Shenali D Waduge It cannot be emphasized enough for people to know not only their national past, but also global history. Only then can they understand current developments and visualize the future. It is precisely the failure to confront history and its bitter truths that allows social media platforms and their hired influencers to mislead societies toward […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ කෙසෙල් වගා කරන්න කියා සෝමාවතිය මහා වනයේ අක්කර දහස් ගානක තට්ටේ ගෑවාලු, පස්සේ කරන්න බැරිවෙලා හකුලාගෙන ගිහිල්ලා. හැබැයි විනාශය කරලා ඉවර උනාට පස්සේ. රටේ ප්‍රසිද්ධ අය සම්බන්ධ වෙලා තියෙනවා වැඩේට. වනයක් මැදින් රථ වාහන යන ප්‍රධාන පාරක් (බස් පවා යන) කපනවා කියන්නේ යම් දිනක ඒ වනයේ අවසානයයි. විල්පත්තුවෙත්, යාලේත් පවා මේ දේවල් පසුගිය […]

Nava Thakuria The heartbroken news surfaced from Singapore in multiple media outlets, which shocked the people of Assam in grief, but also in instant outrage among the young generation, who were born in eastern India and brought up with the melodious voice of iconic singer Zubeen Garg. The sadness and melancholy soon turned into outrages […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රජයේ අමාත්‍යවරයෙකු විසින් ගොඩනැගිල්ලක් නීති විරෝධී ලෙස අත්පත් කර ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් නඩු විභාගය පැවැත්වූ අධිකරණ විනිසුරුවන් දෙදෙනෙකුට ස්ථාන මාරුවීම් ලබා දී ඇති බව සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී මුජිබර් රහුමාන් මහතා අද (24) පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී අනාවරණය කළේය. මෙම අමාත්‍යවරයාව අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමට ගල්කිස්ස මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරිය විසින් දෙවරක්ම නියෝග කර තිබුණද පොලීසිය එම නියෝග […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has been ranked the number one destination to visit in the month of October by global travel magazine Time Out which released its annual list of the world’s top travel spots for the month. Sri Lanka’s warm tropical climate, rich cultural heritage and natural landscapes have contributed to it being named […]

Courtesy Adaderana (UPDATED: 1.09 a.m.) – The death toll from the cable car accident at the Na Uyana Monastery (Nā Uyana Āranya Senāsanaya) at Pansiyagama in Melsiripura has increased to seven Buddhist monks.  At least two of the deceased monks are foreign nationals, and their bodies have been placed at the Gokarella District Hospital. The bodies […]

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Shenali D Waduge There is an overwhelming amount of information on social media about Israel and Palestine—stories, theories, and opinions that often confuse rather than clarify. Many keyboard campaigners spreading these narratives do not even know where Israel, Palestine, or the Gaza Strip is on a map—and some may struggle to locate their own countries. […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්                   එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂයේ සංවත්සරය දිනයේ රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ හිටපු ජනාධිපති තුමා කළ ප්‍රකාශය මෙම මාතෘකාවට අදාළ වෙයි.සමාජයේ ඕනෑම අයෙකුට හරි හම්බ කර ගැනීමට එජාප රජයක් යටතේ විවෘත ආර්ථික ක්‍රමය ඇති කළ බවද වසන්ත සමරසිංහ අමාත්‍යවරයා පොහොසතෙකු බවට පත්ව තිබෙන්නේ ඒ බල මහිමයෙන් යැයි එහිදී අවධාරණය විය.අමාත්‍යවරයාගේ වත්කම් ප්‍රකාශ ගෙන බලනකල්හි  නම් එම ප්‍රකාශය […]

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By Janaka Perera (former Lake House Editorial Staffer) On September 25th 1959 Lankadeepa Journalist Ratnapala Vithana reported for duty at the paper’s editorial office, then owned by the old Times of Ceylon Group and located at the Times Building, Fort. The Chief Editor was Renowned Journalist D.B. Dhanapala. As Ratnapala was entering the lift to […]

National Development Bank PLC National Development Bank PLC (NDB) has introduced a specialised Tourism Sector Auto Loan Scheme, designed to support the revival and growth of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry by facilitating access to affordable transport solutions. This initiative underscores NDB’s continued commitment to strengthening vital industries that contribute significantly to the national economy. The […]

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by Rathindra Kuruwita (The Diplomat) 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 […]

By Deepanshu Mohan Courtesy The Diplomat Deadly protests by youths in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal show how lack of attention to inclusive development can fuel public anger. In the tenuous history of Nepal’s still-emerging democracy, September 8, 2025, the first time young demonstrators broke into the prime minister’s official home in Baluwatar, will be a red-letter date. […]

Courtesy The Japan Times Smoke billows from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, which had been burning for eleven consecutive days, while vessels try to extinguish the fire in the sea off Sri Lanka’s Colombo Harbor on May 30, 2021. | SRI LANKA AIR FORCE / via AFP-JIJI By Martin ABBUGAO and Amal JAYASINGHEAFP-JIJI  SHARE/SAVE Sep 23, 2025 Listen […]

Courtesy CNA NEW DELHI :Sri Lanka has no immediate plans to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from India, as the required infrastructure including storage facilities is yet to be built, the country’s energy minister said on Tuesday. India announced last year it would supply LNG to Sri Lanka’s power plants and work on cross-border energy […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s export sector has continued to demonstrate resilience and steady growth during the first eight months of 2025, recording total earnings of US$ 11,554.32 million.  This reflects a strong 6.61% increase compared to the corresponding period in 2024, the Export Development Board (EDB) said in its latest report. In August 2025 alone, […]

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e-Con e-News from Kolamba to Dhaka, Kathmandu to Djakarta blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ Welcome to the 7th Anniversary of ee e-Con e-News 14-20 September 2025 A Goldman Sachs banker & US economic advisor to their war on Afghanistan,Kristal Daniel Katz has been made the IMF’s 1st Deputy Managing Director. Katz is […]

Shenali D Waduge Buddhism entered the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent (today’s Pakistan) around the 3rd century BCE through Emperor Ashoka’s patronage after the Kalinga War with Gandhara (present-day Peshawar Valley and Taxila region) and Sindhu (Sindh) becoming major centers of Buddhist culture that prevailed for over 1200 years running parallel to Afghanistan’s Buddhist era. Ancient Buddhist […]

By Sanjeewa Jayaweera, Courtesy The Island The eagerly awaited Performance Report of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) for 2024 has recently been published. It offers some context regarding the IRD’s tax collections. There is room for wider disclosure that would improve transparency. The timeliness of the report’s release could also be considerably enhanced. After all, […]

Dr. Gamini Goonetilleke, & Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge The prolonged armed conflict in Sri Lanka, which lasted three decades, has left a devastating legacy of landmines that have caused severe physical injuries among combatants, Tamil Tigers, aka LTTE guerrillas, and civilians. The occurrence of landmine injuries during the Sri Lankan conflict was alarmingly high. As […]

The Pathfinder Foundation The Pathfinder Foundation held its inaugural policy dialogue with the Chintan Research Foundation (CRF) of India at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo. The discussion centred on the theme Strengthening Economic and Strategic Partnerships for Shared Growth”. It assembled an impressive gathering of industry experts, scholars, civil society organisation representatives, and key […]

National Development Bank PLC NDB Bank recently entered into a strategic partnership with Ideal Motors (Pvt) Ltd., the official distributor for Mahindra vehicles in Sri Lanka, through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. This collaboration marks a significant step in providing affordable and accessible financing solutions for both individual customers and SMEs Through this […]

September 22, 2025 at 2:10 pm | Lanka C News Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya, Attorney-at-Law Udaya Gammanpila, expressed these views at a press conference. He said that with the passing of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 9 of 2023 and the decision to make information in asset declarations public, the present government has run […]