Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has given its approval to terminate the Japan-funded Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, which was planned to be implemented in the western region of Sri Lanka as a solution for the severe traffic congestion. The approval of the Cabinet was previously granted to launch the project under the funds […]

Courtesy Hiru News 19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවට අනුව , වඩාත් අපක්ෂපාතී යැයි පවසමින් පත් කළ පොලිස් කොමිසම දේශපාලණීකරණය වී ඇතැයි දේශපාලන පලිගැනීම් පිළිබඳ සොයා බලන ජනපති කොමිසම නිරීක්ෂණය කළ බව එහි සභාපති විනිසුරු උපාලි අබේරත්න මහතා අද ප්‍රකාශ කළා . >ඒ යුද හමුදා පළමුවන  බුද්ධි බලකායේ විශ්‍රාමික කෝප්‍රල් රවීන්ද්‍ර රූපසේන මහතා කළ පැමිණිල්ලකට අදාළව ඔහුගේ […]

Courtesy Hiru News 7 more arrivals, 6 from Oman & 1 from Qatar have tested positive for Covid-19 raising the total in Sri Lanka to 3,372.

Courtesy Hiru News Parliamentarian Dr. Wijedasa Rajapaksa says that if the previous government had paid attention to the statement made by him in Parliament regarding the joining of a group of Sri Lankans to the IS, the Easter attack as well as the loss of power could have been prevented. This was giving evidence before […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS It is amorphous what the objectives of traditional left political parties when they were established in Sri Lanka? People of Sri Lanka had been adapted to feudalism in politics and administration since Kalinga rule, and generally, they did not prefer a revolutionist administration that turns the country to upside down.  Many historians […]

Palitha Mapatuna Paradoxically, the contention in some quarters seems to be that  restoration of the authority of the president to that held prior to the 19th amendment to the constitution would now amount to an infringement of the sovereignty of the people.  In any case, the president is directly elected by the country and, as such, […]

Chanaka Bandarage According to Professor Bent Flyvbjerg of the University of Oxford, nine out of ten megaprojects in the world end up in failure. The biggest drawback in megaprojects is their cost overruns. In the US alone, about 65% of the megaprojects have failed. In Sri Lanka, since Independence successive governments have adopted a ‘bigger […]

Lt Col. Anil Amarasekera (Retd.) Mr. K M B Kotakadeniya (Senior D.I.G. Retd.) Co-Presidents – National Joint Committee Mr. Kalinga Indratissa PCThe President Bar Association of Sri Lanka,Hulftsdrop Street,Colombo 12. Dear Sir, Facilitating the Introduction of Urgent Bills through the 20th Amendment to the Constitution The Government has presented to Parliament an amendment to the […]

by Igor Kuznetsov Courtesy Sputnik As previous surveys have indicated, nearly four out of ten Danish Muslims would like to have the country’s laws at least partly based on Sharia law, and over 10 percent even said Denmark’s laws should be solely based on Sharia. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has strongly denounced recent examples of […]

Dr. Nihal Abeysinghe College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka The College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka (CCPSL) is the apex professional body for the practice of public health in Sri Lanka. The CCPSL is responsive to the current and emerging public health challenges and see it as our duty to advocate on issues […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ලෝක ළමා දිනයට ඇත්තේ තවත් දින දෙකකි. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා දැයේ දරුවන්ගේ ආදරණීය අප්පචිචිය.  අද 2020.09.28 දින රත්නපුර ප්‍රදේශයේ උත්සවයකට යන අතරවාරයේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා රැගත් හෙලිකොප්ටරය ගොඩ බස්සන ලද්දේ රත්නපුර මුද්දූව ක්‍රීඩාංගණයටයි. පාසල් දරුවන් රැසක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා දැක ගැනීමට මුද්දූව ක්‍රීඩාංගණයට රොක් වී සිටියහ. උත්සවයට යන ගමන මොහොතකට පමා කළ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ චීන සංගමය සංවිධානය කළ චීන මහජන සමූහාණ්ඩුවේ 71 වැනි ජාතික දින සැමරුම අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් කොළඹ බණ්ඩාරනායක අනුස්මරණ ජාත්‍යන්තර සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාවේදී අද 2020.09.28 දින පස්වරුවේ පැවැත්විණි. චිං රාජ වංශය බිදවැටීමත්, වූචං කැරැල්ල සහ චීන මහජන සමූහාණ්ඩුවේ ආරම්භයත් සිහිකිරීම වෙනුවෙන් සෑම වසරකම ඔක්තෝම්බර් 01 වැනිදා චීනය සිය ජාතික දිනය […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය විහාරස්ථාන කිහිපයකට පමණක් රජයේ මුල්‍යාධාර සීමාවීම වැළැක්වීම සඳහා රට පුරා සියලු දුෂ්කර සහ නොදියුණු පන්සල්වලටද ඉදිරියේදී මුල්‍යාධාර ලැබෙන පරිදි රජයේ ප්‍රතිපාදන වෙන්කළ යුතුව ඇතැයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අද 2020.09.28 දින පැවැසීය. පසුගිය කාලයේ රජයේ මුල්‍යාධාර ලබා දීමේ වැඩසටහන්වලදී දියුණු විහාරස්ථානවලට රුපියල් මිලියන ගණනින් ආධාර ලබා දී ඇති බවත්, දුෂ්කර සහ නොදියුණු […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Ceylon Today On the sidelines of the debate on proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution to end the period of instability in governance due to the creation of two power centres by the 19th Amendment reducing the powers of the Executive Presidency, another debate on today’s relevance of another amendment, 13A […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to provide uniform material for school children instead of the vouchers. Reportedly, the decision will be implemented from the next year. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was held this evening (28)

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa explored the possibility of assigning the larger percentage of supply of school and security forces uniform material to local industrialists, today (28). President emphasized that it is imperative to commence the production of standard and high quality textiles immediately, stated President’s Media Division. President made these comments following his inspection […]

Courtesy Hiru News Two arrivals from Lebanon, tested positive for COVID-19, increasing total infected in Sri Lanka to 3,362.

Courtesy Hiru News IGP Pujith Jayasundara who has been sent on compulsory leave, admitted today (28) that Saharan Hashim, who led the Easter Sunday attack, was able to operate freely in Sri Lanka due to the negligent actions of the Police Department. This was while giving evidence before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing into […]

The Letter sent by TULF to PM Rajiv Gandhi on 28 Oct 1987 provides clue to how 13A evolved. The history of the events should awaken Sri Lanka’s advisors promoting the theory that ‘we cannot anger India’ ‘we have to comply with India’ to also accept Sri Lanka’s eventual fate that would leave Sri Lanka […]

Chanaka Bandarage The Mahaveli Development Program is the largest multipurpose national development program of Sri Lanka. The program included irrigation development of about 365,000 hectares of land and development of hydro power of 470 MW capacity. The original master plan was for the completion in 30 years, but in 1977 it was expedited to be […]

Garvin Karunaratne  On the eve of erecting Nelson Mandela’s statue one must reflect the true Nelson Mandela. In this connection a Paper written by me long ago would provide useful evidence..

Travel With Chatura Ruwanweliseya Stupa (Ruwanveli Seya Stupa), the foremost of the supremely glorious ancient living monuments of Sinhalese Buddhist Heritage at the city of Anuradhapura . The new Crest Gem placed atop the historic Ruwanweli Maha Seya was unveiled recently. The unveiling ceremony of the Crest Gem was attended by the Mahanayake Thera of […]

ශ්‍රී  ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ  සංචාරක කර්මාන්තයේ ඉදිරි ගමන් මඟ නව මාවතක් ඔස්සේ යොමුව ඇති යුගයක, ජාත්‍යන්තර සංචාරක දිනයට සුභ පැතුම් පණිවිඩයක් නිකුත් කිරීමට ලැබීම පිළිබඳව ප්‍රථමයෙන්  මම සතුටට පත්වෙමි. සංචාරක කර්මාන්තයේ වැදගත්කම ලොවට විදහා දැක්වීම සඳහා එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ ලෝක සංචාරක සංවිධානය ප්‍රථමවරට ලෝක සංචාරක දිනය පවත්වන ලද්දේ 1980 දීය. එතැන් සිට […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka, bested by China, came in second in terms of COVID-19 epidemic prevention measures, economic recovery and international cooperation out of 108 countries surveyed by the Yicai Research Institute, part of the country’s largest financial media group Yicai Media Group. Nine out of the top 10 countries were in the Asia-Pacific region, […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala When in two successive silent revolutions the Sinhala-Buddhist voters confirmed, with  pencilled crosses, their commitment to regain their lost hopes and heritage and usher in a new age, the stunned political scientists and other assorted pundits, mainly in the media, did not know what  hit them. What threw them off balance, […]

Chanaka Bandarage It was reported in the news media that the Cabinet has approved the erection of a Nelson Mandela Statue in Colombo, without government funding.  Currently it is planned to be installed at the Colombo Public Library premises. The request has been made by the South African High Commission in Colombo. Is this the […]

How do vote-declining and fast-becoming irrelevant political parties and politicians return to limelight? Simple, they dig out a dead LTTE and create a tamasha and then try to force people to rally around them. So what’s the latest propaganda stunt this time round. Digging up one Thileepan, who committed suicide or rather put on death […]

චාර්ල්ස් එස්.පෙරේරා විසින්.  අද කාලය වෙනස්වෙලා . 1956 බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිතුමා ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය ආරම්භ කරලා එදත්/ අදත් එකසත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, ජනතා සමගි බලවේගය ආවඩන,  බටහිර දේශපාලන සංස්කෘතිය,  බෞද්ධ සිංහල රටකට නොසුදුසු බැවින්, දේශීය සංස්කෘතික ලක්ෂණවලින් යුත්  දේශපාලන ක්‍රමයක් හඳුන්වාදුන්නා.  එදා අසරණව අහකට තල්ලුකර තිබුන බෞද්ධ දර්ශනය, සංඝ රත්නය,සිංහලකම , සිංහල චාරිත්‍ර ධර්ම , ඇඳුම, […]

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara Since the word reconciliation has drawn much attention both at home and abroad in political circles as a necessary tool of peaceful co-existence in this country, I opined to express few thoughts as to how this could be achieved in this country as an everlasting socio-political solution. Reconcile is to make friendly […]

M D P DISSANAYAKE Sri Lanka is known as a notorious country for changing its Constitution.  There were claims that Ceylon cannot be developed under the Soulbury Constitution, until Art. No. 29 was amended and scrap the Senate and Rights of Appeal to the Privy Council of England . When Late Mr Lew Kwan Yew […]