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News Archive for Jun 2023
ඥානාසාර හාමුදුරුවන්ගේ මස් රාත්තලම ඉල්ලන චන්ද්‍රිකා මැතිණිය-(Mrs. Chandrika goes after Ven. Gnanasara’s pound of flesh)සුද්දෝදනගේ කොළුවා ගැන කතාකල නටාෂා නම් ඔල්මාද තරුණිය වෙනුවට, ඒ හැමදෙනාටම කලින්, ඉස්ලාම් ආගමට අපහාසකල, කිතුණු (බෝන් අගේන් මඩු) හා මුස්ලිම් පල්ලි වලට ගිනි තැබූ, බොදු බල සේනා සංවිධානයේ ඥානසාර හිමියන් හිරභාරයට ගතයුතු යයි මිසිස් චන්ද්‍රිකා විසින් කරණ ලද ප්‍රකාශය පුදුමයට කරුණක් නොවේ. ජෙරොම්ගේ ජරමරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජෙරෝම් ගැනට වඩා යූටියුබ්කාරයින්, අරගලයේ කුමන්ත්‍රණ පඬරැල් හා රටින් පැනගොස් පැරිසියේ සැඟවී සිටින slvlog හා මංජු නිස්සංකගේ ඒජන්ට්, භාරත තෙන්නකෝන් වැනි පංචස්කන්ධ වැඩියෙන් සඳහන් කරන්නේ ඥානසාර හාමුදුරුවන් ගැනය. මීට හේතුව වන්නේ මීට පෙර පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයේදී එලිවූවා මෙන් ජෙරොම් මගඩියේදීද එලිවන්නේ ඥානසාර හිමියන් රටට පෙන්වා දුන් සත්‍ය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
නාඩි වාක්‍යයෙන් හෙළි වූ කරුණු ජේසුතුමා බුද්ධ ශ්‍රාවකයෙක්
අතිපූජ්‍ය බළන්ගොඩආනන්ද මෛත්‍රෙයමහ නාහිමි(1980 රසවාහිනි සඟරාවට ලියන ලද ඉහත ලිපිය අප වෙත යොමු කළේ මාතලේ තිබ්බටුවාවේ එස්. එස්. වීරසූරිය) වර්ෂ 1951 දෙසැම්බර් මස 23 වැනිදා මදුරාසියේ රායපෙටා වීදි මාවතේ තුබුණු ශ්‍රී කෞමාර නාඩි කාර්යාලයට ගියෙමි. එහිදී පණ්ඩිත තංගවේලු නම් නාඩි ශාස්ත්‍රඥයා හමුවී සංක්‍ෂිප්ත බුද්ධ චරිතය (නාඩි වාක්‍ය) ලබා ගතිමි. එයට ජේසුතුමාගේ චරිතය ද ගන්නට සිතිණි. මේවා ලබාගත හැක්කේ ප්‍රත්‍යෙක කාණ්ඩ හෙවත් ‘තනි කාණ්ඩම්’ නම් ග්‍රන්ථාංශයෙන් ය. මෙහි මනෝමය ප්‍රශ්නවලට උත්තර ඇත. මම ජේසුතුමාගේ චරිතය ලැබේවා යි සිතීමි, සිතා ඒ බව නොකියා මගේ කේන්ද්‍ර පිටපත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
Minister Nimal says a case warranting media regulation
Media reporting incident involving Ven. Ajahn Brahm Thera at BIA. Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva, who accused the media of involving him and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardane in the ordeal experience by Venerable Ajahn Brahmawanso (Ajahn Brahm Thera), said it was a case warranting regulation of media activities. The minister said that the Prime Minister was at a different lounge while he was at a separate section of the VIP lounge. "Media should not manufacture news. They report what really happened. This is why... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
Fixed range for fuel price as Sinopec enters
The government will introduce a floor and ceiling price for fuel with the launch of business operations by Sinopec, a leading international petroleum company, in the country shortly, a top source said. Sinopec has already signed the agreement to distribute fuel in Sri Lanka. Sinopec will be allocated 150-dealer operated fuel stations in the country. Besides, two other foreign fuel companies will be allowed to operate in the country later. Currently, the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and Lanka Indian Oil Company are the only fuel distributors in the country. A... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
ගජේන්ද්‍රකුමාර්ට යට නොවූ පොලිස් සැරයන්ගේ කතාව
https://youtu.be/sQ2JMEGuO9A ගජේන්ද්‍රකුමාර් පොන්නම්බලම් මන්‍ත්‍රීවරයා සමග ආන්දෝලනාත්මක සිද්ධිය ඇතිවූ පොලිස් නිලධාරීයා වන්නේ පොලිස් සැරයන් සනත් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාය. ඔහු 1990 වසරේදී ඔඩ්ඩුසුඩාන් පොලිස් ස්ථානයට අනියුක්තව සේවය කරමින් සිටින අතරතුර LTTEයේ පැහැරගැනීමට ලක්වී එම කඳවුරක වධ බන්ධනවලට ලක් වූ අයෙකි. එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ.යෙන් නිදහස ලබා පැමිණි සනත් ගුණවර්ධන පොලිස් සැරයන් ධුරයට උසස් කෙරුණු අතර යළි උතුරු පළාතට ස්ථාන මාරුවක් ලද ඔහු එහි රාජකාරී කරමින් සිටින අතරතුරයි මෙම සිද්ධියට මුහුණ දී තිබුණි. මේ අතර පොලිස් නිලධාරීන් පිරිසක් සමග ආරවුලක් ඇති කරගත් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ගජේන්ද්‍රකුමාර් පොන්නම්බලම් මහතාගේ විදෙස් ගමන් තහනම් කිරීමට කිලිනොච්චිය මහේස්ත්‍රාත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
Overseas travel ban issued on MP Gajendrakumar
An overseas travel ban was imposed on MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam today (June 06), on the orders of the Kilinochchi Magistrate’s Court. The Jaffna District parliamentarian, who represents the All Ceylon Tamil Congress or Ahila Ilankai Thamil Congress (AITC), is accused of his complicity in obstructing the duties of police officers and verbally abusing them during a recent event in Vadamarachchi. Soon after the incident, MP Ponnambalam was asked to record a statement with the Maruthankerny Police on Monday (June 05). However, he has failed to appear before the police, citing a parliamentary... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
Draft Bill on contempt of court receives Cabinet nod
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted the approval for the proposal to publish the draft Bill on contempt of a court in the government gazette, and subsequently to be tabled in the Parliament for its approval. On June 27, 2022, Cabinet approval was given for introducing legal enactments on “contempt of court” which includes clear and precise provisions and situational circumstances regarding the offense, defense and easing the penalty as well as the procedure to follow when easing the penalty. The draft Bill, prepared by the Legal Draftsman, later received the Attorney... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/23)
ROHANA (RUHUNU) ERA
During the Rohana era, one has to consider that after the invasion of Arians and from the epochs of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, the Ruhuna reign existed according to the rules and regulations of the country. It was a self-sufficient reign managing its economic growth for a long time. It was mentioned in the chronicles that Ruhunu people, in probability, in fear of enemy threats, were returning to Ruhuna after establishing rural establishments with army support. Lots of jobs associated with the forces were available in Ruhuna. Therefore, for a long time,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
නීති විද්‍යාලයේ අලුත් ගැසට් පත්‍රයද ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය අගවිනිසුරු ඇතුලු සංස්ථාගත නීති අධ්‍යාපන සභාවේ දිගටම පවතින සිංහල අධිකරණ භාෂා විරෝධය සනාථ කරයි.
සිංහල අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දීම වැළක්වූ 2020.12.30 අංක 2208/13 අතිවිශෙෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රය 2023.03.21 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසින් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කිරීමෙන් පසුශ්‍රී ලංකා නීති විද්‍යාලයේ අධ්‍යාපනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන2023.05.15 දිනැති 2332/02 අංක දරන අතිවිශෙෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රය සංස්ථාගත නීති අධ්‍යාපන සභාව විසින් පළකර ඇත.එකී ගැසට් පත්‍රය මගින්ද 1972 සිට ව්‍යවස්ථාපිත යුතුකම ඉටුකරමින් පවත්වාගෙන එනු ලැබූ සිංහල අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දීමේ ව්‍යවස්ථාපිත යුතුකම ඉටුකිරීමෙන් වැළකී ඇත.ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීති විද්‍යාලය සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන2023.05.15 දිනැති 2332/02 අංක දරන අතිවිශෙෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රයද නැවතත් සිංහල අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් නඩු විභාග කිරීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාගේ තායිලන්ත සංචාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන්
එක්සත් ජාතින්ගේ වෙසක් උත්සවය මෙවර තායිලන්තයේ අයුත්යා නුවරදී පැවැත්විණි. එහි ප්‍රධාන දේශනය හිමිවූයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාටයි. ඒ සඳහා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා සමඟ අනුනායක හිමිවරු ඇතුළුව අමාත්‍ය විදුර වික්‍රමනායක, රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය විජිත බේරුගොඩ ඇතුළු පිරිසක් සහභාගි වූහ. සංචාරය සදහා වූ සියලු වියදම් තායිලන්ත රජය විසින් දරනු ලැබීය. මෙම සංචාරය සඳහා මැයි 31 වෙනිදා ශ්‍රි ලංකන් ගුවන් යානයකින් පිටත්වන තෙක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා රැදි සිටියේ දෙස් විදෙස් ජනපති සහ අගමැතිවරුන් සඳහා වෙන් වූ විශේෂ ප්‍රභූ (VVIP) විවේකාගාරයේය. බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ජාතික අජාන් බ්‍රහ්මවංශ හිමියන්ද එදින සිංගප්පූරු ගුවන් සේවයට අයත් යානයකින් ඕස්ට්‍රෙලියාවේ පර්ත් නුවර දක්වා ගමන් කිරීමට, නියමිත වේලාවට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
US unnecessary and inappropriate meddling in Bangladesh election needs to be stopped
Rami Niranjan Desai is an Author, Anthropologist and a scholar of the North East region of India. She focuses on ethnic identity, tribal issues and insurgency. She also comments and keeps a track of developments on the Indo Pacific and current affairs. She is presently Distinguished fellow at India Foundation, New Delhi and Consulting Editor, Global Orde. She wrote an article titled 'Why the US shouldn’t meddle in the Bangladesh election. The article was published on the 'India Today' journal on June 05, 2023. According to the article, the recent push by the US... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
China 'counters US dollar hegemony' with gold reserves, yuan currency swap deals
China is advancing the global movement toward de-dollarization. Beijing's central bank is boosting its gold reserves while signing currency swap deals in yuan with countries like Argentina, encouraging the use of renminbi instead of US dollars. https://youtu.be/bdASCjEeJ0I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
Waltzing Wall Street’s Bondsmen
The Sri Lankan ‘liberal’ fights for all of the social progressivism of the West, and none of their industrial policies that made such lifestyles possible in the first place. They want Western decadence & colonial underdevelopment Sri Lankan unions fight for higher & higher wages, but not for the kinds of industrial policies that would lead to the production of less & less-expensive goods. They envision a high-wage economy, not a low-cost one.-Shiran Illanperuma, Twitter The US-funded thinktank Advocata wants ‘Women workers’ to ‘break’ the ‘shackles of time limits’. By shackles, they mean the Shop... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
India’s First International Cruise Flagged Off from Chennai to Sri Lanka
Union minister for ports, shipping, and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off India’s first international cruise headed for Sri Lanka from the Chennai Port on Monday as part of a series of initiatives set off by the Centre to jump-start cruise tourism across the country. The luxury ship, MV Empress, will reach the Hambantota port in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, touch Trincomalee on the island nation’s northeastern coast and Kankesanturai in Jaffna district, before heading back to Chennai. The cruise features shopping areas, bars, swimming pools, cinemas, and more. A government... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
PET Scan machine unused for over a year at Cancer Hospital - trade unions
The Association of Health Professionals has revealed that the automatic vaccination machine of the PET Scan machine worth Rs. 200 million at the Cancer Hospital in Maharagama, is not in use for over a period of one year, due to the non-availability of FDG chemical and connection tubes. When inquired by Ada Derana regarding the matter, Director of the Maharagama Cancer Hospital Dr. Aruna Jayasekara pointed out that apart from the automatic vaccinations with the PET Scan machine, other relevant tests are being carried out as usual through the machine. https://youtu.be/uEMHmt0Nq44... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
President appoints several new High Court Judges
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has handed over the Letters of Appointment to several new High Court Judges, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. Accordingly, the District Judges T.J. Prabhakaran, P.K. Parana Gamage, Assistant Secretary General of Parliament Tikiri K. Jayathilaka and Senior State Counsel K.D.Y.M. Nayani Nirmala Kasthuriratne have been appointed as High Court Judges.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/06/23)
THE DIVERSITY IN THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THE EFFORT OF DE-DOLLARIZATION
The international financial system is associated with trade and non-trade transactions. The relationship between nations has many weaknesses that are not understood by many academics and practitioners who are operating in the system. It has communicated that seems to be jargon for average people. A major weakness of the international financial system has less concern for developing countries when it operates in deviated environments, as it is complicated by dynamism. It is vulnerable to changes in contrasting environments by the actions of major economies neglecting developing countries. The spending of major economies relates... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/23)
My Nation – My Pride
We have a proud history. We had great kings They made magnificent structures. These amazing achievements are in awe even today. Tourists flock to see these cultural heritage because they do not have such in their own nations. They come to visit Ruwanweli Maha Seya, 60,000,000 tons of bricks used to make Jetawanaramaya, Lova Maha Paya, Sigiriya, Parakrama Samudraya, Giritale, Kantale, Minneriya where massive lakes & man-made irrigation works. The technology used by our ancient kings cannot be matched even with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/23)
115th Anniversary of Ahmadiyya Khilafat.
The Muslims who should have been united and be in harmony, are divided in countless sects and divisions. It is not only in religious field but in politics too. When such are the conditions, the aggregate will be below zero. It is incumbent that Muslims should unite on the hand of One Imam (Leader). There should be one Imam of the Muslims of the whole world. But without Khilafat (Spiritual Leadership), it is just impossible. Khilafat is the successor after the prophet in the form of a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/23)
ෂාෆි මුදාගැනීමේ වහබ්වාදී මෙහෙයුම පිළිබඳ හෙළිදරව්වක්
මෙරට සිංහල මවුවරුන්ට වඳ සැත්කම් සිදුකළ බවට චෝදනා ලැබූ මොහොමඩ් ෂාෆි වෛද්‍යවරයා පිළිබඳව නැවත සමාජය තුළ කතිකාවක් නිර්මාණය වී ඇති පසුබිමක, රාජ්‍ය සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සෞඛ්‍ය සේවා කමිටු ලේකම්වරයා විසින් ෂාෆි වෛද්‍යවරයාව නැවත සේවයේ පිහිටුවන ලෙස හා ඔහුගේ චෝදනා නොසලකා හරින ලෙසට දන්වමින් සිදු කළ බලපෑම් සහගත ලිපිය පිළිබඳව ද සමාජය තුළ මහත් ආන්දෝලනයක් ඇති වී තිබේ. කෙසේ වෙතත් වෛද්‍ය ෂාෆිගේ මෙම ක්‍රියාව සහ එය යට ගැසීම සඳහා එල්ල වූ වහබ්වාදීන්ගේ බලපෑම් පිළිබදවත්, එම බලපෑම්වලට යටත්වූ දේශපාලකයන් හා නිලධාරීන් පිළිබඳවත් මෙන්ම මෙම සිදුවීම පිළිබඳව මුල සිට අග දක්වාම කරුණු සඳහන් සවිස්තරාත්මක ලිපියක් අප... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/23)
මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමේ අල්ලස් දූෂණ ඔඩු දුවයි – අල්ලස් ගැනීමට විරුද්ධ වූ කොමසාරිස්වරුන්ට පහරදීමේ සැලසුමක්
පසුගිය සිදුකුරාදා දිනයේ රැස්වූ මානව හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභාවේ අධ්‍යක්ෂකවරු යැයි කියා ගන්නා කිහිප දෙනෙකු හා විර්ශන නිලධාරීන් පිරිසක් මානව හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සිදුවන අල්ලස් හා දූෂණවලට විරුද්ධව කටයුතු කළ කොමසාරිස්වරු තිදෙනෙකුට එරෙහිව ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ගතයුතු බව තීරණය කර ඇති බව එම කොමිසමේ අභ්‍යන්තර ආරංචි මාර්ග හෙළිකරයි. එම කොමිසමේ උසස් නිලධාරියකු පවසන්නේ මෙම කොමසාරිස්වරු තිදෙනා පැමිණීම වැළැක්වීම සදහා ඔවුන්ට තර්ජනය කිරීමට හා පහර දීමට සැලසුමක් ක්‍රියාත්මක වන බවයි. එමෙන්ම මෙම පහරදීම් ජනතාව කළ බවට මාධ්‍ය මගින් ප්‍රචාරය කිරීමටද සැලසුම් කර ඇති බව ඔහු සඳහන් කරයි. මෙම සැලසුම ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන පුද්ගලයන් මානව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/23)
No single political party commands majority voter base, despite cross-party collaboration in Parliament: RW
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said although all political parties in Parliament are united, none of them currently possess a 50% voter base. He emphasized the need for unity among the parties, not solely for the purpose of elections, but to steer the country towards recovery from the ongoing economic crisis. The President also highlighted the loss of faith in elections and politics among the majority of the population, including the youth. During his address at the "2023/2024 National Law Conference" held at the Grand Hotel in Nuwara Eliya, President... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/23)
What Sri Lanka’s Gays & Lesbians must understand about LGBTQIA+++
Till not so long ago the world knew of only gays & lesbians & they were commonly referred to as homosexual & then those that continued to have normal sexual relations while also being homosexual were called bi-sexual. It was only after 1970s that the term transgender emerged while the term queer arrived after 1900s. Today, we see a small elite group of people promoting LGBTQIA+ (with acronyms increasing) Even the gay community must be unaware of who controls their community & new influx of terms. Having said that, it is also... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/23)
POLITICS IN SRI LANKA Part 4Hc
Ranasinghe Premadasa succeeded J.R. Jayewardene as the second President of Sri Lanka. Premadasa was President of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 to 1 May 1993. He was assassinated on May 1. 1993. Premadasa had a heroic struggle to enter the higher rungs of this party, said Sarath Amunugama. My view (Kamalika) is that his caste position (non-Goigama) as well as his predatory reputation would have influenced this. The Goyigama establishment in the UNP was grooming Upali Wijewardene to succeed Jayewardene as President. Upali Wijewardene, a kinsman of Jayewardene, educated at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/23)
We need another “Panadurawadaya” – a National debate on the attacks to Buddha & his teachings
In August 1873, 26th & 28th to be precise a great debate was held at the Galkanda Temple in Panadura between Migettuwatte Gunananda Himi & Father David de Silva. The topic was on Buddhism & Christianity. This became famously known as the “Panadurawadaya”. It should bring to light the statements by one “prophet” Jerome de Silva and an increasing bevy of modern liberal shows funded to smear Buddha & his teachings & drawing youth away from their ancestral heritage & culture. An opportunity for a revival in Buddhism amongst Buddhists has emerged. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/23)
Arhath Mahinda
Today is Poson Poya, the day that Arhath Mahinda introduced the Buddhist Dharma to Lanka. It is the day that the seeds of Sinhala Budhist civilization was planted in this country. Every act of Arhath Mahinda had a specific significance. He ensured that the ruler of the county was intelligent. He tested him with a simple set theory test which used two examples. His first subject of the mango tree was associated with the environment and the next test on relatives was based on the family and community. Arhath Mahinda could have brought a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/23)
Drug controller investigating medicine exported to Sri Lanka after loss of eye sight complaint
According to an official, if the company supplies the necessary information then the body will wait for findings of investigation for further action. The Indian drug controller is investigating a Gujarat-based pharmaceutical company after receiving communication from neighbouring Sri Lanka that a steroid eye drop manufactured by the firm has been linked to adverse events including loss of eye sight. The Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) has also issued a notice to the company seeking details of the importer, those who the drug has been supplied to, and manufacturing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
"සාවද්‍ය තොරතුරු අනතුරුදායකයි. බෞද්ධ ලෝකය මේ පිළිබඳව අවධානයෙන් සිටිය යුතුයි" - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා තායිලන්තයේ දී.-
"සාවද්‍ය තොරතුරු අනතුරුදායකයි. බෞද්ධ ලෝකය මේ පිළිබඳව අවධානයෙන් සිටිය යුතුයි" - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා තායිලන්තයේ දී.- අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේ, 2023.06.01 දින තායිලන්තයේ චූලලෝන්කෝන් රාජවිද්‍යාල විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ දී, එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ වෙසක් දින උලෙළේ ප්‍රධාන දේශනය කරමිනි. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා... "වෙසක් දිනය තායිලන්තයේ සංවිධානය කිරීම පිළිබඳව මහා චූලලෝන්ග්කෝර්න් රාජවිද්‍යාල විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය, වෙත මෙන්ම. මෙහි දේශනය පැවැත්විම මට ආරාධනා කිරීම ගැන අතිපූජ්‍ය මහා සංඝරත්නය, ජාත්‍යන්තර වෙසක් දින සභාව, ජාත්‍යන්තර බෞද්ධ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල සංගමය, අයුත්යා හි මහා චූලලෝන්ග්කෝර්න් රාජවිද්‍යාල විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය (MCU), බැංකොක්හි එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ ESCAP මධ්‍යස්ථානය සහ එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
Substance Use in Borderline Personality Disorder
A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience, of seeing the world and relating to others in a manner that markedly deviates from cultural expectations, and includes, and results in, problematic and habitual behaviors that are pervasive and inflexible (APA). The first clinical conceptualization of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) was provided in 1975 by Gunderson and Singer. By 1980, the construct of BPD was considered developed and validated to the extent that the disorder was included in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III; American Psychiatric Association... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
IMF deputy urges SL to keep up momentum on economic reforms
Sri Lanka is showing a "strong commitment" to implementing economic reforms but must continue this momentum amid a challenging economic environment, International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura said on Thursday. In a statement at the conclusion of his visit to Columbo, Okamura said continued open dialogue with Sri Lanka's creditors would help reach restructuring agreements that would restore debt sustainability in line with IMF targets for its $3 billion, 40-month loan to the struggling island country. (Reuters) Full Statement Colombo, Sri Lanka: Mr. Kenji Okamura, Deputy Managing Director... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
Heads will roll unless state institutions perform; President warns
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his televised address to the nation, asserted that his government would not hesitate to replace the heads of the state institutions such as the Ceylon Electricity Board, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and SriLankan Airlines unless they improved their performance in conformity with the restructuring plan for public enterprises. The president envisioned a four-pillar programme to revive the economy, said there are currently 430 public enterprises operating in 33 sectors of the economy. He said these enterprises employ six per cent of the Sri Lankan population but many of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
Punish those who are responsible for causing inconvenience to the monk –President’s Secretary
President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake had informed the Secretary Ports and Aviation Ministry to hold an inquiry and punish those who are responsible for keeping Venerable Ajan Brahim Thera for 12 hours. Ekanayake said he had taken this decision following the advice of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The President had wanted action taken against those who are responsible for the drama. The President’s secretary said he express his regrets over the incident.(Yohan Perera)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
Central Bank shifts gears to growth with surprise policy rate cut
250bps rate cut clearly reflects CB’s desire to reboot economic growth “Today is the start of the policy easing cycle” – CB Governor Dr. Weerasinghe Expects market interest rates to come down with policy rate cut Confident inflation reaching single digit levels by July end Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe The Central Bank yesterday delivered a surprise policy rate cut, bringing nearly two years long tightening cycle to a close and left open the door for further rate cuts in the next few months... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/23)
POLITICS IN SRI LANKA Part 4Ha
Premadasa made political changes which were not for the good of the country. A political party had to get a minimum number of votes to be eligible for representation in Parliament. Premadasa reduced this cut off point from for 12.5% to 5 %.This law was introduced in 1988 by then President the late R. Premadasa to appease Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader M.H.M. Ashraff, said critics. This permitted the entry of small ethnic parties into Parliament. Sarath Amunugama called it the unleashing of a Pandora’s Box of small ethnic parties which could bargain for ministerial... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
POLITICS IN SRI LANKA Part 4Hb
Premadasa was probably the most calculating politician Sri Lanka has ever had.Premadasa was politicking day and night, said Sarath Amunugama.His voice rang with authority and power, commanding compliance, said Evans Cooray. Premadasa had an unparalleled knowledge of the Colombo’s electoral mathematics, said Sarath. He created a support base which included the poor of all major castes. He had several venues where he met the public. He also created a coterie of loyalists. His chief supporter was Sirisena Cooray who was an early supporter of Premadasa. Premadasa read through old copies of Hansard... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
After Two Centuries of Indulging in Hate Speech Anti-Sinhala and Anti-Buddhist Elements Have to Adjust to ICCPR World Order
“What changed?” demands anti-Sinhala and anti-Buddhist elements in Sri Lanka when the ICCPR Act is implemented. They have been used to a life of hate speech against Sinhala and Buddhist interests for the past 200 years. Instead of changing to the new world norm of human rights, they blame the Act and live in the tribal era! Sri Lanka acceded to the ICCPR (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) on June 11, 1980. However, Sri Lanka did not change the local law to reflect this until 2007. In 2007, the International Covenant on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා එක්සත්ජාතීන්ගේ වෙසක්දින උළෙල අමතයි.
(2023.06.01) තායිලන්තය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා- වෙසක් පුන් පොහෝ දිනය නිමිත්තෙන් එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ වෙසක් දිනය තායිලන්තයේ සංවිධානය කිරීම පිළිබඳව මහා චූලලෝන්ග්කෝර්න් රාජවිද්‍යාල විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය, වෙත මාගේ සුභ පැතුම් පිරිනමන්නේ ඉතාමත් ගෞරවයෙනි. බෞද්ධ වර්ෂයෙන් 2567 වූ (ව්‍යවහාර වසරෙන් 2023) වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය, මේ වසරේ මෙම සම්මේලනයට සහභාගී වෙමින් සැමරීමට ලැබීම වැදගත් සන්ධිස්ථානයක්. මෙම දේශනය පැවැත්විම මට ආරාධනා කිරීම ගැන අතිපූජ්‍ය මහා සංඝරත්නය, ජාත්‍යන්තර වෙසක් දින සභාව, ජාත්‍යන්තර බෞද්ධ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල සංගමය, අයුත්යා හි මහා චූලලෝන්ග්කෝර්න් රාජවිද්‍යාල විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය (MCU), බැංකොක්හි එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ ESCAP මධ්‍යස්ථානය සහ එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ වෙසක් දින... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
Qatar-Bangladesh LNG deal: What's the message for the energy hit world during the global energy crisis?
Qatar-Bangladesh long-term deal on LNG imports: A ray of hope in times of crisis? Bangladesh has signed a long-term agreement to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar at the rate of 1.8 million metric tons (MMT) per annum for 15 years. The agreement was signed on Thursday (June 1). According to the agreement, Bangladesh will receive an additional 1.8 MMT of LNG annually, starting in 2026. The long-term LNG sales and purchase agreement (SPA) was signed between Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Minerals Corporation (Petrobangla) and Qatar Energy's LNG trading arm at Qatar Energy's headquarters in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
Exploring the untapped clay industry
Saterra Pottery Founder Bhagya Senanayake on the industry’s potential and barriers to development Clay is a material many of us are familiar with, whether we come across it in the form of cookware, as a medium of art, or in construction. However, the industry remains largely untapped, with its potential going unnoticed and uses being limited for years. Shedding light on this was Bhagya Senanayake, who is not only involved in Salruk, her family’s terracotta business established three decades ago, but is also adding a modern touch... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
President unveils govt’s roadmap for socio-economic reforms and accelerated development
Sri Lanka’s economy is gradually recovering from the crisis thanks to the correct policies including the collective efforts of the people, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said, delivering a special statement on the government’s efforts over the past nine months to revive Sri Lanka’s economy. https://youtu.be/vhVFaTuMTeA The President’s Media Division (PMD) says the objective of this address is to provide the public with a comprehensive understanding of Sri Lanka’s national transformation roadmap and to present the proposed strategies for accomplishing the envisioned objectives. In his speech, the Head of State... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
පොලිසිය මංජු නිශ්ශංක පසුපස.. මුල්‍ය විශුද්ධිකරණ චෝදනා…
ගෝලීය ශ්‍රී ලංකා කොංග්‍රසය නායක මංජු නිශ්ශංක නමැත්තා සම්බන්ධයෙන් නීති විරෝධී වත්කම් හා දේපොල විමර්ශන කොට්ඨාසය විසින් පරීක්ෂණ ආරම්භ කර ඇත. මුල්‍ය විශුද්ධිකරණ පනත යටතේ මෙම පුද්ගලයා විසින් වරදක් කර ඇතිදැයි අනාවරණය කරගැනීමට ඉන් බලාපොරොත්තු වන බව පොලිසිය කියයි. කොළඹ පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී පොලිස් මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශක ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ පොලිස් අධිකාරී නිහාල් තල්දුව මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කලේය. මංජු නිශ්ශංකට එරෙහිව පොලිස් මූලස්ථානයට ලැබී ඇති පැමිණිලි සම්බන්ධයෙන් කළ විමසීමකට ප්‍රතිචාර දක්වමින් ඒ මහතා මේ බව කියා සිටියේය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
Interlocutory application filed against Pastor Jerome’s petition
An interlocutory application has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking to dismiss the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed by Pastor Jerome Fernando without taking it up for hearing. Pastor Jerome Fernando had filed the relevant FR petition requesting an order to be issued preventing his arrest. Accordingly, the interlocutory application was filed by a group including Ven. Elle Gunawansa Thero, against Jerome Fernando’s fundamental rights petition. The petitioning party claims that Pastor Fernando, who has also been charged over several controversial statements against several religions including Buddhism, had recently... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION THAT ESSENTIAL IN SRI LANKA
Many expressed displease about education reforms in Sri Lanka and it could assume that academics appointed to perform the role of reforming education failed to do the task as required by the country, and the development of policies for education reforms have stagnated because the appointed experts are lacking the understanding of reforms that are required by Sri Lanka. Education in the modern era is based on achieving outcomes by students and Western countries spend a large sum of funds to train students for achieving outcomes of lessons with value education. Outcome-Based Education is an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
What Happens to drugs seized?
The Central Postal Exchange Division officers of Sri Lanka seized parcels addressed to Borelesgamuwa, Wellawatte, Minuwangoda and Thalamgama areas sent from the United States and Canada. A person came to collect the packages. When the customs officials inspected them in front of the person who came to collect the parcels in the presence of the Police Narcotics Bureau on May 16, these parcels contained “Kush”, and the person was handed over to the police for further investigation. ‘Kush’ is a new drug in Sri Lanka, as “Ice” is quite dangerous and is the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
Sri Lanka renews ties with Thailand.
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena held extensive discussions with Prime Minister of Thailand Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on bilateral relations. The meeting took place at the Government House in Bangkok during the three-day visit of Prime Minister Gunawardena to Thailand. The visit was to attend the United Nationas Vesak Day celebrations and to discuss strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries and to strengthen trade and investment and religious ties. Sri Lanka and Thailand have a strong cultural and religious bond because of their shared Buddhist heritage. The Siam Nikaya, which... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
High Commissioner Moragoda undertakes a visit to Akshaya Patra Foundation in Bengaluru to study their renowned mid-day meal programme
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda recently undertook a visit to the Headquarters of the Akshaya Patra Foundation in Bengaluru, Karnataka to study their renowned mid-day meal programme for school children. Established in 2000 as a non-profit trust of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Akshaya Patra is one of the world’s largest not-for-profit run school feeding programmes, serving wholesome food every school day to over 2.3 million children from 22,367 schools across 15 states and 2 union territories of India. At present, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
ආගම, සංස්කෘතිය විනාශ කළාම ඉතිරි වන්නේ වහලුන් පමණයි.. මෝඩාභිවාදකයන් කරන්නේ එයයි.
රටක් ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතිකව විනාශ කළාම ඒ රටට ඉදිරි වන්නේ වහලුන් පිරිසක් යැයි බුද්ධ ශාසන ආගමික කටයුතු හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු ඇමති විදුර වික්‍රමනායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඇතැමුන් ආගමට සංස්කෘතියට පහර දෙන්නේ ඒ නිසා බවද ඔහු මෝඩිභිවාදනයෙන් උන්මාද වූ තරුණ පිරිස් විසින් එම තත්ත්වයට සමාජය පත්කරමින් ඇතැයි කියා සිටියේය. කිසිම ආගමකට ගරහන්නට කිසිවෙකුට අයිතියක් නැති බවත් රජයක් ලෙස එවන් කටයුතුවලට ඉඩ නොතබන බවත් හෙතෙම පැවසීය. බෞද්ධයාට බෞද්ධාගමට එරෙහිව ක්‍රියාත්මක වන බලවේග සියලු දෙනා එක්ව පරාජය කළ යුතු බවත් ඒ සඳහා බෞද්ධ මහා සම්මේලනය වැනි සංවිධාන නායකත්වය ගත යුතු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
බලංගොඩ කස්සප හිමියන් සැගවේ..
තමන් වහන්සේට ජීවිත තර්ජන ඇති බැවින් මේ වන විට සැඟවී සිටින බව පූජ්‍ය බලංගොඩ කාශ්‍යප හිමියන් සඳහන් කරති. “මෝඩාභිමානී”ප්‍රසංගය සහ මේ දිනවල බෞද්ධ ආගම සම්බන්ධ කොටගෙන ඇති වී තිබෙන සිදුවීම් පිළිබඳව කතා කිරීම හේතුවෙන් තමන් වහන්සේට ජීවිත තර්ජන සිදු වෙමින් පවතින බව උන්වහන්සේ පවසති . https://youtu.be/FhX2_rgVfdY එමෙන්ම මංජු නිශ්ශංක නැමැති පුද්ගලයාට එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ ඩයස්පෝරාවේන් මුදල් ලැබෙන බවත් එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ අවශ්‍යතාවයට අනුව එම මුදල් යොදා ගනිමින් මංජු නිශ්ශංක කටයුතු කරන බවට බලංගොඩ කාශ්‍යප හිමියන් චෝදනා කරති අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් රාජාංගනේ හිමියන් වෙනුවෙන් තමන් වහන්සේ පෙනී සිටින බව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
CID arrests SL Vlog’s Bruno Divakara
Bruno Divakara, the owner of the YouTube channel ‘SL-Vlogs’, has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), a short while ago. https://youtu.be/nUtppJ2FTAQ He was arrested by the CID after being questioned for over eight hours regarding the recent controversial comments by stand-up comedian Nathasha Edirisooriya, who was also arrested recently, Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said. Mr. Divakara was likely brought in for questioning as the video of concern, that soon went viral across social media websites, was initially published on the ‘SL Vlog’ Youtube channel. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
Govt refutes accusations over funding for Poson Programme
The Government has refuted recent allegations made pertaining to the lack of funding towards the Anuradhapura Poson Programme, stating that Rs. 28.8 million has already been granted for this purpose. Accordingly, two Ministries and one Department have, thus far, contributed a sum of Rs. 28.8 million for the Anuradhapura Poson Programme this year, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. https://youtu.be/eHzAOhHpuX8 They further noted the allocation made by the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs for the Poson Mihintale Perahera this year was the highest since 2019. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
Gazette issued bringing several state institutions under Finance Ministry
A gazette notification has been issued bringing several state-owned institutions including the Colombo Lotus Tower Management Company, Sri Lanka Cement Corporation, State Engineering Corporation, Sri Lanka Telecom and its subsidiaries and allied institutions under the purview of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilisation and National Policies. The gazette has been issued by President and Finance Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe with the powers vested in him under paragraph (1) of Article 44 of the Constitution of Sri Lanka, with effect from May 30, 2023. Accordingly, the following state institutions have been brought under the purview Minister... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/23)
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