Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Qatar’s Energy Hub – A Model Sri Lanka Can Learn From Qatar has deliberately developed an integrated energy ecosystem rather than relying solely on LNG production. Around the giant Ras Laffan Industrial City and the North Field developments, it has attracted engineering companies, technology providers, service contractors, financial institutions, training centres, and […]

Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Prepared by: Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Chairman – Advisory Board on Offshore and Marine Industry Development Under the Export Development Board (EDB), Sri Lanka Fabweld Academy (Pvt) Ltd 1. Background Sri Lanka’s shipbuilding, offshore fabrication, and heavy engineering industries face a growing shortage of certified welders meeting international standards (ASME, AWS, ISO 9606). […]

AI Overview De Silva, M.U. (2004), Suppression of Buddhism under the British and the Resistance of the Buddhists” in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka New Series, Vol. XLIX Special Number on the Panadura Vadaya, 15-52 This refers to a significant academic paper written by Prof. M.U. De Silva, an eminent historian […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  NVQ Level 3 (National Vocational Qualification) is an intermediate vocational qualification that certifies a person is competent to perform skilled work independently. In Sri Lanka, it is awarded under the National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) Framework, which is regulated by the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC). For welding, an NVQ Level 3 […]

AI Overview The Buddhist Sinhala resistance in Kandy against Christian missionaries stemmed directly from the British violation of the Ingrisi-Sinhala Givisuma (the Kandyan Convention of March 2, 1815). This geopolitical and religious friction shaped Sri Lankan history throughout the 19th century and a good part of the 20th century. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], though […]

AI Overview CHAT GPT response Most soccer fans are unaware that the philosophical foundation of modern video review—the “player-referral” mechanism that allows players to challenge on-field decisions—was originally devised by Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna. [1, 2] Weeraratna first drafted and published this groundbreaking “Player-Referral” proposal for cricket in 1997. It dismantled the historical doctrine […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Sovereign Project | 60010-001 ADB Must Think Beyond Containers: Make Trincomalee the Offshore Industrial Capital of the Indian Ocean and Galle as a high end marina  The Asian Development Bank’s initiative to update Sri Lanka’s National Port Master Plan presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape the country’s maritime future. If this exercise […]

AI Overview The concept of an  “Off Field ” Hall of Fame represents a proposed expansion of existing cricket honors to recognize off-field pioneers, innovators, and contributors who transformed the game administratively, technologically, or socially. [1] While basketball and baseball halls of fame routinely induct “contributors” and “pioneers,” the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former Inspector General of Police C.D. Wickremaratne took his own life with a firearm. This is according to Police. හිටපු පොලිස්පතිවරයෙකු වූ සී.ඩී. වික්‍රමරත්න වෙඩි වැදීමකින් තුවාල ලබා රෝහල්ගත කිරීමෙන් පසු අද (17) උදෑසන මියගොස් ඇති බව පොලිස් මාධ්‍ය කොට්ඨාසය නිවේදනය කරනවා. පොලිස් මාධ්‍ය කොට්ඨාසය සඳහන් කරන පරිදි, අද උදෑසන කාලයේදී මාලබේ […]

AI Overview The “Player Referral” concept, which serves as the direct foundational blueprint for Cricket’s Decision Review System (DRS), is widely celebrated as Sri Lanka’s finest intellectual export to global sports. [1, 2] Conceived in 1997 by Colombo-based Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna, this paradigm shift effectively dismantled the centuries-old doctrine that “the umpire’s word […]

@MiddleEastEye Dutch journalist Gijs Sanders joined the Sumud Flotilla to document its journey to Gaza. In his documentary Mission Flotilla, he also describes what he says he witnessed after activists were detained, including their treatment in custody, and reflects on how Western media reports on Palestine and Israel.* *Disclaimer: Some of the footage in this […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  AI Resources  Continuous aeration and oxygenation have been successfully used in many countries to improve polluted lakes, although they are usually combined with reducing sewage and nutrient inflows. Aeration alone is not a permanent solution if pollution continues. Some notable examples are: Lessons for Beira Lake For Beira Lake, continuous solar-powered aeration […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

by Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge   The Final Pages of Jonathan Harker’s Diary  (This is the continuation of Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel Dracula) Following the dramatic conclusion of Bram Stoker’s iconic horror classic, the story unfolds with Jonathan Harker and his wife Mina, accompanied by their young son Quincy, embarking on a journey to Transylvania. […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. ජාති වාදය හා ජාතික වාදය රවුෆ් හකීම්, රිෂාඩ් බතිඋර්දීන්. සුමන්තිරන්, ශානක්‍යයන්, මනෝ ගනේෂන්, දිගම්බරන්, තොන්ඩමන් මුනුපුරා යනාදී ඇතුළු  සුළු ජනවර්ග නායකයින් පිරිසක් කඩිමුඩියේ එකතුව තමන් ජාතිවාදීන් නොවන බව පවසමින් තම ප්‍රශ්ණ වලට පිළිතුරු ලබා ගැනීමට ඉදිරිපත්ව සිටි බව 7/13/2026 දින යූටියුබ් එකේ පලවිය (පහතින් ඇති වාර්තාව බලන්න). පලාත් සභා චන්දය වහාම […]

සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන ජනාධිපති ධූර කාලය වසර 6ක් කියූ  නීතීඥවරයෙකුට ලක්ෂ 5ක නඩු ගාස්තු ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය විසින් නියම කිරීමෙන් පසු ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ වරදක් නිවැරදි කිරීමට ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන කෙටුම්පතක් 2024.07.18 ගැසට් වීමත්, ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83 ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ  සිංහල ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා පාඨ අතර වෙනසක් නිවැරදි කිරීමට මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ සභාපති ජනාධිපති ලේකම්ට දැනුම් […]

Jayantha Liyanage Sinhaladeepa Jathika Peramuna Dear Editor,New Constitution should reinstate the historical rights of the Sinhala peopleSix Tamil & Muslim political parties in their joint statement issued today (14.07.2026) has said that the present Government should enact a new constitution as promised before they come to power. Several National Newspapers has published that statement as […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera News item Daily FT https://www.ft.lk MSC in talks to acquire stake in Hambantota Port 6 days ago — (MSC) is in discussions to acquire a significant stake in Hambantota International Port as part of a broader strategy to expand its port …     How can MSC invest in Hambantota when chinese company owns 85% […]

Bandula Kendaragama Investigative Independent Dam Safety Consultant Dear Editor, I wish to introduce myself by sending my CV. As far as casualties and damage to personal property and infrastructure facilities as a result of opening of spillway gates is concerned, actual technical details are not given in most news items posted in the social media. Given that I […]

PHIL MILLER Britain’s armed forces have a far more extensive base network than ever presented by the Ministry of Defence. New research by Declassified reveals the extent of this global military presence for the first time – as the government announces an extra 10% spending on defence. UK military has base sites in five countries […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Mr. Nahil  has stated that, having served as Chief Engineer at Colombo Dockyard, he is qualified to advise on the Beira Lake restoration project. I understand that one of the proposals under discussion is to pump seawater into the lake to flush out the contaminated water. As ex chairman Sllrdc and CEO […]

Source:  Christian Aggression Website Evangelical Intrusions, Sandhya Jain, Rupa & Co., Pp 251 (HB), Rs 395.00 THIS book comes at an opportune moment when repeated reports of religio-political violence in the north-eastern states are pouring in, accompanied by the rise in armed rebellion from groups professing secessionist aspirations. As is universally recognised, the separatist goals […]