By Dr Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam    Sri Lanka has performed poorly in the two Test Matches against Australia to date because they did not have the batsmen to combat the spin bowlers of Australia and score runs substantively to put pressure on the Australian team and Sri Lanka also did not have the bowlers penetrative enough […]

By Professor Emeritus I. M. Dharmadasa Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom This article summarises the history of solar energy development in Sri Lanka that I have been involved with, over the past 40 years and my thoughts on the present situation in the country. As an active solar energy conversion researcher in both academia and […]

by Dr Sirimewan Dharmaratne, former Senior Analyst, HMRC, UK. Mahinda Rajapaksa Although this may not be doable at all times, it is possible to retrospectively assess the economic impact of crucial decisions. While putting a value on a person may seem unethical or unconscionable, everyone has an economic value. Our lives are valued for myriad […]

by Neville Ladduwahetty Following President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visit, first to India and then to China, Foreign Policy analysts and Commentators of repute have cautioned the NPP government the need to exercise BALANCE particularly in respect of its relations with India and China. The question is how balancing could be the guiding policy in Sri […]

Courtesy The Island Susantha Liyanaarachchi A presidential advisor, identified as D. Gamage, had asked a delegation representing the SME sector to surround the Central Bank” instead of troubling officers at the Presidential Secretariat, Susantha Liyanaarachchi, Chairman of the National Construction Association of Sri Lanka (NCASL) told the media yesterday near the Presidential Secretariat. Liyanaarachchi said […]

 LAKMAL SOORIYAGODA   Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 08 (Daily Mirror) – The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), in a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, strongly emphasised that decisions of the Attorney General in criminal matters should not be subject to review by political authorities, including the Cabinet of Ministers. Such interference, the […]

Courtesy Hiru News The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that Sri Lanka’s compliance with IMF conditions in the 2025 budget will be a key factor in approving the next tranche of funding under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). IMF Communications Director Julie Kozack confirmed that the Executive Board will review the third assessment of […]

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Courtesy The Morning The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has raised concerns over reports that the Cabinet may review the Attorney General’s (AG) decision to discharge three suspects in the Lasantha Wickrematunge assassination case. In a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the BASL stressed that while the AG is accountable to the public, […]

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Shenali D Waduge The scale of corruption in the US by USAID wasting public funds for nefarious activities across the world has to be investigated & held to account. $15m for condoms to the Taliban via USAID /  $446,700 to promote atheism in Nepal, $1m for LGBTQ groups in West & Central Africa, $20,600 for […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Vinasha kale vipareetha buddhi” is an ancient Sanskrit proverb. It means: When a person’s doom approaches, their intellectual power becomes reversed/disoriented or turns against them (causing their destruction)”. This pithy saying seems to be as much applicable to incumbent president Anura Kumara Dissanayake as it once was to former president Mahinda […]

Nava Thakuria Guwahati: The dwindling Hindu population of Bangladesh celebrated Saraswati Puja peacefully to worship the deity of wisdom, knowledge, and arts on 3 February 2025 across the trouble-torn south Asian nation. As Saraswati Puja is a major religious festival of the Hindu community in the neighbouring country, the devotees celebrate the occasion every year […]

Kimberlee Hurley – February 6, 2025 One of Trump’s most despicable day-one executive orders revoked Biden’s moratorium on federal executions, ensured that states that still carry out capital punishment have a sufficient supply of drugs needed to carry out lethal injection,” and urged the Attorney General to seek to overrule the Supreme Court’s precedents on […]

by PIB Delhi A Unique Motorcycle Expedition from Lumbini, Nepal (The Birthplace of Lord Buddha) to Galle, Sri Lanka Expedition will be Flagged Off by Shri Ram Nath Kovind, The Former President of India, from Bodhgaya on 25th February 2025 The International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) will announce the launch of the historic Lord Buddha Trination […]

Courtesy EasternEye Last month, Adani said its power purchase deal with the Sri Lankan government was intact after a report said it had been revoked Gautam Adani SRI LANKA’S government started talks with India’s Adani Group to lower the cost of power from two wind power projects the group will build in the island nation’s […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් රී ලංකා විදේශ සේවය දේශපාලනීකරණය කිරීම පිළිබඳ අතීත විවේචන නොතකා, ජාතික ජන බලය (NPP) රජය විදේශයන්හි ශ්‍රී ලංකා දූත මණ්ඩලවල ප්‍රධානියා සඳහා දේශපාලන පත්වීම් ලබාදීමේ ක්‍රියාවලියක නිරතව සිටින බව ඩේලි මිරර් වාර්තා කර ඇත.  පසුගිය වසරේ ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා බලයට පත්වීමෙන් පසු විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය විසින් එක්සත් ජනපදයේ තානාපතිවරයා […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයෙන් අමෙරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය ඉවත් වීමට ගත් තීරණය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට වඩාත් වාසිදායක බව අචාර්ය නිතීඥ ප්‍රතිභා මහානාම හේවා මහතා පවසයි. ඔහු පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ මේ මස 24 වනදා ආරම්භ වීමට නියමිත එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයේ 58 වැනි සැසිවාරයේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට එරෙහිව මීට පෙර ගෙනආ යෝජනාවට අභියෝගයක් එල්ල […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් USAID, ඇමරිකානු තානාපති කාර්යාලය, ඇමරිකානු නියෝජිත ජූලි චුන්ග්, IREX සහ MEND වැඩසටහන් මගින් ශ්‍රී ලාංකික මාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට ද්විමය-ලිංගික භාෂාව” වළක්වා ගන්නේ කෙසේද යන්න ඉගැන්වීම සඳහා ඩොලර් මිලියන 8 ක් වෙන් කිරීම මේ වන විට ආන්දෝලනාත්මක පුවතක් බවට පත්ව තිබේ.  ශ්‍රී ලාංකික දේශපාලනඥයින්, ඉහළ පෙළේ සමාගම්, ශාස්ත්‍රඥයින්, නීති ක්ෂේත්‍රය, මාධ්‍ය ආයතන, කලාකරුවන් සහ […]

By B.G. Chaturanga Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo,February 7 (Daily Mirror)-  An US lady who was admitted to Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital when she developed a heart ailment and recovered after treatment donated a set of beds for use of the Intensive Care Unit. The lady, known as Jabe Japsen appreciated the services of the hospital […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Referring to recent reports suggesting that three suspects were released in connection with the murder of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, the Attorney General’s (AG) Department clarified that the decision was related to a separate case involving the abduction of Wickrematunge’s driver. In a statement, the AG’s Department emphasized that the murder investigation […]

By Huzefa Aliasger Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 07 (Daily Mirror) – In the wake of the Daily Mirror report over political appointments to diplomatic Missions, the Sri Lanka Foreign Service Association (SLFSA) expressed deep concern that several recent appointments to Head of Mission (HOM) positions have been made from outside the Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring justice for the family of slain journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, emphasizing the need to reassess legal procedures that hinder justice. Speaking in Parliament today (07), she acknowledged the letter sent by Ms. Ahimsa Wickrematunge, the daughter of the former Sunday Leader Editor, describing […]

Courtesy Adaderana New Democratic Front (NDF) MP Ravi Karunanayake has tabled a Private Members’ Motion in Parliament today (7), seeking the abolition of the pension scheme for Members of Parliament. Addressing Parliament, MP Karunanayake stated that a certain political party had manipulated public opinion on this issue, portraying it as a betrayal of society, which […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Aimed at accelerating Sri Lanka’s digital transformation, three key digital initiatives were officially launched today (07) at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. These initiatives include the establishment of the ‘GovPay’ government digital payment platform, the expansion of the President’s Fund services to the Divisional Secretariat level, and […]