Courtesy BBC The family of a man who died while swimming in Sri Lanka have been told experts are only 80% certain his body was correctly identified. John Sims, 60, died after he went into the sea in Tangalle at about 22:00 GMT on 12 January 2013. The inquest into the businessman’s death heard his body […]

TOM MURRAY  Courtesy stuff.co.nz On a recent trip to Sri Lanka, I had the opportunity to take in the country’s stunning national parks. While it doesn’t boast Africa’s famous Big Five, Sri Lanka’s Big Four (leopards, elephants, sloth bears, and blue whales) are becoming an increasing draw for nature tourists from around the world. In […]

වැසිවනාන්තර සුරකින්නන්ගේ සංවිධානය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සුවිශේෂම පරිසර පද්ධතියක් වන මුතුරාජවෙල තෙත්බිම ඉතා ඉහල ජෛව විවිධත්වයකට උරුමකම් කියන්නා වූ පරිසර පද්දතියක් වන අතර එම තෙත්බිම හෙක්ටෙයාර 6300 ක පමණ ප‍්‍රදේශයක් පුරා ව්‍යාප්තව ඇත. ස්වභාවික සම්පත් සංරක්ෂණය පිලිබඳ ජාත්‍යන්තර සංගමය (IUCN)  ආයතනය මගින්  සිදු කල අධ්‍යනයකින් සත්ත්ව විශේෂ 209ක්, ශාක විශේෂ 194 ක්, මත්ස්‍ය වර්ග 40 ක්, […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Sept 28 – Sri Lanka’s mid year population as at 2017 was estimated at 21.444 million, a rise from 21.203 million estimated in 2016, latest official data showed here Friday. According to a report in Ceylon Today, quoting official data, since 2012, Sri Lanka’s population has increased by 1,019, million. The highest […]

උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම ඓතිහාසික පිදුරංගල රජමහ විහාරස්ථානයේ පිහිටි ගල මතට නැඟ අඩ නිරුවතින් ඡායාරූප ගෙන මුහුණුපොත හරහා අන්තර්ජාලයට මුදාහැර තිබූ බවට සැකපිට අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් තරුණයන් තිදෙනා ඔක්තෝබර් 03 දින දක්වා රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කරන ලෙස දඹුල්ල මහෙස්ත්‍රාත් කෝසල බණ්ඩාර ඉලංගසිංහ මහතා ඊයේ (27දා) නියෝග කළේය. මෙසේ බන්ධනාගාරගත වූයේ ගලේවෙල ප්‍රදේශයේ පදිංචි ශාමික දිල්ශාන් අබේවික්‍රම, සපුමල් දීමන්ත සුබසිංහ, […]

Courtesy BBC Sri Lankan police have arrested three men who were among a group who took semi-nude photos of themselves at an ancient sacred site. The young Sri Lankan men posted the images of themselves at Pidurangala Rock on Facebook. It prompted an angry reaction from people who considered them a religious insult, reports BBC […]

Courtesy Mail on line The trio were accused of desecrating a Buddhist site after they pulled down their pants for a cheeky picture against the backdrop of the famous Sigiriya rock, a UNESCO site set in the middle of a jungle in central Sri Lanka Three men who exposed themselves near a Sri Lankan temple […]

(Published in New York Times in Aug 2013) By PAUL KRUGMAN The rupiah is falling! Head for the hills! On second thought, keep calm and carry on. In case you’re wondering, the rupiah is the national currency of Indonesia, and, like many other emerging-market currencies, it has fallen a lot over the past few months. The […]

 A HELPLESS PATRIOT 1The Prime Minister with his Royal buddies is destroying the country and the Sinhala Nation 2The Speaker is destroying the Parliament and its traditions and all democratic  values by not listening to the Opposition views 3 The President is in a deep slumber The Parliament, governance and law and order have disappeared […]

King Tissa from Heavens – All beings on earth deserve the right to live and nature will take care of balance, but humans are not authorized to do so- Excerpts from Buddha’s teaching – In a surprise move on the 20th Sept. the GOSL removed the ban on slaughter of Wild boar, transport and sale of […]

By A. Abdul Aziz. 1. Do not be rude in speech (3:159) 2. Restrain Anger (3:134) 3. Be good to others (4:36) 4. Do not be arrogant (7:13) 5. Forgive others for their mistakes (7:199) 6. Speak to people mildly (20:44) 7. Lower your voice (31:19) 8. Do not ridicule others (49:11) 9. Be dutiful […]

PRESS RELEASE UK Registered Charity Helplanka, has helped children through education in Sri Lanka for 14 years and conducts an annual Volunteer Programme, organised and led by Chief Executive Sam Goonetillake to Sri Lanka. This year, 2 groups participated in the Helplanka Volunteer Experience from 2 schools in Wales UK. 30 students and teachers from […]

COLOMBO, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — A cultural event showcasing the Maritime Silk Road has started in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, strengthening the cultural ties between Sri Lanka and China. The Floral Whisper Along the Silk Road-Culture Journey of Maritime Silk Road is hosted by the Administration of Culture, Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of […]

The Yomiuri Shimbun Courtesy The Japan News Umesh Rajapaksha, left, and other Sri Lankans serve homemade curry at an event at Bannaji temple in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, on July 15. 7:55 pm, September 22, 2018 The Yomiuri ShimbunASHIKAGA, Tochigi — The number of Sri Lankan residents of Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, has increased rapidly recently, surpassing the […]

Source: The Print Yasantha Rajakarunanayake was the toast of the internet this week after the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos called the Sri Lankan smarter than him.  New Delhi: Yasantha Rajakarunanayake is surprised Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, remembers him three decades after they lost touch. The Sri Lankan scientist, now based in the US, […]

සපුමල් ජයසේන උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම කලාවැව වනෝද්‍යානයේ විසූ අලි රංචුවකට නායකත්වය ලබා දුන් සද්දන්තයකු ඇතකුගේ පහරකෑමට ලක්වී මියයෑමත්, ඉන් පසුව උෟට සිය රැළේ අවසන් ගෞරව හිමිවූ ආකාරය පිළිබඳව හද සසල කළ පුවත ඉකුත් සතියේදී අපට අසන්නට ලැබිණි. අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙහි ඇති සුවිසල් ජලාශයක් වූ කලාවැවට යාබදව පිහිටි මහ වනය වනජීවී සංරක්‍ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් ජාතික වනෝද්‍යානයක් ලෙස ගැසට් කොට […]

By P.K.Balachandran/DailyFT There are clear signs that Pakistan’s freshly minted Prime Minister, Imran Khan, will make a sincere effort to reduce corruption and maladministration in the domestic sphere. In foreign affairs he is likely to make a brave attempt to mend fences with arch rival India and put ties with the US on a realistic […]

තුෂාර පාදුක්ක ස්ථානාධිපතිතුමා, දෙහිවල පොලිස් ස්ථානය දෙහිවල සත්වෝද්‍යානය ඉදිරිපිට කුඩා දරුවන්ට බරපතළ ලෙස හිංසා කරන වෙළෙඳුන් ඉවත් කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලීම ඊයේ (20/09/2018 වෙනි දින ) මම මාගේ අවුරුදු දෙකක් පමණ වන කුඩා දරුවා සහ නිවැසියන් සමග දෙහිවල ජාතික සත්වෝද්‍යානය නැරඹීමට ගියෙමි. ආපසු පැමිණීමේදී, නරඹන්නන්ට පිටතට පැමිණීමට නොහැකි වන පරිදි ගේට්ටුව අවහිර කරමින් වෙළෙඳුන් පිරිසක් කුඩා […]

Talks at Google Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York City. He wrote Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism and […]

Fatima Yasmin  Muslim religious organisations in Sri Lanka have called on the government to ‘medicalise’ female circumcision to ensure the procedure is done under hygienic conditions. In their submission before the Parliamentary Committee on Women and Gender early this month, the Muslim groups stated that the Muslim community was very concerned about moves to ban […]

lanka C news ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම ආසියානු කුසලාන තරගාවලියේ දී බංගලාදේශයට සහ ඇෆ්ගනිස්ථානයට පරාජය වීම ජාත්‍යන්තර සබඳතා තවදුරටත් ශක්තිමත් වීමක් යැයි ජනප්‍රිය හඬ කැවීම් ශිල්පියෙකු වන සමරේ අගමැති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතාගේ කටහඬ අනුකරණය නිකුත් කර ඇති වීඩියෝවක් සමා ජාලාවන්හි අතිශයින් ජනප‍්‍රියයි. ඉදිරිදේ සෝමාලියවෙට උගන්ඩාවටද පරාජය වී තව තවත් ජාත්‍යන්කර සබදතා ශක්තිමත් කරන බව […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Indian Minister and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi has written to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena requesting him to free elephant ‘Bandula’ from Dehiwala Zoo, the NDTV reported on Monday. In her letter, Ms.Gandhi said many in Sri Lanka have reached out to her about the “plight of Bandula” who is […]

Nimal Tissa Wijetunga  FIFireE.MSFPE MIRM Certified Fire Protection Specialist, National Fire Protection Association, USA.(CFPS) When designing a fire alarm system to protect your building, there are many factors which you should take into consideration. Unfortunately, if you want a reliable and safe system, mere compliance with the legal requirements may not be enough. To make sure your building […]

Kirthimala Gunasekera Courtesy The Daily Mirror This article refers to the article published in the Daily Mirror titled ‘Govt. to introduce online property registration service’ published on April 11, 2018. (http://www.dailymirror.lk/148557/Govt-to-introduce-online-property-registration-service) According to this newspaper article, the government is introducing an online property registration service with the aim of moving up the Ease of Doing Business […]

Courtesy Kuwait Times COLOMBO: A Kuwaiti man and woman convicted of assaulting customs officers at Sri Lanka’s main international airport were handed a six-month jail sentence suspended for five years, an official said yesterday. A magistrate sentenced on Friday the 32-year-old woman and her 29-year-old male partner, who were also fined 138,000 rupees ($860). They […]

Letter to the editor:  Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai, Dehiwela The most contentious issue about the MMDA is the demand to appoint female Qazis. Whether this demand comes from a feminist point of view, wanting to be equal in everything to men,  (which indirectly indicates the notion  that men are considered superior ) or because of […]

BY EDOUARD MORTON Courtesy The South China Morning Post Singapore’s anti-gay laws face challenge as India celebrates ruling A Singapore DJ has filed a court challenge against a colonial-era law that bans gay sex in the conservative city state following India’s scrapping of similar legislation. Johnson Ong Ming, 43, also known as DJ Big Kid, filed his […]

Courtesy The Globe Post Sri Lankan war widows and women in former conflict zones are being forced to sell their kidneys to pay loan sharks. Sri Lankan war widows and women in former conflict zones are being forced to sell their kidneys to pay loan sharks, a U.N. expert said Tuesday, urging government intervention. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, […]

Courtesy NZ Herald The President of Sri Lanka has launched a tirade against the country’s national airline over the quality of nuts he was served as an in-flight snack, news.com.au reports. In an extraordinary outburst, President Maithripala Sirisena complained he was served second-rate cashews on a Sri Lankan Airlines flight from Kathmandu, Nepal to Colombo, Sri […]

කේ.එස්. උදය කුමාර් උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම ඉකුත් රජය සමයේ මැදමුලන ප්‍රදේශයේ ඩී.ඒ. රාජපක්‍ෂ අනුස්මරණ කෞතුකාගාරය ඉදිකිරීමේදී රුපියල් මිලියන 33ක රජයේ අරමුදල් සාවද්‍ය ලෙස පරිහරණය කළේ යැයි චෝදනා කරමින් හිටපු ආරක්‍ෂක ලේකම් ගෝඨාභය රජපක්‍ෂ මහතා ඇතුළු විත්තිකරුවන් 07 දෙනකුට එරෙහිව නීතිපතිවරයා විසින් ගොනුකර ඇති නඩුව විභාග කිරීම සඳහා අධිකරණයට බලයක් නොමැති බවට විරෝධතාවක් මතු කරන බව විත්තිකාර ගෝඨාභය […]