Courtesy Adaderan A discussion between Dr Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Secretary to the President and officials of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change was held today (11) at the Presidential Secretariat. The purpose of the meeting was to identify the priorities of the new government’s agenda and to express support for its implementation, President’s Media […]

Udaya Gammanpila

3 Minutes – SEPAL AMARASINGHE

Shenali D Waduge Between 2006 and 2009, Sri Lanka carried out a decisive military campaign to defeat the LTTE—one of the world’s most lethal terrorist organizations. This operation, aimed at ending nearly three decades of terror, was conducted under international observation with humanitarian safeguards in place. Yet, the United Nations and UNHRC failed to uphold […]

By Medea Benjamin, Courtesy Palestine Chronicle GHF has never been about delivering aid. It’s about using the illusion of aid to control the population of Gaza—and to give cover to war crimes. Recent reports say that US AID is considering giving $500 million to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)—an aid” initiative launched at Israel’s request. At first glance, […]

Prof. Sunil Wimalawansa The United States (USA) currently faces one of its most critical challenges: the unchecked influx of undocumented individuals across its northern and southern borders. Over the past few years, an estimated 31 million undocumented people have entered the country, a figure significantly higher than the official “catch and release” numbers reported by […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ  නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන. 2015 දී පැවැත්වූ ජනාධිපතිවරණයෙන් ජයගත් මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා විධායක ජනාධිපති බලතල අඩු කර ගැනීම, ජනාධිපති ධූර කාලය සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව පවත්නා කාලය වසර 5කට අඩු කර ගැනීම ඇතුලු ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයක් ගෙන ආවේය. එය ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවට 2015 දී සිදු කළ කරන ලද 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා […]

By Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Colombo Port, long considered the economic heartbeat of Sri Lanka, is heading towards a ‘natural death’ due to  mismanagement at the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), Co-Convenor of the Joint Alliance of Port Trade Unions (JAPTU) Shyamal Sumanaratne warned. Speaking at a special media briefing yesterday […]

By Nirmala Kannangara Courtesy The Daily Mirror However, when this newspaper contacted Eng. Hedigallage to find out about the US$ 1 million payment to RMA Energy for the consultancy service provided for this project, and also to know how Dr. Siyambalapitiya could change his stance regarding RE addition to the grid after assuming duties as […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A protest promoting LGBTQ rights near the Nallur Kandaswamy Temple in Jaffna has drawn strong criticism from Geethanath Cassilingam, Chief Organizer of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) for the Jaffna District, who said the act goes against Tamil culture and religious values.  In a statement, he stressed that while individuals […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, June 10 (Daily Mirror) – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has condemned widespread corruption within crucial state departments, revealing that some officials entrusted with upholding the law are themselves engaging in criminal activity. Speaking at a Poson Poya commemoration event in Mihintale, President Dissanayake addressed the ongoing controversy surrounding a recent […]

Shenali D Waduge The Rise and Fall of Corporate ‘Inclusivity’ Over the past decade, global corporations have positioned themselves as champions of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), aligning publicly with the LGBTQIA+ community through sponsorship of Pride Parades, rainbow branding, and internal inclusive” workplaces. These initiatives were widely heralded as progressive milestones, signaling a new […]

Shenali D Waduge In 2023, a deceptively packaged proposal was tabled to amend Section 365 and fully repeal Section 365A of Sri Lanka’s Penal Code — laws that currently criminalize unnatural sexual acts and gross indecency. LGBTQIA+ lobbyists and their foreign-funded backers claimed these were colonial relics” and tools of discrimination.” This is an outright falsehood. A legal Trojan Horse. A […]

Dilrook Kannangara Australia is desperate. Driven by US hegemony, Australia is on a mission to get anyone it can get to confront China. For this reason, the Australian Defence Minister was in Sri Lanka. The two countries agreed to strengthen defence cooperation and dialog but fell short of any concrete agreement. Sri Lanka has no […]

Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai 23a, auburn side Dehiwala Dear Mr. President, There is no doubt  that we, the people had great hopes when we brought you into power. Whatever the masses may say, the majority  still believe in you and we recognize the fact that you need time to fulfil all your promises and some […]

BBC අනුරාධපුර මහාධිකරණය හමුවේ පැවති එච් සී/69/2018 අංක දරන මූල්‍ය වංචා සිද්ධියට අදාළ නඩුවේ විත්තිකරු ඉකුත් වෙසක් පෝය දින ජනාධිපති පොදු සමාව යටතේ නිදහස් කර මුදා හැර ඇති බව පවසමින් අනුරාධපුර මහාධිකරණයට කූඨ ලේඛනයක් ඉදිරිපත් කර අදාළ විත්තිකරු නඩුවෙන් නිදහස් කර මුදා හැරීමට කටයුතු කිරීමේ සිද්ධියක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව මගින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to appear before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday (11). Former President Wickremesinghe will appear before the CID to provide a statement in relation to a complaint made by former Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella over the alleged importation of substandard human immunoglobulin vaccines. Keheliya Rambukwella […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya, who was suspended from duty today (09), has been arrested by the Criminal investigation Department (CID), police confirmed. Accordingly, the CID arrested the Commissioner General of Prisons this evening in connection with investigations into allegations that he aided and abetted the unlawful release of an inmate […]

Subtle Reality

Udaya Gammanpila

Shenali D Waduge While Sri Lanka waged its final campaign to eliminate the LTTE terrorist organization between 2006 and 2009, the United Nations and UNHRC once again failed in their duty to uphold international law, protect civilians, or address terrorism impartially. Context Behind Sri Lanka’s Decision to Militarily Defeat the LTTE Unlike the swift and […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com Before you study the economics, study the economists!” e-Con e-News 01-07 June 2025 June furnishes us with humid, dripping, sopping, sodden, swampy examples of how the media in Sri Lanka lives in another world, perhaps in the City of London, or Wall Street, New York. Look how they act surprised by […]

විකල්ප මැඩ්ලීන්(Madleen) නෞකාව, ගාසා තීරය වෙත අත්‍යවශ්‍ය ආධාර රැගෙන යන ‘මානුෂීය යාත්‍රාව’, හුදු නැවක් පමණක් නොවේ. එය මිනිස් හෘද සාක්ෂියේ, සාධාරණත්වය-යුක්තිය පිළිබඳ මිනිස් ආශාවේ සහ මණුෂ්‍යත්වයේ සංකේතයකි. ගාසා තීරයේ ජනතාව මුහුණ දෙමින් සිටින ‘ජනසංහාරික තත්ත්වය’ තුළ ආහාර, ඖෂධ ඇතුලු මූලික අවශ්‍යතා හිඟකම/නොමැතිකම ඇතුලු අසීමිත දුක්ඛිත තත්ත්වයන් මධ්‍යයේ ඔවුන්ට හැකි උපරිම ලෙස සහය වීම සදහා මැඩ්ලීන් […]

Black Rebellion Captain Ibrahim Traoré delivered a bold, unapologetic speech that directly challenged the International Monetary Fund’s grip on African economies. His message was clear: Burkina Faso will not bow to Western financial pressure. This video breaks down Traoré’s historic words, the global reaction, and what it means for Africa’s economic liberation. 🔑 In this […]

By Kanthar Balanathan 1.Genocide:Quote AI; Genocide is considered an international crime and is defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948). It involves acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. Article IIhttps://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/definition: UN article II defines […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ‘විශාල බලාපොරොත්තු තබාගෙන පත්කරගත් රජය ගැන ජනතාවගේ විශ්වාසය පළුදු වෙමින් පවතින බව කෝට්ටේ ශ්‍රී කල්‍යානි සාමග‍්‍රි ධර්ම මහා සංඝ සභාවේ අනු නායක මහාචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය කොටපිටියේ රාහුල හිමියෝ සඳහන් කරති. උන්වහන්සේ මෙම අදහස් පළ කරන ලද්දේ දක්ෂිණ ලංකාවේ උපප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක පදවියෙන් පිදුම් ලැබූ පූජ්‍ය මාපලගම බුද්ධසිරි නාහිමියන් පිළිගැනීමේ මහෝත්සවය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය […]

Courtesy Mirror Colombo, June 8 (Daily Mirror) – Alleging that the President’s office and the Prisons Department had made contradictory statements on alleged granting of pardon to a person who was found guilty of misappropriating Rs 4 million just ten days after he was convicted , Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ajith P. Perera yesterday […]

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Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka stands today as the ONLY nation that defeated one of the world’s most ruthless terrorist organizations—the LTTE—without international military assistance. In doing so, it upheld its sovereign duty to protect all citizens, irrespective of ethnicity or religion, and ushered in a lasting peace after 30 years of carnage. Yet, paradoxically, […]

by A. Abdul Aziz, Sri Lankan Correspondent, Al Hakam, London. (Given below is the gist of Eid-ul-Adha Sermon delivered by His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Supreme Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on 6 June 2025 at the Mubarak Mosque in Islamabad, UK, after led the congregational Eid-ul-Adha Prayer) After reciting the first part […]