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Safeguarding the lives of inmates and prison officials – Justice Ministry shamefully failed
Press Statement Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon Executive Director/ Centre for Human Rights and Research (CHR) Sri Lanka
Centre for Human Rights Research (CHR) Sri Lanka strongly condemns the failure of the Government and, in particular, Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara and Secretary to the Ministry of Justice Ms. Ayesha Jinasena, to manage the chronic overcrowding in Sri Lanka's prisons and to safeguard the lives of inmates and prison officials. According to an urgent statement issued by the Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP Sri Lanka), several fatalities have occurred within Mahara Prison, with multiple inmates lying injured.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/08/26)

Sri Lanka Prison crisis: Should Prisons be about rehabilitation rather than just incarceration?
By Raj Gonsalkorale
“Generally speaking, punishment makes men hard and cold; it concentrates; it sharpens the feeling of alienation; it strengthens the power of resistance”― Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and writer  In the first instance, this article is about crime and punishment in general and not about specific crimes or categories of punishment. To begin with, taking crime in general, it will be useful if readers, their friends and families could place themselves in a position where a loved one, a son, daughter, a spouse or a good friend, has committed a crime and been sent to... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/08/26)

Sri Lankan Candidate Dr. M.M.M. Rushanudeen for contesting Post of Vice President to the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA)
Media Release UNA - Sri Lanka
 Sri Lankan Candidate Dr. M.M.M. Rushanudeen for contesting Post of Vice President to the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) Represent Sri Lanka and Head of Delegates to World Congress and 44th Plenary Assembly at World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva from 23rd to 30th August 2026.The Secretary - General of the United Nations of Sri Lanka (UNA-Sri Lanka) Sri Lankan Candidate Dr. M.M.M. Rushanudeen for contesting Post of Vice President to the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) Represent Sri Lanka and Head of Delegates to World Congress and 44th... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/08/26)

Death of Senior Lawyer J.C. ("Chula") Boange -An Appreciation
Senaka Weeraratna
Chula Boange soon after taking oaths J.C. (Chula) Boange, Attorney – at – Law, died on July 20th 2026. He was 77 years old. His remains were cremated within 24 hours of his passing according to his wishes, without the usual trappings of rituals, ceremony and large crowds. His departure mirrored the life he led: simple, austere, discreet. I came into contact with Chula on the very first day of my entry to the Colombo Law Faculty sometime in October 1969. It was a great thrill for me to... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/08/26)

Time to Rethink Sri Lanka's Prison System: Relocate, Modernise and Reform Through Public-Private Partnerships
By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
The recent prison riots at Negombo and Mahara have once again exposed the deep structural weaknesses of Sri Lanka's prison system. Lives have been lost, public property destroyed, prison officers attacked, and the confidence of the public shaken. These are not isolated incidents; they are symptoms of a prison system that has long exceeded its capacity and is struggling to maintain order.  It is time to move beyond temporary solutions and adopt bold, long-term reforms. One such reform is the relocation of ageing urban prisons, beginning with the historic Welikada... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/08/26)

2026.08.18 දින සවස 2-6 දක්වා කොළඹ මහජන පුස්තකාලයේ පවත්වන සිංහල මාධ්‍ය 36 වන නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහනේ දී රු.1100/- වටිනා නීති කෘතියක් දිනා ගත හැකි "විනිසුරු කාලය වැඩි කිරීමට ජනමතවිචාරණයක් අවශ්‍ය බවට" නීති අධ්‍යාපන අභ්‍යාසය. (ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා ආණ්ඩුක්)
වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන
2026.08.18 දින සවස 2-6 දක්වා කොළඹ මහජන පුස්තකාලයේ පවත්වන සිංහල මාධ්‍ය 36 වන නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහනේ දී රු.1100/- වටිනා නීති කෘතියක් දිනා ගත හැකි "විනිසුරු කාලය වැඩි කිරීමට ජනමතවිචාරණයක් අවශ්‍ය බවට"නීති අධ්‍යාපන අභ්‍යාසය. (ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව නොව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව යොදා ගන්න)විනිසුරු ධූර කාලය වැඩි කිරීමට යාමේදී ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83, 3, 30.2, 62.2 ව්‍යවස්ථා සමඟ සළකා බලමින් ජනමතවිචාරණයකට යාම අවශ්‍ය බවට නීති තර්ක ගොඩනගන්න.සාර්ථකව පිළිතුරු දෙන අයට නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා ලියා ඇති රු.1100/- වටිනා " 4(ඉ) ව්‍යවස්ථාවට පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණ ඇතුල් කිරීමෙන් රටේ ඒකීය බව බිඳ වැටෙයිද?" කෘතියේ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/08/26)

Sri Lanka 2040 – A Nation That Builds, Manufactures and Leads”
My presidential manifesto 
Or simply: “The Engineering Manifesto for a New Sri Lanka” Vision
“To transform Sri Lanka from a consumption-based economy into the industrial and maritime hub of the Indian Ocean through technology, engineering, education, discipline, and productive investment.” Pillar 1 – Industrial Renaissance
Make industrialisation the highest national priority. Establish heavy engineering parks. Develop shipbuilding, offshore engineering, steel fabrication and precision manufacturing. Encourage local manufacturing instead of unnecessary imports. Double industrial exports... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/08/26)

”NEMO DEBET ESSE JUDEX IN PROPRIA CAUSA.”  (Nobody can be a judge in his own case.)
By Sarath Wijesinghe PC., Solicitor of the U.K., Former Ambassador to the U.A.E. and Israel and The President, Ambassadors Forum U.K. and Sri Lanka.
BAR ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA AND THE RECENT RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED ON THE EXTENTION OF THE JUDICIARY BY TWO YEAR The Bar Association of Sri Lanka is the professional body of all lawyers in Sri Lanka with Honorable objectives that includes protect the Constitution, Human Rights, Encourage Rule of Law, independence of the Judiciary amongst many other objects included. The Constitution of Bar Association which was set up as  a continuation of... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/08/26)

Garfield Sobers met Senaka Weeraratna
AI Overview
Sir Garfield Sobers and Senaka Weeraratna met face-to-face during a chance encounter in Melbourne, Australia, in 1983. At the time, Weeraratna—a Sri Lankan lawyer who would later become known as the conceptual architect of cricket's Player Decision Review System (DRS)—was working in Melbourne as a legal officer for the Federal Special Prosecutor's office. [1, 2, 3] Key Details of the Encounter The Setting: The meeting took place in Melbourne in 1983. Weeraratna was part of a white-collar crime prosecution review team under Robert Redlich, QC. [1] The Context: Sir... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/08/26)

2015දී 19වන සංශෝධනය අවස්ථාවේ ජනාධිපති සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු කාලය වසර 5ක් කිරීමට ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව අනුව අවශ්‍ය ජනමතවිචාරණ අහිමි කළ මහමොළකරුවන් කවුද?
වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන
ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83. බී. සහ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83.ආ වෙනස් බව මැතිවරණ කොමිසමත් 2025 දී කියද්දී වැරදි ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83.බී ඡේදය යොදාගෙන ජනාධිපති සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු කාලය වසර 05ක් දක්වා අඩුකර 2015 දී ජනතාවගේ ජනමතවිචාරණ ඡන්ද බලය අහිමි කරවූ මහමොළකරුවන් කවුද?* * Who are the masterminds who, during the 19th Amendment in 2015, deprived the people of the referendum required by the Constitution to change the presidential and parliamentary terms to 5 years?Who are the masterminds who deprived the people of their referendum voting... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/08/26)

මහර බන්ධනාගාරයේ කොල්ලා බයි තක්සලාවට ඇත්ත කියයි ජෙප්පන්ට නඩු දායි ! - හඬ පට සහිතයි
Iraj Show
https://youtu.be/UnfpEoYlniA... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/08/26)

Where is Sri Lanka’s Shaheed Drone?
Dilrook Kannangara
There are a number of wars raging g around the world and a few more are on the planning stage. Drone warfare dominates every one of them. Among drones, the king is inevitably the mighty Shaheed drone. Shaheed and its copies in many countries, including its Russian, American, Chinese, Indian, Israeli, Turkish, etc. variants are highly effective due to low cost, simplicity, high impact, versatility, short time it takes to launch and hit targets and range. Why waste manned aircraft and artillery when a cheap but sizable enough drone can do the job at a fraction... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/08/26)

An Open Letter to the Minister of Lands
By Concerned Citizen
To: The Hon Minister I refer to the timely and eye-opening article written by that erudite journalist Shenali Waduge “ The Legal Defects in Sri Lanka’s Land Registry: Two Registers with a Flawed Digitalisation Programme” at https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/the-legal-defects-in-sri-lankas-land-registry-two-registers-with-a-flawed-digitalisation-programme/ The Article clearly shows (as has been the experience of all other nations which had practiced the deed system) that the Deeds Register like that under Ord 23 of 1927 is the only practical path to achieve international standards. Since the enactment of Act No. 21 of 1998 (Bim Saviya), Sri Lanka... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/08/26)

The Diaspora Dilemma: Hindrance or Potential Asset for Sri Lanka?
Sasanka De Silva
A country’s diaspora should naturally be one of its greatest strategic assets. Living in developed nations, overseas citizens gain access to advanced infrastructure, cutting-edge technology, and global networks. In an ideal scenario, they leverage these advantages to bring facilities, expertise, and investment back to their motherland. Regional neighbours offer clear examples of this in action—diaspora communities actively contributing to building schools, hospitals, airports, and modern road networks in their homelands. Unfortunately, Sri Lanka’s experience often tells a different story. Where the Focus Lies Instead of channelling knowledge... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/08/26)

Unity Is the Strength of a Reform Government – A Lesson from History
By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
Governments are rarely defeated by their opponents alone. More often, they are weakened by divisions from within  There are examples in Sri Lanka in the past The Bolshevik Revolution succeeded because its leaders were united in achieving a common objective. Lenin, Trotsky and others worked together to overthrow the old regime and defend the revolution during its formative years. It was only after Lenin’s illness and death that deep divisions among the leadership intensified, leading to a destructive struggle for power. Whatever one’s opinion of Soviet history, one lesson remains... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/08/26)

Development Requires Decisive Leadership – But Also Institutional Cohesion
By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
History repeatedly demonstrates that nations achieve rapid transformation when the institutions of the State work towards a common national purpose rather than pulling in different directions. Singapore under Lee Kuan Yew, South Korea during its industrialisation, and China under Deng Xiaoping all illustrate how determined executive leadership, supported by functioning state institutions, accelerated economic development, attracted investment, built infrastructure, and lifted millions out of poverty. While their political systems differed, they shared one characteristic: the machinery of government acted with a common national objective. Sri Lanka today faces a different... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/08/26)

Deputy Minister of Defence Calls on Youth to Champion National Unity for Country's Development
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
Addressing National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets at the opening ceremony of the NCC Inter-Provincial Youth Exchange Programme, held at St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee, on 30 July as the Chief Guest, Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) urged the youth to transform diversity into a catalyst for nation-building. In his address, the Deputy Minister underscored the vital role of youth in fostering national reconciliation and lasting unity, emphasizing that peace is built not merely through the absence of conflict but through trust, understanding and meaningful engagement among communities.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/08/26)

Jan 29, 2017 – The President has now instructed that the CCEM must hereafter submit its decisions to the relevant subject minister, who must then submit their concurrence ……..
Dr Sarath Obeyekera
https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2017/02/12/jan-29-2017-the-president-has-now-instructed-that-the-ccem-must-hereafter-submit-its-decisions-to-the-relevant-subject-minister-who-must-then-submit-their-concurrence/... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/08/26)

The Legal Defects in Sri Lanka’s Land Registry: Two Registers with a Flawed Digitalisation Programme
Shenali D Waduge
Sri Lanka is being rapidly moved towards a digitalisation of its land records. Digital technology can undoubtedly improve efficiency, but digitalising an unreliable legal system will not create a reliable land register or any relief for land owners and even a government who has to answer long term consequences. Before investing billions in digital transformation, a Government must first correct the legal defects that have existed for decades. Why have the digital gurus tasked to roll out digitalization not seen this stark reality and commenced remedies to this issue first? Currently,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/08/26)

Were the Kuthodaw marble inscriptions created to protect Buddhism from British colonial rule?
by Maung Maung Nyunt, The Buddhist Channel, 12 July 2026
Yangon, Myanmar -- The 729 marble slabs at Kuthodaw Pagoda in Mandalay, often called "the world's largest book," represent one of the most ambitious projects of Buddhist preservation ever undertaken. Completed in 1868 under King Mindon, these stone tablets contain the complete Pali Tipiṭaka, the Vinaya, Sutta, and Abhidhamma Piṭakas, inscribed across 1,460 pages, each slab five feet tall and five inches thick, housed in its own small shrine arranged around a central golden pagoda. Yet the question of why this monumental work was commissioned points... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/08/26)

Beyond Cakes and Caregiving and garment industry It Is Time to Redefine Women’s Empowerment in Sri Lanka
By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
For decades, Sri Lanka has proudly spoken about women’s empowerment. Every government has launched programmes under this banner, and millions of rupees have been spent on training and awareness. Yet one fundamental question remains: Have we truly empowered women, or have we merely confined them to traditional occupations under a new label? Most vocational programmes offered to women still revolve around cake making, beauty culture, tailoring, housekeeping, food processing, childcare and elderly care. While these are respectable professions, they represent only a narrow segment of the opportunities available to women... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/08/26)

Court orders media restriction following chief jailer testimony on negombo prison clash
Hiru News
Negombo Magistrate Shilani Perera instructed media outlets today to refrain from publishing details stemming from the testimony of the chief jailer on duty during the Negombo prison clash, citing potential risks to national security given the sensitive nature of the evidence.The magistrate further directed the court registrar to secure the testimony safely within a safe.These disclosures emerged as Wickrama Jayantha Kumara, serving as the chief jailer at the time, testified at the Negombo Magistrate Court regarding the incident involving ten officers and twenty-two inmates.The testimony commenced around 1 p.m. and concluded close to... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/07/26)

Islamists Thought China Would Back Down, They Were DEAD Wrong
Talia Yoseph
https://youtu.be/bXqUfhrNhm8... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/07/26)

අර්චුනාගේ මන්ත්‍රීකම ඉවරයි, මන්ත්‍රීකම නැතිවෙන්න හේතුව අර්චුනා පළමුවරට හෙළිකරයි,
News Center
https://youtu.be/4JYL1BNKMdQ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/07/26)

Sri Lanka: A judicial system in disarray due to years of neglect
By Raj Gonsalkorale
The headline attracting issue in Sri Lanka at present appears to be the proposed two-year extension to the retirement age of judges which the government argues could assist in making a reduction in the massive backlog of pending cases amounting more than 1.1 million as per the Ministry of Justice. Few seem to be realising that this is only a symptom of a far more deep-seated issue arising from years of neglect of the judiciary system where under funding, inadequate remuneration, understaffing and under development of infrastructure has resulted in the accumulation of such a... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/07/26)

‘Outside Forces’ & ‘Up High’: Voodoo Economics, Yaka Economics & the Charade of Economists in Sri Lanka
e-Con e-News
Posted byee ink.July 25, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:history, politics, sri-lanka blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 19-25 July 2026 * ‘Why did no one see it coming?’ – England’s Queen Elizabeth asked the London School of Economics (LSE) about the 2008 capitalist meltdown * ‘The Government is preparing to restore criminal sanctions for serious foreign exchange offences after investigations into approximately $715mn remitted overseas through fraudulent import... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/07/26)

මුල් ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ අරගලයෙන් ජාතික ජන බලවේගය (NPP) ඉගෙන ගත යුතු පාඩම් – මගේ පෞද්ගලික මතක සටහන්
ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර (PhD)
අද ජාතික ජන බලවේගය (NPP) කුඩා දේශපාලන ව්‍යාපාරයක සිට රටේ පාලන බලය දක්වා පැමිණ තිබීම ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නූතන දේශපාලන ඉතිහාසයේ සුවිශේෂී සිදුවීමකි. කවර දේශපාලන මතයක් දැරුවද, මෙම පරිවර්තනය සිදු වූ ආකාරය සහ එයින් උගත හැකි පාඩම් විමසා බැලීම වටී. මගේ මතකය අදින් වසර හැටකට ආසන්න කාලයකට පෙරට දිව යයි. 1969 වසරේ මොස්කව් නගරයේ ඉගෙනුම ලබමින් සිටියදී නිවාඩුවකට ලන්ඩනයට ගියෙමි. රුසියානුවන් හා වෙනත් රටවල සිසුන් සමඟ ජීවත් වූ අතර, ඉංජිනේරු විද්‍යාවට අමතරව දේශපාලන ආර්ථික න්‍යාය, සාමූහික ගොවිතැන පිළිබඳ සමාජවාදී මතවාද, දර්ශනය සහ “විද්‍යාත්මක කොමියුනිස්ට්වාදය” යන විෂයයන් ද හැදෑරීමට මට අවස්ථාව ලැබුණි.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/07/26)

Sri Lanka’s Economy Is Not Doomed – What We Need Is Courage, Vision and Bold Decision-Making
By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
A recent article published in LankaWeb argues that an economic downturn is inevitable for Sri Lanka. While I appreciate the concerns expressed, I respectfully disagree with that conclusion. Sri Lanka has already emerged from one of the darkest economic periods in its post-independence history. The country has restored macroeconomic stability, inflation has been brought under control, debt restructuring has progressed, and confidence among international lenders and investors has gradually returned. The road ahead is certainly challenging, but an economic downturn is not inevitable. (youtube.com) The real issue lies elsewhere. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/07/26)

2026.07.29 දින නීතීඥ සංගමයේ විශේෂ මහ සභා රැස්වීමේදී විනිසුරු ධූර කාල දීර්ඝයට එරෙහිව පහත කරුණු 3 සාකච්ඡා කළාද?
නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුනvBSc(Col), PGDC(Col)
1.ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ  සිංහල ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පාඨ වෙනස්කම් නිවැරදි කිරීමට මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ සභාපති ජනාධිපති ලේකම්ට දැනුම් දීම2. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ වරදක් නිවැරදි කිරීමට නීතිපතිගේ අනුමැතියෙන් 2024.07.18 ගැසට් පත්‍රයේ 22වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 78වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන යටතේ ගැසට් කිරීම.3. විනිසුරු ධූර කාලය වැඩි කිරීමටඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව අනුව ජනමතවිචාරණයක් අවශ්‍ය නොවීම. සිංහල භාෂා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව අනුව ජනමතවිචාරණයක් අවශ්‍ය වීමhttps://neethiyalk.blogspot.com/2026/07/3.html?m=1නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුනBSc(Col), PGDC(Col)(සමායෝජක) වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහනදුරකථන 0712063394... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/07/26)

Slaughter of animals in Europe now face increased scrutiny including Video Surveillance to safeguard and protect the life of an animal on death row in their final moments 
AI Overview
European slaughterhouses are facing unprecedented scrutiny, with video monitoring becoming a primary tool to enforce animal welfare standards. Several European nations have shifted from voluntary camera usage to legally mandating Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) systems. This legislative push ensures that livestock are treated according to strict humanitarian and legal guidelines in their final moments. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Key Countries Mandating Video Surveillance United Kingdom: England pioneered the movement by making CCTV mandatory in all slaughterhouses in November 2018. Scotland followed in 2021, and Wales fully implemented its mandatory... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/07/26)

Vijay Prashad Colombo
Red Star
https://youtu.be/aqshlVg6QH0... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/07/26)

New Animal Welfare Bill 2026 fails to earmark Sri Lanka's appalling Slaughterhouse conditions specifically for regulation while 20 other areas are explicitly listed ( Clause 47)
Chat GPT
Justice for Animals and Nature Sri Lanka's new Animal Welfare Bill (gazetted on July 17, 2026) does not explicitly isolate and regulate local slaughterhouse conditions under its main enforcement clauses. This omission has drawn sharp criticism from animal rights advocates, given the notoriously poor welfare standards in the country's abattoirs. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] While Clause 47 and other parts of the bill specifically enumerate up to 20 detailed areas for strict regulation—including pet shop licensing, illegal breeding, animal fighting, and live transit—actual slaughterhouses remain a highly contentious loophole. [1, 2,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/07/26)

BASL unanimously passes resolution against proposed judges’ retirement age amendment
Daily Mirror
The Special General Meeting of the General Membership of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) today unanimously passed a resolution strongly opposing the proposed amendment to increase the retirement age of judges.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/07/26)

An economic downturn is inevitable for Sri Lanka.
By Chandre Dharmawardana
Given the available demographic trends, an economic downturn is inevitable for Sri lanka if it continues the way it does, doing very little for development, but leaning heavily towards luxuary celebrations and tourism which is increasingly threatened by global trends of high jet-fuel costs, and due to the need for imported hotel supplies and international food and primium alcohol, fuel etc.  The recent fertility rates of Sri Lanka are such that births do not repleace deaths. The population profile is such that the number of retired people (including a very small number of... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/07/26)

මේ රටේ පලාත්සභා ඡන්දය වහාම පවත්වන්මෙන් කෑමොර දෙන දේශපාලකයින් ඇතුලු සියලුම පිස්සන් ජීවිතාන්තය දක්වා යැවිය යුත්තේ අන්ගොඩටය,-අවසාන කොටස 7.
ආචාර්ය සුද ත් ගුණසේකර අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලන්කා පරිපාලනසේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-94))
මේ රටේ පලාත්සභා ඡන්දය වහාම පවත්වන්මෙන් කෑමොර දෙන දේශපාලකයින් ඇතුලු සියලුම පිස්සන් ජීවිතාන්තය දක්වා යැවිය යුත්තේ අන්ගොඩටය, එසේත් නැතිනම් ඔවුන් දේශද්‍රෝහීන්, ජාතිද්‍රෝහීන් සහ බෞද්ධ විරෝධීන් වශයෙන් වහාම මේ පින් බිමෙන් යළි කිසිදාක ආපසු ආ නොහැකි පිට සක්වලකටම පිටුවහල් කළ යුතුය. 2026.7.28 අවසාන කොටස 7. පාඨක ඔබගේ පහසුව සඳහා මෙම ලිපි පෙළේ පලමු ලිපියේ කොටසකින් මෙම අවසාන ලිපිය ආරම්භ කිරීමට මම අදහස්කළෙමි. ලිපියේ පලමු කොටස (2026. 06. 06. ලංකාවෙබ්)  එහි සාරාංශය ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/07/26)

Employment Creation: The Need of the Hour
Garvin Karunaratne, Ph D Michigan State University, formerly SLAS, GA Matara 1971-1973.
It all happened in the Bangladesh Secretariat, three days after General Ershard took over the country in a bloodless coup on the 24 th of March 1982. The Minister for Youth Development was clamped in prison and the work of the Ministry was in jeopardy. The third in command, Air Vice Marshall Aminul Islam, the Minister for Labour and Manpower evaluated the work done by the Ministry. Suddenly at the close, he realized that I was an outsider and inquired who I was and I was... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/07/26)

JUDICIARY  AGING AND AGING JUDICIARY.
By Sarath Wijesinghe, President’s Counsel, Solicitor in England and Wales, Former Chairman Consumer Affairs Authority, Former Ambassador to U.A.E and Israel President, Ambassadors Forum.
“They who see the truth as truth and truth as untruth will see truth because they entertain right thoughts. “ Dhammapada Stanza 12. We are in a controversy over the aging of judges when the judiciary is aging throughout history. Buddha has stated clearly on judiciary and judgement which points are reiterate in articles published under the topic,  Independence of Judiciary referred in articles of this presentation. The dispute is... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/07/26)

The Portuguese Inquisition in Goa and Ceylon that led to religious disharmony thereafter in both countries
AI Overview
The Portuguese Inquisition expanded into Asia during the 16th century to enforce Catholic orthodoxy across the colonies. While Goa served as the official bureaucratic headquarters of the Inquisition court, Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) was governed as a dependency under the administrative and religious jurisdiction of Goa, making it subject to the same aggressive policies. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] The Goa Inquisition was a brutal judicial branch of the Portuguese Holy Office established in Goa in 1560 to enforce Catholic orthodoxy, target crypto-Hindus/Muslims, and suppress non-Christian faiths across Portuguese Asian territories, including... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/07/26)

The failure of the Portuguese, and the Sinhalese People’ by P.E. Peiris
AI Overview 
The failure of the Portuguese, and the Sinhalese People’ by P.E. Peiris “The failure of the Portuguese, and the Sinhalese People” is a core historical thesis popularized by Sir Paul Edward Pieris (P.E. Pieris) in his seminal 1920 historical text, Ceylon and the Portuguese (1505–1658). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Pieris famously summarized the 153-year Portuguese colonial presence on the island by stating that they left "the gloomy word Failure writ large over all their actions," while simultaneously leaving the Sinhalese "a broken race, with their ancient civilization brought to the verge... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/07/26)

His Majesty, King Charles III of United Kingdom – Head of Commonwealth sent Message of Greetings To Ahmadiyya Convention, United Kingdom.
by I. Ahmad
Britain Largest Islamic Convention concludes. Total Attendence 51181 people representing 117 countries 60th alsa Salana (Annual Convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the United Kingdom concluded on Sunday 26th July 2026 in which five speeches by the World Head the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad.  On Saturday (25th July, the second day of the event), the Caliph conducted proceedings from the ladies marquee. Names of women for academic achievements were read out. His Holiness delivered an address for the ladies. On the same day... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/07/26)

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  • TWO EMISSARIES FROM UK AND FRANCE TWIST THEIR PURPOSE OF VISIT TO SRI LANKA. Malin Abeyatunga .-Full Report- (The LankaWeb-02/05/09)

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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.
  • Beginning and growth of civilization in Sri Lanka
    123,000 BC - Oldest human found in Lanka - Pathirajawela in the deep South.
    12000 BC - MaduruOya findings World's oldest findings of the use of Steel, Copper, and irrigation technology
    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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  • Historical Development of Sinhala and Scripts click on the links!!
    -Beginning and growth of civilization in Sri Lanka
    -Unethical conversion violates the UN convention on the right of the child

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