Courtesy The Island Dr. Sugathadasa The Government Medical Officers (GMOA) has said it will soon seek a meeting with Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa and the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) to discuss the rapid deterioration of health services at government hospitals. GMOA Secretary Dr. Prabath Sugathadasa yesterday (22) said that instead of taking […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් හිනිදුම සුනිල් සෙනෙවි අමාත්‍යවරයා  විසින් ඉකුත් දා රූපවාහිනී වැඩසටහනක දී බුද්ධ ශාසන අමාත්‍යංශයක් දැන් නැති බවට කරන ලද ප්‍රකාශය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඒකීය රටක් වෙනුවෙන් අපි එකමුතුව විසින් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා වෙත ලිපියක් යොමුකරමින් ඒ පිළිබඳව විමසීමක් කර ඇත.  අදාළ ලිපිය පහළින්.. ගරු ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා, ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය, කොළඹ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවසන් කෙටුම්පතක් හෝ නිශ්චිත යෝජනාවලියක් මෙතෙක් සකස් කර නොමැති බව සභානායක සහ අමාත්‍ය බිමල් රත්නායක මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී අද (23) ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ පිළිබඳව හෙට (24) පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ පැවැත්වෙන විවාදය ගැන විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා යොමු කළ ප්‍රශ්නයකට පිළිතුරු දෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යවරිය විසින් […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 23 (Daily Mirror) – Dropping a bombshell in Parliament, opposition MP Nizam Kariapper today said current Deputy Minister of Defence Aruna Jayasekera who was one time Security Force Commander in the east neglected prior information received on activities of Zahran who led the Easter Sunday attacks since 2015. MP […]

Courtesy Adaderana Speaker of House Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne today (23) endorsed his certification on the three Bills, the Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers (Amendment) Bill to amend Act No. 36 of 2005, the Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers (Amendment) Bill to amend Act No. 4 of 2016, and the National Minimum Wage for Workers (Amendment) […]

Courtesy Hiru News Traders at the Thambuttegama Economic Centre say they are currently forced to discard around 500 kilos of bananas every day. They attribute this to a surplus of bananas in the market, coupled with a decrease in sales. Traders report that a single ambul banana at the economic centre cannot even be sold […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Criminal Investigation Department has informed the Fort Magistrate’s Court that the former Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Batticaloa Divisional Intelligence Unit, who was arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, is being detained for 72 hours for questioning under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. He was arrested on suspicion of misleading […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Supreme Court today (23), ruled that Ranil Wickremesinghe, as acting President in 2022, violated fundamental human rights through the emergency regulations he declared on July, 17, 2022, under the Public Security Ordinance to control protesters. The majority decision was delivered by Chief Justice Murdhu Fernando and Justice Yasantha Kodagoda. However, Justice […]

Courtesy Hiru News Supreme Court Judge Preethi Padman Surasena has been unanimously approved as the new Chief Justice of Sri Lanka by the Constitutional Council. The decision was made today (22) during a meeting chaired by Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne. The nomination was submitted by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday (21), recommending Justice Surasena […]

Shenali D Waduge Education Reforms Sri Lanka PPT for 2025.07.11 for Parliament new The Hidden Agenda: Erasing Sri Lankan Identity from Grade 1 THE PROMISE: We will nurture global citizens who embrace sustainability, innovation, and 21st-century skills.”— Official Reform Slides THE REALITY: Reforms Begin at Grades 1 & 6 in 2026 Problem:Starting the reforms at […]

 KAMALIKA PIERIS During  the Eelam war, the Navy was heavily  engaged in escort duties. The cargo and fuel shipped to Jaffna from Trincomalee to Colombo were escorted by the navy.   The passenger ferry carrying civilians sailed under navy security. [1]   The LTTE closed the A9 road to Jaffna and the  government  forces had to take […]

 KAMALIKA PIERIS Karannagoda   in his book The turning  point ‘ provides us with a detailed account of the arms procurement method of the LTTE . Navy intelligence knew about these movements, but lacked the strength to stop them.  Initially, most of the explosives and weapons LTTE used were obtained from Tamilnadu and also from the […]

කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය මගින් රචිත වාර්තාවකි හැඳින්වීම ඉතිහාසය යනු අතීතයේ සිදුවීම්, සමාජ සංවර්ධනය, සංස්කෘතික විකසනය සහ මනුෂ්‍ය විපර්යාසයන් පිළිබඳව ගැඹුරු අවබෝධයකට පදනම් වන විෂයයකි. පාසල් ළමුන්ට ඉතිහාසය උගන්වීම ඔවුන්ගේ චින්තා විකසනය, විචාරශීලීත්වය සහ ජනනාධිපතිත්වය පිළිබඳ අවබෝධය වර්ධනය කරයි. මෙය පුරවැසි ලෙස වගකීම් සහිත පරිපූර්ණ පුද්ගලයන් ගොඩනැඟීම සඳහා අත්‍යවශ්‍ය වේ. එක්සත් රාජධානියේ (UK) ඉතිහාස අධ්‍යාපන ක්‍රමය එක්සත් […]

Dilrook Kannangara A political debate is raging over history teaching in government syllabus following schools. One group argues for the continued teaching of fake history in primary schools that follow the government syllabus while another group argues that it should be taught only for students in Years 6 to 9. No party to the debate […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Chief of General Staff of the Pakistan Army, Lieutenant General Syed Aamer Raza, undertook an official visit to Sri Lanka today (Jul 22), during which he paid courtesy calls on the Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) and the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is set to end tax breaks for the Port City Colombo project being implemented by a Chinese state-run firm as part of commitments under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package, a move expected to hit the viability of the $1.4-billion venture. Following the fourth and latest review for Sri Lanka’s […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Committee to Investigate IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon has unanimously concluded that he is guilty of the allegations brought against him, and recommends he be removed from the post. This was revealed by the Speaker of Parliament. This committee has found unanimously that the officer in question is guilty of the allegations brought […]

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e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 13-19 July 2025 * ee’s poster this week portrays the Western Province Governor (& founder of Expolanka, importer of Japanese goods) Hanif Yusoof, Tea Exporters Association Chairman Huzefa Akbarally, and Brandix CEO Ashroff Omar, all appearing hawkish-eyed & wide awake, glaring & peering, at a meeting with President AK […]

 KAMALIKA PIERIS Intelligence reports indicated that the LTTE’s strategy was to demoralize the navy.[1] The more they target the navy the more the navy resolved to fight back, said Karannagoda .[2]   Navy  listed all the  vulnerable   naval targets and took precautions. [3]   Despite the many precautions we took LTTE always managed to find  ways to […]

 KAMALIKA PIERIS LTTE  established small  Sea Tiger bases the north- eastern  and north- western coasts  in lagoons opening to the sea. They were approx. 10-15 km apart along the coast.    In 1994  LTTE went into the Vanni, it was pushed out of Jaffna. In Vanni, they freely used all the lagoons that opened to the […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara Hon. Santosh Jha Esqr,                                              Dr Sudhath Gunasekara Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka,                   21  Dharsana”,Gemunu Mawatha Colombo.                                                                        Mahanuwara                                                                                            081 22 32744-071 1780449                        The Need to change the overall Kautilyan policy of Mathsya nyaaya and the Panikkar strategies towards its neighbors, particularly Sri Lanka, if India is to be respected and accepted […]

Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) AAL Coordinator  Dr. Thilaka Padma Subasinghe Memorial Legal Educatuon Program Will the President enforce the law against the powerful legal personalities who have alienated and deprived the sovereignty of the people by using the incorrect English translation of the Constitution? 1. The Sinhala text of Article 83(ආ) of the Constitution has not […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රජය යෝජනා කර ඇති නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ ක්‍රියාවලිය වටා මේ වන විට උද්ගත වී ඇති අර්බුදකාරී තත්ත්වය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතාගේ සමීපතමයෙකු ලෙස සැලකෙන මාධ්‍යවේදී උවිදු කුරුකුලසූරිය මහතා සිය සමාජ ජාල ගිණුමේ සටහනක් තබමින් ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටින්නේ, ජනාධිපතිවරයා මෙම තත්ත්වයට අත නොදමන බවයි. ඔහු සිය සටහන මඟින් අවධාරණය කර […]

By Maheesha Mudugamuwa Courtesy  The Morning Scrutiny over financial and administrative irregularities in Sri Lanka’s State universities has intensified in recent times, thrusting institutions like the Sabaragamuwa University into the spotlight.  The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) convened on 4 June to examine the Auditor General’s report for the 2023 financial year, placing the Sabaragamuwa […]

 BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning The Election Commission (EC) yesterday stated that it is currently preparing a report outlining the necessary amendments to the Election Expenditure Act, No. 03 of 2023.  This, as the commission claimed that they are required under the current form of the Regulation of the Act to accept even an […]

Courtesy The Island Sri Lanka’s JVP-led NPP government has made a dramatic pivot towards India, even utilizing legislative changes it once vehemently opposed. On August 19, 2023, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, then an opposition leader, criticized a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that then-President Ranil Wickremesinghe had signed with India. We must have the freedom to freely […]

Courtesy Island The government is forging ahead with its ambitious education reform package, amidst protests by teachers’ trade unions, university teachers and other stakeholders. Speaking at an event to raise awareness of the education reforms, among education officials, teachers and the public, at the Dakshinapaya Auditorium in Galle, on Saturday, Minister of Education and Prime […]