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Issues of the Country and the Constitution
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Issues of the Country and the Constitution

This week’s issues shed light on significant constitutional questions relating to economic governance of essential services, national security law reform, anti-corruption and institutional accountability, social justice regulation, and the exercise of sovereignty in a complex external environment. These issues reflect the need for strengthened constitutional safeguards, transparency, and rule-of-law principles within Sri Lanka’s governance framework.

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Issues of the Country and the Constitution

This week’s issues shed light on significant constitutional questions relating to economic governance of essential services, national security law reform, anti-corruption and institutional accountability, social justice regulation, and the exercise of sovereignty in a complex external environment. These issues reflect the need for strengthened constitutional safeguards, transparency, and rule-of-law principles within Sri Lanka’s governance framework.

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Issues Concerning the Constitution

Apr 18, 2026

Issues Concerning the Constitution

The 11th week of the year highlights incidents which raise significant constitutional questions relating to economic reform in essential public services, national security legislation, financial regulation and social protection, public-sector accountability, and foreign policy and sovereignty. They reflect the (importance of strengthening institutional safeguards, transparency, and rule-of-law principles within Sri Lanka’s evolving constitutional framework.

Concerns of the Constitution

Apr 18, 2026

Concerns of the Constitution

This week’s media coverage reflects developments which raise significant constitutional questions which suggest the importance of strengthening constitutional oversight, rule-of-law safeguards, and democratic accountability in the exercise of public power within Sri Lanka’s constitutional framework.

Constitutional Concerns of the Week: Security, Accountability, and Economic Governance

Mar 11, 2026

Constitutional Concerns of the Week: Security, Accountability, and Economic Governance

This week’s developments raise significant constitutional questions concerning national security investigations, public procurement transparency, economic regulation, and legislative rights review. From the arrest of a former intelligence chief to controversies over coal procurement, export inspections, and energy sector restructuring, the events highlight ongoing tensions between executive authority, public accountability, and the protection of fundamental rights within a rule-of-law framework.

සිංහල ලිපි

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සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් නවතම ලිපි, විශ්ලේෂණ සහ අදහස්.

ඉන්දියාවේ  ව්‍යවස්ථා වීරයා ;    බීම්රාවෝ අම්බෙඩ්කාර්

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ඉන්දියාවේ ව්‍යවස්ථා වීරයා ; බීම්රාවෝ අම්බෙඩ්කාර්

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සඳහා උචිත ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් පිළිබඳ සංවාදය විවිධ මානයන් ඔස්සේ තවදුරටත් ඉදිරියට විකාශනය වෙමින් තිබේ.එහිදී මෙරට ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන ක්‍රියාවලියෙහිලා පාදක කරගත හැකි ජාත්‍යන්තර තළයේ මාර්ගෝපදේශයන් කවරේදැයි විමසා බලන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙහි අසල්වැසියා වන ඉන්දියාව ඉදිරියෙන්ම සිටින සිටින බව නිරීක්ෂණය වේ.ඉන්දියාවේ ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය පිළිබඳ සාකච්ඡාවක් - ආචාර්ය බී.ආර්.අම්බෙඩ්කාර් ⁣පිළිබඳ සඳහනකින් තොරව ඉදිරියට ගෙන යා නොහැකිය

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විධාන රාජ්‍යය, නිර්බාධ රාජ්‍ය, සහ නියාමන රාජ්‍යය: අපි කොතැනද?

Mar 31, 2026

විධාන රාජ්‍යය, නිර්බාධ රාජ්‍ය, සහ නියාමන රාජ්‍යය: අපි කොතැනද?

ලංකාවේ රාජ්‍ය ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ පිලිබඳ ප්‍රතිපත්ති සංවාදය තුළ වැඩි ඉඩක් ගෙන ඇත්තේ රාජ්‍ය ආකෘතිය හෝ බලය බෙදීම හෝ මධ්‍යගත කිරීම පිලිබඳ සංවාදය මිස එහි  දර්ශනය, පටිපාටි, සහ අන්තර්ගතය ගැන නොවේ. එනම් පවත්නා රාජ්‍ය සහ ආණ්ඩු ආකෘතිය ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණයට ලක් කොට පවත්නා තත්ත්වය කළමනාකරණය හෝ පවත්වාගෙන යාම පිලිබඳ සංවාදය ය.

ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය-ඊශ්‍රායල-ඉරාන යුද්ධයේ සැබෑ පරාජිතයින් කවුද?   තුන්වන ලෝක දෘෂ්ටියකින් විශ්ලේෂණයක්

Mar 23, 2026

ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය-ඊශ්‍රායල-ඉරාන යුද්ධයේ සැබෑ පරාජිතයින් කවුද? තුන්වන ලෝක දෘෂ්ටියකින් විශ්ලේෂණයක්

ඇමරිකා-ඊශ්‍රායල-ඉරාන යුද ගැටුමක සැබෑ පරාජිතයින් වන්නේ සටන් බිමේ පාර්ශවයන් නොව, එහි ආර්ථික හා සමාජීය කම්පනවලට ලක්වන තුන්වන ලෝකයේ ජනතාවයි.

ඉරානයට එරෙහි යුද්ධය නව ලෝක පර්යායකට මඟ පාදයිද?

Mar 14, 2026

ඉරානයට එරෙහි යුද්ධය නව ලෝක පර්යායකට මඟ පාදයිද?

ප්‍රධාන යුද්ධ බොහෝ විට ලෝක ඉතිහාසයේ හැරවුම් ලක්ෂ්‍ය සඳහා හේතු වී ඇති අතර, ගෝලීය දේශපාලන ව්‍යුහයන්, ආර්ථික පද්ධති, සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර සන්ධාන නැවත සකස් කර ඇත, ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කර ඇත. එබැවින් එක්සත් ජනපදය සහ ඊශ්‍රායලය ඉරානයට එරෙහිව ආරම්භ කළ යුද්ධය තීරණාත්මක ප්‍රශ්නයක් අප හමුවේ තබා ඇත. එනම් මෙම ගැටුම පවතින ජාත්‍යන්තර පර්යාය/පිළිවෙල පරිවර්තනය කර ලෝක ඉතිහාසයේ නව අවධියක් ආරම්භ කරයීද? යනු එම ප්‍රශ්නය ය

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தமிழில் எழுதப்பட்ட சமீபத்திய பகுப்பாய்வுகள் மற்றும் கருத்துக்கள்.

ரஷ்யாவிடமிருந்து எரிபொருள் கொள்வனவு சாத்தியமாகுமா?

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ரஷ்யாவிடமிருந்து எரிபொருள் கொள்வனவு சாத்தியமாகுமா?

ஆனால், பிமல் ரத்நாயக்கவைப் பொறுத்தவரையில் அவர் ஜே.வி.பியின் சீனப் பிரிவை கையாள்பவர்களில் முக்கியமான ஒருவர். ரஷ்யா, சீனா இடையே உறவுகள் சுமூகமாக காணப்பட்டாலும் சீன விவகாரங்களை கையாளும் ஒருவரை வைத்து ரஷ்யாவை நெருக்க முனைவது பிற்போக்கான இராஜதந்திர மூலோபாய அணுகுமுறையாகும்.

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இதற்கு சந்தை பல்வகைப்படுத்தல், உள்நாட்டு எரிசக்தி உற்பத்தி மற்றும் வெளிப்படையான விலை நிர்ணயக் கொள்கைகள் மிகவும் அவசியமாகும். 2026 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஒரு வளர்ச்சி ஆண்டாக அமைய வேண்டுமானால், இத்தகைய சவால்களை முன்கூட்டியே கணித்து அதற்குரிய நெகிழ்வான பொருளாதாரத் திட்டமிடலுடன் செயற்படுவதே இலகுவான வழியாகும்.

திருகோணமலை எண்ணெய்  குதங்களும் வலுசக்தி பாதுகாப்பும்

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'நெருங்கிய மற்றும் நம்பிக்கைக்குரிய பங்காளிகள்' என்ற ரீதியில் இந்தியாவிற்கும் இலங்கையிற்கும் இடையில் ஏற்பட்டுள்ள இந்த இணக்கப்பாடு, தெற்காசியப் பிராந்தியத்தின் வலுசக்தி சுதந்திரத்தை உறுதிப்படுத்தும் ஒரு மைல்கல்லாகும்.

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இத்தகைய சூழலில், மொஜ்தபா கமேனியின் ஒவ்வொரு நகர்வும் உலக எரிசக்திச் சந்தை மற்றும் உலகளாவிய பாதுகாப்புச் சூழலில் பெரும் தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்தும் என்பது உறுதியானது.

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