Sarath Obeysekera Nawlaoka Mudalali who has been a pioneer in starting a private hospital in a small scale expanded it with his visions ,because he knew that Colombo Lower middle Class and poor class can still afford 350 Rs to see a doctor in no time ,where as a labourer who earns mere 1500 rs […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Name and Shame ……….This is better than complaining to CIABOS….. I would like to highlight an incident where I was penalized by the government  ( Customs) when I brought my Lexus Car which I used for many years in England  to Sri Lanka .I obtained a Green Permit on the strength of […]

By Dr.Tilak S. Fernando It was an early night indeed that I went to bed quite early. I could hardly finish my bedtime prayers that I felt as if I got lifted up from the bed and floating up in the air! Was it a dream or an optical illusion? Next, I landed on a […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM Spokesperson, United Sri Lanka Association.New Zealand. Rt Hon Bill English MP, Prime Minister of New Zealand. Dear Mr.English, Thank you for your acknowledgement of my letter of 12th December offering our thanks and best wishes to your predecessor Mr.John Key on his retirement from a very successful tenure as Prime Minister during […]

BY GAGANI WEERAKOON Courtesy Ceylon Today Sri Lanka yesterday celebrated the 69th anniversary of gaining independence from Britain, and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of Independence Day sent the following message: “It gives me great pleasure to send Your Excellency Maithripala Sirisena my congratulations on the celebration of your National Day, together with […]

– By Ada Derana Staff Courtesy Adaderana Some people are eyeing to make false allegation against the Auditor General, the Joint Opposition stressed. JO MP Bandula Gunawardena while speaking at a press conference held on Monday said that some parties also attempt to pressurize the Auditor General over the controversial bond sale deal. The MP added […]

– By Roosindu Peris Adaderana No one intends to raise concerns about the Kothalwala Defense University, Government Nursing Officers Associations President Saman Rathnapriya said on Monday. Rathnapriya also questioned as to why the up and running Sir Johns Kothalwala Defense University has not faced resistance unlike the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM). […]

Adaderana The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka on Monday has dismissed the allegation raised by former President Chandrika Kumaratunga on the Norochcholai coal power plant. Chandrika Kumaratunga has said the China’s ambassador to Sri Lanka had told her that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa solicited Rs.15 billion as a commission for the Norochcholai project. A spokesman […]

ලංකා සී නිවුස් නොරොච්චෝල තාප විදුලි බලාගාරය ඉදිකිරීමේදී රුපියල් බිලියන 15ක කොමිස් මුදලක් හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා ලබා ගත් බව චීන තානාපති තමනට කිවුවේ යයිි චන්ද්‍රිකා කුමාරතුංග හිටපු ජනපතිනිය විසින් කරන ලද ප‍්‍රකාශය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම අසත්‍ය බව කොළඹ පිහිටි චීන තානාපති කාර්යාලය කියා සිටී. එවන් ප‍්‍රකාශයක් හිටපු ජනපතිනිය විසින් සිදු කර ඇත්තේ කිසිදු තොරතුරක් හෝ […]

ලංකා සී නිවුස් ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ පසුගිය මැතිවරණවලදී එජාපය ප‍්‍රමුඛ පොදු අපේක්‍ෂක කදවුරෙන් විශාල වශයෙන් මුදල් ලබා ගත් බවට පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී චතුර සේනාරත්න මහතා හෙලි කරයි. සති අන්ත දේශය පුවපත්පත හා අදහස් පල කරමින් ඔහු මෙසේ අදහස් කියයි. ‘අනුර කුමාර, විජිත හේරත් සමග මා කෙලින්ම ගණුදෙනු කලා. ඔවුන් ගණුදෙනු කලේ මා එක්ක විතරක් නොවෙයි. මේ […]

Courtesy Ada Derana  More issues continue to emerge due to the delay in holding the Local Government election, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says. Rajapaksa also underlined the services done by the LG bodies have also come to an abrupt end due to this reason. He made the observation while speaking at an event held in […]

By Ruwan de Silva Courtesy The Island Did the WB conduct an investigation to find out whether authorized primary dealers were trying to push interest rates up, causing a financial loss to the country? A Sunday newspaper reported on its front page on Jan. 29, 2017 that the World Bank (WB) had written to the […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වසර 69කට පසු My Dear ceylon Independence day special https://youtu.be/QZA–oxgx9Q

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 […]

Sarath Wijesinghe Former Chairman Consumer Affairs Authority, former Ambassador UAE and Israel Concept of price control and regulation It is reported that the price of rice is to be declared as Rs 66.00, apparently to be implemented through the network of the CAA officers attached to the organisation. There may be about 200 officers to […]

By Asanga Abeyagoonasekera  “Geographic facts do not change, but their meaning for foreign policy will.”Nicholas J. Spykman A new world order has begun with roles interchanging. United States as the leader of the free world and the architect of globalization is advocating nationalism in a close of its borders while China who earlier spoke about […]

ආචාර්ය චන්දන ජයලත් රාජ්‍ය දේපල විකුණන් කෑම හා ඇල් මැරුණු රාජ්‍ය නියාමන ක‍්‍රියාවලියේ එක් වැදගත් පැතිකඩක් හකුඵවා ලිවීමට අදහස් කළේ මේ වනවිට ආයාත නිර්යාත වෙළඳපලක මොඩලයක් හුවා දක්වමින් වරාය ඇතුඵ ආර්ථික මරමස්ථාන හා බොහොමයක් වටිනා දේශීය සම්පත් විජාතිකයින්ට විකිණෙන අනුකම්පා විරහිත රාජ්‍ය ත‍්‍රස්තවාදයක් ඉතා දරුණු ලෙස ක‍්‍රියාත්මක වෙමින් පවතින නිසාය. අකාර්යක්ෂමතාවයෙන් ඔද්දල් වුණ වැඩ සංස්කෘතියකට […]

ALI SUKHANVER London based Indian writer Mirza Waheed very vehemently exposed the real face of the Indian atrocities in Kashmir in his article ‘India is blinding young Kashmiri protesters’. The article was published on 18th July 2016. He says, Two sets of images have haunted me these last few days. One is a series of […]

Written by Praveen Swami | Published:June 22, 2016 Courtesy: The Indian Express No Popery”, the mob was shouting, as it tore down down the house of the Earl of Mansfield, in London’s posh Queen’s Square. Richard Ingram, a local resident, told of how he watched some furniture flying out, particularly a remarkable table, which struck […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera I do not agree with his theory .He talks about the  fact that ,we have to accept who we are and find indigenous development strategy ? and that we do not need Globalization I would like to ask him to name a country which has developed so far after world war 2 […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera I despise strikes by anyone let alone doctors  .There may be various allegations against some ministers for allowing SAITM to commence teaching ,but we all have to understand that some parents have the right to give education to their children in the medical field .If the state  cannot do that they tend […]