Archive for May, 2023
Saturday, May 6th, 2023
හර්ෂ කුමාර් සුරියආරච්චි වෙසක් පෝ දිනට ගැලපෙන මාතෘකාවක් වුවත් මෙම ලිපියෙන් සාකච්ඡා කරන්නේ වෙනත් කරුණක්. ඒ ,මෙම ලිපියට ප්රස්තුත වූ ආචාර්ය නලින්ද සිල්වා මහතා කාලය වෙබ් අඩවියේ 2023 මැයි 5 වන දින “මගේ බුදු හාමුදුරුවෝ ” මැයින් ලියා ඇති ලිපිය කියවීමේදී ඇති වූ අදහස් කැටි කිරීමක්. එතුමා එම ලිපියේ එක තැනක මෙසේ සදහන් කරනවා. “”අපට […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2023
මරණයට ඍජුවම මුහුණදෙමින් සිටින අයට එය වික්රමාන්විත ක්රියාවක් නොවේ.‘‘එරික් මරියා රිමාකේ-‘‘බටහිර පෙරමුණේ සියල්ල නිසලය’’ කෘතියෙන් වෛද්ය රුවන් එම්. ජයතුංග ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සන්නද්ධ ගැටුම් දෙස බලන කල සිවිල් වැසියන්හට යුද්ධයෙන් ඇති වූ බලපෑම හා තදබල ආතතිය පසුගිය වසර කිහිපය තුලදි විශේෂ අවධානයකට ලක්වුවද රණවිරුවන් විසින් අත් දකින ලද යුධ කම්පන තත්ත්වයන් පිළිබඳ ප්රමාණවත් පරිදි හෙලිදරව් වී […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2023
By Dr.Tilak S. Fernando Historians will not consider Kurunegala as a particular era during the Sinhala Kingdoms because four to five kings reigned during this era. It is not recognisable as a historical period. According to ‘Dalada Pujawaliya’ during the Kurunegala era, approximately one hundred per cent of the Government’s income from ships was directed […]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2023
මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් මෙරට ක්රියාත්මක කරනු ලබන පුරාවිද්යෘ ආඥා පනත ඉතා බලවත්ය.1940 දී යටත් විජිත යුගයේ දී පණවනු ලැබූ මෙම නීතිය අවස්ථා ගණනාවකදී සංශෝධනය වී තිබේ.වර්තමානයේ ද මෙම පනත යාවත්කාලීන කිරීමේ අවශ්යතාවය මත සංශෝධනයන්ට ලක් කර ඇති නමුදු අදාළ අමාත්යවරයා විසින් එම සංශෝධිත පනත මෙතෙක් අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලයට ඉදිරිපත් කර නොමැත. ලංකාව පුරා හඳුනාගත් පුරාවිද්යාත්මක […]
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Friday, May 5th, 2023
Shenali D Waduge When Sri Lanka in view of its geopolitical position is vulnerable to a plethora of external destabilizing attacks (regime change, economic subjugation, cultural genocide, foreign-funded ethno-religious terrorism / diluting of heritage values, infiltration into Public Sector apparatus riding on accountability” trojan horse) Sri Lankans need to look at every proposal with caution. […]
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Friday, May 5th, 2023
BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The International Financial System has been subjected to tremendous changes during the 20th century, and new currencies such as Euro emerged from time to time, with the support of powerful countries, and after 1930s the system was subjected to ad-hoc changes because some countries attempted to gain trade advantages changing the international […]
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Friday, May 5th, 2023
Insight By Sunil Kumar May 15th 2023 Sri Lanka’s Political, Social and Economic issues on a daily basis continue to a degree unabated with little emphasis on the basic rights of her citizens relative to the Constitution which is circumvented in a subtle manner despite the rhetoric from the hierarchy where state intimidation and aggression […]
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Friday, May 5th, 2023
Senaka Weeraratna The most outstanding religious festival in the world in the sense of moral eminence is Vesak. Why? Because no harm is caused to any sentient being in the celebration of Vesak, which is slaughter-free by both custom and law (in Sri Lanka). Slaughterhouses are closed. Meat houses are shut. Supermarkets are prohibited by […]
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Friday, May 5th, 2023
Geopolitical Economy Report Learn about China’s economic model with Beijing-based scholar Roland Boer, a professor at Renmin University and author of the book “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Guide for Foreigners”
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Friday, May 5th, 2023
MICHAEL HUDSON Courtesy The Unz Review As dollar system declines, what comes next? RADHIKA DESAI: Hi everyone, welcome to this eighth Geopolitical Economy Hour, the fortnightly show on the political and geopolitical economy of our times. I’m Radhika Desai. MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael Hudson. RADHIKA DESAI: And this will be the fourth and final […]
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Friday, May 5th, 2023
Advancement of Artificial Technology (AI) If you have been fascinated by the advancement of Artificial Technology (AI), pause for a moment to learn a bit about the massive threat AI poses to our very existence right now. It is not a joke, AI is already being developed for very unethical and dangerous pursuits. One AI […]
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Friday, May 5th, 2023
Courtesy Outlook India Analysts said that the $2.69 billion, includes a 1.4 billion US dollar currency swap from China with conditions attached to its usage. Debt-ridden Sri Lanka’s foreign currency reserves improved to $2.69 billion in March 2023 from a mere $50 million in May last year, giving indications of marginal improvement of the island […]
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Friday, May 5th, 2023
ADITYA GOWDARA SHIVAMURTHY Courtesy orfonline.org South Asian nations are using anti-American rhetoric to push back against the US’s demands for internal reforms and signal their agency and increasing importance Last month, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, delivered a parliamentary speech strongly condemning the United States (US) for attempting to eliminate democracy in the country. […]
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Before the European invasion, the economic policy of Sri Lanka was believed to be maintaining a production economy to endure people and make savings for the future. The definition of production is a dynamic aspect that product creation related to agriculture, industry, construction and services. It is an assumption based on historical […]
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge In spite of my most diligent efforts, there would unquestionably be some raping.” –Gen George S Patton As a result of combat stress, there can be marked personality changes in a combatant. Sometimes these changes can affect his libido, sexual orientation, and sexual behavior. After facing stressful combat situations, soldiers can […]
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
වෛද්ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග මෑත කාලයේ සිට ශ්රී ලාංකික ජනතාව ශබ්ද දූෂණයේ ගොදුරු බවට පත් වෙමින් සිටිති. යාන වාහන කර්මාන්තශාලා පමණක් නොව ආගමික මධ්යස්ථානයන් පවා ශබ්ද දූෂණයේ ප්රභවයන් වෙති. ශබ්ද දූෂණය මහජන සෞඛ්යයට සැලකිය යුතු ලෙස බලපායි. අධ්යනයන් මගින් ශබ්ද දූෂණය කාංසාව (Anxiety), විශාදය , නින්ද නොයාමේ රෝග (insomnia) අධි රුධිර පීඩනය, හෘද රෝග සහ […]
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
Dinesh Gunawardena Prime Minister Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka The Vesak full moon day is the most sacred day of all Buddhists around the world. From time immemorial, the discipline inculcated from Buddhism greatly influenced the strengthening of national and religious harmony, and it also helped us to stand proudly in front of the […]
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය මියන්මාර් ජනරජයේ උත්තරීතර ගෞරවයෙන් පිදුම් ලැබූ මහා සංඝරත්නය වෙත ගෞරව දැක්වීම අග්රාමාත්ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් 2023.05.03 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී සිදුකෙරිණී. අභිධජ මහා රට්ඨගුරු පදවියෙන් පිදුම් ලැබූ පූජ්ය කඹුරුගමුවේ වජිර නායක හිමියන්ට, අග්ග මහා පණ්ඩිත පදවියෙන් පිදුම් ලැබූ පූජ්ය ඕමාරේ කස්සප නායක හිමියන්ට, අග්ග මහා පණ්ඩිත පදවියෙන් පිදුම් ලැබූ පූජ්ය ඉඟුරුවත්තේ […]
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
By Dr Tilak S Fernando Sri Lanka was in a severe economic catastrophe before the IMF came to a rescue with $2.5 billion. President endeavoured to clear the fuel station queues and people lining up at gas stations for petrol & kerosine. Unfortunately, the opposition parties did not assist the Ranil Wickremasinghe Government. However, credit […]
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
By: Nadeem Badshah Courtesy Eastern Eye New holiday trend has been backed by doctors who have warned that excessive screen time can hamper sleep. India and Sri Lanka are popular destinations due to their religious and spiritual significance Thousands of Britons are travelling to remote locations in India and Sri Lanka for a digital detox”, […]
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
Courtesy Tribune (PK) Officials say Iqbal alias Bali Khayara was wanted for 26 cases of terrorism and targeted killings Terrorist Iqbal alias Bali Khayara, who was a member of Al-Qaeda and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Khayara group, was killed in a police encounter near Fateh Moor in Dera Ismail Khan, police officials confirmed. Iqbal was one […]
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
BY ZINARA RATHNAYAKe Courtesy https://www.atlasobscura.com/ The kankariya dance all started with a legendary demon queen named Kuweni How This Demon Dance Banishes Illnesses in Sri Lanka’s Remote Jungles
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
Courtesy Nation Africa Sri Lankan firm Browns Investment Plc has bought an undisclosed stake in multinational tea firm James Finlay Kenya in a deal that will see locals hold a 15 percent ownership through a co-operative. Finlay, with farms in Kericho and Bomet counties, will also retain the Saosa tea extraction facility, which will be […]
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කෘෂිකාර්මික කටයුතු සඳහා අවශ්ය යූරියා හා MOP පොහොර ලබා ගැනීම පහසු කර ගැනීමට රුසියානු රජයේ සහයෝගය ලබා දීමට එකඟත්වය පළ කර තිබේ. ශ්රී ලංකාව හා රුසියාව අතර පවතින ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සහයෝගිතාව මත හා දෙරට අතර පවතින මිත්රත්වය තහවුරු කරන පරිදි මෙම යූරියා හා MOP පොහොර ලබා දීමේ වැඩ පිළිවෙළ ක්රියාත්මක කිරීමට එකඟත්වය […]
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 4: The High Commission of India in Sri Lanka is holding a special exhibition of India’s rich Buddhist heritage as part of the Buddha Rashmi National Vesak Festival at Seemamalakaya, Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo. The exhibition shows the digital recreations of the Ajanta cave paintings marks the Buddhist festival of Vesak. […]
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 4: The Pakistan High Commission set up a Pakistan Pavilion near Gangaramaya Temple, Colombo as part of the National celebrations of Buddha Rashmi” Vesak Festival, 2023. The soft inaugural of the festival was done by the President of Sri Lanka Rani Wickremesinghe on 3rd May. During the visit, the President and […]
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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
Shenali D Waduge LTTE is demanding a separate Tamil Eelam – so is TNA & even LTTE fronts. Anyone in doubt need only to take their statements, press releases, election manifestos, webpages, interviews to relieve their doubt. What no one can forget is that TNA was created as the political wing of the LTTE no […]
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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
by Garvin Karunaratne Rahula College, Matara, a secondary school made a notable contribution in the Divisional Council Development Programme(DDCP) of Sri Lanka(1970-1977) As the Government Agent of the District, I was in charge of implementing the DDCP in the Matara District and in order to commence a new industry I decided to try to make […]
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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
Dr Sudath Gunasekara Sri Lanka’s Lanka IOC unit which piggy backs on the pricing of state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation but has a leaner operation reported profits of 7.1 billion rupees in the March 2023 quarter up 112 percent from 3.3 billion a year earlier. I wonder whether IOC is paying land rent to the Government […]
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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
දේශමාන්ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර (ශ්රී.ලන්.පසේ)_අග්රාමාත්ය සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිර ලේකම් අමාත්ය මන්ඩලයේ පමණක් නොව සමස්ථ රාජ්ය යානන්ත්රණයේම පූර්ණ අවධානය යොමුවිය යුතු ජාත්යන්තර ණය කන්දරාව, දැරිය නොහැකි ජීවන වියදම, කුසගින්න, බේත් හිඟය රටතුල නීතියේ හා සාමයේ බිඳවැටීම, මත් ද්රව්ය වසන්ගතය, දේශපාලන අස්ථාවරභාවය, රාජ්ය සේවයේ බිඳවැටීම සහ අකාර්යක්ශමතාව, ගුරුවරුන් සහ විශ්වවිද්යාල ආචාර්යවරුන් විභාග උත්තර පත්ර පරීක්ෂානොකිරීම, […]
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