Shenali D Waduge The Upcountry Charter Several questions emerge as a result of the Extraordinary Gazette 2403/28 published on 25 September 2024 – just days after the appointment of a new President. Violation of EQUALITY” as clearly laid out in the Constitution of Sri Lanka. Why should the Malaiyaha Tamils from India be treated above […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 13-19 October 2024 ‘Ha! A new Prez with 3 ministers into just 3 weeks… & critics wanting to undo/reset what has been done over three-quarters of a century! Grow up!’ The above is a sample retort from fans of the present […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS There were Tamil occupants in north Sri Lanka before Settler Colonialism started. The Pandya dynasty ruled in Tamilnadu in two bouts, 6th to 10th and again from 13th to 14th century .In the second bout, they entered Sri Lanka. When they departed, in 1323, they left a military outpost in Jaffna, with an […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ බලය ඇත්තේ ජනතාව තුලය.. බලය ඉල්ලමින් ජනතාව අමතන දේශපාලකයින්, බලය ලැබුන පසු හැරෙන්නේ රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරින් දෙසටය. තමන්ට ලැබුන බලයට වඩා බලයක් මේ රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරින් තුල ඇත. ඒ බව නොදත් දුර්වල දේශපාලඥයා, ජනබලයෙන් උදම්ව සර්බලධාරියෙකු සේ වැඩ ආරම්භකර පසුව, රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරියාගේ බලය, ඉදිරියේ, නිවටයෙකු සේ කටයුතු කිරීම ආරම්භ කරයි. රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරියා දෙවියකු බවට පත්ව, […]

By Garvin Karunaratne former GA Matara, It is sad that the IMF, one of the two premier organizations created by the United Nations to enable financial stability did attend to the ignominious task of implementing the Structural Adjustment Programme from the Seventies, which did really cause all countries that sought financial assistance to become overly […]

By Dr. Punsara Amarasinghe (LLB- Colombo, LLM – SAU New Delhı, MA-Moscow ) A Navy contingent is indispensable for islands, being the pinnacle of its security. Navies often resonate with the pride of a country on the one side and simultaneously enable modern states to be much more dominant in global governance. It is by […]

by A. Abdul Aziz (Source: Al Hakam, London) A prophet is successful! An essential characteristic of a true prophet is success. Consider the example of Prophet Muhammad(PBUH). In his early life, he was a humble merchant, widely respected for his honesty and trustworthiness. Although involved in his community, the Prophet (PBUH) would often spend time […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පාස්කු බෝම්බ ප්‍රහාරය සඳහා විශේෂ අවධානයක් යොමු කර ඇති බව ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. අදාළ පරීක්ෂණය සිදුකිරීම සඳහා පොලිස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව මේ වන විට සුදුසු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවක් බවට පත්කර ඇති බවද හෙතෙම කියා සිටියේය. 2019 පාස්කු බෝම්බ ප්‍රහාරය බලය ගැනීම සඳහා කුමන්ත්‍රණකාරීව භාවිතා කළ අය අද නැවතත් නින්දෙන් අවදි […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Oct 19 (Daily MIrror) – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said there are 400 files related to corruption and fraud lying with the Attorney General and all of them will be opened for the institution of legal action. He made these remarks while addressing an election rally in support of his […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila says the deadline given for the President to release the two unpublished reports regarding the Easter Sunday attacks will expire at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow (21). Speaking to the media today (20), Gammanpila stated, The time I have given the President to release the two reports, which he […]

Courtesy Adaderana Leader of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance and Gampaha District candidate, entrepreneur Dilith Jayaweera, stated that a brave and strong opposition can only be established by the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance.  He made these remarks at a public meeting held in Kurunegala. The ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance was formed with a vision. We wanted to safeguard […]

Courtesy Hiru News The press unit of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has announced that an ambulance and three security vehicles provided to him will be returned on Monday, October 21. In a letter addressed to the Director General of Government Information, the media unit clarified that the number of vehicles currently in the possession of […]

Courtesy Hiru News Duminda Nagamuwa, an executive member of the Jana Aragalaya Alliance, has warned that former President Ranil Wickramasinghe’s debt restructuring plan is a ticking time bomb. Speaking at a news conference in Kalutara, Nagamuwa asserted that the current government should refrain from implementing this plan, calling it not only a trap but also […]