Chanaka Bandarage One of the most magnificent buildings in Sri Lanka is the Nuwara Eliya Post Office, built by the British in 1894. It is a Tudor Style, 2 storied building with a clock spire. It’s reddish walls and the roof, along with the immaculately maintained large lawn adds much colour to the  already grandiose […]

by Sanjeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island I decided to patronize a cinema after several years to watch a movie. I am glad I did so because the film brought back happy memories of Muttiah Muralitharan, the spinning wizard and, in my opinion, the greatest cricketer Sri Lanka has produced. The movie 800 is about the […]

Ruwan M. Jayatunge (A medical Doctor/ Author and an Associate Professor)  Culture consists of traditions, values, customs, folklore,   rituals, and artifacts that help to make meaning of the physical world and its transmitted primarily through language and everyday interactions.  These cultural factors frequently play as trauma buffers and help the victims to come to […]

Manusha Media ගෘහ පාලිකාවන් ලෙස විදේශ රැකියා සදහා පිටත්ව යන ශ්‍රමිකයින් සදහා දින 28ක පුහුණුව අනිවාර්ය කිරීම මගින් ශ්‍රමිකයින්ට ආරක්ෂාව මෙන්ම වැඩි වැටුප් ලබාදීමට හැකියාව ලැබී ඇති බවත්, මෙයට විරුද්ධ වන ඇතැම් ජාවාරම්කරුවන් මේවායින් රිංගා යාමට උත්සාහ ගන්නා බවත් පුහුණුවක් ලබාදෙන බව පැවසූ විට ඇතැම් විදේශ රැකියා නියෝජිත ආයතනත් කලබල වන බවත් කම්කරු හා විදේශ […]

Prime Minister’s Media Unit New Ambassador of Iran Alireza Delkhosh paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (November 6). The Ambassador referring to the friendship and close sociocultural ties between the two countries since ancient times, assured that he would work for further expansion of economic and cultural […]

Courtesy Sky News The seldom-used law means cricketers coming to the crease to bat must be ready to face their first ball within a set time. A Sri Lankan batter has become the first player in international cricket to be ‘timed out’ in a controversial moment in the World Cup. Angelo Mathews was given out […]

Shenali D Waduge The JVP-plugged NPP is not the JVP that Rohana Wijeweera created. The rank & file of those that survived insurrections in 1972 and 1980s will no doubt agree. Many of these today feel disillusioned, having sacrificed their lives & even members of their family for a cause that has cheated them of […]

e-Con e-News ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 29 October – 04 November 2023 * We don’t produce, there are no vibrant entrepreneurs. There is no risk-taking. What happens in privatization is that SoEs go from one set of corrupt hands to another. – Chandrasena Maliyadda (see ee Focus) * Now listen […]

Sugath Kulatunga United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres again called for a ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Hamas during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters on Tuesday, October 24. He said that It is important to also recognise the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian people have been […]

මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය දකුණු පළාත් ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ පොලිස් නිලධාරීන්, පොලිස් ස්ථානාධිපතිවරුන් සහ මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ගරු ටිරාන් අලස් මහතා අතර හමුවක් 2023.11.03 (සිකුරාදා) දින ගාල්ල උණවටුන අරලිය හෝටලයේදී පැවැත්විණි. දකුණු පළාතේ පොලිස් නිලධාරීන් දිරිගැන්වීම, ඇගයීම සහ සංවිධානාත්මක අපරාධ ඇතුළු සියළුම ආකාරයේ අපරාධ මැඩලීම සහ පාලනය කිරීම පිළිබඳව සාකච්ඡා කිරීම එහි අරමුණු වී තිබිණි. මෙම අවස්ථාව සඳහා මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ගරු ටිරාන් […]

Geopolitical Economy Report Top United Nations human rights official Craig Mokhiber resigned in protest of Israel’s “text-book case of genocide” in Gaza, warning that “key parts of the UN have surrendered to the power of the US”. Our related video “US blocks peace in Gaza, supporting Israel’s genocidal war on civilians”:    • US blocks peace in Gaza, supporting I…   || Geopolitical Economy […]

Dilrook Kannangara Hamas has killed at least 2 Sri Lankans so far. These were not collateral damage of war. Both these incidents involved Hamas deliberately targeting civilians and civilians only. They were in no way connected to the war and were not connected to warring parties either. Hamas must be condemned for their terrorism of […]

Sugath Kulatunga We all love cricket which gave us a place in the sun in the world of cricket and also brought us fame and money. We are saddened at the shocking performance of our team and angry with the cricket administration. For a county which was once a world cup winner and runner up […]

Shenali D Waduge The Israeli-Hamas standoff strangely has many bedfellows suddenly entering the scene & we cannot but highlight the hypocrisies at play on how the UN/UNHRC & international community reacted to Sri Lanka’s efforts against terrorism and the reaction of these entities on the unfolding Gaza crisis. Though the standoff is between Israel & […]

By L.K.N. Perera (L.L.B.) retired Magistrate Review By Desamanya Dr. Sudath Gunasekara Secretary Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaaranayaka and President Mahanuwara Sinhla Bauddhdha Jesta Purawesiyange Sanvidhanaya. 4.11.2023. EELAM Exposed by L.K.N. Perera is a Magnum opus on the Eelam myth, both in its content and analysis. In his own words it is basically an exposure of […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ සපුමල් කුමරා බෙදුම්වාදීන්ගේ තර්කය වන්නේ පෘතුගීසින් එන විට යාපනයේ සිටියේ දෙමළ රජෙක් බවත් ඉංග්‍රීසින් යනවිට ඔවුන් විසින් උතුරේ දෙමළ පාලනයක් නැවත නොපිහිටුවීමත්, ඔවුනගේ දෙමළ රාජ්‍යයේ නොකැඩුනු පුරුක ගැලවීම සිදු කලේ යුරෝපා අධිරාජ්‍ය වාදීන් නිසා (1505 සිට 1948 දක්වා), එක්සත් ජාතින්ගේ සංවිධානය විසින් උතුර (සහ නැගෙනහිර) දැන් නැවතත් දෙමළ ජනයාගේ පාලනයට ලබා දිය යුතු […]

Debapriya Bhattacharya Bangladesh needs to learn from Sri Lanka’s experience about how to face an unprecedented economic crisis and recovery strategies to avoid similar circumstances and improve the well-being of citizens, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). Sri Lanka’s economy was crushed last year under its worst financial […]

By Dilmini Hasintha Abeyrathne Courtesy The Diplomat What three different countries can tell us about the global debt problem – and China’s role in both debt distress and debt relief. The issue of global debt distress is a matter of great concern, not just for the affected developing nations but also for developed countries and international […]

Shenali D Waduge The Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security headed by Rear Admiral (Dr) Sarath Weerasekera has released an interesting report addressed to the State Defense Minister on the Rambukkana shooting that brings to question the HRCSL Commission of Expert report & the intrusive interference by the US envoy to Sri Lanka. The […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Many Sri Lankans have short memories.  If they feel some sense of victory, they completely forget the past and look for new solutions and heroes.   This is exactly what has happened to Sri Lanka Cricket at the World Cup. It was just two and half years ago, Sri :Lanka was […]

Courtesy TheCradle The plan advocates the forced transfer of the population of the Gaza Strip to Sinai permanently, and calls for the international community to be leveraged to assist the move Palestinians shelter at a temporary tent camp set up for those who were displaced from their homes by Israel’s evacuation orders and airstrikes, Khan […]

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Mike Adams Courtesy Global Research We are currently at the crossroads of the Most Serious Economic and Social Crisis in World History.  It is an outright war against all humanity: the Planet’s 8 billion people.  Starting with the corona crisis in late January 2020, the global crisis (2020-2023) –which is ongoing– has literally disrupted and destroyed people’s lives […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division Indian Minister of Finance Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees on 2ndof November2023. The Prime Minister thanked India for the allocation of Indian Rs 824 million under the Memorandum of Understanding signed during the visit of the Finance Minister for solar electrification of religious […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre •           State Minister of Defence receives the salute of the annual ‘Hermann Loos’ Parade •           Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne graced as a special dignitary The government initiated measures to establish a Social Intelligence Unit to ensure the protection and social security of the young generation through the creativity […]

By Arjun Sengupta courtesy defenddemocracy.press October 15, 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned Israel on Friday (October 13) against besieging Gaza in the same way that Nazi Germany besieged Leningrad, Reuters reported. The siege of Leningrad (St Petersburg) was one of the most deadly sieges in history, killing an estimated 1.5 million, mostly civilians, between 1941 and […]

By A.J.A. Abeynayake Courtesy The Island Easter Sunday attacks case The Supreme Court on Thursday (02) ordered former President Maithripala Sirisena, former defence secretary, Hemasiri Fernando, former IGP Pujith Jayasundara and former head of the SIS, SDIG Nilantha Jayawardena to pay before 30 June 2024, the full amount the court stipulated as compensation to the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo (Daily Mirror) – Bangladesh requested for recognition of more of its public medical colleges by the Sri Lankan health authorities, an official said. The request was made to Health Minister Dr.Ramesh Pathirana when met with Bangladeshi High Commissioner Tareq Md Ariful Islam on Thursday. They spoke about Sri Lankan students […]

Courtesy Adaderana Addressing the gathering at the opening of the Courts complex in Welimada today (Nov. 03), President Ranil Wickremesinghe has drawn attention to the contrasting approaches of the international community when it comes to addressing human rights concerns in Sri Lanka and Gaza. The Head of State highlighted that both regions are facing significant […]

Courtesy Adaderana In a significant event held in Colombo, the exchange of bilateral documents took centre stage, marking the initiation of projects supported by a generous USD 15 million grant from the Government of India.  This grant is specifically allocated to bolster the longstanding Buddhist connections between India and Sri Lanka, underscoring the deep historical […]

by Senaka Weeraratna A crisis of cataclysmic proportions brought about by natural disasters e.g.  Great Fire of Lisbon (1755) and man made wars in Europe on ground of religious enmity (Wars of the Reformation and Counter – Reformation),  gave rise to the Enlightenment philosophy in 18th-century Europe that placed a higher emphasis on reason and […]