Kelum Bandara Courtesy The Daily Mirror the New York Times report that it funded the election campaign of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, China Harbour Engineering Company said today it would cooperate with any investigation by the Sri Lankan authorities in this regard. Addressing a press conference, Joint Managing Director An Xin said the speculation by an […]

Courtesy Adaderana Secretary to the President Mr. Austin Fernando resigned from his position and bid farewell to his office a short while ago, the President’s Media Division said. The former Governor to the Eastern Province was appointed to the position in  July, 2017 following the resignation of then Secretary to the President P.B. Abeykoon. A […]

By Charunya Rajakaruna Courtesy Adaderana Vijayakala Maheswaran says that she has decided to resign from her post as the State Minster of Child Affairs, in the wake of her recent controversial statement regarding the LTTE. Speaking during a state event held in Jaffna on June 2, she had said that the LTTE should be resurrected for the […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රයෙන් බැදුම්කරය ගැන තවත් අනාවරණයක් -මාධ්‍ය ඒකකය ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව යටතේ පවතින අරමුදල්/භාරයන් 6  ක මුදල් ද, දුෂිත පර්පචුවල් බැදුම්කර වංචාව සදහා යොදා ගෙන ඇති බවත්, එමගින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව සතු අරමුදල්වල අවම වශයෙන් රු. මිලියන 78 ක අලාභයක් සිදුව ඇති බවත් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍ර‍යේ විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ කීර්ති  තෙන්නකෝන් […]

The UNP leadership boasts of allocating Ministerial Portfolios to some scientific method which is yet to explain how or why the UNP gave ministerial portfolio of children to a woman who wants to revive the LTTE. For the benefit of everyone who supports the UNP & the rest of the citizenry in Sri Lanka as […]

UNP MP Wijayakala Maheshwaran’s public speech revealing her desire to resurrect the LTTE needs to be looked at from a different angle. Certainly, her statement has violated the National Constitution, the oath taken by MPs & to publicly claim that a banned terrorist organization needs to be revived warrants not only disciplinary action but removal […]

By : A.A.MNIZAM – MATARA It was more than two years before the Presdential Election in 2015 January, the anti Sri Lankan forces the CIA and M16 repreesentitg the U.S.A and the West, the RAW representing the hegemonic India, TGTE representing the Tamil diaspora the TNA and the UNP with the blessings of Ranil and […]

Sudath Gunasekara 4.7.2018 First of all I request you all to read the following news report attributed to a living tigress, Vijayakala UNP MP and Minister for Women’s Affairs and Child care (Tamils only). Vijayakala sees need for LTTE in N-E 2018-07-02 22:53:36 It is seen that there is a huge need of reorganization of […]

By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA It is after a long interval I am penning this article as I was bed ridden following a vehicle accident and underwent some surgeries.. During this period there were many articles, news reports and web postings related to the positive and negative socio-economic and political aspects of Sri Lanka which […]

By K. Ratnayake  Courtesy World Socialist Web Site 4 July 2018 Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri, a professor at the University of Colombo, is conducting a thinly-veiled social media campaign for a dictatorship in Sri Lanka. Having previously postured as a supporter of democracy, Dewasiri is justifying his backing for a dictatorship by claiming it would be an inducement” […]

Source:Global Times Published:2018/7/4 18:13:40 Sri Lanka’s debt problem is a hot topic nowadays. Western media outlets like the New York Times are keen to find fault with the China-proposed Belt and Road initiative (BRI). This time the South Asian island nation is their target. They are full of gloat when declaring that Sri Lanka was trapped by […]

breitbart.comChina’s state-run Global Times published an angry post against the New York Times (NYT) on Monday for a report critical of China’s immense One Belt, One Road” infrastructure project, specifically the controversy surrounding China’s lease on a port in Sri Lanka. The NYT said on Tuesday that angry Sri Lankan lawmakers launched a social media campaign to discredit two local reporters who worked […]

By Ranga Jayasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror The recent story by New York Times that China Harbour Engineering Company financed the 2015 election campaign of ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa has caused ripples in politics. That they are only ripples and not tidal waves may imply a degree of political maturity of the government, unseen when it came […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Appeal Court today issued an interim order staying the proceeding of the Avant-Garde case at the Colombo Magistrate’s Court, against former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and 8 other defendants until October 3, 2018.

China Daily China and Sri Lanka are committed to pushing forward cooperation on the Hambantota port project and realizing the goal of making Sri Lanka the logistics center of the Indian Ocean, said a Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday. “This is not only conducive to the economic development of Sri Lanka, but also conducive to […]

AMRIT MUTTUKUMARU Courtesy The Island The brazen duplicity of our politicians unleashed on the people of this country with impunity makes one wonder whether we even deserve a vote. Under no circumstances is the writer advocating even a little bit of totalitarianism. What is amazing is that most of our present day politicians better known for […]

By Dr. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA Courtesy The Island July 4, 2018, 10:14 pm “And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?’ – WB Yeats, The Second Coming Though that may change, this island has so far produced only one movement which qualifies as Fascist by international standards. When the […]

By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island There was no need at all to revive the LTTE terrorist organisation, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday. He said action would be taken against State Minister Vijayakala Maheswaran for calling for the revival of the LTTE. Making a special statement in Parliament, the Prime Minister said that what […]

මහජනතාවට නිකුත් කළ සී 350‘‘ ලේඛනයේ ඇස්බැන්දුවක්.නිකුත් කර ඇත්තේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට දුන් පිටු 139 න් පිටු 127 යි.‘කෝප් සමාජිකයින්ගේ හා රවී කරුණානායක පවුලේ දුරකතන විස්තර නෑ.-මාධ්‍ය ඒකකය  CaFFE ජාතික ලේඛනාරක්ෂක දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් අද දින මහජනතාව වෙත නිකුත් කරනු ලැබූ ‘සී 350‘‘ ඇමුණුමේ අන්තර්ගතව ඇත්තේ මහ බැංකුවේ නිලධාරීන් හා බාහිර පුද්ගලයින් පැවැත්වූ දුරකතන සංවාද පිළිබද කරුණු පමණක් ඇතුලත් […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The three Channel Four documentaries, Sri Lanka’s Killing fields”, (2011) Sri Lanka’s killing fields: War Crimes Unpunished” .(2012) No Fire Zone, the Killing Fields of Sri Lanka (2015))  are propaganda films intended to support the  war crimes charges against Sri Lanka. They were done to help UNHRC to target Sri Lanka. The films […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane   Noise can have a pronounced physical effect on our brains resulting in elevated levels of stress hormones. Studies have proven that silence is good for your brain and by maintaining silence, one can feel less stressed, more focused, and more creative. Silence releases stress and tension in the brain and body, while […]

Lankaweb Weekly Editorial July 2nd 2018 State Minister of Child Affairs Vijayakala Maheswaran  has had the audacity make a public statement to the effect that “the LTTE needs to be revived ‘ which is a mind boggling suggestion by her that is not only treasonous but also a violation which points to a suggested breach […]

චතුරංග ද අල්විස්, සභාපති, වෙබ් මාධ්‍යවේදීන්ගේ ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය. ලංකා විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලයේ වාර්ෂික අලාභය සියයට 240 කින් ඉහල ගොස් ඇති බව පවසන විදුලි බල මණ්ඩලයේ නිළධාරි රටපුරා ජාතික විදුලිය පද්ධතිය අවභාවිතා කරන කල්ලි කණ්ඩායම් පිළිබඳව නිහඬ ප්‍රතිපත්තියක් අනුගමනය කිරිම සැකයට තුඩුදෙන කරුණක් බව වෙබ් මාධ්‍යවේදීන්ගේ ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය පවසයි. මිනිස්විත අවදානමට ලක්කරමින්, රටේ ජාතික විදුලිබල පද්ධතියෙන් හොරෙන් විදුලිය ලබා […]

Chandrasena Pandithage   Moving clouds bring them news Spread darkness throughout the state Bam! Bam! Bam! a new song Make people run, singing run run run   Oh, our dear heroes! You are the prominent figures who love the country Dark clouds are removed Open the pathway to see Sun, Moon and stars   Sun, […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම්. ජයතුංග තම නිවස කරා එන අනාරාධිත අමුත්තන් දුටු පාර්වතිගේ සිත ගැහෙන්නට වූවාය. ඇය සිවරාජ්ට කතා කළේ භීතියෙනි. කුස්සියේ මේසයේ බත් කමින් සිටි සිවරාජ් ද අත නොසෝ දා සාලයට පැමි‚යේ පාර්වතීගේ තැතිගත් කටහඞ ඇහීමෙනි. කඩුල්ල පනින අමුත්තන් දුටු සිවරාජ්ගේ මුහුණේ තැතිගැන්ම සමග කෝපයක්ද ඇති විය. ඉදිරියෙන්ම පැමිණි  ‚ අමුත්තා  දාසන් බව ඔහු හඳුනාගත්තේය.   […]

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has requested President Maithripala Sirisena to temporarily remove State Minister Vijayakala Maheswaran from her ministerial portfolio until inquiries are completed. An investigation is being carried out regarding certain controversial comments made by the State Minister regarding the now defunct LTTE, during an event in Jaffna yesterday Several MPs from both sides […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, July 2: The allegation by New York Times (NYT) that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had accepted a contribution of US$ 7.6 million from the Chinese government owned China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) ahead of the 2015 Presidential election, is creating a sensation in Sri Lanka. But according to informed sources, the allegations are unlikely […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, July 3 (newsin.asia) – The New York Times, on Tuesday called on Sri Lankan authorities to ensure the safety of its journalists in the island country following allegations of intimidation from the Rajapakse faction. International Editor of the New York Times, Michael Slackman said a group of Sri Lankan parliamentarians allied with the […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Beijing, July 3 (Xinhua/newsin.asia): The spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Lu Kang, told the media here on Tuesday that US media reports about  China putting Sri Lanka into a debt trap are fake news.” Such reports seriously distort the facts, which are either irresponsible or under the orders of people with ulterior […]

උදයන්ති මුණසිංහ උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම විජයකලා මහේෂ්වරන් ඇමැතිවරිය කළ ප්‍රකාශයට අනුව තවදුරටත් ඇමැති ධුරයේ කටයුතු කිරීමට ඇයට නීතිමය අයිතියක් නැති බව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රි මහාචාර්ය ජී.එල්. පීරිස් අවධාරණය කළේය. රජයේ කැබිනට් ඇමැතිවරු දෙදෙනෙක් ඉදිරියේ නිල උත්සවයකදී එවැනි ප්‍රකාශයක් කිරීමට තරම් එඩිතර වීම හුදකලාව තක්සේරු කළ නොහැකි බවත්, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා බලයේ සිටින විට මෙවැනි ප්‍රකාශයක් කළේ නම්, වත්මන් […]