KELUM BANDARA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, April 9 (Daily Mirror) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) stressed today that Sri Lanka must also continue with trade liberalisation, digitalisation, regulatory streamlining, and labour market modernisation to unlock durable, inclusive growth. Addressing a media conference at the conclusion of the latest mission, IMF Mission Chief for […]

Courtesy Adaderana British Airways said on Thursday it will cut flights to the Middle East when services resume, permanently drop Jeddah as a destination, while adding capacity to India and Africa, as heightened regional tensions disrupt schedules and weigh on demand. The changes follow prolonged disruption after the escalation of the U.S.-Israeli war ⁠against Iran […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) which met under the chairmanship of Member of Parliament Dr. Harsha de Silva has raised the alleged fraud at NDB Bank with the officials of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL). The CBSL Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, along with members of the Governing Board, the Monetary […]

Courtesy Hiru News Total financial losses resulting from the coal scam exceed Rs. 100 billion, claims Member of Parliament D.V. Chanaka. During a special media briefing held by the Joint Opposition in Parliament today (09), he stated that estimated losses for April, May, and June alone amount to over Rs. 25 billion. He further noted […]

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By Rohana R. Wasala  The evil that men do lives after them. The late Kumar David (1941-2024), retired electrical engineering professor, ex-Marxist, and political economic analyst and newspaper columnist, wrote a  feature article entitled Arrest Gota or not per the evidence: NO to fundamentalism, racial-extremism and neo-populism” published in the Sunday Island/December 10, 2017. The […]

Source : AI Overview The “Spirit of Cricket”—often cited by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as a cornerstone of fairness and sportsmanship—is viewed by critics as a convenient, selectively applied “myth” when contrasted with the ICC’s handling of the Decision Review System (DRS) intellectual property (IP) rights. The controversy centers on allegations that the ICC […]

Sarath Wijesinghe PC Former Chair Consumer Affairs Authority Former Ambassador Consumer is bound to be exploited during the festive season by the trader manufacturer and industrialist whose motive is profit making and more business at any cost. Consumer always get a unreasonable deal as he is not organized and the Consumer Affairs Authority – the […]

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Sarath Wijesinghe PC Real thief too runs with the running crowd to catch the real thief running with belongings for safety. Thriving is   illegal punishable under penal code as a criminal offence, but only few real thieves are caught and punished as real thief somehow escapes as he has the knowledge and intelligence of God […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera There are journeys that shape a man’s career—and then there are journeys that shape his entire philosophy of life. Mine began in the austere yet intellectually rich environment of the former Soviet Union. As a young Sri Lankan engineer, I found myself under the guidance of remarkable academics, including my mentor, Professor […]

AI Overview https://share.google/aimode/imFpAa9y6gHnVP8IN The period from 1505 to 1948, marking 450 years of colonial rule in Sri Lanka by Portuguese, Dutch, and British powers, is often described by historians and scholars as a time of intense pressure and systematic efforts to dismantle the traditional Buddhist and Sinhalese culture . Despite these attempts, which included the […]

By Nishan de Mel Courtesy Atlantic Council This is the eleventh chapter in the Freedom and Prosperity Center’s 2026 Atlas, which analyzes the state of freedom and prosperity in ten countries. Drawing on our thirty-year dataset covering political, economic, and legal developments, this year’s Atlas is the evidence-based guide to better policy in 2026. Evolution of freedom Sri Lanka entered […]

Courtesy The Straits Times COLOMBO – Sri Lanka announced on April 7 that a record US$320 million (S$411 million) relief package for farmers, fishermen and low‑income households hit hardest by soaring energy costs due to the Middle East war. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the package, the biggest state handout ever, would help the most […]

Courtesy The Straits Times COLOMBO – Sri Lanka on April 6 raised prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by nearly a quarter, blaming higher global prices triggered by the Iran war. As well as gas, Sri Lanka also imports all of its oil and buys coal for electricity generation. Colombo has warned that a prolonged war in […]

Courtesy Adaderana A special audit report has uncovered multiple irregularities in the coal procurement process carried out by the Lanka Coal Company for the Lakvijaya Power Plant for the 2025/2026 season. According to the report issued by the Auditor General, a controversial supplier, Trident Chemphar Ltd, had relied on laboratory reports from a loading port […]

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 […]

Bodhi Dhanapala A group of avowed Islamic exrimists carried out the Easter bombing where several prominent Christian Churches and devotees attending them were killed. The assassins also died in the blasts, or were captured by the police. All the pesidential commissions and investigations picked Zahran as possibly the lead individual. Several people closely connected with […]