e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ * e-Con e-News 02 – 08 November 2025 * ‘In a humorous tone, the President recalled pre-election claims that the National People’s Power (NPP) would seize private property if elected to office.’ – see ee Economists, President jests… * ‘Aga Jayasinghe understood the NPP’s decision to continue […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඉන්දියානු බුද්ධි අංශ මෑතකදී අනාවරණය කළ තොරතුරුවලට අනුව, දාවූද් ඊබ්‍රහිම් සින්ඩිකේට් සංවිධානය තහනම් කරන ලද දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි (එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ.) සංවිධානය සමඟ එක්ව දකුණු ඉන්දියාව හරහා මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය ප්‍රවාහනය කිරීමට කටයුතු කරමින් සිටින බවට විශ්වාස කෙරේ. මීට අදාළව බුද්ධි අංශ මගින් අන්තර්සම්බන්ධතා (intercepts) සටහන් කරගෙන ඇති අතර, එමගින් මුම්බායි කේන්ද්‍ර කරගත් […]

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Dilrook Kannangara 2026 budget proposals included increasing the daily wage of plantation workers by the highest ever increase in history. The news was well received by the Upcountry Tamil community. They lit fire crackers and venerated photos of the President. On the face of it the act seems sensible. Politically it may retain some votes […]

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Source:  AI Overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915_Sinhalese-Muslim_riots The Justice Woodrenton Report found that the shooting of rioters by the military and police during the 1915 riots could not be legally justified, although it deemed the actions to have been taken in good faith for public safety.  Further findings of the report included:         Source:  AI […]

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Source :  AI Overview The 1915 riots in Ceylon were triggered by the Supreme Court’s judgment in February 1915 related to a long-standing dispute over a Buddhist religious procession (perahera) in Gampola.  The specific case was an appeal where the Supreme Court overturned a District Court’s decision that had favored the Buddhist temple authorities of […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Nov 8. (Daily Mirror) – The Indo-Lanka bilateral trade volume has grown exponentially, but Sri Lanka appears to be a loser with a trade gap heavily in favour of India, Parliament was informed today. Raising a question under Standing Order 27 (2), National Democratic Front (NDF) MP Ravi Karunanayake said […]

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Courtesy  The Daily Mirror Colombo, Nov. 9 (Daily Mirror) – Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has raised serious concern over what he described as an inappropriate sexual education program” proposed for inclusion in Sri Lanka’s school curriculum next year. Speaking at the reopening ceremony of the renovated St. Stephen’s Church in the Meerigama–Kinadeniya area, […]

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