A Panel Discussion with illustrations on Prof. G.P. Malalasekera A Panel Discussion with illustrations on Prof. G.P. Malalasekera will be held on Tuesday 24th May at 5.00 p.m. at All Ceylon Women’s Buddhist Congress, 400 Bauddhaloka Mawatha Colombo 07. The speakers will be: Mr. Wijaya Malalasekera – My father K.N.O Dharmadasa – Prof Malasekera as […]

By : A.A.M.Nizam – MATARA Terrorist elements commemorate fallen terrorists today with the blessings of the government NGO vultures demand for an end to holding Victory Day functions Government says there would be no more victory or military parades to celebrate the defeat of the LTTE Slain tigers are our own people – Karunasena Hettiarachchi […]

Chandrasena Pandithage Year 2009 May 18th and 19 are very remarkable days in Sri Lankan history. Whole island raised together and celebrate together the brutal terrorism’s end. As a nation we all created a festive season throughout the country to celebrate those historical victory. It’s a “victory day” for Sri Lanka and all Sri Lankan […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala The brief history of Jaffna can be explored, analysed and understood only as a by-product of Saivite-Vellahlaism —  the over-determining central force that impacted on every aspect of Jaffna life, from the womb to  the tomb. It is this force that ran through all the phases of peninsula, particularly the first […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara 16.5.2016. The following news item by Ramakrishnan is a sequel to another which appeared under the caption ‘Work suspended after New Delhi claims it may be a naval facility’ appeared on 15.5.2016. I reproduce both above news items at the end of this note to make it easier for the readers to […]

BY H.D.N.PATHIRANA  FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SRILANKA According to the reports published in the Sunday times that the EIA report has been prepared on Sampur Power plant by a Delhi based company (M/S Mantec consultants PVT Limited) with local officials from Central Environmental Authority. This report has been prepared Under the topic Socio-Economic Environment”. The report notes that […]

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka Geneva  Minister of Science, Technology & Research of Sri Lanka, Susil Premajayantha said that there is a sense of urgency in Sri Lanka today over moving towards a knowledge based society. Underlining that Sri Lanka’s ability to facilitate a scientific culture that encourages innovative thinking will determine the country’s ability to […]

Shenali D Waduge Is it only in Sri Lanka or is there any other nation where the Victory Day gets watered down and scoffed? It is only Sri Lanka that can claim a military victory over an internationally banned terrorist movement but it is only in Sri Lanka that elements that propped up the LTTE […]

Yasas Vishuddhi Abeywickrama – 99 Group of Ananda College Ananda College Colombo and Jaffna Hindu College recently concluded their annual events that are organized with the aim of national reconciliation and supporting the north-south dialogue. The Sivagurunathan Memorial Challenge”, a unique cricket encounter between the two beacons of Hindu and Buddhist educational institutions in Sri […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara 14.5.2016 You 15,060.000 Sinhalese, why don’t you send at least one (1) Sinhala MP ( A Man with a Sinhala Heart) to Parliament (that monkey cage of Sri Lanka- as H. L. Mencken once accurately declared) to stand up and  speak on behalf of you, your motherland and your lost rights. Was […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera I was intrigued to read the above news item in Today and wonder what is the definition of a Leader ? Oxford definition is ! The person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country: or  a  protest group- natural leader Among the past people who were playing the role of […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge  Palali is a well-known area in the Jaffna Peninsula in the Northern Sri Lanka. Palali has an important airport that serves as the main lifeline in the North. A large number of soldiers travel to the Northern Peninsula through the Palali Airbase. During the Eelam War, Palali Air Base played a key role (like the Tan Son Nhut Air Base during the Vietnam conflict) providing essential food items, […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  මට ජීවිතයේ සැබෑ මිනිසුන් හමුවී තිබෙන්නේ අතේ ඇඟිලි ගනනටය​. මේ සැබෑ මිනිසුන් අතර එයා චීෆ්මාෂල් හැරී ගුණතිලක මුලින්ම සිටියි.  චීෆ් මාෂල් හැරී ගුණතිලක සැබෑ මිනිසෙකු බව මම කියන්නේ අවංකකම , නිරහංකාර බව , චාම් බව , මානව දයාව මා ඔහු කෙරෙන් දුටු බැවිනි. හිටපු ගුවන් හමුදාපති එයා චීෆ් මාෂල් හැරී ගුණතිලක […]

By Professor Asoka N.I. Ekanayaka Emeritus Professor May 16, 2016, 9:00 pm The ‘high level consultative dialogue on preventing ragging’ organised by the UGC last month was a step in the right direction and it was encouraging to note the commitment of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to eliminating ragging as reflected in his remarks at that […]

By Bhikkhu Karmananda Tanchangya Editor’s note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 6, December 2007. The Abhidhamma-pitaka is the third Basket (pitaka) of the Theravada Tipitaka. The Pali term ‘Abhidhamma’ has an ambiguous meaning, of which two primary meanings given in the Pali tradition are noteworthy: 1.      auxiliary (atireka) doctrines and 2.      exceptional/superior/highest (visesa/vasisaha/uttama) doctrine.   Ven. Buddhaghosa, the great Pali commentator, defines the term ‘Abhidhamma’ as – ‘that which exceeds and […]

Top Spin By Suni May 16th 2016 While it may not necessarily be a conspiracy as spme theorists seem to think! although there are suspicious undertones towards, this considering the calibre of the player involved and the implications it had on the overall picture of Sri Lanka cricket in the  face of important forthcoming competitions  […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror The service of officials like former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa is felt all the more at this time when the city has been hit by flash floods causing many hindrance to the people, Pivthuru Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary MP Udaya Gammanpila today said. Addressing a news conference, he said […]

By Bandula Jayasekara Courtesy The Island May 15, 2016, 9:35 pm I hear from my friends connected to the government in Ottawa that Gary (name taken) Anandasangaree , Member of Parliament in Canada, has prevented a motion in parliament to declare January as Tamil Heritage month and next Monday (today) there will be a roundtable in […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island May 15, 2016, 9:42 pm State Finance Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena yesterday told The Island that the government intended to raise Rs 100 bn through the increase in Value Added Tax (VAT). Minister Abeywardena said that the government required additional funding to meet its requirements. Asked whether it would be […]

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Courtesy Mail on line (UK) Nishi Uggalle, ten, scored the highest possible mark of 162 in the IQ test She scored 142 in second element, putting her in top one per cent of nation Nishi’s score and subsequent IQ of 162 is two points higher than Einstein Parents say she is a […]

Sudath Gunasekara 15.5.2016 Since I have never worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs I have no idea whether all aspects such as at least economic, political, international relations, defense and national security etc are gone in to in detail while keeping our national interest as the most important issue. The way it appears to […]

වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති තමන් කුඩා කාලයේ – ඒ කියන්නේ වයස අවුරුදු 12 ක් 13 ක් විතර කාලයේ, නිකවැරටිය පැත්තේ තිබුණු දේවාලයකට කිහිප වතාවක් ම යන්න මේ ලේඛකයාට අවස්ථාව ලැබුණා. ඒ, ඒ තරම් අඩු වයසක දී දෙවියන්ට කියලා විසඳගන්න මොකුත් ප්‍රශ්නයක් තිබුණු හින්දා නෙවෙයි. අපි කාටත් ඒ වගේ වයස්වල දී දෙමව්පියන්, නෑදෑයන් පස්සෙන් යන්න අවස්ථා, අනුග්‍රහයන් ලැබෙනවානේ. […]

Jay Deshabandu Director, Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science and Technology National Institute of Education Maharagma I became interested in giving a Mathematics contest in order to increase and motivate our students’ interest in learning Mathematics. In order to design a Mathematics test, I read your grade 11 Mathematics syllabus which is officially published by […]

Vajiragnana Warnakulasuriya With thousand plus apologies to those who burn the midnight oil to find solutions and suggest possibilities to ailing issues in Sri Lanka, I being inept in that area wish to write on a trivial issue for Sri Lanka knowing that Myna is a common bird found all over the country but ignorant […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න       මහායාන හා හීනයාන නමින් බුධ්ධාගම් දෙකක් විය. හීනයානය  ථේරවාදය විය. ථෙරවාදයම මුල සිංහල.  සිංහල ඕල්කොට්  තම්බය්යා  ආදේවශයෙන් පසුව හැඳින් වුනි. එසේ කලේ එක එක අවස්ථාවල  එලියට ආ මතිමතාන්තර අනුව ඒවා යේ ඇති වෙනස් කම් ජනතාවට හඳුන් වා දීම පිණිසය. මෙසේ කිරීම ජාති කුඅ අනුව බුදු දහම වර්ග කිරීමක් නොවේ. තේරෙන  […]

Vijaya Dharma Buddhist Vihara  Los Angeles, Bodhi puja and special sermons to honor the troops who gave their lives to fight evil on May 19, 2016 at 6 pm at the temple premises. Anusasana by Ven. Dr. Walpola Piyananda, chief Sanganayaka, USA. A special sermon by Ven. Dr. Medagoda Abayathissa, the Principal and Administrator of […]

By Our Correspondent Guwahati: Two Assamese books were released in a glittering function held at a city hall on 15 May 2016, where audience from different walks of life graced the occasion. The chief editor of Niyamia Barta, an Assamese daily, and also a celebrated writer Phanindra Kumar Debchoudhury,  a motivation worker Dr Minati Barthakur […]

By : A.A.M.Nizam – MATARA Government ignores the significance of the Victory Day. Terrorist elements hold one week’s commemoration of slain terrorist in the North. British MPs held a Mullaivaikal commemoration event at their House of Commons. Reginald Cooray refers to LTTE terrorists as LTTE war heroes May 18th , the Victory Day, is a […]

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Sri Lankan Army Commander  Sarath Fonseka came out with a bombshell statement some days ago in Parliament. The ex-army chief now a Cabinet minister in the Sirisena – Wickremesinghe Government accused his erstwhile comrade -at – arms and former Secretary of Defence  Gotabhaya Rajapaksa of having stage managed” an assassination […]