Tissa Gunatilaka our senses or sensory systems are conditioned to capture waves emit (අංශු කම්පනය) from a present phenomenon/incident only. This is the ‘default’ condition of our sensory system. But waves emitted from a past phenomenon or an incident exist for a long time in the space. Only waves from a present phenomenon/incident are captured in […]

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By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Chairman of the Oversight Committee on National Security Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara, MP, has warned many countries would endorse Canadian declaration of genocide here unless the government took tangible measures to counter the Ottawa’s politically motivated lie. The warning was issued on Wednesday (07) when the defence top brass, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Responding to an oral question raised by MP Jagath Kumara Sumithrarachchi in the House, the Minister said some 35 OICs have been transferred so that inquiries carried out against them will not be affected. A total number of 73 police officers have been found to have failed in their duty to […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed all relevant departments to expedite the drafting of legislation necessary for the implementation of the ‘Action Plan’ for the country’s reconciliation. Speaking at a discussion held in this regard at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday afternoon (08 June), Wickremeisnghe emphasised the need for enhanced operations of the Office […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Sri Lanka has assured that the policy decision taken pertaining to the privatisation of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) will not compromise national security.  Responding to the report compiled and presented before the Parliament today (09 June) by the Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on National Security, it was noted that the […]

Rohan Abeygunawardena Yes, I am referring to Swarna Mallawarachchi. Wikipedia calls her the “Golden Star of Sinhalese cinema.” But I borrowed the description from quizmaster of Sirasa Laxshapathi, the Sri Lankan version of the British game show ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’, Chandana Sooriyabandara, who called her “The Iron Lady of Sinhala Cinema” when she […]

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 Leading Engineer of the World 2006, UK Authority Award Mr Sivagnanam Sritharan: I would like to advise you on some of the key points that may correct you in your political arena. First, […]

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 Leading Engineer of the World 2006, UK, Authority Award Since independence in 1948, Tamil politicians worked out a secret plan to be in parliament continually. This was by sowing ethnic hatred and racial […]

Nandita Roy Who is the busiest diplomat in Bangladesh at the moment? No one can answer this without thinking. The US Ambassador Peter D. Hass is currently the busiest diplomat in Bangladesh. Not only among diplomats, he has come to the center of politics in Bangladesh. He is making headlines every day. His busy schedule, […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය මාලදිවයිනේ විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය අබ්දුල්ලා ෂාහිඩ් මහතා 2023.06.07 දින කොළඹ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා හමුවිය. මෙම හමුවේදී ඔවුන් දැනට දෙරට අතර පවතින සහයෝගීතා ක්ෂේත්‍ර ශක්තිමත් කිරීම සහ වෙළෙඳාම, ආයෝජනය, අධ්‍යාපන සහ සංස්කෘතික  කෙ‍ෂ්ත්‍රවල නව සහයෝගීතා මාර්ග ගවේෂණය කිරීම පිළිබඳව අදහස් හුවමාරු කර ගත්හ. අධ්‍යාපන ක්‍ෂේත්‍රය වෙනුවෙන් ලබාදුන් සහයෝගයට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා වෙත […]

Sri Lanka News Have the State authorities questioned the Principal and Rev. Dushantha Rodrigo (Bishop of Colombo) Chairman of the Board of Governors of Bishops College?  The College website [https://www.bishopscollege.lk/chairpersons-message/] proclaims that “The Rt. Rev. Dushantha Lakshman Rodrigo or ‘Bishop Dushy’ as he is known by all… accepted the opportunity to ‘lead his flock as the shepherd […]

Malinda Seneviratne There are words that seem to be very popular among politicians and political groups when it comes to naming a new part or coalition. ‘Jathika’ or ‘National’ would top the list. We have the Eksath JATHIKA Pakshaya (United NATIONAL Party). Whenever this party led coalitions, ‘pakshaya’ was replaced with ‘peramuna’ or ‘front,’ but […]

Courtesy Adaderana A special discussion took place between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and a group of MPs belonging to the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today (08 June), sources confirmed. Accordingly, several matters of concern, including the land disputes suffered by those in the Northern and Eastern provinces, the distribution of power, and provincial council elections, are […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday said it has approved Sri Lanka’s eligibility to access concessional financing. The availability of concessional assistance, offered at low interest rates, broadens Sri Lanka’s options to bridge its urgent development financing needs to restore economic stability and deliver essential services, particularly to the poor and vulnerable, […]

German Dharmaduta Society On Poson Poya day (June 03, 2023) the Berlin Maha Vihara ( Das Buddhistische Haus in Berlin -Frohnau) organized a successful program comprising Sil, Dhamma sermons, Dhamma discussions, Meditation, focus on Mindfulness, and a rendition of Bhakti Gee Songs at the end of the day. These songs were sung by the teachers and students of […]

Indrajit Kumar Why at this time, the issue of the letter of 6 US congressmen  is very inappropriate and illogical, when US President Joe Biden himself, in a letter to PM Sheikh Hasina, has praised Bangladesh’s role in global peacekeeping recently and Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been playing an important role in UN peacekeeping operations for […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ක්ෂේත්‍ර රැසකට ආධාර ලබාදෙමින් දකුණු කොරියාව ලබාදෙන අඛණ්ඩ සහය වඩාත් ප්‍රශංසනීය බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා ප්‍රකාශ කළේය.   කොරියානු ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ විශේෂ නියෝජිත ලී ජින්-බොක් සහ කොරියානු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් කණ්ඩායමක් ජූනි 6 වැනිදා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලයේදීත්, බුසාන් හි නාගරික අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් යූ ජෑන්ග් චෝ ජුනි 7 වැනිදා අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදීත් හමුවූ අවස්ථාවේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා […]

John Rozario Karnataka, India Bangladesh and Myanmar are moving forward with the Rohingya repatriation plan a pilot project. However, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has taken a stand against repatriation in Myanmar’s current situation. And as part of this, the organization stopped the food aid of 23 Rohingya families of four who […]

Courtesy Aljazeera Claims of 5G mobile signals harming Sri Maha Bodhi also illustrate the reverence in which the Buddhist-majority country holds the tree. Published On 7 Jun 20237 Jun 2023 When social media was inundated with rumours that Sri Lanka’s holiest tree was being harmed by 5G mobile signals, Colombo’s cash-strapped government pulled out all […]

raajje.mv Key agreements have been exchanged between the Maldives and Sri Lanka. The agreements were exchanged as part of Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid’s ongoing official visit to Sri Lanka, to attend the Maldives – Sri Lanka Joint Commission’s fourth session. As such the signing ceremony, held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of […]

Courtesy Borneo Bulletin CNA – Sri Lanka and Thailand could sign a free trade agreement (FTA) by March 2024, a top official of the Indian Ocean nation told media yesterday, as it attempts to rebuild its crisis-stricken economy. The two nations restarted deal negotiations in January, months after a severe financial crisis engulfed Sri Lanka, […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced plans to establish a Digital Promotion Agency aimed at developing computer applications for the collection and monitoring of data from various government entities in Sri Lanka. Previously, private companies had been responsible for creating such applications for government organizations, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. However, the President […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. සුද්දෝදනගේ කොළුවා ගැන කතාකල නටාෂා නම් ඔල්මාද තරුණිය වෙනුවට, ඒ හැමදෙනාටම කලින්, ඉස්ලාම් ආගමට අපහාසකල, කිතුණු (බෝන් අගේන් මඩු) හා මුස්ලිම් පල්ලි වලට ගිනි තැබූ,  බොදු බල සේනා සංවිධානයේ ඥානසාර හිමියන් හිරභාරයට ගතයුතු යයි මිසිස් චන්ද්‍රිකා විසින් කරණ ලද ප්‍රකාශය පුදුමයට කරුණක් නොවේ. ජෙරොම්ගේ ජරමරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජෙරෝම් ගැනට වඩා  යූටියුබ්කාරයින්, අරගලයේ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින අතිපූජ්‍ය බළන්ගොඩආනන්ද මෛත්‍රෙයමහ නාහිමි(1980 රසවාහිනි සඟරාවට ලියන ලද ඉහත ලිපිය අප වෙත යොමු කළේ මාතලේ තිබ්බටුවාවේ එස්. එස්. වීරසූරිය) වර්ෂ 1951 දෙසැම්බර් මස 23 වැනිදා මදුරාසියේ රායපෙටා වීදි මාවතේ තුබුණු ශ්‍රී කෞමාර නාඩි කාර්යාලයට ගියෙමි. එහිදී පණ්ඩිත තංගවේලු නම් නාඩි ශාස්ත්‍රඥයා හමුවී සංක්‍ෂිප්ත බුද්ධ චරිතය (නාඩි වාක්‍ය) ලබා ගතිමි. එයට ජේසුතුමාගේ චරිතය […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Media reporting incident involving Ven. Ajahn Brahm Thera at BIA. Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva, who accused the media of involving him and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardane in the ordeal experience by Venerable Ajahn Brahmawanso (Ajahn Brahm Thera), said it was a case warranting regulation of media […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government will introduce a floor and ceiling price for fuel with the launch of business operations by Sinopec, a leading international petroleum company, in the country shortly, a top source said. Sinopec has already signed the agreement to distribute fuel in Sri Lanka. Sinopec will be allocated 150-dealer operated fuel […]

Courtesy Adaderana ගජේන්ද්‍රකුමාර් පොන්නම්බලම් මන්‍ත්‍රීවරයා සමග ආන්දෝලනාත්මක සිද්ධිය ඇතිවූ පොලිස් නිලධාරීයා වන්නේ පොලිස් සැරයන් සනත් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාය. ඔහු 1990 වසරේදී ඔඩ්ඩුසුඩාන් පොලිස් ස්ථානයට අනියුක්තව සේවය කරමින් සිටින අතරතුර LTTEයේ පැහැරගැනීමට ලක්වී එම කඳවුරක වධ බන්ධනවලට ලක් වූ අයෙකි. එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ.යෙන් නිදහස ලබා පැමිණි සනත් ගුණවර්ධන පොලිස් සැරයන් ධුරයට උසස් කෙරුණු අතර යළි උතුරු පළාතට ස්ථාන මාරුවක් […]

Courtesy Adaderana An overseas travel ban was imposed on MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam today (June 06), on the orders of the Kilinochchi Magistrate’s Court. The Jaffna District parliamentarian, who represents the All Ceylon Tamil Congress or Ahila Ilankai Thamil Congress (AITC), is accused of his complicity in obstructing the duties of police officers and verbally abusing […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has granted the approval for the proposal to publish the draft Bill on contempt of a court in the government gazette, and subsequently to be tabled in the Parliament for its approval. On June 27, 2022, Cabinet approval was given for introducing legal enactments on contempt of court” which […]