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Easter attack: Who is telling the truth?
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The Easter Sunday terror attacks of 2019 remain one of the most devastating tragedies in Sri Lanka's recent history. It claimed the lives not only of Sri Lankans, but also of foreign nationals. Therefore, countries such as the United States also have a responsibility to determine the real culprits. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted an investigation and identified Zahran Hashim as the mastermind. The FBI reports, along with inputs from other foreign agencies that assisted post-blast investigations, have reinforced the conclusion that Zahran played a central role... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/06/26)

PTA will be repealed within this year, President tells Parliament
Courtesy Adaderana
The Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act (PTA) will be repealed within this year, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated in Parliament today (25). The President said the law, introduced in 1979 as a temporary measure for one year, had remained active for approximately 46 years despite longstanding demands for its abolition. President Dissanayake noted that successive campaigns had been conducted calling for the removal of the act, citing concerns over civil liberties and its continued use over an extended period. The President said therefore the government will repeal the PTA... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/06/26)

Why Sri Lanka Must Transform Its Education System to Power an AI and Industrial Economy
Dr Sarath Obeysekera 
What kind of education system best serves Sri Lanka's long-term development? The issue is not whether Sri Lanka should have schools similar to prestigious British schools such as Harrow School, Merchant Taylors' School, or The John Lyon School. The real question is whether our education system produces citizens who can create value in Sri Lanka rather than simply preparing students to leave. The Current Situation Sri Lanka has several excellent international schools that prepare students for British, Australian, or International Baccalaureate qualifications. Many graduates proceed to universities abroad and... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/06/26)

What Buddhism Says About the Mind at Death
Dr Sarath Obeysekera 
Extract from AI  In many Buddhist schools, especially in the Theravāda tradition practiced in Sri Lanka, the state of mind at the moment of death (maranasanna citta or “death-proximate consciousness”) is considered important because it can influence the next rebirth. For example: A mind filled with loving-kindness (mettā), compassion, generosity, and calm may support a favorable rebirth. A mind overwhelmed by hatred, fear, anger, or greed may contribute to an unfavorable rebirth. However, Buddhism does not generally teach that the final thought alone... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/06/26)

Buddhism's Master stroke - Conquest of the Mind of the Western Man in a  Buddhist "counter-offensive" of peaceful export of spiritual wisdom back to the West 
Senaka Weeraratna
Being the only World religion without a belief in God and yet able to have a perfect system of Ethics and high Morals Buddhism can be held as largely responsible for the decamping of the Church in their millions. Belief in a creator God is dead or dying in the Christian West because Buddhism has shown an alternate path through meditation, compassion to all beings and development of the mind without prayer to God, enmity towards others and peace to all forms of lives including Nature. Buddhism never used a sword for its spread,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/06/26)

Global level legacies of Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna
AI Overview
Senaka Weeraratna, a prominent Sri Lankan Attorney-at-Law and legal scholar, has made foundational contributions to shaping domestic and international legal frameworks across multiple sectors, including foreign investment, unit trusts, environmental law, and animal rights. Though globally famous for conceptualizing cricket’s Decision Review System (DRS), his domestic legal legacy is rooted in public interest litigation and structural law reform. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 📈 Foreign Investment Law [1] Weeraratna was a pioneering academic voice advocating for structured statutory control and institutional oversight over foreign capital in Sri Lanka. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/06/26)

සජිත්ගේ කතාව මැද නැගිට්ට ආණ්ඩුවේ ලොක්කෙක් සජිත්ගෙන් හොඳටම අහගනී
Dasatha News
https://youtu.be/nhj_cnlJF00... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/06/26)

New vaccine offers hope against growing tropical disease in U.S.
View in Browser     MEDIA CONTACT: Amy ColganAmy.Colgan
osumc.eduhttps://wexnermedical.osu.edu/mediaroom   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 25, 2026   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Video and photos are available for download: https://bit.ly/4vou0bm)New vaccine offers hope against growing tropical disease in U.S.    Ohio State researchers develop a first-ever vaccine against leishmaniasis, which could infect more than 10% of the world   Key takeaways: Researchers at The Ohio State University are leading work on a first-ever vaccine for leishmaniasis. The vaccine is moving toward human testing. After strong results in animal studies, clinical trials are expected to begin later this year. As leishmaniasis becomes more of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/06/26)

Sri Lanka should follow the following methodology to finance the Trincomalee Green Hydrogen or Offshore Construction Project 
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
In May 2020, during the most volatile period in the oil & gas sector in 40 years, Nigeria LNG Ltd (NLNG) signed a historic US$3 billion corporate loan to finance the construction of its seventh liquefied natural gas(LNG) train. The Nigeria LNG Train 7 project (Train 7), expected to boost Nigeria's LNG output by close to a third, is seen as a strategic imperative for the country's long-term economic stability. The financing package for the development of Train 7 set a new template for structuring expansion financings in the international oil & gas sector. The large and complex financing is... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/06/26)

Capitalism, Public Investment, and the Incentive Dilemma in Sri Lanka
Sarath Obeysekera 
Some business leaders and professionals are now lamenting that projects for FDI are not coming  They suggest privately that decision -makers who are cabinet ministers may be allowed to take an incentive rather than calling it bribery, so that FDI can grow in  Large infrastructure projects are often evaluated on their economic return. In capitalist economies, investors expect profits, dividends, and performance-linked rewards. Corporate executives are compensated based on the value they create for shareholders Governments, however, operate under a different principle. Ministers and public officials are custodians of public... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/06/26)

The Proposed CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MEDIA PROFESSIONALS OF SRI LANKA' (BILL) and Triple Legal Repression: Digital Civil Space and Freedom of Expression Under Threat
MEDIA RELEASE |  June 24, 2026 Collective for Social Media Declaration (CSMD)
The 'Collective for Social Media Declaration'(CSMD) hereby expresses its grave concern regarding the.       "CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MEDIA PROFESSIONALS OF SRI LANKAl" gazetted by the government in June 2026, which poses a serious risk of severely restricting the digital civil space and the freedom of expression of independent voices in this country. While this bill presents itself as introducing and maintaining professional standards in the media sector, it carries a high potential of becoming a repressive tool that directly silences independent journalism and professional criticism in practice.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/06/26)

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් නිසි ගෞරවය සහ වන්දි කොල්ලකෑමට අධිෂ්ඨාන කරගෙන සිටින එහි නීති කණ්ඩායමේ ඉල්ලීම පරිදි ICC ආයතනය DRS හි කර්තෘත්වය සඳහා වංචනික ලෙස ගෞරවය ඉල්ලා සිටී
AI දළ විශ්ලේෂණය
"ඔබ කළ දේ සඳහා පිළිගැනීමක් ඉල්ලා නොසිටින්නේ නම්, ICC (ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් කවුන්සිලය) එහි නීති කණ්ඩායමේ ඉල්ලීම පරිදි වංචනික ලෙස කළ ආකාරයටම ඔබ කළ දේ සඳහා අනෙක් අයද ගෞරවය ඉල්ලා සිටිනු ඇති අතර එමඟින් ශ්‍රී ලාංකික නව නිපැයුම්කරුවෙකු සහ නීතිඥවරයෙකුට ලැබිය යුතු ගෞරවය සහ වන්දි අහිමි වේ".  "ඔබ එය ඇත්තටම කර ඇත්නම් 'මම එය කළා' යැයි කීමට කිසි විටෙකත් බිය නොවන්න."  සේනක වීරරත්න 'ක්‍රීඩකයා - යොමු කිරීම' (DRS) හි ගෘහ නිර්මාණ ශිල්පියා ........................ ශ්‍රී ලාංකික නීතිඥයෙකු සහ නව නිපැයුම්කරුවෙකු වන සේනක වීරරත්න ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාවේ තීරණ සමාලෝචන පද්ධතිය (DRS)... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/06/26)

ICC is claiming credit fraudulently for authorship of DRS at the behest of its Legal Team determined to rob Sri Lanka of due credit and compensation
AI Overview
" If you do not claim recognition for what you have done others will claim credit for what you have done like the way the ICC (International Cricket Council) has done at the behest of its Legal Team fraudulently and thereby depriving a Sri Lankan Inventor cum Lawyer due credit and compensation".  "Never be afraid to say ' I did it' if you have really done it."  Senaka Weeraratna Architect of 'Player - Referral' (DRS) .................................. Sri Lankan lawyer and inventor Senaka Weeraratna is widely documented... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/06/26)

ජනපතිගේ කතාවට සජිත් රිදෙන්නම දෙයි - අමුතු සිහිනයක් මවාගෙන ඉන්නේ
Dasatha News
https://youtu.be/xdvZP0msS0M... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/06/26)

PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPTS OF SRI LANKA Part 7
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Medical prescriptions were written down on palm leaf manuscripts. Besajja Manjusa is the oldest medical manuscript   written in Sri Lanka. There is a Sinhala translation of the Pali original in the Colombo Museum library. The manuscript of Bessajja Manjusa held in Ayurveda Research Institute, Maharagama was included in the UNESCO Memory of the World national register in 2016. Bessajja manuscripts can be found in Dalada Maligawa patirippuwa library, Galvene purana vihara Angoda,   Mettaramaya in Bambalapitiya, Colombo , Valukaramaya  at Pamburana,Matara and  Kosgodella raja maha vihara Sirancee Gunawardana says she has seen a  ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 24/06/26)

From Library Dust to Artificial Intelligence: Teaching Young Minds to Think Before They Ask
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
I often reflect on my days as a young engineering student in the former Soviet Union. My mentor, a Russian Jew and a passionate patriot of Russia and its revolution, frequently spoke about how a nation becomes powerful through knowledge, discipline, and scientific inquiry.  Under leaders such as Stalin, he believed that Russia transformed itself into an industrial and scientific giant because it encouraged rigorous study and intellectual curiosity. I was fortunate to receive both theoretical and practical training in oil and gas exploration, learning about the machinery and technologies of... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 24/06/26)

Case law examples of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka overturning decisions of its own Supreme Court
AI Overview
Under the doctrine of stare decisis, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka generally treats its own prior judgments as binding. However, it can and does overturn its own previous decisions to correct legal errors, adapt to changing social realities, or rectify judgments made per incuriam (through carelessness or lack of regard to the law). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] The primary mechanisms for doing so are assembling a larger Divisional Bench (e.g., a 5, 7, or 9-judge bench overriding a 3-judge bench) or invoking its inherent revisionary powers to vacate an earlier order in... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 24/06/26)

Reimagining Mattala Airport: From “World’s Emptiest Airport” to Southern Sri Lanka’s Aviation and Industrial Gateway
By Sarath Obeysekera
The Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) remains one of Sri Lanka’s most debated infrastructure projects. Built in 2013 at an estimated cost of US$209 million, with the majority financed through Chinese loans, the airport was originally designed to handle one million passengers and 50,000 tonnes of cargo annually. Unfortunately, traffic projections never materialised, and the airport became globally known as one of the world’s least utilised international airports.However, underutilisation does not necessarily mean failure. Around the world, many airports have been successfully repurposed as aviation maintenance centres, logistics hubs, industrial zones, and aerospace parks. Mattala... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 24/06/26)

Sri Lanka pitches infrastructure, green energy to Belgium, Luxembourg investors
ECONOMYNEXT
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has urged investors from Belgium and Luxembourg to seize opportunities in the island nation, citing economic reforms, affordable real estate and cheap labour. Speaking at a panel discussion during the BELGOLUX -Sri Lanka Business Forum with a number of Belgian and Luxembourg delegates at Colombo Port City, deputy minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development Chaturanga Abeysinghe called on investors to capitalize on early-stage opportunities to maximize returns. “Being a part of this growth as early as possible is going to yield greater returns because land... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 24/06/26)

A war launched to reshape the Middle East has instead exposed the limits of force—and the cost of misunderstanding a nation that has spent millennia learning how to endure -The Price of Miscalculation
Dr. Alon Ben-Meir
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that was finally unveiled a few days ago only reaffirmed how misguided the joint US-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28 was, as by every account and careful analysis, despite Iran's heavy losses, it has come out on top. Should the US and Iran negotiate the various provisions of the MUO in good faith, the latter will likely gain considerably more at the negotiating table than it would have before the war. Before we delve into the reasons why Iran has emerged victorious despite its massive losses,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 24/06/26)

From Oppenheimer to Artificial Intelligence: Can Human Creation Surpass Its Creator?
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
AI assisted to formulate following . Many of the world’s great advances came from exceptional individuals such as J. Robert Oppenheimer, Tim Berners-Lee, and countless scientists, engineers, and thinkers whose creativity changed civilization. Their inventions brought enormous benefits but also risks. Nuclear technology, for example, can generate electricity or destroy cities. Will AI make human genius unnecessary? Probably not. AI can: Process vast amounts of information. Generate ideas and designs. Accelerate scientific discovery. Assist with research and decision-making. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/06/26)

Can the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka overturn its decisions under exceptional circumstances. If  so, What are they? What is the supporting case law?
AI Response
Yes, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka can overturn its own decisions, but only under strictly defined, highly exceptional circumstances. [1, 2, 3] As established in landmark rulings, the Supreme Court is the apex judicial body and its judgments are constitutionally final. It has no statutory or constitutional power to rehear, review, or alter its decisions simply because a party is dissatisfied. However, the Court possesses inherent powers to vacate or set aside its own orders to prevent a miscarriage of justice or an abuse of the process of Court under specific conditions. [1,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/06/26)

From Kataragama to Vipassana: A Journey of Faith, Mindfulness and Inner Peace
By Sarath Obeysekera
As a child, my mother was an ardent devotee of the deity of Kataragama Temple. Before every important examination or milestone in my life, she would take me on a long journey by bus to Kataragama. In those days, it was an adventure in itself.We travelled for an entire day and stayed in a simple dormitory near the temple. We enjoyed the hospitality of the devotees and even received free northern-style breakfasts. Early in the morning, we stood in long queues carrying a basket of fruits and a humble offering of one hundred rupees, hoping... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/06/26)

Sri Lanka deploys military to battle dengue outbreak
Anadolu Agency
President Dissanayake authorizes security forces to join mosquito-control efforts as daily hospital admissions surge past 1,000 ISTANBUL Sri Lanka has deployed its military to assist in dengue-control operations amid a sharp rise in infections that has pushed daily hospital admissions above 1,000, local media reported Tuesday. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake authorized the armed forces to support public health authorities in eliminating mosquito breeding grounds and strengthening prevention measures in areas hardest hit by the outbreak, according to local broadcaster Ada Derana. On Monday, a high-level... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/06/26)

US provides Rs. 1.2 Billion satellite communications system to Sri Lanka Navy
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, June 22 (Daily Mirror) - The United States today announced the provision of a Fleet Broadband satellite communications system worth approximately US$4 million (over Rs. 1.2 billion) to the Sri Lanka Navy, in a move aimed at strengthening maritime security and connectivity across the Indian Ocean. The announcement was made by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Paul Kapur during a visit aboard SLNS Gajabahu at the Port of Colombo. Deputy Minister of Defence Major General (Retd.) Aruna Jayasekara and Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/06/26)

A letter to the Pope from Sallay's mother
Courtesy Hiru News
Claudia Sallay, the mother of the Major General (Retd) Suresh Sallay, who is the former head of the State Intelligence Service, forwarded a letter to Pope Leo XIV today (23). The letter requests justice, human dignity, and a compassionate intervention regarding Suresh Sale. Accordingly, arrangements were made to hand over the relevant letter to the Apostolic Nuncio, the representative of the Holy Father in Sri Lanka, at the Vatican Embassy in Colombo. The letter is mentioned below: His Holiness Pope Leo XIV The Apostolic Palace ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/06/26)

Government drops plan to lower VAT and SSCL threshold
Courtesy Hiru News
The proposal to reduce the annual turnover threshold for Value Added Tax and Social Security Contribution Levy from Rs. 60 million to Rs. 36 million, which was proposed in this budget to be implemented from the upcoming 1st of July, will not be implemented. Deputy Minister of Economic Development Nishantha Jayaweera stated this while addressing the parliamentary session held today (23).... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/06/26)

Garment sector needs protection, not banana fibre experiments
Courtesy Hiru News
Prioritising the protection of existing garment factories, which face severe risks amid the current economic crisis, must take precedence before the government considers manufacturing textiles from banana plant fibres, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said. Addressing a public gathering, the Opposition Leader pointed out that Sri Lanka's garment factories currently stand in an unstable position due to prevailing economic difficulties. "Due to the current economic crisis, garment factories in Sri Lanka are at a very risky stage. Therefore, the most essential thing at this moment is to protect those factories. Before thinking... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/06/26)

Steel is the Rice of Industry: Remembering SBD de Silva at 100 Years! Jayavayva!
e-Con e-News
Posted byee ink.June 20, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:history, India, law, malabar-games, Rice, sri-lanka, Steel, travel, WPNS blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 14-20 June 2026 In November 2020, 120 whales were run aground on Panadura beach, gasping for breath. There was widespread despair at the unfolding scene. Yet there was nary an exclamation from such environmental babblers as the Wildlife & Nature Protection Society (WNPS). These ecomaniacs daily dominate the media, with their chirpings & tweeting & wailings for diverse exotic animals, while groaning about the backwardness of rural cultivators – their subtextual sotto... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 22/06/26)

Can Sri Lanka Become the First South Asian Nation to Finance Strategic Infrastructure through Tokenized Digital Assets?
By Sarath Obeysekera
A New Paradigm for Infrastructure Financing
Sri Lanka has historically financed large infrastructure projects through sovereign loans, bilateral financing, multilateral development banks, and foreign direct investment (FDI). While these mechanisms have delivered highways, ports, airports, and power plants, they have also contributed to high levels of external debt and fiscal vulnerability. The emergence of tokenized digital asset markets presents an alternative financing mechanism that could fundamentally change how Sri Lanka mobilizes capital for strategic projects such as the development of Trincomalee as an offshore engineering and industrial hub. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 22/06/26)

Trincomalee Marine Industrial Hub Tokenized Fund (TMT Fund)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Investor Briefing for Policy Consideration The Trincomalee Marine Industrial Hub Tokenized Fund (TMT Fund) is a pioneering initiative designed to mobilize private and diaspora capital for the development of Sri Lanka’s proposed Marine Industrial and Offshore Repair Hub in Trincomalee. Using blockchain-based tokenization, the fund allows fractional investment and transparent participation in a Public–Private Partnership (PPP) structure. The pilot model aims to attract USD 500 million in capital while ensuring traceability, liquidity, and compliance with national financial regulations. How the Tokenized Fund Works 1. A licensed fund manager establishes a Special... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 22/06/26)

සීගිරිය පිදුරංගල රජමහා විහාරය ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණය කර යළි සසුනට පූජා කෙරේ
මහින්ද  උදයසිරි රත්නායක  දඹුල්ල 
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මාතලේ දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ දඹුල්ල, සීගිරිය බලකොටුවට උතුරු දෙසින් පිහිටි ඓතිහාසික, බෞද්ධ හා ස්වාභාවික සෞන්දර්යයෙන් අනූන පිදුරංගල රජමහා විහාරය නව ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණයන්ගෙන් අනතුරුව ඊයේ (20) දින සසුනට පූජා කරන ලදී. දේශීය හා විදේශීය සංචාරකයන්ගේ සිත්ගන්නා සුලු ස්ථානයක් වන පිදුරංගල විහාරයේ පෞරාණිකත්වයට හානියක් නොවන සේ එහි දායක සභාව සහ පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව එක්ව මෙම ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ කටයුතු සිදු කර තිබේ. බුද්ධශාසන නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ගමගෙදර දිසානායක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පැවැති මෙම පුණ්‍ය මහෝත්සවයේදී නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයා විසින් විහාරය පූජා කිරීමේ සන්නස් පත්‍රය විහාර බාරකාර ආචාර්ය දානියගම ආනන්ද නායක ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේ වෙත පිළිගන්වන ලදී. මෙහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ නියෝජ්‍ය... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 22/06/26)

Reimagining Mattala Airport: From “World’s Emptiest Airport” to Southern Sri Lanka’s Aviation and Industrial Gateway
By Sarath Obeysekera
Quote  Sri Lanka opens Mattala Airport to local & foreign investorsThe Ministry of Ports & Civil Aviation, through Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited (AASL), has invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) from investors to utilize resources at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) in Hambantota. Submissions are due by 09 June 2026, with a pre-proposal briefing on 22 May 2026.The main objective is to attract investment for direct and indirect aviation-related business ventures, enhancing the commercial use of the airport. A Cabinet Appointed Negotiation Committee (CANC) is handling the evaluation of EOI... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 22/06/26)

Trincomalee Has No Heavy Engineering Potential Either
Dilrook Kannangara
Despite its natural formation including its depth, historical economic use – the world has changed vastly since then, very limited modern economic current use and continuing military and fisheries utility, Trincomalee port and the region has no economic potential. All profitable ports are either on world’s largest shipping lanes or just adjacent to them. Trincomalee has neither, and that seals its fate. But how about its heavy engineering potential, both as an enabler of other industries and as a heavy industrial hub itself? There are successful offshore and onshore heavy industrial facilities... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 22/06/26)

50 years of Vaddukoddai separatist politics and 3 decades of LTTE terrorism, time to stop fooling the Tamil people
Shenali D Waduge
Fifty years after the Vaddukoddai Resolution and seventeen years after the defeat of the LTTE, it is time for an honest assessment. While separatist politicians, their supporters, promoters and beneficiaries continue to commemorate Vaddukoddai, it is ordinary Tamil families who paid the real price—through death, displacement, lost opportunities, economic hardship and generations of suffering. The Tamil people were promised security, prosperity, dignity and a separate state. Instead, they endured decades of war, destruction and the silencing of dissenting voices. Who benefited from fifty years of separatist politics? Who paid the price? Why... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/06/26)

යුක්තියේ ස්ථානයේ ඇය
පාලිත ආරියරත්න සෙංකඩගල සිංහද්වාරයේ සිට 
"ඇය තමන්ගේ ස්වාමිපුරුෂයා වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටින්නේ යුක්තිය ඉටුකර ගැනීම සඳහා මිස ඇයගේ ස්වාමියා යම්කිසි අපරාධයකින් මුදවා ගැනීමට හෝ කිසිම අයෙකුට අගතියක් කිරීමට හෝ කිසිම අපහාසයක් කිරීමට නොවේ. නීත්‍යානුකූල පරීක්ෂණ සිදුවන අවස්ථාවකදී මින්සුන් කියාගන්නා මිනිසුන් මෙම කාන්තාවට කෘතඥතාවක් නොපෙන්වන්නේ නම්, එය යුක්තිය ඉටු වීමක් නොව, සාධාරණත්වය බිඳ වැටීමකි. විවිධ අය මෙම කාන්තාවට කොතරම් චෝදනා කළත් ඒ හැම දෝෂාරෝපණයක්ම එරෙහිව ඇය නැගී සිටින්නේ ජිවිතයේ අඹු සැමි යුවලක් ලෙස දුක සැප දෙකම එකම ආකාරයෙන් බෙදා හද ගතයුතු මෙන්ම වර්තමානයේ ප්‍රසිද්ධ භාවිතාවක්වන විවාහ පොරුන්දුව සමාජයට මතක් කර දෙමින්ය. විවාහ පොරොන්දුවද නොමිනුසුන් හට මතක් කර... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/06/26)

'Player - Referral' concept - Sri Lanka's biggest intellectual property export that shaped global sports jurisprudence
SPORTS
The "Player-Referral" concept—which serves as the operational foundation for Cricket’s Decision Review System (DRS) and has influenced global officiating frameworks like football's VAR and tennis's Hawk-Eye challenges—presents a fascinating case study of a Sri Lankan innovation reshaping global sports jurisprudence. [1, 2, 3] However, labeling it the country's "biggest Intellectual Property (IP) export" is a point of significant domestic pride and ongoing legal debate, rather than a formalized commercial reality. [1, 2] The Genesis and Global Impact The core argument for Sri Lanka's ownership of this concept rests on the pioneering... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/06/26)

මේ රටේ පලාත්සභා ඡන්දය වහාම පවත්වන්මෙන් කෑමොර දෙන දේශපාලකයින් ඇතුලු සියලුම පිස්සන් ජීවිතාන්තය දක්වා යැවිය යුත්තේ අන්ගොඩටය
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. ආචාර්ය සුද ත් ගුණසේකර අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලන්කා පරිපාලනසේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-94)) 2026. 6.20 11 වන කොට ක්‍රි.ව. 1799 දී මේ රටේ රාෂ්ඨ්‍රපාලනයට පලාත් සන්කළ්පය ප්‍රථමයෙන්ම හන්ඳුන්වා දීම... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/06/26)

Trincomalee’s Future Lies Beyond Conventional Port Economics
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2026/06/19/trincomalee-port-has-no-economic-potential/ The argument that Trincomalee lacks economic potential because it is not directly on the main East-West shipping route is an overly narrow interpretation of port development.  The world’s most successful heavy engineering and offshore industrial ports did not necessarily become successful because of their immediate proximity to shipping lanes.  They succeeded because they possessed a combination of deep water, sheltered harbours, available land, and the ability to accommodate large industrial projects. Trincomalee possesses all these attributes.A Natural Harbour Built for Heavy IndustryTrincomalee is one... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/06/26)

ශ්‍රී ලාංකික නීතිඥවරයා "ක්‍රීඩක යොමු කිරීමේ" ක්‍රමය හඳුන්වා දීමෙන් ගෝලීය ක්‍රීඩා නීති විද්‍යාව මූලික වශයෙන් විප්ලවීය වෙනසක් සිදු කළේය
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https://share.google/aimode/53JlW3bD2ytPXYo5j                   නීතිඥ සේනක වීරරත්න ශ්‍රී ලාංකික නීතිඥ සේනක වීරරත්න මහතා "ක්‍රීඩක යොමු කිරීමේ" ක්‍රමය හඳුන්වා දීමෙන් ගෝලීය ක්‍රීඩා නීති විද්‍යාව මූලික වශයෙන් විප්ලවීය වෙනසක් සිදු කළේය, එය සියවස් ගණනාවක් පැරණි පිටියේ විනිසුරුවරයාගේ නිරපේක්ෂ අධිකාරිය බිඳ දැමූ සංකල්පයක් වන අතර නවීන තීරණ සමාලෝචන පද්ධතිය (DRS) සඳහා ව්‍යුහාත්මක පදනම දැමීය. [1, 2] ක්‍රීඩා නීතිවලට නීතිමය මූලධර්ම සෘජුවම යෙදීමෙන්, වීරරත්න මහතා ක්ෂේත්‍ර දෝෂ අභියෝග කිරීමේ අයිතිය නිලධාරීන්ගෙන් තරඟකරුවන්ටම මාරු කරන ලද සුසමාදර්ශී වෙනසක් හඳුන්වා දුන්නේය. [1, 2, 3] ක්‍රීඩා... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/06/26)

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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.
  • 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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