by G. H. Peiris Courtesy The Island July 2, 2017, 9:07 pm This article consists of two parts the first of which is intended to contextualise, in the broader setting of recent political transformations witnessed in Sri Lanka, the proliferation of information on violence targeted allegedly by Sinhalese-Buddhists on the Muslims, which those responsible for disseminating […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Any country needs efficient transport system for development ,Countries like Singapore ,Hongkong ,Malasia and UAE have considered that moving people and goods need to be fast and efficient for a steady  growth .We have failed miserably ,because Government have failed to recognize the need to improve this sector and Secretaries and ministers […]

ලංකා සී නිවුස් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව හා සිබ්බාවේ අතර අවසන් එක්දින තරගය හම්බන්තොට සූරියවැව ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රිඩාංගනයෙදි පැවත්වුනු අතර එම තරගය ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පරාජය වීමත් සමග ක්‍රිකට් ඉතිහාසයේ වසර 25 කට පසුව තරගාවලියක් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සිම්බාබ්වේට පැරදුන අවස්ථාවක් ලෙස ක්‍රිකට් ඉතිහාසයට එක් විය. මෙම තරගාවලිය සඳහා ක්‍රිඩාංගනය සුදානම් කිරීමට තාවකාලික සේවකයින් 100 දෙනෙකුට ශ්‍රිලංකන් ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනයක […]

ලංකා සී නිවුස් උසස් අධ්‍යාපන හා මහාමාර්ග ඇමති ලක්‍ෂමන් කිරිඇල්ල මහතාගේ දියණිය මෙන්ම ඔහුගේ පුද්ගලික ලේකම්වරියද වන චාමි කිරිඇල්ල විසින් අමාත්‍යංශයේ සියළු කොන්ත‍්‍රාත් ඇයට අයත් සමාගමක් වෙත ලබා ගන්නා බව සති අන්ත ලංකා පුවත්පත වාර්තා කර ඇත. මෙම සමාගම ‘කැන්ඩි කන්ට‍්‍රක්ෂන්’ වන බවත් ඔවුන් ලබා ගන්නා කොන්ත‍්‍රාත් පසුව ඒවා උප කොන්ත‍්‍රාත් ලෙස තවත් සමාගම්වලටද ලබා […]

DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA It is reported that R. Sampanthan is to lead a TNA delegation to meet the Mahanayakes (‘TNA Delegation to meet Mahanayakes,’ Sunday Times, 9th July 2017.)  On 4th July 2017, the Mahanayakes issued a formal statement where they totally rejected the idea of a new Constitution.  No doubt Sampanthan and his cohorts are […]

 Dilrook Kannangara All world beaters in the nation are bold, unconventional and at times controversial. They don’t mince words though at times they make no sense. But when they talk sense, it is best to listen to them. Field Marshal Fonseka, Arjuna, Malinga and Susanthika are no one’s friend but they achieved the unachievable. Arjuna’s […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ මේ වන විට මේ රට හා මෙරට ජන මනස පවතින්නේ, ගිනි පෑගීමේ උත්සවයක් සදහා සුදානම් කොට තබා ඇති ගිනිමැලයක් සේය. මේ ගිනියම්ව ඇති සමාජය තුල ජීවත්වීමේදී ඉතා පරිස්සමින් සැම සියලුම කටයුත්තක්ම සිදුකල යුතුවේ. විශේෂයෙන්ම වචන බාවිතයේදී ඉතා පරිස්සම් විය යුතුය. වැරදි වචන බාවිතා කිරීම, ගිනියම්ව පවතින සමාජය තුලට පෙට්‍රල් ඉසිමකට සමාන වන අතර, […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane July 10, 2017 Arankele, can be reached via the Kurunegala-Dambulla main road and turning off to the Ibbagamuwa-Moragolla road.  Arankele is one of the oldest and premier forest hermitages of Sri Lanka, highly reputed since historic times, as an austere abode of an exclusive group of reclusive Bhikkhus, who were deeply devoted […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today The Archeological Advisory Council, which met yesterday, decided to temporarily close the Dambulla Cave Temple complex to local and foreign tourists, until further notice. “The Council held an in-depth discussion on the necessity to conserve the paintings and wooden statues of the Dambula Cave Temple. The Council also decided to seek the […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy  Ceylon Today Last week the Mahanayake Theras of three sects declared that they are opposed to the drafting of a new Constitution. And this is seen as a serious setback for the government and the more liberal sections of government supporters seem to think that this was a serious blow to the […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala Lenin once said that  Bernard Shaw was a good man fallen among  the Fabians – a group of wishy-washy left-wingers whose airy-fairy politics was neither in capitalism nor in any kind of scientific socialism. It was, at best, a shade of state welfarism within the capitalist framework. Prof. Laksiri Fernando (LF) […]

RANJITH SOYSA Sri Lankan President, Maithripala Sirsena really assumed a theatrical role when he became a critic of the Police Department and the Attorney General’s Department for ‘wasting’ time” in nabbing the political opponents. One wonders whether he is interested in increasing his power base by this populist remarks when he is the constitutional head […]

by Jay Deshabandu Citizens in our country hear conflicting facts about the new constitution that will be in the parliament or before the people for a referendum in the near future.   There is strong belief and doubt among many of us about the intent of the need for a new constitution.   If in fact a […]

Thilanka Kanakarathna Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Frontline Socialist Party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), Hela Urumaya, Joint Opposition and several trade unions today pledged their support to the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) to form a new alliance to abolish the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM). In a press briefing where four political […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera I have written about the alliance between these two faction earlier during previous JVP terror .JVP instigated terror in the country and connived with GMOA and brought the country to standstill.Premadasa called a  Lieutenant who is now retired and asked him to get Wijeweera dead  or alive He went to Navalapitya and […]

KAMALIKA  PIERIS Yahapalana government does not seem interested in developing the stock market. The stock market is  in decline. The Securities  and  Exchange Commission (CSE) All Share Price Index (ASPI) which significantly outperformed major global indices such as the MSCI World, Dow Jones, FTSE100 and DAX during 2010-2013, dismissed however, as mostly pump and dump […]

By Thilanka Kanakarathna Courtesy The Daily Mirror Turning down requests by the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) to be reappointed as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC), Prof. Carlo Fonseka cited his medical condition as the reason to do so. Referring to the GMOA strikes, Prof. Fonseka said he would not approve of […]

Courtesy The Island Prof. Carlo Fonseka requested the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday not to strike over issues pertaining to his extension in service as President of the Sri Lanka Medical Council. Prof. Fonseka made this request when a GMOA delegation led by its President Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya and Secretary Dr Haritha Aluthge met […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Yahapalana has put in place many measures to impoverish the public. This is a planned move to break the spirit of the nation. Welfare benefits have been removed.   Yahapalana has stopped the fertilizer subsidy, free school uniforms, elders and disabled benefits, observed Chandraprema.   Construction projects started by the earlier government have been stopped […]

R Chandrasoma As part of the prevailing capitalist philosophy, the notion of nations trading freely in goods and services is seen as the panacea for all the economic ills that beset mankind. If we look around the world, do we not see a marked increase in material prosperity at all social levels in most countries […]

වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති  අටේ පන්තියෙන් නවය පන්තියට සමත්වුනා ම ශිල්පීය විෂයයක් ඉගෙනගන්න මේ ලේඛකයාට සිද්දවුනා. ඒ, අවුරුදු බර ගණනාවකට ඉස්සර. දැනුත් එහෙම වෙන්න ඇති. පොතේ පතේ දේවල් විතරක් ගිරව් වගේ කියවා කියවා ඉන්නවාට වඩා මොකක් හරි ශිල්පයක් ඉගෙනගන්න එක වටිනවානේ. ඉතින් අපේ අධ්‍යාපන ක්‍රමයෙන් දීලා තිබුණු ඒ මහඟු ඉඩකඩ ප්‍රයෝජනයට ඇරගෙන මේ ලේඛකයා තෝරගත්තේ වඩුවැඩ. මේ […]

By Yusuf Ariff Courtesy Adaderana Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that ruling party politicians who are only limited to talking and are unable to do any work are now talking about corruption in order to hide their inabilities. The Rajapaksas were responsible for creating the atmosphere for them to be able to speak like that today,” […]

V.Anandasangaree Secretary General- TULF  Party system was unheard of in Sri Lankan politics till the Labour Government announced its decision for Electoral Reforms in Ceylon. The country gained its independence from the British rule on the 4th Feb 1948.  The All Ceylon Tamil Congress was founded in 1944 by Hon.G.G.Ponnambalam Q.C and Hon.S.J.V.Chelvanayagam Q.C, to […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ/ ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍ර‍ය සහ කැෆේ සංවිධානය බණ්ඩාරවෙල ට හදුන්වන සුරතල් නාමය ‘වසන්ත නගරය‘ යි.  මහ පොළොව පුපුරා යන, නිවාඩ කඩා වැටෙන, වතුර නැති, ගස් කොළං මියැදෙන, පාසල් වැසෙන, ලිං හිදෙන, සරණාගතයින්ගේ පුරය ‘විසාලාවක්‘ මිස වසන්තයක් නොවේ.  මේ උමා ඔය විසින් විසාලාවක් කළ නගරයේ කථාව යි. බණ්ඩාරවෙල ග්‍රාම සේවා […]

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By Norman Solomon Courtesy truthdig.com Some leading Democrats in Congress are eager to turn the summit meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin away from avenues for improvements in U.S.-Russian relations, even if that means deflecting it toward World War III. On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that the White House announced that the meeting with Mr. […]

Shenali D Waduge At some point in time this question needs to be answered before agreeing to any form of war crimes tribunal. It is a miscarriage of justice if the initial & foundation of the process to deliver justice is legally flawed. Justice should not only be done, but also seen to be done […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Yahapalana came to power because it promised the voters that they would reduce the cost of living. After Yahapalana came to power, the cost of living went up and up. The public complained about the skyrocketing cost of living.   Food prices have gone into the stratosphere with more and more people going to […]

Dilrook Kannangara Local Indian sponsored hitmen have launched a vicious attack on the Maha Sangha claiming that 6.2 million voters outnumber the Sangha. This was stated by Citizens’ Movement (Puravesi Peramuna”) – a Yamapalanaya suckling. In doing so, they have shown acute disregard and disrespect to the Sangha. That is sufficient for most of the […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando 2017-07-08 A particular planter appeared to have been disturbed for calling the Ceylon Tea Traders Association (CTTA) as the “Apex body of the Industry” in my article on 1 July 2017 on the Sesquicentennial of the Ceylon Tea Industry. He wrote to me enquiring the reason for using such a […]