Archive for September, 2024

Growth in Sri Lanka vs. Governmental Expenditure

Monday, September 30th, 2024

by Prof Sunil J. Wimalawansa Considering what has happened over the past few decades, it is no surprise that people do not want to see disruptive politicians who once governed the country returning to power. This sentiment is reflected in the over 4.7 million voters (out of 6.9 million) who previously voted for the former […]

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Should Sri Lanka Join BRICS -vs- Dollar-Euro-UK Sterling?

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Prof. Hudson McLean Read the Facts & Figures. The Bottom Line is-:  How will BRICS Membership Benefit Sri Lanka Economy in the Short-Term to Climb Out of the Hangmans Noose? How Would a New BRICS Currency Affect the US Dollar? (Updated 2024) https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/how-would-new-brics-currency-affect-us-dollar-updated-2024 On 1 January 2024, BRICS – the intergovernmental organisation comprising Brazil, Russia, […]

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බදු ආදායම තවත් 4%කින් වැඩි කරන්නැයි IMF දන්වයි…

Monday, September 30th, 2024

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රටේ දළ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදිතයෙන් 11% ක මට්ටමේ පවත්නා රාජ්‍ය බදු ආදායම 15% ක් දක්වා තවත් 4% කින් වැඩි කරන ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුවට ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල මෙයට පෙර කර තිබූ නිර්දේශය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමේ වගකීම වත්මන් රජයට පැවරී ඇතැයි බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ගුවන්විදුලිය (BBC) විශේෂ වාර්තාවක් පළ කරමින් පෙන්වා දී තිබේ. පසුගිය වසරේ […]

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ජනාධිපතිගේ සෑම පත්කිරීමකම අවුලක්.. සමහරුන්ට නඩු.. සමහරු අධිකරණවලින් දඬුවම් ලබලා..

Monday, September 30th, 2024

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් අනුර දිසානායක මහතා ජනාධිපතිවරයා ලෙස පත්වීමෙන් පසු කරන කරන සියලුම පත්වීම් වල යම් ප්‍රශ්නයක් තිබෙන බව හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී අජිත් පෙරේරා මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඒ ඇතැමුන්ගේ චරිතය සම්බන්ධ ප්‍රශ්න ඇති බවත්, ඇතැමුන් අධිකරණ හරහා දඬුවම් ලබන පුද්ගලයන් බවත්, සමහර පුද්ගලයන් අධිකරණවල නඩු පවතින පුද්ගලයන් බවද හෙතෙම පෙන්වා දෙයි. ඒ අනුව […]

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ජනපති අනුර තනතුරු දෙන්නේ හිතවතුන්ටද..

Monday, September 30th, 2024

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඇතැමෙකු චෝදනා කරන්නේ, නව ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඔහුගේ හිතවතුන් රජයේ තනතුරුවලට පත් කරන බව ය. මීට පෙර සිටි පාලකයින්ගේ පත් කිරීම් විවේචනයට ලක් කරමින් බලයට පැමිණි ජනාධිපතිවරයෙකුගෙන් එවැන්නක් අපේක්ෂා කළ නොහැකි බව ඔවුන්ගේ අදහස යි. ජනතාව නව ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායකට ඡන්දය දුන්නේ පැවති දේශපාලන සංස්කෘතිය වෙනස් කිරීමට,” බව අමාත්‍ය විජිත හේරත් […]

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මෙරට බැංකු පද්ධතිය කඩා වැටීමෙ අවදානමක්.. ආර්ථිකය අනතුරක.. අධිකරණයට වාර්තාවක්..

Monday, September 30th, 2024

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් යුක්ක්‍රේන, ඉන්දීය සහ බල්ගේරියන් සයිබර් අපරාධකරුවන් රටට ඇතුළු වී කරන මුදල් වංචා හේතුවෙන් මෙරට බැංකු පද්ධතිය කඩා වැටී ජාතික ආර්ථිකයට විශාල බලපෑමක් එල්ල විය හැකි බව රහස් පොලිසිය කොළඹ ප්‍රධාන මහේස්ත්‍රාත් තිළිණ ගමගේ මහතාට (30) දැනුම් දුන්නේය. අන්තර්ජාලය හරහා සිදුවන වංචා හේතුවෙන් මෙරට බැංකු පද්ධතිය කෙරෙහි ජනතා විශ්වාසය බිඳ වැටීමට […]

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Political Maturity? Ranil’s Honourable Exit and NPP’s Reciprocal Approach

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror I hope you will carry this child even more safely than I did,” Ranil said, expressing hope that the new president would resolve the country’s remaining challengesThe then NPP leader, now the President, appealed to the North/East electorate to join forces with voters in the south to push for systemic changeWith […]

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Balancing Pragmatism and Ideology in India-Sri Lanka ties

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Authors : Harsh V. Pant | Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy  Courtesy Observer Research Foundation  Since Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) was elected as the ninth executive president of Sri Lanka, there is speculation about the new government’s foreign policy. Given the economic and geopolitical scenario, pragmatism is likely to take precedence — Sri Lanka will […]

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From Protests to Power: Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Journey as Sri Lanka’s First Leftist President

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Courtesy D.D.News India It is more than two years since the Aragalaya Protests shook Sri Lanka to the core. Aragalaya means Struggle in the Sinhala language. The imagery of people storming the Presidential Palace and hoisting the Sri Lankan national flag, amid slogans of ‘Gota Go Home’, is fresh in the minds of many, in this […]

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‘Cancelling Adani Project Not Good Sign’

Monday, September 30th, 2024

By ARCHANA MASIH Rediff News ‘If there is a push towards a Marxist oriented government it will be dangerous.’‘We have seen this in Nepal and Myanmar and it will be a concern for India if it is surrounded by countries with such political dispensations.’ IMAGE: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anura Kumara Dissanayake/X […]

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Can Sri Lanka’s new leader Dissanayake reverse the country’s decline?

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Hamzah Rifaat Courtesy TRTWorld The pro-Marxist official faces the daunting task of addressing a severe economic crisis while uniting a divided nation. In a sharp rebuke to dynastic rule in Sri Lanka, voters recently elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a working class, neo-Marxist leader and head of the National People’s Power. His victory with 42 percent of the vote comes as […]

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President faces a problem common to many developing nations: Austerity imposed by the West

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The International Monetary Fund delegation addressing the media in Colombo Dissanayake is going to have to walk a tightrope. For a country and people that are going through the worst phase of dispossession since independence, international solidarity should mean providing space for rebuilding the country Sri Lanka is at a historic […]

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No change in decision not to re-conduct Grade Five scholarship examination

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, September 30 (Daily Mirror) – There is no change in the decision not to re-conduct the Grade Five scholarship examination, Examination Commissioner General Amit Jayasundara said. He made this comment while addressing the media at a media conference held this evening. He also said that it was decided to give […]

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Fuel prices slashed, no change in 95 Octane Petrol

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) announced that it will reduce the prices of fuel from midnight today.  Under the new pricing, Petrol Octane 92 will see a reduction of Rs. 21, bringing the price down to Rs. 311 per litre.  Auto Diesel will also see a reduction of Rs. 24, making […]

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Only one independent candidate declared expenses thus far, No major party stated yet: EC

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, September 30 (Daily Mirror) – Only a single independent candidate of the Presidential Poll 2024 has declared his campaign finances, whereas no major party had stated their election expenses by the end of September, having nine of 21 days of the grace period to declare expenses had lapsed by yesterday, […]

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NPP Govt. abandons plan to privatize SriLankan Airlines

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror * Says it should remain with state for tourism promotion * Plans for new management improvement Colombo, September 30 (Daily Mirror) – The National People’s Power (NPP) government led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is to abandon initial plans by the previous rule to sell off or divest the cash-strapped SriLankan […]

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High-level IMF team to visit Sri Lanka this week

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana A high-level team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by its Director of the Asia Pacific Department, Krishna Srinivasan, is scheduled to visit Colombo from October 02 to 04 to meet with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sri Lanka’s new economic team.  The high-level delegation is visiting the island to discuss latest […]

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ජගත් ජනපතිට දාපු සද්දය මෙන්න – ඇත්ත ජනාධිපති වෙන්නේ සජිත්ලු…

Monday, September 30th, 2024

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තැන තැන ගාල් කළ වාහන පැදපු අයගේ ලිස්ට් එක මෙන්න – Hiru News

Monday, September 30th, 2024

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President’s Office clarifies regarding vehicles parked near Presidential Secretariat

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Courtesy Hiru News The President’s Office has clarified concerns regarding the vehicles parked near the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. According to the statement, 107 vehicles handed over to the Presidential Office after the appointment of the new President are temporarily parked outside the Secretariat premises under police protection. These vehicles were not assigned to regular […]

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Sri Lanka Presidential Elections: Has Protest Vote brought Yahapalana 3 to power?

Sunday, September 29th, 2024

Shenali D Waduge Anura Kumara Dissanayake representing the JVP-NPP becomes the 9th President of Sri Lanka. Ironically, the majority of votes that crowned him President was from disgruntled 4.5million plus SLPP voters who were part of the 6.9million voters that brought Gotabaya Rajapakse to power in 2019 & was overthrown by the very groups that the […]

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The Masquerade of Tagging & Taming Marxists

Sunday, September 29th, 2024

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 22-28 September 2024 Sri Lanka has elected a ‘Marxist’, ‘Leftist’ & ‘Socialist’ & ‘Communist’ executive president: The capitalist media keeps slobbering these labels out with studied stupefaction and saturated headlines to anybody who cares heed them. We do not have to guess […]

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Clarification on  paying of Motivation Incentive Allowance to tri forces personnel

Sunday, September 29th, 2024

Press Release Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre It has been noted that some media and social media platforms have reported that the motivation incentive allowance paid to  tri forces personnel attached to VIP security details have been stopped. However, the Ministry of Defence in a letter to tri forces commanders informed that this allowance […]

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ජාතිය මුහුණදෙන අභියෝග විසඳීමේ ඓතිහාසික වගකීම පෙන්වා දෙමින්, ජනපති අනුරට ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුවෙන් ලිපියක්

Sunday, September 29th, 2024

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ජාතිය මුහුදෙන අභියෝගය සහ ජාතික බලවේගවලට  පැවරී ඇති ඓතිහාසික වගකීම පිළිබඳව පැහැදිලි කරමින් ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුව මගින් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා වෙත ලිපියක් යොමුකොට තිබේ. ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ නැමැති දේශපාලන ව්‍යාපාරය විසින් ගොඩනගා ඇති අතීත උරුමය සහ ජාතික බලවේගවල අපේක්ෂා අතර ගැටුමක් නැති නමුත් ජාතික ජන බලවේගය නැමැති දේශපාලන ව්‍යාපාරයට […]

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දේශපාලනීයකරණය වී ඇති අධ්‍යාපන පද්ධතිය ඉන් මුදවා ගත යුතුයි-අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමිය

Sunday, September 29th, 2024

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය • දේශපාලනීයකරණය වී ඇති අධ්‍යාපන පද්ධතිය ඉන් මුදවා ගත යුතුයි.• අධ්‍යාපනය පිළිබඳව විශ්වාසය ගොඩනැගීම අප රජයේ ප්‍රමුඛ වගකීමක්.• රැකියාවට පමණක් නොව ගුණ ගරුක සමාජයක් බිහි කිරීමට හැකි වන පරිදි අධ්‍යාපන පද්ධතිය ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ සිදු කළ යුතුයි.• පවුලේ ආර්ථික මට්ටම දරුවන්ට ගුණාත්මක අධ්‍යාපනයක් ලැබීමට බාධාවක් නොවිය යුතුයි.• අපේ ප්‍රතිපත්තියේ සඳහන් වී තිබෙන්නේ අධ්‍යාපනය සදහා […]

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Can Democracy Lean to the Left still Succeed with Corruption? Give the Rajapaksa the Credit where Credit is Due!

Sunday, September 29th, 2024

Prof. Hudson McLean Whatever mistakes the Rajapaksa brothers did during their tenure, one must agree and give Full Credit to Mahinda & Gotabhaya for eliminating the Tamil Tiger Terrorism from the Island without forgetting General Fonseka. Yes the Corruption was rife and a few made millions whilst the poor became poorer. The Right Wing leaning […]

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Ditching the Exorbitantly Privileged Dollar: An Independent BRICS Payment System for Global Trade

Friday, September 27th, 2024

Defend Democracy Press Russia, together with BRICS countries, is working on creating its own payment system for the independent handling of all foreign trade, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced. In cooperation with BRICS countries, we are working on creating our own payment and settlement system, which will create conditions for the effective and independent servicing […]

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Metro is better  than Light Rail; and Sri Lanka’s Omnibus problem

Friday, September 27th, 2024

Chanaka Bandarage It is refreshing that the Japanese government has announced considering the grant of a soft loan to build the Light Rail system from Malabe to Colombo (Stage 1). Japan made the Light Rail offer to Bangladesh also. But, they requested for a Metro system and received it. An underground Metro rail system like […]

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BIG FOCUS | ප්‍රසම්පාදන ක්‍රියාවලිය හරහා සිදුවන වංචා මැඬලීම

Friday, September 27th, 2024

Ada Derana

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මෙන්න මහ බැංකුවේ අලුත්ම තීරණය – ජනාධිපති අනුරගේ සාකච්ඡාව මහ බැංකු අධිපති කියයි

Friday, September 27th, 2024

Ceylon Treasury

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