Aloysius Hettiarachchi   It appears that my previous article questioning the useful lifespan and the stability of Victoria Dam (designed by a company named Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners that has been sold or responsibility transferred to a US consultancy), has received world-wide attention. According to an article by one Maddie Burakoff titled ‘How are ancient […]

Courtesy News24  Environmental group Green Connection is lobbying French MPs and members of the European Parliament to hold French corporation TotalEnergies to account for its “ocean grab” in South African waters. Total Energies has applied for environmental approval for oil and gas exploration drilling in several areas offshore along the West Coast, Cape Agulhas, and […]

Press conference Indonesia Focal Point for Corporate Accountability As the Indonesian Civil Society Coalition Criticizes UN Ocean Conference 2022, the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), meeting in Colombo October 12-14 must take note of the need to protect Indian Ocean Fisheries from Distant Water States plundering Indian Ocean resources and ban trawlers from non-Indian Ocean […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The camp for the National Cadet Corps, Cadet Eastern Band Championship – 2023 concluded at the National Cadet Corps Training Center in Rantembe recently (Oct 05). Forty male cadet bands and eighteen female cadet bands from all over the island participated in this camp for the national championships. For […]

Prime Minister’s Media ·        Cotton industry can get access to the world of fashion …         – Ms. Azusa Kubota, UNDP Resident Representative The Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that we need to enact new rules instead of relying on old regulations to get out of the prevailing  crisis. He expressed  this  view  while addressing the […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre There was a risk of breaking the stone embankment which was built under the project ‘Nilwala’ in the Matara Atthudawa area to prevent floods in the city of Matara, due to the bad weather conditions affecting the island. Therefore a constant operation was launched with the participation of more […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia New Delhi, October 4 (Reuters): India’s external intelligence service is a feared foe in its neighbourhood: Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal have all accused it of political meddling and involvement with outlawed groups that have perpetrated acts of violence. Now, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation last month that Indian government agents were […]

Dimuthu Attanayake  Courtesy The South China Morning Post Rajitha Wickramasinghe, 33, was living a comfortable life as a product development and innovation engineer, but as Sri Lanka reels from bankruptcy, he is among a growing number of professionals looking to emigrate. Disposable incomes of professionals like Wickramasinghe shrivelled as Sri Lanka was thrust into a […]

Written by Arun Janardhanan  Courtesy The Indian Express The ferry will operate between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The transit time is expected to be three hours. The vessel to be used as the ferry is called Cheriyapani and it can accommodate 150 passengers. (Twitter/@KRD_forum) The much-awaited passenger ferry service between […]

Courtesy AsiaOne BEIJING, Oct 7, 2023 – (ACN Newswire) – Major infrastructure projects undertaken by China Communications Construction Company Limited(CCCC) have received widespread praise from global officials in charge of transportation at two side events of the recently concluded 2023 Global Sustainable Transport Forum (GSTF). The 2023 GSTF and the 15th International Exhibition on Transport Technology […]

Courtesy Adaderana The President’s Media Division (PMD) says Sri Lanka cannot endorse the idea of international investigations into the island’s internal matters. The Constitution of Sri Lanka and all other existing laws do not provide for conducting international investigations, the PMD said further, explaining that carrying out such investigations would be in violation of the […]