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AACE—Eugene T. Davidson, MD, Public Service Award 2024, for Recognizing Exceptional Accomplishments
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)
Dr. Sunil J. Wimalawansa, MD, PhD, MBA, DSc, Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, will be honored with the 2024 Eugene T. Davidson, MD, Public Service Award by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE). The award ceremony will occur during the 33rd Annual Scientific & Clinical Congress in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, in May 2024. The Eugene T. Davidson, MD, Public Service Award, named after a founder and former president of AACE, celebrates exceptional contributions to advancing AACE's mission of providing quality healthcare for patients with endocrine diseases and enhancing public... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/03/24)

Leveraging Trade for Sustainable Growth
By Sarath Wijesinghe President's Counsel (LL.M (UCL)), former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President of the Lanka Ambassador's Forum - United Kingdom, Solicitor in England and Wales, and Suchithra Withanage (LL.M (UK) (LL.M (UK) MBA (UK | Reading) LL.B (Hons) (UK)) Diploma in Law (UK) MCIArb (UK) MBCS (UK) MCMI (UK) ACIPR (UK) ASIArb (Singapore)
Historically, Sri Lanka has been a significant player in international trade, with its strategic location making it a key hub in the ancient maritime Silk Road. The country's history is marked by the export of spices, gems, and other valuable commodities, which have... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/03/24)

Deegawapiya Sacred Relics on Exposition in ‘Anuradhapura' Sacred City
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
•     The procession of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa and the Crest-Gem on exposition at Buddhist shrines in Anuradhapura. The island-wide public veneration of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa unearthed from the Deegawapiya site during excavations and the Crest-Gem commenced from Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya on August 30, (2023) to provide devotees with opportunity to pay their homage is continuing further. Accordingly, these revered articles will be on display at the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, Ruwanweli Maha Seya and Sandahiru Seya premises from March... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/03/24)

ETCA ගිවිසුම අත්සත් තබන දිනය ගම්මන්පිල හෙළිකරයි
උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර්
ඉන්දියාව සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අතර අත්සන් තබන එට්කා ගිවිසුම ඉන්දියානු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණය අවසන් වූ පසු අත්සන් තැබීමට සූදානම් වන බවට ආණ්ඩුවේම විශ්වාසදායි ආරංචි මාර්ග වලින් දැන ගන්න ලැබී ඇතැයි පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සදහන් කර සිටියේ පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකට එක් වෙමිනි. එහිදී පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායකයා වැඩිදුරටත් මෙසේ අදහස් දැක්වීය. එක්ටා ගිවිසුමට පූර්ව කොන්දේසි හතරක් මාර්තු මාසයේ දී එට්කා ගිවිසුම අත්සන් කරන බවට කටකතා තිබුනත් ඇත්තටම ගිවිසුම අත්සන් කරන්නේ ඉන්දියානු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණය... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/03/24)

සජබය මාලිමාවට වඩා ඉදිරියෙන්... ජනපතිවරණ අලුත්ම සමීක්ෂණ වාර්තාවක් එළියට
උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර්
ඉදිරි ජනාධිපතිවරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තර මට්ටමේ ප්‍රකට මත විමසුම් ආයතනයක් විසින් සිදුකරන ලද සමීක්ෂණ වාර්තාවක් පසුගිය සඳුදා දිනයේදී නිකුත් වී ඇති බව වාර්තා වේ. මෙම මත විමසුම සිදුකළ ආයතනය මෙරට ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂ – විපක්ෂ සියලුම දේශපාලන කඳවුරු මෙන්ම තානාපති කාර්යාල පවා පිළිගන්නා, ජාත්‍යන්තර කීර්තියට පත් ආයතනයක් බවත් ඔවුන් පසුගිය දශක දෙකක කාලය පුරා මෙරට දේශපාලනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් මත විමසුම් සිදුකර ඇති අතර ඒ සෑම අවස්ථාවකදීම ඉතා නිවැරදි තොරතුරු අනාවරණය කළ ආයතනයක් වශයෙන් සැලකෙන බවත් සඳහන් ය. එම සමීක්ෂණයට අනුව මේ වනවිට ඉදිරියෙන්ම සිටින්නේ විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා ප්‍රමුඛ සමගි ජන බලවේගය... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/03/24)

The India Factor in Sri Lanka’s Renewable Energy Sector
By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island
A recent India-Sri Lanka agreement for constructing renewable energy systems in three islands off the Jaffna coast reaffirms India’s domination of the sector. On March 1, the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority, the Government of Sri Lanka, and U-Solar Clean Energy Solutions from India signed an agreement for the construction of hybrid renewable energy systems on Nainativu, Delft (Neduntheevu), and Analaitivu islands situated in the Palk Bay. The three facilities which will have a combined renewable energy capacity of 2,230 kilowatts will be funded by a $11 million grant from... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/03/24)

Navy arrest nearly 150 Indian fishermen in 18 trawlers within SL waters this year
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Jaffna, March 17 (Daily Mirror) - The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a total of 18 Indian poaching trawlers and 146 Indian fishermen within Sri Lankan waters in 2024. In a latest incident, the Navy seized two Indian trawlers and arrested 21 Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters off the Delft Island. The Navy said they conducted a special operation to chase away Indian poaching trawlers from Sri Lankan waters during the dark hours of yesterday and the arrest was made during this operation. The Sri Lanka... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/03/24)

Sri Lankan ex-prez accuses Church of having role in his ouster
By Rubatheesan Sandran
Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s memoir claims regular dinner invitations from Cardinal Ranjith until the 2019 Easter Sunday attack A woman looks at the copies of the 'The Conspiracy' book written by toppled Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa displayed at a bookshop in Colombo on March 7. (Photo: AFP) Sri Lanka's former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has alleged in a new book that the Catholic Church played a key role in mass civil protests that blamed him for the nation’s worst economic crisis since independence and unseated him from power in July 2022. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/03/24)

Japan provides Rs. 3.3 billion grant assistance to Sri Lanka for several projects
Courtesy Adaderana
Sri Lanka and Japan today signed the Exchange of Notes pertaining to the grant assistance amounting to Japanese Yen 1,600 million (approximately LKR 3.3 billion) to be provided under the Japanese Economic and Social Development Programme. The Government of Japan, as one of Sri Lanka’s main development partners, provides concessional loans and various grant aid schemes such as the Economic and Social Development Programs, Technical Cooperation, Research Partnerships, Development Studies, and non-project grant aid with a view to improving the socio-economic status by strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries. During the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/03/24)

Unveiling the Beauty of Ceylon Sapphire and Gems
Palitha Ariyarathna – GIA Alumni Member
Ceylon, now known as Sri Lanka, is renowned for producing some of the world’s most exquisite sapphires. The rich blue hue of Ceylon sapphires has captivated gem enthusiasts for centuries, with its deep and mesmerizing shades reminiscent of the ocean at dusk. These precious gemstones are valued not only for their beauty but also for their rarity and unique color variations, ranging from cornflower blue to velvety indigo. In the world, Sri Lanka is one of the top gem-bearing countries, with over 75 varieties of precious and... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/03/24)

Economists in Sri Lanka Echo White Atlantic’s War on the World
e-Con e-News
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 10-16 March 2024 How many think ‘liberal’ only means extending ‘freedom’ as in ‘liberate’? – yet, think again – what ‘liberal’ really means is: the right of some individuals to own private property, not just land, but humans – by enslavement – as European history amply demonstrates!      ‘Neoliberalism’ – a misnomer widely popular among both so-called Left & Right – was coined by European economists, all funded by the Exxon-oil-tax-hideout, the Rockefeller Foundation, who sought to extend their white power. Those European economists... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/03/24)

How America Destroyed the German Economy
Cyrus Janssen
The German Economy is finished. Once the economic powerhouse of Europe, Germany is now struggling for economic survival and guess which country is most responsible? The United States! Germany's economy is crashing for three main reasons: Sky High Energy Prices, Reduced Exports to China, and Increased Military Expenditures. In today's video I'll break down exactly how the US is to blame for all three problems and show you why the future of the German economy has never looked this bad. 0:00 - Intro to German Economy 1:53 - 3 Major Problems with German Economy 2:25... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/03/24)

Global Muslim Leader Calls For Ceasefire In Gaza And Ukraine, Says Privileged Nations Are Wielding Their Veto ‘Like A Trump Card’
 by A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka.
“Where a veto power exists, the scales of justice can never be balanced” – Ahmadiyya Head. According to our Press Department, U.K., on 9 March 2024, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at the 18th National Peace Symposium hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK. The event was attended by more than 1,200 people including more than 550 dignitaries and guests who had gathered from 30 countries,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/03/24)

The German-American Strategic Depth Clown Show
PEPE ESCOBAR  Courtesy The Unz Review
The Four Stooges saga of Bundeswehr officers plotting to blow up the Kerch bridge in Crimea with Taurus missiles and getting away with it is a gift that keeps on giving. President Putin, in his comprehensive interview to Dmitry Kiselev for Russia 1/RIA Novosti, did not fail to address it: “They are fantasizing, encouraging themselves, first of all. Secondly, they are trying to intimidate us. As for the Federal Republic of Germany, there are constitutional problems there. They correctly say: if these Taurus hit that part of the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/03/24)

‘Your presence on the battlefield has boosted our combatants' morale, as they were aware that their health was being taken care of.' - Defence Secretary
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
‘I am extremely happy that the College has selected a timely theme this year: “Diversity and Inclusion towards Excellence in Military Medicine.” I firmly believe that striving for excellence in military medicine cannot be achieved by merely being knowledgeable and developing skills in military medicine but by creating and fostering an attitudinal and behavioural change, which is implied by the theme you have selected’. Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne made these remarks while taking the stage as the Guest of Honour at the Inaugural Ceremony of the Seventh Annual Academic... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/03/24)

සියම් දේශය සහ බෞද්ධ සබඳතා
මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්
            තායිලන්තය යනුවෙන් වර්තමානයේ හඳුන්වන රට අතීතයේ දී සියම් දේශය ලෙසට ව්‍යවහාර වුණි.මොන්ගෝලියානු ජන වර්ගයට අයත් කහ මිනිසුන් ගෙන් පැවත එන මේ රට වාසීන් ගේ සම්භවය සහ සංස්කෘතික හැදියාව වර්ධනය වනුයේ බෞද්ධ මූල ධර්මයන් අනුවයි.අතීතයේ දී තාඹුලිංගමුව යනවෙන් දැක්වුණු පෙදෙස දෙකට බෙදී බුරුමය සහ තායි සියම් දේශය යනුවෙන් බෙදී වෙන්  ව ගිය නමුදු දෙරටේම ක්‍රියාත්මක වනුයේ ථෙරවාදී බෞද්ධ සම්ප්‍රදායයි.තායිලන්තයේ අදටත් රාජවංශයක් පැවතෙයි.ඈත අතීතයේ සිට යුග ගණනාවකට සම්බන්ධ මේ රාජ වංශය වර්තමානයේ දැක්වෙන්නේ රාම රාජවංශය යනුවෙනි.බැංකොක් නුවර රාජධානිය කරගත් මෙම රාජකීයන් වර්තමාන දේශපාලන ක්‍රම හා සමගාමීව  රාෂ්ට්‍ර පාලනය ගෙන යන නමුත් පැරණි සම්ප්‍රදායන් අනුගමනය කිරීමට බෙහෙවින්ම කැමැත්තක්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/03/24)

India’s new Criminal law reforms are intended to remove all remnants of colonial servitude
Senaka Weeraratna
India has repealed three colonial-era laws that governed India’s Criminal Justice System namely the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Indian Evidence Act, and three new laws were enacted by the Parliament in December 2023. The three new laws are Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) 2023. The earlier laws were based primarily on the protection of the colonial rulers. Now, a new era has begun in India which is firmly grounded in the principles of ‘Citizen First-Justice... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/03/24)

ඉන්දියාව සමග ගනුදෙනු කළ යුත්තේ නරියාත් සමග ගමරාළ ගනුදෙනු කළ ආකාරයටයි - මහාචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය මැදගොඩ අභයතිස්ස හිමියෝ පවසති
උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර්
එදා මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා ජනාධිපති කර බලය ලබාගත්තේ ද රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා බවත්, එහෙත් ඔහුට එදා ඉන්දියානු කොන්ත්‍රත්තුව ඉටු කිරීමට ඉඩක් නොලැබුණු බවත් මහාචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය මැදගොඩ අභයතිස්ස හිමියෝ පවසති. 2019 වනවිට ගෝඨාභය මහතාටද ඉන්දියානු කොන්ත්‍රත්තුව ලැබුන බවත්,  එම කොන්ත්‍රාත්තුව ඉටු කිරීමට මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ වැනි ඒජන්තයන් යැවූ බවත් උන්වහන්සේ පවසති. මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ දිනක් තමන් වහන්සේව හමුවී අදානිගේ හොඳ ගැනත් ඉන්දියාවට පොරොන්දු වූ දේ නොකර සිටීමට නොහැකි බවත් පැවසූ බවද උන්වහන්සේ සඳහන් කරතිි. ඉන්දියාවත් සමග ගනුදෙනු කිරීමේ දී ගමරාළගේ දියණිය නරියාට දුන් කතාව වැදගත් වන බවද, ඉතිහාසය තුළ ඉන්දියාවත් සමග... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/03/24)

BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 14Gd
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Senior nurse Somawathi recalled that as the morning progressed the crowd was swelling to uncontrollable levels at Ampara   Base hospital, a large crowd had gathered in the public areas of the hospital .people were visibly upset Bhikkhus from Sri Vidyananda Pirivena, Mahawapi Vihare and from all around Ampara began arriving at the hospital along with neighboring dayakayas who had heard the news.  Some monks were openly weeping at the sight of the carnage. Some were angry, wondering if Ven. Indasara’s outspoken and strong stance against LTTE intimidation had got them killed. Some were quiet,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/03/24)

BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part  14Ge
KAMALIKA PIERIS
The intention of the LTTE in their Arantalawa attack was to destroy the Sri Vidyananda Pirivena. But the opposite happened. The late Indasara was  promptly  replaced by his pupil, Ven. Kirindiwela Somaratana. Ven. Somaratana  had recently left Sri Vidyananda Pirivena to pursue his higher studies at the Kelaniya University.  He returned immediately to Ampara when he heard about the massacre and took over as the  chief priest. He was 24 years old. He also took over the 40 or more temples that had been under the care of Ven. Indasara. Buddhists rallied around the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/03/24)

BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 14Gf
KAMALIKA PIERIS
After the Arantalawa massacre, the government offered one-time compensation to the victims’ families: Rs. 25,000 for the slain adults and Rs. 15,000 for the slain children. Even by 1987 standards, this was a paltry sum, observed analysts. Some families, such as Ven. Indasara‘s family, rejected the offer. But, most of the families of the slain monks were poor to refuse it. The victims’ families have received no further assistance from the government or any form of reparations. The survivors, received nothing at all, said analysts. D. M Siriyawathi, mother  of Wavinne Aththadassi ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/03/24)

Resilience and Challenges: Considering Sri Lanka's Socio-Economic and Legal Landscape
By Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel (LL.M (UCL)), former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President of the Lanka Ambassador’s Forum - United Kingdom, Solicitor in England and Wales, and Suchithra Withanage (LL.M (UK) (LL.M (UK) MBA (UK | Reading) LL.B (Hons) (UK)) Diploma in Law (UK) MCIArb (UK) MBCS (UK) MCMI (UK) ACIPR (UK) ASIArb (Singapore)
Sri Lanka, oft described as the ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’, is a nation that is as rich in history and culture as it is in natural beauty. The island, strategically located at the crossroads of major shipping routes connecting the East and... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/03/24)

A discussion on future developments of International Buddhist Center complex at Vidyalankara Pirivena, Kelaniya…
Prime Minister's Media Division
A special discussion was held on 14.03.2024 between Ven. Welamitiyawe Dharmakeerthi Sri Gnanarathana Thera, Chief Sanghanayaka of Colombo and Chilaw Districts,  Parivenadhipathi of Vidyalankara Pirivena, and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena regarding the future development of International Buddhist Center Complex located at Vidyalankara Pirivena, Kelaniya.The Secretary to the Ministry of Urban Development, Chairman of the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau, Director General of the Urban Development Authority, the Director General of the National Physical Planning Department, and officials of many other institutions including the Ministry of Buddha Sasana also joined the discussion.A group including State... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/03/24)

Environmentalists protest against Adani wind farm
Courtesy The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lankan environmental groups are intensifying their campaign against the proposed Adani wind farm in Mannar. They have accused the Sri Lankan political parties of having ignored the the disastrous environmental, social and economic implications of the Adani wind farm to be established in Mannar. Prominent among the senior environmentalists and scientists opposing the Adani project are Dr. Rohan Pethiyagoda and senior environmental lawyer Jagath Gunawardena. In an interview with The Island, Dr. Pethiyagoda said: “We see a foreign company coming to Sri Lanka literally... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/03/24)

එට්කා හරහා දේශීය වෙළෙඳපොළ, සේවා වෙළෙඳපොළ ඉන්දියාවට දෙන හැටි ඉංජිනේරු කපිල පෙරේරා අනාවරණය කරයි (වීඩියෝ)
උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර්
ඉන්දියාව වැනි ආරක්ෂකවාදී රටක් සමග වෙළෙඳ ගිවිසුම් අත්සන් කළද, එම ගමන සාර්ථක ලෙස යා නොහැකි බවත්, එට්කා යනු සාමාන්‍ය වෙළෙඳ ගිවිසුමක් නොවන බවත් වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ ජාතික පෙරමුණේ සභාපති ඉංජිනේරු කපිල පෙරේරා මහතා පවසයි. එට්කා හරහා මෙරට දේශීය වෙළෙඳපොළ ඉන්දියාවට විකුණා දමන බවද එමගින් දේශීය ව්‍යවසායකයා අමු අමුවේම විකුණා දැමෙන බවද ඒ මහතා පෙන්වා දෙයි. ඉන්පසුව මෙරට සේවා වෙළෙඳපොළ ද විකුණා දැමෙන බවත්, මේ හරහා සිදුවන්නේ සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම රට පාවා දෙන වැඩපිළිවෙලක් බවත් කපිල පෙරේරා මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව පැවසුවේ ඉකුත් 12 වැනිදා 'ඉන්දියානු ආක්‍රමණයේ මාර්ග සිතියම... එට්කා... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/03/24)

"2020 දී රට ණය බරින් නිදහස් කරනවා" - ජනපති රනිල්ගේ බොරු සහ අගමැති රනිල්ගේ පට්ට බොරු
උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර්
ලංකා ලීඩර් පාඨකයකු එවා ඇති 2016 දී පළ වූ පුවත්පත් සිරස්තලයක සඳහන් වන්නේ එදා අගමැති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහගේ ප්‍රකාශයකි. ඒ මගින් කියවෙන්නේ 2020 දී රට ණය බරින් නිදහස් කරගන්නා බවය. ඔහු එසේ කියන්නේ 2015 සිට 2016 දක්වා ඩොලර් මිලියන 10,000ක් ජාත්‍යන්තර ස්වෛරී බැඳුම්කර ණය ගැනීමෙන් පසුවය. සමස්තයක් ලෙස 2019 දක්වා ඔහු විසින් ඉතා ඉහළ පොලියකට එසේ ලබාගත් බාහිර ණය ප්‍රමාණය ඩොලර් මිලියන 12,000කි. එම ණය එදිනෙදා ගෙවුම්ශේෂ හිඟය  පියවා ගැනීමට මිස නිසි සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතියකට යොදා නොගත් බව රහසක් නොවේ. ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ පාලනය තුළ ණය ආපසු ගෙවීමට නොහැකිව හිරවන්නේ රනිල්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/03/24)

Arunya Indrajith Love Story-ඒ ප්‍රේමයටත් ඉඩ දෙමු අන්තර් වාර්ගික විවාහ නැතහොත් මිශ්‍ර විවාහ Interracial Marriage or Mixed Marriage ඉන්ද්‍රිජිත් සහ අරුණ්‍යාගේ කතාව
LIFE DOCS Athula Disanayaka
After the 30 years of war ragged in North and East of Sri Lanka, Tamil girl and Sinhalese boy started a love affair at Jaffna university. Their love affairs had a numerous social taboos and opposition. But finally they got married. ස්ත්‍රී-පුරුෂ ප්‍රේමය ඉදිරියේ අන් කිසිවක් දුහුවිල්ලක් තරම් නොවටී. ලෞකික ප්‍රේමය උත්කර්ශය නැගෙන්නේ එසේය. ප්‍රේමය ඉදිරියේ අධිරාජ්‍යයන්, රජුන් පවා දන ගැසූ අන්දම ඉතිහාස පොත් වල තිබේ. මේ ප්‍රේම කතන්දර වලදී ජාතිය, ආගම, කුලය පසෙක ලා, ඒවා කැප කොට, ඒවා දෙවැනි කොට සිය ප්‍රේමණීය විජිතයේ කිරුළු පැළඳි පෙම්වතුන් අප කොතරම් ආදරයෙන් වැළඳ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/03/24)

Victoria Nuland Received Her Warmest Felicitation Outside USA from President Gotabaya
Dilrook Kannangara
Victoria Nuland quietly retired recently after multiple failures around the world, particularly in Ukraine. Her “services” were never appreciated by the countries that received them! Except Sri Lanka under President Gotabaya. And the timing of the book release could not have been better. “On 22 March 2022, Victoria Nuland, the Under Secretary for Political Affairs of the US Department of State visited Sri Lanka. When she met me, she came across as being conciliatory and wanting to work with my government to overcome the economic crisis that Sri Lanka was facing. Usually, when high-ranking... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/03/24)

"Heading Back (for Harrison Perera)
Asoka Weerasinghe
Dreaming of the joy of wanting to make an offering of sharing moments of poems, music and the theatre there haven't been many who have walked beside me with the courage of a lion roaring at dinner circuits through polemical acts of ethnic hate and tensed moments. I have admired your conviction of not backing away from hastily constructed arguments parachuted with twisted horns and creepers. We have scanned the road together (with Asoka Yapa) praying for the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/03/24)

World Consumer Day 2024: Fair and Responsible AI for Consumers -The Case for Automation and Engineering
By Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel (LL.M (UCL London)), former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, former Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Authority, President of the Lanka Ambassador’s Forum - United Kingdom, Solicitor in England and Wales
In the era of rapid technological advancement, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an important force driving innovation across various sectors. As we celebrate World Consumer Rights Day 2024, the theme "Fair and Responsible AI for Consumers" urges us to reflect on the ethical and societal implications of AI, particularly in automation, such as automated vehicles, and engineering.AI's integration into automation and engineering has... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/03/24)

BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM PT 14Gc
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Gunaratna and Jayakody have given a full description of the massacre of samaneras at Arantalawa.   Gunaratna and Jayakody have interviewed persons who were   physically present at the massacre and obtained first person information.  .They speak of the joyful preparations and happy start to the charikawa, and then describe the massacre, as it was recalled to them is a very detailed account [1]  . On the day of the trip, Ven. Indasara had arrived at Sri Vidyananda Pirivena in his van. There, the samanera comprising mainly 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 year olds as... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/03/24)

BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM PT 14Ga
KAMALIKA PIERIS
There was a deep hatred of Buddhism within the Tamil Separatist Movement. Buddhists seem unaware of this, though it is clearly visible.  It is right under their noses.  This animosity is not new. I saw it as a schoolgirl in the 1950s in Kandy, both in my school and in the area where we lived. The Tamil Separatists are Hindu, Roman Catholic or Protestant Christian.  Of this group, Hindus lack animosity towards Buddhism. They think the two religions are related. But there is a deep hatred and contempt for Buddhism among the Christians.  Christians... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/03/24)

සෝභිත හිමිට සුගීෂ්වරගෙන් ප‍්‍රචන්ඩ ප‍්‍රහාරයක්.. ගිනි තියාගෙන අපවත් වෙන බව කීවාලු..
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
අවිස්සාවේල්ල ප්‍රදේශයේ අඩු ආදායම්ලාභී දිළිඳු පවුල් කීපයක දෘශ්‍යාබාධිත පුද්ගලයන් වෙත ඇස් කන්නාඩි බෙදා දීමේ අවස්ථාවකට සහභාගී වෙමින් හත් වන විධායක ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂගේ හිටපු පෞද්ගලික ලේකම් සුගීෂ්වර බණ්ඩාර  මේ දින වල ජනප්‍රිය මාතෘකාවක් බවට පත් වී ඇති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විසින් රචිත කුමන්ත්‍රණය නැමති ග්‍රන්ථයේ හෙළි කොකල කතාවක් වෙත  අවධානයට යොමු කරන ලදී. ජාතික මතවාදී කඳවුරට නායකත්වය ලබා දෙන පිරිස අතර සහ එම මතවාදය එළියේ සිටින ජනතාවට සන්නිවේදනය කරන චරිතයක් ලෙස ගෞරවය දිනා සිටි පූජ්‍ය ඕමල්පේ සෝභිත හිමියන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් “කුමන්ත්‍රණය” ග්‍රන්ථයේ 97 හා 98 පිටු වල සඳහන් කර ඇති කරුණු හේතුවෙන්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/03/24)

කමල්-ශවේන්ද්‍ර ගෝටාභයට ගේමක් ගැහුවා.. එගොඩවෙල ගෝටාභයව හිරකලා.. මරන්න ආවේ මුස්ලිම් අයයි…- සුගීෂ්වර මාධ්‍ය හමුවක
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
හිටපු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ පාලනය බිඳ වැට්ටවීමට ප්‍රධාන කුමන්ත්‍රණ කරුවා වන්නේ එවක ජනාධිපති ලේකම් පී බී ජයසුන්දර මහතා බව හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ පෞද්ගලික ලේකම් සුගීෂ්වර බණ්ඩාර මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිවරයාට කිසිදු පුද්ගලයෙකු මුණ ගැසීමට නොදී හිර කරන ලද්දේ ජෙනරාල් එගොඩවෙල බවටද ඔහු චෝදනා කරයි. ආරක්ෂක ලේකම් කමල් ගුණරත්න මෙන්ම එවකට හිටපු හමුදාපති ශවේන්ද්‍ර සිල්වාද ගැහුවේ ගේමක් බවත් හෙතෙම කියා සිටී. ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේ අන්තර්ජාල නාලිකාවක සාකච්ඡාවකට එක් වෙමිනි. එදා ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ මිරිහාන නිවස වට කළේ 150ක 180ක පිරිසක් පිරිසක් බවත්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/03/24)

එට්කා එපා!... සත්‍ය සෙවීමේ කොමිසම එපා! - මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂට සංඝ ආඥාවක්!
උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර්
හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ප්‍රමුඛ ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ ඇතුළු  ආණ්ඩුවට සම්බන්ධ ජනතා නියෝජිතයන්ට සංඝ ආඥාවක් නිකුත් කර තිබේ. ආර්ථික සහ දේශපාලනික අර්බුදය තුළ ජනවරමට පිටුපාමින් නැවත නිවැරදි කරගත නොහැකි ලෙස රට විදේශීය ආධිපත්‍යයට යටත් කිරීම, ආර්ථික මරමස්ථාන විකුණා දැමීම වහාම නැවැත්විය යුතු බවටත්, මහ නායක හිමිවරුන්ගේ අනුශාසනා පිළිගත යුතු බවටත් පක්ෂ විපක්ෂ සියලු දෙනාට දැනුම් දීම සඳහා  ත්‍රෛනිකායික විශේෂ ජාතික මහා සඟ සමුළුවක්  කැලණිය, නාමල්වත්ත මහා විහාරීය සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාවේ දී අද(14) දින පැවැත්විණි. එහිදී මෙම සංඝ ආඥාව නිකුත් කර තිබේ. ත්‍රෛනිකායික අනුනායක ස්වාමීන්වහන්සේලා නිකුත් කළ සම්මුති... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/03/24)

IMF technical assistance reports will be submitted to Parliament: President
By YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, March 14 (Daily Mirror) - President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said that he will submit the IMF technical assistance reports to Parliament soon.  The President in his latest X message said he will submit the reports to Parliament following a request by TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran during talks on Tuesday. The President met TNA MPs on Tuesday to dicuss the IMF assistance programme.  "MP Sumanthiran voiced a key concern regarding the availability of the IMF technical assistance reports. I committed to releasing these reports to the TNA and... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/03/24)

Sri Lanka refutes US claims of Chinese military base
By SUNIL JAYASIRI Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka has refuted recent claims from US intelligence that there are potential plans for a Chinese military base to be established on its soil. State Defence Minister Premitha Bandara Tennakoon told Daily Mirror that Sri Lanka has not engaged in any discussions with foreign governments, including China, regarding the establishment of a military base within its borders. “Sri Lanka has not held discussions with any foreign government including China for a possible establishment of a military base here in Sri Lanka,” the State Minister... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/03/24)

BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 14Gb
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Sarita Gunaratna and Dinesh Jayakody (2022) have provided a comprehensive, well-researched and heart-rending account of the brutal murder of samaneras at Arantalawa by the LTTE on June 3rd, 1987. The   essay is titled “The Saffron Children: Massacre of samanera: Aranthalawa, 35 years on”. The link is https://sundaytimes.lk/online/opinion/The-Saffron-Children/158-1137728 The account was compiled using the interviews with survivors, eye witnesses, first responders, family members of victims and others with direct involvement or knowledge of this event, as well as the sworn statements and affidavits obtained by the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and police. All other statements... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/03/24)

The Criminal Insanity of Climate Change: Direct Energy Weapons (DEW) Create Forest and Bush Fires, Destroying Entire Cities and Igniting Boats in the Sea.
By Peter Koenig Global Research, September 06, 2023
https://www.globalresearch.ca/direct-energy-weapons-create-forest-brush-fires/5828967 Climate change – climate change – climate change – the world is burning. The Global North with the CO2 emission is the culprit. Weather maps in Southern Europe and Australia are deep red. Add an invented degree or two, and they are going to be black. News are talking about 48 to 50 and more degrees C in Spain, Southern Italy, Sicily, Greece. Scary. Hardly anybody notices and reports that the temperatures are largely exaggerated by the media, to cause a fear and guilt effect. Possibly a precursor to... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/03/24)

Russian economy has grown despite sanctions: Study
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror
Vladimir Putin Colombo, March 13: Of the two countries that are at each other’s throats now – Russia and Ukraine – it is Ukraine which appears to be the underdog despite massive American and Western arms aid. While the Russian economy is growing despite severe US and European sanctions, Ukraine is facing a severe arms and manpower shortage with dim of chances of being rectified.  ADVERTISEMENT Given the possibility of Donald Trump coming back to power in the US, even the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/03/24)

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    B. MURALIDHAR REDDY in the war zone-Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09)
    Final assault
    B. MURALIDHAR REDDY in the war zone
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  • The war is over - With the death of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabakaran, the militant campaign for a Tamil state in Sri Lanka seems to have come to an end. -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09) LTTE RISE & FALL -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09)
  • Where is Prabakaran? -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09)
  • Great Power Confrontation in the Indian Ocean: The Geo-Politics of the Sri Lankan Civil War by Mahdi Darius Nazemroay -Full Story- (globalresearch.ca - 25/10/09)
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History

  • THE ANCESTRY OF RAVANA A close study of the Ramayana, particularly the last book or Uttara Kanda, reveals that Ravana, the enemy of Lord Rama, was not a Dravidian, as many people have thought, but related to the Sri Lanka, who are considered to be Aryans-that Ravana was a migrant to Sri Lanka from the Vedic family of the Yadus, perhaps deriving originally from the city of Mathura south of Delhi. The first wave of migrants to Sri Lanka from the north was from Gujarat and of the Yadu family, which dominated the southwest of India and from the region of Gujarat had access to the sea on which they travelled far in their trading and colonizing ventures. The Ramayana tells the Ravana, the king of Sri Lanka, had close connections with region of the Yadus, which included Gujarat, parts of Maharashtra and Rajasthan up to Mathura south of Delhi.
  • Beginning and growth of civilization in Sri Lanka
    123,000 BC - Oldest human found in Lanka - Pathirajawela in the deep South.
    12000 BC - MaduruOya findings World's oldest findings of the use of Steel, Copper, and irrigation technology
    7500 BC - Connections between Cambians, Sri Lankans, Ramayanaya & Mahabharataya The first wave of migrants to Sri Lanka from north India, were from the Yadu family from Gujarat. Yadus dominated the southwest of India (which included Gujarat, parts of Maharashtra and Rajasthan up to Mathura, just south of Delhi).
    6000 BC - Lankan city on Mahamevuna Uyana - Archeologists uncovered 35 feet under the present Mahamevuna Uyana in Anuradapura,
    3000 BC - Sigiriya is considered the AlakaMandava of the Ravana
    2517 Ramayanaya and Sri Lanka According to Ramayana story, Ravana, the king of Sri Lanka, belongs to a family of migrants from North India who had close connections with region of the Yadus,
    2517 BC - Ravana gets killed in Balangoda during March, 2517BC Ravana, while attending to the wounds suffered in combat by Vibishana (his brother) in Balangoda,
    1000 BC - Sri Lanka has the latest technology : Iron technology is evident in SL
    900 BC - Anuradapura, a major town of, at least 10 Hectares (25 Acres). Anuradhapura was at least 10 ha in extent by ca. 900 BC (perhaps much more). By then prehistoric stone tool technology had been completely superseded by that of iron
    700 BC - Anuradapura Town, 50 Hectares (125 Acres) .
    600 BC - Earliest Proof of Brahmi writing in Lanka At 600-500 BC, the very first appearance of writing (in Brahmi letters almost identical to the Asokan script 200 years later) marked the beginning of the Early Historic period. This writing, radiocarbon dated on charcoal and checked by thermoluminescence dating, is inscribed on potsherds signifying the ownership. Among the names, was Anuradha.
    483 BC - Vijaya lands in Sri Lanka. Girihadu Seya is built in Thiriyaya. Buddha's relics are enshrined in Mahiyanganaya Dagaba Sarabu Maharahatan Vahanse picked Budda relics from the burning cortege and arrived in Mahiyanganaya
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    -Beginning and growth of civilization in Sri Lanka
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