Archive for January, 2026
Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in Politics | Comments Off on Chief prelates urge internal appointment for Auditor General
Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in Health | Comments Off on Sri Lanka keeps watch as Nipah virus cases emerge
Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in Health | Comments Off on Sri Lankan public hospital to offer IVF treatment for first time
Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in Economy, Energy | Comments Off on Draft National Electricity Policy is backward looking – Dr. Vidura Ralapanawe
Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
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 . […]
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Posted in Security, Terrorism | Comments Off on Karuna broke away from LTTE after seeing life, development in Bangkok – Erik Solheim
Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in History | Comments Off on Why the Portuguese lost the battle of Randeniwela
Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in Corruption and bribery | Comments Off on Select Committee to probe 323 containers, conclude in three months
Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in Politics | Comments Off on Mahanayake Theras urge president to appoint AG
Monday, January 26th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in Environment, Forum & Letters, Politics | Comments Off on To Residents and visitors of the Potential Inundation Area of the Kothmale DamQuestions Raised by Bandula Kendaragama at the QA session of the inaugural meeting of the Water Forum of the Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL) held on 26 January 2026
Monday, January 26th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in RANJITH SOYSA | Comments Off on Those who play at bowls must look out for rubbers
Monday, January 26th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in Shenali Waduge | Comments Off on What a woman is & What a woman should want to be
Monday, January 26th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in C. Wijeyawickrema | Comments Off on බුදු පිළිමයක්, පොලිස්කාරයෙක් (හා ඊළම් JVP/NPP කාරයෙක් (?)) (Law is (not) an Ass!)
Monday, January 26th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in Judiciary | Comments Off on 2026 පෙබරවාරි 21ජාත්යන්තර මව් භාෂා දිනය වෙනුවෙන් පවත්වන නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන(සිංහල මාධ්ය – 34 වන වැඩසටහන)
Sunday, January 25th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in Politics | Comments Off on True Human Intelligence & Literacy in An Age of Faked AI Media in Sri Lanka
Sunday, January 25th, 2026
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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Sunday, January 25th, 2026
Posted in Politics | Comments Off on ව්යවස්ථාවෙන් බුදු දහමට දීලා තිබුණ තැන දැන් මුං දීලා තියෙන්නේ ත්රස්තවාදීන්ට – Arun Siddharth
Sunday, January 25th, 2026
Posted in History | Comments Off on These Historical Pictures Tell Stories Beyond Words
Sunday, January 25th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in Dr Sudath Gunasekara | Comments Off on ජනාධිපති තුමනි, “ශ්රී ලංකා හදබිම අධිකාරිය ඉරහඳ පවතිනාතුරු මේ රටේ නොවැසියයුතු ඉතා වැදගත් ජාතික ව්යාපාරයකි. එය වසා දැමීම මේ රටේ සකළ ජීවි පද්ධතියේ සහ ශිෂ්ඨාචාරයේ අවසානයට මුල පිරීමකි. .
Sunday, January 25th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in Politics | Comments Off on නීතිපති ඉවත් කිරීමේ උත්සාහය පරාජය වීම අධිකරණ ක්රමය ලැබූ ජයකි
Sunday, January 25th, 2026
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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Posted in JVP Anti-National Activities, Politics | Comments Off on Speaker interdicting Deputy Secretary General of Parliament without hearing sets dangerous precedent: Sajith
Sunday, January 25th, 2026
Posted in News, Politics | Comments Off on Why India Never Claimed Sri Lanka
Saturday, January 24th, 2026
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, […]
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Posted in Shenali Waduge | Comments Off on Digital Education in Sri Lanka: A Reform Without Mandate, Consent, or Accountability
Saturday, January 24th, 2026
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 […]
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Posted in Ahmadi News | Comments Off on Modesty in the digital age: An Ahmadi Muslim woman’s perspective
Saturday, January 24th, 2026
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 […]
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Friday, January 23rd, 2026
by Garvin Karunaratne Is it not sad that the current Government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has not come up with a new Programme for development, to allay poverty. It is true that we have been assailed by Mother Nature- the Ditwah that devastated our country recently. However any problem has to be surmounted. My […]
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Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Dr Sarath Obeysekera It is utmost important that Sti Lanka develops vocational training educational revolution to train our youngsters Proposed curriculum will help them students to get into a highly paid employment IDMNC ADVANCED WELDING ACADEMY GALLE Proposed Refresher Training Program for Overseas Employment 7-Day Intensive Refresher Course in MMAW & FCAW 1. Program Title Intensive […]
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