By Rohana R. Wasala Praise to Kumar David (Quo vadis?/Sunday Island/June 2, 2024) for writing such an entertaining and informative essay. It is hoped that the ex-professor will forgive me for being so presumptuous as to comment on his writing.  He was grumpy on Vesak Day, he says, due to the rainy weather that prevailed […]

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Shenali D Waduge Having claimed to be a woman, male Will Thomas became a transgender Lia Thomas and went on  to compete in the women’s swimming events & won the women’s NCAA college swimming title in 2022 and was eyeing competing in the Olympics too.  Thankfully the World Aquatics changed its rule to prevent anyone […]

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Dilrook Kannangara When a politician said he will fully implement 13A a group of political supporters took to the streets. Little that they knew that their favorite politicians also have promised full implementation of 13A. The SLPP leader promised to go even beyond 13A and implement 13 Plus. All parties elected to parliament (SLPP, SJB, […]

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e-Con e-News eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 09-15 June 2024 Many histories have been written about Sri Lanka, but none about what really counts. Well, there’s SBD de Silva’s classic The Political Economy of Underdevelopment but that lies buried underneath a mountain of muck. One of the biggest purveyors of dubious […]

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අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේ 2024.06.15 දින කුරුණෑගල දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ පැවැති බිත්තර රැක්කවීමේ යන්ත්‍ර බෙදා දීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමිණි. චීන රජයෙන් ලද, මෙම  එක් යන්ත්‍රයක් මගින් පවුල් කිහිපයකට සෘජු ආදායම් මාර්ග විවෘත වන අතර එකී පවුල් ආශ්‍රීත ගම්මාන වල පවුල් රැසකට මෙමගින් වක්‍ර ප්‍රතිලාභ හිමිවේ. ආදායම් උපයන මාර්ග වැඩිදියුණු  කිරීම, පවුල්වල පෝෂණය […]

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අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය මහවිලච්චිය ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලීය දෙමහල් ගොඩනැගිල්ල පොදු ජන අයිතියට පත් කිරීම 2024.06.15 දින පේමඩුවේදී සිදුකළ අවස්ථාවේදී  අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය.මෙහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ  අග්‍රමාත්‍යවරයා –“අපේ ඉතිහාසයේ කියැවෙන්නේ, අපේ ඉතිහාසය පෝෂණය වන්නේ, ශතවර්ෂ ගණනාවකට පෙර මේ ප්‍රදේශවලින් දායාද වුණු ඉතිහාසයයි. අපේ රටට ලොවත් සමග අසමසම ශිෂ්ඨාචාරයකට උරුමකම් කියන්නට පුළුවන් වුණේ මේ ප්‍රදේශවලින් […]

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Jeffrey Sachs Of Fans Jeffrey Sachs is a well-known American economist, academic, and public policy analyst who has made significant contributions to the fields of sustainable development and economic development. He has held various prestigious positions throughout his career, including serving as the director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and as a special […]

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By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer Colombo, June 16: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assured Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe that Bangladesh will support Sri Lanka’s agricultural modernization program, when the two met in New Delhi on March 10. They were in the Indian capital to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On his […]

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Courtesy The Telegraph Online Ranil Wickremesinghe said a commercial venture to sell the excess renewable energy to India would also be discussed during the minister’s visit Ranil WickremesinghePTI Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday that the feasibility study on a proposal to establish land connectivity with India is in its final stages. Wickremesinghe, […]

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