Archive for June, 2017
Monday, June 19th, 2017
Sudath Gunasekara 18.6.2017. The Government is said to have taken a decision to hand over Dengu eradication, clearing the garbage mess, handling flood relief and all strikes to the Armed Forces. A News item Although the Army, Navy and the Air Force operate in three different spheres that is Land, Sea and Air, we all […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
වරුණ චන්ද්රකීර්ති බයිබලයේ මතෙව් 22: 15 – 22 කියන කොටස්වල මෙහෙම කතාවක් තියෙනවා. පරිසිවරුන්ට උවමනා වුනා යේසුස්වහන්සේ ලවා රාජද්රෝහී කතාවක් කියවලා උන්වහන්සේ ව කරදරයකට පත්කරන්න. ඉතින් ඒ අය තමන් ගේ ගෝලයන්වත් හෙරෝද්ට පක්ෂ ව සිටි අයවත් යේසුස්වහන්සේ ළඟට යවලා සීසර්ට බදු ගෙවන්න ඕන ද නැති ද කියලා උන්වහන්සේගෙන් ඇහුවා. යේසුස්වහන්සේ ඒ අය ගේ දුෂ්ට චේතනාව […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න රනිල් නම් දේශ ද්රෝහී අබෞධ්ධයාට සිංහල බෞද්ධ රටේ බලයට එන්නට නොදී වළක්වාගෙන සිටියේ ශ්රීලංකා නිදහස් පාක්ෂිකයන් .ඔවුන් නොසිටින්නට වසර ගණනාවකට පෙරම රනිල් රට පෘතුගීසි කාරයට දීල ඉවර වෙන්න තිබුන නැත්නම් එංගලන්තෙට නැවත දෙන්න තිබුන ,මේ වැඩේ කරගන්න ඕනේ නිසා බටහිරයෝ ඉන්දියාවත් හවුල් කරගෙන ස්රිලනිපේ දෙකට කැඩුව.සිරිසේන ට වෙච්චි සුළු අවනඩුවක් තුලින් එයා ට […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
උපුටා ගැන්ම කැටපත් පවුර ජී එස් පී ලබා දීමට මේ ආණ්ඩුව ගැන යම් විශ්වාසයක් යුරෝපා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට හා යුරෝපා සංගමයට තිබිය යුතුයි. ඒ විශ්වාසය ලැබෙන්නේ කොහෙන් ද? රවි කරුණානායක ආසියා ශාන්තිකරයේ හොඳම මුදල් ඇමති නිසා ද? නැත්නම් මංගල සමරවීරගේ දක්ෂ රාජ්ය තාන්ත්රික භාවය නිසා ද? රනිල් කෘතහස්ත දේශපාලනඥයකු නිසා ද? මෛත්රිපාලට එලිසබෙත් වින්ඩ්සර් අත්වැසුම් නැතිව අතට […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
නලින් ද සිල්වා ජ වි පෙ ඉන්නෙ කොතන ද කියන එක පැහැදිලියි. ව්යාජ රංගන කළත් ඔවුන් ඉන්නේ රනිල් එක්ක, එ ජා පක්ෂය එක්ක. 2015 ජනවාරි 8 වැනි දා මෛත්රිපාල ජනාධිපති කිරීමේදීත් අගෝස්තු මැතිවරණයේදීත් ජ වි පෙ හිටියෙ රනිල් – මෛත්රිපාල එක්ක. ජාතික හෙළ උරුමයේ ඇත්තන් ඊනියා යුග පෙරළියක් ගැන කතා කෙරුවා. ඔවුන් හිතන්න ඇති අර […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
By Ayshwarya Yapa Courtesy Adadderana Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU), Udaya Gammanpila stated that the Secretary of the National Bhikku Front, Ven. Wakamulle Uditha Thero must be arrested before Ven. Gnanasara thero for attempts to arouse racism. Udaya Gammpanpila stated that although nine years had elapsed since the end of the civil war, the […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
වෛද්ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග ග්රාමීය ප්රදේශ වල ජනයා වෛද්යවරුන්ට ගරු සත්කාරව සලකති. ඔවුන් කටපුරා දොස්තර මහත්තයා , අපේ මහත්තයා, සෑර් කියා වෛද්යවරු අමතති. එහෙත් සමහරක් ජනයා ඩොට්ට , දොස්ට , කියාද ආමන්ත්රණය කරනවා මම අසා තිබේ. වරක් ග්රාමීය රෝහලකදී තරුණයෙකු ” දොට්ට මට යන්න ඕනේ ” කීවේය. මෙසේ කීවේ රෝහලේ නේවාසිකව සිටි තරුණ රෝගියෙකි. එවිට […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
BY Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Ceylon Today The month of June was initially focused on the aftermath of the cabinet reshuffle and the allocation of institutions to different ministries. However, the media attention, together with the public interest was soon diverted to an issue with Minister John Amaratunga abusing media personnel with filth – or should I […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
By Kavindya Chris Thomas Courtesy Ceylon Today Police fear that the arrest of the Bodu Bala Sena leader Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera would lead to negative consequences and even a possible public uprising, a high ranking Police official said yesterday. The official who did not wish to be named, for obvious reasons, told Ceylon Today that […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
The UNHRC Special Rapporteur Ms. Monica Pinto’s allegations following her visit to Sri Lanka in 2016 that SL Judiciary was highly politicised and judges give verdicts favouring the Government was a derogatory and contemptuous statement made towards the Judiciary with a proud history of 200 years, retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara said. Addressing United Nations’ […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
හමුදාව ජන සංහාරකයින් බව ප්රකාශ කල ඩයස්පෝරා කුක්කන්නට මුල මතක් කර දෙයි !!! දේශපාලන තිරිසන්නු නිවටව මගහැර යද්දී තම මාතෘ භූමිය වෙනුවෙන් තනිවම හඬ නගනා වීර සෙන්පති….!!! යුධ අපරාධ සිදුකල බවට චෝදනා එල්ලවන මෙරට හමුදාවන් එල් .ටි .ටි .ඊ ත්රස්තවාදීන්ගේ ළගම ඥතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමට කැපවූ බව හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රි රියර් අද්මිරාල් සරත් වීරසේකර පවසයි.ජිනීවා […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island June 19, 2017, 8:10 pm In general, the two recognized approaches to reconciliation are: Retributive justice and Restorative justice. While retributivejustice involves the perpetrator and the victim, restorative justice involves the perpetrator, the victim, and the community. Furthermore, while retributive justice is punitive, meaning that by punishing the perpetrator the […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
A Report from the Institute for International and Comparative Law, University of Pretoria & Foundation for Human Rights, South Africa, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission 13 June 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Foundation for Human Rights (‘FHR’) and the University of Pretoria’s Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (‘ICLA’) have collaborated to […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
R Chandrasoma In Sri Lanka, the political behaviour of voters is largely governed by concerns rooted in their social identity. The latter – that which we call social identity – is a mind-set that is in place long before the challenge of political choice. This observation may seem counter-intuitive in the sense that the very […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara Presents Vas 2017 (Rains Retreat 2017) 91 Days 91 Jataka Tales July 8th through October 6th Nightly at 7:00 – Meditation Hall Join us for something new this year. During this year’s Vas Season the monks of Dharma Vijaya will be chanting a different Jataka Tale every night for 91 nights. Come […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
By, Professor Nishan C. Wijesinha Dengue virus is spread mostly by mosquitoes from the Aedes genus. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the main vector that transmits the viruses that cause dengue. The viruses are passed on to humans through the bites of an infective female Aedes mosquito, which mainly acquires the virus while feeding on […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
Bodhi Dhanapala, Quebec, Canada. Tilak S. Fernando has written to the Lankaweb (18/06/17) claiming that Dengue fever can be cured using homeopathic medicine. Not so long ago we had people who were also writing letters claiming that drinking the juice of Papaw leaves (Gaslabu” leaves) will cure those who are suffering from Dengaue, a dangerous […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
Dr Hector Perera London Since I was doing my Advanced Level science in Colombo, I tried my best to home cook something and eat than depending on takeaway food. The boarding house where I lived in Colombo was just room only basis, no kitchen to cook. I started by cooking in the room then moved […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
Dr. Chandana Jayalath Officials always say that new projects are in the pipeline, or long-term plans are waitlisted. Neither kicks off. Municipalities continue dumping nearly 800 tonnes of garbage in Colombo itself. Piles are only mounted daily, some thousand residents are paying the price. Politicians, past and present, point finger each other. Piles of garbage […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
By Dr. Nalaka Godahewa Courtesy Ceylon Today The terrorist attack on the London Bridge and Borough Market became instant world news. Over the last few days we heard global media channels continuously reporting details of the incident. Country after country has come forward to condemn the brutal attack on British soil, which according to information available […]
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Saturday, June 17th, 2017
By Rohana R. Wasala A writer by the name of Dr M. Harris Z Deen (Attacks on Islamic places of worship and properties go unabated despite assurances/The Island Features/May 22, 2017) begins his feature article with these words: The patience of the Sri Lankan Muslims is at a breaking point and can certainly boil over […]
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Saturday, June 17th, 2017
Shenali D Waduge No situation happens in isolation. Every aspect has a historical origin and every scene has a geopolitical purpose. Without understanding these realities it is difficult to comprehend the scale of the problem. Firstly, we need to understand that there is a systematic and calculated plan to denigrate Buddhists/Theravada Buddhism with the ultimate […]
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Saturday, June 17th, 2017
By :A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA Let us find some more despicable statements made by her and her anti-national and abhorrent activities in the recent past probably due of the mental degeneration she is suffering from: During her first visit to India after this government came to power addressing Indian media she said that she found almost […]
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Saturday, June 17th, 2017
By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Prof. Kolitha Sellahewa, Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital elucidated in full, how to control and treat dengue affected patients through conventional methods, in my column on 3 June 2017. However, there appears to be two schools of thought in dealing with this […]
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Saturday, June 17th, 2017
වෛද්ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග බෞද්ධ භික්ෂුවකගෙන් සමාජය උවැසියන් බලාපොරොත්තු වන්නේ සංවර හැසිරීමකි. නීග්රෝධ සාමනේරවන් පරමාදර්ශී භික්ෂු හැසිරීමක් අපේක්ෂා කරන බෞද්ධ සමාජය අද දකින්නේ ඉතා අවිනීත ලෙස කුණුහරප කියන , බැණ වැදීම් කරන සාමාන්ය මිනිසුන්ට පමණක් නොව පොලිස් නිලධාරීන්ටද පහර දෙන වල් වැදී ගිය චීවරධාරීන් පිරිසකි. සමහරක් විට සිවිල් සමාජයද මෙම ප්රචණ්ඩ හැසිරීම් සාධාරණීකරනය කරන්නේ සිංහලයන්ට බුද්ධාගමට […]
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Posted in Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. | 4 Comments »
Saturday, June 17th, 2017
RT Those slaughtering cows now face a life sentence in the Indian state of Gujarat, after lawmakers voted to pass new measures to protect the sacred animal, up from a previous punishment of seven years. The state law is the toughest in the country. Read more Indian minister slammed for taboo comments on cows Under […]
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Posted in World | 4 Comments »
Saturday, June 17th, 2017
By M D P DISSANAYAKE What has happened to Sri Lanka in many ways can be drawn as a parallel to what did happen in Indonesia. Prez Soeharto developed the nation, cost of living was affordable, religious extremism well managed, retained East Timor in spite of Western push. What was lacking. Though he did lot […]
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Posted in Dr M D P DISSANAYAKE | 5 Comments »
Friday, June 16th, 2017
Hamza Zafar (Name has been changed) FGM is a serious problem in Sri Lanka. Almost all Sri Lankan Muslim women are circumcised. Both Sri Lankan Moors and Malays are of the Shafi Mazhab which regards FGM as compulsory. They account for 98 percent of the local population. The Bohras who follow an Indian leader called […]
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Posted in Forum & Letters | 3 Comments »
Friday, June 16th, 2017
මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් ලංකාවත් ඉන්දියාවත් යා කිරීමට දුම්රිය මාර්ගයක් ඉඳි කිරීමට 2007 වර්ෂයේ නිකුත් කරන ලද රජයේ භෞතික සැලැස්ම මගින් යෝජනා කර තිබේ. 2003 වර්ෂයේදී හිටපු විදේශ ඇමති ලක්ෂමන් කදිරගාමර් මහතා විසින් අත්සන් කරන ලද ආසියානු අධිවේග මර්ග පිළිබඳ ජගත් ගිවසුම අනුව මෙරට තැනෙන අධිවේග මාර්ග අවසාන වශයෙන් තලේ මන්නාරම හරහා ඉන්දියාවට සම්බන්ධ වෙයි. ගෝලීය ධනවාදයේ […]
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Posted in මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් | 3 Comments »
Friday, June 16th, 2017
By :A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA The old hag Chandrika who is despised by a vast majority of people in this country for running an unproductive, corrupt and malicious government for almost 11 years, telling all sorts of lies, and betraying SLFP policies, seems to have gone mad or suffering from an acute incurable amnesia which even […]
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