Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 21 (Daily Mirror) – Former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Chief Nilantha Jayawardene has done his job as he has disseminated all information on events which led to the Easter Sunday attacks since 2015, MP Dayasiri Jayasekera said. The former SIS Chief has informed the state authorities on the impending […]

by Garvin Karunaratne I enclose an earlier Paper of mine. Hope the Government of Premier Anura Kumara will read it. Though in my Nineties, if called upon  I will undertake to see that all the power we need comes from the Wind Power in our hills, all done within twelve months.  It will be a […]

 KAMALIKA PIERIS Wasantha Karannagoda, former Commander of the Sri Lanka navy, has written a book titled, ‘The Turning Point,  the navy’s role in Sri Lanka’s war” published by Penguin India in 2025. The book  records the experiences of the  Sri Lanka Navy ,  at two specific periods of  the Eelam war,  first when  Karannagoda  was […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS  In 2005,  When Karannagoda became Commander of the navy, the navy was mostly engaged in escort  functions for the army and merchant vessels, said Karannagoda in his  book The Turning Point”. Karannagoda turned the navy into a successful fighting force. To do so, he had to  improve many aspects of the navy service. […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The book The Turning Point ’has a separate chapter titled  ‘The evolution of the Sri Lanka navy and the LTTE’s Sea Tigers”. This  give us much first hand information on the development of the LTTE Sea Tiger force and the measures taken  by the navy to combat them.  We are told that the  […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ මෙයට වසර 2500 පෙර උතුරු ඉන්දියාවේ විජය කුමරා සිය පිරිවර (700) සමඟ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණීමෙන් සිංහල ජාතියේ ආරම්භය සිදුවීය. එදා, විජයාගමනය ගැන ඉතිහාසය පොත් වල පරිච්චේද ගණනින් කරුණු සැලවිණි. නමුත් අද මෙය ඉතිහාසය පොත්වල පාසැල් දරුවනට නොඋගැන්වේ. අද ළමුනට උගන්වන්නේ හෝමෝ සපියන්වරු අප්‍රිකාවේ සිට සංක්‍රමණය කර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මනුෂ්‍ය වාසය ආරම්භ වූ බවයි. […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, July 20 (Daily Mirror) – Corruption within Sri Lanka’s state sector remains a growing concern, prompting increased action by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). From January to July 2025, the Commission received 2,138 complaints, carried out 44 raids, and arrested 31 public officials in connection with […]

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By Raj Gonsalkorale Currently, one in every six individuals in Sri Lanka suffers from multidimensional poverty, with 95.3% of this population residing in rural and estate areas. The continued existence of this condition negatively impacts the country’s economic and productive potential. This initiative seeks to address the situation by strengthening social protection and strategically targeting […]

Jayantha Herath In 2025, Sri Lanka faces a critical higher education access crisis. Despite 196,000 students qualifying for university admission, only 45,000 were admitted to state universities. This leaves over 75% of qualified students without access to public university education. Key Issues Not Addressed by the New Government Reforms – No expansion of state university […]

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අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) නීතීඥ,සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන.  ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ වැරදි ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පරිවර්තනය යොදා ගෙන ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්‍යය අත්හැරවූ, අහිමිකළ නීතියේ බලවතුන්ට එරෙහිව ජනාධිපතිතුමා නීතිය ක්‍රියාත්මක කරයිද? 1. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය සිංහල භාෂා පාඨය නිවැරදිව ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවට පරිවර්තනය වී නැත. (83.b) 2. එනම් එහි ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පරිවර්තනය මගින් ජනාධිපති […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ වැනි ඉතාමත් භාර්යදූර ලොකු වැඩ කිරීමට තරම් දැනුමක් හෝ කුසලතාවක් ඇති පිරිසක් මාලිමා ආණ්ඩුවේ නැති බව ඔවුන් තේරුම්ගත යුතු යැයි එක්සත් ජනරජ පෙරමුණේ නායක පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක මහතා කොළඹදී ඊයේ (18දා) මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් කැඳවමින් පැවසීය. බලයට ඒමට පෙර විශ්වකෝෂ මෙන් මේ අය පෙන්නුවට ඔවුන් කොතරම් කුඩා පිරිසක් ද යන්න දැන් […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් වර්තමාන රජය අමාත්‍යංශ විසි ගණනකට සීමා කිරීම නිසා බුද්ධ ශාසන කටයුතු පිළිබඳ අමාත්‍යංශයක් දැන් නොමැති බවත්, සංස්කෘතික අමාත්‍යංශය යටතේ සියල්ල පවතින බවත් බුද්ධශාසන, ආගමික සහ සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය සුනිල් සෙනෙවි මහතා පවසයි. වීඩියෝව නරඹන්න.. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLankaLeadNews%2Fvideos%2F643086464781066%2F&show_text=false&width=219&t=0

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Shenali D Waduge This critique is based on a close examination of the official Sri Lanka Education Reforms document (2025–2029) and reveals a stark reality: history is not taught as a standalone, mandatory subject in Grades 1 to 5 under the new curriculum. Instead, historical content is superficially scattered and diluted within other subjects, leaving […]

Shenali D Waduge Education Reforms Sri Lanka PPT for 2025.07.11 for Parliament new Part 1: https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/grades-1-5-without-history-the-education-ministrys-dangerous-neglect-of-national-heritage/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLnV1FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgI7pjLf_ZA6Hip-ksXgqxj7rkZmiD4C36A3m8IKQfR45exGaFMIOmckdUa5_aem_WcH1lDC60YFIJMy8dVS9Xw The Education Ministry’s so-called inclusion of History from Grade 6 onwards is nothing more than a sham reform — a carefully disguised tactic to continue keeping our children disconnected from their roots and national identity. The Education Ministry’s decision […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ලංකාවේ බහුතරය හදවතින් ‘වාම කඳවුරේ’ ය. රට ගොඩ නැගිය හැක්කේ ‘වම’ට බව ඔවුහු  සිතති. කියති. ලියති. තර්ක කරති. අසන-දකින-බලන අය ‘වම’ ට විසිල් ගසති. ලංකාවේ ඡන්ද සමයට අටවා ගන්නා ‘වාම කුඩාරමක් මිස’ වාම ව්‍යාපාරයක් දැන් නැත. ලංකාවේ ඇත්තේ ‘රැසියන් නවකතා පාඨක සමාජයකි’. බණ්ඩාරනායක, සිරිමා,ඇන්.එම්., පිලිප්, කේනමන්, චන්ද්‍රිකා, මහින්ද, සෝමවංශ, පමණක් නොව ජේ.ආර්.ජයවර්ධන […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre A high-level briefing on the progress of the Ranaviru Matters Committee and associated cabinet submissions was held this morning (July 18) at the Deputy Minister’s Office in Colombo, reaffirming the government’s commitment to the welfare of war veterans and the families of fallen heroes. The meeting, chaired by Deputy […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) chaired a high-level strategic discussion titled National Entrepreneurship Development and Business Startup-Defence Contribution” today (Jul 18) at his office premises. The session marked a significant inter-ministerial collaboration, aiming to integrate the strengths of the defence sector with national development priorities. […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News Without renewed agreements with the government, domestic production could drop from the current 25 per cent (the lowest in South Asia), the Sri Lanka Pharma Manufacturers Association warns. Despite investments and growing capacity since 2015, the sector remains fragile, hampered by red tape. Repurchasing is essential for the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Researchers have discovered the Peacock Flower’s potential By Sugath Kulathunga Arachchi In the scrublands and home gardens of Sri Lanka, where fire-orange blooms dance in the tropical heat, a quiet revolution is taking place. The peacock flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima), long admired for its beauty and revered in traditional medicine, may hold […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Despite legal bans, ragging remains a deeply entrenched, systemic crisis in Sri Lankan universities, fueled by complicity and institutional silence, but a bold intervention proves it can be eradicated Ragging is not merely a matter of seniors bullying juniors. It is a complex, systemic issue involving indoctrination, complicity, and institutional silence […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 18 (Daily Mirror) – An official of KPMG Sri Lanka that conducted the forensic audit over the fuel distribution of the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited (CPSTL) has been involved in deleting the data regarding fuel ditribution, SJB MP Dayasiri Jayasekara revealed today. He told reporters after lodging a […]

Courtesy Adaderana In a decisive move to strengthen macroprudential policy and mitigate systemic financial risks, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), acting as the Macroprudential Authority, has issued new Directions to licensed financial institutions to impose maximum caps on loan-to-value (LTV) ratios for vehicle-related credit facilities. The directive, which takes effect from 18 July […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) states that history and aesthetics have been made compulsory subjects only up to Grade 9. They point out that subjects like aesthetics are not listed as compulsory for the GCE Ordinary Level examination. The government is currently focused on introducing new educational reforms in Sri […]