lanka C news ප‍්‍රාදේශීය සංවර්ධන ඇමති සරත් ෆොන්සේකා සහ ඒකාබද්ද විඵක්‍ෂය නියෝජනය කරන සන්ධාන පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී ගාමිණි ලොකුගේ අතර ඉතා උණුසුම් විවාදයක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී ඊයේ දිනයේ ඇති විය. මහා නගර හා බස්නාහිර සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍යංශයේ වැය ශීර්ෂය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී පැවති කාරක සභා අවස්ථා විවාදයේදී මෙම සංවාදවය ඇති විය. ඇමති සරත් ෆොන්සේකා විසින් දිගින් දිගටම ලොකුගේ මන්ත‍්‍රීවයරාගේ අදහස් […]

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By M D P DISSANAYAKE When we were chatting about newly appointed ODI captain of Sri Lanka, there was a general consensus that Thisara had more failures than successes.  Then a colleague of mine said failures are the Pillars of Success”.   Another friend promptly replied, Yes, he had more Pillars, but not a single building”. […]

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Dr Sarath Obeysekera These doctors who have received free education would have  spent money to go for private tuition .Their parents could afford to pay for the tuition . If they want to pressurize the government to abolish private education they should also pressurize to  stop private tuition . All specialist doctors do private practice […]

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Dr. Daya Hewapathirane In the name of revival of Hinduism in India, between 830 CE and 966 CE (or mid 9th to late 10th centuries) the ancestors of the present Hindus of India were ruthless against Buddhists and brutally killed Buddhist monks and followers of Buddhism and wantonly destroyed many thousands of Buddha statues, stupes […]

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Editorial Courtesy The Island December 1, 2017, 10:13 pm The National Election Commission (NEC) has said it is confident of holding the much-delayed local government elections, at last, on a single day early next year. This announcement couldn’t have come at a worse time for the government, which did its damnedest to postpone the mini polls […]

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By Lucien Rajakarunanayake Courtesy The Island December 1, 2017, 10:14 pm * Bond…Bond…here we come. There is nothing as good as Bondage…which seems to be the new thinking of the UNP. The Prime Minister wants to have a special probe into the Treasury Bond sales from 2008 to 2014 – that involves many billions of rupees. […]

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by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island December 1, 2017, 11:07 pm The Global Sri Lanka Forum (GSLF) has been assured by Lord Naseby of his continued support for its efforts to counter unsubstantiated war crimes allegations against the armed forces as well as the previous political leadership. The assurance was given when a GSLF delegation met […]

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by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Working Group on Arbitrary Detention due, followed by Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion Close on the heels of UN expert on transitional justice Pablo de Greiff warning the government of dire consequences unless the administration addressed accountability issues in accordance with […]

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කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ දේශපාලන විද්‍යා සහ රාජ්‍ය ප‍්‍රතිපත්ති අධ්‍යයනාංශයේ – ධම්ම දිසානායක උපුටාගැණීම ලංකාදීප ‘ජනවාරි වසන්තය’ ලංකාවට අත්පත් කරදී ඇත්තේ ‘අරාබි වසන්තය’ විසින් ඊජිප්තුවට, ඉරාකයට, ලිබියාවට සහ සිරියාවට අත්කර දෙන ලද ඉරණම ම ය. ලේ වැකි ‘අරාබි වසන්තය’ නිසා අද ඒ රටවල රාජ්‍යයක් සතුව පැවතිය යුතු කිසිදු අංගයකට නිරුපද්‍රිත පැවැත්මක් නැත. භුමිය අනතුරේය. ජනතාව මාරාන්තික අනතුරකය. ඔවුන්ගේ පරම […]

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