by Garvin Karunaratne When we became independent in 1948, we- the colonies were the market for everything produced in the UK. With independence, we had to change to enable development, production in industry and agriculture and foremost to alleviate poverty. We had commenced Land Development, Irrigation, and Agriculture. To enable people to be trained, we […]

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ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න සිංහල  බෞධ්ධභික්ෂුව කියන්නේ  සිංහල නමින් අනන්‍ය වූ ජාතියක් විසින් වසර දහස් ගණනකට පෙර  බිහි  කල, වර්ධනයකළ, ආරක්ෂා කල , රටේ ඔවුන් විසින්  බුදහමට  අනුගතව හදාගත්තමන්ට අනන්‍ය වූ  ජීවන ක්‍රමය  හෙවත් සන්ස්ක්රුතිය  මගින් නඩත්තු කරන  ,ඒ සමාජයෙ සාමාජිකයන් අතරෙන්ම  බිහිවූ ඒ සමාජයේ ගරුබුහුමන් ලබන  භික්ෂුන්ට ය . ඒ භික්ෂුවගේ එක්වැ දගත් කාර්ය භාරයක්  වන්නේ […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, March 25 (Daily Mirror) – In the wake of recent sanctions imposed by the UK government on four individuals, including Shavendra Silva and Wasantha Karannagoda, SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa questioned whether the new government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, will defend the former military commanders when foreign powers target […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Chief Incumbent of Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya, Ven. Dr. Walawahengunawewa Dhammarathana Thero, claims that a situation has arisen where the President’s advice and directives are not being carried out due to certain politically-affiliated groups from previous governments that are continuing to haunt” the country’s state institutions. The Venerable Thero further charged that certain […]

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy First published Tue Nov 30, 2004; substantive revision Mon May 13, 2024 It is widely accepted that consciousness or, more generally, mental activity is in some way correlated to the behavior of the material brain. Since quantum theory is the most fundamental theory of matter that is currently available, it is […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Gananath Obeyesekere has passed away at the age of 95. Obeyesekere, a renowned Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University, has done much work in his home country of Sri Lanka.  His research focuses on psychoanalysis and anthropology and the ways in which personal symbolism is related to religious experience, […]

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Courtesy Adaderana A resolution to appoint a committee of inquiry for the removal of Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon was handed over to the Speaker of Parliament, (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne, today (25).  This resolution has been signed by 115 Members of Parliament, according to a statement issued by the Communications Department of Parliament. This […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Election Commission has informed the government to provide details of ongoing development projects during the election period. Accordingly, ministries and government departments are required to submit information regarding the relevant projects to the Election Commission for review. The commission stated that the disclosed development projects will be assessed, and a final decision […]

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