Archive for June, 2016
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Subramanium Sivagami, alias ‘Colonel’ Thamilini’s book Oru Koorvaalin Nizhalil translated into Sinhala as Thiyunu Asipathaka Sevana Yata (In the Shadow of a Sharp Sword), discussed an issue hitherto conveniently ignored by those who had been wanting the government to address the grievances of Tamil speaking people. Senior lecturer, Saminadan Wimal, […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
H. L. D. Mahindapala The very first analyst to see through the veneer of Jaffna and get to the corrosive core of Jaffna politics was the Dutch Commander of Jaffna, Hendrick Zwaardecoon. (See Lanka Web : Moddely Tambi – the Father of Vellahlas”). His analysis of the peninsular social structure, dominated exclusively by the aggressive […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Dilrook Kannangara The security debacle and a resultant explosion in Kosgama is the worst Sri Lanka has seen. It may have costed over $10 million (1.5 billion rupees) in destroyed stock. Damage to houses and complex also runs to a few hundred million rupees. Heads must roll over this debacle. The Defence Secretary and the […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Shenali D Waduge Muslims in Sri Lanka need to seriously introspect. They claim to wish to live in peaceful coexistence but then their institutes are attempting to insidiously enter all the sacred sites of Buddhist Sri Lanka and build their prayers of worship. The moment that happens that structure will become their religious right and […]
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Posted in Shenali Waduge | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
LNW SPY ලෝව බිහිසුනු ත්රස්තවාදීන් වසර දෙකකට අඩු කාලයකදි පරාජය කරමින් මවුබිමේ සදාකාලික විරයන් බවට පත්ව සිටින ත්රිවිධ හමුදාව මුදවා ගැනිමේ හමුදාවක් (Salvation Army)බවට පත්කිරිමේ මහා මෙහෙයුමේ දැවැන්තම අදියර පසුගිදා කොස්ගම ත්රිවිධ හමුදා ආයුධ ගබඩාව පුපුරුවා හැරිම හරහා සිදුකර ඇති බව අප අනාවරණය සත්යක් බව මේ වනවිට තහවුරු වෙමින් තිබේන අතරම අපගේ අනාවරණයෙන් ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යංශය […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Lankanews සැලකිය යුතුයි අප මේ පළ කරන ලිපිය අතිශයින්ම විවාදශීලී මෙන්ම තාර්කිකද වෙයි.විවිධවූ අපගේ හිතමිතුරු සහෝදර වෙබ් අවකාශ සහ අපගේ වාර්තාකරුවන්ගේ ගවේෂණ ද මේ සඳහා සඳහා දායකව ඇත. ලොව බිහිසුණුම ත්රස්තවාදීන් වසර දෙකකට අඩු කාලයකදි පරාජය කරමින් මවුබිමේ සදාකාලික විරයන් බවට පත්ව සිටින ත්රිවිධ හමුදාව මුදවා ගැනිමේ හමුදාවක් (Salvation Army)බවට පත්කිරිමේ මහා මෙහෙයුමේ දැවැන්තම අදියර ඊයේ […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදල වෙතින් වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව ඉල්ලා සිටි ඩොලර් බිලියන 1.5 ක ණය මුදලේ පළමුවැනි කොටස පසුගිය සෙනසුරාදා නිකුත් කරන ලදැයි ප්රංශ පුවත් සේවය මගින් (AFP) නිකුත් කරන ලද වාර්තාවක සඳහන්ව තිබිණි. යහපාලන ආණ්ඩුව විසින් මෙම ණය මුදල අයදුම් කරනු ලැබ තිබුණේ ආර්ථිකය වර්ධනය කර ගැනීමටත් ගෙවුම් ශේaෂ හිඟය පියවා ගැනීමටත්ය. ජුනි […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
By, Professor Nishan Wijesinha Ethul Kotte, Kotte.) Mr. Ravikarunanayake is striking a massive arms deal which is estimated over 1.85 billion US dollars; of which the underhand commissions are said to be over 35%. The Sri Lanka arms and ammunition dump yard was blast off with this negotiation on mind. Mr. Karunanayake’s intentions are not […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මුලස්ථානයේ දී පැවැති මාධ්ය හමුවකදී එම පක්ෂ ප්රධාන ලේකම් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා මෙසේ අදහස් පල කලේය. රාජා භවතු ධම්මිකො කොස්ගම ශාලාව හමුදා කඳවුරේ අවි ගබඩාව පිපිරීමෙන් නිවා දැමිය නොහැකි ගින්නක් ඇති වුණා. එයින් විපතට පත් සියළු දෙනාට අපේ සංවේගය. අපි ආණ්ඩුවට කියනවා නොසැලකිල්ල කියන පදනම යටතේ හමුදා නිලධාරින්ට දඩුවම් […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
චන්ද්රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි වසන්තය! වසන්තය! — හැර ගියේ ඇයි සබද මුලාවුන ජන මනස — උදාකල මේ වෙනස දකින්නට, බැහැ සබද— විදින්නට බැහැ සබද යලි හනික වඩිනු මැන— නිවන්නට මේ පවස මෙත් නමින් පැමිණි යක්— පරපුරම මැඩලන්න සෙත් පිරිත් ගයමු අපි — ජනයිනේ මෙහි එන්න වෙනස දැන් පන්නන්න — වසන්තය කැදවන්න සියලු අවි අර ගන්න — […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Dr SARATH OBEYSEKERA There is and was a grandiose plan by both previous a incumbent government to develop Galle harbour as a tourist destination .A master plan was done with a proposal to build a out harbour breakwater and inner harbour Marina of which phase 1 has been completed An investor proposed to establish a […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2016
by Tai Beiping, Xia Lixin Source: Xinhua “U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s remarks will not help build bridges between countries. What’s important to do at present is to have a collaborative approach, rather than harsh comments,” said Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, a visiting lecturer in International Political Economy for University of London in Sri Lanka Royal Institute […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2016
Source: Xinhua | BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) — Experts of Asian nations Sunday refuted China’s “self-isolation” claims by U.S. Pentagon chief Ashton Carter. In his speech during the ongoing 15th Shangri-La Dialogue, which focuses on the security of the Asia-Pacific, Carter said Saturday that China could end up “erecting a Great Wall of self-isolation.” “Carter’s […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2016
ALI SUKHANVER Has anyone ever thought of those wretched ones who migrated to Pakistan from Afghanistan almost three decades back? Will the Ashraf Ghani government say them welcome if the government of Pakistan sternly decides to push them back to the land they actually belong to? And what would be the choice of these refugees […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2016
වරුණ චන්ද්රකීර්ති ක්රිස්තු පූර්ව 585 ඉඳලා අවුරුදු 35 ක් මීදියානු පර්සියන් අධිරාජ්යය තිබුණේ අස්ථ්යාගස් යටතේ. එක දවසක් ඔහු මහ පුදුමාකාර හීනයක් දැක්කා. ඒ හීනෙන් ඔහු දැක්කේ තමන් ගේ කුඩා දියණිය ගේ – ඒ කියන්නේ මන්දානා කුමරිය ගේ මුත්රාවලින් මුළු ආසියාව ම යටවෙනවා. ඒ මහා ගංවතුර ගැන ඔහු නිමිතිකරුවන් ගේ කරුණු විමසුවා. ඒ අය කිව්වේ මන්දානා […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2016
Dr OBEYSEKERA I am in Seychelles, today I find it difficult to fathom why our government abandoned the enhancing business relationship with this country Rather than going on witch hunting , they should have studied unprecedented development taking place despite lack of resources No wonder why MR came here Maldives and Seychelles are countries we […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2016
පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය දූෂණ විරෝධි පෙරමුණ මහ බැංකු අධිපති බලය අයථා පරිහරණය මෙහෙමයි බැංකු අධීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ඉවත් කළ ලංකා පුත්ර සංවර්ධන බැංකුවේ සභාපති රකින්නේ මහ බැංකු අධිපති! – දුෂණ විරෝධී පෙරමුණේ උපදේශක පුවත්පත් සාකච්ඡාවේ දී කියයි. බැදුම්කර නිකුතු දෙකක් හරහා ‘සබැදියාවන් අතර ගැටුම්‘ ඇතිකොට ගත් මහ බැංකු අධිපතිවරයා මේ වන විට තම බලය අයථා පරිහරණයට ලක් කරමින් […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2016
ACF Press release Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Arjuna Mahendran misusing and abusing his powers The Chairman of the Lankaputhra Development Bank Limited (LDBL), Lasantha Gunawardena who was removed by the Department of Bank Supervision is being protected by the CBSL Governor! Advisor to the ACF says at a press conference. […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2016
Island Editorial June 5, 2016,Courtesy The Island The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has, at long last, released the first tranche of a USD 1.5 bn bailout package for Sri Lanka. The government is over the moon. Sadly, the Granary of the East has come to such a pass that its rulers pride themselves on obtaining […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2016
Shenali D Waduge In constitutions there are some things that are sacrosanct and cannot be touched. These are the country’s national anthem, the national map, the national flag, the foremost place for Buddhism and the Sinhale Buddhists who built the nation. No politician or political party, whims of separatist inclined minorities or foreign agendas can […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2016
KAMALIKA PIERIS Tamils came into Sri Lanka in the ancient and medieval period as rulers and as soldiers. Several Tamil chiefs ruled over sections of the island in the ancient period. Elara, ruled over the principality of Anuradhapura until he was defeated by Dutugemunu in 161 BC. Elara’s origins are not known. He was from […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2016
KAMALIKA PIERIS There were several instances of foreign rule in ancient and medieval Sri Lanka .The Mahavamsa says that sometime after reign of Devanampiyatissa ( 250-210BC), two ‘damilas’ named Sena and Guttika, who were the sons of a freighter who brought horses to Sri Lanka , defeated king Suratissa and reigned together for twenty two […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2016
තේජා ගොඩකන්දෙආරච්චි දක්ෂ සහ සිත්ගන්නා අන්දමින් කතා කිරීමේ හැකියාව ඇති අයෙකුට ‘චතුර‘ කථිකත්වයක් ඇතැයි අපි පවසමු. තම කථිකත්වය නිසා සමාජයේ කතාබහට ලක් වූ චතුරලා දෙදෙනෙකු පසුගිය සතියේ අපට හමුවිය. එක් අයෙකු චතුර අල්විස්ය. මේ චතුර තම කථිකත්වය නිසා පාලක පක්ෂයේ ද්වේෂයට ලක්ව වරක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ද නම කියවුන අයෙකි. ඔහුගේ ‘ට්රැවල් විත් චතුර‘ වැඩ සටහනට රයිගම් […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2016
DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA This essay is the culmination of a series of essays I’ve been writing since 2012 the purpose of which has been to identify the main problems with the present Sri Lanka constitution and to formulate remedies that would be useful in a future Constitution. Parliament has now begun the process of generating a […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2016
Sarath Wijesinghe – former Ambassador to UAE and Israel A precious organ in the Human Body Kidney is one of the most precious organs in the human body, making urine, remove excess water, control body chemicals, toxins, control blood pressure, keep bones healthy, keep make and maintain red blood, controls mineral and potassium, blood acidity […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2016
By Rohana R. Wasala Courtesy The Island The recent furore over eastern province chief minister SLMC provincial council member Ahmed Nazeer’s outrageously humiliating treatment of the commanding officer of the Sampur navy camp Captain I.R. Premaratne during a function at Sampur Maha Vidyalaya in Trincomalee presided over by the provincial governor Austin Fernando and graced by the […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2016
(from Irida Devaina – 29th May) (Article by Shaym Nuwan Ganewatte) Another serious criticism regarding the bond issue of the Central Bank is the primary agent which received a higher interest rate in the primary market has in fact unloaded bonds valued at Rs 10 billon to the Employees Provident fund at a lower interest rates […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2016
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama Cambridge, MA USA There is little agreement among Western scientists about the nature and function of mind, consciousness—or even about whether such a thing exists. Buddhism’s extensive explanations, however, stand firm after twenty-five centuries of philosophical debate and experiential validation. Here His Holiness the Dalai Lama explains the Buddhist concept […]
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Saturday, June 4th, 2016
Shenali D Waduge In 1815 a selfish set of Chieftans handed over the Sinhale nation to the British. Within no time these chieftans became sidelined and the white-masters began rule over the servants using sepoys and lascoreens who were ready to betray their own for titles and perks. The whites left in 1948 but they […]
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Saturday, June 4th, 2016
KAMALIKA PIERIS Jaffna was a part of the Sinhala kingdom up to the 12th century . Around 1247 or so, a Malay (Javaka) ruler, called Chandrabanu from the Buddhist kingdom of Ligor (now Nakon Sri Thammarat in Thailand) invaded the Dambadeniya kingdom. He was defeated by Parakrama Bahu II (1236-70). There is reason to believe […]
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