Archive for February, 2015

බලු සිංහයා ද සිංහ රාජයා ද

Saturday, February 7th, 2015

 නලින් ද සිල්වා පහත පළවන්නේ 2015 පෙබරවාරි 08 වැනි දා රිවිර පුවත්පතට ලියූ ලිපියකි. බලු සිංහයා හා සිංහ රාජයා ගැන සඳහන් කර ඇති කොටස් පුවත්පතෙහි පළ කර නො තිබිණි. මාතෘකාව ද සඳහන් වූයේ බටහිරයන්ගේ අරමුණ යනුවෙනි. යම්කිසි ආකාරයක පුවත් වාරණයක් ඇති බව පැහැදිලි ය. ජනමාධ්‍ය ඇමති හා ලේකම් ඒ ගැන කියන්නේ කුමක් ද?    බලු […]

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යුද ආතතියේ මනෝ සාමාජයික බලපෑම -උතුර සහ දකුණ

Saturday, February 7th, 2015

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංගගේ Combat Trauma in Sri Lanka  ලිපිය ඇසුරෙනි පරිවර්තනය ඒ එස් වික්‍රමසිංහ / නදී  කදුරුවාන  උතුරේ යුද ගැටුම් නිසා මානසික කම්පනයන්ට ලක්වූ සොල්දාදුවන් පිලිබදව මා විසින් තොරතුරු වාර්තා ලියා තිබේ. එසේම විශේෂඥ මනෝ වෛද්‍ය නීල් ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතා සහ මා විසින් ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් දීර්ඝ පරියේෂණ කොට ඇත. යුද ගැටුම් නිසා උතුරේ මානසික කම්පනයන්ට […]

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ඔෂ්විට්ස් කඳවුර

Saturday, February 7th, 2015

 වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංගගේAuschwitz කවිය​ ඇසුරෙනි   අනුවාදය වෛද්‍ය යසනාත් ධම්මික බණ්ඩාර.  රිදුම් දෙයි මහද පය ගැටෙන වාරයක් වාරයක් පාසා මේ ඔෂ්විට්ස් කඳවුරු බිම….  ගෙවී ඇති මුත් බෝ කල් හැඟෙනුයේ තවමත් ඊයේ පෙරේදා මෙනි…..  ගෙන ආවේ මා මෙහි පවුලේ අන් අය ද සමගිනි….. මව…….පියා…… සහ සිඟිති නැගණිය ද……  රාත්‍රී තුනක් දිගු වෙහෙසකර ගමනක් වීය එය […]

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Re: Unicode Sinhala-Ahangama Sinhala

Saturday, February 7th, 2015

රුවන් වීරසිංහ චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම මහතාණනි, කරුණාකර මගේ මෙම පිළිතුරත් ඔබ කියන වෙබ් අඩවියේ පළ කරන්න. මන්ද මෙය මේ කාරණය පිළිබඳව මම ලියන අවසාන ලිපියයි. ඒ මන්ද කිවහොත්, ඔබ මම කියන කාරණා දැනුවත්වම විකෘති කරන බව මට පෙනෙන නිසා මෙම කථාව මින් ඉදිරියට ඵලක් නැති බැවිනි. මෙහි එක් උදාහරණයක් ලෙස ඔබගේ පිළිතුරේ ඔබ මෙසේ පවසා ඇත: […]

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Sri Lanka and the World Cup 2015

Saturday, February 7th, 2015

Dilrook Kannangara Team Sri Lanka made it to the Final of the world cricketing event in the last two occasions in 2007 and 2011. However, this time its chances look slim as disastrous India and New Zealand fixes show. Team Sri Lanka was mercilessly beaten on both ODI series. The trend continues and there is […]

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Book – Impact of Buddhism on the Asian People

Saturday, February 7th, 2015

by Bhupender Heera Item Code: IDK139 Hardcover (Edition: 2007) Decent Books Publishers (A Division of D.K. Printworld) ISBN 8186921435 Size: 8.7″ X 6.0″ Pages: 286 Price: $35.00   Shipping Free ……………….. Preface The present research work aims at studying and evaluating the Impact of Buddhist Thought and Culture on Socio-Religious Life of the Asian People with Special […]

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Implications of President Obama’s Asian visit to Buddhist Burma

Saturday, February 7th, 2015

By Shenali Waduge When the US declares a country is of ‘national interest’ it should not be hard to guess the reasons why, more so when President Obama himself arrives in Burma to start an obvious ‘US enters Asia’ drive. The US wish list is also clear – it wants Burma to be ‘friends’ with […]

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HUMANITY FIRST

Saturday, February 7th, 2015

By  A. Abdul Aziz.  The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at the International Conference of the charity Humanity First recently The 2-day conference, held at the Baitul Futuh Mosque in London, was attended by 130 delegates from 15 countries […]

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Policeman shot while on patrol in Vavuniya – Remnant LTTE terrorists resumed their terror -මෙන්න ජනවාරි 8 වනදා කතිර ගහපු එව්වයේ නියම ප්‍රතිඵල

Friday, February 6th, 2015

Yahapalana News A police officer attached to the Settikulama police station was shot and wounded while on patrol at Ulukkkulama in Vavuniya early last morning, police said. While the injured policeman was admitted to the Vavuniya hospital for treatment, no arrests have been made so far, the Police added Four police personnel had been patrolling […]

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Musical Chairs & Sinhela with Foreign Citizenship

Friday, February 6th, 2015

 Prof. Hudson McLean The Article by Gomin Dayasiri was right to the point. The respondents backed the logic of Gomin Dayasiri with blunt correctness. Many of the Sri Lankans settled in USA – EU – Canada – ANZ – Singapore, have done well to reach top positions in their domain, in the midst of multi-national […]

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Sicilian Defense

Friday, February 6th, 2015

Rudra Gamini de Zoysa In a game of chess the Sicilian Defense typically leads to a convoluted and daring mêlée where both sides can play for a win. Your Excellency Mr President Maithripala Sirisena, and Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe, Prime Minister. I am writing to both of you because I do not know who has the […]

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Change-of-Country Name?  Responses!

Friday, February 6th, 2015

Prof. Hudson McLean Few Responses which demand a Response. SA Kumar Says: February 5th, 2015 at 7:15 am Thank you SA Kumar. Sir, Glad to see that, presumable as a Tamil, you tend to accept the Change of Country Name to; Sinhela – Sinhala – Heladiva. Furthermore, you are welcome to call Tamil Nadu, as […]

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TAX ON HYBRID VEHICLES

Friday, February 6th, 2015

 Dr. Tilak S. Fernando The Editor TAX ON HYBRID VEHICLES  Although the new Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake, in his first 100-day revolutionary interim budget for 2015, managed to offer a significant relief to consumers by reducing the prices of thirteen items, yet he seems to have overlooked a vital area when it comes to […]

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Land, police powers will divide Sri Lanka

Friday, February 6th, 2015

By Lt Col (Rtd.) A. S. Amarasekera Courtesy:  Sunday Times Point of view | Illicit immigrants from TN will settle in the north; hold referendum to defeat India’s surreptitious moves to create Eelam Sri Lanka is a Free, Sovereign, Independent and Democratic Socialist Republic that is a Unitary State according to Article 2 of its Constitution. […]

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Another example of ‘mindless’ journalism

Friday, February 6th, 2015

By Shelton A. Gunaratne from Moorhead An abundance of mindless” journalism continues to appear in the media published in the West as well as their blind imitators in the non-West. I believe the advent of citizen journalism in the 21st century provides the most cogent background to start  what is now known as mindful journalism centered […]

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යුනිකෝඩ් සිංහල-අහංගම සිංහල යට ගවුම්

Friday, February 6th, 2015

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම රුවන් වීරසිංහ මහතා පරිගණක විද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය ඔබගේ පෙබරවාරි 4 දිනැති ඊමේල් ලිපියට ස්තුතියි. සිංහල භාෂාවේ හා සිංහල ජාතියේ අනාගත පැවැත්ම සඳහා ඉතාමත් වැදගත් සිද්ධියක්වන යුනිකෝඩ් සිංහල ගැන මා විසින් දූෂණ විරෝධී පෙරමුණට ඉදිරිපත්කල සංදේශය, සිංහල බෞද්ධයින්ට ලෝකයේ ඇති එකම වෙබ් අඩවිය වන ලංකාවෙබ් විසින් එහි පලකිරීම නිසා මෙම පිළිතුරද ඔබට […]

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PLAYING MUSICAL CHAIRS WITH THE JUDICIARY

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

By  Gomin Dayasri Office of the Chief Justice is a pew of reverence and dignity and not a site for a game of musical chairs where three occupants held the hot seat within a space of three judicial days. This zany entry will find a place in a book of records or form a smart question […]

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Selling  Sri Lanka in hundred days to USA, India , UK and the West.

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

By Charles.S. Perera There was a Presidential election in Sri Lanka on the 8 January,2015.  It was to elect a President, but not to change the Government.  Therefore when Maitripala Sirisena was elected President of Sri Lanka there was already a government headed by  Prime Minister D.M.Jayaratne.  Therefore , President Maitripala Sirisena should have normally […]

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“APPACHCHI, APPACHCHI, NUBAI RATATA APPACHCHI”

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

By M D P  DISSANAYAKE Our beloved Appachchi Suddenly there is a deep silence from you, we are worried of you, just as much as we are worried about us.  Without you, we cannot think of a tomorrow.  Without you, we cannot be certain that we will have a country to live.   Without you, our […]

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M&R Soap Opera – From the Frying Pan to the Fire?

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

Prof. Hudson McLean News clips in Sri Lankan media and the on-going discussions in LankaWeb, is as entertaining as watching a TV Soap Opera like Dallas or South or the British Coronation Street, which some of the younger readers may have missed. A discussed during and immediately after the Presidential Elections, one of the reasons […]

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A Stark Revelation That Probably Has Frightening Implications Towards The Well Being Of Sri Lanka.

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

In Retrospect By Sarath Kumara January 24th 2015 The following item carries startling as well as revealing information about how the unitarity of the Sinhala Nation once again may have been  compromised through covert cunning and how the voting was manipulated to appease Western Powers through Indian involvement and the craftiness of Chandrika Kumaratunga and Ranil […]

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Sri Lankan Parliamentarians cannot be politicians and practicing lawyers

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

Shenali D Waduge For the good governance mantra to have any effect it must be practiced in its truest form. Sri Lanka’s Parliament has an abundance of qualified lawyers both in the Opposition and Government and a majority of them are practicing law. No politician should take up positions and professions that give rise to […]

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The Messenger & The Scribe

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

Prof. Hudson McLean LankaWeb has come a long way since the inception. From a proverbial gossip column to a respected serious journal, well moderated, with a band of civilised, cultured contributors. Opinions differ amongst the Scribes, but decent civility has been an important virtue amongst the clan. To my surprise I found that apart from […]

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VOHARA DE SILVA: PAGODA TEA ROOMS’ BROAD SMILE MANAGER

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

Dr.TILAK  S. FERNANDO It is with unfathomable emotion that I pen these words to express my deep emotions on the demise of my good friend Vohara de Silva, who answered his final call from above, a few days ago. The sad news reached me after the funeral had already taken place on the 10th of […]

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Government decides to continue with Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port City Project

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet has decided to continue with the Chinese government assisted Colombo Port City Project. This decision has been taken at the Cabinet meeting today, said Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne. New President Maithripala Sirisena is to discuss this project with China during his visit in March this year. Minister Senaratne also said that […]

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“සිකීම් මහින්ද හිමි දෙව් ළොව හිඳ ලියන වගයි……….”

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

නිමල් ( ඇ එ ජ )  ටිබෙට් රටේ ගම්මානෙක……………….. ඉපදීලා පුණ්ණජි හිමි සමගින් ලක් දිව………….. වැඩලා සරණක් නැති හෙළයින් වැළපෙනු…….. දැකලා අවදිකරන්නට සිතුවෙමි කවි…………….. ලියලා   අමන සිහළුනගෙ බියසුළු ගති……………….දුටිමි උන් වෙනුවෙන් අණුකම්පාවෙන්……….. බැලිමි දෙස,බස රකිනට දැඩි වෙහෙසක්………… ගතිමි දුනෙමි දිරිය, සිවුරක් ගැන……….. නොසිතුවෙමි   පන්හිඳ විය අසිපත පත් මා………………… අතට පිටින් ඇවිත් මා ගරුකලෙ […]

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KASHMIR- YESTERDAY AND TODAY

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

ALI SUKHANVER It is a difficult question to be answered whether we really enjoy being in a state of oblivion while making a list of our friends and foes? For the last many decades we, the Pakistanis, as a nation, have been trying our best to introduce us as a peace-loving rather cordial and friendly […]

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WORLD CUP CRICKET 2015 – WE ARE NOT  “MINNOWS” BUT CHAMPIONS

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

By M D P DISSANAYAKE For the world cup 2015 there are 14 nations participating in 2 groups of 7 each.  Sri Lanka is in Group A with Afganistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, NZ and Scotland.    The Group B consist of India, Ireland, Pakistan, South Africa, UAE,Windies and Zimbabwe. Since the inception of the Tournament, there […]

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Life Abroad – Part 115 LONDON PARKING – A TANGIBLE PAIN!

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

FEATURES- Dr. Tilak Fernando  London has today become one of the most congested cities in the world and, with it; parking has become a nightmare to motorists in this city! This is mainly because the local borough councils have taken over this area and turned it into a money-spinning exercise to generate additional income for […]

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200 Years of signing the Kandyan Convention- Remembering the ‘Dark Age’ of Sinhale (Sri Lanka)

Wednesday, February 4th, 2015

බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයේ ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සංසදය (British Sri Lankan Forum) 1815 මහනුවර මගුල් මඩුවේදී සිංහල නායකයින් රවටා අත්සන් කල ව්‍යාජ ගිවිසුමට වසර 200යි. බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය අධිරාජ්‍යවාදීන් විසින් අපගේ මාතෘ භුමිය ‘සිංහලේ’ යටත් කර ගනිමින් සිදුකල යුධ අපරාධ ඇතුළු සියලුම සාපරාධි ක්‍රියාවන් පිළිබඳව වර්තමාන රජය දැනුවත් කිරීමේ ජන හමුව. 2014 මාර්තු 02 සඳුදා සවස 4.00 සිට රාත්‍රී 7 දක්වා […]

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