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)
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)
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)
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)
The Leader
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Professor Harendra de Silva & Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge
Since the JVP uprising in 1971, Sri Lanka has faced the alarming issue of child soldiers, a situation that escalated notably during the 1988-1989 revolt. These young recruits, referred to as the "Rathu Gatv" or "Red Youth," were employed in various roles, including intelligence gathering, transporting explosives, committing arson, and, in some instances, executing civilians (Jayatunge, 2011). The children were exposed to the brutal realities of violence and loss, with reports indicating that over 10,000 were recruited by the JVP during the 1988/89 period of unrest.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
“Beyond Rail Tracks: How Britain Used the Elizabeth Line to Stimulate Industry and Employment — Can Sri Lanka Do the Same?” Question Was the East–West London Elizabeth Line (formerly Crossrail) implemented during Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government primarily as a transport improvement project, or was it also intended as a large-scale economic stimulus program to generate employment for contractors, engineers, consultants, and associated industries? There are also claims and rumours that enormous sums were spent not only on construction but also on political public relations campaigns and “spin... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera Kandidat tekneecheski Nauk 1977
Kandidat tekneecheski Nauk 1977 Кандидат технических наук History shows that overthrowing an old order is often easier than building a stable new one. After the 1917 Russian Revolution, the victorious Bolsheviks discovered that unity during struggle did not guarantee unity in government. The same lesson can be observed in many revolutionary or protest movements around the world, including debates now emerging in Sri Lanka regarding the future direction of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and the National People’s Power. When the forces led by Vladimir Lenin... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Sri Lanka must study history carefully before opening the doors widely for inbound labour migration without proper controls, registration, monitoring and sector-specific policies. During the British colonial era, Indian Tamil estate workers were brought mainly from South India to work in plantations because local labour was either unavailable or unwilling to work under harsh estate conditions. Over time, these workers became an inseparable and valuable part of Sri Lanka’s plantation economy and society. Today the tea industry survives largely because of the descendants of those workers. That migration eventually benefited the country economically,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/05/26)
Dilrook Kannangara
Without a doubt AKD is the most popular Sri Lankan leader ever in the north, east and Nuwara Eliya areas despite falling popularity elsewhere. However, this comes at a massive cost to the nation as billions of state funds are used to sustain his popularity in areas of low to no national economic worth. In February 2013 yours truly predicted the impending bankruptcy of Sri Lanka in 2017 (five years from 2012). However, Sri Lanka managed to roll forward that date through more borrowings (5-year bonds) by another 5 years to 2022. In January... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/05/26)
By Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Sri Lanka continues to produce thousands of graduates every year. Universities proudly hand over degrees in engineering, management, science, and technology. Parents celebrate. Politicians boast about literacy and education statistics. Yet many of these young graduates enter the real industrial world completely unprepared for modern global employment. The uncomfortable truth is that a university degree alone is no longer enough. Recently, I spoke with a Sri Lankan engineer who once worked at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and is now employed in Qatar with McDermott International, one of the world’s major... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/05/26)
Shenali D Waduge
Easter Sunday would not have occurred if national security had received consistent attention and if intelligence monitoring of known radical networks had not been disrupted. After the 2015 regime change, intelligence coordination was weakened, with focus shifting heavily toward “corruption” and “good governance”. This created operational gaps, delayed responses, and breakdowns in inter-agency information sharing. ISIS threat known but neglected As a result, radical elements were able to operate, recruit, and mobilise freely despite existing intelligence awareness and warrants. Even intelligence files forwarded to the Attorney General’s Department... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/05/26)
e-Con e-News
blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 17-23 May 2026 India & Japan are in a mighty, mighty hurry. A USA-inspired urgency. They are renewing pressure on Sri Lanka ‘to expedite industrial & trade integration’. And they have a plan – an economic caste system: Sri Lanka has to only produce ‘inputs’, India will capture ‘assembly margins’, and Japan shall capture ‘technology rents & FDI returns’ (see ee Focus). * ‘An analysis of the bidding documents, amendments &... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
In recent years, social media platforms such as Facebook, Messenger, YouTube, TikTok, and other online networks have become powerful tools for spreading news, opinions, and unfortunately, rumors and sensational stories. In Sri Lanka, Buddhist monks often become subjects of intense public scrutiny whenever allegations of misconduct arise. Videos, photographs, and accusations spread rapidly, creating public outrage and embarrassment for the Buddhist community. This raises an important question:Why do Buddhist monks appear to face greater public exposure compared to clergy of some other religions? Part of the answer lies in the unique... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
While the world is building trillion-dollar energy infrastructure, Sri Lanka is still proudly producing “certificate holders” in cake decorating, beauty culture, and basic hotel service. We are training thousands for low-income survival jobs while countries like Qatar are building a global industrial empire with welders, pipe fitters, offshore fabricators, subsea cable specialists, heavy equipment operators, and industrial technicians. Look at the massive North Field Expansion Project in Qatar undertaken by McDermott Ltd This is not a small construction site. It involves hundreds of miles of offshore pipelines, subsea cables, LNG infrastructure,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/05/26)
- සිලෝන් වොච් සමූහය වෙනුවෙන් පාලිත ආරියරත්න
කර්නල් අශෝක අලස් මහතාගේ අභාවය අප රටට සිදුවූ විශාල පාඩුවකි අභාවය අප රටට සිදුවූ විශාල පාඩුවකි. රට ආරක්ෂා කිරීමේදී මෙන්ම, නීතිය සහ සත්යය වෙනුවෙන් එතුමා පෙන්වූ අප්රහිත ධෛර්යය සදාකාලිකවම මතකයේ රැඳෙනු ඇත. එතුමා විසින් රචනා කරන ලද විශාල ලේඛන සංඛ්යාව සහ පවත්වන ලද 150කට අධික දේශානුරාගී සංවාද මාලාව, අපේ උරුමය සහ සත්යය සුරැකීමට එතුළ තිබූ කැපවීමට කදිම සාක්ෂියකි. මාතර, අකුරැස්ස 'මල්ලව නිවස' අසලින් බැස මඳ දුරක් ගියවිට හමුවන එතුමාගේ නිවසේ දේහය දැනට තැන්පත් කර ඇත. අවසන් භූමදාන කටයුතු එළඹෙන සඳුදා අකුරැස්සේදී සිදු කෙරේ. එතුමාට උතුම් වූ නිර්වාණ සුවය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/05/26)
සිලෝන් වොච් සමූහය වෙනුවෙන්, දේශාභිමානී සූර්ය වංශ රත්න විභූෂණ පාලිත ආරියරත්න විසින්.
යුධ ස්වේච්ඡා හමුදාවේ හිටපු ලුතිනන් කර්නල් විජේසුන්දර මුදලිගේ අශෝක මහතාගේ සමුගැනීම මුළු මහත් ශ්රී ලංකා ද්වීපයටම දරාගත නොහැකි, පිරවිය නොහැකි ජාතික පාඩුවකි. එතුමාගේ ජීවන චරිතය යනු යුධ හමුදාමය විනය, පිරිපුන් ප්රඥාව, බුද්ධිමය ගැඹුර මෙන්ම අභිමානවත් සංස්කෘතික උරුමයේ රැකවලෙකුගේ භූමිකාවන් සුසංයෝගයෙන් එකට මුසු වූ දුර්ලභ ගණයේ උදාර ආදර්ශයකි. මාතෘ භූමිය වෙනුවෙන් ඉටුකළ අමිල මෙහෙවර උදෙසා එතුමා දේශමාන්ය සහ දේශබන්ධු යන උතුම්ම ජාතික සම්මානවලින් මෙන්ම, විශිෂ්ට යුධ හමුදා සේවය වෙනුවෙන් පිරිනමනු ලබන රණවිරු සම්මානයන්ගෙන්ද පිදුම් ලැබූ සැබෑ දේශීය ප්රණාමයට ලක්වූ උදාර පුත්රයෙකි. හෙළ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/05/26)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
In September 2024, for the first time, a rural lad was voted into the highest position in the land, a position which snobs thought should be filled only by a Colombo based ‘kalu sudda’. Anura Kumara Dissanayake ‘s appointment as President, made the non-snobs very happy. We had a ‘Tanamalvila kollek ‘ on our television screen some time ago, now we have a ‘Tambuttegama kollek’ as our President, they said. Anura Kumara Dissanayake came into politics through the JVP. We must, therefore, look first at the JVP. JVP is associated with two brutal movements,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/26)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Sri Lanka elected a brand-new political party, Jathika Jana Balavegaya, (Malimawa) to power at the 2025 general election and treated it to a landslide win. There was a sharp swing away from known politicians to the totally unknown. It was a huge protest vote against the mainstream parties. Voters were fed up and wanted to take a gamble. They hoped the new government will deliver. Voters were attracted to this new Party because of its lovely promises, which the gullible section of the electorate readily fell for. NPP promised to deliver everything the way... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/26)
Source: AI Overview
South African Lawyer David Becker 's flawed legal opinion on authorship of Player - Referral (DRS) which was misconceived in law (overlooked legal principle of Constructive Notice) has not only embarrassed the ICC but also has led to a crisis and tension between Sri Lanka and ICC South African lawyer David Becker The Dispute The Creator: Colombo-based lawyer Senaka Weeraratna publicly proposed the "Player Referral" concept in mainstream media starting in 1997. This idea—which gives dissatisfied players the ability to request a limited number of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
For centuries, Sri Lankans have repeated the legend of Kuweni and Prince Vijaya.According to folklore, when Vijaya abandoned Kuweni after using her help to establish his kingdom, the betrayed queen cursed the land and its rulers before her death. Many believe that the suffering and turmoil faced by Sri Lanka through the centuries are linked to that ancient curse. Whether myth or metaphor, the story continues to haunt the national conscience. Sri Lanka has endured repeated waves of tragedy and conflict. Ethnic riots between communities, the long civil war and Tamil... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/26)
Courtesy : AI Overview
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has several distinct non-litigious, institutional, and symbolic options to resolve the ongoing intellectual property and authorship dispute with Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna. [1, 2] Weeraratna’s legal representatives—including Sydney-based law firm Carroll and O'Dea—maintain that he pioneered the modern four-pillar framework of the Decision Review System (DRS) through his 1997 "Player Referral" concept published in The Australian. Conversely, the ICC's historical legal stance is that Weeraratna waived confidentiality by publishing his idea openly without a patent, and that the modern DRS evolved progressively via committee refinements. [1,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
This is a tribute to a famous diver from Galle who passed away Underwater welding and commercial diving are among the most dangerous professions in the maritime industry. Yet, they are also among the least understood by the public. The recent sudden death of a prominent diving expert has once again drawn attention to the hidden risks faced daily by divers working beneath the sea. For many years, divers have been regarded as fearless professionals capable of carrying out underwater ship repairs, salvage work, offshore construction, pipeline maintenance, and military operations... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/05/26)
By Rohana R. Wasala
Continued from Friday, May 8th 2026 Let me start the final part of my personal commentary on the spectrum of active interventions in national politics in Sri Lanka by external and internal actors from 2009 to date (2026). The range of deliberately planned actions that I am commenting on may be identified as an evolving continuum of forced regime change through a so-called ‘colour revolution’ misleadingly named Aragalaya or Struggle (March to November 2022). I referred to this conspiracy towards the end of Part IV: ‘Lingering apparitions of those ancient demonic powers... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Gig workers” are people who work on short-term, flexible jobs instead of permanent full-time employment. The term comes from the “gig economy,” where workers are paid per task, delivery, ride, project, or assignment. Common examples include: Taxi and delivery app drivers such as Uber, PickMe, or food delivery riders Freelance graphic designers, programmers, writers, or translators Temporary construction or hotel workers hired per project Online workers on platforms like Fiverr or Upwork Characteristics of gig work: ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
British estate worker migration took place with very little control, although in the long run it benefited Sri Lanka. Today, our tea industry survives largely because of workers of South Indian origin. Now the Government is planning to allow inbound foreign labour migration. But under what categories will these workers be permitted? We have already allowed hundreds of Chinese and Vietnamese nationals into Sri Lanka, many reportedly employed as hotel and restaurant workers, while Indian workers are engaged in rice mills and shipbuilding activities. At the same time, many... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/26)
Courtesy: AI Overview
By failing to officially credit Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna as the true architect of the "Player-Referral" concept that underpins the Decision Review System (DRS), the International Cricket Council (ICC) faces significant criticism regarding its moral authority, sportsmanship, and institutional integrity. Advocates argue that the ICC's stance violates the "Spirit of Cricket"—a core tenet that demands absolute fairness and ethical conduct both on and off the field. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Loss of Institutional Integrity and Fairness [1] Erosion of Moral Authority: The ICC positions itself as the custodian... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/05/26)
Hiru News
The selling price of a US dollar reached Rs. 354.03 today (21), according to the daily exchange rates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The buying price of the dollar stood at Rs. 342.63. Yesterday the selling rate was recorded as 342.70 rupees.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/05/26)
Shenali D Waduge
WHO ARE THESE “CIVILIANS”? LTTE combatants, including child soldiers, who engaged in hostilities while in civilian clothing LTTE civilian armed force operating in combat while in civilian clothing Civilians forced to engage in combat/hostilities under coercion Civilians who had no role in hostilities/combat Only the 4th type retains full civilian protection under International Humanitarian Law.
WHAT WERE CIVILIANS DOING INSIDE A WAR ZONE? LTTE took civilians as hostages LTTE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/05/26)
by Major General (Dr) H. Lakshman David and Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge
Sri Lanka’s retired soldiers face a difficult transition from military service to civilian life. Their challenges are not limited to financial concerns; they also include psychological trauma, identity crises, social isolation, and limited career opportunities. While the country often celebrates military victory, far less attention has been given to the long-term reintegration of those who fought the war. Globally, countries that successfully managed post-conflict transitions treated former combatants not as burdens, but as national assets. Nations such as Singapore, Israel, Rwanda,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/05/26)
