Archive for October 11th, 2024

Sri Lanka Has a New Broom! Will it Sweep Better than the Old Brooms?

Friday, October 11th, 2024

Prof. Hudson McLean Knowing Language or Knowing Communication Skills. There is a subtle difference. In most cases, from what I have seen of Sri Lankan Officials and Businessmen, Lack Both. The failure of getting IMF support is a Case-in-Point! Keeping Sinhala as the Official Language is important,  BUT English should be taught like it was […]

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English the Global Language of Communication & Negotiation

Friday, October 11th, 2024

Prof. Hudson McLean Languages Main & Official in EU! Courtesy of Google. How Many Speak English in EU? You won’t have to go far to find an English speaking country in Europe as there are over 370 million English speakers out of about 450 million EU residents! How Many Speak English Globally? Out of the world’s approximately […]

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In Sri Lanka, History Stakes Its Claim Over The Raavan Myth

Friday, October 11th, 2024

Shenali D. Waduge In Sri Lanka, there is no mythological version of the Ramayana. Raavan’s world was more than that https://www.outlookindia.com/national/in-sri-lanka-history-stakes-its-claim-over-the-raavan-myth This story was published as part of Outlook’s 21 October 2024 magazine issue titled ‘Raavan Leela’. To read more stories from the issue, click here The question arises: how did Indian mythology merge to turn […]

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Meritocracy in Leadership Appointments.

Friday, October 11th, 2024

Sasanka De Silva, Pannipitiya The recent appointment of a former Sri Lanka Air Force chief as the Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited, the state-run airport management company, has been the subject of much debate. While it may seem like a newsworthy event, in reality, it follows a long-established pattern of […]

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ලංකාවේ දිරිය තරුණයෙකුගේ අරුම පුදුම යන්ත්‍ර නිශ්පාදන කර්මාන්තශාලාව

Friday, October 11th, 2024

Umandawa Umandawa Maha Vihara Monastery Madahapola, Melsiripura, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.

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Election Commission/Commissioner must ensure no DUAL CITIZENS / FOREIGN CITIZENS give nominations

Friday, October 11th, 2024

Shenali D Waduge If there is a constitutional provision claiming no dual citizens / foreign citizens can sit in Parliament, how is this provision to be honored or checked? The best & only way is for the Election Commission/Commissioner to ensure that they do not accept any nominations of those who are dual citizens. Such […]

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Demarcating the Role of Voters and the Role of Parliament

Friday, October 11th, 2024

Prof. Chandana Jayalath In every functioning democracy, Parliament plays a central role in shaping the nation’s future. It is the institution that represents the will of the people, legislates on their behalf, and holds the government accountable for its actions. In countries like Sri Lanka, Parliament is the heartbeat of the democratic process, where laws […]

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Urumaya Land Grants.

Friday, October 11th, 2024

Sugath Kulatunga Sunday Times of October 06, 2024 reports that the Govt. will carry on with Ranil’s Urumaya project. The report adds that the Land Commissioner has said President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has instructed that land distribution should continue. I only hope that this report is not correct. In November last year, I wrote on […]

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රටේ ආර්ථිකය පවත්වාගෙන යාමට බදු ආදායම මදි

Friday, October 11th, 2024

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පසුගිය ජනවාරි සිට අගෝස්තු දක්වා කාලය තුළ භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් වලින් සහ බැදුම්කර වලින් මාසිකව රුපියල් බිලියන 800 ඉක්මවූ ණය ලබා ගෙන ඇතිබව පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ ආර්ථික විද්‍යා හා සංඛ්‍යාන අධ්‍යයන අංශයේ මහාචාර්ය වසන්ත අතුකෝරල මහතා පැවසීය. ඇතැම් මාස වල එලෙස බිලියන 1200ක ණය ලබා ගෙන තිබේ. මේ හේතුවෙන් දේශීය ණය […]

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Shani appointed as Director Crimes of SL police

Friday, October 11th, 2024

By Nirmala Kannangara Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Oct 11 (Daily Mirror) -Former Director CID, SSP Shani Abeysekera has been appointed Director of Crimes of Sri Lanka Police. On the recommendation of the Acting IGP, the National Police Commission and the Election Commission have approved SSP Abeysekera’s appointment. According to police sources, with the change of […]

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General Election: 690 nominations accepted, 74 rejected

Friday, October 11th, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana The Commissioner General of Elections, Saman Sri Ratnayake, announced that a total of 764 nomination papers were submitted by political parties and independent groups for the 2024 General Election, from the 22 electoral districts across the island.  However, he stated that only 690 nomination papers were accepted from political parties and independent groups […]

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Monthly allowance of Rs. 3,000 to pensioners from next week

Friday, October 11th, 2024

Courtesy Hiru News President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed officials of the Ministry of Finance to take necessary action to provide a monthly interim allowance of Rs. 3000 to all pensioners, from next week. After reviewing the delay in adding the Rs. 3000 allowance to the October pension, the President directed that this amount be […]

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විමල් රට වෙනුවෙන් සිදුකළ විශිෂ්ට භූමිකාවේ බරපතලම මැදිහත්වීම මහාචාර්ය ඉඳුරාගාරේ ධම්මරතන හිමිගේ ඇසින් !Whither Sri Lanka but for Wimal ?

Friday, October 11th, 2024

(20+) Video | Facebook https://fb.watch/v9rNHE-XLd/ https://www.facebook.com/WimalWeerawansa.sl/videos/1065181831670691/

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