Courtesy matador network SRI LANKA IS planning to welcome tourists back starting on August 1, 2020, but it’s taking this step with a serious safety protocol. Many countries are now requiring a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival, administering them at the airports, but Sri Lanka is requiring four tests. According to Sri Lanka Tourism, the first test must be […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry says that one more person has tested positive for the novel coronavirus today (09). The total number of positive coronavirus cases reported in Sri Lanka has now risen to 1,858.

Courtesy Hiru News Various comments made by opposition and ruling party politicians regarding the forthcoming parliamentary election and the Independent Election Commission are given below;

Courtesy Hiru News It has been revealed that the doctor had used a toy pistol for the purpose to threaten the cashier of the Colombo National Hospital Accounts Division and had robbed 7.9 million rupees. Police Media Spokesperson SP Jaliya Senaratne stated that he was a doctor attached another hospital and has come to the […]

Courtesy Hiru News Minister Wimal Weerawansa revealed today that the US official who arrived in Sri Lanka and refused to be subject to a PCR test was not a diplomat. He was speaking at a press conference held in Colombo. The Minister also expressed his views regarding the conduct of the Election Commission Chairman.

Courtesy Hiru News Police Inspector Neomal Rangajiva of the Police Field Force Headquarters said that IGP Pujith Jayasundara insisted on mentioning the name of former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in connection with the 2012 shooting incident at Welikada Prison. He was presenting evidence before the Presidential Commission appointed to Investigate Political revenge.

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS A recent statement of Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka has stated that the responsibility for the failure of the finance company must be taken by the central bank as the company has been under its administration.  I am fully agreed with the statement of the prime minister and […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Revised 7.6.20 Ven. Rambukwelle Siddhartha has played a significant role in the preservation of indigenous culture in Sri Lanka. But his contribution has not been recognized and not much is known about him. I searched the literature for references to Ven. Siddhartha, and also asked a friend in Kandy, to find out something […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B.,Ph.D. මැකියාවේලි ශාස්ත්‍රය අනුගමනය කල මුවර් නායකයින් ලෝනා ශ්‍රීමතී දේවරාජා විසින් 1994 දී ලියූ මුස්ලිම් ශාන්ත-දාන්ත තීන්ත කූඩු පිළිඹඳ සාම-සමාදාන පොතේ කතාව සසැඳිය යුත්තේ, ඊට පෙර 1987 දී වසුන්‌ධරා මෝහන් විසින් කල අචාර්ය උපාධි නිබන්ධනයේ පෙන්වන කරුණු සමඟය. <අයිඩන්ටිටි ක්‍රයිසිස් ඔෆ් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම්> යන මෙය ඉන්දියාවේ රාජස්ථාන් සරසවියේදී කරණ ලද්දකි. මෙම පර්යේෂණයේදී […]

By Noor Nizam – Peace and Political Activist, Political Communication Researcher, SLFP/SLPP Stalwart and Convener – “The Muslim Voice” – 8th., June, 2020. The above news item that appreared in the: http://www.adaderana.lk/news/64500/president-instructs-heads-of-govt-institutions-not-to-involve-in-politics-during-election dated June 8th., 2020, can be the most welcome “INSTRUCTIONS” given by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa since January 2020 todate. Being involved in the grass-root election […]

By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA. People of Sri Lanka experienced the worst period of its existence economically, socially, morally, and culturally from 2015 to end of 2019 under the Sirisena/Ranil/TNA/JVP (SRTJ) government in which parliament had no decorum with the worst ever Speaker presiding over it and this shameless utterly bias dude even allowing government […]

ආචාර්ය කොඩිසිංහ හේරත්. කොරෝනාවෙන් ආරක්ෂාවෙන්න නිවාස අඩස්සියෙ හිටපු කාලෙ පරණ පොත් ගොඩක තිබිලා හම්බවුන පොත් පිංචක් ‘මැලේරියාව ‘, මේක මගේ මතකය ඈත අතීතයට ගෙනි යන්න සමත්වුණා. අද වෙනකොට සිරි-ලංකාව මැලේරියාවෙන් නිදහස් වුනත් එදා මේ රෝගය මේ රටට විශාල තර්ජන්යක් වගේම විශාල බරක්වෙලා තිබුනා. එයින් රටේ ජනතාව බේරාගැනීම සදහා සිය -රට වෙනුවෙන් තම සේවා කාලය කැපකළ […]

Chuls Rajapakse MNZM The outstanding violence that Sri Lanka experienced in the last fifty years are: 1. The thirty-year terrorism of LTTE of a Tamil group supported by a national and international diaspora consisting of Tamil people supported by significant contributions from Christian & Catholic clergy. 2 The Easter Sunday carnage caused by a militant […]

Courtesy Adaderana BEIJING: China has suspended debt repayment for 77 developing countries as part of its efforts to help underprivileged nations in the fight against Covid-19. However, it did not reveal the nations that would be benefitting from this move. Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ma Zhaoxu, made the announcement at a press conference […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today At the recently concluded Ranawiru Day commemoration, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa vowed “not to allow anyone to exert undue pressure and harass our war heroes who have sacrificed so much for the country” to return to the status of peace and tranquility to the people and our country.  He then […]

Courtesy Adaderana In a backdrop where the COVID-19 outbreak has been controlled and a suitable environment for holding the election has been facilitated, the behavior of certain officials of the Election Commission is controversial, says Prof. Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa. The former General Secretary of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) mentioned this during a press conference […]

Courtesy Adaderana Eight individuals have tested positive for the novel coronavirus hiking the count of infections in the country to 1,857 cases. With 18 more persons also being confirmed to have contracted the virus, a total of 26 COVID-19 positive patients have been reported within the day so far. This brings the total number of […]

Courtesy Adaderana An expert in geology produced a report to the Supreme Court that the burial of persons deceased from COVID-19 infection may cause adverse effects in the environment. Previously, 12 individuals, including the son of a COVID-19 victim, filed a Fundamental Rights petition claiming that the cremation of persons deceased from the virus is […]

Courtesy Adaderana The date for holding the General Election will be declared within this week, stated the Elections Commission a short while ago. The Elections Commission is currently holding a press conference regarding the General Election 2020, in Colombo. Earlier today (08), the members of the Elections Commission convened to decide on the date to […]

Courtesy Hiru News Chairman of the Avant Garde Company, Nissanka Senadhipathi states that the main reason for the loss of GSP plus for Sri Lanka is the illegal fishing business conducted by a private secretary of former Minister Rajitha Senaratne. This was while he was giving evidence before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala The Twentieth century, it is safe to say, has made all of us into deep historical pessimists – The End of History and the Last man – Francis Fukuyama One of the primary tasks of a creative and path-breaking political scientist is to demystify and demythologise the hidden past to raise […]

Dr. Varanthaja was one of the 5 doctors who was in the war zone till the final stages that ended in May 2009. The country has no issues in him seeking asylum and living in the US since 2011. With LTTE terrorist arm disseminated everyone wanted to get on with their lives after living 30 […]

Myriam François Courtesy Guardian As Cambridge investigates its past, it’s time we acknowledged that slavery embedded a racial privilege that exists to this day Cambridge University has announced that it will finally – just two centuries after the abolition of slavery and about 80 years after the end of the British empire – conduct an in-depth academic […]

Aloysius Hettiarachchi On the 4th of June  former president made a startling revelations to say that he had to personally sign 22,000 documents within  a couple of days or so for the extradition of Arjun Mahandran from Singapore. He has been convinced again to say that he cannot be brought to Sri Lanka to face […]

Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna (Attorney-at-Law) The ruling power of the British Crown in the United States was brought to an end when the Declaration of Independence was pronounced in 1776 with the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). It was recognized as a free state by the Treaty of Paris in 1783. The racial laws for the weak and […]

RANJITH SOYSA It is reported that Ratnajeevan Hoole, the commissioner of the Elections Commission has told a TV station that Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna ( SLPP) had been criticizing him and is against democracy and therefore the people should not vote for the party. The members of the independent Election commission are considered as […]

By Jane Lee for The History Listen Courtesy ABC Radio National Share Two retired judges say a section of the constitution which allows federal laws to be made for a particular race of people should be changed, because it is a relic of Australia’s past and is potentially dangerous. The races power, in section 51(xxvi) […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera White-skinned invaders came to Africa and Asia and made colonies settle down. Most of them not only scraped the national wealth and sent it to their counties some of them settled down in these countries and started living with local women leading to children becoming lighter in skin colour. In South Africa and […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has detected 14 more positive cases of COVID-19 as of 10.30 pm today (07), says the Ministry of Health. Thereby, the number of confirmed coronavirus infections hiked to 1,835. The Department of Government Information says a total of 21 infections were detected so far within the day – 02 returnees from […]

It is just as well that Dr. Varatharaja has taken to films. He certainly deserves the award for Best Actor. From reading of a script called Hippocratic Oath to serve humanity and practice profession as a doctor with conscience and dignity, he is now reading different scripts and writing memoirs, films and going round the […]