By Garvin Karunaratne former SLAS Can we stop imports and save dollars? Yes, We CAN. Let us talk about what we once did. In 1965, when I worked in Nuwara Eliya, a car loan of tomatoes purchased at Hanguranketa made my home a Cannery for a weekend, and we made tomato sauce that lasted six […]

Senaka Weeraratna The visit emphasized several key principles that are seen as vital for the “purification” and revitalization of the Buddha Sasana in Sri Lanka:          Article 51A(g) states that it is the duty of every citizen of India:  “to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife, and […]

By Sarath Obeysekera May Day has always been a day of colour, തൊഴില් spirit, and political expression in Colombo. For me, however, one particular May Day remains etched in memory—not for the pageantry, but for how close I came to witnessing history take a tragic turn. At the time, I was serving as Chairman of […]

Senaka Weeraratna Cricket lovers have a new opportunity to appeal to the New Cricket Reform Committee to give due priority to promoting Sri Lanka as the home of the Player Referral system (DRS) and extend long overdue official recognition to the author of the Player – Referral concept lawyer Senaka Weeraratna.  see Mass resignation of Shammi […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara Former Secretary to the Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaarnayaka The text of the Welcome Address by Venerable Anunayaka Niyangoda Vijitasiri Thera of Malwatta Chapter made at the handing over of a memorandum by the Most venerable four Mahanayaka Theras, to the Ambassadors of the USA, Israel and Iran and all other Diplomats on […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Kuliyapitiya Police have initiated a wide-ranging investigation into the suspicious death of Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage Ranga Nishantha Rajapaksa, a suspended Assistant Director of the Department of External Resources at the General Treasury. The deceased, a resident of Madakumburumulla in Pahala Weerambua, Kuliyapitiya, was found dead in his backyard this afternoon (30). Police […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් මුදල් ලේකම් හර්ෂණ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට නොපැමිණෙන්නේ නම්, ඔහුට පාර්ලිමේන්තු යාන්ත්‍රණය හරහා දඩුවම් කිරීමට මුදල් කමිටු සභාපති හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා ට බලය ඇතැයි හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාරවර රජිත් කිර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් පවසයි. මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශ ලේකම් හර්ෂණ සුරියප්පෙරුම හෙට දින පාර්ලිමේන්තු මුදල් කමිටුව වෙත නොපැමිණෙන බව ලිඛිතව දන්වා ඇත. ඒ පිළිබඳව ‘ෆී ලෝයර්ස්’ සංවිධානය වෙනුවෙන් නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරන […]

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Senaka Weeraratna The mass resignation of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Shammi Silva and the entire Executive Committee (ExCo) was officially confirmed on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. This voluntary exit, reportedly requested by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to avoid a forced “sacking” and potential ICC suspension, has paved the way for an interim committee to […]

Obituary  KARUNADASA – PROF. EMERITUS Y. KARUNADASA Sabbe sankhārā aniccā” passed away peacefully on 27th April 2026. Dearly beloved husband of Malathi, loving father of Himansu and Hemamala, cherished father-in-law of Deepani and Srinivasan, adoring grandfather of Sirini, Daham and Athena. Remains lie at the Jayaratne Restpect Funeral Parlour from 8.30 a.m. on 29th April […]

Nava Thakuria Geneva, 29 April 2026: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over the murder of Indian scribe V Jaganmohan Reddy, who was hacked to death on Tuesday as the Telugu scribe went for a morning walk at  Venkatagiri Kotain area under  Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Local […]

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Shenali D Waduge The Buddhists need to not only identify the enemy but more importantly identify the strategies adopted by the enemy & the reasons they do so. It is without a doubt they consider the teachings of the Buddha as a threat. It is something even the English vocabulary cannot define or converge to […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera In a world fractured by conflict, ideology, and economic struggle, there are nations that quietly rise above adversity. Vietnam stands as one such example—a country shaped by war, yet guided by discipline, patriotism, and spiritual grounding. Sri Lanka today finds itself at a crossroads, searching for models of resilience and unity. Vietnam […]

By Dipen Barua Courtesy Buddhistdoor.net The celebrated Buddhist scholar Prof. Yakupitiyage Karunadasa, widely known as Y. Karunadasa, died in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 26 April. He was 92 years old. Prof. Karunadasa was best known for his extensive research on Early Buddhism and Theravada Abhidhamma. Prof. Karunadasa was a towering figure in Buddhist studies—a brilliant scholar, […]

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Courtesy Hiru News Treasury Secretary Harshana Suriyapperuma informed the Committee on Public Finance in writing that he will not appear before the committee tomorrow (30). The Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance, Member of Parliament Dr. Harsha de Silva, confirmed this. Although the meeting was scheduled for tomorrow, the Treasury Secretary officially communicated his […]

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By Raj Gonsalkorale Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are the cornerstone for sustainable development, but if they are not appropriately managed, they will impede progress towards the United Nations Global Sustainable Development Goals. Among undesirable impacts, emphasis must be put on the risk of information security (ISec) breaches, as they pose a potential threat to […]

by, Professor Nishan C Wijesinha of the German School of Medicine. The Jaffna Kingdom (1215–1619 CE) was a major historical Kingdom on the Jaffna Peninsula in the northern part of Ceylon which was popularised by it’s stilts related cultural dancers; within the Peninsular.  The purpose of this Mahapabbata ritual was to spread the message of […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The core problem: labour shortage Middle East pull (especially if reconstruction or instability increases demand) can drain skilled workers like masons, bar benders, and carpenters from Sri Lanka. The Chamber of Construction Industry Sri Lanka has flagged this before—construction here is still heavily labour-intensive and slow to modernize. steel + prefabricationsteel structures […]

Sri Lands – මහපොළොවේ හැංගුණු විද්‍යාව සහ ස්මාර්ට් ජීවන රහස් කියාදෙන තැන. රෑ 2 ට විතර වැස්ස වැඩි වෙද්දී, කන්ද පිටුපසින් ඇහෙන ඒ දිය සද්දෙට කී පාරක් නම් අපේ ඇඟ සීතල වෙලා තියෙනවද? වත්ත පහළ පිටුපස බිත්තියට රතු පාට ඉඩමේ පස හේත්තු වෙලා තියෙන හැටි දකිද්දී, ඒ “කොළ මඩ” වතුර කෑලි කොන්ක්‍රීට් එක දිගේ ගලාගෙන […]

– චමිල ලියනගේ. උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් මෙම සටහන ගැන ඔබ උරන විය හැක. එහෙත් මම මාගේ අදහස ඉදිරිපත් කරමි.  ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ ටෙක්සාස් සිට වොෂින්ටනය දක්වා ඉතා අසීරු පරිසර සාධක මැද කිලෝමීර් තුන්දහසක් හෝ ඊට ආසන්න ගණනක් පයින්ම වැඩම කළ පූජ්‍ය පඤ්ඤාකර හිමියන් ඇතුළු භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලාගේ ව්‍යායාමය දෙස ඉමහත් සතුටින් බුද්ධාලම්භන ප්‍රීතියෙන් බලා සිටි, […]

Courtesy Hiru News Nineteen out of 22 Buddhist monks arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) with a large stock of narcotics have tested positive for drug use, according to the Judicial Medical Officer. The suspects were taken into custody on April 25 after arriving from Thailand with 112 kilograms of Kush” cannabis and Hashish,” valued […]

ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්‍රී ගුණරත්න  නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා කැඳවුම්කරු ෆී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය විසින් මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ මංකොල්ලය හෙළිදරව්කර අද වන විට දින පහක් (5) ගතවී ඇත.  මේ අපරාධය සම්බන්ධයෙන් මේ දක්වා අවම වශයෙන් විමර්ශකයින් මහෙස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණයකට ‘කරුණු වාර්තා කිරීමක්’ හෝ සිදු කර නැත.  වැඩ තහනමට ලක්වී ඇති නිලධාරීන්ගේ සාක්ෂි සටහන් කිරීමක් හෝ විමර්ශකයින් විසින් සිදු කර […]

Shenali D Waduge We are in agreement on one point: on 21 April 2019 Zaharan and a team of suicide bombers targeted 3 hotels and 3 churches causing 269 fatalities. PART 1 — ESTABLISHED FACTZahran carried out the attacks PART 2 — THE BUT” CLAIMZahran acted with the support of military intelligence This second claim […]

Shenali Waduge THOSE WHO GOVERNED & HEADED SECURITY DURING EASTER ATTACKS 2019 ·     President (Minister of Defence) – MAITHRIPALA SIRISENA-2015-2019 ·      Prime Minister – RANIL WICKREMASINGHE -2015-2019 ·      Defense Secretary – HEMASIRI FERNANDO -Jan 2018-May 2019 Police Leadership ·      IGP – Pujith Jayasundara – 2016 – October 2019 Intelligence Services ·       Chief of National Intelligence (CNI) – Sisra Mendis – 2015-2019 ·       Head of State […]

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ෆී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය දැන් ලංකාව ‘තාක්ෂණිකව ණය පැහැර හැරි රාජ්‍යයකි’ (technical default)   පරිගණක මුල්‍ය අපරාධ, හැකින්, ස්කෑම් ගැන ජනතාව දැනුමත් කරන ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව, රටේ භාණ්ඩාගාරය තමන් යටතේ තිබූ ‘රාජ්‍ය ණය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව’ විසින් ආරම්භ කර, නඩත්තු කළ ‘ඕස්ට්‍රෙිලියානු ණය ගිණුම්’ හි සිදුව ඇති අක්‍රමිකතාවය පිළිබඳ රටටත්, පාර්ලිමේන්තුවටත් සත්‍යය හෙළි කළ යුතුව ඇතැයි ‘ෆී […]

e-Con e-News e-Con e-News 19-25 April 2026 blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 19-25 April 2026 Shocking revelations – about the USA inveigling Indian & Sri Lankan officials to comply with their murder of over 100 naval cadets – have been made by the Iranian captain of the ship IRIS Dena. […]