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Ayubowan : May You Enjoy a Long Life Lankaweb is Sri Lanka's first Social Media -Social Cloud Web site in its true sense. It's a fusion of sociology and technology, transforming monologues (one to many) into dialogues (many to many) and is the democratization of information, transforming people from content readers into publishers Express Your Opinion - Read What Others Say! The Independent Interactive Voice of Sri Lanka on the Internet for more than 17 years. Lankaweb Social Media - Tools that allow sharing of information and creation of communities through on line network of people. Today we can post, we can view, we can share and we can comment. Lankaweb.com provides hyperlinks to other news sources for your convenience. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to Lankaweb.com, you do so entirely on your own responsibility .DISCLAIMER We believe in Free Speech, Right of Expression that Creates Platform for Dialogue. Therefore we do not moderate every comment posted on this web site. Once filtered through the initial registration process, any subsequent comments can be posted directly on the website to make it truly interactive. However, any abusive comments will be deleted forthwith and contributor’s membership will be cancelled immediately. Three events of the thirties that made the post-independent era -- Part 1H. L. D. Mahindapala H. L. D. Mahindapala Taking an overview of the 20th century it can be argued that the seeds of the major forces that shaped the political landscape of post-independent era were sown in the thirties. Three events in particular stand out from the thirties as defining points of departure from the semi-feudal, semi-colonial, semi-capitalist past into the tumultuous future struggling to be born: 1. democratisation of the political system under the Donoughmore Constitution with universal franchise in 1931 -- a daring political experiment which was unique for the time: it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/20)අධිවේගී මාර්ග සම්බන්ධයෙන් නව සමාගමක්මාර්ග සංවර්ධන සේවක සංගමය අග‍්‍රාමාත්‍ය, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අරලියගහ මන්දිරය, කොළඹ-01. අධිවේගී මාර්ග සම්බන්ධයෙන් නව සමාගමක් පිහිටුවීම පිළිබදව මාර්ග සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය යටතේ ඒකකයක් ලෙස දැනට පවතින අධිවෙගී මාර්ග මෙහෙයුම් අංශය හා අධිවෙගී මාර්ග ඉදිකිරීම් ව්‍යාපෘතින් සියල්ලම මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරය යටතේ වෙනමම සමාගමක් වශයෙන් පිහිටුවීමට කැබිනට් අනුමැතිය ලබා දී ඇති බවට අප සංගමය වෙත දැන ගැණිමට ලැබී ඇත. 1986 වර්ෂයේ සිට ජාතික මහා මාර්ග පද්ධතිය නඩත්තු කිරීම හා නව මහා මාර්ග ඉදි කිරීම මාර්ග සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය වෙත ව්‍යවස්ථාපිතවම පැවරී ඇති අතර එකී වගකීම මාර්ග සංවවර්ධන අධිකාරිය විසින් ඉටු කරමින් පවතිද්දී ඒ සදහා වෙනම තවත් සමාගමක් පිහිටුවීම තුලින් අධිවෙගී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/20)Female arrested for making defamatory remarks against CardinalSheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror A 43-year-old woman was arrested for making defamatory remarks against Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith in a video uploaded to social media, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said. The suspect was arrested in Battaramulla. He said the video also contained content that arouse hatred between Buddhist and Catholic communities. “She is to be produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate tomorrow,” DIG Rohana said. The Criminal Investigation Department is carrying out further inquiry into the incident.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/20)Rishad will appear openly after October 20 - ACMCCourtesy Adaderana The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) says its leader MP Rishad Bathiudeen will appear publicly after the 20th of October. The Deputy Leader of ACMC, Attorney-at-Law N.M. Shaheed stated this holding a press conference today (18). https://youtu.be/86fzL-IaKEY On October 15, MP Bathiudeen filed a writ application through his lawyer, seeking an order from the Court of Appeal to prevent his arrest. The writ application has also been fixed for support on the 20th of October before Appeals Court justices Kumudini Wickramasinghe and Sobhitha Rajakaruna. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/20)Brandix cluster : Another 39 tested positive for Covid-19, cluster increased to 2,075Courtesy Hiru News Another 39 from Minuwangoda Brandix cluster tested positive for Covid-19; Among them 13 are from quarantine centres 26 are close contacts. Accordingly, the number of infected people in the Brandix coronavirus cluster increased to 2075.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/20) Boossa Prison named as High Security Prison (Video)Courtesy Hiru News The Boossa Prison was officially designated as a High Security Prison this morning (18) by the Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya. https://youtu.be/ey5mXLlUt6A... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/20)1987 Indo-Lanka Accord says NOTHING about Devolution or 13th amendmentBy shenali Waduge The Indo-Lanka Accord was signed on 29 July 1987 in Colombo under emergency while the 13thAmendment to Sri Lanka’s constitution was passed on 14 November 1987.Does the Indo-Lanka Accord mention, amending Sri Lanka’s Constitution? No.Does the text of the Indo-Lanka Accord have even the mention of ‘devolution’? No.There is no mention of constitutional amendment or devolution even in the exchange of letters between President J R Jayawardena or PM Rajiv Gandhi. More importantly,the Accord and the letters only mention North East provinces a system for these two provinces only.Then what... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)Valorising mythology to invalidate known historyBy Rohana R. Wasala Feisal Mansoor (‘Muslims and ban on cattle slaughter’/The Island/October 9, 2020) opens his piece with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi, obviously taken from the web: “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” However, there is some doubt about the authenticity of that alleged Gandhi quote because it is not traceable to his writings or his speeches according to quote-researchers; besides, he was usually better known for his great concern for the weak members of the human society than for animals. But even... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)Reform of State Enterprises in Sri Lanka – Revival through a Singapore model to stop the haemorrhaging?By Raj Gonsalkorale 55 largest SOEs delivered net Return on Assets (ROA) of only 0.64% in 2017. The combined losses among the loss-making entities reached Rs.87bn in 2017 compared to Rs.42bn in 2016. Some are in deep trouble. The Petroleum Corporation carries a negative equity. Sheer incompetence and corruption have pushed Sri Lankan Airlines close to financial collapse. Central budget support to SOEs amounted to Rs.41bn in 2017. The reports of COPE and the Auditor General highlight repeated instances of fraud, mismanagement, corruption and negligence. The issues no longer appear to be isolated incidents of opportunistic behaviour by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)විදෙස් සේවයට පත් වූ නව රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික නිලධාරීන් සිව් දෙනෙක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා හමුවෙතිඅග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය විදෙස් සේවයට පත් වූ නව රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික නිලධාරීන් සිව් දෙනෙක් අද 2020.10.16 පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා හමු වූහ. නිව්යෝර්ක් හි එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නිත්‍ය නියෝජිත ලෙස පත් කළ මොහාන් පීරිස් මහතා, චීනයේ නව තානාපති ආචාර්ය පාලිත කොහොන මහතා, ජපානයේ නව තානාපති සාජිව් ගුණසේකර මහතා හා ජිනීවා හි ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නිත්‍ය නියෝජිත සී. ඒ. චන්ද්‍රපේම මහතා මෙසේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා හමුවූහ. විදෙස් තානාපති සේවයට යන රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික නියෝජිතයින්ට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මෙහිදී සුබ පැතුම් එක් කළේය. නව පත්වීම් ලද මෙම රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)Sri Lanaka's ambassador designate to Japan, China and designated representatives to UN mission in New York and Geneva paid a courtesy call on HE Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prime Minister todayPrime Minister’s Media Unit Permanent Representative-designate of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York Mr. Mohan Peiris paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this afternoon at Temple Trees. Ambassador-designate to China Dr. Palitha Kohona paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this afternoon at Temple Trees. Permanent Representative-designate of Sri Lanka to Geneva Mr. C.A. Chandraprema paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this afternoon at Temple Trees. Ambassador-designate to Japan Mr. Sajiv Gunasekara paid a courtesy call on Prime... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)India gives go-ahead to domestic trial of Russia’s pioneering ‘Sputnik V’ Covid-19 vaccineCourtesy RT India’s vaccines regulator has given the green light for a clinical study of the Russia-developed Covid-19 vaccine. Similar trials of the formulation are underway in Russia itself and in some other nations. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), a department in India’s drug regulator that is responsible for licensing vaccines, has given its approval for a domestic clinical study of the Russian candidate vaccine dubbed “Sputnik V,” Indian and Russian partners have announced in a joint statement. The“multi-center and randomized controlled study”will be conducted by Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, a Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical giant.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)China will be the only major economy to see growth this year as world braces for long recovery from Covid-19 crisis – IMFCourtesy RT With most of the world facing a deep recession due to the coronavirus pandemic, China will be the only major economy to climb back from the depths of the historic crisis in 2020, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Despite the reopening of economies, global growth is projected to contract by 4.4 percent, the IMF said in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report published earlier this week. While the outlook signals an upward revision of 0.8 percent compared to the body’s previous forecast, this year still marks the worst crisis since... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)China is a True Friend, not a gift horseN.A.de S. AMARATUNGA Courtesy The Island Epithets like “Trojan Horse” and “Greeks bearing gifts” have been used to refer to offers of assistance by foreign countries to Sri Lanka, when the country is battling a Covid second wave and an economic crisis (The Island 12.10.2020). “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” is an apt repartee that comes to mind at this hour of need. A friend in need is a friend indeed. But there is nothing called a free lunch. Beggars can’t be choosers may be too harsh for us. Poor Sri Lanka has asked for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)ඇහෙලේ පොළ කුමාරිහාමි මාවත දැන් කෝ | Where is Ahele Pola Kumari Hami Mawatha nowCeylon Diary - Official Channel https://youtu.be/CMvX21eqhM0 ඇහෙලේ පොළ කුමාරිහාමි මාවත දැන් කෝ | වීදි හා රටේ නොයෙකුත් ස්ථාන හා නම් වෙනස් කිරීමෙන් අයුක්තිය නිවැරදි කළ නොහැකිද ? ''වීදි නම් නගරයක භාෂාවේ හෝ අතීත සංස්කෘතියේ කොටසක් බවට පත්විය යුතුය. එවිට එය ජනතාවගේ මනෝභාවයේ කොටසක් බවට පත්වී දේශානුරාගය ද ඉන් වැඩිවේ'' -පාලිත ආරියරත්න 1: Picture Courtesy: Sinhala epic historical film directed by Sugath Samarakoon and produced by Gayan Ranadheera for Rupun Filmsi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahelepo... 2:ඇහැළේපොළ කුමාරිහාමිගේ අවතාරය. මට දෙතුන් සැරයක් ත‍්‍රීවිල් එක එලවද්දී මුණ ගැහිලා තියෙනවා – ත්‍රිරෝද රථ රියදුරා කියු ඇඟ කිළි පොළා යන කතාව:... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)Sustainability begins with conserving our ancient village water resourcesBy Suryamithra Vishwa/DailyFT-Harmony Page Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Sri Lankan development specialists have not concentrated enough on the indigenous hydraulic civilization which had been the envy of the world. One of the problems of modernity could be that we have approached the concept of development totally forgetting or denouncing and being apathetic to our ancient wisdom, indigenous culture and traditional knowledge. We thereby have a kind of life that we have built for ourselves that gathers vast information separated from a holistic core as our ancestors had. We have discarded the salient truth... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)Brandix cluster crosses 2,000 cases, with another 42 tested positive for coronavirusCourtesy Hiru News Another 42 from Minuwangoda Brandix cluster tested positive for Covid-19; Among them 22 are from quarantine centres 20 are close contacts. Therefore, with 115 new cases being reported from the Brandix Corona cluster in Minuwangoda today, the number of cases reported from that cluster has crossed the 2000 mark. At present the number of infected cases reported from Minuwangoda Covid cluster is 2014. br /> br />The total number of coronavirus infections reported in the country is currently 5,475. https://youtu.be/TiIsMSdFjQQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)SL born lawyer Vanushi elected New Zealand MPCourtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lankan born Vanushi Walters of New Zealand's Labour Party has won the race to be Upper Harbour MP in northwest Auckland, taking over from retiring National MP Paula Bennett, Stuff. CO. NZ reported today. She claimed a narrow victory over National candidate Jake Bezzant, a former tech company chief executive and cricketer for Hamilton, receiving 14,142 votes to Bezzant’s 12,727. During the campaign, Walters, a board member of Amnesty International, said she was passionate about the electorate because of its “diverse” and “warm” communities. Upper Harbour covers the north-western... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)Present Covid cases not random but linked to factory cluster: PavithraSheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Covid-19 cases, reported at present are not random cases but in someway linked to the Minuwangoda factory cluster, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said yesterday. She said it was true that cases were reported from several areas in the country but each case had either direct or indirect links to some of the positive cases of the Minuwangoda cluster. “Therefore, reports that cases are reported here and there randomly, are not just and correct,” she stressed. Minister Wanniarachchi also said they were doing their best to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)Zahran planned to launch Easter attack using 20 bombers, PCoI hearsCourtesy Adaderana The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) looking into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks heard that the ringleader of the carnage Zahran Hashim had planned to launch the attack using 20 suicide bombers. This was revealed by a police officer attached to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID)’s team probing the Easter Sunday attacks. https://youtu.be/ECtvBQCttUI Testifying before the panel yesterday (16), the police officer in question has stated that the relevant piece of information came to light while interrogating a member of Zahran’s group who was arrested after the coordinated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)Special probe to trace Minuwangoda Covid-19 cluster’s originCourtesy Adaderana A special probe has been launched with the State Intelligence Service (SIS) officers to uncover the origin of the Covid-19 cluster linked to the Brandix apparel factory in Minuwangoda, says Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana. https://youtu.be/Af7YsAeYnzI He commented that the all of the recently-identified novel coronavirus cases were traced to the Minuwangoda cluster, however, it is still a question as to how the Brandix employees contracted the virus. Hence, an investigation, assisted by health authorities and Sri Lanka Police, is being carried out to trace the root of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)PCR test mandatory before flying abroadCourtesy Adaderana It has been made mandatory for all air passengers to undergo a PCR test before departing from Sri Lanka, stated the Airport Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd (AASL). https://youtu.be/CAMfhT3KyNo The company states that passengers must undergo the test within 72 hours of their departure time. This decision will be in effect from 6.00 pm this evening (17), AASL said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/20)Indian morality is fuelled by Tamil humbuggeryH. L. D. Mahindapala The Indian Government has repeatedly intervened in the domestic affairs of Sri Lanka based on the assumption that the policies of Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) needs correction by the Big Brother, using the cane if necessary. This interventionist policy continues to prevail even though the overall Indian experience as a regional power has proved that it is not the best policy for building up trust and easing tensions and confrontations among neighbours. In the latest summit between the two heads of statesPrime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse the usual interventionist... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/20)විදේශගත ශ්‍රී ලාංකේයන්ට ඡන්ද අයිතිය ලැබෙන මැතිවරණ නීති සංශෝධනයට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා තේරීම් කාරක සභාවක් යෝජනා කරයිඅග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය විදේශගත ශ්‍රී ලාංකේයන්ට ඡන්ද අයිතිය ලබාදීම ඇතුළු මැතිවරණ නීති සංශෝධනයට අවශ්‍ය තේරීම් කාරක සභාවක් ඉදිරියේදී යෝජනා කරන බව ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අද 2020.10.16 දින පැවැසීය. මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාවේ උපාය මාර්ගික සැලසුම් පිළිබඳ සාකච්ඡාවක් අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ පැවැති අවස්ථාවේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. මෙම හමුවේදීකරුණු පැහැදිලි කළ මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපති මහින්ද දේශප්‍රිය මහතා 2020-2024 මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාවේ උපාය මාර්ගික සැලසුමට අදාළව මැතිවරණ නීති සංශෝධනය වීම අත්‍යවශ්‍ය කරුණක් බව පෙන්වා දුන්නේය. මැතිවරණයට අදාළ ඇප මුදල් සංශෝධනය කිරීම, මැතිවරණය පැවැත්වෙන දිනයේ ඡන්දය දැමීමට නොහැකි පුද්ගලයන් වෙනුවෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/20)දරිද්‍රතාව තුරන් කිරීම පිළිබඳ ජාත්‍යන්තර දින පණිවිඩයමහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සංවර්ධනයට අනුව දරිද්‍රතා රේඛාවට පහළින් ජීවත් වන ජනතාවගේ ගැටලු කෙරෙහි අවධානය යොමු කිරීමේ අරමුණින් දරිද්‍රතාව තුරන් කිරීම සඳහා වූ ජාත්‍යන්තර දිනය ඔක්තෝබර් 17 වන දින ලෝකය පුරා සමරනු ලබයි. 1987 ඔක්තෝබර් 17 දා දරිද්‍රතාවයට එරෙහි ලෝක කම්කරු දිනයක් පැරීසියේ සමරනු ලැබීය. එහිදී ලෝක ජනගහනයෙන් දිළිඳුබවක් දක්වන, දිළිඳුබවට ගොඳුරු වී ඇති හා අනෙකුත් දරිද්‍රතා ගැටළු පිළිබඳව අවධානය යොමු වූ අතර දරිද්‍රතාවයේ ගැටලු පිළිබඳව සිහිපත් කරමින් සෑම වසරකම එම රැස්වීම පැවැත්විණි. දරිද්‍රතාවය යනු මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් උල්ලංඝනය කිරීමක් බව එහිදී ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කළ අතර එතැන් පටන් දරිද්‍රතාවයේ රැළිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/20)නැගෙනහිර තෘණ භුමි ඉල්ලීම් වල සුල මුල කුමක්ද ?සුර්ය වංශ රත්න විභූෂණ පාලිත ආරියරත්න සෙන්කඩගල සිංහ ද්වාරයේ සිට මගේ අවධාරනයට යොමුවූ දිවයින පත්‍රයේ උපුටා ගත් ලිපිය : ජාතීන් අනුව ඉඩම් මායිම් වෙන් කිරීම වත්මන් රජයේ මෙන්ම තමාගේ ද ප‍්‍රතිපත්තිය නොවන බව නැෙඟනහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාර අනුරාධා යහම්පත් මහත්මිය ඊයේ (14 දා* දෙමළ සන්ධාන පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රීවරුන් හමුවේ අවධාරණය කළාය. සිංහල දමිළ හෝ මුස්ලිම් යනුවෙන් ඉඩම් වෙන් කිරීමක් සිදුව නොමැති බව පෙන්වා දුන් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරිය දේශපාලන අරමුණු වෙනුවෙන් එවැනි වෙන් කිරීම් සිදු කිරීමට උත්සාහ නොකරන බව ද මෙහිදී අවධාරණය කළාය. මඩකලපුවල අම්පාර දිස්ත‍්‍රික් දෙක මායිම්ව පිහිටි දිවුලපතාන ප‍්‍රදේශයේ ඉඩම් කෘෂිකර්මාන්තය සඳහා ජනතාවට ලබාදීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/20)කොවිඩ් -19 රොගින්ගේ ප්‍රතිකාර සඳහා දේශියව නිමැවු සෞඛ්‍ය අංශයේ නව නිර්මාණ ‍ගම්පහා සහ වැලිසර රෝහල් වෙත ප්‍රදානය කරයිමාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය - නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, තාක්ෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යංශය නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, තාක්ෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යංශය යටතේ පවතින ශ්‍රී ලංකා නව නිපැයුම්කරුවන්ගේ කොමිසමේ මග පෙන්වීම යටතේ කොවිඩ් -19 රෝගය පැතිරවීම අවම කිරීම සදහා සහ ඔවුන්ගේ ප්‍රතිකාර වෙනුවෙන් දේශිය නව නිර්මාණකරැවන් විසින් නිෂ්පාදනය කල නව නිර්මාණ රාශියක් අද දින නාරාහේන්පිට පිහිටි නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය පුහුණු අමාත්‍යංශයේදී හදුන්වාදෙන ලදි. නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, තාක්ෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය ඇමතිනී සීතා අරඹේපොල මහත්මිය මෙම නව නිෂ්පාදන පරීක්ෂා කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව ගම්පහ දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ කොවිඩ් - 19 මර්ධන සටනට සෘජුවම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/20)20වන සංශශෝධනය හමුශේ නව දේශපාලනයක් සඳහා ජනතාව විසින් පත්කළ වයවස්ථාදායකය ශක්තිමත්ව කටයුතු කළ යුතුයි.මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශය: තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ වෘත්තීයවේදීන්ගේ සංසදය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/20)An adventure through Sri Lanka, the ‘land of serendipity’.Courtesy  SPEAR'S Sri Lanka has recovered before, from colonial rule and civil war. As the country’s vital tourism industry prepares to leap back into life, Andrew Harris recalls his pre-lockdown adventure in the land of serendipity Oblivious to the pandemic that was on the way, I had only a darting mongoose, a parading peacock and an Olympic-sized pool for company. In such surroundings, surrender to an off-grid tropical afternoon is inevitable. Eschewing Sri Lanka’s famous sinews of sand, I’d headed straight for the hills. The mongoose and peacock were waiting inside... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/20)Exploring the rivers and rainforests of Sri LankabyStephanie Takyi London courtesy https://www.standard.co.uk/ Planning a long haulescape for when things (finally) open up again?Stephanie Takyigets lost in the lush landscapes of this unique South Asian island Sri Lanka has long been a destination for travellers seeking escapism. This small beautiful island, situated south of India, is larger than life with idyllic beaches, sprawling tea plantations and exquisite properties that have the luxury credentials to rival any major city in the world. There are plenty of towns hidden away from the well-trodden tourist paths of Sri Lanka. One is Piliyandala, where you’ll find... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/20)Probes led by IP Nishantha Silva received support from LTTE-linked NGOs: Fmr. PrezYoshitha Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) linked to the LTTE assisted the investigations conducted by former CID IP Nishantha Silva, who fled the country last year, former President Maithripala Sirisena informed the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks. Testifying before the Commission on Wednesday, the former President said that several Buddhist monks, military and intelligence officers had complained against IP Nishantha Silva's investigations. "As the President, I had to decide whether I'm allowing IP Silva to carry out those investigations. Most of the people complained that the investigations led by him... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/20)India’s counter-terrorist force trained MR's security personnel: Force ChiefCourtesy The Daily Mirror India's federal counter-terrorist force NSG has trained a select group of personnel who protect Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, the chief of the commando force said on Friday. According to Economic Times, NSG director general (additional charge) S S Deswal said this in his address on the occasion of the force's 36th Raising Day. He said the force has acquired the most modern weapons and equipment to distinguish itself as a "world class zero-error force". "The NSG close protection force has trained 21 personnel of Sri Lanka's PM security... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/20)Minuwangoda Covid-19 cluster expands with 49 fresh casesCourtesy Adaderana The Minuwangoda Covid-19 cluster has confirmed 49 more positive cases this evening (16), says the Commander of Sri Lanka Army, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva. Thirty-five of them have been identified as apparel factory workers and contacts who are in quarantine centers. The remaining 14 are contacts of Covid-19 positive patients from the cluster, according to reports. Sri Lanka registered 110 novel coronavirus infections so far within the day. Thereby, the total number of Covid-19 cases reported from the Minuwangoda cluster has soared to 1,899.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/20)CID records statements from Sajith regarding RishadCourtesy Adaderana Three days have passed since the Attorney General directed the Police to arrest MP Rishad Bathiudeen, however the investigation officers are yet to locate him. https://youtu.be/j-njOglhg9o The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) meanwhile recorded statements from Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and MP Rauff Hakeem with regard to the phone conversations they have had with the parliamentarian. They also recorded a statement from MP Bathiudeen’s wife at their residence in Colombo last evening (15). However, she has told the investigating officers that the parliamentarian had not kept in touch with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/20)‘Podi Lassie’ granted bailCourtesy Adaderana Notorious underworld figure Janith Madushanka, operating under the alias ‘Podi Lassie’, who was arrested and remanded for threatening the VIPs, has been granted bail. https://youtu.be/Rgx3GdaE9SU However, he will continue to be held by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on detention orders. The Galle Magistrate delivered the order when the suspect was produced before court today (16). During the proceeding, it was revealed in open court that ‘Podi Lassie’ had used cosmetic products which weighed up to 5kg in total, while in remand custody at the high-security... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/20)Is Moragoda doctrine clashing with Gotabaya Doctrine?By shenali Waduge What is this ‘creative balance equilibrium in Sri Lanka’s favor’ that the Moragoda Doctrine espouses to achieve?Exactly how many votes would the Moragoda Doctrine have delivered to Gotabaya Rajapakse or the SLPP had that been the basis of their election manifestos election campaigns?While Moragoda is the head of Pathfinder, the very organization that is promoting the implementation of the MCC, advocated via its Post-Covid Economic Proposal, MCC actually demands changes to the constitution and land policy and land laws prior to signing of the agreement. If so, how can Moragoda... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/20)Sri Lanka’s traditional friends in UNHRC must help secure CLOSURE of Resolutions against Sri LankaBy shenali Waduge Backed by an overwhelming majority at the Presidential General Elections, the Government in power rightly has decided to work towards a closure of the successive UNHRC Resolutions against Sri Lanka by initially withdrawing from the co-sponsorship of 30/1 34/1 Resolutions. UNHRC has every provision to take up human rights issues at the Universal Periodic Review. Four of Sri Lanka’s dearest friends are members of the UNHRC – China, Pakistan, Russia Cuba and Sri Lanka must initiate their cooperation to bring all of the former legally questionable... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/20)This image of Sri Lankas prime minister with the former Chinese foreign minister has been doctored... -Full Story- (https:/factcheck.afp.com/ - 16/10/20)Whither justice for Simple Simeon? Mirrors, Smoke and Screens for the Public!Ratanapala 15 Oct 20 The nation is being entertained by some circus artistes at the CID. Who are the directors and producer of this grand illusion? First it was Rajitha and Ravi K. Then it was Sampayo. These are people who were only a day earlier in the view of the public. When warrants are issued for their arrest they disappear from their palaces – sometimes two three or more around the island. Today it is Rishard Baithudeen’s case. He seems to have disappeared while being protected by a ‘government issue’ police guard. They... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/20)දහනවයේ පියා රනිල්දාසගේ කපටි වෙස් මාරුවමතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් යහපාලන මෛත්‍රීපාල රනිල් ජෝඩුව සහ එවකට ආණ්ඩුබලයේ සිටි මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ප්‍රමුඛ මන්ත්‍රී කණ්ඩායම විසින් සම්මත කරගත් 19 වන සංශෝධනය පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත්කරන ලද්දේ අධිකරණ ඇමතිව සිටි විජේදාස රජපක්ෂ මහතාය.රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතාගේ අවශ්‍යතාවය මත මෙම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන කොටුම්පත සකස් කරන ලද්දක් බව බොහෝ දෙනා දනී.විශේෂයෙන්ම එවකට ප්‍රබලව සිටි රාජපක්ෂ කණ්ඩායම දුර්වල කිරීම පිණිස එල්ල කළ විශේෂ සංශෝධන කීපයක් එහි විය.එසේම කුමන ප්‍රශ්ණ පැණ නැගුණද වසර හතරහමාරක කාලයක් ආණ්ඩුව පවත්වාගෙන යෑමට අවශ්‍ය ප්‍රතිපාදනද එහි ඇතුලත් විය.මෙම සංශෝධනය නිසා සිදු වූයේ යහපාලන රජය ආම්භයේ සිටම ඉතාමත් දුර්වල තත්වයකට පත් වීමයි.මෛත්‍රීපාල සහ රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ යන දෙදෙනා අතර ව්‍යවස්ථාමය සන්ධානයක් ඇති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/20) More Views...... Focus WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS OF COUNSEL GOMIN DAYASRI IN THE LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA SC/ Appeal No: 21/13-Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/13) WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS OF COUNSEL GOMIN DAYASRI IN THE LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - PART II ANALYSIS OF APPENDIX II -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/13) God Particle and God like properties Comments Nalin de Silva. Courtesy The Island -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/12) US-India-China and the indian ocean: impact on Sri Lanka By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/12) At last President directs removal of constructions within National Parks Adaderana... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/10/12) Vandalism of Sinharaja Forest started සිංහරාජය දෙකඩ කරන මහාමාර්ගයේ වැඩ ඇරඹේ Please sign this petition to put an end to this horrendous, barbaric act of Environmental Terrorism and become a guardian of this World Heritage treasure the Sinharaja Forest. The Undersigned -Sunil Vijayapala Australia To: President Mahinda Rajapakse Republic of Sri Lanka -Full Story- (petitiononline.com - 26/08/11) Vandalism of Sinharaja Forest - Sunil Vijayapala Australia -Full Story ( Lankaweb 7/08/11) FOCUS Which religion is the best? -Very wise words from a great Sage .http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items12/Yourreligionisnotimportant.pps SLG Officials Theory conveyed through Dr. Telli C. Rajaratnam on LankaWeb Policy Prof. Hudson McLean -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/02/12) LIKE THE WEST ASKING SRI LANKA TO SUBMIT ITSELF TO AN INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATION, WE ASK THE CHANNEL FOUR TO SUBMIT ITSELF TO AN IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION ABOUT THE ‘KILLING FIELDS OF SRI LANKA’ VIDEO MEDIA RELEASE - SRI LANKA SUPPORT GROUP, CANBERRA -Full Story- ( LankaWeb - 13/07/11 ) Sri Lanka: Recent accusations and some relevant facts Published in June 2011 News Letter of New Zealand Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights in Sri Lanka -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/07/11) An Indian eyewitness account of the last 70 hours of Terrorist War in Sri Lanka . FINAL HOURS B. MURALIDHAR REDDY in the war zone-Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09) Final assault B. MURALIDHAR REDDY in the war zone -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09) The war is over - With the death of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabakaran, the militant campaign for a Tamil state in Sri Lanka seems to have come to an end. -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09) LTTE RISE FALL -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09) Where is Prabakaran? -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09) Great Power Confrontation in the Indian Ocean: The Geo-Politics of the Sri Lankan Civil War by Mahdi Darius Nazemroay -Full Story- (globalresearch.ca - 25/10/09) TWO EMISSARIES FROM UK AND FRANCE TWIST THEIR PURPOSE OF VISIT TO SRI LANKA. Malin Abeyatunga .-Full Report- (The LankaWeb-02/05/09) THE ANCESTRY OF RAVANA A close study of the Ramayana, particularly the last book or Uttara Kanda, reveals that Ravana, the enemy of Lord Rama, was not a Dravidian, as many people have thought, but related to the Sri Lanka, who are considered to be Aryans-that Ravana was a migrant to Sri Lanka from the Vedic family of the Yadus, perhaps deriving originally from the city of Mathura south of Delhi. The first wave of migrants to Sri Lanka from the north was from Gujarat and of the Yadu family, which dominated the southwest of India and from the region of Gujarat had access to the sea on which they travelled far in their trading and colonizing ventures. The Ramayana tells the Ravana, the king of Sri Lanka, had close connections with region of the Yadus, which included Gujarat, parts of Maharashtra and Rajasthan up to Mathura south of Delhi. Beginning and growth of civilization in Sri Lanka 123,000 BC - Oldest human found in Lanka - Pathirajawela in the deep South. 12000 BC - MaduruOya findings World's oldest findings of the use of Steel, Copper, and irrigation technology 7500 BC - Connections between Cambians, Sri Lankans, Ramayanaya & Mahabharataya The first wave of migrants to Sri Lanka from north India, were from the Yadu family from Gujarat. Yadus dominated the southwest of India (which included Gujarat, parts of Maharashtra and Rajasthan up to Mathura, just south of Delhi). 6000 BC - Lankan city on Mahamevuna Uyana - Archeologists uncovered 35 feet under the present Mahamevuna Uyana in Anuradapura, 3000 BC - Sigiriya is considered the AlakaMandava of the Ravana 2517 Ramayanaya and Sri Lanka According to Ramayana story, Ravana, the king of Sri Lanka, belongs to a family of migrants from North India who had close connections with region of the Yadus, 2517 BC - Ravana gets killed in Balangoda during March, 2517BC Ravana, while attending to the wounds suffered in combat by Vibishana (his brother) in Balangoda, 1000 BC - Sri Lanka has the latest technology : Iron technology is evident in SL 900 BC - Anuradapura, a major town of, at least 10 Hectares (25 Acres). Anuradhapura was at least 10 ha in extent by ca. 900 BC (perhaps much more). By then prehistoric stone tool technology had been completely superseded by that of iron 700 BC - Anuradapura Town, 50 Hectares (125 Acres) . 600 BC - Earliest Proof of Brahmi writing in Lanka At 600-500 BC, the very first appearance of writing (in Brahmi letters almost identical to the Asokan script 200 years later) marked the beginning of the Early Historic period. This writing, radiocarbon dated on charcoal and checked by thermoluminescence dating, is inscribed on potsherds signifying the ownership. Among the names, was Anuradha. 483 BC - Vijaya lands in Sri Lanka. Girihadu Seya is built in Thiriyaya. Buddha's relics are enshrined in Mahiyanganaya Dagaba Sarabu Maharahatan Vahanse picked Budda relics from the burning cortege and arrived in Mahiyanganaya -For Full story go to Historical Development of Sinhala and Scripts click on the links!! -Beginning and growth of civilization in Sri Lanka -Unethical conversion violates the UN convention on the right of the child From Oral Tradition to Audio Book-Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 15/06/04 Human Rights Watch, one of the world's best-financed and most influential human rights organizations? It turns out that they cook the books about facts, cheat on interviews, and put out pre-determined conclusions that are driven more by their ideology than by evidence. These are serious accusations, and they are demonstrably true .-Alan Dershowitz Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School http://www.hrw-watch.com/ and HRW may research their material and appear to be neutral in their assessments every time, no one can really evaluate their impartiality unless one sets out to investigate their background funding, behind-the-scenes researchers and the influences under which they operate. Read Gutter Tactics of Amnesty International (AI) in Sri Lanka http://www.ai-watch.net/

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