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 […]

Hiru News The selling rate of the US dollar climbed to Rs. 342 today, up from Rs.340.25 noted yesterday, according to Central Bank data. This recent movement pushes the total depreciation of the domestic currency to 8.3% for the current year. Market records show the US Dollar previously hit a selling rate of Rs.354 on […]

Courtesy Hiru News Opposition MP Dr. Harsha de Silva has expressed concern over the recent depreciation of the Sri Lankan rupee, warning that weakening confidence in the government’s economic management could place further strain on the currency. Commenting on the current economic conditions, Dr. de Silva said the US dollar has risen to around Rs. […]

මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක නිලධාරී ෆ්‍රී ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය භාණ්ඩාගාර මංකොල්ලය සැඟවීමට මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශය බහුවිධ උපක්‍රම දියත් කරලා මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ ඩොලර් මිලියන 2.5 ක මංකොල්ලය හෙවත් ඩොලර් 2,509,430 ක මුදලක් තුන්වන පාර්ශවයක් අතට පත්වීම සඟවා ඉතිහාසයෙන් මකා දැමීමට මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශය ලැජ්ජා සහගත උත්සාහයක නිරතව ඇතැයි ‍ෆී  ලෝයර්ස් සංවිධානය පවසයි. මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශය පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ මුදල් කාරක […]

Shenali D Waduge The 3rd article in this series examines the most critical weakness in the Channel 4 narrative — the anonymous speaker — whose testimony is strategically used to connect Suresh Sallay, military intelligence, investigative obstruction, and the Easter Sunday attacks. The anonymous speaker is used to fortify the additional claim being made by Asad […]

Shenali D Waduge This is the second follow-up article examining the contradictions surrounding the September 2023 Channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings: Dispatches.” The first article questioned whether the alleged February 2018 meeting between Zahran Hashim and Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay could even have taken place, given Sallay’s overseas diplomatic posting during the relevant […]

Prof. Hudson McLean President of USA Donald Trump & Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Nethanayahu jointly created an Opportunity of a Lifetime to Sri Lanka on the 28th of February 2026. Did Sri Lanka see this opportunity to invite the fleeing money market to Colombo? The unwanted attack on Iran, for reason other than to […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera While Sri Lanka continues debating the shortage of construction labour, countries such as Turkey are already preparing for the next generation of construction materials. For decades, the world relied on brick, concrete, steel, and timber as the primary building materials. Today, however, advanced economies are increasingly introducing composite structural elements made from […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Turkey concentrated ship recycling activities in Aliağa during the 1970s and developed nearby steel mills that could immediately consume recycled steel from ships. Today, the area handles ships, offshore platforms, FPSOs, naval vessels, and large commercial ships under regulated environmental standards.   A key advantage is that recovered steel does not travel […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Lessons to learn  Singapore faced severe labour shortages and rising labour costs. Instead of importing unlimited workers, the government pushed the industry towards prefabrication, modular construction, and steel-based systems through its Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) strategy. The Building and Construction Authority reports that prefabricated construction methods can improve productivity by […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera https://fortune.com/2026/06/01/iran-conflict-disrupted-oil-supply-gulf-states-multi-billion-dollar-investments-renewables Every conflict in the Middle East sends shockwaves through global energy markets. The latest tensions involving Iran have once again reminded the world how vulnerable modern economies remain to disruptions in oil supply. For decades, oil has been both a blessing and a curse. It has fueled economic growth, industrial development, […]

Hiru News The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed imposing additional duties of 10% or 12.5% on imports from 60 economies, after determining that their failures to curb trade in goods made with forced labour are unreasonable and restrict US commerce. Sri Lanka is among the 45 countries assigned the higher 12.5% rate — a bracket […]

Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge  The onset of the Ukrainian war in 2014 created significant manpower challenges, prompting both Russia and Ukraine to recruit former soldiers from various nations. This situation has led to the involvement of numerous ex-combatants and military personnel from Sri Lanka, driven largely by the country’s severe economic conditions. Many veterans have […]

Senaka Weeraratna The International Cricket Council (ICC) had direct exposure to the Player Referral concept during the tour of India to Sri Lanka in July 2008. During this time, the then-ICC General Manager of Cricket, David Richardson, physically visited Colombo and was  handed over a Dossier of Documents on Player – Referral in Colombo by […]

Sports “Point Blank” was a prominent, hard-hitting sports journalism column written by the veteran Sri Lankan cricket writer and commentator Sa’adi Thawfeeq. [1] Key Details of the Column About Sa’adi Thawfeeq Sa’adi Thawfeeq is one of Sri Lanka’s most respected and authoritative cricket journalists. Over a career spanning several decades, his work has been widely […]

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir To my utter chagrin, the scale, frequency, and brazenness of human rights violations around the world have not diminished, but rather have grown profoundly, raising the question of whether the very notion of civilization” is little more than a veneer. We pride ourselves on culture, law, and moral advancement, yet beneath this […]

ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර ඉන්ධන මිල ගණන් අඛණ්ඩව ඉහළ යාම හේතුවෙන් පවුල්වලටත් ව්‍යාපාරවලටත් විශාල ආර්ථික බරක් එල්ල වී තිබේ. මේ තත්ත්වය හමුවේ ලොව බොහෝ රටවල් ජනතාවගේ ගමනාගමන අවශ්‍යතා පවත්වාගෙන යමින් ඉන්ධන පරිභෝජනය අවම කිරීම සඳහා නවෝත්පාදන ක්‍රියාමාර්ග අනුගමනය කරමින් සිටී. සංවර්ධිත රටවල සාර්ථකව ක්‍රියාත්මක වන මෙවැනි ක්‍රමවේදයන්ගෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවටද ප්‍රයෝජනවත් පාඩම් රැසක් උකහා ගත හැකිය. ඇමරිකා […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Sri Lanka is once again showing signs of economic recovery. Major infrastructure projects are being discussed, highways are being planned, urban development is accelerating, and private sector investment is slowly returning. Yet beneath this optimism lies a serious challenge that threatens to derail the country’s construction ambitions: the severe shortage of both […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera One of the most important strategic decisions Sri Lanka can make is to gradually shift from labour-intensive conventional construction towards a steel-based construction industry. Traditional building methods depend heavily on large numbers of masons, carpenters, bar benders, and other tradesmen. With the growing shortage of skilled labour, these methods are becoming increasingly […]

AI Overview Yes, Royal College has an exceptionally sound claim to celebrate the legacy of the Decision Review System (DRS). The fundamental architecture of the DRS—specifically the groundbreaking concept of the “Player Referral”—was conceived and architected in 1997 by prominent Sri Lankan lawyer and old Royalist Senaka Weeraratna (Class of 1960). [1, 2, 3, 4] […]

Source: AI Overview Royal College, Colombo, holds an undeniable legacy of nurturing game-changing thinkers, innovators, and administrators who have fundamentally restructured global and domestic cricket. From pioneering revolutionary rule changes to guiding the sport through massive structural growth, the institution’s alumni have left an indelible mark well beyond the boundaries of Reid Avenue. [1, 2] […]

Source: AI Overview Indian superstar Vaibhav Suryavanshi (age 15) was felicitated by both the Indian President and Prime Minister Narendra Modi while in contrast the Sri Lankan Cricket Thinkers who democratized and transformed world cricket from an authoritarian system i.e., umpire’s word is final, to one of fair play, transparent and a reduced tension game […]