H. L. D. Mahindapala Part I The launching of the UNP manifesto in Kandy under the auspices of the UNP’s Kandyan Chief, Lakshman Kiriella, exposed what the UNP has been trying to hide from the public. First, it exposed the entrenched internal split between Sajith Premadasa and Ranil Wickremesinghe. All the signs of the growing […]

S. Jayawardene The main thrust of the Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa’s oratory is on his youth and excellent health. Probably he is unique in the world to bank his electoral campaign on such a note. Whether it is a subtle pointer towards his main rival in the contest, Gotabaya Rajapaksha’s age and heart medical condition […]

By Sarojini Dutt 10th Mar 1815 is a Black-letter day for Sri Lanka. Even blacker is 29th Oct 2019, when the Cabinet of Sri Lanka surrendered the country to the Americans by approving the Millennium Challenge Corporation Agreement.  With that approval, the Americans, accepting the disgraceful surrender of the country by Sri Lanka’s ruling clique, […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS REVISED 6.11.19 Yahapalana tried various tactics to rouse the population. Police were encouraged to be aggressive. Here is one instance is shown on television news in April 2018. At Eppawela, the whole village turned out to object to the return of the Viharadhipati of Nallamudawa Sri Sailabimbarama Raja Maha vihara, because he had […]

රත්නසිරි අරංගල – ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ මහාචාර්ය, ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සමස්ත අධ්‍යාපන ක්‍රමය, එහි පෙර පාසල්, ප්‍රාථමික, ද්විතීයික සහ තෘතීයික මට්ටම දක්වා, පවතින්නේ බහුවිධ අර්බුදවලට මුහුණ දෙමිනි. මෙම අර්බුදය විසඳීම වෙනුවෙන් මෑත කාලයෙහි  ගනු ලැබූ උත්සාහයන්හි  හැඳින්විය හැක්කේ අර්ධ සාර්ථක වීම් හෝ සමස්තයක් ලෙස අසාර්ථක වීම් වශයෙනි. මෙම බහුවිධ අර්බුද දිගින් දිගටම පැවතීම එළඹෙන […]

By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA The roguish pad-man has gone to Jaffna last month in the pretext of attending an Udaagama function and clandestinely met Koti-seeya Sambandan and his acolytes Sumanthiran, and Senadirajah and pledged his acceptance of the awesome 13 demands of the separatist Tamils and have agreed to keep it a secret until […]

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මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ විපක්‍ෂ නායක එක්සත් ජාතික පක්‍ෂයේ ජනාධිපතිවරණ අපේක්‍ෂකයාගේ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනයේ ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පිලිබඳ පරිච්ඡේදයේ, ඒකීය රාජ්‍ය සංකල්පය අතහැර නොබෙදුනු හා වෙන් කල නොහැකි රාජ්‍යයක්” පිළිබඳ සංකල්පයක් හඳුන්වා දීමට යෝජනා ඇතුළත් කර ඇත. මධ්‍යම ආණ්ඩුවේ බලය උපරිම ලෙස පළාත්වලට බෙදා හරින බවටත් එම ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනයේ සඳහන් වේ. එජාප ජනාධිපතිවරණ අපේක්‍ෂකයාගේ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනයේ අඩංගු […]

Mahinda Rajapaksa Leader of the Opposition The chapter on constitutional reform in the manifesto of the UNP presidential candidate contains provisions to replace the unitary state with a formulation that describes Sri Lanka as an ‘undivided and indivisible’ state. This is accompanied by the pledge that governmental power will be devolved to the provinces to […]

By Dr Palitha Kohona  Courtesy Asian Tribune Asia, after having been accorded the dubious distinction of being the poorest continent in the 1960s, has within a very short space of time, transformed itself into the economic powerhouse of the world and is achieving prosperity at a dizzying pace. This rapid rise has caught the West […]

Courtesy  RICHARD SPILLETT FOR MAILONLINE Former TA reservist launches High Court claim over alleged racist taunts His lawyer tells court that comrades acted as if ‘it was 20 or 30 years ago’ Army vehemently denies racism in its ranks, saying the comments were ‘banter’ The issue is set to be decided by a High Court […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Presidential Candidate of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), says he will take steps to remove the unnecessary taxes imposed on the people and introduce a simpler tax system. Addressing a rally held in Mathugama, he says that the complexity of the current tax system has created a situation where people […]

Courtesy Adaderana The United States Embassy in Sri Lanka has stated that the signing of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Agreement will only be signed after the Presidential Election. Issuing a statement on the next steps for the Millennium Challenge Corporation development assistance grant, the Embassy stated the grant is expected to benefit at least 11 […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister Daya Gamage says that the government did not rescind the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Agreement with the United States. Speaking to media personnel near the Aluth Kade court complex today (06) Minister of Primary Industries and Social Empowerment commented on inking the MCC Agreement. He says that although the Agreement may be […]

Courtesy Adaderana Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Charitha Ratwatte has forwarded a copy of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Agreement to Ven. Ududumbara Kashyapa Thero. In a letter attached to the copy, Senior Advisor Ratwatte has requested the Thero to submit a proposal of necessary amendments to be made to the Agreement, should the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Leader of the Opposition Mahinda Rajapaksa claims that like the draft Constitution, the UNP presidential election manifesto also aims to turn Sri Lanka into a loose federation of virtually independent provincial units. He stated that the chapter on constitutional reform in the manifesto of the UNP presidential candidate contains provisions to replace the […]

Courtesy Hiru News The two Petitioners who sought an interim injunction against the signing of the controversial Millennium Challenge Cooperation Agreement requested the Supreme Court today to appoint a full bench for the hearing. The two petitions filed by Agunugalle Siri Jinananda Thera and the GMOA were taken before Supreme Court judges Buwaneka Aluvihare and […]

Courtesy Hiru An agreement was signed between Presidential Candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and the All Ceylon Disabled Persons Association. Thirty associations for Disabled People are included in this agreement which was signed at the home of Presidential Candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa with the objective of supporting his election campaign as well […]

Courtesy Hiru Ududumbara Kashyapa Thera who staged a fast unto death campaign against the signing of the Millennium Challenge Cooperation Agreement says that he has no faith in the letters he received from the Prime Minister’s Office and the NDF Presidential Candidate Sajith Premadasa. The Thera who called off the campaign at the Independence Square […]

Courtesy Hiru Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa released a communique titled the Stance of the UNP Presidential Candidate on the Unitary State The communique states that the UNP Candidate has proposed in his manifesto to introduce a concept of undivided and an unseparated state. It also proposes maximum power devolution The Opposition Leader points out in […]