e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ Standard Chartered Withdraws from Retail Banking in Sri Lanka as US & England Escalate Covert Terror in South Asia e-Con e-News 09-15 November 2025 Chosen as Miss Universe Sri Lanka 2024, and honoured for the ‘Best Catwalk’, Melloney Dassanayaka, a Standard Chartered Bank (SCBSL) […]

World NOV 13, 2025 The deployments come as part of an alleged ‘crackdown’ on ISIS cells across Syria, including near the Lebanese border Foreign fighters from the Syrian army have recently been transferred from the country’s north to the border area with Lebanon, sources told The Cradle on 13 November. In recent days, groups of foreign fighters […]

AI Overview Yes, the foundational concept of ‘Player Referral’, which is central to the Decision Review System (DRS) in cricket, was conceived by a Sri Lankan legal mind, Senaka Weeraratna.  In 1997, Senaka Weeraratna, a lawyer based in Colombo, first proposed the idea in a letter to an Australian newspaper, The Australian, and subsequently published […]

By Pathfinder Foundation Recently, Kachchativu Island has attracted attention not only from fisherfolk of India and Sri Lanka but also from political leaders of both nations and the judiciary. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visit to Kachchativu in September marked a significant milestone. For the first time in history, the leader of Sri Lanka expressed interest […]

Thomas Palle Courtesy Counterpunch 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 […]

AI Overview The statement is accurate: Sri Lanka’s pre-colonial Buddhist monks and scholars made substantial contributions to the development of Buddhist civilizational values and knowledge systems that have had a worldwide impact, particularly within the Theravāda tradition.  Key contributions include: The emphasis on textual study, ethical living, and a structured monastic life, developed by these […]

Source: AI Overview The accounts of the Chinese pilgrims Fa-hien (5th century CE) and Xuanzang (7th century CE) confirm that Bodh Gaya is the fundamental site of Buddhism’s origins in India because it is where Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment. Their writings provide detailed historical evidence of the site’s importance as a major pilgrimage center and offer […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජාතික ජන බල වේගයේ දෙහිවල ආසන සංවිධායකවරයෙක් මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය චෝදනා මත අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇති බව වාර්තා වෙයි.  මෙසේ අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත්තේ ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ හිටපු පලාත් පාලන මන්ත්‍රීවරයෙක් වන ටෝනි මොහොමඩ් නමැත්තකු බවද සදහන්ය. මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය බෙදා හැරීම සඳහා ඇසුරුම් කිරීමට සහාය දුන් මුද්‍රණ ආයතනයක හිමිකරුවෙක් වන මෙම පුද්ගලයා දීර්ග කාලයක් ජනතා […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror (BBC) – People granted asylum in the UK will have to wait 20 years before they can apply to settle permanently, under plans due to be announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Monday. The major shake-up to asylum policy comes as the government seeks to reduce small boat crossings and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Nov. 16 (Daily Mirror) – Police have arrested a 23-year-old man sought over an incident involving a foreign tourist in Thirukkovil, after a video of the harassment went viral on social media. The suspect, a resident of Kalawanchikudi, was taken into custody following a complaint lodged by a New Zealand […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former Member of Parliament Patali Champika Ranawaka is demanding that the current government immediately disclose all agreements signed with the United States (US). He emphasised that the government has a responsibility to ensure transparency regarding these agreements and called on the President to present these documents to Parliament. Ranawaka further stressed that […]

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