By Senior Lawyer It was  heartening to see the Deputy Survey General’s advice  given in the Daily Mirror. He says  the new law  is  that Originals will be of no value,  but I  strongly recommend the owners to retain the original deeds, extracts and the certified copies of their deeds,”  http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/District-Bim-Saviya-offices-asked-to-report-issues-to-main-office/108-189216 Deeds – should we […]

By Li Qingqing Source:Global Times  US Republican Senator Marco Rubio File Photo: VCG US Senator Marco Rubio, known for his extreme anti-China stance, announced the launch of the so-called Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), a new coalition comprised of some 20 anti-China legislators from different countries to counter the “global challenge” by China’s rise on […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්            මහනුවර යුගයේ මෙන්ම කෝට්ටේ යුගයේ රදළයන්  බණ්ඩාර නාමය භාවිත කළ හෙයින් ලක තුළ බණ්ඩාරවලියක් ඇති වී යයි කියති. ඉංග්‍රීසීන්ට රට භාර දුන් පසු කාලයේ දී උඩරට බණ්ඩාරලා බණ්ඩා බවට පත් වී කොළඹ කුරුඳුවත්තේ බංගලාවල වැඩට පැමිණියහ.බන්ඩලා මෙන්ම මැණීකේලාද මෙලෙස කොළඹ බංගලාවල මෙන්ම සුද්දන්ගේ වතු බංගලාවලද සේවයට යෑමට සිදු වූයේ උඩරට ඔවුන්ගේ ඉඩම් […]

by Varsha Thakur   (ETV Colombo) Courtesy ETV Cricket is also known as the Gentleman’s Game. This British game is very popular not only in Britain but also in India and all over South Asia. Umpiring decisions in Cricket have been controversial particularly blatant errors due to their impact in producing a distorted result of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Four more persons have contracted the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, the Ministry of Health confirmed a short while ago. Three individuals who had recently returned from Russia and a Sri Lanka Navy personnel have tested positive for the virus, according to the Ministry. Accordingly, 13 cases of infection have been reported from Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy Adaderana The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public where social distancing is not possible to help stop the spread of coronavirus. The global body said new information showed they could provide a barrier for potentially infectious droplets”. Some countries already recommend or […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Those who represent the symbol of old Telephone or Jathika Samagi Balawegaya  petitioned to the Supreme Court with its legal position that the Consolidated Fund and Other State Controlled Funds  which are under the direct control  and supervision of the Parliament cannot be activated at a time when there is […]

Tamara Kunanayakam Courtesy The Island Diplomatic immunity did not allow a diplomat to violate the laws and regulations of the receiving state, former Sri Lanka Ambassador in Geneva, Tamara Kunanayakam, said yesterday. A US diplomat, attached to its Colombo Embassy, was allowed to enter the country, though he refused to take a PCR test. Deputy […]

Issued by The Sri Lanka Study Circle We, the members of the Sri Lanka Study Circle in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement, were shocked to learn from a reputed local television channel that on 04 June 2020, an American diplomat, brushing aside officers performing their duties, […]

ඇම්  ඩී පී  දිසානායක විසිනි පැරණි ටැලිපෝනය හෙවත් ජනතා සමගි බලවේගය ශේ‍ර්ඨාදිකරනයේන් අයදුම් කල එක් පෙත්සමකින් ඉල්ලා සිටියේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවක් යටතේ ක්‍රියාත්මක වන රාජ්‍ය ගිණුම්, එය නොමැති අවස්ථාවක දී ක්‍රියාත්මක කළ නොහැකි බව ය”. එම බලගතු  ඉල්ලීම රැගත් පෙත්සම අධිකරණය  විසින් ඉවත දමා ඇත.  රටේ ඉදිරි සංවර්ධන කටයුතු සඳහා දැනට පවත්නා අණපනත් අනුව මෙම කාලය තුලදි […]

By Garvin Karunaratne It is heartening to note that action is being taken to resurrect the Valachenai Paper Factory. I have had the occasion to see the paper being made when I had used their Circuit Bungalow on my circuits in the Sixties. In fact on my visit to Batticaloa in 2019 I drove up […]

නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන The people’s voice against the brutal slaughter of George Floyd clearly shows that the Blacks in United States are a great deal ahead in Equality before the law…! නිදහස් ප්‍රකාශය (Declaration of independence – 1776) නිකුත් කරමින් එක්සත් ජනපදය අමරිකානු විප්ලවීය යුද්ධයෙන් (1775-1783) බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය කිරීටයේ අධිකාරය අවසන් කරන ලදී. 1783 පැරිස් ප්‍රඥප්තිය මගින් එය නිදහස් රාජ්‍යයක් ලෙස […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D. හැඳින්‌වීම <සිංහල පක්‍ෂ දේශපාලකයින් කිරි පෙවූ ලංකාවේ ඉස්ලාම් ව්‍යාප්තවාදය>, යන ලිපිය මීට පෙර ලිවීමට හේතුව වූයේ, සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස විසින්, කොරෝනාවට සැඟවී, මුස්ලිම් ජනයාට සිදුවනවා යයි කියන හිරිහැර ගැන, හුදෙක් මුස්ලිම් චන්ද පෙරේතකම නිසාම, ඉංගිරිසියෙන් ලියූ මුහුණු පොත් සටහන් දෙකය. මොහු වැන්නන්ගේ නොසන්ඩාල ක්‍රියාකලාපය ඓතිහාසික වශයෙන් විමසා බැලිය යුතුයයි සිතෙන්නේ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභයට, […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  පුනරුදයේ පුරෝගාමියෙකු වූ ඩන්ටේ අලිගියරි උපත ලැබුවේ 1265 දී ෆ්ලොරන්ස් ජනරජයේ ෆ්ලෝරන්ස්හි ය. ඔහු මධ්‍යතන යුගයේ ඉතාලි කවියෙකු හා දාර්ශනිකයෙකු විය. ඩන්ටේ මධ්‍යකාලීන ලෝකයේ ප්‍රසිද්ධ විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයක් වන බොලොග්නා විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ අධ්‍යාපනය ලැබීය.   ඩන්ටේ , පෙට්‍රාර්ච් සහ ජියෝවානි බොකාසියෝ ‘ඉතාලි සාහිත්‍යයේ ඔටුනු තුන’ ලෙස ජනප්‍රියව හඳුන්වනු ලැබේ. පුනරුදයේ  (Renaissance- පුනරුදය යුරෝපීය ඉතිහාසයේ මධ්‍යතන […]

Courtesy Hindustan Times Ratnayake, a cafe owner in Ella, a former colonial hill station in Sri Lankan tea country, organized free food and shelter for dozens of stranded tourists. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The tourists came to see the magical waterfalls and mountain views of the lowland jungle and rainforest. But then the pandemic […]

Courtesy Adaderana Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka have moved up to 1,801 as another person tested positive for the virus today (05). Accordingly, four infections have been detected so far within the day – two naval personnel under quarantine and two returnees from Bangladesh at the Rantambe quarantine centre. Earlier today (05), a […]

Courtesy Adaderana Diplomatic staff and their family members entering Sri Lanka must submit PCR test reports obtained within 72 hours prior to their departure from respective countries, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If they fail to provide PCR test reports, a mandatory PCR test will be carried out at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake. […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala In these critical times it is necessary to scrutinise the public statements of our academics / intellectuals to understand the hidden political agenda they push in the guise of objective analysis for public guidance. Take, for instance, the case of two ex-Vice Chancellors, Prof. Savitri Goonesekere and Prof. Arjuna Aluvihare of […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Let the Poson full moon dispel the gloom! May peace, health, and content in the land bloom! The first three months of the lunar calendar of the Sinhalese: Bak, Vesak, and Poson (roughly corresponding to the months of April, May and June in the Gregorian calendar which is in common use […]

Palitha Mapatuna What is evident today in the face of Covid 19 is the sense of sheer helplessness even among those who may presume to be powerful. To a discerning individual, this situation can bring into focus the essence of the teaching of the Buddha, namely the universal characteristics of existence. The universal characteristics consist […]

Courtesy nitravelnews.com Sri Lanka hopes to reopen to tourists in August, subject to new measures to guard against new coronavirus cases. The country plans to open to small groups, staying in approved accommodation that meets strict Covid health and safety guidelines.Kimali Fernando, Chair of Sri Lanka’s Tourism Promotion Bureau confirmed visitors would be required to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government has decided to pay compensation up to Rs. 600,000 to all insured depositors of The Finance Company PLC (TFC) which is to be liquidated. Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Bandula Gunawardena stated this during the media briefing to announce Cabinet decisions today (04). This will solve the issue of 93% of the TFC […]

Courtesy Adaderana Seven new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Sri Lanka bringing the total number of cases reported in the country to 1,797. This brings the number of new cases reported within today to 48. The new Covid-19 cases identified today include 42 naval personnel from Kandakadu (32), Oluvil (03), Mihinthale (01) and […]

Courtesy Hiru News Mohammed Azad – Zion church bomber travlled by bus with the bomb<br /></strong>It has been revealed that Mohammed Azad, who had bombed the Zion Church in Batticaloa, had travelled from Colombo to Batticaloa carrying the bomb in a public passenger transport bus. This was revealed when an official of the Criminal Investigations […]

Courtesy Hiru News When will the general election be held? How to conduct elections according to health guidelines? The Hiru news team spoke to the Chairman of the Election Commission, Mahinda Deshapriya regarding these issues surfaced by the voters with regard to the election.

Courtesy Hiru News Hiru CIA have been exposing the illegal land acquisition at Devanagala sacred area in the past few days. In spite of these revelations, and the island wide curfew in place Hiru CIA witnessed how the land invaders are working which was captured in our cameras. Subsequent to the Hiru CIA revelation about […]

Asoka Weerasinghe 2 June 2020 (for Lowell, Nirmal and Chem) Just now a cloud of screaming black ravensflew over Minneapolis, perched on the leafless trellisof branchesof trees at the PowderhornCommunity and shed tears of bloodfrom their paining red eyesand I sighedO my brother GeorgeO my peopleIt was no more a faceless horrorthat got youit was […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Revised 22.6.20 Medhananda told his biographer that he had thought, when listening to lectures at Vidyodaya, as a student, that it would-be good to investigate some of the things   mentioned in the Mahavamsa. He had joined a Vidyodaya archaeological trip to look at Neelagiri seya. Ven.  Handupelpola Punnaratana, who was teaching at Vidyodaya, […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The revelations from the newly structured Presidential Commission appointed by the President Gotabaya Rajapakse, are now in the public domain. None of these revelations were brought to light during previous Presidential Commission or the Parliamentary Select Committee.  STRUCTURE BUILT BY YAHAPALANA GANG” TO COVER UP: 1, AT POLICE LEVEL: The […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් – හිටපු දකුණු පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාර 1.       මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපති සහ සියළුම සමාජිකයින්, මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව. 2.       සමන් රත්නායක මහතා, කොමසාරිස් ජෙනරාල්, මැතිවරණ ලේකම් කාර්යාලය,රාජගිරිය. මහත්මාණෙනි, තැපැල් ඡන්දය පහසුකම සදහා ලියාපදිංචිය 2020 මහා මැතිවරණය පුරවැසියෙකු ලෙස ද, හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයෙකු ලෙස ද මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාවේ ඉක්මන් අවධානය සදහා යොමු කරමි. සාමාන්‍ය යෙන් ජාතික […]