BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Many newspapers, electronic websites and TV news in Sri Lanka frequently report that the foreign and domestic value of the national currency unit is being radically and continuously depreciated and the general price level of the country daily increases in response to the depreciation incurring economic predicaments to people. This unfortunate situation […]

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BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Before 1978, Sri Lanka had an economy with inward-looking strategies and this economy radically changed to a reasonably open system with outward-looking strategies in 1978.  It was a positive management strategy; however, it didn’t contain disciplines to control corruptions.  The exchange and import controls, regulations removed in support of the open economy.  […]

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by Ajith Nivard Cabraal Former Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka Courtesy The Island October 7, 2018, 9:56 pm As per the Monetary Law Act (MLA), it is a statutory duty of the Central Bank’s is to maintain “economic and price stability”. In so doing, the MLA requires the Monetary Board “to maintain the international stability […]

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Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is due to the inability to repay loans fallen due after grace periods gradually come to an end. This cannot be overcome without earning or saving $4 billion a year for this year and the next 3 years. This cannot be earned or saved no matter how much taxes […]

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By M D P DISSANAYAKE මහින්ද සමග එක්ව ඡන්දය ඉල්ලන්නේ නෑ.. සරමක් ඇදගෙන මට ඒක කරන්න පුළුවන්ද..’- ජනපති මෛත‍්‍රී කියයි…” Tuesday, November 21st, 2017 Mr Maithreepala Sirisena was a trusted Lieutenant in President Mahinda Rajapakse regime. But MS found a marriage of convenience   with someone with his endorsement  as  preferred candidate to be the Executive […]

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Professor A.H.Sheriffdeen FRCS, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo. Dr. Ruvaiz Haniffa MD, Head, Family Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo October 7, 2018, 12:00 pm Introduction Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other forms of deliberate injury […]

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By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today India must be gnashing teeth. The government they installed in Sri Lanka has not only failed them miserably, but is also tarnishing their image. This government did stop Chinese submarines from docking at the Colombo Port. This is of cold comfort when the entire Hambantota Port was leased to China […]

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ජනමාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයයි සමස්ත ලංකා හෙද සංගමය රටේ ප‍්‍රධානතම රෝහල මෙන්ම සියළුම රෝග තත්ව හදුනාගැනීමට හා ඒ සදහා වූ විශේෂ ප‍්‍රතිකාර ලබාදෙන ස්ථානයක් ලෙසත් මෙරට අහිංසක රෝගී ජනතාවගේ විශ්වාසයට පාත‍්‍රව තිබෙන්නේ ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික රෝහලයි. එහි ප‍්‍රධාන විකිරණ අංශය යනු රෝගීන්ගේ විවිධ රෝග පරීක්ෂාවන් සිදු කරන ප‍්‍රධාන ස්ථානයයි. නමුත් පසුගිය මාස 04ක පමණ කාලයක සිට ප‍්‍රධාන විකිරණ […]

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