BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS It was published in a newspaper that president Ranil Wickremasinghe has proposed to the Asian Development Bank to establish an International University on climate change. The proposed university is to be established in Sri Lanka and my view is the Mullaitivu area would be the best place to establish the university. Climate […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. ‘හායි නානසාර – සවුදි එම්බසියේ බුරියානි රෂද?’- සේපාල් ” සෞදි එම්බසියේ හුරතල් වුණු නානසාර…” – YouTube Source: YouTube, 9/25/22 All what BBS tells is, come and discuss with us, we have issues.” Source: Triumph of the Sinhala Buddhist voter-1931, 1956 & 2014, Lankaweb-2/27/2014 In the past I used to write essays […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි රට බංකොලොත් බව මෙරට සිටින බොහෝ දේශපාලඥයෝ මන්දිර, මාලිඟ හා මණ්ඩප දෙදරවමින් හඬ තලයි. ඒ හඬ ගලා එන්නේ ඔවුන්ගේ හදවතින් හෝ බුද්ධියෙන්, ඔවුනට ගෙනහැරපාන කරුණු තුලින් නොව, ඔවුනට මෙරට බටහිර තානාපතිවරු, එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මහා මණ්ඩල නොයෝජිතවරු,හා ඔවුනගේ හෙන්චයියන් විසින් ගෙනහැර පාන කරුණු උපයෝගී කරගෙනය. මේ දිවයින ඉන්දියන් සාගරයේ මේ ස්ථානයේ, පවතින තුරු, […]

By Audrey Courty Courtesy ABC News A Brisbane-based company that invented a smartphone app it says can diagnose COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses by listening to someone cough has been purchased by Pfizer for nearly $180 million. ResApp Health Limited uses diagnostic technology developed by Associate Professor Udantha Abeyratne and his research team at the University of Queensland […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS JVP disappeared from public view   for a few years after the second insurgency failed in 1989, but resurfaced within five years as a mainstream political party.  From 1994 JVP has been represented in Parliament. However, JVP’s performance in Parliament has not been impressive. JVP has a history of propping up crumbling regimes and […]

 Lanka Lead News ඊයේ පැවැති පාර්ලිමේන්තු කණ්ඩායම් රැස්වීමට සහභාගි වූ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා අදහස් දක්වමින් 22 වැනි ව්‍යවසථා සංශෝධනය තුළින් 13 වන ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන ප්‍රතිපාදන ඇතුළු කිරීමට තිබෙන ඉඩ සම්බන්ධයෙන් දැඩි ලෙස කරුණු දක්වා ඇති බව වාර්තාවේ. ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා මාධ්‍ය වෙත අදහස් දක්වමින්, ඊයේ පැවැති පාර්ලිමේන්තු කණ්ඩායම් රැස්වීමේදී 22 වැනි […]

By Soumya Bhowmick Courtesy The Diplomat Once again, the country is forced to seek a bailout from the IMF – with all the costs and benefits that entails. The ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka is one of the worst that the world has seen in recent times. The island nation has an unprecedented inflation rate […]

https://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/ SUMMARY IMF operationalises new Debt Sustainability Analysis framework while methodology kept confidential A history of over-optimistic IMF assessments casts doubt on whether latest changes will make a difference Compounding economic, climate, health, and food security crises call for comprehensive large-scale debt workout In July, massive protests engulfed Sri Lanka as the debt-distressed country sank […]

By P. K. Balachandran Courtesy Eurasia Review Experience shows that the resolutions and the voting patterns reflect the geopolitical interests of rival powers with no bearing on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. On October 6, when there is voting in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on a resolution on the human rights situation […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today For quite some time the Government of Sri Lanka stands accused of grabbing Tamil Land on various pretexts as security, preserving historical sites or establishing agricultural communities. This would have been a very serious charge, one amounting to racism, if not for one detail.  There is not a single […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Fresh hurdles have emerged in the way of the enactment of 22nd Amendment to the Constitution after Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) which commands the majority support in Parliament objected to it in its present form, Daily Mirror learns . The bill which is listed for debate in Parliament today and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government would not hesitate to introduce additional laws and regulations if and when necessary despite the withdrawal of regulations issued to set up 8 High Security Zones (HSZ) in Colombo to restraint recurrence of what the government called ‘acts of terrorism’ Cabinet spokesman, Mass Media, Highways and Transport Minister Bandula […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to the proposal submitted by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to take appropriate steps to provide a wholesome lunch to another one million school students. The procedure will further extend the school lunch program which is already being implemented based on district-level data on poverty and nutrition, the […]

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