Dr Sarath Obeysekera At present, the Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation (SLLRDC) has proposed intercepting polluted stormwater and sewage entering Beira Lake by constructing a perimeter pipeline to collect these discharges and divert them for appropriate treatment or disposal. The proposal also includes desludging and dredging the lake to remove contaminated sediments accumulated over many […]

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by Dr Garvin Karunaratne  The experience of the Divisional Development Councils Programme(DDCP) of Sri Lanka(1970-1977) is currently of great importance in today’s situation of unemployment, poverty  and also the inability to import goods due to the lack of foreign exchange.   This is because the DDCP is a programme that really creates employment. Further it is […]

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Sasanka De Silva Makumbura I am writing this to share a deeply concerning experience regarding my recent interaction with Airtel Sri Lanka, which serves as a stark warning to other consumers about how their personal data and security are being handled. I recently purchased a SIM card through a “roadside” vendor, a transaction that has since […]

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AI Overview The connection between the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) officiating controversy in the Spain vs. France 2026 World Cup semi-final and the Player-Referral concept boils down to the foundational roots of video replay jurisprudence invented by a Sri Lankan lawyer named Senaka Weeraratna. [1, 2, 3] The 2026 World Cup incident During the highly […]

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Dr Sarath Obeysekera This is for patients who intend to undergo spinal decompression surgery as marketed by done surgeons in Sri Lanka Ask these questions   A patient underwent spinal stenosis surgery at a hospital in Singapore. The surgeon performed a minimally invasive decompression at three levels: L2-L3, L3-L4, and L4-L5. After the operation, only […]

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AI Overview AI Overview Response Yes, if the ICC Hall of Fame rules were expanded to induct off-field contributors whose achievements occurred “beyond the boundary,” Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna would have a compelling, historically backed case for induction due to his “Player-Referral” concept. [1, 2, 3] Under current rules, the ICC Hall of Fame […]

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Nava Thakuria Geneva, 16 July 2026: A marked improvement was observed during the first six months of 2026, with 39 journalists killed compared to 85 during the same period in 2025 — a reduction of more than half the number of victims (- 54%). The Middle East remained the most dangerous region, ahead of Latin […]

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උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයේ මහමොළකරුවන් හොයන නාඩගමේ තිරය පිටුපස ඉන්න ඇත්තම අපරාධකාරයන්ගේ හෙළුව ඊයේ අභියාචනාධිකරණයේදී පට්ටපතුරු යන්නම ගැලවුණා. රාජ්‍ය බුද්ධි සේවයේ හිටපු අධ්‍යක්ෂ සුරේෂ් සලේව ත්‍රස්තවාදය වැළැක්වීමේ පනත යටතේ අත්අඩංගුවට ගත්ත එකට එරෙහිව දාපු රිට් පෙත්සමේදී, ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ සංජීව ජයවර්ධන මහත්තයා එළියට දැම්මේ මුළු රටම කම්පනයට පත්වෙන ඇත්තක්. සහරාන්ගේ මුල්ම ප්ලෑන් එක තිබුණේ පල්ලිවලට ගහන්න […]

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