By Rohana R. Wasala Continued from Friday, May 8th 2026 Let me start the final part of my personal commentary on the spectrum of active interventions in national politics in Sri Lanka by external and internal actors from 2009 to date (2026). The range of deliberately planned actions that I am commenting on may be […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Gig workers” are people who work on short-term, flexible jobs instead of permanent full-time employment. The term comes from the gig economy,” where workers are paid per task, delivery, ride, project, or assignment. Common examples include: Characteristics of gig work: In many countries, governments are debating: In the Sri Lankan context, people […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera British estate worker migration took place with very little control, although in the long run it benefited Sri Lanka. Today, our tea industry survives largely because of workers of South Indian origin. Now the Government is planning to allow inbound foreign labour migration. But under what categories will these workers be permitted? […]

Courtesy: AI Overview By failing to officially credit Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna as the true architect of the “Player-Referral” concept that underpins the Decision Review System (DRS), the International Cricket Council (ICC) faces significant criticism regarding its moral authority, sportsmanship, and institutional integrity. Advocates argue that the ICC’s stance violates the “Spirit of Cricket”—a […]

Hiru News The selling price of a US dollar reached Rs. 354.03 today (21), according to the daily exchange rates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The buying price of the dollar stood at Rs. 342.63. Yesterday the selling rate was recorded as 342.70 rupees.

Shenali D Waduge WHO ARE THESE CIVILIANS”? Only the 4th type retains full civilian protection under International Humanitarian Law. WHAT WERE CIVILIANS DOING INSIDE A WAR ZONE? LTTE RESPONSIBILITY LTTE stands guilty of all above and by their own actions is the cause of civilian casualties. In taking civilians and keeping civilians with LTTE, LTTE […]

by Major General (Dr) H. Lakshman David and Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge Sri Lanka’s retired soldiers face a difficult transition from military service to civilian life. Their challenges are not limited to financial concerns; they also include psychological trauma, identity crises, social isolation, and limited career opportunities. While the country often celebrates military victory, far […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Sirancee Gunawardena, the author of ‘Palm leaf manuscripts of Sri Lanka ‘(1977) met J. Pannila of Artigala south, Hanwella when she was researching palm leaf manuscripts.   He was then a village elder and was the descendant of   a long line of palm leaf manuscript writers.  Pannila had told Sirancee how the palm leaf […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera 200-year-old UK institution  Famous Kings College to open Ho Chi Minh City campus King’s College School (KCS) Wimbledon is expanding its Southeast Asian footprint with the announcement of a new campus in Ho Chi Minh City. The new campus, which marks the institution’s second regional site following its initial expansion into Bangkok […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The article about Singapore’s Tuas Megaport is a remarkable example of how a small island nation is using maritime infrastructure, automation, and land reclamation to strengthen its position as a global logistics hub. The project revolves around Tuas Port, which is planned to become the world’s largest fully automated container terminal.   […]

Source: AI Overview Establish a centralized National Sports Innovation Museum in Colombo. Position it as a premier diplomatic and tourist attraction that showcases Sri Lankan revolutionary sporting breakthroughs, such as the invention of the Decision Review System (DRS), Muralitharan’s Doosra, and Malinga’s sling-action yorker. [1, 2] Museum Blueprint & Thematic Zones Sports Diplomacy & Tourism […]

RANJITH SOYSA The terrorist war, which was launched in the 1970s to create a separate state, was ruthless and created political and economic instability. Sri Lankan governments during this period were pushed and sometimes forced by internal and external forces to talk ‘peace’ with the terrorist faction. The terrorists made use of the peace initiatives […]

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Source: AI Overview Historic Letter to the ‘Australian’ ( March 25, 1997) on ‘Player Referral’ (DRS) which transformed Cricket deserves to be framed and displayed in the MCC Museum or the Hall of Fame at Lords. It is Sri Lanka’s finest intellectual legacy to Cricket The historic March 25, 1997 letter to The Australian by Sri […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera On one side lies democratic freedom safeguarded by constitutional checks and balances; on the other lies the harsh reality of a nation still recovering from decades of war, economic collapse, organized crime, corruption, narcotics, and political instability and recovery from Ditwa  The concerns raised by Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon regarding the politicization of […]

Shenali D Waduge Seventeen years after the military defeat of the LTTE in May 2009, Sri Lanka remains one of the few countries where a concluded internal conflict continues to be repeatedly revisited in international forums, resolutions, lobbying campaigns, and geopolitical discussions. The war ended militarily after 3 decades of repeated failures – negotiations, peace […]

Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon Former Governor of Uva, Southern and Central Provinces Former Executive Director of Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) and Center for Human Rights and Research – CHR Sri Lanka   We stand before you today to highlight a matter of critical importance to the future of democracy, good governance, and national reconciliation […]

ෆ්‍රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානයේ  රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් පැවැත්වු කතාව  අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණය, නඩු පැවරීමේ ක්‍රමය හා දුෂණ විරෝධී යාන්ත්‍රණය දේශපාලකරණය (politicization) හා ආයුධකරණය (weaponization)  වන්නේ නම් එම රාජ්‍යයේ ඉක්මනින් හෝ පමා වී අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම අත්තනෝමතික පාලනයක් බිහිවන බව Free Lawyers සංවිධානයේ රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන්  පවසයි.  කොළඹ දී පැවති ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂයේ පුවත්පත් සාකච්ඡාවට එක්වෙමින් තෙන්නකෝන් තවදුරටත් පැවසූවේ ‘ලංකාව වගේ […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Palm leaf manuscripts were always respected in Sri Lanka, but they did not receive much publicity. They were treated as respected but obscure collections, seen only by dedicated researchers. Today, palm leaf manuscript collections of Sri Lanka are   getting more publicity and more promotion. Here is a research project which specifically focused on […]

Nava Thakuria Many foreign media outlets are seemingly worried over the swiping victory of Bharatiya Janata Party in the recent legislative assembly elections of West Bengal and Assam, which is reflected in their recent outbursts. The nationalist party’s remarkable electoral win in Bengal (securing over 200 seats in 294-member assembly) and Assam (winning 82 seats […]

By Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka is once again at a crossroads. One road leads towards disciplined economic recovery. The other leads towards highways crowded with imported luxury vehicles, fuel queues, foreign debt, and another collapse of the rupee. For decades, politicians treated motor vehicle imports as if they were distributing sweets during an election campaign. […]

Source:  AI Overview  The ongoing campaign by Sri Lankan advocate Senaka Weeraratna against the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the authorship of the Decision Review System (DRS) serves as a classic, high-utility case study for Sports Law curricula worldwide. It highlights the friction between the protection of abstract concepts under intellectual property (IP) frameworks and […]

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Senaka Weeraratna India stopped celebration of the 500 year anniversary of Portuguese entry to Goa on ground that it was an insult to India’s Freedom Fighters and the Indian Resistance movement against foreign aggression The Government of India has consistently opposed and cancelled attempts to celebrate the Portuguese colonial arrival, specifically regarding the 500-year anniversary of […]

By Sarath Obeysekera Every evening, Sri Lankan television channels carry scenes of university students marching on roads, shouting slogans, demanding hostel facilities, allowances, subsidies, and various concessions from the State. As I watched these young faces on television recently, I could not help but think about their parents — mothers and fathers in villages and […]

සසංක ද සිල්වා, මාකුඹුර 2009 මැයි 19 වැනිදා, දශක තුනක් පුරා ඇදී ගිය ඛේදවාචකයක නිමාව නිල වශයෙන් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කරන විට, මුළු මහත් ජාතියක්ම සහනදායී සුසුම් හෙළුවෝය. එදා මගේ සිතට නැඟුණු ‘පුතුනේ මේ අහගන්න’ ගීතයේ සංවේදී පද වැල් අදටත් මගේ මතකයේ රැව්දෙයි. වර්ග සැතපුම් 25,000කට වඩා මඳක් වැඩි භූමි ප්‍රමාණයකින් යුත්, ලෝක ජනගහනයෙන් සියයට තුනකටත් […]

Cricket Sri Lanka permanently transformed modern cricket through two monumental milestones: the historic 1996 World Cup victory led by Arjuna Ranatunga, which revolutionized One Day International (ODI) batting strategies, and the invention of the “Player-Referral” concept in 1997 by Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna, which laid the foundation for today’s Decision Review System (DRS). [1, […]

e-Con e-News blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 10-16 May 2026 * ‘In Thailand, the Philippines, Bangladesh & Australia… the first since the war to enter key sowing periods, farmers are choosing to skip or reduce planting, or cut fertilizer use, which will lower yield… In June, India & Brazil, two […]

Dilrook Kannangara The 2024 census has been released. The delay casts serious doubts about its accuracy as the last two censuses are being looked at with suspicion that they may have been tweaked for easy acceptance by society masking the increases and decreases of ethnic populations. However, the foregoing assumes the released version is correct. […]