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News Archive for May 2025
මේ රටේ ප්‍රධානතම මානව හිමිකම් (human rights) ප්‍රශ්ණය සිංහලයාට උතුරේ සහ නැගෙනහිර බහුතර ප්‍රදේශයක ජීවත්වීමේ නොහැකියාවයිසිංහල බෞද්ධ අත්තිවාරමක් (foundation) තිබෙන ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිංහලයන්ට අමතරව ද්‍රවිඩ, මුස්ලිම්, බර්ගර්, ආදිවාසින් (මොවුන් සිංහල බෞද්ධයන්ගේම කොටසක් වැනි වෙති), මැලේ ආදීහු ජීවත් වෙති. ඔවුන් සියල්ල මෙහි ජීවත් විය යුතුය. එහි කිසිදු ප්‍රශ්ණනයක් නොමැත. අප සියළු දෙනාම ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයෝය. ද්‍රවිඩ ජාතිකයෙකුට කිලිනොච්චි අත් හැර ගම්පහ පදිංචි වීමට හැකියාවක් ඇත. මුස්ලිම් ජාතිකයෙකුට අක්කරෙයිපත්තු අත්හැර තංගල්ලේ පදිංචි විය හැක. නමුත්, ගම්පහ හෝ තංගල්ලේ වෙසෙන සිංහලයෙකුට කිලිනොච්චි හෝ අක්කරෙයිපත්තු ඉඩමක් මිලදී ගෙන නිවසක් සදා ගැනීමේ හැකියාව නැත/ඉතාම අපහසුය.. මෙය සාධාරණද? නිදහසේ තමන් කැමති තැනක ජීවත්වීම (freedom of movement) අපගේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 14වෙනි වගන්තියෙන් සියළු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/05/25)
Sri Lankan Parliamentary delegation attends orientation programme in India
Colombo, May 31 (Daily Mirror)- A Parliamentary delegation from Sri Lanka, led by Deputy Speaker Rizvie Salih visited India from 25-31 May 2025 for an orientation programme at India’s Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE). The delegation comprised 20 Members of Parliament (MP) representing various political parties and four officials of the Sri Lankan Parliament, including the Secretary General. The delegation was the inaugural batch to undergo the orientation programme at India’s Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE) in New Delhi. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/05/25)
ශ්‍රී ලංකා සිවිල් ගුවන් සේවා අධිකාරියේ සභාපතිගේ කෙරුවාව රජයේ මුදල් පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාවේ දී එළියට.. ජනපති අනුර සභාපතිකම් දුන් හිතවතුන්ගේ විෂය දැනුම මෙන්න..
ශ්‍රී ලංකා සිවිල් ගුවන් සේවා අධිකාරියේ සභාපති ලෙස වර්තමාන රජය විසින් පත් කළ සුනිල් ජයරත්න මහතා සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් දැනුම්වත් භාවයකින් තොරව කටයුතු කිරීම හේතුවෙන් මේ වන විට අර්බුදයක් නිර්මාණය වී තිබේ. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා මහතා ඉකුත් දා රජයේ මුදල් පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාවේ දී පැවසුවේ කාරක සභාවේ අනුමැතිය ලබා ගැනීමට ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබූ රෙගුලාසි කිහිපයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් සභාපතිවරයා අවබෝධයකින් තොරව කරුණු දක්වා ඇති බවය. මෙහිදී මත්තල, යාපනය සහ රත්මලාන ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපොළවල් සඳහා අපගමන බදු සහනයක් ලබාදීමට අදාලව රෙගුලාසි රජයේ මුදල් පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාව හමුවට ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබිණි. එහෙත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/05/25)
වැඩ නොදැන වැඩට බැස්ස සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරියේ සභාපතිවරයා අමාරුවෙ වැටුන හැටි.. ජනපති අනුර සභාපතිකම් දුන් හිතවතුන් ගැන අනාවරණයක්.. (වීඩියෝ)
සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරියේ සභාපතිවරයා එම තනතුරට සදුසුදැයි යළි සලකා බැලිය යුතුව ඇති බව රජයේ මුදල් පිළිබඳ තාරක සභාවේ සභාපති හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා මහතා පවසයි. කාරක සභාවේ අනුමැතිය ලබා ගැනීමට ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබූ රෙගුලාසි කිහිපයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවබෝධයකින් තොරව කරුණු දැක්වීම හේතුවෙන් ඒ මහතා ඒ බව පැවසීය. කෙසේ වුවද, මෙම තනතුරු වලට මෙවැනි පුද්ගලයන් තෝරා ගැනීම පිළිබඳව මේ වන විට සමාජයේ දැඩි කතාබහක් නිර්මාණය වී ඇති අතර, සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරියේ සේවකයන් අනාවරණය කරන්නේ ජනාධිපති ලේකම් වරයාගේ හිතවතුන් මෙම තනතුරු වලට පත්කිරීම හරහා මෙවැනි තත්ත්වයක් නිර්මාණය වී ඇති බවය. මෙම කරුණු අනාවරණය වන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/05/25)
Thailand’s Suchata Chuangsri crowned Miss World 2025
May 31, 2025 09:53 pm The 72nd edition of the Miss World pageant concluded with a glittering ceremony at the HITEX Exhibition Centre in Hyderabad on Saturday night. Miss Thailand, Opal Suchata Chuangsri, was crowned Miss World 2025, becoming the latest beauty queen to win the prestigious global title. The 22-year-old from Phuket stood out with her confidence, grace and commitment to women’s health awareness. She was honoured with the crown after an intense competition featuring over 100 contestants from across the world. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/05/25)
President pledges to enhance Sri Lanka’s global reputation as a lawful nation
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized his unwavering commitment to fulfilling his fundamental responsibility of elevating Sri Lanka’s international standing not as a criminal state protected by political patronage, but as a well-governed and law-abiding nation. President Dissanayake pointed out that although Sri Lanka is a resource-rich and naturally blessed country, previous rulers failed to lead it toward prosperity due to a lack of coherent planning. The President stressed that the current government is steadily and systematically rebuilding the national economy with a strong focus on stability and long-term development, the President’s Media Division (PMD)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/05/25)
අගමැති බිමල් ද ? හරිනි ද ? මාලිමා - ජවිපේ ගැටුමේ අනුර දුන් තීන්දුව මෙන්න
https://youtu.be/Mwa22a8Hlvg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/05/25)
Secrets Of Sri Lanka: Discover The Allure Of The Teardrop Isle | Travel Diary
Welcome to our travel diary as we uncover the secrets of Sri Lanka – the mesmerizing Teardrop Isle nestled in the Indian Ocean. From ancient temples hidden in the jungle to golden beaches kissed by turquoise waves, this travel diary captures the essence of a land rich in culture, history, and natural beauty. Follow our travel diary as we journey through misty mountains, bustling markets, and serene tea plantations. Each chapter of this travel diary brings you closer to the heart of Sri Lanka, revealing stories that go beyond the typical tourist trail. Don’t miss this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/05/25)
Hasalaka Gamini: The Selfless Soldier who sacrificed life so others could live — A Legacy today’s Youth cannot ignore
The date was July 10, 1991. The battlefield: Elephant Pass. The threat: a deadly armored bulldozer storming through the final defense line. The fear: LTTE about to penetrate Elephant Pass camp. Behind the barricades stood hundreds of soldiers. In front stood just one man – a 24 year old Gamini Kularatna from Hasalaka with a grenade in hand knowing what he had to do & knowing he would not return. Knowing he had no time to say good byes & with one final act, he prevented a massacre with his life. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
Tri-lingual Inscription Was Made in China by Zheng He to Assist Navigators Who Spoke a Language Not Found in Sri Lanka
Influenced by China, Sri Lanka joined China’s attempts to push the trilingual inscription to be recognized by UNESCO. This is part of China’s soft power projection and also part of a plan to link the modern One Belt One Road to a historic parallel. The inscription found in Galle, Sri Lanka, contains Chinese, Persian and Malayalee/Tamil writing. It praises gods venerated by the people in China, Persia and south India at that time. The purpose of the inscription was to inform outsiders to Sri Lanka, in a language they understood, the peaceful nature of Zheng... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
USLA Wellington NZ Commemorates the Ranaviru For the 16th Consecutive Year With Unwavering Resolve & No Vacillation unlike In Colombo
The United Sri Lanka Association (USLA) Wellington NZ continued it’s unbroken record of commemorating and honoring the Ranaviru for their sacrifices of life, limb, blood , sweat and toil to rescue Sri Lanka from terror that enabled all to enjoy the unrestricted freedoms all have enjoyed since 18th of May 2009 . President of USLA Mr. Ranjaith Nanayakkaa commenced proceedings with a two minutes silence followed by lighting of lamps in memory of the Ranaviru in which all attendees participated. In his address USLA President traced many of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
ආණ්ඩුවහෙළිකරන්නටබැහැයිකියනඉන්දියාවත්සමඟඅත්සන්කළආරක්ෂකගිවිසුමමෙන්න!
ආණ්ඩුව පසුගිය අප්‍රේල් 05 දා ඉන්දියාවත් සමඟ අත්සන් කරන ලද ආරක්ෂක සහයෝගිතා ගිවිසුම තව මත් රටට අනාවරණය කළේ නැත. මේ වීඩියෝව මඟින් ඒ ගිවිසුම හෙළිදරවු කරනු ලැබේ. එමෙන් ම ගිවිසුමේ ඇති වගන්ති මඟින් ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව උල්ලංඝනය වන ආකාරයත් රටේ ජාතික ආරක්ෂාව, ස්වාධීනත්වය සහ ස්වෛරීභාවය අහිමි වන ආකාරයත් මේ වීඩියෝවෙන් විස්තර කෙරෙයි. ඔබට අවශ්‍ය නම් https://economynext.com වෙබ් අඩවියෙන් මේ ගිවිසුම බාගත (download) කර ගත හැකි ය. https://youtu.be/yeX5xMXjTwQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
Third World Secondary College Students politics played by the West
USA: Humanity knows how the migrants into the USA carried out the genocide of the Red Indians and conquered the land. Since then they have been attentive to establishing the USA as the leader of the world. The USA destroyed the South America and the rest of the countries. If a leader does not agree with their philosophy, then he/she is eliminated. Right from inception, the USA and the UK do not want India to be abreast of technological advancement and become self-sufficient. What they do is indirectly hit India via crude methods.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
NDB Bank Empowers Coconut Farmers with 'Kapruka Ayojana' Investment Credit Scheme
NDB Bank is proud to announce its partnership with the Coconut Cultivation Board (CCB) for the Kapruka Ayojana Credit Scheme, a transformative financial solution designed to boost coconut cultivation and integrated farming systems across Sri Lanka. This strategic initiative reinforces NDB’s unwavering commitment to supporting the nation’s agricultural sector and empowering local farmers to become key contributors to national economic growth. Sri Lanka’s coconut industry plays a vital role in both domestic livelihood and export revenue generation. In response to the growing need for increased production and sustainable development in this sector, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
Nearly five million seized seahorses just ‘tip of the iceberg’ in global wildlife smuggling
Close to five million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by authorities over a 10-year span, according to a new study that warns the scale of the trade is far larger than current data suggest. Published today in Conservation Biology, the study analyzed online seizure records from 2010 to 2021 and found smuggling incidents in 62 countries, with dried seahorses, widely used in traditional medicine, most commonly intercepted at airports in passenger baggage or shipped in sea cargo. “The nearly 300 seizures we analyzed were based... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
Rain runs riot in Colombo
As strong winds and heavy rains continued to sweep Colombo, several trees around the city were uprooted, damaging property and cars. Seen here is a tree that was uprooted close to the Colombo City Centre shopping mall, destroyed a nearby car. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
The NPP changes system or vice versa
The NPP which claimed to be having solutions to all ills took charge. It has now found that delivery is not that easy. Public opinion is all powerful in any country. There is no escape for any government from it in furtherance of its policy implementations and decision making. The current government is an extremely novel political phenomenon in Sri Lanka. It is a rejection of the old political forces that ruled the country one after another during the past 76 years of post-independence era. It is an achievement for the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
Can the CEB’s attempt to curtail solar power generation be justified?
However, when this newspaper contacted Eng. Hedigallage to find out about the US$ 1 million payment to RMA Energy for the consultancy service provided for this project, and also to know how Dr. Siyambalapitiya could change his stance regarding RE addition to the grid after assuming duties as Chairman CEB, the former accused this newspaper of slinging mud at him All these unacceptable explanations are given perhaps for two reasons. The first could be to conceal their inability to manage the system and the second reason is because a group... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
IPKF could have finished the war long ago, Premadasa and JVP made us fight it and die
The push towards the removal of IPKF by R Premadasa is the spur which potentially fuelled the continuation of the war, killing many soldiers and civilians to come Last week, Sri Lanka commemorated the servicemen and women who paid with their life and limb, defending the territorial integrity of this country, so that the next generations could live in peace. During the two-and-a-half decades of conflict, 28,619 military and police personnel died and another 40,000 suffered permanent disabilities. The War Heroes Day, which... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
Independent Councillors accuse NPP of attempted bribery
Colombo, May 30 (Daily Mirror) - A group of independent councillors from the Matugama Pradeshiya Sabha, who recently declared their support for the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), have accused the National People’s Power (NPP) of attempting to buy their allegiance through financial and political incentives. Speaking to the media, a spokesperson for the group claimed that an NPP representative initially approached them with promises of Provincial Council nominations, later escalating to a cash offer of Rs. 8 million per councillor. “The initial meeting was held at my residence with an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
SRI LANKAN SUGAR INDUSTRY FACES COLLAPSE AMIDST IMPORTED SUGAR FLOOD ?
Employees of Lanka Sugar Private Limited are warning that the local sugar industry is facing a severe crisis and the threat of collapse due to the priority given to imported white sugar. They highlight the critical issue of an inadequate price and insufficient market share for locally produced sugar. Lanka Sugar Private Limited, operating as a fully state-owned enterprise, is the country's largest sugar producer, meeting 10% of the nation's sugar requirement and over 37% of its ethanol demand. The company directly operates the Sevanagala and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
What No One NEVER Told You About This Country SRI LANKA - The DIRTIEST on the Planet? Documentary
An unknown and MYSTERIOUS country that has one of the oldest and most complex cultures on the continent—and yes, it remains one of the least understood places in the world. The name itself says a lot: Sri Lanka, which means “glorious island” in Sinhalese, is called by many the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. And it's not just because of its appearance. The combination of spirituality, ancient traditions, unique biodiversity, and a history full of twists and turns makes this place a true cultural puzzle. That's exactly why, today, Belo Mundo will take you... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
The Separatist Terrorism in Sri Lanka
The book "The Separatist Terrorism in Sri Lanka 1975–2009" was launched today at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI). The publication offers a comprehensive analysis of Sri Lanka’s civil conflict, with a particular focus on the struggle for a separate Tamil state in the Northern and Eastern provinces and the role played by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The book was authored by former Army Commander General Daya Ratnayake and Major Sarath Jayawardana. Pix by Nisal Baduge... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
Sri Lanka ex-ministers jailed up to 25 years for corruption.
Sri Lanka's former sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage (left) and former trade minister Anil Fernando are escorted by police outside a court in Colombo on May 29, 2029 (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/ AFP)Follow usnewsCopyA+A- AFP Colombo: A Sri Lankan court sentenced on Thursday two former ministers from the government of deposed president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to decades in prison in a landmark corruption case.Ex-sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage and former trade minister Anil Fernando were found guilty by the Colombo High Court of misappropriating 53 million rupees ($177,000) of state funds.The pair... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/05/25)
NDB Bank Partners with ABEC to Empower Students Pursuing Overseas Education
NDB Bank has further strengthened its commitment to enabling Sri Lankan students to pursue global academic opportunities through a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ABEC (Australian Business Education Centre), a leading international education consultancy. The official signing ceremony was held with the participation of senior representatives from both organizations. Representing NDB Bank were Mr. Sanjaya Perera, Senior Vice President – Personal Banking & Customer Experience, and Mr. Zeyan Hemeed, Vice President – Retail Banking. ABEC was represented by its Managing Director, Mr. H J M Dilip Kumara, and Executive Director, Mr.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/05/25)
රට අනතුරේ හෙළන මාලිමා ආණ්ඩුවේ විදේශ ගැති ප්‍රතිපත්තියට එරෙහිව දේශප්‍රේමී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයෙන් විරෝධතාවක්..
ඉන්දියානු සාගරයේ භූ දේශපාලනික උපායමාර්ගක කේන්ද්‍රස්ථානයක් ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ලෝකයේ දේශපාලනික ආර්ථික සහ යුදමය වැදගත්කමක් ලැබී තිබීම නිසා ලෝකයේ බලවත් රටවල් දැඩි ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකාව කෙරෙහි අවදානය යොමුකර තිබේ. මේ නිසා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය හිතකර ලෙස ක්‍රියාකිරීම හෙවත් නොබැඳි විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය මෙරටේ අනාගතය සුබවාදී කරයි. 1950 වසරේ පමණ සිට අඛණ්ඩව පවත්වාගෙන ආ නොබැඳි ජාතීන්ගේ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය වර්තමාන මාලිමා රජය උල්ලංඝණය කරමින් ඇතැයි විදෙස් රාජ්‍යයන්ට පක්ෂග්‍රාහී වෙමින් රටට අනතුරුදායක ගිවිසුම් අත්සන් කරමින් රට අනතුරට හෙළීමට එරෙහිව මහා සංඝරත්නය පෙරටු කොට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථික, ආරක්ෂක, භූ දේශපාලනික ස්ථාවරත්වය රැකීමට නොබැඳි විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය ආණ්ඩුව විසින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/05/25)
China eyes more investments in Sri Lanka due to current transparent governance: Chinese Minister
The Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Wentao, who is currently on an official visit to Sri Lanka, has met with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake this afternoon (29) at the Presidential Secretariat for discussions. Minister Wang noted that, considering the current political and economic stability in Sri Lanka, along with the clear policy direction being pursued by President Dissanayake’s administration, there has been a notable rise in interest from Chinese investors looking to invest in the country. He further stated that this visit undertaken with the participation of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/05/25)
Jairam Ramesh’s “THE LIGHT OF ASIA: the poem that defined THE BUDDHA” - III
Continued from May 22, 2025 For the twenty-two year old Anagarika Dharmapala, his encounter with the fifty-four year old Sir Edwin Arnold proved to be a pivotal moment in his life as a Buddhist revivalist and international Buddhist missionary (of his own characteristic Buddhist model). His acquaintance and his later mentor mentee relationship with Edwin Arnold (‘my English guru’) led to his involvement in the campaign for the restoration of Bodh Gaya to Buddhists, while also opening doors for him to visit Europe, America, as well as countries in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/05/25)
වඩමාරච්චියේ ඉඩම් නිරවුල් කිරීම දෙමළ දේශපාලනයට බාධාවක් ද?
මැයි මස 23 වන දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ කමිටු ශාලාවක අගමැතිණියගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් විශේෂ රැස්වීමක් පැවැත්විණ.එම රැස්වීම සඳහා ඉල්ලීම් කරනු ලැබූයේ උතුර පළාත නියෝජනය කරනු ලබන දෙමළ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් විසිනි.2025/03/28 දින ඉඩම් නිරවුල් කිරීමේ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් නිකුත් කරන ලද 2430 අංකය ඇති ගැසට් නිවේදනය මෙම සාකච්ඡාවට හේතු විය. ඉඩම් අමාත්‍ය ලාල් කාන්ත මහතා සහ අදාළ නිළධාරීන් ද අගමැතිණිය ද දෙමළ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් ද මීට සාභාගි වී ඇත.. නමුත් විපක්ෂය නියෝජනය කරනු ලබන සිංහල මන්ත්‍රීවරයෙකු මීට සාභාගි වූ බවක් දැන ගන්නට නැත.යාපන දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ වඩමාරච්චි ප්‍රදේශයේ 5617 සහ 5618 දරණ ගම්වල ඉඩම් නිරවුල් කිරීම සදහා පියවර ගැනීම මෙම ගැසට් පත්‍රය නිකුත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/05/25)
A Response to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka’s Proposal to Repeal Sections 365 and 365A
Sri Lanka is not just a country—it is a civilization built on wisdom, ethical governance, and deep-rooted cultural integrity. Our Constitution mandates the protection of Buddhist principles, ensuring that our laws reflect moral discipline and social stability. The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has proposed the repeal of Sections 365 and 365A of the Penal Code, citing concerns about consensual same-sex relationships and human rights obligations. While human rights considerations are important, Sri Lanka’s laws must prioritize constitutional obligations, national morality, and child protection above foreign-imposed legal changes. Sections... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/05/25)
NDB Bank Reaffirms Support for Royal Rugby for the Fourth Consecutive Year
NDB Bank is proud to announce its continued support for Royal College Rugby as the Event Co-Sponsor for the Royal Rugby Season, marking the fourth consecutive year that NDB has partnered with Royal College. The partnership was officially announced at a press conference held recently at Courtyard by Marriott, Colombo, in anticipation of an exhilarating season ahead. As one of Sri Lanka’s most celebrated school rugby teams, Royal College holds a distinguished legacy in the sport. NDB’s enduring partnership reflects the Bank’s unwavering commitment to nurturing sporting excellence and empowering the youth of Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/05/25)
මාලනී තම සැත්කමට ජනාධිපති අරමුදලෙන් ආධාර ඉල්ලූ ලිපි මෙන්න..
May 28, 2025 at 10:00 am | මාතලේ දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීනී රෝහිණී කවිරත්න මහත්මිය විසින් නිකුත් කරන ලද නිවේදනයක් මෙහි දැක්වෙයි. මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා ජනාධිපති අරමුදල ‘හොරකම් කළ හොරෙකු නොවේ’ තමන් ජනාධිපති අරමුදලේ මුදල් හොරකම්කළ අයෙකු ලෙස පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ දී නම් කිරීම හා අවමන් කිරීම ගැන මලිනී ෆොන්සේකා මැතිනිය බලවත් සිත් තැවුලට පත්ව සිටියාය. තමන් විධිමත් ලෙස මේ මුදල ලබාගත් බවට වන වන සාක්ෂි මාලිනී ලඟ විය. එයින් කොටසක් වන ආධාර ඉල්ලීමේ ලිපිය, අයඳුම් ලිපිය, අයඳුම් පත්‍රය, අරමුදල් අනුමැතිය, ගුවන් ටිකට්පත, වෛද්‍ය හා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/05/25)
Shooting of Thusitha Halloluwa’s vehicle: 3 suspects to be detained for 24 hours
The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (28) granted permission to detain and question the three individuals arrested yesterday over the shooting incident targeting the vehicle of former Executive Director of the National Lotteries Board (NLB), Thusitha Halloluwa, for 24 hours, Ada Derana reporter said. The suspects were presented before Colombo Additional Magistrate Pasan Amarasena. During today’s proceedings, Police informed court that the investigations regarding the suspects have not been completed and sought permission to detain the trio. Considering the request, the Magistrate granted permission for the suspects to be detained and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/05/25)
FIELD MARSHAL SARATH FONSEKA DISAGREES WITH PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON WAR FOR PEACE
Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka stated his disagreement with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's assertion that "every party fought for peace" during the war.Speaking to Hiru News, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka made this comment.The President had expressed this view during the National War Heroes' Day commemoration.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/05/25)
SRI LANKAN ECONOMY NEEDS 2-3 MORE YEARS TO RECOVER TO 2018 LEVELS - CENTRAL BANK
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka estimates that it will take at least another two to three years for the country's economy to return to the level it was at in 2018. Dr. Chandranath Amarasekara, Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, made this statement while participating in a lecture on the annual economic review for 2024. He added that the cost of living had doubled by last year compared to 2021.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/05/25)
බුද්ධාගමත් එක්ක පළිගන්න එන්න එපා - ආණ්ඩුවට අනතුරු අඟවයි
https://youtu.be/jmxSUzdNgx8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/05/25)
හල්ලොලුවගේ වෙඩිල්ල අනුරගේ දෙපාමුල පුපුරයි | යතුරුපැදිකරු සියල්ල වමාරයි
https://youtu.be/PHUtRFc4_PQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/05/25)
Open Letter: Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara on attempt to Repeal 365-365A protecting 6.1m Children
OPEN LETTER 27 May 2025 To: Hon. Harshana NanayakkaraMinister of Justice, National IntegrationMinistry of Justice,Colombo, Sri Lanka Subject: Repealing Penal Code Sections 365 and 365A will endanger 6.1 Million Sri Lankan Children — Strengthen the Law, don’t dismantle it. Dear Hon. Minister Nanayakkara “No civilized society repeals laws that protect children without first securing stronger ones. To do otherwise is not reform — it is calculated negligence.” As a Cabinet Minister — and more importantly, as a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/05/25)
Defending Buddhist Truths Addressing Misuse of Metaphors and False Claims
Synopsis: Social media and online platforms have amplified false narratives about Buddhism, distorting historical accuracy and core teachings. With actors, influencers, missionary groups, and even some Buddhist monks spreading misleading metaphors, Sri Lanka must uphold its constitutional duty to protect the Buddha Sasana. Legal safeguards, defamation laws, and global human rights conventions provide tools to challenge these distortions. Preserving Buddhist wisdom requires awareness, accountability, and legal intervention to ensure doctrinal integrity for future generations. “Preserving the truth of Buddhist teachings is essential. Misinformation and modern reinterpretations must not distort the wisdom that has guided generations. Let us stand for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/05/25)
Hiru TV Salakuna Live | Wimal Weerawansa | Episode 481 | 2025-05-26 | Hiru News
https://youtu.be/o0ie4jdBSmk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/05/25)
A talk on Frank Lee Woodward, Principal, Mahinda College by Dr. Tilanka Dahanayake
https://youtu.be/Rbib7ptB0UU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/05/25)
මාලිමා සභාපතිගේ වාහන මගඩිය හෙළි වෙයි
https://youtu.be/zQw6vQaxl-0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/05/25)
දූෂණයේ කරවටක් ගිලෙන පාපී පාලනයෙන් මේ රට මුදවන බලඇණිය අපි වෙමු!
https://youtu.be/1srtAFlYlvc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/05/25)
සර් කන්ට්‍රැක් එක ආවේ පිටරටින්? | හල්ඔලුවට තග දාපු වෙඩික්කරුගේ අනියම් බිරිඳ කියූ රහස් ?
https://youtu.be/dWcBA-B9nd4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/05/25)
'' රටේම ජෝක් වෙන, ජෙප්පන්ගේ මෝඩ උද්ධච්චකම...''
https://youtu.be/COfULyYXfAI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/05/25)
හෙළ සිනමාවේ 'නිළි රැජින' ට පිදුණු පූර්ණ රාජ්‍ය අගෞරවය !
https://youtu.be/7tn5q8YWVis... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/05/25)
'' ජේවීපිය තිබුණේ නැත්නම්, ලංකාව අද හුඟක් දියුණුයි...''
https://youtu.be/lnOGfZFAVD0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/05/25)
OPEN LETTER TO HRC-SL – Rejection of HRC’s Proposal to Repeal Sections 365 & 365A: A Call to Protect 6.1million of Sri Lanka’s Children, Culture, and Constitutional Morality
To: Justice L.T.B. DehideniyaChairmanHuman Rights Commission of Sri LankaColombo Subject: Rejection of HRC’s Proposal to Repeal Sections 365 & 365A: A Call to Protect 6.1million of Sri Lanka’s Children, Culture, and Constitutional Morality Dear Justice Dehideniya, We write to express our unequivocal objection to the Human Rights Commission’s recent recommendation to repeal Sections 365 and 365A of the Penal Code — two provisions which remain vital to protecting the most vulnerable members of our society, especially children. Sections 365 and 365A of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/05/25)
Is Sri Lanka Still Too Colonial to Celebrate its Own Republic Day?
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 18-24 May 2025 * ‘This ‘mass murder on wheels’ accelerated with the IMF-guided ‘explosive growth’ of Finance Companies (FCs) after 1977. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka linked this motorized mayhem to the larger banking system providing ‘market space’ to Non-Banking Financial Institutions. The FCs exploited demographics, that the banks feared to tread. Bankers however financed imports to serve this burgeoning ‘market’:... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/05/25)
Does NPP use businessmen as proxies to bribe parties to secure CMC control?
Colombo, May 26 (Daily Mirror) - A group of businessmen has come forward to fund parties in an attempt to woo members to form the administration of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), particularly on behalf of the ruling National Party (NPP), a Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP alleged yesterday. SJB Colombo District MP Mujibur Rahman told the Daily Mirror that some businessmen supporting the National People's Power (NPP) had offered cash inducements. “We are making this allegation with full responsibility,” he said, alleging that the NPP is attempting to woo several independent groups... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/05/25)
The Evolution and Brilliance of Ancient Irrigation in Ceylon (Hela; Sri Lanka): A Legacy of Science and Civilization
Water has always been the cornerstone of human survival and agricultural development. In ancient Ceylon—modern-day Sri Lanka, once known as Hela—visionary engineers and kings created one of the world’s most advanced irrigation networks. This remarkable hydraulic civilization demonstrated profound foresight, engineering skill, and ecological harmony, establishing a sustainable system that supported thriving communities and bountiful agriculture for centuries. The evolution began with simple rain-fed agriculture, which gradually transformed into a sophisticated rainwater harvesting system. Small village reservoirs, known as “wewa,” were at the heart of this transformation, ingeniously constructed to collect and store... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/05/25)
ජනාධිපතිගේ කතාව නිසා යුද අපරාධවලට වෙන දේ | ආචාර්ය දයාන් ජයතිලකගේ විග්‍රහයක්
https://youtu.be/RTxjgPACGVc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/05/25)
NDB Bank Collaborates With Mastercard to Launch a Debit Card to Drive Digital Payment Adoption
NDB Bank is proud to announce the launch of the NDB Mastercard debit card, marking a significant milestone in the Bank’s journey towards driving digital payment adoption and promoting financial inclusion, while delivering great value to its customers. This launch, held at the NDB Bank Head Office, also signifies the beginning of a dynamic collaboration between NDB Bank and global payment technology leader, Mastercard. The new card is designed to elevate everyday banking for the Bank’s customers, bringing together the trust and reliability of NDB with the global network and innovation of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/05/25)
117th Anniversary of Ahmadiyya Khilafat. – A detailed Report.
Muslims in general do understand the need of a Khilafat as well as its importance. This need was felt after the sad demise of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) also. In Islam this is quite clear like broad daylight and is a part of Islamic teaching that without unity and harmony you cannot rightly work on the teachings of Islam. When you go to the mosque for Prayer (Salat) five times a day, there must be an Imam. Standing behind an Imam is a demonstration of unity among people.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/05/25)
World’s longest monkey tapeworm found in 10-year-old boy from Kurunegala
Colombo, May 26 (Daily Mirror) - The world's longest monkey tapeworm was discovered in the stomach of a 10-year-old boy from the Kurunegala District, Medical Research Institute (MRI) Director Dr. Suranga Dulamunna revealed. Speaking to the media, Dr. Dulamunna said that details about the rare monkey tapeworm came to light a few months ago. https://youtu.be/e9nSDykAGQ0 The tapeworm was identified during tests conducted on several samples sent to the MRI. While analysing these samples, doctors found what turned out to be the longest known monkey tapeworm. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/05/25)
ජනපති අනුර ත්‍රස්තවාදියෙක්
https://youtu.be/8_IW_37UvKc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/05/25)
Staged Scarcity from Spain to Sri Lanka: Electricity Blackouts, Price Rigging and the IMF
The Iberian Peninsula including Spain, Portugal, and parts of France faced mysterious electricity outages last month. Spain had an extended countywide Blackout--the worst electricity failure in any developed country in modern times. London’s Heathrow Airport, one of the world’s business airports also experienced a power failure and a total shut down over a 24-hour period causing a great deal of chaos in March. A month earlier in February, Sri Lanka too experienced a mysterious island-wide electricity Blackout. Mystery still surrounds the cause of the electricity outages and economic shut down of counties... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/05/25)
The basic principle of Khilafat.
The Muslims who should have been united and be in harmony, are divided in countless sects and divisions. It is not only in religious field but in politics too. When there is schism, they can achieve nothing in the world, which a united and harmonious people can do. By discord and disharmony the power of the Muslim world has not only disintegrated, but also they are using this broken strength against one another. When such are the conditions, the aggregate will be below zero. The groups may be very powerful, but if they will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/05/25)
මිළ දන්නා අගය නොදන්නා නරුමයන්ගේ ආණ්ඩුව මාලනීට කරපු දේ @අමුTalks
https://youtu.be/z8ax5fwtCuk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/05/25)
වැල්ලවත්තේ, මීගමුවේ කොටි සැමරු වලට බාදා කිරීම නිසා ඩුබායි වලින් ම*රණ තර්ජන
https://youtu.be/weErtAnPCjY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/05/25)
The NPP Government and Multi-Party Democracy
Questions continue to be speculated about the true intentions of the JVP in orchestrating the NPP government – whether the JVP is still committed to its old Marxist-Leninist policies and whether it may or may not implement them through its NPP front. Further, will the JVP/NPP allow Sri Lanka’s multi-party democracy to continue or resort to one party governance like in countries where a Communist Party is in power. The fact that local government elections were held under an NPP government after a seven year hiatus is conveniently forgotten. That... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/05/25)
Inside Cinnamon Life at the City of Dreams — the Colombo hotel that was 10 years in the making
Lydia Swinscoe Does Sri Lanka’s latest city hotel live up to the hype? Lydia Swinscoe checks in to find out Having spent over nine months in Sri Lanka, I’ve become fairly well acquainted with the Colombo hotel scene. There are the chains, some global, some local, which take up space in sprawling buildings and sky-punctuating towers, and there are the arty boutique bedrooms often housed in colonial-era homes full of fascinating antiques and surrounded by frangipani trees — these are always my favourites. And in just over a year... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/05/25)
තුයියකොන්තා සහ කොහොන අනුරට එරෙහි කුමන්ත්‍රණයක | අනුදිගේ අභිමානය සහ අකුදිගේ හීනමානය
https://youtu.be/MypTDEfwVYw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/05/25)
Govt. is taking actions to improve healthcare facilities & professional standards – PM
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that the government is taking necessary actions to enhance the facilities and professional standard within the healthcare sector, and that expecting a compassionate discharge of duties from the nurses and midwives. The Prime Minister made these remarks while addressing a ceremony held today (24) at Temple Trees to deliver the official appointments to 3,147 nurses in the health sector, according to the Prime Minister’s Media Division. Addressing the event, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated: “Nursing is more than a job; it is a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/05/25)
Controversial commemoration
President Dissanayake’s hesitancy over participation in the commemoration contrasts with his party’s historical pro-military stance, particularly during the post-ceasefire period when they shaped public opinion favouring military action against the LTTE Speculation arose as to why the president skipped the commemoration, with some citing that he wanted to appease the collective tamil community and the diaspora who supported the NPP during the previous elections President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has caused a controversy with his apparently reluctant participation in the National... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/25)
Nalinda Jayathissa is correct
The late Minister Gamini Dissanayke In the early 1990s stated that considering the number of professionals and technicians that Australia has absorbed into their country from Sri Lanka, what Sri Lanka has offered to Australia’s economic development far outweighs the amount of aid/assistance that Australia has given to Sri Lanka. He was spot on. There is an enormous brain drain from 3rd world countries like Sri Lanka to the 1st world. Almost all developed counties have migration/employment programs targeted to attract the best brains/talent of the 3rd world. By offering... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/25)
ඉහළම වීර සම්මානයෙන් පිදුම් ලැබූ ලක් මෑණියන්ගේ වීර පුතුන් තිස්දෙදෙනා | PWV | Army | Navy | Air Force
වීරත්වය කුමක්දැයි ලොවට කියා දුන් අපේ කාලයේ විරුවන් පිළිඹඳ ඔබ කිසිදා නෑසූ කථා එකතුව පරම වීර විභූෂණයෙන් පුදලද විරුවන්ගේ අවසන් මෙහෙයුම් පිළිඹඳව අප විසින් මෙතෙක් ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇති වීඩියෝ සියල්ල මෙතැනින්: "වීරත්වයේ පළමු පාඩම" - අපි කවුරුත් පසුබහින්නෙ නෑ, සේරම ඉවර වෙන්න උඩින් බෝම්බ දාන්න | Kokavil (1990) • "වීරත්වයේ පළමු පාඩම" - අපි කවුරුත් පසුබහින... අලිමංකඩ රැකගන්නට මහමුහුදෙන් පැමිණ දියත්කළ වික්‍රමය | Operation Balavegaya 1991 (සජීවී දසුන් සමඟින්) • අලිමංකඩ රැකගන්නට මහමුහුදෙන් පැමිණ දියත්කළ ... පුනරීන් වැලිකතර රුධිරයෙන් ගිනියම් කළ මාරාන්තික සටන | Battle of Pooneryn (1993) • පුනරීන් වැලිකතර රුධිරයෙන් ගිනියම් කළ මාරාන... සහෝදර සෙබළුන්ගේ දිවි බේරන්නට මහ සයුරට බිලිවූ නාවික විරුවන්ගේ කතාව | Heroics Over Chalai (1996) • සහෝදර සෙබළුන්ගේ දිවි බේරන්නට මහ සයුරට බිලි... විශේෂ බලකා මහවිරු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/25)
NDB Bank Partners with SLIM as Official Banking Partner for SME Development Awards 2024
Reaffirming its commitment to the growth and empowerment of Sri Lanka’s vital SME sector, NDB Bank is proud to announce its role as the Official Banking Partner for the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) SME Development Awards (SMEDA) 2024. This landmark partnership reflects NDB’s continued dedication to recognizing and supporting the entrepreneurial spirit and marketing excellence that drives the nation’s small and medium enterprise landscape. Now in its second consecutive year, the SLIM SME Development Awards is a pioneering initiative under SLIM’s "Restart" platform, which aims to reward and uplift micro, small, and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/25)
Prez under fire on AG’s post ‘nepotism’
23 May 2025 | Karu warns against politicisation Noting that the Auditor General’s (AG) Department has thus far remained an institution with no issues, the main Opposition, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), questioned President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s nominations for the post of the AG. The SJB questioned as to why the President took steps to nominate to the post someone who is connected to the Government. SJB Parliamentarian Nalin Bandara Jayamaha posed these questions during a press briefing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/25)
Sri Lanka drug arrest of British woman sparks investigation into links with the Culley case
The arrests come amid heightened international scrutiny of cannabis trafficking involving young travellers A 21-year-old British woman has been arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly attempting to smuggle synthetic cannabis worth £1.2 million into the country, amid growing concerns of young travellers being targeted by organised drug trafficking networks. Charlotte May Lee, from south London, was detained last Monday after arriving at Bandaranaike International... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/25)
Government firms up against genocide allegation: Foreign Minister
Colombo, May 23 (Daily Mirror) - Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said the government will not hesitate to take legal action against individuals or groups who promote the idea that the Sri Lankan military committed genocide during the civil war. Speaking in a recent interview, Herath strongly rejected growing international claims of a Tamil genocide, including recent remarks by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “We absolutely do not accept that a genocide took place in our country,” the minister said. Herath explained that according to the government, genocide refers... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/25)
'' ෆොන්සේකා යුධ ජයග්‍රහණය පාවාදුන්නේ ඇයි ? ''
https://youtu.be/JvUa0pSi8dQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/25)
"මහ බැංකු හොරා කියපු මලික් එක්ක අනුර කුමාර මහත්තයා දවල්ට කන්නේ" - Hiru News
https://youtu.be/4NS-lFKqtNI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/25)
මාලිමාවේ නියෝජ්‍ය ඇමතිට කන් පිරෙන්න විශ්‍රාමික විරුවා කියපු දේ
අපි දැන් නැගිටින්න ඕනේ කාලය ඇවිල්ලා මුහුදු කොටි නිහඬ කළ නාවික විරුවෙක් රණවිරුවන් ගැන කියන ඇඟ හිරිවැටෙන කතාව මාලිමාවේ නියෝජ්‍ය ඇමතිට කන් පිරෙන්න විශ්‍රාමික විරුවා කියපු දේ https://youtu.be/lHH5Zq1v8X4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/25)
Would former Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, who was appointed as Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, resign from the post based on new facts that have emerged?
After imposing hundreds of thousands of rupees as legal fees on those who filed cases regarding constitutional errors before 18.07.2024 while serving as the Chief Justice, the Attorney General has also admitted that there are constitutional errors because published a constitutional amendment in the Gazette on 18.07.2024 to correct two errors of Article 83 of the Constitution and there is a dialogue among several people regarding new legal issues as to whether former Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, who was appointed as Sri Lanka's... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
Dog Population Management and Rabies Eradication: An Open Letter to the Minister of Health, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa
I was more than happy when Dr. Hansaka Wijayamuni, Deputy Health Minister admitted in Parliament today (22/5/2025) that the national rabies eradication and dog population management programme has not provided sustainable results, and noted that something needs to be done to justify the Colossal amount of money spent annually on sterilization and dog rabies vaccination with no sighting of any sustainable results, and still being unable to stop human deaths from rabies despite providing prophylaxis to bite victims at an enormous cost. Sterilization of Dogs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
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https://youtu.be/wRfXBDwCMOk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
Supreme Court overturns PCoI findings against former Solicitor General
Colombo, May 22 (Daily Mirror) - The Supreme Court today quashed the findings, report and recommendations made by the Presidential Commission on Political Victimisation (PCoI) in relation to former Solicitor General Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe, President’s Counsel. The Presidential Commission on Political Victimisation (PCoI), commonly known as the Upali Abeyratne Commission was appointed by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. However, the Court found that the Commission's proceedings in this case fell short of legal requirements. Wickramasinghe, a senior legal officer and President’s Counsel, was appointed as Solicitor General on May... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
ගෝඨාභයට නඩු දාන්න කීයා රජය බලපෑම් කළා …………..
ස්වාධීන ආයතනයක් ලෙස පැවැතිය යුතු නීතිපති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට කටයුතු කරන්නට සිදුව ඇත්තේ දේශපාලන බලපෑම්වලට අනුව බව මේ වන විට හෙළිදරව් වී තිබේ. එම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ හිටපු සොලිසිටර් ජනරාල් දිල්රුක්ෂි ඩයස් වික්‍රමසිංහගේ ප්‍රකාශයෙන් ඒ බව පසක් වේ. දැන් ඇයගේ සේවයද අත්හිටුවා තිබේ. එහෙත් දිල්රුක්ෂි ඩයස් වික්‍රමසිංහට පෙර මේ බලපෑම එල්ල වූයේ තමන්ට බව ඇයට පෙර එම තනතුරේ සිටි හිටපු සොලිසිටර් ජනරාල් සුහද ගම්ලත් පවසයි. අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම්වරයා ලෙසද කටයුතු කර ඇති සුහද ගම්ලත් නීතිපති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ දෙවන නිලධාරියා ලෙස ද කටයුතු කළේ ය. ෆීජි රාජ්‍යයේ විනිසුරුවරයකු ලෙස කටයුතු කරන ඔහු නීතිවේදයේ දිගුකාලීන අත්දැකීම් ඇති පළපුරුදු නිලධාරියෙකි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
Jairam Ramesh’s “THE LIGHT OF ASIA: the poem that defined THE BUDDHA” - II
Continued from Tuesday 13th May 2025 Light of Asia’s ‘stunning impact in Ceylon’ forgotten and the ‘Uncrowned King’ buried One of the dozen of books that Nehru got from his father, when he was imprisoned in a Lucknow jail by the British in 1922, was a copy of The Light of Asia. Eighteen years later,in February 1940, Nehru himself sent his daughter (Indira), who was convalescing in a hospital in Switzerland, ‘Arnold’s two little books The Light of Asia and The Song Celestial’ to keep her company’. (The Song Celestial... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
මුළු ලෝකයේම, රටක් ජාතියක් පාලනය කිරිමට කිසිසේත්ම සුදුසුනැති පුද්ගලයින්, රාෂ්ඨ්‍ර පාලනයේ යෙදී සිටින එකම රට මේ ශ්‍රි ලංකාවය.
මුළු ලෝකයේම, තම රට හා එහි සැබෑ ඉතිහාසය නොදත්,අතීතයේ සිටි වීර සිංහලයින් ගැන හෝ ඒ වීර සිංහල නරපතීන් රට පාලනය සහ සන්වර්ධනය කළ සැටි පිළිබඳ හෝ කිසිදු අවබෝධයක් නැති, තම රටට,ජාතියට හා ආගමට ආදරයක් නැති එසේම ජාතික සිරිත් විරිත්, ඇදුම් පැලදුම් ආදිය ඇතුළු තම ජාතික සන්ස්කෘතික අනන්‍යතාව නොදන්නා,නොරකින එසේම අගය නොකරන ඒවාට ආදරයක් නැති, ජනතා හිතවාදී නැති, කොටින්ම මේ රට කුමක්ද කියා හෝ නොදන්නා, දේශද්‍රෝහී, වෛරී, පරම ආත්මාර්ථකාමී, අබැටක් පමණ හෝ දේශාභිමානයක් නැති බඩගෝස්ත්‍රවාදී, බටහිරගැති, දේශපාලු හා ජාතිපාලු, පන්සිල් පද 5 වත් නොරකින දේශපාලනික නායකයින් සිටින එකම රට මේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
Who was Venerable Walpola Rahula?
Venerable Walpola Rahula Thero’s 118th death anniversary fell on the 9th of May. On the 24th of May, a commemorative event is being organised by the Walpola Rahula Foundation Trust chaired by his only Monk pupil Venerable Galkande Dhammananda at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. It is timely and of significant relevance to today’s societal practices in the name of Buddha and Buddhism, to examine the life and times of Venerable Rahula and his philosophy and approach to Buddhism. In Venerable Rahula’s seminal work, What the Buddha Taught, he says “The question has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
Sri Lanka central bank cuts rates amid inflation uncertainty
Investing.com -- The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has announced an unexpected 25 basis point rate cut, capitalizing on the current period of low inflation. The bank appears less convinced about inflation reliably reaching 5% in the second half of 2025. The bank anticipates inflation to turn positive in the third quarter of 2025 and "gradually align with the target thereafter". This appears more vague compared to their commentary in March 2025, where they stated that inflation "would reach the targeted levels by year-end". Citi has updated its expectations based on this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
Sri Lanka cuts lending rate as economy slowly recovers
Photo by (Fazeena Saleem/The Peninsula.)Follow usnewsCopyA+A- AFP Colombo:Sri Lanka's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate on Thursday, the first reduction in six months, with signs that the crisis-hit nation was emerging from its worst economic downturn. The single policy rate was reduced by 25 basis points to 7.75 percent, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said in a statement, following a review by its Monetary Board. "This measured easing of the monetary policy stance will support steering inflation towards the target of 5.0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
Top UK retailer shuts Sri Lanka plant, triggers protest
British fashion retailer Next has abruptly shut one of its three factories in Sri Lanka, sacking around 1,400 workers and sparking protests on Wednesday. The Next factory at the island’s Katunayake Free Trade Zone, just outside the capital Colombo, announced its immediate closure on Tuesday and promised severance deals to 1,416 workers made redundant overnight. David Reay, director of manufacturing at Next, said the plant had been unprofitable for several years and that he had no alternative but to close it. “At the heart of this decision is the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
Auditor General Dharmapala Gammanpila granted six months extension
Colombo, May 22 (Daily Mirror) - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s request to allow incumbent Auditor General Dharmapala Gammanpila to remain in the post for six more months has been approved by the Constitutional Council (CC) today. The request was approved by all members of the CC according to sources.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
Rebecoming in Sky-Heaven After Death: But How, Scientifically?
Introduction When a Buddhist devotee offers alms to the sangha and/or participate in any other religious activity, the expectation is to earn enough punna merit to gain a berth in Heaven (sagga), obviously by way of having a qualitatively better life than on Earth. Fair enough! But where is heaven? Based in a study of the Tipitaka Tricompendium, this writer has come to identify Heaven as being nothing but the Sky! And hence the term Sky-Heaven as used in this article. So here then is the basis. As... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
A Nation’s Response: A President Betraying the Spirit of Sri Lanka’s Ranawiru Victory Day
A day of honor was turned into a day of betrayal. Victory Day in Sri Lanka is not just a date on a calendar — it is a solemn tribute to the tens of thousands of brave Ranaviruwo who laid down their lives to defend the nation from one of the most brutal terrorist organizations in the world: the LTTE. It is a day meant to remember sacrifice, celebrate unity, and reaffirm our commitment to a sovereign, unitary & undivided Sri Lanka. Yet this year, the President’s Victory Day address did not honor the fallen —... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
Foreign Governments must confront the LTTE Threat: A call to Protect National Security and uphold Global Counterterrorism Standards
If there is a war against terrorism and extremism, there can be no room for double standards. Yet, some foreign governments continue to permit the display and glorification of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its associated symbols, despite the group’s designation as a banned terrorist organization in many countries. This dangerous hypocrisy not only undermines national security but also jeopardizes the safety of their citizens and the integrity of immigration and welfare systems. It is imperative that foreign governments recognize the threat posed by LTTE-linked activities and take decisive... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
Former captain wants cricket in Sri Lanka overhauled -News Item
Cricket players who may have been above board should not get involved in politics Celebrated captain who lifted the World Cup should have stayed as a senior cricketer like Sanga or Mahela and serve the nation .Trying to emulate Imran Khan has not shown much results .Previous government have him a lucrative job as the minister for ports and shipping and also made him the minister of Petroleum .But the country did not see much of his contribution to both industries When the Galle... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/25)
A Nation’s Response: A President Betraying the Spirit of Sri Lanka’s Ranawiru Victory Day
https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/a-nations-response-a-president-betraying-the-spirit-of-sri-lankas-ranawiru-victory-day/ A day of honor was turned into a day of betrayal. Victory Day in Sri Lanka is not just a date on a calendar — it is a solemn tribute to the tens of thousands of brave Ranaviruwo who laid down their lives to defend the nation from one of the most brutal terrorist organizations in the world: the LTTE. It is a day meant to remember sacrifice, celebrate unity, and reaffirm our commitment to a sovereign, unitary & undivided Sri Lanka. Yet this year, the President’s Victory Day... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/05/25)
'' කොටිත් පරාදයි, කොටි බෙටි අහුලපු එවුනුත් පරාදයි..''
https://youtu.be/46XIBn6PnsM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/05/25)
Country not dharamshala: Supreme Court rejects ex-LTTE militant plea against deportation to Sri Lanka
Sudhakaran was appearing for Sri Lankan national and former LTTE member Subaskaran alias Jeevan, who pleaded that he would face political persecution if deported to his country. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition from a former LTTE member challenging his deportation to Sri Lanka, saying India was not a "dharamshala" for refugees and was battling its own problems with a 140-crore population. “Do you think India is a dharamshala to host refugees from all over the world? As it is, we are struggling with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/05/25)
රණවිරුවෝ සොල්දාදුවෝ විය....
https://youtu.be/kZer4DRnGqo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/05/25)
We can’t stop those who want to Glorify Terrorists but we’ll keep speaking for the Real Victims
We salute the Bravery of Sri Lanka’s War Heroes and the truth they defended with their live. Each May, while large numbers pay tribute to the War Heroes who defeated terrorism in May 2009, a minor group gather to glorify the world’s most dangerous terrorist organization under the guise of “mourning”. In doing so they are slapping the victims of the terrorists who comprised Sinhalese, Muslims, Foreigners & even Tamils. No liberation movement uses their own as human shields, hostages or child soldiers. It was Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces who carried out... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/05/25)
“No More Mistakes: A National Appeal to Protect the Integrity of Future Victory Days”
Let May 18 be a day of Honor, not Revenge or Amnesia As Sri Lanka reflects on the significance of May 18, the Government must ensure that all future Victory Day commemorations are marked with dignity, truth, and national gratitude — not silence, distortion, or political bias. This appeal is to set a consistent national standard going forward — to properly honor those who sacrificed and to preserve the historical truth for future generations. Key Demands 1. President’s Presence Is Essential The Commander-in-Chief must... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/05/25)
මාවිල්ආරු රණවිරු සැමරුම - ස්පර් සංවිධානයේ අනුග්‍රාහකත්වයෙන් සහ අවට ගම්වල ජනතාවගේ සංවිධානයෙන් අද දින මාවිල්ආරු සොරව්ව මතදී පැවැත්වුණු රණවිරු සැමරුම සහ පුණ්‍යානුමෝදනාව.
... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/05/25)
Vanithabhimana 2025 Opens Applications for Corporate Sector Competition, Honouring Elite Women Professionals
NDB Bank, in collaboration with News First, is proud to announce the commencement of applications for the Corporate Sector Competition of Sri Lanka Vanithabhimana 2025, the nation’s most distinguished platform dedicated to honouring and empowering exceptional women. Following the success of the Provincial Sector initiative, the spotlight now turns to the accomplished and trailblazing women of Sri Lanka’s corporate and professional spheres. This year’s Corporate Sector Competition breaks new ground by welcoming applications from all elite women professionals, entrepreneurs, and leaders, without restriction. Whether you are at the helm of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/05/25)
Hiru TV Salakuna Live | Patali Champika Ranawaka | Episode 480 | 2025-05-19 | Hiru News
https://youtu.be/QDTDff3zQD8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/05/25)
'' කැහැ කැහැ ,පැඩ පැඩ මාලිමාවට උපදෙස් දෙන මහාචාරියා...''
https://youtu.be/B0-Gsoj9F74... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/05/25)
Lessons From History: Seleucid Empire and its relevance to Ceylon/ Taprobana and lies (Rev)
At the outset let me state that I am not a historian but a Civil and Structural Engineer with some knowledge about computer programming and IT. I have used the latter to gain advantage over others in my profession. However, the AI tools that are being sharpened almost daily in the form of Large Language Models (or Llamas) and made available via mobile phones have made it very easy for us to probe in to past. At the touch of a button these tools would scan data available to them and give info asked for as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/25)
දයා රත්නායක හෙළිකරන යුධ රහස් (2) | General Daya Ratnayake Speaks About His War Experiences
https://youtu.be/FHzLIRAVApw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/25)
One more Indian journalist killed, PEC demands justice
Geneva, 19 May 2025: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expressed shock over the murder of another Indian journalist and demanded justice for the bereaved family of Dharmendra Singh Chauhan. The Haryana-based media person, who was associated with online media outlet named Fast News India, was shot at by the miscreants on 18 May and later succumbed to injuries in a Gurugram hospital in the night hours. Chauhan, who lived in Luhari village under Jhajjar district, was targeted as he went for a walk after his dinner. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/25)
SAD, AKD COULD NOT DO WHAT PAUL KAGAME DID IN RWANDA (IS ‘CLEAN SRI LANKA’ A FAILURE?)
Governments in the past – from Dudley Senanayake (1965 – 1970) to Gotabhaya Rajapaksha (2019 – 2022) introduced National Programs of gigantic nature. All of them ended in failure. Why? They failed to carry people with them. One program that was successful to an extent was Mrs Sirima Bandaranaike’s ‘Grow More Food Campaign’ (1972 – 1976). That government somewhat forcibly enforced the Program on people. School children played a prominent role in it – actively growing manioc, chillies, sorghum and many crops in school yards (the playgrounds were untouched). ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/25)
All things Economy! | Dhananath Fernando | Conversations with Alanki
https://youtu.be/eNTJ3sx5wCo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/25)
NDB Bank Joins Hands for Myanmar Disaster Relief Efforts
NDB Bank is honoured to extend its support towards a deeply humanitarian initiative led by the Sri Lanka Amarapura & Ramanya Samagi Union to aid victims affected by the recent devastating earthquake in the Kingdom of Myanmar and parts of Thailand. This natural disaster has claimed numerous lives and left thousands displaced, including members of the monastic community and the general public, while severely damaging homes, temples, and essential infrastructure. Recognising the urgent need for assistance, NDB Bank contributed support for this relief mission, aligning with the Bank’s strong commitment... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/25)
National Development Bank PLC FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Released to Colombo Stock Exchange on: 14 May 2025 NDB pre-tax profits surge by 118% to Rs. 4.0 Bn. Marks strong start for the year. Post-tax profitability of Rs. 1.9 Bn up by 168% ROE of 10.03% Total assets growth of 7% to Rs. 852.4 Bn Healthy growth in loan book of 5% to Rs. 535.2 Bn stemming from all business sectors CASA ratio improvement by 91 bps to 25.82% National Development Bank PLC (NDB/the Bank) recently... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/25)
‘Accountability issues’: Successive govts. failed armed forces: Shavendra
Gen. Silva “US, UK sanctions effectively prevented me from travelling to other countries as well” Former GOC of the 58 Division General Shavendra Silva yesterday (18) found fault with successive governments since 2009 for failing to counter unsubstantiated war crimes accusations. The failure on the part of them led to punitive international measures against senior officers who spearheaded the offensive against the LTTE, the Gajaba veteran said. Appearing on Derana 24/7 with Chathura Alwis, the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) declared his... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/25)
India Hinders Hambantota’s Industrial Modernization
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 11-17 May 2025 India is allegedly attempting to prevent the economic advance of Hambantota Port as a node for Sri Lanka’s industrial renaissance (see ee Random Notes). This blockading makes this ee recall SBD de Silva’s signalling of the vast difference between the ports in the settler states (USA, Canada, Australia, etc., but not only them) and in the non-settler colonies like ours. Sri Lanka’s ports are stunted, as: ‘Depots for the storage &... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/25)
රණවිරුවන් දිවිපුදා රැකගත් මව්බිමේ ඒකීයභාවය අණතුරේ - විමල් රණවිරු සමරුවේ දී කියයි (වීඩියෝ)
රට, දැය, සමය රකින ප්‍රධානම බලවේගයක් වන්නේ රණවිරුවන් බවත්, අතීතයේ දීත් රටට එරෙහි අක්‍රමණවලින් රට ජාතිය බේරා ගැනීමට රුධිරය හෙලූ මුතුන් මිත්තන්ගේ රුධිරයෙන් මේ මාතෘභූමිය සුපෝෂිත වී ඇති බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. පවාදෙන්නන්ගේ අපකීර්තිමත් අත්දැකීම්වලට වඩා වීරයන්ගේ ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ අත්දැකීම්වලින් අපේ ඉතිහාස කතාව හැඩගැන්වී ඇති බවත් ඒ මහතා පවසයි. ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ විසින් සංවිධානය කළ 'විජයග්‍රහණයේ රණවිරු ප්‍රණාමය' රණවිරු සැමරුමේ දී ඒ මහතා මේ බව පැවසීය. යුද්ධය පැවති සමයේ රාජ්‍ය ඒකීය භාවයට දැඩි තර්ජනයක් එල්ලවී තිබූ පසුබිමක වේලුපිල්ලේ ප්‍රභාකරන් විසින් දකුණු ආසියාවේ ඊශ්‍රායලය මෙරට තුළ නිර්මාණය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/25)
UNP, SJB agree on administering local bodies together with other Opposition parties
Colombo, May 19 (Daily Mirror) - The United National Party (UNP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) have reached an agreement to work together and administer local bodies in which the Opposition commands a majority. The two parties have decided to work with other Opposition parties, according to a joint statement signed by SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara and UNP General Secretary Thalatha Athukorala today.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/25)
Will reveal those behind plot against Deshabandu: Counsel
Colombo, May 19 (Daily Mirror)- Sanjeewa Weerawickrama, counsel for IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon today, informed the committee of inquiry probing the charges against his client that he would reveal who is behind the exercise against him. “On behalf of my client, I will reveal who is behind the removal of Deshabandu Tennakoon and who is motivating him in this exercise,” Weerawickrama said. Counsel Weerawickrama accused Additional Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris of hiding evidence. “We need to study the evidence before we submit our objections,” he said. Meanwhile,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/25)
Racism raising its ugly head again in North, South for the sake of power: President
Colombo, May 19 (Daily Mirror) - Racism has begun to raise its ugly head again in the North and the South for the sake of power, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today. Adddressing the 16th National War Heroes' Commemoration ceremony, he said the war was not natural but it was created to aquire power and to protect and strenthen power for some people. He said children of parents who never provoked extremism or racism had to sacrifice their lives for the power struggles of some people. The President said... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/25)
They Glorify Prabakaran Now – But NO ONE claimed his body or conducted funeral rites in 2009
Where were all these LTTE fronts when Prabakaran was declared dead in May 2009, when his father died in 2010 & mother died in 2011? Not even Prabakarans siblings came to conduct his funeral or even the parent’s funeral. Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces cremated Prabakaran & threw his ashes to sea. His father’s funeral was done by TNA MP Sivajilingam who was a relative, while 3 dead dogs were thrown at the cremation site of his mother. In fact, no LTTE front even came forward to look after Prabakaran’s parents who were... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/25)
With a Massive 90 Million Tamil Population and Growing by More Than a Million Annually There is No Evidence of Tamil Genocide
There are 90 million Tamils globally and their population grows by more than 1 million each year. Those are massive numbers and don’t in anyway indicate suffering “genocide”. Therefore, Canada’s Tamil genocide monument is a joke. It ridicules actual victims of genocide including original Canadians killed in their millions. In the case of Sri Lanka, Tamil population has grown massively despite the war and hundreds of thousands leaving the country as economic refugees. At least 20,000 Tamils live in each and every district of Sri Lanka. However, Sinhalas and Muslims are not allowed to live... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/25)
Lessons From History: Seleucid Empire and its relevance to Ceylon/ Taprobana and lies
At the outset let me state that I am not a historian but a Civil and Structural Engineer with some knowledge about computer programming and IT. I have used the latter to gain advantage over others in my profession. However, the AI tools that are being sharpened almost daily in the form of Large Language Models (or Llamas) and made available via mobile phones have made it very easy for us to probe in to past. At the touch of a button these tools would scan data available to them and give info asked for as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/25)
The Rise of AI Warfare and Digital Colonialism: How Autonomous Weapons and Cognitive Warfare Are Reshaping Global Military Strategy
Photo by Logan Voss In the 1983 film War Games, a supercomputer known as WOPR (for War Operation Plan Response) is about to provoke a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, but because of the ingenuity of a teenager (played by Matthew Broderick), catastrophe is averted. In the first Terminator film, which was released a year later, a supercomputer called “Skynet” decides to exterminate humanity because it’s perceived as a threat to its existence rather than to protect American nuclear weapons. Although... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/25)
BIG FOCUS | යුද ජයග්‍රහණයෙන් දහසය වසරකට පසු | 2025.05.18 | Full Program
https://youtu.be/J2uT6XpFG_E... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/25)
China's Response to Current Global Economic Challenges highlighted at the Pathfinder Hybrid meeting
At a Hybrid meeting hosted by the Pathfinder Foundation, Dr. Liu Zongyi, Senior Fellow & Director, Center for South Asia Studies at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), elaborated on China’s response to evolving economic policies amidst global uncertainty and its implications for South Asia and beyond. In his presentation, Dr. Liu at the join from the Pathfinder Foundation Headquarters at Peliyagoda and live conference open for the public via webinar link, focused on the major challenges facing the global economy and their root causes, citing geopolitical risks, the fragility of global financial... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/25)
When Bangladesh turmoil rubs northeast India
The current interim government of Bangladesh, led by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, remains busy pursuing the final reports by a number of reform commissions with their proposals and subsequent discussions with the political party representatives. Even after nine months of its formation in Dhaka, the situation across the south Asian nation continues to be murky. Needless to mention that a sense of joy and expectation surfaced among nearly 170 million Bangladeshi nationals, when the caretaker government was constituted following a massive student-led uprising compelled sitting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee (to India)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/25)
අන්තවාදයට උඩගෙඩි දෙන සංක්‍රාන්ති ලිංගික ආණ්ඩුව පන්සලට උදව් ඉල්ලුවම බිල් දාන තරමට කුජීතයි...
https://youtu.be/3_mYhvmT5h0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/25)
විජයග්‍රහණයේ සැමරුමට ජනපති නෑ.. ඩයස්පෝරාවට යට වුණාද?
https://youtu.be/mjC9-hTCE0I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/25)
ළග දීම සහල් හිඟයක් | කැනඩා කොටි ස්මාරකය පිටුපස මාලිමා හිතවතුන්
https://youtu.be/n4hGnXIMxdA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/25)
කන්ටේනර් 323 අවුල දුරදිග යයි - හදිසියේම දර්ශන හදුන්ගොඩ රේගුවට
https://youtu.be/uY1lSLfSOrc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/25)
“LTTE Diaspora speaks of “Genocide” — But say Nothing of the Genocide of Tamil Child Soldiers Childhood”
Has it never occurred to the international media or so-called international community or even UN/UNHRC Officials to question the silence of LTTE fronts to LTTE’s recruitment of Tamil children who were turned into child soldiers forming one third of LTTE’s ground force? How can LTTE fronts call for justice when hiding their own crime of creating child soldiers & sending them to their deaths over 3 decades? How can LTTE fronts who funded LTTE guns & watched child soldier recruitment have any moral authority to demand human rights or draft curriculum for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/25)
JVP Recorded Largest Ever LG Election Victory in History But Bankruptcy Looms Again When Debts Become Payable in 2027
JVP won power in 265 LG bodies and the closest rival SJB only managed 14. ITAK and other minority parties are no challengers to the JVP. This is an astronomical election victory. UNP, SLPP, SLFP and others were essentially wiped out unable to win a single LG body! They lost the country and now the village too. Though defeated, SJB has positioned itself as the next favored regime. Voters’ choice for the next leader is between Anura and Sajith. Others have been rendered irrelevant. Comparing local government elections with parliamentary or presidential... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/25)
Need to attract FDI by developing offshore sector
Need to think out of the box to attract FDI and offshore sector development This is the single point mooring buoy purchased by Ceylon petroleum corporation in 1986/87Colombo Dockyard offered to assemble the mooring buoy in Cololmbo Dockyard on behalf of SBM/ IMODCO but due to unknown reasons CPC paid higher price and imported it We made a model in timber to ascertain assembly and welding on Licence and offered to build it That was 40 years ago We were to start offshore sector construction in 1985 since I returned from Norway after working in offshore industry Since that time... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/25)
අධිකරණයකට අපහාස කිරීම පනත අහෝසි කළ යුතුද / නැද්ද විමසානීතීඥවරුන්ගේ ඡන්ද විමසීමක් පවත්වන ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීතීඥ සංගමයේ සභාපතිට ඉල්ලීමක්....
2024 අංක 8 දරන අධිකරණයකට, විනිශ්චය අධිකාරයකට හෝ ආයතනයකට අපහාස කිරීම පනත අහෝසි කළ යුතුද / නැද්ද විමසා ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීතීඥ සංගමය සියලුම නීතීඥවරුන්ගේ ඡන්ද විමසීමක් පවත්වන ලෙස වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහනේ සමායෝජක නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා සභාපතිවරයා වෙත ඉල්ලීමක් කර ඇත.නොකළ වරදකට වසර 38ක් සිරගතකර සිටි පීටර් සුලිවන් 2025 මැයි 13 දින නිදහස් කිරීමට බ්‍රිතාන්‍යය ක්‍රියා කිරීම ජාත්‍යන්තර නීති ඉතිහාසයේ සංධිස්ථානයක් බවත්, විනිසුරුවරුන්ට එරෙහිව නඩු පවරන තැනැත්තන්, නෛතික කරුණු දැක්වීමට අධිකරණයට යන නීතීඥවරුන්, ඇප ලබා දීමට අධිකරණයට යන තැනැත්තන් දුරකථනය නාදවීමෙන් රක්ෂිත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/25)
The lawyer who paid 500,000 rupees as legal fees is inquiring information about whether former Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya has been appointed as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations.*
Lawyer Aruna Laksiri and another person filed cases in the Supreme Court to correct the errors in the Constitution and tried to correct them. In those cases, they had to pay the millions in legal fees to the state and the lawyer was ordered to pay 500,000 rupees as legal fees.Lawyer Aruna Laksiri has requested the following information from the Information Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism.1. 1. Has the former Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya been appointed as the Permanent Representative of Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/25)
පරිපූරක වෛද්‍ය සේවාව තුල නිර්මාණය වී ඇති ගැටළු විසඳීම සඳහා වර්තමාන සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යතුමාගේ සාධනීය මැදිහත් වීමක් නොවීම හේතුවෙන් වෘත්තීය ක්‍රියාමාර්ග වෙත එලඹීම.
මගේ අංකය: JCPSM/Gen/2025 (26)දිනය: 2025.05.17ගරු සෞඛ්‍ය හා ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය වෛද්‍ය නලින්ද ජයතිස්ස මැතිතුමාගරු සෞඛ්‍ය හා ජනමාධ්‍ය නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය වෛද්‍ය හංසක විජේමුණි මැතිතුමාසෞඛ්‍ය ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය අනිල් ජාසිංහ මහතාඅතිරේක සෞඛ්‍ය ලේකම් (පාලන) II චාමික H ගමගේ මහතාසෞඛ්‍ය සේවා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් වෛද්‍ය අසේල ගුණවර්ධන මැතිතුමාපරිපූරක වෛද්‍ය සේවාව තුල නිර්මාණය වී ඇති ගැටළු විසඳීම සඳහා වර්තමාන සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යතුමාගේ සාධනීය මැදිහත් වීමක් නොවීම හේතුවෙන් වෘත්තීය ක්‍රියාමාර්ග වෙත එලඹීම. මූලික හා ප්‍රධාන පර්ශ්වකරුවන් නොසලකා පක්ෂ දේශපාලනය අමාත්‍යාංශය තුලට ගෙන ඒම. ලොව දියුණු යැයි සම්මත විවෘත සාකච්ඡාමය ප්‍රවේශය නොසලකා හැරීම. ඉතා සරල, විසඳුම් සහිත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/25)
Mihintale Ancient Hospital aka Oldest Hospital in the World, Mihintale (2018)
https://youtu.be/AKP31_4cl3o... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/25)
The Tamil Genocide Monument in Brampton Area
To Canadian High Commission- Colombo clmbo
international.gc.ca Your Excellency, I, as a Sri Lankan Tamil, would like to place my protest against the Brampton Municipal Mayor's speech and the monument placed in protest of the SL government. I had already sent this protest to Mayor Patrick Brown. The cheapest practice here in the Western developed world is that Tamils who have minimal qualifications migrate to a foreign country, particularly the West, and engage in cheap politics. The weakness in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/25)
Black Smoke Billows from Pelawatta Chimney: How the North-East Rejected NPP at the Local Polls
1. Introduction In our essay titled, “Have the Tamil Voters in the North and East (and in the Plantation Regions) Rejected Separatism, Racism and Politicians that Advocated Separatism, Racism?” posted on November 30, 2024, we have stated that it has become an amusing pastime of a plethora of Colombo-based journalists who write to English newspapers and political analysts who cater to the needs of the Western audiences to interpret November General Election as Tamil voters rejecting separatism, racism and politicians that advocated separatism and racism and this has unified the entire Island, a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/25)
When Myths Become Memorials: Exposing the Politics Behind Patrick Brown’s Genocide Monument”
“Go back to Colombo….you are not welcome in Brampton”, Mayor of Brampton chants racist slurs on anti-Genocide supporters. It is truly unbecoming for a Mayor to be making such wild statements. On what basis can he defend the creation of a Genocide Memorial – for whom is it? So far, even after 16 years since defeat of LTTE, no one has produced the names of 40,000 dead, some form of identification, skeletons of the dead or even police complaints of missing. Let it be pointed out that with no proof of the 40,000... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/25)
Insulting the heroic Kandyan Patriotic Sinhalese by saying that they betrayed this country to the British by the Kandyan Convention of March 02. 1815, must be stopped at least now.
This has reference to the article “Defense Agreement signed with India on 05.04.2025. by President Disanayaka, is not second to the Kandyan Convention of 2nd Marh 1815. that appeared in the Sunday Aruna (Sinhala) newspaper. I do not know whether this title given to that article was selected by the person who wrote the article, the scholar who gave the discussion, or the newspaper editor. Most likely, it could be the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/25)
A Review of Rajendra Alwis’s book ‘Siddhartha Gauthama’
Gautama Buddha has been such a towering figure for over twenty six centuries of human history that there is no shortage of authors attempting to put together his life story cast as that of a supernatural being. Asvaghosa’s “Buddhacharita” appeared in the 1st century in Sanskrit. It is the story as narrated in the Lalitavisture Sutra that became translated into Chinese during the Jin and Tang dynasties, and inspired the art and sculpture of Gandhara and Barobudur. Tenzin Chogyel’s 18th century work Life of the Lord Victor Shakyamuni, Ornament of One Thousand Lamps for the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/25)
ගෝඨාභයට නඩු දාන්න කීයා රජය බලපෑම් කළා ..............
ස්වාධීන ආයතනයක් ලෙස පැවැතිය යුතු නීතිපති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට කටයුතු කරන්නට සිදුව ඇත්තේ දේශපාලන බලපෑම්වලට අනුව බව මේ වන විට හෙළිදරව් වී තිබේ. එම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ හිටපු සොලිසිටර් ජනරාල් දිල්රුක්ෂි ඩයස් වික්‍රමසිංහගේ ප්‍රකාශයෙන් ඒ බව පසක් වේ. දැන් ඇයගේ සේවයද අත්හිටුවා තිබේ. එහෙත් දිල්රුක්ෂි ඩයස් වික්‍රමසිංහට පෙර මේ බලපෑම එල්ල වූයේ තමන්ට බව ඇයට පෙර එම තනතුරේ සිටි හිටපු සොලිසිටර් ජනරාල් සුහද ගම්ලත් පවසයි. අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම්වරයා ලෙසද කටයුතු කර ඇති සුහද ගම්ලත් නීතිපති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ දෙවන නිලධාරියා ලෙස ද කටයුතු කළේ ය. ෆීජි රාජ්‍යයේ විනිසුරුවරයකු ලෙස කටයුතු කරන ඔහු නීතිවේදයේ දිගුකාලීන අත්දැකීම් ඇති පළපුරුදු නිලධාරියෙකි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/25)
Press conference held to announce the preparations for the 16th National War Heroes Commemoration Ceremony
The Ministry of Defence today (May 16) convened a press conference to announce the preparations for the 16th National War Heroes Commemoration Ceremony, which will take place on 19 May 2025 at the National War Hero Cenotaph in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte. The ceremony will be held on the 19th from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm with the gracious presence of the Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) representing the honorable President. A series of island wide community welfare programs will also be carried out by armed forces,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/25)
Ambassador of Israel met Milinda Moragoda
The newly appointed Ambassador of Israel to India accredited to Sri Lanka Reuven Azar visited the Pathfinder Foundation Headquarters at Riverpoint recently and met with the Founder Milinda Moragoda and Chairman Bernard Goonetilleke.At the Meeting discussion centered on identifying ways and means of expanding cooperation between the two countries in tourism, agriculture, digital technology and logistics. Over the years the Pathfinder Foundation has established a dialogue with think tanks in Israel. He was accompanied by the Hon Consul for Israel in Sri Lanka Dinesh Rodrigo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/25)
ලක්ෂ 5ක නඩු ගාස්තු ගෙවූ නීතීඥවරයා, හිටපු අගවිනිසුරු ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ නිත්‍ය නියෝජිත ලෙස පත් කර තිබේද ඇතුලු තොරතුරු විමසයි.
ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ වැරදි ඇති බවත් ඒවා නිවැරදි කර ගැනීම සඳහා නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි මහතා සහ තවත් අයෙකු ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ නඩු පවරා උත්සාහ ගත් අතර එහිදී ලක්ෂ ගණනින් රජයට නඩු ගාස්තු ගෙවීමට ඔවුන්ට සිදුවූ අතර එම නීතීඥවරයාට ලක්ෂ 5ක නඩු ගාස්තු නියම විය.නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි මහතා විසින්විදේශ කටයුතු, විදේශ රැකියා සහ සංචාරක අමාත්‍යාංශයේ තොරතුරු නිලධාරී වෙතින් පහත තොරතුරු ඉල්ලා ඇත.1. 1. ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය හිටපු අගවිනිසුරුතුමා එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිත්‍ය නියෝජිත ලෙස පත්කර තිබේද?1.2. පිළිතුර "ඔව්" හෝ "පත් කර ඇත" නම් ඒ කවදා සිටද?2. ඉහත 1 ප්‍රශ්නයට පිළිතුර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/25)
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Sri Lanka faces surge in dengue, chikungunya and influenza cases
Colombo, May 16 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a significant increase in mosquito borne diseases, notably dengue and chikungunya, alongside a rise in influenza cases among children. Consultant Pediatrician, Lady Ridgeway Hospital Dr. Deepal Perera speaking to the Daily Mirror raveled that the spread of dengue and chikungunya, both transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes and flies, poses a significant public health challenge. Health officials warn the importance of eliminating mosquito breeding sites and seeking immediate medical attention if symptoms such as such as high fever, joint... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/25)
Ex-President Ranil accuses Bribery Comm. of wilfully misleading court
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the submissions made with reference to him in court today by the Counsel for the Bribery Commission is a wilful misleading of the Court and that he is consulting his lawyers regarding the action to be taken. Issuing a statement today (16), the former President stated that the media reports highlighting submissions alleged to have been made in Court today by the Counsel for the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABIC) with reference to him, does not mention that the application to cancel bail already... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/25)
Hands Off Our Generosity! The Sinister Whispers Against a Sacred Tradition
For centuries, the heart of Sri Lanka has pulsed with the spirit of dana, of selfless giving. During sacred times like Vesak, our streets transform into vibrant avenues of generosity, where overflowing stalls offer everything from steaming rice and crispy roti to sweet ice cream and refreshing drinks, freely shared with all. This isn't about charity for the poor alone; it's a profound act of liberation, a shedding of attachment that enriches both giver and receiver. Anyone who has ever offered a simple biscuit to a stray dog or a comforting yoghurt... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
A Language of Blood Has Gripped Our World: The Twentieth Newsletter (2025)
Dahlia Abdelilah Baasher (Sudan), Untitled, n.d. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Over the past weeks, international focus has no doubt been on the escalation between India and Pakistan, which we will write more about once the dust settles. Though none of the armies crossed the border or the Line of Control, concern is nonetheless understandable: both countries wield nuclear weapons in their arsenal. Now, there has effectively been a return to the ceasefire of 1948, which has lingered in the decades since without a proper and full... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
Sri Lanka civic polls: Is NPP losing popularity among the people?
President Anura Dissanayake's NPP wins the local elections, but witnesses a huge dip in vote shares Updated: May 14, 2025 20:48 IST Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake | AP Sri Lanka’s local civic polls, held on May 6, have thrown up several surprises, indicating a shift in ground reality. President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka’s ruling National People’s Power (NPP) - Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) coalition witnessed a major dip in vote percentage. Although the NPP emerged as the largest party, winning 265 out of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
Sri Lanka stalls Starlink over security and sovereignty concerns
Starlink is great for developing countries, offering connectivity without costly infrastructure. But it’s a challenge for their national security, since authorities can’t monitor the traffic it carries. This policy conflict arose in Sri Lanka in early May, when the government paused rollout of the satellite communications service, blocking one of the few ways to ensure affordable connectivity to remote and vulnerable areas. Satellite internet can help close significant connectivity gaps across Sri Lanka, especially in remote, underserved and disaster-prone regions where fibre and mobile networks are limited. For... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
Sinopec facing obstacles in Sri Lanka top Chinese scholar
Says companies operating in Sri Lanka are against Sinopec entering the market Sri Lanka signed MoU with Sinopec for US $ 3.7 billion refinery in Hambantota If a Chinese oil company comes here, they have higher technologies. So the local companies will face severe competition Colombo, May 16 (Daily Mirror) - Sinopec, the leading Chinese petroleum company that has sought to invest in Sri Lanka, is facing obstacles in pressing ahead with implementation, a leading Chinese scholar who is presently in Sri Lanka told Daily... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
PRESIDENT TO USE ALL THE WEAPONS IN HIS ARSENAL TO BLOCK OPPOSITION'S LOCAL COUNCIL POWER GRAB...DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT FAILING TO GET A MAJORITY
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that if fragmented opposition groups band together to seize control of local government bodies, he will use constitutional, legal, and political power to thwart their efforts. The President made these remarks while addressing the JVP's 60th anniversary celebration held in Colombo on May 14. This is against the backdrop of the ruling National People's Power failing to get a majority vote in many local government bodies, despite winning in those areas. Meanwhile, the opposition parties have decided to band together to form a united... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
ලාබ ලබපු විදුලි බල මණ්ඩලය පුනරුදයෙන් පාඩුයි... මාටියා ගහපු බලාගාරවල පාඩුව30%කින් ජනතාවගේ කරට
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භික්ෂූන්ට බුදුන්ට වඩා මාක්ස් ලොකු උනාද ? Patali Champika
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ප්‍රභාකරන්ගේ පිළිම හදලා සමරන තැනට මේ ආන්ඩුව වැටුනේ ඇයි ?
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System change through transformation of strategic vision to strategic planning
Good ideas fail automatically. In a competitive environment and with limited resources, political parties need robust strategies to maximise their chances to win. In every day’s working routines, there is often a high focus on action and reaction - and little to no direction due to an unclear or non-existent strategy - Strategic Planning for Political Parties Abstract, Friedrich Naumann Foundation (https://www.freiheit.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/11_abstract_strategic-planning-2022.pdf) As the Friedrich Naumann Foundation says “strategic planning is a key competence for political parties and their leadership personnel while in government or in Opposition. Strategy development cannot be delegated or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
U.S. War on China, A long time Coming
In South Asia, a Regional Cold War is ramping up with India’s “Beggar thy Neighborhood First” policies, including war on Pakistan Image by Getty and Unsplash+. Movement toward war with China accelerates. Trump has raised America’s military budget to a Trillion dollars although claiming to be a peace maker. The public, focused on troubles currently upending U.S. politics, does not pay much attention to a war on the way for decades. The watershed moment came in 1949 with the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
Sri Lanka’s Land Market Shows Strong Momentum Amid Growing Demand, Reports LankaPropertyWeb
Colombo, May 2025 — The Sri Lankan land market is gaining renewed strength, with Colombo and the broader Western Province leading the way in price growth, according to the latest Land Price Index (LPI) published by LankaPropertyWeb (LPW). The 2025 index reveals that land prices in Colombo city (Colombo 1-15) have risen by 7% year-on-year, while the overall Western Province recorded an 12% increase — a notable jump from the 8% rise observed the previous year. The report highlights a sustained upward trend in land values, particularly in Colombo’s suburbs and key districts like Gampaha... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
Where is Sri Lanka Going Wrong & Into Debt?
Where is Sri Lanka Going Wrong & Into Debt? A great country, with a history going back into Before Christ, a country with unparalleled industrial engineering strength, and after years of Self-Rule, the only credit to Sri Lanka is a growing debt! Corruption, Greed of the Ruling Class, has stepped on and used the working class and the poor to achieve their own wealth!. What has a group of tiny sinking islands Maldives got better or more than the Pearl of Asia? Maldives has unveiled a $9... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
A Pope from Chicago – the birthplace of modern Islam in USA
Pope Leo XIV making his first public appearance from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica | Screenshot from NBC News The Conclave acted quite swiftly ending the weeks-long speculations about the next pope – only on the second day of the cardinals’ meeting. The announcement of Robert Prevost being the new Pope sent waves of excitement in not only the crowds gathered in and around St Peter’s Square in the Vatican, and also not only in the Catholic population in all parts of the world, but to the general global population... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
The Bloodied Emirates: How the UAE Fears a Free Muslim World with Dr Andreas Krieg
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What the U.S. Can Learn from Israel’s ‘Qatargate’ Affair
White House Correspondents’ season just wrapped in Washington. Last weekend, celebrities, journalists, and politicians descended on Washington to celebrate the free press. Traditionally, the weekend is also an occasion to take jabs at the administration. Among this year’s events was a soiree hosted by the Embassy of Qatar. Wining and dining the press has become somewhat of an annual ritual for Qatar. Doha hosted parties at the Four Seasons in 2023 and 2024 and co-sponsored another swanky event in 2019. How Qatar became a regular headliner during a weekend... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/25)
Poverty Alleviation Creation of Employment, making what we need is the answer to the USA imposing a tax on our imports.
President Trump is looking after the interests of the USA and mind you within months many industries will open up making what the USA did import. Once I owned a Roadtrek-Chevrolet campervan in the USA and clocked over 50,000 miles travel over hill and dale. It was a marvel, far better that the Benz 200 I drive today. Earlier, When I was a doctoral student at Michigan State I ran in a Delta 99 Oldsmobile, a great car and I am certain that the car giants in the USA will soon make better cars than... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
Jairam Ramesh’s “THE LIGHT OF ASIA: the poem that defined THE BUDDHA” - I
This article is dedicated to the memory of Sri Lankan patriot, humanitarian, and friend of fellow global Buddhists, Hon. Lakshman Kadirgamar, who was instrumental in winning official recognition for Vesak as an international holiday at the United Nations in September 1999, on the eve of the 3rd Millennium Jairam Ramesh quotes the following short quatrain from Sir Edwin Arnold, the author of The Light of Asia, writing in 1893: Praise me or asperse, Deck me or deride, In my veil of verse, ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
Teaching Methods, Gravity hole, Elon Musk’s Next Gen and more (Revised).
I must confess that I am only a professionally qualified Civil & Structural Engineer with some computer programming experience plus some knowledge about Structured Computer Organization, I have no training on teaching methods. However, throughout my carrier I have been associated with teaching at primary and secondary education in several parts of the world. This is because I am married to a teacher from a teacher family that has also done a significant amount of community work in that field. By trying to help her in photocopying the question papers on mathematics for distribution to her... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
2/3 පාර්ලිමේන්තු බලයක් ඇති මාළිමා ආණ්ඩුව ඉක්මණින් කළ යුතු නීති සංශෝධන 5....!
1. කරුණු ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට අධිකරණයට යන නීතීඥයන් සහ තැනැත්තන් රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කිරීමට විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ අධිකරණ ඇමති ගෙනා 2024 අංක 8 දරන අධිකරණයකට, විනිශ්චය අධිකාරයකට හෝ ආයතනයකට අපහාස පනත අහෝසි කිරීම.2. සරත් එන්. සිල්වා අගවිනිසුරුගේ බලපෑම මත අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දීම 2009 සිට නතර කර ඇති ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීති විද්‍යාලයේ නීති අධ්‍යාපනය නැවත අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් ලබා දීම ආරම්භ කිරීම.3. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය විසින් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට/ කථානායකවරයා වෙත යොමු කරන ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණ රාජ්‍ය භාෂාවෙන් හැන්සාඩ් වාර්තාවට ඇතුළත් කරවීමට පියවර ගැනීම.4. උසස් පෙළ සිසුන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
'' මේ වගේ ජෝකර්ලව එලෙව්වෙ නැත්නං තමයි පුදුම...''
https://youtu.be/IDQjWS-bwLo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
දූෂණය නෑ කිව්ව ආණ්ඩුවේ පැටිකිරිය එළියට.. ආණ්ඩුව කුඩේ කුඩු..
https://youtu.be/VdXDgkjtMYg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
යාපනය තිස්ස විහාරය අසල වෙසක් පොහෝදිනේ යකා නැටූ දෙමල අන්තවදියෝ ?
https://youtu.be/Zgaj4sxRj1I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/25)
NPP releases pro-LTTE campaign songs ahead of local elections
The National People’s Power (NPP) has released a series of Tamil-language campaign songs for the upcoming local government elections, embracing rhetoric and imagery closely associated with Tamil nationalism and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The campaign, aimed at boosting electoral performance in the Tamil North-East, has raised questions over the sincerity of the party’s political stance. One of the songs, circulated by NPP’s Jaffna Member of Parliament Ilankumaran on Facebook, pledges the construction of a bronze statue in Valvettithurai to honour LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/05/25)
Who Will Tame the Beasts on Our Roads?
Sri Lanka's public road transport has long been a menace on the roads. For decades, citizens have endured the daily trauma of riding in filthy, overcrowded, and dangerously maintained buses, often driven by men who appear to treat roads like racetracks. Public transport, instead of being a symbol of convenience and safety, has mutated into a moving hazard. What’s worse is the widespread sense of impunity that emboldens such behaviour. Passengers are neither treated with dignity nor transported with care. Many are forced to cling to handrails for dear life, endure... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/05/25)
CEB chairman has not resigned, only requested leave to go abroad: Energy Ministry
Colombo, May 11 (Daily Mirror) - The Media Division of the Ministry of Energy has rejected reports circulating in the media regarding the resignation of CEB Chairman Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya. A senior official from the Ministry said that the Chairman had submitted a letter to the President informing him of his leave, as he plans to travel abroad for personal reasons. "There is no truth in the media reports suggesting the resignation of the CEB Chairman," the official added. Dr. Siyambalapitiya was appointed as the CEB Chairman on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/05/25)
CEB Chairman Tilak Siyambalapitiya resigns
The Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya has handed in his letter of resignation. It is reported that he submitted his resignation letter to Minister of Energy Kumara Jayakody last Friday, and accordingly, it has been accepted by the Subject Minister. Dr. Siyambalapitiya was appointed to the post on September 26, 2024.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/05/25)
Expats Vs Settlers Vs Natives: How Imperialism Sabotages Modernization in Sri Lanka
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com “Before you study the economics, study the economists!” e-Con e-News 04-10 May 2025 The French warship Beautemps-Beaupré has just barged into Colombo – so far from gay Paree and le port de Marseille. And while India (using French & US weaponry) and Pakistan (using US, Chinese & Swedish materiel) indulge in target practice on live civilians and others, Sri Lanka’s government has bravely declared it shall not allow the country to be used as a base in regional or global wars. Yet, as noble declarations go, the JVP-led NPP government’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
Justice for Amshi: A Nation’s Shame and a Call to Action
A 15-year-old girl named Amshi—brilliant, talented, and full of promise—is dead. She took her own life after being sexually abused three times by her teacher at Ramanathan Hindu Ladies College in Colombo. Instead of being protected, she was forced to be removed from school by the very principal who should have defended her. Forced into a new school in Kotahena, she then endured repeated public humiliation at a tuition class run by a friend of her abuser. On April 29, 2025, the trauma became unbearable—Amshi ended her life. Her death is not an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
With the best graphite in the World, we do not make our penc3ils yet. What a shame!
It is reported that a number of leading countries including the USA and India want to wrest control of our graphite. I have read somewhere that our graphite is of superb quality- something like the best in the World.. Because we are buried in the quagmire of debt and hold a failed economy it is likely that we sell our family silver for a song. Our treacherous leaders are selling everything for a song. I hope they do realize what they are doing to Mother Lanka. Anyone in power should know to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
Vietnamese Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien meets President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at UN Day of Vesak in Vietnam
Vietnamese Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien greets President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien also known as Ven Bhikkhuni Elizabeth Sujata The American Vietnamese Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien also known as Ven Bhikkhuni Elizabeth Sujata is seen greeting President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Conference Hall in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) where President Anura Kumara Dissanayake delivered the key note address reaffirming longstanding Buddhist ties between the two countries. He was the Chief Guest honouring a joint invitation extended by the Viet Nam Buddhist Sangha and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
The Moral Collapse of Sri Lankan Society: Justice for 2 suicides
Two young lives lost—one a university student, the other a schoolgirl in Kotahena. These are not isolated tragedies. They are searing warnings that Sri Lankan society is spiraling into a moral crisis. A breakdown is underway—of values, of accountability, of conscience. Behind every funeral lies a failing: in our families, our schools, our media, and our government. This is a call to all Sri Lankans. Not tomorrow. Now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WgthnVDzLs (Parents of Amisha) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-N9qPHjGZg (Parents of Charith Dilshan) Media Complicity Children today are raised in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
Suicidal Behavior Disorder
Suicide is a psychiatric emergency and needs immediate intervention. It has been recognized as a major health problem and a leading cause of death worldwide. Suicide does not occur in a vacuum; it’s a fatal outcry and a highly complex and multifaceted phenomenon. Suicide is the most severe and final manifestation of psychological pain (Rahman et al., 2010). Suicide is a social malady with far-reaching impact. Suicide is defined as an act of intentionally terminating one’s own life (Nock et al., 2008). The National Institute of Mental Health defines... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
අහිංසාවාදයට සිදුවූයේ කුමක්ද?(2) නව ලිබරල්වාදය ස්වමාංශ භක්ෂණය අරඹා තිබේ. දැන් ඔවුහු දරුවන් මරාදමමින් සිටිති.
May 2, 2025 සංස්කාරක Comments Offon අහිංසාවාදයට සිදුවූයේ කුමක්ද?(2) නව ලිබරල්වාදය ස්වමාංශ භක්ෂණය අරඹා තිබේ. දැන් ඔවුහු දරුවන් මරාදමමින් සිටිති. (What Happened To Ahimsa? යන ලිපි පෙළේ – Neoliberalism Has Turned Inwards – It Is Killing Its Children යන මැයෙන් පළවු 2 වන කොටසේ පරිවර්තනය) 1 කොටස ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය නම් හොල්මනක් ගැන ප්‍රචාරක ව්‍යාපාරයක් ගෙන යන අතරම ස්වෛරී ජාතින් රැසක් විනාශ කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව සිය න්‍යාය පත්‍රය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම සඳහා නව ලිබරල්වාදය දැන් ස්වකීය අභ්‍යන්තරය වෙත හැරෙමින් සමස්ත මානව සංහතියේම අනාගතයත් එහි දරුවනුත් විනාශ කිරීම අරඹා තිබේ. මේ ස්ත්‍රීපුරුෂ සමාජභාවය පිළිබඳ මතවාදයේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
අහිංසාවාදයට සිදු වූයේ කුමක්ද? (1) ජාතික විමුක්ති ව්‍යාපාරයන්ට එරෙහි අධිරාජ්‍යවාදයේ රහසිගත මෙහෙයුම්: බණ්ඩාරනායක ඝාතනය සහ නොබැඳි ව්‍යාපාරයේ බිඳ වැටීම
April 30, 2025 සංස්කාරක Comments Offon අහිංසාවාදයට සිදු වූයේ කුමක්ද? (1) ජාතික විමුක්ති ව්‍යාපාරයන්ට එරෙහි අධිරාජ්‍යවාදයේ රහසිගත මෙහෙයුම්: බණ්ඩාරනායක ඝාතනය සහ නොබැඳි ව්‍යාපාරයේ බිඳ වැටීම මනුකා විජේසිංහ (මෙම ලිපිය මනුකා විජේසිංහ විසින් ලියන ලද What Happened To Ahimsa? – From Ahimsa To Democracy & Non-Alignment To Gender Ideology යන ලිපියේ පළමු කොටසේ පරිවර්තනයයි.) තමන් විසින් මෙහෙයවන ලද කාලිංඝ යුද්ධයේදී වගුරුවන ලද අපරිමිත රුධිර ගංගාවන් හේතුවෙන් පසු තැවිල්ලට පත් ධර්මාශෝක අධිරාජයා විසින් අහිංසා ප්‍රතිපත්තිය අනුගමනය කරමින් ” සතුන්ට හිංසා නොකරනු”යන නීතිය පැනවූ බව පැවසේ. අහිංසාවාදය පදනම්ව ඇත්තේ සියලු ජීවීන් දිව්‍යමය ශක්ති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
What is in the UK-US tariff deal?
The UK and the US have reached a deal over tariffs on some goods traded between the countries. President Donald Trump's blanket 10% tariffs on imports from countries around the world still applies to most UK goods entering the US. But the deal has reduced or removed tariffs on some of the UK's exports, including cars, steel and aluminium. Here's an at-a-glance look at what's in the deal.
Trump declared on social media this announcement would be a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/05/25)
Missing the wood for the trees; Local government elections are about the trees and not the wood.
The trees The quotation "Missing the wood for the trees" means being unable to see the whole picture or larger context because one is fixated on minor details or individual components. It suggests a lack of perspective and an inability to understand the bigger picture due to being too focused on the small parts. This catchy phrase originated as part of the works of John Heywood, an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs, circa 1546. It is an idiom used of someone who is too involved in the details of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/25)
A letter from a Father to his daughter in USA.
Look, at the haphazard way Radcliffe, a British Lord said to have had no previous experience in boundary making, unscientifically divided British India in to India and two Pakistans (West and East) in 1947. This division was deliberately done to perpetuate Indian (Hindus) and Pakistan (Muslims) wars indefinitely in keeping with the avowed British colonial policy of divide and rule to perpetuate the British empire where the sun will never set. It was the same policy they adopted in Dividing Sri Lanka, the land of the Sinhala people for 2500 years into two... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/25)
SC moved against NPP’s MoUs with India.
Patriotic National Movement, Global Sri Lanka Forum, Swadeshika Jathika Viyaparaya and Thunhela Jathika Viyaparaya have filed a petition, requesting the Supreme Court to prevent the implementation the seven Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) signed by India and Sri Lanka during Indian Premier Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Colombo. Challenging constitutionality of the seven MoUs finalised on April 07, 2025, in terms of Article 126 read with Article 17 of the Constitution, the petitioners, Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera, Dr. Wasantha Bandara, Shyamendra Wickremarachchi, Chaminda Priyadarshana, Dr. Asoka Indrajith Kamaladasa and Ballanthudawa Achchige... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/25)
ඡන්ද පදනම රිවස් ගියරයට වැටුණු මාලිමා ආණ්ඩුවට ප්‍රතිපත්තීන්ට පස්ස හැරවීමට එරෙහිව ජනතාවගෙන් කණේ පාරක්
https://youtu.be/xYMCVs3DEdg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/25)
ගම්මන්පිල එළියට දැමූ ආණ්ඩුවේ අලුත්ම ඩීල් ගේම - ''මගේ ළඟ හඬපටත් තියෙනවා" - Hiru News
https://youtu.be/8pz2xNxCivE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/25)
වතුර ඉල්ල ඉල්ලා හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා ආණ්ඩුවට දුවන්න දෙයි
https://youtu.be/OM5jGy9CF-U... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/05/25)
Maldives bans Israeli passport holders, so should Sri Lanka evict Zionist Chabad Houses: protest against Gaza war.
Apr 16, 2025 The Maldives has banned Israeli passport holders from entering its territory, the president’s office said on Wednesday, accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war, an allegation Israel has repeatedly denied. Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu ratified an amendment to the country’s immigration law after it was passed by parliament on Tuesday, a statement from his office said. The amendment introduces a new provision to the Immigration Act, expressly prohibiting the entry of visitors with Israeli passports into the Maldives, it added.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
India threatens Sotheby's with legal action over planned sale of Piprahwa gems
Topic:Archaeology Wed 7 MayWednesday 7 May The Piprahwa Gems are considered to be among the most significant finds in the history of Buddhism. (Supplied: Sotheby's)
Sotheby's has postponed its sale of jewels linked to the physical remains of the Buddha after New Delhi threatened to launch legal action. The relics were inscribed and consecrated about 2,000 years ago and then excavated in 1898 by a British estate manager. New Delhi argues the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
A New US Cold War Weaponizes Religious Diasporas in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region
Whither India’s Global Peace Making? In the cover image Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, abbreviated NSF Diego Garcia, is a British Ministry of Defence facility leased to the United States Navy, located on the atoll Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius. Africa), from which US Air Force can use to target Iran The writer, Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Links to Gospa News articles have been added by our Editorial Staff There have been several geopolitical developments in South Asia and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
FR petition filed to invalidate Sri Lanka-India MoUs
Colombo, May 8 (Daily Mirror) - A Fundamental Rights petition has been filed before the Supreme Court, seeking an order to invalidate the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) recently signed between Sri Lanka and India. A group of petitioners, including Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara, filed this petition, naming Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, members of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Attorney General, and several others as respondents. Seven MoUs between India and Sri Lanka, covering several key sectors, were exchanged on April 5 at the Presidential Secretariat in the presence of President Anura... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
Thousands of children suffer from Thalassemia
Health authorities have sounded the alarm over the growing burden of Thalassemia in Sri Lanka, with thousands of children affected and hundreds of thousands unknowingly carrying the gene for the disorder. Thalassemia is a hereditary blood disorder that affects the body’s ability to produce healthy red blood cells Speaking at a press conference held in conjunction with World Thalassemia Day, Specialist Dr. Samiddhi Samarakoon, Director of the Non-communicable Diseases Unit, revealed that 40 to 50 newborns are diagnosed with the condition each year in Sri Lanka. Dr. Samarakoon... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
Sri Lanka’s first quarter budget deficit at Rs. 498 bn
Sri Lanka’s government has recorded a significant budget deficit of Rs. 498.28 billion in the first quarter of 2025, according to the Financial Performance Statement submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers. The Financial Performance Statement is presented periodically to the Cabinet in line with Section 53 (1) of the Public Finance Management Act, No. 44 of 2024. The report, covering the period from January 1 to March 31, 2025, details that total revenue amounted to Rs. 1,064.66 billion, while total expenditure reached Rs. 1,562.94 billion. The figures include cumulative income and spending... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
“No one will be allowed to use Sri Lanka’s airspace or land to attack another country”
The government will not allow any faction to use Sri Lanka’s airspace or the country’s territory to attack another nation, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa stated when questioned on the stance of the government pertaining to India, Pakistan tensions. Speaking during the weekly Cabinet media briefing today (08), Minister Jayatissa said Sri Lanka will always reject all forms of terrorism and stand for regional peace. Commenting on the developments along the borders of India and Pakistan, the Minister said the government is taking note of the updates given by the Ministry... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
Stop the lies and use power to serve the people - Dilith tells govt.
The government should focus on using its powers to serve the people instead of propagating lies continuously, the leader of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance, MP Dilith Jayaweera said in Parliament. The ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ leader said the government has underestimated the awareness and the knowledge level of the people and therefore continues to lie about the state of the country’s economy on every platform. He said the country’s poor are becoming poorer and those who are suffering have given a clear message to the incumbent government led by the National People’s Power at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/05/25)
Danger: Global Security is Now in the Hands of Trump, Rubio and Hegseth
The USS Abraham Lincoln Battle Group off the coast of Hawai’i. Official U.S. Navy photo by: PH2 Gabriel Wilson The United States is a national security state. Over the past half-century, it has unnecessarily conducted “forever wars” in Vietnam (1960s-1970s), Iraq (2000s-the present), Afghanistan (2000s-2020), and now possibly in Yemen. Not one of these costly ventures has advanced our national security, and—with the exception of Yemen—have been costly in terms of blood and resources. Even the Yemen war is getting costly as well. The United States... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
සබරගමුවේ තිත්ත ඇත්ත! විමර්ශනවල තත්වය හා වගකිවයුත්තෝ!
https://youtu.be/x4W9YL8JSAQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
චරිත් දිල්ශාන්ට වෙන කෙනෙක්ගේ යටඇඳුමක් අන්ඳලා, චරිත්ව එළියට දැම්මේ පාන්දර 2ට,
https://youtu.be/JwQwdi5NDjI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
සරසවිවල ඉන්න මන්ද මානසික පිස්#න්ව වහාම පලවා හැරිය යුතුයි
https://youtu.be/A-AgsAGvMPA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
රැග් කරන තිරිසන්නු හැදුවේ ගුද මාර්ගයට පොල්ලක් දාලා මාවත් මරලා දාන්න. මුන් තනිකරම ත්‍රස්තවාදීන්.
https://youtu.be/U3CP55l0aSA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
නවකවදය නෙවෙයි ,දූෂණයම කරනවා ( රුහුණු කුලපතිගෙන් හෙළිදරව්වක් ) | Talk With Chathura
https://youtu.be/idUG1dI3n5g... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
Ruhuna Campus|campus rag video|campus rag in sri lanka|ruhunu campus rag|unedited|University Ruhuna
https://youtu.be/Mc-Ut8WAHO4 https://youtu.be/Mc-Ut8WAHO4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
'' උද්ධච්ච මෝඩ මාලිමාව නායයෑම ඇරැඹෙයි...''
https://youtu.be/-B4aHJ4g3cI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/25)
How an Import Media in Sri Lanka Aggrandizes the Colonial Export Trap
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 27 April – 03 May 2025 * ‘This is why Harry Dexter White of the US Treasury fought so hard at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference to have the 2 institutions headquartered in Washington.’ * After the shutting down of USAID and the US withdrawal from the WHO (World Health Organization), there was much headlined chatter that the US government would move to shutter (or at least shut up) the IMF & World Bank.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/25)
President Dissanayake woos Vietnam’s Vingroup for key sector investments
Sri Lanka will see Vietnam venturing into its business landscape, as the latter’s largest private conglomerate Vingroup has been invited to explore investment opportunities in the island’s tourism and real estate sectors.The invitation was extended by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake during a high-level business engagement held at Vingroup’s headquarters in Hanoi, on May 4, as part of his official state visit to Vietnam. While congratulating the group on its growth and diversified global presence, Dissanayake shared that Sri Lanka is pleased to facilitate the creation of a smooth and enabling environment... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/25)
India and Sri Lanka being drawn into U.S.’ new Cold War against China
An armed Sri Lankan soldier stands guard as a U.S. cargo plane carrying support troops and heavy vehicles lands at the Bandaranayake International Airport north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2005. At the time, the U.S. was deploying Marines to assist in a tsunami aid effort. Now, the U.S. is once again active in the region, but it's not for disaster relief this time. | Gemunu Amarasinghe / AP In 1964, during the second summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Cairo, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/25)
UK may restrict student visa applications from Pakistan, Sri Lanka & Nigeria: Reports
LONDON: The government authorities of the United Kingdom have planned to restrict visa applications of students who might claim asylum in Britain, according to reports. The asylum claimant students are mostly from Pakistan, Srilanka and Nigeria, according to reports The action follows last week’s local elections in England, when voters enraged over issues including illegal immigration punished Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Next week, the government is anticipated to release a white paper, a policy document that outlines its goals to lower net migration, which touched 728,000 in the year ending... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/25)
'' හරිනි කළේ අගමැති කෙනෙක් නොකළ යුතු දෙයක්...'' - පැෆරල් සංවිධානය
https://youtu.be/9le4yhRED34... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/25)
“From Classrooms to Coffins: The Human Cost of Ragging in Sri Lanka’s Universities”
The persistence of ragging in Sri Lankan universities is a multifaceted issue that intertwines socio-economic backgrounds & political affiliations resulting in an institutional culture. Understanding this complex cycle is crucial to formulating a plan to eradicate ragging from the university system. Student unions These ideologically tilted unions have played a pivotal role in shaping university student behavior & has impacted politics as well. The Socialist Students Union was formed in 1965 by Rohana Wijeweera. The SSU became the student wing of the JVP who refer to themselves... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
Iberian mysteries (the Spanish blackout): Do Pegasus and Cyber-attacks on Electricity Grids explain Chabad Houses in Sri Lanka?
It’s unprecedented. In two European countries—both EU and NATO members—electricity was suddenly cut off. Two more countries, France and Morocco, were also affected by the blackout. Life came to a standstill in the two countries most heavily impacted: passengers were trapped in trains, airports plunged into chaos, and in Spain alone, the estimated damages could reach 800 million euros. This is no small matter, nor has anything like it ever happened before—a total blackout in two countries and partial outages in two others. To this day, no one has offered a satisfactory explanation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
නවකවදය නතර කිරීමට විසඳුම් 2ක්...!
සමාජයේ විවිධ අංශ නවකවදය නතර කරන ආකාරය ගැන වසර ගණනාවක සිට කතා කළද එය නතර වී නැත. නවකවදය හේතුවෙන් වන මරණද නතර වී නැත. නවකවදය නිදහස් අධ්‍යාපනය පවත්වාගෙන යාමේදී අහිතකර බලපෑම් ඇතිකරන බවටද සමාජයේ විවිධ අංශ අතර කතිකාවක් පවතී.නවකවදය දෙන සිසුන්ට ද‍ඬුවම් කිරීමෙන් හෝ සරසවියෙන් නෙරපීමෙන් හෝ නීති පැනවීමෙන් පමණක් නවකවදය සරසවියෙන් ඉවත් කළ නොහැකිය.ආණ්ඩුවට හෝ සරසවි පරිපාලනයට හෝ පොලීසියට පමණක් නවකවදය නතර කිරීමේ පියවර ගැනීමද ප්‍රායෝගික නොවේ.නවකවදය නතර කරවීම සරසවි සිසුන්ට, සරසවි සිසුන්ගේ දෙමාපියන්ට, සරසවි ආචාර්ය මහාචාර්යවරුන්ට, උපකුලපතිවරුන්ට, රජයට සහ පුරවැසියන්‍ට අයත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
W.S.de Silva ( 1949 - 2025) - An Appreciation
It is with great sadness I am sharing the news received a few hours ago that our colleague W. S. de Silva is no more. His leg was amputated because of severe diabetes just a few days ago. He has succumbed finally to the complications arising from the amputation of his leg. He was 76 years old at the time of his passing. WS entered Royal College in 1960. He came from Maris Stella Primary School. Very soon became a live wire in class. He was good in his... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
Has Compass lost direction?
Sri Lankan voters have excelled in the art of changing governments in executioner style, which they did in many elections including that of 1977,1994, 2015, 2019 and, of course, 2024. They did so, giving massive majorities to parties in opposition that had only a few seats, because the preceding governments were so unpopular. It invariably was a negative vote, not a positive vote-endorsing policies, if any, of the incoming governments, the last election being no exception. NPP, contesting under the compass symbol, was essentially a revamp of the JVP and their main... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
Prime Minister under probe over alleged election law violation
Colombo, May 5 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka’s main election monitoring body, the People’s Action for Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL), has requested the Election Commission to inquire into the complaint that Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya violated election laws by asking her party's supporters to campaign even during the silent period. PAFFREL has written to Election Commission Chairman R.M.A.L. Ratnayake in this regard. “We have monitored that Prime Minister Amarasuriya has made a remark which could be seen as encouraging her supporters to engage in campaign even after the silent period... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
11 Sabaragamuwa Uni. students suspended over ragging incident
The academic activities of 11 students of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka have been suspended over the death of a student allegedly due to ragging, the police said. It was reported that the students include the four third year students arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department on Sunday (04). Meanwhile, four more students of the Sabaragamuwa University have surrendered to the Samanalawewa Police and have been handed over to the CID for questioning, Sri Lanka Police added.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
ආණ්ඩුව මෝදි එක්ක ගහපු ගිවිසුම් හොඳටම කරළියේ..! | හැමෝම හොයන ගිවිසුම් හත කිව්ව කතා ටික මෙන්න
https://youtu.be/q06acgAD5Ds... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
ආණ්ඩුව අනාගනී! අනුරගේ ගජමිතුරු ඩීල්?
https://youtu.be/EBE5c3_6S1Y... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/25)
Whither India’s Global Peace-Making? Religious Diasporas in the New Cold War
There have been several geopolitical developments in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region. These include United States Vice President J.D Vance’s visit with his Indian origin wife, Usha and their children to India in April and the staging of terror attacks on tourists in Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which were instantly blamed on Pakistan. The same week there was a huge blast in Iran’s port Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf that opens into the Indian Ocean. Earlier in the month there were reports of the return of the United States Central Intelligence Agency... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/25)
Whither India’s Neighbourhood First Policy amid a new “Clash of Civilizations” to upend the Asian Century?-PART 2
Ironically, Prime Minister Modi was in Saudi Arabia when the attacks happened in Pahalagam, Kashmir, and he cut short his visit to the Kingdom to return to Delhi. In the wake of the attacks, the global corporate media echo chamber seemed taken with the prospect of a war between nuclear armed India and Pakistan. Although Pakistan had long been a 'Garrison State' with its powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), being well oiled by the CIA and funded by Saudi Arabia, it was painted as a proxy of China in the media. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/25)
How an Import Media in Sri Lanka Aggrandizes the Colonial Export Trap
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 27 April – 03 May 2025 * ‘This is why Harry Dexter White of the US Treasury fought so hard at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference to have the 2 institutions headquartered in Washington.’ * After the shutting down of USAID and the US withdrawal from the WHO (World Health Organization), there was much headlined chatter that the US government would move to shutter (or at least shut up) the IMF & World Bank.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/25)
අනුර ග‍්‍රිසියේ නැවු සමාගමකට ආයෝජන කරලාද.. හල්ඔලුවගේ චෝදනාව ගැන තවත් විස්තරයක්…
ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතා ග්‍රීසියේ නැව් ව්‍යාපාරයකට මුදල් ආයෝජනය කර ඇති බවට තුසිත හල් ඔලුව මහතා විසින් සිදු කරන ලද චෝදනාව පිළිබඳව හිටපු පළාත් සභා මන්ත්‍රී වරුණ රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අදහස් පළ කරයි. කලකට පෙර ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ මධ්‍යම කාරක සභිකයෙක්ද වූ වරුන රාජපක්ෂ මහතා එම පක්ෂය නියෝජනය කරමින් බස්නාහිර පළාත් සභාවටද තේරී පත්විය. තම සමාජ ජල ගිණුමේ අදාළ සිදුවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් දිගු පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් ඔහු විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති වීඩියෝව මෙසේය. https://youtu.be/bfyAIwzcaMU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/25)
අනුර කොටි ඩයස්පෝරාවෙන් බිලියනපතියෙක් වෙච්ච හැටි!
https://youtu.be/5xddaNFGY8k... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/25)
කර්මාන්තකරුවන්ගේ මාධ්‍යහමුව හොඳටම උණුසුම්...! | හුලංගමුව මොකද දැන් කියන්නේ | හොඳ හොඳ සෙල්ලම් එළිය
https://youtu.be/DRgXZFn7ah8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/25)
පාස්කු අපරාධකාරයෝ එලිපිටම ඉන්නවා | Wijeyadasa Rajapakse
https://youtu.be/rSqZhFgv9BM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/25)
Pathfinder Foundation receives a delegation from Sichuan University
Pathfinder Foundation hosted a high-level delegation from the China Centre for South Asian Studies of Sichuan University at its headquarters in Peliyagoda. The Foundation’s association with Sichuan University dates back to 2017, when the two institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation and joint studies. Both parties met once again to evaluate the progress of the MoU renewed in November 2023 and discuss opportunities for enhanced collaboration between the two institutions. The delegation was led by Prof. DING Zhongyi, Dean of the School of International Studies and Director of the Institute of South... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/25)
රාජ්‍ය මුදල් බිලියන ගානින් නාස්ති කිරීම, දේශපාලන පක්ෂවලට චන්ද එකතු කිරීම සහ දේශපාලන ගැත්තන්ට රැකියා සැපයීම හැර ජනතාවට කිසිදු සේවයක් නොකරණ ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා ක්‍රමය වහාම අහෝසි කොට පැරැණි ගම්සභා ක්‍රමය නැවතත් පිහිටුවනු.
1987 අන්ක 15 දරණ ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා පනතේ 3 වන වගන්තියේ දැක්වෙන පරිදි ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවල කර්තව්‍ය මෙසේ දක්වා ඇත. “එක් එක් ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා ප්‍රාදේශය සඳහා සන්ස්ථාපනය කරණ ලද ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාව, එම ප්‍රදේශය ඇතුලත පලාත් පාලන ආයතන විය යුතු අතර, මහජන සෞක්‍යට,පොදු උපයෝගිතා සේවාවන්ට සහ පොදු මන්මාවත් වලටද සාමාන්‍යයෙන් එම ප්‍රදේශය ඇතුලත ජනතාවගේ සුඛ විහරණය, පහසුව සහ සුභසාධනය සහ සියළු පහසුකම් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමට සහ ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරිරීමට ද අදාල සියළු කරුණු විධ්මත් කිරීම, පාලනය කිරීම සහ පරිපාලනය කිරීම ඊට භාර විය යුතුය". මා මේ රටේ රජයෙන්,සියළුම ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා වලින් සහ සමස්ත ජනතාවගෙන්ම අසා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/25)
Will have to increase power tariff or face delay in 5th IMF tranche: Sagala
Colombo, May 3 (Daily Mirror) - The government is facing a dilemma as it must either increase the power tariff or face a delay in receiving the fifth tranche under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement signed with the IMF, United National Party (UNP) National Organiser Sagala Ratnayake said yesterday. He said Sri Lanka breached the EFF agreement it signed with the IMF by reducing the power tariff in February this year, creating a problematic situation. Mr. Ratnayake told a media briefing that Sri Lanka has reached a staff-level agreement... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/25)
President urges trade unions to stop protesting on streets for petty demands
Colombo, May 2 (Daily Mirror) - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has urged trade unions not to take to the streets, in protest for petty demands and has called on them to change their old attitudes. In his May Day speech, President Dissanatake said that the NPP as a political force, has given up perks and privileges entitled to them through the constitution, gazettes and circulars. "We urge trade unions to shed their old attitudes. Do not fight even for petty things. We, as a political force, have given up perks... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/25)
Sajith says he won’t accept presidency without a public mandate
Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa claims that Sri Lanka’s debt repayment in 2028 is at risk, given the current state of the country’s economy. Speaking during TV Derana’s current affairs programme “360°”, he alleged that the previous government, led by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, agreed to initiate the debt repayment process in 2028—despite the possibility of obtaining an extension until 2033—in order to use it as a campaign point for the 2024 Presidential Election. “But it brought no benefit to the country or its people,” he added. Furthermore, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/25)
PART III OF: OVERSTEPPING BOUNDARIES: MENACING DIPLOMATIC OVERREACH OF SISTER JULIE CHUNG AND HOW SHE PROMOTED USAID AND LGBTIQ ACTIVITIES IN SRI LANKA
(Continued from April 28, 2025) 1. “Fairy mistress”, wicked witch or monster-mother? Different types of magical femininity? In summary, we state that US Ambassador Julie Chung is a master in “Public Diplomacy”, euphemism for espionage, information gathering, psychological warfare and propaganda, reaching out to targeted sectors, using persuasion or “soft power”, establishing and maintaining personal contacts and alliances, advocating democracy, freedom, human rights, shared goals, and engaging in many cultural interventions, regarded as “weapons of advocacy”. Mostly nobodies were brought to the table of high politics, given photo opportunities... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
මම ගල් අඟුරු හොරෙක්!
https://youtu.be/Pan5Oxi77iE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
ගම්මන්පිලගෙන් හෙළිදරව් රැසක්/ගම්මනුපිලගේ කාක තාලී න්‍යාය/An interview with Udaya Gammanpila
https://youtu.be/9y7JA1B1Uq8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
A very pertinent question regarding May Day rallies
I give you below a list of slogans at the major political parties as stated in the Ada Derana of today (01. 05. 2025.) Political parties and trade unions across Sri Lanka are commemorating International Labour Day today (May 01) with a series of May Day rallies and parades under various themes They are given below. National People’s Power (NPP/JVP) “People’s Power Building the Country.” Samangi Jana Balawegaya (SJB ) “Workers’ Power to Win the Country” the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) “We Have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
1815 මාර් 02 උඩරට ගිවිසුමෙන් උඩරැටියන් ඉන්ග්‍රීසීන්ට රට පාවා දුන්නා කියමින්, වසර 310 ක් පුරා (1505-1815) ජීවිත පරිත්‍යාගයෙන් පරසතුරන්ගෙන් රට දැය සමය ආරක්ශාකොටගත් වීරෝදාර උඩරට සින්හලයින්ට නින්දා කිරිම, දැන්වත් වහාම නතර කළ යුතුයි.
2025 අප්‍රේල්.06 ඉරිදා අරුණ පුවත් පතේ 14 වන පිටුවේ පළවූ “ඉන්දියාව සමඟ අත්සන්කරන ආරක්ෂක ගිවිසුම "උඩරට ගිවිසුමට දෙවැනි නෑ"යන ලිපිය හා බැඳේ එම ලිපියට යෙදූ මෙම මාතෘකාව, ලිපිය ලියු ලේකඛකයාගේද, සාකච්ඡාව ලබාදුන් විද්වතාගේද, එසේත් නැතිනම් පුවත්පත් කතු වරයාගේදැයි මම නොදනිමි. බොහෝ විට එය පිටුවභාර පුවත්පත් කතුවරයාගේ විය හැක.එය කාගේ වුවද, එම මතෲකාව මේ ලිපියේ අන්තර්ගතයට කිසිසේත් නොගැලපෙන බවනම් පළමුවෙන්ම පෙන්වාදිය යුතුව ඇත. ලිපියේ අදහස් ලබාදුන් විද්වතා හඳුන්වා දීමේදී “දෙරට අතර මෙවැනි ගිවිසුමක් අවසානවරට අත්සන් කෙරුණේ මීට වසර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
The truth will set us free - II
Lesson 2: Renewal begins with children Timothy Snyder (55) maintained interaction with his two children (ten year old son and the younger daughter) while he was in a Florida hospital at the beginning of 2020. No doubt, his wife Marci Shore (53), also teaching history at Yale University then, helped this loving interaction between the father and his children.The children told him about their school work and inquired about his progress towards recovery. Snyder remembers how he kept thinking about his children even in his sickest moments. and finds fault with America for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
නවක වදය පාලනයට ඇති නීති සහ රටේ මූලික නීතිය පිළිබද විෂය අනිවාර්ය විෂයක් ලෙස උසස් පෙළට ඉගැන්වීමට අධ්‍යාපන ඇමතිනිය හරිනි අමරසූරිය වෙත ඉල්ලීම් කිරීම නිදහස් අධ්‍යාපනය ලබන හෝ ලබා ඇති සැමගේ යුතුකමකි….!
නවක වදය පාලනයට ඇති නීති සහ රටේ මූලික නීතිය පිළිබද විෂය අනිවාර්ය විෂයක් ලෙස උසස් පෙළට ඉගැන්වීමට අධ්‍යාපන ඇමතිනිය හරිනි අමරසූරිය වෙත ඉල්ලීම් කිරීම නිදහස් අධ්‍යාපනය ලබන හෝ ලබා ඇති සැමගේ යුතුකමකි....!නවක වදය යනු ඉංග්‍රීසි අධ්‍යාපන ඒකාධිකාරය පවත්වා ගැනීමට ගම්වලින් විශ්ව විද්‍යාල වෙත එන සිසුන් කීකරු කර ගැනීමට ගමෙන්ම ආ සිසුන් යොදා ගන්නා විද්‍යාත්මක ක්‍රියාවලියේ පළමු අවස්ථාව බවට කිහිප දෙනෙකු පමණක් එකඟ විය හැකි කරුණක් වුවද තත්ත්වය එයයි. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ රාජ්‍ය භාෂාව, අධ්‍යාපන භාෂාව සහ අධිකරණ භාෂාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් දක්වා ඇති විධිවිධාන නිවැරදිව ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන්නේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
Why Politics Still Matters — Especially for Us Seniors
Many people shy away from discussing politics. It’s seen as messy, divisive, or even dangerous. But whether we like it or not, nearly everything in life — our pensions, healthcare, cost of living, security, and dignity — eventually boils down to politics. And politics, when stripped of its rhetoric and drama, is just a numbers game. Whoever holds the larger number wins. That’s how decisions are made. That’s who calls the shots. We seniors often feel powerless, sidelined, or ignored. But here’s the overlooked truth: we have the numbers too.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
TIME OF TROUBLES
The tense situation taking shape in the Indian sub-continent will have adverse repercussions in the region unless India and Pakistan can consider reaching a peaceful solution to the issues arising from the massacre of 26 mostly Indian tourists in Kashmir by a group of armed men said to have a link to Pakistan. Pakistan rejects the claim. Both India and Pakistan meantime have taken a series of actions against each other enhancing the fears of a full-scale war in the sub-continent. Both countries have suspended diplomatic relations with each other and have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
Pope Francis and what he knew about the true Islam
The passing of Pope Francis means two Christian denominations are without a leader right now – the Anglicans, where Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, resigned some months ago, and the Roman Catholics, who lost their pontiff earlier today. (“Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury”, www.archbishopofcanterbury.org, 12 November 2024) At a time when leadership crisis is one of, if not the most, concerning issues facing the world, this is undoubtedly a challenging time for the Vatican. Realising how vital the matter of religious leadership is, we hope they... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
ගිවිසුම් 7ක් මගින් ලංකාව යටත් කර ඉන්දියානු ව්‍යාප්තවාදයේ ගොදුරක් බවට පත් කිරීමේ ඉන්දියානු මෙහෙයුම මේ මොහොතේ නිවැරදිව හඳුනාගත යුතුයි - මහාචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය මැදගොඩ අභයතිස්ස හිමි (වීඩියෝ)
පසුගිය දා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමැණි ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර මහතාව වැළඳ ගනිමින් සිදුකළ ජවනිකාව නිවැරදිව වටහාගත යුතු බවත්, ඉන්දියානු සටකපට ව්‍යාපෘතිය හඳුනා ගැනීමට නොහැකි තරම් බුද්ධි හීනයන් නොවිය යුතු බවත් මහාචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය මැදගොඩ අභයතිස්ස හිමියන් පවසති. පැරණි සංස්කෘතික ක්ෂලෝකයක සඳහන් කර ඇති පරිදි තරුණ බැමිණියක් විසින් මහළු බමුණකු කෙස් වැටියෙන් අල්ලා සිප වැළඳ ගන්නේ හේතුවක් ඇතිව බවත්, නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි විසින් අනුර දිසානායක වැලඳ ගනිමින් සිදුකළ ජවනිකාව හේතුවක් මත සිදුවූ නාටකයක් බවත් උන්වහන්සේ පවසති. ඉන්දියාව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජනපති අනුර දිසානායකගේ අත අඹරවා අත්සන් කරන ලද ගිවිසුම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් විරෝධය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
China ready to help Sri Lanka join BRICS
Colombo, May 2 (Daily Mirror) - China is among the countries which are ready to help Sri Lanka join the BRICS coalition in the future, a bloc with economies which account for an estimated 37.3% of global gross domestic product based on purchasing power parity, Daily Mirror learns. Sri Lanka, at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, in October, last year, placed on record its request to join the bloc. However, Sri Lanka’s application will be considered later since BRICS has no plan for expansion at the moment On October 2024... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
IGP Deshabandu facing death threats from underworld figures?
Two senior police officers visited the residence of suspended IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon in Hokandara yesterday (May 1), informing him that he may be the target of death threats allegedly issued by underworld gang members, including notorious criminal figure “Kanjipani Imran”. The officers have stated that intelligence reports indicate “Kanjipani Imran”—currently believed to be in hiding overseas—has instructed his associates to assassinate Tennakoon. Sources also revealed that a classified intelligence report has detailed growing concerns over threats to Tennakoon’s life, particularly in light of the removal of his official security detail after the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
SECURITY FORCES FOIL PLOT TO KILL SRI LANKA'S SUSPENDED POLICE CHIEF
Security forces have reportedly uncovered a plot to assassinate Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon. Security officials have informed IGP Tennakoon about the threat, with initial reports suggesting that the assassination plot is being orchestrated by an organised crime figure and international drug trafficker Kanjipani Imran. During his tenure as IGP, Deshabandu Tennakoon spearheaded a special program aimed at eradicating drug trafficking in Sri Lanka. However, due to ongoing legal proceedings, he is currently suspended from his duties as the IGP. Tennakoon was previously held in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/25)
'' නලින්දගේ ජනමාධ්‍ය තග...''
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අනුරගේ කාමරයේ තිබ්බ සාකච්ඡාව එළියට..! | ආණ්ඩුව වැටෙන්න යන වල මෙන්න | හර්ෂ කට්ටියගේ සුදුරෙදි ගලවයි..!
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අද ගෝල්ෆේස් පිට්ටනිය පුරවන්න සෙනඟ ඇදපු හැටි මෙන්න
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