Dr Sudath Gunasekara.  Former Secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranayaka and President Mahanuwara Sinhala Baudhdha Jeista Purawesiyange SanviDhaanaya. The 1978 one-man Constitution of the Republic of Sri Lanka was promulgated on 7th September 1978 and it abolished the Republican Constitution framed on a popular mandate from the general public in 1972. Since then, 21 Amendments […]

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By Garvin Karunaratne, former GA Matara My warnings about an unbridled Central Bank have come true with the Central Bank mandarins deciding a salary increase of as much as seventy percent, while over half our population lives in sheer poverty having to forgo at least a meal everyday. My Warnings appeared in Lanka Web of […]

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e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 11-17 February 2024 ‘Hi guys! How are you doing, exhorted US Ambassador Julie Chung as she walked towards a group of MPs… after the ceremonial opening of Parliament… Another parliamentarian quickly shot a question before the US envoy could move over […]

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Senaka Weeraratna An old boy who has expressed opposition in an article in the Daily FT recently, to the chanting of Pirith in a Buddhist religious ceremony at Royal College on grounds that it is ‘Anti Secular’, has given a false interpretation of Secularism. Moreover, he has made false allegations against the school authorities that […]

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Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D. Michigan State University‚  The achievement of the CFTC- the Commonwealth  Fund, creating employment for over three million youths in Bangladesh may be of interest. In  Bangladesh when the new Military Government of General Ershard took over the country in 1982, the Ministry of Youth Development was providing skills training to 40,000 youths […]

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Politics (A Collective Symposium with expert input from Global Financial Advisors) Feb.19th.2024 Evaluating  Sri Lanka’s path to recovery and how the World Bank, as a development partner, is supporting the country’s journey towards green, resilient, and inclusive development, there is a positive indication that the country is on the  right track. The Nation is all […]

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Geopolitical Economy Report NATO’s new cold war on Russia and China is destroying Germany’s industrial base, devastating Europe’s economy, and destabilizing its politics, fueling the rise of the far-right, as neoliberal austerity policies exacerbate the ongoing recession. Ben Norton analyzes the evidence.

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Prime Minister’s Media Division Director General of the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) Dr Qu Dongyu called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees in Colombo today (February 19). The Prime Minister, while thanking the Food and Agriculture Organization for the assistance provided to agriculture and the rural economic development over […]

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අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය වැඩ කල්දැමීම වෙනුවට හැකි ඉක්මනින් ඊට සූදානම් වී රාජකාරියට පිවිසෙන්න. ශ්‍රී ලංකා පරිපාලන සේවයේ තුන්වන ශ්‍රේණිය, ශ්‍රී ලංකා විද්‍යාත්මක සේවයේ තුන්වන ශ්‍රේණිය, කළමනාකරණ සේවයේ අධි ශ්‍රේණිය, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජයේ පුස්තකාලයාධිපති සේවයේ තුන්වන ශ්‍රේණිය යන සේවාවන් හි  සීමිත තරග විභාග සමත් 250 දෙනෙකු සඳහා පත්වීම් ලිපි ප්‍රදානය කිරීම අද (2024.02.19) දින අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් […]

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