by  A. Abdul  Aziz. Ahmadi Muslims in Sri Lanka  celebrates Eid -ul-Azha – Haj  Festival  on Wednesday 27 May  as instructed from the Markaz  (Headquarters). There are five main acts that are performed during Hajj, viz: 1. Circuiting the Ka’aba 2. Running between the Safa and Marwa hills 3. Assembling at Arafa. 4. Throwing stones […]

The Leader සිවිල් යුද්ධයේ අවසන් අදියරේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දෙමළ ජන සංහාරයක් සිදුවූ බවට ජීවන්ත පීරිස් පියතුමා කළ ප්‍රකාශය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කතෝලික රදගුරු සමුළුව සහ කතෝලික පල්ලිය විසින් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරනු ලැබ තිබේ. කතෝලික රදගුරු සමුළුවේ සන්නිවේදන කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපති ජූඩ් නිශාන්ත සිල්වා රදගුරුතුමන් විශේෂ ප්‍රකාශයක් නිකුත් කරමින් සඳහන් කළේ පීරිස් පියතුමා පළ කළ අදහස් කතෝලික පල්ලියේ […]

Source:  AI Overview Deconstruction of the Life Story of the Buddha with diabolical intent to isolate Sri Lanka from rest of the Buddhist world – What the foreign missionaries could not achieve during the dark colonial era (1505 – 1948) of dislodging Buddhism through physical destruction of Temples local hirelings are attempting an implosion through […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera බදු ආර්ථිකයෙන් ආයෝජන ආර්ථිකයකට අද ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩු වැඩි අවධානයක් යොමු කරන්නේ බදු එකතු කිරීම මගින් ආර්ථිකය පාලනය කිරීමටයි. එය අවශ්‍ය වුවත්, ජනතාවට සහ ව්‍යාපාරිකයන්ට එය දැඩි බරක් වී ඇත. බොහෝ දෙනාට මෙය බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය යුගයේ ශරීර බද්ද” මෙන් දැනේ. නමුත් ඉතිහාසයෙන් අපට පෙනෙන්නේ බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයන් බදු එකතු කළා පමණක් නොව, දුම්රිය, මාර්ග, වරාය […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Ex CEO Cololmbo Dockyard , Walkers Cololmbo Shipyard and Ex chairman Sri Lanka Land Reclamation Corporation බදු එකතු කිරීමෙන් ධනය නිර්මාණයට — ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට නව ආර්ථික දැක්මක්   Sri Lanka today appears trapped in a cycle where governments focus heavily on tax collection to stabilize the economy. While fiscal discipline is necessary, excessive […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera What is name of that film ? AI gives me following answer  Yes — the Sinhala film Dharmayuddhaya is officially a remake of the Indian Malayalam blockbuster Drishyam starring Mohanlal. The Sinhala version starred Jackson Anthony in the lead role.   Many viewers felt it was very close to the original — […]

Cyril Barabaltchouk Courtesy United 24 Sri Lanka is negotiating to purchase crude and refined fuels from Russia and China, according to the country’s Energy Minister Anura Karunathilake, cited by Reuters on May 25. Reuters wrote that the import-dependent nation seeks to address fuel shortages linked to the global energy crisis. We bring you stories from the ground. Your support keeps our team in the field. […]

Courtesy Hiru News Kaduwela Magistrate Aruna Indrajith Buddhadasa has ordered the release of National Freedom Front leader and former minister Wimal Weerawansa on two surety bails of Rs. 500,000 each after he was arrested and produced before the Court this morning (25) by Thalangama Police over an alleged incident of obstructing a Ranaviru commemoration rehearsal […]

Hiru  News Sri Lanka Human Rights Centre Executive Director Rajith Keerthi Thennakoon states that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has intervened to control the rapid rise in the value of the US dollar within the domestic foreign exchange market by taking steps to impose an unofficial capped price for the dollar. Issuing a statement, […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ/ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය සංසරණයේ පැවති ව්‍යවහාර මුදල් මාස 17 ට රු. මිලියන 303,956 ක් වැඩි වෙලා IMF නොතකා ‍මහ බැංකුවෙන් ඩොලරයට නිල නොවන උපරිම මිලක් (capped price) ඒකාබද්ධ පුළුල් මුදල් සැපයුම වැඩි කරමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව වානිජ්‍ය බැංකුවලින් ඩොලර් මිලදී ගැනීම සිදු කරනු ලබන නමුත්, සංචිත ඉහල නංවා ගැනීමට […]

Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr) 2066 Kings Grove Crescent . Ottawa, Ontario . K1J 6G1 24 May 2026 The Right Honourable  Mark Carney, PC  OC  MPPrime Minister of CanadaOffice of the Prime Minister80 Wellington StreetOttawa, OntarioK1A OA2 BY LETTER IMPORTANT & URGENT Dear Prime Minister Mark Carney: Re: Sri Lankan-Canadian Community Divisive Tamil Genocide Memorial Monument in Brampton, Ontario.  This […]

ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර Kandidat Tekhnicheskikh Nauk (1977)Кандидат технических наук ඉතිහාසය පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ පැරණි පද්ධතියක් පෙරළා දැමීම, ස්ථාවර නව පද්ධතියක් ගොඩනැගීමට වඩා පහසු බවයි. 1917 රුසියානු විප්ලවයෙන් පසු ජයග්‍රාහී බොල්ශෙවික්වරුන්ට තේරුම් ගියේ සටනකදී ඇති වූ එකමුතුකම, රජය පවත්වාගෙන යාමේදී අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම පවතින්නේ නැති බවයි. අද ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna සහ National People’s Power පිළිබඳව පවතින සාකච්ඡාවන් […]

Professor Harendra de Silva & Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge Since the JVP uprising in 1971, Sri Lanka has faced the alarming issue of child soldiers, a situation that escalated notably during the 1988-1989 revolt. These young recruits, referred to as the “Rathu Gatv” or “Red Youth,” were employed in various roles, including intelligence gathering, transporting […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Beyond Rail Tracks: How Britain Used the Elizabeth Line to Stimulate Industry and Employment — Can Sri Lanka Do the Same?” Question  Was the East–West London Elizabeth Line (formerly Crossrail) implemented   during Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government primarily as a transport improvement project, or was it also intended as a large-scale […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Kandidat tekneecheski Nauk  1977 Kandidat tekneecheski Nauk  1977 Кандидат технических наук History shows that overthrowing an old order is often easier than building a stable new one. After the 1917 Russian Revolution, the victorious Bolsheviks discovered that unity during struggle did not guarantee unity in government. The same lesson can be observed […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka must study history carefully before opening the doors widely for inbound labour migration without proper controls, registration, monitoring and sector-specific policies. During the British colonial era, Indian Tamil estate workers were brought mainly from South India to work in plantations because local labour was either unavailable or unwilling to work […]

Dilrook Kannangara Without a doubt AKD is the most popular Sri Lankan leader ever in the north, east and Nuwara Eliya areas despite falling popularity elsewhere. However, this comes at a massive cost to the nation as billions of state funds are used to sustain his popularity in areas of low to no national economic […]

By Dr  Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka continues to produce thousands of graduates every year. Universities proudly hand over degrees in engineering, management, science, and technology. Parents celebrate. Politicians boast about literacy and education statistics. Yet many of these young graduates enter the real industrial world completely unprepared for modern global employment. The uncomfortable truth is […]

Shenali D Waduge Easter Sunday would not have occurred if national security had received consistent attention and if intelligence monitoring of known radical networks had not been disrupted. After the 2015 regime change, intelligence coordination was weakened, with focus shifting heavily toward corruption” and good governance”. This created operational gaps, delayed responses, and breakdowns in […]

e-Con e-News blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 17-23 May 2026 India & Japan are in a mighty, mighty hurry. A USA-inspired urgency. They are renewing pressure on Sri Lanka ‘to expedite industrial & trade integration’. And they have a plan – an economic caste system: Sri Lanka has to […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera In recent years, social media platforms such as Facebook, Messenger, YouTube, TikTok, and other online networks have become powerful tools for spreading news, opinions, and unfortunately, rumors and sensational stories. In Sri Lanka, Buddhist monks often become subjects of intense public scrutiny whenever allegations of misconduct arise. Videos, photographs, and accusations spread […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera While the world is building trillion-dollar energy infrastructure, Sri Lanka is still proudly producing certificate holders” in cake decorating, beauty culture, and basic hotel service. We are training thousands for low-income survival jobs while countries like Qatar are building a global industrial empire with welders, pipe fitters, offshore fabricators, subsea cable specialists, […]

– සිලෝන් වොච් සමූහය වෙනුවෙන් පාලිත ආරියරත්න කර්නල් අශෝක අලස් මහතාගේ අභාවය අප රටට සිදුවූ විශාල පාඩුවකි අභාවය අප රටට සිදුවූ විශාල පාඩුවකි. රට ආරක්ෂා කිරීමේදී මෙන්ම, නීතිය සහ සත්‍යය වෙනුවෙන් එතුමා පෙන්වූ අප්‍රහිත ධෛර්යය සදාකාලිකවම මතකයේ රැඳෙනු ඇත. එතුමා විසින් රචනා කරන ලද විශාල ලේඛන සංඛ්‍යාව සහ පවත්වන ලද 150කට අධික දේශානුරාගී සංවාද මාලාව, අපේ […]

සිලෝන් වොච් සමූහය වෙනුවෙන්, දේශාභිමානී සූර්ය වංශ රත්න විභූෂණ පාලිත ආරියරත්න විසින්. යුධ ස්වේච්ඡා හමුදාවේ හිටපු ලුතිනන් කර්නල් විජේසුන්දර මුදලිගේ අශෝක මහතාගේ සමුගැනීම මුළු මහත් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ද්වීපයටම දරාගත නොහැකි, පිරවිය නොහැකි ජාතික පාඩුවකි. එතුමාගේ ජීවන චරිතය යනු යුධ හමුදාමය විනය, පිරිපුන් ප්‍රඥාව, බුද්ධිමය ගැඹුර මෙන්ම අභිමානවත් සංස්කෘතික උරුමයේ රැකවලෙකුගේ භූමිකාවන් සුසංයෝගයෙන් එකට මුසු වූ […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS In September 2024, for the first time, a rural lad was voted into the highest position in the land, a position which snobs thought should be filled only by a Colombo based ‘kalu sudda’. Anura Kumara Dissanayake ‘s appointment   as President, made the non-snobs   very happy. We had   a   ‘Tanamalvila kollek ‘ on […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS  Sri Lanka elected a brand-new political party, Jathika Jana Balavegaya, (Malimawa) to power at the 2025   general election and treated it to a landslide win. There was a sharp swing away from   known politicians to the totally unknown. It was a huge protest vote against the mainstream parties.   Voters   were fed up and […]

Source: AI Overview South African Lawyer David Becker ‘s flawed legal opinion on authorship of Player – Referral (DRS) which was misconceived in law (overlooked legal principle of Constructive Notice) has not only embarrassed the ICC but also has led to a crisis and tension between Sri Lanka and ICC South African lawyer David Becker […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera For centuries, Sri Lankans have repeated the legend of Kuweni and Prince Vijaya.According to folklore, when Vijaya abandoned Kuweni after using her help to establish his kingdom, the betrayed queen cursed the land and its rulers before her death. Many believe that the suffering and turmoil faced by Sri Lanka through the […]

Courtesy : AI Overview The International Cricket Council (ICC) has several distinct non-litigious, institutional, and symbolic options to resolve the ongoing intellectual property and authorship dispute with Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna. [1, 2] Weeraratna’s legal representatives—including Sydney-based law firm Carroll and O’Dea—maintain that he pioneered the modern four-pillar framework of the Decision Review System […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera This is a tribute to a famous diver from Galle who passed away  Underwater welding and commercial diving are among the most dangerous professions in the maritime industry. Yet, they are also among the least understood by the public. The recent sudden death of a prominent diving expert has once again drawn […]