Dr Hector Perera          London When we light the cooker, natural gas burns in oxygen to give out heat so that we can cook something using that heat. To begin with you need heat to burn this gas but once it is started, it gives out more heat that means burning gas is an endothermic reaction […]

Buddhism in ancient Israel and Arabia -by Professor A.D.T.E. Perera-Courtesy:  Daily News ( Vesak 2549 – 2005) The Buddha Statue in Khurul Monastery in southern Russia. (Formerly, Associate Editor, Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, Government of Sri Lanka, publication, Research Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of New Mexico, USA, Guest Research Fellow, Department of Disarmament and […]

Shenali D Waduge The propagandists enjoy flashing across mainstream media to project the notion that Muslims are targeted only in Sri Lanka and only by Buddhists. We know that is not so. Every country around the globe including the 57 Muslim countries of the world are having issues with Muslims. If it is not about […]

Anjalika Silva – USA I refer to the statement made by MP Sajin Vass Gunawardena in an interview in the US on the  the above subject as reported in the Daily News of July 18, 2014. His statement includes a reference to expats as follows:  “We have gone on a process that is good for […]

ජිහාඩ් ගොඛෙල්ස්වාදයට, සත්‍ය යටපත් කිරීමේ රාජ්‍ය මර්දනයට එරෙහිව ජනබල මාධ්‍ය මෙහෙයුම – MONARAWILA වෛරී කතා පැවැත්වූ මුස්ලිම් නායකයින් කවුරුන්ද ? ඥණසාර හිමියන්ගෙන් හා මධුමාදවගෙන් පොලිසිය ප්‍රශ්න කළාසේම මීට ඍජුවම සම්බන්ධ අන්තවාදී මුස්ලිම් නායකයින්ගෙන් ප්‍රශ්න නොකරන්නේ ඇයි ? පොලීසියේ කශේරුකාව සිංහලයින්ට විතරද ? ජාතිය පාවාදුන් බලධාරීන් නිහඩ ඇයි ? සැමට සමාන නීතිය සිංහල බෞද්ධයින්ට ඉටුනොවූයේ ඇයි […]

Courtesy The Daily News A panel discussion under the title ‘India under Modi: Relevance for the Region and the World,’ will be held on July 21 from 5.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. at the Committee Room B of the BMICH. A strong and independent India that can resist pressure from regional rivals and world powers […]

By Senaka Weeraratne Courtesy:  Daily Mirror To meet challenge of foreseeable radical changes in our closest neighbour The Indian general election would, if the forecasts are proved to be correct, result in a change in India’s relationship with the rest of the world as well as a revolutionary transformation of her economy, industry and education […]

Courtesy The Daily News The appointment this week of an Advisory Council to the Presidential Commission to Investigate Complaints Regarding Missing Persons, extends the scope of the mandate of the Commission, and brings into focus important areas of activity in the conflict in Sri Lanka, which have largely been ignored by international commentators on Sri […]

Reporting by Timothy Heritage- Courtesy huffingtonpost.com MOSCOW, July 18 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Ukraine bore responsibility for the downing of a passenger plane in the country’s east, saying it would not have happened if Kiev had not resumed a military campaign against separatists. “And without doubt the government of the territory […]

Pravda.Ru 18.07.2014 The Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation released the following statement in connection with the crash of Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777. “In view of the objective investigation of the air crash of the Boeing 777 that crashed on the territory of Ukraine, it is necessary to conduct thorough investigation with the involvement of […]

පෝෂණ පාගමන අවසානයේ ඇමති චම්පික කියයි. මාධ්‍ය අංශය, තාක්ෂණ හා පර්යේෂණ අමාත්‍යාංශය, ජූලි මාසය, පෝෂණ මාසය ලෙස නම් කිරිමත් සමග ජාතික පෝෂණ ලේකම් කාර්යාලය සහ කාර්මික තාක්ෂණ ආයතනය(ITI) ඒකාබද්ධව රට පුරා විවධ වැඩසටහන් සංවිධාන කලේය. පෝෂණය හා නිරෝගීකම පිළිබඳව මහජන දැනුවත්භාවය ඉහළ නැංවීමේ අරමුණින් නිරෝගී පරපුර රටේ ශක්තියයි” තේමා කරගත් පාගමනක් අද (19) උදෑසන 7.20ට […]

D.Chandraratna, Perth In a way it was sad to read the essay on the print media recently written by Shenali Waduge to this news sheet. She pointed out, very correctly, that, ‘Media is the most prostituted public service entity next to the profession of politics. Anyone can do anything if they throw in some cash. People […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM FRCP/FRACP Wellington New Zealand Dear Editor Traveling to Europe and back from Auckland New Zealand via Dubai on an Emirates A380 flight  ( the biggest passenger  plane with over 400 passengers) I am struck by the opportunities this flight & it’s flight path offers for Mattala international airport. Hence this letter […]

Sri Lanka News President Mahinda Rajapaksa has broadened the scope of the mandate given to the Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing Persons and possible war crimes, appointed a three-member international panel of experts to advise the Commission. Three legal experts – two Britons and a U.S. national – were appointed as part […]

Nalin de Silva – Courtesy:  Daily News The above question was asked by a Muslim friend of mine after the Aluthgama Beruwala incidents. At that time the Minister Hakeem was trying to score points over the Sinhala Buddhists and he has now threatened the latter by claiming that unless the Bhikkus are controlled there could […]

MEDIA RELEASE Sri Lanka High Commission London Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the UK, Dr Chris Nonis, met HRH Prince El Hassan of Jordan during his visit to London. In Jordan, HRH Prince El Hassan established the Royal Scientific Society, the Arab Thought Forum, the Higher Council for Science and Technology, and the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith […]

Courtesy  RT Published time: July 18, 2014 09:31 Edited time: July 18, 2014 10:11 Get short URL Debris is seen at the site of Thursday’s Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo, in the Donetsk region July 18, 2014 (Reuters / Maxim Zmeyev) 1.2K4181 Trends Ukraine turmoilTags Conflict, Military, Planes, Ukraine […]

Source:Pravda.Ru Russian radio equipment recorded a radar station of the Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile system Buk was active on the day the Malaysian airliner crashed, officials with the Russian Defense Ministry said. The part of the route of the Malaysian jet, as well as a place of its crash, fall into the destruction area of two […]

Courtesy Pravda AP photo Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that Ukraine is responsible for the disaster with Malaysia Airlines plane, which occurred on Thursday, July 18. The Russian president urged the Russian authorities to assist in every way in the investigation of this crime. “Undoubtedly, the state, on the territory of which it happened, is […]

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara. (SLAS) President Mahanuwara Senior Citizens Movement  This is a brief note on the pathetic plight of the so-called Kandyans who comprise about 1/3 the country’s population and also spread over 1/3 the area of the Island who are derogatorily called as Peasants. The Westerners used the word Kandyans to differentiate the lowlanders […]

Shenali D Waduge When the West was in the stoneage, a civilization was flourishing in India and a Buddhist university prevailed in Nalanda, India. Just two examples of life before Christian colonials and Islamic invaders arrived to take over nations following a common goal of domination and conversion. Vast stretches of land, ancient history, artifacts, […]

Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process A group of senior public figures from India visited Sri Lanka this week for the inaugural seminar of the Sri Lanka India Pragathi Sansadaya, initiated by Presidential Advisor Mr. Sunimal Fernando at the Foundation Institute on October 22nd. They addressed a media briefing held at the Peace Secretariat the […]

Courtesy RT Published time: July 18, 2014 07:07 Edited time: July 18, 2014 08:44 Get short URL An armed pro-Russian separatist stands at a site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014 (Reuters / Maxim Zmeyev) 1.8K3002 Trends Ukraine turmoilTags Accident, Europe, […]

Book Introduction Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge’s newest book Shell Shock to Palali Syndrome- PTSD Sri Lankan Experience” (Sarasavi Publications -Colombo Sri Lanka)  is a welcome contribution not only to the PTSD literature but also addresses a current problem facing Sri Lanka. After more than three decades of a devastating ethnic war and the legacy of two Southern […]

By Dr Tilak Fernando Continuation of Jinadasa Vijayatunga episode …………..Jinadasa Vijayatunga became a neighbour of Lord Mountbatten when he lived at 12 Clivendon Place London….. Book publishers had many a time disappointed this veteran journalist and poet by discarding his request to publish his 160,000 word novel AMAR. During my pow-wow with him, Vijayatunge discussed […]

Sheffield Sri lankans – Mr.Lal & Organizing Team With the view of making the current generation aware of the significance of Poson, Sri Lankans living in and around Sheffield celebrated this event on 5th July 2014 for the third year running. The event that was held at the picturesque Sheffield Buddhist Centre was attended by […]

By A. Abdul Aziz.  (Given below is an excerpt of one of the recent Friday Sermons of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, delivered on 11th July, 2014, at ‘BaithulFuthuh’, London, U.K. gave a discourse on Ramadhan and the Holy Quran; The source of guidance and salvation. […]

Sayeed Gafurov Pravda.Ru 16.07.2014 Radical Islamism has evolved into a qualitatively different organization – a very effectively controlled, well-organized and funded, with superbly trained fighters. That efficiency, with which it was possible to train, equip and send thousands of fighters from Syria to Iraq, can not but strike one’s imagination. NATO wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, […]

Shenali D Waduge  I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.” – Mahatma Gandhi Let’s ask ourselves a few questions. If media is an employable entity, where from editor down to journalists and columnists are paid and the media outlet publishes news in keeping with their agenda or conforming to their point of […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත් න  විසිනි   මා විසින් දැ ක් වුයේ ප්‍රවාද සඟරා වල ලියා ඇති දේවල්ය. එහෙත් 1994 සිට මේ නරුමයන්ට විරුද්ධව නැගී  බෞද්ධ බලවේ ගය කුමක්ද බුද්ධ සාසන ඇමති කලේ මොකක්ද. ජාතික පත්තර කලේ මොකක්ද. මේ ගැන  මගේ ලිපිය පල කලේ ත්‍රිශූලේ  පත්තරේ මිස ජාතික යය කියන  ලොකු පත්තර නොවේ . දැන් සටනට  තව […]