K . Venkat Once the FIFA World Cup started in Qatar, some of my virtue-signaling white friends went on an overdrive. Captains of a few European football teams had insisted on wearing the ‘One Love’ armband, ostensibly to express solidarity with homosexuals, whom Qatari laws persecute. The Qataris knew how to deal with this neo-aggression. […]

Dr. .Sudath Gunasekara  In my school carrier from Kindergarten (1945)-to University Entrance 1958) I had always been the first in all classes,  except twice that is 1950 at Udispattuwa Junior School econd term, after my mother’s untimely death and 1955 first term after I change college to Galahitiyawa Central from  Teldeniya Senior. But even in […]

Gamini Sarath Godakanda Jennifer Smith, Justice of the Peace and retired London solicitor who has had a long association with Sri Lanka, presented a set of watercolours by the Irish artist, Andrew Nicoll (1804-86) to the Pathfinder Collection. The paintings were recently handed over to Milinda Moragoda, Founder of MMBL-Pathfinder.The Pathfinder Collection was established in […]

Mehjabin Bhanu – a Bangladeshi teacher, columnist and writer. In recent times, the USA is very interested in further strengthening bilateral relations. Bangladesh also intends to deepen and enhance its ties with the US. Analysts say that the US wants a holistic relationship with Bangladesh beyond bilateral ties. US President Joe Biden expressed optimism about […]

තිසර සමල් – අනුරාධපුර දිවයිනේ ප්‍රසිද්ධ දේශීය රූපලාවන්‍යය නිෂ්පාදන ආයතනයක් වන ඒ.බී.සී හර්බල්ස් නිෂ්පාදන ආයතනයේ 6 වැනි සංවත්සර සැමරුම හිටපු අමාත්‍යය, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂ ජාතික සංවිධායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් ඊයේ (07) පැවැත්විණි. අනුරාධපුර හෙරිටේජ් හෝටල් පරිශ්‍රයේදී මෙම සංවත්සර සැමරුම පැවැත්විණි. ඒ.බී.සී හර්බල්ස් යනු රූපලාවන්‍යය නිෂ්පාදන රැසක් වෙළඳපලට නිකුත් කරන ප්‍රසිද්ධ අනුරාධපුරයේ නිෂ්පාදන ආයතනයකි.එම ආයතනය මීට වසර 06 […]

Sufian Siddique Independent researcher and freelance columnist, Dhaka The United States of America (USA) is popularly known as the ‘Champion of Democracy and Human Rights’. But since the last two decades, in its journey towards a multicultural society, the USA is facing a lot of human rights issues domestically such as hate crimes, structural racism, […]

තිසර සමල් – අනුරාධපුර “නිදහසින් පසු අපේ රට මුහුණ දී ඇති දැවැන්තම අර්බුදකාරි තත්වය යටතේ දී වුවත්, මෙරට පොදු ප්‍රවාහන ක්ෂේත්‍රය නඟාසිටුවීමට ඉන්දීය රජයෙන් ලැබෙන සහයෝගය ඉතාමත් ප්‍රශංසනීයයි.”යැයි ප්‍රවාහන මහාමාර්ග හා ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පැවසීය. අමාත්‍යවරයා මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේ උතුරු දුම්රිය මාර්ගයේ මහව සිට ඕමන්ත දක්වා කොටසේ ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ කටයුතු ආරම්භ කිරීම […]

Lanka Lead News කැනඩාවේ හිටපු ශ්‍රී ලංකා නියෝජ්‍ය මහකොමසාරිස් අශෝක වීරසිංහ මහතා හෙළිකරන්නේ 1997 ජනවාරි 31 දා සිදුවූ කොටුවේ මහ බැංකු බෝම්බ පිපිරීම සඳහා ටී. එන්. ටී. පුපුරණ ද්‍රව්‍ය ටොන් 50 ක් සහ ආර් ඩී එක්ස් පුපුරණ ද්‍රව්‍ය ටොන් 10 ක් මිලයට ගෙන ඇත්තේ යුක්රේනයේ රුබේයෝන් රසායන කම්හලෙන් බව ය. කොටුව බෝම්බ පිපිරීමෙන් සියයකට අධික […]

e-Con e-News Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace & prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? – George Washington, Farewell Address, 17 September 1796 Under no circumstances, from here to eternity, will we ever let any critical sphere of our country or our people’s lives depend […]

Courtesy NDTV As part of its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, India has extended multi-pronged assistance to Sri Lanka. Colombo:  India has handed 75 passenger buses to Sri Lanka as part of its assistance towards strengthening public transport infrastructure in the cash-strapped country. As part of its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, India has extended multi-pronged assistance to Sri […]

By Sam Cabral Courtesy BBC News, Colombo Long gone are the throngs of protesters who occupied an area around the president’s office for months during Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis since independence. Instead a slew of carollers sang to the public from across the heavily-guarded fences of the Presidential Secretariat. Next to the building rose […]

Author: Dushni Weerakoon Courtesy EastAsiaForum In 2022 Sri Lanka faced its deepest ever economic and political crisis. The country’s descent into chaos accelerated from March, sweeping away high-level bureaucrats and political leaders held culpable for implementing the misguided economic policies at the heart of the country’s problems. The political casualties failed to allay public disaffection […]

Courtesy Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s bondholders aren’t living up to their obligations and should cancel debt to allow the country to get out of its economic crisis, a group of international academics said in a letter. Private creditors own almost 40% of the country’s external debt, mostly in the form of International Sovereign Bonds, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that strong, independent institutions are the foundation for sustainable, inclusive and steady growth for a long period. Speaking during a panel discussion on the topic ‘South Asia’s path to resilient growth’ organised by the International Monetary fund (IMF), Dr. Weerasinghe said that Sri Lanka has moved […]

Courtesy Hiru News Measures are underway to introduce a law similar to the Social Media Regulation Act of Singapore to regulate social media, such as YouTube and Facebook, in Sri Lanka, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday (06). According to Hiru News, President Wickremesinghe pointed out that Sri Lanka has laws pertaining to newspaper and […]

Shenali D Waduge The Global Research article titled Historical analysis of the Global Elites: ransacking the world economy until you’ll own nothing” by Robert I Burrowes is not only worth reading but worth thinking about too. Robert Burrowes lays out the Great Reset outlined by the World Economic Forum in 2016. Their plan – to […]

By Palitha Ariyarathana Evidence of tactful proselytizing activity goes through marriage life in Sri Lanka, where Buddhist secretly convert to become slaves of another religion. When we screen through actual incidents in our society, we can clearly find out that church propagandists plant early seeds in their community to convince another religious partner to convert […]

By Rohana R. Wasala A Youtube video (uploaded December 27, 2022) with the alarmist caption බුදුන් ඉපදුණු මේ ලංකාවට සිදු වු අපරාදෙ අපිත් දැන ගනිමුද  (Let’s be aware of the enormity of the injustice perpetrated on Sri Lanka where the Buddha was born) captured my attention this morning (January 1, 2023), both because of the […]

Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel Former Ambassador to UAE and Israel. [1]Chairman Consumer Affairs Authority, President Ambassador’s forum Domestic Workers Domestic workers are those employed in households or personal level of private individuals or families, prevalent worldwide. Rules for domestic workers are not properly regularized in Sri Lanka or in many countries though attempts have been […]

Dilrook Kannangara Replacing provincial councils with District councils worsens the problems of separatism, corruption and waste. It must never be attempted. If provincial councils are bad, the system must be retracted. Replacing it with a worse system is unwise (Mahadenamutta could not have done it better in the case of palm sugar cubes). There are […]

By Dr Tilak S. Fernando –   Ceylon Today, January 6– 2023. Chiromancy or palmistry is a skill of evaluating a person’s character or future by reading” the palm of an individual’s hand. The heart line, head line, lifeline, etc., and the mounds immediately appearing under the base of each finger suggest elucidations by their relative […]

Courtesy Rediff News Image: The disputed structure in SrinagarPhotographs: Umar Ganai Look at the picture carefully. This nondescript Muslim shrine in Kashmir has shot into the international limelight after many believers claimed it was where Jesus Christ was laid to rest. Inquisitive visitors– mostly Westerners–have started flocking to the shrine, forcing the caretakers to close down the religious structure. Rediff.com‘s Mukhtar […]

MIKE WHITNEY Courtesy The Unz Review For decades, the idea of dismantling the Soviet Union and Russia has been constantly cultivated in Western countries. Unfortunately, at some point, the idea of using Ukraine to achieve this goal was conceived. In fact, to prevent such a development, we launched the special military operation (SMO). This is […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira Daily News Colombo, January 6 (Daily News): A few years ago, government employees in Sri Lanka became a laughing stock in the world when a trade union struck work in protest against the installation of fingerprint machines to mark attendance in their offices. Sri Lanka is among the top rankers in the […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickramasinghe says that the government expects to receive India’s response regarding Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring at the end of this month. The President stated that the negotiations with China regarding debt restructuring have recommenced. The President revealed this during a discussion held today (06) with newspaper editors and electronic media news […]

Courtesy Adaderana Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will be among 20 world leaders who will participate in the Voice of the Global South Summit” (VGSS) next week hosted by India virtually, Indian media reported.  The summit will take place on January 12 and January 13 and will be chaired […]

Courtesy Adaderana Speaking with regards to the upcoming Local Government (LG) elections that are due to be held, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya has stated that in the event an LG election is held amidst Sri Lanka’s current situation, it will be a ‘world record’.  Reasoning as to why he deemed the election as […]

Courtesy Adaderana  Sri Lanka will restart negotiations on trade pacts with India, China and Thailand after a four-hear hiatus, an official said on Thursday, as the crisis-hit country races to seal deals to help it rebuild its economy. The island of 22 million is in the midst of its worst financial crisis in over seven […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (06 Jan.) ordered Sepal Amarasinghe, a social media activist arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department, to be remanded until the 10th. Colombo Additional Magistrate Tharanga Mahawatta issued the relevant order after considering the facts presented by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Amarasinghe was arrested by the CID last […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the government is working to introduce an Act similar to the Telecommunications and Social Media Act currently used in Singapore to regulate social media platforms including YouTube and Facebook. The President made this observation during a discussion held today (06) with newspaper editors and news directors of electronic […]