Dr. Abhishek Gandhi Advocate, Delhi High Court Home Our Team Contact  The environment is not collateral damage. It is a new front line of hybrid warfare, and defending it is quite literally defending life itself,” — Ruslan Spirin, a Ukrainian diplomat based in Kyiv.[i] US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker arrived […]

Senaka Weeraratna ·  The primodial Sinhalese identity is rooted in the Sinhalese ethnic group which has a long history of existence for over 2500 years, unique and distinct language (Sinhala), and a strong connection to Buddhism and the historical kingdoms of the island. The Sinhalese are world renown as the custodians of Buddhism and Sri […]

Senaka Weeraratna The Mind of King Parakramabahu I (1153–1186 CE) was that of a visionary and pragmatic ruler, characterized by a relentless drive for the unification of Sri Lanka, a deep commitment to the welfare of his people through massive engineering projects, and a strategic, sometimes ruthless, approach to governance and military affairs.  Visionary and […]

By Huzefa Aliasger Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 12 (Daily Mirror) – As of 2025, Sri Lankans have the highest average IQ levels in South Asia with an average IQ level of 102, which has also been ranked in the top 12 countries with the highest average IQ level in the world, according to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Speaker and NPP Parliamentarian Asoka Ranwala, who was arrested over the vehicular collision at Sapugaskanda last night (11), has been granted bail, according to the Police Spokesman. He has been ordered release on cash bail of Rs. 200,000 by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court this evening. The MP, who is currently receiving treatment […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Member of Parliament, President’s Counsel Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, is slated to be appointed as a Senior Vice President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). SLFP Chairman Nimal Siripala de Silva stated that the appointment is expected to be made during the party’s upcoming Executive Committee meeting. Former MP Rajapakshe currently serves as […]

AI Overview Indian cricket fans, along with the broader cricket world, are increasingly acknowledging that the core concept of the Decision Review System (DRS), the Player-Referral idea, originated with Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna in 1997, a significant innovation that revolutionized umpiring accuracy, although formal global credit from the ICC remains pending.  Key Points of Recognition: […]

C. Wijeyawickrema LL.B., Ph.D. හැඳින්වීම මිනිසාගේ ඉතිහාස කතාව යනු වතුරේ ඉතිහාස කතාව  යයි කියැවේ (story of water is history of man/woman). ජලයට හා ගින්දරට කීකරු සේවකයෙකු මෙන්ම නපුරු ස්වාමියෙකුද විය හැකිය. හිතට එකඟව ක්‍රියා නොකරණ, අධ්‍යාත්මයක් නැති ගේම්කාරයින්ට බරපතල පාඩම් ඉගැන්වීමට ස්වභාව ධර්මය දෙවරක් හිතන්නේ නැත. ජය මංගල ගාථා, පිරිත් නූල් අරහං, දළදා මාළිගාව  රැවටීමට […]

Senaka Weeraratna Today i.e., December 12, 2025 marks the 1O7th Birth Anniversary of Asoka Weeraratna (founder of the German Dharmaduta Society, Berlin Vihara in Germany and the Mitirigala Nissarana Vanaya) later known as Ven. Mitirigala Dhammanisanthi Thero. Asoka Weeraratna was born on December 12, 1918. He died on July 2, 1999 at the age of 80 […]

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Source:  AI Overview Historical accounts of ancient Sinhalese Kings describe a mindset defined by persistent defiance against external rule, characterized by a refusal to submit to foreign powers even during periods of occupation. In contrast, contemporary leadership analysis suggests that modern Sri Lankan professional and political structures often emphasize paternalistic authority, where subordinates are expected […]

National Development Bank PLC National Development Bank PLC (NDB Bank) has partnered with the Women’s Blind Organisation of Sri Lanka in support of the International White Cane Day 2025, an event dedicated to recognising and empowering visually impaired women across the country. The Women’s Blind Organisation, which has long been a pillar of support for […]

Ravindra Jayaratne, The Conversation Flood infrastructure has not improved much in half a century due to poor urban planning. When Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on November 28 2025, Sri Lanka experienced one of its deadliest environmental disasters in modern history. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declared it the largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history”. Torrential rains triggered […]

Courtesy RenewablesNow Sri Lanka has secured a USD-30-million loan from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank to support the upgrade of the national grid and enable the adoption of more renewable energy. Author: Gerry Machen. License: Creative Commons, Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic. The agreement, signed in early December by Treasury Secretary Harshana Suriyapperuma […]

Courtesy Reliefweb COLOMBO, 8 December 2025 – Tens of thousands of children are spending a second week in emergency shelters and in need of mental health support after Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka, bringing the worst flooding and landslides in decades, Save the Children said. At least 86,000 homes were damaged in the landslides and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec. 10 (Daily Mirror) – Unauthorised filling of the Muthurajawela wetlands and pollution led to the flooding of Gampaha town during the  recent floods, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today.  Cardinal Ranjith, who spoke during a service held at St. Joseph’s Church Grandpass in remembrance of the disaster […]

Courtesy Adaderana Russia has dispatched a consignment of 35 metric tons of humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka following the impact of Cyclone Ditwah.  The shipment arrived this afternoon (10) at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake on a special cargo flight. The consignment includes a mobile power station, vegetable oil, sugar, rice, and tents. The […]

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Bandula Kendaragama Page 1 of 31 ——— For further details, Contact Bandula Kendaragama on WhatsApp +61403204066Attention: His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake – Kotmale Dam – Gate Opening – Has Mahaweli Authority made a mistake or not? Is there something wrong in the system Your Excellency, Could you please pass this information to His Excellency the […]

Dr. Asoka Bandarage  Courtesy: IPS NEWS Tropical Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall in Sri Lanka on 28 November 2025, is considered the country’s worst natural disaster since the deadly 2004 tsunami. It intensified the northeast monsoon, bringing torrential rainfall, massive flooding, and 215 severe landslides across seven districts. The cyclone left a trail of destruction, […]

By Rohana R. Wasala The Joint Opposition rally dubbed the ‘Maha Jana Handa’ (Vox Populi/ Voice of the People) held at the Ananda Samarakoon Open Air Theatre, Nugegoda on November 21, 2025 has suddenly acquired an increasing potential to be remembered as a significant turning point in post-civil conflict Sri Lankan politics, in the wake […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka is in shock. Never before in our history has all 25 districts been affected at once. We are in national mourning. The resilience of our people has been unwavering.  As a nation we have endured 17 South Indian invasions, 3 colonial illegal occupations. 2 armed insurgencies, 3 decades of LTTE […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Facilitators Dr. Upali Peiris -Consultant PsychiatristDr. Ruwan M Jayatunge – Medical Doctor / Clinical PsychologistDr. Priya – General Practitioner Date: 11th of December 2025, ThursdayTime 8.30 pm Link; https://meet.jit.si/moderated/974a3405ecd97ef132153456f7d2e23e8a0a6311d1976d4227808f5f198ccfba

උදය ප්‍රභාත් පතිරණගේ  උපුටාගැනීම-උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත නොම්ලේවත් කවුරුවත් යූස් කරන්නේ නැති ඒවා… ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සිංහල බෞද්ධ රාජ්‍යක් නොව, එය සර්ව ආගමික රාජ්‍යක්. එහි ඉතිහාසයේ සිංහලයාට වඩා වැඩි ඉතිහාසයක් දමිළයන්ට ඇත, යන්න තේමා කරගෙන, මාළිමා ආණ්ඩුව ” ශ්‍රී ලංකන් ඩේ ” එකක් දෙසැම්බර් 12 සිදු කරන්න, කෝටි 300 ක් අය – වැයෙන් වෙන් කරනවා. නමුත් ස්වභාදහම එයට […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පසුගිය දින කිහිපය තුළ මෙරටට බලපෑ දරුණු සුළි කුණාටු තත්ත්වය සහ ආපදා කළමනාකරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අදහස් දැක්වූ හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී නිමල් පියතිස්ස මහතා සඳහන් කළේ, වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව මෙවැනි දරුණු අනතුරු පිළිබඳ අනතුරු ඇඟවීම් නොතකා හරිමින් ආපදාව සිදුවීමට ඉඩ දුන් බවයි. මහජන නියෝජිතයෙකු ලෙස නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ වසර 20කට අධික අත්දැකීම් ඇති තමන් […]

By Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu The programme’s crushing austerity measures make recovery harder, contend activists Updated – December 09, 2025 at 07:16 PM As Sri Lanka reels from Cyclone Ditwah’s devastation, calls to revisit the ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, which critics say imposes punishing austerity, are growing louder. At least 638 people […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 9 (Daily Mirror) – The United Nations has allocated US$4.5 million (LKR 1.38 billion) from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to strengthen Sri Lanka’s response to Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall on November 28. The funding will enable the UN to rapidly scale up emergency assistance, including food […]

Save the Children 9 Dec 2025 sri lanka At least 86,000 homes were damaged in the landslides and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah on 28 November. More than 630 people were killed, and nearly 70,000 are still living in temporary shelters, including schools. Save the Children, and partner organisation CCH (Centre for Children’s Happiness), have started […]

Courtesy The National Latest humanitarian flight carries 1,080 food parcels December 09, 2025 The UAE has sent an eighth plane of crucial aid and supplies to support communities in Sri Lanka hit by fatal floods and landslides. The eighth aid plane from the Emirates arrived on Tuesday in the capital Colombo, laden with 1,080 food parcels as […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror It is now evident that the Meteorology Department had forecast intense rainfall well in advance The era of global warming, no country is immune from extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods, or heatwaves. Yet nations with stronger disaster-preparedness systems consistently mitigate damage and reduce death tolls. The global lesson is clear: […]