By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA. This is to provide a roundup of news items and comments on the State sponsored attacks carried out by a group of goons on striking worker of the Petroleum Corporation on Wednesday. State sponsored Thugs attacked Ceypetco Trade unionists in front of inactive Police The National Freedom Front vehemently condemn […]

KAMALIKA  PIERIS Revised 9.9.19 The first thing that happened once the so-called CIA inspired ‘regime change’ took place and the Yahapalana government came into power was protests, demonstrations, and strikes. The media observed that in September 2015 alone, 24 street protests were held in Colombo. And dozens of others have been held elsewhere. There were […]

Translated by A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA The Provincial Councils Election (Revised) Act draft bill published by a gazette notification on 10th July is to be presented in the Parliament this week.  The objective of this draft bill is to introduce a Law stating that the female representations in the Provincial Councils should at least be a […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකා වරාය අධිකාරියේ ඉංජිනේරු සහ විධායක නිලධාරී සංගමය ණය ගෙවන්න වරාය විකිණීමේ බොරුව සහ ඇත්ත යථාර්තය..!!! 2016 වසරේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා වරාය අධිකාරිය උපයන සමස්ථ ආදායම රුපියල් බිලියන 44 කි.. ඒ ආදායමෙන් මෙහෙයුම් වියදම්, පරිපාලන වියදම්, ”ණය පොලිය” සහ වෙනත් වියදම් අඩු කිරීමෙන් පසුව පසුගිය 2016 වසරේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා වරාය අධිකාරියේ ශුද්ධ ලාභය රුපියල් බිලියන […]

BY MALINDA SENEVIRATNE There’s a singular vacancy in this country, according to some.  Ranil Amirtthiah of the popular local band ‘Black,’ whenever he speaks and in whatever forum he chooses to do so, is often poetic but sometimes he flushes subtlety down the tube.  He says it straight from the heart, always.  This is clearly evident in a […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග මා විසින් ලියන ලද නවතම පොත ” Essays on Psychology ” ලියා අවසන් කරා. මෙම පොතේ මනෝ විද්‍යා මාතෘකා ගනනාවක් පිලිබඳව ලිපි අඩංගුයි. මෙම පොත සඳහා මනෝ වෛද්‍ය මහාචාර්‍ය දයා සෝමසුන්දරම් , මනෝ වෛද්‍ය උපාලි පීරිස් , මනෝ වෛද්‍ය ලෝරන්ට් කරීලා (ප්‍රංශය​) , මනෝ වෛද්‍ය රාමි ලලීල් ( ලෙබනනය​) , ආචාර්‍ය […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Rs.145 million used in making the initial payment of Rs.16.5 million and thereafter to pay the monthly loan installment of Rs.11 million for the controversial purchase of the Monarch Residency Penthouse in Colombo by a company owned by Minister Ravi Karunanayake’s family, has no origin nor has it been accounted […]

By Lucien Rajakarunanayake Courtesy Courtesy The Island July 28, 2017, 9:44 pm From what we know about a penthouse leased by the former Minister of Finance, there is a very easy way for the Treasury to cut down on the huge amount of money spent on ministerial housing. It will certainly be very simple for the Cabinet […]

BY PANCHAMEE HEWAVISSENTI Courtesy Ceylon Today Global Sri Lankan Forum (GSLF) was formed in 2016 by Sri Lankan citizens living abroad, with the intention of representing the country in the international arena. Ajantha Premaratna, Project Coordinator for GSLF in an interview with Ceylon Today said that with the eradication of terrorism in 2009, many movements in […]

WINSTON DE VALLIERE Courtesy Ceylon Today It’s obvious that neither Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe nor President Maithripala Sirisena ever gave a thought to sustainability of a unity government when the numerous forces which engineered Sirisena’s common candidature for the presidency came together in a desperate attempt to bring an end to a run-away de facto dictatorship that was […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Few years back I myself took some investors from UAE and Germany to then SLPA chairman with a proposal to manage bunkering operation in Hambantota following a tender .Then SLPA chairman was so rude to the investor and almost kicked us out .He claimed that SLPA wants to do their own bunkering […]

I. P.C. Mendis Courtesy The Island Some of the older folks would remember the famous parlour game intended to trace a culprit where the questioning goes ad nauseam in the following manner – Who Sir? You Sir, Not I Sir, who then Sir? You Sir, Not I Sir – and so it goes on with the […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා බැඳුම්කර වංචාව පිළිබඳ ව බොහෝ දෙනා කතා නොකරපු කාලෙ, ඩිව් ගුණසේකර කෝප් කමිටු සභාපති කාලෙ ඉඳල ම ඒ ගැන කතා කරපු එයට විරුද්ධව නඩු කියපු අයකු ලෙස මට බැඳුම්කර කොමිසමේ වැඩ කටයුතු ගැන යම් සතුටක් ඇති වුවත් එහි අවසානය කෙසේ වේවි ද යන්න පිළිබඳ සැකයක් ඇති වෙනවා. ඒ කොමිසම ගැන තියෙන අවිශ්වාසයක් […]

Rear Admiral (Dr.) Sarath Weerasekera VSV, RWP, USP   An article appeared in The Island” on 10/7/2017 titled ‘Is there a Sangha State” behind the state?’, written by Laksiri Fernando ( LF). LF says that the Maha Sangha of the three Nikayas (Sangha) has given notice” to the government not to introduce a new constitution and […]