http://news.secularsrilanka.com/News Portal of Secular Society of Sri Lankaennoreply@blogger.com (updates@secularsrilanka.com)Fri, 18 May 2012 12:12:11 PDTBlogger http://www.blogger.com186125noreply@blogger.comnoSecular Sri Lanka - NewsSecularSriLanka-Newshttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/05/hema-w-shared-album-with-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Fri, 18 May 2012 12:12:11 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-5447025301699926963  Abraham T. Kovoor's funeral Abraham T. Kovoor's funeral May 18, 2012 by Secular Sri Lanka Library Abraham T. Kovoor's funeral photographs from the library. View Album Play slideshow Abraham T. Kovoor's funeral photographs from the SSSL library I 2012-05-19T00:42:11.325+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/05/adieu-sarkozy-tagores-anthem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Wed, 16 May 2012 09:58:09 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-8997499343042195529 THE HUMAN ANGLEMonday op-ed column in PostNoon newspaper.- ADIEU SARKOZY (Did Sarkozy really lose because of the economy, or was there more to his defeat? What went wrong with the Sarkozy presidency after a great start, and how France lost its stature because of lack of vision and decency of its divisive head of state).  http://postnoon.com/2012/05/14/adieu-sarkozy/48499    - TAGORE'S 2012-05-16T22:28:09.026+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/05/state-and-religion-in-south-asia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Fri, 11 May 2012 13:36:48 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-6949629196347128484 The author was the 5th President of Sri Lanka serving from November, 1994 to November, 2005. In light of the recent unrest in Dambulla, she sent this to Groundviews having first delivered it as a speech at the Master of Public Affairs Graduation Day at Sciences Po Paris, France.   The State and Religion in South Asia 29 Apr, 2012 Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga Colombo, Features2012-05-12T02:06:48.476+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/05/lets-locate-dambulla-on-world-map-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Tue, 08 May 2012 08:48:11 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-5352914102610323642 <![if !supportLists]>·        <![endif]>Written by  Malinda Seneviratne <![if !supportLists]>·        <![endif]>Sunday, 06 May 2012 00:00 Dambulla protest The controversy surrounding 'sacred areas' in Dambulla yielded a heady mix of the sacred and profane, powered predictably by 'religious' leaders/spokespersons. It also brought out of the woodworks the usual suspects 2012-05-08T21:18:11.524+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/05/pedophile-chief-monk-convicted-in-uk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Tue, 08 May 2012 08:23:30 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-5279424944560419343 By Uvindu Kurukulasuriya   Convicted pedophile, Chief Sanghanayaka Thera of Great Britain and chief incumbent of the Thames Buddhist Vihara Pahalagama Sri Somaratana continues to run an orphanage for under age children in Gampaha. Pahalagama Somaratana, was convicted at Isleworth Crown Court in London on Tuesday,  on four counts of indecent assault on a female under 10 years between 2012-05-08T20:53:30.832+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/05/fw-alea-jacta-est.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Tue, 01 May 2012 06:15:15 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-4486176255163959641 3 recent pieces from my HUMAN ANGLE Monday op-ed column in PostNoon newspaper:- Charles Taylor's Crimes (On the first due process conviction of a Head of State for Crimes against Humanity)http://postnoon.com/2012/05/01/charles-taylors-crimes/46321 - Sending India to School(On Litigation in the Supreme Court of India questioning the constitutionality of the Right to Education 2012-05-01T18:45:15.584+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/04/newsline-20-april-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:16:47 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-4348812503773072001 Newsline www.secularism.org.uk Not a member? Make 2012 the year you joined the NSS. It's certainly going to be a year when we need your support more than ever. Join us today. 20 April 2012   In this week's Newsline Quotes of the week Essays of the week NSS challenges Bear Grylls over Scouts 2012-04-20T20:46:47.842+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/04/msnbccom-video-coalescing-atheist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:05:08 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-8493366082153794394 Coalescing the atheist political movement Thousands of atheists and non-believers gathered at the nation’s capital on Saturday as part of a movement to rally the group's political interests into a secular coalition. Up host Chris Hayes invites Harvard University Professor Steven Pinker, Washington Post blogger Jamila Bey, author Susan Jacoby, and podcast co-host Jamie Kilstein, to join his 2012-04-05T21:35:08.272+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/03/ridiculous-laws-in-united-states-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:25:45 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-2534431576836225937This may be why America needs mandatory mental health insurance.2012-03-28T23:55:45.342+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/03/up-with-chris-hayes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:02:21 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-2340748890196631677http://upwithchrishayes.msnbc.msn.com/2012-03-28T23:32:21.825+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/03/this-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:24:56 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-1296487390697699060 News  SECULAR JINNAH & PAKISTAN: WHAT THE NATION DOESN'T KNOW Pak1stanFirstLater he proposed a 'Pakistan Commonwealth of Nations', to include Muslims in zones of North-East India and also Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bengal. India commits a terrible folly Daily PioneerOur pusillanimity in the case of Iran is a case in point; the Sri Lanka vote compounds our shame. Nehruvian secularism has led us 2012-03-28T00:54:56.167+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/02/entertainment-prettiest-words-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:05:06 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-1519212164258176660 2012-02-25T23:35:06.618+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/01/philosophical-issues-in-relation-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:06:30 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-8083032645272052831 Fri, 2012-01-27 04:01 — editor Article By Edward Theophilus Wanigasekera It is quite common in Sri Lanka that Buddhist monks and laities criticize other religions without clear knowledge or understanding of the fundamental philosophical values of such religions. Religious philosophies may be true may not be true as all religious philosophies are based on the concepts of 2012-01-31T20:36:30.200+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/01/religion-state.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:04:59 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-699194306461648469 ආගම හා රජය-Religion & State මීට වසරකට පමණ පෙර සබරගමු ආණ්ඩුකාර විජමු ලොකු බණ්ඩාර , පලාතේ රාජ්‍ය සේවකයින් උදේ අටට  පෙර සේවාස්ථානයට පැමිණ පන්සිල් ගතයුතු යැයිද ,පෝයට පන්සල් නොගියහොත් වැ‍ටු වර්ධක නොදෙන්නේ යැයිද ගුරුවරුන් හා සිසුන් සෑම පෝයකටම පන්සිල් ගත යුතු යැයිද ආදිවශයෙන් වූ නොයෙක් නීති පනවන බවට දෙඩෙව්වේය.අප සිතුවේ රාජපක්ෂ පවුලේ අනෙකුත් අන්තේවාසිකයන් කරන පරිදි මෙයත් හුදෙක් ලකුණු ටිකක් දමා ගැනීම 2012-01-31T20:34:59.321+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/01/updated-program-schedule-prof-narendra.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:37:13 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-5478106886328316203 If you plan to attend regional branch locations of Sri Lanka Rationalist Association for Dr. Nayak's lectures, please contact following regional organizers to get further details.Anuradhapura -  Terence Gamini - 071-8227391Galle - Gamini Wilson - 091-2243352Kandy - Dr. Sena Silva 081-223-6998Kurunegala - Gunapala Pathiraja - 037-571-0774 Please see www.secularsrilanka.com website for event 2012-01-26T06:07:13.851+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2012/01/professor-narendra-nayak-to-visit-sri.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:50:04 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-7918243720391131670 IT'S SHOWTIME! .... National President of Indian Federation of Rationalist Associations, Prof. Narendra Nayak will be in Colombo, Kandy, Anuradhapura and Galle to deliver a series of lectures and presentations to rationalist groups across Sri Lanka as a part of a joint public education program sponsored by the Secular Society of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Rationalist Association. Professor Nayak, a2012-01-17T08:20:04.013+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2011/12/blog-post_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:59:54 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-5805847169023804367 සිය ආගමට අපහාස වන ක්‍රියාකාරකම් වලට පහසුකම් සැලසීම හේතුවෙන් ෆේස්බුක් වෙබ් අඩවිය සදාකාලිකව පාකිස්තානය තුල තහනම් කරන ලෙස පාකිස්තානු වැසියකු විසින් ලාහෝර් උසාවියට පෙත්සමක් ගොනුකොට තිබුනා. පැමිනිල්ලේදී විස්තර වුයේ තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණයේ නිදහස මගින් ඉස්ලාම් දහමේ වටිනාකම් බරපතල ලෙස අපහාසයට ලක් කර ඇති බවයි. මෙයට පෙරද පාකිස්තානයේ ෆේස්බුක් කෙරෙහි විරෝධයක් ඇති වුයේ ආගමික ශාස්තෘවරයා චිත්‍රයට 2011-12-15T01:29:54.193+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2011/12/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:38:06 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-7687029626177787745 ආගම ප‍්‍රචාරය කළ මෝල්ටාවේ ඇමෙරිකානු තානාපති ඉල්ලා අස්වෙයි April 18, 2011 at 4:05 pm | Lanka C News. රාජ්‍ය තාන්ති‍්‍රක කටයුතුවලට ප‍්‍රමුඛත්වය නොදී කතෝලික ආගම ප‍්‍රචාරය කිරීමේ යෙදුණු මෝල්ටාවේ සිටින ඇමෙරිකානු තානාපති ඩග්ලස් කමික් මහතා එහි වගකීම භාරගෙන ඉල්ලා අස්වීමට තීරණය කර ඇතැයි විදෙස් වාර්තා පවසයි. ඇමෙරිකාවේ කතෝලික විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ හිටපු පීඨාධිපතිවරයෙකු වූ ඩග්ලස් කමික් මහතා මෝල්ටාවේ2011-12-15T01:08:06.368+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2011/11/richard-dawkins-liberating-force.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:37:15 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-8576496287185237658 November 8, 2011, 8:53 pm Original posting is taken from The Island. http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=38642 By Shyamon Jayasinghe,Melbourne Writer The Island newspaper has, to its credit, sparked off an interesting discussion to mark the impending arrival to Sri Lanka of Richard Dawkins, the world’s most famous atheist. I have seen and2011-11-09T11:07:15.042+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2011/09/new-york-mayor-bloombergs-911-clergy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:03:07 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-3248394843469518692 This is a very interesting development coming from New York - considering there were regular prayers at the memorial ceremonies during each year since 2001;  now NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg rejected all religious ceremonies from the official 9.11 memorial ceremony, the national event President Obama is expected to attend. See all sides of this story:  http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=MD11H15&f=2011-09-09T08:33:07.663+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2011/06/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (updates@secularsrilanka.com)Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:52:27 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-3626081629319479691http://www.lankaguardian.com/2011/06/blog-post_28.html හුදී ජනයාට මිත්‍යාව වපුරන දිවයිනUploaded by adminAmilaGunaratna, columnists, feature10:36 AM අමිල ගුණරත්න  ගම් වලට ලයිට් ඇදීමෙන් පසු මහසෝනා රීරි යකා පෙන්ෂන් ගියේය. නමුත් 2011 ජුනි 27 දින දිවයින පුවත්පතට ලියන දොඩම්ගස්‌ලන්දේ - ඩබ්. ඒ. ජයසේකර යලිත් මහසෝනා යලි සේවයට කැඳවා තිබේ. මෙන්න ඒ ලිපිය. මල්වර මඟුලකට උයාපිහා එද්දී කෝකියා පස්‌සෙන් මහසෝනා 2011-06-30T19:22:27.686+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2011/06/enough-with-state-secrets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (updates@secularsrilanka.com)Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:29:29 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-8546170647275119871Namini WijedasaWITH all the negative publicity Sri Lanka is generating internationally, even a few tentative steps towards enhancing democracy could go a long way. And yet the government seems hell-bent on taking the opposite direction. On June 21, the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) used its parliamentary majority to defeat a draft Freedom of Information law presented by Karu 2011-06-29T18:59:29.677+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2011/06/legacy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (updates@secularsrilanka.com)Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:22:59 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-1876853853454172443http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=552 2011-06-29T18:52:59.921+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2011/05/invitation-rationalist-day-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemantha)Tue, 24 May 2011 16:45:22 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-3352536903054159372  Event: Rationalist Day 2011 Sri Lanka Rationalist Association has organized the "Rationalist Day 2011". You are cordially invited to this event. Date: 7th June 2011 Venue: Namel - Malini Punchi Theatre, Borella, Sri Lanka. Time: 3.00pm onwards Agenda includes discussions, guest lectures by Nalaka Gunawardene and many more... හේතුවාදී දිනය සැමරුම අප සංගමය විසින් පසුගිය වසරේදී මුලපුරන ලද 2011-05-25T05:15:22.547+05:300http://news.secularsrilanka.com/2011/05/hillary-clinton-removed-from-situation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (updates@secularsrilanka.com)Wed, 11 May 2011 08:14:43 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395205386283834611.post-7799313432912060358 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/09/hillary-clinton-der-tzitung-removed-situation-room_n_859254.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk3%7C61653 This  is not coming from Iran, Afghanistan or Pakistan… Straight from Brooklyn, New York City, USA “Because of laws of modesty, we are not allowed to publish pictures of women”…“In accord with our religious beliefs, we do not publish photos 2011-05-11T20:44:43.707+05:300nonadultSecular Sri Lanka - News