Hua Bin Smart state planning plus ferocious market competition In standard western economic textbooks, state planning and market competition are mutually exclusive. Thatcher and Reagan brought western capitalism into the neoliberal phase by claiming Government is not the answer. Government is the problem”, putting market fundamentalism on the altar. On the other side, Soviet central […]

Sufian Jusoh|Joanne Lin Sri Lanka at the Center of maritime connectivity between ASEAN and GCC need an ‘Asia First” Foreign Policy Sufian Jusoh and Joanne Lin assess Malaysia’s bold initiative to host the inaugural ASEAN-GCC-China Summit, exploring its strategic rationale, economic potential, and the implications for ASEAN’s centrality in a shifting global order. The ASEAN-GCC-China […]

Middle East Eye Avigdor Lieberman said Israeli forces, under prime minister’s orders, are giving weapons to ‘crime families’ in Palestinian enclave Jun 5, 2025 Israeli opposition leader Avigdor Lieberman has accused Israeli forces, under the approval of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of arming crime families” in Gaza. The accusations add weight to the claim that […]

Nava Thakuria Even though India gives shelter to nearly 20 million undocumented people from neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh, the Union government in New Delhi always remains aggressive towards the illegal migrants (termed  infiltrators, asylum seekers or refugees) from Pakistan since the days of independence. But lately, both the government […]

Shenali D Waduge IF OTHER LAWS EXISTED TO PROTECT CHILDREN THERE WAS NEVER A NEED TO HAVE 365 OR 365A OR FOR THE GOVT TO STRENGTHEN IT IN 1995 & 2006.  THIS IS THE ONLY 2 SECTIONS THAT SPECIFY SAME-SEX SEXUAL ABUSE & PROTECTS MINORS – IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT ADULTS ACTUALLY WANT TO PUT […]

 lanka C news කොතලාවල ආරක්ෂක විශ්වවිද්‍යාල වෛද්‍ය පීඨය වසා දැමීම පිටුපස අගමැති හරිනි අමරසූරිය මෙන්ම කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල උප කුලපති මහාචාර්ය ඉන්දික කරුණාතිලක සිටින බව සමගි ජන බලවේග පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී නලීන් බණ්ඩාර පවසයි. ආණ්ඩුව කොතලාවල වෛද්‍ය පීඨය වැසීමට සූදානම් බව එය ප්‍රසිද්ධ කිරීමටත් පෙර මෙරට සිටින විදෙස් රටවල වෛද්‍ය පීඨ ඒජන්තයන් දැනගෙන කොතලාවල වෛද්‍යපීඨය වසා දමන […]

Courtesy Adaderana The proposed $3.7 million oil refinery to be built by China’s Sinopec in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port is facing significant delays over multiple issues like dispute over equity structure, tax concessions, market access, and allocation of land for the project. The inland port is built in a natural harbour near the town of […]

Courtesy Hiru News The President’s Media Division (PMD) has issued an official statement highlighting a serious procedural irregularity involving the release of a prisoner from Anuradhapura Prison, who was not approved under the presidential pardon granted for the 2025 Vesak festival. According to the PMD, W.H. Athula Thilakaratne, an inmate serving a sentence for financial […]

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Quantum Physics and Spirituality  Intersection of Quantum Physics and Spirituality The realms of quantum physics and spirituality, though seemingly disparate, have intrigued thinkers, scientists, and spiritual leaders alike due to their overlapping inquiries into the nature of reality. Quantum physics, the science of the very small, delves into the fundamental particles and forces that compose […]

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Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka is once again standing at the edge of a political and national security precipice. A bold and disturbing statement made by Member of Parliament Archuna inside Parliament has triggered ripples far beyond the chamber’s walls. Facing death threats and legal retaliation, he stood firm and declared truths the nation can no longer […]

By Sena Thoradeniya The death of Ngugi wa Thing’o on 28 May 2025, the great Kenyan writer and the greatest among the East African writers, towering giant in African Literature brings a profound personal grief to me. Reasons are many. I have translated Ngugi’s classic, A Grain of Wheat” (first published in 1967) into Sinhala […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale “Free” critical thinking, in a philosophical sense, refers to the ability to think independently, without being unduly influenced by external pressures or internal biases. It involves questioning assumptions, analysing information objectively, and forming reasoned judgments based on evidence and logic. Essentially, it’s about thinking critically for oneself, rather than passively accepting information or opinions.  Keeping […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s Sections 365 and 365A, enacted during colonial times and strengthened in 1995 and 2006, protect children from sexual exploitation, including same-sex abuse. Private consensual acts, where adults are involved, are not the issue—those can remain private as has been done over centuries. The real concern is the push by some […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Indian Defence Secretary Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, leading a high-level delegation, held separate meetings today (Jun 05) with Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara and Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd). The meetings were also attended by the High Commissioner of India to […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Sri Lanka – India Defence Dialogue was held today (Jun 05) at the Defence Headquarters Complex at Sri Jayawardanapura, Kotte. The Sri Lankan delegation was led by Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), while the visiting Indian Defence Secretary Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh led the Indian […]

Media Release by Asian Geopolitical Strategic Affairs Forum Asian Geopolitical Strategic Affairs Council (AGSAC), a regional initiative aimed at monitoring geopolitical developments in the region, enhancing democratic values through the promotion of ethical governance and ethical media practices, is being established by a group of distinguished experts in international relations, economics, political science and media institutions […]

Nava Thakuria That was an annual event to commemorate the birth anniversary of Devarshi Narad, the world’s  first journalist, where the learned audience listened to an intriguing speech delivered by nationally acclaimed journalist  Harshvardhan Tripathi. Addressing the Narad Jayanti function,  organized by Vishwa Samvad Kendra Assam at  Sudarshanalaya in Guwahati on 1 June 2025, the […]

lanka C news ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි පසුගිය අප්‍රේල් 04 සිට 06 දක්වා කාලය තුළ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ යෙදී සිටි නිල සංචාරය අතරතුර ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සහ ඉන්දියාව අතර ගිවිසුම් 7ක් හුවමාරු කරගන්නා ලදී. බලශක්ති හුවමාරු ගිවිසුම, ඩිජිටල් සහයෝගිතා ගිවිසුම, ත්‍රිකුණාමලය බලශක්ති මධ්‍යස්ථානය, ආරක්ෂක සහයෝගිතා ගිවිසුම, බහු ආංශික ප්‍රදාන සහයෝගය – නැගෙනහිර පළාත, සෞඛ්‍ය සහ ඖෂධ ගිවිසුම, […]

By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, June 5 (Daily Mirror) – It was noticed during the traditional water canon salute that the wipers of the new airbus are not functioning, SJB MP Nalin Bandara said today. He told Parliament that the government proudly displayed to the country a leased out 14 year-old […]

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Madyawediya පන්නපු කන්ටේනර් ඇතුලේ තිබ්බේ අපේ ප්‍රභාගේ ආයුධ – මම වගකීමෙන් කියන්නේ

උපුටා ගැන්ම බීබීසී සිංහල ශ්‍රීලංකන් ගුවන් සේවයට අලුතින් එක්වූ එයාර්බස් A330-200 පුළුල් බඳ (Wide-body) සහිත ගුවන් යානය අද (ජූනි 04) උදෑසන ප්‍රංශයේ පැරිස් නුවර සිට මෙරටට ළඟා විය. ශ්‍රීලංකන් ගුවන් සේවය වසර 7කට පසු ලබා ගත් Wide-body වර්ගයේ පළමු ගුවන් යානය මෙය යි. 4R-ALT ලියාපදිංචි අංකය දරන මෙම ගුවන් යානය කටුනායක ගුවන් තොටුපළට ගොඩබැස්සවීමට පෙර […]

Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge M.D. PhD Depression is a mood disorder that can affect adults as well as children. In general terms, depression is an overwhelming feeling of hopelessness, sadness, and lack of self-worth. It is more than a sad feeling. Depression is common among adults. Unlike adults, childhood depression is difficult to distinguish. They […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව අර්ථනිරූපණය කළ යුත්තේ ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්‍යය නිරූපණය කරන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ දක්වා ඇති නීති පැනවීමේ භාෂාවෙන් ය. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ  3වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්‍යය ජනතාව කෙරෙහි පිහිටා ඇති බවත්, 23 වන ව්‍යවස්ථා මගින් ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්‍යය බලය ක්‍රියාත්මක කරමින් නිරූපණය කරන නීති පැනවීමේ භාෂාවත් දක්වා ඇත. ඒ සිංහල භාෂාව ය. එනම් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය […]

මාධ්‍ය අංශය, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන. ජනාධිපති ධූරකාලය සම්බන්ධයෙන් වැරදි නිවැරදි කර ගැනීමට2024.07.18 දිනට පෙර, ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ නඩු පැවරූ අයට ලක්ෂ ගණනින් නඩු ගාස්තු නියම කළ හිටපු අගවිනිසුරු ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය මැතිතුමා එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිත්‍ය නියෝජිත ධූරයට, පාර්ලිමේන්තු උසස් නිලතල පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාව විසින් අනුමත කිරීමට පෙර ජනාධිපති ධූරකාල අදාලව […]

By Tahaan Jayewardene Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, June 5 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka is among a few South Asian countries identified with a temperature level that is considered too hot for people to be able to work safely outdoors for an average of six hours a day, according to a report compiled by […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, June 4 (Daily Mirror) – Parliament witnessed heated exchanges yesterday after MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake alleged that several ministers in the current government would face jail time under a future opposition-led administration. Speaking during the session, Dassanayake claimed that public funds had been grossly misused by some ministers and vowed […]