Courtesy Hiru News The government is misleading the public over fuel pricing by claiming that fuel prices cannot be reduced because existing stocks were purchased at higher rates, former Member of Parliament Patali Champika Ranawaka accused. Speaking to the media, Patali Champika Ranawaka questioned the explanation from authorities, pointing out that fuel prices went up […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa has warned that if the number of dengue patients continues to increase, the country’s hospital system could struggle to cope. He made these remarks while attending the Beruwala Divisional Coordination Committee meeting. The Minister stressed that public and institutional responsibility is crucial in controlling […]

Courtesy Hiru News The United National Party (UNP) has issued a special statement saying that following the Easter Sunday attacks on April 21, 2019, Sri Lanka’s investigative institutions lacked sufficient expertise at the time, and therefore, then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe requested the United States Government to conduct a full investigation into the attacks and […]

ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්‍රී ගුණරත්න, නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා,සම කැඳවුම්කරු – ෆ්‍රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය හදිසි මිලදී ගැනීමක් ලෙස මෙ.ටො. එකකට ඩොලර් 142 ක් බැගින් ගෙවීමේ පොරොන්දුව මත ගෙන්වා ගත්, ගල් (අළු) අඟුරු නැවක් ගොඩබෑමකින් තොරව ජූනි 16 (ඊයේ) ඉන්දියාවේ විශාකාපට්ටම් බලා පිටත්ව ගොස් ඇත. Ana Ocean නැව නොරොච්චෝලේ වෙත ගල් අඟුරු රැගෙන විත් ගොඩබෑම් සිදු නොකළ දෙවන […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera https://www.srilankabusiness.com/ebooks/national-export-strategy-of-sri-lanka.pdf Sri Lanka’s National Export Development Plan (NEDP) rightly focuses on transforming the country into a competitive logistics and export hub and prioritises marine-based industries and high-value manufacturing. However, the strategy does not adequately address one of Sri Lanka’s most significant untapped opportunities—the development of an offshore and heavy industrial hub in […]

Dr Nasim Rehmatullah Whether it’s a new year or a milestone, it usually brings with it a longing for peace, a hope that the world and our lives will somehow grow calmer, kinder and more stable. Yet year after year, that peace seems to slip through our fingers. The turmoil that engulfs us is not just political […]

Sam Ben-Meir – June 17, 2026 In 2016, during the first Trump campaign, I wrote an article asking whether American democracy could survive the reduction of politics to entertainment. At the time, the question seemed exaggerated to some readers. Politics had always contained theatrical elements. Presidents cultivated images. Campaigns relied on slogans and symbolism. The […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera There  are numerous online betting websites accessible in Sri Lanka, such as platforms branded for local users like Mostbet, MelBet, 1xBet, and others. Most operate under offshore licenses, mainly from Curaçao, and offer deposits and withdrawals in Sri Lankan Rupees.   Regarding Chinese operators, there have been reports and public discussions suggesting […]

Lanka Leader උතුරු පළාතේ සිංහල ජනාවාසවල අවසන් සීමාව සනිටුහන් කරන පදවි ගොවි ජනපදයේ බෝගස්වැව ඇතුළු ගම්මාන රැසක බෞද්ධ ජනතාව ඉලක්ක කරගනිමින් ඉතා සූක්ෂම බෞද්ධහරණ වැඩපිළිවෙළක් ක්‍රියාත්මක වන බව ආචාර්ය චන්න ජයසුමන මහතා පවසයි.  පසුගිය මාස කිහිපය තුළ පමණක් එහි පවුල් 300කට වැඩි පිරිසක් ආගමික පරිවර්තනයට ලක්ව ඇති බව ද ඔහු අනාවරණය කරයි. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඒ […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The media plays a vital role in shaping public opinion and influencing national priorities. In a democratic society, television channels and newspapers are expected to educate, inform and inspire the public. Unfortunately, much of Sri Lanka’s electronic media has become trapped in an endless cycle of political mudslinging, sensationalism and personality-driven controversies.Every […]

Courtesy Hiru News Majority of government MPs threatened to remove COPF chairman Harsha de Silva from his post if video footage of investigations into internal hackers released to the media, former Parliamentarian Ajith P. Perera said. Replying to journalists on the “Hiru Salakuna” political programme yesterday on the 15th, he noted that severe pressure from […]

නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා සම කැඳවුම්කරු රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ප්‍රධාන විධායක නිලධාරි ෆ්‍රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය අපාරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් විමල් වීරවංශ, උදය ගම්මන්පිල, දිලිත් ජයවීර, මහින්ද පතිරණ, අසංක නවරත්න සහ සුගීශ්වර බණ්ඩාර යන පක්ෂ නායකයින් හා දේශපාලන ක්‍රියාකාරීන්ගේ අදහස් ප්‍රකාශ කිරීමේ නිදහසට භාධා කිරීම ෆ්‍රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය දැඩිව හෙළාදකී.  ඉතිහාසයේ පක්ෂ නායකයින් පස් දෙනෙකුට එරෙහිව […]

Sri Lanka Sovereignty Forum Political Asylum Must Not Become a Shield Against Accountability We respectfully call upon foreign governments, the European Union, and the United Nations to apply the highest level of scrutiny when considering asylum or protection requests from former public officials, law-enforcement officers, prosecutors, or politically involved persons. This appeal is made under […]

ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්‍රී ගුණරත්න නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා සම කැඳවුම්කරු – ‍ෆ්‍රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය අතිගරු අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මැතිතුමා,ජනරජයේ ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමා,ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය,  කොළඹ 1. ගරුජගත්වික්‍රමරත්නමැතිතුමා,ගරු කතානායකතුමා,පාර්ලිමේන්තුව, ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර. අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමනි, ගරු කතානායකතුමනි, මහා භාණ්ඩාගාර – මහ බැංකු මංකොල්ලය සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමර්ශන කිරීම හා මෙවැනි තත්වයක් යළි ඇතිවීම වලක්වා ගැනීම සඳහා සුදුසු පියවර යෝජනා කිරීම සඳහා පාර්ලිමේන්තු තේරීම් කාරක […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ/ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය 2026 ජනවාරි 1 දින ට රු.බි. 915 ක් වූ භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ මුදල් ශේෂය, 2026 ජූනි 11 (බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා) දෛනික ව්‍යාපාර කටයුතු අවසන් වන විට  රු.බි. 500 ටත් වඩා අඩු ප්‍රමාණයකට පහත වැටී තිබේ. අප රට සෙමින් නමුත් ස්ථිර ලෙසම ආර්ථික අර්බුදයක් කරා ගමන් කරන බව භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ මුදල් තත්වය […]

Asoka Bandarage

ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිර ලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලන්කා පරිපාලනසේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-94)) එසේත්නැතිනම්ඔවුන්දේශද්‍රෝහීන්, ද්‍රෝහීන් සහ සින්හල බෞද්ධ විරෝධීන්වශයෙන් වහාම මේ පින්බිමෙන්යළිකිසිදාකආපසුආනොහැකි පිටසක්වලකටම පිටුවහල්කළයුතුය. ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිර ලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලන්කා පරිපාලනසේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-94)) 2026 06. 10. හැඳින්වීම  (පළමු කොටස) ප්‍රථමයෙන්ම, මා එසේ පවසණුයේ, […]

Senaka Weeraratna Modern day Ehelapolas are not in governance like in the days of the Kandyan Kingdom but in Cricket. The recruitment of a White South African legal malpractitioner David Becker (born and bred in the ‘Apartheid’ er) who blocked Sri Lanka from gaining due credit from the ICC for innovation of Player – Referral […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The recent protests by rice farmers across Sri Lanka once again highlight the deep crisis facing the agricultural sector. Thousands of paddy farmers are voicing their anger over the government-announced purchase price of paddy, claiming that it does not even cover the cost of production. The cost of cultivation has risen sharply […]

Senaka Weeraratna The story concocted by Revisionists that Prince Siddhartha (later Gautama the Buddha) was born in Sri Lanka, which is rejected by the entire Buddhist world,  if it takes hold, can lead to Sri Lanka being treated like a pariah state by the entire global Buddhist community.  The damage done to Sri Lanka would be […]

Senaka Weeraratna SLC seek expertise of David Becker, former ICC Legal Head on key reforms while facing intense public and legal allegations of fraud, misrepresentation, and professional malpractice. SLC accused of Betrayal of Sri Lankan inventor of Player – Referral (DRS) https://www.sundaytimes.lk/260614/sports/slc-seek-expertise-of-former-icc-legal-head-on-key-reforms-645633.html Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has enlisted the services of former ICC Head of […]

Maathalan – (මාතලන්)

Courtesy Hiru News Colombo National Hospital currently provides treatment to retired Major General Tuan Suresh Sallay following a hunger strike in Criminal Investigation Department custody under detention orders, amidst a refusal by authorities to grant him access to legal counsel. Criminal Investigation Department Director Shani Abeysekera and Manori Sallay, the wife of Tuan Suresh Sallay, […]

e-Con e-News blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 07-13 June 2026 While the USA’s & India’s warships (& related NGOs) keep barging into & out of the country’s ports, bearing second-hand gifts and dishing out third-rate sermons about human rights, devolution, the rule of law, free & open oceans, etc., Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka is estimated to have up to three trillion cubic feet of natural gas in its offshore reserves, according to an interview published by The Sunday Morning. Quoting Petroleum Development Authority of Sri Lanka RX  Chairman Saliya Wickramasuriya, the report said the country also has the potential for several billion barrels” […]

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Shenali D Waduge The Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), enacted in 1979 was introduced to address organized violent threats to the state. It has been widely debated domestically and internationally, yet its relevance is important to the country’s continuing national security environment. Why the PTA Was Implemented Sri Lanka’s strategic location places it at the […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The recent engagement by Presidential Special Envoy for Foreign Investment Hanif Yusoof with American business leaders in Washington is undoubtedly a positive initiative.  Meeting representatives from major corporations such as Apple, Boeing, and Mastercard and presenting Sri Lanka’s potential in ports, logistics, renewable energy, technology, tourism, aviation, and healthcare sends a welcome […]

NALLIAH THAYABHARAN France is in a monumental economic, political, social, and even cultural mess, and is bankrupt due to its most generous welfare systems in the world, as France has a strong safety net for the unemployed and retirees.France’s most generous welfare system was introduced at a time when there were four workers for every […]

By Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka today finds itself navigating a delicate geopolitical balancing act between two Asian giants – India and China. Both nations have strategic interests in the island, yet their approaches to investment and engagement have been markedly different. China moved swiftly and decisively into Sri Lanka’s infrastructure sector. It financed and built […]