H. L. D. Mahindapala Say what you like against Donald Trump, the man was a phenomenon. Whether the legacy he leaves behind is good or bad is a judgement that will be determined finally by those who will feel the impact of his regime in the years to come. Win or lose, (he is losing […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The US is an exceptional country that is different from and superior to all other countries,   say admirers of the USA. I always thought that Europe and North America had it figured out. I saw them as Utopia,” a commentator from Buenos Aires told TIME. She changed her mind after the Corona virus.  […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D. ඉහත මාතෘකාව යටතේ මා ලියූ ලිපියක්, 2009 ජූනි 22 දා අයිලන්ඩ් පුවත් පතේත්  (http://pdfs.island.lk/2009/06/22/p6.pdf), එහි සංශොධිත කොපියක් 2012 පෙබරවාරි 15 දින ලංකාවෙබ් වෙබ් අඩවියේත් පලවිය. කරුණු කීපයක් නිසා මෙම ලිපිය දැනටත් ඉතා වැදගත්‌ය: (1) 13- ඒ ප්ලස් පියා ලෙස සැළකෙන දයාන් ජයතිලක මහතා ප්‍රමුඛ, පරණ යටත් විජිත කැබලිකිරීමේ හා ඒවායේ කළුසුද්දන්ට […]

By A. Abdul Aziz. Supreme Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (May Allah strengthen his hands) made an appeal for special prayers during his Friday Sermon delivered on 6th November 2020, at Masjid Mubarak, Islamabad, Tilford, U.K.    His Holinesssaid that we pray for ourselves and […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale The Registrar General of Land Registration Mr N C Withanage stated in March 2019 that almost 40 – 50% of the land deeds in Sri Lanka are likely to be forged documents. He also said that it has been proven that over 1/5th of the birth certificates, marriage certificates and death certificates […]

Rohan Abeygunawardena ACMA, CGMA Financial & Management Consultant The Covid19 epidemic has disrupted the economies of almost all the countries in the world including Sri Lanka. The finance chiefs of both public and private sector should take a fresh look at the activities and projects under their purview when preparing budgets. The Zero Based concept […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා හා ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා ප්‍රමුඛ පවුලේ සාමාජිකයින්ගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් දිවංගත ඩී. ඒ. රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාගේ 53 වෙනි ගුණ සමරුවට සමඟාමීව වීරකැටිය, මැදමුලන නිවසේ දී සෙත් පිරිත් දේශනයක් හා අද 2020.11.07 පෙරවරුවේ දානමය පිංකමක් පැවැත්විණි. ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා, ජනාධිපති ආර්යා අයෝමා රාජපක්ෂ මැතිණිය, ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා, […]

By Antony Fernando  Express News Service courtesy The New Indian Express The Police said that the Sri Lankan couple would be lodged in Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai and the boy could be sent to a juvenile home. NAGAPATTINAM: A 45-year-old Sri Lankan businessman was arrested along with his wife and minor son after landing at […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A total of 257 more Covid-19 patients were reported, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said. All of them are close contacts of the Peliyagoda cluster. Accordingly, the total Covid-19 cases detected so far in Sri Lanka stand at 13, 227.

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has reported four more coronavirus-related deaths thus hiking the country’s death toll to 34, the Department of Government Information confirmed. According to the Director-General of Health Services, Dr. Asela Gunawardena, 03 females, and one male had succumbed to the virus in this manner. One of the deceased is identified as a […]

Courtesy Adaderana Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing incidents of political victimization has decided to seek legal action against four parliamentarians of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB). According to PCoI chair, former Supreme Court Justice Upali Abeyratne, MPs Harin Fernando, Nalin Bandara, J.C. Alawathuwala and Mayantha Dissanayake have allegedly made derogatory comments about the commission and challenged […]

Courtesy Adaderana Public Health Inspectors (PHI) in charge of the Hunupitiya area in Kelaniya raided an illegal quarantine center today (07). According to Ada Derana reporter, two persons at the center were found to be infected with the COVID-19 virus. Subsequently, all persons found at the center were directed for quarantine at the center itself. […]