e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ 400th Weekly Edition e-Con e-News 7-13 December 2025 Who offered to suddenly call off ‘in 45 minutes’ the self-styled aragalaya, which the merchant media had been pumping up, which had been spouting hot air for months, and was now at the gates of parliament in […]

By Dr. Gamini Padmaperuma It makes most of us inquisitive to know, how the routine use of AI would impact the way the learners go about their learning process, acquire necessary cognitive skills, etc. A new report published by Oxford University Press says that AI makes students gain speed but lose depth in thinking. Many […]

goodnewsnetwork The first successful human implant of a 3D-printed cornea made from human eye cells cultured in a laboratory has restored a patient’s sight. The North Carolina-based company that developed the cornea described the procedure as a ‘world first’—and a major milestone toward its goal of alleviating the lack of available donor tissue and long […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.  Episode Summary What a privilege it was to connect with Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge, M.D. PhD. We spoke about the nature of suffering, Buddhism, happiness, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Nietzsche, and his work across the globe, treating patients with PTSD. I promise you that if you listen to this conversation with an […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පිිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්‍ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවේ දී පක්ෂ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා මෙම අදහස් පල කරන ලදී. නිවාඩ් කබ්රාල් මහතා මහ බැංකු අධිපති ලෙස සිටි සමයේ ග්‍රීක බැඳුම්කරවල ආයෝජනය කරලා රටට පාඩුවක් කලා කියලා ඒ මහතාට එරෙහිව පදනම් විරහිත නඩුවක් අල්ලස් කොමිසම විසින් මහාධිකරණයේ පැවරුවා.  මේ නඩුවේ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පිිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය මාධ්‍ය හමුවේ දී පක්ෂ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා එම පක්‍ෂ මූලස්ථානයේදී අද පල කල අදහස් මෙහි දැක්වෙයි.  සමාජ මාධ්‍යවල තොරතුරු පැතිරෙන විධියට සුළි සුළඟෙන් වැසි ලැබුණාටත් වඩා ජනාධිපතිගේ පිනෙන් විදෙස් ආධාර ලැබිලා. නමුත් තිත්ත ඇත්ත නම් ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ වියදම් ඇස්තමේන්තුවෙන් විදේශාධාර ලෙස තවමත් ලැබිලා තිබෙන්නේ 0.17%යි. අත්‍යාවශ්‍ය […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec. 15 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka could face an economic crisis by the Sinhala New Year 2026, fueled by Cyclone Ditwah as it has been predicted by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, United National Party (UNP) Deputy General Secretary Harin Fernando said today. Sri Lanka is moving towards a forex […]

Courtesy Adaderana Red landslide warnings have been issued by the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) to residents of several Divisional Secretariat divisions in the Kandy District. The warning issued by the NBRO will remain in effect until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow (16). Accordingly, red landslide warnings remain in effect for Udadumbara, Dolosbage, Minipe, Medadumbara and Ganga […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 640 schools in the Uva, Central and North Western provinces will not reopen tomorrow, the Secretary to the Ministry of Education, Nalaka Kaluwewe has announced. Schools that were closed due to the disaster situation caused by Cyclone Ditwah are scheduled to reopen island-wide tomorrow (16). Accordingly, the Ministry of Education […]

Courtesy Hiru News As a result of the ‘Ditwah’ disaster, 6,164 houses have been completely destroyed, and another 112,110 houses have been partially damaged. Meanwhile, as of December 14, 72,911 individuals are residing in 796 safe locations. Furthermore, 15,000 houses have been identified as being located in current high-risk zones. These figures were revealed yesterday […]

Courtesy Hiru News COLOMBO, December 15, 2025: The World Bank Group has expressed deep sorrow over the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka. In response to the Government’s request, the Bank is making up to US$120 million in emergency support available by repurposing funds from ongoing projects. This assistance will help restore essential […]