Dilrook Kannangara
The world's oldest ideology-led regime has beaten Gen Z protests when far more flexible and democratic regimes have collapsed. Interestingly not so much by using violence but by using latest technology. The use of violence is unfortunate but failed to quell rioting and protests. Gen Z very heavily rely on the internet not just to connect and spread information but also as a daily routine. If a section of Gen Z resorts to regime change protests or political upheaval, the surest way to bust them is to cut off the internet. It has other casualties but... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/26)
Courtesy Aleteia
Asela Dassanayake CC Philip Kosloski - published on 01/16/26 St. Joseph Vaz became poor so that he could more effectively preach the Gospel to the people of Sri Lanka. Missionaries often have to learn new languages when preaching the Gospel in a different country, but sometimes that "language" takes on a more physical form. St. Joseph Vaz is a great example of someone who spoke the language of poverty, as well as charity, to better communicate with the native people of Sri Lanka. Sri. Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/26)
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Colombo, January 17 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka should eye more investment in Uganda as the presidential race has concluded with a decisive victory for President Yoweri Museveni, who secured 71.65 percent of the vote to earn a seventh term in office. Museveni, who first came to power in 1986, an official said. He has remained a central and dominant figure in Uganda's political landscape for nearly four decades. His main rival, opposition leader Bobi Wine, received 24.72 percent. Commenting on the milestone, Sri Lanka's former Ambassador to Uganda, Velupillai... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/26)
උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත
බෞද්ධයෝ ශ්රී මහා බෝධිය පහුකරන් සිල්ගන්න යන්නේ වෛරයක් නිසා නෙමෙයි උතුරු නැගැනහිරත් බුදු වහන්සේ ගේ පහස ලැබූ වෙහෙර විහාර, රහහත් වහන්සේලා වැඩසිටි ස්ථාන තියෙන නිසා. පල්ලෙහා තියෙන්නේ ඒ වගේ වෙහෙර විහාර කීපයක්. මඩුකන්ද විහාරය - වවුනියාව ( දළදා වහන්සේ තැන්පත් කර තිබූ විහාරයකි. ) කුරුන්දි මහා විහාරය - මුලතිවු ( බුදුන් වහන්සේගේ දෙවන ලංකා ගමනේ දී උන්වහන්සේ මෙම ස්ථානයට වැඩම කළ බවට ද ජනප්රවාදයේ සඳහන්ය.) ගිරිහඬු සෑය - ත්රිකුණාමලය (බුදුන් වහන්සේගේ කේශ ධාතු තැන්පත් කර තැනු ලොව ප්රථම චෛත්යයි.) වෙල්ගම් වෙහෙර -... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/26)
Hiru News
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By Rohana R. Wasala
Sunday Island (June 2, 2024) published an interesting article entitled ‘Quo vadis?’ by retired electrical engineering professor, public intellectual and political economics commentator ex Marxist agitator Kumar David, who died about four months later. I used to admire him, in spite of what I perceived as his rough edges. I liked reading his English language newspaper columns that he imbued with a sense of scholarliness, wit and wisdom.The title ‘Quo vadis?’ (Latin for ‘Whither bound?’ ‘Where are you going?’) is rich with biblical connotations. In his Sunday Island feature just mentioned, Professor Kumar David... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/26)
Alon Ben-Meir - Jan 15, 2026
It is unfathomable that right here in America, we are witnessing how ICE is operating with impunity, with utter disregard for the law and for loss of life and liberty. What is even more shocking is that US Vice President JD Vance declared that a federal agent who killed a 37-year-old civilian woman in Minnesota has “absolute immunity,” setting an ominous precedent: an American citizen can be killed in the street by a federal agent, with impunity. Can there be any more outrageous and perilous statement uttered from the mouth of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/26)
Top News Lk
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Lanka Times 24
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By Caitlin Johnstone
Is there anything more undignified than “leftists” and “anarchists” who cheer on the fall of empire-targeted governments even as the empire moves war machinery into place? Ooh look at me I’m sticking it to the man by supporting the same agendas as the US State Department. I’m being punk rock by regurgitating the same war propaganda talking points as John Bolton. I’m fighting the power by backing the foreign policy objectives of the most powerful empire that has ever existed. If you want to have a serious political outlook it is necessary... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/26)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
පිිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය මූලස්ථානයේ පැවැති මාධ්ය හමුවේ දී එම පක්ෂ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා මෙම අදහස් පල කලේය. ආණ්ඩුව ඉතිහාසයේ කිසිම ආණ්ඩුවකට නොවුණු විධියට වැරදීම් වෙන ආණ්ඩුවක්. මුලින්ම සංචාරක ප්රවර්ධන අධිකාරිය සමලිංගික ජෝඩු වලට ගැලපෙන පාරාදීසිය විධියට ලංකාව ප්රවර්ධනය කරන්න යෝජනා කරලා ලිපියක් යැව්වා. ඒකට සමාජ විරෝධය ආවාම වැරදීමක් කියලා ඉවත් කර ගත්තා. ඊට පස්සේ හදිසි නීතිය යටතේ කුනාටු ආපදාවකට කිසිම අදාළ නැති සමලිංගික සබඳතා ගැන හදිසි නීති රෙගුලාසි වලට දාලා ගැසට් මගින් ප්රසිද්ධ කලා. ඒ ගැන ප්රශ්න කරන කොට ඒකත් වැරදීමක් කිව්වා. හයවන ශ්රේණියේ ඉංග්රිසි පාඩමකට සමරිසි වෙබ් අඩවියක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/26)
Courtesy Adaderana
Police Media Spokesperson Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) F.U. Wootler said that Interpol ‘Red Notices’ have been obtained against 95 Sri Lankan organised criminal figures currently hiding overseas. Addressing a media briefing held today (16), he said that 10 suspects were brought back to Sri Lanka through ‘Red Notices’ in 2024, while 11 suspects were repatriated in 2025. He added that during the same two-year period, 21 suspects were brought back to the country under Extradition Laws. Speaking further, ASP Wootler said that many criminals orchestrating crimes from overseas have already been... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/26)
by Shenali Waduge · 14th January 2026
Planned Parenthood wants to control children’s minds Teach children sexual activity is normal, even for very young children (5–10 years old). Evidence / Example: IPPF lesson guides in Asia and Africa include instructions on sexual behavior, explaining sexual pleasure in ways accessible to children as young as 8–10. “Your body belongs to you” campaigns in IPPF youth programsencourage children to seek advice from teachers or peers instead of parents, framing parental guidance as restrictive. They promote... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/26)
Shenali D Waduge
In 2025, the New Zealand Ministry of Education removed the Relationships & Sexuality Education (RSE) guidelines from the curriculum framework. It took just 5 years to realize the damage. In 2020, schools were taught about relationships, gender, sexuality, consent, online media from years 0 to 13. RSE was New Zealand’s term for Global CSE (following UN ITGSE pro-gender/woke curriculum). When New Zealands govt says the 2020 framework will be replaced with a “new clearer curriculum framework” it indicates that the 2020-2025 was problematic. When the Govt says the new framework will decide... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/26)
Shenali D Waduge
Across the world, Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) has NEVER entered school systems through transparent national debate or democratic approval. Instead, it has crept in quietly — rebranded under softer terms such as “affective education,” “anti-bullying,” “inclusion,” and “gender equality.” Italy is a textbook example of how this incremental, NGO-driven, externally influenced model unfolds — and why it ultimately provoked national alarm. Italy is not a conservative, closed society. It is a liberal Western democracy, deeply integrated into the European Union, with long exposure to progressive social policies. Yet even in Italy, parents, educators, and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/26)
Garvin Karunaratne
It all happened in the Bangladesh Secretariat, three days after General Ershard took over the country in a bloodless coup on the 24 th of March 1982. The Minister for Youth Development was clamped in prison and the work of the Ministry was in jeopardy. The third in command, Air Vice Marshall Aminul Islam, the Minister for Labour and Manpower evaluated the work done in the Ministry. Suddenly at the close, he realized that I was an outsider and inquired who I was and I was then introduced as the Commonwealth Fund Advisor to the Ministry... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/26)
Sangam Talks
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A rare video clip of the Colombo Law Faculty's mid-1972 trip to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, has been shared on Facebook. The video is available on a Facebook group for those interested in memories of the University of Ceylon, Law Faculty. A post from May 19, 2020, includes the footage and describes it as a "rare footage of a trip undertaken to the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens by the students and staff of the Colombo Law Faculty in mid - 1972". You can likely find this video by visiting the original Facebook post. The post describes the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/26)
American Issues Explained
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Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, Jamuary 15 (Daily Mirror) - The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) has criticized the government for attempting to implement proposed education reforms without following proper guidelines or consulting key stakeholders. https://youtu.be/xRqxKPnNgj8 Addressing the media, CTU General Secretary Joseph Stalin said that meaningful discussions are essential when introducing educational reforms, but no such consultations were held. He noted that recent reforms were halted following a cabinet decision, after the CTU and several other parties raised concerns and requested the government to reconsider. “Currently, the ministry is only... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/26)
Patali Champika Ranawaka
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Venerable Balangoda Kassapa Thera, currently in remand for placing a Buddha statue within an unauthorised construction at the Trincomalee Fort beach area without a valid permit, refused his lunch today (15). Prisons Commissioner Operations and Media Spokesperson Chammika Gajanayake confirmed this development, noting that while the Thera accepted visitors and items brought for him earlier this morning, he declined the midday meal. Trincomalee Chief Magistrate M.S.M. Samsudeen ordered nine individuals, including four monks, to remain in custody until the 19th of this month. The group includes... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/26)
Hiru News
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Dark Room
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by Garvin Karunaratne
Posted on November 12th, 2024 Re printed for favour of action E-Con-E-News 3-9 th November in Lanka Web writes: “• ‘Garvin Karunaratne writes again today. I have read his Dahanayaka & red-onion affair several times in the Island. His telephone handling at the Marketing Department’s Tripoli HQ resembles Mountbatten’s war operations room.’” We did use phones in a remarkable way to move veg and fruit from far away to Colombo. It was always a hive of activity from the time I parked my Hillman Minx at eight or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/26)
Garvin Karunaratne
Agriculture luminary, Professor Buddhi Marambe has been quoted in Ceylon Today, to the effect that paddy cultivation is facing a serious situation as a consequence of the Ditwah Cyclone. The cyclone devastated 106,000 hectares from the extent cultivated in the Maha season. The chances are that it is only a small percentage of this 106,000 hectares can be re cultivated. He also adds that the farmers will find it a yeoman task to find seed paddy for the Yala Season. Seed Paddy cannot be imported. According to Professor Marambe the loss could be estimated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/26)
Histórias com João
https://youtu.be/QX_IUzsTAEw?si=PrSgqASEsCOlS1bJ Beautiful to see such a grand Buddhist Spectacle from Myanmar (formerly Burma). An event never highlighted in day to day mainstream YouTube before. Greetings from Sri Lanka another Theravada Buddhist country with over 1000 year close friendly ties with Burma.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/26)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ප්රථම කේබල් කාර් ව්යාපෘතිය ලෙස සැලකෙන අඹුලුවාව කේබල් කාර් ව්යාපෘතියෙන් ඉවත් වීමට එහි ආයෝජකයා වන චීනයේ Amber Adventures පෞද්ගලික සමාගම තීරණය කර ඇත. මෙරට නියාමන ක්රියාවලියේ පවතින බාධා සහ රජයේ නිලධාරීන්ගේ අත්තනෝමතික ක්රියාකලාපයන් මෙම තීරණයට හේතු වූ බව එම සමාගම අවධාරණය කරයි. ඊයේ (13) දින ශ්රී ලංකා ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලය වෙත ලිඛිතව දැනුම් දෙමින් සමාගම පවසා සිටියේ, තාක්ෂණික ආයතනවල අනුමැතිය ලැබී තිබියදීත්, සමාජ මාධ්ය ඔස්සේ පැතිර ගිය පැමිණිලි පදනම් කරගනිමින් මධ්යම පරිසර අධිකාරිය විසින් ඉදිකිරීම් කටයුතු අත්හිටුවීමට පියවර ගැනීම ඇතුළු කරුණු කිහිපයක් මත මෙම ව්යාපෘතියෙන් ඉවත් වන බවයි. ශ්රී ලංකාව, චීනය සහ ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය යන රටවල ආයෝජකයින්ගෙන් සැදුම්ලත් එකමුතුවක් හරහා 2022 වසරේ පැවති ආර්ථික අර්බුදය මධ්යයේ මෙම ව්යාපෘතිය ආරම්භ විය. ව්යාපෘතියේ සම්පූර්ණ ආයෝජන වටිනාකම ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 12.75ක් වන අතර, ඉන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
Colombo District Member of Parliament Mujibur Rahman of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) stated that the party’s Working Committee has granted approval to continue discussions on working together with the United National Party (UNP). He explained that the progress of the ongoing discussions with the UNP was briefed to the Working Committee by the Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the SJB, Sajith Premadasa, and that approval was subsequently granted for future actions and continued discussions related to this process. In addition, the MP stated that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/26)
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Nine individuals, including Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thero and three other monks, remain in custody until January 19 for allegedly violating the Coast Conservation Act. The charges involve the unauthorised construction of a roof and enclosure for a Buddha statue at the Sri Sambuddha Jayanti Bodhiraja Temple in Trincomalee. The Trincomalee Magistrate’s Court issued the remand order today (14) after nine out of eleven summoned individuals appeared before the bench. Notices were originally issued on December 10 for the group to present themselves in court regarding the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/26)
Shenali D Waduge
Even decades after the 1996/2006 amendments, the protections under Sections 365 and 365A remain crucial. Children continue to face sexual exploitation, grooming, and abuse, both offline and online, while even same-sex abuse victims still require clear legal pathways for justice. Narrowing or repealing these provisions would dismantle preventive tools, limit early police intervention, and reduce courts’ ability to recognize psychological trauma as legally cognizable injury. Modern sexual predation, including digital and peer-to-peer abuse, demands a legal framework that is trauma-aware and preventive, rather than reactive. Instead of repealing or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/26)
RANJITH SOYSA Courtesy Island
Reference ,the Indian High Commissioner’s recent comments ( The Island, 9th Jan. ) on strong India-Sri Lanka relationship and the assistance granted on recovering from the financial collapse of Sri Lanka and yet again for cyclone recovery., Sri Lankans should express their thanks to India for standing up as a friendly neighbour. On the Defence Cooperation agreement, the Indian High Commissioner’s assertion was that there was nothing beyond that which had been included in the text. But, dear High Commissioner, we Sri Lankans have burnt our fingers when we signed agreements with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/26)
by A.Abdul Aziz
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, peace be on him, Promised Messiah and Imam-al-Mahdi and Holy Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, in 1905, he warned the world in the following words: Remember, God has informed me of many earthquakes. Rest assured, therefore, that as earthquakes have shaken America and Europe, so will they shake Asia. Some of them will resemble the Day of Doom. So many people shall die that rivulets of blood shall flow. Even the bird and the beasts will not be immune against this death. A havoc shall sweep the surface... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/26)
National Development Bank PLC
Guided by its commitment to sustainability, NDB Bank has renewed its partnership with Clean Ocean Force Lanka, extending three vital environmental initiatives that collectively protect Sri Lanka’s coastal and marine ecosystems. For the third consecutive year, NDB Bank continues to support the “Adopt a Beach” initiative at Kapungoda, ensuring the stretch is maintained and cleaned daily. This long-term effort not only prevents debris from re-entering the ocean and harming marine life but also empowers low-income women from local coastal community. In addition, the Bank has renewed its support for the Lagoon &... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/26)
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A meeting between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, and representatives of teachers’ trade unions was held this afternoon (13) at the Presidential Secretariat. At the meeting, the teachers’ union representatives stated that they accept the necessity of the new education reforms being implemented by the government and emphasised that the Grade 6 curriculum requires revision. They also expressed their willingness to work together with the government in the process of implementing the new education reforms. They further proposed that these activities be carried out under... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/26)
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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 04-10 January 2026 * ‘Trump even admitted to having informed ‘the oil companies’ of the secret operation in advance, which appears to imply they took part in the planning of the whole affair from the get go – or perhaps, were even the chief drivers of it all…: ‘Did you speak with (the oil companies) before the operation took place?’ Trump: ‘Yes. Before & after.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/01/26)
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
After the live-streamed genocide of the Palestinians, carried out with the support of almost the entire West, the bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of President Maduro and his wife mark the entry into one of the most dangerous periods in the history of Western imperialism and of the entire planet. They also mark a milestone in the rise of a new form of global Totalitarianism. The attack on Venezuela does not aim merely at achieving full control over Latin America, as Trump and his propagandists misleadingly try to persuade us—especially through the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/01/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Colombo Dockyard Limited (CDL) remains one of Sri Lanka’s most valuable yet under-leveraged strategic assets in the maritime and marine engineering sector. Its location, skilled workforce, dry dock facilities, and legacy capabilities position it as a natural anchor for Sri Lanka’s emergence as a regional maritime hub. Post-Privatisation Reality Since privatisation, the anticipated technological transfer, strategic expansion, and international market leverage from the Japanese partnership have been minimal. While the Japanese association brought initial credibility, the tangible contribution in terms of diversification, offshore capability development, and regional hub creation has been... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/01/26)
