(Translated by : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA) Given below is a speech delivered by the leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Parliamentaeian Mr. Udaya Gammanpila at his Party Headquarters. Why a No Confidence Motion is being brought against Minister Wijedasa Rajapaksa if the Attorney General is inefficient and Minister Wijedasa Rajapaksa is not responsible for that? […]

(Translated by : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA) Parliamentarian Bandula Gunawardene said that the government has become compelled to sell Harbour and other national assets and resources not because they cannot be sustained and managed by this country but because the inability and ncapacity of the government to manage them. Mr. Gunawardene pointed out that the government […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් යහපාලන නායකයන් වැඩ්ඩන්ය.ජගත් නායකයන්ගේ ගජ මිතුරන්ය. සාම පරෙවියන්ය. 2015 ජනාධිපතිවරණ චන්දය තබන විට මෙරට ජනතාවගෙන් කොටසක් සිතුවේ එහෙමය.කෝට්ටේ සෝලිස් ශාලාවට රොක්වූ මේ නායකයන්ගිය රජයේ ආලාපාළුවන් ගැන කතා කරද්දී රොද බැඳ ගෙන පස්සෙන් ගිය ජනතාව අද විස්සෝපයෙන්ය. තමන්ගේ මඩිස්සලයට පසුම්බියට තට්ටු වීම ඉවසන්නට හැකිය. බැංකු පිටින් ගිලින හොරු යහපාලනයේ එල්ලී උන්චිලි පදී.රිෂාඩ් බද්යුදීන් ලා […]

ජනමාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයයි ස:ල:ප‍්‍ර:සේ:සගංමය ගරු ජනාධිපති මෛතී‍්‍රපාල සිරිසේන මැතිතුමා, ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය, කොළඹ 01. ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමනි, මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශයේ සිටින ශී‍්‍ර ලංගම ද්‍රෝහී නිලධාරීන් ශ‍්‍රී ලංගම විනාශ කිරීම සඳහා ප‍්‍රවාහන අමාත්‍යාංශයට දිගින් දිගටම කරුනු ලබන අනිසි බලපෑම් ඉවත් කිරීමට කඩිනමින් මැදිහත්වන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටීම. මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශයේ උපදේශකවරයෙකු වශයෙන් වගකීම් උසුලන පාස්කරලිංගම් ඇතුළු ශි‍්‍ර ලංගම ද්‍රෝහී කල්ලිය අභිමානවත් ශී‍්‍ර ලංගමය […]

CHULA GOONASEKERA Former Dean & Professor, Peradeniya Courtesy The Island August 15, 2017, 12:00 pm Despite 70 years of independence, as a developing country, Sri Lanka remains poor, lagging far behind countries that were on par with us such as Singapore, and Malaysia. As a trade union representing an elite section of this nation, the Government […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island August 15, 2017, 8:03 pm The unprecedented political crisis caused in the wake of the alleged Central Bank-Perpetual Treasuries bond scams has threatened the continuation of the UNP-SLFP coalition. Perpetrated in Feb. 2015’ and March 2016, the alleged scams, compelled President Maithripala Sirisena to appoint a three-member Presidential Commission of […]

Dr. Sarath Obeysekera It is high time the National Unity Government awoke from its democratic slumber and commenced governing the country. The writing is on the wall quite clearly. Mahinda Rajapaksa who was thrown out by the people two years ago has not only clearly said that he will topple this government before the end […]

 Dr Neil Fernando and Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge Abstract The study investigated combat related PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and psychosocial problems among Army servicemen who fought in the Eelam War in Sri Lanka. A total of eight hundred and twenty four (824) Sri Lankan Army servicemen of the infantry and services units who were […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Since the TV started showing the parliament proceedings ,our children have heard many Sinhala Words like ,Balla.Booruwa,Gona.Rilawa,Ballige Putha   which are the names of animals in Sinhala .We also heard one when PM called another MP a Dried Pumpkin and the MP called MP arse hole ) Pakkaya ! etc We never hear […]

By Abdul Samad Courtesy  Ceylon Today My last article on the correlation between political stability and foreign direct investment is starting to make more rational sense with the recent events unfolding at a rather breathtaking pace. Some key milestones have been achieved through public pressure on the current political establishment. In this context it is increasingly […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The political world is like a burning inferno. These comments were made by Minister of Justice and Buddha Sasana Wijeyadasa Rajapaksha during an interview with Sunday Lankadeepa where he commented on the present situation of the Government. He is one of the political leaders who took great pains to establish the […]

Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka Courtesy The Daily Mirror India keen to run Mattala airport; holding 70% equity for 40 years This govt has no vision of real economic growth and development The weekly evidence of the unprecedentedly dependent, servile character of the Yahapalana administration came in the form of a report in the prestigious Hindu by its smart, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said he would like to offer a professional assessment to the Bond Commission on the total loss suffered by the government and the country as a result of the bond scam, and a scientific and studied insight into the actions and circumstances that enabled […]

By Yusuf Ariff  Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Development Assignments Tilak Marapana has been sworn in as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs before President Maithripala Sirisena, a short while ago. He was appointed to the position which was left vacant following the resignation of Ravi Karunanayake over allegations leveled against him over the Central Bank treasury bond […]

BY Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy Ceylon Today War is thus more than a mere chameleon, because it changes its nature to some extent in each concrete case. It is also, however, when it is regarded as a whole and in relation to the tendencies that dominate within it, a fascinating trinity (wunderliche Dreifaltigkeit). – Carl von Clausewitz […]

Govt. will topple on its own – Mahinda (English)

විමල් මල්වතු – අස්ගිරි නාහිමිවරු මුණගැසෙයි

විජේදාසට විශ්වාසභංගයක් ගේන ඇත්ත හේතු ගම්මන්පිල කියයි Gammanpila on real reason behind no-confidence against Wijeyadasa පිවිතුරු හෙල උරුමයේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා එම පක්‍ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී මෙසේ අදහස් පල කලේය. නීතිපති අකාර්යක්ෂම වුණත් ඊට විජේදාස ඇමතිතුමා වගකිවයුතු නැති නම් එතුමාට විරුද්ධව විශ්වාස භංග යෝජනාවක් ගේන්නේ ඇයි?  එතුමා රටට ජාතියට ආගමට ඇත්තටම […]

By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island MP Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne P.C. during the course of an interview had stated: “We must go for a referendum if we are to introduce a new Constitution. For example, if we want to change even a comma in Article 83 of the Constitution, we must go for a referendum”(Ceylon Today, […]

Ranjan Kasthuri Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government has reportedly decided to expedite investigations into allegations faced by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family. This decision follows complaints lodged with the government by backbench UNPers who pointed out that the investigations against the former president and his family members were proceeding at an extremely slow […]