By M D P DISSANAYAKE Dr Wijedasa Rajapakse no doubt is an ambitious man. But he has also resisted requests from Yahapalana gang to put GR in jail.   WR is a self-made man.  He usually has his own agenda. WR is not a good listener. I have doubts that he will be able to work […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The 1971 JVP insurgency has been described as a romantic, innocent revolution, an unplanned spontaneous attack. It was nothing of the sort. It was pre-planned and well organized. The purpose was to bring down the SLFP government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike. JVP was planning a putsch, to remove the government by force.  Prime Minister […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The April 1971 JVP insurrection took the country by surprise because it was against a popular, SLFP government which had just one year before, won 91 seats out of 151 in the 1970 general election. The JVP insurrection of 1971 was met with stunned disbelief, said Suriya Wickremasinghe. It was marked with confusion, […]

Vijith Samarasinghe courtesy WSWS.org 14 August 2020 Sri Lanka’s government was pushed into crisis by a series of protests by Colombo Port workers last month against plans to privatise the port’s Eastern Container Terminal and hand it over to an Indian company. During the workers’ actions, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse admitted that the US and […]

Lonely Planet’s  With untouched golden beaches to discover, atmospheric train rides through tea-carpeted hills, and ancient temples to admire, Sri Lanka is Lonely Planet’s top country to travel to in 2019. Here are 12 more reasons to visit. https://www.lonelyplanet.com/video/12-things-you-cant-miss-in-sri-lanka/v/vid/971?tag=beaches https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share?app_id=111537044496&display=popup&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonelyplanet.com%2Fvideo%2F12-things-you-cant-miss-in-sri-lanka%2Fv%2Fvid%2F971

Courtesy The Hindu Jayanath Colombage headed the Sri Lanka Navy between 2012 and 2014, and since November last year, he has been the foreign affairs advisor to President Rajapaksa. The Sri Lankan government on Friday appointed ex-commander of the Navy Admiral Jayanath Colombage as the new Foreign Secretary, days after the new Cabinet took the oath with […]

By Sumanasiri Liyanage Courtesy Ceylon Today A Gazette revealing 196 new members of the Parliament who have been elected at the Parliamentary Election held on August 5 is out. We have to wait to know the names of the rest of the parliamentarians until respective parties announce their national list members. Election results show a […]

By Buddhisiri Dharmapriya Courtesy Ceylon Today History is known to change constantly. And, history is written depending on the changes that tend to take place during certain periods. Even Karl Marx has written that history is made up of various struggles and fights that had taken place among various social classes. Hence, Sri Lanka’s political […]

By Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government, retired rear admiral Sarath Weerasekara who assumed duties yesterday, pledged to remove all clauses — in the 13th Amendment to the Constitution — which are detrimental to the well-being of the nation. We will not devolve police and land powers […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to re-commence, without delay, the programme to provide employment opportunities to 150,000 persons that was halted due to the General Election, the President’s Media Division said. The number of unemployed graduates to be recruited is 50,000. For the remaining 100,000 jobs, candidates will be selected from families of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Attorney General Dappula De Livera today strongly denied media reports alleging that he has approved the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact agreement. The Attorney General further informs that the matter is still under consideration, the AG’s Coordinating Officer Nishara Jayaratne said.  The Experts’ Committee appointed to review the proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Working Committee of the United National Party has decided to take another six months to elect a new leadership. According to party sources, the UNP Working Committee met at the Sirikotha party headquarters this morning to discuss the party leadership and the post of National List MP for more than two […]

Courtesy Hiru News Police Media Spokesman SSP Jaliya Senaratne stated that over Rs. 220 million has been transferred through the bank accounts of persons involved in drug trafficking in the last two weeks alone. He was speaking at a media briefing held at the Police Headquarters today. Also, a woman has been arrested for circulating […]

Courtesy Hiru News 15 prison officers who were accused of various allegations interdicted from June 10 this year. Another 21 have been transferred.

Courtesy Hiru News Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga says she is not surprised that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna has a two-thirds majority at a time when the two main parties in the country have been destroyed. She stated this in a special statement to the media.

Courtesy Hiru News Former Director of the State Intelligence Service Nilantha Jayawardena today admitted that when he received information through a foreign intelligence service that a suicide attack was being carried out in the country, he knew that Saharan had the physical and mental capacity to carry out such an attack. He was testifying before […]

CITIZEN BANDA The President of Sri Lanka has handpicked & appointed a first time National List nominee as Justice Minister who was not a politician, never a Member of Parliament and not a public figure except to serve as a lawyer to clients and regular speech maker following Presidential elections. The appointment was given amidst […]

By Chandre Dharmawardana Dr. Nalin the Silva refers to an article in the recent issue of Science (dated 11August 2020 although Science is a weekly journal) entitled: Senior U.S. lawmaker wants National Academies to scrutinize racism in science”, and uses this to jump to another topic, which he says is NOT discussed in the above […]

Courtesy Hiru News One more arrival from the UAE tested positive for COVID- 19, increasing total infected in Sri Lanka to 2882.

Courtesy Hiru News A tensed situation was witnessed today at the Presidential Commission Inquiring into political revenge and victimization. This was regarding an interview given by former Solicitor General Suhada Gamlath to a weekend newspaper regarding the legal status of the M V Mahanuwara vessel of Avant Garde. Former Senior Additional Solicitor General Wasantha Navaratne […]

By Kelum Bandara/Daily Mirror Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) had fielded 16 members of two professional bodies and a dozen of them got elected, outperforming traditional, entrenched political candidates. Colombo, August 13: The results of the August 5 Parliamentary Elections reflected on new political dynamics in Sri Lanka, be it in […]

By Yashwant Raj/Hindustan Times I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate,” the former vice-president wrote on twitter. Washington, August 12: Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, has named […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia An expert in international relations, Adm. Colombage’s Ph.D thesis was on Asymmetric Warfare at Sea; the case of Sri Lanka”. It was published by Lambert Academic Publishing in Germany. He is also a Fellow of the Nautical Institute of London. Colombo, August 13 (newsin.asia): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday appointed international […]

Courtesy The Morning Star HE Metropolitan Police have opened an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by British mercenaries in Sri Lanka during the 1980s. The force’s War Crime Team has begun a scoping exercise under Crown Prosecution Service guidelines, the Foreign Office has told the UN Working Group on Mercenaries (UNWGM). The probe follows […]

Courtesy Adaderana New Secretaries have been appointed to 25 Cabinet Ministries today (13), stated President’s Media Division issuing a press release. The new Ministry Secretaries were handed their letters of appointment by President Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat this evening. It is noteworthy that Dr. Anil Jasinghe has been appointed as the Secretary to the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Kurunegala Municipal Council members have left a council meeting expressing their displeasure over the Mayor’s failure to attend the meeting on time. Reportedly, the Kurunegala Mayor had been attending an event inaugurating the newly appointed Minister of Highways Johnston Fernando while a council meeting had been convened today (13). The Mayor had also […]

Courtesy Adaderana Every last individual who is responsible for the 2019 Easter attacks will be brought before the law, says newly appointed Minister of Justice President’s Counsel Ali Sabry. He expressed these views speaking at a program held in Kandy yesterday (12). He stated that he took oaths as the Minister of Justice not to […]

Kanthar Balanathan, Australia  15th August 2020 Rt. Hon. Justin TrudeauPrime Minister of CanadaOffice of the Prime Minister80 Wellington StreetOttawa, OntarioK1A 0A2 Rt Hon Prime Minister Mr Justin Trudeau, Statement by the Prime Minister on the anniversary of Black July 1983 This letter has reference to the statement made by you (PM) on the 23rd July […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The animosity towards Buddhism in Eastern Province is becoming confrontational. There is now an open tussle between the Buddhists and non Buddhists in Eastern Province. Neither side is prepared to give in. Buddhists are determined that the Eastern Province must continue as a Buddhist province. They are setting up new Buddhist temples. It […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම නෙත් කැබිනට් සහ රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යධූර අපේක්ෂාවෙන් සිටි බොහෝ මන්ත‍්‍රීවරුන් පිරිසකට මෙවර එම ධූර හිමිනොවූ බව වාර්තා වනවා. ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ සභාපති හිටපු ජනාධිපති මෛත‍්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතාට ද, අමාත්‍ය ධුරයක් හිමි බවට වාර්තා පළවුවත් ඒ මහතාට ද, අද අමාත්‍ය ධුරයක් හිමි වූයේ නැහැ. ඒ අනුව මෙවර ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයෙන් අමාත්‍යධුර හිමිවුයේ නිමල් […]