By Raj Gonsalkorale There was no fight for . . . freedom which involved a fight for principles, policies, and programmes . . . No. It just came overnight. We just woke up one day and we were told, You are a dominion now.” —S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Ceylon Prime Minister (1956–1959) Sri Lanka […]

By Garvin Karunaratne  former G.A. Matara It is time to stop political bickering and take action before we totally fail in agriculture and millions face death due to the lack of food.  In view of the attempts by our President to boost our agriculture, it may be worthwhile to ascertain what did happen to the […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Since Independence was sought on 4th February 1948, without shedding a single blood drop, the first Prime Minister was chosen by the Colonials as the Right Honorable D.S. Senanayake.  He was the Prime Minster from 24 September 1947 till 22 March 1952 when he had an accident and died immediately […]

උපුටාගැණීම Lankaleader 2022 අගෝස්තු මාසයේ සිටි 2023 ඔක්තෝබර් මාසය දක්වා විදුලි ගාස්තු හතර වතාවක් සංශෝධනය කර ඇති බවත්, මෙම විදුලි ගාස්තු සංශෝධනය කිරීම් අනීතිකව සිදුවී ඇති බවත් නැගෙනහිර පළාත් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර අනුරාධා යහම්පත් මහත්මිය පවසයි. අනීතික ලෙස හා අසාධාරණ ලෙස විදුලි ගාස්තු ඉහළ දැමීම සහ එමගින් සිදුකෙරන විදුලි විසංධිකිරීම් සිදුකිරීම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් විශේෂ අනාවරණයක් සිදුකිරීමට ඉකුත් […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D කොසොල් රජතුමාගේ සීන සැබෑවීම අතීතයේ දුටුගැමුණු-වළගම්බා-විජයබා රජවරුන්ට <කඩේ ගිය> හාමුදුරුවරුන් නමැති සංස්ථාවට අද අත්වෙන ඉරණම කුමක්ද?  මේ දිවයිනට ආවේනිකවූ, ලෝකයට සිංහල බෞද්ධ ශිෂ්ටාචාරය (හා ථෙරවාද බුදු දහම) දායාද කල මුරදේවතා සංකල්පය බලවත්සේ දූෂණය වෙමින් පවතී.  තරුණ කාලයේ jvp කාරයින්ව සිටි, පසුව මංගල සමරවීර සමඟ ngo සුදුනෙළුම් ව්‍යාපාරයක නිරතවූ අය ලෙස සැකකරණ […]

දිල්රූක් කන්නන්ගර ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සිංහල දේශය නොවේ. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව යනු 1948 බිහිවූ දුක්ඛිත 76 වසරක සාපලත්, ලෝකයටම ණය ගැති වූ කෙටි   ඉතිහාසයක් ඇති බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයන් විසින් 1833 අටවා ගත් අට්ටාලයකි. එයට කිසිම භාෂා අනන්‍යතාවයක් නැත; දිශානතියක් නැත; එල්ලයක්, ධර්මයක් නැත, විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තියක් නැත, ඉතිහාසයක් නැත. ඒ වෙනුවට අම්බලමක් හෝ මඩමක් සේ එයට භාෂා, නීති, ඇදහිලි සහ […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre State Minister Tennekoon looks into the well-being of paratroopers injured during 76th Independence Day rehearsals State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon visited the Army Hospital and the National Hospital in Colombo to personally inquire about the well-being of Army and Air Force paratroopers who sustained injuries during […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය Ø ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ( SDGs) තිරසර සංවර්ධන අභිමතාර්ථ සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීම   ඇතුළත් තිරසාර ව්‍යාපාර ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීමේ උපාය මාර්ග දියත් කරනවා..                                              -අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා Ø SDGs සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීම සඳහා එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ ආසියා හා පැසිෆික් කලාපය සඳහා වන ආර්ථික හා සමාජයීය කොමිසම (ESCAP)  ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පූර්ණ සහාය ලබා දෙනවා…                 -එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror King Kirti Sri Rajasimha appoints Velivita Saranankara as the Sangharaja of Sri Lanka Colombo, January 30: It is well known that monks from Siam and Burma (as Thailand and Myanmar were called earlier) helped stem a decline in the practice of Buddhism and contributed to its democratization in Sri Lanka during certain […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News A survey by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) among Japanese firms that operate in the region highlights Sri Lanka’s low wages, inadequate to cover workers’ housing costs. Some 60 per cent of Japanese companies invested in the country because of its cheap labour. Meanwhile, local skilled workers […]

By Vel Moonien in Mauritius, Courtesy gCaptain Three Somali pirates arrive in Seychelles on board the Seychelles Defense Forces (SDF) vessel, the Topaz. Photo courtesy Vel Moonien The six crew members of the Sri Lankan trawler Lorenzo Putha 4, hijacked in Arabian Sea off of Somali on Saturday, arrived safely in Port Victoria on Mahé, Seychelles’ […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Five civil society activists have been arrested while staging a ‘Satyagraha’ campaign in front of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today (31 Jan.) demanding the arrest of former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. Unions and civil society organisations staged a ‘Satyagraha’ campaign today, demanding that the former Health Minister be arrested over his alleged […]

By Sena Thoradeniya A dog is smarter than its tail, but if the tail were smarter, then it would wag the dog”. 1. Relationship Between NPP and JVP Even for the political analyst it is problematic to comprehend the concrete and organic relationship that exists between the Jathika Jana Balavegaya (National Peoples’ Power – NPP) […]

by Wimal Patabandige – Academician, Lawyer, Retired Solicitor Before 1833, the nearest land between Yapapatuna (Jaffna Peninsula*) and the Eastern Province was the land belonging to Kurundugamurata Disavani (Mulativ District*). It is necessary to look into the historical information & archaeological facts related to this piece of land says the author Wimal Patabandige.  Reporting on […]

by Garvin Karunaratne. In the Fifth Century we built the Yodha Ela at a gradient of six inches in a mile- so miniscule a gradient that defies the irrigation engineers of today. By 1970, we became self sufficient in producing rice- then we had no poverty as we provided rice free to all on a […]

Sugath Kulatunga The ripple effect of the increase in the VAT rate from 15 to 18 percent has led to another hike in the cost of living causing wide spread agitation against the measure and has rattled the government. It has given another opportunity to traders to inflict one more exorbitant hike in the price […]

by A. Abdul Aziz The situation in Gaza has escalated exponentially since 7 October 2023 on a day-to-day basis. The extensive and explicit media (and social media) coverage can, at times, inadvertently cause us to fall prey to compassion fatigue. We may even become desensitized to facts and figures, but it is crucial now more than ever […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon, visited the Royal Navy ship HMS Spey last evening (Jan. 29). HMS Spey arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday (Jan. 28) on an official visit. The Commanding Officer of the ship, Commander Paul Caddy received the State Minister on his arrival […]

Courtesy Unz Review This long article explain the origin of the Jews. The Zionists are European (Ashkenazi Jews) whereas the original biblical Jews are still spread around the middle east and even suggests that the Palestinians are original biblical Jews who have been converted to the Muslim religion. John Beaty and The Iron Curtain Over America […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse Samagi Jana Bala Wegaya (SJB) protestors near the public library in Colombo a short while ago. SJB leader Sajith Premadasa was at the protest. Will defy all laws and begin another Aragalaya tomorrow: SJB Colombo, Jan 29 (Daily Mirror) –  The Samagi […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 30 (Daily Mirror) – An air ambulance service between the Maldives and the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) will start on March 1 this year as part of Phase I of the programme, Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said. The announcement was made following a special […]

Courtesy Adaderana The police have fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) protesters in Colombo this afternoon (Jan.30). Joined by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, SJB MPs and supporters, it was organized by the main opposition in protest of the conduct of the government. Earlier today, three court orders […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest charitable foundations, has agreed to establish a Program Support Unit to support the Office of the President of Sri Lanka. Accordingly, Global Health Strategies, an international organization established by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and its local partner Connect to Care […]

by Wimal Patabandige – Academician, Lawyer, Retired Solicitor translated by Shenali D Waduge There is no difference in not knowing one’s mother tongue or history or choosing to forget one’s history or ridiculing one’s heritage & not wishing to know one’s parents & their ancestor’s history & heritage. So says, Wimal Patabandige. This aptly fits […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Ven. Galgamuwe Santhabodhi, who was responsible for the revitalization of Kurundi vihara in Mullaitivu, has also successfully conserved another monastery, Sapumalgaskada at Vavuniya. Like Kurundi, Sapumalgaskada monastery was excavated and conserved, due to the efforts of Ven. Santhabodhi. Sapumalgaskada archaeological site is situated in the Periyakattikulam forest reserve in Vavuniya District. Sapumalgaskada is the […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් පොලිස් නිලධාරියෙකුට පරුෂ වචනයෙන් බැනවැදී පොලිස් නිලධාරිනියකට පහරදීමේ චෝදනාව යටතේ කාන්තාවක් ගන්දර පොලිසිය විසින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබෙනවා. අප කළ විමසීමකදී ගන්දර පොලිසිය සඳහන් කළේ මෙලෙස අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත්තේ ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ පදිංචිව සිටින ශ්‍රී ලාංකික කාන්තාවක් බවයි. පොලිසිය සඳහන් කළ පරිදි මාතර, දෙවිනුවර ඔරලෝසු කනුව ආසන්නයේදී ත්‍රිරෝද රථයක ගමන්කරමින් සිටි පොලිස් නිලධාරීන් පිරිසක් […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS New Buddhist temples were erected in the north, during the Eelam war and after. Admiral Daya Sandagiri, then Commander Northern naval area   built Dambakola Patuna Sangamitta Vihara   at Sambilturai, in Jaffna District. The foundation   was laid in 1997, work was completed in 2005. Several temples were built in the north after 2009. Sri […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 21-27 January 2024 ‘The similarities between Haiti & Sri Lanka are phenomenal’, notes national scribe Shenali Waduge. One such parallel is the plan to destroy rice production and make the country dependent on food imports. How has this come to pass […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ  ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතාවය හා පෝෂණය සහතික කිරීම සඳහා  ග්‍රාමීය ආර්ථික පුනර්ජීවන කේන්ද්‍ර සවිබල ගැන්වීමේ බහු ආංශික ඒකාබද්ධ යාන්ත්‍රණය, ‟අලුත් ගමක් – අලුත් රටක්″ ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධ සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන, පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්‍රික් ප්‍රගති සමාලෝචන රැස්වීම පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම් කාර්යාලීය ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේදී අද (2024.01.29) පැවති අවස්ථාවේදීය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා – අපි […]