Aloysius Hettiarachchi
While engaged on a research work to find out how the process of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) works as it applies to Reinforced Concrete Structural Analysis, I came across the report of such an analysis by a group of researchers of the University of California funded by their State Government. My attempt was to fix a bug in an expensive software package which some engineers working for me used thereby getting wrong results. The finite elements are chosen in various shapes and sizes according to the need of the problem. They can be two dimensional plates... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/02/25)
Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya
A recent island-wide power outage that lasted for several hours has sparked concerns over the country's national security and the reliability of its power grid. The incident, which was initially attributed to a lone monkey invading a substation in the Panadura area, has raised more questions than answers. The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has offered a different explanation, citing the integration of solar power installations on rooftops into the main grid as the cause of the outage. According to the CEB, the unpredictable nature of renewable energy production, which can vary depending... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/02/25)
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The Legal Officer's Association of the Attorney General's Department firmly asserted that the Attorney General and officials involved in the relevant decision-making process have exercised their independent professional judgment in line with the esteemed traditions of the Attorney General's Department regarding recent recommendations to discharge the three suspects in a case. The Association unequivocally declares that it will not hesitate to defend the Attorney General against any attempts to remove him from office. Acting Secretary of the Legal Officers' Association Tashya Gajanayake issuing a statement also stated: “The Legal Officers' Association... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/02/25)
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Dilrook Kannangara
All of Sri Lanka’s miseries and problems boil down to its multiethnic nature which has led to conflicting policy priorities. One avenue of approach which may benefit one group, is not very beneficial to the other two groups. As a result, Sri Lanka is stuck in this trijunction unable to move. This is why the NPP regime despite 159 seats in parliament and the executive president is unable to make any real change. It is safe to just sit in the middle of the trijunction than move in any single direction and hurt the aspirations or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/02/25)
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera Executive Director, South Asia Foresight Network (SAFN)
Bangkok, Thailand (February 11th, 2025) – The South Asia Foresight Network (SAFN), based in Washington, DC, and the Nation-Building International Institute (NBII) in Thailand have entered into a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to foster research collaboration and academic exchange on 7thFebruary 2025 in Thailand. This landmark partnership will drive joint research initiatives across Thailand and Southeast Asia, with SAFN focusing on foreign policy, security, and futures research in the region. “Thailand, as ASEAN’s second-largest economy, stands at a crucial geopolitical crossroads. This partnership will create new opportunities to develop high-impact research that strengthens regional cooperation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/02/25)
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ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ජනමතය විකෘති කිරීම සඳහා යූ.එස්. එයිඩ් ආයතනයෙන් ඩොලර් මිලියන 7.9ක් ලබාගත් මාධ්ය ආයතන, මාධ්යවේදින් හා දේශපාලඥයන් පිළිබඳව පරීක්ෂණයක් පැවැත්වීමට ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතාට හෝ ආණ්ඩුවට කොන්ද පණ නැත්නම් විපක්ෂයේ කොන්ද පණ තිබෙන එක් මන්ත්රීවරයකු හෝ සිටී නම් පාර්ලිමේන්තු තේරීම් කාරක සභාවක් යෝජනා කරමින් මේ පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනය කොට රටේ ජනතාවට මාස තුනක් ඇතුළත වාර්තාවක් නිකුත් කරන්නැයි ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා අභියෝග කළේය. බත්තරමුල්ලේ පිහිටි ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ නව මූලස්ථානයේ පැවැති මාධ්ය හමුවකට එක්වෙමින් විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා මේ බව පැවසීය. මේ රටේ සංස්කෘතික පදනම විනාශ කරන්න දේශපාලන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/02/25)
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අග්රාමාත්ය හරිනී අමරසූරිය මහත්මිය වහාම එම ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස් විය යුතු බව පූජ්ය අක්මීමන දයාරත්න හිමියෝ කියා සිටිති. USAID ආයතනයෙන් රට අර්බුදයට පත් කිරීමට, විජාතිකරණය කිරීමට මුදල් ලබා ගත්තේ යැයි ඇයට චෝදනා එල්ල වෙමින් ඇතැයිද උන්වහන්සේ සඳහන් කරති. ඇමරිකානු ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් එලිදරවු කරන ලද USAID මුදල් සංසරණ වූ අය යැයි පැවසෙන ලැයිස්තුවේ වර්තමාන අගමැතිනි හරිනි අමරසූරිය මහත්මියගේ ද නම වන බව උන්වහන්සේ කියා සිටිති. මෙරට සමලිංගිකකරණය සමාජගත කිරීමට අග්රාමාත්යවරිය ඇතුළු කණ්ඩායමකට මුදල් යෙදවූ බවට සමාජයේ මතයක් පවත් පැවතුණු බවද පැවසූ උන් වහන්සේ එසේ එලවූ චෝදනා දැන් දැන් හෙළිදරවෙමින් ඇති තොරතුරු සමග... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/02/25)
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The Cabinet Media Spokesperson, Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, says that the Attorney General’s Department will not be abolished when the Independent Prosecutor’s Office is established. He made these comments during a press briefing held today (11) to announce the Cabinet decisions. Minister Jayatissa further clarified that the new institution is planned to be implemented with the goal of delivering services more efficiently than the Attorney General’s Department in the administration of justice. Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa also stated that the Attorney General, the Attorney Ge... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/02/25)
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Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros’ organisations received $260 million from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to influence political affairs and destabilise multiple nations, including India and Bangladesh, according to a news report. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), an account link to Trump alleged, “George Soros received $260,000,000.00 from USAID and used this money to spread chaos, change governments and personal gain in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Syria, Iran, Pakistan, India, UK, and the US.” His remarks add to the growing scrutiny of US foreign aid, particularly as Trump’s administration has frozen... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/02/25)
By Raj Gonsalkorale
High road crash fatality and injury rates on Sri Lanka’s roads are undermining the economic growth and progress made over the past decade on reducing poverty and boosting prosperity. Estimated annual road crash deaths per capita in Sri Lanka are twice the average rate in high-income countries and five times that of the best performing countries in the world. Available data indicate an average of 38,000 crashes annually which result in around 3,000 fatalities and 8,000 serious injuries. Sri Lanka has the worst road fatality rate among its immediate neighbors in the South Asia region... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/02/25)
වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන
නීතිපතිවරයා ඉවත් කරන්න යාම ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්යය ද?ගැසට් කළ 22 නිසා ජනාධිපති, පාර්ලිමේන්තු ධූර කාලය වසර 6ද?2025 මාර්තු 15 කොළඹ දී..28වන නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහනනීතිපතිවරයා ඉවත් කරන්නට යාම ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්යයද?19යේ වැරැද්දක් නිවැරදි කිරීමටගැසට් කළ 22 ගැනනීතීඥ සංගමය නිහඬ ඇයි?නීතිපතිගේ අනුමැතියෙන් ගැසට් කළ22 නිසා අලුත් ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ සහ අලුත් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ධූර කාලය වසර 6ද?"නීතිය" අනිවාර්ය විෂයක් ලෙසපාසලේ ඉගැන්විය යුත්තේ ඇයි?2025 මාර්තු 15 සෙනසුරාදා පෙ. ව. 10ට=නීති සටහන් ලබා දේ)කොළඹ මහජන පුස්තකාල සම්මන්ත්රණ ශාලාවේදී -1වන මහළසමායෝජක,වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණනීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන(ආසන වෙන්කර ගැනීමට විමසන්න දුරකථන 0712063394)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/02/25)
By Dr Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam.
The LTTE got their training and funding from the PLO, which is the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the arms they gained or got from Pakistan. This is why the Indian Central Government was very much against the LTTE and its leadership group. In fact the LTTE was an organization which diversified their businesses and even sold things like oils and soups to more dangerous items such as drugs and weapons. It is true that Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in overseas countries funded LTTE. The real fact was most of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/02/25)
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday (10) led a high-powered Sri Lankan delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a three-day official visit at the invitation of UAE President Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to take part in the World Government Summit 2025, the Government confirmed. It is understood that President Dissanayake will explore energy supply and investment opportunities while he attends the forum. Meanwhile, in Sri Lanka, the public remains in the dark about what happened on Sunday (9) when the island once again faced an unplanned 7-hour-long islandwide power outage. With... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/02/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර්
USAID විසින් එක්සත් ජනපදයේ උපන් අල්-කයිඩා සාමාජිකයෙකු වන අන්වර් අල්-අව්ලාකිට(Anwar al-Awlaki) මූල්ය ආධාර ලබා දී ඇති බව එක්සත් ජනපද විමර්ශන මාධ්යවේදිනියක් වන පැමෙලා බ්රවුන්(Pamela Browne) විසින් හෙළිදරව් කර තිබේ. 1990 ගණන්වල කොලරාඩෝ ප්රාන්ත විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ සිවිල් ඉංජිනේරු විද්යාව හැදෑරීම සඳහා අල්-අව්ලාකිට USAID විසින් "පූර්ණ අරමුදල්" ලබා දුන් බවට හෙළිකෙරෙන පත්රිකාවක් ද ඇය විසින් අන්තර්ජාලයට මුදාහැර තිබේ. ලේඛනයේ අල්-අව්ලාකිගේ උපන් ස්ථානය යේමනය ලෙස ලැයිස්තුගත කර තිබුනද එය නිවැරදි නොවන බවත්, ඔහුගේ ළමා කාලය යේමනයේ ගත කළද, ඔහු නිව් මෙක්සිකෝවේ උපත ලබා ඇති බවත් අනාවරණය වී ඇත. 2000 වසරේ දී,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/02/25)
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National Freedom Front leader Wimal Weerawansa claims that USAID has funneled money to several politicians in the country, stating that their identities will be revealed in the future. Speaking at a press conference, he stressed the need for a parliamentary select committee to investigate those who received such funds. The Trump administration’s suspension of USAID activities has sparked global controversy. In the 2023 fiscal year alone, USAID donated $72 billion to various countries, with a recent report detailing its expenditures. It was revealed that $7.9 million had been allocated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/02/25)
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blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 02-08 February 2025 Maybe they don’t die uneasily like the rest of us. They simply pass away in their sleep. But pass, they do. The serendipitously synchronous slipping into samsara of 2 of Sri Lanka’s nameboard oligarchs – Kandiah Balendra of Keells, & Don Harold Stassen Jayawardena of Distilleries’ Co, this week, recalls their twin origins in the colonial English plantation agency houses; and more particularly, in the aftermath of the destabilization of the 1970-77... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/02/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Our government is battling it out on many fronts in regard to the promises it made while campaigning for the presidential and general elections. It spoke of bringing down the cost of living and lessening the burdens on the worse-off section of our people. Unfortunately though four long months have passed, our people are finding it difficult to find rice these days. To make this situation worse, the price is way beyond the means of the consumer. While salaries have remained stagnant, unfortunately, the price of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/02/25)
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One of the devastated churches after the Easter Sunday blasts Pillayan, whilst in Batticaloa prison, is accused of having aided and abetted the conspirators of the Easter attack to make connections with Zaharan and his suicide team Even after Maithripala Sirisena became Executive President in 2015, regular Army intelligence payments to the TMVP mercenary had been continuedAccording to Maulana, two months after this meeting and 14 months after the Sallay- Zaharan meeting at Wanathawilluwa, the Easter attack had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/02/25)
Shenali D Waduge
The 2022 aragalaya was led on the premise that the Rajapakse’s were responsible for Sri Lanka’s economic crisis. That “revolt” led by Cardinal & heads of the Church was responsible for tax payers coughing up Rs.1.22billion in damages to 43 politicians who had their homes, vehicles & property destroyed. This excludes the millions in damages to the Presidents House, Presidents Secretariat, Temple Trees, PM’s Office, Rupavahini/ITN some of the antiques that were stolen or damaged that are now beyond repair. The protestors who accused the Rajapakse’s of destroying the economy ended up... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/02/25)
by Jonathan Cook Courtesy defenddemocracy.press
The West’s ‘war on terror’ was built on a series of deceptions to persuade us that our leaders were crushing Islamist extremism. In truth, they were nourishing it The story: Did you believe it 30 years ago when they told you that the Oslo Accords would bring peace to the Middle East? That Israel would finally withdraw from the Palestinian territories it had illegally occupied for decades, end its brutal repression of the Palestinian people, and allow a Palestinian state to be created there? That the longest running sore for the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/02/25)
By Dr Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam
Sri Lanka has performed poorly in the two Test Matches against Australia to date because they did not have the batsmen to combat the spin bowlers of Australia and score runs substantively to put pressure on the Australian team and Sri Lanka also did not have the bowlers penetrative enough to bowl out Australia cheaply in their first and second innings as the Australian batmen led by Steve Smith had the class, patience and poise to combat and get on top of the Sri Lankan spin bowlers in key sessions the two Test... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/02/25)
By Professor Emeritus I. M. Dharmadasa Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
This article summarises the history of solar energy development in Sri Lanka that I have been involved with, over the past 40 years and my thoughts on the present situation in the country. As an active solar energy conversion researcher in both academia and industry (British Petroleum Research in London), I have seen the maturity of this technology since the late 1980s and started to promote it in schools and community events in the United Kingdom. I then extended this work to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/02/25)
by Dr Sirimewan Dharmaratne, former Senior Analyst, HMRC, UK.
Mahinda Rajapaksa Although this may not be doable at all times, it is possible to retrospectively assess the economic impact of crucial decisions. While putting a value on a person may seem unethical or unconscionable, everyone has an economic value. Our lives are valued for myriad of commercial purposes, such as for insurance policies, compensation for work place injuries and death and for various illnesses due to environmental pollution and other such instances. In all these cases, what is valued is the economic life,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/02/25)
by Neville Ladduwahetty
Following President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visit, first to India and then to China, Foreign Policy analysts and Commentators of repute have cautioned the NPP government the need to exercise BALANCE particularly in respect of its relations with India and China. The question is how balancing could be the guiding policy in Sri Lanka’s relations with India and China, when balancing is only a strategy? For instance, is the prospect of a 200,000 barrels a day refinery by China in Hambantota to be balanced by a prospective refinery by India in Trincomalee even... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/02/25)
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Susantha Liyanaarachchi A presidential advisor, identified as D. Gamage, had asked a delegation representing the SME sector to “surround the Central Bank” instead of troubling officers at the Presidential Secretariat, Susantha Liyanaarachchi, Chairman of the National Construction Association of Sri Lanka (NCASL) told the media yesterday near the Presidential Secretariat. Liyanaarachchi said so following a meeting with Gamage, on Friday, during a protest staged by a group of small- and medium-scale entrepreneurs, affiliated with the MSME Joint Alliance, outside the Presidential Secretariat against parate executions. Five... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/02/25)
LAKMAL SOORIYAGODA Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, Feb 08 (Daily Mirror) - The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), in a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, strongly emphasised that decisions of the Attorney General in criminal matters should not be subject to review by political authorities, including the Cabinet of Ministers. Such interference, the BASL argued, would undermine the independence of the Attorney General’s office, which is crucial for upholding the rule of law. The BASL, one of Sri Lanka’s largest professional bodies, sent this letter to the President amidst controversy over the discharge of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/02/25)
Courtesy Hiru News
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that Sri Lanka’s compliance with IMF conditions in the 2025 budget will be a key factor in approving the next tranche of funding under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). IMF Communications Director Julie Kozack confirmed that the Executive Board will review the third assessment of Sri Lanka’s EFF in the coming weeks. She noted that a staff-level agreement was reached on November 23 between the IMF delegation and Sri Lankan authorities, and once approved, Sri Lanka will receive approximately $333 million in financing. Kozack... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/02/25)
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The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has raised concerns over reports that the Cabinet may review the Attorney General’s (AG) decision to discharge three suspects in the Lasantha Wickrematunge assassination case. In a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the BASL stressed that while the AG is accountable to the public, his role is quasi-judicial, requiring decisions based on legal merit and admissible evidence. It warned that political interference could undermine the AG’s independence and the rule of law. The BASL noted that the Supreme... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/02/25)
Anthima Pituwa - Sepal Amarasinghe
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