R Chandrasoma Fractures mark discontinuities that are fundamental and almost impossible to bridge. As in the physical world, in politics and its ideological underpinnings, there are irremediable divisions that are best described as ideological ‘fractures’.  In the early days of Sri Lankan politics, the Marxists and their supporters spoke confidently of the ‘Revolution’ that would […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Professionals should be respected because they provide a service to the public. But when professionals leave aside public interest and focus more on personal interest, the results can be worrying for everyone. The assault on the property and staff of the Galaha hospital on Tuesday after the death of an infant allegedly […]

by A. Abdul Aziz. Press Secretary,  Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at – Sri Lanka.   WORLD CRISIS AND THE PATHWAY TO PEACE. – SINHALA TRANSLATION   This is the Sinhala Translation of the book: WORLD CRISIS AND THE PATHWAY TO PEACE. This book contains the compilation of speeches and letters of His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – […]

පේරාදෙනිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ  දර්ශන අංශයේ අංශාධිපති ආචාර්ය චරිත හේරත්  මේ ආණ්ඩුව බලයට පත්වී වසර තුනක් ගෙවෙන්නේ මේ මාසයට ය. මෙතැනදී අපේ අවධානයට ගත යුතු එක් වැදගත් කාරණයක් වන ආණ්ඩුවේ ආයු කාලය වසර තුනක් ලෙසින් ගත හැක්කේ දින සීයේ ආණ්ඩුව මේ ආණ්ඩුවේ ම කොටසක් ලෙස නොසිත්නනේ නම් පමණක් බවය. දින සීයේ ආණ්ඩුව යැයි කියන්නේ ‘හිටපු අගමැති බලයෙන් […]

 ලසන්ත වික‍්‍රමසිංහ. ලේකම්, තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ වෘත්තීයවේදීන්ගේ සංසදය ‘‘ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපද පාලනාධිකාරිය, ගෝලීය ව්‍යාපාරික ආධිපත්‍යය සහ යහපාලන රජය එකට එක්වූ ‘‘ශුද්ධ වූ’’ සන්ධානයක් විසින් ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවට එරෙහිව අප‍්‍රකාශිත යුද්ධයක් ක‍්‍රියාත්මක කර ඇත. පැහැදිලිව නොපෙනෙන මේ ආර්ථික යුද්ධයේ ප‍්‍රතිඵලය, තිස්වසරක් පුරා පැවති ත‍්‍රස්තවාදයට හා බෙදුම්වාදයට එරෙහි යුද්ධයට වඩා මාරාන්තික වනු ඇත. ඊට එරෙහිව සටන් කිරීමට සහ ප‍්‍රතිවිරෝධය […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island SriLankan Airlines has paid Rs. 18.8 billion as part of a penalty for the cancellation of the four Airbus A350-900 leases in the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 financial years, Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on irregularities at SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering and Mihin Lanka was told yesterday. Yasantha Dissanayake, the Head […]

Courtesy wionews India-Maldives relations are not passing through the best of times. According to sources, India did not send its representative on the recent inauguration event of the Sinamale Bridge, which has been constructed with the help of US $72 million loan from China. It is learnt that an invitation was extended to the Indian […]

By Eurasia Review Petroleum exploration activities in the eastern seas, covering Trincomalee and Batticaloa, began Sunday with the arrival of a vessel of the BGP Marine seismic fleet (02). Accordingly, the research vessel BGP-Pioneer sailing under the flag of Panama to commence will acquire two-dimensional seismic data in the selected offshore areas of the island. The […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Friends and family of 25-year-old Kamar Nizamdeen, who was arrested by the New South Wales Police on Thursday for alleged ‘terrorism’ charges, claimed that Nizamdeen was framed. “He was an open minded Muslim who has been framed by someone with immense jealousy in heart. Jealousy on his accolades, his position and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A series of recent news reports begs attention of the people. They point the scant regard shown by the so-called people’s representatives — the members of the Parliament, provincial councils and the local government bodies, on the plights of the people they are said to be representing. Here are some of […]

By Kelum Bandara Courtesy The Daily Mirror Political change is imminent  Mahinda Rajapaksa as PM is the alternative  No public utterances on presidential candidate  UNP means everything bad in this country I am for a Unitary State with provincial powers There is a serious competition between President and Prime Minister the presidential election could begin earlier if the […]

Courtesy Adaderana A University of New South Wales student accused of documenting plans in a notebook to assassinate two senior Australian politicians is the nephew of a Sri Lankan cabinet minister. The ABC can reveal Mohamed Nizamdeen, 25, is related to Sri Lankan MP Faiszer Musthapha, who is the country’s Sports and Local Government Minister. […]

බුදුදහම වනසන්න ඩොලර් වැස්සක්…සෑම ලාංකිකයෙකුම දැනගත යුතු සත්‍යක්..