Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nation Geneva Addressing the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) as the Chair of the 2018 HRC Social Forum, today, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative in Geneva Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez stressed that the Forum provided a platform for a vibrant multi-stakeholder dialogue. He said it brought together governments, intergovernmental […]

George Galloway live-streamed this address on 31 January 2019. Hereby the subtitled version. Contact George Galloway on Twitter @georgegalloway or by email: info@georgegalloway.com George Galloway transmitió en vivo esta dirección el 31 de enero de 2019. Por la presente, la versión subtitulada. Póngase en contacto con George Galloway en Twitter @georgegalloway o por correo electrónico: […]

Professor Nishan Chaminda Wijesinha During the Riots of 1915 (May 28 to June 5, 1915) the British governor came down with a heavy hand on the Sinhalese community. The governor declared Martial Law on (June 2 to August 30, 1915). And ordered the police and the army to arrest and imprison several prominent Sinhalese leaders. Among […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ ගොඩනැගුනේ ගම් මට්ටමින්. අපි පළාත් පැලන මැතිවරණයට ගියේ පක්ෂයට අවුරුද්දක් පිරුණ අවස්ථාවක. ඒ වෙද්දි අපේ පක්ෂයට ප්‍රතිපත්තියක් හෝ අනාගත වැඩපිළිවෙලක් ඉදිරිපත් කරන්න හැකියාවක් තිබුනේ නැහැ. අපි ජනතාවට පොරොන්දු වුනා නැවත ජනතාව ඉදිරියට එන්නේ පක්ෂයේ ප්‍රතිපත්ති මාලාව හා අනාගතයේ පිහිටුවන රජයේ වැඩපිළිවෙලකුත් සමගයි කියලා. මෙය […]

By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island March 13, 2019, 11:40 pm President Maithripala Sirisena will not be sending a separate delegation to represent him at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva, UPFA MP Mahinda Samarasinghe told Parliament yesterday. Speaking during the committee stage debate on the Budget, MP Samarasinghe said that following […]

By ‘Che’ In Part 1, it was discussed why America is today, Sri Lanka’s Enemy Number ONE. The Map above, printed by courtesy of ‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’ (MCC), is how America perceives Sri Lanka in 2050, a Colony of the United States; Sri Lanka is America’s Military hub in the Indian Ocean which the Americans […]

The architects of international laws, charters, treaties etc are those that first flouted them. No camaraderie should take place by former colonies until and unless Britain admits to its horrific crimes in all of the colonies. Other than Australia, Canada & New Zealand (forming white rule exterminating the indigenous) all other former colonies belong to […]

Bodhi  Dhanapala,  Quebec, Canada. The Island newspaper has published several accounts of the Anatta doctrine by a number of writers, including Dr. Carlo Fonseka, an ex-Marxist free thinker who has an excellent  grasp of  Buddhism, as well as Dr. Upul Wijayawardena, an ex-cardiac surgeon with a deep critical mind. The learned Bhanthe Dhammika from Australia […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුන අද දින පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුව අද (12) දින පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවට සහභාගි වූ නියෝජිතයින් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ලක්ෂ්මන් අබේවර්ධන මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී අනුර යාපා පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී එස්. එම්. චන්ද්‍රසේන මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ලක්ෂ්මන් යාපා  අබේවර්ධන මහතා මේ රජයට මැතිවරණ අයවැයක්වත් ඉදිරිපත් කර ගන්න බැරි වුනා. 2018 ඉදිරිපත් කරපු හරිත අයවැයෙන් සියයට 30ක් යෝජනා […]

Embassy of Sri Lanka Sweden The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Stockholm together with the Sweden-Sri Lanka Business Council organized two events in Luleå on 03 and 04 March to promote Sri Lanka tourism and investment opportunities.  Luleå is the capital of Norrbotten County, which is home to many companies engaging in high tech research and manufacturing industries. […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island March 12, 2019, 9:19 pm The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights obviously believed the lies propagated by the interested parties. The Commissioner went to the extent of referring to the Mannar mass grave site in her latest annual report (section 23) submitted to the UNHRC. The following is the […]

N.A. DE S. AMARATUNGA  Courtesy The Island From a layman’s point of view a budget prepared by a Finance Minister of a government must attempt to provide solutions to the acute financial issues and problems that have a direct or indirect effect on the lives of the people. One need not be an economist to […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Sri Lanka is expected to inform the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the conclusion of the radiocarbon dating analysis by the Beta Analytic Testing Laboratory in Florida, US, in respect of six skeletal samples sent there in […]

Courtesy dutchnews.nl The Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam is starting talks with Sri Lanka and Indonesia about some 1,000 pieces in its collection that may have been stolen and become part of the Dutch ‘colonial heritage’, Trouw reports. The move comes after last week’s decision by the Dutch National Museum of World Cultures (NMWC) to publish guidelines […]

On 2 grounds no more excavations should take place in Mannar, Sri Lanka. Firstly, the area where the Mannar skeletons have been found which include women and children is a place of a crime where people have been murdered. We all know what happens when a murder takes place & the area is sealed with […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS A scientific test on the uncovered human skeletons from an ancient grave yard in Mannar proved that they were older more than 500 years and a TNA MP in Mulaitiu District, Mr. Nirmala Nathan Siva Mohan further fussed against the true information reported by Florida Lab.  According to historical information recorded in […]

By Panduka Senanayake A milk white dome with a long conical object pointing skyward from its apex sits partly hidden from view amidst trees and buildings in a dip beside a junction of two main arterial roads, the  Athlon and Drakeford Drives at Tuggeranong in the Australian `Bush Capital’ of Canberra. Unique to Canberra it […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුන විදුහල්පති ගුරු වැටුප් විෂමතා ඉවත් කරන ලෙස ආන්ඩුවට බල කරමින් එලැඹෙන 13 වැනිදා අසනීප නිවාඩු වාර්තා කිරීමේ වෘත්තීය ක්‍රියාමාර්ගයට ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන අධ්‍යාපන සේවා සංගමයේ සහාය පල කරන බව එම සංගමයේ සභාපති වසන්තා හදපාන්ගොඩ මහත්මිය පැවසීය. ඒ අනුව එලැඹෙන 13 වැනිදා අසනීප නිවාඩු වාර්තා කරමින් සේවයට වාර්තා නොකරන ලෙස සිය සංගමයේ […]

අද මාධ්‍ය හමුවට සහභාගි වූ නියෝජිතයින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුනේ සභාපති මහාචාර්ය ජි. එල්. පීරිස් මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී රෝහිත අබේගුණවර්ධන මහතා ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුනේ සභාපති , මහාචාර්ය ජි. එල් පීරිස් මහතා අභීයාචනාධිකරණය ඉදිරියේ අපේ හිටපු මහඇමැතිවරුන් දෙදෙනෙක් පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණය නොපැවැත්වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් නඩු පවරලා තියෙනවා. මේ නඩුව ජනතාවගේ සර්ව ජන ඡන්ද බලයට සම්බන්ධයි. මේ වෙද්දි […]

Dr sarath obeysekera Walkers Trinco Shipyard SLPA Trinco and Navy ISPS were not happy for doing this in Codbay  despite permisson  from Chairman fishery harbour corporation SLPA Harbour Master has theatened to arreast me I went on Sunday ready to be arrested and yet i felt good when i finished With no hand cuffs Trick […]

By  Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN* Courtesy mediapart.fr   Did you know many African countries continue to pay colonial tax to France since their independence till today! When Sékou Touré of Guinea decided in 1958 to get out of french colonial empire, and opted for the country independence, the french colonial elite in Paris got so furious, and […]

තමන් නායකත්වය දෙන ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය සහ හිටපු ජනපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂගේ නොනිල නායකත්වය යටතේ පවතින ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදු ජන පෙරමුණ අතර පොදු සන්ධානයක් ඇතිකර ගැනීම සඳහා ජනපතිවරයා මහත් වෙහෙසක් දරමින් සිටී. එහෙත් එහි ප්‍රතිඵල නෙළාගැනීමට තවත් කාලයක් ගතවනු ඇත. පසුගිය සතියේ නොයෙක් කටකතා පළවුවත් ඒවායේ සදහන් වූ ආකාරයට ජනපතිවරයා සහ මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අතර […]

Courtesy http://en.people.cn BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhuanet) — Poverty alleviation in China is an amazing victory for the Chinese people and a model for the rest of the world, said Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Dr. Karunasena Kodituwakku during an exclusive interview with Xinhuanet recently. Official figures show that over the past 40 years, China has […]

By Prof. Tissa Vitarana General Secretary, LSSP Courtesy Ceylon Today The 2019 Budget comes as the last one of this Government. The people have experienced four years of an open market economy” and practically everyone in different walks of life complain that they feel dissatisfied, find it difficult to work and live the way they did […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe  Courtesy Ceylon Today Though the Budget is always given huge publicity, by the Media, and becomes the topic of the town, majority of people remain clueless as to what it contains. The ordinary citizen whose discipline is not in accountancy or economics, do not know how to analyse the Budget and find the […]

The police have seized 161 kg of heroin at Rawatawatta in Moratuwa from a suspected criminal gang member’s house. The haul was recovered from the house of an acquaintance of the drug kingpin Makandure Madush” named Kelum Indika Sampath alias Kevuma”. The police have arrested two persons and 3000 T-56 live ammunition along with the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Japan has agreed to grant loan assistance of USD 1,800 million for the Light Rail Transit System (LRT) project that is to be implemented this year as a solution for the traffic congestion on Colombo city and suburbs, the Ministry of Finance stated, issuing a press release. Accordingly, the Japan […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 11 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s Meteorology Department, on Monday issued an ‘extreme heat’ advisory as temperatures in several districts across the island is expected to rise further in the coming days. The Department, in a statement, cautioned the public to take appropriate precautions to avoid any health-related issues caused by the […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The budget Speech with the proposals for 2019 presented to the parliament clearly reflected that the government has failed to develop or open right policies to take the country to a right path for rapid development and a sustainable growth. Since 1957 Sri Lanka has been sticked to wrong budget policies and […]

By Udaya P Gammanpila Courtesy Ceylon Today The glorious King Ravana ruled Sri Lanka 4,500 years ago.  He was known as ‘Dasabala’ because of his expert knowledge in ten different subjects. Somebody may allege that Ravana’s achievements have been exaggerated by historians. Surprisingly, King Ravana’s abilities and achievements have been elaborated not by his followers but […]