Yes, the Sinhalese Buddhists are concerned. Do they have reason to be? Yes. Yet the concerns of Buddhists are never given an unbiased voice in the mainstream media, instead Sinhalese Buddhists are labeled as racist”, extremist” and even militant”. Labelling Sinhala Buddhists is a ploy to refuse to accept the reality that moderate Muslims are […]

By Rohana R. Wasala According to a news item carried in The Island/December 28, 2020, Russian Ambassador in Colombo Yuri Materiy forewarned Sri Lanka’s Minister of Public Security Retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera that extremist Islamic terrorist organizations may channel funds to their Lankan counterparts on the pretext of extending COVID-19 aid. ‘In response the […]

 Dr. Sudath Gunasekara An open letter to His Excellency the President, Hon Prime Minister, and all concerned on the destiny of the Sinhala nation  Dr. Sudath Gunasekara : Retired Secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandarnayaka and President Mahanuwara Sinhala Bauddha JesTha puravesiyange sanvidhanaya. 28.12 2020. Why PC elections should not be held   just now Because  […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Surangal Lakmal by far the best fast bowler Sri Lanka ‘s squad.  We  did not play the practise match before the first test. According to our Head Coach, Lakmal will play the second test, if he  pass the fitness test.  Sri Lankan Cricket says Lakmal sustained an injury during regular […]

MALINDA SENEVIRATN​E Is it absolutely safe to bury those who have died of Covid-19? No one can say with absolute certainty. The World Health Organization (WHO) says it’s safe. However, the WHO’s endorsement is not the last word. It is a decent recommendation, nothing more. Note, also, that the WHO has got a lot of […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Sri Lanka in October 2020. Pompeo received security fit enough for a President, said the media. The visit was clearly intended to urge Sri Lanka to join an alliance against China. USA wished to rope Sri Lanka into the US’s regional plans, said analysts, but US […]

MALINDA SENEVIRATN​E Those who worship free markets would say, ‘there is no such thing as a free lunch.’ Nothing comes free. Everything has a price which, they claim, is determined by the play of demand and supply in a market where everyone is endowed with the capacity to obtain all relevant information.Nice on paper. But […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The US is well known for its political and military interventions. USA started to meddle in the politics of other countries in the 1950s.  The first coup was in 1953. This was in Iran where the duly elected and highly popular Mossadegh was removed and the Shah of Iran installed. Mossadegh was going […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි  මුස්ලිම් ජනතාව මේ සමාජයට ආගන්තුක ජන කොට්ඨාශයකි.ජානමය වශයෙන් ගත්කල ඇත්තේ සිංහල-අරාබි සංකලනයකි. එසේ ගත්කල මේ ජන කොට්ඨාශය ඇත්තේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පමණි. සිරුරක අනන්‍යතාව සලකා බැලීමට හොඳම තෝතැන්න වන්නේ ඒ ශරිරයේ ජානමය ව්‍යහයයි. ඒ අනුව ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය මුස්ලිම් ප්‍රජාව තුල ඇති ජානමය ව්‍යහයේ ස්වභාවය 50% තම සිරුර පිලිස්සුවත්, වල දැමුවත් කමක් නැතැයි අනුමත […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ශ්‍රි ලංකා විශ්වවිද්‍යාල ලිපිකරු, කළමනාකරණ සහකාර, කාර්මික සේවා සංගමය කොවිඩ් අරමුදල සඳහා රුපියල් මිලියන 1.28ක මුදලක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ගරු මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට අද 2020.12.29 දින ප්‍රදානය කළේය. මෙරට කොව්ඩ් රෝගීන්ට ප්‍රතිකාර කිරීම සඳහා අවශ්‍ය මුදල් තර කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා විශ්වවිද්‍යාල ලිපිකරු, කළමනාකරණ සහකාර, කාර්මික සේවා සංගම් නියෝජිතයන් විජේරාම පිහිටි නිල නිවසේදී මෙම […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය දොම්පෙ ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවේ නව සභාපති කාරියප්පෙරුමගේ පියසේන මහතා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ගරු මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ඉදිරියේදී අද 2020.12.29 දින දිවුරුම් දුන්නේය. විජේරාම පිහිටි නිල නිවසේදී මෙම දිවුරුම් දීමේ අවස්ථාව පැවැත්විණි. දොම්පෙ ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවේ හිටපු සභාපති මිලාන් ජයතිලක මහතා පසුගිය මහ මැතිවරණයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට තේරී පත්වීමෙන් ඇති වූ පුරප්පාඩුවට මෙලෙස කාරියප්පෙරුමගේ පියසේන මහතා පත්කෙරිණි. මෙම අවස්ථාවට […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාගේ සංකල්පයකට අනුව සෑම පුන් පොහෝ දිනකම පවත්වන අමාදම් සිසිලස” ධර්ම දේශනා මාලාවේ 205 වැන්න අද 2020.12.29 දින විජේරාම පිහිටි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නිල නිවසේදී පැවැත්විණි. ප්‍රථමයෙන් ආගමික වතාවත්වල නියැළුණු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා, ධර්ම දේශනය සඳහා වැඩම කළ වදාළ කොළඹ හුණුපිටිය ගංගාරාම විහාරාධිකාරී ආචාර්ය කිරින්දේ අස්සජි ස්වාමීන්ද්‍රයන් වහන්සේට දැහැත් වට්ටියක් පූජා කරමින් ධර්ම […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem, MP, recently told The Island that Sri Lanka had no option but to involve India in the development of the deep water facility, the East Container Terminal at the Colombo Port, which has been built to accommodate the largest container ships that ply […]

YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Traditional medicinal products which enhance immunity have been able to contain the COVID- 19 pandemic in Sri Lanka to some extent, an official said over the weekend. President Ayurvedic Medical Association Dr. Prasadh Hendavitharana told a seminar organised by the National Movement for Social Justice on Sunday that traditional […]

Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror The majority of patients among 547 COVID-19 cases reported in the country yesterday are from the Colombo District, and the highest number of those cases were reported in Dematagoda, Kirulapona and Wellawatta areas. Accordingly, 247 cases have been reported in Colombo yesterday and among them 121 patients have […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Police Special Task Force (STF) has been deployed in Mawanella town to strengthen security following an incident where stone was pelted at a shrine of Buddha opposite the Dadimunda Devalaya at Hingula in Mawanella. The Mawanella police have launched an investigation into this incident. According to the police, a glass […]

Courtesy Adaderana Another death from the coronavirus infection has been reported in the country, the Government Information Department stated. A 45-year-old male residing in Wellampitiya has passed away yesterday (December 28) while receiving treatment at the Homagama Base Hospital. The cause of his death has been determined as COVID-19 related pneumonia and a complicated kidney […]

Courtesy Adaderana The total count of Covid-19 cases reported in Sri Lanka reached 42,056 as more persons were tested positive for the virus.  The Department of Government Information said 453 more fresh cases have been detected within the day. Reportedly, 418 of the new cases are close contacts of the Peliyagoda fish market cluster. The […]

Courtesy  Sri Lanka News Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and Ayurvedic Hospitals Development and Community Health State Ministry stated that the syrup manufactured by Dhammika Bandara from Kegalle which allegedly suppresses the coronavirus infection can only be directed to clinical trial after it obtains the ethical certificate. < Speaking to Hiru News Ministry Secretary Kumari Weerasekara […]

Courtesy Hiru News Prof. Jennifer Perera, the Chairman of the expert committee appointed to determine the course of action to be taken regarding the corpses of people who have died due to coronavirus infection, has submitted its report to the Ministry of Health. Steps were taken to appoint a new nine-member expert committee to give […]

Courtesy Hiru News Following a discussion held at Temple Trees yesterday (28), Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival and Poverty Eradication Chairman, former Minister Basil Rajapaksa stated that Samurdhi Managers and Samurdhi Development Officers will lead the process of directing Samurdhi recipients to livelihoods under the Rural Economic Building Program. Discussions focused on the future […]

Tissa Jananayake රටේ සාමාන්‍ය ජනතාවට අවබෝධ වන සේ පැහැදිලි කරන ලද – වයිරස යනු කුමක්ද? – PCR පරීක්ෂණය යනු කුමක්ද – කොරෝනා මරණ භූමදානය හා ආදාහනය පිළිබද විශේෂයෙන් සකස්කරන ලද දේශනයක් ඇසුරිනි.