සී. ඒ. චන්ද්‍රප්‍රේම සිංහලයා දුර්වල කර මුස්‌ලිම් පාර්ශවය ශක්‌තිමත් කළ බොදු බල උපාය මා ඉකුත් ජුනි 25 වැනිදා ඉරිදා දිවයිනේ “බොදුබල සේනාව ගැන අත්‍යවශ්‍ය සටහනක්‌” යන මැයෙන් ලියූ ලිපියට විශාල ප්‍රතිචාරයක්‌ ලැබුණි. එම ලිපිය ලංකා සී නිවුස්‌ වෙබ් අඩවිය විසින්ද දිවයින උපුටා දක්‌වමින් පළකර තිබූ අතර එහි පාඨකයෙක්‌ “සශීමා” යන නම යටතේ පළකර තිබූ කමෙන්ටුවක්‌ […]

තරංග රත්නවීර උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින ඡායාරූප නිමල් දයාරත්න අන්තවාදී ආක්‍රමණය ප්‍රචණ්‌ඩ වී අරිසිමලේ පුදබිමේ මුඩුක්‌කු නැගෙයි… ආණ්‌ඩුවට අවුරුදු දෙකක්‌ පිරෙන ජනවාරි 08 ත් බුදුපිළිම කඩා දැමේ… බොරලු කපන්න කියලා පුරාණ ගල් කණු, සෙල් ලිපි, සඳකඩ පහන ඩෝසර් කරයි… උතුර, නැගෙනහිර දෙපළාතේ සහ තමන්කඩුව දිසාවේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝ නායක පනාමුරේ තිලකවංශ හිමි. කතාව ඇසෙන විට අපට අපි ගැන […]

Dr. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA July 7, 2017, 10:09 pm In his lengthy presentation on Islamophobia and allegations thereof, entitled ‘A reappraisal of evidence and claims: Emerging Buddhist-Muslim Rivalry in Sri Lanka?’ (The Island, July 4th, 5th, 6th, 2017) Prof GH Peiris has chosen to conclude with a three paragraph reference to an idea I had advanced. I […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island July 7, 2017, 10:03 pm The outcome of Thursday’s talks between Mahanayake Theras and President Maithripala Sirisena in Kandy on the former’s campaign against the government’s proposed constitutional reforms etc has been described as fruitful in some quarters. The President has, by rushing to Kandy, demonstrated his concern for the opinion of […]

By Lucien Rajakarunanayake Courtesy The Island July 7, 2017, 10:05 pm Anyone watching TV feels there is no Govt. in the country: President – News Item Does one have to watch TV to feel this? The President says the media reveals the opposite of what is really happening in the country. Development activities, people’s welfare, the […]

by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island July 7, 2017, 10:23 pm Law and Order and Southern Development Minister Sagala Ratnayake, MP, has stoutly defended the police in the wake of President Maithripala Sirisena’s onslaught against them at the last Cabinet meeting. Addressing the media at the Temple Trees on Thursday (June 6), Minister Ratnayake emphasised that […]

By Yusuf Ariff Courtesy Adaderana The Presidential Commission probing the Central Bank treasury bond scam today instructed the Attorney General to look into legal provisions in relation to Arjuna Aloysious of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd giving a phone call to one of the witnesses in the case. In was recently revealed at the commission that the Pan Asia […]

Shenali D Waduge In one part of the world military interventions are taking place. In another part of the world the soft power of Buddhism is being tapped and not just by the Asian giants but even the West is pivoting to Asia on the back of Buddhism. Notice Western military personnel suddenly taking to […]

Shenali D Waduge  In 1815 the Chieftans, angry with the King, without thinking beyond their noses conspired and handed the sovereignty of the nation to foreigners who assured them that the Chieftans would continue to secure their perks and privileges and clause 5 maintaining the state patronage to Buddhism would remain. Both promises were short […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala The two critical streams of  thought that flowed down the 20th century and bloodied the political landscape came from the North. These two streams swept aside all other Left-wing currents which were struggling to dominate the mainstream. Both streams of thought were identified and articulated by two Tamil leaders of the […]

විශේෂ ලියුම්කරු කීර්ති රත්නායක දෙවන ලෝක යුද්ධයේ නිමාව සියලු රටවල ප්රමෝදයට හේතුවිය. නමුත් එය ලෝකයේ ප්රධාන අවිඅයුධ නිෂ්පාදකයන්ගේ සතුටට හේතු නොවින. ඔවුන් නව මංපෙත් වල සිය ආයෝජන දියත් කලේය. ඒ අතර ප්රධාන වූයේ 1950-70 අතර කාලයේ හරිත විප්ලවය නමින් ගෙන ආ ව්යයාපෘතියයි. හරිත විප්ලවය මේහෙයවූයේ මොන්සැන්ටෝ නම් බහුජාතික සමාගම විසිනි. මෙහිදී පාරම්පරික බීජ වෙනුවට නව […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Yahapalana said that when it took power in 2015, Sri Lanka was facing an extremely precarious economic situation. We have inherited a heavy national debt, said Yahapalana. The   figures vary. Here is a selection. The country had a debt of SLR 9000 billion [60 billion USD] when Yahapalana took over, said President Sirisena. […]

V.Anandasangaree   Secretary General- TULF This is an urgent invitation, coming from one who is one of the most senior Tamil politicians, of 84 years, still active in politics, to all the Sri Lankan Tamils living in Sri Lanka and elsewhere spread all over the world. The invitation is to know the truth, without being moved […]

By Janaka Perera As Sri Lanka’s Royal College celebrates the 175th anniversary of its founding this year on a grand scale of pomp and pageantry that perhaps no other school in the country can match, it is a moot question to ask whether there are alternate voices from within or outside Royal College, that have […]

by Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge To steal millions, you need a top team of armed robbers. But to steal billions, you need PhD’s with color charts and economic projections made of fairy dust and eye of newt Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is a best seller written by John Perkins based on his undercover […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera   Much awaited canal transport project details are out recently.SLLRDC under Megapoils has issued a  EOI ( Expression of Interest  ) to call interested parties to bid. .Conditions stipulated in the EOI is prepared with the help of  Dutch Assistance ( Grant) ,seems quite stringent .Prospective bidders should submit a 75 million Rupee […]

V.Anandasangaree   Secretary General-TULF The Maha Sangha had been right through out agitating for a reasonable solution for the ethnic problem. The sudden change in the attitude of the four Mahanayakas is very surprising. What made the Mahanayakas to come to this decision all of a sudden, will have to be considered seriously.  I hope […]

Dr SARATH OBEYSEKERA Finally HE has understood the status of affairs in the country .We have three TV channels owned by stooges of the previous regime going hell bent to topple the government .Whenever we watch not only TV news but listen to Radio we get the signal  that almost all the news are about […]

Buddha Sasana (Chapter 1) Posted on May 1st, 2012 Buddha Sasana (Chapter 1) The Commission recommends the following definition to the term Buddha Sasana”. 12.1 Buddha Sasana is defined as the Buddha, the nine super-mundane (navalokuttara) Dhamma, the Sangha, the Buddhist temples (viharas) with their ancillary structures, forest hermitages (aranya senasana) and meditation centres, Bo trees, stupas, […]

Upali Cooray The caption of this piece was taken from a video clip of President Donald Trump’s (DT)return from a visit to Saudi Arabia. This axiom  is  very appropriate to DT because of his unrelenting stand on terrorism.  Having returned from the  trip,he  called it a “monumental  and epic trip”.  Continuing , he further stated that “these […]

ALI SUKHANVER Every year the Annual ISNA Convention brings together thousands of Muslims and people of other faiths from all over the world. This year the 55th Convention took place from June 30 to July 3, 2017 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago, IL, USA. ISNA stands for Islamic Society of North […]

A Kebab Restaurant owned by Migrants is attacked by Poles in broad daylight. UN, UNHRC and the Mass Media are silent on these incidents. These incidents including huge demonstrations against immigrants from Muslim countries are worse than incidents reported locally. But there is a deafening silence on the part of those who want to lynch […]

ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ- අභියාචනාධිකරණයේ සහ සිවිල් අභියාචනා මහාධිකරණයේ නඩු පැවරීම සම්බන්ධ අධ්‍යයන වැඩ මුළුව (සිංහල මාධ්‍ය) 2017.08.05 දින ජාතික පුස්තකාල හා ප්‍රලේඛන සේවා මණ්ඩලයේදී පෙ.ව.9.00 සිට ප.ව.1.00 දක්වා ​    

Arjuna Senananayake…. I thought of raising this topic and ask everyone to answer some basic questions. Muslims and Non-Muslims can answer * Why are Muslims suddenly wearing an attire that they never wore 30 years ago?  * Where does it say that women must be in black and men in white while children wear white and as […]

By A. Abdul Aziz. (Given below is an excerpt of the Friday Sermons of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, delivered on 30TH June 2017, at ‘Baithul Futhuh’, London, U.K. gave a discourse on preserve in mindful prayers. Ahmadiyya Supreme Head said: The month of Ramzan was […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Monetary Board had suspended Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) from carrying on business and other activities as a Primary Dealer for six months with effect from today, the Central Bank said in a statement. It said that the SLCB had decided to suspend the activities of the said firm acting in […]

Shenali D Waduge The decision of the Myanmar Government must be applauded and supported by the entire Asian continent inclusive of the Muslim populace. Following colonial rule territories that belonged to indigenous people were taken over, plundered and divided and rechristened as ‘nations’ by the white Christian West. Now using slogans of ‘humanitarian’ ‘righteous’ democracy […]

By Garvin Karunratne, Ph.D. Michigan State University The Sri Lankan economy is truly in the doldrums. The BBC has recently in a spate of news broadcasts, derogatorily questioned: Is Sri Lanka Up for Sale.”(28/5/2017). This was preceded on 26 th June 2017, by another news item, A Country Trapped in Debt”. Their  Is Sri Lanka […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Sri Lankans call the coconut tree a kapruka (kalpavriksha)  – wish fulfilling divine tree- because every part of this tropical palm is so very useful to human life. The process of latent Maha Sangha unity becoming manifest can be likened to a coconut (seed-nut) germinating slowly as it normally does. The […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා  රජයේ වෛද්‍ය නිලධරි සංගමය පස්වැනි දා සිට අඛණ්ඩ වර්ජනයක් කිරීමට තීරණය කරලා. පැහැදිලිව ම ඔවුන්ට ඔවුන්ගේ විසඳුම අවශ්‍යයි. ඔවුන් සාකච්ඡා කියන්නේ ඔවුන්ගේ විසඳුම, එනම් සයිටම් අහෝසි කිරීම, ජනසතු කිරීම ඉටුකර ගැනීමට කරන ඊනියා සාකච්ඡාවලට පමණයි. ඔවුන්ගේ යෝජනාවල පදනම එයයි. වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරීන් අඛණ්ඩ වර්ජනයක යෙදෙන්නේ සයිටම් අහෝසි කිරීමට. එහෙත් අමතක නොකළ යුතු වැදගත් […]