BY Sumudu Chamara Courtesy The Morning The main Opposition, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), alleged that the Government has not appointed educationists to support the proposed education reforms and has not reached out to the parties that can significantly contribute to these reforms. This was stated during a press briefing held yesterday (28) at the […]

BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning Major General Aruna Jayasekera (Retired) functioning in the post of Deputy Defence Minister, could impact the credibility of the investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, the Catholic Church stated, urging President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Government to make an ‘appropriate’ decision on the matter. Several Opposition […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 28 (Daily Mirror) – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser Namal Rajapaksa happened to be on board the same flight to the Maldives today.  The President was heading for Male on a state visit at the invitation of his Maldivian counterpart, whereas Rajapaksa […]

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana, Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, July 28 (Daily Mirror) – Whilst an extensive public debate is being carried out on the government’s education reforms, the Sectoral Oversight Committee on education has decided to seek the assistance of experts who have been involved in compiling education reforms in the past. The […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 28 (Daily Mirror) – Retired MPs Collective is contemplating legal action if MPs pension is abolished, its secretary Premasiri Manage said. “There are 30 ex-JVP MPs who have retired and are depending on the pension. Also, he said there are 50 JVP MPs who have given up public service […]

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Dr. Mayim Bialik

Udaya Gammanpila

Shenali D Waduge In just five months, the JVP-NPP-led government under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake signed 35 agreements with India — the largest, fastest foreign policy shift in Sri Lanka’s post-independence history. What was promised as a new era of transparency, sovereignty, and people-first governance has instead raised urgent questions: This is not partnership. This is strategic entrapment. […]

Shenali Waduge Part 1https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-1-the-35-india-sri-lanka-agreements-under-president-anura-kumara-dissanayake-dec-2024-apr-2025/The agreements Part 2https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-2-strategic-impact-assessment-of-the-35-agreements-signed-between-sri-lanka-and-india-dec-2024-apr-2025/ Impact of the 35 agreements on Sri Lanka’s sovereignty Part 3https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-3-35-indo-lanka-agreements-strategic-entrapment-or-regional-partnership/  How Sri Lanka is now trapped by these 35 agreements Part 4https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-4-35-indo-lanka-agreements-from-anti-imperialism-to-indian-alignment/35 Indo-Lanka Agreements- JVPs new stance Part 5https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-5-35-indo-lanka-agreements-unconstitutional-legal-and-sovereignty-concerns/Legal & constitutional concerns Part 6https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-6-35-indo-lanka-agreements-geopolitical-risks-strategic-precedents-the-indian-footprint-in-sri-lanka/Geopolitical risks for Sri Lanka Part 7https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/part-7-35-indo-lanka-agreements-an-urgent-appeal-to-the-jvp-npp-leadership/Urgent Appeal to the President & JVP/NPP

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 20-26 July 2025 ‘If the country were turned into a giant hotel,turned into a huge plantation,turned into a large garment factory:we would not need schools or universities,for they require few modern skills…– SBD de Silva The media is full of the most […]

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake There are remarkable patterns of history, organized violence, and Disinformation between events leading to the pogrom and forced population displacements in Sri Lanka in 1983, and British occupied Palestine, 35 years earlier when the Nakba unfolded amid Cold War escalating in Europe. Both, Ceylon and Palestine were British occupied in 1948, and both […]

By Jayantha Herath Visuals created with the assistance of Microsoft Copilot On Thursday, Parliament disclosed that 20,755 students dropped out of school in 2024, citing the need to close certain schools. However, it overlooked a more critical issue: the denial of university admission to 151,700 qualified students. This alarming figure highlights the urgent need to expand higher education […]

Senaka Weeraratna Answer To get compensation from the ICC for the use of the Decision Review System (DRS) in cricket, Sri Lanka needs to demonstrate that the system is a Sri Lankan invention and that they have the intellectual property rights to it. This would likely involve legal and diplomatic efforts, potentially including a formal […]

Arun Siddharth

Courtesy The South China Morning Post After a five-year import ban, BYD shrewdly adapted its models to circumvent sky-high taxes, making electric vehicles affordable again Dimuthu Attanayake Published: 5:00pm, 26 Jul 2025 Updated: 5:00pm, 26 Jul 2025 A BYD Seal electric vehicle on display in a showroom in Pakistan. BYD accounted for roughly 90 per cent of […]

Shenali D Waduge The name Eelam” was never Tamil in origin, nor did it denote a separate ethnic homeland. It is a historical term rooted in the identity of the Sinhalese — the island’s first and continuous inhabitants. While Part 1 exposed the linguistic and literary distortions behind the modern separatist claim, this second part […]

Dilrook Kannangara One of the best kept secrets from school and media history is the British Ceylon Flag. It’s so secretive that only a very few even know about it. British Ceylon flag mercilessly slays many myths including the myth of Tamil homeland. It is a brutal reality that Tamils and how they were referred […]

Jayantha Herath These visuals and accompanying content were created with the assistance of Microsoft Copilot. Policy Brief Summary Definition of Free EducationFree education is not limited to tuition-free schooling—it includes both free and affordable fee-based models that are accessible and inclusive. Government Responsibilities– Provide tuition-free education at all levels through public funding.– Ensure fee-based options […]

Dr. Asoka Bandarage Courtesy In-depth News We live in a time of accelerated militarism, environmental devastation, and deepening social collapse. Amid these crises, the destruction of our shared global heritage — humanity’s historical, spiritual, and artistic legacy — receives an astounding lack of attention. As we enter the age of transhumanism and techno-market reality, creativity […]

by Melani Manel Perera Courtesy PIME Asia News Nadeesha Chandrasena has received the Global Award for Intellectual Property (WIPO) for her ‘Smart Drain’, an anti-clogging drainage system that prevents urban flooding. The device is patented and can be monitored in real time, overcoming the problem of drainage channels clogged with waste in large cities. The […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් රටේ ජාතික අනන්‍යතාවක් සහිත පුද්ලයකු බිහිකිරීම සඳහා අවශ්‍ය වන ඉතිහාසය විෂය නැති කිරීම සඳහා කිසිවෙකුට හෝ උවමනාවක් තිබේද යන්න දේශපාලනික කාරණාවක් බවත්, එසේ අවශ්‍යතාවක් ඇත්නම් එය කරන්නේ මේ රටේ ජාතික අනන්‍යතාවක් සහිත පුද්ගලයකු බිහිකිරීම නැවැත්වීම සඳහා බවත් පුහුණු උපදේශක සොනාල ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි. එබඳු පුද්ගලයන් ඕනෑම ආකාරයකට පාලනය කළ හැකි බවත්, […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණවලට මුවා වී පාසල් වැසීමේ ලෝක බැංකු යෝජනාව ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට ආණ්ඩුව කටයුතු කරමින් සිටින්නේ යැයි ජන අරගල සන්ධානයේ විධායක සභික දුමින්ද නාගමුව මහතා සඳහන් කළේය. මේ යටතේ වත්මන් ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඉගෙනගත් තඹුත්තේගම පාසල ද වැසී යෑමට නියමිත බවට තම පක්ෂය වෙත තොරතුරු ලැබී ඇතැයි ද හෙතෙම කීවේය. අරගල සන්ධානය නුගේගොඩ දී පැවැත්වූ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Cyberattacks are becoming an increasingly serious issue in Sri Lanka, with the number of computer crime complaints rising sharply in 2025. According to the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT), over 5,400 cybercrime incidents have been reported so far this year. The majority of cases involve social media platforms such […]

By Tahaan Jayewardene Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 26 (Daily Mirror) – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath yesterday said that the government was free of corruption, and it was now a good time for foreign investors to invest in Sri Lanka. At the inaugural annual general meeting of the Global Federation of Sri Lankan […]

Courtesy Adaderana It has been revealed during a meeting of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) that a sum of over Rs. 2.4 million has been spent solely on name boards to designate 809 provincial schools as national schools. However, it has come to light that these schools have been designated as national schools in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has underscored the importance of sustaining Sri Lanka’s reform momentum and safeguarding macroeconomic stability, following a week-long mission to the country.  Speaking at Ada Derana’s current affairs program ‘@Hydepark’, Evan Papageorgiou, the IMF Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, outlined key developments in the nation’s economic program and future […]

Shenali D Waduge Eelam — a word that triggered a 30-year conflict — must be urgently re-examined. The term Tamil Eelam” has come to symbolize demands for a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka. But few stop to ask: What did Eelam” originally mean? Contrary to separatist claims, historical, linguistic, and literary evidence shows that […]

කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය මගින් සකසන ලදී පාසල් දරුවන්ට ආගම ඉගැන්වීමේ වැදගත්කම ආගම යනු මානව සමාජය තුළ අතිශය ප්‍රබල සහ ඵලදායී බලපෑමක් ඇති සංකල්පයකි. යුගාන්තර ගණනාවක පුරා විවිධ සන්ස්කෘතික පසුබැසීම්, සදාචාරාත්මක ක්‍රම, සහ ජීවන රටා මත ආගම විසිරී ඇත. එබැවින්, පාසල් අධ්‍යාපනයේ අංගයකි ලෙස ආගමට ස්ථානයක් ලබාදීම සමාජීය, ආධ්‍යාත්මික හා බුද්ධිමය වශයෙන් ඉතාම වැදගත්ය. මේ ලිපියෙහි දැක්වෙන්නේ […]

ChatGPT assisted Report Religion has been a central part of human civilization for thousands of years, shaping cultures, moral systems, and social values. Teaching religion to school children is not about promoting a particular belief but about helping them understand the role religion plays in human life and society. In a world that is increasingly […]