Sarath Wijesinghe, PC, Solicitor of England and Wales, Former Ambassador to U.A.E and Israel and President, Ambassadors Forum
“Prisoners are also Human Beings” They are caged against his wish as deterrent or punishment of a crime or wrong doing against the state of the society “A prisoner is any person deprived of his or her liberty against his or her will” - definition There are prisoners in state institutions all over the world for committing crimes for violating law against the legislature. Philosophically, prisoners are those who are in this position due... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/26)
Dilrook Kannangara
Lee Kuan Yew is widely credited for doing the impossible – turning a less developed, small nation without natural resources into an economic powerhouse within a short period of time. Containing corruption was one tool he used to propel economic growth. He had this to say about it. “Once a political system has been corrupted, right from the top, the very top to the lowest rungs of bureaucracy, the problem is almost impossible to solve without a revolution. The cleansing and disinfecting have to start from the top and go downwards in a thorough... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/26)
Bizwire: ශ්රී ලංකා AI සතිය 2026
පසුගිය වසරේ පැවැත්වූ ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ප්රථම ජාතික කෘත්රිම බුද්ධි ප්රදර්ශනය හා සම්මන්ත්රණයේ සාර්ථකත්වය මත පදනම්ව, ශ්රී ලංකා ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික අමාත්යාංශය සහ ජාතික තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂණ විසඳුම් සපයන්නා වන SLT-MOBITEL එක්ව “Sri Lanka AI Week 2026” වැඩසටහන ප්රකාශයට පත් කර ඇත. මෙම වැඩසටහනේ අරමුණ වන්නේ කෘත්රිම බුද්ධිය පිළිබඳ ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අභිලාෂයන් මැනිය හැකි ප්රායෝගික ප්රතිඵල බවට පරිවර්තනය කිරීමයි. චින්තනයට අභියෝග කරන සාකච්ඡා, නවීනතම AI නවෝත්පාදන ප්රදර්ශනය කිරීම සහ ප්රතිපත්ති සම්පාදකයන්, ව්යාපාරිකයන්, පර්යේෂකයන්, නව ව්යාපාර, සිසුන් ඇතුළු විවිධ පාර්ශ්ව අතර සහයෝගීතාව ගොඩනැගීම තුළින්, “Sri Lanka AI Week 2026” වැඩසටහන ශ්රී ලංකාවේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/26)
By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Former CEO, Colombo Dockyard PLC Chairman, EDB Advisory Committee on Marine and Offshore Services
https://www.ft.lk/business/South-Asia-s-premier-textile-garment-manufacturing-platform-gets-underway/34-795652 Please do not misunderstand my observations regarding the Government's support for Sri Lanka's textile and garment industry. I warmly welcome the inauguration of Intex–InMac Sri Lanka 2026, described as South Asia's leading international platform for textile sourcing and garment-manufacturing technology. Such exhibitions can introduce modern machinery, new materials, international buyers and valuable investment opportunities to Sri Lanka. The apparel industry has made an enormous contribution to export earnings and employment, particularly by providing economic independence... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/26)
Justice for Animals and Nature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmYF1fcMchU&t=15s 330 views Aug 12, 2023 The Animal Welfare Bill proposed by the Law Commission in 2006 (and verbatim reproduced in the Private Members Bill tabled by Ven. Athureliya Rathana Thera, in Parliament, in October 2010) has been hijacked by the Meat Trade and its collaborators and converted into an Animal Welfare Bill (2022) protecting not the innocent animals but the interests of the Poultry and Meat trade, and those who use live Animals in totally unnecessary experiments despite the availability of viable non-violent and harmless suitable... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/26)
සේනක වීරරත්න
පෙරහැරකදී ගෘහාශ්රිත අලි ඇතුන් දුසිම් කිහිපයක් භාවිතා කිරීම ප්රතිසංස්කරණය කිරීමට වඩා ජාතියේ භයානක ඝාතකාගාර තත්ත්වයන් ප්රතිසංස්කරණය කිරීම දැවැන්ත හා හදිසි අවශ්යතාවයකි. ගොවිපල සතුන් මිලියන ගණනක් වාර්ෂිකව ප්රවාහනය කර ඝාතනය කරනු ලබන්නේ දැඩි කුරිරු තත්වයන් යටතේ සහ බොහෝ දුරට නියාමනයට යටත් නොවී ය. ඝාතනය සඳහා නිසි උපකරණ නොමැතිව නුපුහුණු සහ නුපුහුණු මස් කඩ කරන්නන් වින්දිතයාගේ දුක්ඛිතභාවය සහ දුක් වේදනා තවත් උග්ර කළ හැකිය. එංගලන්තයේ කාන්තාවන් සහ ළමයින් සමහර විට මොට පිහි භාවිතා කරමින් පවා ඔවුන්ගේ ගෙවතුවල සතුන් ඝාතනය කරන බව සොයා ගන්නා ලදී. සත්ව අයිතිවාසිකම් ක්රියාකාරීන්ගේ දැඩි බලපෑම් එංගලන්තයේ මස් කඩ නියාමනය කිරීමට හේතු විය. සතුන් ඝාතනය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/26)
Source: AI Overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0vf5QxR-QQ Friedrich Nietzsche and the Buddha both began with the exact same realization: life is inherently full of suffering. However, they arrived at completely opposite conclusions on how to deal with it. While the Buddha sought to understand suffering to completely transcend and liberate human beings from it, Nietzsche demanded that we embrace, endure, and transform suffering into a tool for ultimate personal greatness. [1, 2] ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/26)
නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) (සමායෝජක)වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන
ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ එකිනෙකට පටහැනි ව්යවස්ථා තිබියදී විනිසුරු කාලය වැඩිකරන ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයකට නීතිපති අනුමැතිය ලබා දීම ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව උල්ලංඝණයක්ද?(ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ ඉංග්රීසි පිටපත පැහැදිලිකර ගැනීමට පමණක් යොදා ගන්න)1. ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 83.(ආ) ඡේදය අනුව 30.2 සහ 62.2 (ජනාධිපති කාලය සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු කාලය) සංශෝධනයට ජනමතවිචාරණයක් පැවැත්වීම අවශ්ය වේ.2. 2015 දී 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය අවස්ථාවේ ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ ඉංග්රීසි පිටපතේ 83.b ඡේදය ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය මගින් අර්ථනිරූපණය කරගෙන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 30.2 සහ 62.2 ව්යවස්ථා ජනමතවිචාරණයක් නොපවත්වා සංශෝධනය කරගෙන කතානායක සහතිකයද ගෙන නීතියක් කරගෙන ඇති අතර, ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 30.2 සහ 62.2 ව්යවස්ථා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/26)
By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Former CEO, Colombo Dockyard PLC Chairman, EDB Advisory Committee on Marine and Offshore Services
https://www.ft.lk/business/South-Asia-s-premier-textile-garment-manufacturing-platform-gets-underway/34-795652 Please do not misunderstand my observations regarding the Government’s support for Sri Lanka’s textile and garment industry. I warmly welcome the inauguration of Intex–InMac Sri Lanka 2026, described as South Asia’s leading international platform for textile sourcing and garment-manufacturing technology. Such exhibitions can introduce modern machinery, new materials, international buyers and valuable investment opportunities to Sri Lanka. The apparel industry has made an enormous contribution to export earnings and employment, particularly by providing economic independence... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/08/26)
Palitha Ariyarathna
මහනුවර, ශ්රී ලංකාව – ශ්රී ලාංකීය ක්රීඩා ඉතිහාසයට නව ජවයක් එක් කරමින්, මධ්යම පළාත් ප්රවීණයන්ගේ මලල ක්රීඩා සංගමයේ සාමාජිකයකු වන ඩී.එම්.ඒ.එස්. අතුල ශ්රී ලාල් ධනසේකර මහතා සිය 71 වන වියේදී කිලෝමීටර් 30ක විශේෂ මැරතන් ධාවන වාර්තා අභියෝගයකට මුහුණ දීමට සූදානම් වෙයි. දැඩි උත්සාහය, විනය සහ කැපවීම තුළින් ඕනෑම වයස් සීමාවකදී ඉලක්ක කරා ළඟා විය හැකි බව සමාජයට පසක් කර දීම මෙම ඉසව්වේ ප්රධාන අරමුණයි. මෙම සුවිශේෂී ක්රීඩා ඉසව්ව 2026 අගෝස්තු 9 වන ඉරිදා දින, අලුයම 5:00 ට මහනුවර ශ්රී දළදා මාළිගාවේ ප්රධාන දොරටුව ඉදිරිපිටින් ආරම්භ වී, අලවතුගොඩ දක්වා ගමන් කර නැවත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/26)
By, Professor Nishan C Wijesinha of the German School of Medicine.
*During the final phase of the war in Mullaitivu — Mullivaikkal — the Sri Lanka Military operations were led by - the - ground command, in Mullaitivu / Vanni (Feb–April 2009 + May 16-18)* The Vanni theater was run by Security Forces Headquarters - Vanni. Key commanders named for the final operations by their names were: - *Maj. Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya* — Security Forces Commander, Vanni. He was present at the official ceremony on 20 May 2009 announcing the end of the war.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Good lesson to all the parents When I saw a woman in TV shouting at police near the Mahara prison claiming “that her son used drugs with her own money not government’s money “ A prisoner sentenced to death and awaiting execution asked as his last wish for a pencil and paper. After writing for several minutes, the condemned man called the prison guard and asked that the letter be delivered to his biological mother. The letter said... Mother, if there were more justice in this world, we... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/26)
By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
One of the most valuable lessons I learned as an engineering postgraduate in the Soviet Union was that the greatest engineers are not those who repair failures—they are those who predict them before they occur. My postgraduate research at the Gubkin State University of Oil and Gas in Moscow in 1975 focused on the prognosis of journal bearing failures in massive reciprocating compressors used to inject natural gas into deep underground porous limestone formations in the Kaluga region of the Moscow Oblast. These compressors were among the largest operating in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/26)
Attorney-at-Law Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) (Coordinator)Dr. Thilaka Padma Subasinghe Memorial Legal Education Programme
1. While Article 83.ආ. of the Constitution of Sri Lanka provides that a referendum is required to amend Articles 30.2 and 62.2 [Article 83.b. of the English version of the Constitution] Paragraph 83.b. of the English version of the Constitution states that a referendum is required only for amendments that extend the term of Articles 30.2 and 62.2 to more than 6 years (which would extend) Amendments that would reduce that period are not stated that a referendum is required] The amendment of Articles 30.2 and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/26)
By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
https://ceylontoday.lk/2025/09/13/sri-lanka-must-harness-indias-naval-ambitions India is embarking on one of the world’s most ambitious naval expansion programmes, investing heavily in warships, support vessels, shipyards, logistics and maritime infrastructure. This is not merely a defence initiative—it is an industrial revolution that will create enormous opportunities throughout the Indian Ocean region. Sri Lanka should not remain a spectator. Our private sector must be encouraged to form joint ventures with Indian companies in shipbuilding, steel fabrication, precision engineering, marine equipment manufacturing, welding, offshore fabrication, logistics and technical training. Rather than competing with India, Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/26)
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Senaka Weeraratna
Reforming the nation's appalling slaughterhouse conditions is a far more massive and urgent necessity than reforming the use of a few dozen domesticated elephants in a Perahera. Millions of farm animals are transported and slaughtered annually under severe brutal conditions and mostly without being subject to regulation. Untrained and Unskilled Butchers without proper instruments for slaughter can aggravate the misery and suffering of the victim. Wilful blindness to wrongdoing towards animals is the unfortunate legacy of almost every Sri Lankan Government since grant of independence in 1948. It is a national shame. The archaic Butchers Ordinance of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Formerly known as Fabweld Academy, the institution now operates as the IDMNS Advanced Welding Campus, dedicated to producing internationally competent welders and fabrication professionals through a unique combination of classroom theory, practical workshop training, and industry-based hands-on experience. The campus was recently inspected by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE). Following a positive evaluation, the Bureau expressed its willingness to recognise the campus as an approved testing facility, enabling trainees to have their skills assessed to standards expected by overseas employers. The reputation of the campus is already attracting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
Observations Modern legislation to govern Animal Welfare in Sri Lanka is a sine qua non. A Civilizational imperative. It can no longer be sidelined as has been practiced in the past on the ground that matters addressing human needs must always have priority over animal needs. Unfortunately, this was the experience of the well-planned and well-drafted Animal Welfare Bill released by the Law Commission in 2006. It was the most comprehensive document prepared over a period of six years (2000 – 2006) after an extensive study and examination of laws of other Jurisdictions, during the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/26)
Analysis by AI with my input By Dimuthu Obeysekera, MSc
The recently published book Gerontocracy in America by Samuel Moyn has generated considerable debate by examining how wealth, political influence and economic power have become concentrated among older generations in the United States.Although America and Sri Lanka have different histories and economic systems, the central question raised by the book deserves careful consideration in our own context.Has Sri Lanka also become a society where wealth, influence and economic opportunity are increasingly concentrated among older and already established groups?This question should not be reduced to a conflict between the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/26)
Ministry of Defence - Media Centre
Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) chaired a special coordination meeting at the Deputy Minister's office in Colombo on 03 August to review and expedite measures for the development and settlement of beneficiaries in Ranaviru Villages island wide. These villages are associated with numerous administrative issues including infrastructure, legal deeds and other supportive services enabling land recipients for their settlements. Convened as a continuation of a series of previous discussions, the meeting focused on implementing the project as a pilot initiative by developing essential infrastructure and other... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/26)
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Sri Lankan Candidate Dr. M.M.M. Rushanudeen for contesting Post of Vice President to the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) Represent Sri Lanka and Head of Delegates to World Congress and 44th Plenary Assembly at World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva from 23rd to 30th August 2026.The Secretary - General of the United Nations of Sri Lanka (UNA-Sri Lanka) Sri Lankan Candidate Dr. M.M.M. Rushanudeen for contesting Post of Vice President to the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) Represent Sri Lanka and Head of Delegates to World Congress and 44th... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/26)
Chandrasena Pandithage
නඩු ලක්ෂ 11ක් අධිකරණ තුල ගොඩගැසී ඇති බව පැවසේ. එම නඩු කඩිනමින් විසදීම සඳහා සියලුම විනිසුරුවරුන්ගේ සේවාකාලය වසර දෙකකින් දිගු කිරීමට වර්තමාන රජය යෝජනා කරයි.නඩු ලක්ෂ 11ක් සියලුම විනිසුරුවරුන්ගේ සේවාකාලය වසර දෙකකින් දිගු කිරීම තුලින් විසඳා අවසන් කල හැකිනම් අප එයට විරුද්ධ විය යුතු නොවේ. සහයෝගයදී අධිකරණය තුල ඇති නඩු තදබදය නිම කිරීමට සහය දිය යුතුමය.රාජ්ය කාලකන්නිත්වය විසින් නිර්මාණය කරන ලද, නඩු තදබදය කඩිනමින් විසදීම සඳහා කාල කලමනාකරණය නිසි ලෙස අවබෝධයකින් සිදුකල යුතු කටයුත්තකි. අප පවතින තත්වය දෙස මදක් විපරම් කර බලමු. කාල රාමුව තුල එක නඩුවක් සම්පුර්ණයෙන්ම අවසන් කිරීමට සතියකින් කල හැකිනම් මේ නඩු ලක්ෂ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/26)
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විනිසුරු කාලය දීර්ඝ කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි මහතාගේ ආන්දෝලනාත්මක ප්රකාශයක්...(Jeewa Prasanna මුහුණු පොතෙන්)https://www.facebook.com/reel/1397346652267936/?app=fblවැරදි ඉංග්රීසි ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා විධිවිධාන ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කර තමන්ගේ අරමුණු ඉටු කරගත් නීතීඥවරුන්ට දඬුවම් ලැබෙයිද?(Jeewa Prasanna මුහුණු පොතෙන්)https://www.facebook.com/reel/973728992365991/?app=fblව්යවස්ථාවේ භාෂා අතර වෙනසක්...නීතීඥයන් 209ක ගෙන් අනුර දිසානායක ජනාධිපතිට ලිපියක්...ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය ඉදිරියේදීනීතීඥයෙකුගෙන් පැහැදිලි කිරීමක්...ස්වාධීන රූපවාහිනීයේ 2025.08.14 දින සවස 6.30 ප්රවෘත්ති විකාශයhttps://www.youtube.com/live/s5YIqYDoGvo?si=etwh3jdgQuf4gyQo?&t=168ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ සිංහල - ඉංග්රීසි භාෂා අතර වෙනසක්...නීතීඥයන් 209ක ගෙන් අනුර දිසානායක ජනාධිපතිට ලිපියක්...ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය ඉදිරියේදීනීතීඥයෙකුගෙන් පැහැදිලි කිරීමක්...https://youtu.be/k5fWmg69_Jg?si=_HL6gHcCMLMA8iqhආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ වැරදි ඇති බව නීතිපති පිළිගෙන තිබියදී ඒවා නිවැරදි නොකර විනිසුරු ධූර කාලය වැඩි කරන්නේ කෙසේද? පැලවත්ත ජවිපෙ මූලස්ථානයට ලිපියක්.....!https://youtu.be/JjDS03HSD9gජනපති ධූර කාලය : ව්යවස්ථාවේ හිලක්..වරද හදන්න මැතිවරණ කොමිසම ජනාධිපති ලේකම්ට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/26)
e-Con e-News
Posted byee ink.August 1, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:China, economy, India, news, politics blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 26 July – 01 August 2026 • The USA says it has been training the Sri Lankan armed forces to hijack ships & handle snakes! (see ee Quotes, Carat’s Sticks). This was all part of the USA’s war games in Sri Lanka’s seas off Trincomalee this week to tutor Sri Lanka’s forces in such niceties as ‘Visit, Board, Search & Seizure (VBSS)’ as well. Centuries of handling marauding TamilNadu... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/26)
A commentary written in the hope of reducing the tone of hostility that has developed in these testimonies and hearings.Index:
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AI Overview
The new International trend is that the host culture dictates legal and social rules. People must respect historical cultural norms, and civilizational religious sensitivities. The Govt. of Sri Lanka must prevent the rise of new arrivals and related social groups using the cover of religion to engage in fracturing states as vividly seen on the TV screen in both Europe and USA. The resurgence of the ancient adage "When in Rome, do as the Romans do"—driven by U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive rhetoric and a parallel right-wing policy pivot across Europe—signals a major global shift away from multiculturalism... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/26)
සමිත ඉසුරංග වෙත්තසිංහ ශිෂ්ය භූගෝල විද්යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්යාලය ශ්රී ලංකාව.
ගෝලීය උෂ්ණත්වය ඉහළ යාම, අනපේක්ෂිත කාලගුණ විපර්යාසයන්, ගංවතුර සහ දැඩි නියඟය වැනි පාරිසරික අර්බුද හේතුවෙන් සමස්ත ලෝකයම වර්තමානය වන විට දැඩි බලපෑමකට ලක්ව ඇත. දකුණු ආසියානු කලාපයේ දූපත් රාජ්යයක් වන ශ්රී ලංකාව ද මෙම දේශගුණික විපර්යාසයන්ගේ ඍජු ගොදුරක් බවට පත්ව ඇති අතර, එය රටේ ජන ජීවිතයට මෙන්ම ආර්ථිකයට ද දැඩි ලෙස තර්ජනයක් එල්ල කරයි. මෙම පාරිසරික ව්යසනයන්ගෙන් මිදීම සඳහා මිනිසා සතු ප්රධානතම සහ එකම ස්වාභාවික ආරක්ෂක පවුර වන්නේ වනාන්තර පද්ධතියයි. එය ලෝකයේ පෙනහළු ලෙසද හදුන්වයි. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වනාන්තරවල වර්තමාන තත්ත්වය නිවැරදිව තක්සේරු කරමින්, පවතින පාරිසරික පද්ධති ආරක්ෂා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/26)
XpressJobs
Colombo, Sri Lanka – August 2026: XpressJobs, Sri Lanka's leading recruitment technology platform, proudly partnered as the Official Recruitment Partner for Run for Hope Colombo 2026, powered by Nestomalt, reaffirming its commitment to creating opportunities beyond employment and supporting initiatives that uplift communities. Held at Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo, the event brought together over 1,200 participants from all walks of life, including families, young children, fitness enthusiasts, corporate teams and seasoned runners. Organised by the Voice Foundation, Run for Hope Colombo was a fundraising initiative dedicated to supporting the livelihoods of single mothers,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/26)
Sarath Bulathsinghala
From the time of Mahaweli Settlements in the 80s todate the State of Canada has been working with the separatists in Sri Lanka to see Sri Lanka is balkanized and destabilized. For this reason they have worked unceasingly to disenfranchise the Sinhalese in their own country and to promote separatism. For this reason Buddhism, the Buddhist Establishment and Sinhala Buddhists must be made powerless. The Canadian Connection works through the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, then through the Vatican to Canada. Canada has a vast Catholic, politically powerful population and great influence through their aid agencies to force... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/26)
Colombo, Aug. 3 (Daily Mirror) -
The government is out to seek the opinion of Supreme court on a so called confusion in the constitution with regard to the terms of the Executive President and Parliament, and opposition the MP alleged.MP Dayasiri Jayasekera in a statement released to media said Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe has issued a gazette notification to rectify the confusion in the constitution when it comes to English and Sinhala copies.Accordingly he said the English copy of the constitution says a referendum is necessary to extend the term of President and Parliament for more than... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/26)
2026-08-04 දින නිකුත් කරන මාධ්ය නිවේදනය
Wanted Dam(n) Engineer Dead or Alive Spillway gates of Kothmale Dam were opened at 3:00pm on 03 August 2026 (Monday) after only a very short notice The spillway gates were opened at 3:00 pm on Monday, 3 August 2026, after only a very short notice. In my opinion, providing such limited advance warning before releasing a significant volume of water is totally inadequate and does not allow sufficient time for residents, businesses, schools, and emergency services in downstream areas to prepare or take appropriate safety... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/26)
Press Statement Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon Executive Director/ Centre for Human Rights and Research (CHR) Sri Lanka
Centre for Human Rights Research (CHR) Sri Lanka strongly condemns the failure of the Government and, in particular, Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara and Secretary to the Ministry of Justice Ms. Ayesha Jinasena, to manage the chronic overcrowding in Sri Lanka’s prisons and to safeguard the lives of inmates and prison officials. According to an urgent statement issued by the Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP Sri Lanka), several fatalities have occurred within Mahara Prison, with multiple inmates lying injured.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/26)
By Raj Gonsalkorale
“Generally speaking, punishment makes men hard and cold; it concentrates; it sharpens the feeling of alienation; it strengthens the power of resistance”― Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and writer In the first instance, this article is about crime and punishment in general and not about specific crimes or categories of punishment. To begin with, taking crime in general, it will be useful if readers, their friends and families could place themselves in a position where a loved one, a son, daughter, a spouse or a good friend, has committed a crime and been sent to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/26)
Media Release UNA - Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Candidate Dr. M.M.M. Rushanudeen for contesting Post of Vice President to the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) Represent Sri Lanka and Head of Delegates to World Congress and 44th Plenary Assembly at World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva from 23rd to 30th August 2026.The Secretary - General of the United Nations of Sri Lanka (UNA-Sri Lanka) Sri Lankan Candidate Dr. M.M.M. Rushanudeen for contesting Post of Vice President to the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) Represent Sri Lanka and Head of Delegates to World Congress and 44th... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
Chula Boange soon after taking oaths J.C. (Chula) Boange, Attorney – at – Law, died on July 20th 2026. He was 77 years old. His remains were cremated within 24 hours of his passing according to his wishes, without the usual trappings of rituals, ceremony and large crowds. His departure mirrored the life he led: simple, austere, discreet. I came into contact with Chula on the very first day of my entry to the Colombo Law Faculty sometime in October 1969. It was a great thrill for me to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/26)
By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
The recent prison riots at Negombo and Mahara have once again exposed the deep structural weaknesses of Sri Lanka’s prison system. Lives have been lost, public property destroyed, prison officers attacked, and the confidence of the public shaken. These are not isolated incidents; they are symptoms of a prison system that has long exceeded its capacity and is struggling to maintain order. It is time to move beyond temporary solutions and adopt bold, long-term reforms. One such reform is the relocation of ageing urban prisons, beginning with the historic Welikada... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/26)
වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන
2026.08.18 දින සවස 2-6 දක්වා කොළඹ මහජන පුස්තකාලයේ පවත්වන සිංහල මාධ්ය 36 වන නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහනේ දී රු.1100/- වටිනා නීති කෘතියක් දිනා ගත හැකි "විනිසුරු කාලය වැඩි කිරීමට ජනමතවිචාරණයක් අවශ්ය බවට"නීති අධ්යාපන අභ්යාසය. (ඉංග්රීසි භාෂා ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව නොව ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව යොදා ගන්න)විනිසුරු ධූර කාලය වැඩි කිරීමට යාමේදී ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 83, 3, 30.2, 62.2 ව්යවස්ථා සමඟ සළකා බලමින් ජනමතවිචාරණයකට යාම අවශ්ය බවට නීති තර්ක ගොඩනගන්න.සාර්ථකව පිළිතුරු දෙන අයට නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා ලියා ඇති රු.1100/- වටිනා " 4(ඉ) ව්යවස්ථාවට පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණ ඇතුල් කිරීමෙන් රටේ ඒකීය බව බිඳ වැටෙයිද?" කෘතියේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/26)
My presidential manifesto
Or simply: “The Engineering Manifesto for a New Sri Lanka” Vision
“To transform Sri Lanka from a consumption-based economy into the industrial and maritime hub of the Indian Ocean through technology, engineering, education, discipline, and productive investment.” Pillar 1 – Industrial Renaissance
Make industrialisation the highest national priority. Establish heavy engineering parks. Develop shipbuilding, offshore engineering, steel fabrication and precision manufacturing. Encourage local manufacturing instead of unnecessary imports. Double industrial exports... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/26)
