Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lanka Navy has been instructed to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident that occurred in the sea area off Kuchchaveli in Trincomalee, and to submit a detailed report as soon as possible, according to the Fisheries Ministry. This directive was issued by the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources, and Marine […]

Courtesy Adaderana Achieving economic success alone is not sufficient for a nation’s development, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized today (04), highlighting that economic progress must be accompanied by social development and a transformation in political culture. The President made these remarks during a discussion held at the Ministry of Finance with senior officials of the […]

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Shenali Waduge Sri Lanka, is a nation morally anchored in the teachings of the Buddha. From the Constitution to the Penal Code though the latter is colonial, Sri Lanka’s legal foundations echo Buddhist ethical values such as non-harming, truth, justice, and restraint. These Buddhist values shape law, governance, and public accountability. How this applies to the present attempts to repeal Sections 365 and 365A of […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 25-31 May 2025 * ‘In my own surveying parties I never permitted a native to touch a theodolite or make an original computation, on the principle that the triangulation or scientific work was the prerogative of the highly paid Europeans.’ – […]

දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිර ලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලන්කා පරිපාලන සේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-1994)  සින්හල බෞද්ධ ජාතියේ උපත සිදුවූයේ ක්‍රි. පූ. 307 වන සියවසේ පොසොන්පෝය දිනයේ දී සිදුවූ ඒ අසිරිමත් මහින්දාගමනයත් සමඟය.  එබැවින් අනිවාර්‍යෙන්ම මේ රටේ ජාතික දිනය විය යුත්තේ පොසොන්පෝය දිනය මිස වෙනත් කිසිම දිනයක් නොවේ.  එමනිසා පොසොන්පෝ දිනය […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre An Australian delegation led by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of Australia, Hon. Richard Marles, held bilateral discussions with Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), today (03 June) at the Deputy Minister’s Office in Colombo. Australian High Commissioner in Colombo H.E. […]

SOCIETY FOR PEACE UNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA -VICTORIA & NSW  SOCIETY FOR PEACE UNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA -VICTORIASOCIETY FOR PEACE UNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA-NSWPO BOX 2664 ROWILLE VIC 3178 Dr  Hugh  MCDERMOTT,  MP  NSW Member of the Legislative Assembly for ProspectParliamentary Secretary to the Attorney GeneralMember of […]

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Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre A special discussion to resolve issues related to the pensions of retired war veterans and the payment of Widows and Orphans Pension (W&OP) to families of fallen war heroes was held on May 30 at the Ministry of Defence under the patronage of Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre After a six-year interval, the National Border Management Committee (NBMC) of Sri Lanka reconvened for its 9th session on 30 May 2025 at the Ministry of Defence marking a significant step towards strengthening Sri Lanka’s border security framework amidst evolving global and regional security dynamics. The meeting was held […]

SOCIETY FOR PEACE. UNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA Dear Hon Mcdermott Kindly have a look at the letter sent herewith and the report of abuses against the civilians caused by the LTTE which was the cause of the war and political stand of the Sri Lankan govt to uphold democratic system of governance and protect the people […]

Courtesy The Morning 23 May 2025 | BY Prof. Tissa Vitarana The world is in a state of economic, social and political crisis. There are those who predict the end of the world, which includes some religious leaders and their followers. But, all the leaders of the great religions did not live in a capitalist society; […]

National Development Bank PLC Taking a bold and future-focused step in the journey of empowering Sri Lankan women, NDB Bank, together with News 1st, is proud to unveil the next phase of the Sri Lanka Vanithabhimana initiative, a long-term sustainability model aimed at nurturing and advancing women entrepreneurs. Building on the remarkable success of the […]

‘PATHFINDER NATIONAL SECURITY BRIEF INTRODUCTION Over time, the illicit drug trade has evolved into one of the most lucrative global industries, its tendrils now extending across multiple regions and presenting a profound challenge to global peace and stability. Drug trafficking is a transnational illegal commerce involving cultivators, manufacturers, transporters, suppliers, and distributors, all operating in […]

Nava Thakuria Personal integrity essential for a professional journalist:   Tripathi Devarshi Narad Jayanti Award-2025 conferred on Shantanu Tamuli Guwahati: The world’s  first journalist Devarshi Narad  did not have a palatial bungalow and he did not practice journalism with the royal patronage even though he had access to all Gods. But the present trend of journalism […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) This questionnaire is designed with the view to make a realistic assessment of the problem of court delays with the view to develop a report which could be used in discussions for dealing with this problem.  The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) is a sister organization of the Asian […]

BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning A group of students has filed a fundamental rights (FR) petition before the Supreme Court (SC), challenging the recent decision to exclude local students who sat for their General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level (A/L) or equivalent exams in Sri Lanka from applying to the Bachelor of Medicine, […]

Lanka Leader පසුගිය රණවිරු සැමරුම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ආණ්ඩුව ක්‍රියාකළ ආකාරය පිළිබඳව ජනතාවගේ සැකසංකා වර්ධනය වීමක් පෙන්නුම් කරන පසුබිමක ආණ්ඩුව විසින් අභිචෝදක කාර්යාලයක් පිහිටුවීමේ ක්‍රියාදාමය කරළියට පැමිණ ඇති බවත්, අධිකරණ පද්ධතියේ ඇති කාර්යක්ෂමතාව වැඩි කිරීම සඳහා ගෙනෙන දෙයක් ලෙස මතුපිටින් පෙන්නුවද මෙම අභිචෝදක කාර්යාලය ගෙන ඒමේ ඇත්ත අරමුණ එය නොවන බවත් දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේ මහලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත […]

Courtesy The Island Levan Russian Ambassador Levan S. Dzhagaryan said on Saturday that if Sri Lanka was interested in joining the BRICS alliance, it must take practical steps.Speaking during an event at the Bandaranaike International Centre for International Studies in Colombo, Ambassador Dzhagaryan said Russia and China have been offering support to Sri Lanka, but […]

 YOHAN PERERA  Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, June 2 (Daily Mirror) – Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekera alleged that the government suffered a loss exceeding Rs. 200 million from the recent sale of vehicles belonging to the North Central Provincial Council (NCP). Speaking to the media, MP Jayasekera said that the government earned only […]

An Analysis by Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake with Pascal Lottaz at Neutrality Studies See full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkre0dQCJRw In a recent discussion, Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, a social and medical anthropologist with a focus on international development and political economy, provided an in-depth analysis of the current situation in Sri Lanka. She also discussed ongoing crises in […]

Shenali D Waduge To the Prime Minister and Members of the Canadian Parliament, We, the citizens of Sri Lanka, write to express deep concern over the growing political narrative emerging from Canada that seeks to label Sri Lanka with charges of genocide—without credible legal basis, independent verification, or contextual understanding. These allegations are largely promoted […]

ජර්මානු වෛද්‍ය විද්‍යාලයේ මහාචාර්ය නිශාන් සී විජේසිංහගේ  සෙම්බුමලේ සෑයට නැගෙනහිර දෙසින් බඹරගල වන සෙනසුන, උතුරු දෙසින් දෙඹරගල වන සෙනසුන, බටහිර දිසාවෙන් වසන්වැව චෛත්‍යය, ඊසාන දිසාවෙන් තිරියාය සහ රංගිරි උල්පත නමැති ඓතිහාසික බොදු බිම් මේ පුදබිම වටා ඇති සිද්ධස්‌ථානවලින් කිහිපයකි.  “විඩුඩබ” කියන කුමාරයා ශාක්‍ය වංශිකයන්ව සමූල ඝාතනය කරන්නට යන අවස්ථාවේ භාග්‍යවතුන් වහන්සේ විසින් සෘධියෙන් ඔවුන්ගේ රථ […]

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නැණස NENASA 🇱🇰 වීරත්වය කුමක්දැයි ලොවට කියා දුන් අපේ කාලයේ විරුවන් පිළිඹඳ ඔබ කිසිදා නෑසූ කථා එකතුව පරම වීර විභූෂණයෙන් පුදලද විරුවන්ගේ අවසන් මෙහෙයුම් පිළිඹඳව අප විසින් මෙතෙක් ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇති වීඩියෝ සියල්ල මෙතැනින්: “වීරත්වයේ පළමු පාඩම” – අපි කවුරුත් පසුබහින්නෙ නෑ, සේරම ඉවර වෙන්න උඩින් බෝම්බ දාන්න | Kokavil (1990)    • “වීරත්වයේ පළමු පාඩම” – අපි කවුරුත් පසුබහින…   අලිමංකඩ රැකගන්නට මහමුහුදෙන් […]

Nava Thakuria In the decisive war against Pakistan in 1971, India won and a new nation was born, but a small State in eastern part of Bharat had to pay a heavy price with millions of East Pakistan refugees, for which Assam  still cries but nobody cares. With an absorbent border with Bangladesh and unconvincing […]

Truth with Chamuditha චාමලී මදනායක සමග චමුදිත සමරවික්‍රම. Chamali Madanayake On Truth with Chamuditha

Courtesy Hiru News Dr. Deepal Perera, a specialist at the Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital, has warned of an increase in cases of influenza, chikungunya, and dengue among children. The specialist noted that the rise in dengue and chikungunya cases is attributable to the recent rains brought by adverse weather conditions. Dr. Perera stressed the importance […]