Dr Sarath Obeysekera I will be very open to name and praise one minister of the Yahaplalana government and the rest should be named and shamed . Hon Susil Premjayantha told me today during the morning walk that around 200 tons can be sent to Dompe where a state of the art garbage treatment facility […]

Forbidden Knowledge No doubt, no doubt, no doubt,” that Bashar al-Assad carried out a chemical attack against his own people”, says the psyops machine known as the Mainstream Media. It’s déjà vu all over again. Instead of Yellowcake” and WMDs”, we have a Sarin gas attack”. The ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ is at full […]

GRODNO, 18 April (BelTA) – The Grodno State Medical University in Belarus intends to open a branch in Sri Lanka, BelTA learned from the university’s Rector Viktor Snezhitsky. A delegation of the Grodno State Medical University is now busy negotiating in Sri Lanka. We intend to open a branch of the university’s preparatory courses department. […]

 Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror The best solution for Colombo’s garbage disposal quagmire was given by former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the government should implement it without being fixated on who will receive the credit, MP Udaya Gammanpila said today. He said dumping garbage at Karadiyana or somewhere else was not the best […]

By DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA April 18, 2017, 7:39 pm A few days after the Meethotamulla tragedy in Sri Lanka, a referendum was held in Turkey. The people of Turkey rejected Western liberal warnings and voted in favour of an executive presidency. The Meethotamulla tragedy, which occurred utterly inauspiciously as it were during the Sinhala and […]

By Abdul Samad Courtesy Ceylon Today This article is with reference to Mr. Dayan Jayatilleka’s write-up published on colombotelegraph.com dated 7 April 2017. It was titled, The Avurudu sale of Sri Lanka-Who will stop it? The writer makes a very valid point arguing the case for Sri Lanka to be with China as opposed to India. […]

By Shaahidah Riza Courtesy Ceylon Today Had the incumbent government followed through the plan to create a sanitary landfill, the Meethotamulla tragedy could have been prevented, said former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He added that the 2015 Budget had allocated funds for this plan. Within the last two years if this plan was implemented, the issue […]

By Dayan Jayatilleka – Prime Minister Wickremesinghe is about to give Trincomalee to the Indians—and by this (upcoming) Vesak! According to the Political Column of a respected English-language Sunday paper, he rejected the mild concerns of two SLFP Ministers, derisively addressing the pair in Sinhala as Oi!” at the last Cabinet meeting. The imminent ceding […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekaram Ex Secretary to PM. MRS Sirimavo Bandaranaike and President Mahanuwara Sinhala Bauddha Jesta Puravesiyange Sanvidhanaya. 17 4. 2017. Their’s is like the seven blind men describing the elephant Each one of these three persons is looking at Provincial Councils as the seven blind men describing the elephant after feeling different parts of […]

The Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka (INSSSL).  Major General (Rtd.) Dipankar Banerjee was the speaker at a public lecture hosted by the Institute of National Security Studies on 5th April 2017. Given the speakers’ immense experience in the subject of defence and security, he focused on the very important topic of National Security: […]

ආචාර්ය සූරිය ගුණසේකර සමග රුවන් රත්නායක හෙළ බසින් වසර හා සංස්කෘතයෙන් වර්ෂ ලෙස හැඳින්වෙන්නේ දවස් 365 ක සූර්ය වර්ෂයක් අවසාන වී නව වර්ෂයක් ඇරඹීමයි. ලංකාව වැනි නිරක්‍ෂයට කිට්ටු රටවලට සූර්යයා ඇසුරින් එබඳු වසරක් හැඳිනගත හැක. නමුත් මධ්‍යම හා ඉහළ අක්‍ෂාංශවල නොහොත් සෞම්‍ය හෝ ශීත කලාපයේ රටවලට එම හැකියාව නැත. එබැවින් යම් සිද්ධියක් මුල්කර සම්මත වර්ෂයක්ව […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera I was passing by  the Sri Lanka Ports Authority and noted that  a banner was hung  with a very unusual and  controversial content ,It carried a large photograph  of Nasheed –the ousted ex president of Maldives and a heading which say The way  Port Minister acts ( bearing in mind about the […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera    If such a thing happened in any other country, prevailing law in the country will  be applied and arrest the people responsible for the heinous crime . Arm of the law shall arrest following personnel Minister Chief Minister Mayor/Commissioner Chairmans ( all MP’s representing Kollonnawa !) They should be arrested as […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B.,Ph.D. කාඩිනල්තුමා හා පන්සල සෑම දෙයකම අනිත්‍යභාවය හා වෙනස්වන සුළු ස්වභාවය බුදු දහමින් අපට පෙන්වා දෙයි. පසේනදී කොසොල් රජතුමා දුටු සීන දාසැය ඇස්කණා පිට සැබෑවෙමින් ඇති මෙවැනි අවධියක ලංකාවේ පන්සල්වල මෑත ඉතිහාසය පිළිඹඳ විමසා බැලීම කාලෝචිත වන්නේ ඉන් අපට ඉගෙනගත හැකි පාඩම් නිසාය. බොහෝ සිද්ධි චක්‍රාකාර බවක්ද පෙන්වයි. උදාහරණයක් වශයෙන් ලංකා කතෝලික සභාවේ […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා මීතොටමුල්ල කුණු කන්දට යට වී ජනතාව මිය යෑම ගැන කණගාටුයි. ඒත් ඒ කණගාටුවෙන් ඒ ජනතාවට වැඩක් නැහැ. ඒ ජීවිත ලබා දෙන්න කිසිවකුට බැහැ. ඒ ජීවිත හානියට වග කිව යුත්තේ කවු ද?  දේශපාලනඥයන්, නිලධාරීන් ආදීන් මෙන් ම ජනතාවත් එයට වග කිව යුතුයි. අප සියලු දෙනාම වග කිව යුතුයි. මේ තමයි ඊනියා දියුණුව. ශිල්ප […]

ShankhNaad The greatest Crime islam committed in its whole history was the destruction of Nalanda, the world’s first University the seat of learning and wisdom, the birthplace of Wisdom and Philosophy the womb of Buddhism the fruit of culture and progressive thought and the pride of mankind east or west. Where great souls like Buddha, […]

www.biographyonline.net Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism share the same core beliefs and devotion to the life and teaching of Buddha but they do have some differences. Mahayana Buddhists believe that enlightenment can be attained in a single lifetime, and that one can guide and teach the doctrine to others while still on the course for […]

By Kasun Warakapitiya and Shaadya Ismail Courtesy The Sunday Times Sri Lanka’s construction industry is facing a shortage of manual labour, sources say, and Indians and Chinese workers are filling the gaps.   The Board of Investment estimates that 60,000 manual workers are needed in the construction sector, but 20,000 are employed. Companies registered under the […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා බටහිර විද්‍යාවට අනුව ඊයෙ පෙරේදා කියලා තිබුණා පිරිමින්ගෙ හා ගැහැණුන්ගෙ මොළවල වෙනස්කම් තියෙනවා කියලා. හැබැයි ඒ වන තුරු බටහිර විද්‍යාඥයන් එක හඬින් කියා සිටියෙ පිරිමින්ගෙ හා ගැහැණුන්ගෙ මොළවල වෙනස්කම් නැහැ කියලා. ඒ අර ඊනියා සමානත්වතාවෙන් මතුවෙච්ච අදහසක්. දැන් බටහිර විද්‍යාඥයන් මේ අලුත් නිගමනයට ඇවිත් තියෙන්නෙ මොළ දහස් ගණනක් නිරීක්‍ෂණය කිරීමෙන් පසුව කියලයි […]

සමන්තී වීරසේකර උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින අපේ සිංහලයා ආදි කාලයේ පටන්ම තමන්ගේ සෞඛ්‍ය ගැන බොහොම කල්පනාවෙන් විමසිල්ලෙන් කටයුතු කළ බව නොරහසක්‌. හෙළ වෙදකම නැත්නම් දේශීය වෛද්‍ය ක්‍රම භාවිත කරමින් ආදිතම මිනිසා නීරෝගී සම්පත්තිය ලැබුවේ ඒ නිසයි. ඇතැම් රෝග තත්ත්වයන්ට එදා ඔසුවක්‌ සේ හෙළයා තමන්ගේ බත්පතට ගත් ආහාර අද වැඩිදුර අධ්‍යයනයන් ඔස්‌සේ විවිධ රොගයන්ට ප්‍රතිකාර ලෙස ලබා ගන්නා […]

By The Nation – The Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the controversial Treasury bond issuance in February 2015 met this week too, continuing the recording of evidence from Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) S. Sepala Ratnayake. One of the most significant factors revealed before the Commission on Monday (April 3) […]

Courtesy Sunday Times The Cabinet Committee on Economic Management (CCEM) has asked the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) not to probe procurements after 2015. The move means that only procurements before 2015, which were under the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration, would be probed. They have been told to direct all such investigation to the National Procurement […]

උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම 2014 වර්ෂයේ අවසන් කාලයේ තාර පාරේ ලිව්වේ රට පෙරට හාල් හැටට කියලයි. අද ඒක ලියන්න වෙන්නෙ රට ආපස්සට හාල් එකසිය විස්සට කියලයි. මේ ආණ්ඩුව පත් කරන්න ඡන්දය දීපූ අයටත් අද ජීවත් වෙන්න ක්‍රමයක් නැහැ. මිනිස්සු කබලෙන් ළිපට වැටිල තියෙනවා. හැබැයි ආණ්ඩුවේ අයට ප්‍රශ්නයක් නැහැ. මහ බැංකුව හොරා කාලා සල්ලි තියෙනවා. මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා […]

by Jeremy Luedi , April 17, 2017  Courtesy Global Risk Insights Increased international interest in the Indian Ocean comes at a convenient time for Sri Lanka, as the country continues to recoup after the end of its decades-long civil war which ended in 2009. The island nation is being courted (and courting in turn) by […]

 S V Krishnamachari Courtesy International Business Times With a following of 6.08 million on Twitter and 12.7 million on Instagram, Jacqueline Fernandez is seen as an “influencer” by the juice maker. Sri Lankan model-actress and sexiest woman in the world Jacqueline Fernandez has invested $543,000 in Rakyan Beverages Private Limited, a company that makes the Raw Pressery […]

Courtesy Adaderana April 17, 2017  01:16 pm Authorities say the number of dead and missing has risen from the collapse of a massive garbage mound in Meetotamulla. At least 28 people have died and some 30 others are missing and are feared to be beneath the rubble. The Disaster Management Center said Monday that 11 people […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror India had helped Sri Lanka fight the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) even without being asked to, says former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in an exclusive interview to  www.wionews.com posted on Monday. They (India) helped us! We didn’t have to ask! Because I was fighting your […]

Editorial The Island April 17, 2017, 8:38 pm It looks as if the US had exported too much of democracy to the rest of the world and were faced with a severe shortfall thereof at home as a result. The US has apparently been afflicted with the same ills as the not-so-democratic nations. President Donald […]

ලංකා සී නිවුස් මීතොටමුල්ල කුණු කන්ද නාය ගියේ කොළඹ නගර සභාව කුණු කන්දට ඉසින ලද රසායන ද්‍රව්‍යයක්‌ නිසා යෑයි අවට ප්‍රදේශවාසීහු චෝදනා කරති. දැන් මාසයකට කලින් ගිනි නිවන හමුදාවේ බවුසර්වලින් ඇවිත් රසායන ද්‍රව්‍යයක්‌ කුණු කන්දට ඉසිනු ලැබුවා. අපි ඒ ගැන ඇසූ විට කිව්වේ කුණු ඉක්‌මනින් දිරන්න බැක්‌ටීරියාවක්‌ ඉසිනවා කියලා. අපි කියන්නේ ඔය රසායන ද්‍රව්‍ය ඉසින්න […]

By Norman Palihawadana Courtesy The Island Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday recalled that his government had decided to take the Meethotamulla waste to Puttalam to fill deep pits there. But, his government had been defeated before that project was carried out, he said. “We had plans ready to solve the garbage issue in Colombo, but unfortunately […]