Shenali D Waduge There is no better time than now to look back and recall the traitors of Lanka. Just as a terrorist is a freedom fighter to some, even traitors are somebody’s hero. It was always a case of falling prey to foreigners or seeking the assistance of foreigners to remain in power. Kuveni […]

By Charles.S.Perera The Yahapalanaya is a Nadagama- Mahadenamutta and his pupils.  Mahadenamutta had five pupils . He himself had given names to them according to their appearance. One was Indikatu Pencha – a thin tall man, Kotu Kithaiya the one who looked like a stick, his favourite was Polbe Muna who had a round face […]

By A.A.M.Nizam – MATARA. Is there a question called the Ethnic Question” in Sri Lanka? What is the difference between the people living in Sri Lanka other than people belonging to various religions, speaking different languages and belonging to different communities? The Tamil community in Sri Lanka was a community very much complacent with their […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න මේ ලිපිය දිගය් එනිසා කොටස් වශයෙන් ලියා එවමි .ජාතික පුවත්පතක් ලෙස තිබු ඉරිදා දිවයිනට යවා එහෙත් වර්තමාන තත්වය යටතේ පල නොකළ ලිපියකි මේ සියලුම කොටස් කියවන ලෙස වත්මන් තරන පරපුරෙන් ඉතා බැගෑපත්ව ඉල්ලමි ල්ප්කයේ පවතී හා  පවතින්නාවූ  එකම සිංහල රාජ්‍යය ඇත්තේ වර්තමාන    ශ්‍රී  ලංකාවේය. වර්තමාන ශ්‍රීලංකාව  නම් රට වසර ලක්ෂ ගණනක සිට  මිනිස්වාසයක්ව  […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න    කණ්ඩායම් තුනක් මහින්ද නැවත බලයට ගෙන ඒමට උත්සාහ දරති .මින්  දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන  සරත්වීරසේකර වැනි කීපදෙනෙකුත් නලින්ද සිල්වා බෙන්ගමුවේ නාලක හිමි වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර හා අමරසේකර ආදී න්  ඇතුළු කණ්ඩායමට අවශ්‍ය  වන්නේ ඉන්දියාවෙන් හා බටහිරින් රට නිදහස් කරගෙන  සිංහල බෞද්ධ සන්  ස්කෘතිය  ප්‍රධාන සංරචකය වූ ද පළාත් සභා 13අ වැනි සුදු අලි යන්ගෙන් රටවිනාෂවීම […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane  HISTORY OF THE TAMIL COMMUNITY OF SRI LANKA    The small communities of Tamils and Muslims living in Sri Lanka, amount to about 24% of the total population of Sri Lanka at present (Tamils including Estate Tamils – 15%; Muslims (09%). These communities are descendants of groups of individuals, exclusively males, who arrived […]

Shenali D Waduge The British ruled parts of Sri Lanka from 1796 and the whole of Sri Lanka from 1815 to 1948. Sri Lanka marks 4 February 1948 as its day of Independence. When our history is related by the very nations that occupied us or by twisted versions from their local clones the true […]

by Senaka Weeraratna Colonialism and foreign occupation constitute crimes against humanity. They represent some of the most serious violations of national sovereignty of states and breach of international law, and in almost all colonial territories in Asia, Africa, North and South America horrendous crimes against humanity have been committed by the occupying colonial powers. The perpetrators […]

Dr.  Daya Hewapathirane   It was in the last quarter of the 20th century that the name Sri Lanka was inappropriately imposed upon our motherland, known historically for centuries as ‘Sinhale’, ‘Sihala-deepa’,   or ‘Heladiva’, all of which mean the land or island of the Sinhala or  ‘Hela’ people. According to ancient Pali chronicles including the […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා අපට 1948 පෙබරවාරි 4 වැනි දා ලැබුණු නාමික නිදහස අර්ථවත් වූයේ 1972 මැයි 22 වැනි දා ජනරජයක් වීමෙන් පසුව ය. 2009 මැයි 18 වැනි දා අපි දෙමළ ත්‍රස්තවාදය පැරදවීමු. බටහිරයෝ ද ඉන්දියානුවෝ ද ඒ පිළිබඳ ව, එකම හේතුව නිසා නොවූව ද, විරුද්ධ වූහ. ඔවුන්ට සැමදාමත් අවශ්‍ය වූයේ සිංහල බෞද්ධ සංස්කෘතිය දියකර සිංහලත්වය […]

Shenali D Waduge  One of the distinguishable traits of former colonies is the manner that politics has come to be run by family dynasties with children continuing to be scions of their former colonial masters. Combined with the family name is the silent pact to govern the country in a manner that would please the […]

Shenali D Waduge First Published on  February 4th, 2015  The British ruled parts of Sri Lanka from 1796 and the whole of Sri Lanka from 1815 to 1948. Sri Lanka marks 4 February 1948 as its day of Independence. When our history is related by the very nations that occupied us or by twisted versions […]

By Our Correspondent Guwahati, 3 February:  The Ajmal Foundation has offered financial supports to five ailing journalists of Assam. Khasrul Islam, manager of Ajmal Foundation  handed over the amount totalling rupees 1,15,000 to the beneficiaries at a brief function held at Guwahati Press Club on Wednesday. The beneficiaries under the Ajmal Media Welfare Scheme include […]

Upali Jayatilaka What is RULE OF LAW? The concept of Rule of Law”, its origin, the present definitions, anomalies in the application of the concept and debates among jurist and Political Scientists as to what factors come within the definition. At present it is perceived to be a Western concept bestowed upon the rest by […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala The loud bravado with which Ms. Sharmini Serasinghe challenged the Sinhala Buddhists to give a valid answer” to her question – a question which was aimed deliberately at denigrating  the Sinhala-Buddhists – stands in stark contrast to the silence that prevails after the answer was given. (See Colombo Teleraph….) She asked […]

By Gandara John Thrice to thine and thrice to mine And thrice again to make up nine. Peace! The charm’s wound up.  RW, CBK and ms, the ‘Hecatian’ trio, dance around the inflamed island as they concoct the deadly Constitutional brew. The shamans of the troika, drunk on the magic potion, blabber superlatively about the body […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane There is a strong movement today for the reinstatement or restoration of the ancient   Sinha kodiya” (lion flag) as the national flag of the country. There is an outcry against the continued use of its corrupt and modified version with green and orange bands instituted in 1953. As the nation’s authentic traditional […]

By Dayan Jayatilleka ‘President Sirisena says his government will not act in haste.” This is unacceptable.’ – New York Times Editorial, Jan 28, 2016. …there is no ethnic group called the Sinhalese.” – Chief Minister Wigneswaran, Jan 19, 2016. President Sirisena has followed up his important BBC interview on accountability with a lengthier one on […]

Missaka A The question always asked is ‘what have the Sinhalese given the minorities’ and what more can they give? Why is there no question asked about what have the minorities given the Sinhalese and what else are they willing to give? Tamils came to Sri Lanka via invasions or because Tamil Nadu was too dirty […]

Sarath Wijesinghe – former Ambassador to UAE and Israel  Amazing Kidney is a precious organ in the human body Kidney is one of the main precious organs in the human body making urine, remove excess water, controls body chemicals/ toxins, controls blood pressure, keep bones healthy, help make red blood, controls mineral potassium, blood acidity […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග වියට්නාම් යුද්දයට සම්බන්ධ වූ අැමරිකානු  සොල්දාදුවන් බොහෝ දෙනෙකු මානසික අසමතුලිතතාවයෙන් පෙලෙති. ඔවුන් අතර විශාදය , මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය භාවිතය, පශ්චාත් ව්‍යසන ක්ලමථ අක්‍රමතාව , දිවි නසාගැනීමට තිබෙන යොමුව ඉහලය​. වියට්නාම් යුද්දය අවසන්වී දශක ගනනාවක් ගතවූවද වියට්නාම් යුද සින්ඩ්‍රෝමය අවසන් වී නොමැත​. මේ නිසා වියට්නාම් යුද්දයට සම්බන්ධ වූ වෙතරානුවන්ට ප්‍රතිකාර කිරීම සඳහා වෙනම රෝහල් […]

  By M D P DISSANAYAKE HIRUNIKA: Hirunika came to limelight of politics on the bandwagon of her late father’s death.  The former Presidential Advisor Late Mr Bharata Lakshman Premachandra was not a baby in the company of drug barons, just as much as Mr Duminda de Silva. After her father’s tragic death, it was […]

Courtesy The Nation Upon conclusion of the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) investigation into the Carlton Sports Network (CSN), the Attorney General is scheduled to interdict in High Court, former President and incumbent Kurunegala District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son and Lieutenant in the Sri Lanka Navy, Yoshitha Rajapaksa and others presently remanded on charges of […]

හිටපු ජනපති, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසන්නේ වර්තමාන රජයේ ඇතැම් මැති ඇමතිවරුන් සහ ඔවුන්ගේ දරුවන් තම පාලන කාලයේදී සිදු කල වැරදි වලට ඒ කාලයේදී තමන් දඩුවම් දීම වැළැක්වීමේ විපාක තමන් විදින බවයි. එතුමන් වැඩිදුරටත් පවසන්නේ තම දරුවන්ගෙන් නොව එතුමාගෙන් පලි ගන්නා ලෙසයි. ඊයේ මහනුවරදී පළාත් පාලන නියෝජිතයින් හමු වූ අවස්ථාවේදී මෙම අදහස් පළ කලේය. යෝෂිත රාජපක්ෂ […]

By Stanley Perera from Melbourne President Maithreepala Sirisena started off his term presidency with a slogan of yahapalanaya”.  Those who voted him were please with the statement made in public and hoped the corruption by the free loaders will end soon.  The masses did not expect to dash their hope in twelve months.  The free […]

Dilrook Kannangara Politics turned ruthless after 1977. Scores of political opponents have been killed, assaulted, imprisoned and otherwise harmed since then. What’s more worrying is the support these vengeful acts get from a section of the society. There is always a justification for any political act of revenge. Vengeful politics is here to stay. What […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Courtesy The Island Ven. Galaboda Atthe Gnanasara Thera, General Secretary of Bodu Bala Sena, who had been charged with contempt of court, was arrested and remanded on surrendering to the Homagama magistrate’s court on 26 Tuesday. Some young monks of the BBS behaved riotously trying to prevent their leader from being taken […]

Janaka Perera This relates to the January 27th article titled ‘Coup attempt that nearly ignited a religious war’ in the Lanka Web of January 27.  Since a reader in his comment on the piece has apparently misunderstood what I wrote I need to clarify the point I made on the Indian Army. There is no […]

By Gomin Dayasri Courtesy The Daily Mirror errorism has left a trail amongst the northern Tamils, feeling of a need for a separate state; brainwashed by the LTTE and kept alive by the remittances of the Diaspora. With the Provincial Council positioned, dawned on the North the outdated Indian prescription was not the answer sought. A […]

lanka C news  බොරැල්ල එන්.එම්. පෙරේරා මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ පැවැති හිටපු ජනාධිපති පුත් යෝෂිත රාජපක්‍ෂ ඇතුළු පිරිස අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම පිළිබඳව කරුණු පැහැදිලි කිරීමේ ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්‍ෂ විශේෂ මාධ්‍ය හමුවේදී අදහස් දක්වමින් විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා මෙසේ පැවසීය. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා මෙසේ ද පැවසීය. ‘‘පෙබරවාරි 05 වැනිදා එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් කොමසාරිස් ෂෙයිඞ් අල් හුසේන් ශ‍්‍රී […]