Sugath Kulatunga Sri Lanka Public Service (PS) is a massive organization with 1.3 million public servants in a ratio of 1to16 members of the population. It costs the government Around LKR 1 trillion annually on salaries and approximately LKR 300-400 billion annually on pensions. As a percentage of GDP Public sector expenditure represents about 10-15% […]

London Talks 1971 මෙන්ම 1987 -1990 අතර කාලය ශ්‍රී ලාංකාවාසින් නැවත මතක් කරන්නට අකමැති මුසල දේශපාලකයන් මෙන්ම අවස්ථාවාදී මිනිස් වෙස් ගත් වෘකයන් ජිවත් වූ යුගයකි. අනෙක් අතින් සිය යුගයේ මිනිසුන්ගේ සහ ගැහැණුන්ගේ ජිවිත වලට යහපත් දවසක් උදා කිරීමේ හුදු අරමුණින් යුතුව සමාජ ශෝධනයක් සහ නව සමාජයක් උදෙසා සිය දිවි පරදුවට තබා සටන් වැදී මානව හිතවාදී, […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan Canada’s deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, quit her job, just before she was set to deliver the latest budget, like calling in sick before an important meeting that you know you can’t handle. The $62 billion deficit that was set to be announced – $22 billion more than […]

By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos .Courtesy defenddemocracy In my previous article on Syria I argued that there is a Damascus-Tehran (not forgetting Lebanon and Palestine) train that is now preparing to depart”. The ink on the article did not have time to ‘dry’, so to speak, since no ink is used anymore, and the train started to […]

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Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Dec 17 (NewsWire) – Sri Lanka has renewed its interest in joining BRICS, with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake conveying the country’s aspirations during his three-day state visit to India. India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri during a special media briefing on President Dissanayake’s visit said that Sri Lanka’s request however will be considered only […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia  Colombo, December 17: In much the same way as it wooed the pro-China Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, New Delhi is now wooing Sri Lanka’s new pro-Chinese President Anura Kumara Dissanayake with generous and timely financial grants.   Many grants and big ticket development initiatives were announced by India during the talks […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, December 17: The Anura Kumara Dissanayake government in Sri Lanka, which was sailing smoothly despite unsolved economic issues, suffered the first jolt since coming to power, when parliament Speaker Ashoka Ranwala resigned on Friday amidst accusations that his Ph.D” was fake. Urban Development and Housing Minister Anura Karunatilake and  Justice […]

Courtesy dd News Sri Lanka has the potential to produce surplus energy and could export it to India and other neighbouring nations if new energy projects are initiated, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said on Tuesday. Speaking at the India Foundation Programme, Herath invited Indian companies to participate in the development of Sri Lanka’s […]

Reported By : Madhuparna Das Courtesy news18 Sri Lanka’s new government is likely to discuss the projects under BRI with China and also talk about Beijing’s other commitments, including central highways. Additionally, there will also be talks around the lease of Hambantota Port, a proposed refinery, and other projects The new government in Sri Lanka is […]

Suhasini Haidar,Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu Minister Vijitha Herath says rebuilding the economy is new government’s biggest priority as he calls for more tourism, visa concessions from India After his trip to India, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will visit China next month, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said, while adding that the […]

Courtesy independent (UK) Anura Kumara Dissanayake pledges Colombo’s commitment to India’s security interests amid rising Chinese activity in the Indian Ocean Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has assured Narendra Modi that Colombo will not allow its territory to be used in any way detrimental to India’s security interests. The statement came during Mr Dissanayake’s first bilateral visit to New Delhi […]

by Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Courtesy The Island Asoka Ranwala I continue to be amazed by the parallels in politics in the country of my birth and the country of my residence. But before going in to the latest developments in the field of politics, let me make a clarification regarding a response to my opinion […]

Courtesy The Island File photo of President AKD and Speaker Ranwala(Image courtesy Parliament of Sri Lanka) ‘To prove that degrees, per se, are worthless. Often, they are honorifics of true scientists or learned scholars or inspired teachers. Much more frequently they are false faces for overeducated jackasses.’ – Robert A. Heinlein  It is the above […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා 2023 ජූලි 21 ඉන්දියාව සමග එකඟවූ එකඟතාවයේ දී එට්කා ගිවිසුම සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම ක්‍රියාත්මක කර අවසන් කරන බව ප්‍රකාශකර තිබූ බවත්, මෙවර එකඟතා ප්‍රකාශයේ ද ඒ පිළිබඳව සඳහන්කර ඇති බවත් දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේ මහ ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා පවසයි. එහෙත් අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඔහුගේ කතාවේ දී ඒ පිළිබඳව […]

Courtesy Adaderana The year-on-year GDP growth rate for the third quarter of 2024 has been reported as 5.5 percent of positive growth rate, the Department of Census and Statistics indicated. Accordingly, the GDP for the third quarter of 2024 at constant price (2015) has increased up to Rs. 3,151,941 million from Rs. 2,987,544 million which […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ඉන්දියාවේ සිට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව දක්වා තෙල් නළයක් ඉදිකිරීමටත් ඉන්දියාව හා ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව විදුලි සම්ප්‍රේෂණ ජාලයන් මගින් සම්බන්ධ කිරීමටත්, දෙරට අතර වන එක්ටා ගිවිසුම ඉක්මනින් අවසන් කිරීමටත් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා සමන්ග සාකච්ඡා කළ බව ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි මහතා පැවසූ බව ඉන්දීය මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා කර සිටී. දෙරටේ රාජ්‍ය නායකයින් දෙපළගේ […]

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