ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the destruction of property by a former police officer. Mr. M G Sarath Gamage legally bought land belonging to a former police officer six years ago. However, when he began construction on the land, the […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න  මෙතෙක් ;”බඩුවක් ” වූ ඇය නොබෝදා ලද උසස් වීමෙන් පසුව  ඔටුවෙකුට ලැබෙන   වරප්‍රසාද ලැබීමට සුදුසු කම් ලැබුවාය ..අහෝ මිනිසත් බවට ගිය කල .ඉස්ලාම් කාන්තාවට ඉස්ලාම් ආගම අනුව  මෙතෙක්  සලකන ලද්දේ  අප්‍රාණික  ගේදොර භාණ්ඩයකට  මෙනි. සෞදි අරාබියේ  විද්‍යාඥයන්  විසින්  නොබෝදා  ඉස්ලාම් කාන්තාව  එම තත්වයෙන් මුදා ”ලොව මවිත කරන විප්ලවීය ”’තීරණයක් ගෙන ඇත . […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge   The most devastating consequence of the spread of American culture across the globe has not been our golden arches or our bomb craters, but our bulldozing of the human psyche itself. American-style depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anorexia have begun to spread around the world like contagions, and the virus […]

Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai, Dehiwela It is only in srilanka we can find an order issued by the  Highest authority, no less than the Honorable executive President of the sovereign country, Socialist Republic of Srilanka ( blow the trumpet)  being totally and callously ignored by all the arms of law, pretending they cannot fulfill it and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror One of the national government’s positive missions has been to grow the food that we need in Sri Lanka instead of busting up millions of dollars to import junk food or processed rubbish. As a tropical paradise, Sri Lanka has been blessed by being Asia’s rice bowl till recently. In addition […]

Courtesy Bihar Times Patna,(BiharTimes): The lackadaisical approach to revive Nalanda University by Nalanda Mentor Group led by Amartya Sen and subsequently by the shallow advisers in recent days have finally vacated space of Buddhist diplomacy for China to rush in. The first batch of 220 students is ready to take off in September this year. […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Quote Jim McCabe, CEO and Wesley Yang, Head, Financial Markets, Standard Chartered, at the round table event.Sri Lankan harbours could play a major role in China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative, said Wesley Yang, Head, Financial Markets, Standard Chartered Bank, China. Un Quote Indian CEO Forum celebrates four years  -news item Quote […]

DECCAN CHRONICLE. CHENNAI: MDMK general secretary Vaiko was denied entry into Malaysia on Friday as he was detained at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport for his alleged links with the now defunct Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which is still banned in several parts of the world. Immigration officials at the Kuala Lumpur airport […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island June 9, 2017, 9:21 pm We thought journalists would be able to carry out their duties without let or hindrance when the likes of Mervyn Silva were relegated to the political dustbin about two and a half years ago. But, worryingly, there are some self-proclaimed yahapalana politicians who are of the same […]

ලංකා සී නිවුස් කදානේදී මාධ්‍යවේදීන් කල ප‍්‍රශ්න කිරීමකදී ඇමති ජෝන් අමරතුංග මහතා ඔවුනට අමු පරුෂ වචනයෙන් බැණ වැදුනේය. මින් ඉදිරියට ගේට්ටුවෙන් ඇතුලට නොඑන ලෙසද ඔහු පැවසීය. ජෝන්ගේ කුණුහරුප මරණ තර්ජනයට මර්වින් ඒ ජාතියේම උත්තරයක් දෙයි.. [Video] ඇමති ජෝන් අමරතුංග විසින් මාධ්‍යවේදීන් කිහිප දෙනෙකුට මරණ තර්ජනය කරමින් අමු කුණුහරුපයෙන් බැන වැදීම සම්බන්දයෙන් හිටපු ඇමති මර්වින් සිල්වා […]

By Shenali Waduge COLOMBO (IDN) – The appointment of a three-member team by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)on May 30 to investigate alleged abuses by Myanmar military forces against the country’s Royingya Muslim minority raises many questions about its neutrality, particularly as all the three members have questionable backgrounds as to their fitness to […]

By Rohana R. Wasala The argument that there is no Islamophobia as such seems to be gaining credence.  If, as Muslims claim, theirs is the world’s fastest growing religion (Wikipedia), how can there be any? But it is a fact that many people, particularly non-Muslims, make negative comments on some central aspects of Islam. The […]

ALI SUKHANVER Terrorism directly damages all type of trade and business activities in a country. For a terrorism-stricken country like Pakistan, it becomes very difficult to keep its economy stable on long-term basis. Business and trade activities bring prosperity not only to the investors or traders at individual level but to the whole society. Increase […]

ලංකා සී නිවුස් ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණු නායක අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතාගේ පුත‍්‍රයා වන කැළුම් දිසානායක අද පස්වරුවේ විවාහ දිවියට ඇතුලත්ව ඇති බවට ෆේස්බුක් ජාලයේ පින්තූර සහිතව විසතර පලවෙයි. කතෝලික ආගමික චාරිත‍්‍රානුකූළව මෙම විවාහය සිදුකෙරුනේ රාවතාවත්ත ශුද්ධ වූ එමානුවෙල් පල්ලියේදී බවත් විවාහය වෙනුවෙන් වූ සාදය ඉන් පසුව පැවැත්වුනේ මොරටුව තොටුපල හෝටලයේදී බවත් වාර්තාවන්හි දැක්වෙයි. එම විවාහය […]

Dr Hector Perera       London Diabetes is a serious life-long health condition that occurs when the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood is too high because the body can’t use it properly. If left untreated, high blood glucose levels can cause serious health complications. There are two main types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding the arrest, detention and torture of Mr. D V Jeevan Kumara Gunasinghe from Thambuwa, Ma-Eliya in the Kurunegala District. On 2nd January 2017, he has been illegally arrested, detained, tortured and brought to the Polpithigama Police […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge මිත්‍රවරුනි මම කවි පොතක් ලිව්වා.: Rhythm of Life පෙරවදන කපිතාන් එල්මෝ ජයවර්ධන ගෙන් ; මේ වසර ඇතුලත එලියට දාන්න පුලුවන් වෙයි කියා හිතනවා Foreword Rhythm of Life’ Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge has written many books. I have read one, wish I had read more. ‘71 Karella’ was […]

By ; A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA In a sudden diplomatic crisis, on Sunday 4th Jun, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain have broke off diplomatic relations and closed all land sea and air contacts with fellow Gulf Arab state Qatar. Saudi Arabia said the move was necessary to protect the kingdom from terrorism […]

Shenali D Waduge The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has issued a statement pledging solidarity with the Sri Lankan Muslims. The announcement comes in the backdrop of a wave of terror attacks unfolding globally. Islamic terror is striking UK, Europe, Australia and other parts of the world where Western law enforcement are taking stern actions […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS 12.9.18 , rev   5.11.18, 23.11.18 The elephants in the Esala Perahera got star billing in an entertaining piece published by two animal rights NGOs in August 2016.  The essay is full of howlers and is probably the silliest piece ever written on the subject. Are you planning to go and see the Kandy […]

Sudath Gunasekara 7.6.2017 I copy the following article for your prompt attention as it reveals many facets of a deep international conspiracy against the Sinhala Buddhists in this country. It is a shame for man who has a Sinhala name and a graduate of the Peradeniya University, undoubtedly a beneficiary of free education, who says […]

Rowena Mason and Vikram Dodd Courtesy The Guardian Theresa May has declared she is prepared to rip up human rights laws to impose new restrictions on terror suspects, as she sought to gain control over the security agenda just 36 hours before the polls open. The prime minister said she was looking at how to make […]

–ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න  ඇමරිකාවේ මෝමන් වරු ඉස්සර බහුභාර්යා සේවනය කල අය .බිරියන් දහය පහළොව තියා ගත්තා .ඇමරිකන් රජය එය තහනම් කළා එතකොට මෝමන් වරු කෑගහව්වා එක ”ආගමික නිදහස කැඩීමක් ” කියල . රජ ය කිව්වා ඒ නිදහස ඕනේ නම් වෙන රටකට පලයල්ලා මේ රටේ තියෙන්නේ එක නීතියය් කි යල . ඔන්න එතකොට මෝමන් පුජකයෝ කිව්වා එහෙනම් […]

By, Professor Nishan C. Wijesinha It is interesting to note that in 1958 the government of Ceylon then passed a resolution which obtained the full mandate of the Buddhist Clergy to uplift and propagate Buddhism and the Sinhala Language predominance, throughout the Island. It was then in 1960, that it was made mandatory, with this […]

පරිසර පද්දතියට නීති විරෝධීව කසල බැහැර කිරීමට එරෙහිව කොළඹ නාගරික කොමසාරිස් ඇතුළු 11කට මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමට පැමිණිල්ලක් මුතුරාජවෙළ යනු කොළඹ නගරයට අසන්නයෙන් ඇති හෙක්ටයාර් 1800කට පමණ වන සංවේදී පරිසර පද්දතියකි. දඩුගං ඔය, අත්තනගලූ ඔය, මීගමුව කලපුව හා කැළණි ඟගට මායිම පිහිටා ඇති මුතුරාජ වෙල පරිසර පද්දතියේ ආවේණික මතස්‍යය යන් හට තොතැන්නකි’ මෙයට අමතරව මතස්‍ය ප‍්‍රජනන […]

මාධ්‍ය ලේකම් විද්‍යා, තාක්ෂණ හා පර්යේෂණ අමාත්‍යාංශය පසුගිය දිනවල ඇද හැලුණු දැඩි වර්ෂාව හේතුවෙන් ගංවතුර සහ නාය යෑමෙන් විපතට පත් ජනතාවගේ ජනජීවතය නැවත නඟා සිටුවීම සඳහා අතිගරු ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මැතිතුමාගේ මැදිහත්වීමෙන් ක්‍රියාත්මක රජයේ ආපදා කළමනාකරණ මෙහෙයුම් වැඩපිළිවෙල යටතේ රත්නපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ වැඩිම ආපදා තත්වයක් වාර්තා වූ අයගම සහ කලවාන ප්‍රදේශයන්හි සහන සේවා මෙහෙයවීම සඳහා පත් […]

by JOHN WIGHT COURTESY: COUNTERPUNCH It is time for an honest conversation about Wahhabism, specifically the part this Saudi-sponsored ideology plays in radicalizing young Muslims both across the Arab and Muslim world and in the West, where in the UK people are dealing with the aftermath of yet another terrorist attack in which innocent civilians were butchered and injured, […]

By : A.A.M.NIZAM Since the day this foreign slavish treacherous government came to power in this country the innocent people are afflicted with disasters and diseases one after the other which has caused untimely death to more than one thousand persons, destroyed several hundred houses, damaged millions worth crops and properties and made hundreds of […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera I am bit confused about the  shuffling of ministers .I am sure that HE and PM wanted a change for the betterment of the country and made the reshuffle like a pack of cards.When such shuffle  takes place people are supposed to see a visible tangible change . I pass the entrance […]

BY MALINDA SENEVIRATNE Calamity is responded to with horror.  It produces grief and helplessness. It prompts anger and finger-pointing.  The blame game is a constant undercurrent which gradually rises to the surface, often obliterating tragedy, the need to address post-tragedy relief and rehabilitation issues and the ultimate need to ensure there’s no repetition.  There’s blame […]