Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s current judicial system stems from Judicature Act 2 of 1978 influenced by English & Roman-Dutch Law a carry-forward from Dutch to British colonial rule. Unfortunately, the leaders of post-independence forgot or ignored Sri Lanka had its own distinct Sinhala legal system. The Maha Naduwa was the Buddhist jurisprudence tribunal of […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Going by some decisions taken by US Presidents that have had very negative consequences for the USA itself and other countries, a dilemma does arise about democracy and what it means and how it is exercised in the USA. The latest being the decision taken by one person, President Donald Trump, that […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. ප්‍රභාකරන් තුල ව්‍යාථවේදී පෞරුෂ සාධක Pathological Personality traits දක්නට ලැබුණි. නමුත් මේ ගැන කතිකාවට බඳුන් වී ඇත්තේ ඉතාම අඩුවෙනි.2004 වසරේ ප්‍රභාකරන් දේශපාලනමය සහ යුදමය වශයෙන් ඉතා බලවත්ව සිටි අවදියේ දී ඔහුගේ පෞරුෂ සාධක හෙළි කරමින් කරමින් ප්‍රභාකරන් සාධකය පිලිබඳ මනෝවිද්‍යාත්මක විශ්ලේෂණයක් යන කෘතිය මම එළි දැක්වුයෙමි. එම ගවේෂණාත්මක කෘතිය මගින් […]

By Special Correspondent[i] Visual Aid: Cartoon Created with AI Assistance Introduction Sri Lanka has received substantial support from donor-funded development projects aimed at improving the economy and supporting social growth. However, a closer look reveals that many of these projects do not achieve their intended results. The pressing question is: How can Sri Lanka improve […]

lanka C news වසර දෙදහස් පන්සියයකට අධික ඉතිහාසයක් ඇති ජාතියක ප්‍රධාන සංස්කෘතික උත්සවයක් සැමරීමට රටේ රාජ්‍ය නායකයා ප්‍රසිද්ධියේ පස්සා ගසා ඇතැයි ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා සිය සමාජ ජාල ගිණුම ඔස්සේ නිකුත් කර ඇති නිවේදනය මෙසේය. ගරුතර ස්වාමීන් වහන්ස,අන්‍යාගමික පූජකතුමනි,මවුවරුනි, පියවරුනි,සහෝදරයා, සහෝදරිය, සිංහල හා දමිල අලුත් අවුරුද්ද […]

Courtesy Lanka Leader ලෝක ආර්ථික පරිසරයේ අවිනිශ්චිත බව සැලකිල්ලට ගෙන ඊට මුහුණ දීම සඳහා ප්‍රතිපත්තිමය සූදානම ඉහළ නැංවීම අත්‍යවශ්‍ය බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව පවසයි. විශේෂයෙන් නව නිදහස් වෙළෙඳ ගිවිසුම් සක්‍රීයව ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම සහ භාණ්ඩ වෙළෙඳාම වෙනස් වීමේ අවස්ථා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට වාසිදායක අයුරින් යොදා ගැනීම සඳහා ප්‍රතිපත්තිමය සූදානම ඉහළ නැංවිය යුතු බවද මහ බැංකුව කියයි. […]

YOHAN PERERA Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, April 17 (Daily Mirror) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Sri Lanka, in its special message for Easter stressed that ascertaining who the perpetrators of the Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 were and those who have aided and abetted in the dastardly act, is a matter of urgency.  “This […]

Hiru News The Centre for Society and Religion (CSR) claims that Sivanesathurai Santhirikanthan, also known as Pillaiyan, and his former media spokesperson, Azad Maulana, had connections with individuals involved in the Easter Sunday attacks. However, former Minister Udaya Gammanpila, speaking at a press conference yesterday (16), stated that the government’s attempt to create a narrative […]

Sunil J. Wimalawansa(Professor of Medicine) A nation thrives when it preserves its traditional values, cultural heritage, language, and fundamental beliefs. Nations fail whether these lacks. The mentioned elements form the foundation of national unity, sovereignty, spiritual strength, and cultural identity. For Sri Lanka, with its ~2,500-year-old Buddhist heritage, protecting this legacy is a matter of […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna As Sri Lanka navigates critical discussions on sensitive topics such as international sanctions and allegations against its armed forces, it is imperative to ground deliberations in evidence-based understanding. Shenali Waduge, a renowned analyst and expert on LTTE-related crimes, provides a wealth of invaluable information on the activities and atrocities committed by the […]

 By Dr Ramesh Somasunderam. Willetton 6155, Australia. I believe what Sri Lanka needs most is very good Civil and District Administration.  This is what can make the country to function and be governed well. Sri Lanka for once is united under one party and importantly the present President of our lovely country his Excellency Mr. […]

 Dr Sarath Obeysekera  His excellency The President(Thru Deputy  Minister of ,Ports  Aviation and Road Development)  As the Chairman of the Advisory Board under the Export Development Board, I am reaching out to discuss an exciting opportunity for Sri Lanka, particularly in the context of developing our marine and offshore industry, including nautical tourism within the […]

තුසිත බාලසූරිය මාලිමාව පරාජය වන පළාත් පාලන ආයතනවලට මුදල් නොදෙනවා යන ජනපතිගේ ප්‍රකාශය පුරවැසියෙක් ලෙසත් මහරගම නගර සභාවට එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂයෙන් ඉදිරිපත් වන අපේක්ෂකයෙක් ලෙසත් දැඩිව හෙළා දකිමි. එය එක් අර්ථයකින් ජනතාවගේ බලයට හා ඡන්ද අයිතියට විරුද්ධව යාමකි. අනෙක් අර්ථයෙන් මාලිමාවේ අපේක්ෂකයන් හැර අනෙක් අපේක්ෂකයන් සියල්ල හොරු බවට පත්කෙරෙන අතිශය අසාධාරණ පුර්ව නිගමනයකි. අවසන් පළාත් […]

Ishani Agnihotri  An MOU to develop an LNG power project on the East Coast of Sri Lanka, near the coveted Indian Ocean Trincomalee Deep Sea Port, with India and the United Arab Emirates was signed on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Sri Lanka by President Anura Dissanayaka. The multicultural Eastern Province was decimated […]

Palitha Ariyarathna In the ceaseless cycle of Samsara, where beings traverse the realms of existence, the teachings of the Buddha shine as a beacon of wisdom and liberation. The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation, based in Taipei, Taiwan, has committed itself to the noble task of sharing these profound teachings by offering Dharma books […]

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Niru News The government’s efforts to create a perception that Sivanesathurai Santhirakanthan, alias Pillayan, is involved in the Easter attacks have failed, says former parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila. He stated this at a media briefing today (16). Former State Minister Chandrakanthan was arrested on the 8th of this month, pertaining to investigations into the abduction and […]

By Dr. Asoka Bandarage Will a peaceful and sustainable multipolar world be born when the rising economic weight of emerging economies is matched with rising geopolitical weight, as argued by renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs in his recent Other News article?[i] There is no question that, as the US-led world order collapses, a new multipolar world […]

Shenali D Waduge Culture, traditions, values, and rituals are not written by politicians — they are carved into the soul of a nation. Governments may pass laws, leaders may come and go, but the heartbeat of a civilization lives in its people. No politician, no policy, and no personal agenda can erase what generations have […]

තුසිත බාලසූරිය මෙවර එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂයේ අලියා ලකුණ යටතේ මහරගම නගර සභාවේ ගොඩිගමුව උතුර කොට්ඨාසයට තරඟ කරන තුසිත බාලසූරිය විසින් සිය ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනය දිනන මහරගම හදන දැක්ම නමින් වෙබ් අවකාශයට මුදාහැර තිබෙනවා. මෙවර පළාත් පාලන මැතිවරණයට ඉදිරිපත් වන අපේක්ෂකයෙක් වෙබ් අවකාශය හරහා තම ප්‍රතිපත්ති හා දැක්ම එළිදක්වන පළමු අවස්ථාව මෙය වන අතර පහත යොමුව ඔස්සේ […]

US President Donald Trump’s tariff war has rocked global markets and could trigger significant shifts in the world order. Initially dismissed as a mere threat during his campaign, the tariffs unleashed by Trump from the White House have escalated, with China and other countries retaliating. These economic measures, while targeting rivals, may also escalate geopolitical tensions, raising fears of […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන. විනිසුරු වැරදි කායික ක්‍රියාවකින් හෝ වැරදි නෛතික ක්‍රියාවකින් තීරණය ලබා දීමේ බලපෑම… මෙහිදී විනිසුරුවරයා විසින්, 1. වැරදි කායික ක්‍රියාවකින් තීරණය ලබාදීම2. වැරදි නෛතික ක්‍රියාවකින් තීරණය ලබා දිමයන ආකාර 2 අදාලව සළකා බලා ඇත. විනිසුරු වැරදි කායික ක්‍රියාවක් කර නඩුවේ තීරණය […]

By Nick Beams April 9, 2025 The announcement yesterday by US President Trump of a 90-day pause in the implementation of his so-called reciprocal tariffs,” ostensibly to allow negotiations to take place, is another expression of the deepening economic and financial crisis of American imperialism and its state. The move came amid growing signs that […]

by Keji Mao* In an increasingly uncertain world, India’s decision to ‘learn’ from China’s agricultural successes serves as a potent reminder. In the winter of 1955, the prime minister’s residence in New Delhi welcomed a distinguished Chinese scholar. For a fortnight, he lived under the same roof as Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi – sharing […]

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Dilrook Kannangara Voters are unforgiving. Sri Lankan voters can be quite nasty, merciless and even violent if they realize they have been taken for fools. If a political party wins power by deceiving people through lies and false promises, depending on the severity of those lies its lifespan will be cut short. The biggest public […]

Kamalika Pieris  2nd  REVISION.  5.4.2025. The theatre enthusiasts, who saw Maname in its maiden presentation in Colombo and before that at rehearsals in Peradeniya, saw its significance and artistic value. Many years later, this group wrote up their recollections for Sunday newspapers. They also provided contributions to publications issued to mark Maname anniversaries, such as […]

by Garvin Karunaratne E-Con-E-News 3-9 th November in Lanka Web writes: • ‘Garvin Karunaratne writes again today. I have read his Dahanayaka & red-onion affair several times in the Island. His telephone handling at the Marketing Department’s Tripoli HQ resembles Mountbatten’s war operations room.’” We did use phones in a remarkable way to move veg […]

Rohan Abeygunawardena The other day, while we were chatting after dinner, my friend Fasal Izzadeen asked me, Rohan, who was the best prime minister Sri Lanka ever had?” I told him I couldn’t name the best prime minister, but I could name the best prime minister Sri Lanka never had.” A bit surprised, he asked, […]