Vichara Now that the NPP has won an absolute majority in the Parliament, there will be reams written on their achievement, particularly on the unique contribution and wise leadership of AKD the President. While endorsing the sentiments expressed so liberally, what is not understood is why this radical change did not come earlier in a […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara    20th Nov 2024. Dear Sir, Please accept my hearty and warm congratulations! firstly, on your unprecedented and historic victory as the President of this Island nation, the pearl of the Indian ocean and the most important geopolitical, economics and strategic hub of the present-day world. Secondly, on your landslide victory […]

Chanaka Bandarage The fact that we now have a fine government (at least uncorrupt), many have the unrealistic expectation that we will soon become a developed nation. Sri Lanka is a  3rd world country; a chronic one. Before becoming a 1st world country (eg. Singapore), we have to pass the 2nd world stage (eg. Malaysia). […]

Chandra Arya Member of Parliament/Député – Nepean www.X.com/AryaCanada www.Facebook.com/ChandraAryaCanada Mr. Speaker, On behalf of Canada’s Sri Lankan diaspora, including both Sinhalese-Canadians and Tamil-Canadians, I extend heartfelt congratulations to Sri Lanka’s President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, and his progressive party, National People’s Power, on their historic majority in the parliamentary elections. This victory represents a mandate to […]

Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel –  Sri Lanka –  Solicitor England and Wales former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President Ambassador’s forum UK/SL A loud and clear mandate President AKD is in power only for a few weeks (just over 50 days) elected by the citizen with and unprecedented majority of the Parliament surprising the world […]

Dr. Punsara Amarasinghe Basis of Historical Movies Historical movies resonate with stories from the past for an audience watching them with a sense of awe after many years. The effect is gob-smacking when you see what you have fancied in your imagination on the silver screen as the events in history unveil how our world […]

Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan,  Dhaka, Bangladesh The Palestinian issue is a long-standing humanitarian crisis that has been going on for almost seven decades. The Palestinian people have been living under constant Israeli occupation, oppression, and illegal settlements. This crisis is not limited to Palestine and Israel; rather, it has become a global conscience call for international […]

Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan,  Dhaka, Bangladesh  The advancement of technology around the world and the widespread spread of social media have made our lives easier, and there has been a mobility in obtaining and spreading information. However, along with this convenience, a big challenge has also arisen – propaganda. Once the only source of information was […]

අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ. සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන 1. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරයෙකු ලෙස ප්‍රතිඥා/ දිව්රුම් නොදී මන්ත්‍රීවරු ලෙස තෝර පත්කර ගත් අයට කළ හැක්කේ කථානායකවරයා තෝරා ගැනීම පමණක් බව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 63වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ දක්වා ඇත. 2. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරු අතරින් අගමැති සහ අමාත්‍යවරු පත් කළ යුතු බව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 43.4 […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island * One-time LTTE mouthpiece TNA is no more * N & E Tamil speaking representation enhanced * Fresh look at Sarath Fonseka’s performance at 2010 Prez poll in North required The new government’s main challenge is ensuring the full implementation of the IMF-led post-Aragalaya economic recovery in line with the Economic […]

Lt Col.Anil Amarasekera.(Rtd) Let me take this opportunity to explain to you why the letter that was sent by me on behalf of the NJC is important. The letter only summarised the dangers of devolution as opposed to decentralization. What is written below will convince you that the President should not devolve power to the provinces as suggested in the NPP […]

Sunil Vijaya I just read the article – https://www.caorc.org/post/2019/06/10/ravanas-mechanical-flying-peacock and thought of clarifying some issues the article has raised. 1.  All these GODs in Hindu mythology were humans like you and me. but since they had superhuman, attributes, they became gods after their demise. 2. Ravana was never born in Lanka or Heladeepa – he was pure Indian […]

by A. Abdul Aziz, Sri Lankan Correspondent, Al Hakam – London. Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Fifth Khalifa) Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (,ay Allah be his Helper) in one of Friday Sermon , delivered at Masjid Mubarak, Islamabad, Tilford, UK, said that the Fazl Mosque in London, is significant because it was the first […]

CMISL President Kaushal Rajapaksa The Chamber of Marine Industries of Sri Lanka (CMISL) has congratulated President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the National People’s Power (NPP) on their success at the Parliamentary Election last week. This achievement reflects the collective aspirations of Sri Lankans for transformative leadership and a renewed focus on sustainable economic growth,” CMISL […]

By Alfred McCoy Courtesy TomDispatch Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony would persist to 2040 or 2050, he argued that the demise of the United States as the global superpower […]

 CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 20 (Daily Mirror) – Even though 70 percent of Sri Lankan Muslims voted for the National People’s Power (NPP) government, no Muslim representatives were included in the recent Cabinet appointments, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Kandy District candidate Rishad Mahroof said. Addressing the media at the […]

Aruni Samarakoon- University of Hull Courtesy Political Studies Association 20 November 2024 This blog article explores the transition from militant to non-militant revolutionary politics in Sri Lanka, within the context of the Global South. It will examine the emergence of revolutionary consciousness, the political developments and declines, and the subsequent re-emergence of that consciousness in […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, also known as Pilleyan, left the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) a short while ago after giving a 5-hour long statement about the controversial Channel 4 documentary on the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka. He arrived at the CID this morning (20) to provide […]

Courtesy Adaderana The stunning electoral sweep of the National People’s Power (NPP) led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is an earthquake in Sri Lankan politics”, says Erik Solheim, the former Norwegian peace facilitator in the island nation. The former diplomat also feels that the strong showing by the NPP in areas populated by Tamils, particularly […]

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