Courtesy CNA COLOMBO: Owners of a Singapore-registered vessel urged Colombo on Friday (Aug 15) to consider more “rational” compensation after they were ordered to pay US$1 billion in damages for causing Sri Lanka’s worst case of environmental pollution. Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court ordered X-Press Feeders in July to pay the damages within a year for causing marine […]

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By Sena Thoradeniya 1. Introduction Dr. Sudath Gunasekera in his essay posted in LankaWeb on 15 August 2025 proposes the Government of Sri Lanka, to set up a Memorial Museum of Patriotic Wars of Kandyan Sinhalese (1505-1848) and an International Institute of Postgraduate Research on Colonial Crimes in Sri Lanka”. Accordingly, the proposed Museum will […]

by Garvin Karunaratne Let us harness the wind for power and stop spending dollars for oil By Garvin Karunaratne I enclose a write up by eesrilanka wordpress.com/2019/04/13/playing with history: on some of my writings. __________________________________________________________ C2. Buying Power from Multinationals Garvin Karunaratne recalls his experience of 18 years working in stations like Hambantota as well as in […]

මාධ්‍ය අංශය, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83 වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදයට ගැලපෙන ලෙස ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (b) ඡේදය නිවැරදිව පළකරන ලෙස නීතීඥවරුන් 209ක් සහ නීතීඥවරුන් නොවන පුරවැසියන් 104ක් විසින් ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමාගෙන් කරන ඉල්ලීම් ගැන ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය දැනුවත් කර එකී ඉල්ලීම් සහිත A-3 ප්‍රමාණයේ ලේඛන […]

Nava Thakuria Guwahati: Commending Assam government for deciding to name the under-construction Dighalipukhuri–Noonmati flyover in the city after legendary Kamrup ruler Prithu Maharaj, a forum of nationalist citizens appeals to State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for erecting a life-size statue of the iconic ruler of Kamrup (ancient Assam), also known as Visvasundaradeva, along with […]

lanka C news August 15, 2025 at 10:22 pm | ‘මට ඩිමෙන්ෂියා තියෙනවා.. ළග ඒව පොඩ්ඩක් අමතක වෙනවා’ යයි ඇමති කේ.ඩී. ලාල් කාන්ත මහතා පැවසීය. කොළඹදී පැවති රජයේ මිනුන්දෝරු සංගමයේ 99 වන සංවත්සර උත්සවය අමතමින් ඔහු මේ බව පැවසුවේය. තමා දරන වෘත්තීය සමිති නායක සහ කැබිනට් අමාත්‍ය යන දෙකේම වගකීම් දෙකම සමබරව පවත්වාගෙන යාමට සිදුව […]

Chanaka Bandarage The President’s Office has clearly articulated that it will release all the Presidential Houses to the government’s housing pool except the Colombo and Kandy Houses. The government states they will be converted to various ventures like tourist hotels, education institutions, offices etc. The following Presidential Houses are destined to be shut down: It […]

John Reid and Daniel Biasetto in Tabatinga, Brazil Jul 27, 2025 Solar-powered units reciting biblical passages have appeared in the Javari valley, despite strict laws protecting Indigenous groups Missionary groups are using audio devices in protected territories of the rainforest to attract and evangelise isolated or recently contacted Indigenous people in the Amazon. A joint […]

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara B.A. (Hons) PhD. Retired Permanent Secretary to   Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranayaka. In this essay, I propose to the Government of Sri Lanka to set up a Memorial Museum of Patriotic wars of Kandyan Sinhalese (1505-1848) and an International Post graduate Institute of Research on Colonial crimes in Sri Lanka” at the old […]

National Development Bank PLC  Highlights FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE National Development Bank PLC, Sri Lanka’s Premier Financial Services Provider, announced the results for six-month period ended June 30, 2025 reporting a total operating income and pre-tax profit of LKR 22.3 billion and LKR 8.6 billion, respectively (H1-2024: LKR 22.9 billion and LKR 6.5 billion). Fund based income […]

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Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The newly appointed Defence Attaché of the United Kingdom in Sri Lanka, Colonel Keith Miles, paid a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), today (Aug 14) at the Ministry of Defence in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte. He met the Defence Secretary, accompanied by the […]

By Poojathmi Rivithma Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, August 14 (Daily Mirror) – The Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) has voiced strong concerns over the government’s decision to allow seven foreign investors to cultivate cannabis in Sri Lanka under the Board of Investment (BOI). At a conference, Minister Nalinda Jayatissa announced that the cultivation […]

Courtesy Hiru News Share Post Ramanathan Arjuna, an independent Member of Parliament for the Jaffna District, has announced that he will file a complaint against the Speaker with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on August 21. According to MP Arjuna, the Speaker has disabled his microphone for eight days without any reason, interrupting his speeches. He […]

Courtesy Hiru News Senior Superintendent of Police Sathish Ranjan Hiyare Gamage, the acting Director of the Cultural Division (Administration) at the Police Field Force Headquarters, was remanded until August 19. The order was given today (14), by Colombo Additional Magistrate Pavithra Sanjeewanee Pathirana. Gamage was arrested by the Bribery Commission in connection with a money laundering case. He is […]

Courtesy Adaderana UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged the Sri Lankan government to repeal or amend existing laws or proposed laws that unduly restrict the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, association, and peaceful assembly, including the Online Safety Act, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Act, draft Non-Governmental […]

Media Release – The Internet Media Action (IMA) | August 14, 2025The Internet Media Action (IMA) urges the government to immediately suspend the summonsissued by the Counter Terrorism and Investigation Division (CTID) to photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan to ensure that journalists are able to work freely. A police notice has revealed that the CTID has issued […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s victory over the LTTE in May 2009 was not just a military success — it was the liberation of an entire nation from one of the most ruthless terrorist organisations in the world. After nearly 30 years of suicide bombings, assassinations, ethnic cleansing, and child soldier recruitment, the country was […]

Bodapati Srujana, Tricontinental Asia On 31 July 2025, U.S. President Trump announced a blanket 25% tariff on all exports from India to the United States. This came despite the conclusion of five rounds of bilateral trade negotiations, with the sixth round scheduled for later in August. Trump’s frustration was evident, as India continued to resist […]

By Darini Rajasingham Senanayake* AI-generated image perceived by Nastranis. – Photo: 2025 InDepthNews2025-08-12 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 12 August 2025 (IDN) — Real and staged crises present opportunities to reorient, innovate and think outside the box. Trump’s tariff ‘shock’ presents Sri Lanka’s business sector and national policy makers an opportunity for short, intermediate and long-term […]

by Rohana R. Wasala According to a news report carried in The Island of July 31, 2025, a group of senior representatives of the Sarvajana Balaya (SB) including its leader Dilith Jayaweera MP and Dr Channa Jayasumana had a meeting with Ihab Khalil, the Ambassador of the State of Palestine, two days earlier on Tuesday […]

By Sugath Kulatunga The edifice of a democratic government rests on three pillars: of legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. In sl, there had been as many as 21 changes in the Constitution dealing with the powers of the executive and legislature. There were heated debates and profuse analysis on the issues involved in these […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Sri Lanka, H.E. Khaled Nasser Sulaiman AlAmeri, paid a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), at the Ministry of Defence today (13 Aug). During the cordial discussions, both sides explored avenues to further strengthen bilateral […]

National Development Bank PLC In its continued efforts to deliver excellence and sophistication in customer experience, NDB Bank recently hosted an exclusive engagement event for its Privilege clientele of Havelock Town Branch, coinciding with the opening of the newly refurbished NDB Privilege Centre at the Havelock Town Branch. The event marked yet another milestone in […]

By Jehan Hameed Courtesy FT.lk This article is written in response to the following: https://www.ft.lk/opinion/Defence-Ministry-has-its-say-over-remanding-of-former-Navy-Commander-Ulugetenne/14-779939 https://www.ft.lk/opinion/Letter-of-concern-to-Defence-Secretary-over-arrest-of-former-Navy-Chief/14-779697 The Defence Ministry’s statement on the arrest of former Navy Commander Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne reduces a serious constitutional and security matter to a public relations slogan The law applies equally to all.” That is not a legal conclusion, in […]

National Development Bank PLC NDB Bank, in collaboration with News 1st, continues its proud tradition of honouring the achievements of Sri Lankan women through the Sri Lanka Vanithabhimana programme, a platform that recognises and celebrates outstanding contributions made by women to the nation’s society, economy, and culture. As Season 5 of this landmark initiative nears […]

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