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Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror Non-Cabinet Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution, Harsha de Silva said yesterday Madrasas or Muslim religious schools should be monitored by the Ministry of Education like what happens with Pirivenas. However, the newly formulated Madrasa Schools Regulation Bill stipulates that it should be handled by […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today An officer attached to the United States (US) Embassy in Sri Lanka has taken several Sri Lankan Judges for a seminar in the US with the intention of interfering with the affairs of the Courts, United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila alleged yesterday (8). Gammanpila made this allegation during the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s security forces have made more arrests in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks as search operations continue across the island with the participation of thousands of tri-forces troops and police personnel.  A suspect was arrested in Kattankudy by Police, Thursday night (9). Investigations have revealed that the suspect had maintained close […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara says that attempts are being made to create a false fear that the country’s intelligence units were weakened under the incumbent government. He said that the intelligence units had done their duty correctly in the recent past and that it was them who alerted about the possible terror attacks […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Maithripala Sirisena said that he is not intimidated by terrorism and that he would fulfill the responsibility of building a peaceful country after eradicating terrorism. The President said that the law will be enforced against anyone who is responsible for the attacks on April 21, the President’s Media Division said. He said […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Revised 12.5.19. 17.5.19 India had sent three alerts about the Easter Sunday bomb blasts. The first alert was on April 4.  The second alert was sent on the 11th. A third alert was sent two hours before the first suicide blast, it had the names of three churches. According to Hindustan Times  there […]

Dr. Daya Hewavitharana. Nalanda was the first residential university in the history of the world. The Nalanda campus was an exceptionally impressive place, which included many impressive chetiyas, temples, monasteries, hostels, lecture halls, meditation halls, libraries, even parkland with lakes. The three great libraries of Nalanda were: Ratnasagara, Ratnadadhi and Ratnaranjaka. Inscriptional evidence (Yasovarmadeva) reveals that […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 10 May 2019 Mayor John ToryCity Hall, 2nd Floor100 Queen Street WToronto, OntarioM5H 2N2 Dear Mayor John Tory: A friend of mine sent me a copy of your Proclamation – Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, May 18, 2019” Sweet Mother of Jesus, is this true […]

Mahinda Gunasekera Tambrook Drive, Agincourt, Toronto, Ontario Canada     10 May 2019 Mayor John Tory City Hall, 2nd Floor   100 Queen Street W Toronto, Ontario M5H 2N2       Mayor Patrick BrownCity of Brampton2 Wellington Street WestBrampton, OntarioL6Y 4R2 Dear Mayors John Tory and Mayor Patrick Brown, Re: Proclamation of May 18, 2019 as […]

Press Release Pathfinder Foundation Spatial Planning and Regional Development was the theme of the recently held roundtable jointly organized by the Pathfinder Foundation (PF) and the Academy of Macroeconomic Research (AMR) of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China. The AMR delegation that visited Colombo, was headed by Director General Dr. Gao Guoli. […]

Courtesy REUTERS COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s army commander Mahesh Senanayake said the threat of more Islamist militant attacks had been contained and the security services had dismantled most of the network linked to the Easter Sunday bombings.Sri Lanka’s Army commander Mahesh Senanayake speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Army Headquarters in Colombo, […]

Courtesy Mail Online A Sri Lankan Muslim man prays in Colombo on May 3, 2019. The government has ordered mosques to clamp down on extremism and submit copies of sermons The Sri Lankan government on Friday ordered mosques to clamp down on extremists and to submit copies of sermons in new fallout from the Easter […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror State Minister of Defence, Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday an investigation had been launched to find out how Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M. Hisbullah’s son had managed to obtain shares worth Rs.500 million in the controversial Batticaloa Campus. He said this in response to a question asked by United National Party (UNP) MP […]

Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa today urged the government to appoint a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) with full powers to probe the Easter Sunday attack, ascertain the historical background behind it and recommend the steps to be taken to prevent such disasters in the future. He told […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Pulasthini Rajendran alias Sarah, the wife of the suicide bomber at St. Sebastian’s Church in Katuwapitiya, was allegedly abducted and forced to convert to Islam, Pulasthini’s mother claimed, speaking to Indian media. According to Pulasthini’s mother, her daughter, who had been a devout Hindu, is now being held by Abdul Razik, the Secretary […]

Courtesy Adaderana A buried cache of explosives belonging to the Sainthamaruthu suicide bombers have been recovered from the Kattankudy beach, Police Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara said. The explosives were found buried in the beach area along Beach Road in Kattankudy based on information received by intelligence units. Speaking at a press briefing in Colombo today […]

Courtesy Adaderana MP Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero claims that three years ago intelligence officers had given the President a report regarding extremist group arming themselves and shootouts between these groups, but no action was taken out of fear of Muslim politicians. He made these comments during an event held today (10) for the launch of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government on Friday ordered mosques to clamp down on extremists and to submit copies of sermons in new fallout from the Easter suicide bombings that left 258 dead. The country has been on edge since the April 21 attacks by jihadist bombers who attacked three churches and three Colombo hotels which also […]

Courtesy Adaderana Rear Admiral (Retd.) Sarath Weerasekera says that only one law should exist for all races within the country and that there can be no separate universities and laws only for Muslims. He made these comments while delivering a speech at an event organized by the Patriotic National Movement in Paris on Thursday (9). […]

Courtesy Adaderana Police have arrested another individual suspected to be linked to the Easter Sunday attackers, along with gold and over Rs 8.3 million in cash in the Maradana area. Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said the suspect, Buhari Mohamed Rafik, was arrested yesterday (09) by Slave Island Police. He said that over Rs 8.3 […]

By Kanthar Balanathan DipEE(UK), DipBus&Adm(Finance-Massey), GradCert(Rel-Eng. Monash), CEng. MIEE This article does not reflect on all Muslims, however, restricts only to those maniacs with a Nymphomaniac, selfish, self-destruct, murderous, and Muslims with psychological and psychiatric disorders. Islamophobia It is of the general opinion that the so-called Islamic ethnic groups are like that of a winged […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane Advisor to the President of Sri Lanka March 2009 The following is an article I wrote ten years ago, in March 2009, and published in the Lankaweb in the same year, warning the then government to take necessary action immediately on the establishment of Muslim Madrasas, so that possible problems in the […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 8 May 2019 Mayor Jim Watson & Councillor Tim Tierney (Beacon Hill)City of Ottawa110 Laurier WestOttawa, OnK1P 1J1 Your Worship Jim Watson & Councillor Tim Tierney: Re:  The intention of Tamil Canadians wanting the City of Ottawa to Declare May 18, 2019 as […]

Ben Silva The present day Muslims are descendants of Yemani and Arab traders. They married local Sinhala woman. Ancient Sinhala Kings defended the Muslims from the aggression of Portuguese and Dutch invaders,  who would have wiped out the Muslims. In general the Muslims lived in peace with the Sinhalese. However, an aggressive flavour of Islam, […]

විශේෂඥ කායික වෛද්‍ය සුනිල් සෙනෙවිරත්න ඈපා වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග විසින් ලියන ලද වෛද්‍යවරයෙකුගේ සිහි සටහන්  නම් කෘතිය පුද්ගලික අත්දැකීම් සමුදායක් මෙන්ම අගනා සමාජ  විවරණයක්ද වෙයි. ඔහුගේ අත්දැකීම් පරාසය ඉතා පුළුල්‍ ය. එය අන්තර්ජාතික පථයක් දක්වා විහිදී යයි.  ලෝකයේ විවිධ ජාතීන් සමග ඔහු විසින් ගොඩ නගා ගන්නා ලද සබඳතා ජාතීන් අතර තිබිය යුතු සංහිඳියාව පිලිබඳව […]

Sunil Vijaya Perhaps Tribalism is ingrain in most Sri Lankans and every one of us goes through this phase in our life time yet the depth to which it has penetrated in individuals depends to what degree of conditioning the individual has gone through.  Subtle forms of tribalism such as a school, university are common […]

අද (21) පැවැති ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුනේ මාධ්‍ය හමුව අද (21) පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවට සහභාගි වු නියෝජිතයින්   ■             පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී  තාරක බාලසූරිය මහතා  ■             පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී   ඉන්දික අනුරුද්ද මහතා  ■             නිවැරදි ප්‍රවෘත්තිය මාධ්‍ය ඒසසේ විකාශනය නොවීමෙන් සිද්ධ වෙන්නේ වැරදි පුවත් සමාජගත වීමයි. ■             මද්‍රසා වැනි අන්තවාදි අදහස් පෝෂණය කරන පාසල් තහනම් විය යුතුයි. ■             මුස්ලිම් […]