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dentist who thinks she's funny at times

[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

The Supreme Court has directed that Prof. W. M. Thilakaratne, a former senior academic of the University of Peradeniya who was found guilty of multiple charges of sexual harassment by a university disciplinary inquiry, be barred from holding any future position in universities or academic institutions in Sri Lanka.

The ruling was delivered on 08 May 2026 by a three-judge bench comprising Justices Janak De Silva, Achala Wengappuli, and K. Priyantha Fernando in SC/FR Application No. 81/2021.

The Fundamental Rights petition had been filed by Dr. W.A.M. Udari L. Abeyasinghe, a Dental Surgeon and Senior Lecturer attached to the Department of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dental Science, University of Peradeniya.

According to the judgment, the incidents occurred while Dr. Abeyasinghe was serving as an Assistant Lecturer under the supervision of Prof. Thilakaratne, who was also her M.Phil co-supervisor.

The Court noted that the petitioner’s mother lodged a complaint with the Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya on 02 July 2018, alleging sexual harassment and emotional abuse between July 2017 and April 2018.

Following a preliminary investigation, the university appointed a Formal Inquiry Committee, which conducted hearings between July and September 2019. The Committee found Prof. Thilakaratne guilty of several charges, including cyber stalking, frequent hugging, touching despite objections, causing severe emotional distress, violating the university’s sexual harassment policy, and bringing the university into disrepute.

However, the University Council later rejected the disciplinary findings, citing delays in the complaint being made, and decided not to take action against the professor.

The petitioner subsequently complained to the University Grants Commission and later to the Human Rights Commission before filing the Fundamental Rights application before the Supreme Court in March 2021.

The Court upheld a preliminary objection that the petition had been filed outside the constitutional time limit.

Despite this, Justice Janak De Silva held that the Court retained powers under its “just and equitable jurisdiction” to issue directions in the public interest, particularly considering the seriousness of the findings against the professor.

The judgment noted that Prof. Thilakaratne had never challenged or sought to invalidate the findings of the Formal Inquiry Committee.

The Supreme Court subsequently ordered that Prof. Thilakaratne be prohibited from accepting any paid, unpaid, or honorary post in any university, educational institute, or academic institution. The Court also directed the UGC to instruct all universities and institutions under its purview not to offer him any appointment.

In addition, the University of Peradeniya was directed to strengthen awareness and enforcement of its policies on sexual and gender-based harassment, including conducting mandatory annual seminars for academics, staff, and students.

The judgment also highlighted Sri Lanka’s obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), stressing that sexual harassment creates hostile working environments and undermines equality in employment. (Newswire)

[Mr. Mallard @distraughtduck]

no way

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Went down the rabbit hole on this. The dancing is the tamest part of the story. Marine biologist Amanda Vincent has spent decades studying seahorses, and what’s underneath that morning ritual goes way deeper than a cute video.

The morning ritual lasts about 6 minutes. Both seahorses brighten their skin, link tails, and pirouette around a shared piece of coral or seagrass. Researchers call it “the carousel dance.” But it has a specific biological function: it synchronizes their reproductive cycles so the female’s eggs are ready the exact moment the male’s brood pouch is empty. That timing matters because the male can’t accept new eggs while he’s already pregnant.

The male gets pregnant. The female transfers her eggs into his pouch through an organ called an ovipositor (a tube for depositing eggs). The whole transfer takes about 6 seconds. His pouch seals shut immediately. Inside, he grows a network of blood vessels that works almost exactly like a human placenta, delivering oxygen and nutrients to up to 1,000 developing embryos. Research from the University of Sydney, published in the journal Placenta, found the pouch wall thins and builds new blood vessels during pregnancy in ways that closely mirror what happens in a mammalian uterus.

He gives birth using skeletal muscles, not smooth muscles like in mammalian labor. That means he has conscious control over the process. Labor can take hours. And within hours of delivering up to 1,000 fully formed babies, he’s ready to mate again. The female already has her next batch of eggs prepared, sometimes the same day.

Less than 0.5% of those babies survive to adulthood. Fewer than 5 out of every 1,000. No parental care after birth. They get swept into ocean currents, eaten by crabs, or starve before they find food. That survival rate is why the morning dance matters so much. Every lost mating cycle is hundreds of offspring that never existed.

The monogamy is extraordinary for a fish. Only about 3% of mammals form lasting partnerships. For fish, it’s rarer still. But in species like the Australian H. whitei, pairs are genetically monogamous across multiple breeding seasons. They greet each other every morning and ignore other seahorses entirely. The bond only breaks when one partner disappears. Amanda Vincent once watched a female keep visiting a male whose brood pouch had been punctured by a predator, making pregnancy impossible. She showed up every morning for weeks until his pouch healed. Then they remated.

About 150 million seahorses are pulled from the ocean every year for traditional medicine and the pet trade. Most pet seahorses don’t last six weeks. 14 of the 47 known species were only identified in this century, meaning we’re losing populations of animals we barely knew existed.

[Nuwan I. Senaratna @nuuuwan]

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[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

The public’s generosity has been incredible. ❤️🇱🇰

But some areas have now received more cooked food than needed, with parcels found abandoned this morning.

To ensure help reaches the right places, please coordinate with local authorities or volunteer groups before cooking or delivering food.

Many other areas still urgently need drinking water, dry rations, medicines, baby items, and cleaning supplies.

Thank you to everyone supporting relief efforts during this difficult time. 🙏🇱🇰

[Azzam Ameen @AzzamAmeen]

Sri Lanka is facing a long road to recovery. 🇱🇰💔

Thousands have lost their homes and livelihoods, and support is urgently needed to help families rebuild.

Special bank accounts have been opened for local and international donations. Every contribution can make a real difference.

Stand with Sri Lanka. 🙏🇱🇰

[Dasuni Athauda @AthaudaDasuni]

⚠️JA ELA BRIDGE: CRACKS NOTICED

Early signs of cracking has been observed along the Ja-Ela Bridge along the Colombo-Negombo main road.

Officials have restricted vehicular movement to a single lane.

Public requested to NOT VISIT THE BRIDGE.

#lka #SriLanka #ditwacyclone

[Kavi Senu @KaviSenu]

Just come in and settle down!
Dont buy coffee

We have electricity ⚡️ and generators,
safe water and WIFI (may be little slow )
CHARGE UR PHONES, laps , lets get the work going !

We’ve got over 75,000+ sqft of space across Sri Lanka. We may have limited staff and a trimmed menu today… but our doors are open

We fought Covid.
We survived the darkest recession.
This too, we will conquer. together. 💪🏽🧡

මේක මොක්කක්ද ඉතින් අපි ගොඩ දාල තියෙන ඒවා බැලුවම !
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[Munza Mushtaq @munza14]

Free meals for families in need in the Colombo suburbs affected by the ongoing adverse weather situation.
#LKA #SiLanka #HelpSriLanka

[Nibraz Ramzan @nibraz88cricket]

Hello Colombo

If you or anyone you know got hit by the floods in Colombo area, AACHARY’S Kitchen Wellawatte is giving out FREE breakfast, lunch &amp; dinner tomorrow, whole day.

Drop this in your family groups, work chats, wherever, someone definitely needs it right now ❤️

[Azzam Ameen @AzzamAmeen]

THEY NEED US – LET’S ACT NOW

Families affected by the floods across Sri Lanka are in urgent need of support. Many have lost access to basic necessities and are struggling to stay safe.

You can help by donating essential items to the Sri Lanka Red Cross such as drinking water, hygiene supplies, dry clothes, blankets, and cleaning materials.

Every contribution, big or small, will make a real difference for those going through this difficult time.

Let’s come together and support our nation in its hour of need. 🤝🇱🇰

[Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 @SriLankaTweet]

Public Assistance Requested 🔈
Sri Lanka Police are seeking help to identify and arrest a suspect involved in the sexual harassment of a female tourist in October.
If you have any information, please contact Pothuvil Police:
📞 071 8591168 / 063 2248022

#SriLanka #LKA Via @SL_PoliceMedia

[Austine @theereal_one]

Apparently, lemons are not naturally occurring. They're a hybrid by cross breeding a bitter orange and a citron. So basically life never gave us lemons, we created them ourselves.

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

this is the type of shit courage the cowardly dog had to go through everyday

[Neluni A. @_nelbey]

Travelling across Vietnam. Visited a temple in Ninh Binh and found this.

[Jinath Premaratne @jinath]

Hotel de Buhari, Maradana. Best Buriyani in #Cmb #lka