Dialogue Works Gilbert Doctorow is a professional Russia watcher and actor in Russian affairs going back to 1965. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College (1967), a past Fulbright scholar, and holder of a Ph.D. with honors in history from Columbia University (1975). After completing his studies, Mr. Doctorow pursued a business […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ * e-Con e-News 04-10 August 2024 * ‘5 Ways to Make a Billionaire: 1) Exploit a monopoly. 2) Exploit inside information. 3) Buy off politicians. 4) Defraud investors. 5) Get money from rich relatives. – Robert Reich, former US Labor Secretary (see ee Economists) […]

Dilrook Kannangara Since he entered active politics almost 50 years ago, Ranil only had very short-term plans targeting elections. These plans subsequently turned sour and caused long term destruction. He simply bolted when their disastrous long-term consequences emerged. Catastrophic austerity measures have been agreed to with the IMF that will decimate the economies of the […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division  The above news based on a letter written by Paffarel to the EC published and circulated in the media on or around 09.08.2024 is completely false. This year, the 30th annual  Maha Satyaya Kriya and Adhisthana Pooja was held at the Kataragama Kirivehera  to protect the country and the people. It […]

Ahmadi Muslims in Bangladesh Bangladesh is currently engulfed in widespread political turmoil, with Ahmadi Muslims also finding themselves in an increasingly precarious situation. Disturbing images and horrifying reports from the general public are circulating on social media platforms revealing a grim picture of the crisis. One Ahmadi witness writes on social media:  They are inside […]

By Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Adm.Prof. Jayanath Colombage Colombo, August 11: Reproduced below is the speech of Adm. Prof. Jayanath Colombage, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Indonesia, former Navy Chief and Foreign Secretary at the round table on Indian Ocean Security organized by the Pathfinder Foundation at Colombo on July 31, 2024: The topic […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ශ‍්‍රී ලන්කන් ගුවන් සේවය වල පල්ලට යවන්න රාජපක්ෂවරුන් කළ කී දේ ගැන සියලු දෙනාට තාමත් මතක තිබුණත් ඥාති සංග්‍රහය ආරම්භ කළේ පියාණෝ බව ජාතික ජන බලවේග ජාතික විධායක සභික වෛද්‍ය නලින්ද ජයතිස්ස මහතා පවසයි. ඔහු මේ බව පැවසුවේ යූ ටියුබ් නාලිකාවක් සමග විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවකට එක් වෙමිනි. ‘අපිට මතක රාජපක්ෂලාගේ ඥාති […]

Pramod Madhav Courtesy India Today A key suspect in a Sri Lankan human trafficking case that came to light in 2021 was arrested in Tamil Nadu on Saturday. He has been on the run for the past three years. The investigation revealed that Aabulkhan, along with his associates, was involved in confining trafficked victims on […]

Anita Joshua Courtesy The Telegraph online In an open letter released on Friday, the five signatories — two each from Bangladesh and Nepal and one from Sri Lanka — said: ‘Over the decades, intervention by New Delhi’s political, bureaucratic and intelligence operatives in Colombo, Dhaka and Kathmandu, has contributed to the unending political instability in […]

Courtesy Egypt Independent Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam discussed in a meeting with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry ways of fostering cooperation between Dar al Iftaa and Sri Lanka in training Muftis and countering extremism. In a statement released on Friday 9/8/2024, the Mufti said that Dar al Iftaa established in 2014 the Observatory of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, August 11 (Daily Mirror) – United Republican Front (URF) leader MP Patali Champika Ranawaka said that no room should be left for the fate that befell Bangladesh to befall Sri Lanka, no matter what. Making his remarks at a public meeting, he said Bangladesh is heading towards destabilization, further reversing […]

Courtesy Hiru News Before she resigned as Bangladesh Prime Minister and fled her Dhaka residence, Sheikh Hasina wanted to address the nation, especially the protesters whose agitation forced her to quit the top job. That speech was never delivered as the protesters reached her doorstep and the country’s top security officers advised to leave at […]