By Sena Thoradeniya (Continued from May 18, 2024) 1.Personal Attributes of GR Though he failed as a President due to various factors and had to abdicate his presidency, there were many personal attributes favourable to GR. These personal attributes profoundly augmented his victory at the Presidential Elections. He was hailed and acclaimed as a hero […]

Palitha Ariyarathna The Dark Knight Rises,” directed by Christopher Nolan, is a cinematic masterpiece that transcends cultural boundaries, exploring complex themes of ideological conflict and moral ambiguity. This article offers a dual perspective, examining the film’s universal themes through a global lens while also delving into its resonance within the context of Sri Lankan culture […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The Hindu religion has been given a visible boost in Sri Lanka in the past two decades. It received state patronage. Hindu festivals were   celebrated at President’s House and Temple Trees. In 2003 Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had for the first time directed that a National Deepavali celebration be held. It was held […]

Dr.Sudath Gunasekara.Mahanuwara (First published on 14.9.2023). I call upon all patriotic Sinhala sons and daughters of our beloved motherland to draw their prompt and serious attention to the arrogant and irresponsible political thuggery publicly and repeatedly displayed by some Tamil politicians in the plantation sector who are trying to make hay while the political uncertainties […]

 Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD  Sex is a basic human need, common to all people at all times (Shokeir &, Hussein, 2004) and exclusively a biological function, defined based on that individual’s individuality and socio-cultural background (Kumarasinghe et al., 2022). Ancient Sri Lankans had varied sexual lives. The ancient folklore and texts unveil the traditions […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Diyawanna Vesak Zone 2024, organized by the Ministry of Defence in collaboration with the Independent Television Network (ITN) will conclude tonight (May 25). Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne and Chairman of ITN Mr Sudarshana Gunawardana, inaugurated the ‘Diyawanna Vesak Zone 2024’ last Thursday (May 23). This is organized […]

By Julia Conley Defense lawyers for Israel did not convince the International Court of Justice that the ongoing evacuation operation in the southern Gaza city had enhanced the security of civilians.” Emphasizing that Israel had not convinced the International Court of Justice that sufficient efforts have been made to protect civilian life from harm, the […]

Senaka Weeraratna I want to place on record information concerning the beginnings of the Unit Trust Industry of Sri Lanka and my pioneering involvement in the promotion of the Unit Trust as a Vehicle of Investment in Sri Lanka.  It begins in Australia. I joined a boutique law firm, Wilder Moses Bengasino in Melbourne, as an […]

60 Minutes Australia Gangsters’ Paradise (2024) It might sound strange, but the crime capital of Australia is currently Dubai. That’s because this glitzy mega city in the Persian Gulf has become home to nearly all of our biggest organised crime bosses. Their thinking in moving offshore is that they’re out of reach of federal and […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Minister Sabry, PC, meets Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard at his Ministry on Monday (20) after she called for Sri Lanka to be referred to the UN Security Council and subjected to international war crimes inquiry. The Tamil Guardian quoted her as having said at Mullivaikkal where she […]

අජිත් සී. හේරත්  විමර්ශන   ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානයේ යෝජිත වසංගත ගිවිසුම: එක් සෞඛ්‍යයක් ප්‍රවේශය”, දේශගුණ විපර්යාස භීෂණය සහ ගොවි ජනතාවට හා ආහාරවලට එරෙහි යුද්ධය අජිත් සී. හේරත් මෙම මැයි මාසයේ අවසානයේදී ‌ජිනිවාහිදී පැවැත්වෙන ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සම්මේලනයෙදී සම්මත කර ගැනීම සඳහා ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානය විසින් 2005 ජාත්‍යන්තර සෞඛ්‍ය රෙගුලාසි සඳහා සංශෝධන යෝජනාද, නව වසංගත ගිවිසුමක් පිළිබඳ ‌යෝජනා […]

Prensa Latina Colombo, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The Joint Committee of Democratic Unions of Sri Lanka confirmed its support for Cuba’s declaration demanding its fair elimination from the list of states sponsors of terrorism created by the United States. The organization confirmed in a statement that adding Cuba to the arbitrary list has political purposes […]

By Ben Norton Courtesy defenddemocracy.press Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, sought to unite the Global South against Western imperialism, joined BRICS, advocated dedollarization, and strongly supported Palestine. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19, left behind a legacy of working to build a more […]

උපුල් ගලප්පත්ති – අරුණ  ශ්‍රී ලංකා විදේශ සේවයේ දැනට පවතින තෙවැනි ලේකම් පුරප්පාඩුවලින් හරි අඩක් මැති ඇමැතිවරුන්ගේ දූ දරුවන්ගෙන් සැපිරීමට විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය කැබිනට් අනුමැතියක් අපේක්ෂාවෙන් පසුවන බව සති අග අරුණ  වාර්තා කර තිබේ. කිසිදු තරග විභාගයක් හෝ සම්මුඛ පරීක්ෂණයකින් තොරව මෙසේ රජයේ මැති ඇමැතිවරුන්ගේ දරුවන් බඳවා ගැනීමට යන්නේ විවෘත තරග විභාගයකින් ඉහළ සාමාර්ථ ලබාගත් […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් මේ වන විට විවිධ පුද්ගලයන් විශේෂයෙන්ම චීවරධාරීන් යොදාගනිමින් සමාජය බිඳවැට්ටවීම සඳහා සිදුකරන මහා ප්‍රහාරයේ පසුබිම සහ ඊට අදාළ න්‍යායාත්මක විග්‍රහය පිළිබඳව මහජනයා දැනුම්වත් කිරීම සඳහා ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුව විසින් පත්‍රිකා ව්‍යාපාරයක් ආරම්භකර තිබේ. එම පත්‍රිකාව නම්කර ඇත්තේ “සමාජය බිඳ වට්ටවා රාජ්‍යය යටත් කිරීමේ මෙහෙයුම” නමිනි. පත්‍රිකාව පහළින්…