immigration europe Use of loudspeakers at mosques has long been a bone of contention across the world. Now, Denmark has announced plans to ban the Islamic call to prayer. Denmark's Immigration Minister... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/06/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
The phrase "Buddhism's Master stroke – Conquest of the Mind of the Western Man" stems from an essay by Sri Lankan Buddhist scholar Senaka Weeraratna. The caption is a new innovative phrase. The article describes a peaceful, intellectual transformation where Eastern spiritual wisdom reshapes Western thought. [1, 2] Buddhism's Bloodless Counter Offensive has swept the Western World with a remarkable paradigm shift of seeking salvation through self - help rather than divine intervention. The Buddha denied the existence of a God as serving any useful purpose for human advancement. The West increasingly subscribes to this Buddha's fundamental... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/06/26)
Fall of Nations
https://youtu.be/ad659sLQtgs Denmark was once the world's most liberal, high-trust country. Today, it’s Europe's toughest fortress against parallel societies. From tearing down immigrant neighborhoods to banning face veils and prayer rooms, Denmark is rewriting the rules of Western integration. What forced this dramatic shift, and why is the political left leading the charge? As other European nations quietly copy the "Danish model," is this the future of the West or the death of multiculturalism? 0:00 The Death of Liberal Denmark 1:15 When Free Money Met Free... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/06/26)
Senaka Weeraratna
AI Response below The phrase "Triumph of Buddhism - Collapse of Western Monotheism" describes a speculative, historical, or philosophical scenario where Eastern dharmic traditions supplant Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) as the dominant global spiritual framework. Here is an analysis of the core dynamics, drivers, and implications of such a paradigm shift. 🏛️ Core Philosophical Differences God vs. Mind: Western monotheism relies on a singular, external Creator God. Buddhism focuses on internal mind training and cosmic cause-and-effect (Karma). Linear vs. Cyclical: Monotheism views history as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/06/26)
සේනක වීරරත්න
දෙවියන් වහන්සේ කෙරෙහි විශ්වාසයක් නොමැති නමුත් පරිපූර්ණ ආචාර ධර්ම පද්ධතියක් සහ උසස් සදාචාරයක් ලබා ගැනීමට හැකි එකම ලෝක ආගම වීම, මිලියන ගණනින් පල්ලියේ පරිහානියට බුද්ධාගම බොහෝ දුරට වගකිව යුතු යැයි සැලකිය හැකිය. මැවුම්කරු දෙවියන් වහන්සේ පිළිබඳ විශ්වාසය ක්රිස්තියානි බටහිර රටවල මිය ගොස් හෝ මිය යමින් පවතී, මන්ද බුද්ධාගම භාවනාව, සියලු ජීවීන් කෙරෙහි අනුකම්පාව සහ දෙවියන් වහන්සේට යාච්ඤා නොකර මනස වර්ධනය කිරීම, අන් අය කෙරෙහි සතුරුකම සහ සොබාදහම ඇතුළු සියලු ආකාරයේ ජීවිතවලට සාමය තුළින් විකල්ප මාර්ගයක් පෙන්වා දී ඇත. සියවස් ගණනාවක් පුරා කොලොම්බස් සහ ඔහුගේ අනුගාමිකයන් සහ ආබ්රහම් ආගම් විසින් ලෝකය යටත් කර ගැනීමේ අර්ථයෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/06/26)
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. 111 කොටස ශ්රී ලන්කාවේ පලාත්සභා හූනියමේ නිර්මාතෘන්, ප්රතිලාභීන් සහ වින්දිතයින් 1987 ජූලි 29 වන දින ඉන්දු ලන්කා ගිවිසුම අත්සන් කිරීමටපෙර එහි ප්රධාන නිර්මාතෘ සහ පළමු හූනියම්කරු වශයෙන් කටයුතු කලේ ඉන්දීය අගමැති රජිව් ගාන්ධිය. ඔහුගේ සහායකයිකන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/06/26)
C. Wijeyawickrema
මහමොළකරු කතාවේ නිර්මාතෘ දප්පුල ලිවේරාද/හරීන් ප්රනාන්දුද? බොල්ෂෙවික් පාරේ යන්නට වලිකන, මරු විකල්ලෙන් වහසි බස් දොඩවන ආණ්ඩුවක්, කාදිනල්තුමා නමැති ලෝභ-ද්වේෂ-මෝහයෙන් පිරි වයසක පංචස්කන්ධයක්ද දවටා ගෙන, සැලේ නමැති කොටි වලිගයක් බදාගෙන, කරගෙන යන උන්මත්තක ක්රියාව දෙස බලා සිටින මට, අගමැති චර්චිල් මතක් වුනේ ඔහු හා ඥානසාර හිමියන් අතර තිබෙන ඓතිහාසික සමානකම් හා අසමානකම් පෙනී ගිය නිසාය. AKD ලාගේ මේ ජරමරය ගලේ කැත කරගත් බළලා, මොකක්ද වැටෙනතුරු එළුවා පස්සෙන් යන නරියා, යන කතා මතක් කරලන්නේය. මේ අස්සේ, අලි මදිවාට හරක් මෙන්, JVP/NPP මඩ බලකාය, මීට පෙර කවදාවත් සිදු නොවූ අන්දමට ගලගොඩඅත්තේ ඥානසාර හිමියන් ,නමැති මුව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/06/26)
Garvin Karunaratne
The Ministry of Youth Development where I was working as the Commonwealth Fund Advisor in Youth Development was attending to traditional youth work and providing skills training to 40,000 youths annually. The Military Government that took over in 1982 expressed dissatisfaction with the programmes and at an evaluation, presided over by Air Vice Marshall Aminul Islam, the Minister for Labour and Manpower, I was questioned as to what contribution I could make for Bangladesh. It was delivered in the form of a military command I replied that it would be ideal to have a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Port-City-secures-600-m-new-investment-through-71-strategic-businesses-in-1H2026/44-793674 Quote The announcement that Colombo Port City has secured over US$600 million in new investments through 71 strategically approved businesses is encouraging and reflects improving investor confidence in Sri Lanka’s economy. However, the composition of those investments deserves closer attention. Much of the current focus appears to be on real estate, hospitality, logistics, and commercial developments. Unquote Port City Must Become Sri Lanka’s Blue Economy and Heavy Industry Command CentreThe announcement that Colombo Port City has attracted over US$600 million in new investments through... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), supported by energy and marine consultancy ABL, has completed the relocation of 44 jack-up rigs ahead of the monsoon season.The pre-monsoon rig moves were carried out between March 15 and May 31, with the rigs travelling a combined distance of more than 5,500 nautical miles before the onset of seasonal adverse weather conditions.ABL, part of Oslo-listed consultancy group Aqualis, also supported an additional 75 rig moves within ONGC's offshore fields on India's west coast between September 2025 and May 2026, acting as tow master and marine warranty surveyor... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/06/26)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera
Many leading educational thinkers and industrialists have argued that education should develop creativity, problem-solving, adaptability, and character rather than only memorization. Here are some of the best-known quotes and how they can inspire modern educational reforms. 1. Albert Einstein “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” Modern adaptation: “Education should teach students how to think critically, solve problems, and innovate, rather than simply memorize information.” Reform implication: Greater emphasis on critical thinking.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/06/26)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Dasatha News
https://youtu.be/nhj_cnlJF00... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/06/26)
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-
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Dasatha News
https://youtu.be/xdvZP0msS0M... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/06/26)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
