Shenali D Waduge While ordinary Sri Lankans buried their dead and tried to rebuild their lives, others thousands of miles away kept the conflict politically alive and continue to do so for their selfish ends. Seventeen years after the defeat of the LTTE, one uncomfortable truth continues to receive little attention: the war may have […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. In the 1930s, palm leaf manuscripts were held by elite families living in the Central Province. They had been handed down from generation to generation. These collections were greatly cherished.  Some manuscripts showed the standing of the family under the Udarata kings, but many manuscripts were looked after simply because […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS  TEMPLE LIBRARIES         Special mention must be made of the extensive palm leaf manuscript collections found in the   Buddhist temples in the island.  The collections were mostly on Buddhism but they also had manuscripts which yield   valuable primary information on other matters. Sirancee Gunawardana has looked at the collections in the following temples as […]

ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්තිර ලේකම් සහ සභාපති, ශ්‍රී ලන්කා පරිපාලන සේවා සන්ගමය (1991-94). 2026.මැයි 10 දා. ඔබ පක්ෂය විසින් 1971 මෙහෙයවනලද රාජ්‍ය විරෝධී කැරැල්ලේදි බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනිය මරාදැමීමට  සැළසුම් කොට සිටියත් ඇය ඒ සියලු දෙනාටම සමාව දී පුනරුත්ථාපනය කළ නිසා ඔබ පක්ෂයෙ නය ගෙවීමට එතුමියට ගෞරව කිරීම සන්දහා කළහැකි සුදුසුම ක්‍රම්රමය […]

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Ruwan M Jayatunge, MD. PhD Drug and alcohol rehabilitation is a systematic approach that combines medical and therapeutic interventions to assist individuals in overcoming their dependence on addictive substances (The US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration). The primary objective of rehabilitation is to equip individuals with the necessary skills and support to achieve long-term sobriety […]

Sports Instant Replay is coach referral. DRS is player – referral  That is the critical difference Michael Roberts has noted that Senaka Weeraratna’s “Player Referral” concept was a historic paradigm shift that fundamentally altered sports officiating. [1, 2] The Core of the Claim Michael Roberts’ Perspective Historian and author Michael Roberts, writing as editor of […]

Sarath Obeysekera India’s decision to introduce massive incentives for shipbuilding component manufacturing is not merely an industrial policy. It is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s long-term maritime vision to transform India into one of the world’s leading naval and shipbuilding powers by 2047. Recent reports in The Economic Times reveal that the Indian government is preparing […]

Sarath Obeysekera  Sri Lanka’s Richard in the Day, Daniel in the Night” Immigration Comedy Sri Lanka proudly announces record tourist arrivals every month. Ministers smile, airports are busy, and hotels celebrate. But somewhere between the arrivals terminal and the Port City construction sites, something unusual seems to be happening. A man arrives with a visa […]

Hiru News The Supreme Court sentenced I.G.S. Prematilake, the former director of the National Institute of Education, to six years of rigorous imprisonment today (14) for contempt of court. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, including Justice Preethi Padman Surasena, delivered the verdict. The charges against Prematilake involved his failure to implement a Supreme […]

Courtesy Hiru News The special committee appointed to investigate and provide recommendations regarding the release of 323 disputed containers from Customs convened yesterday (13) in Parliament. Minister of Justice Harshana Nanayakkara chaired the session. The meeting grew tense as heated debates broke out between government and opposition members while Nagananda Kodituwakku, General Secretary of Vinivida […]

Courtesy Hiru News The government decided to conserve and officially gazette the Kapurella hot water wetland in Maha Oya, Ampara, which is recognised as the first and only geothermal wetland identified in Sri Lanka. Deputy Minister of Environment Anton Jayakody and a group of officials visited the 20.1-hectare ecosystem in the Bogamuyaya Grama Niladhari Division […]