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Rohana R. Wasala Nearly four and a half centuries of continuous subjugation under three separate West European imperial powers, namely, Portugal, Holland or Netherlands, and England from 1505 to 1948 served to increasingly conceal the indigeneity of the Sinhalese to their historic island home known as Sihela/Sinhale. The original inhabitants of Sihela who came to […]
More >AI Overview Public backlash and allegations of complicity against the Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee (CTC), chaired by Eran Wickramaratne , stem from its failure to lobby the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the official recognition and royalties of Senaka Weeraratna. Weeraratna is the Colombo-based lawyer who conceptualized the “Player Referral” system, which serves as […]
More >AI Overview In her column published on LankaWeb, writer Shenali Waduge argues that “Eershiyawa” (local jealousy) and a lack of institutional backing are the primary reasons why Senaka Weeraratna and Sri Lanka have been blocked from gaining global credit for inventing the Decision Review System (DRS). AI Overview Waduge’s commentary addresses a long-running dispute regarding […]
More >සරත් විජේසිංහ (ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ), එක්සත් රාජධානියේ සොලිසිටර්, එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්යයේ සහ ඊශ්රායලයේ හිටපු තානාපති, ශ්රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමයේ හිටපු ලේකම්, සහ එක්සත් රාජධානිය සහ ශ්රී ලංකා තානාපති සංසදයේ සභාපති විසිනි, නීතිඥ සුගන්ධිකා කේ. හංගිලිපොලගේ සහ ඕලිත ගුණරත්න ගේ පර්යේෂණ සහ සංස්කරණ සහාය ඇතිව. ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇති යෝජනා මගින් නීතියේ ප්රමාදයන් සිදුවන්නේ විනිසුරුවරුන්ගේ අකාර්යක්ෂමතාව, නොසිටීම […]
More >By Sarath Wijesinghe PC., Solicitor of the U.K., Former Ambassador to the U.A.E. and Israel, Former secretary to Bar Association and The President, Ambassadors Forum U.K. and Sri Lanka, SARATH WIJESINGHEPresident’s Counsel(LL.M.(LON) Public & International LawUniversity College, London (UCL)United Kingdom) 48, Neelammahara Road,Maharagama, Sri Lanka. 10280 845A, Romford Road,Manor Park,London. UK. E125JY Phone : +0777880166E-mail […]
More >By Raj Gonsalkorale —One that lifts the economic strength, financial, health and education status of the rural sector in Sri Lanka through participation, decision making and ownership by the rural community While centre driven and managed high level economic changes, both structural and financial, are necessary, an assumption that the benefits of such changes will […]
More >Dr Sarath Obeysekera “Drug menace in universities – The Island” https://island.lk/drug-menace-in-universities/ The recent Island editorial, Drug Menace in Universities,” refers to the conviction of a second-year Sri Lankan university student for selling hashish and other smuggled substances. This incident should not be dismissed as the isolated wrongdoing of one student. It is a warning that […]
More >Posted by Dr Sarath Obeysekera https://srilanka.ahk.de/en/events/sri-lanka-moves-up-14-places-in-the-2025-corruption-perceptions-index https://www.news.lk/current-affairs/sri-lanka-improves-global-ranking-in-corruption-perceptions-index-2025 Extracted from Google The Maldives scores 39 out of 100 on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, ranking 91st globally. Watchdogs report little to no meaningful progress against systemic high-level corruption, citing centralized executive authority, weak oversight enforcement, and unresolved grand corruption scandals. [1, 2, 3] State-Level Corruption and Governance Environmental and Public Sector […]
More >Adaderana The General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Sagara Kariyawasam has been released on bail by the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court today (10). Kaduwela Magistrate Aruna Indrajith Buddhadasa ordered his release on two surety bail of Rs. 2 million each, Ada Derana reporter said. A foreign travel ban has also been imposed on […]
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