London Buddhist Vihara holds service for late Queen and to bless new King
The London Buddhist Vihara, the oldest Buddhist temple in the United Kingdom started by Anagarika Dhar-mapala in 1926, held a memorial service on Tuesday, September 13, in remembrance of the late Queen Elizabeth II and to bless the newly proclaimed King Charles III. The Mayor of the London Borough of Ealing, Mohinder Midha and the [...]
Dharmapala Day
The 158th birth anniversary of Anagarika Dharmapala was commemorated at all the Maha Bodhi Society of India Centres yesterday (Saturday). Picture shows; General Secretary of the Maha Bodhi Society of India, Ven P Seewalee Thera, monks and members of the society at its headquarters in Kolkata after garlanding the statue.
US Ambassador Chung visits Dewatagaha Mosque, Colombo
US Ambassador Julie Chung visited the Dewatagaha Mosque in Colombo recently at the invitation of Mr Reyyaz Salley and the Board of Trustees. Following are excerpts of her speech on the occassion: “Like the United States, Sri Lanka has a rich diversity of faith communities who contribute much to their neighbourhoods, region, and nation. During [...]
Drawing parallels from the Philippines
I clearly remember the events that took place in the Philippines in February 1986. On February 27, 1986, Ferdinand Marcos, the one-time popular politician who was elected to no less than three terms as the president of the Philippines, fled the country in an Air Force plane and went into exile in Hawaii. The story [...]
The unsung heroes of Lanka?
‘Apey kollo’ and Apey Kello’ truly deserved the rousing welcome accorded on arrival home after they became Asian champs in cricket and Asian champs in netball. It was sheer joy for the starving bankrupted nation to see our cricketers, who trounced India, the big brother who keeps claiming that they are world champs, and also [...]
Unprecedented economic crisis: Is China the problem or part of the solution?
By Prof. H.M.W. Ariyaratna Herath and Luxman Siriwardena Sri Lanka’s External debt issue, which often leads to serious balance of payment (BOP) and budgetary constraints, is more than its massive borrowings from various external sources. The root causes of the continuing crisis are found in structural weaknesses such as the contraction of export income, low-tax revenue, [...]
India’s long Infatuation with Russia Must End
By Shashi Tharoor, exclusively for the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka During a parliamentary debate in April, I expressed my concerns about India’s relationship with Russia. My words were met with grim-faced silence. But the events of the last five months have only strengthened my case. The debate was on the Ukraine war. While deploring [...]