Prime Minister’s Media Division Sri Lanka Malay Association (SLMA) expressed its gratitude to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena for re-naming Slave Island as Kompanna Veediya, in English. The name Kompanna Veediya used in Sinhala and Tamil while it was called Slave Island in English and the Prime Minister took steps to change it also to Kompanna […]

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Sarath Wijesinghe (Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel (LLM International Law (UCL)), former Ambassador toUAE and Israel, President Ambassador’s Forum, Former Chairman of The Consumer AffairsAuthority, Solicitor England and Wales and former Secretary General Bar Association of SriLanka (LLM (UCL), assisted by Suchithra Withanage (LLM (UK) (LLM (UK|Reading) LLB (Hons)(UK))The Season of Celebration and ConsumerismAs the festive […]

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Christine Francis Courtesy Psychology Today Shedding light on intragroup conflict. South Asian countries—including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka—are known for their rich and vibrant cultures. As a second-generation South Indian American, I owe many positive aspects of my identity to my culture. Yet I also at times struggle to fit in with my community, a […]

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Courtesy The Hindu Finance Ministers of the three creditor countries will hold a press briefing on the margins of the annual Spring meetings of the World Bank and the IMF in Washington. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Gita Gopinath, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, during a meeting on the sidelines of […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Japan, India and France are scheduled to hold a press briefing on Thursday (13 April) to announce the launch of the debt restructuring negotiation process on Sri Lanka. International Monetary Fund (IMF) communicated this quoting the Japanese Finance Ministry. Accordingly, the finance ministers of the three creditor countries – Shunichi Suzuki, Bruno Le […]

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Courtesy Ada Derana The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Indonesia, Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage paid a courtesy call on Minister of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia Ida Fauziyah on Tuesday. While expressing concerns about the current economic challenges faced by the Sri Lankan government, Minister Fauziyah agreed to exchange information on employment opportunities between […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Navy has initiated expanding the Kankesanthurai harbour, with a view to accommodate more traffic and provide better infrastructure in support of the passenger ferry service between Sri Lanka and India. The government of Sri Lanka launched the ferry service project between the port of Kankesanthurai, Sri Lanka and Pondicherry, India to […]

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