Shenali D Waduge There was no term called Dravidian until a British missionary arriving in India in 1838 created it to serve several agendas of the Church. The next 40 years was spent in converting Hindu Tamils, promoting a fictitious history and setting natives against each other. Much of the conflicts, confusions and contradictions present […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D. අපට වෙච්ච දේ !!! පියදාස සිරිසේන (1875-1946) මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ ගේ පාත් ෆයින්ඩර් පාරේ යමින්, MCC ට්‍රෝජන් අශ්වයා හරහා රට කැඩීමට දෙන්නට ගියේ ඩොලර් බිලියන් භාගයකටත් අඩු අල්ලසක් පමණය. ඒ වෙනුවට, UNO වල තමන්ගේම ටයිගර් කොඩිය සහිත ඊළම් රටක් පිහිටුවා ගැනීමට ලංකාවේ උතුර–නැඟෙනහිර පලාත් දෙක දීමට  කැමති වෙනවා නම්, ඒ සඳහා  සිංහල […]

Federation of  University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) Summary The political and economic crisis that the country has been facing for the past few months has intensified. The state’s attempt to suppress dissent has brought much violence and exacerbated the prevailing crisis. Following the events of May 9, when violence was unleashed on peaceful protestors leading to […]

MIKE WHITNEY Courtesy The Unz Review The ferocity of the confrontation in Ukraine shows that we’re talking about much more than the fate of the regime in Kiev. The architecture of the entire world order is at stake.” Sergei Naryshkin, Director of Foreign Intelligence Here’s your ‘reserve currency’ thought for the day: Every US dollar is […]

අචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර මහනුවර “අල්ලස් මුදලක් ඉල්ලා වරදකරු වී අධිකරණයෙන් දඩ ගැසුම් කා අත්හිටවූ සිර දඬුවම් ලැබූ පුද්ගලයෙකු ඉදිරියටත් රටේ නාගරික සංවර්ධන සහ නිවාස ඇමැතිකම් සේම පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂ සංවිධායක ලෙස ද කටයුතු කරනු ඇත”! සිහි බුද්ධිය ඇති ජනතාවගේ (පක්ෂ වහලුන්ගේ නොවේ) බුද්ධියට නිගා දෙන, ඔවුන් සමච්චලයට ලක් කරන මෙවැනි ‘පාර්ලිමේන්තු ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී’ යයි  කියාගන්නා වෙනත් […]

Pathik Hasan, Dhaka, Bangladesh June 06, 2022 marked the fifty years of bilateral ties between Cambodia and Bangladesh. Cambodia established friendly relations with Bangladesh on June 06, 1972.  The bilateral relations were established in 1972 through the late King Sihanouk of Cambodia and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh. But full-fledged formal diplomatic relations between […]

Professor Dr. Bijaya Gouri Khanal. from Kathmandu, Nepal South Asian neighbors Bangladesh and Nepal share common regional platforms such as the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). Nepal recognized Bangladesh as a sovereign state in 1971 and the bondage between the […]

නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) What does the Russian embassy say about the law in the aeroflot plane case which One in Sinhala and another in English? Что говорит российское посольство о законе в деле самолета Аэрофлота, один на сингальском, другой на английском? රුසියන් ගුවන් යානා තහනමේදී  සිංහලෙන් එකක් කියා ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් වෙන එකක් […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror It is over 50 days since the ‘GotaGoHome’ campaign kicked off. The campaign which started off as non violent protests by groups of residents in Colombo against the lack of fuel, cooking gas, shortages of medicinal needs and a skyrocketing cost of living.   The situation has become so desperate, hospitals have […]

Courtesy Wanderlust With over 2,500 years of recorded history, those in search of archaeological and cultural treasures in Sri Lanka soon learn the Pearl of the Indian Ocean more than lives up to its name. Get ready to experience Sri Lanka’s version of a full moon party,” warned Viraj, my story-loving guide, as we headed […]

Courtesy The Island First resigns from the boards of a clutch of quoted companies Mr. Dhammika Perera, who was widely tipped to enter Parliament on the SLPP National List, on Friday tendered is resignation from a clutch of public listed companies where he served as chairman or director – both executive and non-executive – with […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Walasmulla Magistrate on Thursday directed the Weeraketiya Police to launch an inquiry into the complaint that the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Weeraketiya Police Kelum Sangeeth has received death threats warning him not to investigate the charges filed against SJB MP Dilip Wedaarachchi’s son and daughter-in-law.  Ravindu Wedaarachchi and his wife […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Daily Mirror journalist Jamila Husain was threatened by a group of protestors at the protest in front of SLPP MP Dhammika Perera’s house today morning, obstructing the journalist from carrying out her duties. Some of the individuals who had joined in the protest had approached the journalist while she was on […]

Courtesy Adaderana Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the Modi government over its alleged interference in a Sri Lanka Power Project. Taking to his official Twitter handle, Gandhi said, BJP’s cronyism has now crossed Palk Strait and moved into Sri Lanka.” Along with his tweet, he shared a report where […]

Courtesy Hiru News COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) Sri Lanka may be compelled to buy more Russian oil as fuel runs low amid its worst economic crisis, PM tells the AP. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he would first look to other sources, but would be open to buying more crude from Moscow. Western nations largely […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera says that they will start a process to acquire all paddy lands that have not been cultivated and abandoned.  These lands will be acquired for a period of 5 years in order to cultivate suitable food crops.