ්බා පෙට්රල් ඇඟවල් වලට වත් කලා ඒත් මම ටාගට් එකක් උනේ ඇයි මගේ කුණු කයෙන් ආත්මය ඉවත් කලා මම තවමත් නිදහස් නෑ මට පරණ වැඩ පේනවා ඔවුන් ගේ විලාපයන් ඇසෙනවා මට සැනසීමක් නෑ මහින්ද මාව මතකද මම ඔබගේ සුමිතුරු චණ්ඩි මල්ලී මට පිට කොටුවේම ගහලා දැම්මා ඔබ මා නිසා දුක් උනාද ? ජුලම්පිටිය අමරේ ,මේජර් නෙවිල් මේ පැත්තේ එයි කියා මා සිතුවා ඒත් ඔවුන් තවම නෑ පුතා ගේ ලේලිගේ හරඹ නම් දුටුවා මට පන්චස්කන්ධයක් නෑ ඒත් වේදනාව දැනෙනවා ඉවසන්න බෑ අපි ඔක්කොම පාවෙනවා වරින් වර පිලිස්සී යනවා පෙර කල පව් වලට විඳවනවා ඒත් අපට නියෝග දුන් නුඹලා ඉතා හොඳින් වැජඹෙනවා කර්මය පුනර්භවය මේවා ඔක්කොම බොරු කර්මය ගෙවන්නේ අපි විතරයි උඹලා කර්මයටත් වඩා ඉහලයි ලැබුනොත් අළුත් කයක් අපි යලිත් එනවා උඹලාගේ සේවයට අපිට අනාගතයක් නෑ අපි සදාකාලික දාසයෝ නුඹලා වෙනුවෙන් පව් කරන අපි සදාකාලික වහල්ලු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/18)
The Interim Report of the Constitutional Steering Committee of Sri Lanka: A Brief Analysis, Part 2
In this installment, I turn to the recommendation by the Interim Report (‘IR’) that the ‘Principle of Subsidiarity’ should guide centre-periphery relations in Sri Lanka. Chapter Two of the IR is titled, ‘Principles of Devolution,’ and Section One of that chapter is titled, ‘Principle of Subsidiarity to Apply.’ This is the section in its entirety: This principle of subsidiarity (i.e. whatever could be handled by the lowest tier should be vested in it) has been generally accepted in submissions made before the Steering Committee, the Sub-Committees, as well as the Public Representations Committee for Constitutional... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/18)
YAHAPALANA ELECTIONS AND ‘REGIME CHANGE’ Part 10
The ‘vote of no confidence’ on Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, debated in April 2018 was treated by the watching public and also by Parliament as yet another decisive Yahapalana election. The motion was defeated, after a stormy, heated debate with 122 voting against, 76 voting for and 26 abstentions. The 122 votes in favor of Ranil Wickremasinghe was composed of UNP votes, 16 SLFP votes, Muslim votes and all votes of the Tamil MPs, excluding Thondaman. The 16 SLFP votes were from the government SLFP segment. Of the 42 SLFP MPs in the government 16 voted in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/18)
'Wandapethi,' 'Digakalliya' and the violence in Ampara – A response to DBS Jeyaraj
The attack on the Muslims in Ampara, imposing a State of Emergency in the country, and well-articulated articles such as Jeyaraj's, are all links of the same chain of a conspiracy – Pic by Shehan Gunasekara An article by columnist D.B.S. Jeyaraj was published 17 March in Weekend FT on the above title. In it, through his own analysis of the incident, Jeyaraj tells the reader in no uncertain terms that the "Sinhalese Buddhist"... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/18)
YAHAPALANA ELECTIONS AND ‘REGIME CHANGE’ Part 9
The local government elections of February 2018 were significant, not only for the defeat of the ruling party, but also for the bungling of the Election process. Yahapalana government did not want this election to take place, and there were obstacles all along the way. Firstly, the nomination lists of several political parties and independent groups were rejected for unbelievably petty reasons. The SLPP nominations for Maharagama MC, Thirippane PS, Panadura UC and Agalawatte and Weligama PS were rejected along with SLFP list for the Padiyatalawa Pradeshiya Sabha, Badulla UC, and five LG bodies in the Northern... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/18)
Sri Lanka: 40,000 killed, Haiti: 60,000 raped – Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics
Immediately after the end of the military battle in Sri Lanka in May 2009, the UN documents, compiled in Colombo in which Gordon Weiss was the senior official, estimated that approximately 7,000 unarmed Tamil civilians were killed during the final stage of the battle. Gordon Weiss’s subsequently released book The Cage: The fight for Sri Lanka & Last Days of the Tamil Tigers the figure increased to 40,000. UK’s Channel 4 in its documentary Killing Fieldcontinued with that 40,000 figure. And this figure has already... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/18)
PUTIN: 95% OF WORLD TERRORIST ATTACKS ARE MADE BY THE CIA
Vladimir Putin yesterday said that “95% of the world’s terrorist attacks are orchestrated by the CIA,” and the St. Petersburg metro bombing must be investigated “with this in mind.“ Putin said: “If the CIA have Russian blood on their hands, they will forever regret stirring the Russian bear from its peaceful slumber.” When questioned by a top aide as to whether the 95% figure was accurate, Putin sighed heavily and fixed the assembled group with his trademark stare before explaining that in regards to how the world is run, all is not how it seems. Putin affirms... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/18)
Are Sri Lankan leaders & Diplomats aware UN Resolutions are Non-Binding & have no legal status
If the General Assembly resolutions are legally non-binding of UN Member states except the resolutions of the UN Security Council, it should also mean that the UN Human Rights Council Resolutions are also legally non-binding except carrying political weight over & above their recommendation. If so, why have Sri Lanka’s government co-sponsored questionable & country-specific resolutions by the UNHRC which commits to change sovereign laws to align to the UNHRC resolution demands since the UN has no legal powers to do so? This faux pas should be immediately reversed with a change of government given that the present government has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/18)
Ranil’s victory: Unique in the democratic world
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has always been good at brinksmanship and that is what enabled him to survive a quarter of a centrury of challenges to his leadership. He has been fighting off challenges to his leadership from 1994 i.e. from the very moment he became party leader and in that respect, there is probably no other leader in the democratic world who has the kind of experience that he has in fighting them off. That is his strength which enabled him to overcome the latest challenge as well. However his weakness is that he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/18)
The Joke of a Government-backing Opposition in Sri Lanka’s Parliament
Nowhere in any parliamentary democracy has anyone heard of an Opposition that supports the Government in power even debating in favor of the Government. Nowhere in the world is there an Opposition comprises just 16 MPs. If the main role of the Opposition is to question the government & hold them accountable to the public, why is the present so-called Opposition voting en bloc to safeguard the Prime Minister at a no confidence motion based on a monetary irregularity that has affected the entire country & not based on any false propaganda? Moreover, how can a Prime Minister agree to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/18)
CAN RANIL BE STILL PROSECUTED? YES IT CAN! CLARIFICATION ON INTERPRETATION BY ARUNA LAKSIRI UNAWATUNA, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ,
Reading the Constitution in its totality and in conjunction with the fundamental rights of members of parliament, the Chapter III (6) on FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS states: " No person shall be held guilty of an offence on account of any act or omission which did not, at the time of such act or omission, constitute such an offence and no penalty shall be imposed for any offence more severe than the penalty in force at the time such offence was committed. " In the continuation para of the same Chapter III (6) explicitly exclude any... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
හේ රනිල් නම් විය
රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ යනු 1977 කැබිනට්ටුවේ ලාබාලතම මෙන්ම අත්දැකීම් අඩුම වූ අමාත්යවරයා විය. නමුත් කාලයත් සමග දේශපාලන ප්රවාහයන්ට මුහුණ දීම මගින් ඔහු මනා පරිචයක් ලැබීය. රනිල් බටහිර සංස්කෘතියේ මෙන්ම ක්රිස්තියානි හැදියාව ඔස්සේ හැදී වැඩුනු පුද්ගලයෙකි. එම නිසා ඔහු තුල අනෙකුත් ශ්රී ලාංකික දේශපාලකයන් අතර දක්නට නොමැති ශිෂ්ට බවක් තිබේ. ඔහු සංස්කෘතියුක්ත මිනිසෙකි. ඔහු වියාජ ලෙස පූජක පක්ෂය සරණ නොයන්නෙකි. ගැලරියට ආමන්ත්රණය නොකරන්නෙකි. ඔහු තුල තිබෙන ඉංග්රීසි දැණුම මෙන්ම බොහෝ පොත පත කියවා උකහා ගත් ඥානය නිසා ඔහු අන්තර්දෘෂ්ටියක් තිබෙන රාජ්ය තාන්ත්රිකයෙකි. ඔහු දිවයින් මානසිකත්වයෙන් ඉවත් වූ ලෝකය කේන්ද්ර කොට සිතන දේශපාලාඥයෙකි. ඔහුගේ චින්තනය ගැඹුරුය. ප්රශස්ථ දේශපාලාඥයෙකු ලෙස දෘෂ්ටියක් තිබුනද ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
Retaining confidence: on Sri Lanka surviving the no-trust vote
After surviving the no-trust vote, the Sri Lankan government must reboot itself The resounding defeat of a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Sri Lanka’s parliament provides an opportunity for its bickering leaders to reassess their priorities. However, it may not end the prevailing political uncertainty as the three-way competition among President Maithripala Sirisena, Mr. Wickremesinghe and their common rival, former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, is likely to continue. The confidence of parliament has been numerically settled in favour of the Prime Minister now, with Tamil and Muslim parties backing him in the crucial vote, but... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
Political war in lanka far from over
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe defeated a no-confidence motion late on Wednesday by 122 votes to 76, but it widened cracks in the coalition government which will be difficult to plaster over. The no-trust motion was moved by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, whose Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna won 225 out of the 340 directly-elected local councils in the island nation in February. He has since been demanding that the government step down and call early elections, currently scheduled for 2020. Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP) has 81 MPs in the 225-member Parliament. It heads a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
Recruitment agencies order Sri Lankan women to take contraceptives before working in the Middle East
Agencies offer guarantee that women desperate for work will not fall pregnant Sri Lankan women who move to the Middle East and Gulf states in order to take up domestic jobs are being are being told to take contraceptives before leaving. Six recruiters licensed by the Sri Lankan government said they could provide an employer with a “three-month guarantee” that a maid would not become pregnant. An agent from Gulf Jobs in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, told The Guardian: “Before we can send a maid, there is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
Lanka rules out foreign judges in rights probe
Sri Lanka yesterday ruled out any possibility of having foreign judges in its investigations on war time human rights abuses. President Maithripala Sirisena told the media yesterday that Sri Lanka’s position was clearly communicated to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva last month. Sri Lanka was represented at the Geneva session by Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana and ministers Sarath Amunugama and Faizer Mustapha. At the UNHRC last month some countries, including Canada called on Sri Lanka to fulfil its international commitments by ensuring the involvement of Commonwealth and international investigators, prosecutors and judges in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
Why the Sri Lankan Navy Raised a World War II Shipwreck—And Then Sank It Again
APRIL 6, 2018 A huge World War II shipwreck recently saw the light of day for the first time since it was sunk by Japanese forces in 1942. Built in 1924, the SS Sagaing was used to transport passengers and goods between the UK and Burma (present-day Myanmar), which was a British colony until 1948. The ship was attacked by Japanese bombers on April 9, 1942 while anchored in Trincomalee harbor in what is now Sri Lanka. As fire spread, the ship was abandoned, and most of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
PM agrees to TNA conditions to please Tamil Diaspora: Sarath Weerasekera
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremsinghe has given his consent to ten conditions proposed by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), to apparently please the Tamil Diaspora, former MP and retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera alleged yesterday. He told the Daily Mirror that one of the main conditions was to draft a new constitution which would make Sri Lanka a federal State. “The tactics of the PM would divide the country and Mr. Wickremesinghe is betraying the country by giving priority to condition put forward by the TNA. It became evident how strong the relationship between the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
PM instructs to withdraw no-confidence against SLFP ministers
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed the UNP MPs to withdraw the no-confidence motion against the SLFP Ministers who voted in favour of the NCM against him. Wickremesinghe has stated that the No-confidence motions handed over by the backbencher UNP MPs was not a decision of the UNP but the views of a few MPs. Accordingly the Prime Minister, in his capacity as the leader of the UNP, while noting that any decision regarding a No-Confidence motion must be taken at a UNP parliamentary group meeting, has instructed the UNP backbencher parliamentarians to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
විශ්වාස භංගයෙන් රනිල් ජයගැනීමත් සමග අවසන්වන බැදුම්කර විලාපය....!
ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂය පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කළ රනිල්ට එරෙහි විශ්වාසභංග යෝජනාවේ වැඩි හරියක් තිබුණේ මහ බැංකු බැදුම්කර චෝදනා, ශ්රි ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ බැදුම්කර වංචාව සම්බන්දයෙන් පරීක්ෂණ පවත්වන ලද ජනාධිපති කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාවේ ඉදිරිපත් වූ චෝදනාය. ඒ සියලු චෝදනා වලින් රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ අගමැතිවරයා නිදහස් කිරීමටත් අගමැතිවරයා වරදක් කර නැති බවත් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසින් තීරණය කර ඇත. අගමැතිවරයාට එරෙහි විශ්වාසභංගය පරාජයවීමත් සමග මහ බැංකු බැදුම්කර වංචාවක් ගැන අධිකරණයේ නඩු විභාග කළ නොහැකි තත්ත්වයක් ඇතිවේ.පාර්ලිමේන්තු බලතල හා වරප්රසාද පනත 2 හා 3 වගන්ති යටතේ ශ්රි ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ බැදුම්කර වංචාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් රනිල්ගෙන් ප්රකාශයක් ලබා ගැනීමටවත් පොලීසියට නොහැකි වේ. නීතිපති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට මින් ඉදිරියට රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ සම්බන්ධකරමින් බී වාර්තාවක් බවා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
NCM against PM Ranil W, defeated in Parliament, but not amoung the people.
President Sirisena as well as his Prime Ministers are bound together like Siamese twins. One cannot leave the other. They have come to live together and die together. They are thus handicapped, unable to do any good to Sri Lanka and its people, other than helping each other to continue their survival bound together as Siamese Twins.. The Bond Scam was planned after January,8th 2015, and each one of them-Prime Minister and President , knew what they were doing. The distribution of Ministries and the duties of each Minister had been planned out by the Prime Minister... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
Launch street battles to save the country from foreign domination
The No Confidence Motion against Ranil Wickremasinghe taught a convincing lesson to the Joint Opposition and the people of this country that the present parliament in Sri Lanka is comprised with a bunch of shameless quislings devoid of self respect, political and democratic principles, slavish to pecuniary benefits and enslaved to foreign powers. It convinced that these quislings will blatantly intensify their anti national foreign imposed agenda of fulfilling UNHRC proposals, imposing a new constitution, sale of state properties and natural resources, action against gallant war heroes, and facilitating the hegemonic India, Singapore and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
In defense of Sinhalese Buddhist identity from Sri Lankan pseudo academia
In the 37th session of UN human rights council, Sri Lankan Sinhalese delegates Dr. Nalaka Godahewa, Sarath Weerasekere and others were confronted by the members of Global Tamil forum and this act demonstrates the fervent interest of Tamil diaspora to defend their mythical concept on Illam in international platform and furthermore this proves the strength of Tamil separatism albeit we have militarily defeated them in 2009. In fact the contribution made by global Tamil intelligentsia has played a pivotal role in carving the Sinhalese as the oppressor and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
LTTE Treaty Allies Saved Ranil: UNP’s Last Hurrah
Out of 224 MPs eligible to vote, only 76 have any concern for the nation, its finances, good governance and people’s mandate. 148 of them have no regard for the nation. Interestingly, Ranil was saved by LTTE Treaty allies! In February 2002 various political parties signed Memorandum of Understanding each with the LTTE. First to sign a MOU with the LTTE was the UNP led by Ranil on February 22, 2002 just before signing the infamous and illegal CFA on the same day. The MOU recognized LTTE as the sole representative of Tamil people. SLMC led by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
විශ්වාස භංගයෙන් දිනුවේ ජනාධිපති සිටි පැත්තයි..- මහින්ද
අගමැතිවරයාට එරෙහිව පැවති විශ්වාස භංග ඡන්ද විමසීමේදී ඒකාබද්ද විපක්ෂය ජයග්රහණ ලබා ඇති බව හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි. අගමැතිවරයාට තමන්ගේ තනතුර බේරා ගත්තද ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ සියළු දෙනාම එක්ව ඡුන්දය දුන්නේ නම් ප්රතිඵලය වෙනස් වන බවද ඔහු සදහන් කරයි. තමන් මීට පෙර කියූ පරිදි ජනාධිපතිවරයා සිටි පාර්ශවය විශ්වාස භංගයෙන් ජයගත් බවද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා කියා සිටියේය. https://youtu.be/kNELCNI8o4s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
ටීඑන්ඒ යෝජනා 10 කට අගමැති එකඟ වුණා - මන්ත්රී අඩෛකලනාදන් කියයි
විශ්වාසභංග යෝජනාවේදී අගමැතිවරයාට පක්ෂව ඡන්දය පාවිච්චි කිරීම සඳහා දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය ඉදිරිපත් කළ යෝජනා දහයකට අගමැතිවරයා එකඟතාව පළ කළ බව එම සන්ධානයේ වන්නි දිස්ත්රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී සෙල්වම් අඩෛකලනාදන් මහතා පැවසීය. එම යෝජනා ඉදිරිපත් කළ විට අගමැති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා ඇතැම් යෝජනා පිළිගැනීමට අකැමැති වූ අවස්ථාවේදී එම සාකච්ඡාවට සහභාගි වී සිටි දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානයේ බොහෝ මන්ත්රීවරුන්ගෙන් උණුසුම් වචන පවා හුවමාරු වී දැඩි නොසන්සුන් තත්ත්වයක් හටගත් බව ද සෙල්වම් අඩෛකලනාදන් මන්ත්රීවරයා පැවසීය. කෙසේ නමුත් යෝජනා කීපයක් ප්රතික්ෂේප වීමෙන් පසුව අවසානයේදී යෝජනා දහයකට අගමැතිවරයා එකඟ වූ බවද හෙතෙම කියා සිටියේය. අගමැතිවරයා විසින් දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානයට ඉටු කිරීමට පොරොන්දු වී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
ඇමති රට යතී
අගමැති කම ලැබුනු නැතැයි අපි ළග නැහැ වළි ජල්ලී ලැබුනු තරම් හරි ලස්සන බරට බරේ රට සල්ලී සාටකයේ ගොන් වැඩකින් පින පෑදුනු මන කල්හී රනිල් මොකද? නිමල් මොකද? රට යනවා රැගෙන සල්ලී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
අගමැතිට පක්ෂ වීමට දෙමළ සන්ධානය දාපු කොන්දේසි 10 මෙන්න
අග්රමාත්ය රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතාට එරෙහිව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත්ව ඇති විශ්වාසභංග යෝජනාවට එරෙහිව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ දී ඡන්දය භාවිත කිරිම සඳහා දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය කරුණු 10න් යුත් කොන්දේසියක් ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබෙනවා. එම කොන්දේසි 10 සම්බන්ධයෙන් එකඟ වනවා නම් තමන් අග්රමාත්යවරයාට එරෙහිව අද (04) පැවැත්වෙන විශ්වාසභංග යෝජනාවට අදාළ ඡන්ද විමසීමේ දී අග්රාමාත්යවරයාට පක්ෂව ඡන්දය භාවිත කිරිමට දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය කටයුතු කරන බව විපක්ෂ නායක ආර්.සම්බන්දන් සඳහන් කළ බවයි එම පක්ෂයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී සෙල්වම් අඩයිකලනාදන් කියා සිටියේ. දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය මෙම තීරණය ගෙන ඇත්තේ විපක්ෂ නායක කාර්යාලයේ අද (04) පැවති විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවකින් අනතුරුවයි. එහිදී දෙමළ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
පාර්ලිමේන්තු විශ්වාස භංගයෙන් පරාජයට පත්වුයේ කවුරුන්ද?
අපි මේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව තුල සිදුවෙන කිසිදු ක්රියාකාරී දෙයක් දෙස ශුභවාදීව බලන්නෝ නොවෙමු. මෙයට අපි කියන්නේ පා-රිලමේන්තුව කියාය. ඒ මෙය තුලට යන්නවුන් අහිකුන්ටකයාගේ ආහාර කැබැල්ල වෙනුවෙන් නටන රිලවුන් බවට පත්ව, පාලිත රංගනයන් දක්වනවුන් බවට පත්වෙන බැවිනි. රිලවුන් පෙන්නා උන් නටවා මුදල් උපයන උන්මත යැපෙන රිලාවුන්ට කළහැකි කිසිදු දෙයක් නැත. නමුත් මුළු රටම උන්දෙසම බලා සිටින තත්වයක් තුල අපට කල හැක්කේ උන්දෙස බලාගෙන හිදින අය දෙස බලා සිටීම පමණි. රට හා ජනතාව දෙස බලා සිටින අප දුටුවේ, මෙරට ජනතාව තුල මේ රජය කෙරෙහිවත්, පාලකයින් කෙරෙහිවත කිසිදු විශ්වාසයක් නැති බවත්,රජය ජනතා විශ්වාසය භංග කරගෙන ඇති බවත්ය. මෙරට ජනතාව විසින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
NO CONFIDENCE MOTION- THE WINNER IS PREZ. MAITHREEPALA SIRISENA!
Even before the vote was taken, those who listened to Mr Wimal Weerawansa's speech undoubtedly came to the conclusion that the Prime Minister will win the battle. Anura Kumara's speech was totally confusing, whilst supporting the motion, as a face saving strategy, he was reading JVP's own list of complaints against Mr Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapakse, instead of Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe. Anura Kumara is a political discard. The numbers game has been played very well jointly by the PM and Prez. Sirisena. The President Sirisena has carefully evaluated a cross section of SLFP MPs, whom Joint Opposition may also be reluctant to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/18)
Now that the Diyawanna Reality Show is over…
As Rajapaksa said, they did strengthen their hold in politics, further weakening President Sirisena, who now remains pushed to the wall. There is a strong demand within the UNP Parliamentary group, to remove all SLFP Ministers, who voted for the NCM and against the PM The Constitution now says the “head of government is the PM” and Wickremesinghe has come out stronger than he was before the NCM The Diyawanna Reality Show came to a happy ending for UNP and PM Wickremesinghe two days ago on the night of Wednesday 04 April 2018.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/18)
Who won?
Who won the battle of the no-confidence motion? There were a two winners, not one. One of them won tactically and the other strategically. There were also many losers. At the most obvious level, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe won. His party, or at least its parliamentary group and working committee rallied solidly behind him. The dissidents were silenced or fell silent. Ranil Wickremesinghe has homogenized his party at its upper levels. He is its undisputed leader for now, and no further challenge to his leadership will arise until the Presidential election next year. It... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/18)
Winners and losers
April 5, 2018, 12:00 pm The Joint Opposition (JO) suffered a painful pratfall on Wednesday night, when Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe defeated its no-confidence motion. The UNP, however, in spite of its rhetoric and braggadocio, did not expect a comfortable win with a majority of 46. Its desperation knew no bounds. Else, it wouldn’t have gone to the extent of securing the TNA’s support, which has come with strings attached. PM Wickremesinghe has proved that he commands the confidence of the majority of MPs and, therefore, he has a right to remain in his current post.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/18)
Skripals' Last Restaurant Order Not Released by UK, Niece Tells Russian TV
Victoria Skripal, the niece of the former Russian intelligence officer poisoned in Salisbury, England, has given her thoughts on the incident during an interview with Russia's Channel One TV network. The niece of Sergei Skripal referred to the Salisbury pizzeria after visiting which her uncle and his daughter had been found by policemen after the March 4 incident. She pointed out that the two allegedly ordered fugu fish — quite a surprising suggestion as this dish is part of Japanese cuisine, and should be carefully prepared to avoid a lethal poisoning. The Zizzi restaurant in Salisbury does not offer any fugu-based dish in its menu. "Is it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/18)
Britain behaving like ‘mafia state’ in Skripal case – OSCE ex-VP Willy Wimmer
The UK is exploiting European solidarity and behaving like a ‘mafia state’ by pushing forward warmongering accusations and excluding Russia from the Skripal poisoning probe, the former vice-president of OSCE assembly told RT. Britain’s behavior in the Skripal poisoning scandal is “a major danger to international peace,” believes Willy Wimmer, who held the vp position with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) assembly from 1994 to 2000, and who had previously served as state secretary to Germany’s defense minister. “I think we would call this state a mafia state because it is against all European... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/18)
Sri Lanka, Independent Republic to Vassal State
April 3, 2018, 10:39 pm " It is not Washington, but our own Yahapalana Government that brought this disaster upon the Sri Lankan people. The resolution is binding only because Yahapalana wants it to be binding. Two resolutions abdicating sovereignty, eternal pledges to our detractors to implement, and a plethora of reforms over a three year period would not have been possible without a minimum of complicity between the coalition partners." The question repeatedly asked of me, a major preoccupation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
PUBLIC INTEEST LITIGATION FOR THE SOCIATY
Litigation is expensive anywhere in the world Litigation is expensive anywhere in the world due to complexity and want of definitions, targets, and to be within rules not familiar with the citizen expected to know the law with adage that” Ignorance of Law is no excuse/defence”. In the west legal education and legal aid is given priority to avoid the citizen rising against the establishment on law, law enforcement laws delays impartiality of the judicial system and judges in resolving their criminal... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
Ranil scuttles no-faith bid
* UNP musters 122 and majority of 46 * JO, 15 SLFP MPs loyal to Prez back motion * JVP votes against Ranil, flays Rajapaksas * TNA, SLMC support PM en bloc * Wijeyadasa, Ranga, Wasantha fall in line * 25 of Maithri loyalists, Rathana Thera abstain * SLFP ministers who backed motion won’t resign April 5, 2018, 1:15 am The no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, for his alleged involvement in treasury bond scams and failure to act promptly to contain ethnic violence in Ampara and Kandy,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
Evidence before solidarity: German official blasts UK, allies for blaming Russia in Skripal case
The minister president of Germany’s most populous state has lambasted the UK for prematurely pinning the blame for the Skripal poisoning case on Russia, writing that you need “sound evidence” before asking allies for solidarity. Armin Laschet, the leader of North Rhine-Westphalia and a deputy chairman of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), took to Twitter after the UK’s Porton Down government laboratory announced on Tuesday that it could not link nerve agent samples it had collected to Russia. “If you force almost all NATO countries to show solidarity, shouldn’t you have sound evidence?” Laschet said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
Catch 22: Russia's Skripal probe stalled without show of 'goodwill' from hostile UK
OPCW said it can provide Moscow with data on the Skripal case only if the UK shows “goodwill,” says Russia’s permanent representative to the chemical weapons watchdog. London, however, is not expected to do so, the official said The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has refused to provide Russia with any facts on the investigation into the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, the permanent representative to the organization, Aleksandr Shulgin, said. Any data can be provided only if the UK shows “goodwill” on the matter, which, however, is unlikely,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
WITH PRESIDENT’S PARTY SPLIT, LANKAN PM SET TO HAVE THE LAST LAUGH ON NO TRUST MOTION
Colombo, April 4: With the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) split on the No Confidence Motion (NCM) against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Joint Opposition’s bid to oust Wickremesinghe seems to be doomed. The Sri Lankan parliament is currently debating the NCM moved by the Joint Opposition (JO) led by former President Mahnida Rajapaksa on Wednesday. The vote is to take place at 9.30 pm. As of now, the JO simply does not have the numbers to win the vote. Under the best circumstances the JO would have got only 101 (54 from its own ranks, 41... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
JUSTICE for late R.M. Gunaratna Banda - VICTIM of Kandy Hand Grenade: unfairly accused by Sri Lanka’s media
An isolated incident was given communal flavor & ignited to create mayhem that resulted in destruction of property & even the loss of lives. The inaction of the police, the false dissemination of news by Sri Lanka’s media and the biased & politically motivated statements of the Sri Lankan politicians must take full responsibility for the chaos & the distrust & anger that has ensued. Any event taking place in any part of the country must be truthfully told to the public or left untold. No event should be turned & abused with calculated intent. This is exactly what... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
Sri Lanka’s ‘Ethnic’ tensions a covert action of US foreign policy
Until & unless people realize that there is a bigger picture to the present rise in communal disharmony we are not going to find answers to its solution. The present coalition government is a result of a successful regime change. Note the personalities placed in various positions are all part of & linked to those that plotted the regime change. The same forces have links & influence over media & virtually every group that connects with people. Anyone claiming these allegations are conspiracy theories probably have not followed any of US covert operations globally. The use of covert... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
JO SHOULD CHALLENGE 19A-NEW ERA AFTER 4 APRIL 2018???
Within the ambit of the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka, the entire thrust of the change over from previous Constitution was the centre piece of Executive Prime Minister vis-a-vis Executive President. PUBLIC MANDATE: Just prior to 1978 elections, the UNP sought mandate from the People for the transfer of power from the Prime Minister to the Executive President. The Preamble to the Constitution explicitly legitimise the criteria, and Quote: " The PEOPLE OF SRI LANKA having, by their Mandate freely expressed and granted on the Sixth day of the waxing moon in the month of Adhi Nikini in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
Is the Opposition Leader a Regime Slave?
Tamils never came to terms with democracy. It is such an alien concept to the Tamil society which was always ruled by caste discrimination, tribalism and other outdated concepts. It is no surprise the Opposition Leader (also the TNA leader) always comes to the rescue of the regime! TNA has become the laughing stock of the democratic world where the task of the Opposition is not to prop up the ruling party but to keep it under check. TNA leader is a disgrace to the House of Legislature. If he has any self respect left, he must... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
Vote now for the NCM against Prime Minister to stop Sri Lanka reaching a point of no-return from decadence.
Sirisena-Ranil’s Yahapalanaya is a misnomer. It is a palanaya without Yaha. It is Bad Governance . It is utter mismanagement of Governance. It was so from the day one - 8th January,2015 of their coming into political power when Maithripala Sirisena was elected President of Sri Lanka. Of course there were those who expected a Rupees ten thousand salary increase, and others who expected goods rolling in from USA and the West brining in a life of luxury in prosperity who voted to bring this Yahapalanaya into power. The cry of “out with the corrupt and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
ඇස් මස් ලේ දන් දෙමින් රැකගත් සිංහල බෞද්ධ සංස්කෘතිය පනමෙන් අප රැක ගත යුතුය
දැන් දැන් නැවතත් අමුතුම තලේ එකමුතුවක් (උදාහරණ : අපි ඔක්කොම රජවරු, අපි මිනිස්සු, ජාතිවාදී නොවෙමු, ඔක්කොටම මේ රට අයිතියි,කොයි ආගමත් එකයි, හැට දෙලක්ෂය සහ අපි) ජාතික ඒකා බද්ධතා සතියක් යනුයි අලුත් සංකල්පයක් රට පුරා දිවයයි (දිවගියේය ) මේ එකමුතු තාවය දිහා විපරම් කර බලන විට බුද්ධිමතුන් හට වැටහෙන එකම කාරණයනම් මෙම කුඨ උපක්ක්රමය විවධ බලපෑම් කිරීමෙන් (දේශපාලනිකව, ආගමිකව හා සාමාජිකව තවද මානසිකව ) අප රටතුල ගොඩ නැගීමට යන අමුතුඑගත්වයක් බවයි , ආගම් කලවම ප්රථමව දියත් කොට දැන් ජාතියේ කලවම පටන්ගෙන ඇත. මේවා කොහින් කෙලවර වෙයි දැයි අප නොදනිමු. දේශපාලකයන් යනු චින්තකයන් නොවේ. ඔවුන් ගේ පරම චින්තනය වන්නේ තමන්ගේ පිල වැඩි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
Wrong Interpretation reveals hidden agenda of Muslims
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The news appearing in the Island News of Tuesday 3rd April under the heading ‘OIC pledges support for boosting racial amity in Sri Lanka’, again reveals the hidden agenda of Muslims. In it an organization called the Organization of Islamic Conference in Riyadh has in a letter to the foreign ministry here in this country expressed its immense concern over the recent violence unleashed against some Muslims in Kandy and Ampara. This is totally wrong interpretation of the recent violence. It says recent violence... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
“LAWS DELAYAS OR LAWYERS DELAYS”
Worldwide issue Laws delays is a worldwide issue currently resolved in many jurisdictions including Commonwealth and United Kingdom we have been inherited with the current adversarial system from. The main players in the system are lawyers, Judges, where the state is providing funds for administration and catalyze independent judicial appointments and independence of the Judiciary, Law enforced institutions, and efficiently run the legal and administrative systems which require efficient and just legal/administrative systems with less delays while maintaining independence of the judiciary. True to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
MYANMAR AND ROHINGYA MUSLIMS
The Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar are not indigenous to Myanmar. Most of these Rohingya Muslims are illicit immigrants who have illegally migrated to Myanmar starting in the British colonial period, from Muslim neighborhood regions of Bengal India. Later they continued to migrate from East Pakistan (present Bangladesh). Being illicit immigrants, the Myanmar governments of the past and present and the public of Myanmar do not consider Rohingya Muslims as legitimate citizens of Myanmar. Myanmar's Muslims account for about 04% of the total Myanmar population of about 60 million. They live mostly in Myanmar's western state... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/18)
D-day in Parliament
It is a simple matter of ethics. If Prime Minister Wickremesinghe hasn’t resigned, it is quite simply because, firstly, he doesn’t know right from wrong and secondly, he doesn’t know how to conduct himself in public affairs in accordance with international norms, including those in Asia and the global South. He doesn’t think it was wrong to import and implant Arjuna Mahendran, a non-citizen, as Governor of the Central Bank despite the advice of the President and a clear issue of a conflict of interest. He doesn’t see it as wrong that he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/18)
A Right Royal battle
What started off as an ill-conceived no-confidence motion, initiated by a bunch of cocky Joint Opposition (JO) MPs following their impressive win at the Feb. 10 mini polls, has led to a right royal battle between President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The showdown is right Royal because the President and the Prime Minister are both Royalists—the former from Royal College, Polonnaruwa and the latter from Royal College, Colombo 07. The battle lines are now drawn and there is no turning back. Both sides are evenly matched, in our book. A lot of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/18)
Judicature Bill requires 2/3 majority in Parliament: SC
The Supreme Court has informed Speaker Karu Jayasuriya that several sections of the Judicature Bill were inconsistent with the Constitution and therefore, it should be passed by a two-thirds majority in Parliament, if not amended as recommended by the Judiciary. Speaker Kayasuriya conveyed the Supreme Court opinion to Parliament today.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/18)
Game of Loans: How China Bought Hambantota
The Issue Unable to repay its debt, Sri Lanka gave China a controlling equity stake and a 99-year lease for Hambantota port, which it handed over in December 2017. The economic rationale for Hambantota is weak, given existing capacity and expansion plans at Colombo port, fueling concerns that it could become a Chinese naval facility. Recommendations Recipient countries should link infrastructure projects to broader development strategies that assess projects within larger networks and monitor overall debt levels. The international community should expand alternatives to Chinese infrastructure financing but cannot and should not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/18)
Sri Lanka's PM faces tight confidence vote as key ally plans to defect
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe faces a no- confidence motion on Wednesday that could go down to the wire and lead to political instability in the island nation, even if the government manages to scrape a win. Wickremesinghe leads a national unity government in alliance with President Maithripala Sirisena’s party, which has said it would vote against the prime minister, blaming him for failing to prevent an alleged scam in the bond market. The opposition, which swept local elections last month, aims to drive a deeper wedge within the ruling coalition with the no-confidence motion and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/18)
THE FIRST INDIGENOUS SRI LANKAN CAR WILL ROLL OUT NEXT YEAR
Colombo, April 4 (newsin.asia): Towards the end of 2019, automobile loving Sri Lankans will see something they have been longing to see – a locally manufactured “Sri Lankan” car vying for road space with international brands. Ideal Motors’ small car, not named yet, is to be made in collaboration with India’s automobile behemoth, the US$ 19 billion Mahindra and Mahindra (M and M), at a plant in Kalutara district south of the capital Colombo. This will be the second Sri Lankan attempt to make a car in the country, the first being the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/04/18)
The Interim Report of the Constitutional Steering Committee of Sri Lanka: A Brief Analysis, Part 1
[Author’s note: A portion of the present paper was presented at a side-event during the recently concluded 37th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva] On 9th March 2016, the Parliament of Sri Lanka converted itself by resolution[1] into a Constitutional Assembly in order to draft a new Constitution or to amend the present Constitution to a degree that for all practical purposes would turn it into a new Constitution. The constitution-making process thus begun is now in its final stages. According to the framework resolution, the final two steps of the constitution-making... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/18)
TEA IS OUR PRIDE
Tea is our pride Tea is our pride for which we are proud of as the leading exporter to the world has come down below due to our own mistakes, we are now trying to solve victoriously. Other exporters to the world are Kenya, India, China, apart from other countries such as Vietnam, and Myanmar where tea is grown is considerable short supply. Introduced 150 years ago (1884) with tea smuggled by British Colonial rulers from China as a merchandise crop for them to export to the colonies worldwide, by disturbing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/18)
Ethnic clashes in Sri Lanka and how to overcome them? Part 11
1 The sad legacies of a) Colonial policies of 443 years of divide and rule, particularly those left behind by the British, still active on this soil b) Colonial tools of governance like a) The Constitution. b)The system of Government, c) Parliament. d) Political Parties e) legal systems, f) Administrative machinery and g) Interference by ex-colonial countries, individually and jointly in the internal matters of this country In this section I will address only those colonial policies of divide and rule the British adopted. Among them I list the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/18)
YAHAPALANA AND THE ECONOMY Part 8
This essay describes five contracts entered into by Yahapalana that have been contested by stakeholders. Ceylon Oxygen Limited has challenged in Supreme Court, the award of a multimillion rupee tender to Gas World, in November 2016, for the supply of medical gases to 40 government hospitals. Ceylon Oxygen says there had been bias and also ‘procedural impropriety’. Ceylon Oxygen complained that that the terms and conditions given in the tender document were ambiguous and vague and that this was deliberately done by the Ministry Procurement Committee (MPC) and Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC), to help award the tender... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/18)
පළාත් පාලන මැතිවරණය- 2018 පෙබරවාර ි 10
මැතිවරණ කොමිසම් සභාව විසින් හ`දුන්වා දී ඇති මාධ්ය උපමාන සහ මාධ්ය භාවිතය ජනමාධ්ය විසින් මැතිවරණ ආවරණයේදී යොදාගත් ආකාරය පිළිබ``දව අවසන් තක්සේරු වාර ්තාව මැතිවරණ කොමසාර ිස්තුමන්ට පිළිගැන්වීම මැතිවරණ යනු රටක ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ක්ර ියාදාමයේ තීරණාත්මක සන්ධිස්ථානයකි.මැතිවරණ සමය තුළ අදහස් ප්රකාශ කිර ීමේ නිදහස මෙන්ම මාධ්ය නිදහසද මාධ්යයන්ගේ වෘත්තීමයභාවය ,නිදහස් සහ සාධාරණ මැතිවරණයක් කෙරෙහි තීරණාත්මක මැදිහත්වීමක් සිදු කරයි. එබැවින්, මැතිවරණ සමයේ ජනමාධ්ය විසින් මැතිවරණ ක්ර ියාදාමය සහ මැතිවරණ ප්රචාරණ ක්ර ියාවලිය ආවරණය කරන ආකාරය තක්සේරු කිරීම මැතිවරණ නිර ීක්ෂණයේ ප්රධාන අංගයක් වෙයි. ජනමාධ්ය ප්රත ිව්යුහගතකරණය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/18)
ETCA ඇතුලු ජාත්යන්තර වෙළඳ ගිවිසුම්වල අක්රමිකතා පිළිබඳව ජනාධිපතිතුමා දැනුවත් කිරීම
තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ වෘත්තීයවේදීන්ගේ සංසදය විසින් ETCA ඇතුලු ජාත්යන්තර වෙළඳ ගිවිසුම්වල අක්රමිකතා පිළිබඳව ජනාධිපතිතුමා දැනුවත් කිරීම සඳහා එතුමා වෙත විවෘත්ත ලිපියක් යොමු කරන ලදී. එහිදී සංවර්ධන උපායමාර්ග සහ ජාත්යන්තර වෙළඳ කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශය විසින් ජාතික අභිලාෂයන්ට පටහැණිව ක්රියාකරන ආකාරය පැහැදිලි කිරීමට අපි කටයුතු කළෙමු. ඒ ලිපිය මෙහි දක්වා ඇත. මේ සම්බධයෙන් පුවතක් ඔබ මාධ්යයේ පළ කරන්නේ නම් කෘතඥ වෙමු. එම ලිපිය: 2018.04.02 අතිගරු ජනාධිපති මෛත්රීපාල සිරිසේන මැතිතුමා ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමනි, සංවර්ධන උපායමාර්ග සහ ජාත්යන්තර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/18)
Govt exists, but utterly useless - Samantha Vidyaratne
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Govt never had a Finance Minister with understanding about taxes - Badula
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What Happened in Geneva? - Dr. Nalaka Godahewa
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TNA – Is this the true opposition?
Usually the “official opposition´ is the largest party sitting in the opposition side of the parliament. However, against the will of the people, TNA, only with 16 members of the parliament was appointed as the opposition after the August 2015 general election. In one sense, it was a reason for everyone to feel happy as it was great recognition for a party (or parties) representing the Tamil people who suffered the most during the thirty-year-old war against the terrorism. On the other hand, it was a golden opportunity for Tamil representatives to win the hearts of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/18)
Chapter Close : අගමැතිට වහා ඉල්ලා අස්වෙන්නැයි ශ්රිලනිපය දන්වයි.. විශ්වාස භංගයට ඒකමතිකව පක්ෂයි.. ශ්රිලනිප පාර්ලිමේන්තු කණ්ඩායමේ තීරණ මෙන්න..
හෙට දිනයේ විශ්වාස භංගය විවාදයට ගැනීමට පෙර අගමැති ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වන්නැයි රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතාගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටීමට ශ්රි ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු කණ්ඩායම ඒකමතිකව තීරණය කර ඇත. ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් පැවති මෙම හමුවේදී ඇමතිවරුන් සිවු දෙනෙකු පමණක් සදහන් කර ඇත්තේ තව දුරටත් රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා අගමැති ධුරයේ තබාගෙන ඉදිරියට යා යුතු බවයි. එහිදී ජනාධිපතිවරයා සදහන් කර ඇත්තේ තමනට තව දුරටත් රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ අගමැති දුරයේ තබාගෙන ගමනක් යා නොහැකි බවත් ඔහු අගමැති ධුරයේ තවත් සිටියහොත් රටට මහා විනාශයක් වන බවත්ය. ඒ අනුව මෙම තීරණය අද පෙරවරුවේ අගමැතිවරයා වෙත දැනුම් දීමට නියමිත අතර අගමැතිවරයා එකග නොවන්නේ නම් විශ්වාස භංගයේදී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/18)
The public are burdened due to tax increase - Former President (English)
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SLFP decides to request PM to resign before no-confidence vote
The Parliamentary Group of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has unanimously decided to request Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to step down from his position, Minister Chandima Weerakkody said. The decision was taken after the SLFP MPs met with President Maithripala Sirisena, short while ago, for crucial talks. Speaking to reporters following the meeting, the minister said that the SLFP parliamentary group unanimously decided to request the UNP leader to resign as Prime Minister before the vote on the no-confidence motion which has been brought against him. The debate in Parliament on the no-confidence... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/18)
දුම්බර අඩවියේ මහා ඉඩම් කොල්ලයක්.. අක්කර විසිඑක්දාහක් කබීර් හෂීම්-කිරිඇල්ල නෑ හිතවතුන්ට දෙයි..
දුම්බර අඩවිය හෙවත් නකල්ස් කදුකරයේ පිහිටි අක්කර 21,000 ක පමණ වතු ඉඩම් විවිධ ව්යාපෘති කි්රයාත්මක කිරීම සදහා රාජ්ය ව්යවසාය හා මහනුවර සංවර්ධන අමාත්යංශයේ හිටපු අමාත්ය කබීර් හෂීම් හා වත්මන් අමාත්ය ලක්ෂ්මන් කිරිඇල්ල යන මහත්වරුන් විසින් ඔවුන්ගේ හිතවතුන් හා ඥාතීන් වෙත පවරා දී තිබේ. මෙලෙස විවිධ පුද්ගලයින්ට පැවරීම සිදු කර ඇත්තේ රාජ්ය වැවිලි සංස්ථාව හා ඇල්කඩුව වැවිලි සමාගම ම`ගින් කළමනාකරණය කරනු ලබන වතු ඉඩම් ය නකල්ස් සංරක්ෂිත වනාන්තරය මායිමේ පිහිටි අලකොළේ, කොටගල, ගල්පිහිල්ල, ගෝමරේ, හග්ගල්ල, හෙයාර් පාර්ක්, හුන්නස්ගිරිය, කැළෑබොක්ක, මැදවත්ත, නිකොලොය, රංගල හා ඕපල්ගල යන රාජ්ය වැවිලි සංස්ථාවට අයත් හෙක්ටයාර 9675 ක් වන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/18)
Anti-Buddhist Sri Lankan Government attempt to ban Vesak pandals echoes Vietnam under Nieg Diem & US foreign policy
On 30 March 2018 the Daily Mirror carried a caption “No pandals on Vesak, Poson Poya days” declared by the Buddhasasana Minister Gamini Jayawickrema Perera. The reaction was immediate & quite rightly the majority Buddhists saw it as an act of an appeasing Government adopting an anti-Buddhist policy for its own political survival. It also echoed a similar chilling historical incident that took place in Vietnam also under a US-puppet rule. Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm a Catholic & US puppet in 1963 ordered the ban on Buddhist flag display, days prior to Vesak triggering a mass demonstration that resulted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/18)
බෞද්ධ මධ්යස්ථානය කුඩු කරනකම් නිදි වැදුණු පොලිසිය හාමුදුරුවන්ට එරෙහි වූ හැටි
උඩරට අමරපුර මහ නිකාය සතු මහනුවර හන්තාන ජාත්යාන්තර බෞද්ධ මධ්යස්ථානයේ ගොඩනැගිලි පසුගියදා කිසියම් පිරිසක් කඩා බිදදමා විනාශ කර තිඛෙනවා. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අද එහි විමර්ශන චාරිකාවක නිරත උඩරට අමරපුරපුර මහා නිකායේ මහනායක අතිපූජ්ය නුවරඑළියේ චන්ද්රජෝති නාහිමියන් ඇතුළු පිරිසකට පොලීසියෙන් බාධා එල්ලවුණා. අමරපුර මහ නිකාය සතු මෙම ජාත්යන්තර බෞද්ධ මධ්යස්ථානය කිසියම් මැර පිරිසක් විසින් මෙලෙස කඩා බිද දමා විනාශ කර තිබුණේ පසුගිය 16 වැනි දිනයි. මේ සම්බන්ධව බෞද්ධ මධ්යස්ථානයේ විහාරාධිපති හිමියන් පොලීසියට පැමිණිලි කර තිබුණද මෙම විනාශය කල පුද්ගලයන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් කිසිදු ක්රියාමාර්ගයක් ගෙන නොතිබීම හේතුවෙන් එම ස්ථානය නිරීක්ෂණය කිරීම උඩරට සදහා අමරපුර නිකායේ මහනායක අතිපූජ්ය නුවරඑළියේ චන්ද්රජෝති නාහිමියන් අද එම ස්ථානයට වැඩම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/18)
Sri Lanka: Bank Of China Opens First Branch
The Bank of China opened its first branch in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on Wednesday evening.Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was the Chief Guest at the ceremony said the opening of the Colombo branch was an important step in strengthening the island’s economy and it opened a new chapter in the modern history of bilateral relations. Bank of China opens branch in Sri Lanka. Photo Credit: Sri Lanka government. “The Bank of China is opening in Sri Lanka at a time when Colombo city is transforming into a megapolis. Bank of China has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/18)
Facebook struggles in Sri Lanka to respond to incendiary posts against Muslims
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA With Sri Lanka under a state of emergency after a spasm of anti-Muslim bloodshed, lawyer Jeevanee Kariyawasam went on Facebook to complain. The company hadn't blocked users inciting violence, she wrote, and the government hadn't arrested those sending out the offending posts. Facebook's response was swift: It suspended Kariyawasam's account. The company restored her account within 24 hours, but the incident this month highlighted how Facebook has become a powerful vehicle for hate speech worldwide, and how the Silicon Valley giant's efforts to police incendiary rhetoric in distant... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/18)
SS Sagaing: WW2 shipwreck refloated by Sri Lanka navy
A British passenger ship that sank after it was bombed in a Japanese air strike in World War Two has been raised off the Sri Lanka coast after 75 years. The SS Sagaing, whose passengers and cargo were largely saved back in 1942, has been refloated with the help of a team of divers from Sri Lanka's navy. It had been resting about 35ft (10.7m) under the water at Trincomalee harbour. Image copyrightSRI LANKA NAVYImage captionDivers from Sri Lanka's navy had to reinforce the vessel's frame before raising it The salvage... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/18)
‘Kill all Muslims, don’t let even one child of the dogs escape’: in Sri Lanka, Facebook struggles to curb hate speech
As Facebook confronts a scandal over data privacy in the United States and Britain, it faces widening criticism in Asia for stoking discord in countries with few legal protections for minorities With Sri Lanka under a state of emergency after a spasm of anti-Muslim bloodshed, lawyer Jeevanee Kariyawasam went on Facebook to complain. The company hadn’t blocked users inciting violence, she wrote, and the government hadn’t arrested those sending out the offending posts. Facebook’s response was swift: it suspended Kariyawasam’s account. The company restored her account within 24 hours... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/18)
Former Sri Lanka president Rajapaksa hopes incumbent Sirisena will support no-confidence motion against PM Wickremesinghe
Colombo: Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa has expressed hope that incumbent Maithripala Sirisena — who was responsible for his ouster in 2015 — will support a no-confidence motion backed by the Joint Opposition against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The motion scheduled for 4 April was handed over to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya by the Joint Opposition last week against Wickremesinghe, accusing him of financial mismanagement and failing to tackle anti-Muslim riots early in march in the central Kandy district. "It is now up to the President (Sirisena) to ensure the victory of the motion by getting his SLFP members to support... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/18)
Yahapalanaya Is An Undefinable Concept Thrown In For Election Purpose - Dr. Charitha Herath
Head Of The Department Of Philosophy At University Of Peradeniya, Dr. Charitha Herath Speaks To Daily Mirror About The Current Political Trends And The Future. Dr. Herath Also Served As The Media Ministry Secretary During The Former Rule And As The Chairman Of The Central Environment Authority. The Excerpts:- It Is Nothing But Name-Throwing! Pooling Votes Polled By All At LG Polls To Show As A Majority Against SLPP Is Wrongful Argument It Is Similar To Grade 5 Student Ranked Fourth Trying To Be First By Staking A Claim For Marks Received By Others Only This... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/18)
An eye opener to all airlines
A friend in Melbourne sent me a stimulating email last week, about a novel experience inside the SriLankan Airlines, single aisle Airbus 320, Karachi-Colombo Flight (UL184). The incident which occurred on 8 March, has been already been brought to the notice of the Director Flight Security of the airline by a passenger, who witnessed the incident inside the economy class cabin of this single aisle aircraft. It is necessary to emphasise, at the outset of this article, that neither the passenger nor the writer has any prejudices or racial connotations in highlighting this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/18)
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