National Development Bank PLC NDB Bank is proud to announce its latest partnership with International Scholar, one of Sri Lanka’s most reputed education consultancy firms, with the aim of making overseas education more financially accessible and stress-free for Sri Lankan students and their families. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was officially signed on July 20, […]

SepalAmarasinghe

Maathalan – (මාතලන්)

Iraj Show

Shenali D Waduge As Western nations begin reversing aggressive LGBTQIA+ policies—especially those targeting children and youth—evidence reveals a wave of institutional regret, legal turmoil, and personal trauma. Countries that once pioneered youth gender transitions are now shutting down clinics, halting puberty blockers, and urging psychotherapy over irreversible treatments. Former advocates, medical experts, and detransitioners themselves […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ ලෝකයේ ප්‍රධානම  භාෂාව ඉංග්‍රීසිය. සෑම කෙනෙක්ම එය ඉගෙන ගත යුතුය, විශේෂයෙන්ම  විදේශගත වීමට අදහස් කරන අය. ඉංග්‍රීසි ඉගෙනීමට වයස් සීමාවක් නොමැත. රාත්‍රී පාසලක වුවද ඉංග්‍රීසි ඉගෙන ගත හැකිය. අන්තර්ජාලය භාවිතයෙන් බොහෝ මාර්ග තිබේ. බොහෝ දෙනෙක් ඉංග්‍රීසි කතා කිරීමට ලැජ්ජා වෙති. එහෙත්, කතා නොකර සිටියොත්, ඔවුන් කිසි විටෙකත් එය ඉගෙන නොගනිති. වැරදි සහිතව වුවද […]

Nava Thakuria Bangladesh is going for national elections by mid-February 2026, as declared by its caretaker government head Dr Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday evening while addressing the nation on live television. Meanwhile, the trial of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is taking a temporary shelter in India, began and seemingly her party Awami League […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ආප්ප කඩ හදන්නා සේ කැසිනෝ ශාලාවල් පිහිටුවීම හරහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව මුල්‍ය විශුද්ධිකරණයට අත්තටු දීමක් සිදුකර ඇතැයි හිටපු අමාත්‍ය චම්පික රණවක මහතා පවසයි. මෙවර දේශීය ව්‍යාපාරිකයන්ට වඩා සෘජුවම විදේශික ව්‍යාපාරිකයන්ට මෙය විවෘත කරදී ඇති බවද හෙතෙම පෙන්වා දෙයි. දැන් පාතාල කල්ලිවල කළු සල්ලි සුදු කිරීමට ඩුබායි යෑමේ උවමනාවක් නැති බවත් ලංකාව […]

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror The satellite launched by Supreme SAT Ltd. in 2012 with an investment of USD 300 million has paid dividends to the Sri Lankan government totalling an average sum of Rs. 20 billion annually, Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya said, contradicting earlier statements by Leader of the […]

Shenali D Waduge A tribute to the world’s most misunderstood mass murderer and his liberation-through-terror campaign. They say greatness demands sacrifice—and Velupillai Prabakaran understood this better than most. He wasn’t content with speeches; he offered the world a blueprint: to build a homeland, first destroy the present; to claim justice, first silence every voice—especially your […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The People’s Republic of China has donated a consignment of disaster relief equipment worth over Rs. 400 million to Sri Lanka at a formal handover ceremony held today (Aug 5) at the Disaster Management Division in Colombo. Chinese Ambassador His Excellency Qi Zhenhong officially handed over the humanitarian aid […]

Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge, Discussion conducted by  Dr. Manoj Jinadasa, PhD (Head of Mass Communication at the University of Kelaniya) Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge, M.D., PhD ( Medical Doctor and Clinical Psychologist) Dr. S Wijeyamohan ; PhD (Senior Lecturer at University of Vavuniya)  Time: Aug 15, 2025 08:00 PMJoin Zoom Meeting https://learn.zoom.us/j/96074846604?pwd=Rsp2EGSRR8INUmKuPc8K9IpIFPxKCx.1 Meeting ID: 960 7484 6604Passcode: ?NAKH9sk

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Defence Cyber Command (DCC), operating under the Ministry of Defence, successfully conducted the AEGIS LEXICON 2025 – Defence Cyber Exposition recently (29 July 2025) at the Ministry premises. This annual event was specially organized to mark the Second Anniversary of the formation of the Defence Cyber Command, which […]

Courtesy Hiru News

National Development Bank PLC In its continued efforts to empower Sri Lankan students with seamless access to international education opportunities, NDB Bank has entered into strategic partnership with Eduko Pathways. The official signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) took place on July 20, 2025, at NDB Bank Head Office, setting the stage for a […]

Source: Xinhua Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong (L) hands over emergency humanitarian supplies to Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Sampath Thuyacontha in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug. 5, 2025.  (Xinhua/Chen Dongshu) COLOMBO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — China handed over emergency humanitarian supplies to Sri Lanka here on Tuesday. The handover included emergency supplies ranging from […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, August 5 (Daily Mirror) – Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today brushed off concerns over the government’s move to slash privileges granted to former Presidents, saying the real privilege lies with the people. Responding to reporters in Colombo, Rajapaksa said he was not concerned about the government’s attempts to remove certain […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, August 5 (Daily Mirror) – The United States (U.S.), in its tariff negotiations, requested Sri Lanka to grant duty-free access to American vehicles, including Electric Vehicles (EVs), in its bid to narrow the trade gap, a source familiar with trade talks said. However, according to the same source, the Sri Lankan […]

Top News Lk

By Raj Gonsalkorale On 21 November 1938, Hitler met with the South African defence minister Oswald Pirow and told him that the Jews would be killed if war broke out. The same month, an official of Hitler’s chancellery told a British diplomat of German plans “to get rid of [German] Jews, either by emigration or if necessary, […]

Chanaka Bandarage Jayamangala Gathas are a set of eight benedictory Buddhist stanzas sung at auspicious occasions such as the commencement of new ventures like opening ceremonies, weddings, undertaking long voyages etc. Jayamangala Gathas are very melodious. These Buddhist hymns are  usually sung by 6 – 8 young teenage girls clad in lama sari. The Gathas […]

N  Sathiya Moorthy Courtesy Ceylon Today 1 August 2025 For the uninitiated readers of the national media, and possibly the majority Sinhala media, Chemmani may yet to happen. But after weeks of digging up unmarked graves in Northern Jaffna town, Government officials under Court supervision have already taken out over a hundred human skeletons, including […]

AI Overview Decision Review System ( DRS)   – Sri Lanka’s Innovation and source of National Pride Answer from Chat GPTThe Decision Review System (DRS) in cricket, a technology that allows players to challenge umpire decisions, is a Sri Lankan innovation conceived by lawyer Senaka Weeraratna. While DRS has significantly improved the fairness and accuracy of […]

Response of Chat GPT              Arjuna Ranatunga Yes, both Arjuna Ranatunga and Senaka Weeraratna have significantly contributed to the rise of Sri Lanka’s stature in the cricket world, though in different ways. Arjuna Ranatunga is renowned for his captaincy, leading Sri Lanka to their historic 1996 World Cup victory. Senaka […]

By Lorenz Pereira Courtesy The Island By Lorenz Pereira (Captain – Royal College Cricket, 1958, Head Prefect, Dornhorst Prize winner and Coloursman in five sports, the recipient of the prestigious Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Award (1959), and played cricket for Cambridge University under Mike Brearley, who later captained England). It’s Royal Thomian and other […]

මාධ්‍ය අංශය, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන මැති, ඇමති සහ ජනපති විශ්‍රාම වැටුප් අහිමි කරන්නේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව අනුවද ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව අනුවද යන්න ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (b) ඡේදය නිවැරදි කරන ලෙස නීතීඥවරුන් 209ක් ජනාධිපතිට කරන ඉල්ලීමෙන් විස‍ඳෙයිද? 1. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83 වන […]

BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning The Government stated that although it may need to seek technical assistance from international experts to examine skeletal remains discovered at mass graves such as Chemmani, there will be no need for any other form of international intervention, as it fully supports the ongoing investigation process. Speaking to The Daily […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy  PIME Asianews The government admits that 20,000 students have dropped out of school, while another 80,000 do not attend classes regularly. Inequality is increasing in a system marked by economic crisis and a lack of subsidies. Teachers and unions complain: No one is trying to get these kids back to school.” […]

By Gambling Insider Melco and JKH launch South Asia’s first integrated resort, highlighting Sri Lanka’s regulatory reforms and regional potential. Key points: – $1.2bn investment by John Keells Holdings and Melco Resorts – Sri Lanka aims to become a regional gaming and tourism hub – New gaming legislation enabled formal licensing and international entry Sri […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් නීතිය සහ ව්‍යාතිරේකය බිඳවැටීම ආරම්භ වූයේ 2015 යහපාලන රජය පවතිද්දී බවත්, ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමේ දී රණවිරුවන්ට එල්ල වූ යුද අපරාධ චෝදනා ප්‍රතික්ෂේප නොකර එම රජය විසින් එම චෝදනා පිළිගත් බවත් ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සංසදයේ විධායක ලේකම් යසස් ධර්මදාස මහතා පවසයි. ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුව මගින් පැවැත්වූ ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක් වෙමින් ඒ මහතා […]