by Garvin Karunaratne IN the Fifth Century we built Yodha Ela at a gradient of five inches in a mile. Today,we are begging for dollars from the IMF. Our leaders were fooled by the IMF and we that were never in Debt, got weaned to live on loans. Our leaders are urged to put an […]

Dictators Files: The Dark Side of Power Zhou Enlai was one of the most iconic figures of the Chinese Communist revolution — diplomat, premier, strategist, and the man who kept Mao Zedong’s state functioning for decades. But behind the polished image was a darker truth: Zhou spent his entire political life trapped between loyalty to […]

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir I beg every Republican official to take a moment and ask themselves: Am I truly living up to my oath of office to defend and protect the Constitution? Am I upholding America’s democracy and freedoms for which millions have perished to protect? Am I fighting for what’s right, opposing what’s wrong, and […]

Lanka Property Web (Pvt) Ltd Colombo, January 2026 — The Sri Lankan land market maintained solid growth in 2025, with Colombo suburbs and Western Province districts emerging as key drivers, according to the latest Land Price Index (LPI) 2025 (updated), published by LankaPropertyWeb (LPW). The 2025 index shows that Colombo 1–15 recorded a 4% year-on-year […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, stated she is prepared to step down from the position of Prime Minister once the people of the country decide that a change is necessary. The Prime Minister, who attended the 2026 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Continued from January 16, 2026 Before continuing, please let me correct a serious error (a senior moment, a senile memory slip) that occurred in Part I, while updating an earlier piece of writing; in paragraph five their of, I went on the presumption that KD’s predictions were meant to apply to […]

 Dr.  Ruwan M Jayatunge, M.D. PhD Immanuel Kant’s exploration of mental disorders is extensively articulated in his later work, Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798). Unlike the predominant medical or biological perspectives of his era, Kant adopted a pragmatic approach, emphasizing the impact of mental illness on an individual’s cognitive and moral agency […]

වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන https://neethiyalk.blogspot.com/2026/01/blog-post.html?m=1 ත්‍රීකුණාමලය මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණයේ 1784/25 අංක දරන බුදු පිළිමය සම්බන්ධ නඩුවට නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා විසින් පෞද්ගලිකව මෝසමක් ඉදිරිපත් කරමින් 2026.01.21 දින එම නඩුව විවෘත අධිකරණයේ කැදවා එම නඩුවේදී පොලීසියේ වැරදි වලට එරෙහිව අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීම යටතේ නඩු පැවරීමට එම නඩුවේ සහතික පිටපතක් ලබා ගැනීමට ඉල්ලා ඇත. මෙම නඩුව 2026.01.19 දින කැදවූ අවස්ථාවේ නීතිපතිතුමා […]

By Wladimir van Wilgenburg in Qamishli, Syria Protests erupt across Kurdish regions, condemning US inaction as Syrian forces advanced A Kurdish protester waves a national flag in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region, during a demonstration in support of Kurds in Syria on 20 January 2026 (AFP) Published date: 21 January 2026 […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Court of Appeal has scheduled January 30 to deliver its order on the petitions seeking to invalidate the Trincomalee Magistrate Court’s decision to remand Venerable Balangoda Kassapa Thera and Venerable Kalyanawansatissa Thera. The decision was announced today (22) after the matter was considered by a bench comprising Justice Rohantha Abeysuriya and […]

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Dheshamanya Dr Sudath Gunasekara Former Secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranayaka and the Ex-President of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service Association (1991-1994). 20.01.2026. (This article is of two parts. This is Part 1 to be followed by part 11.) Part 1 It is a historical fact that it was the heroic ancestors of the present […]

වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන ත්‍රීකුණාමලය මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණයේ 1784/25 අංක දරන බුදු පිළිමය සම්බන්ධ නඩුවට නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා විසින් පෞද්ගලිකව මෝසමක් ඉදිරිපත් කරමින් 2026.01.21 දින එම නඩුව විවෘත අධිකරණයේ කැදවා එම නඩුවේදී පොලීසියේ වැරදි වලට එරෙහිව අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීම යටතේ නඩු පැවරීමට එම නඩුවේ සහතික පිටපතක් ලබා ගැනීමට ඉල්ලා ඇත. […]

Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr.) 2066 Kings Grove Crescent. Ottawa. Ontario K1J 6G1 . Canada 20 January 2026 His Excellency Santosh JhaIndian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka36-38 Galle RoadColombo 3Sri Lanka cc.Hon. Vijitha Herath,  Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Your Excellency: I was surprised to read your New Delhi’s Christmas Fairy Tale of 2025 –…the […]

Alon Ben-Meir – Jan 20, 2026 Since the 2016 coup attempt, Erdoğan has built a regime in which power is centralized, freedoms are curtailed, and dissent is met with an iron fist. Now that there is a historic opportunity to end the conflict with the Kurds, Erdogan is seeking surrender rather than a dignified, sustainable […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 21 (Daily Mirror) – UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake raised serious concerns in Parliament over what he described as a growing disconnect between Sri Lanka’s record tourist arrivals and the weak flow of foreign exchange into the country’s official financial system. Speaking in Parliament, Karunanayake noted that Sri Lanka recorded […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් Share Post වෙරළ කලාපය තුළ අනවසර ඉදිකිරීමක් කර බුදුපිළිමයක් තැන්පත් කිරීමෙන් වෙරළ සම්පත් පනත කඩකිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කර සිටින බළන්ගොඩ කස්සප හිමියන් ඇතුළු සැකකරුවන් දස දෙනා සම්බන්ධ සිද්ධියේ සම්පූර්ණ නඩු වාර්තාව සැකකාර පාර්ශ්වයගේ නිතීඥවරයාට ලබා දෙන ලෙස ත්‍රිකුණාමලය මහේස්ත්‍රාත් එම්.එස්.එම්. සම්සුදීන් අධිකරණ රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර්වරයාට අද (21) නියෝග කළා. මෙම සිද්ධියට […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් අපේ රටේ ජනතාව අවස්ථාවාදීව සිතා පාලකයින් පත්කර ගන්නා බව කෝට්ටේ ශ්‍රී කල්‍යාණි සාමග්‍රී ධර්ම මහා සංඝ සභාවේ අනුනායක මහාචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය කොටපිටියේ රාහුල හිමියන් ප්‍රකාශ කරනවා. උන්වහන්සේ මේ බව පැවසුවේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ දේශපාලඥයෙකු වූ අභාවප්‍රාප්ත නන්දන ගුණතිලක මහතාගේ දේහය පිළිබද අවසන් කටයුතු අද (21)දින සිදුකෙරුණු අවස්ථාවේදී අනුශාසනාවක් කරමින්. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ පූජ්‍ය […]

Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel, Solicitor in England and Wales, former Chairman Consumer Affairs Authority Former Ambassador UAE and Israel and President Ambassador’s Forum. World consumer day falls on 15th March every year celebrated by the Consumer International the main body for consumer – and others world over as the Consumers Day world over in order […]

Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Investor & Project Promoter Open Letter to Ministry of Investment Promotion, Chairman – UDA, Director General – BOI, President’s office Director of office of digitisation  Dear Sir / Madam, Sri Lanka urgently needs to exert far greater pressure on the digitisation and streamlining of statutory approvals for investment projects, particularly those involving skills […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් හෙලයේ මහා ගත්කරැ මාර්ටින් වික්‍රමසිංහයන් හට නිගරු වන අන්දමින් අමතර පන්ති මෙහෙයවන ගුරුවරයෙකු කළ ප්‍රකාශයක් ඇතුළත් දර්ශන පෙළක් මේ දිනවල අන්තර්ජාලය ඔස්සේ දැඩි කතාබහට ලක්ව තිබේ.  එහිදී එම ගුරුවරයා විසින් වික්‍රමසිංහයන් “මෝඩයෙකු” ලෙස හඳුන්වමින් තම ශිෂ්‍ය ප්‍රජාවට කරුණු ඉදිරිපත් කරනු දක්නට ලැබේ. භාෂා ශාස්ත්‍රයට පමණක් සීමා නොවී විද්‍යාත්මක පර්යේෂණ, මානව […]

Courtesy Hiru News Most Venerable Thibbatuwawe Sri Sumangala Mahanayake Thera of the Malwatta Chapter questioned why there is a push to implement education reforms that the government has already admitted contain errors. These remarks follow a meeting today (20) with a representative body of parents of Grade 6 students, who submitted a memorandum requesting the […]

උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත පසුගිය දින දෙක තුන පුරාවට මේ පිළිඹඳ ලිපි බොහෝ ප්‍රමාණයක් මා විසින් කියවූවත් එය ඒ ඒ පුද්ගලයින් විසින් අල්ලාගත් තැන පිළිඹඳ මා හට ගැටළුවක් මතු විය. ජනාධිපතිවරයා යාපනයේදී කළ ප්‍රකාශය, හුදෙක් දේශපාලන කතාවක් නොව, සාමකාමීව වන්දනාවේ යන සමස්ත සිංහල බෞද්ධ ජනතාවගේම චේතනාව සහ ආත්මගෞරවය ප්‍රසිද්ධියේ ප්‍රශ්න කිරීමකි. සිංහල ජනතාව දෙස වෛරයෙන් බලන ලෙස […]

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 […]