Shenali D Waduge At some point in time this question needs to be answered before agreeing to any form of war crimes tribunal. It is a miscarriage of justice if the initial & foundation of the process to deliver justice is legally flawed. Justice should not only be done, but also seen to be done […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Yahapalana came to power because it promised the voters that they would reduce the cost of living. After Yahapalana came to power, the cost of living went up and up. The public complained about the skyrocketing cost of living.   Food prices have gone into the stratosphere with more and more people going to […]

Dilrook Kannangara Local Indian sponsored hitmen have launched a vicious attack on the Maha Sangha claiming that 6.2 million voters outnumber the Sangha. This was stated by Citizens’ Movement (Puravesi Peramuna”) – a Yamapalanaya suckling. In doing so, they have shown acute disregard and disrespect to the Sangha. That is sufficient for most of the […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando 2017-07-08 A particular planter appeared to have been disturbed for calling the Ceylon Tea Traders Association (CTTA) as the “Apex body of the Industry” in my article on 1 July 2017 on the Sesquicentennial of the Ceylon Tea Industry. He wrote to me enquiring the reason for using such a […]

සී. ඒ. චන්ද්‍රප්‍රේම සිංහලයා දුර්වල කර මුස්‌ලිම් පාර්ශවය ශක්‌තිමත් කළ බොදු බල උපාය මා ඉකුත් ජුනි 25 වැනිදා ඉරිදා දිවයිනේ “බොදුබල සේනාව ගැන අත්‍යවශ්‍ය සටහනක්‌” යන මැයෙන් ලියූ ලිපියට විශාල ප්‍රතිචාරයක්‌ ලැබුණි. එම ලිපිය ලංකා සී නිවුස්‌ වෙබ් අඩවිය විසින්ද දිවයින උපුටා දක්‌වමින් පළකර තිබූ අතර එහි පාඨකයෙක්‌ “සශීමා” යන නම යටතේ පළකර තිබූ කමෙන්ටුවක්‌ […]

තරංග රත්නවීර උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින ඡායාරූප නිමල් දයාරත්න අන්තවාදී ආක්‍රමණය ප්‍රචණ්‌ඩ වී අරිසිමලේ පුදබිමේ මුඩුක්‌කු නැගෙයි… ආණ්‌ඩුවට අවුරුදු දෙකක්‌ පිරෙන ජනවාරි 08 ත් බුදුපිළිම කඩා දැමේ… බොරලු කපන්න කියලා පුරාණ ගල් කණු, සෙල් ලිපි, සඳකඩ පහන ඩෝසර් කරයි… උතුර, නැගෙනහිර දෙපළාතේ සහ තමන්කඩුව දිසාවේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝ නායක පනාමුරේ තිලකවංශ හිමි. කතාව ඇසෙන විට අපට අපි ගැන […]

Dr. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA July 7, 2017, 10:09 pm In his lengthy presentation on Islamophobia and allegations thereof, entitled ‘A reappraisal of evidence and claims: Emerging Buddhist-Muslim Rivalry in Sri Lanka?’ (The Island, July 4th, 5th, 6th, 2017) Prof GH Peiris has chosen to conclude with a three paragraph reference to an idea I had advanced. I […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island July 7, 2017, 10:03 pm The outcome of Thursday’s talks between Mahanayake Theras and President Maithripala Sirisena in Kandy on the former’s campaign against the government’s proposed constitutional reforms etc has been described as fruitful in some quarters. The President has, by rushing to Kandy, demonstrated his concern for the opinion of […]

By Lucien Rajakarunanayake Courtesy The Island July 7, 2017, 10:05 pm Anyone watching TV feels there is no Govt. in the country: President – News Item Does one have to watch TV to feel this? The President says the media reveals the opposite of what is really happening in the country. Development activities, people’s welfare, the […]

by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island July 7, 2017, 10:23 pm Law and Order and Southern Development Minister Sagala Ratnayake, MP, has stoutly defended the police in the wake of President Maithripala Sirisena’s onslaught against them at the last Cabinet meeting. Addressing the media at the Temple Trees on Thursday (June 6), Minister Ratnayake emphasised that […]

By Yusuf Ariff Courtesy Adaderana The Presidential Commission probing the Central Bank treasury bond scam today instructed the Attorney General to look into legal provisions in relation to Arjuna Aloysious of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd giving a phone call to one of the witnesses in the case. In was recently revealed at the commission that the Pan Asia […]