Bandula Kendaragama, Independent Dam Safety Consultant Dear Sir / Madam, As I understand, several mobile networks which were working in a satisfactory condition in the potential inundation area of the Kotmale Dam, were not functional or failed on 27 to 30 November 2025. In my view, if the mobile network had been operating satisfactorily, the […]

Business News Colombo, Sri Lanka – XpressJobs, Sri Lanka’s leading recruitment technology company, has entered into a strategic partnership with ESOFT Uni (ESU) to support structured, industry-aligned internship opportunities for undergraduate students, strengthening the link between higher education and real-world employment. The partnership was formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the shared objective […]

by Chandre Dharmawardana Courtesy The Island The sixth volume of the Mahavamsa, covering the period 1978-2010 has been rendered into Tamil by N. Saravanan, a well-known Tamil journalist and activist based in Norway.   The first three volumes of the Mahavamsa (including the Culavamsa) are now a part of the UNESCO world heritage. They were the work of individual scholar monks, […]

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Plant compound shows promise in slowing growth of smaller aneurysms Key Takeaways COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is the first in the United States to randomize a patient in a clinical trial looking at whether a plant compound derived from mangoes is effective in […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 7 (Daily Mirror) – Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that information uncovered during investigations suggests that Pulasthini Mahendran, also known as Sarah Jasmine and linked to the 2019 Easter attacks, is not dead. He also said there was no indication that Sarah Jasmine is currently […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. අපි පොතට කලින් හැමදාමත් පිට කවරෙම බැලුවේ පිටුව පෙරළුවට සීතා පොත දන්නව රාමා” අත්තිඩියේ පුඤ්ඤරතන හිමි හැඳින්වීම අවුරුදු 400 ක් පුරා සුද්දන් හා ඉන් පසුව 1931/1948 සිට, නානා මාදිලියේ කළු සුද්දන් විසින් මේ දිවයිනේ  සිංහල බෞද්ධයින්ට කල හා කරමින් සිටිනා අයුක්ති සහගත හා අසාධාරණ (unjust/unreasonable) ක්‍රියා  පෙන්වා දෙමින් ලියන ලද, ලංකාවෙබ් […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රජය මගින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට සැලසුම් කර ඇති නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ සම්බන්ධයෙන් මල්වතු සහ අස්ගිරි උභය මහා විහාරීය මහානායක ස්වාමින් වහන්සේලා සිය අප්‍රසාදය පළ කරති.  අස්ගිරි පාර්ශවයේ මහානායක, අතිපූජ්‍ය වරකාගොඩ ශ්‍රී ධම්මරතන මහානායක හිමිපාණන්  පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ මෙම ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ හරහා රට නිරාගමික රාජ්‍යයක් කරා ගෙන යාමේ අවදානමක් පවතින බවය. පූජ්‍ය උලපනේ සුමංගල […]

Courtesy Adaderana The world community must make clear that US intervention in Venezuela is a violation of international law that makes the world less safe, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday. US forces ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in a surprise operation at the weekend. He faces […]

Courtesy Hiru News National People’s Power (NPP) Parliamentarian Shantha Padmakumara, currently accused of assaulting a police constable, is already serving a suspended prison sentence. Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam shared this information during a press conference held in Colombo today (6).

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන්  විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ/ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය විදේශ සංචිත පහත වැටීම, රුපියල බාල්දුවීම, උද්ධමනය, ණය බර ඉහළයාම හා ව්‍යසනයේ ආර්ථික හානිය පියවා ගැනීමට ඒකාබද්ධ වැඩපිළිවෙලක් අවශ්‍යව ඇතැයි ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය පවසයි. අධික බදු පැනවීම හා විදුලිය හා ගෑස් මිල ඉහළ නැංවීම තුලින් රුපියල් ආදායම් වැඩි කිරීම (Revenue Augmentation) ට රජය සමත්වී […]

e-Con e-News blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 28 December 2025 – 3 January 2026 * ‘They took all of our oil…’‘We are going to run the country’ – USA The New York Times & Washington Post proudly admit how they were told in advance of the US military attack on Venezuela, and the planned kidnapping of its […]

By Tom Engelhardt As 2026 begins, what a strange planet we find ourselves on. The two great empires of my youth, the Soviet Union (now Russia) and my own country, are clearly experiencing some version of imperial decline, even if Vladimir Putin is acting otherwise in Ukraine (as is Donald Trump in his own strange […]

Merve Aydogan  Senior Venezuelan official says civilians, soldiers among dead as US aircraft target air defenses to capture President Maduro HAMILTON, Canada At least 40 people, including civilians and soldiers, were killed during a US military operation targeting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to a report by the New York Times late Saturday. Citing a […]

Courtesy The UNZ Review One of the most flawlessly executed special forces operations of the last half-century took place in 1979 when Soviet commandos stormed Afghanistan’s heavily defended presidential palace, killing Hafizullah Amin and several of his top aides. This allowed Moscow to install a replacement government much more congenial to its interests, though the result was the long […]

By Dilina Kulathunga Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, January 5 (Daily Mirror) – While Sri Lanka has managed to push its Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) slightly atop the billion dollar mark in 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies have put the country in a bind in having polices, particularly when it comes to taxation in […]

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Courtesy Hiru News Education reforms are being implemented haphazardly without the necessary safeguards seen in developed nations, leading to the “obscenity” of the current curriculum. Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, speaking to the media in Mirigama today (5), criticised the government for launching new educational programs without proper formal frameworks like White Papers or Green Papers. […]

RANJITH SOYSA   After King Devanampiyatissa became a Buddhist listening to Mahinda Maha thero’s Dhamma talk around 307 BC, he built many viharas including Tissa Viharya in Jaffna  according to the Great Chronicle – Mahavamasa-. The survey department’s 1959 one-inch map of the area clearly shows the location of Tissa Viharya. in Tellipilllai in KKS. Of late, an unruly gathering […]

By GARVIN KARUNARATNE Ph.D. Published 4 years ago on 2022/02/8 The editorial of The Island on Sri Lanka’s Independence Day says it all: The challenge before us is to retrace our steps, figure out where we took wrong turns, and forge ahead in the right direction, as many other nations have already done. Easier said than […]

Prof. Chandana Jayalath University of Vocational Technology The controversy surrounding Sri Lanka’s Grade Six English syllabus has intensified, evolving from an embarrassing oversight into a broader national debate on curriculum governance, political accountability, and the responsible use of technology in education. The issue came to light, as we heard, after it was discovered that the […]

Source: BBC Leaders around the world have responded with a mix of condemnation and support to the US capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro. Following a large-scale strike on Venezuela on Saturday, Maduro and his wife were captured by US forces and removed from the country. The pair have been indicted on drug charges in […]

Courtesy Adaderana China called on the United States to release Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife at once, said a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Sunday. The spokesperson made the remarks in response to media reports that on Saturday, the United States sent forces to seize Maduro and his wife and took them out […]

Courtesy Adaderana It is essential to act in a manner that safeguards a country’s sovereignty in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and international law, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath stated when questioned over the attacks carried out by the United States in Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. […]

Courtesy Hiru News Attorney-at-Law Dr. Palitha Bandara Subasinghe has raised serious legal concerns regarding the inclusion of a link to a pornographic website in a new Grade 6 English module. He asserts that the inclusion of such material could constitute a criminal offence under Sri Lanka’s Penal Code. Speaking on the matter, Dr Subasinghe emphasised […]

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ධරිණි රාජසිංහම් සේනානායක December 29, 2025 සංස්කාරක Comments Offon කාලගුණය යුද අවියක් බවට පත් කිරීම: පොපායි සහ දිත්වා මෙහෙයුම් සහ ව්‍යසන ධනවාදයේ හරිත ශෝධනය ධරිණි රාජසිංහම් සේනානායක පරිසරය යනු පාර්ශ්වික හානියක් නොවේ. එය හයිබ්‍රිඩ් යුද මාදිලියේ නවතම පෙරමුණයි. එයින් ආරක්ෂාවීම යනු ජීවිත ආරක්ෂා කරගැනීමයි. ” (රුස්ලාන් ස්පිරින් කියෙව්හි යුක්‍රෙනියානු රාජ්‍යතාන්ත්‍රික) වඩා බිහිසුණු බෝම්බ දැමීමද වර්ෂාව ඇති කිරීමද?” […]

පරිවර්තනය: අජිත් සී හේරත් උපුටා ගැන්ම  විමර්ශන  දේශගුණික බුද්ධි ප්‍රකාශනයේ ඉංග්‍රිසි PDF පිටපත සඳහා මෙහි ක්ලික් කරන්න(Climate Intelligence (CLINTEL) Declaration) වසර දශක තුනකට වඩා කාලයක් තිස්සේ විද්‍යාත්මක නිගමනය අවසාන වශයෙන් ස්ථාපිත කර තිබේ.” යන වාක්‍ය ඛණ්ඩය ගෝලීය දේශගුණික විවාදය තුළ කඩුව සහ පලිහ යන දෙයාකාරයටම යොදාගනිමින් තිබේ. ඒ මගින් ප්‍රතිපත්ති සම්පාදකයන් දෙස සැකමුසුව බැලීම වළක්වන […]