by Gunadasa Amarasekera (A talk given by Gunadasa Amarasekera at the Royal Asiatic Society) When Dr. Punsara Amarasinghe requested me to speak on my long novel in nine volumes I was rather reluctant, not because of anything else but my physical condition. Nearing my 96th year, I have lost almost all my faculties. I am […]

RANJITH SOYSA  Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the  truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers […]

By Garvin Karunaratne  Sri Lanka, a country in grave foreign debt- as much as $ 56 billion in 2023, a country that did not owe a dollar to anyone in the early Seventies, had better organize devices to use the Recently won $3 billion tranche from the IMF for economic development to bring about production […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The 75th anniversary celebration of the Department of Meteorology, a leading government institution with a strong impact on many economic sectors, was held today (Oct 04) under the auspices of the State Minister of Defence Hon. Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon at the Met Department premises. Director General – Meteorology Mr. […]

Sri Lanka News 28th Oct 1987 Shri Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, New Delhi. Dear Prime Minister, We thank you once again for all your efforts on behalf of the Tamil people. We repeat our deep anguish at the tragic turn of events in Jaffna. We feel it is our duty to also express our […]

Sarath Wijesinghe (President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel Solicitor in England and Wales and president Ambassador’s Forum) Tourist Destination Sri Lanka is known to be tourist destination among the places known for tourists and tourism in the world of tourism in the competitive  market when the tourists are looking for places of interest […]

තිස්ස ගුණතිලක පසුගිය 2023 ඹක්තෝම්බර් මස 01වනදා lankaweb.com අඩවියේ පලවූ  ‘බොජ්ජංග තුලින් අත්දකින නිවන හා බොජ්ජංගයෙන් ආදේශවන (replace) වන සමත භාවනාව’ යන ලිපිය තුලින් මෙතෙක් වැසී තිබූ නිවන් මාර්ගය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම විවර විය. බුදුන්වහන්සේ අපගේ එකම ශාස්තෘන් වහන්සේය. බුද්ධ වචනය හා බුදුන්වහන්සේ දේශනාකල ධර්මය අප වටහාගත යුතු හා පිලිපැදිය යුතු එකම ප්‍රතිපදාවයි. නිවනට ඇති එකම මාර්ග […]

By Senaka Weeraratna This is an updated and edited version of a Public Talk delivered on World Animal Day (October 4, 2015) at the Dharmavijaya Foundation, Colombo. ………………………………………. New Vision We need a new vision for this country and its civilizational advancement.  It must begin in our schools. The primary purpose of education is to […]

Sarath Wijesinghe (President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, Solicitor in England and Wales, President Ambassador’s forum) Tourism and Cricket They say Sri Lanka is famous both for tourism and cricket. Propagation of tourism is a necessity for the country want of tourists for the most needed foreign currency and income for the country […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, while thanking the Asian Development Bank for the assistance provided to agriculture, rural small and medium sectors and other development projects, urged the regional funding agency to initiate new projects on areas such as renewable energy, digitalization, and public transport systems, especially the railways. He said this […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D. බල පෙරනිමිති පෙරමඟ නැකතටත් වැඩී.”  සැළලිහිණි සංදේශය මෙම ලිපි මාලාව ලිවීමට මට සිතුනේ ලාල් කාන්ත හා සේපාල් අමරසිංහ යන පංචස්කන්ධ දෙක එකතුව ඥානසාර හිමියන්ට හා පිරිත් නූලට කල අවඥාව නිසාය. ඉන් පසුව සේපාල් ඇමෙරිකාවේ ඔරිගන් ජනපදයේ සිටි රාජනීස් නම් හින්දු පූජකයා (දාර්ශනිකයා?) මෙන් හිස තොප්පියකින් වසාගෙන, JVP එකට සම්බන්ධව සිටි වාරණ […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island  Top Opposition spokesperson Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (02) said that the government should take full responsibility for the suspension of USD 2.9 bn IMF bailout over Sri Lanka’s failure to achieve the anticipated revenue mobilisation. The former External Affairs Minister found fault with the government for tax concessions […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A total of USD 56 billion has been parked abroad by powerful persons during the past few years, Minister of Justice Wijedasa Rajapaksha informed Parliament today. A sum of USD 9 billion has been parked this year alone,” the Minister said.  I propose a special motion to order these persons to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government has informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the tax percentages can not be increased further at this juncture as requested and that the government was expecting to initiate discussions to request the IMF to reconsider its request, Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today. He told Parliament that the IMF […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The proposed cable car line from Nanu Oya to Nuwara Eliya has been halted as a certain Forest Department official was refusing to grant permission to release 150 perches on the Kikiliyamana mountain without any reason, a government MP revealed today. Parliamentarian Madura Vithanage told Parliament that the project is unable […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While condemning the statement by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MP Bimal Ratnayake, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera said today that the JVP is engaging in actions that are detrimental to the country by brainwashing young people. Addressing the media, he said the ongoing detrimental process […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Social media regulation could be an inevitable scenario as the countries in the globe envisage signing an international convention on the same, President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed. The remark from the President came hours after the Online Safety Bill was presented to Parliament. The Bill was presented to the House this morning. […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe, during an interview with an international broadcaster based in Germany, slammed the allegations levelled in the documentary aired by British television network Channel 4 with regard to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. Wickremesinghe stressed that the Sri Lankan government would not carry out an international inquiry on any issue, including […]

Courtesy Adaderana The World Bank revised up its forecasts for Sri Lanka’s economy on Tuesday, noting the crisis-hit nation had made strides in reducing inflation and had benefited from tourism revenue as well as an appreciation in its currency. The bank now expects the economy to expand 1.7% in 2024, up from an earlier forecast […]

Shenali D Waduge The Indo Lanka Accord proposes an interim-arrangement administrative system by merging North & East provinces & a referendum in the East one year after signing the agreement to continue merger or not (catch was the inclusion of the postponement clause by the President of SL). The Accord does not refer to administrative […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara This is a letter I wrote to Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the present President,  in 2006 from Texas USA, when I was holidaying at my younger daughter Achala when he was the Defense Secretary in President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government requesting him to take immediate safety measures against a possible LTTE attack on the Kotmale […]

Valeria Vegh Weis Abstract This article addresses the origins of the term lawfare, as well as different definitions developed in the Global North and the Global South while proposing a conceptualization linked to the particularities of this socio-legal phenomenon in Latin America. Focusing on the cases of Brazil and Argentina the article deploys the notions […]

Shenali D Waduge Who else is planning to do a Hamsa? Hamsa wanted asylum, C4 needed to boost revenue, West/UN needed a topic to politicize, foreign funded NGOs needed a topic for survival & funding & a bunch of others needed a reason to cover their guilty conscience regarding knowing but not doing anything to […]

by Dr. Harsha Perera                                              Prof. A.D.T.E. PereraProf. A.D.T.E. Perera, eminent scholar of Buddhist Art and Archeology, passed away on 2023.09.16. at the age of 87 years.   A.D.T.E. Perera was born on 1936.04.29 at […]

Garvin Karunaratne  former GA Matara  Despite my repeated writings  highlighting what has happened to the Dry Zone tanks, the life blood of the people, no action has been taken and today- 2023, there is no proper method of distributing water. This is a matter of great urgency that needs the attention of the Ministry of Agriculture. In […]

Mahinda Gunasekera His Excellency, Ranil WickremasinghePresident of Sri Lanka Your Excellency, I would like to draw your attention to the annexed article written by Shenali Waduge pointing out the invalidity of the Indo-Lanka Accord and the implementation of the 13th Amendment creating Provincial Councils is null and void for the same reasons. We too have […]

Nimal Samarasinghe This rejoinder sent to Sunday Island to articles appeared there criticizing changes post 56 was not published. The articles on English language in your Sunday issues are intriguing. Today I play a senior professional role in my occupation in the kingdom of the English. I obtained a credit pass at my English O/L […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The exposition of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa and the Crest-Gem takes place at the Kande Vihara today (Oct. 2) for public veneration. Afterwards, the revered articles will move in a religious procession to Waskaduwa Rajaguru Sri Subhuthi Viharaya, tomorrow (Oct. 3). The relics unearthed from the […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre All government agencies  are geared in all respects to face the prevailing adverse weather condition around the country, the State Minister of Defence Hon. Pramitha Bandara Thennakoon said in a news brief  held at the State Ministry in Colombo today (Oct 02). All amenities have so far been provided […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ලංකා විදුලි බල මණ්ඩලයේ සේවකයෙකුට පුද්ගලයෙකු විසින් මරණ තර්ජනය කරන විඩියෝවක් සමාජ ජාලවල හුවමාරු වෙයි. මෙම ආරවුල ඇතිව තිබෙන්නේ විදුලි බල මණ්ඩලයට අයත් ගොඩනැගිල්ලක තාප්පයේ පෝස්ටර් ගැසීමට විරුද්ධ වීම නිසාය. ‘පෝස්ටර් ගැලෙවුවොත් බලා ගමු. 88-89 කාලයේ අමුඩ ගස්සලා හන්දි ගාණේ වෙඩි තැබුවේ උඹලා වගේ අයට’ යැයි ද එම පුද්ගලයා තර්ජනය […]