Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Diplomat The SLPP, the party of the Rajapaksas, has lost the support of around 130 MPs, 100 of whom are supporting incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, one of the four main contenders in the upcoming presidential election, participates in the final Randoli procession of the annual Esala Perahara at […]

By Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu Businessline Sri Lanka welcomes Indian and Chinese warships, sparking interest in strategic contest between the two naval powers. Sri Lanka’s main port in capital Colombo on Monday welcomed India’s frontline war ship ‘INS Mumbai’, as well as three warships of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, piquing interest in the island […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 18-24 August 2024 What connects all this to Sri Lanka? A mass drowning last Monday off Italy in the murky Mediterranean (this time, it is not mostly darker ‘dreamers’ who have drowned). A seemingly unrelated hit-&-run car crash in England. A […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්              ලංකාවේ නව වන ජනපතිවරයා තෝරාපත් කර ගැනීම පිණිස ජනපතිවරණය ආරම්භ වී ඇති අවස්ථාවේ දී ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය වැදගත් තීන්දුවක් දී ඇත.2023 පළාත් පාලන චන්දය නොපැත්වීම නිසා ජනධිපතිවරයා වශයෙනුත් මුදල් ඇමතිවරයා වශයෙනුත් ජනතාවගේ මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් කඩ කර ඇති බව එම තීන්දුවෙන් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කර තිබේ.ලංකාව පුරා සිටින චන්ද දායකයන්ගේ බහුතර චන්දයෙන් පත්වන ජනාධිපතිවරයෙකු ජනතා පරමාධිපත්‍ය […]

Dilrook Kannangara Having considered about 13 suiters including Ranil for the prime minister post in May 2022, Gotabaya chose Ranil for the post on May 12, 2022. Since that day Ranil plotted to get rid of Gotabaya. For three months Ranil kept telling the people that the economy was bankrupt and that it cannot be […]

by Ibnu Ahmad August 26 – Sri Krishna Jeyanthi (Given below is the English translation of the excerpt of an address delivered in Tamil by Ahmadi Scholar Moulana Moulavi Muhammad Umar H.A. (from Kerala, India) at Ramakrishna Hall, Wellawatte, Colombo in 1994.) Almighty God has provided for all our physical needs. The Holy Quran says: […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, August 25 (Daily Mirror) -President Ranil Wickremesinghe invited his rival candidates Sajith Premadasa and Anura Kumara Dissanayake for a live dicussion with IMF officials and see how they will react to ammendments they have proposed to the agreement which Sri Lanka has signed with the donor agency. “Both, the National […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Academy of Health Professionals alleges that the Minister of Health has reportedly submitted a Cabinet paper in order to import 47 types of drugs under the Indian monopoly. President of the Academy of Health Professionals Ravi Kumudesh stressed that the minister should explain on how this action will benefit the health service […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister and Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara invited the National People’s Power (NPP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) to a debate on their energy polices, the government’s energy policy and allegations of corruption in the energy sector. In a post on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), Wijesekara pointed out NPP’s presidential candidate Anura Kumara […]

By Sena Thoradeniya (Continued from August 17, 2024) Modi’s recent electoral setback is a lesson for all election predictors of this side of Palk Strait. Modi managed to retain power with the help of a coalition of regional parties. BJP which held 201 rural constituencies was able to retain only 126 of them according to […]

Shenali D Waduge How orchestrated” were the protests in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & now Indonesia – Each certainly had a core reason but were there some hidden hands egging them on? How many of these pawns were aware & how many simply joined in for their own reasons? Did any of them stop to […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS General C.S. Weerasooriya ’s memoir, ‘Duty and Devotion’ (2024) records certain valuable observations about the conduct of the Eelam war in Sri Lanka .Weerasooriya   had a successful career in the Sri Lanka army and  retired as  Commander of the Army in 1998. He participated in the Eelam war, in various locations, and in […]

by Prof. Sunil Wimalawansa, MD, PhD, MBA, DSc., Prof of Medicine The current political landscape in Sri Lanka is fraught with issues that render the existing politicians unsuitable for the presidency. How can people trust members of parliament who become politicians purely to make money, sell their duty-free car permits, and abuse power? Honesty, integrity, […]

Dialogue Works Paul Craig Roberts (PCR) has had careers in scholarship and academia, journalism, public service, and business. He is chairman of The Institute for Political Economy. President Reagan appointed Dr. Roberts Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and he was confirmed in office by the U.S. Senate. From 1975 to 1978, Dr. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, August 24 (Daily Mirror) –  Close on the heels of the Supreme Court’s direction to conduct elections to the local authorities as early as possible, the Election Commission said it would be possible only after the conclusion of the Presidential Election. Responding to a question about the next action, Commission’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has expressed the government’s readiness to attract foreign investments and its plans to increase the share of alternative energy sources to cut down the dependence on crude oil. He conveyed this, in a meeting with a leading entrepreneur from the People’s Republic of South Korea, Tong-Jo Mun at the Temple […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Election Commission has urged voters not to be influenced or misled by the surveys conducted by various parties regarding the upcoming presidential election.  The Commissioner General of Elections, Saman Sri Ratnayake, emphasized that voters should not feel compelled to change their opinions based on these surveys.

Lankaweb Health This short video clip highlights the utmost importance of preserving the consumption of Coconut oil use in Sri Lanka as opposed to Palm oil, etc.  It benefits were so well explained and pioneered by Prof DP Atukorale’ who was my classmate and Medical School batch mate, many years ago.  Big Pharma and Corporate […]

Jeffrey D. Sachs Courtesy Common Dreams org The very strong evidence of the U.S. role in toppling the government of Imran Khan in Pakistan raises the likelihood that something similar may have occurred in Bangladesh. Two former leaders of major South Asian countries have reportedly accused the United States of covert regime change operations to […]

Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr.) Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario , K1J 6G1 23 August 2024 The Honourable Melanie Joly, PC., MPCanadian Minister of Foreign AffairsHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontario Dear Madam Melanie Joly: I just noted a news item in Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror that Mayor Patrick Brown (Conservative) of Brampton, Ontario, had requested you […]

A. Jayawardena The ultimate beneficiary of so called liberation or  Aragalaya  is Ranil with or without his intention.  Not only Ranil became the heir to the throne but in addition Ranil has now become the saviour of our country by the simple task of borrowing from  the IMF (irrespective of its repercussions to the country […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division The presentation of the Buddha statue donated to Sri Lanka by China’s White Horse Temple was held at the ‘Dharmayathanaya’ in Bauddaloka Mawatha, Colombo under the patronage of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena. Ven. Elle Gunawansa Thera, the Chief Incumbent of the Dharmayathanaya, Colombo, stating at the event said – “Today is […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division A leading entrepreneur from the People’s Republic of South Korea, Tong-Jo Mun met with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees in Colombo on Thursday (Aug 22) and expressed willingness to invest in energy and agriculture sectors.Mr Yong-Jo Mun said the entrepreneurs attached to the International Interchange Development Association, of […]

 SHEAIN FERNANDOPULLE Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, August 23 (Daily Mirror)- The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has published the asset declarations of all 39 Presidential candidates on its official website. According to the assets declarations, tycoon Dilith Jayaweera and former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe seem to be financially well-off compared to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has arrested one of the suspected gunmen involved in the recent killing of two persons including businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera’ also known as’Club Wasantha’, in the Athurugiriya area. The suspect, identified as 31-year-old Patty Arambage Ajith Rohana, was apprehended by the TID in the Kawdana area of Dehiwala.  […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has issued a warning to the public regarding a surge in fraudulent activities involving individuals impersonating tax officials.  These scams have been reported in various regions, including Colombo, Panadura, Negombo, Wennappuwa, and Minuwangoda, it said in a statement. The department emphasized that legitimate Inland Revenue Officers will only […]

Courtesy The Daily News President Ranil Wickremesinghe during the meeting with professionals from the development and construction sectors held at the Water’s Edge Hotel in Battaramulla on Wednesday (21). Who will negotiate; Sunil Handunnetti or Harsha De Silva? :Construction and development sector plays a crucial role in country’s progress:Construction sector to benefit from resumption of […]

Courtesy The Daily News The SJB MP Mayantha Dissanayake said if loans are disbursed in accordance with the plan of NPP Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the economy will collapse again, Speaking to the media he questioned the rationality of NPP leaders plan of NPP leader Dissanayake to give loans without collateral to young entrepreneurs. […]

උපුටාගැණීම අද දෙරණ ආර්ථික අර්බුදය විසඳනු වෙනුවට පළාත් පාලන ඡන්දය පැවැත්වූයේ නම් සිදුවන්නේ කුමක්දැයි ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා ප්‍රශ්න කරයි. මහරගම තරුණ සේවා සභා ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේදී අද (22) පැවැත්වූ නව ජනතා පෙරමුණේ ජාතික මහා සම්මේලනට එක්වෙමින් ජනාධිපතිවරයා මේ බව පැවසීය. “පොලිම් තිබුණා හැමතැනම. ගෑස් පෝලිම ඉවරවෙනකොට පෙට්‍රල් පෝලිම පටන් ගන්නවා. පෙට්‍රල් පෝලිම ඉවරවෙනකොට බෙහෙත් පෝලිම පටන් […]

Senaka Weeraratna Madhava Chandrakirti Perera, a multi talented old boy of Royal College, passed away on August 19, 2024, at the age of 75 years. He was the son of Mr. & Mrs. J.D.P. Perera, husband of Sreema, father of Vasabha, and brother of Manel. The funeral of Madhava Perera was held on Thursday August […]