Dr Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka is currently engaged in a vigorous campaign against corruption in the public sector. Investigations, prosecutions, and public debate have rightly focused on the misuse of state resources and abuse of political power. However, an equally important question remains largely unaddressed: what about corruption and governance failures in the corporate sector? […]

Courtesy Hiru News The former Director of the State Intelligence Service, retired Major General Suresh Sallay, who is being detained and questioned by the Criminal Investigation Department under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital, according to sources. This comes against a backdrop where he commenced a fast-to-death since last […]

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Courtesy Hiru News Former intelligence chief Suresh Salle served the country by dedicating his entire life for 38 years, and the time arrived for the people of the country to stand up and show gratitude to him. Suresh Salle, who is under detention orders in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), commenced a […]

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Dr Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka is witnessing a renewed effort to combat corruption in the public sector. Investigations, audits, and legal reforms are being promoted as essential steps towards restoring public confidence and economic stability. These efforts are welcome and long overdue. However, there is an equally important question that deserves national attention: Why is […]

Source:  AI Overview The three International Cricket Council (ICC) lawyers identified in public legal challenges and reports by advocates for the Sri Lankan inventor are David Becker, Jonathan Hall, and Sally Clark. [1, 2] Supporters of Colombo-based lawyer Senaka Weeraratna—who conceptualized the “Player Referral” mechanism in 1997—allege that these legal figures provided flawed legal counsel […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Green Hydrogen: Will Sri Lanka Become a Producer or Just Another Importer? BOI in Sri Lanka has invited global companies for RFi to forward proposals to generate green hydrogen to bunker to ships Most suitable locations for such bunkering will in  be Trincomalee  Glad to note that government is shifting attention to […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Time Line – Now! Katunayake Sri Lanka as a Free Trade Banking Hub for those leaving Dubai?Posted on June 5th, 2026 Prof. Hudson McLean Email: hudmc@yahoo.co.uk Opportunity of a Lifetime to Sri LankaPosted on June 3rd, 2026  Prof. Hudson McLean Email: hudmc@yahoo.co.uk To achieve a Realistic Successful Goal, The Government of Sri […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Million-Dollar Opportunity Floating in Our Harbours How FRP Boat Waste Can Be Recycled Old fishing boats and pleasure craft are mainly made from fiberglass reinforced polyester or vinyl ester resin. The scrap can be: Alternatively: The Challenge for Load-Bearing Beams Structural beams require: Recycled FRP powder alone is usually not strong enough […]

By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Recent discussions on importing large numbers of foreign workers to address labour shortages in Sri Lanka specifically in construction industry , deserve careful scrutiny. While some policymakers view labour importation as a quick solution to workforce shortages in construction, manufacturing, and other sectors, the long-term social, economic, and political consequences could […]

By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera The recent tragic fire at an elders’ home in Sri Lanka, where vulnerable senior citizens reportedly suffocated and lost their lives, should shock the conscience of the nation. Yet beyond the immediate tragedy lies a deeper and more uncomfortable question: how do we treat the people who once cared for us, […]

පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය   ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මෛත්‍රී ගුණරත්න නීතිඥ අතුල ද සිල්වා  ව්‍යවස්ථානුකූලව අනුමත කරන ලද විශ්‍රාම යන වයස වැඩි කිරීමේ යෝජනාවේ තාර්කිකත්වය කුමක් ද? විනිසුරුවන්ගේ පමණක් අනිවාර්ය විශ්‍රාම වයස දීර්ඝ නොවිය යුතුයි ව්‍යවස්ථානුකූලව අනුමත කරන ලද විශ්‍රාම යන වයස වැඩි කිරීමේ යෝජනාවේ තාර්කිකත්වය කුමක්දැයි  ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය දැඩිව ප්‍රශ්න කරයි.  ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ සහ අභියාචනාධිකරණයේ සහ අනෙකුත් විනිසුරුවරුන්ට පමණක්  විශ්‍රාම […]

මහා සංඝ කතිකාවත යනු බුද්ධ ශාසනයේ චිරස්ථිතිය, භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලාගේ විනය සුරක්ෂිත කිරීම සහ විහාරස්ථාන විධිමත් කිරීම සඳහා අතීත රජදරුවන් සහ මහා සංඝරත්නය එක්ව සම්මත කරගත් පාලන රෙගුලාසි මාලාවයි. [1, 2]

Courtesy :  AI Overview The Sri Lankan lawyer who fundamentally rattled the ICC down to its knees in a manner that has never happened before in Cricket history – A classic example of a lone fighter and game changer in a David v Goliath confrontational scenario AI Overview The Sri Lankan lawyer is Senaka Weeraratna, […]

Eng. Lalith Kahatapitiya, Industrialist For 78 years, Sri Lankans have been told the same old stories about why our economy is broken. Depending on who you ask, the blame lies with political corruption, bad rupee budgets, or shifting government ideologies. We get angry, we change faces at the top, and yet the crisis always returns. […]

Source: AI Overview Question  Have the lawyers of the ICC ( David Richardson, David Becker and Jonathan Hall ) deprived Sri Lanka of due credit for the invention of Player – Referral ( DRS) through malpractice? AI response is as follows: Yes, critics and legal advocates argue that former and current ICC legal and administrative […]

Garvin Karunaratne Currently due to factors that have taken place in foreign countries, stabilizing the exchange rate( Sri Lankan Rupee vs US Dollar) has become difficult or rather almost impossible. Oil from the Gulf countries have to pass through the Straits of Ormuz which is controlled by Iran. Oil from Venezuela has come to a […]

C. Wieyawickrema හැඳින්වීම පලාත් සභා මර උගුල (death trap) හා ඊට දායකවු දේශපාලක පංචස්කන්ධ පිළිඹඳව 18/9/2020 දින ලියන ලද සවිස්තරාත්මක ලිපියක් , මෙහි පහතින් අමුණා ඇත.  මෙම කෙටි ලිපියේ අරමුණ එම කලින් ලියූ ලිපිය අදට කෙතරම් වැදගත් වනවාද යන්න පෙන්වා දීමය. ඒ දිනවල ඊට අඩු වැඩි වශයෙන් දායකවූ, කුහක හා ආත්මාර්ථකාමි විපක්ෂයේ දේශපාලකයින්, ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂය […]

Source: AI Overview The discovery that ICC not only had constructive notice but also actual physical notice of Player – Referral concept (DRS) conceived by Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna has exposed ICC”s legal team to possible legal suit for professional criminal negligence and even fraud for deliberate misrepresentation of fact Yes, the discovery of […]

Prof. Hudson McLean “Katunayake International Free Trade & Banking Hub –  The Gateway Between Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.” Katunayake has some genuine advantages if Sri Lanka wishes to position itself as an alternative regional hub for businesses and professionals leaving Dubai, although it would not be a direct replacement for Dubai in the […]

By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera A workshop titled “Construction Sector Human Capital Recovery” was held recently at Water’s Edge under the auspices of the National Human Resources Development Council of Sri Lanka. The objective was to discuss the severe labour shortage facing the construction industry and to identify solutions for workforce sustainability. Many useful ideas were presented. Some […]

මහින්ද  උදයසිරි  දඹුල්ල    ඉන්දියානු මහ කොමසාරිස් කාර්යාලය විසින්  ශ්‍රී ලංකික ශිෂ්‍ය භික්ෂුන්වහන්සේලාගේ  අධ්‍යාපනික පහසුකම් වැඩි දියුණු කිරීම පිණිස පරිගණකනව බහු මාධ්‍ය උපකරණ  ස්මාට් බොර්ය්  මුද්‍රණ යන්ත්‍ර, මේස පුටු  ඇතුළු  නවින උද්‍යාපන   උපකරණ ප්‍රදානයකිරිමක්  දඹුල්ල  රාජමහා විහාරිිය  වල ගම්බා පිරිවනේදි  සිදුවිය ශ්‍රී ලංකික ශිෂ්‍ය භික්ෂුන්වහන්සේලාගේ  අධ්‍යාපනික පහසුකම් වැඩි දියුණු කිරීම පිණිස  ඉන්දියානු  රජයේ  අධයපන ආධාර […]

දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. මහනුවර 2026.ජූනි,04 මහනුවරදීය අද සිංහල ජාතිය සහ මේ රට වැටි ඇති දේශපාලන, ආර්ථික, සාමාජික, ආගමික හා සදාචාරාත්මක අඝාධයෙන් ගොඩ ගැනීමේ එකම මඟ, ලොව පුරා සිටින සියළුම සින්හල බෞද්ධයින්, ජාතියේ මුරදේවතාවුන් වහන්සේලාගේ නායකත්වයෙන් සන්විධානයවී, මේ රට, එහි භූගෝලය, ඉතිහාශය සහ ශිෂ්ඨාචාරය පිළිබඳ මනා අවභෝධයක් ඇති රටට,ජාතියට සහ බුදු සසුනට ආදරය කරණ වර්තමාන […]

The Leader රට ගොඩනැගීමේ අරමුණින් පිහිටුවන ලද “Rebuilding Sri Lanka” අරමුදලට මෙතෙක් ලැබුණු කිසිදු මුදලක් කිසිදු කාර්යයක් සඳහා වියදම් කර නොමැති බව ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ සහකාර විගණකාධිපති ඊ. එම්.එස්. ඒකනායක අනාවරණය කර තිබේ. දේශපාලන පොරොන්දු සහ ප්‍රචාරණ සටන් පාඨ මැද මෙරට ජනතාවගේ සහ විදෙස්ගත ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන්ගේ බලාපොරොත්තු ඇති කරමින් එකතු වූ මෙම මුදල්, කිසිදු ඵලදායී කාර්යයකට නොයොදා […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Throughout history, powerful leaders have sought to expand the influence and prosperity of their nations. The methods have changed, but the objective has often remained the same: securing resources, wealth, strategic advantage, and national power. Genghis Khan expanded his empire through military conquest across Asia and Europe. Alexander the Great marched across […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Japan-opens-employment-pathways-for-Sri-Lankan-fisheries-graduates/108-341892 Japan opens employment pathways for Sri Lankan fisheries graduates  The National Human Resources Development Council of Sri Lanka is organising a Half-Day Workshop on Construction Sector Human Capital Recovery,” which will be held on 4th June 2026 at the Albatross Hall, Water’s edge  Recent news reports reveal a troubling contradiction in Sri Lanka’s economic policy. […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera An equally important issue that requires urgent attention is the absence of a comprehensive national Blue Economy Strategy. As an island nation located at the centre of one of the world’s busiest maritime routes, Sri Lanka possesses enormous untapped ocean-based economic potential. Yet, much of our policy focus remains limited to traditional […]

Courtesy Adaderan Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando says Sri Lanka remains confident that ongoing discussions with the United States will resolve concerns related to reciprocal tariffs and proposed supply-chain regulations. He made these remarks while addressing recent reports on U.S. proposals to introduce new tariff measures affecting Sri Lanka and […]