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Sri Lanka's Sovereignty at risk : India's geopolitical checkmates
Shenali D Waduge
Are Sri Lanka's govts, policy advisors & close coterie living in a delusional world thinking that a takeover of a country only happens via invasions as took place under Portuguese, Dutch, British ruling Sri Lanka from 1505-1972? Have they not noticed or kept track of the manner India is building its stronghold over Sri Lanka diplomatically/politically, economically, strategically, culturally and aligned to a new Arkhand Bharath – unified subcontinent including Sri Lanka under India? Sri Lanka's relations with India has both positive & negative aspects. Though Buddha was not born in India but... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/04/25)

Whither Clean Sri Lanka: The decline in road safety, and the proliferation of waste dumping
By Raj Gonsalkorale
Considering the instances where proliferation of waste dumping is increasing, and the ongoing deaths and injuries  due to maniacal driving by bus drivers, and others, one cannot but feel that the much-publicized Clean Sri Lanka concept has not yet got off ground as desired.  The government needs to lift their game or refrain from giving people hope in anticipation of action that follows words The following are a few illustrative examples of what should not be happening now. They demonstrate how some people do not care for others, and they question the impact... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/04/25)

Sri Lanka pledges $1M in humanitarian aid to Myanmar relief efforts
Courtesy Adaderana
The Government of Sri Lanka has pledged USD 1 million in humanitarian aid to assist ongoing relief and recovery efforts in Myanmar, in the aftermath of devastating earthquake.  In addition, preparations are underway to deploy medical teams and provide health sector assistance to support those affected on the ground, said Arun Hemachandra, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. People of Myanmar has confronted immense hardships due to the devastating earthquake which occurred on March 28, 2025 and according to international media reports of the death toll has exceeded 2,700.  ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/04/25)

Ministerial Committee appointed to study sanctions imposed by UK on 4 Sri Lankans
Courtesy Adaderana
The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to appoint a committee comprised of ministers to submit a report with recommendations to the Cabinet of Ministers related to the decisions taken by the United Kingdom to impose sanctions on 4 Sri Lankan individuals including General Shavendra Silva recently. Cabinet Spokesman Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said the attention of the Cabinet of Ministers have been drawn on the decisions taken by the UK government to impose sanctions on 4 Sri Lankan individuals recently. He stated that therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to appoint... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/04/25)

බුදු පිළිමයක් පින්තාරු කරන්නත් තහනම් රටක්? යාපනේ වෙසෙන සිංහලයන්ගේ දුක
Colombo Today
https://youtu.be/FJO4lSLNNyA... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/04/25)

Is the gazetted "22" to correct an error in the 19th ammendment to the Constitution being hidden from the people because the terms of President Anura and "Malimawa" Parliament are 6 years?
Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), AAL, Coordinator, Dr. Thilaka Padma Subasinghe Memorial Legal Education Program
Some people have forgotten that a President said at the opening of the New Court Complex in Galle that there is an error in the 19th Amendment to the Constitution brought in 2015 regarding  the presidential and parliamentary terms of office and that it was due to an oversight by a certain legal expert and that he would apologize to the people for it.Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe, other judges and government officials were seated in that audience.Also, the 22nd... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/04/25)

19වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයේ වරදක් නිවැරදි කිරීමට ගැසට් කළ "22" ජනතාවගෙන් සඟවන්නේ අනුර ජනාධිපතිගේ සහ "මාළිමා" පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ධූර කාල වසර 6ක් වන නිසාද?
නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන.
19වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයේ වරදක් නිවැරදි කිරීමට ගැසට් කළ "22" ජනතාවගෙන් සඟවන්නේ අනුර ජනාධිපතිගේ සහ "මාළිමා" පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ධූර කාල වසර 6ක් වන නිසාද?2015 දී ගෙනා 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයේ ජනාධිපති සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු ධූරකාලයේ දෝෂයක් පවතින හෙයින් එය එක්තරා නීති විශාරදයකුගේ අතපසුවීමක් බවත් එයට ජනතාවගෙන් සමාව ගන්නා බවත් ගාල්ල අලුත් අධිකරණ සංකීර්ණය විවෘත කරන අවස්ථාවේ ජනාධිපතිවරයෙකු පැවසුවා සමහරුන්ට අමතක වී ඇත.ඒ වේදිකාවේ ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය අගවිනිසුරුද, පාරින්ද රණසිංහ නීතිපතිද, තවත් විනිසුරුවරුන්ද, රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරීන්ද අසුන්ගෙන සිටියේය.එසේම ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ පවතින ඒ වැරැද්ද නිවැරදි කිරීමට නීතිපතිගේ අනුමැතියෙන් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/04/25)

True Eid lies in continuing good deeds and sustaining Ramadan’s virtues – Ahmadiyya Khalifa
by A. Abdul Aziz Sri Lanka Correspondent, Al Hakam, London.
(Given below is an excerpt of the Eid-ul-Fitr Sermon delivered at Mubarak Mosque, Islamabad, Tilford, UK, by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, on 31 March, 2025, gave a discourse on True Eid lies in continuing good deeds and sustaining Ramadan’s virtues: A large gathering of Ahmadis – men, women, and children – assembled in Islamabad to offer Eid-ul-Fitr 2025 prayer behind their beloved Imam, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Khalifatul Masih V) and to listen to his sermon.   ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/04/25)

WHAT HAPPENED TO AHIMSA? From Ahimsa to Democracy and Non-Alignment to Gender Ideology
Manuka Wijesinghe.
It has been said that the great emperor Ashoka, seeing the immense bloodshed he had caused in the battle of Kalinga, filled with great remorse had introduced a new public policy; Ahimsa; ‘do no harm to living beings.’ Ahimsa was inspired by the idea that all living beings, possessing the spark of divine energy should not be harmed. Ahimsa is the seed that gave birth to the Jainism. On the other hand, we have been taught that the emperor Ashoka, filled with compassion after Kalinga, had converted to Buddhism and sent missionaries to surrounding... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/04/25)

Praise to ex-president Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe!
Rohana R. Wasala
In the despicable absence of an urgent practical response on the part of the JVP Anura Kumara Dissanayake-led NPP government to the devastating 28th March earthquake in Myanmar, Hon. ex-president Ranil Wickremasinghe has made a very timely and sensible proposal regarding how to assist our disaster stricken fellow humans in that country. Hon. ex-president Mr. Wickremasinghe! Thank you very much for saving, at least to some extent, Sri Lanka’s still unsullied reputation as a sovereign state populated by a most humane and hospitable people. You have again demonstrated your remarkable ability to emerge as an... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/04/25)

සම සෞඛ්‍ය උපාධිධාරීන්ට එරෙහිව සිදුකල පහරදීම දැඩි පිළිකුලෙන් යුතුව හෙලා දැකීම සහ එම උපාධිධාරීන් කඩිනමින් රාජ්‍ය සේවයට බඳවා ගැනීම‍
 Lesantha Chathuranga
මගේ අංකය: JCPSM/Gen/2025 (14)දිනය: 2025.03.31අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමාගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගරු සෞඛ්‍ය හා ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍යතුමාගරු සෞඛ්‍ය හා ජනමාධ්‍ය නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යතුමාසෞඛ්‍ය ලේකම්තුමාසෞඛ්‍ය සේවා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල්තුමාඅතිරේක ලේකම්තුමා (පාලන) IIසම සෞඛ්‍ය උපාධිධාරීන්ට එරෙහිව සිදුකල පහරදීම දැඩි පිළිකුලෙන් යුතුව හෙලා දැකීම සහ එම උපාධිධාරීන් කඩිනමින් රාජ්‍ය සේවයට බඳවා ගැනීම‍. අධ්‍යාපන පොදු සහතික පත්‍ර උසස් පෙළ විභාගයේ ඉතාමත්ම ඉහල තරඟතාරී ප්‍රතිඵල මත විශ්ව විද්‍යාල වරම් ලැබ තම ජීවිතයේ වටිනාම කාලයෙන් අවරුදු 5ක් පමණ කැප කරමින් රාජ්‍ය සෞඛ්‍ය සේවාවේ අවශ්‍යතායට ගැළපෙන ඉහලම අධ්‍යාපන සුදුසුකම් සපුරාගත් මෙම සම සෞඛ්‍ය උපාධිධාරීන් තවත් අවුරුදු 5ක පමණ කාලයක් පුරා මෙරට සෞඛ්‍ය සේවාව විසින්ම නොසලකා හැරීම දෛවයේ සරදමකි.  ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/04/25)

Indian PM Narenda Modi Trincomalee Gokanna Temple is a Buddhist site not a Hindu kovil
Shenali D Waduge
PM Modi is due in Sri Lanka on 5th April, the 44th anniversary of the JVP 1strebellion. JVP will be celebrating its 50thanniversary which commenced against Indian expansionist agenda & unlikely to proceed to its 100th year on the same theme. Unfortunately, that rebellion & thereafter the one opposed to the Indo-Lanka Accord in 1987 sacrificed thousands of young patriotic lives. Nonetheless, the Tamil militancy that India armed, trained & funded was defeated in May 2009 though its separatist ideology lives on. This is evident in the takeover of a Buddhist vihara destroyed by the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

The Supreme Court does not further inquire about Tamil genocide in Sri Lanka, and the Bill 104 Tamil Genocide Education Week Act (TGEWA) is not within provincial Jurisdiction Education under Canada’s Constitution Act s. 93
Ottawa
The Supreme Court does not further inquire about Tamil genocide in Sri Lanka, and the Bill 104 Tamil Genocide Education Week Act (TGEWA) is not within provincial Jurisdiction Education under Canada’s Constitution Act s. 93 The Supreme Court of Canada confirmed the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision, and no further inquiries were required. The decision was released on March 27, 2025. Both the Superior Court of Justice and Appeal Court of Ontario have not determined Tamil genocide. Supreme Court of Canada will not further inquire about Tamil genocide as... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

අධිකරණ බලය, විධායකය සහ ව්‍යවස්ථාදායකය විසින් අපරාධ කිරීමට යොදවීම තරම් අපරාධයක් මිහිපිට තවත් නැත..!
නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන. 
අධිකරණය සහ නීතීඥවරුන් අතර නෛතික ගැටුම ඇවිලුවේ විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ හිටපු අධිකරණ ඇමති ප්‍රමුඛ 2024 අංක 8 දරන අධිකරණයකට, විනිශ්චය අධිකාරයකට හෝ ආයතනයකට අපහාස කිරිමේ පනත ගෙනා කණ්ඩායමයි. ඒ 2024 අංක 8 දරන අධිකරණයකට, විනිශ්චය අධිකාරයකට හෝ ආයතනයකට අපහාස කිරිමේ පනත ගෙන එමින් අධිකරණයේ කරුණු දක්වන, නඩු පවරන නීතීඥවරුන් රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කරවන නීති හඳුන්වා දෙමින් ය.ස්ව්‍යං ප්‍රත්‍යක්ෂ ලෙසම සදාචාරයට පටහැණි නීති iiවන ලෝක යුද්ධය සමයේ ජර්මනියේ හිට්ලර්ගේ නාසි පාර්ලිමේන්තුව සහ විධායකය විසින් යුදෙව්වන් සංහාරය කිරීමට පනවා ගන්න ලදී. එම වර්ග සංහාර නීති පනවන... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

Colombo’s skyscrapers are built to withstand earthquakes – Seismologist
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, March 31 (Daily Mirror) - Although Sri Lanka is not typically considered a high-seismic zone, the mushrooming skyscrapers in Colombo are safe from any unexpected earthquake, as they are built using such structural technology, a seismologist said. With the recent Myanmar and Thailand earthquake which claimed over 1,600 lives thus far mostly due to collapsing skyscrapers, doubts among the public were not small when it comes to an unexpected catastrophe in a country of a low seismic zone. An official from the Geological... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

Bid to include genocide allegation against Sri Lanka in Canada’s school curriculum thwarted
by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island
Dr Hewage Dr. Neville Hewage yesterday said that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada had determined that alleged Tamil genocide hadn’t taken place in Sri Lanka. The academic, who successfully moved the Canadian courts, said that, therefore, the much-touted Tamil Genocide Education Week Act (TGEWA), in terms of the ruling given by the Ontario... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

සත්‍ය සෙවීමේ කොමිසම බෙදුම්වාදී මර උගුලක් - පය තබන්න එපා! ජාතික සංවිධාන 55ක අත්සනින් ලිපියක්
උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර්
සත්‍ය සෙවීමේ කොමිසම මර උගුලක් පය තබන්න එපා! ගෝලීය ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සංසදය විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද යෝජනාවක් අනුව  ජාතික සංවිධාන 55ක අත්සනින් යුතු සංදේශයක්  ත්‍රෛනිකායික මහ හිමිපාණන්වරු ප්‍රමුඛ මහා සංඝරත්නයට, ගරු ජනාධිපති තුමාට, මහජන නියෝජිතයන්ට සහ  සමස්ත පොදු ජනයා වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම සදහා අත්සන් තැබීම ඊයේ (30)  පැපිලියාන සුනේත්‍රා මහා දේවී පිරිවෙණේදී සිදුවිය.  මහාචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය ඉඳුරාගාරේ ධම්ම රතන හිමියන්, මහාචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය මැදගොඩ අභයතිස්ස හිමිවරුගේ අනුශාසකත්වයෙන් පැවැති මෙම අවස්ථාව සදහා ආචාර්ය ගුණදාස අමරසේකර, ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ නීතිඥ කල්‍යානන්ද තිරාණගම, වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර , විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය අනුලා විජේසුන්දර ඇතුළු පිරිසක් එක්ව සිටිහය. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

ජනපතිවරුන් 8 දෙනෙකු නොකළ, එහෙත් සූදානම් වූ, පාවාදීම ජනපති අනුර ලවා කරවා ගැනීම
උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර්
1987 ඉන්දු ලංකා ගිවිසුමට පසුව භූ දේශපාලන තලයේදී ඊට වඩා භයානක ආරක්ෂක (Defence) ගිවිසුමක් ඉන්දියාව සමඟ අත්සන් කිරීම ඉතා භයානක ආරම්භයක් බව ජාතික සංවිධාන කියයි. ඉන්දියානු අගමැති සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජනාධිපති අතර අත්සන් කිරීමට නියමිත අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුම් 5ක් පිළිබඳව ලංකා ලීඩර් විසින් ජාතික සංවිධාන මතය විමසීමේදී වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා එසේ සඳහන් කළේය.  තවදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ ඔහු සදහන් කලේ එම ගිවිසුම් මගින් ඉතිහාසයේ කිසිදු ජනාධිපතිවරයෙකු විසින් නොකළ මහා පාවාදීමක් සිදුවන බවය.  ඔහුට අනුව ආරක්ෂක ගිවිසුමක් මගින් ඍජුව හමුදා ක්‍රීයාකාරීත්වයට මඟ පාදන බැවින් චීනයට එරෙහිව දියත් කෙරෙන ඉන්දු - ඇමෙරිකානු යුද ක්‍රියාන්විතයේදී ශ්‍රී... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

Namal calls on AKD to question Shani, Ravi Seneviratne over Easter attacks
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
While alleging that Shani Abeysekera, and Ravi Seneviratne have used political asylum by holding key positions in the government to avoid prosecution regarding the Easter Sunday attacks, SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa called on the President to question them. “Individuals like former CID Director Shani Abeysekera, and former Senior DIG in charge of the CID Ravi Seneviratne, who held key positions when the Easter Sunday attacks took place, are well aware of what happened and how. The government should question them first,” he said in a public meeting. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

Appeals Court orders release of lawyer remanded for contempt
Courtesy Adaderana
The Court of Appeal has ordered the release of Attorney-at-Law P. Udayangani, who was remanded by the Puttalam High Court over contempt of court charges, Ada Derana reporter said. This order was issued by a two-member Appeals Court judge bench comprising Acting President of the Court of Appeal Justice Mohammed Thahir Laffar and Justice Priyantha Fernando, after considering a petition filed by the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, Attorney-at-Law Rajeev Amarasuriya today (31). Meanwhile, the court also ordered the lawyer in question to appear before the Court of Appeal... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

President vows recruitment of 30,000 youth to public service
Courtesy Adaderana
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that 30,000 young people will be recruited into the public service, with the necessary funds already allocated for the initiative. Speaking at a public meeting in Buttala, held in the lead-up to the local government elections, the President emphasized the government’s commitment to providing employment opportunities for the youth. “We are recruiting 30,000 new young people with talent and ability. Now the money has been allocated. I have seen that many advertisements are being published in newspapers. We will provide jobs for those who apply,” he said.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

"මගේම කලිසම අගේට ඇඳගෙන ඌ උගේ වගේ යනවා...."'අලිමංකඩ ලුණු' ඇත්ත කතාව සාක්ෂි සහිතවම විමල් හෙළිකරයි !
Wimal Weerawansa
https://youtu.be/grM3GrlfI2M... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

Ranil calls for army doctors to be sent to Myanmar, set up medical camps
Daily Mirror Online
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged the Sri Lankan government to dispatch a medical team, including military personnel, to Myanmar to assist those affected by the recent earthquake. Issuing a special statement, Wickremesinghe emphasized Sri Lanka’s long-standing ties with Myanmar and stressed the importance of providing humanitarian relief. “My proposal to the government is to send a medical team, including doctors from the army’s medical corps, along with essential medicines and equipment, to set up a temporary hospital in Myanmar,” he said. Drawing parallels to Sri Lanka’s past humanitarian... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

මියන්මාර් ජනතාවට සහාය දෙන්න අපිලගේ සාදු පිණ්ඩපාතේ ගිහින් සල්ලි එකතු කරයි - Hiru News
Hiru News
https://youtu.be/teeAllCE_CM... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

ලෝකයම මියන්මාරයට උදව් කරද්දී ලංකාව උදව් නොකරන්නේ ඇයි ?
Udaya Gammanpila
https://youtu.be/dp6QXIK6yBE... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/04/25)

Doomed Kings, Captain Cooks & Brown Sahibs: From Washington to London to Delhi to Colombo
e-Con e-News
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com “Before you study the economics, study the economists!” e-Con e-News 23-29 March 2025 * ‘If together we are not able to put enough pressure on Moscow, then how can we claim that we can defeat China?’ – EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas * ‘One of the first tactics in this US hustle strategy has been Trump’s executive order restoring the lawfulness of US corporate bribery for “gaining strategic business advantages... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/03/25)

Does the UK government thinks we are still one of their Crown colonies?
Dr Sudath Gunasekara Ex-Permanent Secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranayaka and past-President Sri Lanka Administrative Service Association (1991-1994)
UK Sanction on the Sri Lankan former military leaders, for defending the territorial integrity of their motherland and defeating the LTTE, the cruelest and savages’ terrors group in the world, that waged a 30-year terrorist war to overthrow the democratically elected government of the country is the latest naked western colonial interference and intervention with the sovereignty, independence and the freedom of this country.  This high handed, exhibition of their past outdated colonial attitude clearly shows that even... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/03/25)

Why All Israeli Prime Ministers Have Fake Names! w/ George Galloway
The Jimmy Dore Show
Did you know that Netanyahu's real family name is Mileikowsky? Did you also know that every Israeli Prime Minister changed their name to sound more Jewish or Middle Eastern? Investigative journalist Richard Medhurst describes the litany of Israeli politicians who abandoned their Eastern European names to create the pretense of a stronger connection to the Levant. Jimmy and Mother of all Talk Shows host George Galloway discuss this curious pseudonymous phenomenon among Israeli leaders. https://youtu.be/ed8eW1N4w88... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/03/25)

US VP JD Vance admits West wants Global South trapped at bottom of value chain
By Ben Norton
29/03/2025 At a summit held by a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, US Vice President JD Vance gave a speech about globalization that made it clear that the West wants to keep poor, formerly colonized countries in the Global South trapped at the bottom of the global value chain, through monopolistic control of advanced technologies. US Vice President JD Vance gave a speech about globalization that made it clear that Washington’s goal is to keep formerly colonized countries in the Global South trapped at the bottom of the global value chain.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/03/25)

ලොවට සත්‍ය ධර්මය 01
තිස්ස ගුණතිලක
සද්ධර්මය පිළිබදව සැමටම ගැටළු ඇත. ගැටළු නැති අයෙක් සිටිය නොහැක. එවැන්නෙක් සිටීනම් හෙතෙමේට සෝවාන් මාර්ගයට හෝ ආර්ය මාර්ගයට හෝ පිවිසිය හැකිවිය යුතුය. සද්ධර්මය අවබෝධ කරගැනීම සඳහා පලමුවෙන්ම තමාට සද්ධර්මය සම්බන්ධව ඇති ගැටළු ලිහා ගත යුතුය. මක්නිසාද යත් සද්ධර්මය පිළිබදව ආවර්ජනාවක යෙදෙන සෑම මොහොතකම තමතමන්න්ට ඇති ගැටළු මතුවී සද්ධර්මය තුල ඉදිරියට යාමට ගන්නා උත්සාහය වලක්වාලන බැවිනි. අදින් ඇරඹෙන මෙම සාකාච්ඡා මාලාවේ ප්‍රධානම අරමුන හා තේමාව වන්නේ සියළු දෙනාට පවතින ගැටළු ලිහාගෙන සද්ධර්මය තේරුම් ගැනීමට අවශ්‍ය පසුබිම සකස්කර දීමයි. ප්‍රථමයෙන්ම සද්ධර්මය පිළිබඳව ඹබ දන්නා දේත්, අපැහැදිලි, පැටලිලි සහිත දේත් පැතතකින් තබන්න. ඒවා කරපින්නාගෙන ධර්මයට... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/03/25)

තම්-බයි බෞධයෝ  
ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න
එක බඩවැල කඩා ගෙන ආපු උන් බිම් අඟලටත් මිනී මරා ගන්නවා පොල් ගහනවා මිරිස්  අඹරනවා.,හැබැයි කවුරු හරි ඉවසන්නම බැරිතැන දේශද්‍රෝහීන්ට ශාප වේවායයි කිව්වොත්එහෙවු    උන්ම  අරයා ගේ බෞධ්ධකම ප්‍රශ්න කරනවා.ඉඩම ඉතින් පෞද්ගලිකනේ රට පොදු දෙයක් නේ ,එක වෙන්නැති ! සින්හලද්වීපයත් බුදුසසුනත් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමෙන් සිංහල බෞද්ධයින්   වැළැක්වීම සඳහා තම්බයියියා බුදු දහම පාවාදීම පොතෙන් උත්සාහ කලෙත් බෞද්ධයින්ට සටන අකැපයි කියා සිංහල බෞධ්ධයින්ගේ මොලසේදීමට . මෙයාලත් ඒ ජාතියේ .මේ මුග්ධයෝ මෙලහටත් පරලොව අපි ඒ න්‍යාය අනුගමනය කළා නම්.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/03/25)

Hindu Occupation and Management of Bodh Gaya Must End
Dilrook Kannangara
Buddhists in India are protesting against Hindu occupation and management (rather mismanagement) of Bodh Gaya. Bodh Gaya is to Buddhists what Mecca is to Muslims and Jerusalem is to Christians and Jews. Buddhists are not appointed to the management of Hindu shrines; then why appoint Hindus to manage a Buddhist shrine? Only Buddhists should be in charge of the affairs at Bodh Gaya, not Hindus. India despite being claimed the world’s largest democracy is in fact worse than a dictatorship in mistreating its minorities. Some Hindus claim that Buddha was an avatar of Vishnu.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/03/25)

පුත්තලමේදී නීතීඥවරියක් 2025 දී රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කළ අධිකරණයකට අපහාස පනතට එරෙහිව 2024 දී අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශය ඉදිරිපිට පැවැත්වූ විරෝධය...(වීඩියෝ)
Law & Order
විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ අධිකරණ ඇමතිවරයා මුල්වී රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ ජනාධිපති සමයේ ගෙනා 2024 අංක 8 දරන අධිකරණයකට අපහාස පනත මගින් නීතීඥවරුන්ට, ඔවුන්ගේ  පවුල්වලට වන දුක්ඛදයක තත්ත්වය ගැන 2024 අප්‍රේල් 2 වනිදා අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශය ඉදිරිපිට විරෝධතා පවත්වන ලද්දේ  "නීතියේ නිදහස ...අධිකරණ ස්වාධීනත්වය සහ නීතීඥ වෘත්තීය අයිතිවාසිකම් රැක ගැනීම වෙනුවෙනි...https://youtu.be/vld-NXxIlC4?si=_fm26M_4NCYBo-tV https://youtu.be/vld-NXxIlC4... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/03/25)

දේශබන්දුගේ විශ්වාසභංගය ව්‍යවස්ථා විරෝධීයි.. එය ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට අභියෝගයක්…
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පොලිස්පති ධුරයෙන් ඉවත් කිරීමට ගෙන ඇවිත් තිබෙන විශ්වාසභංගය නිශ්ඵල කටයුත්තක් බව හිටපු අධිකරණ ඇමති විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පොලිස්පති ධුරයට පත් කිරීම නීති විරෝධී බවත් එම ධුරයේ කටයුතු කිරීම අත්හිටුවමින් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය විසින් නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කර තිබියදී ඔහු තවදුරටත් පොලිස්පති වශයෙන් කටයුතු නොකරන බව ඒ මහතා පෙන්වා දෙයි. පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට එවන් විශ්වාසභංගයක් ඉදිරිපත් කළ හැක්කේ ඒ මොහොතේ ධුරය දරන පුද්ගලයකුට පමණක් බවද හෙතෙම පෙන්වා දෙයි. දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පොලිස්පතිවරයා නොවන බවට ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ තීන්දුවක් එවන් යෝජනාවක් කතානායකවරයා බාර ගැනීමද ව්‍යවස්ථා විරෝධී බවද ඔහු... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/03/25)

ඉන්දු ශ්‍රී ලංකා මිලිටරි ගිවිසුම මගින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ලෝක යුද්ධයකට මැදිවෙනවා - පුබුදු ජාගොඩ
උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර්
එළැඹෙන 04 වැනිදා ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදිගේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරයේදී අත්සන් කිරීමට නියමිත ඉන්දු ශ්‍රී ලංකා මිලිටරි ගිවිසුම මගින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ලෝක යුද්ධයකට මැදි වන බව ජන අරගල සන්ධානය පවසනවා.ඔවුන් අවධාරණය කරන්නේ චීනයේ වර්ධනය වන යුද බලයට ප්‍රතිබලයක් ගොඩනැගීමේ අරමුණ සහිතව ඉන්දියාව උපක්‍රමශීලිව මෙම ගිවිසුම අත්සන් කරන බවයි.කොළඹ පැවති ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් ජන අරගල සන්ධානයේ විධායක සභික පුබුදු ජයගොඩ මේ බව සදහන් කළා.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/03/25)

සජිත් වේදිකාවෙන් බහිද්දිම එක්වරම මිනිස්සු ඇඟට කඩා පනී
Madyawediya
https://youtu.be/01rQdfLzbyk... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/03/25)

Several of those responsible for Easter Sunday attacks will be exposed before Easter this year - President
Courtesy Adaderana
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that the investigations into the Easter Sunday terror attacks are being carried out speedily, and that several of those responsible will be exposed before Easter Sunday this year.  He made these comments while addressing the gathering at a public meeting in Deiyandara today (30). Further commenting on this matter, the President added, “Investigations into the Easter attacks are being carried out systematically. April 21 once again marks the anniversary of the Easter attacks.” The President also noted, “The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is working to... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/03/25)

India, Sri Lanka set to ink major defence pact next week
Courtesy Adaderana
For the first time, India and Sri Lanka are set to sign an ambitious defence cooperation pact during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Colombo next week, in a significant move that comes nearly four decades after the IPKF’s intervention in the island nation. The two sides are also likely to firm up a currency swap framework and seal several other agreements including one on debt restructuring following talks between Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Disanayaka on April 5, people familiar with the matter said. An arrangement to develop the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/03/25)

අපිලගේ සාදු එළියට දැම්ම දේදුණු හඬපටය - "පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ඉන්න ඔක්කෝම සමරිසිද?" 
Courtesy Hiru News
https://youtu.be/GiSCpvSlJZk... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/03/25)

Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 1,644 amid race to find survivors – as it happened
Courtesy The Guardian
Myanmar’s military rulers have called for ‘any country, any organisation’ to help as concerns grow over how rescuers will reach affected areas.  Myanmar earthquake death toll now at 1,644, says junta
The death toll from the Myanmar earthquake has risen to 1,644, the ruling junta said on Saturday, with 3,408 people injured, according to Agence France-Presse. A statement from the junta’s information team said that at least 139 people are still missing after Friday’s 7.7-magnitude quake. Earlier on Saturday, the country’s military junta said the death toll had... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/03/25)

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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)
  • TWO EMISSARIES FROM UK AND FRANCE TWIST THEIR PURPOSE OF VISIT TO SRI LANKA. Malin Abeyatunga .-Full Report- (The LankaWeb-02/05/09)

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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