Archive for April, 2017

How should we judge generically-modified food?

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

Chandre Dharmawardana. All of us, even those living in remote parts of Sri Lanka or India have been eating Genetically Modified (GM) foods for decades. Most  US or Canadian flour  is from GM wheat.  The bread, buns, etc., consumed by everyone is made of GM flour. Similarly, most  Soya  products are from GM  soya. Many […]

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Lanka-India finalise MOU for mega development projects

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Lanka-India finalise MOU for mega development projects Joint investments to develop Trinco port, set up oil refinery, LNG plant and piped-gas projects Hambantota deal to be signed soon; AG’s Dept. says Ranatunga’s objections not valid Massive SLFP youth convention today as Sirisena prepares to give mid-term report at May Day rally Cabinet […]

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Right to Reply …….The LTTE, ISIS and the GMOA Posted on April 1st, 2017 by by Dr A.C.Visvalingam Courtesy The Island

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Right to Reply ……. The LTTE, ISIS and the GMOA Posted on April 1st, 2017 by by Dr A.C.Visvalingam Courtesy The Island I whole heartedly agree with Dr Visva  who is an  eminent structural engineer who never abandoned his motherland to join diaspora to discredit our country . Doctors under GMOA is behaving […]

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Christianity and its concept of justice – the Inquisition

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

Courtesy heretication.info The principle of the Inquisition was murderous … The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition for salvation. Lord Acton (1834-1902) http://www.heretication.info/_inquisition.html The name Inquisition is somewhat misleading in that over the centuries there have been […]

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Cabals behind the UNHRC inquisition

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

By Dr Kamal Wickremasinghe COURTESY : THE ISLAND March 28, 2017, 7:34 pm The 34th sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have just ended, and another resolution on Sri Lanka adopted Resolution A/HRC/34/L.1 requests the Commissioner and his special procedure mandate holders to strengthen their technical assistance to Sri Lanka on the promotion […]

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ජල සම්පාදන මණ්ඩලයේ පාලනාධිකාරීගේ අත්තනෝමතික ක‍්‍රියා සහ නීති විරෝධීව ඉංජිනේරුවන් බඳවා ගැනීමට යෑම සම්බන්ධව

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

ඉංජිනේරු ඩිප්ලෝමාධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය කාර්මික නිලධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය ජල සම්පාදන මණ්ඩලයේ පාලනාධිකාරීගේ අත්තනෝමතික ක‍්‍රියා සහ නීති විරෝධීව ඉංජිනේරුවන් බඳවා ගැනීමට යෑම සම්බන්ධව ජල සම්පාදන මණ්ඩලයේ ඉංජිනේරු ඩිප්ලෝමාධාරීන්ගේ සංගමයත්, කාර්මික නිලධාරීන්ගේ සංගමයත් පසුගිය පෙබරවාරි 9 වනදා සිට ආරම්භ කළ වෘත්තීය ක‍්‍රියා මාර්ගය අඛණ්ඩව ඉදිරියට යයි. දැන් මාස දෙකකට ආසන්න වෙමින් තිබේ. සිදුවන ජල නාස්තිය අනුව මේ වන විට රුපියල් […]

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කෙරවලපිටිය සංයුක්ත චක්‍ර විදුලි බලාගාරය විදුලිබල අමාත්‍යාංශය ඩොලර් මිලියන 3700 ක ආයෝජන යෝජනා ප්‍රතිකේෂ කොට රු. බිලියන 7 ක් ගිලින්න හදයි.

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් උපදේශක/දුෂණ විරෝධී පෙරමුණ ජනතා බදු මුදල් රු. බිලියන 7 ක් වැය කරමින් ලංකා විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලය කෙරවලපිටියේ සංයුක්ත චක්‍ර විදුලි බලාගාරයක් ඉදිකිරීම සදහා වන යෝජනාව දුෂිත විදුලි මාෆියාවේ මංකොල්ලකාරී වැඩපිළිවළේ තවත් පියවරක් බව දුෂණ විරෝධී පෙරමුණයේ උපදේශක කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පවසයි.  කිලෝ වෝට් 30 ඩීසල් විදුලි බලගාරයක් ලෙස ඉදිකිරීම් ආරම්භ කොට […]

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මහ පාරේ බිම දාගෙන නීතිය නමයි.. යතුරුපැදිකරුවෙකුට පොලීසිය බිම දමාගෙන අතින් පයින් ගුටි නෙලයි..[Video]

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

ලංකා සී නිවුස් යතුරුපැදිකරුවෙකුට දොඩංඩගොඩ පොලීසියේ රථ වාමන ආශයේ නිලධාරීන් දෙනෙකු විසින් මහ මග බිම පෙරලාගෙන පහර දෙන අයුරු වීඩියෝවක් සිරස රූපවාහිනිය විකාශණය කරනු ලැබීය. පොලීසිය පවසන්නේ අණ තොතකා ධාවනය වූ යතුරු පැදිය පොලීසිය විසින් ලූහු බැන්ද බවත් යතුරු පැදි කරුට රියදුරු බලපත‍්‍රයක්ද නොතිබූ බවයි. පොලිස් පහර දීම හේතුවෙන් යතුරුපැදිකරු රෝහල්ගත කර තිබේ.

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ආයුෂ කොටයි: පුපුරන්න ළඟයි

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

උපුටා ගැන්ම මව්බිම මෛත්‍රිට හේත්තු වී යහපාලනයට උදවු කරන්න කටයුතු කරමින් ඉන්න ශ්‍රී ලනිප මන්ත්‍රිවරුන්ට හිතේ හැටියට කටයුතු කරන්න ඉඩක් නැති බව රටම දක්නා කරුණක්ය. මේ බැරිකම මෛත්‍රි ළඟට ගියත් විසඳගන්නට බැරි තරමට නරක අතටය. මෛත්‍රි වැනෙන උත්තර දෙද්දී අන්ද මන්ද වන ශ්‍රී ලනිප මන්ත්‍රිවරුන්ට කර කියා ගන්නට දෙයක් නැති ගාණට වැටිලාය. ඒ බැරියාවට වැට බැඳ […]

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If not Maithri or Ranil, who wants foreign judges?

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

BY GAGANI WEERAKOON Courtesy Ceylon Today President Maithipala Sirisena clearly states that he, as the Head of the State, does not want foreign judges or would not allow the setting up of a Hybrid Court in the accountability process where Sri Lanka is under international scrutiny for alleged war crimes committed by government’s very own military […]

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A FOLLY COMPOUNDED! -Dr. Palitha Kohona

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

 By Ravi Ladduwahetty – Courtesy Ceylon Today Veteran Sri Lankan diplomat, Sri Lanka’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs Dr. Palitha Kohona said the UN Human Rights Resolution which Sri Lanka cosponsored in March 2017, was a folly compounded. “The onerous nature of Resolution 30/1 and […]

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Ex-President extends conditional support to mega Chinese investment

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

By Norman Palihawadana Courtesy The Island April 2, 2017, 10:48 pm Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has offered conditional support to a mega Chinese investment project in the Hambantota District. Former President Rajapaksa yesterday told The Island that his support would depend on the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government and China agreeing to adopt the original investment plan finalised during […]

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Rishad moves to rescind President’s Wilpattu Gazettes by Cabinet Paper

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

Courtesy The Island April 2, 2017, 10:47 pm Four gazettes reportedly impacting the Northern Muslim resettlement process in Wilpattu proximity are to be rescinded. “I informed the officials that I will present a Cabinet Paper to do way with the gazettes affecting resettlement of Northern Muslim IDPs.” said Minister of Industry and Commerce and Vanni […]

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Power sector corruption second only to CB bond scams –Anti-Corruption Front

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

Over USD 3,700 mn worth foreign investment on hold while costly diesel plants in operation April 2, 2017, 10:41 pm By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Accusing the Power and Renewable Energy Ministry of favoring costly diesel power generation, the Anti Corruption Front (ACF) has urged the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government to immediately review a series of investment […]

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The Greatest Circus in Town –the Circus of Bond Scam, and Sirisena’s Commisions.

Saturday, April 1st, 2017

By Charles.S.Perera Now its two years since the greatest Bank Robbery in Sri Lanka –the Bond Scam was committed. Two COPE reports were out confirming the theft and showing where the  smell had taken them to. The thief  every one in Sri Lanka is quite aware of  is still unharmed living  a comfortable  respectable life […]

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THE PERFIDY OF THE KDU INVITE. NO SHAME AT ALL, REALLY, NONE WHATSOEVER

Saturday, April 1st, 2017

RAJPAL ABEYNAYAKE Why did the Sri Lanka Army recently invite somebody who sold the entire country down the drain as the Chef Guest at the Kotelawala Defence University’s Graduate Studies Department’s Inauguration of Masters Programs for the year 2017? This invitee, Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu also delivered the keynote address. Probable answers: 1. They want to make […]

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IMF trying to ‘foist’ Ghana’s tax laws on Sri Lanka? Business groups convey concerns to PM & FM

Saturday, April 1st, 2017

by Suresh Perera Courtesy The Island April 1, 2017, 7:41 pm The proposed new Inland Revenue Act has run into stiff opposition from key industry players, who described the controversial move to replace the existing law, as a “retrograde step that’s bound to create confusion and impinge on the overall revenue collection mechanism”. Asserting that the […]

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ඉන්දියාවේ අජිත් ඩෙවොල් රාජපක්‌ෂ ආණ්‌ඩුව බලයෙන් පහකළ කතාව පරිවර්තනය කොට ඉන්දීය ජනතාවට දෙන්න

Saturday, April 1st, 2017

සී. ඒ. චන්ද්‍රප්‍රේම උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින අජිත් ඩොවාල් යනු ලංකාවේ ජනතාවට කොහෙත්ම හුරු නමක්‌ නොවේ. නමුත් 2014 ඉන්දියාවේ නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝඩි බලයට පත්වූදා සිට ඉන්දීය විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තියේ, විශේෂයෙන්ම ඉන්දියාවේ අසල්වාසි රටවල් සම්බන්ධ ප්‍රතිපත්තියේ ප්‍රධානම තීරකයා වන්නේ ඉන්දියාවේ විදේශ ඇමතිනී සුශ්මා ස්‌වරාඡ් නොව ජාතික ආරක්‌ෂක උපදේශකවරයා වන අජිත් ඩොවාල්ය. එසේ තිබියදී අජිත් ඩොවාල් නමැති පුද්ගලයකු ගැන බොහෝ ලාංකිකයන් […]

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හෙජින් ගනුදෙනවේ ඇත්ත මෙන්න…

Saturday, April 1st, 2017

ඔස්‌මන් චන්ද්‍රවංශ හිටපු විනිමය පාලක සහ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ අර්ථශාස්‌ත්‍රඥ යහපාලන රජය විසින් සිදු කර ඇති වංචා, පාඩු සහ වන්දි ගෙවීම් මෑතක සිට, අගමැතිවරයා සහ මුදල් ඇමැතිවරයා ඇතුළු මැති ඇමැතිවරු කීප දෙනකුම පසුගිය රජයේ – හෙජින් ගනුදෙනුව ඔස්‌සේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සිදුවූ පාඩුව රුපියල් බිලියන 500 ක්‌ පමණ වී යයි පවසා ඇත. ඒ නිසා ජනතාවට වර්තමානයේදී අලෙවි කරන […]

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Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community calls for a curb on Arms Trade and Urges Dialogue between Nations  

Saturday, April 1st, 2017

By A. Abdul Aziz  Rather than erecting walls that keep us apart, we should build bridges that bring us closer together” – Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad According to our international Press Desk, U.K., on 25 March 2017, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the […]

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Beggars adopt modern tactics

Saturday, April 1st, 2017

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Charles Dickens scribed on something completely different from his prose in May 1850, when he portrayed the Nigerian 419 scam where 419 wealthy people were approached seeking financial assistance for orphaned children, emergency surgery and quoting numerous examples of begging letters he had received over the years from various individuals […]

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Rajapaksa says his govt never decided to sell Hambantota port

Saturday, April 1st, 2017

By Yusuf Ariff Courtesy Adaderana Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today rejected allegations that the decision to sell the Hambantota Port was first made during his government in 2014 and asserted that while he was in power they only took back what was already sold. We never decided to sell anything during our time. I took back […]

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Sushma Swaraj’s Amnesia and Indian Duplicity

Saturday, April 1st, 2017

by Rajeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island April 1, 2017, 6:44 pm Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has recently made a strongly worded statement related to Sri Lanka’s ‘national question’ in response to questions raised by a member of the Communist Party of India. Reiterating India’s commitment to the protection of the rights of the Tamils […]

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The LTTE, ISIS and the GMOA

Saturday, April 1st, 2017

by Dr A.C.Visvalingam Courtesy The Island April 1, 2017, 6:42 pm Towards the end of its war to establish an independent state, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) did not allow civilians to move out of those areas from which it was attacking the Sri Lanka Army. It has been accused of deploying these hapless […]

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The Ramanathan Kannan affair: Showdown over Alagaratnam’s final letter to Chief Justice New BASL President holds out hope of a solution BASL and JSA to meet separately tomorrow

Saturday, April 1st, 2017

By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island Courtesy The Island The controversy over appointing Ramanathan Kannan, a member of the private bar from Batticlaoa, as a High Court judge over the heads of many senior District Court judges and officials of the Attorney General’s Department, is now coming to a head with an emergency general meeting […]

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