KAMALIKA PIERIS In ‘Pin Eti Sarasavi Waramak Denne’, Sarachchandra described an incident he faced on the second or the third night at the Wendt. He was seated in the foyer while the play was in progress and all of a sudden a limousine came to a halt at the entrance and a well dressed woman […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Revised 26.12.24 The theatre enthusiasts, who saw Maname in its maiden presentation in Colombo and before that at rehearsals in Peradeniya, saw its significance and artistic value. Many years later, this group wrote up their recollections for Sunday newspapers. They also provided contributions to publications issued to mark Maname anniversaries, such as the […]

Professor Daya Somasundaram / Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge Prolonged armed conflict in Sri Lanka has created higher rates of mental ailments among the Army personal and members of the LTTE. A significant number of people have been diagnosed with complex forms of PTSD aka Malignant PTSD. These individuals with malignant forms of anxiety have a […]

By A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary – AMJSL. Ahmadiyya Muslims from over 50 countries including Sri Lanka are expected to participate in the 129th annual congregation of the community to be held from December 27-29 at Qadian in Punjab, India.In 1891, the founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim community, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, had initiated […]

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By Raj Gonsalkorale “You have the complete right to convince any truth as a lie and any lie as a truth. That is your democratic right. You have the right to see the negative side when the government is doing something good. And also, you have the right to praise when a leader, government, institution […]

Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge  The massive earthquake off the west coast of Indonesia on December 26, 2004, registered a magnitude of nine on the Richter scale. The effect of this earthquake made massive tidal waves that destroyed the coastal belt of northern and southern Sri Lanka. Perhaps this must have been the most catastrophic natural […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan The United States has enacted strict export restrictions designed to limit China’s access to vital Technologies especially within the semiconductor and artificial intelligence industries. These actions which include placing major Chinese companies like HUAWEI and SMIC on the Blacklist, expanding the foreign direct product rule and controlling the export of advanced semiconductor […]

By Malavika Kaur Makol Courtesy Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Moody’s Ratings upgraded Sri Lanka’s credit rating, days after the nation concluded debt restructuring of its dollar bonds, which reduces the risk of default on future notes.  The South Asian nation has been upgraded to Caa1 from Ca on Monday, according to a statement by the rating agency. […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් අඛණ්ඩ භාරත් නැමති සංකල්පය මගින් ඉන්දියාවේ අරමුණ වී ඇත්තේ ඉන්දියානු කලාපයේ ඇති සියලු රටවල් ඉන්දියා අර්ධ යටත් විජිත බවට පත්කර ගැනීම බව දෙවන පරපුරේ නායක උවිදු විජේවීර පවසනවා. එයට චීනය පවා අයත් බවයි ඔහු පවසන්නේ.  එදා සර්දාර් පනික්කාර් දුටු සිහිනය  යථාර්තයක් කර ගැනීම සදහා ඉන්දියාව කටයුතු සිදුකරමින් පවතින බවද ඔහු පවසනවා.  […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් පසුගිය දා බස්නාහිර පළාතේ ගුරුවරුන්ට සිය පාසල තුළ දරුවන්ට ටියුෂන් පැවැත්වීම තහනම් කරන චක්‍රලේඛයක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය අධ්‍යාපන ඇමති හරිනි අමරසූරියගේ යටතේ පවතින බස්නාහිර පළාත් අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශයෙන්  නිකුත් කරනු ලැබීය. කෙසේ වුවද වර්තමාන මාලිමා ආණ්ඩුවේ නියෝජ්‍ය ඇමති මහින්ද ජයසිංහ ඊයේ (24) මාධ්‍යයට අදහස් ප්‍රකාශ කරමින් පවසා සිටියේ  ආණ්ඩුව අපහසුතාවයට පත් කිරීමට නිලධාරීන් විසින් […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, December 24 (Daily Mirror)- The government has taken steps to regulate private hospitals as people have faced serious issues when seeking treatment from private hospitals, Cabinet spokesman Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said today. He told the weekly briefing to announce Cabinet decisions that the government has initiated discussions with relevant […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police says legal action has been taken against a total of 8,747 motorists for violating traffic laws, including 251 individuals driving under the influence of liquor, during the last 24 hours. In accordance with instructions from the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), the special island-wide traffic operation aimed at reducing […]

Courtesy Adaderana Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle, the boy once known as Baby 81” is now a 20-year-old dreaming of higher education. Jayarasa Abilash’s story symbolised that of the families torn apart by one of […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan The Balkans are steeped in history and very much in the middle of today’s geopolitical great game and are aware of the destabilizing Balkan wars of the late 20th century, and are surely aware of the spark that started World War I, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, Serbia, leading […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 15-21 December 2024 * Sri Lanka’s merchant media has taken to wailing over mafias – Finance Mafia, Fuel Mafia, Fertilizer Mafia, Pharma Mafia, CEB Mafia, Rice Mafia, Coconut Mafia, Egg Mafia, etc – you name it. This is their guttural euphemism for the […]

Senaka Weeraratna  Compassion for animals has to be rooted in Justice. It is simple logic. It is morally wrong to deprive a living being of its life – the most precious possession of any living being. You can enjoy your possessions only as long as you have life.  If you respect the life of only […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. The Buddhist Jataka Stories and the DSM – based Mental Disorders   By Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD   Organized by Buddhist and Pali University  of Sri Lanka Youtube Link ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O4B681Cf7A

Shripal Nishshanka Fernando  Dear President Anura Kumara, My heartiest and sincere congratulations and best wishes for your ambition of making our motherland a better country. You have a good vision and let us be a supportive force for you. We will help you to achieve that Great and Noble task of making Sri Lanka one […]

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By Dr Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam Cricket is a game of glories uncertainty, but if India is to win this Test Match their batsmen have to play much better than what they have done to date and there should be another bowler in their team who puts his hand up and be a good foil to […]

by Rajan Philips Courtesy The Island President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 16th December, 2024, Monday in New Delhi during his first official overseas visit since assuming office in September 2024 A newspaper editorial suggested that the NPP government is facing its December term test and that its weaknesses […]

By Kaushalya Perera Courtesy The Island Sri Lankans love their educational qualifications. Qualifications permit envious comparisons of value, similar to the ownership of gold jewellery, an expensive watch or a branded pair of shoes, resulting in exactly the same questions of provenance, worth and authenticity, but from a much higher moral ground. For the past […]

Courtesy The Island The annual special Christmas carol concert, collaboratively organized by the Presidential Secretariat, the Tri-Forces, and the Police, commenced on Sunday (22) under the patronage of the Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Prof. Anil Jayantha Fernando. The event was inaugurated with the illumination of the Presidential Secretariat premises and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 24 (Daily Mirror) – In response to remarks by NPP MP Nilanthi Kottahachchi, who claimed that people have the right to convince others that something true is false, or something false is true, as it is a democratic right, Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe said that it is wrong to encourage […]

Courtesy Adaderana Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa stated that necessary steps will be taken to curb the resurgence of underworld activities. Addressing the Cabinet press briefing held today (24), Dr. Jayatissa highlighted the commitment of security forces to address this issue effectively. As a government, we are dedicated to suppress the underworld and combat […]

Sri Dalada Maligawa ශ්‍රී දළදා මාලිගාව https://youtu.be/wOXM5HgQukk

අජිත් සී හේරත් December 21, 2024 සංස්කාරක Comments Offon ස්වාභාවික නොවන ස්වාභාවික විපත්: ගංවතුරට හේතුව කෘත්‍රිම වැසි ඇති කිරීම ද? අජිත් සී හේරත් අජිත් සී හේරත් මෑත වසර කීපයක සිට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පළාත් ගණනාවක් අධික වර්ෂාපතනය හේතුවෙන් ජලයට යටවීම් පිළිබඳ වාර්තා නිතරම අසන්නට ලැබේ. පසුගිය දිනවල ඇද හැලුන දැඩි වර්ෂාපතනය හේතුවෙන් කොළඹ ගම්පහ සහ ගාල්ල ආදි දිස්ත්‍රික්කවල […]

C. Wijeyawickrema December 18, 2024 at 10:02 pm | lanka C news ඉන්දියාව සමඟ රට පාවා දෙන කිසිදු ගිවිසුමක් අත්සන් නොකළ බවත් විදේශ අමාත්‍ය විජිත හේරත් මහතා පවසයි. සමහර ආගමික විශ්වාස (ලබ්ධීන්) වලින් කියන අන්දමට ලෝකය මැව්වේ දෙවියන් වහන්සේ නම්, උන්වහන්සේ ඉන්දියාව ලංකාවට අතේ දුරෙන් තබන්නට තීරණයක් ගෙන ඇති බව ගොන්ඩ්වානාලන්ත නම් අතීත පෘතුවි ගෝල […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Trump rejects taunts that Elon Musk is real power behind US president-elect! Trump rejects taunts that Elon Musk is real power behind US president-elect Text Box; rump rejects taunts that Elon Musk is real power behind US president-elect Al Jazeera Staff Statements come amid criticism of Musk’s involvement in budget negotiations, outsized […]