By Charles.S.Perera Yahapalanaya goons accused Mahinda Rajapakse for running a  family affair, but Ranil Wickramasinghe makes the government an affair of buddies, with the connivance of the President. Maithripala Sirisena was elected by the people at the Presidential elections. Therefore he has the peoples’ consent to become the President of Sri Lanka. However,  a large […]

Shenali D. Waduge Buddhism and Buddhist values were the pride of the Sinhale nation for over two millennia. Nothing that this country stood for brought international attention both from near and far than the nation’s commitment to safeguard and foster Buddhism. Buddhist values were the term of reference in national policy making by Sinhalese Kings. […]

Shenali D Waduge  The President of the United States of America has clearly indicated to the world that his administration’s policy will be America First & Americans First. However, US citizen Rudrakumaran who incidentally continues to be banned by the Government of Sri Lanka since April 2014 incorporating the UN Security Council Resolution 1373 is […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge Currently the definition of delayed-onset PTSD encompasses symptoms that surface only up to 6 months following an event. Sometimes PTSD can emerge many years after the original trauma. According to Robertson and colleagues (Ruzich, Looi, & Robertson, 2005), large numbers of older veterans are present with nightmares and intrusive memories of […]

Courtesy The Hindu Sri Lanka aims to finalise a free trade agreement with China this year and the country’s Prime Minister will visit Beijing in May, the Sri Lankan Ambassador said on Saturday, amid rising concern in the South Asian nation about Chinese investment. Hundreds of Sri Lankans clashed with police at the opening last […]

 Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran spent Rs.66mn of Central Bank funds on 163 occasions during a span of 21 months for his own purposes, Voice against Corruption (VAC) Convener Wasantha Samarasinghe alleged today. He said his allegations were based on an audit report prepared by the CB’s Internal Audit Department […]

Amit Baruah Courtesy The Hindu  Former Sri Lanka President claimed his troops refused to take Jaffna, reveal declassified papers Sri Lanka was forced into making a deal with India as its own armed forces had twice refused to take Jaffna”, then President J.R. Jayewardene has been quoted as saying in a declassified document, nearly 30 years […]

By D. B. S. Jeyaraj Courtesy The Daily Mirror What was your first military operation”? was a question posed to Veluppillai Prabhakaran in a media interview many years ago. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader replied Alfred Durayappah”. Prabhakaran was of course referring to the popular former Mayor and ex-MP Alfred Thangarajah Durayappah who […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera February 5, 2017  10:25 am – See more at: http://www.adaderana.lk/news/38966/gmoa-and-jvp-to-hold-discussions-on-saitm#sthash.pnrdfFXH.dpuf What did I tell you in my article below >>>> I can understand rationale if the GMOA tries to muster other affiliated unions and organizations to support them . But why JVP and JO ?  During previous regime they allowed Saitem to function […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera – See more at: http://www.adaderana Good old days statements made by leaders are taken very seriously .When I read above news in the media ,I was wondering whether His Excellency President knows the state of affairs in the country. All of us know that 99% of the politicians are corrupt .Politics is […]