Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel /former Ambassador to UAE and Israel Cost of Living A proper consumer regime is a prerequisite for a smooth and successful management of economy which is directly interconnected to consumerism which controls and pushes the economy of a country. Consumer regime is the proper balance of the consumer trader and the […]

Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel, former Chairman Consumer Affairs Authority, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel-President Ambassador’s Forum Regularization Procedure Regularization is a part of administration and government process in Sri Lanka and world over often used in governance and delegation of powers to subsidiary bodies and institutions, which is not a successful process in Sri […]

ALI SUKHANVER Ethical values and moral traditions could vary from place to place as social norms and traditions change with the change of region. Things morally acceptable in US might not be socially acceptable in China or Russia. For example leering or staring a woman is a serious crime in US but in India such […]

Sufian Siddique Independent researcher and freelance columnist, Dhaka Newly appointed Ambassador of China to Bangladesh Yao Wen arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday evening (December 28). He will replace outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming as the 16th ambassador of China to Bangladesh. Chinese embassy in Dhaka said Yao expressed his great pleasure to come […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව පැවසුවේ නව වසර  ආරම්භයේ (2023.01.01) ආගමික වතාවත් සඳහා සහභාගි වූ අවස්ථාවේදීය. කැලණිය රජමහා විහාරයේ දී ආගමික වතාවත් සිදුකළ  අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා, කැලණි රජ මහා විහාරාධිපති පූජ්‍ය කොල්ලුපිටියේ මහින්ද සංඝරක්ඛිත හිමියන් බැහැ දුටුවේය. අනතුරුව, නාරාහෙන්පිට  අභයාරාමාධිපති පූජ්‍ය මුරුත්තෙට්ටුවේ ආනන්ද හිමියන් බැහැදුටු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා අභයාරාමයේ පැවති දහම් පාසල් ගුරු පුද උළෙලට සහභාගි විය. එහිදී […]

e-Con e-News ‘The growing Indian role in Sri Lanka is accelerated by the US-controlled IMF deliberately delaying much needed assistance’, observed National Freedom Front (NFF) MP Wimal Weerawansa in June 2022. The PM (then: Ranil Wickremasinghe) was also ‘delaying getting fuel from Russia’. Weerawansa suspected the Quad and the West would use their ‘Right to Protect’ policy to launch […]

Courtesy Pakistan Observer Steps will be taken in 2023 to reduce key interest rates in Sri Lanka, said Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Nandalal Weerasinghe on Sunday. Weerasinghe told media that inflation is also expected to fall in 2023. He said that Sri Lanka’s inflation rate eased to 57.2 percent in December […]

Courtesy The Hindustan Times Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: Sri Lanka was hit by an unprecedented financial crisis in 2022 due to a severe paucity in foreign exchange reserves. Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday said 2023 will be a critical year” for the cash-strapped country, as his regime desperately scrambles to inject much-needed impetus […]

Courtesy The Island (AFP)Sri Lanka on Thursday welcomed the first Russian travellers aboard a new flight service that was launched after the bankrupt nation urged Moscow to help revive its beleaguered economy by sending tourists. Russia was Sri Lanka’s biggest source of visitors at the start of the year but arrivals nearly ceased after the […]

Courtesy The Island ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka is expecting companies from Japan, India, Japan, and New Fortress Energy of the US to jointly come up with a proposal to supply a liquified natural gas terminal, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said.Sri Lanka is building two LNG-capable 300MW-sized combined cycle power plants but has no terminal to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror One cannot become a leader either by driving buses or by setting fire to buses, SJB MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said. He told this to reporters after an event today. “Driving buses is not a qualification to become a leader. “He (Sajith) must be getting some satisfaction by donating a […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe said 2023 will be a critical year in which Sri Lanka was planning to turn around the economy. “We must boldly implement the proposed social, economic and political reforms to build a prosperous and productive Sri Lanka in the coming decade,” he said in his New Year message. […]