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News Archive for Jul 2025
Sri Lanka arrests over 120,000 for drug-related offenses so far in 2025Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities have arrested 122,913 individuals for drug-related offenses between Jan. 1 and July 29, 2025, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs on Wednesday. During this period, law enforcement officials seized large quantities of drugs, including more than 928 kg of heroin, 1,396 kg of crystal methamphetamine (ICE), 11,192 kg of cannabis, 27.8 kg of cocaine, and 381 kg of hashish, the ministry said. The ministry added that on Tuesday, Sri Lankan authorities conducted a special nationwide operation involving 6,695 personnel, during which... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/25)
Discussions with US officials aimed at reducing tariffs have not been successful: Handunneththi
Discussions held with US authorities aimed at reducing the higher reciprocal tariff rate announced by US President Donald Trump have not been successful thus far, Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Sunil Handunneththi has acknowledged. Although several discussions were held with US authorities, Sri Lanka has been unsuccessful in striking a deal to reduce the reciprocal tariffs announced by the US President, Minister Handunneththi conceded. According to the announcement made by US President Trump, an additional 30% tariff will be imposed on Sri Lankan exports entering the US market from tomorrow (Aug... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/25)
Sri Lanka-China defence ties reaffirmed at PLA 98th anniversary celebrations
Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General (Retd) Aruna Jayasekara has highlighted the deep-rooted friendship between Sri Lanka and China, forged through centuries of cultural exchange and strengthened over 68 years of formal diplomatic relations. The Deputy Minister of Defence made these remarks while addressing the event held to mark the 98th Anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Addressing the event, the Deputy Minister commended the PLA’s 98 years of remarkable history, resilience, and evolution in overcoming the diverse challenges of modern warfare and security. He... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/25)
එරික්ට ඇඟිල්ල දික්කරන්නෙ, උඹලා දන්නවද ඌ කවුද කියලා? | SSP එරික් ගැන රහස් හෙළිවෙයි,
https://youtu.be/jSv3mnT7ZZ0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/25)
NDB Bank Named Sri Lanka’s Best Digital Bank for SMEs at The Prestigious Euromoney Awards 2025
National Development Bank PLC (NDB) was recently named Sri Lanka’s Best Digital Bank for SMEs at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2025, reaffirming its leadership in delivering progressive, technology-driven, and focused solutions that align with the nation’s strategic development priorities. This recognition reflects the bank’s strong commitment to empowering Sri Lanka’s SMEs in their transition to the digital space, one that is locally grounded yet aligned with global standards. Euromoney, a leading provider of competitive intelligence and benchmarking insight for the global banking and finance industry, recognize institutions demonstrating innovation, performance, and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/25)
A testament to continued divine support: Ahmadiyya Khalifa highlights a year of global progress in second-day address at Ahmadiyya Convention in Great Britain 2025.
The gist of His Holiness address goes: New Jamaats (Ahmadiyya Center) and locations By the grace of Allah, over 350 new chapters (jamaats) were established around the world. In addition to this, the seed of Ahmadiyyat was sown for the first time in over 1,500 new locations. Congo-Kinshasa led in the establishment of new jamaats, followed by Benin, Congo-Brazzaville, The Gambia, Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and Kenya, among many others. Construction of mosques and mission houses The construction of mosques continued apace, with 134 mosques being added during... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/25)
නීතීඥවරු 209ක් ජනාධිපතිතුමාගෙන් කරන ඉල්ලීමත් සමඟවැරදි ඉංග්‍රීසි ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව අනුව ක්‍රියා කළ අය/ කරන අය ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව උල්ලංඝණය කරයිද?
ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83 වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය නිවැරදිව ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවට පරිවර්තනය කර ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83(b) ඡේදය නිවැරදිව දක්වන ලෙස නීතීඥවරු 209ක් ජනාධිපතිතුමාගෙන් ඉල්ලීමට අත්සන් කිරීමත් සමඟ එහි බලපෑම, ව්‍යාප්තිය සහ එම දෝෂය නිවැරදි කිරීම විධිමත් ලෙස කළ යුතුය.ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය83.අ. 30 වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (2) වන අනුව්‍යවස්ථාවේ නැතහාත් 62 වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (2) වන අනුව්‍යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන සංශෝධනය කිරීම හෝ පරිච්ඡින්න කොට ප්‍රතියෝජනය කිරීම හෝ සදහා වූ නැතහොත් ඒ විධිවිධානවලට අනනුකූල වන්නා වූ ද අවස්ථාවෝචිත පරිදි ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ ධූර කාලය සාවුරුද්දක් ඉක්මවා දීර්ඝ කරන්නා වූ නැතහොත් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව පවත්නා කාලය සාවුරුද්දක් ඉක්මවා දීර්ඝ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/25)
අගමැති හරිනිගේ සාකච්ඡාවට ගිය ප්‍රසාද් ගැම්මෙන් කියපු කතාව - Hiru News
https://youtu.be/29NrEgBv5ck... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/25)
මහාචාර්යවරු ආණ්ඩුවේ සායම යවයි - අහගෙන හිටපු අය උඩ පැන පැන හිනාවෙයි
https://youtu.be/zM_OlEIqmfU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/07/25)
හරිනි ගේ සැබෑ සතුරා කවුද?
කඩාකප්පල් කරන්න එන්න එපා! ජනාධිපතිතුමා කියයි. අද අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ කඩාකප්පල් කරන්නට කවුරුවත් එනවාද? එනවා නම් ඒ කවුද? අද ඇති ලොකුම ප්‍රශ්නය මේ කියන කඩාකප්පල්කාරීන් කවුද? යන්නයි. 1980 සිට 2023 දක්වා අධ්‍යාපනඥයින් විසින් යෝජනා කළ බහුතරයක් ‘අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ’ ක්‍රියාත්මක කළ නොහැකි වූයේ අන්තරය හෝ එහි කාලීන අයිතිකරුවන් වූ ජවිපෙ හෝ පෙරටුගාමීන් නිසාය. රනිල් ගේ ‘ධවල පත්‍රිකාව’ විනාශ කිරීම ඇරඹුවේ, පේරාදෙණියේ ශාන්ත බණ්ඩාර ය. ‘ධවල පත්‍රිකාව’ හරහා විශ්වවිද්‍යාල හා පාසල් පද්ධතියම ගිණි ජාලාවක් කළේ ඩී.එම්.ආනන්ද ප්‍රමුඛ කණ්ඩායම ය. ජයවර්ධනපුර සුනිල් හඳුන්නෙත්ති අන්තරේ කැඳවුම්කරු ලෙස... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
His Majesty, King Charles III of United Kingdom sent Message of Greetings To Ahmadiyya Convention, United Kingdom.
Largest Islamic Convention in United Kingdom concludes. Ahmadiyya Khalifa His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad announced that 249408 people had joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community during the past year The Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the United Kingdom concluded on Sunday 27 July 2025 with faith inspiring addresses by the World Head the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. The three day Convention began on Friday 25 July, with the Friday Sermon and the first session started with raising of the black and white flag of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community alongside the Union Flag. Ahmadiyya Khalifa delivered the inaugural... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
NDB Bank Champions SME Digitisation with NEOSBIZ Forum in Avissawella
NDB Bank recently continued its island-wide SME engagement efforts by hosting a focused digital transformation forum in Avissawella. Held with the participation of a diverse group of SME Business Banking clients from the region, the event served as a platform to highlight NDB’s continued commitment to strengthening and uplifting Sri Lanka’s small and medium-sized business sector through tailored digital solutions—most notably the NEOSBIZ app. The forum spotlighted NEOSBIZ, NDB’s pioneering mobile banking platform developed specifically for SMEs, and demonstrated its powerful capabilities in driving financial efficiency, transaction security, and seamless business operations.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
SRI LANKA STRENGTHENS DEFENCE TIES WITH TÜRKIYE AT IDEF 2025
The 17th International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF 2025), one of the world’s premier defence exhibitions, was held under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye, hosted by the Turkish Ministry of National Defence, and organized by the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation (TAFF). This prestigious event provided a global platform for showcasing cutting-edge defence technologies and fostering international collaboration in the defence sector. IDEF 2025 took place from 22 to 27 July at the Istanbul Expo Centre, where the Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
Apology for Publication of Inaccurate Information
We sincerely apologize for the publication of inaccurate information in our recent post titled "ලංකාවේ විශ්ව විද්‍යාල දක්‍ෂයන්ට බය ඇයි ? dated 18h July 2025 authored by Dr Gamini Vithana Upon review, it has come to our attention that certain facts presented were incorrect and may have led to misunderstanding or misrepresentation of the subject matter. The University of Colombo has informed us that there is no Department of Psychology at the University of Colombo and even department of Psychiatry has not recently called for applications from PhD holders in Psychology. Lankaweb... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
LGBTQIA Debate: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake “Rule of Desire” vs. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith’s Moral Governance
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith’s recent statement warning against legalizing same-sex marriage and LGBTQIA+ ideology in Sri Lanka is not merely a religious outcry — it is a national alarm echoed by the majority of the populace heard across party lines, faiths, and generations. The President’s response echoes the opposite, and demands a far more urgent rebuttal. · https://www.newswire.lk/2025/07/27/how-can-two-men-build-a-family-cardinal-slams-same-sex-marriages/ · https://www.facebook.com/adaderana/posts/sri-lankas-cardinal-ranjith-opposes-same-sex-marriage-concept-read-morehttpswww/1066621652301862/ · https://www.thecolombopost.org/2025/07/cardinals-opposition-to-same-sex-marriages/ President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has claimed: “Can we ask someone to deny & compartmentalize their feelings in the laws we make? How... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
A Constitution Rising from the Ashes of Educational Transformation
Visuals created with the assistance of Google Gemini1... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
Silent Agents, Sold Nation: How Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty is being traded by its own”
Silent Agents, Sold Nation: How Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty Is Being Traded by Its OwnA deep dive into how political elites are enabling foreign capture of Sri Lanka’s national assets — one MoU, one silent betrayal at a time. Sovereignty is not always lost in battle. Sometimes, it is surrendered in silence — through secret agreements, quiet betrayals, and elites playing both sides. In Sri Lanka today, while citizens focus on elections, inflation, and survival, a far deeper crisis is unfolding: the systematic outsourcing of national power, ports, energy, data, and even defense — signed away without... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
විජය ඉතිහාසය පොතින් ගිලිහී යාම
මහාවංශය සඳහන් කරනුයේ - “පිරිනිවන් මංචකයේ හොත්තාවූ බුදුන් වහන්සේ ශක්‍රයා අමතා ‘සිංහබා පිත් තෙල විජය කුමර අනගත සත් සියයක් පිරිවර ඇතිව ලාට රටින් ලක්දිව් බැසේය. දේවේන්ද්‍රය, මාගේ සස්න ලක්දිව්හි පිහිටන්නේය. එහෙයින් පිරිවර සහිත උහුද ලංකාවද මොනවට රකුව’ යි වදාළ සේක.” මහාවංශයට අනුව සිංහලේ රාජ්‍යය බිහි වූයේ මෙයට වසර 2507 කට පෙර – ක්‍රි පු 498) උතුරු ඉන්දියාවේ සිංහපුර, වංග දේශයේ, ලාට රටේ (අද උතුරු බෙංගාලයේ - බංග්ලාදේශයේ) සිටි විජය කුමරුගේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට (තම්බපන්නියට) වූ ආගමනයෙනි. ‘සිංහළයේ’ (දැන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ) ප්‍රාරම්භකයා, විජය, ඉන්දියානුවෙකි (බෙංගාලිකයෙකි). 1972 පමණ වනතුරු ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඉතිහාසය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
NDB Bank Partners with Hatch and NCGI to Empower Startups with Collateral-Free Business Loans
NDB Bank, in collaboration with the National Credit Guarantee Institution Limited (NCGI) and Hatch Works, recently hosted a focused awareness session at Hatch Innovation Hub in Colombo to introduce Sri Lankan startups to the benefits of the NCGI-backed loan guarantee facility. This initiative marked a significant step in expanding access to finance for emerging entrepreneurs, particularly in the IT and technology sectors. The session was attended by over 40 startups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with representation spanning diverse industries including agriculture, manufacturing, digital solutions, and services. The key objective was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ සිංහලට නැගූ , බීනා සාර්වාගේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ගැන ඉංග්‍රීසි වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටය, පුවත්පත් ආයතනයේදී ප්‍රදර්ශනය කෙරේ
ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ විසින් 'ණය ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය: ශ්‍රී ලංකාව - සිරස්තලවලින් ඔබ්බට' යන නමින් සිංහලට නගා නිෂ්පාදනය කළ, බීනා සාර්වාගේ 'Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka - Beyond the Headlines' අන්තර්ජාතික වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටයේ, එම සිංහල අනුවාදය, මේ මස (ජූලි 30) ප.ව. 4.00 ට, කොළඹ, ශ්‍රී ලංකා පුවත්පත් ආයතනයේදී ප්‍රදර්ශනය කෙරේ. එම අවස්ථාවට මුල් චිත්‍රපටය නිෂ්පාදනය කළ, දැනට ඇමරිකාවේ වෙසෙන, පාකිස්ථාන බහු මාධ්‍ය, ජනමාධ්‍යවේදිනියක් වන බීනා සාර්වාද එක්වීමට නියමිතයි.බීනා සාර්වා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ගැන පසුගිය වසරේදී ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් නිෂ්පාදනය කළ මිනිත්තු 25ක මෙම වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටයට, ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ Pulitzer Center හි අනුග්‍රහය ලැබී තිබිණි.ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දුරස්ථ ගම්මානයක(දුටුවැව) මෙන්ම කොළඹදී රූගත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
Beena Sarva's English documentary about Sri Lanka, produced in Sinhala by Priyantha Pradeep Ranasinghe, will be screened at the Press Institute, Colombo
The Sinhala version of the Beena Sarwar's international documentary film 'Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka - Beyond the Headlines', produced by Priyantha Pradeep Ranasinghe under the title 'ණය ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය: ශ්‍රී ලංකාව - සිරස්තලවලින් ඔබ්බට'' (26 Minutes), will be screened at the Sri Lanka Press Institute, Colombo, this month (July 30) at 4.00 p.m.Beena Sarwa, a Pakistani multimedia journalist and producer currently residing in the US, who produced the original film, will join the event.Originally produced in English with the support of the Pulitzer Center in the United States, the 25-minute documentary was released last year.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
ජනපතිගේ අබිරහස් ජර්මානු සංචාරයේ තොරතුරු සඟවනවා… ජනාධිපති ඇත්ත නොකින්නේ ඇයි…
පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවේ දී එම පක්ෂ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා දැක් වූ අදහස් මෙහි දැක්වෙයි. ජනාධිපතිතුමා ජර්මනියේ යෑමට පෙර එතුමා ජර්මනියේ යන්නේ කොටි නායක නෙදියවන් හමු වෙන්න කියලා සමාජ මාධ්‍ය වල කතාවක් පැතිරුණා. ඒ වගේම ජනාධිපතිතුමා ජර්මානු ආණ්ඩුවේ ප්‍රධානියා වන චාන්සලර්වරයා හමු වෙන්නේ නෑයි කියලා සමාජ මාධ්‍ය කිව්වා. මේ නිසා අපි මධ්‍ය හමුවක් තියලා ජනාධිපතිතුමාගෙන් ඉල්ලීමක් කලා ජර්මනියේ යන්න කලින් මේ කතාවල ඇත්ත නැත්ත රටට හෙලි කරන්න කියලා. නමුත් එතුමා ඒක කලේ නෑ. ඒ වෙනුවට කලේ ජවිපෙ භික්ෂු අංශය වන ජාතික භික්ෂු පෙරමුණෙන් මාව අත්අඩංගුවට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
Edu. reforms: SJB claims experts not consulted
Urges discussions with business community, AI/IT experts, PCs, uni. lecturers The main Opposition, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), alleged that the Government has not appointed educationists to support the proposed education reforms and has not reached out to the parties that can significantly contribute to these reforms. This was stated during a press briefing held yesterday (28) at the SJB headquarters, where the SJB’s Gampaha Seat Organiser Waruna Rajapaksha opined that although the Government should obtain the opinions and suggestions of business figures for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
Easter attacks: ‘Deputy Def. Min.’s presence could impact credibility’
Catholic Church wants Prez-Govt. to make ‘apt’ decision Deputy Min. Jayasekera denies any impact Major General Aruna Jayasekera (Retired) functioning in the post of Deputy Defence Minister, could impact the credibility of the investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, the Catholic Church stated, urging President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Government to make an 'appropriate' decision on the matter. Several Opposition Parliamentarians have recently called for Jayasekera to be removed, claiming that since he was the Army’s Eastern Commander... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
President, Namal airborne together
Colombo, July 28 (Daily Mirror) - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser Namal Rajapaksa happened to be on board the same flight to the Maldives today. The President was heading for Male on a state visit at the invitation of his Maldivian counterpart, whereas Rajapaksa was travelling there to attend a wedding ceremony. They were in the business class of SriLankan Airlines flight UL 101 from Colombo to Male.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
Parliamentary Committee to consult experts on education reforms
Colombo, July 28 (Daily Mirror) - Whilst an extensive public debate is being carried out on the government’s education reforms, the Sectoral Oversight Committee on education has decided to seek the assistance of experts who have been involved in compiling education reforms in the past. The Chair of the Committee MP Hesha Withanage told the sectoral committee meeting that experts from relevant sectors who have been involved in reforming the education sector in the past are expected to be consulted to examine the proposed education reforms more... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/07/25)
Retired MPs collective contemplating legal action against slashing of pensions
Colombo, July 28 (Daily Mirror) - Retired MPs Collective is contemplating legal action if MPs pension is abolished, its secretary Premasiri Manage said. "There are 30 ex-JVP MPs who have retired and are depending on the pension. Also, he said there are 50 JVP MPs who have given up public service to take up politics. What would become of them if their pension is slashed?" Manage questioned. Further, he said retired MPs will lodge complaints with the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/25)
ගාඩ් දාගෙන බදු පිට බදු ගහන පච කුමාර....
https://youtu.be/B8qAvSOEEd0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/25)
Evidence of The After Life from Astonishing Near Death Experiences
https://youtu.be/94DiIktpYV8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/25)
මාලිමාවට සහය දුන් රයිගම් ලුණු දැවැන්ත වංචාවක
https://youtu.be/qtXB4ydjnLA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/25)
5 Months. 35 Agreements- Has the JVP-NPP signed away Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty?
In just five months, the JVP-NPP-led government under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake signed 35 agreements with India — the largest, fastest foreign policy shift in Sri Lanka’s post-independence history. What was promised as a new era of transparency, sovereignty, and people-first governance has instead raised urgent questions: Who really benefits from these deals? Was Parliament consulted? Are we now India’s satellite in the Indian Ocean? This is not partnership. This is strategic entrapment. Sri Lankans must now ask: Was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/25)
35 Indo-Lanka Agreements signed between Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake & Indian PM Narendra Modi (Dec 2024-April2025)
Part 1https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-1-the-35-india-sri-lanka-agreements-under-president-anura-kumara-dissanayake-dec-2024-apr-2025/The agreementsPart 2https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-2-strategic-impact-assessment-of-the-35-agreements-signed-between-sri-lanka-and-india-dec-2024-apr-2025/ Impact of the 35 agreements on Sri Lanka’s sovereigntyPart 3https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-3-35-indo-lanka-agreements-strategic-entrapment-or-regional-partnership/ How Sri Lanka is now trapped by these 35 agreementsPart 4https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-4-35-indo-lanka-agreements-from-anti-imperialism-to-indian-alignment/35 Indo-Lanka Agreements- JVPs new stancePart 5https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-5-35-indo-lanka-agreements-unconstitutional-legal-and-sovereignty-concerns/Legal & constitutional concernsPart 6https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-6-35-indo-lanka-agreements-geopolitical-risks-strategic-precedents-the-indian-footprint-in-sri-lanka/Geopolitical risks for Sri LankaPart 7https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-7-35-indo-lanka-agreements-an-urgent-appeal-to-the-jvp-npp-leadership/Urgent Appeal to the President & JVP/NPP... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/25)
Should the University of Peradeniya be Closed Down?
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 20-26 July 2025 ‘If the country were turned into a giant hotel,turned into a huge plantation,turned into a large garment factory:we would not need schools or universities,for they require few modern skills…– SBD de Silva The media is full of the most intricate yogic posturings to demonstrate the many ways by which our bodies can be twisted and bent over, hogtied and tongue-tied, to kneel down before the latest shenanigans of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/25)
PART 2 Our Nakba -From Palestine to Sri Lanka: How ‘Development’ Weaponized Identity Politics during the Cold War
There are remarkable patterns of history, organized violence, and Disinformation between events leading to the pogrom and forced population displacements in Sri Lanka in 1983, and British occupied Palestine, 35 years earlier when the Nakba unfolded amid Cold War escalating in Europe. Both, Ceylon and Palestine were British occupied in 1948, and both got faux independence that year as the British officially left but stayed behind to stage Gladio Style “Stay Behind” Operations and Shocks in the post/colony; These included riots, protests, coups, assassinations such as SWRD Bandaranaike in 1959, with the CIA and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/25)
20,755 School Dropouts vs. 151,700 Qualified Students Denied University Admission
Visuals created with the assistance of Microsoft Copilot On Thursday, Parliament disclosed that 20,755 students dropped out of school in 2024, citing the need to close certain schools. However, it overlooked a more critical issue: the denial of university admission to 151,700 qualified students. This alarming figure highlights the urgent need to expand higher education infrastructure and increase funding, rather than limiting access. The failure to address this gap risks deepening educational inequality and stalling national progress.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/25)
What must Sri Lanka do to get compensation from the ICC for unauthorized use of DRS?
Answer To get compensation from the ICC for the use of the Decision Review System (DRS) in cricket, Sri Lanka needs to demonstrate that the system is a Sri Lankan invention and that they have the intellectual property rights to it. This would likely involve legal and diplomatic efforts, potentially including a formal claim to the ICC, negotiations with the ICC, and potentially legal action if necessary. Here's a more detailed breakdown: 1. Establish Ownership and Copyright: Evidence of Invention: Sri Lanka needs to prove that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/25)
"චෙම්මිනී" සමූහ ඝාතන කාගේ වැඩක්ද? 25/07/2025 Arun Siddharth
https://youtu.be/BJ4PlFhngdw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/25)
How China’s ‘big winner’ BYD conquered Sri Lanka’s high-tariff car market
After a five-year import ban, BYD shrewdly adapted its models to circumvent sky-high taxes, making electric vehicles affordable again Dimuthu Attanayake Published: 5:00pm, 26 Jul 2025 Updated: 5:00pm, 26 Jul 2025 A BYD Seal electric vehicle on display in a showroom in Pakistan. BYD accounted for roughly 90 per cent of fellow South Asian nation Sri Lanka’s EV sales in May. Photo: Reuters Aggressive pricing, shrewd tax engineering and a trusted local partner have propelled China’s BYD to a commanding position in Sri Lanka’s electric vehicle and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/07/25)
Eelam was always Island of Sinhalese: The Legal, Historical, and Constitutional Truth”
The name “Eelam” was never Tamil in origin, nor did it denote a separate ethnic homeland. It is a historical term rooted in the identity of the Sinhalese — the island’s first and continuous inhabitants. While Part 1 exposed the linguistic and literary distortions behind the modern separatist claim, this second part dismantles the political fraud using the tools of constitutional law, legal maxims, and international jurisprudence. The truth is clear: Sri Lanka is a unitary, sovereign nation — and the Sinhalese have defended that unity for centuries, often with their lives. To twist... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/07/25)
British Ceylon Flag Correctly Recognized the True Identity (Sinhala Buddhist Only) of Sri Lanka
One of the best kept secrets from school and media history is the British Ceylon Flag. It’s so secretive that only a very few even know about it. British Ceylon flag mercilessly slays many myths including the myth of Tamil homeland. It is a brutal reality that Tamils and how they were referred to before 1911 had no connection whatsoever with the island nation even until 1948. What’s most striking is all Tamils accepted it without any complaint. This is the British Ceylon flag from 1875 to 1948. It has the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
Free Education Policy & Key Responsibilities of the Government and History
These visuals and accompanying content were created with the assistance of Microsoft Copilot. Policy Brief Summary Definition of Free EducationFree education is not limited to tuition-free schooling—it includes both free and affordable fee-based models that are accessible and inclusive. Government Responsibilities- Provide tuition-free education at all levels through public funding.- Ensure fee-based options are affordable and supported by financial aid.- Offer infrastructure support (e.g., textbooks, transport, digital access).- Promote inclusive access for marginalized and disadvantaged groups. Policy ImplicationsGovernments must invest in systems that remove barriers to education and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
Protecting Human Heritage: Sri Lanka’s Buddhist Culture
We live in a time of accelerated militarism, environmental devastation, and deepening social collapse. Amid these crises, the destruction of our shared global heritage — humanity's historical, spiritual, and artistic legacy — receives an astounding lack of attention. As we enter the age of transhumanism and techno-market reality, creativity is no longer an organic expression of human consciousness; it is shaped, filtered, and directed by artificial intelligence and algorithmic control. In geopolitically and ethno-religiously contested regions, this erasure becomes deliberate. Cultural destruction is not merely a byproduct of technological and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
Sri Lankan engineer awarded by the UN for anti-flooding system
Nadeesha Chandrasena has received the Global Award for Intellectual Property (WIPO) for her ‘Smart Drain’, an anti-clogging drainage system that prevents urban flooding. The device is patented and can be monitored in real time, overcoming the problem of drainage channels clogged with waste in large cities. The award is a source of pride for the country and its women's movements. Colombo (AsiaNews) - Dr. Nadeesha Chandrasena, a female engineer from Sri Lanka, has been awarded for her Smart Drain, an innovative rainwater drainage system, by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
ඉතිහාසය නැතිකරන්න හදන්නේ ජාතික අනන්‍යතාවක් සහිත පුද්ගලයින් බිහිවීම වැළැක්වීමටයි.. එය දේශපාලනික කාරණාවක් - සොනාල ගුණවර්ධන (වීඩියෝ)
රටේ ජාතික අනන්‍යතාවක් සහිත පුද්ලයකු බිහිකිරීම සඳහා අවශ්‍ය වන ඉතිහාසය විෂය නැති කිරීම සඳහා කිසිවෙකුට හෝ උවමනාවක් තිබේද යන්න දේශපාලනික කාරණාවක් බවත්, එසේ අවශ්‍යතාවක් ඇත්නම් එය කරන්නේ මේ රටේ ජාතික අනන්‍යතාවක් සහිත පුද්ගලයකු බිහිකිරීම නැවැත්වීම සඳහා බවත් පුහුණු උපදේශක සොනාල ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි. එබඳු පුද්ගලයන් ඕනෑම ආකාරයකට පාලනය කළ හැකි බවත්, සඳහන් කරන ඒ මහතා සියලුම විෂයන් ඉගෙනීමේදී ඉතිහාසය අනිවාර්යෙන් එම විෂයන් තුළ පවතින බවත්, එහිදී ඉතිහාසය හැදෑරීම අත්‍යවශ්‍ය කාරණයක් බවත් සඳහන් කරයි. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2123207708090895... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ යටතේ පාසල් 3100ක් වැසෙයි..? ජනපති ඉගෙනගත් තඹුත්තේගම පාසලත් ඒ අතරලු..
ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණවලට මුවා වී පාසල් වැසීමේ ලෝක බැංකු යෝජනාව ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට ආණ්ඩුව කටයුතු කරමින් සිටින්නේ යැයි ජන අරගල සන්ධානයේ විධායක සභික දුමින්ද නාගමුව මහතා සඳහන් කළේය. මේ යටතේ වත්මන් ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඉගෙනගත් තඹුත්තේගම පාසල ද වැසී යෑමට නියමිත බවට තම පක්ෂය වෙත තොරතුරු ලැබී ඇතැයි ද හෙතෙම කීවේය. අරගල සන්ධානය නුගේගොඩ දී පැවැත්වූ මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී ඔහු මේ බව කීවේය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ දුමින්ද නාගමුව මහතා මෙසේ ද පැවසීය. "ආණ්ඩුව අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ සම්බන්ධයෙන් දැනට ඉදිරිපත් කරලා තියෙන්නේ ප්‍රසන්ටේෂන් එකක් විතරයි. නිශ්චිත වාර්තාවක් තවමත් නෑ. අපි දන්න විදිහට ලංකා ඉතිහාසේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
Cybercrime on the rise in Sri Lanka
Cyberattacks are becoming an increasingly serious issue in Sri Lanka, with the number of computer crime complaints rising sharply in 2025. According to the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT), over 5,400 cybercrime incidents have been reported so far this year. The majority of cases involve social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok, with nearly 90% linked to Facebook. A significant number also involve misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Common cybercrimes reported include malware attacks, data theft, phishing scams, and online financial fraud. With... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
Foreign investors do not have to pay bribes, commissions in SL anymore : Govt.
Colombo, July 26 (Daily Mirror) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath yesterday said that the government was free of corruption, and it was now a good time for foreign investors to invest in Sri Lanka. At the inaugural annual general meeting of the Global Federation of Sri Lankan Business Councils (GFSLBC), the Minister mentioned that investors could now start businesses without paying money or commissions to politicians, and that people could also invest their foreign currencies in Sri Lanka. The event was also attended by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
809 schools designated as ‘national schools’ in name only – COPA reveals
It has been revealed during a meeting of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) that a sum of over Rs. 2.4 million has been spent solely on name boards to designate 809 provincial schools as national schools. However, it has come to light that these schools have been designated as national schools in name only, with no substantive changes implemented to reflect their new status. These findings were disclosed during a recent session of COPA, in which officials from the Ministry of Education were summoned for questioning. Furthermore, the committee... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
Social spending, protecting vulnerable an indicative target in IMF program – SL Mission Chief
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has underscored the importance of sustaining Sri Lanka’s reform momentum and safeguarding macroeconomic stability, following a week-long mission to the country. Speaking at Ada Derana’s current affairs program ‘
Hydepark’, Evan Papageorgiou, the IMF Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, outlined key developments in the nation’s economic program and future challenges. https://youtu.be/US2ORSe2aMc Papageorgiou expressed satisfaction with the government’s strong commitment to reform, highlighting productive discussions with a wide range of authorities and private sector representatives. “We were very happy always to see the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
Did You Know ‘Eelam’ originally referred to the Island of the Sinhalese?
Eelam — a word that triggered a 30-year conflict — must be urgently re-examined. The term “Tamil Eelam” has come to symbolize demands for a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka. But few stop to ask: What did “Eelam” originally mean? Contrary to separatist claims, historical, linguistic, and literary evidence shows that “Eelam” once referred to the entire island of Sri Lanka, long recognized as the homeland of the Sinhalese people. This article unpacks how a term rooted in Sinhalese identity and Buddhist culture was later repackaged into a political... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
මෙරට පාසල් වල දරුවන්ට ආගමික අධ්‍යාපනය ලබාදීමක් ඉතාම වැදගත් කරුණක් ලෙස සැලකිය යුතුය
පාසල් දරුවන්ට ආගම ඉගැන්වීමේ වැදගත්කම ආගම යනු මානව සමාජය තුළ අතිශය ප්‍රබල සහ ඵලදායී බලපෑමක් ඇති සංකල්පයකි. යුගාන්තර ගණනාවක පුරා විවිධ සන්ස්කෘතික පසුබැසීම්, සදාචාරාත්මක ක්‍රම, සහ ජීවන රටා මත ආගම විසිරී ඇත. එබැවින්, පාසල් අධ්‍යාපනයේ අංගයකි ලෙස ආගමට ස්ථානයක් ලබාදීම සමාජීය, ආධ්‍යාත්මික හා බුද්ධිමය වශයෙන් ඉතාම වැදගත්ය. මේ ලිපියෙහි දැක්වෙන්නේ පාසල් දරුවන්ට ආගම පිළිබඳව ඉගැන්වීමේ වැදගත්කම සහ ඒහි සමාජීය හා පුද්ගලික අයුරින් ඇති ව්‍යාප්ත බලපෑම් පිළිබඳ ගැඹුරු විග්‍රහයකි. 1. සදාචාරාත්මක වටිනාකම් වර්ධනය කිරීම බොහෝ ආගම් ජීවිතයේ යහපත් පදනමක් වශයෙන් සදාචාරාත්මක වටිනාකම් උදෙසා අවධානය යොමු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
The Importance of Teaching Religion to School Children
Religion has been a central part of human civilization for thousands of years, shaping cultures, moral systems, and social values. Teaching religion to school children is not about promoting a particular belief but about helping them understand the role religion plays in human life and society. In a world that is increasingly diverse and interconnected, religious education is essential for promoting understanding, tolerance, and moral development. This essay explores the importance of teaching religion to school children and how it benefits individuals and society. 1. Building Moral and Ethical Values One... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
NDT ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමයේ මූලිකත්වයෙන් විරෝධතා බැනරයක් අත්සන් තැබීම
මේ වනවිට ශිෂ්‍යයන්ට පනවා ඇති අසාධාරණ පන්ති තහනම් ඉවත් කර ගැනීමත්, විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය තුල පවත්වාගෙන යන මිලිටරි පාලනය හෙළා දැකීමත්, අධ්‍යක්ෂකවරයා විසින් සිසුන්ගේ අධ්‍යාපනයේ නිදහසට දිගින් දිගටම බාධා කිරීමට විරුද්ධත්වය පළකිරීමත් යන කරුණු අරමුණු කොටගෙන NDT ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමයේ මූලිකත්වයෙන් විරෝධතා බැනරය අත්සන් තැබීම ජූලි 25 වන දින එනම් අද දින මොරටුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලීය තාක්ෂණ ආයතනය පරිශ්‍රයේ දී සාර්ථකව පැවැන්වුනි.එහිදී NDT ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමය මූලිකත්වයෙන් විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය සිසුන් සමගින් එක්ව අද දින විරෝධතා බැනරයකට අත්සන් තැබීම සිදුකරනු ලැබුවා. දීර්ඝ කාලයක් පුරාවට පරිපාලනයේ පවතින ගැටලු, නේවාසිකාගාර ගාස්තු පිළිබද ගැටලු, අසාධාරණ ලෙස පනවන ලද පන්ති තහනම් ශිෂ්‍යයන්ගේ අධ්‍යාපනික නිදහස... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
Brigadier F. Joseph USP Assumed Duties as the New Director Media and Spokesman
Brigadier Franklin Joseph USP officially assumed duties as the new Director Media and Spokesman of the Ministry of Defence on Tuesday (Jul 22). He officially assumed responsibilities from Colonel Nalin Herath, who previously served as the Director Media and Spokesman. Brigadier Franklin Joseph, a distinguished officer of the Sri Lanka Army Engineers Corps, brings with him over three decades of exemplary service marked by professionalism, leadership and a deep commitment to national security. He served with distinction as the Centre Commandant of the Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers prior takeover... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
Beena Sarva's English documentary about Sri Lanka, produced in Sinhala by Priyantha Pradeep Ranasinghe, will be screened at the Press Institute, Colombo
The Sinhala version of the Beena Sarwar's international documentary film 'Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka - Beyond the Headlines', produced by Priyantha Pradeep Ranasinghe under the title 'ණය ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය: ශ්‍රී ලංකාව - සිරස්තලවලින් ඔබ්බට'' (26 Minutes), will be screened at the Sri Lanka Press Institute, Colombo, this month (July 30) at 4.00 p.m.Beena Sarwa, a Pakistani multimedia journalist and producer currently residing in the US, who produced the original film, will join the event.Originally produced in English with the support of the Pulitzer Center in the United States, the 25-minute documentary was released last year.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ සිංහලට නැගූ , බීනා සාර්වාගේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ගැන ඉංග්‍රීසි වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටය, පුවත්පත් ආයතනයේදී ප්‍රදර්ශනය කෙරේ
ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ විසින් 'ණය ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය: ශ්‍රී ලංකාව - සිරස්තලවලින් ඔබ්බට' යන නමින් සිංහලට නගා නිෂ්පාදනය කළ, බීනා සාර්වාගේ 'Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka - Beyond the Headlines' අන්තර්ජාතික වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටයේ, එම සිංහල අනුවාදය, මේ මස (ජූලි 30) ප.ව. 4.00 ට, කොළඹ, ශ්‍රී ලංකා පුවත්පත් ආයතනයේදී ප්‍රදර්ශනය කෙරේ. එම අවස්ථාවට මුල් චිත්‍රපටය නිෂ්පාදනය කළ, දැනට ඇමරිකාවේ වෙසෙන, පාකිස්ථාන බහු මාධ්‍ය, ජනමාධ්‍යවේදිනියක් වන බීනා සාර්වාද එක්වීමට නියමිතයි.බීනා සාර්වා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ගැන පසුගිය වසරේදී ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් නිෂ්පාදනය කළ මිනිත්තු 25ක මෙම වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටයට, ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ Pulitzer Center හි අනුග්‍රහය ලැබී තිබිණි.ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දුරස්ථ ගම්මානයක(දුටුවැව) මෙන්ම කොළඹදී රූගත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
Question -Has DRS brought a windfall for Sri Lanka?
Answer While Sri Lanka is credited with the initial idea behind the Decision Review System (DRS) in cricket, through the work of Senaka Weeraratna, it's not accurate to say it has brought a significant financial windfall for the country. The DRS has become a standard feature in cricket, but Sri Lanka hasn't received royalties or significant financial benefits from its widespread use by the ICC. Here's a more detailed breakdown: Sri Lanka's Contribution: Senaka Weeraratna, a Sri Lankan lawyer, is credited with proposing the concept of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/25)
අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ කමිටුවේ අධ්‍යාපනඥයන් එක්කෙනයි.. අනෙක් අය ව්‍යාරිකයන්..
ආණ්ඩුව විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලැබ තිබෙන නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ සකස් කළ 25 දෙනාගේ කමිටුවේ සිට ඇත්තේ එකම එක අධ්‍යපනඥයකු පමණක් බවත්, අනෙක් පිරිස අතර ව්‍යාපාරිකයන්, ජාත්‍යන්තර පාස්ල් හිමිකරුවන්, හෝටල් හිමිකරුවන්, IT සමාගම් විධායක නිලධාරින්, පෞද්ගලික විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයක නියෝජිතයකු සහ ලෝක බැංකු නියෝජිතයකු බව පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂයේ අධ්‍යාපන ලේකම් පුබුදු ජයගොඩ චෝදනා කරයි. මෙහිදි අදාළ කමිටුවේ සංයුතිය සම්බන්ධව අනාවරණය කරමින් ඔහු පවසා සිටියේ 25 දෙනා අතුරින් 6ක් IT සමාගම් වල ප්‍රධාන විධායක නිලධාරීන් සහ සාමාන්‍යාධිකාරින් වන බවයි. පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂයේ අධ්‍යාපන ලේකම් පුබුදු ජයගොඩ මේ බව සඳහන් කර සිටියේ ඊයේ (24)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/25)
ආර්ථිකය අවදානමක.. ඉදිරි අයවැයෙන් බදු වැඩි කරන්න..- IMF කොළඹ ප්රධානී
ලබන වසරේ අයවැය ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල මෙරටට ලබාදී ඇති අරමුදල් වැඩසටහනේ කැපවීම්වලට අනුකූලව සකස් විය යුතු බවත් ජනපති ට්‍රම්ප් මෙරට අපනයනයන් සඳහා පනවා ඇති තීරු බද්දෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථික වර්ධනය මන්දගාමී වීමේ අවදානමක් තිබෙන බවත් ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ මෙරට මෙහෙයුම් ප්රධානී එවන් පැපජෝජියෝ මහතා (25) ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. 2026 වසරේ අයවැය සකස්වීමේදී රජයේ ආදායම ඉහළ දමා ගැනීම සඳහා ශක්තිමත් ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ඇතුළත් විය යුතු බවත් ක්ෂේත්‍ර සඳහා ප්‍රමාණවත් ප්‍රතිපාදන වෙන් කිරීම් එයට ඇතුළත් විය යුතු බවත් ඔහු පැවසුවේය. බදු නිදහස් කිරීම් ලබාදීම සඳහා වන නීති රාමුව, බදු වලට අනුකූලවන පිරිස ඉහළ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/25)
Full list as Sri Lanka waives visa fees for 40 countries
To boost their tourism, the Sri Lankan government has taken a major step by giving visa fee waivers to forty countries. This sudden change in visa policy is expected to boost the tourism recovery of Sri Lanka. The national policy change also induced the economy of the country. This visa policy change is expected to attract international visitors to increase the cultural exchange. The countries to get this visa fee waived include Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, China, Australia, Spain, Belarus and many more. This reflects the country’s efforts... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/25)
President AKD holds virtual tariff talks with US Trade Representative
A virtual discussion was held this evening (25) between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer regarding the further reduction of trade tariffs imposed by the United States on Sri Lankan exports. The primary objective of the virtual meeting was to discuss the further reduction of proposed trade tariffs on Sri Lankan exports and to further strengthen trade and investment relations between the two nations. The Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma, along with senior officials from the Office of the United States Trade Representative,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/25)
POLICE INVESTIGATE TWO POLICE SERGEANTS AND A CIVILIAN OVER SHOOTING OF A PREGNANT DEER
Police have stated that further investigations are underway regarding the three individuals, including two police sergeants, arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a pregnant deer in a forest reserve in Matale. The incident occurred early this morning (25), and the suspects were apprehended by a group of local youths. Residents tied the three suspects to trees and informed the Galkiriyagama Wildlife Office and the Makulugaswewa Police. Subsequently, a team from the Makulugaswewa Police arrived at the scene, followed by a team from the Galkiriyagama Wildlife Office. Our... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/25)
ජේවීපීකාරයින්ට කවදාවත් වෙනස් වෙන්න බෑ....''
https://youtu.be/V3dB3E7ctZY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/25)
From Tamilakam to Jaffna: A Factual History of Tamil Migration to Sri Lanka
The history of Sri Lanka is deeply intertwined with stories of its diverse peoples, among whom the Tamil community is one. Understanding the origins and arrival of Tamils in Sri Lanka is crucial—not only to appreciate the island’s complex cultural mosaic but also to clarify longstanding myths and contested narratives that have shaped political and social discourse creating unwanted animosity. This article explores ten critical perspectives that shed light on the Tamil presence in Sri Lanka, drawing on linguistic evidence, historical records, archaeological findings, and cultural interactions. By examining these facets, a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය නිවැරදිව ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවට පරිවර්තනය කරන ලෙස නීතීඥවරුන් 209ක් විසින් ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමාගෙන් කරන ඉල්ලීම ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමය මගින් බාර දීමට නීතීඥ සංගමයේ සභාපති වෙත ඉල්ලීමක්....
ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය නිවැරදිව ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවට පරිවර්තනය කරන ලෙස නීතීඥවරුන් 209ක් ජනාධිපතිතුමා වෙත ඉල්ලීම් කිරීමට 2025.07.09 දින සිට දින කිහිපයක් ඇතුළත අත්සන් කර ඇත.මෙම ඉල්ලීම 2025 ජූලි මස අවසන් සතියේදී ජනාධිපතිතුමා වෙත බාර දීමට දිනයක් සහ වේලාවක් ලබා ගැනීමට ජනාධිපති ලේකම්තුමා වෙතින් ඉල්ලීමක්ද කර ඇති අතර මෙම ලිපිය ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය වෙත ලැබී ඇති බවත් යොමු අංකය PS/2025/07/22/63322 බවත් ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය විසින් 2025.07.22 දින දන්වා ඇත.ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පරිවර්තනයේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (b) ඡේදය මගින් දැක්වෙන ආකාරයට ජනාධිපති ධූරකාලය හෝ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව පවත්නා කාලය වසර 6කට වඩා අඩු කිරීමට ගෙනෙන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයකදී ජනමතවිචාරණයක් පැවැත්වීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
A unique Convention on Earth
More than 35,000 delegates from over 90 countries including Sri Lanka are expected to attend the Ahmadiyya Muslim Annual Conference, holding today (Friday 25th July) to Sunday 27th July 2025 at Alton, United Kingdom. Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jamaát) Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, The Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi (peace be upon him) said: ‘’Do not consider this gathering to be the same as other ordinary, worldly gatherings. Rather the case of this is such, that it is founded upon the pure... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
Are Asomiyas facing a bleak future in their homeland !
The indigenous population in Assam of northeast India continues getting shocking revelations every alternate day from none other than State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Pursuing a series of eviction drives to reclaim hundreds of thousands of bighas of government lands (including forest and water bodies) during his term as the head of Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Dispur, Sarma alerted Asomiyas on the fastest changing demography in their localities. The outspoken saffron leader made it public that a conspiracy was hatched to silently change the janagathani (demography) which needs to be halted effectively."After demographic invasion in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
බි්‍රතාන්‍යයේ අති විශාල ඉස්ලාමීය ජාත්‍යන්තර සම්මේලනය
ලබන ජූලි මස 25 වන දින බි්‍රතාන්‍යයේ ඒල්ටන් නුවර අහ්මදිය්යා මුස්ලිම් සංවිධානයේ ජාත්‍යන්තර සම්මේලනය ආරම්භ වීමට ඇත. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඇතුළුව 35,000 කට අධික ජනගහණයක් මෙම තෙදින සම්මේලනයට සහභාගිවීමට ඇත. බි්‍රතාන්‍ය, අප්‍රිකාණු රටවල්හි නායකයන්, විදේශ රාජතාන්ත්‍රිකයන් සහභාගී වීමට නියමිත මෙම සම්මේලනයෙහි නොයෙකුත් මාතෘකා යටතේ අධ්‍යාත්මික දේශනයන් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට නියමිතය.මෙම සම්මේලනයේ ’ජාත්‍යන්තර ෙඛෙඅත් නැමැති පොරොන්දු ගිවිසුම¶ ප්‍රධාන අංගය ලෙස මෙම සම්මේලනයේ තුන්වැනි දින එනම් 2025 ජූලි මස 27 වන දින ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය වේලාවට අනුව සවස 5.30 ට සජීවිව පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතය. සම්මේලනයේ දේශනයන් ඉංග්‍රීසි, දමිළ, ප්‍රංශ, අරාබි සහ ලොවේ විවිධ භාෂාවන්ගෙන් එසැණින්ම පරිවර්ථනය කරනු ලැබේ. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
Defence Secretary Underscores Regional Resilience at Asian Preparedness Partnership Workshop
Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), gracing the ceremony as the chief guest delivered special remarks at the Reflection Workshop of the Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP), held at the Cinnamon Life at the City of Dreams in Colombo on Wednesday (July 23). The two-day workshop, held under the theme “Sustaining Collaboration: Advancing the Future of National Preparedness Partnerships,” brought together delegates from seven Asian nations: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. Commending the APP for its multi-stakeholder framework since its inception in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
NDB Bank Honoured with Eight Prestigious Wins at SLIBFI Awards 2025
NDB Bank proudly reaffirmed its leadership in Sri Lanka’s Islamic banking sector by securing eight distinguished accolades at the Sri Lanka Islamic Banking and Finance Industry (SLIBFI) Awards 2025, held recently. These wins mark yet another milestone in NDB’s ongoing journey of excellence, innovation, and dedication to inclusive financial services. The 2025 edition of the awards saw NDB Bank being recognised across both institutional and individual categories, underscoring the Bank’s collective and personal achievements within the rapidly evolving Islamic finance landscape. The honours included four Gold awards and four Bronze and Merit... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
Soy vs Cow's Milk: Which is Better? - HealthXchange
Soy vs dairy: Is one better than the other? Proponents of soy milk tout it as a natural, plant-based source of protein and point to research that shows that soy milk lowers LDL (low density lipoprotein), or “bad” cholesterol in the body, thereby cutting a person’s risk of developing heart diseases. Soy critics argue that soy contains phytoestrogens, which are thought to increase risk of certain cancers. How do you, as a consumer, make an informed choice? To help you, we discuss here some important questions about soy and cow’s milk, namely: ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
නීතීඥවරුන් 209ක් ජනාධිපතිතුමාගෙන් නිවැරදි කිරීමට ඉල්ලන ඉංග්‍රීසි ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ දෝෂය විධායකය සහ ව්‍යවස්ථාදායකය මේ දක්වා නොදැන සිටියේ ඇයි?
ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය නිවැරදිව ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවට පරිවර්තනය කරන ලෙස නීතීඥවරුන් 209ක් ජනාධිපතිතුමාගෙන් මේ වන විට ඉල්ලීම් කරන (2025.07.09 දින සිට දින සිට දින කිහිපයක් ඇතුළත මෙම ඉල්ලිම් කිරීමට නීතීඥවරුන් 209ක් අත්සන් කර ඇත) අතර මෙම ඉල්ලීම 2025 ජූලි මස අවසන් සතියේදී ජනාධිපතිතුමා වෙත බාර දීමට දිනයක් සහ වේලාවක් ලබා ගැනීමට ජනාධිපති ලේකම්තුමා වෙතින් ඉල්ලීමක්ද කර ඇත.නීතීඥවරුන් ඇතුළු පුරවැසියන් විසින් අත්සන් කර ඉදිරිපත් කරන මෙම ඉල්ලීම ජනාධිපතිතුමා වෙත බාරදීමට දිනයක් සහ වේලාවක් ලබා ගැනීමට ජනාධිපති ලේකම්තුමා වෙත යොමු කරන ලද ලිපිය ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
Ehelepola Nilame: Traitor or Patriot?
These visuals and accompanying content were created with the assistance of Microsoft Copilot. Comparison Chart: Ehelepola Nilame – Traitor vs. Patriot PerspectiveKey ArgumentsConsequencesLegacy ViewTraitorAllied with British to overthrow Kandyan monarchy; facilitated colonial rule.Helped end Sri Lanka's last independent kingdom; led to British colonization.Seen by some as betraying national sovereignty.PatriotOpposed tyrannical king; sought justice after execution of his family.Gained popular support; viewed as a hero by those opposing the king.Seen by others as a tragic hero who resisted cruelty. A Complex Legacy Ehelepola Nilame remains one of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
Sri Lanka Has Identified Five Potential Sites For First Nuclear Power Plant
Deploying reactor above 600 MW likely to be ‘technically challenging’ Sri Lanka is making progress in establishing nuclear infrastructure and has already identified potential new-build sites as it embarks on the development of its nuclear power programme, according to an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) review mission. The follow-up Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission, conducted at the request of the government of Sri Lanka, took place from 14 to 18 July 2025. The INIR team concluded that Sri Lanka has made good progress to address recommendations... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
බෝම්බ සමග අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් LTTE සැකකරුවන්ගේ KD KILLER KING’S නම් වට්ස්ඇප් ගෘප් එකක් ගැන තොරතුරු හෙළිවේ..
වව්නියාව, සෙට්ටිකුලම ප්‍රදේශයෙන් අත්බෝම්බ 86 ක් හා T56 උණ්ඩ 321 ක් සමග අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් සැකකරුවන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් මුදල් විශුද්ධිකරණය වැළැක්වීමේ පනත යටතේ ද විමර්ශන ආරම්භ කර ඇතැයි, පොලිසිය පවසයි. ඒ, අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් සැකකරුවන්ගේ ගිණුම්වලට අවස්ථා රැසකදී වෙනත් පාර්ශ්වයකින් මුදල් ලැබී ඇති බව හෙළිවීමත් සමගය. පෙරේදා (21) පස්වරුවේ කිරිබත්ගොඩ ප්‍රදේශයේ පොලිසිය සිදුකළ සෝදිසියකදී ත්‍රිරෝද රථයක ගමන්කරමින් සිටි හිටපු LTTE සාමාජිකයකු T56 ගිනි අවියක් සහ උණ්ඩ 36 ක් සමග අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබිණි. එම පුද්ගලයා මෝටර් රථයකින් කොම්පඤ්ඤ වීදියේ සිට කිරිබත්ගොඩට පැමිණ ඇති අතර ඔහු පැමිණි මෝටර් රථයේ ඇතිවූ කාර්මික දෝෂයක් හේතුවෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
69 ලක්ෂයක් ගත් ගෝඨාභයවත් එළෙව්වා නම් 68 ලක්ෂයක් ගත් අනුර එලවන්න මහ වෙලාවක් යන්නේ නෑ..- අරගලයේ මුල්පෙළ සාමාජිකයෝ කියති
ජනතාව වීදි බසින තත්වයට පත්කරගන්න එපා යැයි ආණ්ඩුවට පවසන බවත්, මහජන අරගලය යනු ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ පමණක් මෙහෙයවූ අරගලයක් නොවන බවත් අරගලයේ ක්‍රියාකාරී සාමාජිකයකු වූ ජීවන්ත පීරිස් පියතුමා පවසයි. අරගලයට එක්වූ ජනතාව තවමත් සක්‍රීය බවත්, 69 ලක්ෂයක් ජනතා මනාපය දිනාගත් ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂව ගෙදර යැවුවා නම් 68 ලක්ෂයක් මනාප ගත් මෙම ආණ්ඩුව ගෙදර යැවීමට මහ ලොකු වෙලාවක් ගත නොවන බවත් ඔහු පවසයි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
වරදකරු වූ දේශබන්දුට ආපහු පොලිස්පතිකම ලැබෙයිද ? විජේදාස සියල්ල හෙළි කරයි
https://youtu.be/S17c56pr4Lg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
Asking a donkey to do a dog’s homework - I
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake participated in the inauguration ceremony of the 74th Upasampada Vinaya Karmaya (Rite of Higher Ordination) of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya held at the Mahaweli Grounds in Galnewa, not far from his native village of Tambuttegama, on the afternoon of June 30, 2025. The main Upasampada rite was to be conducted at a different venue, namely, the Sri Vidyadhara Maha Pirivena in Kalawewa, Kalakarambewa from June 30 to July 8, organised by the provincial Sangha Sabhas of the North Central Province and the Upasampada Maha Utsava Committee. During his short... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
Our 1983 Nakba: Did the ‘Ethnic Conflict’ Research Industry Mask Cold War Proxy Wars in the Global South?
Was the same Playbook to unmake Multiculturalism and stage the Palestine Nakba (catastrophe) for the violent birth of Israel in May 1948 used years later in the July 1983 pogrom and staged riots in Sri Lanka? Moreover, were the same foreign institutional forces, clandestine actors and networks involved? Our Sri Lankan Nakba, which included killings, staged riots, forced migration and brain drain to de-develop the country, inaugurated a 30-year cycle of war. The July 1983 pogrom also served to construct a dominant narrative of a perpetually divided people locked in ethno-religious strife in ‘Paradise... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/25)
From Ceylon to Palestine: Ethnic Conflict as Cold War Proxy War -PART 2
There are remarkable patterns of history, organized violence, and Disinformation between events leading to the pogrom and forced population displacements in Sri Lanka in 1983, and British occupied Palestine 35 years earlier as the Nakba unfolded amid Cold War escalating in Europe between the Allies and Soviet Union or Axis Powers. Both, Ceylon and Palestine were British occupied in 1948, and both got faux independence that year as the British officially left but stayed behind – Gladio Style to stage Shocks including assassinations such as SWRD Bandaranaike in 1959 with the CIA as happened... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
බීනා සාර්වාගේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ගැන වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටය, ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ සිංහලට නගයි
ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රදීප් රණසිංහ විසින් 'ණය ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය: ශ්‍රී ලංකාව - සිරස්තලවලින් ඔබ්බට' යන නමින් සිංහලට නගා නිෂ්පාදනය කළ, බීනා සාර්වාගේ 'Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka Beyond the Headlines' අන්තර්ජාතික වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටයේ, එම සිංහල අනුවාදය ප්‍රදර්ශනය කිරීම සඳහා ඇය මේ මස 26 වනදා දිවයිනට පැමිණීමට නියමිතයි. දැනට ඇමරිකාවේ වෙසෙන, පාකිස්ථාන බහු මාධ්‍ය, ජනමාධ්‍යවේදිනියක් වන බීනා සාර්වා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ගැන පසුගිය වසරේදී ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් නිෂ්පාදනය කළ මිනිත්තු 25ක මෙම වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටයට, ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ Pulitzer Center හි අනුග්‍රහය ලැබී තිබිණි.ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දුරස්ථ ගම්මානයක(දුටුවැව) මෙන්ම කොළඹදී රූගත කරන ලද මෙම චිත්‍රපටය, ආණ්ඩුකරණය, වගවීම සහ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී අභිලාෂයන් ගැන ඇති චිරස්ථායී බලාපොරොත්තු සම්බන්ධ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
Colombo, Supreme Court recognises religious title for Buddhist nuns
The word ‘Bhikkuni’ will appear on identity cards, allowing female religious figures in Sri Lanka to enjoy a range of civil rights. According to the Supreme Court, refusing to use the title in documents violated constitutional rights. This is the first time that the formal existence of the female community ordained in the Buddhist Sangha, which numbers thousands of women in Sri Lanka, has been recognised. Colombo (AsiaNews) - The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has taken a historic decision, officially recognising the right of Buddhist nuns... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
GMOA: New circular a ruse to entice masses into buying medicine from private sector
Dr. Sugathadasa The Government Medical Officers (GMOA) has said it will soon seek a meeting with Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa and the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) to discuss the rapid deterioration of health services at government hospitals. GMOA Secretary Dr. Prabath Sugathadasa yesterday (22) said that instead of taking tangible measures to address the worsening shortage of medicine and equipment at government hospitals, the NPP... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
බුද්ධ ශාසන අමාත්‍යාංශය අහෝසිද? - ඒකීය රටක් වෙනුවෙන් අපි එකමුතුව ජනපති අනුරගෙන් අසයි..
හිනිදුම සුනිල් සෙනෙවි අමාත්‍යවරයා විසින් ඉකුත් දා රූපවාහිනී වැඩසටහනක දී බුද්ධ ශාසන අමාත්‍යංශයක් දැන් නැති බවට කරන ලද ප්‍රකාශය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඒකීය රටක් වෙනුවෙන් අපි එකමුතුව විසින් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා වෙත ලිපියක් යොමුකරමින් ඒ පිළිබඳව විමසීමක් කර ඇත. අදාළ ලිපිය පහළින්.. ගරු ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා, ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය, කොළඹ 1. ගරු ජනාධිපතිගේ අවධානයට, බුද්ධ ශාසන අමාත්‍යාංශය අහෝසිද? පසුගිය දිනක ගරු. මහාචාර්ය. හිනිදුම සුනිල් සෙනෙවි ඇමතිතුමා විසින් මධයේ ප්‍රකෂවූ බුද්ධශාසන අමාත්‍යංශය අහෝසි බාව යැයි ජනතාව අතර මතයක් ඇතිවී ඇති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ අවසන් ලියවිල්ලක් සකස්කර නෑ.. හරිනි කරන්නේ පවර්පොයින්ට් ප්‍රසන්ටේෂන් එකක්.. - බිමල් කියයි
අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවසන් කෙටුම්පතක් හෝ නිශ්චිත යෝජනාවලියක් මෙතෙක් සකස් කර නොමැති බව සභානායක සහ අමාත්‍ය බිමල් රත්නායක මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී අද (23) ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ පිළිබඳව හෙට (24) පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ පැවැත්වෙන විවාදය ගැන විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා යොමු කළ ප්‍රශ්නයකට පිළිතුරු දෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යවරිය විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලබන ‘පවර් පොයින්ට්’ ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමක් හෝ වෙනත් ලියවිල්ලක් මත පදනම්ව දැනට සාකච්ඡා සිදුවෙමින් පවතින බව අමාත්‍ය රත්නායක මහතා පැවසීය. අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ සකස් විය යුත්තේ අධ්‍යාපන විශේෂඥයන්, විෂය ප්‍රවීණයන් සහ විවිධ සමාජ කණ්ඩායම්වල අදහස් මත පදනම්ව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
Current deputy Defence Minister maintained deafening silence on Zahran’s activities as then Eastern Commander: MP
Colombo, July 23 (Daily Mirror) - Dropping a bombshell in Parliament, opposition MP Nizam Kariapper today said current Deputy Minister of Defence Aruna Jayasekera who was one time Security Force Commander in the east neglected prior information received on activities of Zahran who led the Easter Sunday attacks since 2015. MP Kariapper said the B report submitted to the Colombo magistrate by the CID had revealed all this information. “The B report was hidden for years but we have managed to find it,” the MP said. “Former President dismissed former... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
Speaker certifies National Minimum Wage for Workers Amendment Bill
Speaker of House Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne today (23) endorsed his certification on the three Bills, the Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers (Amendment) Bill to amend Act No. 36 of 2005, the Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers (Amendment) Bill to amend Act No. 4 of 2016, and the National Minimum Wage for Workers (Amendment) Bill. The Second Reading debate on the three Bills was held yesterday (22), and were passed by Parliament. The three Bills were presented to Parliament for the First Reading on June 03, 2025. Accordingly, the Budgetary Relief... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
BANANA MOUNTAINS DISCARDED AT THAMBUTTEGAMA MARKET
Traders at the Thambuttegama Economic Centre say they are currently forced to discard around 500 kilos of bananas every day. They attribute this to a surplus of bananas in the market, coupled with a decrease in sales. Traders report that a single ambul banana at the economic centre cannot even be sold for Rs. 10.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
FORMER BATTICALOA INTELLIGENCE CHIEF DETAINED FOR QUESTIONING
The Criminal Investigation Department has informed the Fort Magistrate's Court that the former Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Batticaloa Divisional Intelligence Unit, who was arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, is being detained for 72 hours for questioning under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. He was arrested on suspicion of misleading investigations into the murder of two police officers in Vavunathivu, a crime allegedly linked to the Easter attacks. The suspect is currently serving as a Police Inspector at the Wan Ela Police Station in Kantale.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
RANIL'S STATE OF EMERGENCY VIOLATED FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: SUPREME COURT
The Supreme Court today (23), ruled that Ranil Wickremesinghe, as acting President in 2022, violated fundamental human rights through the emergency regulations he declared on July, 17, 2022, under the Public Security Ordinance to control protesters. The majority decision was delivered by Chief Justice Murdhu Fernando and Justice Yasantha Kodagoda. However, Justice Arjuna Obeysekere, in his verdict, stated that the acting President's emergency proclamation did not violate fundamental human rights. The petitions were filed by the Centre for Policy Alternatives, former Human Rights Commissioner of Sri Lanka Ambika Satkunanathan,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
PREETHI PADMAN SURASENA APPROVED AS THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE
Supreme Court Judge Preethi Padman Surasena has been unanimously approved as the new Chief Justice of Sri Lanka by the Constitutional Council. The decision was made today (22) during a meeting chaired by Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne. The nomination was submitted by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday (21), recommending Justice Surasena for the top judicial post. Justice Surasena brings decades of legal and judicial experience to the role.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
Sri Lanka Education Reform 2025–2029: A National Crisis Threatening Our Children’s Identity and Future
Education Reforms Sri Lanka PPT for 2025.07.11 for Parliament new The Hidden Agenda: Erasing Sri Lankan Identity from Grade 1 THE PROMISE: “We will nurture global citizens who embrace sustainability, innovation, and 21st-century skills.”— Official Reform Slides THE REALITY: No standalone History subject from Grades 1 to 5. Sri Lankan kings, heroes, and civilizational achievements are erased from early education. Buddhism, the ethical and cultural backbone of Sri Lanka, is sidelined or diluted. It no longer holds a central... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
“THE TURNING POINT” BY WASANTHA KARANNAGODA PART 4
During the Eelam war, the Navy was heavily engaged in escort duties. The cargo and fuel shipped to Jaffna from Trincomalee to Colombo were escorted by the navy. The passenger ferry carrying civilians sailed under navy security. [1] The LTTE closed the A9 road to Jaffna and the government forces had to take a sea route to the north. Navy provided an escort for all such sea journeys. Navy was responsible for the transfer of army personnel to and from Jaffna. In 1999 navy acquired two new fast passenger carriers capable of carrying... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/25)
“THE TURNING POINT” BY WASANTHA KARANNAGODA PART 5
Karannagoda in his book “ The turning point ‘ provides us with a detailed account of the arms procurement method of the LTTE . Navy intelligence knew about these movements, but lacked the strength to stop them. Initially, most of the explosives and weapons LTTE used were obtained from Tamilnadu and also from the government of India. The items obtained from the international market were unloaded on their boats off the Tamilnadu coast and came in, mingling with the fishing boats. From there, the cargo came to Sri Lanka across Palk Strait wit dinghies... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/25)
ඉතිහාසය පාසල් ළමුන්ට උගන්වීමේ වැදගත්කම
හැඳින්වීම ඉතිහාසය යනු අතීතයේ සිදුවීම්, සමාජ සංවර්ධනය, සංස්කෘතික විකසනය සහ මනුෂ්‍ය විපර්යාසයන් පිළිබඳව ගැඹුරු අවබෝධයකට පදනම් වන විෂයයකි. පාසල් ළමුන්ට ඉතිහාසය උගන්වීම ඔවුන්ගේ චින්තා විකසනය, විචාරශීලීත්වය සහ ජනනාධිපතිත්වය පිළිබඳ අවබෝධය වර්ධනය කරයි. මෙය පුරවැසි ලෙස වගකීම් සහිත පරිපූර්ණ පුද්ගලයන් ගොඩනැඟීම සඳහා අත්‍යවශ්‍ය වේ. එක්සත් රාජධානියේ (UK) ඉතිහාස අධ්‍යාපන ක්‍රමය එක්සත් රාජධානියෙහි රජයේ ජාතික විෂය නිර්දේශය (National Curriculum) යටතේ ඉතිහාසය Year 1 සිට Year 9 දක්වා අනිවාර්ය විෂයකි. අරමුණු: ශිෂ්‍යයන්ට බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ඉතිහාසය පිළිබඳ පුළුල් දැනුමක් ලබාදීම. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/25)
Teaching Fake History in Schools Verses Not Teaching Fake History (Real History was Never Taught in Schools)
A political debate is raging over history teaching in government syllabus following schools. One group argues for the continued teaching of fake history in primary schools that follow the government syllabus while another group argues that it should be taught only for students in Years 6 to 9. No party to the debate wants to teach real history that was never taught in schools. This is yet another meaningless, politically motivated and distracting event. Teaching or not teaching fake history has no impact. They are the same. In fact, not teaching fake history is the better... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/25)
Pakistan Army’s Chief of General Staff Meets Sri Lankan Defence Leadership
The Chief of General Staff of the Pakistan Army, Lieutenant General Syed Aamer Raza, undertook an official visit to Sri Lanka today (Jul 22), during which he paid courtesy calls on the Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) and the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), on separate occasions. Lieutenant General Raza was accompanied by Colonel Muhammad Farooq, Defence Advisor to the High Commission of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, during both engagements. In his meeting with the Deputy Minister of Defence, the visiting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/25)
Sri Lanka to end tax breaks for Port City Colombo project by Chinese firm – Report
Sri Lanka is set to end tax breaks for the Port City Colombo project being implemented by a Chinese state-run firm as part of commitments under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package, a move expected to hit the viability of the $1.4-billion venture. Following the fourth and latest review for Sri Lanka’s extended fund facility from the IMF to help overcome the island nation’s worst economic crisis, the government in Colombo has committed to amend the Strategic Development Projects (SDP) Act and Port City Act within this year to introduce “transparent, rules-based, best-practice... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/25)
IGP GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT; SAYS COMMITTEE
The Committee to Investigate IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon has unanimously concluded that he is guilty of the allegations brought against him, and recommends he be removed from the post. This was revealed by the Speaker of Parliament. “This committee has found unanimously that the officer in question is guilty of the allegations brought against him,” Wickramarathne read out. “As mandated under section 17 of the Removal of Officers Procedure Act, I am obliged and hereby undertake to place the finding of guilt in the form of a Resolution Paper in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/25)
රෝහල්වල බෙහෙත් නෑ ?
https://youtu.be/n_UXYbfk84Q... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/25)
කාදිනල්තුමා සොයන මහ මොලකරු ජූඩ් ප්‍රනාන්දු පියතුමා ද? | නිලන්ත ජයවර්ධන හරියටම බුද්ධි තොරතුරු දීලා
https://youtu.be/3NMuFrtKRUg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/25)
' ජේවීපී උම්මත්තකයන්ගේ පිස්සු තදවීම...'' මේ අවු 5න් පස්සෙ, ලංකාවේ ජේවීපී නෑ
https://youtu.be/nHvbRK1OnKE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/25)
Wimalasurendra Planned to Electrify Lanka’s Trains & Cities in 1918: The English Derailed His Vision – They Still Do in 2025…
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 13-19 July 2025 * ee’s poster this week portrays the Western Province Governor (& founder of Expolanka, importer of Japanese goods) Hanif Yusoof, Tea Exporters Association Chairman Huzefa Akbarally, and Brandix CEO Ashroff Omar, all appearing hawkish-eyed & wide awake, glaring & peering, at a meeting with President AK Dissanayake on 12 July at the Presidential Secretariat. The meeting, including other named & unnamed merchants & government officials, was to formulate a response to an ever-changing US tariff policy.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
“THE TURNING POINT” BY WASANTHA KARANNAGODA PT 3B
Intelligence reports indicated that the LTTE’s strategy was to demoralize the navy.[1] The more they target the navy the more the navy resolved to fight back, said Karannagoda .[2] Navy listed all the vulnerable naval targets and took precautions. [3] Despite the many precautions we took LTTE always managed to find ways to attack the navy, said Karannagoda.[4] LTTE launched hit and run attacks from their Sea Tiger camps located on the coast line. Sea Tigers launched their attacks within 10-20 nautical miles from land, then they could return to base before Navy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
“THE TURNING POINT” BY WASANTHA KARANNAGODA PT 3C
LTTE established small Sea Tiger bases the north- eastern and north- western coasts in lagoons opening to the sea. They were approx. 10-15 km apart along the coast. In 1994 LTTE went into the Vanni, it was pushed out of Jaffna. In Vanni, they freely used all the lagoons that opened to the sea.[1] Over 8 Sea Tiger camps were set up in the Vanni. LTTE attack boats and suicide boats were hidden in the jungle adjoining. LTTE had found a way to launch and pull back the boats, using the bull dozers and tractors kept... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
An open letter to Hon. Santosh Jha Esqr. Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka
Hon. Santosh Jha Esqr, Dr Sudhath Gunasekara Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, 21 “Dharsana”,Gemunu Mawatha Colombo. Mahanuwara 081 22 32744-071 1780449 The Need to change the overall Kautilyan policy of Mathsya nyaaya and the Panikkar strategies towards its neighbors, particularly Sri Lanka, if India is to be respected and accepted as a true friend by its SAARC neighbours, all of whom are fully independent sovereign nations. Dr. Sudath Gunasekara (SLAS) Former Secretary to Prime Minister Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranayake and the President of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
The Sri Lankan Constitution is in a crisis due to the incorrect English translation of the Constitution.
Will the President enforce the law against the powerful legal personalities who have alienated and deprived the sovereignty of the people by using the incorrect English translation of the Constitution?1. The Sinhala text of Article 83(ආ) of the Constitution has not been correctly translated into English.(83.b)2. That is, its English translation prevents a referendum from being held to reduce the presidential term or the duration of parliament to less than 6 years, but its valid Sinhala text mandates a referendum to be held to reduce... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ අගමැති අනලාලු.. ජනපති අතදාන්නෑලු…
රජය යෝජනා කර ඇති නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ ක්‍රියාවලිය වටා මේ වන විට උද්ගත වී ඇති අර්බුදකාරී තත්ත්වය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතාගේ සමීපතමයෙකු ලෙස සැලකෙන මාධ්‍යවේදී උවිදු කුරුකුලසූරිය මහතා සිය සමාජ ජාල ගිණුමේ සටහනක් තබමින් ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටින්නේ, ජනාධිපතිවරයා මෙම තත්ත්වයට අත නොදමන බවයි. ඔහු සිය සටහන මඟින් අවධාරණය කර ඇත්තේ, මෙම අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ පිළිබඳව මුලින්ම ධවල පත්‍රිකාවක් ලෙස හෝ ඉදිරිපත් කර සාකච්ඡා කළ යුතුව තිබූ බවයි. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් සෝලිය මහතා සෘජුවම අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සහ අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය මහත්මියට චෝදනා එල්ල කර තිබේ. නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ රට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
Financial and administrative irregularities: COPE turns to State universities
Scrutiny over financial and administrative irregularities in Sri Lanka’s State universities has intensified in recent times, thrusting institutions like the Sabaragamuwa University into the spotlight. The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) convened on 4 June to examine the Auditor General’s report for the 2023 financial year, placing the Sabaragamuwa University’s management under intense scrutiny. Chaired by MP Dr. Nishantha Samaraweera, the session sparked widespread debate over whether parliamentary questioning of university officials would facilitate financial recovery or cause detrimental effects to the university’s functioning. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
Electoral reforms: ‘Flawed’ campaign finance law to be amended?
EC formulating amendments to 2023 Law As at present ‘even empty paper’ submitted by candidates as expenditure report has to be accepted Amendments proposed to empower EC to examine contents of expenditure reports and file suit The Election Commission (EC) yesterday stated that it is currently preparing a report outlining the necessary amendments to the Election Expenditure Act, No. 03 of 2023. This, as the commission claimed that they are required under the current form of the Regulation of the Act to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
India Tightens Grip Over Sri Lanka with Defense Pact
Sri Lanka’s JVP-led NPP government has made a dramatic pivot towards India, even utilizing legislative changes it once vehemently opposed. On August 19, 2023, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, then an opposition leader, criticized a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that then-President Ranil Wickremesinghe had signed with India. “We must have the freedom to freely move our hands and legs! But with this agreement, we will be in a situation where we are unable… to take any political or economic decision” independently, he said in a speech to National People’s Power (NPP) affiliated ex-military personnel. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
Education Reforms: Govt. forges ahead amidst widespread protests
The government is forging ahead with its ambitious education reform package, amidst protests by teachers’ trade unions, university teachers and other stakeholders. Speaking at an event to raise awareness of the education reforms, among education officials, teachers and the public, at the Dakshinapaya Auditorium in Galle, on Saturday, Minister of Education and Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya said the new policy was aimed at overhauling Sri Lanka’s education system by reducing classroom sizes, enhancing teachers’ professionalism, modernising curricula, and integrating vocational pathways into the mainstream. “It is not possible to deliver quality... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
’’Nilantha Jayawardene did his job’’; Dayasiri defends former SIS chief
Colombo, July 21 (Daily Mirror) - Former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Chief Nilantha Jayawardene has done his job as he has disseminated all information on events which led to the Easter Sunday attacks since 2015, MP Dayasiri Jayasekera said. “The former SIS Chief has informed the state authorities on the impending Easter Sunday bomb attacks from January 2019. He had frequently informed the then Secretary, Ministry of Defence Hemasiri Fernando on the impending attacks,” MP Jayasekera told the media. “It is not correct for the Police Commission to expel Jayawardene... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
Wind Power that abounds in our hills
I enclose an earlier Paper of mine. Hope the Government of Premier Anura Kumara will read it. Though in my Nineties, if called upon I will undertake to see that all the power we need comes from the Wind Power in our hills, all done within twelve months. It will be a far easier task than establishing the Youth Self Employment Programme for Bangladesh in nineteen months in 1982- a programme that has been developed upon to create over three million self employed youths by the members of the elite Bangladesh Civil Service. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
“THE TURNING POINT” BY WASANTHA KARANNAGODA PART 1
Wasantha Karannagoda, former Commander of the Sri Lanka navy, has written a book titled, ‘The Turning Point, the navy’s role in Sri Lanka’s war” published by Penguin India in 2025. The book records the experiences of the Sri Lanka Navy , at two specific periods of the Eelam war, first when Karannagoda was Commander Eastern Naval Area in 2003-2005 and second when Karannagoda became Commander of the Sri Lanka navy in 2005. Karannagoda was appointed Commander Easter Naval Area in January 2003 .At the time his rank was Rear Admiral and was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
“THE TURNING POINT” BY WASANTHA KARANNAGODA - PART 2
In 2005, When Karannagoda became Commander of the navy, the navy was mostly engaged in escort functions for the army and merchant vessels, said Karannagoda in his book “The Turning Point”. Karannagoda turned the navy into a successful fighting force. To do so, he had to improve many aspects of the navy service. The navy’s fighting capabilities were insufficient, there was a lack of leadership and a lack of confidence in senior officers, he observed.[1] To create a fighting force, the navy needed a major shift in its operating pattern, mindset, attitude and morale.[2]... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
“THE TURNING POINT” BY WASANTHA KARANNAGODA - PART 3A
The book “The Turning Point ’has a separate chapter titled ‘The evolution of the Sri Lanka navy and the LTTE’s Sea Tigers”. This give us much first hand information on the development of the LTTE Sea Tiger force and the measures taken by the navy to combat them. We are told that the LTTE first used their boats to smuggle arms and ammunition from India and to send their cadres to India for training. Until the mid 1980s LTTE only had 25 HP outboard motors for their fiberglass dinghies which were 17-20 feet... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
සත්‍ය වසන් කර ඉතිහාසය ඉගැන්වීම
මෙයට වසර 2500 පෙර උතුරු ඉන්දියාවේ විජය කුමරා සිය පිරිවර (700) සමඟ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණීමෙන් සිංහල ජාතියේ ආරම්භය සිදුවීය. එදා, විජයාගමනය ගැන ඉතිහාසය පොත් වල පරිච්චේද ගණනින් කරුණු සැලවිණි. නමුත් අද මෙය ඉතිහාසය පොත්වල පාසැල් දරුවනට නොඋගැන්වේ. අද ළමුනට උගන්වන්නේ හෝමෝ සපියන්වරු අප්‍රිකාවේ සිට සංක්‍රමණය කර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මනුෂ්‍ය වාසය ආරම්භ වූ බවයි. ‘විජය කියා කුමරෙක් මෙරටට පැමිණියේය යන ජන විශ්වාශයක් මේ රටේ ඇත’ වැනි වූ තනි පේළියක් එක් ඉතිහාස පෙළ පොතක අවශේෂ ලෙස දක්වා ඇත. විජයගෙන් රජවරුන් 4 දෙනෙකුගෙන් පසු රාජ්‍ය කල දේවානම් පියතිස්ස... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
Over 2,100 complaints filed with Bribery Commission in 2025
Colombo, July 20 (Daily Mirror) - Corruption within Sri Lanka’s state sector remains a growing concern, prompting increased action by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). From January to July 2025, the Commission received 2,138 complaints, carried out 44 raids, and arrested 31 public officials in connection with bribery and corruption-related offences. Those arrested include school principals, police officers, labour officials, and employees of the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT). The arrests were made during investigations into incidents such as accepting bribes, misuse of authority,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
'' අපි වවලයි අපි කන්නෙ, ඒ කතා අපි ළඟ නෑ...'' දැන් ජනාධිපති ලාල්කාන්ත ද ?
https://youtu.be/x_KsrLiNgJY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/25)
කන්ටේනර් ඇතුළේ තිබ්බ ඒවා අහුවෙයි / ලේසි නෑ - මෙන්න ප්‍රබලයාගේ නමක් ගෑවිලා
https://youtu.be/YWVJihI3jak... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/25)
වහාම.. වහාම.. වහාම.. මේක අයින් කරගන්න..
https://youtu.be/RTnEj3v9DPU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/25)
A multi-dimensional approach to lift the status of the rural sector – Praja Shakthi program in context
Currently, one in every six individuals in Sri Lanka suffers from multidimensional poverty, with 95.3% of this population residing in rural and estate areas. The continued existence of this condition negatively impacts the country’s economic and productive potential. This initiative seeks to address the situation by strengthening social protection and strategically targeting vulnerable groups through a structured and inclusive national social welfare system -Presidents Office, Presidential Secretariat The status of the rural sector in Sri Lanka needs to be considered in context of its size, its population demography, its economic and social status,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/25)
Sri Lanka's Higher Education Access Crisis – 2025
In 2025, Sri Lanka faces a critical higher education access crisis. Despite 196,000 students qualifying for university admission, only 45,000 were admitted to state universities. This leaves over 75% of qualified students without access to public university education. Key Issues Not Addressed by the New Government Reforms - No expansion of state university seats- No community college system- No scaled open university options- Inadequate financial aid Call to Action We urge the Sri Lankan government to prioritize higher education access by:1. Expanding state university capacity.2.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/25)
CHAPA in Open Dialogue! with Dilan, Free Education & Nirmal! JVP - NPP, July 18, 2025, Episode 325
https://youtu.be/tMSRB4U6WgY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/25)
වැරදි ඉංග්‍රීසි පරිවර්තන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව නිසා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව අර්බුදයක...
ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ වැරදි ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පරිවර්තනය යොදා ගෙන ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්‍යය අත්හැරවූ, අහිමිකළ නීතියේ බලවතුන්ට එරෙහිව ජනාධිපතිතුමා නීතිය ක්‍රියාත්මක කරයිද?1. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය සිංහල භාෂා පාඨය නිවැරදිව ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවට පරිවර්තනය වී නැත. (83.b)2. එනම් එහි ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පරිවර්තනය මගින් ජනාධිපති ධූරකාලය හෝ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව පවත්නා කාලය වසර 6කට වඩා අඩු කිරීමට ජනමතවිචාරණයක් පැවැත්වීම වළක්වා ඇති නමුත් එහි වලංගු සිංහල භාෂා පාඨය මගින් ජනාධිපති ධූරකාලය හෝ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව පවත්නා කාලය වසර 6කට වඩා අඩු කිරීමටද හෝ වැඩිකිරීමටද ජනමතවිචාරණයක් පැවැත්වීමට නියම කර ඇත.3. ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පරිවර්තන පාඨය මගින් ජනාධිපති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/25)
අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ වැනි ලොකු වැඩ කරන්න මාලිමා ආණ්ඩුවට දැනුමක් නෑ - පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක
ප්රතිසංස්කරණ වැනි ඉතාමත් භාර්යදූර ලොකු වැඩ කිරීමට තරම් දැනුමක් හෝ කුසලතාවක් ඇති පිරිසක් මාලිමා ආණ්ඩුවේ නැති බව ඔවුන් තේරුම්ගත යුතු යැයි එක්සත් ජනරජ පෙරමුණේ නායක පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක මහතා කොළඹදී ඊයේ (18දා) මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් කැඳවමින් පැවසීය. “බලයට ඒමට පෙර විශ්වකෝෂ මෙන් මේ අය පෙන්නුවට ඔවුන් කොතරම් කුඩා පිරිසක් ද යන්න දැන් සමාජයට පෙනෙනවා” යැයි ද රණවක මහතා කීවේය. ඔහු මෙසේ ද පැවසීය. අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණය යටතේ සා.පෙළට ප්‍රධාන විෂයන් 5ක් නම් කරලා අතුරු විෂයන් දෙකක් අඳුනගන්න පුළුවන් කියලා ඉතිහාසය, දෙවන බස, කලා විෂයන් එක ගොඩකට දාල තියෙනවා. එතන තාක්ෂණික විෂයනුත් තියෙනවා.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/25)
බුද්ධ ශාසන කටයුතු අමාත්‍යංශයක් දැන් නෑ - ඇමැති සුනිල් කියයි..
වර්තමාන රජය අමාත්‍යංශ විසි ගණනකට සීමා කිරීම නිසා බුද්ධ ශාසන කටයුතු පිළිබඳ අමාත්‍යංශයක් දැන් නොමැති බවත්, සංස්කෘතික අමාත්‍යංශය යටතේ සියල්ල පවතින බවත් බුද්ධශාසන, ආගමික සහ සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය සුනිල් සෙනෙවි මහතා පවසයි. වීඩියෝව නරඹන්න.. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLankaLeadNews%2Fvideos%2F643086464781066%2F&show_text=false&width=219&t=0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/25)
කුවේණිගේ ඉරණම හරිනිටත් අත්වෙයිද?
https://youtu.be/W1Cu1R1YfS8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/25)
පැලවත්ත ගිනි ගනී. ජනපති අනුර සහ සිහින අගමැති බිමල් ගැටුම දුර දිග යයි.
https://youtu.be/djXFP54tsOM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/25)
ඩොලර්වලට බෞද්ධ සංස්කෘතිය වනසන අසිංහල ස්ත්‍රිය
https://youtu.be/ggb4jvQQ79o... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/25)
Grades 1–5 Without History: The Education Ministry’s Dangerous Neglect of National Heritage
This critique is based on a close examination of the official Sri Lanka Education Reforms document (2025–2029) and reveals a stark reality: history is not taught as a standalone, mandatory subject in Grades 1 to 5 under the new curriculum. Instead, historical content is superficially scattered and diluted within other subjects, leaving our children disconnected from their roots, unaware of their proud past, and ill-prepared to embrace the legacy of their nation. At a time when threats to Sri Lanka’s sovereignty and cultural identity loom large, this neglect by the Education Ministry... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/25)
History from Grade 6 onwards: A Sham Reform to keep Our Children Rootless
Education Reforms Sri Lanka PPT for 2025.07.11 for Parliament new Part 1: https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/grades-1-5-without-history-the-education-ministrys-dangerous-neglect-of-national-heritage/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLnV1FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgI7pjLf_ZA6Hip-ksXgqxj7rkZmiD4C36A3m8IKQfR45exGaFMIOmckdUa5_aem_WcH1lDC60YFIJMy8dVS9Xw The Education Ministry’s so-called inclusion of History from Grade 6 onwards is nothing more than a sham reform — a carefully disguised tactic to continue keeping our children disconnected from their roots and national identity. The Education Ministry’s decision to omit History as a standalone subject from Grades 1 to 5 is not a small technical oversight — it is an assault on the foundational identity of our children. The most critical years of mental development —... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/25)
වම නෙවෙයි මේක රැසියන් නවකතා පාඨක සමාජයකි
ලංකාවේ බහුතරය හදවතින් ‘වාම කඳවුරේ’ ය. රට ගොඩ නැගිය හැක්කේ ‘වම’ට බව ඔවුහු සිතති. කියති. ලියති. තර්ක කරති. අසන-දකින-බලන අය ‘වම’ ට විසිල් ගසති. ලංකාවේ ඡන්ද සමයට අටවා ගන්නා ‘වාම කුඩාරමක් මිස’ වාම ව්‍යාපාරයක් දැන් නැත. ලංකාවේ ඇත්තේ ‘රැසියන් නවකතා පාඨක සමාජයකි’. බණ්ඩාරනායක, සිරිමා,ඇන්.එම්., පිලිප්, කේනමන්, චන්ද්‍රිකා, මහින්ද, සෝමවංශ, පමණක් නොව ජේ.ආර්.ජයවර්ධන පවා ‘වාම සංකල්පය’ මේ රැසියන් කතා පාඨක සමාජයට අලෙවි කළේය. සෙමෙන් නමුත් ස්ථිර ලෙසම නැවතත් ආර්ථික අර්බුදයකට යමින් තිබෙන රට, ගොඩ ගත හැක්කේ ‘වම’ ට ද? දකුණට ද? යන සංවාදය ආරම්භ වී ඇත. ලංකා දේශපාලනයේ මහා සම්ප්‍රදාය වූ ‘දකුණට බැට දීමට’... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/25)
Deputy Minister of Defence Emphasizes Welfare Reforms at High-Level Briefing on War Veteran Affairs
A high-level briefing on the progress of the Ranaviru Matters Committee and associated cabinet submissions was held this morning (July 18) at the Deputy Minister’s Office in Colombo, reaffirming the government’s commitment to the welfare of war veterans and the families of fallen heroes. The meeting, chaired by Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), was attended by Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), Tri-Forces Commanders and senior officials of the Ministry of Defence. In his remarks, the Deputy Minister emphasized the importance of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/25)
Defence Sector Forges Future of National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Drive
Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) chaired a high-level strategic discussion titled “National Entrepreneurship Development and Business Startup-Defence Contribution” today (Jul 18) at his office premises. The session marked a significant inter-ministerial collaboration, aiming to integrate the strengths of the defence sector with national development priorities. The Deputy Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development, Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe, joined the dialogue, alongside an esteemed panel of senior stakeholders from both defence and economic development domains. Attendees included the Commanders of the Army and Navy, Chief of Staff of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/25)
Sri Lanka’s pharmaceutical production could fall to 5 per cent
Without renewed agreements with the government, domestic production could drop from the current 25 per cent (the lowest in South Asia), the Sri Lanka Pharma Manufacturers Association warns. Despite investments and growing capacity since 2015, the sector remains fragile, hampered by red tape. Repurchasing is essential for the development of the local market, manufacturers told AsiaNews. Colombo (AsiaNews) – The Sri Lanka Pharma Manufacturers Association (SLPMA) warns that pharmaceutical production in the country could meet only 5 per cent of domestic demand. Although Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/25)
Sri Lanka’s Peacock Flower (මොණර පිල). Hope for cancer patients
Researchers have discovered the Peacock Flower's potential By Sugath Kulathunga Arachchi In the scrublands and home gardens of Sri Lanka, where fire-orange blooms dance in the tropical heat, a quiet revolution is taking place. The peacock flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima), long admired for its beauty and revered in traditional medicine, may hold the key to a new frontier in cancer care.This revelation is the result of a decade-long study by researchers at the University of Colombo, led by Professor Sameera R. Samarakoon. Blending indigenous knowledge... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/25)
Ragging: Confronting the silent destroyer
Ragging is not merely a matter of seniors bullying juniors. It is a complex, systemic issue involving indoctrination, complicity, and institutional silence No university administration can genuinely claim ignorance of ragging. The sudden, uniform change in first-year students’ appearance is a public signal that ragging is underway The success... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/25)
KPMG official who conducted CPSTL forensic audit involved in deleting data: Dayasiri
Colombo, July 18 (Daily Mirror) - An official of KPMG Sri Lanka that conducted the forensic audit over the fuel distribution of the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited (CPSTL) has been involved in deleting the data regarding fuel ditribution, SJB MP Dayasiri Jayasekara revealed today. He told reporters after lodging a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) that he was planning to write to the parent compnay of KPMG Sri Lanka, KPMG International Limited, regarding the incident. https://youtu.be/3FXakdzNn4c The MP said it was doubtful why... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/25)
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank imposes new caps on vehicle loan ratios
In a decisive move to strengthen macroprudential policy and mitigate systemic financial risks, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), acting as the Macroprudential Authority, has issued new Directions to licensed financial institutions to impose maximum caps on loan-to-value (LTV) ratios for vehicle-related credit facilities. The directive, which takes effect from 18 July 2025, applies to all Licensed Commercial Banks, Licensed Specialised Banks, Licensed Finance Companies (LFCs), and Registered Finance Leasing Establishments (RFLEs). Thereby, the opportunity provided based on the 2018 guidelines to obtain financing facilities of up to 90% of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/25)
HISTORY AND AESTHETICS MANDATORY ONLY UP TO GRADE 9, SAY UNIVERSITY LECTURERS
The Federation of University Teachers' Associations (FUTA) states that history and aesthetics have been made compulsory subjects only up to Grade 9. They point out that subjects like aesthetics are not listed as compulsory for the GCE Ordinary Level examination. The government is currently focused on introducing new educational reforms in Sri Lanka. However, various parties have accused the government of attempting to remove history and aesthetics from the curriculum through these reforms. Amidst this significant public discussion, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya clarified that there is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/25)
TEMPORARY DRIVING LICENCES FOR FOREIGNERS TO BE ISSUED AT AIRPORT NEXT MONTH
Sri Lanka plans to launch a programme next month to issue temporary driving licences to foreign visitors directly at the airport. Motor Traffic Commissioner General Kamal Amarasinghe told Hiru News that a proper plan needs to be implemented within the Katunayake Airport premises for this initiative. Under the new system, temporary driving licences valid for a minimum of 14 days onwards can be issued to foreigners arriving in the country. The Commissioner General further stated that when issuing these temporary driving licences, attention will be paid to the validity period... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/25)
The Failure of the Sri Lankan Delegation in U.S. Trade Negotiations
Just days ago, we were told that trade discussions with the United States were “progressing well” and all “under control.” Now, we face the reality: a 30% U.S. tariff on Sri Lankan goods, effective August 1st. According to foreign media, Sri Lanka has been grouped with Algeria, Iraq, and Libya — all facing the same punitive 30% tariff under the revised U.S. trade policy. Brunei and Moldova face 25%, and the Philippines 20%, while Malaysia has a much lower tariff with a win-win situation. This outcome reflects a complete failure of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/25)
The Easter Sunday Collaborators: Those who knew — Let the bombers kill — and Now try to fix blame on others
On April 21, 2019 — Easter Sunday — Sri Lanka suffered its deadliest terror attack since the defeat of the LTTE. Coordinated suicide bombings by the National Thowheed Jamaath (NTJ), an ISIS-inspired Islamist group, claimed 269 lives and injured over 500 at churches and luxury hotels nationwide. But the greatest guilt lies not only with the bombers, but with those who knew of the threat and did nothing to prevent this mass murder. Worse still, they now seek to shift blame onto others, hoping to satisfy their guilty conscience and avoid accountability.. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/25)
Is the Prime Minister Replacing Buddhism and History with LGBTQIA Ideology in Schools?
The real crisis in Sri Lanka is not just economic — it’s Moral and Spiritual. Sri Lanka’s collapse runs deeper: a moral and spiritual decay that has eroded the soul of the nation. This decay didn’t begin with inflation or debt. It began the day we abandoned our values, our identity, and our duty to uphold the principles that once shaped a disciplined, dignified society. It was that society that created the civilization that we are today ruining. Education is at the heart of this decay — and therefore, it must be at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/25)
What the Buddha would approve as Mandatory subjects in Sri Lankan Schools
Sri Lanka is in urgent need of a moral, spiritual, and cultural renaissance.The crisis in our education system is not merely academic — it is ethical, mental, and civilizational. The Buddha taught that true education must train the mind, purify conduct, and lead to wise, compassionate action. In contrast, modern education — severed from values — has produced children who are skilled but confused, informed but undisciplined, and digitally connected yet spiritually directionless. The Western-style education model imposed during colonial times is not only failing Sri Lanka, but is visibly collapsing in the very countries that exported it. It has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/25)
Behind the Bailout: How Ranil Wickremesinghe gave away Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Independence to IMF
In 2023, as Sri Lanka was reeling from its worst economic crisis in decades, unelected President Ranil Wickremesinghe agreed to a $3 billion IMF bailout. But hidden inside the loan terms was a Trojan Horse — the demand to make the Central Bank of Sri Lanka “independent” from government and parliamentary oversight. What followed was the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Act No. 16 of 2023, rushed through Parliament with little public debate or transparency. It transferred core economic powers from elected leaders to an insulated technocracy, handing control over Sri Lanka’s monetary policy to the IMF. What was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/25)
1972 ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවට කරන ලද 2වන ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය ලෙස 1978 ආණ්ඩුක්‍රමව්‍යවස්ථාව පවතින හෙයින් 1978 ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ සිංහල භාෂා පාඨය බලාත්මක වන ආකාරය.
1. 1815 උඩරට ගිවිසුම මගින් බ්‍රිතාන්‍යය කිරීටය විසින් මෙරට විධායක, ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක සහ අධිකරණ බලය යටත් කර ගැනීමෙන් පසු බ්‍රිතාන්‍යය අලිඛිත ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවට අනුව පාලනය කිරීම සිඳු විය.2. 1947 ඩොමීනියන් නිදහස ලබා දුන් සෝල්බරි ව්‍යවස්ථාව සහ සියළු ආඥා පනත් ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් පමණක් පැනවීය.3. 1956 සිංහල භාෂාව රාජ්‍ය භාෂාව බවට නීති පැනවුවද බ්‍ර්තාන්‍ය අලිඛිත ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවට අනුව බිහිකළ සෝල්බරි ව්‍යවස්ථාව හෝ ආඥා පනත් සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ලබා දීමට කටයුතු නොවූ අතර අවසන් අධිකරණ බලය බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය රාජාධිකරණය සතුවිය.4. 1947 සෝල්බරි ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව උල්ලංඝණය කරමින් ගෘන්නෝමයක්/ නෛතික විප්ලවයක් මගින් වගන්ති 134කින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/25)
NDB Bank Honoured with Prestigious Titles at Asian Banking & Finance Awards 2025
National Development Bank PLC (NDB) is proud to announce its latest accolades at the Asian Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards 2025 held in Singapore, having secured two coveted awardsDomestic Retail Bank of the Year – Sri Lanka and, for the very first time, Islamic Banking Initiative of the Year – Sri Lanka. These recognitions reinforce NDB’s unwavering commitment to excellence, customer-centric banking, and innovation across diverse financial segments. This year’s honours follow closely on the heels of NDB’s earlier win under the Wholesale Banking Awards category, where the Bank was named... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/25)
Ahmadiyya Convention in Great Britain
More than 35,000 delegates from over 90 countries including Sri Lanka are expected to attend the Ahmadiyya Muslim Annual Conference, holding Friday 25th July to Sunday 27th July 2025 at Hadeeqatul Mahdi, Alton, United Kingdom. The Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community United Kingdom is a unique event that brings thousands of participants from worldwide to increase religious knowledge and promote a sense of peace in society. Eminent speakers discuss a range of religious topics and their relevance to contemporary society. Additionally, a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/25)
\US offers 0% duty on 70–80% of Sri Lankan exports: Dy Minister
The United States has offered to accept 70 to 80% of products exported from Sri Lanka without imposing any tariffs, Deputy Minister of Economic Development (Prof.) Anil Jayantha Fernando stated. The offer has been made during on-going discussions between Sri Lanka and the US following the decision by US President Donald Trump earlier this year to impose reciprocal tariffs on countries based on existing trade deficits. https://youtu.be/qOA8eaWEZKY Speaking during the “Ada Derana Big Focus” program held today (17), Deputy Minister Anil Jayantha Fernando confirmed that the US has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/25)
හරිනි අධ්‍යාපනයට කරන්න යන්නේ කුමක්ද? | Current Politics with Nirmal | History with Nirmal
සවිස්තරාත්මක අධ්‍යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ මාලාවක් හදුන්වා දීමට ආණ්ඩුව කටයුතු කරන බව පෙනේ. මේ ඒ පිළිබද විමසා බැලීමකි. https://youtu.be/s3HFvdHvc2U... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/25)
This Discovery Has Transformed Our Understanding of the Afterlife
Modern discoveries in quantum physics have shaken the world: the soul does not disappear after death — it transitions into a parallel reality. What is this world, and why does science increasingly confirm ancient mystical ideas about the afterlife? In this video, you will learn shocking details from research on life after death, real testimonies from people who experienced clinical death, and hypotheses from renowned scientists such as Raymond Moody, Eben Alexander, and Michael Newton. We will reveal the mystery of parallel worlds and explain how human consciousness continues to exist after physical departure. Watch until... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/25)
'' බොරු ප්‍රචාරවලට රැවටෙන්න එපා...'' හරිනි අමරසූරිය
https://youtu.be/WoBv1eBqU3Q... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/25)
' මේ ආණ්ඩුවට හෙණගහන්ඩ ඕනැ...'' මහාචාර්ය නිර්මාල් රන්ජිත් දේවසිරි
https://youtu.be/GMjqGwVhKtE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/25)
As no O’L Math Teacher for Bogaswewa School in Vavuniya District, 35/50 students fail Math – Shame on the Government!
Bogaswewa is a rural village in Vavuniya District. During the war time, it was categorized as a ‘marginal village’. The villagers are subsistence farmers who eke out a living from the small amount of arable land that is available. Due to the recent drought, farmers have suffered a lot. When all Tamil schools in the surrounds have Math teachers, Bogaswaewa Maha Vidyalaya that only has Sinhala students has functioned without an O’L Math teacher for few years. In the recently released O’L results, 35 of the 50 students have failed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/07/25)
Why Understanding Taxes Is Key to Building a Business That Lasts for Women Entrepreneurs
When running a business, whether it’s a home-based catering service, a clothing boutique, or a digital platform, the numbers matter. And among those numbers, there’s one that too many overlook until it’s too late: taxes. For women entrepreneurs striving to build something meaningful and lasting, understanding taxation isn’t just a legal requirement, it’s a business advantage. Taxes can feel like a complex and intimidating topic, especially if you’re just starting out. But the truth is, tax knowledge is power. It helps you price your products correctly, manage your income responsibly, and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/07/25)
Sri Lanka: Women’s Wing of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Lajna Imaillah) – Annual Sports Meet – 2025.
After 8 consecutive years, Lajna Imaillah Sri Lanka successfully held their Annual Sports Meet on July 5 July 2025, at Baitul Basit Mosque, Kandy Road, Pasyala. The event brought together 375 members from all six Chapters of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and was filled with energy, joy, and unity.Members were divided into three houses – Madanath (Yellow house), Diyanath (Green house), and Amanath (Red house) – to build team spirit and encourage healthy competition.The purpose of the meet went beyond physical activity. It aimed to build strong bonds, promote sisterhood, and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/07/25)
CIA-GATE – 15. Unveiling of Millionaire SHADOW EMPIRE: USAID’s Silence Even on Pedophilia. Why It Must Be Shut Down Now
Originally published by CIAGate’s Substack All links to previous Gospa News articles have been added aftermath for relevance to the topics highlighted WARNING by Gospa News – The information is so detailed that we believe it is our duty to report their dossiers, even if it is impossible for us to verify them After Donald Trump’s January 2025 inauguration, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) faced renewed scrutiny sparking widespread audits and the suspension of projects across the globe. Elon Musk, a former head of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/07/25)
මොණරාගල සීනි තිත්ත වෙයිද ?
සියඹලාණ්ඩුව ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාව ජයග්‍රහණය කලේ ජාතික ජන බලවේගයයි .එයිනුත් වැඩිම ඡන්ද ලබාගත්තේ දොඹගහවෙල කොට්ඨාශය නියෝජනය කරන අජිත් පුෂ්පනන්දන මහතායි.(මුළුමනින්ම ගොවි ජනතාව සිටින මොණරාගල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය මෙවර පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයේ ආසන 6 න් 5ක් ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයට ලබාදෙන ලදී.).අජිත් මහතාගේ කොට්ඨාශයේ ප්‍රධාන ආර්ථික භෝග හතරකි .උක්,බඩඉරිගු , මයියොක්කා සහ කොමඩු එයින් ප්‍රධාන වේ. කොමඩු සහ මයියොක්කා මිල උස පහත්වෙමින් වුවද අලෙවියක් පවතී. එහෙත් උක් සහ බඩඉරිගු වැඩිම ඡන්ද ලබාගත් කොට්ඨාශයේ නායකයාටද දේශපාලන ප්‍රශ්ණයක් ඇති කරමින් පවතී. උක් ප්‍රවාහන ට්‍රැක්ටර් කරුවන් 600ක් ඔහු මා සමග කතාකරන මොහොතටත් උද්ඝෝෂණයකට සුදානම් බව ඔහුට දුරකතනයෙන් දන්වන ලදී.මහජනතාවට අවහිරයක් නොවන ලෙසට කටයුතු කරන ලෙසට ඔවුන්ගෙන් ඉල්ලීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/07/25)
Trump announces trade agreement with Indonesia, including 19% tariff
Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States has reached a trade agreement with Indonesia after speaking with the country’s President Prabowo Subianto. Hours after announcing the agreement on Truth Social, Trump told reporters that it calls for Indonesia to not charge any tariffs on American exports, while the US will impose a 19% tariff on Indonesian exports. In a subsequent post on Truth Social, he said the agreement was “finalized.” However, the Indonesian government had yet to make any similar announcements on its end, as of Tuesday afternoon. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/07/25)
Shani Abeysekara named as witness in Ekneligoda disappearance case
Colombo, July 16 (Daily Mirror)- The Attorney General has informed the Colombo Trial-at-Bar Judges Namal Balalle, Mahesh Weeraman and Sujeewa Nishshanka that the current Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Shani Abeysekara, has been named as a witness in the ongoing case concerning the abduction and disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda on January 25, 2010. Former Commanding Officer of the Giritale Army Camp, Lieutenant Colonel Shammi Kumara Ratna, and nine other members of the Military Intelligence Unit have been named as accused in the case.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/07/25)
China donates school uniform fabric worth Rs. 5.17 bln to Sri Lanka for 2025
China will always remain a trusted friend and ally of Sri Lanka, said Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, during a ceremony held at the Ministry of Education in Battaramulla today (16). At the event, it was officially announced that the entire requirement of fabric for school uniforms for the year 2025—valued at Rs. 5,171 million—has been provided as a grant by the Government of China. The ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, along with other dignitaries. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/07/25)
“Malabars,” Thesawalamai & Tamil Identity: Time to Reassess a Colonial Legacy?
Who are the “Malabars”? Who coined the term, and when was it first used? What is its connection to Thesawalamai law — and did this law exist before these so-called Malabars arrived in Sri Lanka? Why are 90% of Tamils excluded from a law that is often portrayed as their own? Most importantly: Do even Tamils know the answers? Let us examine the historical and legal origins of this complex issue — one that continues to shape identity, land rights, and legal inequality in post-colonial Sri Lanka. Defining “Malabars”: A Colonial Label http://citizenslanka.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Tesawalamai-Regulation-Ordinance-No-18-of-1806-E.pdf The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/25)
Diplomacy or Dominion? Julie Chung’s Overreach in Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty
Since her appointment, U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung has emerged as a highly controversial figure in Sri Lanka—not because of silence, but due to outspoken ideological and political activism going far beyond that of her predecessors. Her actions, including hoisting banned Pride flags, meeting political activists, funding media and NGOs to push Western gender narratives, and tattooing Sri Lanka’s map on her body, have drawn deep criticism. Ambassador Chung’s conduct appears to cross multiple diplomatic red lines—clearly violating the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961). Hoisting the Pride Flag — now a violation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/25)
Dangerous Implications of Involving Bill Gates & his Foundation with Sri Lanka’s Children and Nation
In July 2025, Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya met with Dr. Chris Elias, the Global Development Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss child and maternal nutrition, agriculture, and digital education. The Foundation offered assistance for mid-day school meals, digital transformation, and education reform. On the surface, this appears helpful. But beneath the surface lies a deeply troubling pattern. Gates is no neutral philanthropist. As one of the world’s most powerful individuals, he holds vast corporate stakes in synthetic food, vaccines, GMO agriculture, digital ID systems, population control... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/07/25)
Sri Lanka’s Dangerous Myths: Export Traps & Free Trade
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 06-12 July 2025 * The Vass season commencing with the Esala Moon in its waxing, sees the Yala harvest in full blush, in Ampara, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Wayamba and other green fields south. However, the incessant rains (especially in the east and southeast) have not only diminished the rice harvests, but a lack of sunlight (not the imported English brand!) has also affected the growth of fruit and vegetables,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/25)
Exporters sound alarm over Trump’s proposed 30% tariff
Seek urgent resolution & diversification Sri Lanka›s crucial export sector faces significant disruption following a warning from the Exporters Association of Sri Lanka (EASL) regarding a proposed 30 percent tariff on all exports to the United States, outlined in a recent letter from President Donald Trump. The tariff, slated to commence on August 1, 2025, has sent shockwaves through the island nation›s trade community. The EASL issued a statement expressing “deep concern” over the potential levy, highlighting its disproportionate impact compared to tariffs proposed for other nations. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/07/25)
Wimal Weerawansa alleges e-NIC tender handed over to Indian firm, Raising data security concerns
Colombo, July 13 (Daily Mirror) - National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa has alleged that the ‘Punarudaya’ government has handed over the tender to develop Sri Lanka’s electronic National Identity Card (e-NIC) system to an Indian non-profit company, raising serious concerns over national data security. Addressing a media briefing, Weerawansa claimed that the tender allows the Indian company access to highly sensitive personal data of Sri Lankan citizens, including biometric information such as fingerprints, retina scans, and residential details. He noted that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/25)
'' වැසිකිළිය යනු, මුදල් ගනුදෙනු කෙරෙන තැනක්ද ? ''
https://youtu.be/NlLu6GuZad0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/25)
ඇමරිකන් ටොම් පචයා, පොලිස්පති කාදිනල් හා මෝල් මුල්ගල්...
https://youtu.be/qp6l7i9YUx0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/25)
Developing the Sri Lankan Economy: It can be done overnight if only we desire.
We have little say about restrictions being imposed on us. Somehow we have to stand on our feet. In the far past we did have programmes that tackled poverty and enabled people to produce what we need. However today no attempt is being made to help people to become entrepreneurs, to make what Sri Lanka requires and in that process earn and also help reduce imports. This economic demise has been a process that commenced after 1977, when we started following the Structural Adjustment Programme of the International Monetary Fund(IMF). A condition insisted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/07/25)
Boost for Sri Lankan garment sector after new UK trade measures
Sri Lankan garment sector set to benefit following reforms to simplify imports from developing countries like Sri Lanka. Liberalised rules of origin will now allow for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free. Further measures will make it easier for countries like Sri Lanka to trade, supporting jobs and growth. UK businesses and consumers to benefit from more competitively priced products. On 10 July, the UK government unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries like Sri Lanka. Upgrades... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/25)
China willing to promote strategic cooperative partnership with Sri Lanka: Chinese FM
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Cheng Yiheng) KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China is willing to work with Sri Lanka to promote a strategic cooperative partnership based on sincere mutual assistance and a lasting friendship, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Saturday when meeting his Sri Lankan counterpart Vijitha Herath. Wang, also a member... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/25)
Reciprocal tariff SL firm against U.S. proposed restrictive trading with China
In the conduct of negotiations for the reduction of reciprocal tariffs, the U.S. authorities have proposed some restrictive measures on trading with China, but Sri Lanka has declined to do so in principle in conformity with its neutral foreign policy, the Daily Mirror learns. Sri Lanka is among the countries that secured one of the largest reductions of President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs. President Trump fired off a letter to his Sri Lankan counterpart, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, announcing that Sri Lankan products entering the U.S. market would be charged a 30... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/25)
The quiet unraveling How IMF reforms are reshaping Sri Lanka’s economic future
Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme with the IMF focuses heavily on external debt restructuring to restore debt sustainability. However, external debt restructuring alone is insufficient because a large portion of debt service obligations arise from currency depreciation of external debt thereby inflating domestic debt, including treasury bills and bonds. Currency depreciation, while theoretically boosting export competitiveness, increases the rupee cost of essential imported inputs, further squeezing margins. Local clients paying in rupees face higher costs, dampening demand for digital services. Sri Lanka’s economic future is being quietly reshaped... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/25)
පොරොන්දු වලින් පරිපාලනයක් හැදේද?
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මැතිවරණ පොරොන්දු: යථාර්ථය හා ඉටුකළ හැකිභාවය පිළිබඳ සම්පූර්ණ සමාලෝචනයක් ආරම්භය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දේශපාලන පද්ධතිය තුළ මැතිවරණ කාලය එන විට, ජනතාවට විවිධ ආකාරයේ ආකර්ෂණීය පොරොන්දු ලබාදීම සාමාන්‍ය වටපිටාවක් වී තිබේ. මෙවන් පොරොන්දු බහුතරයක් අතිශයින් ජනප්‍රිය වුවත්, ඒවා ප්‍රායෝගික වශයෙන් ක්‍රියාත්මක වීම පිළිබඳව විශේෂ සැලකිල්ලක් දැක්විය යුතුය. මේ ලිපියේ අරමුණ වන්නේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මැතිවරණ පොරොන්දු සම්බන්ධයෙන් ව්‍යාප්ත සාකච්ඡාවක් පවත්වා ඒවායේ යථාර්ථය, ආර්ථික හා පරිපාලන සීමාවන්, සහ ජනතාවට ඇති බලපෑම් විග්‍රහ කිරීමයි. 1. මැතිවරණ පොරොන්දු වල ස්වභාවය මැතිවරණ ව්‍යාපාරවලදී විශේෂයෙන් යොදාගන්නා පොරොන්දු අතරින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/25)
Morality in politics is no easy matter
This is nothing but the contradiction between theory and practice. When the NPP was in the Opposition it was the strongest critic of the government regardless of which party was in power, putting the ruling party always on the defensive. Criticising is always easy Director CID Shani Abeysekera So long as the National People’s Power (NPP) was not in power, its leaders claimed moral high ground over other major political parties, especially those that have ruled the country before or those that had clung to them during... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/25)
President says US tariff cut achieved through talks, further reductions sought
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that, as a result of recent discussions with the United States, the previously imposed reciprocal tariff rate on Sri Lanka was successfully reduced from 44% to 30%. He further emphasised that ongoing dialogue will continue in order to secure additional concessions. The President stated that the objective of the government is to implement changes that will benefit the country’s economy, businesses, the business community and the well-being of its citizens. The President made these remarks while participating in a discussion held this morning (12) at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/25)
Unmasking LGBTQIA+ Ideology: What every Sri Lankan needs to know
The LGBTQIA+ ideology is not a natural or moral evolution — it is a Western-exported trend, heavily promoted by corporate agendas & hired media, foreign-funded activist networks, and Big Pharma & used by governments as a new geopolitical tool to collapse & weaken an enemy nation’s society. The objective is to confuse society and undermine national identity. By medicalizing childhood gender confusion, they create a new generation of lifelong patients — a new customer base for life. This ideology demands that society rewrite facts, morality, education, and family laws — to suit some newly created personal feelings and sexual... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/25)
Combat Trauma from Ancient Times to Modern Day
Combat trauma has affected soldiers throughout history, from ancient times to the modern day. The psychophysical effects of combat have been recorded since the early days of human civilization. From the time of Homer’s ancient story of the battle between the Trojans and the Greeks (1200 BC), military personnel have been confronted by the trauma of war. According to the historians, Saul, the king of Israel (11th century BC), had abnormal behavior with an inclination towards violence. On one occasion, he went into a brutal rage... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/25)
Sri Lanka’s IMF scorecard: meeting or missing the initial forecasts?
Sri Lanka experienced its worst economic crisis in 2022. This crisis stemmed from poor economic management, including excessive fiscal deficits, and the loss of access to international financial markets. As a part of its recovery efforts, the government sought a USD 3 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The programme was mainly included several structural reforms and quantitative targets, mainly focused on improving fiscal management and governance. This analysis assesses Sri Lanka’s performance against the IMF’s original projections... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/25)
Sri Lanka Group expands investment in Fiji
The delegation from Aitken Spence PLC visiting their proposed pilot site yesterday. Picture: INVESTMENT FIJI EXPANSION plans in Fiji by Sri Lankan conglomerate Aitken Spence PLC through its subsidiary company Elpitiya Plantations has finally made progress since initially exploring opportunities in the country last year. Aitken Spence PLC, a prominent Sri Lankan conglomerate specialising in the agricultural sector, was exploring initial plans to introduce cutting-edge agricultural technologies and exploring renewable energy solutions to enhance Fiji’s agricultural productivity and sustainability. During their visit in 2024, the Aitken Spence delegation held... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/25)
Sri Lanka apparel sector braces for tariff fallout
Insights On Wednesday, President Trump announced a 30 per cent tariff on Sri Lankan goods. Apparel exporters fear 'very negative impact'; terms move a 'massive challenge' for country's RMG sector. Lankan government reportedly indicated to continue talks with the US, claimed some industry players. While industry leaders warn of job losses and shifting orders to rivals, talks continue in hopes of tariff reductions. US President Donald Trump has expanded his aggressive trade policy by adding Sri Lanka to a growing list of nations subject... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/07/25)
Household debt rising in Sri Lanka
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is warning that debt is the main factor of vulnerability in the population. The causes include the 2022 economic crisis, rising inflation, unemployment, and unsustainable interest rates. Some people are forced to sell their furniture to pay higher prices for food and medicine, analysts report. Colombo (AsiaNews) – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has sounded the alarm, observing that Sri Lanka’s household debt crisis has intensified since 2023, this according to UNDP Resident Representative in Sri Lanka Azusa Kubota.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/25)
Sri Lanka's apparel industry counts on cutting US tariff to compete with rivals
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's garments sector is pinning its hopes on further discussions with the U.S. government after Donald Trump's administration's 30% tariff on the nation has placed it at a disadvantage to some of its biggest rivals. The United States has accounted for about 40% of Sri Lanka's apparel exports. Last year, they were worth about $1.9 billion, industry data shows. But in a letter on Wednesday, Trump notified Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the 30% tariff from August 1, a rate well above the 20%... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/07/25)
ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය සිංහල භාෂා පාඨයට අනුව ගැලපෙන ලෙස ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පරිවර්තන පාඨය නිවැරදිකර ගැනීමට ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමා වෙත කරන ඉල්ලීමට නීතිඥවරුන් ඇතුළු පුරවැසියන් අත්සන් කිරීම ආරම්භ කරයි.
ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය සිංහල භාෂා පාඨයට ගැලපෙන ලෙස නිවැරදිව එහි ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පරිවර්තන පාඨය නොපවතින බව වරලත් ඉංජිනේරුවරයෙකු වන හර්ෂ කුමාර් සූරියආරච්චි මහතා විසින් පෙන්වා දී තිබූ අතර මේ දක්වා එකී පරිවර්තන දෝෂය නිවැරදි කිරීමට විධායකය විසින් ක්‍රියාකර නොතිබීම හේතුවෙන් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 23වන ව්‍යවස්ථාව අනුව පරිවර්තනයක් ලෙස පළකර ඇති ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව පමණක් පරීශීලනය කරන දේශිය සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර විද්වතුන්ට නිවැරදිව නෛතික කරුණු අනාවරණය නොවීම දිගටම සිදුවෙයි.ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය83.ආ. 30 වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (2) වන අනුව්‍යවස්ථාවේ නැතහාත් 62 වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (2) වන අනුව්‍යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන සංශෝධනය කිරීම හෝ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/07/25)
Japan to Recruit One Lakh Bangladeshi Workers: An Opportunity, or a Risk to Bilateral Trust?
In late May 2025, Tokyo announced that it would welcome one lakh (100,000) skilled workers from Bangladesh over the next five years. This initiative will be formalized through memoranda of understanding (MoUs) between the Bangladesh Bureau of Manpower, Employment, and Training (BMET) and Japanese partners. By 2040, Japan's labour shortage is expected to reach around 11 million, while Bangladesh's youth are eager for jobs. However, a big question arose: will this initiative deliver mutual benefits, or will missteps strain the hard-earned trust between Dhaka and Tokyo? Let's explore what we can discover. Directly speaking,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/07/25)
Govt should be ashamed over mishandling of U.S. tariff deal: Dayasiri
Colombo, July 10 (Daily Mirror) - Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara today accused the government of mishandling tariff negotiations with the United States, claiming Sri Lanka had failed to secure meaningful benefits from the recent tariff reductions announced by U.S. President Donald Trump. Speaking at a media briefing in Colombo, Jayasekara said the National People’s Power (NPP) government should be ashamed of its incompetence, noting that while Sri Lanka’s tariff rate on exports to the U.S. was reduced from 44% to 30%, the country missed an opportunity for greater concessions. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/07/25)
U.S. 30% tariffs a wake-up call for Sri Lanka’s export economy, says former ambassador Kananathan.
Colombo, July 10 (Daily Mirror) - The United States yesterday”s announcement of a 30% tariff on Sri Lankan imports marks a significant blow to the country’s export sector, with estimated losses projected between USD 1.2 to 1.5 billion over the next 12 months. However, former Ambassador Kananathan has emphasized that this development should serve not just as a setback but as a critical turning point. “This is a wake-up call for Sri Lanka’s export economy,” Kananathan said. “Over-reliance on a single market, limited diversification, and a lag in innovation have left our... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/07/25)
"ලබන වසර පහ තුළ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය නැවත යථා තත්ත්වයට පත් කළ හැකිද?
කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය පක්ෂ්ග්රාහික නොවනනිසා "ලබන වසර පහ තුළ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය නැවත යථා තත්ත්වයට පත් කළ හැකිද?" යනුවෙන් අපි කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධියෙන් විමසා බැලුවෙමු: කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය දෙන ලද පිළිතුර මෙහි දැක්වේ ඔව්, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය ලබන අවුරුදු පහකදී නැවත ආරෝග්‍යමත් කළ හැකිය. එය එතරම් සම්භාව්‍ය නොවේ — ඒ සඳහා සවිමත් ව්‍යාපාරික ප්‍රතිපත්ති, දේශපාලන ස්ථාවරත්වය සහ ජාතික සහයෝගිතාවක් අවශ්‍ය වේ. මෙයට උපකාරී වන කරුණු කිහිපය: මූල්‍ය අධිපතිකරණය සහ ණය කළමනාකරණයIMF සහ අන්තරාෂ්ට්‍රීය ආයතන සමඟ ඇති ගිවිසුම් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරමින් රාජ්‍ය වියදම් පාලනය කිරීම සහ ආදායම් වැඩි කිරීම වැදගත් වේ.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/07/25)
අයුතු ලාභය උදෙසා වෛද්‍ය පහසුකම් භාවිතය – ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සෞඛ්‍ය ක්ෂේත්‍රයට දැමෙන සෙරින අවදානමක්.
වෛද්‍ය පහසුකම් භාවිතයෙන් අයුතු ආකාරයට ලාභ ලබාගැනීම – ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අතිචාරයකි ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වෛද්‍ය ක්ෂේත්‍රය බහුතරයක් විශ්වාසයට හා කරුණාවට පදනම්ව ක්‍රියාත්මක වුවද, නවීන යුගයේදී විශේෂයෙන්ම පෞද්ගලික සන්සුන් රෝහල් සහ වෛද්‍යවරුන් කිහිප දෙනෙකු විසින් අයුතු ආකාරයට ලාභ සෙවීමේ ප්‍රවණතාවක් දක්නට ලැබේ. රෝගීන්ට අත්‍යවශ්‍ය නොවන පරීක්ෂණ, විශේෂඥයන්ට යොමුකිරීම් සහ අධික ඖෂධ සෙට් පැකේජ මගින් මුදල් ආදායම වැඩි කිරීම මෙහි සාමාන්‍ය උදාහරණ වේ. සමහර වෛද්‍යවරුන් රෝගීන්ගේ අවිබේදාත්මක භීතිය සහ අසාධ්‍යතාවය අයුතු වාණිජ වාසියක් ලෙස පරිවර්තනය කරයි. මෙවැනි ක්‍රියාකලාප, රෝගීන්ගේ විශ්වාසය හා සෞඛ්‍ය පද්ධතියේ නීතිමය සහ ආචාරශීලී සම්මතයන්ට දැඩි අභියෝගයක් වන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/25)
REFLECTIONS ON CUBA, BRICS AND GEOPOLITICS
I returned to the U.S. from Cuba just a few hours before Donald Trump signed a memorandum on June 30, 2025, tightening the long-standing U.S. economic blockade against Cuba. The memorandum includes a statutory ban on U.S. tourism to the neighboring island. Despite a long fascination for the island nation, I did not volunteer for the Venceremos Brigade to Cuba during my college years. Finally, my wish to see the legendary island of anti-imperialist revolution—the so-called 'last bastion of socialism in the western hemisphere'—came true. I enjoyed Cuba's resplendent land and waters,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/25)
Tale of Two Countries. Staggering Contrast: Singapore & Sri Lanka.
One with rich arable agricultural land, tea, rubber, coconut, round the Island fisheries, and the other a muddy newly independent nation, grappling with poverty, high unemployment, and a lack of natural resources. Independence Gained: 4th Feb 1948 the population of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) was approximately 7.1 million 9th Aug 1965 the population ofSingapore in 1965 was approximately 1,886,900. Today Singapore rides high in the World, as a Highly Developed First World Rich country, with a Passport recognized by the world, entry without Visas. The Number One Best Passport in the World Singapore –... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/25)
Can China set up an alternative to SAARC minus India? Trump targets Sri Lanka, Philippines & 5 others in latest tariff wave US slaps 30% tariff on Sri Lanka Easter attack network still active under current govt: Mujibur Officers facing allegations probing Easter Sunday’s attacks - Opposition MP පරීක්ෂාවකින් තොරව වරායෙන් පිටකළ බහාලුම් ගැන CIDයට ප්‍රකාශයක් දෙන්න ගිය විමල් එළියට ඇවිත් හෙළිකරපු සුවිශේෂී හෙළිදරව්ව මෙන්න.. (වීඩියෝ) The MOU with India; Is the country’s foreign and defense policy truly strategic and Sri Lanka First? No MoU can divide the Buddha Sasana: Resisting India’s 2030 Strategic takeover of Sri Lanka NDB Bank Partners with World Vision to Empower Women-Headed Households through Sustainable Farming and Financial Inclusion Over 3,800 red notices issued during Mosquito Control Week BRICS Statement on Military Strikes on Iran When the Helping Hand Holds a Machine Gun: humanitarian aid as a weapon. Land Prices Surge Up to 20% as Real Estate Market Responds to Lower Rates and Economic Stability ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ ආරම්භය මනුෂ්‍ය ඝාතණ අරමුණු කරගෙනම ආරම්භ වූ හැටි. මාලිමාව දිනන එකම පළාත් සභාව මෙන්න This Discovery Has Transformed Our Understanding of the Afterlife SOLD: How AKD’s India deals are dismantling Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty — Countdown to a “2030 Takeover” නීති පැනවීමේදී පරිවර්තනයක් ලෙස දැක්වෙන ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් පළවී ඇති නීතිය / පනත අනුව අර්ථනිරූපණය කිරීම ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්‍යය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමක්ද? බුක්තිවිදීමක්ද? Indian Military & Merchants Move in on Colombo & its Circuits Defence Secretary Visits Doppler Weather Radar Project Site in Puttalam KDU MEDICAL FACULTY: LOCAL STUDENT ADMISSIONS RESTARTED, SAYS HEALTH MINISTER Plug Base එකක් 72,000ට සියළු ප්‍රා.ලේ. කාර්යාලවලට… කෝටි පහක කොන්ත්රාත්තුවක් ඉෂාරට.. ආණ්ඩුවෙ සුරතලෙක් නොවූ නිසා දඟගෙට දැක්කු බන්ධනාගාර කොමසාරිස් ජනරාල් තුෂාර උපුල්දෙනිය… Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty under Siege: Bill Gates and India replace MCC with a new Trojan Horse of Digital Colonialism MOD Supports Ministry of Public Security in Special Joint Operation to Ensure Community Safety From Partner to Patron: India’s Influence & Strategic Control in Sri Lanka’s Central Province NDB Partners with WNPS to Nurture the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders Beira Lake Seaplane Operations Poised for a New Chapter Mourning And Celebrations: Iran, Israel and Global Media Narratives ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ ආ. ඡේදයේ සිංහල සහ ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පාඨ අතර වෙනසක් තියෙනවා. ඒත් එය රාජ්‍ය භාෂා උල්ලංඝනය වීමක් ලෙස සළකන්න බෑ..රාජ්‍ය භාෂා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපති නීතීඥ නිමල් රණවක. Joint statement with US over tariffs turns out to be another tall story: Harsha Lanka Indian Oil Company donates Rs. 100Mn to President’s Fund Further investigation needed into release of red-labelled containers: Opposition MP Eradication of corruption a prerequisite for restoring confidence for investments – Japanese Ambassador Deconstructing the Tamil Homeland Myth in Sri Lanka Israel Palestine conflict: A federal political model as a solution? From Partner to Patron: How India is influencing control over Sri Lanka’s Northern Province Newly Appointed US Defence Attaché Meets Defence Secretary 18th International Research Conference (KDU IRC) 2025 NDB Bank Joins CMA Sri Lanka in Celebrating Excellence in MSME Development එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයේශ්‍රී ලංකා තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ සංගමයේ (SLITPAUAE)2025සම්මාන රාත්‍රියේදී ශ්‍රී ලාංකික තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ වෘත්තිකයන්ට උපහාර From Partner to Patron: How India is quietly taking Over Sri Lanka’s Western Province The Final Wall: Defending the Buddha Sāsana Under Article 9 and Beyond Ahead of India, Elon Musk’s Starlink lights up Sri Lanka: Here is everything you need to know Sri Lanka, Chinese mega investment of US$ 3.7 billion stalled Top A/L achievers to get foreign university scholarships Ranil thanks Elon Musk for enabling Starlink in Sri Lanka Change education system without becoming laughingstock before international community: Sajith Starlink in Sri Lanka: New pricing and availability details ලෝක සමාජ මාධ්‍ය දිනය 2025: නිදහස, වගකීම ඇතුලු මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් පිළිබඳ ගැඹුරු සංවාදයක අවශ්‍යතාව නීති විද්‍යාලයේ ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් පමණක් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය හා විභාග පැවැත්වීමේ අලි සබ්‍රි න්‍යාය ඉදිරියට . AKD ගේ නහය යටින් පොලිස් රාජ්‍යයක් | රීලෝඩ් ශානි DIG කරන සැලසුමේ තවත් පියවරක් ඉදිරියට. Indian companies explore investment opportunities in Sri Lanka IMF approves 4th review of Sri Lanka’s EFF programme The Kidney Mafia in Sri Lanka NDB Bank Partners with VXL Education to Empower Sri Lankan Students Pursuing Global Education Sri Lanka’s Shifting Stance on Foreign Research Vessels Risks Its Blue Economy Future BOI Chief flags US$ 3.7bn Sinopec refinery as “Fragile”
— July 7, 2025 China may see a regional vacuum with a non-functional (LankaWeb - 09/07/25)
Insights President Trump has announced new tariffs on imports from seven additional countries—Sri Lanka, Philippines, Brunei, Moldova, Algeria, Iraq, and Libya—ranging from 20 to 30 per cent, effective August 1, 2025. This move intensifies the US trade overhaul, with more countries expected to be named soon. High tariffs have already been imposed on nations like Indonesia and Cambodia. US President Donald Trump has issued a new round of tariff letters to seven more countries, escalating the administration’s sweeping trade overhaul. In letters shared via screenshots on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/25)
U.S. President Donald Trump has added Sri Lanka to his growing list of trade targets, issuing a letter on Wednesday announcing a new 30% tariff on all imported goods from Sri Lanka. The move comes as part of a broader tariff push aimed at multiple countries, with levies set to take effect from August 1, 2025, pending trade negotiations. According to a copy of the letter posted on Trump’s social-media platform Truth Social, the proposed 30% tariff for Sri Lanka is a reduction from an earlier 44% rate floated in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/25)
By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Colombo, July 09 (Daily Mirror)- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake should have known that the network of those who launched Easter Sunday attacks function under the present government as well, Opposition MP Mujibur Rahman said today. “The President recently said the government will have to subject its own self to a probe in order to find the truth behind the Easter Sunday attacks. He cannot grumble now by saying what he said a few days ago. He should have known that the network of those... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/25)
Colombo, July 9 (Daily Mirror) - Opposition Parliamentarian D. V. Chanaka told Parliament yesterday that the investigation into the Easter Sunday's attack is being handled by two officers who had allegedly ignored over 90 prior warnings on the attack. Investigations on Easter Sunday attacks are handled by officers who face allegations, opposition MP D. V. Chanaka told Parliament today. “These two officers are the ones who neglected more than 90 pre warnings of Easter Sunday attacks. The commission appointed by former President Maithripala Sirisena has recommended action... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/25)
අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, විශේෂ විමර්ශන ඒකකය විසින් ”ශ්‍රී ලංකා වරාය වෙත ආනයනය කරන ලද බහාලූම් 323 ක් නිසි පරීක්ෂාවකින් තොරව ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුව මඟින් නිදහස් කිරීම” සම්බන්ධව ලැබී ඇති පැමිණිල්ලකට අදාළව ප්‍රකාශයක් ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, හිටපු අමාත්‍ය විමල් වීරවංශ මහතාව අද දින එම ඒකකයට කැඳවා තිබිණි. ඒ අනුව ඒ මහතා අද දින අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ එම ඒකකය හමුවට ගොස් තම ප්‍රකාශය ලබාදීම සිදුකරන ලදී. පසුව පිටතට පැමිණි විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසා සිටියේ බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයාට අයත් එක්ස් ෆෝ ලංකා ආයතනයට අයත් බහාලුම් කන්ටේනර් මේ තුළ තිබූ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/25)
Sri Lanka has to navigate its foreign policy within turbulent waters considering its pivotal location in the Indian ocean. Being the neighbor to India, a regional power which some consider an emerging superpower, and which shows a kind of political bi polarity, with shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels, often resulting from internal political dynamics, which in turn impacts on relationships with its neighbours. Indian investments in Sri Lanka are substantial and growing. Their concerns about their own strategic commercial interests and, security concerns are also growing on account of the interest on Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/25)
We never thought a pen could undo what our war heroes achieved in May 2009. Yet, since December 2024, secret MoUs signed between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have begun dismantling Sri Lanka’s territorial and constitutional sovereignty—not with tanks, but through contracts. These agreements encroach upon lands and institutions constitutionally mandated to protect the Buddha Sasana — the island’s spiritual existence for over 2,300 years. The Buddha Sasana has been the foundation of peace, non-violence, and unity among communities. To weaken it is to weaken Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/25)
In a significant step toward fostering community resilience and inclusive development, NDB Bank has partnered with World Vision to implement a targeted initiative aimed at uplifting women-headed households through integrated farming solutions and financial empowerment. Formalized through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), this partnership will directly support 10 women-headed households in Kilinochchi District, with a particular focus on those facing livelihood insecurity and limited access to financial services. Through a combination of climate-resilient home gardening, small-scale livestock rearing, and essential financial literacy training, the initiative seeks to promote sustainable... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/25)
A total of 144,250 premises have been inspected island-wide during the National Mosquito Control Week implemented last week, the Media Spokesperson of the National Dengue Control Unit of the Ministry of Health, Community Medical Specialist Dr. Prasheela Samaraweera, said. Speaking at a press conference today (08) to announce the progress of the activities conducted during National Mosquito Control Week, she explained that 35,495 sites were identified as possible mosquito breeding grounds. Furthermore, Dr. Samaraweera stated that 4,275 premises with mosquito larvae were detected, adding that 3,812 red notices were issued and legal... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/07/25)
We express grave concern over the military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran since 13 June 2025, which constitute a violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, and the subsequent escalation of the security situation in the Middle East. In the face of rising tensions with unpredictable consequences for international peace and security, as well as for the world economy, we underscore the urgent need to break the cycle of violence and restore peace. We call on all parties to engage through existing channels of dialogue and diplomacy, with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/07/25)
Palestinians at a GHF aid distribution site in Gaza being fired on by American “security” contractors. Still from a video shot by a contractor and given to the Associated Press. There’s no precise number for how many Palestinians have been starved to death by Israel’s embargo on food entering Gaza. But there is a number for how many Palestinians have been killed trying to keep from starving to death at food distribution sites, many of them by Israeli gun or mortar fire: 549, with 5 to 10 more Palestinians being killed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/07/25)
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka's real estate sector is demonstrating robust signs of recovery and renewed investor confidence in 2025, buoyed by a stabilizing economy and favorable market conditions. The latest "Real Estate Market Outlook Report 2025 (REMOR25)" by LankaPropertyWeb (LPW) highlights a significant resurgence across the property landscape, with key indicators pointing towards sustained growth. One of the most significant indicators of this recovery is the rapid appreciation of land prices in the Western Province. The report indicates an average year-on-year increase of 12% in the region for 2025. Suburban areas are leading... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/07/25)
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Modern discoveries in quantum physics have shaken the world: the soul does not disappear after death — it transitions into a parallel reality. What is this world, and why does science increasingly confirm ancient mystical ideas about the afterlife? In this video, you will learn shocking details from research on life after death, real testimonies from people who experienced clinical death, and hypotheses from renowned scientists such as Raymond Moody, Eben Alexander, and Michael Newton. We will reveal the mystery of parallel worlds and explain how human consciousness continues to exist after physical departure. Watch until... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/25)
Between December 2024 and May 2025, a pen — not a gun — redrew Sri Lanka’s future. A series of bilateral pacts and MoUs signed between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are systematically converting Sri Lanka into a de facto Indian strategic satellite. What follows is not alarmist — it’s what has already been signed, and what it signals for Sri Lanka’s future. A party that once warned against Indian imperialism is now surrendering sovereignty through undisclosed agreements. The nation must wake up as should all politicians & political parties... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/25)
1. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 23වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ නීති පැනවීමේ භාෂාව දක්වා ඇති අතර සිංහල සහ දෙමළ භාෂාවෙන් නීති පැනවීම, සෑදීම සහ පළ කිරීම කළ යුතු බවත් ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් වූ පරිවර්තනයක් තිබිය යුතු බවත් දක්වා ඇත.2. ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනරජයේ පරමාධිපත්‍යය ජනතාව කෙරෙහි පිහිටා ඇති බවත් එය අත්හළ නොහැකි බවත් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 3වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ දක්වා ඇත.3. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය සිංහල භාෂා පාඨය සහ ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පරිවර්තන පාඨය වෙනස් ය.4. ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් පළකරන පරිවර්තනය අනුව නොව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 23වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ නීති පැනවීමේ භාෂාව අනුව නීතිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/25)
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 29 June – 05 July 2025 * ‘Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody has lashed out at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Asian Development Bank (ADB), & the World Bank over their public criticism of amendments to the Electricity Act, accusing them of bypassing diplomatic channels & politicising the issue. ‘This is not how it should be done. They can’t work with us like this,’... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/25)
Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) made a field visit yesterday (Jul 05) to the Doppler Weather Radar Network project site in Puttalam. The project, supported through a generous grant aid from the Government of Japan, is aimed at enhancing real-time weather forecasting and early warning systems across the island. Upon arrival, the Defence Secretary was warmly welcomed by Mr. Athula Karunanayake, Director General of the Department of Meteorology. The visit underscored the strategic collaboration between the Ministry of Defence and the Meteorology Department in developing resilient infrastructure... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/25)
Minister of Health and Mass Media Nalinda Jayatissa announced that the admission of local students to the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) Medical Faculty has recommenced, in accordance with the previous admission process. Speaking at an event in Colombo, Minister Jayatissa stated that the earlier decision to temporarily halt local student admissions to the KDU Medical Faculty was a provisional one.This decision, announced by the government in Parliament recently, has drawn strong opposition from various parties, including Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa.Following this, a Cabinet committee was appointed to investigate the matter... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/07/25)
රට පුරා පිහිටි ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලවල ප්ලග බේස් එක බැගින් සවි කිරීමට එකක් රුපියල් 72000ක මිලකට ප‍්‍රකට ව්‍යාපාරික ඉෂාර නානායක්කාර මහතාගේ සමාගමකට රුපියල් කෝටි පහ ඉක්මවූ කොන්ත්රාත්තුවක් ලබාදී ඇති බව ජන අරගල ව්‍යාපාරය සඳහන් කරයි. ඒ සඳහා ඉදිරිපත් වූ අනෙක් අඩු මිල ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම් සියල්ල අතහරිමින් මෙම මිලට ලබා දී ඇති බව එම සංවිධානයේ වසන්ත මුදලිගේ මහතා කොළඹ පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී කියා සිටියේය. "2025 04 29 දින ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික අමාත්‍යංශය මගින් ටෙන්ඩර් කැඳවීමක් සිදුකරලා තියනවා. E හැදුනුම්පත එහෙම නැත්තං ඩිජිටල් හැඳුනුම්පත හඳුන්වා දීමෙන් පස්සේ ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලවල මේ හැදුනුම්පත හඳුනාගැනිම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/07/25)
මේ ඔහු අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම පිලිබඳව මාධ්‍යයේ නොකියූ කතාව.. බැඳියාව """""""'' ඊයේ අත්අඩංගුවට පත්ව සිටින බන්ධනාගාර කොමසාරිස් සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තර මානව හිමිකම් ක්‍රියාකාරීන් පිරිසක් තොරතුරු සොයා බැලුවා. එහිදී ඔවුන් පැය භාගයක් පමණ මා සමග කතා කළා. සත්‍ය මිස කිසිවකු සුද්ද කිරීමට අවශ්‍ය නැත """""""""'" බන්ධනාගාරය තුල කුඩු, අයිස්, දුරකථන ඇති බව සත්‍යයකි. බන්ධනාගාර රෝහල, ප්‍රතිකාර මධ්‍යස්ථානයක් නොව, ඇති හැකි උන්ගේ රෙස්ට් හවුසිය බව සත්‍යයකි බන්ධනාගාරය පුනරුත්ථාපන මධ්‍යස්ථානයක් නොව අපරාධ සම්බන්ධ පශ්චාත් උපාධිය ලබා දෙන ආයතනය බව සත්‍යයකි. පසුගිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/07/25)
Who is Bill Gates, and why should Sri Lanka be concerned about his “philanthropy”? Gates, through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), disburses billions under the banner of aid. But this is philanthrocapitalism—a model where charitable funding yields strategic influence. His private firm, Cascade Investment, grows his wealth while embedding his influence in public health, agriculture, and digital infrastructure across developing nations.When a foreign billionaire lands in Sri Lanka, opens shop in the President’es Office to shape public systems without accountability or consent, doesn’t it undermine national sovereignty and create backdoor influence over decision-making. Is this not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/07/25)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD), extending its full support to the Ministry of Public Security, launched a special joint security operation in the Kadana, Wattala, and Ragama Police areas on the evening of 4th July. The objective of this operation was to enhance community safety, curb illegal activities, and restore public confidence in law enforcement efforts. The Sri Lanka Army, Navy, Air Force, Police, and Special Task Force (STF) attended this special operation and the operation demonstrated strong inter-agency collaboration in maintaining law and order. During the operation,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/07/25)
Sri Lanka’s Central Province has been a symbol of colonial exploitation and post-independence neglect—home to thousands of Indian-origin Tamils brought under British imperial labor schemes. Today, the same region has transformed into a geopolitical battleground—for soft power occupation, ethnic patronage, and foreign-state engineering. India is now assuming role of political patron & cultural guardian over Indian-origin Tamil estate community & influencing or rather exerting control over every aspect of their life. Then enters US, under guise of “human rights” & “inclusion” also spreading its influence in a bid to win loyalty & use this minority... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/07/25)
In a powerful step toward environmental sustainability and youth empowerment, NDB Bank is proud to announce its partnership with the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) to support the expansion of the WNPS Youth Wing’s ‘Education for Conservation’ program to ten schools in the Kurunegala District. The official MoU signing for this partnership took place on 20th June at NDB Bank premises with representatives from both WNPS and the Bank present. This initiative is part of NDB’s broader commitment to empowering future generations to lead with purpose, passion, and a deep respect for the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/07/25)
Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) chaired an important meeting at the Ministry of Defence on Thursday (Jul 3) to discuss the reintroduction of Beira Lake as a water aerodrome, an initiative poised to bring renewed vitality to Sri Lanka’s tourism and domestic aviation sector. The meeting brought together key stakeholders to review plans for Cinnamon Air, operated by Saffron Aviation (Pvt) Ltd, to take over seaplane operations at the historic Beira Lake Seaplane Base. As a company specialising in scheduled and chartered floatplane and wheeled aircraft services,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/07/25)
Dated: 03.07.2025 Sunday, July 6, will be the tenth and the climatic day of Moharram which this year, has a unique feature, something that has never happened in history. A sizeable section of the world will, mostly, wear black, the colour of mourning and yet they will celebrate. In total contradiction of the Western media, the celebration will be for Iran having taught Israel a lesson. The celebrations will be alongside the mourning for the tragedy of Karbala more charged this time than ever before. For the uninitiated, the solemn... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/07/25)
ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ ආ. ඡේදය සිංහල සහ ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පාඨ අතර වෙනස්කම් පිළිබද රාජ්‍ය භාෂා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ අවධානය යොමු කිරීමට වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහනේ සමායෝජක නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා විසින් කරන ලද ඉල්ලීමකට අනුව 2025 ජූනි 20 වන දින දවල් 12ට රාජගිරියේ ජනජයසිටි ගොඩනැගිල්ලේ 9වන මහළේදී රාජ්‍ය භාෂා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපති නීතීඥ නිමල් රණවක මහතා සමඟ සාකච්ඡාවක් පවත්වන ලදී.එම සාකච්ඡාවට නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා සමඟ වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහනේ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහනට සහභාගී වූ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/07/25)
Colombo, July 4 (Daily Mirror) - The government earlier said a joint statement was to be issued by Sri Lanka and the United States over the reciprocal tariffs but that turned out to be another tall story like most of the stories of the government, SJB MP Dr. Harsha De Silva said. He said in a post on X that the government had rejected and laughed at the Opposition when they offered to help regarding the matter. "President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his government promised the people that they knew... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/07/25)
The Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) has donated Rs. 100 million to the President's Fund, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. Dipak Das, Managing Director of Lanka Indian Oil Company handed over the relevant cheque to Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Secretary to the President, at the Presidential Secretariat today (04).... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/07/25)
Colombo, July 4 (Daily Mirror) - Opposition MP Mujibur Rahman has called for deeper investigations into the controversial release of 309 red-labelled containers, asserting that critical questions remain unanswered. Speaking at a media briefing yesterday, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP said the scope of the inquiry conducted by the presidential committee appointed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was too narrow. “The committee’s mandate was limited to determining whether these containers were released outside standard procedures,” he noted. Rahman stressed the need to uncover whether political interference was involved in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/07/25)
Colombo, July 4 (Daily Mirror) - Japanese Ambassador Akio Isomata stressed that the eradication of corruption and good governance is a prerequisite for restoring confidence of both public and private entities, including those of Japan, in making investments in Sri Lanka, according to a press release from the Japanese Embassy. Japan will continue to work closely with the Government of Sri Lanka for the country’s sustainable development, he said. ISHIZUKI Hideo, Assistant Minister/ Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, held the Japan-Sri Lanka Economic Cooperation Policy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/07/25)
Both political and terrorist separatism in Sri Lanka have toyed with the claim to a separate Tamil homeland. However, before examining either, it is critical to return to the historical roots of the Tamil presence on the island to determine whether such a homeland or Tamil kingdom ever existed independently. When the timelines, records of foreign writers, and colonial-era observations are scrutinized, the claim to an indigenous Tamil kingdom collapses and is non-existent. If there was a Tamil kingdom in Sri Lanka, who founded it – who were these... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/07/25)
The geographic terms “Israel” and “Palestine” have a long history and specific connotations for Jews and Arabs with respect to their competing claims to the same land. The only way forward for Jewish Israelis and Palestinian Arabs is to cease looking backwards. Dr Daniel Miller - https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/ australianoutlook/israel-and-palestine-where-should-history-begin-and-should-it-matter/ The article by Dr Daniel Miller, “Where should history begin, and should it matter?originally published on 19 June 2021 and one of the top ten most read articles published inAustralian Outlook in 2021, sums up what all forward looking and those who are for a mutually... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/07/25)
The Northern Province, comprises Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar, and Vavuniya. India is heavily influencing Northern society in multiple ways. Many of these post-war partnerships are turning into regional patron asserting its control over socio-political, economic, cultural landscape of the Sri Lankan Tamils in North Sri Lanka. Northern Province (Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya) Housing Projects Type of Influence: Large-scale housing construction under Indian grant assistance targeting post-war rehabilitation and resettlement. Completed Projects: Construction of thousands of homes across Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar, and Vavuniya districts. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/07/25)
Newly appointed Defence Attaché at the Embassy of the United States of America in Colombo, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew House, paid a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), today (Jul 03) at the Ministry of Defence. During the meeting, both officials engaged in a cordial discussion covering a wide range of topics, including enhancing defence cooperation, fostering mutual understanding and exploring new avenues for collaboration between the two nations. The visit marks an important step in further strengthening the longstanding defence partnership and shared commitment... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/07/25)
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University proudly announces the 18th International Research Conference (KDU IRC-2025) under the theme ‘Bridging Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Progress’, scheduled to take place on the 30th of September and the 1st of October 2025 at the university premises. Academic staff and researchers are cordially invited to submit Extended Abstracts or Full Papers for presentation at this prestigious conference. The deadline for submission is 07th July 2025. Over the years, the KDU IRC has evolved into a premier platform uniting researchers, academics, professionals... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/07/25)
In commemoration of the United Nations’ MSME Day 2025, NDB Bank proudly participated in the MSME Business Development Summit and Business Excellence Awards hosted by the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA Sri Lanka). Held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH), the event brought together industry leaders, policymakers, financial institutions, and entrepreneurs to honour and advance the contribution of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Sri Lanka. Among the awardees was Sobako (Pvt) Ltd, a valued client of NDB’s Kottawa Branch, who was adjudged one of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/07/25)
එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ සංගමය (SLITPA) විසින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා කොන්සල් ජනරාල් කාර්යාලයේ සහාය ඇතිව සංවිධාන කළ SLITPA UAE සම්මාන රාත්‍රිය 2025, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විද්‍යා හා තාක්ෂණ අමාත්‍ය වෛද්‍ය ක්‍රිෂාන්ත අබේසේන මහතාගේ සහභාගිත්වයෙන් ඩුබායි ක්‍රීක්සයිඩ් හෝටලයේදී පැවැත්විණි. "විශ්වාසය, නවෝත්පාදනය සහ බලපෑම" යන තේමාව යටතේ පැවති මෙම සම්මාන උළෙලේ දී එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයේ ගතික තාක්ෂණ සහ නවෝත්පාදන ක්ෂේත්‍රයට දායක වන ශ්‍රී ලාංකික වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ කැපී පෙනෙන ජයග්‍රහණ ඇගයීමට ලක් කරන ලදි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජාතික ඩිජිටල් ප්‍රතිපත්තිය සහ රටේ තාක්ෂණික හා ආර්ථික දියුණුවට දායක වීමේදී ඩයස්පෝරාවේ වැදගත් කාර්යභාරය ඉස්මතු කරමින් ප්‍රධාන දේශනය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/07/25)
Sri Lanka’s most commercially and politically vital hub is heavily influenced by India. From strategic ports and financial lifelines to digital identity, soft power, and trade deals, the Western Province is ground zero for India’s hybrid dominance — combining hard infrastructure control, financial leverage, digital entanglement, soft power, and embedded Indian-origin family networks. India exerts influence in the Western province in Strategic port/shipbuilding control Economic & Finance Digital infrastructure & cyber integration Diplomatic & Political Networks Cultural, Media & Educational influence Health... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/07/25)
Sri Lanka now stands at a threshold it never imagined. A threshold where temples are no longer safe simply because they are temples, where monks are not judged by Vinaya but by the political backing or foreign funding that props them up, where the robe is worn as a disguise and not as a discipline. A Parliament caucus has already confirmed that twelve groups are actively distorting the Dhamma, and eighty-five individuals walk among us not to preach liberation (In Ceylon Buddhist liberation were Nirvana.), but to bury it. What we face... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/07/25)
Starlink operates the world’s largest constellation of satellites, with over 6,750 units in low Earth orbit (LEO), a design that significantly reduces latency compared to traditional geostationary satellites. Starlink is live in Sri Lanka (Representative Image: Starlink) Prior to SpaceX’s planned launch for Starlink satellite internet service in India, the Elon Musk-led space firm has introduced its services in Sri Lanka. Starlink, which has a global presence across most of the Earth’s continents, adds Sri Lanka to its list of supported South East Asian countries, with the other ones being... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/07/25)
The largest foreign investment in the history of Sri Lanka has been on hold since the start of the year. Differences between the government over local market share have stopped the Sinopec project in Hambantota. The economic recovery plan has raised fears that it will damage the country’s oil sector and energy security. Colombo (AsiaNews) – The largest foreign direct investment (FDI) ever made in Sri Lanka, US$ 3.7 billion by the Chinese oil company Sinopec in Hambantota (Southern Province), has stalled after six months. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/07/25)
Colombo, July 2 (Daily Mirror) - The Cabinet approved a new scholarship programme aimed at providing opportunities for Sri Lanka’s highest-performing students at the G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) examinations, to pursue their first degree at internationally ranked foreign universities. In line with the government’s policy objective of building a ‘civilized citizen and advanced human resources’, Rs. 200 million was allocated in the 2025 budget proposal to fund this initiative. Under the programme, scholarships will be awarded to students to complete degree programmes - up to a maximum of four years -... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/07/25)
Colombo, July 2 (Daily Mirror) - Former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has thanked Elon Musk for enabling Starlink satellite internet access for all Sri Lankans. In a post on X, he said, "This marks a significant step forward in the digital transformation of our nation." Wickremesinghe said he was looking forward to meeting Elon Musk soon to explore further advancements for Sri Lanka’s digital future.Wickremesinghe during a meeting with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in 2024 discussed launching the Starlink satellite internet service in Sri Lanka.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/07/25)
Colombo, July 2 (Daily Mirror) - It is high time that Sri Lanka’s education system is changed to be in line with the changing world, without becoming a laughing stock of the international community, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said referring to the incident at the World Economic Forum involving Minister Sunil Handunetti. “One should learn a lesson from what happened recently at the World Economic Forum. One should not become a laughing stock. What we saw at the World Economic Forum is a result of Sri Lanka’s failure to change its education system.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/07/25)
Following its official launch in Sri Lanka yesterday, Starlink, the satellite-based internet service by SpaceX, has released its pricing options for both residential and business users. Residential Plans Residential Lite Plan: Rs. 12,000 per month Residential Plan: Rs. 15,000 per month Hardware (Starlink Standard Kit): Rs. 118,000 Total Initial Cost: Lite Plan: Rs. 130,000 (approx.) Regular Plan: Rs. 133,000 (approx.) Business Plans Priority 40GB: Rs. 24,100 per month Priority... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/07/25)
ලෝක සමාජ මාධ්‍ය දිනය (World Social Media Day) 2025 (ජුනි 30) ලොව පුරා යම් පමණක මට්ටමකින් සමරනු ලබන අවස්ථාවේ, සමාජ මාධ්‍ය භාවිතයේ නිදහස, වගකීම ඇතුලු මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් පිළිබඳ ගැඹුරු සංවාදයක්, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අපට අතිශය දැඩි අවශ්‍යතාවයක් ලෙස කරළියට පැමිණ තිබේ. ඒ බව, අන්තර්ජාල නිදහස, ඇතුලු ඩිජිටල් අයිතිවාසිකම් පිළිබද ක්‍රියාකරන අන්තර්ජාල මාධ්‍ය ක්‍රියාකාරීත්වය (IMA) වන අප ඉතාමත් දැඩිව අවධාරණය කරයි. සමාජ මාධ්‍ය, වර්තමානයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළත් ගෝලීය වශයෙනුත් දුස් තොරතුරු, වෛරී ප්‍රකාශ, අදහස් ප්‍රකාශනයේ නිදහසට එල්ලවන බාධා සහ සත්‍ය - අසත්‍යය අතර සංකීර්ණ අරගලයක කේන්ද්‍රස්ථානයක් බවට පත්ව ඇත. කෙසේ නමුත් මිනිසාගේ එදිනෙදා සමාජ-දේශපාලන ක්‍රියාකාරීත්වයට මෙම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/25)
ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය හිටපු අගවිනිසුරුතුමා ජනාධිපති ධූරකාලය සම්බන්ධයෙන් වසර 6 යන්න ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ සිංහල භාෂා පාඨ අනුව අර්ථනිරූපණය නොකර වැරදියට අර්ථනිරූපණය කළ බවට නීති ප්‍රජාවේ සාකච්ඡාවක් පවතින බවට ජාතික භාෂා දිනය අදාල රාජ්‍ය මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාවේදී විමසූ ප්‍රශ්නයට රාජ්‍ය භාෂා කොමිෂන් සභාව වෙනුවෙන් පිළිතුරු දීම වැළැක්වූයේ ඇයි? https://youtu.be/esva7MPs7VE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/25)
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Colombo, July 1 (Daily Mirror) - Indian entrepreneurs state that they are currently directing their attention towards new investment prospects in Sri Lanka, particularly in sectors like energy, infrastructure, the digital economy, tourism and agriculture, as well as on enhancing entrepreneurial capacity. A delegation of around 20 Indian entrepreneurs, comprising heads of several prominent Indian companies, is currently engaged in an active programme in Sri Lanka, coordinated by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), with the aim of further developing existing investment opportunities and exploring new prospects. These comments were... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/25)
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the Fourth Review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/25)
Kidney business is an illegal and unethical racket that has spread throughout Sri Lanka. This racket is carried out by a group of seven doctors who make monthly payments to the responsible persons in the health sector and the legal authorities and carry out this business secretly and safely. Recently, Dr. Chamal Sanjeewa, a social activist, filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department with evidence that Dr. Ranga Migara Weerakkody, who is working at Karapitiya Hospital, was involved in unethical human organ (kidney) trade. But the kidney mafia is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/25)
In a shared vision to simplify international education pathways and empower Sri Lankan students with global opportunities, NDB Bank is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with VXL Education, a leading international education consultancy firm with over 15 years of experience in the sector. The official signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) took place at NDB Bank Head Office, marking the beginning of a collaboration that promises to support aspiring students with a seamless and financially accessible path to study abroad. Signing on behalf of NDB were Mr. Sanjaya... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/25)
It is under pressure from India and the U.S. to block Chinese research vessels from docking in its ports. Will the crafting of standard operating procedures help? Credit: Depositphotos Sri Lanka is again caught in a controversy surrounding a foreign research vessel. Its media has reported that the U.N.-flagged research vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, operated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which had been scheduled to dock in Sri Lanka, was redeployed to Madagascar due to delays in securing the necessary approval. Local media reported that the Dr. Fridtjof... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/25)
Highlights major investment risks in the project BOI shifting its strategy to prioritise “quality FDI” that ensures long-term national benefits over merely chasing high investment figures Arjuna Herath The head of Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment (BOI) has characterised the highly anticipated US$ 3.7 billion Sinopec oil refinery in Hambantota and Adani Group’s renewable energy project as “fragile investments,” acknowledging the significant uncertainty surrounding their realisation. Joining a panel discussion at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/07/25)
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