Aloysius Hettiarachchi At the outset let me state that I am not a historian but a Civil and Structural Engineer with some knowledge about computer programming and IT. I have used the latter to gain advantage over others in my profession. However, the AI tools that are being sharpened almost daily in the form of […]

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Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) Geneva, 19 May 2025: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety  and rights body, expressed shock over the murder of another Indian  journalist and demanded justice for the bereaved family of   Dharmendra Singh Chauhan. The Haryana-based media person, who was associated with online media outlet named Fast News India, was […]

Chanaka Bandarage Governments in the past – from Dudley Senanayake (1965 – 1970) to Gotabhaya Rajapaksha (2019 – 2022) introduced National Programs of gigantic nature.  All of them ended in failure. Why? They failed to carry people with them. One program that was successful to an extent was Mrs Sirima Bandaranaike’s ‘Grow More Food Campaign’ […]

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Press Release National Development Bank plc NDB Bank is honoured to extend its support towards a deeply humanitarian initiative led by the Sri Lanka Amarapura & Ramanya Samagi Union to aid victims affected by the recent devastating earthquake in the Kingdom of Myanmar and parts of Thailand. This natural disaster has claimed numerous lives and […]

National Development Bank PLC Released to Colombo Stock Exchange on: 14 May 2025 NDB pre-tax profits surge by 118% to Rs. 4.0 Bn. Marks strong start for the year. National Development Bank PLC (NDB/the Bank) recently released its financial results for the three months ended 31 March 2025 (1Q 2025) to the Colombo Stock Exchange, […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Gen. Silva US, UK sanctions effectively prevented me from travelling to other countries as well” Former GOC of the 58 Division General Shavendra Silva yesterday (18) found fault with successive governments since 2009 for failing to counter unsubstantiated war crimes accusations. The failure on the part of them led […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 11-17 May 2025 India is allegedly attempting to prevent the economic advance of Hambantota Port as a node for Sri Lanka’s industrial renaissance (see ee Random Notes). This blockading makes this ee recall SBD de Silva’s signalling of the vast difference between the ports […]

Lanka Leader රට, දැය, සමය රකින ප්‍රධානම බලවේගයක් වන්නේ රණවිරුවන් බවත්, අතීතයේ දීත් රටට එරෙහි අක්‍රමණවලින් රට ජාතිය බේරා ගැනීමට රුධිරය හෙලූ මුතුන් මිත්තන්ගේ  රුධිරයෙන් මේ මාතෘභූමිය සුපෝෂිත වී ඇති බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. පවාදෙන්නන්ගේ අපකීර්තිමත් අත්දැකීම්වලට වඩා වීරයන්ගේ ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ අත්දැකීම්වලින් අපේ ඉතිහාස කතාව හැඩගැන්වී ඇති බවත් ඒ මහතා පවසයි. […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, May 19 (Daily Mirror) – The United National Party (UNP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) have reached an agreement to work together and administer local bodies in which the Opposition commands a majority. The two parties have decided to work with other Opposition parties, according to a joint statement signed […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, May 19 (Daily Mirror)- Sanjeewa Weerawickrama, counsel for IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon today, informed the committee of inquiry probing the charges against his client that he would reveal who is behind the exercise against him. On behalf of my client, I will reveal who is behind the removal of Deshabandu Tennakoon […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, May 19 (Daily Mirror) – Racism has begun to raise its ugly head again in the North and the South for the sake of power, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today. Adddressing the 16th National War Heroes’ Commemoration ceremony, he said the war was not natural but it was created to […]