By Oscar Rickett October 3, 2025 Aryeh Lightstone, Naguib Sawiris, Marc Rowan and Sigrid Kaag were named in the leaked Blair plan for Gaza Earlier this week, a draft plan of what Gaza’s governance would look like under former British prime minister Tony Blair was leaked. Blair, who took Britain into the war in Iraq and has […]

Ceehalé World Heritage Foundation Ceehalé World Heritage Foundation (CWHF) announces that a formal complaint has been filed with theUnited Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) concerning the Sri Lanka AccountabilitProject (SLAP).The complaint has been submitted in public interest by Venerable Kassapa of Great Britain, the Founderof CWHF, Anuradha Yahampath, former Governor of the Eastern […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඝාතනයට ලක්වූ අරුණු විධානගමගේ හෙවත් කජ්ජාගේ පවුලෙන් ඥාතීන් සමඟ මාධ්‍යවේදී චමුදිත සමරවික්‍රම මහතා සාකච්ඡාවක් සිදුකර තිබේ. මියගිය කජ්ජාගේ මවත් සහෝදරයන් තිදෙනකුත් සමග මෙම සාකච්ඡාව ඔහු මෙහෙයවයි. පවුලේ සාමාජිකයන් හත් දෙනෙකු සිටිනා බවත් ඉන් තුන්දෙනෙකු පමණක් එම සාකච්ඡාවට සහභාගී වීමට හැකියාව ලැබූ බවත් ඔවුන් එහිදී සඳහන් කළහ. ඔවුනට අමතරව කජ්ජාගේ මවද […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Reuters – The U.S. Supreme Court is set to wade back into the nation’s culture wars during its new nine-month term that begins on Monday with a series of contentious cases on issues including transgender athletes, gay conversion therapy, guns and race. The first of these goes before the court on the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Oct. 5 (Daily Mirror) – Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) Harsha De Silva raised concerns on the new contract for the construction of the Central Expressway, claiming that negotiations with neither the contractor (MCC) on their claims nor with China EXIM Bank on terms and conditions on […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Deputy Chief Prelate of the Malwatta Chapter, Venerable Dimbulkumbure Sri Wimaladhamma Thera, stated that economic development achieved by disregarding religion, morality, culture, civilisation, and history is of no use to a country. The Venerable Thera expressed these views today (October 5) when the leader of the Janasetha Peramuna, Venerable Battaramulle Silarathana […]

Public Statement His Excellency the President has given solemn assurances to the Maha Nayaka Theros that Sri Lanka’s national heritage, culture, and religious values will be protected and safeguarded in all state policy. He has also publicly praised our heritage as the foundation of tourism and development. Yet, in complete contradiction, the Chairman of the […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ ඉස්සර දැව සංස්ථාවෙන් වනාන්තර අක්කරයක් කපනවා නම් කැලෑ  දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවෙන් ඒ ගමන්ම අක්කර 2ක් වත් කැලේ වවනවා. අද එය එසේ සිදුවන්නේ නැහැ. අපේ කැලෑ කපා ස්වාභාවික පරිසරය සහ කාලගුණය වෙනස් කරගැනීම සහ වන ජීවී ගහනය අඩු කර ගැනීමට වඩා හොඳයි අපට අවශ්‍ය ලී වැඩි ප්‍රමාණයක් පිටරටින් ගෙන්වීම. මැලේසියාව, ඉන්දුනීසියාව රටවලින් අඩුවට ගන්න පුළුවන්. සමහර […]

Sri Lanka and Iran solidarity Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has appealed to his Sri Lankan counterpart, Vijitha Herath, for solidarity following the United Nations’ reimposition of sweeping economic and military sanctions on Tehran, foreign media reports said yesterday. A report published by REGTECHTIMES said: Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, has sent urgent messages to […]

Senaka Weeraratna  Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) as a governing body registered under the Ministry of Sports is tasked with upholding the country’s cricketing heritage and promoting the sport from the grassroots to the international level. They also have responsibilities related to protecting the integrity of Sri Lankan cricket through disciplinary protocols and ensuring fair play.  […]

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 event started with flag hoisting by the President of the Association followed by silent prayer. The main event began […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් බස්නාහිර පලාත් පෙරපාසල් ඒ්කකය කිසි දිනක ඉතිහාසයේ මෙතරම් දේශපාලනීකරණය වී නොමැති බව පෙර පාසල් ගුරු වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ සංගමයේ සභාපති අසංක ශ‍්‍රීනාත් මහතා පවසයි. වර්තමාන අධ්‍යක්ෂකවරිය පුටුවේ වාඩි කරවන්නේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව නියෝජනය කරන මන්ත‍්‍රීවරියක්, එනම් ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ සංවිධායකතුමාගේ නෝනා බව හෙතෙම පෙන්වා දෙයි. එමෙන්ම, මන්ත‍්‍රීවරිය මහරගමට, කොළඹට හෝ හෝමාගමට පැමිණ පෙර පාසල් ගුරුවරුන්ට […]

by Melani Manel Perera, Courtesy PIME Asia News Faced with 22,000 deaths a year linked to alcohol consumption, the Sri Lankan government has made a symbolic gesture on World Temperance Day. Former alcoholic entrepreneurs tell AsiaNews: “A scourge that leaves the poorest defenceless. Politicians must choose whether they want the revenue from excise duties or […]

MOHAMED AYUB  Courtesy The Daily Mirror The proposed promotion of LGBTQIA tourism as well as abolishing the caning of children has stirred fierce debate  The LGBTQ issue has been a controversy following a letter sent by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Chairman Buddhika Hewawasam to Equal Ground Executive Director Ms. Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, commending an initiative […]

by Canishka G Witharana ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Courtesy The Island On 9 September 2025, the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) formally endorsed a project spearheaded by EQUAL GROUND (apparently an NGO) to promote and develop LGBTIQ tourism in Sri Lanka. In this letter, titled Endorsement of […]

N. A. de S. Amaratunga  Courtesy The Island The IMF claims success in helping poor countries to recover from economic crises.  This may be true to some extent in terms of economic parameters like GDP, interest rates, revenue, debt/GDP ratio, etc. But it has, by and large, failed to bring about a positive change in […]

Courtesy Hiru News Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Member of Parliament, Mujibur Rahman, has announced that a resolution requesting a Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate the transfer and promotion of judicial officers will be handed over to Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne during the next parliamentary sitting week. Rahman stated that the proposal, signed by representatives of all […]

Courtesy Hru News The withdrawal of all state-provided vehicles for former President, the fifth Executive President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his security detail has created a serious security concern, according to his media spokesperson, Manoj Gamage. Gamage stated that the bulletproof vehicle provided by the government to Rajapaksa was handed back to the […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Continued from October 1, 2025 Bhante Missaka (Mihintale) Kamalasiri, a Sri Lankan scholar monk well known as a guided meditation teacher working in association with the Buddhist retreat centres of  the Star of the North and the Metta Meditation Center, Minnesota, USA, made some important revelations about the elusive Ariyamagga character […]

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By Nishel Fernando  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Peter Hill Sri Lanka could see the launch of a scheduled domestic airline service using 50-70-seater aircraft within the next six months, a move that could solve a long-standing barrier to tourism growth, according to aviation veteran and former SriLankan Airlines CEO Peter Hill. Hill made these remarks […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe, Courtesy PIME Asia News Computer literacy remains low in the South Asian country, while the region reported overall progress. In 2024, 64.1 per cent of the population did not know how to use a computer, and only 19.1 per cent of households owned one, according to new data from the Department of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Tangalle Magistrate’s Court has granted permission for police to detain and interrogate Sanath Weerasinghe, also known as ‘Beliatta Sanaa,’ who was arrested in connection with the large haul of narcotics recently seized in Seenimodara, Tangalle. Accordingly, Additional Magistrate Vidura Weerakoon permitted police to detain and interrogate the suspect until October 9, police […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka has long been a nation rooted in law, culture, and tradition. Today, this foundation faces direct assault from foreign-funded DEI and LGBTQIA campaigns, imposed through corporations, NGOs, and even diplomatic channels — in open defiance of our laws, Constitution, and civilizational ethos. Under Penal Code Sections 365 & 365A, homosexuality […]

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara Ex secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranayake and President of The Sri Lanka Administrative Service Association (SASA) 1991-94. Mahanuwara. (Kandy)  A Gateway to a Happy, and peaceful 26th century world of Unity within Diversity and distinct identity of each nation, free from the ugly Colonialism of The Euro-Atlantic civilization, where each nation […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD  Professor Gananatha Obeyesekere was a distinguished scholar from Sri Lanka, and his writings stand out for their originality and depth, offering profound scholarly insights. His influence extended far beyond the confines of the small island where he originated, allowing him to disseminate his knowledge on a global scale. Through his […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), paid an official visit to the Air Force Headquarters at the DHQC in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Yesterday (01 October). The Deputy Minister was warmly received upon arrival by the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Bandu Edirisinghe, and […]

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