Sam Samarakoon

Sam Samarakoon is an Attorney-at-Law (Sri Lanka) and a Barrister & Solicitor (Victoria, Australia). He is also a retired High Court Judge from the Western Province of Sri Lanka.

September 30, 2026

Geopolitics/News

Sri Lanka Court Orders Return of $916,537 Stolen in Cyberattack on Taiwanese Bank

A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of US$916,537 held at the state-owned Bank of Ceylon and its return to Taiwan’s Far Eastern International Bank, the bank from which

Editor's Choice/Technology

The Man at the Far End of Trump’s AI Table

Claude is becoming increasingly capable and commercially valuable, while Anthropic is fighting Washington over autonomous weapons and surveillance. The company wants America to lead AI, but not at any price.

September 30, 2026

White House AI Accord Sets Four-Layer Safety Framework for Frontier Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and other technology leaders have signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, committing participating companies to a four-layer

$8 Trillion G7 Defence Surge Brings AI Investment and Debt Pressures Together

Editor's Choice/News

The next decade could see an estimated $8 trillion surge in additional defence spending by the Group of Seven, according to former US Navy

Dual Crimes, Single Refusal: Singapore’s Mahendran Decision

October 27, 2025

Columns/Politics

The Central Bank bond scandal of 2015 remains Sri Lanka’s most notorious financial fraud, and its transnational ramifications continue to test the limits of international law. Despite Sri Lanka’s decade, long pursuit

Sri Lanka’s Billion-Dollar X-Press Pearl Verdict: A Legal Storm Brewing in Singapore

August 8, 2025

Columns

In what has been hailed as a landmark environmental ruling, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court recently ordered the operators of the MV X-Press Pearl to pay USD 1 billion in compensation for the