Author Archive for Forum & Letters
Wednesday, February 13th, 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 […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
ජයත් ශ්රී බණ්ඩාර උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම ‘එදා රිසානා දැරියගේ හිස ගසා දමන අවස්ථාවේ ඇයව බේරාගන්න උත්සාහ නොකළ පිරිස් අද මාකඳුරේ මධුෂ් බේරා ගන්න දැඩි උත්සාහයක නිරත වෙනවා.’ යැයි ජාතික භික්ෂු පෙරමුණ පවසයි. ඊයේ (12දා) පැවැති මාධ්ය හමුවකට එක් වෙමින් මේ බව පැවැසුවේ එම පෙරමුණේ ප්රධාන ලේකම් වකමුල්ලේ උදිත හිමියෝය. උදිත හිමියෝ මෙසේද පැවැසූහ. පාලකයෝ සෑම විටම […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
Vivek Trivedi | News18.com Govind, a staunch supporter of PM Modi, had liked one of his tweets which was later also liked by Hansini. Curious, Govind searched about her online and soon they became friends. Bhopal: There couldn’t have been a better Valentine’s Day week for Hansini Edheerisinghe, a Sri Lankan woman who got married […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
By Reuters and Chris Dyer For Mailonline Sri Lankan government advertising for hangmen after last executioner quit The stress of seeing the gallows for the first time led last hangman to leave President wants to resume the use of capital punishment for drug traffickers New hardline policy by Maithripala Sirisena to mimic Philippines death squads […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2019
කැෆේ සංවිධානයේ වැඩ බලන විධායක අධ්යක්ෂ අහමඩ් මනාස් මකීන් පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණය නොපැවැත්වීමේ සැලසුම් කුමන්ත්රණකාරී ලෙස ක්රියාත්මක නොකර වහාම පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණය පවත්වන්නැයි කැෆේ සංවිධානය කියයි. එම සංවිධානයේ වැඩබලන විධායක අධ්යක්ෂ අහමඩ් මනාස් මකීන් මහතා සඳහන් කළේ මේ වනවිට පවතින ජාතික දේශපාලන ගැටළුව වෙනුවෙන් පළාත් සභා බිල්ලට නොදිය යුතු බවයි. වර්තමානය වනවිට ඇතැම් පාර්ශව පළාත් […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2019
Gamini Parakrama Dissanayake On behalf of Sri Lankans in Tokyo Mr. Mahinda Deshapriya Chairman ELECTION COMMISSION Elections Secretariat, P.O. Box 02, Sarana Mawatha, Rajagiriya, 10107, Sri Lanka We Sri Lankans in Tokyo, Japan are kindly requesting you to hold provincial elections without any further delay. You have the sole authority to hold such elections and if you have any obstructions, you […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Monday, January 28th, 2019
(Carmela Odoni) Courtesy Swissinfo.ch The Swiss authorities have published a report aimed at shedding light on a long-running, partly illegal adoption programme involving hundreds of children from Sri Lanka. Martin Klöti, a member of the St Gallen cantonal government, said on Monday that it was necessary to account for the past and help the children find […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Monday, January 28th, 2019
lanka C news හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ බාල පුත් රෝහිත රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහ ටට්යානා ජයරත්න මහත්මියගේ විවාහයට ආශීර්වාද පැතීමේ දේව මෙහෙයක් කතෝලික ආගමානුකූලව බම්බලපිටිය ශාන්ත මේරි දේවස්ථානයේ දී ඊයේ පස්වරුවේ පැවැත්වින. මෙම අවස්තාව සදහා ජනාධිපති මෛත්රීපාල සිරිසේන ඇතුළු දේශපාලනඥයන් ව්යාපාරිකයන් බොහෝදෙනෙකු සහභාගී වී සිටියහ. මෙම දෙදෙනාගේ විවාහ මංගල උත්සවය තංගල්ල කාල්ටන් නිවසේ දී පැවති […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | 5 Comments »
Friday, January 25th, 2019
හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ බාල පුතු වන ඊයේ දිනයේ විවිාහ දිවියට ඇතුළු වූ රෝහිත රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සිය විවාහය වෙනුවෙන් අලුත්ම ගිත වීඩියෝවක් නිකුත් කර තිබේ අගනුවර තරු හෝටලවල මෙතෙක් පැවති තරු මංගළ්යන් සියල්ලට සැමතින්ම අභියෝග කරමින් වීරකැටියේ වැවු තාවුල්ලක සිය මංගල උත්සවය ඉතා සරල චාම් නමුත් ගාමභීරව සංවිධානය කරන්නට රෝහිත රාජපක්ෂ කටයුතු කර තිබුනේ […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Thursday, January 24th, 2019
Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL) Public Lecture The Illustrated Mahāvaṃsa: Paintings from a 12th Century Myanmar Temple” by Dr. Hema Goonatilake On Monday 28th January 2019 at 5.00 p.m. at the Gamini Dissanayake Auditorium No. 96, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 07 ALL ARE WELCOME When Myanmar got her independence, the first country she wanted to have foreign […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Thursday, January 24th, 2019
Somaweera Sirisinghe of Auckland, New Zealand The issue of dual citizenship held by politicians arose recently in Australia and in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka an MP’s election was declared void due to the person being a citizen of another country as well. Then stories of others of same genre were coming out of the […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | 5 Comments »
Thursday, January 24th, 2019
lanka C news හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ බාල පුත් රෝහිත රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද දිනයේ විවාහ දිවියට එළැඹුනේය. වීරකැටියේදී පැවත්වෙන මෙම මංගල උත්සවය සදහා දේශපාලන නායකයන්, ව්යාපාරිකයන් ඇතුළු බොහෝ දෙනෙකු සහභාගී වී සිටිති. මේ විවාහය සදහා කිසිදු ආකාරයක මත්පැන් සැපයීමක් සිදු නොකෙරෙන රණවරා, බෙලිමල්, දිවුල් යුෂ අමුත්තන්ට බීම සහා ලබා දෙයි. ආහාර සදහා ලබා දෙන්නේ […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana Seven students from South Eastern University have been arrested for posting photographs of themselves standing on the ruins if ancient Kiralagala stupa, the Police Spokesperson stated. A group of youths had recently taken photographs of themselves while standing on the ruins of Kiralagala stupa in Horowpathana and posted them on social media. The […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019
Sinharaja Protect Community Dear Friends Demonstration for Sinharaja in London. . we will stand for a peaceful demonstration on 24 th January 2019 at Old Palace yard at British Parliament square from 11.00 to 1.30 pm to make aware of ongoing destruction in the Sinharaja forest. The objectives of the demonstration, 1- Stop the construction of abusive roads […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019
Lanka Lead News ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කාබනික කෘෂිකර්මාන්තය විනාශ කරමින් දිවයින පුරා වසංගතයක් බවට පත්ව ඇති ‘සේනා දළඹුවා’ ශී්ර ලංකාවට පැමිණ ඇත්තේ ඉකුත් 2018 වසරේ මෙරටට ගෙන්වූ බඩඉරිඟු බීජත් සමඟ යැයි කෘෂිකර්ම දෙපාර්තමේන්තු අභ්යන්තර ආරංචි මාර්ග උපුටා දක්වමින් මුද්රිත සහ විද්යුත් මාධ්ය වාර්තා කර තිබේ. බහු ජාතික සමාගම් තුනක් හරහා මෙරටට බඩඉරිඟු බීජ ගෙන්වනු ලබන අතර […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019
Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka Inc (SPUR) MEDIA RELEASE – January 2019 The Society for Peace Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka (SPUR) joins other nationalist organisations in strongly rejecting the constitutional changes proposed in the report recently tabled at the Constitutional Assembly by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe. Under […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters, New Constitution | No Comments »
Sunday, January 20th, 2019
SENA MAHAWATTE Colombo 5 Courtesy The Island President Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR) made it possible for all Sri Lankans to live in safety and peace by totally defeating a ruthless terrorist organization by our valiant security forces a decade ago, in spite of these mighty powers who warned that these ruthless terrorists cannot be defeated, but banned […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Sunday, January 20th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana There is a doubt as to whether the plague of Fall Armyworm (Sena Caterpillars) is someone’s conspiracy to destroy agriculture in the country by importing food from other countries, said Leader of Opposition Mahinda Rajapaksa. He mentioned this following an event held in a temple in Beliatta, today (20). Further commenting, Rajapaksa stated […]
More >
Posted in Economy, Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019
Senaka Weeraratna A media conference was held on January 13, 2019 organised by Justice for Animals, a community project under the Sri Bodhiraja Foundation, to garner public support for the enactment of the Animal Welfare Bill. The panel consisted of three key speakers; Ven Dr Omalpe Sobhitha Thero – President of the Sri Bodhiraja Foundation, […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019
By GEORGE MARTIN Courtesy MAILONLINE Jon Lewin, 36, reportedly suffered a seizure while he was out surfing in Sri Lanka Three Scandinavian doctors were by chance also present but failed to save Jon His girlfriend Immy Clifton paid tribute to the photojournalist after his death PUBLISHED: 17:02, 15 January 2019 | UPDATED: 17:15, 15 January 2019 A British photographer and […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Monday, January 14th, 2019
I am delighted to convey my greetings and good wishes to all those who are celebrating the Thai Pongal throughout Sri Lanka and abroad on Tuesday. Being my maiden Thai Pongal message to the nation as Governor of the Western Province, I feel happier and more honored to pass on my sincere greetings on this […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Sunday, January 13th, 2019
By Frances Bulathsinghala/DailyFT Courtesy NewsIn.Asia It is after some months that I visited Jaffna three weeks back, to spend the holiday season. As in almost every visit, I make it a point to go to the Jaffna Public Library. Every time I climb those steps, it is with reverence mixed with a deep sadness. Reverence because […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Sunday, January 13th, 2019
By Frances Bulathsinghala/South Asian Monitor Courtesy NewsIn.Asia It is during the busy Christmas week that I boarded the night bus to Jaffna and taken to a world away from the glitter and glamour of seasonal festivities in the Colombo, which, depending on your temperament, could be just too much on your nerves. Jaffna, that historic ancient […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | 2 Comments »
Saturday, January 12th, 2019
Keerthi Hewagoda Hereby we complain regarding the ongoing destruction in Sinharaja, which is the last remanent virgin rain forest in Sri Lanka. With its high bio-diversity having a unique evolutionary history from the Gondwana assembly, particular bio-geographic features and with anthropological heritage; the Sinharaja offers immense scientific and cultural treasure for humanity. But the recent […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Thursday, January 10th, 2019
Mr. Namal Udara Piyasiri ගොවි පුතුන්ට ඇයි සලකන්නේ නැත්තේ…
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | 2 Comments »
Thursday, January 10th, 2019
Viewpoint by Kalinga Seneviratne This article is the 26th in a series of joint productions of Lotus News Features and IDN-InDepthNews, flagship of the International Press Syndicate. YANGON, Myanmar (IDN) – When I checked into a hotel at 10.00 pm in Central Yangon near the iconic Sule Pagoda, seeing a lot of South Asian Muslims around […]
More >
Posted in Buddhism, Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 9th, 2019
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 9, (newsin.asia): The High Commission of India, Colombo on Wednesday announced the offer for the following Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic sessions: Nehru Memorial Scholarship Scheme: under this scheme covers allUndergraduate courses(except Medical/Paramedical& Fashion Design course) including Engineering, Science, Business, Economics, Commerce, Humanities and Arts. […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 9th, 2019
Courtesy RT Good news for future astronauts and budding space tourists alike: spacebound microbes aren’t mutating into the humanity-threatening, antibiotic-resistant superbug form as many had previously feared. A new study by researchers at Northwestern University found that microbes on board the ISS mutated different genes than their Earthbound counterparts, either as part of natural selection […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2019
පේශල පසන් කරුණාරත්න සභාපති සමනල යෞවන සමාජය කළුතර දිස්ත්රික්කයේ වලල්ලාවිට ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශයට අයත් මීගහතැන්න නගරය වළල්ලාවිට, පැලවත්ත සහ මතුගම දක්වා විහිදෙන ප්රධාන මාර්ගයන් තුනක් එකිනෙක සම්බන්ධ වන අධික ජනාකීර්ණ නගරයකි. මීගහතැන්න මධ්ය මහා විද්යාලය, පොලිස් ස්ථානය, මහජන පොළ, පිරිවෙන, රෝහල, බැංකු ඇතුළු රාජ්ය සහ පෞද්ගලික ආයතන රැසක් මීගහතැන්න නගරය ආශ්රිතව පවතින අතර මේ නිසා අවට […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | No Comments »
Monday, January 7th, 2019
Stanley Perera.Melbourne, Australia. Sinhala Buddhist’s most loved leader Mahinda Rajapakse had been severely punished for the sins of Shivanthi, Namal and Yoshitha. Mahinda is not an angel. But he is also a human like you and me. What ever said and done and whatever he did bad in his time of reign must be forgiven […]
More >
Posted in Forum & Letters | 1 Comment »