Dr Sarath Obeysekera https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/travel/india-is-dirtiest-country-vlogger-praises-sri-lanka-critiques-india-s-tourism-decline-due-to-poor-cleanliness-101779874371832.html# During my routine early morning walk along the Kimbulawala walking path ,  I keep noticing heap of garbage  on both sides of the Madiwela road for several weeks Irony is one heap lies next to the police post for weeks  Often I see the two young cops looking at the mobiles […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Proposal for Facilitation of Betting & Gaming License Approvals in Sri Lanka As Sri Lanka seeks new avenues for foreign direct investment, tourism growth, and foreign exchange earnings, the development of a regulated betting and gaming industry within the Colombo Port City framework deserves serious consideration. Global gaming hubs such as Macau, […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The online casino and gambling sector in Sri Lanka has been growing quietly but rapidly over the last decade, driven by smartphone penetration, digital payments, tourism, and weak regulatory enforcement in cyberspace. While traditional gambling was once limited mainly to physical casinos in Colombo targeting tourists,specifically chinese and Indians  online betting and […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/adani-green-energy-commissions-worlds-largest-battery-storage-system-11548396/amp/1 The recent announcement that  Adani  has commissioned one of the world’s largest battery energy storage systems in India once again reminds Sri Lanka of the scale, speed, and ambition with which Indian conglomerates are moving into the future of energy, ports, logistics, and infrastructure. For Sri Lankans, however, the name Adani” […]

ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර (Dr. Sarath Obeysekera) උපායමාර්ගික අවධානය යොමු කරන ප්‍රදේශ 1. යටිතල පහසුකම් සංවර්ධනය ● ද්විත්ව භාවිත Mini Marinas: ධීවර වරායන් 21ක් ධීවර හා විවේක යාත්‍රා සඳහා marinas බවට පරිවර්තනය කිරීම, සංචාරක ව්‍යාපාරය වැඩි කිරීම සහ නව ආදායම් මාර්ග උත්පාදනය කිරීම. ප්‍රධාන ස්ථාන අතර ගාල්ල, බේරුවල සහ ත්‍රිකුණාමලය ඇතුළත් වේ. ● බෝට්ටු නිෂ්පාදන කලාප: […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Brazil’s offshore oil industry is dominated by the state-controlled energy giant Petrobras, which operates one of the world’s largest deepwater offshore production networks. Most production comes from the pre-salt” offshore basins located far offshore in the Atlantic Ocean, particularly the Santos and Campos Basins. From AI resources – What is an FPSO? […]

By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Kandidat Tekhneecheski Nauk (1977) For decades, Sri Lanka has looked mostly toward Asia, the Middle East, and occasionally Europe for economic partnerships. Yet one of the world’s most successful maritime-industrial nations remains largely ignored in our strategic thinking — Brazil. Brazil is not merely a football nation or an agricultural giant […]

By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera After graduating and working overseas in the UK and Norway, I returned to Sri Lanka and joined Colombo Dockyard as a consulting engineer. My task was to help develop new business opportunities in general engineering to fill the revenue gap caused by the decline in ship repairs and new boatbuilding work. […]

By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/05/25/hundreds-construction-firms-risk-collapse-reeves Britain, one of the world’s most advanced economies, is facing an alarming wave of construction company failures. Reports now warn that hundreds of UK construction firms are at risk of collapse due to rising fuel prices, high interest rates, labour shortages, delayed payments and geopolitical instability.   The situation has […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The Sri Lankan construction industry is facing a serious shortage of skilled labour, especially after the economic crisis and migration of workers to the Middle East, Europe, Australia and even Maldives. According to recent industry estimates, Sri Lanka may face a shortage of nearly 20,000 skilled workers in 2026, and the industry […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera From IT Giant to Shipbuilding Giant: Can Modi’s India Challenge China at Sea?” Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing one of the biggest maritime industrial strategies India has attempted since independence. The plan is not merely about building ships. It is about transforming India into a strategic maritime manufacturing power by 2047 […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Question  With sand at 36000 per cu cement at 2200 per bag and metal cube at 11000 it is not viable to build building in concrete Better to carry out steel buildings  Answer  Aboce observation  /wueztio  reflects what many contractors and developers in Sri Lanka are now discussing seriously. With approximate present […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera බදු ආර්ථිකයෙන් ආයෝජන ආර්ථිකයකට අද ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩු වැඩි අවධානයක් යොමු කරන්නේ බදු එකතු කිරීම මගින් ආර්ථිකය පාලනය කිරීමටයි. එය අවශ්‍ය වුවත්, ජනතාවට සහ ව්‍යාපාරිකයන්ට එය දැඩි බරක් වී ඇත. බොහෝ දෙනාට මෙය බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය යුගයේ ශරීර බද්ද” මෙන් දැනේ. නමුත් ඉතිහාසයෙන් අපට පෙනෙන්නේ බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයන් බදු එකතු කළා පමණක් නොව, දුම්රිය, මාර්ග, වරාය […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Ex CEO Cololmbo Dockyard , Walkers Cololmbo Shipyard and Ex chairman Sri Lanka Land Reclamation Corporation බදු එකතු කිරීමෙන් ධනය නිර්මාණයට — ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට නව ආර්ථික දැක්මක්   Sri Lanka today appears trapped in a cycle where governments focus heavily on tax collection to stabilize the economy. While fiscal discipline is necessary, excessive […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera What is name of that film ? AI gives me following answer  Yes — the Sinhala film Dharmayuddhaya is officially a remake of the Indian Malayalam blockbuster Drishyam starring Mohanlal. The Sinhala version starred Jackson Anthony in the lead role.   Many viewers felt it was very close to the original — […]

ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර Kandidat Tekhnicheskikh Nauk (1977)Кандидат технических наук ඉතිහාසය පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ පැරණි පද්ධතියක් පෙරළා දැමීම, ස්ථාවර නව පද්ධතියක් ගොඩනැගීමට වඩා පහසු බවයි. 1917 රුසියානු විප්ලවයෙන් පසු ජයග්‍රාහී බොල්ශෙවික්වරුන්ට තේරුම් ගියේ සටනකදී ඇති වූ එකමුතුකම, රජය පවත්වාගෙන යාමේදී අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම පවතින්නේ නැති බවයි. අද ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna සහ National People’s Power පිළිබඳව පවතින සාකච්ඡාවන් […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Beyond Rail Tracks: How Britain Used the Elizabeth Line to Stimulate Industry and Employment — Can Sri Lanka Do the Same?” Question  Was the East–West London Elizabeth Line (formerly Crossrail) implemented   during Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government primarily as a transport improvement project, or was it also intended as a large-scale […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Kandidat tekneecheski Nauk  1977 Kandidat tekneecheski Nauk  1977 Кандидат технических наук History shows that overthrowing an old order is often easier than building a stable new one. After the 1917 Russian Revolution, the victorious Bolsheviks discovered that unity during struggle did not guarantee unity in government. The same lesson can be observed […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka must study history carefully before opening the doors widely for inbound labour migration without proper controls, registration, monitoring and sector-specific policies. During the British colonial era, Indian Tamil estate workers were brought mainly from South India to work in plantations because local labour was either unavailable or unwilling to work […]

By Dr  Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka continues to produce thousands of graduates every year. Universities proudly hand over degrees in engineering, management, science, and technology. Parents celebrate. Politicians boast about literacy and education statistics. Yet many of these young graduates enter the real industrial world completely unprepared for modern global employment. The uncomfortable truth is […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera In recent years, social media platforms such as Facebook, Messenger, YouTube, TikTok, and other online networks have become powerful tools for spreading news, opinions, and unfortunately, rumors and sensational stories. In Sri Lanka, Buddhist monks often become subjects of intense public scrutiny whenever allegations of misconduct arise. Videos, photographs, and accusations spread […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera While the world is building trillion-dollar energy infrastructure, Sri Lanka is still proudly producing certificate holders” in cake decorating, beauty culture, and basic hotel service. We are training thousands for low-income survival jobs while countries like Qatar are building a global industrial empire with welders, pipe fitters, offshore fabricators, subsea cable specialists, […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera For centuries, Sri Lankans have repeated the legend of Kuweni and Prince Vijaya.According to folklore, when Vijaya abandoned Kuweni after using her help to establish his kingdom, the betrayed queen cursed the land and its rulers before her death. Many believe that the suffering and turmoil faced by Sri Lanka through the […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera This is a tribute to a famous diver from Galle who passed away  Underwater welding and commercial diving are among the most dangerous professions in the maritime industry. Yet, they are also among the least understood by the public. The recent sudden death of a prominent diving expert has once again drawn […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Gig workers” are people who work on short-term, flexible jobs instead of permanent full-time employment. The term comes from the gig economy,” where workers are paid per task, delivery, ride, project, or assignment. Common examples include: Characteristics of gig work: In many countries, governments are debating: In the Sri Lankan context, people […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera British estate worker migration took place with very little control, although in the long run it benefited Sri Lanka. Today, our tea industry survives largely because of workers of South Indian origin. Now the Government is planning to allow inbound foreign labour migration. But under what categories will these workers be permitted? […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera 200-year-old UK institution  Famous Kings College to open Ho Chi Minh City campus King’s College School (KCS) Wimbledon is expanding its Southeast Asian footprint with the announcement of a new campus in Ho Chi Minh City. The new campus, which marks the institution’s second regional site following its initial expansion into Bangkok […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The article about Singapore’s Tuas Megaport is a remarkable example of how a small island nation is using maritime infrastructure, automation, and land reclamation to strengthen its position as a global logistics hub. The project revolves around Tuas Port, which is planned to become the world’s largest fully automated container terminal.   […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera On one side lies democratic freedom safeguarded by constitutional checks and balances; on the other lies the harsh reality of a nation still recovering from decades of war, economic collapse, organized crime, corruption, narcotics, and political instability and recovery from Ditwa  The concerns raised by Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon regarding the politicization of […]

By Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka is once again at a crossroads. One road leads towards disciplined economic recovery. The other leads towards highways crowded with imported luxury vehicles, fuel queues, foreign debt, and another collapse of the rupee. For decades, politicians treated motor vehicle imports as if they were distributing sweets during an election campaign. […]