Archive for July 21st, 2026

Easter Sunday attacks: Much Ado About Sara Jasmine and the “Indian Connection”

Tuesday, July 21st, 2026

Shenali D Waduge The name of Sara Jasmine alias Pulasthini Mahendran has become one of the most repeatedly mentioned names after the Easter Sunday attacks of 21 April 2019. What exactly is the legal relevance of Sara Jasmine to establishing who planned, directed and executed the Easter Sunday attacks? The law requires evidence — not association, assumptions or […]

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Two almost three years have gone in our Government. Ideas for action even now. It is time for action,

Tuesday, July 21st, 2026

by Garvin Karunaratne E-Con-E-News 3-9 th November2025  in Lanka Web writes: • ‘Garvin Karunaratne writes again today. I have read his Dahanayaka & red-onion affair several times in the Island. His telephone handling at the Marketing Department’s Tripoli HQ resembles Mountbatten’s war operations room.’” We did use phones in a remarkable way to move veg […]

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Saga of Beira continues …..

Tuesday, July 21st, 2026

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  In addition  to installing air pumping into lake bottom other  methods are used worldwide  Malaysian Method  It is believed are referring to EM (Effective Microorganism) Mud Balls, also called Bokashi Mud Balls or Genki Balls. They are widely promoted in Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore for cleaning polluted rivers and lakes.  The […]

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A Sri Lankan saved Cricket with a formula for fairness, peace between rivals and an unsettling embarrassment of being forced to carry glaring umpiring errors without correction

Tuesday, July 21st, 2026

AI Overview Response The Sri Lankan you are referring to is Colombo-based lawyer and sports enthusiast Senaka Weeraratna, who is the original conceptual architect of cricket’s Decision Review System (DRS). [1, 2] In March 1997, frustrated by glaring, televised umpiring errors that field umpires refused to admit, Senaka Weeraratna published a groundbreaking letter in The […]

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ICC owes Sri Lanka and Inventor of Player Referral an explanation ( Sunday Times article May 28, 2006)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2026

By Marisa de Silva Courtesy: Sunday Times ( May 28, 2006) New umpiring law recommended by the ICC * They owe him an explanation In what might result to be yet another affront against the cricket playing nations of the ‘third world’, Lankan Attorney-at-Law Senaka Weerarathne claims that he has been denied credit of being […]

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Cricket saved Sri Lanka. Did Sri Lanka save Cricket?

Tuesday, July 21st, 2026

AI Overview Yes, Sri Lanka did save cricket from institutionalized human error and credibility crises by conceptualizing the Player-Referral System, which evolved into the modern Decision Review System (DRS). While cricket famously united and uplifted Sri Lanka through historic milestones like the 1996 World Cup victory, a Sri Lankan intellectual permanently safeguarded the fairness of […]

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The Muthurajawela LPG Terminal – One of Sri Lanka’s Finest Heavy Engineering Projects

Tuesday, July 21st, 2026

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  How Colombo Dockyard built the Shell Gas LPG Storage Terminal that later became Litro Gas The construction of the Shell Gas LPG Terminal at Muthurajawela (Kerawalapitiya) during the late 1990s was one of the most technically demanding heavy engineering projects ever undertaken in Sri Lanka. It demonstrated that Sri Lankan engineers, welders […]

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Restitutio in integrum has to be addressed by the Church which has benefited under the colonial era the large number of Churches forcibly built on Temple lands and destroyed Buddhist Temple sites and yet unaccounted for in Sri Lanka

Tuesday, July 21st, 2026

Senaka Weeraratna Assisted by Chat GPT Restitutio in integrum has to be addressed by the Church which has benefited heavily under the Portuguese, Dutch and British rule for the large number of Churches forcibly built on Temple lands and destroyed Buddhist Temple sites and yet unaccounted for in Sri Lanka. Modern perspectives on accountability The […]

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