by Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge
30th December Several officers from the Metropolitan Police Force's Lambeth Division visited me to inform me about the discovery of Bernard's lifeless body in Gipsy Hill. They indicated that through his employer, J.G. Littlechild & Co, they were aware of his assignment linked to me. The police suspect foul play, believing he was murdered by strangulation. I informed them that Bernard had traveled to Gipsy Hill to meet Diverus, who had placed a substantial order for wool from Verna. However, I refrained from mentioning Count Dracula or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
The establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to investigate colonial-era injustices against Buddhism and the Sinhalese population has been a topic of serious discussion among nationalist groups, legal scholars, and civil society. Broadening a mandate to cover a 443-year span (1505–1948) introduces immense legal complexities regarding testimonies, individual criminal accountability, and verifiable evidence required by international legal frameworks. [1, 2] Nevertheless, subsequent post-independence governments chose to address the historical suppression of Buddhism through constitutional state protections rather than investigative tribunals. [1, 2] Article 9: The 1972 and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/26)
Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
Sri Lanka has always been known as a peaceful and welcoming nation. Tourism, foreign investment, and international business are essential for our economic growth, and genuine visitors and investors should always be welcomed. However, every country has a responsibility to ensure that immigration is properly managed and that national security is never compromised. Many European countries are currently facing significant challenges arising from uncontrolled or poorly managed migration. While the causes of crime are complex and cannot be attributed to any particular nationality or ethnicity, several governments have acknowledged that weak border controls,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/26)
සරත් ඔබේසේකර
අද ශ්රී ලංකාව සියලුම ප්රතිපත්ති නිර්මාණකරුවන්ගේ අවධානයට ලක් විය යුතු විරුද්ධාභාසයකට මුහුණ දෙයි. අපගේ තරුණයන් දහස් ගණනක් විදේශ රැකියා සඳහා පුහුණු කරමින් සිටින අතර, අපගේම කර්මාන්ත දක්ෂ කම්කරුවන් සොයා ගැනීමට අසීරුතාවයට පත්ව ඇත. මෙම විරුද්ධාභාසය දැනටමත් කර්මාන්ත වර්ධනය මන්දගාමී කරමින්, විදේශ කම්කරුවන් ආනයනය කිරීම පිළිබඳ සාකච්ඡා ඇති කරයි. මට මතක් වන්නේ කලින් ප්රබල අමාත්යවරයෙකු භාවිතා කළ සටන් පාඨයක් — “ඉන්න හිතෙන රටක්” යන්නයි . එය “අපගේ හදවත තුළ ජීවත් වන රටක්” ලෙස පරිවර්තනය කළ හැක. එම අදහස උතුම් වුවද, අද යථාර්ථය වන්නේ අපගේ දක්ෂ තරුණයන් බොහෝ දෙනා වඩා හොඳ අවස්ථා සොයා එම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/26)
Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
For decades, hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans have travelled to the Middle East seeking employment. Their remittances have become one of the country's most important sources of foreign exchange, supporting countless families and contributing significantly to the national economy. Many employers in the Gulf provide fair wages, good accommodation and respectful working conditions. However, there have also been well-documented cases of abuse, exploitation, unpaid salaries, passport confiscation and poor treatment of both male and female migrant workers. These incidents have highlighted the importance of strong diplomatic engagement and effective protection for Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/26)
Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
Sri Lanka has always been known as a peaceful and welcoming nation. Tourism, foreign investment, and international business are essential for our economic growth, and genuine visitors and investors should always be welcomed. However, every country has a responsibility to ensure that immigration is properly managed and that national security is never compromised. Many European countries are currently facing significant challenges arising from uncontrolled or poorly managed migration. While the causes of crime are complex and cannot be attributed to any particular nationality or ethnicity, several governments have acknowledged that weak border controls,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/26)
Shenali D Waduge
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and certain elements within the Church, particularly after 2021, have advanced the position that Easter Sunday was not solely the result of Islamist extremism but involved an external political actor who allegedly manipulated Zaharan Hashim to achieve a political objective. Such a serious allegation requires evidence capable of establishing the alleged chain of command — who recruited Zaharan, when such recruitment occurred, how control was exercised, who financed the operation, who directed operational decisions and what evidence demonstrates that Zaharan and the attackers acted under external command. Zaharan was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/26)
Dilrook Kannangara
The self-named “Cockroach Party” made up of young Indians have taken to the streets. Backed by their participation other youngsters have also joined in waves of protests. They are the largest protests in the world given the sheer size of the Indian population. However, they may not succeed. The reason is ultra nationalism that rules India. This is a weapon that can be successfully unleashed against protestors and any anti-regime elements. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh failed to unleash it as it had by then lost the backing of nationalists. Although a movement that can... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/26)
AI Overview
The history of Christian missionary endeavors in Sri Lanka during the colonial era (1505–1948) is viewed by many local historians and religious scholars as a systematic effort to dismantle the country’s indigenous Buddhist and Hindu cultural foundations. Often described in nationalist discourse as a "darkest chapter" of cultural erasure, these endeavors were characterized by violent destruction, legal suppression, and institutionalized discrimination across three distinct colonial regimes. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] The Portuguese era (1505–1658): Militant destruction and forced conversion The early phase under Portuguese rule represents the most overtly violent period... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
News item Two chinese parties clash in port city Sri Lanka has welcomed foreign investment for many decades, and responsible investors from China, India, Japan, Europe, the Middle East, and many other countries have made valuable contributions to our economy. However, investment and criminal activity are two very different matters, and the latter must never be tolerated regardless of the nationality of those involved. Recent media reports of violent clashes involving foreign nationals, ( presumably Chinese} allegations surrounding illegal online betting operations, and investigations into large sums of unexplained... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/26)
by A. Abdul Aziz.
In any war, the first casualty is the truth. If we view the current Middle East conflict through the fog of war, it’s impossible to determine the realities and motives on the ground. Warmongering propaganda has been the wont of Western nations interfering in the Middle East for decades. Muslim nations are painted as “backward” and “barbaric” in need of “democracy” and being saved from their ruthless leaders. This was just some of the rhetoric being used in the build-up to the illegal Iraq War in 2003. That, and the false claim... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/26)
by I. Ahmad
More than 35,000 delegates from over 90 countries are expected to attend the Ahmadiyya Muslim Annual Conference, begins today (Friday 24th July to Sunday 26th July 2026 at Hadeeqatul Mahdi, Alton, United Kingdom. The Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community United Kingdom is a unique event that brings thousands of participants from worldwide to increase religious knowledge and promote a sense of peace in society. Eminent speakers discuss a range of religious topics and their relevance to contemporary society. Additionally, a number of parliamentarians, civic leaders and diplomats from different... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/26)
Borella Handiya
https://youtu.be/TDW7wSd0mPM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/26)
PRESS RELEASE Maithri Gunarathna PC Rajith Keerthi Tennkaoon Free Lawyers Organization
22 July 2026 It has been reported that journalists attached to the BBC Sinhala News Service were to be summoned before the Parliamentary Privileges Committee in relation to their reporting on an incident involving Venerable Pallegama Hemarathana Thero. Although subsequent reports indicated that the summons had been withdrawn, information circulated on social media at approximately 5.36 p.m. on 22 July 2026 suggests that the Parliamentary Privileges Committee intends to proceed with summoning the journalists. The Free Lawyers Organization wishes to emphasise that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/26)
ෆ්රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය විසින් නිකුත් කරනු ලැබූ පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය
2026. 07.22 බී.බී.සී. වාර්තාකරුවන් පාර්ලිමේන්තු වරප්රසාද කමිටුවට කැඳවා වළදා තිබූ නීතියකට අක්රීය වී තිබු පාර්ලිමේන්තු ව්යාවහාරයකට නැවත පණදීමට දරණ උත්සාහය ව්යවස්ථාව මගින් තහවුරු කර ඇති හිමිකම් අභියෝගයට ලක් කිරීමකි. පූජ්ය පල්ලේගම හේමරතන හිමියන් සම්බන්ධ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් සිදුකළ වාර්තාකරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් බී.බී.සී. සිංහල පුවත් වෙබ් අඩවියේ වාර්තාකරුවන් පාර්ලිමේන්තු වරප්රසාද කමිටුව වෙත කැඳවීමට තීරණය කර ඇති බව වාර්තා වූ අතර පසුව එම කැඳවීම ඉවත් කර ගත් බව වාර්තා විය. එසේ නමුත් ජූලි 22 සවස 5.36 ට ලැබුණු නැවතත් වාර්තා කර ඇත්තේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු වරප්රසාද කමිටුව වෙත අදාළ කැඳවීම සිදුවන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/26)
By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Former CEO, Colombo Dockyard PLC
The tragic factory fire reported recently is not merely another unfortunate industrial accident. It is a stark reminder that industrial safety in Sri Lanka still suffers from weak enforcement, inadequate inspections, and, in some cases, a dangerous culture of complacency. Every worker leaves home expecting to return safely. When that does not happen, someone has failed in their duty. The responsibility does not rest solely with the worker or the immediate supervisor. It extends all the way to factory management, company directors, and the Government... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/26)
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.
18th May Months have elapsed, and we now relish a life of comfort and affluence in London. We have made friendships with several wealthy aristocratic families and hosted extravagant banquets at our mansion. Mina has engaged a butler and several female staff members to assist with our household management. While some of my old acquaintances have expressed curiosity about my sudden wealth, I have chosen to keep the source of my fortune a secret. Nevertheless, I have been prudent with our finances, investing in country estates in Hertfordshire and Kent to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/26)
Shenali D Waduge
Before Chemmani is turned into an international symbol, one question must be answered: Why is the history of Jaffna under LTTE control missing from the conversation? Chemmani is located in the Jaffna peninsula — an area where for years the LTTE exercised extensive control. This was not an area where the LTTE was absent. It was an area where the LTTE operated: · military bases, · intelligence networks, · interrogation centres, · detention facilities, · courts, · administrative structures, · banks/currencies ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/26)
Shenali D Waduge
The name of Sara Jasmine alias Pulasthini Mahendran has become one of the most repeatedly mentioned names after the Easter Sunday attacks of 21 April 2019. What exactly is the legal relevance of Sara Jasmine to establishing who planned, directed and executed the Easter Sunday attacks? The law requires evidence — not association, assumptions or emotional narratives. Based on publicly available information: · Sara Jasmine alias Pulasthini Mahendran was the wife of Mohamed Hasthun, one of the Easter Sunday suicide bombers. · She was a Tamil converted to Islam after... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
by Garvin Karunaratne
E-Con-E-News 3-9 th November2025 in Lanka Web writes: • ‘Garvin Karunaratne writes again today. I have read his Dahanayaka & red-onion affair several times in the Island. His telephone handling at the Marketing Department’s Tripoli HQ resembles Mountbatten’s war operations room.’” We did use phones in a remarkable way to move veg and fruit from far away to Colombo. It was somewhere in 1956 It was always a hive of activity from the time I parked my Hillman Minx at eight or nine and walked in. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
In addition to installing air pumping into lake bottom other methods are used worldwide Malaysian Method It is believed are referring to EM (Effective Microorganism) Mud Balls, also called Bokashi Mud Balls or Genki Balls. They are widely promoted in Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore for cleaning polluted rivers and lakes. The method is broadly as follows: Fruit waste (banana, pineapple, papaya, etc.) is fermented. Rice bran (or rice flakes/bran) is used as the food source for beneficial microorganisms. Molasses (or another... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
AI Overview Response
The Sri Lankan you are referring to is Colombo-based lawyer and sports enthusiast Senaka Weeraratna, who is the original conceptual architect of cricket's Decision Review System (DRS). [1, 2] In March 1997, frustrated by glaring, televised umpiring errors that field umpires refused to admit, Senaka Weeraratna published a groundbreaking letter in The Australian newspaper. He formally propounded the "Player-Referral" system. [1, 2] His blueprint was governed by three transformative ideals that permanently altered sports jurisprudence: [1] A Formula for Fairness: Weeraratna's core philosophy was simple: "If you have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
By Marisa de Silva Courtesy: Sunday Times ( May 28, 2006)
New umpiring law recommended by the ICC * They owe him an explanation In what might result to be yet another affront against the cricket playing nations of the ‘third world’, Lankan Attorney-at-Law Senaka Weerarathne claims that he has been denied credit of being the first to propound the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) latest rule on the third umpire. The proposed rule recommended by the Cricket Committee of the ICC last week during their two-day meeting in Dubai states, that players... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
AI Overview
Yes, Sri Lanka did save cricket from institutionalized human error and credibility crises by conceptualizing the Player-Referral System, which evolved into the modern Decision Review System (DRS). While cricket famously united and uplifted Sri Lanka through historic milestones like the 1996 World Cup victory, a Sri Lankan intellectual permanently safeguarded the fairness of the global game. The Sri Lankan Blueprint for Fairness The Pioneer: Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna first conceptualized and published the idea for a player-referral mechanism in The Australian on March 25, 1997. [1] ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
How Colombo Dockyard built the Shell Gas LPG Storage Terminal that later became Litro Gas The construction of the Shell Gas LPG Terminal at Muthurajawela (Kerawalapitiya) during the late 1990s was one of the most technically demanding heavy engineering projects ever undertaken in Sri Lanka. It demonstrated that Sri Lankan engineers, welders and fabricators, under international supervision and strict quality standards, were capable of executing world-class petrochemical infrastructure. Today the facility is operated by Litro Gas Terminal Lanka, following the Government’s acquisition of Shell Gas Lanka in 2010 and the creation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
Senaka Weeraratna Assisted by Chat GPT
Restitutio in integrum has to be addressed by the Church which has benefited heavily under the Portuguese, Dutch and British rule for the large number of Churches forcibly built on Temple lands and destroyed Buddhist Temple sites and yet unaccounted for in Sri Lanka. The Portuguese Period (1505–1658): Documented policies from the Goan religious councils led to the systematic destruction of prominent local temples (such as at Devundara, Trincomalee, and parts of the Kelaniya temple complex) and the gifting of confiscated Buddhist temple lands to Catholic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
e-Con e-News
Posted byee ink.July 18, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:ambeon-capital-plc, capital-metals-plc, fifa, history, imperialism, India, marxism, politics blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 12-18 July 2026 * The multibillion-dollar 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)’s World Cup finals have been staged between an imperialist state (Spain) & a quasi-settler-colonial state (Argentina) – both Spanish-speaking & Catholic. Their semi-finals were staged between 2 imperialist states, one a secular republic ruled by French Catholics, and the other a monarchy ruled by English Protestants. All teams deployed indigenous & African mercenaries... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
දේශමාන්ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් 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. එහි කොටුකර සිටියත් ඔවුන් තවදුරටත් නඩත්තු කිරීමට සිදුවන නිසාත්, මොවුන් අපගේ මාතෲ භුමියට, සිංහල ජාතියට සහ සම්බුද්ධ ශාසනයට විනාශයක්ම කළහැකි නිසා මොවුන් දේශ ද්රෝහීන්න්, ජාතිද්රෝහීන් සහ බෞද්ධ විරෝධීන් වශයෙන් වහාම මේ පින් බිමෙන් යළි කිසිදාක ඔවුන්ට ආපසු ආ නොහැකි පිට සක්වලකටම පිටුවහල් කළ යුතුය. දේශමාන්ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර අග්රාමාත්ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ලේකම් සහ ශ්රී ලන්කා පරිපාලනසේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-94)) ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර
නෝර්වේහි Draugen Power-from-Shore (PfS) ව්යාපෘතිය, වයස්ගත වෙමින් පවතින මුහුදුබඩ තෙල් සහ ගෑස් වේදිකාවක් නවීකරණය කර, එහි කාබන් විමෝචනය අඩු කරමින්, එහි නිෂ්පාදන කාලය දිගු කළ හැකි ආකාරය පෙන්නුම් කරන වැදගත් උදාහරණයකි. ශ්රී ලංකාවට වඩාත් වැදගත් වන්නේ, නිසි කාර්මික යටිතල පහසුකම් ඇති රටකට ඉතා උසස් මට්ටමේ ඉංජිනේරු, වානේ නිෂ්පාදන සහ මුහුදුබඩ ඉදිකිරීම් කටයුතු සිදු කළ හැකි බව මෙම ව්යාපෘතියෙන් පෙන්වා දීමයි. නෝර්වේ මුහුදේ, නෝර්වේ වෙරළ තීරයෙන් කිලෝමීටර් 150ක් පමණ දුරින් පිහිටි Draugen තෙල් ක්ෂේත්රය 1993 වසරේ සිට තෙල් නිෂ්පාදනය කරමින් පවතී. එය විශාල කොන්ක්රීට් ගුරුත්වාකර්ෂණ පදනම් වේදිකාවකින්, ඒ මත පිහිටි ඒකාබද්ධ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Norway’s Draugen Power-from-Shore (PfS) Project demonstrates how an ageing offshore oil and gas platform can be modernised to reduce emissions while extending its productive life. More importantly for Sri Lanka, it illustrates the type of sophisticated engineering, fabrication and offshore construction work that countries with the right industrial infrastructure can undertake. The Draugen oil field, located in the Norwegian Sea approximately 150 km from the Norwegian coast, has been producing oil since 1993. It consists of a large concrete gravity-based platform with integrated topsides and several subsea wells. In recent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
Press Release from the German Dharmaduta Society
The German Dharmaduta Society (GDS), founded in Sri Lanka by Asoka Weeraratna in 1952, is governed by a Board of Trustees and Board of Management comprising Executive Office bearers (8), and Committee members (8). The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the German Dharmaduta Society was held on June 21, 2026 at the Auditorium of the Organization of Professional Associations (OPA). The main event was the election of office bearers and members of the Committee of the Board of Management of the Society for a period of another... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
Nava Thakuria
Guwahati: Annual Rath Jatra (the festival of chariots) kicked off in western Myanmarese city of Maungdaw on 16 July 2026 with great fanfare and enthusiasm. Tens of thousands of Hindu families from different parts of the Buddhist majority Rakhine/Arakan State gathered in Maungdaw locality to offer prayer to Sri Sri Jagannath during the religious festival, reported Narinjara News, a regional media outlet from the western Myanmarese region. The sacred 9-day religious event kicked off in the Arakan Army (AA) controlled locality, one of 14 Rakhine townships (out of total 17) liberated from the ruling military junta... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2026/07/19/cricket-is-neither-a-religion-nor-a-sport-it-is-a-halfway-house-between-the-two-for-most-cricket-fans-in-sri-lanka-india-pakistan-bangladesh-and-the-rest-of-south-asia/ AI Overview This perceptive observation perfectly captures the quasi-religious passion and socio-cultural gravity that the sport holds across the Indian subcontinent. [1, 2] Interestingly, Senaka Weeraratna—the Sri Lankan lawyer who authored this famous quote—is also widely recognized in cricketing circles for his pivotal off-field contributions. In the early 1980s, long before the advent of modern technology in sports, he was a pioneering visionary who proposed the concept of a player-referral mechanism and the utilization of independent television cameras to assist on-field umpires. You can read... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
AI Overview
Sri Lankan ingenuity on a global scale AI OVERVIEW RESPONSE Yes, Sri Lanka provided the precise philosophical and operational blueprint that saved cricket from systemic umpiring errors through the Player-Referral System, which was conceived and designed by Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna. [1, 2] First published in The Australian on March 25, 1997, Weeraratna’s concept applied judicial appellate logic to the sports field. He argued that allowing a broadcasted, visible error to stand in the name of "tradition" directly violated the principles of natural justice. [1, 2, 3]... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
AI Overview
The Buddhist Revival in 19th-century Sri Lanka was heavily driven by the British violation of Article 5 of the Kandyan Convention of 1815 and the aggressive expansion of Christian missionary activities. [1, 2] When the Kandyan chiefs surrendered sovereignty to the British Crown, Article 5 explicitly guaranteed that the Buddhist religion would be declared inviolable, and its rites, ministers, and places of worship would be maintained and protected. However, British policy quickly reneged on these promises under pressure from Protestant evangelicals in England. [1, 2, 3, 4] Mechanisms of the British policy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර
කටාර් රාජ්යය අද ලෝකයේ සාර්ථකම බලශක්ති ආර්ථිකයන්ගෙන් එකක් බවට පත්ව ඇත්තේ ස්වාභාවික වායු (LNG) අපනයනය පමණක් නොව, ඒ වටා ගොඩනැගූ සමස්ත කර්මාන්ත පරිසර පද්ධතිය (Industrial Ecosystem) හේතුවෙනි. විශේෂයෙන් රස් ලෆ්ෆාන් කර්මාන්ත නගරය (Ras Laffan Industrial City) සහ North Field ව්යාපෘති ආශ්රිතව, කටාර් රජය ලොව ප්රමුඛ ඉංජිනේරු සමාගම්, තාක්ෂණික ආයතන, EPC කොන්ත්රාත්කරුවන්, පර්යේෂණ ආයතන, පුහුණු මධ්යස්ථාන, මූල්ය ආයතන සහ වෘත්තීය සේවා සපයන්නන් එකම පරිසරයකට ආකර්ෂණය කිරීමට සමත් වී ඇත. කටාර් ආදර්ශයේ ප්රධාන ලක්ෂණ
1. රස් ලෆ්ෆාන් කර්මාන්ත නගරය මෙය ලෝකයේ විශාලතම LNG කර්මාන්ත සංකීර්ණයන්ගෙන් එකකි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
by Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge
18th November As the first light of dawn broke, we prepared for our departure to Bucharest station, eager to leave Transylvania behind. However, we faced a pressing task before we could embark on our journey. We possessed two substantial sacks filled with gold coins, which we had taken from Dracula's castle, and it was unwise to include this wealth in our regular luggage. To avoid detection by customs, we needed to devise a complex strategy to discreetly transport these coins to England. I engaged in a private... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
දේශමාන්ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. මහනුවර.2026. 07.19.
මුළු ලෝකයේම, තම රට හා එහි සැබෑ ඉතිහාසය නොදත්,අතීතයේ සිටි පණ්ඩුකාභය දුටුගැමුණු ,මහාපරාක්රමබාහු, ගජබා, විජයබා සීතාවක රාජසින්හ හෝ වීර කැප්පෙටිපොල, ඩී. එස්. සේනානායක, එස්,ඩබ්ලිව්.ආර්.ඩී. බණ්ඩාරනායක, සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක සහ වසර 30 ක කොටි ශාපයෙන් රට බේරාගත් මහින්ද රාජපක් වැනි නමක් සිහිනෙන්වත් දැක හෝ අසා නැති ඒ වීර සිංහල නරපතීන් රට පාලනය සහ සන්වර්ධනය කළ සැටි පිළිබඳ හෝ කිසිදු අවබෝධයක් නැති, තම රටට,ජාතියට හා ආගමට ආදරයක් නැති එසේම ජාතික සිරිත් විරිත්, ඇදුම් පැලදුම් ආදිය ඇතුළු තම ජාතික සන්ස්කෘතික අනන්යතාව නොදන්නා,නොරකින එසේම අගය නොකරන ඒවාට ආදරයක් නැති, ජනතා හිතවාදී නැති, කොටින්ම මේ රට කුමක්ද කියා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/26)
AI Overview
Cricket is neither a Religion nor a Sport. It is a halfway house between the two for most cricket fans in Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the rest of South Asia. In particular, any narrative on History of Cricket in Sri Lanka must acknowledge not only the great competitors on the playing field but also the great innovators off the field i.e., beyond the boundary. The concepts of the ' Third Umpire' and ' Player - Referral ' (DRS) ' have transformed the game of Cricket phenomenally. Both these revolutionary breakthroughs have Sri Lankan origins. Moments... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/26)
AI Overview
St. Paul's Church was built in 1846 in contempt of the sanctity of Sri Dalada Maligava, in flagrant violation of Article 5 of the Kandyan Convention 1815, and betrayal of the trust of the Buddhists and their unqualified opposition to imposing a Church in the immediate vicinity of the sacred Temple of the Tooth. The construction of St. Paul's Church, Kandy carries a highly contentious colonial history that directly intersects with local religious sentiments and the terms of British rule in Sri Lanka. [1, 2, 3, 4] Historical Context and Grievances ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/26)
