As a sovereign nation, Sri Lanka celebrates its 73rd Independence Day on February 4. The main ceremony to mark the historic occasion will be held at Independence Square in Colombo under the patronage of President of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Cabinet Ministers, State Ministers, Members of Parliament, foreign diplomats and senior government officials.
The President will hoist the national flag and later deliver a televised speech to the nation.
In addition, a series of commemorative programmes and religious events, have also been organized across the country as part of the celebrations.
All those who paid the supreme sacrifice on behalf of their motherland will be remembered and honoured during the Independence Day commemoration.
Posted on January 16th, 2021
H. L. D. Mahindapala
After giving leadership
to his futile and disastrous insurrection to remain in the White House Donald
Trump, the lame duck President of America, has agreed at last to move out – I
wouldn’t call it a peaceful transition of power on January 20, leaving
America in shambles. There are more troops (20,000 National Guards) now in
Washington D.C. than all the troops in Afghanistan, Iran and Syria put
together to protect it from – no, not Russia or China –but from internal White
terrorist who are threating to raid the capital on the Inaugural Day. All 50 capitals
D.B.S.Jeyaraj
Sixty-one years ago on September 25th 1959 Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (SWRDB) the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka known as Ceylon then was shot and seriously wounded by a Buddhist monk. Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike succumbed to his injuries and passed away the following day. Therefore September 26th 1959 got etched as an important date in the post-independence history annals of Sri Lanka.
The impact of that single assassination was tremendous at that time. The murder of a prime minister was sensationally shocking news. It was the first major political assassination experienced by the Island nation in the post-Independence era. In later years, political assassinations became a regular feature in Sri Lanka.. The death was an event of great historical importance too as it was the first ever assassination of a major political personality in the Island nation at that time. Thereafter September 26, 1959 got etched as an important date in the post-independence