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මහාභාණ්ඩාගාර- මහබැංකු මංකොල්ලය සම්බන්ධයෙන්විමර්ශනකිරීම හා මෙවැනිතත්වයක්යළි ඇතිවීම වලක්වාගැනීමසඳහා සුදුසුපියවරයෝජනාකිරීම සඳහා පාර්ලිමේන්තු තේරීම්කාරක සභාවක්පත්කිරීම සඳහා වන යෝජනාවයි.
ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්‍රී ගුණරත්න නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා සම කැඳවුම්කරු - ‍ෆ්‍රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය
අතිගරු අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මැතිතුමා,ජනරජයේ ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමා,ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය,  කොළඹ 1. ගරුජගත්වික්‍රමරත්නමැතිතුමා,ගරු කතානායකතුමා,පාර්ලිමේන්තුව, ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර. අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමනි, ගරු කතානායකතුමනි, මහා භාණ්ඩාගාර - මහ බැංකු මංකොල්ලය සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමර්ශන කිරීම හා මෙවැනි තත්වයක් යළි ඇතිවීම වලක්වා ගැනීම සඳහා සුදුසු පියවර යෝජනා කිරීම සඳහා පාර්ලිමේන්තු තේරීම් කාරක සභාවක් පත් කිරීම සඳහා වන යෝජනාවයි. 2025 නොවැම්බර් 13 – 15, අදින් මාස 8 කට පෙර අද වැනි දිනක, 'Export Finance Australia' ආයතනයේ නමින් පැමිණි ව්‍යාජ ඉන්වොයිස් හරහා, ඇමරිකාවේ TD බැංකුවේ පවත්වා ගෙන ගිය 'Mish... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/06/26)

භාණ්ඩාගාර ශේෂය රු.බි. 500 ට වඩා පහත වැටේ සෙමින් නමුත් ස්ථිර ලෙසම ආර්ථික අර්බුදයක ලකුණු පහළ වෙමින් ඇත.
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ/ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය
2026 ජනවාරි 1 දින ට රු.බි. 915 ක් වූ භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ මුදල් ශේෂය, 2026 ජූනි 11 (බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා) දෛනික ව්‍යාපාර කටයුතු අවසන් වන විට  රු.බි. 500 ටත් වඩා අඩු ප්‍රමාණයකට පහත වැටී තිබේ. අප රට සෙමින් නමුත් ස්ථිර ලෙසම ආර්ථික අර්බුදයක් කරා ගමන් කරන බව භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ මුදල් තත්වය පහත වැටීමෙන් පෙන්නුම් කෙරේ. පසුගිය සතියේ දී මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරය රු. බි. 140 ක භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් ඉදිරිපත් කළ අතර, එයින් ඉහළ පොලියට අලෙවි වූයේ රු. බි. 71 ක බිල්පත් (51%) පමණී.  රු. බි. 150 ක  භාණ්ඩාගාර බැඳුම්කර ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලැබූ නමුත් එයින්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/06/26)

Global Crisis and Non-Violence
Asoka Bandarage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NuLCfKlnPk&t=645s... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/06/26)

මේරටේපලාත්සභාඡන්දයවහාමපවත්වනමෙන්කෑමොරදෙනදේශපාලකයින්ඇතුලු සියලුම පිස්සන්ජීවිතාන්තය දක්වා යැවියයුත්තේඅන්ගොඩටය,
ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිර ලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලන්කා පරිපාලනසේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-94))
එසේත්නැතිනම්ඔවුන්දේශද්‍රෝහීන්, ද්‍රෝහීන් සහ සින්හල බෞද්ධ විරෝධීන්වශයෙන් වහාම මේ පින්බිමෙන්යළිකිසිදාකආපසුආනොහැකි පිටසක්වලකටම පිටුවහල්කළයුතුය. ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිර ලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලන්කා පරිපාලනසේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-94)) 2026 06. 10. හැඳින්වීම  (පළමු කොටස) ප්‍රථමයෙන්ම, මා එසේ පවසණුයේ, මේ රට ක්‍රි.පූ.543 සිට මේ දක්වාම වසර 2567 ක් සින්හල රටක් සහ ක්‍රි.පු. 307 සිට මේ දක්වා වසර 2333 ක්ම සින්හල බෞද්ධ රටක් වශයෙන් පැවති රටක් බවවත් මොවුන් කිසිවෙකු නොදන්නා සහ නොපිළිගන්නා නිසාය. එසේම 1833... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/06/26)

Modern Day Ehelapolas now run Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)
Senaka Weeraratna
Modern day Ehelapolas are not in governance like in the days of the Kandyan Kingdom but in Cricket. The recruitment of a White South African legal malpractitioner David Becker (born and bred in the 'Apartheid' er) who blocked Sri Lanka from gaining due credit from the ICC for innovation of Player - Referral (DRS) is the greatest betrayal in the Cricket History of Sri Lanka. The so-called Cricket Transformation Committee are the modern day traitors of Sri Lanka. Instead of backing their own man who game changed international Cricket ( and several other sports) with the revolutionary... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/06/26)

Our Rice Farmers Deserve Better: Curb Excessive Profits and Ensure a Fair Paddy Price
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
The recent protests by rice farmers across Sri Lanka once again highlight the deep crisis facing the agricultural sector. Thousands of paddy farmers are voicing their anger over the government-announced purchase price of paddy, claiming that it does not even cover the cost of production. The cost of cultivation has risen sharply over the past few years. Fertiliser prices have increased substantially, while farmers also have to bear the costs of seed paddy, labour, machinery, irrigation, transportation, and interest on borrowings. Many small-scale farmers have mortgaged their jewellery or borrowed money from informal... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/06/26)

Sri Lanka risks being treated like a Pariah state among Global Buddhists if modern day revisionism and deconstructionism funded by Norway succeed in establishing that the Buddha was born in Sri Lanka and not Nepal or India
Senaka Weeraratna
The story concocted by Revisionists that Prince Siddhartha (later Gautama the Buddha) was born in Sri Lanka, which is rejected by the entire Buddhist world,  if it takes hold, can lead to Sri Lanka being treated like a pariah state by the entire global Buddhist community.  The damage done to Sri Lanka would be colossal and inestimable. The Govt. of Sri Lanka must invoke Article 9 of the Constitution and nip this de-construction in the bud. Accepting the historical revisionist claim that Gautama Buddha was born in Sri Lanka would cause severe diplomatic,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/06/26)

SLC seek expertise of David Becker, former ICC Legal Head on key reforms. SLC accused of betrayal of Sri Lankan inventor of Player - Referral (DRS)
Senaka Weeraratna
SLC seek expertise of David Becker, former ICC Legal Head on key reforms while facing intense public and legal allegations of fraud, misrepresentation, and professional malpractice. SLC accused of Betrayal of Sri Lankan inventor of Player - Referral (DRS) https://www.sundaytimes.lk/260614/sports/slc-seek-expertise-of-former-icc-legal-head-on-key-reforms-645633.html Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has enlisted the services of former ICC Head of Legal, David Becker, to help draft its proposed new constitution as part of critical governance reforms. Ironically, Becker is a central figure in the long-standing intellectual property dispute surrounding the Umpire Decision Review System (DRS), which Sri... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/06/26)

සානිට අනුරට බඩු බනිස්, කෲර වදහිංසාවලට එරෙහි එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ අනු කමිටුව ලංකාවට...
Maathalan - (මාතලන්)
https://youtu.be/yav6N2TDuzY... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/06/26)

Access to legal counsel denied for Sallay
Courtesy Hiru News
Colombo National Hospital currently provides treatment to retired Major General Tuan Suresh Sallay following a hunger strike in Criminal Investigation Department custody under detention orders, amidst a refusal by authorities to grant him access to legal counsel. Criminal Investigation Department Director Shani Abeysekera and Manori Sallay, the wife of Tuan Suresh Sallay, exchanged letters regarding the matter. Manori Sallay requested that her husband see his lawyer, Asitha Siriwardhana, five days a week. Replying yesterday, Senior Superintendent of Police Shani Abeysekera stated that because Tuan Suresh Sallay undergoes hospitalisation away from investigative activities, a... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/06/26)

War Criminals Rise from their Graves to Confront Sri Lanka’s Future
e-Con e-News
blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 07-13 June 2026 While the USA’s & India’s warships (& related NGOs) keep barging into & out of the country’s ports, bearing second-hand gifts and dishing out third-rate sermons about human rights, devolution, the rule of law, free & open oceans, etc., Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya was gracing the opening of the new Nippon Office Building, commissioned by the Sasakawa Memorial Trust, on Ward Place, Colombo 7. The trust is in memory of Ryōichi Sasakawa, a convicted Japanese Class A war criminal. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/06/26)

Natural Gas exploration should start asap
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Sri Lanka is estimated to have up to three trillion cubic feet of natural gas in its offshore reserves, according to an interview published by The Sunday Morning. Quoting Petroleum Development Authority of Sri Lanka RX  Chairman Saliya Wickramasuriya, the report said the country also has the potential for “several billion barrels” of crude oil beneath its seabed within territorial waters and the Exclusive Economic Zone. The estimates are based on basin modelling and seismic data gathered over recent years, which have improved understanding of Sri Lanka’s offshore resource potential. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/06/26)

පාඨලී ආන්දෝලනාත්මක හෙළිදරව්වක් කරයි - සාක්ෂි එක්කම නුවරදී සියල්ල එළියට දායි
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(LankaWeb - 14/06/26)

Why the PTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) Must Be Retained in Sri Lanka
Shenali D Waduge
The Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), enacted in 1979 was introduced to address organized violent threats to the state. It has been widely debated domestically and internationally, yet its relevance is important to the country’s continuing national security environment. Why the PTA Was Implemented Sri Lanka’s strategic location places it at the crossroads of major maritime routes and regional geopolitical competition. Since independence, Sri Lanka has experienced multiple forms of politically and ideologically motivated violence, including armed insurrections, separatist terrorism, religious terrorism and transnational terrorist influences.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/06/26)

Investment Roadshows Alone Will Not Bring Investors to Sri Lanka
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
The recent engagement by Presidential Special Envoy for Foreign Investment Hanif Yusoof with American business leaders in Washington is undoubtedly a positive initiative.  Meeting representatives from major corporations such as Apple, Boeing, and Mastercard and presenting Sri Lanka’s potential in ports, logistics, renewable energy, technology, tourism, aviation, and healthcare sends a welcome message that Sri Lanka is once again open for business.However, attracting investors requires much more than conducting roadshows and making presentations abroad.  Investors do not invest in PowerPoint presentations; they invest in countries where agreements are honoured, approvals are... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/06/26)

FRANCE IS BANKRUPT
NALLIAH THAYABHARAN
France is in a monumental economic, political, social, and even cultural mess, and is bankrupt due to its most generous welfare systems in the world, as France has a strong safety net for the unemployed and retirees.France's most generous welfare system was introduced at a time when there were four workers for every one retiree. That's now closer to two, and by 2050, it will go down to just one.Every 50 people in 1970, only one was unemployed. Today, that figure is four times higher. Fewer people contribute to the system, and more people depend on... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/06/26)

Why Are Indian Investors Reluctant to Invest in Colombo Port City?
By Sarath Obeysekera
Sri Lanka today finds itself navigating a delicate geopolitical balancing act between two Asian giants – India and China. Both nations have strategic interests in the island, yet their approaches to investment and engagement have been markedly different. China moved swiftly and decisively into Sri Lanka’s infrastructure sector. It financed and built the deep-water port at Hambantota, the conference hall, and several other major projects in the South. Subsequently, Chinese companies negotiated agreements with a previous government and eventually secured a long-term lease of the Hambantota Port. In Colombo, China invested billions of... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/06/26)

Netanyahu’s Betrayal Of Israel’s Promise
Dr. Alon Ben-Meir
For nearly three decades, Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu has treated the state as an instrument of personal power rather than a public trust. No external enemy—not Iran, not Hezbollah, not Hamas—has done more to hollow out Israel from within than a leader who repeatedly sacrificed the country’s long-term interests to preserve his own rule. This is a grave charge—but the record sustains it. Netanyahu did not merely misjudge events or pursue failed policies in good faith. He systematically advanced a governing strategy designed to block any political horizon with the Palestinians, deepen... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/06/26)

White Elephants at Sea: Are We Repeating the Same Mistakes?
By Sarath Obeysekera
Sri Lanka’s marine industry has enormous potential. We have skilled boat builders, strategic harbours, a growing export market, and access to regional shipping routes. Yet time and again, valuable investments made with public funds are allowed to deteriorate due to poor management decisions, bureaucratic inertia, and a lack of commercial vision.For several years I have written about the unfortunate fate of a state-of-the-art boat lift currently stranded in Trincomalee.The lift, which operates using advanced air technology, was  built by Sri Lankan engineers in Sri Lanka to support the marine industry and provide an efficient method... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/06/26)

Sri Lanka’s Fishery Harbours: A Neglected National Asset and a Lost Blue Economy Opportunity
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Sri Lanka is blessed with an extensive coastline and abundant marine resources. The country has established 21 fishery harbours around the island to facilitate anchoring and mooring of multi-day fishing vessels. In addition, the modern fishery harbour at Dikovita was constructed with facilities for traditional fishing craft and a separate section for large local and foreign fishing vessels, complete with freezer and cooling facilities.Yet, despite this infrastructure, the fisheries sector remains one of the most neglected components of Sri Lanka’s Blue Economy.The Tragic State of Fish HandlingA typical 45 to 55-foot multi-day fishing vessel costing... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/06/26)

South African Lawyers on ICC legal team accused of prejudice against South Asian cricket innovator (DRS)
Senaka Weeraratna
Question South African lawyers born and bred in the Apartheid era, serving on the Legal Team of the ICC are now being accused of malpractice and prejudice against South Asian innovators. Why wasn't a ' De "-Nazification'" type of screening done at time of their recruitment ? AI response The absence of a "De-Nazification" type screening for lawyers who transitioned from the Apartheid era into prominent sports law and governance positions—such as advising the International Cricket Council (ICC)—stems from South Africa’s historic decision to prioritize a peaceful, unified transition over... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/06/26)

Summer Escapes from Communist Russia – Chasing Pounds in LondonMemories of a Sri Lankan Student in the Soviet Union
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
For most foreign students in the Soviet Union, summer meant one thing: a government-sponsored holiday on the Black Sea coast at Sochi. The university arranged everything and paid for it. Sun, sea, and relaxation awaited us.I did it only once.After that, I had a different plan.Instead of spending my holidays in Sochi, I decided to travel to England to earn a few pounds. To a foreign student living on a modest Soviet stipend, British pounds were as precious as gold.The journey itself was an adventure.I bought a sleeper ticket for about 109 roubles—a considerable sum... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/06/26)

සෝවියට් සංගමය – එදා සහ අද-විදේශීය ශිෂ්‍යයෙකුගේ මතක සටහන්
ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර
2026 ජූනි 12 දින ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කරන ලදී අද දින සෝවියට් සංගමය ගැන කතා කරන විට බොහෝ දෙනා කතා කරන්නේ දේශපාලනය, ශීත යුද්ධය, කොමියුනිස්ට්වාදය, භාණ්ඩ හිඟය සහ අධිරාජ්‍යයක් බිඳ වැටුණු ආකාරය පිළිබඳවය. නමුත් අප වැනි එහි ශිෂ්‍යයන් ලෙස ජීවත් වූ අයට එය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම වෙනස් ලෝකයක් විය. එය මිත්‍රත්වය, වික්‍රමාන්විත අත්දැකීම්, දුෂ්කරතා සහ නිමක් නැති කතාන්දරවලින් පිරුණු ලෝකයකි. තරුණ විදේශීය ශිෂ්‍යයෙකු ලෙස මම එහි පැමිණි අතර ඉතා ඉක්මනින් රුසියානු මිතුරන්ගේ සමීප කණ්ඩායමක කොටසක් වීමි. යුරා, සාෂා, ඉගෝර් සහ කොල්යා ඒ අතර සිටියහ. අප සතුව මුදල් අඩුවෙන් තිබුණද, අපගේ පැත්තේ තරුණ බව තිබුණි.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/06/26)

ගොන්‍ රැලකට දුන් කරුමෙට විඳවන රට
Maathalan - (මාතලන්)
https://youtu.be/3O1kTRmwNGg... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/06/26)

ඔයා සිංහල නම් කට ඇරලා කියන්න - මහින්ද ළඟ තියාගෙන අර්චුනා ගේම ඉල්ලයි
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https://youtu.be/wUDQg6KY8zg... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/06/26)

භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ ඩො. මි. 2.5 ක මුදලක් අතුරුදන්වීම පිළිබඳ Free Lawyers සංවිධානය විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලබන වාර්තාව
ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්‍රී ගුණරත්න  හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාරවර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන්
මහ බැංකුවේ සහ භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ ආයතනික මතභේද මැද රටට රටට අහිමි වූ ඩොලර් මිලියන 2.5: කිසිවෙකුටත් වගකීමෙන් පැන යාමට ඉඩ දිය යුතු නැත!
භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ සිදු වූ ඩො..මි. 2.5 ක මුදලක් අතුරුදන්වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරය සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව අතර ආයතනික මතභේද වර්ධනය වී ඇත. පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ මුදල් කාරක සභාව මේ පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු වාර්තා කිරීම සඳහා සති හතරක කාලයක් ද, ඉන් පසුව තවත් අවස්ථා දෙකක දී සති දෙකකට වැඩි කාලයක් ද මේ ආයතන වෙත ලැබී ඇත. තොරතුරු වෙනස් කිරීම, කල් ගැනීම හා තොරතුරු සැඟවීම සඳහා එමගින් විශාල... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/06/26)

"අපේ කොටි ඩයස්පෝරාව සල්ලි දුන්නේ සලේව අල්ලන්න නෙවෙයි.. මුන්ට ඊ#ම තියා අපිට සරමක්වත් දෙන්න බෑ": මන්ත්‍රී අර්චුනා.
උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත්
ජාතික ජන බලවේගයට බලය ලබා ගැනීමට මුදල් ලබාදුන්නේ කොටි ඩයස්පෝරාවෙන් බව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී අර්චුනා රාමනාදන් පවසනවා. ඔවුන් මුදල් ලබාදී බලාපොරොත්තු වුණේ ඊම නැවත ලබාගැනීම බවත්, මේ වනවිට කොටි ඩයස්පෝරාවත් මුළු රටමත් බොරුවෙන් රවටා ඇති බවත්, මන්ත්‍රීවරයා සඳහන් කළා. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී රෝහිත අබේගුණවර්ධන සංවිධානය කර තිබූ 'මෙහෙවරක ප්‍රණාමය' උත්සව අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ මන්ත්‍රීවරයා සඳහන් කළේ, "අපි.. ඒ කියන්නෙ කොටි ඩයස්පෝරාව ටිල්වින්ට සල්ලි දුන්නේ සලේව ඇතුළට දාන්න නෙවෙයි. මහින්ද වගේ නායකයෝ ඇතුළට දාන්න. ඩයස්පෝරාව තමයි මාලිමාවට බලයට එන්න සල්ලි දුන්නේ. අපි හිතුවේ ඊම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/06/26)

Archchuna alleges LTTE diaspora funded NPP rise to power
Courtesy Hiru News
Parliamentarian Archuna Ramanathan has claimed that funds to bring the National People’s Power (NPP) into power were provided by the LTTE diaspora. He alleged that the intention behind providing the funds was to re-establish E***m, adding that both the LTTE diaspora and the country have now been deceived. Speaking at the ‘Mehewaraka Pranama’ event organized by Member of Parliament Rohitha Abeygunawardena, he further stated: “We… that means the LTTE diaspora gave money to Tilvin not to put Suresh Sallay inside, but to put leaders like Mahinda... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/06/26)

Wind Power that abounds in our hills
by Garvin Karunaratne
On many an occasion on my never ending irrigation inspections in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya long ago I had to cling onto trees and, creepers to avoid being blown off by the power of the wind. I enclose what I once wrote hoping that our new Government of Anura Kumara Dissanayake will somehow read through. Speaking from my sheer experience in handling development tasks- Building up Coop Crayon at Morawaka in 1971, done in three months, developing it to enable Minister Illangaratne to declare that all imports of crayons... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/06/26)

If an Indian invented DRS rather than a Sri Lankan, how would the World react?
Senaka Weeraratna
Question If the inventor of the Player - Referral system (DRS) was an Indian rather than a Sri Lankan how would the World react to an Indian initiated invention of DRS that transformed the game of Cricket forever? AI Overview  Answer  If the Player-Referral System (DRS) had been invented by an Indian rather than Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna, the global reaction would have been radically different due to India’s unique, hyper-influential, and initially resistant position in world cricket. [1] Here is how the cricket world,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/06/26)

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has a moral duty to actively defend its members' global intellectual achievements
Source:   AI Overview
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has faced growing criticism from legal and sports advocates for not formally elevating Colombo-based lawyer Senaka Weeraratna’s claim to the "Player Referral" / Decision Review System (DRS) authorship with the ICC and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).  Critics and intellectual property advocates argue that the BASL has missed a crucial opportunity to defend one of its own members and secure a massive victory for a Sri Lankan lawyer's global scale innovation. The primary points supporting this view include: [1, 2, 3] Protecting Member Innovation:... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/06/26)

XpressJobs Wins Best Tech Recruitment Platform at Automobile Industry Awards 2026
XpressJobs
Colombo, Sri Lanka – June 2026 - XpressJobs, Sri Lanka's leading recruitment technology platform, has been awarded Best Tech Recruitment Platform under the Auto Innovation & Technology category at the Automobile Industry Awards 2026, held on June 11 at Temple Trees, Colombo. Organized by the Automobile Industry Council (AIC), the awards recognize excellence, innovation, and leadership across Sri Lanka's automotive ecosystem. The event was held with Laugh Lubricants & Burner as the Title Sponsor and saw 62 awards, including four Lifetime Achievement Awards, presented to organizations and individuals making significant contributions to the industry. Winners... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/06/26)

DEFENDING SRI LANKA AT GENEVA: WAR CRIMES, LTTE & SECURITY | SARATH WEERASEKARA | INDEEWARI AMUWATTE
At Hyde Park Global
https://youtu.be/Iwvop6vLXjI... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/06/26)

Soviet Union Then and Now – Memories of a Foreign Student
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
When people speak about the Soviet Union today, they usually talk about politics, the Cold War, communism, shortages, and the collapse of an empire. But for those of us who lived there as students, it was a different world altogether—a world of friendship, adventure, hardship, and endless stories.I arrived as a young foreign student and quickly became part of a close-knit group of Russian friends. There was Yura, Sasha, Igor, and Kolya. We had little money, but we had youth on our side, and that made us feel rich.Beer was often scarce. Whenever Bulgarian beer... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/06/26)

Fifth emergency coal shipment found substandard, says Minister
Courtesy Hiru News
Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation and Acting Minister of Energy Anura Karunathilaka says there is an issue with the coal quality of the fifth vessel procured under emergency purchases, and that the supplying company has been informed that penalties will be imposed under tender conditions if a replacement shipment is not delivered before September 1. Speaking during an adjournment debate in Parliament, the Minister said the impact of the coal quality issue is significant and directly affects the public. He noted that due to quality concerns, penalties amounting to USD... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/06/26)

Sallay family warns legal action if daily visits restricted
Courtesy Hiru News
The wife of Retired Major General Suresh Sallay, Manori Sallay, has made an urgent appeal for daily visits to her husband, warning that his health is deteriorating rapidly due to the ongoing hunger strike.In a letter, addressed to The Criminal Investigation Department Director Shani Abeysekera, requesting immediate intervention, she stated that medical professionals at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, where he is currently receiving treatment, indicated his condition may soon prevent him from communicating effectively.Investigating officers have reportedly restricted visits by his legal counsel to Wednesdays.The letter argues that daily 15-minute visits are essential.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/06/26)

පළමු කාර්තුවේ සමස්ත අය වැය හිඟය (උණතාවය) රු. බි. 606.2 කි. රැවටෙන්න එපා!
රජිත් කිර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රයේ Sri Lanka Economic Forum ව්‍යාපෘතිය.
2026 පළමු කාර්තුවේ ප්‍රාථමික ගිණුමේ රුපියල් බිලියන ගානක් තියෙන බවට ප්‍රවෘත්තියක් ප්‍රචාරය කරනවා. මේ කතාව ඇත්තක් නෙවෙයි.   2026 පළමු කාර්තුවේ රජයේ ආදායම රු. බි. 1473.8 යි. පුණරාවර්තන විදයම් රු. බි. 688.9 යි. ප්‍රග්ධන වියදම රු. බි. 103.2 යි. පුණරාවර්තන හා ප්‍රාග්ධන වියදම් දෙකේ එකතුව රු.බි. 792.1 යි. ප්‍රාථමික අතිරික්තය කියන්නේ රජයේ ආදායම හා වියදම් එකතුව අතර පරතරයයි. එ් පරතරය රු. බිලියන  681.7 කි. මොකක්ද මේ ප්‍රාථමික අතිරික්තය (Primary Surplus) කියන්නේ? රජයේ සම්පූර්ණ ආදායමෙන්, පෙර ගත් ණය... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/06/26)

ජල වේලි ආරක්ෂක නියාමන ක්‍රියාවලියක් ස්ථාපනය කිරීම සඳහා කමිටුවක් පත්කිරීම 
බන්දුල කෑන්දරාගම.
ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා, ජනාධිපති තුමනි, කන්තලේ වේල්ල 1984 අප්‍රේල් 20 දින පාන්දර 3:00 ට කැඩී ගියේය. එසේ වුවද, පාන්දර 4:30 පමන වන විට, ජලයෙන් යටවන ප්‍රදේශවල මහජනතාව ඉවත් කිරීමට ග්‍රාම සේවා නිලධාරී මහතා සහ පොලිසිය විසින් කටයුතු කරන ලදී.  40 වසරකට පමන පසු, කොත්මලේ ජලාශයේ වාන් දොරටු විවෘත කර පැය 40ක් පමන ගත වුවත්, ගම්පොල ප්‍රදේශයේ ජනතාව ඉවත් කිරීමට අදාල බලධාරීන් සමත් වූයේ නැත. මෙයට හේතු කිහිපයක්  තිබේ. උදාහරණයක් වශයෙන්, අපේ රටට අදාල ජල වේලි සම්භන්දව අවශ්‍යය ක්‍රම වේදයක් නොමැත. වාන් දොරටු විවෘත කිරීමෙන් පසු  දුරකථන ජාලය ක්‍රියා විරහිත විය.  දුරකථන ජාලය... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/06/26)

Devarshi Narad Jayanti award conferred on Nava Thakuria
By Our Correspondent
Guwahati: The annual Devarshi Narad Jayanti award was recently conferred on Assamese journalist Nava Thakuria, where  three city-based promising reporters namely Ranjita Rabha of Pratham Khabar news channel, Lakhyajit Gohain of NK Television  and Mridul Haloi of Dainik Asom were also felicitated. Organized by Vishwa Samvad Kendra (VSK) Assam at Sudarshanalaya in  Barbari locality of the prehistoric Indian city on 7 June 2026, the function also witnessed an illuminating lecture presented by Prakhar Shrivastava, senior consulting editor and anchor at Delhi Doordarshan Kendra. While delivering a factual and profound speech addressing the contemporary socio-political landscape... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/06/26)

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව දැන්ම ක්‍රියා කළ යුතුය – නැත්නම් තවත් ආර්ථික අර්බුදයක් අනිවාර්ය වේ
සරත් ඔබේසේකර
අද ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පසුගිය ආර්ථික කඩාවැටීමෙන් යම් ප්‍රමාණයකට ගොඩ ආ බවක් පෙනේ. විදේශ සංචිත වැඩි වී ඇත. උද්ධමනය පාලනය වී ඇත. විශ්වාසය යම් තරමකට නැවත ගොඩනැගී ඇත. නමුත් අපේ ආර්ථිකය කඩා වැටීමට හේතු වූ මූලික දුර්වලතා තවමත් විසඳී නොමැත. අපි දිනපතාම කියවන්නේ මහ බැංකුව ඩොලර් මිලදී ගන්නා ආකාරය, විනිමය අනුපාතය පාලනය කිරීමට නීති ගෙන එන ආකාරය සහ රේගුව හා දේශීය ආදායම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව වාර්තාගත ආදායම් උපයා ඇති බවයි. නමුත් බදු අය කිරීමෙන් රටක් ධනවත් නොවේ. රටක් ධනවත් වන්නේ විදේශ විනිමය උපයන විටය. එය සිදු වන්නේ නිෂ්පාදනයෙන්, අපනයනයෙන්, ආයෝජනයෙන්, නවෝත්පාදනයෙන්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/06/26)

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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.
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    123,000 BC - Oldest human found in Lanka - Pathirajawela in the deep South.
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    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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