Archive for December 6th, 2022

International land grab for national resources & implications for Sri Lanka

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Shenali D Waduge Land grabbing is taking place at national / regional & global scales. Large-scale land deals/transactions are taking place by transnational corporations or initiated by foreign governments. One of the major reasons for escalation of land grab is the global economic/political and dwindling resources tied to structural reforms promoted by IMF/WB & this […]

More >

රනිල් වික්‍රමසින්හ ජනාධිපතිවරයාට 2019 ජනාධිපති සහ 2020 පාර්ලිමේන්තු පොදුපෙරමුණ මැතිවරණ ප්‍රකාෂන වල සඳහන් ප්‍රතිපත්ති වලින් බැහැරව ක්‍රියාකළ හැකිද?

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර මහනුවර ප්‍රථමයෙන්ම 2022 මැයි මස ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ විසින් රනිල් වික්‍රමසින්හ වැඩබලන අගමැති වශයෙන් ප්ත්කෙරින.දෙවනුව ගෝඨාභය ඉල්ලා අස්වීමෙන් පුරප්පාඩුවු ජනාධි පති කමට 2022 ජූලි 13 දින ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්තාවේ 40 වන වගන්තිය යටතේ පාර්ලිමේතුවේ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් විසින් ඔහු ගෝඨාභය ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඉල්ලා අස්විමෙන් ඉතිරිවූ කාලය සඳහා ජනාධිපති වෂයෙන් පත්කර ගණු ලැබිණ. මෙම අවස්ථා දෙකේදීම නව […]

More >

High Commissioner Moragoda meets Finance Minister of India to review the status of bilateral economic cooperation

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Media Release Sri Lankan High Commission in New Delhi High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India, Milinda Moragoda met with the Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister of India Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today (06) at the latter’s office in North Block, New Delhi. This was the latest of a series of meetings High Commissioner Moragoda has […]

More >

Waiting for the honourable Migettuwatte Gunananda or Angaraika Dharamapala

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Palitha Ariyarathna Volume 2 revised The statement that Sri Lanka can afford peace through ethical foreign policy was extremely provocative. It is true that if Migettuwatte Gunananda and Angaraika Dharamapala were alive today, they would have questioned and stood up for the protection of Buddhism and the welfare of Sinhala people. But now politics has […]

More >

මහනුවර බෞද්ධයෝ නිදි මිෂනාරීන් හා තටු නැති දෙවදුතිකාවන් දෙදෙනා සමග අත්කොට කමිසේ ඇඳගත් පාස්ටර් අයියගේ නීතිවිරෝධී ආගම් ප්‍රචාරය වලක්වන්න

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

පාලිත ආරියරත්න බෝගම්බර අවට, ටොරින්ටන් උද්‍යානය අවට හා ශ්‍රී දළදා මාලිගාවට ඔබ්බෙන් හා මල්වතු විහාරය ආසන්නයේ  වැව රවුමේ සිට ආගමික මරුවන් සිටින බව තැනින් තැන මහනුවර පුරා කසුකුසුවක් ආකාරයෙන් පැතිර යමින් තිබේ.  අප දන්නා කරුණු අනුව අන්‍යාගමික කරණය හෝ ආගමික ප්‍රචාරය නීති විරෝධී හා තහනම් වන අතර බොරදියේ මාළු බාන අන්දමට ස්ත්‍රීන් සහා තරුණ බුද්ධියෙන් […]

More >

Why Americans Should Care About Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis | Opinion

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

DHANANATH FERNANDO , CEO, ADVOCATA INSTITUTE Courtesy Newsweek Hundreds of Sri Lankan protestors recently took to the streets, frustrated with the South Asian country’s worst economic crisis in seven decades. Sri Lanka’s crisis is no mere financial downturn, like Americans are experiencing now. Our economic system is literally collapsing, with millions of people in desperate need of humanitarian aid. […]

More >

‘No Point in Economic Reforms when We Don’t Have an Economy: Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Courtesy News18 President Ranil Wickremesinghe has acknowledged that there was no point in economic reforms in Sri Lanka because the cash-starved island nation didn’t have an economy, as he made a strong pitch for a new economic model. Sri Lanka is going through its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948, triggered by a […]

More >

Economist says time right to start debating if Sri Lanka should charge for tertiary education

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Courtesy The Daily Mirror IPS Chief calls for meaningful reforms to upskill and reskill people Says Budget 2023 failed to adequately address factor endowment issues and labour market woes SL’s labour shortage compounded by mass exodus of people fleeing economic crisis It is high time that Sri Lanka started debating whether the tertiary education must […]

More >

Sri Lanka needs strong new economic system, not reforms – President

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka does not need economic reforms that offer no solutions to the ongoing crisis, but a strong new economic system that can face 2050, President Ranil Wickremesinghe says. Outdated economic systems cannot help rebuild Sri Lanka’s economy, the Head of State said, inaugurating the 2022 Economic Summit organized by the Ceylon Chamber […]

More >

Medical aid worth over LKR 2 billion from China reaches Colombo

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Courtesy Adaderana A consignment of essential medicines and medical supplies worth LKR 2 billion, donated by China, reached the Colombo Port today (Dec. 06). The shipment came in 24 containers (16,000 boxes) with a total of weight over 255 metric tonnes. It contained 8 million infusion sets, 1.2 million vials of omeprazole sodium for injection, […]

More >

Main broker in organ trafficking racket at private hospital remanded

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Courtesy Adaderana The main broker, who was arrested this morning (06 Dec) over his involvement in the human organ trafficking racket at a private hospital in Borella, has been remanded till 13 December. The 41-year-old resident of Kajimawatte was remanded till 13 December on orders of the Colombo Magistrate’s Court, while travel bans were imposed […]

More >

China calls for joint efforts to ease Sri Lanka’s debt burden

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Courtesy Hiru News China hopes relevant countries & international financial institutions will work with China to play a positive role in helping Sri Lanka overcome the difficulties. Chinese FM Spokesperson said China attaches high importance to Sri Lanka’s challenges. China hopes relevant countries and international financial institutions will work with China to play a positive […]

More >

World Bank grants Sri Lanka access to concessional financing

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Courtesy Hiru News The World Bank yesterday approved Sri Lanka’s request to access concessional financing from the International Development Association (IDA). This type of financing, which is offered at low-interest rates, will enable the country to implement its government-led reform program to stabilize the economy and protect the livelihood of millions of people facing poverty […]

More >

Coordinated assistance program required for Sri Lanka’s recovery – WB, ADB, IMF, AIIB

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Courtesy Hiru News Following a lengthy round table discussion with WB, ADB, IMF, AIIB in Colombo this morning, it was agreed that a coordinated assistance program supported by the multilateral financial institutions is vital for Sri Lanka to recover from the present economic difficulties. World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), International Monetary Fund (IMF) […]

More >

Copyright © 2024 LankaWeb.com. All Rights Reserved. Powered by Wordpress