Sudath Gunasekara 2017. 5. 8 I am posting herewith two news items for your serious attention. Now you can see the covert political objectives of the Indian PM’s Sri Lankan visit. Why should he address a meeting of Sri Lankan Indian estate labourers who are people of Indian origin ( PIO), though they are Sri […]

Sarath Wijesnghe (Solicitor- Attorney –at –law and a former Ambassador) Daul Nationality and Citizenship Daul Nationality is a person’s citizenship states regarded as a citizen in more than one country, under laws of those states. There is no international convention which determines nationality or citizen’s status which defines exactly by national laws. The issue could […]

Dear Sir/ Madam Please give publicity to the following event in you newspaper. Thank you Vesak Lectures organised by the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka on Monday 15th May 2017 Lecture 1 (4.00-4.45 pm) by Ven. Prof. Khammai Dhammasami; DPhil (Oxford), PhD (MCU) Professor, International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University (ITBMU), Myanmar on “Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation in […]

Nagananda Kodituwakku Friends, don’t ignore the total breakdown of rule of law in this country and don’t wait till things directly affecting your own family. Come forward, please speak aloud against the gross abuse of people’s SOVEREIGN RIGHTS by the utterly corrupt people occupying the office in the LEGISLATURE and the EXECUTIVE. Please join hand […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island May 7, 2017, 9:06 pm Anything Indian goes under the present yahapalana dispensation as is common knowledge. Government leaders shuttle between Colombo and New Delhi so frequently that when they get up in the morning they must be wondering which city they are in. They are known for their predilection for adopting […]

 වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  කෙමරූජ් සාමාජිකයන් තුළ තම පක්ෂය කෙරෙහි තිබූ අන්ධභක්තිය සනිටුහන් වනුයේ සීමාව ඉක්මවා පක්ෂය ආරක‍ෂා කිරීම සඳහා ගත් ක්‍රියා මාර්ග වලිනි. සතුරා පිළිබඳව සුළු හෝඩුවාවකදී හෝ නැතහොත් යම් සුළු සැකයකදී පවා ඔව්හු මිනිසුන් මරා දැමූහ. එසේම අනාගතයේ යම් දිනෙක පක්ෂයට අනතුරක් වේ යැයි සිතා පුද්ගලයන් සමූලඝාතනය කළහ. උදෑසන අවදිවූ වේලාවේ සිට රාත්‍රි […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today The Stock Market boomed into life, with the successful conclusion of the war, in May 2009. After stagnating for years, the rising activities were the barometric readings of the fast reviving economy. Yet, despite the massive development projects and investments taking place, the market was slowing by 2011. Investor confidence […]

Disna Mudalige Courtesy DailyNews.lk Monday, May 8, 2017 – 01:00 A debate on Constitutional reforms by the Constitutional Assembly is likely to take place towards the end of June. The interim report of the Steering Committee headed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be placed before the Assembly next month, a member of the Steering […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando May 7, 2017, 10:44 pm The National Joint Committee (NJC) has alleged that recently unveiled constitutional proposals are at variance with repeated assurances given by both President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe regarding matters of crucial national importance, including the status of Buddhism. The NJC alleges that controversial proposals are […]

Mrs. M. Weeraratna Colombo 05 The practice of religion requires effort. It calls for personal sacrifice, self – restraint and discipline. Above all such practice must be overarched by compassion and kindness based on a clear moral footing. Then the practice becomes noble in character. When we look around our society we see Muslims conduct […]

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission Coming on the heels of the recent lynching, killing and attacks in Pakistan on the pretext of blasphemy, the legislative assembly of Pakistan controlled Azad Kashmir has unanimously passed two resolutions regarding the finality of the Prophet Hood (SAW) and honour and respect of the Prophet’s companions […]

කේ.ඞී. ලාල්කාන්ත සභාපති National Trade Union Center / Unions Lanka  ගරු ජනාධිපති, මෛතී‍්‍රපාල සිරිසේන මැතිතුමා, ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය, කොළඹ – 01. ජනාධිපතිතුමනි, විශ‍්‍රාමික ග‍්‍රාම නිලධාරීන් කොන්ත‍්‍රාත් පදනම මත නැවත සේවයේ පිහිටුවීම මේ වන විට ග‍්‍රාම නිලධාරි සේවාවේ පුරප්පාඩු සංඛ්‍යාව 1850ක් පමණ වන බැව් අපට දැන ගන්නට ලැබී ඇත. මෙකී පුරප්පාඩු පිරවීම සඳහා ග‍්‍රාම නිලධාරීන් බඳවා ගැනීමේ […]

V.Anandasangaree  Secretary General – TULF Hon.R.Sampanthan. M.P Leader of the Opposition Dear Mr. Sampanthan , Federal Party must learn to deal with problems diplomatically It is with deep concern that I am writing this letter requesting you to keep the Federal Party members of your Alliance, under your strict control. They can’t make statements as […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා 2017 මැයි 07  වෙසක් දිනය ළඟට ම ඇවිත්. ඒත් වැඩි සූදානමක් නැහැ. අද සූදානම් වන්නේ එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ වෙසක් දිනයට. එය ජාත්‍යන්තර වෙසක් දිනය ලෙසත් හැඳින්වෙනවා. එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ වෙසක් දිනය තායිලන්තයේත් පවත්වලා තියෙනවා කියලා ආණ්ඩුවේ ප්‍රබලයකු කියා තිබෙනවා. අපට මෙච්චර කලක් මේ ජාත්‍යන්තර වෙසක් දිනය පවත්වන්න බැරි වුණෙ මොකද කියල ව්‍යංගයෙන් අහනවා. ඒකටත් […]

 Courtesy The Daily Mirror  In a dramatic turn of events, only hours after the government decided to reduce the security given to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa by a further 50 personnel, it was restored without an explanation being given on the about-turn. Initially, an order was sent to recall 50 personnel attached to the security […]

ගාල්ල හබරාදූවේදී පැවති “පෙරළියක පෙරමඟ” ජනරැළියේදී මධුමාධව අරවින්ද මහතා දැක්වූ අදහස්

Editorial Courtesy The Island May 8, 2017, 8:14 pm The government has made a volte-face anent the latest cut in former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s security. It usually does not buckle under pressure where action against its political rivals is concerned. What really happened? On May 03, 42 police personnel attached to Rajapaksa’s security contingent were removed […]