By Sena Thoradeniya (Continued from July 5, 2024) 1. The dress rehearsal: JVP/NPP behavior during the crisis in 2022 How JVP/NPP behaved during the crisis in 2022 is well-documented by many writers; this writer’s Galle Face Protest: Systems Change or Anarchy? Politics, Religion & Culture in a Time of Terror in Sri Lanka” (2023) gives […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Please ensure that none of these monks, not a single one, get exploited by politicians in the fast approaching election time and ever again in the future. No monks should be allowed to offer themselves as candidates or to collect funds for that purpose from donors. No monks should be allowed […]

දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර  හැඳින්වීම                           2023.5. 17.  ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික ජනබල පෙරමුණ රට දැය සමය බේරාගැනීමේ සහ සුරක්ෂිත කිරීමේ ජාතික දසබල පෙරමුණද වේ. එය සම්ප්‍රදායික දේශපාලන පක්ෂයක් නොවේ.සඟවෙදගුරු ගොවිකම්කරු සිටු-නිළදරු, මා-වියතුන්(මා=මාධ්‍යවේදීන්), මානවමානවිකා යන ජනතා බලවේග 10 එම දස බලය වේ පෙරමුණේ ලාන්චනය:                  ධර්ම චක්‍රය. පෙරමුණේ පුවත්පත:                    ජනබලය”  පෙරමුණේ සන්යුතිය  දීපව්‍යාප්ත 30,000 ක දේශපාලන බල හමුදාවක් […]

by Ifham Nizam Courtesy The Island Dr. Ahilan Kadirgamar ‘On a research project on debt restructuring and economic recovery of Sri Lanka following the default in April 2022, I have found that the IMF program is further aggravating the crisis. The IMF’s Debt Sustainability Analysis, with targets such as, a primary budget surplus of 2.3% […]

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Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Aug 3 (AdaDerana) – The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) has won the Best International Tourism Board” accolade at the Global Tourism Awards 2024, organized by the Travel World Online (TWO). The Global Tourism Awards 2024 was held on 2nd of August 2024 in New Delhi, India. The Global Tourism Awards serve […]

Courtesy The Statesman Sri Lanka’s economic recovery continues with real gross domestic product (GDP) posting three consecutive quarters of expansion, and growth accelerating to 5.3 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday. Sri Lanka’s economic recovery continues with real gross domestic product (GDP) posting three […]

https://techcrunch.com/ Sanjiva Weerawarana is a Sri Lankan success story. He founded enterprise software firm WSO2 in 2005, got it close to $100 million in ARR, then sold it to private equity firm EQT for $600 million in May. He sometimes drives for Uber, too. Sri Lanka isn’t renowned for its startup ecosystem, but one company […]