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යතාර්ථය|Ven.Balangoda Kassapa Thero

Sunday, February 2nd, 2025

Fight to Freedom

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දොස්තර හර්ශණ පතිරණ හම්බන්තොට කටුවන රජක කුලයේ ඉතිහාසය පිලිබඳව තොරතුරු හෙළි කරයි. 

Tuesday, January 28th, 2025

සාකච්චා කලේ සමන්ති පෙරේරා ප්‍රශ්නය : වෘත්තියෙන් වෛද්‍යවරයෙකු වන ඔබ කටුවන රජක කුලයේ ඉතිහාසය පිලිබඳව හදාරන්නේ ඇයි  පිළිතුර ; හම්බන්තොට කටුවන රජක කුලයේ වර්තමාන සාමාජිකයෙකු වන මට හිතුනා අපේ පරම්පරාවේ අතීතය ගැන හොයන්න. අපේ පරම්පරාව ශත වර්ෂ  ගානක් ජීවත් උනේ මේ ප්‍රදේශයේ. අපේ පරම්පරාවෙන් පරම්පරාවට උරුම වෙච්ච කතන්තර සිදුවීම් තියනවා. ඒවා ලේඛනගත කිරීමයි මගේ වෑයම. ප්‍රශ්නය ; ඔබගේ පරම්පරාවේ ඉතිහාසය […]

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Sri Lanka’s New Government, the Indo-Pacific Debt Trap, and the Struggle for the 21st Century

Monday, January 13th, 2025

By Shiran Illanperuma Courtesy Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Positioned at the geographic and political heart of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is the epicentre of the 21st century struggle for regional influence. On 23 September 2024, Anura Kumara Dissanayake (referred to locally as AKD) was sworn in as the 9th executive President of the […]

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Expert tips for staying calm, kind and focused in a chaotic world

Monday, January 13th, 2025

Courtesy 1News One of the most notable New Zealand self-help books of last year was by Auckland-based psychiatrist and sleep specialist Dr Tony Fernando. ‘Life Hacks from the Buddha: How to be calm and content in a chaotic world’ does what it promises, presenting ancient Buddhist wisdom in bite-sized hacks, easily applicable to modern life. […]

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භූ ඉංජිනේරුකරණය: කාලගුණය සහ දේශගුණය කෘත්‍රිම ලෙස වෙනස් කිරීමේ තාක්ෂණය යුද අවියක් ලෙස භාවිතා කිරීම -රේඩි අනන්ඩා

Friday, January 10th, 2025

රේඩි අනන්ඩා  විමර්ශන රේඩි අනන්ඩා පසුගිය දශක ගණනාවක් තිස්සේ ලෝකයේ බලගතු අධිරාජ්‍යවාදි රටවල් විසින් ජාන ඉංජිනේරුකරණය, කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය සහ රෝබෝ තක්ෂණය, භූ ඉංජිනේරුකරණය, කාලගුණය සහ දේශගුණය වෙනස් කිරීම, නියුරෝන විද්‍යාව ඇතුළු විවිධ ක්ෂේත්‍රයන් ගණනාවක් තුළ දැනුම සහ තාක්ෂණය ඇදහිය නොහැකි තරම් මට්ටමකට වර්ධනය කර තිබේ. අද ලොව පුරා වාණිජ මට්ටමින් භාවිතා වන අන්තර්ජාලය එක්සත් ජනපදය […]

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“The significance of the mount of Arafat unseen to many” 

Tuesday, December 31st, 2024

by, Professor Nishan C. Wijesinha The ritual at Mount Arafat, known as the hill of mercy, is considered the peak of the Hajj pilgrimage. It is often the most memorable for pilgrims, who stand together asking God for mercy, blessings, prosperity and good health. The hill is about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Mecca. […]

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SNAP ELECTIONS IN THE US VASSAL STATE OF GERMANY

Saturday, December 28th, 2024

By Nalliah Thayabharan Germany’s political landscape is undergoing a seismic shift as the Bundestag has been officially dissolved triggering snap elections that could reshape the nation’s future.  President Frank-Walter Steinmeier made the dramatic announcement on December 27, 2024 marking a critical moment in German Democratic history. The dissolution follows Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unexpected loss of […]

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Deshabandu Alec Robertson’s Twenty Second Death Anniversary

Saturday, December 28th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Twenty second death anniversary of Deshabandu Alec Robertson falls on the 31st of December, 2024. His passing away was widely lamented by all Sri Lankans as well as his numerous foreign friends and acquaintances who had at some time or other benefitted from his guidance, friendship and exemplary life, and […]

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The boy who lived: ‘Baby 81’, a survivor of the devastating Sri Lanka tsunami in 2004

Wednesday, December 25th, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle, the boy once known as Baby 81” is now a 20-year-old dreaming of higher education. Jayarasa Abilash’s story symbolised that of the families torn apart by one of […]

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VERY VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS !

Tuesday, December 24th, 2024

By Nalliah Thayabharan The Balkans are steeped in history and very much in the middle of today’s geopolitical great game and are aware of the destabilizing Balkan wars of the late 20th century, and are surely aware of the spark that started World War I, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, Serbia, leading […]

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Seeds of Wisdom: Life Lessons from Ven. Soma Thera

Monday, December 9th, 2024

Upendra Jayasinghe When Ven. Soma Thera asked his pupils to go home and tell their fathers to stop drinking, my sister and I naively followed his advice, without any real expectation of success. To our surprise, it worked. From that day forward, our father never touched another drop of alcohol. Looking back, I realise how […]

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කොස්ගම ඇලට නිකරුනේ බිලි වුණු  ලන්ඩන් මහ කළු සිංහලයා 

Monday, November 25th, 2024

බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු ගාල්ලේ දෙව් සිරි පී. හේවාවිදාන ලන්ඩන් සිට ලියයි. Devsiri@hotmail.com  අවිස්සාවේල්ල කොස්ගම  තුන් මෝදර ඇල හරහා ධාවනය කළ ඩබල් කැප් රථයක් සැඩ පහරට අසුවී එහි සිටි ව්‍යා පා රිකවරයකු හා රියැදුරු අවා සනා වන්ත ලෙස  මියගිය පුවත පසුගිය බදා දා ලංකා වේ පුවත්පත්වලින් මා  දුටුවෙමි. නිකරුණේ වැ ස්සේ ඇලවල් තරණය කරන්නට ගො ස් අපරා […]

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About the article on Ravana

Wednesday, November 20th, 2024

Sunil Vijaya I just read the article – https://www.caorc.org/post/2019/06/10/ravanas-mechanical-flying-peacock and thought of clarifying some issues the article has raised. 1.  All these GODs in Hindu mythology were humans like you and me. but since they had superhuman, attributes, they became gods after their demise. 2. Ravana was never born in Lanka or Heladeepa – he was pure Indian […]

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The Bitter Truth:

Monday, November 18th, 2024

The Coalition for a Pro-Animal Protection Act – Sri Lanka 1) Draft Animal Welfare Bill 2) National Dog Spay and Rabies Eradication Programme 1) Draft Animal Welfare Bill By 2023 when the Draft Animal Welfare Bill was taken up for its first reading in Parliament, it has been made into a legal mess, denying legal […]

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Sri Lanka’s toxic dependence on tourism

Wednesday, November 6th, 2024

By Shiran Illanperuma On the 23rd of October, the United States embassy in Sri Lanka issued a travel advisory warning of a potential attack targeting tourist sites in Arugam Bay, a popular surfing destination in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. The embassies of the United Kingdom and Russia soon followed suit. Given the mysterious […]

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Wars must be stopped for ethical ground 

Wednesday, October 30th, 2024

Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan, Dhaka, Bangladesh 600 million women and children of the world have been affected by war, according to the United Nations. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said this at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. He also said that this number has increased by 50 percent in the last decade. This information is […]

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මැවුම් කරුගේ ආගම් රජයෙන් ඉවතට / සොබාදහමේ  දහම රජයට.

Saturday, September 14th, 2024

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න  මැවුම් කරු  විසින් හදා පාලනය කරන  විශ්වාසය මත පමණක් පදනම් වූ  ”ආගම් ”  කළමනා කරණය  හෝ පාලනයසඳහා මැවුම් කරු සිටී .ආණ්ඩුවට වඩා ඉහලින් ඒ සඳහා කෙනෙක් සිටියදී පහල මට්ටමේ ආයතනයක් ඒ  සඳහා  කුමටද.එනිසා එහිදී  ආණ්ඩුව ”අනාගමික ” විය යුතුය .නියමිත සර්ව බලධාරියා විසින් ඒ ”ආගම් ” ආරක්ෂා කරනු ඇත .එනිසා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවෙ  ඒ […]

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A Plea for the sake of our country

Tuesday, September 10th, 2024

A.Jayawardena. Americans wanted to spread their ideologies & gain power in some Muslim countries.  But Muslims  generally  abhor Americans.   It was a problem to get a foothold in those countries.   However Americans has a standard strategy.   Support the dissidents in that country.  The Muslim dissident groups were more radical and more opposed […]

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Women’s Empowerment Through Livelihood Development: A Sri Lankan Perspective

Wednesday, September 4th, 2024

By Nirmala Jayasundara When Lakshmi, a fictional character representing the many women in Sri Lanka, began selling vegetables from her home garden at the local market, she didn’t just supplement her family’s income, she sparked a transformation. This illustrative example reflects the broader trend of how women across Sri Lanka are taking charge of their […]

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“තිස්පන් ලක්ෂයක රැකියා සුරැකි ත්‍රෛපාර්ශවික එකඟතාවය” කෘතිය ජනගත වෙයි 

Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

කර්තෘ – ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මාධ්‍යවේදී ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ පොතේ නම – තිස්පන් ලක්ෂයක රැකියා සුරැකි ත්‍රෛපාර්ශවික එකඟතාවය කර්තෘ – ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මාධ්‍යවේදී ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ ප්‍රකාශක – දෙසරැස ප්‍රකාශකයෝ ජනගත කළ දිනය, ස්ථානය  – 2024.08.21, පොත් ප්‍රකාශයන්ගේ සංගමයේ ශ්‍රවනාගාරය , බත්තරමුල්ල පළමු පොත පිළිගැන්වූයේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා වෙත  ප්‍රධාන දේශනය – කම්කරු අමාත්‍යංශයේ හිටපු ලේකම් මහින්ද […]

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Eid-ul-Adha Sermon by Ahmadiyya Khalifa

Thursday, June 20th, 2024

by A. Abdul Aziz. Sri Lankan Correspondent Al Hakam, London. Condition for the acceptance of our sacrifices is righteousness: Ahmadiyya Khalifa delivers Eid al-Adha sermon 2024 (Given below is an excerpt of the Eid-ul-Adha Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, on 17th June, 2024, […]

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Pakistan: Police to Detain Ahmadi Leaders to Prevent Religious Observances

Saturday, June 15th, 2024

by A. Abdul Aziz.Sri Lankan Correspondent Al Hakam, London. On June 10, 2024, the Deputy Police Commissioner of Chakwal has issued orders to detain three Ahmadi Muslim leaders in order to prevent religious observances, which the officials claim are unlawful activities” that threaten public order.” They include President of Ahmadiyya Community District Chakwal Malik Naveed […]

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PAKISTAN: Bar Association Directs Police to Stop Ahmadi Muslims from Following Their Religious Beliefs

Friday, June 14th, 2024

by A. Abdul Aziz. Sri Lankan Correspondent Al Hakam, London. In the midst of a rash of lethal violence against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, the Lahore High Court Bar Association directed regional police officials to take legal action against Ahmadi Muslims gathering, observing and praying during Muslim Eid celebrations. In directives on 6 June 2024, […]

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PAKISTAN:  FATAL SHOOTING OF TWO AHMADIS IN OPEN DAYLIGHT

Tuesday, June 11th, 2024

by A. Abdul Aziz. Two Ahmadis were fatally shot on 8th June 2024 at Saad Ullah Pur, District Mandi Bahauddin. The victims were Ghulam Sarwar, Son of  Bashir Ahmed of 62 years of age and Mr. Rahat Ahmad Bajwa, Son of   Mushtaq Ahmad Bajwa of 30 years of age have been fatally shot around noon […]

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ASOKA WEERARATNA AND MAHINDA COLLEGE – NOSTALGIC MEMORIES

Friday, June 7th, 2024

by W.   P A N D I T A R A T N E    In the year 1942, Mahinda College, Galle was fifty years old and the Golden Jubilee celebration to commemorate its eventful history of the first twenty years at Pedlar Street in the Galle Fort, and the next thirty years in the […]

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ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නුතන කළමණාකරනයේ (Modern Management) පියා – ආචාර්ය D.S. බණ්ඩාරගේ  

Monday, May 27th, 2024

ජයවීර කුමාරසිංහ නිදහසට පෙර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ බහු ජාතික සමාගම් වල ජ්‍යෙෂ්ට විධායක නිලතල හොබවනු ලැබුවේ සුදු ජාතිකයන් පමණි. එවන් වකවානුවක, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ෂෙල් බහු ජාතික සමාගමේ (Shell Company of Ceylon) පිරිස් පාලන අධ්‍යක්ෂ, සුදු ජාතික, සෙන්පති WHS බිඉංග් මහතා, එවකට නිදහස ලබා ගැනීමට ඉතා ආසන්නව සිටී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියෙක් තම සමාගමේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ට විධායක කළමනාකරණ තනතුරකට […]

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May 27 – Khilafat Day. 116th Anniversary of Ahmadiyya Khilafat (Re-establishment of Spiritual Leadership in Islam) Entering into covenant of allegiance to the Khilafat becomes imperative, because it provide unity, security, solidarity and progress.

Sunday, May 26th, 2024

By A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka. At the death of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the Muslims lost not only their Prophet but also their spiritual, religious and political leader. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) had not designated any successor during his own lifetime and the young Muslim community could not possibly survive […]

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An open letter to Sinha Ratnatunga Editor of the Sunday Times

Thursday, May 9th, 2024

By C.A.Chandraprema Dear Sinha,The 57th session of the Human Rights Council is to be held from 9 September 2024 to 9 October 2024. Under the provisions of resolution 51/1 which was passed against Sri Lanka in October 2022, the UN Human Rights Commissioner is due to present a written update on the situation of human […]

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Nagapattinam was a major centre of Buddhism in South India

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Chudamani Vihara, Nagapattinam Colombo, May 7: The passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tami Nadu and Kankesanthurai (KKS) near Jaffna, which was launched in October 2023, will resume on May 13, the Indian High Commission in Colombo has said. Sri Lankan Buddhists would be interested to know that Nagapattinam was among the […]

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මා අසාර්ථක අයෙක්.. විදේශයකදී මියයාම හොදයි..- නලින්ද සිල්වා වේලාසන ලියලා..

Saturday, May 4th, 2024

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් තමන් විදේශයකදී මිය යාමට වඩා කැමති බවත් එවිට බොරුවට මුහුණ පෙන්වීමට ඇතැමුන් තම මළගමට නොඑනු ඇති බවත් මහාචාර්ය නලින්ද සිල්වා මහතා සඳහන් කර ඇත. ඊයේ දිනයේ ඇමරිකාවේදී අභාවප්‍රාප්ත වූ ඒ මහතා විසින් රචනා කරන ලද ලිපියක මේ සඳහන් කර ඇත්තේ 2019 වසරේදීය. අදාළ සම්පූර්ණ ලිපිය මෙසේය. ***** නික්ම යෑමට පෙර […]

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