Shenali Waduge Lack of Credible Evidence Supporting Genocide Allegations. The 1948 Genocide Convention defines genocide as acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group. Allegations against Sri Lanka often cite high civilian casualties during the final stages of the civil war. However, these figures, such as […]

Shenali Waduge The Myth that shaped a Movement: For decades, the claim that people are born gay” has been the foundation of modern LGBTQIA+ activism. As a result it has unfairly shaped court decisions, education policy, and international diplomacy. Many people have been misled to believe that being gay is something you’re born with—but science […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ සිංහල බෞද්ධ අත්තිවාරමක් (foundation) තිබෙන ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිංහලයන්ට අමතරව ද්‍රවිඩ, මුස්ලිම්, බර්ගර්, ආදිවාසින් (මොවුන් සිංහල බෞද්ධයන්ගේම කොටසක් වැනි වෙති), මැලේ ආදීහු ජීවත් වෙති. ඔවුන් සියල්ල මෙහි ජීවත් විය යුතුය. එහි කිසිදු ප්‍රශ්ණනයක් නොමැත. අප සියළු දෙනාම ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයෝය. ද්‍රවිඩ ජාතිකයෙකුට කිලිනොච්චි අත් හැර ගම්පහ පදිංචි වීමට හැකියාවක් ඇත. මුස්ලිම් ජාතිකයෙකුට අක්කරෙයිපත්තු  අත්හැර තංගල්ලේ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, May 31 (Daily Mirror)- A Parliamentary delegation from Sri Lanka, led by Deputy Speaker Rizvie Salih visited India from 25-31 May 2025 for an orientation programme at India’s Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE). The delegation comprised 20 Members of Parliament (MP) representing various political parties and four […]

Lanka Leader ශ්‍රී ලංකා සිවිල් ගුවන් සේවා අධිකාරියේ සභාපති ලෙස වර්තමාන රජය විසින් පත් කළ සුනිල් ජයරත්න මහතා සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් දැනුම්වත් භාවයකින් තොරව කටයුතු කිරීම හේතුවෙන් මේ වන විට අර්බුදයක් නිර්මාණය වී තිබේ. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා මහතා ඉකුත් දා රජයේ මුදල් පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාවේ දී පැවසුවේ කාරක සභාවේ අනුමැතිය ලබා ගැනීමට […]

Lanka Leader සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරියේ සභාපතිවරයා එම තනතුරට සදුසුදැයි යළි සලකා බැලිය යුතුව ඇති බව රජයේ මුදල් පිළිබඳ තාරක සභාවේ සභාපති හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා මහතා පවසයි. කාරක සභාවේ අනුමැතිය ලබා ගැනීමට ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබූ රෙගුලාසි කිහිපයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවබෝධයකින් තොරව කරුණු දැක්වීම හේතුවෙන් ඒ මහතා ඒ බව පැවසීය. කෙසේ වුවද, මෙම තනතුරු වලට මෙවැනි පුද්ගලයන් තෝරා […]

Courtesy Adaderana May 31, 2025   09:53 pm The 72nd edition of the Miss World pageant concluded with a glittering ceremony at the HITEX Exhibition Centre in Hyderabad on Saturday night.  Miss Thailand, Opal Suchata Chuangsri, was crowned Miss World 2025, becoming the latest beauty queen to win the prestigious global title.  The 22-year-old from Phuket […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized his unwavering commitment to fulfilling his fundamental responsibility of elevating Sri Lanka’s international standing not as a criminal state protected by political patronage, but as a well-governed and law-abiding nation. President Dissanayake pointed out that although Sri Lanka is a resource-rich and naturally blessed country, previous rulers failed […]

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HT Travel Welcome to our travel diary as we uncover the secrets of Sri Lanka – the mesmerizing Teardrop Isle nestled in the Indian Ocean. From ancient temples hidden in the jungle to golden beaches kissed by turquoise waves, this travel diary captures the essence of a land rich in culture, history, and natural beauty. […]

Shenali D Waduge The date was July 10, 1991. The battlefield: Elephant Pass. The threat: a deadly armored bulldozer storming through the final defense line.  The fear: LTTE about to penetrate Elephant Pass camp. Behind the barricades stood hundreds of soldiers. In front stood just one man – a 24 year old Gamini Kularatna from […]

Dilrook Kannangara Influenced by China, Sri Lanka joined China’s attempts to push the trilingual inscription to be recognized by UNESCO. This is part of China’s soft power projection and also part of a plan to link the modern One Belt One Road to a historic parallel. The inscription found in Galle, Sri Lanka, contains Chinese, […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM, FRCP/FRACP Spokesperson, USLA The United Sri Lanka Association (USLA)  Wellington NZ continued it’s unbroken record of commemorating and honoring the Ranaviru for their sacrifices of life,  limb, blood , sweat and toil to rescue Sri Lanka from terror that enabled all to enjoy the unrestricted freedoms all have enjoyed since 18th of […]

Kaarige Channel Eka | Dharmasri Kariyawasam ආණ්ඩුව පසුගිය අප්‍රේල් 05 දා ඉන්දියාවත් සමඟ අත්සන් කරන ලද ආරක්ෂක සහයෝගිතා ගිවිසුම තව මත් රටට අනාවරණය කළේ නැත. මේ වීඩියෝව මඟින් ඒ ගිවිසුම හෙළිදරවු කරනු ලැබේ. එමෙන් ම ගිවිසුමේ ඇති වගන්ති මඟින් ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව උල්ලංඝනය වන ආකාරයත් රටේ ජාතික ආරක්ෂාව, ස්වාධීනත්වය සහ ස්වෛරීභාවය අහිමි වන ආකාරයත් මේ […]

Kanthar Balanathan, Australia USA: Humanity knows how the migrants into the USA carried out the genocide of the Red Indians and conquered the land. Since then they have been attentive to establishing the USA as the leader of the world. The USA destroyed the South America and the rest of the countries. If a leader […]

NDB Bank PLC NDB Bank is proud to announce its partnership with the Coconut Cultivation Board (CCB) for the Kapruka Ayojana Credit Scheme, a transformative financial solution designed to boost coconut cultivation and integrated farming systems across Sri Lanka. This strategic initiative reinforces NDB’s unwavering commitment to supporting the nation’s agricultural sector and empowering local […]

Dr. Teale N. Phelps Bondaroff Director of Research OceansAsia Close to five million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by authorities over a 10-year span, according to a new study that warns the scale of the trade is far larger than current data suggest. Published today in Conservation Biology, the study analyzed online seizure records from […]

Courtesy Daily mirror As strong winds and heavy rains continued to sweep Colombo, several trees around the city were uprooted, damaging property and cars. Seen here is a tree that was uprooted close to the Colombo City Centre shopping mall, destroyed a nearby car. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Public opinion is all powerful in any country. There is no escape for any government from it in furtherance of its policy implementations and decision making.    The current government is an extremely novel political phenomenon in Sri Lanka. It is a rejection of the old political forces that ruled the […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror However, when this newspaper contacted Eng. Hedigallage to find out about the US$ 1 million payment to RMA Energy for the consultancy service provided for this project, and also to know how Dr. Siyambalapitiya could change his stance regarding RE addition to the grid after assuming duties as Chairman CEB, the former […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror The push towards the removal of IPKF by R Premadasa is the spur which potentially fuelled the continuation of the war, killing many soldiers and civilians to come Last week, Sri Lanka commemorated the servicemen and women who paid with their life and limb, defending the territorial integrity of this country, so […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, May 30 (Daily Mirror) – A group of independent councillors from the Matugama Pradeshiya Sabha, who recently declared their support for the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), have accused the National People’s Power (NPP) of attempting to buy their allegiance through financial and political incentives. Speaking to the media, a spokesperson […]

Courtesy Hiru News Employees of Lanka Sugar Private Limited are warning that the local sugar industry is facing a severe crisis and the threat of collapse due to the priority given to imported white sugar. They highlight the critical issue of an inadequate price and insufficient market share for locally produced sugar. Lanka Sugar Private […]

Bello Mundo – EN An unknown and MYSTERIOUS country that has one of the oldest and most complex cultures on the continent—and yes, it remains one of the least understood places in the world. The name itself says a lot: Sri Lanka, which means glorious island” in Sinhalese, is called by many the Pearl of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The book “The Separatist Terrorism in Sri Lanka 1975–2009” was launched today at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI). The publication offers a comprehensive analysis of Sri Lanka’s civil conflict, with a particular focus on the struggle for a separate Tamil state in the Northern and Eastern provinces and the role […]

Courtesy The Peninsula Sri Lanka’s former sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage (left) and former trade minister Anil Fernando are escorted by police outside a court in Colombo on May 29, 2029 (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/ AFP)Follow usnewsCopyA+A- AFP Colombo: A Sri Lankan court sentenced on Thursday two former ministers from the government of deposed president Gotabaya Rajapaksa […]

NDB Bank PLC NDB Bank has further strengthened its commitment to enabling Sri Lankan students to pursue global academic opportunities through a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ABEC (Australian Business Education Centre), a leading international education consultancy. The official signing ceremony was held with the participation of senior representatives from both organizations. Representing […]

Lanka Leader ඉන්දියානු සාගරයේ භූ දේශපාලනික උපායමාර්ගක කේන්ද්‍රස්ථානයක් ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ලෝකයේ දේශපාලනික ආර්ථික සහ යුදමය වැදගත්කමක් ලැබී තිබීම නිසා ලෝකයේ බලවත් රටවල් දැඩි ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකාව කෙරෙහි අවදානය යොමුකර තිබේ.  මේ නිසා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය හිතකර ලෙස ක්‍රියාකිරීම හෙවත් නොබැඳි විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය මෙරටේ අනාගතය සුබවාදී කරයි.  1950 වසරේ පමණ සිට අඛණ්ඩව පවත්වාගෙන ආ […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Wentao, who is currently on an official visit to Sri Lanka, has met with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake this afternoon (29) at the Presidential Secretariat for discussions.  Minister Wang noted that, considering the current political and economic stability in Sri Lanka, along […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Continued from May 22, 2025 For the twenty-two year old Anagarika Dharmapala, his encounter with the fifty-four year old Sir Edwin Arnold proved to be a pivotal moment in his life as a Buddhist revivalist and international Buddhist missionary (of his own characteristic Buddhist model). His acquaintance and his later mentor […]