By Charles S.Perera  Minister Champika Ranawaka  had said at a gathering of scholars, scientists and business leaders, that Sri Lanka is currently implementing an economic system showing Lamborghini to people surrounded by poverty.  It is always pleasant to hear sweet words of praise , but when  those sweet words turn to bitter words of  criticism […]

Asada M Erpini  Every now and then Karunanidhi of Tamil Nadu (TN) wakes up from his slumber (nidhi) and comes out with his favourite topic of the suffering of the Tamils in Sri Lanka. To compete with him there is the TN Chief Minister Jayalalitha harping on her pet theme of the grievance of the […]

Malin Abeyatunge  Today’s Daily News (31/7/2014”) reported Quote  GOVTs FUND NGO GRAVY TRAIN -Three NGOs get Rs. 618.33 m. Donors gave Rs. 618.33 million to three NGOs – Centre for Policy Alternatives received Rs. 277 million, National Peace Council received Rs.171 million while Transparency International received Rs.174 million. Unquote”.  Where have these funds gone other […]

Dr.Tilak Fernando I met with the late Major General Lucky Algama in London at a social gathering in 1997 when the ‘Operation Sunray’ was in progress to re-capture Jaffna by the Sri Lankan Security Forces. General Algama had been the Commanding officer for the East and the Chief of Staff subsequently. He was on record […]

Shenali D Waduge We are a little confused. Are all laws to be bent for the American Government and all Americans declared immune from international jurisprudence? Can the American Government do and say what they like but others are forbidden to do the same? Where are these new laws actually written and who have been […]

Top Spin By Suni July 30th 2014 The Cricketing World  in the aftermath of the drawn Test in Colombo are probably quizzically reading all the acollades the South Africans are being bestowed with, that they have regained No1. asTest cricketers but how they got there is another story in the minds of the observant and discerning […]

Shenali D Waduge  The Vatican City is a land locked state inside the city of Rom, Italy and governed by the Pope (Bishop of Rome). It is the world’s smallest sovereign on just 110 acres. The Pope is not only head of 2.3billion people but he is also head of a global financial empire. The […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. Service of a monk The monk Ven. Sobitha (S) did lot of great service to Sri Lanka, especially to the Sinhala Buddhist cause. He was never a racist; he was presenting the reasonable path. A true Buddhist monk cannot be discriminating against any other living being or destroy or harm even […]

Shenali D Waduge a)       A community decides to sell property only to your own people b)      A community that sells only to its own and creates ghetto areas for their own next complains they are being alienated c)       A community adorns a dress that self-segregates because people cannot see who they are talking to (this […]

 By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: The emerging democracy after decades of military dictatorship in southeast Asia, an unusual well wisher emerged with Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, who advocates for Burma’s entry into the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). The first and only Nobel awardee from Bangladesh, who created the world famous financial institution […]

Making of Charandas began on 29 July 2004 under the shades ofJanakaraliya mobile tent and hands with us for creating great audience, budding creative crews, endeavoring communities and most above sharing love, happiness and tears beyond racial boundaries. Ten years theatrical experience including applied, forum as well as dramatic urban prosceniums. Award winning theater group […]

By A. Abdul Aziz, It is with great regret and devastation that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community confirms that 3 of its members, including a 7 year old child and an 8 month old infant, have been murdered by local extremists in the area of Kachi-Pump in Gujranwala, Pakistan in a sectarian attack which took place […]

Embassy of Sri Lanka in Paris Sri Lanka had the unprecedented distinction of being the Guest of Honor” at the Gala Diplomatic Garden Party organized by the prestigious Diplomatique” journal in celebration of the French National Day on July 14th. The event was sponsored by several top-tier French transnational corporations and held at the majestic […]

By Charles. S.Perera Andy Coulson,  David Cameron’s former Director of Communication  has been jailed for 18 months for phone hacking an illegal practice under the British Law. Later Cameron apologised for the appointment. Though phone hacking is ruled  an illegal practice in UK, in USA the President Barrack Obama has been caught practicing this illegal […]

Shenali D Waduge The expectations from Narendra Modi were many and are many. There is little to doubt that the Congress has done colossal damage to India in more ways than one. Rebuilding, realigning and restoring India on course towards a dynamic future is not easy given that the break up of India is well […]

Sudath Gunasekara 20.7.2014 I know for certain none of my readers will believe this. But I dare say it is a real fact.I wonder whether any Buddhist, lay or ordained, has ever noticed this gross injustice continued to be done to them in this Island called Sri Lanka, which had been a Buddhist Kingdom for […]

Ranjith Soysa SPOKESPERSON SPUR(Societyfor Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka Inc)  The non-government organizations (NGOs) operating in Sri Lanka which are mainly funded by foreign sources are a direct threat to the social cohesion, peace and harmony of Sri Lanka. They should be investigated immediately so as to separate those abiding by the […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane Kashmir has been referred to as Paradise on Earth” owing to its stunning natural beauty’. In the past, from the 3rd century BCE to about the 12 century CE, or for more than one thousand three hundred years, Kashmir wasinhabited by Buddhists. Ruled by illustrious Buddhist kings, most notably King Kanishka, the […]

Shenali D Waduge  Reciprocity is a debatable subject for Muslims and Islam. When people are divided as believers and non-believers there is little to argue or defend the status of equality. What is not reciprocated should not be demanded. The status of non-Muslims in majority Muslim nations comes with strict rules and regulations. Non-Muslims are […]

Courtesy The Daily News Respect, recognition must be accorded to leaders who put national aspirations first Truth will triumph in the end The confidence placed in the Sri Lankan government by the entire Asian region today is such that no Asian country is likely to permit members of the panel going through the motions of […]

Dr Kamal Wickremasinghe Courtesy The Daily News Samuel Huntington, the neocon who presented theories that formed the foundations of the US and South African Apartheid government policy for decades, was also known as the Harvard political scientist without any apparent grasp of, or regard for, adopting a sound ‘methodology’ in formulating advice, and even scantier […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න                                        nanda   ගේ සටහනක් අනුව මෙය ලියමි . වල්පොල රාහුල හිමියන්ගේ අදහස්  අනුව ලිය ඇත            බුදු දහමේ පමණක් නොව  ජෛන  හින්දු  හා සික් ආගම්වලද නිර්වාණය  ගැන  සඳහන්  වේ.. බුදු දහම හැර අනෙක් ආගම් ආත්ම වාදී වෙති . නිර්වාණය ගැන ඒ  අනෙක් ආගම්   වල නිර්වචන පදනම් වී ඇත්තේ  ඒ ආත්ම දර්ශනය මත පදනම් […]

Mr.Grant Blaydon, CEO, Amnesty International. Dear Grant, Please find below an appeal for information for their missing children from over three hundred families, who had their children abducted to be the unwilling child soldiers of the Tamil Tigers  during the height of the war. As the account explains they came to address their appeal to […]

By Nalin De Silva

By A. Abdul Aziz. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad calls on the Muslim nations to play their roles in ending the violence and establishing peace His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim, Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph) has condemned the ongoing violence in Gaza during the final Friday Sermon of […]

Dr Hector Perera       London Just not the food but the process of making food by frying or grilling are unhealthy than cooking food by the method of boiling. Research has revealed that exposure to cooking oil used to fry chips can increase the risk of health more than cooking things by boiling such as cooking […]

Shenali D Waduge Education authorities may like to when handing over appointment letters to teachers also give them a copy of the Sri Lanka Penal Code (Amended) wherein Section 308a states that cruelty against children causing hurt, grievous or simple as well as torture is a criminal offence. The Education Department has via circular ED/01/12/01/04/24 […]

A concerned Tamil from Jaffna. On July 22 Tamil National Peoples’ Front (TNPF) organized a protest against what it alleged as a ‘land grab’ by the military. The protest was held in Jaffna and Vanni. TNPF was not elected to parliament by the people at the last general election. Now it is using these tactics […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම වැරදි පාරේ යාම නොහොත් වලිගේ පාගා ගැනීම     මග හොඳට තිබේ නම්     යන්ට දෑසත් පෙනේ නම්     කිම බැදිවල යන් නේ     මංමුලාවූ එකෙක් සේ                 පණ්ඩිත කොග්ගල ධම්මතිලක බුඩිස්ට් පොලිටික්ස් නොහොත් රෝග නිධානය සෙවීම         ලංකාවේ පරිහානිය (දුක)         ලංකාවේ පරිහානියට හේතුව (දුකට හේතුව)         […]

Shenali D Waduge The Sinhale Nation during the pre-colonial rule was animal friendly. No person could harm animals. People lost their rank and status and were treated as outcastes if they harmed an animal. Over 180 Sinhala Buddhist kings ruled following the tenets of Buddhism. Foreign invasion and colonial rule dethroned a value system based […]