By Rohana R. Wasala President Anura Kumara Dissanayake participated in the inauguration ceremony of the 74th Upasampada Vinaya Karmaya (Rite of Higher Ordination) of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya held at the Mahaweli Grounds in Galnewa, not far from his native village of Tambuttegama, on the afternoon of June 30, 2025. The  main Upasampada rite […]

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Was the same Playbook to unmake Multiculturalism and stage the Palestine Nakba (catastrophe) for the violent birth of Israel in May 1948 used years later in the July 1983 pogrom and staged riots in Sri Lanka?  Moreover, were the same foreign institutional forces, clandestine actors and networks involved? Our Sri Lankan Nakba, which […]

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake There are remarkable patterns of history, organized violence, and Disinformation between events leading to the pogrom and forced population displacements in Sri Lanka in 1983, and British occupied Palestine 35 years earlier as the Nakba unfolded amid Cold War escalating in Europe between the Allies and Soviet Union or Axis Powers. Both, Ceylon […]

Film News ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ විසින් ‘ණය ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය: ශ්‍රී ලංකාව – සිරස්තලවලින් ඔබ්බට’ යන නමින්  සිංහලට නගා නිෂ්පාදනය කළ, බීනා සාර්වාගේ  ‘Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka Beyond the Headlines’ අන්තර්ජාතික වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටයේ, එම සිංහල අනුවාදය ප්‍රදර්ශනය කිරීම සඳහා ඇය මේ මස 26 වනදා දිවයිනට පැමිණීමට නියමිතයි. දැනට ඇමරිකාවේ වෙසෙන, පාකිස්ථාන බහු මාධ්‍ය, ජනමාධ්‍යවේදිනියක් වන බීනා […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News The word ‘Bhikkuni’ will appear on identity cards, allowing female religious figures in Sri Lanka to enjoy a range of civil rights. According to the Supreme Court, refusing to use the title in documents violated constitutional rights. This is the first time that the formal existence of the female […]

Courtesy The Island Dr. Sugathadasa The Government Medical Officers (GMOA) has said it will soon seek a meeting with Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa and the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) to discuss the rapid deterioration of health services at government hospitals. GMOA Secretary Dr. Prabath Sugathadasa yesterday (22) said that instead of taking […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් හිනිදුම සුනිල් සෙනෙවි අමාත්‍යවරයා  විසින් ඉකුත් දා රූපවාහිනී වැඩසටහනක දී බුද්ධ ශාසන අමාත්‍යංශයක් දැන් නැති බවට කරන ලද ප්‍රකාශය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඒකීය රටක් වෙනුවෙන් අපි එකමුතුව විසින් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා වෙත ලිපියක් යොමුකරමින් ඒ පිළිබඳව විමසීමක් කර ඇත.  අදාළ ලිපිය පහළින්.. ගරු ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා, ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය, කොළඹ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවසන් කෙටුම්පතක් හෝ නිශ්චිත යෝජනාවලියක් මෙතෙක් සකස් කර නොමැති බව සභානායක සහ අමාත්‍ය බිමල් රත්නායක මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී අද (23) ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ පිළිබඳව හෙට (24) පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ පැවැත්වෙන විවාදය ගැන විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා යොමු කළ ප්‍රශ්නයකට පිළිතුරු දෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යවරිය විසින් […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 23 (Daily Mirror) – Dropping a bombshell in Parliament, opposition MP Nizam Kariapper today said current Deputy Minister of Defence Aruna Jayasekera who was one time Security Force Commander in the east neglected prior information received on activities of Zahran who led the Easter Sunday attacks since 2015. MP […]

Courtesy Adaderana Speaker of House Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne today (23) endorsed his certification on the three Bills, the Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers (Amendment) Bill to amend Act No. 36 of 2005, the Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers (Amendment) Bill to amend Act No. 4 of 2016, and the National Minimum Wage for Workers (Amendment) […]

Courtesy Hiru News Traders at the Thambuttegama Economic Centre say they are currently forced to discard around 500 kilos of bananas every day. They attribute this to a surplus of bananas in the market, coupled with a decrease in sales. Traders report that a single ambul banana at the economic centre cannot even be sold […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Criminal Investigation Department has informed the Fort Magistrate’s Court that the former Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Batticaloa Divisional Intelligence Unit, who was arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, is being detained for 72 hours for questioning under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. He was arrested on suspicion of misleading […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Supreme Court today (23), ruled that Ranil Wickremesinghe, as acting President in 2022, violated fundamental human rights through the emergency regulations he declared on July, 17, 2022, under the Public Security Ordinance to control protesters. The majority decision was delivered by Chief Justice Murdhu Fernando and Justice Yasantha Kodagoda. However, Justice […]

Courtesy Hiru News Supreme Court Judge Preethi Padman Surasena has been unanimously approved as the new Chief Justice of Sri Lanka by the Constitutional Council. The decision was made today (22) during a meeting chaired by Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne. The nomination was submitted by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday (21), recommending Justice Surasena […]