Balakrishnan M.

Editor: Prishanmi Creations. Publishing Place: Colombo, Sri Lanka. Publishing Date: 1996. Number of Pages: 72. Source Language: Tamil. Target Language: Sinhala. Балакришнан М. Тамильско-сингальский разговорник. තව කියවන්න…

Macdougall Bonie Graham, De Abrew Kamini.

Foreign Service Institute, 1998. — viii, 112 pages. — (Basic Course Series). Basic Sinhala is a beginning course presented in three modules dealing with the writing system, conversation and grammar. The respective titles are: The course is intended for use with the help of a Sinhala-speaking instructor. The student must start with Module I in order to gain the grasp of Sinhala writing necessary to use the other two modules since the Sinhala material in those modules is presented only in its natural written form. The conversation and grammar modules are intended to be used in conjunction with each other, General Conversation containing systematic cross-references to Sinhala Structures. The principal author of Basic Sinhala is Bonnie Graham MacDougall. Dr. MacDougall has had extensive experience in the language teaching field at Cornell, at the Foreign Service Institute where she served as an intern in the School of Language Studies in 1966, and with the Peace Corps. She has had extended visits or residence in Sri Lanka in 1964-65, 1968, 1978 and 1979. Her work which eventually developed into Basic Sinhala started with a Peace Corps contract in 1967 for a set of Sinhala training materials which were first used in a training program for Peace Corps Volunteers at Fresno State College. Parts of the preliminary version remained in use in language classes in the U. S. Embassy in Colombo through the years since 1968. Although incomplete and antiquated, they came closer to... තව කියවන්න…

G. P Malalasekera

English-Sinhala Dictionary තව කියවන්න…

Kamal Gunaratna

For three decades, the Sri Lanka Army battled against the most ruthless terrorist organization known to man in modern times, the “Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam” (LTTE). Even though the culture of “suicide missions” and “human bombs” has become the hallmark of terrorism around the world today, it was Velupillai Prabhakaran who first masterminded and used this most ruthless tactic in targeting both civilian and Government Forces. Commencing as a small terrorist outfit, Prabhakaran transformed the LTTE into an extremely powerful and conventional military entity, replete with a Land Force, Sea Tiger Wing (Naval) and an Air Tiger Wing (Air Force). The members of LTTE were brainwashed and indoctrinated to follow its leadership unquestioningly. They ardently believed their leader and were dedicated to their cause. Thousands of LTTE cadres were highly trained, skilled, experienced and ready to fight unto death. The 30-year long reign of terror finally ended victoriously in May 2009, when Sri Lanka Army defeated them militarily. On 19th May 2009, the valiant soldiers of 53 Division led by Major General Kamal Gunaratne, killed the Leader of the LTTE, Velupillai Prabhakaran and many of his senior leadership, on the battlefield at Nandikadal Lagoon. This marked the end of terrorism in Sri Lanka and brought with it, a great sense of relief to each and every peace loving citizen of this island nation. The author, Major General Kamal Gunaratne was a soldier and an infantryman who led... තව කියවන්න…