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Courtesy Hiru news Jaffna District Member of Parliament Ramanathan Arjunan states that despite receiving death threats, he has not been provided with security by the government, and therefore, he keeps a sword for his protection. He says he has informed the Speaker of Parliament and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) about this. The MP […]

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By Milinda Moragoda, Courtesy The Hindustan Times The international system is undergoing a profound transformation. The certainties of the post-World War II order — anchored in the UN, Bretton Woods institutions, and a rules-based multilateral framework — are buckling under pressure. What appears to be emerging in its place is a more transactional and interest-driven […]

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(Message of Public Concerns by, Professor Nishan C Wijesinha). Richard de Zoysa’s murder is widely believed to have been carried out by a special intelligence death squad that was formed under the President Ranasinghe Premadasa government to crush the insurrection launched by the Militant “Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) organization”. On 18 February 1990 Richard de […]

Courtesy The Express Tribune Seek to boost connectivity, prosperity through cooperation in marine and coastal tourism ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Sri Lanka have agreed to explore joint cooperation in marine tourism, recognising the vast potential of their coastlines and rich marine biodiversity to strengthen sustainable economic growth and regional connectivity. Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad […]

BY Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Courtesy The Island Dayan and Rajiva in Geneva With the discussion on Sri Lanka and the UNHRC resurfacing this year, the singularity of Geneva 2009 and Sri Lanka’s decisive victory has been noted in Parliament by the Leader of the Opposition. Though no Lankan institution ever asked me to explain that […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඇමරිකාව සිය කොන්දේසී ඉටු නොකළ ඉන්දියාවට 50%ක තීරු බදු පනවන අතර කොන්දේසි ඉටු කළ පාකිස්ථානයට 19%ක තීරු බදු පැනවූ බව හිටපු අමාත්‍ය විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා ප්‍රකාශ කරයි. ඔහු පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ පාකිස්ථානය ඇමරිකානු තෙල් මිලට ගැනීමට, එරට දුර්ලභ ඛනිජ සම්පත් කැනීමේ අවස්ථාව සහ ඩිජිටල්කරණ කටයුතු ඇමරිකානු සමාගම් වෙත ලබා දීමට එකඟ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Oct. 28 (Daily Mirror) – Major General Nalinda Niyangoda has officially assumed duties as the new Chief of State Intelligence Service. He received his letter of appointment from the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuiyakontha (Retd). The formal assumption of duties took place today (October […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 19-25 October 2025 * ‘The Ceylon National Congress was so reactionary that it actually opposed the grant of adult franchise proposed by the Donoughmore Constitutional Reform Commission in 1929. This class, however, secured its political ascendency when the Donoughmore Constitution (1931)– while granting adult franchise – barred […]

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By Huzefa Aliasger, Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, October 25. (Daily Mirror) – The World Bank has highlighted a rapid rise in demand for artificial intelligence (AI) skills across South Asia, including Sri Lanka, noting that this trend is beginning to influence hiring patterns. Between January 2023 and March 2025, the share of AI-related job […]

Courtesy The Island MPs get special audit report on the visa scam at Immigration and Emigration Dept. SJB Colombo District MP Dr Harsha de Silva told Parliament yesterday that the special audit report on Sri Lanka’s controversial e-visa contract, awarded to a foreign consortium by the Department of Immigration and Emigration, had been made available to the […]

(විශේෂ පණිවිඩය මහාචාර්ය නිශාන් සී විජේසිංහ විසිනි). පැලවත්තේ බොරු චෝදනා මඟින් හිටපු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපකක්ෂ, ඇවන්ගාඩ් සභාපති නිශ්සංක සේනාධිපති සහ හිටපු හමුදාපතිවරුන් තිදෙනෙකුට එරෙහිව පාවරා තිබූ අල්ලස් නඩුවෙන් ඔවුන් සියළු දෙනා නිදොස්කොට නිදහස්කර ඇත…..ඔවුන් එසේ නිදහස් වුවත් පැලවත්තෙ බොරුව නිසා ඩොල්ර් බිලියන ගණන් ආදයම් ගෙන ආ හැකි ව්‍යාපෘතියක් මේවනවිට රටට අහිමි වී ඇත…. රටේ ජනතාවට […]

Sri Lanka Review Oct 23, 2025 While it is too early to tell who exactly is responsible for the recent fires at the refineries in Hungary and Romania as investigations are still ongoing, figuring out who benefits from them is easier, Endre Simó, the president of the Hungarian Community for Peace, tells Sputnik. The same […]

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Translated by ChatGPT based on Hiru News Report The Chairman of the China–Korea Buddhist Association is Venerable Yeong Dam Lim. He is a monk with strong international connections, and the Korean government holds him in very high regard. To describe how influential he is — when Namal visited the temple, even the Deputy Speaker of […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඇමති ආනන්ද විජේපාල මහතාගේ අතීතය සහ පොලිස් සේවයෙන් නෙරපීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී චාමර සම්පත් දසනායක මහතා විසින් ප්‍රකාශයක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී සිදු කර තිබේ. ඇමති විජේපාල මහතා ලසන්ත වික්‍රමසේකර නොහොත් ‘ලසා’ගේ ඝාතනය පාතාල ක්‍රියාවක් ලෙස කෙලින්ම හුවා දැක්වූ බව මන්ත්‍රී දසනායක මහතා සඳහන් කළේය. එසේ යටගිය දවස ගැන කතා කරනවා නම්, ඇමති […]

Courtesy The Financial Express he Sri Lanka Golden Visa allows foreigners to live, invest, and study in the country with residency options up to 10 years under the Investor Visa Program. All foreign nationals, including their spouse and dependents of the main applicant, are eligible for the residence visa under the Individual Investor Category. The […]

Sophia Boddenberg, Courtesy Counterpunch The Galápagos Islands harbor some of the most unique ecosystems on the planet. Their isolated location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has allowed species to evolve independently from their relatives on the mainland over millions of years. Creatures such as Darwin’s finches, giant tortoises, and marine iguanas are found […]

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e-Con e-News eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 12-18 October 2025 The English left time bombs in South Asia…– Zhou Enlai, Premier of China, 1949-76 ‘In Muhamalai, once one of the world’s densest minefields,decades of clearance are allowing people, once displaced by the war, to finally come back home.’ – 22 […]

Courtesy :  AI Overview Question Has the invention of the ‘Player Referral’ system by a Sri Lankan lawyer, which is now being used in Cricket (DRS) and four other major world sports, Soccer, Tennis, Rugger, Badminton and spreading rapidly to other sports, enhanced the reputation of both Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka’s legal fraternity for […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror any critics argued that the Minister made a big blunder by attending a forum in which the working language was English and messed it up Members of the opposition political parties, both minority and majority,  have been making fun out a mispronunciation of two English words by a prominent Cabinet Member […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Oct. 19 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organizer and Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has announced that a police report will be mandatory for anyone seeking party nominations in the upcoming elections, to verify whether candidates have any involvement in drug-related or organized crime activities. Speaking on the […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් අලුතින් පත් වූ ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය මුනීර් මුලව්ෆර් මහතා තම සංවිධානය පිළිබඳව රටට පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් කරන ලෙස බොදු බල සේනා සංවිධානයේ මහ ලේකම් පූජ්‍ය ගලගොඩඅත්තේ ඥාණසාර හිමියන් විසින් ඉල්ලා තිබේ. මෙය, නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයා සම්බන්ධයෙන් රට තුළ ඇති වී තිබෙන සැකය දුරු කිරීමේ අරමුණින් කරන ලද ඉල්ලීමක් බව […]

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