Prof. Hudson McLean
I have met several Sri Lankan Immigrants come to Finland. As a Sri Lankan in Finland for almost fifty (50) years, most of the Sri Lankans have not learned the Facts-of-Life in Finland, The Happiest Country in the World for eight (8) years consequetive years. These are the world’s happiest countries in 2025 These are the world’s happiest countries in 2025New Zealand has been ranked 12, while Finland holds on to the top spot. The most important aspect in Finland is, Punctuality and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/06/25)
Dasatha News
https://youtu.be/XyZiG1x3SrQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/06/25)
Dr Gamini Withana
The problem of child abuse is considerable in Sri Lanka and there is an urgent need to strengthen the services offered to the victims. Urgent steps are needed to safeguard these children who are affected by the abuse. There are many triggers and factors that place children at risk for abuse and neglect. Sri Lanka continues to battle the problem of child abuse. There has been an increase in the number of reported cases of child abuse in the country over the past few years. It was recently reported that 5,891 of child abuse cases were reported in the country from 2012 to 2020. There have been 54 cases of child abuse reported within the first 15 days of this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/25)
National Development Bank PLC
Demonstrating its continued commitment to empowering Sri Lankans through financial solutions tailored to real-life aspirations, NDB recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ACH Education, a leading international education consultancy firm. This strategic collaboration aims to streamline the overseas education journey for Sri Lankan students, offering them comprehensive financial and advisory support, making overseas education seameless. The official signing ceremony took place with the presence of senior representatives from both institutions. Mr. Gihan Punchihewa, Assistant Vice President – Privilege Banking, signed on behalf of NDB Bank, while Ms. Chanaka Palihakkara, Managing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/25)
නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන
2/3ට වැඩි පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී බලයක් ඇති මාළිමා ආණ්ඩුව විසින්තරාතිරම නොබලා වැරදි කළ බලවතුන්ට එරෙහිව නීතිය ක්රියාත්මක කරන බවත්, 2024.07.18 දිනට පෙර ජනාධිපති ධූර කාලය වසර 5ක් ලෙස ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව අර්ථනිරූපණය කිරීම නිවැරදි නොවන බව 2024.07.18 දින නිකුත් කළ ගසට් පත්රයේ පළවූ 22වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත නිසා තහවුරු වෙද්දී හිටපු අගවිනිසුරුවරයෙකුවන ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය මහතාට එරෙහිවත් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව වැරදි ලෙස අර්ථනිරූපණය කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් නීතිය ක්රියාත්මක වෙයිද යන්න පිළිබඳ විද්වතුන් අතර සාකච්ඡාවක් පවතී.සිය ධූර කාලය තුළදී කරන ලද නීති විරෝධී ක්රියාවන්ට එරෙහිව විශ්රාම යාමෙන් පසු නීතිය ක්රියාත්මක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/25)
Courtesy Daily Mirror
Colombo, June 12 (Daily Mirror) - The new government which recalled all 16 Sri Lankan heads of mission in December, last year is yet to fill up eight of them despite the lapse of half of the year now, the Daily Mirror learns. Out of these 16 missions, the government took measures to fill vacancies only at eight missions, and seven of them were with political appointees in stark contrast to its pre-election rhetoric that Sri Lanka’s Foreign Service would not be politicized. The ruling National People’s Power (NPP) was a major critic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/25)
Courtesy Daily Mirror
Colombo, June 13 (Daily Mirror) - Highlighting the new investment opportunities emerging in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake extended an open invitation to German investors to explore and participate in tourism-related ventures in the country. The President, currently on an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany, met with representatives from the German Tourism and Travel Industry Associations and Outbound Tour Operators this morning (13) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Berlin. The discussions focused on fostering stronger partnerships between the two countries in the tourism sector. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/25)
By Bhagya Silva Courtesy Daily Mirror
Colombo, June 13 (Daily Mirror) - The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) informed the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today that the Attorney General has concluded that no criminal offense had occurred in the process of reducing the special commodity levy on imported sugar from Rs. 50 to 25 cents per kilogram, a decision made four years ago. Further investigations has been recommended to determine if any party or individual had gained undue benefit or committed acts of bribery or corruption in connection with the tax cut. This information was presented... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/06/25)
Shenali D Waduge
Sri Lanka is a nation proud of its rich culture, deep religious traditions, and warm hospitality. Tourists from around the world come here to experience our heritage, natural beauty, and vibrant society. Yet, with this privilege comes responsibility — every visitor must respect and abide by Sri Lanka’s laws, customs, and visa regulations. Unfortunately, violations of these rules—whether through ignorance or willful disregard—are increasingly common, threatening our social fabric, security, and international reputation. The rule of law is the cornerstone of a sovereign nation. It guarantees that every individual—citizen or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/25)
National Development Bank PLC
In keeping with its commitment to empowering women through meaningful financial solutions, NDB proudly introduces exciting gifts from NDB Araliya, “to women who empower the nation”. Running from 1st June to 31st July 2025, this exclusive campaign rewards both new and existing NDB Araliya account holders with special gifts for qualifying deposits made during the promotional period. NDB Araliya is a dedicated women’s savings account that encourages financial independence, resilience, and long-term planning. This promotion offers women across Sri Lanka the chance to benefit from their savings habits in more ways than... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/25)
George Galloway
Pepe Escobar. That which does not kill us makes us stronger. In heaven, all the interesting people are missing. Not so on earth https://youtu.be/BZvKxfEtC90... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/25)
ජර්මානු වෛද්ය විද්යාලයේ මහාචාර්ය නිශාන් සී විජේසිංහ
බිතාන්ය යටත් විජිත සමයේ මෙරටට හඳුන්වාඳුක් නත්තසූරිය ශාකය (Mexican sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia); ඉතා පුලූල් පාරිසරික සහ දේශගුනික තත්වයන් තුල ව්යාප්තවේ. මෙහි බීජ සුලඟින් මෙන්ම ජලයෙනුත් ව්යාප්ත වේ. එහි කඳන් ද පහසුවෙන් සිටුවා වගා කළ හැක. එහි පරාගනය මී මැස්සන් විසින් ද පැතිරෙයි. එය කෘෂිකාර්මික වැටවල් ලෙසද භාවිතා කරන ලදී. ශාක පත්ර කාබනික ගොවිතැන සඳහා සහ ශාකසාර ඖෂධයක් ලෙස භාවිතා කරන ලදී. එහි මල් මී මැස්සන් ආකර්ෂණය කරයි, එබැවින් වල් මී පැණි නිෂ්පාදනය වැඩි කරයි. ආහාරයට ගත හැකි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/25)
Udaya Gammanpila
https://youtu.be/-sA_BJwMb1Y... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/25)
Shenali D Waduge
A Dangerous Precedent by UNSG Ban Ki-moon The UN’s actions against Sri Lanka post-2009 remain unprecedented in UN history. Never before has the Secretary-General appointed a Panel of Experts (PoE) to investigate a concluded internal conflict—especially after a recognized terrorist group was defeated. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s decision to appoint such a panel in 2010, bypassing both the UN General Assembly and UN Security Council, violated established UN procedures and set a dangerous precedent that undermines the sovereignty of UN member states. Critique of UNSG Ban Ki-moon’s appointment of the PoE after a Concluded Conflict 1. Violation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/25)
Kaarige Channel Eka | Dharmasri Kariyawasam
ආණ්ඩුව බයේ හැංගිලා ගහපු ගිවිසුමේ ස්වල්පයක්... පක්ෂ පාට වලට වහල් නොවී සිතුවොත් ,පාවදීම කලාවක් නම් වර්තමාන ජනාධිපති එහි පිකාසෝ නොවේද ? * ඉන්දියාවේ ආරක්ෂාවට තර්ජනයක් වන අවස්ථා වල ලංකාවේ ජල තීරය ඉන්දියාවට පමණක් භාවිතා කිරීමේ අයිතිය * ආරක්ෂක තොරතුරු ඉන්දියාවට පමණක් ලබා දීම * ඉන්දියාවේ යුධ සෙබළුන් සහ ආරක්ෂක අංශ වලට ඕනිම අවස්ථාවක ලංකාවට ඇතුළු වීමේ අයිතිය * ලංකාවේ සෞ ක්ය සේවා අනිත් රටවල් හැර ඉන්දියාවේ සෙබළුන්ට පමණක් සේවය ලබා දීම * ඉන්දියාවේ යුද උපකරණ ලංකවේ ගබඩා කිරීමේ අයිතිය ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/25)
Kuwait Times
COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Wednesday announced a 15 percent increase in the electricity price to shore up revenues for the state-run utility, in line with conditions imposed by an IMF bailout. The Public Utilities Commission said it allowed the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to charge the higher rates from Thursday, six months after a controversial reduction that pushed the utility into the red. The government had forced a 20 percent price cut on the CEB in January, despite fears that it would cause the government-owned company to lose money and undermine the national budget. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/25)
By Upali Ananda Courtesy Daily Mirror
According to a document issued by the Anuradhapura Prison Superintendent, W.M. Athula Thilakaratne who received a Presidential pardon on Vesak Poya Day, and who is also an accused wanted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), appeared before the Anuradhapura Additional Magistrate's Court today over a different case pending against him. Athula Thilakaratne also came to the open courtroom of the Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate's Court to observe the case against the Anuradhapura Prison Superintendent. This case was about the letter stating that Athula was released from case number HC/69/2018, which had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/25)
Courtesy Adaderan
A discussion between Dr Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Secretary to the President and officials of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change was held today (11) at the Presidential Secretariat. The purpose of the meeting was to identify the priorities of the new government’s agenda and to express support for its implementation, President’s Media Division (PMD) said in a statement. During the discussion, attention was focused on examining the programmes implemented by the Ministry of Digital Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Export Development Board and the Board of Investment. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/25)
Udaya Gammanpila
https://youtu.be/iZyZe8MAETI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/06/25)
3 Minutes - SEPAL AMARASINGHE
https://youtu.be/YQFCVD7iFBY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/25)
Shenali D Waduge
Between 2006 and 2009, Sri Lanka carried out a decisive military campaign to defeat the LTTE—one of the world’s most lethal terrorist organizations. This operation, aimed at ending nearly three decades of terror, was conducted under international observation with humanitarian safeguards in place. Yet, the United Nations and UNHRC failed to uphold their mandate of neutrality and justice. Instead of supporting a sovereign nation’s right to combat terrorism and rescue civilians, they distorted facts, omitted critical context, and vilified Sri Lanka based on hearsay, propaganda, and political pressure. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/25)
By Medea Benjamin, Courtesy Palestine Chronicle
Gaza aid center was overrun by starving crowds. (Photo: video grab) GHF has never been about delivering aid. It’s about using the illusion of aid to control the population of Gaza—and to give cover to war crimes. Recent reports say that US AID is considering giving $500 million to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)—an “aid” initiative launched at Israel’s request. At first glance, that might sound like a generous effort to help desperate Palestinians in Gaza. But peel back even one layer, and you’ll find a deadly political scheme... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/25)
Prof. Sunil Wimalawansa
The United States (USA) currently faces one of its most critical challenges: the unchecked influx of undocumented individuals across its northern and southern borders. Over the past few years, an estimated 31 million undocumented people have entered the country, a figure significantly higher than the official "catch and release" numbers reported by the current administration, which stand at approximately 13 million. According to the Department of Border Patrol (CBP), over 65% of border crossings (borders extending thousands of miles) go undetected, underscoring serious gaps in border security and immigration enforcement.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/25)
නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන.
2015 දී පැවැත්වූ ජනාධිපතිවරණයෙන් ජයගත් මෛත්රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා විධායක ජනාධිපති බලතල අඩු කර ගැනීම, ජනාධිපති ධූර කාලය සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව පවත්නා කාලය වසර 5කට අඩු කර ගැනීම ඇතුලු ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයක් ගෙන ආවේය. එය ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවට 2015 දී සිදු කළ කරන ලද 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය විය. ( 2002 දීද 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පතක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ඉදිරිපත් වූ නමුත් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරුවරුන් 7ක් විසින් එයට ජනාධිපතිවරණයක් නියම වීමෙන් නතර විය.)2015 දී ගෙන එනු ලැබු 2වන 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය පනත් කෙටුම්පතද ජනමතවිචාරණයක් මගින් ජනතාව අනුමත කළයුතු එකක් බවට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/25)
By Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The Colombo Port, long considered the economic heartbeat of Sri Lanka, is heading towards a ‘natural death’ due to mismanagement at the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), Co-Convenor of the Joint Alliance of Port Trade Unions (JAPTU) Shyamal Sumanaratne warned. Speaking at a special media briefing yesterday in Colombo, Sumanaratne questioned whether President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is fully aware of the deteriorating state of affairs within the Ports Authority and the looming crisis surrounding the East Container Terminal (ECT). Sumanaratne alleged that under the current administration,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/25)
By Nirmala Kannangara Courtesy The Daily Mirror
However, when this newspaper contacted Eng. Hedigallage to find out about the US$ 1 million payment to RMA Energy for the consultancy service provided for this project, and also to know how Dr. Siyambalapitiya could change his stance regarding RE addition to the grid after assuming duties as Chairman CEB, the former accused this newspaper of slinging mud at him All these unacceptable explanations are given perhaps for two reasons. The first could be to conceal their inability to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
A protest promoting LGBTQ rights near the Nallur Kandaswamy Temple in Jaffna has drawn strong criticism from Geethanath Cassilingam, Chief Organizer of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) for the Jaffna District, who said the act goes against Tamil culture and religious values. In a statement, he stressed that while individuals may seek rights, they must also respect the traditions and beliefs of the Tamil community, especially in sacred spaces. Cassilingam said, “What a shocking shame to see a group of people promoting gay rights and forcing their so called... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, June 10 (Daily Mirror) - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has condemned widespread corruption within crucial state departments, revealing that some officials entrusted with upholding the law are themselves engaging in criminal activity. Speaking at a Poson Poya commemoration event in Mihintale, President Dissanayake addressed the ongoing controversy surrounding a recent Presidential pardon, using the occasion to highlight deep-rooted misconduct within the public service. “Not all, but certain officials in key departments have been found participating in corrupt and illegal practices,” the President said, pointing to alarming examples across multiple... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/25)
Shenali D Waduge
The Rise and Fall of Corporate ‘Inclusivity’
Over the past decade, global corporations have positioned themselves as champions of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), aligning publicly with the LGBTQIA+ community through sponsorship of Pride Parades, rainbow branding, and internal “inclusive” workplaces. These initiatives were widely heralded as progressive milestones, signaling a new era of social responsibility. The LGBTQIA community thought the corporates had their interests at heart. That could be further from the truth. In reality, corporations viewed the LGBTQIA community as a niche market to exploit for profit. As economic returns... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/25)
Shenali D Waduge
In 2023, a deceptively packaged proposal was tabled to amend Section 365 and fully repeal Section 365A of Sri Lanka’s Penal Code — laws that currently criminalize unnatural sexual acts and gross indecency. LGBTQIA+ lobbyists and their foreign-funded backers claimed these were “colonial relics” and “tools of discrimination.” This is an outright falsehood. A legal Trojan Horse. A weaponized lie to justify their lobbying. These lobbyists are not pursuing equality — they are hijacking Sri Lanka’s legal system to decriminalize all forms of homosexuality, erase protections for children, and break down religious, cultural, and moral safeguards that have protected society... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/25)
Dilrook Kannangara
Australia is desperate. Driven by US hegemony, Australia is on a mission to get anyone it can get to confront China. For this reason, the Australian Defence Minister was in Sri Lanka. The two countries agreed to strengthen defence cooperation and dialog but fell short of any concrete agreement. Sri Lanka has no regional or global security threats or enemies, therefore, Sri Lanka should not invite trouble and certainly not fight others’ wars. This is a golden opportunity for Sri Lanka to put Australia on the mat on Tamil terrorists. Unlike other US military proxies, Australia... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/25)
Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai 23a, auburn side Dehiwala
Dear Mr. President, There is no doubt that we, the people had great hopes when we brought you into power. Whatever the masses may say, the majority still believe in you and we recognize the fact that you need time to fulfil all your promises and some are harder than you imagined and it is highly appreciated you’re allowing the Ministry of justice take its independent course without political interference. All well and commendable, but unfortunately you have failed miserably in one aspect, which, the intellectuals,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/25)
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අනුරාධපුර මහාධිකරණය හමුවේ පැවති එච් සී/69/2018 අංක දරන මූල්ය වංචා සිද්ධියට අදාළ නඩුවේ විත්තිකරු ඉකුත් වෙසක් පෝය දින ජනාධිපති පොදු සමාව යටතේ නිදහස් කර මුදා හැර ඇති බව පවසමින් අනුරාධපුර මහාධිකරණයට කූඨ ලේඛනයක් ඉදිරිපත් කර අදාළ විත්තිකරු නඩුවෙන් නිදහස් කර මුදා හැරීමට කටයුතු කිරීමේ සිද්ධියක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව මගින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කළ අනුරාධපුර බන්ධනාගාර අධිකාරීවරයා ජූනි 11 දක්වා රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කරන ලෙස අනුරාධපුර ප්රධාන මහේස්ත්රාත් නාලක සංජීව ජයසූරිය අද (ජූනි 9) නියෝග කළේ ය. මෙම සිද්ධියට අදාළ විමර්ශනවල ප්රගතිය දැක්වෙන වාර්තාවක් අධිකරණය හමුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලෙස ද ප්රධාන මහේස්ත්රාත්වරයා අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/25)
Courtesy Adaderana
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to appear before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday (11). Former President Wickremesinghe will appear before the CID to provide a statement in relation to a complaint made by former Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella over the alleged importation of substandard human immunoglobulin vaccines. Keheliya Rambukwella had previously lodged a complaint with the CID regarding the importation of medicines into the country. Several ministers from the previous government have already provided statements as part of the investigation related to that complaint.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/25)
Courtesy Adaderana
The Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya, who was suspended from duty today (09), has been arrested by the Criminal investigation Department (CID), police confirmed. Accordingly, the CID arrested the Commissioner General of Prisons this evening in connection with investigations into allegations that he aided and abetted the unlawful release of an inmate from Anuradhapura Prison under the Presidential Pardon granted for Vesak Poya. The suspect is currently in the custody of the CID and is scheduled to be produced before Magistrate’s Court No. 01 at the Aluthkade Courts Complex tomorrow (June... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/25)
