H. L. D. Mahindapala Of all the oddities displayed at the opening of the new Parliament – and there were some exceptional ones like an MP arriving in a prison van and another landing in a boat etc. – the most significant one to my mind was the presence of two fathers-in-law sitting on opposite […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS First person accounts of the second JVP insurgency have been given in autobiographies of Drs B.J.C.  Perera, Sarath Weerasinghe and W.A. Wiswa Warnapala. They have spoken of their experiences with the JVP in their places of work.  B.J.C. Perera was Consultant Pediatrician in Kurunegala in 1988.  In Kurunegala there was a lot of […]

Dilrook Kannangara It is pointless responding to CV Wigneswaran who seems to find relief in false beliefs to comfort the sad realization that Tamils do not have a nation of their own. Craving for a nation of their own is just and fair. But it must not be on someone else’s land. His claims are […]

Dr. Chula NA Rajapakse MNZM Panellist, At Webinar  On Countering  Allegations of Tamil Genocide In Sri Lanka To: Your Excellency Gotabaya Rajapakse,President,The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Your Excellency, Countering The Diabolical and Baseless Internationally Orchestrated Allegations of Excessive  Tamil Civilian Massacre Amounting to Genocide, During  the Last Stages of the War In May […]

By Noor Nizam – Peace and Political Activist, Political Communication Researcher and SLFP/SLPP Stalwart, August 29th., 2020. Your suggestions and proposals are appreciated. Those who sat with you, except for Hon. Basil Rajapaksa and your secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera do not have a far-sighted vision and proactive ideas to achieve what you have suggested/proposed. HE. […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Muthuswamy Master, who invested Sinhala film music with a new sound on par with Indian films, came to Sinhala films with Sri Lanka;’s first feature film Kadawanu Poronduwa (Broken Promise) as a member of Music director R.Naranaya Iyer’s orchestra and stayed on to make a mark. Colombo, August 30 (Facebook): Incomparable master composer […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Express Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Why the Indian National Congress and the United National Party are finding themselves in a bind The United National Party (UNP) in Sri Lanka and the Indian National Congress (INC) in India, are both Grand Old Parties. They were vanguards of the freedom struggle against the British and were the […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් පසුගිය ආණ්ඩුව පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයේ විමර්ශන නිසි අයුරින් සිදු නොකළ බවට කොළඹ අගරදගරු අති උතුම් මැල්කම් කාදිනල් රංජිත් හිමිපාණන් පවසනවා. උන්වහන්සේ රජයෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටින්නේ ආගම සහ භාෂාව පදනම් කරගත් දේශපාලන පක්ෂ තහනම් කරන ලෙසයි. රාගම – තේවත්ත – ශ්‍රී ලංකා අප ස්වාමිදූගේ ජාතික බැසිලිකා සිද්ධස්ථානයේ රෝගීන් ආසිරි ගැන්වීමේ වාර්ෂික දේව මෙහෙය කොළඹ […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Ceylon Today Former Norwegian peace negotiator Erik Solheim, who defended Tiger terrorists and their vision of the so-called ‘Tamil cause’ for over three decades, finally acknowledges that he knew Tiger Leader Velupillai Prabakaran had ordered the killing of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Solheim, in a twitter message, said that […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa says that one can work to develop the country even while in opposition. The Leader of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) expressed these views attending an event held today (30) to hand over medical equipment to the Wethara District Hospital in Polgasowita. He says that other parties try […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Ministry of Health states that the number of coronavirus infections in the country has increased to 3,012. This was with the identification of 02 new patients.  The number of corona patients discharged from hospitals after complete recovery is 2860 Earlier 10 more persons confirmed for Covid -19: SL Country total increases […]

Courtesy Hiru News A team of officers from the Geological Survey of Sri Lanka visited the Kandy area today to inquire into the unusual tremors that are reported to have occurred in several areas. The tremors have been felt in Kandy, Anuragama, Haragama, Gurudeniya, Thalathuoya and several other areas last night. The tremors were recorded at […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Minister of Power and Energy Dullas Alahapperuma states that the report of the committee appointed to investigate the recent power outage island wide will be uploaded on the internet. The Minister stated this while participating in a public meeting held in Hakmana, Matara yesterday. The Minister also expressed his views regarding […]