Sudath Gunasekara 10.3.2019. The whole nation wants the President to declare the US Ambassador persona non grata immediately as she is clearly and blatantly interfering with our domestic politics in which she has no business as a Diplomat. Only last week she visited Hambantota port with a CIA Agent and now it is followed by […]

By Palitha M Senanayake The recent utterance about the sanitary facilities in Hambanthota district during the Budget speech by Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Hon. Mangala Samaraweera is typical of his flippant character and political opportunism. He stated that ‘even though the roads of Hambanthota district are paved beyond expectations there are 15,000 houses without toilet […]

Sugath Samarrsinghe This country has been on a quest to find a system of government since the State Council days, that will best suite the genius of the people, since the change in 1815. We came by the executive presidential system, whatever its original motives were, and it has been with us for the last […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Revised 12.34.19 This essay examines two aspects of the Tamil language issue, language rights” and the support of the Marxist/Leftist political parties for the Tamil language. The Tamil language lobby argued that the Tamils of Sri Lanka had ‘language rights’. However, the UN  Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or […]

ජනමාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයය ලංකා ගුරුසේවා සංගමය. – Ceylon Teacher’s Services Union. Ctsu Lanka 2019. 03. 08 ගරු අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය, අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් මැතිතුමා, අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශය, ඉසුරුපාය, බත්තරමුල්ල. අමාත්‍යතුමණි, ජාතික පාසල් විදුහල්පති තනතුරු පුරප්පාඩු සම්බන්ධවයි. ජාතික පාසල් 354 න් 302 ක විදුහල්පති තනතුරු පුරප්පාඩුව පැවතීම සම්බන්ධව අප සංගමය විසින් දිගින් දිගටම පෙන්වා දුන් අතර ඒවා කඩිනමින් පිරවීමට […]

මාර්තු මස 13 වන දින ගුරු ගැටලු විසඳීමට බලකරන, උද්ඝෝෂණය හා රැලිය පිළිබදව දැනුවත් කිරීමේ මාධ්‍ය හමුව අද(03-10) පැවැත්විණ. මේ මාධ්‍ය හමුව සදහා ලංකා ගුරු සංගමය ස්වාධීන අධ්‍යාපන සේවක සංගමය ඒකාබද්ධ ගුරු සේවා සංගමය නිදහස් ලංකා පුරෝගාමී ගුරු සංගමය ලංකා ප්‍රගති ගුරු සංගමය ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් ගුරු සංගමය ශ්‍රේණිධාරී විදුහල්පති සේවා සංගමය ගුරු විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ […]

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nation Geneva Sri Lanka has a longstanding history in preserving and nurturing the environment, and has made considered policies and programmes making the environment an enduring aspect of its sustainable national development”, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative in Geneva, Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez stated. Addressing the 2019 World Wildlife […]

RANJITH SOYSA March 8, 2019, 12:00 pm The UN’s highest court recently ruled that the UK’s claim of sovereignty over the Chagos Islands is illegal. It was stated that the UK’s continued administration of the islands “constitutes a wrongful act entailing the international responsibility of that state”. Mauritius reported to the courts that the UK forced […]

Britain our advice is not to judge Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces by the way your soldiers acted on instructions of the British Colonial Governor. If we thought theses atrocities carried out were only during colonial rule, we have been sadly mistaken as the Bloody Sunday massacre in Ireland in 1972 & the British crimes in […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS There is no doubt that the grave yard uncovered by Sri Lanka’s government in Mannar, was a sacrifice of Catholic faith during the Dutch era.  When we attended to Catholic festivals in the Madu Church in the past, the incident was publicly memorised by the Catholic Church and special prayers were conducted […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 8 (newsin.asia): Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Sri Lankan Defense and Urban Development Secretary and younger brother of the country’ fifth President Mahinda Rajapaksa, is confident of getting elected as President of Sri Lanka at the end this year. He said in an interview here on Wednesday, that his confidence rests on […]

Sudath Gunasekara 8.3.2019. Sirisena: Looking at the world map to find the next county he should visit before expiring his term while dreaming as to how he could become the President for a second term Rnil W: Scheming and dreaming to oust or eliminate Sirisena to become the President as he knows that he can […]

Janaka Perera President Maithripala Sirisena will be the Chief Guest at the ceremonial opening of the Buddha Shrine of the International Cambodian Buddhist Centre Kaduwela on Saturday March 9. The distinguished Cambodian guest will be Her Eminence Mahopasika Sok Im. The event will be Co-Chaired by the Most Venerable Napana Pemasiri Mahanayaka Thera, Chief Sangha […]

RANJITH SOYSA The UN ‘s highest court recently ruled that the UK’s claim of sovereignty of the Chagos Isands is illegal. It was stated that the UK’s continued administration of the islands ” constitutes a wrongful act entailing the international responsibility of that state”. Mauritius reported to the courts that the UK forced her to […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ ප්‍රමුඛ විපක්ෂයේ ඒකාබද්ධ මැයිදින රැළිය මෙවර බොරැල්ල කැම්බල් පිටියේ පැවැත්විමට තීරණය කර ඇත. මේ සදහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොලීසියේ එකගතාවය මත කොළඹ නගර සභාවට මුදල් ‌ගෙවා පිටිය වෙන්කර ගැනීමට ද ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ පියවර ගෙන තිබේ. මැයි දින පැවැත්වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ප්‍රධාන දේශපාලන පක්ෂ නියෝජිතයින්ගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් කොළඹ දිසාව […]

මානව හිමිකම් මුවාවෙන් කෙරෙන රණවිරු දඩයමට, මැතිවරණ කල් දැමීමට, ඒකිය රට දෙකඩ කරන ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝදනවලට එරෙහිව හා සියලු ජාත්‍යන්තර මැදිහත්වීම්වලට එරෙහිව ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් ‌කොමිෂම ඉදිරිපිට මාර්තු 10 ඉරිදා සවස 1ට පැවැත්වෙන උද්ඝෝෂණය සදහා මහාචාර්ය චන්න ජයසුමන මහතා සහභාගි වෙයි. ඒ සදහා චන්න ජයසුමන මහතා  හෙට පිටත්ව යන අතර ශ්‍රී ලාංකිය දේශප්‍රේමි ජනතාව සමග අත්වැල් […]

මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාව  ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ අද දින (08* මාධ්‍යහමුවට සහභාගි වූ නියෝජිතයින් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී කනක හේරත් මහතා  පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී ඩි. වි. චානක මහතා  පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී කාංචන විජේසේකර මහතා  පාසල් දරුවෝ 14ටත් ඉටුනොවෙන සිහිනයක් පෙන්නලා  කෘෂිකර්මය විනාශ කරපු මොඞ් ගොවියා කියනවා පරාක‍්‍රමබාහු රජුට පස්සේ තමන්ලූ රට ස්වයංපෝෂිත කලේ.  ජැක් පොට් වගේ කැස්නෝ ගමට ගෙනිහින් ගමේ සූදුව […]

මාධ්‍යට කිව්වට පලක් නැ. සංහිදියාවට බාධා වෙයිනේ ඒ නිසා ප‍්‍රචාරය කරන එකක් නැ https://www.facebook.com/fortune2020/posts/2348767562020145

By  D.B.S. Jeyaraj Courtesy The Daily Mirror Gota would’ve been a political casualty if MR-MS’ Oct. 26 coup succeeded Imperative for Rajapaksas to pick candidate with best chance of winning Is former President Mahinda Rajapaksa playing fair by his younger brother Gotabaya as far as the presidential election candidate issue is concerned? This question has popped […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 8 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s Transport and Civil Aviation Ministry, on Friday, launched special ‘all female compartments’ in passenger trains travelling throughout the island in order to ensure the safety of female passengers, local media said. The additional compartments were unveiled on Friday morning, coinciding with International Women’s Day, on the […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 8 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s national air carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, operated its first all female crew flight from Colombo to Singapore and back on Friday to celebrate International Women’s Day, the airline said in a statement. The UL306 flight took off from Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport on Friday morning carrying […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Presidential Commission of Inquiry has decided to investigate a complaint lodged against a financial irregularity committed through the ‘Suraksha’ insurance operated by the Ministry of Education. The complaint was filed by UNP Parliamentarian Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe yesterday (07). He claims that this insurance has not drawn any benefit for school children and irregularity […]

Courtesy Adaderana The CID officer arrested in the act of accepting a bribe of Rs 80,000 has been remanded until March 22nd by the Colombo Magistrate. The suspect, who was arrested by the Bribery Commission yesterday (07), was produced before the Colombo Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne. The Bribery Commission informed the court that the officer in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet says the lack of progress” shows that the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka should remain firmly on the agenda of the UN Human Rights Council. In the latest report on Sri Lanka by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for […]

BY IDAH Z. PSWARAYI-RIDDIHOUGH Courtesy http://blogs.worldbank.org It’s International Women’s Day today, and there is a lot to celebrate in Sri Lanka and beyond. Being a woman, mother, sister, aunt – name it, it’s something women wake up to daily and they love it.  None of them question about being enumerated for these roles.  We marvel and revel in […]

BY IDAH Z. PSWARAYI-RIDDIHOUGH  http://blogs.worldbank.org This International Women’s Day I chose to have a conversation with a lady who is recognized as the leading Sri Lankan woman entrepreneur, Mrs. Aban Pestonjee. Her story is an inspiration to youth (male and female) and women who are afraid of failure and taking risks. Starting from a modest home-based business, […]

Sithum Chathuranga and Romesh Madusanka Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Carbon dating report from the Beta Analytic Institute of Florida, USA has revealed that the skeletal remains found in the Mannar mass grave dates back to a period between 1499 and 1719 AD (Anno Domini). However, the analysts are of the opinion that it was impossible […]

වන්නි රොමේෂ් මධුෂංඛ lanka C news මන්නාරම් සමූහ මිණීවලේ කාල නිර්ණය සඳහා වූ කාබන් පරික්ෂණයේ වාර්ථාව අද (07) මන්නාරම් අධිකරණය මගින් ප්‍රසිද්ධියට පත් කරන ලදි. මේ අනුව ඇමරිකාවේ ෆෝරීඩාහි පිහිටි බීටා ඇනලටික් නැමති රසායනාගාරයට ලබා දුන් මන්නාරම් සමූහ මිණීවලෙන් රැගත් සාම්ඵල 6ම වාර්ථාව අද දින පසිද්ධියට පත් කරමින් එලි දක්වා තිබුනේ සමූහ මිණීවලේ ඇටසැකිලි වල කාල […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Lately we find that there are over seven Buddhist channels in Sri Lanka .In other religious countries you will not find so many religious channels .When you scroll internet you will find thousands of YOUTUBE Buddhist sermons and mediation classes. Some monks and laymen who practice meditation and  deliver sermons claim the […]

Tensions between Pakistan and India remain high after Pakistan shot down Indian fighter jets. Is the militancy of Israel’s right wing politicians spreading into India? Join Jake for a discussion on the topic. https://youtu.be/CII61e1GZus