By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Diplomat The arrest of four Sri Lankan ISIS operatives in India underscores the persisting threat posed by Islamist extremism in the country. May 27, 2024 On May 20, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested four Sri Lankans suspected to be Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorists, at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel […]

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2013 Key locations identified with the lives of important religious founders have often been extensively remodelled in later periods, entraining the destruction of many of the earlier remains. Recent UNESCO-sponsored work at the major Buddhist centre of Lumbini in Nepal has sought to overcome these limitations, providing direct […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 19-25 May 2024 The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) & Customs have been labeled as Sri Lanka’s ‘most corrupt state institutions’, by the USA’s International Monetary Fund (IMF). At the same time, the US government just took Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) employees on […]

ධරිණි රාජසිංහම් සේනානායක ණය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගතකරණය රොකට් විද්‍යාවක් බවට පත් කිරීම: ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල සහ බ්ලැක් රොක් සමාගමේ හරිත, නිල් සහ රෝස ශෝධනය ධරිණි රාජසිංහම් සේනානායක බ්ලැක්රොක් සහ අනෙකුත් ජාත්‍යන්තර ස්වෛරී බැඳුම්කර හිමියන්ගෙන් ඉවත්වන ලෙසට එක්සත් ජනපදයේ කොලොම්බියා, යේල් සහ වෙනත් අයිවී ලීගයට අයත් නොවන විශ්ව විද්‍යාලවලින් නැගුණ හඬ ව්‍යාප්ත වෙමින් පවතී. බ්ලැක්රොක් සමාගම පලස්තීන ජන […]

Shenali D Waduge Where did it all begin & where will it all end? Not too many are able to piece the puzzle. To do so, requires us to go back in time to colonial divide & rule policies that sought to divide people while their territories were plundered. They also decided to clone people to […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Tamil Separatist Movement is continuing to oppose what it calls Buddhistization”   of the north and east of Sri Lanka. They object to theBuddhistizing of sites that had not previously been exclusively linked with Buddhism.” They disrupted the work and the ceremonies at Kurundi. The direction to Kurundi name board at Nedunkerni-Tanduvan junction was […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The Tamil Separatist Movement focuses mainly on Buddhistization, but there are fleeting references to Christianization at well. The end of the Eelam war, led to the    arrival of Christian sects into the newly liberated north and east. This has not received publicity, because Tamil Separatist Movement is hospitable to Christian conversion. Many Tamil […]

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara B.A. (Hons) PhD. Retired Permanent Secretary to   Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranayaka. 1994. Posted on January 30th, 2022 A proposal to the Government of Sri Lanka to set up an International Museum cum Research Institute on Colonial rule in this country from1505-1948 in Kandy at the old Bogamabara Prison site in memory of […]

 මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්                දුරාතීතේ දී ත්‍රිකුණාමලය හඳුන්වන ලද්දේ ගෝකර්ණය යනුවෙනි. ගෝණ කර්ණය යනු ගෝණ විසින් පාලනය කරන ලද ප්‍රදේශයයි.මෙහි තිබෙන වරාය එකල ලෝකයේ තිබූ හොඳම ස්වභාවික වරායන් අතරින් එකක් විය.මේ ගෝකණ්න වරායේ නෙරා ගිය තුඩුවක කඳු වැටි තුනක් නාවිකයන්ට දිස් විය. ඒ කඳු වැටි තුනේ ස්ථූපයන් තුනක් සෑදීම නිසා සාගරයේ යාත්‍රා කරන්නන් ඒ ස්ථානය විශේෂ […]

Palitha Ariyarathna Communist regimes, particularly in countries like China, have had a complex relationship with Buddhism. They often view it through the lens of Marxist ideology, which prioritizes materialism and atheism. In China, the communist government’s historical suppression of Buddhism has deep roots, dating back to the mid-20th century Cultural Revolution. During the Cultural Revolution, Mao […]

Dilrook Kannangara As elections draw near political jokers are coming out of the woodwork. Jokes require no logic. Add to that most Sri Lankans have short memories. Using both, shameless and highly corrupt politicians try to fool the people yet again. On April 12, 2022 Sri Lanka declared bankruptcy. By then Gotabaya was the president […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Diyawanna Vesak Zone 2024, organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence and Independent Television Network (ITN) was held for three days from May 23 and concluded last evening (May 25). Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne and Chairman of ITN Mr. Sudarshana Gunawardana, inaugurated the ‘Diyawanna Vesak Zone 2024’ […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීතීඥ සංගමයට ජපානයේ “ජයිකා” ආයතනය විසින් දූෂණ විරෝධය සඳහා ලබා දුන් රු.කෝටි 2ක මුදලකින් කොටසක් විනිවිද බාවයකින් තොරව, අවිධිමත් ලෙස ජනාධිපති නීතීඥවරුන් 3ක් සහ තවත් නීතීඥවරුන් 2ක් විසින් ලබා ගෙන ඇති බවට වන සාකච්ඡාවක් පසුගිය සති 2ක පමණ […]

By A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka. At the death of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the Muslims lost not only their Prophet but also their spiritual, religious and political leader. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) had not designated any successor during his own lifetime and the young Muslim community could not possibly survive […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer Colombo, May 26: The tragic death of the Iranian President Dr.Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in his country on May 19, will be mourned in Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan as he had built strong economic ties with Sri Lanka and India and wanted to have better ties with Pakistan despite […]

By Sena Thoradeniya (Continued from May 18, 2024) 1.Personal Attributes of GR Though he failed as a President due to various factors and had to abdicate his presidency, there were many personal attributes favourable to GR. These personal attributes profoundly augmented his victory at the Presidential Elections. He was hailed and acclaimed as a hero […]

Palitha Ariyarathna The Dark Knight Rises,” directed by Christopher Nolan, is a cinematic masterpiece that transcends cultural boundaries, exploring complex themes of ideological conflict and moral ambiguity. This article offers a dual perspective, examining the film’s universal themes through a global lens while also delving into its resonance within the context of Sri Lankan culture […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The Hindu religion has been given a visible boost in Sri Lanka in the past two decades. It received state patronage. Hindu festivals were   celebrated at President’s House and Temple Trees. In 2003 Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had for the first time directed that a National Deepavali celebration be held. It was held […]

Dr.Sudath Gunasekara.Mahanuwara (First published on 14.9.2023). I call upon all patriotic Sinhala sons and daughters of our beloved motherland to draw their prompt and serious attention to the arrogant and irresponsible political thuggery publicly and repeatedly displayed by some Tamil politicians in the plantation sector who are trying to make hay while the political uncertainties […]

 Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD  Sex is a basic human need, common to all people at all times (Shokeir &, Hussein, 2004) and exclusively a biological function, defined based on that individual’s individuality and socio-cultural background (Kumarasinghe et al., 2022). Ancient Sri Lankans had varied sexual lives. The ancient folklore and texts unveil the traditions […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Diyawanna Vesak Zone 2024, organized by the Ministry of Defence in collaboration with the Independent Television Network (ITN) will conclude tonight (May 25). Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne and Chairman of ITN Mr Sudarshana Gunawardana, inaugurated the ‘Diyawanna Vesak Zone 2024’ last Thursday (May 23). This is organized […]

By Julia Conley Defense lawyers for Israel did not convince the International Court of Justice that the ongoing evacuation operation in the southern Gaza city had enhanced the security of civilians.” Emphasizing that Israel had not convinced the International Court of Justice that sufficient efforts have been made to protect civilian life from harm, the […]

Senaka Weeraratna I want to place on record information concerning the beginnings of the Unit Trust Industry of Sri Lanka and my pioneering involvement in the promotion of the Unit Trust as a Vehicle of Investment in Sri Lanka.  It begins in Australia. I joined a boutique law firm, Wilder Moses Bengasino in Melbourne, as an […]

60 Minutes Australia Gangsters’ Paradise (2024) It might sound strange, but the crime capital of Australia is currently Dubai. That’s because this glitzy mega city in the Persian Gulf has become home to nearly all of our biggest organised crime bosses. Their thinking in moving offshore is that they’re out of reach of federal and […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Minister Sabry, PC, meets Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard at his Ministry on Monday (20) after she called for Sri Lanka to be referred to the UN Security Council and subjected to international war crimes inquiry. The Tamil Guardian quoted her as having said at Mullivaikkal where she […]

අජිත් සී. හේරත්  විමර්ශන   ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානයේ යෝජිත වසංගත ගිවිසුම: එක් සෞඛ්‍යයක් ප්‍රවේශය”, දේශගුණ විපර්යාස භීෂණය සහ ගොවි ජනතාවට හා ආහාරවලට එරෙහි යුද්ධය අජිත් සී. හේරත් මෙම මැයි මාසයේ අවසානයේදී ‌ජිනිවාහිදී පැවැත්වෙන ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සම්මේලනයෙදී සම්මත කර ගැනීම සඳහා ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානය විසින් 2005 ජාත්‍යන්තර සෞඛ්‍ය රෙගුලාසි සඳහා සංශෝධන යෝජනාද, නව වසංගත ගිවිසුමක් පිළිබඳ ‌යෝජනා […]

Prensa Latina Colombo, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The Joint Committee of Democratic Unions of Sri Lanka confirmed its support for Cuba’s declaration demanding its fair elimination from the list of states sponsors of terrorism created by the United States. The organization confirmed in a statement that adding Cuba to the arbitrary list has political purposes […]

By Ben Norton Courtesy defenddemocracy.press Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, sought to unite the Global South against Western imperialism, joined BRICS, advocated dedollarization, and strongly supported Palestine. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19, left behind a legacy of working to build a more […]

උපුල් ගලප්පත්ති – අරුණ  ශ්‍රී ලංකා විදේශ සේවයේ දැනට පවතින තෙවැනි ලේකම් පුරප්පාඩුවලින් හරි අඩක් මැති ඇමැතිවරුන්ගේ දූ දරුවන්ගෙන් සැපිරීමට විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය කැබිනට් අනුමැතියක් අපේක්ෂාවෙන් පසුවන බව සති අග අරුණ  වාර්තා කර තිබේ. කිසිදු තරග විභාගයක් හෝ සම්මුඛ පරීක්ෂණයකින් තොරව මෙසේ රජයේ මැති ඇමැතිවරුන්ගේ දරුවන් බඳවා ගැනීමට යන්නේ විවෘත තරග විභාගයකින් ඉහළ සාමාර්ථ ලබාගත් […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් මේ වන විට විවිධ පුද්ගලයන් විශේෂයෙන්ම චීවරධාරීන් යොදාගනිමින් සමාජය බිඳවැට්ටවීම සඳහා සිදුකරන මහා ප්‍රහාරයේ පසුබිම සහ ඊට අදාළ න්‍යායාත්මක විග්‍රහය පිළිබඳව මහජනයා දැනුම්වත් කිරීම සඳහා ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුව විසින් පත්‍රිකා ව්‍යාපාරයක් ආරම්භකර තිබේ. එම පත්‍රිකාව නම්කර ඇත්තේ “සමාජය බිඳ වට්ටවා රාජ්‍යය යටත් කිරීමේ මෙහෙයුම” නමිනි. පත්‍රිකාව පහළින්…