වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  නාලන්දේ නැටුම් සර්ලා දෙදෙනෙකු වූහ​. වෙළබඩගේ සර් සහ දයානන්ද සර් ය​. මේ සර්ලා දෙන්නාගෙන්ම ගුටි කෑමේ විරළ භාග්‍ය ලැබීමට මට හැකි විය​. අප හයේ පන්තියේ සිටියදී දයානන්ද සර් පැමිණ නැටුම් ඉගැන්වීය​. හනුමා වන්නම අපට ඉගැන්වූ ඔහු අපටද වන්නම කියමින් නැටීමට නියම කලේය​. හනුමා වන්නම මට තාම මතකය​. එය පටන් ගන්නේ මෙසේය​.  …ගිරින් […]

පේශල පසන් කරුණාරත්න  වලල්ලාවිට ප්‍රාදේශ්‍රීය ලේකම් කොට්ටාසයේ මීගහතැන්න, වලල්ලාවිට ප්‍රධාන මාර්ගයේ මද්දෙගම සිට මීගහතැන්න දක්වා ඇති අතුරු මාවතක් වන ඩිමෙල් මාවත 849D ග්‍රාම සේවා වසම හරහා ඇති එකම මාර්ගයයි. ගම් වාසීන්ගේ එදිනෙදා කටයුතු කරගෙන සිදු කර ගැනීමට අති මෙම ඩිමෙල් මාවත මේ වන විට විශාල වශයෙන් හානී වී ඇත. කඳු බැවුම් සහිත ප්‍රදේශය හරහා වැටී […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy Island  December 22, 2015, 6:46 pm Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera announced last September at the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council that he would consult all stakeholders on setting up of the accountability mechanism by end February, 2016. The resolution co-sponsored by Sri Lanka also called upon the Government of Sri Lanka to […]

Island Editorial December 22, 2015, 7:49 pm President Maithripala Sirisena, speaking in Jaffna on Sunday, vented his spleen on some unnamed extremists for blocking the path to reconciliation and conspiring to dislodge the government. He vowed to defeat those sinister plans. He seems to be troubled by a sense of being encircled with his erstwhile […]

Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Courtesy Island If one looks at history, many countries developed under autocratic rule. Sri Lanka, under Sinhala kings, prospered due to strict rules and control of the masses. Even a private company develops in keeping with the vision of the CEO. Russia, Iran, Iraq, Libya and especially Oman, developed under dictatorships. As I […]

By Kapila Gamage, Attorney-at-Law On 23 September 2015, Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara filed a case in the District Court of Colombo against the UN, citing the UN’s resident coordinator for Sri Lanka as defendant.  The case has been reported on in a number of newspapers, but many of those reports have contained inaccuracies.  As the instructing […]

lanka news මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා දක්‍ෂ අංගම්පොර ශිල්පියෙකු බවත් ඔහු එම ශිල්පය කාලයක් තිස්සේ ප‍්‍රගුණ කරන බවද කියැවෙයි. හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරයා මෙසේ ක‍්‍රීඩාශීලීව සිටින්නේ සිය සමකාලීන දේශපාලඥයින් මෙන්ය පසුකාලීනයන්ද බොහෝ දෙනෙකු විවිධ දුබලතාවන්ට පත්ව තිබියදීය. ඔහු අදද තරුණයෙක් සේ සිය නෑ හිතවතුන්ගේ මළ ගෙවල්, මඟුල් ගෙවල්, බණ පිරිත් ගෙවල්වලට මෙන්ම රට පුරා වෙහෙර විහාරස්ථානවලටද ගොඩවන්නේ පෙර […]

BY JONAH COHEN AND RAMYA CHAMALIE JIRASINGHE Courtesy NEW REPUBLIC December 21, 2015 A Sri Lankan woman sentenced to be stoned to death on charges of adultery has been granted a reprieve, but she is far from safe. Signal Beaten like slaves, treated like merchandise, these women are among the fortunate ones. Other young Sri Lankan […]

Editorial Island December 21, 2015, 7:27 pm Many thought the Jan. 08 regime change would pave the way for thorough probes into attacks on journalists and media institutions during the past few decades. But, regrettably, investigations into those dastardly incidents are being conducted very selectively. Media person, Pradeep Ekneligoda, disappeared and national rugby player, Wasim […]

Sri AV Tv network සරත් ෆොන්සේකා මහතා දැන් ඇවන්ට්ගාඩ් සමාගමට චෝදනා එල්ල කළද මීට පෙර ඔහුට රුපියල් මිලියන පනස් ගණනක් හා ජිප් දෙකක් ලබාදී ඇතැයි ඇවන්ට්ගාඩ් රැකියා අහිමි වූවන්ගේ සංගමයේ කැඳවුම්කරු කමල් ගමගේ මහතා පවසයි. ඇවන්ට්ගාඩ් රැකියා අහිමි වූවන්ගේ සංගමයේ වාර්ෂික සුහදහමුව අද (04) විහාර මහදේවි එළිමහන් රංග පීඨයේදී පැවැත්විණ. https://www.facebook.com/SriAvTvNetwork/videos/1016945108366473/ එහිදී එම සංගමයේ නියෝජිතයින් […]

Letter from Concerned Citizens Regarding the Proposed Western RegionMegapolis Development Plan (Courtesy Island) Dear Prime Minister, We welcome and laud the National Unity government’s efforts to initiate an integrated approach to the planned development of the Western Province including Colombo. We appreciate the potential for national economic and sustainable development that is inherent in well-planned urbanisation. […]

Courtesy lankaenews.com (Lanka-e-News -18.Dec.2015, 9.50AM)  From the very outset Lanka e news had been exposing that the handing over of Avant Garde Co. to the Navy is a camouflage in order to cover the  evil design of Kili-Rajitha-Arjuna team to take over this most lucrative business of providing security to international commercial vessels . Recently , […]

Rantings From a Virtual Soapbox A blog in support of animal and human rights and the environment Here in the UK an astonishing number of turkeys are killed each year. It is estimated that around 10 to 20 million turkeys are slaughtered in the UK every year just for Christmas –  in addition millions of other animals […]

Courtesy LBO Dec 21, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s consumer prices rose 4.8 percent in the 12-months to November from a year earlier, from the 3.0 percent a month earlier, data from the state statistics office showed. Year on year inflation of Food Group has increased from 2.3 percent in October 2015 to 4.6 percent […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Given the tight liquidity in capital markets due to the rise in global interest rates, a bail-out package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is unavoidable for Sri Lanka next year, according to Professor Razeen Sally, an economist with international repute. However, Professor Sally noted that the IMF lacks confidence over […]

Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph, 19 December 2015, where it appears under a different title.   Note that the images deployed here are not found in the CT version, where the  Bibliography is also less expansive. Do also attend to the reasons why I have expanded the Bibliography: viz., a desire to elaborate the concept of sacrificial devotion” ……. ……. […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා  ඩී එස් සී උපාධිධාරී සේවාර්ජිත (සම්මානිත) මහාචාර්ය අශෝක අමරතුංග මහතා තමා වෙනත් අයකුගෙන් ගත් මත, අදහස් ආදිය විස්තරාත්මක පිටු අංක සහිත ව කීමට මැළිවෙයි. ඔහු පිටු අංක තබා මූලාශ්‍රයවත් පැහැදිලිව නො කියයි. ඔහු දැනට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ඊනියා ජීවිතයේ අරුත ගැන අදහස් මා කලින් ද සඳහන් කර ඇති පරිිදි බටහිර ලෝකයෙහි සාකච්ඡා කෙරී […]

By Keerthi Waranakulasuriya – Defence Columnist, Sunday Divaina (translated  by Ranjith Soysa) Within a few days the year 2015 will come to end. For the first time in the history, Sri Lankan defence forces will have to make amends for defeating the LTTE, the Tamil Terrorists. The war crimes charges are levelled against Sri Lankan defence […]

Excellent & enlightening. Exposes Champika & JVP.  A must listen for all patriots about  treachery & impending danger. https://youtu.be/_PJPusBYacE

End of a Unitary Sri Lanka ? Thanks to Yahapalanaya – Watch “Sithijaya Sirasa TV 16th December 2015” on YouTube  

By Rohana R. Wasala Courtesy The Island I heard about the novel Siddhartha and its author Hermann Hesse for the first time when it appeared in film version in 1972. Watching the film prompted me to read the book. It is claimed that the book enjoyed the highest global popularity it ever achieved during the period 1960 […]

By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political Note from U.S. Washington, D.C. 19 December (Asiantribune.com): A hard-line advocate for the retention of the unitary system in Sri Lanka whose advocacy resonates well with the majority Sinhalese sentiments and a strong advocate for a federal system for Sri Lanka in the U.S. Department of State met December […]

Courtesy Adaderana There is a move to arrest former President Mahinda Rajapaksha and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksha over the disappearance case of missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, Convener of the Mawbima Wenuwen Ranawiruwo organization Major Ajith Prasanna says. He made the observation at a press conference held in Colombo this afternoon (20). The police have […]

by Dilhan Wimalka Courtesy The Sunday Leader The JVP and civil society organisations are planning to stage a combined rally on January 8 in a bid to remind the government of all the promises they had made to the people one year ago. The Propaganda Secretary of the JVP, Vijitha Herath said that President Sirisena and […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Historical analysis of batting performances of Mahela and Kumar showed a dramatic downturn in batting trends during 4 years prior to their retirement.  Except on occasions playing against England, they did not perform well.  Perhaps the intent had been to be in the record books at the Lords and other […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The SLFP and the Joint Opposition will not keep quiet about the changes that were taking place in the country today, former President and Kurunegala UPFA MP Mahinda Rajapaksa said. Speaking at the 80th celebration of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) the former President said the citizens were now witnessing […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province has formed a new non-political” organization which observers see as the first step towards splitting the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) which he represents in the Northern Provincial Council (NPC). The outfit, christened Tamil Makkal Peravai or Tamil Peoples’ Assembly (TPA), was formed after a […]

Xinhua The Sri Lankan government said on Sunday that it needs to have strong defence ties with countries like China and India. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, speaking at an event to mark the recruitment of a new batch of soldiers to the military, said that the Sri Lankan army needs to modernize to be on […]

by Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Island Giving vouchers in place of school uniform material has stirred a hornet’s nest! Parents, teachers and principals are all protesting. Their main grouse is this hassles and harasses everyone. Some even allege that this a sinister plot to slowly phase out free uniforms altogether. Some others rightly point out that not […]

The Daily Mirror The All Ceylon Customs Services Union (ACCSU) yesterday complained to the Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID) about a Rs.1 billion fraud on vehicles imported on permit. It said the fraud had taken place at the Customs when it released vehicles imported on permits and thus evading taxes. ACCSU General Secretary J.A. Gunathilake […]