e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 31 December 2023 – 06 January 2024 The President, in his imported New Year blue suit with fading blue tie, announces deploying a Sri Lankan Navy ship into the roiling Red Sea at a cost of Rs250million per fortnight. He hopes to thwart depreciation of […]

අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන වර්තමානයේ ක්‍රියාත්මක වන 1978 ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව 21 වතාවක් සංශෝධනය වී ඇති අතර එකී ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන වලින් ප්‍රයෝජන සළසා ගත්තේ සාමාන්‍ය ජනතාව නොව ඉංග්‍රීසි පඬි නැට්ටන්‍ ය. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83 ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ දැක්වෙන විධාන අනුව ජනාධිපති සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු ධූර කාලය වසර […]

The Quint Read the Comment on the Double Standards of the International Cricket Council (ICC) when it comes to matters involving non-European cricketers and inventors. The Decision Review System (DRS) is another example where the ICC has failed to ‘play cricket’ in the true spirit of the game. ICC has a moral obligation to the Cricket […]

ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. සභාපති හෙළ අභිමානී ජාතික පදනම සහ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්තිර ලේකම්. මහනුවර.  පළමුව ශ්‍රී ලන්කාවේ ස්වාධිනත්වය, ස්වයිරී භාවය හා නිදහසද, දෙවනුව, සින්හල ජාතියද, මිහිපිට සින්හල බෞද්ධ සිෂ්ඨාචාරයද අවසන්කොට එය ඉන්දියාවේ 29 වන ප්‍රාන්තය කිරීමට පාර කපන මේ රජයේ දේශද්‍රෝහී, ජාතිද්‍රෝහි ඊනියා සත්‍ය, සමගිය හා සංහිඳියා පනතට”, මේ රටේ පරම භූමිපුත්‍රයින් […]

BY CHRIS HEDGES Courtesy The Real News Network Israeli historian Ilan Pappé reframes ‘the only democracy in the Middle East’ as a colonizing force that is inherently undemocratic due to its necessary subjugation of Palestinians. Israel’s status as a bona fide democracy is often taken to be a self-evident truth, but a more critical look at […]

New Books Resisting The Rule Of Law In Nineteenth-century Ceylon: Colonialism And The Negotiation Of Bureaucratic Boundaries James S. Duncan Jul 06, 2020 $251.95 Hardcover$251.95 Overview This book offers in-depth insights into the struggles implementing the rule of law in nineteenth-century Ceylon, introduced into the colonies by the British as their “greatest gift.” The book […]

Kaarige Channel Eka | Dharmasri Kariyawasam ලංකාවේ දූෂිත මැතිවරණ සංස්කෘතිය ආරම්භ වූයේ 1981 යාපනය සංවර්ධන සභා මැතිවරණයෙනි. බොහෝ දෙනා ඒ මැතිවරණය දූෂිත බව අසා ඇතත් ඒ ඡන්ද දූෂණය සිදු වූයේ කෙසේ දැයි නොදනිති. කොළඹින් ගිය 500ක අතුරු පොලිස් බළකායක් සහ කුරුණෑගලින් ගිය 1500ක දේශපාලන හෙංචයියන් කණ්ඩායමක් යාපනය ගිනි තබමින් කළ විනාසය අවසන් වූයේ දකුණේ ආණ්ඩුවෙන් […]

By AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan. 06 (Daily Mirror)- The Health Ministry has introduced a hotline number for people to contact on matters related to the prevention and control of the dengue epidemic. Director of the National Dengue Control Unit Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said members of the public can contact the hotline number […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 06 (Daily Mirror) –  The government is in the process of evolving fresh legislation to curb or eliminate the distortion of core religious teachings by some individuals creating social tension, Buddhasasana, Religious, and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickramanayake said.   The Minister made these remarks in response to a query […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 06 (Daily Mirror) –  The Health Ministry today commenced the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Supplementary Immunization Activity across all immunization clinic centres in nine high-risk health districts. The targeted areas include Colombo (including the CMC area), Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Kandy, Jaffna, Kurunegala, and Kalmunai. Running from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 […]

Courtesy Hiru News A student studying in the eleventh grade at a prominent school in Matara was arrested on January 4 for the possession of drugs. The sixteen-year-old student, residing in the Polhena area of Matara, was found with 60 mg of the drug ‘ice’ at the time of his arrest. According to preliminary investigations […]

Hiru News Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has issued a directive to the chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to suspend the services of employees participating in the ongoing strike and to initiate disciplinary action against them. The strike has led to disruptions in the supply of electricity, which is considered an essential […]

By Sena Thoradeniya Whilst making an address at the Shilpa Abhimani 2023” Awards Ceremony held at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre on 3 January 2024, RW had the audacity to say that he is considering to send a warship to Red Sea in support of a US – led operation. It is astounding that […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම Lanka Lead News ‘හිමාලයා ප්‍රකාශනයේ’ යටි අරමුණ ගැන දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයෙන් හෙළිදරව්වක් Back ගෝලීය දෙමළ සංසදය හා රටේ බහුතර ජනතාවක් නොදන්නා අනුනායක ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේලා හත්නමක් අත්සන් තබා ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කළ ‘හිමාලයා ප්‍රකාශනය’ නම් ලියවිල්ල එළිදැක්වීම පිටුපස බෙදුම්වාදීන්ගේ න්‍යායපත්‍රය ක්‍රියාත්මක වන බවත්, එම ලියවිල්ල එළිදැක්වීම සිදුවන්නේ යම් මාර්ග සිතියමකට අනුව බවත් දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය හෙළිකරයි. […]

Dilrook Kannangara Ranil is back to his true self again. He is doing the same grave mistake his uncle did in the late 1970s. Instead of maintaining strict neutrality in global conflicts, he teamed up with USA. This attracted a strong and violent response from India, the Soviet Union and China which dragged the nation […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale In an interview with the Daily Mirror in December 2023, Senior JVP member Dr Nalinda Jayatissa stated that in the latest opinion poll, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading among all the prospective presidential candidates and there was no need for the JVP to take up arms once again – https://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/JVP-led-NPP-believes-in-a-unique-Sri-Lankan-economic-model-based-on-socialist-principles-Nalinda-Jayatissa-former-MP/231-273197 […]

PRESS RELEASE  All India Association of Industries (AIAI) All India Association of Industries (AIAI) welcomes the decision of the Central Government to reconsider the proposed Hit and Run law under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and its provisions to be kept in abeyance till further orders as the proposed law may award imprisonment of upto 10 years […]

Courtesy People’s Daily Online COLOMBO, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry has declared a countrywide dengue prevention week from Jan. 7 to Jan. 13, said the National Dengue Control Unit on Thursday. Addressing a press conference in Colombo to announce the initiative, Sudath Samaraweera, the director of the National Dengue Control Unit, said […]

Courtesy NDTV They were detained by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly being involved in illegal poaching in the Lankan waters. At least 220 Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy in 2023 Chennai:  As many as 21 Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka to Chennai on Friday, the Indian High Commission in […]

Syed Mohammad Ali Courtesy The Express Tribune,  Adani has emerged unscathed from a slew of alleged wrongdoings The writer is an academic and researcher. He is also the author of Development, Poverty, and Power in Pakistan, available from Routledge The controversial Indian multibillionaire, Gautam Adani, has managed to secure a big boost of confidence by […]

Noah Bovenizer Courtesy Railway Technology The donation is the latest investment by India into its neighbouring country’s railway network following a loan funding upgrade to signalling systems in 2023. The Indian Government will give 20 repurposed locomotives to Sri Lanka in a donation confirmed by the island nation’s national rail operator.  The donation of engines […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island The Navy was still studying the possibility of sending a warship to the Red Sea in support of a recently launched US-led operation to thwart Houthi attacks on commercial shipping, sources said. Sources said that a thorough study was required before such a deployment could be made in a […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) says it commenced an investigation into the preacher named Ruwan Prasanna Gunaratna, who promoted ‘mass suicide’ through his distorted teachings and later died by suicide. When the CID officers presented submissions in this regard, the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court also called for an investigation to determine if the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The State Minister of Indigenous Medicine, Sisira Jayakody announced on Thursday (Jan.04) that athe government has taken a significant step towards reducing healthcare costs by exempting Ayurvedic products, medicines and industries-related to indigenous medicine from Value Added Tax (VAT). The decision aims to make traditional medicine more accessible to the public, he explained. […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Approximately 245kg of heroin and crystal methamphetamine (‘Ice’) were recovered from the multi-day fishing trawler intercepted off the southern coast of the island, Sri Lanka Navy says. A multi-day fishing trawler carrying a massive cache of drugs was intercepted on Thursday night (Jan.05) in a coordinated operation mounted by the Navy and the […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ ජාතික ආරක්ෂාවට පසු අන් සියළු දේට වඩා තමනට වැදගත් රටේ ඉතිහාසය යයි ඇමරිකානුවන් පවසයි. එය දැනුවත්ව විකෘති කිරීම එම රටේ සිරේ යන වැනි වැඩකි. බොහෝ දියුණු යුරෝපා රටවල්ද තම ඉතිහාසය විකෘති කිරීමට කිසිසේත්  ඉඩ නොදේ. උදාහරණයක් ලෙස 2වෙනි ලෝක මහා යුද්ධයේදී නාට්සි වරුන් විසින් යුදෙව් සංහාරයක් නොකළේය යයි කියන්නෙකුව සිර ගත කිරීමේ දැඩි […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre High Commissioner (HC) of New Zealand for Sri Lanka HE Mr. Michael Appleton who will be completing his tenure in Sri Lanka, paid a farewell call on the Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gen. Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Ministry, Defence Headquarters Complex, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte today (Jan 04). Gen. […]

Prime Minister’s Media Unit United Nations Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Director for Asia and the Pacific, Kanni Wignaraja expressed appreciation for the reforms undertaken for sociopolitical development in Sri Lanka and assured continuous assistance under the UNDP. When she called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  My son came for a holiday from the UK  after 8 years and wanted to renew/obtain new dual passport which has expired. We went to get one day service at 8 am to the passport office  Handed over all the documents but the  NIC he had was issued several years later in […]