Courtesy Ceylon Today Kuveni is remembered or should be at this time of year as it is written in historical texts of the island that Prince Vijaya landed in Tambapanni (proximate to present day Chilaw) on the day of Buddha’s Parinibbana dated variously, but usually accepted as 503 BC. Hence while Vesak commemorates the most […]

by C.A.Chandraprema Courtesy The Island May 13, 2017, 7:44 pm Two NGO activists have filed a contempt of court plaint against Dr Anuruddha Padeniya the President of the GMOA over certain comments he made at a public meeting held to demand the ‘state-ization’ of the SAITM medical course on 7 April 2017. The gist of what […]

Courtesy The Island May 13, 2017, 7:45 pm ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal unseating Geetha Kumarasinghe could lead to a major shift in the balance of power with the United People’s Freedom Alliance possibly losing at least 11 seats in the 225-member parliament. The May 3 decision of the court held that Kumarasinghe, […]

Shenali D Waduge When it was announced that the Indian PM would arrive to declare open the Vesak celebrations in Sri Lanka, eyebrows were raised by majority Sinhala Buddhists questioning why the Indian PM, a Hindu should be invited. Objections also covered displeasure at India pressuring a weak Sri Lankan Government to turning the island […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara Response to Lorenzo on the following two queries Dr Sudath Gunasekara This is a short note on Lorenzo’s query on my article on Pitiful plight of the Kndyan peasants on 29.4 2017. I hope Lorenso can be satisfied with this. Sudath You highlighted an important issue. I have several questions related to […]

by Chandre Dharmawardana, Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Sudath Gunasekera, writing to the Lanka Web (6th may 2017) has discussed the imposing statue by the Parakrama Samudra and raised questions about the grain going across the statue and its interpretation as a silver thread of the Brahaminic tradition given by some scholars. I have raised similar issues […]

By Dr.Sripali Vaiamon. Canada    Professor Pathmasiri Kannangara contributing an article to one of the Sinhala periodicals in Canada, DASATHA, in August 2016 (with courtesy) strongly stated History was taken out from the curriculum in 1972.It was a subject so deeply and fondly offered to all the students in the island as we possessed a […]

Courtesy NDTV Sri Lanka last allowed a Chinese submarine to dock in the capital of Colombo in October 2014, a move that triggered fierce opposition from India. China defended its military relationship with Sri Lanka as good for regional peace and stability after Sri Lanka rejected a request from China to dock one of its […]

By Roosindu Peris Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court has suspended the Appeal Court’s judgment regarding MP Geetha Kumarasinghe’s eligibility to hold a seat in parliament, till the 15 of May. The Appeal Court has put forward the fact that Kumarasighe’s MP position violates a clause in the country’s constitution which states that dual citizenship holders will […]

Courtesy Adaderana A hastily arranged meeting between visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa last evening (11 May) raised huge speculation within political circles in Colombo. This was more since official from both sides had continued to maintain that Narendra Modi’s visit to Colombo had no economic or political […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today India needs to change its foreign policy vis-a-vis Sri Lanka immediately. These policies have not only failed, but have disastrously backfired on India, ending in a result totally unanticipated and always against India. The extent of the damage caused by their own policies to India can be measured against the […]

WINSTON DE VALLIERE Courtesy Ceylon Today Considering the tremendous rapport she has with President Maithripala Sirisena and her ingrained comparatively ‘patrician’ revulsion she’s often harboured for the less than plebeian Rajapaksa clan, Chandika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga will exert considerable influence, needed or not, with President Sirisena, in matters pertaining to the relentless purge of the Sri Lanka Freedom […]

  J.A.L. Jayasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa said today the joint opposition was not planning a conspiracy to grab power in the country. “We are only opposed to the privatization and alienation of national resources,” he told journalists after visiting Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy. When asked about the removal of a Sri […]

By C. A. Chandraprema May 11, 2017, 9:18 pm We have written extensively in this newspaper about the proposed Bambalapitiya flats redevelopment project. Despite the revelations about the lack of financial standing of the promoter UTL Global Projects Pte Ltd to undertake a project of this magnitude, in March this year, the Cabinet granted approval […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara 6. May. 2017 Photo by Dr. Achala Gunasekara Rockwell of Alabama university USA. The above statue is widely accepted as the figure of King Parakramabahu the Great. But it also has been interpreted as a statue of a sage, either Agastya or Pulasthi.    Three reasons are adduced by those who call it […]

Sarath Wijesinghe Solicitor-Attorney at law and a former Ambassador Appellate and Writ Jurisdiction Court of Appeal has the appellate and writs jurisdiction including quo warrantor” – invoked by the five petitioners successfully challenging Geetha Kumarasinghe (called GK hereinafter)- Member of Parliament elected by the people in the Galle district as their representative. Court of appeal […]

 BY MALINDA SENEVIRATNE Whoever is against SAITM should also be opposed to fee-levying institutions such as private nurseries, tuition classes, outfits that offer all kinds of certification and practices such as channeling services.  This is an argument that is widely tossed around by those opposing opposition to SAITM.  The flak that Dr Anuruddha Padeniya of […]

Courtesy India Today Sri Lanka last allowed a Chinese submarine to dock in the capital of Colombo in October 2014, a move that triggered fierce opposition from India, which worries about growing Chinese activity in a country it has long viewed as part of its area of influence Sri Lanka has rejected China’s request to […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා ශිවාජිලිංගම් හෙට සිට සතියක් ජනසංහාර විරෝධතා උද්ඝෝෂණ පවත්වනවා. මෝදිත් අද ලංකාවට එනවා. මෝදි උඩරටටත් යන්න ඉන්නෙ. එහෙදි ඉන්දියානු ජාතික කොඩි වනා මෝදි පිළිගැනීමටත් ඉඩ තියෙනවා. එය හුදෙක් විදේශීය රාජ්‍ය නායකයකුට කරන සැලකිල්ලක් ලෙස හිතන්න බැහැ. වතුකරයේ ඇතැම් දෙමළ ජනයාට පමණක් නොව උතුරු හා නැගෙනහිර පළාත්වල ඇතැම් දෙමළ ජනයාටත් තාම තමිල්නාඩු පෙකෙණීිවැල කපා […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා සිංහල බුද්ධාගම අද පිරිහිලා. වෙසක් උත්සවයත් වැටිලා. අපේ නිර්මාණශීලීත්වය නැවතිලා. අද නිර්මාණ කියන්නෙ කලා නිර්මාණවලට විතරයි. ඒවත් එක එකා පිට කසා ගැනීමේ නිර්මාණ වෙලා. පවතින කෘතියකින් දශම බිංදුවයි බිංදුවයි එකකවත් වෙනසක් නැති කෘති ඉතා අනගි නිර්මාණ බවට පත්වෙලා. යමක වෙනසක් ඇති බව පේන්න ඕන ඒ පද්ධතිය ඇතුළෙ ඉන්න අයට නොවෙයි. පිට ඉන්න […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම lankanews.org මේ තියෙන්නේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්ට ලැබෙන වරදාන හා වරප්‍රසාද…. මන්ත‍්‍රීවරුන්ට හිමි වරප‍්‍රසාද වෛද්‍ය රක්ෂණයත් ලක්ෂ තුන හමාර දක්වා වැඩි කරයි. 2. මන්ත‍්‍රීවරයෙකුගේ මාසික වැටුප රුපියල්54,285කි. 3. පාර්ලිමේන්තු සභා වාරය පැමිණීම වෙනුවෙන් දිනක දීමනාව රුපියල් 500. 4. කොළඹින් බැහැර අයට නිල නිවාසයක් (ව.අඩි. 900 ක දෙමහල් නිවස). 5. රාජකාරි හා පෞද්ගලික දුරකථන පහසුකම් සඳහා බිල්පත් ගෙවීම. 6. […]

ගම්මන්පිල මහ බැංකු වාර්තාවට අනුව දශක ගණනාවකට පස්සේ 2015 දී සහ 2016 දී ලංකාවේ සංක්‍රමණ ධන අගයක් ගෙන තිබෙනවා. 2016 මහ බැංකු වාර්ථාවේ පනස් දෙවන සංඛ්‍යාසටහනේ පෙන්වනවා ලංකාවේ ශුද්ධ සංක්‍රමණ අනුපාත දශක ගණනාවකට පසු 2015 දීත් 2016 දීත් ධණ අගයක් ගෙන ඇති බව. වෙනත් වචන වලින් කියනවා නම් ලංකාව අත්හැර වෙනත් රටවල පදිංචියට ගිය පිරිසට […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  Cheoung Ek (Killing Fields) වැනි මරණයේ ගොවිබිම් ලෙස හැඳින්වුණු භූමිවල මිලියන දෙකකට ආසන්න නාගරික ජනතාව බලෙන් පදිංචි කරවන ලදී. ඔවුන්ට ගොවිබිම්වල ශ්‍රමය වගුරුවන ලෙස බලකරනු ලැබූ අතර, ආහාර හිඟය, ලෙඩරෝග හා වදහිංසා නිසා මිලියන 1.7 මිය ගියහ. මරණයේ ගොවිබිම්වලට කම්පුචියාවේ ජීවත්වූ සුළු ජාතීන්ද රැගෙන එන ලදී. මේ අතර 90,000 පමණ වූ […]

Dr. Martin J. Verhoeven Religion East and West, Issue 1, June 2001, pp. 77-97 Abstract Western interest in Eastern religions, especially Buddhism, historically coincided with the rise of modern science and the corresponding perceived decline of religious orthodoxy in the West. Put simply: Modern science initiated a deep spiritual crisis that led to an unfortunate split […]

Courtesy Presstv Sri Lanka refused permission for a Chinese submarine to dock at Colombo next week after a similar visit in 2014 angered regional superpower India, a top defense official said Thursday. Chinese authorities had sought clearance for a port call at Colombo where a Chinese state-owned company operates a mega container terminal, the official said […]

Courtesy The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The Sri Lanka High Commission in India has made arrangements to display a Vesak Pandol, known in Sinhala language as “Thorana”, from 15-21 May here coinciding with PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Colombo to celebrate Lord Buddha’s life. The inauguration of this Vesak Pandol will take place on May […]

C. RAJA MOHAN Courtesy Carnegie India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second visit to Sri Lanka in two years would hopefully launch a productive new phase in bilateral relations. In his first visit during March 2015, Modi promised to end India’s prolonged neglect of the very special relationship with Sri Lanka. Many reasons, including narrow domestic political considerations […]

Courtesy ANI Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa here, in an unscheduled meeting. Indian High Commisioner to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu told reporters, while briefing them about the Prime Minister’s itinerary over the day, that the meeting was held at Rajapaksa’s […]

ලංකා සී නිවුස් ගීතා කුමාරසිංහගේ මන්ත‍්‍රී ධුරය පිලිගත නොහැකි බව අභියාචනාධිකරණය විසින් තීරණය කිරීමත් සමග ගිය මැතිවරණයේදී ගාල්ල දිස්ත‍්‍රික්කයේ එක්සත් ජාතික පක්‍ෂයෙන් තරග වැද මනාප ලයිස්තුවේ ඊළගට සිටින අපෙක්‍ෂකයින් විසින් සන්ධාන ලයිස්තුව අහෝසි කරන්නැයි ඉල්ලමින් නීතිමය ක‍්‍රියාමාර්ග ගැනීමට සූදානම් වෙයි. එජාප ලයිස්තුවේ පරාජිත අපේක්‍ෂිතයින් කිහිප දෙනෙකු ඊයේ පස්වරුවේ මුණ ගැසී මේ ගැන සාකච්චා කර ඇති […]

නිමල කොඩිතුවක්කු – රිවිර ගාල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රිනී ගීතා කුමාරසිංහ මහත්මියගේ මන්ත්‍රී ධුරය අහෝසි කළ යුතු බවට අභියාචනාධිකරණය ලබාදුන් තීන්දුවත් සමග ගාල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික් එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධාන ලැයිස්තුවම අභියෝගයට ලක්ව ඇතැයි හිටපු මානව හිමිකම් කොමසාරිස් කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ නීති පීඨයේ කථිකාචාර්ය, ආචාර්ය නීතිඥ ප්‍රතිභා මහානාමහේවා මහතා පැවසීය. අදාළ මැතිවරණය සමානුපාතික ඡන්ද ක්‍රමය යටතේ පැවැත්වීම හේතුවෙන් අදාළ […]