Courtesy The Daily Mirror Speaking on the alleged conspiracy to assassinate him and former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President Maithripala Sirisena said today the investigation into the incident would be handed over to the CID no sooner the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) concluded its probe and submitted its preliminary report. Speaking to the Heads of […]

 lanka C news පසුගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණ වේදිකාවේදී මෛත්‍රී පාලනයක් යටතේ පෙට්‍රල් සහ ඩීසල් වල පනවා ඇති බදු සහමුලින්ම ඉවත් කරන බව කියූ ඇමති චම්පික රණවක අද සිටින්නේ ඇටි කෙහෙල් කෑ රිලවෙකු වගේ යැයි පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ප්‍රසන්න රණවීර මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේ කොළඹ දී පැවැති ඒකාබද්ද විපක්‍ෂ මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදීය. මේ අාණ්ඩුව අද වන […]

‘අම්මට හුඩු හතරක් හිටිය.. දෙකක් වැඩම කරලා.. ආතල්’ පොලිස්පති උත්සව සභාවක රංගනයේ.. භික්‍ෂුන්-ගුරුන්-සිසුන් තුෂ්නිම්භූතයි…[Video] තමන් විහිළු සපන්නේ බවට ජනමාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ ඉදිරිපත් කරන්න එපා යයා පොලිස්පති පූජිත ජයසුන්දර මහතා ඉල්ලා සිටියේය. ඒ මහතා මේ බව කියා සිටියේ මාතර කොටපොල ජාතික පාසලේ ශිෂ්‍ය නායක නිල ලාංඡන පැළදවීමේ උත්සවය දීය. එහිදී සභාවේ සිටි ගුරු මණ්ඩලය පොලිස්පතිවරයා විසින් අමතනු […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has filed a case with the Colombo Magistrate’s Court against MP Ravi Karunanayake for allegedly providing false evidence before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate the Issuance of Treasury Bonds.

Courtesy Adaderana The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to take over the investigations into the allegations against DIG Nalaka de Silva of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID). Meanwhile Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for a full report from the IGP on the investigation, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan […]

Courtesy Adaderana At the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, President Maithripala Sirisena will announce a set of new proposals for consideration at the March 2019 session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR). He will also submit these proposals to the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres as […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. Robert Frost (‘Mending Wall’) ‘Kanepahara’ (lit. ‘A Box on the Ears’) is the title of a series of radio dramas scheduled […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්        ලංකාවේ පුරා විද්‍යා නීතිය බෙහෙවින්ම ප්‍රබලය. පුරාවිද්‍යා රක්ෂිතයක යම් ඉදි කිරීමක් වෙනස් කිරීමක් කළහොත්  අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇප නොමැතිව තබා ගැනීමටද එම නීති රීති ප්‍රමාණවත්ය.පුරාවිද්‍යා නීති රීති වලට යටත් වූ පැරණි සංඝාවාස තිබූ ස්ථානවල රැඳී උන් භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලා වරක් දෙකක් නොව කීප වරක්ම මෙම නීතිය යටතේ අත් අඩංගුවට පත් කොට තිබේ.ඒ  සමහර විට […]

වාගිස ප්‍රනාන්දු – ශ්‍රී ලංකාව බල්ලොත් නොකන ශ්‍රී ලංකන් කජු හින්දා ඉන්ධන වැඩිවුනා,  මතකද අනේ   මන්දා? හොර අණපණත් සම්මතයට හැකි   හින්දා අවධිව සිටිමු! ලණු  දී, මුන් රට කන හින්දා      

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The proverbial phrase ‘To err is human’ is often heard in its fuller form ‘to err is human; to forgive, divine.’ This makes sense of the notion that the originator, the English poet Alexander Pope, was trying to convey. In the poem An Essay on Criticism, Part II, 1711. Pope explains that, while […]

By Professor S W R de A Samarasinghe Courtesy The Island September 13, 2018, 12:00 pm Many Sri Lankans are frustrated with President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe for having failed to deliver good governance (Yaha Paalanaya – YP) and competent economic management. But lack of success with YP2015 is not a reason to abandon the concept of […]

By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island September 13, 2018, 10:24 pm These clear and distinct provisions illustrate that the sovereignty of the People were to be exercised by separate and distinct organs of government namely, the Legislature and the Executive, both elected by the People. What the 20th Amendment hopes to achieve is to eliminate one […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando  Courtesy The Island Continuing controversy over Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Ravi Wijegunaratne, wanted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with allegedly aiding and abetting Lt. Commander Chandana Prasad Hettiarachchi, a suspect in two major wartime cases, leaving for Mexico on Sept. 10 has taken a dramatic turn with the Tamil […]

Suhasini Haidar and Amit Baruah Courtesy The Hindu The former Sri Lankan President says he is ready to put past ‘misunderstandings’ with India behind him, and could lead his party in the 2019 elections Sri Lanka’s former President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, is visiting New Delhi to deliver a public lecture and meet with various leaders, in the first […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 11(newsin.asia): Following the Indian Supreme Court’s stand that it is up to the Governor of the State of Tamil Nadu to decide whether the seven life convicts in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination case should be released or not, the Tamil Nadu cabinet on Sunday  recommended to the State Governor […]

Courtesy The Star on line PETALING JAYA: Sri Lanka is at risk of an exchange rate crisis mainly due to its still-weak fiscal finances and a fragile external position. Sri Lanka charted the highest Damocles score of 175, among 30 emerging market (EM) economies. The Damocles index by Nomura summarises macroeconomic and financial variables into […]

New Delhi: Seven countries, including Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Turkey, are at risk of an exchange rate crisis as investors reassess their investments following the contagion in Argentina and Turkey, a new index by Nomura says. According to the global financial services major, emerging markets are under pressure as investors reassess the risks amid monetary policy […]

චාර්ල්ස් එස් පෙරේරා  විසිනි කා රවට්ටන්ටද මේ ඉලව් සංහිදියාව කරගෙන යන්නේ,? දෙමලුන්ගේ චන්දය බලාපොරුත්තුවෙන් ද   අපේ රට තේරුමක් නැති සංහිඳියාව වෙනුවෙන්  දෙමළුන්ට පාවාදෙන්නේ ? මොන ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් හැදුවත් බුද්ධ සාසනයට  දියයුතු  විශේෂ තැන හෑල්ලුවට ලක්කරන ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් බෞද්ධ මහා ජනතාව කවරදාකවත් පිළිගන්නේ නැති බැව් සිරිසේන ජනාධිපති තුමා තරයේ සිහියෙ තබා ගතයුතුය. සිංහල බෞද්ධයන් වැඩියෙන්  සිටි ශ්‍රී ලංකා […]

BBC Sri Lanka’s government has agreed to ban the ritual sacrifice of animals and birds at Hindu temples on the island. A government spokesman told the BBC the move was proposed by the Hindu Religious Affairs ministry, and said most moderate Hindu groups support it. Some Hindus sacrifice goats, buffalo calves and chickens at temples […]

Kallol Bhattacherjee Courtesy The Hindu Mr Rajapaksa hit out at his international critics and said that allegations of human rights abuse against the victorious Sri Lankan military is false”. In a major public speech delivered here on Wednesday former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa reached out to the Tamil community and said that the war of […]

Kalathma Jayawardhane Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Joint Opposition (JO) today said the government should take the responsibility and resign over the incident where milk packets containing poisonous substance were distributed among the protesters of the ‘Janabalaya Kolombata’ held last Wednesday. JO MP Dullas Alahapperuma told a news conference that the same government which came into power […]

Courtesy Adaderana The decision on whether to release those convicted for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi by the LTTE is an internal matter” for India to decide, said former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. However, he indicated that he might have taken a different line” from the Tamil Nadu government’s resolution that […]

EDWARD THEOPHILUS The unitary status of the country was a condition that had been existed since the establishment of Sinhala Kingdom. In addition, during the ice era where homo sapiens were occupying the country Sri Lanka was a unitary state. The national integrity of the country without any ethnic differences respected and ethnic issues of […]

RANJITH SOYSA We are grateful to Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka and the Island-7th Sept- for the discussion on the war crimes probe initiated by the OISL Geneva with regard to the last phase of war against the Tamil Tigers. Field Marshall who commandeered the army in its fight to liberate 20 million Sri Lankans from […]

Garvin Karunaratne I doubt whether we have learned a lesson from the Meetotamulla Garbage Disdaster where 32  people died. The garbage collection at Muturajawela is yet intact. Recently it is reported that the garbage collected in Blumendhal, Colombo is ablaze. I am aware that action is being taken to dispatch the garbage to Puttlam. But […]

There is a big question mark as to the eligibility of the government that was appointed in 2015 immediately after the election of a President by a Presidential election. At the Presidential Election held on 8th January 2015 the people were exercising their inalienable right to elect the person they saw fit to elect as […]

Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Do ordinary people know the prices of Cashew in the market ? You hardly find cashew curries in weddings now a days as it so expensive One Kilogram of  ashew is over 4500 Rs .Ordinary people cannot buy Cashew for consumption? No wonder why bankrupt Sri Lankan is buying cheap Cashew for […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island September 11, 2018, 9:45 pm Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka’s recent admission that the cabinet had never discussed Sri Lanka’s response to alleged war crimes allegations highlighted the culpability on the part of the National Unity Government for depriving the country of a proper defence. Cabinet regularly meets on Tuesday morning […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island September 11, 2018, 9:21 pm People lived in mortal fear of Grease Yaka during the Rajapaksa government. Covered in grease and armed with a sharp weapon, it would move about in the buff, scaring women. That much-dreaded creature has not been sighted or heard of since the 2015 regime change. But, the […]

Courtesy The Island Neither the Sri Lankan government nor the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had conducted an ex ante human rights impact assessment of the economic reforms implemented or announced, United Nations Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human […]