Archive for July 23rd, 2025

Asking a donkey to do a dog’s homework – I

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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 […]

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Our 1983 Nakba:  Did the ‘Ethnic Conflict’ Research Industry Mask Cold War Proxy Wars in the Global South?

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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 […]

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From Ceylon to Palestine: Ethnic Conflict as Cold War Proxy War -PART 2

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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 […]

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බීනා සාර්වාගේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ගැන වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටය, ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ සිංහලට නගයි

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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 […]

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Colombo, Supreme Court recognises religious title for Buddhist nuns

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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 […]

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GMOA: New circular a ruse to entice masses into buying medicine from private sector

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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 […]

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බුද්ධ ශාසන අමාත්‍යාංශය අහෝසිද? – ඒකීය රටක් වෙනුවෙන් අපි එකමුතුව ජනපති අනුරගෙන් අසයි..

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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 […]

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අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ අවසන් ලියවිල්ලක් සකස්කර නෑ.. හරිනි කරන්නේ පවර්පොයින්ට් ප්‍රසන්ටේෂන් එකක්.. – බිමල් කියයි

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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 […]

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Current deputy Defence Minister maintained deafening silence on Zahran’s activities as then Eastern Commander: MP

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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 […]

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Speaker certifies National Minimum Wage for Workers Amendment Bill

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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) […]

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BANANA MOUNTAINS DISCARDED AT THAMBUTTEGAMA MARKET

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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 […]

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FORMER BATTICALOA INTELLIGENCE CHIEF DETAINED FOR QUESTIONING

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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 […]

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RANIL’S STATE OF EMERGENCY VIOLATED FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: SUPREME COURT

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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 […]

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PREETHI PADMAN SURASENA APPROVED AS THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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 […]

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