Dr Sarath Obeysekera
AI assisted to formulate following . Many of the world's great advances came from exceptional individuals such as J. Robert Oppenheimer, Tim Berners-Lee, and countless scientists, engineers, and thinkers whose creativity changed civilization. Their inventions brought enormous benefits but also risks. Nuclear technology, for example, can generate electricity or destroy cities. Will AI make human genius unnecessary? Probably not. AI can: Process vast amounts of information. Generate ideas and designs. Accelerate scientific discovery. Assist with research and decision-making. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/06/26)
AI Response
Yes, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka can overturn its own decisions, but only under strictly defined, highly exceptional circumstances. [1, 2, 3] As established in landmark rulings, the Supreme Court is the apex judicial body and its judgments are constitutionally final. It has no statutory or constitutional power to rehear, review, or alter its decisions simply because a party is dissatisfied. However, the Court possesses inherent powers to vacate or set aside its own orders to prevent a miscarriage of justice or an abuse of the process of Court under specific conditions. [1,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/06/26)
By Sarath Obeysekera
As a child, my mother was an ardent devotee of the deity of Kataragama Temple. Before every important examination or milestone in my life, she would take me on a long journey by bus to Kataragama. In those days, it was an adventure in itself.We travelled for an entire day and stayed in a simple dormitory near the temple. We enjoyed the hospitality of the devotees and even received free northern-style breakfasts. Early in the morning, we stood in long queues carrying a basket of fruits and a humble offering of one hundred rupees, hoping... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/06/26)
Anadolu Agency
President Dissanayake authorizes security forces to join mosquito-control efforts as daily hospital admissions surge past 1,000 ISTANBUL Sri Lanka has deployed its military to assist in dengue-control operations amid a sharp rise in infections that has pushed daily hospital admissions above 1,000, local media reported Tuesday. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake authorized the armed forces to support public health authorities in eliminating mosquito breeding grounds and strengthening prevention measures in areas hardest hit by the outbreak, according to local broadcaster Ada Derana. On Monday, a high-level... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/06/26)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, June 22 (Daily Mirror) - The United States today announced the provision of a Fleet Broadband satellite communications system worth approximately US$4 million (over Rs. 1.2 billion) to the Sri Lanka Navy, in a move aimed at strengthening maritime security and connectivity across the Indian Ocean. The announcement was made by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Paul Kapur during a visit aboard SLNS Gajabahu at the Port of Colombo. Deputy Minister of Defence Major General (Retd.) Aruna Jayasekara and Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/06/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
Claudia Sallay, the mother of the Major General (Retd) Suresh Sallay, who is the former head of the State Intelligence Service, forwarded a letter to Pope Leo XIV today (23). The letter requests justice, human dignity, and a compassionate intervention regarding Suresh Sale. Accordingly, arrangements were made to hand over the relevant letter to the Apostolic Nuncio, the representative of the Holy Father in Sri Lanka, at the Vatican Embassy in Colombo. The letter is mentioned below: His Holiness Pope Leo XIV The Apostolic Palace ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/06/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
The proposal to reduce the annual turnover threshold for Value Added Tax and Social Security Contribution Levy from Rs. 60 million to Rs. 36 million, which was proposed in this budget to be implemented from the upcoming 1st of July, will not be implemented. Deputy Minister of Economic Development Nishantha Jayaweera stated this while addressing the parliamentary session held today (23).... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/06/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
Prioritising the protection of existing garment factories, which face severe risks amid the current economic crisis, must take precedence before the government considers manufacturing textiles from banana plant fibres, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said. Addressing a public gathering, the Opposition Leader pointed out that Sri Lanka's garment factories currently stand in an unstable position due to prevailing economic difficulties. "Due to the current economic crisis, garment factories in Sri Lanka are at a very risky stage. Therefore, the most essential thing at this moment is to protect those factories. Before thinking... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/06/26)
e-Con e-News
Posted byee ink.June 20, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:history, India, law, malabar-games, Rice, sri-lanka, Steel, travel, WPNS blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 14-20 June 2026 In November 2020, 120 whales were run aground on Panadura beach, gasping for breath. There was widespread despair at the unfolding scene. Yet there was nary an exclamation from such environmental babblers as the Wildlife & Nature Protection Society (WNPS). These ecomaniacs daily dominate the media, with their chirpings & tweeting & wailings for diverse exotic animals, while groaning about the backwardness of rural cultivators – their subtextual sotto... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/06/26)
By Sarath Obeysekera
A New Paradigm for Infrastructure Financing
Sri Lanka has historically financed large infrastructure projects through sovereign loans, bilateral financing, multilateral development banks, and foreign direct investment (FDI). While these mechanisms have delivered highways, ports, airports, and power plants, they have also contributed to high levels of external debt and fiscal vulnerability. The emergence of tokenized digital asset markets presents an alternative financing mechanism that could fundamentally change how Sri Lanka mobilizes capital for strategic projects such as the development of Trincomalee as an offshore engineering and industrial hub. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Investor Briefing for Policy Consideration The Trincomalee Marine Industrial Hub Tokenized Fund (TMT Fund) is a pioneering initiative designed to mobilize private and diaspora capital for the development of Sri Lanka’s proposed Marine Industrial and Offshore Repair Hub in Trincomalee. Using blockchain-based tokenization, the fund allows fractional investment and transparent participation in a Public–Private Partnership (PPP) structure. The pilot model aims to attract USD 500 million in capital while ensuring traceability, liquidity, and compliance with national financial regulations. How the Tokenized Fund Works 1. A licensed fund manager establishes a Special... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/06/26)
මහින්ද උදයසිරි රත්නායක දඹුල්ල
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ මාතලේ දිස්ත්රික්කයේ දඹුල්ල, සීගිරිය බලකොටුවට උතුරු දෙසින් පිහිටි ඓතිහාසික, බෞද්ධ හා ස්වාභාවික සෞන්දර්යයෙන් අනූන පිදුරංගල රජමහා විහාරය නව ප්රතිසංස්කරණයන්ගෙන් අනතුරුව ඊයේ (20) දින සසුනට පූජා කරන ලදී. දේශීය හා විදේශීය සංචාරකයන්ගේ සිත්ගන්නා සුලු ස්ථානයක් වන පිදුරංගල විහාරයේ පෞරාණිකත්වයට හානියක් නොවන සේ එහි දායක සභාව සහ පුරාවිද්යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව එක්ව මෙම ප්රතිසංස්කරණ කටයුතු සිදු කර තිබේ. බුද්ධශාසන නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය ගමගෙදර දිසානායක මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් පැවැති මෙම පුණ්ය මහෝත්සවයේදී නියෝජ්ය අමාත්යවරයා විසින් විහාරය පූජා කිරීමේ සන්නස් පත්රය විහාර බාරකාර ආචාර්ය දානියගම ආනන්ද නායක ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේ වෙත පිළිගන්වන ලදී. මෙහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ නියෝජ්ය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/06/26)
By Sarath Obeysekera
Quote Sri Lanka opens Mattala Airport to local & foreign investorsThe Ministry of Ports & Civil Aviation, through Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited (AASL), has invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) from investors to utilize resources at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) in Hambantota. Submissions are due by 09 June 2026, with a pre-proposal briefing on 22 May 2026.The main objective is to attract investment for direct and indirect aviation-related business ventures, enhancing the commercial use of the airport. A Cabinet Appointed Negotiation Committee (CANC) is handling the evaluation of EOI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/06/26)
Dilrook Kannangara
Despite its natural formation including its depth, historical economic use – the world has changed vastly since then, very limited modern economic current use and continuing military and fisheries utility, Trincomalee port and the region has no economic potential. All profitable ports are either on world’s largest shipping lanes or just adjacent to them. Trincomalee has neither, and that seals its fate. But how about its heavy engineering potential, both as an enabler of other industries and as a heavy industrial hub itself? There are successful offshore and onshore heavy industrial facilities... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/06/26)
Shenali D Waduge
Fifty years after the Vaddukoddai Resolution and seventeen years after the defeat of the LTTE, it is time for an honest assessment. While separatist politicians, their supporters, promoters and beneficiaries continue to commemorate Vaddukoddai, it is ordinary Tamil families who paid the real price—through death, displacement, lost opportunities, economic hardship and generations of suffering. The Tamil people were promised security, prosperity, dignity and a separate state. Instead, they endured decades of war, destruction and the silencing of dissenting voices. Who benefited from fifty years of separatist politics? Who paid the price? Why... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/06/26)
පාලිත ආරියරත්න සෙංකඩගල සිංහද්වාරයේ සිට
"ඇය තමන්ගේ ස්වාමිපුරුෂයා වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටින්නේ යුක්තිය ඉටුකර ගැනීම සඳහා මිස ඇයගේ ස්වාමියා යම්කිසි අපරාධයකින් මුදවා ගැනීමට හෝ කිසිම අයෙකුට අගතියක් කිරීමට හෝ කිසිම අපහාසයක් කිරීමට නොවේ. නීත්යානුකූල පරීක්ෂණ සිදුවන අවස්ථාවකදී මින්සුන් කියාගන්නා මිනිසුන් මෙම කාන්තාවට කෘතඥතාවක් නොපෙන්වන්නේ නම්, එය යුක්තිය ඉටු වීමක් නොව, සාධාරණත්වය බිඳ වැටීමකි. විවිධ අය මෙම කාන්තාවට කොතරම් චෝදනා කළත් ඒ හැම දෝෂාරෝපණයක්ම එරෙහිව ඇය නැගී සිටින්නේ ජිවිතයේ අඹු සැමි යුවලක් ලෙස දුක සැප දෙකම එකම ආකාරයෙන් බෙදා හද ගතයුතු මෙන්ම වර්තමානයේ ප්රසිද්ධ භාවිතාවක්වන විවාහ පොරුන්දුව සමාජයට මතක් කර දෙමින්ය. විවාහ පොරොන්දුවද නොමිනුසුන් හට මතක් කර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/06/26)
SPORTS
The "Player-Referral" concept—which serves as the operational foundation for Cricket’s Decision Review System (DRS) and has influenced global officiating frameworks like football's VAR and tennis's Hawk-Eye challenges—presents a fascinating case study of a Sri Lankan innovation reshaping global sports jurisprudence. [1, 2, 3] However, labeling it the country's "biggest Intellectual Property (IP) export" is a point of significant domestic pride and ongoing legal debate, rather than a formalized commercial reality. [1, 2] The Genesis and Global Impact The core argument for Sri Lanka's ownership of this concept rests on the pioneering... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/06/26)
ආචාර්ය සුද ත් ගුණසේකර අග්රාමාත්ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ලේකම් සහ ශ්රී ලන්කා පරිපාලනසේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-94))
මේ රටේ පලාත්සභා ඡන්දය වහාම පවත්වන්මෙන් කෑමොර දෙන දේශපාලකයින් ඇතුලු සියලුම පිස්සන් ජීවිතාන්තය දක්වා යැවිය යුත්තේ අන්ගොඩටය, එසේත් නැතිනම් ඔවුන් දේශද්රෝහීන්, ජාතිද්රෝහීන් සහ බෞද්ධ විරෝධීන් වශයෙන් වහාම මේ පින් බිමෙන් යළි කිසිදාක ආපසු ආ නොහැකි පිට සක්වලකටම පිටුවහල් කළ යුතුය. ආචාර්ය සුද ත් ගුණසේකර අග්රාමාත්ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ලේකම් සහ ශ්රී ලන්කා පරිපාලනසේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-94)) 2026. 6.20 11 වන කොට ක්රි.ව. 1799 දී මේ රටේ රාෂ්ඨ්රපාලනයට පලාත් සන්කළ්පය ප්රථමයෙන්ම හන්ඳුන්වා දීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2026/06/19/trincomalee-port-has-no-economic-potential/ The argument that Trincomalee lacks economic potential because it is not directly on the main East-West shipping route is an overly narrow interpretation of port development. The world’s most successful heavy engineering and offshore industrial ports did not necessarily become successful because of their immediate proximity to shipping lanes. They succeeded because they possessed a combination of deep water, sheltered harbours, available land, and the ability to accommodate large industrial projects. Trincomalee possesses all these attributes.A Natural Harbour Built for Heavy IndustryTrincomalee is one... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/06/26)
AI දළ විශ්ලේෂණය
https://share.google/aimode/53JlW3bD2ytPXYo5j නීතිඥ සේනක වීරරත්න ශ්රී ලාංකික නීතිඥ සේනක වීරරත්න මහතා "ක්රීඩක යොමු කිරීමේ" ක්රමය හඳුන්වා දීමෙන් ගෝලීය ක්රීඩා නීති විද්යාව මූලික වශයෙන් විප්ලවීය වෙනසක් සිදු කළේය, එය සියවස් ගණනාවක් පැරණි පිටියේ විනිසුරුවරයාගේ නිරපේක්ෂ අධිකාරිය බිඳ දැමූ සංකල්පයක් වන අතර නවීන තීරණ සමාලෝචන පද්ධතිය (DRS) සඳහා ව්යුහාත්මක පදනම දැමීය. [1, 2] ක්රීඩා නීතිවලට නීතිමය මූලධර්ම සෘජුවම යෙදීමෙන්, වීරරත්න මහතා ක්ෂේත්ර දෝෂ අභියෝග කිරීමේ අයිතිය නිලධාරීන්ගෙන් තරඟකරුවන්ටම මාරු කරන ලද සුසමාදර්ශී වෙනසක් හඳුන්වා දුන්නේය. [1, 2, 3] ක්රීඩා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/06/26)
Dilrook Kannangara
Trinco port is a natural port; it had its place in ancient times along with the Mannar port when the island’s main goods trading partners were to its east and when it traded in grains and it was and still is militarily useful. However, it has no (zero) economic potential. No major shipping lane goes near it as it lies hundreds of nautical miles away from the large shipping lane that traverses the island. It is uneconomical for a ship to make a call at the Trinco port by leaving large shipping lanes. Colombo, Galle and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
News “Sri Lanka looks for international investors for 108 acres near southern port”
Tuesday June 16, 2026 2:51 pm The Government’s decision to invite international investors to develop 108 acres of land near the Hambantota International Port (HIP) through a 50-year lease is both timely and significant. With global shipping patterns being reshaped by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and increased vessel movements through the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka has an opportunity to position Hambantota as a major industrial and logistics hub.However, the country should avoid the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/06/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna fundamentally revolutionized global sports jurisprudence by introducing the "Player Referral" system, a concept that dismantled the centuries-old absolute authority of the on-field umpire and laid the structural foundation for the modern Decision Review System (DRS). [1, 2] By applying legal principles directly to sports rules, Weeraratna introduced a paradigm shift that transferred the right to challenge field errors from the officials to the competitors themselves. [1, 2, 3] His conceptual contribution to sports law and adjudication breaks down into several core areas: 1. Introduction of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/06/26)
Kamanthi Wickramasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Suresh Sallay “Today, he has developed high blood sugar, elevated cholesterol levels, and a skin rash after being compelled to sleep on the floor of a rat-infested six-by-four-foot cell.” “The issue of torture has been highlighted in more than seven separate sections of the JMO report, yet none of the medical recommendations for his condition have been adhered to.” “He is not calling for the abolition of the PTA. Rather, he is requesting that it be amended to ensure that detainees are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/06/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
The government is misleading the public over fuel pricing by claiming that fuel prices cannot be reduced because existing stocks were purchased at higher rates, former Member of Parliament Patali Champika Ranawaka accused. Speaking to the media, Patali Champika Ranawaka questioned the explanation from authorities, pointing out that fuel prices went up shortly after Middle East tensions escalated despite those stocks being bought earlier at lower prices. The price hike applied to fuel already purchased at lower rates, even though stocks bought in February came at old prices. The government earned... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/06/26)
Courtesy Adaderana
Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa has warned that if the number of dengue patients continues to increase, the country’s hospital system could struggle to cope. He made these remarks while attending the Beruwala Divisional Coordination Committee meeting. The Minister stressed that public and institutional responsibility is crucial in controlling the spread of dengue, noting that maintaining cleanliness in homes, government institutions, and other places is essential to prevent mosquito breeding. He further stated that the increase in the number of dengue patients could put severe pressure... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/06/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
The United National Party (UNP) has issued a special statement saying that following the Easter Sunday attacks on April 21, 2019, Sri Lanka’s investigative institutions lacked sufficient expertise at the time, and therefore, then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe requested the United States Government to conduct a full investigation into the attacks and provide a report. The party says the then Prime Minister also assured full cooperation from Sri Lankan authorities, and later made a similar request during a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on April 22. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/06/26)
ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්රී ගුණරත්න, නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා,සම කැඳවුම්කරු - ෆ්රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය
හදිසි මිලදී ගැනීමක් ලෙස මෙ.ටො. එකකට ඩොලර් 142 ක් බැගින් ගෙවීමේ පොරොන්දුව මත ගෙන්වා ගත්, ගල් (අළු) අඟුරු නැවක් ගොඩබෑමකින් තොරව ජූනි 16 (ඊයේ) ඉන්දියාවේ විශාකාපට්ටම් බලා පිටත්ව ගොස් ඇත. Ana Ocean නැව නොරොච්චෝලේ වෙත ගල් අඟුරු රැගෙන විත් ගොඩබෑම් සිදු නොකළ දෙවන නැව යි. මෙයට පෙර 2026 මැයි 2 දින පුත්තලමට පැමිණි YASA SUN නැව ද, ගල් අඟුරු ගොඩබෑමකින් තොරව මේ දක්වා නැරංගුරම් ලා ඇත. MV JOSCO YONGZHOU සහ Ana Ocean ගල් (අළු) අඟුරු නැව්වල ප්රමිතිය ප්රතිකේෂ කළ යුතු මට්ටමක පවතින බව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
https://www.srilankabusiness.com/ebooks/national-export-strategy-of-sri-lanka.pdf Sri Lanka’s National Export Development Plan (NEDP) rightly focuses on transforming the country into a competitive logistics and export hub and prioritises marine-based industries and high-value manufacturing. However, the strategy does not adequately address one of Sri Lanka’s most significant untapped opportunities—the development of an offshore and heavy industrial hub in Trincomalee. Trincomalee possesses one of the world’s finest natural deep-water harbours, vast land availability, and a strategic location at the crossroads of major Indian Ocean shipping routes. These attributes make it an ideal nucleus for developing offshore engineering, shipbuilding... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/26)
Dr Nasim Rehmatullah
Whether it’s a new year or a milestone, it usually brings with it a longing for peace, a hope that the world and our lives will somehow grow calmer, kinder and more stable. Yet year after year, that peace seems to slip through our fingers. The turmoil that engulfs us is not just political or economic, but deeply spiritual and existential. Our modern age, with its advances and conveniences, has also brought a fatigue of spirit, a condition where moral clarity fades, cynicism hardens and the sense of sacred purpose is lost in the noise of daily... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/26)
Sam Ben-Meir - June 17, 2026
In 2016, during the first Trump campaign, I wrote an article asking whether American democracy could survive the reduction of politics to entertainment. At the time, the question seemed exaggerated to some readers. Politics had always contained theatrical elements. Presidents cultivated images. Campaigns relied on slogans and symbolism. The boundary between politics and spectacle was hardly new. Yet something different appeared to be emerging. Entertainment was no longer merely a tool of politics. Politics itself was becoming a branch of entertainment. A decade later, the consequences are increasingly difficult to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
There are numerous online betting websites accessible in Sri Lanka, such as platforms branded for local users like Mostbet, MelBet, 1xBet, and others. Most operate under offshore licenses, mainly from Curaçao, and offer deposits and withdrawals in Sri Lankan Rupees. Regarding Chinese operators, there have been reports and public discussions suggesting that some online gambling platforms targeting Sri Lanka have links to Chinese businesses or cater to Chinese-speaking communities. There have also been concerns about Chinese-language gambling advertisements appearing in Colombo. However, it is difficult to conclusively state that all such operations... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/26)
Lanka Leader
උතුරු පළාතේ සිංහල ජනාවාසවල අවසන් සීමාව සනිටුහන් කරන පදවි ගොවි ජනපදයේ බෝගස්වැව ඇතුළු ගම්මාන රැසක බෞද්ධ ජනතාව ඉලක්ක කරගනිමින් ඉතා සූක්ෂම බෞද්ධහරණ වැඩපිළිවෙළක් ක්රියාත්මක වන බව ආචාර්ය චන්න ජයසුමන මහතා පවසයි. පසුගිය මාස කිහිපය තුළ පමණක් එහි පවුල් 300කට වැඩි පිරිසක් ආගමික පරිවර්තනයට ලක්ව ඇති බව ද ඔහු අනාවරණය කරයි. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඒ මහතා සිය මුහුණු පොතේ තබා ඇති සටහන මෙසේය, වැඩේ හෙමිහිට යටින් යනවා.. මට පදවි ගොවි ජනපදය හා ඇත්තේ අවියෝජනීය බැඳීමකි. කෘෂිකාර්මික වකුගඩු රෝගය පිළිබඳ මාගේ පර්යේෂණ සියල්ලක්ම පාහේ සිදු කෙරැණේ ඒ ආශ්රිතව ය. වසර ගණනාවක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
The media plays a vital role in shaping public opinion and influencing national priorities. In a democratic society, television channels and newspapers are expected to educate, inform and inspire the public. Unfortunately, much of Sri Lanka’s electronic media has become trapped in an endless cycle of political mudslinging, sensationalism and personality-driven controversies.Every evening, viewers are presented with round-table discussions where government and opposition politicians exchange accusations and counter-accusations. Hours are spent debating political rivalries, privileges granted to remanded officials, and allegations against individuals. While accountability and investigative journalism are important, excessive focus on these issues... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/06/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
Majority of government MPs threatened to remove COPF chairman Harsha de Silva from his post if video footage of investigations into internal hackers released to the media, former Parliamentarian Ajith P. Perera said. Replying to journalists on the "Hiru Salakuna" political programme yesterday on the 15th, he noted that severe pressure from government MPs halted the release of video footage from the last two parliamentary COPF meetings where the Treasury Secretary and Central Bank Governor discussed financial frauds and the dollar crisis. The former MP mentioned that a majority group of government MPs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/26)
නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා සම කැඳවුම්කරු රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ප්රධාන විධායක නිලධාරි ෆ්රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය
අපාරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් විමල් වීරවංශ, උදය ගම්මන්පිල, දිලිත් ජයවීර, මහින්ද පතිරණ, අසංක නවරත්න සහ සුගීශ්වර බණ්ඩාර යන පක්ෂ නායකයින් හා දේශපාලන ක්රියාකාරීන්ගේ අදහස් ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ නිදහසට භාධා කිරීම ෆ්රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය දැඩිව හෙළාදකී. ඉතිහාසයේ පක්ෂ නායකයින් පස් දෙනෙකුට එරෙහිව අදහස් ප්රකාශ කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් එකම නඩුවකදී මහෙස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණයකට කරුණු වාර්තා කිරීමේ සිදුවීම් අති දුර්ලභය. එය පැහැදිලිවම මර්ධන උත්සාහයකි. 2024 අංක 8 දරණ අධිකරණයට, විනිශ්චය සභාවකට හෝ ආයතනයකට අපහාස කිරීමේ පනත යටතේ පොලීසියට, ස්වාධීන අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීමේ නඩුවක් පැවරීමට හෝ පවත්වාගෙන යාමට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/26)
Sri Lanka Sovereignty Forum
Political Asylum Must Not Become a Shield Against Accountability We respectfully call upon foreign governments, the European Union, and the United Nations to apply the highest level of scrutiny when considering asylum or protection requests from former public officials, law-enforcement officers, prosecutors, or politically involved persons. This appeal is made under the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, which allow protection from persecution while providing exclusion where there are reasons to consider involvement in serious politically-motivated crimes, abuse of office, or acts contrary to UN principles. Political... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/06/26)
ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්රී ගුණරත්න නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා සම කැඳවුම්කරු - ෆ්රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය
අතිගරු අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මැතිතුමා,ජනරජයේ ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමා,ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය, කොළඹ 1. ගරුජගත්වික්රමරත්නමැතිතුමා,ගරු කතානායකතුමා,පාර්ලිමේන්තුව, ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර. අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමනි, ගරු කතානායකතුමනි, මහා භාණ්ඩාගාර - මහ බැංකු මංකොල්ලය සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමර්ශන කිරීම හා මෙවැනි තත්වයක් යළි ඇතිවීම වලක්වා ගැනීම සඳහා සුදුසු පියවර යෝජනා කිරීම සඳහා පාර්ලිමේන්තු තේරීම් කාරක සභාවක් පත් කිරීම සඳහා වන යෝජනාවයි. 2025 නොවැම්බර් 13 – 15, අදින් මාස 8 කට පෙර අද වැනි දිනක, 'Export Finance Australia' ආයතනයේ නමින් පැමිණි ව්යාජ ඉන්වොයිස් හරහා, ඇමරිකාවේ TD බැංකුවේ පවත්වා ගෙන ගිය 'Mish... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/06/26)
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්යක්ෂ/ශ්රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්රය
2026 ජනවාරි 1 දින ට රු.බි. 915 ක් වූ භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ මුදල් ශේෂය, 2026 ජූනි 11 (බ්රහස්පතින්දා) දෛනික ව්යාපාර කටයුතු අවසන් වන විට රු.බි. 500 ටත් වඩා අඩු ප්රමාණයකට පහත වැටී තිබේ. අප රට සෙමින් නමුත් ස්ථිර ලෙසම ආර්ථික අර්බුදයක් කරා ගමන් කරන බව භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ මුදල් තත්වය පහත වැටීමෙන් පෙන්නුම් කෙරේ. පසුගිය සතියේ දී මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරය රු. බි. 140 ක භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් ඉදිරිපත් කළ අතර, එයින් ඉහළ පොලියට අලෙවි වූයේ රු. බි. 71 ක බිල්පත් (51%) පමණී. රු. බි. 150 ක භාණ්ඩාගාර බැඳුම්කර ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලැබූ නමුත් එයින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/06/26)
Asoka Bandarage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NuLCfKlnPk&t=645s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/06/26)
