SL Leaders
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Shenali D Waduge
“A child nurtured with virtue becomes a lamp to the world; a teacher who guides with wisdom lights the path of many.”— Dhammapada, Verse 183 The Buddha never saw education as passing exams or collecting certificates. Teaching was about shaping charater – imparting discipline, respect, moral clarity. A teacher who does this builds not just students, but society itself. Students, in turn, carry the duty to listen, respect, and practice moral learning. When this moral lens collapses, confusion and misconduct follow. Look around – when calamities of every kind plague a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/26)
By Laala Bechetoula and Amir Nour Global Research, January 24, 2026
“Today more than ever, Arabs and Muslims must become aware of the terrible maneuvers and plots being hatched against them by lighting the fires of discord and sedition among the members of the Ummah, between Sunnis and Shiites, Arabs and Kurds, Arabs and Berbers, and Muslims and Christians. Proof of this is the turpitudes suffered by the central cause of the Arabs and Muslims, that of plundered Palestine. I highly recommend reading Amir Nour's book because of the judicious choice of carefully documented writings by authoritative authors... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/26)
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.
1) Between Literature and Psychology ( Foreword by Professor Mary V. Seeman, OC MDCM, FRCPC DSc. Professor Emerita , Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto) LINK; https://transyl2014.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-new-book-on-literature-and-psychology.html 2) Psychological Aspects of Buddhist Jātaka Stories ( Foreword by Rolf B. Gainer, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute at Brookhaven Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma) LINK; https://transyl2014.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-new-book-on-buddhist-jakata-stories.html 3) Shell Shock to Palali Syndrome: PTSD Sri Lankan Experience (Foreword by Professor Richard N. Lalonde, Department of Psychology, York University, Canada) LINK; https://transyl2014.blogspot.com/2025/10/shell-shock-to-palali-syndrome-ptsd-sri.html 4) PTSD in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/26)
ACN Newswire
- AFF draws 4,000+ global political and business leaders, inaugural Global Business Summit showcases Hong Kong's strengths in financially empowering industry HONG KONG, January 27, 2026 - (ACN Newswire) – The 19th Asian Financial Forum (AFF), jointly organised by the Hong Kong SAR (HKSAR) Government and Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), concluded successfully today. The forum attracted an enthusiastic response, drawing over 4,000 leaders from governments and business sectors across over 60 countries and regions. Over the two-day forum, over 150 financial officials, leaders of multilateral organisations, representatives from financial institutions and enterprises took the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/26)
Courtesy The Morning
Senior Buddhist prelates have urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to appoint a qualified officer from within the Auditor General’s Department to the post, warning against selecting an external candidate. They recommended Dharmapala Gammanpila, a senior departmental officer with long experience, as a suitable choice and called for an urgent appointment. The Auditor General position has been vacant since April 2025, and delays have raised concerns over public finance oversight and transparency.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/26)
Courtesy The Peoples Gazette
Sri Lanka has stepped up monitoring measures following reports of a Nipah virus cluster in India’s eastern state of West Bengal. Patients in hospital used to illustrate the story Sri Lanka has stepped up monitoring measures following reports of a Nipah virus cluster in India’s eastern state of West Bengal. Health authorities across parts of Asia have also heightened vigilance over the emerging situation, the Daily Mirror reported. Health officials said Sri Lanka is tracking developments at the regional level and remains in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/26)
Courtesy Peoples Gazette
According to health authorities, the move is expected to reduce the cost barrier associated with fertility treatment. IVF Chart used to illustrate the story [Credit: News-Medical] Sri Lanka’s public healthcare system is set to offer in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment for the first time, with a new facility to be established at the Castle Street Hospital for Women in Colombo. According to health authorities, the move is expected to reduce the cost barrier associated with fertility treatment, which is currently available almost entirely through private medical... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/26)
Kamanthi Wickramasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror
There are two groups who’ll get reductions too, first is commercial organisations, but the biggest beneficiary are those households who consume large amounts of electricity (over 180 units per month) who will see close to 50% reduction, with those who consume more, seeing larger reduction. When that happens, they will steeply increase their consumption, while the poor people will have to reduce consumption even for essentials If you have a solar rooftop, you will be converted into time-of-use tariff – so your solar generation will only be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/26)
KELUM BANDARA Courtesy The Daily Mirror
”Mr. Prabhakaran had a huge problem in accepting a compromise. The peace process can only be a compromise. He wanted everything in his own way. You cannot get that in the peace process.” ”Prabhakaran was fundamentally a military man whereas Balasingham was fundamentally a political man. They clashed.” Erik Solheim, a Norwegian diplomat and former Cabinet minister best known in Sri Lanka for his role as the chief international facilitator of the Sri Lankan peace process during the 2002–2006 ceasefire talks, shared his views in an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/26)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
This was the first time that a Portuguese army was completely wiped out in battle. This gave King Senarat the possibility of ending Portuguese domination by taking the fortress of Colombo. As we have seen, he failed to do so because the Sinhalese forces lacked the necessary artillery power and the naval power We have already seen how Constantino de Sa, perhaps the ablest Portuguese captain general to arrive here, worked hard to stabilise the Portuguese position in the coastal and low-country areas under their control before finally... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/26)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, Jan. 27 (Daily Mirror) - The Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to inquire into the release of 323 containers from the Port of Colombo without mandatory physical inspection has decided to meet weekly and aims to complete its investigation within three months. The Committee, which will report its findings, proposals and recommendations to Parliament, will meet every Wednesday at 2.00 p.m. to conduct its inquiry. The decision was taken at the Committee’s inaugural meeting held under the chairmanship of Minister of Justice and National Integration Harshana Nanayakkara. The Committee is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
The Mahanayake Theras of the Three Chapters addressed a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake recommending that Dharmapala Gammanpila receive the appointment for the position of Auditor General. In their formal communication, the prelates emphasised that Gammanpila possesses extensive experience as a senior officer within the Auditor General's Department, making him the most suitable candidate for the role. The chief prelates explicitly advised against appointing an officer from outside the department to this critical oversight position, noting that the vacancy has persisted since the retirement of W.P.C. Wickramaratne on April 8,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/26)
Bandula Kendaragama Independent Dam and public safety Consultant Melbourne, Australia
20260126 – Questions Raised by the Independent Dam Safety Consultant Bandula Kendaragama atthe QA session of the inaugural meeting of the Water Forum of the Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka(IESL) held on 26 January 2026 Last night, I participated online inaugural meeting of the IESL Water Forum. During the very limited Q&A session, I raised several critical issues concerning the Emergency Action Plan (EAP) of the Kotmale Dam. I also shared approximately 20 slides in the feedback section highlighting these concerns.My key points were as follows:1.Non-availability... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/01/26)
Ranjith Soysa
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake should listen at least to the views of the Mothers’ Front on proposed educational reforms. I was listening to the apolitical views expressed by the mothers’ front criticising the proposed educational reforms of the government and I found that their views were addressing some of the core questionable issues relevant to the schoolchildren, and their parents, too. They were critical of the way the educational reforms were formulated. The absence of any consultation with the stakeholders or any accredited professional organisation about the terms and the scope of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/01/26)
Shenali D Waduge
Contrary to narratives women were never thought “inferior” – these are narratives that seek to demean women. Ancient cultures, civilizations and religions defined women as giving life, moral order, continuity and balance – all traits that are being diluted in the name of “liberalism” and “independence”. Let us first look at what religions had to say about the role of women BUDDHISM A woman was considered equal in spiritual potential. Women could attain Nibbana. Women were the bearers of moral discipline and wisdom, compassion,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/01/26)
C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D.
Police returning the statue [Photo: Varadan Kirusna (Facebook)] ගිනස් වාර්තාවක්! ඊළම්කාරයින්ගේ බලපෑම මත පොලිස්කාරයෙක් පන්සල් භූමියක බුදු පිළිමයක් එය ආවරණය කල මුතුකුඩය දෙකට කඩා හාමුදුරුවන්ට ගසා තුවාල කර වාහනයක පටවා පොලිසියට ගෙනයාම වැනි සිද්ධියක් ලංකාවේ නොව ලෝකයේ වෙන කිසිම ආගමික භූමියක සිදුවී තිබී නැත්නම් එය ගිනස් වාර්තාවකි. මීට සම්බන්ධ පොලිස්කාරයාගේ (SSP) නම චන්ද්රපාලය. ඔහු ක්රියාකලේ ත්රිකුණාමළ වෙරළ භාර ද්රවිඩ නිලධාරී (ක්රිස්තියානි?) සුන්දර්මූර්ති දීපරාජ්ගේ ඉල්ලීමටය. බලංගොඩ කස්සප හිමියන් අත් අඩංගුවට ගත්තේ බුදුපිළිමය උදුරා ගෙනයාම වලක්වන්නට උත්සාහ කල නිසාය. තම ජීවිත කාලය තුල ඊළමක් ලබාගන්නවා යයි කටමැත දෙඩවූ මඩකලපුවේ ක්රිස්තියානි මන්ත්රී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/01/26)
සමායෝජක - වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන
1. 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 ජනාධිපති ලේකම්ට කළ දැනුම් දීම3. විවෘත අධිකරණයේදී විනිසුරු ලබා දෙන නියෝග, පාර්ශවයන් කියන කරුණු ලඝු ලේඛිකාව සටහන් නොකරන්නේනම් කළ යුත්තේ කුමක්ද?4. නඩුවක පාර්ශවයක් නොවන අයෙක්ට නඩුවකට මැදිහත්වීමට ඇති නීතිමය ප්රතිපාදන5. නොදන්නා භාෂාවකින් ඇති අධිකරණ නීති කෘත්යන් සිංහල හෝ දෙමළ භාෂාවෙන් ලබා ගන්නේ කෙසේද?2026 පෙබරවාරි 21 සවස 2ටකොළඹ මහජන පුස්තකාල වායුසමණය කළ සම්මන්ත්රණ ශාලාවේදී(ආසන කලින් වෙන්කරගන්න/ නීති සටහන් ලබා දේ) ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/01/26)
e-Con e-News
blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 18-24 January 2026 A leading ‘international school’ in Colombo had refused to pay a Sri Lankan ‘science’ teacher the same salary as the previous, white, ‘science’ teacher from England. The Sri Lankan is a PhD from the USA’s MIT, while the white teacher hardly had university qualifications. The Sri Lankan owner of the school insisted that it was parents of the students that wanted white teachers for their children; parents would not pay the high rates... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/26)
By Garvin Karunaratne
Pliny( GaiusPlinius Secundus), an Army Commander of the Roman Army who battled for Rome in Germany in his records speak of living in Taprobane for some six months and also mentions of an ambassador to Rome from the island of Taprobane. He speaks of landing in Kudiramalai in Taprobane, hosted by the king . speaks of four envoys sent to Rome from Taprobane. Taprobane is said to comprise five hundred towns. The details given speak of a Taprobane a country of milk and honey What are we now. Time to rethink... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/26)
Borella Handiya
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දේශමාන්ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර
(“ශ්රී ලංකා හදබිම අධිකාරියේ” නිර්මාතෲ සහ 1986 අප්රේල් 01 සිට 1992.07.17. දක්වා එහි ස්වර්ණමය යුගය උදාකළ ප්රථම විධායක අධ්යක්ෂ). 2025.12.16. ශ්රී ලන්කා ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ ගරු ජනාධිපති තුමා වෙත ඉදිරිපත්කෙරෙන සන්දේශයයි.,
2025.12.16. ගරු ජනාධිපති තුමනි, මා එසේ ප්රකාශ කරණුයේ, "ශ්රී ලන්කාවේ භූගෝලීය හදබිම" වශයෙන් 1991දී මවිසින් නම්කරණු ලැබූ මධ්යම කඳුකර ප්රදේශය තුල ක්රියාත්මක වු “ශ්රී ලංකා හදබිම අධිකාරියේ” ප්රධාන අරමුණ වණුයේද මේ රටේ සමස්ථ ජීවී පද්ධථියේ මෙන්ම ශිෂ්ඨාචාරයේ පැවැත්මේ පදනම වන “රටේ හදවත” බඳු මධ්යම කඳුකරය රැකගැනීම වන නිසාය. මේ රට මැද පිහිටා ඇති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/26)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය Free Lawyers සංවිධානය විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති නිවේදනයක් මෙහි දැක්වෙයි. නීතිපති ඉවත් කිරීමේ උත්සාහය පරාජය වීම අධිකරණ ක්රමය ලැබූ ජයකි නීතිපති පාරින්ද රණසිංහ මහතා වෙත අස්ථාන චෝදනා, අවලාද සහ අපහාස සිදු කරමින් ඔහු ධූරයෙන් ඉවත් කිරිම සඳහා දැරූ උත්සාහය පරාජය කිරීමට හැකිවීම සතුටට කරුණකි. මෙම අසත්ය චෝදනා හා අවලාදවලට එරෙහිව සෘජුව මැදිහත් වූ Free Lawyers සංවිධානය එම චෝදනාවල ස්වභාවය හා පසුබිම් අරමුණු අනාවරණය කළේය. මෙම උත්සාහය පරාජය කිරීමේදී ශ්රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමය (BASL) විසින් මෙම සමාජ මාධ්ය ප්රහාර හා විරෝධතා නීතිපති ධුරයේ ස්වාධීනත්වයට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/26)
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The Speaker of House, Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne interdicting the Deputy Secretary General of Parliament and Chief of Staff, Chaminda Kularatne from his post, allegedly without even giving a hearing sets a dangerous precedent, the Leader of Opposition, Sajith Premadasa has stated. Opposition Leader Premadasa noted that in any democracy, officials are given a hearing before they are punished. The incident related to the removal of Deputy Secretary General of Parliament from his post is very concerning and makes it feel very personal in nature, he added. In a post on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/26)
Atlas Explained
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Shenali D Waduge
This is not a debate about technology. It is a record of decisions taken without consent. Sri Lanka’s digital education reforms are being presented to parents as inevitable, progressive, and already approved. They are not. This document traces — in strict chronological order — what was approved, what was not approved, what was implemented anyway, and what parents were never told. It separates policy from practice, planning from permission, and authority from accountability. What emerges is not reform — but a governance failure, where silence replaced consent and planning was misrepresented as mandate. Chronological Record of Decisions,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/01/26)
Source: Al Hakam, London.
In today’s age of the internet, the concept of modesty can seem like a relic of the past. Yet, for Ahmadi Muslim women, it is a core value that is as relevant as ever. In an era where anything and everything can be shared online, how can women maintain modesty and dignity in the digital age? We live in an age where the internet shapes most of our daily interactions and influences societal norms, which is why maintaining modesty can be a challenge, especially for Muslim women. The digital landscape presents a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/01/26)
වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන
ත්රීකුණාමලය බුදුපිළිම නඩුවේ දෙමළ භාෂාවෙන් ඇති නීති කෘත්යයන් සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ලබා ගැනීමට මහේස්ත්රාත්තුමා විවෘත අධිකරණයේ දී 2026.01.21 දින ලබා දුන් නියෝගය ක්රියාත්මක කර ගැනීමට නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා විසින් 2026.01.23 දින ත්රීකුණාමලය මහේස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණ රෙජිස්ට්රාර් වෙත ඉල්ලීමක් ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත.ත්රීකුණාමලය බුදුපිළිම නඩුවේ පොලීසිය විසින් අධිකරණයට අපාහාස කිරීමක් කර ඇති බවට 2026.01.21 දින විවෘත අධිකරණයේ දී කරුණු දැක්වීමෙන් පසු සම්පූර්ණ නඩු වාර්තාවේ සහතික පිටපතක් ලබා ගැනීමට කළ ඉල්ලීමට මහේස්ත්රාත්තුමා අවසර ලබා දී ඇත.එසේම ඒ අවස්ථාවේ එම නඩුවේ දෙමළ භාෂාවෙන් ඇති නීති කෘත්යයන් සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ලබා ගැනීමට ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 24... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/01/26)
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by Garvin Karunaratne
Is it not sad that the current Government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has not come up with a new Programme for development, to allay poverty. It is true that we have been assailed by Mother Nature- the Ditwah that devastated our country recently. However any problem has to be surmounted. My words are clear, “Dear sir, Please get going with a new programme to tackle poverty, bring incomes to the people, creating entrepreneurs. Such an innovative programme will be a feather in your cap, some day. “ I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
It is utmost important that Sti Lanka develops vocational training educational revolution to train our youngsters Proposed curriculum will help them students to get into a highly paid employment IDMNC ADVANCED WELDING ACADEMY GALLE Proposed Refresher Training Program for Overseas Employment 7-Day Intensive Refresher Course in MMAW & FCAW 1. Program Title Intensive Refresher Training Program in Manual Metal Arc Welding (MMAW) and Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) 2. Program Objective This short-term refresher program is designed to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/26)
by Garvin Karunaratne
IN the Fifth Century we built Yodha Ela at a gradient of five inches in a mile. Today,we are begging for dollars from the IMF. Our leaders were fooled by the IMF and we that were never in Debt, got weaned to live on loans. Our leaders are urged to put an end to this nonsense. The Rajatarangani, an Indian Chronicle tells us that we sent irrigation engineers to Kashmir. The Yodha Ela the marvel irrigation channel that brings water from Kalaweva to Anuradhapura on a “delicately marked meandering route, collecting water from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/26)
Dictators Files: The Dark Side of Power
Zhou Enlai was one of the most iconic figures of the Chinese Communist revolution — diplomat, premier, strategist, and the man who kept Mao Zedong’s state functioning for decades. But behind the polished image was a darker truth: Zhou spent his entire political life trapped between loyalty to a dictator and knowledge that could get him killed. As Mao’s purges, paranoia, and political storms intensified, Zhou became both indispensable and endangered. Drawing from historians such as Ezra Vogel, Rana Mitter, Jonathan Spence, Roderick MacFarquhar, and Frank Dikötter, this documentary exposes the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/26)
Dr. Alon Ben-Meir
I beg every Republican official to take a moment and ask themselves: Am I truly living up to my oath of office to defend and protect the Constitution? Am I upholding America’s democracy and freedoms for which millions have perished to protect? Am I fighting for what’s right, opposing what’s wrong, and embracing what’s morally virtuous? Am I elevating my homeland’s well-being above my own aspirations and my treasured dreams? Are there 10 honest Republican members of Congress who can say, yes, I have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/26)
Lanka Property Web (Pvt) Ltd
Colombo, January 2026 — The Sri Lankan land market maintained solid growth in 2025, with Colombo suburbs and Western Province districts emerging as key drivers, according to the latest Land Price Index (LPI) 2025 (updated), published by LankaPropertyWeb (LPW). The 2025 index shows that Colombo 1–15 recorded a 4% year-on-year increase in average land prices per perch, reaching LKR 12 Mn, while Colombo suburban areas saw stronger growth of 8%, averaging LKR 2.3 Mn per perch. In the broader Western Province, the Gampaha District average land price per perch rose 15% to LKR... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/26)
