Sasanka De Silva, Pannipitiya. The most sought-after jobs in the world can vary depending on various factors, such as the economy, technology, and industry trends. However, some jobs are generally considered to be in high demand, and they include: 1.     Healthcare professionals: Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals are always in high demand as the […]

ලලිත් රෝහණ ලියනගේ,අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය ලේකම්. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යධූරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වන බවට වන පුවත සම්පූර්ණයෙන් අසත්‍ය ප්‍රකාශයකි.   එමෙන්ම අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාට සිය ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වන ලෙස කිසිදු පාර්ශවයකින් ඉල්ලීමක් හෝ බලපෑමක් කොට නැත.  මෙය රජය ගෙනයන වැඩපිළිවෙළ කඩාකප්පල් කිරීමේ කුමන්ත්‍රණයක කොටසකි. ලලිත් රෝහණ ලියනගේ,අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය ලේකම්.

Jubeda Chowdhury is a columnist, researcher According to Bangladesh Export Development Bureau, significant agricultural exports are vegetables, tea, flowers, fruits, various spices, tobacco, dry food etc. However, Bangladesh has made significant progress in the export of dry food. These dry foods include various products like biscuits, chanachurs, cakes, potato crackers and nuts. Of the $100 […]

Sufian Siddique A bit of news published in the leading British daily ‘The Guardian’ on February 20, 2023 has come to my notice just as idle curiosity. They ran the news under the headline– ‘Bangladesh shuts down main opposition newspaper’ with the subheading– ‘Campaigners fear media crackdown under PM Sheikh Hasina after suspension order upheld’. […]

Aziz Patwary London, England On February 19th, Bangladesh shut down a daily newspaper, Dainik Dinkal, for violating the country’s press and publication law. The decision has created a national debate in Bangladesh. Many portray this shutdown by legal intervention as an attack on the country’s media freedom. The issue has also attracted international media such […]

By P.k. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today On February 21, China released its ‘position paper’ on global security. The comprehensive paper touches on all aspects of global security (except security from debt traps). But an aspect that should please many countries of the Global South, both big and small, is the plea for non-interference in the […]

By Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today Last week, there was a buzz over the unfounded report that the IMF may consider approving the USD 2.9 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF), even without China’s assurances. This was politely refuted by the IMF Asia and Pacific Department Director Krishna Srinivasan, for he thinks the ideal way would be […]

Courtesy Adaderana The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday called for ‘timely and orderly processes’ under common framework with regards to Sri Lanka’s debt resolution. The island nation faced severe economic crisis which resulted in high debt. In a statement issued after conclusion of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under India’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana The committee appointed to look into any lapses by State Intelligence, Police and the Armed Forces during the mass anti-government protests and violent incidents across the island on 09 and 10 May 2022 has recommended that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) conduct an investigation into former Army Commander General Shavendra Silva.  Accordingly, the […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged young lawyers to specialise in offshore economy law and a form a committee to lead new legal developments in the Port City. Addressing the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Royal College Lawyers’ Association held at the Blue Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel Colombo yesterday (25 Feb.), the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Nearly 20 persons who were injured during today’s protest staged by the National People’s Power (NPP) were brought to the National Hospital in Colombo for treatment.  Accordingly, hospital sources confirmed that those injured during the protest were brought for treatment after tear gas and water cannons were fired in attempts to disperse the […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has stated that the country’s economy cannot afford the release of funds on an ad hoc basis, owing to its ongoing economic crisis. Taking to Twitter, the Head of State said We are facing an economic crisis, and we need to plan our spending carefully. Budgets are made for the […]

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Courtesy Adaderana In a bid to further facilitate investors through speedy approvals for investment projects, thereby easing the ease of doing business, the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) will be granted more powers in future, Investment Promotion State Minister Dilum Amunugama stated. He stressed that the new powers would see investors being given […]

Researched and written by Mr. Rama Somasunderam retired State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport (1990) and retired Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Mahaweli (SLAS).    This was called the Jaffna Peninsula Lagoon Scheme which is located at Elephant Pass which is located 30 miles South East of Jaffna. The lagoon is 19,000 acres and […]

Mr. Rama Somasunderam retired State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport (1990) and retired Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Mahaweli (SLAS).    The Kelini Ganga is one of the main rivers of Sri Lanka. It has its source in the Central Hills near Adam’s Speak and follows through the South Western Part of the country […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ දීර්ඝ නාවික ගමනකින් පසු 19 හැවිරිදි නාවික උප කපිතන් එඩ්මන්ඩ් දනතිස්ස කඩිනමින් ප්‍රංශයේ මාර්සෙයි නගරයට පැමිණියේ සිය ප්‍රියම්භිකාව වන මධුමනී විවාහ කර ගැනීමටය. නැවේ අවසාන මෙහෙයුමේදී කපිතාන් වරයා ද හදිසියේ මිය ගියෙන් එම තනතුරද ඔහුට ලබා දීමට නැව් සමාගම් අධිපතියා දනතිස්සට පොරොන්දු වී තිබුණි. තමනගේ හොඳම කාලය ලබා ඇතැයි තරුණ දනතිස්ස සහ මධුමනී […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  කොළඹ හිටපු ප්‍රධාන  අධිකරණ වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරී, විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය ලූෂන් බර්නාඩ් ලලන්ත ද අල්විස් / එල් බී එල් ද අල්විස් / ලලන්ත සර්) සහ කාරියවසම් මැඩම් මගේ ගුරුවරු. ලලන්ත සර් කෙලින් අවංකව වැඩ කරපු කෙනෙක්.  වෛද්‍ය ආනන්ද සමරසේකරලා වගේ අය මේ ක්ශේත්‍රය දූෂණය කලා බලය සහ මුදල් හමුවේ. ඒත් ලලන්ත සර් මහා […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) refers to investment made by foreign companies or individuals in the economy of another country. FDI can have a significant impact on the economy of the recipient country in several ways: 1.     Increased Capital: FDI brings much-needed capital to a country, which can be used to build […]

සැදැහවත් බෞද්ධයෙක් පෙබ 24 දා අධ්‍යාපන අමාහ්‍යාන්ශයේ යකඩ ගේට්ටුව උඩින් ඇතැමුන් සිවුරු වැට උඩ රඳවාද තවත් අය පේමන්ට් එකේ දමාද දිව්වේ  බෞද්ධ භික්ෂූන්ද. මා හිතන අන්දමට ඔවුන් භ්ක්ෂූන් නොවිය හැක.අනිවාර්‍යෙන්ම ඔවුන් සිවුරු පෙරවාගත් අන්තවාදී දේශපාලන පක්ෂයකට අයත් පිරිසක් විය යුතුය. ඔවුන් සැබෑ භික්ෂූන් නම් ඒ අයගේ ගුරු හාමුදුරුවරුන් විසින් ඔවුන් වහාම පන්සලට කැඳවා උපැවිදිකොට වහාම […]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China February 2023 https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjbxw/202302/t20230220_11027664.html Contents Introduction I. Political Hegemony—Throwing Its Weight Around II. Military Hegemony—Wanton Use of Force  III. Economic Hegemony—Looting and Exploitation IV. Technological Hegemony—Monopoly and Suppression V. Cultural Hegemony—Spreading False Narratives Conclusion Introduction Since becoming the world’s most powerful country after the two world wars […]

Courtesy The Island Wimal Weerawansa SLPP rebel and National Freedom Front leader, Wimal Weerawansa, told Parliament yesterday that the government was planning to place the State Intelligence Service’s decision-making responsibility under a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US. Weerawansa said that a similar shifting of the responsibility had happened in 2001. The 20-member Pentagon […]

Courtesy The New Indian Express Sri Lanka’s economic crisis and sovereign default were the result of long-lasting fiscal indiscipline, weak institutions, lack of transparency and accountability and short-sighted economic policies. By PTI COLOMBO: The issues that led Sri Lanka to become an economic basket case in 2022 serve as a warning for other nations. When politicians […]

Courtesy Tempo.co TEMPO.CO, Colombo – Sri Lanka will launch a mobile app on March 1 to protect tourists, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said on Saturday, Feb. 25. The minister, addressing an event in Colombo, said this is one of the best mobile applications in the region for tourist safety. “The app can be operated in seven languages,” […]

Courtesy India Today The United States has expressed its concerns about India’s neighbours using Chinese funds for terror threats. By India Today World Desk: The US is deeply concerned that loans provided by China to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which are in India’s immediate vicinity, may be utilised as means of exerting coercive pressure, a […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that the government is seeking the possibility of introducing non-paying wards in private hospitals where the government is taking the tab for the treatments made in those non-paying wards, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The President also said the government was considering to introduce paying […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror EXIM Bank of China (Export-Import Bank) submitted a comprehensive program in its financial support document on January 19 to ‘strongly support’ Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring process with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and it includes short, mid and long-term measures for debt treatment, a diplomatic source from the Chinese embassy said. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The report of the Board of Inquiry prepared by a three-member-committee headed by Admiral of Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda to ascertain lapses by the armed forces and state intelligence services during the recent incident of violence was today filed before the Court of Appeal. President’s Counsel Uditha Igalahewa appearing for Admiral of […]

Courtesy Adaderana There are some disagreements over restructuring debt for distressed economies, the chief of the International Monetary Fund said on Saturday on the sidelines of a G20 meeting, adding that banning private cryptocurrencies should be an option. India’s G20 presidency comes at a time when its South Asian neighbours Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan […]

Courtesy Adaderana The US is deeply concerned that the loans being given by China to India’s immediate neighbourhood – Pakistan and Sri Lanka – may be used for coercive leverage, a senior State Department official said on Friday. Concerning Chinese loans to countries in India’s immediate neighbourhood, we are deeply concerned that loans may be […]