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Pathfinder Foundation
Milinda Moragoda, founder of Pathfinder Foundation met with the Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenghong to discuss avenues for further widening China-Sri Lanka relations. The meeting over lunch at the residence of Ambassador Qi provided an opportunity for both sides to discuss the prevailing global situation, China-Sri Lanka relations, investment climate in Sri Lanka for Chinese investors and a host of other topical issues. Mr. Moragoda briefed Ambassador Qi of the work carried out by the China-Sri Lanka Cooperation Studies Centre of the Pathfinder Foundation and stated that several Chinese delegations will visit the Foundation in the coming weeks, which will enable both sides... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/25)
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A LIFE-CHANGING scheme for children and families affected by terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka has been put together by a group of Hertfordshire opticians. The initiative comes after Easter Sunday 2019 changed the lives of many families in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, following the violent assault by terrorists on multiple churches and hotels – leaving many children orphaned, with some suffering terrible injuries. Charity founder and Specsavers North West London Regional Relationship Manager, Sujith Weerasinghe, himself a Sri Lankan, decided that he wanted to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/25)
e-Con e-News
Posted byee ink.April 19, 2025Posted inUncategorizedTags:China, economy, politics, tariffs, Trump blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 13-19 April 2025 * ‘Countries must put their houses in order to face a world of uncertainty’ – IMF chief * ‘US trade war poses risks to Sri Lanka’s creditworthiness, warns Fitch’ The IMF is lying. Fitch is lying. All these economists who are still parroting the old London-Washington ‘export’ sound-bytes are lying. Even if they... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/25)
Dilrook Kannangara
Anura Kumara and Modi signed a number of agreements and the most significant is their defense pact which is shrouded in mystery. However, nothing remains under wraps in Sri Lanka as news travels fast. Indian media also published its contents in point form. Sri Lanka is now an aligned military partner of India and by extension USA and the QUAD alliance which includes India. The last time Sri Lanka was not a non-aligned country was in 1950. Anglo-Ceylon Defense Partnership Agreement was signed between Sri Lanka, USA and the UK in 1947 and it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/25)
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake
Leaders of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka have again called for a proper investigation into the Easter attacks staged six years ago. Meanwhile, a local political blame-game, starring Pillayan, to conceal the foreign finger prints and geopolitical motives of the attacks has ramped up. Cover up investigations and copious Disinformation in the corporate and social media echo chamber, as well as, from national security think tanks have all but buried the external interests evident in the design and targets of the Islamic State (ISIS), claimed Easter crime that killed hundreds in geostrategic Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/25)
By Ishara Gamage Courtesy Ceylon Today
In a move that could reshape Sri Lanka’s maritime industry, India’s State-owned Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) is in advanced negotiations to acquire a controlling stake in financially troubled Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC), multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to Finance Today. The deal, which centres on Japan’s Onomichi Dockyard Co. Ltd selling its 51% stake in CDPLC, could see a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) finalised by the end of April. If successful, the acquisition would mark a significant strategic shift for Colombo Dockyard—Sri Lanka’s flagship shipbuilder—and reinforce India’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/25)
by A. Abdul Aziz
Reports reaching us indicate a mob beat to death a member of Pakistan's persecuted Ahmadiyya minority on Friday after hundreds of radical Islamists surrounded their place of worship in the port city of Karachi, police said. A mob, many from the anti-blasphemy political group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), stormed through narrow streets of Saddar neighbourhood chanting slogans, enraged that Ahmadis were allegedly offering Friday prayers. "One member of the community was killed after the mob identified him as an Ahmadi. They attacked him with sticks and bricks. The victim,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/25)
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Press Release U.S. Attorney's Office
Friday, January 8, 2021Share For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California The men allegedly were members of a group of ISIS supporters that carried out terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Day in 2019, killing 268 people LOS ANGELES – The Justice Department announced today that three Sri Lankan citizens have been charged with terrorism offenses, including conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (ISIS). The men were part of a group of ISIS supporters that called itself... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/25)
Shenali D Waduge
Has it never occurred to the international media or so-called international community or even UN/UNHRC Officials to question the silence of LTTE fronts to LTTE’s recruitment of Tamil children who were turned into child soldiers forming one third of LTTE’s ground force? How can LTTE fronts call for justice when hiding their own crime of creating child soldiers & sending them to their deaths? How can LTTE fronts who funded LTTE guns & watched child soldier recruitment have any moral authority to demand human rights or draft curriculum for bogus genocide week? How can LTTE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/25)
by Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island
President Dissanayake and PM Modi Of the several MOUs signed by the President of Sri Lanka during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka, the most consequential in respect of implications to Sri Lanka is the one associated with the Defence Cooperation. Neither the public nor the Parliament is aware of its contents. What the public could glean about the scope of this vital MOU are from articles written by concerned citizens, like the one by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka in the Daily FT of April 10, 2025. The source... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/25)
නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යයන වැඩසටහන
මහජන ජාතික ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවක් (People's National Constitution) කෙටුම්පත් කිරීම මේ දක්වා "Gotagogama" තරුණ පරපුර ආරම්භ කර නොතිබීම නීතිය නොදැනීම පිළිබඳ ප්රශ්නයක් පමණක් නොවේ. එය රටේ ජනතාවගේ නෛතික නිදහස පිළිබඳ මූලික ප්රශ්නයකි, "ගෘන්නෝම"/ Grundnorm නීති මූලධර්මය ගැන අවබෝධයක් නැතිකම පිළිබඳ ප්රශ්නයකි. "ගෝඨාභය ජනාධිපතිවරයා ධූරයෙන් ඉවත් කරවීමට පෙර හෝ පසූව මහජන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව කෙටුම්පත් කර ජනතාව හමුවේ තැබීම "ගෘන්නෝම" මූලධර්මය අනුව සිදුවූයේ නැත.වැද්දා වටුකූරුල්ලන්ට දැල දැමූ පසු වටුකුරුල්ලන් ඉන් මිදුන ආකාරය ලස්සන සිත් ඇදගන්නා බෞද්ධ කතාවක් පමණක් නොවේ. ඉන් ඉගෙනිය හැකි පාඩම් බොහෝය. පළමු වැන්න... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/25)
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විෂය:ත්රිකුණාමලයේ සමුද්රීය හා අක්වෙරළ කර්මාන්ත සංවර්ධනය වේගවත් කිරීම සඳහා යෝජනාවඅතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමාහරහාවරාය ගුවන් සේවා සහ මාර්ග සංවර්ධන නියෝජ්ය අමාත්යඅපනයන සංවර්ධන මණ්ඩලය යටතේ උපදේශක මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස, ශ්රී ලංකාවට ඇති උද්යෝගිමත් අවස්ථාවක් පිළිබඳව සාකච්ඡා කිරීමට මම ඔබ වෙත ළඟා වෙමි, විශේෂයෙන් නිල් ආර්ථිකයක රාමුව තුළ නාවික සංචාරක ව්යාපාරය ඇතුළුව අපගේ සමුද්රීය හා අක්වෙරළ කර්මාන්තය සංවර්ධනය කිරීමේ සන්දර්භය තුළ.මෑත වසරවලදී, අපනයන සංවර්ධන මණ්ඩලය ත්රිකුණාමලය සංවර්ධනය සඳහා පෙනී සිටිමින්, තෙල් කර්මාන්තයේ භාවිතා කරන වේදිකා මෙන්ම පරිවර්තනය කරන ලද නැව් අලුත්වැඩියා කිරීම සහ ඉදිකිරීම සඳහා මධ්යස්ථානයක් ලෙස එය ස්ථානගත කර ඇත.විශේෂයෙන්, වරාය අධිකාරිය 2021 දී ආසියානු සංවර්ධන බැංකුව විසින් අරමුදල්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/25)
Courtesy Daily Mirror
Colombo, April 18 (Daily Mirror) - Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Rohini Kaviratne in a letter addressed to Secretary Election Commission and Assistant Commissioner Matale District has lodged a complaint against a leaflet that has been distributed by the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) which indicates that funds for the local bodies which will be secured by the opposition at the Local Government polls will be blocked. She had apparently urged the commission to halt the distribution of this leaflet. Ms. Kaviratne said the following in her letter The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, April 18 (Daily Mirror) - The government which has become a pawn of thermal energy mafia is all out to destroy the renewable energy sector, Opposition and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa charged yesterday. "Renewable energy is affordable where a country like Sri Lanka is concerned. It is a cost effective source of energy. This government pledged to safeguard renewable energy at the electoral platform. However, it has become a pawn of the thermal power mafia. This government has actually become a slave... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/25)
By Pamodi Waravita Courtesy The Morning
A recent heated exchange between Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe and an Irrigation Department official has raised questions regarding the safety of ancient tanks islandwide. Sri Lanka’s ancient irrigation system, which is still functional, networks thousands of small tanks and larger reservoirs to collect rainwater for use during the dry season. This keeps the country’s agriculture operational year-round, divided into two seasons – the Maha and Yala seasons. Today, reservoirs and tanks don’t just serve agricultural purposes; some also generate electricity and provide sustenance to smaller... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/25)
Shenali D Waduge
Sri Lanka’s current judicial system stems from Judicature Act 2 of 1978 influenced by English & Roman-Dutch Law a carry-forward from Dutch to British colonial rule. Unfortunately, the leaders of post-independence forgot or ignored Sri Lanka had its own distinct Sinhala legal system. The Maha Naduwa was the Buddhist jurisprudence tribunal of ancient Sinhalese kings. The Kandyan Convention is said to have been signed in the Maha Naduwa on 2 March 1815. Following the 1817-1818 Rebellion, the Maha Naduwa was also the venue that passed death sentences of Keppetipola & Madugalla. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/25)
By Raj Gonsalkorale
Going by some decisions taken by US Presidents that have had very negative consequences for the USA itself and other countries, a dilemma does arise about democracy and what it means and how it is exercised in the USA. The latest being the decision taken by one person, President Donald Trump, that appears quite at odds with the Lincoln model of governance in a democracy, viz, “a government of the people, by the people, and for the people”. A question does arise whether this decision, which appears to have had serious negative consequences for the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/25)
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.
ප්රභාකරන් තුල ව්යාථවේදී පෞරුෂ සාධක Pathological Personality traits දක්නට ලැබුණි. නමුත් මේ ගැන කතිකාවට බඳුන් වී ඇත්තේ ඉතාම අඩුවෙනි.2004 වසරේ ප්රභාකරන් දේශපාලනමය සහ යුදමය වශයෙන් ඉතා බලවත්ව සිටි අවදියේ දී ඔහුගේ පෞරුෂ සාධක හෙළි කරමින් කරමින් ප්රභාකරන් සාධකය පිලිබඳ මනෝවිද්යාත්මක විශ්ලේෂණයක් යන කෘතිය මම එළි දැක්වුයෙමි. එම ගවේෂණාත්මක කෘතිය මගින් ළමා ප්රභාකරන් චර්යාත්මක අක්රමතාවයකින් (Conduct Disorder) පෙළුණු බවත් පසුකාලීනව වැඩිහිටි දිවියේදී ඔහු තුල සමාජ විරෝධී පෞරුෂ ලක්ෂණ (Antisocial Personality Disorder) තිබෙන බවද ඔහුගේ ජිවිත කතාව සහ චර්යාව මගින් පෙන්වා දුනිමි. මේ මතය ඇතැම් වියතුන්ගේ විවේචනයට ද ලක් විය. නමුත් 2011 වසරේ මම යාපනය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/25)
By Special Correspondent[i]
Visual Aid: Cartoon Created with AI Assistance Introduction Sri Lanka has received substantial support from donor-funded development projects aimed at improving the economy and supporting social growth. However, a closer look reveals that many of these projects do not achieve their intended results. The pressing question is: How can Sri Lanka improve its oversight of these projects to better utilize donations? Current Situation of Development Projects Many donors, including international banks, have invested billions in Sri Lanka. While the initial results often seem positive—highlighted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/25)
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වසර දෙදහස් පන්සියයකට අධික ඉතිහාසයක් ඇති ජාතියක ප්රධාන සංස්කෘතික උත්සවයක් සැමරීමට රටේ රාජ්ය නායකයා ප්රසිද්ධියේ පස්සා ගසා ඇතැයි ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා සිය සමාජ ජාල ගිණුම ඔස්සේ නිකුත් කර ඇති නිවේදනය මෙසේය. ගරුතර ස්වාමීන් වහන්ස,අන්යාගමික පූජකතුමනි,මවුවරුනි, පියවරුනි,සහෝදරයා, සහෝදරිය, සිංහල හා දමිල අලුත් අවුරුද්ද සැමරීම රාජ්ය මට්ටමෙන් සිදු නොවූවද රට පුරා බහුතරයක් පොදු මහජනතාව ආර්ථික අපහසුතා තිබියදී පවා උත්කර්ෂවත් ලෙස අලුත් අවුරුදු සැමරීමට කටයුතු කළහ. මා මෙවර සමාජ මාධ්යවල නිරීක්ෂණය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/25)
Courtesy Lanka Leader
ලෝක ආර්ථික පරිසරයේ අවිනිශ්චිත බව සැලකිල්ලට ගෙන ඊට මුහුණ දීම සඳහා ප්රතිපත්තිමය සූදානම ඉහළ නැංවීම අත්යවශ්ය බව ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව පවසයි. විශේෂයෙන් නව නිදහස් වෙළෙඳ ගිවිසුම් සක්රීයව ක්රියාත්මක කිරීම සහ භාණ්ඩ වෙළෙඳාම වෙනස් වීමේ අවස්ථා ශ්රී ලංකාවට වාසිදායක අයුරින් යොදා ගැනීම සඳහා ප්රතිපත්තිමය සූදානම ඉහළ නැංවිය යුතු බවද මහ බැංකුව කියයි. ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව විසින් පසුගියදා නිකුත් කළ පසුගිය වර්ෂය (2024) සඳහා වන මහ බැංකුවේ වාර්ෂික ආර්ථික විවරණ වාර්තාවේ මේ බව සඳහන් වේ. තවදුරටත් එම වාර්තාවේ මෙසේද සඳහන් වේ. ඇමෙරිකාව විසින් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අපනයන සඳහා පනවන ඕනෑම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/25)
YOHAN PERERA Courtesy Daily Mirror
Colombo, April 17 (Daily Mirror) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference in Sri Lanka, in its special message for Easter stressed that ascertaining who the perpetrators of the Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 were and those who have aided and abetted in the dastardly act, is a matter of urgency. "This Easter also marks the sixth anniversary of the Easter Sunday bomb attacks on innocent worshipersat Catholic and other Christian Churches and in other places in 2019, causing death and injuries to hundreds of people. In this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/25)
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The Centre for Society and Religion (CSR) claims that Sivanesathurai Santhirikanthan, also known as Pillaiyan, and his former media spokesperson, Azad Maulana, had connections with individuals involved in the Easter Sunday attacks. However, former Minister Udaya Gammanpila, speaking at a press conference yesterday (16), stated that the government's attempt to create a narrative that connects Pillaiyan to the Easter attacks has failed. Meanwhile, Director of the CSR, Father Rohan Silva, also speaking at a press conference yesterday (16), claimed that evidence has emerged indicating the involvement of local intelligence services in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/25)
Sunil J. Wimalawansa(Professor of Medicine)
A nation thrives when it preserves its traditional values, cultural heritage, language, and fundamental beliefs. Nations fail whether these lacks. The mentioned elements form the foundation of national unity, sovereignty, spiritual strength, and cultural identity. For Sri Lanka, with its ~2,500-year-old Buddhist heritage, protecting this legacy is a matter of pride and a necessity for maintaining independence and dignity on the world stage. We have lost some of these strengths and recognitions over the past 75+ years due to short-sighted and selfish politicians. Should fellow citizens allow the current leadership to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/25)
By Palitha Ariyarathna
As Sri Lanka navigates critical discussions on sensitive topics such as international sanctions and allegations against its armed forces, it is imperative to ground deliberations in evidence-based understanding. Shenali Waduge, a renowned analyst and expert on LTTE-related crimes, provides a wealth of invaluable information on the activities and atrocities committed by the LTTE. Her articles, listed below, serve as key resources for understanding the broader context of LTTE operations, their consequences, and the underlying narratives that have shaped international perceptions. These writings are indispensable for decision-makers, including the Cabinet Sub-Committees tasked with addressing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/25)
By Dr Ramesh Somasunderam. Willetton 6155, Australia.
I believe what Sri Lanka needs most is very good Civil and District Administration. This is what can make the country to function and be governed well. Sri Lanka for once is united under one party and importantly the present President of our lovely country his Excellency Mr. Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Even the Tamils residing in the North and East of Sri Lanka voted for him as their President. Based on this, all Sri Lankans wanted an honest, fair and equitable leader to give them a fair go and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/25)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
His excellency The President(Thru Deputy Minister of ,Ports Aviation and Road Development) As the Chairman of the Advisory Board under the Export Development Board, I am reaching out to discuss an exciting opportunity for Sri Lanka, particularly in the context of developing our marine and offshore industry, including nautical tourism within the framework of a blue economy.In recent years, the Export Development Board has been advocating for the development of Trincomalee, positioning it as a hub for the repair and construction of platforms as well as converted ships used in the oil industry. Notably,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/25)
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මාලිමාව පරාජය වන පළාත් පාලන ආයතනවලට මුදල් නොදෙනවා යන ජනපතිගේ ප්රකාශය පුරවැසියෙක් ලෙසත් මහරගම නගර සභාවට එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂයෙන් ඉදිරිපත් වන අපේක්ෂකයෙක් ලෙසත් දැඩිව හෙළා දකිමි. එය එක් අර්ථයකින් ජනතාවගේ බලයට හා ඡන්ද අයිතියට විරුද්ධව යාමකි. අනෙක් අර්ථයෙන් මාලිමාවේ අපේක්ෂකයන් හැර අනෙක් අපේක්ෂකයන් සියල්ල හොරු බවට පත්කෙරෙන අතිශය අසාධාරණ පුර්ව නිගමනයකි.අවසන් පළාත් පාලන මැතිවරණයේ සිට පළාත් පාලන ආයතනවලට නියෝජිතයන් තෝරාපත් කරගන්නා ක්රමය වෙනස් කර නව ක්රමය හදුන්වා දෙන ලද්දේ ප්රදේශයට වගකියන නියෝජිතයෙක් එම ප්රදේශයෙන්ම තෝරාපත් කරගැනීම උදෙසා ය. ගමට වගකියන ගමේ නියෝජිතයා යන්න එහි සරලම අර්ථයයි. එය ජාතික දේශපාලනය සමඟ පටලවා ගැනීමම වැරදිසහගත ය. එමනිසා ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/25)
Ishani Agnihotri
An MOU to develop an LNG power project on the East Coast of Sri Lanka, near the coveted Indian Ocean Trincomalee Deep Sea Port, with India and the United Arab Emirates was signed on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Sri Lanka by President Anura Dissanayaka. The multicultural Eastern Province was decimated during the 30-year war between the Liberation Tigers or LTTE and the Sri Lanka military, when Israel’s Mossad agents operated from bases in the Batticaloa District to set up and train Sri Lanka’s Special Forces, some of which were later linked... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/25)
