By Uvindu Kurukulasuriya Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake and her husband National Savings Bank (NSB) Chairman Pradeep Kariyawasam are at the center of a scandal again. When Justice Bandaranayake was appointed as the Chief Justice, I raised the serious conflict of interest issues relating to her. Within the Asian region, the sixth Conference of Chief Justices [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge - Pictures by Pavithra Jovan de Mello Last week, the streets of Hatton flowed with milk (literally) as disgruntled dairy farmers protested that private dairy companies were not buying their product. Some even bathed in milk as it cascaded down the road. Some 12,000 litres of milk were reportedly lost due to [...]
By Dinouk Colombage On May 19, 2012 Sri Lanka will celebrate three years since the end of the war, a day the government has labelled “war heroes day” where the public will be treated to a parade by the armed forces. However, many people question how far Sri Lanka has come in those three years. [...]
By Ravi Perera The controversy concerning the recent purchase by the government owned National Savings Bank (NSB) of a large parcel of shares of The Finance Company (TFC), a struggling finance company, once again has laid before us the sorry state of affairs in our public as well as private institutions. On the face of [...]
Ven Inamaluwe Sumangala Thero – Chief Priest Of The Dambulla Viharaya By Niranjala Ariyawansha Ven. Inamaluwe Sumangala Thero, the Chief Priest at the Rangiri Dambulla Viharaya was in the forefront in recent times leading a protest at Dambulla to relocate a mosque which was within the sacred Vihara land, disputed by the Muslim fraternity. The [...]
By Uvindu Kurukulasuriya He was “Venerable” Chief Sanghanayaka Thera of Great Britain and chief incumbent of the Thames Buddhist Vihara and also Parivenadhipathi of the Vidyaravinda Pirivena, Pahalagama, Gampaha and Chief Lekakhadhikari of the Sri Kalyani Samagi Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha. From the 1st of May he is just a Somaratna. What happened It [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has become the focus of attention over the recent dispute over a Muslim mosque located within the Dambulla sacred area and the onus is on party leader and Justice Minister Rauf Hakeem to ensure a peaceful settlement of the issue. Meeting The Sunday Leader at [...]
By Faraz Shauketaly Angela Seneviratne, the former Miss Sri Lanka and actress has called on the media to be more responsible when reporting – however sensational the storyline may appear at the time the news breaks. Seneviratne has been cleared by the Police of any involvement in the drug smuggling case and has been provided [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara Startling revelations have come to the fore as to how certain Buddhist monks make money from leasing out the elephants they have obtained from the Pinnawala Elephants Orphanage. Eyebrows have been raised as to how these elephants have been leased out for rigorous labour work by the Buddhist monks although it is [...]
By Faraz Shauketaly Vesak, I explained to my colleague who hails from the Welsh countryside within the hallowed territorial waters of the United Kingdom, is a celebration of Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing away. Celebrated throughout South Asia’s Buddhist countries, in Sri Lanka it is a very revered time of the year. Vesak [...]
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