Champa Fernando Secretary, KACPAW While Sri Lanka is now sitting on a powder keg of dog rabies, about to ignite, it is bewildering that the 2026 budget allocated Rs.100 million for a dog crematorium cum shelter to one local government body out of 343, and no money for National Dog Sterilization. This is the first time […]

ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/adani-green-energy-commissions-worlds-largest-battery-storage-system-11548396/amp/1 ඉන්දියාවේ විශාලතම බැටරි බලශක්ති ගබඩා පද්ධතිවලින් එකක් ආරම්භ කිරීමට අදාළව අදානි සමාගම විසින් මෑතකදී කළ නිවේදනය, ශක්ති, වරාය, ලොජිස්ටික්ස් හා යටිතල පහසුකම් ක්ෂේත්‍රවල අනාගතය දෙස ඉන්දියානු මහා ව්‍යාපාරික සමූහ කෙසේ වේගයෙන් හා දැවැන්ත අභිලාෂයකින් ගමන් කරන්නේද යන්න ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට නැවත මතක් කර දෙයි. එහෙත් ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන් සඳහා අදානි” යන නාමය මතු […]

Shenali D Waduge This rebuttal examines whether the Channel 4 documentary establishes its central allegation of high-level state complicity in the Easter Sunday attacks on the basis of independently verifiable evidence, or whether it relies primarily on delayed testimony, anonymous sourcing, and inferential narrative construction. SECTION 1 THE ENTIRE CHANNEL 4 CASE RESTS ON ASAD […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Concluding part continued from May 21, 2026 The Cardinal’s demand that Shani Abeysekera and Ravi Seneviratna, despite their being under a cloud about the Easter Sunday suicide bombings, be tasked to conduct fresh probes into them in order to track down an alleged mahamolakaru or mastermind, is even more ironical in […]

Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge   Child sexual abuse has become an urgent concern, with a troubling number of children subjected to physical and sexual abuse within religious institutions. In recent decades, reports of such misconduct have emerged across various faiths, including Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism. Often, those in leadership roles within these organizations have either […]

Source: AI Overview To undo the global-scale injustice regarding the authorship of the Umpire Decision Review System (DRS), Sri Lanka and the inventor, Colombo-based lawyer Senaka Weeraratna, have several legal, diplomatic, and institutional remedies available. [1, 2] The controversy stems from a flawed legal opinion by former ICC legal counsel David Becker, which claimed the […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/travel/india-is-dirtiest-country-vlogger-praises-sri-lanka-critiques-india-s-tourism-decline-due-to-poor-cleanliness-101779874371832.html# During my routine early morning walk along the Kimbulawala walking path ,  I keep noticing heap of garbage  on both sides of the Madiwela road for several weeks Irony is one heap lies next to the police post for weeks  Often I see the two young cops looking at the mobiles […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Proposal for Facilitation of Betting & Gaming License Approvals in Sri Lanka As Sri Lanka seeks new avenues for foreign direct investment, tourism growth, and foreign exchange earnings, the development of a regulated betting and gaming industry within the Colombo Port City framework deserves serious consideration. Global gaming hubs such as Macau, […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The online casino and gambling sector in Sri Lanka has been growing quietly but rapidly over the last decade, driven by smartphone penetration, digital payments, tourism, and weak regulatory enforcement in cyberspace. While traditional gambling was once limited mainly to physical casinos in Colombo targeting tourists,specifically chinese and Indians  online betting and […]

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Dr Sarath Obeysekera https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/adani-green-energy-commissions-worlds-largest-battery-storage-system-11548396/amp/1 The recent announcement that  Adani  has commissioned one of the world’s largest battery energy storage systems in India once again reminds Sri Lanka of the scale, speed, and ambition with which Indian conglomerates are moving into the future of energy, ports, logistics, and infrastructure. For Sri Lankans, however, the name Adani” […]

Senaka Weeraratna For centuries, the destruction of Nalanda University has symbolized the tragic decline of Buddhism in India. But Nalanda was not the only great center of learning lost to history. In this documentary, we explore the forgotten story of Odantapuri Mahavihara — one of ancient India’s oldest Buddhist universities — its rise, significance, scholars, […]

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ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර (Dr. Sarath Obeysekera) උපායමාර්ගික අවධානය යොමු කරන ප්‍රදේශ 1. යටිතල පහසුකම් සංවර්ධනය ● ද්විත්ව භාවිත Mini Marinas: ධීවර වරායන් 21ක් ධීවර හා විවේක යාත්‍රා සඳහා marinas බවට පරිවර්තනය කිරීම, සංචාරක ව්‍යාපාරය වැඩි කිරීම සහ නව ආදායම් මාර්ග උත්පාදනය කිරීම. ප්‍රධාන ස්ථාන අතර ගාල්ල, බේරුවල සහ ත්‍රිකුණාමලය ඇතුළත් වේ. ● බෝට්ටු නිෂ්පාදන කලාප: […]

Source: Al  Hakam., London  Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Head  of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim community delivered Eid-ul-Adha sermon after led the congregational Eid Prayer at  Mubarak Mosque inTillford, U.K on yesterday 27 May, 2026. His Holiness recited  Chapter 22, Verse  38 of the Holy Quran, the meaning of which: Their flesh reaches not Allah, nor […]

Source: AI Overview The Sri Lankan lawyer and visionary credited with conceptualizing the “Player Referral” mechanism—the exact foundation of modern cricket’s Decision Review System (DRS)—is Senaka Weeraratna. There is an ongoing campaign for him to receive formal national honors from the Government of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). [1, 2, 3, 4] The […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Brazil’s offshore oil industry is dominated by the state-controlled energy giant Petrobras, which operates one of the world’s largest deepwater offshore production networks. Most production comes from the pre-salt” offshore basins located far offshore in the Atlantic Ocean, particularly the Santos and Campos Basins. From AI resources – What is an FPSO? […]

The Leader අහඹු ලෙස අස්ථි කොටස් හමුවීමකින් තොරවම සමූහ මිනීවළක් ලෙස සැකකොට අධිකරණ නියෝග යටතේ රජයේ වියදමින් හාරා සුවිශේෂී යමක් සොයා ගැනීමකින් තොරවම කැනීම් අවසන් කළ නැගෙනහිර පළාතේ භුමියක් සමීපයේ තව දුරටත් සැකයට භාජනය වී ඇති ස්ථානයක සිදු කළ ස්කෑන් පරීක්ෂණයේ වාර්තාව අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ. වින්දිතයන් වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටින නීතිඥ මුබාරක් මුගසම් මැයි 26 […]

By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Kandidat Tekhneecheski Nauk (1977) For decades, Sri Lanka has looked mostly toward Asia, the Middle East, and occasionally Europe for economic partnerships. Yet one of the world’s most successful maritime-industrial nations remains largely ignored in our strategic thinking — Brazil. Brazil is not merely a football nation or an agricultural giant […]

Free Lawyers පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය                     2026 මැයි 26  1.20 PM ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව සහ වානිජ්‍ය බැංකු විසින් නිවේදනය කර ඇති නාමික විනිමය අනුපාතය කුමක් වුවත්, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුව 2026 මැයි 25 සිට මැයි 29 දක්වා ඩොලරයකට රු. 351.17 ක විනිමය හුවමාරු අගයක් මත සියළු ගණුදෙනු කරන බව […]

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By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera After graduating and working overseas in the UK and Norway, I returned to Sri Lanka and joined Colombo Dockyard as a consulting engineer. My task was to help develop new business opportunities in general engineering to fill the revenue gap caused by the decline in ship repairs and new boatbuilding work. […]

By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/05/25/hundreds-construction-firms-risk-collapse-reeves Britain, one of the world’s most advanced economies, is facing an alarming wave of construction company failures. Reports now warn that hundreds of UK construction firms are at risk of collapse due to rising fuel prices, high interest rates, labour shortages, delayed payments and geopolitical instability.   The situation has […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The Sri Lankan construction industry is facing a serious shortage of skilled labour, especially after the economic crisis and migration of workers to the Middle East, Europe, Australia and even Maldives. According to recent industry estimates, Sri Lanka may face a shortage of nearly 20,000 skilled workers in 2026, and the industry […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera From IT Giant to Shipbuilding Giant: Can Modi’s India Challenge China at Sea?” Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing one of the biggest maritime industrial strategies India has attempted since independence. The plan is not merely about building ships. It is about transforming India into a strategic maritime manufacturing power by 2047 […]

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir Over the past three decades, I have written hundreds of articles and several books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, examining it from historical, religious, psychological, and geostrategic perspectives, as well as through the hard realities on the ground. After all this, one conclusion has remained inescapable: there will be no peace—none—unless it is […]

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Shenali D Waduge I am greatly humbled and honoured to receive this Service to the Nation appreciation award from the Republican Youth Foundation, under the leadership of Dr. Sasith Rajasooriya, with its emerging vision for Sri Lanka. I wish the team the very best as they begin a new journey. Alongside the beautifully crafted award, […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න ඔය දේවල් උතුරේ හැදුවේ දෙමල රජවරුද. උතුරේ හිටිය සිංහලයෝ සිංහල රජවරු එක්ක එකතුවෙලා නොවෙයිද හැදුවේ. ඒ සිංහලයෝ නොවෙයිද උතුරෙන් එලෙව්වේ පහුගිය කාලේ , ඉතිරිය කොවියාර් කලේ . ඩොනමෝර් වාර්තාවේ පිටු 7000 කොහෙවත් නැහැ උතුරේ ”දෙමල ”කියල ජාතික ”මලබාර් මිස. ඒ අනුව 1832වන විටත් උතුරේ ස්ථිර පදිංචි දෙමලු හිටියේ නැති බව ප්‍රත්‍යක්ෂයි . 1815 […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Question  With sand at 36000 per cu cement at 2200 per bag and metal cube at 11000 it is not viable to build building in concrete Better to carry out steel buildings  Answer  Aboce observation  /wueztio  reflects what many contractors and developers in Sri Lanka are now discussing seriously. With approximate present […]