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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df2d199 elementor-widget elementor-widget-upk-maple-grid\" data-id=\"df2d199\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"upk-maple-grid.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-maple-grid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-post-grid upk-style-2\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-item\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-item-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-main-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/econ\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-19-at-9.50.31-PM_Economics@fhss.sjp_.a.jpeg?resize=768&amp;w=768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"upk-img\" alt=\"THRIMANA-26: A Celebration of Knowledge, Talent, and Economic Insight\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-content-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-blog-date\" data-separator=\"-\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-blog-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"date\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"upk-icon-calendar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>March 20, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"upk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/econ\/2026\/03\/20\/thrimana-26-a-celebration-of-knowledge-talent-and-economic-insight\/\" title=\"THRIMANA-26: A Celebration of Knowledge, Talent, and Economic Insight\" class=\"title-animation-underline\" >THRIMANA-26: A Celebration of Knowledge, Talent, and Economic Insight<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-text\">\n\t\t\t<p>THRIMANA-26 was successfully organized by the Economics Association of the Department of Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, on 13th March 2026, from 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m., creating a vibrant<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-item\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-item-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-main-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/econ\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/650839133_1565790915551209_817354350851546164_Economics@fhss.sjp_.a.jpg?resize=768&amp;w=768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"upk-img\" alt=\"The Crisis in the Middle East and the Sri Lankan Economy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-content-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-blog-date\" data-separator=\"-\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-blog-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"date\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"upk-icon-calendar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>March 20, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"upk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/econ\/2026\/03\/20\/the-crisis-in-the-middle-east-and-the-sri-lankan-economy\/\" title=\"The Crisis in the Middle East and the Sri Lankan Economy\" class=\"title-animation-underline\" >The Crisis in the Middle East and the Sri Lankan Economy<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-text\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Department of Economics organized a panel discussion on \u201cThe Crisis in the Middle East and the Sri Lankan Economy\u201d on 10 March 2026 at the Sri Sumangala Auditorium. The<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-item\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-item-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-main-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/i.ibb.co\/Mx8DHTHn\/Whats-App-Image-2025-08-23-at-7-35-01-AM-Economics-fhss-sjp-a.jpg?resize=768&amp;w=768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"upk-img\" alt=\"Ready to turn your ideas into reality?\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-content-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-blog-date\" data-separator=\"-\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-blog-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"date\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"upk-icon-calendar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>August 25, 2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"upk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/econ\/2025\/08\/25\/ready-to-turn-your-ideas-into-reality\/\" title=\"Ready to turn your ideas into reality?\" class=\"title-animation-underline\" >Ready to turn your ideas into reality?<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-text\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Economics Association is thrilled to announce an exclusive guest lecture:- From Idea to Impact: Turning Opportunities into Successful Ventures with the CEO of Sri Batik (Pvt) Ltd, A. G.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-item\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-item-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-main-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/i.ibb.co\/D6hpnsq\/Whats-App-Image-2025-08-08-at-11-15-17-AM-Economics-fhss-sjp-a.jpg?resize=768&amp;w=768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"upk-img\" alt=\"The Department of Economics represented the Japura Nexpo 2025\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-content-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-blog-date\" data-separator=\"-\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-blog-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"date\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"upk-icon-calendar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>August 11, 2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"upk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/econ\/2025\/08\/11\/the-department-of-economics-represented-the-japura-nexpo-2025\/\" title=\"The Department of Economics represented the Japura Nexpo 2025\" class=\"title-animation-underline\" >The Department of Economics represented the Japura Nexpo 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-text\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Publication Committee of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, in collaboration with the Students' Union of the Faculty, successfully hosted Japura Nexpo 2025, the prestigious educational exhibition on<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-item\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-item-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-main-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/i.ibb.co\/YFybF8Jb\/Poster-Economics-fhss-sjp-a.jpg?resize=768&amp;w=768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"upk-img\" alt=\"Department of Economics Welcomes Second International Intake of Master of Economics Degree Program\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-content-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-blog-date\" data-separator=\"-\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Master of Economics program on 4th August 2025 at the Sri Sumangala<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a664a6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a664a6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8c0d16 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c8c0d16\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e88ce6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e88ce6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/N28dydM\/Prof-Gamini-Weerasinghe.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9be9d37 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9be9d37\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97c0b3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97c0b3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gdlr-core-pbf-element\"><div class=\"gdlr-core-title-item gdlr-core-item-pdb clearfix gdlr-core-left-align gdlr-core-title-item-caption-top gdlr-core-item-pdlr\"><div class=\"gdlr-core-title-item-title-wrap clearfix\"><h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Message of the Head<\/h4><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Established in 1959, our department has been committed to offering undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs that specialize in Economics, and Financial Economics. Our aim is to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to understand the role of economists in a dynamic economic environment and shape their future accordingly.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the Department of Economics, we recognize the need to ignite our students\u2019 passion for contributing to the economic growth of society. We strive to enrich their academic knowledge, provide a platform for sharing their learnings, and cultivate expertise in economics for sustainable economic development. We also emphasize the development of employability and leadership skills, ensuring our graduates are well-prepared for the challenges of the professional world.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4403b59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4403b59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><em>Prof. Gamini Weerasinghe &#8211; Head of the Department<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8db0656 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8db0656\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c08e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"220c08e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66dad53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66dad53\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dad76f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dad76f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Events<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab1ee02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab1ee02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/anth\/all-news\/\">Read all Events<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc3085 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5cc3085\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7d2ea6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c7d2ea6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ebaaca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6ebaaca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-event-style elementor-element elementor-element-2f90ff4 thim-ekits-event__thumbnail-position-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-thim-list-event\" data-id=\"2f90ff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-list-event.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-event\"><div class=\"thim-ekits-event__inner\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-event__item post-1083 tp_event type-tp_event status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-event__thumbnail event-expired\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"event-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/econ\/events\/guest-lecture-on-export-procedures-of-sri-lanka\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/dimxtoppn\/image\/upload\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/Dept-Econ\/News\/n00pwxbob2f7ol4ep6jk?resize=300,300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1084\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"label-event-status\">Expired<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-event__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-event__date-month\"><span class=\"date\">22<\/span><span class=\"month\">March<\/span><\/div>\t\t<h3 class=\"thim-ekits-event__title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/econ\/events\/guest-lecture-on-export-procedures-of-sri-lanka\/\">\n\t\t\tGuest Lecture on Export Procedures of Sri Lanka\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-event__meta\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-start_end\"><i class=\"tk tk-clock\"><\/i>12:00 am - 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