By Raj Gonsalkorale Never waste a crisis- former Foreign Minister Ali Sabri called on the country’s leaders to use the national tragedy as an opportunity for transformative, long-term reform and reconstruction. He went on to say how Germany rebuilt industrial power from war ruins. How Japan re-engineered resilience after disaster.  how the Philippines revived agriculture […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 30 November – 06 December 2025 * ‘In Sri Lanka, there was a loss of village pasture land, & a denudation of forests which caused soil erosion & the silting up of water courses & paddy fields.’ – SBD de Silva, The […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ දිත්වා සුළි කුණාටුවෙන් වැඩිපුරම පීඩාවට පත් දිස්ත්‍රික්ක වන්නේ මහනුවර, කෑගල්ල, බදුල්ල, නුවරඑළිය සහ අනුරාධපුරයය. සිය ගණනක් පුද්ගලයින් මිය ගිය අතර බොහෝ දෙනෙක් අතුරුදහන් වී ඇත. මරණ සහ අතුරුදහන් වූ සංඛ්‍යාවේ එකමුතුව 1,000 සීමාව ඉක්මවීමට හොඳටම ඉඩ තිබේ. අපේ දිවයිනේ ජනගහනයෙන් 35% ක් පමණ ජීවත් වන්නේ නායයෑම් අවදානම වැඩි ප්‍රදේශවලය. මේ නිසායි දීත්වා සුළි […]

Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka faced the worst natural disaster in recorded history. Sri Lanka is not alone as Indonesia, Thailand and others also faced the disaster. This is part of climate change that affects the whole world. These disasters will only become more frequent with time. Sri Lanka must have a long-term plan to face […]

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Dr Sarath Obeysekera Project title: Trinco Mega-Tanker End-of-Life Programme — Floating-Dock Fit-Part Dismantling to Prevent Harbour Pollution Execution by : [Ministry / Port Authority Prepared by Dr Sarath Obeysekera using AI resources ] Executive summary This project proposes a controlled, on-water dismantling method using a large floating dry dock (mega floating dock) combined with fit-part” […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් විධායක ජනාධිපති දුරය අහෝසි කරන බවට පොරොන්දු වී බලයට පැමිණි ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතා ඊළඟ ජනාධිපතිවරණයට තරඟ කිරීමට සූදානම් වන බව ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ මිත්‍රයකු වන එංගලන්තයේ වෙසෙන මාධ්‍යවේදී උවිදු කුරුකුරුසූරිය මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණයට අයවැයෙන් මුදල් වෙන්කලත් පළාත් සභා පවත්වන්නේ නැති ඒ පරදින බව දන්නා නිසා බවත් හෙතෙම කියා […]

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Courtesy Hiru News President Anura Kumara Dissanayake instructed officials to prepare the farmers in the Anuradhapura District whose paddy cultivation was destroyed due to floods to re-cultivate during the upcoming Maha season. Highlighting the need for all relevant institutions to work in proper coordination, treating this as a national necessity, the President instructed the authorities […]

Courtesy Hiru News The total damage caused by the recent adverse weather in Sri Lanka is estimated to be between US$6 billion and US$7 billion, according to Commissioner General of Essential Services Prabath Chandrakeerthi. Speaking to the media, he said this amount represents between 3% and 5% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). An Economist’s estimate In an interview […]

Courtesy Hiru News The completion of the Fifth Review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be delayed, as the Board prioritises emergency aid following Cyclone Ditwah. The IMF released the following statement to the media: In light of the Sri Lankan authorities’ request for emergency financing, IMF […]