H. L. D. Mahindapala It is curious how the unfortunate Sinhalese, to whom the credit of the decorations (of a dance hall for a visiting British dignitary) was due, are always overshadowed by the more widely known Tamils who are their fellow islanders.” – Ceylon in Early British Times, J. P. Lewis, CMG, Government Agent […]

Engr. Kanthar Balanathan DipEE (UK), GradCert(Rel-Eng-Monash), DipBus&Adm(Finance-Massey), CEng. MIEE (UK) Former Specialist Engineer, Power & Control, NRG-GPS Australia This article focusses on Australian MPs, in particular, Labour Party members as to why they have a soft corner for Tamils and Tamil refugees who are domiciled in NSW. It is seen that this may be to […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS REVISED 20.6.20 Ven. Ellawala Medhananda has drawn attention to the damage done by ‘non-Buddhists’ (Hindus and Muslims), to the Buddhist monasteries, hermitages and ancient ruins in the north and east. Medhananda says that more than five hundred sites with ancient Buddhist ruins are either destroyed or are being destroyed in the north and […]

By Garvin Karunaratne It is sad to note that ever since the International Monetary Fund(IMF) took over running our country at the end of 1977, the Central Bank has been playing a dubious role. Let us take the devaluation of our Rupee. I quote from my book: How the IMF Sabotaged Third World Development: In […]

Source: Michael Snyder, Guest Post  Are you starting to get the picture? China is on the rise. If you doubt this, just read the following:  # When you total up all imports and exports, China is now the number one trading nation on the entire planet.            # Overall, the U.S. has run a trade deficit […]

Viraj Kithsiri  BBS General Secretary Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera told the PCoI probing Easter Sunday carnage yesterday many detailed accounts of the activities of the extremist groups . The yeoman service this Thera has done to bring this to the notice of the authorities over the years is well known. He has been lambasted many a time very unfairly by many but no surprise if you find the supporters of such extremists behind this public criticism. The politicians in power always showed a blind eye to his complaints and rather were happy to project him as a militant Bhikku to stay in power with the support of such extreme groups in their alliance. However the country has come to appreciate,no doubt  the importance of these disclosures which if not of his brave stance would never have come to light. It is also disappointing to see the print media continue to print his photo always in a militant stance which is a disservice to the people who await eagerly to bring punishment to these wrong doers.

Media Unit, Dr Thilaka Padma Subasinghe Memorial Law Education Programme, A preliminary objection has been taken under Section 39 of the Judicature Act that a rent case filed in the District Court of Colombo has no jurisdiction for the case to proceed. The inquiry regarding the preliminary objection was held by way of written submissions […]

මාධ්‍ය අංශය, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන, දිසා අධිකරණයට ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කරන නඩු තීන්දු සහ ලේඛනවල පරිවර්තන සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ලබා දිය යුතුද? නියෝගය ජූලි 15 ට කල් යයි…! කොළඹ දිසා අධිකරණයේ පවරා ඇති ගෙවල් කුලී නඩුවක එම නඩුව පවත්වාගෙන යාමට අධිකරණ බලය නොමැති බවට අධිකරණ සංවිධාන පනතේ 39වන වගන්තිය යටතේ මූලික […]

by A. Abdul Aziz. Human nature in itself provides us with a strong inclination towards a belief in God. There are certain sins which human nature doesn’t like to get involved in. For instance, relationship with mother, sister and daughters etc. These are certain things which even a atheist will not like to do. But […]

Meera Srinivasan 200 suspects have been arrested; inquiry is now focusing on financial networks connecting suicide bombers; role of foreign groups suspected Sri Lanka’s probe into the April 2019 Easter terror bombings is in its final stages”, authorities have said, while raising suspicion that the suicide bombers were funded by two foreign outfits”. The Colombo Crime Division, […]

By Toma Mochizuki Courtesy The Japan Times ASUKA, NARA PREF. – In a small western Japan village known for little more than its ancient burial mounds, an asparagus-loving Sri Lankan farmer has put her heart and soul into showing she belongs, despite sticking out like a green thumb. Udara Kametani, 36, has grown a wide variety […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් පාස්කු ඉරුදින එල්ල වූ ත්‍රස්ත ප්‍රහාරය මෙහෙය වූ සහරාන් හසීම් සහ අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව භාරයේ සිටින නීතීඥ හිජාස් හිස්බුල්ලා පුත්තලම ප්‍රදේශයේ මද්‍රසා පාසල් ළමුන්ට විදුහල්පති ඉදිරියේම අවි පුහුණුව ලබා ඇති බව අනාවරණ වී තිබෙනවා. ඒල එම සිසුන් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට ලබා දී ඇති ප්‍රකාශවලට අනුවයි. එම ප්‍රකාශ ඇතුළත් විශේෂ වාර්තාවක් අපරාධ […]

Courtesy Hiru News The sinister political hand in the obstruction of the archaeological survey at the Pottuvil Muhudu Viharaya was exposed today. This was with the actions of a candidate contesting the forthcoming general election from the All Ceylon Makkal Congress Party led by former minister Rishad Bathiudeen. Today, the CIA disclosure is about this sinister […]

Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror Attorney General Dappula de Livera said today the prisons have become the playgrounds of criminals and pointed out that the prison department lacked honest and efficient officers. He said this when addressing prison officers at the Welikada Prison and claimed that a majority of the jailers were addicted to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror No matter who administers the country, Islamic extremism cannot be eradicated until the government leaders ban extremism across the country, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary the Ven. Galagodaththe Gnanasara Thera told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on the Easter Sunday Attacks. “Extremism in the country is like a cancer […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) submitted a report pertaining to the Easter Attacks of last year to the Fort Magistrate’s Court on Friday (19). During the investigations, revelations have been made that 24 students had been sent to a Madrasa in Puttalam by suicide bomber Zahran Hashim and his clan. The report said […]

Courtesy Adaderana The positive cases of novel coronavirus confirmed in the country hiked to 1,950 on Friday (19) as three more arrivals tested positive for the virus. The number of active coronavirus cases under medical care meanwhile stands at 467. Sri Lankan has confirmed 11 deaths due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The number of patients […]