Janaka Perera A UNICEF study in 2020 revealed that over 40 percent of reported cases of bullying in schools involved physical attacks and fights among peers. Alarmingly, they also found that risky behaviors and activities such as smoking, consuming alcohol, skipping classes, dropping out of school, and considering or attempting suicide, were significantly associated with […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Wigneswaran says that the Budget did not mention any development in the East and specifically north Only one proposal regarding blue economy-related industry was to consider development over three zones in the Western southern and eastern regions where nautical tourism is to be developed with water skiing etc A northern peninsula with a […]

Anup Sinha The transit issue between India and Bangladesh has long been debated. An agreement was made in 2010 to carry products to India’s northeastern states through the Bangladesh route. Since then, several arguments and complaints have centered on the transit problem, which climax in 2016 when Bangladesh agreed to allow India to use its road in […]

Manusha Media ජාතික වෘත්තීය සුරක්ෂිතතා හා සෞඛ්‍ය ආයතනය වරලත් ආයතනයක් බවට පත් කිරීමට තීරණය කර ඇතැයි කම්කරු සහ විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා පැවසුවේය. එය දකුණු ආසියාවේ විශිෂ්ටත ම සේවා මධ්‍යස්ථානය බවට පත්කිරීමටත් කටයුතු කළ යුතු බවත්, ඒ සදහා ආයතනයට හැකියාවන්, සම්පත් සහ නායකත්වය ඇති බවත් අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා පැවැසීය. ඒ අද (17) […]

By Richard Tanter Asia-Pacific Research, November 17, 2022 The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 15 November 2022 Abstract In recent years, successive Australian governments, in coordination with the United States, have responded to the dramatic rise of China with military and economic policies that directly challenge the possibility of accommodation with China. * In an arc of militarization across northern […]

e-Con e-News A ‘Chinese’ & an ‘African’ meet in ‘Europe’ ‘Chinese’: Xi Hong is my name. ‘African’: Delighted, my name is Emmanuel Noël de Souza. ‘Chinese’: So you’re not African but Franco-Brazilian? ‘African’: Yes, I am African ‘Chinese’: And your name is Emmanuel Noël De Souza? ‘African’: Yes, I owe my parents this pretty name. […]

e-Con e-News Cuba shot down a US U-2 spy plane flying over its airspace on 27 October 1962, at the peak of what the US media love to call ‘The Cuban Missile Crisis’ – 60 years ago. The US Navy also attacked a Soviet nuclear submarine B-59, which auspiciously, we are told, did not escalate the provocation […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මුදල් අච්චු ගැසීමේ ආදීනව සම්බන්ධයෙන් දිගින් දිගටම අදහස් ප්‍රකාශ කළ මහ බැංකු අධිපති නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ මහතා මේ වන විට හිටපු මහ බැංකු අධිපති අජිත් නිවාඩ් කබ්රාල් මහතාගේ මුදල් අච්චු ගැසීමේ වාර්තාව ද බිඳ දමා ඇතැයි පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව […]

By Hansi Nanayakkara Courtesy Ceylon Today Colombo Additional Magistrate T. N. L. Mahawatta today (17) ordered Convener of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige and IUSF member Ven. Galwewa Siridhamma Thera to be remanded until such time instructions are received from AG Sanjay Rajaratnam. The duo were detained by the Terrorist Investigation Division […]

By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island Budget 2023 has sought to deprive the farming community of their land rights by placing the Mahaweli lands under the purview of Divisional and District Secretaries, SLPP dissident MP Prof. Channa Jayasumana says. This proposal will take away the farmers’ rights to land. Farmers of Mahaweli lands in 15 […]

Courtesy Adaderana A working team of the China Development Bank (CDB), an important supporter of Sri Lanka’s development, is currently on a visit to Sri Lanka. They have called on State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe and held discussions with the Finance Ministry with regard to the debt-related issues, according to diplomatic sources.

Courtesy Adaderana The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe stated that customers who have been inconvenienced due to the increase in the interest rates charged for the loans obtained under variable interest rates in the past are able to get relief by negotiating with the bank. The Governor stated […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Civil Appellate High Court of Mount Lavinia today (Nov. 17) ordered National Sports Council chairman Arjuna Ranatunga to pay a compensation of Rs. 25 million to former president of the national cricket board Thilanga Sumathipala. The order was issued with regard to a defamation case filed by the former Sri Lanka Cricket […]

Courtesy Adaderana A discussion was held today (17) at the Ministry of Finance with World Bank representatives on Sri Lanka’s future development plans and policies, the President Media Division said.  The discussion was held under the patronage of Senior Advisor to the President on National Security and Chief of Staff to the President Mr Sagala […]

Courtesy Adaderana A school girl of Sri Lankan origin who passed an IQ test in England with flying colours is now officially smarter than Einstein”.  Ariana Dambarawa Hewage, aged 10, took a Mensa IQ test and scored a whopping 162 which is thought to be genius” level. Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, widely considered to […]