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National Development Bank PLC Highlights National Development Bank PLC (hereinafter ‘the Bank’) announced its results for the financial year ended December 31, 2025 to the Colombo Stock Exchange recently. Full year results tabled by the Bank showcase a strong growth across all business lines with Net Banking Revenue increasing by a 45.2% on a comparable […]

Gamini Goonetilleke The first mortar screamed just after dawn on 10 June 1990. It tore through the coral-stone ramparts of Jaffna fort, the blast rattling every window in the city. Inside the pentagonal walls, 130 men- soldiers of the Sinha Regiment and young police recruits- looked at one another and knew: this was no skirmish. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb. 25 (Daily Mirror) – Former Minister Ali Sabry has expressed concern over the arrest of former State Intelligence Chief Suresh Sallay, describing it as a troubling development for the Sri Lanka Army and its Intelligence Corps. In a statement posted on social media, Sabry said the arrest of Major […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb. 25 (Daily Mirror) – The Colombo High Court today ordered that Daisy Forrest, the grandmother of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, be released from the case filed against her under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Deputy Solicitor General Janaka Bandara today presented to court a special psychiatric report obtained through the Colombo […]

Courtesy HiruNews රාජ්‍ය බුද්ධි සේවයේ හිටපු ප්‍රධානී, විශ්‍රාමික මේජර් ජෙනරල් සුරේෂ් සලේ අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමේ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් ජාත්‍යන්තර ත්‍රස්තවාදය සහ ආරක්ෂාව පිළිබඳ විශේෂඥයෙකු වන මහාචාර්ය රොහාන් ගුණරත්න සඳහන් කර ඇත්තේ මෙම අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම දේශපාලනික ක්‍රියාවලියක් ලෙස පෙනෙන බවයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වඩාත්ම ගෞරවනීය ජාතික ආරක්ෂක වෘත්තිකයෙකු වන ජෙනරාල් සුරේෂ් සලේ මුළු ජීවිතයම ශ්‍රී ලංකාව […]

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German Dharmaduta Society During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many German intellectuals and seekers viewed British occupied Ceylon  (modern-day Sri Lanka) as the “Mecca of Buddhism”. This fascination was driven by several key factors:  Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien. A former beauty queen ordained in 2006, she is recognized for supporting the Berlin Vihara and […]

National Development Bank PLC NDB Bank recently spearheaded a large-scale environmental clean-up initiative at the Negombo Lagoon, reinforcing its long-term commitment to environmental sustainability through its ongoing Adopt a Lagoon” programme in partnership with Clean Ocean Force . The initiative brought together over 200 participants, including NDB Bank staff volunteers, the Hon. Mayor and representatives […]

Courtesy:  AI Overview https://share.google/aimode/ULnAIYYnmjZK0eOd1 AI Overview Demographic shifts are placing Islam on a trajectory to potentially become the world’s most populous religion by the end of the 21st century . Current data from Pew Research Center suggests that while the world is adjusting, significant social and political challenges remain.  Global Growth and Parity Shifts in […]

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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 15-21 February 2026 The capitalist media keeps saying that the Jeffrey Epstein exposé is the ‘worst sex abuse scandal in US history’. Really? Strange then, how very few corporate ‘executives’ in the US seem to have been indicted for these crimes. But, but… ‘the worst’?  […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge  The shocking murder of former Sri Lankan parliamentarian Amarakirthi Athukorala, along with his security officer, during ARAGALAYA in 2022,  raises profound questions regarding human behaviour and the darker aspects of human nature. According to the reports, the mob attacked the two men with poles and clubs. The post-mortem examination revealed that MP […]

සමායෝජක වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන 2026.02.21 “ජාත්‍යන්තර මව් භාෂා දිනය වෙනුවෙන් වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන විසින් පවත්වන පවත්වන ලද නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහනේදිකැළණිය විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ සංස්කෘත අධ්‍යානාංශයේ මහාචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය ඉඳුරාගාරේ ධම්මරතන හිමි, නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා සහ නීතීඥ අජිත් බන්දුල මහතා කොළඹ මහජන පුස්තකාලයේ ප්‍රවේශාගාරයේදී දේශන පැවැත්වීමට සහභාගී […]

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Dr Sarath Obeysekera New Ports Authority chairman may have a daunting task to suppress bureaucracy in the Port  Port authority  deployed ADB  Asiandevelopment Bank to carry  out  a master plan to develop .Trincomalee Harbour So far no action had been taken implement the ADB suggested proposals  Recent submission  by EDB to obtain green light to […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් නොරොච්චෝල ලක්විජය බලාගාරය සඳහා මෙරටට ගෙන්වන ලද මුල් ගල්අඟුරු නැව් හයේම අඩංගු ගල්අඟුරු, අනුමත ටෙන්ඩර් ප්‍රමිතීන්ට වඩා බෙහෙවින් පහත් මට්ටමක පවතින බව රසායනාගාර වාර්තා මගින් තහවුරු වී ඇතැයි බලශක්ති විශේෂඥ විදුර රලපනාව මහතා පවසයි. අදාළ ටෙන්ඩර් කොන්දේසි අනුව ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කළ යුතු මට්ටමේ (Reject levels) පවතින ගල්අඟුරු මෙලෙස දිගින් දිගටම බලාගාරය […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror As a response to Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, saying, while on a visit to Sri Lanka, as to how government discussions with the IMF can help recover from the impact of Cyclone Ditwah-which had disastrous effect on ailing economy- internationally renowned political economist and senior […]

Courtesy Adaderana Arab and Muslim governments have condemned remarks made by the US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who suggested Israel would be justified in taking over a vast stretch of the Middle East on Biblical grounds. In an interview with conservative US commentator Tucker Carlson, Huckabee was asked whether Israel had a right to […]

Courtesy Adaderana A lawyer who was arrested by the Keselwatta Police while allegedly using crystal methamphetamine (commonly known as Ice”) in a dark and abandoned building in the Sanchiarachchi Watta area of Keselwatta, has been remanded until February 26 after being produced before the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court. The suspect was found in possession of 130 […]

රජය රටේ අනන්‍ය ලක්ෂණ නොසලකා හැරීම අදියර 2 –ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ භාෂා වෙනස්කම් 2026.02.21 ජාත්‍යන්තර මව් භාෂා දින නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන

History Undug Ancient Sri Lanka was not just an island kingdom — It was one of the greatest maritime trading powers of the ancient world.  For over 2,000 years, Sri Lankan ships sailed across the Indian Ocean, connecting Rome, Arabia, India, Southeast Asia, and China. Ancient Chinese records describe Sinhalese manned Sri Lankan vessels as the […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s media has reported on the application by the Muslim Left Front for registration with the Election Commission. A careful review of historical, regional, and global patterns shows that political parties — when built on religious identity fused with ideological activism — can become vehicles for external influence, social polarization, and long-term destabilization. This is not […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The Eelam wars (1983-2009)  between the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), arose over the issue of self-determination for Sri Lankan Tamils and the separation of the Northern and Eastern provinces from the rest of the country. The goal was a separate state.  The Eelam war was […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Revised 22.2.26 Anti Eelamists have   tried sporadically to  crush  the Tamil Separatist Movement by taking  the Tamil Separatist Movement  to court. The first recorded instance is in 1976. 1976 On May 21, 1976  ITAK leader A.  Amirthalingam, along with Federal Party MPs  V.N.Navaratnam, K.P.Ratnam, K.Thurairatnam  were delivering leaflets in Jaffna , regarding a […]

Dr Gamini Goonetilleke at Elephant Pass, 11th August 1991 A Defining Moment in Sri Lanka’s Modern Military History Elephant Pass—known locally as Alimankada—occupies one of the most strategically decisive locations in Sri Lanka’s geography and history. It is a narrow land corridor, barely a few kilometres wide at its most constricted point, yet it serves […]

By Atilio A. Boron February 16, 2026 A few days ago, the Cuban government informed airlines operating in the country that the supply of aviation fuel would be suspended as of midnight on Tuesday, February 10. Obediently, the empire’s powerful propaganda machine got to work and began to spread misinformation in a coordinated manner, attributing the situation […]