Gamini Gunawardane                              This is a letter to the Editor of ‘The Island’ newspaper in response to the above mentioned nomenclature used by Prof. Hoole. Island editor did not publish it. Dr. Sivasegaram, at the end of his response to the review of Prof. Rajan Hoole on Prof. Gananath […]

J. A. L. Jayasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror On the advice and instructions of Mahanayake Theras of the Malwatta and Asgiri Chapters, Lekakadhikari Theras, Ven Dr. Medagama Sri Dhammananda Thera (Asgiri) and Ven Dr. Pahamune Sri Sumangala Thera (acting Lekakadhikari Thera of the Malwatu Chapter) had presented a letter containing 21 points, in which the […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Courtesy Ceylon Today Only when something comes up in print or exposed on television, people who have been affected by the highlighted topic(s) will emerge out of their shells to either join public protests or respond with their type of experiences (as feedbacks). The Saturday Column on 11 March, in Ceylon […]

Courtesy RT Washington has presented no evidence whatsoever” yet that the Shayrat airfield in Syria’s Homs Province targeted by the US after an alleged chemical attack in Idlib had any such weapons, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Twenty-four hours have passed since the US Navy warships launched a massive missile strike at the Shayrat airfield, […]

Courtesy Pravda After the United States struck a missile blow on Shayrat airfield in Syria’s Homs, many wondered why Russian sophisticated air defence systems, such as Pantsir, S-300, S-400, Buk-M2 and Tor complexes, have not protected Syria from 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles launched by Ross and Porter destroyers. Predictably, Russian liberals and Ukrainian activists rejoiced […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  We as voters are quite happy that parliament attendance details of MP’s ( including ministers ) will be placed in the web. Secretary to the Parliament who takes such initiative should  also create folders for each MP in the web to show following , School qualifications Higher education Qualifications ( if any) […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා මා සිංහල අවුරුද්ද ගැන බොහෝ දේ ලියා තිබුණත් තවමත් ඒ කරුණු ඇත්තේ පොත්පත්වල පමණයි. මේ ලිපියටත් ඒ ඉරණම අත්වීමට ඇති ඉඩකඩ අධිකයි. එයට මූලික හේතුව විද්‍යුත් ජනමාධ්‍ය අවශ්‍ය ප්‍රචාරය නොදීමයි. ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ගෙන් අති විශාල බහුතරය පඬියන් වීම සිංහලයන්ගේ කරුමයක් වී ඇත. අපි අවුරුද්ද ගැන කරුණු කිහිපයක් නැවත කියමු. ඒ අතර අලුත් කරුණක් දෙකක් […]

ලංකාවේ වෙනදේ ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයේ සැසිවාරය සඳහා රියර් අද්මිරාල් සරත් වීරසේකර මහතාගේ ආගමනය පසුගිය සතියේ දේශපාලන පිටියේ මහත් ආන්දොaලනයකට ලක්‌ව තිබුණි. ඒ පිළිබඳව විවිධ පාර්ශ්වයන් විසින් එල්ල කරන ලද චෝදනා පිළිබඳව ‘දිවයින ඉරිදා සංග්‍රහය’ සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා සමග කළ සාකච්ඡාවක්‌ මතුදැක්‌වෙයි. * ඔබ ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සලේට ගොස්‌ නැවත පැමිණියා. බොහෝ අය ඔබ කළ […]

Sri Lanka News Opening a new restaurant is a challenging and risky venture in Sri Lanka But for EU MP Niranjan Deva Aditiya , spent one year researching the menu and his chefs have obtained traditional recipes from every part of the island and from all communities. “At Ceylon Café, conveniently located on Horton Place within the premises […]

Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Joint opposition MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage yesterday rejected the allegation made by Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake that he had bought a house in England saying the Bribery Commission (BC) had proved him innocent. He said that the Bribery Commission and the CID had conducted an investigation which showed […]

by C.A.Chandraprema Courtesy The Island    April 8, 2017, 8:28 pm An interview with Prof. G.L.Peiris regarding the situation arising from the decisions made by the Judicial Services Association at their Special General meeting held on 1 April 2017 in relation to the appointment of Mr Ramanathan Kannan as a High Court judge. Q. You were […]

BY MALINDA SENEVIRATNE  There was a time when victory over enemies was about bashing heads in, seizing their women and enslaving their children.  It still happens of course.  The cost-effective way is for the powerful to dictate, the weak to submit, hands to be shaken with the key representatives of the respective parties facing the […]

By The Nation – The strike launched by the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) on Friday (7) against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) came under severe criticism where academics said that the action was against the fundamentals of the people. Academics strongly criticized the move of the GMOA and student unions […]

Dr. Neville Fernando Courtesy The Island April 7, 2017, 9:28 pm It is commendable that the general public is showing a keen interest on the current SAITM issue which has been blown out of proportion by various fractions. It is our duty therefore to place on record the true facts regarding this issue to clarify the […]