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Asad Maulana & Channel 4 – In search of Evidence on Easter Sunday attacks
Shenali D Waduge
This rebuttal examines whether the Channel 4 documentary establishes its central allegation of high-level state complicity in the Easter Sunday attacks on the basis of independently verifiable evidence, or whether it relies primarily on delayed testimony, anonymous sourcing, and inferential narrative construction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QAgPSz4hS4 SECTION 1 THE ENTIRE CHANNEL 4 CASE RESTS ON ASAD MAULANA Channel 4's central allegation of high-level complicity in the Easter Sunday attacks rests overwhelmingly on the testimony of a single individual — Asad Maulana. The documentary... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/05/26)

Menacing echoes of the regime change of 2015 - VI
By Rohana R. Wasala
Concluding part continued from May 21, 2026 The Cardinal's demand that Shani Abeysekera and Ravi Seneviratna, despite their being under a cloud about the Easter Sunday suicide bombings, be tasked to conduct fresh probes into them in order to track down an alleged mahamolakaru or mastermind, is even more ironical in view of the close relationship that Gotabaya Rajapaksa maintained with the Catholic Church, especially his friendly connection with the Cardinal, from the time he was Secretary of Defence, all of which he describes in his book on pages 93 to 96.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/05/26)

Child Sexual Abuse within Religious Institutions
Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge  
Child sexual abuse has become an urgent concern, with a troubling number of children subjected to physical and sexual abuse within religious institutions. In recent decades, reports of such misconduct have emerged across various faiths, including Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism. Often, those in leadership roles within these organizations have either hidden the incidents or used their authority to impede investigations, allowing the perpetrators to get away. The Ill Effects of Child Sexual Abuse Child abuse, particularly in the form of sexual abuse, has... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/05/26)

ICC received flawed Legal Opinion from its lawyers on DRS . What are the Remedies available to Sri Lanka to undo a global scale injustice caused to a Sri Lankan inventor ?
Source: AI Overview
To undo the global-scale injustice regarding the authorship of the Umpire Decision Review System (DRS), Sri Lanka and the inventor, Colombo-based lawyer Senaka Weeraratna, have several legal, diplomatic, and institutional remedies available. [1, 2] The controversy stems from a flawed legal opinion by former ICC legal counsel David Becker, which claimed the ICC was unaware of Weeraratna's 1997 "Player Referral" concept and that publishing it openly waived his rights. This opinion completely overlooked the established legal doctrine of Constructive Notice—given that Weeraratna extensively publicized the four core pillars of the DRS across global... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/05/26)

Tourism and clean lanka 
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 ignoring my kind  polite request as a senior citizen  to do something I requested them to charge the violators or even get Local authority ( Maharagama ) to collect the garbage and clear the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/05/26)

Facilitation of Betting & Gaming License Approvals in Sri Lanka-Port city as the centre and High end Marina can bring in millionaires ?
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, Singapore, and certain Caribbean island jurisdictions have successfully transformed gaming and entertainment into major economic drivers. Sri Lanka, strategically located in the Indian Ocean and positioned between the Middle East and Asia, has the potential to develop a carefully... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/05/26)

The Gambling Invasion: Is Sri Lanka Becoming South Asia’s Next Betting Hub?
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 gaming have now become accessible to ordinary Sri Lankans through mobile apps and offshore websites. Why the Industry Is Growing
Smartphone and Internet Expansion Sri Lanka now has widespread smartphone usage and relatively affordable mobile internet.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/05/26)

ජනපතිත් බලාපොරොත්තු නොවුණ සෝභිත හිමිගේ ඉල්ලීම දැන් ඉතින් කරන්න දෙයක් නැහැ
The Life Traveler
https://youtu.be/dQ5EVGDOjOQ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/05/26)

Between Fear and Opportunity: Should Sri Lanka Embrace Indian Investment?
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” immediately brings mixed emotions. When the Mannar wind power project was proposed, many environmentalists, professionals, and concerned citizens raised genuine objections. One major concern was the possible disturbance to migratory bird routes between Mannar and Kalpitiya, an... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/05/26)

Why Bakhtiyar Khilji Destroyed India’s Second Oldest University? । Destroyed before Nalanda
Senaka Weeraratna
https://youtu.be/V-zC_PznvMM?si=T68Zda0lYDOGDfpj For centuries, the destruction of Nalanda University has symbolized the tragic decline of Buddhism in India. But Nalanda was not the only great center of learning lost to history. In this documentary, we explore the forgotten story of Odantapuri Mahavihara — one of ancient India’s oldest Buddhist universities — its rise, significance, scholars, and the devastating invasion led by Bakhtiyar Khilji that changed the intellectual landscape of Asia forever.  Why was Odantapuri targeted? What made this university so important? And why has history almost forgotten its existence? This is... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/05/26)

How a British Missionary Created Dravidianism
TheEmissaryCo
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vxUx02K8ups?feature=share... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 28/05/26)

ගොඩබිමෙන් මුහුදට: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඊළඟ ආර්ථික පිම්ම නිල් ආර්ථිකයෙන්”
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: බෝට්ටු තැනීම සහ අලුත්වැඩියා කිරීම, ජාත්‍යන්තර බෝට්ටු සාදන්නන් ආකර්ෂණය කර ගැනීම සහ කාර්මික වර්ධනය ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම සඳහා කැප වූ කලාප පිහිටුවීම. ● කප්පරතොට දියකඩනය: කප්පරතොට දියකඩනය සංවර්ධනය කිරීමෙන් මරීනා සහ ධීවර කටයුතු වැඩිදියුණු... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 28/05/26)

Raising spiritual and moral standards through taqwa (righteousness)  - Ahmadiyya Khalifa delivers Eid-ul-Adha 2026 sermon
Source: Al  Hakam., London 
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Head  of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim community delivered Eid-ul-Adha sermon after led the congregational Eid Prayer at  Mubarak Mosque inTillford, U.K on yesterday 27 May, 2026. His Holiness recited  Chapter 22, Verse  38 of the Holy Quran, the meaning of which: “Their flesh reaches not Allah, nor does their blood, but it is your righteousness that reaches Him. Thus has He subjected them to you, that you may glorify Allah for His guiding you. And give glad tidings to those who do good.” (Surah al-Hajj, Ch.22:... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 28/05/26)

Sri Lankan inventor of Player - Referral ( DRS) entitled to National Recognition and due Honours from the Govt. Sri Lanka and SLC
Source: AI Overview
The Sri Lankan lawyer and visionary credited with conceptualizing the "Player Referral" mechanism—the exact foundation of modern cricket's Decision Review System (DRS)—is Senaka Weeraratna. There is an ongoing campaign for him to receive formal national honors from the Government of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). [1, 2, 3, 4] The Invention and Background The Concept: In a published article in The Australian on March 25, 1997, Weeraratna proposed the revolutionary idea of allowing players to appeal on-field umpire decisions to a third umpire. The Paradigm Shift:... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 28/05/26)

From Ethanol to FPSOs: The Brazil Partnership Sri Lanka Cannot IgnoreTrincomalee Can Become the Offshore Repair Hub of the Indian Ocean
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?
An FPSO means: Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel These are essentially giant floating offshore factories and storage terminals combined into one vessel. They: Receive crude oil... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 28/05/26)

මහාචාර්ය සෝමදේවගෙන් අලුත් භූගත ස්කෑන් වාර්තාවක් උසාවියට
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අහඹු ලෙස අස්ථි කොටස් හමුවීමකින් තොරවම සමූහ මිනීවළක් ලෙස සැකකොට අධිකරණ නියෝග යටතේ රජයේ වියදමින් හාරා සුවිශේෂී යමක් සොයා ගැනීමකින් තොරවම කැනීම් අවසන් කළ නැගෙනහිර පළාතේ භුමියක් සමීපයේ තව දුරටත් සැකයට භාජනය වී ඇති ස්ථානයක සිදු කළ ස්කෑන් පරීක්ෂණයේ වාර්තාව අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ.වින්දිතයන් වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටින නීතිඥ මුබාරක් මුගසම් මැයි 26  වැනිදා පළාත් බද මාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට දැනුම් දී තිබුනේ මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ කුරුක්කල්මඩම් හි භුමි භාගයක පුරාවිද්‍යාව පිළිබඳ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මහාචාර්ය රාජ් සෝමදේවගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් මැයි 15, 16 සහ 17 යන තෙදින තුළ සිදුකළ ස්කෑන් පරීක්ෂණයේ වාර්තාව අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කළ බවයි."මහාචාර්ය රාජ් සෝමදේව මහතාගේ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 28/05/26)

From Sugarcane to Offshore Steel: Why Sri Lanka Must Court Brazil for a Blue Economy Revolution
By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Kandidat Tekhneecheski Nauk (1977)
https://www.newswire.lk/2026/05/26/sri-lanka-to-launch-sugar-sector-project-with-brazilian-technical-support/ 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 producing sugar and ethanol. It is also one of the world’s most experienced offshore oil and gas engineering powers, with decades of expertise in deepwater exploration, offshore fabrication, floating production systems, marine engineering, and offshore vessel... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 28/05/26)

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ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව සහ වානිජ්‍ය බැංකු විසින් නිවේදනය කර ඇති නාමික විනිමය අනුපාතය කුමක් වුවත්, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුව 2026 මැයි 25 සිට මැයි 29 දක්වා ඩොලරයකට රු. 351.17 ක විනිමය හුවමාරු අගයක් මත සියළු ගණුදෙනු කරන බව ගැසට් මගින් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කර ඇත. ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව අන්තර් බැංකු ඩොලර් හුවමාරුව හරහා කෘතීම ලෙස ඩොලරයේ අගය පහත මට්ටමක පවත්වා ගැනීමට උත්සහ දරණ නමුත්, රාජ්‍යයට ඉහළම ආදායමක් ලබා දෙන ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුව රටේ නාමික විනිමය හුවමාරු... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 27/05/26)

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නොරොච්චෝල බලාගාරය වෙත ගල් අඟුරු රැගෙන පැමිණි MV JOSCO YONGZHOU නැවේ ප්‍රමිතිය ‘සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම ප්‍රතික්ෂේප’ කළ යුතු අගයේ පවතී.  2026 අප්‍රේල් 30 දින 10.09 ට Bureau Veritas Solutions South Africa (Pvt) Ltd වෙතින් ලංකා ගල්අඟුරු සමාගමේ අධ්‍යක්ෂවරයෙකු වන සුජන්ත රත්නායක වෙත මෙම පැටවුම් වරාය වාර්තාව (Lord Port Report)  යොමු කර ඇති අතර, එහි පිටපත  ගල් අඟුරු සමාගමේ සියළුම නිලධාරීන් හා බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශ ලේකම් ඇතුළු පිරිසක් වෙත යොමු කර... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 27/05/26)

Why Sri Lanka Needs CEOs with a Different Outlook -A Personal Experience
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. At that time, Dockyard was a state-owned enterprise, and its marketing approach was not very aggressive. We therefore looked for new engineering opportunities and started securing steel fabrication projects, including API 650 steel tanks for Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and the fabrication... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 27/05/26)

Can Sri Lanka Learn from Britain’s Construction Crisis — Before It Is Too Late?
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 become so severe that construction insolvencies are now among the highest of any industry in the United Kingdom. Thousands of firms have either collapsed or are struggling to survive.   For Sri Lanka, this is not merely... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 27/05/26)

Constrution industry in Peril 
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 has already requested permission to import about 7,500 foreign workers.The most critical shortages are in the following trades:Trade Estimated Present/Future RequirementCarpenters 15,000–20,000Masons 35,000–50,000Plumbers 8,000–12,000Electricians 10,000–15,000Welders 12,000–18,000Bar benders & steel fixers 8,000–10,000Heavy equipment operators 5,000–8,000These are not exact Government census figures but industry-based estimates derived... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 27/05/26)

Will India’s New Shipyards Transform the Indian Ocean — and What Does It Mean for Sri Lanka?”
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 under the “Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision.”   The proposed expansion includes: New greenfield shipbuilding clusters on both east and west coasts Expansion of existing shipyards like Cochin Shipyard Limited, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 27/05/26)

History Will Not Yield to Power
Dr. Alon Ben-Meir
Over the past three decades, I have written hundreds of articles and several books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, examining it from historical, religious, psychological, and geostrategic perspectives, as well as through the hard realities on the ground. After all this, one conclusion has remained inescapable: there will be no peace—none—unless it is anchored in a viable two-state solution. Nearly six decades after the 1967 war, the conflict is not moving toward resolution but toward permanent rupture. What began as a national and territorial struggle has hardened into a zero-sum confrontation shaped by fear,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 27/05/26)

ප්‍රභාගේ අවසානය සියැසින් දුටු 4VIR අමිල් කුමාර කියන බිහිසුණු කතාව | WANESA TV
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(LankaWeb - 27/05/26)

Service to the Nation Appreciation from Republican Youth Foundation
Shenali D Waduge
I am greatly humbled and honoured to receive this Service to the Nation appreciation award from the Republican Youth Foundation, under the leadership of Dr. Sasith Rajasooriya, with its emerging vision for Sri Lanka. I wish the team the very best as they begin a new journey. Alongside the beautifully crafted award, the certificate itself carries words that deeply resonate with the work and commitments I have consistently upheld over the years. On this occasion, I also wish to respectfully... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/05/26)

උතුරේ බොදු නටබුන් රකින්න සිංහල බධ්ධයින් යන්න එපාලු ඒවා දෙමල බධ්ධයන් ගෙලු ---ගල්කන්දේ ධම්මානන්ද සාමි හා ගැමුණු වන්නි නායක
ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න
ඔය දේවල් උතුරේ හැදුවේ දෙමල රජවරුද. උතුරේ හිටිය සිංහලයෝ සිංහල රජවරු එක්ක එකතුවෙලා නොවෙයිද හැදුවේ. ඒ සිංහලයෝ නොවෙයිද උතුරෙන් එලෙව්වේ පහුගිය කාලේ , ඉතිරිය කොවියාර් කලේ . ඩොනමෝර් වාර්තාවේ පිටු 7000 කොහෙවත් නැහැ උතුරේ ''දෙමල ''කියල ජාතික ''මලබාර් මිස. ඒ අනුව 1832වන විටත් උතුරේ ස්ථිර පදිංචි දෙමලු හිටියේ නැති බව ප්‍රත්‍යක්ෂයි . 1815 ගිවිසුම අනුව යාපනය ඉංග්‍රීසීන් ගත්තේ උඩරට රජුගෙන්. මීට පෙර සෙනරත් රජු ආරක්ක්ෂක් පත්කිරීමේ ප්‍රශ්නයක් සාකච්චා කිරීම සඳහා යාපනේ ,කොට්ටියාර, පානම, මඩකලපුව වැනි ප්‍රදේශ වල නියෝජිතයෝත් ගෙන්නේව්වා .කාලිංග මාඝත් දෙමල නොවෙයි කාලින්ගයෙක් .ඔහු ආර්ය චක්‍රවර්ති වුනේ ''ආර්ය ''නිසා . වීරෝදාර... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/05/26)

Concrete Is No Longer Cheap: Time for a Steel Construction Revolution in Sri Lanka
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 prices: Sand — Rs. 36,000 per cube Cement — Rs. 2,200 per bag Metal — Rs. 11,000 per cube Labour — continuously increasing Formwork... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/05/26)

Philosophy underlying  performing the Hajj
by  A. Abdul  Aziz.
Ahmadi Muslims in Sri Lanka  celebrates Eid -ul-Azha - Haj  Festival  on Wednesday 27 May  as instructed from the Markaz  (Headquarters). There are five main acts that are performed during Hajj, viz: 1. Circuiting the Ka’aba 2. Running between the Safa and Marwa hills 3. Assembling at Arafa. 4. Throwing stones at Mina 5. Sacrificing animals Pilgrims perfoming Hajj rituals How do these acts assist in obtaining spiritual purity? This is a very relevant question, especially in the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/05/26)

දෙමල ජන සංහාර කතාව කතෝලික පල්ලිය ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරයි
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සිවිල් යුද්ධයේ අවසන් අදියරේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දෙමළ ජන සංහාරයක් සිදුවූ බවට ජීවන්ත පීරිස් පියතුමා කළ ප්‍රකාශය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කතෝලික රදගුරු සමුළුව සහ කතෝලික පල්ලිය විසින් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරනු ලැබ තිබේ. කතෝලික රදගුරු සමුළුවේ සන්නිවේදන කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපති ජූඩ් නිශාන්ත සිල්වා රදගුරුතුමන් විශේෂ ප්‍රකාශයක් නිකුත් කරමින් සඳහන් කළේ පීරිස් පියතුමා පළ කළ අදහස් කතෝලික පල්ලියේ නිල මතය නොවන බවයි.“ඔහු ප්‍රකාශ කළේ ඔහුගේම මතවාදය මිස කතෝලික පල්ලියේ මතවාදය නොවේ,” යැයි රදගුරුතුමෝ සඳහන් කළහ.එමෙන්ම ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කතෝලික පල්ලිය සෑම විටම ජාතික සංහිඳියාව, සමාජ සංවාදය සහ සියලු ජන කොට්ඨාශයන්ට ගරු කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටින බවද උන්වහන්සේ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/05/26)

Deconstruction of the Life Story of the Buddha with diabolical intent to isolate Sri Lanka from rest of the Buddhist world
Source:  AI Overview
Deconstruction of the Life Story of the Buddha with diabolical intent to isolate Sri Lanka from rest of the Buddhist world - What the foreign missionaries could not achieve during the dark colonial era (1505 - 1948) of dislodging Buddhism through physical destruction of Temples local hirelings are attempting an implosion through false misinterpretation of Buddhist Texts AI Overview https://share.google/aimode/Qkhnwy2912c2bf7S9 The practice of deconstructing the life story of the Buddha in Sri Lanka to claim that he was born, lived, and attained enlightenment on the island—rather than... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/05/26)

බදු එකතු කිරීමෙන් ධනය නිර්මාණයට — ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට නව ආර්ථික දැක්මක්
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 සහ වගා කර්මාන්ත වැනි යටිතල පහසුකම්ද ගොඩනැගූ බවයි. අද ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට අවශ්‍ය වන්නේ බදු මත පදනම් වූ ආර්ථිකයකින් ආයෝජන මත පදනම් වූ ආර්ථිකයකට මාරුවීමයි. විදේශ ආයෝජන අත්‍යවශ්‍යයි
Export Development Board සහ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/05/26)

From Tax Collection to Wealth Creation: A New Economic Vision for Sri Lanka
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 dependence on taxation places a growing burden on ordinary citizens and businesses already struggling with inflation and slow growth. In many ways, people feel this resembles the colonial-era “body tax” systems imposed by the British Empire — extracting revenue... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/05/26)

Dharmayudayya    ධර්මයුද්ධය  Sinhala film looks like an indian film imitation
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 — almost a “scene-by-scene” adaptation — which is why some say it feels more like an imitation than a localized remake. Even the background score was partly reused from the Indian version.   There were also... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/05/26)

Sri Lanka Turns to Russian and Chinese Fuel to Ease Shortages Amid Iran War
Cyril Barabaltchouk Courtesy United 24
Sri Lankan workers walks past 76 million dollar oil tank farm at the southern deep sea port of Hambantota. (Source: Getty Images) Sri Lanka is negotiating to purchase crude and refined fuels from Russia and China, according to the country’s Energy Minister Anura Karunathilake, cited by Reuters on May 25. Reuters wrote that the import-dependent nation seeks to address fuel shortages linked to the global energy crisis. We bring you stories from the ground. Your support keeps our team in the field. DONATE NOW The country, which relies entirely on imported fuel, has been affected by energy market disruptions stemming... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/05/26)

Wimal Weerawansa granted bail
Courtesy Hiru News
Kaduwela Magistrate Aruna Indrajith Buddhadasa has ordered the release of National Freedom Front leader and former minister Wimal Weerawansa on two surety bails of Rs. 500,000 each after he was arrested and produced before the Court this morning (25) by Thalangama Police over an alleged incident of obstructing a Ranaviru commemoration rehearsal event. The further inquiry into the case has been scheduled to be taken up again on August 25. According to the Police, the former minister, along with a group of others, had gone to the location during a rehearsal... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/05/26)

Central Bank unofficially caps dollar rate to curb rupee depreciation, says Rajith Keerthi Thennakoon
Hiru  News
Sri Lanka Human Rights Centre Executive Director Rajith Keerthi Thennakoon states that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has intervened to control the rapid rise in the value of the US dollar within the domestic foreign exchange market by taking steps to impose an unofficial capped price for the dollar. Issuing a statement, he claims that to prevent the continuous depreciation of the rupee, the Central Bank Governor has summoned chiefs of commercial banks and owners of authorised money exchange entities to hold two rounds of informal discussions. The... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/05/26)

පුළුල් ඒකාබද්ධ මුදල් සැපයුම (සල්ලි අච්චු ගැසීම) රු. ට්‍රිලියන 2.1 පනී
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ/ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය
සංසරණයේ පැවති ව්‍යවහාර මුදල් මාස 17 ට රු. මිලියන 303,956 ක් වැඩි වෙලා
IMF නොතකා ‍මහ බැංකුවෙන් ඩොලරයට නිල නොවන උපරිම මිලක් (capped price) ඒකාබද්ධ පුළුල් මුදල් සැපයුම වැඩි කරමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව වානිජ්‍ය බැංකුවලින් ඩොලර් මිලදී ගැනීම සිදු කරනු ලබන නමුත්, සංචිත ඉහල නංවා ගැනීමට හෝ ණය බර අඩු කරගැනීමට රජයට නොහැකි වීම ආර්ථික අර්බුදයක් ලෙස එළිදකිමින් ඇතැයි රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන්  පවසයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කළ පුවත්පත් නිවේදන‍යේ දැක්වෙන්නේ, 2025 ජනවාරි මස රු. බිලියන 14,439.1 ක් වූ ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/05/26)

Re: Sri Lankan-Canadian Community Divisive Tamil Genocide Memorial Monument in Brampton, Ontario.  This hate symbol has to be dismantled to restore the Truth and Dignity of my Sri Lankan-Sinhalese-Canadians.
Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr) 2066 Kings Grove Crescent . Ottawa, Ontario . K1J 6G1
24 May 2026 The Right Honourable  Mark Carney, PC  OC  MPPrime Minister of CanadaOffice of the Prime Minister80 Wellington StreetOttawa, OntarioK1A OA2 BY LETTER IMPORTANT & URGENT Dear Prime Minister Mark Carney: Re: Sri Lankan-Canadian Community Divisive Tamil Genocide Memorial Monument in Brampton, Ontario.  This hate symbol has to be dismantled to restore the Truth and Dignity of my Sri Lankan-Sinhalese-Canadians. Permit me to introduce myself.   I am Asoka Weerasinghe, a Sri Lankan Sinhalese-Buddhist-Canadian.   I landed... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/05/26)

විප්ලවයෙන් පසු පාලනය කිරීම - රුසියානු විප්ලවයෙන් ලැබෙන පාඩම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සඳහා සිතා බැලීම්
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 ද ඒ සමාන තත්ත්වයක් සිහිපත් කරයි. Vladimir Leninගේ නායකත්වයෙන් “White Russians” ලෙස හැඳින්වූ විප්ලව විරෝධී බලවේග පරාජය කළ පසු බොල්ශෙවික්වරුන් ජයග්‍රහණය කළත් රට සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම ක්ලාන්ත වී තිබුණි. ආර්ථිකය කඩා වැටී තිබුණි. කර්මාන්ත අක්‍රීය වී තිබුණි. කෘෂිකර්මය විනාශ වී තිබුණි. දුර්භික්ෂය රට... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/05/26)

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  • THE ANCESTRY OF RAVANA A close study of the Ramayana, particularly the last book or Uttara Kanda, reveals that Ravana, the enemy of Lord Rama, was not a Dravidian, as many people have thought, but related to the Sri Lanka, who are considered to be Aryans-that Ravana was a migrant to Sri Lanka from the Vedic family of the Yadus, perhaps deriving originally from the city of Mathura south of Delhi. The first wave of migrants to Sri Lanka from the north was from Gujarat and of the Yadu family, which dominated the southwest of India and from the region of Gujarat had access to the sea on which they travelled far in their trading and colonizing ventures. The Ramayana tells the Ravana, the king of Sri Lanka, had close connections with region of the Yadus, which included Gujarat, parts of Maharashtra and Rajasthan up to Mathura south of Delhi.
  • Beginning and growth of civilization in Sri Lanka
    123,000 BC - Oldest human found in Lanka - Pathirajawela in the deep South.
    12000 BC - MaduruOya findings World's oldest findings of the use of Steel, Copper, and irrigation technology
    7500 BC - Connections between Cambians, Sri Lankans, Ramayanaya & Mahabharataya The first wave of migrants to Sri Lanka from north India, were from the Yadu family from Gujarat. Yadus dominated the southwest of India (which included Gujarat, parts of Maharashtra and Rajasthan up to Mathura, just south of Delhi).
    6000 BC - Lankan city on Mahamevuna Uyana - Archeologists uncovered 35 feet under the present Mahamevuna Uyana in Anuradapura,
    3000 BC - Sigiriya is considered the AlakaMandava of the Ravana
    2517 Ramayanaya and Sri Lanka According to Ramayana story, Ravana, the king of Sri Lanka, belongs to a family of migrants from North India who had close connections with region of the Yadus,
    2517 BC - Ravana gets killed in Balangoda during March, 2517BC Ravana, while attending to the wounds suffered in combat by Vibishana (his brother) in Balangoda,
    1000 BC - Sri Lanka has the latest technology : Iron technology is evident in SL
    900 BC - Anuradapura, a major town of, at least 10 Hectares (25 Acres). Anuradhapura was at least 10 ha in extent by ca. 900 BC (perhaps much more). By then prehistoric stone tool technology had been completely superseded by that of iron
    700 BC - Anuradapura Town, 50 Hectares (125 Acres) .
    600 BC - Earliest Proof of Brahmi writing in Lanka At 600-500 BC, the very first appearance of writing (in Brahmi letters almost identical to the Asokan script 200 years later) marked the beginning of the Early Historic period. This writing, radiocarbon dated on charcoal and checked by thermoluminescence dating, is inscribed on potsherds signifying the ownership. Among the names, was Anuradha.
    483 BC - Vijaya lands in Sri Lanka. Girihadu Seya is built in Thiriyaya. Buddha's relics are enshrined in Mahiyanganaya Dagaba Sarabu Maharahatan Vahanse picked Budda relics from the burning cortege and arrived in Mahiyanganaya
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