Archive for July, 2018
Tuesday, July 31st, 2018
Professor G.L. Peiris Kirula Place, Off Kirula Road Colombo 05 31.07.2018 REGISTERED POST The Director General, Department of External Resources, Secretariat Building, Colombo 01 Dear Sir, Factual Information Regarding ‘Moragahakanda Kalu Ganga’ Multipurpose Development Project I wish to invite your attention to the remarks made by His Excellency President Maithripala Sirisena at the ‘Moragahakanda Kalu […]
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2018
මහාචාර්ය ජී.එල්. පීරිස් කිරුළ පෙදෙස, කොළඹ අධ්යක්ෂ ජනරාල්තුමා, විදේශ සම්පත් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, ලේකම් කාර්යාල ගොඩනැගිල්ල, කොළඹ 01. හිතවත් මහත්මයාණෙනි, මොරගහකන්ද කළුගඟ බහුකාර්ය ව්යාපෘතිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් සත්ය තොරතුරු දැනගැනීම 2018 ජූලි 23 වෙනිදා මොරගහකන්ද කළුගඟ ව්යාපෘතියේ සමාරම්භක උළෙලේදී අතිගරු ජනාධිපති මෛත්රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා කළ කතාව කෙරෙහි ඔබගේ අවධානය යොමු කිරීමට කැමැත්තෙමි. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියෙකු හා ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන […]
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2018
Dr. Sarath Obeysekera The Government of Sri Lanka today unveiled the National Export Strategy (NES), a blueprint for achieving increased exports, enhanced regional cooperation and job creation. Alongside other national initiatives such as Enterprise Sri Lanka and Vision 2025, the Strategy is an important addition to the country’s development agenda and its goal of becoming […]
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2018
Editorial Courtesy The Island July 31, 2018, 9:18 pm Minister of Higher Education Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse seems determined not to give in to undergraduates on the warpath, who have caused the Peradeniya University to be closed indefinitely. Addressing the media on Monday, he fired a broadside at university student unions, accusing them of having their […]
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2018
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island July 31, 2018, 11:53 pm Criminal liability couldn’t be avoided by ‘private arrangement’ under any circumstances, top constitutional lawyer Manohara de Silva PC said yesterday. There was inordinate delay on the part of the Attorney General in dealing with Jaffna District UNP MP and former State Minister for Child Affairs […]
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2018
ආචාර්ය නාලක ගොඩහේවා 2005 දි නව ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා බාරගත්තේ කෙබඳු රටක්ද යන්න අද බොහෝ දෙනෙකුට මතක නැත. එදා රට තිබුනේ බොහෝ අර්බූදකාරී තත්වයකය ලංකාවේ නිවාස වලින් 27% කට විදුලිය තිබුනේ නැත. විදුලිය නැති නිවාස දස ලක්ෂයක් පමන තිබුනි. මසකට දෙතුන්වරක් රට පුරා විදුලිය ඇනහිටීම් අරුමයක් නොවිනි. නිවාස දස ලක්ෂයකට පානීය ජලය තිබුනේ නැත. […]
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2018
RAVI LADDUWAHETTY Courtesy Ceylon Today Chairman of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Prof. G.L. Peiris will seek a Writ of Mandamus in the Supreme Court, against the Election Commission and its Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya, ordering them to discharge their Constitutional duties by holding the Provincial Council Elections. I will be filing the application when the Supreme […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The political stability in Sri Lanka appears to be a quite remote endurance. Although it is a great expectation of the ordinary people of Sri Lanka the political stability might not be achieved during the lifetime of the current generation. The historical evidence in relation to the political administration of the country […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
Only about 15% of the world’s countries are federal. The notion that the UN or the International Community have fixed templates for conflicts has proved an absolute sham. All of the countries the UN & international community have been involved in & helped deliver mechanisms for what they deem to be ‘the best solution to […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
වෛද්ය රුවන් මංගල ජයතුංග හෙළ කලාවේ මහගෙදර වන ලුම්බිණි රඟහලේ වේදිකාවට මා ගොඩ වන්නේ ළමා නලුවෙකු ලෙසටය. ලුම්බිණි රඟහලට අමතරව ලයනල් වෙන්ට් වේදිකාවේද මම රඟපා තිබේ. ලුම්බිණි රඟහලේ සෝමා කිරිඇල්ල මහත්මියගේ රන් කුකුලයි කථා දෙකයි, පැංචා යන වේදිකා නාට්ය වල මම රඟපෑවෙමි. රන් කුකුලයි කථා දෙකයි නාට්යයේ ප්රධාන චරිතය රඟ දක්වන ලද්දේ සාගරිකා ගෝමස් විසිනි. […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
H.A.Chandrapala Lot of controversy surrounds the the selection of a presidential candidate for the forthcoming Presidential election from the Major political parties. President Maithreepala Sirisena declared that he will not contest for another term when he assumed duties as the new president. Hence, SLFP is still not sure about their candidate. Prim Minister Ranil […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
මාධ්ය ඒකකය ශ්රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්රය මේ ආණ්ඩුව බලයට පත්වූ දා සිට අද දක්වා එක මෙගාවෝට් එකක් අලුතෙන් විදුලි බල පද්ධතියට එකතු කරලා නෑ. මේ වන විට ටෙන්ඩර් 150ක් ප්රදානය කර තිබෙනවා. පත්තර දැන්වීම් වලින් පිටු පුරවනවා හැබැයි එකම බලාගාරයක් හෝ ඉදිකොට නැහැ. ගෙවල්වල වහලේ සූර්ය කෝෂ ටිකක් හයිකරන තැනකට ගිහින් ෆොටෝ ගහන දේශපාලනඥයෝ විදුලි මාෆියාවේ […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
RANJITH SOYSA I refer to the article ‘screening of peace keeping people from Sri Lanka’ written by Neville Laduwahetty (Island 24 July) in which the issue with regard to the delay in screening of the members of the defence forces prior to their overseas enlistment and how the delay had been caused by the lack […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
Harry R. Hatharasinghe (89) Passed away on July 24th, 2018. He is survived by his beloved wife Sudharma, his sons Rohan, Roshan and Rabi Hatharasinghe, daughters-in-law Manomi and Sriyani , Grandchildren, Krishan, Sriyanthi, Teshan, Vershan, Ashan, Shahan, Sunaly and Anjallie. Great Grandchildren, Mckayla, Kylen, Jai, Maya and Kiara Grandson-in-law Aaron andGranddaughter-in-law Priya Religious Service and the Celebration […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
මාධ්ය ලේකම් කීර්ති දුණුවිල එක්සත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂ නායක රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා එජාප නායකත්වයෙන් ඉවත්විය යුතු බවට ප්රකාශ කරමින් මාතර දෙවිනුවර සිට පැමිණි පා ගමනට මාතර බෝධිය අසලදී කුරුඳු පොලු යොදාගෙන පහර දී ඇත්තේ රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතාගේ අනු දැනුම අනුව බව එක්සත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ ප්රධාන ලේකම් නිතිඥ මෛත්රී ගුණරත්න මහතා පවසයි. […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
S. S. Selvanayagam Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Attorney General today (30) furnished a draft Rule before the Supreme Court against Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake complaining of him for having committed an alleged offence of Contempt of Court. The Bench comprised Chief Justice Priyasath Dep, Justices Vijith K. Malalgoda and Lalith Dehideniya, who will peruse it […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Chairman Professor G.L. Peiris today said they would constitute action in the Supreme Court (SC) asking for a writ against the Election Commission (EC) over its failure to hold elections for the dissolved Provincial Councils (PC). Addressing the weekly SLPP news briefing, he said the […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
Tony Karunanayake Courtesy The Daily Mirror Negombo Magistrate Sajindra Jayasuriya today banned the Kuwaiti couple, who allegedly assaulted Customs officials at the BIA on Friday, from leaving the country. The Magistrate also ordered the couple to appear in the Court on August 10. Five officials of the Customs Department, including a woman, were allegedly assaulted by […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today Maithripala Sirisena insists that he will carry out the death penalty. His mere statement has caused an avalanche of protests. EU has threatened to withdraw the Generalized Scheme of Preference (GSP+) facility. International NGOs have warned the Government of dire consequences if the moratorium on the death penalty was lifted. […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
By Charunya Rajakaruna Courtesy Adaderana Minister Duminda Dissanayake says that he also admits that the most popular politician in the country is the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa. He made this statement joining a public meeting held in Mihintalaya area. He says that, 16 people, who praised President Maithripala Sirisena for 3 years and enjoyed ministerial portfolios, have […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
By Tharindi Pabasara Courtesy Adaderana Six out of the nine provincial councils will be void following another two months, the Chairman of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Prof. G. L. Peiris. According to him, the Chairman of the Election Commission is also avoiding his responsibilities regarding this issue. Prof. G. L. Peiris made these comments at a […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2018
National Trade Union Center / Unions Lanka ගරු මුදල් ඇමතිතුමා, මුදල් අමාත්යාංශය, කොළඹ 01. මැතිතුමණි, රේගු නිලධාරීන්ට පහර දුන් විදේශික යුවලට එරෙහිව නීතිය නිසි ලෙස කි්රයාත්මක කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලීම පසුගිය 27 වන දින උදෑසන 10.45 ට පමණ බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන් තොටුපලෙන් මෙරටට පැමිනෙමින් සිටි කුවේට් ජාතික යුවලක් විසින් රේගු නියාමක නිලධාරිනියක, සහකාර රේගු අධ්යක්ෂකවරයෙකු ඇතුළු […]
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Sunday, July 29th, 2018
Sugath Samarasinghe I was distressed to read her comment in her article in The Island of 20th July last Friday. I refer to the following comment by her. Cassandra’s short comment: they joined the armed forces knowing full well this was in line with duty; they had to serve the country, run personal risk and […]
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Sunday, July 29th, 2018
චාල්ස් එස් පෙරේරා විසිනි By Charles.S. Perera මෛත්රිපාල සිරිසේන ජනාධිපති තුමනි ඔබ තරහෙන් ක්රෝධයෙන් පළිගැනීමේ චේතනාවෙන් ගෙන යන වෛරී දේශපාලනය නතරකිරීමට කාලය එළඹ තිබේ. ඔබේ අග්රාමාත්ය වරයා විසින් අනිවාර්යෙන්ම විදේශිඛයන්ගේ සහායෙන් ලියු 19වන ව්යවස්ථා සංයෝජනයෙන් ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ තනතුර අත්හිටවීමට ගත යුතු පියවරවල් සඳහන් කරතිබෙන අතර අග්රාමාත්ය වරයාගේ තනතුර අත්හිටවීමට ගතයුතු පියවරවල් සඳහන්කර නොමැත. ඇත්තවශයෙන්ම ජනාධිපතිතුමනි ඔබ ඔබේ අග්රාමාත්ය […]
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Sunday, July 29th, 2018
Dr Sudath Gunasekara (SLAS Class 1) Retired Permanent Secretary to Prime Minister Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike (Continued from 29.7.2018) Proposed model of Government 1 A Permanent Supreme National State Advisory Council (Uttariitara Jatika Rajya Anusasaka Mand as follows. 1The Mahanayaka Theros of Malwatta, Asgiriya, Amarapura and Ramanna Nikaya 4 Nayaka Thera of Kotte, Ruhunu, Rangiri, Dambulu, […]
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Sunday, July 29th, 2018
Janaka Perera Every year local NGOs, human rights groups, the so-called international community, the pro-separatist Tamil Diaspora and other do-gooders never fail to remember the victims of ‘Black July’ 1983 in which many innocent Tamils were massacred and their property destroyed by mainly ruling party goons and other thugs taking advantage of the situation to […]
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Sunday, July 29th, 2018
Second Lieutenant A.P.N.C. De Vaas Gunawardene and twelve other Army personnel were brutally killed in an ambush of the ill-fated Four Four Bravo patrol by the LTTE at Tinneveli on July 23, 1983. They were innocent of any crime and were only performing their professional and military duties while engaging in routine Patrol of the […]
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Sunday, July 29th, 2018
Chandre Dharmawardana, Canada. There are always intermittent reports and circulation of petitions about the loss of bee populations, butterfly populations, fire-fly populations etc and evident environmental damage. These reports are never accompanied by entomological surveys of insect populations and other relevant data. Instead, it will claim that the reader in his/her childhood days saw many […]
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Sunday, July 29th, 2018
Ananda Chandrapala Lot of controversy surrounds the the selection of a presidential candidate for the forthcoming Presidential election from the Major political parties. President Maithreepala Sirisena declared that he will not contest for another term when he assumed duties as the new president. Hence, SLFP is still not sure about their candidate. Prim Minister […]
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Sunday, July 29th, 2018
කීර්ති රත්නායක විසිනි ධර්මයට අනුව කර්ම කරන්නෙක් හෝ විපාක විඳින්නෙක් නැත. කර්මය කරන කෙනෙකු නොමැති කල කර්මය පල දෙන්නේ කාටද? ගොනෙකු නොමැති නම් කරත්තය යන්නේ කවරෙකු පසුපසද? පුද්ගල ක්රියාකාරකම් සිදුවන්නේ සිතුවිලි අනුවය, සිතුවිලි අනුව ක්රියා සිදුවෙයි, ක්රියාවන් අනුව විඳීම සිදුවෙයි. කර්මයෝ විසින් විපාකයෝ රැස් කරයි , විපාකයෝ විසින් කර්ම ගෙන එයි. බයිබලයේ එන අකීකරු පුත්රයාගේ කථාව […]
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