Author Archive for Politics

England’s Capital Metals PLC & the Corporate Thieving of Mineral Sands off East Coast Beaches in Sri Lanka

Monday, July 20th, 2026

e-Con e-News Posted byee ink.July 18, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:ambeon-capital-plc, capital-metals-plc, fifa, history, imperialism, India, marxism, politics blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 12-18 July 2026 * The multibillion-dollar 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)’s World Cup finals have been staged between an imperialist state (Spain) & a quasi-settler-colonial state (Argentina) – both Spanish-speaking & Catholic. Their semi-finals […]

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The New Constitution

Wednesday, July 15th, 2026

Jayantha Liyanage Sinhaladeepa Jathika Peramuna Dear Editor,New Constitution should reinstate the historical rights of the Sinhala peopleSix Tamil & Muslim political parties in their joint statement issued today (14.07.2026) has said that the present Government should enact a new constitution as promised before they come to power. Several National Newspapers has published that statement as […]

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IMF, ILO & Employers Federation of Ceylon Set to Rip off Workers’ Pensions

Sunday, July 12th, 2026

e-Con e-News Posted byee ink.July 11, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:China, economy, EPF, ETF, global-south, history, ILO, IMF, news, pension, politics, SBD de Silva, warwick-powell, World Bank blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 05-11 July 2026 This week saw history slap us in the face once. And then twice. The massacre of prisoners & prison officials in the Negombo prison. Then the decision to renovate the […]

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India and Sri Lanka’s Deep Sea Mining Deadlock

Sunday, July 12th, 2026

By Hasarel Gallage and Umesh Moramudali, courtesy The Diplomat Regional geopolitical tensions and a legal stalemate are constraining both countries’ cobalt ambitions in the Afanasy Nikitin Seamount. Sri Lanka’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean often pulls the country into the geopolitical rivalry between regional giants India and China. In 2023, for example, Sri Lanka’s granting of permission […]

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ඌරු හොම්බා මට ජම්පර් අන්දනවලු – චාමර සම්පත් කුරුණෑගල දෙක කරයි

Sunday, July 12th, 2026

Top News Lk

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දිලීප පීරිස් අතුරුදහන් | මීගමු ඛේදවාචකයේ අධිකරණ ඇමතිට චෝදනා 7ක්

Saturday, July 11th, 2026

Udaya Gammanpila

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Sajith alleges being blocked from questioning farmer issues

Friday, July 10th, 2026

Courtesy Hiru News The current government informed the chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Sustainable Development, Parliamentarian Hector Appuhamy, that the opposition leader cannot express views despite being able to join as an observer. Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa shared this today as the committee scheduled a meeting to discuss […]

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පසුගියදා මා මීගොඩ ආර්ථික මධ්‍යස්ථානයට ගියේ දානයකට අවශ්‍ය එළවළු මිලදී ගැනීම සඳහාය.

Tuesday, July 7th, 2026

උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත පසුගියදා මා මීගොඩ ආර්ථික මධ්‍යස්ථානයට ගියේ දානයකට අවශ්‍ය එළවළු මිලදී ගැනීම සඳහාය. එක් වර්ගයකින් කිලෝ දෙක තුන බැගින් අවශ්‍ය වූ බැවින් මා ගියේ ආර්ථික මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ මැද පිහිටි තොග වෙළඳ අංශය වෙතය. එහිදී මා මිලදී ගත් එළවළුවල කිලෝ එකක තොග මිල ගණන් මෙසේය: අළු කෙසෙල් – රු. 130/- දඹල – රු. 300/- කැකිරි – […]

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Export Economies are Slave Economies

Sunday, July 5th, 2026

e-Con e-News Posted byee ink.July 5, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:BBC, Bloomberg, China, economy, export-economies, history, India, politics, Reuters blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 28 June – 04 July 2026 Believing in the BBC, Reuters, Bloomberg and the rest of the English media gang, requires an almost total eclipsing of any brains we are supposed to possess. It requires a daily lobotomy. According to […]

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SLC under the clutches of a faith-based group

Sunday, July 5th, 2026

BY JATILA KARAWITA  Courtesy:  The Morning https://www.themorning.lk/articles/RwRFr97rNUfevrbOFeXU A prominent and highly influential Buddhist monk Ven Elle Gunawansa Thera alleged that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has been taken over by a religious group belonging to the ‘faith-based group’ ideology. He charged that at the same time the newly installed set of administrators have taken cover under […]

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Constitutional inconsistencies relating to franchise

Saturday, July 4th, 2026

By Neville Ladduwahetty, courtesy The Island The Preamble to Sri Lanka’s Constitution states: The PEOPLE of SRI LANKA having by their Mandate…entrusted and empowered their Representatives …to draft, adopt and operate a new Republican Constitution in order to achieve the goals of a DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC whilst ratifying the immutable republican principles of REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRATIC”.  […]

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Judicial system integrity essential for national stability

Friday, July 3rd, 2026

Courtesy Hiru News A nation faces the risk of destruction not only from natural disasters but also from an ineffective judicial system, Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena warned during an event in Colombo yesterday (July 2). Stressing the importance of judicial accountability, the Chief Justice explained that sovereignty is divided into four main pillars: legislative […]

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Passed, but high-risk: what the IMF’s 5th and 6th Review actually says

Tuesday, June 30th, 2026

Courtesy Hiru News The IMF’s Executive Board signed off on Sri Lanka’s combined Fifth and Sixth Reviews under the Extended Fund Facility on May 28, unlocking another SDR 508 million, roughly US$695 million, and bringing total purchases under the four-year programme to about US$2.4 billion. By the conventional measure of an IMF review, this is […]

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The European Union’s Deadly Migration Game

Sunday, June 28th, 2026

e-Con e-News Posted byee ink.June 27, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:China, history, India, migration, news, politics blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 21-27 June 2026 The European Union (EU) has been operating a giant human trafficking network, buying & selling workers around the world, including from Sri Lanka. Not only is the EU involved, but the governments of Anglo North […]

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කුරුණෑගල මුස්ලිම් දේවස්ථානයක කල බරපතල ප්‍රකාශයට පූජ්‍ය ඕමල්පේ සෝභිත හිමියන් විශේෂ මාධ්‍ය හමුවක්.

Saturday, June 27th, 2026

The Life Traveler ආගමික චාරිත්‍රවලට විරුද්ධ වෙනවා නම් ඔවුන් මරා දැමිය යුතුයි. කුරුණෑගල මුස්ලිම් දේවස්ථානයක කල ප්‍රසිද්ධ දේශනාවක් ගැන පූජ්‍ය ඕමල්පේ සෝභිත හිමියන් විශේෂ මාධ්‍ය හමුවක්.

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Denmark Just Did Something to ISLAM Everyone Else Is Too AFRAID To Do

Saturday, June 27th, 2026

Fall of Nations Denmark was once the world’s most liberal, high-trust country. Today, it’s Europe’s toughest fortress against parallel societies. From tearing down immigrant neighborhoods to banning face veils and prayer rooms, Denmark is rewriting the rules of Western integration. What forced this dramatic shift, and why is the political left leading the charge?  As […]

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සජිත්ගේ කතාව මැද නැගිට්ට ආණ්ඩුවේ ලොක්කෙක් සජිත්ගෙන් හොඳටම අහගනී

Thursday, June 25th, 2026

Dasatha News

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The Proposed CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MEDIA PROFESSIONALS OF SRI LANKA’ (BILL) and Triple Legal Repression: Digital Civil Space and Freedom of Expression Under Threat

Thursday, June 25th, 2026

MEDIA RELEASE |  June 24, 2026 Collective for Social Media Declaration (CSMD) The ‘Collective for Social Media Declaration'(CSMD) hereby expresses its grave concern regarding the.       “CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MEDIA PROFESSIONALS OF SRI LANKAl” gazetted by the government in June 2026, which poses a serious risk of severely restricting the digital civil space and the freedom […]

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ජනපතිගේ කතාවට සජිත් රිදෙන්නම දෙයි – අමුතු සිහිනයක් මවාගෙන ඉන්නේ

Thursday, June 25th, 2026

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Sri Lanka pitches infrastructure, green energy to Belgium, Luxembourg investors

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026

ECONOMYNEXT ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has urged investors from Belgium and Luxembourg to seize opportunities in the island nation, citing economic reforms, affordable real estate and cheap labour. Speaking at a panel discussion during the BELGOLUX -Sri Lanka Business Forum with a number of Belgian and Luxembourg delegates at Colombo Port City, deputy minister of […]

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A letter to the Pope from Sallay’s mother

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026

Courtesy Hiru News Claudia Sallay, the mother of the Major General (Retd) Suresh Sallay, who is the former head of the State Intelligence Service, forwarded a letter to Pope Leo XIV today (23). The letter requests justice, human dignity, and a compassionate intervention regarding Suresh Sale. Accordingly, arrangements were made to hand over the relevant […]

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Government drops plan to lower VAT and SSCL threshold

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026

Courtesy Hiru News The proposal to reduce the annual turnover threshold for Value Added Tax and Social Security Contribution Levy from Rs. 60 million to Rs. 36 million, which was proposed in this budget to be implemented from the upcoming 1st of July, will not be implemented. Deputy Minister of Economic Development Nishantha Jayaweera stated […]

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Garment sector needs protection, not banana fibre experiments

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026

Courtesy Hiru News Prioritising the protection of existing garment factories, which face severe risks amid the current economic crisis, must take precedence before the government considers manufacturing textiles from banana plant fibres, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said. Addressing a public gathering, the Opposition Leader pointed out that Sri Lanka’s garment factories currently stand in an […]

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Steel is the Rice of Industry: Remembering SBD de Silva at 100 Years! Jayavayva!

Sunday, June 21st, 2026

e-Con e-News Posted byee ink.June 20, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:history, India, law, malabar-games, Rice, sri-lanka, Steel, travel, WPNS blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 14-20 June 2026 In November 2020, 120 whales were run aground on Panadura beach, gasping for breath. There was widespread despair at the unfolding scene. Yet there was nary an exclamation from such environmental babblers as […]

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උතුරේ සිංහල ජනාවාස දරුණු අර්බුදයක.. පවුල් 300කට වඩා බෞද්ධහරණයට ලක්වෙලා.. – ආචාර්ය චන්න ජයසුමන හෙළිකරන කතාව

Wednesday, June 17th, 2026

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 […]

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OPEN APPEAL TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED NATIONS

Tuesday, June 16th, 2026

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 […]

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මහාභාණ්ඩාගාර- මහබැංකු මංකොල්ලය සම්බන්ධයෙන්විමර්ශනකිරීම හා මෙවැනිතත්වයක්යළි ඇතිවීම වලක්වාගැනීමසඳහා සුදුසුපියවරයෝජනාකිරීම සඳහා පාර්ලිමේන්තු තේරීම්කාරක සභාවක්පත්කිරීම සඳහා වන යෝජනාවයි.

Monday, June 15th, 2026

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 […]

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War Criminals Rise from their Graves to Confront Sri Lanka’s Future

Sunday, June 14th, 2026

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 […]

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