Shenali D Waduge
The name of Sara Jasmine alias Pulasthini Mahendran has become one of the most repeatedly mentioned names after the Easter Sunday attacks of 21 April 2019. What exactly is the legal relevance of Sara Jasmine to establishing who planned, directed and executed the Easter Sunday attacks? The law requires evidence — not association, assumptions or emotional narratives. Based on publicly available information: · Sara Jasmine alias Pulasthini Mahendran was the wife of Mohamed Hasthun, one of the Easter Sunday suicide bombers. · She was a Tamil converted to Islam after... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
by Garvin Karunaratne
E-Con-E-News 3-9 th November2025 in Lanka Web writes: • ‘Garvin Karunaratne writes again today. I have read his Dahanayaka & red-onion affair several times in the Island. His telephone handling at the Marketing Department's Tripoli HQ resembles Mountbatten's war operations room.'” We did use phones in a remarkable way to move veg and fruit from far away to Colombo. It was somewhere in 1956 It was always a hive of activity from the time I parked my Hillman Minx at eight or nine and walked in. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
In addition to installing air pumping into lake bottom other methods are used worldwide Malaysian Method It is believed are referring to EM (Effective Microorganism) Mud Balls, also called Bokashi Mud Balls or Genki Balls. They are widely promoted in Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore for cleaning polluted rivers and lakes. The method is broadly as follows: Fruit waste (banana, pineapple, papaya, etc.) is fermented. Rice bran (or rice flakes/bran) is used as the food source for beneficial microorganisms. Molasses (or another... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
AI Overview Response
The Sri Lankan you are referring to is Colombo-based lawyer and sports enthusiast Senaka Weeraratna, who is the original conceptual architect of cricket's Decision Review System (DRS). [1, 2] In March 1997, frustrated by glaring, televised umpiring errors that field umpires refused to admit, Senaka Weeraratna published a groundbreaking letter in The Australian newspaper. He formally propounded the "Player-Referral" system. [1, 2] His blueprint was governed by three transformative ideals that permanently altered sports jurisprudence: [1] A Formula for Fairness: Weeraratna's core philosophy was simple: "If you have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
By Marisa de Silva Courtesy: Sunday Times ( May 28, 2006)
New umpiring law recommended by the ICC * They owe him an explanation In what might result to be yet another affront against the cricket playing nations of the ‘third world', Lankan Attorney-at-Law Senaka Weerarathne claims that he has been denied credit of being the first to propound the International Cricket Council's (ICC) latest rule on the third umpire. The proposed rule recommended by the Cricket Committee of the ICC last week during their two-day meeting in Dubai states, that players... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
AI Overview
Yes, Sri Lanka did save cricket from institutionalized human error and credibility crises by conceptualizing the Player-Referral System, which evolved into the modern Decision Review System (DRS). While cricket famously united and uplifted Sri Lanka through historic milestones like the 1996 World Cup victory, a Sri Lankan intellectual permanently safeguarded the fairness of the global game. The Sri Lankan Blueprint for Fairness The Pioneer: Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna first conceptualized and published the idea for a player-referral mechanism in The Australian on March 25, 1997. [1] ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
How Colombo Dockyard built the Shell Gas LPG Storage Terminal that later became Litro Gas The construction of the Shell Gas LPG Terminal at Muthurajawela (Kerawalapitiya) during the late 1990s was one of the most technically demanding heavy engineering projects ever undertaken in Sri Lanka. It demonstrated that Sri Lankan engineers, welders and fabricators, under international supervision and strict quality standards, were capable of executing world-class petrochemical infrastructure. Today the facility is operated by Litro Gas Terminal Lanka, following the Government’s acquisition of Shell Gas Lanka in 2010 and the creation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
Senaka Weeraratna Assisted by Chat GPT
Restitutio in integrum has to be addressed by the Church which has benefited heavily under the Portuguese, Dutch and British rule for the large number of Churches forcibly built on Temple lands and destroyed Buddhist Temple sites and yet unaccounted for in Sri Lanka. The Portuguese Period (1505–1658): Documented policies from the Goan religious councils led to the systematic destruction of prominent local temples (such as at Devundara, Trincomalee, and parts of the Kelaniya temple complex) and the gifting of confiscated Buddhist temple lands to Catholic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/07/26)
e-Con e-News
Posted byee ink.July 18, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:ambeon-capital-plc, capital-metals-plc, fifa, history, imperialism, India, marxism, politics blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 12-18 July 2026 * The multibillion-dollar 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)’s World Cup finals have been staged between an imperialist state (Spain) & a quasi-settler-colonial state (Argentina) – both Spanish-speaking & Catholic. Their semi-finals were staged between 2 imperialist states, one a secular republic ruled by French Catholics, and the other a monarchy ruled by English Protestants. All teams deployed indigenous & African mercenaries... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
දේශමාන්ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් 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. එහි කොටුකර සිටියත් ඔවුන් තවදුරටත් නඩත්තු කිරීමට සිදුවන නිසාත්, මොවුන් අපගේ මාතෲ භුමියට, සිංහල ජාතියට සහ සම්බුද්ධ ශාසනයට විනාශයක්ම කළහැකි නිසා මොවුන් දේශ ද්රෝහීන්න්, ජාතිද්රෝහීන් සහ බෞද්ධ විරෝධීන් වශයෙන් වහාම මේ පින් බිමෙන් යළි කිසිදාක ඔවුන්ට ආපසු ආ නොහැකි පිට සක්වලකටම පිටුවහල් කළ යුතුය. දේශමාන්ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර අග්රාමාත්ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ලේකම් සහ ශ්රී ලන්කා පරිපාලනසේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-94)) ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර
නෝර්වේහි Draugen Power-from-Shore (PfS) ව්යාපෘතිය, වයස්ගත වෙමින් පවතින මුහුදුබඩ තෙල් සහ ගෑස් වේදිකාවක් නවීකරණය කර, එහි කාබන් විමෝචනය අඩු කරමින්, එහි නිෂ්පාදන කාලය දිගු කළ හැකි ආකාරය පෙන්නුම් කරන වැදගත් උදාහරණයකි. ශ්රී ලංකාවට වඩාත් වැදගත් වන්නේ, නිසි කාර්මික යටිතල පහසුකම් ඇති රටකට ඉතා උසස් මට්ටමේ ඉංජිනේරු, වානේ නිෂ්පාදන සහ මුහුදුබඩ ඉදිකිරීම් කටයුතු සිදු කළ හැකි බව මෙම ව්යාපෘතියෙන් පෙන්වා දීමයි. නෝර්වේ මුහුදේ, නෝර්වේ වෙරළ තීරයෙන් කිලෝමීටර් 150ක් පමණ දුරින් පිහිටි Draugen තෙල් ක්ෂේත්රය 1993 වසරේ සිට තෙල් නිෂ්පාදනය කරමින් පවතී. එය විශාල කොන්ක්රීට් ගුරුත්වාකර්ෂණ පදනම් වේදිකාවකින්, ඒ මත පිහිටි ඒකාබද්ධ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Norway’s Draugen Power-from-Shore (PfS) Project demonstrates how an ageing offshore oil and gas platform can be modernised to reduce emissions while extending its productive life. More importantly for Sri Lanka, it illustrates the type of sophisticated engineering, fabrication and offshore construction work that countries with the right industrial infrastructure can undertake. The Draugen oil field, located in the Norwegian Sea approximately 150 km from the Norwegian coast, has been producing oil since 1993. It consists of a large concrete gravity-based platform with integrated topsides and several subsea wells. In recent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
Press Release from the German Dharmaduta Society
The German Dharmaduta Society (GDS), founded in Sri Lanka by Asoka Weeraratna in 1952, is governed by a Board of Trustees and Board of Management comprising Executive Office bearers (8), and Committee members (8). The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the German Dharmaduta Society was held on June 21, 2026 at the Auditorium of the Organization of Professional Associations (OPA). The main event was the election of office bearers and members of the Committee of the Board of Management of the Society for a period of another... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
Nava Thakuria
Guwahati: Annual Rath Jatra (the festival of chariots) kicked off in western Myanmarese city of Maungdaw on 16 July 2026 with great fanfare and enthusiasm. Tens of thousands of Hindu families from different parts of the Buddhist majority Rakhine/Arakan State gathered in Maungdaw locality to offer prayer to Sri Sri Jagannath during the religious festival, reported Narinjara News, a regional media outlet from the western Myanmarese region. The sacred 9-day religious event kicked off in the Arakan Army (AA) controlled locality, one of 14 Rakhine townships (out of total 17) liberated from the ruling military junta... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2026/07/19/cricket-is-neither-a-religion-nor-a-sport-it-is-a-halfway-house-between-the-two-for-most-cricket-fans-in-sri-lanka-india-pakistan-bangladesh-and-the-rest-of-south-asia/ AI Overview This perceptive observation perfectly captures the quasi-religious passion and socio-cultural gravity that the sport holds across the Indian subcontinent. [1, 2] Interestingly, Senaka Weeraratna—the Sri Lankan lawyer who authored this famous quote—is also widely recognized in cricketing circles for his pivotal off-field contributions. In the early 1980s, long before the advent of modern technology in sports, he was a pioneering visionary who proposed the concept of a player-referral mechanism and the utilization of independent television cameras to assist on-field umpires. You can read... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
AI Overview
Sri Lankan ingenuity on a global scale AI OVERVIEW RESPONSE Yes, Sri Lanka provided the precise philosophical and operational blueprint that saved cricket from systemic umpiring errors through the Player-Referral System, which was conceived and designed by Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna. [1, 2] First published in The Australian on March 25, 1997, Weeraratna’s concept applied judicial appellate logic to the sports field. He argued that allowing a broadcasted, visible error to stand in the name of "tradition" directly violated the principles of natural justice. [1, 2, 3]... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
AI Overview
The Buddhist Revival in 19th-century Sri Lanka was heavily driven by the British violation of Article 5 of the Kandyan Convention of 1815 and the aggressive expansion of Christian missionary activities. [1, 2] When the Kandyan chiefs surrendered sovereignty to the British Crown, Article 5 explicitly guaranteed that the Buddhist religion would be declared inviolable, and its rites, ministers, and places of worship would be maintained and protected. However, British policy quickly reneged on these promises under pressure from Protestant evangelicals in England. [1, 2, 3, 4] Mechanisms of the British policy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර
කටාර් රාජ්යය අද ලෝකයේ සාර්ථකම බලශක්ති ආර්ථිකයන්ගෙන් එකක් බවට පත්ව ඇත්තේ ස්වාභාවික වායු (LNG) අපනයනය පමණක් නොව, ඒ වටා ගොඩනැගූ සමස්ත කර්මාන්ත පරිසර පද්ධතිය (Industrial Ecosystem) හේතුවෙනි. විශේෂයෙන් රස් ලෆ්ෆාන් කර්මාන්ත නගරය (Ras Laffan Industrial City) සහ North Field ව්යාපෘති ආශ්රිතව, කටාර් රජය ලොව ප්රමුඛ ඉංජිනේරු සමාගම්, තාක්ෂණික ආයතන, EPC කොන්ත්රාත්කරුවන්, පර්යේෂණ ආයතන, පුහුණු මධ්යස්ථාන, මූල්ය ආයතන සහ වෘත්තීය සේවා සපයන්නන් එකම පරිසරයකට ආකර්ෂණය කිරීමට සමත් වී ඇත. කටාර් ආදර්ශයේ ප්රධාන ලක්ෂණ
1. රස් ලෆ්ෆාන් කර්මාන්ත නගරය මෙය ලෝකයේ විශාලතම LNG කර්මාන්ත සංකීර්ණයන්ගෙන් එකකි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
by Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge
18th November As the first light of dawn broke, we prepared for our departure to Bucharest station, eager to leave Transylvania behind. However, we faced a pressing task before we could embark on our journey. We possessed two substantial sacks filled with gold coins, which we had taken from Dracula's castle, and it was unwise to include this wealth in our regular luggage. To avoid detection by customs, we needed to devise a complex strategy to discreetly transport these coins to England. I engaged in a private... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/07/26)
දේශමාන්ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. මහනුවර.2026. 07.19.
මුළු ලෝකයේම, තම රට හා එහි සැබෑ ඉතිහාසය නොදත්,අතීතයේ සිටි පණ්ඩුකාභය දුටුගැමුණු ,මහාපරාක්රමබාහු, ගජබා, විජයබා සීතාවක රාජසින්හ හෝ වීර කැප්පෙටිපොල, ඩී. එස්. සේනානායක, එස්,ඩබ්ලිව්.ආර්.ඩී. බණ්ඩාරනායක, සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක සහ වසර 30 ක කොටි ශාපයෙන් රට බේරාගත් මහින්ද රාජපක් වැනි නමක් සිහිනෙන්වත් දැක හෝ අසා නැති ඒ වීර සිංහල නරපතීන් රට පාලනය සහ සන්වර්ධනය කළ සැටි පිළිබඳ හෝ කිසිදු අවබෝධයක් නැති, තම රටට,ජාතියට හා ආගමට ආදරයක් නැති එසේම ජාතික සිරිත් විරිත්, ඇදුම් පැලදුම් ආදිය ඇතුළු තම ජාතික සන්ස්කෘතික අනන්යතාව නොදන්නා,නොරකින එසේම අගය නොකරන ඒවාට ආදරයක් නැති, ජනතා හිතවාදී නැති, කොටින්ම මේ රට කුමක්ද කියා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/26)
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Cricket is neither a Religion nor a Sport. It is a halfway house between the two for most cricket fans in Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the rest of South Asia. In particular, any narrative on History of Cricket in Sri Lanka must acknowledge not only the great competitors on the playing field but also the great innovators off the field i.e., beyond the boundary. The concepts of the ' Third Umpire' and ' Player - Referral ' (DRS) ' have transformed the game of Cricket phenomenally. Both these revolutionary breakthroughs have Sri Lankan origins. Moments... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/26)
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St. Paul's Church was built in 1846 in contempt of the sanctity of Sri Dalada Maligava, in flagrant violation of Article 5 of the Kandyan Convention 1815, and betrayal of the trust of the Buddhists and their unqualified opposition to imposing a Church in the immediate vicinity of the sacred Temple of the Tooth. The construction of St. Paul's Church, Kandy carries a highly contentious colonial history that directly intersects with local religious sentiments and the terms of British rule in Sri Lanka. [1, 2, 3, 4] Historical Context and Grievances ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/26)
Aruna Laksiri Unawathuna BSc (Col), PGDC (Col), AAL.
Can the constitutional error acknowledged by the Attorney General—and the error in the English text of the Constitution pointed out by the Election Commission to the Secretary to the President—be overshadowed by the "beating of a deer skin" (muwa hamakata thadi baema) (මුව හමකට තඩි බෑමෙන්) regarding the move to extend the tenure of judges?1. There is currently widespread discussion and criticism within print and electronic media, as well as the legal community, regarding the government's move to introduce a constitutional amendment to extend the tenure of judges.2. Critics... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/26)
නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන BSc(Col), PGDC(Col)
1. මෙම දිනවල විනිසුරු ධූර කාලය වැඩි කිරීමට ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයක් ගෙන ඒමට ආණ්ඩුව ක්රියාකරගෙන යන බවට මුද්රිත සහ විද්යුත් මාධ්යයේ සහ නීති ක්ෂේත්රයේත් ප්රසිද්ධ සාකච්ඡාවක් සහ විවේචනයක් ඇති වී තිබේ.2. එක්තරා විනිසුරුවරයෙකු තව දුරටත් ධූරයේ තබා ගැනීමටත්, වෙනත් විනිසුරුවරුන්ට ඉහළ අධිකරණ වලට යාම වැළැක්වීමටත් විනිසුරු ධූර කාලය වැඩි කිරීමට ගෙනෙන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයක් මගින්උත්සාහ කරන බවට විවේචකයෝ කියා සිටිති.3."හේන මුවන් කෑවාට ගෙදර ගෙනවිත් මුව හමට තඩි බෑම", "නංගී පෙන්වා අක්කාව දීග දීම" යනු සිංහල කියමන් වන අතර, "විදින්නෙ පදුරට වදින්නෙ හාවට" යන්නද සිංහල කියමනක දිගුවකි.4. ජනාධිපති ධූර කාලය වසර 6ක් කියූ ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Al-Shaheen Field Expansion Project, Qatar
The project I am referring to is the Ru’ya Development Project, a major expansion of Qatar’s offshore Al-Shaheen oilfield, operated by North Oil Company, a joint venture between QatarEnergy and TotalEnergies. Central Processing Platform One of the largest packages covers a new Central Processing Platform complex. The approximately US$1.9 billion EPCIC contract was awarded to a consortium of McDermott Middle East and Hyundai Heavy Industries. 5 The package reportedly includes: A new central processing platform topside and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Qatar’s Energy Hub – A Model Sri Lanka Can Learn From
Qatar has deliberately developed an integrated energy ecosystem rather than relying solely on LNG production. Around the giant Ras Laffan Industrial City and the North Field developments, it has attracted engineering companies, technology providers, service contractors, financial institutions, training centres, and research organisations to create one of the world’s leading oil and gas hubs. Key features of Qatar’s model 1. Ras Laffan Industrial City One of the world’s largest LNG industrial complexes. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/07/26)
Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
Prepared by: Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Chairman – Advisory Board on Offshore and Marine Industry Development Under the Export Development Board (EDB), Sri Lanka Fabweld Academy (Pvt) Ltd 1. Background Sri Lanka’s shipbuilding, offshore fabrication, and heavy engineering industries face a growing shortage of certified welders meeting international standards (ASME, AWS, ISO 9606). Traditional welding training methods, while effective, are limited by high costs of consumables, workshop safety risks, and constrained training space. Globally, virtual welding simulators are transforming welder training. They... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/26)
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De Silva, M.U. (2004), “Suppression of Buddhism under the British and the Resistance of the Buddhists” in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka New Series, Vol. XLIX Special Number on the Panadura Vadaya, 15-52 This refers to a significant academic paper written by Prof. M.U. De Silva, an eminent historian from Sri Lanka. [1, 2, 3] Publication Details Author: M.U. De Silva Year: 2004 Title: “Suppression of Buddhism under the British and the Resistance of the Buddhists” Journal: Journal of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
NVQ Level 3 (National Vocational Qualification) is an intermediate vocational qualification that certifies a person is competent to perform skilled work independently. In Sri Lanka, it is awarded under the National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) Framework, which is regulated by the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC). For welding, an NVQ Level 3 holder is expected to: Perform welding tasks independently with limited supervision. Read and interpret basic engineering drawings and welding symbols. Carry out SMAW (stick), GMAW (MIG), GTAW (TIG), or FCAW welding, depending on the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/26)
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The Buddhist Sinhala resistance in Kandy against Christian missionaries stemmed directly from the British violation of the Ingrisi-Sinhala Givisuma (the Kandyan Convention of March 2, 1815). This geopolitical and religious friction shaped Sri Lankan history throughout the 19th century and a good part of the 20th century. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], though much less now. The Broken Promise of Article 5 When the Kandyan chiefs and Buddhist clergy surrendered sovereignty to the British Crown, they did so on one non-negotiable condition. Article 5 of the Kandyan Convention explicitly stated: [1, 2,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/26)
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CHAT GPT response Most soccer fans are unaware that the philosophical foundation of modern video review—the "player-referral" mechanism that allows players to challenge on-field decisions—was originally devised by Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna. [1, 2] Weeraratna first drafted and published this groundbreaking "Player-Referral" proposal for cricket in 1997. It dismantled the historical doctrine that an official's word is absolute law and provided the structural blueprint for automated challenges now utilized across various sports, including football's Video Assistant Referee (VAR) systems. While the International Football Association Board (IFAB)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Sovereign Project | 60010-001 ADB Must Think Beyond Containers: Make Trincomalee the Offshore Industrial Capital of the Indian Ocean and Galle as a high end marina The Asian Development Bank’s initiative to update Sri Lanka’s National Port Master Plan presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape the country’s maritime future. If this exercise merely recommends additional container terminals and conventional port expansion, Sri Lanka will have missed another historic opportunity. Instead, ADB must champion the accelerated development of Trincomalee as South Asia’s premier offshore industrial and marine engineering hub. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/26)
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The concept of an "Off Field " Hall of Fame represents a proposed expansion of existing cricket honors to recognize off-field pioneers, innovators, and contributors who transformed the game administratively, technologically, or socially. [1] While basketball and baseball halls of fame routinely induct "contributors" and "pioneers," the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) historically restrict their highest honors—like Hall of Fame inductions—exclusively to former international players. However, sports historians, legal experts, and analysts frequently advocate for a formal mechanism to honor off-field minds whose achievements fundamentally reshaped cricket... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/07/26)
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Former Inspector General of Police C.D. Wickremaratne took his own life with a firearm. This is according to Police. හිටපු පොලිස්පතිවරයෙකු වූ සී.ඩී. වික්රමරත්න වෙඩි වැදීමකින් තුවාල ලබා රෝහල්ගත කිරීමෙන් පසු අද (17) උදෑසන මියගොස් ඇති බව පොලිස් මාධ්ය කොට්ඨාසය නිවේදනය කරනවා. පොලිස් මාධ්ය කොට්ඨාසය සඳහන් කරන පරිදි, අද උදෑසන කාලයේදී මාලබේ පොලිස් වසමේ, පරාක්රම පාර, තලාහේන ප්රදේශයේ පිහිටි ඔහුගේ පුද්ගලික නිවසේදී මෙම වෙඩි වැදීම සිදුව තිබෙනවා. වෙඩි වැදීමෙන් බරපතළ තුවාල ලැබූ හිටපු පොලිස්පතිවරයාව වහාම නැගෙනහිර කොළඹ ශික්ෂණ රෝහලට (මුල්ලේරියාව) ඇතුළත් කර ඇති අතර,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/26)
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The "Player Referral" concept, which serves as the direct foundational blueprint for Cricket's Decision Review System (DRS), is widely celebrated as Sri Lanka's finest intellectual export to global sports. [1, 2] Conceived in 1997 by Colombo-based Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna, this paradigm shift effectively dismantled the centuries-old doctrine that "the umpire's word is absolute law," introducing judicial appellate logic directly onto the playing field. [1, 2, 3] The 1997 Blueprint and its Legal Architecture As a lawyer, Weeraratna viewed the lack of recourse against clear, broadcasted umpiring errors as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/26)
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Dutch journalist Gijs Sanders joined the Sumud Flotilla to document its journey to Gaza. In his documentary Mission Flotilla, he also describes what he says he witnessed after activists were detained, including their treatment in custody, and reflects on how Western media reports on Palestine and Israel.* *Disclaimer: Some of the footage in this video is AI-generated Support stories that matter. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR0fZh5SBxxMNYdg0VzRFkg/join Catch previous episodes of MEE LIVE, our biweekly news programme exploring the stories shaping our world through breaking coverage, expert analysis, and hard-hitting interviews. Originally airing Tuesdays... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
AI Resources Continuous aeration and oxygenation have been successfully used in many countries to improve polluted lakes, although they are usually combined with reducing sewage and nutrient inflows. Aeration alone is not a permanent solution if pollution continues. Some notable examples are: Germany – Lake Tegel, Berlin Continuous hypolimnetic (deep-water) aeration has been used since the 1970s. Oxygen levels were restored in the deep water, fish populations recovered, and phosphorus release from sediments was significantly reduced. The project is regarded as one of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/07/26)
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At present, the Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation (SLLRDC) has proposed intercepting polluted stormwater and sewage entering Beira Lake by constructing a perimeter pipeline to collect these discharges and divert them for appropriate treatment or disposal. The proposal also includes desludging and dredging the lake to remove contaminated sediments accumulated over many years. However, pumping seawater into the lake as a flushing mechanism would be a serious mistake. Rather than solving the problem, it would transport contaminated water and suspended pollutants into the canal network, Colombo Harbour, and the Port City waterfront, causing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/26)
by Dr Garvin Karunaratne
The experience of the Divisional Development Councils Programme(DDCP) of Sri Lanka(1970-1977) is currently of great importance in today’s situation of unemployment, poverty and also the inability to import goods due to the lack of foreign exchange. This is because the DDCP is a programme that really creates employment. Further it is important to note that the DDCP was entirely implemented with local Rupees. Foreign funds were only required to import dyes for the Crayon Project and the amount of dollars spent to import dyes saved a vast amount of dollars that would have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/07/26)
