Archive for February 16th, 2024

China Develops with Neighbors (‘Common Prosperity’), India Develops at the Expense of Neighbors (‘Beggar Thy Neighbor’)

Friday, February 16th, 2024

Dilrook Kannangara Chinese and Indian development models are completely different. Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, etc. achieved success thanks to the Chinese development model. Indian development model does not have that feature. Therefore, Sri Lanka cannot become India’s Hong Kong. Teaming up with India only leads to worse poverty, debt, economic disaster and unemployment for Sri […]

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What would be the President’s agenda?

Friday, February 16th, 2024

S.Akurugoda As per a news item that appeared in The Island of 12 .02.2024 titled ‘ SLPP MPs not consulted on ECTA, alleges government member’, MP Sarath Weerasekerais is urging President Ranil Wickremesinghe not to exploit the continuing political, economic and social crisis to advance his agenda.  https://island.lk/slpp-mps-not-consulted-on-etca-alleges-govt-member/. The SLPP MP said that the two […]

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‘Together, we are not just discussing the future; we are shaping it with the formidable capabilities of our armed forces.’ – Defence Secretary

Friday, February 16th, 2024

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre ‘Currently, we proudly stand with the strength of over 1800 military engineers, spanning diverse domains such as Civil, Mechanical, Electronic, Telecommunication, Marine, Aeronautical and many more. Our primary objective is to elevate the aspirations of our young military engineers. We aim to propel them to greater heights in the […]

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ඇස් දෙකට පේන සුළු සුළු දේ කරන්න විමධ්‍යගත අරමුදල් දෙනකන් ඉන්න එපා.  -අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා

Friday, February 16th, 2024

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය මහරගම ප්‍රාදේශීය සම්බන්ධීකරණ කමිටුව, එහි සභාපති අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් 2024.02.15 දින රැස්වූ අවස්ථාවේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය.  එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා – අද රට මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය සම්බන්ධයෙන් බොහොම නරක තත්ත්වයකට  පත්වෙලා. දැන් පත්කර තිබෙන විශේෂ ඒකකය මගින් ඔබතුමාලා වුණත් ඕනම වෙලාවක අත්අඩංගුවට ගන්න පුළුවන්. මෙතන තියෙන්නේ තාවකාලික සුභ සිද්ධියක් […]

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19යේ ව්‍යවස්ථා කුමන්ත්‍රණය නිවැරදි කිරීමෙන් ජනාධිපතිවරණය පැවැත්වීම වසර 6කින් එනම් 2025 දීය…!

Friday, February 16th, 2024

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc ( Col), PGDC(Col) http://neethiyalk.blogspot.com/2024/02/2015-19-2002-19-2025.html?m=1 2002 දී චන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක ජනාධිපතිවරිය සමයේදී 19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයක් ආ බවත් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරු 7ක් මගින් එයට දුන් ඒකමතික තීරණය උල්ලංඝනය කරමින් මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන ජනාධිපති සමයේ 2015 දී 19 සංශෝධනය නැවත ගෙනා බවත් ඇතැම් නීති විශාරදයෝ සහ ඇතැම් දේශපාල විචාරකයෝ අමතක කරති. එය එසේ අමතක […]

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Sri Lanka is part of India? Sri Lankan Tourism Minister’s Remark Raises Questions..!

Friday, February 16th, 2024

Sri Lanka News The remark by a Sri Lankan Tourism Minister suggesting that Sri Lanka is part of India has sparked concerns about the erosion of Sri Lanka’s sovereignty. While historical, cultural, and geographical ties between the two nations are undeniable, asserting Sri Lanka’s independent identity is crucial in safeguarding its sovereignty and national interests. […]

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The System Change Myth-II

Friday, February 16th, 2024

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy The Island The general takeaway from the disastrous and premature ending of the Gotabaya Rajapaksa Administration is very simple. Non-politicians do not make good Presidents. Those with financial literacy blame that Administration’s economic management that saw the country into an almost economic collapse. However, the general consensus is that the cause […]

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Why AKD’s India Visit Matters

Friday, February 16th, 2024

By  Uditha Devapriya Courtesy The Island India’s decision to invite JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has made headlines in every local paper, and practically every Indian paper. The visit is significant for at least two reasons. First, the JVP-NPP is not the country’s main Opposition. At the General Elections in 2020, it obtained a dismal […]

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LTTE’s Troubling Presence in the UK

Friday, February 16th, 2024

By Jude Amory Courtesy Ceylon Today In the intricate landscape of counterterrorism and geopolitics, the British Government’s manoeuvres often resemble a perplexing tango, where their steps seem choreographed with contradictory grace. Amidst this dance, one glaring anomaly stands out: the UK’s curious tolerance of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an organisation steeped in […]

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Reducing Trade Deficit

Friday, February 16th, 2024

By DR. C. S. WEERARATNA Courtesy The Island A trade deficit typically occurs when a country does not produce enough goods for its citizens. When production cannot meet demand as in Sri Lanka, there is a need to import thereby widening the trade deficit.  A persistent trade deficit is detrimental to a country’s economy because […]

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Several historical shrines designated as Sacred Sites

Friday, February 16th, 2024

Courtesy Hiru News The National Physical Planning Department has designated 11 temples of significant archaeological, historical, and sacred importance as Sacred Sites in the Government Gazette. These areas, now recognized as sacred sites, had their respective documents submitted to the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (15), presided over by Mr. Saman Ekanayake, the Secretary to the President. […]

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‘Wonder material’ graphene makes huge step towards practical use

Friday, February 16th, 2024

Story by Andrew Griffin Courtesy The Independent Graphene, a wonder material” that could help solve some of humanity’s deepest problems, has cleared a major hurdle towards practical uses. Graphene is the world’s thinnest, super-strong and super-flexible material. It could have dramatic applications in everything from engineering tissue to making new kinds of technological devices. However, […]

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