Dr Sudath Gunasekara The first question I ask the Minister in charge of the Electricity Board is as to why he skipped the CPC and go to the IOC for such a large volume of fuel from a foreign Agency that will drain millions of Foreign Exchange? I know he will say the CPC refused. […]

Pathik Hasan Dhaka Bangladesh Bangladesh and Pakistan together make up 5 percent of the world’s population. The Possibilities of market value in the case of export and import between these two states are inevitably huge. But the trade between the two countries of 39 crore people is now only 6-7 hundred million dollars. This is […]

by Ruwan Laknath Jayakody A drafter of the Animal Welfare Bill blamed the non-enactment of the law on politicians from mainstream political parties and both sides of the aisle, whom he claimed feared losing votes, and thereby their political survival. Attorney-at-Law (AAL) Senaka Weeraratna who is a Member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka […]

නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය දෙස් – විදෙස් හෙද සහ සෞඛ්‍ය කාර්යමණ්ඩලයේ රැකියා අවස්ථා වෙනුවෙන් අභිනවයෙන් ස්ථාපිත කෙරෙන හෙද සහ සෞඛ්‍ය සත්කාර හා හෙද පුහුණු අධ්‍යාපන ආයතනයේ (Institute Of Nursing & Health Care Studies – (INHCS) පාලක මණ්ඩලය හා උපදේශක මණ්ඩලයට පත්වීම් ලිපි භාරදීම ගරු රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය , විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය […]

ගුණරුවන් අපෙ කමට උදහස – පර  දෙසුට මඳහස හිඟමනට අදහස – මෙ ද, අපට නිදහස ? තිබෙන’මුදු ජව පස – වරන කල පල රස බුදින දෙය පිට දෙස – කුමන දැයෙ නිදහස ? කොළොම්තොට යත වෙස – යුගදනවි ගෙන බදු පැස තෙල් ගුදම දෙත ඉස – එ ද නිදහසෙහි උස ? ලගිත රුපු සිවු දෙස – බුදිත දැයෙ ලෙය මස මකත දිවි […]

CHIYO KANDA Country Manager, Maldives and Sri Lanka, South Asia Published on End Poverty in South Asia Worldbank blogs COVID-19 has resulted in the worst health, social and economic crisis of our time. From the loss of life and its impact on communities, to the widespread economic instability and job loss, the devastating impacts of the […]

Suhasini Haidar Courtesy The Hindu Sri Lanakan Foreign Minister’s visit ahead of Finance Minister trip Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris will meet External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday, in his first visit to India since being appointed last August. Both sides are expected to discuss India’s economic support to Sri Lanka, plans for […]

Courtesy Global Times Illustration: Liu Rui/GTEconomic cooperation between China and Sri Lanka has made headlines lately, after Sri Lanka asked for China’s help on its debt restructuring. A spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said earlier this week that China will continue to provide assistance to Sri Lanka’s economic and social development to the […]

By Huang Lanlan in Shanghai and Chen Runze in Colombo Courtesy Global Times Chinese and Sri Lankan national flags are seen at Colombo’s Port City during the visit of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on January 9, 2022. Photo: VCGAfter Sri Lanka declared an economic emergency and asked China […]

Tamara Hinson  Courtesy Wanderlust.co.uk Make your trip to Sri Lanka even more special with a sleepover in one of these unique hotels, although don’t blame us if you can’t bear to leave… This sleek bed and breakfast feels like a stylish home from home – guests are invited to help themselves to snacks and (non-alcoholic) drinks […]

Courtesy Island Numerous positive claims are often cited for organic farming such as being environmentally friendly, superior food quality free from pesticides and other toxins, efficient energy use and sustainable food production. Much of these are highly contestable, and the most critical issue, why it is expanding only at a snail pace, is hardly discussed. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G. L. Peiris arrived in Delhi on Sunday for a three-day visit to India to strengthen bilateral ties including in areas of trade and connectivity. He was received in Delhi by the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in India, Mr Milinda Moragoda. Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Prof. G. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 1,331 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 today, as the daily count of new cases continues to rise in the country. This brings the tally of Covid-19 cases registered in the country thus far to 618,520.  The number of Covid-19 infected patients currently under medical care across […]