Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, March 28 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka has been ranked the second in the world’s most unaffordable housing markets as per a report published by ‘The Economist’.  According to the report, Cities in developing countries such as India, Indonesia and the Philippines are gaining hundreds of millions of people.  “This […]

Courtesy The Indian Express …A shipment of 38,000 MT (metric tonnes) of petroleum, of which 20,000 MT is diesel and 18,000 MT petrol, has arrived in Colombo today 28th March, 2026,” the Indian High Commission in Colombo said in a statement. In a significant outreach, India has sent a shipment of fuel to Sri Lanka, […]

Shenali D. Waduge Section 127 of Sri Lanka’s Code of Criminal Procedure allows a Magistrate to record statements or confessions in criminal cases — not just from the accused, but also from anyone claiming to have information about a crime. The law aims to capture voluntary statements in a judicial setting. The Magistrate’s role is […]

Dilrook Kannangara Oil and gas prices have risen and supply shortages are felt in many parts of the world. While supply quantity shortages are worse in 2026, price increase has been small compared to 1990/91 war when prices jumped 250% initially and stayed elevated for a few months before collapsing. The base price was very […]

COURTESY: AI Overview The International Cricket Council (ICC) responded to Senaka Weeraratna’s  claims regarding the Decision Review System (DRS) by asserting that their relevant committees reached the concept independently and were unaware of his prior publications. Weeraratna and his supporters argue that this defense fails to account for the legal Doctrine of Constructive Notice, which suggests […]

Shenali D Waduge On 21 April 2019, eight suicide bombers unleashed coordinated attacks that killed nearly 300 people and shattered a nation that had experienced a decade of peace since the defeat of LTTE in May 2009. The scale of the tragedy was compounded by a disturbing reality: multiple intelligence warnings had been received weeks in […]

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake The Ides of March are here: The same Playbook to spread disinformation and turn science on its head during the Covid-19 panicdemic that kicked off in March 2020 is playing again. QR-coded digital control of populations and fuel rationing with real and staged shortages and outright disinformation amid propaganda wars are back purportedly […]

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake PART 2 Beyond the Psy-Op: Saving the ‘Exorbitantly Privileged’ Petrodollar and Disaster Capitalism Back in 2020, the Covid-19 Emergency” was staged primarily to lockdown and meltdown the Global South’s emerging economies in the Asian 21st Century’ and to make Euro-America great again. The BRICS emerging economies were set to beat the G7 traditional […]

Sasanka De Silva Makumbura. The fuel QR code and weekly quota system are currently in operation. Some users find it difficult to manage the week within their allocation, while others find the quota exceeds their requirements. Unfortunately, any remaining balance cannot be carried forward to the following week or collected in containers, a restriction largely based […]

සංගදාස අකුරුගොඩ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උතුරු පළාතේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක  පදවිය දරන්නාවු සපුමල්ගස්කඩ ආරණ්‍ය සේනාසනාධිපති අති පූජ්‍ය ගල්ගමුවේ ශාන්තබෝධි නාහිමියන් ලබ්න අප්‍රේල් මස  මෙල්බර්න්හි බෙරික් ශාක්‍යමුනි සම්බුද්ධ විහාරයේ සති 3ක පමණ කාලයක් වැඩසිටීමට නියමිතය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උතුරු පළාතේ පුරාණ බෞද්ධ පුරාවිද්‍යාත්මක ස්ථාන, විශේෂයෙන්ම මුලතිව්හි කුරුන්දි විහාරය, ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණය කර සංරක්ෂණය කිරීමට දරන උත්සාහයන් නිසා පුළුල් ලෙස පිළිගැනීමට ලක්ව […]

AI Overview There is significant documentation and argument supporting the claim that Senaka Weeraratna, a Sri Lankan lawyer, first proposed the concept of a “Player Referral System” (now known as DRS) in 1997, long before its implementation.  However, the Decision Review System (DRS) as it was implemented by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2008–2009 […]

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Gamini Goonetilleke Cricket in Sri Lanka has never been merely a sport. It has long served as a unifying force, transcending divisions of ethnicity, religion, and class, particularly during periods of national adversity. At its height, it gave the country not only victories, but belief. Yet today, that sense of purpose appears diminished. Sri Lankan […]

Sports Today You are talking of racism in Cricket in India, what about the rest of the world? What about the ICC? Look at the way ICC treats Cricket Innovations by non – white people. The Player – Referral concept which is the foundational basis of DRS (Decision Review System) was conceived and published by […]

Hiru News he Russian Deputy Minister of Energy, Roman Marshavin, agreed to supply refined fuel to Sri Lanka, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Managing Director Mayura Neththikumarage stated. The agreement followed the arrival of Deputy Minister Marshavin and a Russian delegation in the island today (26). The visit aimed to conduct diplomatic discussions regarding the supply of […]

Sasanka De Silva Makumbura. For three decades, I worked overseas, sending hard-earned foreign exchange home during some of this country’s darkest hours.  Those remittances weren’t just personal savings; they were a lifeline for a nation embroiled in a civil war, a war we eventually won decisively. Now in retirement, I haven’t sat back.  We’ve taken […]

Dr. Asoka Bandarage Courtesy: Inter Press Service Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter prohibits member states from using threats or force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state. Violating international law, the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, 2026. The ostensible reason for this unprovoked aggression was to […]

By Ananda Wickramasinghe This article appeared in the March 15th, 2026 Sunday Island In late November 2025, Cyclonic Storm Ditwah stalled over Sri Lanka, unloading a deluge that would trigger one of the most devastating landslide events in recent memory. While the immediate toll—lives lost, homes destroyed, families displaced—captured the nation’s heartbreak, a slower-moving disaster […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), graced as the chief guest of the India–Sri Lanka Defence Industry Seminar held today (25 March) at the Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo.  Upon his arrival, the Defence Secretary was warmly received by the Indian High Commissioner H.E. Santosh Jha. […]

Source:  AI Overview Answer Chat GPT An Asset Betterment Test (or method) would be a highly effective forensic tool for a public inquiry into Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) corruption allegations. This method is a standard investigative technique used to identify unexplained wealth by comparing an individual’s reported income against their actual net worth and lifestyle […]

Prepared by: Sarath Obeysekera 1. Executive Summary India’s Sagarmala Programme is transforming the maritime and industrial landscape of the region, particularly along its eastern seaboard. Ports such as Kakinada Port are being developed into integrated industrial and energy hubs. Sri Lanka, due to its strategic location, is uniquely positioned to integrate with this regional growth. […]

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National Development Bank PLC National Development Bank PLC (NDB) conducted its Analysts Earnings Call on 17th March, following the release of the financial results and annual report for the full year ended December 31, 2025. The session, led by Kelum Edirisinghe, Director/ Chief Executive Officer of NDB Bank, together with the Bank’s senior management team, […]

 KELUM BANDARA    Courtesy Daily mirror Colombo, March 25 (Daily Mirror) – Against the backdrop of disruptions to global oil supply, Sri Lanka expects to finalize an oil purchase deal with Russia next week, an official said. Earlier, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath held discussions with Russian Ambassador Levan S. Dzhagaryan, on the possibility of […]

Shenali D Waduge In complex investigations, facts are expected to lead the narrative. But sometimes, the narrative begins to lead the facts. When that happens, certain names rise above others — not necessarily because of proven significance, but because of how they are used and manipulated and spread. Such is the name of Pulasthini Mahendran, also […]

Sampath Samarakoon (Convenor) Internet Media Action (IMA) The landmark Supreme Court verdict finding that the fundamental rights of Mohamed Rifai Mohamed Suhail have been violated has once again exposed the dark reality surrounding Sri Lanka’s law enforcement machinery and freedom of expression. As an Internet Media Action (IMA) standing for rights in the internet and […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Title: Implementation of High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane and Regulated Carpooling System in Sri Lanka 1. Background Urban congestion in Colombo and surrounding corridors such as: has reached critical levels, causing: International cities like Los Angeles have successfully implemented HOV lane systems combined with ride-sharing models. 2. Objective To: 3. Key Proposal 3.1 […]

Courtesy AA.com ‘This vessel, and two other vessels were invited, I repeat it, invited by the Sri Lankan side to come here,’ says Iranian Ambassador to Colombo Alireza Delkhosh ISTANBUL The Iranian warship attacked by the US earlier this month was sailing at the invitation of Sri Lanka, said Alireza Delkhosh, Iranian ambassador to the […]

By bne IntelliNews The first labour migrants from Sri Lanka have arrived in Russia, with some already reporting unpaid wages, as Moscow looks to South Asia to address a deepening workforce shortage, TASS reported on March 24. Russia’s ambassador to Sri Lanka, Levan Dzhagaryan, told the agency that the arrivals so far involved only small groups and […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka’s latest fuel price revision, which saw prices rise by around 25% on average, ranks among the highest increases compared to many Asian and global peers, reflecting the sharp impact of global oil market pressures. The revision, announced on Sunday, pushed up key fuel categories significantly. Auto diesel rose 26.1% from […]