Harvey Perera  Currently, we are using hydrocarbons for all our energy needs. We use it for our transportation, for cooking, and production of some of the electricity. Due to global warming, it has become imperative that we start using renewable energy instead of hydrocarbons for our energy consumption. If we switch to electricity we can […]

Bt Garvin Karunaratne It is good news that we have reached an input of $ 1 billion aid from India and that China is considering and very likely to give a 2.5 b. loan, but this can bring us out of the economic mess we are in if only we act in a prudent manner. […]

Shenali Waduge On 25 March 1997, the prestigious Australian” national newspaper published a letter to the editor from Senaka Weeraratna entitled Third Umpire should perform the role of Appeal Judge”.  It spelled out the concept of ‘Player Referral’ which is now universally known as the UDRS or DRS (Decision Review System). It’s now exactly 25 […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando | When I was in London my niece Shyamala Fernando asked me to interview Dr Galagoda Gnanissara Thera when I visited Sri Lanka on holiday in 2000, one of the most respected Buddhist prelates in Sri Lanka. He’s popularly known as Podihamuduruwo, the Chief Incumbent at the Gangarama Temple.   Venerable […]

Hafizur Talukdar Dhaka city in Bangladesh A conference of foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) started at the Parliament House in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on March 22. This year the conference was held under the theme ‘Building Cooperation for Unity, Justice and Development. The conference was very important to address some […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථික සංවර්ධනයට ඉන්දියානු රජය කරනු ලබන සහයෝගයන් පිළිබඳව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඉන්දියානු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි මහතා වෙත සිය ස්තූතිය පළ කර ඇත. විශේෂයෙන්ම පසුගියදා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ලබාදුන් ණය ආධාර පිළිබඳව ස්තුතිය පළ කළ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා, ඉදිරියේදීත් ඉන්දියානු රජය  ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කටයුතු පිළිබඳව සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සංවර්ධනය පිළිබඳව […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 22 (newsin.asia) – The Sri Lanka Rupee has further depreciated against the US Dollar as per the official exchange rates for foreign currency issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) today.  For similar articles, join our Whatsapp group for the latest updates. – click here The exchange rates are as follows: READ: 4 things […]

Courtesy Outlook Sri Lanka is facing an acute economic and energy crisis triggered due to a shortage of foreign exchange. A sudden rise in prices of key commodities and fuel shortage forced tens of thousands of people to queue for hours outside petrol pumps. Two elderly men reportedly fainted on Sunday in Sri Lanka while […]

Courtesy Wire As the foreign exchange crisis goes from bad to worse in India’s southern neighbour, an exodus of refugees into India seems more and more likely in the coming weeks. New Delhi: Six members from two ethnic Tamil families in Sri Lanka, including a four-month-old child, were found to have snuck into India in the […]

Press Release: UN Treaty Bodies GENEVA (23 March 2022) – Sri Lanka violated the rights of a lesbian and leading LGBTI activist who was subjected to discrimination, threats and abuses due to the country’s Penal Code that criminalises same-sex sexual activity, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has found. In its decision published today, CEDAW […]

Courtesy The Daily Star Inflation in Bangladesh is at a better level than that in nearby countries like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka alongside Southeast Asian countries, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday. “You can compare with nearby countries, as well as more Southeast Asian countries, and see what our inflation is and what […]

Seema Guha Courtesy Outlook The Russia-Ukraine war which has led to a steep hike in oil prices has further amplified Sri Lanka’s economic problems. The crisis resulting from Sri Lanka running out of foreign reserves has led to shortages of almost everything. Is this the end of the road for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the […]