Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D., PhD  The emergence of Tamil militancy in Sri Lanka can be traced back to a complex interplay of historical, social, and political factors that have shaped the island’s ethnic landscape. It reflects a broader narrative of ethnic strife, where historical injustices and socio-political exclusion catalyzed a movement that sought to […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් පසුගිය 14 වනදා දේශප්‍රේමි ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය සහ ත්‍රෛනිකායික භික්‍ෂු පෙරමුණෙහි නායකත්වයෙන් බංග්ලාදේශයේ චිතගොංහි බෞද්ධ සහ හින්දු ජනතාවට එල්ල වන ම්ලේච්ඡ මුස්ලිම් අන්තවාදී ප්‍රහාරවලට එරෙහිව  ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වැඩ වාසය කරන බංග්ලාදේශ, මියන්මාර, තායිලන්ත සහ කාම්බෝජ ඇතුළු රටවල්වල භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලාගේ මූලිකත්වයෙන් කොළඹ 7 සම්බුද්ධත්ව මහා විහාරයේ සිට බංගලාදේශ මහකොමසාරිස් කාර්යාලය දක්වා සාමකාමී විරෝධතා […]

Senaka Weeraratna Is Bollywood influencing the Indian mind and taking it away from its deep seated nationalism and spiritual roots, and replacing the sacred icons of India like the Buddha, Mahavira, Emperor Asoka, Mahatma Gandhi, and the like with lightweight film stars and singers of mean repute and dubious character who are being increasingly projected […]

https://youtu.be/hdlGfaE0foo?si=ZGHi4VzhJ__9eTUd This video explores the dark legacy of European colonialism in Sri Lanka, beginning with the arrival of the Portuguese in 1505. Under the pretense of religious conversion and a so-called “divine command” from the Pope, they launched a brutal conquest—imposing Christianity, dismantling local cultures, and exploiting the island’s rich resources. Central to this history […]

Nava Thakuria Geneva, 16 October 2025: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses serious concern over the mob attack on a number of media persons, engaged on duty, in Assam of far eastern India, while they were covering a protest demonstration in Baksa locality on 15 October. A section of […]

Thomas Palley Argentina is back in the news with renewed financial turmoil spurred by President Milei’s poor political standing. That poor standing is the product of anger with Argentina’s dire economic performance and massive corruption within Milei’s administration, and it augurs poorly for his party’s performance in the forthcoming October 2025 election. In response, the […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්              සීතාවක රාජ්‍යය බිඳ වැටීමේ කාලවකවානුව තුළ ශාසනික වශයෙන් සිදු වූ පරිහානියත් සමග මෙරට පැරණි අධ්‍යාපන ක්‍රමයද අභාවයට පත් විය.ඉන් පසු  සරණංකර සංඝරාජ සමයෙහි පුනර්ජීවනයට පත් ශාසන සම්ප්‍රදාය සහ මෙරට අධ්‍යාපනයට මූලික වූ මහඟු ග්‍රන්ථයක් වූයේ වදන් කවි පොතයි. වීර පරාක්‍රම නරේන්ද්‍රසිංහ රජ දවස දී ශාස්ත්‍රඥයෙකු ලෙසට ප්‍රකටව සිටි  අත්තරගම බණ්ඩාර පඬිතුමන් විසින් […]

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by A. Abdul Aziz Lajna Imaillah (Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association) Sri Lanka held its Annual Gathering (Ijtima) on 20th and 21st of September at Fazl Mosque premises, Negombo. The event was chaired by the President of the Association. The programme commenced with the recitation of the Holy Qur’an, followed by the Pledge and silent prayer led by   the […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ගෝලීය ණය ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීමේ ආයතනයක් වන මූඩිස් (Moody’s) මෑතකදී නිකුත් කළ වාර්තාවකින් පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය යථා තත්ත්වයට පත් කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය බොහෝ දුරට නිවැරදි මඟක ගමන් කරන නමුත්, ඊට බාධා එල්ල කරන සාධක කිහිපයක් පවතින බවයි. ඔවුන් පෙන්වා දෙන පරිදි, රටේ ඉහළ ණය බර, මූල්‍ය අවකාශයේ සීමිත බව සහ […]

Courtesy Adaderana Decisions by most countries to not retaliate against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are among the top factors bolstering the global economy’s resilience, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday. The world, so far, and I cannot stress enough, so far, has opted not to retaliate and to continue to trade pretty […]

Courtesy Hiru News Member of Parliament Kabir Hashim, who is the head of the committee drafting the framework for the unity between the United National Party (UNP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), announced that the report is currently being finalised and will be handed over to the Leader of the Opposition and Leader of […]

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 Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera, Courtesy Biometric Update Sri Lanka’s digital economy is at risk of not realizing its full potential by rethinking its export strategy and global positioning, according to a top official. Doerscircle COO and Sarvodaya Fusion Board Member Yasas Vishuddhi Abeywickrama, addressing the CA Sri Lanka National Conference in Colombo said that the country’s digital exports […]

Doug Bright Courtesy The West Australian Titanium Sands has confirmed it has secured Stage 2 debt funding to advance its Mannar Island project in northwest Sri Lanka that is rich in heavy mineral sands that contain lucrative titanium minerals. Geomorphologically, Mannar Island is a classic consolidated sand-spit formed by the accumulation of sediments transported and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath argues that Sri Lanka cannot secure a favourable position in the vote because the UNHRC, due to its structure, since some blocs, such as Europe, tend to adopt a collective position. File Photo The Foreign Minister attributes the ‘Geneva issue’ to the Rajapaksa administration’s politicisation of war […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ තම සැමියා/බිරිඳ ට දේවත්වයෙන් මෙන් සළකන අය ඇත. එහි ගැටළුවක් නැත. තමන් ‘පිච්ච මලින් උපන් කුමාරියක්’ මෙන් සුපිරිසිදුයි කියා සිතන ස්ත්‍රීන් ඇත.  තමන් ‘සුදු පාවඩයක්’ වාගේ පිරිසිඳුයි කියා සිතන පිරිමි ඇත. එසේ සිතීම හොඳය, මන්ද, එසේ සිතන්නේ ඒ අය එසේ ජිවත් වෙන නිසාය. තම ස්වාමියා පිට රට යන අවස්ථාවේ අපේ සිංහල කුල කාන්තාවක් […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 5-11 October 2025 The white masque of benevolence crackles asunder As plasterers flustered patch oozing fractures… The past week saw the 3 old invaders of Sri Lanka – England, Portugal & Holland, without even a pale flush of shame, pushing the […]

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Juan Cole at TomDispatch Donald Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s nomination of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, his hands already crimson with the blood of innocent Iraqis, to run post-war Gaza, brings to mind a distant era when London sent its politicians out to be viceroys in its global colonial domains. Consider Blair’s proposed appointment, […]

by A. Abdul Aziz, The Second Khalifa of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at (Community) in Islam Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad, may Allah be pleased with him, formed Auxiliary Organizations in the Jama’at to serve the needs of both genders according to different age groups: In 1922: Majlis Lajna Ima’illah for women. In 1928: Majlis Nasirat-ul-Ahmadiyya for […]

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By Dharshan Weerasekera, Courtesy The Island The UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) latest resolution on Sri Lanka raises serious questions about the Council’s impartiality and respect for the UN Charter. This new measure extends the mandate of the external mechanism established under Resolution 46/1 of March 2021. At the start of the UNHRC’s 60th Session […]

National Development Bank PLC NDB Bank, recently hosted an exclusive virtual well-being session for its esteemed Privilege clientele, reaffirming its commitment to offering holistic lifestyle experiences that go beyond traditional banking. The webinar, which saw an attendance of about 200 of NDB’s Privilege customers, focused on the highly topical subject, Diabetic Reversal: Fact or Myth”. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, October 14 (Daily Mirror)- Former Navy Commander Nishantha Ulugetenne, who was in remand custody in connection with the disappearance of a youth from Pothuhera, was granted bail by the Kurunegala Magistrate’s Court today. Ulugetenne was arrested in connection with the disappearance of a youth from Pothuhera, which reportedly occurred during […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Three police teams have been deployed to arrest attorney-at-law Gunaratne Wanninayake, who was involved in a confrontation with a police constable at the Mount Lavinia Court premises, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) F.U. Wootler said today. He told the weekly briefing to announce Cabinet decisions that further investigations have been launched […]