Archive for May, 2017
Monday, May 8th, 2017
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 […]
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Monday, May 8th, 2017
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 […]
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Monday, May 8th, 2017
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 […]
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Monday, May 8th, 2017
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 […]
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Monday, May 8th, 2017
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 […]
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Monday, May 8th, 2017
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 […]
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Monday, May 8th, 2017
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 […]
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Monday, May 8th, 2017
ගාල්ල හබරාදූවේදී පැවති “පෙරළියක පෙරමඟ” ජනරැළියේදී මධුමාධව අරවින්ද මහතා දැක්වූ අදහස් https://youtu.be/sxF4k4t6y-Y
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Monday, May 8th, 2017
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 […]
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Sunday, May 7th, 2017
By Noor Nizam – Convener The Muslim Voice, May 7th., 2017. During the last week of April 2017 Sri Lanka saw a storm of challenges, political challenges that were thrown at Mahinda Rajapaksa to fill Galle Face Green esplanade with pro-Mahinda and anti-government voters/citizens of Sri Lanka. Mahinda himself has stated to the media casually […]
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Sunday, May 7th, 2017
තේජා ගොඩකන්දෙආරච්චි වැඩ කරන ජනතාව වෙනුවෙන් සමරන මැයි දිනය නිමවී සතියක් ගෙවී ගියේය. ඒ සඳු දින කැම්බල් පිටියේ සිට ‘තමන්ට රටේ සංවර්ධනය වෙනුවෙන් කටයුතු කරන්න ඉඩ දෙන්නැ’යි තම පාක්ෂිකයන්ගෙන් අයැද සිටි රනිල් වික්රමසිංහලා, මැයි 5 වන සිකුරාදා වන විට තවත් රුපියල් කෝටි 33 ක පරිපූරක ඇස්තමේන්තුවක් පාර්ලිමේන්තු අනුමැතිය සඳහා ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත. ඒ තවත් ඇමතිවරුන් […]
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Sunday, May 7th, 2017
In conversation with Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr Palitha Kohona Sri lanka will celebrate the United Nations Wesak day with much pomp and ceremony next month in Colombo and Kandy and in almost every temple in the country. Prime Minister Modi of India who has sought to employ Buddhism as […]
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Sunday, May 7th, 2017
චන්ද්රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ ජනාධිපතිවරයකු සිටියද ජනාධිපතිවරයකුත් නැති, අගමැතිවරයකු සිටියද අගමැතිවරයකුත් නැති, කතානායකවරයකු සිටියද කතානායකවරයකුද නැති. ඇමතිවරුන් සිටියද ඇමතිවරුන්ද නැති, විපක්ෂ නායකයකු සිටියද, කිසිම දෙයකට විපක්ෂද නොවන, විනිසුරුවරුන් සිටියද විනිසුරුවරුන්ද නැති, ස්වාධින මැතිවරණ කොමිසමක් තිබුනද මැතිවරණද නැති මොකක්දෝ මලසමයමක් “යහපාලනය” නමින් හොල්මන් කරන සමයක අපුරු සිදුවීම් රාශියක් තුලින් ගමන් කොට මැයි පළමුවෙනිදා ගිනි කාස්ට අවුවේ වේලෙමින් මුහුදු […]
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Sunday, May 7th, 2017
Dr Sarath Obeysekera News Item …….. The Nation Quote by Lee Kwan Yew Lee was unapologetic in the face of criticism that Singapore interfered too much in individuals’ lives, telling the Straits Times in 1987 “had I not done that, we wouldn’t be here today. We decide what is right. Never mind what the people […]
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Sunday, May 7th, 2017
Dr Sarath Obeysekera (බුද්ධික කුමාරසිරි) News Item Lankadeepa…….. මාලඹේ විද්යාලය ජනසතු කිරිම හේතුවෙන් අද (5) පැවැත්වෙන වැඩවර්ජනයට සහභාගී නොවී පාදුක්ක දිස්ත්රික් රෝහලේ වෛද්යවරු අද (5) බාහිර රෝගීන් සඳහා ප්රතිකාර සිදු කරති. Name of the Hospital is Padukke” ( Dukke means Sorrow ) Doctors may have felt sorrowful of the poor patients of Padukke ! We […]
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Sunday, May 7th, 2017
By: Vandita His name is King Leopold II of Belgium and the living incarnation of evil killed over 10 million innocent people in what is now called the Democratic Republic of Congo. Of the Europeans who scrambled for control of Africa at the end of the 19th century, Belgium’s King Leopold II left arguably the […]
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Sunday, May 7th, 2017
උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම ‘මහින්දවත් බලාපොරොත්තු නැති විදියට ගෝල්ෆේස් පිට්ටනිය නිල් පාටින් පිරුණා. එකම හිස් ගොඩක්. ගෝල්ෆේස් පිට්ටනිය විතරක් නෙවි, ගාලු පාර පුරාමත් කොල්ලුපිටිය හන්දිය දිගටත් ජනතාව පොදි කකා රැස්වීමට එකතු වුණා. ඒ තරම් ජන ගඟක් මතක හිටින කාලයක දැක්කෙ නෑ. විශේෂයෙන් ගෝල්ෆේස් පිට්ටනියට මෙහෙම ජනගඟක් ගලපු මුල්ම අවස්ථාව වෙන්න ඕනෑ’ මේ ශ්රී ලංකාකාරයන් තැන තැන එකතු […]
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Sunday, May 7th, 2017
BY JANAKA LIYANAARACHCHI Courtesy Ceylon Today Sri Lanka has 758 unguarded level crossings which claim at least one human life each month. So far, the only solution to the problem was deploying the villagers who live nearby to guard these crossings under the co-ordination of Civil Defence Department. Sri Lanka Railway first called for global tenders […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2017
Dilrook Kannangara This is an estimate of voting power of each party can be assessed based on the ground extent. All grounds were packed so their extent can be used as a gauge of strength. SLFP, JVP, UNP and JO held their rallies in grounds with the extents of 2.4, 2.4, 3.8 and 18.7 acres […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2017
By Rohana R. Wasala When sovereign and ministers show perversity of mind, it is impossible even for a Sun Tzu to encounter the foe.-Huai-nan Tzu A couple of days back, we celebrated the most momentous May Day in living memory held in Sri Lanka. I watched the five hour long Joint Opposition rally live on […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2017
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. President Mahanuwara Sinhala Bauddha Jesta Purwesiyange Sanvidhanaya and EX: Perm Sec to Prime Minister Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranayaka 2017.5.4. I request all our present day Unpatriotic Politicians to learn a bitter lesson at least from these two great World Leaders: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime Minister John Howard (The Statements of […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2017
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Social Empowerment and Welfare Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake alleged that Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) President Dr. Anurudda Padeniya had attempted to engage in private practice today despite the GMOA’s 24-hour countrywide strike, but refrained from doing so as the Rr. Ramanayake had exposed his double standard on social media sites, […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2017
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Heated arguments emerged in parliament today when Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara alleged that some government doctors who were on strike in the daytime were working at private hospitals in the evening. He displayed a receipt showing that GMOA Secretary Anurudda Padeniya had made an appointment at a leading private hospital to […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2017
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government yesterday sought parliamentary approval for a supplementary estimate to cover Rs. 330 million for the purchase of vehicles for three cabinet ministers, three state ministers, a Provincial Governor and a Secretary to the Prime Minister. Among them, Rs. 43 million is for the purchase of a vehicle for Foreign […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2017
සාකච්ඡා කළේ – මනෝඡ් අබයදීර උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින ෆොන්සේකා තර්ජනය කළේ මට නෙවෙයි තමන්ගේම අයට ජනගඟ දැකලා බයවෙලා, මගේ ආරක්ෂාව අඩු කළා දුමින්ද වගේ පොඩි ළමයි කියන කතන්දර ගණන් ගන්නේ නෑ මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ඉවත්වගිය නායකයකුට නොමැති ජනතා ඉල්ලීමක ජීවමාන පිළිබිඹුව ලෙස තවම සිටියි. කොළඹ, විඡේරාම මාවතේ ඔහුගේ නිල නිවසට අප යන විට, මහා සංඝරත්නය පනස් […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2017
Courtesy DNA Sri Lanka will only lease out oil tanks to India under the proposed deal to jointly operate a strategic oil facility in the eastern port district of Trincomalee, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said. Addressing a gathering in the central town of Welimada yesterday, the Prime Minister said the joint working group of […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2017
Courtesy The Daily Mirror A US equity firm that bid to buy a stake in Sri Lanka’s loss-making national airline has pulled its offer, officials said Saturday as the carrier scrambled for a new partner. TPG, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, has withdrawn its bid for a 49 percent stake in Sri Lankan, dashing […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2017
Dr Hector Perera London Back home in Sri Lanka cooking was mainly done by servants or by Kussi Ammas” but now they are gold dust as they have gone abroad for better paid jobs. They knew cooking by sheer experience not by reading internet or papers as they are not much educated. In the past […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2017
උපුටා ගැන්ම සිළුමිණ ගුරුකමක් කරල දෙන්නැයි සමහරු මගෙන් ඉල්ලනවා නන්දිපාල මේ දිනවල රූපවාහිනී ප්රේක්ෂකයින් විශේෂයෙන්ම කුඩා දරුවන් අතර ඉතා ජනප්රිය චරිතයකි; බැලු බැල්මට නන්දිපාල කළු චරිතයක් ලෙස පෙනුණ ද බොහෝ ප්රේක්ෂකයින් ඔහුට ආදරය කරන්නේ එම චරිතය තුළින් මානුෂීය ගුණාංග කීපයක්ම ඉස්මතු වන නිසාය. එසේම නන්දිපාලගේ චරිතය නිරූපණය කරන රංගන ශිල්පී ජයන්ත මුතුතන්ත්රි එම චරිතය නිරූපණයේදී […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2017
By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando In everyday communal language news is referred to as information gathered from North, East, West and South. The word “news” developed in the 14th century was used as a plural form. Evidently, news contains information, throughout the world referring to either the present or the past occurrences that appeal to […]
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