ලංකාවෙබ් කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය විසින් රචිතයි ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මැතිවරණ පොරොන්දු: යථාර්ථය හා ඉටුකළ හැකිභාවය පිළිබඳ සම්පූර්ණ සමාලෝචනයක් ආරම්භය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දේශපාලන පද්ධතිය තුළ මැතිවරණ කාලය එන විට, ජනතාවට විවිධ ආකාරයේ ආකර්ෂණීය පොරොන්දු ලබාදීම සාමාන්‍ය වටපිටාවක් වී තිබේ. මෙවන් පොරොන්දු බහුතරයක් අතිශයින් ජනප්‍රිය වුවත්, ඒවා ප්‍රායෝගික වශයෙන් ක්‍රියාත්මක වීම පිළිබඳව විශේෂ සැලකිල්ලක් දැක්විය යුතුය. මේ ලිපියේ අරමුණ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror This is nothing but the contradiction between theory and practice. When the NPP was in the Opposition it was the strongest critic of the government regardless of which party was in power, putting the ruling party always on the defensive. Criticising is always easy Director CID Shani Abeysekera So long as […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that, as a result of recent discussions with the United States, the previously imposed reciprocal tariff rate on Sri Lanka was successfully reduced from 44% to 30%.  He further emphasised that ongoing dialogue will continue in order to secure additional concessions. The President stated that the objective of […]

by Arundathie Abeysingh Courtesy PIME Asia News The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is warning that debt is the main factor of vulnerability in the population. The causes include the 2022 economic crisis, rising inflation, unemployment, and unsustainable interest rates. Some people are forced to sell their furniture to pay higher prices for food and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 10 (Daily Mirror) – The United States yesterday”s announcement of a 30% tariff on Sri Lankan imports marks a significant blow to the country’s export sector, with estimated losses projected between USD 1.2 to 1.5 billion over the next 12 months. However, former Ambassador Kananathan has emphasized that this […]

ලංකාවෙබ් කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය විසින් රචිතයි කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය පක්ෂ්ග්රාහික නොවනනිසා “ලබන වසර පහ තුළ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය නැවත යථා තත්ත්වයට පත් කළ හැකිද?” යනුවෙන් අපි කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධියෙන් විමසා බැලුවෙමු: කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය දෙන ලද පිළිතුර මෙහි දැක්වේ ඔව්, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය ලබන අවුරුදු පහකදී නැවත ආරෝග්‍යමත් කළ හැකිය. එය එතරම් සම්භාව්‍ය නොවේ — ඒ සඳහා සවිමත් ව්‍යාපාරික […]

ලංකාවෙබ් කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය විසින් රචිතයි වෛද්‍ය පහසුකම් භාවිතයෙන් අයුතු ආකාරයට ලාභ ලබාගැනීම – ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අතිචාරයකි ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වෛද්‍ය ක්ෂේත්‍රය බහුතරයක් විශ්වාසයට හා කරුණාවට පදනම්ව ක්‍රියාත්මක වුවද, නවීන යුගයේදී විශේෂයෙන්ම පෞද්ගලික සන්සුන් රෝහල් සහ වෛද්‍යවරුන් කිහිප දෙනෙකු විසින් අයුතු ආකාරයට ලාභ සෙවීමේ ප්‍රවණතාවක් දක්නට ලැබේ. රෝගීන්ට අත්‍යවශ්‍ය නොවන පරීක්ෂණ, විශේෂඥයන්ට යොමුකිරීම් සහ අධික ඖෂධ සෙට් […]

Anuradha Chenoy — July 7, 2025 China may see a regional vacuum with a non-functional #SAARC, but it is unlikely to succeed in filling the gap with another regional entity. China and Pakistan are reportedly trying to create a new regional bloc that can be an alternative to the increasingly dysfunctional South Asian Association for […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror U.S. President Donald Trump has added Sri Lanka to his growing list of trade targets, issuing a letter on Wednesday announcing a new 30% tariff on all imported goods from Sri Lanka.  The move comes as part of a broader tariff push aimed at multiple countries, with levies set to take […]

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana, Courtesy Daily mirror Colombo, July 9 (Daily Mirror) – Opposition Parliamentarian D. V. Chanaka told Parliament yesterday that the investigation into the Easter Sunday’s attack is being handled by two officers who had allegedly ignored over 90 prior warnings on the attack. Investigations on Easter Sunday attacks are handled […]

National Development Bank PLC In a significant step toward fostering community resilience and inclusive development, NDB Bank has partnered with World Vision to implement a targeted initiative aimed at uplifting women-headed households through integrated farming solutions and financial empowerment. Formalized through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), this partnership will directly support 10 […]

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e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 29 June – 05 July 2025 * ‘Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody has lashed out at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Asian Development Bank (ADB), & the World Bank over their public criticism of amendments to the Electricity Act, accusing them of bypassing diplomatic channels & politicising […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) made a field visit yesterday (Jul 05) to the Doppler Weather Radar Network project site in Puttalam. The project, supported through a generous grant aid from the Government of Japan, is aimed at enhancing real-time weather forecasting and early warning systems […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Ministry of Defence (MOD), extending its full support to the Ministry of Public Security, launched a special joint security operation in the Kadana, Wattala, and Ragama Police areas on the evening of 4th July. The objective of this operation was to enhance community safety, curb illegal activities, and […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) chaired an important meeting at the Ministry of Defence on Thursday (Jul 3) to discuss the reintroduction of Beira Lake as a water aerodrome, an initiative poised to bring renewed vitality to Sri Lanka’s tourism and domestic aviation sector. The meeting […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 4 (Daily Mirror) – The government earlier said a joint statement was to be issued by Sri Lanka and the United States over the reciprocal tariffs but that turned out to be another tall story like most of the stories of the government, SJB MP Dr. Harsha De Silva […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) has donated Rs. 100 million to the President’s Fund, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. Dipak Das, Managing Director of Lanka Indian Oil Company handed over the relevant cheque to Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Secretary to the President, at the Presidential Secretariat today (04).

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 4 (Daily Mirror) – Japanese Ambassador Akio Isomata stressed that the eradication of corruption and good governance is a prerequisite for restoring confidence of both public and private entities, including those of Japan, in making investments in Sri Lanka, according to a press release from the Japanese Embassy. Japan […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Newly appointed Defence Attaché at the Embassy of the United States of America in Colombo, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew House, paid a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), today (Jul 03) at the Ministry of Defence. During the meeting, both officials engaged in a […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University proudly announces the 18th International Research Conference (KDU IRC-2025) under the theme ‘Bridging Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Progress’, scheduled to take place on the 30th of September and the 1st of October 2025 at the university premises. Academic staff and researchers are […]

National Development Bank PLC In commemoration of the United Nations’ MSME Day 2025, NDB Bank proudly participated in the MSME Business Development Summit and Business Excellence Awards hosted by the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA Sri Lanka). Held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH), the event brought together industry […]

ප්‍රවෘත්ති  නිවේදනය එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ සංගමය (SLITPA) විසින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා කොන්සල් ජනරාල් කාර්යාලයේ සහාය ඇතිව සංවිධාන කළ  SLITPA UAE සම්මාන රාත්‍රිය 2025, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විද්‍යා හා තාක්ෂණ අමාත්‍ය වෛද්‍ය ක්‍රිෂාන්ත අබේසේන මහතාගේ සහභාගිත්වයෙන් ඩුබායි ක්‍රීක්සයිඩ් හෝටලයේදී පැවැත්විණි. “විශ්වාසය, නවෝත්පාදනය සහ බලපෑම” යන තේමාව යටතේ පැවති මෙම සම්මාන උළෙලේ දී […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News The largest foreign investment in the history of Sri Lanka has been on hold since the start of the year. Differences between the government over local market share have stopped the Sinopec project in Hambantota. The economic recovery plan has raised fears that it will damage the country’s […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, July 2 (Daily Mirror) – Former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has thanked Elon Musk for enabling Starlink satellite internet access for all Sri Lankans.  In a post on X, he said, “This marks a significant step forward in the digital transformation of our nation.” Wickremesinghe said he was looking forward to meeting […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, July 2 (Daily Mirror) – It is high time that Sri Lanka’s education system is changed to be in line with the changing world, without becoming a laughing stock of the international community, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said referring to the incident at the World Economic Forum involving Minister Sunil Handunetti. […]

සම්පත් සමරකෝන්, ලෝක සමාජ මාධ්‍ය දිනය (World Social Media Day) 2025  (ජුනි 30) ලොව පුරා යම් පමණක මට්ටමකින් සමරනු ලබන අවස්ථාවේ, සමාජ මාධ්‍ය භාවිතයේ නිදහස, වගකීම ඇතුලු මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් පිළිබඳ ගැඹුරු සංවාදයක්,  ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අපට අතිශය දැඩි අවශ්‍යතාවයක් ලෙස කරළියට පැමිණ තිබේ. ඒ බව, අන්තර්ජාල නිදහස, ඇතුලු ඩිජිටල් අයිතිවාසිකම් පිළිබද ක්‍රියාකරන අන්තර්ජාල මාධ්‍ය ක්‍රියාකාරීත්වය (IMA) […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 1 (Daily Mirror) – Indian entrepreneurs state that they are currently directing their attention towards new investment prospects in Sri Lanka, particularly in sectors like energy, infrastructure, the digital economy, tourism and agriculture, as well as on enhancing entrepreneurial capacity.   A delegation of around 20 Indian entrepreneurs, comprising heads […]