by Garvin Karunaratne. I give below the Summary of my book: Nuwara Kalaviya(2020): I can understand disasters caused by Natural Calamities, but I cannot come to terms with the demise and destruction of the ancient irrigation tanks and its unique agricultural cultivation system in Nuwara Kalaviya. The demise of the irrigation tanks began with the […]

Shenali D Waduge India’s intel chief is to arrive in Sri Lanka for talks with the President. Top on the agenda should be 13a but not to canvass for its implementation, but to discuss the dangers that underlie its implementation for Sri Lanka, India & entire South Asia. In 2021, 4 actions by US raised […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results -Albert Einstein A challenge for all political parties.  Why not a second chamber with equal representation for Tamils, Sinhalese, and Muslims? The momentum for resolving the ethnic issue that has bedeviled the country since independence has taken a […]

තිස්ස ගුණතිලක  “ද්වෙමෙ, භික්ඛවෙ, අන්තා පබ්බජිතෙන න සෙවිතබ්බා. කතමෙ ද්වෙ? යො චායං කාමෙසු කාමසුඛල්ලිකානුයොගො හීනො ගම්මො පොථුජ්ජනිකො අනරියො අනත්ථසංහිතො, යො චායං අත්තකිලමථානුයොගො” පබ්බජිතෙන – ආර්ය මාර්ගයට  පිවිසෙන තැනැත්තා  න සෙවිතබ්බා  -. ආශ්‍රය නොකල යුතු ද්වෙමෙ අන්තා – අන්ත දෙකකි කාමසුඛල්ලිකානුයොගො යනු ශරීරයට අධික සැප සම්පත් ලබාදීම බවත් අත්තකිලමථානුයොගො යනු ශරීරයට අධික දුක්දීම බවත් සමහර ගිහි […]

By, Professor Dr. Nishan C. Wijesinha The use of KHUSHI Abortion Pill Kit in Sri Lanka has risen above an average of over ten thousand units, commencing from the first quarter of June 2022 to October 2022. The 2015 Presidential election manifesto, of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, offered a complete economic and development restructuring package, from […]

MIKE WHITNEY  Courtesy The Unz Review Why do Americans hate Putin? Tucker Carlson thinks he knows. Here’s what he said: … Democrats in Washington have told you it’s your patriotic duty to hate Vladimir Putin. It’s not a suggestion. It’s a mandate. Anything less than hatred for Putin is treason. Many Americans have obeyed this […]

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ෆීනික්ස් නීති සංග්‍රහය,වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන දෙමළ භාෂාවෙන් නීතිය ඉගෙනීමේ අයිතිය දෙමළ ජනතාවගෙන් අහිමි කිරීමට, අලි සබ්‍රි අධිකරණ ඇමති, ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය අගවිනිසුරු ඇතුලු සංස්ථාගත නීති අධ්‍යාපන සභාව, අනු නීති පැනවීමට එරෙහිව දෙමළ ජනතා අයිතීන් වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී ඉන්නා අය ඉදිරිපත් නොවන්නේ ඇයි? ඇමෙරිකාවට, එංගලන්තයට, ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවට යන රටේ ඇත්තෝ එහි කලු පැත්ත මිස […]

By Rishabh Suri Courtesy Hindustan Times Singer Yohani, whose viral hit Manike Mage Hithe was used in the recent film Thank God speaks up on the recreation debate. Yohani shot to instant fame with Manike Mage Hithe, a Sri Lankan song, which currently holds more than 200 million views on YouTube. And even if we […]

Madhur Sharma Courtesy Outlook Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord with Sri Lankan President Junius Richard Jayawardene in 1987. Under the pact, the Indian military was deployed as the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka. Soon after the deployment, the circumstances changed and IPKF was engaged in combat by […]

By Sandun A. Jayasekara Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Central Bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal in his recently released publication on the current economic meltdown ‘Amidst Economic Hit Men’ says that if anyone is to blame for the current predicament, it is not only him but the previous administration, previous cabinet, finance minister and the […]