By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando During the Rohana era, one has to consider that after the invasion of Arians and from the epochs of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, the Ruhuna reign existed according to the rules and regulations of the country. It was a self-sufficient reign managing its economic growth for a long time. It was […]

අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන සිංහල අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දීම වැළක්වූ 2020.12.30 අංක 2208/13 අතිවිශෙෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රය 2023.03.21 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසින් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කිරීමෙන් පසුශ්‍රී ලංකා නීති විද්‍යාලයේ අධ්‍යාපනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන2023.05.15 දිනැති 2332/02 අංක දරන අතිවිශෙෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රය සංස්ථාගත නීති අධ්‍යාපන සභාව විසින් පළකර […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය එක්සත් ජාතින්ගේ වෙසක් උත්සවය මෙවර තායිලන්තයේ අයුත්යා නුවරදී පැවැත්විණි. එහි ප්‍රධාන දේශනය හිමිවූයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාටයි. ඒ සඳහා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා සමඟ අනුනායක හිමිවරු ඇතුළුව අමාත්‍ය විදුර වික්‍රමනායක, රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය විජිත බේරුගොඩ ඇතුළු පිරිසක් සහභාගි වූහ. සංචාරය සදහා වූ සියලු වියදම් තායිලන්ත රජය විසින් දරනු ලැබීය. මෙම සංචාරය සඳහා මැයි 31 […]

Nandita Roy Rami Niranjan Desai is an Author, Anthropologist and a scholar of the North East region of India. She focuses on ethnic identity, tribal issues and insurgency. She also comments and keeps a track of developments on the Indo Pacific and current affairs. She is presently Distinguished fellow at India Foundation, New Delhi and […]

Geopolitical Economy Report China is advancing the global movement toward de-dollarization. Beijing’s central bank is boosting its gold reserves while signing currency swap deals in yuan with countries like Argentina, encouraging the use of renminbi instead of US dollars.

e-Con e-News The Sri Lankan ‘liberal’ fights for all of the social progressivism of the West, and none of their industrial policies that made such lifestyles possible in the first place. They want Western decadence & colonial underdevelopment Sri Lankan unions fight for higher & higher wages, but not for the kinds of industrial policies that […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Union minister for ports, shipping, and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off India’s first international cruise headed for Sri Lanka from the Chennai Port on Monday as part of a series of initiatives set off by the Centre to jump-start cruise tourism across the country. The luxury ship, MV Empress, will reach […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Association of Health Professionals has revealed that the automatic vaccination machine of the PET Scan machine worth Rs. 200 million at the Cancer Hospital in Maharagama, is not in use for over a period of one year, due to the non-availability of FDG chemical and connection tubes. When inquired by Ada Derana […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has handed over the Letters of Appointment to several new High Court Judges, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. Accordingly, the District Judges T.J. Prabhakaran, P.K. Parana Gamage, Assistant Secretary General of Parliament Tikiri K. Jayathilaka and Senior State Counsel K.D.Y.M. Nayani Nirmala Kasthuriratne have been appointed as High Court […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The international financial system is associated with trade and non-trade transactions. The relationship between nations has many weaknesses that are not understood by many academics and practitioners who are operating in the system. It has communicated that seems to be jargon for average people.  A major weakness of the international financial system […]

Anurasiri Kottegoda We have a proud history. We had great kings They made magnificent structures. These amazing achievements are in awe even today. Tourists flock to see these cultural heritage because they do not have such in their own nations. They come to visit Ruwanweli Maha Seya, 60,000,000 tons of bricks used to make Jetawanaramaya, […]

by A. Abdul Aziz. Chairman, Press & Media Desk – AMJSL. The Muslims who should have been united and be in harmony, are divided in countless sects and divisions. It is not only in religious field but in politics too. When such are the conditions, the aggregate will be below zero. It is incumbent that […]

Lanka Lead News මෙරට සිංහල මවුවරුන්ට වඳ සැත්කම් සිදුකළ බවට චෝදනා ලැබූ මොහොමඩ් ෂාෆි වෛද්‍යවරයා පිළිබඳව නැවත සමාජය තුළ කතිකාවක් නිර්මාණය වී ඇති පසුබිමක, රාජ්‍ය සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සෞඛ්‍ය සේවා කමිටු ලේකම්වරයා විසින් ෂාෆි වෛද්‍යවරයාව නැවත සේවයේ පිහිටුවන ලෙස හා ඔහුගේ චෝදනා නොසලකා හරින ලෙසට දන්වමින් සිදු කළ බලපෑම් සහගත ලිපිය පිළිබඳව ද සමාජය තුළ […]

Lanka Lead News පසුගිය සිදුකුරාදා දිනයේ රැස්වූ මානව හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභාවේ අධ්‍යක්ෂකවරු යැයි කියා ගන්නා කිහිප දෙනෙකු හා විර්ශන නිලධාරීන් පිරිසක් මානව හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සිදුවන අල්ලස් හා දූෂණවලට විරුද්ධව කටයුතු කළ කොමසාරිස්වරු තිදෙනෙකුට එරෙහිව ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ගතයුතු බව තීරණය කර ඇති බව එම කොමිසමේ අභ්‍යන්තර ආරංචි මාර්ග හෙළිකරයි. එම කොමිසමේ උසස් නිලධාරියකු පවසන්නේ මෙම කොමසාරිස්වරු […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe said although all political parties in Parliament are united, none of them currently possess a 50% voter base.  He emphasized the need for unity among the parties, not solely for the purpose of elections, but to steer the country towards recovery from the ongoing economic crisis. The President […]

Shenali D Waduge Till not so long ago the world knew of only gays & lesbians & they were commonly referred to as homosexual & then those that continued to have normal sexual relations while also being homosexual were called bi-sexual. It was only after 1970s that the term transgender emerged while the term queer […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Ranasinghe Premadasa succeeded J.R. Jayewardene as the second President of Sri Lanka. Premadasa was President of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 to 1 May 1993. He was assassinated on May 1.  1993. Premadasa had a heroic struggle to enter the higher rungs of this party, said Sarath Amunugama. My view (Kamalika) is […]

Shenali D Waduge In August 1873, 26th & 28th to be precise a great debate was held at the Galkanda Temple in Panadura between Migettuwatte Gunananda Himi & Father David de Silva. The topic was on Buddhism & Christianity. This became famously known as the Panadurawadaya”. It should bring to light the statements by one prophet” Jerome […]

Sugath Kulatunga Today is Poson Poya, the day that Arhath Mahinda introduced the Buddhist Dharma to Lanka. It is the day that the seeds of Sinhala Budhist civilization was planted in this country. Every act of Arhath Mahinda had a specific significance. He ensured that the ruler of the county was intelligent. He tested him […]

Courtesy Indian Express According to an official, if the company supplies the necessary information then the body will wait for findings of investigation for further action. The Indian drug controller is investigating a Gujarat-based pharmaceutical company after receiving communication from neighbouring Sri Lanka that a steroid eye drop manufactured by the firm has been linked […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය    “සාවද්‍ය තොරතුරු අනතුරුදායකයි. බෞද්ධ ලෝකය මේ පිළිබඳව අවධානයෙන් සිටිය යුතුයි” – අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා තායිලන්තයේ දී.- අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේ,  2023.06.01 දින තායිලන්තයේ චූලලෝන්කෝන් රාජවිද්‍යාල  විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ  දී, එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ වෙසක් දින උලෙළේ ප්‍රධාන දේශනය කරමිනි. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා… “වෙසක් දිනය තායිලන්තයේ සංවිධානය කිරීම පිළිබඳව මහා චූලලෝන්ග්කෝර්න් රාජවිද්‍යාල […]

Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.  A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience, of seeing the world and relating to others in a manner that markedly deviates from cultural expectations, and includes, and results in, problematic and habitual behaviors that are pervasive and inflexible (APA). The first clinical conceptualization of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) was […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka is showing a “strong commitment” to implementing economic reforms but must continue this momentum amid a challenging economic environment, International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura said on Thursday. In a statement at the conclusion of his visit to Columbo, Okamura said continued open dialogue with Sri Lanka’s […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his televised address to the nation, asserted that his government would not hesitate to replace the heads of the state institutions such as the Ceylon Electricity Board, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and SriLankan Airlines unless they improved their performance in conformity with the restructuring plan for public […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake had informed the Secretary Ports and Aviation Ministry to hold an inquiry and punish those who are responsible for keeping Venerable Ajan Brahim Thera for 12 hours. Ekanayake said he had taken this decision following the advice of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The President had wanted action taken […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe The Central Bank yesterday delivered a surprise policy rate cut, bringing nearly two years long tightening cycle to a close and left open the door for further rate cuts in the next few months among other measures to ease remaining restrictions on imports to reverse the prolonged economic […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Premadasa made political changes which were not for the   good of the country. A political party had to get a minimum number of votes to be eligible for representation in Parliament. Premadasa reduced this cut off point from for  12.5% to 5 %.This law was introduced in 1988 by then President the late […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Premadasa was probably the most calculating politician Sri Lanka has ever had.Premadasa was politicking day and night, said Sarath Amunugama.His voice rang with authority and power, commanding compliance, said Evans Cooray. Premadasa had an unparalleled knowledge of the Colombo’s electoral mathematics, said Sarath.  He created a support base which included the poor of […]

Dilrook Kannangara What changed?” demands anti-Sinhala and anti-Buddhist elements in Sri Lanka when the ICCPR Act is implemented. They have been used to a life of hate speech against Sinhala and Buddhist interests for the past 200 years. Instead of changing to the new world norm of human rights, they blame the Act and live […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය (2023.06.01) තායිලන්තය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා- වෙසක් පුන් පොහෝ දිනය නිමිත්තෙන් එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ වෙසක් දිනය තායිලන්තයේ සංවිධානය කිරීම පිළිබඳව මහා චූලලෝන්ග්කෝර්න් රාජවිද්‍යාල විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය, වෙත මාගේ සුභ පැතුම් පිරිනමන්නේ ඉතාමත් ගෞරවයෙනි. බෞද්ධ වර්ෂයෙන් 2567 වූ (ව්‍යවහාර වසරෙන් 2023) වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය, මේ වසරේ මෙම සම්මේලනයට සහභාගී වෙමින්   සැමරීමට ලැබීම […]