Garvin Karunaratne former Government Agent, Matara (Posted on November 17th, 2013; reprinted for kind consideration  a decade later) A Spectacular Phenomenon Last week I went to Iceland, in search of the Northern Lights, a mysterious phenomenon – coloured shades of light in the sky taking various forms, at times even sequencing a dance.‚  Every tourist […]

By a concerned Kandyan: Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara Naming newly acquired bear cubs in the Dehiwala Zoo. I read that these two cubs have been named as Nilame and Menike.I regret very much this foolish decision made by the Zoo authorities. This is highly defamatory and malicious.Therefore, I demand this foolish and defamatory decision should […]

Courtesy The Island Leader of ‘Pivithuru Hela Urumaya’ Udaya Gammanpila has alleged that US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, has omitted certain words from the statement issued by Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the sanctions imposed by the UK government on former military chiefs. Commenting regarding the matter, Gammanpila said: […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake convened a high-level meeting today (28) at the Presidential Secretariat with senior officials from the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, as well as the Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing.  During the discussion, the President instructed the relevant officials to expedite the construction of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana It was revealed in the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) that a private company named ‘Savorite’ was issued Waiver of Registration (WoR) certificates to import 38 types of medicines in 2022 without the evaluation of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA).  The former Secretary to the Ministry of Health also informed the Committee […]

Dr. Asoka Bandarage Following independence from Britain, both India and Sri Lanka emerged as leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement, which sought to advance developing nations’ interests during the Cold War. Indeed, the term “non-alignment” was itself coined by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his 1954 speech in Colombo. The five principles of the Non-Aligned […]

Shenali D Waduge All citizens of Sri Lanka irrespective of party politics must stand together united in defense of Sri Lanka & its National Army. All those with the ability to analyze history, its legacies & the colonial crimes committed but unaccounted for should question the manner in which those who stand guilty of 500 […]

Saeed Naqvi Dated: 22.03.2025 President Trump, who promised to end wars and never start one, has travelled 8,000 miles to bomb Yemen. If he continues, Yemen will be his Vietnam and Afghanistan. In many ways they are similar countries, populated by dogged fighters. Since the President and his team know not a jot about its […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna Synopsis: Kandy, a UNESCO World Heritage city, faces a waste management crisis with environmental and social impacts from the Gohagoda landfill and unsustainable solutions like waste diversion. Issues of dignity and accessibility for vulnerable groups highlight the need for inclusive approaches. Immediate actions like waste segregation, community engagement, and infrastructure investments are […]

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Pathfinder Foundation The India-Sri Lanka Strategic Dialogue, hosted by the Pathfinder Foundation in association with the Ananta Aspen Centre of India, took place in Colombo on 25 March 2025. Coming a week before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka on April 5, the Dialogue serves as a valuable platform to explore key […]

Lanka Property Web Industry experts at the Lanka Property Show 2025 expressed confidence in Sri Lanka’s real estate sector, highlighting its potential for growth despite past economic challenges. While factors such as rising interest rates, currency depreciation, and fluctuating taxes previously impacted the market, experts were optimistic that stabilizing interest rates, exchange rates, and tax […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රිතාන්‍ය ආණ්ඩුව විසින් දෙමළ බෙදුම්වාදින්ගේ ඡන්ද කුට්ටිය ඉලක්ක කරගෙන මෙරට රණවිරුවන් සිව්දෙනෙකුට පැනවූ තහනම සම්බන්දයෙන් විදෙස් ඇමති විජිත හේරත් මහතා ලබාදී ඇති පිළිතුර පතෝල” පිළිතුරක් ලෙස තමන් දකින බව පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායකයා මේ බව සදහන් කර සිටියේ පිටකෝට්ටේ එම පක්ෂ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතාගේ කොල්ලුපිටියේ පස්වන පටුමගේ පිහිටි පෞද්ගලික නිවසට 2022 ජූලි 09 වන දින එල්ල වූ ප්‍රහාරයේ සහ ගින්න නිවා දැමීමට පැමිණි ගිනි නිවන හමුදාවට බාධා කිරීමේ සිද්ධියේ සැකකරුවෙකු තරුණ කටයුතු නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය එරංග ගුණසේකර මහතා නම් කර තිබේ. ඒ අනුව එම නඩුව ඊයේ දින කැඳවූ අවස්ථාවේදී කොටුව […]

By P. K. Balachandran Courtesy Eurasia Review The imposition of sanctions by the UK on three retired Sri Lankan military officers—Shavendra Silva, Wasantha Karannagoda, and Jagath Jayasuriya—and a former LTTE commander, Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan (Karuna Amman), on March 24, 2025, reflects a significant interplay between UK domestic politics and international human rights policy. These sanctions, which include […]

https://www.fibre2fashion.com/ Insights Sri Lanka’s macroeconomic turnaround is ‘remarkable’ though many households are yet to feel the impact, according to two experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). They observed that the economy has rebounded strongly and quickly, growing by 5 per cent in 2024 and in a mere 18 months recovered just under half of […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ChatGBT මත පදනම්ව, විවිධ සංවිධාන විසින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිදු කළ හැකි පාලන-වෙනස් කිරීමේ” ක්‍රියාකාරකම් සඳහා USAID විසින් සපයන ලද අරමුදල් සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන ලියවිල්ලක් සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ සංසරණය වෙමින් පවතී. අදාළ ආයතන සහ එම ආයතන මෙහෙය වූ පුද්ගලයන්ද ඒවාට ගෙවූ ඩොලර් ප්‍රමානයන් ද සහිතව සංසරණය වන එම ලියවිල්ල මගින් අප රට සම්බන්ධ […]

Shenali D Waduge When British MPs who are regular mouthpieces for pro-LTTE demands & regular visitors to pro-LTTE events & regularly read of LTTE prepared speeches, abuse their office to sanction individuals on conjectured crimes, the Govt of Sri Lanka must first of all demand that the UK Govt investigate all British MPs who are […]

Mahinda Rajapaksa Leader Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna The United Kingdom govt. has announced sanctions including travel bans and asset freezes against Sri Lanka’s former Chief of Defence Staff Shavendra Silva, former Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda and former Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya over unproven allegations of human rights violations during the war with the LTTE. It was […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD  වරක් මා විසින් ලියන ලද සිංහබාහු කථාවේ මනෝ විද්‍යාත්මක පාර්ශවය ගැන ලිපිය – Sinhabahu The Paradigmatic Myth Of The Sri Lankan Oedipusකියවූ ප්‍රංශ ජාතික මනෝ විද්‍යාඥයෙකු වන Eric Smadja මෙම ලිපිය මහාචාර්‍ය ගනනාථ ඔබේසේකර වෙත යවන්න යැයි කීවේය. ඒ මන්ද කියා මා විමසූ විට ඔහු කීවේ ගනනාථ ඔබේසේකර යනු […]

Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), AAL, Coordinator, Dr. Thilaka Padma Subasinghe Memorial Legal Education Program. Some people have forgotten that a President said at the opening of the New Court Complex in Galle that there is an error in the 19th Constitutional Amendment brought in 2015 regarding  the presidential and parliamentary terms of office and […]

Dr.Reffai  Sperm bank is not a good idea! Recently many appreciative  articles appeared regarding  a sperm bank being  set up. Superficially looking at it, it sounds like a wonderful idea providing an opportunity for those who cannot have children due to the infertility of the husband and the fact that the sperm is from an […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන.  2015 දී ගෙනා 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයේ ජනාධිපති සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු ධූරකාලයේ දෝෂයක් පවතින හෙයින් එය එක්තරා නීති විශාරදයකුගේ අතපසුවීමක් බවත් එයට ජනතාවගෙන් සමාව ගන්නා බවත් ගාල්ල අලුත් අධිකරණ සංකීර්ණය විවෘත කරන අවස්ථාවේ ජනාධිපතිවරයෙකු පැවසුවා සමහරුන්ට අමතක වී ඇත. ඒ වේදිකාවේ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් වත්මන් රජය විසින් මෙම වසරට පමණක් ඩොලර් බිලියන 7.3ක ණය මුදලක් ලබා ගැනීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වන බව සමගි ජන බලවේග පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී එස් එම් මරික්කාර් මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. කොළඹ පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් අමතමින් ඒ මහතා මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේය. ජාතික ජන බලවේගයට අමතක වෙලා තියෙනවා අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මැතිතුමා ජනාධිපතිවෙලා පහුගිය […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, March 26 (Daily Mirror) – The exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha will ensure religious harmony in Sri Lanka while it helps safeguard Buddhism which is the backbone of national heritage, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today. The steps taken by the government and the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror olombo, March 27 (Daily Mirror) – In response to the UK sanction on the Sri Lankan officials including three former military leaders, former Navy Commander, Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda has accused the UK of hypocrisy, stating that while British colonial atrocities in Sri Lanka and India remain unaddressed, the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s central bank governor said monetary policy is appropriate” right now, as the South Asian nation’s economy and inflation are moving in line with their goals. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka held the overnight policy rate at 8% for the second straight meeting this year on Wednesday. The move was in […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Foreign Ministry has condemned the UK government’s decision to impose sanctions on four Sri Lankans, calling it a “unilateral action” that complicates the ongoing national reconciliation process. The ministry stated that Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath conveyed Sri Lanka’s position to British High Commissioner Andrew Patrick during a meeting at the Ministry […]

by Garvin Karunaratne When we became independent in 1948, we- the colonies were the market for everything produced in the UK. With independence, we had to change to enable development, production in industry and agriculture and foremost to alleviate poverty. We had commenced Land Development, Irrigation, and Agriculture. To enable people to be trained, we […]