Press Release Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre In such cases, adult women and men, female and male minors, as well as children, are sold for personal gain without age or gender discrimination. Victims of such deceptions are exploited through prostitution, other forms of sexual exploitation, slavery, organ harvesting, forced labor, labor exploitation, conscription as […]

Nava Thakuria   The natural gas leakage from Bhatiapar  crude oil well continues for 15 days, even though  the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) along with an expert team from USA continue working for full dousing of the RDS-147A under  Rudrasagar oilfield in Sivasagar district of eastern Assam. The blowout began on 12 June […]

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Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s conflict ended in May 2009. The UN that silently watched 30 years of LTTE terror & mayhem did little to prevent civilian killings. Yet when Sri Lankan Government authorized counter-terrorism action against LTTE & eventually LTTE was eliminated, the UN jumps into action calling for accountability! Not stopping there, 3 […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Continued from June 21st, 2025 My rough English version of what General Ratnayake uttered in Sinhala does not at all do justice to his smart observation. I’ll explain this in a while. Let’s first take a look at the background to the event (namely, Charles Thomas’s ‘Sihinaya’ programme at the Padeniya […]

Shenali D Waduge The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is currently in Sri Lanka inspite of the devastation taking place in Israel, Iran & Gaza. He is scheduled to  tour the Northern Province. His visit will put him to the test. Will he meet Tamil families who lost their loved ones to LTTE cruelty or […]

National Development Bank PLC In line with its commitment to economic empowerment and environmental conservation NDB Bank has collaborated with the Ministry of Industries to introduce the E-Friends II” Refinance Loan Scheme, a purpose-driven financial facility designed to support industrialists in transforming their operations through sustainable and environmentally responsible practices. As the nation moves toward […]

By Mona Hojat Ansari Courtesy Teheran Times TEHRAN – The war between Iran and Israel appeared to grind to a halt on Tuesday, after a dizzying 12 days in which the world watched President Donald Trump demand the evacuation of Tehran’s 10 million residents, threaten to assassinate Iran’s Leader, advocate for “regime change,” launch strikes […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror BBC – Donald Trump and his top officials have pushed back on a leaked intelligence report that said US strikes on Iran only set its nuclear programme back by a few months. Speaking at a Nato summit in The Hague on Wednesday, Trump said the strikes led to the “virtual obliteration” of […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, June 25 (Daily Mirror) – United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Talatha Athukorala has alleged that a Deputy Minister attempted to influence police regarding the recent assault on Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) member Sandamali Uluwitage. “We are aware that this Deputy Minister contacted the Grandpass Police to inquire about the incident. […]

නහී වේරේන වේරානී, සම්මන්තීධ කුදාචනං. අවේරේනච සම්පත්තී, ඒස ධම්මෝ සනන්තනෝ…. *** වෛරයෙන් වෛරය නොසංසිඳේ, අවෛරයෙන්ම වෛරය සංසිඳේ. මෙය ලෝක ධර්මතාවයකි · මේ ලෝකයේ වෛරයෙන් වෛරය කිසිදා සංසිඳෙන්නේ නැත. වෛර නොකිරීමෙන් පමණක් වෛරය සංසිඳේ. මෙය සදාකාලික සත්‍යයකි. – ගෞතම බුදුන්වහන්සේ බුදු දහම, “ලෝක ආගම්” අතර අහිංසා (අවිහිංසාව) සහ සාමය පිළිබඳ දීර්ඝ හා ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ සම්ප්‍රදායක් ඇති ආගමකි. […]

Buddhist Leaders and Upasakas call for Peace Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is an eternal law.” – Gautama Buddha Buddhism, has a long and great tradition of Ahimsa (non-violence), and peace among world religions. At this time, on the world is on the brink […]

Press Briefing To: The President, Government & People of Sri LankaDate: June 2025Subject: Sri Lanka’s Position at the UNHRC & the Non-Binding Nature of Its ResolutionsThe Sri Lanka Media Collective issues this urgent clarification in light of continuing pressureand politically motivated resolutions against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council(UNHRC).Key Facts:

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by Sunil Wimalawansa, Professor of Medicine Colombo, June 24th 2025 — A prominent civil rights lawyer and public interest litigation activist, Nagananda Kodituwakku, has called upon the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to intervene in what he describes as a deeply flawed and politically motivated” Supreme Court rulings that permanently disbarred him from practicing […]

by A. Abdul Aziz Press Secretary, AMJSL. Annual Exhibition organized by Lajna Imaillah, Sri Lanka (Women’s Wing of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) was held on 15 June 2025 at Baithul Hamd, Colombo. This daylong event was inaugurated by the President of Organization followed by silent prayer. The exhibition featured a wide display of handwork and creative crafts by Nasirats […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The National Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (NAHTTF) in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched an island-wide television and radio campaign today (Jun 24) to raise awareness on trafficking-in-persons. Implemented with funding support from the Government of Japan, the initiative highlights the dangers of human trafficking and […]

National Development Bank PLC, NDB Leasing is making it easier than ever for Sri Lankans to get behind the wheel of a brand-new Perodua Axia G, with a special leasing offer designed to put affordable vehicle ownership within reach. Through this exclusive partnership with Unimo Enterprises Ltd., the authorised distributor of the Perodua Axia G […]

Ranjith Soysa Spokesperson, Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka To: The President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) • The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) • The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UNSG) • Member States of the United Nations Dear Respected Officials, We, the undersigned […]

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Courtesy Hiru News Professor S.M. Junaideen, Vice-Chancellor of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, has suspended 22 students for allegedly subjecting a group of first-year students to severe ragging. M.I. Naufer, Registrar of the South Eastern University, stated that an internal investigation into the incident is being conducted by a committee comprising university lecturers. […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ස්නායු ශල්‍ය උපකරණ බාහිර පාර්ශ්වයන්ගෙන් ලබා ගැනීමට සැලැස්වීම තුළින් අල්ලස් පනත යටතේ වරදක් සිදුකළ බවට චෝදනා ගොනු කර රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කර සිටි ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර රෝහලේ ස්නායු ශල්‍ය විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍යවරිය ඇතුළු සැකකරුවන් තිදෙනාගේ ඇප ඉල්ලීම් කොළඹ ප්‍රධාන මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණය ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කර තිබෙනවා. ඒ අනුව එම සැකකරුවන් ලබන 08 වනදා දක්වා තවදුරටත් රක්ෂිත […]

 බුදුන් වහන්සේගේ අවිහිංසාව පිලිබද පණිවිඩය. වෛරය වෛරයෙන් නොසන්සිදේ. වෛරය සන්සිදෙන්නේ අවෛරයෙන් පමණකි. මෙය සනාතන ධර්මයකි – ගෞතම බුදුන් වහන්සේ ලොවෙහි පවතින ආගම් සලකා බලන විට බුදු ධහමෙහි අවිහිංසාව හා සාමය පිළිබඳ දීර්ඝ සහ උතුම් ඉතිහාසයක් ඇත. මේ මොහොතේ අප ලෝකය 3 වන ලෝක සංග්‍රාමයක් අභියස ඇත.  සාමය අවශ්‍යය යැයි ඉල්ලා සිටින හඩෙහි නායකත්වය බෞද්ධයන් ගත […]

Palitha Ariyarathna Throughout Sri Lanka’s history, Sinhala Buddhists have maintained and protected their identity, sovereignty, and religious heritage through centuries of resistance against external forces. However, in modern political discourse, nationalism is being redefined and misrepresented, framing it as a negative force rather than the foundation upon which Sri Lanka was built. There has never […]

National Development Bank PLC NDB Bank recently hosted its prestigious Retail Banking Awards 2024, honouring the exceptional achievements and unwavering commitment of its employees across the island. This annual celebration stands as a proud tradition within the Bank, recognising the passion, performance, and dedication of staff who continue to push boundaries and drive NDB forward. […]

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Geopolitical Economy Report     Donald Trump ordered direct US airstrikes on Iran, after helping Israel start a war of aggression. Tehran already said it would retaliate against US targets. There are more than 40,000 US troops in West Asia (the Middle East), and dozens of military bases, which could be hit. US intelligence agencies […]

Glenn Diesen Colonel Jacques Baud is a former military intelligence analyst in the Swiss Army and the author of many books. Colonel Baud discusses America’s attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and the deception surrounding this war of aggression. International law, treaties and institutions are all undermined in the effort to destroy Iran and restore American […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 15-21 June 2025 ‘The declaration of war against Iran (Persia) by England or rather by the East India Company is the reproduction of one of those cunning & reckless tricks of Anglo-Asiatic diplomacy, by virtue of which England has extended her […]