H. L. D. Mahindapala I am happy to bounce back from the hospital bed and browseƒ”š‚ the multitudinousƒ”š‚ vistas of the world that filterƒ”š‚ throughƒ”š‚ the sheen of the polar-whiteƒ”š‚ glow of the cyber screenƒ”š‚ without which I will be lost in an infinite Sahara. Through the instant magic which providesƒ”š‚ most of my necessities for mental sustenance and sanityƒ”š‚  — I […]

Shenali D Waduge Is it not strange that ALL the protagonists now coming forward to argue that the 13th amendment should continue to prevail alongside the provincial council system are ALL those who openly propagated the notion of “unwinnable war”ƒ”š‚ and the federal option pushed by Western liberalists to devolve powers virtually equating to carving […]

Asada M Erpini According to a report in Island on 03 June, the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) states, “the Sri Lankan government hadn’t done anything to promote national reconciliation”ƒ”š‚. ƒ”š‚ One may be tempted to ask the GTF and others of their ilk, “What have you done to promote reconciliation and to rebuild Sri Lanka?”ƒ”š‚ Now […]

By Charles.S.Perera The Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse has rightly said , “Sri Lanka should not listen to India with regard to the implementation of the 13th Amendment as the national problem was inherently one that should be solved by Sri Lankans.”ƒ”š‚ And added, “We should not listen to India on this; this doesn’t meant that […]

Top Spin By Suni July 4th 2013 When Sri Lankaƒ”š‚ delivered a resounding thrashingƒ”š‚ to India in a powerhouse bonus-point victory at Sabina Park, Jamaica, the post mortems and excuses seemed ludicrous coming from variousƒ”š‚ quarters including some from the commentary box as though India were the all time supreme cricket playing outfit in the world and invincible […]

CALL FOR PAPERS 9th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON BUDDHIST STUDIES Friday 13th “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Saturday 14th December 2013 ƒ”š‚  Invitation to members of the public organised by The Dept. of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenapura in association with The Buddhist Times Trustƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ Academics and researchers are invited to present papers relating to Buddhism from […]

Jayaweera M Kumarasinghe Dr D S Bandarage left us forever from this world on 1 July 2009. It was a very sad ending for the much renowned Management Guru of the 50s up to the ƒ”š‚ 2000s. For those who associated him, Dr Bandarage was seemedƒ”š‚  immortal.ƒ”š‚  The aura that spread from him was noble and […]

Shenali D Waduge ƒ”š‚ There is a common thread that runs through the histories of Buddhist countries; they have all been the victim at one time or the other of aggressive incursions made by people of Abrahamic faiths i.e. Christians or Muslims. This process has not ended. It still continues unabated and with greater ferocity. When […]

Eagerly Anticipated Book By Bestselling Author Woo Myung, “The Living Eternal World” Released in 2013 People are born in the world and live their lives only to be met with death in the end. However, what if there was a living eternal world to where one could escape from the monotony and meaningless limited human […]

Siranjanie Kumarie and Jayantha de Silva Courtesy The Daily News Colombo Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya yesterday, issued a warrant through the Interpol to arrest the LTTE cadre who intruded into the Cardiff Cricket Ground in England on July 20 when the India, Sri Lanka cricket match was in progress. The CID filing an application requested that […]

Courtesy The Globe and Mail Canada A Canadian man faces up to 15 years in prison after admitting to helping funnel sophisticated military technology to a terrorist group in Sri Lanka. Suresh Sriskandarajah, 32, who earned university degrees in Waterloo, Ont., pleaded guilty Tuesday in Brooklyn, N.Y., to conspiring to provide material support to the […]