e-Con e-News Posted byee ink.March 23, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:history, poetry, politics blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 15-21 March 2026 The USA is waging war on the world, and demanding their allies, pitbulls, poodles and puppets, fall in line. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently declared at the 62nd Munich Security Conference, billed as the world’s leading forum […]

-Sri Lanka Jurists- In the classical tradition of jurisprudence, the Court is not merely a government department; it is the Marketplace of Grievances. It is the only forum where the “Sovereign”—the People—can trade their vulnerabilities for the currency of Justice. Yet, a chilling wind has swept through the corridors of Hulftsdorp. A new “jurisprudence of […]

Senaka Weeraratna Chinese contributions to the spread of Buddhism were instrumental in transforming it from a regional Indian tradition into a dominant world religion. China served as the primary “mother culture” for Buddhism in East Asia, developing unique schools, massive scripture canons, and a network of pilgrims that exported the faith across the continent. Contributions Within […]

Raj Gonsalkorale P O Box 4, Annandale NSW 2038 Open letter to Mr Anthony Albanese Prime Minister of Australia Dear Mr Albanese Let sanity prevail The latest salvo from Mr Donald Trump and the response from Iran poses a catastrophic aftermath for the whole world. Individuals are powerless in this situation and it appears neither […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka has, over the decades, stood at the crossroads of opportunity and indecision—nowhere more evident than in the development trajectory of Trincomalee.  Blessed with one of the finest natural harbors in the world, Trincomalee should by now have evolved into a regional energy and maritime hub. Instead, it remains a case […]

Source: AI Overview  The false narrative of the Buddha being born in Sri Lanka will cause irreparable harm to the integrity of Buddhism, unnecessarily create division, and most importantly undermine the saddha ( faith and trust) in the credibility of the life story of the Buddha and eventually damage the Buddha Sasana. AI Overview The […]

by A. Abdul Aziz 23rd  March – Ahmadiyya Founder’s Day On February 13th, 1835, in the small Indian village of Qadian, Punjab, India, a man named Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was born. He belonged to a well-known and noble family. All religions contain prophecies that foretell the advent of a special individual, who will come as […]

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by Garvin Karunaratne Though our resplendent island is blessed with ample water casading over valley and dale and wind blowing me off on my many minor irrigation inspections in the Districts of Kegalla, Nuw ara Eliya and Kandy the coal and oil lobby has been so strong, that the attempt by a few of us […]

Courtesy India Today Sri Lanka raised fuel prices by about 25% for the second time in a week as the Gulf conflict disrupts global oil supplies via the Strait of Hormuz. The Sri Lankan government on Sunday raised fuel prices by around 25 per cent, the second such increase in a week amid the West […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sinopec revised its fuel prices, effective midnight today (22). The price of a litre of Octane 95 Petrol is increased by Rs. 122 to Rs. 487, and Super Diesel by Rs. 219 to Rs. 573, higher than the prices set by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation. The prices of Octane 92 Petrol and […]

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By Raj Gonsalkorale Donald Trump – US will ‘obliterate’ Iran’s power plants if Strait of Hormuz are not open before the 48-hour deadline Iran – ‘‘If Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure is attacked by the enemy, all energy, information technology, and desalination infrastructure belonging to the United States and the (Israeli) regime in the region […]

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara (SLAS)  According to Mahavansa, the Great chronical, the Sinhale Kingdom was found in 543 BC by Vijaya, a North Indian Prince. who was banished by his Father King Sinhabahu for his misbehavior with his fellow mates. As such according to Mahavamsa Prince Vijaya is the founder King of Sri Lanka and the […]

by A. Abdul Aziz Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, delivered Eid-Ul-Fitr Sermon on 20th March 2026  at ‘Masjid Mubarak’, Islamabad, Tilford, U.K. at 10.30 GMT (Sri Lankan Time 4 P.M.). It aired LIVE via MTA (Muslim TV Ahmadiyya International), having simultaneous translation in various languages including […]

Senaka Weeraratna ( with assistance from Chat GPT) The removal of the study of the Humanities i.e., classics, literature and philosophy, from the syllabus of school children in Sri Lanka has destroyed their capacity to think and value thought of different shades , and made them into what Herbert Marcuse has unequivocally described as the […]

සේනක වීරරත්න සේනක වීරරත්න (DRS) සහ මහින්ද විජේසිංහ (තුන්වන විනිසුරු) වැනි ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් නවෝත්පාදකයින්ට සහාය දැක්වීමට දේශපාලනික කැමැත්තක් නොමැතිකම බොහෝ විට ආයතනික නොසලකා හැරීම, දේශීය ක්‍රිකට් බලධාරීන්ගේ “නිහඬ” ආකල්පය සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් කවුන්සිලයේ (ICC) සංකීර්ණ, නිලධාරිවාදී ස්වභාවයේ එකතුවක් ලෙස සැලකේ.   සහයෝගය නොමැතිකමට ප්‍රධාන සාධකනිවසේදී ආයතනික උදාසීනත්වය: ජාත්‍යන්තර මට්ටමින් මෙම ප්‍රකාශ නිල වශයෙන් ජයග්‍රහණය […]

Sports Why is there no political will in Sri Lanka to support innovation in Cricket by Sri Lankans who have won world acclaim with their brainchilds such as Player Referral (DRS) by Senaka Weeraratna and Third Umpire by Mahinda Wijesinghe? AI Overview The lack of political will to support Sri Lankan cricket innovations, such as […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd.), held a high level meeting with the Hon. Minister of Defense of Japan, Shinjirō Koizumi, at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo on Wednesday (18 Mar). A high level meeting between Sri Lanka and Japan marked a significant step […]

සරත් ඔබේසේකර විසින් ජීවිතයේ එක් අවධියක, ශබ්දය අඩුවී යයි—ලෝකය නිහඬ වන නිසා නොව, අපි එය වෙනස් ලෙස අසා ගැනීමට ඉගෙන ගන්නා නිසාය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේත් විදේශයන්හිත් දැඩි කාර්මික පරිසරයන්හි දශක ගණනක් කාලයක් ගත කළ මගේ ජීවිතය, කාලයකදී නිරන්තර චලනයකින් යුක්ත විය. නාවික යාත්‍රා අංගන, යන්ත්‍ර, කාලසීමා, තීරණ—මේවා මගේ දෛනික ජීවිතයේ කොටසක් විය. ක්‍රියාකාරී වීම ප්‍රමුඛ වූ […]

Shenali D Waduge A critical look at the claims following April 2024 when Father Cyril Gamini addressed the media after appearing before the Criminal Investigation Department on 19 April 2024, he presented what he described as 8 facts with sources” relating to the Easter Sunday attacks. What follows is a systematic evaluation of each claim against known operational facts, […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara (SLAS), Retired Perm Secretary Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranayake It appears that international laws are applicable only to smaller nations and they never cover the crimes committed by the powerful bigger nations. It is simply Kautillya’s Mathsya niyaaya at work that is the smaller fish is always the prey of the Big fish. […]

 Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD The Buddhist Jātaka tales represent a substantial collection of folklore, consisting of 547 poems. Archaeological and literary evidence suggests that these stories were compiled between the 3rd Century B.C. and the 5th Century A.D. As noted by Professor Rhys Davids, the Jātaka tales are among the oldest fables known […]

Draft Submitted by:Dr Sarath Obeysekera Positioning Sri Lanka as a Regional Trade & Services Hub through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Model 1. Background & Rationale Global economic and geopolitical shifts and looming world war 3 , are resulting in a gradual relocation of trade, logistics, and service sector operations from traditional hubs in the Middle […]

Concept: Senaka Weeraratna Content : Chat GPT https://share.google/aimode/K7j7rlCnYXITu43ve                                             Artur Schopenhauer  AI Overview Admiration for Arthur Schopenhauer’s stance on animal compassion is rooted in his radical rejection of anthropocentrism, his deep empathy for the […]

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by Professor Mahinda Palihawadana, Source: Info Lanka, Published on the Buddhist Channel The Buddha was against animal sacrifice https://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=8,665,0,0,1,0 Colombo, Sri Lanka — The Buddha was against animal sacrifice. He had to be, for he was staunchly opposed to killing. Killing, not just human beings, but all beings without exception. He expressed the view that […]

AI Overview While Mahinda Wijesinghe of Sri Lanka is widely acknowledged as the person who conceptualized the third umpire, the system’s official debut is historically linked to South Africa. Conceptual Origins vs. Official Implementation Recognition and Controversy The perception of “unfairness” often stems from the delay in recognizing Wijesinghe’s role: Source:  AI Overview https://share.google/aimode/X1Ktb6EMU5SFQA55V

By Sarath Obeysekera There was a time when life did not come with apps, algorithms, or air-conditioned opinions. It came instead with cabbage. Not metaphorical cabbage—but real, stubborn, Soviet cabbage. The kind you harvested yourself whether you were an engineering student, a future military officer, or a confused foreigner wondering how you ended up in […]

Opinion by Robert Reich Courtesy The Guardian Donald Trump is alone. That’s different from the United States being alone. We – that is, the vast majority of Americans who were against Trump’s war from the start, and who support Nato and the United Nations charter and the post-second world war system of alliances and rules – are not alone. Most of the […]