නලින් ද සිල්වා ලංකාව සම්බන්ධ 2016 ජෙනීවා යෝජනාව ගෙන එනු ලැබුයේ ලංකාව ද විසිනි. ඒ් යෝජනාවට ලංකාව අනුග්‍රහය දැක්වූයේ යැයි කීම ලංකාවේ වගකීම අඩු තක්සේරු කිරීමක්. ලංකාව ඒ යෝජනාව අනෙක් රටවල් පහළොවක් සමග එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් මණ්ඩලයට ඉදිරිපත් කළා. යෝජනාව පිළිබඳ වගකීම ලංකාවට ද පැවරෙනවා. ඒ යෝජනාව ලංකාවට විරුද්ධව ගෙන එන ලද්දක්. මෙරට ඊනියා […]

මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාව අද (23) දින කොළඹ ජාතික පුස්තකාල ශ්‍රවණාගරයේදී තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ වෘත්තීයවේදීන්ගේ සංසදය (SITP) විසින් මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් කැදවා තිබිනි. එහිදී එට්කා ගිවිසුම පිටුපස ඇති ආර්ථික ඝාතක භූමිකාව, ලෝකයේ වෙළද ගිවිසුම් පිළිබදව ඇති අත්දැකීම් සහ මහජන අදහස් ලබා ගනිමින් වෙළදාම පිළිබද ජාතික ප්‍රතිපත්තියක් සකස් කරන්නට පිහිටවූ මහජන කොමිසම පිළිබඳව අදහස් දැක්වුනි. ලේකම්, ලසන්ත වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා.. අපි […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM, Spokepserson, United Sri Lanka Assn, Wellington NZ Our hearts go out to the victims of the terrorist attack at Parliament Square in London today. However, I cannot but recall how on this same Square in June 2009, I witnessed a vociferous group of supporters of Prabakaran, the leader of the brutal […]

BY  M D P DISSANAYAKE I was in the process of writing about Mr Sarath Weerasekera.  I thank Dr Sudath Gunasekera  for doing it.  I have previously written about SW in my article of ” POLITICAL STRATEGY OF JOINT OPPOSITION IN DISARRAY- MR WITH SLPP, GR WITH WIYATH MAGA”, SARATH WEERASEKERA IN ATHARA-MAGA”.Posted on November […]

Dr Dasarath Jayasuriya PRESIDENT The Society for Peace Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka (SPUR), Recalling the Human Rights Council Resolution 30/1 adopted on 1 October 2015 promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka; Noting with concern: The recently revealed agreement entered into by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL), USA, and the TNA […]

By Kelum Bandara Courtesy The Daily Mirror Ahead of the vote on yet another resolution on Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) tomorrow, an intense debate has taken place on the move for the inclusion of foreign judges in a judicial mechanism to hear accountability and human rights issues during the war […]

By Ananda-USA As we watch the war-heroes of the Sri Lankan Nation being crucified at the UNHRC in Geneva, not only by the Tamil Eelamists who waged a brutal take-no-prisoners war in Sri Lanka and now posing as wailing victims, but also by our own government officials aiding and abetting those racist separatists, let us […]

Somapala Gunadheera March 22, 2017, 9:39 pm I wish to draw the attention of all public-spirited citizens to the following extract in The Island editorial of March 13, under the topic, Speaker’s plight, “The most effective way of addressing the problem of the deterioration of political institutions is to end the deplorable practice of nominating […]

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By Yusuf Ariff Courtesy Adaderana March 22, 2017  08:46 pm While welcoming Sri Lanka’s ‘promising progress’ in constitutional reforms, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein today urged the government to set up mechanisms to implement the resolution adopted at the UNHRC in 2015. I note promising progress regarding constitutional reform, with the Parliament […]

By P.K.Balachandran  Courtesy newsin.asia Colombo, March 22: Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, told the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on Wednesday, that Sri Lanka must appoint foreign judges to the judicial mechanism it is to set up to try war crimes cases. But the Sri Lankan Representative, […]

sinhalanet.net A report compiled by eminent legal professionals under the theme of ‘A factual appraisal of the OISL report: A rebuttal to the allegations against the armed forces’   had been handed over to UNHRC head office in Geneva by Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera on behalf of Global Sri Lankans Forum, GSLF. The project has been initiated and […]

Adaderana.lk March 13, 2017  01:42 pm The reason why the government is pursuing some of the agenda with great enthusiasm while completely ignoring the constitutional pledges they gave to the people is obviously because they have other, more important masters to please than the people of this country, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. I invite all […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Former Secretary to Prime  Minister Sirimavo   Bandaranaike President Sri Lanka Administrative Service Association, PresidenetMahanuwara Sinhala Bauddha Jesta Puravesiyange Sanvidhanaya. 22.3.20017. The way he planned and executed demolishing LTTE remnants and Tamil Diaspora at Geneva single handed has undoubtedly made him the” Geneeva Veeraya” of the 21st century Sri Lanka. Really this should […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා අද රටේ ප්‍රශ්න බොහොමයකට විසඳුම රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ අගමැති කමෙන් ඉවත් කිරීමයි. මොන ක්‍රමයකින් හරි සිංහල විරෝධී දෙමළ ජාතිවාදී නව ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් සම්මත කර ගැනීමට ඔහු බැඳී සිටිනවා. ජනමත විචාරණයක් පවත්වා නව ව්‍යවස්ථාව සම්මත කර ගැනීමට ඔහු පමණක් නොව සුමන්තිරන් හා සම්බන්ධන් ද ක්‍රියා කරනවා. ජනමත විචාරණය තවත් ලාම්පු කළගෙඩි සෙල්ලමක් කර ගන්න ආණ්ඩුවට […]

Malin Abeyatunge Sri Lankans would have been more than surprised  and devastated to see the Vice Chancellor of Kotelawela Defence University (KDU)  and his team having the audacity  of inviting Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu Chief of Centre for Policy Alternative(CPA) who was overtly and covertly appeasing , mollycoddling and supporting the LTTE when the terrorist outfit was […]

Dr Sarath Obeyskera WE NEED TO LEARN  LESSONS …………… Saudi Faafu Atoll Project: A City For 1 Million Dreamers Few days back we reported that Saudi King Salman was set to visit Maldives within weeks and he wants to buy a Maldives atoll. The news seems to have sparked concern among the locals, especially the people living […]

 By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) welcomes Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness The Dalai Lama to the city and expresses hope that his visit would strengthen the pre-historical bond between the people of Tibet and northeast India. The Nobel peace laureate, who is scheduled  to attend the concluding function of The Assam […]

Courtesy The Island The brother of Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapakse denied Tuesday involvement in war-era death squads, blaming the then army chief for an alleged secretive campaign of extrajudicial murders. Gotabhaya Rajapakse has been accused of giving orders to a shadowy military outfit allegedly involved in murdering journalists and political dissidents during Sri […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island March 21, 2017, 8:10 pm The CID has earned notoriety for its selective efficiency. It has suddenly woken up like Rip Van Winkle after eight long years and made some ‘revelations’ about the 2009 assassination of The Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge. It has been going hell for leather during the […]

Uditha Devapriya Courtesy Ceylon Today The problem with political nationalists is that they are qualitatively and temperamentally inferior to other nationalists. I neither subscribe to nor do I oppose elevating a nationalist campaign through Parliament, but I am wary of career politicos who seem to use rhetoric to get power and then belittle those who helped them. […]

Susantha Wijesinghe. I thought it was most appropriate to publish this link of President Putin singing “Blueberry Hill ” to coincide with  our President Sirisena’s visit to Russia, anytime now. President Putin sings it effortlessly. Very beautiful. https://youtu.be/IV4IjHz2yIo Full video of Vladimir Putin playing the piano and singing “Blueberry Hill”. The Russian prime minister is used […]

BY SHIVANTHI RANASINGHE Courtesy Ceylon Today Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera crossed swords with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa over his recent statement. The latter called for politicians in Sri Lanka Freedom Party and United National Party in government to protect our country from dangerous amendments to the Constitution. Samaraweera disagrees. Ex-President’s statement titled, ‘Constitutional and Legal Reforms […]

Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy The Ceylon Today Another mark of increasing age, though I suppose I should be pleased at this one, was a request to deliver a memorial lecture. The topic given to me was “The March of Folly”, which led me to look up the origin of the phrase. I knew it was the title of […]

 Yoshitha Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror If the distillery owned by Arjun Aloysius is given a huge tax concession it would have serious repercussions on palm arrack manufactured in the Northern Province, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Youth Front (SLFPYF) said today. SLFP Youth Front President Shantha Bandara said the Excise Department and the Finance Ministry […]

Thilanka Kanakarathna Courtesy The Daily Mirror  Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has accepted the report on the OHCHR investigation on Sri Lanka and had co-sponsored the resolution on Sri Lanka without the consent of the President and the Cabinet, the joint opposition told the UN Human Right Council (UNHRC). JO member Sarath Weerasekara who spoke to […]

By Roosindu Peris Courtesy Adaderana Professor G.L.Peiris stated that President Maithripala should be able to cross off the sixth operative clause in the Geneva resolution, without acting like a spineless individual. He further added that the commissioner of the Human rights council in Sri Lanka will be presenting a report on the current situation to the […]

අනුර බාලසූරිය උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජයට පිටකොන්දක්‌ සහ අවංකභාවයක්‌ තිබේ නම් ජිනීවා යෝජනාවේ විදේශ විනිසුරුවන් පිළිබඳව සඳහන් වන 6 වැනි ඡේදය ඉවත් කරගැනීමට තවමත් අවස්‌ථාව ඇතැයි හිටපු විදේශ ඇමැති ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදු ජන පෙරමුණේ සභාපති මහාචාර්ය ජී. එල්. පීරිස්‌ මහතා සඳහන් කළේය. දෙවන වරටත් ඉදිරිපත් කෙරෙන අලුත් යෝජනාවට කිසිසේත් සම අනුග්‍රයක්‌ නොදක්‌වන ලෙසත්, එම […]

By A. Abdul Aziz.  A four member delegation from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Sri Lanka (AMJSL) met the Governor of of Sabaragamuwa Province recently, The delegation visited Governor’s Office at Ratnapura and met Honorable Marshal Perera, Governor of the Sabaragamuwa Province. He warmly welcomed the delegation. While accepting the copy of Holy Qur’an Sinhala Translation, […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න  ජෙනීවාවල ඇති බෞද්ධ පන්සල සිංහලයන්ටත් බෞධ්ධයන්ටත් ද්‍රෝහිවී ඇත .එජාපයටත් යහපාලනයටත් කත අදින දායකයන්ගේ මුදලට  බයවුණා. එහි චීවර ධාරීන් භික්ෂුවගේ කාර්ය භාරය හා උරුමය  අමතක කර  දේවදත්ත නිකායට එක්වී ඇති බව දන ගන්නට ඇත .සරත්  ජෙනීවා වල කතා කිරීමට නම් එහි පිළිගත් ආයතනයකක් මගින් ලියා පදිංචි විය යුතුව ඇත . මේ පන්සලේ බලවත්තු සරත්ට […]