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Rising dengue cases could overwhelm hospitals - Health Minister
Courtesy Adaderana
Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa has warned that if the number of dengue patients continues to increase, the country's hospital system could struggle to cope. He made these remarks while attending the Beruwala Divisional Coordination Committee meeting. The Minister stressed that public and institutional responsibility is crucial in controlling the spread of dengue, noting that maintaining cleanliness in homes, government institutions, and other places is essential to prevent mosquito breeding.  He further stated that the increase in the number of dengue patients could put severe pressure... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/06/26)

UNP seeks clarity on FBI evidence request in Easter Sunday case
Courtesy Hiru News
The United National Party (UNP) has issued a special statement saying that following the Easter Sunday attacks on April 21, 2019, Sri Lanka's investigative institutions lacked sufficient expertise at the time, and therefore, then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe requested the United States Government to conduct a full investigation into the attacks and provide a report. The party says the then Prime Minister also assured full cooperation from Sri Lankan authorities, and later made a similar request during a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on April 22. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/06/26)

Ana Ocean ගල් (අළු) අඟුරු නැව ගොඩබෑමක් නෑ. -ගල් අඟුරු සැපයුම්කරුවන්ට නියමිත මුදල් ගෙවා නෑ
ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්‍රී ගුණරත්න, නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා,සම කැඳවුම්කරු - ෆ්‍රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය
හදිසි මිලදී ගැනීමක් ලෙස මෙ.ටො. එකකට ඩොලර් 142 ක් බැගින් ගෙවීමේ පොරොන්දුව මත ගෙන්වා ගත්, ගල් (අළු) අඟුරු නැවක් ගොඩබෑමකින් තොරව ජූනි 16 (ඊයේ) ඉන්දියාවේ විශාකාපට්ටම් බලා පිටත්ව ගොස් ඇත. Ana Ocean නැව නොරොච්චෝලේ වෙත ගල් අඟුරු රැගෙන විත් ගොඩබෑම් සිදු නොකළ දෙවන නැව යි. මෙයට පෙර 2026 මැයි 2 දින පුත්තලමට පැමිණි   YASA SUN නැව ද, ගල් අඟුරු ගොඩබෑමකින් තොරව මේ දක්වා නැරංගුරම් ලා ඇත.   MV JOSCO YONGZHOU සහ Ana Ocean ගල් (අළු) අඟුරු නැව්වල ප්‍රමිතිය ප්‍රතිකේෂ කළ යුතු මට්ටමක පවතින බව... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/06/26)

Trincomalee: The Missing Link in Sri Lanka's Export Development Strategy (NEDP 26/30)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
https://www.srilankabusiness.com/ebooks/national-export-strategy-of-sri-lanka.pdf Sri Lanka's National Export Development Plan (NEDP) rightly focuses on transforming the country into a competitive logistics and export hub and prioritises marine-based industries and high-value manufacturing. However, the strategy does not adequately address one of Sri Lanka's most significant untapped opportunities—the development of an offshore and heavy industrial hub in Trincomalee. Trincomalee possesses one of the world's finest natural deep-water harbours, vast land availability, and a strategic location at the crossroads of major Indian Ocean shipping routes. These attributes make it an ideal nucleus for developing offshore engineering, shipbuilding... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/06/26)

How to find peace in an age of spiritual entropy
Dr Nasim Rehmatullah
Whether it's a new year or a milestone, it usually brings with it a longing for peace, a hope that the world and our lives will somehow grow calmer, kinder and more stable. Yet year after year, that peace seems to slip through our fingers. The turmoil that engulfs us is not just political or economic, but deeply spiritual and existential. Our modern age, with its advances and conveniences, has also brought a fatigue of spirit, a condition where moral clarity fades, cynicism hardens and the sense of sacred purpose is lost in the noise of daily... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/06/26)

Trump and the Aestheticization of Fear
Sam Ben-Meir - June 17, 2026
In 2016, during the first Trump campaign, I wrote an article asking whether American democracy could survive the reduction of politics to entertainment. At the time, the question seemed exaggerated to some readers. Politics had always contained theatrical elements. Presidents cultivated images. Campaigns relied on slogans and symbolism. The boundary between politics and spectacle was hardly new. Yet something different appeared to be emerging. Entertainment was no longer merely a tool of politics. Politics itself was becoming a branch of entertainment. A decade later, the consequences are increasingly difficult to... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/06/26)

Foreign-Owned Betting Platforms and the Growing Gambling Culture in Sri Lanka
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
There  are numerous online betting websites accessible in Sri Lanka, such as platforms branded for local users like Mostbet, MelBet, 1xBet, and others. Most operate under offshore licenses, mainly from Curaçao, and offer deposits and withdrawals in Sri Lankan Rupees.   Regarding Chinese operators, there have been reports and public discussions suggesting that some online gambling platforms targeting Sri Lanka have links to Chinese businesses or cater to Chinese-speaking communities. There have also been concerns about Chinese-language gambling advertisements appearing in Colombo. However, it is difficult to conclusively state that all such operations... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/06/26)

උතුරේ සිංහල ජනාවාස දරුණු අර්බුදයක.. පවුල් 300කට වඩා බෞද්ධහරණයට ලක්වෙලා.. - ආචාර්ය චන්න ජයසුමන හෙළිකරන කතාව
Lanka Leader
උතුරු පළාතේ සිංහල ජනාවාසවල අවසන් සීමාව සනිටුහන් කරන පදවි ගොවි ජනපදයේ බෝගස්වැව ඇතුළු ගම්මාන රැසක බෞද්ධ ජනතාව ඉලක්ක කරගනිමින් ඉතා සූක්ෂම බෞද්ධහරණ වැඩපිළිවෙළක් ක්‍රියාත්මක වන බව ආචාර්ය චන්න ජයසුමන මහතා පවසයි.  පසුගිය මාස කිහිපය තුළ පමණක් එහි පවුල් 300කට වැඩි පිරිසක් ආගමික පරිවර්තනයට ලක්ව ඇති බව ද ඔහු අනාවරණය කරයි. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඒ මහතා සිය මුහුණු පොතේ තබා ඇති සටහන මෙසේය, වැඩේ හෙමිහිට යටින් යනවා.. මට පදවි ගොවි ජනපදය හා ඇත්තේ අවියෝජනීය බැඳීමකි. කෘෂිකාර්මික වකුගඩු රෝගය පිළිබඳ මාගේ පර්යේෂණ සියල්ලක්ම පාහේ සිදු කෙරැණේ ඒ ආශ්‍රිතව ය. වසර ගණනාවක්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/06/26)

Sri Lankan Media Must Become More Progressive and Development-Oriented
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
The media plays a vital role in shaping public opinion and influencing national priorities. In a democratic society, television channels and newspapers are expected to educate, inform and inspire the public. Unfortunately, much of Sri Lanka’s electronic media has become trapped in an endless cycle of political mudslinging, sensationalism and personality-driven controversies.Every evening, viewers are presented with round-table discussions where government and opposition politicians exchange accusations and counter-accusations. Hours are spent debating political rivalries, privileges granted to remanded officials, and allegations against individuals. While accountability and investigative journalism are important, excessive focus on these issues... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/06/26)

Government MPs threaten to remove Harsha from COPF chair, Ajith P. Perera says
Courtesy Hiru News
Majority of government MPs threatened to remove COPF chairman Harsha de Silva from his post if video footage of investigations into internal hackers released to the media, former Parliamentarian Ajith P. Perera said. Replying to journalists on the "Hiru Salakuna" political programme yesterday on the 15th, he noted that severe pressure from government MPs halted the release of video footage from the last two parliamentary COPF meetings where the Treasury Secretary and Central Bank Governor discussed financial frauds and the dollar crisis. The former MP mentioned that a majority group of government MPs... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/06/26)

අධිකරණ අපහාස කිරීම මුවාවෙන් පක්ෂ නායකයින් දඩයම් කිරීමේ උත්සාහය දැඩිව හෙළාදකිමු!
නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා සම කැඳවුම්කරු රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ප්‍රධාන විධායක නිලධාරි ෆ්‍රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය
අපාරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් විමල් වීරවංශ, උදය ගම්මන්පිල, දිලිත් ජයවීර, මහින්ද පතිරණ, අසංක නවරත්න සහ සුගීශ්වර බණ්ඩාර යන පක්ෂ නායකයින් හා දේශපාලන ක්‍රියාකාරීන්ගේ අදහස් ප්‍රකාශ කිරීමේ නිදහසට භාධා කිරීම ෆ්‍රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය දැඩිව හෙළාදකී.  ඉතිහාසයේ පක්ෂ නායකයින් පස් දෙනෙකුට එරෙහිව අදහස් ප්‍රකාශ කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් එකම නඩුවකදී මහෙස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණයකට කරුණු වාර්තා කිරීමේ සිදුවීම් අති දුර්ලභය. එය පැහැදිලිවම මර්ධන උත්සාහයකි. 2024 අංක 8 දරණ අධිකරණයට, විනිශ්චය සභාවකට හෝ ආයතනයකට අපහාස කිරීමේ පනත යටතේ පොලීසියට, ස්වාධීන අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීමේ නඩුවක් පැවරීමට හෝ පවත්වාගෙන යාමට... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/06/26)

OPEN APPEAL TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED NATIONS
Sri Lanka Sovereignty Forum
Political Asylum Must Not Become a Shield Against Accountability We respectfully call upon foreign governments, the European Union, and the United Nations to apply the highest level of scrutiny when considering asylum or protection requests from former public officials, law-enforcement officers, prosecutors, or politically involved persons. This appeal is made under the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, which allow protection from persecution while providing exclusion where there are reasons to consider involvement in serious politically-motivated crimes, abuse of office, or acts contrary to UN principles. Political... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/06/26)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

පාඨලී ආන්දෝලනාත්මක හෙළිදරව්වක් කරයි - සාක්ෂි එක්කම නුවරදී සියල්ල එළියට දායි
Top News Lk
https://youtu.be/iMrvpFmLLRo... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/06/26)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Terrorism

  • An Indian eyewitness account of the last 70 hours of Terrorist War in Sri Lanka . FINAL HOURS
    B. MURALIDHAR REDDY in the war zone-Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09)
    Final assault
    B. MURALIDHAR REDDY in the war zone
    -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09)
  • The war is over - With the death of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabakaran, the militant campaign for a Tamil state in Sri Lanka seems to have come to an end. -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09) LTTE RISE & FALL -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09)
  • Where is Prabakaran? -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09)
  • Great Power Confrontation in the Indian Ocean: The Geo-Politics of the Sri Lankan Civil War by Mahdi Darius Nazemroay -Full Story- (globalresearch.ca - 25/10/09)
  • TWO EMISSARIES FROM UK AND FRANCE TWIST THEIR PURPOSE OF VISIT TO SRI LANKA. Malin Abeyatunga .-Full Report- (The LankaWeb-02/05/09)

History

  • 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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