Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), paid an official visit to the Sri Lanka Navy Headquarters in Colombo yesterday (07 October). Upon arrival, the Deputy Minister was warmly received by the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda, and accorded a ceremonial welcome. He […]

Courtesy fibre2fashion Insights Sri Lanka’s recent economic rebound has been strong but remains incomplete, with growth still below pre-crisis levels and poverty significantly elevated, the World Bank said in its latest Sri Lanka Development Update – Better Spending for All. The report projects the economy to expand by 4.6 per cent in 2025, supported by […]

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e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 28 September – 04 October 2025 ‘Ranil Wickremesinghe had been a shrewd driver & just before he left the office, he got the parliament to enact special legislation binding future governments to uphold the goals set by him. That legislation, the Economic Transformation […]

Ceehalé World Heritage Foundation Ceehalé World Heritage Foundation (CWHF) announces that a formal complaint has been filed with theUnited Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) concerning the Sri Lanka AccountabilitProject (SLAP).The complaint has been submitted in public interest by Venerable Kassapa of Great Britain, the Founderof CWHF, Anuradha Yahampath, former Governor of the Eastern […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Reuters – The U.S. Supreme Court is set to wade back into the nation’s culture wars during its new nine-month term that begins on Monday with a series of contentious cases on issues including transgender athletes, gay conversion therapy, guns and race. The first of these goes before the court on the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Oct. 5 (Daily Mirror) – Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) Harsha De Silva raised concerns on the new contract for the construction of the Central Expressway, claiming that negotiations with neither the contractor (MCC) on their claims nor with China EXIM Bank on terms and conditions on […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Deputy Chief Prelate of the Malwatta Chapter, Venerable Dimbulkumbure Sri Wimaladhamma Thera, stated that economic development achieved by disregarding religion, morality, culture, civilisation, and history is of no use to a country. The Venerable Thera expressed these views today (October 5) when the leader of the Janasetha Peramuna, Venerable Battaramulle Silarathana […]

Public Statement His Excellency the President has given solemn assurances to the Maha Nayaka Theros that Sri Lanka’s national heritage, culture, and religious values will be protected and safeguarded in all state policy. He has also publicly praised our heritage as the foundation of tourism and development. Yet, in complete contradiction, the Chairman of the […]

Sri Lanka and Iran solidarity Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has appealed to his Sri Lankan counterpart, Vijitha Herath, for solidarity following the United Nations’ reimposition of sweeping economic and military sanctions on Tehran, foreign media reports said yesterday. A report published by REGTECHTIMES said: Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, has sent urgent messages to […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් බස්නාහිර පලාත් පෙරපාසල් ඒ්කකය කිසි දිනක ඉතිහාසයේ මෙතරම් දේශපාලනීකරණය වී නොමැති බව පෙර පාසල් ගුරු වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ සංගමයේ සභාපති අසංක ශ‍්‍රීනාත් මහතා පවසයි. වර්තමාන අධ්‍යක්ෂකවරිය පුටුවේ වාඩි කරවන්නේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව නියෝජනය කරන මන්ත‍්‍රීවරියක්, එනම් ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ සංවිධායකතුමාගේ නෝනා බව හෙතෙම පෙන්වා දෙයි. එමෙන්ම, මන්ත‍්‍රීවරිය මහරගමට, කොළඹට හෝ හෝමාගමට පැමිණ පෙර පාසල් ගුරුවරුන්ට […]

MOHAMED AYUB  Courtesy The Daily Mirror The proposed promotion of LGBTQIA tourism as well as abolishing the caning of children has stirred fierce debate  The LGBTQ issue has been a controversy following a letter sent by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Chairman Buddhika Hewawasam to Equal Ground Executive Director Ms. Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, commending an initiative […]

Courtesy Hiru News Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Member of Parliament, Mujibur Rahman, has announced that a resolution requesting a Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate the transfer and promotion of judicial officers will be handed over to Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne during the next parliamentary sitting week. Rahman stated that the proposal, signed by representatives of all […]

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by Arundathie Abeysinghe, Courtesy PIME Asia News Computer literacy remains low in the South Asian country, while the region reported overall progress. In 2024, 64.1 per cent of the population did not know how to use a computer, and only 19.1 per cent of households owned one, according to new data from the Department of […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), paid an official visit to the Air Force Headquarters at the DHQC in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Yesterday (01 October). The Deputy Minister was warmly received upon arrival by the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Bandu Edirisinghe, and […]

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Pathfinder Foundation The Ambassador’s Roundtable hosted by Pathfinder Foundation, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, H.E. Levan S. Dzhagaryan, provided a comprehensive overview of his government’s position on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, NATO expansion, international law, global energy scenario and security dynamics in the region. The event brought […]

Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera Courtesy biometric update Speaking at last week’s Sri Lanka Fintech Summit 2025, Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, Chief Advisor to the President on Digital Economy, stressed that the country’s digital economy is open and adaptable, drawing on both local and international elements. Referring to the kottu roti analogy to illustrate the agility and inclusivity of Sri Lanka’s digital economy, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror I am writing to express my views on the recent news about Sri Lanka Tourism endorsing the LGBTQI travel initiative. While I understand the importance of promoting tourism and inclusivity, I believe this decision warrants careful consideration.  Dollar earnings by hook or by crook” are not everything.  I think export of […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් 2012 දී මගේ තාත්තා බස් කොන්දොස්තර කෙනෙක් හොරණ කොළඹ පාරේ. මට මගේ තාත්තව අඳුන ගන්න පුළුවන්. තාත්තගේ සහෝදර සහෝදරියන්ට තාත්තව අඳුන ගන්න පුළුවන්.  මම කියන්නේ මගේ තාත්තා වෙනුවෙන් සාධාරණය ඉෂ්ට කරන්න කියලා විතරයි.” යැයි මිද්දෙණියේදී ඝාතනයට ලක්වූ අරුණ විදානගමගේ  හෙවත් ‘කජ්ජා” නමැත්තාගේ වැඩිමහල් පුත්‍රයා අද පැවසුවා. රගර් ක්‍රීඩක වසීම් තාජූඩීන්ගේ මරණයට අරුණ […]

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