උපුටාගැනීම මුහුණු පොත පෙරේදා දිනයේ මා විසින් Facebook පළ කළ සටහන හරහා මම මතු කළේ එක් ප්‍රබල ප්‍රශ්නයකි. එනම්, “පිළිම වන්දනාව ගෝත්‍රිකයි” යැයි පැවසූ… “මල් වට්ටි උස්සගෙන යන්නේ නැහැ” යැයි ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශ කළ… “මාධ්‍ය පිරිවරාගෙන වඳින්න යන්නේ නැහැ” යැයි කී… හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී, වර්තමාන ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක ඇතුළු ජවිපේ නායකයන්ගේ වෙනස පිළිබඳවයි. මේ “පරිවර්තනය” […]

Author:Sarath Hemachandra M.D. https://share.google/aimode/q0SljpvFIQBW7IulM In his book Concepts in Buddhism and Buddhist Philosophy: On Human Existence, Consciousness, Psychic Phenomena and Rebirth (2024), Dr. Sarath Hemachandra explores the intersection of traditional Buddhist teachings and modern scientific views. The work provides a detailed examination of the eternal cycle of life energy and the spiritual laws governing existence  Core […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Ex samples Galle yacht yard, Beruwala / Mutwal boat yards, Trincomalee offshore engineering hub—all show the same failure  1. Policy approval without policy protection Projects are: So when: Permissions get cancelled, leases revoked, or files frozen Investors don’t fear Sri Lanka’s skills or location. They fear reversal risk. 2. Public institutions acting […]

Sri Lanka https://share.google/aimode/wmVQ52EVWYx07EjcJ Ancient Innovations (3rd Century BC – 12th Century AD) Ancient Sinhalese civilization is most renowned for its “Hydraulic Civilization,” featuring engineering feats that remained unmatched in the West for nearly 2,000 years.  Innovations in Cricket Sri Lanka has played a pivotal role in modernizing the sport through both technological concepts and tactical […]

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Buddhanet Buddhist monks reach Lincoln Memorial, a look back at the 2,300 mile walk for peace Buddhism Comes to the West, by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

Rohan Abeygunawardena ACMA, CGMA Some years ago, in the early nineties, when I was working for a manufacturing company, I was part of a team tasked with expanding and modernizing one of the factories. I met a technocrat from a Taiwanese company that quoted for the machinery needed for our project. I had some reservations […]

සමායෝජක වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන 35වන නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන පළාත් සභා ඕනෑ කියන සංවිධාන සහ තැනැත්තෝ පළාත් සභා විධිවිධාන ඉවත් කිරීමේ / පරිච්චින්න කිරීමේ පනත් කෙටුම්පත්වලට විරුද්ධ නොවීමතුළ පළාත් සභා නෛතිකව බිඳවැටීම ඇතුලු නීතිමය මාතෘකා 3ක් ගැන පවත්වන එක් දින නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩමුළුව (සිංහල මාධ්‍ය) * (සහභාගීවන අයට සහතික පතක් / […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Across Sri Lanka and worldwide, a clear mismatch exists between academic qualifications and industry expectations. Universities and technical institutions produce thousands of graduates every year, yet employers—especially in engineering, shipbuilding, oil & gas, and heavy industry—continue to struggle to find job-ready professionals. The gap is not intelligence or theoretical knowledge; it is […]

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Dilrook Kannangara Reconciliation, harmony, inclusiveness, and coexistence are admirable ideals. However, they must not be used to distort historical facts. History should be interpreted within the context of the norms and conventions of its own time—not through modern lenses. Valuable artefacts discovered around the Jetawanaramaya stupa include items of foreign origin from the Far West, […]

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Shenali D Waduge The oft-quoted disenfranchisement of Tamils” post-independence is often repeated internationally & referred to locally. Let us go back in time and evaluate the evolution of how colonials identified the natives. To answer that, let us trace how identity classification evolved. This study traces how Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial administrations systematically identified indigenous populations […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka has been governed continuously by Sinhala-Buddhist monarchies for over 1,700 years, supported by advanced systems of governance, irrigation, taxation, law, and religious institutions. Despite intermittent South Indian invasions and mercenary occupations, the island has never experienced indigenous Tamil political sovereignty at any point in recorded history. Modern claims for Tamil Eelam” do not arise from archaeology, epigraphy, […]

Walk for Peace This is a subject worthy of deep contemplation and reflection This is what the world in particularly the western world needs today  The monks know what they are doing.  The Buddha’s path cannot be wrong. This is exactly what the Buddha did in his life and time. Walked Walked Walked. He was the greatest […]

Courtesy – AI Overview https://share.google/aimode/4GCZoPCxoK0rmMgjb The Buddha’s “walk” refers both to his historical 45-year teaching ministry across northern India and a continuous living tradition of “Peace Walks” (Padayatra) that symbolize mindfulness and compassion . Historically, the Buddha rejected a stationary life, traveling on foot between villages and kingdoms to share his insights, which laid the foundation […]

Nava Thakuria As Bangladesh heads for 13th Parliamentary election and  the referendum on  July National Charter simultaneously on Thursday (12 February 2026), the interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus urged all participating candidates to rise above personal and party interests to prioritize greater interest of the Muslim majority nation regardless of the poll-outcomes. Addressing the […]

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir As the US-Iran negotiations regarding the latter’s nuclear program and the threat of attacking Iran loom high, both the Trump administration and Iran ought to consider very carefully the potentially colossal regional repercussions if they do not reach an agreement. If Netanyahu convinces Trump during their meeting, at the time of this […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Trincomalee High Court has granted bail to ten suspects, including the Venerable Balangoda Kassapa Thera, three other monks, and six civilians. High Court Judge N.M.M. Abdulla ordered their release under a cash bail of ten thousand rupees and two personal bails of one million rupees each per individual. Strict conditions have […]

Courtey Hiru News The Gampaha High Court Trial-at-Bar today (11) sentenced 12 individuals to death after finding them guilty of the murder of former Polonnaruwa District Member of Parliament Amarakeerthi Athukorala and his security officer during the May 2022 unrest. The three-judge bench, comprising High Court Judges Sahan Mapa Bandara, Rashmi Singappuli, and Rasantha Godawela, […]

Shenali D Waduge You claim genocide, occupation, and structural erasure. These are serious allegations that demand serious evidence — legal proof, forensic data, documented history, and verifiable records — not slogans, flags, or emotional scripting. 1) 4 FEBRUARY 1948 – BLACK DAY FOR TAMILS” This slogan is a deliberate distortion of history, constructed around the Indian Tamil […]

By Rohana R. Wasala When we come to itWe, this people, on this wayward, floating bodyCreated on this earth, of this earthHave the power to fashion for this earthA climate where every man and every womanCan live freely without sanctimonious pietyWithout crippling fear When we come to itWe must confess that we are the possibleWe […]

Sasanka De Silva Makumbura. When the new regime announced the cancellation of pension payments for parliamentarians, the public reaction was electric. The majority went “Gaga,” seeing it as a righteous strike against a privileged class. It is a populistically brilliant move, cutting costs and punishing an unpopular elite. However, while the public cheers, few pause […]

Sam Ben-Meir – February 10, 2024 Every February, on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, Americans rehearse a familiar liturgy. Lincoln is praised as the Great Emancipator, the savior of the Union, the embodiment of moral clarity and constitutional restraint. He stands as the reassuring proof that democracy can survive its gravest crises without stepping outside its own […]

වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන (ලිපිය දීර්ඝවීම වැළක්වීමට පැහැදිලි කිරීම් අඩුකර ඇත) 1. 13වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය මගින් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 154 (උ) අනු ව්‍යවස්ථාව ඇති කර එක් එක් පළාත් සභාවට  ප්‍රඥ්ප්ති සෑදිය හැකි බවත් එම සංශෝධනය මගින් හඳුන්වාදුන් 9වන උපලේඛනයේ 1වන ලැයිස්තුවට අදාලව පුළුල් බලතල පළාත් සභාවලට ලබා දී ඇත. 2. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම […]

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Nava Thakuria Bangladesh, a Muslim majority nation of over 170 million people, goes for general election on 12 February 2026 to elect its 13th Jatiya Sansad in Dhaka. According to the Bangladesh Election Commission altogether 12,77,11,895 electorates are eligible for voting where  over 4.5 million are newly registered young voters (after attaining 18 years). The voting will take […]