Senaka Weeraratna Buddhism is the most endangered religion in the world. Buddhism has lost more territory and space worldwide to other religions in the last one thousand years, than any other World Religion. The encroachment of Buddhist territories still continues. The danger is there for everyone to see. Now the competitors are at the Gates of Buddhist […]

By Dr Tilak S. Fernando Although I managed (the author of the book) to systematically detail different epochs of economic development in ancient Ceylon, it is impossible to forecast, in detail, during the Sigiriya reign. It is because it is impossible to categorise Sigiriya’s economy into various sections. The King murdered his father and all […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්          සියම් රට භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලා වඩම්මවා උපසම්පදා කර්මය මෙරට සිදු කර මේ වන විට වසර 270 ක් ගත ව වී තිබේ.මේ නිමිති කොට ගෙන සියම් දේශයෙන් සැපැමිණි භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලා සියක් නමක් පාද චාරිකාවේ යෙදී සිටිති. උන්වහන්සේලා ගේ මීළඟ අභිප්‍රාය වන්නේ සියම් දේශයෙන් වැඩම කළ උපාලි මහ තෙරුන්වහන්සේ ඇතුළු විසි එක් නම ප්‍රථමයෙන් විවේකව […]

Prime Minister’s Media Unit A delegation of Vietnam Buddhist handed over a consignment of medicine to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (May 11). This donation was symbolically handed over to the Prime Minister by Most Venerable Thich Vien Minh, Vice Supreme Patriarch of the Council of Vietnam Buddhist Sangha. Thereafter, the […]

By Dr Tilak S.  Fernando In the sixteenth, Ceylon was divided into three regions: Kotte, Up-Country and ‘Yapa’. Of course, the principal and the wealthiest was Kotte. Agriculture (Paddy growing) was the main crop. Still, within the Kotte area, tea, rubber, coconut, Cinnamon, areca nut, and precious stones, including elephants, were sourced from other regions. […]

Dr. Shakuntala Bhabani Kolkata India The sixth international Indian Ocean Conference is set to begin in Bangladesh capital city Dhaka from May 12 which will be attended by about 150 delegates, including high-level representatives from 25 countries. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Peace, Prosperity and Partnership for a Resilient Future’ due to the […]

By Dr Tilak S. Fernando Following a meeting former Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama had with his counterpart Bernard Brice Kouchner in Paris, in 2009, with other senior French officials, on a three-day tour to Paris, it was agreed to accommodate job opportunities for migrants from Sri Lanka in France. It mainly dealt with professionals, skilled […]

Lanka Lead News වව්නියාව දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ නැදුන්කර්නි ප්‍රදේශයේ නයිනමඩු රක්ෂිත භූමිය තුළ පිහිටා ඇති වඩුන්නාගල බෞද්ධ පුරාවිද්‍යා භූමියේ පුරාවිද්‍යාත්මක සාක්ෂි විනාශකරමින් එම ස්ථානයේ හින්දු ශිවලිංගයක් තැන්පත් කිරීමේ ආන්දෝලනාත්මක සිදුවීම පිටුපස ඇති සත්‍ය කතාව සොයා පසුගිය දා ‘අනාගතය අපි‘ සංවිධානයේ ගවේෂණයක් සිදුවිය. මෙම ගවේෂණයේදී අදාළ ස්ථානය පිළිබඳව ඉපැරණි බෞද්ධ පුරාවිද්‍යා සාධක රැසක් හමු වූ බවත්, වඩුන්නාගල පුරාවිද්‍යා […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror MP Namal Rajapaksa today said that more details will surface shortly on who the Foreign Party was who backed the Aragalaya and presently Sri Lanka had a President and cabinet appointed by the Aragalaya.  “Not just us, even the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna who were party to the Aragalaya, are now stating […]

Courtesy Adaderana The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka is working closely with several Ministries and relevant authorities to develop a project to mainstream e-mobility through the conversion of 500,000 Tuk-Tuks to electric vehicles (EVs) or e-Tuk- Tuks over a 5-year period. In a statement issued in this regard, the UNDP stated that […]

Courtesy Hiru News Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said Sri Lanka’s public bank deposits and stability of the banking system will be safeguarded in any reorganization of domestic debt. Governor Weerasinghe told a public forum, There is speculation about the stability of public deposits and banking system stability. A key objective of the central bank […]

Courtesy Hiru News An International Monetary Fund team will Sri Lanka from May 11 to 23, with its Asia Pacific Department Chief Krishna Srinivasan also joining from May 12 to 15. The IMF said the visit will be part of regular consultations ahead of the first review mission later this year. The IMF’s first review […]