By Raj Gonsalkorale Another global recession is imminent. The US, UK, EU are all expected have lower growth rates and China’s growth has slowed down. India stands alone as a country that my bets weather the storm. There has been no discussion about its possible effect on Sri Lanka and what mitigating steps should be […]

By Sarojini Dutt

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය දරුවන් සහ ගැබිණි මාතාවන්ගේ ජීවිත සුරක්ෂිත කරලීම සඳහා කඩිනම් පියවර ගන්නවා.  -අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන දේශපාලන න්‍යායන්ගෙන් තොරව ගමේ බලය රටේ ආර්ථික පරිපාලනය බවට පත්කරගත යුතු බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි.  කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික් ජාතික ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතා ප්‍රගති සමාලෝචන රැස්වීම සහ දිස්ත්‍රීක් සම්බන්ධීකරණ කමිටු රැස්වීම 2022.10.17 දින කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම් කාර්යාලීය   ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේ දී […]

නීතියේ සිංහල නුග මුල “ෆීනික්ස් නීති සඟරාව” නීතීඥවරුන් කිහිප දෙනෙකුට එරෙහිව අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීමේ පෙත්සමක් (COC/0011/22) එස්. පී. ජයතුංග මහතා විසින් අභියාචනාධිකරණයේ පවරා ඇත. එස්. පී. ජයතුංග මහතා වෘත්තීයෙන් නීතිඥවරයෙක්ද වෙයි. එම නඩුවට පදනම් වී ඇත්තේ අභියාචනාධිකරණයේ පවරා ඇති රිට් ආඥා නඩුවක පෙනී සිටීමේ ලේඛනයේ පෙනී සිටින නීතිඥවරුන්ගේ නම් සටහන් කර එම නඩුව කැදවූ අවස්ථාවේ […]

Sufian Siddique  Bangladesh has bagged a historic win in the election for the membership of the UNHRC for the term 2023-25, by securing 160 votes among 189 casted votes in the United Nations General Assembly. This prestigious win is indeed significant as this was the most competitive international election of all candidatures Bangladesh floated since […]

By Deborah Brautigam and Meg Rithmire Courtesy The Atlantic.com China, we are told, inveigles poorer countries into taking out loan after loan to build expensive infrastructure that they can’t afford and that will yield few benefits, all with the end goal of Beijing eventually taking control of these assets from its struggling borrowers. As states around the world […]

Courtesy Khaleej Times Petrol price will be reduced by 40 rupees to 370 rupees a litre from Monday night, says energy ministry Crisis-hit Sri Lanka slashed fuel prices on Monday, the second cut in as many weeks, after the World Bank warned that the economy will shrink an unprecedented 9.2 per cent this year. The […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror raveller Australia, the travel section of the two top Australia newspapers; Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Age, included three Sri Lankan hotels in its annual roundup “The best of the best: World’s top hotels” This is perfect timed with the lifting of the Australia travel advisory on Sri Lanka.  Ceylon […]

Courtesy Adaderana Due to high risk of debt distress, fiscal situation not only constrains the ability of governments to meet immediate development needs but also limits their ability to invest in longer-term challenges, such as climate change, says State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe. The State Minister, who is in Washington D.C. for the IMF […]

Courtesy Adaderana Japan is working to organize a meeting of Sri Lanka’s creditors by the end of this year in hopes of solving that country’s debt crisis, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The meeting, which will discuss such issues as finding ways to reduce debt payments, aims to curb China’s influence by helping Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy Adaderana A group of activists who were arrested on suspicion of violent behaviour during a protest held by the Inter-University Students’ Federation (IUSF) in Colombo, have been produced before the Government Analyst’s Department today (Oct 17). They were produced before the Government Analyst, according to a request made to the Fort Magistrate to identify […]