Author Archive for Forum & Letters

“Before I am their equal I must first be their superior”: Some remarks on SWRD Bandaranaike’s days at Oxford

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 […]

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රිසානා බේරගන්න එදා වෑයම් නොකළ පිරිස් මධුෂ් බේරගන්න අද දඟලනවා

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 […]

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How Modi Played Cupid Between Lankan Girl and MP Boy Who Married in Valentine Week

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 […]

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Sri Lanka advertises for HANGMEN with ‘excellent moral character’ after previous executioner quit due to stress the first time he saw the gallows

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 […]

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පළාත් සභා කල්දාන්න කුමන්ත්‍රණකාරී සැලසුම් එපා!

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 […]

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Authority the Election commission in Sri Lanka has but not holding elections

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 […]

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Sri Lankan adoption scheme: questionable but not illegal

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 […]

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රෝහිත-ටට්යානා විවාහයේ පල්ලියේ චාරිත‍්‍ර මෙන්න..[Video/Photo]

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 […]

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‘ගම්මානෙ මැණිකයි ඔයා’.. රෝහිත රාජපක්‍ බිරිද වෙනුවෙන් ගැයු අලුත්ම ගීතය

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 […]

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Public Lecture on “The Illustrated Mahāvaṃsa: Paintings from a 12th Century Myanmar Temple”

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 […]

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Ditching the Dual Citizenship

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 […]

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රෝහිත රාජපක්‍ෂ විවාහ වෙයි.. සියවසක් මතක රන්දයි.. තරු හෝටල්-මස්-අරක්කු කිසිත් නෑ.. ගැමි කෑම බීම පමණයි..[Photo]

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 […]

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7 university students arrested for taking photos on Kiralagala stupa

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 […]

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Demonstration for Sinharaja in London, UK

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 […]

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ඒකාධිකාරිය වෙනුවෙන් බහුජාතික සමාගමක වැඩක් ? සේනා ලංකාවට ආපු හැටි හෙළිවෙයි!(Video)

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 […]

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Sri Lanka ‘Orumiththa Nadu’ – Constitutional Proposals for an Ungovernable Federal State

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 […]

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Task before Mahinda

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 […]

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Fall Armyworm could be a conspiracy against agriculture – Mahinda

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 […]

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Media Conference on the need to enact the Animal Welfare Bill 

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, […]

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British photographer, 36, dies after ‘suffering a seizure’ while surfing off the coast of Sri Lanka

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 […]

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Thai Pongal Message from Western Province Governor Hon.Azath Salley.

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 […]

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Narratives from Jaffna

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 […]

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Revisiting Jaffna’s mystique past and its famed Hindu sage Yogaswami’s ashram

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 […]

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Destruction of UNESCO World Heritage Sinharaja MAB  Forest Reserve  .

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 […]

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Pethikada, Sirasa TV With Bandula Jayasekara 10 th Of January 2019

Thursday, January 10th, 2019

Mr. Namal Udara Piyasiri ගොවි පුතුන්ට ඇයි සලකන්නේ නැත්තේ…

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Myanmar Buddhists Say International Media Is ‘Unfair’

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 […]

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India invites applications for scholarships

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. […]

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Life finds a way: Microbes on ISS mutating to survive the void of space

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 […]

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මීගහතැන්න නගරයෙහි පෙර තිබූ බස් මගී ආවරණ යලි ඉදි කර දෙන මෙන් මගීන් මැසිවිලි නගති.

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 […]

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Mahinda Rajapakse was punished severely.

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 […]

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