BY CHARMINDA RODRIGO Ceylon Today UPFA Parliamentarian Bandula Gunawardena answering Ceylon Today said that the recent Budget presented to Parliament is nothing but a bizarre farce to deceive the public. ?: How do you see the recent Appropriation Bill proposals presented to the Parliament? A: The proposals submitted by the Minister of Finance are a […]

 lanka C news | ලංකා සී නිවුස් අයවැය යෝජනාවන්හි ප්‍රධාන දුර්වලතාවය වන්නේ පෙර වසරේ එනම් 2016 අයවැයෙදි සිදුවුයේ කුමක්දැයි විග්‍රහ නොකර පුරාජේරු පමණක් පැවසීම යයි ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ හිටපු නියෝජ්‍ය අධිපති ඩබ්.ඒ. විජේවර්ධන පැවසීය. ‘2016 අයවැයෙදි සිදුවුයේ කුමක්දැයි මුදල් ඇමැතිවරයා අපට කියාදිය යුතුය. සෑම මාස හයකට වරක්ම මුදල් ඇමැතිවරයා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට වාර්තාවක් ඉදිරිපත් කළ යුතුයි. […]

By Charles.S.Perera The article Maithripala Sirisena desecrated SLFP of SWRD Bandaranaike-it ceased to exist on 16 January,2015”, is to say that SWRD took  away his Sinhala Maha Sabha from UNP to form the SLFP a radically different political party with a socialist leaning, as he thought that the pro-western capitalist system of UNP  is not […]

Adaderana November 16, 2016  02:38 pm            Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa slammed the Budget 2017 Wednesday, saying the government may intend to address the needs of the foreign elements than it focusing on local’s issues. This Budget aim to cut taxes for foreigners and motivate them to buy our lands,” Rajapaksa said […]

Adaderana November 15, 2016  07:22 pm Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa took a ‘politically unfavorable’ decision to disarm the various paramilitary groups, who supported the Sri Lankan government, after the end of the war against the LTTE. He made these comments during the launch of the book ‘Conflict and Stability’ […]

ලසන්ත වික්‍රමසිංහ (0716369828) ලේකම්, යුතුකම සංවාද කවය ඉමහත් ආන්දෝලනයට ලක්ව ඇති ලංකා ඉතිහාසයේ සිදු වූ දැවැන්තම මුල්‍ය වංචාව ලෙසට චෝදනාවට ලක්වන මහබැංකු බැදුම්කර සිද්ධිය අලලා පැවැත්වෙන විශේෂ මහජන සම්මන්ත්‍රණයක් “හොරා ඉල්ලා අස්වෙනු!” යන මැයෙන් පැවැත්වීමට යුතුකම සංවාද කවය විසින් කටයුතු යොදා ඇත. සම්මන්ත්‍රණය පැවැත්වෙන්නේ  නොවැම්බර් 19 වන සෙනසුරාදා සවස 3.15 කොළඹ මහජන පුස්තකාලීය ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේදීයි.  ලංකා […]

Nalliah Thayabharan நாங்கள் இனங்களாக அல்ல இலங்கையராக வாழ வேண்டும் – கி.துரைராஜசிங்கம் நாம் அனைவரும் இனங்களாக இருக்கிறோம் என்பதை விடவும், இலங்கையராக இருக்கிறோம் என்பதே இலட்சணமாக இருக்க முடியும் என கிழக்கு மாகாண சபையின் விவசாய அமைச்சர் கி.துரைராஜசிங்கம் தெரிவித்துள்ளார். மட்டக்களப்பு கல்வி வலயத்திலுள்ள ஏறாவூர் கலைமகள் மகா வித்தியாலயத்தில் இன்று இடம்பெற்ற பல்வேறு கல்வி மற்றும் புறக்கிருத்திய நிகழ்வுகளில் கலந்து கொண்டு உரையாற்றிய போதே அவர் இவ்வாறு குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார். இங்கு தொடர்ந்து உரையாற்றுகையில், இந்த […]

ALI SUKHANVER How long could we survive when we have a severe lack of unity at national level; I very often do ask this question to myself. It is not only me but almost all of us and most of our enemies too are well aware of the fact that lack of unity is the […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy Ceylon Today Donald Trump’s election as the 45th President of the United States was probably the best thing that happened to Sri Lanka, internationally, for a long time. Even a Bernie Sanders presidency would not have been as good for us. But then again it would not be good news if […]

By DAVID E. SANGER Information Clearing House November 13, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “NYT” –  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump said Friday that he was likely to abandon the American effort to support moderate” opposition groups in Syria who are battling the government of President Bashar al-Assad, saying we have no idea who […]

By Noam Chomsky Information Clearing House November 14, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – CJ Polychroniou: Noam, the unthinkable has happened: in contrast to all forecasts, Donald Trump scored a decisive victory over Hillary Clinton and the man that Michael Moore described as wretched, ignorant, dangerous part-time clown and full-time sociopath” is the next president of the […]

RT Get short URL Over the next few weeks, the International Criminal Court (ICC) could open an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Afghan war, including those allegedly committed by American troops, Foreign Policy magazine reports. Citing several knowledgeable sources,” the magazine claims that the ICC’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, is several […]

Shenali D Waduge  Top UN officials thought it fit to join the US election campaigning. It showed the appalling levels that entities we were told were unbiased and transparent could stoop to. Both the UNSG and UNHRC head came out in public to denounce only one candidate hoping to steer American public and global sentiment […]

RANJITH SOYSA The Sinhala people who we living in the East had to face a number of waves of attacks from the LTTE and had to shift their residences from one place to another. Many hundreds were hacked to death while thousands were forced to leave their houseS handing over the control of their lands […]

Shenali D Waduge  When a non-politician enters the White House as President there is bound to be major changes and surprises. First up has been the announcement that he will abandon the Obama administration policy on Syria and seek consensus with Russia for a solution to Syria. Clearly he has shown he is not part […]

Sarath Wijesinghe former Ambassador to UAE and Israel VIENNA CONVENTION Powers functions and the conduct of the Diplomats Missions and the working procedure is enshrined in the Convention on Diplomatic Relations ratified on 4thnApril 1961 subsequently developed by the member states with diplomatic skills and practices. There is uniformity on the practice and procedure through […]

By David Sillito Media correspondent Courtesy BBC What part did the media, both mainstream and alternative, play in Donald Trump’s election success? On 30 September 2016, the San Diego Union Tribune made history. For the first time in its 148-year history it endorsed a Democrat candidate, Hillary Clinton. It was also a first in 126 […]

By A. Abdul Aziz.Press Secretary. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says role of world leaders is to bring people together rather than threaten to ban Muslims from entering their nations” during Calgary Peace Symposium On 11 November 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote […]

Says Rahul  The people of the US lifted their eyes toward the skies in gratitude when the ‘Atlantic Spring’ rained a gentle rain of democracy over their country, long parched by a Neo liberal autocracy; Trump successfully led a ‘Red Cap’ Colour Revolution of the people against the Clinton- Obama regime that has its hands […]

Shenali D Waduge This was an election where media stood exposed for its open bias, a feature unexpected but one that propelled the people to undo the injustice. The election was a display of watching America defeat itself. It has shown that America does not have an honest mainstream media. The media campaign for Hillary […]

Dilrook Kannangara UNP has come up with yet another budget disaster. Its 2017 budget taxes the productive and rewards freeloaders. This will spell doom for the economy which is already reeling under fiscal mismanagement, astronomical corruption and an unstainable foreign debt. Party politics is written all over the budget. UNP regime plans to give tax […]

තේජා ගොඩකන්දෙආරච්චි දැන් ආපසු හැරී බලන විට ඇමරිකාවත් අපෙන් ඉගෙන ගත්තාදෝ සිතෙයි. එනම් අපේ රට කරවන ඇත්තන් තමන් ජාත්‍යන්තරය ජය ගත්තා යැයි කියා ඇත්තේ කට කසනවාට නොවේ. ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ 45 වන වරට ජනාධිපතිවරයෙකු පත් කරගැනීම සඳහා චන්ද විමසීම පැවතුනේ නොවැම්බර්  8 වන දා ය. මේ වන විට රාජ්‍ය බලය දරන ඩිමොක්‍රටික් පක්ෂයේ අපේක්ෂිකාව වූයේ […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge  “Buddhism helps man to find an answer to the question of his existence, an answer which is essentially the same as that given in the Judeo-Christian tradition, and yet which does not contradict the rationality, realism, and independence which are modern man’s precious achievements. Paradoxically, Eastern religious thought turns out to […]

Dr.Tilak S. Fernando  The country’s most influential opinion leaders were amongst the VIP guests of a very distinguished gathering at the ‘Sri Lankan of the Year’ awards ceremony held recently at the Hilton Hotel. It was an event of international standard and an initiative of Ada Derana, a premium news and entertainment media network of […]

By Our Correspondent Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expressed shock over the killing of one more scribe in Bihar of central India and reiterated its old demand for a special protection law for the benefit of brave journalists across the country. According to the local media, unidentified criminals shot dead Dharmendra Kumar Singh at Amra […]

The Island November 12, 2016, 9:13 pm Editor Senaka Weeraratna presenting the book to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa with Chief Justice K. Sripavan and Attorney-General Jayantha Jayasuriya at the event. The inaugural C. R. de Silva Memorial Oration was delivered by former Attorney-General Palitha Fernando, PC. at the BMICH in the […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE My Dear Charles In many ways parallels can be drawn between SWRD and MR. As we see now, SWRD’s job was far more easier in 1956 than for MR now. SWRD changed the religion, which gave an instant vote winning qualification. MR remained as Buddhist as before. SWRD had great […]

Szu Ping Chan Donald Trump’s plan for sweeping tax cuts and deregulation will spur a US economic boom that could “last for generations” if the president-elect resists a lurch towards protectionism, according to an architect of “Reaganomics”. Arthur Laffer, who advised Republican president Ronald Reagan in the 1980’s and UK Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher, said lower, […]

By Charles.S.Perera When Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse the President of Sri Lanka Freedom Party handed over the Presidency of the party to President Maithripala Sirisena  on the  16th January, 2015, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party founded by late S.W.R.D.Bandaranaike ceased to exist. Since then the Sri Lanka Freedom Party( SLFP ) of which President Maithripala is […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE During past 30 years or so, the US lead Alliances have channelled their resources to areas that did not create wealth, employment and investment. Though they had enough resources during that period, they concentrated on non-economic growth areas. Whilst pretending to be saviours of human rights, they conspired with the […]