Dr. Sunil J Wimalawansa Professor of Medicine For more than sixty years, Sri Lanka has suffered repeated man‑made disasters. Every few years, something man-made (manufactured) happens that pushes the country back by almost a decade. These setbacks did not come from natural disasters—they came from selfish people, from violence, from poor leadership, and from decisions […]

Senaka Weeraratna Did you all know that consumption of Beef was forbidden in Japan, for over 1200 years? It was actively forbidden by the Buddhists and also the Hindu influence over Japanese philosophies, including Shintoism. Consumption was rare, stigmatized, and legally discouraged, rather than entirely nonexistent. If you consume, you’d be made to do penance […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Colombo Dockyard PLC which is a subsidiary of Mazagon Shipyard of India and Sri Lankan marine engineering companies could benefit substantially from India’s planned shipbuilding component manufacturing expansion — but only if they reposition quickly from traditional repair-oriented activities into integrated regional supply-chain participation. The Indian strategy is not merely about building ships. […]

Ven. Ampitiye Sumanarathana Thero පූජ්‍ය අම්පිටියේ සුමනරතන නා හිමි. අමරපුර ශ්‍රී කළ්‍යාණිවංශික මහා නිකායේ මඩකලපුව – අම්පාර දෙදිසාවේ උප ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක ශ්‍රී වාදීභසිංහ සිරි සුජාත ගෞරව ධර්ම කීර්ති ශ්‍රී සමාජ සේවා විභූෂණ විහාරාධිපති, ශ්‍රී මංගලාරාමය – මඩකලපුව, ශ්‍රී පන්ථාරාමය – සින්නවත්ත, ශ්‍රී සුධර්ශනාරාමය – රම්මුල්ල, ශ්‍රී අභිනවාරාමය – කෙවිළියාමඩුව රට ජාතිය බුදු සසුන වෙනුවෙන් සිදුකරනු […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  The proposed India–Sri Lanka land bridge must be viewed not merely as an infrastructure project, but as a long-term strategic and geopolitical decision with deep political, social, demographic, and security implications for Sri Lanka. At a time when Tamil Nadu politics is becoming increasingly assertive, Sri Lanka must proceed with extreme caution. […]

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir Violence has metastasized into humanity’s baseline condition. Yet international institutions remain paralyzed by vetoes and rivalry, offering hollow declarations while dehumanization becomes normalized. Coordinated action, not gestures, is desperately needed Global violence today is metastasizing, not contained; over 180,000 violent events reported globally by the International Institute for Strategic Studies signal a […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Continued from April 26, 2026 Below is the last paragraph of Part III published eleven days ago: Be that as it may, his (i.e., president Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s)  efforts are apparently expended on appeasing the handful of racist Tamil separatists and the few religious extremists hiding safely in plain sight, taking […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Palm leaf manuscripts   have been in existence in Sri Lanka from the ancient period onwards. The two oldest palm-leaf manuscripts found in Sri Lanka today are the Cullavagga Pālimanuscript of the H.C.P. Bell collection, which is held at the Library of the National Museum, Colombo, and the Mahavagga Pāli manuscript in the University […]

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Senaka Weeraratna The Animal Welfare Bill proposed by the Law Commission in 2006 (and verbatim reproduced in the Private Members Bill tabled by Ven. Athureliya Rathana Thera, in Parliament, in October 2010) has been hijacked by the Meat Trade and its collaborators and converted into an Animal Welfare Bill (2022) protecting not the innocent animals […]

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By Sarath Obeysekera The renewed call by India’s High Commissioner to fast-track a land bridge between Sri Lanka and India has reignited an important national debate.  There are serious concerns inside Sri Lanka, even hinted in public reactions and past debates: 1. Sovereignty & security concerns 2. Economic imbalance 3. Social & political resistance The […]

Source: Al Hakam, London. In 2026, the United States reached a new turning point that revealed this cycle in real time: federal interest payments on public debt surpassed defence spending for the first time in American history. According to the US Treasury Department’s Quarterly Statement (Q1 FY2026), net interest payments reached $270.3 billion, exceeding the Pentagon’s […]

By Sena Thoradeniya Introduction The alleged suicide of an Assistant Director in the Treasury, linked to the US $2.2 million cyber fraud, has ignited a storm of conspiracy theories. For more than two weeks these theories have circulated widely in the public domain, amplified daily by social media and reinforced by criticisms from opposition political […]

Shenali D Waduge The reported move by the Criminal Investigation Department Sri Lanka to obtain a statement from Asad Maulana living overseas since 2022, in connection with allegations involving Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay, raises several questions. Media reports indicate that the CID’s actions are linked to a complaint filed by Father Rohan based on claims made by Asad […]

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RANJITH SOYSA At Tissa Viharaya, Jaffna, on the days significant to the Buddhists, the unruly individuals of another faith gather at its gates and create disruptive scenery disturbing the religious environment. This is the ugly truth the Buddhists devotees must face regularly. Such an unenviable situation was prevailing for the last one year. History of […]

ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්‍රී ගුණරත්න, නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා, රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ‍ෆ්‍රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය ‍වෙනුවෙන් 2026 මැයි 06 ගරු කතානායකතුමා,ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව,ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ,කෝට්ටේ. ගරු කතානායකතුමනි, අස්වැසුම ප්‍රතිලාභීන් වෙත දෙවරක්/අතිරේක මුදල් ගෙවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව හරහා විමර්ශනයක් සිදු කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලීමයි.  2026 අප්‍රේල් 22 දින පෙ.ව. 9.23 ට ඔබතුමන්ගේ jagathw@parliament.lk ඊ මේල් ලිපිනයට මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ ඩො.මිලියන ඩොලර් […]

Senaka Weeraratna Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) played a crucial and vocal role in 1963 in bringing international attention to the repression of Buddhists in South Vietnam under the Catholic-led regime of Ngo Dinh Diem. Sinhala Buddhist leaders, monks and laity, public organizations, and the government, led by Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, acted as a primary […]

Eng. Kanthar Balanathan Since Independence in 1948, some politicians started their campaign of Tamil Eelam as a conceptual republic via forming a party in 1949. The interesting comedy is that they did not deliberate about the concept prior to 1949 or even before independence in Feb 1948. This may indicate some kind of selfishness in […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Since I joined Colombo Dockyard as CEO, the Deputy Finance Minister of Norway came to me requesting us to build UFAC, known as Ultra Fast Patrol Craft, similar to several aluminium crafts built for the Sri Lanka Navy. He wanted us to finance the project, either through financing from Sri Lanka, and […]

Senaka Weeraratna The victory of King Wimaladharmasuriya I at the Battle of Danture in 1594 was a defining moment that secured the independence of the Kandyan Kingdom and preserved the Buddhist identity of Sri Lanka. By annihilating the Portuguese army, he prevented the total conquest of the island and the potential suppression of Buddhism under […]

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. Speaking from my sheer experience in handling development tasks- Building up Coop Crayon at Morawaka in […]

By Sarath Obeysekera The recent visit of Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu to Sri Lanka and his discussions with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake mark an important step in strengthening bilateral relations between the two Indian Ocean neighbours. The signing of multiple agreements reflects goodwill, mutual respect, and a shared desire for cooperation. However, at a time […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් නඩු තීන්දු සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජනාධිපතිවරයා පසුගිය මැයි දිනයේ සිදු කළ ප්‍රකාශය තුළින් අධිකරණය කෙරෙහි පවතින මහජනතාවගේ විශ්වාසය පළුදු විය හැකි බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමය පවසනවා. නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් එම සංගමය මේ පිළිබඳව පවසා සිටියා. නීතියේ ආධිපත්‍ය සුරැකීම සඳහා එම සංගමය කැපවී සිටින බවයි එම නිවේදනයේ දැක්වෙන්නේ. එමෙන්ම ජනපතිවරයා කළ එම ප්‍රකාශයට […]

Courtesy Hiru News A massive theft occurred involving USD 2.5 million from the Treasury, allegedly reaching a third party, according to Samagi Jana Balawegaya Member of Parliament Harsha de Silva. The Member of Parliament made these remarks while making a special statement in Parliament today (5). The system is crippled because high-ranking officials, including the […]

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