Sri Lanka News The Observer group of the Commonwealth presenting their key findings by observing all aspects related to the General Election held last Monday (17) emphasized the need to regulate campaign spending or  party financing with transparency in party political donors.  There are no regulations laid down in that regard and we believe that if […]

Courtesy Adaderana The parliamentary election in Sri Lanka on Monday has lost much of its geopolitical import because it is no more the ‘Chinese election’ it was meant to be. Actually, Reuters estimates, with a good measure of accuracy, that no matter which of the two electoral fronts wins the election – led respectively by […]

Courtesy Adaderana Greater clarity over economic policy matters more for the credit than the party composition of Sri Lanka’s next government, says Fitch Ratings. Improved economic policy credibility and coherence would strengthen Sri Lanka’s resilience to growing investor uncertainty towards emerging Asia. The establishment of a new government with a clear electoral mandate following parliamentary […]

Shenali D Waduge This is to raise a very important issue. In looking at results of the 2015 Parliamentary election results there is a very clear discrepancy at play. How is it that an ITAK has secured 16 seats (14 + 2 bonus seats) while the JVP contesting all island has secured just 6 seats […]

Yahapalanaya News The following United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) heavy weights who were strongly supporting Sirisen’s destructive and vicious campaign against his own party and who kept on pulling MR’s leg at every move were not re-elected according to the results announced today. S.B. Dissanayake, Lakshman Seneviratne, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardane Mahinda Samarasinghe Gamini Wijith Wijeyamuni […]

By Prof Rajiva Wijesingha – Seeing all the posters asserting that ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen was murdered, I was struck by the similarity to the allegations made when Chandrika Kumaratunga was President regarding Batalanda. The Sunday Leader in December 2001, soon after the UNP won the election she had called, wrote: ‘The legacy of evil that […]

 ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න  බොහෝ බෞද්ධයන්  හිතන විදිහට  කෙලෙහිගුණ සැලකීම නම් ගුණ ධර්මය බුදුන් වහන්සේ විසින් අපට ඉගැන්වූ පළමුවන පාඩ මය්  එහෙත් බොහෝදෙනෙක් නොකරන්නේත් කෙලෙහිගුණ  සලකීමය් .  පිහිට පතා බෝධියට කිරිකල වක්කිරීමත්  කොඩි එල්ලීමත්  මිස බෝධිය අභියස බුදුගුණ මෙනෙහිකර  ධර්මය අවබෝධ කරගෙන එමග යමින්   බුදුන් දැක කෙලෙ හි   ගුන සැලකීමක් ගැන උහු නොදනිති  . කරන්නේ ලේසියෙන්  කල […]

ALI SUKHANVER ‘A wave of attacks on Afghan police, army and NATO installations in Kabul killed at least 42 people and wounded hundreds, dashing hope that Taliban insurgents might be weakened by a leadership struggle after news of their longtime leader’s death’, reported The Reuters on 7th August, 2015,   ‘The attacks on Friday, which included […]

A majority has mandated to continue the January 08 revelation. No winners or losers. We will develop the country together as one family, the Prime Minister said. PM Ranil Wickramasinghe made the observations in a statement issued on Tuesday (18).Wickramasinghe also thanked all those who helped ensure the holding of a free and fair election. Former […]

Shenali D Waduge For politicians whatever party or color, is elections about serving the people or serving their interests and the interests of those funding their campaigns. As election results are yet to conclude in the sudden Parliamentary elections being held to avoid impeaching the unelected Prime Minister and causing political embarrassment to him, the […]

Shenali D Waduge Who exactly are the ‘international community’ and how powerful are they. To answer that all you need is an enemy national leader and then watch how a very planned out attack takes place from all corners using every tool, method and tactic available to completely destroy the credibility of the leader internationally […]

Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge The human mind is a complex phenomenon built on the physical scaffolding of the brain. (Nunez, 2010; Bassett & Gazzaniga, 2011). The human brain is not a static organ. It has ability to change and adapt as a result of experience. Experience alters the brain (Kolb, Gibb, & Robinson, 2003). This […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න    චන්දයෙන් මහින්ද දිනුවත්  බලහත් කාරයෙන් තමන්ගේ ආණ්ඩුවක් පිහිටුවීමට රනිල් මයිත්ත්රී දැන් කට  යුතු කර ගැන යන බව ආරංචි. ය . 18 වෙනිදා පන්සලකදී රනිල් දිවුරුම් දීමට  සුදානම් කරාත .  මහා ජන අදහස් මොනවා වුනත් මහින්දට අගමැතිකම නොදීමට තීරණය කර අවසන්ය . ජනතාව වීදි බැස්සොත් එස් ටී එෆ් ප්‍රහාරයකින් උන් මැඩපැවැත්වීමට   රනිල් සුදානම්ය   […]

Ramanie de Zoysa This is a time when all that needed to be said has been said and only the last action remains. After the last action is taken rightly or wrongly we shall all endure what comes out of our collective action! To think that on that blessed day of 19 May 2009 we […]

by Linda Housman April 14, 2013 – Libyans called it the eighth wonder of the world. Western media called it a pet project and the pipe dream of a mad dog. The “mad dog” himself in 1991 prophetically said about the largest civil engineering venture in the world: “After this achievement, American threats against Libya […]

By Janaka Perera Without question the August 17 Parliamentary Election is going to be a most crucial one for Sri Lanka. The decision the majority of the voters take on Monday is bound to have the strongest impact on the Sinhalas, more than any other community.  Never before in recent years have they been so […]

Dilrook Kannangara Previously no less than four (4) honeymoons between these actors ended in misery. UPFA Sirisena round hole does not fit UNP square peg. History shows the only stable governments are where the president and the PM are from the same party. A vote for the UNP is a waste. If UNP wins, its […]

Chanaka Bandarage Politicians love megaprojects. They know it is not their money that they spend.  In megaprojects, they often enrich themselves through massive commissions and other unethical ways. At the end of the megaproject, they revel in trying to obtain the credit for themselves, even if it was a failure. According to Professor Bent Flyvbjerg […]

 ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න    මේ කෙටි ලිපිය ලියන්නේ තව හොරා කීපයකින්  අපේ පුන්න්ය භුමියේ ඉරණම තීරණය වීමට නියමිත බැවිනි .  වීරෝදාර සිංහලයිනි විශේෂයෙන් බෞධ්ධයිනි  මුළු මහත් ජාත්ත්යන්තරයම රනිල් පිටිපසලු.  ඇ ය්  ඒ  . හිතාබලන්න  රනිල් තමය මේ සිංහල අපේ ලොකුම දැන් ඉන්න ද්‍රෝහියා රට බටහිරයන්ට පාවාදීමට කැසකවන ලොකුම ද්‍රෝහියා මෙන්ම ලංකා ඉතිහාසයේ ලොකුම මුදල් හොරා ජවිපෙ […]

By Mahanuwara Sinhala Bauddha Jesta Purawesiyange Sanvidhanaya Dear all, We thought it very timely and our duty too by our Motherland to make a special appeal to all voters to cast their vote with extreme diligence and caution tomorrow as there are innumerous vicious organizations and individuals, both at Home and abroad, who are conspiring […]

By Charles.S.Perera Before turning to the subject of this article it is important to point out how undemocratic is Ranil Wickrmasinge.  Because he did not like the questions put to him at the Derana 360 political programme, the UNP has used its power to undemocratically stop internet access to  Derana. A friend who does astrology […]

Geethanjana දේශය බෙදී වෙන්වීම වලකාලිය හැකි, රට දේශීය හා විදේශීය කුමන්ත්‍රණ කරුවන්ගෙන් බේරාගත හැකි ජාතික නායකයා වන මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට චන්දය දෙන්න!!

in Featured, LNW SPY August 16, 2015  කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික් අපේක්ෂක මෙන්ම මහා බැංකුව කොල්ල කෑයි කියන රවී කරුණානායක මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හමුවිමට අවස්ථාවක් ඉල්ලා මහා ව්‍යාපාරික හරහා කල ඉල්ලිම මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා එකහෙලාම ප්‍රතිකේෂ්ප කර තිබේ. කොළඹ කොටස් වෙළද පොලේ ජාවාරම්කාරි ව්‍යාපාරිකයෙකුවන අසංග සෙනවිරත්න විසින් මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට මෙම යෝජනාව කර තිබේ. මහා මැතිවරණයේ අනිවාර්යයෙන් […]

lanka C news -– රිවිර දෙමළ සන්ධානයේ මැතිවරණ ප‍්‍රතිපත්ති ප‍්‍රකාශනයෙන් කියනවා ඊළග රජයෙන් ඔවුන් බලාපොරොත්තු වෙන්නේ 13 වෙනි ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයෙන් එහාට ගිය ෆෙඩරල් ක‍්‍රමයකට බලය බෙදීමක් ගැන.උතුරු නැගෙනහිර ප‍්‍රදේශ ඒකාබද්ධ කිරීමක් ගැන.එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ යේ අරමුණු තමයි දෙමළ සන්ධානය මේ ඉටුකර ගැනීමට හදන්නේ යැයි හිටපු ආරක්ෂක ලේකම් ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා එම ප‍්‍රකාශය කළේ කුලියාපිටිය […]

Shenali D Waduge We have approached the most decisive election in the history of post-independence Sri Lanka. It will decide the future of Sri Lanka, the continuation or elimination of a 2600 Buddhist history and the ethnic demography of our country. With each year since 1505 the enemy has made incremental changes each time biting […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Where national leadership is concerned, Mahinda Rajapaksa is a diamond; he may be a slightly flawed diamond, but he is the only diamond we have. The bitter lessons he has learned will help him to change himself into a polished gem of enhanced value. (These ideas are entirely my personal opinions. Readers […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න ඇමරිකාවේ සහ එංගලන්තයේ ජීවත් වෙන එජාපයට ගැතිකම් කරන  කීපදෙනෙක්  ලංකාවේ සංචාරය කර  දින කීපයකට පෙර  ආපසු තම රටවල් වලට පැමිණ  රහසේ කසුකසු ගාමින් කතාකල දේවල් ටිකක් ඊයේ මට දන ගන්නට ලැබුනේ අහම්බෙනි . මේ රහස් කතා  වල යෙදුනවුන්ගේ  මුහුණු වල දැකගන්නට  ලැබුනේ වික්ෂිප්ත භාවයකි තැති ගැන්මකි  අන්දුන්කුන්දුන් ස්වභාවයකි.                                            සිංහල බෞද්ධයන් මහින්ද වටා  […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Courtesy – Asian Tribune – Whatever one’s view is about the letter President Sirisena, as the President of the SLFP, has written to Mahinda Rajapaksa, the contents of the letter are unambiguously political, and it is bound to favour the UNP and the UNFGG combine as well as other political parties opposed to Mahinda […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale “Madness” is a condition of emotional stress, short of insanity, caused by inability to handle mentation, the process of reasoning and thinking” Those whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make mad, said ancient Greeks. This is an ancient saying credited to Euripides, the Greek dramatist who lived in the fifth […]

Sri Lankan American The response to this and the follow up action required of the Sri Lanka Government should be high on the agenda.  They should not drop the ball because as Daya Gamage states, this is a matter of Sri Lanka’s integrity and the unprecedented downgrading of it as a country based on the […]