M D P DISSANAYAKE Since the beginning of this year, there had been public outcry for the release of Gnanasara Thero.   But our illustrious President Sirisena did not act at that time.  Now, it has become clearer that President Sirisena did not act himself on intelligence  inputs  received regarding April 21 attack.  Therefore, the President […]

By   Chandre Dharmawardana, Canada Newspaper  reports mention how the minister of Power and Energy  and the CEB engineers are trying to meet a systemic power shortage looming over Sri Lanka. The Easter Sunday carnage made everyone forget about the grave systemic problems facing Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka seems to lurch from one emergency to another […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 23 May 2019 Mayor Patrick Brown of BramptonCity HallBrampton, Ontario Dear Mayor Patrick  Brown: Bravo! and you finally did it.   You were stroking the Ontario’s Tamil Tigers faces holding onto their tails, for almost a decade, even when you represented Barrie as a […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island A feasibility study had not conducted before presenting the Cabinet Paper on Suraksha Insurance scheme, which was introduced to cover schoolchildren, former Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe yesterday informed the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investigate corruption of the current administration. The Cabinet paper for the Suraksha insurance scheme […]

පොදුජන පෙරමුණ පක්ෂ කාර්යාලයේ පැවැති උතුරු නැගෙනහිර පක්ෂ කි‍්‍රයාකාරිකයින්ගේ හමුව පාරවල් වහගෙන යන ප‍්‍රභූන්ට ජනතාවගෙන් එල්ල වෙන විරෝධයෙන් පේන්නේ ජනතාව සිටින පීඩනයේ තරම යැයි විපක්ෂ නායක මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මෙසේ පැවසුවේ අද (23* බත්තරමුල්ල නෙලූම්මාවත ශී‍්‍ර ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ පක්ෂ කාර්යාලයේ පැවැති උතුරු නැගෙනහිර පක්ෂ කි‍්‍රයාකාරිකයින්ගේ හමුවකට එක්වෙමිනි. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ […]

අද දින පැවැති ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුනේ මාධ්‍ය හමුව අද දින පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවට සහභාගි වූ නියෝජිතයින් ■ රත්නපුර දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ජානක වක්කුඹුර මහතා ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විජිත බේරුගොඩ මහතා ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී කනක හේරත් මහතා කතානායකතුමාටත් පන්සල් යන්න බැරි වෙනවා. මහානායක හාමුදුරුවෝ ඉස්සරහා සම්මාන ගත්තාට කටයුතු කරන්නේ දෙබිඩි පිළිවෙතක. රත්නපුර දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ජානක […]

Las Asimi Lumban Gaol translated this article from Indonesian.Courtesy The Conversation Two of the nine suicide bombers in Sri Lanka who killed more than 250 people on Easter Sunday were the sons of a rich and famous spice trader in the country. One of them had studied aerospace engineering at Kingston University, England, but did not complete […]

Tim Johnson Courtesy Daily Beast In one moment everything changed on this island nation that until a couple of weeks ago enjoyed unprecedented peace and surging prosperity. Having landed a few minutes earlier here at Colombo’s international airport, our jam-packed flight from the Maldives is disembarking its crammed cabin, passengers marching down the arrival ramp […]

Courtesy Adaderana Speaking to the Media following his release under Presidential pardon, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero stated that he was disgraced when he spoke against a possible crisis in the country. General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organization was released from his prison sentence this afternoon (23), after being granted Presidential pardon. […]

BusinessToday.In   New Delhi  This comment has come back to haunt the Congress party after its president Rahul Gandhi lost its home turf Amethi to Union minister Smriti Irani in a close contest    Last Updated: May 23, 2019  | 22:06 IST “Smriti…who?” was Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s response to a question about Smriti Irani, who was contesting […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Maithripala Sirisena says that it is a timely need to write the complete heroic story of the thirty-year-long war victory so that the future generation can read about the bravery of the great, war heroes, patriotism, and their great humanitarian nature. The President pointed out that, by reading this story, the future […]

By Rohana R. Wasala This is a concerned ordinary Sri Lankan’s response to two statements coming from the West regarding Sri Lanka. No sane Sri Lankan would deny that the country has been brought to the brink of disintegration and destruction, to the boundary (the event horizon) of a black hole from which no return […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS This essay looks at the various Islamic sects and groups operating in Sri Lanka. There are two schools of Islam in the world, Sunni and Shia and they simply hate each other. Therefore, most countries follow one or other, not both.  In Sri Lanka, as in India, the majority of the Muslims are […]

Tarek Fatah Courtesy Toronto Sun Oscar Wilde once said, When good Americans die, they go to Paris.” Maybe that is the reason there were no Americans at last week’s Paris Summit hosted by President Emmanuel Macron of France and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand to curb online extremism.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was […]

ALI SUKHANVER The arrest of 13 Chinese men from Lahore is being named as the ‘hazards of the CPEC’ by some ‘well-wishers’ of Pakistan. These men were arrested on the charges of human trafficking. According to the media details, these men allegedly married Pakistani girls, took them to China and there forced them to get […]

By  Senaka Weeraratna The blowing up of over 260 people and injuring over 500 people through coordinated terrorist bombings carried out during Easter services in three prominent Churches in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa, on April 21, 2019, invariably raises serious doubts in God’s benevolence. If people in Sri Lanka begin questioning God’s relevance, in the […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 22 (newsin.asia): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday pardoned the firebrand Buddhist monk, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, and had taken steps to order his release, a top source in the Presidential Secretriat said. The source further said that the release of the monk is based on a certification of […]

Courtesy Adaderana A spokesperson of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organization, speaking to Ada Derana, said the Presidential Secretariat had informed that Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, who was arrested in 2016 over Contempt of Court charges, will be granted presidential pardon today (23). However, the Presidential Secretariat stated that an official announcement in this regard […]

Courtesy  Internationalist Communist Forum Introduction To the British public, Sri Lanka is probably best known for idyllic photos in package tour brochures describing it as the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean”. But for a large part of its population, the island is anything but idyllic. For half a century, it has been plagued by on-going […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුනේ මාධ්‍ය හමුව බටහිර රටවල් අපේ රටේ කදවුරු බඳින්න බලා සිටිනවා. මේ තත්ත්වය නූපන් දරුවාට පවා අනාගතයේ ප්‍රශ්න ඇති කරන්නක් යැයි විපක්ෂ නායක මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මෙසේ පැවසුවේ අද (22) බත්තරමුල්ල නෙලුම්මාවතේ පිහිටි ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැති ආසන සංවිධායකවරුන්ගේ රැස්වීමකදීය. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ විපක්ෂ නායකවරයා මෙසේද […]

කැෆේ සංවිධානයේ වැඩබලන විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ අහමඩ් මනාස් මකීන් පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණ නිසි කලට නොපැවැත්වීමෙන් පළාත්වල පරිපාලන  ගැටළු රැසක් ඇතිවී ඇති බව කැෆේ සංවිධානය කියයි.එම සංවිධානයේ වැඩබලන විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ අමඩ් මනාස් මකීන් මහතා අද (22)රාජගිරියේදී පැවැති සාකච්ඡාවකදී  මේ බව පෙන්වා දුන්නේය.  ඌව පළාත් සභාව හැරුණු විට අනිකුත් සියලම පළාත් සභාවල නිල  කාලය මේ වන විට අවසන් […]

අද දින පැවැති ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුනේ මාධ්‍ය හමුව අද දින පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවට සහභාගි වූ නියෝජිතයින් ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ගාමිනී ලොකුගේ මහතා ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී සි. බි. රත්නායක මහතා ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී මහින්ද යාපා අබේවර්ධන මහතා ■ හිටපු පළාත් සභා මන්ත්‍රී ජගත් පුෂ්පකුමාර මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ගාමිනී ලොකුගේ මහතා පාස්කු දින මරාගෙන මැරෙන බෝම්බ පුපුරලා […]

By Eurasia Review Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the Government will not grant permission to operate Sharia Universities, and Madrasa Schools will be brought under the Education Ministry. Wickremesinghe was speaking after a discussion held at Temple Trees regarding the report prepared by MP Prof. Ashu Marasinghe on Sharia University and Madrasa schools. Wickremesinghe […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa today in a sarcastic manner said ‘very good’ upon being asked for his comments on reports of business Mogul Dhammika Perera preparing to contest the upcoming presidential poll. When asked about reports of Dhammika Perera being ready to contest the presidential election, Mr. Rajapaksa said […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Attorney General (AG) has directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to launch a comprehensive probe against top security officials including former Defence Secretary, IGP, State Intelligence Chief, Commanding Officer of the Special Task Force and the Senior DIG of the Western  Province, informed sources said.    Sources said the AG […]

Courtesy Adaderana

Courtesy Adaderana A proposal by the ruling party to appoint a special Select Committee to produce a report on the Easter Sunday attacks was passed at the parliament without a vote. Accordingly, the Special Select Committee will be made up by 40 parliamentarians to report information on the Easter attacks to the parliament. The committee […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to launch a full criminal investigation against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara. The Attorney General has taken this decision considering the two interim reports of the Special Investigation Committee of three members to look into the Easter Day attacks forwarded […]

On 21st April 2019 what was to be a special day for Catholics/Christians ended up a day of tragedy. We are still to know the exact number of death but we do know that 9 Islamic radicals thought of ending lives of innocent people in 3 churches and 3 hotels and had taken months to […]

By Neil Clark Information Clearing House April 02, 2019 “Information Clearing House” – To mark the 20th anniversary of the start of NATO’s illegal 78-day bombardment of Yugoslavia, over 200 distinguished guests from all over the world gathered for a conference of the Belgrade Forum of the World of Equals. The gathering titled Never to Forget: […]