Sugath Kulatunga This is a continuation of the article titled Export and Prosper published on LBN on the website https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2023/02/28/industrialize-and-prosper-part-i/ Historically SL had been an entrepot trade center. It can be assumed that there were also industrial goods produced locally in this trade. There is evidence that steelmaking was prevalent in many parts of the […]

Dr Channa Ratnatunga I pen this article for those who seek the possible basis of Anatta from a scientific point of view. I’m leaving out ‘of the equation’, the ‘Soul theory’ of an unchanging entity of theistic religions, as it is not pertinent in the ‘dhamma of the Buddha’, which refutes it. Anatta is at […]

  Ven. Bhikkhu Mihita, PhD (writing from Canada)  The issue of the ordination of Mahapajapati Gotami, step-mother nursing mom of Prince Siddhartha, later Buddha, continues to be controversial. The general understanding, as encouraged in the Pali version,  is that she was denied  ordination, not only once but twice, and was finally given    at Encounter 5, […]

By Sanjeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island The recent pronouncement by President Ranil Wickremesinghe (RW), that The government has no business to be in business.” was music to the ears of those who believe in a free market economy. However, it also drew the ire of the loony left, the trade unions, a few die-hard academics […]

Malinda Seneviratne Jayanath Bodahandi (Bodhi), the eldest in his family, would have been just out of school when his father, an illustrator at an advertising agency, passed away. Bodhi could draw and the kind people at the agency offered him a job. There was a problem. Bodhi lived in Balapitiya and the salary would hardly […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපද රාජ්‍ය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ දේශපාලන කටයුතු පිළිබඳ නියෝජ්‍ය ලේකම් වික්ටෝරියා නූලන්ඩ්ගේ තිර පිටපතකට අනුව මෙරට ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපද තනාපතිනිය වන ජුලී චන්ග්ගේ අධ්‍යක්ෂණයෙන් දියත් වූ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ද ලිබියාවට, හයිටියට හෝ ඉරාකයට අත්කර දුන් ඉරණමම අත් කර දීමේ කුමන්ත්‍රණය පිළිගත හැකි සාක්ෂි සහිතව අනාවරණය කිරීමට විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් […]

Lanka Lead News හිටපු නාවික හමුදාපති වසන්ත කරන්නාගොඩ ඇමෙරිකාවට පැමිණීම එරට රාජ්‍ය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව තහනම් කරනු ලැබ ඇත්තේ හිටපු නායක හමුදාපතිවරයකු සහ රහස් පොලිසියේ පරීක්ෂකවරයකු ලබාදුන් සාක්ෂි මත බව කරුණු අනාවරණය වී තිබේ. එම සාක්ෂිකරුවන් කරන්නාගොඩට එරෙහිව රහස් පොලිසියට ද කටඋත්තර දී ඇති බව පැවසේ. මේ අතර වසන්ත කරන්නාගොඩට එරෙහිව රහස් පොලිසියට කටඋත්තර දුන් තවත් නාවික […]

 Lanka Lead News විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් රචිත අරගලයේ සැඟවුණු කතාව කෘතිය එළිදැක් වූ පසු මෙරට සිටින අමෙරිකානු පිල්ලි ටික කලබලයට පත්වී ඇති බවත් මෙරට අමෙරිකානු තානාපතිනිය ද කෘතිය එළිදැක්වූ විගසම එය ඉංග්‍රීසියට පරිවර්තනය කරගනිමින් කියවා ඇති බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ ජාතික සංවිධායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ජයන්ත සමරවීර මහතා පවසයි. විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් රචිත අරගලයේ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Power and Energy Minister has decided to reduce the retail prices of Lanka Petrol 92 Octane, Lanka Petrol 95 Octane Euro 4, Lanka Auto Diesel and Lanka Super Diesel 4 Star Euro 4 from tonight. The announcement was made by Minister Kanchana Wijesekera this evening. Consequently, a litre of Lanka […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Justice has decided to obtain public opinions and suggestions with regard to the new proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill. Accordingly, any individual including the political parties and civil society organizations will receive the opportunity for this purpose, Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said. Thereby, the general public can hand over their suggestions […]

Courtesy Mizzima Cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s inflation eased to 35.3 percent, the lowest in a year, the statistics office said Friday as the country pressed ahead with austerity measures under an IMF bailout. Fuel and food prices coming off their record highs helped inflation moderate in April, the Department of Census and Statistics said. April is […]

By P. K. Balachandran Courtesy Eurasia Review Although human rights violations are cited as the reason for sanctioning, the West has been using sanctions mainly to attain geopolitical objectives.   The US this week sanctioned the former Sri Lankan navy chief, Adm. Wasantha Karannagoda. Earlier, Canada had sanctioned former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa. These […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The middle class, fed up of the shortages of the Sirimavo government, hailed the arrival of JR. They welcomed his appointment as head of state. They became disillusioned later, but his core group of admirers did not desert him. JR handled the transition from a controlled economy to a more open one with […]

PEPE ESCOBAR  Courtesy The Unz Review It is now established that the US dollar’s status as a global reserve currency is eroding. When corporate western media begins to attack the multipolar world’s de-dollarization narrative in earnest, you know the panic in Washington has fully set in. The numbers: the dollar share of global reserves was 73 percent in 2001, 55 percent in […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS JR’s role in creating an all powerful President,  bringing in a highly defective Constitution in 1978, his introduction of Proportional Representation, the Manape,   the National list and Bonus seats, which  allowed defeated candidate to sit in Parliament ,  the Open Economy, the Indo Lanka accord which gave the Trincomalee tank farm to India,  […]

Paul Craig Roberts Courtesy The Unz Review Joe Biden with a dismal approval rating of 37% has announced that he is running for a second term.  How can he possibly win?  By again stealing the election. Democrats control the large cities in swing states.  In the past two elections, they have proven that they can easily steal the […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS  JR made a huge change to Sri Lanka‘s economy by ‘liberalizing’ the economy. That was in 1977, but JR’s economic policy is remembered   today as well, with deep feeling. His policy is   blamed for the current economic collapse and JR is criticized all over again. Sri Lanka had liberalized too soon, said critics. […]

Dilrook Kannangara A recent book by a parliamentarian equates the events of Aragalaya (2022) in Sri Lanka to Euromaidan uprising (2013) of Ukraine. However, the two are vastly different; in fact, opposed to each other. Most of these claims are unsubstantiated and only based on either hearsay or guesses. Understanding key differences between Euromaidan and […]

Courtesy Adaderana During a discussion on the 178th Anniversary of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL) at the Mahaweli Centre on Thursday (April 27), President Ranil Wickremesinghe shared his intentions to establish the Institute of History, with the aim of bringing together the museum, archives, archaeology, cultural triangle, and universities with the RASSL […]

Courtesy Adaderana The notorious criminal figure, Sinharage Saminda Silva alias ‘Ratmalane Kudu Anju’ has been arrested in France, Sri Lanka Police confirmed today. ‘Kudu Anju’ had been wanted for his involvement in multiple crimes including the murder of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council member Ranjan de Silva, as well as large-scale drug trafficking. The suspect had […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lanka Country Engagement Plan was launched on Friday (April 28) as a joint initiative of the Inland Revenue Department, the Fiscal Policy Department, the Finance Ministry and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Sri Lanka. The engagement plan aims to better align taxation policies with the achievement of the Sustainable […]

Dr. Priyanka (Pri) Bandara Medical Researcher/Educator  Asking the question, Do we really want to live in a society where everything about us is tracked and traced?,” Dr. Pri poses real, relevant concerns. Dr. Pri, Dr. Carpenter and Jennifer Manzier are today’s three ‘Good Morning CHD’ guests, divulging the science and personal impacts of the an […]

Malinda Seneviratne A friend joked recently that there was a time when friends and relatives would ask ‘aren’t you thinking about being married?’ but now they ask ‘haven’t you thought about migrating?’  Clearly times have changed from relatively bearable to hard and worse. Understandable too. If things are unbearable, there are two options. One, do […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ‘අපෙන් රටට – රට නැගුමට’ යන තේමාව ඔස්සේ මදර් ශ්‍රී ලංකා භාරය මඟින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කළ ප්‍රොජෙක්ට් රන් වැඩසටහනේ ත්‍යාග ප්‍රධානෝත්සවය අද (2023.04.28) අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්විණි. පාසලේ හෝ පාසල අවට ප්‍රජාවේ ගැටළුවක් හඳුනාගනිමින්, එම ගැටළුවට විසඳුම් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමේ ව්‍යාපෘතියක් පාසල් දරුවන් හරහා ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම ප්‍රොජෙක්ට් රන් වැඩසටහන මගින් […]

Courtesy BNN Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s inflation eased in April amid a higher borrowing rate and a stronger local currency that helped reduce import costs.  Consumer price index in Colombo rose 35.3% from a year ago, the Statistics Department said in a statement Friday. That compares with a 50.3% rise in March based on […]

අන්තර්ජාල වැඩසටහනකට එක්වෙමින් ජවිපෙ හිටපු පාර්ලීමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ලාල් කාන්ත මහතා, විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් ලියන ලද නවය : සැඟවුණු කතාව” නම් ග්‍රන්ථයෙහි අඩංගු කරුණු සම්බන්ධයෙන් අදහස් දක්වමින් පවසා සිටියේ එම ග්‍රන්ථයේ හෙළිදරව් කරන අමෙරිකානු තානාපතිනි ජූලියා චූන්ග් මැතිණිය අරගලය මෙහෙය වූවාය කියන කරුණ සත්‍යක් බවයි. කෙසේ වුවද ජවිපෙ ලේකම් ටිල්වින් සිල්වා මහතා මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාවකට එක් […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island ‘I haven’t sought US visa for more than 15 years’ Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda yesterday (27) said that he had not applied for a visa to visit the US and was not planning to do so. He said so when The Island sought his response to him […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today named former Parliamentarian J. Sri Ranga as a suspect regarding the investigations over the incident of setting fire to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence in Colombo. Accordingly, Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage issued an order directing the Prison Authorities to produce J. Sri Ranga before Court […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While expressing surprise on the US decision to blacklist him and his family from entering US, North Western Province Governor Wasantha Karannagoda yesterday said that there is ‘something else’ behind the move. I have some doubts about the move and believed that there is something else behind this,” the former Navy […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Resolution for the Implementation of the Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Sri Lanka was passed in the parliament today (April 28) with majority votes. Members of Parliament voted for the resolution on the implementation of the IMF-supported program following a three-day debate from […]