Shenali D Waduge We notice an alarming pattern directed at sovereign nations who are being pressured both directly & indirectly to amend long-standing legal, moral & social frameworks to accommodate liberal ideologies & redefine gender, marriage, family that directly opposes & conflicts with their constitution, culture, religion & societal foundations. These demands are not grounded […]

by Dave DeCamp Call the White House Campaign by US citizens to Wake Up, and to tell them you do not want any part of this disastrous war Sources familiar with the matter have told Antiwar.com Editorial Director Scott Horton that the Trump administration is poised to enter Israel’s aggressive war against Iran directly. US airstrikes […]

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies  09/06/2025June 06, 2025 After twenty months of horror in Gaza, political rhetoric in Western countries is finally starting to shift – but will words translate into action? And what exactly can other countries do when the United States still shields Israel from efforts to enforce international law, as it did […]

National Development Bank PLC Continuing its commitment to empowering dreams of vehicle ownership across Sri Lanka, NDB Leasing successfully concluded yet another exciting edition of the NDB Auto Carnival”, this time in Negombo. The event offered customers a unique opportunity to drive away in their dream vehicles with unmatched ease, convenience, and financial flexibility. Held […]

Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), AAL, Coordinator, Dr. Thilaka Padma Subasinghe Memorial Legal Education Program. There is a discussion among scholars as to whether the “Malima” government, which has a majority of more than 2/3 of the members of Parliament,  enforcing  the law against those in power who have committed wrongdoings regardless of rank can […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, June 16 (Daily Mirror) – The Attorney General’s Department today informed the Supreme Court that it expects to file objections to two Fundamental Rights petitions filed challenging the legality of the recently signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) between Sri Lanka and India. When the matter was called before the Supreme […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, June 16 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka aims to make the ongoing Extended Fund Facility of the International Fund Facility (IMF) the final programme undertaken with the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today. While delivering the keynote address at the international conference ‘Sri Lanka’s Road to Recovery: […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka’s economy recorded a positive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 4.8% in the first quarter of 2025. This marks the seventh consecutive quarter of positive growth for the nation, beginning from the third quarter of 2023. The Department of Census and Statistics announced this, noting that the GDP at […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ On 7 Years after the Passing of SBD de Silva e-Con e-News 08-14 June 2025 * ‘They think Singapore has developed because of zero state-interference. They don’t understand that 90% of the land in Singapore is owned by the government still. They don’t understand that 25-30% […]

Shenali D Waduge The Moment that Changed a Nation There comes a moment in every nation’s history when destiny demands a decision. In Sri Lanka, that moment came in 2006. For three decades, the country had endured unimaginable suffering under the LTTE’s reign of terror — a group that pioneered the suicide vest, abducted children for war, assassinated […]

by A. Abdul Aziz, Source: MTA International. At this time the possibility of war is expanding, with Israel having attacked Iran and the global situation growing increasingly dire. Muslim countries remain asleep and Muslims are neglecting the power of prayer. May Allah grant them wisdom. It is imperative that Muslims unite, develop a strong identity […]

By Philippa Bassett A fund-raising initiative inspired by Sri Lankan Sujith Weerasinghe, Specsavers North West London Regional Relationship Manager, has resulted in a primary and secondary school being supplied with laptops, iPads, textbooks, school bags and a SMART classroom. Donations were raised by store partners from the North West London region who wanted to support the ‘My Hope […]

Mazin Qumsiyeh Jun 13, 2025 Yesterday I told staff that there will be an attack on Iran and to stock on food. It started few hours later. It does not take a genius to figure these things out as all the signs were clear. Trump (Epstein/Mossad videos holding him by the balls) told Iran to […]

Prof. Hudson McLean I have met several Sri Lankan Immigrants come to Finland. As a Sri Lankan in Finland for almost fifty (50) years, most of the Sri Lankans have not learned the Facts-of-Life in Finland, The Happiest Country in the World for eight (8) years consequetive years. These are the world’s happiest countries in […]

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Dr Gamini Withana The problem of child abuse is considerable in Sri Lanka and there is an urgent need to strengthen the services offered to the victims. Urgent steps are needed to safeguard these children who are affected by the abuse. There are many triggers and factors that place children at risk for abuse and neglect. Sri Lanka continues to battle the problem of child […]

National Development Bank PLC Demonstrating its continued commitment to empowering Sri Lankans through financial solutions tailored to real-life aspirations, NDB recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ACH Education, a leading international education consultancy firm. This strategic collaboration aims to streamline the overseas education journey for Sri Lankan students, offering them comprehensive financial and […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ  නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන 2/3ට වැඩි පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී බලයක් ඇති මාළිමා ආණ්ඩුව විසින්තරාතිරම නොබලා වැරදි කළ බලවතුන්ට එරෙහිව නීතිය ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන බවත්, 2024.07.18 දිනට පෙර ජනාධිපති ධූර කාලය වසර 5ක් ලෙස ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව අර්ථනිරූපණය කිරීම නිවැරදි නොවන බව 2024.07.18 දින නිකුත් කළ  ගසට් පත්‍රයේ පළවූ 22වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, June 12 (Daily Mirror) – The new government which recalled all 16 Sri Lankan heads of mission in December, last year is yet to fill up eight of them despite the lapse of half of the year now, the Daily Mirror learns. Out of these 16 missions, the government took measures […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, June 13 (Daily Mirror) – Highlighting the new investment opportunities emerging in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake extended an open invitation to German investors to explore and participate in tourism-related ventures in the country. The President, currently on an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany, met […]

By Bhagya Silva Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, June 13 (Daily Mirror) – The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) informed the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today that the Attorney General has concluded that no criminal offense had occurred in the process of reducing the special commodity levy on imported sugar from Rs. 50 to 25 cents per kilogram, […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka is a nation proud of its rich culture, deep religious traditions, and warm hospitality. Tourists from around the world come here to experience our heritage, natural beauty, and vibrant society. Yet, with this privilege comes responsibility — every visitor must respect and abide by Sri Lanka’s laws, customs, and visa […]

National Development Bank PLC In keeping with its commitment to empowering women through meaningful financial solutions, NDB proudly introduces exciting gifts from NDB Araliya, to women who empower the nation”. Running from 1st June to 31st July 2025, this exclusive campaign rewards both new and existing NDB Araliya account holders with special gifts for qualifying […]

George Galloway Pepe Escobar. That which does not kill us makes us stronger. In heaven, all the interesting people are missing. Not so on earth

ජර්මානු වෛද්‍ය විද්‍යාලයේ මහාචාර්ය නිශාන් සී විජේසිංහ බිතාන්‍ය යටත් විජිත සමයේ මෙරටට හඳුන්වාඳුක් නත්තසූරිය ශාකය (Mexican sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia); ඉතා පුලූල් පාරිසරික සහ දේශගුනික තත්වයන් තුල ව්‍යාප්තවේ. මෙහි බීජ සුලඟින් මෙන්ම ජලයෙනුත් ව්‍යාප්ත වේ. එහි කඳන් ද පහසුවෙන් සිටුවා වගා කළ හැක. එහි පරාගනය මී මැස්සන් විසින් ද පැතිරෙයි. එය කෘෂිකාර්මික වැටවල් ලෙසද භාවිතා කරන […]

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Shenali D Waduge A Dangerous Precedent by UNSG Ban Ki-moon The UN’s actions against Sri Lanka post-2009 remain unprecedented in UN history. Never before has the Secretary-General appointed a Panel of Experts (PoE) to investigate a concluded internal conflict—especially after a recognized terrorist group was defeated. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s decision to appoint such a panel in 2010, bypassing both […]

Kaarige Channel Eka | Dharmasri Kariyawasam ආණ්ඩුව බයේ හැංගිලා ගහපු ගිවිසුමේ ස්වල්පයක්… පක්ෂ පාට වලට වහල් නොවී සිතුවොත් ,පාවදීම කලාවක් නම් වර්තමාන ජනාධිපති එහි පිකාසෝ නොවේද ? * ඉන්දියාවේ ආරක්ෂාවට තර්ජනයක් වන අවස්ථා වල ලංකාවේ ජල තීරය ඉන්දියාවට පමණක් භාවිතා කිරීමේ අයිතිය * ආරක්ෂක තොරතුරු ඉන්දියාවට පමණක් ලබා දීම * ඉන්දියාවේ යුධ සෙබළුන් සහ ආරක්ෂක […]

Kuwait Times COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Wednesday announced a 15 percent increase in the electricity price to shore up revenues for the state-run utility, in line with conditions imposed by an IMF bailout. The Public Utilities Commission said it allowed the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to charge the higher rates from Thursday, six months […]

By Upali Ananda Courtesy Daily Mirror According to a document issued by the Anuradhapura Prison Superintendent, W.M. Athula Thilakaratne who received a Presidential pardon on Vesak Poya Day, and who is also an accused wanted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), appeared before the Anuradhapura Additional Magistrate’s Court today over a different case pending against […]