Archive for February, 2017

කරුණාසේන ජයලත් තනිස්කරණ ක්‍ෂිතිමය සින්ඩ්‍රෝමය හෙවත් Rape Trauma Syndrome (RTS) ගැන දැන සිටියේද ?

Saturday, February 11th, 2017

 වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  කරුණාසේන ජයලත් යොවුන් පේ‍්‍රමයේ අමරණීය නවකතාකරු ලෙස කිරුළ දිනාගත් සාහිත්‍යධරයෙකි. ඔහු විසින් ලියන ලද ගොළු හදවත ,බඹා කෙටූ හැටි,    ලස්සන ඇස් , ගැහැණු ළමයි , යහළු යෙහෙළි යන නවකතා පරම්පරා දෙකක යෞවනයන් විසින් ආශාවෙන් කියවන ලදි. යොවුන් නවකතාකරුවෙකු වූ කරුණාසේන ජයලත්  මිනිස් හැඟීම් ඉතා ව්‍යක්ත ලෙස හඳුනාගෙන සිටි බව ඔහුගේ නවකතා සනාත […]

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Angoda political psychiatry case before Medical Council

Saturday, February 11th, 2017

by C.A. Chandraprema  Courtesy The Island February 11, 2017, 7:00 pm Last week Harsha Bandara Tilakasiri a former personal staff member and valet to minister Champika Ranawaka made a formal complaint to the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Medical Council, Professor Carlo Fonseka, alleging that he had been given treatment against his will at the […]

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“JRJ wanted Jaffna burnt to the ground”says declassified CIA document

Saturday, February 11th, 2017

BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, February 11: Months before then Sri Lankan President Junius Richard Jayewardene signed a controversial agreement with then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in July 1987 in Colombo to disarm the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), he had ordered his own troops twice to take Jaffna […]

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The pitiful plight of the Kandyan Peasants and the Bogawantalawa  foundation stone of the future Malayanadu in Central Sri Lanka.

Friday, February 10th, 2017

Dr Sudath Gunaekara 10.Feb.2017 Writing his forward to the booklet on the Proposals under the first 6 year Plan 1954/55-1959/60, this is how Mr A. Ratnayaka then Minister of Home Affairs scribed his great expectations on the outcome of the Kandyan Peasantry Commission Report of 1951. At last justice is being meted out to two […]

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Schooling of the Young – Assessment of Costs and Benefits

Friday, February 10th, 2017

R Chandrasoma  Professor Susan Engel is a development psychologist and School Director in the USA. Writing in the Huffington Post she has this to say about schooling in her country.  Far too many children in this country spend their energy warding off the tedium, frustration and constriction of school. At worst, they end up dropping […]

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HIppocratic Hypocrisy

Friday, February 10th, 2017

By The Nation – The Court of Appeal’s verdict on the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) had ruffled quite a few feathers last week and evoked mixed responses from all quarters of the country. While the arguments continue to be thrown back and forth, it is important for the nation to look […]

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SAITM issue more political than medical

Friday, February 10th, 2017

Courtesy The Nation The controversy over the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) continues. Last week the Court of Appeal decreed that its graduates should be registered with the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC). Now, that all powerful trade union and self-proclaimed guardian angels of the hapless Sri Lankan patient, the Government Medical […]

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Lawyer appointed as High Court Judge violating constitution?

Friday, February 10th, 2017

By Yusuf Ariff  Courtesy  Adaderana The Judicial Service Association of Sri Lanka claims that President Maithripala Sirisena has given an attorney a direct appointment as a High Court Judge, which it says is a violation of the constitution and judicial service tradition. In a letter to the President, the Secretary of the association Mount Lavinia […]

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Abductions continue

Friday, February 10th, 2017

By Panduka Samarasekera Courtesy Ceylon Today The news that the Vice-President of Telecom Manpower Welfare Association Sujeewa Mangala was abducted on the night of 28 January, and that he was missing for a few days, spread across the country like wild fire. It was the first case of disappearance during the government of good governance. No […]

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WHEN JUDICIAL LEGITIMACY IS CHALLENGED

Friday, February 10th, 2017

WINSTON DE VALLIERE Courtesy Ceylon Today Besides the opposition from the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA), we’ve been seeing the persistent resistance to the South Asia Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) that voices strong reservations about the standard of medical education imparted at SAITM. The GMOA and JVP found nothing […]

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Sinhalese for Donald Trump – Tamils for Hillary Clinton

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

Shenali D Waduge Having not made any breakthrough to appease the Gods to make Hillary Clinton the US President by dashing 1008 coconuts, the LTTE Diaspora are frantically trying to somehow wriggle their way into the Trump Team doing what they know best – using money and lying. That was how they managed to rope […]

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SLMC has no option than accepting SAITM now: Kiriella

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

Sandun A Jayasekera Courtesy The Daily Mirror  The government yesterday said the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) has no option other than accepting SAITM as a fully qualified private medical college now that the Court of Appeal has given a clear ruling in favour of it. Higher Education and Highways Minister Laxaman Kiriella told the weekly […]

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වෛද්‍ය සභාව හා වෛද්‍ය සංගමය අනිවාර්යෙන් උසාවිය හමුවට කැඳවන බව යහපාලන ඇමති එස් බී දිසානායක සහ ලක්ෂ්මන් කිරිඇල්ල පවසයි.

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

වෛද්‍ය සභාවට සහ වෛද්‍ය සංගමයට SB දිසානායක තර්ජනය කරයි ! වෛද්‍ය සභාව හා වෛද්‍ය සංගමය අනිවාර්යෙන් උසාවිය හමුවට කැඳවන බව යහපාලන ඇමති එස් බී දිසානායක සහ ලක්ෂ්මන් කිරිඇල්ල පවසයි.

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Sri Lanka Aiming for China Trade Deal in 2017, Official Says

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

Courtesy International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Sri Lanka aims to finalise a free trade agreement (FTA) with China later this year, said the country’s ambassador to Beijing last weekend. The two Asian economies have been negotiating a trade deal since 2014. Sri Lankan ambassador Karunasena Kodituwakku also confirmed to journalists in the Chinese […]

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I will not let anyone politicize this post Auditor General Gamini Wijesinghe

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

Yasawardena Rodrigo Courtesy The Daily Mirror Auditor General Gamini Wijesinghe is now at the centre of much controversy, with certain MPs and Ministers expressing their views of him and some even having gone to the extent of criticizing his findings on the Bond Scam, saying it is not independent. The most recent announcement by Minister […]

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වෘත්තීය ක‍්‍රියාමාර්ග සහ ජල සැපයුම  අඩාලවීමේ අවධානම

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

උපාලි රත්නායක  සභාපති National Water Supply And Drainage Employees Union  ජලසම්පාදන මණ්ඩලය ඉංජිනේරු ඩිප්ලෝමාරීන්ගේ සංගමය සහ කාර්මික නිළධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය ඵක්ව අද සිට (පෙබ 9) වෘත්තීය ක‍්‍රියාමාර්ග ආරම්භ කොට ඇත. ඵ් අනුව පහත වෘත්තීය ක‍්‍රියා මාර්ග සිදුකරයි. අතිකාල ප‍්‍රතික්ෂේප කිරීම, රාත‍්‍රී නඩත්තු සේවා මුර වාර්තා නොකිරීම, සතිඅන්ත නඩත්තු සේවා මුර වාර්තා නොකිරීම, අදාල නොවන රාජකාරිවල නොයෙදීම, ජලසම්පාදන […]

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An understanding of the aetiology of a mysterious disease.

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

Bodhi Dhanapala Finally, an understanding of the aetiology of the mysterious disease that had been plaguing children  in poor agricultural areas in Northern India (Bihar etc), Bangladesh, Vietnam  etc., has been cracked, after 20  years of research. Young children used to develop fever, convulsions etc., usually during the season when harvests and fruits are gathered, […]

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ඩීසල් විදුලි මාෆියාව යහපාලනය ඉහගෙනම කයි!

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon Executive Director/CaFFE ඩීසල් මාෆියාව නැවතත්.  රු. 10 ඒකකය රු. 40 ට ගන්න යයි.  කැබිනට් අනුමැතිය ලැබෙන විට ජෙනරේටර් මහ මුහුදේ ලංකාවට පා වෙනවා!!! විදුලි පාරිභෝගිකයාත්, මේ රටේ ධනයත් විනාශ කරමින් දේශපාලනඥයින්-නිලධාරීන් පොහොසත්වීම ඩීසල් විදුලි මාෆියාවයි.  විදුලි හිගයක් ඇතැයි පවසමින් සාමාන්‍ය මිල මෙන් සිව් ගුණයක මිලකට විදුලිය ගැනීමත් ලාභය ඉංජිනේරු මාෆියාව, ලේකම්වරුන් හා දේශපාලනඥයින් […]

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Blind activist humiliated at Colombo airport

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

Courtesy The Asian Age Goyal has said that the airport staff refused to help her and advised” not to carry bags if she cannot handle them. Mumbai: Nidhi Goyal (31), a visually-impaired activist from Mumbai, has alleged that she was humiliated by the ground staff at Colombo airport for not being able to carry her […]

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Lanka worries about Indian ‘Trojan horse’

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

By P K Balachandran  Courtesy The New Indian Express For decades before and after Sri Lanka’s independence in 1948, India’s relations with the island nation were political and adversarial. But since the second half of the 1990s, there has been a gradual shift to trade, development assistance and investment, in that order. While India has been […]

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සයිටම් සිසුන්ට අසාධාරණයක් නොවිය යුතුයි

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

නලින් ද සිල්වා සයිටම් ගැන අභියාචනාධිකරණය තීන්දුවක් දීලා. ජනමාධ්‍ය වාර්තාවලට අනුව සයිටම් වෛද්‍ය උපාධිය නීත්‍යානුකූල බවත්, ශ්‍රී ලංකා වෛද්‍ය සභාවට ඒ උපාධිය පිළිගැනීමට නීත්‍යානුකූල බාධාවක් නැති බවත් අධිකරණ තීන්දුවෙන් කියැවෙනවා. සයිටම් වෛද්‍ය උපාධිය පිළිගැනීම කළ හැක්කේ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල ප්‍රතිපාදන කොමිෂන් සභාවට පමණයි. ඉන්පසු උසස් අධ්‍යාපන ඇමතිවරයා එය පිළිගත් බවට ගැසට් නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරනවා. ඒ සියල්ල රාජපක්‍ෂ ආණ්ඩුව […]

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Govt vows to implement court ruling SAITM controversy

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

by Zacki Jabbar Courtesy The Island February 8, 2017, 10:15 pm The government said yesterday that if the Medical Council refused to recognise MBBS graduates of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine in keeping with last week’s Appeal Court directive it would take legal measures to ensure implementation. Higher Education and Highways Minister Lakshman […]

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සයිටම් භීෂණයකට ඉඩ නො දෙමු

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

නලින් ද සිල්වා  රට ම ඇත්තේ අවුලක. භීෂණයක පෙර නිමිති පහළ වෙලා. සයිටම් ප්‍රශ්නයට පිළිතුරු තිබිය දී එය හැම දෙනා ම මෙන් දේශපාලන ප්‍රශ්නයක් කරගෙන. ජ වි පෙ හා පෙරටුගාමි පක්‍ෂය අතර ඇති තරගයත් සයිටම් මගින් විසඳා ගැනීමට උත්සාහ දරනවා. ඒ අතර පෙරටුගාමීන්ගේ අභ්‍යන්තර ප්‍රශ්නත් විසඳාගන්න හදන්නෙ සයිටම් මගින්. කුමාර් ගුණරත්නම් ඕස්ත්‍රෙලියාවෙ රටවැසිකම ලබා ගනිද්දී […]

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සයිටම් භීෂණය ඈතක නො වේ

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

නලින් ද සිල්වා අප සිතූ පරිදි ම සයිටම් භීෂණය එනවා (පෙබරවාර හතර ලිපිය බලන්න). දැනටමත් සයිටම් නිලධාරියකු ගමන් කළ රථයකට වෙඩි තියලා. වෙඩි තිබ්බේ කවුරුන් දැයි දන්නේ නැහැ. කවුරුන් වෙඩි තිබ්බත් ඒ තමයි භීෂණයේ පළමු වෙඩි හඬ. එය අවසන් වන්නේ විසි තිස් දහසකට ජීවිත අහිමි වීමෙන් ද? මෙහි දී දේශපාලන වාසි ගැන නොසිතා කටයුතු කරනවා […]

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SAITM Predicament and Redress of Education

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

Dr. Chandana Jayalath With the court’s decision assenting what the SAITM demands, I see a novel educational model that can kick start. I strongly believe it is high time we re-modeled the educational structures as a whole. This is possible, provided a holistic view is honored by all corners of the society, politicians, professionals and […]

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Auditor General intends to carry out “Customer Satisfaction Audit “ on state services ………..

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

Dr Sarath Obeysekera New audit system to evaluate customer satisfaction soon – See more at: http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/New-audit-system-to-evaluate-customer-satisfaction-soon-123365.html#sthash.Ezpdv6Wr.dpuf………………………..new item Go to Passport Office  in Suhuru ( So- horu)  Paya !!-Centre Stage for Corruption I assume that whoever the minister and the Head of the Organization  in charge of  issuing passports and visas and AG who boast about […]

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Royal Asiatic Society Special Lecture

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

Royal Asiatic Society Special Lecture   A lecture by Mr. H.L.D. Mahindapala, Former Editor, Sunday Observer on ‘The last king of Jaffna was a Sinhalese Buddhist’  will be held on Monday 13th March 2017 at 5.00 p.m. at the Mahaveli Centre, 96 Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 07.    All are welcome. 

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Warfare and Mental Health

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge  The question is not whether PTSD is real and serious. It’s a devastating mental illness. The question is how many veterans have PTSD, and clearly our goal should be to try to address the veterans’ needs and help them deal with their problems and move on in life.-Chet Edwards War is […]

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විදුලි බල මාෆියාව යහපාලනය ඉහගෙනම කයි!-කැබිනට් පත්‍රිකාවට පෙර පුවත්පත් දැන්වීම් –  කැබිනට් අනුමැතියට පෙර මිල දී ගැනීම්

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

මාධ්‍ය ඒකකය දූෂණ විරෝධී පෙරමුණ රුපියල් මිලියන 5000 ක් වැය කරමින් ඩීසල් විදුලි උත්පාදන යන්ත්‍ර ගෙන්වමින් රු. 40 බැගින් විදුලි ඒකකයක් මිල දී ගැනීම සදහා විදුලිබල හා පුනර්ජයනීය බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය නැවත වරක් ජනාධිපතිවරයා ප්‍රමුඛ කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලය ලැජ්ජා සහගත නොමග යැවීමකට ලක් කොට ඇති බව දූෂණ විරෝධි පෙරමුණ පවසයි. අද (8) කොළඹ පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී අදහස් […]

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The King Seethawaka Rajasinghe – the Monarch who suffered from PTSD

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge  The King Seethawaka Rajasinghe (Tikiri Bandara ) the 16th century monarch of Sri Lanka was a great warrior who came to the battlefield at the age of 16. He fought against the Portuguese invaders and witnessed many deaths and destructions. He was a fearless fighter who used effectual war tactics and overpowered […]

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