By Rohana R. Wasala We survived Pharaoh, we’ll get through this too. Just over two weeks ago, Israelis commemorated the second anniversary of the horrific October 7 terror attacks carried out by Hamas in Southern Israel. During the raid, the Islamists massacred in cold blood about 1200 men, women and children including babies, and took […]

Justice for Animals and Nature Sri Lanka exists in the stone age, metaphorically speaking, when it comes to recognition of the Rights of Animals and Nature.  The Justice for Animals and Nature was established in Sri Lanka for that purpose. To canvas public support for the Rights of Animals and Nature through legislative reform and […]

National Development Bank PLC Twenty-four staff members from NDB Bank participated in a meaningful volunteer initiative on 10 October 2025 at the Anawilundawa Wetland Sanctuary, a vital Ramsar site in Sri Lanka. The programme was conducted under the Life of Our Mangrove project, in collaboration with Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL) and The Wildlife & Nature […]

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KAMALIKA PIERIS Money was  an important factor in the VFS Global visa service launched  at Katunayake in April 2024. Firstly,  there was the money that the Consortium was supposed to bring into the project. The Parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (COPF) said in its report on the visa matter, thatCabinet Memorandum dated September 8, 2023, […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS In July 2024 the Parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (COPF)   was asked to  look into the GBS-IVS-VFS  matter . COPF  conducted a formal, detailed  inquiry into  the appointment of the  VSF Global Consortium as the authorized representatives for online visa applications to Sri Lanka COPF issued a damning 640-page report titled Outsourcing Online […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ ඔන්න පහුදිය දවසක මම ගියා දේශනයක් අහන්න. මහා තර්ක විතර්ක ගොඩක්. මිනිස්සුන්ට ලංකාවේ ඕනෑම  තැනක ජීවත් වෙන්න පුලුවන්ලූ. හැබැයි, එතකොට උතුරේ පරම්පරා ගානක් හිටපු සිංහලයෝ උතුරට ආපසු යන්නේ නැද්ද කියලා ඇහුවහම හ්ම් නැහැ. ලබන සතියේ තවක් රැස්වීමක්‌.  බලමු එදාට මොකක්ද මේ අය  කියන්නේ කියා. අවම තරමින් 25% කට පමණ වූ භුමි ප්‍රදේශයක්  මේ […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්       යාපන දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ එකම සිංහල ගම්මානය පිහිටා තිබෙන චාවකච්චරි ප්‍රා දේශීය සභාව විසින් අරුම පුදුම නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කර තිබේ.නාවක්කුලි හි  දුම්රිය ස්ථානයට යාබදව පවත්වාගෙන යනු ලබන සමිද්ධි සුමන විහාරස්ථානයේ පිහිටුවා තිබෙන වන්දනා කරුවන්ට තිබෙන විශ්‍රාම ශාලා පහසුකම් වහාම නවතා දමන ලෙසටත් එසේ නොකළහොත් නඩු පවරන බවටත් මේ නිවේදනයේ කියා තිබේ.මේ පිළීබඳව පුවත් පත් […]

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By A. Jathindra, Courtesy Eurasia Review Fresh tenders are expected to be called for the two renewable energy projects that were previously offered to India’s Adani Group. In the Sri Lankan context, it is not surprising that projects with Indian funding in the north-east often face opposition under the banner of environmental concerns, while Chinese investments rarely encounter […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka’s export engine continued to gather pace this year with steady growth delivered across both goods and services. Provisional data released by the Export Development Board (EDB) showed that total export earnings climbed to US$ 12. 98 billion in the first nine months of 2025, which is a 7 percent […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Oct. 24 (Daily Mirror) – The government has launched a programme to regulate wayside eateries that cater to passengers on long distance buses, Deputy Minister of Transport and High Ways Prasanna Gunasena said today. He told Parliament that the programme was first introduced in the Puttalam corridor from Colombo to […]

Translated by ChatGPT based on Hiru News Report The Chairman of the China–Korea Buddhist Association is Venerable Yeong Dam Lim. He is a monk with strong international connections, and the Korean government holds him in very high regard. To describe how influential he is — when Namal visited the temple, even the Deputy Speaker of […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka must ponder: living privately is one thing; legalizing confusion and unnatural sexual behavior is another. Civilization has been built on the natural order of man and woman, family, and procreation. Religions, laws, and cultural norms across time have consistently condemned acts that undermine this foundation. Societies endure and prosper when […]

RANJITH SOYSA Vijitha Herat the Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that Sri Lanka did not attempt to join a losing race when he and the government decided to let the UNHRC to adopt the proposal A/HRC/60/21/2025 against Sri Lanka. He also added that they wanted to save funds by not getting involved in canvassing support […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඇමති ආනන්ද විජේපාල මහතාගේ අතීතය සහ පොලිස් සේවයෙන් නෙරපීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී චාමර සම්පත් දසනායක මහතා විසින් ප්‍රකාශයක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී සිදු කර තිබේ. ඇමති විජේපාල මහතා ලසන්ත වික්‍රමසේකර නොහොත් ‘ලසා’ගේ ඝාතනය පාතාල ක්‍රියාවක් ලෙස කෙලින්ම හුවා දැක්වූ බව මන්ත්‍රී දසනායක මහතා සඳහන් කළේය. එසේ යටගිය දවස ගැන කතා කරනවා නම්, ඇමති […]

Courtesy The Financial Express he Sri Lanka Golden Visa allows foreigners to live, invest, and study in the country with residency options up to 10 years under the Investor Visa Program. All foreign nationals, including their spouse and dependents of the main applicant, are eligible for the residence visa under the Individual Investor Category. The […]

Major Gen. Dr. Boniface Perera & Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge  Sri Lankan armed forces veterans participated in a lengthy and intense conflict known as the Eelam War, culminating in a significant victory in 2009. Despite this achievement, many veterans emerged from the conflict with lasting physical injuries that continue to affect their lives long after […]

Justice for Animals and Nature  In a Monumental Judgment covering the lives of animals in captivity i.e., Zoo, the Islamabad High Court also addressed the imprisonment and suffering of Kaavan the Sri Lanka born Elephant in the Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad, Pakistan.  It is a 67 page comprehensive judgment.  The Judgment was delivered by the […]

Sophia Boddenberg, Courtesy Counterpunch The Galápagos Islands harbor some of the most unique ecosystems on the planet. Their isolated location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has allowed species to evolve independently from their relatives on the mainland over millions of years. Creatures such as Darwin’s finches, giant tortoises, and marine iguanas are found […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ ගුණදායක කෑම, දිනපතා ව්‍යායාම, නිදහස් මනස, පිරිසිඳු වතුර, තරබාරුකම පාලනය; මේ වගේ දේවලින් බොහෝ ලෙඩ දුක් අපෙන් ඉවත් කර තබා ගන්න පුළුවන් – හර්ද, පිළිකා, දියවැඩියා, වකුගඩු, අංශබාග වැනි රෝගී තත්ත්ව. ඇවිදීම, යොගා, පිහිනීම, විවිධ ව්‍යායාම, බය්සිකල් පැදීම, සෙමින් දිවීම ඉතා හොඳ  ව්‍යායාම වර්ග වේ. නිරොගීව, ක්‍රියාශීලීව දිගු කලක් ජීවත්වෙන්න පුළුවන් වේවි.    නිරතුරුව […]

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Shenali D Waduge The recent arrest and bail of former Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara has renewed attention on allegations of a foreign employment network funneling Sri Lankan citizens to Israel under questionable circumstances. At the center of the controversy is Saman Priyantha, a private employment agent reportedly offering job placements in Israel. Multiple complaints filed with the Urugasmanna Junction Police allege that […]

e-Con e-News eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 12-18 October 2025 The English left time bombs in South Asia…– Zhou Enlai, Premier of China, 1949-76 ‘In Muhamalai, once one of the world’s densest minefields,decades of clearance are allowing people, once displaced by the war, to finally come back home.’ – 22 […]

Courtesy :  AI Overview Question Has the invention of the ‘Player Referral’ system by a Sri Lankan lawyer, which is now being used in Cricket (DRS) and four other major world sports, Soccer, Tennis, Rugger, Badminton and spreading rapidly to other sports, enhanced the reputation of both Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka’s legal fraternity for […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror any critics argued that the Minister made a big blunder by attending a forum in which the working language was English and messed it up Members of the opposition political parties, both minority and majority,  have been making fun out a mispronunciation of two English words by a prominent Cabinet Member […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Oct. 19 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organizer and Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has announced that a police report will be mandatory for anyone seeking party nominations in the upcoming elections, to verify whether candidates have any involvement in drug-related or organized crime activities. Speaking on the […]

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