Dr Sarath Obeysekera Politicians in this country instigate people to carry on strikeS irrespective of the nature of the problem ,and without studying the proposal –may be… From  the government- side there  should be many public forums explaining the circumstances under which Indians have been entrusted the peacekeeping functions in the North and how Rajeev […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Dubai and Singapore are remarkable examples of how strategic vision, innovation, and determination can transform regions with limited natural resources into global hubs of trade, finance, and tourism. Here’s why we should learn from their success stories 1. Visionary Leadership • Dubai:  In the 1960s and 70s, Dubai’s rulers, such as Sheikh […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Chairman Advisory Board under EDB for development of Offshore and Marine sector Digitisation and Benevolent Dictatorship: Controlling Bureaucracy and Corruption in the State Sector in Sri Lanka   Introduction   The intersection of digitisation and governance presents an opportunity to minimize bureaucracy and corruption, especially in the context of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) project […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Your Excellency, I would like to share my observations regarding the pressing need for advanced vocational training in Sri Lanka, particularly in the field of welding and related engineering disciplines. As the founder of an advanced welding school, I have recognized a significant demand for skilled workers, especially among our youth seeking […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera අතිගරු ජනාදිපති තුමනි, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ, විශේෂයෙන් වෙල්ඩින් ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ සහ ඒ ආශ්‍රිත ඉංජිනේරු විෂය ක්ෂේත්‍රවල උසස් වෘත්තීය පුහුණුවක අවශ්‍යතාවය පිළිබඳ මගේ නිරීක්ෂණ බෙදා ගැනීමට මම කැමැත්තෙමි. උසස් වෙල්ඩින් පාසලක නිර්මාතෘවරයා වශයෙන්, පුහුණු ශ්‍රමිකයින් සඳහා සැලකිය යුතු ඉල්ලුමක් ඇති බව මම හඳුනාගෙන ඇත්තෙමි, විශේෂයෙන් විදේශ රැකියා අවස්ථා සොයන අපගේ තරුණයින් අතර. මෙම ආයතනය පිහිටුවීමේ […]

ආචාර්ය සරත් ඔබේසේකර සමුද්‍ර හා අක්වෙරළ සංවර්ධනය සඳහා සභාපති උපදේශක මණ්ඩලය අතිගරු ජනාදිපති තුමනි, මෙම පණිවිඩය ඔබට හොඳ සෞඛ්‍යයකින් සහ උසස් මනෝභාවයකින් සිටිනු ඇතැයි මම බලාපොරොත්තු වෙමි. අපනයන සංවර්ධන මණ්ඩලය (EDB) යටතේ ඇති උපදේශක මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපතිවරයා වශයෙන්, විශේෂයෙන්ම නාවික සංචාරක ව්‍යාපාරය සහ නිල් ආර්ථිකය පිළිබඳ පුළුල් සංකල්ප කෙරෙහි අවධානය යොමු කරමින් සමුද්‍ර හා අක්වෙරළ කර්මාන්තය […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Your Excellency, I hope this message finds you well. I would like to bring to your attention several key initiatives that could significantly propel Sri Lanka’s development, particularly in the Trincomalee region. 1. Renewable Energy Development: The potential for wind power, offshore wave power, and solar power in Trincomalee is immense. Establishing […]

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Dr Sarath Obeysekera Condominium Mgmt Authority, National Gem & Jewellery Authority to share information with the Financial Intel Unit in terms of the provisions of the Financial Transactions Reporting Act, No. 6 of 2006 (FTRA), the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Sri Lanka entered into Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with Condominium Management Authority (CMA) and […]

Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Chief Executive Officer Walkers Colombo Shipyard (Pvt) Ltd. 30th December 2020Honourable Prime Minister Prime Minister’s Office No: 58, Sir Ernest De Silva Mawatha Colombo 07. Honourable Sir, High Handed Action by Ceylon Fishery Harbours Corporation Chairman.Walkers Colombo Shipyard (Pvt) Ltd. was established in early 2015 with an investment from the Mother Company […]

Deewara saha Sagara Sampath Sanwardane Udawa The current and future prosperity of Sri Lanka is intrinsically linked to its marine and coastal assets, with fisheries and tourism being the two main pillars of its economy, gross domestic product (GDP) and source of employment    Implementation of the Blue Economy, hitherto to be named as” Fisheries […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera President Maithripala Sirisena says he decided to establish the National Economic Council to strengthen the national economy by formalizing the economic management in the country. He said that the objectives of NEC are to increase the export income and develop the local industry.  He pointed out there is a need for a […]

Dr. Sarath Obeysekera We proposed to establish an Offshore and Marine sector  industry which would have been a Dollar Generating  venture  Instead same member of the committee sold it to another Chinese company  God knows how our decision makers got Access to Chinese  to take over this port  Now they are killing our own Port […]

Dr Sarath obeysekera  During a recent meeting held by the president, he mentioned the need for developing more comprehensive  vocational Training in Sri Lanka We need to seriously discuss and implement the following plan The state of welding training and employment opportunities for welders from Sri Lanka  We  are discussing the state of welding training […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Over half of students BestColleges surveyed (54%) say that the use of AI tools on college coursework counts as cheating or plagiarism.  ImageCredit: picture alliance / Contributor / Getty I I myself placed a question in AI Chat Box as follows In need to formulate a plan to invest in a program […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Presidential Candidate AKD Road map Action plan 1 request all the ministers and MP’s to return all the vehicles Lottery to be thrown in Galle face so that everyone gets one vehicle  2 Ask all ex presidents and wives to return all the vehicles and handover the house given to them and […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  My son came for a holiday from the UK  after 8 years and wanted to renew/obtain new dual passport which has expired. We went to get one day service at 8 am to the passport office  Handed over all the documents but the  NIC he had was issued several years later in […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The famous supermarket on the way home ගෙදර යන ගමන්”Place Pelawatte Battaramulle mulls Time. 31 December 2023 at 12.15 pm  Walked into The-supermarket to buy a pack of Iced Coffee to treat our  guests Price marked by either the manufacturer or the supermarket was 500 Rs against 240 last year  Picked a few […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera EDB wants to hold a Global Maritime Forum in the same line as Indians who held their forum last October 23 Our minister of ports with a delegation took part in that forum China is also holding such forums and taking the liberty to pressure Sri Lanka to allow them to deploy their […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Green Marine is now part of the new Offshore Energy platform that connects communities to tell the story of the energy transition and sustainable solutions in the maritime and offshore world.   From phasing out fossil fuels to investing in greener innovations within the maritime and offshore industry, the energy transition is relevant […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Since 2015 Export Development Board has been trying to implement National Export Strategy ( NES) with few salient features which can enhance our foreign currency reserves A few of them are Development of Boat Building for Export coupled with Nautical Tourism in addition to Development of Spice Trade,Digital Technology  Transformation, development of  Wellness Tourism. […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera We have seen many news items about the visit by the President of Sri Lanka and the MOUs signed between the two countries to convert Trincomalee harbor into an energy hub  A multi-product oil pipeline to be laid between Trincomalee and the nearest Indian export port coupled with the development of Steel […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera I remember the times of RP when garment factories were built in rural  areas  The progress of each factory was monitored by the president himself with a few super secretaries. Ministers were given marching orders if things go wrong  There was an incident when an  Investor who was waiting to get a […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera https://www.ft.lk/business/Sri-Lanka-hc Embassy-in-Warsaw-secures-export-opportunities-for-diverse-products/34-743703   Quote   Sri Lanka Mission observed from the numerous inquiries it received from members of the Polish public and Sri Lanka well-wishers, the high appreciation of and increasing demand for Ceylon tea, spices, handloom items (sarongs, beach wraps, and shawls and accessories, etc.), handicrafts, including traditional masks and woven reed/rattan […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera When I read the news below when HE visited Ambewela farm and commented about the tremendous growth  Of course, they can grow when they milk” the nation by increasing the price of milk at will A liter of milk which was 160 Rs less than a year ago has gone up to […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera News item today shows how stupid we were to build a coal power plant in Norrocholai  but not in Sampoor in Trinco  පුත්තලමර බැරිවුනොත් ත‍්‍රිකුණාමලයට ගල් අගුරු ගොඩ බා ලොරිවලින් නොරොච්චෝලට අදිනවා… December 22, 2022 at 12:02 am | lanka C news නොරොච්චෝල බලාගාරයට ගල්අඟුරු සැපයීමේ කිසිදු ගැටළුවක් නැති බව විදුලිබල හා බලශක්ති […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera An example of  failing a SOE is  Restructuring of     Dockyard Dockyard  One of the main features of the privatization was to hand over 10% shares to workers in the restructured company  As mentioned in a tv talk President DBW and a few leaders of JSS which was the state-sponsored union […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Now that two top-level people in Geological Survey and Marine Bureau ( GSMB ) are replaced by new people, the very first complaint published by the ex-chairman of the cement corporation, has landed on new bosses to handle We should seriously look into the possibility of value addition to our own mineral […]

By Dr Sarath Obeysekera Chairman Advisory Board for EDB to develop Marine and Offshore Industry  Preamble This proposal has been made with an action plan to develop NAUTICAL TOURISM with much emphasis on Entertainment Based facilities for tourists who will be tempted to visit Sri Lankan shores. This document is an outline of the idea, and a complete discussion is needed in […]