Garvin Karunaratne It all happened in the Bangladesh Secretariat, three days after General Ershard took over the country in a bloodless coup on the 24 th of March 1982. The Minister for Youth Development was clamped in prison and the work of the Ministry was in jeopardy. The third in command, Air Vice Marshall Aminul […]

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A rare video clip of the Colombo Law Faculty’s mid-1972 trip to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, has been shared on Facebook.  The video is available on a Facebook group for those interested in memories of the University of Ceylon, Law Faculty. A post from May 19, 2020, includes the footage and describes it as a […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jamuary 15 (Daily Mirror) – The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) has criticized the government for attempting to implement proposed education reforms without following proper guidelines or consulting key stakeholders. Addressing the media, CTU General Secretary Joseph Stalin said that meaningful discussions are essential when introducing educational reforms, but no such […]

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Courtesy Hiru News Venerable Balangoda Kassapa Thera, currently in remand for placing a Buddha statue within an unauthorised construction at the Trincomalee Fort beach area without a valid permit, refused his lunch today (15). Prisons Commissioner Operations and Media Spokesperson Chammika Gajanayake confirmed this development, noting that while the Thera accepted visitors and items brought […]

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by Garvin Karunaratne Posted on November 12th, 2024   Re printed for favour of action E-Con-E-News 3-9 th November in Lanka Web writes: • ‘Garvin Karunaratne writes again today. I have read his Dahanayaka & red-onion affair several times in the Island. His telephone handling at the Marketing Department’s Tripoli HQ resembles Mountbatten’s war operations room.’” We […]

Garvin Karunaratne Agriculture luminary, Professor Buddhi Marambe has been quoted in Ceylon Today, to the effect that paddy cultivation is facing a serious situation as a consequence of the Ditwah Cyclone. The cyclone devastated 106,000 hectares from the extent cultivated in the Maha season. The chances are that it is only a small percentage of […]

Histórias com João Beautiful to see such a grand Buddhist Spectacle from Myanmar (formerly Burma). An event never highlighted in day to day mainstream YouTube before. Greetings from Sri Lanka another Theravada Buddhist country with over 1000 year close friendly ties with Burma.

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රථම කේබල් කාර් ව්‍යාපෘතිය ලෙස සැලකෙන අඹුලුවාව කේබල් කාර් ව්‍යාපෘතියෙන් ඉවත් වීමට එහි ආයෝජකයා වන චීනයේ Amber Adventures පෞද්ගලික සමාගම තීරණය කර ඇත. මෙරට නියාමන ක්‍රියාවලියේ පවතින බාධා සහ රජයේ නිලධාරීන්ගේ අත්තනෝමතික ක්‍රියාකලාපයන් මෙම තීරණයට හේතු වූ බව එම සමාගම අවධාරණය කරයි. ඊයේ (13) දින ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලය වෙත ලිඛිතව දැනුම් දෙමින් සමාගම පවසා සිටියේ, තාක්ෂණික ආයතනවල අනුමැතිය ලැබී තිබියදීත්, සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ පැතිර ගිය පැමිණිලි පදනම් කරගනිමින් මධ්‍යම පරිසර අධිකාරිය විසින් ඉදිකිරීම් කටයුතු අත්හිටුවීමට පියවර ගැනීම ඇතුළු කරුණු කිහිපයක් මත මෙම ව්‍යාපෘතියෙන් ඉවත් වන බවයි. […]

Courtesy Hiru News Colombo District Member of Parliament Mujibur Rahman of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) stated that the party’s Working Committee has granted approval to continue discussions on working together with the United National Party (UNP). He explained that the progress of the ongoing discussions with the UNP was briefed to the Working Committee […]

Courtesy Hiru News Nine individuals, including Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thero and three other monks, remain in custody until January 19 for allegedly violating the Coast Conservation Act. The charges involve the unauthorised construction of a roof and enclosure for a Buddha statue at the Sri Sambuddha Jayanti Bodhiraja Temple in Trincomalee. The Trincomalee Magistrate’s Court […]

Shenali D Waduge Even decades after the 1996/2006 amendments, the protections under Sections 365 and 365A remain crucial. Children continue to face sexual exploitation, grooming, and abuse, both offline and online, while even same-sex abuse victims still require clear legal pathways for justice. Narrowing or repealing these provisions would dismantle preventive tools, limit early police […]

RANJITH SOYSA Courtesy Island Reference ,the Indian High Commissioner’s recent comments ( The Island, 9th Jan. ) on strong India-Sri Lanka relationship and the assistance granted on recovering from the financial collapse of Sri Lanka and yet again for cyclone recovery., Sri Lankans should express their thanks to India for standing up as a friendly […]

by A.Abdul Aziz Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, peace be on him, Promised Messiah and Imam-al-Mahdi and Holy Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, in 1905, he warned the world in the following words:  Remember, God has informed me of many earthquakes. Rest assured, therefore, that as earthquakes have shaken America and Europe, so will […]

National Development Bank PLC Guided by its commitment to sustainability, NDB Bank has renewed its partnership with Clean Ocean Force Lanka, extending three vital environmental initiatives that collectively protect Sri Lanka’s coastal and marine ecosystems. For the third consecutive year, NDB Bank continues to support the Adopt a Beach” initiative at Kapungoda, ensuring the stretch […]

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Courtesy Hiru News A meeting between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, and representatives of teachers’ trade unions was held this afternoon (13) at the Presidential Secretariat. At the meeting, the teachers’ union representatives stated that they accept the necessity of the new education reforms being implemented by the government and emphasised […]

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e-Con e-News blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 04-10 January 2026 * ‘Trump even admitted to having informed ‘the oil companies’ of the secret operation in advance, which appears to imply they took part in the planning of the whole affair from the get go – or perhaps, were even the […]

By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos After the live-streamed genocide of the Palestinians, carried out with the support of almost the entire West, the bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of President Maduro and his wife mark the entry into one of the most dangerous periods in the history of Western imperialism and of the entire planet. They […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Colombo Dockyard Limited (CDL) remains one of Sri Lanka’s most valuable yet under-leveraged strategic assets in the maritime and marine engineering sector. Its location, skilled workforce, dry dock facilities, and legacy capabilities position it as a natural anchor for Sri Lanka’s emergence as a regional maritime hub. Post-Privatisation Reality Since privatisation, the […]

Courtesy AA.com Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi makes brief stopover in Sri Lanka while on his way back from Africa trip. China is willing to deepen strategic cooperative partnership with Sri Lanka, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, as he made a brief stopover in the South Asian island country while on his way back […]

Courtesy  The Daily Mirror Earnings from Sri Lanka’s tourism industry disappointed in 2025, as revenue failed to correspond with the surge in arrivals, which reached a fresh high during the year.  For instance, the country attracted 258,928 visitors in December – about 10,000 more than a year earlier – bringing total arrivals for the year […]

by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island AKD’s request to Harsha: Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne has frustrated an attempt by Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) Dr. Harsha de Silva, MP, to intervene to settle the continuing dispute over the appointment of a new Auditor General. Dr. De Silva yesterday told The Island he had recently […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 12 (Daily Mirror) – Whilst highlighting a serious scam with regard to the awarding of tender pertaining to supply of coal to Norochcholai power plant, the Frontline Socialist Party yesterday urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to carry out a probe on it. FLSP Secretary Pubudu Jayagoda told media that […]

Courtesy Hiru News Wimal Weerawansa, the leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF), has announced that a continuous sathyagraha will commence today (12) in front of the Ministry of Education. The protest demands the immediate withdrawal of the recently introduced education reforms, which Weerawansa claims lack a scientific basis, and calls for the resignation of […]