Courtesy The Island Prof. Roberts / Kadirgamar In June 1991, the then Army Chief of Staff, Major General Cecil Waidyaratne, submitted to the government a document outlining an overall strategy to conclusively defeat the LTTE. One of the recommendations in the Major General’s proposal was that the Navy should be expanded more than the Army. […]

ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර මහනුවර මේ පාපකාරී විකාරයට මුල්වි ක්‍රියා කරණුයේ කවදත් මොණර නැටුමට කැමැති බලලෝභී මුග්ධ  දේශපාලකයින් සහ කහවණු වලට ගිජු හරසුන් මහනුවර නගරයේ   ධනලෝභී කච්චපුට ව්‍යාපාරකයින් පමණි. දේශපාලකයින්ට අවශ්‍ය චන්දය පමණි. ව්‍යාපාරකයින්ට අවශ්‍ය සල්ලි පමණි. ඒ දෙක ලැබෙනවානම් ඔවුන් තමන්ගේ අම්මා වුවද පාවා දෙනු ඇත.ඔවුන්ට කළනොහැකි පාපයක් හෝ වරදක් මිහිපිට නැත. ඔවුන්ට රට,ජාතිය, ආගම, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, August 20 (Daily Mirror) – Former President Maithripala Sirisena today claimed that the mastermind behind the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings is well known to intelligence services, the military, and governments, but remains beyond Sri Lanka’s reach. Speaking at an event at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Sirisena said that despite […]

Courtesy The Morning The main Opposition, the Samagi Jana Balwegaya (SJB) accused the Government of nepotism through appointing those linked to the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) to a number of high-ranking public service and diplomatic positions. SJB Parliamentarian, attorney Chithral Fernando made these allegations while speaking at a press briefing held yesterday (21). Before […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, August 21 (Daily Mirror) – Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been called before the FCID tomorrow for a statement to be recorded on his  tour to London.  Wickremesinghe went on a tour to London to attend a convocation of his wife Professor Maithree Wickremesinghe during his tenure as President.

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Masood Ashraf, USA The consumption of pork is unequivocally forbidden in Islam. This command is not merely an arbitrary dietary law but a direct instruction from God. In the Holy Quran, Allah declares: He has made unlawful to you only that which dies of itself, and blood and the flesh of swine, and that on […]

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Shenali D Waduge Non-Binding but Deadly: How UNHRC Resolution A/HRC/60/21 (2025) could destroy Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty UNHRC resolutions are technically non-binding. Yet for Sri Lanka, ending terrorism has been met with relentless scrutiny—a witch hunt targeting select war heroes and commanding officers. Every Resolution since 2009 has been a ticking time bomb, made worse by the 2015 […]

Chanaka Bandarage True Dr NM Perera was an old Anandian, but it is doubtful whether or not as an adult he had ever attended a Buddhist temple with the true sense of worshipping the Lord Buddha. The LSSP never fought for Sinhala, Buddhist rights. It’s other Marxist partner, the Communist Party was the same. When […]

මාධ්‍ය අංශය, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන ජනාධිපති ධූරයේ සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ කාලය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83 (ආ) වගන්තියේ ඇති කාරණයක් ඉංග්‍රීසි පරිවර්තනයේ (83 B) වැරදි ආකාරයට සටහන්වී ඇති හෙයින් ජනාධිපතිවරයා වහා දැනුවත් කර එම වරද නිවැරදි කරන ලෙස මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපති ආනන්ද රත්නායක ජනාධිපති ලේකම්වරයාට ලිපියක් යවමින් දැනුම්දී ඇති බව” 2025.08.18 දින ලංකාදීප පුවත්පතේ […]

 Dr. Umaharan Thamotharampillai and Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge  The long-term accumulation of stressors in post-conflict regions is under-discussed. Experts believe that there is a close connection between war trauma and addiction disorders. People living in post-conflict settings are at high risk of developing addictions. The trauma of war can significantly increase the risk of developing […]

by Carlo Domenico Cristofori (Are there Lessons to be learned in Sri Lanka when remembering the Express Pearl and MV Diamond maritime disasters off the West and East coasts, also given interest in Submarine Date Cables and the Cloud Under the Sea?” that is vital to keep the Global Internet running?) The UK’s secret services […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s position should stand firm: The 2025 UNHRC report systematically alleges state misconduct while bypassing its original mandate, due process, impartiality, and sovereignty. Despite pages and pages of reports or statements, condemnations or allegations, that the UNHRC churns annually, it is dangerously diverting from its original mandate given in Resolution 60/251. The […]

Courtesy The Straits Times BANGKOK – Thailand’s Cabinet has approved the hiring of 10,000 Sri Lankan workers as it tries to address a labour shortage caused by Cambodian workers returning home in the wake of a deadly border conflict between the two countries, a Thai senior official said on Aug 19. Thailand’s ageing population and shrinking […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Two more petitions have been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the bill presented in Parliament by the government to revoke the privileges of former Presidents, according to Ada Derana reporter. The petitions were filed by two individuals from Veyangoda and Pannipitiya. The Attorney General has been named as the respondent in both […]

Courtesy The Island The Illegal Assets Investigation Unit has summoned former Ministers Manusha Nanayakkara, Vadivel Suresh and Sagala Ratnayaka for questioning over allegations of amassing wealth through unlawful means. Officials said the trio would appear before the unit in the coming days as part of a sweeping probe into 26 politicians, including a former top […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් මුලතිව්, මුත්තියාන්කට්ටු හි යුද හමුදා කඳවුරකට ඇතුළු වූ පුද්ගලයෙකු මරණයට පත්වීම ඇතුළු කරුණු කිහිපයක් මුල් කරගනිමින් උතුරු – නැගෙනහිර පළාත්වල අද හර්තාලයක් ක්‍රියාත්මක වුණා. කෙසේ වෙතත් එම ප්‍රදේශවල දෛනික කටයුතු සාමාන්‍ය පරිදි සිදුවූු බවයි අප වාර්තාකරුවන් සඳහන් කළේ. ඒ අනුව බොහෝ ප්‍රදේශවල පාසල් කටයුතු සාමාන්‍ය පරිදි සිදු වූ අතර, කඩ සාප්පු […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 10-16 August 2025 * ‘In virtually every colonial territory a certain number had to be killed before the survivors would accept the new prospects. This might even be said to introduce a new concept into the study of political economy – the indispensable […]

Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon Former Governor of Uva, Southern and Central Provinces Former Executive Director of Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) and Center for Human Rights and Research – CHR Sri Lanka Money printing, declining foreign reserves, and rising domestic debt could pose a significant challenge to achieving the year’s economic development targets, the […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ/ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය මුදල් අච්චු ගැසීම, විදේශ සංචිත පහත වැටීම හා දේශීය ණය ප්‍රමාණය ඉහළ යාම වසරේ ආර්ථික සංවර්ධන ඉලක්ක සපුරා ගැනීමට බලවත් අභියෝගයක් විය හැකි බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පවසයි.     2024 ඔක්තෝබර් සිට 2025 ජූනි දක්වා ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව විසින් රුපියල් […]

Shenali D Waduge We are concerned about the consistent manner that successive UN High Commissioners for Human Rights have been involved or caved into pressure by a handful of bloc nations using the UNHRC to exert political pressure over nations. Not only have resolutions been intrusive, and beyond the Human Rights Councils advisory mandate as […]

RANJITH SOYSA  Dear President and the Ministers. The victimization of some of the members of the defence intelligence officers and senior members of the Army, the Navy and the Airforce is a bootless errand headed by the CID and other law enforcement agencies of the government. It is obvious that the scheme is pre-planned by […]

Priyantha Pradeep Ranasinghe Beena Sarwar’s international documentary film ‘Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka – Beyond the Headlines’ (26 minutes), adapted to Sinhala by Priyantha Pradeep Ranasinghe, will be screened at the Thilak Wijesekera Library Building, Katapothuwila Viharaya, Pahala Athuraliya, Matara, on Tuesday, 19 August 2025 at 10.00 a.m. A discussion will also be held with […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Sri Lanka Army commemorated the 33rd death anniversary of Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne with a wreath-laying ceremony at his statue in Kiribathgoda on August 8, 2025. The event was led by the Commander, Security Forces Headquarters (West) and Colonel of the Gajaba Regiment, Major General U. K. D. D. P. […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna IMAGES: Preparations are underway for the commencement of the Kandy Night Bazaar. With approval from the Kandy Municipal Council, vehicle movement along Dalada Veediya and Kotugodalla Veediya will be restricted from 6:00 p.m. to midnight to facilitate the event. The bazaar will include night-time trade activities and entertainment, aiming to provide the Kandy […]

Courtesy Lloydslist The Sri Lankan supreme court ordered the owners of X-Press Pearl to pay a fine of $1bn after the containership was lost in 2021 and polluted water off the island nation X-Press Feeders has accused the court of convicting the vessel’s master and its agents before their trials have concluded, while the London […]