Shenali D Waduge From September 2006 to 2024 (18 years) Sri Lanka was sent 6 envoys 4 of whom were female. The 7th envoy is to be another female. The 2 males were Robert Blake (2006-2009) and Atul Keshap (Aug 2015-Jul2018) We will leave out their sojourn in Sri Lanka & concentrate only on the female […]

 Sugath Kulatunga In spite of the bankruptcy of country and the accumulated external debt of 36 billion dollars at the end of 2023, the Governor of the Central Bank has the chutzpa to announce that foreign exchange (FE) can now be released to import vehicles. He has qualified this by stating that this has to […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale ‘Insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly expecting different results – Albert Einstein. The concept of a legislated economic plan that incorporates economic parameters (or targets) is an opportunity to end 76 years of insanity. The challenge for the major political parties is to accept the concept and then work out any […]

Dilrook Kannangara Rajapaksas are enjoying their last few months in the limelight and in power. They won’t be back in power for another decade or more. Mahinda, Gota, Basil and Chamal will not live to see the day when they will be in the saddle of power again (if it happens). At least as a […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya. As the upcoming Presidential election approaches, there’s a growing narrative in highly manipulated social media platforms that only two are viable presidential candidates. This perspective is not only premature but also undermines the democratic process. It is crucial to wait for all parties to announce their candidates and engage in a […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ * e-Con e-News 25 May – 01 June 2024 * ‘We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it,’ twitted Tesla’s Elon Musk, after the US government organized a coup against Bolivia’s Aymara leader Evo Morales in 2020. Musk was standing earnestly in line […]

ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. අගමැති සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිර ලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා පරිපාලන සේවා සන්ගමයේ හිටපු සභාපති (1991-94) 2024. 6.3. 1 කොටස මේ රට වර්තමානයේ මුහුණපා ඇති දේශපාලන හා ආර්ථික අර්බුධවලින් නිදහස් වීමට තිබෙන හොඳම දේශපාලන උපක්‍රමය   1987 ව්‍යවස්ථාව වහාම අහෝසිකොට 1972 ජනරජ ව්‍යවස්ථාව යළි බලගන්වා, ජනාධිපතිවරණයක් නොපවත්වා, පාර්ලිමේතුවෙන් ඉදිරි වසර සඳහා ජනාධිපති වරයෙකු […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The ancient Buddhist monastery at Kurundi in the Mullaitivu District is probably one of the most discussed ancient monasteries and heritage-related topics in recent times, said Ama H. Vanniarachchy. Kurundi got into the news because of its location. Kurundi is the first ancient Buddhist temple to be conserved in Mullaitivu. Mullaitivu is the […]

TomDispatch June 2, 2024 War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Or so the song lyrics go anyway. But in the case of this country, war, it turns out, has been good for plenty of high-class Americans, especially our weapons makers. As TomDispatch regular David Vine and Theresa Arriola report today, the military-industrial-congressional complex […]

Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD The Prague German writer Franz Kafka wrote some of the most brilliant, disturbing, difficult, harrowing, and prophetic literature of the twentieth century (Hoffman, 1974) and his literary genius was discovered posthumously. Franz Kafka is a complex, even absurd, author, difficult to understand unless the reader is prepared to penetrate the […]

Manusha Media වතු සේවකයින්ගේ වැටුප රුපියල් 1700 දක්වා ඉහළ නංවමින් කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍යාංශය විසින් නිකුත් කළ ගැසට් නිවේදනය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම අත්හිටුවමින් වාරණ නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටිමින් වතු සමාගම් 21ක් ගොනු කළ පෙත්සම අනුව වාරණ නියෝගය නිකුත් කිරීම අභියාචනාධිකරණය අද (03) ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කළේය. අභියාචනාධිකරණ විනිසුරු සෝභිත රාජකරුණා මහතාගේ සභාපතිත්වයෙන් යුත් විනිසුරු මඩුල්ලක් […]

Courtesy Hiru News President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed that with the stabilization of the country’s economy; there should be no inclination towards traditional politics. He underscored that the country can only be moved forward through a structured plan. Hence, the President urged everyone to endorse the government’s program without resorting to criticism. He remarked that while […]

ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. අගමැති සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිර ලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලන්කා පරිපාලන සේවා සන්ගමයේ හිටපු සභාපති (1991-94). 2024. 5.30 1 කොටස මේ රට වර්තමානයේ මුහුණපා ඇති දේශපාලන හා ආර්ථික අර්බුධවලින් නිදහස් වීමට තිබෙන හොඳම දේශපාලන උපක්‍රමය   1987 ව්‍යවස්ථාව වහාම අහෝසිකොට 1972 ජනරජ ව්‍යවස්ථාව යළි බලගන්වා, ජනාධිපතිවරණයක් නොපවත්වා, පාර්ලිමේතුවෙන් ඉදිරි වසර සඳහා ජනාධිපති වරයෙකු […]

L.K.N. PERERA ( LL.B Cey) Attorney at law, L.K.N. PERERA ( LL.B Cey) Attorney at law, Labour Consultant, Ex-Senior Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, Ex Judicial Officer, Ex-President. Lanka Academic Association , Ex Director Waste Management Authority, Co -Chairman- Seruvila Mangala Maha Chaityawardena Samitiya . Advisory Committee Member of All Ceylon Buddhist Congress. Commissioner of Aragalaya […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS There are several dimensions of anti-Buddhist activity   in the north and east which the Buddhist lobby must deal with, if it wishes to ‘Buddhistize’ the north and east. Firstly, there is the legal dimension. Law suits are used to obstruct or delay work on Buddhist sites in the north east. Kurundi is an […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Another programme organized by the Sri Lanka Army to look into the welfare and administrative affairs of retired/ medically retired military personnel and family members of war heroes who sacrificed their lives in the war was held today (Jun 02) at the Regimental Center of the Sri Lanka Army […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna Analyst of Buddhist affairs, Desha Abhimani Surya Vansa Ratna Vibhushan Palitha Ariyarathna from Senkadagala Sinha Dwaraya  #Culture, #Education, #Heritage, #Religon, #Sri Lanka NOTE: Attention to Mahanayaka Theros and Sri Lankan Educators  #Culture, #Education, #Heritage, #Religon, #Sri Lanka NOTE: Attention to Mahanayaka Theros and Sri Lankan Educators As citizens of Sri Lanka, we […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre විශ්‍රාමික / වෛද්‍ය හේතූන් මත විශ්‍රාම ගැන්වූ හමුදා සාමාජිකයන්ගේ සහ යුද්ධයේදී ජීවිත පරිත්‍යාග කල රණවිරුවන්ගේ පවුල්වල සාමාජිකයන්ගේ සුභසාධන සහ පරිපාලන කටයුතු සම්බන්ධව සොයා බැලීම සදහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද හමුදාව වෙතින් දීපව්‍යාප්තව සංවිධානය කරනු වැඩසටහනේ තවත් එක් වැඩසටහනක් අද (ජුනි 02) කුරුවිට ගැමුණු හේවා බලකායේ රෙජිමේන්තු මධ්‍යස්ථාන කදවුරේදී පැවැත්විණ, එහි […]

Tharindu Udayanga Kamburawala Courtesy LSE Blog Sri Lanka has had a long association with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since her independence in 1948 — in fact, the latest loan (in 2023) is its 17th IMF support package. In this post, Tharindu Udayanga Kamburawala analyses the trends and reasons behind Sri Lanka’s recurring reliance on the IMF, and […]

AUTHOR : SOUMYA BHOWMICK Courtesy Observer Research Foundation Sri Lanka’s recent economic crisis and recovery efforts present a complex narrative marked by internal challenges and external shocks. The crisis, which began in 2019, was exacerbated by ill-advised tax cuts, a poorly managed shift to organic farming, and a series of devastating events such as the 2019 Easter bombings, […]