Palitha Senanayake Courtesy The Island All the declared contenders for the forthcoming Presidential race in Sri Lanka have now made their manifestos public.  The respective Manifestoes of the 5 leading candidates are titled ‘Puluwang’ (Possible)by Ranil Wickremesinghe, ‘A Win for All’ by the SJB, ‘A Thriving Nation, a Beautiful Life’ by the NPP, ‘A National […]

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A.Jayawardena. Americans wanted to spread their ideologies & gain power in some Muslim countries.  But Muslims  generally  abhor Americans.   It was a problem to get a foothold in those countries.   However Americans has a standard strategy.   Support the dissidents in that country.  The Muslim dissident groups were more radical and more opposed […]

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Press Release South Asia Foresight Network (SAFN) Washington, DC – Sep 10th, 2024, the South Asia Foresight Network (SAFN) unveils a landmark report on 9th Sep 2024 at the National Press Club in Washington DC. The report launch was followed by a discussion with the authors, Mr. Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, Executive Director SAFN and Ms.Ishini Shashipraba, Research […]

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By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 10: James Carville, Bill Clinton’s political advisor, said that when it came to elections it was always the economy. It‘s the economy stupid!” he famously remarked. Carville’s contention has stood the test of time. While many other issues have also come into play, this year’s US and Sri […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජාතික ජන බලවේග ආර්ථික කණ්ඩායම මෙරට ණය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීමේ වැඩපිළිවෙල ගැන වන අවබෝධය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජාත්‍යන්තරය බැඳුම්කර හිමියන් පුදුමයට පත් වී ඇති බව සමගි ජන බලවේග පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. පසුගිය සතියේ මෙරටට පැමිණි ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ බැදුම්කර හිමියන් තම පක්‍ෂයක්, ජාතික ජන බලවේගය ඇතුළු කණ්ඩායම් […]

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Courtesy Essex University An Essex nursing student has been reflecting on a once-in-a-lifetime placement which was made possible thanks to the University of Essex’s very own crowdfunding platform, Click. Rae Spencer was one of 11 student nurses able to raise funds for the trip to Sri Lanka in August, where they had the chance to […]

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උපුටාගැණීම අද දෙරණ ජාතික ජන බලවේගය ආර්ථිකය සම්බන්ධයෙන් එක් මතයකට පැමිණෙන්නේ නම් අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා විවාදකයක් සඳහා තමාට කළ අභියෝගය භාර ගැනීමට තමන් සූදානම් බව, ස්වාධීන ජනාධිපති ධුර අපේක්ෂක රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා පවසයි.  වෘත්තිකයින් පිරිසක් සමග පැවති සාකච්ඡාවකදී ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේය. “මට මිත්‍රයා කියන්න එපා කිව්වා. ඔන්න දැන් ආනමඩුවේදී කියලා තියෙනවා විවාදයකට එන්න කියලා. […]

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Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has removed five state ministers, including Geetha Kumarasinghe, with immediate effect, according to the President’s Media Division (PMD).  The other State Ministers removed from their portfolios include Shasheendra Rajapaksa, Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage, Prasanna Ranaweera and D.V. Chanaka.  The removals were made according to the powers vested in the President under […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Sri Lanka has rejected the latest report on the island nation by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, accusing it of exceeding the OHCHR’s mandated sphere of human rights to comment on macroeconomics as well as financial and budgetary issues under sovereign parliamentary purview. Speaking as the country concerned […]

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