Sugath Kulattunga It is sad to see the long never-ending queues for fuel and gas. Already the queues have claimed 25 lives. There is no light at the end of the tunnel that the supplies of gas and fuel would improve in the near future. The lost to the economy in the impact of the […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Initially, there was much sympathy for JVP in villages, said Rohan Gunaratna. Many people had genuine sympathy for JVP because they too when they were young, had experienced the frustrations articulated by JVP.  The lower and lower middle class thought JVP offered a better alternative to UNP and SLFP. They had high expectations […]

කීර්ති හේවාගොඩ බලංගොඩ ප්‍රදේශයේ කූරගල පර්වතය ට බද්ධව පිහිටා ඇති රජවක වන රක්ෂිතය ජෛව විවිධත්වයෙන් පොහොසත්  සහ ජල පෝෂක වටිනාකමින් යුත් වන භූමියකි.  වර්ග කිලෝමීටර 26.33 ක වපරිසරයක ආවරණය කරන මේ රජවක වනාන්තරය සමනල වැව ජලාශයේ ප්‍රධාන ජල පෝෂකය ලෙස හදුනාගෙන තිබේ. රජවක වනාන්තරයේ අතිශය වැදගත් කම නිසාම අංක 1577/5 දරණ ගැසට් පත්‍රය මගින් වර්ෂ […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS University of Peradeniya was the one of the main centers of JVP activity,  in the 1987 insurgency. It was the epi-center of JVP activity in 1989. Some members of University minor staff and University security were in the JVP military wing. Instructions for prison attack and central command attack in Kandy were issued […]

Prof. Hudson McLean During the Collapse of the Circus, the Clown or the Joker becomes the King!   BUT – Sri Lanka Has Talent! —-  Read Below! “President Wickremesinghe in a light tone asked some of the diplomats if protestors could illegally occupy the President’s Office in their respective countries” This is proof that Ranil Wickremasinghe […]

Lanka Lead News ලෝක සිතියමෙි ලිබියානු රට පිහිටා ඇත්තේ අප්‍රිකානු මහද්වීපයේ වන අතර ඉතාම දිළිඳු රටක් ලෙසින් 1969 ට පෙර පැවත ඇත.ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය ප්‍රමුඛ බටහිර රටවල්වලට යටත් රූකඩ ආණ්ඩුවක් එහි පැවතිනි.රාජාණ්ඩුවක්ව පැවති ලිබියාවෙි පාලකයා ලෙස කටයුතු කලේ ඉන්ද්‍රිස් නැමති නායකයාය.රට තුල පැවති ඇතැමි ඛනිජ සමිපත් බ්‍රිතාන්‍යන් ඇතුළු බටහිර තමන්ට රිසි සේ සූරා කමින් පැවතුණි […]

New Zealand Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights (SPUR NZ) New Zealand Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights (SPUR NZ) in a letter addressed to key Sri Lankan Ministers has condemned the recent actions taken to silence the voice of the youth of Sri Lanka. Our motherland, with a long established culture that […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, July 27 (newsin.asia): In his interaction with foreign diplomats last week, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressed their concerns about the application of force to oust protesters from the Presidential Secretariat on the night of July 21-22.   The US Ambassador, Julie Chung, had tweeted saying that she met President […]

Courtesy CGTN The Sri Lankan Supreme Court has summoned former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appear in court on August 1 to make submissions in response to applications calling for an investigation against those responsible for leading the country and the people into bankruptcy, local media reported on Wednesday. Rajapaksa fled his crisis-ridden country to Singapore […]

By Gagani Weerakoon Courtesy Ceylon Today Independent MP Wimal Weerawansa yesterday (27) said in Parliament that there is a conspiracy to take the State towards anarchy in the guise of ‘Aragalaya’ and that attempt should be defeated. Weerawansa made this remark during the debate on Emergency Regulations. The country has reached to a critical junction […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Claiming that the protesters who are engaged in the struggle are attempting to destroy the State tactfully with the backing of external forces, Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa today said such moves should be defeated. Speaking at the emergency debate, he told Parliament that they would vote in favour of the proclamation of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror he Police released a set of photographs of a group of suspects wanted over the incident of setting fire to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence in Colombo on July 9. Police said the investigations into the arson attack on the President’s private residence was being carried out by the Criminal Investigations […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror An activist of the Inter-University Students Union and the ‘GotaGoGama’, Anthony Veranga Pushpika has been arrested by the Colombo South Divisional Crime Detective Bureau (DCDB) today in connection with causing damages to public property during a recent protest near the Police Headquarters. It was reported on social media that the activist […]

Courtesy Adaderana Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Sri Lanka should kick off debt restructuring talks with its bilateral lender China, while the island state’s government seeks a financing loan from the Washington-based fund. China is a big creditor, and Sri Lanka has to engage proactively with it on a debt restructuring,” Krishna […]

Courtesy Adaderana Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage has ordered to further remand the 04 suspects who had been arrested on suspicion over the incident of setting fire to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence, until the August 10. When the case was called before the Court today (27), the magistrate has also granted permission to name […]

Courtesy Adaderana Dhaniz Ali, the man who was arrested last night while trying to leave for Dubai on a flight from the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has been remanded until the 05th of August. He was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court earlier today. The 31-year-old, a resident of Webada in Kurunegala, was taken […]

Courtesy Adaderana Proclamation on the state of emergency declared by the then Acting President under the Public Security Ordinance approved in Parliament of Sri Lanka by majority vote. The Proclamation on the state of emergency declared by then Acting President under the Public Security Ordinance was approved in Parliament today (27) by a majority of […]

Shenali D Waduge Are we barking up the wrong tree? We often target the politicians little realizing that most often they act on advice given to them. In such a scenario, have we omitted to look into the role of senior offilicials & questioned if they could have misled the governors & the govt? Did […]

Shenali D Waduge Let us compare how the international community reacted to 2 incidents of riots targeting State buildings in US & Sri Lanka & the hypocrisy of those issuing statements in response to both incidents. Let us also compare how the world reacted to law enforcements clear the rioters in US and the manner […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS 1987–89 JVP INSURRECTION JVP staged a second uprising which lasted from 1987 to 1989. This was not an open revolt, but a low intensity conflict with the JVP resorting to assassinations, raids and attacks on military and civilian targets. With these practices of fear and intimidation, the JVP was able to bring the […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS From 1987 to 1989, the JVP was able to dominate the country. A wave of violence swept in after 1987. There were suddenly large number of people who were willing kill. And a larger number who were willing to accept this. There was a general increase in murder, rape, abduction and holdups, said […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS B.J.C. Perera was Consultant Pediatrician in Kurunegala in 1988.  In Kurunegala there was a lot of public support for JVP and people in the area were openly sympathetic to the cause said BJC. JVP   were in almost total control.  Hospital had JVP sympathizers on the staff. Two of his House officers were also […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando People waiting in a queue to purchase cooking gas. Picture by Sulochana Gamage The current economic crisis is exacerbating day after day. People line up in extended queues, although the Government advises not to line up in long rows. The general public does that because they may lose their place […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Sri Lanka Has Hit the Bottom! –  Strategic Geographical Location of Sri Lanka Ignored. Why Sri Lanka Needs New Blood. New Young Leadership! Why are two Island States under British Rule in the Indian Ocean, Ceylon (an Island paradise) & Singapore (a muddy fishing village), emerging during the 1960s, slumped into a […]

Lanka Lead News ගරු ජුලී ජේ. චුන්ග්,තානාපතිනි,එක්සත් ජනපද තානාපති කාර්යාලය කොළඹ,210 ගාලු පාර,කොළඹ 03,ශ්‍රී ලංකාව. ගරු තානාපතිතුමියනි, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වෘත්තිකයන් වශයෙන් අපි ඔබගේ තනතුරෙහි ක්‍රියාකාරකම් පුරාවටම නිරීක්ෂණය කරමින් සිටිමු. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඔබගේ කටයුතු රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික මට්ටමින් ඔබ්බට ගිය දේශපාලන මට්ටමට ලඟා වී ඇති බව අපගේ අවධානයට ලක්විය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වත්මන් තත්ත්වයත් සම්බන්ධව අවංක උනන්දුවක් ඇති […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Beijng, July 26 (Chinese official media): The Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday sent a message to Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena congratulating him on taking office as Sri Lankan Prime Minister. In his message, Li said that China and Sri Lanka enjoy a profound traditional friendship, and are friendly neighbors and […]

Courtesy Khaleej Times Bangladesh has sought the funds for its balance of payment and budgetary needs, as well as for efforts to deal with climate change Bangladesh has sought a $4.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, the Daily Star newspaper reported on Tuesday, joining South Asian neighbours Pakistan and Sri Lanka in seeking […]

Matt Ridley Courtesy  https://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/ An obsession with organic farming ‘in sync with nature’ triggered an unsustainable but predictable economic crisis Five years ago, the World Bank was extolling how Sri Lanka intends to transition to a more competitive and inclusive upper-middle income country”. Right up to the middle of last year, despite the impact of […]

Courtesy Hiru News The International Democrat Union (IDU) congratulates Ranil Wickremesinghe on his election as the 8th President of Sri Lanka. President Wickremesinghe takes office in the most challenging political and economic situation the country has ever faced. The mismanagement under the previous President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the corruption of the Rajapaksa family have led […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Whilst Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentary group has unanimously decided to vote against the Emergency Bill tomorrow, there seemed to be different opinions about an all party government as some MPs representing the party opine that the party should play a role in an all party government without accepting ministerial portfolios. […]