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Disara Hansilu Dayaratne, a student of Nalanda College, Colombo, is representing Sri Lanka at the Internationale Deutscholympiade (IDO) 2026 in Mannheim, Germany, the world’s largest Olympiad for students of the German language.
Disara earned this honour by securing first place in the All-Island German Olympiad conducted by the Goethe-Institut Sri Lanka. His achievement makes him only the third Sri Lankan to qualify for this prestigious event.
The IDO 2026, held from 11 to 23 July, has brought together outstanding young German-language learners from 72 countries, promoting linguistic excellence, cultural exchange, and international friendship.
Disara travelled to Germany accompanied by Ms. Poornika Ishadi, a German language teacher from Anuruddha Kumara National College, Nawalapitiya, who is accompanying the Sri Lankan delegation.
Apart from his academic achievements, Disara is also a promising junior badminton player who has competed in the M&Q SPBA All Island Open Badminton Championships.
Disara’s participation is a proud moment for Nalanda College and Sri Lanka, highlighting the country’s growing presence in international educational competitions.
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The Sri Lanka Navy rushed a firefighting team from the Southern Naval Command to help extinguish a sudden fire at a boat maintenance yard in the Galle fisheries harbour this afternoon, 8 November 2026.
SLNS Dakshina detected the outbreak aboard a boat within the harbour premises and initiated immediate response. Working alongside the Sri Lanka Air Force firefighters, Galle Municipal Firefighting Unit and local fishermen, the team brought the blaze under control and prevented it from spreading to surrounding boats and infrastructure.
The Navy maintains continuous readiness to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief during emergencies of this nature.
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya in her Deepavali message said that all Sri Lankans should resolve to strengthen our cultural bonds and move forward as one nation, transcending all ethnic and religious differences.
“Deepavali, which symbolises the light over darkness and good over evil, is a festival imbued with spiritual purity. Just as the lighting of oil lamps illuminates our homes, this sacred occasion offers us a valuable opportunity to dispel the darkness of hatred, jealousy and ignorance within our hearts, and to kindle the lamps of wisdom and compassion.
I believe that, in a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country such as Sri Lanka, Deepavali provides a significant opportunity to further strengthen mutual understanding, harmony and solidarity among our communities.
As we celebrate this festival, we must resolve to strengthen our cultural bonds and move forward as one nation,transcending all ethnic and religious differences.
I wish all Hindu devotees in Sri Lanka and across the world a Deepavali filled with happiness, peace, good health and prosperity!”
MONETABRIEF – SriLankan Airlines which made a 12.5 billion rupee operational loss, ended up with a 35 billion rupee loss in the June quarter due to the collapse of the rupee, data in a Finance Ministry report showed.
Sri Lanka Airlines revenue had increased to 82.8 billion rupees from 62.6 billion rupees a year earlier amid the Middle East war. Aircraft were diverted through longer routes and some flights were cancelled.
Expenditure had soared 40 percent to 95.2 billion rupees from April to June.
Fuel costs rose 93 percent to 41.2 billion rupees.
The operating loss before exchange losses were 12.5 billion rupees.
“The company’s financial performance was further adversely affected by foreign exchange movements,” the Finance Ministry said.
The loss before tax was 35.6 billion rupee rupee, up from 12 billion rupees last year.
Depreciation inflates the value of legacy debt creating forex losses.
Central bank depreciation also inflates the cost of lease payments which are made in foreign exchange.
Depreciation and the inflation that follows, also makes air travel less affordable to domestic passengers and they may lose business.
Indian private airlines have gone under in periods of steep depreciation in the past.
Airlines based in countries like Dubai or Qatar (which used Indian rupees in the past but shifted to currency boards as macro-economists carried out the first devaluation in the 1960s) do not face the problem.
Sri Lanka’s central bank busted the rupee to 330 to the US dollar, pushing up inflation to 8.3 percent so far.
Unlike in the past the currency collapse in 2026 was engineered by dishonoring notes created by monetizing dollar purchase (actions of the International Operations Department and not Domestic Operations as in the past).
The rupee was debased amid a budget surplus, an excuse the central bank has given since February 1952 for monetary instability created mainly through domestic operations.
Sri Lankan Airlines has received a 30 million US dollar cash injection in May 2026, soon after a 175 million dollar bond was taken over by the tax-payer, a Treasury report showed.
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