Archive for January, 2017

We are a lying nation

Saturday, January 7th, 2017

Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai, Srilankans are quite used to lies specially from the politicians. We keep hearing their lies year in year out, and we jolly well know they are liars, but still go on believing them, supporting them and voting for them. Of recent times  Srilankans  have become very much aware of the lies […]

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Assam scribes echo BUJ concern over media job crisis

Saturday, January 7th, 2017

 By NJ Thakuria Guwahati:  Worried over one of the leading media houses in the country,  HT Media Ltd’s decision to shut down four editions of its English daily  Hindustan Times , Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expressed serious concern over the development. It may be mentioned that various bodies of journalists across the country expressed serious […]

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හම්බන්තොට වරාය හා ජනතාවගේ ඉඩම් චීනයට පවරාදීමට එරෙහිව නැගුන ජනතා විරෝධයට එල්ල කළ ප‍්‍රහාරය ඉතා පිළිකුලෙන් හෙළා දකිනවා

Saturday, January 7th, 2017

ප‍්‍රධාන ලේකම්, ජාතික භික්‍ෂු පෙරමුණ    හම්බන්තොට වරාය හා ජනතාවගේ ජීවිත හා සමාන ඉඩම් අක්කර 15 දහසක් චීනයට වසර 198 ට පවරාදෙමින් කරන්නට යන ද්‍රෝහී බිලිදීමට විරෝධය පෑ මහා සංඝරත්නයට හා මහජනතාවට පොලීසිය යොදවා කළ පහරදීම ඉතා පිළිකුල් සහගතව හෙළා දකින්නෙමු.       සටන්කාමී එම මහජනතාවට හා මහසඟරුවනට ජාතික භික්‍ෂු පෙරමුණ ආශිර්වාදාත්මක ශක්තිය එකතුකරන අතර ප‍්‍රහාරයෙන් […]

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Muslim Council Condolence Message – Justice Weeramanthry

Saturday, January 7th, 2017

N M Ameen President The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka The Muslim Community in Sri Lanka is deeply saddened by the demise of one of Sri Lanka’s most eminent jurists and a globally acclaimed legal luminary, Sri Lankabhimanya Christopher Gregory Weeramantry. Justice Weeramantry was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka from 1967 to 1972 and was […]

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“Trump will be assassinated” Paul Craig Roberts & Max Keiser

Saturday, January 7th, 2017

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts states clearly and repeatedly that if they can’t stop him becoming president they’ll kill Trump just as they did with John Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield and William McKinley. https://youtu.be/ZLjrzAmcCA4

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Vokswagen and Hambantota

Saturday, January 7th, 2017

Editorial Courtesy The Island January 7, 2017, 5:08 pm In March last year the Fortune magazine ran an article simply titled “Hoaxwagen” illustrated with a photo of a spanking new Volkswagen car spewing a cloud of noxious black smoke from its tailpipe. No explanation of what that article was all about was necessary. The whole world […]

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Arjuna’s role in the Hambantota deal

Saturday, January 7th, 2017

Courtesy The Island January 7, 2017, 6:37 pm As we write this on Saturday, the Hambantota town has become a battleground with thousands of policemen on the streets with barricades and riot gear. Reports are coming in of confrontations between the police and protestors with tear gas and water cannon being used.  The signing of […]

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මහින්ද මේ වෙලාවේ එන එක අවුලක්‌

Saturday, January 7th, 2017

ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ අධිනීතිඥ ගෝමින් දයාසිරි ආණ්‌ඩුව පළාත් සභා සඳහා 13 වැනි ව්‍යවස්‌ථාවෙන් හිමිකර දී ඇති බලතල මුළුමනින් ක්‍රියාත්මක නොකළත් ව්‍යවස්‌ථාවේ එය එසේ පැවතීම අනතුරක්‌ බව ඔබ කිහිපවර ප්‍රකාශ කළ කාරණයක්‌. නමුත් යෝජිත නව ආණ්‌ඩු ක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්‌ථාවෙන් පළාත් සභා බලතළ පුළුල් කළ යුතු බවට යෝජනා වී තිබෙනවා? පළාත් සභා අපේ රටට නොගැලපෙන ආයතනයක්‌ බව මගේ මතයයි. නමුත් […]

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මේක රනිල් කල්ලිය සල්ල හම්බ කරන බිස්නස් එකක්.. ජනපතිතුමනි ඉවසුවා ඇති.. – සජිත් පිල ප‍්‍රසිද්ධ මාධ්‍ය හමුවක…

Saturday, January 7th, 2017

ලංකා සී නිවුස් ඇමති සජිත් පේ‍්‍රමදාස මහතාගේ දැඩි හිතවාදියෙකු වන එක්සත් ජාතික පක්‍ෂයේ හිටපු දකුණු පළාත් සභා මන්ත‍්‍රී මෛත‍්‍රී ගුණරත්න මහති මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් කැදවමින් අගමැති රනිල් වික‍්‍රමසිංහ මහතාට එරෙහිව දැඩි විරෝධය දැක්වීමය. ඔහු කියා සිටියේ එජාප පාජෂිකයින් රාජපක්‍ෂලා එලවා බලාපොරොත්තු වූයේ මෙය නොවන බවයි. අද වන විට අගමැතිවරයා ඇතුළු කුඩා පිරිසක් මුදල් හම්බ කිරීම සදහා […]

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පිට පිට ඇනකොන්ඩා… වොක්ස්වැගන්ගෙන් දරුණු ප‍්‍රහාරයක්.. තවත් නිවේදනයක්..

Saturday, January 7th, 2017

ලංකා සී නිවුස් වොක්ස්වැගන් සමාගමට ජාත්‍යන්තර වශයෙන් ඇති වී තිබෙම නීතිමය අවහිරතා හේතුවෙන් එම සමාගමේ ආයෝජනය බාර ගැනීම ආණ්ඩුව ප‍්‍රතික්‍ෂෙප කලේ යයි අගමැති රනිල් වික‍්‍රමසිංහ මහතා විසින් කරනු ලැබූ ප‍්‍රකාශය වොක්ස්වැගන් සමාගම ප‍්‍රතික්‍ෂෙප කරයි. සිරස රූපවාහිනිය විසින් කරන ලද විමසීමකදී සමාගමේ සන්නිවේදන අංශයේ කැතරින් හොමන් විසින් දන්වා ඇත්තේ තම සන්නායමට අදාල කිසිදු ආයෝනයක් ශ‍්‍රි ලංකාව […]

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The Government should immediately give up the enactment of a new Constitution

Friday, January 6th, 2017

Dr Sudath Gunasekara. President Mahanuwara Sinhala Bauddha Jestha Puravesiyange Sanvidhanaya saha Udarata Urumaya Surekiime Jatika Sanvidhanaya Jan 2016 This Government should immediately stop its diabolical conspiracy to enact a new Constitution that will end up the 2500 year old Sinhala Buddhist State and its Civilization in this Island. On the other hand The Joint Opposition […]

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Sri Lanka’s Constitution is off-limits for those that seek to divide the island and those that did not contribute to the betterment of the island   

Friday, January 6th, 2017

Shenali D Waduge When terrorism is funded and supported by external factors, when we know politicians, political parties are influenced to bring about regime change assisted by external players, when we know heads of foreign-bankrolled NGOs are foot soldiers for foreign agendas and all these players are simply carrying out the invader objectives to incrementally […]

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‘REGIME CHANGE’ BEFORE ‘YAHAPALANA’

Friday, January 6th, 2017

KAMALIKA PIERIS ‘Regime change’ made its first appearance in Sri Lanka in September 1959 when S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike was assassinated by a Buddhist priest, Somarama, on the verandah of his home. The assassination was planned. That was obvious. But it was not difficult to execute. Bandaranaike had no security protection whatsoever.  Anyone could kill him anywhere. […]

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How to Solve the Ethnic Problems without a New Constitution

Friday, January 6th, 2017

By Daya M from Australia As a patriotic Sri Lankan living in Australia, I am writing this with the hope that the President of Sri Lanka and the Members of Parliament will get the chance to read it and think seriously about implementing my proposals given below. If the President implements my proposals, the ethnic […]

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Healthy Transformation after Facing Combat Events

Friday, January 6th, 2017

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge  Partly because PTSD is the most widely known impact of trauma but also for other complex reasons, trauma’s impact is often seen in terms of symptoms of psychological disorders. Dissociation, flashbacks, and nightmares that are among the diagnostic criteria of PTSD are not the only symptoms associated with experiencing violence designated […]

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Some Basic Parliamentary Changes Required in 2017

Friday, January 6th, 2017

Janaki Chandraratna It is that time of the year that many people make resolutions to overcome the adversities of the previous year. I would like to limit this summation to two basic areas that have taken the country down a slippery path from been one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, with a growth […]

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“සීමා නිර්ණ වාර්තාව අසම්පූර්ණයි. අඩුපාඩුයි සීමා නිර්ණය අවුල් ජාලාවක්” -අශෝක පීරිස් කමිටුවේ පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය

Friday, January 6th, 2017

ප්‍රවෘත්ති නිවේදනයයි.  සීමා නිර්ණ වාර්තාව අසම්පූර්ණයි. අඩුපාඩුයි  සීමා නිර්ණය අවුල් ජාලාවක්” ඉහත මැයට අදාළව 2017.01.05 දිනැතිව දිනපතා පුවත්පත් කිහිපයක පලවූ ප්‍රධාන ප්‍රවෘත්තිය සම්බන්ධයෙනි. එහි සඳහන් කිසිඳු කරුණක්, පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යවරයා වෙත 2017 ජනවාරි 02 වන දින අප විසින් භාර දුන් සීමා නිර්ණ අභියාචනා විමර්ශනය සඳහා පත් කරනු ලැබූ කමිටුවේ (2012 අංක 22 දරන පනතේ 3 […]

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Volkswagen and Hoaxwagen

Friday, January 6th, 2017

Editorial Courtesy The Island January 6, 2017, 7:27 pm People’s resentment towards governments in power finds expression in creative cynicism for want of a better alternative. The irate public coined a pithy slogan to vent their frustration under the Rajapaksa regime—unta Lamborghini apita badagini (‘Lamborghinis for the ruling clan and pangs of hunger for us’). They […]

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The Day of the Pollswagen

Friday, January 6th, 2017

By Lucien Rajakarunanayake Courtesy The Island January 6, 2017, 12:00 pm Did I hear you mention about the Volkswagen Era? No, no, it is not Volkswagen – it is Pollswagen. I’ve never heard of that. Where is Pollswagen made? Here in Sri Lanka, beginning at Wayamba – you may even call it the Wayambawagen. Now tell […]

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Axing mosquitoes on Yahapalanaya’s back

Friday, January 6th, 2017

Somapala Gunadheera Courtesy The Island January 5, 2017, 9:36 pm There is no doubt that ‘Yahapalanaya’ is beset with grave problems. One can understand the causes for its major problems and the ways in which it is trying to solve them. The attempts of its adversaries to topple the dispensation are also understandable. What beats […]

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OPEN YOUR EYES. RELIGIOUS INDOCTRINATION IS THE MOST  LUCRATIVE BUSINESS!  Practicing religion is OK, but not INDOCTRINATION!

Friday, January 6th, 2017

 If can study, do so. If not be a preacher!- An Indian saying  For man to believe that universes are the Creation of one person, who spies on the billions of humans worldwide , each and every second of the day, with a reward in one hand and damnation on the other; against the people he himself created with no man’s consent, […]

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Finance Minister calls CB Governor a hospital attendant – VIDEO

Friday, January 6th, 2017

Courtesy adaderana Participating in an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme is similar to one falling ill and being admitted to hospital, that though the Sri Lankan economy has not become a seriously ill patient who should be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), but has clearly become a patient who had to be admitted […]

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Sri Lanka shares fall; foreign selling inches close to 1 bln rupees

Friday, January 6th, 2017

Courtesy Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/sri-lanka-stocks-idUSL4N1EV3CA Jan 5 Sri Lankan shares fell for a fifth straight session and ended at a nine-month low on Thursday as foreign investors continued to sell shares, offloading close to one billion rupees worth of stocks in the first four sessions of the new year. Foreign investors sold a net 181.7 million rupees […]

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ජනපතිට රණවිරුවන්ගෙන් ලිපියක්‌

Friday, January 6th, 2017

රියර් අද්මිරාල්  සරත් වීරසේකර නව ව්‍යවස්‌ථාවක්‌ ගෙන ඒමට පිඹුරුපත් සැකසෙමින් තිබෙන තීරණාත්මක අවස්‌ථාවක රණවිරුවන් වශයෙන් ඉතා වැදගත් යෑයි සිතෙන කරුණු කිහිපයක්‌ ඔබතුමාගේ අවධානයට යොමු කිරීමට සිතුවෙමු. රණවිරුවා යන ගෞරවනීය නාමය ලැබුණේ ත්‍රස්‌තවාදයට එරෙහි යුද්ධය විජයග්‍රහණය කොට සමස්‌ත ශ්‍රී ලංකා වාසී ජනතාවට බියෙන් සැකෙන් තොරව ජීවත් වීමේ නිදහස ලබාදුන් බැවිනි. ඒ වෙනුවෙන් රණවිරුවන් විසිදහසක්‌ (20000) දිවි […]

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Justice hurried,justice buried

Friday, January 6th, 2017

Editorial Courtesy The Island January 5, 2017, 9:30 pm The Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government has, in its wisdom, decided to set up a special tribunal to handle bribery and corruption cases as we reported yesterday. Cabinet Spokesman Rajitha Senaratne has said once it is established, hey presto, the current investigation process which he considers slow will get a […]

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LTTE and their own agenda

Friday, January 6th, 2017

Kanthar Balanathan Please read the contents of this essay, which gives a sequential list of how SL wasted public funds in the name of peace talks. All of them failed. Government of SL should have taken appropriate steps to either get through an appropriate constitution or shut up and tell the Tamils to put up […]

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The Suddas & Never-to-Trust Indians are laughing at our Yahapalana Kalu Suddas

Friday, January 6th, 2017

patriot The Suddas & Never-to-Trust Indians are laughing at our Yahapalana Kalu Suddas! Where in the world have you heard of inviting war criminal Blair as State VVIP Guest?Only in Sri Lanka. Where in the world have you heard of leaders asking global crooks to create the economic blueprint for Sri Lanka?Only in Sri Lanka. […]

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History of Tamil Politics and the suicidal steps taken

Friday, January 6th, 2017

Kanthar Balanathan A. Megha from Kalinga came to Jaffna with people from Madurai and other places in 1258. Megha did not name the North as Tamil Eelam. Megha is an Indian. In 1255 Chandrabanu captured the North. Chandrabanu was born in Thailand. Chandrabanu was an invader like Kalinga Megha. Aryachakravarti dynasty (1262–1450). They did not […]

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A Voiceless Majority.

Friday, January 6th, 2017

By Ananda Ariyarathne Courtesy Ceylon Today Sri Lanka may be the unique example for a ‘majority’ being turned into a ‘voiceless entity’ within the nation’s own borders. Although they, the Sinhalese, make up 75 per cent of the total population, they have been branded as the most chauvinistic people, and due to their misfortune they have […]

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සීමා නිර්ණය වාර්තාව

Friday, January 6th, 2017

– මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන්/විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ  කැෆේ සංවිධානය ගැටළු ඇත්තේ සීමා නිර්ණය අභියාචන විමර්ශනය කිරීමේ කමිටුවේ  (අශෝක පීරිස් කමිටුවේ) නොව නීති වෙනස් නොකල පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශයේ සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ හා මුලික සිමා නිර්ණය සිදුකළ කුප්‍රකට ජයලත් – රවී දිසානායක සීමා නිර්ණය කොමිසමේ ය. අශෝක පීරිස් කමිටුවට  ව්‍යාජ චෝදනා එල්ල කොට ඡන්දය කල් දැමීමේ ආණ්ඩුවේ  උත්සාහය පරාජය […]

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