Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Star-studded launch planned for Home Lands' Port City project valued at US$300 million The announcement of a US$300 million luxury residential development in Colombo Port City has generated considerable interest. While such investments are welcome, Sri Lanka must ask a fundamental question: Is Port City merely going to be a collection of high-rise apartments, or can it become a genuine Centre of Excellence that drives economic growth and foreign exchange earnings? History offers valuable lessons. Several decades ago, Singapore transformed itself from a small trading port into a global... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Many economists in Sri Lanka have debated for years. In an open economy, foreign exchange can leave the country not only through legitimate imports but also through over-invoicing, transfer pricing, unnecessary imports, and disguised capital flight. However, the challenge is to control outflows without discouraging genuine business activity. Some possible measures are: 1. Strengthen Customs Valuation Many countries use international reference databases to compare declared import prices with prevailing world prices. If a container of low-value consumer goods is declared at twice the normal international... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
General Port of Trincomalee commands a large, natural and a wide body of sheltered water in Sri Lanka. The Port of Trincomalee could be developed to play a major role in this unique economic region considering its locational advantage, deep water port facilities, large hinterland for establishing industries and accompanied with quick land connection to Port of Colombo, with the expansion of express way network. 1. Proposed Action Plan The Export Development Board has initiated a consultancy service to carry out the Feasibility study on market, technical and financial aspects for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/06/26)
පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන්
2026 ජූනි 9
භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ ඩො.මි. 2.5 ක මුදලක් තුන්වන පාර්ශවයක් අතට පත්වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන පාර්ලිමේන්තු මුදල් කාරක සභාව විසින් සිදුකරන විමර්ශන ක්රමවේදය, තම වැරද වසා ගැනීමට අවශ්ය කාලය ලබාගැනීම සඳහා මහ බැංකුව හා භාණ්ඩාගාරය විසින් යොදාගනිමින් සිටින බව ෆ්රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානයේ ප්රධාන විධායක නිලධාරී රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පවසයි. අද කෙළඹ දී පැවති පුවත්පත් සාකච්චාවක දී අදහස් දැක්වූ තෙන්නකෝන් මහා පැවසූවේ ‘ෆ්රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය අප්රේල් 22 අනාවරණය කළා පසුව, රාජ්ය මුදල් බලය දරණ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මුදල් කාරක සභාව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/26)
Abroad of Air
https://youtu.be/UTF3U68ADY8 Religious freedom varies widely across the world in 2026. While Buddhism is practiced peacefully in many nations, there are countries where legal systems, state policies, or strong social pressures make it difficult for Buddhists to openly practice their faith. In this video, we explore 10 countries where Buddhists face legal or social restrictions, based on public laws, government structures, and internationally documented religious freedom conditions. ⚠️ This video is for educational and awareness purposes only. It does not promote hate or target any religion or country. The focus is on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/26)
By Sarath Obeysekera
A recent newspaper report highlighted concerns raised by a policy think tank regarding the quality of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) in Sri Lanka. While the report correctly points out deficiencies in some EIA studies, it stops short of addressing a more fundamental question: Have EIAs become an instrument of environmental protection, or have they evolved into bureaucratic obstacles that unnecessarily delay development projects? As an engineer who has been involved in planning and implementing infrastructure projects for several decades, I have observed both the strengths and weaknesses of the EIA process. Environmental protection... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/26)
by Kalavai Venkat
Whenever the Islamic siege of Europe, including the UK, or the US is brought up, some insular Hindus react by arguing that Britain colonized India and now it's payback time. Yes, Britain colonized India, looted $ 45 trillion worth of its wealth, and committed a massive genocide of Indians. As the researches of Dylan Sullivan have shown, this resulted in the genocide of 100 million Indians just between 1880 and 1920. Not only that, Europeans imposed the scourge of Christianity on Indians and laid waste to our educational institutions. They exacerbated the Hindu-Muslim and caste... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/26)
Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
When Technology Meets Red Tape: The Reality Behind Sri Lanka’s Digitisation Drive Digitisation or Paperisation? A Senior Citizen's Experience At my age, climbing several flights of stairs is no longer easy. Fortunately, my wife, a medical doctor, anticipated this challenge years ago and arranged for a lift to be installed in our home. To ensure reliability during power failures, I also installed a diesel generator. I own a diesel vehicle and purchase fuel regularly. Yet when I attempted to buy a small quantity of diesel for the generator, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/26)
Maathalan - (මාතලන්)
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The wife of retired Major General Suresh Sallay, Manori Sallay, and their son reportedly have met the Chief Prelates of the Malwatta and Asgiriya Chapters yesterday (08), requesting their intervention to ensure justice for him. Our correspondent reports that Manori Sallay and her son spent more than an hour in discussion with the two leading theras during the visit. During the meeting, Manori Sallay has requested the Chief Prelates to act as an intermediary to help secure justice for her husband.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/06/26)
Udaya Gammanpila
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Free Lawyers Press Statement
Free Lawyers Sri Lanka, an association of legal professionals dedicated to the rule of law, access to justice, and protection of fundamental rights, expresses profound alarm at the continued administrative detention of retired Major General Thuwan Suresh Salley for over 100 days under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Mr. Salley was arrested on 25 February 2026 in connection with investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. A medico-legal examination report (MLEF No. 50/2026), prepared by the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Colombo, following a court-ordered referral by the Colombo Fort... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/26)
පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය 2026 ජූනි 8 ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්රී ගුණරත්න කැඳවුම්කරු හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ප්රධාන විධායක නිලධාරි ෆ්රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය
ත්රස්තවාදය වැළැක්වීමේ පනත යටතේ විශ්රාමික මේජර් ජෙනරාල් තුවන් සුරේෂ් සාලි මහතා දින 100කට වඩා රඳවා තබාගැනීම හා කෲර ලෙස සැලකීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ෆ්රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය දැඩි කනස්සල්ල ප්රකාශ කරයි. 2019 පාස්කු ප්රහාර පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනවලට සම්බන්ධව සුරේෂ් සලේ 2026 පෙබරවාරි 25 දින අත්අඩංගුවට ගනු ලැබීය. කොළඹ කොටුව මහේස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණයේ නියෝගය අනුව 2026 මැයි 4 වැනිදා ප්රධාන අධිකරණ වෛද්ය නිලධාරි මාර්ගයෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද වෛද්ය පරීක්ෂණ වාර්තාව (MLEF අංක 50/2026) මගින් හෙළිවන කරුණු මෙසේය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
A recent news item showed former students who studied in socialist countries joining hands with the Russian Cultural Centre to clean parts of Colombo. While such initiatives are commendable, they also remind us of a painful reality: Sri Lanka's cleanliness problem is not caused by a lack of cleaning campaigns. It is caused by a lack of discipline. Having studied in the Soviet Union during the 1970s, I witnessed first-hand how a society could function with remarkable order and civic responsibility. During my years there, I never saw members of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/26)
Nava Thakuria
The readers of a venerated newspaper from Guwahati noticed an unusual full front-page advertisement on 26 May 2026 stating that the English daily was not for sale. Grabbing the most important space for hard news (meant for valued readers who buy the newspapers every morning), the arrogant management did not hesitate to use the front page for an issue that could have been dealt otherwise. But the question remains, why the Assam Tribune management propagated the advertisement asserting that the acclaimed daily is not being sold to anyone. Refuting rumours on social media, the managerial authority... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/26)
දේශමාන්ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. අග්රාමාත්ය සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිර ලේකම් සහ ශ්රී ලන්කා පරිපාලන සේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-1994) 2026.ජූනි 06.
සිංහල බෞද්ධ ජාතියේ සහ ඒ ශ්රේෂ්ඨ ශිෂ්ඨාචාරයේ තිඹිරිගෙය මහින්තලා පින් බිම (ක්රි. පූ.307). සිංහල බෞද්ධ ජාතියේ උපත සිදුවූයේ ක්රි.පූ.307 වන සියවසේ පොසොන්පෝය දිනයේදීය.ලෝක ඉතිහාසයේ ඒ අන්දමින් වෙනත් කිසිම ජාතියක උපත නිශ්චිතව ලේඛනාරූඩව ඇද්දැයි මම නොදනිමි. එම ආශ්චර්ය සිදුවූයේ මේ රටේ ශිෂ්ටාචාරයේ පදනමවූ මහින්දාගමනය සමඟ සිදුවූ ඒ අසිරිමත් බුද්ධාගමේ ලන්කා ආගමනයත් සමඟය. එබැවින් අනිවාර්යෙන්ම මේ රටේ ජාතික දිනය විය යුත්තේ රටේ ජාතිය උපන් පොසොන්පෝය දිනය මිස, වෙනත් කිසිම දිනයක් නොවේ. සිංහල බෞධයෙක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
In 1989, five years after returning to Sri Lanka from the United Kingdom and Norway, where I had worked on offshore oil and gas projects in the North Sea, an unexpected opportunity changed the course of my life. One afternoon, a friend visited my home and asked whether I would be interested in heading a government institution known as the Road Development Authority. At the age of 39, with a background in mechanical engineering rather than civil engineering, I was surprised by the suggestion. Nevertheless, I believed that management, discipline, and integrity were... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/26)
by Professor Nishan C Wijesinha of the German School of Medicine.
The Persian Gulf Formed when Ice Age glaciers melted and sea levels rose. Before that it was a river valley and dry basin called the "Gulf Oasis". (Time frame as of Genesis 1:10). In Biblical Genesis the Persian Gulf was already a sea by then, so whales, dolphins, humpbacks, and sharks would’ve been swimming there. In Genesis 2:19, Scripture reveals something profound: “Whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name thereof". Remember this included the great whales... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/26)
Maathalan - (මාතලන්)
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https://youtu.be/uTxl4g-ayGA Sri Lanka's rupee is under pressure, inflation is creeping up, and the debate over "money printing" is back in the spotlight. Did the Central Bank really print Rs. 2.1 trillion? Is money printing always bad? Who is actually responsible for the rupee's depreciation? And are we heading toward another economic crisis? In this episode of Insight, former Central Bank Deputy Governor and economist Dr. W.A. Wijewardena explains: • Why exchange rate stability is no longer the Central Bank's primary responsibility • The truth behind the Rs. 2.1 trillion money printing claim... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/06/26)
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Posted byee ink.June 6, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:13th Amendment, chattel-slavery, history, India, politics, travel, US Constitution, USA blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 31 May – 06 June 2026 ‘We have in the Tamil coolie a perfect machine for the cultivation of our tea, coffee, or other tropical produce.’ Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Lovell B Clarence, 1896 The retired Chief Justice was celebrating the centenary of English rule in Sri Lanka. He had lived in the country for over 25 years, recalls SBD de Silva’s classic The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/26)
2026 ජූනි 7 පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන්
2026 වසරේ පළමු කාර්තුවේ ඉලක්කම් විජ්ජාවක ප්රබන්ධය
නමුත් සත්යය නම් මේ වසරේ පළමු මාස 3 තුල පමණක්, මෙරට විදේශ ණය ඇ.ඩො.මි. 788 කින් ද, දේශීය ණය රු. බි. 490 කින් වැඩිවී ඇත.
රාජ්ය ණය කලමනාකරණ දොපාර්තමේන්තුවේ නිල වාර්තා අනුව, ගෙවන ලද මුලික මුදල (Principal Amount) ඩො.බි. 5.98 කි. ණය පොලී වටිනාකම ඩො.බි. 2.11 කි. එකතුව 8.094 කි. එය කරුණු වශයෙන් ගත් කළ සත්යයකි. නමුත් මෙම මුදල් ගෙවා ඇත්තේ ඩොලර් වලින් නොව ශ්රී ලංකා රුපිියල් වලිනි. එසේ ගෙවන ලද මුදලට ආසන්න මුදලක් නැවතත් භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
The legal counsel for Former State Intelligence Chief Major General (Rtd) General Sallay has written to CID Director SSP Shani Abeysekara, demanding urgent medical intervention for his client. He emphasised that prolonged detention conditions pose an immediate risk to life, noting that the State has a non-delegable duty of care towards individuals in custody. The letter calls for the immediate transfer of General Sallay to a fully equipped hospital, urgent examination by independent medical specialists, continued access for family and legal representatives, and a written update on his medical condition. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
The International Cricket Council (ICC) faces serious allegations of institutional fraud and deliberate misrepresentation because physical dossiers submitted by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) provided the governing body with actual notice of the Umpire Decision Review System (DRS) origin framework. The long-running intellectual property dispute centers on Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna, who designed and published the core four-pillar "Player Referral" concept in 1997—nine years before the ICC adopted it. [1, 2, 3, 4] Advocates for the inventor argue that the ICC’s legal team maintaining a defense of ignorance, despite receiving comprehensive dossiers from Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
The Sri Lankan lawyer who took on the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the betterment of cricket is Senaka Weeraratna. Known globally as the "Father of DRS" (Decision Review System), Weeraratna has been engaged in a decades-long intellectual property battle with the ICC to claim rightful authorship and recognition for inventing the system. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] The Core of the Innovation The Blueprint (1997): Weeraratna first conceived and publicized the framework of the "Player Referral System" in a letter to the editor of The Australian newspaper on March 25,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
A Policy Shift Towards Steel and Prefabricated Construction for Sri Lanka's Public Infrastructure
Time for a New Approach to Government Construction Procurement Sri Lanka's public sector construction procurement procedures have traditionally been based on conventional reinforced concrete structures with brick-and-mortar walls. Under existing procurement regulations, government institutions are required to prepare preliminary engineering designs, bills of quantities, and engineer's estimates before calling for tenders. Technical Evaluation Committees and Tender Boards are subsequently appointed to ensure transparency and competitiveness in contractor selection. While these procedures remain fundamentally sound, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/26)
Rear admiral ( Dr ) Sarath Weerasekera VSV RWP USP Former Public Security Minister
This is regarding the editorial of The Island on 19 th May 2026, titled “Defeat ofTerrorism- Triumph of hypocrisy”.I fully agree with the Editor when he says that Terrorism need to be eliminated in allits forms and manifestations. Terrorism is generally defined as “massacringinnocents to achieve a political aim”. Hence, whether the cause for terrorism isjustifiable or not, terrorism per se, cannot be justified and thus, should beeliminated.However I have different views with the rest of the editorial and believe that itwould be published... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/26)
By Eng. Sarath Obeysekera Former Chairman, Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation (SLLRDC)
The recent announcement ( Sunday Times 7th June) of a major Beira Lake clean-up programme has generated renewed hope that one of Colombo’s most iconic water bodies can finally be restored. Dredging, aerators, landscaping, jogging paths, and beautification projects are all welcome initiatives. However, if the root cause of pollution is not permanently eliminated, we will simply be spending billions of rupees treating symptoms rather than curing the disease. During my tenure at the Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation (SLLRDC),... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has not announced any formal disciplinary or legal actions against the three specific legal and administrative figures—David Becker (former Head of Legal), Jonathan Hall (General Counsel), and David Richardson (former CEO)—implicated by critics in the ongoing dispute over the Umpire Decision Review System (DRS). [1, 2, 3] The growing geopolitical and institutional tension stems from allegations that these advisors provided flawed legal counsel that actively ignored the Doctrine of Constructive Notice to deny Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna the intellectual property and naming rights for inventing the "Player Referral"... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera Blue economy promoter
Sri Lanka is once again celebrating agreements to send skilled graduates and engineers overseas. While foreign employment generates valuable remittances, we must ask a fundamental question: Are we exporting our most valuable resource because we have failed to create opportunities at home? Recent discussions on providing employment opportunities in Japan for Sri Lankan fisheries graduates highlight a deeper issue. Instead of focusing solely on exporting our talent, why are we not investing in industries and technologies that can create sustainable jobs within Sri Lanka's own coastal economy? One... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Sri Lanka is currently engaged in a vigorous campaign against corruption in the public sector. Investigations, prosecutions, and public debate have rightly focused on the misuse of state resources and abuse of political power. However, an equally important question remains largely unaddressed: what about corruption and governance failures in the corporate sector? Some of the largest financial disasters in Sri Lanka's history were not caused by government institutions. They occurred within private corporations, finance companies, and conglomerates that were entrusted with billions of rupees belonging to shareholders, depositors, lenders, employees, and the public.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
The former Director of the State Intelligence Service, retired Major General Suresh Sallay, who is being detained and questioned by the Criminal Investigation Department under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital, according to sources. This comes against a backdrop where he commenced a fast-to-death since last night (06).... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/06/26)
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Former intelligence chief Suresh Salle served the country by dedicating his entire life for 38 years, and the time arrived for the people of the country to stand up and show gratitude to him. Suresh Salle, who is under detention orders in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), commenced a fast unto death, and his wife stated this to the media when she arrived at the CID to see him today (07). His wife, son, and brother arrived to see Suresh Salle this morning. She alleged on this occasion... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/06/26)
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