Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge  There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest — whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories — comes […]

By Shaahidah Riza Courtesy Ceylon Today President Maithripala Sirisena is a prisoner of his own government, thus, is unable to make unwavering decisions said United People’s Freedom Alliance MP Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, a member of the Joint Opposition. He went on to say that President Sirisena is trapped amidst a plethora of indecisive situations, where he […]

Special meeting held on bond scam deal (English)

Arjuna Mahendran should be sentenced to life -Wasantha පැම්පස්වලටත් ක්‍රෙඩිට් කාඩ් එකෙන් ගෙවලා..

Source: Xinhua   2017-02-07 20:47:12 COLOMBO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka and Israel have discussed the possibility of establishing direct air links to increase the number of tourist arrivals into the island nation, the Tourism Ministry said here Tuesday. Renewed efforts are being made to position Sri Lanka as an attractive destination for the outbound […]

IANS/Beijing Courtesy Gulf Times  Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday told his Sri Lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena that he was willing to work to consolidate political trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation and deepen people-to-people friendship”. Xi and Sirisena yesterday exchanged congratulatory messages to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations, […]

Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu India misinterpreted the Rajapaksa administration’s relationship with China, but is silent on the current government’s engagement with the rising super power, Sri Lankan parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, the eldest son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, said. We always made sure that Sri Lankan soil or waters was not used against any […]

Courtesy Pakistan Today With a view to helping the brotherly people of Sri Lanka to mitigate the severe drought, the government of Pakistan sent a relief flight to Colombo containing 25 metric tonnes of rice. The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, Maj Gen (r) Syed Shakeel Hussain, handed over the relief consignment to Sri […]

Courtesy jurist.org The Sri Lankan [official website] Foreign Minster [official website] said Wednesday that the country will petition the UN for more time to investigate the allegations of war crimes occurring during the country’s 26-year-long civil war [BBC country profile]. Sri Lanka promised the UN in 2015 to investigate the estimated 65,000 missing peoples from […]

Courtesy The Gulf Today COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is in the process of borrowing up to $2.5 billion via syndicated loan and sovereign bonds this year, Central Bank (CB) Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said on Wednesday. The cabinet has approved to raise up to $1 billion through syndicated loan and we are waiting for cabinet approval to […]

Adaderana The Governor of the Central Bank, Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy stated that the Central Banks main aim would be do reach and maintain a real effective exchange rate at Rs. 100. During a press conference held at the central bank today (8), He also revealed that although the change won’t happen over time, valiant efforts […]

By Rohana R. Wasala This year, we are supposed to be celebrating 69 years of independence from the British. But, with  the national security deteriorating, the economy taking a nosedive, and inter-communal relationships unravelling as never before, one could wonder what there is to celebrate. The disconcerting truth is that, politically and economically, we have […]

Malin Abeyatunge POLITICIANS WERE CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY TO BOOST THEIR POLTICAL EGO. Are the majority Sri Lankans really enjoy this independence when their lives are battered with economic and social problems. The question to ask is are we really independent? As we observe the actions and decisions taken by the Yahapalanaya over the last two […]

They thought that all Sri Lankans are idiots.  They lied to us and got into power.  Yes, no shame, I too voted.   We never thought that this so called  ” Yaha Palanaya Police” was going to be the most corrupt Government  in the History of Sri Lanka. “Hitan:”  is trying to hoodwink the public […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM Spokesperson, United Sri Lanka Association , Lower Hutt, Wellington New Zealand. Mr. Donald Trump, The President, United States of America. Dear Mr. Trump, We write to convey   the congratulations and best wishes of  our association and of Sri Lankan expatriates world wide , on your assumption to the office of the President […]

 By Binoy Suriyaarachchi Courtesy Adaderana February 7, 2017  05:17 pm Some politicians are opportunists, Dr. Neville Fernando, Chairman of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) claimed on Tuesday. While responding to a reporter at a press conference on a question about the stance of the former President on SAITM, Fernando went on to say […]

උපුටාගැණීම නෙත් News රජයේ වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය සයිටම් ආයතනයට එරෙහි වන්නේ තරගකාරිත්වයට ඇති බිය නිසා බව එම සංගමයේම සාමාජිකයෙකු වන මහාචාර්ය වෛද්‍ය නෙවිල් පෙරේරා පවසනවා. ඔහු ඒ බව පැවසුවේ සයිටම් ආයතනය කොළඹ අද (07) පැවැත්වූ මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදීයි. එහිදී ඔහු වැඩි දුරටත් සඳහන් කළේ වෛද්‍ය විද්‍යාව විතරද පෞද්ගලීකරණය වෙන්න හදන්නේ..ඊට සමාන වෘත්තියන් රැසක් දැනට පෞද්ගලීකරණය වෙලා ඉවරයි. […]

2nd Most Beautiful Princesses in Indian History -Rani Padmini: She was the beautiful queen of Chittorand the wife of King Rawal Ratan Singh who defeated Malkhan Singh in a swayamvar and married her. It is said that reason for one of attacks on Chittor by Alauddin Khilji was to forcefully capture the beautiful Rani Padmini. […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  2007 පෙබරවාදි හත් වන දින දිවයින පුවත්පතේ මිච්ඡා ධම්ම වශයෙන් හඳුන්වන  සමලිංගික විවාහය බුදුදහමට පටහැනියි යන මාතෘකාව යටතේ හෑගොඩ විපස්‌සි හිමියන් විසින් මා විසින් මීට ඉහතදී දිවයින පුවත්පතට ලියන ලද   සමලිංගිකතාව – මනෝ සමාජ විද්‍යා විග්‍රහයක් යන ලිපිය ගැන විවේචනයක් කොට තිබේ. මේ විවේචන ගැන කරුණු පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් මා කරමි.  […]

 හෑගොඩ විපස්‌සි හිමි උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින ”සමලිංගික කතාව මනෝ සමාජ විද්‍යා විග්‍රහයක්‌” යන ශීර්ෂ පාඨයෙන් ජනවාරි 31 දින “දිවයින” පත්තරේ පළ වූ ලිපියේ බුදුදහමට නිගා කරණ, පාඨකයා නොමඟ යවන සුළු සදොස්‌ ප්‍රකාශයන් තිබූ බැවින් ඒවා නිවැරදි කිරීම, මෙම ලිපියේ පරමාර්ථයයි. වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එච්. ජයතුංග නැමැති ලේඛකයා ස්‌වකීය ලිපිය සාවද්‍ය ලෙසම ආරම්භ කරමින් බුදුදහම විෂයෙහි දක්‌වා ඇති […]

ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂ හිටපු ආරක්‍ෂක ලේකම් මිග් 27 ප්‍රභාරක ගුවන් යානා මිලදීගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට එරෙහිව එල්ල කරන චෝදනාව පිළිබඳව ඔහු විසින් මෙසේ පැහැදිලි කරයි. මිග් ගනුදෙනුව පිළිබඳ පැහැදිලි කිරීමක්. 2006 දී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුව විසින් මිග්-27 ප‍්‍රහාරක යානා කිහිපයක් මිලදී ගැනිමේ ගනුදෙනුව සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමර්ශනයක් කරන පොලිස් මූල්‍ය අපරාධ කොට්ඨාශය එම ගනුදෙනුව සිදුකිරීමට දින කීපයකට පෙර […]

Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington D.C.  The United States will continue to stand with you as your friend and your partner. While our level of cooperation today is unprecedented, there is always more progress to be made”, said Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Ambassador Bruce Wharton speaking as the […]

By Chathuri Dissanayake Courtesy Daily FT In an apparent reply to the Finance Minister’s scathing criticism of him, the Auditor General (AG) yesterday said he would always speak openly and strive to maintain the institution’s transparency. Highlighting that transparency and openness were two of the main features of good governance, AG Gamini Wijesinghe said that he […]

BY METHMALIE DISSANAYAKE Courtesy  Ceylon Today Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday stressed that the independent parliamentarian Athuraliye Rathana Thera acts according to the propaganda of India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). Speaking to media, at a press conference in Colombo, SLPP member Renuka Perera said that it was……Rathana Thera who opened the door to import […]

By Roosindu Peris Adaderana The establishment of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) was a unanimous decision made by the medical deans in the country, Minister S.B Dissanayake said. He further added that the decision was supported by the University Grants Commissions as well. Dissanayake claimed that the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island February 7, 2017, 7:56 am Embattled Auditor General Gamini Wijesinghe yesterday declared that a note made by a lady officer as regards a certain directive received by her pertaining to a controversial matter now under investigation would surely help establish the truth. Wijesinghe was referring to the alleged Central Bank […]

Editorial The Island February 7, 2017, 8:27 am Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (CBK), who claims to be the chief architect of the 2015 regime change and what is being flaunted as the UNP-SLFP unity government, has recently called for action to prevent corruption within ministerial ranks of the yahapalana administration before bringing the corrupt […]

Courtesy The Island February 7, 2017, 7:43 am AG Gamini Wijesinghe in a pensive mood at an event at the Colombo Mayor’s residence. (right) Wijesinghe lashing out at corrupt elements (Pics by Nishan S. Priyantha) Auditor General Gamini Wijesinghe yesterday said that he was darling only to his wife. Referring to a recent remark by […]

Sarath Wijesinghe – former Ambassador to UAE and Israel IS ECTA A LIMPING HORSE Indo Sri Lanka Economic and Technical Cooperation has become a limping horse with many more obstacles ahead. Both parties have failed to reach a consensus on traffic barriers, negative lists and several other matters on the proposals from either side. It […]