Shenali D Waduge  Why is there a hurry to pass a new constitution? Look at the parties and individuals demanding a new constitution. Everyone EXCEPT 99% of the People want a new constitution. This is quite hilarious given that to this 1% even foreign envoys and foreign NGOs are also involved. So what are they […]

Dilrook Kannangara Over 90% of Tamils and over 90% of Tamil speaking Muslims live in Tamil Nadu, India. Due to proximity and slavery during the Dutch and British periods, close to a million of them were brought into Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Since then they have grown into 5 million with a very high population growth […]

ආචාර්ය චන්න ජයසුමන  ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්ය  වෛද්‍ය පීඨය, රජරට විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය  ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා මණ්ඩලයේ මෙහෙයුම් කමිටුවේ අතුරු වාර්තාව 2017 සැප්තැම්බර් 21 දින අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලැබීය. මෙහෙයුම් කමිටුවේ සාමාජිකයන් 21 දෙනෙකි. වාර්තාවේ මාතෘකා 12 ඔස්සේ කරුණු දක්වා ඇත. සිංහල පිටපතේ  පිටු 85 කි.  යහපාලන රජය ඉදිරිපත් කරන නව ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ හෝ ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයේ හැඩරුව […]

By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MAATARA The government completely ignoring the sacrosanct declaration made by the Mahanayake Theros of the Tri-Nikayas to shelve the introduction of a new constitution or making amendments to the existing constitution seems to be in a peculiar hurry to adopt a new constitution, despite stern opposition by the majority of the […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Copy of the slide above was extracted from a presentation made by a consultant from EU- Trade and Commerce Organization who are in Sri Lanka to advise Export Development Board ,on how to enhance our export market .I was also invited EDB as a boat builder with few others who build and […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today The Glyphosate weedicide ban and the government’s failure to introduce an alternative weedicide has cost at least 20 per cent of tea production annually. In addition, a lack of an alternative weedicide has also led to tea planters using other weedicides, which are unauthorized by the country’s export partners, risking export restrictions […]

By Tamara Kunanayakam Global Research, September 18, 2017 As we meet here this evening, a radical overhaul is underway – of our political, economic, financial, social and cultural system. A new Constitution is being discussed, at the same time a plethora of radical reforms are being rushed through. The fact that many of these reforms are being […]

By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya Global Research, September 18, 2017 The Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) organised by the India Foundation and held at the Sri Lankan Prime Minister’s official residence ‘Temple Trees’ from Aug. 31 to Sept.1, was billed as a gathering of Indian Ocean Region countries and ‘other concerned nations’ with a view to advancing ‘Peace, Progress and […]

CHANDRE DHARMAWARDANA Ottawa, Canada September 24, 2017, 9:12 pm It is interesting to read the debate about what the unit of devolution should be. Recent articles, by Dayan Jayatilleke (Island, Sep. 20, 2017) and Neville Ladduwahetty (Sep. 23, 2017) argue for the Province (DJ), and for the District (NL). Interestingly, both the TNA, and their […]

by Avanti  Sri Nissanka – Karunaratna I believe I am a truly renaissance woman.  In my life I have believed everything is possible, if not it has never stopped me from trying. It was never always about winning, but the fun of trying, for the shear experience of the challenge! My grandfather H. Sri Nissanka, my […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION-URGENT APPEAL PROGRAMME Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding the case of Sanath Kumara Wijethilaka (34) of Dambulla Headquarters Police Division, who was killed in the early hours of 5 September 2017. Sanath was a transgender man. His dead body was lying on the ground of a […]

Press release – CaFFE Organization Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) issuing a press release states that the government has deceived women’s rights organizations, civil society organizations and all interested parties ‘by indicating that the recently passed amendments to Provincial Council Election laws ensure higher female representation at provincial councilors. The stated objective of […]

පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය – පළාත් සභා පනතේ සංශෝධන කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ/කැෆේ සංවිධානය    30% ක කාන්තා නියෝජනය තහවුරු කිරීම සදහා සිදු කළ බව කියන පළාත් සභා පනතේ සංශෝධන තුල කාන්තා සංවිධාන, සිවිල් සංවිධාන පමණක් නොව සමස්ථ රාජ්‍යයම දැවැන්ත රැවටීමකට ලක් කොට ඇත.  මෙම පනත් සංශෝධනයේ ප්‍ර‍කාශිත අරමුණ 30% ක කාන්තා නියෝජනය නාම යෝජනා සදහා සහතික කිරීමය.  නමුත්, […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION-URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding Mr. Warnasooriya Patabandige Lakshan (21), permanent resident of the Trincomalee District. On 15 June 2017, Lakshan was illegally arrested by Police of the Kantale Police Division. He was not given any reason for his arrest. After detaining […]

Dr Palitha Kohona Courtesy The Island Sri Lanka is a rare case where a brutal terrorist challenge to the state was comprehensively defeated, substantially through its own efforts, despite all the advice, reservations and fears publicly expressed to the contrary. Unfortunately, the elimination of terrorism has won it few plaudits internationally. Instead, the tables have been turned […]

 lanka C news දස වසරක් පැරණි රුසියානු යුද නැවක් හා පැරණි ජෙට් යානා හයක්, හෙලිකොප්ටර් දෙකක්, යුද ටැංකි තිස් තුනක් මෙරටට මිලදී ගැනීමක් හරහා රුපියල් කෝටි දහස් ගණනක වංචාවක් ජනාධිපති මෛත‍්‍රීපාල සිරිසේනගේ බෑණනුවන් හා සිරස මාධ්‍ය ආයතතනයේ හිමිකරු එක්ව සිදු කරන බවට එජාප හිතවාදී වෙබ් අඩවියක් විසින් හෙලි කර ඇත. මෙම ගණුදෙනුවෙන් රටට රුපියල් 13,464 […]