Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_Review_System The Decision Review System (DRS), formerly known as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), is a technology-based system used in cricket to assist the match officials in their decision-making. On-field umpires may choose to consult with the third umpire (known as an Umpire Review), and players may request that the third umpire consider a decision of the on-field umpires (known as a Player […]

Senaka Weeraratna  The Cricket loving public and the taxpayers of Sri Lanka have every right to ask the Govt. and the Minister of Sports whether they have demanded from the International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Geoff Allardice on his recent visit to Sri Lanka, adequate compensation for the use of a Sri Lankan invention, the Decision Review […]

Senaka Weeraratna The fundamental duty of all people living in Sri Lanka is to live in harmony with each other, particularly in harmony with the predominant religious culture and beliefs, and not hurt the moral sensitivities of the ethnic majority, which has made the biggest contribution throughout history to the building of the country and […]

The Quint Read the Comment on the Double Standards of the International Cricket Council (ICC) when it comes to matters involving non-European cricketers and inventors. The Decision Review System (DRS) is another example where the ICC has failed to ‘play cricket’ in the true spirit of the game. ICC has a moral obligation to the Cricket […]

Senaka Weeraratna https://das-buddhistische-haus.de/pages/images/stories/videos/DBH-Interview-062019.mp4   On the occasion of the New Year (2024), the German Dharmaduta Society wishes to thank all its members, well-wishers, and supporters including the Dayakayas (Patrons) of Das Buddhistisches Haus ( Buddhist Vihara in Berlin – Frohnau) for their help in numerous ways in the past years and takes this opportunity to […]

Senaka Weeraratna In October 2022, Maithri Panagoda (Partner) published Pursuing a Vision of Justice”, a collection of 25 essays by judges, academics, historians, diplomats, friends, and family. The book, which was officially launched last year in the NSW Parliament House, shares stories from Maithri’s early years in Sri Lanka and his 45-year legal career in Australia.  Her Excellency the […]

Senaka Weeraratna In 1939 there were only there were only two countries in Asia that were not under direct Western occupation, namely Japan and Thailand.  The rest of the hate speech was directed towards the losers i.e., Axis powers, Germany, and Japan, and demonizing one of them i.e.Japanese, as cannibals and savages that characterized the […]

Fawz Mohammed  (Dinamina)  Courtesy:  ‘Silumina’ December 17, 2022 ඔහු නමින් සේනක වීරරත්නය. ‍හෙතෙම ප්‍රවීණ නීතිඥයෙකි. ලේඛකයෙකි. චින්තනවාදියෙකි. ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් පිටියේ දැඩි අවධානයට ලක් වූ ලිපියක් වසර 1997 මාර්තු මාසයේ 25 වැනිදා ‘දි ඔස්ට්‍රේලියන්‘ පුවත්පතේ පළ විය. ‘third umpire should perform role of appeal judge‘ ශීර්ෂ පාඨය යටතේ පළ වූ එම ලිපියෙහි සඳහන් වූයේ ඒ වන විට […]

by Senaka Weeraratna A crisis of cataclysmic proportions brought about by natural disasters e.g.  Great Fire of Lisbon (1755) and man made wars in Europe on ground of religious enmity (Wars of the Reformation and Counter – Reformation),  gave rise to the Enlightenment philosophy in 18th-century Europe that placed a higher emphasis on reason and […]

By Senaka Weeraratna This is an updated and edited version of a Public Talk delivered on World Animal Day (October 4, 2015) at the Dharmavijaya Foundation, Colombo. ………………………………………. New Vision We need a new vision for this country and its civilizational advancement.  It must begin in our schools. The primary purpose of education is to […]

Senaka Weeraratna A decent man with childlike innocence, he will be remembered by all those who treasured his company and sagacity. I would like to end this tribute to Tilak with a plea to his family and friends to strongly consider reprinting a facsimile edition of the Buddhist Youth magazine originally published in 1969 for […]

Senaka Weeraratna The Portuguese landed in Colombo in 1505. Within a few years of their arrival they were able to establish permanent trading settlements and then indulge in a game of intrigue and blackmail with the various rulers and minor chiefs of the country. They harassed Bhuvenakabahu (King of Kotte from 1521 ?1551) to a […]

Senaka Weeraratna    Professor A.D.T.E. Perera, renowned Buddhist Scholar, with a Ph. D. from the Australian National University, passed away on September 17, 2023 at the age of 87 years of age.  Professor A.D.T.E. Perera was formerly an Associate Editor, Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, Government of Sri Lanka, publication, Research Associate and Professor, Department of Philosophy, University […]

Senaka Weeraratna Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke new ground at the opening Day of the G20 Conference in Delhi yesterday when he greeted world leaders with a ‘Namaste’ and shook hands with them in front of a giant-sized Dharmachakra (also called Asoka Chakra) at the newly opened Bharat Mandapam. It was a huge boost for […]

Senaka Weeraratna Whenever the Europeans entered a non-European country it spelled doom for the indigenous people. This is the history of the world beginning with Christopher Columbus.  On June 7, 1494, Pope Alexander VI published a Bull ‘ inter caetera’ to divide the New World between Spain and Portugal. Tordesillas – How the Pope divided the […]

Senaka Weeraratna When the Indian Rocket ‘ Chandrahayan’ 3 landed on the Moon on August 23, 2023, it created a stunning moment that comes but rarely in history, when an age of dreaming ends and a new one begins.  The moon landing has shaken not only the soul of a single nation but that of […]

Senaka Weeraratna  A Book entitled ‘ A Comparative Study – Animal Welfare Bill Proposed by the Law Commission (2006) and the Animal Welfare Bill as Amended (2022) by Senaka Weeraratna,  Attorney-at-Law, was launched at the Public Library, Colombo on Monday, August 07, 2023 A picture of the participants at the Press Conference conducted by the Coalition for a Pro Animal […]

Senaka Weeraratna, the inventor of DRS, has revolutionized the game of Cricket. India under Narendra Modi can play a bigger role in the Cricket world wherever there is racism, sexism, and the like in ICC-administered cricket. The recently released damning Report on racism in English cricket is equally true of similar types of racism and […]

Senaka Weeraratna I refer to the article by Nicholas Dias Abeyesinghe in Lankaweb on the Beira Lake I checked the meaning of the word ‘Beira’ in Portuguese using Google. The answer given by Google is that it means ‘  Border ‘.  The Portuguese word for Lake is  ‘ Lago ‘  Using the word ‘ Beira’ for […]

Senaka Weeraratna Attorney at Law Mr. Krisantha Nissanka, Attorney at Law, and Convenor of Lawyers for Buddhist Rights in an interview with Mr. Mahieash Johnney ( Ada Derana English) on June 13, 2023, explains the Buddhist point of view with respect to the current controversy on the limits of Freedom of Speech, the necessity to respect […]

Senaka Weeraratna EMAIL Inventor Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai This is the same story with respect to the Decision Review System (DRS) which is the invention of a Sri Lankan Lawyer ( under the concept of ‘Player Referral’ conceived and published for the first time in the ‘Australian’ Newspaper dated March 25, 1997, calling for a Right […]

Senaka Weeraratna  Shashi Tharoor has said  DRS is such a major innovation. I never want to see international cricket without DRS ever again. It is so indispensable and eliminates so many bad decisions, and it creates an additional form of excitement for the viewer. It adds an extra element of tension to the plot and […]

Senaka Weeraratna Buddhism is the most endangered religion in the world. Buddhism has lost more territory and space worldwide to other religions in the last one thousand years, than any other World Religion. The encroachment of Buddhist territories still continues. The danger is there for everyone to see. Now the competitors are at the Gates of Buddhist […]

Senaka Weeraratna The most outstanding religious festival in the world in the sense of moral eminence is Vesak. Why? Because no harm is caused to any sentient being in the celebration of Vesak, which is slaughter-free by both custom and law (in Sri Lanka). Slaughterhouses are closed. Meat houses are shut. Supermarkets are prohibited by […]

Senaka Weeraratna India with the support of Buddhist Asia can become a World Superpower. Not necessarily militarily but economically, morally, and spiritually. Buddhism which has heavily influenced the moral and ethical foundations of a wide range of countries in South Asia, South East Asia, and the Far East in the past two millennia, can again […]

Senaka Weeraratna Today a Global Buddhist Summit was inaugurated in New Delhi by the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. While the News is heart warming especially to Buddhists a content analysis of the Agenda of this Summit Conference is not.  International Buddhist Conferences usually fail to address the problems of Buddhist minorities in the […]

Senaka Weeraratna Sri Lanka’s Christian Colonial Dark History The Govt. Sri Lanka must :1) Inquire into Colonial Crimes committed by the three Colonial Rulers including Genocidal crimes and wholesale destruction of Buddhist Temples and illegal seizure, occupation of Buddhist Temple lands, and the prohibition of the practice of Buddhism, 2) Establish a Museum dedicated to […]

Senaka Weeraratna Kishore Mahbubani PPA is a Singaporean diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as Singapore’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 1984 and 1989, again between 1998 and 2004, and as President of the United Nations Security Council between 2001 and 2002. Wikipedia Born: October 24, 1948 (age 74 years), Colony of Singapore Education: Harvard University, National University of […]

Senaka Weeraratna it’s now 25 years since #hongkong was returned to #china following 156 years under British rule. As you can imagine, the West is having a hard time coping with China’s celebrations, despite the fact that Hong Kong was initially taken by brute military force after Britain’s illegal shipments of heroin to China were […]

Senaka Weeraratna The Vatican has publicly apologized for helping European colonizers in the past. But does the apology mean anything? Palki Sharma tells you more Don Juan Dharmapala and the Portuguese Inquisition in Ceylon The Website ‘ Wings of Time – Footsteps through History of Sri Lanka’ provides a series of web links giving fascinating […]