Yasas Vishuddhi Abeywickrama – 99 Group of Ananda College Ananda College Colombo and Jaffna Hindu College recently concluded their annual events that are organized with the aim of national reconciliation and supporting the north-south dialogue. The Sivagurunathan Memorial Challenge”, a unique cricket encounter between the two beacons of Hindu and Buddhist educational institutions in Sri […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera I was intrigued to read the above news item in Today and wonder what is the definition of a Leader ? Oxford definition is ! The person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country: or  a  protest group- natural leader Among the past people who were playing the role of […]

By Professor Asoka N.I. Ekanayaka Emeritus Professor May 16, 2016, 9:00 pm The ‘high level consultative dialogue on preventing ragging’ organised by the UGC last month was a step in the right direction and it was encouraging to note the commitment of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to eliminating ragging as reflected in his remarks at that […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror The service of officials like former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa is felt all the more at this time when the city has been hit by flash floods causing many hindrance to the people, Pivthuru Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary MP Udaya Gammanpila today said. Addressing a news conference, he said […]

By Bandula Jayasekara Courtesy The Island May 15, 2016, 9:35 pm I hear from my friends connected to the government in Ottawa that Gary (name taken) Anandasangaree , Member of Parliament in Canada, has prevented a motion in parliament to declare January as Tamil Heritage month and next Monday (today) there will be a roundtable in […]

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Courtesy Mail on line (UK) Nishi Uggalle, ten, scored the highest possible mark of 162 in the IQ test She scored 142 in second element, putting her in top one per cent of nation Nishi’s score and subsequent IQ of 162 is two points higher than Einstein Parents say she is a […]

වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති තමන් කුඩා කාලයේ – ඒ කියන්නේ වයස අවුරුදු 12 ක් 13 ක් විතර කාලයේ, නිකවැරටිය පැත්තේ තිබුණු දේවාලයකට කිහිප වතාවක් ම යන්න මේ ලේඛකයාට අවස්ථාව ලැබුණා. ඒ, ඒ තරම් අඩු වයසක දී දෙවියන්ට කියලා විසඳගන්න මොකුත් ප්‍රශ්නයක් තිබුණු හින්දා නෙවෙයි. අපි කාටත් ඒ වගේ වයස්වල දී දෙමව්පියන්, නෑදෑයන් පස්සෙන් යන්න අවස්ථා, අනුග්‍රහයන් ලැබෙනවානේ. […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න       මහායාන හා හීනයාන නමින් බුධ්ධාගම් දෙකක් විය. හීනයානය  ථේරවාදය විය. ථෙරවාදයම මුල සිංහල.  සිංහල ඕල්කොට්  තම්බය්යා  ආදේවශයෙන් පසුව හැඳින් වුනි. එසේ කලේ එක එක අවස්ථාවල  එලියට ආ මතිමතාන්තර අනුව ඒවා යේ ඇති වෙනස් කම් ජනතාවට හඳුන් වා දීම පිණිසය. මෙසේ කිරීම ජාති කුඅ අනුව බුදු දහම වර්ග කිරීමක් නොවේ. තේරෙන  […]

Vijaya Dharma Buddhist Vihara  Los Angeles, Bodhi puja and special sermons to honor the troops who gave their lives to fight evil on May 19, 2016 at 6 pm at the temple premises. Anusasana by Ven. Dr. Walpola Piyananda, chief Sanganayaka, USA. A special sermon by Ven. Dr. Medagoda Abayathissa, the Principal and Administrator of […]

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Sri Lankan Army Commander  Sarath Fonseka came out with a bombshell statement some days ago in Parliament. The ex-army chief now a Cabinet minister in the Sirisena – Wickremesinghe Government accused his erstwhile comrade -at – arms and former Secretary of Defence  Gotabhaya Rajapaksa of having stage managed” an assassination […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Year 2014 was  a turning point for the United National Party ( with no luck for  JVP) as a well-orchestrated plan was launched with the help of powerful  uncontestable and believable media drive with the help of some disgruntled politicians, artists  and journalists   who have turned the wheel of the country’s development […]

lanka C news ජවිපෙ නායක අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා පසුගියදා අයර්ලන්තයේ සිදුකල සංචාරයේදී තවත් තොරතුරු එම අවස්ථාවන් සියැසින් දුටු ලාංකිකයෙක් විස්තර කරයි. යුරෝපයේ වෙසෙන වජිර කමල් සමරක්කොඩි අයර්ලන්තයේ ඩබ්ලින් ගුවන්තොටුපලේදී ජවිපෙ නායකයා මුණ ගැසී ඇති අතර ඔහු එහිදී නැවතී සිටි හෝටල් ගැනද විස්තර කරයි. වජිර කමල් විසින් අදාල චාර්කාව ගැන තවත් තොරතුරු හෙලි කරමින් අන්තර්ජාලය […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Right to reply ………. When you read the opinion column in today’s Island ,I am tempted to comment and justify and substantiate the invitation sent by President elect of Uganda extended to our President ( sorry ex-president) of Sri Lanka . After Mrs Banadaranyake became the first woman prime  minister  in the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Digambaram warns NPC Chief Wigneswaran who used the same phrase to snub Tamil Nadu Palani Digambaram, the leader of the National Union of Workers (NUW) and the Up-country New Villages, Estate Infrastructure and Community Development Minister has rejected a proposal made by Northern Provincial Council (NPC) to institute a separate regional […]

FLSP Politburo Member Duminda Nagamuwa explains why IT sector first attacked

Adaderana A separate National War Heroes Commemoration Ceremony 2016 will also be held under the patronage of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa  in Kurunegala, MP Bandula Gunawardena says. The observation was made during a press conference held in Colombo this afternoon (13). According to him, the ceremony will be held at the Buddha Maha Pirivena in […]

www.mahinda.info හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ උගන්ඩා සංචාරය ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ 5 වන විධායක ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා උගන්ඩා ජනරජයෙන් ලැබුණු නිල ආරාධනයකට අනුව මැයි 11 වන දා උගන්ඩාව බලා පිටත්ව යාමට නියමිතය. උගන්ඩා ජනරජයෙන් මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට මෙම නිල ආරාධනාව ලැබී ඇත්තේ එරට ජනාධිපති යොවේරි කජුටා මුසෙවෙනි මහතාගේ හයවෙනි වරට ජනාධිපති පදවි ප‍්‍රාප්ති ජාතික උත්සවයේ […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera This month is full of weddings where five start hotels earn a fortune and parents of brides and grooms empty their hard earned coffers to the bottom and even scrape or borrow to show off the society that they are better than other .! I was at a wedding yesterday ,in fact […]

Courtesy adaderana President Maithripala Sirisena is scheduled to address the Anti- Corruption Summit – 2016 being held in London today at around 2.30pm (local time) and it will be telecast live on Ada Derana 24X7. The President and the delegation left the country from Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake yesterday to participate in the summit which […]

Editorial Courtesy Ceylon Today It was reported that President Maithripala Sirisena will visit India today. Accordingly, the President is expected to attend a number of functions organized by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), during his tour. Thereafter, the President will be meeting Narendra Modi to hold discussions pertaining to the fisheries issues affecting both countries. President […]

Dr. Mahes Ladduwahetty  (via e-mail) Courtesy The Island published in 2009/04/07/ The several thousand Tamil civilians being placed in jeopardy by the LTTE as the end game draws to a close shows the LTTE’s persistent and callous disregard for its loyal supporting cast of civilians drawn into the separatist Eelam cause. Pressured by the LTTE’s supporting diaspora, legislators and diplomats in countries like the US, […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න සමහරඅ  යට අවශ්‍යකොටි පරදා තමන්ට සාමය දුන් මහින්ද ට කෙලෙහිගුණ සැලකීමට නැවත බලයට පත් කිරීමය ඒ අරමුණ ද  සුදනන්ගේම විශිෂ්ට අරමුණකි  . සමහර යට  විශේෂයෙන්ම දිව වාසු විතාරණ වැනි ය බලන්නේ මහින්ද ඉස්සර කරගෙන  තමන්ට තැනක් ගැනීමය ඒ  ඔවුන්ට චන්ද බලයක් නැති නිසාය  ගිය වතාවේ මහින්දට චන්දය දුන්  58 ලක්ෂයෙන් කීයෙන් කී දෙනෙකුට […]

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission Dr. Deepika Udagama Chairman, National Human Rights Commission Head Office, No. 165 Kynsey Road, Borella, Colombo 08 Sri Lanka Dear Dr. Deepika Udagama, Request for special action regarding Ms M K Malani, presently being held at the Dumbara-Bogambara Prison – tortured, sexually abused and incarcerated under fabricated […]

Dharma Voices for Animals Colombo, Sri Lanka Chapter With Vesak around the corner it is an appropriate time to place stress on the Buddha’s teachings particularly on the protection of animals, natural environment and the value of forests. Because once they disappear from our midst as a result of unsustainable development there is no known human […]

Ratanapala 12 May 2016 Please watch the movie – Weight of Chains – The story of what happened to former Yugoslavia. This has many parallels to what is currently happening in Sri Lanka. These include the US / Britain involvement; the role of NGOs, INGOs and the Church; Use of local oligarchs and rich; Use […]

Media Release  Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights in Sri Lanka (SPUR) NSW Inc. Sydney Australia 11 May 2016 A day after the country witnessed an unprecedented turnout and spontaneous worker support at the May Day rally where ex-President Mahinda Rajapakse was in attendance, his personal guard of army commandos have been withdrawn by the government […]

By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island * SC considers coal tender a matter of public interest * PAB confirms bidder had improper communication with Tender Board * Petitioner alleges cabinet was misled by Power and Energy Minister May 10, 2016, 12:00 pm In the old days when people spoke of corruption by those wielding political […]