Maathalan – Priyantha Hewage (මාතලන්)

Shenali Waduge Let May 18 be a day of Honor, not Revenge or Amnesia As Sri Lanka reflects on the significance of May 18, the Government must ensure that all future Victory Day commemorations are marked with dignity, truth, and national gratitude — not silence, distortion, or political bias. This appeal is to set a […]

Heroes day commemoration at Mavil Aru anicut coordinated by SPUR with the support of the nearby villages.

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By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Gen. Silva US, UK sanctions effectively prevented me from travelling to other countries as well” Former GOC of the 58 Division General Shavendra Silva yesterday (18) found fault with successive governments since 2009 for failing to counter unsubstantiated war crimes accusations. The failure on the part of them led […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 11-17 May 2025 India is allegedly attempting to prevent the economic advance of Hambantota Port as a node for Sri Lanka’s industrial renaissance (see ee Random Notes). This blockading makes this ee recall SBD de Silva’s signalling of the vast difference between the ports […]

Lanka Leader රට, දැය, සමය රකින ප්‍රධානම බලවේගයක් වන්නේ රණවිරුවන් බවත්, අතීතයේ දීත් රටට එරෙහි අක්‍රමණවලින් රට ජාතිය බේරා ගැනීමට රුධිරය හෙලූ මුතුන් මිත්තන්ගේ  රුධිරයෙන් මේ මාතෘභූමිය සුපෝෂිත වී ඇති බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. පවාදෙන්නන්ගේ අපකීර්තිමත් අත්දැකීම්වලට වඩා වීරයන්ගේ ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ අත්දැකීම්වලින් අපේ ඉතිහාස කතාව හැඩගැන්වී ඇති බවත් ඒ මහතා පවසයි. […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, May 19 (Daily Mirror) – The United National Party (UNP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) have reached an agreement to work together and administer local bodies in which the Opposition commands a majority. The two parties have decided to work with other Opposition parties, according to a joint statement signed […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, May 19 (Daily Mirror) – Racism has begun to raise its ugly head again in the North and the South for the sake of power, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today. Adddressing the 16th National War Heroes’ Commemoration ceremony, he said the war was not natural but it was created to […]

Pathfinder Foundation At a Hybrid meeting hosted by the Pathfinder Foundation, Dr. Liu Zongyi, Senior Fellow & Director, Center for South Asia Studies at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), elaborated on China’s response to evolving economic policies amidst global uncertainty and its implications for South Asia and beyond.  In his presentation, Dr. Liu […]

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Udaya Gammanpila

G. A. Lesantha Chathuranga මගේ අංකය: JCPSM/Gen/2025 (26)දිනය: 2025.05.17 ගරු සෞඛ්‍ය හා ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය වෛද්‍ය නලින්ද ජයතිස්ස මැතිතුමාගරු සෞඛ්‍ය හා ජනමාධ්‍ය නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය වෛද්‍ය හංසක විජේමුණි මැතිතුමාසෞඛ්‍ය ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය අනිල් ජාසිංහ මහතාඅතිරේක සෞඛ්‍ය ලේකම් (පාලන) II චාමික H ගමගේ මහතාසෞඛ්‍ය සේවා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් වෛද්‍ය අසේල ගුණවර්ධන මැතිතුමා පරිපූරක වෛද්‍ය සේවාව තුල නිර්මාණය වී ඇති ගැටළු […]

උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත ස්වාධීන ආයතනයක් ලෙස පැවැතිය යුතු නීතිපති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට කටයුතු කරන්නට සිදුව ඇත්තේ දේශපාලන බලපෑම්වලට අනුව බව මේ වන විට හෙළිදරව් වී තිබේ. එම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ හිටපු සොලිසිටර් ජනරාල් දිල්රුක්ෂි ඩයස් වික්‍රමසිංහගේ ප්‍රකාශයෙන් ඒ බව පසක් වේ. දැන් ඇයගේ සේවයද අත්හිටුවා තිබේ. එහෙත් දිල්රුක්ෂි ඩයස් වික්‍රමසිංහට පෙර මේ බලපෑම එල්ල වූයේ තමන්ට බව ඇයට පෙර එම […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Ministry of Defence today (May 16) convened a press conference to announce the preparations for the 16th National War Heroes Commemoration Ceremony, which will take place on 19 May 2025 at the National War Hero Cenotaph in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte. The ceremony will be held on the 19th […]

Pathfinder Foundation The newly appointed Ambassador of Israel to India accredited to Sri Lanka Reuven Azar visited the Pathfinder Foundation Headquarters at Riverpoint recently and met with the Founder Milinda Moragoda and Chairman Bernard Goonetilleke.At the Meeting discussion centered on identifying ways and means of expanding cooperation between the two countries in tourism, agriculture, digital […]

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Courtesy AdaDerana Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the submissions made with reference to him in court today by the Counsel for the Bribery Commission is a wilful misleading of the Court and that he is consulting his lawyers regarding the action to be taken.  Issuing a statement today (16), the former President stated that […]

By Lakshmi Subramanian Courtesy The Week President Anura Dissanayake’s NPP wins the local elections, but witnesses a huge dip in vote shares   Updated: May 14, 2025 20:48 IST Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake | AP Sri Lanka’s local civic polls, held on May 6, have thrown up several surprises, indicating a shift in ground […]

Courtesy Hiru News President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that if fragmented opposition groups band together to seize control of local government bodies, he will use constitutional, legal, and political power to thwart their efforts. The President made these remarks while addressing the JVP’s 60th anniversary celebration held in Colombo on May 14. This is against […]

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Courtesy Tamil Guardian The National People’s Power (NPP) has released a series of Tamil-language campaign songs for the upcoming local government elections, embracing rhetoric and imagery closely associated with Tamil nationalism and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).  The campaign, aimed at boosting electoral performance in the Tamil North-East, has raised questions over the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya has handed in his letter of resignation. It is reported that he submitted his resignation letter to Minister of Energy Kumara Jayakody last Friday, and accordingly, it has been accepted by the Subject Minister. Dr. Siyambalapitiya was appointed to the post on […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com Before you study the economics, study the economists!” e-Con e-News 04-10 May 2025 The French warship Beautemps-Beaupré has just barged into Colombo – so far from gay Paree and le port de Marseille. And while India (using French & US weaponry) and Pakistan (using US, Chinese & Swedish materiel) indulge in target practice on […]

German Dharmaduta Society Vietnamese Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien greets  President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien  also known as Ven Bhikkhuni Elizabeth Sujata The American Vietnamese Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien  also known as Ven Bhikkhuni Elizabeth Sujata is seen greeting President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Conference Hall in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly […]