Shenali D Waduge The Government of Sri Lanka’s recent announcement on granting voting rights to expats is a gamble with sovereignty. Handing the ballot to millions who neither live under Sri Lanka’s laws, nor share its daily burdens, nor pay its taxes, opens the door to forces that are already destabilizing the State from abroad. […]

venezuelanalysis.com Venezuelanalysis’ José Luis Granados Ceja joined Breakthrough News to take stock of the US’ military escalation against Venezuela. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has ramped up military threats against Venezuela under a purported fight against drug trafficking. Venezuelanalysis staff member José Luis Granados Ceja joined Eugene Puryear and Rania Khalek on Breakthrough News to discuss […]

Dr. Arun Kumar Goswami* Could the power changes in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal in 2022, 2024, and 2025 resemble the violent power shift at Plassey in 1757? The relevance of the question could be found in the argument of historian E. H. Carr, who describes history as “an endless dialogue between the present and […]

by I. Ahmad On Sunday the 7 September 2025, at Masjid Mahmood, kodambakkam, Chennai, District (Zilla) Ahmadiyya Elders Association (age above 40) Annual Gathering (Ijtima) was held and chaired by Mr. M. Thajudeen (Vice-President, Ahmadiyya Elders Association, India.. The day-long event included Sports Event as well. Masjid Mahmood was built in the year 1979. In […]

National Development Bank PLC Strengthening its commitment to sustainability and economic progress, NDB Bank, in collaboration with the Ministry of Industries, has introduced a special facility under the E-Friends II” Refinance Loan Scheme dedicated to promoting solar adoption among Sri Lankan entrepreneurs. This initiative is designed to make renewable energy more accessible and affordable, enabling […]

Nava Thakuria Some may say, it’s hoping against hope, but the people of Assam are expecting something positive, as the Supreme Court of India had recently agreed to hear a petition asking for a comprehensive and time-bound re-verification of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updated in Assam during 2014-2019. The apex court on 22 […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna Synopsis:  Foreign-funded NGOs are preparing to install multi-religious statues in two government hospitals in Kandy and Peradeniya. This article questions the legality, constitutional authority, and donor-driven influence behind such symbolic acts. It calls for public vigilance, legal review, and protection of the Buddha Sāsana under Article 9 of Sri Lanka’s Constitution. The core message: Sri Lanka’s public […]

Courtesy The Morning The Citizens Power against Bribery, Corruption, and Waste organisation has lodged a complaint with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), seeking an investigation into the assets of six Cabinet and Deputy Ministers in the current National People’s Power (NPP) Government. Speaking to The Daily Morning, President of the organisation […]

Courtesy Hiru News A complaint has been filed with the Election Commission against three Members of Parliament from the National People’s Power (NPP). The complaint alleges that the three MPs contested the last parliamentary election without properly obtaining leave or retiring from their public service positions. The three individuals are Senior Professor Sena Nanayakkara, Senior […]

Courtesy Hiru News President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says the government is recording a higher revenue this year than was anticipated in the budget. The President made the statement while speaking at the ceremony to resume the construction on the Kadawatha to Mirigama section of the Central Expressway. Dissanayake said that for the first time, the […]

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By Rohana R. Wasala  Don David Hewavitharne, who later became the famous Anagarika Dharmapala, was born in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on September 17, 1864. David Hewavitarne was at the beginning of Sri Lanka’s difficult transformation from a British monarchical colony to an independent sovereign republic in 1972. When the American theosophist, retired military […]

Shenali D Waduge The Yahapalana government, installed in 2015 after a US–India regime-change operation to remove Mahinda Rajapaksa, promised “good governance,” anti-corruption, and democracy. Instead, it systematically dismantled Sri Lanka’s post-war gains. Between 2015 and 2019, it undermined sovereignty, destabilized the economy, weakened national security, and enabled unprecedented foreign interference. This exposé consolidates the failures, […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Trincomalee has good strategic potential to develop construction & repair (shipyard / offshore fabrication / repair services). It already has a deep natural harbour, government and port-authority plans to industrialise the port, and fresh political interest (energy hub / bunkering / refinery plans) that will create local vessel traffic and project work. […]

lankacnews හිටපු පළාත් සභා මන්ත‍්‍රී වරුණ රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා විසින් ජනාධිපතිවරයාට අත්‍යවශ්‍ය, වැදගත් සහ බරපතල කාරණාවක් දැනුම් දීම අරමුණු කරගනිමින් අදහස් පළ කර ඇත. ජනාධිපතිවරයාට පුද්ගලිකව දැනුම් දීමට ක්‍රමයක් නොතිබුණු බවත්, දුරකථන අංක ක්‍රියාත්මක නොවූ බවත්, ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ විජිත හේරත් මහතාගේ දුරකථන අංකයද වැඩ නොකළ බවත් ඔහු සඳහන් කරයි. මෙම කාරණය කල් තැබීමට නොහැකි තරම් […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka expects Chinese state energy giant Sinopec to start work on a $3.7 billion refinery this year and is considering the company’s long-standing demand to sell more fuel locally, the energy minister said on Tuesday. The Sinopec refinery, approved in 2023, will have capacity to process 200,000 barrels of crude oil per […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ කුණු දමන පෙට්ටියක් හම්බුවෙන තෙක්  කිමි 2ක් තම බස් ටිකට් එක කමිසයේ උඩ සාක්කුවේ දමාගෙන  පයින් ගිය විශ්‍රාම ලත්  ඉස්කෝලේ මහත්තයෙක් හමු උනා. ඇහුවහම කිවුවා පාර අවට වෙන මොන කුණු කන්දරාවක් තිබුනත් තමන්ගේ කුණු (බස් ටිකට් එක) පාරේ විසිකරලා පරිසරය තවත් අපවිත්‍ර කරන්න හිත ඉඩ දුන්නෙම නැතිලු.  කොච්චර හොඳ මහත්මයෙක්ද? අපට 1948 නිදහස […]

Shenali D Waduge There is no perfect template for governance, yet when comparing the two great powers of our time, the contrast is undeniable. One — the United States — has long boasted of liberalism, freedoms, and human rights, presenting itself as the world’s moral compass. The other — China — has quietly implemented a […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com Before you study the economics, study the economists!” e-Con e-News 08-14 September 2025 The big lie, relentless and widespread, that the English & the US defeated Fascism in 1945 is meticulously unmasked by Roy Singham in this exclusive ee Focus. Singham dates the beginning of World War II to Japan’s invasion of […]

Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr.) Kings Grove Crescent . Ottawa . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada 15 September 2025 Mr. Volker TurkUN High Commissioner Human Rights (UNHRC)Palais Wilson52bRue des PaquisCH1 201, GenevaSwitzerland Dear High Commissioner Volker Turk:  Re: Your Report at Session 60:  UNHRC on protecting Tamil Asylum-seekers and Refugees from Sri Lanka. Before I deal […]

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කොලට් සේනානායක නාරද කරුණාතිලක අද (සැප්.13)ට 112 වැනි ගුණානුස්මරණය යෙදී ඇති වලිසිංහ හරිශ්චන්ද්‍ර මීගමුවේවිසූ ධනවත් ව්‍යාපාරිකයෙකුගේ පුතෙකි. ඒ කාලයේ ධනවතුන්ගේ දරුවන් ඉගෙනුම ලැබූකොළඹ වෙස්ලි විදුහලින් උගත් ඔහු නීති විද්‍යාලයට ඇතුළු වී සිටියදීධර්මපාලතුමාගේ දේශප්‍රේමී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයට දායක වූයේය. එතුමා ගැන ලිපියක්සපයන්නෙකු ‘සමාජ සේවයට ඉදිරිපත් වූ හරිශ්චන්ද්‍ර ආහාර හිගයෙන් හා මන්දපෝෂණයෙන් පීඩා වින්දේ ය’යි සඳහන් කිරීම එතුමාට […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera What can be done ? Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Chairman EDB Advisory Board to develop Marine and offshore Industry   1 Establish a National Blue Economy Authority (NBEA) • Why: Today, responsibilities are fragmented across Fisheries, Ports, Environment, Tourism, and Energy ministries. • Action: A single statutory body under the President or Prime Minister […]

CNN-News18 A group of military whistleblowers testified under oath that they’ve seen UFOs and that the US intelligence community has tried to cover it up. Three Navy and Air Force veterans testified Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill at the third congressional hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), the new term for UFOs, since 2023.

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රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ/ ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය වසර 11 කට පසුව පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත ඊලඟ පලාත් සභා ඡන්දය ඡන්දය, පැරණි සමානුපාතික ක්‍රමය යටතේ පැවැත්වීමට රජය සලකා බලමින් සිටින බව රජයේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨයෙකු ප්‍රකාශ කළ බව සති අන්ත පුවත්පතක් වාර්තා කර ඇත.  රජය සැබෑ ලෙසම පළාත් සභා ඡන්දය ‍සිය මැතිවරණ ප්‍රකාශනයේ සඳහන් කළ ආකාරයට මේ වසර […]