By M D P DISSANAYAKE The President has appointed Prof Lalith U Gamage as the new Governor of Central Province. The Governors of Sri Lanka were not busy people in the  past.   In the recent past we had some colourful and not so colourful names in our list of past Governors, including Gamini Fonseka, Karunaratne […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The 15 Cabinet Ministers’ workload is quite challenging. Each Minister needs to have at least 2 State Ministers. Each State Minister needs to have qualified Professionals and Academics, consisting of at least one identified in each of the allocated Subjects.  In other words, the structure should provide a direct link […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Dr P B Jayasundera brings three vital skills.  Financial management, Economic Policy implementation and Public Administration with extensive knowledge of Financial Regulations (FR). In the past, he has successfully managed Spending against Budget.  But now as Presidential Secretary, he extends his arms right across.    He will not allow distributing, for […]

ඇම්. ඩී. පී. දිසානායක විසිනි 2019 ජනාධිපති මැතිවරනයේදී 82% සාමාන්‍ය වලංගු ඡන්ද ‍ලැබීමට බොහෝ අවකාශ තිබේ.  මෙම ‍ප‍‍ර්වණතාවය වවුනියාව, රත්නපුර, කුරුණෑගල, කිළිනොච්චි, කෑගල්ල, කලුතර, යාපනය, ගම්පහ, ගාල්ල, මාතර, අනුරාධපුරය. පොලොන්නරුව, මොනරාගල, මාතර දිස්තිරික්ක තුලින් පේනේ.  සමහරවිට මෙම රැල්ල 85-90% දක්වා යෑමට ඉඩකඩ තිබේ. අනුර කුමරුට 4.2% ක්ද,  සජිත්ට 31.3% ක්ද ලැබිය හැකි වේයයි ද, ජයගන්නා […]

Don Dissanayake The 2019 Presidential Election is expected to generate 82% of valid  votes as an average. This trend is likely to eventuate in Vavuniya, Ratnapura, Kurunegala, Kilinochchi, Kegalle, Kalutara,Jaffna, Gampaha, Galle, Matara, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Monaragala, and Matara.  In some districts in the above list  valid votes in the band of 85-90% could not be […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Sri Lanka Stock Market reached rock bottom in this year on 6 May, recording an All Share Index at 5198 with an unfavourable outlook. However, dismissing all forecasts, the Index improved to 5995 on 11 July. The luck was short-lived.  Since 30 July, it ran into downward territory reaching 5672 […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Massive publicity has been given that a large number of Gota friendly Sri Lankans living overseas have already reached or arriving within the next few days before Presidential Election. However, there is no publicity given of the number of Tamil Diaspora and ISIS members already reached or arriving within the […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE A Carpenter capable of making a beautiful set of furniture using his Tools of the Trade according to the Design is an efficient Carpenter. The Carpenter is, therefore, an efficient Carpenter. The Designer who articulated imaginary scenarios and built options and finally produce a Design with a Bill of Quantity […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Tonight I am not going to have any dinner, because I am not hungry. Tonight I am not going to sleep, because I am not feeling sleepy.  Tonight I am not going to answer any telephone calls or meet any one. Today is a very sad day for me.   If […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The Court of Appeal has placed Mr Wiyangoda’s petition in the most appropriate place, by dismissing it without further consideration.   In other words, Mr Wiyangoda once again has gone to the place  where he deserve to reside, i.e. Kunu Goda. Anti-yahapalana voters  have been further encouraged with these episodes to […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Sajith Premadasa is perhaps one of youngest  male persons to be nominated from a leading political party of Sri Lanka as a Presidential candidate. Even amongst the few potential candidates within UNP, there are several qualified professionals, representing younger generation.  But they were all suppressed by the Tamil-Muslim Leadership.  Tamils […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE A window of opportunity is open for the next generation of Nationalist Leaders to abrogate the Provincial Councils altogether in a New Constitution.   The political tussle which existed with conflicting groups of legislators virtually made the functioning of Provincial Councils defunct. Sumanthiran’s TNA and Hakeem’s Muslim Parties have been twisting […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Sambandan, Mano Gaheshan, Sumanthiran, Rauf Hakeem, Badurdeen, Vigneswaran are now feeling something unique in Sri Lanka unfolding.  The ordinary Tamils and Muslims have now realized a distinct possibility that so-called saviours of Tamils and Muslims will not be kingmakers after the elections in Sri Lanka. Several Tamil and Muslim members […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Revenue collected from fines imposed on drink drivers in Sri Lanka in the most recent 50 days amounts to staggering Rs 250 m from mere 10,000 offending drivers.  There is no doubt the vast majority of these offenders are Sinhala Theravada Buddhists who commit in the 5th Precept to abstain […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE For political opponents,  if MR is no good, then GR is also no good.  GR made MR great when in power.  Now MR has made GR great.  If the country rejects MR, it will also reject GR.  If the country rejects GR at the presidential election, then it will also […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Today a political newcomer known as Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna is celebrating the announcement of its Presidential candidate.  This event will be celebrated throughout the country by the voluntary participation of its supporters by offering traditional sweets and milk rice. The public anticipation is overwhelming to witness its hero […]

Dr M D P DISSANAYAKE Like in many other countries, there are no mandatory academic or professional qualifications required by a person to be elected as President, Prime Minister or Cabinet of Ministers of Sri Lanka.  Late Mr D S Senanayake’s qualifications were never questioned when he became our First Prime Minister under independent Sri […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE It is disappointing that all 5 Asian Teams out of 10 Teams in the competition failed to secure a spot in the Final.   Bangladesh and New Zealand have consistently maintained aggressive and  methodical styles of play. We give below the historical data of previous finals with the winning team and […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE During general elections for 4 Parliament on 19 March 1960, the leader of MEP  Phillip Gunawardene said: ”  If minorities or majorities of Sri Lanka unwilling to commit to our Constitution and Laws, they can leave Ceylon, we will meet the cost of air passage and chop their passports as […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE There is an argument that the legislature cannot deprive the right to live, under any circumstances.  This is the view held by some Western Nations. The last death sentence in Australia was in 1967.  The debate started again in 2002 after Bali bombing where 202 Aussies were killed.  Similarly Sri […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekersa  I flew in to Colombo on Saturday. Sri Lankan air line flight was full  but there were hardly any European guests  flying in to Colombo .It was full of transit passengers.  Easter  Sunday attack ,is the main reason for lack of tourists arriving in Colombo. When we read news items people are […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE According to updated data on 24 June, there are 30 more matches to be played before semi-final.  The top four teams as at present viz. England, Australia, NZ and India have 13 games amongst themselves .  There are 17 more matches with all other teams. NZ and England have shown […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Our Team must be encouraged by the quality of cricket played by them against World Champion Australia.  We did not succumb to mighty Aussies. We did not fear their bowling attack.  All commentators Mark Nicholson, Michael Clark, Mathew Heyden  agreed on the signs of reincarnation of Sanath and Kalu days […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Our President Sirisena has donated the Samadhi Buddhist Statue to Prime Minister Modi.  I have heard from my mother never to give a Buddha Statue  ( Budu Pilima) as a gift to another. According to her giving Buddha Statue could bring Bad Omen to both the Giver and the Receiver.  […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The Parliamentary Select Committee is hunting down the President in an unprecedented manner.  If the witnesses are telling the truth, then any ordinary citizen could form an independent opinion.  The President systematically dismantled the Security Council.  He changed Prime Minister with a most trusted man, Mahinda Rajapakse. But even when […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The motives of the fasting unto death started by Rathana Thero are confusing. Has he got the backing of Catholic Church?  He is a Buddhist Monk.  Muslim terrorists attacked Catholic Churches.  Cardinal Malcolm Cooray appropriately provided an effective leadership at that critical moment preventing escalation of  revenge attacks.  Malwatte and […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE My dearest Team By now you would have been inundated with advise, hints etc  by many. These are my  hints or pathways, take it or leave it: i.                  Never underestimate your opposing team; ii.                At the beginning of your innings, if you are successful in scoring couple of boundries or […]

M D P DISSANAYAKE Since the beginning of this year, there had been public outcry for the release of Gnanasara Thero.   But our illustrious President Sirisena did not act at that time.  Now, it has become clearer that President Sirisena did not act himself on intelligence  inputs  received regarding April 21 attack.  Therefore, the President […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The current political situation in Sri Lanka arguably becoming extremely complex and convoluted by the hour.  The majority of Sri Lankans have expressed their lack of confidence in the government since the Good Friday attack. In spite of government assurances, the parents are refusing to send their loving children to […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The Lankaweb  published the first part of this series on February 8, 2019.  In its last para we identified ” Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe  by far the most shrewd  and intelligent politician of Sri Lanka.”  MINISTRY OF LAW AND ORDER- UNDER RANIL Since the formation of the Government, Ranil Wickremasinghe or his […]