Sudath Gunasekara 4.8.2016   Dear Patriots, Look at the following advertisement issued by THE HIGH COMMISSION OF INDIA COLOMBO on August 2, 2016 Applications are invited from the children of estate workers, who are… Home › Press Releases › Applications are invited from the children of estate workers, who are resident on estates, for award of scholarships by […]

Courtesy The Island August 4, 2016, 9:45 pm Former President and Kurunegala District parliamentarian Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday called on all MPs to oppose the VAT Bill when it is taken up by parliament next week. He said unbearable taxes were being imposed on the public due to costly election handouts like the salary hike given […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island August 4, 2016, 9:45 pm Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday told The Island that the government had now accepted his public declaration that India had pressured the previous government to abandon the $ 1.4 bn Chinese funded off-shore Port City Project. The former Defence Secretary first made the […]

Ranil Senanayake Courtesy The Island August 4, 2016, 9:26 pm The recent statement from the Cabinet spokesman on the ‘Port City’ project is a slap in the face of the many Sri Lankans, who lobbied and protested this project on legal, as well as health and safety grounds. According to him, it was not Sri Lankans […]

By Malinda Seneviratne Courtesy The Daily Mirror What did the Joint Opposition achieve by marching from Kandy to Colombo? What does it say about the strength of the joint Opposition? Does it say anything about the strength or otherwise of what is being called, tongue-in-cheek, the ‘Official SLFP (Sri Lanka Freedom Party)’? Has to solidified the […]

Please sign the petition https://www.change.org/p/united-nations-human-rights-council-save-larung-gar-world-s-largest-buddhist-monastery-home-to-10-000-facing-demolition?  The Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, which is probably the world’s largest Buddhist monastic community, was founded by Choeje Yishin Norbu Khenpo Jigme Phuntshok. The academy, as framed by the late Khenpo, has been serving as the wellspring of knowledge. It is also the home for many Buddhist practitioners and the source […]

lanka C news ජන සටන පාද යාත්‍රාව පිලිබඳ ආණ්ඩුවේ කතා ලංකා ඉතිහාසයට පමණක් නොවේ ලෝක ඉතිහාසයට අළුත් පරිච්ඡේදයක් එකතු කරමින් අපි සාර්ථකව ජන සටන පා ගමන අවසන් කලා. සමස්ථ ලෝක ඉතිහාසයේම පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයක් පවත්වා වසරක් ඇතුලත, ආණ්ඩුවට එරෙහිව පා ගමනක මෙතෙක් ලෝකයේ වාර්තා වුණු වැඩිම සෙනඟ වාර්තා වුණේ ජන සටන පා ගමනේ. පා ගමනේ සාර්ථකත්වය […]

Courtesy Adaderana An observation has reportedly been made by Minister Kabir Hashim to finalise an agreement for building a bridge connecting India and Sri Lanka, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader Udaya Gammanpila says. The observation was made while speaking at a press conference held in Colombo this afternoon (04). According to Gammanpila, the observation was made while […]

Indra Samaratunga Courtesy The Island Whilst I am no admirer of the brand of politics practised by the Rajapaksas, I am equally, if not more abhorrent, of the way the ruling coalition has responded to his “pada yathra” which concluded a few days ago. An event which would have passed into history as another colourful political […]

For many years the words international banker, Rothschild, Money and Gold have held a mystical type of fascination for many people around the world but particularly in the United States. Over the years in the United States, the international bankers have come in for a great deal of criticism by a wide variety of individuals […]

Courtesy Adaderana August 4, 2016  04:04 pm  Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that what makes the VAT increase most objectionable is that it is being imposed on the public to finance the salary increase and various other concessions that the government gave against all economic reasoning in order to win the general election. No previous government […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Government’s revelation that it had to suspend the Port City Project due to pressure from India not only shows the incompetency of the government but also reflects badly on both India and China, the joint opposition charged today. Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Rajitha Senaratne on Tuesday revealed that the Port […]