Shenali D Waduge
On 21 April 2019, Sri Lanka was struck by coordinated suicide bombings targeting three churches and three luxury hotels, killing at least 270 people and injuring around 500. The attackers were linked to National Thowheed Jama'ath (NTJ), an extremist group previously under the radar of Sri Lankan security services. Intelligence warnings of an imminent attack — including specific threats to churches and the Indian High Commission — were reportedly issued in the weeks before the incident but were not acted upon effectively. This systemic failure would become central to every major inquiry that followed — including the Parliamentary Select Committee Report... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/02/26)
Chandre Dharmawardana
If it was a bird's foot, (as said by some writers - who are they?), why was it called "Sigiriya" and identified all along the centuries with a lion foot? There is great readiness among some recent writers to downplay their heritage in the name of "reconciliation", and even claim Sigiriya to be a Chola monument built by the ruler "Kasi-Appan"? A well known Peradeniya historian ignored everything in Sigiri Griffiti (written in 8th century Sinhala, and some of it by pilgrims from Valikkamam of the North, but not a word of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/02/26)
History Undug
Long before modern hospitals and surgical science, ancient Sri Lanka developed one of the world's most advanced medical systems. This documentary explores the Mihintale Hospital Complex, believed to be the oldest known hospital in the world, revealing how advanced healthcare, surgery, pharmacology, and public medicine existed over 1,000 years ago. We also uncover the remarkable story of King Buddhadasa, the legendary physician-king who personally performed complex surgeries, treated animals, wrote advanced medical texts, and created a nationwide healthcare system built on compassion and scientific understanding. Through archaeology, ancient texts, and historical evidence, this film reveals a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/02/26)
BY J.A.A.S. Ranasinghe
26 Feb 2026 | The shipbuilding sector is vital to the global economy, influencing international trade, transportation, and defense. As global trade and the need for energy-efficient vessels rise, these nations are set to expand their influence. Their success hinges on advanced technology, skilled labour, and a dedication to innovation, keeping them competitive in a fast-paced market. The US shipbuilding industry requires about 200,000 to 250,000 additional maritime workers in critical occupations, such as welding, fabricating, soldering, and front-line management, to satisfy the demand over the next decade. If the demand... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/02/26)
Dilrook Kannangara
Sri Lanka concludes another cricket tournament that won't be missed. As usual fans are angry and want wholesale changes from players to coaches, selectors to the administration. However, none of that can fix Sri Lanka cricket because the problem is far deeper than that. Things have changed from the era of 1970s to 1990s. Blaming the conduct of players and others is misplaced. Best players in the world are not ranked by their conduct outside the field. Commercialization though is partly to be blamed, has affected all countries and Sri Lanka is not alone.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/02/26)
Richard D. Wolff Courtesy Counterpunch.org
Facebook Twitter Reddit Bluesky Email The SCOTUS rejection of Trump’s tariffs changes little. The empire’s decline persists, and with it, its extension to the US economy as a whole. And it will continue whether or not Trump finds another law to use to justify tariffs (at higher, lower, or the same levels as now) and whether or not SCOTUS invalidates it. The tariffs of 2025 exposed the basic decline situation, including some of the costs of having denied and kicked that problem down the road so many times. The SCOTUS... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/02/26)
The Mahavamsa
https://share.google/aimode/59EP5UjiM89yn9tDn ("Great Chronicle") is one of the world's most significant and longest unbroken historical records, chronicling over 2,500 years of Sri Lankan history. Written as an epic poem in the Pali language, it is recognized for initiating a mature historiographic tradition in South Asia. Key Significance and Legacy Global Recognition: In 2023, the Mahavamsa was officially inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register, cementing its status as a piece of globally important documentary heritage. Historical Accuracy: While it contains legendary and religious... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/02/26)
Dr. Alon Ben-Meir
Trump’s rhetoric and policies on immigration and citizenship consistently elevate white, especially European, migrants while targeting non-white communities for exclusion, removal, or diminished political power. His efforts collectively push a racial hierarchy embedded in state policy. Framed as “security,” “merit,” or “rule of law,” these measures function to narrow the American electorate and safeguard long-term white Republican dominance. A historical and civil rights-informed assessment of Trump’s record characterizes his immigration agenda—Muslim bans, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) terminations, birthright citizenship attacks, and selective refugee admissions—as advancing a racialized vision of US society. His slogan,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/02/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
Former Member of Parliament Sarath Weerasekara stated that the arrest of retired Major General Suresh Sallay, former head of the State Intelligence Service, is a calculated move to mislead the public. Speaking at a press conference in Colombo, he claimed the arrest serves as a deceptive measure intended to appease the Cardinal, the Catholic Church, and the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks while diverting public attention. He further noted that even the Police Media Unit appeared to lack clarity regarding the specific grounds for the retired officer's arrest. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/02/26)
Karma
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Harindra Jayalal
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Shenali D Waduge
Sri Lanka reveres the Mahāvamsa as its foundational chronicle — and rightly so. Without it, much of our early history would be lost to time or victim of fake narratives as seen in the present. Yet reverence must never replace reasoning. Respect must not suspend inquiry— especially when the figure at the heart of the story, Prince Vijaya, appears at the intersection of myth, politics, and symbolic storytelling. One figure sits at the heart of our origin story: Prince Vijaya — the supposed founder of the Sinhala people. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/02/26)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
The term “Genocide” was invented by the lawyer Raphael Lemkin, a Polish Jew. The word came into use after the wholesale massacre of Jews in World War II. I The word was recognized in the Nuremberg trials which took place at the end of World War II. UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, (Genocide Convention ) was ratified in 1948. The Genocide Convention has been accepted by 153 States , including Sri Lanka .Signatories to the Convention are obliged to pass domestic legislation on Genocide but Genocide is ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/02/26)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Tamil Separatist Movement has successfully embedded the notion of Tamil Genocide in Canada, starting with the Legislative assembly of Ontario. Tamil diaspora has a presence in this Assembly and a private member’s bill (Bill 104) by Vijay Thanigasalam [1] In May 2021, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario unanimously passed Bill 104 and created the Tamil Genocide Education Week Act (TGEWA). The stated purpose of the Bill is to, a) designate the week following May 18 each year as ‘Tamil Genocide Education Week’ and b) educate Ontarians about ‘Tamil Genocide and other genocides that have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/02/26)
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National Development Bank PLC
Highlights Profit after taxes reach an all-time high of LKR 11.0 billion (2024: LKR 9.0 billion). Excluding the one-off impact of the ISB debt-restructure in 2024, which represents close to a two-fold growth on a comparable basis Net loans and deposits expand by 26.7% and 10.4% respectively on a normalised basis, outperforming industry averages on an all currency basis across both local currency and foreign currency Credit granted to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises expands by over 25.0% showcasing the Bank’s continued commitment... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/02/26)
Gamini Goonetilleke
The first mortar screamed just after dawn on 10 June 1990. It tore through the coral-stone ramparts of Jaffna fort, the blast rattling every window in the city. Inside the pentagonal walls, 130 men- soldiers of the Sinha Regiment and young police recruits- looked at one another and knew: this was no skirmish. This was a siege. For 107 days, the old Portuguese-Dutch-British fortress became the eye of a storm that swallowed the peninsula, Outside, LTTE snipers hid in the public library, mortars thundered from behind the post office, and a home-built monster called... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/02/26)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, Feb. 25 (Daily Mirror) - Former Minister Ali Sabry has expressed concern over the arrest of former State Intelligence Chief Suresh Sallay, describing it as a troubling development for the Sri Lanka Army and its Intelligence Corps. In a statement posted on social media, Sabry said the arrest of Major General Sallay—an officer he noted was associated with operations that dismantled the LTTE’s intelligence network and targeted senior leadership figures including Tamilchelvan, as well as efforts linked to the apprehension of Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP)—raises serious concerns about the direction of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/02/26)
Courtesy Daily Mirror
Colombo, Feb. 25 (Daily Mirror) - The Colombo High Court today ordered that Daisy Forrest, the grandmother of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, be released from the case filed against her under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Deputy Solicitor General Janaka Bandara today presented to court a special psychiatric report obtained through the Colombo Judicial Medical Officer to determine whether the accused, Daisy Forrest, was mentally fit to stand trial. He informed the court that medical recommendations had concluded that the accused was not in a suitable mental condition to face trial. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/02/26)
Courtesy HiruNews
රාජ්ය බුද්ධි සේවයේ හිටපු ප්රධානී, විශ්රාමික මේජර් ජෙනරල් සුරේෂ් සලේ අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමේ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් ජාත්යන්තර ත්රස්තවාදය සහ ආරක්ෂාව පිළිබඳ විශේෂඥයෙකු වන මහාචාර්ය රොහාන් ගුණරත්න සඳහන් කර ඇත්තේ මෙම අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම දේශපාලනික ක්රියාවලියක් ලෙස පෙනෙන බවයි. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වඩාත්ම ගෞරවනීය ජාතික ආරක්ෂක වෘත්තිකයෙකු වන ජෙනරාල් සුරේෂ් සලේ මුළු ජීවිතයම ශ්රී ලංකාව ආරක්ෂා කිරීම සඳහා කැප කළ අයෙක් බවයි ඔහු සඳහන් කරන්නේ ජෙනරාල් සලේ කිසිදු වරදක් කළ අයෙකු නොවන අතර 2019 වසරේ සිදු වූ පාස්කු ඉරිදා ප්රහාරයට ද ඔහුගේ කිසිදු සම්බන්ධයක් නොමැති බව මහාචාර්යවරයා පවසනවා. ප්රහාරය සිදුවන අවස්ථාවේ මැලේසියාවේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/02/26)
SL Leaders
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Truth with Chamuditha
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German Dharmaduta Society
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many German intellectuals and seekers viewed British occupied Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) as the "Mecca of Buddhism". This fascination was driven by several key factors: Purity of Doctrine: German scholars, influenced by the writings of Arthur Schopenhauer and Hermann Oldenberg, believed Ceylon preserved the "purest" form of Theravada Buddhism and the original Pali Canon. Ven. Nyanatiloka The Island Hermitage at Polgasduwa: Founded in 1911 by the German monk (born Anton Gueth), the Island Hermitage became the primary center for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/02/26)
National Development Bank PLC
NDB Bank recently spearheaded a large-scale environmental clean-up initiative at the Negombo Lagoon, reinforcing its long-term commitment to environmental sustainability through its ongoing “Adopt a Lagoon” programme in partnership with Clean Ocean Force . The initiative brought together over 200 participants, including NDB Bank staff volunteers, the Hon. Mayor and representatives of the Negombo Municipal Council, the Sri Vimukthi Women Association, the Negombo Divisional Secretariat, the Department of Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management (CCD), the Sri Lanka Air Force, and the Sri Lanka Police Environmental Division. United by a shared mission... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/02/26)
Courtesy: AI Overview
https://share.google/aimode/ULnAIYYnmjZK0eOd1 AI Overview Demographic shifts are placing Islam on a trajectory to potentially become the world's most populous religion by the end of the 21st century . Current data from Pew Research Center suggests that while the world is adjusting, significant social and political challenges remain. Global Growth and Parity Rapid Expansion: The global Muslim population is projected to grow by 73% between 2010 and 2050, compared to a 35% increase for Christians. Near Parity by 2050: By mid-century, Muslims are expected... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/02/26)
Top News Lk
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e-Con e-News
blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com “Before you study the economics, study the economists!” e-Con e-News 15-21 February 2026 The capitalist media keeps saying that the Jeffrey Epstein exposé is the ‘worst sex abuse scandal in US history’. Really? Strange then, how very few corporate ‘executives’ in the US seem to have been indicted for these crimes. But, but… ‘the worst’? The USA (& their European sponsors) has been waging genocidal wars from their very birth, involving all manner of abuse & mutilation & desecration of bodies, alive & dead. Scalping was an English invention for acounting purposes. And... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/02/26)
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge
The shocking murder of former Sri Lankan parliamentarian Amarakirthi Athukorala, along with his security officer, during ARAGALAYA in 2022, raises profound questions regarding human behaviour and the darker aspects of human nature. According to the reports, the mob attacked the two men with poles and clubs. The post-mortem examination revealed that MP Athukorala died from multiple injuries, severe fractures, and internal bleeding. This tragic incident was not perpetrated by professional assassins but rather by ordinary individuals. In light of this tragic event, it is imperative to pose a critical question. What drives an average individual to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/02/26)
සමායෝජක වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන
2026.02.21 "ජාත්යන්තර මව් භාෂා දිනය වෙනුවෙන් වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන විසින් පවත්වන පවත්වන ලද නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහනේදිකැළණිය විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ සංස්කෘත අධ්යානාංශයේ මහාචාර්ය පූජ්ය ඉඳුරාගාරේ ධම්මරතන හිමි, නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා සහ නීතීඥ අජිත් බන්දුල මහතා කොළඹ මහජන පුස්තකාලයේ ප්රවේශාගාරයේදී දේශන පැවැත්වීමට සහභාගී වූ අතර එම නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහනේ සජීවී විකාශයේ පටිගත දර්ශන සඳහා පහත අන්තර්ජාල සැබැඳිවලින් යොමු වන්න.අදාල කරගත් මාතෘකා1. 1978 ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ (සිංහල) සහ ඉංග්රීසි ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා පිටපතේ තිබෙන භාෂා වෙනස්කම්2. ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 83.ආ (සිංහල)/ 83.b (ඉංග්රීසි) ව්යවස්ථාවේ වෙනසක් නිවැරදි කිරීමට මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ සභාපති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/02/26)
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Dr Sarath Obeysekera
New Ports Authority chairman may have a daunting task to suppress bureaucracy in the Port Port authority deployed ADB Asiandevelopment Bank to carry out a master plan to develop .Trincomalee Harbour So far no action had been taken implement the ADB suggested proposals Recent submission by EDB to obtain green light to develop offshore industry in Clapoenburg area of Trincomalee harbour was not supported by SLPA citing rejection by CEA This issue has surfaced when EDB presented the proposal to EDCM ( Export Development Committee of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/02/26)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
නොරොච්චෝල ලක්විජය බලාගාරය සඳහා මෙරටට ගෙන්වන ලද මුල් ගල්අඟුරු නැව් හයේම අඩංගු ගල්අඟුරු, අනුමත ටෙන්ඩර් ප්රමිතීන්ට වඩා බෙහෙවින් පහත් මට්ටමක පවතින බව රසායනාගාර වාර්තා මගින් තහවුරු වී ඇතැයි බලශක්ති විශේෂඥ විදුර රලපනාව මහතා පවසයි. අදාළ ටෙන්ඩර් කොන්දේසි අනුව ප්රතික්ෂේප කළ යුතු මට්ටමේ (Reject levels) පවතින ගල්අඟුරු මෙලෙස දිගින් දිගටම බලාගාරය වෙත භාරගෙන ඇති බව හෙළිදරව් වී තිබේ. රලපනාව මහතා පෙන්වා දෙන පරිදි, ගල්අඟුරු ප්රමිතිය මැන බලන ප්රධාන පරාමිතීන් තුනම මෙම නැව් හයේදී අසමත් වී ඇත. ටෙන්ඩර් කොන්දේසි අනුව මෙය 5900 kCal/kg ට වඩා වැඩි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/02/26)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
If you look at Sri Lanka’s debt crisis, I have argued it is not because of China or India or Japan. The main culprit are the bond markets The IMF programme puts a lot of constraints on spending The Rajapaksas might have thought they can play China against India, but that doesn’t work There is a lot of financing for green energy. But often, I would say a lot of that is ‘green washing’ As a response to Managing Director of the International Monetary... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/02/26)
Courtesy Adaderana
Arab and Muslim governments have condemned remarks made by the US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who suggested Israel would be justified in taking over a vast stretch of the Middle East on Biblical grounds. In an interview with conservative US commentator Tucker Carlson, Huckabee was asked whether Israel had a right to an area which the host said was, according to the Bible, “essentially the entire Middle East”. The ambassador said “it would be fine if it took it all”. But he added Israel was not seeking to do so, rather... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/02/26)
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A lawyer who was arrested by the Keselwatta Police while allegedly using crystal methamphetamine (commonly known as “Ice”) in a dark and abandoned building in the Sanchiarachchi Watta area of Keselwatta, has been remanded until February 26 after being produced before the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court. The suspect was found in possession of 130 milligrams of ice, various utensils used in the consumption of ‘Ice’, and a lawyer’s identity card. Based on information received, a team including the OIC of the Keselwatta Police Crime Division had entered the dark, deserted building and searched... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/02/26)
https://youtu.be/ss_-DL68_Lo රජය රටේ අනන්ය ලක්ෂණ නොසලකා හැරීම අදියර 2 -ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ භාෂා වෙනස්කම් 2026.02.21 ජාත්යන්තර මව් භාෂා දින නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/02/26)
