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Dr. Sarath Obeysekera  Lessons from Hambantota and the Way Forward 1. Executive Summary Sri Lanka’s strategic location along the East–West international shipping route presents a unique opportunity to develop a high-value marine and offshore industrial economy, rather than relying solely on port-based logistics and transshipment activities. In 2015, a comprehensive proposal was submitted to develop […]

Source: Al Hakam, London. There are certain ignorant philosophers in this day and age, who attribute all positive advancement to the brain. However, such people do not realise that the brain only possesses the ability to weigh arguments and evidence. Although it is the brain that possesses the faculty of reflection and retention, the heart […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 11 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa said that if the President believes education reforms compatible with the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) are also compatible with the country, then a wrong decision has been taken. He made these remarks while addressing the media, commenting […]

Courtesy The Island Thilini Ranasinghe speaking to the media outside of the Police headquarters A person, named Thilini Ranasinghe yesterday, said she had requested information from the Police under the country’s Right to Information law regarding a visit by Lankan police officers to an English university linked to an ongoing case involving a former president. Addressing the media […]

Courtesy The Island Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa on Friday told Parliament that the Buddhism textbook contained a serious error,” citing the use of the Ashoka Chakra instead of the Dharmachakra. He said the Dharmachakra depicted in the book differs from the one featured in the state symbol and called on the Education Minister […]

Courtesy Adaderana Although there is a need for educational reforms in schools, the process in which the present administration is carrying them out is not acceptable, Senior Professor Venerable Pathegama Gnanissara Thero noted. Ven. Gnanissara Thero made these remarks while delivering the keynote address at the book launch of a biography written about Venerable Daramitipola […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Joint Opposition has claimed a significant victory in the election held yesterday (10) to elect members for the General Assembly of the Katugampola Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society (MPCS). The opposition bloc secured a commanding majority, effectively taking over the management of the society. According to our correspondent, the Joint Opposition polled 113 […]

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Garvin Karunaratne Of the Administrative Service 1955-1973 Twenty Second Dec 2025 Leaving Royal Park in the shrill morning Siri at the wheel, Hiran and both of us, On our way to the holy shrine at Kataragama On the Mahinda Rajapaksa Highway, Thanks to Mahinda for making it. we passed by Culloden Estate Neboda where my dad, […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Subject: Urgent actions to develop marina, repair & maintenance (R&M) and leisure-yacht infrastructure at Galle and strategic fishery harbours (including Modera) to capture high-value nautical tourism and marine services export opportunities. Prepared by: Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Executive summary Sri Lanka has an immediate, realistic opportunity to develop a world-class cluster for luxury […]

National Development Bank PLC NDB Bank reaffirmed its steadfast commitment to empowering Sri Lanka’s SME and MSME sectors by participating in the Revive Sri Lanka, Rising Stronger initiative, held on 20th December at Kandy City Centre. Organised by Kandy City Centre under the guidance of its Chairman, Mr. Thusitha Wijayasena, the programme brought together over […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Continued from January 02, 2026 From my perspective, it is an obvious fact that Sri Lanka as a country/nation is still left in the lurch politically, economically and morally. The biggest problem is that there is no inspiring leadership. Strong moral leadership is a key component of good governance. ‘Raja bhavatu […]

National Development Bank PLC National Development Bank PLC (NDB) proudly represented Sri Lanka at the prestigious Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards 2025, held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, with the nomination of its award-winning digital solutions, TradeLinc 2.0 and Secure360 2.0. This regional recognition follows the Bank’s recent success at the National Best Quality Software Awards […]

ඉංජිනේරු බන්දුල කෑන්දරාගම ලිපිය / මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය මහත්මයාණෙනි / මහත්මියනි, කොත්මලේ ජලාශයේ සම්භාව්‍ය ජලයෙන් ආවරණය විය හැකි ප්‍රදේශය තුළ, සාමාන්‍යයෙන් සතුටුදායක ලෙස ක්‍රියාත්මකව තිබූ ජංගම දුරකථන ජාල කිහිපයක් 2025 නොවැම්බර් 27 සිට 30 දක්වා කාලය තුළ ක්‍රියාත්මක නොවීම හෝ අසාර්ථක වීම සිදු වූ බව මාගේ අවබෝධය වේ. මාගේ අදහස අනුව, එම ජංගම දුරකථන ජාල සතුටුදායක […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Irrigation Department has issued an urgent warning as water levels in major reservoirs across Sri Lanka have reached 80% to 90% capacity. Speaking at a press briefing this morning, Irrigation Engineer L.S. Sooriyabandara confirmed that 25 out of 73 major reservoirs are already spilling over, with significant concerns for the Eastern, […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) expects the economy to grow by 4% to 5%, while inflation is projected to gradually rise and reach the target level of 5% by the second half of 2026, Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said. Addressing the launch of the Central Bank’s Policy Agenda […]

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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 […]