e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 06-12 April 2025 ‘There is also a military build-up going on in the US base in Diego Garcia, including B-52 heavy bombers with a range of 10,000km.’ – MK Bhadrakumar, ‘Steve Witkoff’s Iran mission’ * Sri Lanka is 1,925km from Diego Garcia in […]

Shenali D Waduge The Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha enshrined in the Dalada Maligawa is revered as the legitimacy & beholder of the authority of the King (ruler) & its protection by the ruler is crucial for the stability of the Nation. The Tooth Relic which was originally enshrined at the Abhayagiri Temple in Anuradhapura […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya My recent visit to Maduwanwela Walawwa, a site purportedly steeped in Sri Lankan history, left me with a profound sense of disappointment and concern.  While the historical significance of the location is undeniable, its current state of disrepair and the restrictive policies in place raise serious questions about the commitment to preserving […]

Dr. Ransirini de Silva & Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge Boredom is an underexplored but significant emotional state with implications for mental health. In the modern digital age—where attention is continually stimulated and information is instantaneously accessible—the experience of boredom may be more frequent, and perhaps more distressing, than in previous generations. Boredom is a transient […]

Courtesy Adaderana Leader of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance and Member of Parliament Dilith Jayaweera challenged the government to table the recently signed defense agreement with India in Parliament.  Addressing a public meeting held in Avissawella, MP Jayaweera claimed that the government will not disclose the agreement under any circumstances. In the past few days, the […]

By Rohana R. Wasala  සුභ අලුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා! The Sinhala Aluth Avurudda or the Sinhalese New Year is celebrated in the month of Bak according to the traditional lunar calendar of the Sinhalese people. The name ‘Bak’ comes from the Sanskrit word ‘bhagya’ meaning ‘fortune’. The month of ‘Bak’ corresponds to April in the Gregorian […]

Dilrook Kannangara Talks of a land bridge between India and Sri Lanka are buzzing once again. Those who feel nostalgic about the time when there was some kind of connectivity miss the point that it was built by the British to bring down slaves from India to Sri Lanka cheaply. While it served a colonial […]

Focus Definition Operation Colombo and Operation Condor were covert operations carried out in the 1970s in Chile and South America, primarily aimed at eliminating political dissidents and leftist groups after the US-backed Coup against Chile’s democratically elected President Salvador Allende. This operation is a stark representation of state terrorism, where government employed systematic violence and […]

Saeed Naqvi Courtesy Naqvi Journal Dated: 11.04.2025 Rav mein hai aaj Trump kahan dekhiye thamey Na haath baag par hai, na pa hai rakab mein.” (Trump is in full gallop, who knows where he’ll stop? Reins are not in his hands, nor feet in the stirrups) Traumatic turn the world order is taking place in […]

Courtesy India Today An India-Sri Lanka direct rail or road link needs just a 25-km-long bridge. The Pamban Bridge, recently inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi, completes a crucial part of a direct train from Chennai to Colombo. Planned by the British, and brought to the drawing table time and again, an India-Lanka rail link would […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ප‍්‍රකාශයක් ලබා ගැනීමට අල්ලස් හෝ දුෂණ විමර්ෂණ කොමිසම විසින් කර ඇති කැදවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික‍්‍රමසිංහ මහතා විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති නිවේදනයක් මෙහි දැක්වෙයි. අල්ලස් හෝ දූෂණ චෝදනා විමර්ශන කොමිෂන් සභාවේ කැඳවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් viii වැනි විධායක ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතාගේ කාර්යාලය නිකුත් කළ නිවේදනය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අටවැනි විධායක ජනාධිපති […]

by Professor Amarasiri de Silva Courtesy The Island Globalisation can be understood as relations between countries, and it fosters a greater relationship between countries that involve the movement of goods, services, information, technology, money, and human beings between countries. These relationships transcend economic, cultural, political, and social contexts. Globalisation in the modern world today is […]

Courtesy The Island Dr. G. Weerasinghe The Communist Party (CP) of Sri Lanka yesterday (10) expressed grave concern over the NPP government’s unilateral decision to enter into a defence MOU with Quad-member India. The CPSL urged All democratic and progressive forces to pressure the government to reveal the contents of the defence agreement with India. […]

 YOHAN PERERA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, April 11 (Daily Mirror) – The U.S. does not have the economic capacity to impose its will on the rest of the world, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.  He said the following in his statement: In 1950 the U.S. had 50% of the world’s GDP. Today it […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has indicated that he is prepared to appear before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) to record a statement about the bribery case filed against New Democratic Front MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake. This is in response to the letter directed by CIABOC earlier today. The […]

By Special Correspondent For decades, Sri Lanka has benefited from substantial international development assistance aimed at addressing our national priorities. From education and agriculture to climate resilience initiatives, donor-funded projects have catalysed progress and innovation across the country. Yet as we navigate our economic recovery, a disturbing pattern undermines the effectiveness of this vital support—one […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්                 සිංහල ජාතියේ අභිමානවත් සංස්කෘතික මංගල්‍ය සහ ජාතික දිනය වශයෙන් සැළකෙන අලුත් අවුරුද්ද ඒළඹීමට තව වැඩි කාලයක් ගත වන්නේ නැත. අප්‍රියෙල් මස 14 දිනය යෙදෙන අලුත් අවුරුදු උදාවත් සමග සියලු ලක් වාසීන් එය සැමරීමට එකාවන්ව සැදී පැහැදෙයි.අවුර් යන නාමය සූර්යයාට යෙදෙයි. අවුරුදු කාලයට ලංකාවට සාපේක්ෂව සූර්යයා ලංකා මහී තලයට මුදුන් වෙයි.යකඩත් හබල පෙතිත් […]

Ramzy Baroud Coutesy counterpunch.org Muslims should their house in Order and stop collaborating with Israel and NATO’s war machine and their Saudi Wahhabi- Salafi- ISIS Project Explaining Arab political failure to challenge Israel through traditional analysis—such as disunity, general weakness, and a failure to prioritize Palestine—does not capture the full picture. The idea that Israel […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රක්‍ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කර සිටින පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී චාමර සම්පත් දසනායක මහතා සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික‍්‍රමසිංහ මහතා විශේෂ ප‍්‍රකාශයක් කරයි. චාමර සම්පත් මන්ත්‍රීතුමාගේ පවුලේ සාමාජිකයන් මා මුණගැසුණා.අගමැති ලෙස සිටි සමයේ මෛත්‍රිපාල සිරිසේන ජනපති සමග මගේ අනුදැනුම ඇතිව භාණ්ඩාගාර ලේකම්තුමා එදා චක්‍රලේඛනයක් නිකුත් කළා. පළාත් සභා මුදල් තැන්පත් ගිණුම් වල තැබීමට […]

Courtesy The Island Police investigating the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage have taken former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pilleyan, into custody. Police said that he had been arrested in Batticaloa and brought to Colombo. The CID questioned the former lawmaker on 20 November, 2024 following the accusations made by Hanzeer Azad Maulana, one time spokesperson […]

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, April 10 (Daily Mirror) – This government will not lay their hands on either Mahinda Rajapaksa or Ranil Wickremesinghe though they brag about apprehending robbers, MP Chamara Samapth Dassanayake told Parliament.  “You will only catch few small fish instead of big ones. I am the […]

DD India India’s plan to develop a major energy hub in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, marks a strategic move to strengthen its presence in the Indo-Pacific and counter China’s growing influence in the region. Trincomalee’s deep-water harbour, historic oil tank farm, and strategic location near India make it ideal for energy storage, supply, and transit. Partnering […]

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By Sanjoy Hazarika Foreign Militaries and Mercenaries Dirty War Operations, Paramilitary terror and Torture House Training Operations a la the Jakarta Method” and Operation Colombo” to Bolster ‘Yankie Dickie’ Jayawardena against India, then allied closely with the Socialist block and Soviet Union/ Russia. Is history repeating with the setting up of Chabad Houses all over […]

Andre Damon April 1, 2025 On Sunday, the New York Times published an extensive article on US involvement in the Ukraine war entitled The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine,” which admits that America was woven into the war far more intimately and broadly than previously understood.” The United States” was woven into the […]

Courtesy The Island United Republican Front (URF) leader Patali Champika Ranawaka, on Monday (07), said that the signing of MoUs/agreements with India seemed to be a unilateral decision taken by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the expense of his government, as well as the country. The former Minister alleged that the relevant ministers and officials […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් වර්තමාන ආණ්ඩුව විසින් සත්‍ය සෙවීමේ කොමිසම පිහිටුවා බෙදුම්වාදීන්ගේ උපාය මාර්ගික සැළැස්ම ක්‍රියාත්මක කළහොත් එය එදා මිලේනියම් සිටි පාවාදීම, ගිරිතලේ හමුදා කඳවුර පාවාදීම වැනි පාවාදීම් වලට වඩා බොහෝ සෙයින් බරපතළ බව දේශහිතෛෂි ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේ මහ ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා පවසයි.  වෙනස ටී.වී. යූ ටියුබ් නාලිකාව සමග සංවාදයකට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා මේ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය රජය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආරක්ෂක හමුදා ප්‍රධානීන්ට එරෙහිව සම්බාධක පැනවීම පිළිබඳව අදහස් දක්වන බෙදුම්වාදීන්ගේ සහ දෙමළ ඩයස්‌පෝරාවේ මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශකයෙකු ලෙස සැලකෙන ජෙහාන් පෙරේරා නැමැත්තා සඳහන් කරන්නේ අන්තර්ජාතික තලයේ පැන නගින යුධ අපරාධ චෝදනාවලින් ගැලවීම සඳහා කුමන හෝ ක්‍රමයක් අවශ්‍ය බවය. ඒ අනුව ඔහු ඉදිරිපත් කරන විසඳුම සත්‍ය සෙවීමේ කොමිසම පිහිටුවීමය. මීට […]

CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, April 9 (Daily Mirror) – Former Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne claimed that if someone like President Ranil Wickremesinghe were currently in government, he would have directly engaged with Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the U.S. President, to negotiate a reduction of the 44% tariff imposed on Sri […]

KELUM BANDARA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, April 10 (Daily Mirror) – India has proposed a land connectivity project with Sri Lanka once again during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but the Sri Lankan government has not committed yet, the Daily Mirror learns. In 2002, the then Sri Lankan government proposed a […]