Professor Nishan C. Wijesinha  I must start off with the captioning of this phrase “that The name Lankawa was a direct imprint by Lord Buddha Himself”; through His doctrinal and philosophical declaration of the Lankawathara Suthraya from the top of Mount Sri Pada. It should be pointed out here, by me, that, although, through the […]

Courtesy Adaderana There are endless things to consider when moving to another country. What is the culture like? How easy is it to find work? How are the transport links? How happy are the locals? And for families hoping to move abroad, there are even more questions – think safety, healthcare, or education systems, for […]

Professor Nishan C.  Wijesinha  (Professor German School of Medicine) Concerning the above post elephants and the plantations  Posted on March 3rd, 2025 Otara Gunawardene personally contacted me through Instagram and thanked me for having highly esteemed her; but she is not willing to take on any projects of such nature,now as she has finished her […]

Fly with Yenu

by, Professor Nishan C. Wijesinha Firstly I should start off by saying that “people are with many grievances”; but they are walking through the passages of political and media, popular propaganda. To my knowledge, these are all-time-related fake visuals.  For example on the 21st of February 2025, at Samanthurai during this paddy harvest season; hundreds […]

Fight to Freedom

සාකච්චා කලේ සමන්ති පෙරේරා ප්‍රශ්නය : වෘත්තියෙන් වෛද්‍යවරයෙකු වන ඔබ කටුවන රජක කුලයේ ඉතිහාසය පිලිබඳව හදාරන්නේ ඇයි  පිළිතුර ; හම්බන්තොට කටුවන රජක කුලයේ වර්තමාන සාමාජිකයෙකු වන මට හිතුනා අපේ පරම්පරාවේ අතීතය ගැන හොයන්න. අපේ පරම්පරාව ශත වර්ෂ  ගානක් ජීවත් උනේ මේ ප්‍රදේශයේ. අපේ පරම්පරාවෙන් පරම්පරාවට උරුම වෙච්ච කතන්තර සිදුවීම් තියනවා. ඒවා ලේඛනගත කිරීමයි මගේ වෑයම. ප්‍රශ්නය ; ඔබගේ පරම්පරාවේ ඉතිහාසය […]

By Shiran Illanperuma Courtesy Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Positioned at the geographic and political heart of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is the epicentre of the 21st century struggle for regional influence. On 23 September 2024, Anura Kumara Dissanayake (referred to locally as AKD) was sworn in as the 9th executive President of the […]

Courtesy 1News One of the most notable New Zealand self-help books of last year was by Auckland-based psychiatrist and sleep specialist Dr Tony Fernando. ‘Life Hacks from the Buddha: How to be calm and content in a chaotic world’ does what it promises, presenting ancient Buddhist wisdom in bite-sized hacks, easily applicable to modern life. […]

රේඩි අනන්ඩා  විමර්ශන රේඩි අනන්ඩා පසුගිය දශක ගණනාවක් තිස්සේ ලෝකයේ බලගතු අධිරාජ්‍යවාදි රටවල් විසින් ජාන ඉංජිනේරුකරණය, කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය සහ රෝබෝ තක්ෂණය, භූ ඉංජිනේරුකරණය, කාලගුණය සහ දේශගුණය වෙනස් කිරීම, නියුරෝන විද්‍යාව ඇතුළු විවිධ ක්ෂේත්‍රයන් ගණනාවක් තුළ දැනුම සහ තාක්ෂණය ඇදහිය නොහැකි තරම් මට්ටමකට වර්ධනය කර තිබේ. අද ලොව පුරා වාණිජ මට්ටමින් භාවිතා වන අන්තර්ජාලය එක්සත් ජනපදය […]

by, Professor Nishan C. Wijesinha The ritual at Mount Arafat, known as the hill of mercy, is considered the peak of the Hajj pilgrimage. It is often the most memorable for pilgrims, who stand together asking God for mercy, blessings, prosperity and good health. The hill is about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Mecca. […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan Germany’s political landscape is undergoing a seismic shift as the Bundestag has been officially dissolved triggering snap elections that could reshape the nation’s future.  President Frank-Walter Steinmeier made the dramatic announcement on December 27, 2024 marking a critical moment in German Democratic history. The dissolution follows Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unexpected loss of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Twenty second death anniversary of Deshabandu Alec Robertson falls on the 31st of December, 2024. His passing away was widely lamented by all Sri Lankans as well as his numerous foreign friends and acquaintances who had at some time or other benefitted from his guidance, friendship and exemplary life, and […]

Courtesy Adaderana Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle, the boy once known as Baby 81” is now a 20-year-old dreaming of higher education. Jayarasa Abilash’s story symbolised that of the families torn apart by one of […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan The Balkans are steeped in history and very much in the middle of today’s geopolitical great game and are aware of the destabilizing Balkan wars of the late 20th century, and are surely aware of the spark that started World War I, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, Serbia, leading […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]