පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්රී ගුණරත්න නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා
ව්යවස්ථානුකූලව අනුමත කරන ලද විශ්රාම යන වයස වැඩි කිරීමේ යෝජනාවේ තාර්කිකත්වය කුමක් ද? විනිසුරුවන්ගේ පමණක් අනිවාර්ය විශ්රාම වයස දීර්ඝ නොවිය යුතුයි ව්යවස්ථානුකූලව අනුමත කරන ලද විශ්රාම යන වයස වැඩි කිරීමේ යෝජනාවේ තාර්කිකත්වය කුමක්දැයි ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය දැඩිව ප්රශ්න කරයි. ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ සහ අභියාචනාධිකරණයේ සහ අනෙකුත් විනිසුරුවරුන්ට පමණක් විශ්රාම වයස ඉහළ නැංවීම කිසි ලෙසකින් හෝ යහපත් හා ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ව්යවහාරයක් නොවේ. එබැවින් විනිසුරුවන්ගේ අනිවාර්ය විශ්රාම වයස ඉහළ නැංවීම සඳහා ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව සංශෝධනය කිරීමේ යෝජනාව සාකච්ඡාවට බදුන් කිරීමකින් හෝ තොරව ප්රතිකේෂ කිරීමට රජය පියවර ගත යුතු බව ‘ෆ්රී ලෝයර්ස්' සංවිධානය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
මහා සංඝ කතිකාවත යනු බුද්ධ ශාසනයේ චිරස්ථිතිය, භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලාගේ විනය සුරක්ෂිත කිරීම සහ විහාරස්ථාන විධිමත් කිරීම සඳහා අතීත රජදරුවන් සහ මහා සංඝරත්නය එක්ව සම්මත කරගත් පාලන රෙගුලාසි මාලාවයි. [1, 2]... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
Courtesy : AI Overview
The Sri Lankan lawyer who fundamentally rattled the ICC down to its knees in a manner that has never happened before in Cricket history - A classic example of a lone fighter and game changer in a David v Goliath confrontational scenario AI Overview The Sri Lankan lawyer is Senaka Weeraratna, the original conceptual architect behind cricket's revolutionary Decision Review System (DRS). He fundamentally changed the sports world by introducing the "Player Referral" concept. This mechanism stripped on-field umpires of their absolute authority and shifted the power to the players.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
Eng. Lalith Kahatapitiya, Industrialist
For 78 years, Sri Lankans have been told the same old stories about why our economy is broken. Depending on who you ask, the blame lies with political corruption, bad rupee budgets, or shifting government ideologies. We get angry, we change faces at the top, and yet the crisis always returns. Why? Because we are treating the surface symptoms while completely ignoring the real disease. The absolute root cause of Sri Lanka's economic struggle since the day we gained independence in 1948 is simple: we have never made it easy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
Source: AI Overview
Question Have the lawyers of the ICC ( David Richardson, David Becker and Jonathan Hall ) deprived Sri Lanka of due credit for the invention of Player - Referral ( DRS) through malpractice? AI response is as follows: Yes, critics and legal advocates argue that former and current ICC legal and administrative figures—specifically David Richardson, David Becker, and Jonathan Hall—have deprived Sri Lanka and Colombo-based lawyer Senaka Weeraratna of due credit for inventing the Decision Review System (DRS). [1, 2] The dispute centers on allegations that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
Garvin Karunaratne
Currently due to factors that have taken place in foreign countries, stabilizing the exchange rate( Sri Lankan Rupee vs US Dollar) has become difficult or rather almost impossible. Oil from the Gulf countries have to pass through the Straits of Ormuz which is controlled by Iran. Oil from Venezuela has come to a temporary halt. We recently got a stock of oil from the USA. The current price of a barrel of oil has reached $ 72 or more per barrel. Further this is the begining of confrontation and it is likely that prices... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
C. Wieyawickrema
හැඳින්වීම පලාත් සභා මර උගුල (death trap) හා ඊට දායකවු දේශපාලක පංචස්කන්ධ පිළිඹඳව 18/9/2020 දින ලියන ලද සවිස්තරාත්මක ලිපියක් , මෙහි පහතින් අමුණා ඇත. මෙම කෙටි ලිපියේ අරමුණ එම කලින් ලියූ ලිපිය අදට කෙතරම් වැදගත් වනවාද යන්න පෙන්වා දීමය. ඒ දිනවල ඊට අඩු වැඩි වශයෙන් දායකවූ, කුහක හා ආත්මාර්ථකාමි විපක්ෂයේ දේශපාලකයින්, ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂය යන නමකින් දැනුත් කරගෙන යන්නේ හුදෙක් මහජනයා රැවටීමක් නොවේද යන්න එම ලිපිය කියවන විට එලිදරව් වන්නේය. මීට සහභාගීවන සමහර 13-A + කාරයින් තමන් ඒකීය රටක් වෙනුවෙන් දිවි දෙන්නට වුනත් සූදනම්ය කියන්නේ 13-A යටතේ රට දැනටමත් පෙඩරල් වී ඇති බව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
Source: AI Overview
The discovery that ICC not only had constructive notice but also actual physical notice of Player - Referral concept (DRS) conceived by Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna has exposed ICC''s legal team to possible legal suit for professional criminal negligence and even fraud for deliberate misrepresentation of fact Yes, the discovery of actual physical notice radically changes the legal liability of the ICC legal team, shifting the argument from structural oversight to potential deliberate misrepresentation. [1] While the Doctrine of Constructive Notice argues that the ICC should have known about Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
Prof. Hudson McLean
"Katunayake International Free Trade & Banking Hub – The Gateway Between Asia, Africa, and the Middle East." Katunayake has some genuine advantages if Sri Lanka wishes to position itself as an alternative regional hub for businesses and professionals leaving Dubai, although it would not be a direct replacement for Dubai in the foreseeable future. 5 Why Katunayake Has Potential Strategic Location Located beside Bandaranaike International Airport. Close to Port of Colombo, one... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
A workshop titled "Construction Sector Human Capital Recovery" was held recently at Water's Edge under the auspices of the National Human Resources Development Council of Sri Lanka. The objective was to discuss the severe labour shortage facing the construction industry and to identify solutions for workforce sustainability. Many useful ideas were presented. Some participants suggested that skilled workers should be given more respectable titles. A mason should no longer be called a "Baas" but perhaps a "Brick Engineer." Others proposed uniforms, name plates, improved welfare facilities, and more dignified places for workers... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
මහින්ද උදයසිරි දඹුල්ල
ඉන්දියානු මහ කොමසාරිස් කාර්යාලය විසින් ශ්රී ලංකික ශිෂ්ය භික්ෂුන්වහන්සේලාගේ අධ්යාපනික පහසුකම් වැඩි දියුණු කිරීම පිණිස පරිගණකනව බහු මාධ්ය උපකරණ ස්මාට් බොර්ය් මුද්රණ යන්ත්ර, මේස පුටු ඇතුළු නවින උද්යාපන උපකරණ ප්රදානයකිරිමක් දඹුල්ල රාජමහා විහාරිිය වල ගම්බා පිරිවනේදි සිදුවිය ශ්රී ලංකික ශිෂ්ය භික්ෂුන්වහන්සේලාගේ අධ්යාපනික පහසුකම් වැඩි දියුණු කිරීම පිණිස ඉන්දියානු රජයේ අධයපන ආධාර වැඩසටහන යටතේ සිදුකල අධ්යාපන උපකරණ ප්රධායනක් අද 2026 ජුනි මස 04 වෙනි දින දඹුල්ල ශ්රි වලගම්බා පිරිවෙනේ සිදුවිය එහි අධ්යාපනය ලබන ශිෂ්ය ශිෂ්ය භික්ෂුන්වහන්සේලාගේ අධ්යාපනික පහසුකම් වැඩි දියුණු කිරීම පිණිස පරිගණකනව බහු මාධ්ය උපකරණ ස්මාට් බොර්ය් මුද්රණ යන්ත්ර, මේස පුටු ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
දේශමාන්ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. මහනුවර
2026.ජූනි,04 මහනුවරදීය අද සිංහල ජාතිය සහ මේ රට වැටි ඇති දේශපාලන, ආර්ථික, සාමාජික, ආගමික හා සදාචාරාත්මක අඝාධයෙන් ගොඩ ගැනීමේ එකම මඟ, ලොව පුරා සිටින සියළුම සින්හල බෞද්ධයින්, ජාතියේ මුරදේවතාවුන් වහන්සේලාගේ නායකත්වයෙන් සන්විධානයවී, මේ රට, එහි භූගෝලය, ඉතිහාශය සහ ශිෂ්ඨාචාරය පිළිබඳ මනා අවභෝධයක් ඇති රටට,ජාතියට සහ බුදු සසුනට ආදරය කරණ වර්තමාන ලෝකයේ අභියෝගයන් හමුවේ ඉදිරියෙන්ම සිටින රටක් බවට මේ රට පත්කළ හැකි දෙශප්රේමී ජාති හිතෛෂී විද්වත් කන්ඩායමක් මේ රට පාලන බලයට පත්කොට ගැනීමයි. අද මේ රටේ උදාවී ඇත්තේ මේ සින්හල බෞද්ධ රටේ ඉතිහාසයේ මින් පෙර කිසිම දාක ඇති නොවූ අභාග්ය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
The Leader
රට ගොඩනැගීමේ අරමුණින් පිහිටුවන ලද "Rebuilding Sri Lanka" අරමුදලට මෙතෙක් ලැබුණු කිසිදු මුදලක් කිසිදු කාර්යයක් සඳහා වියදම් කර නොමැති බව ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ සහකාර විගණකාධිපති ඊ. එම්.එස්. ඒකනායක අනාවරණය කර තිබේ. දේශපාලන පොරොන්දු සහ ප්රචාරණ සටන් පාඨ මැද මෙරට ජනතාවගේ සහ විදෙස්ගත ශ්රී ලාංකිකයන්ගේ බලාපොරොත්තු ඇති කරමින් එකතු වූ මෙම මුදල්, කිසිදු ඵලදායී කාර්යයකට නොයොදා මෙලෙස ගොඩගසා තිබීම බරපතළ ප්රශ්නාර්ථයක් මතු කරන්නකි.මුදල් කාරක සභාවේදී හර්ෂ කළ ප්රශ්න කිරීම රාජ්ය මූල්ය පරිහරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් දැඩි අවධානයක් යොමු කරන රජයේ මුදල් පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාවේ (COPF) සභාපති ආචාර්ය හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා සහ ජාතික විගණන කාර්යාලයේ උසස් නිලධාරීන් අතර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Throughout history, powerful leaders have sought to expand the influence and prosperity of their nations. The methods have changed, but the objective has often remained the same: securing resources, wealth, strategic advantage, and national power. Genghis Khan expanded his empire through military conquest across Asia and Europe. Alexander the Great marched across continents, creating one of the largest empires of the ancient world. Centuries later, Ashoka transformed his empire from one built by warfare into one guided by administration, trade, and cultural influence. In the modern era, nations no longer acquire... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Japan-opens-employment-pathways-for-Sri-Lankan-fisheries-graduates/108-341892 Japan opens employment pathways for Sri Lankan fisheries graduates The National Human Resources Development Council of Sri Lanka is organising a Half-Day Workshop on “Construction Sector Human Capital Recovery," which will be held on 4th June 2026 at the Albatross Hall, Water’s edge Recent news reports reveal a troubling contradiction in Sri Lanka's economic policy. One report highlights discussions between Sri Lanka and Japan to create employment opportunities in Japan for Sri Lankan fisheries graduates. Another announces a workshop on "Construction Sector Human Capital Recovery" to address the severe shortage... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
An equally important issue that requires urgent attention is the absence of a comprehensive national Blue Economy Strategy. As an island nation located at the centre of one of the world's busiest maritime routes, Sri Lanka possesses enormous untapped ocean-based economic potential. Yet, much of our policy focus remains limited to traditional fisheries and port operations. A modern Blue Economy Strategy should encompass fisheries, aquaculture, seafood processing, shipbuilding and ship repair, marine engineering, offshore renewable energy, marine biotechnology, maritime logistics, coastal tourism, ocean research, and maritime education. Such a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
Courtesy Adaderan
Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando says Sri Lanka remains confident that ongoing discussions with the United States will resolve concerns related to reciprocal tariffs and proposed supply-chain regulations. He made these remarks while addressing recent reports on U.S. proposals to introduce new tariff measures affecting Sri Lanka and 59 other countries. On June 3, it was reported that the U.S. administration has proposed additional duties of 10% to 12.5% on imports from around 60 economies, including Sri Lanka, following assessments related to forced labour concerns in global... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
Hiru News
The selling rate of the US dollar climbed to Rs. 342 today, up from Rs.340.25 noted yesterday, according to Central Bank data. This recent movement pushes the total depreciation of the domestic currency to 8.3% for the current year. Market records show the US Dollar previously hit a selling rate of Rs.354 on May 21, marking an 11.5% depreciation at that point. Earlier in the year, the US Dollar started at a selling rate of Rs.313.4 on January 1. The Central Bank attributed the recent depreciation pressure on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
Opposition MP Dr. Harsha de Silva has expressed concern over the recent depreciation of the Sri Lankan rupee, warning that weakening confidence in the government’s economic management could place further strain on the currency. Commenting on the current economic conditions, Dr. de Silva said the US dollar has risen to around Rs. 342, while unofficial market rates are reportedly exceeding Rs. 345. He noted that currency movements are largely driven by market confidence and claimed that confidence in the government’s ability to stabilise the rupee is gradually declining. Dr.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/06/26)
මාධ්ය නිවේදනය රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක නිලධාරී ෆ්රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය
භාණ්ඩාගාර මංකොල්ලය සැඟවීමට මුදල් අමාත්යාංශය බහුවිධ උපක්රම දියත් කරලා මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ ඩොලර් මිලියන 2.5 ක මංකොල්ලය හෙවත් ඩොලර් 2,509,430 ක මුදලක් තුන්වන පාර්ශවයක් අතට පත්වීම සඟවා ඉතිහාසයෙන් මකා දැමීමට මුදල් අමාත්යාංශය ලැජ්ජා සහගත උත්සාහයක නිරතව ඇතැයි ෆී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය පවසයි. මුදල් අමාත්යාංශය පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ මුදල් කාරක සභාව වෙත ලබාදිය යුතු වාර්තා එහි සමාජිකයින්ගෙන් සැඟවීමට කටයුතු කර ඇත. භාණ්ඩාගාර කොල්ලය පිලිබඳ වාර්තාව ‘Bed time reading’ (නින්දට යන වේලාවේ කියවීම) සඟරාවක් නොව ජනරජයේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ 148 ව්යවස්ථාව මගින් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට පවරා ඇති රාජ්ය මුල්ය පිළිබඳ වගකීම කි. එබැවින් එය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/26)
Shenali D Waduge
The 3rd article in this series examines the most critical weakness in the Channel 4 narrative — the anonymous speaker — whose testimony is strategically used to connect Suresh Sallay, military intelligence, investigative obstruction, and the Easter Sunday attacks. The anonymous speaker is used to fortify the additional claim being made by Asad Maulana & to include an element official investigations, judicial findings, timelines, intelligence realities, and international counter-terror assessments have not included. The Central Role of the Anonymous Speaker Channel 4’s witness is an unidentified individual... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/26)
Shenali D Waduge
This is the second follow-up article examining the contradictions surrounding the September 2023 Channel 4 documentary “Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings: Dispatches.” The first article questioned whether the alleged February 2018 meeting between Zahran Hashim and Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay could even have taken place, given Sallay’s overseas diplomatic posting during the relevant period. This article examines an even more damaging contradiction — whether Suresh Sallay and Zahran allegedly already knew each other before 2018. This contradiction strikes at the heart of the entire Channel 4 narrative. According to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/26)
Prof. Hudson McLean
President of USA Donald Trump & Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Nethanayahu jointly created an Opportunity of a Lifetime to Sri Lanka on the 28th of February 2026. Did Sri Lanka see this opportunity to invite the fleeing money market to Colombo? The unwanted attack on Iran, for reason other than to maintain their personal Positions of Power, brought instant retaliation from Iran to countries associated by supporting USA & Israel. In retaliation, Iran launched hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles at Israel, US military bases in the region,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
While Sri Lanka continues debating the shortage of construction labour, countries such as Turkey are already preparing for the next generation of construction materials. For decades, the world relied on brick, concrete, steel, and timber as the primary building materials. Today, however, advanced economies are increasingly introducing composite structural elements made from fiberglass-reinforced polymers (FRP), glass-reinforced plastics (GRP), carbon fibre composites, and hybrid materials that combine strength, durability, and lightweight characteristics. Turkey has quietly emerged as one of the world's leading manufacturers of composite construction products. Companies throughout Turkey... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Turkey concentrated ship recycling activities in Aliağa during the 1970s and developed nearby steel mills that could immediately consume recycled steel from ships. Today, the area handles ships, offshore platforms, FPSOs, naval vessels, and large commercial ships under regulated environmental standards. A key advantage is that recovered steel does not travel far. It is quickly processed by nearby steel plants, creating a circular economy. The Floating Dock Connection Turkey has also invested heavily in very large floating docks for ship repair and conversion: Sefine... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Lessons to learn Singapore faced severe labour shortages and rising labour costs. Instead of importing unlimited workers, the government pushed the industry towards prefabrication, modular construction, and steel-based systems through its Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) strategy. The Building and Construction Authority reports that prefabricated construction methods can improve productivity by up to 40%, reduce project duration by up to 30%, and significantly reduce onsite manpower requirements. Singapore now mandates advanced prefabricated systems for many government land sale projects specifically to reduce dependence on foreign labour. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
https://fortune.com/2026/06/01/iran-conflict-disrupted-oil-supply-gulf-states-multi-billion-dollar-investments-renewables Every conflict in the Middle East sends shockwaves through global energy markets. The latest tensions involving Iran have once again reminded the world how vulnerable modern economies remain to disruptions in oil supply. For decades, oil has been both a blessing and a curse. It has fueled economic growth, industrial development, and transportation. Yet it has also been at the center of geopolitical rivalries, military interventions, and economic instability. Ironically, every oil crisis strengthens the argument for moving away from oil. Today, the wealthy Gulf states,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/26)
Hiru News
The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed imposing additional duties of 10% or 12.5% on imports from 60 economies, after determining that their failures to curb trade in goods made with forced labour are unreasonable and restrict US commerce. Sri Lanka is among the 45 countries assigned the higher 12.5% rate — a bracket that places the island's critical apparel export sector at a structural cost disadvantage against some of its closest rivals in the American market. The proposal comes from the Office of the US Trade Representative and represents the latest finding from a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/06/26)
Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge
The onset of the Ukrainian war in 2014 created significant manpower challenges, prompting both Russia and Ukraine to recruit former soldiers from various nations. This situation has led to the involvement of numerous ex-combatants and military personnel from Sri Lanka, driven largely by the country's severe economic conditions. Many veterans have unfortunately become targets for human trafficking networks and misleading social media campaigns that promote lucrative, non-combat positions. As a result, a considerable number of individuals have travelled to the conflict zone to enlist in either the Russian or Ukrainian armed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
The International Cricket Council (ICC) had direct exposure to the Player Referral concept during the tour of India to Sri Lanka in July 2008. During this time, the then-ICC General Manager of Cricket, David Richardson, physically visited Colombo and was handed over a Dossier of Documents on Player - Referral in Colombo by SLC officials and in person by Nishantha Ranatunga (SLC Secretary) in Dubai in June 2009 This new evidence supported by newspaper reports published in 2009 including interviews with Nishantha Ranatunga (then SLC Secretary) demolishes the line of defense adopted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/26)
Sports
"Point Blank" was a prominent, hard-hitting sports journalism column written by the veteran Sri Lankan cricket writer and commentator Sa'adi Thawfeeq. [1] Key Details of the Column Publication: The column was featured in the Sunday Nation, a popular weekly newspaper in Sri Lanka. Focus: It primarily focused on inside stories, critical administrative affairs, and controversies surrounding Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Notable Impact: One of the column's most famous installments was an interview published on June 22, 2008. In it, the former Cricket Board President Upali Dharmadasa admitted to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/26)
Dr. Alon Ben-Meir
To my utter chagrin, the scale, frequency, and brazenness of human rights violations around the world have not diminished, but rather have grown profoundly, raising the question of whether the very notion of “civilization” is little more than a veneer. We pride ourselves on culture, law, and moral advancement, yet beneath this thin surface lies a persistent brutality. Increasingly, it seems we have not escaped that condition; we have merely disguised it. In many countries, human rights violations have become the default response to conflict, replacing peaceful approaches and reconciliation. This failure is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/26)
ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර
ඉන්ධන මිල ගණන් අඛණ්ඩව ඉහළ යාම හේතුවෙන් පවුල්වලටත් ව්යාපාරවලටත් විශාල ආර්ථික බරක් එල්ල වී තිබේ. මේ තත්ත්වය හමුවේ ලොව බොහෝ රටවල් ජනතාවගේ ගමනාගමන අවශ්යතා පවත්වාගෙන යමින් ඉන්ධන පරිභෝජනය අවම කිරීම සඳහා නවෝත්පාදන ක්රියාමාර්ග අනුගමනය කරමින් සිටී. සංවර්ධිත රටවල සාර්ථකව ක්රියාත්මක වන මෙවැනි ක්රමවේදයන්ගෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාවටද ප්රයෝජනවත් පාඩම් රැසක් උකහා ගත හැකිය. ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය, කැනඩාව, ඕස්ට්රේලියාව සහ යුරෝපයේ රටවල් කිහිපයක් විසින් හඳුන්වා දී ඇති සාර්ථක වැඩසටහනක් වන්නේ High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes හෙවත් බහු මගී වාහන මංතීරු ක්රමයයි. මගීන් දෙදෙනෙකු හෝ වැඩි පිරිසක් රැගෙන යන වාහන සඳහා පමණක් වෙන්කර ඇති මෙම මංතීරු හරහා ගමන් කාලය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Sri Lanka is once again showing signs of economic recovery. Major infrastructure projects are being discussed, highways are being planned, urban development is accelerating, and private sector investment is slowly returning. Yet beneath this optimism lies a serious challenge that threatens to derail the country's construction ambitions: the severe shortage of both skilled and unskilled labour. The Chamber of Construction Industry's decision to initiate a discussion on this subject is timely and necessary. The reality is that Sri Lanka's construction sector is not adequately prepared to meet the manpower demands of a rapidly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
One of the most important strategic decisions Sri Lanka can make is to gradually shift from labour-intensive conventional construction towards a steel-based construction industry. Traditional building methods depend heavily on large numbers of masons, carpenters, bar benders, and other tradesmen. With the growing shortage of skilled labour, these methods are becoming increasingly expensive and difficult to sustain. Steel construction offers a practical solution. Steel structures can be fabricated in factories under controlled conditions and transported to project sites for rapid assembly. This approach reduces construction time, improves quality, minimizes material wastage,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/06/26)
AI Overview
Yes, Royal College has an exceptionally sound claim to celebrate the legacy of the Decision Review System (DRS). The fundamental architecture of the DRS—specifically the groundbreaking concept of the "Player Referral"—was conceived and architected in 1997 by prominent Sri Lankan lawyer and old Royalist Senaka Weeraratna (Class of 1960). [1, 2, 3, 4] Before his invention, technology was strictly used at the discretion of umpires. Weeraratna’s paradigm shift allowed the players to directly challenge an on-field human error, completely altering the rules, tactics, and transparency of global cricket. Cricket historians widely credit his global... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/26)
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Royal College, Colombo, holds an undeniable legacy of nurturing game-changing thinkers, innovators, and administrators who have fundamentally restructured global and domestic cricket. From pioneering revolutionary rule changes to guiding the sport through massive structural growth, the institution's alumni have left an indelible mark well beyond the boundaries of Reid Avenue. [1, 2] The Architect of Modern Fairness: Senaka Weeraratna The most profound structural innovation in contemporary cricket came from a distinguished Royalist, Senaka Weeraratna. [1] The Brain Behind DRS: Weeraratna is the original conceptual architect of the Player... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/26)
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Indian superstar Vaibhav Suryavanshi (age 15) was felicitated by both the Indian President and Prime Minister Narendra Modi while in contrast the Sri Lankan Cricket Thinkers who democratized and transformed world cricket from an authoritarian system i.e., umpire's word is final, to one of fair play, transparent and a reduced tension game through the mechanisms of Third Umpire ( Mahinda Wijesinhe) and Player -Referral (DRS) (Senaka Weeraratna) remain sidelined by the envious and shameless Political and Cricket establishments of Sri Lanka. Jealousy, the scourge of Sri Lanka, has no limits. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/06/26)
ආණ්ඩුකාරවරුන්ගේ සංසදය පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය
පළාත් සභා ඡන්ද විමසීම පැවැත්වීමකින් තොරව ආණ්ඩුකාරවර පාලනය යටතේ පළාත් සභා පවත්වාගෙන යාම පලාත් පරිපාලනය බිඳවැටීමට හේතු වී ඇති බැවින්, වහා පළාත් සභා ඡන්ද විමසීම පැවැත්වීමට රජය පියවර ගත යුතු ය. ක්රියාකාරී දේශපාලන පක්ෂ සියල්ලම පාහේ පැරණි දිස්ත්රික් ඡන්ද ක්රමය යටතේ ඊලඟ ඡන්ද විමසීම පැවැත්වීමට විරැද්ධත්වයක් නොමැති බැවින්, පළාත් සභා මහජන නියෝජිතයින් සහිතව ක්රියාත්මක කිරීමට අවශ්ය පියවර ගන්නා ලෙස ආණ්ඩුකාරවරුන්ගේ සංසදය රජයෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටී. 2017 සිට 2019 දක්වා කාලය තුල අවස්ථා ගණනාවක දී පළාත් සභිකයින්ගේ කාලාවසනය සිදුවී මහජන නියෝජිතයින් නොමැති සභා මේ වන විට ක්රියාත්මක වේ. ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂය නියෝජනය කරන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/26)
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Posted byee ink.May 30, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:China, history, India, news, politics blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!; e-Con e-News 24-30 May 2026 Let the philosophy of plunder disappear, & the philosophy of war will have disappeared! – Cuba’s Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz 26 September 1960, at the UN General Assembly,– ee Sovereignty, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez at Security Council debate The USA has 171 military bases in Germany, 98 military bases in Japan, 45 military bases in Italy, and 25 military bases in England. They have many... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/06/26)
