By Sena Thoradeniya Lenin in his Note, Helplessness and Confusion” dated May 21, 1913 stated that, chaos and confusion among modern Social-Democrats and ‘near Social-Democrats’ are not only external but also internal. A huge number of old ‘prominent Party people’ are completely confused, they have understood absolutely nothing about the new state of affairs” and […]

Dheshamaanya Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara. President Hela Abhimaani jaathika Padhanama. All Sinhala Buddhists should rally around this national struggle and strongly oppose and protest against the Government’s move to pass this Act in Parliament, designed to harm the Sinhala nation and its culture and that will carve out the map of EELAM, the 29th State […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 24-30 December 2023 Sri Lanka’s high-quality graphene & other abundant mineral resources do not belong to us: according to the USA & the EU. The EU has got the World Trade Organization (WTO) to block Indonesia from restricting its own nickel exports. […]

Professor Sunil J. Wimalawansa Here are some Island articles that might interest you and your professional colleagues.  Please feel free to forward them and comment on the journal website at the end of the article for the benefit of other readers. An article related to CKDu (CKD-CTN) submitted to the Island in July 2023 was published only […]

by A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka. Muslims should rejoice the era of Islam’s revival’: Ahmadiyya Supreme Head (Khalifa) delivers concluding address at Qadian Convention (Jalsa Salana) 2023 The three day 128th Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Qadian, India, concluded with a faith inspiring address by […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The famous supermarket on the way home ගෙදර යන ගමන්”Place Pelawatte Battaramulle mulls Time. 31 December 2023 at 12.15 pm  Walked into The-supermarket to buy a pack of Iced Coffee to treat our  guests Price marked by either the manufacturer or the supermarket was 500 Rs against 240 last year  Picked a few […]

Kaarige Channel Eka | Dharmasri Kariyawasam නැවතත් බලයට එන්න දගලන්නේ මේ කාලකන්නි සෙවනැලිද? බුද්ධිමත් ජනතාවනි මේ පැහැදිලි සත්‍යය කතාවලට හොදින් සවන් දෙන්න

( වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග විසින් ලියන ලද The Concept of Dukkha” in Buddhist Philosophy ලිපියේ සිංහල පරිවර්තනය. පරිවර්තනය හර්ෂිනී ජයසුන්දර  ) දුක්ඛ” යන බෞද්ධ සංකල්පය මගින් පැවැත්මේ (existence)  සැබෑ ස්වභාවය විස්තර කරයි. එහි ගැඹුරු දාර්ශනික අර්ථයක් ඇත. “දුක්ඛ” යන වචනය බොහො විට වරදවා වටහාගෙන ඇතිවා මෙන්ම වරදවා භාවිත කරද ඇත. “දුක්ඛ” යන වචනයේ අර්ථ්‍ය […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජාතික ජන බලවේගය අද වන විට ධෛර්යවන්ත ගැහැණුන්ගෙන් සමන්විත ව්‍යාපාරයක් බවට පත්වී ඇති බව එහි නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී අනුර දිසානායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඒ අනුව 2024 ජයග්‍රහණ ගැන යම් කුකුසක් තිබුනේ නම් අද වන විට එම කුකුස මුළුමනින්ම අහවර වී ඇති බවද හෙතෙම කියා සිටියේය. ඒ මහතා මේ බව කියා […]

Dinesh Gunawardena Prime Minister Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka The necessary measures have been taken in this year’s budget to launch the government’s procedure to create a country with new hopes.In line with the last year, let us all work together with dedication for a prosperous future in a disciplined and democratic  society by […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Indian Minister Selja brings the Kapilavastu relics to Sri Lanka Colombo, December 31: Religion has been part of the foreign policies of Christian and Islamic nations for a long time. As is well known, one of the goals of the foreign policy of Western colonial powers was to spread Christianity […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police together with the Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested over 20,000 suspects over drugs-related crimes during the past 14 days of the ‘Yukthiya’ operation, says the Public Security Ministry. Financial asset investigations have been initiated against 189 suspects and 1,298 individuals have been sent for rehabilitation. Additionally, detention orders […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has informed India that it will not allow any Chinese research vessel to dock at its ports or operate within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) for one year, the Hindustan Times reported on Sunday.  The move comes after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged President Ranil Wickremesinghe to respect Indian strategic […]