Dr Sarath Obeysekera  This can be the next case for special courts after Medamulana Commemoration Museum ?? Below any sign post it is customary to write the name of the organization ??????? Responding to rumours of development around Japan-Sri Lanka Friendship Road in Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte, the Megapolis Ministry today said that there would be no […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  August 25, 2018, 9:17 pm Melstacorp PLC, the Harry Jayawardena controlled conglomerate which is the holding company of the Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC. with substantial stakes in other Harry J controlled or influenced blue chips last week announced that it would shortly enter the country’s healthcare industry through subsidiaries incorporated […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Ordinary people are not aware that major private companies are facing difficulties. They cannot   even pay salaries.Big construction companies who have been providing support to generate  employment are facing bankruptcy. Large Chinese companies have invaded Sri Lanka taking over all the construction work. One  property developer which provide flats to people at […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Will such comments below open the eyes of Government ? Galle: Updates from Cruisers https://www.noonsite.com/Countries/SriLanka/galle-what-we-wish-we-d-known-before-arrival By Sue Richards — last modified May 30, 2018 01:20 PM This report began with the experiences of two cruisers who visited Galle in spring 2013. We have since had subsequent comments from cruisers visiting Galle (see bottom of page) and […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera   Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has been mooting a Yacht Marina in Galle Harbour. A small Marina was built spending over 150 million Rupees and few Yachts sometimes patronize the harbour .If you have twitter or face book account or even  Websites of Yacht Enthusiasts ,you will read many adverse comments […]

Dr SARATH OBEYSEKERA  Recently government embarked on a export development program with the name of NES (National Export Strategy ).under which Nautical Tourism with boat building is mooted as one of the prime area for development. Port City in Colombo has given prominence to this by creating a Yacht Marina ,by 2020 and state regulations […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera ECONOMYNEXT – SrI Lanka’s finance minister Mangala Samaraweera has slammed a shocking neo-feudal law barring unemployed youth from entering the service sector, which showed graphically how state intervention can rob economic freedoms and harm society in general less vocal and weaker sections in particular. Sri Lanka’s elected ruling class backed by a […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Walkers Colombo Shipyard using 1200 ton Shiplift and 60 ton Boat lift Sri Lanka recently declared that by 2022, export earnings should reach staggering 22 billion US dollars .Out of six main areas to be developed, boat building is taking priority. Sri Lanka will lose the chance of becoming a boat/ship-building hub in […]

Dr Sarath Obeyskera  තමන් කෙඳිනකවත් දේශපාලනයට නොපැමිණෙන බවත් ඒ පිළිබඳව කිසිම කැමැත්තක් නොමැති බවත් ශ්‍රී ලංකා හිටපු සුපිරි පිතිකරු කුමාර් සංගක්කාර පවසයි.සිය ෆේස්බුක් ගිණුමට ඊයේ ඔහු කළ ප්‍රකාශයක දැක්වෙන්නේ තමා දේශපාලනයට පැමිණීමට නියමිත බවට වාර්තාවන තොරතුරු පිළිබඳව තමා උනන්දුවූ බවයි.ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාවෙන් පසුව සිය පළමු අවධානය තමන් වෙනුවෙන් වසර ගණනාවක් කැප කළ පවුල වෙනුවෙන් පූර්ණ වශයෙන් යොදවා […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera August 12, 2018, 9:07 pm In 1980 there was a trade union action by pilots of Singapore Airlines. They were asking a 30 percent salary increase. Airline was in financial difficulties and could not agree to the demand of pilots. They were on a work-to-rule campaign, causing problems to the Airline’s reputation.The […]

Dr Sarath obeysekara Should we have people’s Courts to judge politicians for contempt They have many broken promises and violated constitution in many instance. We take them for judgment every five years Government should establish a special cour like the one they installed for judging Corrupted ones . Any one who acts in contempt against […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Government of Sri Lanka ( GoSL ) aims for a predictable trade promoting trade –led growth driven by export-oriented foreign direct investment .New National Trade Policy recommends the design of an  export strategy consisting of policy Tools ,specific tools .specific projects ,sector-specific time –bound targets ,expected results and a monitoring mechanism. Under […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Aug 07, 2018 19:10 PM GMT+0530 | 0 Comment(s) ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s primate population was responsible for destroying crops and contributed to a recent shortage of coconuts that resulted in dizzy prices, President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday. About 35 (100) percent of Sri Lankan crops ( economy) were  ( is) destroyed […]

Dr. Sarath Obeysekera The Government of Sri Lanka today unveiled the National Export Strategy (NES), a blueprint for achieving increased exports, enhanced regional cooperation and job creation. Alongside other national initiatives such as Enterprise Sri Lanka and Vision 2025, the Strategy is an important addition to the country’s development agenda and its goal of becoming […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera We have seen Small country like Croatia adnanced to finals due to their perseverance and courage There is a joke about Croatia There is a new bra made by Victors secrets called Croatia It has lot of supports but NO CUP Please read details about their charismatic leader The Croatian president Madam […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera There is much publicity given by the press and social media about the President’s intentions to reimpose capital punishment to selective number of prisoners who were purportedly involved in drug trade.Why this discrimination ? What about phedopiles ,rapists ,murderers who have committed multiple murders? I cannot fathom why The president has to […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera ECONOMYNEXT – Less than seven percent of Sri Lanka’s 1.1 million public sector workforce have university degrees in commerce, management or science related areas, while 35 percent passed their A Levels, the government census and statistics office said. The Department of Census and Statics on Tuesday released the final report on the […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Blue Eyed Boys of the government ,please open your eyes and decide what you can really do to  develop Blue Economy” I was listening to the speech made by Hon Minister during the launching ceremony of the Galle Boat Show on Thursday 10/06 2018. Quote Sri Lanka developing seafront infrastructure, rules for […]

Dr Sarath Obeyskera We read many new paper articles, and watch TV ,download Twitter and Face book and note that there are many contenders who claim that they are suitable to become candidate for the next Presidential Election . I personally think that list of names are eligible to contest because so much publicity is […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Simamalakya disaster was a hot subject in the parliament .Minister in charge replied to the query regarding collapsing of the newly built r by a private company and explained that government did not spend any money for it I was trying to find out who gave the permission to build this white […]

Dr Sarath Obyeskera Just three years ago same business leaders were flocking around MS to get rid of MR .Now they may opt to get GR as the leader .Neither MR nor GR let alone MS were people who were of capitalist upbringing like JR or RW.Even SWRD was not a leader who could see […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Decisive Chief Executive is a must for a company ,conglomerate or a country .When you run any of above your decision making cultue and sustaining the decisions made and continue to apply the rules helps to go forward . What is happening in Sri Lanka is quite opposite, We have an Executive […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekeara .”Another Cabinet reshuffle is the talking point these days. Health Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said on Sunday that there would be a Cabinet reshuffle before May 1 with the portfolios assigned in a scientific manner.   This is not the government’s first Cabinet reshuffle and also not the first time that […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Priorities are mixed up by Sri Lankan Delegation to Commonwealth Business forum in London Sri Lanka to give leadership for mangrove conservation in Commonwealth countries” FT / Friday, 20 April 2018 00:00 London: Sri Lanka has been named as the country to give leadership for the conservation of mangroves in Commonwealth countries […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera These amazing Moroccan goats climb up trees with no paws like cats and leopards .If the tree shakes due to strong winds they are bound to fall. When I saw these photos I got a wild idea that there is an analogue in Sri Lanka. The Tree which grows with free fertilizer […]

Dr.Sarath Obeysekera https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2017/01/25/i-have-a-dreammartin-luthe-king/ Posted on January 25th, 2017 Lanka Web News Item Martin Luther King anniversary marked by events from Washington to Memphis Marches, speeches and reflection honour the civil rights leader killed 50 years ago: ‘It makes me cry when I think what they took from us’ I have a dream that one day […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera I am in London these days and keep reading web news about No confidence Motion against PM and previously the skirmish in Digana .I have very close friends I London and Sri Lanka who are Muslims .When we meet again I find it little embarrassing to face them. Whether I like it […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera When I read above news item I remembered the story about the Buller Proof Vehicle of President of Ranasinghe Premadasa , After the bombing of Parliament by JVP ,where Minister Athulathmudali got hurt cabinet has decided to bomb and bullet proofing of the room in Senate House where cabinet Meeting was held […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera News Item last year…… IGP WANTS TO CHANGE THE COLOUR OF THE UNIFORM TO BLUE ……………. AND CHANGE THE LOOK Derana TV news 23/4/17 ….. T wrote about it sometime back.Not only colour  we need to do a full make over and change the name to Rajapurusha” !!!!!! Read Below https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2017/01/11/sri-lankan-police-new-name-needs-new-out-look-and-training/ SRI […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Chairman Export Development Board DEVELOPMENT OF BOAT BUILDING INDUSTRY AND DELAYS BY TRC Dear Madam , Walkers Colombo Shipyard Ltd , has been successful in attracting boat building orders for local as well as foreign clients .Our operation in Galle and Trincomalee is also actively involved in building and repair fishing vessels […]