By P.K.Balachandran/Weekend Express There is more to the proposal to ban cow slaughter than safeguarding the cow Colombo, September 10: When the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa got the unanimous approval of his parliamentary group for legislation to ban cow slaughter, it was not the first attempt to have the practice banned. Despite toying […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Mahinda sought a summit with Prabakaran   Prabakaran didn’t understand the outside world    Tigers rejected civilian evacuation plan   Balasingham knew rebels would lose Sri Lanka’s 30-year war would be remembered, in part, for the crucial role played by Norway. The Norwegians managed to secure peace talks between the Government of Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy Ada Derana The Russian Embassy in Colombo has expressed concern over the decision of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) to remove three prominent Russian State Universities from the SLMC Approved List without prior information”. On Wednesday, it was reported that that three Russian medical colleges which have been offering free full scholarships to […]

Courtesy Hiru News Seven (07) more persons have been confirmed for Covid -19 infection. The Sri Lanka Country total has increased to 3,169

Courtesy Hiru News The Speaker nominated the members of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) for the 9th Parliament today. The committees will consist of 22 members each, including 14 members from the ruling party and 8 members from the opposition. The chairpersons will be appointed at the […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Government Medical Officers’ Association states that if action is not taken to protect the independence of the Sri Lanka Medical Council, a severe trade union action will be taken during the week beginning on September 21. The executive council of the association met yesterday and decided to convene an emergency central […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing into Political Victimisation, issued a stern warning to suspended Kaduwela Magistrate Dhammika Hemapala. This was when he appeared before the commission for the first time today. The commission accused him of undermining the judicial process and undermining public confidence. Nihal Jayatilleke had complained to the Commission […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation C.B. Rathnayake states that if there are any politicians who supported the destruction of the Puttalam Anavilundawa Reserve using backhoes, the law will be enforced against them as well. He expressed these views participating in the ‘Hiru Ettha’ programme. He also says that no prawn […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa states that the Minister of Education has been instructed to look into the issue of providing an egg daily to improve the nutritional status of school children. The Prime Minister said this when he met the Bakery Owners Association and the Egg Producers Association today. The Bakery […]

By Garvin Karunaratne  former G.A. Matara In view of the attempts by our President to boost our agriculture, it may be worthwhile to ascertain what did happen to the excellent agricultural extension service we had in the Sixties- the effort of the combined Agriculture Department and Agrarian Services.  I enclose a chapter from my forthcoming […]

On 28 June 2019, the Yahapalana Government tabled the State Lands (Special Provisions) Bill. The Bill, if enacted would have privatized 84% of land that belonged to the People (State). Sri Lanka would have become perhaps the only State without land. This would have raised the question of sovereignty, national security, key fundamental rights of […]

Senaka Weeraratna Founder Member on behalf of Justice for Animals and Nature We wholeheartedly welcome the Government’s decision to ban the slaughter of cattle. We thank the President Hon. Gotabhaya Rajapakse and the Prime Minister Hon. Mahinda Rajapakse for taking this courageous step, and the Government Parliamentary Group for endorsing this move. It is inspiring […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය තිරසර සංවර්ධන අරමුණු පිළිබඳ පංච පුද්ගල කමිටු වාර්තාව එම කමිටු සාමාජිකයින් විසින් අද 2020.09.10 දින ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී පිළිගන්වන ලදී. විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යවරයාගේ උපදෙස් මත පත් කළ මෙම පංච පුද්ගල කමිටුවේ සභාපති ලෙස විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යංශයේ අතිරේක ලේකම් අහමඩ් ජාවිඩ් මහතා කටයුතු කළේය. එම කමිටුවේ සෙසු සාමාජිකයින් ලෙස අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නෙදර්ලන්ත තානාපතිනි ටන්ජා ගොන්ග්‍රිජ් මහත්මිය හා ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද  රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අතර හමුවක්  අද 2020.09.10 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්වුණි. මහ මැතිවරණයේ ලද ජයග්‍රහණය පිළිබඳව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට සුභ පැතුම් එක් කළ  නෙදර්ලන්ත තානාපතිනිය කොවිඩ් -19 වසංගත තත්ත්වය පාලනය කිරීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව කටයුතු කළ ආකාරය පිළිබඳව  රජයට ප්‍රශංසා කළේය. අනතුරට […]

By Neville Ladduwahetty courtesy Island The Additional Secretary to the President for Foreign Relations, Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage in an interview stated: The foreign policy of the new government is based on some key pillars. The number one is neutrality. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has repeatedly stated in Sri Lanka and India and in his interaction […]

Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. You don’t need to kill the patient to kill the pain –Dr. Andre Bourque University of Montréal Euthanasia or assisted suicide is a controversial topic that is defined as deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life, to relieve intractable suffering. Today several countries have legalized euthanasia and some view it as […]

(Article) Published by University of Hawai’i Press DOI: 1 Chera, Chola, Pandya: Using Archaeological Evidence to Identify the Tamil Kingdoms of Early Historic South India Abraham, Shinu Anna. Asian Perspectives, Volume 42, Number 2, Fall 2003, pp. 207-223 (Article) Published by University of Hawai’i Press DOI: 1 Quote important in the identification of Tamilakam is […]

BISTHAN BATCHA Courtesy Island Open Letter to Minister of Justice As you are aware, Muslim marriages in Sri Lanka centre around the Nikah and Walima in accordance with the tenets of Islam. The Nikah, which is Shariah-based and therefore immutable, is essentially a brief ceremony where, under the guidance of a pious Muslim male, vows […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (10) responded to comments by the Opposition and its allies on the 20th Amendment to the Constitution and the court ruling on Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Ratnapura District Parliamentarian Premalal Gunasekara. Referring to the allegations by the Opposition during today’s meeting with State Ministers held at the Presidential […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Government has decided to increase the total number of National Schools in the country to one thousand and to expedite the development of National Schools. This was stated at a discussion chaired by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa with all state ministers at the Presidential Secretariat today (10). Meanwhile, the President and other […]

Courtesy Hiru News 03 arrivals from Kuwait, Singapore & the UAE, tested positive for COVID- 19, increasing total infected in Sri Lanka to 3,155.

Courtesy Hiru News It was stated today that the weapons found in connection with the arrest of former DIG Vass Gunawardena in the Mohammed Siyam murder case was fabrication by a group including Shani Abeysekera. This was when Inspector Irosh Villawarachchi testified before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on Political Victimisation.

Lt Col. Anil Amarasekera (Retd.)Mr. K. M. B. Kotakadeniya (Retd. Senior DIG) Co-Presidents National Joint Commission The National Joint Committee wish to salute the principled stand taken by Honourable Sarath Weerasekera Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Authorities, that he is against the Provincial Council system and would endeavor its abolition. We hail the Honourable […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ වර්ෂ 2015 ජනාධිපතිවරණයට, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ, දෙමල ජාතික සන්ධානය, මුස්ලිම් කොන්ග්‍රසය යන සියලුම පක්ෂ වෙනුවෙන් තරඟ කල අපේක්ෂකයා වුයේ, මෛත්‍රිපාල සිරිසේන මහතායි.අවසන් මොහොතේ මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂයන්ගෙන් වෙන්ව, ජනාධිපතිවරණයට ඉදිරිපත්වූ එතුමාට ඒ වෙනවිට දේශපාලන පක්ෂයක් නොතිබුන තත්වයක් තුල ඒ මහා මැතිවරණයට මුළු රටම ආවරණය වන පරිදි වියදම්වෙන මහා ධනස්කන්දය වියදම් කලේ කවුද? […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS  THIS ESSAY INCLUDES MATERIAL WHICH COULD NOT BE USED IN THE PREVIOUS ESSAY. BOMBS In 1970 JVP had experimented with making  safety bombs and Molotov cocktails. JVP conducted training classes in bombs at Kandy, Matale, Nuwara  Eliya, Moneragala, Ampara, Polonnaruwa, Trincomalee, Kalutara. In  1970 3000 bombs were sent  to Badulla, Anuradhapura, Trincomalee and […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The JVP did not fade away after April 1971 as it would have done, had it been a purely local affair. Instead, JVP met secretly and reorganized.  JVP first retreated into their hideouts in the jungles of the North Central Province. They moved the camps from place to place.  They did not stay […]

Chandre Dharmawardana. Tamil Nationalists are making their myths, extending their history to ancient times and claiming that they were in Sri Lanka (and even in Africa, Babylon and Egypt) since the beginning of time, and that Tamil language is the source of the ancient Sumarian language. Wigneswaran, the ex-Chief Minster of the Northern province, has […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය විවිධ ආර්ථික අර්බුධයන්ට ලක්ව සිටින ජනතාව ඉන් මුදා ගැනීම සඳහා ණය ලබාදීමේදී ලිහිල් ප්‍රතිපත්තියක් අනුගමනය කරන්නැයි විෂය භාර අමාත්‍ය, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අද 2020.09.09 දින රාජ්‍ය බැංකු ප්‍රධානීන්ට උපදෙස් ලබා දුන්නේය. මුදල් අමාත්‍යංශයේ  ප්‍රගති සමාලෝචන රැස්වීම මුදල් අමාත්‍යංශයේ පැවති අවස්ථාවේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. ණය ගෙවා ගැනීමට අපහසු හා අලුතින් […]

Courtesy Sputnik Rising Buddhist nationalism in Sri Lanka has prompted the government to revisit plans for a cow slaughter ban, with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa reportedly floating the proposal in a parliamentary meeting. The proposal has brought together Buddhists and Tamils who see such as law as in line with their religious sentiments. Fresh from […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The US$ 1.4 billion Colombo Port City project is to bring in US$ 13 billion worth of investments and generate over 80,000 jobs. COLOMBO, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — Sri Lankan State Minister of Regional Cooperation Tharaka Balasuriya said during a tour of Chinese-built projects in capital Colombo on Tuesday that Chinese investment will […]