Sri Lanka’s debt crisis and Chinese loans – separating myth from reality. By Umesh Moramudali Sri Lanka is often portrayed as a country that fell into a debt trap as a result of public investment projects financed by China. One such investment project was Hambantota port, which was leased to China Merchant Port Holdings Limited (CM […]

G Parthasarathy Courtesy The Hindu The people of Sri Lanka have shown courage, wisdom and resilience in recovering from the traumatic effects of the country’s brutal ethnic conflict between 1983 and 2010. An estimated 47,000 Tamil civilians, 27,000 LTTE members, 50,000 Sinhala civilians, 23,790 Sri Lankan soldiers and 1,500 members of the Indian Peace Keeping Force […]

Jon Grevatt, Bangkok – Jane’s Defence Weekly China has agreed to provide aid worth USD14 million to Sri Lanka to procure Chinese-made counter-insurgency equipment, it was announced on 14 May. The funding – pledged during Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s visit to Beijing – is intended to boost the capability of Sri Lanka’s security forces, the […]

Courtesy VOA COLOMBO —  Sri Lanka said on Wednesday hardline Buddhist groups were likely to blame for a wave of anti-Muslim riots that swept the island this week in apparent retaliation for Easter bombings by Islamist militants. The April 21 attacks, claimed by Islamic State, targeted churches and hotels, killing more than 250 people and […]

යුතුකම මාධ්‍ය හමුව 2019-05-09 මුස්ලිම් ජන සමාජයේ යුතුකම?ගෙවිඳු කුමාරතුංග https://www.facebook.com/yuthukama/videos/439840123512640/ https://www.facebook.com/yuthukama/videos/439840123512640/?v=439840123512640

ලසන්ත වික්‍රමසිංහ උපුටා ගැන්ම  යුතුකම සංවාද කවය කුස්සියෙන් එළියක් පෙනෙන නිසා අම්මා පාන්දරම අවදි වී ඉඳි ආප්ප තම්බන බව නුවන්ට වැටහුණි. නිදිගැට කඩාදමමින් කුස්සියට ගිය නුවන් කළයෙන් වතුර ස්වල්පයක් ගෙන කට සෝදා පිළිකන්නේ මිදුලට විසි කළේය. අම්මා ඉඳි ආප්ප  වංගෙඩිය තෙරපවමින් ඉදි ආප්ප වට්ටි මතට කවාකාර රැළි එකතු කරමින් උන්නාය.  “කෝ දෙන්න ඕක. අම්මා සම්බෝල ටික හදන්නකො” “තව […]

ඉසුරු ප්‍රසංග යුතුකම සංවාද කවය ප්‍රධාන ප්‍රශ්නය ඔබේ ජාතික ලැයිස්තුව තුළ ත්‍රස්තවාදියෙකු සිටීම නොවේ. එය නොදන්නාකම නිසා වූ අතපසුවීමක් යැයි මොහොතකට සිතමු. එහෙත් එදා පටන් කිසිදු මුස්ලිම් අන්තවාදයක් රටේ නැතැයි කියමින්, නැති බෞද්ධ අන්තවාදයකට පහර දෙමින් ඔබේ පක්ෂය අනුගමනය කළ පිළිවෙත කුමක්ද? මුස්ලිම් අන්තවාදයට නොනවත්වා මතවාදීආරක්ෂාව සැපයීම ත්‍රස්තවාදියෙකු ජාතික ලැයිස්තුවේ තබාගෙන සිටීමට වඩා අතිශයින් විනාශකාරීය. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Leader of the Opposition Mahinda Rajapaksa says he is not at all satisfied with most of the decisions and actions taken so far by the Government following the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks. According to a statement issued by his Media Secretary, taking decisions relating to the present situation prevailing in the country is […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The police have arrested a wanted suspect who had allegedly assisted the suicide bomber at the Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo to purchase a white-coloured van, used by the bomber at St. Anthony’s Church in Kochchikade to arrive at the location. The Criminal Investigation Department had carried out extensive investigations into this van in […]

To millions of Sri Lankans the Easter Sunday tragedy must have seemed a nightmare come true, a frightening déjà vu of the rampant violence this island nation has known for thirty years of LTTE terror (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam). The horrific attacks in which estimated 253 lost their lives and many hundreds were wounded signaled that […]

On 21st April 2019 Islamic suicide bombers struck at 8 venues instantly killing some 250 plus people and injuring over 800 some of whom have succumbed to their wounds. Some 36 foreigners have also perished. Foreigners or locals – innocent people were targeted and the tragedy is that intel reports were received since 4th April […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 14 (newsin.asia): The head of the Catholic church in Sri Lanka, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, told newspersons here on Tuesday, that the clashes in the North-Western Provinces have no religious nuances and that the attacks on Muslim properties appear to have been carried out by political and not religious elements. What we […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror An invisible hand with political motives is behind the violence reported from the North-Western Province and in Minuwangoda, the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and Ven. Ittapane Dhammalankara Mahanayaka Thera told a news conference today. The Thera said it was clear that some invisible hand had misled the people two […]

On 21st April 2019 Islamic suicide bombers struck at 8 venues instantly killing some 250 plus people and injuring over 800 some of whom have succumbed to their wounds. Some 36 foreigners have also perished. Foreigners or locals – innocent people were targeted and the tragedy is that intel reports were received since 4th April […]

by Asoka Bandarage Sri Lanka has been convulsed since the nine coordinated suicide-bomb attacks against Christian churches and five-star hotels on Easter Sunday. More than 250 people lost their lives and many others were injured on that fateful day. More terrorist suspects and vast amounts of explosives and equipment continue to be found in mosques, […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS After the Easter Sunday attacks in Catholic Churches and Tourist Hotels in Colombo and Suburban areas, it seems that various comments and policy ideas have been published in media during the past several weeks. Many of publications were in the English language which attracted only a few readers and listeners.  The history […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Introduction The question in the title is relevant to the current crisis in Sri Lanka. The sudden (actually, it was not sudden, it was years in the making, as it shockingly transpires now) incursion of ISIS terror is the only significant ‘foreign direct investment’ that the Yahapalana government has attracted, that […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The current political situation in Sri Lanka arguably becoming extremely complex and convoluted by the hour.  The majority of Sri Lankans have expressed their lack of confidence in the government since the Good Friday attack. In spite of government assurances, the parents are refusing to send their loving children to […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane Buddhists account for about 95% of the population of Thailand and most foreigners refer to it as the Land of Yellow Robes”. Buddhism has been the established ‘religion’ or spiritual force in Thailand for many centuries, according to some historic sources, since the 9th century, and therefore has had a marked influence […]

Talk with Chatura https://youtu.be/TbCtY1uGKHQ නාරා ටී අරුණ්කාන්තන් සමස්ත ලංකා හින්දු සම්මේලනයේ සභාපතිවරයායි, අප්‍රේල් 21 වනදා බෝම්බ ප්‍රාහාරය එල්ලවීමට ප්‍රථම එම ත්‍රස්ත ක්‍රියා සම්බන්දව හින්දු ජනතාව බොහෝ තොරතුරු ලබා දී ඇත,ඔවුන්ට එහීදී තොරතුරු සන්නිවේදනය සදහා ඔවුන් කතාකරන දමිළ බස ඉවහල් වී ඇත,ඔවුන් කියන්නේ රටේ වෙනදේවල් ඇත්තටම දනගන්න දමිළ බස ඉගෙනගන්න කියායි, නැගෙනහිර පලාතේ සිදුවන අන්තවාදී ආක්‍රමණය […]

BEN SILVA  According to scientific theory, the universe evolved from a  big bang and not a creation of god. There is theory, mathematics and scientific evidence to support the ‘big bang’   theory.Science is continuously evolving and scientists reject theories that do not agree with evidence. Scientists can challenge each other and very few theories remain […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Call Spade a Spade! Sudden burst of Muslim fundamentalism leading to Terror did not spring over-night! More Devastation Using High Technology-in-the-Air! Both Literally & Metaphorically! Muslim Islamism has been spreading its murderous seeds of radicalism seriously since 9/11.  Single terrorist attacks took place in Brussels, London, several EU cities The Madrasses in […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera These articles were found in the papers today .It was an interesting subject rather than lamenting about Terrorists who are eagerly waiting to go to heaven to have sex!   (for a change ) Youngsters and grownups in Sri Lanka go on strike to protect their rights by protesting in the  streets or […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුනේ මාධ්‍ය ප‍්‍රකාශනය රිෂාඞ් බදියුදින් අමාත්‍යවරයාට එරෙහිව විශ්වාසභංග යෝජනාවක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විරුද්ධත්වය පල කළ බවට ප‍්‍රචාරය වන අදහසෙහි කිසිදු සත්‍යතාවක් නොමැති බව ඉතා වගකීමෙන් ප‍්‍රකාශ කරමි. අද උදෑසන පැවැති ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂයේ පක්ෂ නායක රැුස්වීමේ දී ඉහත කාරණාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් කරුණු සාකච්ඡුාවට ගෙන ඇති නමුත් එහි දී රිෂාඞ් බදියුදින් අමාත්‍යවරයාට […]

By Methmalie Dissanayake Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader and Parliamentarian Udaya Prabhath Gammanpila yesterday (13) said, both the PHU and National Freedom Front (NFF) would not support any politician that obtains support from Western Province Governor Azath Salley and Minister Rishad Bathiudeen to form a Government at future Elections. He made this remark during a […]

Courtesy CGTN Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized that the Chinese government and people stand firmly with the Sri Lankan people and resolutely support Sri Lanka in safeguarding its national security and stability. President Xi made the remarks while meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday in Beijing. Both sides need to maintain the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Twenty-six parliamentarians have added their signatures to a no-confidence motion against Minister of Industry & Commerce, Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons, Co-operative Development and Vocational Training & Skills Development Rishad Bathiudeen. However, a final decision on the motion will be taken by the Joint Opposition at their group meeting scheduled to be held […]

Courtesy Adaderana An island-wide police curfew will be enforced from 9.00 pm today, says Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara. The curfew will be in effect until 4.00 am tomorrow (15). Meanwhile, a 12-hour police curfew will commence within the North Western province from 6.00 pm today and it will last until 6.00 am tomorrow […]

Courtesy Adaderana One of the Easter Sunday suicide bombers, who attempted to bomb the luxury Taj Samudra hotel in Sri Lanka capital Colombo, was radicalised by British-Pakistani radical preacher Anjem Choudary while he was studying at a university in London, according to a media report. Abdul Latheef Mohamed Jameel, 37, who was from a wealthy […]