On 21st April 2019 Islamic suicide bombers struck at 8 venues instantly killing some 250 plus people and injuring over 800 some of whom have succumbed to their wounds. Some 36 foreigners have also perished. Foreigners or locals – innocent people were targeted and the tragedy is that intel reports were received since 4th April […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 14 (newsin.asia): The head of the Catholic church in Sri Lanka, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, told newspersons here on Tuesday, that the clashes in the North-Western Provinces have no religious nuances and that the attacks on Muslim properties appear to have been carried out by political and not religious elements. What we […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror An invisible hand with political motives is behind the violence reported from the North-Western Province and in Minuwangoda, the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and Ven. Ittapane Dhammalankara Mahanayaka Thera told a news conference today. The Thera said it was clear that some invisible hand had misled the people two […]

On 21st April 2019 Islamic suicide bombers struck at 8 venues instantly killing some 250 plus people and injuring over 800 some of whom have succumbed to their wounds. Some 36 foreigners have also perished. Foreigners or locals – innocent people were targeted and the tragedy is that intel reports were received since 4th April […]

by Asoka Bandarage Sri Lanka has been convulsed since the nine coordinated suicide-bomb attacks against Christian churches and five-star hotels on Easter Sunday. More than 250 people lost their lives and many others were injured on that fateful day. More terrorist suspects and vast amounts of explosives and equipment continue to be found in mosques, […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS After the Easter Sunday attacks in Catholic Churches and Tourist Hotels in Colombo and Suburban areas, it seems that various comments and policy ideas have been published in media during the past several weeks. Many of publications were in the English language which attracted only a few readers and listeners.  The history […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Introduction The question in the title is relevant to the current crisis in Sri Lanka. The sudden (actually, it was not sudden, it was years in the making, as it shockingly transpires now) incursion of ISIS terror is the only significant ‘foreign direct investment’ that the Yahapalana government has attracted, that […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The current political situation in Sri Lanka arguably becoming extremely complex and convoluted by the hour.  The majority of Sri Lankans have expressed their lack of confidence in the government since the Good Friday attack. In spite of government assurances, the parents are refusing to send their loving children to […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane Buddhists account for about 95% of the population of Thailand and most foreigners refer to it as the Land of Yellow Robes”. Buddhism has been the established ‘religion’ or spiritual force in Thailand for many centuries, according to some historic sources, since the 9th century, and therefore has had a marked influence […]

Talk with Chatura https://youtu.be/TbCtY1uGKHQ නාරා ටී අරුණ්කාන්තන් සමස්ත ලංකා හින්දු සම්මේලනයේ සභාපතිවරයායි, අප්‍රේල් 21 වනදා බෝම්බ ප්‍රාහාරය එල්ලවීමට ප්‍රථම එම ත්‍රස්ත ක්‍රියා සම්බන්දව හින්දු ජනතාව බොහෝ තොරතුරු ලබා දී ඇත,ඔවුන්ට එහීදී තොරතුරු සන්නිවේදනය සදහා ඔවුන් කතාකරන දමිළ බස ඉවහල් වී ඇත,ඔවුන් කියන්නේ රටේ වෙනදේවල් ඇත්තටම දනගන්න දමිළ බස ඉගෙනගන්න කියායි, නැගෙනහිර පලාතේ සිදුවන අන්තවාදී ආක්‍රමණය […]

BEN SILVA  According to scientific theory, the universe evolved from a  big bang and not a creation of god. There is theory, mathematics and scientific evidence to support the ‘big bang’   theory.Science is continuously evolving and scientists reject theories that do not agree with evidence. Scientists can challenge each other and very few theories remain […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Call Spade a Spade! Sudden burst of Muslim fundamentalism leading to Terror did not spring over-night! More Devastation Using High Technology-in-the-Air! Both Literally & Metaphorically! Muslim Islamism has been spreading its murderous seeds of radicalism seriously since 9/11.  Single terrorist attacks took place in Brussels, London, several EU cities The Madrasses in […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera These articles were found in the papers today .It was an interesting subject rather than lamenting about Terrorists who are eagerly waiting to go to heaven to have sex!   (for a change ) Youngsters and grownups in Sri Lanka go on strike to protect their rights by protesting in the  streets or […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුනේ මාධ්‍ය ප‍්‍රකාශනය රිෂාඞ් බදියුදින් අමාත්‍යවරයාට එරෙහිව විශ්වාසභංග යෝජනාවක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විරුද්ධත්වය පල කළ බවට ප‍්‍රචාරය වන අදහසෙහි කිසිදු සත්‍යතාවක් නොමැති බව ඉතා වගකීමෙන් ප‍්‍රකාශ කරමි. අද උදෑසන පැවැති ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂයේ පක්ෂ නායක රැුස්වීමේ දී ඉහත කාරණාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් කරුණු සාකච්ඡුාවට ගෙන ඇති නමුත් එහි දී රිෂාඞ් බදියුදින් අමාත්‍යවරයාට […]

By Methmalie Dissanayake Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader and Parliamentarian Udaya Prabhath Gammanpila yesterday (13) said, both the PHU and National Freedom Front (NFF) would not support any politician that obtains support from Western Province Governor Azath Salley and Minister Rishad Bathiudeen to form a Government at future Elections. He made this remark during a […]

Courtesy CGTN Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized that the Chinese government and people stand firmly with the Sri Lankan people and resolutely support Sri Lanka in safeguarding its national security and stability. President Xi made the remarks while meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday in Beijing. Both sides need to maintain the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Twenty-six parliamentarians have added their signatures to a no-confidence motion against Minister of Industry & Commerce, Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons, Co-operative Development and Vocational Training & Skills Development Rishad Bathiudeen. However, a final decision on the motion will be taken by the Joint Opposition at their group meeting scheduled to be held […]

Courtesy Adaderana An island-wide police curfew will be enforced from 9.00 pm today, says Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara. The curfew will be in effect until 4.00 am tomorrow (15). Meanwhile, a 12-hour police curfew will commence within the North Western province from 6.00 pm today and it will last until 6.00 am tomorrow […]

Courtesy Adaderana One of the Easter Sunday suicide bombers, who attempted to bomb the luxury Taj Samudra hotel in Sri Lanka capital Colombo, was radicalised by British-Pakistani radical preacher Anjem Choudary while he was studying at a university in London, according to a media report. Abdul Latheef Mohamed Jameel, 37, who was from a wealthy […]

Courtesy Adaderana A Sri Lankan software engineer suspected by authorities of having provided technical and logistical support to the Easter Sunday suicide bombers was monitored by Indian intelligence agencies three years ago for links with Islamic State suspects, investigators said. Four sources in Sri Lankan investigating agencies said they believed Aadhil Ameez, a 24-year-old, was […]