Editorial Courtesy The Island July 14, 2017, 9:42 pm The so-called yahapalanaya has become another Rajapaksa palanaya. The holier-than-thou politicians currently at the levers of power stand accused of all wrongs they vehemently condemned while they were in the Opposition. The accuser has now become the accused and vice versa! Chairman of the Board of Investment […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island July 14, 2017, 10:49 pm Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, had a heated argument with Ben Emmerson, QC, Special Rapporteur at the onset of a meeting over latter leveling unsubstantiated allegations at law enforcement authorities and the judiciary. Emmerson had a series of meetings over the past few days […]

by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island flays security establishment and its allies in govt  Geneva to review New Anti-Terrorism Act Alleging that ‘retrograde elements in the security establishment and their allies’ in the government were trying to undermine post-war reconciliation process, the UN yesterday warned Sri Lanka of dire consequences unless the government fully implemented Geneva […]

World Bank STORY HIGHLIGHTS Sri Lanka’s performance in 2016 was broadly satisfactory and saw several highlights including the passing of a Right to Information Act. For Sri Lanka to sustain growth and create jobs in the medium term it will need to shift its growth model towards one more focused on private investment and tradable […]

Courtesy business-standard.com “I was also in India giving commentaries at the time. When we lost, I was distressed and I had a doubt,” Ranatunga said. “We must investigate what happened to Sri Lanka at the 2011 World Cup final.” “I cannot reveal everything now, but one day I will. There must be an inquiry.” Former Sri Lanka skipper Arjuna […]

By K.K.S.Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror The first Sri Lankan flag carrier Air Ceylon [1947-1979] terminated its operations to pave way for Air Lanka [1979-98]. Following its partial acquirement by Emirates in 1998, it was re-branded SriLankan Airlines. From 1998 it was dressed in the current livery. The Dubai-based Emirates Group invested in local flag carrier […]

By Mizan Rahman/Dhaka Courtesy  Gulf Times Bangladesh and Sri Lanka yesterday signed 14 instruments beginning a ‘historic journey’ in their bilateral relations as the Sri Lankan president termed his visit to Bangladesh a ‘historic one. The instruments – one agreement and 13 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) – were signed to strengthen co-operation between the two countries […]

Taylor Rogers Yahoo NewsJuly 14, 2017 For members of the Sri Lankan navy, a routine morning patrol took an unexpected turn on Tuesday when an elephant was spotted struggling to stay afloat after having been pulled miles off the coast by currents. When naval personnel said it spotted the elephant eight miles from the shore, the […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Revised 13.7.17 ‘Regime change’ made its first appearance in Sri Lanka in September 1959 when S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike was assassinated by a Buddhist priest, Somarama, on the verandah of his home. The assassination was planned. That was obvious. But it was not difficult to execute. Bandaranaike had no security protection whatsoever.  Anyone could kill […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම පන්සලේ විප්ලවය ක්‍රිස්තියානි-මාක්ස්වාදී හා රාවය කතෘවූ වික්ටර් අයිවන් මහතා විසින් 2002 දී පන්සලේ විප්ලවය නමින් පොතක් ලිව්වේය. කුලියට කල එන්ජිිෝ ඩොලර් නිෂ්පාදනයක් යයි සැකකල හැකි  මේ පොතෙන් ලංකාවේ සිංහල බෞද්ධ සමාජය ශීලාචාර කිරීමට අනුශාසනාවක් සපයා ඇත. පොතේ මූලික ඉලක්කයක් වී ඇත්තේ ගංගොඩවිල සෝම හිමියන්ගේ කතාවය. උන්වහන්සේව අපවත්කරවීමේ කුමණ්ත්‍රනයක් නොතිබුණු බව තහවුරු කිරීමට වික්ටර් […]

ALI SUKHANVER At international level, the other name of friendship and love is ‘necessity’ and the basic ingredients which make the relationship between two countries everlasting are forgiveness, forbearance and tolerance.  There is nothing like true-love in relationship between two countries because this relationship revolves only around interests and benefits and nothing else. The friends […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge    Abstract: This article discusses the psychosocial problems experienced by the POWs of the Eelam War. The Eelam War in Sri Lanka continued for nearly three decades. The rebel group that is known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam fought against the Sri Lankan armed forces. The LTTE captured a […]

By Yusuf Ariff Courtesy  Adaderana Attorney-at-law Upul Jayasuriya has resigned from his position as Chairman of the Board of Investment (BoI) of Sri Lanka. Jayasuriya, who is the former President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), has reportedly resigned due to personal reasons and has already tendered his resignation to the Presidential Secretary. Speaking to […]

By Ayshwarya Yapa Courtesy Adaderana President of the ‘Pevidi Handa’ Organization, Ven. Muruththettuwe Ananda Thero said that the present government had committed more corrupt acts in just two years than Mahinda Rajapaksa did across a period of ten years. Even though former President Mahinda Rajapaksa committed acts of corruption, he still rendered a service to the country, […]

 By Gomin Dayasri Courtesy The Daily Mirror The UNP, written off as a party of the past, till the Badulla Provincial Council election showed it’s result; Mahinda Rajapakse (MR) rejoiced ruling the majority Sinhala voters, as he pleased. They standing firmly behind him. Results showed, in predominantly Sinhala electorates with a diminutive minority vote, where extreme Sinhala […]

 Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government is lying when it says that the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances would not have a retrospective effect, the joint opposition said today. Former MP G.L. Peiris told the weekly news conference that the convention would not only permit action to be taken […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror    Former US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Robert O. Blake has said that it was a myth that he orchestrated a rescue of Tamil refugees from a northern beach to help LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran escape Sri Lankan armed forces, India Abroad news reported on Tuesday. Blake said it was also fiction […]

By Prageeth Sampath Courtesy  Ceylon Today Joint Opposition and SLFP Member of Parliament Prasanna Ranatunga says that they have clearly set forth their stand that the Unitary State and the prominence accorded to Buddhism in the Constitution cannot be compromised in the new Constitution. Excerpts: Q: Why are you getting ready for a snap election? A: […]

By Ananda Ariyarathne Courtesy  Ceylon Today ‘Organized Chaos’ is the most appropriate definition of the Sri Lankan Political Scene. Chaos is a condition that develops with the absence of objective oriented processes, be it cultural, economic, or political. Culturally, we see a future generation growing into a self centred and therefore selfish one, causing the destruction […]

Island Editorial Courtesy The Island July 13, 2017, 9:57 pm Many organisations that rallied behind the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe coalition, enabling it to dislodge the Rajapaksa government more than two years ago, expected the new dispensation to bring about a radical change. But, what they have got by way of yahapalanaya or good governance is like the curate’s […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, had a heated argument with visiting UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter Terrorism Ben Emmerson, QC, over UN intervention here as regards promotion and protection of human rights. Sri Lanka in December 2015 extended a standing invitation to the UN Special Procedures […]

Shenali D Waduge The Maha Sangha has rejected the new constitution in toto. It is a blow to the TNA and the Government that has made assurances to bring a new constitution to those that brought them to power. The Sri Lankan populace inclusive of the Tamil polity need to be aware that so long […]

S. Akurugoda President Maithripala Sirisena, as per a news item appeared in The Island dated  10 July 2017, while virtually declaring a three-month deadline for his UNP-led coalition government to prosecute those responsible for murders such as Lasantha Wickrematunga and Wasim Thajudeen murders and mega corruption cases, has told his cabinet that cases would have […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  I read with intrigue about the income generates in Damubulle Cave Temple by charging exorbitant amounts from Foreigners. It seems that temple care takers have been also running TV stations .Income generated by the temple should be used for betterment of Buddhist Temples and the poor people in the world .Unfortunately the […]

දුම්රිය සේවාවේ උන්නතිය වෙනුවෙන් එස්. පී. විතානගේ ගරු ප‍්‍රවාහන හා සිවිල් ගුවන් සේවා අමාත්‍ය,නිමල් සිරිපාල ද සිල්වා මැතිතුමා, ප‍්‍රවාහන හා සිවිල් ගුවන් සේවා අමාත්‍යාංශය. Railway Museum (Guarantee) Limited සමාගම අහෝසි කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලීම දුම්රිය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව තුල කෞතුකාගාරයක් ඉදිකිරීමේ මුවාවෙන් Railway Museum ( Guarantee ) Ltd. නමින් සමාගමක්, මේ වන විටත් ලියාපදිංචි කර ඇත. 2007 අංක 07 දරන සමාගම් ලියාපදිංචි කිරීමේ ආඥ […]

By Denagama Dammika Ranaweera Courtesy Ceylon Today The Cabinet of Ministers yesterday decided to close down the Anti-Corruption Committee Secretariat. At the meeting, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe presented to the Cabinet a summary of the activities carried out to date by the Anti-Corruption Committee Secretariat that was set up after the Presidential Election in January 2015 […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island July 11, 2017, 8:47 pm It looks as though Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) were hell bent on promoting some other ball game by making the Sri Lankan public fed up with cricket. Else, by now, the SLC would have given itself a radical shake-up and gone hell for leather to arrest the […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා   ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්‍ෂයට තීරණයක් ගන්න බැරුව. වෙන මොකකටවත් නොවෙයි අර ව්‍යවස්ථා මණ්ඩලයේ මෙහෙයුම් කමිටුවෙන් අයින් වෙනව ද නැද්ද කියන එක ගැන. ඒ මෙහෙයුම් කමිටුවෙන් අයින් වෙන්න අකමැති පක්‍ෂත් ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්‍ෂයෙ තියෙනවා. ඒ පක්‍ෂ මොනව ද කියල මා දන්නෙ නැහැ. ඒත් එසේ අකමැති වීම රටට කරන ද්‍රෝහිවීමක් ලෙසයි සලකන්න වෙන්නෙ. මෙහෙයුම් කමිටුවෙන් හා අනුකාරක […]

සාකච්චාව මෙහෙය වූ පාලිත පෙරේරා විසිනි. ———————————————————————————————————— එකල ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාවේ වැඩ සටහන්වල තත්වයන්ට හා වැඩ සටහන් නිලධාරීන්හට වුර්තිය තත්වයක් (Professionalism) ළඟා කර දුන්  පුද්ගලයා ලෙස නෙවිල් ජයවීර මහතා අපට හොඳින් මතකයට නැගේ. වසර 42 කට ( 1925 – 1967 ) ආසන්න කාලයක් රජයේ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවක්ව පැවැතී ලංකාවේ ගුවන් විදුලි සේවය, 1967 දී සංස්ථාවක් බවට පත් […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා    බුද්ධාගමට නිසි තැන, හිමි තැන, ප්‍රමුඛස්ථානය දීම, ආරක්‍ෂා කිරීම ඊනියා උගත් සමාජයේ මේ දිනවල බෙහෙවින් කතා වෙනවා. එතරම් උගත් නැති අය ඒ ප්‍රශ්නය ගැන එතරම් කතා කරන්නේ නැහැ. ඊනියා උගතුන් සෑම ප්‍රශ්නයක් වගේ ම මේ ප්‍රශ්නයත් මුලින් අල්ල ගෙන නැහැ. මේ රටේ උගතුන්ගේ හැටි ඔහොමයි.  මේ ප්‍රශ්නය 1815 සිට ම තියෙනවා. සිංහල […]