By Garvin Karunaratne Ph.D. Michigan State University Former SLAS, Government Agent, Matara In the Seventies, the IMF took on the new role of prescribing the path to be taken by the Third World countries to run their economies. This was the Structural Adjustment Program the IMF foisted on every country that sought financial help. President Ronald Regan and Prime Minister […]

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Senaka Weeraratna In October 2022, Maithri Panagoda (Partner) published Pursuing a Vision of Justice”, a collection of 25 essays by judges, academics, historians, diplomats, friends, and family. The book, which was officially launched last year in the NSW Parliament House, shares stories from Maithri’s early years in Sri Lanka and his 45-year legal career in Australia.  Her Excellency the […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec. 20 (Daily Mirror)- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a statement, said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has successfully restored law and at this moment, and hence the primary duty of the SLPP is to ensure a stable government until the next national elections. Former President Rajapaksa […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec.21 (Daily Mirror) Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has received a threatening call from an overseas underworld figure following a media briefing at the Presidential Media Centres on the progress of the island-wide special operation, Yukthiya” (Justice). Shortly after the briefing concluded, Minister Alles reportedly received an anonymous call, suspected […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 19 (Daily Mirror) – Amid geopolitical strain, Sri Lanka has decided to have a one year moratorium in allowing foreign vessels in conducting research in the country’s territorial waters, a minister said. The government has taken such a decision and communicated it to the relevant countries. The decision has […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Moratuwa Police today (Dec.21) apprehended a suspect who was in possession of intoxicating pills. The suspect was taken into custody based on intelligence information received by the Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Crimes Unit of Moratuwa Police. The 30-year-old was tackled when he had made an attempt to flee from the backdoor […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The overall rate of inflation as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) on Year-on-Year basis was recorded at 2.8% for the month of November 2023, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) revealed in its latest report.  This is an increase of 1.8% in comparison to the NCPI-based inflation of 1.0% recorded […]

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