Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s youth clubs should not be drawn into political agendas, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has stated. The former President, while addressing concerns about the growing politicisation of youth organizations and on-going unrest among youth clubs, emphasized the importance of resolving issues through dialogue. Making a special statement, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe proposed […]

CHULA N.A. RAJAPAKSE MNZM FRCP (UK), FRACP, D. Med Rehab. (UK) RHEUMATOLOGIST Home: C27, Trimmer 25 Graham Street Petone, Lower Hutt 5012 Telephone (04) 569 9390 or 027 4768797 8/8/25 Practice: High Street Specialists 577 High Street, Lower Hutt Telephone (04) 568 9875 Email:  cnarajapakse@gmail.com   To: Hon Bimal RatnayakeMinister of Transport, Highways, Ports & […]

The Pathfinder Foundation The Pathfinder Foundation has appointed two eminent individuals as Distinguished Fellows, who will assist the Foundation in fulfilling its task as an independent, non-partisan, apolitical institution.  Areas of interest for the Foundation include strategic studies, geopolitics, economic reform, and engagements related to ocean affairs. The latest addition is Dr. R. H. S. […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre A forest fire that broke out today (08 Aug) in the Raththanagolla – Imbulpe area of Balangoda prompted an immediate coordinated response under the direction of the Ministry of Defence. Acting swiftly, the Sri Lanka Air Force deployed a Bell 412 helicopter to conduct Bumbi bucket operations to assist […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ආප්ප කඩ හදන්නා සේ කැසිනෝ ශාලාවල් පිහිටුවීම හරහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව මුල්‍ය විශුද්ධිකරණයට අත්තටු දීමක් සිදුකර ඇතැයි හිටපු අමාත්‍ය චම්පික රණවක මහතා පවසයි. මෙවර දේශීය ව්‍යාපාරිකයන්ට වඩා සෘජුවම විදේශික ව්‍යාපාරිකයන්ට මෙය විවෘත කරදී ඇති බවද හෙතෙම පෙන්වා දෙයි. දැන් පාතාල කල්ලිවල කළු සල්ලි සුදු කිරීමට ඩුබායි යෑමේ උවමනාවක් නැති බවත් ලංකාව […]

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror The satellite launched by Supreme SAT Ltd. in 2012 with an investment of USD 300 million has paid dividends to the Sri Lankan government totalling an average sum of Rs. 20 billion annually, Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya said, contradicting earlier statements by Leader of the […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The People’s Republic of China has donated a consignment of disaster relief equipment worth over Rs. 400 million to Sri Lanka at a formal handover ceremony held today (Aug 5) at the Disaster Management Division in Colombo. Chinese Ambassador His Excellency Qi Zhenhong officially handed over the humanitarian aid […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Defence Cyber Command (DCC), operating under the Ministry of Defence, successfully conducted the AEGIS LEXICON 2025 – Defence Cyber Exposition recently (29 July 2025) at the Ministry premises. This annual event was specially organized to mark the Second Anniversary of the formation of the Defence Cyber Command, which […]

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Source: Xinhua Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong (L) hands over emergency humanitarian supplies to Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Sampath Thuyacontha in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug. 5, 2025.  (Xinhua/Chen Dongshu) COLOMBO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — China handed over emergency humanitarian supplies to Sri Lanka here on Tuesday. The handover included emergency supplies ranging from […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, August 5 (Daily Mirror) – Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today brushed off concerns over the government’s move to slash privileges granted to former Presidents, saying the real privilege lies with the people. Responding to reporters in Colombo, Rajapaksa said he was not concerned about the government’s attempts to remove certain […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, August 5 (Daily Mirror) – The United States (U.S.), in its tariff negotiations, requested Sri Lanka to grant duty-free access to American vehicles, including Electric Vehicles (EVs), in its bid to narrow the trade gap, a source familiar with trade talks said. However, according to the same source, the Sri Lankan […]

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N  Sathiya Moorthy Courtesy Ceylon Today 1 August 2025 For the uninitiated readers of the national media, and possibly the majority Sinhala media, Chemmani may yet to happen. But after weeks of digging up unmarked graves in Northern Jaffna town, Government officials under Court supervision have already taken out over a hundred human skeletons, including […]

BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning The Government stated that although it may need to seek technical assistance from international experts to examine skeletal remains discovered at mass graves such as Chemmani, there will be no need for any other form of international intervention, as it fully supports the ongoing investigation process. Speaking to The Daily […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy  PIME Asianews The government admits that 20,000 students have dropped out of school, while another 80,000 do not attend classes regularly. Inequality is increasing in a system marked by economic crisis and a lack of subsidies. Teachers and unions complain: No one is trying to get these kids back to school.” […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් නීතිය සහ ව්‍යාතිරේකය බිඳවැටීම ආරම්භ වූයේ 2015 යහපාලන රජය පවතිද්දී බවත්, ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමේ දී රණවිරුවන්ට එල්ල වූ යුද අපරාධ චෝදනා ප්‍රතික්ෂේප නොකර එම රජය විසින් එම චෝදනා පිළිගත් බවත් ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සංසදයේ විධායක ලේකම් යසස් ධර්මදාස මහතා පවසයි. ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුව මගින් පැවැත්වූ ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක් වෙමින් ඒ මහතා […]

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e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 27 July – 02 August 2025 ‘If John Keells goes down, it takes half of Sri Lankan capitalism with it… The government might have to choose between a bailout or economic chaos.’ – SJB MP (see ee Economists, The John Keells Collapse) […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් මෙම වර්ෂයේ (2025) මාර්තු මාසය වන විට රජයට ගෙවීමට ඇති දේශීය හා විදේශීය ණය ප්‍රමාණය රුපියල් බිලියන විසිනවදහස් දෙසිය පනස් තුනයි දශම එකයි හතක් බැව් රාජ්‍ය ණය කළමනාකරණ කාර්යාලය පවසයි. ගෙවීමට ඇති දේශීය ණය ප්‍රමාණය රුපියල් බිලියන දහඅටදහස් පන්සිය තිස් එකයි දශම පහයි අටකි. මින් භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් මගින් ලබාගත් ණය සඳහා […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ජනාධිපති වරප්‍රසාද අහෝසි කිරීමට ඉලක්ක කරගත් පනත් කෙටුම්පතක් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කිරීමෙන් දින කිහිපයකට පසු, හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරුන් වන රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ සහ මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහත්වරුන් අගෝස්තු 2 වනදා කොළඹදී හමුවී, එම පනතට ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ අභියෝග කිරීමේ හැකියාව පිළිබඳව සාකච්ඡා කර ඇතැයි සන්ඩේ ටයිම්ස් වාර්තා කරයි. අගෝස්තු 1 වන බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා අධිකරණ හා ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධතා අමාත්‍යාංශය […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, August 3 (Daily Mirror) – Foreign tourists arriving in Sri Lanka can obtain temporary driving licenses directly at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) at Katunayake from today. The on-arrival service counter, launched today aims to enhance convenience for travellers, particularly those who rent vehicles near the airport and prefer to […]