Ranjith Soysa MEDIA RELEASE SPUR (Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka Inc) – 22 April 2018 The Society for Peace Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka (SPUR) joins other nationalist organisations, professionals and patriotic politicians in strongly condemning the proposal to abolish the Executive Presidential System in Sri Lanka. The territorial […]

සජීව චාමිකර | Sajeewa Chamikara ඉඩම් හා කෘෂිකර්ම ප‍්‍රතිසංස්කරණ ව්‍යාපාරය දුම්බර අඩවිය හෙවත් නකල්ස් කදුකරයේ පිහිටි අක්කර 21,000 ක පමණ වතු ඉඩම් විවිධ ව්‍යාපෘති කි‍්‍රයාත්මක කිරීම සදහා රාජ්‍ය ව්‍යවසාය හා මහනුවර සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍යංශයේ හිටපු අමාත්‍ය කබීර් හෂීම් හා වත්මන් අමාත්‍ය ලක්ෂ්මන් කිරිඇල්ල යන මහත්වරුන් විසින් ඔවුන්ගේ හිතවතුන් හා ඥාතීන් වෙත පවරා දී තිබේ. මෙලෙස විවිධ පුද්ගලයින්ට […]

ආචාර්ය වසන්ත සේන වැලිඅංග මිනිසාගේ බිහිවීම මිනිසා බිහි වන්නේ කංසා ශාකය බිහි වී වසර මිලියන 30 ක් පමණ ගෙවී ගිය පසුව ය. එනම් වසර ලක්ෂ දෙකකට පමණ ඉහත දී ය. අප්‍රිකාවේ දී බිහි වූ මිනිසා චීනයට පැමිණෙන්නේ් වසර 25000 කට පමණ ඉහත දී ය. මිනිසාට ප්‍රථම වතාවට කංසා ශාකය හමුවන්නේ වසර 12000 කට පමණ ඉහත […]

  රියර් අද්මිරාල්  සරත් වීරසේකර අපේ රටට නිදහස ලබා ගැනීමට ප්‍රථමයෙන් පවා බෙදුම්වාදී දෙමළ දේශපාලනඥයන් රටේ දෙමළ රාජ්‍යයක්‌ පිහිටුවීමට ගත් ප්‍රයත්නයක්‌ අප දකිමු. මැලේසියාවේ බහුතර මැලේ ජාතීන් 52% ක්‌ පමණි. ඉතිරිය චීන සහ දෙමළ ජාතිකයන් ය. ඒ රටේ භූමි පුත්‍ර සංකල්පය මගින් සියලු දේට ප්‍රමුඛස්‌ථානය සහ සියලු වරප්‍රසාද පළමුවෙන් හිමිවන්නේ රටේ භූමි පුත්‍රයන් සේ සැලකෙන මැලේ […]

By TOI STAFF Echoing Assad regime, Pink Floyd co-founder claims rescue group spreads propaganda for ‘jihadists and terrorists’ Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters denounced the White Helmets civil defense group in Syria as a fake organization” that spreads propaganda for jihadists and terrorists.” Rogers made the comment Friday at a concert in Barcelona, when he said […]

By Cyril Wimalasurendra Courtesy The Island April 23, 2018, 11:54 pm All other Buddhist nations, the world over, are making grand preperations to celebrate Vesak Poya Day, on May 29, and it is absurd for Sri Lanka to celebrate Vesak on April 29, Malwatte Anunayake Ven. Niyangoda Sri Vijithasiri Thera says. Even the international Vesak Day […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 Canada 21 April 2018 Jack MacLaren, Independent (Trillium Party) MPP for Carleton-Mississippi Mills, Ontario Cc. Premier Kathleen Wynne, MPP Dear Jack MacLaren: ‘Sweet Mother of Jesus!’  What’s all this that I read in the Toronto Sun of April 12, 2018,  bylined Bonokoski which […]

By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA.  Despite dismissal by some silly quisling politicians as a never winning and politically suicide effort the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) the nascent political party of Sri Lanka made a tremendous and historical victory in the February 10th local government elections beating all traditional political parties and becoming first in […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Having a President like Maithreepala Sirisena cannot be a sound argument to do away with the Presidency.   That selection  was a cardinal mistake. Sobhitha talked about the Constitution, like a Tyre with 17 patches.  Now he is no more.  Now we have the same Tyre with 19 patches. JVP want […]

Usvatte-aratchi Courtesy The Island April 22, 2018, 10:14 pm It is progress that scientists, including two eminent physicians, have taken up, again, the case against glyphosate. Bhikkhusangha taken in general, and Bhikkhu Ratana in particular, do not have the tool kit which qualifies them to make decisions in these matters. Earlier, certain other scientists had taken […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island ‘Petroleum prices to be increased on May Day’ Joint Opposition (JO) spokesman Bandula Gunawardena, MP, yesterday alleged that the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government was about to introduce a fuel pricing formula at the behest of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Addressing the media at Vajirasharma temple, Punchi Borella, Gunawardena accused the government […]

The intervention in Syria has become an eye opener as a string of lies, fake videos, images, recruitment of child artists & PR firms have exposed the lies that have gone into justifying military intervention by the West & UN action thereafter. A girl crying before Congress claiming she witnesses Iraqi soldiers remove babies from […]

That regime change took place aligning a bevy of political parties, personages, over 50 civil society groups in an effortless coup against the previous government was evidenced in January 2015 and the string of actions & decisions taken thereafter put into context has spelt doom & destabilization for Sri Lanka. How many people have now […]

Senaka Weeraratna Hony. Secretary German Dharmaduta Society It is with great sadness that I am conveying to you the heartbreaking news of the death of our close friend and dedicated Buddhist worker, Mr. D. Ananda de Silva, Assistant Secretary, German Dharmaduta Society. I have been informed by his son Renuka that his father died early […]

Edward Walter Perera (11 December 1875 – 15 February 1953) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) barrister, politician and freedom fighter. He was known as the ‘Lion of Kotte‘ and was a prominent figure in the Sri Lankan independence movement and a senator. Early life and education Born on 11 December 1875 at Unawatuna, Galle to […]

Sunil Jayasiri from London Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have built very high quality primary healthcare systems, staffed primarily by women healthcare workers, co-founder of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates said. He expressed these views while speaking at the joint forum of the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting held in Westminster […]

The 1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots (also known as the anti-Muslim riots of 1913[1][2][3] or the 1915 Buddhist Mohammedan riots or the 1915 Ceylonese riots) was a widespread and prolonged ethnic riot in the island of Ceylon between Sinhalese Buddhists and the Ceylon Moors and the brutal suppression of it by the British colonial authorities.[4] 1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots Ceylon Date 28 May – 8 August 1915 Location Western Provinceand Sabaragamuwa, British Ceylon Caused […]

Kalathma Jayawardhane Courtesy The Daily Mirror Buddhasasana Minister Gamini Jayawickrama Perera said yesterday the ban of pandals on Vesak and Poson Poya Days would not be changed and stressed the need to focus on the spiritual aspect of religion rather than on mundane activities. He told Daily Mirror that this prohibition on pandals would only apply […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia London, April 20 (newsin.asia): The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) being held here has asked Sri Lanka to give leadership to mangrove conservation in the Commonwealth. Sri Lanka has been having a successful mangrove conservation program since 2015 thanks to President Maithripala Sirisena. This was stated during the 25th inaugural ceremony of […]

By Editor Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The airstrikes carried out by the US, UK and France on alleged chemical weapons facilities in Syria on April 14, are yet another instance of how the US (and its allies) use false flags” or fake news” to unleash military action to serve their geo-strategic interests, writes P.K.Bala.chandran in DailyFT. The US has been […]

C.A.Chandraprema Courtesy The Island Major Ajith Prasanna takes a closer look at what Keith Noyahr wrote Sunday Leader throwing red herrings across the trail The mistake that Gota made April 21, 2018, 8:10 pm Amidst the political confusion that engulfed the country after the recent local government elections and just before the New Year holidays, the […]

By Charles.S.Perera We are all human beings first before we started calling ourselves Tamil, Sinhala, Muslim or what not. Therefore we have to first treat all human beings equal,  even those within our own  Community not down grading another for what he had been called upon to do. This is  how we have to see […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Priorities are mixed up by Sri Lankan Delegation to Commonwealth Business forum in London Sri Lanka to give leadership for mangrove conservation in Commonwealth countries” FT / Friday, 20 April 2018 00:00 London: Sri Lanka has been named as the country to give leadership for the conservation of mangroves in Commonwealth countries […]

සාකච්ඡා කළේ, ප්‍රසන්න සංජීව තෙන්නකෝන් උපුටාගැණීම ලංකාදීප විශ්වාසභංගයේදී මොකද වුණේ‍? එතැනින් පසු රට කොතැනටද? මේ ඒ ගැන විමසමින් එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානයේ කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා සමග කළ සාකච්ඡාවකි. • ප්‍රශ්නය – මොන තර්ක විතර්ක දැම්මත් විශ්වාසභංගයෙන් අවසානයේදී සිද්ධ වුණේ‍ අගමැති රනිල් ශක්තිමත් කිරීමක්? • පිළිතුර – අගමැති රනිල් […]

By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Courtesy The Island April 20, 2018, 10:25 pm Warped logic seems to be the order of the day; be it local, to justify errant politicians; or international, to teach lessons to ‘non-compliant’ states, where the dictum seems to be ‘Punish first and then investigate’. Lynn Ockersz, in his well-reasoned ‘World Scan’ calls […]

Courtesy RT Edited time: 20 Apr, 2018 13:51 Get short URL RT Arabic has traveled to the Douma hospital shown in footage of the aftermath of the alleged chemical weapons attack. The crew talked to a boy featured in the video, who recounted the events. Hassan Diab, 11, appears to be the trembling boy seen […]

Courtesy newsin.asia Colombo, April 20 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s Transport Ministry, on Friday said it had been made obligatory for all three wheel services in the island country to fix a meter and issue a receipt at the end of the trip. The new rule had been announced on April 1, but a two week grace […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS  This essay in the Darusman report series  features the   Report by Major General  John Holmes prepared at the request of the Paranagama Commsiion. It is taken from the Parangama Commjission Report. ANNEX 1 – MILITARY EXPERT OPINION BY MAJOR GENERAL JOHN HOLMES DSO OBE MC EXPERT MILITARY REPORT By Major General John Holmes […]

R Chandrasoma The supposed misdeeds and the flagrant violation of the norms of democracy perpetrated by MR and his aids and accomplices are now part of a political legend entrenched this country. Not only was the populace robbed and cheated – they were in danger of being bumped off by hired agents of a merciless […]