Archive for May, 2019
Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington DC The Embassy of Sri Lanka together with the Washington National Cathedral jointly organized an Interfaith Service of Prayer and Remembrance dedicated for the people of Sri Lanka at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington DC on Sunday, 05th May 2019 The event was organized to remember the victims […]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Courtesy Lloyd’s List Intelligence RO-RO TRANSHIPMENT OPERATIONS AT THE PORT. IN 2018, HIPG DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF RO-RO VESSELS HANDLED DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR HIP is the latest addition to Sri Lanka’s network of harbours, currently being developed in different parts of the island. The expansion is an initiative of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), to […]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Courtesy The United States Department of Justice A Hudson County, New Jersey, woman was convicted today on charges of forced labor, alien harboring for financial gain, and marriage fraud, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito for the District of New Jersey. Alia Imad Faleh Al […]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
lanka C news අද මෙරට තුළ කිසිදු සහජීවනයක් නැති බවත් සහජීවනය යනු පට්ටපල් බොරුවක් බවත් එක්සත් ජනතා සන්ධානයේ මහනුවර දිස්ත්රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී කෙහෙළිය රඹුක්වැල්ල මහතා පවසයි. අද ආගම් මුල්කරගෙන දේශපාලන පක්ෂ බිහිවන බවත් පාසල් බිහි කරන බවත් මේ ගැන වහා සොයා බැලිය යුතු බවත් මන්ත්රීවරයා සඳහන් කළේය. අලි පැටව් තියාගත්තා කියා පන්සල්වලට නඩු දැමුවත් කඩු […]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
lanka C news අද වන විට සියළු මුස්ලිම් සංවිධානද එක එකා පාවා දෙමින් සිටින බව කොටුවේ පොඩි හාමුදුරුවෝ පවසති. අල්ලා හිටියනම් මුන්ගෙ බෙල්ල කපනවා යයිද උන් වහන්සේ අන්තර්ජාල වීඩියෝවක් නිකුත් කරමින් සදහන් කර ඇත. එම වීඩියෝව මෙරට යූ ටියුබ් භාවිත කරන්නන් අතරේ මුල් තැනට පත්ව තිබේ.
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
lanka C news සෑම මුස්ලිම් ජාතිකයෙකුගෙන් නිවසකම කඩුවක් තිබෙන බව ශ්රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කවුන්සිලය නායක එන්.එම්. අමීන් මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. සමස්ථ ලංකා ජමියතුල් උලමා සංවිධානය විසින් කොළඹදී කැදවි තිබූ මාධ්ය හමුවකදී ඔහු කියා සිටියේ එම කඩු ආදිය තබාගෙන සිටින්නේ ආත්මාරක්ෂාවට බවයි. විශේෂයෙන්ම නිවෙස් වල සිටින ගැහැනු දරුවන් ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීමට මෙම කඩු තබාගෙන සිටින බවද […]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
පාස්කු ඉරිදා ත්රස්තවාදි ප්රහාරය පිළිබඳ පාර්ලිමේන්තු විවාදය අමතමින් පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා මෙසේ අදහස් පල කලේය. මේ දින වල රෑට රූපවාහිනියේ ප්රවෘත්ති බලන විට උදේට පත්තර බලන විට අපට හිතෙන්නේ අපි ජීවත්වෙන්නේ පාවෙන අවි ගබඩාවකද කියලයි. මුළු රටම එකම අවි ගබඩාවක් බව තමයි ප්රවෘත්ති වලින් අපි දකින්නේ. හැමදාම ජෙලිග්නයිට් කූරු […]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Courtesy The Island State Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene told Parliament, yesterday, that the government would hold an investigation to find out how son of Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M. Hisbullah had secured shares amounting to 500 million rupees in the proposed Sharia University in Batticaloa. The University is a gift from Saudi Arabia. President Maithripala Sirisena […]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
By Abdul Samad Saleem Courtesy Ceylon Today The 8 January 2015 will go down as a date that Sri Lanka changed forever. A country with abundance of resources, a multi-billion dollar geographical location, and unmatched human excellence was destined to become a graveyard. Sri Lankans voted in this government expecting CHANGE. A change that was […]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
By Sumanasiri Liyanage Courtesy Ceylon Today ‘Fanatics have their dreams wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect.’– John Keats Some commentators analysed the governmental change on 8 January 2015 as a revolution although no clear explanation was given as to why they deployed the term that refers to somewhat total transformation. My Longman Dictionary […]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Maithripala Sirisena said one of the masterminds who orchestrated the Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka was arrested in Saudi Arabia a couple of days ago. The President said this during a meeting with the representatives of Muslim Civil Organizations including the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulema (ACJU) at the […]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Sandun A Jayasekera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Minister and joint opposition stalwart S.B.Dissanayaka continuing his verbal battle with Commerce and Industries Minister Rishad Bathiudeen yesterday said the government had ample evidence to arrest minister Bathiudeeen and a team of joint opposition members including him would urge President Maithripala Sirisena to direct law enforcement authorities […]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Nimanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday informed the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court that the two suicide bombers, who blew themselves up at the Shangri-la Hotel in Colombo, had rented out at least six houses in various parts of the country and used them time to time. Accordingly, Mohamed Cassim […]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today informed the Colombo Magistrate’s Court that three persons including the brother of the suicide bomber who attacked the St. Anthony’s Church in Kochchikade have been arrested and detained. The CID informed the court that the three suspects are being detained and interrogated by the police based on […]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana Private Catholic schools are expected to reopen for the second term on the 14th of May, says His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith. Speaking at a press conference held today (09), Cardinal Ranjith said, however, reopening private Catholic schools could be postponed until after the Vesak Poya day if any emergency situation is to […]
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
Dr. Sudath Gunasekara 5..8.2019 Fifty Demands for all political Parties and aspirant leaders who intend contesting next General Election Introduction It is a foregone conclusion that there is no Government in this country today, in spite of the fact that there is a President, a Prime Minister, (of cause fighting each other and eternally at […]
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 8 (newsin.asia): In a frank talk at the Pathfinder Foundation here on Tuesday, Robert Blake, who was US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, listed some key mistakes made by the present and past US Administrations which landed the world’s pre-eminent power in […]
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
Ada Derana Sri Lanka could make use of senior technocrats similar to that of the group existed during the time when Gotabaya Rajapaksa was in office as the Defence Secretary, says Former US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Robert O. Blake Jr. He stated this addressing a seminar held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall […]
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
lanka C news ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා සහ වාණිජ හා කර්මාන්ත කටයුතු ඇමති රිෂාද් බදුයුදීන් මහතා අතර පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී වූ උණුසුම් වචන හුවමාරුවක් ඇති විය. වර්තමාන ආරක්ෂක තත්ත්වය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී වූ විවාදයේ දී මන්ත්රීවරයා අදහස් පළ කරමින් සිටියදී මෙම තත්වය ඇතිවිය. මන්ත්රීවරයා එක් අවස්ථාවක කියා සිටියේ රිෂාඩ් බදුර්දීන් මරාගෙන මැරෙන බෝම්බයක් […]
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
Courtesy The Island A glaring inadequacy in current public discussion or ‘discourse’ on the issues growing out of the Easter Sunday terror attacks is the almost lop-sided stress on short-term security measures as answers to these complex posers. Immediate security measures to protect the public are urgently needed and the Sri Lankan state is providing […]
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
අධිකරණ ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවමින් නිකුත් කළ 2018 නොවැම්බර් මස 09 වන දිනැති අංක 2096/70 දරන අතිවිශේෂ ගැසට් පත්රය එරෙහිව පවරන ලද නඩු විභාගකර පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවීමට අදාල ගැසට් පත්රය අවලංගු කිරීමට ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ පසුගියදා තීරණය කරන ලදී. එකී ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණ රාජ්ය භාෂාවෙන් හෝ ජාතික භාෂාවෙන් හෝ නීති පැනවීමේ භාෂාවෙන් හෝ අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් ලබා දී නොතිබූ බව කියමින් නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන විසින් […]
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
Here’s why the U.S. interferes:
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
Media Secretary – Governor WP අඟහරුවාදා දින මුස්ලිම් ගුරුවරියන් 10 දෙදෙනකු පාරම්පරික හිජාබය පැළද පැමිණීම නිසා ඔවුන් හට පාසලට ඇතුළුවීම වැළැක් වූ අවස්ථාවේ දී බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවර ගරු අසාද් සාලී මැතිතුමාගේ මැදිහත් වීමෙන් එම ගුරුවරුන්ව එතුමාගේ පළාතේ වෙනත් පාසල් වලට ස්ථාන මාරු ලබා දීමට කටයුතු කරන ලදී. අඟහරුවාදා උදෑසන පුවක්පිටිය දෙමළ මහා විද්යාලයේ දෙමාපියන් විසින් […]
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
Sudath Gunasekara Now look at this news item copied below and read it with comments on it Vow another Rs.3.5 billion of public funds down the drain for the benefit of politicians and rogues. Don’t they have more important issues to decide on at a critical time of the nation like this? Is it not […]
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
From Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka On 4th May, 2019, H.E. Cheng Xueyuan, the Ambassador of China to Sri Lanka presented a cheque for Rs. 17.84m to Mr. Nimal Kumar, National Secretary of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society(SLRCS) on behalf of the Red Cross Society of China. The donation will be specially used in […]
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
By Eric Johnson Courtesy vox.com For the better part of two decades, philosopher and neuroscientist Sam Harris has been a popular — and controversial — critic of organized religion, and in particular Islam. In a new episode of Recode Decode with Kara Swisher, he said that although he disavows anyone in his audience who would use his […]
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
Dr Azeem Ibrahim Courtesy The Scotsman Attacks on Christians – like those on churches in Sri Lanka over Easter – demonstrate that Isis fighters are against Islam, writes Dr Azeem Ibrahim. The Easter attacks against Christians in Sri Lanka by a group who swore allegiance to Isis were carried out in the name of Islam. […]
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
Courtesy Sputnik Two weeks after Sri Lanka witnessed terror bombings and the launch of police and army searches, hundreds of bullets, military uniforms, and swords are still being discovered in various parts of the country. New Delhi (Sputnik) — A retired army man with nearly 1,000 rounds of live ammunition in Sri Lanka’s Nawagamuwa area was arrested on Wednesday while […]
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