Shenali D Waduge The Indo Lanka Accord proposes an interim-arrangement administrative system by merging North & East provinces & a referendum in the East one year after signing the agreement to continue merger or not (catch was the inclusion of the postponement clause by the President of SL). The Accord does not refer to administrative […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara This is a letter I wrote to Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the present President,  in 2006 from Texas USA, when I was holidaying at my younger daughter Achala when he was the Defense Secretary in President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government requesting him to take immediate safety measures against a possible LTTE attack on the Kotmale […]

Valeria Vegh Weis Abstract This article addresses the origins of the term lawfare, as well as different definitions developed in the Global North and the Global South while proposing a conceptualization linked to the particularities of this socio-legal phenomenon in Latin America. Focusing on the cases of Brazil and Argentina the article deploys the notions […]

Shenali D Waduge Who else is planning to do a Hamsa? Hamsa wanted asylum, C4 needed to boost revenue, West/UN needed a topic to politicize, foreign funded NGOs needed a topic for survival & funding & a bunch of others needed a reason to cover their guilty conscience regarding knowing but not doing anything to […]

by Dr. Harsha Perera                                              Prof. A.D.T.E. PereraProf. A.D.T.E. Perera, eminent scholar of Buddhist Art and Archeology, passed away on 2023.09.16. at the age of 87 years.   A.D.T.E. Perera was born on 1936.04.29 at […]

Garvin Karunaratne  former GA Matara  Despite my repeated writings  highlighting what has happened to the Dry Zone tanks, the life blood of the people, no action has been taken and today- 2023, there is no proper method of distributing water. This is a matter of great urgency that needs the attention of the Ministry of Agriculture. In […]

Mahinda Gunasekera His Excellency, Ranil WickremasinghePresident of Sri Lanka Your Excellency, I would like to draw your attention to the annexed article written by Shenali Waduge pointing out the invalidity of the Indo-Lanka Accord and the implementation of the 13th Amendment creating Provincial Councils is null and void for the same reasons. We too have […]

Nimal Samarasinghe This rejoinder sent to Sunday Island to articles appeared there criticizing changes post 56 was not published. The articles on English language in your Sunday issues are intriguing. Today I play a senior professional role in my occupation in the kingdom of the English. I obtained a credit pass at my English O/L […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The exposition of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa and the Crest-Gem takes place at the Kande Vihara today (Oct. 2) for public veneration. Afterwards, the revered articles will move in a religious procession to Waskaduwa Rajaguru Sri Subhuthi Viharaya, tomorrow (Oct. 3). The relics unearthed from the […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre All government agencies  are geared in all respects to face the prevailing adverse weather condition around the country, the State Minister of Defence Hon. Pramitha Bandara Thennakoon said in a news brief  held at the State Ministry in Colombo today (Oct 02). All amenities have so far been provided […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ලංකා විදුලි බල මණ්ඩලයේ සේවකයෙකුට පුද්ගලයෙකු විසින් මරණ තර්ජනය කරන විඩියෝවක් සමාජ ජාලවල හුවමාරු වෙයි. මෙම ආරවුල ඇතිව තිබෙන්නේ විදුලි බල මණ්ඩලයට අයත් ගොඩනැගිල්ලක තාප්පයේ පෝස්ටර් ගැසීමට විරුද්ධ වීම නිසාය. ‘පෝස්ටර් ගැලෙවුවොත් බලා ගමු. 88-89 කාලයේ අමුඩ ගස්සලා හන්දි ගාණේ වෙඩි තැබුවේ උඹලා වගේ අයට’ යැයි ද එම පුද්ගලයා තර්ජනය […]

Courtesy THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE Sri Lanka has confirmed receiving further compensation for pollution from the lost container ship X-Press Pearl, which burned and sunk off Colombo in 2021. Speaking to local media over the weekend, Sri Lankan Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said the interim payment made by the vessel’s insurers would help to cover beach cleanup activities […]

By Michael Iveson Courtesy The Diplomat Sri Lanka will not fulfill its renewable energy commitments under current economic conditions. But what if the government could simultaneously tackle its climate, energy, and debt crises? October 02, 2023 Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe recently appointed a Green Finance Committee to pioneer a roadmap for sustainable finance and emphasized the need […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Around fifty percent of the population in this country is contributing at least one rupee to the international Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) diaspora daily, Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) Chairman Gemunu Wijeratne said. He told the Daily Mirror exclusively that the LTTE and the Islamic State of Iraq […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended sixteen priority actions in its recently released Governance Diagnostic Assessment (GDA) on Sri Lanka to address systematic and severe governance weaknesses and deep-rooted corruption vulnerabilities across State functions in order to unlock the country’s growth potential. Sri Lanka became the first country in Asia […]