Archive for July, 2024
Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
ASOKA WEERASINGHE Kings Grove Crescent . Ottawa . Ontario . K1J 6G1 Hon. Helena Jaczek , Liberal MP for Markham-Stouffville, OntarioHon, Paul Chiang, Liberal MP for Markham -Unionville,OntarioCc. Hon. Mona Fortier, Liberal MP for Ottawa-VanierMembers of Canadian ParliamentOttawa, On. 30 July 2024 Dear Honourable Members of Parliament, Jaczek, Chiang and Fortier: Re: Liberal Party’s Muddled […]
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Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
KAMALIKA PIERIS The Ravana project is quite different to the Ramayana Trail. The Ramayana trail links Buddhist Sri Lanka with Hindu India. The Ravana project goes in the opposite direction. The Ravana project aims at removing Gautama Buddha from the temples of Sri Lanka and substituting Ravana as the main idol there. Eventually, Ravana will […]
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Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
තිස්ස ගුණතිලක ස්කන්ධයේ ‘උදය-වය‘ දැකීම බුදුන්වහන්සේ ලඟට පැමිනි භික්ෂූන්වහන්සේලා කිපවාරයකදි බුදුහාමුදුරුවන්ගෙන් අහනවා ‘ස්වාමිනි, සෝවාන්වීමට, සකරදාගාමිවීමට, අනාගාමිවීමට, අර්හත්වීමට කලයුත්තේ කුමක්ද?’ බුදුන්වහන්සේ ඒ සෑම අවස්ථාවකදීම දෙන්නේ එකම පිලිතුරයි: එනම් ‘කලයුත්තේ ස්කන්ධයේ උදය–වය දැකීම පමනමයි.’ කියායි. සද්ධර්මය තුල හමුවන වැදගත්ම බුද්ධ වචනය මෙයයි. මෙයින් ගම්යවන්නේ ආර්ය මාර්ගයේ යාමට එනම් මාර්ග ඵල ලැබීමට කලයුතුවන්නේ එකම දෙයක් බවයි: එනම් ස්කන්ධයේ […]
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Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මෙවර ජනාධිපතිවරණයට ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණෙන් රට බංකොලොත් කරපු අපේක්ෂකයෙකු තනිවම ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට ගනු ලැබූ තීරණය ඉතාමත් හොඳ බවත් ඒ අනුව එම අපේක්ෂකයාට ජනතාව මේ මොහොතේ ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදීව සැලකිය යුතු බවත් එක්සත් ජනරජ පෙරමුණේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක මහතා පවසයි. එමෙන්ම ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ මන්ත්රීවරුන් මේ මොහොතේ තවදුරටත් […]
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Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් එළඹෙන අගෝස්තු මාසයේදී ඉන්දීය අග්රාමාත්ය නරේන්ද්ර මෝඩි මහතා ශ්රී ලංකාවට පැමිණ මෙරට ස්වෛරීභාවය අහිමි කරවන අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුම් දහයකට අත්සන් තැබීමට සැරසෙන බව සර්වජන බලය විධායක කමිටු සාමාජික, ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. ඊට ඉඩදී නිහඩව සිටියහොත් ඉන්දු-ලංකා ගිවිසුමෙන් මෙන් ඒවායින් ද ගැලවීමට ඉදිරියේදී බලයට එන කිසිදු […]
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Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
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Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
Sugath Kulatunga On the 18 th of December 18- 2022, I wrote on LBN that President Ranil Wickremesinghe was attempting to Grow More Food by statute. The President proposed to bring in new laws to ensure food security. It never happened and we are still importing eggs from India. I emphasized that what we should […]
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Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
KAMALIKA PIERIS In this essay, I return to the topic of the Ramayana trail in Sri Lanka. The RASSL held a well attended seminar on the Ramayana trail in 2010, where many spoke against the Ramayana trail. They commented on the political implications of the Ramayana trail in Sri Lanka. They thought that the Ramayana […]
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Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
Shenali D Waduge The entire country is euphoric following the Women’s Cricket Team winning the Asia Cup. It brought pride to our hearts & minds & relived the victorious memories in 1996 when the Male Cricketers lifted the World Cup. There is another pride that has yet to gain the limelight it deserves & much […]
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Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
Prime Minister’s Media. German Ambassador to Sri Lanka Dr. Felix Neumann paid called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo today (July 29).The Prime Minister thanked Germany for establishing the Ceylon – German Technical Training Institute in 1959 and providing the Sri Lankan youths many benefits through the vocational courses. […]
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Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
Saeed Naqvi Dated: 30.07.2024 The brutal realism of Tarantino’s Django Unchained may well cause the weak of stomach to throw up. A white plantation owner in America’s deep south, seated on a sofa in his living room, watches two burly slaves wrestle to the grim end or atleast until one of them has gouged out […]
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Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
by A. Abdul Aziz. According to reports reaching us indicates a member of the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim community Dr. Zakaur Rahman of Lala Musa, District Gujrat, was targeted and killed on Saturday in his dental clinic.Ahmadiyya community representatives have condemned the incident saying that there has been intense propaganda against Ahmadis this year where several […]
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Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
Ministry of Defence – Media Centre The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to Sri Lanka hosted a reception yesterday (Jul 29) evening to celebrate the 97th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo. Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne graced the grand […]
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Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
Courtesy Hiru News Ninety-two Members of Parliament have expressed their unwavering for President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the upcoming presidential election, pledging to back him to secure his victory. This was revealed by the President’s Media Division. The announcement was made during a meeting of the ruling party, which is currently taking place at the President’s […]
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Monday, July 29th, 2024
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ දේශපාලන මණ්ඩල සාමාජිකයන් විශාල පිරිසක් ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා සමග මේ වන විට සාකච්ඡාවක යෙදී සිටී. හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ විජයරාම නිල නිවසේ පැවති දේශපාලන මණ්ඩලය සාකච්ඡාවට සහභාගි වීමෙන් අනතුරුව මෙම පිරිස ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ නිවසට ගොස් ඇත. එම සාකච්චාවේදී ඔවුන් සහතික කර ඇත්තේ ඉදිරි ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී පක්ෂයේ […]
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Monday, July 29th, 2024
Dr Sudath Gunasekara Dear Saman, I fully agree with all what the President has said in his address under the caption ” Sri Lanka unveils blueprint to transform outdated plantation sector to thriving agro-business ” etc that appeared in today’s Lankaweb and I would like to congratulate him for this novel approach that will give […]
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Monday, July 29th, 2024
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය කැස්බෑව ආසනයේ, පැලැන්වත්ත බටහිර හා මහායායවත්ත ප්රජාශාලා අග්රාමාත්ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා වෙත වෙන් කෙරෙන විමධ්යගත අරමුදලින් නවීකරණය කොට භාරදීම 2024.07.28 දින සිදු කෙරිණි.එහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ අග්රාමාත්යවරයා –හැම දෙයක්ම රජයේ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවලට පමණක් කරන්න බැහැ. යම්කිසි වැඩ කොටසක් මහජනයා හවුල් වෙලා රජයේ නිලධාරීන් සමඟ සිදු කළ යුතුයි. ලංකාවේ හැම ගමකම එවැනි ප්රජා කටයුතු මහජනයාගේ […]
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Monday, July 29th, 2024
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය කොළඹ, බෞද්ධාලෝක මාවත, අතුළ දස්සන බෞද්ධ මධ්යස්ථානයේ සහ බොරැල්ල ඥාණාලංකාර භික්ෂු ගිලන් මධ්යස්ථාන විහාර ගණයේ ආධිපත්යය හොබවන ත්රිපිටකාචාර්ය බොරැල්ලේ අතුල ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේට ශ්රී ලංකා අමරපුර මහා නිකායේ, අමරපුර සිරි සද්ධම්මවංස පාර්ශ්වයෙන් ස්ව නිකායේ අනුනායක පදවියේ අක්කපත්ර පිරිනැමීම අග්රාමාත්ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අතින් 2024.07.27 දින බණ්ඩාරනායක අනුස්මරණ ශාලාවේදී සිදුකෙරිණි.1984 දී බොරැල්ලේ අතුල ස්වාමීන් […]
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Monday, July 29th, 2024
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් පැවති ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ දේශපාලන මණ්ඩල රැස්වීමට අද (29) සහභාගී වී ඇත්තේ එම පක්ෂය නියෝජනය කරන පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන් 16 දෙනෙකු පමණක් බව පක්ෂ ආරංචි මාර්ග පවසයි. මෙවර ජනාධිපතිවරණයට ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේන් අපේක්ෂකයකු ඉදිරිපත් කළයුතු බවට වන යෝජනාව දේශපාලන මණ්ඩලයට ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත්තේ […]
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Monday, July 29th, 2024
By Thomas L. Davis and Amila Sandaruwan Ratnayake Courtesy The Diplomat Developing natural gas resources will help the country overcome its economic crisis, provide energy security, and lower carbon dioxide emissions. For now, Sri Lanka’s severe economic crisis seems to be in remission. Many challenges still confront the government and population, from a substantial national debt to question […]
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Monday, July 29th, 2024
Courtesy Port Technology International Alphaliner has designated the Port of Colombo as the best-performing port in the world for the first quarter of 2024. This award recognises Colombo’s outstanding growth rate of 23.6 per cent, which outperforms all other ports globally. Notably, the Port of Long Beach came in second with a growth rate of 23.3 per […]
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Monday, July 29th, 2024
Courtesy Adaderana The Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) organization alleges that the participation of government nurses in uniform at the National All Ceylon Nurses’ Conference held yesterday (29) under the leadership of National People’s Power (NPP) leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is a violation of election regulations. CaFFE has informed the National Election Commission […]
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Monday, July 29th, 2024
Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will not support current President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the forthcoming Presidential Election, SLPP MP Sagara Kariyawasam said. Meanwhile, he said that the Politburo of the SLPP decided to field a Presidential Candidate of its own. Furthermore, Kariyawasam expressed that the party will further look into qualified individuals […]
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Sunday, July 28th, 2024
Courtesy Hiru News President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that the issue regarding the appointment of the Inspector General of Police will be resolved within a week through consultation with the Speaker and the Chief Justice. The President stated that he is fully committed to holding the presidential election on September 21 and will not consider postponing […]
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Sunday, July 28th, 2024
Courtesy Hiru News President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that the issue regarding the appointment of the Inspector General of Police will be resolved within a week through consultation with the Speaker and the Chief Justice. The President stated that he is fully committed to holding the presidential election on September 21 and will not consider postponing […]
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Sunday, July 28th, 2024
Truth with Chamuditha කීර්ති රත්නායක චමුදිත සමරවික්රම සමග Keerthi Ratnayake On Truth with Chamuditha
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Sunday, July 28th, 2024
e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 21-27 July 2024 Sri Lanka’s policy mavens can learn from the Asia Times Business Editor (he’s not Asian). He laments the USA’s purported decline in industrial production and supposed economic lagging behind China. China is the white man’s latest goni-billa, mau-mau, boogie-boogie scarecrow. […]
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Sunday, July 28th, 2024
Dr Sudath Gunaseikara. Mahanuwara (Former Secretary to Prime Minister Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranayaka and Ex President Sri Lanka Administrative Services Association (1991-94) Mr President ban all these communal and separatist and terrorist political organizations and take legal action against these terrorist leaders and their agitators immediately or depart. TNA, TULF, EPDP, TMVP, SLMC, ACMC, ACTC (SLPP, […]
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Sunday, July 28th, 2024
Sugath Kulatunga Education system in Sri Lanka has not kept abreast with the needs of the country and the developments in the fast-developing countries in the rest of the world. Countries like South Korea and Taiwan revamped their education systems around1980 to meet the demands of their economies. We have not even taken notice of […]
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Sunday, July 28th, 2024
Ministry of Defence – Media Centre Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne called on the Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC), Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on July 26 at the Prime Minister’s office. The Defence Secretary met the Myanmar Prime Minister on the sidelines of the 4th meeting of the BIMSTEC National […]
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