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Pathfinder Foundation Pathfinder Foundation hosted a delegation of researchers from the Academy of Military Sciences (AMS) representing the Institute of Military Legal System Studies (IMLSS), Beijing, at the Riverpoint, headquarters of the Pathfinder Foundation at Peliyagoda and engaged in a constructive discussion on opportunities for collaboration between China and Sri Lanka. AMS is the highest level research institute of the […]

Mike Whitney  Courtesy The UNZ Review The black flag of Salafist Islam has been raised over Damascus. ISIS/Al Qaeda has won…. The same terrorists who attacked us on 9/11. Whom we waged war against in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. Losing thousands of our servicemen and women. Costing trillions of dollars. They won. And we helped them. America […]

Courtesy NDTV Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd said the project “is on track for commissioning by early next year” and added that the company will fund the ongoing project through “internal accruals”. New Delhi:  Billionaire Gautam Adani-led conglomerate on Tuesday said it will use its own resources to fund a Sri Lankan port project and […]

T. Ramakrishnan Courtesy The Hindu Taking charge of India’s foreign affairs soon after the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, Krishna oversaw ₹500 cr aid package, launched project to build 50,000 homes, became first Cabinet Minister to visit Jaffna in three decades When S.M. Krishna visited Sri Lanka in November 2010, he made a […]

By Roshni Kapur and Diotima Chattoraj Courtesy The Diplomat In the recent general election, residents of the Tamil-dominated north signaled they are tired of ethnic politics and want development and better job opportunities. The National People’s Power’s (NPP) victory in the November 14 general elections — it secured 61 percent of the vote and 159 of 225 seats […]

Courtesy Adaderana A controversy has emerged regarding the doctorate allegedly held by the Speaker of Parliament Asoka Ranwala, with opposition parties demanding clarification on whether he genuinely holds a PhD.  They have called on the government to clarify and dispel growing public suspicion surrounding the matter. The Speaker reportedly used the title Dr.” in his […]

Courtesy Hiru News The title “Doctor” previously displayed before the name of the Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker, Asoka Sapumal Rangwala, has been removed from the parliament’s website, sparking public debate about the legitimacy of the Speaker’s academic qualifications. The removal follows questions raised about whether the Speaker holds a doctorate degree. During a media briefing […]

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by Garvin Karunaratne I recall my days in Anuradhapura in the early 1960s, tackling minor irrigation as an Assistant Commissioner of Agrarian Services in charge of the subject. The subject of irrigation works, both the major tanks- over 200 acres done by the Irrigation Department and the minor tanks under nobody at the moment, required immediate attention. All […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථික ස්වාධිපත්‍යය සහ ණය යුක්තිය වෙනුවෙන් කටයුතු කරන පුරවැසියන් පිරිසක් ගරු ජනාධිපතිඅනුරකුමාර දිසානායකජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලයකොළඹ ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමනි. මෙම ලිපිය ලියනු ලබන්නේ, ණය යුක්තිය සහ ආර්ථික ස්වාධිපත්‍යය පිහිටුවීම සඳහා මෙරට ජනතාව විසින් දෙන ලද ජනවරමක් අනුව පිහිටුවන ලද ඔබගේ ජාතික ජනබලවේග ආණ්ඩුව විසින් ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල, ණය දෙන්නන්ගේ නිල කමිටුව සහ බැඳුම්කර හිමියන්ගේ විශේෂ […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Reading the detailed news article under the title ‘First Sri Lankan Buddhist monk in 105 years joins Oxford for MPhil in Buddhist Studies’  (The Island/December 6, 2024) was a refreshing experience for me, as it should’ve been for others among the readers who feel concerned about the future of the young […]

Upendra Jayasinghe When Ven. Soma Thera asked his pupils to go home and tell their fathers to stop drinking, my sister and I naively followed his advice, without any real expectation of success. To our surprise, it worked. From that day forward, our father never touched another drop of alcohol. Looking back, I realise how […]

ජොනතන් මෑන්ස් විසින් 2024 නොවැම්බර් 10 වැනි දින පළ කරන ලදී සැප්තැම්බර් 24 දා ශ්රී ලංකාවේ දේශපාලනය, යැංකිඑමිඑම්එෆ් පාලනයට යටත් වීම ප්රතික්ෂේප කලේ ය, ඇගේ ඉතිහාසයේ ප්රථම වතාවට – මැතිවරණ කොමසාරිස් විසින් අනුමත කරන ලද ජනාධිපති අපේක්ෂකයින්ගේ සම්පූර්ණ ලැයිස්තුව – ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කිරීමෙනි; යැංකි පිටුබලය ලත් අපේක්ෂකයින් 38 දෙනාගෙන් එක් අයෙකුටවත් –බහුතර ඡන්ද‘ලබා ගැනීමට නොහැකි විය. […]

by Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island President Dissanayake’s forthcoming visit to India: It has been reported that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is due to visit India during the latter part of December.  He and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to have talks on grant assistance projects from India, debt restructuring, people centric digitisation […]

Sugath Kulatunga The scarcities and prices of Rice and coconut, plus bad weather, hammer helpless consumers. An impending shortage of salt and another depression in the Bay of Bengal loom large. The opposition is making capital of this distressing situation to blame the government for the plight of the consumers, disregarding that the government assumed […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan Germany was hopelessly broke when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 . The Treaty of Versailles (le Traité de Versailles) had imposed crushing reparations on the German people, demanding that Germans repay every nation’s costs of the war. These costs totaled three times the value of all the property in Germany. […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Cannabis; Pros, Cons, Debate, Arguments …Zoom Discussion13th of December (Friday) at 8.30 pm SL Time Discussion panel Dr . Wasantha Sena WeliangeDr. Upali PerisDr. Manoj FernandoDr. Ruwan M Jayatunge Link ;  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/81288753119?pwd=6a4ujcxOH6MrUDD1bTY3s45zURiTxq.1  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/81288753119?pwd=6a4ujcxOH6MrUDD1bTY3s45zURiTxq.1

By Nalliah Thayabharan  The role of Turkey to have al-Qaeda rule over Syria is pretty interesting. Of course, Erdogan has a long history in the Syrian Dirty War where he had openly backed the fundamentalist forces. Erdogan has now created a multinational terrorist organization and was able to organize them under one command to have […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පසුගිය රජය සමයේ නිකුත් කරන ලද මත්පැන් අලෙසැල් බලපත්‍ර සම්බන්ධයෙන් එල්ල වන චෝදනාවන්ට හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා ප්‍රතිචාර දක්වයි. ඒ පිලිබදව දීර්ඝ පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් කරමින් ඔහු විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති නිවේදනය මෙසේය. නිදහසින් පසු 2022 වසර වනතුරුම සුරාබදු බලපත්‍ර නිකුත් කිරීමේදී රජය මුදල් අය කිරීමක් කර නොතිබිණ. ඒ වනවිට […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ඒකාබද්ධ වෘත්තිය සමිති සන්ධානය පවසන්නේ  ඉන්දියාවෙන් සහල් ආනයනය කිරීම සඳහා කටයුතු කිරීමෙන් අයුතු ලාභයක් උපයා ගැනීමට කටයුතු කර තිබෙන බවයි. කොළඹ දී පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් අමතමින් ඒකාබද්ධ වෘත්තිය සමිති සන්ධානයේ කැඳවුම්කරු ආනන්ද පාලිත මහතා මහතා මෙලෙස පවසා සිටියේය. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් කරුනු දක්වමින්  ආනන්ද පාලිත මහතා අවධාරණය කරන්නේ ඉන්දියාවෙන් ආනයනය කිරීමට නියමිත […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reaffirmed his commitment to fully exercising his authority to combat fraud and corruption, stressing that laws are meaningless if those in power fail to fulfill their responsibilities effectively. Speaking at the National Commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption Day held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) today (12), […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has clarified that liquor licenses were not issued for profit but as a means to generate significant revenue for the state. In a statement, he expressed regret over the misuse of the excise license issuance process, which he emphasized was part of a long-term strategy to rebuild the […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS K.W Devanayagam held a second press conference on 16th September, 1983 and announced that the situation was worsening. He said the Tamils of the Batticaloa district were getting agitated and a confrontational situation was developing. [1]  He told the press that a massive attempt was on by Sinhala farmers, led by the Dimbulagala priest, […]

by Garvin Karunaratne The Background Sri Lanka is facing a severe recession . During the reign when Ranil Wickremasinghe ruled as the President from mid 2022 to November 2024, with the majority in Parliament supporting him the foreign debt ballooned from $ 56 billion in 2022 to as much as $ 100 billion when the […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan Eelam is mentioned in the very oldest Babylonian inscriptions. Southern Elam was known as Anshan from the earliest times to the days of the Persian empire. Long before the rise of the city of Babylon the old city-states of Accad and Lagash held for a time part of the Eelamitic territory, and […]

Dilrook Kannangara Economics was known as the dark science until the 19th century. When the demand and supply curve was presented to non-economics academics and others, they asked what happens to people who cannot meet the price demanded by suppliers? They simply cannot afford it came the answer which horrified them. What if suppliers were […]

ජයන්ත විජේසිංහ වැසි වනාන්තර සුරකින්නෝ. පරිසරවේදීන් සහ ආණ්ඩුව කොටවන උපාය සහ දේශපාලන උපක්‍රම ? ලංකාවේ බහුතරය පරිසරයට ආදරය කරයි. මීට ගොවීන්ද ඇතුලත්ය. මාද ඈත පිටිසර ගමක ගොවි පවුලකින් එන්නෙකි. මාගේ බිරිඳද එසේය. මාගේ පවුල බෝංචි වගාව මුලික කරගත් එළවලු වගා කළ අතර, බිරිඳගේ පැත්තේ කුඹුරු සහ පොල් වගාව ඇත. අලින්ගෙන් වගාවට සිදුවන හානිවල පරිනාමය සහ […]

ඉසුරු ප්‍රසංග උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් 👉👉 මෙය ලංකාවට තරමක් ආගන්තුක හා පුදුම හිතෙන කතාවකි.  👉 එහෙත් ලංකාව පාඩම් උගත යුතු කතාවකි. 👉 සාමාන්‍යයෙන් ලංකාවේ දේශීය වෛද්‍ය ක්‍රමය සහ බටහිර වෛද්‍ය ක්‍රමය අතර ඇත්තේ විශාල ආරවුලකි. ප්‍රතිවිරෝධයකි. 👉 එහෙත් නූතන විද්‍යාවේ දියුණුව අතින් ලංකාවට හිතන්නටවත් බැරි තැනක සිටිනා චීනය යනු මේ දෙකම ඒකාබද්ධ කොට ඒ […]

by Nalliah Thayabharan Southwest Asia is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq. It now includes fifteen countries: Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, as well as four occupied areas: East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, […]