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News Archive for Dec 2025
විමල්ගෙන් හරිනිට බර අවි ප්රහාරයක්. හොදම එකෙන් අමතයි.https://youtu.be/zyIMD1lOb0k... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/25)
6 ශ්රේණිය මොඩියුලයේ අසැබි වෙබ් අඩවියට දස අතින් විරෝධය - Hiru News
https://youtu.be/DbvUwbQWv0U... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/25)
ආණ්ඩුව අසිංහලයි අබෞද්ධයි! අගමැතිණිය දේශද්රෝහී කාන්තාවක්! ජිනානන්ද හිමිගෙන් දැඩි ප්රහාරයක්
https://youtu.be/aXwcvGjECIk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/25)
මහා සංඝරත්නය වහාම කොළඹට රැස්වෙයි - අධ්යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණවල භායනක පැත්ත හෙළි කරයි
https://youtu.be/aCVUMJQfMrs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/12/25)
අලුත් විෂය නිර්දේශයෙන් හයේ සිසුන්ට සමලිංගික සහකරුවන් සොයාගන්න යොමුවක්.. මුද්රණය කර අවසන්..
අධ්යාපනික සංශෝධන ඔස්සේ පාසල් දරුවන් අතර සමලිංගිකත්වය ප්රචලිත කිරීමේ ප්රයත්නයක් පවතින බවට වර්තමානයේ විවේචන එල්ල වෙමින් පවතී. හයවන ශ්රේණියේ ඉංග්රීසි විෂය ඉගෙනුම් කට්ටලයක අඩංගු වූ යොමුවක් (Link) හරහා සම ලිංගික සහකරුවන් සොයා දෙන අන්තර්ජාල අඩවියක් වෙත යොමු කර ඇති බවට කොළඹදී පැවැත්වූ මාධ්ය හමුවකදී අනාවරණය විය. අදාළ වෙබ් අඩවිය නිරීක්ෂණය කිරීමේදී එය සමලිංගික සබඳතා සඳහා පුද්ගලයින් සම්බන්ධ කර දෙන වේදිකාවක් බව තහවුරු වී තිබේ. මෙම සිදුවීමත් සමඟ අදාළ ඉගෙනුම් ද්රව්ය පාසල් වෙත ලබා දීම නතර කිරීමට රජය වහාම පියවර ගෙන ඇති අතර, මෙම බරපතළ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/12/25)
2026 වසර ගැන බන්දුලගේ අනාවැකිය
https://youtu.be/_c3REMXu4H0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/12/25)
සමලිංගික මිතුරෙක් සොයාගන්නා අයුරු 6 ශේණියේ ඉංග්රීසි මොඩියුලයට එයි.
https://youtu.be/uOEIA6q_qi0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/12/25)
අචින්තිතම්පි භවති: ධර්ම විකෘතිය සහ සැබෑ බුද්ධ දේශනාව අතර වෙනස
වර්තමාන ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සමාජ ජාලා මාධ්ය තුළත්, පොදු සමාජ සංවාදය තුළත් "අචින්ති තම්පි භවති චින්තිතම්පි විනස්සති" යන ගාථා පාඨය අතිශය ජනප්රිය මාතෘකාවක් බවට පත්ව තිබේ. විශේෂයෙන් "කත්නෝරුවේ හාමුදුරුවෝ" වැනි අය විසින් මෙම ගාථාවට ලබා දෙනු ලබන "හිතන දේ වෙන්නේ නෑ - වෙන දේ හිතාගන්න බෑ" යන සරල සහ අලංකාර යැයි හැඟෙන අර්ථකථනය නිසා බොහෝ දෙනා මෙය මහා දාර්ශනික සත්යයක් ලෙස වැළඳගෙන ඇත. නමුත් කණගාටුවට කරුණ නම්, මෙම ප්රචලිත අදහස හුදෙක් බුද්ධ භාෂිතයට පටහැනි, අර්ථ විකෘතියක් සහිත ප්රකාශයක් වීමයි. "සරභමිග ජාතකය", "මහා ජනක ජාතකය" සහ "ඒතදග්ග පාලිය" වැනි මූලාශ්රයන්හි සඳහන් වන මෙම ගාථාව හරහා බුදුදහම අපේක්ෂා කරන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/12/25)
A lunch in Midigama and an unexpected Euro Bill
The unsavoury experience the writer had in this restaurant is not simply about the cost of a meal. It highlights a worrying trend in some tourist areas where foreign currency practices appear to be quietly normalised, even for everyday domestic transactions A late lunch near a seaside restaurant in Midigama turns out to be a disaster It was only after we had finished our meal that we were informed that payment could not be made in Sri Lankan Rupees Businesses aren’t permitted to compel customers... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/25)
Minister proposes Chinese support for islandwide EV charging network
Colombo, Dec. 29 (Daily Mirror) - Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath has proposed that China support the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Sri Lanka as a donation, in line with the country’s plans to import electric vehicles in large numbers, including from China. The Minister said the initiative would be crucial as the government is also planning to introduce more electric buses in the future. He made these remarks during a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this morning (29).... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/25)
අපේ රියදුරන්ට තැන තැන පහර දෙනවා.. රටේ නීතිය සාමය කෝ...- PickMe පොලිස්පතිගෙන් අසයි...
ඇල්ල ඇතුළු දිවයිනේ විවිධ සංචාරක කලාපවල සේවය කරන ස්වාධීන රියදුරන්ට එල්ල වන බිය ගැන්වීම් සහ නීතිවිරෝධී බාධා කිරීම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් PickMe සමාගම පොලිස්පතිවරයා වෙත ලිඛිතව සිය කනස්සල්ල පළ කර තිබේ. ඩිජිටල් මොබිලිටි සොලියුෂන්ස් ලංකා පීඑල්සී (Digital Mobility Solutions Lanka PLC) ආයතනය පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ, ජංගම යෙදුම් හරහා ප්රවාහන සේවා සපයන රියදුරන් පිරිසක් මෑත කාලීනව පහරදීම්, දේපළ හානි සහ මාර්ග අවහිර කිරීම් වැනි සිදුවීම්වලට මුහුණ දී ඇති බවයි. මෙවැනි ඇතැම් ප්රචණ්ඩකාරී සිදුවීම් සමාජ මාධ්ය ජාලා ඔස්සේ ද ප්රසිද්ධියට පත්ව තිබුණි. පොදු මාර්ගවල කිසිදු පුද්ගලයෙකුට හෝ කණ්ඩායමකට "සීමිත ප්රවේශ කලාප" (Exclusive Zones) ප්රකාශයට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/25)
FR petition to question state response to Ditwah
A fundamental rights petition will be filed in the Supreme Court by January 15 regarding the failure to issue timely public warnings for Cyclone "Ditwah".The Independent Lawyers Association, representing the Joint Opposition, alleges that responsible state agencies acted without accountability by withholding vital safety signals. Convener Dinesh Vidanapathirana notes that the state remains responsible for the extensive loss of life and property damage caused by this lack of preparation.The legal team plans to utilise previous judicial precedents, such as the 2019 Easter Sunday bombing verdict and the ruling on the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/25)
Displaced families accuse officials of relief delays
Displaced villagers from the Kotmale East region gathered at the Kotmale Divisional Secretariat today (29) to protest the non-payment of promised relief funds and the Rs. 25,000 allowance for house cleaning. A tense situation arose between the residents and government officials during the visit. Ven. Kalugala Kashyapa Thera, the Chief Incumbent of Karagasthalawa Sugatharama Temple, joined the villagers in stating that the government allowance intended for cleaning flood-affected homes remains unpaid.The residents further alleged that Grama Niladhari officers in the landslide-prone Kotmale East area failed to visit their divisions for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/25)
තුන්වෙනිදා උතුරේ ලොකු කලබලයක්? | තිස්ස විහාරය කෑලි වෙන්න නියමිතයි? | අර්චුනා තකහනියේම මාධ්යට
https://youtu.be/6SQhxov8-PY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/12/25)
Anglican Bishop Nails the Tea Plantations for the Floods
blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 21-26 December 2025 The higher the bishop, the more surprising the confession. But just as bishops’ earthly bodies come layered in vestments, in surplices & cassocks, in sparkling imported rags, so do their words. Their pronouncements, their ‘orations’, come garbed and garbled in metaphor, in analogy, in metonymy, in allegory & euphemism. Hence the earthly art of the exegesis, the line-by-line parsing (deconstruction?) of what was said, may have been said, may not have been said,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/25)
May Day Warning for flood prevention
https://www.gossiplankanews.com/2025/12/rethinking-the-colombo-north-port-project-after-the-kelani-floods.html?m=1 https://www.facebook.com/share/1BfqcMbNgW/?mibextid= Dear Sir / Madam, During my tenure at SLLRDC, and subsequently while serving in senior professional and advisory capacities related to port and shipyard development, I repeatedly expressed serious concerns regarding the adequacy of the Kelani River outfall and associated drainage infrastructure in Northern Colombo. Specifically, I wish to place on record the following: Kelani River Outfall Capacity The present Kelani River outfall is hydraulically inadequate to safely discharge peak flood flows. This limitation has long been evident, particularly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/25)
Urban Canal Passenger Transport Pilot Project – Colombo & Suburbs
To Honorable minister Urban Canal Passenger Transport Pilot Project – Colombo & Suburbs(Public–Private Partnership / BOT Model) Proponent:Dr. Sarath ObeysekeraMarine Engineer & Shipbuilding SpecialistSri Lanka 1. Background & Rationale The Colombo Metropolitan Region continues to face severe road congestion, rising fuel import costs, and increasing carbon emissions, despite major investments in road and rail infrastructure. At the same time, Colombo and its suburbs possess an underutilised network of canals, lakes, and waterways originally developed for flood control and drainage. Urban water-based passenger transport presents a low-cost, low-emission, and rapidly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/25)
Canal Transport Protect Colombo Region
I remember former Minister of Urban Development who frequently spoke to Advocata and other policy forums about modern urban transport concepts—especially: Canal / inland water transport Monorail system He was Minister of Megapolis & Western Development (2015–2019) and Previously Minister of Urban Development, Water Supply & Drainage He was a regular speaker at Advocata, CCC, and policy think-tank and Strong promoter of: Western Region Megapolis plan Canal-based passenger transport (Beira Lake, Diyawanna, Kelani canals) ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/25)
A renewed call to fulfil the conditions of bai‘at: Huzoor delivers the concluding address of Jalsa Salana Qadian 2025
On 28 December 2025, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih Vaa arrived at the Masroor Hall shortly after 10:30 am for the concluding session of Jalsa Salana Qadian 2025 from Islamabad, Tilford, UK. After conveying salaam to those present as well as to viewers connected through MTA, Hazrat Amirul Momineenaa invited Nooruddin Nasir Sahib to recite a portion of the Holy Quran (Surah al-Hashr, Ch.59: V.19-25). Mansoor Ahmad Mansoor Sahib read out its Urdu translation. An Urdu poem written by the Promised Messiahas was then presented by Khalid Waleed Sahib. Thereafter, Huzooraa took to the podium to deliver... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/25)
Douglas Devananda detained for 72 hours
Colombo, Dec. 27 (Daily Mirror)- Former Minister Douglas Devananda, who was arrested in connection with an investigation into a missing firearm, has been detained under a 72-hour detention order for further questioning. Police said he was detained in terms of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Devananda was arrested yesterday in connection with the recovery of a weapon during the interrogation of organised criminal Makandure Madush in 2019. Subsequent investigations revealed that the firearm had been issued by the Sri Lanka Army to Devananda for his personal security in 2001.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/25)
Douglas Devananda who fought with the Sri Lankan Army against the LTTE
Devananda’s arrest is connected to an on-going investigation into the alleged transfer of a firearm to an organised gang criminal A pistol issued to Devananda had later been found in the possession of underworld gang leader and drug lord ‘Makandure Madush’ Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) Chief and Secretary-General, Douglas Devananda became the latest political leader to be arrested in Sri Lanka. The former Jaffna district MP and ex-cabinet minister was arrested by the Police on December 26 (Friday) in Colombo. The ex-minister was initially detained under the Prevention... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/25)
ආපදා සහන ගැන මහ බැංකු අධිපති කතා කරයි... "සහනයක් දෙනවා කියුවාට මේක ණයක්" කල්පනාකාරීව කටයුතු කරන්න"
https://youtu.be/T-eyd64JnP0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/25)
බෙල්ලන්විල රජමහා විහාරයේ විහාරාධිපති ඇතුළු පිරිසක් රටම කැලඹෙන අනාවරණ රැසක් කරයි
https://youtu.be/WLLP1wvJxbg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/25)
LET US ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN SRI LANKA BY CREATING ENTREPRENEURS
Our country, Sri Lanka has had a long history of development programs to provide for low income and incomeless people. The best method of finding incomes for the low waged is by getting them on the ladder to attend to some task which helps them creating incomes and also make the country obviate imports. The other day I was at Nawala going from shop to shop searching for a step ladder made in Sri Lanka and I could not find any. The shops were full of step... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/25)
FSP urges govt to address economic impact of Cyclone ‘Ditwah’
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has called on the government to issue a clear and direct statement regarding the economic damage caused by Cyclone ‘Ditwah’. The party emphasized that the government should give serious consideration to a recent statement issued by a group of leading international economic experts outlining recommended measures for Sri Lanka’s economic recovery in the aftermath of the cyclone-induced destruction. According to the FSP, a group of 121 globally renowned economists, including Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz, recently released a joint statement urging the temporary suspension of Sri Lanka’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/12/25)
Police control over media content a grave threat to press freedom: Federation of Media Employees' Trade Unions
The Federation of Media Employees' Trade Unions (FMETU) has issued a statement warning that media freedom is being completely undermined by the police gaining the power to decide on media content. The Federation emphasises that police intervention to determine whether a report is "accurate" or not is a direct threat to both democracy and the public's right to information. In a statement signed by General Secretary Tharindu Uduwaragedara, the FMETU highlights a dangerous trend: the state machinery using regulatory bodies as tools to suppress media outlets that are not to its... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/25)
SAARC Journalist Forum strongly condemns Sri Lankan Government’s conduct impacting media freedom
Raju Lama, President of the SAARC Journalist Forum (SJF), states that he strongly condemns the Sri Lankan government’s attempts to obstruct media freedom and oppose the right to freedom of expression through police intimidation and illegal measures. Issuing a statement, he points out that the request made by the police regarding a news item recently published by the Hiru Media Network concerning a cannabis raid is a direct attack on independent journalism. The Central Committee of the SAARC Journalist Forum (SJF) emphasised this by issuing a special statement today (26). ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/25)
මගේ අම්මාගේ අවසන් මොහොතේ...හෙඩ් නර්ස් ඇවිත් හරි සද්දෙට කෑ ගැහුවා
https://youtu.be/DSeUqezpHek... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/25)
කොළඹ පුරපතිට විශ්වාස භංගයක් - සිරිමාවෝ දියණියගේ නොඇසූ කතාව
https://youtu.be/VJjipimwpDs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/12/25)
What is local governance?
When you are in local government, you are on the ground, and you are looking into the eyes and hearts of the people you are there to serve. It teaches you to listen; it teaches you to be expansive in the people with whom you talk to, and I think that that engagement gives you political judgment - Valerie Jarrett, chief executive officer of the Obama FoundationLocal governance is about managing public affairs at the community level, involving local governments, citizens, and organizations in making and implementing decisions for services like roads, sanitation, schools, and parks,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/25)
Post-Disaster Recovery Conditions of the Past No Longer Valid After 2009
Sri Lanka suffered from and overcame multiple disasters since 1971. However, those helpful conditions are no longer valid after 2009. Post-2009 disasters are difficult or impossible to overcome as a result. The country is yet to overcome the effects of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, economic impacts of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and economic bankruptcy of 2022. For this reason, I hold grave fears over Sri Lanka’s ability to overcome the latest disaster. The Example of the Industrialist and Factory Fire If a fire gutters the factory of an industrialist, he would... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/25)
ART TV STATION SRI LANKA[12/19/25, 7:27:37 PM] Mano Ramanathan: Sunday art Tv English 7.30 pm to 7.45 pm Sinhala 7.45pm to 8 pm [12/19/25, 7:28:49 PM]
(20+) Facebook... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/25)
"Birth of DRS - Revolution in Cricket"
https://share.google/aimode/ewDWUDswhElE0OeQc https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSr33NAjwCN The Instagram post titled "Birth of DRS - Revolution in Cricket" is a short video reel that discusses the Decision Review System (DRS), highlighting its history, how it has transformed the game, and the technology it uses. The post describes the system as a major innovation that has made cricket fairer and eased pressure on umpires. Key Details from the Post DRS Originator: The post mentions that Sri Lanka's Senaka Weeraratna, a lawyer, is known as the "father of DRS" (originally UDRS) and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/25)
'' ඒ ගංජා හේන ශාන්ත පද්මකුමාරගේ නෙවෙයි...''🙊🙈🙉🫵ප්රාඩෝ ජීප් එකේ ප්රශ්නයක් තිබුණේම නෑ
https://youtu.be/VDLuGrBVO7A... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/25)
අපිට වැඩ තියෙනවාතමුසේ පලයන් මෙතනින් අස්වැසුම් ෆෝම් ඉල්ලපු මිනිස්සුන්ට චණ්ඩි පාට් දාන කතරගම නිලධාරීන්
https://youtu.be/gZs2-p5BwkU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/12/25)
From the 2004 Christmas Tsunami to Twister Ditwah: Weather Warfare escalates in the Indian Ocean as Russia Enters?
“The environment is not collateral damage. It is a new frontline of hybrid warfare, and defending it is quite literally defending life itself,” -- Ruslan Spirin, a Ukrainian diplomat based in Kyiv.[i] One military official was quoted in Seymour Hersh’s article as saying “What's worse, dropping bombs or rain?” Operation Popeye in Vietnam. [ii] In 2004 the Christmas/Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami that killed over 230,000 people hit the same countries that were recently affected by un-natural disasters. At the end of November, 2025 destructive twister storms, floods, and landslides reminiscent of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/25)
Celebrate Christmas but make it harmless towards animals and birds and save lives like during the meaningful Vesak celebrations in Sri Lanka
Source: AI Overview https://share.google/aimode/EMEyW76dbzfhDPEoj Compassionate Dining & "Life Release" Just as Vesak is slaughter-free, you can make your holiday feast truly noble by choosing a meat-free menu. Abhaya-dana (Saving Lives): Instead of buying meat, use those funds to save animals from slaughter, such as purchasing a cow or goat and donating it to a sanctuary. Plant-Based Feasting: Replace traditional roasts with vegan alternatives like stuffed tofu rolls or potato roulades. Cruelty-Free Baking: Prepare treats like Vegan Christmas Tree Cookies using egg replacers... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/25)
Support Needed for Small Boat Builders – Paraliya, Ambalangoda
This is about Lihiniya Boat Builders, a boatyard in Paraliya near Ambalangoda, engaged in building multi-day fiberglass fishing boats. The owner, Mr. Chanaka, is a young entrepreneur trained at Ocean University. He first worked in the steel sector at my shipyard and later ventured into the FRP (fiberglass) boat-building industry on his own initiative. I personally visited his yard and clearly observed that: The yard has technical capability There is strong potential for growth What is lacking is state support, not commitment or skill... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/25)
Tourist family criticises Sri Lanka’s visa extension process
Colombo, Dec 24 (Daily Mirror) - A tourist family visiting Sri Lanka has spoken out about difficulties they faced while trying to extend their visa, calling the process “the most painful experience ever.” The family, known as ‘The Hutchinsons’ on TikTok, had arrived in Sri Lanka under the visa-free scheme and attempted to extend their stay at the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Battaramulla. The family reported that their online visa extension submission did not generate the expected payment email, forcing them to visit the immigration office in person. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/12/25)
Answer to debt isn't more debt.....120 take aim at IMF
A group of 120 internationally renowned economists and development experts has issued a joint letter calling for the immediate suspension of Sri Lanka’s debt repayments, citing the devastating impact of recent floods and Cyclone Ditwah. The group argues that the scale of destruction constitutes a “force majeure” event, making it impossible for Sri Lanka to meet IMF-mandated debt repayment obligations without worsening humanitarian suffering. Speaking exclusively on the initiative, Professor Jayati Ghosh of the University of Massachusetts, one of the lead signatories, said international lenders must fundamentally rethink... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/12/25)
Actions of the Police Media Division threaten media freedom: Hiru responds to the police
Hiru TV has issued a scathing response to the Police Media Division—an entity funded by the public purse—asserting that the division's recent letter regarding the assault on a police officer involved in a cannabis raid in Embilipitiya constitutes a severe blow to the public’s right to information and democratic principles. The reply further highlights that the police failed to disclose a crucial piece of evidence, which they had recorded themselves, until Hiru TV broke the story to the nation. Signed by Tharanga Jayakody, the Deputy Director of News at Hiru TV,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/12/25)
අරගලයේදී ඇමරිකාවට මුවාවී ඉන්දියාව ගහපු ගේම... | ශමීන්ද්ර සමඟ | Shamindra Ferdinando
https://youtu.be/K_ZZxhR5ico... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/12/25)
අර්චුනා ආණ්ඩුවට රතු එළි දල්වලා ත්රීවීල් එකෙන් යන්න යයි"අනුරගේ බෝට්ටුවේ ලොකු හිලක්.."
https://youtu.be/QoTZxUqWNw8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/12/25)
Appeal to Sri Lanka’s Judiciary: Respectful Submission on the Legal Status of SOGI-Related International Guidelines and Ratified Treaties in Gender-Based violence Law
Your Ladyships / Lordships, This submission seeks judicial guidance on distinguishing between legally binding treaty obligations and non-binding international policy frameworks operationalized in Sri Lanka’s gender-based violence programmes. The purpose of this submission is not to oppose international engagement, but to seek constitutional and legal clarity on the limits of non-binding international instruments within Sri Lanka’s domestic legal framework. This appeal is made in public interest, and with full deference to judicial independence, to respectfully request careful judicial distinction between binding legal obligations arising from Sri Lanka’s Constitution and ratified international... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
දේශපාලන පංචස්කන්ධවල (පක්ෂවල) හෘදය ශාක්ෂිය පරීක්ෂා කිරීම (Bell the cat !)
තමන්ට අන්තිමේදී ගොළු මුහුදවත් ඉතුරු නොවන බව නොදැන අන්ද මන්දව සිටිනා සිංහල බෞද්ධ රැළ් එතෙක් පැවති SLFP-LSSP-CP ආණ්ඩුවල විකාර හැසිරීම් දඩමීමා කරගෙන, JRJ විසින් රටට කරන්නට යන නැස්පත්තිය ගැන ඇතිවූ කළකිරීමද නිසා, 1978 මාර්තු මාසයේදී ලංකාවෙන් පිටවූ දා සිටම රටට සිදුවන දේ දෙස කණගාටුවෙන් බලා සිටි පංචස්කන්ධයක් වශයෙන් මේ වන විට රට දෙස බලන විට, දැන් 2025 දෙසැම්බර් අගවන විට රටට සිදුවී ඇති විනාශය, 2024 න් පසු JVP/NPP ආණ්ඩුවේ ක්රියාකලාපය නිසාවෙන් සිදුවූ දේව සාපයක් හා 1940 ගණන් වල සිට කළු සුද්දන්/දේශපාලකයින් විසින් රටේ භූගෝල විද්යාවට ද්රෝහි වීමේ විපාකයක් නොවේදැයි මට සිතේ. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
Damage from Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka Estimated at $4.1 Billion
COLOMBO, December 22, 2025—Cyclone Ditwah, which struck Sri Lanka in late November, has caused an estimated US$4.1 billion in direct physical damage to buildings and contents, agriculture and critical infrastructure, according to a World Bank Group Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) report released today. This damage is equivalent to about 4 percent of Sri Lanka’s GDP. The cyclone, among the most intense and destructive in Sri Lanka’s recent history, severely affected close to 2 million people and 500,000 families across all 25 districts, disrupting livelihoods, essential services, and the broader economy. The Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
India announces $450 million relief package for Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday announced India’s decision to offer a reconstruction package of USD 450 million to Sri Lanka post ‘Cyclone Ditwah’. xternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday announced India’s decision to offer a reconstruction package of USD 450 million to Sri Lanka post ‘Cyclone Ditwah’. At a meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart Vijitha Herath in Colombo, Jaishankar, who is visiting the island nation as Special Envoy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said he had this morning met Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Disanayaka to personally... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
Police Constable arrested over incident involving NPP MP suspended from service
he Police Constable who was arrested and subsequently released on bail in connection with the assault incident involving Ratnapura District National People’s Power (NPP) Member of Parliament Shantha Pathma Kumara Subasingha, has been suspended from service pending further investigations, police stated. He was arrested yesterday (22) by officers attached to the Embilipitiya Divisional Investigation Bureau on several charges, including criminal intimidation. The Police Constable was subsequently granted bail after being produced before court. Police earlier stated that a blood sample obtained from the police officer allegedly assaulted by a group... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
'' අනුර ජනාධිපතිගේ නීතියේ ආතල්ලන්තය...'' 😂🙈🙊ගහපු එකා එළියේ, ගුටිකාපු එකා ඇතුළේ
https://youtu.be/7IuDIALMzn4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
කත්නෝරුවේ හාමුවුරුවෝ කාගෙ රූකඩයක්ද...? Sisira C. Withanage
https://youtu.be/NpRYZow2z6c... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
‘ත්රස්තවාදයෙන් රාජ්යය ආරක්ෂා කිරීමේ පනත් කෙටුම්පත’ (PSTA) හරහා ප්රකාශනයේ නිදහස අහුරා දැමීමේ බරපතල අවදානමක්
ජාතික ජන බලවේග ආණ්ඩුව (NPP) විසින් අලුතින් හඳුන්වා දීමට උත්සාහ කරන ‘ත්රස්තවාදයෙන් රාජ්ය ආරක්ෂා කිරීමේ පනත් කෙටුම්පත’ (PSTA) සම්බන්ධයෙන් පැන නැගී ඇති මූලික ප්රතිචාර නිරීක්ෂණය කිරීමේදී, එය පුරවැසියන්ගේ මූලික මිනිස් අයිතිවාසිකමක් වන ප්රකාශනයේ නිදහස ඇතුලු අයිතිවාසිකම් දැඩි ලෙස අඩපණ කරන මෙවලමක් බවට පත්වීමේ බරපතල අනතුරක් පවතින බව අපි පෙන්වා දෙමු. - ‘ත්රස්තවාදය’යන්න අපැහැදිලි ලෙස අර්ථ දැක්වීම: PSTA පනත් කෙටුම්පත තුළ ත්රස්තවාදය යන්නට ලබා දී ඇති නිර්වචනය අතිශය පුළුල් සහ අපැහැදිලි ය. රජයේ ක්රියාකලාපයන් විවේචනය කිරීම, සාමකාමී විරෝධතාවල... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
රුපියල බාල්දුවීම නිසා විදේශ ණය බර රු. බිලියන 703 කින් ඉහළයයි
ඩොලරයට සාපේක්ෂව රුපියලේ අගය පහත වැටීම නිසා, පසුගිය මාස 15 තුල ශ්රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ ණය ප්රමාණය රු. බිලියන 703 කින් ඉහළ ගොස් ඇතැයි ශ්රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්රය නිකුත් කළ නිවේදනයේ දැක්වේ. 2024 ඔක්තෝබර් මස රු. 293 ක් වූ ඩොලරයේ අගය මේ වන විට රු. 312 දක්වා (රු. 19 කින්) ඉහළ ගොස් ඇත. 2025 මැද භාගය වන විට ඇ.ඩො. බිලියන 37 ක් වූ විදේශ ණය ප්රමාණයේ වටිනාකම මත එමගින් ඇති කර ඇති අතිරේක බර රු. බිලියන 703 [ඩො.බිලියන 37 වරක් රු. 19] කි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
Protection of the State from Terrorism Act, No. of 2026 poses serious risks to freedom of expression, privacy, and democratic accountability
22 December 2025: The Protection of the State from Terrorism Act, No. of 2026(PSTA) presents itself as a human rights improvement on the existing Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). This framing obscures the reality that its core architecture, including administrative detention, military powers, proscription regimes, and broad speech offences, replicates the essential features that made the PTA objectionable for over four decades. The Bill replicates the fundamental architecture that made the PTA objectionable. Rather than using the ordinary criminal law regime for terrorism offences alongside emergency powers when genuinely required,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
How We administrators developed Sri Lanka on Rupees till the end of 1977.
Posted on January 17th, 2024 Our monetary economists of today have decided that printing money is to be stopped till the end of the year. The new Central Bank Act of 2023 is said to forbid money printing. Some foremost economists and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka are of the opinion that printing money causes inflation and should not be done. I lived in Sri Lanka till 1973 and worked in senior Administrative Service positions from 1955 to 1973- some 17 years handling arduous development tasks all done with locally... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
Why Did Trump Send His Warships to Venezuela?
Beyond oil interests, Vijay Prashad argues that the US escalation against Venezuela is about reestablishing its hegemony in the hemisphere. US Marines carrying out exercises on USS Iwo Jima as part of SOUTHCOM's Operation Southern Spear in the Caribbean Sea. (SOUTHCOM) Ever since Hugo Chávez came to power in 1998, the United States has attempted to overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution. They have tried everything short of a full-scale military invasion: a military coup, selecting a substitute president, cutting off access to the global financial system, imposing layers of sanctions, sabotaging the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
Teaching the UNHRC accountability
Human rights law, by contrast, is founded on the concept of universal rights which the international community is duty-bound to uphold International human rights institutions become vulnerable to manipulation by powerful states seeking to bypass traditional sovereignty safeguards in order to impose their political will on weaker nations An organisation is only as credible as the officials who operate it. If officials know they may be held accountable for violating the organisation’s principles, they are more likely to resist politicisation At the heart of this problem lies a fundamental... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
මහ නාහිමි විසින් ජනාධිපතිගේ අතේ බැන්ද පිරිත් නූල ගලවා විසි කරලා..
මහ නාහිමියන් විසින් ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතාගේ අතේ බැන්ද පිරිත් නූල ගලවා විසි කර ඇති බව මහින්තලා රාජමහා විහාරාධිපති පූජ්ය වළවහැංගුණුවැවේ ධම්මරතන හිමි පවසයි. ආණ්ඩුවට පක්ෂ නොවන භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලාට චීවරධාරීන් යැයි බැණ වදිමින් නොසෑහෙන්න නින්දා අපහාස කරමින් ඇතැයි ද එහිමියන් පෙන්වා දෙයි. වර්තමාන පාලකයන් බොරු වැපිරීම නිසා රටට වස් වැදී හෙණ වැදී රටම විසාලා මහනුවරක් වී ඇතැයිද රටේ ඇත්තේ භික්ෂු නිකායන් තුනක් පමණක් බවත් රාජපක්ෂ නිකාය යැයි භික්ෂූන්ට පරිභව කරමින් බුදු දහමට නින්දා කරමින් ඇතැයි ද ධම්මරතන හිමි ප්රකාශ කරයි. යුද්ධය අවසන් කොට රටේ අධිවේගී මාර්ග පද්ධතිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
Sri Lankan firm emerges as lowest bidder for Fiji mini hydropower project
Sri Lankan renewable energy company Vidullanka PLC has announced that it has emerged as the lowest-cost bidder for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to expand and upgrade a 100-kilowatt mini hydropower facility at Buca Village in Fiji. In a disclosure to the Colombo Stock Exchange, the company said the determination was made on 19 December 2025, marking a significant step toward securing the overseas renewable energy contract, although the formal award is still pending. Vidullanka said the development is price-sensitive, given its potential impact on future business activity... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
Sri Lankan economy still remains vulnerable: IMF
Sustained adherence to the reform agenda has underpinned a robust economic recovery, price stability, substantial revenue-based fiscal consolidation, and progress in rebuilding foreign exchange reserves, but the economy remains vulnerable, and GDP has not recovered to its pre-crisis level, according to an IMF official. Kenji Okamura, Deputy Managing Director and Acting Chair, said it in a statement issued last Friday. Sri Lanka was hit by a catastrophic cyclone, claiming more than 600 lives and affecting millions more. Flooding and landslides have displaced more than 100,000 people, destroyed critical infrastructure, and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
NPP’s budget defeated at Colombo Municipal Council
The inaugural 2026 budget proposal of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), which is under the control of the ruling National People’s Power (NPP), has been defeated by a majority of three votes. The budget received 57 votes in favour, while 60 councilors voted against it, Ada Derana reporter said. The votes of two members of ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ had proved decisive in the outcome of the vote, resulting in the National People’s Power (NPP) budget proposal being defeated by a majority of three votes. At the last Local Government Elections, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
USD 4 bn damage caused by Ditwah
Cyclone Ditwah caused extensive physical destruction across all 25 districts of Sri Lanka after striking the island in late November 2025. This assessment, conducted by the World Bank using the Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) methodology, estimates the direct physical damage at approximately 4% of the country's GDP. The disaster affected nearly 2 million people and 500,000 families, marking it as one of the most destructive events in the nation's recent history. Key Damage Statistics Total Direct Damage: US$ 4.1 billion. Hardest Hit Districts: Kandy leads with US$... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/12/25)
බුද්ධ භාෂිතය මුළුමනින්ම විකෘති කළ අචින්ති තම්පි භවති
https://youtu.be/eAWHYnDOI0o... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/12/25)
An invitation extended to M.P Archuna Ramanathan for a dialogue on the Tamilakkam (Tamil state) ideology initiated by Ponnabalam Arunachalam in 1921/23 – Part I
“If the Tamils’ cry for separatism is given up, the two communities could solve their problems and continue to live in amity and dignity.” M.C. Sansoni, CJ-(Sessional Paper No. 7 of 1980). It is interesting to observe the behavior of the young Tamil M.P. Archuna among the other disoriented Sinhala-speaking M.P.s who are wasting taxpayers’ money at the Diyawanna hotel. Of them, 159 are either doormats or Rajan Kadiragamars. The Tamil and Muslim MPs are enjoying the fun of how an inexperienced, incompetent and confused set of JVP-NPP leaders destroying the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
The Itching Fingers Behind a Puppeteered Aragalaya
blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 14-20 December 2025 * ‘Whitey didn’t leave, Whitey didn’t stay. Neither went, nor remained.’ – Nanda Malini, Nidahas Baila * An enigma indeed. National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa’s adroit revelations this week about who secretly visited the then-Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena at midnight on 13 July 2022, detains us once again, as he wipes away the fogs emanating out of the merchant media’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
PEC condemns murder of scribe, attacks on Bangladesh newspapers
Geneva, 22 December: Expressing serious concern over the current volatile situation in Bangladesh erupted after the murder of a young leader, the global media safety and rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) urges the caretaker government in Dhaka to ensure safety & security to the media fraternity across the south Asian country. Condemning the incidents, where a digital media editor Imdadul Haque Milon (45) was killed and an unruly mob attacked two newspaper-offices (Prothom Alo and The Daily Star) in the capital city on Thursday night, the PEC also slams the physical abusers of New Age... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
Handling the Recovery for the Ditwah Disaster
The recovery for the Ditwah Disaster will require billions. It is a bigger task than fixing all our irrigation tanks and financing the resettlement of people in the Dry Zone, a task well done in recent times. How is this task to be financed. Already foreign money is pouring in as donations. The IMF itself has approved SDR 150.5 million equal to $ 206 million under the Rapid Financing Instrument (Daily Mirror 19/12/25). Donations are also forthcoming in $ from various sources. The Disaster caused will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
How LGBTQIA was turned into a global Geopolitical tool
It is crucial that we understand how a private sexual behavior that has lasted centuries suddenly became converted into a global political tool to reshape society, education, policy, medicine and population outcome. STEP 1 — Reclassification (to create Legitimacy) · International medical bodies removed homosexuality from psychiatric classifications in which it had previously appeared, without new biological, genetic, or clinical evidence demonstrating a change in etiology. · A condition previously classified as a mental disorder (within psychiatric diagnostic frameworks) was reframed from a diagnosable condition into a fixed personal “identity”, showcasing a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
HOW TO FAST TRACK DOLLAR INCOME GENERATION
1. Purpose Sri Lanka is currently facing a severe shortage of foreign currencycreating hardships to the people in the country .Conventional foreign income generating avenues such as tourism,export of garments ,coconut products ,export of teas and spices are not performing . Earlier, a few decades ago, casinos were not that common and casino cruises were negligible. In order to find a casino, a person would have to travel to that location where they were legal. But now the gambling... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
After Ditwah altered the landscape, Sri Lanka must remake its maps
The cyclone reshaped large swathes of the upcountry. The devastation is so great that remapping is necessary. More than half of all landslides occurred in the districts of Badulla, Kandy, and Matale. Experts need high-quality close-up images, with essential assistance from international organisations and agencies. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Cyclone Ditwah has transformed the topography of some inland parts of the island nation, the Survey Department reported recently, after strong winds and torrential rains altered its features. As a result, the land use map must be revised. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
Indian company seeks international testing of drug in question, says ready to bear cost
Colombo, Dec. 21 (Daily Mirror) - The Indian pharmaceutical company Maan Pharmaceutical (Pvt) Ltd., has informed Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health that it is willing to bear the full cost of testing the withdrawn batches of the Ondansetron injection at an internationally recognised laboratory. In a letter addressed to the Ministry, the company requested that the relevant batches be referred for independent testing and stated that ensuring the injection samples were stored under proper conditions prior to testing is the responsibility of the Sri Lankan health authorities. The National Medicines... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
Halt the Education Reforms Now: A reckless experiment endangering the nation’s future
Rural and underprivileged children will bear the heaviest burden, while the privileged few will secure alternatives through private and foreign systems Decisions that affect the future of an entire nation cannot be entrusted to incompetence, arrogance, or ideological fixation Dr Channa Jayasumana, former State Minister of Health The proposed education reforms currently being pushed by the government must be stopped immediately. Their implementation without broad consultation, empirical evidence,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
Probe launched after police officer allegedly attacked by group including NPP MP
Colombo, Dec. 21 (Daily Mirror) - The Kolonna Police Station in Embilipitiya has launched an investigation following allegations that a group, including Ratnapura District National People’s Power (NPP) MP Shantha Padmakumara, had attacked a police officer while he was returning home after completing his duty. The officer, attached to the Suriyakanda Police Station, is currently receiving treatment at the Embilipitiya Hospital for injuries reportedly sustained in the attack on Saturday night (20). According to reports, the officer had recently participated in a cannabis raid conducted by the Suriyakanda Police on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
රටම කතාවෙන සිරිමාවෝ දියණියගේ සිද්ධියේ අවසානයේ සිදු වූ දේ
https://youtu.be/ay0TZ7P-THQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
Heavy rains submerge key roads in Galle and Weligama
Torrential rains lashed the southern coastal belt yesterday evening (20), leaving several major roads in Galle and Weligama underwater and causing significant disruption to commuters. In Galle, the flooding was particularly severe on several critical routes, including the Galle - Matara main road, the Galle - Baddegama main road, Galle Main Street and several internal roads within the historic Galle Fort. Local residents have expressed frustration, pointing out that the flooding isn't just a "natural" disaster.They cite the authorities' failure to clean the city's drainage systems and the proliferation of unauthorised constructions over canals as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
අනුර ගැන හෙලිදරව්වක්
https://youtu.be/jGgekNuEkmE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
හිටපු DIG කෙල්ලෝ දෙන්නෙක් එක්ක හංවැල්ල ගමකට බැහැලා නටපු පිස්සුව දුරදිග යයි
https://youtu.be/rzMgc8uWoXg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
බීමත් පොලිස් නිළධාරීන් තරුණයෙක්ට පහ# දෙයි - ගම්මු හංවැල්ල පොලිසිය වටලයි
https://youtu.be/nlBlXxGAEgQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/12/25)
89 tanks spilling across Sri Lanka
The Department of Irrigation says that 89 reservoirs under its management are continuing to overflow due to the prevailing rainy weather. Director of the Hydrology and Disaster Management Division of the Irrigation Department, L. S. Sooriyabandara, stated that the Mahaweli River remains at a minor flood level in the Manampitiya area.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/12/25)
IMF urges CBSL to continue to refrain from monetary financing
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an immediate disbursement of approximately USD 206 million under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) to assist Sri Lanka in the wake of the catastrophic Cyclone Ditwah. Speaking shortly after the Executive Board’s decision, IMF Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, Evan Papageorgiou, emphasised that while the funds are provided without the typical conditionalities of an Extended Fund Facility (EFF), the government must maintain strict fiscal discipline. Transparency and accountability in emergency spending Papageorgiou stressed that emergency funds must be managed with high... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/12/25)
"සුගතං" සහ "සමන්තභද්ර" එකවර පහළ වීම සහ සම්බුදු හිමියන්ට නිග්රහ කිරීම 😭🤮😵 මිත්යාදෘෂ්ටියේ බලවත් කම
ථේරවාදී බුදු දහම අභියෝගයකට ලක් කරමින් ධර්ම විකෘතිය සිදුකරණ පැවිද්දන් හෙළිදරව් කිරීමත් ඔවුන්ගේ ධර්ම විරෝධී පූකාශයන් හෙළි කිරීමත් අපගේ ඒ්කායන අරමුණයි. ඒහි දී ඒම හිමිවුන්ගේ තරාතිරම හෝ ඔවුන් කවුද යන්න අපට වැදගත් නොවේ. මෙයින් මූලිකම කණ්ඩායම් තුනක් හදුන්වා දිය හැකි අතර, කිරිබත්ගොඩ ඤාණානන්ද හිමි සහ ඊනියා මහමෙව්නා අසපුව ඒයින් ප්රධාන තැනක් ගනී. දෙවන කණ්ඩායම පිටිදූවේ හිමියන් සහ කැකිරාවේ සුදස්සන දිවිතුුුරේ සුනීත ප්රමුඛ කණ්ඩායමයි. තෙවන කණ්ඩායම වන්නේ වහරක කණ්ඩායමයි. මෙයට මීවනපලානේ ධම්මාලංකාර හදපාංගොඩ නිවාතාප ඇතුලු බුදු හිමියන් ලංකාවේ උපන් බව කියන සියල්ලන් ඇතුලත් වෙයි. අනෙක් කණ්ඩායම හොර රහත් කණ්ඩායමයි. මේ පිළිබද දිගින් දිගටම අනාවරණය කරන අතරම, ධර්ම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/12/25)
Number of hospital drugs fail quality tests
The Medical Supplies Division of the Health Ministry reveals that 93 types of medicines used in government hospitals failed quality assurance tests so far this year. Among these substandard items, 42 originate from India, marking the highest contribution from a single source. The remaining failed samples include 25 locally manufactured drugs, along with products from China, Pakistan, Japan, and Bangladesh. The Health Ministry took immediate action to withdraw, temporarily suspend, or completely halt the use of several batches identified as poor quality. Significant concern surrounds the 'Ondansetron'... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/25)
Ranil Wickremesinghe discusses leadership exit
The leader of the United National Party, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has chaired a high-level meeting at his Flower Road office to discuss his impending departure from the party leadership. Representatives from several political parties gathered in Colombo yesterday (18) for the special session. The primary focus of the deliberations was Wickremesinghe’s decision to step down as the head of the United National Party (UNP). The meeting served as a platform to navigate the transition of power and address the future trajectory of the party following his exit.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/25)
IMF approves $206M emergency lifeline for Sri Lanka
The International Monetary Fund Executive Board has approved an immediate disbursement of approximately US$206 million to Sri Lanka to help the nation navigate the aftermath of the catastrophic Cyclone Ditwah. This emergency support is provided through the Rapid Financing Instrument and is equivalent to 26 percent of the country's quota. The funding arrives at a critical juncture as the nation faces urgent balance-of-payments needs and significant fiscal pressures resulting from the natural disaster that struck on November 28. The impact of Cyclone Ditwah has been described as devastating, claiming more than 600 lives... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/25)
නිමක් නොමැති මහ වැස්සේ කරදර...හුන්නස්ගිරියේ නායයෑමක්...දඹුල්ලේ පැත්තක ඉරිතැලීම්
https://youtu.be/dBpZXrG8pVw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/25)
"මේ ආණ්ඩුව තියෙන්නේ තව ටික කාලයයි" මහ නායක හාමුදුරුවෝ මට කිව්වා
https://youtu.be/huAuxStw1GM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/25)
'' ජෙප්පන්ට පංති පහේ නොතිබුණු දේශපාලන පාඩම...'' ලොවෙත් නැතිවෙන්න රට ගොඩදාන හැටි
https://youtu.be/5C_uGef-3Ac... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/25)
මම නාමල්ව මරන්න හිටියේ කොහොමද මචං කියල ඇහුව මම වෙනස් වුණා අපි හිතුවේ සිංහල මිනිස්සු යක්කු කියලා
https://youtu.be/mBQyuSb_AtA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/25)
රත්නපුර මාලිමා මන්ත්රීගේ කියන ගංජා හේන ගමේ මිනිස්සු එක පාරම වටලන්න යයි
https://youtu.be/cmJ8W104-F4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/25)
නිකං ගොන් කතා කියන්නේ නැතුව ඉන්න - කඳු නාය එද්දී අතින් අල්ලන් ඉන්නද ?
https://youtu.be/mnzUPkzz9QE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/12/25)
A wake-up call for stronger preparedness and coordination
Impact of Cyclone Ditwah (Image courtesy PTI)
Fifteen days after Cyclone Ditwah tore through the country, the floodwaters have receded and the immediate shock has given way to reflection. As of December 14, 2025, the bodies recovered from landslides have been laid to rest, survivors, whose homes were wiped out, are sheltered in Suraksha centres, and daily life has begun to inch forward. Roads, nearly 80 percent of them, have been reopened, power and water restored, and communities, through individual resolve and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
Deaths due to substandard medicine; NMRA faces legal action
Colombo, Dec. 19 (Daily Mirror) - The Medical and Civil Rights Professional Association of Doctors (MCPA) had initiated legal action against the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA), raising serious concerns about patient safety, an official said. The case relates to several reported deaths allegedly linked to the use of Ondansetron Injection, severe allergic reactions, and the death of a pregnant woman after antibiotics were given during a caesarean section at Galassa Maternity Hospital in Kalutara. The complaint also involves medicines imported from an Indian company that had been withdrawn during the past... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
Sri Lanka plans USD 1.6bn in cyclone recovery spending in 2026
Sri Lanka plans $ 6 billion in extra spending in 2026 to fund the country's recovery from Cyclone Ditwah, which killed more than 640 people and affected 3 million people, and floods and landslides caused by the cyclone left extensive damage throughout the country. The government convened parliament on Thursday, to discuss what President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has described as the most challenging natural disaster to hit the island. The government has already asked the International Monetary Fund for $200 million from a rapid relief fund and has secured World Bank... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
2025: Another deadliest year for journalists
Africa with 15, Europe with 10 and the United States with 2. Two-thirds of the victims recorded in 2025 were killed in an area of armed conflict (108). Among the countries most affected, the PEC deplores the deaths of 15 media workers in Yemen, including 13 in an Israeli attack on 10 September. Faced with violence from drug traffickers, Mexico remains a country with the highest number of journo-victims, with nine murders in 2025. The situation in Sudan has also worsened due to ongoing fighting, with at least eight deaths among Sudanese media personnel. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
මන්ත්රී රන්වලගේ අනතුරේ නොඇසූ කතා රැසක් එළියට |
https://youtu.be/C1I707H4Kxc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
මේවා තමයි සුපිරි ගේම් - ජනපතිටත් ඇරපු ඇරිල්ල
https://youtu.be/EmrbvpR1AIo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
Did the government overestimate disaster damage?
Ministry officials have submitted their estimates for the recent disaster's infrastructure damage, immediately raising questions over the total national cost. The Road Development Authority informed the Parliamentary Oversight Committee that it incurred a Rs. 75 billion loss. The damage includes 316 roads and 40 bridges, with approximately Rs. 190 billion required for complete restoration and repair. Separately, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board reported estimated losses of Rs. 5.6 billion, and the Ceylon Electricity Board incurred a loss of about Rs. 20 billion. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
Ranil to step down as UNP Leader?
United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has stated that he is prepared to step down from the party leadership if his position acts as an obstacle to the unification of the United National Party and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB). He made these remarks while attending the Working Committee meeting held yesterday at the party headquarters. The Working Committee met to engage in lengthy discussions regarding several key matters concerning the UNP's future political trajectory. Significant focus was placed on the formation of an alliance between the UNP... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
REASONS WHY THE BONDI BEACH ATTACK MAY HAVE BEEN INEVITABLE
3 Reasons why the Bondi beach attack may have been inevtiable: An exclusive analysis with Prof. Rohan GunaratnaThe horrific terrorist attack that struck a Jewish Festival of Lights celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, December 14, 2025, has been definitively identified as an operation executed by a father and son with proven ties to the Islamic State (IS). The attack on the iconic Australian beach resulted in a tragic toll of 16 fatalities and at least 40 injuries.Terrorism expert Professor Rohan Gunaratna from the Nanyang Techological Campus in Singapore, provided a detailed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
Urgent Call to Action: Developing Trincomalee as a Strategic Industrial & Energy Hub
Sri Lanka is approaching a critical economic and energy crossroads. Delays in strategic infrastructure development will inevitably deepen fiscal, employment, and foreign exchange pressures. Trincomalee offers a rare, time-sensitive opportunity to attract large-scale Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and position Sri Lanka as a regional industrial and offshore energy hub. Strategic Proposal The Government should immediately invite Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from global investors and operators to develop Trincomalee as a: Offshore Oil & Gas Rig Lay-Up, Repair, and Construction Hub Lay-up and preservation of oil rigs ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
Vesak is Cruelty Free: What can Animal Lovers do to make celebration of Christmas also Cruelty Free at least in Buddhist majority Sri Lanka?
Response: AI Overview To make Christmas cruelty-free in Sri Lanka, animal lovers can promote a meat-free Christmas inspired by Vesak's compassion, practice Abhaya-dana (giving freedom/protection to animals like saving them from slaughter), feed strays, advocate for humane wildlife management, and focus on eco-friendly, non-violent celebrations, aligning with core Buddhist values of ahimsa (non-violence) to reflect the 'Prince of Peace' message. Actions for Animal Lovers: Promote a Meat-Free Christmas: Encourage a vegan or vegetarian Christmas feast, drawing parallels to the Vesak tradition of abstaining from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
China extends full support to boost Sri Lanka’s economy
Colombo, Dec 17 (Daily Mirror) - Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Dongming, stated that China would extend its full support to the Government of Sri Lanka’s efforts to rebuild the lives of the Sri Lankan people and overcome the challenges posed by Cyclone Ditwah, expressing confidence that Sri Lanka will recover rapidly under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Mr. Wang made these remarks when he, along with a delegation of the National People’s Congress of the People’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
Presidential authority in times of emergency: A contemporary appraisal
The Faculty of Law, University of Colombo Undue concern about a lawless situation, typified by unbridled executive power, is not realistic. Emergency legislation has rightly been characterised as “extra-legislative legislation” Only a simple majority of Parliament is required to approve a State of Emergency Supreme Court held that an Acting President of the Republic had violated the fundamental rights of the People, enshrined in the Constitution, by the declaration of a State of Emergency. The circumstances against... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
Sri Lanka After Cyclone Ditwah: The Full Scale of the Disaster in Numbers
Colombo, Dec. 11 (Daily Mirror) - Cyclone Ditwah left Sri Lanka facing a national disaster of extraordinary scale. In a matter of days, the storm triggered lethal landslides, unprecedented flooding and the collapse of critical infrastructure that millions rely on. Entire districts were cut off, thousands were displaced and the economic impact continues to grow. The numbers tell the story of a country confronting one of its most severe crises in recent memory.
639* people... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/12/25)
After Cyclone Ditwah, Sri Lankans call for renegotiation of debt agreement
Civil society groups and activists are echoing a call from various segments of Sri Lankan society to renegotiate the agreement with the International Monetary Fund in light of the damage caused by climate change. The focus is on the Extended Fund Facility programme whose austerity measures are a further obstacle to economic revival. The demand is to put people first in restructuring the economy. Meanwhile, the number of people killed and affected by the cyclone continues to rise. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Faced with the devastation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/25)
Youth who confronted Namal in Matale surrenders
Matale, December 17 (Daily Mirror) - A youth who confronted Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser and MP Namal Rajapaksa during his visit to disaster-affected residents in Matale yesterday later surrendered after explaining his concerns. https://youtu.be/6z44dBm2SIk The incident occurred during a media briefing, when the youth raised his voice and claimed that land inspections in the area had been carried out by an individual known as ‘Dinesh aiya.’ He alleged that all identified plots of safe land had been selected by this individual, while shouting the phrase,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/25)
'' ජේවීපී මාලිමාව වේගයෙන් ගැරඬි ඇල්ලෙන් පහළට...'' 😎🥸😉ඊට වැඩි වේගයකින් නාමල් පිබිදීම
https://youtu.be/AJZ3gtomHFQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/25)
UNELECTED GLOBAL ENTITIES “CONTROL” THE WORLD – Your elected leaders are their pawns
Transnational corporations control essential resources.Unelected global bodies control the rules, access, legitimacy, and penalties.Together, they constrain sovereign choice. Elected leaders and governments operate within this system as pawns – they must subscribe to above or face elimination (assassination, economic, financial, diplomatic, reputational punishments) Every budget, subsidy removal, privatization, digital rollout, education reform, or emergency law passed in your country is either first recommended or passed by this global control layer — or it will be blocked, punished, or reversed. This does not mean all leaders are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/25)
Maha Jana Handa at Nugegoda, Cyclone Ditwa disaster, and contenders positioning for power in post-NPP Sri Lanka - II
Continued from December 9, 2025 During his rousing speech, Harin Fernando anticipated SLPP national organiser Namal Rajapaksa’s straightforward declaration of his resolve to end the JVP/NPP regime as soon as possible. The latter’s battle cry might have sounded premature even to some of his less attentive fellow members of the SLPP who failed to catch his meaning. It is possible that Harin delivered a preemptive strike at what he felt was Namal Rajapaksa’s overweening presidential ambition (by making a facial gesture, before leaving the speaker stand, that suggested contempt at the latter’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/25)
Dog‑Eyes Exposé: Volatile Night Shifts and Broken Dignity in Kandy -Women’s Rights Violations in Kandy Demand National Action
Kandy, Sri Lanka, is facing a disturbing labour rights crisis that goes far beyond ordinary workplace grievances. Women employees in several shops and private businesses are being compelled to work late into the night, often until 10 pm or beyond, without safe transport or fair wages. Investigations and worker testimonies reveal unsafe commuting conditions, twelve‑hour continuous duties, untimely salary payments, and pressure to resign — all of which undermine the dignity and safety of women workers. The situation is worsened by the lack of public transport after 10 pm in Kandy town. With bus services... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/25)
The Reality facing Sri Lankans, the government and the opposition.
The Malimawa government has been in power only for about one year. So, we cannot say that they are not competent or able to develop the country, or that they are corrupt or less corrupt compared to the “Yahapalanaya” or the Rajapaksa Regimes whose records within their initial years were “not dissimilar”. The Yahapalanaya Govt., and the Rajapakasa government in their initial years (and in fact through out) had to face various natural and other disasters. In 2005 Rajapaksas were still dealing with the December 2004 Tsunami, and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/25)
NDB Strengthens Mobility Solutions in Sri Lanka Through Strategic Partnership with Toyota Lanka
National Development Bank PLC (NDB) has entered into a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Toyota Lanka, reinforcing the Bank’s commitment to offering customers convenient, flexible, and affordable leasing solutions for some of the world’s most trusted vehicles. This partnership brings together two institutions known for their unwavering focus on service excellence, NDB as a leading financial solutions provider and Toyota Lanka as the exclusive dealer and distributor of Toyota and HINO vehicles in Sri Lanka. Through this collaboration, customers will benefit from attractive leasing facilities designed to make vehicle ownership easier... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/25)
What is Christmas, and why don’t Muslims celebrate it?
The streets are glowing with Christmas decorations; the familiar colours of the season spread across shop windows and city centres. Joy and smiles fill people’s faces, and of course, you can’t ignore the Christmas sales and advertisements. A single visit to Central London, or any busy London street, makes it clear that Christmas has arrived. But what is Christmas? What exactly is being celebrated? Do Muslims celebrate it, and if not, why? Full Text https://www.alhakam.org/what-is-christmas-why-dont-muslims-celebrate-it/... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/25)
Sri Lanka’s current growth level not enough to create jobs: World Bank experts
Ms Shruti Lakhtakia Arvind Nair One million Sri Lankans will enter the job market in the next decade Poverty has increased, public servants real incomes dropped Since spending is capped at 13% of nominal GDP, growth becomes absolutely critical The government now has a spending cap that it must stick to Sri Lanka stands out compared to its South Asian peers in its ability to deliver health and education services ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/25)
NPP will take disciplinary action against Ranwala if he has cheated on doctorate: Nalinda
Colombo, Dec. 16 (Daily Mirror) - The National People's Power (NPP) will take disciplinary action against former Speaker Ashoka Ranwala if he has cheated on his doctorate, Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said. He said during a talk show on a private TV channel that the party has not decided what action to be taken against him in such an eventuality. The Minister said people who voted and not voted for the NPP have talked about the matter and said that their opinion must be considered when taking action. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/12/25)
Japan to give $2.5 million in emergency aid to Sri Lanka
The Japanese government decided to extend an emergency grant of $2.5 million to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday. The emergency grant will be used to provide humanitarian assistance through international aid agencies, including food and other daily necessities. Landslides and floods caused by a cyclone that hit the island nation in late November have killed more than 600 people. Motegi told a press conference that Japan intends to continue providing “seamless support to our long-time friend, Sri Lanka, to ensure the earliest possible recovery and reconstruction... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/12/25)
The USA Seeks a Suicidal Ukraine in Asia: Can Japan or Sri Lanka Help?
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ 400th Weekly Edition e-Con e-News 7-13 December 2025 Who offered to suddenly call off ‘in 45 minutes’ the self-styled aragalaya, which the merchant media had been pumping up, which had been spouting hot air for months, and was now at the gates of parliament in July 2022? Who offered to crown a mere parliamentary speaker as Executive President? Is it the forever-leaving-but-never going US envoy Julie Chung or long-gone-but-forever-haunting Indian envoy Gopal Baglay? Is the former Speaker... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/12/25)
Synthetic Cognition and AI: Making Students Faster but Shallower Thinkers
It makes most of us inquisitive to know, how the routine use of AI would impact the way the learners go about their learning process, acquire necessary cognitive skills, etc. A new report published by Oxford University Press says that AI makes students gain speed but lose depth in thinking. Many students say that the AI helps them think faster and solve difficult problems. However, the experts in the field say that this fluency comes at a cost. Further, the authors say that the students are now getting used to think alongside... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/12/25)
First Human Cornea Transplant Using 3D Printed, Lab-Grown Tissue Restores Sight in a ‘Game Changer’ for Millions Who are Blind
The first successful human implant of a 3D-printed cornea made from human eye cells cultured in a laboratory has restored a patient’s sight. The North Carolina-based company that developed the cornea described the procedure as a ‘world first’—and a major milestone toward its goal of alleviating the lack of available donor tissue and long wait-times for people seeking transplants. According to Precise Bio, its robotic bio-fabrication approach could potentially turn a single donated cornea into hundreds of lab-grown grafts, at a time when there’s currently only one available for an estimated 70 patients... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/12/25)
PTSD and Deep Psychotherapy
Episode Summary What a privilege it was to connect with Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge, M.D. PhD. We spoke about the nature of suffering, Buddhism, happiness, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Nietzsche, and his work across the globe, treating patients with PTSD. I promise you that if you listen to this conversation with an open mind and with good intentions, you will walk away a better person. I hope you enjoy today's episode of the Max Depth Podcast. Max Potter, NY, USA Listen to the interview - LINK: https://max-depth.simplecast.com/episodes/ptsd-and-deep-psychotherapy-w-dr-ruwan-m-jayatunge-md-phd-lBU3Bbf3... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/12/25)
කබ්රාල් නඩුවේ දී අල්ලස් කොමිසම රටම නොමග යවලා.. ඉදිරි පියවර තුන මෙන්න...
පිිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවැති මාධ්ය හමුවේ දී පක්ෂ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා මෙම අදහස් පල කරන ලදී. නිවාඩ් කබ්රාල් මහතා මහ බැංකු අධිපති ලෙස සිටි සමයේ ග්රීක බැඳුම්කරවල ආයෝජනය කරලා රටට පාඩුවක් කලා කියලා ඒ මහතාට එරෙහිව පදනම් විරහිත නඩුවක් අල්ලස් කොමිසම විසින් මහාධිකරණයේ පැවරුවා. මේ නඩුවේ පදනම් විරහිත භාවය පෙන්වලා මේ නඩුව ඉල්ලා අස්කර ගන්න කියලා කබ්රාල් මහතාගේ නීතිඥයෝ අල්ලස් කොමිසමේ අධ්යක්ෂ ජනරාල්වරයාගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටියා. දූෂණ විරෝධි පනතේ 67 වගන්තිය අනුව කොමිසම අවසර දෙනවා නම් අධිකරණය අවසර දෙනවා නම් අධ්යක්ෂ ජනරාල්වරයාට එහෙම නඩුව අස්කර ගන්න පුළුවන්. නීතිඥයෝ ඒ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/12/25)
දිට්වා ආධාර දරුණු පසුබෑමක.. හානිය ඩොලර් මිලියන 6500යි.. ආධාර 11යි.. සුනාමි හානිය 1500යි.. ආධාර 1300යි..
පිිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය මාධ්ය හමුවේ දී පක්ෂ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා එම පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේදී අද පල කල අදහස් මෙහි දැක්වෙයි. සමාජ මාධ්යවල තොරතුරු පැතිරෙන විධියට සුළි සුළඟෙන් වැසි ලැබුණාටත් වඩා ජනාධිපතිගේ පිනෙන් විදෙස් ආධාර ලැබිලා. නමුත් තිත්ත ඇත්ත නම් ප්රතිසංස්කරණ වියදම් ඇස්තමේන්තුවෙන් විදේශාධාර ලෙස තවමත් ලැබිලා තිබෙන්නේ 0.17%යි. https://youtu.be/WH3gCekrUxY අත්යාවශ්ය සේවා කොමසාරිස් ප්රභාත් චන්ද්රකීර්ති මහතා ප්රකාශ කළ විධියට දිත්වා කුනාටුව සිදු කළ විනාශය ප්රතිසංස්කරණය කිරීමට ඩොලර් බිලියන 6ක් සහ 7ක් අතර ගණනක් යාවි. අපි ඩොලර් බිලියන 6.5ක් කියමු. භාණ්ඩාගාර ලේකම් ආචාර්ය හර්ෂණ සූරියප්පෙරුම ප්රකාශ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/25)
Sri Lanka could face economic crisis by Sinhala New Year: Harin
Colombo, Dec. 15 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka could face an economic crisis by the Sinhala New Year 2026, fueled by Cyclone Ditwah as it has been predicted by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, United National Party (UNP) Deputy General Secretary Harin Fernando said today. “Sri Lanka is moving towards a forex crisis. Remember what I said today (December 15 2025) and you will understand it on April 15 2026,” the UNP Deputy General Secretary said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/25)
Several areas in Kandy remain under red landslide warning
Red landslide warnings have been issued by the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) to residents of several Divisional Secretariat divisions in the Kandy District. The warning issued by the NBRO will remain in effect until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow (16). Accordingly, red landslide warnings remain in effect for Udadumbara, Dolosbage, Minipe, Medadumbara and Ganga Ihala Korale Divisional Secretariat divisions in the Kandy District. Additionally, the National Building Research Organisation has issued level two landslide warnings for several other divisional secretariat divisions.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/25)
640 schools in three provinces will not reopen tomorrow - Secretary
A total of 640 schools in the Uva, Central and North Western provinces will not reopen tomorrow, the Secretary to the Ministry of Education, Nalaka Kaluwewe has announced. Schools that were closed due to the disaster situation caused by Cyclone Ditwah are scheduled to reopen island-wide tomorrow (16). Accordingly, the Ministry of Education convened principals, teachers, and non-academic staff today (15) to undertake necessary preparations for the reopening of schools. Secretary Nalaka Kaluwewe noted that 640 schools affected by the disaster in three provinces will be unable to resume academic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/25)
Over 6,000 homes destroyed by Ditwah disaster
As a result of the 'Ditwah' disaster, 6,164 houses have been completely destroyed, and another 112,110 houses have been partially damaged. Meanwhile, as of December 14, 72,911 individuals are residing in 796 safe locations. Furthermore, 15,000 houses have been identified as being located in current high-risk zones. These figures were revealed yesterday (15) during a meeting of the National Council for Disaster Management, chaired by the President. During the meeting, a Cabinet memorandum was presented regarding the establishment of a National Integrated Disaster Management... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/25)
World Bank pledges USD 120mn support for Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, December 15, 2025: The World Bank Group has expressed deep sorrow over the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka. In response to the Government’s request, the Bank is making up to US$120 million in emergency support available by repurposing funds from ongoing projects. This assistance will help restore essential services and infrastructure—including healthcare, water, education, agriculture and connectivity—in the areas most severely affected. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, will continue strengthening the private sector through advisory... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/25)
Why Sri Lanka Still Has No Doppler Radar – and Who Should Be Held Accountable
Eighteen Years of Delay: Cyclone Ditwah has come and gone, leaving a trail of extensive damage to the country’s infrastructure, including buildings, roads, bridges, and 70% of the railway network. Thousands of hectares of farming land have been destroyed. Last but not least, nearly 1,000 people have lost their lives, and more than two million people have been displaced. The visuals uploaded to social media platforms graphically... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/25)
Death of Most Venerable Denmark Meththawihari Thero, a pioneering figure in digital Buddhism and education, at the age of 80 years, in Denmark
The Most Venerable Denmark Meththawihari Thero, born as Jacub Jacobson, a pioneering figure in digital Buddhism and education, passed away on Sunday night, December 7, 2025, at the age of 80. The Venerable Monk had been receiving treatment for cancer in Denmark while under the care of his sister at his home in Denmark. His passing is regarded as a significant loss to the global Buddhist community, particularly in Sri Lanka, where he spent much of his monastic life. Funeral and Memorial Services Final Rites: According to the Dharmavahini Foundation, his... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/12/25)
Environmental disasters are not accidents — they are policy failures අනුරට බෑ ! දිලිත් කියපු විදිහටම ගෙවල් ටික භාරදෙයි - මිනිස්සු දිලිත් බදාගෙන අඬපු හැටි මෙන්න Finally, Mahinda Yapa sets the record straight German Dharmaduta Society Donates Books to Udaragama Primary School in Polonnaruwa Nearly 14,000 businesses affected by disaster රන්වලගේ සිද්ධියේ තවත් රහස් හෙළිවෙයි, හොස්පිට්ල් එකේදී වෙච්ච දේ, වුට්ලර් කියන්නත් කලින් දිනමිණ ගහලා! Sri Lanka Is Disappearing From World Fellowship of Buddhists’ Memory UDUMBARAGIRI | උදුම්බරා ගිරි | DIBULAGALA LEGACY | HISTORICAL STORY OF LANKA The Rise and Fall of Janaka Perera Operation Popeye, the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, and Ditwah: Hybrid Weather Warfare, Cloud Seeding, and the ENMOD treaty Historically culturally rich 'Sinhalese' identity is not interchangeable with the language rootless 'Sri Lankan' identity. They are mutually exclusive. The Mind of King Parakramabahu I (1153–1186 CE) of Sri Lanka Sri Lankans have the highest IQ in South Asia Former Speaker Asoka Ranwala granted bail Wijeyadasa to be appointed SLFP Senior Vice President Indian cricket fans are increasingly acknowledging that the core concept of the DRS, the Player-Referral idea, originated with Sri Lankan lawyer දෙසැම්බර් 12 දිනට යෙදී තිබුණ <ශ්රී ලංකා දිනය> කොට උඩ ගියේ ඇයි? (දේව ශාපයක්ද? රටේ භූගෝල විද්යාවට ද්රෝහි වීමේ විපාකද?) 107th Birth Anniversary of Asoka Weeraratna - A Commemorative Talk by Dr. Thilanka K. Dahanayake on "Shashthreeya Sangrahaya Program on YouTube බුදු සරණයි මල්ලි කියලා අර්චුනා ත්රී වීල් එකේ ගමන් යයි Ancient Sinhalese Kings were natural warriors and had a warrior spirit but not the modern day Sinhalese leaders who lack a mindset of defiance and resistance to unfair demands NDB Bank Partners with the Women’s Blind Organisation to Empower Visually Impaired Women through International White Cane Day 2025 Sri Lanka: Cyclone Ditwah’s devastating effect shows how vulnerability has been engineered Sri Lanka secures USD-30m World Bank loan for grid upgrade, renewables Sri Lanka Cyclone: Tens of thousands of children in temporary shelters need mental health support – Save the Children Unauthorised filling of Muthurajawela led to floods in Gampaha town: Cardinal Russia’s first aircraft carrying 35 tons of humanitarian aid arrives in Sri Lanka අනුර අයියේ ..... ඇයි මෙහෙම ? ප්රේමකීර්තිගේ පුතාගෙන් චෝදනාවක් Attention: His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Kotmale Dam - Gate Opening - HasMahaweli Authority made a mistake or not? Is there something wrong in the system Sri Lanka and the Global Climate Emergency: The Lessons of Cyclone Ditwah Maha Jana Handa at Nugegoda, Cyclone Ditwa disaster, and contenders positioning for power in post-NPP Sri Lanka - I What Sri Lanka’s landslides & cyclones teach — A Buddhist view Discussion on 2025 Climate-Related Natural Disaster (Cyclone Ditwah) and Mental Health Outcomes සමනලී ෆොන්සේකගේ ***ට ගිණි ඇවිලුණිද... කොත්මලේ ජ්යේෂ්ඨ ඉංජිනේරුවන් ඉවත් කර ජවිපෙට හිතවත් ආධුනික ඉංජිනේරුවන් පත් කරලා... Cyclone impact sparks fresh calls in Sri Lanka to recast IMF deal UN allocates $4.5 Mn to support Sri Lanka’s cyclone response Sri Lanka Cyclone: Tens of thousands of children in temporary shelters need mental health support – Save the Children UAE sends eighth aid plane to help Sri Lankan communities hit by floods Will Sri Lanka ever learn? Landslide evacuation warning issued to several areas in four districts extended Office trains from Rambukkana, Polgahawela and Kurunegala to resume tomorrow UNDP enumerates Ditwah's dark achievement '' ආණ්ඩුවට සල්ලි දෙන්නට ඇය හදිස්සි වුණේ ඇයි ? '' 😎🥸😉පැලවත්තේ පිං කැටේ හොලවන්නේවත් නැද්ද ? අපේ රටේ ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ බුද්ධිමට්ටමේ තරම.. මෙහෙම කරන්නේ හිතලමද ? Putin Has Last Laugh As Zelensky Silences Million Ukrainians; Russian Crackdown Ignites Firestorm බන්ඩාරනායක අරමුදල මගින් ආපදාවෙන් විපතට පත්වූ ජනතාවට සහන සැලසීම සදහා රු. මිලියන 250 ක් ආධාර ලෙස ලබාදී ඇත. බන්ඩාරනායක අරමුදල කාගේද? Atten His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Kothmale Dam - Gate Opening - Has Mahaweli Authority made a mistake or not ? Is there something wrong in the system Sri Lanka’s Educational Reforms: Protect Our Children from ITGSE-CSE Syllabus (Ages 5–18) සාමනලීගේ සාපය (1) - 2017 අප්රේල් හා සාමනලීගේ සාපය (2)- 2025 දෙසැම්බර් Pathfinder EdTech Institute Opens New Colombo Campus to Strengthen Sri Lanka’s Digital Talent Japan’s Master Plan for Victory Supreme Court slams Police brutality; urges government intervention Over 100,000 hectares of paddy fields damaged due to adverse weather Politicians obstruct Grama Niladhari officers from independently carrying out relief operations - Union Bandaranaike Foundation donates Rs. 250 million towards ongoing recovery efforts Investigations into the damage on the Upcountry railway line to take two months "මහවැලි ජලාශ පසුගිය ස්වභාවික ව්යසනයට හේතු වුණා යැයි අද උත්තරීතර තැනක බුද්ධිමත් කතාවක් ඇසුණා. Government’s failure to avert recent floods is violation of Constitution: UNP Never waste a crisis – An opportunity to learn lessons and build a stronger Sri Lanka Sri Lanka and India’s Fake Industrialization Cannot Rebuild the Country දිත්වා අවතැන්වූවනට ඔවුන් කැමති නම් උතුරේ සහ නැගෙනහිර ජීවත්විය හැකි විය යුතුයි Government Relief Service Workers Should be Paid Rs. 100,000 as a Token of Thanks and Hill Country Should be Saved from Tea Plantations Iran’s Former VP’s Fiery Doha Address Sends Shockwaves Worldwide! Proposal: Environmentally-Responsible Scrapping of Mega-Tankers in Trincomalee බෝඩිමේ යාළුවන් ලේකම්ලා කරගෙන අනුර ඊළග ජනාධිපතිවරණයටත් එන්නයි හදන්නේ...- ලන්ඩන් මිත්රයා '' මේ කේස් එකට ආණ්ඩුවේ කීදෙනෙක් හිරේ යයිද ? '' 😎🥸 ඇයි අපි ගෝටාබයව එළෙව්වේ ? කුරුණෑගල ජනපතිගේ රැස්වීම උණුසුම් ආණ්ඩුවේ ඇමතිවරු එක්ක දයාසිරි පැටලෙයි President urges speedy compensation for Anuradhapura farmers What could be the cost to the economy from Ditwah? IMF Fifth Review completion to be delayed Willing victims should be resettled in the North and the East IMF says Sri Lanka’s economic outlook to weaken after cyclone Cyclone Ditwah causes three times the economic damage as the 2004 tsunami IMF considers Sri Lanka's $200M emergency aid request after cyclone disaster Death toll from adverse weather rises to 618 with 209 still missing Heavy rain expected in South and West Landslide warning extended for 13 districts NWSDB estimates Rs. 5 billion in damages ''කොත්මලේ ඔටෝමැටික් දොරවල් ඇරෙනකන් ආණ්ඩුව කොහෙද හිටියේ'' - Hiru News පේරාදෙණිය ගංවතුරට යටවීමේ සැඟවූ හේතුව (The Hidden Reason Behind The Flooding in Peradeniya) ජෙප්පන්ට ඇදුන කෝටිපත කප්රුක ජනාදිපතිගේ ජාතිය ඇමතීමේ කතාවට පිළිතුරු කතාව කොළඹ තනිකරම විසාලා නුවරක් වෙයි.. සඟ සේනාවක් මහියංගණය ආක්රමණය කරයි - ඥාණසාර හිමි ලිං ඔක්කොම ගොඩ දායි ලක්මාලිට සහ නලින්දට පාඩමක්! Why ITGSE-aligned CSE should not be adopted in Sri Lanka – A Legal, Cultural, and Educational Analysis මිනිස්සු වලට වැටුණු වෙලේ දේශපාලනය කරන්න එපා සජිත්ට නහුතෙටම ආණ්ඩුව එක්ක තද වෙයි මාලිමාවෙ එවුන් කියපු පච දරාගන්න බැරුව අපේ පැත්තේ ගල් පුපුරලා නාය ගියේ චාමර පාර්ලිමේන්තුව දෙවනත් කරයි "වාරිමාර්ග ඇමති බයිලා ග#න්නේ නැතුව ඉල්ලා අස්වෙන්න.."චාමර සභාවේ ලෙසටම ෆයර්වෙයි ජනපති අනුරට නඩු පිට නඩු | වසර පහක සිර දඬුවම් විඳින්න කල වැරදි දාහතරක් මෙන්න මේක සමූල ඝාතනයක්.. නැති වුණ ජීවිත වල වගකීම ගන්නේ කවුද? මාලිමා ආණ්ඩුව රටට හෙණයක්.. නීතිය නවන හැටි ලීක් වෙයි, කිට්නන් මන්ත්රීතුමා,,ගස් කපලා ගෙනාපු කෙනාගේ පැමිණිල්ල ලියන්න එපා උඹලා කිව්ව බොරු තමයි දිට්ඨධම්ම වේදනීය කරුමේ වෙලා මේ රටට ආවේ ගිහින් බලාපල්ලා සුජීව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ වීඩියෝවක් ලීක්කරයි.."ආණ්ඩුවට කිසි අත්දැකීමක් නෑ..විපක්ෂය ගණන් ගන්නෙවත් නෑ" US Lawmakers seek to Halt the “Trump’s Secret War” vs Venezuela. Even China Warns Trump! ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 18 No 6 A ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 18 No 6 B World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) must address as a matter of urgency the existential threats to Buddhist nations and minority Buddhist communities in non - Buddhist countries worldwide Amerca's worst Nightmare just started 159 schools in Central Province damaged, 115 serving as displacement camps Adverse weather death toll rises to 481; 345 still missing කඳුකරයේ පොළොව ඉරි තලලා: ඇතැම් තැන්වල ගිලා බැසීම් රී බිල්ඩ් ශ්රී ලංකා කියලා අරමුදලක් නෑ සාක්ෂි පෙන්නන්න| හර්ෂගෙන් ඇස් නිලංකාර වෙන හෙළිදරව්වක් නුවර කැළඹූ විපක්ෂ වැඩේ දිලිත් පැහැදිලිකරයි! දුෂ්ඨ විදිහට දකින පාපිෂ්ඨයින්! දිසාපතිගෙන් වහාම සමාවගන්න The Famine Britain Hid For 80 Years | Bengal 1943 ‘සිංහල ඉතිහාසය’ හා ‘දෙමළ ඉතිහාසය’ වෙනුවට ‘ශ්රී ලංකික ඉතිහාසය’ උගන්වනවා. The Impact of the 2025 Climate-Related Natural Disaster (Cyclone Ditwah) on Mental Health Outcomes in Sri Lanka Revisiting the talk given by Bhikkhu Bodhi at the invitation of the German Dharmaduta Society on ' The Necessity of Promoting Buddhism in Europe' in Colombo in 2000 The 75th Anniversary Celebrations and 31st General Conference of The World Fellowship of Buddhists සූළි සුලඟට නමක් දෙන්නේ ඇයි ? කාලගුණයෙන් ඇත්තටම දැනුම් දුන්නා වැරදි කරේ ඔක්කෝම එකතු වෙලා SJB to take action against Kandy Councillors for blocking relief efforts Ex-President Ranil Wickremesinghe claims constitution violated Deadline extended for interest-free student loan applications Sri Lanka’s death toll due to Cyclone Ditwah climbs to 479 '' අපරාධකාරයො ආණ්ඩු කරනකොට මේක දේව සාපයක්...''😢😢😒දැන් මේ ආණ්ඩුව සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම අසමත් බිමල් ඔය හිඟනකම අයින් කරගන්නවා | බිමල්ගේ කතාවට දිලිත් ෆයර් | සභාවේ උණුසුම් වචන හුවමාරුවක් ජනාධිපතිතුමා දන්නවා 159ට වැඩ බැහැ කියලා රනිල් හමු වූ ප්රබලයෝ එළියට එයි - ආණ්ඩුවත් හොල්මන් වුණු හමුවීම මෙන්න කොළඹම යටවුනත් ආයේ නම් බෝට්ටු අරන් එන්නෙ නෑ - Hiru News The First 'Non-White' Superpower: The Unspoken Barrier රට උඩු යටි කුරු කළ දිට්වා -සැමට හොඳ පාඩමක් වෙත්වා AN URGENT APPEAL TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE PRIME MINISTER MR. MARK CARNEY BBC ය දනී ආණ්ඩුව නොදනී වහී කියලා හිතුවට මෙහෙම වහී කියලා හිතුවේ නැද්ද? චමුදිතගේ ප්රශ්ණෙන් නිලධාරීන් ගොළුවෙයි.. නුවර ගිය විපක්ෂයේ මන්ත්රීවරු - දිසාපතිට සුජීව එක්ක තරහා යයි Why declaring a “Sri Lankan Day” now Is wrong — A Nation cannot celebrate while Its people are grieving We Will Bury You. In Mud. Cyclone Ditwar-Owning the weather Psychological and Anthropological Analysis of the Pattini Cult's Role in Sri Lankan Culture All Ceylon Buddhist Congress was the first institution in post - independence Sri Lanka to investigate colonial - era crimes and their impact වික්ටෝරියා වේල්ල හදපුහැටි සහ එහි සැඟවුණු විස්මිත කතාව. ගංවතුර සහනාධාර මංකොල්ලකන අනුර කුමාරගේ රතු තරුව? '' මේ අපරාධයට අනුර ඇතුළු ආණ්ඩුවට නඩු දැමිය යුතුමයි...''🥸🤬මේකෙන් බටර් ගාලා ෂේප් වෙන්ඩ බෑ ජනාධිපති දන්නවනේ, නෑ කියන්න බෑ, පැය 72කදී ගිණි කඳු 5ක් පිපිරුවා, | හැබැයි තමිල්නාඩුවේ 3යි මැරුණේ, ආධාර එකතු කරන්න බෙදන්න එපා මාලිමාවෙන් නියෝගයක්?
Sri Lanka’s marine pollution control today suffers from: No dedicated national oil spill recovery fleet Dependence on ad-hoc chartered tugs and foreign assistance Weak spilled oil reception, storage, and separation capacity Poor coordination between MEPA, Ports Authority, Navy, Coast Guard Slow approvals that discourage serious foreign investors Oil spill response is still treated as an emergency event, not as a permanent national infrastructure requirement. (LankaWeb - 15/12/25)
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Finally, former Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has set the record straight with regard to a controversial but never properly investigated bid to swear in him as interim President. Abeywardena has disclosed the circumstances leading to the proposal made by external powers on the morning of 13 July, 2022, amidst a large scale staged protest outside the Speaker’s official residence, situated close to Parliament. Lastly, the former parliamentarian has revealed that it was then Indian High Commissioner, in Colombo, Gopal Baglay (May 2022... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/25)
The German Dharmaduta Society (GDS) recently held a book donation event for the children of Udaragama Primary School, a remote school located in the Medirigiriya District of Polonnaruwa. The donation included exercise books and CR books, essential for the students’ education. The event was spearheaded by Ven. Pelane Dhamma Kusala Thera, the Chief Monk of Das Buddhistische Haus (Berlin Maha Viharaya) in Germany, with funding collected from his international donors, known as dayakayas. This marks the second annual book distribution event initiated by Ven. Dhamma Kusala Thera, with the first taking place at a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/25)
The Ministry of Industries and Enterprise Development has announced that a total of 13,698 businesses across the country have been affected by the recent emergency disaster situation. Information regarding these affected enterprises has been received by the Industry Disaster Support Centre (IDSC). Of the 13,698 businesses impacted, 5,639 are micro-scale, 4,636 are small-scale, 2,986 are medium-scale, and 437 are large-scale enterprises. The Ministry is urging all affected industrialists to submit their details to the data system as quickly as possible. The deadline for submitting this information is 2:00 p.m.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/25)
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The World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB), which was founded by Dr G.P Malalasekare and was originally headquartered in Colombo, celebrated its 75th anniversary with a general conference in Bangkok earlier this month, attended by about 500 Buddhists from across Asia and some from the West. But, disturbingly, the memory of Dr Malalasekare and even that of Sri Lanka, is being systematically wiped out, projecting the WFB as a Thai organization led by Thais. This has happened because of inactivity by Sri Lankans within the WFB for over a decade, and also a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/25)
The television documentary Udumbaragiri – Dumarakka Pabbatha, Dimbulagala, Palatiyawa unfolds as a cinematic journey into one of Sri Lanka’s most sacred landscapes. Directed and produced by Sri Lanka National Artiste Athula Srilal, the film is both a historical retelling and a cultural awakening, weaving together royal chronicles, Buddhist monastic traditions, and indigenous voices. The story opens with the dream of Queen Mahasundara Devi, who envisions the Waduga Nayakkar royalty of Senkadagala in regal attire. Her devotion is remembered in chronicles that describe her offering of five hundred stone cells and images to the Sangha at Dimbulagala,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/25)
Janaka Perera saw action against JVP communist insurgents in 1971 and steadily rose through the ranks being promoted Lt Col in 1986 and later, as a Colonel was the chief instructor at the Sri Lanka Military Academy. During the second JVP insurgency of 1987-89 he headed an operation which resulted in the capture of the JVP leader and he was promoted to Brigadier in 1989. On 28 June 1995 Tamil Tiger forces launched an attack on four army camps near Weli Oya using female suicide bombers as the spearhead. Perera, the local commander,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/25)
“The environment is not collateral damage. It is a new front line of hybrid warfare, and defending it is quite literally defending life itself,” -- Ruslan Spirin, a Ukrainian diplomat based in Kyiv.[i] US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker arrived in Sri Lanka December 11, on an official visit. US C-301 Hercules Planes also used in cloud seeding were on the ground in a Sri Lanka Air force base—unprecedented and concerning developments in the historically Non-Aligned geostrategic Indian Ocean Island nation.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/25)
· The primodial Sinhalese identity is rooted in the Sinhalese ethnic group which has a long history of existence for over 2500 years, unique and distinct language (Sinhala), and a strong connection to Buddhism and the historical kingdoms of the island. The Sinhalese are world renown as the custodians of Buddhism and Sri Lanka has the proud record of having the longest unbroken period of association with Buddhism than any other country. Every Sri Lankan, not only the Sinhalese, must be proud of this unflinching stubborn fact. · The Sri Lankan identity, in contrast, is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/25)
The Mind of King Parakramabahu I (1153–1186 CE) was that of a visionary and pragmatic ruler, characterized by a relentless drive for the unification of Sri Lanka, a deep commitment to the welfare of his people through massive engineering projects, and a strategic, sometimes ruthless, approach to governance and military affairs. Visionary and Pragmatic Governance King Parakramabahu I was a highly organized and determined ruler. When faced with the seemingly impossible task of restoring an ancient causeway, he famously stated, "What is there in the world that cannot be carried out by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/25)
Colombo, Dec 12 (Daily Mirror) - As of 2025, Sri Lankans have the highest average IQ levels in South Asia with an average IQ level of 102, which has also been ranked in the top 12 countries with the highest average IQ level in the world, according to the data from International IQ Test (IIT). The research done was based on data from 1,352,763 participants worldwide who took the same IQ test on the website, and substantial research on the subject of national IQs was conducted by psychologist Richard... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/25)
Former Speaker and NPP Parliamentarian Asoka Ranwala, who was arrested over the vehicular collision at Sapugaskanda last night (11), has been granted bail, according to the Police Spokesman. He has been ordered release on cash bail of Rs. 200,000 by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court this evening. The MP, who is currently receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital, was taken into police custody earlier today on charges of dangerous driving and failing to prevent an accident. However, he had remained in hospital under police custody before being granted bail. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/25)
Former Member of Parliament, President’s Counsel Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, is slated to be appointed as a Senior Vice President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). https://youtu.be/daehbrMQ6Gs SLFP Chairman Nimal Siripala de Silva stated that the appointment is expected to be made during the party’s upcoming Executive Committee meeting. Former MP Rajapakshe currently serves as the SLFP District Leader for Colombo and the Maharagama Electorate Organiser.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/25)
Indian cricket fans, along with the broader cricket world, are increasingly acknowledging that the core concept of the Decision Review System (DRS), the Player-Referral idea, originated with Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna in 1997, a significant innovation that revolutionized umpiring accuracy, although formal global credit from the ICC remains pending. Key Points of Recognition: Senaka Weeraratna's Concept: Weeraratna conceived the "Player-Referral" system, allowing players to challenge umpire decisions, forming the foundation of modern DRS. Global Acknowledgment: While initially met with resistance, especially from India, the effectiveness and fairness brought by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/12/25)
හැඳින්වීම මිනිසාගේ ඉතිහාස කතාව යනු වතුරේ ඉතිහාස කතාව යයි කියැවේ (story of water is history of man/woman). ජලයට හා ගින්දරට කීකරු සේවකයෙකු මෙන්ම නපුරු ස්වාමියෙකුද විය හැකිය. හිතට එකඟව ක්රියා නොකරණ, අධ්යාත්මයක් නැති ගේම්කාරයින්ට බරපතල පාඩම් ඉගැන්වීමට ස්වභාව ධර්මය දෙවරක් හිතන්නේ නැත. ජය මංගල ගාථා, පිරිත් නූල් අරහං, දළදා මාළිගාව රැවටීමට තැත්කල ආණ්ඩුවක් විසින් ප්ලෑන් කල ශ්රී ලංකා දින ජරමරය කොට උඩ යාමට පෙර ලියූ මෙම ලිපියෙන් යෝජනා කලේ “දෙසැම්බර් 12 දාට ගෙවල් වල සුදු කොඩි දමා [තමන් රැවටී කරගත් මෝඩ කම ගැන] සිංහල බෞද්ධ ජනයා රටෙන් සමාව ගන්නා ලෙසටය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/25)
https://youtu.be/oIYFSa39x68?si=8yFG0utFWjIbiVBk Today i.e., December 12, 2025 marks the 1O7th Birth Anniversary of Asoka Weeraratna (founder of the German Dharmaduta Society, Berlin Vihara in Germany and the Mitirigala Nissarana Vanaya) later known as Ven. Mitirigala Dhammanisanthi Thero. Asoka Weeraratna was born on December 12, 1918. He died on July 2, 1999 at the age of 80 years. On the occasion of his 106th Birth Anniversary in 2024 a Commemorative Talk was delivered by Dr Thilanka K. Dahanayake ( grandson of former Prime Minister W. Dahanayake), currently lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/12/25)
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Historical accounts of ancient Sinhalese Kings describe a mindset defined by persistent defiance against external rule, characterized by a refusal to submit to foreign powers even during periods of occupation. In contrast, contemporary leadership analysis suggests that modern Sri Lankan professional and political structures often emphasize paternalistic authority, where subordinates are expected not to challenge leaders even if they are perceived as wrong, a shift from the historical "warrior" model of active resistance. The Ancient Warrior Mindset: Defiance and Resistance Ancient Sinhalese monarchs functioned as the rallying point for the population,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/12/25)
National Development Bank PLC (NDB Bank) has partnered with the Women’s Blind Organisation of Sri Lanka in support of the International White Cane Day 2025, an event dedicated to recognising and empowering visually impaired women across the country. The Women’s Blind Organisation, which has long been a pillar of support for visually impaired women in Sri Lanka, continues to work tirelessly toward ensuring that this community has access to essential resources, opportunities for self-employment, and educational assistance for their children. The International White Cane Day celebration, held in October 2025, serves as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/12/25)
People walk through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Wellampitiya on the outskirts of Colombo on November 30. AFP When Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on November 28 2025, Sri Lanka experienced one of its deadliest environmental disasters in modern history. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declared it the “largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history”. Torrential rains triggered widespread floods and landslides, leading to more than 350 confirmed deaths, hundreds missing and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/12/25)
Sri Lanka has secured a USD-30-million loan from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank to support the upgrade of the national grid and enable the adoption of more renewable energy. Author: Gerry Machen. License: Creative Commons, Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic. The agreement, signed in early December by Treasury Secretary Harshana Suriyapperuma and World Bank Division Director David Sislen, forms the first phase of a USD-60-million programme for the Secure, Affordable, and Sustainable Energy for Sri Lanka Project. The initiative will address technical constraints that currently... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/12/25)
COLOMBO, 8 December 2025 – Tens of thousands of children are spending a second week in emergency shelters and in need of mental health support after Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka, bringing the worst flooding and landslides in decades, Save the Children said. At least 86,000 homes were damaged in the landslides and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah on 28 November. More than 630 people were killed, and nearly 70,000 are still living in temporary shelters, including schools [1]. Hundreds of schools, particularly in the heavily impacted Central and Uva provinces, have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/12/25)
Colombo, Dec. 10 (Daily Mirror) - Unauthorised filling of the Muthurajawela wetlands and pollution led to the flooding of Gampaha town during the recent floods, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today. Cardinal Ranjith, who spoke during a service held at St. Joseph's Church Grandpass in remembrance of the disaster victims, urged the government to stop unauthorised filling of the Muthurajawela wetlands. "We have never seen Gampaha town going under water in the past. The town went under water this time as a result of the unauthorised filling of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/12/25)
Russia has dispatched a consignment of 35 metric tons of humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka following the impact of Cyclone Ditwah. The shipment arrived this afternoon (10) at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake on a special cargo flight. The consignment includes a mobile power station, vegetable oil, sugar, rice, and tents. The Ilyushin IL-76—Russia’s largest cargo aircraft—transported the aid and landed at BIA at 1:10 p.m. today, said Ada Derana reporter. Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Levan Dzhagaryan; Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation, Anura Karunathilaka; Deputy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/12/25)
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Page 1 of 31 --------- For further details, Contact Bandula Kendaragama on WhatsApp +61403204066Attention: His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Kotmale Dam - Gate Opening - Has Mahaweli Authority made a mistake or not? Is there something wrong in the system Your Excellency, Could you please pass this information to His Excellency the President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. I was attached to the CECB and worked in the construction of the dam from 1980 to 1985. I am a dam safety engineer with 48-years' experience (and worked in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/12/25)
Tropical Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall in Sri Lanka on 28 November 2025, is considered the country’s worst natural disaster since the deadly 2004 tsunami. It intensified the northeast monsoon, bringing torrential rainfall, massive flooding, and 215 severe landslides across seven districts. The cyclone left a trail of destruction, killing nearly 500 people, displacing over a million, destroying homes, roads, and railway lines, and disabling critical infrastructure including 4,000 transmission towers. Total economic losses are estimated at USD 6–7 billion—exceeding the country’s foreign reserves. The Sri Lankan Armed Forces have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
The Joint Opposition rally dubbed the ‘Maha Jana Handa’ (Vox Populi/ Voice of the People) held at the Ananda Samarakoon Open Air Theatre, Nugegoda on November 21, 2025 has suddenly acquired an increasing potential to be remembered as a significant turning point in post-civil conflict Sri Lankan politics, in the wake of the meteorological catastrophe caused by the calamitous Ditwa cyclonic storm that devastated the whole island from north to south and east to west on an unprecedented scale. But the strength of this prospect depends on the collective coordinated success of the future... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
Sri Lanka is in shock. Never before in our history has all 25 districts been affected at once. We are in national mourning. The resilience of our people has been unwavering. As a nation we have endured 17 South Indian invasions, 3 colonial illegal occupations. 2 armed insurgencies, 3 decades of LTTE terror, a single incident of Islamic terror, a devastating tsunami in 2004 covid, violent regime change and now cyclone Ditwah. Our strength to withstand and rise is guided by the Dhamma, a civilization that was built on compassion,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
Facilitators Dr. Upali Peiris -Consultant PsychiatristDr. Ruwan M Jayatunge - Medical Doctor / Clinical PsychologistDr. Priya - General PractitionerDate: 11th of December 2025, ThursdayTime 8.30 pm Link; https://meet.jit.si/moderated/974a3405ecd97ef132153456f7d2e23e8a0a6311d1976d4227808f5f198ccfba... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
නොම්ලේවත් කවුරුවත් යූස් කරන්නේ නැති ඒවා... ශ්රී ලංකාව සිංහල බෞද්ධ රාජ්යක් නොව, එය සර්ව ආගමික රාජ්යක්. එහි ඉතිහාසයේ සිංහලයාට වඩා වැඩි ඉතිහාසයක් දමිළයන්ට ඇත, යන්න තේමා කරගෙන, මාළිමා ආණ්ඩුව " ශ්රී ලංකන් ඩේ " එකක් දෙසැම්බර් 12 සිදු කරන්න, කෝටි 300 ක් අය - වැයෙන් වෙන් කරනවා. නමුත් ස්වභාදහම එයට අවනත නොවන නිසාත්, ලංකාවේ ජනතාවගේ දැඩි විරෝධය මධ්යයේ, අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක ඇතුළු බෞද්ධ විරෝධි බලවේගයන්ට එය අකුළා ගන්න සිදුවෙනවා. මෙහිදි ශ්රී ලංකන් ඩේ හි ප්රධාන සංවිධායිකාව වන්නේ, සමනලී ෆොන්සේකා. ඔව් අර ලංකාවේ කුණු ප්රශ්නයට, ලංකාවේ සොළොස්මස්ථානයන්ගෙන් එකක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
පසුගිය දින කිහිපය තුළ මෙරටට බලපෑ දරුණු සුළි කුණාටු තත්ත්වය සහ ආපදා කළමනාකරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අදහස් දැක්වූ හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී නිමල් පියතිස්ස මහතා සඳහන් කළේ, වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව මෙවැනි දරුණු අනතුරු පිළිබඳ අනතුරු ඇඟවීම් නොතකා හරිමින් ආපදාව සිදුවීමට ඉඩ දුන් බවයි. මහජන නියෝජිතයෙකු ලෙස නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්රික්කයේ වසර 20කට අධික අත්දැකීම් ඇති තමන් මේ තත්ත්වය දකින බව පියතිස්ස මහතා පැවසීය. පසුගිය දින කිහිපය තුළ ඇද හැළුණු ධාරාණික වර්ෂා පතනය හේතුවෙන් ජලාශ පිටාර ගැලීම සහ නාය යෑම් වලින් මුළු රටම පීඩාවට පත් වූ බවත්, විශේෂයෙන්ම කඳුකර ප්රදේශ ඉතා බරපතල ඛේදවාචකයකට මුහුණ දුන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
The programme’s crushing austerity measures make recovery harder, contend activists Updated - December 09, 2025 at 07:16 PM As Sri Lanka reels from Cyclone Ditwah’s devastation, calls to revisit the ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, which critics say imposes punishing austerity, are growing louder. At least 638 people died — 191 remain missing — and millions were affected by torrential rains, unprecedented flooding, and multiple landslides that battered Sri Lanka late November. The climate disaster, one of the worst the country has witnessed, has dealt... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
Colombo, Dec 9 (Daily Mirror) - The United Nations has allocated US$4.5 million (LKR 1.38 billion) from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to strengthen Sri Lanka’s response to Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall on November 28. The funding will enable the UN to rapidly scale up emergency assistance, including food distribution, shelter support, and water, sanitation, and hygiene services for communities most severely affected by the floods and landslides. Communities across Sri Lanka continue to grapple with widespread impacts, with thousands of families still displaced due to extensive damage... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
9 Dec 2025 sri lanka At least 86,000 homes were damaged in the landslides and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah on 28 November. More than 630 people were killed, and nearly 70,000 are still living in temporary shelters, including schools. Save the Children, and partner organisation CCH (Centre for Children’s Happiness), have started providing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for children and adolescents using TeamUp, an evidence-based methodology consisting of structured play and movement-based activities provided by trained facilitators. COLOMBO, 8 December 2025 – Tens of thousands of children... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
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December 09, 2025 The UAE has sent an eighth plane of crucial aid and supplies to support communities in Sri Lanka hit by fatal floods and landslides. The eighth aid plane from the Emirates arrived on Tuesday in the capital Colombo, laden with 1,080 food parcels as part of a continuing support campaign from the UAE.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
It is now evident that the Meteorology Department had forecast intense rainfall well in advance The era of global warming, no country is immune from extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods, or heatwaves. Yet nations with stronger disaster-preparedness systems consistently mitigate damage and reduce death tolls. The global lesson is clear: countries must learn from past catastrophes and adapt their response mechanisms accordingly.Japan stands out as a textbook example. After the magnitude 7.3 quake that struck the Hanshin region of Kobe and Osaka, as well as the Awaji Island area,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
The ‘Level-3’ (Red) landslide evacuation warning issued to multiple areas in four districts has been extended. Accordingly, the National Building and Research Organisation (NBRO) landslide warning will be in effect till 04:00 p.m. tomorrow (10). Districts and Divisional Secretariat Divisions (DSDs) that have been issued the Level 3 (Red) landslide warnings, advising people to evacuate, are as follows: Kandy District: Pathahewaheta, Pathadumbara, Harispattuwa, Doluwa, Thumpane, Poojapitiya, Udunuwara, Gangawata Korale, Akurana, Minipe, Udapalatha, Hatharaliyadda, Kundasale, Panwila, Medadumbara, Udadumbara, Deltota, Pasbage Korale, Yatinuwara and Ganga Ihala Korale DSDs and surrounding areas ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
The Department of Railways has announced that starting tomorrow (10), several office trains on the main line will resume operations. Due to recent adverse weather conditions, a culvert near the Bujjomuwa railway station between Ambepussa and Alawwa was damaged due to the overflowing Ma Oya river. As a result, a cavity of about 45 feet had formed beneath the railway track. Subsequently, train operations on the main line were disrupted, and train services on the main, northern, and eastern railway lines came to a halt. Therefore, train operations were limited... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
The United Nations Development Programme termed Cyclone Ditwah one of the worst flooding disasters in decades after new geospatial analysis revealed floodwaters submerged 20% of Sri Lanka's landmass, more than 1.1 million hectares. The report confirms that 2.3 million people reside in the inundated zones, with women accounting for more than half of the exposed population. Data indicates that 60% of those exposed live in the densely populated Colombo and Gampaha districts, placing immense pressure on essential services. The situation remains critical because over half the affected households already... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
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ඔබ නොදත් BMICH අරමුදල..(දත්ත, තොරතුරු , ව්ශ්ලේශන අවශ්යබව කියන්නේ මේ නිසාවෙනි..අනුර පොරක් වී ඇත්තේ ඔවුන්ගේ බොරු වපුරන ජඩ මාධ්ය බලකාය නිසා මෙන්ම ඒ බොරු එලෙසින් ව්ශ්වාස කරන අනුගාමික් ලබ්දිකයන් සහ ඒවා බෙදාහරින Distributorsලා නිසාවෙනි. බන්ඩාරනායක අරමුදල කාගේද? ඔබ පුදුම කරන බන්ඩාරනායක අරමුදල මගින් ආපදාවෙන් විපතට පත්වූ ජනතාවට සහන සැලසීම සදහා රු. මිලියන 250 ක් ආධාර ලෙස ලබාදී ඇත. බන්ඩාරනායක අරමුදල යනු කුමක්ද ? එය පුද්ගලයකු හෝ පවුලක් සතු අරමුදලක් නොවේ. එස් ඩබ් ආර් ඩී බන්ඩාරනායක ජාතික අනුස්මරණ අරමුදල යනු 1975 අංක දෙක පනත මගින් ස්ථාපිත රාජ්ය අරමුදලක් වෙයි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
Could you please pass this information to His Excellency the President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Attention: His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Kotmale Dam - Gate Opening - Has Mahaweli Authority made a mistake or not? Is there something wrong in the system Your Excellency, I was attached to the CECB and worked in the construction of the dam from 1980 to 1985. I am a dam safety engineer with 48-years' experience (and worked in 12 Countries). A copy of my... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
Sri Lanka’s Education Ministry is preparing to implement educational reforms that were not designed by local experts and do not reflect Sri Lanka’s cultural, religious, or societal context. Instead, the proposed syllabus follows a Western, globally standardised model built around lifestyles, ideologies, and norms that differ greatly from Sri Lankan values. As a result, the syllabus is unsuitable for Sri Lankan children. Topics that were previously introduced at appropriate ages, such as in Grade 9 under Health Education, are now being proposed for children as young as 5 years old. https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/ITGSE.pdf ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
රුපියල් මිලියන 900 ක් පමණ වියදම් කර දෙසැම්බර් 12 දා පවත්වන්නට ගිය ශ්රි ලංකා දිනය සංවිධානය කරන්නට භාරදී සිටි සමනලී එය කොට උඩ යාමේ හිතේ අමාරුව, <සිද්ධාර්ථ> කුමාරයාගේ පිටින් යැවීමේ සිද්ධියක් වාර්තා විය. කලින් 2017 දී ජේතවනාරාමයට (මඩු පල්ලියට නොව) මීතොටමුල්ලේ කුණු කන්ද ගෙන ගොස් දමන පින්තූරයක් සිය මුහුණු පොත් ගිනුමෙන් ප්රසිද්ධ කල සමනලී, මේ වර යම් අන්ද මන්ද වූ භික්ෂුවක් විසින් ලියන ලද සිද්ධාර්ථ කුමාරයාට මඩ ගැසීමේ කවි පෙලක් ඇගේ ගිණුමෙන් ප්රසිද්ධ කර ඇත. මාක්ස්වාදී, නිරාගමික, මවක් වීමේ අත්දැකීමක් නැති, මැදි වයසේ ස්ත්රීන්ට, සිද්ධාර්ථ කුමාරයා හිසරදයක් වීම වෙන රටවල මෙන් නොව ලංකාවේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
Pathfinder EdTech Institute officially opened its new Colombo campus located at No. 34, Sanchi Arachchi Gardens, Colombo 12, marking a significant step forward in its mission to support Sri Lanka’s digital upskilling and workforce development. The ceremonial opening was led by former Ambassador Mr. Bernard Goonetilleke, Chairman of the Pathfinder Foundation, and Mr. K. Balasundaram, Group Director/CEO of MMBL Pathfinder along withMr. Dilan Perera, Associate Director at HCLTech. Joining virtually from India, Ms. Srimathi Shivashankar, CVP & Business Head – EdTech Services at HCLTech, praised the initiative and reaffirmed HCLTech’s commitment to advancing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
Japan’s Master Plan, if carried out without first attacking Pearl Harbour, would have allowed Japan to dominate everything from East Asia to the Suez Canal plus liberate India and Ceylon from British occupation, says Japanese war history expert, Hiromichi Moteki. Hiromichi Moteki, Japanese war history expert, says that Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour (December 8, 1941) was a huge blunder and mistake in Japan’s wartime strategy leading to the total defeat of Japan in 1945. Instead had Japan implemented a far-sighted alternate Plan entitled “Draft Proposal for Hastening the End of War Against the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
Colombo, Dec. 8 (Daily Mirror) - In a strongly worded judgement condemning police violence, the Supreme Court has ruled that the fundamental rights of a lorry driver were violated by two officers of the Thalatuoya Police Station in Kandy, reiterating that the time has come for the Government to urgently address the systemic problem of police brutality. A three-judge bench comprising Justice Priyantha Fernando and Justice Sampath Wijeratne, concurring with the judgement delivered by Justice Arjuna Obeyesekere, held that the petitioner’s rights guaranteed under Articles 11 and 12(1) of the Constitution had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
Approximately 108,000 hectares of paddy, 6,600 hectares of maize, 6,143 hectares of up-country and low-country vegetables and 11,000 hectares of land used to cultivate other crops have been completely destroyed due to adverse weather conditions experienced in recent days. Addressing a media briefing held today (08), D. P. Wickramasinghe, the Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation noted that the process to provide compensation for the total crop damage has already begun. Secretary D.P. Wickramasinghe added, a total of 615,000 hectares of paddy were cultivated in the country, of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/12/25)
December 8, 2025 08:07 pm The Grama Niladhari Officers’ Alliance has threatened to resort to trade union action if Grama Niladhari officers are continuously obstructed from carrying out their duties independently during the relief distribution process for those affected by the disaster. President of the alliance Nandana Ranasinghe stated that pressure is being exerted by various factions on Grama Niladhari officers as they attempt to carry out the relief distribution process independently. Nandana Ranasinghe said during relief distribution activities and while managing temporary camps, various politicians exert... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/25)
December 8, 2025 09:44 pm The Bandaranaike Memorial National Foundation has extended a financial contribution of Rs. 250 million towards national recovery efforts following the recent disaster. The relevant cheque has been handed over to Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at the Prime Minister’s Office today (08). It was handed over to the Prime Minister by the Chairperson of the Foundation, former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, together with members of the Board of Directors.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/25)
The Colombo-Puttalam railway line, which sustained damage due to the adverse weather, is currently undergoing reconstruction between Kudaoiya and Nattandiya. The land area connected to the old railway iron bridge near the Walapitiya sub-station was destroyed by the force of the water flow, and it is also being repaired. In response to an inquiry from the Hiru news, the General Manager of Railways, Ravindra Padmapriya, stated that investigations into the damage on the Upcountry railway line will take about two months, and decisions regarding the resumption of train... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/25)
"මහවැලි ජලාශ පසුගිය ස්වභාවික ව්යසනයට හේතු වුණා යැයි අද උත්තරීතර තැනක බුද්ධිමත් කතාවක් ඇසුණා.. ඒ කතාව අසාදෝ , මහවැලි ජලාශ හරහා මෙරට විදුලිබල පද්ධතියට එක්කල වෙනස හිතවතෙක් එවා තිබුණා.. එය පහතින් දැක්වෙනවා.... " ඉහළ කොත්මලේ ජලාශය කොත්මලේ ඔය හරස්කරල ඉදිකරන්නෙ මේ ජලාශයෙ ධාරිතාවය 0.8MCM (කියුබික් මීටර් මිලියන්)කුඩා ජලාශයක් මේ ජලාශයෙන් ඉහළ කොත්මලේ බලාගාරයට ජලය රැගෙන ගොස් 150 MW කිුයා කරනව. ඒ පිටවන ජලය 172MCM ධාරිතාව ඇති කොත්මලේ ජලාශයට ගේනව එතනින් 201MW බලාගාරයක් ඉදිකරල තියෙනව.ජලයේ කොටසක් මොරගොල්ල ජලාශයට ඇවිත් 27MW බලාගාරයක් කිුයා කරනව. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/25)
Colombo, Dec. 2 (Daily Mirror)- The failure to act by the President, Prime Minister and the Cabinet to avert the recent floods is a violation of the Constitution which guarantees the right to life of the people, a statement issued by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and leader of the United National Party (UNP) said today. “The National Disaster Management Plan was not activated on November 27, 2025 instead of on November 28. The most crucial day for the operations was declared a public holiday. The process of last-minute dissemination of early warning... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/12/25)
Never waste a crisis- former Foreign Minister Ali Sabri called on the country's leaders to use the national tragedy as an opportunity for transformative, long-term reform and reconstruction. He went on to say how Germany rebuilt industrial power from war ruins. How Japan re-engineered resilience after disaster. how the Philippines revived agriculture after total collapse. And how Rwanda emerged from tragedy into stability and growth. The efforts being taken by the government to restore and rebuild the country is quite evident although political detractors are doing their best to capitalise on the misery... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/25)
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 30 November – 06 December 2025 * ‘In Sri Lanka, there was a loss of village pasture land, & a denudation of forests which caused soil erosion & the silting up of water courses & paddy fields.’ – SBD de Silva, The Political Economy of Underdevelopment (1982) * The Mahaveli’s waters have been turned brown for almost 2 centuries now. The English genocides of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/25)
දිත්වා සුළි කුණාටුවෙන් වැඩිපුරම පීඩාවට පත් දිස්ත්රික්ක වන්නේ මහනුවර, කෑගල්ල, බදුල්ල, නුවරඑළිය සහ අනුරාධපුරයය. සිය ගණනක් පුද්ගලයින් මිය ගිය අතර බොහෝ දෙනෙක් අතුරුදහන් වී ඇත. මරණ සහ අතුරුදහන් වූ සංඛ්යාවේ එකමුතුව 1,000 සීමාව ඉක්මවීමට හොඳටම ඉඩ තිබේ. අපේ දිවයිනේ ජනගහනයෙන් 35% ක් පමණ ජීවත් වන්නේ නායයෑම් අවදානම වැඩි ප්රදේශවලය. මේ නිසායි දීත්වා සුළි කුණාටුව මධ්යම කඳුකරයට මෙතරම් දරුණු ලෙස බලපෑවේ. කොළඹට ආසන්නව පිහිටි බස්නාහිර පළාතේ හංවැල්ල, අංගොඩ, කොළොන්නාව, වැල්ලම්පිටිය යන ප්රදේශ දැන් ගංවතුරට දැඩි ලෙස ගොදුරුවන ප්රදේශයි. පසුගිය වසර 20 තුළ නිතර සිදුවන ජල ආශ්රිත අනතුරු සහ ගංවතුර හේතුවෙන් මෙම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/25)
Sri Lanka faced the worst natural disaster in recorded history. Sri Lanka is not alone as Indonesia, Thailand and others also faced the disaster. This is part of climate change that affects the whole world. These disasters will only become more frequent with time. Sri Lanka must have a long-term plan to face them. It is impossible to avoid the destruction. Instead having enough resources to face them should be the objective. Government relief workers particularly tri-forces personnel made a valiant effort to save lives. They must be rewarded with a one-off payment of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/25)
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Project title: Trinco Mega-Tanker End-of-Life Programme — Floating-Dock Fit-Part Dismantling to Prevent Harbour Pollution Execution by : [Ministry / Port Authority Prepared by Dr Sarath Obeysekera using AI resources ]
This project proposes a controlled, on-water dismantling method using a large floating dry dock (mega floating dock) combined with “fit-part” modular dismantling (cutting and lifting large blocks) performed over impermeable, contained platforms and on-dock containment systems. The method avoids beaching, contains contaminants (oil, sludge, asbestos, PCBs, heavy metals), treats effluent on-site, and recovers high-value... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/25)
විධායක ජනාධිපති දුරය අහෝසි කරන බවට පොරොන්දු වී බලයට පැමිණි ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතා ඊළඟ ජනාධිපතිවරණයට තරඟ කිරීමට සූදානම් වන බව ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ මිත්රයකු වන එංගලන්තයේ වෙසෙන මාධ්යවේදී උවිදු කුරුකුරුසූරිය මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණයට අයවැයෙන් මුදල් වෙන්කලත් පළාත් සභා පවත්වන්නේ නැති ඒ පරදින බව දන්නා නිසා බවත් හෙතෙම කියා සිටී. තම සමාජ ජාල ගිණුමේ සටහනක් තබමින් ඒ මහතා මෙම අදහස් පළ කර තිබේ. චෝදනා රැසක් එල්ල කර ඇති එම සම්පූර්ණ සටහන මෙසේය. අනුරට මම මේව ප්රසිද්ධියේ ලියන්න පෙරත් කියල තියෙන්නෙ. ජනාධිපති වෙලා මට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/25)
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake instructed officials to prepare the farmers in the Anuradhapura District whose paddy cultivation was destroyed due to floods to re-cultivate during the upcoming Maha season. Highlighting the need for all relevant institutions to work in proper coordination, treating this as a national necessity, the President instructed the authorities to provide compensation to farmers without delay and to ensure temporary irrigation water supply through provisional repairs. The President further noted that the government is providing the highest amount of compensation in the country’s history for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/25)
The total damage caused by the recent adverse weather in Sri Lanka is estimated to be between US$6 billion and US$7 billion, according to Commissioner General of Essential Services Prabath Chandrakeerthi. Speaking to the media, he said this amount represents between 3% and 5% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
In an interview with us, economist Dr. Kenneth De Zilwa offered a lower—but still substantial—estimate of the destruction. He stated that his team's current assessment is Rs. 320 billion, which is “equivalent to a little... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/25)
The completion of the Fifth Review of Sri Lanka's Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be delayed, as the Board prioritises emergency aid following Cyclone Ditwah. The IMF released the following statement to the media: “In light of the Sri Lankan authorities’ request for emergency financing, IMF Board consideration of the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) request is the priority at the current juncture. An IMF team will visit Sri Lanka in early 20206 to resume discussions for the completion of the Fifth Review of the Extended... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/12/25)
Kandy, Kegalle, Badulla, Nuwara Eliya and Anuradhapura are the districts most affected from Dithwa cyclone. Hundreds of people died and many are missing. The casualty figure is likely to surpass the 1,000 mark. About 35% of our island’s population lives in high risk landslide prone areas. This is why Dithwa hit the central hills so badly. Hanwella, Angoda, Kolonnawaa, Wellampitiya in the Western province - closer to Colombo, are now severely flood affected areas. In the past 20 years, frequent flash and river floods have claimed many lives in these... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/25)
he International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it expects Sri Lanka’s economic activity to take a hit following the widespread destruction caused by Cyclone Ditwah, noting that the scale of damage will become clearer once authorities complete a rapid post-disaster assessment. IMF’s Director of the Communications Department Julie Kozack said, the Fund is “closely engaging” with the government, development partners and other counterparts as the country grapples with the humanitarian, social and economic fallout. “Large parts of Sri Lanka have been affected by the floods, and on that basis, we do... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/25)
The losses are estimated at between US$ 6 and US$ 7 billion. In 2004, they ranged from US$ 1.5 to US$ 2 billion. The recovery plan is waiting for detailed assessments. Twenty-two out of 25 administrative districts and 416 factories were affected. Three billion rupees have been allocated in subsidies; raising the public spending limit is being considered to meet needs. Colombo (AsiaNews) – The economic losses caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka are estimated at US$ 6 to US$ 7 billion, more than... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/25)
Rapid Financing Instrument request under review as IMF expresses support for recovery efforts ANKARA The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday that it is reviewing a request by Sri Lanka for $200 million in emergency financing following the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah. Evan Papageorgiou, IMF mission chief for Sri Lanka, said in a statement that the government had applied for financial assistance under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) totaling 150.5 million Special Drawing Rights (SDR), equivalent to about 26% of Sri Lanka’s IMF quota or approximately $200... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/25)
The death toll due to the adverse weather conditions experienced in the country over the past few days has climbed to 618 as at 8.00 p.m. today (06), according to the Disaster Management Center (DMC). It confirmed that another 209 individuals remain missing as search operations continue. The extreme weather has impacted all 25 districts of the island, affecting a total of 2,078,436 people from 583,030 families. The districts of Gampaha (362,664), Puttalam (347,211) and Colombo (328,846) are the worst affected. Of these, approximately 100,124 individuals from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/25)
The Department of Meteorology's 36-hour forecast (issued at 4:00 PM) indicates that the Northeast Monsoon condition is gradually establishing across the island. Consequently, several spells of rain are expected in the Northern, North Central, Eastern, and Uva provinces, as well as in the Matale and Nuwara Eliya districts. Rain or thundershowers may occur in the remaining parts of the island after approximately 1 PM. The department warns that fairly heavy falls of over 50 mm are likely at some places in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces, and in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/25)
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has extended the landslide early warning notice for another 24 hours, covering 13 districts across the country. The districts currently identified as being at risk are: Badulla, Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya, Kurunegala, Kegalle, Monaragala, and Ratnapura. The public in these areas is urged to remain vigilant due to the continued threat of landslides.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/25)
The Chairman of the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB), Chandana Bandara, announced that the recent disaster caused nearly Rs. 5 billion in damage to the water supply infrastructure. The worst damage occurred at the Katugastota pumping station near the Mahaweli River in Kandy. Additionally, part of the pumping station in the Nillambe area of Kandy is affected by a landslide.Serious damage also occurred at the pumping station near the Mahaweli River in Mahiyanganaya. The disaster impacted 156 water pumping stations in total. Of these, 148 are restored... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/25)
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ඔබතුමා ඊයේ පැවැත්වූ ජාතිය ඇමතීමේ කතාව අසා සිටියදී මට ඇතිවූ අදහස් මෙසේ ලියා දක්වමි. ඔබතුමා එම කතාවේ පැවසූ මගේ හිතට වදින වැදගත්ම කැරුණු දෙක නම් ? 1) "මෙය ඉතිහාසය විසින් රටම ව්යසනයට පත් කිරීමේ පළමු අත්දැකීම" 2) "අපට ඉදිරියට මුහුණ දීමට සිදුවන්නේ එදා මෙදා තුර විශාලතම ප්රතිසංස්කරණ ක්රියාන්විතයන්ට සහ නැවත ගොඩනැංවීමේ කාර්යභාරයට බව අප සිහිපත්කල යුතුව තිබෙනව" මෙහි පැවසූ පලවෙනි කරුණ නම් ඔබතුමා පැවසූ "පළමු අත්දැකීමය." පහතින් සඳහන් කරන ගෙවුන සියවසේ මේ රට මුහුණදුන් මහා ඛේදවාචක ප්රමාණය හමුවේ ඔබතුමා සිටියේ විපක්ෂයේ නිසා එම කතාව අතිශය නිවැරදිය. මෙම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/25)
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Sri Lanka already has a national, well-structured school curriculum created by the NIE (National Institute of Education). Our Health & Physical Education syllabus teaches students the essential knowledge they need: puberty, reproductive biology, hygiene, disease prevention, respect for others, responsible behaviour, and age-appropriate life skills. This curriculum is scientific, culturally rooted, legally compliant, and protective of children. However, the current Education Minister proposes to replace or “align” Sri Lanka’s curriculum with Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) based on the International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education (ITGSE) — a framework created by external agencies such as UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO and UNAIDS.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/12/25)
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In the cover image: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumerand Trump’s secret war in Venezuela A bipartisan group of US congressmen to block any military action in Venezuela. A bipartisan group of US congressmen announced Tuesday the introduction of a new resolution to force a vote in Congress to block any military action by the Trump administration in Venezuela. The initiative responds to growing alarm over the military deployment in the Caribbean under Operation Southern Spear and the more than 80 extrajudicial killings carried out under the pretext of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/25)
Lord Naseby (M.W.L. Morris ) b 1936, visited Sri Lanka in September 2019. He was already well known in Sri Lanka due to his intervention in the Eelam war issue on behalf of the government of Sri Lanka . He told Renuka Sadanandan, who interviewed him for Sunday Times that In 1955, his father took up a job as architect for the Government of Punjab. Visiting him in Lahore, Naseby spent a blissful vacation, learning to fly, piloting an Auster Aiglet and a Cessna, dual seater aircraft, doing navigational trips to the border of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/25)
Lord Naseby is recognized in Sri Lanka for his work on the war crimes charge against Sri Lanka , His main contribution has been described earlier . This essay looks at his continuing efforts regarding this issue. UNHRC 2017, 2021 In 2017, Naseby wrote to UN Human Right Council in Geneva . He sought re-examination of the Sri Lanka resolution and was ready to come before UNHCR at his own expense to back his claim . Geneva ignored his communication. In 2021 Lord Naseby responded to the Report on Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/25)
The 75th Anniversary Celebrations and 31st General Conference of The World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) will commence in Bangkok, Thailand on December 05, and run until December 07, 2025. The discussions will include plenary deliberations, policy resolutions,among others. The existential threats to Buddhist nations and minority Buddhist communities must be raised again at this event because it is now becoming a matter of significant concern within the global Buddhist community. It has indeed been a topic of discussion and debate within international Buddhist forums, including the World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) in the recent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/25)
America’s WORST ECONOMIC FEAR — A China–Saudi Bloc Is Rising Faster Than Expected.In this video, we explore Yanis Varoufakis’s analysis of the growing China–Saudi partnership — a strategic and economic shift that could directly threaten America’s global financial dominance. We break down how energy alliances, currency deals, trade cooperation, and geopolitical timing could create a new power bloc rising far faster than Washington anticipated. https://youtu.be/9SxlKftYJns... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/25)
Colombo, Dec. 4 (Daily Mirror) - A total of 159 schools in the Central Province have been damaged due to the recent disaster, Deputy Minister of Transport Prasanna Gunasena said. Of these, 115 schools are currently being used as displacement camps for affected residents. The Deputy Minister said that the damages are being classified as either serious or partial. He added that schools not affected by the disaster or serving as displacement camps are planned to reopen within the next 16 days.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/25)
Colombo, Dec. 4 (Daily Mirror) - The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said that the death toll from the severe adverse weather conditions affecting the country has climbed to 481 as of 6.00 p.m. today (04). According to the latest situation update, 345 people are still reported missing, with search, rescue, and relief operations continuing across several heavily impacted districts.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/25)
අයහපත් කාලගුණය පහව ගිය ද මධ්යම කඳුකරය ඇතුළු දිවයිනේ ඇතැම් ප්රදේශවලින් තවමත් පොළවෙහි ඉරි තැලීම් සහ ගිලා බැසීම් වාර්තා වනවා. පසුගිය දා සිදුවූ නායයෑම්වලින් වැඩිම බලපෑමක් එල්ල වූයේ මධ්යම කඳුකරයටයි. එවැනි පසුබිමක කොත්මලේ නයාපාන කන්ද ආශ්රිත ඇතැම් ප්රදේශවල මේ වනවිට පොළොවෙහි ඉරිතැලීම් වාර්තා වී තිබෙනවා. ඇතැම් නිවාස පුපුරා ගිලා බැසීමකට ලක්ව ඇති බවටයි හිරු ප්රවෘත්ති කළ නීරික්ෂණයකින් අනාවරණය වූයේ. කොත්මලේ නයාපාන ගම්මානයට පිවිසෙන මාර්ගය ස්ථාන කිහිපයකින් ඉරි තලා තිබුණේ අඩි එකහාමාරක් පමණ ගිලා බසිමින්. මේ හේතුවෙන් පවුල් 30ක පුද්ගලයින් 150කට අධික පිරිසක් නයාපාන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/25)
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නව අධ්යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ යටතේ ඉතිහාසය සහ චිත්රකලා විෂය නිර්දේශ සකස් කිරීමේදී වාර්ගික බෙදීම්වලින් තොරව සමස්ත ශ්රී ලාංකික දැක්මකින් යුතුව කටයුතු කර ඇති බව අගමැතිනි හරිනි අමරසූරිය මහත්මිය පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී අද ප්රකාශ කළාය. විෂය නිර්දේශ සැකසීමේදී දෙමළ විද්වත් නියෝජනයන් සහභාගී කරවාගෙන ඇති බවද ඇය අවධාරණය කළාය. නව අධ්යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ යටතේ හයවෙනි වසර සඳහා ඉතිහාසය පිළිබඳ නව නිර්දේශය දැනට සකස් කරමින් පවතින බව අගමැතිනිය සඳහන් කළාය. පාසල් සිසුන් වෙත ඉගැන්වීමේදී ඉතිහාසය 'සිංහල ඉතිහාසය' සහ 'දෙමළ ඉතිහාසය' ලෙස බෙදා වෙන් නොකර, 'ශ්රී ලංකික ඉතිහාසය' ලෙස උගන්වන බව ඇය පැවසුවාය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/25)
Cyclone Ditwah has resulted in a tragic toll, with 465 confirmed fatalities and around 366 individuals still unaccounted for. Some estimates suggest that the actual numbers may be even higher. The disaster has displaced over 61,000 families, who are currently seeking refuge in emergency shelters. In total, more than 1.5 million people across all 25 districts of the country have been impacted by this devastating event. Natural disasters are significant adverse events caused by natural processes of the Earth, often leading to loss of life, psychological trauma, and widespread property damage (Saeed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/25)
https://share.google/aimode/kgMjtMHcaBfS5lp4k Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi's 2000 talk, "The Necessity of Promoting Buddhism in Europe," delivered at the invitation of the German Dharmaduta Society (GDS) in Colombo, highlighted the urgent need for a robust and authentic Buddhist presence in the West, emphasizing the establishment of a full monastic order (Sangha) and addressing the spiritual crisis of modern consumerist culture. Key Themes of the Talk Addressing Western Spiritual Crisis: Bhikkhu Bodhi argued that Western society, driven by consumerism and a "culture of narcissism," often leads to a breakdown of meaning,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/25)
The 75th Anniversary Celebrations and 31st General Conference of The World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) will include plenary deliberations, policy resolutions, elections of office bearers, and concurrent events for youth and university affiliates. The conference theme emphasizes the use of Buddhist principles to foster peace. The event will be held from December 5 to 7, 2025, at Vajiravudh College in Bangkok, Thailand. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G1EuS3D7TU0?feature=share... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/25)
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Colombo, Dec. 3 (Daily Mirror) - Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said that the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will take strict disciplinary action against members of the Kandy Municipal Council who reportedly obstructed relief efforts by volunteers in the district. Speaking on behalf of the party, Premadasa apologised to residents affected by the councillors’ actions. “On behalf of the SJB, I sincerely apologise to those who may have been hurt by the bad behaviour and unwarranted actions of those Municipal Councillors,” he said. The incident occurred at a relief collection centre set up by volunteers to assist... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/25)
Former President and United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe stated today (3) that the country’s Constitution stands violated and accused the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) of running the country from their Pelawatta office. Speaking at a meeting with party leaders and representatives, he claimed that the President's and Prime Minister’s offices are not operational centres. He demanded that all party leaders must unite to ensure the power operating from the Pelawatta office transfers back to Parliament. Wickremesinghe pointed out that the main reason the current... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/25)
The application period for the 10th phase of the interest-free student loan scheme has been extended until December 15, according to the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education. Previously, the application period was only from November 01, 2025 to November 30, 2025. However, the Ministry has stated that the deadline has been extended due to the prevailing disaster situation in Sri Lanka. It is further stated that this decision was made after considering requests from students who appeared for the G.C.E. Advanced Level examination in 2022, 2023, or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/25)
The death toll due to the adverse weather conditions experienced in the country in the past few days caused by Cyclone Ditwah has increased to 479 as of 4:00 p.m. today (03), the Disaster Management Center (DMC) has confirmed. The DMC also reported that at least 350 individuals still remain missing as search and relief operations continue across multiple districts.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/25)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDRCQFlalNY In this deeply candid and philosophical talk, Kishore Mahbubani confronts the most uncomfortable truth in geopolitics: The West’s struggle with China is not only about power — it’s about psychology, race, and history. For the first time in 200 years, a non-Western, non-white civilization is rising to global leadership. And beneath the rhetoric of “rules-based order” and “democracy vs autocracy,” Mahbubani reveals the hidden anxiety shaping Western policy — the fear of losing cultural primacy. In this talk, you’ll learn: 🧠 Why America’s rivalry with China feels more emotional than... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/25)
සුනාමි ව්යසනය සිදුව වසර විස්සක් ගෙවී ගොස් ඇත.දිට්වා නමින් සුළි සුළඟක් කඩා වැදී තවත් ව්යසනයකට රටම ඇද දමා තිබේ.මියගිය ගණන තවමත් නොදනී. හානි වූ ජීවිත, දේපළ, නිවාස පිළීබඳ අසන්නට දකින්නට ලැබෙන කල්හි හද කම්පා වේ.ඉන්දියන් සාගරයේ බෙංගාල බොක්ක අවට තිබෙන සියලුම සුළං ධාරා එක් කොට ලංකාව මුදුන් කොට මෙලෙස කරකවන ලද්දේ කුමන සුළියක් ද.මේ කාලයට හමන ඊසාන දිග මෝසම් සුළඟක් ලෙසට ගණන් ගත නොහැකිය.එසේ නම් මෙය කුමක්ද සුනාමි ඛෙදවාචකයෙන් පසු නැවතත් රටක් වශයෙන් මහත් ආගාධයකට වැටී ඇත.මෙකී සමාජ ආර්ථික භූගෝලීය කඩා වැටීම් හමු වේ රටත් වශයෙන් උගත යුතු පාඩම් කුමක්ද යන්න සිහිපත් කළ යුතුව තිබෙන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/25)
Re: The Devastating Natural Disaster in Sri Lanka December 1st, 2025 The Right Honorable Prime Minister, As Sri Lankan-Canadians we are devastated by the natural disaster in Sri Lanka that has caused death and destruction - which is unprecedented in the history of Sri Lanka. Heavy torrential rain, hurricane winds caused by a deadly cyclone named "Ditwah" has played havoc resulting in widespread devastation across the country, causing death, displacing thousands, destroying homes and properties, and leaving a large number of families without access to food, medicine, and clean water. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/25)
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Sri Lanka stands at a crossroads. At a time when hundreds of our own people have died, thousands are displaced, and entire villages lie in ruins from catastrophic floods and landslides, the Government’s decision to declare a “Sri Lankan Day” is not only insensitive — it is profoundly dangerous for the cultural and historical integrity of this nation. A National Identity cannot be manufactured overnight For over 2,500 years, this island’s civilizational foundation was built by the Sinhala Buddhist heritage — a heritage that shaped the language, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/25)
Forget Bush’s National Missile Shield. The best military defense is a Russian winter. It got the better of King Charles XII of Sweden, sent Napoleon packing, and eventually shooed Hitler away. A few years after that, though, it was the Germans that were favored by the weather gods—for weeks, Patton’s Third Army was stuck near the edge of Germany, plagued by rain that kept American tanks and trucks and soldiers in place. The general’s solution? A prayer to those gods: Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/25)
In The Cult of the Goddess Pattini (1984), Gananath Obeyesekere analyzes the historical, sociological, and psychological aspects of the Pattini cult in Sri Lanka, examining the goddess's syncretic nature and challenging conventional interpretations of South Asian religion. Obeyesekere mentions that his study of the Cult of the Goddess Pattini was his inaugural field research, a project guided by Lyn Ludowyk. He emphasizes that this exploration of Pattini has influenced the entirety of his anthropological career. In his view, Obeyesekere portrays him as an Anthropological Don Quixote. Obeyesekere explores... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/25)
The All-Ceylon Buddhist Congress (ACBC) was the first institution in post-independence Sri Lanka to investigate colonial-era crimes and their impact , culminating in the 1956 publication of the Buddhist Commission Report. This report, popularly known as the Buddhist Commission Report (or in its abridged English version, The Betrayal of Buddhism), detailed the historical injustices faced by the Buddhist community under centuries of colonial rule and in the post-independence era, including the neglect of Buddhism under colonial rule, and was a significant event in Sri Lankan political and cultural history. Investigation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/25)
වික්ටෝරියා ව්යාපෘතියට අවශ්ය මුදල් හොයාගන්න එංගලන්තයට ගිය ජේ.ආර්. ජනාධිපතිතුමා සහ ගාමිණී දිසානායක ඇමතිතුමා මුණගැහෙන්නේ දෙවන එලිසබෙත් මහ රැජිනවයි. එතනදී ජනාධිපතිතුමා අපූරු යෝජනාවක් කරනවා. එතුමා කියනවා ලංකාවේ හදන්න යන මේ දැවැන්ත ජලාශයට, රැජිනගේ ආත්තම්මා වන වික්ටෝරියා රැජිනගේ නම දාන්න අපි කැමතියි, හැබැයි ඒකට අපිට ඔබතුමියගේ රටෙන් ණයක් ඕන කරනවා කියලා. ඇත්තටම එතන තිබුණු ස්වභාවික දිය ඇල්ලේ නම වික්ටෝරියා නිසා ඒ නම යොදාගන්න සැලසුම් කරලා තිබුණත්, මේ නම පාවිච්චි කරලා රැජිනගේ හිත දිනාගන්න ජනාධිපතිතුමා සමත් වුණා. මේ කතාවෙන් ගොඩක් සතුටු වුණු එලිසබෙත් රැජින, මේ ව්යාපෘතියට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/25)
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