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Courtesy Hiru News Ministry officials have submitted their estimates for the recent disaster’s infrastructure damage, immediately raising questions over the total national cost. The Road Development Authority informed the Parliamentary Oversight Committee that it incurred a Rs. 75 billion loss. The damage includes 316 roads and 40 bridges, with approximately Rs. 190 billion required for […]

Courtesy Hiru News United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has stated that he is prepared to step down from the party leadership if his position acts as an obstacle to the unification of the United National Party and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB). He made these remarks while attending the Working Committee meeting held […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 17 (Daily Mirror) – Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Dongming, stated that China would extend its full support to the Government of Sri Lanka’s efforts to rebuild the lives of the Sri Lankan people and overcome […]

By Prof. G. L. Peiris, D. Phil. (Oxford), Ph. D. (Sri Lanka)  The Faculty of Law, University of Colombo Undue concern about a lawless situation, typified by unbridled executive power, is not realistic. Emergency legislation has rightly been characterised as extra-legislative legislation” Only a simple majority of Parliament is required to approve a State of Emergency Supreme […]

By Moiz Mustafa, Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec. 11 (Daily Mirror) – Cyclone Ditwah left Sri Lanka facing a national disaster of extraordinary scale. In a matter of days, the storm triggered lethal landslides, unprecedented flooding and the collapse of critical infrastructure that millions rely on. Entire districts were cut off, thousands were displaced […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Matale, December 17 (Daily Mirror) – A youth who confronted Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser and MP Namal Rajapaksa during his visit to disaster-affected residents in Matale yesterday later surrendered after explaining his concerns. The incident occurred during a media briefing, when the youth raised his voice and claimed […]

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KELUM BANDARA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Ms Shruti Lakhtakia Arvind Nair One million Sri Lankans will enter the job market in the next decade Poverty has increased, public servants real incomes dropped Since spending is capped at 13% of nominal GDP, growth becomes absolutely critical The government now has a spending cap that it must […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec. 16 (Daily Mirror) – The National People’s Power (NPP) will take disciplinary action against former Speaker Ashoka Ranwala if he has cheated on his doctorate, Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said. He said during a talk show on a private TV channel that the party has not decided what action […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Japanese government decided to extend an emergency grant of $2.5 million to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday. The emergency grant will be used to provide humanitarian assistance through international aid agencies, including food and other daily necessities.  Landslides and floods caused by a cyclone that hit the island […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ 400th Weekly Edition e-Con e-News 7-13 December 2025 Who offered to suddenly call off ‘in 45 minutes’ the self-styled aragalaya, which the merchant media had been pumping up, which had been spouting hot air for months, and was now at the gates of parliament in […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පිිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්‍ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවේ දී පක්ෂ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා මෙම අදහස් පල කරන ලදී. නිවාඩ් කබ්රාල් මහතා මහ බැංකු අධිපති ලෙස සිටි සමයේ ග්‍රීක බැඳුම්කරවල ආයෝජනය කරලා රටට පාඩුවක් කලා කියලා ඒ මහතාට එරෙහිව පදනම් විරහිත නඩුවක් අල්ලස් කොමිසම විසින් මහාධිකරණයේ පැවරුවා.  මේ නඩුවේ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පිිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය මාධ්‍ය හමුවේ දී පක්ෂ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා එම පක්‍ෂ මූලස්ථානයේදී අද පල කල අදහස් මෙහි දැක්වෙයි.  සමාජ මාධ්‍යවල තොරතුරු පැතිරෙන විධියට සුළි සුළඟෙන් වැසි ලැබුණාටත් වඩා ජනාධිපතිගේ පිනෙන් විදෙස් ආධාර ලැබිලා. නමුත් තිත්ත ඇත්ත නම් ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ වියදම් ඇස්තමේන්තුවෙන් විදේශාධාර ලෙස තවමත් ලැබිලා තිබෙන්නේ 0.17%යි. අත්‍යාවශ්‍ය […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec. 15 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka could face an economic crisis by the Sinhala New Year 2026, fueled by Cyclone Ditwah as it has been predicted by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, United National Party (UNP) Deputy General Secretary Harin Fernando said today. Sri Lanka is moving towards a forex […]

Courtesy Hiru News COLOMBO, December 15, 2025: The World Bank Group has expressed deep sorrow over the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka. In response to the Government’s request, the Bank is making up to US$120 million in emergency support available by repurposing funds from ongoing projects. This assistance will help restore essential […]

By Sanjeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island Eighteen Years of Delay: Cyclone Ditwah has come and gone, leaving a trail of extensive damage to the country’s infrastructure, including buildings, roads, bridges, and 70% of the railway network. Thousands of hectares of farming land have been destroyed. Last but not least, nearly 1,000 people have lost their […]

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By Shamindra Ferdinando Clandestine visit to Speaker’s residence: Finally, former Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has set the record straight with regard to a controversial but never properly investigated bid to swear in him as interim President. Abeywardena has disclosed the circumstances leading to the proposal made by external powers on the morning of 13 July, […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Ministry of Industries and Enterprise Development has announced that a total of 13,698 businesses across the country have been affected by the recent emergency disaster situation. Information regarding these affected enterprises has been received by the Industry Disaster Support Centre (IDSC). Of the 13,698 businesses impacted, 5,639 are micro-scale, 4,636 are […]

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By Dr Kalinga Seneviratne The World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB), which was founded by Dr G.P Malalasekare and was originally headquartered in Colombo, celebrated its 75th anniversary with a general conference in Bangkok earlier this month, attended by about 500 Buddhists from across Asia and some from the West. But, disturbingly, the memory of Dr […]

Professor Nishan C Wijesinha  Janaka Perera saw action against JVP communist insurgents in 1971 and steadily rose through the ranks being promoted Lt Col in 1986 and later, as a Colonel was the chief instructor at the Sri Lanka Military Academy. During the second JVP insurgency of 1987-89 he headed an operation which resulted in the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Member of Parliament, President’s Counsel Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, is slated to be appointed as a Senior Vice President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). SLFP Chairman Nimal Siripala de Silva stated that the appointment is expected to be made during the party’s upcoming Executive Committee meeting. Former MP Rajapakshe currently serves as […]

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Ravindra Jayaratne, The Conversation Flood infrastructure has not improved much in half a century due to poor urban planning. When Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on November 28 2025, Sri Lanka experienced one of its deadliest environmental disasters in modern history. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declared it the largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history”. Torrential rains triggered […]

Courtesy RenewablesNow Sri Lanka has secured a USD-30-million loan from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank to support the upgrade of the national grid and enable the adoption of more renewable energy. Author: Gerry Machen. License: Creative Commons, Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic. The agreement, signed in early December by Treasury Secretary Harshana Suriyapperuma […]

Courtesy Adaderana Russia has dispatched a consignment of 35 metric tons of humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka following the impact of Cyclone Ditwah.  The shipment arrived this afternoon (10) at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake on a special cargo flight. The consignment includes a mobile power station, vegetable oil, sugar, rice, and tents. The […]

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Bandula Kendaragama Page 1 of 31 ——— For further details, Contact Bandula Kendaragama on WhatsApp +61403204066Attention: His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake – Kotmale Dam – Gate Opening – Has Mahaweli Authority made a mistake or not? Is there something wrong in the system Your Excellency, Could you please pass this information to His Excellency the […]