By Palitha Ariyarathna   Kandy, Sri Lanka, is facing a disturbing labour rights crisis that goes far beyond ordinary workplace grievances. Women employees in several shops and private businesses are being compelled to work late into the night, often until 10 pm or beyond, without safe transport or fair wages. Investigations and worker testimonies reveal unsafe commuting […]

 Chandre Dharmawardana,  Courtesy The Island The Malimawa government has been in power only for about one year. So, we cannot say that they are not competent or able to develop the country, or that they are corrupt or less corrupt compared to the Yahapalanaya” or the Rajapaksa Regimes whose records within their initial years were […]

National Development Bank PLC National Development Bank PLC (NDB) has entered into a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Toyota Lanka, reinforcing the Bank’s commitment to offering customers convenient, flexible, and affordable leasing solutions for some of the world’s most trusted vehicles. This partnership brings together two institutions known for their unwavering focus on service […]

Source: Al Hakam, London. The streets are glowing with Christmas decorations; the familiar colours of the season spread across shop windows and city centres. Joy and smiles fill people’s faces, and of course, you can’t ignore the Christmas sales and advertisements. A single visit to Central London, or any busy London street, makes it clear […]

KELUM BANDARA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Ms Shruti Lakhtakia Arvind Nair One million Sri Lankans will enter the job market in the next decade Poverty has increased, public servants real incomes dropped Since spending is capped at 13% of nominal GDP, growth becomes absolutely critical The government now has a spending cap that it must […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec. 16 (Daily Mirror) – The National People’s Power (NPP) will take disciplinary action against former Speaker Ashoka Ranwala if he has cheated on his doctorate, Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said. He said during a talk show on a private TV channel that the party has not decided what action […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Japanese government decided to extend an emergency grant of $2.5 million to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday. The emergency grant will be used to provide humanitarian assistance through international aid agencies, including food and other daily necessities.  Landslides and floods caused by a cyclone that hit the island […]

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 […]

By Sanjeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island Eighteen Years of Delay: Cyclone Ditwah has come and gone, leaving a trail of extensive damage to the country’s infrastructure, including buildings, roads, bridges, and 70% of the railway network. Thousands of hectares of farming land have been destroyed. Last but not least, nearly 1,000 people have lost their […]

AI Overview The Most Venerable Denmark Meththawihari Thero, born as Jacub Jacobson, a pioneering figure in digital Buddhism and education, passed away on Sunday night, December 7, 2025, at the age of 80.  The  Venerable Monk had been receiving treatment for cancer in Denmark while under the care of his sister at his home in Denmark. His […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The Core Problem: Fragmented & Weak Oil Spill Response Sri Lanka’s marine pollution control today suffers from: Oil spill response is still treated as an emergency event, not as a permanent national infrastructure requirement. Why the Spliced Oil Collection System” Is the Missing Link What you correctly identify is the absence of […]

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By Shamindra Ferdinando Clandestine visit to Speaker’s residence: Finally, former Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has set the record straight with regard to a controversial but never properly investigated bid to swear in him as interim President. Abeywardena has disclosed the circumstances leading to the proposal made by external powers on the morning of 13 July, […]

Senaka Weeraratna The German Dharmaduta Society (GDS) recently held a book donation event for the children of Udaragama Primary School, a remote school located in the Medirigiriya District of Polonnaruwa. The donation included exercise books and CR books, essential for the students’ education. The event was spearheaded by Ven. Pelane Dhamma Kusala Thera, the Chief […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Ministry of Industries and Enterprise Development has announced that a total of 13,698 businesses across the country have been affected by the recent emergency disaster situation. Information regarding these affected enterprises has been received by the Industry Disaster Support Centre (IDSC). Of the 13,698 businesses impacted, 5,639 are micro-scale, 4,636 are […]

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By Dr Kalinga Seneviratne The World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB), which was founded by Dr G.P Malalasekare and was originally headquartered in Colombo, celebrated its 75th anniversary with a general conference in Bangkok earlier this month, attended by about 500 Buddhists from across Asia and some from the West. But, disturbingly, the memory of Dr […]

Palitha Ariyarathna The television documentary Udumbaragiri – Dumarakka Pabbatha, Dimbulagala, Palatiyawa unfolds as a cinematic journey into one of Sri Lanka’s most sacred landscapes. Directed and produced by Sri Lanka National Artiste Athula Srilal, the film is both a historical retelling and a cultural awakening, weaving together royal chronicles, Buddhist monastic traditions, and indigenous voices. The story […]

Professor Nishan C Wijesinha  Janaka Perera saw action against JVP communist insurgents in 1971 and steadily rose through the ranks being promoted Lt Col in 1986 and later, as a Colonel was the chief instructor at the Sri Lanka Military Academy. During the second JVP insurgency of 1987-89 he headed an operation which resulted in the […]