Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb. 18 (Daily Mirror)- The Supreme Court delivered a judgment in favour of the plaintiff party over a land dispute relating to a 90-perch plot of land in Kurunegala, which had traversed the halls of the courts for 52 years. This case was first instituted in 1972 by the original […]

Courtesy Sputnik © Sputnik / Stringer On January 24, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down a Russian Air Force Il-76 military transport plane over the Belgorod region that was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners set for exchange. Kiev’s British advisers are responsible for the deaths of the POWs and the crew of the Il-76 transport plane, which […]

Courtesy Adaderana Another 418 suspects have been arrested by Sri Lanka’s police and security forces personnel within 24 hours which ended at 12.30 a.m. today (18 Feb.), as part of the ongoing countrywide anti-drug operation ‘Yukthiya’. According to the Ministry of Public Security, detention orders have been secured against 8 of the suspects, while 2 […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 793 traffic offenders have been identified within the first 15 days of February through the 24-hour surveillance system implemented to monitor traffic violations. According to Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa, 300 police stations across the country have been notified to take necessary action against the said offenders. He further noted […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන  B.Sc ( Col), PGDC(Col) 2002 දී චන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක ජනාධිපතිවරිය සමයේදී 19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයක් ආ බවත් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරු 7ක් මගින් එයට දුන් ඒකමතික තීරණය උල්ලංඝනය කරමින් මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන ජනාධිපති සමයේ 2015 දී 19 සංශෝධනයක් නැවත ගෙනා බවත් ඇතැම් නීති විශාරදයෝ සහ ඇතැම් දේශපාල විචාරකයෝ අමතක කරති. එය එසේ අමතක කළ […]

By William J. Astore TomDispatch.com Like many American boys of the baby-boomer generation, I played war” with those old, olive-drab, plastic toy soldiers meant to evoke our great victory over the Nazis and the Japs” during World War II. At age 10, I also kept a scrapbook of the 1973 Yom Kippur War between Israel […]

Courtesy TomDispatch.com War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. So that classic late 1960s song claimed. Still, for Bill Astore and me (and, I have little doubt, Joe Biden, too), such a thought didn’t cross our minds as we played with toy soldiers on the floors of our rooms as kids. I can still […]

by Shafique Khokhar Courtesy PIME Asian News A mob attacked an Ahmadi place of worship in Kotli district, sending the caretaker to hospital with serious injuries. Previously, they had given the authorities an ultimatum to demolish the Ahmadi mosque. Despite CCTV footage, police have yet to make any arrests. We want justice,” Ahmadi leader told […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island A National People’s Power (NPP) administration will not do anything that will undermine Indian security, but it will maintain economic and political relations with China, the NPP delegation to India told Indian officials, JVP/NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in an interview with Sirasa TV, on Thursday (15). In […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Chief Prelates of the three Buddhist Chapters have raised deep concerns about a potential risk of emerging social insecurity due to the privatisation of state assets. They communicated this in a letter addressed to President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Dilrook Kannangara Chinese and Indian development models are completely different. Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, etc. achieved success thanks to the Chinese development model. Indian development model does not have that feature. Therefore, Sri Lanka cannot become India’s Hong Kong. Teaming up with India only leads to worse poverty, debt, economic disaster and unemployment for Sri […]

S.Akurugoda As per a news item that appeared in The Island of 12 .02.2024 titled ‘ SLPP MPs not consulted on ECTA, alleges government member’, MP Sarath Weerasekerais is urging President Ranil Wickremesinghe not to exploit the continuing political, economic and social crisis to advance his agenda.  https://island.lk/slpp-mps-not-consulted-on-etca-alleges-govt-member/. The SLPP MP said that the two […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre ‘Currently, we proudly stand with the strength of over 1800 military engineers, spanning diverse domains such as Civil, Mechanical, Electronic, Telecommunication, Marine, Aeronautical and many more. Our primary objective is to elevate the aspirations of our young military engineers. We aim to propel them to greater heights in the […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය මහරගම ප්‍රාදේශීය සම්බන්ධීකරණ කමිටුව, එහි සභාපති අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් 2024.02.15 දින රැස්වූ අවස්ථාවේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය.  එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා – අද රට මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය සම්බන්ධයෙන් බොහොම නරක තත්ත්වයකට  පත්වෙලා. දැන් පත්කර තිබෙන විශේෂ ඒකකය මගින් ඔබතුමාලා වුණත් ඕනම වෙලාවක අත්අඩංගුවට ගන්න පුළුවන්. මෙතන තියෙන්නේ තාවකාලික සුභ සිද්ධියක් […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc ( Col), PGDC(Col) http://neethiyalk.blogspot.com/2024/02/2015-19-2002-19-2025.html?m=1 2002 දී චන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක ජනාධිපතිවරිය සමයේදී 19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයක් ආ බවත් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරු 7ක් මගින් එයට දුන් ඒකමතික තීරණය උල්ලංඝනය කරමින් මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන ජනාධිපති සමයේ 2015 දී 19 සංශෝධනය නැවත ගෙනා බවත් ඇතැම් නීති විශාරදයෝ සහ ඇතැම් දේශපාල විචාරකයෝ අමතක කරති. එය එසේ අමතක […]

Sri Lanka News The remark by a Sri Lankan Tourism Minister suggesting that Sri Lanka is part of India has sparked concerns about the erosion of Sri Lanka’s sovereignty. While historical, cultural, and geographical ties between the two nations are undeniable, asserting Sri Lanka’s independent identity is crucial in safeguarding its sovereignty and national interests. […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy The Island The general takeaway from the disastrous and premature ending of the Gotabaya Rajapaksa Administration is very simple. Non-politicians do not make good Presidents. Those with financial literacy blame that Administration’s economic management that saw the country into an almost economic collapse. However, the general consensus is that the cause […]

By  Uditha Devapriya Courtesy The Island India’s decision to invite JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has made headlines in every local paper, and practically every Indian paper. The visit is significant for at least two reasons. First, the JVP-NPP is not the country’s main Opposition. At the General Elections in 2020, it obtained a dismal […]

By Jude Amory Courtesy Ceylon Today In the intricate landscape of counterterrorism and geopolitics, the British Government’s manoeuvres often resemble a perplexing tango, where their steps seem choreographed with contradictory grace. Amidst this dance, one glaring anomaly stands out: the UK’s curious tolerance of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an organisation steeped in […]

By DR. C. S. WEERARATNA Courtesy The Island A trade deficit typically occurs when a country does not produce enough goods for its citizens. When production cannot meet demand as in Sri Lanka, there is a need to import thereby widening the trade deficit.  A persistent trade deficit is detrimental to a country’s economy because […]

Courtesy Hiru News The National Physical Planning Department has designated 11 temples of significant archaeological, historical, and sacred importance as Sacred Sites in the Government Gazette. These areas, now recognized as sacred sites, had their respective documents submitted to the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (15), presided over by Mr. Saman Ekanayake, the Secretary to the President. […]

Story by Andrew Griffin Courtesy The Independent Graphene, a wonder material” that could help solve some of humanity’s deepest problems, has cleared a major hurdle towards practical uses. Graphene is the world’s thinnest, super-strong and super-flexible material. It could have dramatic applications in everything from engineering tissue to making new kinds of technological devices. However, […]

By Sena Thoradeniya Anura Kumara Dissanayaka was in India. Media reported that it was on an invitation by Indian Government. According to Indian media reports this visit was organized by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) affiliated to the Ministry of External Affairs and the delegation was accompanied by Eldos Mathew Punnoose, Counsellor at the […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The Tamil Separatist Movement has shown strong opposition to the presence of Buddhist temples in the north and east. Tamil Separatist Movement   vehemently objects to the construction of Buddhist temples and demands their removal. Tamil Separatist Movement   objects to construction of new Buddhist temples, Buddha statues and shrines. It objects to   the presence […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Strategic Buddhist sites in the northeastern region have been turned into ‘Contested Sites’ by the Tamil Separatist Movement. The most recent Contested Site was Kurundi, but there were two  before that. In January 2019 a group of about 200 persons led by northern politicians stormed the precincts of Gurukanda Raja Maha Viharaya in […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Wimal Weerawansa National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa says the proposed Economic and Technology Co-operation Agreement (ETCA) with India should be examined in the context of India’s geopolitical strategy in respect of Sri Lanka. Referring to a recent declaration by SLPP MP Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera that […]

Nick Turse courtesy The Intercept A formerly secret map from AFRICOM shows a network of 29 U.S. military bases that stretch from one side of Africa to another. Nick Turse LAST MONTH, ABOUT a dozen al-Shabab fighters infiltrated the perimeter of a military base in Manda Bay, Kenya. One of them took aim with a rocket-propelled grenade, […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre •           The procession of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa and the Crest-Gem to the Buddhist shrines in ancient Ethugalpura. The island-wide public veneration of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa unearthed from the Deegawapiya site during the excavations and the Crest-Gem commenced from Kelaniya Raja Maha […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Post -event Press Release The Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), the Ministry of Defence’s premier think tank on national security, hosted a close door webinar on South Asian Geopolitics in 2024: Lessons for Sri Lanka” on Thursday, February 15, 2024, from 1000hrs to 1200hrs (IST) via Zoom. The […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division JICA to commence new development projects in Sri LankaPresident of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Dr. Tanaka Akihito, described Sri Lanka as a centre of gravity of global economic development and JICA would continuously assist development and reforms agenda of Sri Lanka. He said this during a discussion with Prime Minister […]