Shenali D Waduge There are a few things Sri Lanka & Haiti have in common – that is production of rice. Within 20 years Haiti turned from a self-sufficient rice producing country to one having to import rice after IMF & WB pressurized Haiti to cut import tariffs on rice from 50% to 3% & […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග M.D. PhD (in Progress) තමා බෝධිසත්වයෙක් බව කියමින් මිනිසුන් ගෙන් වැඳුම් ගන්නා ඊජිප්තුවේ බල්ලන් බලා ගත් බව කියන පුද්ගලයෙකු සහ ඔහු ගේ කල්ට් එකක් පිලිබඳ රාවයක් මේ දින වල යයි. මෙය යම් පුද්ගලයෙකු හෝ පුද්ගලයන් පිරිසක් විසින් නළුවන් යොදා කරන කැළනියේ නයා වැනි දේශපාලන උපක්‍රමයක් හෝ යම් මානසික අක්‍රමතාවකට ලක්වූ පුද්ගලයෙකු විසින් […]

About this book Volume 30 in the series De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Now in Paperback This book provides a broad picture of Sri Lanka’s on-going political and economic crisis as the culmination of several centuries of colonial and neo-colonial developments. The book presents the Sri Lankan crisis as an exemplification of a broader global existential […]

Jubeda Chowdhury Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud lead the Bangladesh delegation at the 19th NAM Summit in Uganda from January 20-21, focusing on “Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Affluence.” The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), established in 1961, is a group of mostly developing countries working together to advance shared interests. The NAM summit, inaugurated by […]

Anup Sinha – a security and strategic affairs researcher and freelance columnist The 28th Dhaka International Trade Fair was officially inaugurated on January 21 by Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina as the chief guest at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center located in Purbachal, near the capital. According to the layout plan of this year’s trade […]

Mehjabin Bhanu is a Bangladeshi culuminst, security and strategic affairs analyst, and teacher. After winning the national elections, the Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina, formed a new administration for the fourth consecutive time, demonstrating their ongoing success. Sheikh Hasina has attained a great degree of bravery in her leadership while facing complex local and […]

By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 20: The present Sri Lankan constitution, in place for more than four and a half decades, has seen 21 Amendments. Most of them were brought by incumbent Presidents to suit their political interests and were fundamentally  anti-democratic. But the 13th Amendment, which has a relatively democratic dimension in […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan. 21 (Daily Mirror)- The controvercial saffron-robed monk who identifies himself as ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been expelled from the Ramanna Maha Nikaya and the monkhood. The Mahanayake Thera of Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya, Ven. Makulewe Wimalaabhidana Thera has informed this decision to the Commissioner General of Buddhist Affairs. The […]

Courtesy Adaderana The saffron-robbed monk claiming to be ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been ordered to be remanded in custody until January 26, after being produced before the Gangodawila Magistrate’s Court in Nugegoda. The suspect, who was out on bail, was re-arrested this morning (21) by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Earlier, the monk was arrested on […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් බෞද්ධයන්ට හා බුදුදහමට අපහාස වන අයුරින් ප්‍රකාශ නිකුත් කර ඒවා අන්තර් ජාලයට මුදාහැරි බවට චෝදනා එල්ලවීම හේතුවෙන් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් රත්නපුරේ විමල බුද්ධි හෙවත් විශ්ව බුද්ධ නැමැත්තා මේ මස 26 වනදා දක්වා රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගතකතර තිබෙනවා. ඒ, ඔහු නුගේගොඩ වැඩබලන මහේස්ත්‍රාත් සුනිල් හෙට්ටආරච්චි හමුවට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුවයි. රත්නපුරේ විමල […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing the 3rd South Summit today (21) in Kampala, Uganda, highlighted the numerous challenges the world faces, such as conflicts, pandemic repercussions, climate disasters and financial market uncertainties. The President also emphasized the disproportionate impact on vulnerable G77 economies. In his statement, President Wickremesinghe stressed the urgency of reforming the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe says that the Micro-Finance and Loan Regulation Act was submitted to Parliament in order to establish a proper, strong regulatory procedure as a government. Joining the FLi Diri Abhimani 2024” awards ceremony, organized to award women entrepreneurs in the Micro-Financial Sector, Semasinghe mentioned that the approval […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe is currently addressing the Group of 77 and China (G77+China) Third South Summit in Kampala, Uganda, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. In his statement at the summit in Kampala, President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed establishing unity within the G77 and China to address challenges facing the Global South.  Emphasizing the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Heads of states of the Non-Aligned Movement Saturday called Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip illegal” and strongly condemned indiscriminate attacks against Palestinian civilians, civilian infrastructure and the forced displacement of the Palestinian population. While calling for a ceasefire desperately needed for humanitarian aid to access the Gaza Strip, the movement in […]