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News Archive for Sep 2023
Patriotism: Where are we?Since leaving the Sri Lankan Administrative Service in 1973, I have happened to have worked and lived in four countries for years- that was in the UK, the Bahamas, the USA, and Bangladesh. Regarding patriotism among the people, I have to admit that Sri Lanka would easily be the worst. This is very sad. It is also important to note that patriotism among Sri Lankans has been dwindling since the Eighties and has been crumbling at a rapid rate with everyone scrambling to get away to any other country where they can... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/23)
Invaluable role played by Philip - Kusuma Gunawardena couple for China Sri Lanka friendship- Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong
The 73rd anniversary celebration of the Sri Lanka China Friendship Association was held under the patronage of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on 21.09.2023 at The Temple Trees. Addressing the gathering, Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong said that the strong foundation laid by Philip-Kusuma Gunawardena couple in the 1940s for the China-Sri Lanka Friendship Association is most valuable. Mrs. Kusuma Gunawardena was the first president of the Sri Lanka China Friendship Association, which was then known as the Ceylon Chinese Friendship Association. The Chinese ambassador further mentioned that while China is grateful... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/23)
Slim Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd donates 500 Face Shields
The Slim Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd donated a package of Anti-Fog Face Shields to the Defence Ministry Secretary Gen. Kamal Gunaratne symbolically at a function held at the Ministry, yesterday (Sep 21). The Defence Secretary received 500 WEEPRO brand Multi-Purpose Face Shields from the officials of Slim Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd during the occasion. The donation was made by the company as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project launched in accordance with the Chairperson’s perspective. The consignment was eventually handed over to the KDU and Rear... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/23)
Sri Lanka repays entire Bangladeshi loan
Sri Lanka has paid $50 million to Bangladesh, the final instalment of a $200 million loan taken under a currency swap agreement two years ago, a top Bangladesh Bank official said yesterday. The government of the island nation also paid $4.5 million as interest on the loan amount on Thursday, the official said. Colombo repaid $100 million on September 2 and $50 million on August 17. Sri Lanka paid back its loan as its embattled economy is staging a recovery from its worst economic crisis just a year... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/23)
Ali Sabry’s Photo with son at UN fuels nepotism outcry
A picture of Foreign Minister Ali Sabry with his son at an event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly has sparked criticism with people questioning as to why such privileges are offered to the relatives of politicians. The picture posted on X formerly known as Twitter is doing the rounds on social media with public questioning as to why Sabry's son is part of the official delegation that has travelled to the UN in New York. Earlier, the government was taken to task by curious citizens as to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/23)
Did Channel 4 documentary reopen old wounds?
Setting aside politics, Britain’s Channel 4 documentary on the 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday carnage, released ahead of the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council held in Geneva, possibly reopened the wounds of those impacted by the carnage while triggering a spate of reactions from others. A stalemate occurred with the country’s leaders taking steps to lift bans imposed on certain extremist organisations and allegedly releasing those who were said to be linked to the heinous crime which claimed the lives of nearly 270 people. Mixed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/23)
රටක් කැළඹු 'සොනික් සොනික්' ගැන තොරතුරු එළියට
පාස්කු ඉරුදින ත්‍රස්ත ප්‍රහාරය සිදුවූ කාල වකවානුවේදී මෙන්ම පසුගිය දා බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය චැනල් 4 නාලිකාව මගින් විකාශනය වු වීඩියෝව නිසා යළිත් කරළියට පැමිණි මාතෘකාවක් වන්නේ 'සොනික් සොනික්' යන යෙදුමයි. විවිධ පාර්ෂවයන් විසින් මේ දිනවල ජනමාධ්‍ය හා සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ මේ යෙදුම නිතර ව්‍යවහාර වීම සාමාන්‍ය දෙයක් වී තිබෙනවා. පක්ෂ විපක්ෂ දේශපාලඥයින් මෙන්ම ආරක්ෂක අංශ නිළධාරීන්ද 'සොනික් සොනික්' යන වදන පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය හා සම්බන්ධ අදහස් දැක්වීම් වලදි ප්‍රකාශකරනවා. සාමාන්‍ය සමාජයේ බොහෝ දෙනාගේ කුතුහලය දනවන මේ යෙදුම සම්බන්ධයෙන් විස්තරාත්මක විග්‍රහයක් ඊයේ(21) පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී ආරක්ෂක රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ප්‍රමිත බණ්ඩාර තෙන්නකෝන් විසින් සිදුකරනු ලැබුවා.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/23)
Video of Cargills staff brutally assaulting female goes viral
A video showing a group of staff members from a Cargills supermarket outlet brutally assaulting a female customer is circulating on social media. https://youtu.be/8vakpbousq4 The incident is reported to have occurred at the Cargills outlet in the Hanwella area. However, police have launched an investigation to confirm the location and identify the suspects. CCTV footage captured multiple male and female employees from the outlet brutally assaulting the customer, allegedly in response to suspected theft. Meanwhile, a statement issued by the Cargills management on the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/23)
SL debt justice collective writes open letter to IMF on DDO
An International Monetary Fund (IMF), team is in Sri Lanka from September 14-to 27. While national experts have raised concerns about the legitimacy of the IMF engaging in Domestic Debt Restructuring, amid questions about transparency, Data accuracy, veracity, and authenticity in the IMF’s debt restructuring operations, a group of academics and activists identifying themselves as part of Sri Lankan debt justice collective has written an open letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), regarding the country’s Domestic Debt Optimisation (DDO) program. This is also due to the failure to adequately release... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/23)
Sri Lanka’s dangerous domestic debt restructuring
The IMF's bailout plan for Sri Lanka is likely to exacerbate the country's economic crisis and put further strain on already vulnerable workers The IMF imposed a series of conditions that have significantly exacerbated Sri Lanka’s wage and cost-of-living crises, leading, amongst others, to a sharp currency devaluation, causing imported fuel and food prices to skyrocket. More than a year after the mass protest movement known as the Aragalaya ousted Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankans have once again taken to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/23)
Questions rising from Janahanda interview with former CID Chief RaviS
· Was the interviewee evading accountability? · Was the interviewer asking questions based on reading Commission Reports & ability to identify falsehoods & half-truths? · Were the questions centered on the notions spread via social media? · Can a tv show with an interviewer asking weak questions enabling the interviewee to evade accountability & pass the buck be conclusive? Who is Ravi Seneviratne? The most senior public official handling investigations when Sri Lanka’s largest mass murder took place & is both responsible & accountable for actions & statements. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
Migration of Medical Officers Exaggerated Falsehood
Sri Lanka is a leading country that generates Graduates for Europe, North America, Australia and the Middle East region since the decade of 1970. Even after the 1971 insurrection, the Black July 1983 and the 1987–89 dark era (deadly era) intensified the said situation. Higher salaries, better employment opportunities, higher studies, children's education and the issues of the Heads of Institutions are the main factors that influence the migration of scholars. Medical Officers, Engineers and Graduates in other demanding fields have continued to migrate since the decade of 1970. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
වෛද්‍යවරුන් රට හැර යාම අතිශයෝක්තියට නැගූ මිත්‍යාව
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව 1970 දශකයේ සිට යුරෝපය, උතුරු ඇමරිකාව, ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව හා මැද පෙරදිග කලාපයට උපාධිධාරීන් නිෂ්පාදනය කරන ප්‍රමුඛ රාජ්‍යයකි. 1971 කැරැල්ලෙන් පසුව ද, 1983 ජූලි කලබලය හා 1987 – 89 ඝාතන රැල්ල මෙම තත්ත්වය වඩාත් තීව්‍ර කළේය. වැඩි වැටුප්, උසස් රැකියා අවස්ථාවන්, වැඩිදුර අධ්‍යාපනය, දරුවන්ගේ අධ්‍යාපනය හා ආයතන ප්‍රධානීන්ගේ ගැටළු උගතුන් විදේශගත වීමට මුලික ලෙස බලපානු ලබයි. වෛද්‍යවරුන්, ඉංජිනේරුවරුන් සහ ඉල්ලුමක් ඇති තවත් ක්ෂේත්‍රයන් ගණනාවක උපාධිධාරීන් 1970 දශකයේ සිට අඛණ්ඩව විදේශගත වී ඇත. රජයේ වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරීන්ගේ සංගමයේ මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශක වෛද්‍ය චමිල් විජේසිංහ මහතා ප්‍රකාශ කර තිබුණේ 2022 ජූනි 1 සිට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
Patali's Action Plan
The claim that Champika "is a capable person" is based on (1) comparing him with many other MPs who are uneducated (2) that Champika has an engineering degree and so, he is "educated". I think this assessment is incorrect. A person must be judged not only on his "degree", but also on his performance (track record). On that basis, I think, if anything, he is "ILL-EDUCATED" and unsuited for office. Here are my reasons: (i) He and Ven. Ratana was behind the "Toxin-free... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
India and Sri Lanka sign contract for installing railway signalling system
Colombo, September 21: The Contract for the Design, Installation, Testing & Commissioning of the signalling system for the Sri Lanka Railways from Maho to Anuradhapura (66 km) was signed by the Ministry of Transport and Highways of Sri Lanka and IRCON Ltd of India today (September 21, 2023). It took place in the presence of the Minister of Transport and Highways of Sri Lanka, Dr. Bandula Gunawardane and the High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay. The Governor of the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, Senthil Thondaman; the State Minister... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
Minimum meal prices for residential guests at Colombo city hotels from October
Sept 21 (NewsWire – Minimum prices for meals offered for residential guests at tourist hotels in the Colombo Municipal Council limits will be implemented from October, as per a Gazette notification issued by the government. The Gazette, dated September 11, 2023, has been authorised by the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Priantha Fernando and is effective from October 1, 2023. As per the Gazette, the minimum prices shall be imposed, levied, demanded or recovered from each occupant in respect of charges for meals which may be provided to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
Minimum room rates for Colombo City hotels from October
Sept 18 (NewsWire) – The Gazette notification on the introduction of Minimum Room Rates (MRR) for Colombo City Hotels will come into effect from October 01, 2023. According to the Daily FT, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Chairman Priantha Fernando has formally notified the General Managers of the hotels in this regard. The new directive brings forth a series of guidelines aimed at standardising room pricing across distribution channels and necessitates Colombo City Hotels to strictly adhere to the Gazette notification and ensure uniformity in room rates. As per the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
Passenger ferry service between TN and Sri Lanka likely from October
The service covering around 60 nautical miles will start from Nagapattinam Mini Port, sources said. Each ferry will carry around 150 passengers. Published: 21st September 2023 08:45 AM | Last Updated: 21st September 2023 08:45 AM | A+A A- NAGAPATTINAM: Efforts are on by the Union government’s Shipping Corporation of India to commence high-speed passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kangesanthurai in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province by the first week of October. The service covering around 60 nautical miles will start from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
Congress Wants to Hold Sri Lanka’s Feet to the Fire on Human Rights
The United Nations has given the international community the greenlight to punish Sri Lanka for torture. Congress has taken it. Congress is calling on the Biden administration to formally hold Sri Lanka responsible for its human rights abuses and violation of international humanitarian law, including decades of torture, military abuse, and other “horrific crimes” carried out against the country’s minority Tamil population. In a letter sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and obtained by Foreign Policy, 12 members of Congress from both sides of the aisle urged the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
US supports the Sri Lankan government in providing Thriposha to mothers and children through WFP
PHOTO CREDIT COLOMBO – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over a substantial consignment of 4,700mt of soya beans and maize to Sri Lanka Thriposha Limited, to support the continuation of the Thriposha fortified food programme. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) facilitated the handover at a special event held at the Thriposha factory. This consignment forms part of a wider contribution of USD20 million from the United States towards WFP’s emergency operation to support Sri Lankan communities impacted by the country’s economic crisis. As a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
Sri Lanka’s August consumer price inflation eases to 2.1%
Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation rate eased to 2.1% year-on-year in August from 4.6% in July, helped by falling food prices, the statistics department said on Thursday. The National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) captures broader retail price inflation and is released with a lag of 21 days every month. https://youtu.be/l1mcEHf-eto Sri Lanka’s economy shrank 3.1% in Q2 amid financial crisis Food prices fell 5.4% in August after declining 2.5% in July from a year earlier, the Department of Census and Statistics said in a statement. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
Certain details of PCoI report on Easter bombings cannot be made public – Speaker
Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywadena has addressed recent concerns pertaining to disclosing to the public certain details included in the report presented by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on the Easter Sunday terror attacks of 2019. Making a special statement in Parliament in this regard on Thursday morning (21 Sep.), the Speaker informed the House that certain information and documents included in the PCoI report, such as confidential witness statements, cannot be disclosed to the public, as per the directive of the Secretary to the President. Accordingly, Abeywardena revealed that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
Surge in remittances from Sri Lankans overseas – Acting Finance Minister
Acting Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya announced that over the past year, inflation in Sri Lanka has significantly decreased to 62.1%, thanks to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s robust economic reform agenda. Siyambalapitiya also highlighted that inflation, which stood by 66.7% during the first and second quarters of 2022, has now plummeted to just 4.6% for the same period in 2023, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. https://youtu.be/l1mcEHf-eto He made this announcement during a press conference held today (21) at the Presidential Media Center, focusing on the theme of ‘Collective Path... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
President Ranil calls for restructuring global fiscal system in UNGA speech
Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, President Ranil Wickremesinghe pledged to lead Sri Lanka towards sustainable growth, ensuring peace and prosperity for all, with the support of both the nation and the international community. https://youtu.be/Zfgmt11lFnU He stated this while delivering his address during the General Debate of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). President Ranil Wickremesinghe told the UNGA that currently, there is a stark contrast with the 2030 promise, as poverty and hunger levels are at multi-decade highs. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
Pakistan Had to Supply Weapons to Ukraine to get IMF Loan, What’s in for Sri Lanka?
IMF facility for Sri Lanka looks more and more like a bigger trap than a solution. Recent Pakistani experience shows there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes to get IMF facilities approved than what is openly discussed. USA as the largest stakeholder of IMF, calls the shots and never misses to exploit the poverty and desperation of countries going to the IMF with the begging bowl. ‘Bombs for Bailout’ According to many credible news reports Pakistan had to sell ammunition worth $1 billion to Ukraine to get its IMF bailout... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/23)
බලය ලැබුනහොත් මාලිමාව පරයා සීනුව හඞ නගාවිද ?
මෑතකදී ජාතික ජන බලවේගයයේ ජාතික ලැයිස්තු මන්ත්‍රී ශ්‍රී ලංකා විවෘත විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ සමාජ විද්‍යා අධ්‍යයන අංශයේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්‍ය, ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය ගෙන් විශ්ව විද්‍යාල නවක වධය පිලිබඳ ඇයගේ ස්ථාවරය විමසමින් මහාචාර්ය හරේන්ද්‍ර සිල්වා, මහාචාර්ය සුජීව අමරසේන, මහාචාර්ය සිරි හෙට්ටිගේ, මහාචාර්ය හිරාන් අමරසේකර සහ පුරවැසි මාධ්‍යවේදියෙකු වන අජිත් පැරකුම් ජයසිංහ හරහා ප්‍රශ්න ඇයට යොමු කලෙමි. එහෙත් ඇය නිහඞ වූවා මිස ජවිපෙ විසින් කාලයක් පුරා විශ්ව විද්‍යාල වල පවත්වාගෙන ගිය වධය පිලිබඳ අදහස් දැක්වීම නොකලාය. (අජිත් පැරකුම් ජයසිංහ උපකල්පනය කරන පරිදි මෙම ප්‍රශ්නයට පිලිතුරක් දීමට ඇයට ජවිපෙ දේශපාලන මණ්ඩලය අවසර නොදී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/23)
රක්ෂිත ගිණි ගැනීම් සහ ජල පෝෂක අපවිත්‍ර කිරීම් ගැන රජය දැනුවත්?
නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්‍රිකයේ හඟුරන්කෙත කළාපයේ සංචාරය කරන්නෙකුට (අධිකාරිගම, මල්ලුල්ල, උඩවත්ත, රහතුංගොඩ, උඩ පදියපැලැල්ල, උඩ හේවාහැට වැනි ප්‍රදේශ) නොවැරදීම ඇස ගැසෙන දර්ශනයකි එහි කඳු වල පිහිටි රක්ෂිත වල හට ගෙන ඇති ගිණි. මේවා ස්වභාවික ගිණි (ලැව් ගිණි) නොවේ; පුද්ගලයන් විසින් උවමනාවෙන්ම ඇති කරන ලද ගිණිවේ. දැඩි නියඟය නිසා මේ කැලෑ ප්‍රදේශ තදබල ලෙස වියළීමකට බඳුන්ව තිබු නිසා කැලෑ එළිකරන්නන් හට ඉතා පහසුවෙන් මේ කැලෑ වලට ගිණි තැබිය හැක. ඒවායින් නඟින දුම් රොටු මේ ප්‍රදේශවල සැරිසරන්නනට නිරන්තරන්යෙන්ම දර්ශනය වේ. සමහරවිට වාහනයක් ධාවනය කිරීමට අපහසු තත්ත්වයෙන් මුළු ප්‍රදේශයන්ම දුමෙන් පිරී පවතී. මේවා ඉතා වටිනා වනාන්තර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/23)
පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයේ පරීක්ෂණ වාර්තාව පිළිබඳ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් දැනුවත් කිරීමේ විශේෂ හමුව
2023.09.19 (ඊයේ) දින, පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයේ පරීක්ෂණ වාර්තාව පිළිබඳ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් දැනුවත් කිරීම සඳහා මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ගරු ටිරාන් අලස් මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවක් පාර්ලිමේන්තු කමිටු කාමර අංක 01 හීදී පැවැත්විණි. ඒ සඳහා මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් වියානි ගුණතිලක මහතා ,පොලිස්පති සී.ඩී වික්‍රමරත්න මහතා, අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තුමේන්තුව සහ ත්‍රස්ත විමර්ශන කොට්ඨාශය නියෝජනය කරමින් උසස් නිලධාරීන් සහභාගී විය. මෙම විශේෂ හමුව සඳහා පක්ෂ විපක්ෂ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් සහභාගී වූ අතර පරීක්ෂණ වාර්ථාව පිළිබඳ මන්ත්‍රී වරුන් නැඟූ ප්‍රශ්න වලට විමර්ෂණ නිලධාරීන් විසින් පිළිතුරු ලබා දීම සිදු කෙරිණි. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්, පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයේ පරීක්ෂණ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/23)
WHY THE MEDIA AREN’T TELLING THE WHOLE STORY OF LIBYA’S FLOODS
The reality of the West’s trademark current foreign policy – marketed for the past two decades under the principle of a “Responsibility to Protect” – is all too visible amid Libya’s flood wreckage. Many thousands are dead or missing in the port of Derna after two dams protecting the city burst this week as they were battered by Storm Daniel. Vast swaths of housing in the region, including in Benghazi, west of Derna, lie in ruins. The storm itself is seen... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/23)
President holds talks with Meta’s Nick Clegg on AI development
President Ranil Wickremesinghe met with Nick Clegg, President of Global Affairs for Meta (Facebook), in New York on the side-lines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), and highlighted the government’s new initiatives to combat online hate speech and the spread of fake news. He emphasized that the proposed bill will allow concerned parties to challenge specific aspects through the Supreme Court and further revisions could be considered during the Parliamentary Committee review. The President was briefed on Meta’s advancements in Artificial Intelligence, with particular emphasis on open-source technologies. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/23)
සූර්ය බලශක්ති ව්‍යාපෘතිය අඩපණ කළහැටි අධිකරණයේදී එළියට... වන්දියක් ගෙවන්නත් නියෝග
https://youtu.be/LOH0qWJFuaY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/23)
Iranian President accepts invite to visit Sri Lanka during talks with President Ranil
President Ranil Wickremesinghe met with his Iranian counterpart Dr. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, a short while ago (20 Sep.), the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. https://youtu.be/cGgo1nl6hu4 The duo met on the sidelines of the ongoing 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session, and engaged in cordial discussions. Dr. Raisi also accepted President Wickremesinghe’s invitation to visit Sri Lanka in the near future, according to the PMD.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/23)
‘Online Safety’ Draft bill gazetted
The draft of the Bill on ‘Online Safety’ was published, by way of a gazette notification, on Monday (18 Sep.), by the Ministry of Public Security. Accordingly, the relevant Bills aims to prohibit online communication of certain statements within the country, prevent the use of online accounts, both authentic and inauthentic, for the use of prohibited purposes, to make provisions to identify and declare online locations used for prohibited purposes, to suppress the financing and other support of communication of false statements and for other matters connected therewith. https://youtu.be/BUmVUoObDHw ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/23)
Substantial boost of USD 15 bn to Sri Lanka’s GDP projected through digital economy by 2030
The Chairman of the Federation of Information Technology Sri Lanka (FITIS), Mr. Indika De Soysa, has projected a substantial boost of USD 15 billion to Sri Lanka’s gross domestic product (GDP) through the expansion of the digital economy, by the year 2030. The digital economy currently contributes USD 3.7 billion dollars to the GDP. Speaking during a press conference held at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) today (20 Sep.), Mr. De Soysa discussed the “DIGIECON Sri Lanka 2030” program, aligning with President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s vision. The upcoming 41st National Information... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/23)
Repression of Buddhism in Sri Lanka by Portuguese
The Portuguese landed in Colombo in 1505. Within a few years of their arrival they were able to establish permanent trading settlements and then indulge in a game of intrigue and blackmail with the various rulers and minor chiefs of the country. They harassed Bhuvenakabahu (King of Kotte from 1521 ?1551) to a great degree and kept him in a state of dependence on both the military and sea power of the Portuguese. The Portuguese conspired with minor chiefs who owed allegiance to the King of Kotte and offered them various inducements to turn... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
13 පූර්ණව බලාත්මක කළ හොත් එය රටේ ඒකීය භාවයට තර්ජනයක්
Lankawebහි 10/8/23 දින පළ වුනු ‘Land and Police powers must not be given to the Provinces’ යන ඉංග්‍රීසි ලිපියේ සංශෝධිත සිංහල අනුවාදය, එම මුල් ලේඛකයා විසින්ම. 1987 ඉන්දියා - ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගිවිසුමේ ප්‍රතිඵලයක් ලෙස බිහිවූ 13 වෙනි සංශෝධනයේ ( උපලේඛන 9) සමගාමී ලැයිස්තුවට ඉඩම් සහ පොලිස් බලතල ඇතුළත් වන බව සත්‍යකි. නමුත් මේ බලයන් පළාත්සභා වලට නොදී සැමවිටම යටපත් කර තිබුණි. අවාසනාවකට, දැන් මේ බලතල ලබාදීමට අනවශ්‍ය හදිසියක් නිර්මාණය වී තිබේ - විශේෂයෙන්ම උතුරු නැගෙනහිර පළාත්සභා වලට. දැන් ළඟදීම ජනාධිපතිවරණයක් (2024) එන නිසා දකුණේ දේශපාලනඥයෝ (සිංහළ) සිතන්නේ උතුරු නැඟෙනහිර පළාත් සභාවලට වැඩිපුර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
සොම්බි පිල්ලි | බුද්ධශාසන රකින රාජ්‍ය වෙනස්කොට ප්‍රතිරාජ්‍ය හදන දෙමුහුන් ත්‍රස්ථ වාදීන්
සමුද්‍ර ආරක්ෂක කටයුතු පිලිබඳ විශ්ලේෂක ඉන්දික සහභණ්ධු මහතා සමග සාකච්චාව මෙහයවිම දේශබන්දු ,දෙශාභිමානී සුර්ය වංශ රත්න විභූෂණ පාලිත ආරියරත්න විසින්. නිවැරදි දේ අගය කරන්නත් වැරදි දේ හෙළිදරවු කර නිර්භයව එයට පහර දෙන්නත් හෘදය සා‍ක්ෂියක් මාධ්‍යවේදියෙකුට තියෙන්න ඕනෑ බව සිංහලේ දිනපොත විශ්වාසයයි ! පර්යේෂණාත්මක පුවත් පත් කලාව ! මෙහයවීම දේශාභිමානී සුර්ය වංශ රත්න විභූෂණ පාලිත ආරියරත්න විසින්… https://youtu.be/bJMX_sX4Y_0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
Deegawapiya Sacred Relics arrive at the Defence Ministry
Defence Secretary pays homage to Deegawapiya Sacred Relics The sacred Omniscient Relics and Crest-Gem of Deegawapiya Stupa was brought to the Ministry of Defence for veneration today (Sep 19). Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne received the religious procession that brought the sacred relics and the crest gem to the Defence Ministry, this afternoon. Gen. Gunaratne accompanied by senior Ministry officials paid homage to the sacred relics. The sacred relics were brought to the Ministry of Defence precinct to facilitate veneration by the Ministry... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
2021-22 එන්නත්කරණයෙන් පසු දෙවසර තුළ ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ මරණ සංඛ්‍යාව 65,074කින් ඉහළ යයි: (පළමු කොටස)
2021-22 එන්නත්කරණයෙන් පසු දෙවසර තුළ ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ මරණ සංඛ්‍යාව 65,074කින් ඉහළ යයි: (පළමු කොටස) අජිත් සී. හේරත් රජයේ සංඛ්‍යාලේඛන සහ ජන සංගණන දෙපාර්තුමේන්තුවේ වාර්තා අනුව 2021 සහ 22 වර්ෂවලදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මරණ සංඛ්‍යාව සාමාන්‍ය අපේක්ෂිත සංඛ්‍යාවට වඩා 65000කින් පමණ ඉහළ ගොස් තිබේ. රජයේ සහ ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානයේම වාර්තා අනුව 2020 ජනවාරි මස 03 වැනි දින සිට 2023 ජූනි 14 වැනි දක්වා කොවිඩ්-19 දක්වා මේ දක්වා කොවිඩ්-19 මගින් මරණයට පත්ව ඇති සංඛ්‍යාව 16,876කි. නමුත් එන්නත්කරණය ඇරඹීමෙන් පසු දෙවසර තුළ සිදුව ඇති මරණ සංඛ්‍යාවේ ඉහළ යාම 65,000ක් පමණ වේ. මෙය සාමාන්‍ය අපේක්ෂිත වාර්ෂික... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ අඛණ්ඩ සහයෝගය ශ්‍රී ලංකා - ඉරාන ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සබඳතා ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීමට ඉවහල් වුණා.- ඉරාන තානාපති
ද්විපාර්ශ්වික මිත්‍රත්වය සහ සංවර්ධන සහයෝගීතාව ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම සඳහා සිය රාජ්‍යතාන්ත්‍රික ධුර කාලය තුළ අඛණ්ඩව සහයෝගය ලබා දීම පිළිබඳව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාට සිය කෘතඥතාව පළ කරන බව, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ තානාපති වශයෙන් සිට සිය සේවා කාලය අවසන් කොට නික්ම යන තානාපති හෂේම් අෂ්ජාසාදේ මහතා පවසයි. කොවිඩ් වසංගතය සහ ගෝලීය ආර්ථික අර්බුදයේ අභියෝගාත්මක කාල පරිච්ඡේදයේදී එවකට විදේශ අමාත්‍යවරයාව සිටි වත්මන් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා ලබාදුන් සහයෝගය අගය කරන බව 2023.09.18 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාගෙන් සමුගත් තානාපතිවරයා සිහිපත් කළේය. දුෂ්කර සහ අභියෝගාත්මක කාලපරිච්ඡේදයක් තුළ ඉරානය සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අතර මිත්‍රත්වය සහ සහයෝගීතාව ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීමට දරන උත්සාහය පිළිබඳව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
Asia cup tragedy.
I am not a cricketer. But I enjoy seeing our boys winning the game as it brings a good name and fame for the country and also lots of money for the boys as well as the country. But looking at the historic tragic end on the 17th I am thoroughly disappointed. When they won the toss I was very happy as I thought they would ask India to bat first as the ground was wet. But the captain decided otherwise. I do not know whether he consulted his team mates and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
UNCHR on Sri Lanka
54th session of the Human Rights Council (11th September – 6th October 2023) has commenced and the annual pilgrimage to Geneva by pro and anti-Sri Lanka is on the move. The UNHCR and international agencies are coercing the government to accept unreasonable conditions of the resolutions adopted on Sri Lanka. In this background following layman’s concerns on both the legality and morality of the drama may be of some interest. Nicky Haley who was a former United States ambassador to the United Nations once said that “the Human Rights Council is a cesspool of political... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
China's Hybrid Economic System and Its Achievements | Richard D. Wolff & Jeffrey Sachs
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, New York City. Earlier he taught economics at Yale University (1967-1969) and at the City College of the City University of New York (1969-1973). In 1994, he was a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Paris (France), I (Sorbonne). Wolff was also a regular lecturer at the Brecht Forum in New York City.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
BIMSTEC and IORA will boost regional cooperation - Bangladesh Speaker
Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament, Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury said upcoming BIMSTEC and IORA meetings will boost cooperation between the countries in the region. She referred to close cooperation between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in international forums, and emphasized the need for further expansion of people-to-people ties between the two countries. The Speaker said this when she called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (September 18). She expressed appreciation over the rapid recovery made by Sri Lanka after the recent economic crisis. She said Sri Lanka has tremendous... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
100th Diplomatic Mission to be concurrently accredited from New Delhi to Colombo soon
Ambassador of Chad to India Dillah Lucienne called on Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda at the Sri Lanka High Commission in New Delhi. Chad and Sri Lanka are to sign the agreement establishing formal diplomatic relations shortly, and the arrangements in this regard are in progress. Once the formal diplomatic relations are established, the Ambassador of Chad in New Delhi will be concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka, making Chad the 100th Diplomatic Mission concurrently accredited to Colombo from New Delhi. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
Death of Professor A.D.T.E. Perera
Professor A.D.T.E. Perera, renowned Buddhist Scholar, with a Ph. D. from the Australian National University, passed away on September 17, 2023 at the age of 87 years of age. Professor A.D.T.E. Perera was formerly an Associate Editor, Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, Government of Sri Lanka, publication, Research Associate and Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of New Mexico, USA, Guest Research Fellow, Department of Disarmament and Development, UNO, New York. He was a Vice - President of the German Dharmaduta Society He was the author of several books some of which are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
There They Go Again: Back to ‘77 & All the Julys – 1980, 1983, 1987…
‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News September 2023 Part 3 ‘Political thuggery is the main deterrent to economic reforms’ – A former Swedish Industry Ministry Director, Dag Detter last week warned an Asian Development Bank (ADB) Colombo Forum aiming to sell off national assets. (They wasted a lot of precious dollars and carbon to fly this Viking all the way to Colombo to warn us about their camouflage: ‘Social democracy on their lips, capitalism in their holster.’) ‘Extremists who do not subscribe to a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
Channel 4 resurrects Easter Sunday, rips open can of squirming worms
Channel 4 has resurrected Easter and divided the political waters. Like Moses leading the Israelis through the divided waters of the Red Sea, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith is leading his faithful through the divided political waters of the country. Without taking a position on the Channe 4 documentary, the Cardinal has hit the nail on the head by calling for a “free, impartial, just, transparent and broad based investigation” into Channel 4 revelations by “an independent international investigation team”. At the same time, Cardinal Ranjith has confirmed his willingness “to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
‘I am not pro-Indian or pro-Chinese; I am pro-Sri Lankan’ – President Ranil
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has asserted that Sri Lanka’s government does not align itself with either India or China and firmly stands for Sri Lanka’s interests above all else. https://youtu.be/EFv7reax5dc “Some time back a person asked me whether I am pro-Indian or pro-Chinese, so I said definitely I am not pro-Indian, and added by saying I am also not pro-Chinese. So he asked me, ‘then are you neutral?’ I said no I’m not neutral, I’m pro-Sri Lankan”, the Head of State asserted, adding that many countries do not understand the fact... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/23)
KANDYAN CHIEFTAINS UNDER THE BRITISH – PART V (Contd. From August 22)
N. B. In a time of chaos, confusion, disorder and uncertainty discussing about Kandyan Chieftains may be interpreted as something akin to engaging in ecstatic revelry, overlooking current issues. But as a modern myth has been created, that Kandyan Chiefs “subverted” the policies of the British, “expressed their resistance to British colonialism”, we are duty-bound to debunk it and put the record straight. As Chairman Mao Zedong had said (1957), “Undoubtedly we must criticise wrong ideas of every description. It certainly, would not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/23)
බුදු සමය හා මාක්ස්වාදය - part-III (ඥානසාර හිමියන්ගේ මස් රාත්තල හා ලාල් කාන්තගේ පිරිත් නූල)
මුර දේවතාවුන්ව රැවටීම [අවුරුදු 17 ක් පුරා සටන්කර, දෙවරක් පැරදී, රට තුලත් සිටි සිංහල හතුරන් පරදා, කීර්ති කුමාරයා (I විජයභාහූ) වසර 70 ක චෝල ආධිපත්‍යය නිමකල හැටි. මේ ඓතිහාසික සිදුවීමඊළම් සටන හා 2023 ලංකාවේ සිංහල කළුසුද්දන් සමඟ සසඳන්න] පලවෙනි විජයභාහු රජතුමා (1055-1110) නිසා නොවේ නම් ලංකාව ඉන්දියාවේ කොටසක් වෙන්න තිබුණා යයි දකුණු ඉන්දියාවේ ප්‍රකට දෙමළ ඉතිහාසඥයෙකු වන නීල කණ්ඨශාස්ත්‍රී ලිව්වේය. ලංකාවට එල්ලවූ විදේශ ආක්රමණ වලදී හාමුදුරුවරු පන්සල්වලට වී නවගුනවැල් ගනිමින් භාවනා කර කර සිටියා නම් සිංහල ජාතියක් හෝ ත්‍රිපිටකයක් ඉතුරුවන්නේ නැත. (577) විජයබා රජු සහා බිසෝ වරු |... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/23)
How many people in this country know that Land powers in the Northern and Eastern provinces were already given on a silver platter in 1992 by the UNP Government even without activating the 13th Amendment.
How many people in this country know that Land powers in the Northern and Eastern provinces had already been given on a silver platter even without activating the 13th Amendment to the enemy by subtle political manipulations in 1992 by the Premadasa Government without the full implementation of the 13th Amendment, virtually marking the EELAM map on ground under the guise of Taking Administration to the people. Accordingly, the provisions of Act 58.1992 and PA circular 21/92 became effective throughout the Island with effect from the due date it was gazetted under this Act... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/23)
“මව්බිම පාවාදෙන ද්‍රෝහීන්ට කළ යුත්තේ කුමක්ද?”- මහජන විනිශ්චය ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කෙරේ
විශ්‍රාමික ලුතිතන් ජනරාල් ජගත් ඩයස් මහතාගේ කැඳවුම්කාරිත්වයෙන් “මව්බිම පාවාදෙන ද්‍රෝහීන්ට කළ යුත්තේ කුමක්ද ?- මහජන විනිශ්චය ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කිරීම” අද පස්වරුවේ මාතර නූපේ සණස මන්දිරයේදී සිදු කෙරිනි. රුහුණු රට භික්ෂු පෙරමුණේ සංවිධායකත්වයෙන්, සමස්ත ලංකා බෞද්ධ මහා සම්මේලනයේ මෙහෙයවීමෙන්, ජාතික ප්‍රතිපත්ති අධ්‍යනය හා උපාය මාර්ගික පර්යේෂණායතනයේ අධීක්ෂණයෙන්, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධතා සංවිධානයේ සම්බන්ධීකරණයෙන් යුතුව මෙම මහජන විනිශ්චය ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කෙරිණි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/23)
National Security House Committee head asks why Diaspora doesn’t want India and TNA investigated
Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera, MP, yesterday (15) asked whether a comprehensive international investigation into accountability issues here could be conducted unless India, too, was subjected to the same. The former Public Security Minister was responding to the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) declaration that India and Sri Lanka Core Group at the ongoing 54 session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, emphasised Sri Lanka’s continuing failure to fulfil its own commitments to justice and accountability. The Core Group consists... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/23)
What is the life span of Victoria Dam and how safe it is.
At this very moment the concrete used for the construction of large number of schools in the United Kingdom have been found to be of poor quality. It seems some have collapsed and others are crumbling. According to their BBC World Service around 150 schools are affected and many have been closed. It appears that this is just the tip of the iceberg and many government buildings also may be affected. According to this source the culprit is a certain type of lightweight concrete known as RAAC (Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete). When I saw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
Korea will recruit more skilled Sri Lankan workers – Korean Minister of Labour & Employment
Minister of Labour & Employment of Republic of Korea, Lee Jungsik said Korea has doubled the recruitment of Sri Lankan employees this year and it will be further increased by giving more opportunities to skilled workers with knowledge of Korean Language. He said this when he called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees on September 14 with a delegation of senior officials and Korean Ambassador Lee Miyon. The Prime Minister thanked Korean Government for generous development assistance for several sectors including health, agriculture, education and Information Technology.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
17 වන සිවිල් ආරක්ෂක දෙපාර්තමේන්තු දිනය සැමරීම
1985 අංක 40 දරණ මිනිස්බල උපයෝගිතා සහ පරිපූරක හමුදා පනතේ 52 වගන්තිය යටතේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොලිස් සේවාවට සහායවීම සඳහා පරිපූරක හමුදාවක් ලෙස ආරම්භ කළ “ග්‍රාමාරක්‍ෂක සේවය” 2006.09.13 වන දින නිකුත් කරන ලද අංක 1462/20 දරණ අති විශේෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රය මගින් “දිවි හිමියෙන් රට රකිමු” තේමාව යටතේ “සිවිල් ආරක්ෂක දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව” නමින් ප්‍රතිසංවිධානය කරන ලදී. අධ්යක්ෂ ජනරාල්වරුන් 08 දෙනෙකු යටතේ මෙම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ පාලන කටයුතු සිදුකල අතර, වර්ථමාන අධ්යක්ෂ ජනරාල් එයාර් වයිස් මාර්ෂල් ආර්එස් බියන්විල වීඑස්වී යූඑස්පී එම්බීඒ (එක්සත් රාජධානිය) එන්ඩීසී (ඉන්දියාව) පීඑස්සී මැතිතුමායි. සිවිල් ආරක්ෂක දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ සාමාජික සාමාජිකාවන් 34,000ක් සක්‍රීය සේවයේ යෙදී සිටින අතර දිවයින... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON “ENSURING HOLISTIC HUMAN SECURITY: EMPOWERING SRI LANKAN CHILDREN THROUGH SAFE AND FULFILLING WORK ENVIRONMENTS”
The Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), the Ministry of Defence’s premier think tank on national security, hosted a Round Table Discussion on “Ensuring Holistic Human Security: Empowering Sri Lankan Children Through Safe And Fulfilling Work Environments” on Thursday, September 14, 2023, from 1400hrs to 1530hrs (IST) via Zoom. Mrs. Badra Withanage, Director of Education for All, Ministry of Education, Mrs.N.R. Ranawaka, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Labour, and WDIG Mrs. Renuka Jayasundara, DIG Children and Women Range, Sri Lanka Police were the event’s three distinguished Guest Speakers. The session was moderated by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
A discussion between the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna...
A discussion between the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, which is a major political party allied with it, was held on the night of 13.09.2023 in Colombo. The discussion was held under the leadership of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, the leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, and Mr. Basil Rajapaksa, the National Organizer of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna. The current political situation in the country, the contributions of coalition politics, public welfare facilities, burden of life and providing relief to distressed people, dialogue to be with trade unions and employees in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
Real victims and real danger of Channel 4’s fact-less documentary
Colombo, September 13: Channel 4’s latest documentary on the Easter Sunday attack is way too depressing for any Sri Lankan, more so for the survivors and relatives who live with the memories of the slaughter of innocents. But, after a 47-minute-long documentary, all that emerges is a ghastly piece of clickbait journalism that tries to repackage a hackneyed conspiracy theory, relying on the testimony of a single dubious asylum seeker, and generously mixing the harrowing tales of survivors, who live with the pain, as if the emotive appeal would provide credibility to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
Decrypting Easter Attack Secrets: Roles of Abu Hind, Podi Saharan and Jameel – Part One
In recent years, if there’s been an event that has sent shockwaves through our nation, akin to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is undeniably the Easter attack. Regrettably, many individuals have exploited this tragedy for political gain, seemingly oblivious to the harrowing truth that lies beneath. Sri Lanka finds itself ensnared in an ignorance, akin to a parasitic infestation, which not only affords legal shelter but also fosters an environment where extremists can thrive and sow discord. His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, mere hours after the attack,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
Decrypting Easter Attack Secrets: Who is this so – called Whistleblower Azad Maulana – Part two
Last year, a Sri Lankan individual stood resolutely before the special Bench of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, enduring five days of intense scrutiny from the organisation’s officials. During this period, he revealed a trove of State secrets, all while his life hung perilously in the balance. His testimony, initially recorded in English, was later translated into Tamil by an individual residing in Europe and the explosive revelations were unleashed upon the world through the power of social media. In that compelling statement,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
Decrypting Easter Attack Secrets: Social Responsibility in Face of Channel 4 Farce – Part 3
A few days ago, this writer posed a critical question to an Islamic scholar of Sri Lankan heritage, now residing in Australia, regarding the Easter attacks: Was it a sinister political conspiracy? The response was unequivocal—there was no political conspiracy lurking behind the gruesome event. However, what unfolded was the grotesque exploitation of this tragedy for political gain by various factions. What transpired was the transformation of extremist ideologies, systematically indoctrinated into segments of the Muslim society over an extended period, into a violent catastrophe. Regrettably, our society, as a whole, has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
Steps taken to deport Lankan convicts in Rajiv case: Centre in HC
Chennai: The Union government has informed the Madras high court that it has taken steps to deport all the four Sri Lankans, convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to Sri Lanka. The Centre informed the Madras high court that it has been communicated to the minister of external affairs to issue travel documents to the four Sri Lankan convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, who... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
Cuba, Sri Lanka pledge to support each other in global forums
President Ranil Wickremesinghe and his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez engaged in a bilateral meeting in Havana this morning (15 Sep.), and the two leaders have reinforced the bonds of friendship and dialogue between the two nations. Sri Lankan President’s arrival in Cuba was marked by a warm welcome, as he received a Guard of Honour at the Palace of Revolution. President Díaz-Canel Bermudez expressed Cuba’s appreciation for the visit, emphasizing its significance during these challenging times globally. He praised Sri Lanka’s commitment to friendship with Cuba and to the vital role... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
President appoints committee to probe Channel 4’s allegations on Easter attacks
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a three-member committee to investigate the allegations in the documentary aired by British television network Channel 4 on the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka. The committee, chaired by retired Supreme Court Justice S.I. Imam, consists of retired Air Force Commander A.C.M. Jayalath Weerakkody and President’s Counsel Harsha A.J. Soza PC. On September 06, Channel 4 aired a controversial documentary containing startling accusations relating to the bombings on Easter Sunday (April 21) in 2019 which targeted several Catholic churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
New CBSL Act effective from today; strict controls on money printing – Siyambalapitiya
The new Central Bank Act, aimed at bolstering the bank’s independence, accountability and price stability in the country, comes into effect today (15 Sep.), Acting Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. Accordingly, the Acting Minister explained that as per the new Act, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s (CBSL) ability to print money will be limited, as opposed to their manners of printing money, rather excessively, in the recent past. He emphasised that such money printing would be allowed only under special circumstances, such as a concern of national security or a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
Sri Lanka financial institution ratings not affected by sovereign downgrade: Fitch
Sri Lanka bank ratings are unaffected by the downgrade of Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency Issuer Default Rating to ‘RD’ from ‘C’, says Fitch Ratings. On 14 September 2023, the global credit rating agency downgraded the sovereign’s Long-Term Local-Currency Issuer Default Rating following the completion of an exchange of treasury bonds for longer-dated ones, which forms a part of the broader domestic debt optimisation program. The exchange of treasury bills held by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has yet to be completed. In a statement, Fitch said: “We do not believe... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/23)
Cultural Genocide during a Carnival of Buffoons: Thoughts of a dry brain
It would be obvious to the correctly informed impartial observer that Sri Lanka's age-old Buddhist religious cultural establishment is under unprovoked attack both within the country and outside of it. The current controversy about Channel 4's latest film on Sri Lanka concerning the Easter Sunday suicide bombings carried out by Islamic Jihadist terrorists four years ago is merely a smokescreen created to conceal a hoped-for critical final phase of that anti-Buddhist operation. This reference to the cacophonous Channel 4 prattle should not be regarded as something out of context. According to Lanka C News... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/23)
පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන නීති කාලයට ගැලපෙන සේ වෙනස් විය යුතුයි...-අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා
පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන නීති කාලයට ගැලපෙන සේ වෙනස් විය යුතුයි...-අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ අද (2023.09.14) පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ප්‍රගති සමාලෝචනයට එක් වෙමිනි. එහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා - බස්නාහිර පළාතේ ඝන අපද්‍රව්‍ය කළමණාකරණය හරියට කෙරෙන්නේ නැහැ කියලා ජනතාවගෙන් දැඩි විරෝධයක් තියෙනවා. විශේෂයෙන් ගම්පහ හා කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කවල අපද්‍රව්‍ය වැඩියි. බස්නාහිර පළාතේකුණු ප්‍රශ්නය සම්බන්ධයෙන් මෙගා පොලිස් සැලැස්මෙන් හදුනාගෙන තිබෙනවා. මීතොටමුල්ල කුණු කන්ද කඩා වැටුණා. තවමත් කුණු කසල කළමණාකරණයට නිසි පියවර අරන් නැහැ. හදිසි ගංවතුර තත්ත්වයක් ඇති වුණොත් මුළු කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේම යට වෙනවා. ගම්පහ යටවෙනවා.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/23)
High Commissioner calls on Hon. Richard Marles, Deputy PrimeMinister and Minister for Defence of Australia
High Commissioner Chitranganee Wagiswara paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence of Australia Richard Marles on 11 September 2023 at his office in the Federal Parliament. She was accompanied by Deputy High Commissioner Chamari Rodrigo and Defence Counsellor Commodore S.P. Kathriarachchi. The Deputy Prime Minister while welcoming the High Commissioner and the team highlighted the longstanding close relation maintained between Australia and Sri Lanka and stated that Australia is keen to promote closer links with Sri Lanka as Sri Lanka is seen as an important... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/23)
Sri Lanka’s Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing risk assessed as ‘medium’: Financial Intelligence Unit
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Sri Lanka in its recent sanitised report of the 2021/22 National Risk Assessment (NRA) on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) has assessed the overall risk for the country as medium. The report was developed based on the assessment conducted by the FIU of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) together with public and private sector stakeholders. The assessment, which aimed at identifying the ML/TF risks in the country, highlights the most significant ML/TF threats, vulnerabilities, and risks faced by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/23)
Sri Lanka ranked as one of best 50 islands in the world for travel in 2023 by Big 7
Sri Lanka has been listed as one of the 50 best islands in the world for travel for 2023 by Big 7 Travel. The island nation was ranked 13 in the annual round up of the world’s best islands. “Sri Lanka has been off the tourism radar for a few years now due to protests, economic crises and the pandemic, but its doors are now wide open. “There are a thousand reasons to visit the beguiling island, not least its friendly people, flavourful food, endless beaches and timeless ruins. Loop around... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/23)
Decision to recall retired specialists not feasible: Experts
With reference to the decision of the health Ministry to recall the retired medical specialists, medical specialists opined that it is neither a feasible nor a longstanding move to address the shortage of specialists. Speaking to Daily Mirror, Senior Consultant Physician Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama told Daily Mirror, “I don’t know how feasible the decision would be given a spate of reasons. “There is no guarantee that every specialist who is recalled is willing to continue to work. Some may opt to come whereas some don’t," When asked what... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/23)
Authorities admit migration of doctors beyond their control
Medical specialists migrate due to low salaries Foreign countries eye SL specialists for higher salaries With the migration of medical professionals from Sri Lanka reaching an alarming level, exacerbated by the low salaries offered to specialists, the health authorities are now admitting that the situation is beyond their control. According to a top source of the Health Ministry, the Ministry is disappointed with the lack of support from relevant stakeholders such as Medical Colleges, Public Service Commission, and the Ministry of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/23)
The Central Hill Country: The ‘Hadabima’ (Heartland) of Sri Lanka a New Geographical Interpretation
(First Posted on December 2nd, 2017) https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2017/12/02/the-central-hill-country-the-hadabima-heartland-of-sri-lanka-a-new-geographical-interpretation/ (I pause the question to every man, woman and child in Sri Lanka as to what will happen to you, if your heart stops. Obviously, the answer is you will die. Similarly, one day, if the rivers that have their sources in the hill country, cease to flow, the curtain will fall on the survival of the entire life system in the Island due to lack of water, deforestation and land degradation on the central hills and finally on the civilization of this Island.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/23)
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආයෝජන ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීමට ඉන්දීය ව්‍යවසායකයින්ගෙන් සහතිකයක්...
ඉන්දීය ආයෝජන තවදුරටත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීමට ඉන්දීය වෙළඳ හා කර්මාන්ත ව්‍යවසායකයින්ගෙන් සමන්විත ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඉන්දියා සංගමයේ සාමාජිකයෝ සහතික වෙති. ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඉන්දියා සංගමයේ සාමාජිකයින් සහ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අතර හමුවක් අද (2023.09.13) අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවති අතර වෙළෙඳ හා ආයෝජන ඇතුළු ද්විපාර්ශ්වික ආර්ථික සබඳතා පුළුල් කරගැනීමේ මාර්ග සහ උපක්රම පිළිබඳව මෙහිදී සාකච්ඡා කෙරිණි. දෙරට අතර සංවර්ධන සහයෝගීතාවයේ වර්ධනය පෙන්වාදුන් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා, පෞද්ගලික අංශයේ ඉන්දීය ආයෝජන ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීමට දරන ප්‍රයත්නය වෙනුවෙන් ඉන්දීය ප්‍රධාන විධායක නිලධාරීන්ට ස්තුතිය පළ කළේ ය. ප්ලැටිනම් රියල්ටි ඉන්වෙස්ට්මන්ට්ස් හි කළමනාකාර අධ්යක්ෂ සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඉන්දියා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/23)
ඥානසාර හිමි ඝාතන කුමන්ත්‍රණයක් ! - පිල්ලෙයාන් හෙළිකරලා !!
බොදුබල සේනා සංවිධානයේ මහ ලේකම් පුජ්‍ය ගලගොඩ අත්තේ ඥාණසාර හිමි ඝාතනය කිරීමේ සුදානමක් තිබු බව වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුවේ රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයකු වන පිල්ලෙයාන් හෙවත් සිවනේසතුරෙයි චන්ද්‍රකාන්තන් විසින් අනාවරණය කර තිබේ. පිල්ලෙයාන් අමාත්‍යවරයා තමන් වහන්සේට දුරකථන ඇමතුමක් ලබාදෙමින්, රිමාන්ඩ් භාරයේ සිටි සමයේ දැනගත් කරුණු කරනා රැසක් පසුගියදා අනාවරණය කරසිටි බවත්, ඒ අනුව තමන්වහන්සේ ඝාතනය කිරීමේ සුදානමක් තිබී ඇති බවත් ''බොදුබල සේනා සංවිධානයේ'' මහ ලේකම් පුජ්‍ය ගලගොඩ අත්තේ ඥාණසාර හිමියන් පැවසුහ.'' පිල්ලෙයාන් ඇමතිතුමා කියපු විදියට මාව ඝාතනය කරන කුමන්ත්‍රණය තිබිලා තියන්නේ පාස්කු ඉරිදා ත්‍රස්ත ප්‍රහාරයට ඉස්සෙල්ල. ඒ ඝාතන තැත වෙනුවෙන් මාලදිවයිනෙන් පස්දෙනෙක් ඇවිත්. පිල්ලෙයාන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/23)
Channel4 වීඩියෝවට වොයිස් කට් අරන්දුන්නේ සිරසේ ෆරාෂ් ෂවුකද් අලි..
සිරස මාධ්‍ය ජාලයේ හාර්ඩ් ටෝක් වැඩසටහන සිදුකරන ෆරාෂ් ෂවුකද් අලි චැනල් ෆෝ නාළිකාව පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් සකස් කළ වැඩසටහන සඳහා සම්පත් දායකයන් ලබාදීම සම්බන්ධීකරණය කර ඇති බව හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රි මෙන්ම හිටපු රාජ්‍යතාන්ත්‍රික නිලධාරියකු වන ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ සරත් කෝන්ගහගේ පැවසීය. කොළඹදී මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් පවත්වමින් ඔහු මේ බව ඊයේ (12 වැනිදා) කියා සිටියේය. මාධ්‍ය හමුවේදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ මන්ත්‍රිවරයා මෙසේද කීවේය. මට මේ පුද්ගලයා කතා කරල කිව්වා මට ඔබතුමාගෙන් ලන්ඩනයේ අයි.ටී.එන්. නමැති නාළිකාවකට ඉන්ටවිව් එකක් ගන්න ඕන කියලා. එයා එංගලන්තයේ පුරවැසියෙක්. අරගලය පැවැති ගිය අවුරුද්දේ මාර්තු මාසයේ දී තමයි මට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/23)
චැනල් 4ට සාක්ෂි දුන් සරත්ගෙන් තවත් ආන්දෝලනයක් - කාදිනලුයි සහරානුයි එකම දේ කරලා ???
https://youtu.be/smSLddba-mM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/23)
Ahmadiyya Khalifa returns to Tilford, United Kingdom following Germany tour of 2023
On 12 September 2023 evening, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad arrived in Islamabad, Tilford, United Kingdom, following a successful tour of Germany. Ahmadi ladies, children and men gathered to welcome their beloved Imam, and upon his arrival raised slogans praising Allah. Children recited choral poems and the atmosphere was full of jubilation and gratitude to Allah. Soon after his arrival, His Holiness led everyone in Maghreb (after sunset) and Isha (night time) prayers at the Mubarak Mosque. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/23)
Large crowd pays homage to Deegawapiya Relics at Pepiliyana Sunethra Devi Pirivena
Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne paid homage to the sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa at the Pepiliyana Sunethra Devi Piriven Maha Viharaya, last evening (Sep 12). The Chief Incumbent, Sri Sunethra Devi Raja Maha Viharaya, Prof. Medagoda Abhayatissa thero who facilitated the exposition of revered articles at the temple premises was also present during the session. The charming religious evening saw an influx of a large gathering of devotees and maha sanga at the venue paying their homage during this rare occasion. The relics unearthed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/23)
STATEMENTS MADE BY ILLANKAI TAMIL ARASU KADCHI (ITAK) IN 1949 AND 1976.
ITEM 1 Speech delivered on December 18, 1949 at the Inaugural business meeting of Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) by S. J. V. Chelvanayakam KC Chairman of the reception committee and delegates assembled here, I thank you most sincerely for the honour you have done me in electing me your Chairman for today’s proceedings. I am deeply conscious of the grave responsibility you have placed in me and of my personal limitations in discharging them. However it is my humble duty as a servant in the cause to accept whatever task is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/23)
TAMIL COLONIZATION OF SINHALA LANDS Part 2C
Revised 12.9.23 The place names of the north and east indicate that the north and east were Sinhala before they became Tamil. The incoming Tamils, arriving from Tamilnadu, simply tamilised the existing Sinhala place names instead of inventing new names. In 1886, the irrigation engineer, Henry Parker, presented a series of Sessional papers to the Legislative Council, on the subject of irrigation in the Northern Province. He commented, inter alia, on the available historical information relating to the tanks he was inspecting. Parker found the following substitution of Tamil names... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/23)
TAMIL COLONIZATION OF SINHALA LANDS Part 3
There are four documents which need to be studied before the discussion on Tamil colonization of Sinhala lands can proceed. They are, Bandaranaike-Chelvanayagam Pact, Dudley Senanayake-Chelvanayagam Pact, the District Development Councils Act and the Provincial Councils Act. All four take positions on the subject of “Lands and land settlement”. BANDARANAIKE - CHELVANAYAGAM PACT 1957 Bandaranaike - Chelvanayakam Pact, given in full in Appendix 1, was signed on July 26, 1957 primarily to avoid a threatened mass satyagraha led by ITAK against the "Sinhala Only' Bill. The Bandaranaike - Chelvanayakam Pact was merely... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/23)
How DP Education & Dhammika Perera May Help Sri Lankan Students
Since the philanthropist Dhammika Perera is supporting the education of the Sri Lankan youth, may I suggest that DP Education considers an avenue of targeting the programmes towards revenue-generating employment overseas. Currently many Western countries need and invite qualified Nurses to support their elders and the hospitals. USA, UK, EU have vacancies for Health workers, with good English language skills. Finland with an aging population needs over 20,000 Nurses and Eldercare workers. The starting salaries are Euro 2000-, per month. Finnish language skills will be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/23)
The Ideal Economic Model for Third World Countries: Open or Closed
The Colonial PeriodAs colonialism was gradually disbanded in the Forties and Fifties many colonial countries were bequeathed with independence, provided with democratic constitutions for governance and allowed to rule themselves. The fundamental aims of the colonial regimes was to maintain law and order, the collection of taxes and to restructure the economies so that the colony would make a contribution to the mother country. The economic system imposed was to produce raw materials for export to the mother country and other Developed Countries and purchase manufactured items from the mother country. This system enabled the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/23)
ඛේදවාචකයේ උපත නොහොත් The Birth of Tragedy by by Friedrich Nietzsche
ෆ්‍රෙඩ්රික් නීට්ෂේ විසින් 1882 දී රචිත The Birth of Tragedy ( The Birth of Tragedy, Out of the Spirit of Music (Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik) කෘතිය ග්‍රීක ඛේදවාචකයේ මූලාරම්භය තේරුම් කරයි. එසේම දර්ශනවාදය සහ කලාව තරණය කිරීමට ගත් උත්සාහය ඔහුගේ පළමු කෘතිය මගින් පෙනී යයි. එක් ආකාරයකින් The Birth of Tragedy 5 වැනි සියවසේ ඇතීනියානු ජනතාව සඳහා ඛේදජනක නාට්‍ය නියෝජනය කළේ කුමක් ද යන්න පිළිබඳ න්‍යායකි. නීට්ෂේ විශ්වාස කළේ ඛේදවාචකය ඇතීනියානුවන්ට වැදගත් සංස්කෘතික කාර්‍යයක් ඉටු කළ බවය. නීට්‍ෂේට අනුව ඇතීනියානුවන් පරිණත වන්නේ පුද්ගලික වැදගත්කම සහ ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨත්වය පිළිබඳ පැහැදිලි ආදර්ශ ඇති ලෝකයක් සහ ජීවිතයක් පිළිබඳ මිත්‍යාවන් තුළ ය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/23)
If Easter Sunday Massacre Was a Political Plot, How About the Woman Suicide Bomber Who Died with Her Three Children at Home?
Easter Sunday terrorist attack must be investigated and all involved must be punished. Due to the absence of a credible investigation and justice, various conspiracy theories have emerged. That is natural and the only way to silence them is through justice. The allegation that the Easter Sunday terrorist attack was carried out with the full concurrence of an intelligence officer who was in turn connected to a political clan simply falls into pieces when considering the fate of Fatima Ibrahim – the wife of one of the suicide bombers. She... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/23)
Reception Held for New Ahmadiyya Mosque Opened in Waiblingen, Germany, by Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, as Mosque openings continue.
"The Founder of every religion has taught its followers to love one another and so we should adopt this teaching" – Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad On 5 September 2023, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at a special reception held to commemorate the opening of the Nasir Mosque in Waiblingen, Germany. His Holiness officially inaugurated the Mosque prior to the reception by unveiling a commemorative plaque and offering a silent prayer in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/23)
Prime Minister discusses early implementation of Lower Malwathu Oya hydro-solar-irrigation project as a PPP
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena discussed the possibility of early resumption of the Lower Malwathuoya hydro-solar-electricity-irrigation project as a Public-Private-Partnership Project with foreign investments. The Chinese investors who built the Yan Oya Dam called on the Prime Minister at the Temple Trees today (September 11) to discuss the Prime Minister's proposal to install solar panels on Yan Oya resorvir as well as the proposed Malwathu Oya reservoir to generate 100 megawatt electricity and irrigate 22,000 hectares of land in Anuradhapura and Trincoamelee districts. The Chinse investment team headed by Senior Business... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/23)
චැනල් 4 බොරු මත නොයැපෙන්නෝ වෙමු
යුද්ධය අවසානයේ චැනල් 4 විශාල බොරු තොගයක් ඇද බෑය. ශ්‍රී ලංකා හමුදාව තරම් මානව හිතවාදීව යුද්ධ කල තවත් යුද හමුදාවක් මෑත අතීතයේ ලොව කොහේවත් නොවීය. නමුත් අපේ රණවිරුවන් අහිංසක දෙමළ වැසියන් 40,000 යුද්ධය අවසාන සමයේ කෲර ලෙස මරා දමනු ලැබිය යන බොරු බේගලය ලොව පුරා ව්‍යාප්ත කර හැරීමට මුළීක වුයේ චැනල් 4 නාලිකාවයි (ඒ සංඛ්‍යාව 70,000ක් යයි පසුව සුමන්තිරන් පාරම් බෑය). ඒ වෙනුවෙන් චැනල් 4 වාර්ථා වැඩසටහන් කිහිපයක් ප්‍රචාරණය කළහ. ඒවා බොරු බව දේශප්‍රේමින් කිහිප දෙනෙක් උදාහරණ ගෙන හැර පාමීන් ලිපි ආදිය මඟින් කරුණු පැහැදිලි කළහ. නමුත් බටහිර ලෝකයේ බොහෝ දෙනෙක් අදත් විශ්වාස... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/23)
Biden raised with Modi, the deteriorating human rights situation in India: BBC
Hanoi, September 12 (BBC): US President Joe Biden has said that he raised issues of human rights in India and the importance of a free press with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. Mr Biden made the remark at a press conference in Hanoi, where he said he had “substantial discussions” with Mr Modi about continuing to strengthen the India-US relationship. India’s statement issued after the meeting said that the two leaders pledged co-operation on a number of issues, and did not mention a conversation about human rights. Mr Biden... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/23)
Bollywood film producers select Sri Lanka to shoot eight films
Three renowned Bollywood film producers have selected Sri Lanka to shoot eight of their films soon giving a tremendous destination mileage for Sri Lanka. Film Producer and Head of Film Content at Jio Studios of Reliance Group, Shobha Sant revealed that 8 scripts are already in hand to begin work in Sri Lanka and emphasized that she was amazed by the beauty of Sri Lanka and touched by the hospitality, the warmth and personal attention of the people. She further said the food, culture and the environment... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/23)
Sri Lanka says UN human rights report a ‘grave distortion and misinterpretation’ of reality
Responding to the oral report on Sri Lanka at the first meeting of the 54th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, Sri Lanka has rejected the report and its recommendations, claiming that is does not reflect the actual situation in Sri Lanka, and instead gravely distorted and misinterpreted the ground situation within the country. Speaking further in this regard, the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva, Himalee Arunatilaka noted that it is “regrettable” that the Office of the Human Commissioner of Human Rights (OCHCR)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/23)
Channel 4, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith: Some Unanswered Questions and GR’s “Second Coming” (?)
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has become a celebrity newsmaker, a prominent object of media attention, like a Cardinal Superstar! (No comparison with 1973- American film “Jesus Christ Superstar”). Oftentimes he gets an opportunity to create news and get media attention. These opportunities are made for him by either local politicians and bureaucrats or foreign media channels, this time by the notorious Channel 4. There are many unanswered questions, only Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith could answer. On 13, September 2007 at the height of the Ealam War (then) Bishop Malcolm Ranjith had a meeting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/23)
Drug shortages and impact on health outcomes; Is it only the tip of the iceberg?
On the night of April 14, 1912, though, only a few days into the Titanic's maiden voyage, its Achilles' heel was exposed. The ship wasn't nimble enough to avoid an iceberg that lookouts spotted (the only way to detect icebergs at the time) at the last minute in the darkness. As the ice bumped along its starboard side, it punched holes in the ship's steel plates, flooding six compartments. In a little over two hours, the Titanic filled with water and sank- The Secret of How the Titanic Sank by Justin Ewers Although the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/23)
Staring Sonic-Sonic: Channel 4’s Easter Sunday as the IMF descends amid Over the Horizon Operations
We have what's called over-the-horizon capabilities, which means we can strike terrorists and targets without American boots on the ground – Joe Biden[i] Disinformation is ramping up in preparation for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visit this month to review Sri Lanka’s progress on ‘debt restructuring’ ahead of the required Firesale of coastal and highland lands in the strategic island so that interested parties may monitor and surveil the Indian Ocean trade and Submarine Data Cable Routes. Sri Lanka was once called ‘valuable real estate’ by Alice G. Wells, former US Under Secretary... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/23)
The US Economic War on China and BRICS | Richard D. Wolff
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, New York City. Earlier he taught economics at Yale University (1967-1969) and at the City College of the City University of New York (1969-1973). In 1994, he was a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Paris (France), I (Sorbonne). Wolff was also a regular lecturer at the Brecht Forum in New York City. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/23)
Sri Lanka’s Great Sands & Why White Lies Matter
‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News September 2023 Part 2 * ‘Without concrete, copper & fibre optics there would be no data centres, no electricity, no internet… The world would not end if Twitter or Instagram suddenly ceased to exist; if we suddenly ran out of steel or natural gas, however, that would be a very different story. In 2019, the world mined, dug & blasted more than everything extracted from the dawn of humanity all the way through to 1950… For every... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/23)
කතෝලික සභාව ජරා දේශපාලනය කරන්න යන්න එපා. වින්දිතයන්ට සාධාරණය ඉටුකරන්න.
පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධව නන්දොඩවමින් රටේ හා ජනතාවගේ කාලය විනාශ කරන්න එපා. එය පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයෙන් මියගිය මිනිසුන්ට සිදුකරන නිගාවකි. මේ නිගාකිරීමට අගරදගුරු තුමාද සම්බන්ධවී ජාත්‍යන්තර දේශපාලනයේදී උන්ට අවශ්‍ය ගොදුරක් වූ ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂයන් ඉලක්ක කරගෙන ඔවුන්ගේ සටන දියත්කිරීමට ඉඩදිම කතෝලික ප්‍රජාවට සිදුකරන අගෞරවයකි.. පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය සිදුවෙන විට මෛත්‍රිපාල සිරිසේන ජනාධිපතිව, රාජපක්ෂලාව පාරක් පාරක් ගානේ ඇවිද්දවනවායයි නන්දොඩවමින්, රාජපක්ෂලාට නඩු පිට නඩු පවරමින්,ඔවුන්ව බන්ධනාගත කරමින් සතුටුවූ යුගයකි. ඒ. ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂයන්ව සිරගත කිරීමට එදා මෛත්‍රිපාලයන්ට දැඩි අවශ්‍යතාවයක් තිබුන අතර, ගෝඨාභයන් ඒ නඩුවලින් ගැලවීම සඳහා දැඩි වෙහෙසකර ව්‍යායාමයක යෙදෙන්න සිදුව තිබු යුගයකි ඒ. ජනාධිපති යටතේ රාජයේ සියලුම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/23)
Leaked: CIA Front Preparing Color Revolution in Indonesia
We are reproducing here an article published in mintpressnews.com regarding CIA plans for Indonesia. According to infromation from a friend of DDP from Indonesia the US Embassy in Jakarta had approached the PKS (islamist political party, opponent of Indonesian government) Documents passed anonymously to MintPress News reveal the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a notorious CIA front, is laying the foundations for a color revolution in Indonesia. In February 2024, citizens will elect their President, Vice President, and both legislative chambers. Current maverick leader Joko Widodo, widely beloved by Indonesians, is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/23)
බුදු සමය හා මාක්ස්වාදය - part-II (ඥානසාර හිමියන්ගේ මස් රාත්තල හා ලාල් කාන්තගේ පිරිත් නූල)
(544) සමහර පැරණි JVP සාමාජිකයෝ ඉදිමිලා-ඉදිමුවට තෙල් සාත්තුවක් දෙන්න වෙනවා - YouTube මෙම වීඩියෝවේ පානදුරේ ලාල් විසින් කියන්නේ ඥානසාර හිමියන් වුනත් රවටාගෙන JVP එක ඩබල්ගේම් ගැසිය යුතු බවය. 1977 දී JRJ බෞද්ධ දර්ශන මහාචාර්ය W. S. කරුණාරත්න යොදවා ධර්මිෂ්ඨ සමාජයක් නම් ඩබල්ගේම් එක ගසා සිංහල බෞද්ධ ජනයා මුලාකල පරිදිමය. ගාන්ධිත් ඩබල්ගේම්කාරයෙක්ද? මෙම ලිපියේ 1 කොටසේ හඳුනාගත් ප්‍රවාහ (මුර දේවතා හා මාක්ස්වාදී/ක්‍රිස්තියානි යන) දෙකේම <ඩබල් ගේම්කාරයින්> සිටියේය, සිටින්නේය. මින් අදහස් කරන්නේ මහජන සේවය සඳහා යයි ඉදිරියට පැමිණ, වංක හා ආත්මාර්ථකාමී ලෙස හැසිරෙන පංචස්කන්ධ ය. ඒ මිසක් ඔවුන්ගේ පුද්ගලික දින... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/23)
India pays tribute to Buddhism at G20 Conference with Prime Minister Modi welcoming world leaders in front of a giant Buddhist Dharmachakra
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke new ground at the opening Day of the G20 Conference in Delhi yesterday when he greeted world leaders with a 'Namaste' and shook hands with them in front of a giant-sized Dharmachakra (also called Asoka Chakra) at the newly opened Bharat Mandapam. It was a huge boost for Buddhism internationally, a theme constantly mooted by Modi and an idea close to his heart, as the Dharmachakra (also called the Dharma wheel) is the most potent symbol of Buddhism. It is a foundational concept in Buddhism that represents the "Wheel of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/23)
Why Finland? The Happiest Country in the World!
Despite the difficult language, and drastic severe winter freezing weather, Sri Lankans in Finland, as Students or Workers enjoy a decent life. Finland Needs Nurses - Care Workers - IT staff! Finland was voted six (6) times - The Happiest Country in the World. Honest - From the President to Average Citizen! Education is 100% FREE to citizens. Safe - Hardly any crime. Healthcare - One of the Best in the World. Húnger - No Citizen complains of Hunger. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/23)
With Both Elected President and Prime Minister Out, the Present Regime Has No Mandate
Representative democracy is all about government through elected representatives. This is the only form of democracy in the world. Sadly, the top two elected representatives have been removed from their positions (and many other top vote winners too). The president and the prime minister currently serving have no mandate to rule the country. Elections must be called immediately. Gotabaya was elected president with a large mandate in 2019 but is no more in politics. Incumbent president did not contest for the presidential election and did not win his seat at the parliamentary election either.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/23)
මුලතිව් වන මැදින් මතුවූ සිරිපතුල IN MULATIV OTTUSUDAN FOREST A CARVING OF THE BUDDHA 'S FOOT
මුලතිව් ඔට්ටිසුඩාන් වාවෙට්ටි කදුකර ප්‍රදේශයේ කැළෑවකින් පුරාණයේ මිනිසුන් විසින් වන්දනාමාන කරණ ලද නටබුන් සහිත ස්ථානයක් හමු වී ඇති බව වාර්තා වේ.ඔට්ටිසුඩාන් තානේස්වරී ප්‍රදේශයේ හින්දු ජනයා විසින් කෝවිලක් ඉදිකරගෙන ඊට වන්දනාමාන කරන අතර එම ස්ථානයට කිලෝ මීටර් පහක් පමණ ඈතීන් වාවෙට්ටි කදුකර ප්‍රදේශයෙන් මෙම නටබුන් සහිත ස්ථනය හමු වී ඇත්තේ කෝවිලේ කිරිබත් පිසීමට මීපැණි එකතු කිරීමට ගිය වැසියන් පිරිසකටයි. ඔවුන් මේ පිළිබදව පළාතේ ග්‍රාම නිලධාරීවරයාට තොරතුරු දැනුම් දීමෙන් පසුව ඔහු ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් විස්තර පුරාවිද්‍යා නිලධාරීන්ට, මුලතිව් දිසාපති කාර්යාලයට හා යාපනය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ පුරා විද්‍යා අංශයට දැණුම් දී තිබේ.යාපනය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ පුරාවිද්‍යා අංශයේ දෙදෙනෙකු එම ස්ථනයට පැමිණ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/23)
Tamil Diaspora, backed by other religious extremists behind Channel 4: Pillayan
That is a move to distract attention from main threat to national security Opposition utters rubbish in Parliament Not ready to listen to narratives of Tamil leadership in north Eastern Province should not be merged with north In the wake of Channel 4 Dispatches, State Minister of Rural Road Development Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan, who faces allegations, responds to questions from Daily Mirror about his alleged involvement in atrocious acts. As one time Chief Minister of the Eastern Province, he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/23)
President to hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month
President Ranil Wickremesinghe will visit China on October 16, 17 and 17 and hold talks with Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping, Daily Mirror learns. The visit comes at a time when Sri Lanka remains engaged with China on the restructuring of its bilateral debts. China is the largest bilateral creditor to Sri Lanka. Debt restructuring is part of the programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to tide over the economic crisis. This is the first time the President has undertaken a tour of China after he assumed office... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/23)
Ministry of Defence rebuts Channel 4’s Easter Sunday attack allegations
On behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Defence has categorically refuted the allegations by the UK's Chanel 4 over the Easter Sunday attacks and reiterates the government's unwavering commitment to the truth, justice, and the well-being of the nation, said a statement by Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence. While respecting the freedom of expression and investigative journalism, the Ministry of Defence in a statement has asserted that Channel 4 will be held unequivocally accountable for any unforeseen actions or repercussions stemming from their unfounded, malevolent and poorly substantiated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/23)
The TRUTH!: Easter Bombs, Channel 4 Blast and Politico Booby Traps
While there's no denying that the Rajapaksas gained politically from the atmosphere of fear following the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, it's crucial to emphasize that benefiting from such circumstances doesn't automatically implicate them in planning or executing those attacks The Channel 4 episode presents itself as an intricately created work of fiction, seemingly built upon the foundations of a poorly fabricated script Sirisena, Wickremesinghe, and the Rajapaksas are seasoned, shrewd, and occasionally unscrupulous political figures, much like ALL other leaders in the political arena.They are well-informed through... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/23)
චැනල් 4 නාලිකාව LTTEය සිදුකළ යුද අපරාධ ගැන කවදාවත් කතා කරලා නැහැ… ඔවුන් ගැන විශ්වාස කළ නොහැකියි – අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ථ
බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයේ චැනල් 4 නාලිකාව මීට පෙරත් ලංකාව පිළිබඳව සාවද්‍ය වීඩියෝ පට නිකුත් කර ඇති බවත්, එම නාලිකාව පිළිබඳව විශ්වාසයක් තැබිය නොහැකි බවත් චැනල් 4 නාලිකාවේ පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය පිළිබද වාර්තා වැඩසටහනේ සාක්ෂි ලබාදුන් පුද්ගලයන් පිළිබදව විශේෂ හෙළිදරව්වක් සිදුකරමින් යාපනය සිවිල් සංවිධාන කේන්ද්‍රයේ කැඳවුම්කරු අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ථ මහතා පවසයි. අවසාන යුද සටනේ දී LTTE ත්‍රස්තයන් විසින් මහා පරිමාණයෙන් යුද අපරාධ සිදු කළ බවත්, චැනල් 4 නාලිකාව ඒවා පිළිබඳව කිසිදා කතා කර නැති බවත් ඒ මහතා පවසයි. සවිස්තරාත්මක වීඩියෝව නරඹන්න… https://www.lankaleadnews.com/?p=134594... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/23)
Parliament must decide on nature of probe on Channel 4 allegations: Wijeyadasa
The Sri Lankan Parliament should decide on the nature of the probe into the allegations by the recent Channel 4 video on the Easter Sunday attacks, Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapaksha said today. “President Ranil Wickremesinghe proposed an international probe on the Easter Sunday attacks as soon as he was sworn in as the President of Sri Lanka last year. However, he had not received any favourable response from any party on this matter. Therefore, it is up to Parliament to decide on the nature of the probe,” the Minister who made... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/23)
Health Minister approves three private medical universities
Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has reportedly given approval for the commencement of operations of three private medical universities. Speaking in this regard at a media briefing held in Kandy today (10 Sep.), Rambukwella stated that the relevant universities have already commenced operations. Commenting on the recent controversies surrounding the provision of medial degrees at private universities, the Minister stated “there are many children who are eligible to study medicine, but we have only 11 universities in our country, which is insufficient”. Moreover, he emphasised on the global recognition medical degrees... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/23)
Prez to appoint committee to inquire UK’s Channel 4 allegations on Easter Sunday attacks
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to appoint a committee, chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge, to investigate the allegations made by the UK's Channel 4 regarding the Easter Sunday bombings. The President's Media Division said that the government plans to establish a Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate the allegations made by a former Attorney General, who claims that there is a mastermind behind the Easter attack. President Wickremesinghe has emphasized that once the two investigations into the Easter attacks are concluded, the reports from the Parliamentary Select Committee and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/23)
Reports on Easter attack investigations to be submitted to Parliament – President
The reports pertaining to the two investigations into the Easter Sunday terror attacks in 2019 will be presented to the parliament before any final decisions are made, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said. Accordingly, upon completion of the two investigations into the series of bombings, the reports from the Parliamentary Select Committee and the Presidential Commission of Inquiry will be presented to parliament before any final decisions are made, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. Meanwhile, the Head of State has decided to appoint a committee chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/23)
Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday – An International Investigation was done
Easter Sunday murders took place on 21 April 2019. 269 innocent people died & over 500 were left injured. Immediately following the attacks at least 6 countries came forward to assist Sri Lanka in investigations. Their foreign intel agencies arrived to help carry out investigations. The FBI, Australian Federal Police, UK's Scotland Yard, New Zealand police, Danish Police Dutch Police, Japan police & Interpol. More than 23,000 charges have been filed against the suspects & 1215 witnesses have been called to testify. Those ignorantly calling for "international investigations" are either clueless that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/23)
Influx of Sri Lankan Students to Finland. Where are the Nurses?
Over the recent months, many Sri Lanka students have arrived in Finland some with Full Scholarships. Finland has a need for 20,000 Nurses with or without RNs, with a monthly salary starting at Euro 2000-; Also, Care workers are needed. Most of the Nurses arrive from India and the Philippines. Ideal Age: Below 40 years with Good English! Higher salaries are offered to IT personnel with expertise & experience. Should you require help, please contact-; hudmc
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Parliament must decide on nature of probe on Channel 4 allegations: Wijeyadasa
The Sri Lankan Parliament should decide on the nature of the probe into the allegations by the recent Channel 4 video on the Easter Sunday attacks, Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapaksha said today. “President Ranil Wickremesinghe proposed an international probe on the Easter Sunday attacks as soon as he was sworn in as the President of Sri Lanka last year. However, he had not received any favourable response from any party on this matter. Therefore, it is up to Parliament to decide on the nature of the probe,” the Minister who made... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/23)
සමුපකාරය ශක්තිමත් කිරීම ආර්ථික අර්බුදයට විසදුමක්.
සමුපකාරය ශක්තිමත් කිරීම ආර්ථික අර්බුදයට විසදුමක්... · ග්‍රාමීය නිෂ්පාදන නැංවීමට සමුපකාරයේ මැදිහත් වීම අවශ්‍යයි... · රට පුරා එකම සමුපකාර නිතියක් බලගන්වමු... - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ 2023.09.08 දින කොල්ලුපිටිය මන්දිරයේ පැවැති, නීති නියෝජිත හා ලේකම් පරිචය පිළිබද ඩිප්ලෝමා ප්‍රධානෝත්සවය අමතමිනි. ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික සමුපකාර මණ්ඩලය ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ විධායක ශ්‍රේණියේ නිලධාරීන් වෙනුවෙන් හදුන්වා දුන් නීති නියෝජිත පාඨමාලාව හැදෑරූ ඩිප්ලෝමාධාරින්ට සහ ලේකම් පරිචය ඩිප්ලෝමාව හැදෑරූ ඩිප්ලෝමාධාරීන්ට මෙහිදී ඩිප්ලෝමා සහතිකපත්‍ර ප්‍රදානය කෙරිණි. සමුපකාර සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව හා සමුපකාර කොමිසන් සභාවේ නියාමනයෙන් මෙම වැඩසටහන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/23)
එක්සත් රාජධානිය සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා සබඳතා ශක්තිමත් කරමින් මෙරට අධ්‍යාපන ක්ෂේත්‍රයට බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය විශ්වවිද්‍යාල සහභාගීත්වය ඉහල නැංවේ
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සහ එක්සත් රාජධානිය අතර ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සබඳතා සහ සංවර්ධන සහයෝගීතාව පිළිබඳ අදහස් හුවමාරු කර ගැනීමට බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය මහ කොමසාරිස් ඇන්ඩෲ පැට්‍රික් මහතා 2023.09.07 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා හමුවිය. එහිදී දෙරට අතර ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සබඳතා සහ සංවර්ධන සහයෝගීතාව තවදුරටත් වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම සඳහා ඇති සිය දැඩි කැපවීම මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයා සනාථ කළේය. පුද්ගලික අංශයේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් නව ආයෝජන ව්‍යාපෘති ආරම්භ කිරීමේ හැකියාව සොයා බලන ලෙස අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා එක්සත් රාජධානියෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටියේය. එමෙන්ම ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අධ්‍යාපනය, බැංකු සහ මූල්‍ය සේවා, ඖෂධ, හෝටල් කර්මාන්ත සහ සංචාරක ව්‍යාපාරය වැනි ක්ෂේත්‍රවල එක්සත් රාජධානියේ ආයෝජන දිරිමත් කරන බවද අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා පැවසීය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/23)
ත්‍රිකුණාමල කොටුවට පනින්න ට්‍රොයි අශ්වයෙක් සූදානම්
ත්‍රිකුණාමලයේ කඩවත් සතර ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශයට අයත් බොරලු කන්ද රජමහ විහාරයට අනුමත වූ ඉඩම තහනම් කිරීමට වාචික උපදෙස් දුන් නැගෙනහිර ආණ්ඩුකාර සෙන්දිල් තොන්ඩමන් ට අභියෝග කල පූජ්‍ය පොල්හේන්ගොඩ උපරතන නාහිමියන් ඇතුළු බෞද්ධ බලවේගය නිහඬ කරවන්නට මේ වන විට බොහෝ කටයුතු කෙරෙමින් පවතී.ත්‍රිකුණාමලයේ බෝගස් හතර පුණ්‍ය භූමියේ පැවැත් වීමට නියමිතව තිබූ උපසම්පදා සැමරුම් උත්සවය කඩකප්පල් කිරීමෙන් ඇරඹුණු ක්‍රියාවලිය තුළ නැගෙනහිර පළාතේ මේ බෞද්ධ ප්‍රබෝධය ඇති විය. මෙම තත්වය පාලනය කිරීම පිණිස විවිධ උපක්රම භාවිතා කරනු දැකිය හැකිය.ඉන් පළමුවැන්න නම් බොරලුකන්ද වැනි ස්ථානයන් ගොඩ නැන්වීම පිණිස ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා අනුමැතිය ගත යුතුය යන කොන්දේසියයි.ඊට අමතරව ත්‍රිකුණාමලයේ පේද්‍රික් කොටුව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/23)
Cardinal's Congratulatory Dispatches to C4
Not only is Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith the opening batsman in the C4 documentary, he has also decided to be the night watchman having prepared a 3 page letter in English and even going the mile to translate it into Sinhala. The letter is dated 6thSeptember. Channel 4 program was aired on 5th September 2023 at 1105p.m (SL time 0335a.m.) which means he already had the letter prepared before it was aired). That, he was the first to appear on the program also proves the recording would have been done days in advance. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/23)
Electing an Assassin in Chief: 22 Years of Drone Warfare and "Unavoidable Collateral Damage"
In a June 2012 piece headlined “Praying at the Church of St. Drone,” I wrote, “Be assured of one thing: whichever candidate you choose at the polls in November, you aren’t just electing a president of the United States; you are also electing an assassin-in-chief.” At that time, President Barack Obama was overseeing what came to be known as “terror Tuesday” weekly meetings in the White House Situation Room with more than 100 national security types, some by “secure video teleconference,” gathering to discuss global assassination targets in America’s never-ending war on terror. Unlike once... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
Ex-Italian PM claims 1980 passenger jet crash was failed attempt by France to kill Gaddafi
More than 40 years after the mysterious shooting down of an Italian plane that carried 81 passengers, former two-time premier Giuliano Amato claims France was behind it A former Italian head of government has accused France and the United States of being responsible for the deaths of 81 aircraft passengers in a mysterious crash more than 40 years ago, in a failed assassination attempt on former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi. On the evening of 27 June 1980, the Itavia flight 870, with 81 people on board, crashed near the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
Cardinal-C4-Hamsa – did you check Maj. Gen. Salley's immigration/phone records
Let us get to the bottom of this drama without engaging in any more sensational entertainment. The latest Channel 4 video opened with Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith talking about someone "above" Zaharan and Hamsa claiming to have met Maj. Gen. Suresh Salley in February 2018 & alleging discussing a plot to commit Easter Sunday. If Channel 4 at the end of the video included that Maj. Gen. Suresh Salley was not in Sri Lanka, with what media ethics did Channel 4 proceed to air the documentary, even if it was paid... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
බටහිර අධිරාජ්‍යවාදී ඊනියා ජාත්‍යන්තර මර උගුලේ තව කොපමණ කල් අපි එල්ලී විනාශවෙමුද?
මේ ජාත්‍යන්තරය කියන්නේ කවුද.එක්සත් ජාතීන් කියන්නේ කව්ද. ලෝකබැන්කුව කියන්නේ.ජාත්‍යන්තර මුල්‍ය අරමුදල කියන්නෙ මොකක්ද. සරළම උත්තරය නම් 1505 සිට මුළු ලෝකයම අවිබලයෙන් කොල්ලකා, විනාශකොට, ලෝකයේම ධනයෙන් සහ දැණුමෙන් තම රටවල් සමුර්ධිමත් කරගත් හා උ හා ද අමෙරිකා මහාද්වීප, ඕස්ට්‍රලියාව නවසීලන්තය වැනි රටවල ස්වදේශිකයින් සමූල ඝාතනය කොට ඒ රටවල්ද අල්ලාගෙන දෙවන ලෝක යුද්ධයෙන් පසු එකතුවී ඔවුන්ගේ ආධිපත්‍ය තව දුරටත් පවත්වාගෙන යාම සඳහා බටහිර අධිරාජ්‍යවාදි කඳවුර සහ උන් එකතුවී අටවාගත් ඊනියා ලෝක සන්ව්ධාන නොවේද.ඔය සන්විධාන සියල්ලගේම වැඩිචන්ද බලය ඇත්තේ ඔවුන් අතේමය. මූල්‍ය සන්විධානවල කොටස් වැඩි පුර ඇත්තේ ඔවුන් අතේමය. ඒවායේ ගනුදෙනුවලින් ලැබෙන ලාභය ලැබෙන්නෙ ඔවුන්ටය. අප වැනි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
TAMIL COLONIZATION OF SINHALA LANDS Part 2A
This essay looks at Tamil colonization of Sinhala lands during British rule. (1815-1948).From the time they took control of the Udarata kingdom, the British wanted to bring the Sinhala population to heel, especially after the rebellions of 1818 and 1848. They decided to replace the Sinhalese with Tamils from South India. This was a deliberate policy and carried out relentlessly, throughout the period of British rule. It was easy to move Tamils from Tamilnadu to Sri Lanka .Tamilnadu and Sri Lanka were both under the British. The British policy of settling Tamils... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
TAMIL COLONIZATION OF SINHALA LANDS Part 2B
The Tamils in Trincomalee District rose, from 30% of the population in 1871 to a peak of 60% in 1901. Trincomalee had become an urban center by 1879. Census reports indicate that from 1870 to 1900 Jaffna was the foremost source of migrants into Trincomalee town. The town itself was largely inhabited by Tamils, while the harbor area held both Tamils and Muslims. By 1899, the major population in Trincomalee were 'residents of Jaffna and Batticaloa' (AR Eastern Province 1899) The Government Agent, Trincomalee pointed out in 1898 that “it seems almost incredible... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
නිදහස් අධ්‍යාපනයේ පියාට අත් වූ ඉරණම I ජාතියේ පියා නිදහස් අධ්‍යාපනයට විරුද්ධ වෙයි
https://youtu.be/4JE2wOwA1Ho... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
Cultural centre for Kaffir community in Puttalam
Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said that a cultural centre will be provided to the Sri Lankans of African origin (Kaffirs) living in the Sirambiadi area of Puttalam.He said this will help this community to focus international attention on their culture.The Minister noted this after meeting the Kaffir community in Sirambiadi. He visited the area for research regarding this community.Minister Nanayakkara further said that this proposed cultural centre will also help in getting the active contribution of this population group to develop tourism."It will help boost their living standards and income earning opportunities and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
මත්ස්‍ය අස්වැන්න නවීන තාක්ෂණයයෙන් නෙළාගැනීමට චීනයේ සහාය
මෙරට ධීවර ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ සිදුකළ හැකි ආයෝජන පිළිබඳව සාකච්ඡා කිරීම සඳහා චීන කර්මාන්තකරුවන් පිරිසක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා 2023.09.06 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී හමුවිය. චීනයට පමණක් නොව යුරෝපය සහ උතුරු ඇමරිකාව ඇතුළු විදේශ වෙළෙඳපොළ වෙත ද මත්ස්‍ය සැකසුම් සහ අපනයන ආයෝජන සඳහා විශාල විභවයක් පවතින බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මෙහිදී පැවසීය. නියෝජිත පිරිසට නායකත්වය දුන් Fujian ප්‍රාන්තයේ ජලජ නිෂ්පාදන තොග කර්මාන්ත සංගමයේ සභාපති Yushu Huang පැවසුවේ සංගමය චීනයේ මත්ස්‍ය නිෂ්පාදන අපනයනයේ ප්‍රමුඛයා වන අතර මෙරට වෙරළබඩ වරායක් ආසන්නයේ මත්ස්‍ය නිෂ්පාදන සැකසීම සහ අපනයනය සඳහා විශාල මත්ස්‍ය සැකසුම් කර්මාන්ත ශාලාවක් පිහිටුවීමේ හැකියාව ඇති බවයි. චීන ආයෝජකයින් මසුන් ඇල්ලීම සඳහා නවීන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
විශ්වවිද්‍යාල කථිකාචාර්යවරුන් රට හැරයාම සත්‍ය හා මිත්‍යාව
විශ්වවිද්‍යාල ප්‍රතිපාදන කොමිෂන් සභාව යටතේ පවතින විශ්වවිද්‍යාල 22 ක කථිකාචාර්යවරුන් 135 දෙනෙකු 2023 වසරේ දී සේවයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වී ඇත. තවත් 63 දෙනෙකු සේවය අතහැර (vacation of post - VOP) ගොස් ඇත. 2023 මුල් මාස 8 තුල විශ්වවිද්‍යාල සේවයෙන් ඉවත් වූ කථිකාර්යවරුන් සංඛ්‍යාව 198 ක් පමණි. විශ්වවිද්‍යාල ආචාර්ය සංගමයේ හිටපු සභාපති ශ්‍යාම් බන්නහැක මහතා පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ පැවති පුවත්පත් සාකච්ඡාවක දී පවසා ඇත්තේ 'මේ වසරේ මුල් මාස 6 යේ දී විශ්විවිද්‍යාල ආචාර්යවරු 600 දෙනෙකු පමණ රට හැර ගොස් තිබෙන බවය'. මෙය පට්ටපල් බොරුවකි! ඉල්ලා අස්වීම හා සේවය අතහැර යාම නිසා විශ්විවිද්‍යාල පද්ධතිය කඩා වැටෙන බවට ලොකු මතයක් නිර්මාණය කරන්නට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
Statement by MP.- CV. Wigneshwaran Needs To Be Confronted,
It seems rather high handed and irresponsible for Former SupremeCourt Judge and MP CV Wigneshwaran of no mean repute as a troublemaker relative to Sinhala Tamil matters to make what appears to be alatent threat to the Government of Sri Lanka based on the fullimplementation of the 13th Amendment and needs to be confrontedrelative to the high handed and authoritative nature of a statement hehas made as there seems to be an inciting nature to it beyond being anidle threat. There seems to be an angry public lobby against this statement,questioning "Just... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
IMF Blocks Repatriation of Export Proceeds
In December last year the Governor of the Central Bank appealed to exporters to repatriate export proceeds in full within the stipulated period. He does not want to bring in regulations to force them to do this on the argument that will deter foreign investment. A think tank of Peradeniya University has pointed out that with an expected annualised export income of $ 16.3 billion in 2022 ($ 13.3 billion in merchandise exports and $ 3 billion in services exports) the country is being deprived of a staggering $ 6.8 billion in 2022 alone. But the Governor... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
‘An anti-Rajapaksa tirade’: Gotabaya slams Channel 4 exposé on Easter attacks
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday (Sept. 07) vehemently denied the allegations made against him in British television network Channel 4’s new ‘Dispatches’ documentary on the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka. In a media release, Rajapaksa said this video is “mostly an anti-Rajapaksa tirade aimed at blackening the Rajapaksa legacy from 2005 onwards and is a tissue of lies just like the previous films broadcast by the same Channel.” The statement comes a day after the British television network aired its investigative film titled ‘Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings’ on the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
Justice Minister accuses Channel 4 of being ‘pro-diaspora’
Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs & Constitutional Reforms Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has asserted that the government stands ready to conduct an international investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. Despite his emphasis that the relevant investigation would be an international probe and not a domestic one, the Minister opined skepticism pertaining to ‘Channel 4’s’ recent exposé on the Easter bombings, claiming that diaspora groups were often seen publishing such controversial videos against Sri Lanka ahead of the annual sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Conference (UNHRC). Dr. Rajapakshe made these... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
President to leave for Cuba to address G77+China Leaders’ Summit
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to depart for Cuba to address the G77+China Leaders’ Summit next week. This summit, themed “Current Development Challenges: Role of Science, Technology and Innovation,” is scheduled for September 15 and 16, 2023, in Havana, Cuba. President Wickremesinghe’s participation in the summit comes as a result of an official invitation from Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel. Alongside the summit, there are plans for bilateral discussions between President Wickremesinghe and the Cuban President to further strengthen the cooperation between Sri Lanka and Cuba. The G77+China Leaders’ Summit represents the largest... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
CBSL emphasizes economic importance of Sri Lanka dealing with BRICS nations
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has told the Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on International Relations that it is economically important for Sri Lanka to work with BRICS countries. Attending the SOC meeting chaired by MP Namal Rajapaksa on Tuesday (05), the Central Bank officials have pointed out that 41% of the world’s population lives, and 24% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) and 16% of world trade activities are carried out in the BRICS countries, the Parliamentary Communications Department said. The Central Bank officials further mentioned that 10.3% of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
President vows to implement strategy for modern commercial industrialization throughout Sri Lanka
President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that by drawing inspiration from the success of the Biyagama Free Trade Zone, a comprehensive strategy for modern commercial industrialization will be implemented throughout the country. This initiative aims to propel the nation towards rapid development within the next 15-20 years, he said, participating in in the centenary celebration ceremony of Al Mubarak Central College on Wednesday afternoon (06 Sep.). The President highlighted that the once-underdeveloped Biyagama area has made remarkable progress, largely attributed to the establishment of the trade zone. His vision extends to transforming Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/23)
Is Gotabaya the head of ISIS to indoctrinate 8 Muslims to commit Easter Sunday murder?
On Easter Sunday 21 April 2019 – 8 bombs went off in churches & hotels in Colombo & Batticoloa. Why churches – who decided ? Why Batticoloa, why 3 particular hotels & why have 2 bombers target 1 hotel? 269 innocent people died, for whose objective? Why a jihadi attack, when LTTE had been killing for decades. How come the attackers were from well to do homes? Did political interference prevent action against jihadi groups emerging since 2016? If so, who were the politicians and why? With ISIS declaring a caliphate in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/23)
The Way Forward
In view of the fact that our foreign debt has increased from $ 56 billion, when President Gotabhaya ceded power to President Ranil Wickremasinghe, to as much as $96.5 billion by 30 the June 2023- a staggering increase of some 70% in fifteen months, it is necessary to step back to see how this has happened. My Earlier paper: The way Forward, from the Island of 7/1/2022 is a worthwhile read because the Paper tells us what changes need to be done to bring about economic development, to end the economic meltdown of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/23)
A War Like No Other
The Biden doctrine is a cynical effort to cash in on the blood of another nation. Joe Biden created for the U.S. a war like no other, one where others die and the U.S. simply sits back and pays the bills on a gargantuan scale. No attempts are made at diplomacy by the Americans, and the diplomatic efforts of others like the Chinese are dismissed as evil attempts to gain influence in the area (similar to the dismissal of Chinese diplomatic work in the Yemen war.) Biden is coming close to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/23)
පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය හා චැනල් 4 නාලිකාවේ රංගනය.
අලුත් නාඩගමක් කරලියට පැමිණ තිබේ. ඒ නාඩගමේ නිෂ්පාදනය හා අධ්‍යක්ෂණය ලෝකයේ ත්‍රස්තවාදී සංවිධානවල මැර ක්‍රියාවන්ට අහිංසක හැඩතල ගන්වන චැනල් 4 නාලිකාව විසින් සිදුකර ඇත. මේ නාඩගම සුපුරුදු ලෙසම හඹා යන්නේ කොටි සංවිධානය විනාශ කල රාජපක්ෂලාම ඉලක්ක කරගෙන වීම තුලින් මේ නාඩගම නිරුවත්බවයට පත්ව ඇත.පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයට සමාන ක්‍රියාවලියක් මෙරට තුල සිදුවෙන බව අප දුටුවේ, වර්ෂ 2010 වකවානුවේදීය. අපේ සිරිත අපි දකින දේ නිවැරදිවම සිදුවෙන්නක් බව තෙරුම්ගත්විට එය හඬ ගා පැවසීමයි. අප අපේ යුතුකම එදා ඉටු කළෙමු. ඒ මෙසේය. https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2016/06/13/%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%9a%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%93-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%bb%e0%b6%a7-%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%94/එදා මෙරට මුස්ලිම් ප්‍රජාව කුපිත කරවීම ආරම්භ කරනු ලැබුවේ.චැනල් 4 නාලිකාවේ නිජබිම වන මහා බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය තුලිනි. මේ සියල්ලක්ම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/23)
Presentation on PTSD and Combat trauma in the 30-year war in Sri Lanka
Presentation on PTSD and Combat trauma in the 30-year war in Sri Lanka by Professor Daya Somasundaram and Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge https://youtu.be/HPRIQ_QNEZM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/23)
ව්‍යවහාරික පොලිස් අධ්‍යාපන උපාධි පාඨමාලාවේ සමාරම්භක වැඩසටහන පැවැත්වීම සම්බන්ධව.
ශ්‍රි ලංකා පොලීසියේ නිලධරයන්ගේ වෘත්තීමය දැනුම සහ කුසලතා වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම සඳහා ජාතික පොලිස් අභ්‍යාස ආයතනය සහ ශ්‍රි ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය ඒකාබද්ධව ආරම්භ කරන ලද “ව්‍යවහාරික පොලිස් අධ්‍යාපන උපාධි පාඨමාලාව” (BA in Applied Police Studies) සමාරම්භක උත්සවය 2023.09.04 (ඊයේ) වන දින උදෑසන 10.00 ට ගරු මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් මැති තුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් හා එම අමාත්‍යංශයේ ගරු ලේකම් වියානි ගුණතිලක මැතිතුමා, විශ්වවිද්‍යාල ප්‍රතිපාදන කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපති ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මහාචාර්ය සම්පත් අමරතුංග මහතා ඇතුළු ශ්‍රි ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ උපකුලපති තුමා ඇතුළු ආචාර්ය වරුන්ගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් අපරාධ වාර්තා කොට්ඨාසයේ ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේ පවත්වන ලදී. මෙහිදී මෙම උපාධි පාඨමාලාවට සහභාගී වීමට නියමිත ප්‍රථම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/23)
PAKISTAN - AHMADI MUSLIMS CONTINUE TO FACE RESTRICTIONS ON DAILY LIFE.
U.K. based International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) has reported that, in the latest in a string of attacks on religious freedom in Pakistan, the police in Lahore have sided with a wild mob to arrest 6 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at their place of business on the basis of religion. Two Ahmadis (Father and son) of Badami Bagh, Lahore, were targeted and arrested on the 18th of August on charges of preaching the message of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community within his shoe factory. Two and a half weeks prior, on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/23)
Ahmadiyya Convention (Jalsa Salana) in Germany Concludes.
“It is indeed the Holy Qur’an that will serve as a source of true guidance, and it is this very means that will enable us to give precedence to faith over the world.”– Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad The Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the Germany concluded on Sunday 3rd September 2023 in which three speeches by the World Head the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. On 1 September 2023, the 47th Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention) of the Ahmadiyya... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/23)
Hedging and Boosting in Academic Writing.
Hedging and boosting are two strategies commonly used in academic writing to convey certainty or uncertainty about information, support claims, and maintain a balanced and persuasive tone. They are important because they help writers engage with their readers by providing a nuanced understanding of the research and arguments presented. Here's a detailed explanation of hedging and boosting and how to use them effectively in your academic writing: Hedging: Definition: Hedging involves expressing uncertainty or caution in your writing. It allows you to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/23)
Why BRICS, China and Other Sensible Parties Do Not Help Sri Lanka
A wrong view is circulated by some claiming that China, BRICS or the New Development Bank of BRICS would help Sri Lanka. They don’t and they shouldn’t. For very good reasons. Over 81% of Sri Lanka’s loan creditors are in NATO-QUAD military alliance countries or those countries themselves! NATO includes USA, UK, France, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Italy, Belgium, Canada, Norway. QUAD includes USA, India, Japan and Australia. Over 81% of Sri Lanka’s foreign debt is held by these countries. They are the reason for Sri Lanka’s debt trap.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/23)
Parliamentary Committee to be appointed to probe ‘Channel 4’ claims on Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings
Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara has revealed that a new inquiry will be conducted into the recent allegations made by UK’s ‘Channel 4’ pertaining to the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. Addressing Parliament this morning (05 Sep.), Nanayakkara stated that a special Parliamentary Committee will be appointed for this purpose, adding that while the need for international assistance to investigate these accusations has been recognised, such measures too, will be taken if required. He stated that the matters of concern were discussed at the Cabinet meeting held on Monday... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/23)
Channel 4 වීඩියෝවට තොරතුරු දුන් මවුලානාගේ ගිණුමට ලැබුණු ලක්ෂ 700 ක් ගැනත් හෙළිදරව්වක්
2019 වසරේ සිදුවූ පාස්කු ඉරිදා ත්‍රස්ත ප්‍රහාරය අළලා බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයේ චැනල් ෆෝ නාලිකාව විසින් විකාශය කිරීමට නියමිත විඩීයෝව මේ වනවිට පාර්ශව රැසක දැඩි අවධානයට ලක්ව තිබෙනවා. බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය වේලාවෙන් අද (05) රාත්‍රී 11 ට මෙම වීඩියෝව විකාශය කිරීමට සූදානම් කර ඇති අතර මෙම මතභේදාත්මක වාර්තාමය වැඩසටහනේ පූර්ව ප්‍රචාරක පටයක්ද මේ වන විට නිකුත් කර අවසන්. රාජ්‍ය බුද්ධි අධ්යක්ෂ මේජර් ජෙනරාල් සුරේෂ් සලේ සහ පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයේ බෝම්බකරුවන් අතර 2018 වසරේ පැවති බව කියන හමුවක් පිළිබද සදහන් කරමින් මෙම වැඩසටහන නිර්මාණය කර ඇති බවයි බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ද ටයිම්ස් පුවත්පත සදහන් කර තිබුණේ. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/23)
Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday: Loopholes in Hamsa Asad Maulana allegations against Maj. Gen. Suresh Salley
Every year when it gets closer to Geneva Sessions, expect a blockbuster thriller to become “breaking news”. Keep this in mind for 2024 Sept/Oct too. As expected, 2023 “breaking news” is by UK’s private funded broadcaster Channel4. An article by Catherine Philip ” Rajapaksa officials ‘linked to Easter Sunday Sri Lanka bombs’ prior to the release of a new C4 video raises some questions. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/beb687c6-4a75-11ee-98c9-759fff07db04?shareToken=7e832fe7d43cfdbc5a7aae2dcece5d38 “Sri Lankan officials loyal to the Rajapaksa family were complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings” – can... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
නැගිටින රටට එල්ලවන චැනල් 4 ප්‍රහාරය... "මේකෙන් රට ඇතුළේ සාමයත් නැතිවෙනවා"
https://youtu.be/C-Kbudbzz_Y... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
Britain’s Channel 4 to air documentary on Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday attacks
UK’s ‘Channel 4’ has announced that it will broadcast a new documentary, which will allegedly uncover shocking revelations on Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday attacks, on Tuesday (Sep 05). Channel 4 claims that the new documentary titled “Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings – Dispatches,” contains “shocking new revelations about Sri Lanka’s deadly Easter bombings of 2019, as high-placed whistle blowers allege complicity by officials inside the government”. https://youtu.be/Te59CVVxBy4 It is also reported that one highly placed insider claims in the interview with Dispatches, to be aired in the UK on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
How did protestors succeed in ousting a President in Sri Lanka but failed in Brazil
In July 2022, protestors in Sri Lanka were made to believe, their protest forced the exit of the elected President. In January 2023 protestors in Brazil failed to overthrow the elected government. There are similarities and differences, but it should certainly tell people that protests elevated to riots & violence are not democracy or human rights. What were the common slogans used in both countries by protestors? The slogans had an uncanny resemblance to those used in the protests across the Middle East too. “we want to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
බුදු සමය හා මාක්ස්වාදය - part-I
(ඥානසාර හිමියන්ගේ මස් රාත්තල හා ලාල් කාන්තගේ පිරිත් නූල) https://youtu.be/razl3f4tSVg (528) '' ඩලස්ලා එක්ක අපි ඊයේ කතා කළා...'' - YouTube https://youtu.be/Kp4y4NczeSM හැඳින්වීම මෙම මාතෘකාව ප්‍රතිවිරුද්ධ සමාජ-ආර්ථික-දේශපාලන ප්‍රවාහ දෙකක් පිළිඹඳ විමර්ශනයකි. *(1) මුර දේවතා සංකල්පය - බොදු බල සේනා සංවිධානය ලංකාවේ 1802 න් පසු ඉතිහාසය සුද්දන්/කළුසුද්දන් හා පන්සල යන දෙකොටස අතර ඇතිවූ නොනවතින ගැටුමක් නොවේදැයි විමසා බැලීමේදී එම කතාවේ එකිනෙක හා බැඳුණු යුග (අවධි) 12 ක් පමණ හඳුනාගැනීමට හැකිය. නිදසුනක් වශයෙන් <බුද්ධාගම කියන්නේ බොරුවක්> යයි කී අවධිය,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
Yes, We Can Create Employment and Production and end the economic meltdown.
My mind runs in nostaglia to three of my attempts at economic development in three countries, where in two where I failed and finally in the third I did succeed. The first was in Edinburgh where in 1980 I worked as a Senior Community Education Worker in Wester Hailes. One of my duties was to work with young lads that had completed schooling and were enlisted on the Manpower Service Commission’s Programmes: YOP and STEP – Youth Opportunities Programme and Short Term Employment Programme. We worked with the lads involving them in all... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
Kite Flying
CEB has requested the public to refrain from flying kites in the vicinity of electric pylons. But it is noted that there is some kite flying on the candidates in the 2024 presidential election. Of course, although no official announcement is made it is very clear that the incumbent President will be the prime candidate. He depends on the support of the minorities and India. Many of Sajith’s group will eventually join him and the SJB will wither away. Pohottuwa is in a quandary. Will they have the mettle to give RW the Karapincha treatment or will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
Pope's visit to Mongolia - Buddhists Beware
Whenever the Europeans entered a non-European country it spelled doom for the indigenous people. This is the history of the world beginning with Christopher Columbus. On June 7, 1494, Pope Alexander VI published a Bull ' inter caetera' to divide the New World between Spain and Portugal. Tordesillas - How the Pope divided the world between Spain and Portugal The story of the treaty of Tordesillas and how the Popes Alexander VI and Julius II divided the non-Christian world between Spain and Portugal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Qllx4YH9A The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
Review of ‘Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre’ authored by Prof. Rohan Gunaratna
'Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday Massacre' authored by Prof. Rohan Gunaratna stands as a remarkable and unparalleled masterpiece that distinguishes itself on numerous counts. Foremost among its merits is the author's profound erudition and exhaustive research on the subject, an expertise honed since the composition of his preceding work, 'Lost Revolution.' This scholarly background not only highlights the author's prowess but also cements his credibility as a preeminent authority on the subjects of global terrorism and insurgencies. Commendable is the book's lucidity and simplicity, enabling readers from all strata of life to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
Sri Lanka Debt Charade in New York Court as US Hitman Enters Colombo
‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News September 2023 Part 1 * ee decided to have some fun this week, and ask the US government’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) program ChatGPT to write us a ‘poem about the IMF robbing Sri Lanka’. It sure did! Here it is: * In island’s embrace, where oceans sigh, Sri Lanka’s beauty beneath blue sky, A tale unfolds of economic woe, Where shadows of power cast a grievous blow. The IMF arrived... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
යුධ හමුදාවට එරෙහිව ප්‍රචාර ගෙනියන අය ජිනීවා කොටින්ට උදව් කරනවා දැයි අපි විශ්ලේශණය කරමින් ඉන්නවා
Anyone who funds fraudulent activities of individuals and groups conducting media warfare operations against the Sri Lanka army is liable to get prosecuted under prevailing laws in Sri Lanka. https://youtu.be/T-lj4MW56hs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාසගේ පියා,ඩෙන්සිල් කොබ්බෑකඩුව මරාදැමූ බිහිසුණු සැලසුම.
https://youtu.be/2KSyUlx1CL0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
157 වන පොලිස් දින සැමරුම වෙනුවෙන් සර්ව ආගමික වැඩසටහන් රැසක්
2023.09.03 (අද) වන දිනට යෙදෙන 157 වන පොලිස් දින සැමරුම නිමිති කරගනිමින් සර්ව ආගමික වැඩසටහන් රැසක් ක්රියාත්මක කර තිබූ අතර ඊට සමගාමීව 2023.09.02 වන දින රාත්‍රී 07.30 සිට පැවැත්වූ පරිත්‍රාන ධර්ම දේශනාව හා 2023.09.03 වන දින හීල් දානමය පින්කම කොළඹ නියෝජ්‍ය පොලිස්පති කාර්යාලයේ 04 වන මහලේ පිහිටි සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාවේදී පැවැත්විණි. එහි හින්දු ආගමික වතාවත් පැවැත්වීම 2023.09.03 (අද) දින පෙරවරු 8.30ට බම්බලපිටිය නව කදිරේෂන් හින්දු කෝවිලේදී පැවැත්වූ අතර පෙරවරු 09.30ට මෝදර, ශාන්ත ජේම්ස් කතෝලික දේවස්ථානයේදී කතෝලික දේව මෙහෙය පැවැත්විණි. තවද ඉස්ලාම් ආගමික වතාවත් කුරුඳුවත්ත දවටගහ මුස්ලිම් දේවස්ථානයේදී පැවැත්විණි. මෙම අවස්ථාවන් සඳහා මහජන ආරක්ෂක ගරු අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් මැතිතුමා, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් වියානි ගුණතිලක මහතා, බස්නාහිර පළාත් භාර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
Status of Hindi and Chinese teaching and learning in Sri Lanka
Colombo, September 3: Speaking at the prize distribution ceremony at Anula Vidyalaya in Nugegoda on August 16, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that in the future, Sri Lankan children will have to learn Hindi and Chinese to fit into the changing world. The underlying theory is that the world is poised to enter the “Asian Century” which will be dominated by the new economic powers, India and China and Sri Lanka’s economy will have to integrate itself with the Indian and Chinese economies to partake of the benefits of the latter’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/23)
To Legalise Power Project Given to Adani Without Tender, Sri Lanka Wants it Turned Into Govt-to-Govt Deal
In June 2022, Ceylon Electricity Board chair M.M.C. Ferdinando told the Committee on Public Enterprises that in November 2021 President Rajapaksa had told him the wind power project must be awarded to the Adanis, and that this was the wish of PM Modi. Three days later, Ferdinando retracted his statement and resigned. Chennai: The Sri Lankan government wants to turn its 500-MW Adani wind power project agreement in the country’s north into a “governent-to-government” agreement in order to step around the legal difficulty of having given it to a private company without an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/23)
සිවුරු පොරවා භික්ෂු වෙස් ගන්වා 500කට පුහුණුවක් දීලා… බුද්ධි අංශ රහස් වාර්තාවක් අනාවරණය කරයි
වයස අවුරුදු 18 – 20ත් අතර තරුණයන්ට පුහුණුවක් ලබාදී සිවුරු පොරවා දේශපාලන අරමුණු වෙනුවෙන් යොදාගැනීමේ සූක්ෂ්ම වැඩ පිළිවෙළක් ක්රියාත්මක කොට ඇති බවට රාජ්‍ය බුද්ධ අංශ තොරතුරු අනාවරණය කරගෙන ඇති බව ජාතික පුවත්පතක් වාර්තා කර තිබේ. එසේ මේ වන විට 500කට ආසන්න පිරිසත් එසේ පුහුණු කර භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලා ලෙස යොදාගෙන තිබෙන බවට බුද්ධි අංශ රහස් වර්තාවකින් රජයට තොරතුරු ලබාදී තිබෙන බවක් දැනගන්නට ඇති බව එම පුවත්පත වැඩිදුරටත් වාර්තා කරයි. මෙම ක්‍රියාවලිය පිටුපස දේශපාලන හස්තයක් තිබෙන බවද ඔවුන් පවසයි. මෙම චීවරධාරීන් මගින් දේශපාලන මත ව්‍යාප්ත කිරීමේ වැඩපිළිවෙලක් ඇති බවද ඔවුන් අනාවරණය කරගෙන ඇති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/23)
Ex-central bank chief on main reason for Sri Lanka’s socio-economic regression
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy highlighted the macro-economic stress as the main reason for the regression in Sri Lanka’s socio-economic indicators during the past 75 years of the country. Addressing a virtual event to launch the policy report ‘Understanding Multidimensional Vulnerabilities: Impact on People of Sri Lanka’ prepared by the UNDP, he welcomed efforts taken to address interference on the work of the Central Bank via the passing of the New Central Bank Act. “I am not talking about the last 5, 6 or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/23)
India has been greatly sensitive to the needs of Sri Lanka - Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that the India has been greatly sensitive to the needs of Sri Lanka, during the tough times faced by the island nation. “We have also been greatly sensitive to the needs of our valued neighbour, Sri Lanka, during their tough times,” he said, during an interview with the Indian news agency ‘PTI’. Meanwhile, the Indian PM also pointed out that the debt crisis is a matter of great concern for the world, especially developing countries, as India looks at building consensus at the upcoming G20 summit... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/23)
Sri Lanka Back as Donor Darling Ignores the BRICS
Newly formed Sri Lankan Marine Corps gets 241 years of experience in under a week. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob L. - Photo: 2023
COLOMBO. 23 August 2023 (IDN) — Sri Lanka continues to swing wildly between being a ‘Donor Darling’ flooded with foreign ‘aid’ and ‘advisors’ on the one hand to a ‘bankrupt’ pariah or outcast on the other. Last year, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 9
When it comes to identifying Buddhist monuments in the north and east, the work of Ellawela Medhananda deserves special recognition. The only bhikkhu who had explored the area successfully for this purpose was Ellawela Medhananda, said the Department of Archaeology research team of 2010. (See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSdj7YRjbDM) Ellawela Medhananda single handedly, with very little support or money, explored the Buddhist ruins in the north and east from 2003 to 2013. He made many significant discoveries. His work deserves more attention and publicity than it has received. In order to correct this, I wrote a 10... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
How BRICS Summit 2023 Spelled End to Western-Centric World Order
The historic three-day BRICS Summit 2023 wrapped up on August 24 in the South African city of Johannesburg. What are the results of the event and how could it affect the global balance of power in the near future? The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, which together constitute the group of major emerging economies named BRICS, adopted the Johannesburg II Declaration on the final day of the 15th summit. The member states committed to strengthening the framework of mutually beneficial BRICS cooperation under the three pillars of political... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
දරුවා තනිකර පැවිදි වූ දෙමව්පියන් ගැන කිසිවෙකුත් නොදැන සිටි සත්‍ය කතාව - Gosinga Wana Arana
හැමෝම රැවටිලා බැන්නා සියල්ල අවසානයේදී ගිහිකල දරුවාගේ පියා වූ වූ කස්සපතිස්ස හිමි පළමුවරට ඇත්ත හෙළිකරයි දරුවා තනිකර පැවිදි වූ දෙමව්පියන් ගැන කිසිවෙකුත් නොදැන සිටි සත්‍ය කතාව https://youtu.be/Pel1unVeZAw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
Telecommunications Veteran Mr. Christie Alwis Passed Away
Remembering a Stalwart in Sri Lanka's Telecommunications Industry [Negombo, 1st September, 2023] - It is with deep sorrow and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Mr. Christie Alwis, a true luminary in the field of telecommunications. Mr. Alwis, a Professional Engineer with over 30 years of dedicated service in the industry, breathed his last on 1st September, 2023. He leaves behind a legacy of innovation, leadership, and a profound impact on the telecom landscape in Sri Lanka and beyond. Mr. Christie Alwis began his illustrious career in telecommunications... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
Reception Held for New Ahmadiyya Mosque Opened In Florstadt, Germany, by Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
“When we fulfil the rights of God, it creates within us the spirit of helping humanity” – Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad On 28 August 2023, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at a special reception held to commemorate the opening of the Mubarak Mosque in Florstadt, Germany. His Holiness officially inaugurated the Mosque prior to the reception by unveiling a commemorative plaque and offering a silent prayer in thanks to God Almighty.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
Ahmadiyya Khalifa address to external guests at Ahmadiyya Convention (Jalsa Salana) Germany
In Stuttgart, Germany, on 1 September 2023, the 47th Jalsa Salana (three day Annual Convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany commenced with the Friday Sermon delivered by the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. He delivered the inaugural address on the later of the day. On Saturday, 2 September 2023, at 5:00 pm local time, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, began his second address of the day to non-Ahmadi guests at Ahmadiyya Convention Germany. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
Scientists have discovered the ability of plants to make sounds in dangerous situations
It seems that Roald Dahl did guess something: when plants are harmed, they emit sound signals - not exactly as humans or animals do when they make screams, but in the form of beeping or clicking sounds at ultrasonic frequencies that go beyond human hearing. Photo: Openverse These sound signals are amplified as the plant is stressed. According to a recent study, this phenomenon may be the means by which plants communicate their plight to the outside world. Lilah Hadani, an evolutionary biologist at Tel Aviv University in Israel, said: "Even in a calm field, there... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
U.S. scientists conducted a study of coconut water
The coconut water found inside coconuts has long attracted attention for its potential health benefits. Photo: "Coconut (halved)" by SingChan is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Doctors from the Mayo Clinic in the United States conducted a study and identified eight key benefits of this natural fluid. Coconut Water vs Coconut Milk The first thing to clarify is the difference between coconut water and coconut milk. Coconut water is a clear liquid found inside mature coconuts. Coconut milk, on the other hand, is a mixture of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
Tamil of Jaffna origin elected Singapore President with a huge margin.
Singapore, September 2: Singapore’s President-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a man of Jaffna-Tamil origin, said on Saturday that he was surprised at the margin of his victory at Friday’s polls, calling it a vote for an optimistic future and a vote for unity. The 66-year-old former senior minister scored a landslide win with 70.4 per cent of the ballot, beating fellow candidates Ng Kok Song and Tan Kin Lian, both 75, who received 15.72 per cent and 13.88 per cent of the vote respectively. Shanmugaratnam said the result was a real positive for Singapore,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
Sri Lanka's ‘Nero’: Police officer sacked for playing piano while president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Constable R. M. D. Dayaratne was deployed to help protect the colonial-era residence on the day it was taken over by protesters who forced then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country. Instead, he sat at a grand piano in the compound and played a song to the crowd streaming through its rooms File image - Protesters seized the residence and were later seen frolicking in the presidential pool and jumping on Rajapaksa's four-poster bed. Photograph:(AFP) Sri Lanka's police force said Friday it had sacked an officer... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
Rajnath Singh puts off Lanka visit as Colombo okays Chinese spy ship docking
Cites 'unavoidable circumstances' as reason for cancellation of visit Defence Minister Rajnath Singh | PTI In a late evening development on Friday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to Sri Lanka, where he was to ‘review’ the entire gamut of defence ties with the island nation, has been put off with no later date being declared.A defence ministry release said the visit has been put off due to “unavoidable circumstances” and that the minister “remains committed to strong bilateral cooperation between India and Sri Lanka”.“He looks forward to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
China spy ship in Sri Lanka aiming to wedge India- Lanka ties
China’s research vessels possess dual capability with both civilian and military use Representation. Hambantota port in Sri Lanka The planned docking of the Chinese research vessel Shi Yang 6 in the Colombo and Hambantota ports is meant to engineer a crack in the bilateral relations between India and Sri Lanka, a top source in India’s military establishment told THE WEEK. "The move to dock the Shi Yan 6 in the Sri Lanka ports with due approval from the island authorities is a huge smart strategic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
Suspect remanded after confessing to torching army bus during 2022 Mirihana unrest
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested the suspect behind the torching of an army bus during a protest staged in front of former President Gotabaya Rajapakse’s residence in Pengiriwatte, Mirihana on 31 March 2022. The arrest was made on Friday night (01 Sep.) in the Mahiyangana area, based on a tip-off received by the CID. Subsequently, the suspect was remanded until 11 September after being produced before the Gangodawila Magistrate’s Court today (02 Sep.). According to Police, the 33-year-old suspect had confessed to torching the bus, and later destroying... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
Sri Lanka’s National Hydrogen Roadmap unveiled
Sri Lanka’s National Hydrogen Roadmap, which aims to develop and deploy green hydrogen technologies in the country, was unveiled on Friday (Sept. 01). Power & Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said the roadmap was presented by the Petroleum Development Authority of Sri Lanka (PADSL) and Greenstat Hydrogen India (a subsidiary of a Norwegian energy company with a specific focus on green hydrogen, solar, wind, and zero-emission maritime solutions) with the assistance of the USAID. Sri Lanka recognizes that green hydrogen offers a unique opportunity to tackle three significant socio-economic challenges: energy security and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe among Global Finance Magazine’s top 21 Central Bank Governors
Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, has been named amongst the 21 Bank Governors listed in the Global Finance Magazine’s Central Banker Report Cards for the year 2023. Accordingly, Dr. Weerasinghe was amongst the 10 governors who earned an ‘A-’ grade. On 23 August, the Global Finance Magazine released the names of the Central Bank Governors who earned either A+, A or A- grades as part of the Central Bank Reporter Cards 2023. Accordingly, India’s Shri Shaktikanta Das, and Thomas. J. Jordan from Switzerland along with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
Export Agriculture Dept. earns over Rs. 86bn in first half of 2023
As per the statistics of the Department of Export Agriculture, Sri Lanka’s agriculture exports earned a revenue of over Rs. 86 billion thus far in 2023, in comparison to the earnings recorded over the last five years. Commenting on the matter, Development Director of the Department Upul Ranaweera explained that the revenue was earned mainly through the exportation of cinnamon, black pepper and cloves. “Considering the last 5 years, the Department of Export Agriculture has managed to earn the highest foreign exchange from the export of crops in the year 2023. Accordingly,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
ලංකාව බේරා ගැනීමේ චීන සැලසුම නන්දලාල් කුමන්ත‍්‍රණයකින් කඩාකප්පල් කලා.
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පවතින ආර්ථික අර්බුදය නිර්මාණය කළේ වත්මන් මහ බැංකු අධපති නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ බව ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුවේ වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර චෝදනා කරයි. 2015-2019 දක්වා කාලය තුළ මහ බැංකුවේ නියෝජ්‍ය අධිපතිවරයා ලෙස කටයුතු කරමින් ඇ.ඩො. බිලියන 12 කට වැඩි ජාත්‍යන්තර ස්වෛරී බැඳුම්කර ණයට ගැනීමට සහාය වෙමින් සහ ඩොලර් බිලියන 53 ක මුදලක් අපනයනකරුවන් විසින් විදේශ රටවල රඳවා තබා ගැනීමට හේතු වූ නව විනිමය කලමනාකරණ පනත සම්මත කිරීම දිරිගැන්වීමට කටයුතු කිරීම නිසා මෙම තත්වය ඇති යූ බවත් හෙතෙම පවසයි. https://youtu.be/_d6Bgx6hk2Q චීනයෙන් ලබා ගැනීමට සැලසුම් යොදා තිබූ ණය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/23)
Putin, Jinping Not Attending G20: Modi Sole Voice of Global South?
Dated: 01.09.2023 The absence of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping from the G20 Summit opens the field for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to play the sole voice of the “Global South”. Given his talent for choreography, he will rise to the occasion. Indeed, Modi will make it an event more spectacular than Independence Day at the Red Fort when he walked down the blazing red carpet with athletic bounce. His media advisers will anguish over a different matter: how to balance his solo performance with the state visit of President Joe Biden,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/23)
Eighteen Centuries ago, We built Yodha Ela on a gradient of ten centimeters in a kilometer- Today we are begging dollars on the streets of the entire World. Not for Long. We can bring about economic development
Way back in 1963, as the Assistant Commissioner for Agrarian Services at Anuradhapura I presided over the Kanna Meeting of the KalaWeva-to Anuradhapura Tanks. It was the Yodha Ela that provided water to over a hundred tanks. It was a charged meeting where well over two hundred, were belligerent even about to assault the irrigation officers. The problem was that irrigation water never got to all the tanks in time. In order to solve the problem I suggested that we close all cultivation for one year when the Irrigation Department could put a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/23)
Need for A Windfall Tax
In recent times there were many instances where unscrupulous business houses have made massive scandalous profits in trade or on investments with the collusion of errant politicians and public agencies. Typical examples are the ill-gotten gains in the sugar scandal and the outrageous embezzlement in the Central Bank bond case. So far the public is not aware whether any part of this loot has been recovered. There was some indication that only a part of the Rs 20 billion excess profit could be recovered through the present income tax provisions. Windfall bounties occur... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/23)
බි‍්‍රතාන්‍යය යටත්විජිතවාදීන් බිහිකළ ”දෙමළ ජාතිවාදයේ සංක්ෂිප්ත ඉතිහාසය”
1796දී මුහුදුබඩ ප කාලයක සිට දිවයිනේ අයිතිය දෙකට බෙදාගෙන සිටි බවක්ද කියා තිබුනි.9 මෙය සැබෑ ඉතිහාසය නොව සැබෑ අනාගත සැලැස්මබව පෙනේ.නෝර්ත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා යටතේ යටත් විජිත පාලනය අරඹා මදුරාසී පාලනය අහෝසි කොතනයට ලක්විය13. ඉන් ජයෙන් ඔද වැඩුණු උඩරට හමුදාව විසින් පහතරට බි‍්‍රතාන්‍ය බලකොටුවලට පහරදෙන ලදී.14 මෙයින් පසු නෝර්ත් ආන්ඩුකාරවරයා විසින් පලිගැනීමේ ආක්රමණ මාලාවක් ක්රියාත්මක කරන ලදී15. 1805 දී නෝර්ත්ගේ පාලනය නිමාවිය.ඉන්පසු පැමිණියේ තෝමස් මේට්ලන්ඞ් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයාය.16 ඔහු උඩරට සමග යුද්ධ කිරිම වෙනුවට ලාබ උපක්රම මගින් උඩරට අල්ලා ගැනීමට කල්පනා කළේය.17 ඒ සදහා උඩරට සමග සුහද ලිපි හුවමාරුවක් ආරම්භ කරන ලදී. Rathnajeevan H. Hoole, The Exile... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/23)
BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 8
In 2010, with the end of the Eelam war, the Department of Archaeology initiated a survey of the Buddhist sites in the north. The Department sent a team to the North, to map out the Buddhist remains in Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya, Mannar and Jaffna. Their task was to find and list all the Buddhist monuments they found and bring those areas under the authority of the Department of Archaeology. The purpose was to protect these archaeological sites from possible damage by the development projects planned for the Northern Province. The project was completed in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/23)
BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM Part 6.
The Sinhala Buddhist lobby must now reverse this process of Tamilisation and re-establish the North and East as Sinhala and Buddhist. There are two stages in this venture. (i) Firstly recognition of the north and east as part of the ancient Sinhala Buddhist civilization. (ii) Re-establishing a Sinhala Buddhist civilization in the north and east. In ancient times, the Northern Province and the Eastern province were Sinhala and Buddhist. They were part of the ancient Sinhala Buddhist civilization. There is plenty of evidence to support this. That evidence is well known and accepted. It... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/23)
How to Spot a Scam !
Most Get-rich-quick scams often prey on people's desires, for quick and easy wealth, promising substantial returns with minimal effort. While the tactics used by scammers can vary, here are some telltale signs to watch out for: Unrealistic Promises: Scammers often promise unbelievably high returns in an unrealistically short period. If an opportunity sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Pressure to Act Quickly: Scammers create a sense of urgency to prevent you from thinking things through or conducting proper research.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/23)
ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේදී ලිංගික හිංසනයකට ලක්වූ ලාංකික තරුණියකගේ ආන්දෝලනාත්මක අනාවරණය
https://youtu.be/_pw1I-oYYaY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/23)
ලුම්බිණියේ සිට කොළඹ දක්වා ප්‍රදර්ශනාත්මක යතුරුපැදි සවාරියක්
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, ඉන්දියාව සහ නේපාලයේ ත්‍රිවිධ හමුදාවන් සහ තරුණ තරුණියන්ගේ සහභාගිත්වයෙන් බුදුන් උපන් ලුම්බිණියේ සිට කොළඹ දක්වා පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත ප්‍රදර්ශනාත්මක යතුරුපැදි සවාරිය පිළීබඳ මූලික සාකච්ඡාවක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් 2023.09.01 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්විණී. නේපාලයේ ලුම්බිණියේ සිට ඉන්දීය දේශසීමාවට ඇතුල් වී බුද්ධගයාව, නාලන්දාව, කුසිනාරා, ශාවස්ත්‍රී, සාරානාත් සංකස්ස යන ප්‍රදේශ හරහා පැමිණෙන යතුරුපැදි සවාරිය දකුණු ඉන්දියාවට පැමිණ රාමේෂ්වරම් හරහා කංකසන්තුරයෙන් මෙරටට ඇතුල්වීමට නියමිතය. ජනවාරි මස 15 වන දින මෙරට දී ආරම්භ කෙරෙන යතුරුපැදි සවාරිය කංකසන්තුරයේ සිට අනුරාධපුර, දඹුල්ල, මාතලේ, මහියංගනය, බදුල්ල, ඇල්ල, කතරගම, මාතර යන ප්‍රදේශවල බෞද්ධ සිද්ධස්ථාන සහ සංචාරක ආකර්ශනීය ස්ථාන ආවරණය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/23)
තරුණ නිපුණතා සංවර්ධනයට සහ අධ්‍යාපනයට ජපාන සහාය
ජපානය සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අතර ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සහයෝගීතාව සහ ජනතාව අතර සබඳතා තවදුරටත් ශක්තිමත් කිරීම පිළිබඳව සාකච්ඡා කිරීම සඳහා ජපානයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු නියෝජිත පිරිසක් අද (2023.09.01) අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන හමුවිය. දූත පිරිස පිළිගත් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා ප්‍රකාශ කළේ යටිතල පහසුකම් සංවර්ධනය, බලශක්තිය, දුම්රිය, සෞඛ්‍ය, අධ්‍යාපනය සහ තරුණ නිපුණතා සංවර්ධනය වැනි ක්ෂේත්‍ර රැසකට ජපානය නිරතුරුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සහය ලබාදී ඇති බවයි. නිල සංවර්ධන සහය පිළිබඳ විශේෂ පාර්ලිමේන්තු කමිටුවේ සාමාජික පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී නකානිෂි යුසුකේ ප්‍රකාශ කළේ ජපානය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සමීපතම මිතුරෙකු වන අතර කඩිනම් සංවර්ධනය සඳහා තවදුරටත් ආධාර ලබාදෙන බවයි. ජපානයේ රැකියා සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලාංකික... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/23)
13 පූර්ණ වශයෙන් බලාත්මක කිරීමේ ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ උත්සාහයට එරෙහිව දේශප්‍රේමී ජාතික පෙරමුණෙන් ජනතාව දැනුවත් කිරීමේ ව්‍යාපාරයක්
රට දෙකඩ වීම නවතා දැමීමට, 30 වසරක යුද්ධයේ දී ජීවිත පරිත්‍යාගයෙන් කටයුතු කළ වීරෝධාර රණවිරුවන්ගේ හා ජාතිමාමක ජනතාවගේ සියලු උත්සාහයන් විනාශ කරමින් ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා සහ දෙමළ බෙදුම්වාදී නායකයන් එක්ව 13 වැනි ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය පූර්ණ ලෙස බලාත්මක කිරීමට දරන උත්සාහය පරාජය කිරීම සඳහා ජනතාව දැනුවත් කිරීමේ ව්‍යාපාරයක් ඊයේ (31) සවස මහරගම දී පැවැත්විණි. එය සංවිධානය කර තිබුනේ දේශප්‍රේමී ජාතික පෙරමුණේ මධ්‍යම මණ්ඩල සභික, ගෝලීය සංසදයේ මෙරට නිත්‍ය නියෝජිත නීතිඥ නුවන් බැල්ලන්තුඩාව මහතා ප්‍රමුඛ පිරිසක් විසිනි. එහිදී ජනතාව දැනුවත් කිරීම සඳහා අත්පත්‍රිකා බෙදාහැරීම ද සිදුවිය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/23)
Name group which supported Easter Sunday bombers: Cardinal
Since Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malclom Ranjith had slammed the government authorities to name the group which supported the Easter Sunday bombers, Minister of Public security Tiran Allas invited him and the Church to go through the investigations and outline any shortcomings. “We have already informed the Church authorities to go through the investigations into the Easter Sunday attacks. The Church is welcome to show any shortcomings with regard to the investigations which are almost completed. The Church should cooperate with us and should go through the investigations and show us if... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/23)
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