There are very valid reasons why Sri Lankan patriots are backing its National Army being falsely accused of war crimes by individuals & organizations that have been party to Syria’s false flag incidents & countless other falsehoods that were used to justify military interventions, UN tribunals, UN presence, US-NATO presence, UN resolutions all with the […]

ALI SUKHANVER After the Pulwama Attacks, the Indian media has simply added a lot of troubles to the problems of Mr. Modi who is already sailing in troubled waters. The Indian media has done it by raising undue and unnecessary hue and cry over Pulwama suicide attack which claimed lives of more than forty CRPF […]

මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය යුක්තියට හඩක් කොළබ 5 කුඩු පානය කරන කැබිනට් ඇමතිවරුන් සිටින බවට නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය රන්ජන් රාමනායක මහතා පසුගියදා මාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ ප්‍රසිද්ධ ප්‍රකාශයක් සිදු කලේය. ආණ්ඩුවේ වගකිව යුතු නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයෙකු ලෙස රන්ජන් රාමනායක මහතා සිදු කල ප්‍රකාශය හුදු හාස්‍යයක් ලෙස බැහැර කල නොහැක. ඵතුමා රංගන ශිල්පියකු ලෙස හාස්‍යය සපයන්නකු වූවත් වගකිව යුතු දේශපාලනඥයකු හා වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුවේ ඇමතිවරයෙකු […]

J.A.A.S.RANASINGHE Colombo 05 Courtesy The Island Leading businessman, Dudley Sirisena (DS) President’s brother, at a recent meeting in Polonnaruwa is reported to have said that Micro Finance Companies (MFCs) are like leeches that suck blood of the poor people’s livelihood income, and consequently, the rural economy is in a serious state of indebtedness unable to repay […]

By C. A. Chandraprema When former minister Sarath Fonseka was denied a ministry by President Sirisena last December, he threatened to go before courts to obtain what he deems to be his rightful place in the UNP government, formed following the restoration of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe to that post. He has not yet followed […]

By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island For nearly two decades, the view that appointments to high state positions should be made only on the recommendations of an apolitical vetting body styled the Constitutional Council has been propagated by certain interested parties. The need for some kind of a vetting process in making high state appointments […]

By C.A.Chandraprema Courtesy The Island Prior to the promulgation of the 19th Amendment, the President’s power to dissolve Parliament had been stated in Article 70(1) of the Constitution. Under this provision, the President had the power to dissolve Parliament in the following circumstances. (a) If a General Election has been held consequent to a dissolution of […]

By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island February 17, 2019, 8:45 pm Under Article 70 (1) in the Constitution before the introduction of the 19th Amendment, Parliament could, at any time, pass a resolution by a simple majority requesting the President to dissolve Parliament. However, after Article 70(1) was amended Parliament cannot under any circumstances be […]

By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island President Maithripala Sirisena seems to be showing signs of wanting to contest for the presidency, once again, this year even though he came into power, pledging to abolish the executive presidency. There is nothing surprising in that because except for the first two presidents, everyone else came into power, […]

Ajit Randeniya The Supreme Court ruling on President Sirisena’s bold executive attempt to offer the public an opportunity for a fresh beginning is one of the most remarkable judicial intervention in recent history of the country. Following the decision, the ebullient mood of the public that accompanied the October 26 decision was quickly changed in […]

 වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මා සමග කොලඹ වජිරාරාම දහම් පාසලේ ප්‍රාථමික පන්ති වලදී ඉගෙනුම ලැබුවේය. අපගේ ගුරුවරිය වූයේ ඉඳ්‍රරත්න මහත්මියයි. ඒ කාලයේ සජිත් ඉගෙන ගත්තේ ගල්කිස්සේ සාන්ත තෝමස් විදුහලේය. ඔහු නිතරම පන්තියට ඔහුගේ මුද්දර පොත ගෙනා අතර මම කොළ පැහැති ප්ලාස්ටික්  කුඩා සොල්දාදුවන් දෙදෙනෙකු ඔහුට දී මුද්දරයක් ඉල්ලාගත්තෙමි. එය අප අතර සිදුවූ මුල්ම […]

වවුනියාව – රසාදි චතුරංගි ගමගේ උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම මේ දිනවල රටේ හැම පැත්තකින්ම ඇසෙන්නේ මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය පිළිබඳව වූ කතා පුවත්ය. අසුවන මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය මීට පෙර අසුවූයේ ග්‍රෑම් ගණනින් වුවත් දැන් දැන් අසුවන්නේ මහ පරිමාණයේ කිලෝ ගණනිනි. මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය අලෙවි කිරීම, ප්‍රවාහනය කිරීම, ළඟ තබා ගැනීම හා පානය කිරීම දැන් වැටෙන්නේ අපරාධ ගණයටය. රටේ ක්‍රියාත්මක දණ්ඩ නීති සංග්‍රහයට අනුව අපරාධ, අපරාධ […]

By Gamini Abeywardane Courtesy Ceylon Today The debate over a new Constitution has come to the fore again.  Many critics, especially those who do not like to see any progress in this regard, due to personal agendas, are raising issues saying that there are many other grave issues facing the country which need to be tackled […]

මධූෂ්ගේ ජීවිත කථාව ලක්ෂමන් යාපා හෙළිකරයි

By Buddhistdoor International Janaka Perera When examining the influence of Mahayana Buddhism in Sri Lanka it would be appropriate to approach the topic from a human interest angle before moving into history, archaeology and the academic sphere. A glance at the role of Mahayana in contemporary Sri Lankan society, I believe, will be a guide to the […]

Vanessa Beeley is an independent investigative journalist and photographer. She is associate editor at 21st Century Wire. Courtesy RT In an extraordinary turn of events, corporate media appears to have been exposed again as an extension of state foreign policy, by a member of the establishment media cabal, manufacturing consent for regime change in Syria. Riam […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The State Council had decided in 1944 that when Ceylon became independent, both Sinhala and Tamil would be declared the national languages. There would be parity.  Therefore the National anthem also had to be in Sinhala and Tamil. The song selected as the national anthem, Namo Namo Matha was in Sinhala.   Premier D.S […]

Gamini Gunawardane This may be a rare occasion that a government backed down form their stance on a Public Servant who stood upto it. Firstly we need to admire this lone woman who stood her ground steadfastly for what she believed was right. Thus she is role model for other Public Servants, particularly to the […]

Rajendra Alwis We come across evidence in the annals of history that the flag (Dhaja) has been in use since the dawn of civilization. Dhajagga Sutta of Samyutta Nikaya, sermonized by the Buddha is a case in point. In this sutta, the Buddha has made references to the flag of the Sakka, the King of […]

මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාව  ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ මේ ආන්ඩුව තමයි ඉතිහාසයේ බිහිවුනු ආන්ඩු අතරින් ජනතාවට සිවේදීබවින් අඩුම ආන්ඩුව රට විනාශ කරන කිසිම යෝජනාවකට අපි සහාය දෙන්නේ නැහැ. අද (15) දින මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාවට සහභාගි වූ නියෝජිතයින් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී පියල් නිශාන්ත පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ඩී.වී. චානක හිටපු පළාත් සභා මන්ත්‍රී ඉසුරු දොඩංගොඩ   පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ඩී. වී. චානක ආණ්ඩුව පත් […]

By Mohan Guruswamy/The Asian Age Courtesy NewsIn.Asia New Delhi, February 13: It is now well known that in 1971, as the Indian armed forces were scything through Bangladesh, then US President Richard Nixon’s National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger met a high-ranking Chinese official (believed to be Huang Hua) to urge the People’s Republic to open a […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Express Colombo, February 14: If one were to go by the word of President Maithripala Sirisena, Sri Lanka will be seeing its first hanging after 43 years in about two months’ time. The President has said that, as part of his drive against drug lords, he will sign the death warrant in the […]

කුමුදු උපුල් ශාන්ත උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම මෙරට අධිකරණ සේවාවේ නියුතු විනිසුරුවරුන්ට හා විනිසුරුවරියන්ට ඔවුන්ට හිමි විය යුතු තනතුරු නොලැබෙන්නේ ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක සභාව හිතුමතේට වැඩ කිරීමට පටන්ගෙන තිබීම නිසා බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමයේ සභාපති යූ.ආර්. ද සිල්වා මහතා පවසයි. ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක සභාව එසේ හිතුමතේට වැඩ කිරීම නිසා ඉහළ අධිකරණවල තනතුරුදැරිය යුතුව සිටින විනිසුරුවරුන් හා විනිසුරුවරියන් බොහෝ පිරිසකට විශ්‍රාම යන […]

Courtesy Morning Star The government is claiming it will cost too much to calculate how many diplomatic files it has destroyed about Britain’s role in Sri Lanka’s civil war. Foreign Office Minister Mark Field made the comment in response to a parliamentary question from Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi. Mr Field said his department was […]

Editorial Courtesy The Daily Mirror The drug issue in Sri Lanka made everybody look beyond drug lord Makandure Madush because a leading musician and his son were also among those arrested in Dubai. Now the focus is on singer Amal Perera who is said to have been at a party where, according to Sri Lankan media, […]

By Kusal Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror The arrest in Dubai of Makandure Madush and a few others wanted here in Sri Lanka for drug trafficking and murder, first made stories in media giving credit to different persons for the meticulously planned” arrest. Since then, not only the mainstream media but social media too, worked overtime […]

By Sunil Jayasiri Courtesy The Daily Mirror A Sri Lankan Police Inspector had played a role in the operation Kosgoda Suji, Annasi Moril and Kalu Sagara alerted the Dubai police about the  party Sri Lanka’s Police department was unaware about the entire operation The arrest of 40-year-old Samarasinghe Arachchige Madush Lakshitha alias Makandure Madush by the […]

Kelum Bandara Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have objected to a cabinet proposal to grant employment to 7,500 GCE Advanced Level qualifiers in the state sector. The government has submitted this proposal to the regular cabinet meeting conducted on Tuesday. The government has decided to select these youths for jobs through […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror The European Commission on Wednesday listed Sri Lanka among 23 countries with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing frameworks. The Commission adopted the new list of third (non-European) countries with weak anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regimes with the aim of protecting the EU financial system by […]

The Gurukanda Raja Maha Viharaya shot to public attention on 14 January 2019 – Thai Pongal Day when a group of unruly protestors led by former TNA provincial councilor T Raviharan stormed the temple and in a very ugly & abusive manner shouted at the Chief Incumbent of the Temple claiming the Buddhist temple had […]