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Latest blog posts from Lanka Rising

The judgment on the Waters Edge deal and beyond
The recent Supreme Court judgment on the Waters Edge deal marked crucial people’s victory in fight against corrupt politico-business mafia in Sri Lanka. It all started in 2007 when then COPE committee under the chairmanship of Wijedasa Rajapakse prepared a report on 26 government institutions... Read more...
Published 2 days ago

Reality of Sri Lankan politics and Killing of Major General Janaka Perera
Major General Janaka was the mastermind of the counter attack at Welioya where LTTE terrorists lost approximately 500 carders in a single night. It was the worst debacle of LTTE terrorist organization prior to the current final operation against terrorism that currently undergo in Wanni jungle.... Read more...
Published 7 days ago

Major General Janaka Perera �" Meaningless political end to a meaningful military career
A war hero and great son of mother Lanka, Major General Janaka Perera has fallen due to a wrong decision that has cost his own life together with number of innocent people. In his distinguished career in the army, he has served the nation as a heroic, but his tragic death is meaningless end in a... Read more...
Published a week ago

P.B. Jayasundara Saga and Triangle of Corruption: politicians, bureaucrat and businessmen
The Supreme Court order against Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundara to pay Rs. 500,000, the highest ever compensation in a fundamental rights case, has paved the way for another dimension in fight against corruption in Sri lanka. The popular myth spread in Sri Lankan society is that it is... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Neocolonialism (Conduct of Compradors) �" Part 2
(Continuation of - Neocolonialism (Origin of Compradors) �" Part 1 )The influence of Western rifle on Sri Lankan politics was first witnessed in 1556 when King Buvanekabahu-VII was ‘accidentally’ shot through the heart by a Portuguese, and his grandson, prince Dharmapala, under the... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

Struggle of UNP leadership and Major General Janaka Perera’s enter into politics
The leadership crisis of UNP has been the talk of SL politics for some time. Ranil Wickramasinghe is now facing immense pressure even from his close allies to step down from his post. The nomination of former military veteran Major General Janaka Perera for the post of Chief Minister of North... Read more...
Published 4 months ago

Edicts of King Asoka �" A window into shape of Buddhist government
Asoka's edicts are to be found scattered in more than thirty places throughout India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The edicts are mainly concerned with the reforms he instituted and the moral principles he recommended in his attempt to create a just and humane society. As such, they give us... Read more...
Published 4 months ago

The heritage of the Bhikkhu in Sri Lankan politics �" part 2
The Portuguese periodWhen Portuguese first arrived in Sri Lanka in 1505, the country was politically broken up as result of internecine feuds. With the general degeneration of the island the position of the Buddhism and bhikkhus declined. This weakness gave ample opportunities for the Portuguese... Read more...
Published 4 months ago

Rajapaksa brothers vs. Wickramasingha brothers
“Rajapaksa Sahodara Samagama” (Rajapaksa brothers) and “Madamulana Chintanaya” (Philosophy of Madamulana) have been political slogans by UNP against Mahinda Rajapaksa government for quite some time. It is interesting to see the behaviour of Ranil’s brother Shan Wickramasinghe who is the... Read more...
Published 4 months ago

The heritage of the Bhikkhu in Sri Lankan politics - part 1
The history of Sri Lanka bears repeated evidence to the fact that whenever the occasion arose for monks to contribute their share, in whatever form or manner, for the protection of the country and the religion, they have unflinchingly raised to the need of the hour. Likewise it was customary for... Read more...
Published 4 months ago

Decisive factor on winning or loosing fight against terrorism
The Sri Lankan nation has to decide on if we are going to fully defeat and eradicate terrorism from this emerald island or are we going to mere control terrorism and enter into another round of bargaining with terrorists. Now we have no doubt at all that our heroic military forces are well within... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Pilliyan’s Visit to Dalada Maligawa and crocodile tears of looters of Jaffna library
One of the very first functions of Chief Minister of Eastern province was to visit Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy. This happened to be a historic occasion in Sri Lanka history. Sri Dalada Maligawa was attacked by LTTE terrorists in 1995 killing many devotees and severely damaging the sacred place.... Read more...
Published 5 months ago