Author Archive for Forum & Letters

Seeds of Wisdom: Life Lessons from Ven. Soma Thera

Monday, December 9th, 2024

Upendra Jayasinghe When Ven. Soma Thera asked his pupils to go home and tell their fathers to stop drinking, my sister and I naively followed his advice, without any real expectation of success. To our surprise, it worked. From that day forward, our father never touched another drop of alcohol. Looking back, I realise how […]

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කොස්ගම ඇලට නිකරුනේ බිලි වුණු  ලන්ඩන් මහ කළු සිංහලයා 

Monday, November 25th, 2024

බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු ගාල්ලේ දෙව් සිරි පී. හේවාවිදාන ලන්ඩන් සිට ලියයි. Devsiri@hotmail.com  අවිස්සාවේල්ල කොස්ගම  තුන් මෝදර ඇල හරහා ධාවනය කළ ඩබල් කැප් රථයක් සැඩ පහරට අසුවී එහි සිටි ව්‍යා පා රිකවරයකු හා රියැදුරු අවා සනා වන්ත ලෙස  මියගිය පුවත පසුගිය බදා දා ලංකා වේ පුවත්පත්වලින් මා  දුටුවෙමි. නිකරුණේ වැ ස්සේ ඇලවල් තරණය කරන්නට ගො ස් අපරා […]

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About the article on Ravana

Wednesday, November 20th, 2024

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 […]

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The Bitter Truth:

Monday, November 18th, 2024

The Coalition for a Pro-Animal Protection Act – Sri Lanka 1) Draft Animal Welfare Bill 2) National Dog Spay and Rabies Eradication Programme 1) Draft Animal Welfare Bill By 2023 when the Draft Animal Welfare Bill was taken up for its first reading in Parliament, it has been made into a legal mess, denying legal […]

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Sri Lanka’s toxic dependence on tourism

Wednesday, November 6th, 2024

By Shiran Illanperuma On the 23rd of October, the United States embassy in Sri Lanka issued a travel advisory warning of a potential attack targeting tourist sites in Arugam Bay, a popular surfing destination in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. The embassies of the United Kingdom and Russia soon followed suit. Given the mysterious […]

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Wars must be stopped for ethical ground 

Wednesday, October 30th, 2024

Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan, Dhaka, Bangladesh 600 million women and children of the world have been affected by war, according to the United Nations. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said this at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. He also said that this number has increased by 50 percent in the last decade. This information is […]

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මැවුම් කරුගේ ආගම් රජයෙන් ඉවතට / සොබාදහමේ  දහම රජයට.

Saturday, September 14th, 2024

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න  මැවුම් කරු  විසින් හදා පාලනය කරන  විශ්වාසය මත පමණක් පදනම් වූ  ”ආගම් ”  කළමනා කරණය  හෝ පාලනයසඳහා මැවුම් කරු සිටී .ආණ්ඩුවට වඩා ඉහලින් ඒ සඳහා කෙනෙක් සිටියදී පහල මට්ටමේ ආයතනයක් ඒ  සඳහා  කුමටද.එනිසා එහිදී  ආණ්ඩුව ”අනාගමික ” විය යුතුය .නියමිත සර්ව බලධාරියා විසින් ඒ ”ආගම් ” ආරක්ෂා කරනු ඇත .එනිසා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවෙ  ඒ […]

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A Plea for the sake of our country

Tuesday, September 10th, 2024

A.Jayawardena. Americans wanted to spread their ideologies & gain power in some Muslim countries.  But Muslims  generally  abhor Americans.   It was a problem to get a foothold in those countries.   However Americans has a standard strategy.   Support the dissidents in that country.  The Muslim dissident groups were more radical and more opposed […]

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Women’s Empowerment Through Livelihood Development: A Sri Lankan Perspective

Wednesday, September 4th, 2024

By Nirmala Jayasundara When Lakshmi, a fictional character representing the many women in Sri Lanka, began selling vegetables from her home garden at the local market, she didn’t just supplement her family’s income, she sparked a transformation. This illustrative example reflects the broader trend of how women across Sri Lanka are taking charge of their […]

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“තිස්පන් ලක්ෂයක රැකියා සුරැකි ත්‍රෛපාර්ශවික එකඟතාවය” කෘතිය ජනගත වෙයි 

Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

කර්තෘ – ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මාධ්‍යවේදී ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ පොතේ නම – තිස්පන් ලක්ෂයක රැකියා සුරැකි ත්‍රෛපාර්ශවික එකඟතාවය කර්තෘ – ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මාධ්‍යවේදී ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ ප්‍රකාශක – දෙසරැස ප්‍රකාශකයෝ ජනගත කළ දිනය, ස්ථානය  – 2024.08.21, පොත් ප්‍රකාශයන්ගේ සංගමයේ ශ්‍රවනාගාරය , බත්තරමුල්ල පළමු පොත පිළිගැන්වූයේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා වෙත  ප්‍රධාන දේශනය – කම්කරු අමාත්‍යංශයේ හිටපු ලේකම් මහින්ද […]

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Eid-ul-Adha Sermon by Ahmadiyya Khalifa

Thursday, June 20th, 2024

by A. Abdul Aziz. Sri Lankan Correspondent Al Hakam, London. Condition for the acceptance of our sacrifices is righteousness: Ahmadiyya Khalifa delivers Eid al-Adha sermon 2024 (Given below is an excerpt of the Eid-ul-Adha Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, on 17th June, 2024, […]

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Pakistan: Police to Detain Ahmadi Leaders to Prevent Religious Observances

Saturday, June 15th, 2024

by A. Abdul Aziz.Sri Lankan Correspondent Al Hakam, London. On June 10, 2024, the Deputy Police Commissioner of Chakwal has issued orders to detain three Ahmadi Muslim leaders in order to prevent religious observances, which the officials claim are unlawful activities” that threaten public order.” They include President of Ahmadiyya Community District Chakwal Malik Naveed […]

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PAKISTAN: Bar Association Directs Police to Stop Ahmadi Muslims from Following Their Religious Beliefs

Friday, June 14th, 2024

by A. Abdul Aziz. Sri Lankan Correspondent Al Hakam, London. In the midst of a rash of lethal violence against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, the Lahore High Court Bar Association directed regional police officials to take legal action against Ahmadi Muslims gathering, observing and praying during Muslim Eid celebrations. In directives on 6 June 2024, […]

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PAKISTAN:  FATAL SHOOTING OF TWO AHMADIS IN OPEN DAYLIGHT

Tuesday, June 11th, 2024

by A. Abdul Aziz. Two Ahmadis were fatally shot on 8th June 2024 at Saad Ullah Pur, District Mandi Bahauddin. The victims were Ghulam Sarwar, Son of  Bashir Ahmed of 62 years of age and Mr. Rahat Ahmad Bajwa, Son of   Mushtaq Ahmad Bajwa of 30 years of age have been fatally shot around noon […]

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ASOKA WEERARATNA AND MAHINDA COLLEGE – NOSTALGIC MEMORIES

Friday, June 7th, 2024

by W.   P A N D I T A R A T N E    In the year 1942, Mahinda College, Galle was fifty years old and the Golden Jubilee celebration to commemorate its eventful history of the first twenty years at Pedlar Street in the Galle Fort, and the next thirty years in the […]

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ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නුතන කළමණාකරනයේ (Modern Management) පියා – ආචාර්ය D.S. බණ්ඩාරගේ  

Monday, May 27th, 2024

ජයවීර කුමාරසිංහ නිදහසට පෙර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ බහු ජාතික සමාගම් වල ජ්‍යෙෂ්ට විධායක නිලතල හොබවනු ලැබුවේ සුදු ජාතිකයන් පමණි. එවන් වකවානුවක, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ෂෙල් බහු ජාතික සමාගමේ (Shell Company of Ceylon) පිරිස් පාලන අධ්‍යක්ෂ, සුදු ජාතික, සෙන්පති WHS බිඉංග් මහතා, එවකට නිදහස ලබා ගැනීමට ඉතා ආසන්නව සිටී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියෙක් තම සමාගමේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ට විධායක කළමනාකරණ තනතුරකට […]

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May 27 – Khilafat Day. 116th Anniversary of Ahmadiyya Khilafat (Re-establishment of Spiritual Leadership in Islam) Entering into covenant of allegiance to the Khilafat becomes imperative, because it provide unity, security, solidarity and progress.

Sunday, May 26th, 2024

By A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka. At the death of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the Muslims lost not only their Prophet but also their spiritual, religious and political leader. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) had not designated any successor during his own lifetime and the young Muslim community could not possibly survive […]

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An open letter to Sinha Ratnatunga Editor of the Sunday Times

Thursday, May 9th, 2024

By C.A.Chandraprema Dear Sinha,The 57th session of the Human Rights Council is to be held from 9 September 2024 to 9 October 2024. Under the provisions of resolution 51/1 which was passed against Sri Lanka in October 2022, the UN Human Rights Commissioner is due to present a written update on the situation of human […]

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Nagapattinam was a major centre of Buddhism in South India

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Chudamani Vihara, Nagapattinam Colombo, May 7: The passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tami Nadu and Kankesanthurai (KKS) near Jaffna, which was launched in October 2023, will resume on May 13, the Indian High Commission in Colombo has said. Sri Lankan Buddhists would be interested to know that Nagapattinam was among the […]

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මා අසාර්ථක අයෙක්.. විදේශයකදී මියයාම හොදයි..- නලින්ද සිල්වා වේලාසන ලියලා..

Saturday, May 4th, 2024

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් තමන් විදේශයකදී මිය යාමට වඩා කැමති බවත් එවිට බොරුවට මුහුණ පෙන්වීමට ඇතැමුන් තම මළගමට නොඑනු ඇති බවත් මහාචාර්ය නලින්ද සිල්වා මහතා සඳහන් කර ඇත. ඊයේ දිනයේ ඇමරිකාවේදී අභාවප්‍රාප්ත වූ ඒ මහතා විසින් රචනා කරන ලද ලිපියක මේ සඳහන් කර ඇත්තේ 2019 වසරේදීය. අදාළ සම්පූර්ණ ලිපිය මෙසේය. ***** නික්ම යෑමට පෙර […]

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Academics, Art Historians & Ethereal Aesthetes: Know Your Money, Materials, Machines & Machinations!

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

By Kanishka Hevavisenthi (A review of: ‘Between Abstraction & Empathy in Sarath Chandrajeewa’s Visual Paraphrases’ by Santhushya Fernando, Laleen Jayamanne and Sumathy Sivamohan) ‘In the early 1950s… the US government passed a law which allowed income-tax relief to any citizen giving a work of art to an US museum: the relief was immediate, but the […]

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BRIEF HISTORY OF TAMILS

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

L.K.N. PERERA  ( LL.B Cey)  Attorney at law,    L.K.N. PERERA  ( LL.B Cey)  Attorney at law,  Labour Consultant, Ex-Senior Deputy  Registrar, Supreme Court,   Ex Judicial Officer,Ex-President. Lanka Academic Association , Ex Director Waste Management Authority, Co -Chairma- Seruvila  Mangala Maha Chaityawardena  Samitiya .   Advisory Committee Member of All Ceylon Buddhist Congress. Co-Founder Kataragama  Wallimathagama […]

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PERSECUTION OF AHMADIS IN PAKISTAN CONTINUES.

Friday, April 5th, 2024

By A. Abdul Aziz. Source: Ahmadiyya Muslim Foreign Missions Office, U.K. Persecution of Ahmadis | PDF to Flipbook (heyzine.com)

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මී වන කල්ලියේ ආචාර්ය මහාචාර්යවරු දැන් කියන කතා |

Saturday, March 30th, 2024

Neth Fm Balumgala

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Ahmadiyya Founder’s Day – March 23

Tuesday, March 26th, 2024

by A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary AMJSL All praise belongs to Allah, who enabled us to become Ahmadi Muslims and it is He alone that we worship. We believe, just like all other Muslims, that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is the greatest of all the prophets and Khatamun-nabiyyeen (seal of Prophets), Allah gave him […]

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මඩකලපුවේ හාමුදුරුවන්ගේ යෝධ වැඩපිළිවෙල බුදු සසුනට පූජා කරයි

Tuesday, March 26th, 2024

Ven. Ampitiye Sumanarathana Thero පූජ්‍ය අම්පිටියේ සුමරතන නාහිමිපාණන් වහන්සේගේ සංකල්පයකට අනුව සහ උන්වහන්සේගේ 54 වන ජන්ම දිනයට සමගාමීව විහාරස්ථානයට ප්‍රවිෂ්ට වන මාර්ගය ජන සතු කොට පූජා කිරීම සහ අභිනවයෙන් ඉදිකරනු ලැබූ සංඝාවාසය සඟ සතු කොට පූජා කිරීමේ මහෝත්සවය. ✅මේ සඳහා සහය දුන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද හමුදාව, ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොලිසිය, ශ්‍රී ලංකා සිවිල් ආරක්ෂක බලකාය සහ […]

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Global Muslim Leader Calls For Ceasefire In Gaza And Ukraine, Says Privileged Nations Are Wielding Their Veto ‘Like A Trump Card’

Saturday, March 16th, 2024

 by A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka. Where a veto power exists, the scales of justice can never be balanced” – Ahmadiyya Head. According to our Press Department, U.K., on 9 March 2024, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered […]

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A century of faith and progress in Ghana:

Friday, March 8th, 2024

by A. Abdul Aziz Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso, and Togo in the north, Ghana covers an area of 239,567 km2 (92,497 sq mi), spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With over 32 million inhabitants, […]

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සමහර මාසවල ගෙවල්කුලී ගෙවලා අපි බඩගින්නෙ ඉන්නවා|ඇස් දෙකම නොපෙනෙන කැම්පස් ජෝඩුව ජීවත් වෙන්න ගහන ගේම

Friday, March 1st, 2024

DIYESA TV ඇස් දෙකම නොපෙනෙන කැම්පස් ජෝඩුව ජීවත් වෙන්න ගහන ගේම සමහර මාසවල ගෙවල්කුලී ගෙවලා අපි බඩගින්නෙ ඉන්නවා දෑස් දෙකම නොපෙනී කාටවත්ම බරක් නොවී ජීවිතේ ගොඩදාගන්න මාර ගේමක් ගහන කැම්පස් ජෝඩුව.. ඔවුන්ව සම්බන්ද කර ගැනීම සඳහා අමතන්න.. 077 2577868 ගිණුම් අංක 032200267681312 I.H.D.N tharunethmi මහජන බැංකුව මාතර උයන්වත්ත ශාඛාව

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‘May the world come to look towards Ghana and the African nations as the beacons of justice, truth and morality’: Ahmadiyya Khalifa delivers concluding address at  Ahmadiyya Convention Ghana 2024

Wednesday, February 28th, 2024

By A. Abdul Aziz Over 40000 attended this three day Convention.  Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad,   Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim (may Allah be his Helper), conducted the concluding session from the Masroor Hall, Islamabad, UK, for the Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana ) Ghana 2024 on last Saturday. With the grace of Allah, the Ahmadiyya […]

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