If the US & Allies get away to ruin yet another nation, it is time the Members of the UN take a firm stand to exit the UN, for there is little use in a world body that by virtue of its Charter exists to prevent wars & maintain peace, when obviously it cannot do […]

Sarath Wijesinghe former Chairman Consumer Affair’s authority Neglected consumer to be transferred to alert consumer Most powerful consumer worldwide is powerless in Sri Lanka as the most neglected group in the society, not conversant with the rights, laws, precautionary measures on consumer transections, and generally, knowledge on the important materials and availability on laws on […]

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka Geneva Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez presented Credentials today, (12th April) to Mr. Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, accrediting him as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva. Welcoming the new Permanent Representative, Director General Mr. Møller apprised him of the diverse […]

තුසිත බාලසූරිය, ලේකම්, සමාජ ප්‍ර‍ජාතන්ත්‍ර‍වාදී පක්ෂය ජාතික ආණ්ඩුව එක් අර්බුදයක් නිසා තවත් අර්බුද රැසක් නිර්මාණය කරගෙන ඇත. ජාතික ආණ්ඩුවෙහි අවසානය යහපාලනය උදෙසා කැප වු පුරවැසි බලාපොරොත්තුව නොවුවත් රට පත්ව ඇති අරාජකත්වයට ජාතික ආණ්ඩුව හෝ ජාතික ආණ්ඩුවෙහි හවුල්කාර සිවිල් සංවිධාන නිශ්චිත විසදුමක් ලබාදීමට අපොහොසත් වීම නිසා ජාතික ආණ්ඩුවෙහි අනාගතයද නිශ්චිත නැත. අද ජාතික ආණ්ඩුව යනු ජාතික […]

Dr.Sarath Obeysekera http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2017/01/25/i-have-a-dreammartin-luthe-king/ Posted on January 25th, 2017 Lanka Web News Item Martin Luther King anniversary marked by events from Washington to Memphis Marches, speeches and reflection honour the civil rights leader killed 50 years ago: ‘It makes me cry when I think what they took from us’ I have a dream that one day […]

PRESS RELEASE. Abdul Aziz – Press Secretary E. David Mckinnon, the Canadian High commissioner of Sri Lanka called over at National Headquarters of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Colombo today – 11thApril 2018. He was accompanied by Trevor Ludowyke, Senior Development Officer of Canada High Commission. A.H. Nasir Ahmad – National President, M. Anis Ahmad – National […]

by Editor Courtesy NewsIn.Asia April 12, 2018 Colombo, April 12 (newsin.asia): The looming political crisis in Sri Lanka, especially in parliament, has forced President Maithripala Sirisena to prorogue parliament till May 8. A gazette notification issued by the President on Thursday said: By virtue of the powers vested in me by Article 70 of the […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island April 12, 2018, 9:06 pm Rats are abandoning the yahapalana schooner, with tattered sails and broken masts. Sixteen rodents have already jumped off the vessel, adrift in a stormy sea, and speculation is rife that six more will follow suit, soon. Chances of their survival, however, are zero. Citizen Perera is […]

By Dr. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA Courtesy The Island April 12, 2018, 8:41 pm The biggest loser in Sri Lankan politics simply has to be Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. The daughter of two Prime Ministers and a former two-term President, she was on top of the world when she succeeded in ousting her arch rival Mahinda Rajapaksa in January […]

By Uditha Devapriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror Rathana Thera, Patali Champika parted ways in parliament JO saw the balance tilt in their favour over Maithri faction PM enjoys broad support from middle class, urban elite loyals I never thought I would say this, but thank God for party politics!  The UNP is in shambles. The SLFP is in a […]

The New Year’s celebration is all the more festive because it is observed by both Sinhala Buddhists and Tamil Hindus. The annual event is marked by religious ceremonies, family activities, traditional foods, colourful decorations and a general feeling of good will toward neighbours and friends. This important national festival, known as Avurudu in Sinhala and […]