e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 30 June – 06 July 2024 An unnamed Sri Lankan is being held hostage in Baltimore by the US government. His name has not been released, and neither has the media been allowed to name the other 10 ‘high-ranking officers’ from India being […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS In the 1990s Sri Lanka decided to embrace the Ramayana .A search for Ravana sites in the Nuwara Eliya and Uva districts started. Rev. Harry Haas (1925-2002) a Roman Catholic   priest from the Netherlands, who had settled in Bandarawela  in 1983, was very active in looking for these sites. Sri Lanka was full […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS P Ramanujan, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism stated in 2006    that they were planning to set up a Ramayana Trail for tourists to encourage Indian tourists. In 2007 S. Kalaiselvam, Director General of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority said in a statement to Press Trust of India   that the Sri Lanka government had […]

SL Diaspora

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා පළමු වතාවට ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ වේදිකාවකට ගොඩ වී තිබේ. ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී රෝහිත අභයගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ දේශපාලන දිවියට වසර 27ක් ගතවීම හේතුවෙන් මෙම උත්සවය සංවිධානය කර තිබුණේ කළුතර දුම්රියපොල අසල ක්‍රීඩාංගනයේදීය. ජනාධිපතිවරයා මෙම උත්සවයට පැමිණ තිබුණේ ඊට පෙර ටික වේලාවකට පෙර ගාල්ලේදී පැවති […]

Courtesy India Today Deputy Chairman of the United National Party Ruwan Wijewardene confirmed that the Presidential election will definitely be held and Wickremesinghe, 75, will contest the election as an independent candidate, News 1st reported. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe. In Short Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will contest the Presidential election as an independent […]

Courtesy Financial Express He emphasised the need for fiscal responsibility, cautioning that further unplanned salary increases could cripple the government. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced that government sector employees will not receive another salary increase this year, warning that further pay hikes without proper planning could undermine the government ahead of the upcoming […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Interests of the country should take precedence over party interests Demonstrations which involves trying to enter a building without permission, trespassing and creating  noise nuisances are punishable by law The 1940s and 1950s are often considered the Golden Era” of the LSSP (Lanka Sama Samaja Party). During this period, 70-80% of […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් රට තුළ නව ආර්ථිකයක් ගොඩනඟන විට නව දේශපාලන ක්‍රමයක් ද නිර්මාණය විය යුතු බවත්, වගකීම් භාරගෙන කටයුතු කළ හැකි පිරිසක් මෙන්ම නොබියව සත්‍ය ප්‍රකාශ කරන පිරිසක් එම දේශපාලන ක්‍රමවේදය තුළ බිහිවිය යුතු බවත් ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා පැවසීය. ජනාධිපතිවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කර සිටියේ ජාතික බැංකුකරුවන්ගේ සංගමය විසින් කොළඹ ගාලු මුවදොර […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Fifteen years after the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the end of Sri Lanka’s war, the family of LTTE leader warns about a major fraud carried out by sections of the Tamil diaspora defrauding millions of dollars from Tamil around the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka has decided to lift from next year a ban on the visit of foreign research ships imposed after strong security concerns raised by India and the US following frequent docking requests from hi-tech Chinese surveillance vessels, the Japanese media reported.  The change in position was conveyed by visiting Sri […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Wellawaya, July 7 (Daily Mirror) – Highlighting that today, drug trafficking poses a greater threat to the nation than terrorism, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that some human rights lawyers also represent drug-related criminals after their arrest.  He emphasised the crucial need for collective support to safeguard the country from this menace, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) founder former minister Basil Rajapaksa has declared their intention to continue supporting President Ranil Wickremesinghe with the country’s welfare in mind.  He made this statement while attending a ceremony in Kalutara to mark the 27th anniversary of MP Rohitha Abeygunawardena’s political career. Rajapaksa emphasized that the SLPP’s support […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka’s earnings from tourism surged to over $1.5 billion in the first six months of 2024, marking a 77.9 percent increase year-on-year, according to the latest report from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL). Tourist arrivals in the first half reached 1.01 million, reflecting a 61.7 percent rise compared to […]

Courtesy Hiru News President’s Fund scholarship program for students from low-income families, spanning from grade 1 to grade 11 and G.C.E. (A/L), will be implemented at the district level starting from July 12, 2024. District secretaries, in collaboration with all zonal education offices and school principals, will oversee the scholarship distribution process. Details regarding the […]