Shenali D Waduge The northern province has become a virtual Tamil only province by virtue of chasing out Sinhalese & Muslims who had been living prior to Independence. Implementing 13A in full would mean this Tamil Only Northern Province will get the Tamil Eelam State their politicians politically vied for & Tamil militants fought for […]

ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර.මහනුවර Fist Posted on January 27th, 2023 1948.පෙබ 4 දා.අපට ලැබුණේ අධිරාජ්‍යවාදි යදම්වළින් බැඳි තවමත් බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය මහරජ අපගේද මහරජ වශයෙන් පිළිගන්නා ඔවුන් විසින්ම සකස්කරණලද ආණ්ඩු ක්‍රමව්‍යවස්තාවක් යටතේ පාලනයවන බ්‍රතාන්‍ය පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලය තුල ඩොමිනියන් තත්වයක් හා මේ රටේ මිනිසුන්ගේ චන්දයෙන් පත්කරගත් කලුසුද්දන්ගෙන් සැදුම්ලත් පාර්ලිමේන්ත්ව සහ උත්තර මන්ත්‍රී මණ්ඩලයක් සහිත සීමිත නිදහසක් පමණි. ඒ බව   […]

By Dr Tilak S. Fernando There was much controversy about a tablet that was supposed to mix with petrol which would give an extra percentage of consumption over ten times, on 92 and 95 grades. An advertising Agency or Manufacturing company became quite popular with this innovative tablet. Consequently, almost every motorist was compelled to […]

Media Release  Sri Lankan High Commission in New Delhi  The Sinhala translation of renowned Indian author Jairam Ramesh’s book “The Light of Asia; the poem that defined the Buddha”, Budusiritha Lowata Genagiya Maha Kavyaya; Asiyawe Alokaya, published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s Independence and the 75th anniversary of Sri Lanka- India diplomatic relations […]

By Engr. Kanthar Balanathan DipEE (UK), GradCert (RelEng-Monash), DipBus&Adm (Finance-Massey), C.Eng., MIEE, Former Director of Power Engineering Solutions Pty Ltd, Consulting Electrical Engineers Since independence in 1948, the country has gone bankrupt although Sri Lanka generated foreign income through tourism, tea, rubber etc. As a President, you should be aware of the country’s economic and financial […]

Sangadasa Akurugoda As per the media reports, President Wickremesinghe reiterated his intention to fully implement the controversial 13th Amendment to the Constitution at the Thai Pongal celebrations, in Jaffna, on January 15 and again during the party leaders’ meeting at the Presidential Secretariat. According to above reports, the Cabinet is in favor of the full […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara Indian Foreign Minister and his government should stop meddling with Sri Lankan internal affairs and mind their own business. An open letter to Foreign Minister Jaishankar’s latest attempt to interfere with Sri Lankan internal affairs, violating all accepted diplomatic and international etiquettes and principles. I quote here the gist of a […]

Dilrook Kannangara There is a silly trend of glorifying and romanticizing the pre-Independence era. Those who do so have no idea how things were then. Although Sri Lanka is in a dire economic and political situation today, some matters are better than then. Yes; there are things that are worse today. Sri Lankans are utterly […]

N.A.de S. Amaratunga The new wealth produced by the world since 2020 has been USD 42 trillion. Two thirds of this huge amount of wealth has gone into the pockets of 1% of  the world population which comprises the billionares of the world. The whole of the rest of the world population, ie 99%, will […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ 2004දී මහා පරිමානයේ  සුනාමි සොරකමක් වූ බව දැන දැනත්, 1994 පටන් ඒ අයගේ කැරැට්ටුව දැන දැනත්, ඒ අයට දිගටම බලය ලබා දුන්නේ අපයි. මෙයින් පෙන්වන්නේ අපේ නොසැලකිල්ලයි. රටට නියම ආදරේ නැති කමයි. අප දිගු කාලීනව අනාගතය දෙස නොබලන බවයි. දියුණු රටවල ජනතාව නම්  සොරුන් බව දැනගත් පසු කිසිදා එවැනි අය පලමුවරට හෝ නැවත […]

By Garvin Karunaratne Perhaps what I wrote a year ago, if followed tells us the only way ahead.  Sri Lanka’s economy finds itself in a situation where one wonders whether the government has allowed it to drift. Perhaps, studying how countries have suffered and faced similar crises in the past may offer us some ideas. […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  අරුණ පුවත් මහජන උපයෝගිතා කොමිසමේ සභාපති ජනක රත්නායකට එරෙහිව කරුණු දහහතරකින් යුක්ත චෝදනා පත්‍රයක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට විදුලිබල හා බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය සූදානම් වෙයි. එම චෝදනා පත්‍රය නීති කෙටුම්පත් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට පසුගිය සිකුරාදා (03 වැනිදා) යොමු කර තිබුණි. නීති කෙටුම්පත් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව චෝදනා පත්‍රය නීතියට අනුව සකස් කර ලබාදීමෙන් පසු විදුලිබල හා බලශක්ති ඇමැති කංචන විජේසේකර එය […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe said regardless of the obstacles the anarchist political forces seek to create, he will continue the new reform program with the majority of people who love this country. “We can become a developed country by 2048 if we work and move forward in a united and planned manner […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Rani Wickremesinghe addressed the nation this evening (04 Feb.), in view of Sri Lanka’s 75th Independence Anniversary. In his speech, the Head of State discussed Sri Lanka’s looming economic crisis, stating that the only way out of it was by making difficult and unpopular decisions.  Sugarcoated stories by politicians will not resolve […]

Courtesy Adaderana Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has reinstated the fact that Sri Lanka is not alone in the crisis it is currently facing. Speaking at the Inaugural Lecture for Geopolitical Cartographers yesterday 903 Feb.), Scotland said, I know that Sri Lanka continues to feel the weight of political and economic pressure. The pressure can be […]