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Friday, January 10th, 2020
පේශල පසන් කරුණාරත්න සාමාජික ශ්රී ලංකා සමනල සංරක්ෂණ සංසදය සත්ව ලෝකයේ හැඩකාරයන් අතර මුල් ස්ථානය හිමි කරගන්නා විචිත්රවත් සමනලුන් නෙතට රසඳුනක් සේම ජෛව විවිධත්වයේ විශාල වටිනාකම් රැසක්ද නතුකර ගන්නට සමත් සත්ත්ව කොට්ඨාසයකි. සමනලුන් සතු සුන්දරත්වය සහ ජෛව විද්යාත්මක වටිනාකම් අධ්යයනය මෙන්ම එම වටිනාකම් ජනතාව අතර බෙදා දැක්වීම සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකා සමනල සංරක්ෂණ සංසදය වැඩසහන් රාශියක් […]
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Wednesday, January 8th, 2020
Stanley Gunaratne. It is my hope that the new President will at least usher in good policies for the country. However, the people who surround him in the current Parliament and some of his ridiculous Indian pandering statements is a cause for concern. The upcoming General Election will be crucial in deciding who the next […]
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Monday, January 6th, 2020
Viraj Kithsiri The corrupt Yahapalana government did all wrong that could be done to our proud nation. It brought humiliation and disgrace only internally and internationally. From co sponsoring the UNHCR resolution to MCC agreement it had only one intention and that was to remain in power whatever the cost to the country. As leaders […]
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Friday, January 3rd, 2020
by Senaka Weeraratna The primordial national identities of the overwhelming majority of people (75%) in Sri Lanka are Sinhala and Buddhism. These two historical identities are rooted in the national identity of the people whose ancestors, being Sinhala Buddhists, built the unique Buddhist civilization over a period in excess of 2000 years in the country […]
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Tuesday, December 31st, 2019
නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන සමායෝජක 2020 පෙබරවාරි 21 මව් භාෂා දිනය අභිමානයෙන් සමරමු…!මව් භාෂා දිනය වෙනුවෙන් පවත්වන රචනා සහ නිබන්ධන තරගයට සහාභාගී වී ත්යාග දිනා ගැනීමට අවස්ථාව….. … ජාතික ගීය සිංහලයෙන් ගයන අපිහෙළයන් කියා උඩ පැන පැන නටන අපිසිංහල කමට පෙම් බැදලා ඉන්න අපිඋසාවියෙදි සිංහල අත හරින අපි සිංහලයන්ට නැහැ රටවල් හතර අතේසුද්දට ඉන්න ඇත රටවල් […]
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Monday, December 30th, 2019
By, Professor Nishan Wijesinha With the P-TOMS (Post Tsunami Relief Operations), and Prof. G. L. Peiris’s Proposed Constitutional Reforms which was to supersede the 13th Amendment, with an unique network of politicizing within the concept of one Sri Lanka; drew vast attention and the highest applaud and favor by the International community and the expatriates […]
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Friday, December 27th, 2019
by Melani Manel Perera Courtesy AsiaNews.it The annual Christmas carols at Holy Family Convent (HFC) School highlight unity. The traditional nativity scene has been given further meaning by the addition of four characters representing Sri Lanka’s four main communities. Colombo (Asia News) – Christmas carols are sung every year on the last day of class […]
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Thursday, December 26th, 2019
Senaka Weeraratna The Batch that entered the Faculty of Law, University of Ceylon, Colombo Campus, in 1969 commemorated 50 years of friendship and solidarity with light – hearted speeches, singing and musical interludes at the Marino Beach Hotel, Colombo 3, on December 14, 2019. They came from various parts of the world for the function. Former […]
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Wednesday, December 25th, 2019
Stanley Perera Melbourne Australia. I remember my childhood days playing the game of HORA POLICE when to-day CID is looking for Rajitha Senarathna after the court issued an arrest warrant. This dutt dostharaya with his loud mouth (kimbul kata) conniving with the rouge ambassador Mr. Mock and Siriyalatha published in the TV news media of […]
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Monday, December 23rd, 2019
Rudra de Zoysa. The Swiss have contributed only 2 things to human civilisation – cuckoo clocks and secret bank accounts. The abduction of Garnia Bannister Francis is a total fabrication similar to the story of William Tell. Tell was a farmer who lived about 700 years ago and was supposed to be good at shooting […]
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Monday, December 23rd, 2019
By Senaka Weeraratna Christmas is a religion-based festival that promotes peace and kindness. Love thy neighbor is a key utterance of Jesus Christ. But can these values be sustained if we fail to extend them to all living beings. Are animals also not our neighbours? Morally entitled to our love and affection? This moral issue […]
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Thursday, December 19th, 2019
සමෘද්ධි සංවර්ධන නිළධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය. අතිගරු ජනාධිපති,ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා,ජනාධිපති මන්ධිරය,කොළඹ. සමෘද්ධි පරිගණක සහයක පත්වීම්ලාභී 1530 ගේ රැකියා අහිමි කිරීමට ගෙන ඇති තීරණය අවලංගු කර ගැනීම හා පරිගණක පුහුණුලාභීන් හට සිදු වු අසාධාරණය සම්බන්දව. සමෘද්ධි සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව වෙත 2019 වසරේදී බඳවා ගන්නා ලද පරිගණක සහයකයින් 1530 ක් වෙත වැටුප් හා දීමනා අත්හිටුවමින් රැකියා අහිමිකිරීමට සමෘද්ධි සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ […]
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Wednesday, December 18th, 2019
by Senaka Weeraratna D.D.M. Waidyasekera, former Commissioner of Inland Revenue, and author of several books passed away on December 16, 2019. His remains were cremated on December 17, 2019 at the Galkissa (Mt. Lavinia) Cemetery. Waidyasekera was a Past President of the Sri Lanka Institute of Taxation and Editor/Consultant, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri […]
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Wednesday, December 18th, 2019
By; Mahinda Karunaratne It is sad to inform that Mr. D.D.M. Waidyasekara former Commissioner of Inland Revenue and author of several books in history and fiscal taxation and an intellectual passed away on the 16th Dec. 2019 after brief illness at Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama. His remains were cremated on 17th Tuesday Dec. 2019, day following […]
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Tuesday, December 17th, 2019
By Stanley Perera, Melbourne, Australia. My dear Hanspeter Mock, Patriotic Sri Lankans who love their country of birth want to know what the bloody hell you rouge undiplomatic ambassadore Hans Peter Mock doing in my country? What a mockery Mr. Mock? What a fiasco Mr. Mock? What an indecent act you committed Mr. Mock? Mr. […]
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Tuesday, December 17th, 2019
Viraj Kithsiri The whole country is clamouring for immediate actions against the culprits of yahapalanaya. From bond scams to the outrageous press conferences there are so many issues to be dealt with and punished. Chief among the culprits are Mangala,Rajitha,Ravi, Champika,Rishad and Malik. However on the top of the list is Ranil too. However I […]
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Monday, December 16th, 2019
Ven. Budugala Jinawansa Thera President Hela Budhu Saviya December 16, 2019 His Excellency U Win Myint The President of Myanmar Myanmar Your Excellency, We are deeply concerned with the allegations made against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice, and the denigration of Myanmar world – wide by the International Media working hand in glove […]
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Sunday, December 15th, 2019
Tudor Wijeratne Muriel Weeraratna, my aunty, died on October 21 this year. As the eldest nephew among the living I would like to share these thoughts of a gracious lady. Aunty Muriel was the daughter of Don Elaris Weerasiri, only son of Don Theodoris Weerasiri, a leading jewellery and gem merchant at Chatham Street, Fort […]
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Friday, December 13th, 2019
කුසල් පෙරේරා පෙළ ගැස්ම කුමක්ද මේ එම්.සී.සී ආයතනය? භූ-දේශපාලනයේ ඇමෙරිකානු මුද්රාව එම්.සී.සීයේ ඩොලර මිලියන 480 කතාව අපට අදාල එම්.සී.සී ප්රදානය කතාවේ සම්පිණ්ඩය ගත් කළ අසංවර්ධිත හා සංවර්ධනය වෙමින් පවතින්නාවූ රටවලට ආධාර ලබාදීමේ නව උපායක් පිළිබඳ අදහස ඇමෙරිකානු අන්තර් සංවර්ධන බැංකුවේ 2002 මාර්තු රැුස්වීමේදී ඇමෙරිකානු ජනාධිපති ජෝර්ජ් ඩබ්ලියු බූෂ් විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කෙරුවකි. එවැනි ඇමෙරිකානු විදේශ ආධාර […]
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Friday, December 13th, 2019
By A. Abdul Aziz. This is the Sinhala Translation of the book: Life of Muhammad’ – written in Urdu by Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad (1889 – 1965) – the Second Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam. A popular edition of an excellent and affectionate account of the life of the Prophet of […]
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Tuesday, December 10th, 2019
Global New Light of Myanmar Officials, donors and well-wishers led by Union Ministers Dr Myo Thein Gyi and Nai Thet Lwin attend the third mass alms-giving ceremony for 30,000 monks at the Chanmyathazi Airport in Mandalay yesterday. Photo: MNA Supervised by Mandalay Region Government, Myanmar well-wishers and Thailand’s Dhammakaya Foundation jointly organized third mass alms-giving for […]
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Tuesday, December 10th, 2019
By Senaka Weeraratna Thousands of supporters in Myanmar have waved banners and colorful portraits of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, on Saturday, December 7, in a show of their loyalty on the eve of her departure for the U.N.’s top court i.e. International Court of Justice (ICJ), to face genocide charges over the Rohingya […]
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Sunday, December 8th, 2019
Stanley Perera Emeritus Medical Researcher 2/32 Chandler Road Noble Park Vic. 3174 Australia. AN APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT Dear President Gotabhaya Rajapakse, Re-EXTORTION BY CABINET MINISTER GAMINI LOKUGE The writer is an expatriate Sri Lankan residing in Melbourne, Australia who earned a name of patriotic writer during the time of war in Sri Lanka and […]
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Friday, December 6th, 2019
By Senaka Weeraratna Gambia, acting on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Co – operation (OIC), has filed a lawsuit against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), allegedly on the ground of committing the crime of Genocide. The Government of Myanmar has taken up the challenge to contest this case at the ICJ […]
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Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera Courtesy ISAS,National University of Singapore Summary The recent Sri Lankan election witnessed the Rajapaksa brothers – Gotabaya and Mahinda – coming to power. Gotabaya, former secretary of defence and a technocrat with little political experience, was elected president while Mahinda, former two-time president who ended the protracted civil war during his term 10 years […]
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Monday, December 2nd, 2019
The National Joint Committee 20th September 2019. His Excellency, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka,Presidential Secretariat,Colombo 1. Your Excellency, The National Joint Committee wish to congratulate you on being elected as the seventh Executive President of Sri Lanka. We also wish you every success during your term in office as President of Sri Lanka to […]
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Saturday, November 30th, 2019
By Sheena McKenzie, CNN (CNN)When it comes to the big questions plaguing the world’s scientists, they don’t get much larger than this.Where do you safely bury more than 28,000 cubic meters — roughly six Big Ben clock towers — of deadly radioactive waste for the next million years?This is the “wicked problem” facing Germany as it closes all […]
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Friday, November 29th, 2019
Symposium Theme: Cultural Knowledge for National Unity A Symposium on Common Heritage, convened by the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, will be held at the Auditorium of the Mahaweli Centre, 96. Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 7, on Saturday, November 30, 2019 from 9.00 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Symposium Theme: Cultural Knowledge for National Unity Programme […]
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Thursday, November 28th, 2019
Anjalika Silva USA We need to do all we can to preserve our hard-won Peace from the disruption of miscreants who have sunk so low there is no place lower to go. It is not about party politics. It is about the country – SRI LANKA When I wrote this piece of music for Peace, in […]
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Sunday, November 24th, 2019
BY ASANGA ABEYAGOONASEKERA There are none so blind as those who do not see.” Matthew 9:26-27 The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and most wanted terrorist leader after Osama Bin Laden, was killed […]
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