Shenali D Waduge Since 2009, the UNHRC has overstepped its mandate, pushing demands that strip Sri Lanka of sovereignty — imposing foreign-run courts, forcing constitutional changes, and erasing LTTE crimes. These are political agendas, not human rights. Sri Lanka has also faced externally funded regime change. Nepal shows where this path leads: elected rule replaced […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Answer  — the proposed Sethusamudram / Sethudundaram project (a shipping canal or bridge between India and Sri Lanka through the Palk Strait) would have far-reaching implications for Sri Lanka. Let’s break them down into political, geographical/environmental, and financial/economic aspect 1. Political Implications • Strategic Balance in the Region • India’s construction of […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මිද්දෙණිය තෝරයාය ප්‍රදේශයේ ඉඩමක වළ දමා තිබියදී ගොඩ ගන්නා ලද රසායන ද්‍රව්‍ය තොගයේ සාම්පල බහුතරයක මෙතෆෙටමින් අඩංගු බව අනාවරණය වී ඇත. ඒ බව එහි සාම්පල ජාතික අන්තරායකර ඖෂධ පාලක මණ්ඩලය විසින් සිදු කරන ලද පරීක්‍ෂණ වාර්තාවේ සදහන්ය. අදාල වාර්තාව මේ වනවිට බස්නාහිර පළාත් උතුර අපරාධ කොට්ඨාසයට භාර දී ඇත. 2008 […]

Courtesy News.LK The Colombo Robotics Meetup 2025” programme, organized collaboratively by the National Initiative for Research and Development Commercialisation (NIRDC), Sri Lanka Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA), National Enterprise Development Authority (NEDA) and Export Development Board (EDB) in partnership with NSBM Green University, was successfully held yesterday (12) at the NSBM Green University premises. […]

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by Garvin Karunaratne The various countries in the World, both in the Developed and Under-developed areas are in utter chaos, with citizens moving en masse from the under developed countries to the developed world -North America and the European countries. One route is via North Africa and Italy to the European countries and Italy is […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ නුවරට කෝච්චියේ යනවිට අම්මා සමඟ ගමන් කල අවුරුදු 12ක පමණ හුරුබුහුටි පිරිමි ළමයෙක් ගෙදරින් ගෙනා විවිධ කෑම ජාති  කා ඒවා ඔතා ගෙන ආ සෑම කොලයක්ම, අත පිසින කොළ, හිස් බීම බෝතල, ප්ලාස්ටික් බෑග්,  පොලිතීන් ෂීට්, බට  පවා,  ජනේලයෙන් එලියට විසි කලේ එළිය කුණු පෙට්ටියක් කියා හිතා ගෙන වගේ. අම්මයි, පුතයි හරි හරියට මේ […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna IMAGE BY army.lk: Kokavil Memorial Site – Final Stand of Capt. Saliya Aladeniya (1990) Don’t worry sir, I will fight till I die.” These immortal words echo from this ground, where Capt. Aladeniya chose courage over retreat, defending his wounded comrades until the end. This site stands as a living tribute to […]

By: Dr. Sarath Obeysekera India has long been a dominant regional power in South Asia, using its economic, cultural and security influence to shape the policies of its smaller neighbors. Over the last decade, New Delhi has intensified its engagement with Sri Lanka through a combination of trade, investment, defence cooperation and people-to-people links. While […]

 By Palitha Ariiyarathna Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.” — Buddha 🇳🇵 To the people of Nepal and beyond: Let us not be swayed by doctrines that promise salvation through division, nor by ideologies—Eastern or Western—that glorify destruction in the name of freedom. History has shown us that when belief becomes blind, it breeds […]

Dr sarath obeysekera ( Ex CEO Colombo Dockyard pvt ltd )  Answer You’re asking whether China could object, from a legal or diplomatic standpoint, if India’s state-owned shipyard (Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd, MDL) takes over Colombo Dockyard in Sri Lanka—especially given Mazagon’s status as a premier Indian defence contractor. The short answer is:  Yes, China […]

by Palitha Ariyarathna ”We are not here to retaliate with violation, but to rise with reason. The strength of Sinhala Buddhists lies not in vengeance, but in the wisdom of Dhamma, law and the dignity of heritage.” — Palitha Ariyarathna ”When a doctrine teaches sons to forsake their fathers, and subjects to bow before foreign relics instead of their […]

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Sri Lanka Sovereignty Forum SLSF  The international community in particular Nations across Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Europe and even Asia Pacific may not be aware that Sri Lanka listened to the international solutions: Peace Talks & Negotiations – some even held in foreign shores Cease Fires Peace Accord with India in 1987 Sri Lanka […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Exercise Pacific Angel 2025” which commenced on Monday (Sep 08) came to a successful conclusion yesterday (12). The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka, together with the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and the Ministry of Defence, marked the conclusion of Exercise Pacific Angel 2025 at a closing ceremony […]

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උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා වෙනුවෙන්, නීතිඥ සංඛ කරුණාරත්න විසින් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී සුනිල් වටගල මහතාට එරෙහිව රුපියල් බිලියනයක වන්දියක් ඉල්ලා එන්තරවාසියක් යවා ඇත. මෙම එන්තරවාසිය යවා ඇත්තේ 2025 සැප්තැම්බර් 10 වැනි දිනයි. මෙම නීතිමය ක්‍රියාමාර්ග සඳහා හේතු වී ඇත්තේ 2025 සැප්තැම්බර් 6 වැනි දින හෝ ඊට ආසන්න දිනයක හෝමාගම ප්‍රදේශයේ පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී […]

Shekhar Gupta Courtesy The Print To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions. Heart of a functional state is law and order. Functional is the key word here. What collapse in Kathmandu with just one push underlines […]

BY HUZEFA ALIASGER  Courtesy The Daily Mirror As many as 42 per cent of all employed Sri Lankans in the public and private sectors have educational qualification levels only up to grade 10, and only 26.7 per cent of people have qualifications above Advanced Levels, according to the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS). This […]

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Shenali D Waduge Nepal’s unrest has exposed the mask of youthful heroism. Each day, footage exposes looting, vandalism, and arson. The very youth who claim to rally for anti-corruption” cannot even control the chaos they unleash. Yet, they stand on podiums declaring themselves champions of the people, blind to the truth that their own hands […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Globally, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to business self-regulation with the aim of being socially accountable.” From a broader perspective this definition includes improving working conditions, reducing carbon footprints, participating in Fairtrade, and many more actions. On its most basic level, CSR is a manifestation of a business’ recognition of a duty to […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Speaking at the 60th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 8, 2025, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, made an unequivocal pledge on behalf of his country, ‘to advance the rights and well-being of all Sri Lankans through our own […]

Asoka Bandarage    Please join us online to welcome Dr Asoka Bandarage who will be giving a public talk on Wednesday 17th September at 6.30pm UK time. Existential Crisis, Mindfulness and the Middle Path to Social Actionby Asoka Bandarage Dr Bandarage will deliver a public lecture for The Buddhist Society on Wednesday 17th September 6:30pm […]

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BY Ruwan Laknath Jayakody, Courtesy The Morning A Government-wide strategy should be formulated to foster the social inclusion of gypsy children, whose ethnicity is a protected trait, in sectors such as education, healthcare, and social services.  These recommendations were made in ‘A comprehensive study on the discontinuity of the primary school education of children in […]

Courtesy The Morning China has agreed to provide all school uniform materials required for 2026 as a grant, benefiting over 4.4 million students in government and government-aided schools. The agreement was exchanged between Education Ministry officials and the Chinese Ambassador at a ceremony in Colombo.

Courtesy The Morning The Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF), MP Harsha de Silva, has questioned the independence of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), citing its lack of financial autonomy.  Speaking at a CoPF meeting, Harsha de Silva argued that an institution cannot be truly independent without control […]