Archive for June 21st, 2026

Steel is the Rice of Industry: Remembering SBD de Silva at 100 Years! Jayavayva!

Sunday, June 21st, 2026

e-Con e-News Posted byee ink.June 20, 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:history, India, law, malabar-games, Rice, sri-lanka, Steel, travel, WPNS blog: https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 14-20 June 2026 In November 2020, 120 whales were run aground on Panadura beach, gasping for breath. There was widespread despair at the unfolding scene. Yet there was nary an exclamation from such environmental babblers as […]

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Can Sri Lanka Become the First South Asian Nation to Finance Strategic Infrastructure through Tokenized Digital Assets?

Sunday, June 21st, 2026

By Sarath Obeysekera A New Paradigm for Infrastructure Financing Sri Lanka has historically financed large infrastructure projects through sovereign loans, bilateral financing, multilateral development banks, and foreign direct investment (FDI). While these mechanisms have delivered highways, ports, airports, and power plants, they have also contributed to high levels of external debt and fiscal vulnerability. The […]

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Trincomalee Marine Industrial Hub Tokenized Fund (TMT Fund)

Sunday, June 21st, 2026

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Investor Briefing for Policy Consideration The Trincomalee Marine Industrial Hub Tokenized Fund (TMT Fund) is a pioneering initiative designed to mobilize private and diaspora capital for the development of Sri Lanka’s proposed Marine Industrial and Offshore Repair Hub in Trincomalee. Using blockchain-based tokenization, the fund allows fractional investment and transparent participation in a Public–Private Partnership […]

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සීගිරිය පිදුරංගල රජමහා විහාරය ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණය කර යළි සසුනට පූජා කෙරේ

Sunday, June 21st, 2026

මහින්ද  උදයසිරි රත්නායක  දඹුල්ල  ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මාතලේ දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ දඹුල්ල, සීගිරිය බලකොටුවට උතුරු දෙසින් පිහිටි ඓතිහාසික, බෞද්ධ හා ස්වාභාවික සෞන්දර්යයෙන් අනූන පිදුරංගල රජමහා විහාරය නව ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණයන්ගෙන් අනතුරුව ඊයේ (20) දින සසුනට පූජා කරන ලදී. දේශීය හා විදේශීය සංචාරකයන්ගේ සිත්ගන්නා සුලු ස්ථානයක් වන පිදුරංගල විහාරයේ පෞරාණිකත්වයට හානියක් නොවන සේ එහි දායක සභාව සහ පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව එක්ව මෙම […]

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Reimagining Mattala Airport: From “World’s Emptiest Airport” to Southern Sri Lanka’s Aviation and Industrial Gateway

Sunday, June 21st, 2026

By Sarath Obeysekera Quote  Sri Lanka opens Mattala Airport to local & foreign investors The Ministry of Ports & Civil Aviation, through Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited (AASL), has invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) from investors to utilize resources at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) in Hambantota. Submissions are due by 09 […]

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Trincomalee Has No Heavy Engineering Potential Either

Sunday, June 21st, 2026

Dilrook Kannangara Despite its natural formation including its depth, historical economic use – the world has changed vastly since then, very limited modern economic current use and continuing military and fisheries utility, Trincomalee port and the region has no economic potential. All profitable ports are either on world’s largest shipping lanes or just adjacent to […]

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