by Garvin Karunaratne
When we became independent in 1948, we- the colonies were the market for everything produced in the UK. With independence, we had to change to enable development, production in industry and agriculture and foremost to alleviate poverty. We had commenced Land Development, Irrigation, and Agriculture. To enable people to be trained, we started a major Department- Rural Development and Cottage Industry. Rural Development Officers were everywhere. They organized development at grass grassroots level, Handlooms took the stage. A major Department of Small Industry handled cooperatives to weave and sell. Laksala emerged... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/25)
ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න
සිංහල බෞධ්ධභික්ෂුව කියන්නේ සිංහල නමින් අනන්‍ය වූ ජාතියක් විසින් වසර දහස් ගණනකට පෙර බිහි කල, වර්ධනයකළ, ආරක්ෂා කල , රටේ ඔවුන් විසින් බුදහමට අනුගතව හදාගත්තමන්ට අනන්‍ය වූ ජීවන ක්‍රමය හෙවත් සන්ස්ක්රුතිය මගින් නඩත්තු කරන ,ඒ සමාජයෙ සාමාජිකයන් අතරෙන්ම බිහිවූ ඒ සමාජයේ ගරුබුහුමන් ලබන භික්ෂුන්ට ය . ඒ භික්ෂුවගේ එක්වැ දගත් කාර්ය භාරයක් වන්නේ එකී සමාජයේ ලෞකික හා ලෝකෝත්තර යහ පැවැත්ම උදෙසා කල හැකි සියලු උපදෙස් දීමය .පටිච්ච සමුප්පාදය පමණක් නොව ලෞකික වූ මංගල හා පරාභව කරුණු ගැනත් මේ භික්ෂුව උපදෙස් දියයුත්තේ ඒ භික්ෂුව නඩත්තු කරන්නේ ඒ ජනතාව නිසා බැවිනි.ඉන්දියාවෙනුත් තුරන්ල කල බුදුදහම ග්‍රන්තාරුඩ කර ආරාක්ෂා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/25)
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Colombo, March 25 (Daily Mirror) - In the wake of recent sanctions imposed by the UK government on four individuals, including Shavendra Silva and Wasantha Karannagoda, SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa questioned whether the new government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, will defend the former military commanders when foreign powers target them. Yesterday, the UK government imposed sanctions on four individuals responsible for serious human rights abuses and violations during the Sri Lankan civil war, including extrajudicial killings, torture and/or the perpetration of sexual violence. The individuals sanctioned by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/25)
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The Chief Incumbent of Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya, Ven. Dr. Walawahengunawewa Dhammarathana Thero, claims that a situation has arisen where the President's advice and directives are not being carried out due to certain politically-affiliated groups from previous governments that are continuing to “haunt” the country's state institutions. The Venerable Thero further charged that certain officials are attempting to inconvenience the government without implementing the instructions issued by the President and the Presidential Secretariat. He made these remarks during a press conference held at the Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya this morning (25). ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/25)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
First published Tue Nov 30, 2004; substantive revision Mon May 13, 2024 It is widely accepted that consciousness or, more generally, mental activity is in some way correlated to the behavior of the material brain. Since quantum theory is the most fundamental theory of matter that is currently available, it is a legitimate question to ask whether quantum theory can help us to understand consciousness. Several approaches answering this question affirmatively, proposed in recent decades, will be surveyed. There are three basic types of corresponding approaches: (1) consciousness is a manifestation of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/25)
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Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Gananath Obeyesekere has passed away at the age of 95. Obeyesekere, a renowned Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University, has done much work in his home country of Sri Lanka. His research focuses on psychoanalysis and anthropology and the ways in which personal symbolism is related to religious experience, in addition to the European exploration of Polynesia in the 18th century and after, and the implications of these voyages for the development of ethnography. Among his popular books are Land Tenure in Village Ceylon, Medusa’s Hair, The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/25)
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A resolution to appoint a committee of inquiry for the removal of Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon was handed over to the Speaker of Parliament, (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne, today (25). This resolution has been signed by 115 Members of Parliament, according to a statement issued by the Communications Department of Parliament. This motion was submitted to the Speaker under Section 5 of the Removal of Officers (Procedure) Act No. 5 of 2002. The occasion of handing over this resolution was attended by Deputy Minister of Labour Mahinda Jayasinghe, Deputy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/25)
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The Election Commission has informed the government to provide details of ongoing development projects during the election period. Accordingly, ministries and government departments are required to submit information regarding the relevant projects to the Election Commission for review. The commission stated that the disclosed development projects will be assessed, and a final decision will be made regarding their continuation during the election period. Additionally, if any of these projects are found to have a potential impact on the election, the government will be advised to postpone them until after the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/03/25)
ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න
එකමුතු වෙන්න ඕනනම් මුලින්ම කියන්න ඕන දෙමල හා මුස්ලිමුන්ට රට හැදු ගොඩ නැගු ආරක්ෂාකළ සිංහලයන්ට විරුධ්ධකම් නොකරන ලෙස.දෙමල මුදලියෝ පරංගි ආණ්ඩුකාර කොර්නේලියස්ට බොරු කියල උන්ගේ පැරණි නීති කියල තේසවලාමේ හදා ගන උන්ගේ පලාත්වල උන්ට විශේෂ නීති හදා ගත්ත. ලන්දේසි ඉංග්‍රීසි එය ස්තිරකලා, සිංහලයන් උන්ට කියා මර්දනය කරන්න. උතුරේ සිංහලයන් ඊට පස්සේ එලෙව්වා. වැඩි කොටසක් පරයන්ගේ බලය යොදා දෙමල බවට හැරෙව්වා. භික්ෂුවක්ව සිටි සෙනරත් රජු විසින් දේශපාලනයත් ආගමත් පටලවා ගෙනාදෝ පරංගින්ට බියෙන් බය බිරාන්තව සිටි මුස්ලිමුන්ට වැඩියෙන් මයිත්රි කරන්න ගිහින් උන් තම පළාත් වල පදිංචි කෙරෙව්වම 1916 වන විටම බොදු පෙරහැරටත් ගැහැව්වා විතරක් නොවෙයි සුද්දන්ට කත් ඇදසිංහල... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර්
මුළු රටට ම මාස හතක බරපතළ සහල් හිඟයකට මුහුණදීමට සිදුවන බවට ජාතික ගොවිජන එකමුතුවේ සභාපති අනුරාධ තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා අනතුරු අඟවයි. මාස් කන්නයේ වී වගාව අවස්ථා දෙකක දී ගංවතුරට හසුවීමෙන් සිදු වූ විනාශය සහල් හිඟයට බලපාන බව හෙතෙම කියයි. 2024/25 මාස් කන්නයේ දී හෙක්ටයාර් අට ලක්ෂ පනස්දහසක පමණ වී වගා කළ බව කී සභාපතිවරයා ගංවතුරින් බරපතළ හානි සිදු වූ උතුරු නැඟෙනහිර පළාත් ඇතුළු දිවයින පුරා වී වගාවට ඇති වූ හානියෙන් අපේක්ෂිත අස්වැන්න සියයට 20ක් රටට අහිමි වන බව පැවැසීය. අස්වනු නෙළීමට ආසන්න වී වගාවන්ට වල් අලින් ඇතුළු වන සතුන්ගෙන් හානි වන නිසා අස්වැන්න... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/25)
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Colombo, March 24 (Daily Mirror) - Cable car projects that operate more than a kilometre between two mountains without any support are rare in the world. The Sri Lankan people will have the chance to experience this rare opportunity before the end of this year. The first cable car project in the country covering a distance of 1.8 km between Ambuluwawa Religious and Biodiversity Complex to the summit of Ambuluwawa Hill in Gampola and from there to Ambuluwawa Agrarian Tower is a joint venture of Chinese and American investors. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/25)
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Ready to resume project on initial terms only, open for other investments if SL seeks Colombo, March 25 (Daily Mirror) - India’s Adani Group is not ready to compromise on the initially agreed tariff rate and other parameters of the 484 MW wind and transmission project in Mannar, despite its agreement to execute the project if Sri Lanka requests, Daily Mirror learns. Adani Green Energy SL Ltd informed Sri Lanka’s Energy Ministry its position in this regard after the Sri Lankan authorities including President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/25)
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The UK government has imposed sanctions on four individuals which it claims are responsible for serious human rights abuses and violations during the Sri Lanka civil war. The individuals sanctioned by the UK today include former senior Sri Lankan military commanders, and a former LTTE military commander who later led the paramilitary Karuna Group, operating on behalf of the Sri Lankan military against the LTTE. The measures, which include UK travel bans and asset freezes, target individuals responsible for a range of violations and abuses, such as extrajudicial killings, during the civil... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/03/25)
By Raj Gonsalkorale
GDP Is the wrong tool for measuring what matters - It’s time to replace gross domestic product with real metrics of well-being and sustainability- Joseph E. Stiglitz A country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the standard measure of the total value of all goods and services produced within its borders during a specific period, typically a year. The "services" component of GDP includes the value of all final services produced, such as transportation, communication, finance, healthcare, education, and many others. Sri Lankan GDP was estimated to be USD 84.36 Billion, and it is reported... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/25)
e-Con e-News
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ Economists in Sri Lanka: Bribed in Printed US$s e-Con e-News 16-22 March 2025 * Minister Sirisena alleged that Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) had offered him money ‘sufficient for 14 generations to live in a first world country’ (see ee Random Notes) * • Dear Julie: We’re sure, you consider yourself a true-red-blooded yankee – yet you act like one of them East Asian comfort women cruelly forced into servitude by the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/25)
Dilrook Kannangara
The world is heading into WW3. It is a matter of when. The only way it can be avoided is if the debt trap trounces them first. It is not the fault of an individual, a nation or a few of them. It is a clash of competing priorities, access to scarce resources, changing world order and resistance to change and the continuation of same old European colonialism. And it did not happen suddenly. It gradually grew into this situation. Despite the end of the Cold War, the world was not peaceful. In fact,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/25)
නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන. දුරකථන 0712063394
1971 ඉපදුනු තෙන්නකෝන් පොලිස්පතිට, රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කිරීමෙන් පසු පොලිස්පති වීමට ඉඩ තිබේද යන්න කාලය විසින් විසඳිය යුතු ප්‍රශ්නයකි...!ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ජනරජයක් වුණේ 1972 මැයි 22 දිනය. ඒ 1970 පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයෙන් බලයට පැමිණි සමඟි පෙරමුණු ආණ්ඩුවේ ගරු සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිණියගේ නායකත්වයෙන්‍ රාජකීය විදුහලේ නවරඟහලේදී කෙටුම්පත් කළ 1වන ජනරජ ව්‍යවස්ථාව පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසින් සම්මත කරමින් එතෙක් ඩොමීනියන් නිදහසක්ව තිබූ 1947 සෝල්බරී ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව අහෝසි කරවීමෙනි. එවැනි සේවයක් කළ ගරු සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිණියගේ ප්‍රජා අයිතිය අහෝසි කරවූ අතර පසුව පාර්ලිමේන්තුව නැවත එකී ප්‍රජාඅයිතිය අහෝසි කරවීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/25)
By Afridi Ahmed Courtesy Modern Diplomacy.
Tata Motors, India’s leading automobile family, along with DIMO, launched a new range of passenger vehicles (Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles and Electric Vehicles in the country. On 12 March 2025, Tata Motors, India’s leading automobile family, along with DIMO, a Sri Lankan conglomerate and the only authorised distributor of Tata Motors in Sri Lanka, launched a new range of passenger vehicles (Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles and Electric Vehicles (EV)) in the country. In the launch event, Tata Motors successfully introduced a range of SUVs – the Tata Punch, Tata Nexon,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/25)
Reported by Prof Manouri Senanayake President, Servants of the Buddha
Audience at Maithriya Hall (Based on an oration by Mr Don de Silva to the Servants of the Buddha) The Servants of the Buddha, an organisation that discussed the Buddha’s Teachings on a weekly basis for 104 years, staged its second Annual Oration on Saturday March 15, 2025. This summary of the oration is prepared with the Orator’s approval. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/25)
KELUM BANDARA Courtesy The Daily Mirror
New government wouldn't authorize services without right for data interception ensured There may be instances in which Starlink satellite communication services being used for any unlawful act by some individuals Discussion is still at preliminary stage Defence Ministry and TRCSL involved in discussions with Starlink Colombo, March 24 (Daily Mirror) - Elon Musk's Starlink satellite broadband services will be on hold in Sri Lanka until it guarantees the right for the government agencies to secure data or communication details in case of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/03/25)
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Ex -Secretary to Prime Miniter Sirimavo Bandaranayaka and President Sri Lanka Administrative Service Association (1991-1994)
The writer of the attached letter Mr. L.K.N. Perera, a lawyer and a retired judge by profession, is an authority on the subject of Tamil and Missionary activities in this country from 1505 onwards. I don’t see a single Sinhala politician, in this country, from the President down ward, including the so-called Parliament that is supposed to be in charge of the governance of this land of the Sinhala Nation, or at the provincial or divisional level who has the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/25)
by A. Abdul Aziz
(Given below is an excerpt of the Friday Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, on 21 March, 2025, gave a discourse on ‘True Significance of the Promised Messiah Day’ After reciting first part of the sermon with first chapter of Holy Qurán (Surah al-Fatihah), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may Allah be his Helper) said that in two days, it will be 23 March, a date which holds special significance in the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. This is because on 23 March 1889,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතාගේ ආණ්ඩුවේ වියදමක් මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ හා රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහන ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ ආණ්ඩු වලට වඩා කෝටි ලක්ෂයක් වියදම වැඩි බව හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී චම්පික රණවක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඉදිරි පළාත් පාලන මැතිවරණය වෙනුවෙන් පැවැති ජන හමුවකදී ඔහු මේ බව පැවසුවේය. ලොකු වාහන පෙළපාලි නෑ කිව්වත් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවෙන් කෑම නොගන්නා බව කිව්වද ඇතැම් දේශපාලඥයන්ගේ බොරු අල්පේච්ඡතාවය රැකීමට පෙරටත් වඩා වියදම් යන බවත් ඔහු පැවසුවේය. මෑතකදී ජනාධිපතිවරයාත් මහනුවර දළදා මාලිගාවට ගිය අවස්ථාවේ මාධ්‍යය පෙන්වුයේ ඔහු සමග පරිවාර එක් රථයක් පමණක් යනු වුවද දස දහසකට වැඩි පොලිස් බලඇණියක් සමග පාරක්ෂක වාහන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/25)
Courtesy Hindustan Times
Health minister Nalinda Jayathissa said that Sri Lanka and India reached an agreement last month to establish solar power plants in the island nation. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the country on April 5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake during his visit to New Delhi in December 2024. (X- Narendra Modi) The announcement was made during his statement in Parliament, according to the news portal Adaderana.lk. While speaking in Parliament,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/25)
Courtesy The Island
Matale Dirstrict SJB MP Rohini Kumari Wijerathna yesterday tabled a list in Parliament naming 1,300 members, leaders, trade unionists, and activists of the UNP, who were allegedly assassinated by the JVP. The list was submitted during a parliamentary session as part of the government’s ongoing effort to document victims of political violence. Along with the names of the victims, MP Wijerathna also introduced over 900 family members of the alleged victims, providing further context to the extent of the violence. Speaking during the session, MP Wijerathna stated, “Child soldiers were recruited by the JVP even... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර්
විවිධ ආණ්ඩු විසින් පසුගිය වසර දහයක පමණ කාලයේදී වරින් වර පත් කෙරුණු ජනාධිපති කොමිෂන් සභා විස්සක පමණ වාර්තා තවමත් ක්‍රියාත්මක නොවී හමස් පෙට්ටියේ පවතින බව මහාචාර්ය නීතිඥ ප්‍රතිභා මහනාම හේවා මහතා ලංකාදීපයට පැවසීය. උදුලාගම කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාව මැක්ස්වල් පරණගම කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාව,ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි ඝාතන කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාව, විජය කුමාරතුංග ඝාතන කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාව, ජනරාල් ඩෙන්සිල් කොබ්බෑකඩුව ඝාතන කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාව එසේ ක්‍රියාත්මක නොවුණු වාර්තා කිහිපයක් බවද ඔහු සඳහන් කළේය. ප්‍රමාණවත් සාක්ෂි පවතී නම් මෙම කමිටු නිර්දේශ ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට හැකියාව ඇති බවද මහානාම හේවා මහතා පැවසීය. මේ අතර මෙම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර්
පසුගියදා මාතර මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් වූ පොලිස්පතිවරයා සම්බන්ධයෙන් මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරයා ඉදිරියේ ඔහුට ඇප ලබා දීමට විරුද්ධ වීමට කරුණු දක්වමින් අතිරේක සොලිස්ටර් ජනරාල්වරයා වෘත්තීමය නොවන ග්‍රාම්‍ය වචන භාවිත කරමින් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවෙන් සැකකරුවෙකුට හිමි අයිතීන් නොසලකා හරිමින් කටයුතු කර ඇති බව විවිධ පිරිස් විසින් සමාජ මාධ්‍ය තුළ අදහස් දක්වා තිබුණි. අතිරේක සොලිසිටර් ජනරාල්වරයාගේ හැසිරීම විවිධ පිරිස් හෙලා දකිමින් අප වෙතද අදහස් දැක්වූ අතර සිවිල් ක්‍රියාකාරිණියක වන ජෙහාන් හමීඩ් මහත්මිය නීතිපතිවරය වෙත සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අප්‍රසාදය පළකරමින් යැවූ ලිපියක් මාධ්‍ය වෙත යොමු කර ඇත. ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ලියා ඇති එම ලිපියෙහි සිංහල පරිවර්තනය පහතින් පළවේ. ගරු නීතිපතිතුමා, නීතිපති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/25)
Courtesy Adaderana
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has officially nominated Dr. Ruvaiz Haniffa as its candidate for the position of Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC). The party emphasized that the nomination reflects its vision for a “super developed city” and aims to uplift the lives of all residents within the Colombo Municipal Council area. In a statement, the SJB highlighted that the hope of the people in Colombo is to transform the city into a modern, thriving hub of development. Dr. Haniffa’s nomination marks the beginning of what the party described as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/25)
Courtesy Adaderana
Hassan Alaldeen has been officially nominated as the mayoral candidate for the Colombo Municipal Council by the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance. This announcement was made following an Iftar ceremony for Muslim devotees held in Dehiwala yesterday afternoon (March 21). Alaldeen, has previously served as a member of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance’s Executive Council, as well as the party’s Media Secretary. The announcement was made by the leader of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance, MP Dilith Jayaweera, who was accompanied by several party members and supporters at the event.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/25)
Courtesy Adaderana
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has welcomed the 2025 Budget, stating that it offers a favorable resolution to concerns over payments for doctors’ additional duties. Addressing a press conference today (March 22), GMOA Media Spokesperson Dr. Chamil Wijesinghe said the budgetary provisions have addressed a key issue that had sparked widespread concern within the health sector in recent weeks. There had been speculation that allowances for health professionals would be slashed under the new budget proposals, leading to unrest within the sector. Several health trade unions had even resorted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/03/25)
By an Anonymous Contributor
For decades, Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector has teetered on the edge of uncertainty, shackled by inconsistent policies and a lack of decisive action. Recognizing the urgent need for reform, agriculture professionals and university academics, with significant financial support from international contributors, undertook the monumental task of drafting two transformative documents: the Overarching Agriculture Policy and the National Agriculture Policy. These blueprints were meticulously designed to tackle critical issues such as food security, climate resilience, sustainability, and farmer welfare. Yet, despite the monumental effort and expertise poured... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/25)
Iraj Show
https://youtu.be/5QxSawH61IA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/25)
By Rohana R. Wasala
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar……. Mark Antony speaking at the funeral of his assassinated friend Julius Caesar in the Shakespeare play by the same name My readers, alert as usual, may be wondering why this essay is entitled ‘The Case of Karu Jayasuriya’ instead of just ‘Karu Jayasuriya’. Well there’s a reason. Please read on. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/25)
Sasanka De Silva. Pannipitiya
As the world progresses, the voice of senior citizens has become increasingly pivotal, particularly in shaping the future of our communities and countries. An impressive 12% of a nation's population is composed of seniors—an influential demographic that, when mobilized, can wield significant power at the ballot box. Yet, the question remains: how can we effectively rally this crucial voter base? The answer lies in recognizing the inherent value of our collective experience and wisdom. Seniors have a unique perspective shaped by years of struggle, resilience, and triumph. This depth of understanding can... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/25)
The Pathfinder Foundation
Rear Admiral (Ret) Hiroyuki Terada, Director of Defence Cooperation of the Indo-Pacific Region (Indo-Pacific Regional Policy Division), Ministry of Defence of Japan, visited the Pathfinder Foundation headquarters at Riverpoint in Peheliyagoda to meet with Founder Milinda Moragoda and other senior members of the Foundation. He was accompanied by Ms. Ayuka Horikawa, Officer of the Indo-Pacific Regional Policy Division of the Ministry of Defence and Captain Yuki Yokohari, Defence and Security Advisor of the Embassy of Japan, Colombo. This visit was a continuation of the regular interactions between the Japanese Defence Ministry... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/25)
දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර (ශ්‍රී.ලං.ප.සේ.) අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා පරිපාලන සේවා සන්ගමයේ හිටපු සභාපති. (1991-94)
(දැන් යලිත් ප්‍රාදේෂීය සභා මැතිවරණයකට නම් දී ඇති බැවින් මෙම අදහස් කාලෝචිත නිසා මෙය නැවත පළකිරීමකී.) සින්හල ජාතියේ උපත පිළිබඳ නව මතයක්; ඓතිහාසික යථාර්ථයන් “පාලි මහාවන්ශය ලිවිමටත් සියවස් එක හමාරකට දෙකකට පමණ පෙර ලියනලද කරන්ඩව්‍යුහ. දිව්‍යාවදාන ආදී සන්කෘත ග්‍රන්ථ වල සඳහන්වණුයේ බටහිර ඉන්දියානු ඉන්දුනිම්න ප්‍රදේශයෙන් ලක්දිවට පැමිණි සින්හ නැමැති වෙළඳ සිටුවරයාගේ පුත්‍රයාවන “සින්හළ” නමැති (ගෞතම) බෝධි සත්වයන් වහන්සේ විසින් මේරට මනුෂ්‍යවාස කොට සින්හල ජාතිය පටන්ගන්නාලද බවයි. සින්ධු නදී නිම්නයෙහි පොලව යට වැලලී තිබුණ අති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/25)
Dr. Alexandr Dovgan & Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge
Complex traumatic events are associated with armed conflict (Coventry et al., 2020), and it has a possible impact on mental health. These conflicts can cause physical, psychological, mental, and spiritual consequences for people (Moreno-Chaparro et al., 2022). Armed conflicts extinguish the social fabric and cause economic and cultural repercussions. Moreno-Chaparro and team report (2022) that a high prevalence of mental disorders has been reported in areas affected by armed conflicts. As indicated by Carpiniello (2023), women and children are the most vulnerable to the outcome of armed conflicts. The Ukrainian... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/25)
Ministry of Defence - Media Centre
Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), Admiral Samuel Paparo called on the Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) Thursday (Mar 20) at the Deputy Minister's office. During the meeting, Admiral Paparo and Major General Jayasekara (Retd) engaged in discussions on a range of bilateral defence and security matters. Both parties emphasized the importance of strengthening defence cooperation to promote regional stability. Admiral Paparo emphasized the enduring security partnership between the U.S. and Sri Lanka while outlining the U.S. vision for promoting regional stability and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/25)
Property Show 2025
Industry experts at the Lanka Property Show 2025 expressed confidence in Sri Lanka’s real estate sector, highlighting its potential for growth despite past economic challenges. While factors such as rising interest rates, currency depreciation, and fluctuating taxes previously impacted the market, experts were optimistic that stabilizing interest rates, exchange rates, and tax policies will foster a more predictable and business-friendly environment for investors and homebuyers alike. Building on this positive outlook, the Lanka Property Show 2025 reinforced the sector’s resilience and promising future. The event featured 25+ premier projects, including highly anticipated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/25)
by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME AsiaNews
Government action has so far not stabilised markets. Lower production is causing negative effects on inflation and the availability of products in stores. Some rice varieties have been unavailable for months. Signs of growth are visible only in rubber and some export crops. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Sri Lanka's agricultural sector is going through a severe crisis, with a significant drop in the production of major crops such as rice, tea and coconut. This is driving up inflation and contributing to higher food prices, worrying consumers and policymakers... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/03/25)
