May 6, 2015 at 12:01 am | lanka C news ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ රැස්වීමකට නාමල් රාජපක්‍ෂගේ ආරක්‍ෂකයෙකු ගිනි අවියක් ගෙන ඒමේ චෝදනාව මත යුධ හමුදා කොප්රල්වරයකු අත් අඩංගුවට ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා කරුණු පැහැදිලි කරමින් මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කර ඇත. මෙහි දැක්වෙන්නේ එම නිවේදනයයි. ඉකුත් අප්‍රෙල් 25 වනදා ජනාධිපතිවරයා ද සහභාගී වූ ශ්‍රී.ල.නි.ප. හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්‍රික් […]

By Sarojini Dutt Visiting Sri Lanka on a short ‘washroom’ visit was US Secretary of State, John Kerry; in attendance, amidst his 200 strong security personnel was the regular Sri Lankan nanny brigade for US functionaries. Although the humidity in Colombo would have been decisively more comfortable than the heat back in Baltimore Kerry arrived […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Courtesy The Island Scientists believe that, with the discovery of evolution (which is the most plausible scientific theory about the origins of life on earth), humanity has emerged from an era of benighted ignorance and false beliefs into a brave new age of knowledge and reason. They predict that the first […]

Hassina Leelarathna Los Angeles, CA May 3, 2015 — Speaking at a meeting in Colombo earlier today, Secretary John Kerry clearly reversed his earlier stance on the Sri Lankan conflict, referring to it not as a 30-year war on the Tamils” but as a necessary” war on a ruthless terrorist group. Here’s what Mr. Kerry told […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando -Island The police hadn’t been able to establish a prima facie case to proceed with the investigation  into an allegation that a section of the army sought to help former President Mahinda Rajapaksa remain in power in spite of his defeat at the Jan.8 presidential poll, authoritative sources told The Island  However, […]

By Dayan Jayatilleke – Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka How should I say it? ‘The proverbial cat is out the bag’ or ‘the cat is out of the proverbial bag’ or ‘the proverbial cat is out of the proverbial bag’? Whichever it is, the cat is well and truly out. Sri Lanka must have a new Constitution-Expert” says […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge Shakespeare “was not of an age, but for all time! –Ben Jonson The eminent English poet and playwright William Shakespeare was a Renaissance dramatist. Shakespeare was unique in the range of his insights into the human mind (Heaton, 2011). Shakespeare knew the deep psychology” of humanity (Tung, 2007). Therefore he can be […]

By DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA John Kerry was right, but only half right, when he commended Samaraweera for noting that true sovereignty can only be protected by asserting our multiethnic, multi-religious, multi lingual character. Both Kerry and Samaraweera forgot the flip side, namely that the estimable values of multi-ethnicity, multilingualism, multi-religiosity and pluralist multiculturalism can be […]

Adaderana Former Minister Johnston Fernando, who was arrested over allegations of financial frauds against him, was remanded till tomorrow by the Colombo Chief Magistrate on Tuesday (5). Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya also ordered the prison authorities to produce Fernando at the Kurunegala Magistrate’s Court at the next hearing. The Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) summoned […]

Adaderana Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa are to discuss a range of ticklish political issues when they meet at the parliament Speaker’s residence here on Wednesday. A leading member of the Rajapaksa camp told Express on Tuesday that the talks will not be one on one” but between two delegations, […]

By Piyasena Dissanayake and Anura Balasuriya  Island   The proposed one-on-one meeting between former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and incumbent Maithripala Sirisena would be held under two conditions, former Minister and UPFA Colombo District MP Gamini Lokuge said yesterday. Lokuge told The Island that politicians supporting former President Rajapaksa had informed President Sirisena that they were […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා   මෙය පාණදුරේ වැකඩ බෞද්ධ සහෝදර සමිතිය විසින් පළ කෙරෙන වෙසක් හඬ සඟරාවට ලියූ  ලිපියක සංස්කරණයකි පාසලේදීත් දහම් පාසලේදීත් ගෙදරදීත් පමණක් නොව පන්සලේදීත් අපට බුදුදහම කියා දෙනු ලැබේ. ඒ සෑම අවස්ථාවක දී ම අපට හැඟෙන්නේ බුදුදහම යනු ඉගෙන ගැනීමට ඇති තවත් දැනුම් පද්ධතියක් බව ය. විශේෂයෙන් ම පාසලේ දී දහම් පාසලේ දී […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා මහින්ද ප්‍රකාශ දෙකක් ම කරයි යනුවෙන් මා කාලය වෙබ් අඩවියෙහි පළ කළ ලිපිය ශ්‍රි ල නි පක්‍ෂයට හෝ මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂට හෝ හිතවත් බොහෝ දෙනකුගේ විරෝධය දිනා ගැනීමට සමත් වී ඇත. මා එ බලාපොරොත්තු නොවූවක්  නො වී ය. ඇතැමුනට අනුව දහතුනට පක්‍ෂපාති මා ඔවුන් රැවටීමට සැරසෙයි. දහතුනට එරෙහිව මා කර ඇති දෙය ඉතා […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා දහනවවැනි ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය ගැන මේ වන විට බොහෝ අය බොහෝ දේ කියා ඇත. අප කාලය වෙබ් අඩවිය මගින් ද පුවත්පත් සාකච්ඡා මගින් ද ඇතැම් දේ කියා ඇති නමුත් ඒ කිසිවක් ජනතාවට දැන ගැන්වීමට සැලැස්වීමට නොහැකි විය. එයට මූලික හේතුව බොහෝ ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන් අපට වඩා බුද්ධිමත් වීමත් අප කියන දේ වල්පල් ලෙස එතුමන් විසින් […]

Dr Hector Perera     London When I had the chance for my cooking demonstration at Sirasa TV I did not act the same way as some of the British TV chefs and presenters behaving. I explained the reasons to the two presenters why I cook that way. Most of the British TV chefs come and cut […]

by Chandre Dharmawardana, Ottawa, Canada  I have read Canagaratnam’s articles in the Island and elsewhere,  and appreciated his insights, but I had also noted his remarks on GMO foods, nuclear energy, pesticides and fertilizers as being more an indicator of public fears rather than informed opinion.  My professional  interests today are more in  topics not […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Bribery & Corruption Frauds have been, quite blatantly , the main theme of the current government of Maithreepala Sirisens & Ranil Wickramasinghe, with the tacit support of ex-Prresident Chandrika Bandaranaike-Kumaratunge, (My3-RW-CBK). The numbers are staggeringly huge, for a small developing country such as Sri Lanka. However the global audience were not surprised […]