e-Con e-News blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 11-17 January 2026 * ‘Sovereign countries don’t get sovereignty if the US wants their resources.’ – Stephen Miller, US President Don Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy & Homeland Security Adviser (see ee Industry) * ‘Other actions that we are witnessing in […]

Hindustan Times Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi alleges that the United States and Israel orchestrated recent unrest in Iran by directing armed cells to open fire during protests to raise casualties and trigger foreign intervention, citing purported audio messages, documents, and detainee confessions as evidence. He says large cash payments were offered for attacks on […]

Shenali D Waduge To:The Chairman and MembersElection Commission of Sri Lanka Subject: Objection to Calling for Premature Suggestions on Overseas Voting and Opposition to Granting Online Voting Rights to Sri Lankan Citizens Residing Abroad 1. Preliminary Objection – Process and Authority This is to formally object to the public advertisement issued calling for views and suggestions on […]

Nava Thakuria For millions of fans and followers of Zubeen Garg, who faced an unexplained death in Singapore on 19 September last year, unpleasant news broke out from the island nation, as its police department made it clear that the iconic Assamese singer died in an intoxicated status while swimming in sea water without wearing […]

Shenali D. Waduge When people in one’s own town are in trouble and need to be saved from brutal torture and being burnt at the stake (a common practice of the Catholic Inquisition), it is morally indefensible for a supposedly public-spirited padre to travel to another region or country to save people in trouble there, while […]

Roshni Sengupta The Western narrative on Hindus and episodes of mass violence affecting Hindu communities globally has often been marked by selective visibility, conceptual ambiguity, and ideological discomfort with recognising Hindus as victims of genocide or ethnic cleansing. While Western media, academia, and human-rights institutions readily deploy the language of genocide for atrocities against certain […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge Angola is a large Southern African country that was under Portuguese colonial rule for more than 400 years before achieving independence on November 11, 1975. The country ranks among Africa’s leading producers of crude oil and diamonds, which are crucial to its export economy and government finances. Portuguese remains the official […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් හයවන ශ්‍රේණියට අදාළ ඉගෙනුම් මොඩියුලයන්හි මතු වූ මතභේදාත්මක තත්ත්වය පදනම් කරගනිමින්, ජාතික අධ්‍යාපන ආයතනයේ නියෝජ්‍ය අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් දර්ශන සමරවීර මහතාව අනිවාර්ය නිවාඩු ගැන්වීමට බලධාරීන් පියවර ගෙන ඇත. මීට අමතරව, අදාළ සිදුවීමට සෘජු සම්බන්ධයක් ඇති බවට හඳුනාගත් එම ආයතනයේම සේවය කරන තවත් නිලධාරිනියන් දෙපළකගේ සේවය වහාම ක්‍රියාත්මක වන පරිදි අත්හිටුවා ඇති […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පාසල් දරුවන්ගේ දිවා ආහාරය වෙනුවෙන් වෙන් කළ මුදල් අවභාවිත කරමින් තම සැමියාගේ උපන්දින සාදය පැවැත්වූ බවට එල්ල වූ චෝදනාවලට මැදිරිගිරිය ප්‍රදේශයේ පාසලක විදුහල්පතිනියක වරදකරු වී ඇති බව උතුරු මැද පළාත් ප්‍රධාන ලේකම්වරයා තහවුරු කරයි. මෙම සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ලංකා ගුරු සංගමයේ ප්‍රධාන ලේකම් ප්‍රියන්ත ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතා කරුණු අනාවරණය කරමින් කියා සිටියේ, […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Last week, the Daily Mirror exclusively reported of yet another foreign investor pulling out of Sri Lanka citing regulatory obstruction and arbitrary state action. China based Amber Adventures Private Limited, the country’s first cable car venture said it had officially pulled out of the Ambuluwawa Cable Car Project due to arbitrary and […]

Annelies Nie | U. Ottawa Faculty of Law, CA Courtesy Jurist News New Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday stated that the Sri Lankan government’s proposed counterterrorism legislation risks a similar oppression to its current abusive law. The bill fails to meet benchmarks set by the UN. According to the rights group, the bill also does not comply with […]

Courtesy Hiru News Police security covers an area near the Sri Muthumari Amman Kovil in Lower Gallanthenna, Galaha, following the discovery of a large blue rock at a landslide site. Authorities suspect the stone, weighing approximately one tonne, shifted from an upper slope to the lower grounds during landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah. Officials from […]

Courtesy Hiru News Delays in the construction of the Central Expressway, caused by protests over a “Crudia zeylanica” (Pandu Karanda) tree, caused significant economic damage to the country, according to former Transport and Highways Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena. He stated that it is fair to recover these financial losses from those who led and participated […]