Ada Derana
https://youtu.be/ZFCBZQYhalY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/02/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
Hambantota District Member of Parliament D. V. Chanaka stated in Parliament today (20) that the loss caused to the country by the substandard coal tender amounts to Rs. 100 billion. The MP made these remarks while joining the adjournment debate currently being held in Parliament regarding the importation of low-quality coal. He pointed out that although the relevant Minister had ample provisions within the agreement to cancel the tender, the failure to do so remains a serious concern. During his speech, the MP further stated: "The agreement specifies that if two... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/02/26)
ACN Newswire
SINGAPORE, Feb 19, 2026 - (ACN Newswire) - Asia's largest food retailers, manufacturers, restaurant chains, and hospitality groups remain behind international better practice on sustainable and responsible protein sourcing, but progress is accelerating across the region, according to The Asian Protein Buyers 100: An Assessment of Responsible and Sustainable Sourcing released today by Asia Research & Engagement (ARE). The APB100 is a benchmark based on investor-backed priorities - assessing how 100 of Asia's largest listed protein-buying companies — headquartered or operating across Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mainland China, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/02/26)
Nava Thakuria
As Bangladesh has constituted a new government under the leadership of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) after a largely fair & peaceful national election on 12 February 2026, the people of eastern India (the region virtually embraces the poverty stricken country except a few kilometers in Myanmar and the Bay of Bengal) hope for a progressive regime in Dhaka enjoying political stability and pursuing economic developments to over 170 million people in the south Asian nation. The Muslim majority country continues to grow as a headache for the north-eastern states, more precisely Assam, for at least two ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/02/26)
Concept and Inquiry: Senaka Weeraratna Content Resource source: Chat GPT
The Mass Murder of Humans in WW2 was treated as a Crime Against Humanity at Nuremberg. In contrast the War Crimes Tribunal failed to condemn the Mass Murder of innocent Horses among other animals as morally indefensible even in times of war. This duality in approach on a species centred basis diminished the moral authority of the War Crimes Trials at Nuremberg. https://share.google/aimode/QStiByspFsIwSvQjn AI Overview response It is a poignant and deeply reflective observation to note the vast difference in how human and animal... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/02/26)
Divaina Online
https://youtu.be/vO7Ttm6P7hA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/02/26)
By Garvin Karunaratne
The IMF was the international organization by which the United Nations at its inception intended to organize and bring about development of the economies of the World .This did really happen till 1977 when under the Washington Consensus World Bank chief McNamara, and President Ronald Regan took over world development and altered the course of Third World countries tobring them under the control of the USA. This was done in the most dubious manner by making the vibrant and self reliant countries to fall into debt. When the countries got independence none of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/02/26)
Shenali D Waduge
British Entry into Sri Lanka — Strategic Context (1795–1796) The British did not enter Sri Lanka as liberators or protectors of indigenous sovereignty. They entered as a hostile imperial power exploiting European war dynamics, seeking to: Eliminate Dutch colonial presence• Capture the Indian Ocean trade corridor• Secure naval dominance between India and the East• Integrate Sri Lanka into the British Indian imperial system Their arrival was imperial expansion, not humanitarian intervention. Geopolitical Catalyst Britain entered Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/02/26)
Concept : Senaka Weeraratna
https://share.google/aimode/PVf36XXyURTr20cdW Content: AI Overview Shell-shocked horse in Stalingrad Soldier about to execute his horse in the middle of the Battle of Stalingrad Forgotten Saddles: A Silent Tribute to Romania’s Fallen War HorsesThis haunting image captures a desolate field strewn with abandoned saddles and cavalry equipment—once belonging to the Romanian forces during World War II's infamous Battle of Stalingrad. Over 6 million horses were deployed on the Eastern Front during the war. These animals carried men, supplies, and artillery across harsh, unforgiving terrain. In the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/02/26)
MTA News
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Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel, Solicitor in England and Wales, President Ambassador’s Forum UK/SL
Most Powerful Tool on the Universe Education is the most powerful tool in life where the human is what they are today by the development of the mind from the powerful tool “Education” with the experiences in life which is flexible, available free in Sri Lanka unlike many countries, powerful and could be converted to the development and also destruction of the humanity if misused. Education is not only what you learn from schools by books based on the education systems but... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/02/26)
ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න
---------------------------------- රට බෙදන්න පැකේජ් ගෙනා ජී එල් එක්කද අපේකම රකින්නේ .රනිල් සජිත් දෙන්නම කොටි මර්ධනයට විරුද්ධවත් කෙනෙහිලිකම් කල උන් .අපේකම රකින්න නම් එකතුවන්න සින්හලදේශයේ සංස්කෘතියේ ප්රධාන සංරචකය සිංහල බෞද්ධ බව පිළිගන්න උන් එක්ක. ආණ්ඩුව පලවා හරින්න නම් මොකා වුනත් නරක නෑ .--... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/02/26)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
ඝාතනයට ලක් වූ නීතිඥවරයා අපරාධකරුවන්ට පෙනී සිටි අයෙකු ලෙස හංවඩු ගසමින් එම ඝාතනය සාධාරණීකරණය කිරීමට උත්සාහ කරන අධිකරණ අමාත්යවරයා ද මීට පෙර නීතිඥයෙකු ලෙස අපරාධකරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටි අයෙකු බව ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ ජාතික සංවිධායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී පැවසීය. මෑතකදී සිදු වූ නීතිඥ ඝාතනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් රජය දක්වන ප්රතිචාරය විවේචනය කළ මන්ත්රීවරයා, විෂය භාර අමාත්යවරයා සහ රජයේ වගකිවයුත්තන් එම ඝාතනයට ලක්වූ පුද්ගලයා "අපරාධකරුවන්ගේ නීතිඥයෙකු" ලෙස හැඳින්වීම නීති වෘත්තියට කරන නිග්රහයක් බව පෙන්වා දුන්නේය. "අධිකරණ ඇමතිවරයාත් වෘත්තියෙන් නීතිඥයෙක්. එතුමාත් අතීතයේදී අපරාධකරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිට තිබෙනවා. එහෙනම් එතුමාත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/02/26)
Courtesy Adaderana
Former Deputy Secretary General of Parliament, Chaminda Kularatne, has filed a writ petition before the Court of Appeal, seeking to nullify the decision to interdict him from duty without a fair inquiry, a reporter said. The Speaker of Parliament, the Secretary General of Parliament, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, Leader of the House and Minister Bimal Rathnayake, and 14 others have been named as respondents in the petition. The petitioner claims that, while serving as the Deputy Secretary General of Parliament, he was suspended from duty, with effect from January 23, 2026. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/02/26)
Courtesy Hiru News
Russian investors are ready to put money into Sri Lanka, but what to invest in—and where—remains a challenge. This was highlighted by Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Levan Dzhagaryan during a media briefing at the Embassy in Colombo today.The briefing touched on multiple issues, including Russia’s long-discussed proposal to construct a nuclear power plant in the country. On the nuclear project, Ambassador Dzhagaryan noted: “I raised this issue about the nuclear power plant from the very beginning, and I met with Minister of Energy Jayakody, presented... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/02/26)
Jinath Premaratne
https://youtu.be/UQ2XpRxF618... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/02/26)
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwaara 17.02.2026.
I would like to draw the immediate attention of my readers to the following news item appearing in today’s Lankaweb. “දෙමල ඊළම පිහිටුවීම සඳහා වන දෙමළ ඊළාම් අයිතිවාසිකම් පිළිබඳ සභාව ඉකුත් 14 දා ත්රිකුණාමලයේ දී පිහිටුවා තිබේ. දෙමළ කතා කරන ජනතාව සඳහා වෙනම රටක් හෙවත් ස්වයං නීර්ණ අයිතිය වෙනුවෙන් සියලු දෙමළ ජනයා පෙනී සිටිය යුතු බව එහිදි ප්රකාශ කර ඇත. වෙනම ඊළාම් රාජ්යයක් වෙනුවෙන් සකස් කළ වඩුක්කොඩ්ඩෙයි සම්මුතියට මේ වසරේ මැයි 14 වැනිදා ට වසර 50 ක් පිරෙන අතර ඊට සමගාමීව 14 දා ත්රිකුණාමලය J7 vila resort... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/02/26)
ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්රී ගුණරත්න, ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ නීතිඥ සමන් ගලප්පත්ති
නීතිඥ බුද්ධික මල්ලවාරච්චි සහ ඔහුගේ බිරිඳ ඝාතනය කිරීමත් ඉන් පසුව කිසිදු විමර්ශනයකින් තොරව ඔහුට පාතාල ලේබලය ඇලවීමත් පිළිබඳ වගකීම අමාත්ය ආනන්ද විජේපාල මහතා විසින් දැරිය යුතුය. ඔහු සිය අමාත්ය ධූරයේ වගකීම දැරීමට අසමත්වීම සමබන්ධයෙන් වගකීම බාරගත යුතු අතර, ඔහුට වහා ඉල්ලා අස්වන ලෙස බල කරනු ලබන බව නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් Free Lawyers සංවිධානය පවසයි. Free Lawyers සංවිධානය නිකුත් කළ සම්පූර්ණ නිවේදනය පහතින් දැක්වේ. කොළඹ අකුරේගොඩ අධි ආරක්ෂක කලාපයේ ආරක්ෂ හමුදා මුලස්ථානය අසල දී නීතිඥ බුද්ධික මල්ලවාරච්චි සහ ඔහුගේ බිරිඳ ඝාතනයට ලක්වීමත්, කිසිදු විධිමත් විමර්ශනයකින් තොරව ඝාතන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/02/26)
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Chula Adikari
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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර්
දෙමල ඊළම පිහිටුවීම සඳහා වන දෙමළ ඊළාම් අයිතිවාසිකම් පිළිබඳ සභාව ඉකුත් 14 දා ත්රිකුණාමලයේ දී පිහිටුවා තිබේ. දෙමළ කතා කරන ජනතාව සඳහා වෙනම රටක් හෙවත් ස්වයං නීර්ණ අයිතිය වෙනුවෙන් සියලු දෙමළ ජනයා පෙනී සිටිය යුතු බව එහිදි ප්රකාශ කර ඇත. වෙනම ඊළාම් රාජ්යයක් වෙනුවෙන් සකස් කළ වඩුක්කොඩ්ඩෙයි සම්මුතියට මේ වසරේ මැයි 14 වැනිදා ට වසර 50 ක් පිරෙන අතර ඊට සමගාමීව 14 දා ත්රිකුණාමලය J7 vila resort හීදී ස්වයං නීර්ණ අයිතිය පිළිබඳ මෙම ප්රඥප්තිය සකස් කරනු ලැබීය. ඒ සඳහා ත්රිකුණාමලය දිසාව භාර රදගුරු ක්රිස්ටි නොයෙල් එම්මානුවෙල්, වේලන් සාමි,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/02/26)
XpressJobs
Colombo, Sri Lanka — This Women’s Day, XpressJobs is proud to collaborate with John Keells Stock Brokers to create impact beyond celebration through the SHEinvests initiative, designed to educate, engage, and empower women with the knowledge and confidence to achieve financial independence. As part of this initiative, XpressJobs clients will have the exclusive opportunity to host a Financial Literacy Session for their female employees throughout the month of March. The program aims to equip women with practical financial knowledge, build confidence in managing money, and encourage informed investment decisions for long-term security. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/02/26)
The life story of Venerable Bhikkhu Paññākāra
From layman to monk The life story of Venerable Bhikkhu Paññākāra Now his message touches thousands of people in USA https://youtube.com/shorts/aoL1MRKSsPQ?si=jIXlBWecTuZyEl02 Venerable Bhikkhu Paññākāra , also known as Sư Tuệ Nhân, is the Deputy Abbot of the Hương Đạo Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas. He had a career as a Motorola engineer and holds an Information Technology degree from the University of Texas at Arlington before becoming a monk. As Deputy Abbot since 2013, he started the Dhammacetiya... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/02/26)
Ceylon Room
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Top News Lk
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Top News Lk
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Dilith Jayaweera
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Vantage with Palki Sharma
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e-Con e-News
blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com * ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ * e-Con e-News 08-14 February 2026 * How the English colonial government imposed compound interest on Sri Lanka, & how this enabled the wholesale ‘legal’ robbery of land from rural Sinhala people – is a most fascinating tale. This ee newsletter’s muse, SBD de Silva, started to relate this story to us, before he passed away in 2018. We are sad to say we should have hounded him further on this subject but failed to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/02/26)
Shenali D Waduge
While the world debates the dangerous outcomes of ‘digital education,’ in Sri Lanka a silent campaign is underway. Educationists, policymakers, and self-proclaimed experts—often in partnership with international agencies including the UN—are promoting a plan that will digitalize the learning of 4 million Sri Lankan children. But whose interests are truly being served? Are these so-called educationists genuinely safeguarding the nation’s future, or are they conduits for foreign agendas seeking to reshape the identity, culture, and values of Sri Lankan youth? Evidence now confirms what society is experiencing. A 2026 scientific... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/02/26)
Shenali D Waduge
Since March 1997, Senaka Weeraratna has waged one of the most persistent, solitary intellectual justice campaigns in modern sport — appealing locally and internationally for recognition as the author of the ‘Player – Referral’ system, today globally known as the Decision Review System (DRS). It began with a letter to the ‘Australian’ (National Newspaper of Australia) dated March 25, 1997. First adopted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2008 as the Decision Review System (DRS), it replaced the "umpire's decision is final" rule with a system allowing players to challenge on-field calls using technology. For nearly three... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/02/26)
Lanka Times 24
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Submitted by: Sarath Obeysekera Chairman / Marine & Offshore Engineering Specialist EDB Advisory Board Member
Strategic Inclusion of Trincomalee Offshore Engineering & Marine Hub in the National Export Development Plan (2025–2029)
Submitted by: Sarath Obeysekera Chairman / Marine & Offshore Engineering Specialist EDB Advisory Board Member To: Hon. Minister of Industries Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 1. Purpose
This paper seeks to highlight a critical strategic omission in the draft National Export Development Plan (NEDP 2025–2029):... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/02/26)
Sri Lanka News
In February 2026, the Sri Lankan government officially withdrew its support for a campaign aimed at promoting the country as an inclusive destination for LGBTQ+ tourists. This reversal followed intense pressure from influential religious leaders, including senior Buddhist monks and the head of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka. The decision impacted the following areas: Policy Withdrawal: The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) rescinded a letter of support for a project proposed by the advocacy group Equal Ground, which sought to market the island as a safe and welcoming destination for diverse travellers. Religious Opposition: Prominent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/02/26)
By Eng. Sarath Obeysekera
In 1984, I returned to Sri Lanka after working in Norway’s oil and gas industry, bringing with me experience in advanced welding technologies and offshore engineering. I joined the then state-controlled Colombo Dockyard PLC as a consulting engineer with one objective: to upgrade our industrial capability to international standards. During that period, we introduced modern welding systems, supported hydropower projects, constructed oil storage tanks, and strengthened fabrication standards. In 1989, I was invited to head the Civil Engineering Corporation, where I further modernized operational systems. When the Japanese took over... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/02/26)
Rohan Abeygunawardena
The “Mother of All Cricket Rivalries in Asia” After weeks of uncertainty, the first-round match between India and Pakistan of the 2026 T20 will be played today at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The match is among the most-watched sporting events in the world, attracting hundreds of millions of viewers globally. Past high-profile matches (such as ICC World Cup or T20 World Cup clashes) have also drawn over 300–400 million viewers worldwide, making this rivalry one of the most watched in cricket history. Consequently, it exceeds many other global sporting events.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/02/26)
Hiru News
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Michael Smith
Facebook Twitter Reddit Bluesky Email Billboard in front of the US Interest Section in Havana. Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0 Born in crisis, strengthened by rejection, Cuba once again faces economic asphyxiation by Washington, which is moving in for the kill after sixty-seven years of attacking the island.* Since the triumph of their revolution in 1959, Cubans have infuriated U.S. leaders with their specialized genius in overcoming catastrophe, whether it take the form of a hurricane, flood, invasion, hijacking, chemical attack, biological attack, or economic warfare. In the same... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/02/26)
