Shenali D Waduge When a government official puts pen to paper on official letterhead, it is no small matter. Words have meaning. Subject headings have meaning. Endorsements have meaning. A signed letter cannot be swept aside with excuses on camera. On 9 September 2025, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), Buddhika Hewawasam, issued an […]

By Rohana R. Wasala An exclusive Sinhala language BREAKINGNEWS episode on a suspicious, so-called ‘truth connect tv’ youtube video (uploaded September 22, 2025) announces that the United Nations Organization recommends the appointment of a Truth Commission to re-establish the Sihela identity”. I remember seeing almost the same video with slightly different lay persons speaking in […]

BY J.A.A.S. Ranasinghe In today’s rapidly evolving world of construction and manufacturing, the welding industry stands tall as the foundation of countless projects. With its essential role in joining metal components, welding has become an indispensable tool of modern technology.  Welding is essential in creating structures that can withstand immense pressure, heat, and various environmental conditions. […]

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Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), graced the inauguration of the 18th International Research Conference (IRC) of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) as the chief guest, today (30 September). This year’s IRC, held under the theme Bridging Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Progress”, convened […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lankan students will soon gain free access to Google’s Gemini Advanced research tools and a suite of digital resources, following months of collaboration between the government and tech giant, the Digital Economy Ministry announced yesterday. The update was delivered at National AI Expo 2025 in Colombo by Digital Economy Deputy […]

Courtesy EUReporter Signup to our weekly newsletter to receive exclusive interviews, articles & videos. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. You can unsubscribe at any time. A new JRC study reveals cases of fraud and non-compliance with the food safety legislation in […]

Courtesy BSS News COLOMBO, Sept 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Sri Lanka’s inflation rose to its highest level in 14 months in September due to higher costs for food, health and education, the country’s statistics office said Tuesday. Year-on-year inflation was 1.5 percent, up from 1.2 percent in August and compared with a deflation of 0.5 percent a year […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Chief Prelates of all three Buddhist Chapters emphasized that proposed amendments to the Penal Code introducing an offence for corporal punishment, as well as government initiatives to promote tourism through LGBTQ-related activities, could undermine cultural values and give rise to serious social catastrophes. These observations have been made in a joint letter […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් සමාජ පරිහානියට හේතුවන අදූරදර්ශි නීති හඳුන්වාදීම හා සදාචාර විරෝධී සමලිංගික චර්යාවන් ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීමට රාජ්‍ය යාන්ත්‍රණය කටයුතු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් විරෝධය දක්වා ත්‍රෛනිකායික මහානායක ස්වාමීන්වහන්සේලා ජනපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා වෙත ලිපියක් යොමුකර තිබේ. රටක සංස්කෘතික අනන්‍යතාවන්, ඓතිහාසික උරුමය මෙන්ම චිරාගත සද්චාරිත්‍රයන් නොසලකා පටු අත්තනෝමතීන් හා අන්ධානුකරණයන් මත පදනම්ව රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලනයෙහිලා යමෙක් උත්සාහ […]

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Shenali Waduge This Bill is not simply about banning corporal punishment — it is about social engineering.  By stripping away parental and teacher authority, it manufactures a generation of children who are: Big Picture Warning:This Bill is not about child protection. It is about child exploitation — creating a narcissistic, unruly generation that can be turned against its own […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre It has been reported that an illegal explosive called “Cheena Patas” is being produced in some parts of the island using raw materials and other chemicals issued for the firecracker and fireworks industry. Information has also been received that another illegal explosive called “Hakka Patas” is being manufactured using […]

Rohan Abeygunawardena •             Storyline September 1966 was significant for Sinhala cinema. It featured the story of a young man who loved women, wine, and music. His name was Bonnie Mahattaya.” He was the only child of an aristocratic landowning family from Welhene, a beautiful, remote village. He lost his parents at a very young age […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The 81st Anniversary Celebration of the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Association (SLESA) was held yesterday (28 September) at the Grand Maitland Reception Hall in Colombo, with the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), attending as the Chief Guest. The Defence Secretary and other distinguished guests were warmly welcomed […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක, උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා විසින් ජාතික ජන බලවේගයට විරුද්ධව අල්ලස් හෝ දූෂණ චෝදනා විමර්ශන කොමිෂන් සභාවට පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කලේය. මෙම පැමිණිල්ල අද (29) දින පෙරවරුවේ ගොනු කෙරිණි. මෙම පැමිණිල්ලට හේතු වී ඇත්තේ ආණ්ඩුවේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් විසින් තම මාසික වැටුප පක්ෂයේ අරමුදලට බැර කර, දේශපාලන කටයුතු සඳහා යොදා […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් කිසි දවසක බස් රථයක ගමන් කර නැති අයෙකු නිල්පාට බස් රථයේ යැවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් තමන්ට විශාල සතුටක් දැනුණු බව ජපානයේ වෙසෙන ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයෙක් ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතා සහභාගි වූ ජන හමුවකදී සඳහන් කළේය. එදින තමන්ට ඇතිවූ සන්තෝසයට තමන් වයින් බෝතලයක් තනියම පානය කළ බවද හෙතෙම සඳහන් කළේය. ජපන් රජයේ ආරාධනාවකට අනුව […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror In a bizarre statement, Industries Minister Sunil Handunnetti said yesterday that Sri Lanka had ‘won the Nobel Prize for tea’ after entering the Guinness World Records for producing the world’s most expensive tea. Addressing the media, Handunnetti who seemed unaware of what a Nobel prize meant said this was a proud […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Sep 29 (Daily Mirror)- Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, shocked the Catholic community in Sri Lanka over the weekend with the revelation of an unusual and controversial incident involving a same-sex wedding conducted in a church. Speaking during a church service on Sunday, Cardinal Ranjith disclosed that […]

Courtesy Adaderana While 5 percent GDP growth in 2024 exceeded expectations, Sri Lanka’s investment climate remains challenging, according to the US Statement Department. While the sweeping electoral victories of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the National People’s Power (NPP) parliamentary coalition in late 2024 have provided political stability, in the 2025 Investment Climate Statement on […]

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e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 21-27 September 2025 England’s Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) this week sold certain retail ‘assets’ in Sri Lanka to the Nations Trust Bank (NTB) for Rs18billion – so, the merchant media tells us. HSBC claims this ‘exit from retail is […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. A letter addressed to the DGM of the Bribery or Corruption Commission, Mr. Ranga Dissanayaka (RD), is copied below. Written in August, I let it simmer out of my respect for his desire to do a superb service for his motherland, Sri Lanka. However, two recent events, (1) comments by a […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ රටක නායකයා  විය යුත්තේ හොඳට දුක් විඳලා, ‘කට්ට කාලා’, මහා පොලවේ හොඳට අඩිය තබලා හිටිය කෙනෙක් (ස්වයං රැකියාවල යෙදුනු අය වගේ අය ඉතා හොඳයි). ඒ අයට පොදු ජනතාවගේ ප්‍රශ්ණ තේරෙනවා, මොකද, ඒ අයත් ඒ දුක විඳලා තියෙන නිසා. පුංචි දෙයක් උනත් අස්සක් මුල්ලක් නෑර බලා, ප්‍රශ්නවල මුලටම ගොස් සොයා, විසඳපු, පොඩි කාලේ හොඳට […]

Shenali D Waduge The Penal Code (Amendment) Bill No. 33 of 2025, recently passed by the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Governance, Justice and Civil Protection—chaired by Hon. Dr. Najith Indika and including members Mujibur Rahman, M.K.M. Aslam, Sellaththamby Thilaganathan, Attorney-at-Law Thushari Jayasingha, Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara, Hon. Ajith P. Perera, Attorney-at-Law (Mrs.) Chamindranee Kiriella, Attorney-at-Law Chithral Fernando, and […]

Shenali Waduge Straight Pride: 99% Natural. 100% Human — 8 Billion Strong Say it with pride: I am straight. I am natural. I am proud. Preamble Across the world, the 99% biological majority — men, women, mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters — are being pressured to accept minority sexual ideologies as rights.” Straight Pride is a […]

wocomoTRAVEL Bradley Mayhew continues his journey into Afghanistan, where difficult terrain lies ahead. He first reaches the city of Herat before traveling on to the ancient city of Balkh. This historic place is said to be where Zarathustra first worshipped fire, where Alexander the Great founded his first city in this part of Asia, and […]