Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake At Annual Meetings in Washington last month International Monetary Fund head, Kristalina Georgieva claimed Sri Lanka as a debt restructuring ‘success’ story.[i]  Left unsaid by the IMF’s Managing Director was that Sri Lanka’s debt had apparently ballooned from $26 billion to a purported whopping $100 billion during two years of reforms’ under the […]

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By Garvin Karunaratne, former G.A. Matara In view of the new leash of life Sri Lanka has just got with the election of a President of Sri Lanka avowed to bring about poverty alleviation, I beg to make some suggestions based on my real experience. On my recent travel to Snowdonia in Wales, I happened […]

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Dilrook Kannangara LTTE commemorations once again highlighted the undeniable fact that all its organizers and essentially all Tamil Eelmists are Sri Lankan born. While Cyclone Fengal disrupted the planned large LTTE commemoration since 2009 the organizers have said they will hold it on another day. Indian born Tamils around the world are not keen in […]

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Chanaka Bandarage In Europe, politicians including Prime Ministers cycle to work. In Japan, pretty much everyone (rich, poor) cycles. In Netherlands, bicycle is the main and most important mode of transport. In Sri Lanka, cyclists are shamed. Here, cycling is considered a symbol of poverty, We still foolishly regard that bicycle is the poor man’s […]

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Chanaka Bandarage For most areas, monkeys are a relatively new problem.  In the last 30 years, lots of deforestation  happened. Some forests like Suriyawewa, Lunugamwehara are now extinct. Even the Sinharaja forest is under serious threat. The degradation and fragmentation of the animal habitats is very real. Owing to building walking tracks in Bellanwila, Pillawa […]

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Courtesy Sputnik Serial production of the Oreshnik system has begun, the Russian president announced. Last week, the Russian leader revealed the successful testing of the new Oreshnik hypersonic missile system. Today, at the request of colleagues, he shared further details. “Serial production of the Oreshnik has started, but ultimately, we will choose the means of destruction […]

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Courtesy BNN Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Follow Bloomberg India on WhatsApp for exclusive content and analysis on what billionaires, businesses and markets are doing. Sign up here. Moody’s Ratings is reviewing Sri Lanka’s sovereign credit rating for an upgrade, as the nation is set to complete its debt restructuring of its dollar bonds. The rating agency assigned […]

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Courtesy NDTV Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Company (IHC) is one of the largest sovereign funds and manages assets close to $100 billion. The Tanzanian government has reaffirmed its commitment to its agreements with Adani Ports. New Delhi:  Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Company (IHC), one of the largest sovereign funds that manages assets close to $100 […]

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