Dr. K.D.G. Wimalaratne Retd Director, National Archives Courtesy :  Daily News The Kandyan Convention was held on March 2, 1815 two hundred years ago. This convention or the Kandyan Treaty, was the instrument which ceded the Kingdom of Kandy to the British government thus ending the independence of that kingdom preserved for over a period of three […]

Priyanka Kurugala Courtesy:  Daily News Submitting a letter to Queen Elizabeth II, Bauddharakshaka Padanama (Buddhist Defence Foundation) states that it would be nice if Great Britain takes the required measures to do justice to the Sinhala nation, which was at the receiving end of the colonial rulers atrocious activities. The Foundation has forwarded the letter in […]

Dr Hector Perera       London Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism, the way the body uses digested food for energy. The digestive tract breaks down carbohydrates, sugars and starches found in many foods, into glucose, a form of sugar that enters the bloodstream. With the help of the hormone insulin, cells throughout the body absorb glucose […]

පෙරටුගාමී සාමජවාදී පක්ෂයේ මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාව නව ඖෂධ නියාමන අධිකාරී පනත් කෙටුම්පත බිබිලේ ප‍්‍රතිපත්තිය පෙන්වමින් එම ප‍්‍රතිපත්තිය මරා දැමීමට සකස් කළ එකකැයි පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය පවසයි. අද (02) මරදාන සමාජ හා සාමයික කේන්ද්‍රයේදී පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂයේ ප‍්‍රචාරක ලේකම් පුබුදු ජයගොඩ පැවසූයේ ආණ්ඩුව මෙය ජනතාවගෙන් සඟවා හොර රහසේ කඩිනමින් සම්මත කිරීමට යන්නේ එය ජනතා […]

By Shelton A.  Gunaratne Ross Nelson’s letter (Untethered reality and irony, too,” The Forum, Feb. 18, 2015) saw an irony in the placement of my defense of jack rabbits the previous Sunday just beneath Jack Zaleski’s furious attack” on religious nuts” who resisted vaccination for measles. Zaleski might have designed the layout of his editorial […]

Yak(h)apalanaya news With the previous government chose to operate with a sense of impunity, opportunities for reconciliation and restoration of human rights suffered,” Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said. The observation was made at the 28th Regular Session of Human Rights Council in Geneva, this afternoon. The historic election of 8 January this year that marked […]

by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera Speech delivered by Mr.Asanga Abeyagoonasekera former Executive Director of Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute(LKIIRSS) on the 27th February 2015 at the Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks(COSATT) Regional Conference on “Deeper Integration for Peace and Prosperity in the South Asian Region” organized by Centre for South Asian Studies(CSAS) in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung(KAS) […]

By Afshain Afzal Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar is on visit at Islamabad to hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart. According to unofficial reports from concerned quarters in New Delhi, India intends to build pressure on Pakistan regarding Mumbai Attacks and the boat controversy”. Islamabad has already stated that its boats were not involved in […]

Paul Fernando Colombo Courtesy Island March 1, 2015, 12:00 pm It seems that the ‘Yahapalanaya’ government believes in hitting the senior citizen below the belt through the application of the latest Central Bank (CBSL) directive on fixed deposit interest rates. The CBSL directive to banks specifies the revised eligibility criteria for the special interest scheme and it […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala On February 27 the My-3” Troika, consisting of Chandrika Bandaranaike,(CBK), Ranil Wickremesinghe and Maithripala Sirisena, passed its half-way mark on its vaunted pilgrimage to political nirvana which, they said, would be achieved in 100 days. This  is the solemn promise they gave the people and, unless they are to be dismissed […]

Shenali D Waduge  The name of the game is divide and rule, self-determination and balkanization all hallmarks of what India cannot ignore despite its efforts to avert or delay the inevitable. Importing Eelam from India to Sri Lanka managed to avert balkanization of India by 30 years, a period used by India to subtly form […]

Kanthar Balanathan, Australia  Retired Director & Power Systems Specialist Engineer General Politics, Democracy, Political Ideology, freedom, patriotism, smart patriotism, nationalism, and real freedom correlates to humans in a democratic environment. After 67 years of independence, do SriLankans practice and experience ideal democracy. In the context of ideal democracy do SriLankan politicians, genuinely, are patriotic, not […]

by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy Island Having lambasted the government yesterday for what he called its lethargic attitude towards implementing key promises in President Maithripala Sirisena’s election manifesto, Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha thera stressed that the onus was on the President to ensure the implementation of his own pledges. Leader of the Movement for a Just Society Ven. […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා 1815 මාර්තු දෙවැනි දා අපට නිදහස අහිමි විය. මේ ලිපිය 1815, 1915 හා 2015 ගැන ය. මේ වසර තුන ම සිංහලයන්ගේ, විශේෂයෙන් ම සිංහල බෞද්ධයන්ගේ දුර්භාග්‍යය සනිටුහන් කළේ ය. ඒ සියල්ල පිටුපස සිටියෝ ඉංගිරිසිහු ය. ඉදිරියටත් මෙවැනි සිද්ධිවලට අපට මුහුණ පෑමට ඇති බැවින් ඉංගිරිසින් ක්‍රියා කරන ආකාරය ගැන යම් දැනුමක් ලබාගෙන තිබිය […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා ආණ්ඩුව එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් කොමිසම මාර්තුවේ දී ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට තිබූ වාර්තාව සැප්තැම්බර් දක්වා කල්දමා ගත්තේ අප්‍රියෙල් මාසයෙන් පසුව පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත මැතිවරණයේ දී ජනතාව ඉදිරියේ බොරු පම්පොරි කතාවක් කීමට ය. තම විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තියේ නිවැරදි බව නිසා මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් කොමිසම වාර්තාව ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම කල්දැමී යැයි කීම ආණ්ඩුවේ අවශ්‍යතාව විය. එහෙත් ආණ්ඩුව ජනතාවට නොකියන […]

 Ranjith Soysa Spokesperson UNITED AUSTRALIANS OF SRI LANKAN ORGANIZATIONS . (PO BOX 4066, Mulgrave , Vic 3170) 27-02-2015 The Chief Minister and the Members of the WESTERN PROVINCAIL COUNCIL We address this note to convey our appreciation of your efforts and the step taken by the members of the Western Provincial Council in passing of a […]

Ranjith Soysa The Hon Prime Minister and the Hon Ministers We send herewith a letter from Joint Sri Lankan orgs in Australia rejecting SL Prime Minister’s comments on important relations between Australia and Sri Lanka. BEST WISHES Ranjith Soysa  UNITED AUSTRALIANS OF SRI LANKAN ORGANISATIONS PO BOX 4066, MULGRAVE, VICTORIA 3175, AUSTRALIA, Telephone 03-97957143 25 […]

By Apsara Kapukotuwa Courtesy Sunday Times World Animal Day was celebrated on October 4 with no great fanfare. But there is little doubt that the issue of prevention of cruelty to animals deserves much attention in present-day society. One of Sri Lanka’s most antiquated laws that sets out offences and penalties for mistreatment of animals is […]

 By Prof. Suwanda H J Sugunasiri (writing from Canada) How many minds do you think you have? Whaddaya mean? Of course, I have one body, one mind – if you don’t mind. Dead on. Dead wrong! Let’s ask the Buddha.  He uses  three terms for mind: Citta, Mano and Viññāõa.  Says he in one place, […]