Have we learnt lessons? Don Juan Dharmapala not only baptized himself but even gifted Lanka to the Portuguese. Rajasinghe II learnt a bitter lesson when he thought the Dutch was better than the Portuguese – ඉගුරැදීමිරිස්ගත්තාවාගේ. The British learnt from both predecessors and took over the entire island, not stopping there they rolled out an […]

BY M D P DISSANAYAKE The State of Victoria, with its beautiful city of Melbourne, the virtual birth place of multi-culturalism in Australia is in a state of shock since yesterday.  The socially friendly, compassionate, kind hearted 6 million Victorians are isolated for the second time from the rest of the country.   Australia is a […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Buddhist shrines and temples are not accepted by the non-Buddhists in the north .Here is an example. In 2009 57 Buddhist families were brought in and settled in Navatkuli.  They were Sinhala families that had been driven out of Jaffna in 1984 and 1990. Navatkuli is located 6 km from Jaffna. There was […]

A public pledge made through the Sri Lanka Study Circle  Sri Lanka is the hub of South Asia, ground vital for the attack or defence of Nations in South Asia. The Americans are in the process of physically capturing the hub, having negotiated with the Chinese and the Indians between 2009 and 2011, at the […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ මෙවර මැතිවරණයේදී ඉතා පැහැදිලිව පොදු ජන පෙරමුණ ජය ගන්නා බව ඉතා පැහැදිලිය. මේ බව සතුරාද මැනවින් දනී. මැතිවරණය කල් දමා ගැනීමට සියලු ආයුධ පාවිචිචි කරමින් වෙර දැමු ඔවුන්, දැන් දැන්  දැනගෙනම, පරාජය වෙන මැතිවරණයක් සඳහා වියදම් කරමින් රට පුරාම සැරිසරයි. සතුරා දැන දැනම පරාජය උදෙසා සටන් කරන්නේ නැත. දැන් සතුරාගේ මිතුරා එනම් ඔවුන් […]

By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA While the main opposition UNP/SJB is in a perennial bout to defeat each other and capture/retain power in the  Sirikotha, the foreign servile JVP, NGO vultures and the TNA, as well as the racist constituents of the SJB, the JHU, Muslim Con-gross, A CMC and TPA, are in an endless […]

TV Derana විමල් විරවංශ මහතා සමග පැවති 360 සජීව වැඩසටහන.

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් නිත්‍ය නියෝජිත/සමගි ජනබලවේගය මහින්ද දේශප්‍රිය මහතා, සභාපතිමැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව,රාජගිරිය. මහත්මාණෙනි, ප්‍රේමලාල් ජයසේකර ගේ අපේක්ෂකත්වය ශුන්‍ය හා බලරහිත බව සම්බන්ධයෙනි රත්නපුර මහාධිකරණය මගින් මරණ දඬුවම නියම කරනු ලැබූ පොදුජන පෙරමුණු අපේක්ෂක ප්‍රේමලාල් ජයසේකර මහතා ට ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 89 වගන්තිය ප්‍රකාරව මරණ දඬුවම නියම වූ දිනයේ සිට පුරවැසිබලය අහිමිවේ.  ඒ අනුව, 2020 අගෝස්තු 5 […]

By R Kirubakaran Express News Service Courtesy The New Indian Express Trio who forged his identity papers and buried his body arrested by police. COIMBATORE: Coimbatore police on Sunday confirmed the death, in the city, of Sri Lanka’s underworld kingpin Angoda Lokka. One man and two women, including a Sri Lankan national, were arrested for allegedly […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today The much awaited General Elections is before us. We have a new set up in the sense that the two traditional main parties have each split up into two factions. The UNP breakaway faction is the Samagi Jana Balawegaya. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party which transformed to the United […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Ceylon Today The West blatantly interferes by continuing to threaten us directly and subtly by deploying strategies in different guises. The proxies of the LTTE in many countries in North America, Europe and the Pacific renewed their anti Sri Lanka propaganda by organising events to mark the 1983 Black July anniversary. […]

By Shiam Vidurupola Courtesy Ceylon Today Daybreak in Madagal, Jaffna was always a breath-taking sight, as if all the colours of a paint box was mixed and splashed against the sky. On the 23rd day of July, the sea was calm, encouraging the lazy waves concealing the coral beds to lap the shores. The year […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today The 5 August 2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election are likely to be a one-horse race with the ruling SLPP being streets ahead of its rivals in popular estimation. Nevertheless, the Election campaigns of the various parties have thrown up key issues which will determine what Sri Lanka will be like […]

By Leo Royston Dawson Courtesy Ceylon Today Can the UNP, UNF and newly-formed SJB, under the leadership of Sajith Premadasa, canvass for Roman Catholic and Christian votes, after causing embarrassment to Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and the respected Buddhist clergy? Today, the difference between the present government and the respected politicians and the shameless politicians of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Colombo Port trade union workers have called of their trade union action with immediate effect. This was following a successful discussion with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, stated Port Trade Unions. Trade unions of the Colombo Port, who launched a strike action on the 2nd of July, later called off their strike action following […]

Courtesy Hiru News Five more arrivals from the UAE, tested positive for COVID- 19,  bringing total infected in Sri Lanka to 2822

Courtesy Hiru News The first batch of paper produced at the closed Valachchenai Paper Mill was released to the market today. Accordingly 40 tons of paper was released to the market.

Courtesy Hiru News President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that the Hambantota district will be developed as one of ‘Four Multi-dimensional Commercial Cities’ that was expected to be function as International Coordination Centres. Colombo, Jaffna, and Trincomalee are the other districts expected to be developed as ‘Four Multi-dimensional Commercial Cities’.  The President further said that the government […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medicine states that steps will be taken to provide motorcycles to public health inspectors who have been deployed to control the corona epidemic. A statement issued states that the motorcycles will be handed over to the Public Health Inspectorsby the 20th of this month.

Section 4.1 of MCC says all documents & communications are to be in English.Section 6.4 of MCC says the Government Law is to be ‘international law’(not Sri Lankan laws). The Ministry of Finance website says The Attorney General is in the opinion that Agreements are in order and there exists no legal impediment to execute same”– how […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala Two news items published in the prestigious New York Times tell the harrowing tale of what has happened to the USA in the ceaseless deterioration of conditions under the Covid-19 pandemic.  News item 1: The U.S. coronavirus caseload, the world’s biggest, passed four million on Thursday. (23/7). The numbers of daily hospitalizations and deaths were […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS There is a tug of war going on in the north between the Buddhist and non-Buddhists regarding the new Buddhist temples built in the north. Neither side is prepared to give in. The Tamil Separatist Movement complained loudly that Buddhist temples were being built in the north where there were no Buddhists. There […]

RT Russia expects to start mass anti-coronavirus vaccinations, across the country, by October, the country’s health minister has said. Mikhail Murashko added that medical workers and teachers will be given first priority. Murashko announced on Saturday that clinical trials of a vaccine developed by the Moscow-based Gamalei Institute have been completed and that the health […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera I was watching the tv on today and on another day and saw hundreds of port workers planning to stage a strike against a decision of corrupt politicians to sell part of the port.  They were mercilessly threatening the nation which had been battered by Corona.  SAGT sale was also marred with […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Maj.Gen (Rtd) Vijitha Ravipriya, currently Director General of Sri Lanka Customs elected as the association’s first President COLOMBO, July 31 (Xinhua): Sri Lanka-China mutual cooperation was emphasized at the inauguration of the country’s first-ever association for Sri Lankan alumni of the People’s Liberation Army National Defense University (PLA NDU) in Colombo on Thursday. Speaking […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The decision was taken on July 30, 2020 Colombo, August 1 (newsin.asia): The European Council on July 30 decided to renew the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of Sri Lanka, along with 20 other organizations including Babar Khalsa, Hizbul Mujahideen’ and Khalistan Zindabad Force. Here are the details: COUNCIL […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia India’s new Defense Advisor in Sri Lanka Capt.Vikas Sood meets Lankan Defense Secretary and Army and Navy Commanders. Colombo, August 1 (August 1): After observing the health protocols stipulated by the Government of Sri Lanka for diplomats arriving in the country, the new Defense Adviser to the High Commission of India Captain Vikas […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reiterated that no room will be left for anyone to destroy the historical heritage of the country or to cause damage to places of worship. A comprehensive programme will be designed in order to preserve the heritage of Wellassa whilst protecting places of worship of all faiths, President Rajapaksa […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has guaranteed that his quest to eradicate poverty will not be abandoned. Speaking at a public gathering in Badulla today (01), he noted that despite job opportunities for some in the past poor were left behind, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. President Rajapaksa assured that he will honour every […]

Courtesy Hiru News President Gotabaya Rajapaksa alleges a certain group is attempting to create an issue over the Colombo Port with no valid reason. He stresses that they cannot intimidate him by such acts, says the President’s Media Division.