Ven. Ampitiye Sumanarathana Thero

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ අද දකුණේ සෑම දේශපාලන වේදිකාවකම පාහේ පක්ෂ නායකයෝ ජනතාවට කියන්නේ ‘ශ්‍රී ලාංකික වෙන්න, ජාතිය, ජන්මය, ආගම, ඉතිහාසය අදාළ නොවේ’ යන්නයි. නමුත්, උතුරට  සහ නැගෙනහිරට ගොස් ඔවුහු මේ දේශනාව නොකරත්. පැරණි සිංහල බෞද්ධ ශිෂ්ටාචාරයේ නටඹුන් වැඩිපුරම ඇත්තේ උතුරේ, නැගෙනහිර,  උතුරු මැද සහ වයභ පළාත්වලයි. එවැනි තත්ත්වයක් යටතේයි JR 1987 ඉන්දු – ලංකා ගිවුසුමේ සඳහන් […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් 1912 දී ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක මණ්ඩලයේදී මහවැලිය උතුරට හැරවීමේ වැදගත්කම ගැන කතා කලේ දෙමළ මන්ත්‍රී වරයෙකු වූ ඒ. කනක සබේ මහතාය. එයට ප්‍රධාන හේතුව වූයේ දෙමළ ඊළාම් සිහිනය එදත්  තිබුණු බැවිනි.ව්‍යාජ දෙමළ ඉතිහිසයක් මත පදනම්ව උතුරේ දෙමළ පාලනයක් තිබුණේ යැයි ඇති කළ මතය අනුව ඊළාම් රාජය්‍යට ජලය සපායා ගැනීම ඔවුන්ගේ අරමුණක්ව තිබුණි.වසර සියයකට පමණ පසු […]

Courtesy Al Hakam Ayesha Naseem, UK On Friday 26 January 2024, the International Court of Justice delivered a provisional ruling in South Africa’s case, submitted to the court in December last year, in which it accused Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.  The International Court of Justice concluded that South Africa has standing to submit to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 29 (daily Mirror) – The Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG) has rescued six Sri Lankan fishermen who were captured by Somali pirates along with their multi-day fishing trawler, said Navy spokesman Capt. Gayan Wickramasinghe.

By YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror   Colombo, Jan 29 (Daily Mirror) –  The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will not take notice of any restrictions but will take to the streets tomorrow and fire the first shot towards overthrowing the present government, SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara said today. The IGP or anyone else […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 836 more suspects have been arrested by Sri Lanka’s police and security forces personnel within a 24-hour window ending at 12.30 a.m. today (Jan. 29) as part of the ongoing countrywide anti-drug operation ‘Yukthiya’. Meanwhile, detention orders have been secured against six of the arrested individuals, while another person has […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva has stated that the recent increase in the number of ship arrivals at the Colombo Port is likely due to the Red Sea crisis. Accordingly, the Minister revealed that the number of ships docking at the Colombo Port has increased by […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s total exports for the year 2023 reached USD 14.49 billion, the Export Development Bank (ED) reported, adding that it is only a minor decline of 0.39% compared to 2022. In a report issued in this regard, the EDB revealed that Sri Lanka had recorded a total of USD 14.99 billion in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Prime Minister of Thailand, Srettha Thavisin will undertake a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka from 03 – 04 February 2024 at the invitation of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The Thai Prime Minister will participate in the ceremony to mark the 76th Anniversary of the Independence of […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar Jan 26th 2024 There is an unwritten law that suggests:” Religious leaders should never dabble in politics” as it is not their call. Yes! there is that case of a certain Archbishop Desmond Tutu in S Africa where he too was accused of dabbling in politics with no right to do […]

Department Of Immigration And Multicultural Affairs, Earlson Forbes, Sri Lanka And Australia Ceylonese/Sri Lankans have entered Australia for a variety of reasons during the past one and a half centuries.  The far greater number of these arrivals occurred in the second half of the twentieth century and first two decades of the 21st century.  Early arrivals go as […]

By Sena Thoradeniya Julie Chung, the Korean – American ‘Viceroy’ of Sri Lanka having climbed Sri Pada, with pilgrims and fellow adventurers appreciating the natural beauty”, enjoying the magnificent views at sunrise” on 19 January 2024 (how Chung saw a dissimilarity between ‘pilgrims’ and ‘adventurers’ is the biggest question! She does not bring Lord Buddha, […]

දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ඉස්ථිර ලේකම් සහ හෙල අභිමානී  පදනමේ සභාපති. මහනුවර මහනුවර.25.01.2024 මම මේ විරෝධය වසර 1997 සිට වසර 27 ක් තිස්සේ ලියන, කියන දෙයක්.එහෙත් එම විරෝධතාවන් තුට්ටුවකට නොසලකා පෙබ 04 දිනම (ජෙනින්ග්ස්ගේ බිරිඳගේ උපන් දිනය සිහිකිරීම සඳහා) පවත්වන අබමල් රේණුවක දේශ ප්‍රේමයක් හෝ දේශ වාත්සල්‍ය‍යක් නැති මේ  දේශපාලකයින් […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ විධායක ජනාධිපතිත්වය අහෝසි කළ යුතුය යන විවාදය නැවත ආරම්භ වී ඇත. මෙය හොඳ දෙයකි. විධායක ජනාධිපතිත්වය ඇති කිරීම මේ රටේ දේශපාලනයේ සිදුවූ නරකම දෙයකි. පසුගිය වසර 45 තුල මේ රටේ  වු බිඳ වැටීමට ඍජුව වගකිව යුත්තේ විධායක ජනාධිපතිත්වයයි.  මේ තනතුර මේ රටේ ප්‍රශ්ණවලට විසඳුම නොවේ; ඒවාට ප්‍රධානතම හේතුවයි.  ජනාධිපතිට බැරි ගැහැණියක් පිරිමියෙක් කිරීම […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar (with news info – courtesy of an Info Lanka report)) Jan.24th 2024 When Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that the Government would be deploying a Navy vessel to the Red Sea. Wickremesinghe pointing out that the disruption of shipping lanes in the region would lead to increased freight charges and […]

KEVIN BARRETT Courtesy the unz review Ex-BBC journalist Tony Gosling interviews me on 9/11, war in Gaza, and eschatology Trained as a journalist by the BBC, Tony Gosling is a British land rights activist, historian & investigative radio journalist. He interviewed me last night (Jan. 24). Below are selected extracts. -KB Tony Gosling: So what do you […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division An exhibition of Sri Lanka trade, investment opportunities and culture will be held in Baoji City in Xian Province in China in March 2024. More than 40 Sri Lankan stalls will be set up to display Sri Lankan products with the participation of more than 100 entrepreneurs and traders.A team of […]

Courtesy The News BENGALURU: Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation rate jumped to 4.2 percent year-on-year in December driven by rising food prices, official data showed on Monday, although it remains well below record high levels seen at the height of the country’s financial crisis. Food prices rose 1.6 percent in December after falling 2.2 percent […]

Courtesy Adaderana The saffron-robed person claiming to be ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been referred for psychiatric treatment under the recommendation of the Judicial Medical Officer, Senior Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris revealed before the court today (26). Appearing on behalf of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Senior Deputy Solicitor General stated that accordingly, the suspect, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The controversial Online Safety Bill has sparked a geopolitical debate with the Russian Ambassador in Colombo Levan Dzhagaryan stating that regulations of the online sphere are solely a domestic issue of Sri Lanka, and that any interference in this internal issue by foreign powers is absolutely irrelevant and unacceptable. In a statement issued […]

Courtesy Adaderana The World Court ordered Israel on Friday to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by South Africa. South Africa brought the case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) earlier this month, asking it to grant […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has extended an invitation to all political party leaders in the Parliament to engage in discussions with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the implementation of the agreement with the IMF. Emphasizing the importance of unity in leading the country to success, he highlighted that withdrawing […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged all political parties to formulate a comprehensive plan for rebuilding the country, especially when gearing up for the elections. Addressing an event at the Sri Lanka Customs headquarters in Colombo this morning, the Head of State emphasized that the nation’s economy has suffered due to the ‘politics of […]

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Insight by Sunil Kumar Jan.23rd. 2024 Alas ! our peaceful and tranquil Motherland Sri Lanka is suddenly being torn apart by gun violence. Yes! there are guns both legal and illegal everywhere, some in hands that have no compunction to use them readily and others who do have trepidations but still use them on various […]

 දිල්රූක් කන්නන්ගර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට විධායක ජනාධිපති ධූරය අනවශ්‍යය. විධායක ජනාධිපති ධූරය නොමැති කල රටේ ආරක්ෂාව, නීතිය හා සාමය, ආර්ථිකය අදට වඩා යහපත් මට්ටමක පැවතුනා. 1971 JVP කැරැල්ල මාස තුනකින් මඩින්න හැකිවුනා. විධායක ජනාධිපතිවරුන් දෙදෙනෙකුට 1987 දී එය මඩින්න අවුරුදු 2ක් ගතවුනා. විධායක ජනාධිපති ධූරය නොතිබුනේ නම් දෙමළ ත්‍රස්තවාදය (1972 සිට 2009) සහ මුස්ලිම් ත්‍රස්තවාදය (2019-) […]

Dr. Arun Kumar Goswami On 22nd January 2024, 12 US Senators sent a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urging them to end ‘harassment’ against Dr. Yunus. The letter has become a national issue at this moment. Before this, there was an argument concerning the veracity and falsity of labor rights in Bangladesh and elsewhere […]

Sports The Decision Review System (DRS), formerly known as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), is a technology-backed system used in cricket to assist the match officials in their decision-making. On-field umpires may choose to consult with the third umpire (known as an Umpire Review), and players may request that the third umpire consider a decision of the on-field umpires (known as a Player Review). […]

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