MEDIA RELEASE , Ranjith Soysa, Media Co-ordinator, Global Sri Lankan Forum Mr Sampanthan, the leader of the TNA and the Leader of the official opposition of Sri Lankan Parliament, should be brought before the courts for spreading ABSOLUTE FALSE INFORMATION about the Sri Lankan defence forces. At a conference held on Counter Terrorism in India, Sampanthan […]

සුරිය වංශය යලි ගොඩ නැගීමේ සංවිධානය උතුරු පළාත් සභා ප්‍රධාන අමාත්‍ය සි විග්නේශ්වාරන් මහතා විසින් 19.02. 2017 දින දැඩි මත ධාරි සිංහල ජාතිවදියකු හා  තමා වාදයකට සුදානම් බව පවසමින් Ceylon Today පුවත් පතට සම්මුක සාකච්චාවක් ලබා දෙමින් පවසා ඇත . එම සාකච්චාවේ පුවත් පත් දිඟුව ceylontoday.lk/print20170101CT20170331.php?id=15580. එයට පිළිතුරු වශයෙන් ආචාරය සුරිය ගුණසේකර මහතා විසින් ඔහු […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara 7.4.2017. Protection of the country from outside invasion, maintaining law and order and providing the welfare of the people, we have learned, as the three fundamental functions of any state.  Protection of Sambuddha Sasana has been considered even more important in this country by our ancient Kings. Since the Government of this […]

John Wight  Courtesy Sputnik.com “A cloud no bigger than a man’s hand can be a harbinger of great storms to come.” So goes the biblical injunction and so are the potential ramifications of one “proportionate” and “limited” US airstrike carried out against a Syrian airbase, which in of itself was the military equivalent of a slap […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita and Umesh Moramudali Courtesy Ceylon Today Indika Perera, attorney at law and the former Director – Programme for Initiative for Political and Conflict Transformation (INPACT) spoke to Ceylon Today about Martin McGuinness, the legendary Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader, who passed away a few weeks ago, and his involvement in the Sri Lankan […]

with Ravi Ladduwahetty Courtesy Ceylon Today “I will not agree with what you say, but I will defend to death your right to say it. I do not agree with what you write, but I will leave every room for you to write”. – VOLTAIRE Hot on the heels of the government messing up with the […]

Dr. Sooriya Gunasekara Courtesy Ceylon Today Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran responded to Dr. Sooriya Gunasekara, Chairman of a registered political party called Sinhaladipa Jathika Peramuna, who called the CM for a debate, based on the CM’s interview that appeared in Ceylon Today of 19 February 2017. Dr. Gunasekara’s questions touching on the various claims […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින ගෝකණ්‌ණ හෙවත් ත්‍රිකුණාමල වරාය පිළිබඳ ඉතිහාසය ක්‍රි.පූ. හයවැනි සියවස දක්‌වා අතීතයට ඇදීයති. පුරාතනයේ සිට වර්තමානය දක්‌වාම ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සුවිශාල මෙහෙයක්‌ ඉටු කළ වරායක්‌ වන්නේ ත්‍රිකුණාමල වරායයි. බුදුරදුන්ගේ ශාක්‍යවංශය නෑකම් කියන භද්දකච්චායනා කුමාරි ඇතුළු පරිවාර ස්‌ත්‍රීන් ද මෙරටට ගොඩ බැස ඇත්තේ ත්‍රිකුණාමල වරායෙනි. අතීතයේ දී බොහෝ ඉන්දියානුවෝ මේ වරාය හරහා ලංකාවට පැමිණ ඇත. […]

Editorial Island April 9, 2017, 9:46 pm US President Donald Trump has, in a desperate bid to overcome domestic problems and rally support, emulated his predecessors such as Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. He has taken to military action overseas. He had a Syrian airfield bombed last week, claiming that President […]

Senaka Weeraratna    Throughout Sri Lanka’s Buddhist History lasting for over 2300 years Vesak has been an exclusive Buddhist Festival with only Buddhist symbols and decorations been displayed to mark the most important occasion in the Buddhist calendar. Even at worst of times during colonial rule under three Christian powers, this festive day for Buddhists […]

By Colonel W. Patrick Lang http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ April 08, 2017 “Information Clearing House” –   Donald Trump’s decision to launch cruise missile strikes on a Syrian Air Force Base was based on a lie.  In the coming days the American people will learn that the Intelligence Community knew that Syria did not drop a military chemical weapon on innocent […]

By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan Courtesy Ceylon Today Sixty-five-year-old Rtd. Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara, also a former UPFA MP says he is against the UN resolution cosponsored by the government. “As the Chief Coordinator of the Federation of National Organizations, consisting of experts such as Shenali Waduge, Dharshan Weerasekara, Shamindra Ferdinando, Kalyana Thiranagama and Dr. Wasantha Bandara, […]

Dharma Voices for Animals Colombo Sri Lanka Chapter This work in progress painting by Ms. Avanti Karunaratna is expected to be finished in early May, 2017 and will be displayed to the public in time for the celebration of Vesak and holding of the UN Day of 2017 Conference in Colombo. The Paththirippuwa, which is […]

KALEE BROWN  Courtesy collective-evolution.com When I first watched the trailer for the Oscar-winning documentary The White Helmets, I cried. It paints a beautiful picture of saintlike, peaceful soldiers saving innocent civilians from the terror in Syria, with the song When The Saints Go Marching In” playing in the background. It ignited a fire of compassion and empathy […]

හොඳම මුදල් ඇමතිට උපහාරයක් 

Gamini Gunawardane                              This is a letter to the Editor of ‘The Island’ newspaper in response to the above mentioned nomenclature used by Prof. Hoole. Island editor did not publish it. Dr. Sivasegaram, at the end of his response to the review of Prof. Rajan Hoole on Prof. Gananath […]

J. A. L. Jayasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror On the advice and instructions of Mahanayake Theras of the Malwatta and Asgiri Chapters, Lekakadhikari Theras, Ven Dr. Medagama Sri Dhammananda Thera (Asgiri) and Ven Dr. Pahamune Sri Sumangala Thera (acting Lekakadhikari Thera of the Malwatu Chapter) had presented a letter containing 21 points, in which the […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Courtesy Ceylon Today Only when something comes up in print or exposed on television, people who have been affected by the highlighted topic(s) will emerge out of their shells to either join public protests or respond with their type of experiences (as feedbacks). The Saturday Column on 11 March, in Ceylon […]

Courtesy RT Washington has presented no evidence whatsoever” yet that the Shayrat airfield in Syria’s Homs Province targeted by the US after an alleged chemical attack in Idlib had any such weapons, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Twenty-four hours have passed since the US Navy warships launched a massive missile strike at the Shayrat airfield, […]

Courtesy Pravda After the United States struck a missile blow on Shayrat airfield in Syria’s Homs, many wondered why Russian sophisticated air defence systems, such as Pantsir, S-300, S-400, Buk-M2 and Tor complexes, have not protected Syria from 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles launched by Ross and Porter destroyers. Predictably, Russian liberals and Ukrainian activists rejoiced […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  We as voters are quite happy that parliament attendance details of MP’s ( including ministers ) will be placed in the web. Secretary to the Parliament who takes such initiative should  also create folders for each MP in the web to show following , School qualifications Higher education Qualifications ( if any) […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා මා සිංහල අවුරුද්ද ගැන බොහෝ දේ ලියා තිබුණත් තවමත් ඒ කරුණු ඇත්තේ පොත්පත්වල පමණයි. මේ ලිපියටත් ඒ ඉරණම අත්වීමට ඇති ඉඩකඩ අධිකයි. එයට මූලික හේතුව විද්‍යුත් ජනමාධ්‍ය අවශ්‍ය ප්‍රචාරය නොදීමයි. ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ගෙන් අති විශාල බහුතරය පඬියන් වීම සිංහලයන්ගේ කරුමයක් වී ඇත. අපි අවුරුද්ද ගැන කරුණු කිහිපයක් නැවත කියමු. ඒ අතර අලුත් කරුණක් දෙකක් […]

ලංකාවේ වෙනදේ ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයේ සැසිවාරය සඳහා රියර් අද්මිරාල් සරත් වීරසේකර මහතාගේ ආගමනය පසුගිය සතියේ දේශපාලන පිටියේ මහත් ආන්දොaලනයකට ලක්‌ව තිබුණි. ඒ පිළිබඳව විවිධ පාර්ශ්වයන් විසින් එල්ල කරන ලද චෝදනා පිළිබඳව ‘දිවයින ඉරිදා සංග්‍රහය’ සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා සමග කළ සාකච්ඡාවක්‌ මතුදැක්‌වෙයි. * ඔබ ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සලේට ගොස්‌ නැවත පැමිණියා. බොහෝ අය ඔබ කළ […]

Sri Lanka News Opening a new restaurant is a challenging and risky venture in Sri Lanka But for EU MP Niranjan Deva Aditiya , spent one year researching the menu and his chefs have obtained traditional recipes from every part of the island and from all communities. “At Ceylon Café, conveniently located on Horton Place within the premises […]

Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Joint opposition MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage yesterday rejected the allegation made by Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake that he had bought a house in England saying the Bribery Commission (BC) had proved him innocent. He said that the Bribery Commission and the CID had conducted an investigation which showed […]

by C.A.Chandraprema Courtesy The Island    April 8, 2017, 8:28 pm An interview with Prof. G.L.Peiris regarding the situation arising from the decisions made by the Judicial Services Association at their Special General meeting held on 1 April 2017 in relation to the appointment of Mr Ramanathan Kannan as a High Court judge. Q. You were […]

BY MALINDA SENEVIRATNE  There was a time when victory over enemies was about bashing heads in, seizing their women and enslaving their children.  It still happens of course.  The cost-effective way is for the powerful to dictate, the weak to submit, hands to be shaken with the key representatives of the respective parties facing the […]

By The Nation – The strike launched by the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) on Friday (7) against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) came under severe criticism where academics said that the action was against the fundamentals of the people. Academics strongly criticized the move of the GMOA and student unions […]

Dr. Neville Fernando Courtesy The Island April 7, 2017, 9:28 pm It is commendable that the general public is showing a keen interest on the current SAITM issue which has been blown out of proportion by various fractions. It is our duty therefore to place on record the true facts regarding this issue to clarify the […]