By Edward Theophilus At the time of gaining independence many political parties, which are now operating in the country as separate parties were united except Marxist parties, which were persistent to achieve a just society considering the liberation for proletarians.  The attention of Marxist parties was limited to proletarians or working class except for farmers. […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Our President Sirisena has donated the Samadhi Buddhist Statue to Prime Minister Modi.  I have heard from my mother never to give a Buddha Statue  ( Budu Pilima) as a gift to another. According to her giving Buddha Statue could bring Bad Omen to both the Giver and the Receiver.  […]

Dilrook Kannangara Nihal Jayawickrama has written recently claiming the post of President will be merely ceremonial when President Sirisena vacates office. The government will implement policies and programmes of the prime minister and his Cabinet ministers (all of them parliamentarians). The president will be notified of decisions. Though the president will retain some powers like […]

Lionel Rajapakse No doubt, recent resignation of government Muslim MPs from their portfolios, helped to widen the gap between the Muslim and Sinhala communities. It was unexpected and no body asked for all of them to resign. Ven Rathana Thero demanded only Eastern Province Governor Hizbulla, Western Province Governor Azath Salley and Minister Rishad Bathiudeen […]

Courtesy The Sunday Times A former Sri Lanka diplomat and Foreign Secretary who allegedly pressurised the Defence Ministry to rush through the Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) between Sri Lanka and the United States is now a US federal government employee. Prasad Kariyawasam is employed by the US federal government backed Agency for International […]

Mario Perera Kadawata Never in this country’s history has a government sunk to such a level of degradation as this MS-RW government. Venerable Rathana’s history making walk to Mavil Aru, the roadway that all feared to tread was the act that led the way for the government forces to unleash their might against the LTTE. […]

Dr Sarath Obyesekera lanka C news –මුස්ලිම් ජනතාව බියට පත්වී නිවාස ඇතුලත වී සිටි කාලය හොඳටම ඇති යයි නැගෙනහිර පළාත් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර එම් එල් ඒ එම් හිස්බුල්ලා මහතා සඳහන් කරයි.මුස්ලිම් ජනතාව හිස එසවා සිටිය යුතු බවත් කී ඔහු ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව තුල මුස්ලිම් සුළු ජාතියක් වුවද ලෝකයේ මහා ජාතියක් බවත් ඔහු අවධාරණය කරයි.මුස්ලිම් ජනතාව ලෙහෙසියෙන් බිය […]

අද (10) පැවැති ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ මාධ්‍ය හමුව අද (10) පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවට සහභාගි වු මාධ්‍යවේදින් ■ ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ සභාපති මහාචාර්ය ජි. එල්. පීරිස් මහතා ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු රෝහිත අබේගුණවර්ධන මහතා ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ සභාපති මහාචාර්ය ජි. එල්. පීරිස් මහතා ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ ශක්තිය සෑම ක්සේත්‍රයකින්ම පේනවා. අධ්‍යාපන සේවා සමුපකාර සමිතියට […]

Dr Sarath obeysekera It was reported that an individual from Polonnaruwa had proven his innocence to a traffic cop by dropping the sarong he was wearing. The incident is as follows; A young man had gone to a nearby filling station in his lorry to get a barrel of fuel when his tractor ceased due […]

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තුෂාර උඩවත්ත – aruna.lk කුණු කානුවේ සිටි ‘‘ජනවර්ජන’’ නගරාධිපති වූයේ මනුතාපයේය. ඒ නවකතාවක සිදුවෙන හැටිය. එහෙත් සත්‍යයට වඩා කල්පිතය විශ්වාස කළ හැකි බවට උදාහරණයක් දේශපාලන ලෝකයෙන් හමුවී තිබේ. මේ කතාව, පොල්අතුපැලේ සිට ඇමැතිවරයකු දක්වා පැමිණි එවැනි ධෛර්ය සම්පන්න තරුණයකු ගැනය. නිකම්ම ඇමැතිවරයක් නොව කෝටිපතියෙක් වූ තරුණ ඇමැතිවරයෙක් ගැනය. පසුගිය සඳුදා වන තෙක්ම කර්මාන්ත වාණිජ කටයුතු, […]

Sri Lanka News International Terrorist Analyst Prof. Rohan Gunaratne says that three extremist terrorist groups were active in Sri Lanka. He made these comments addressing a seminar on ISIS terrorism in Colombo. He further said that suicide terrorists believe in five main objectives to become a suicide bomber. They are; 1. That they will be […]

Courtesy Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-tourism/rooms-50-off-and-ads-in-russia-sri-lanka-woos-tourists-after-attacks-idUSKCN1TB0KZ COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s battered tourism industry is trying to woo visitors back to beaches deserted after deadly Easter bombings, slashing hotel rates and pushing promotions in key markets like Russia. Tourism, which accounts for 5% of Sri Lanka’s gross domestic product, tanked after Islamist bombers on April 21 attacked luxury […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today Leader of the Muslim Congress MP Rauff Hakeem, said that he believes that MP Wimal Weerawansa is the only person who spoke about the people related to extremism knowing the truth, and he has done the correct thing, at the correct time. He said so while participating in the ‘Hard Talk’ programme […]

By Ranmini Gunasekara and Thameenah Razeek Courtesy Ceylon Today The tussle between the Executive and the Parliament should come to a stop, as this can lead to another incident such as that of 21/4, said Chairman of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Professor G.L Peiris yesterday (10). He said this at a Media conference held […]

By J. T. De Silva Courtesy Ceylon Today Member of Parliament Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has written to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya emphasising that under Clause 74 of the Constitution, Parliament does not have the authority to appoint a Select Committee regarding powers possessed by the Executive in connection with State Security. In the letter he states […]

Courtesy Adaderana Acting Ministers have been appointed to the ministerial portfolios made vacant following the resignation of Muslim ministers a short while ago. The acting ministers took oath before President Maithripala Sirisena at the President’s House. Accordingly, Deputy Minister Buddhika Pathirana has been appointed as the Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, Co-operative Development, Vocational […]

Courtesy Adaderana There are doubts concerning the investigations into the terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday, says His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith. Addressing an event held at Thalgasyaya in Akmeemana, the Cardinal stated that these attacks were not a sudden series of events but the result of long-term planning. Murders happen but no actions are taken […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Special Investigative Board appointed to look into the terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday has submitted its final report to President Maithripala Sirisena this morning (10). The final report was handed over to the President at the Presidential Secretariat, the President’s Media Division (PMD) stated. A day following the attacks on April 21st, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) has decided to increase the price of Petrol 92 Octane by Rs 7.00 per litre and the price hike is set to take effect from midnight today (10). The revised price, which was previously at Rs 140.00 as per the price hike announced by the Lanka IOC last […]

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Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Riyadh, June 10 (Reuters): Women in Saudi Arabia need not wear headcover or the black abaya — the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of Islamic piety — as long as their attire is decent and respectful”, the kingdom’s reform-minded crown prince said. With the ascent to power of young Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, the […]