By Dr Sarath Obeysekera A prolonged conflict in the Middle East has the potential to trigger a global economic slowdown, driven by rising oil prices, disrupted supply chains, and reduced investor confidence. For a country like Sri Lanka—highly dependent on imports, remittances, and external financing—such a recession could be particularly challenging. However, crisis also present […]

India Today Global India has made a major strategic move in Sri Lanka by acquiring a controlling stake in Colombo Dockyard, marking its first-ever takeover of a foreign shipbuilding facility. Led by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, the deal gives India a 51 per cent stake in Sri Lanka’s largest and most established shipyard, located within […]

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir For decades, five powerful actors—the United States, the Arab states, the European Union, AIPAC, and Israel’s own opposition—have all claimed to seek Israeli-Palestinian peace while enabling permanent occupation, together burying the two state solution. The Five Enablers Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Every powerful actor in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict professes to seek peace. […]

Senaka Weeraratna The fastest-conquering empire in world history took 75 years to fail in India. This is not a footnote. This is the most suppressed military story in medieval history. A forensic breakdown of 13 Arab expeditions, 5 dead commanders, and the Hindu kingdoms that broke the Umayyad Caliphate — backed by their own documents.  […]

Senaka Weeraratna  Sri Lanka’s Legal Education system values uncritically the inheritance of Roman – Dutch Law but nobody has ever complained that the very same Roman Dutch law was used by the Dutch East India Company to issue Placarts banning Buddhism and Hinduism as Cannibal faiths in 1711 and 1732.  Sri Lanka’s law schools have […]

Credits: Organised by the Sinhala Association (UK) Apr 12, 2026 #srilankahistory #Channel4 #RightToReply This rare archival footage captures a historic Channel 4 UK Right to Reply” programme (1986), featuring a response to the controversial documentary A Troubled Paradise” (1985), produced by Tim Cooper.  The programme presents a critical perspective from Douglas Wickramaratne, alongside Chandra Monerawela, […]

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Asoka Bandarage Colonial and Neoliberal Origins: Ecological and Collective Alternatives About this book https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783111203454/html?lang=en Now in Paperback This book provides a broad picture of Sri Lanka’s on-going political and economic crisis as the culmination of several centuries of colonial and neo-colonial developments. The book presents the Sri Lankan crisis as an exemplification of a broader […]

by Garvin Karunaratne I enclose a write upon the Youth Self Employment Programme of Bangladesh, I initiated in Bangladesh which has now grown to international level. The Youth Self Employment Programme of Bangladesh, a Programme that has created three million youth entrepreneurs in four decades. by Garvin Karunaratne It all happened in the Bangladesh Secretariat, […]

Senaka Weeraratna During the Dutch colonial period in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the Dutch East India Company (VOC) issued several Placaaten (decrees or edicts) designed to suppress non-Protestant religions, including Buddhism and Hinduism, with particularly severe actions taken in the 1710s and 1730s.  https://share.google/aimode/aCJIYyh6eZ13ncrN5 AI Overview ……………………………………. see also https://share.google/aimode/FZOdytx302xHxZLUx Several repressive placaarts (official proclamations) were […]

Senaka Weeraratna @SenakaWeeraratna 0 seconds ago Christopher Schweitzer was a German serving in the Dutch forces in Ceylon. The voyage of Christopher Schweitzer from Wurtenberg, Germany who spent time in Ceylon in the 1670s has left an interesting account.  While in Ceylon between 1676 – 1682 Schweitzer refers to the visit of a Persian Delegation […]

Nava Thakuria After Assam, Keralam and Puducherry (union territory), the State legislative assembly elections are knocking at the doors of  Tamil Nadu and West Bengal in the second half of April 2026. Meanwhile, the millions of voters have shown an extraordinary commitment to electoral politics as they participated in the largely peaceful single-phase assembly polls […]

Source: AI Overview ICC is duty bound to uphold and promote the ‘ Spirit of Cricket’. ‘ Natural Justice ‘ is a cardinal component of the latter. ICC is mandated by its fundamentals to resolve the dispute on the ownership of Player Referral (DRS) Intellectual Property by invoking Natural Justice principles rather than misleading legal […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The recent recognition of NDB Bank as a top performer at Euromoney 2026, prominently featured in the Sunday papers, painted a picture of strength, resilience, and institutional excellence. Yet, within days, the public has been confronted with deeply troubling revelations of alleged fraud within the same institution. This stark contrast between celebrated […]

Desert Wanderer  … with  highlighting imposed by The  Editor, Thuppahi SEE https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/08/ceasefire-deal-iran-us-israel-war-trump/  The negotiations in Islamabad have ended without an agreement. Rather than engaging in genuine diplomacy, the United States attempted to bully the Iranian negotiators into accepting their demands unconditionally or facing annihilation. JD Vance proved to be a big disappointment in this regard; the negotiations in Pakistan […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made two related claims about the government’s financing of LKR 500 billion for Cyclone Ditwah recovery : (1) it was from an existing Treasury [cash] balance of LKR 1,200 billion (or LKR 1.2 trillion), and (2) it was not drawn from borrowing or money printing. To assess […]

Shenali D Waduge After nearly one year in detention (arrested by CID on 8 April 2025), NO Easter Sunday–related charges were filed agaist Pillayan when he was finally produced before the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court on 2 April 2026. This is not a minor procedural detail. It creates a serious contradiction between the Government’s political narrative, […]

e-Con e-News Posted byee ink.April 11, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:China, Cuba, history, imperialism, news, politics blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 05-11 April 2026 * ‘Sri Lanka is also under a blockade like Cuba. You, me, we are all under a blockade. When the IMF – or any multilateral institution where the US Treasury is the main shareholder – […]

Dilrook Kannangara NDB bank is again in the news for the second time in 6 months for another, second, fraud. This time it is over Rs.13 billion which makes it the biggest bank heist in the island, second only to the 2015 Central Bank bond fraud. The fraud amount is colossal and there is no […]

Courtesy: AI Overview ‘User pays’ principle must be applied with respect to use of Player Referral (DRS) in Cricket. Player Referral is an Intellectual Property Gold Mine for Sri Lanka. It has transcended Cricket and is now used in several other Sports. Not one red cent has so far been paid to Sri Lanka or its […]

By Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Quote  Peace talks between the United States, Israel, and Iran should have been mediated by an independent Buddhist country such as Thailand, Myanmar, or even Sri Lanka. If all three countries are on one side and another country brings in a Muslim perspective, the talks cannot be effectively mediated by a […]

AI Overview Many International Sports that now adopt the Player – Referral method are legally bound to pay Royalties to Sri Lanka (Home country of the inventor). These sums are not small.   Sri Lanka has a significant national stake in the global recognition of Senaka Weeraratna , a Sri Lankan lawyer,  as the true inventor of the Player-Referral […]

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Source: AI Overview The Kingdom of Kandy, the last independent Sinhala kingdom in Sri Lanka, was a Buddhist state governed by Nayak kings of Tamil origin from 1739 to 1815, who patronized the Buddhist religion despite their own Hindu heritage. Following the Kandyan Convention of 1815, the British promised in Article 5 to maintain and […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe, Courtesy PIME Asia News Studies by the University of Peradeniya show that atmospheric nitrogen can be fixed into the soil and rapidly improve it thanks to sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea), reducing the need for chemical fertilisers, which are in short supply following the Strait of Hormuz blockade. Experts are urging the various […]

Courtesy BBC News Global Affairs Correspondent After floods devastated their village, Indrani Ravichandran and her family are back in their house, living in the only section that is still standing. They are among the many victims of Cyclone Ditwah that ravaged the country last November. The scale of the storm – and the destruction it […]

Rohana R. Wasala The following article is in felicitation for the 10th recorded ‘Melbourne Bak Maha Ulela’ event due to be held today (Sunday, April 12, 2026) at the Dandenong Showgrounds, off Bennet Street, Dandenong, Victoria State, Australia. As we know, it usually showcases customs, food, music, dances, and games traditionally associated with the hoary […]

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AI Overview In addition to Ashoka the Great, several Indian monarchs provided significant patronage to Buddhism, strengthening spiritual, cultural, and political ties between India and Sri Lanka. While Ashoka established the foundational relationship, later rulers facilitated the exchange of relics, texts, and ordained monks, ensuring the continuity of the Theravada tradition.  Key Indian rulers who […]