C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D.
“අපි පොතට කලින් හැමදාමත් පිට කවරෙම බැලුවේ පිටුව පෙරළුවට සීතා පොත දන්නව රාමා” අත්තිඩියේ පුඤ්ඤරතන හිමි හැඳින්වීම අවුරුදු 400 ක් පුරා සුද්දන් හා ඉන් පසුව 1931/1948 සිට, නානා මාදිලියේ කළු සුද්දන් විසින් මේ දිවයිනේ සිංහල බෞද්ධයින්ට කල හා කරමින් සිටිනා අයුක්ති සහගත හා අසාධාරණ (unjust/unreasonable) ක්රියා පෙන්වා දෙමින් ලියන ලද, ලංකාවෙබ් වෙබ් අඩවියේ 2013 වර්ෂයේ සිට පලවූ, ලිපි එකතු කර මුද්රණය කල පොත් මාලාවේ තුන්වන කොටස 2025 දෙසැම්බර් මස නිකුත් කිරීමට හැකි විය. මෙහි පහතින් ඇති එහි පටුනෙන් පිළිබිඹු වනුයේ, වරින් වර ලංකාවේ පදිංචි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/26)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
රජය මගින් ක්රියාත්මක කිරීමට සැලසුම් කර ඇති නව අධ්යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ සම්බන්ධයෙන් මල්වතු සහ අස්ගිරි උභය මහා විහාරීය මහානායක ස්වාමින් වහන්සේලා සිය අප්රසාදය පළ කරති. අස්ගිරි පාර්ශවයේ මහානායක, අතිපූජ්ය වරකාගොඩ ශ්රී ධම්මරතන මහානායක හිමිපාණන් පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ මෙම ප්රතිසංස්කරණ හරහා රට නිරාගමික රාජ්යයක් කරා ගෙන යාමේ අවදානමක් පවතින බවය. https://youtu.be/hQRmijAGTFs පූජ්ය උලපනේ සුමංගල හිමියන් අස්ගිරි සහ මල්වතු මහා විහාරීය මහානායක ස්වාමින් වහන්සේලා බැහැදැක මෙම නව අධ්යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණවල අන්තර්ගතය පිළිබඳව උන්වහන්සේලා දැනුවත් කිරීමට කටයුතු කළ අවස්ථාවේ මේ බව පැවසූහ. අස්ගිරි පාර්ශවයේ මහානාහිමි සඳහන් කළේ මෙවැනි බරපතළ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/26)
Courtesy Adaderana
The world community must make clear that US intervention in Venezuela is a violation of international law that makes the world less safe, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday. US forces ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in a surprise operation at the weekend. He faces four criminal charges in the US, including narco-terrorism, and Maduro's vice president has been sworn in as interim president. “It is clear that the operation undermined a fundamental principle of international law, that states must not threaten or use... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
National People's Power (NPP) Parliamentarian Shantha Padmakumara, currently accused of assaulting a police constable, is already serving a suspended prison sentence. Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam shared this information during a press conference held in Colombo today (6).... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/26)
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්යක්ෂ/ශ්රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්රය
විදේශ සංචිත පහත වැටීම, රුපියල බාල්දුවීම, උද්ධමනය, ණය බර ඉහළයාම හා ව්යසනයේ ආර්ථික හානිය පියවා ගැනීමට ඒකාබද්ධ වැඩපිළිවෙලක් අවශ්යව ඇතැයි ශ්රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්රය පවසයි. අධික බදු පැනවීම හා විදුලිය හා ගෑස් මිල ඉහළ නැංවීම තුලින් රුපියල් ආදායම් වැඩි කිරීම (Revenue Augmentation) ට රජය සමත්වී ඇති නමුත්, රාජ්ය මුල්ය විනය පවත්වාගෙන යාවේ දී රජය දුර්වල කාර්ය දර්ශනයක් පෙන්වමින් සිටින්නේ යැයි, එහි විධායක අධ්යක්ෂ රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් නිකුත් කළ නිවේදනයේ දැක්වේ. ණය අර්බුදය තවදුරටත් ඉහළයාම අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක ජනාධිපති ධූරයට පත් වන විට රු. බිලියන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/26)
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blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 28 December 2025 – 3 January 2026 * ‘They took all of our oil…’‘We are going to run the country’ – USA
The New York Times & Washington Post proudly admit how they were told in advance of the US military attack on Venezuela, and the planned kidnapping of its leaders, and loyally ‘held off publishing what they knew’ (see ee Media). On the contrary, it is not a matter of ‘holding off’: their news media actively censors, diverts, whitewashes... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/26)
By Tom Engelhardt
As 2026 begins, what a strange planet we find ourselves on. The two great empires of my youth, the Soviet Union (now Russia) and my own country, are clearly experiencing some version of imperial decline, even if Vladimir Putin is acting otherwise in Ukraine (as is Donald Trump in his own strange fashion in the Caribbean Sea and Venezuela). No less curiously, the country visibly on the rise, China, is distinctly not acting like a typical imperial power of history (at least the history I’ve known) in my 82 years. In a world... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/26)
Merve Aydogan
Senior Venezuelan official says civilians, soldiers among dead as US aircraft target air defenses to capture President Maduro HAMILTON, Canada At least 40 people, including civilians and soldiers, were killed during a US military operation targeting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to a report by the New York Times late Saturday. Citing a senior Venezuelan official, who spoke anonymously, the report said: "At least 40 people, including civilians and soldiers, were killed in the attack." US officials told the New York Times that the assault involved a large-scale... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/26)
Courtesy The UNZ Review
One of the most flawlessly executed special forces operations of the last half-century took place in 1979 when Soviet commandos stormed Afghanistan’s heavily defended presidential palace, killing Hafizullah Amin and several of his top aides. This allowed Moscow to install a replacement government much more congenial to its interests, though the result was the long Afghanistan war against Muslim guerillas. Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, elderly and decrepit and not long for this world, must have felt tremendous pride at that successful action, as did his equally superannuated Politburo colleagues. I’m sure they all believed it demonstrated that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/26)
By Dilina Kulathunga Courtesy Daily Mirror
Arjuna Herath, the Chairman of the Board of Investment, the one stop shop for attracting investments in December announced that he would step down from his post by the end of this month, just under 16 months into his tenure Any tax incentive that the BOI wants to offer beyond what is currently there needs the IMF’s rubber stamp Sri Lanka does not offer any compelling reason for global industrialists or investors to relocate to Sri Lanka with its current tax policy and challenges Although... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/26)
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Courtesy Hiru News
Education reforms are being implemented haphazardly without the necessary safeguards seen in developed nations, leading to the "obscenity" of the current curriculum. Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, speaking to the media in Mirigama today (5), criticised the government for launching new educational programs without proper formal frameworks like White Papers or Green Papers. The controversy centres on the new Grade 6 English module, which recently drew heavy criticism for including a link to an inappropriate website. Premadasa asserted that the government, the Education Minister, and relevant officials... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/26)
RANJITH SOYSA
After King Devanampiyatissa became a Buddhist listening to Mahinda Maha thero's Dhamma talk around 307 BC, he built many viharas including Tissa Viharya in Jaffna according to the Great Chronicle - Mahavamasa-. The survey department’s 1959 one-inch map of the area clearly shows the location of Tissa Viharya. in Tellipilllai in KKS. Of late, an unruly gathering of Tamils led by well-known Tamil politicians assemble at the entrance to Tissa Vitaharya and attempt to aggressively confront the pilgrims who attend the temple to perform religious activities at the temple. This has become a common... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/26)
By GARVIN KARUNARATNE Ph.D.
Published 4 years ago on 2022/02/8 The editorial of The Island on Sri Lanka’s Independence Day says it all: “The challenge before us is to retrace our steps, figure out where we took wrong turns, and forge ahead in the right direction, as many other nations have already done. Easier said than done, but there seems to be no other way.” The problem is that even to retrace our footsteps, there is no consensus among the learned. Addressing the 10 th annual conference of the Sri Lanka Forum of University economists,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/26)
Prof. Chandana Jayalath University of Vocational Technology
The controversy surrounding Sri Lanka’s Grade Six English syllabus has intensified, evolving from an embarrassing oversight into a broader national debate on curriculum governance, political accountability, and the responsible use of technology in education. The issue came to light, as we heard, after it was discovered that the syllabus recommended students improve their English language skills by finding a “pen-pal” through an online platform that was, in reality, an adult-oriented chat website carrying highly inappropriate content. The syllabus was intended for children transitioning into lower secondary education. While officials have pointed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/26)
Source: BBC
Leaders around the world have responded with a mix of condemnation and support to the US capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro. Following a large-scale strike on Venezuela on Saturday, Maduro and his wife were captured by US forces and removed from the country. The pair have been indicted on drug charges in New York. In an initial response, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government would “shed no tears” for the end of Maduro’s regime. Neighbouring Latin American countries condemned the actions, as did Venezuela’s long-term allies, Russia... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/26)
Courtesy Adaderana
China called on the United States to release Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife at once, said a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Sunday. The spokesperson made the remarks in response to media reports that on Saturday, the United States sent forces to seize Maduro and his wife and took them out of the country, and that the governments of multiple countries have voiced opposition. China expresses grave concern over the U.S. forcibly seizing Maduro and his wife and taking them out of the country, said the spokesperson, adding that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/26)
Courtesy Adaderana
It is essential to act in a manner that safeguards a country’s sovereignty in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and international law, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath stated when questioned over the attacks carried out by the United States in Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. Minister Vijitha Herath made these remarks this afternoon (04) while responding to several questions raised by journalists at a special media briefing held at the Department of Government Information. Responding to a question, the Minister said that although there... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
Attorney-at-Law Dr. Palitha Bandara Subasinghe has raised serious legal concerns regarding the inclusion of a link to a pornographic website in a new Grade 6 English module. He asserts that the inclusion of such material could constitute a criminal offence under Sri Lanka’s Penal Code. Speaking on the matter, Dr Subasinghe emphasised that while children require age-appropriate sexual education, providing instructions on accessing "distorted erotic websites" is unacceptable and potentially illegal. Dr. Subasinghe pointed out that under Section 365(A) of the Penal Code (as amended in 1995), engaging in "acts of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/26)
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December 29, 2025 සංස්කාරක Comments Offon කාලගුණය යුද අවියක් බවට පත් කිරීම: පොපායි සහ දිත්වා මෙහෙයුම් සහ ව්යසන ධනවාදයේ හරිත ශෝධනය ධරිණි රාජසිංහම් සේනානායක “පරිසරය යනු පාර්ශ්වික හානියක් නොවේ. එය හයිබ්රිඩ් යුද මාදිලියේ නවතම පෙරමුණයි. එයින් ආරක්ෂාවීම යනු ජීවිත ආරක්ෂා කරගැනීමයි. ” (රුස්ලාන් ස්පිරින් කියෙව්හි යුක්රෙනියානු රාජ්යතාන්ත්රික) “ වඩා බිහිසුණු බෝම්බ දැමීමද වර්ෂාව ඇති කිරීමද?” (සීමොර් හෙර්ෂ්ගේ ලිපියක් තුළ උපුටා දක්වන ලද ඇමෙරිකන් හමුදා නිලධාරියෙකු විසින් වියට්නාමයේ කොමියුනිස්ට් ගරිල්ලන්ගේ රහසිගත උමං මාර්ග යටපත් කිරීමටත් එම ගරිල්ලන්ට ආධාර දුන් ගැමි ජනතාවගේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/01/26)
පරිවර්තනය: අජිත් සී හේරත්
උපුටා ගැන්ම විමර්ශන
හැඳින්වීම ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පසුගිය නොවැම්බරය තුළ සිදු වූ ජලගැලීම් සහ නාය යෑම් හේතුවෙන් සිදු වූ ජීවිතහානි ඇතුළු සමස්ත විනාශය පිළිබඳ විවිධ අර්ථකතනයන්, චෝදනාවන්, සමාවට හේතු ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම් මේ දිනවල සියලු ජනමාධ්ය තුළ දැකිය හැකිය. ජලාශවල වාන් දොරටු නිසි අවස්ථාවන්හිදී විවෘත නොකිරීම, කාලගුණ විද්යා දෙපාර්තුමේන්තුවෙන් සිදු කරන ලද අනතුරු ඇඟවීම් රජය විසින් නොසලකා හැරීම, ජිවිතාරක්ෂක කටයුතු සහ ආපදා සහන සේවා කටයුතු නිසි පරිදි සිදු නොවීම, නායයාම් සහ ජලගැලීම්වලට ගොදුරුව අතුරුදහන්වූවන් සෙවීමේ කටයුතු මන්දගාමිව සිදුවීම මෙහිදී නැගෙන චෝදනා අතර වෙයි.ඒ අතරම මෙවැනි ආන්තික කාලගුණික තත්ත්වයන් ඇතිවිමට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/01/26)
National Development Bank PLC
NDB Bank proudly partnered with Kandy City Centre as the Official Banking Partner of Splash Shopping Fiesta 2025, the biggest shopping festival of the season, held from 24th to 28th December. The event brought together an exciting blend of retail, entertainment, and festive cheer, creating a vibrant shopping experience for customers in the Central Province during the year-end season. As the Official Banking Partner, NDB Bank played a key role in enhancing the overall experience by offering exclusive banking privileges to shoppers. NDB cardholders who participated in the Fiesta were able to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/01/26)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Ferentino Tyre Corporation plant in Horana In a remarkable rise to the top, Ferentino Tyres has emerged as the undisputed leader in Sri Lanka’s Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) tyre market, commanding an extraordinary 75 percent value share, the company stated. Within a short span of time, Ferentino has transformed the industry landscape, winning the trust of leading automobile manufacturers and setting a new benchmark for quality, safety and performance. Ferentino’s journey is a story of innovation, credibility and excellence. By consistently delivering world-class tires tailored... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/01/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education is currently considering three alternative solutions to address a controversial page in the recently printed Grade 6 English module, developed by the National Institute of Education (NIE). Secretary to the Ministry, Nalaka Kaluwewa, stated that education experts are discussing whether to remove the problematic page and complete the book with or without a new printed replacement. The goal is to resolve the issue at minimum cost without damaging the overall content of the material. Discussions are also underway with the Department of Educational Publications... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/01/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
The government is digging its own grave through its current actions, according to Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser and Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa. Speaking to the media after a religious ceremony in Seenigama, he noted that the National People’s Power (NPP) engaged in various political activities over the past year during a period that proved especially difficult for the public. He stated that since the NPP administration took office, citizens suffer significantly due to the imposition of unbearable taxes. The MP pointed out that the government... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/01/26)
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By Rohana R. Wasala
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY READERS! Why is national identity so important for a people? AI provides us with an answer worth understanding critically (Caveat: Even AI wisdom should be subjected to the Buddha’s advice to the young Kalamas): ‘A strong sense of identity is crucial for a people as it fosters belonging, builds self-worth, guides behavior, and provides resilience, allowing individuals to feel connected, make meaningful choices aligned with their values, and maintain mental well-being even amidst societal changes or challenges, acting as a foundation for individual and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/26)
ජයන්ත විජේසිංහ සංවිධායක / ආරම්භක සහ විධායක සාමාජික වැසි වනාන්තර සුරකින්නෝ සංවිධානය
වසර 21ක් ප්රමාද සිංහරාජයේ ඉඩම් කඩිනමින් පවරාගන්නැයි වැසි වනාන්තර සුරකින්නෝ ඉල්ලයි. දැනටමත් අක්කර 1000ක් පමණ තේ වගාවට කියා කපලා. 2004 වසරේ ආරම්භ කර ඇති සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරය ආශ්රිත LRC ඉඩම් හෙක්ටයාර 2500ක් අත්පත්කරගැනීම් සහ අනෙකුත් හඳුනාගත් ඉඩම් අත්පත්කරගැනීම් 2026 වසර තුළ සම්පූර්ණ කිරීම සඳහා කඩිනම් ක්රියාමාර්ග ගැනීමට කරන ඉල්ලීමයි! සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරය ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අතිශය වැදගත් ජෛව විවිධත්ව උරුමයක් වන අතර, එය යුනෙස්කෝ ලෝක උරුම ස්ථානයක් හා ජාතික උරුමයක් ලෙස නීතිමය වශයෙන් හඳුනාගෙන ඇති වනාන්තර පද්ධතියකි. එවන් පසුබිමක, සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරය හා එය ආශ්රිත සංවේදී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/26)
Rodrigo Guillot
The False Gen-Z (Aragalaya) Protests, Paid Media Influencers and Mexican Fascism Last November, Mexico experienced protests by the right-wing opposition under the guise of “Generation Z,” which promoted violent tactics and an extreme right-wing agenda against the current Mexican government for regime change much as in Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya in 2022. To understand the context of these events, Rodrigo Guillot, who holds a degree in International Relations and is an activist with Mexico’s National Regeneration Movement (Morena), has contributed to the debate. Last November, Mexico experienced protests by the right-wing opposition under the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/26)
Rare Historical Photos
In June of 1963, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thích Quang Duc burned himself to death at a busy intersection in Saigon. In June of 1963, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thích Quang Duc burned himself to death at a busy intersection in Saigon. He was attempting to show that to fight all forms of oppression on equal terms, Buddhism too, needed to have its martyrs. John F. Kennedy said in reference to a photograph of Duc on fire: “No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/26)
AI Overview
Senaka Weeraratna is an Attorney-at-Law in Sri Lanka who has been a key figure in legal actions against noise pollution. He notably served as an intervenient litigant (8th respondent) in the landmark 2007 case Ashik v. Bandula and Others. Role in Ashik v. Bandula (2007) In this case, which initially centered on loudspeaker restrictions at a mosque in Weligama, Senaka Weeraratna intervened to represent the interests of the general public affected by noise. Legal Argument: He contended that the unrestricted use of loudspeakers violates the fundamental rights... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/26)
Courtesy Adaderana
The process of transferring Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) assets to six newly established companies must be completed before February 1, 2026, the Secretary to the Ministry of Energy, Professor Udayanga Hemapala has notified the CEB. It is reported that Professor Hemapala has issued the relevant directive in writing to the General Manager of the CEB. The CEB has planned to implement it under six companies in the future under the restructuring program. Accordingly, steps are currently being taken to systematically transfer all assets owned by the CEB to the respective... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/26)
National Development Bank PLC
National Development Bank PLC (NDB Bank) reaffirmed its commitment to national recovery and long-term resilience by extending its support to the Rebuild Sri Lanka Fund, a national initiative established to strengthen recovery efforts and support the rebuilding of communities affected by recent challenges faced by the country. The contribution was officially handed over at the Presidential Secretariat, underscoring NDB Bank’s continued partnership with national institutions in advancing collective efforts aimed at restoring livelihoods, rebuilding infrastructure, and fostering sustainable recovery. Through this initiative, the Bank reinforces its belief that economic stability and social... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/26)
Bandula Kendaragama
Dear Sir / Madam, According to international dam safety industry practice, "controlled copies" of the Dam Safety Emergency Management Plans shall be prepared, reviewed, tested and issued prior to commissioning of the dam / reservoir, thereafter, shall be tested and updated annually or as and when required. A sample of the Register of Controlled copies are given below as a guide. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me Bandula.Kendaragama
gmail.com Regards, Bandula Kendaragama WhatsApp No +61403204066 (Please advise your WhatsApp No) ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
The Director General of the National Institute of Education (NIE), Professor Manjula Vithanapathirana, has resigned from her post following the massive controversy surrounding a new Grade 6 English language learning module. Professor Vithanapathirana has reportedly decided to step down until the official investigation into the matter is concluded. The Ministry of Education are probing the potential negligence that allowed the controversial content to reach the hands of students.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/26)
