Lankaweb Weekly Editorial May 21st, 2016 Perhaps it should not only be the joint opposition that needs slamming Minister Harin Fernando for his un-parliamentary behaviour over some of the words he used in Parliament this week and it needs to be said sadly that the quality of Parliamentary debates of late leaves much to be desired […]

Ira de Silva Hon. Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario. Dear Sir: Your statement on the seventh anniversary of the end of Tamil terrorism clearly indicates that Canada is continuing it’s support of Tamil terrorism as it has done in the past. I would like to remind you that funding for […]

Janaka Perera A group calling itself Vavuniya Citizens Group is planning to erect a memorial minaret at Mullivayikal for what it calls victims of ‘Tamil killing.’   The term almost sounds like successive Sri Lankan governments were – as a matter of state policy – engaged in hunting members of this community over the years as […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara 20.5.2016 I want all of you to read the following news item on a message issued by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn UK Why not all Sinhala organizations round up the British Embassy immediately in Sri Lanka protest and condemn this idiot’s anti Sinhala despicable statement and demand him and the British […]

Ramanie de Zoysa Sri Lanka’s President and Prime Minister together with the so-called ‘Executive Council’ where the ‘minority is majority’ passed down the moronic phrase for public consumption- and the Foreign Secretary stated it publicly- They are our people too- so we should not celebrate!!!” – In other words we don’t know how to celebrate […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න අම්මා මලා මම පුරුවේ කල පව           ට නිම්මා නැති දුකකි උහුලනු බැරිය ම     ට පෙම්මා සිතින් හත් දවසේ දානය           ට සෙ ව් වා  නොකළ යුතු  කලයුතු දේ  හෙ ට         ට දානෙට කියා ගෙන ආ අමු මස් ගොඩ            කි මේ දැක මගේ හිත තුල නැගුන පැ නය            කි දෙවියනි තවම ගතවුයේ දින හත                           කි […]

The government of the United States has issued messages at the highest level marking the celebration of Vesak.  President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have conveyed the following Vesak greetings: Statement by the President Barack Obama Michelle and I extend our warmest wishes to Buddhists in the United States and around the […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME ISSUES: Extrajudicial killing; impunity; rule of law; justice —————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Mannikkuge Sumith Dayaratne of Madhuwa, in Katunayake, has been extrajudicially killed by officers attached to the Negombo Law Enforcement Unit and the Special Task Force […]

By Mahinda Weerasinghe, the author of Origin of Species According to the Buddha” And Mission to Oslo”  When the Clinton-Lewinsky Saga at its hottest we hear this famous one liner concerning Mr. Clinton’s sexual antics; ’I never asked her to lie, but simply requested her to lie down’?   Indeed he fought this battle alone and we […]

Shenali D Waduge  Some very interesting and bizarre developments have taken place leading to the celebration of the military victory over LTTE and the rescue of some 300,000 Tamils that took place in May 2009. The Government through the Defense Secretary has conveyed to the people that ‘LTTE are our own’ that ‘there is nothing […]

Shenali D Waduge  It is getting tedious to be countering lies that are being publicized globally by well-funded campaigns generated from criminal syndicates that continue to function and were part of the LTTE international criminal network. Whatever attempts being made to downplay the victory achieved in May 2009, that accomplishment cannot be allowed to be […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara 18..5.2016 I want all Sinhala people to read the following news item that appeared in Times of India on May 17th. Sri Lanka agrees to provide land to Madya Pradesh for Sita temple Deshdeep Saxena| TNN | May 17, 2016, 10.01 AM IST Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh government will soon start the construction of […]

By Charles.S.Perera To-day on the day that marks another anniversary  of the end of a thirty years of ruthless terrorism, we remember with gratitude our former President Mahinda Rajapakse, Gotabhaya Rajapakse and all those who were around them and those live to tell the tale, and the valiant soldiers some who gave their lives , […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara President and convener Udarata Sinhala Urumaya Surekime Sanvidhanaya 18.5.2016 This is exactly what will happen if the current plan of the present Government lead by Sirisena-Ranil- Chandrika Trio remains in power for another six months. Kiriella and all other MPP supposed to be ‘representing Kandyan areas’ will form the Funeral Band of […]

Asoka Weerasinghe  Ottawa, Canada 19 May 2016 Hon. Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka Hon. Ranil Wickramasinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. Honorable Gentlemen of the Republic of Sri Lanka: It is with absolute glee that I share with you my personal celebration of the 7th Anniversary Victory of the Eelam War in my home. […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උසස් අධ්‍යාපන ආයතනයන් හී බොහෝ විට කනිෂ්ඨ සිසුන් වෙත වාචිකව, ලිඛිතව සිදුකරනු ලබන සරදමක්, ශාරීරිකව සිදු කරනු ලබන පරුෂ සැලකීමක් හෝ ඔවුන් තුල මානසික අස්ථාවරත්වය, බිය හා චකිතය ඇතිකරවන සුලු, සාමාන්‍ය අවස්ථාවේදී පුද්ගලයෙකු විසින් සිදුනොකරන්නාවූ ක්‍රියාවන් කිරීමටයැයි සිදු කරනු ලබන බලකිරීමක් නවක වදය අර්ථ දැක්වෙයි. අනෙකුත් රටවල් සමග සැළකීමේදී, […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM  Spokeperson, USLA It is my privilege once again to contribute to this meeting , for the seventh year in succession reaffirming our eternal gratitude to the Ranaviru, the brave members  of the  security force for  the sacrifice of their , life , limb and efforts devoted to the successful liberation of […]

Ratanapala 19  May 2016 Soon after the LTTE was decimated on 19 May 2009, the then Indian High Commissioner created the rift between the overly ambitious Army Commander and  MR ( by then a newly born Maha Rajano). India achieved their objective with the killing of Prabhakaran. They wanted him out because of their shame […]

සිළුමිණ පුවත් පතෙනි මේ දවස උදා වනතෙක් අපි බලා සිටින්නෙමු. මේ අභිමානනීය දවස උදාවන තෙක් අප පමණක් නොව ශ‍්‍රී ලාංකේය ඉතිහාසයම තිස් වසරක් පුරා බලා සිටියේ ය. කළු අන්ධකාරය මැද තාරකා පෙළක් දිස්වන්නට පටන් ගත්තේ මින් තෙවසරකට පෙර එක් අභියෝගාත්මක දිනයක දී ය. ඒ තාරකා පෙරහර හෙට වීදි බසිනු නිසැක ය. එය ත‍්‍රස්තවාදයේ කළු අන්ධකාරය […]

By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Courtesy The Island May 19, 2016, 11:35 pm Victory days are celebrated all over the world to ensure memories of just struggles do not fade away with time,despite attempts by some for personal and selfish reasons,to rewrite history belittling battles won at tremendous cost of lives, limbs and wealth.Though the Second World […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera After Minister Athulathmudali got hurt in the parliament where a bomb  was planted by JVP , J R Jayawardane was concerned about the safety of the ministers in the cabinet.Meetings of the cabinet was held in the current office of the Foreign Ministry , and I was invited during my tenure  to […]

ශ‍්‍රි ලන්කන් ගුවන් සේවය විකුණා දැමීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඊයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී පැවති විවාදයේදී ඩිජිටල් ඇමති හරීන් ප‍්‍රනාන්දු අමු කුණුහරුපයෙන් විපක්‍ෂ මන්ත‍්‍රිවරුන්ට බැණ වදින හඬ පටයක් සමාජ ජාලා ඔස්සේ හුවමාරු වෙමින් තිබේ. ‘අම්මට හු….නෙ නැතිව කට වහගනිං’ යයි කියන ඩිජිටල් ඇමතිවරයා තවත් මොනවාදෝ කුණුහරුපෙයෙන් කියනු පැහැදිලිව ඇසේ. විපක්‍ෂයෙන් විවාදයට පැටලෙන්නේ මන්ත‍්‍රී මහින්දානන්ද අළුත්ගමගේය. ඩිජිටල් ඇමති කුණුහරුපයෙන් අමතනු අසන්න මෙතනින්.. […]

Courtesy Adaderana May 18, 2016  03:10 pm        I call upon the government to stop persecuting our armed forces personnel and to release those who have been wrongfully arrested and detained, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. The observation was made while releasing a statement in view of the 7th anniversary of the war victory. Full […]

Courtesy Adaderana May 18, 2016  01:48 pm       Let us not forget that we owe an eternal debt of gratitude to every single member of the armed forces who lay down their lives, to those who lie disabled and helpless for the rest of their lives, said former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. In a Facebook […]

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka Geneva Minister of Science, Technology & Research, Susil Premajayantha who visited the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) 10 May 2016, has agreed to enhance collaboration between CERN and Sri Lanka, through the development of a network of scientific community of Sri Lankan scientists and researchers, who could remain engaged with […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Following is a slightly edited version of a ‘letter to the editor’ that I sent to the under-mentioned recipient. Since s/he seems to have found it too long to accommodate in the valued columns of that paper, I decided to seek the indulgence of the Lankaweb. Editor Daily News Sir/Madam, This refers […]

Courtesy The Island Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a hard hitting statement yesterday blasted the authorities for releasing hardcore LTTEers numbering a few hundred, while armed forces personnel were being arrested and held continuously without bail. “My government did not try to exact revenge from LTTE cadres captured at the end of the war. We […]

Bandu de Silva It is not only Sinhale Jatika Savidhanaya that should be concerened as reported in Hiru, but the entire nation. There is documentation of the protest made by the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka which even held a Seminar to discuss the issue of inauguration of this Sita Maha Devi project jointly […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග පොඩි සේකර කොලොන්ගොඩ ග්‍රාමීය රෝහලේ සේවය කල උපස්ථායකවරයෙකි. ඔහුගේ පුතුන් දෙදෙනා හමුදාවේ සේවය කලහ​. 1996 දී රිවිරැස ක්‍රියාන්විතයේදී ඔහුගේ පුතෙක් ජීවිතක්‍ෂයට පත් වූයෙන් අප මළගමට ගියෙමු. පොඩි සේකරගේ පුතා ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද හමුදාවේ සාමාන්‍ය සෙබලෙකු වූ අතර මරණින් පසු ලාන්ස් කෝප්‍රල් තනතුරට උසස් කොට තිබුනි. ඔහුගේ දේහය මිනී පෙට්ටියක බහා පොඩි […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Queen Elizabeth II, who has been the Head of Britain for several decades, turned 90 years old on 21 April 2016. As a ruler, she is an exceptional woman of strength and stamina who still chooses to reign and shine by living a simple life for many heads of States […]