Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka went through 2 insurgencies, 3 decades of terror, mass suicide, Covid-19 but nothing came near to the collapse of governance & state of anarchy that took place in 2022. How far the outcome was a result of bad planning & management, obnoxious decisions or well-funded & choreographed from external sources […]

By Sanjeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island Undoubtedly, children, particularly from low-income families, have borne the most significant hardships due to the unprecedented economic crisis that has beset our country. The single biggest challenge has been the skyrocketing food prices of even essentials, resulting in many families adopting coping strategies from reducing the number of meals […]

සසංක ද සිල්වා, පන්නිපිටිය. ග්‍රිගෝරි පෙරෙල්මන් දක්ෂ රුසියානු ගණිතඥයෙක් වන අතර ඔහු ජ්‍යාමිතිය සහ ස්ථල විද්‍යාව පිළිබඳ ඔහුගේ පෙරළිකාර වැඩ සඳහා වඩාත් ප්‍රසිද්ධය. ඔහු 1966 ජුනි 13 වන දින ලෙනින්ග්‍රෑඩ් (දැන් ශාන්ත පීටර්ස්බර්ග් ලෙස හැඳින්වේ) හි උපත ලැබූ අතර හැදී වැඩුණේ ගණිතඥයින්ගේ පවුලක ය. පෙරල්මන්ගේ වඩාත්ම ප්‍රසිද්ධ ජයග්‍රහණය වන්නේ සියවසකට වැඩි කාලයක් ගණිතයේ නොවිසඳුණු වැදගත්ම […]

Sasanka De Silva Grigori Perelman is a brilliant Russian mathematician who is best known for his groundbreaking work in geometry and topology. He was born in Leningrad (now known as Saint Petersburg) on June 13, 1966, and grew up in a family of mathematicians. Perelman’s most famous achievement is his proof of the Poincare conjecture”, […]

Press Release Pathfinder Foundation The Official Launch of the Report on A Medium and Long-term Strategy for Indo-Japanese Collaboration to Support the Economic Transformation of Sri Lanka”, prepared by the Pathfinder Foundation with the assistance of a panel of experts, was held, in Colombo. Hon. Ali Sabri, Minister of Foreign Affairs, was the event’s Chief […]

e-Con e-News ‘But the question is whether the entire ouster [of President Gotabhaya Rajapakse in 2022]was instigated & executed from scratch by the West with the help of local quislings as has happened in so many other countries where the West successfully instigated regime changes or attempted them, from Chile to Bolivia, Iran, Libya, Syria etc, etc. […]

Courtesy Pakistan Observer Sri Lanka continues its dialogue with Russia on possible purchases of oil and gas, Sri Lankan Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardana told Sputnik in an interview. Sri Lanka does not buy oil from Russia yet, however, this is to be discussed with the Ministry of Petroleum. I think we can get some win-win […]

By  Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today The USD 2.9 billion IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF) was obtained after a tedious process of satisfying a number of preconditions. Some of these prerequisites Sri Lanka had to agree to, such as privatisation of SOEs, tax hikes and subsidy strikes can be potentially political suicide. Indeed, over 47 […]

Courtesy The Island Police inaction to prevent arson attacks against SLPP politicians in the Western province on May 9 may have been due to orders not to carry weapons to deal with protesters, a new investigation has revealed.A review of the role of the police at the time showed Senior Deputy Inspector General Deshabandu Tennakoon […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa alleged that there is a sinister move to buy over MPs from his party the Samagi Jana Balawegaya ( SJB). Speaking during a public meeting in Dehiwala, Mr. Premadasa said some MPs have been offered millions of rupees if they cross over to the government. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The first phase of the program to plant three million jackfruit trees across the country, under the theme ‘Guwan Hamuda Herali Perali’, was launched today at the Anuradhapura Air Force Base under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. This program has been implemented in conjunction with the government’s food security program […]