Courtesy Ceylon Today By Udeni Saman Kumara All Ceylon Islam Advisor Moulavi Alhaj Kaleel says when Zahran’s brother, Rilwan was making bombs, they informed the authorities. Following are excerpts of the interview: Moulavi will you tell us about your background? A: I am an All Ceylon Islam Advisor. People in many areas know of me […]

BUDDHIKA SAMARAWEERA Courtesy Ceylon Today Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera alleged that the transfer of Colombo Municipal Commissioner V.K.A. Anura took place due to the intervention of Western Province Governor, Azath Salley. Addressing the Media in Rajagiriya today (29), he claimed that Anura has been told by Salley to extend the deadlines of tenders to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Muslim community in Madatugama, Kekirawa has demolished a mosque belonging to the National Thowheed Jama’ath (NTJ), says Ada Derana correspondent. The chief of the main mosque M.H.M. Akbar Khan stated that the mosque in question, funded by a foreign organization, was erected with the support of a resident in the village on […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Media Director of the Ministry of Finance Mohamed Ali Hassan, who was arrested today (29) over possession of 12-bore gun ammunition, has been released by the police following interrogations, Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara. 93 rounds of 12-bore gun ammunition were recovered this morning, from the outdoor space of his residence […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sixty-five more mothers who had their Caesarian surgeries under Dr. Mohamed Shafi of Kurunegala Hospital have filed complaints against the doctor today (28). Accordingly, 116 complaints have been received from mothers claiming that they had not conceived children following a Caesarian surgery by the doctor. The mother who delivered through Caesarean surgeries under […]

lanka C news පේරාදෙණිය මහ රෝහලේ වෛද්‍යවරයෙක් සහ වෛද්‍යවරියක් සිසෙරියන් සැත්කම අතරතුර දී මවුවරුන් වඳභාවයට පත් කර ඇති බවට චෝදනා රාශියක් එල්ල වන බව සන්ධාන පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රි එස් බී දිසානායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. මෙම දෙදෙනාම මුස්ලිම් ජාතිකයින් බවත් සිසේරියන් සැත්කම් කරද්දී ඔවුන් විසින් අනවශ්‍ය තද කිරීම් හෝ සිරකිරීම්වලට වලට ලක් කර කාන්තාවන් වඳභාවයට පත් කළේ […]

Courtesy Adaderana Parliamentarian S. B. Dissanayake states that the committee to investigate activities of Dr. Mohamed Shafi has been appointed by the Health Ministry to cover up the truth. He says that although the relevant doctor is perceived by many to be a specialist on obstetrics and gynecology, he is not so. Instead, he is […]

Kattankudy is a town in Batticoloa in Eastern Province of Sri Lanka where only Muslims live. Why is multiculturalism & national integration not applicable to Kattankudy? How is it that the nomenclatures of multiculturalism, peaceful coexistence, secularism is applicable to all, other than Muslim majority countries or in Muslim majority areas? How is it that […]

අද (28) දින පැවැති ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදු ජන පෙරමුනේ මාධ්‍ය හමුව අද (28) දින පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවට සහභාගි වූ නියෝජිතයින් ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ලක්ෂ්මන් යාපා අබේවර්ධන මහතා ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී අනුර ප්‍රියදර්ශන යාපා මහතා ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී එස්. එම්. චන්ද්‍රසේන මහතා සමානුපාතික නියෝජන ක්‍රමය තියෙනවා නම් 12. 5 ගේන්න. නැත්නම් ආසන මට්ටමේ මැතිවරණ ක්‍රමයකට යන්න. […]

By Senaka Weeraratna A group of pro-active Indian and Sri Lankan Buddhists drawn from leading Buddhist organizations had a series of discussions on the sidelines of the World Buddhist Assembly gathering in Bangkok, Thailand (May 21 – 25, 2012) and decided to establish an ‘Indo – Sri Lanka Buddhist Network’ to pursue a number of […]

සමෘද්ධි සංවර්ධන නිළධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය. Samurdhi Development Officers’ Union Chamara Madduma Kaluge ජනමාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයයි සභාපති, අල්ලස් හෝ දුෂණ විමර්ෂණ කොමිෂන් සභාව. කොළඹ. මැයි 30 අම්පාර මහජන කී‍්‍රඩාංගණයේ පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත නව සමෘද්ධි සහනාධාර බෙදා දීමේ රු.මි 180 ක උත්සව වියදම් සම්බන්දව කඩිනම් පුළුල් පරීක්ෂණයක් ඉල්ලා සිටීම.. 2019 අයවැය යෝජනා අනුව 2019 මැයි 30 දින අම්පාර මහජන ක‍්‍රීඩාංගණයේදී […]

Mahinda Gunasekera Tambrook Drive, Agincourt, Toronto, Ontario M1W 3L9 Canada 15 May 2019 Honourable Premier Doug Ford, Honourable Cabinet Ministers, Honourable Leaders of the NDP and Liberal Party and  Honourable Members of the Provincial Legislature, OBJECTION TO BILL 104: DO NOT PASS: REFER TO COMMITTEE     I am writing as a Canadian of Sri Lankan Sinhalese […]

By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Courtesy The Island My apologies to parliamentarian Sarath Fonseka for misquoting him, by changing the term he used “kodivinaya” to “hooniyama”, and my thanks to B.S.Perera for pointing out this error on my part, in his piece ‘Bungling Politics’ (The Island, 22 May) wherein he also questions whether I am promoting […]

Courtesy People.com https://people.com/movies/paris-brosnan-short-film-combating-childhood-hunger-sri-lanka/ The 18-year-old is making a difference in the lives of local Sri Lankan childrenBy ELIZABETH LEONARD May 28, 2019 11:00 AM Paris Brosnan is doing his part to help raise awareness about childhood hunger in Sri Lanka. A burgeoning filmmaker, the 18-year-old son of Pierce and Keely Shaye Brosnan recently traveled to Sri Lanka to document firsthand how one […]

Rafiullah Kakar Courtesy The Asian Age They may not represent the Islam that moderate Muslims know and follow, but their actions are inspired by their own version or interpretation of it.  The Easter bombings in Sri Lanka once again turned a spotlight on the challenge of global jihad, terrorism and Islamophobia. (Photo:AP) The Easter bombings […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today Professor G.L. Peiris, Chairman, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), yesterday, writing a letter to the Information Officer of the Office of the Presidential Secretariat, asked whether advice was sought from the Attorney General’s Department when Jayantha Jayasuriya was serving as Attorney General, about the President’s term of office. The letter says: On […]

METHMALIE DISSANAYAKE Courtesy Ceylon Today A few countries which imposed travel restrictions to citizens regarding travel to Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday terror attack have relaxed them, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said. China, India, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden have relaxed travel restrictions on Sri Lanka. China was the first country to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, speaking at his first media conference following his release from prison, claimed that Saudi Arabian Intelligence heads have launched a separate program to spread ‘Wahhabism’. The Thero claimed that a person named Abdul Rahman has had close connections with Zaharan Hashim – the alleged ringleader behind the Easter […]

By, Asiff Hussein/Asian Tribune There has perhaps been no garment that has aroused so much controversy as the Niqab or face-veil worn by a small minority of Muslim women. Although worn by only a very small percentage of women, it is conspicuous as can be and grabs attention wherever it is worn, making one wonder […]

By P.K.Balachandran Daily Mirror Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Two recent news reports, one from Kerala in the deep South, and the other from the North Eastern region, have raised concerns about the possible emergence of violent Islamic radicalism in India, particularly in the East and in the South. On May 26, the Press Trust of India reported […]

By Meera Srinivasan/The Hindu Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 28: Sri Lanka, Japan and India on Tuesday signed an agreement to jointly develop the East Container Terminal at the Colombo Port. The signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) is significant, given that India and Sri Lanka were negotiating a potential partnership on the project, although […]

Sri Lanka’s sovereignty & territorial integrity is being questioned by a secretive deal between US & the Ranil Wickremasinghe Government pertaining to the Millennium Challenge Corporation & an ‘economic corridor” that will create a railway line from Colombo to Trincomalee leasing 1.2m acres of land for 200years. This agreement is taking place together with a […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS 2nd version 20.9.21 No one had heard of the Jaffna Public Library until it was burnt down in 1981. Then it suddenly became the greatest library in South and Southeast Asia. The Jaffna Public Library began as the private collection of K.M Chellappah, of Atchuvely,  who worked in the district court in Jaffna. […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS 2nd revision 20.9.21 On the night of 31 May 1981, while Jaffna slept, this library was set on fire.There was a run up to this. The Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) decided to contest the District Development Council (DDC) elections to be held on June 4, 1981. On May 31, 1981, the TULF […]

Laksiri Warnakula   The article in the opinion column of the Island on 25th Saturday by Prof. A. N. U. Ekanayaka is very thought-provoking and it delivers a resounding blow to all those, who espouse the identity of Sri Lanka as a ‘Sinhala Buddhist Nation’ with callous disregard to its broader implications and meaning and to […]

අද (27) දින පැවැති ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදු ජන පෙරමුනේ මාධ්‍ය හමුව අද (27) දින පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවට සහභාගි වූ නියෝජිතයින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදු ජන පෙරමුනේ සභාපති මහාචාර්ය ජි. එල්. පිරීස් මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී රෝහිත අබේගුණවර්ධන මහතා රජයේ විමර්ශන අපක්ෂපාතී නැති බවයි ලෝකයට පේනනේ. ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුනේ සභාපති මහාචාර්ය ජි. එල්. පිරීස් මහතා රිසාඞ් බදියුදීන්ට […]

– අරවින්ද අතුකෝරල හදිසි නීතිය දීර්ඝ කීරීම විවාදයට එක්වෙමින් පිවිතුරු හෙල උරුමයේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා විසින් මෙම අදහස් පල කලේය. මධු මාධව ට චෝදනා එල්ල වූ මිනුවන්ගොඩ ප්‍රහාරයේ ඇත්ත මෙන්න උදව්වට දුන්න විපක්ෂයේ අත සපාකෑම පාස්කු ඉරිදා ප්‍රහාරයෙන් පස්සෙ විපක්ෂයේ අපි ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඉතිහාසයේ බිහි වුණු වගකිවයුතු විපක්ෂයක් විදියට ආදර්ශමත් විපක්ෂයක් විදියට […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Today I was listening to a sermon by a known Buddhist monk with the caption  Ehipassiko in one of the TV channels .it was rather a political  speech based with Buddhist principles used as the background to advise politicians and the people that timely action should at least be taken to avoid […]

Shafiqur Rahman Courtesy Dhaka Tribune The rise of the right in India signals a fundamental shift in the people I was watching live streaming of the India Election 2019 results on the NDTV website. Panelist after panelist was commenting on how significant were Balakot strikes in boosting BJP’s re-election prospects, and how ignorant are the […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Express Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 27: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the Indian parliamentary elections and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi went kaput. A variety of reasons are given for Modi’s stunning victory, and Rahul’s dismal defeat. But the fundamental reason is that the utterances and deeds […]