Shenali D Waduge by Shenali Waduge · 6th April 2026 The 2019 Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka were not unforeseen. Intelligence agencies had repeatedly flagged threats, warrants existed against Zaharan. Yet negligence, inaction, and bureaucratic delays allowed an ideology rooted in hatred to manifest in mass murder. Over the years, a conspiracy theory has circulated suggesting that […]

by Garvin Karunaratne On many an occasion on my never ending irrigation inspections in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya long ago I had to cling onto trees and, creepers to avoid being blown off by the power of the wind. I enclose what I once wrote hoping that our new Government of Anura Kumara Dissanayake will […]

e-Con e-News Posted byee ink.April 4, 2026Posted inUncategorized blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 29 March – 04 April 2026 As our New Year dawns and the sun arcs directly over Sri Lanka after crossing the equator – the northern hemisphere’s spring equinox – the English media in Sri Lanka […]

Dilrook Kannangara Seven Easter Sundays have passed since the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attack but none has been convicted in Sri Lanka. A few were convicted in the US but not in Sri Lanka. Former intelligence service chief Suresh Salley is currently being questioned to gain information of the attack solely because his unit was […]

Courtesy: AI Overview Historical accounts from both Portuguese chroniclers and contemporary researchers document a systematic campaign of religious ( mainly Buddhist and Hindu) destruction in Sri Lanka during the Portuguese colonial period (1505–1658). Portuguese historians like Fernão de Queiroz in his work The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon and Paulo da Trinidade in [Conquista […]

Source: AI Overview The Christian Church cannot claim a glorious history in Sri Lanka because it entered the country in collaboration with foreign invaders i.e., Portuguese, Dutch and the British, and then joined hands with them to dislodge Buddhism as the dominant religion through forcible religious conversions and wholesale destruction of Buddhist Temples leaving a […]

Courtesy: AI Overview A countless number of Churches in former Portuguese occupied territory of Ceylon were built on sites of destroyed Buddhist Temples is an incontrovertible fact.   Historical accounts from both Portuguese chroniclers and contemporary researchers document a systematic campaign of religious ( mainly Buddhist and Hindu) destruction in Sri Lanka during the Portuguese colonial period […]

by, Professor Nishan C Wijesinha of German School of Medicine Iranian Key Uranium Field Saghand Uranium Mine is situated in the  (Yazd Province). It is considered as Iran’s largest Uranium mine.  It uses both open-pit and underground techniques; with depths exceeding 1,000 feet which is designed to feed the Ardakan yellowcake production plant. The Ardakan […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera TRINCOMALEE 2040 India–Sri Lanka Integrated Maritime & Energy Hub (A Transformational Bilateral Proposal) 1. The Big Idea (Simple but Powerful)  Turn Trincomalee into: The Singapore of the Bay of Bengal The Rotterdam of South Asia  A Joint India–Sri Lanka Strategic Energy & Marine Hub Not just a port—but a fully integrated ecosystem: […]

Source:  Facebook Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has called for the creation of a new global cricket governing body, saying the current International Cricket Council has become overly influenced by Indian political and commercial interests. In a social media post on Tuesday, Asif said a new organisation was needed to keep the spirit of the […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The summer trains of the Soviet Union had a rhythm of their own—metal grinding against steel, a steady heartbeat echoing across endless plains. From Belorusskaya railway station, I began my long pilgrimage westward—two days across borders and ideologies, through guarded crossings into Poland, then through the divided veins of Germany, eventually spilling […]