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Shenali D Waduge A child nurtured with virtue becomes a lamp to the world; a teacher who guides with wisdom lights the path of many.”— Dhammapada, Verse 183 The Buddha never saw education as passing exams or collecting certificates. Teaching was about shaping charater – imparting discipline, respect, moral clarity. A teacher who does this builds […]

By Laala Bechetoula and Amir Nour Global Research, January 24, 2026 Today more than ever, Arabs and Muslims must become aware of the terrible maneuvers and plots being hatched against them by lighting the fires of discord and sedition among the members of the Ummah, between Sunnis and Shiites, Arabs and Kurds, Arabs and Berbers, and Muslims and Christians. […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. 1) Between Literature and Psychology ( Foreword   by  Professor Mary V. Seeman, OC MDCM, FRCPC DSc.  Professor Emerita    , Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto)  LINK; https://transyl2014.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-new-book-on-literature-and-psychology.html 2)  Psychological Aspects of Buddhist Jātaka Stories ( Foreword by   Rolf B. Gainer, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute at Brookhaven Hospital, […]

ACN Newswire – AFF draws 4,000+ global political and business leaders, inaugural Global Business Summit showcases Hong Kong’s strengths in financially empowering industry HONG KONG, January 27, 2026 – (ACN Newswire) – The 19th Asian Financial Forum (AFF), jointly organised by the Hong Kong SAR (HKSAR) Government and Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), concluded successfully today. […]

Courtesy The Morning Senior Buddhist prelates have urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to appoint a qualified officer from within the Auditor General’s Department to the post, warning against selecting an external candidate. They recommended Dharmapala Gammanpila, a senior departmental officer with long experience, as a suitable choice and called for an urgent appointment. The Auditor […]

Courtesy The Peoples Gazette Sri Lanka has stepped up monitoring measures following reports of a Nipah virus cluster in India’s eastern state of West Bengal. Patients in hospital used to illustrate the story Sri Lanka has stepped up monitoring measures following reports of a Nipah virus cluster in India’s eastern state of West Bengal. Health […]

Courtesy  Peoples Gazette According to health authorities, the move is expected to reduce the cost barrier associated with fertility treatment. IVF Chart used to illustrate the story [Credit: News-Medical] Sri Lanka’s public healthcare system is set to offer in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment for the first time, with a new facility to be established at […]

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe   Courtesy The Daily Mirror There are two groups who’ll get reductions too, first is commercial organisations, but the biggest beneficiary are those households who consume large amounts of electricity (over 180 units per month) who will see close to 50% reduction, with those who consume more, seeing larger reduction. When that happens, they […]

 KELUM BANDARA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Erik Solheim, a Norwegian diplomat and former Cabinet minister best known in Sri Lanka for his role as the chief international facilitator of the Sri Lankan peace process during the 2002–2006 ceasefire talks, shared his views in an interview with Daily Mirror about the pitfalls of the process . […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror This was the first time that a Portuguese army was completely wiped out in battle. This gave King Senarat the possibility of ending Portuguese domination by taking the fortress of Colombo. As we have seen, he failed to do so because the Sinhalese forces lacked the necessary artillery power and the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan. 27 (Daily Mirror) – The Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to inquire into the release of 323 containers from the Port of Colombo without mandatory physical inspection has decided to meet weekly and aims to complete its investigation within three months. The Committee, which will report its findings, proposals and […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Mahanayake Theras of the Three Chapters addressed a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake recommending that Dharmapala Gammanpila receive the appointment for the position of Auditor General. In their formal communication, the prelates emphasised that Gammanpila possesses extensive experience as a senior officer within the Auditor General’s Department, making him the […]

Bandula Kendaragama Independent Dam and public safety Consultant Melbourne, Australia 20260126 – Questions Raised by the Independent Dam Safety Consultant Bandula Kendaragama atthe QA session of the inaugural meeting of the Water Forum of the Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka(IESL) held on 26 January 2026 Last night, I participated online inaugural meeting of the IESL […]

Ranjith Soysa President Anura Kumara Dissanayake should  listen at least to the views of the Mothers’ Front on proposed educational reforms. I was listening to the apolitical views expressed by the mothers’ front criticising the proposed educational reforms of the government and I found that their views were addressing some of the core questionable issues […]

Shenali D Waduge Contrary to narratives women were never thought inferior” – these are narratives that seek to demean women. Ancient cultures, civilizations and religions defined women as giving life, moral order, continuity and balance – all traits that are being diluted in the name of liberalism” and independence”.  Let us first look at what […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. Police returning the statue [Photo: Varadan Kirusna (Facebook)] ගිනස් වාර්තාවක්! ඊළම්කාරයින්ගේ බලපෑම මත පොලිස්කාරයෙක් පන්සල් භූමියක බුදු පිළිමයක් එය ආවරණය කල මුතුකුඩය දෙකට කඩා හාමුදුරුවන්ට ගසා තුවාල කර වාහනයක පටවා පොලිසියට ගෙනයාම වැනි සිද්ධියක් ලංකාවේ නොව ලෝකයේ වෙන කිසිම ආගමික භූමියක සිදුවී තිබී නැත්නම් එය ගිනස් වාර්තාවකි.  මීට සම්බන්ධ පොලිස්කාරයාගේ (SSP) නම […]

සමායෝජක – වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන  1. 1978 ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ (සිංහල) සහ ඉංග්‍රීසි ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා පිටපතේ තිබෙන භාෂා වෙනස්කම් 2. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83.ආ (සිංහල)/ 83.b (ඉංග්‍රීසි) ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ වෙනසක් නිවැරදි කිරීමට මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ සභාපති ජනාධිපති ලේකම්ට කළ දැනුම් දීම 3. විවෘත අධිකරණයේදී විනිසුරු ලබා දෙන නියෝග, පාර්ශවයන් කියන කරුණු ලඝු ලේඛිකාව සටහන් […]

e-Con e-News blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 18-24 January 2026 A leading ‘international school’ in Colombo had refused to pay a Sri Lankan ‘science’ teacher the same salary as the previous, white, ‘science’ teacher from England. The Sri Lankan is a PhD from the USA’s MIT, while the white […]

By Garvin Karunaratne Pliny( GaiusPlinius Secundus), an Army Commander of the Roman Army who battled for Rome in Germany in his records speak of living in Taprobane for some six months and also mentions of an ambassador to Rome from the island of Taprobane. He speaks of landing in Kudiramalai in Taprobane, hosted by the […]

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දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර (ශ්‍රී ලංකා හදබිම අධිකාරියේ” නිර්මාතෲ සහ 1986 අප්‍රේල් 01 සිට 1992.07.17. දක්වා එහි ස්වර්ණමය යුගය උදාකළ ප්‍රථම විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ). 2025.12.16. ශ්‍රී ලන්කා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ ගරු ජනාධිපති තුමා වෙත ඉදිරිපත්කෙරෙන සන්දේශයයි., 2025.12.16. ගරු ජනාධිපති තුමනි, මා එසේ ප්‍රකාශ කරණුයේ, “ශ්‍රී ලන්කාවේ භූගෝලීය හදබිම” වශයෙන් 1991දී මවිසින් නම්කරණු ලැබූ මධ්‍යම කඳුකර ප්‍රදේශය තුල […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය Free Lawyers සංවිධානය විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති නිවේදනයක් මෙහි දැක්වෙයි. නීතිපති ඉවත් කිරීමේ උත්සාහය පරාජය වීම අධිකරණ ක්‍රමය ලැබූ ජයකි නීතිපති පාරින්ද රණසිංහ මහතා වෙත අස්ථාන චෝදනා, අවලාද සහ අපහාස සිදු කරමින් ඔහු ධූරයෙන් ඉවත් කිරිම සඳහා දැරූ උත්සාහය පරාජය කිරීමට හැකිවීම සතුටට කරුණකි. මෙම අසත්‍ය චෝදනා හා […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Speaker of House, Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne interdicting the Deputy Secretary General of Parliament and Chief of Staff, Chaminda Kularatne from his post, allegedly without even giving a hearing sets a dangerous precedent, the Leader of Opposition, Sajith Premadasa has stated. Opposition Leader Premadasa noted that in any democracy, officials are given a […]

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Shenali D Waduge This is not a debate about technology. It is a record of decisions taken without consent. Sri Lanka’s digital education reforms are being presented to parents as inevitable, progressive, and already approved. They are not. This document traces — in strict chronological order — what was approved, what was not approved, what was implemented anyway, […]

Source: Al Hakam, London. In today’s age of the internet, the concept of modesty can seem like a relic of the past. Yet, for Ahmadi Muslim women, it is a core value that is as relevant as ever. In an era where anything and everything can be shared online, how can women maintain modesty and […]

වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන ත්‍රීකුණාමලය බුදුපිළිම නඩුවේ දෙමළ භාෂාවෙන් ඇති නීති කෘත්‍යයන් සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ලබා ගැනීමට මහේස්ත්‍රාත්තුමා විවෘත අධිකරණයේ දී 2026.01.21 දින ලබා දුන් නියෝගය ක්‍රියාත්මක කර ගැනීමට නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා විසින් 2026.01.23 දින ත්‍රීකුණාමලය මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණ රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් වෙත ඉල්ලීමක් ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත. ත්‍රීකුණාමලය බුදුපිළිම නඩුවේ පොලීසිය විසින් අධිකරණයට […]