Courtesy Adaderana
https://youtu.be/GAZizhrRAeM The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval for the import of 70,000 metric tonnes of rice as a short-term solution to address the existing shortage of rice in the market.The rice will be imported through the Lanka Sathosa and Sri Lanka State Trading (General) Corporation, according to Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Wasantha Samarasinghe.Speaking at a press briefing at the Government Information Department today (20), he stated that a stock of ‘Swarna' Nadu Rice will be imported and that the Cabinet approval has been granted for this. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Shenali D Waduge
With Tamil populace rejected separatism & the politicians that advocated separatism while LTTE overseas fronts are sending letters continuing the same separatist/racist demands, it is interesting to see the action that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake would take given that LTTE remains banned not only in Sri Lanka but across the world as well. The focus of attention to President Anura Kumara is to see if he will continue the usual “politically correct” line or he will choose to side with the majority of people who are against terrorism & the commemoration of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Vijay Prashad
Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Indigenous leader Lidia Thorpe confronts King Charles III during his visit to Australia. (Screengrab from X.) If you go to the bluff at Kings Park in Perth, Australia, you can overlook the Swan River and enjoy a remarkable view. Across the bay, there is a phalanx of steel and glass buildings that rise to the skies. Each of these buildings carries a sign that glistens in the sharp sun: BHP, Rio Tinto, Chevron, Deloitte, and others. Kings Park no longer survives merely with the patronage... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Lt Co. A.S.Amarasekera.(Rtd.) Co-President, National Joint Committee.
18th November 2024. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake,The Presidential Secretariat,Colombo 1. Dear Mr. President, The National Joint Committee (NJC) wishes to congratulate you for winning the Presidential Election and leading the National People's Power (NPP) to a landslide victory at the general election conducted on 14th of November 2024. The governing party (NPP) with a 2/3 majority in the National State Assembly has the mandate to implement the manifesto you have presented to the public through the NPP. In the NPP manifesto (page 109) it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
HONG KONG SAR
- Media OutReach Newswire - 19 November 2024 - Global business leaders, policymakers and innovators have dropped anchor in Asia's world city for Hong Kong Maritime Week 2024 (HKMW) (November 17 – 23), an annual flagship event comprising conferences, exhibitions and networking activities under the broad theme of "Navigating to a Greener Future". The theme of Hong Kong Maritime Week 2024 is "Navigating to a Greener Future".With over 50 industry and public events hosted by more than 80 marine organisations, this year's HKMW has attracted about 14,500 local, Mainland and international maritime professionals.HKMW... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
By Professor Raj Somadeva and Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge
TimeNov 21, 2024 10:30 AM ColomboMeeting ID725 2642 0413Securitychecked Passcode********Invite LinkInvite Link https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72526420413?pwd=VrhALeRPERtZdmyvYXDyyTmwoS4lsz.1https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72526420413?pwd=VrhALeRPERtZdmyvYXDyyTmwoS4lsz.1... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ. සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන
83වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ දෝෂ / අතපසුවීම් නිවැරදි කිරීමට ගැසට් කළ 22, ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ සමාව ගැනීම සහ ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණ ඇසුරෙන් 2015 දී ගෙනා 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයේදී සිදුකර ඇති දෝෂ/ අතපසුවීම් නිවැරදි කිරීමටමාළිමා 159 ආණ්ඩුවට සහ අනුර දිසානායක ජනාධිපතිවරයාට හැකි වෙයිද?1. 2002 දී සහ 2015 දී 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත නමින් පනත් කෙටුම්පත් 2ක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් විය.2. 2002 දී පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කළ 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත මගින් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 70වන ව්යවස්ථාව සංශෝධනය කිරීමට අපේක්ෂා කළ අතර එය නීතියක් කිරීමට ජනමතවිචාරණයකින් ජනතාවගේ අනුමැතිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
ඉන්ධන අලෙවිය සඳහා මිල සූත්රයක් පැවතීම හොඳ දෙයක් බව බලශක්ති අමාත්ය කුමාර ජයකොඩි මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. එය සංශෝධනය විය යුතුද නැද්ද යන්න ඉදිරියේදී සලකා බලන බවත් හෙතෙම කියා සිටියේ සිය අමාත්යංශයේ වැඩ බාර ගැනීමේ අවස්ථාවේදී මාධ්ය අමතමිනි. මිල සූත්රය සම්බන්ධයෙන් බිය විය යුතු නැති බවද පැවසූ ඔහු සැම විටම මිල අඩු කිරීමට රජය උත්සාහ කරන බවද හෙතෙම එහිදී කියා සිටියේය. “ඉන්ධන මිල සූත්රය අහෝසි කිරීමේ අවශ්යතාවක් පැන නැගලා නෑ. අපි බලනවා මොකක්ද වෙන්න ඕන කියලා. ඉන්ධන මිල සූත්රයක් තිබෙන එක හොඳයි. ඒක සංශෝධනය කරන්න ඕනද කියලා බලනවා.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy India Today
The Sri Lankan Army ordered the closure of its Paruthithurai camp in the Northern Tamil region returning the land to its original owners. This follows President Anura Kumar Dissanayake's promise to return government-occupied lands to Tamils during his first public address in Jaffna. Sri Lankan Army begins Tamil land restoration with closure of Paruthithurai camp. Pramod Madhav Chennai,UPDATED: Nov 19, 2024 18:51 IST Written By: Deepthi Rao In Short Sri Lankan Army orders closure of Paruthithurai camp in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Maria Tavernini Courtesy Reset Dialogues
The sweeping majority secured by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition in the snap parliamentary election on November 14 marks a major shift in the country’s electoral landscape. Cutting across ethnic and religious differences, Sri Lankans swept the National People’s Power (NPP) front to a landslide victory, granting Dissanayake’s alliance a total of 141 seats out of 225. “This result is surprising to some extent – no political party has secured a two-thirds majority in parliament in the last two decades,” explains Ashok Swain, professor of peace and conflict studies at Uppsala University... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
By Anjana Pasricha Courtesy VOA
New Delhi — Sri Lanka’s Marxist leaning president has won a sweeping mandate to fulfill his pledges to combat corruption and implement pro-poor reforms, but he faces huge challenges in a country whose economy is still fragile, analysts say. Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition, the National People’s Power, or NPP, party, secured an unprecedented two-thirds majority in the 225-member Parliament in snap elections held a year ahead of schedule. SEE ALSO: Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins majority in parliament ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
by Ayampillai Dharmakulasingham, Retired Sri Lankan career diplomat Courtesy The Island
The writer made a correct prediction: ‘The President’s party, the National People’s Power (NPP), is expected to win significantly in the upcoming general election’ ( The Island, Nov. 7). Similarly, the writer anticipated that the NPP would secure more than 135 seats in the parliamentary election (Veerakesari, Nov. 9). Naturally, many are eager to understand the dynamics that enabled the President’s party to make history in a proportional representation election, specifically defeating the major Tamil parties in Jaffna. The NPP is the first political party to achieve... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy The Island
… alleges constituents of alliance undermined
Row over National List positions: UNP Leader and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has taken exception to the sumbission of Ravi Karunanayake’s name to the Election Commission (EC) as one of the two National List (NL) MPs of the New Democratic Front (NDF). He has said the NDF General Secretary submitted Karunanayake’s name without the concurrence of the constitutes of the alliance. Wickremesinghe said so at a meeting of NDF representatives in Colombo. He said the leaders of the NDF... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy The Island
The government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reaffirmed its readiness to collaborate with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to advance Sri Lanka’s economic recovery within the context of the mandate. Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer and the IMF delegation met with President Dissanayake and key ministers of the newly-formed government at the Presidential Secretariat on Monday (18), to discuss the next steps in the IMF program. The IMF team congratulated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Manila, Philiphines (19 November 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a USD 200 million policy-based loan to further help the Government of Sri Lanka strengthen its financial sector, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)said. This second subprogram of ADB’s Financial Sector Stability and Reforms Program builds on the stabilization and crisis management measures put in place under the first subprogram approved in 2023. “Sri Lanka has made good progress in stabilizing macroeconomic conditions and improving the fiscal situation. ADB is helping the country establish long-term growth by introducing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA Courtesy The Daily Mirror
olombo, Nov 19 (Daily Mirror) - While assuring the public that tackling bribery and corruption will remain a priority, the new Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijayapala said today that he is committed to restoring the independence of the Sri Lanka Police, which he noted had been politicised under previous governments. Ananda Wijayapala officially assumed duties as the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs today at the Ministry of Public Security in Battaramulla. In his address, Minister Wijayapala acknowledged the steps already taken... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana
The appointment of the new Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Secretary and Secretaries for 16 Ministries was held at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo today (19). The ceremony was officiated by the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The list of appointees is as follows: 01. Mr. G.P Saputhanthri - Secretary to the Prime Minister02. Mr. W.D.M. J Fernando - Secretary to the Cabinet03. Senior Prof. Kapila C.K. Perera - Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation04. Mr. K.M.M.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana
The Secretary General of Parliament, Mrs. Kushani Rohanadheera, clarified that a Member of Parliament (MP) is not paid a salary but is entitled to an allowance. Joining the Ada Derana’s current affairs programme ‘BIG FOCUS’, she explained that currently an MP is entitled to an allowance of almost Rs. 54,000. Apart from this, they are also entitled to an attendance allowance of Rs 2,500 for the days when parliamentary sessions are held and an allowance of Rs 2,500 for attending committee meetings held on days when the parliamentary sessions are not held.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
REVISED 18.11.24 The second Yahapalana government which started with Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in 2019, followed by Ranil Wickremesinghe In 2022 came to an end in September 2024, with the election of a new President, JVP’s Anura Kumara Dissanayake. For the first time in our political history, a rural lad was voted into the highest position in the land. We had ‘Tanamalvila kollek ‘on television. Now we have a ‘Tambuttegama kollek’ as our President. Anura Kumara Dissanayake is holding a position which snobs think should be filled only by a “kalu sudda”. Therefore, those... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
The Coalition for a Pro-Animal Protection Act - Sri Lanka
1) Draft Animal Welfare Bill 2) National Dog Spay and Rabies Eradication Programme 1) Draft Animal Welfare Bill By 2023 when the Draft Animal Welfare Bill was taken up for its first reading in Parliament, it has been made into a legal mess, denying legal protection to animals from cruelties. In June 2023 our Coalition intervened and by March 2024 we got Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) to approve amendments that would make this bill exemplary, offering legal protection to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Dilrook Kannangara
Though the 2024 election outcome in the north, east and other areas of high minority population density seems promising of a united Sri Lanka, it has happened before. Yes; we have been through it before and the end was a disaster. When basic needs of minorities are challenged, they turn towards Sinhala political parties. Once they are satisfied, they turn back towards Tamil and Muslim tribal politics. NPP became darlings of minorities only because of the continuing economic hardships minorities and the entire nation go through. If or when minorities no longer have these economic hardships,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D.
December 2nd, 2023 God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.” Serenity Prayer – Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971). [(A) දෙවියනි, වෙනස් (චේන්ජ්) කල නොහැකි දේවල් එලෙස භාර ගැනීමට අවශ්ය උපශාන්ත භාවයත්,(B) වෙනස්කල හැකිදේ වෙනස් කිරීමට අවශ්ය ධෛර්යයත්, ඒ දෙක අතර වෙනස (ඩිෆරන්ස්) දැනගැනීමට අවශ්ය ප්රඥාවත් මට ලබාදෙනු මැනව] මිනිසා හා පරිසරය පිළිඹද ජීවන ක්රමයක් වන බුදුදහම හා අනිකුත් දේවවාදී (දෙවියන් මිනිසාගේ ප්රයෝජනය සඳහා ලෝකය මැව්වේය යන ඇදහීම, විශ්වාසය) අතර වෙනස ඉහතින් ඇති උදෘතපාඨයේ A කොටසින් පිළිඹිඹුවේ.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
By Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D PhD
YouTube PresentationOrganized by Dr. Vipula Wanigasekara and TeamLink ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJipXqSE8gc https://youtu.be/eJipXqSE8gc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean
Ukraine is History! Ukraine, like an Orphan, with Democrats down the drain and Elon Musk leading Trump!The Biggest Winner is President Vladimir Putin! The World is Now Under Elon Musk! Express Your Opinion - Read What Others Say!The Independent Interactive Voice of Sri Lanka on the Internet.Please visit -: http://www.lankaweb.com/... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean
Who Leads Trump today? If Twitter Lost a few billion in one year, Musk makes USD 64 billion in one day!Billionaires see record wealth surge following Trump victoryElon Musk leads the charge as world’s wealthiest earn USD 64 billion in a single day!Billionaires see record wealth surge following Trump victory Express Your Opinion - Read What Others Say!The Independent Interactive Voice of Sri Lanka on the Internet.Please visit -: http://www.lankaweb.com/... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Courtesy The Island
The new Cabinet of Ministers was sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (18). President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will retain the ministerial portfolios of Defence, Finance, Economic Development and Digital Economy Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya – Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Vijitha Herath – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Prof. Chandana Abeyrathna – Minister of State Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government Harshana Nanayakkara – Minister of Justice and National... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
ජනතාව බලාපොරොත්තු වූ සියලු දේහල් ඉටු කිරීමට සූදානම් බව වෙළද වාණිජ සමුපකාර හා ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතා අමාත්ය වසන්ත සමරසිංහ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. රටේ ජනතාවගේ බොටුව මිරිකමින් සිටින මාෆියාකාරයන් ඉදිරියට එම කටයුතු කිරීමට සිදු නොවනු ඇති බවද හෙතෙම පැවසීය. ඉදිරියේදී ජනතාවට අඩු මිලට බඩු ගැනීමටත් හිගයකින් තොරව බඩු ගැනීමට හැකි වන වෙළඳපොලක් නිර්මාණය වනු ඇති බවත් ඇතිම කියා සිටියි. රටේ ජනතාවගෙන් සොරකම් කරන ලද සියලු ධනය ගෙන ඒමටද ආණ්ඩුව කටයුතු කරන බවත් හෙෙතම තවදුරටත් පැවසුවේය. නව අමාත්ය ධූරයේ දිවුරුම් දීමෙන් පසු මාධ්යය වෙත අදහස් පළ කරමින් ඔහු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, November 18 (Daily Mirror) - National Freedom Front (NFF) leader and former Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa today claimed that organizations like the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) have come forward to demand racist, religious and separatist demands. While addressing the media, he said that he believes that the extraordinary votes received in the North is not only a vote against racism but also a vote against separatism. "By electing the National People's Power (NPP), which includes the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), instead of the pro-separatist Tamil National Alliance... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana
The delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer, who are currently on a visit to Sri Lanka, have reportedly met with former President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (18) at his office in Flower Road, Colombo. In a post on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), former State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe, who also participated in the meeting, stated that they commended the remarkable efforts of the former government in recovering Sri Lanka’s economy from its worst crisis and setting it on a path toward sustainable growth. “During the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana
The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has issued a Gazette notification declaring that former minister Ravi Karunanayake has been elected as a Member of Parliament through the National List of the New Democratic Front (NDF), which contested the General Election under the ‘Gas Cylinder’ symbol. Earlier today, it was reported that the New Democratic Front (NDF) has nominated Karunanayake for one of the two National List seats won by the party in Parliament. However, it was later reported that the leader of the New Democratic Front (NDF), former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana
The government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has reaffirmed its readiness to collaborate with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to advance Sri Lanka’s economic recovery within the context of the mandate. Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer and the IMF delegation met with President Dissanayake and key ministers of the newly-formed government at the Presidential Secretariat today (18), to discuss the next steps in the IMF program, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. The IMF team congratulated the President and his government on their decisive electoral victory, expressing optimism about the collaboration. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake
International Monetary Fund head, Kristalina Georgieva, claimed Sri Lanka as a debt restructuring ‘success’ story at the Annual Meetings in Washington last month.[i] Left unsaid was the fact that the geostrategic county’s debt had ballooned from $ 26 billion to a purported whopping $100 billion during two years of debt restructuring under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF), reforms![ii] Nor did Georgieva dwell on the BRICS summit held earlier that week in Kazan, Russia, where there were renewed calls for reform of the Bretton Wood Twins (IMF and World Bank), amid talks on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
Shenali D Waduge
In an unprecedented & unexpected vote, Northern Tamils not only have voted for a predominantly Sinhala party but have rejected the Tamil politicians who have claimed to represent them over the years. This is not only a slap to Tamil political separatist quest but ushers a new beginning & opportunity for goodwill that could not be forged as a result of opportunistic political maneuverings. If the Southern voters decided to reject most of the old faces & bring in fresh faces, the Northern voters have decided to do the same. This certainly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
Courtesy The National Post
Food banks in Toronto reported a record-breaking 3.48 million visitors between April 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024. https://youtu.be/1QQvJEng498 As it has annually since the pandemic, the number of people visiting Toronto food banks for the first time soared again over the last year, and newcomers to Canada are among the largest cohort of new users. “This is an astonishing 222 per cent increase in new food bank clients compared to just two years ago,” the report reads, noting that the figures are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
Shenali D Waduge
Parliamentary elections in recent years had never seen what resulted in nothing short of a tsunami on 14 November 2024. The silver lining was that virtually all of the old brigade who had entered parliament from different parties were voted out. A single party for the first time gained a majority in Parliament sans any alliance king-makers. Even JR Jayawardena would have been amused at the outcome. His nephew can be credited with paving the way for this landslide victory though we cannot ignore the 6million who did not vote echoing a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
e-Con e-News
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 10-16 November 2024 • US and Indian warships – the Indian submarine INS Vela and the USS destroyer Michael Murphy – sail into Colombo, one after the Presidential election, and one after the Parliamentary election, a week apart. Our innumerable political and economic crystal-ball gazers (drunk on dollar stipends) fail to tell us what this belligerence truly portends… Leaders and media have to deploy ‘strategic ambiguity’, in their pronouncements, which are then amplified during elections. Some hedge their analysis with the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
The second Yahapalana government which started with Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in 2019, followed by Ranil Wickremesinghe In 2022 came to an end in September 2024, with the election of a new President, JVP’s Anura Kumara Dissanayake. For the first time in our political history, a rural lad was voted into the highest position in the land. We had ‘Tanamalvila kollek ‘on television. Now we have a ‘Tambuttegama kollek’ as our President. Anura Kumara Dissanayake is holding a position which snobs think should be filled only by a “kalu sudda”. Therefore, those who are not snobs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
Chanaka Bandarage
The essence of democracy is that representatives are elected by the people. If those who are rejected by the public in the election are later allowed to sit as MPs in the parliament through the National List, that will be directly in conflict with the concept of democracy. Effectively, it is making a mockery of our democracy. People did not vote for them because they did not like them. Sometimes, people wanted to punish them. Once people have stated ‘No’, that should be the end of it. Then,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ. සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන.
ආසන 159ක් ලැබූ පමණින් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ පවතින දෝෂය / අතපසුවීම නිවැරදි නොකර අලුත් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන ගෙන ඒමට මාළිමා ආණ්ඩුවට හැකිද?ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ ඇති දෝෂය / අතපසුවීම නිවැරදි කිරීමට ගෙනා 22වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය සම්මත නොකර, ආසන 159ක් ලැබූ මාළිමා ආණ්ඩුවට අලුත් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන ගෙනා හැකිද යන්න මෙම කෙටි ලිපියෙන් විමසා බැලීමට අදහස් කරයි.මාළිමාවට පාර්ලිමේන්තු ආසන 159ක් 2024 පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයෙන් ලැබී ඇත.එනම් 2/3 ටත් වැඩියෙන් ලැබී ඇත. මෙය 1977 ජේ ආර්. ජයවර්ධන ආණ්ඩුවට තිබූ 2/3 ට වැඩි ආසන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
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 Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, foresaw the limitations of oil reserves and planned for economic diversification. Investments were directed toward infrastructure, tourism, and trade. • Singapore: Under Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore transformed from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
