Press Statement Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon Executive Director/ Centre for Human Rights and Research (CHR) Sri Lanka Centre for Human Rights Research (CHR) Sri Lanka strongly condemns the failure of the Government and, in particular, Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara and Secretary to the Ministry of Justice Ms. Ayesha Jinasena, to manage the chronic overcrowding in Sri […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Generally speaking, punishment makes men hard and cold; it concentrates; it sharpens the feeling of alienation; it strengthens the power of resistance”― Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and writer  In the first instance, this article is about crime and punishment in general and not about specific crimes or categories of punishment. To begin with, […]

Media Release UNA – Sri Lanka  Sri Lankan Candidate Dr. M.M.M. Rushanudeen for contesting Post of Vice President to the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) Represent Sri Lanka and Head of Delegates to World Congress and 44th Plenary Assembly at World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva from 23rd to 30th August 2026. The Secretary […]

Senaka Weeraratna Chula Boange soon after taking oaths J.C. (Chula) Boange, Attorney – at – Law, died on July 20th 2026. He was 77 years old. His remains were cremated within 24 hours of his passing according to his wishes, without the usual trappings of rituals, ceremony and large crowds. His departure mirrored the life […]

By Dr. Sarath Obeysekera The recent prison riots at Negombo and Mahara have once again exposed the deep structural weaknesses of Sri Lanka’s prison system. Lives have been lost, public property destroyed, prison officers attacked, and the confidence of the public shaken. These are not isolated incidents; they are symptoms of a prison system that […]

වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන 2026.08.18 දින සවස 2-6 දක්වා කොළඹ මහජන පුස්තකාලයේ පවත්වන සිංහල මාධ්‍ය 36 වන නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහනේ දී රු.1100/- වටිනා නීති කෘතියක් දිනා ගත හැකි “විනිසුරු කාලය වැඩි කිරීමට ජනමතවිචාරණයක් අවශ්‍ය බවට”නීති අධ්‍යාපන අභ්‍යාසය. (ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව නොව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව යොදා ගන්න) විනිසුරු ධූර කාලය වැඩි කිරීමට […]

My presidential manifesto  Or simply: The Engineering Manifesto for a New Sri Lanka” Vision To transform Sri Lanka from a consumption-based economy into the industrial and maritime hub of the Indian Ocean through technology, engineering, education, discipline, and productive investment.” Pillar 1 – Industrial Renaissance Pillar 2 – Trincomalee: The Economic Capital One of the […]

By Sarath Wijesinghe PC., Solicitor of the U.K., Former Ambassador to the U.A.E. and Israel and The President, Ambassadors Forum U.K. and Sri Lanka. BAR ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA AND THE RECENT RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED ON THE EXTENTION OF THE JUDICIARY BY TWO YEAR The Bar Association of Sri Lanka is the professional body of […]

AI Overview Sir Garfield Sobers and Senaka Weeraratna met face-to-face during a chance encounter in Melbourne, Australia, in 1983. At the time, Weeraratna—a Sri Lankan lawyer who would later become known as the conceptual architect of cricket’s Player Decision Review System (DRS)—was working in Melbourne as a legal officer for the Federal Special Prosecutor’s office. […]

වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83. බී. සහ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83.ආ වෙනස් බව මැතිවරණ කොමිසමත් 2025 දී කියද්දී වැරදි ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83.බී ඡේදය යොදාගෙන ජනාධිපති සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු කාලය වසර 05ක් දක්වා අඩුකර 2015 දී ජනතාවගේ ජනමතවිචාරණ ඡන්ද බලය අහිමි කරවූ මහමොළකරුවන් කවුද?* * Who […]

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