Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s citizens must first realize that Sri Lanka is an independent and sovereign country in particular the Tamils, the Sri Lankan Government & especially the Foreign Minister & Ministry. If Tamils believe they are not Sri Lankan citizens, they are welcome to live in India where they originated from. However, let […]

Dilrook Kannangara India has turned Buddhism into a political tool. His Holiness Dalai Lama is showcased as a political tool against China. Promising to reinstate Nalanda University, an ancient Buddhist university, Modi’s regime turned the Buddhist legacy of the place into a multi-faith and then a Hindu establishment. Only 0.7% of Indians are Buddhists and […]

By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island May 3, 2017, 12:00 pm Back in 2016 when I arrived at the May Day rally of the Joint Opposition in Kirullapone at around 5.00 p.m. and told friends over the phone that the crowd there was much bigger than the UNP and JVP rallies both put together, none […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Well .I just read t statement from a conservative MP It immediately reminds me of Sri Lanka with our newly sprung   Barista  coffee .El Gilato Ice Cream Shops ,Coffee Bean  ,Jeans Coffee, Doughnut   shops  etc .We have a majority working class who cannot even afford to buy a lunch packet at 150 […]

රුවන් රත්නායක ස්වාධින තමිල්  රාජ්‍යයක් පිහිටුවීමේ සංකල්පය මුලින්ම බිහි  වන්නේ ඉන්දියාවේ තමිල්නාඩුව මුල් කොට ගෙනය. ද්‍රවිඩස්ථාන් නම් ස්වාධින තමිල් රාජ්‍යයක් ඉන්දියාවේ පිහිටුවා ගැනීම පිණිස වූ  සංකල්පයට හේතුව වනුයේ උතුරු ඉන්දියානු බ්‍රහ්මණ හා උසස්කුල ජනයාගෙන්   දකුණු ඉන්දියාවේ තමිල් ජනයාද තිබූ කෙනෙහිලිකම් හා  පිඩනයෙන් මිදීමට ඔවුන්හට මගක් අවශ්‍ය වීමය. 1884  වසරේදී  මදුරාසි විශ්වවිදියාලයේ උපාධි උත්සවයේ ප්‍රධාන දේශනය […]

By Ayshwarya Yapa Courtesy  Adaderana We won the challenge made by the Government to fill the Galle Face area for the May Day rally, and we in turn challenge the Government to hold an election without delay, MP Namal Rajapakse says. He stated this today (03) at a media briefing with the Joint Opposition. MP Namal […]

Parliament has become powerless – Wimal ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සම්පාදක මණ්ඩලයේ අතුරු කමිටුවේ වාර්තාව තුළින් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව බෙලහීන තත්ත්වයට පත්ව ඇතැයි ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි.

By Ananda Ariyarathne Courtesy Ceylon Today “Whether we like it or not, as long as we keep on and identify people as ours, yours, theirs, his or hers, we will set our barriers and obstacles in our own minds. We are first prejudiced and then try to look at issues and automatically we create a frame […]

Courtesy The Daily FT Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday disclosed in Parliament the recent decisions the Government took to develop the World War II-used tank farm in Trincomalee as a joint venture between the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and Lanka IOC. Tabling the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in economic development projects signed between Sri Lanka […]

චාමර මද්දුම කළුගේ,ප‍්‍රධාන ලේකම්.Samurdhi Development Officers Union  දිවයින පුරා අඩු ආදායම්ලාභී පවුල් ලක්ෂ 38 ට ආසන්න විශාල ගණුදෙනු කරුවන් ප‍්‍රමාණයක් සිටින සමෘද්ධි බැංකු පද්ධතිය පරිඝණක ගත කරන වැඩ සටහන පාලනාධිකාරියේ කඹ ඇදිල්ල මත 2017 ජනවාරි 01 දින සිට අන්තර්ජාලය හරහා පරිඝණක මෘදුකාංගයක් ඔස්සේ වැඩ කිරීමට සියලූ කටයුතු සුදානම් කර තිබු සමෘද්ධි බැංකු 300ක වැඩ නවතා […]

by  Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi This is what Bhikhu Bodhi said of Asoka Weeraratna Are Asoka Weeraratna’s services to the Buddha Sasana being deliberately sidelined at the UN Day of Vesak 2017 related stalls exhibiting services to Buddhism? Prologue Asoka Weeraratna was a man of vision who had the drive and stamina to translate his vision […]

Shenali D Waduge A series of popular demonstrations with over 2million civilians taking part began in 1983 continuing till February 1986 brought down the Philippine dictator. It also involved the participation of religious groups and political parties. It was called the Yellow Revolution (using yellow ribbons) & ‘the Revolution that surprised the world’. It was […]