Dr.Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara  On the eve of Christmas of our politicians; who continue to destroy this resplendent Island and the Sinhala nation  and to invite the whole nation to rise up immediately against this betrayal and save your motherland from these devils. I request the editor to republish the same at this moment as it […]

Senaka Weeraratna Buddhism in Germany by William Peiris focuses on the contribution made by the German scholars towards the spread of Buddhism in Germany in particular, and the West in general. The Book narrates the manner in which Buddhism was spread in Germany, who gave leadership in promoting Buddhism and the manner of reception and […]

Christopher Sebastian Perhaps you’ve seen this meme before or variations of it while scrolling through your social media feeds. Impossibly huge number of human lives lost juxtaposed near impossibly huge number of animal lives lost. We often reason that these monolithic numbers will move our friends to action. But chances are high that your friends […]

Rajiv Malhotra Official Shocking state of affairs in Tamilnadu due to Muslin extremism In the backdrop of the terror attacks by Islamic fundamentalists in Sri Lanka, we take a look at the vulnerabilities in Tamil Nadu. The National Tawheed Jamath with sympathies towards the ISIS has been declared as the perpetrator of the Sri Lankan […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, December 28 (Colombo Times): When you are writing the book, write that Jaffna people love Sinhala people. We both want to live together like how we lived for centuries without getting burned by the flames of separatism” – Selvaratnam, resident of Jaffna The political rhetoric very often grabs headlines. The shrill voices […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඇතුළු පවුලේ සාමාජිකයන් මෑතක දී ඉන්දියාවේ තිරුපති දේවාලයේ පුද්ගලික සංචාරයක නිරත වූ ජෙට් යානය අගමැතිවරයාගේ මිත්‍රයෙකු ලබාදුන් එකක් බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්ය මණ්ඩල ප්‍රධානී යෝෂිත රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඉන්දීය ව්‍යාපාරික මිතුරෙකු විසින් මෙම යානාව ලබා දී ඇති බවත් නම හෙළ කිරීමට අකමැති බවත් යෝෂිත රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා […]

Written by Nirupama Subramanian | Mumbai | Courtesy Indian Express Wang Yi’s two-day visit, expected between January 7 and 9, will take place against the backdrop of a spat between the two countries over a contaminated consignment of organic fertiliser that has resulted in unexpected tensions between both countries. Earlier this month, a short- to medium-term […]

Courtesy Businesswire $425 million-projects’ value financed by the SFD in Sri Lanka SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE, Sri Lanka–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Saudi Fund for Development represented by the CEO Mr. Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, inaugurated the completion of the development of Peradeniya-Badulla-Chenkaladi Road Project in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, with a loan worth US$ 60 million. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The University Grants Commission has decided to permit universities to continue lectures and other academic activities with a maximum student capacity of 50% from tomorrow (29). UGC Chairman Prof. Sampath Amaratunga said that lectures and other academic activities of universities will be conducted under strict health guidelines.  Accordingly, the UGC has provided the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 22 more coronavirus-related deaths for December 27, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus pandemic to 14,923. According to the figures released by the Government Information Department, the deaths reported today include 12 males and 10 females. Six of the patients are […]