Shenali D Waduge Sri Lankans are being psychologically trapped into believing the Indo-Lanka Accord is still valid. It is not. It never was. It is not because it violated international norms by being signed under duress thus violating Article 51 & 52 of Vienna Convention. The Accord was never valid because India failed to fulfil […]

by Garvin Karunaratne It is good news that the IMF has agreed to release the second tranche $ 3 billion. I was worried when I read the news of the two specialists that came who voiced that we had not fulfilled all the conditions. However we should be lucky that the IMF decided to release […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale The international outlook is uncertain again amid financial sector turmoil, high inflation, ongoing effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and three years of COVID – The IMF Global growth is projected to slow significantly amid high inflation, tight monetary policy, and more restrictive credit conditions. The possibility of more widespread bank turmoil […]

Sugath Kulatunga When the Mont Pelerin Society first met, in 1947, its political project did not have a name. But it knew where it was going. The society’s founder, Friedrich von Hayek, remarked that the battle for ideas would take at least a generation to win, but he knew that his intellectual army would attract […]

ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. මහනුවර 1 කොටස2023 සැප්තැම්බර් 30 වැනි දින 1992 ප්‍රේමදාස ආණ්ඩුව විසින් පරිපාලනය ජනතාව අතරට ගෙනයාම නමැති දේශපාලන උප්පරවැට්ටියේ මුවාවෙන්” සූක්ෂ්ම දේශපාලන උපක්‍රමවලින් 13 වැනි සංශෝධනය සක්‍රීය නොකරම උතුරු නැගෙනහිර පළාත්වල ඉඩම් බලතල රින් තැටියක තබා ලබාදී ඇති බව දන්නේ මේ රටේ කීයෙන් කී දෙනාද. ඒ අනුව, මේ බලතල 1992 අන්ක 58 පනතේ […]

තිස්ස ගුණතිලක තරමක් දිගු ලිපියක් බැවින් ඉතා ඉවසීමෙන් කියවීමට ඹබට ආරාධනා කරමි. බුදුන්වහන්සේට පෙර දඹදිව විසූ ශාස්තෘන් සිත පාලනයටත් දමනයටත් (control & tame) විවිධ ප්‍රයත්න හා පරීක්ෂණ කල අතර ඉන් එකක්වත් සාර්ථක නොවීය. අවසානයේදී ඔවුන්ට සිදුවූයේ තාවකාලික සුවයක් ලබාදෙන සමත භාවනාව තුල තෘප්තිමත් වීමයි. බුදුන් දවස දඹදිව විසූ ආලාරකාලාම හා උද්දකාරාම පුත්‍ර මෙම තාවකාලික සමත […]

Sarath Bulathsinghala 29 Sep 2023 That Lord Buddha was of Sri Lankan origin is a canard that is being spread around Sri Lanka.  This not only upset the historical foundations of Buddhism as the world knows it at present, but also create schisms among the Buddhists. For a start, Sri Lanka was never a land […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 30: India has suffered a geopolitical setback in the Maldives. In the final phase of the Maldivian Presidential election held on Saturday, the pro-Indian incumbent Ibrahim Solih was defeated by his pro-China challenger Dr.Mohamed Muizzu. But there is a silver lining: In his election speeches, Muizzu   repeatedly promised to […]

Courtesy Scroll.in Amid the India-Canada diplomatic crisis, Bangladesh’s foreign minister said that he hopes Ottawa will stop sheltering those who flout the law. Bangladesh on Friday alleged that Canada is becoming a hub of murderers”, reported India Today. In an interview, Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that he hopes Ottawa will stop providing a safe haven […]

Courtesy The Island The way the police, judiciary and lawyers operate had left much to be desired in ensuring justice for all, Minister of Justice Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said at the National Law Week – 2023 celebrations yesterday. Dr. Rajapakshe said that in a country with the rule of law, all citizens felt they had […]

Courtesy The Island China will continue to firmly support Sri Lanka in pursuing a development path that suits its own national conditions, getting rid of the poverty trap” and the trap of non-development”, and safeguarding its independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and national dignity, Ambassador Qi Zhenhong said at the 74th National Day Reception of the […]

Courtesy The Island President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is currently in Berlin, yesterday ordered his Secretary Saman Ekanayake to launch a probe into the resignation of Mullaitivu District Judge and Magistrate, T. Saravanarajah, who heard the controversial Kurundimale temple case. The judge has cited receiving death threats as the reason for his resignation. Judge Saravanarajah had […]

Hiru News Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has indicated that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) is prepared to transition to a youth leadership. Speaking to the media after visiting the Kelaniya Rajamaha Vihara, he mentioned that the party is ready for this change. During his visit to the Kelaniya Rajamaha Vihara, former President Rajapaksa received […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Civil Defence Department officer attached to the Mapakada Wewa Wildlife Regional Office, who was arrested in relation to the shooting of a female elephant that had participated in the annual Randoli Perahera of Mahiyanganaya Rajamaha Viharaya has been granted bail this evening (30). The officer in question had shot ‘Sita’ after mistaking […]

MOD  Media Centre Mihidan Nowu Minisa’ launched in Colombo Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne gracing a book launching ceremony held at the Auditorium of the Rock House Camp, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps, Mattakkuliya yesterday (Sep 28) unveiled ‘Mihidan Nowu Minisa’ a literary triumph of a serving military officer  Brig. Ranjan Wijedasa. Brig. Wijedasa had the […]

National Security Archive U.S. Officials: Our Policy on Allende Worked Very Well” Kissinger joked that the President is worried that we might want to send someone to Allende’s funeral.I said I did not believe we were considering that.”   The Documented U.S. Role in the Months, Days and Hours Before the Overthrow Of Allende  September […]

Vijay Prasad — from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. At its fifteenth summit in August 2023, the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) group adopted the Johannesburg II Declaration, which, amongst other issues, raised the question of reforming the United Nations, particularly its security council. To make the UN Security Council (UNSC) ‘more democratic, representative, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A Church damaged during the Easter Sunday bomb attacks Maulana has been accused of concocting a false story to help him gain political asylum abroad. He reportedly fled Sri Lanka more than a year ago and sought asylum in a European countryHowever, it must be said in fairness to Suresh Sallay […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් තමාගේ සෞඛ්‍ය තත්ත්වය අයහපත් යයි සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ පළවන වාර්තා ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන බව ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ නායක හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි. තමා යහපත් සෞඛ්‍ය තත්ත්වයෙන් පසුවන බවත් සමාජ මාධ්‍වල පලවන වාර්තා බරපතල ලෙස නොසලකන ලෙසද ඒ මහතා ඉල්ලා සිටියේය. ‘ඔයාලට බලාගන්න පුළුවන් මම අසනීපෙන්ද හොඳ සෞඛ්‍ය තත්වයෙන් […]

Courtesy Adaderana SriLankan Airlines has apologised for the extensive cancellation of flights recently, attributing the matter to technical faults. Issuing a statement in this regard, the national carrier explained that a number of technical faults resulted in the temporary grounding of several aircraft, as part of the routine procedures followed during aircraft maintenance. Aircraft maintenance […]

Shenali D Waduge The world faced 2 World Wars that killed over 70million people. Annually an estimated 60million deaths occur globally while global population is now close to 8billion. Global youth account for 1.2billion people (age 15-24) while global senior citizens stand at around 771million. Global extreme poverty has risen from 8.4% in 2019 to […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya. Children’s Day is around the corner, and celebrating it in a non-conventional way can be a fun and memorable experience for kids. Here are some ideas to consider perhaps for 2024.Outdoor Adventure Day: Organize an outdoor adventure day where kids can explore nature, learn survival skills, and have fun in the […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror Colombo, September 28: Events leading to the controversial takeover of the Kandyan kingdom by the British in 1815 and the aftermath have been written about both from the British and the Sri Lankan viewpoint. The British view is vividly presented in Ceylon Ancient and Modern published by Chapman and Hall of London in 1876. […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 27: China’s State Council Information Office has released the country’s blueprint for a better world entitled Global Community of Shared Future: China’s Proposals and Actions”. Presented on September 26, the document projects a benign, accommodative and progressive image of China, contrasting it with its adversaries which are dubbed hegemonic […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ණය පොලී අනුපාත ඉතා ඉහළ අගයක් ගැනීම, විදුලි – ජල බිල්පත්, ගෑස් මිල ඇතුළු බලශක්ති ප්‍රභවයන්ගේ මිල ඉහළ යෑම, සුළු හා මධ්‍ය පරිමාණ කර්මාන්ත සඳහා වන බදු ඉහළ දැමීම හා දේශපාලන ස්ථාවරත්වය පිළිබඳ වන ගැටලුකාරී තත්ත්වය යන කරුණු හතර හේතුවෙන් මෙරට දේශීය කර්මාන්ත පද්ධතිය බිඳ වැටී ඇති බවත් එවැනි මොහොතක […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been found not guilty of sexual intercourse without consent following an accusation of stealthing” involving a Tinder date in Sydney. The 32-year-old was arrested in November while in Australia for the T-20 World Cup, after he went for drinks with a woman near the Opera House. He […]

Courtesy Investing.com Sri Lanka’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the next tranche of funds under a $3 billion lending program has been stalled, threatening to slow down the island nation’s recovery from its worst economic crisis in history. The IMF team concluded a two-week visit to Sri Lanka on Wednesday without securing […]

Courtesy The Daily News Today is World Heart Day. Shereen Balasingham, a community medicine expert at the Directorate of Non-Communicable Diseases Division of the Health Ministry, said that the number of deaths and hospitalizations due to heart failure has increased significantly. She stated that 52 percent of deaths in government hospitals in 2020 were due […]

By Peter Kornbluh National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No 8 Washington, D.C. – September 11 1998 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. The violent overthrow of the democratically-elected Popular Unity government of Salvador Allende changed the course of the country that Chilean poet Pablo Neruda described as […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ  Lankawebහි 13/8/23 දින පළ වුනු  ‘Local adoption of the ICCPR Convention – a cunning enactment; works against Sinhala Buddhist activists and soft on Tamil separatist racists’ යන ඉංග්‍රීසි ලිපියේ සංශෝධිත සිංහල අනුවාදය, එම මුල් ලේඛකයා විසින්ම. සිවිල් සහ දේශපාලන අයිතිවාසිකම් පිළිබඳ ජාත්‍යාන්තර සම්මුතිය (The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – ICCPR) […]