Archive for June, 2019
Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Amila Wijesinghe We are all painfully aware of how much tragedy this island has witnessed. And recent events have sparked a renewed public interest in the area of speech regulation. Sri Lanka already has some forms of hate speech regulation in the penal code and the ICCPR act – and much of the discussion has […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Journeyman Pictures From Genghis to God (2002): Instigated by missionaries and propagated by a Christian TV channel, Christianity is a growing religion in Mongolia where the traditional faith is Buddhism. Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c… In the heart of the Mongolian grasslands, a nomadic tribeswoman gives thanks for the preservation of her flock. While she […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
බොදු බල සේනා නිවේදනය …2019 ජුනි 12 ඊයේ 2019 ජුනි මස 11 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තු කමිටුවේදී සාක්ෂි දුන් උලෙමා (ACJU) නායක වන රිස්වි මුෆ්ති විසින් බොදු බල සේනා ගැන බොරු ප්රකාශ කොට පාර්ලිමේන්තු කමිටුව නොමග යැවිමට කටයුතු කරන බව බොදු බල සේනා ප්රකාශ කර සිටින අතර උලෙමා නායකයාගේ මේ අල් -ටකියා පන්නයේ රැවටීම් පිලිබදව කනගාටුව […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island The US expected future Sri Lankan governments to respect the international obligations taken on by the current UNP-led administration, a senior US embassy officer told a group of journalists, yesterday. The Colombo-based senior official who wished to remain anonymous also said that the last three years had seen an […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)/Joint Opposition (JO) yesterday told a media briefing at the Opposition Leader’s Office that political stability could be restored only by electing a strong leader at the forthcoming 2019 presidential election. Kandy District MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage emphasised that the presidential election would be the […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Courtesy The Daily Mirror All Ceylon Jammiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) head Mufthi Mohammed Rizwi who testified before the select committee looking into the Easter Sunday attacks yesterday said he had warned the defence authorities on the National Thawheed Jama’ath(NTJ) in November 2012. He also said he handed over some photographs to former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India raided seven locations in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore on Wednesday over a suspected link between an Islamic State (IS) module in the city and the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka that killed over 250 people, India Today reported. The NIA said that the officials are […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Minister of Highways Lakshman Kiriella has created new job category and appointed 45 United National Party (UNP) members as public liaison officers and 102 consultants to the Road Development Authority (RDA) in October 2015, it was revealed at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investigate corruption of the current […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
අනුරුද්ධ බණ්ඩාර රණවාරණ සතොස ආයතනයේ කීර්තිනාමයට හානි කළේ තමා ද එසේ නැතහොත් සතොස සිය පාලනය යටතේ තිබියදී එහි ගබඩා තුළින් කුඩු තොග හමුවන තත්වයකට පත් කළ රිෂාඞ් බදියුදීන් හිටපු ඇමතිවරයාදැයි ප්රශ්න කරන ජානිපෙ නායක විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා, තමාට පැවරූ නඩුවේදී රිෂාඞ්ගේ සියලු සතොස දූෂණ අක්රමිකතා පෙන්වා දෙන තෙක් එහි වාහන වහාබ්වාදී අන්තවාදීන් භාවිත කළ බව […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is protecting former Industry and Commerce Minister, Rishad Bathiudeen by not revealing information with regard to Sathosa vehicles being used for activities of the extremists, National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa alleged today. Addressing a news briefing, he said the CID was deliberately […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
අජන්ත කුමාර අගලකඩ උපුටාගැණීම ලංකාදීප මුස්ලිම් ඇමැතිවරුන්ගේ ඉල්ලා අස්වීමෙන් පුරප්පාඩු වූ අමාත්යාංශ තුනකට වැඩබලන ඇමැතිවරුන් තිදෙනෙකු පත්කිරීම ව්යවස්ථාවට පටහැනි බව අගමැති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා ජනාධිපති මෛත්රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා වෙත ලිපියක් යවමින් දැනුම් දී ඇතැයි රජයේ ආරංචි මාර්ග සඳහන් කරයි. අගමැතිවරයා එම ලිපිය ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත ඊයේ (11) යවා ඇති බවද එම ආරංචි මාර්ග වලින් පැවැසේ. රවුෆ් […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Courtesy Ceylon Today India has provided Sri Lanka phone numbers of five Sri Lankans who were suspected to be linked to Islamic State (IS). The Indian Express reported that India has also shared call logs and details of some phone calls which happened between some Indians and two Sri Lankan families who were linked to […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana Northwestern Province doctors of the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) have decided to launch a protest campaign over several points including protesting Dr. Mohamed Shafi of the Kurunegala Hospital who is currently under arrest. The protest will be held before the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital this afternoon (12), stated GMOA Northwestern Province Coordinator Dr. […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana The committee set up in the Police Head Quarters to receive complaints against Rishad Bathiudeen and M.L.A.M. Hizbullah and Azath Salley has received 21 complaints by 3 pm this evening (12). Reportedly, 11 of these complaints are against the former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen. On June 4th, a three-member committee comprising of three senior […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
by K S Gunasekera a Senior Attorney at Law Changing land laws with the entry of electronics is a breakthrough for our country after a century. However academic legal community or lawyers from Sri Lanka are not driving the changes, it is driven by the donors from international organisations, prosperous nations, paraprofessionals, technologists and politicians. […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
By Rohana R. Wasala Courtesy The Island Cassandra ends her piece ‘Cry the Beloved Country’ (The Island/June 7, 2019) with an ominous note contained in these words, where she refers to herself in the third person, as she usually does in her weekly column to give her writing a dramatic touch: Honestly Cassandra has lost […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
සුදත් ගුණසේකර 2019. 6. 10 මෙහි පහතින් පලවන්නේ ඉදිරියේදී එක්සත් ජාතික පක්සයෙන් මේ රටේ ජනාධිපති වීමට පෙරුම්පුරන සජිත් ප්රේමදාස අමාත්යවරයා විසින් කරනලද අදහස් කීපයකි 1කාඩ්බෝඩ් වීරයෝ ජාතිභේද අවුස්සා රට ගිනි තිබ්බා; 2මෝඩ විදියට සිංහල බෞද්ධ රාජ්ය ඇති කරන්න බැහැ’ සේනක ඉලංගකෝන් – මහගල්කඩවල 6. 8. 2019 divaina කාඩ් බෝඩ් වීරයෝ එකතුවෙලා ජාතිභේද ඇති කරලා, රට […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
Wimal Senanayake Soon things will be seemingly returning to normalcy. Or another national disaster or an issue of national importance will make a fresh wave galvanizing us with it. The tragedies happened so far will be put under the carpet by omission or commission. Politicians of various hue will promise to do things which will […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
(Translation of a speech made by the Leader of the Opposition Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday, 11 June 2019 at his official residence on Wijerama Mawatha Colombo.) Venerable members of the Maha Sangha, clergymen of all other faiths, citizens of Sri Lanka and friends, The terrorist attack that took place on the 21st of April […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
(විපක්ෂ නායක මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා 2019 ජුනි මස 11 වෙනි අඟහරුවාදා විජේරාම නිල නිවසේදී කළ දේශනයේ පිටපත.) අතිපූජනීය මහා සංඝරත්නයෙන් හා සියලුම ආගම්වල පූජකතුමන්ලාගෙන් අවසරයි, ශ්රී ලංකාවාසී ජනතාවනි, හිතවතුනි, පසුගිය අප්රේල් 21 වනදා පාස්කු ඉරිදා ත්රස්තවාදී බෝම්බ ප්රහාරය මේ රටේ ඉතිහාසයේ කඩ ඉමක්. ඒකත් එක්කම තමන්ගේ ආගමික මතවාදයට එකඟ නොවන ජන කොටස් ඝාතනය කරන ත්රස්තවාදයක් […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
මාධ්ය සාකච්ඡාව ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ අද (11) පැවැති මාධ්ය හමුවට සහභාගි වු මාධ්යවේදින් ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ලක්ෂ්මන් යාපා අබේවර්ධන මහතා ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු එස්. එම්.චන්ද්රසේන මහතා ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී අරුන්දික ප්රනාන්දු මහතා ■ ඉන්දියානු අගමැති පැමිණි අවස්ථාවේ පරිවාර ඇමැතිවරයෙක් පත් කළාට පරිවාර වැඬේ කලේ අගමැතිවරයායි. ■ එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය වගේම ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණත් ජනතාව අතරින් ප්රතික්ෂේප […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
Law & Order ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ නඩු තීන්දු රාජ්ය භාෂාවෙන් හෝ ජාතික භාෂාවෙන් හෝ නීති පැනවීමේ භාෂාවෙන් හෝ අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් ලබා දීමට අදාල අවශ්ය සුදුසු ක්රියාමාර්ග ගන්නා ලෙස ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙනුවෙන් අධිකරණ හා බන්ධනාගාර ප්රතිසංස්කරණ අමාත්යාංශයේ ජ්යේෂ්ඨ සහකාර ලේකම් නීති රෝෂනී හෙට්ටිගේ විසින් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ රෙජිස්ට්රාර්වරයා වෙත ලිඛිතව දන්වා තිබියදී ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙනුවෙන් අධිකරණයේ පෙනී සිටින නීතිපතිවරයා එයට පටහැනි ස්ථාවරයක් […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
Dr Sarath obeysekera To err is human forgive is divine There was a time when Jews were hated by almost all the Germans .After over 70 years of the war In Germany there hatred is still prevailing , government requested Jews to refrain from wearing Kippah which is the traditional cap to avoid confrontation. In […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
Courtesy The Island The executive and the legislature have locked horns once again. This time around they are clashing over a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC). President Maithripala Sirisena has taken exception to the ongoing PSC probe into the Easter bombings and allied issues; he thinks the UNP is trying to manipulate the select committee process […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
Courtesy The Island The JVP is drumming up support for what it calls a countrywide campaign to oust the incumbent government. With its chips down, thanks to its honeymoon with the UNP, it is desperate to shore up its crumbling image and prevent further erosion of its vote bank. Having failed to win at least […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Chairman Prof. G.L. Peiris, yesterday, said that a proposal for appointing a caretaker government headed by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya was not acceptable under any circumstances. Prof. Peiris said that the call for President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to resign to pave […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island A report in The Island of June 8, 2019, carrying the heading “Opposition demands halt to signing agreements with foreign countries in secret”, cites MP Dinesh Gunawardena as stating: “The other thing is handing over terminals in Colombo Port to foreign countries. Both these agreements (the ‘other’ referred to […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island June 11, 2019, 10:26 pm A battle between President Maithripala Sirisena and the government over ongoing Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probe on Easter Sunday attacks took a new turn yesterday as those loyal to the President questioned why Chief of National Intelligence (CNI) retired DIG Sisira Mendis had left […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
lanka C news පාස්කු ඉරිදා දිනයේ මෙරට ස්ථාන කිහිපයකට එල්ල කරන ලද බෝම්බ ප්රහාර ගැන කරුණු සොයා බැලීමට පත් කරන ලද පාර්ලිමේන්තු තේරීම් කාරක සභාව හමුවේ බස්නාහිර පලාත් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර අසාද් සාලි මහතා අද දිනයේ සාක්ෂි ලබා දෙන ලදී. සහරාන් හෂීම්ගේ නායකත්වයෙන් යුතු ජාතික තවුහිත් ජමාත් සංවිධානයට තැපැල් සේවා හා මුස්ලිම් ආගමික කටයුතු හිටපු ඇමති […]
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Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
Ada Derana පාර්ලිමේන්තු කාරක සභාව ස්ථාවර නියෝගයන්ට පටහැනියි’ ඩයනා උදයංගනී උපුටාගැණීම ලංකාදීප පාස්කු ඉරිදා ප්රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ නඩු කටයුත්තක් විභාග වන බැවින් ඒ ගැන සෙවීමට විශේෂ කාරක සභාවක් පවත්වාගෙන යාම පාර්ලිමේන්තු ස්ථාවර නියෝගයන්ට පටහැනි කටයුත්තක් බව ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ මහලේකම්, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී දයාසිරි ජයසේකර මහතා පැවසීය. නීතිපතිවරයාද මේ සම්බන්ධව ජනාධිපතිවරයාට සහ කතානායකවරයාට කරුණු වාර්තා […]
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