Story by Sian Elvin Courtesy msn.com Dr Kathryn Mannix, who worked in palliative care for 30 years, broke down our final moments (Picture: Getty Images)© Provided by Metro A retired doctor has revealed the process of exactly what happens to our bodies before we die. Dr Kathryn Mannix, who worked in palliative care for 30 years, […]

Dilrook Kannangara The book by Gotabaya has too many contradictions. I will explain one major contradiction which should not have been there given the military service of him. No army commander in the world, certainly not in Sri Lanka, can act on own instructions. Instructions must come from the president who is the commander in […]

ප්‍ර සමරසිංහ  සමන් ද සිල්වා ගයන “බිව්ව නේද වදකහ සුදිය”ට අනුවර්තනයක් පෙව්ව නේද පරගල ගුලිය අරාබි ගේ වසන්ත බලිය  කිචී බිචී කොමල ජුලී  කියන්ටකෝ නොකර බුලී  පෙව්ව නේද පරගල ගුලිය..// පුංචි යමක් මතක් කරලා ගම්මුද  පරගල ගුලියෙ සුලමුල ලොකුකර වහල්කම  දාලා ඩොලර් ඇම  පෙව්ව නේද පරගල ගුලිය අරාබි ගේ වසන්ත බලිය..// දාස්ලාට කාසි පනං පෑවම  […]

Truth with Chamuditha ‘ජනාධිපති ධුරයෙන් මා නෙරපු කුමන්ත‍්‍රණය’ නමින් හිටපු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විසින් රචනා කරන ලද කෘතිය දැක බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට යකා නැග සිටින බව රුසියාවේ හිටපු ශ්‍රී ලංකා තානාපති උදංග වීරතුංග මහතා පවසයි. මෙම කෘතිය බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට ලබා දෙන්නට තමන් රැුගෙන ගියත් ඒ වන විටත් එහි තොරතුරු ඔහුට ලැබී තිබුණු බවත් […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon paid a courtesy visit to the Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Ministry in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte today (Mar 11). Gen. Gunaratne warmly received the newly appointed IGP and held a cordial discussion focusing mainly on national security matters along […]

තිස්ස ගුණතිලක රහතන්වහන්සේත් පෘතග්ජනයාත් භෞතිකව ස්වභාවධර්මය තුල ක්‍රියාත්මකවන බවත් දෙදෙනාම ස්වභාවධර්මය තුලවන සංසිද්ධීන්වලට එකහා සමානව මුහුන දිය යුතු බවත් පසුගිය ලිපියෙන් පැහැදිලිකිරීමට උත්සාහ කලෙමි. දෙදෙනාගේ වෙනස චෛතසික බවද පෘතග්ජනයා අවිද්‍යාව හේතුපාදක කරගනිමින් විඤ්ඤාණමායාව නැමති රැවටීමට හසුවී නොපවතින මායාකාරි ‘මගේ ලෝකයේ’ සිරකරුවෙක්වී සිටී. මේ නිසා පෘතග්ජනයාට සැබෑ ලෝකයේ (අනාත්මීය භාහිර ලෝකයේ නැතහොත් ස්වභාවධර්මයේ) ප්‍රතිලාභ මඟහැරී ඇතිබවත් පෙන්වාදීම […]

by Rajan Philips Courtesy The Island Anura Kumara Dissanayake The economy is the base; everything else is superstructure. That is the old Marxian concept, simply put. The base ultimately determines what goes on in the superstructure, which includes among other things the state and its institutions, as well as their processes and functions. Included are […]

by Rajan Philips  Courtesy The Island Anura Kumara Dissanayake meeting Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar in New Delhi. (File Photo) Never mind what Anura Kumara Dissanayake wore in Delhi. Never mind what Ranil Wickremesinghe wears daily. What the people want is not the word salads of sartorial politics by Sunday pundits, but […]

N. A. de S. Amaratunga Courtesy The Island Peter Breuer, Chief of IMF Mission to Sri Lanka has claimed that the Sri Lankan economy is showing signs of progress. The monetary and fiscal measures like tax increases and particularly the debt moratorium may have resulted in giving some breathing space for the country to recover […]

Courtesy The Island Douglas Devananda Sixty-nine Sri Lankan fishing boats are in Indian custody, Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda has said during a recent televised interview.Hundreds of Indian boats arrive in Sri Lankan waters and use destructive bottom trawling techniques in the territorial waters of Sri Lanka, the Minister said. They have destroyed all marine […]

Courtesy Adaderana Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran says the opposition can only decide on whether to support the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme after analyzing the IMF’s technical assistance reports which he says the government has now agreed to provide.  He made these remarks while speaking to reports following a meeting held at […]

Dr Tilak S Fernando My friend, Mr Athula Withanage, who graduated in Russia, suddenly passed away in London seven days ago. This brought tears to everyone’s eyes as he was a role model in lecturing as a medical teacher to other pupils because, in his lectures, he used many similes so that anyone could remember them. […]

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake With the world distracted by kinetic wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a hybrid economic proxy war against the Global South and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), for global connectivity is unfolding at this time of new Cold War: Across Asia, Africa and South America. 56 Low and Middle Income Countries have been […]

e-Con e-News Uncategorized blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com Before you study the economics, study the economists!” e-Con e-News 03-09 March 2024 * Sri Lanka at the height of its prestige was able to initiate a resolution in the United Nations, calling for a declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace. However, the proposed international conference could […]

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The Pathfinder Foundation The Pathfinder Foundation and the Centre for National Security Studies of Bangalore recently signed an MoU aimed at joint collaboration.  The MoU will enable both institutions to focus on the regional security architecture in South Asia and its impact on international security, international relations, conflict studies, disruptive technologies, and Maritime Security of […]

FB මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අගමැති ධුරයෙන් ඉවත්වූ අවස්ථාවේ  අජිත් දෝවාල් සහ ලංකාවේ සිටි ‘රෝ’ ප්‍රධානියා මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ වෙනුවට බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ පත්කරන්නැයි ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට තදබල පීඩනයක් එල්ල කළ බව ජානිපෙ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. හිරු සලකුණ වැඩසටහනට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා පවසන්නේ බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාව ඉන්දියාව විසින් අගමැති පුටුවට ගෙන ඒමට උත්සාහ දැරුවේ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අගමැති ධුරයෙන් ඉවත්වූ අවස්ථාවේ  අජිත් දෝවාල් සහ ලංකාවේ සිටි ‘රෝ’ ප්‍රධානියා මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ වෙනුවට බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ පත්කරන්නැයි ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට තදබල පීඩනයක් එල්ල කළ බව ජානිපෙ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. හිරු සලකුණ වැඩසටහනට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා පවසන්නේ බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාව ඉන්දියාව විසින් අගමැති පුටුවට ගෙන […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් පලාගිය ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂයන්ගේ ‘ජනාධිපති ධූරයෙන් මා නෙරපීමේ කුමන්ත්‍රණය’ කෘතිය පිළිබඳව ප්‍රකාශයක් කරමින් ගෝලීය ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සංසදයේ විධායක කමිටු ලේකම් යසස් ධර්මදාස මගතා ලංකා ලීඩ් වෙබ් අඩවියට පවසා සිටියේ එම පොත අසම්පූර්ණ බවය.  ඔහුගේ සම්පුර්ණ ප්‍රකාශය පහතින්, “පලාගිය ජනාධිපතිතුමන් සඳහන්කර තියෙනව ශවේන්ද්‍ර සහ කමල් මානව හිමිකම් කඩකලා යන චෝදනාවට කොපමණ සංවේදීව […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Kuliyapitiya, March 10 (Daily Mirror) – Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa is ignoring members of his own party and is listening to outsiders. This is why he decided not to participate in the debt restructuring process, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. President Wickremesinghe told a UNP rally in Kuliyapitiya that Sajith Premadasa […]

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Courtesy Hiru News In a recent development, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna leader and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, along with national organizer Basil Rajapaksa, have raised significant reservations regarding their party’s potential support for current president Ranil Wickremesinghe should he choose to contest the upcoming presidential election. These concerns were reportedly voiced during a discussion held […]

By Garvin Karunaratne The Mirror Business Page of 16/2/2024 tells it all: Asserts any disruption to the programme would create high economic costs, including growth setbacks, loss of confidence and prolonged negative investment sentiments. (From Sri Lanka’s Economic revival hinges on IMF Deal”) Our President himself tells us:. We made an economic plan with the IMF. […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna As we celebrate International Women’s Day, it’s essential to recognize the remarkable women who are transforming Sri Lanka’s business landscape. Among these trailblazers stands Mrs. Nilmini, ( Nilmini S. Liyana Arachchige FGA ) a visionary leader who has left an indelible mark in the world of gems and jewelry. The Woman Behind the […]

By Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel (LL.M (UCL London)), former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, former Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Authority, President of the Lanka Ambassador’s Forum – United Kingdom, Solicitor in England and Wales The question of whether the United Nations can intervene in the internal affairs of sovereign states is a complex and […]

Senaka Weeraratna People attend the Royal–Thomian match to see the cricket and enjoy the attendant fun. Not necessarily toeat food. But eating becomes necessary when spending a day there. This is when the trouble starts. At this year’s Royal–Thomian match meat eaters were well catered with slaughter products ranging from Beef to Pork, and Chicken, […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Share on WhatsApp Sri Lanka’s Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has issued a notice outlining the requirements for Sri Lankan non-residents concerning the Tax Identification Number (TIN).  According to the IRD, Sri Lankan residents above 18 years of age are chargeable with income tax and are required to obtain registration with the Commissioner General […]

By Sena Thoradeniya Ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (GR) has written a book, The Conspiracy to Oust Me from the Presidency”. We have not read it yet. Our critique of the book can wait. In this essay we thought of bringing into the notice of GR and his ghost writer about a publication titled, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa […]

By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island During President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s India visit in July 2023, five Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) were signed by India and Sri Lanka to establish physical connections between the two countries. This was followed more recently by the launch of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) – a mechanism that claims to […]