By Sena Thoradeniya (Continued from June 20, 2024) [As a typographical error appeared in sub-heading 1, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part IV (posted onJune 20, 2024) of this series, the error 1989 is being corrected as 1994. Para 2, line 5 should be read as: Janith Priyantha Vidyatilaka Vipulaguna who obtained the highest number […]

Sugath Kulatunga  I agree totally with my Senior colleague at Arunachalam Hall who on 24 February pointed out on the LBN the dangers of unbridled power enjoyed and abused by the Central Bank (CBSL). They relished this privilege even before the recent IMF inspired independence. It was the mandarins of the CBSL who controlled both […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS This series titled BUDDHIST VIHARAS AND EELAM ends with a discussion on the Hindu Ramayana viharas” sprouting in Sri Lanka. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India, the other being the Mahabharata. Ramayana is a part of the Hindu mythology of India and is an important part of the […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The location of Valmiki’s ‘Lanka’ had been keenly discussed by Indian scholars. Indian academics cannot agree on the location of the ‘Lanka’ in the Ramayana. Romila Thapar says the matter has been disputed by Indian scholars for centuries and Lanka remains unidentified. The term Lanka is some Indian languages means island and Sagara […]

Michael Klare Courtesy TomDispatch July 4, 2024 In his years in power, Joe Biden and his top foreign policy officials have come up with a distinctly more aggressive and militarized approach to a rising China and, in particular, its claims to areas of the South China Sea or the island of Taiwan. As an old […]

Juan Cole Courtesy Tomdispatch. July 2, 2024 Though I was never in the U.S. military, my life experience has been American wars, wars, wars, and more wars. I was born during World War II. I was in grade school when the Korean War took place. I still have a faint memory of a photo of […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The procession, carrying the sacred relics and treasures in the Deegawapi Stupa and Neelagiri Stupa commenced its journey from the Sri Sambodhi Vihara, Colombo 07 on this morning (July 05) amidst the chanting of Seth Pirith by the Maha Sangha. The procession carrying the sacred relics will pass through […]

දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර (ශ්‍රී.ලං.ප.සේ.) අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා පරිපාලන සේවා සන්ගමයේ හිටපු සභාපති. (1991-94) ඓතිහාසික යථාර්ථයන්  සින්හල ජාතිය මෙන්ම සින්හලේ රාජ්‍ය ආරම්භ වන්නේ ක්‍රි. පූ. 543 ය. ඒ උත්‍ර භාරථයෙන් පැමිණි සින්හ වන්ශික විජය නම්වූ කුමාරයෙක් සහ ඔහුගේ 700 ක් පිරිස ස්වදේශයේ සිටි යක්ෂ, රාක්ෂ,දේව සහ නාග යන සිව්හෙළයන් […]

Ceylon Diary – SBPC Official Channel යුධ ස්වෙච්චා හමුදාවේ හිටපු ලුතිනන් කර්නල් විජේසුන්දර මුදලිගේ අශෝක මහතා සමග සාකච්චාව මෙහයවිම දෙශාභිමානී සුර්ය වංශ රත්න විභූෂණ පාලිත ආරියරත්න විසින්. නිවැරදි දේ අගය කරන්නත් වැරදි දේ හෙළිදරවු කර නිර්භයව එයට පහර දෙන්නත් හෘදය සා‍ක්ෂියක් මාධ්‍යවේදියෙකුට තියෙන්න ඕනෑ බව සිංහලේ දිනපොත විශ්වාසයයි ! පර්යේෂණාත්මක පුවත් පත් කලාව ! මෙහයවීම […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka has received a US $ 5 million aid package from the Global Environment Facility (GEF VII) to better manage the issues with chemical imports and disposal. The aid was granted to the Environment Ministry and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to implement a project aimed at supporting the transformation of […]

Politics UK Labour’s biggest spending commitment, on top of existing departmental budgets, is the £23.7bn for green measures during the next parliament. That’s more than the additional spend on health or education. That is because green policies are at the heart of the party’s plans for growth and prosperity, as well as climate. The £1.7bn […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced that the debt restructuring process will include USD 5 billion in loan interest relief from bilateral creditors and a USD 3 billion debt write-off from commercial creditors providing the country with a total relief of USD 8 billion. Wickremesinghe revealed this while addressing the ‘Urumaya’ Freehold Land Deed […]

Courtesy Adaderana Qatar Airways will be increasing its Sri Lanka-Doha flights from the current five-daily flights schedule to six-daily flights, starting 10 July 2024. “The increase in flights further demonstrate the award-winning airline’s dedication to providing more choices and better connectivity for all passengers flying to and from Sri Lanka”, a statement added. The additional […]