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Thursday, March 28th, 2019
Dr. Mahela Gunaratne Suggestions for proper future candidates and a fight against corruption We Sri Lankans have become lost. 70 plus years after independence, having started off as one of the most prosperous nations in Asia, led by honest and decent gentleman such as the Father of our nation and educated visionary people during our […]
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Tuesday, March 26th, 2019
සමස්ත ලංකා සුවසේවා සංගමය. – All Ceylon Health Services Union.ජනමාධ්ය නිවේදනයයි ඌව පළාත් සභාවට අයත් රෝහල් හා සෞඛ්ය ආයතනයන් හි සේවය කරනු ලබන සෞඛ්ය කාර්යය මණ්ඩලයන් විසින් නිම කර ඇති අති කාල දීමනා අඩු කර ගෙවීමටත්, ගෙවිය යුතු ගමන් වියදම් සීමා කර ගෙවීමටත්,අලුත් අවුරුදු අත්තිකාරම් මදල් අපේ්රල් මස 11 වන දින ගෙවීමටත් ඌව පළාත් පරිපාලනය […]
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Tuesday, March 26th, 2019
හසිත මානන්දුව ලේකම්. විධායක සභාව සහ බහුතර සාමාජිකයින්ගේ කැමැත්ත සහ ඉල්ලීම මත වෙබ් මාධ්යවේදීන්ගේ ජාතික ව්යාපාරය සමුහිකව විසුරුවා හරින බව මෙයින් දැනුම් දෙමි. වෙබ් සහ සමාජජාල මාධ්යය තහනමට ලක්වූ අවස්ථාවේදී මෙරට මාධ්ය නිදහස වෙනුවෙන් ඉතා සක්රීයව සහ වේගවත්ව ක්රියාත්මක වූ වෙබ් මාධ්යවේදීන්ගේ ජාතික ව්යාපාරය කලක් නිහඬ සහ අක්රීයව පැවතීමත්, ඇතැම් ඉහළ නිලධාරීන්ගේ විනිවිදභාවයෙන් තොර ක්රියාකලාපයත්, පටු […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM 4/18 to 3/19 Since it’s inception over three decades ago USLA has fervently furthered it’s main founding objective viz. doing what it takes to support Sri Lanka in preserving it’s independent and unitary status. Through USLA’s existence , the main threat to this came from the violent terrorism of the Tamil […]
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
පේශල පසන් කරුණාරත්න සභාපති සමනල යෞවන සමාජය නාවලකන්ද ඉහල ජෛව විවිධත්වයකින් යුත් පහත රට තෙත් කලාපීය වැසි වනාන්තර ගණනාවක්ම කළුතර දිස්ත්රික්කයේ වලල්ලාවිට ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසට අයත් සීමාවේ පිහිටා තිබෙන අතර මෙම වනාන්තර පද්ධති මෑත කාලයේදී නොයෙකුත් ආපදා තත්වයන් නිසා විශාල වශයෙන් විනාශ වෙමින් පවතී. මේ නිසා ප්රදේශයේ ජල මූලාශ සිඳි යාම, පරිසර සමතුලිතතාවය බිඳ වැටීම, […]
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Saturday, March 16th, 2019
BY FRIEZE NEWS DESK 15 MAR 2019 Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is in talks with representatives from Sri Lanka and Indonesia about returning ten objects to their place of origin, in a move described as ‘pioneering’. The objects, taken during Dutch colonial and military campaigns, are likely to include a diamond believed to have belonged to the Sultan Panembahan […]
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Thursday, March 14th, 2019
Senaka Weeraratna This is a story of a child genius who shone brilliantly at Royal College, Colombo when the school was located at St. Sebastian Hill, Hulftsdorp. A Royal College Magazine of that period devotes 3-4 pages to his invention and heaps praise on him. Bertram Elibank Devepurarathna was the inventor of a mechanism that […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
By Kate Jackson Courtesy The Sun (UK) Last weekend Channel 4 viewers watched in awe as the teen with a higher IQ than Einstein was crowned Child Genius 2019 ON her tenth birthday, Nishi Uggalle raced into her parents’ bedroom to see if her dream could finally come true. She pleaded: Can I take the Mensa […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
Professor Nishan Chaminda Wijesinha During the Riots of 1915 (May 28 to June 5, 1915) the British governor came down with a heavy hand on the Sinhalese community. The governor declared Martial Law on (June 2 to August 30, 1915). And ordered the police and the army to arrest and imprison several prominent Sinhalese leaders. Among […]
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Monday, March 11th, 2019
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 11 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s Meteorology Department, on Monday issued an ‘extreme heat’ advisory as temperatures in several districts across the island is expected to rise further in the coming days. The Department, in a statement, cautioned the public to take appropriate precautions to avoid any health-related issues caused by the […]
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Sunday, March 10th, 2019
Sugath Samarrsinghe This country has been on a quest to find a system of government since the State Council days, that will best suite the genius of the people, since the change in 1815. We came by the executive presidential system, whatever its original motives were, and it has been with us for the last […]
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Thursday, March 7th, 2019
Natasha Levy Courtesy Dezeen.com Austere concrete interiors offset the verdant surroundings of this pair of holiday homes in southwest Sri Lanka, completed by Aim Architecture and Norm Architects. Situated in the small fishing village of Kottegoda, K House was designed by Danish practice Norm Architects and Chinese studio Aim Architecture to make the most of its tropical setting. “Because of the beachfront location, the aim was to achieve […]
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Monday, March 4th, 2019
By Maria Abi-Habib/New York Times Courtesy NewsIn.Asia New York, March 4 (New York Times): An Indian air force pilot found himself in a dogfight last week with a warplane from the Pakistani air force, and ended up a prisoner behind enemy lines for a brief time. The pilot made it home in one piece, but the plane, […]
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Sunday, March 3rd, 2019
Courtesy DW.com Olivia Ramya Tanner traveled to Sri Lanka to find her birth mother. Then the Swiss woman discovered that everything — from her birth certificate on up — was a lie. She’s not alone. Alison Langley reports from Zurich. Having booked her dream vacation to Sri Lanka complete with an Ayurvedic retreat, Olivia […]
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Saturday, March 2nd, 2019
කේ.එස්. උදයකුමාර් උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම බලපත්රයක් නොමැතිව ඇතකු සන්තකයේ තබාගත් බවට එල්ල කරන ලද චෝදනා ප්රමාණවත් ලෙස ඔප්පු කිරීමට නීතිපතිවරයා අසමත් වී ඇති හෙයින් එම චෝදනාවට ලක්ව සිටි පූජ්ය උඩුවේ ධම්මාලෝක හිමියන් නිෙදාස් කොට නිදහස් කිරීමට කොළඹ මහෙස්ත්රාත් විනිසුරු සම්පත් විජයරත්න මහතා නියෝග කළේය. දීර්ඝ නඩු විභාගයකින් අනතුරුව තීන්දුව ප්රකාශයට පත් කරමින් මහාධිකරණ විනිසුරු විජයරත්න මහතා ප්රකාශ […]
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Friday, March 1st, 2019
Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN, Geneva Sri Lanka’s statement on the Report of the Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights “Sri Lanka has steadfastly pursued economic, social and cultural advancement as a developing country, with the same emphasis and thrust as for protection of civil and political rights” since becoming a […]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2019
Open letter to the Ambassadors/ Permanent Representatives of 48 Member States of the Human Rights Council From Global Sri Lankan Forum Executive Committee. Dear Sirs, Appoint a commission to investigate wrong doing in OISL report in Sri Lanka There exists a threat to the world peace and security by the Human Rights Council Resolution 30/1 by giving […]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2019
කේ.ඞී. ලාල්කාන්ත සභාපති ජාතික වෘත්තීය සමිති මධ්යස්ථානය ගුරු අයිතීන් දිනා ගැනීම වෙනුවෙන් ලංකා ගුරු සේවා සංගමය සංවිධානය කළ උද්ඝෝෂණයට ඉසුරුපාය අසලදී අද දින ම්ලේච්ඡු පොලිස් ප්රහාරයක් එල්ල කර ඇති අතර එම ප්රහාරය ජාතික වෘත්තීය සමිති මධ්යස්ථාය ලෙස අප පිළිකුලෙන් යුතුව හෙළා දකින්නෙමු. එම ප්රහාරයෙන් ගුරුවරුන් පිරිසක් තුවාල ලබා ඇති අතර අසාධ්ය තත්වයේ වූ ගුරුවරයෙකු කොළඹ […]
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
Punsara Amarasinghe Institute of Law and Politics Scuola Superiore Sant Anna Pisa, Italy The political and social upheaval of 1956 has been always received mixed reactions in Sri Lankan society. For some it was the monumental event in post-colonial Ceylon that common man disrupted the social and cultural hegemony which was predominantly consisted of Colombo based […]
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Monday, February 25th, 2019
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Feb 25 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s Tourism Ministry has launched a safari park which consists of Bengal Tigers, in Hambantota, in the island’s south, in a bid to promote Sri Lanka as a safari destination, the Ceylon Today reported here Monday. The Safari Park was opened by Minister of Tourism Development, Wildlife […]
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Sunday, February 24th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana President Maithripala Sirisena visited the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) today (24) to extend his tribute to the PNB and the Special Task Force (STF) officials for seizing the largest ever heroin haul in Sri Lanka. The President, appreciating their service, said that constantly he will provide his fullest assistance as well as blessings […]
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2019
Senaka Weeraratna Major – General Nande (Mike) Silva, former Chief of Staff, Sri Lanka Army passed away on February 20, 2019. His remains were cremated with full military honours in the presence of a distinguished Army personnel at the General Cemetery, Borella on February 23, 2019. He was born on 4th July, 1933. He received […]
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Friday, February 22nd, 2019
By Camelia Nathaniel/Daily News Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Mannar, February 22: The report on the radiocarbon dating test on samples of skeletal remains from the mass grave in Mannar has been handed over to the Magistrate’s Court by the Specialist Judicial Medical Officer, Saminda Rajapaksa. But the Mannar Magistrate T. Sarawanarajah told the court that because the courts […]
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Thursday, February 21st, 2019
Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL) Public Lecture Lankan Banknotes from 1785 to Modern” by Dr Kavan Ratnatunga On Monday 25th February 2019 at 5.00 p.m. at the Gamini Dissanayake Auditorium No. 96, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 07 ALL ARE WELCOME Since the Dutch first introduced Paper currency for Ceylon in 1785 to modern currency issued by […]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
Sri Lanka Permanent Mission Geneva “We need to seriously attempt at negotiating a Programme of Work for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation”, stated Sri Lanka’s envoy in Geneva Ambassador A.L.A Azeez addressing the Plenary Session of the UN Conference on Disarmament (CD). He urged members of the CD to find a way forward that could facilitate, or […]
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
තුසිත බාලසූරිය ලේකම් හර්ෂණී මණ්ඩපය ශාකයක් ලෙස කංසාවල වැදගත්කම සහ මත්වීමට කංසා භාවිතා කිරීම වෙන වෙනම තැබිය වුවත් කංසා නීතිගත කිරීමට එරෙහි තර්ක සියල්ල කංසාවලින් මත්වීමට එරෙහි තර්ක වන නිසා අපට එය නොතකා කංසා නීතිගත කිරීම ගැන කතා කිරීමට නොහැකිය. එහිදී නිතර එල්ලවන චෝදනාව වන්නේ කංසා නීතිගත කිරීමෙන් සමාජය විශාල පරිහානියකට පත්වන බවයි. නමුත් කංසා […]
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Saturday, February 16th, 2019
මධූෂ්ගේ ජීවිත කථාව ලක්ෂමන් යාපා හෙළිකරයි
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Friday, February 15th, 2019
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Express Colombo, February 14: If one were to go by the word of President Maithripala Sirisena, Sri Lanka will be seeing its first hanging after 43 years in about two months’ time. The President has said that, as part of his drive against drug lords, he will sign the death warrant in the […]
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Thursday, February 14th, 2019
කිතුල්හිටියාව – ජේ. බී. බුලාගල උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින මට දරුවන්ට දෙන්න කිරි මදිවෙලා තිබුණා * උදේ පුතා කෑගහලා – ඇස් උඩ ගිහින් තිබුණා – මව සාක්කි දෙමින් කියා සිටී ආහාර නොලැබීම හා විජලනය හේතුවෙන් මාස එකහමාරක ළදරුවකු දඹුල්ල මූලික රෝහලට ඇතුළත් කිරීමේදී මියගොස් තිබේ. මෙසේ මියගොස් ඇත්තේ කරවිලගල හන්දිය පලාගල යන ලිපිනයේ පදිංචි මුණසිංහ අච්චි ලේකමලාගේ […]
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Thursday, February 14th, 2019
වව්නියාව මෙම වසරේ නිර්මාණාත්මක, තරුණ කලා ප්රවර්ධන ත්යාගය සහ තරගකරුවන් තෝරා ගැනීම සඳහා උතුරු පළාත් සංස්කෘතික දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ඉල්ලුම් කර තිබේ. පළාත් සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ සහකාර අධ්යක්ෂ සී. සිග්වා මහත්මිය විසින් 20 වන දිනට පෙර මෙම අයදුම්පත් ඉදිරිපත් කළ යුතු බව නිවේදනය කර තිබේ. මෙම තොරතුරු උතුරු පළාතේ ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාල සහ ප්රාදේශීය සංස්කෘතික නිලධාරීන් හරහා […]
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