Pathfinder Foundation Pathfinder Foundation hosted its fifth Dialogue with Diplomats, focused on “The Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific and its impact on Small States in South Asia, with a special reference to Sri Lanka” held Cinnamon Grand Colombo recently. The Dialogue provided a platform for Colombo-based diplomats and subject experts to explore the complex […]

Courtesy Hiru News Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa has called on the government to retract the gazette notification on the Thriposha Company if it does not intend to liquidate it, instead of issuing conflicting statements. Premadasa made these remarks while addressing the Ratnapura District People’s Rally organized by the SJB in Balangoda, ahead […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called on the current government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, to put forward its economic policy, emphasizing the need for a solution to the ongoing economic crisis. Wickremesinghe made these remarks at a public meeting organized by the New Democratic Front in Maradana for the upcoming […]

Courtesy Hiru News Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader Udaya Gammanpila has accused the current government of attempting to politicize the school system similarly to its alleged politicization of university education. Gammanpila made these comments during a press conference held in Colombo today (11). He cited an example from a recent Advanced Level Second Semester Examination at […]

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By Raj Gonsalkorale Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you — either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation. –John Wayne Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there […]

C. Wijeyawickrema Appended below is a copy of the (email) essay I sent to comrade Austin via, editor of the Island newspaper in December 2020. He or the Christian Marxist Dayan Jayatilleka, now in the doldrum, are not fools to know that the 13-A is only one step below the target called a separate Eelam […]

Shenali D Waduge How far has India realistically played role of mediator other than acting out of self-interest, making the best for India out of relations with both US & Russia? In ordinary terms this would be referred to as double-dealing. If China & Turkey could come up with peace proposals why hasn’t India? Does […]

Sugath Kulatunga Thursday, November 7, 2024, ECONOMYNEXT reports that – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank signed an agreement to obtain and exchange information on investigations and prosecutions of Money Laundering (ML), Terrorist Financing (TF) and related crimes in Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and of any persons connected with such bodies. The Central Bank’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) […]

Sugath Kulatunga The former President, RW, placed four-time bombs on the political battlefield before he left. These are the Rs 25,000 salary increase to the public service, the connectivity with India, to commence repayment of foreign debts by 2028, and the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. The salary bomb with a […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.    Odysee Video Link alternative to YouTube : https://player.odycdn.com/v6/streams/90eac9df9ddf5fbd9a76399cd6fa420aa1a74cff/98b48a.mp4

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Palitha Ariyarathna Synopsis: This article examines how extremist groups exploit demographic shifts, including population growth, migration, and cultural change, to fuel radicalization and violence. It highlights global trends in Europe, the Middle East, and Other County, showing how fears of cultural and identity loss are used to recruit followers and destabilize societies. The article calls […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Finland – A Great Country with Super Citizens in a Dilemma or a Predicament, but with a Solution! Minister of Labor Satose’s surprising opening about the need for foreign workers and students! Express Your Opinion – Read What Others Say!The Independent Interactive Voice of Sri Lanka on the Internet. Please visit -: […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Donald Trump President-Elect Won the Presidency of USA on6th November 2024. But Did He Actually Win? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-us-election-2024-results-foreign-leaders-react-wars-ukraine-russia-israel/ Starting with his own wife Melania Trump Body Language indicates a different story!   7 Nov 2024  #DonaldTrump #MelaniaTrump #CelebrityRelationships An infamous eye roll, rare instances of PDA, and quiet displays of support. A body language […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Wijeyadasa Former Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC, yesterday (11) said Sri Lanka had no political prisoners. The ex-parliamentarian was responding to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s declaration in Vavuniya and Jaffna that Tamil political prisoners would be released in consultation with the Attorney General. This assurance was given during […]

Courtesy Adaderana Gampaha District parliamentary candidate and leader of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance, Dilith Jayaweera, stated that he has a practical plan to address Sri Lanka’s ongoing debt crisis and is ready to assist the President in repaying the debt through this plan. Jayaweera made these remarks while addressing a public rally in Maharagama today […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ලබන වසරේ අයවැයෙන් ආහාර පාන කිහිපයක වැට් සහ උපයන විට බද්ද සාධාරණ ප්‍රමාණයකින් අඩු කරන බව, ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක පවසනවා. ඔහු මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ, මෙවර මහ මැතිවරණය වෙනුවෙන් ජාතික ජන බලවේගය ගම්පහදී පැවැත්වූ ප්‍රචාරක රැලියකට එක්වෙමින්. මෙවර මහ මැතිවරණය වෙනුවෙන් ජාතික ජන බලවේගය සංවිධාන කරන ජන රැලි මාලාවේ අවසන් […]

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C. Wijeyawickrema, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., M.A., Ph.D. Sena Thoradeniya’s eye-opening essay (Lankaweb, Nov 9th), regarding how the English press in Colombo, and English-speaking black-white businessmen etc. are kissing the foot of AKD and giving him dead-ropes is of historical importance due to its political implications. From 1956-58 SWRD had a SLFP-LSSP (V) [PhilipG and William […]

By Jonathan Manz  Sri Lanka’s polity on 21 Sep 24 refused to surrender to Yankee–IMF rule, by spurning – for the first time in her history –the entire list of Presidential candidates approved by the Election Commissioner; not one of the 38, yankee-backed candidates, was able to secure a ‘majority-vote’; viz more than 50 per […]

Asanka Perera The recent article ‘The Valid Reasons Why Adani’s Mannar Project Should be Cancelled’, criticizing the Adani Mannar wind energy project misses key facts and context. As Sri Lanka furthers its renewable energy ambitions, it is important to scrutinise the project, and more so to provide a fairer and balanced perspective. The claims of […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 03-09 November 2024 * ‘Mr Shakeri also told prosecutors that his Iranian contacts asked him to plan a mass shooting to target Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka in October 2024, a year after the Hamas attacks on Israel.’ – BBC * ‘We […]

Courtesy Global Policy Forum Alaska Conservation FoundationDispatchMining the Ionosphere Spring 1996 At a remote facility ringed with barbed wire, a brand-new array of 36 antennas rises from the black spruce forest that stretches hundreds of miles across central Alaska. Completed December 1994 and now undergoing testing, the antenna field is the visible part of a […]

By Gitanjali Marcelline Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 10 (newsin.asia): It all started on Friday, September 6, 1946 at 5.00 p.m in ‘Palm Court’, Albert Crescent, Colombo. A Tamil member of the State Council, S. Natesan, proposed that a new political party be formed and that it be named United National Party (UNP). A Muslim member of […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව ත්‍රිපෝෂ සමාගම ඈවර කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පසුගිය 07 වනදා පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂයේ ප්‍රචාරක ලේකම් පුබුදු ජයගොඩ සහෝදරයා කරුණු එලිදරව් කරණු ලැබීය. එයට ප්‍රතිචාර දක්වමින් පසුගිය 09 වනදා මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරන මුදල්, ආර්ථික සංවර්ධන, ප්‍රතිපත්ති සම්පාදන, සැලසුම් සහ සංචාරක අමාත්‍යාංශ නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් ත්‍රිපෝෂ සමාගම ඈවර කරන බවට පුබුදු ජයගොඩ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 09 (Daily Mirror)- The government will take steps to eradicate the drug menace and the underworld while putting an end to the insecure situation in the country, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday. Speaking at an election rally in Kegalle, he said discussions have already been held with the […]