Shenali D Waduge
Before the LTTE turned its guns on the Sri Lankan State, it turned them on Tamils. Yet, even 17 years after LTTE defeat there are attempts to continue to portray LTTE as the “sole representative of the Tamil people”. This is deliberately suppressing an ugly truth: the LTTE's first victims were Tamils themselves. Any Tamil who openly opposed, questioned or challenged the LTTE risked intimidation, isolation or elimination. Over time, fear replaced free expression. It became a case of either openly supporting LTTE or silently pretending to support them in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/26)
Shenali D Waduge
Former Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila addressed the media after providing a statement to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID), outlining a series of claims connected to investigative material arising from the Easter Sunday terror investigations. What he revealed cannot be lightly dismissed because Sri Lanka has already paid the price once for ignoring warnings. The Easter Sunday massacre of 21 April 2019 did not occur because there were no warnings. It occurred because warnings — both internal and external — were ignored, delayed, downplayed, politicized, or not acted upon with the urgency required. That... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
If Norway is truly interested in serving the people of Sri Lanka rather than clandestinely helping sectarian interests leading to fragmentation and balkanization of the country on a platform of ' Divide and Rule' , as was done in the past, it must shift its role from that of a 'peace mediator' toward pursuing colonial reparations from fellow European nations. In other words, it must begin to address the long - term historical grievances of the people of Sri Lanka that suffered heavily during the colonial era i.e., the darkest chapter in Ceylon's history... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
The rise and fall of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar remains one of the darkest chapters in modern criminal history. Escobar did not merely run a drug empire — he built a parallel power structure through fear, intimidation, bribery, and murder. Judges were assassinated. Journalists were silenced. Police chiefs were targeted. Politicians lived under constant threat. Even ordinary citizens became collateral damage in a system where criminal power attempted to overpower the State itself. Colombia during that era became a frightening example of what happens when organized crime infiltrates institutions and when fear... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/26)
e-Con e-News (ee)
The USA-owned platform, Wordpress, has 'reinstated' e-Con e-News (ee) after an almost 2-day suspension. No reasons have been given. ee is seeking alternate platforms, so as not to be subject to the whimsy of some decadent hand. Our latest blog was about who exactly rules the USA, as it seeks to further dominate Sri Lanka. Check it out. It's intriguing. Perhaps the US wishes to tell ee it already owns Sri Lanka. We are fully aware that the USA seeks to control the internet, as much the waterways that surround us, treating this 'highway'... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/26)
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Shenali D Waduge
Calls for reducing or removing Security Forces camps in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province in particular the Jaffna & Wanni security forces, are being promoted as post-conflict normalization, reconciliation, and civilian land release. These developments must be read as part of Sri Lanka’s broader transition from sovereign security control toward system-based dependency systematically instigated across Sri Lanka but visibly seen in the North and East strategic arc. This issue cannot be treated lightly. Such a decision cannot ignore wider geopolitical reality and implications that are being built around regional connectivity. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/26)
Udaya Gammanpila
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Dilrook Kannangara
After 60 years of continued rule, Dravidian political parties suffered a massive defeat in Tamil Nadu state of India at its state election. DMK, AIADMK and their various offshoots failed to win a sizable number of seats to rule the state. Instead, a newcomer to the political scene – TVK – led by an actor turned politician swept the election. However, his party lacked the majority and had to rely on a rival party’s support to get Joseph Vijay’s claim to the Chief Minister post. His voter card states that he’s a Christian – a fact... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/26)
by Senaka Weeraratna
In his February 2014 article, Senaka Weeraratna argued that a Narendra Modi premiership would trigger a "sea change" in India's regional leadership, moving away from Western influence toward an assertive, nationalist foreign policy, marked by increased civilizational pride The author questioned whether Sri Lanka was prepared for this transformation, predicting a shift toward a more respectful, culturally aligned partnership rather than previous diplomatic approaches. Read the full analysis on esamskriti.com. https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/opinion/india-under-narendra-modi-is-sri-lanka-ready/172-47140 India under Narendra Modi: Is Sri Lanka ready for its revolutionary transformation? by Senaka Weeraratnaon 01 Feb 201416 Comments... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/26)
Author: Hamsen B Paramahamsa
Part one This is Sri Lanka. Praised as the paradise island and called, in the history, as the granary of the east. Yes, it is true if one had the means. One can shift away from Colombo and seek refuge in regions where barely people live. It can be in the mountains, at the coast or even in the semi-barren Jaffna peninsula. Nature is reviving despite demographic pressure and random encroachment of virgin land. In and around cities and towns people commute about trading, practising professions or even be government... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
Norway's intervention in Sri Lanka's affairs is tantamount to a Kiss of Death. Its intervention in the past has always undermined national sovereignty, promoted betrayal of Sri Lanka's true interest and was always seen as the continuation of the deadly colonial policy of 'Divide and Rule'. Norway enjoys the reputation of a dedicated Christian theocratic State. Only followers of the Christian Lutheran Church were able to hold high office including the King of Norway, Judges and all senior civil and military officials, county governors, and most cabinet members, under the Constitution of Norway. The Church of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/26)
Dr. Sam Ben-Meir
Few words in modern political language are as burdened—or as reflexively rejected—as communism. To invoke it today is to invite immediate dismissal, as though history itself had rendered a final and irreversible judgment. The argument is familiar: the twentieth century tried communism, and it failed—catastrophically. But this argument rests on a confusion so basic that it would be surprising—were it not so convenient. It assumes that what occurred in the Soviet Union, Maoist China, or other so-called “actually existing socialist” states exhausts the meaning of communism. It treats a historically contingent set of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/26)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, May 11 (Daily Mirror) - The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) said today that environment clearance has not been granted for a cable car project at the Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak) site. Director General of the Central Environmental Authority Kapila Rajapaksha confirmed that no environment clearance has been granted for such a cable car project. He said this while responding to a question whether any approval has been granted to a cable car project at the Sri Pada site. It was earlier reported that attention... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/26)
පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය -ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්රී ගුණරත්න නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් -- ෆ්රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය
2026 මැයි 10 භාණ්ඩාගාර මංකොල්ලය ගැන මුදල් කාරක සභා වාර්තාව · හුදු කරුණු වාර්තා කිරීමක් පමණයි · මුදල් කමිටුවත් ව්යවස්ථාපිත වගකීම පැහැර හැරලා · බලධාරීන්ට නිදහසට කරුණු සොයාගන්න කාලය දීලා · කරුණු සැඟවීමට ආණ්ඩුවේ බළල් අතක් ලෙස උපකාර කරනවා භාණ්ඩාගාර මංකොල්ලය පිළිබඳ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මුදල් කාරක සභා වාර්තාව මගින්, මහ බැංකුවටත් - භාණ්ඩාගාරයටත් සිය වැරදි වසා ගැනීමට මාසයක කාලයක් ලබා දෙමින්, පහලම මට්ටමේ නිලධාරීන්ට හා ‘ආත්මයක් නොමැති පරිගණක යන්ත්ර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/05/26)
e-Con e-News 3-09 May 2026
“Before you study the economics, study the economists!” The USA Wants to Rule Sri Lanka, Yet Who Rules the USA? e-Con e-News 3-09 May 2026 * ‘Wall Street was tough to get into for us. Not to be crude but there’s a Jewish Mafia, & a WASP Mafia, & an Irish Mafia… …They hire their own; they socialize among their own.’ – Raj Rajaratnam, ruminates on his jailing for insider trading, in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/05/26)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර්
2022 අරගලය පුපුරා යාම සඳහා ආර්ථික අර්බුදය පාවිච්චි කිරීම පිළිබඳව අදහස් දක්වමින් මහාචාර්ය ලලිතසිරි ගුණරුවන් මහතා පවසන්නේ ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ආර්ථික අර්බුදයේ පළමු වගඋත්තර කරුවා කර ආර්ථික අර්බුදයට වගකිවයුතු සැබෑ වගඋත්තර කරුවන්ට බලයට පැමිණීමට අරගලය පාවාඩ එලුවාදැයි ප්රශ්නයක් පැන නගින බවය. ඒ මහතා මේ බව පැවසුවේ මොහාන් සමරනායක මහතා විසින් රචනා කළ 'ගාලු මුවදොර වර්ණ විප්ලවය' හෙවත් 'Regime Change ව්යාපෘතිය 2022' කෘතිය සමාජ ගත කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් ශ්රී ලංකා පදනම් ආයතනයේ දී පැවති උත්සව අවස්ථාවේදී ය. ආර්ථික අර්බුදයක් ඇතිවීමට විශේෂයෙන්ම බලපෑ විදේශ සංචිත කඩා වැටීම පිළිබඳව සහ ස්වෛරීත්ව ණය ලබා ගත් ආකාරය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/05/26)
(සේන තෝරදෙනිය විසින් "Alleged Suicide and the $ 2.5 Million Scam: Conspiracies, Autopsies and Public Distrust" නමින් ඉංගිරිසියෙන් ලියන ලද ලිපියේ සිංහල පරිවර්තනය: පරිවර්තනය ශ්රීමත් පුංචිහේවා විසිනි.)
හැඳින්වීම ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 2.5 ක සයිබර් වංචාවට සම්බන්ධ බව කියන භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ සහකාර අධ්යක්ෂවරයෙකුගේ සැක කටයුතු සියදිවි නසාගැනීම, කුමන්ත්රණ න්යායන්ගේ කුණාටුවක හඹා යාමක් ඇතිකොට තිබේ. සති දෙකකට වැඩි කාලයක් තිස්සේ මෙම න්යායන් මහජන කක්ෂයේ පුළුල්ව සංසරණය වෙමින්, සමාජ මාධ්ය මගින් දිනපතා උළුප්පා දක්වමින් සහ විපක්ෂ දේශපාලන පක්ෂවල විවේචන මගින් තහවුරු කරමින් පවතී. පාලක පක්ෂයේ බලපුළුවන්කාරයින් විසින් තමාගේ ස්ව-කැමැත්තට තෝරා පත්කර ගත් බව කියන ප්රාදේශීය අධිකරණ වෛද්ය නිලධාරීන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
Dr. Sunil J Wimalawansa Professor of Medicine
For more than sixty years, Sri Lanka has suffered repeated man‑made disasters. Every few years, something man-made (manufactured) happens that pushes the country back by almost a decade. These setbacks did not come from natural disasters—they came from selfish people, from violence, from poor leadership, and from decisions made without thinking about the nation’s future. Since 1971, uprisings, terrorism, and political chaos have taken thousands of young lives. Each time, the country lost not only its youth but also its stability, its economy, and its hope. But... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
Did you all know that consumption of Beef was forbidden in Japan, for over 1200 years? It was actively forbidden by the Buddhists and also the Hindu influence over Japanese philosophies, including Shintoism. Consumption was rare, stigmatized, and legally discouraged, rather than entirely nonexistent. If you consume, you'd be made to do penance for 100 days. Until 1872. And then came Emperor Meji and along with him he brought the Meiji restoration. He decided to go hook line and sinker and ape the west. Emperor Meiji formally lifted the bans to promote modernization, Westernization,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Colombo Dockyard PLC which is a subsidiary of Mazagon Shipyard of India and Sri Lankan marine engineering companies could benefit substantially from India’s planned shipbuilding component manufacturing expansion — but only if they reposition quickly from traditional repair-oriented activities into integrated regional supply-chain participation. The Indian strategy is not merely about building ships. It is about creating a complete maritime industrial ecosystem similar to what HD Hyundai, Chinese yards, and Japanese shipbuilding groups developed over decades. For Sri Lanka, the opportunity lies in becoming a specialized satellite maritime support hub rather than... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
Ven. Ampitiye Sumanarathana Thero
පූජ්ය අම්පිටියේ සුමනරතන නා හිමි. අමරපුර ශ්රී කළ්යාණිවංශික මහා නිකායේ මඩකලපුව - අම්පාර දෙදිසාවේ උප ප්රධාන සංඝනායක ශ්රී වාදීභසිංහ සිරි සුජාත ගෞරව ධර්ම කීර්ති ශ්රී සමාජ සේවා විභූෂණ විහාරාධිපති, ශ්රී මංගලාරාමය - මඩකලපුව, ශ්රී පන්ථාරාමය - සින්නවත්ත, ශ්රී සුධර්ශනාරාමය - රම්මුල්ල, ශ්රී අභිනවාරාමය - කෙවිළියාමඩුව රට ජාතිය බුදු සසුන වෙනුවෙන් සිදුකරනු ලබන අනුපමේය මෙහෙවරට ඔබටත් දායක විය හැක. අමතන්න 077 1791883 / 071 0479695 පූජ්ය අම්පිටියේ සුමනරතන නා හිමි. https://youtu.be/iPmamT7yrNY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2026/05/07/sri-lanka-india-land-bridge-opportunity-or-strategic-risk/ The proposed India–Sri Lanka land bridge must be viewed not merely as an infrastructure project, but as a long-term strategic and geopolitical decision with deep political, social, demographic, and security implications for Sri Lanka. At a time when Tamil Nadu politics is becoming increasingly assertive, Sri Lanka must proceed with extreme caution. The emergence of political figures such as Joseph Vijay, reportedly supported by influential Christian NGOs and regional nationalist groups, may create future pressures on Sri Lanka far beyond trade and connectivity. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
Dr. Alon Ben-Meir
Violence has metastasized into humanity's baseline condition. Yet international institutions remain paralyzed by vetoes and rivalry, offering hollow declarations while dehumanization becomes normalized. Coordinated action, not gestures, is desperately needed Global violence today is metastasizing, not contained; over 180,000 violent events reported globally by the International Institute for Strategic Studies signal a world in which conflict has become a baseline condition rather than an exception. More than 130 armed conflicts now rage—over twice the number of 15 years ago—shattering infrastructure, tearing apart social fabric, and normalizing dehumanization as a political weapon. Women and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/26)
By Rohana R. Wasala
Continued from April 26, 2026 Below is the last paragraph of Part III published eleven days ago: Be that as it may, his (i.e., president Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s) efforts are apparently expended on appeasing the handful of racist Tamil separatists and the few religious extremists hiding safely in plain sight, taking refuge within the larger peaceful Tamil, Catholic, and Muslim mainstream minority communities. The latent resurgence of political (Tamil separatist) and religio-political (Catholic and Islamist) extremism has become a complex social, political, and security issue for the Sinhalese Buddhist majority... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/26)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Palm leaf manuscripts have been in existence in Sri Lanka from the ancient period onwards. The two oldest palm-leaf manuscripts found in Sri Lanka today are the Cullavagga Pālimanuscript of the H.C.P. Bell collection, which is held at the Library of the National Museum, Colombo, and the Mahavagga Pāli manuscript in the University of Kelaniya collection. Photocopies of both are available at the Library of the University of Peradeniya. Both are dated to 13 century. Cullavagga manuscript has wooden covers richly decorated in lac with a design of flowers and foliage. Karmmavibhāga ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/26)
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Senaka Weeraratna
https://youtu.be/kmYF1fcMchU?si=SBVHpTqlDQ9mHxQY The Animal Welfare Bill proposed by the Law Commission in 2006 (and verbatim reproduced in the Private Members Bill tabled by Ven. Athureliya Rathana Thera, in Parliament, in October 2010) has been hijacked by the Meat Trade and its collaborators and converted into an Animal Welfare Bill (2022) protecting not the innocent animals but the interests of the Poultry and Meat trade, and those who use live Animals in totally unnecessary experiments despite the availability of viable non-violent and harmless suitable alternatives. The Animal Welfare Bill (2006) introduced a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/26)
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By Sarath Obeysekera
The renewed call by India’s High Commissioner to fast-track a land bridge between Sri Lanka and India has reignited an important national debate. There are serious concerns inside Sri Lanka, even hinted in public reactions and past debates: 1. Sovereignty & security concerns Fear of uncontrolled movement of people and goods Customs, immigration, and law enforcement challenges 2. Economic imbalance Risk Sri Lanka becomes: A satellite economy Or overwhelmed by Indian labour and goods ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/26)
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In 2026, the United States reached a new turning point that revealed this cycle in real time: federal interest payments on public debt surpassed defence spending for the first time in American history. According to the US Treasury Department’s Quarterly Statement (Q1 FY2026), net interest payments reached $270.3 billion, exceeding the Pentagon’s $266.9 billion spent in the same quarter. On an annual basis, this equals around $1.04 trillion a year. It’s higher than America’s entire 2025 defence budget, which stood at roughly $839 billion before the current conflict, per the Congressional Budget Office (CBO,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/26)
By Sena Thoradeniya
Introduction The alleged suicide of an Assistant Director in the Treasury, linked to the US $2.2 million cyber fraud, has ignited a storm of conspiracy theories. For more than two weeks these theories have circulated widely in the public domain, amplified daily by social media and reinforced by criticisms from opposition political parties. The autopsy or the judicial postmortem examination, conducted by four “regional” Judicial Medical Officers (JMOs), reportedly handpicked by ruling party panjandrums, has only deepened suspicion. Opposition politicians and social media activists allege that all four JMOs are either... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/26)
Shenali D Waduge
The reported move by the Criminal Investigation Department Sri Lanka to obtain a statement from Asad Maulana living overseas since 2022, in connection with allegations involving Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay, raises several questions. Media reports indicate that the CID’s actions are linked to a complaint filed by Father Rohan based on claims made by Asad Maulana in the Channel 4 Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings: Dispatches. Several issues remain unaddressed: Why did Maulana not appear before domestic commissions or parliamentary committees to officially state his claims post-attacks Why... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/26)
