Archive for July, 2015

What went wrong for the ‘rainbow coalition’

Friday, July 10th, 2015

Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy Island Rajiva Wijesinha was one of the main figures in the yahapalana coalition that overthrew President Mahinda Rajapaksa in January this year. Before former chief justice Sarath N.Silva began to speak up against the yahapalana government, Rajiva was the most prominent yahapalana intellectual to openly express his discontent at what the new government […]

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UNP have no right to intimidate or threaten President Sirisena

Friday, July 10th, 2015

It is very ugly to see posts by UNPers intimidating and threatening the President of Sri Lanka – Maithripala Sirisena. Firstly, UNPers must remember that UNP did not field a candidate for the January 2015 Presidential elections. There was no ELEPHANT symbol for UNPers to vote for.  That UNPers voted for the SWAN symbol is a […]

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ඒකීය ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවක අඛණ්ඩව පවත්වාගෙන යාමටය

Friday, July 10th, 2015

 A set of demands to the political parties පිටරට වල ජිවත් වන ශ‍්‍රී ලාංකික දේශ හිතෛෂි අය ලෙසට අපට විශේෂ කාර්ය භාරයක් ඇත. ඒ නිසා අප විශේෂ කැමැත්තක් දක්වන්නේ ද, කාර්යශු රී ලෙස කටයුතු කරන්නේ ද, ඒකීය ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවක අඛණ්ඩව පවත්වාගෙන යාමටය. ඒ නිසාම අපි යුද්ධයෙන් බැට කෑ අයට සෑහෙන පරිශ‍්‍රමයක් දරමින් උදව් කිරීමට දායක […]

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Why Mahinda  Rajapaksa should be elected as the Prime Minister by the people of this country at the next Election on August 17?

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

Dr Sudath Gunasekara (SLAS) Former Secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike and President Senior Citizens Movement Mahanuwara 8.July. 2015. He is the natural Leader ‘par-excellence’ of the SLFP therefore only he can protect it Maitripala Sirisena is not the Leader of the SLFP or even a member as he has already deserted the Party for […]

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Ranil Wickremesinghe’ s Political Conduct Compelled Maithripala Sirisena to Re-align Himself with Mahinda Rajapaksa

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

BY DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA Who was it who narrowed the gap between President Sirisena and ex-President Rajapaksa? Whose efforts were strong and effective enough to override the wishes of the external consortium that backed the peaceful ‘regime change’ of January 8th? Was it the SLFP Establishment, i.e. its top bureaucrats and old warhorses? Was it […]

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The Unimaginable Has Happened By Underestimating Opponents and Excluding Key Players At Pallekele

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

Top Spin By Suni- 9th July 2015 If Sri Lanka did not imagine they could lose the match at lunch on day four, as expressed by skipper Angelo Mathews after Pakistan romped to a seven-wicket win in Pallekele, to complete a 2-1 series victory. It was wishful thinking on his part. When he talks about  […]

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Strolling Across Jaffna Politics

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

Kusal Perera Well, the reports that ex-LTTE” cadres would not be accommodated in TNA nomination lists for the upcoming elections is accepted as correct, with TNA leadership not denying the news carried in most media here in Colombo. This follows reports that some Jaffna based ex-LTTE cadres rehabilitated and released by the Rajapaksa government have […]

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ANOTHER FIRST BY THE INDOMITABLE MOST REV. DARANAGAMA KUSALADHAMMA THERO

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

Nimal Rajakaruna Melbourne ACCEPTING THE INVITATION OF THE MOST REV. THERA,’ THE BUDDHIST CONNECTIONS TO MAHAVAMSA TEXT WILL BE SERIALISED IN NARRATIVE FORM BY NONE OTHER THAN THE MOST ELIGIBLE ACTOR TURNED HISTORIAN JACKSON ANTHONY OVER ‘ THE BUDDHIST CHANNEL’ ON TV EVERY FRIDAY AT 9.00 PM SRI LANKAN TIME BEGINNING ON FRIDAY 10th July 2015. […]

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THE NEW CHINESE SILK ROAD AND ECONOMIC BELT LEADING TO A NEW WORLD – IMPLICATIONS FOR SRI LANKA AND OUR FUTURE

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

By Wakula Gunapala (Former Head Science and Technological Education, Faculty of Education, University of Colombo), Ilford, Essex, UK. A new weekly tabloid has appeared on the London newsstands from a few weeks back.. Named  CHINA DAILY’, It presents to readers in the EU a selection of news, articles and reading matter for discerning readers in […]

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US GSP renewal: Hype and reality

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

By Subhashini Abeysinghe Courtesy FT.lk The renewal of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) of the United States is indeed welcome news for exporters from developing countries, not only Sri Lanka. It is a scheme that provides non-reciprocal, duty free access to certain products imported from designated Beneficiary Developing Countries (BDCs). Some of the articles that […]

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සන්ධානය තුනෙන් දෙකකට ආසන්න බලයක් ලබන හැටි ගම්මන්පිල එජාප සූත‍්‍රයෙන්ම සාධනය කර පෙන්වයි..

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

– අරවින්ද අතුකෝරල එන මැතිවණයෙන් සන්ධානය  තුනෙන් දෙකකට ආසන්න ජයග‍්‍රහණයක් අත්පත් කරගන්නා බව බස්නාහිර පළාත් සභා මන්ත‍්‍රී උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා කොලඹ අභයාරාමයේදී පැවති ප‍්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්චාවකදී කියා සිටියේය. එහිදී ඒ මහතා මෙසේද අදහස් පල කලේය. පසුගිය සදුදා සිට ආරම්භ වුනේ යහපාලන නාඩගමේ  අවසාන ජවනිකාව. මේ ජවනිකාවේ තමයි ජනතාවට පෙන්වන්නේ යහපාළනය නමින් රාජ්‍ය දේපල මැතිවරණයකදී අවභාවිතා කරන්නේ කොහොමද […]

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Those who can’t COPE..

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

Courtesy The Nation Those who cannot the COPE need to go home, and that is almost axiomatic.Parliament was dissolved before the COPE Report on the Central Bank Governor’s bond dealings had a chance of seeing the light of day. It is patently obvious to the people that the abrupt dissolution of Parliament at this juncture […]

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The conspiracy to demonize and erase the Sinhala Buddhist identity of Sri Lanka

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

Shenali D Waduge When colonial invaders landed in Sinhale with the intent to trade and spread Christianity they had just one obstacle and one enemy – the Sinhalese Buddhists. The nation of Sinhale to which these colonials arrived saw the culture, the heritage, the civilization that existed as a threat to them. That threat continues […]

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COMPARISON OF “GLADIATOR” PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

Well wisher The tragedy that seems to have befallen on President Mahinda Rajapaksa reminds me of the “Gladiator” from the film with Russel Crowe. In the film he is the favorite of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus becomes jealous of the Emperor’s love for his General Maximus. Commodus kills his father and […]

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Honesty, Integrity and Conflicts of Interest

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

Janaki Chandraratna – Perth, Western Australia Ethical values of Honesty and Integrity are fundamental to our existence in this complex modern world. In terms of governance these values are essential for politicians who are being elected to positions of trust and power to act on behalf of the voter and safeguard the rights and welfare […]

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Under the Guise of Protecting Human Rights and Establishing Democracy: US Intervention in Sri Lanka

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

Jamili Natasha Gooneratne Courtesy the University for Peace. Peace & Conflict The paper argues that strong US intervention in Sri Lanka after the end of the island’s armed conflict in 2009 is not based on altruistic efforts to protect human rights as presented in mainstream sources, but stems from deepening US geopolitical and ideological interests in the Indian […]

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MR signs nominations for Kurunegala: Wimal

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

Courtesy dailymirror.lk Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa has signed nominations to contest the upcoming general election from the Kurunegala district today, former MP Wimal Weerawansa said. Meanwhile, he said himself, Udaya Gammanpila and Bandula Gunawardena will sign nominations for the Colombo district to contest from the UPFA today. He said Western Provincial Council Chief Minister Prasanna […]

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ජාතික විශ්ව විද්‍යාල ආචාර්ය සංගමය

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

Dear All, We have established a new university teachers association in Sri Lanka. National University Teachers Association (NUTA) is the name (Logo is attached herewith). This is not a trade union or welfare association but a gathering of true nationalistic university academics in Sri Lanka. Any Sri Lankan PATRIOTIC-NATIONALISTIC university academic who is in active […]

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The Annual Pirith ceremony and the Heel Dana in commemoration of the Foundation Day of the All Ceylon Women’s Buddhist Congress

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

The Annual Pirith ceremony and the Heel Dana in commemoration of the Foundation Day of the All Ceylon Women’s Buddhist Congress will be held on Saturday 11 July and 12th morning at 400 Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07, All members and well-wishers are welcome.

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චම්පික රණවකට විවෘත ඇරයුමක් — කුරුවල් පොල් එපා!

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

J.C.Ahangama ගරු හිටපු ඇමතිතුමණි, එ.ජා.ප. ය මහ බැංකුවේ කොල්ල කෑමට දායක වුනා: කිසි කෙනෙක් ණයවල් තිබියදී ඒවායේ පොළිය අඩුකරවාගන්නේ නැතිව ඒවා එකතු කරලා වැඩි පොලියට වෙන ණයක් අරගෙන ඒවා ගෙවා දාන්නේ උන්මත්තකයෙක් නම් පමණයි. මෙහෙම දෙයක් කළේ උතුරේ ඡන්ද ගන්න කළ ගනුදෙනුවක් නිසා කියා පේනවා. බටහිර ඉන්න ත්‍රස්තවාදයට හවුල් වූවන් කවුරුන්ද කියා අමෙරිකාවේ FBI මධ්‍යම […]

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Delegation of Bhikhkus, laymen protest Lake House denigration of Buddhism ( Report in Sunday Island – Jan. 20, 2002)

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

by a Special Correspondent Sunday Island A large delegation of Bhikkhus and lay persons representing Buddhist organisations have lodged a strong and vehement protest with the Acting Chairman of Lake House, Kumar Abeysinghe, General Manager B. A. Jinadasa and Editors of the newspapers of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon, at the anti-Buddhistic and anti-national crusade of […]

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මහාචාර්ය ජයදේව උයන්ගොඩ සහ 71 කැරැල්ල

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග මහාචාර්ය ජයදේව උයන්ගොඩ 1971 කැරළිකරුවන් අතරින් බිහිවූ විශිෂ්ඨතම බුද්ධිමතා යයි කිවහොත් සාවද්‍ය නොවේ. මට ඔහු හමු උනේ කොළඹ විශ්විද්‍යාලයේ දේශපාලන විද්‍යා පීඨයේදීය. සිනහවකින් මා පිළිගත් මහාචාර්ය උයන්ගොඩ තම අතීතය ස්මරණය කළේ මෙසේය. පේරාදෙනිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ පළමු වසරේ ඉගෙනුම ලබන කාලයේදී ලොකුඅතුල මාව විජේවීර හමුවීමට ගෙනයනු ලැබුවා. ඒ 1969 දී. විජේවීර  අපට හමුඋනේ කතරගම […]

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ශ්‍රී ල නි ප ඝාතනය

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

නලින් ද සිල්වා 2015 ජනවාරි 8 වැනි දා ඝාතනය කෙරුණු ශ්‍රී ල නි ප ජූලි 8 වැනි දා ආදාහනය කෙරිණි. 1959 දී බණ්ඩාරනායක මහතා ඝාතනය කෙරුණ ද ශ්‍රී ල නි ප ඝාතනය නො කෙරිණි. ඉන්පසුව ද ශ්‍රී ල නි ප ප්‍රමුඛ සංධාන බලයට පත්විණි. 1977 දී ජේ ආර් ජයවර්ධන බලයට පත් වී බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිණියගේ ප්‍රජා […]

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PLAN B  (Part 2 ) TO BE ACTIVATED- PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSE FROM KURUNEGALA, OTHERS?

Wednesday, July 8th, 2015

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The Mahinda Rajapakse factor is having a disastrous impact on the UNP and the corrupt groups of SLFP.   The SLFP realizing the defeat into the 3rd place at the election, it  is trying to use the name of Mahinda Rajapakse to salvage the sagging fortunes. MR has not been given […]

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Supplying clean drinking water to the Rajarata in Sri Lanka.

Wednesday, July 8th, 2015

By Bodhi Dhanapala, Quebec, Canada The north-central province (NCP) in Sri  Lanka, encompassing much of the ancient Rajarata with its irrigation channels and tanks (weva),  has been afflicted with a kidney disease that was first identified by Nephrologists circa 1992. These patients were not linked with such well-understood causes like having diabetes or hypertension. The […]

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What’s good for the Goose is good for the Gander

Wednesday, July 8th, 2015

Vajiragnana Warnakulasuriya  Since Sinhalaya lost the innocence & virginity” with the arrival of the colonial master in 1805 it has been a gradual deterioration of the virtues & the morality” that the Buddhist influence the country inherited since the arrival of Venerable Mihinda and his retinue! In the Asian sub continent Sri Lankans leads in […]

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මෛත්‍රිපාල අත්හරිමු 

Wednesday, July 8th, 2015

නලින් ද සිල්වා අගමැති ධුරයට කෑදරකමින් ශ්‍රී ල නි පක්‍ෂය ද එ ජ නි සංධානය ද කඩාගෙන ගියේ මෛත්‍රිපාල සිරිසේන ය. ඔහු මොකක්දෝ පක්‍ෂයකින් හංසයා ලකුණෙන් විජාතික බලවේගවල ආධාරයෙන් ගියවර ජනාධිපතිවරණය සුළු ප්‍රතිශතයකින් ජය ගත්තේ ය. ඒ දෙමළ හා මුස්ලිම් ඡන්ද ද ජ වි පෙරමුණේ ඡන්ද ද ඔහුට තොගපිටින් වැටෙද්දී ය. ජ වි පෙරමුණට ඇති ඡන්ද තුන්ලක්‍ෂයක ප්‍රමාණය […]

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මහින්දගේ පුනරාගමනය හා රටේ වටිනාකම

Wednesday, July 8th, 2015

නලින් ද සිල්වා පසුගිය ජූලි පළමුවෙනිදා අධි ඇසළ පොහොය විය. බෞද්ධ සාහිත්‍යයේ අධි පොහොයවල සිදු වූ විශේෂ සිද්ධි නොමැත. මම ද එදින මැදමූලන ගියෙමි. පොළොන්නරුවේ සිට වැඩම කර එදින මැදමූලන ධර්මදේශනය පැවැත්වූ භික්‍ෂූන් වහන්සේ ප්‍රකාශ කළ පරිදි මෙවර අධි ඇසළ පොහොය මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂට ජනතාව අණකළ පොහොය විය. මැදමූලනට දිවයිනේ දසතින් වැඩම කළ භික්‍ෂූන් වහන්සේ හා […]

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ගමනක අවසානය

Wednesday, July 8th, 2015

නලින් ද සිල්වා 1959 සැප්තැම්බර් 26 වැනි දා බණ්ඩාරනායක මහතා ඝාතනය කිරීමෙන් පසු ගමනක අවසානය නමින් කෙටි වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටියක් නිර්මාණය කෙරිණි. මට ඒ චිත්‍රපටියේ නම මතක් වූයේ එතුමා ආරම්භ කළ ශ්‍රී ල නි ප 2015 ජනවාරි 8 වැනි දා ඝාතනය කෙරී ඉන් හයමසකට පසු අද දින (2015 ජූලි 08) ආදාහනය කෙරෙන බැවිනි. ජනවාරි 8 වැනි […]

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UPFA nomination foils; Mahinda preparing to contest through ‘budding flower’???

Wednesday, July 8th, 2015

Latest Hot News It is reported that the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is now unable to contest the upcoming General Election under the UPFA due to some restrictions imposed and failure of  Mahinda-Maithri collaboration, Rajapaksa is now planning to contest under the Our Sri Lanka Freedom Front (Ape Sri Lanka Nidahas Peramuna) with the symbol of a budding […]

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