By Noor Nizam – Convener The Muslim Voice” –  November 14th., 2019. The present presidential elections should have the freethinking participation of all Sri Lankans, by the Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims, Burghers and others The Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa (the SLPP Presidential candidate) and Basil Rajapaksa have stated that they want the minority votes added to […]

 lanka C news ජනාධිපති අපේක්ෂක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතාගේ ප්‍රචාරක ව්‍යාපෘතිය ඇමති රාජිත සේනාරත්න විසින් අවසාන මොහොතේ මුළුමනින්ම කඩාකප්පල් කළේ යැයි ඒ පාර්ශවයේම බලවත් තැනැත්තියක විසින් දැඩි විවේචනය කර ඇති බව වාර්තා වෙයි. ජනාධිපතිවරණ ප‍්‍රචාරක කටයුතු අවසානයේ මෙම තැනැත්තිය අධික ලෙස බීමතින් මෙසේ විවේචනය කර ඇත. හරක් වැඩ සිදු කළ මෝඩ ඇමතිවරයා නිසා තම පරාශ්වය අන්ත […]

by A. Patabendige Courtesy The Island This is the season for lying. With a few days left for the Presidential election panic and distortion, lies and damned lies have overtaken supporters of one side as they fight tooth and nail to survive an impending change of leadership. One minister on TV (11 Nov 19) produces […]

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Janaka Perera More than any other past Presidential Election the one that is to be held tomorrow (November 16) poses the most difficult challenge to intelligent voters. Considering over two decades of unwelcome experiences and a continuing corrupt system will it be a Hobson’s choice for them?  Will they have to vote for the best […]

FB Royal Park murder convict Jude Shramantha Jayamaha has appealed for a second chance saying he never intended to harm anyone and that he was ashamed for what has happened. Jayamaha was serving life in prison over the 2005 murder of Swedish national Yvonne Johnson at the Royal Park condominium. President Maithripala Sirisena last week granted a […]

Asoka Weerasinghe. Kings Grove Crescent . Ottawa. Ontario  . K1J 6G1 . Canada 14 November 2019 Rt. Hon. Maithripala SirisenaPresident of Sri LankaPresident’s SecretariatGalle FaceColombo 1Sri Lanka. Mr. President: Re: Granting Presidential pardon to 34-year-old Shramantha Jude Anthony Jayamaha who was serving a life sentence for murdering 19-year old Yvonne Johnsson at Rajagiriya’s Royal Park […]

Mohan K Tikku Courtesy The Asian Age The writer has reported from Sri Lanka as a foreign correspondent and is the author of After the Fall: Sri Lanka in Victory and War A surfeit of candidates may be seen as an indication of greater public enthusiasm for participation in the democratic process.  Gotabhaya Rajapaksa As […]

Ruth Pollard and Anusha Ondaatjie, Bloomberg News HOMAGAMA, SRI LANKA – NOVEMBER , Getty Images (Bloomberg) — A family of strongmen are eyeing a return to power in Sri Lanka’s presidential election on Saturday, an outcome that could also shift the island nation back toward China. The Rajapaksas, once a powerful force in the island nation’s […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror In an open letter, Shramantha Jude Jayamaha, who was convicted over the Royal Park murder and released on a presidential pardon recently, requested society to give him another chance. I ask for your understanding, because that is the kind of country we live in – where there is hope for even […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් පෞද්ගලික නාලිකා දෙකකට තර්ජනය කරමින් අදහස් දැක්වූ අමාත්‍ය රවුෆ් හකීම් මහතාට එරෙහිව සංවිධාන දෙකක් අද පොලිස් මූලස්ථානයට පැමිණිලි ගොනු කළා. ඊට අමතරව කබීර් හෂීම් සහ රාජිත සේනාරත්න යන අමාත්‍යවරුන්ට එරෙහිවද පොලිස් මූලස්ථානයට සහ අධිකරණයට පැමිණිලි දෙකක් ගොනු කෙරුණා. පෞද්ගලික නාලිකා දෙකකට හොඳ පාඩමක් උගන්වන බව පවසමින් අමාත්‍ය රවුෆ් හකීම් මහතා ඊයේ […]

TV Derana අදහස් ටික ගානට ගලපලා කතා කරනවා … සාම්ප්‍රදායික දේශපාලයෙකුට වඩා කතාව වෙනස්…..ආසයි අහන් ඉන්න