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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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Prof. Hudson McLean Benefits – at least next time? by Chanaka Bandarage! Posted on October 10th, 2024 Super Prose! Chanika Bandarage, You Called – “A Spade a Spade!” Like I stated awhile ago, “The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating” The Skills of the Negotiator or the Negotiating Team — is in the […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Sri Lanka Education & the Mentality Needs a Radical Upheaval! President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Should Take Note & React! Sooner the Better! Benefits – at least next time?    Proof of the Pudding! Chanaka Bandarage ——— Some members of the Sri Lankan team were university dons. Surely they must be highly educated. But, […]

Aloysius Hettiarachchi The most recent award for the Nobel Chemistry price was for decoding the structure of proteins and creating new ones, yielding advances in areas such as drug development to US scientists, namely David Baker and John Jumper and Briton Demis Hassabis, last week. But is it really necessary. Will it not only make […]

Schiller Institute Professor Jeffrey Sachs, currently a Professor at Columbia University, has held positions around the world as an economist, and has become one of the most outspoken peace advocates in the United States. This interview was conducted on May 15 by EIR’s co-editor Mike Billington. Mike Billington: I listened to your interview with Jill Stein, the presidential […]

Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya. In a world where negative experiences often dominate social media feeds, it’s refreshing to come across a positive encounter. My visit to the Kottawa post office this morning was one such pleasant surprise. The gentleman I encountered there not only provided excellent service but also offered a valuable suggestion that saved […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ   ජග්‍රහකයින්ව නොමගට හරවන බලවේගය මෝහයයි. ජයග්‍රහණයත් සමග ඉදිරියට යා යුතු නිසි මග අහුරා හිටගන්නා මෝහය ඒ ජයග්‍රහණය මහා විනාශයක් කරා මෙහෙයවීම ඉතිහාසය පුරාම අප අත්දැක ඇති අපුරු සිදුවීමකි. ඒ කලාව නැවත වරක් කරලියට පැමිණ ඇත. NPPය ලැබුවේ එසේ මෙසේ ජග්‍රහණයක් නොව අති විශිෂ්ඨ ජග්‍රහනයකි. මෙය මා සමාන කරන්නේ සාමාන්‍යයෙන් දක්නට නොලැබෙන හාස්කමකටය. හාස්කම් […]

Source: Xinhua A drone photo taken on Sept. 26, 2024 shows the China-Sri Lanka Joint Research and Demonstration Center for Water Technology (JRDC) in the central city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua) COLOMBO, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — In an office drawer of Chinese scientist Wei Yuansong lies a thank-you letter written in […]

By Umesh Moramudali Courtesy The Diplomat Anura Kumara Dissanayake is well aware that his handling of Sri Lanka’s vulnerable economy will determine his political future. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (center) holds talks with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Oct. 4, 2024.Credit: President’s Media Division (PMD), Sri Lanka On September […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක හිටපු අමාත්‍ය විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා මෙවර පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයට තරග නොකිරීමට තීරණය කර තිබේ. ඔහුගේ නායකත්වයෙන් යුතු ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ සන්ධානගතව හෝ පක්ෂයක් ලෙස මෙවර පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයට තරග නොකරයි. අවසන් වරට පැවති පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයේදී ඔහුගේ පක්ෂයේ නියෝජිතයන් හත් දෙනකු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් ලෙස පත් වූ අතර පාර්ලිමේන්තු විසුරුවා […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Minister of State for Finance Shehan Semasinghe has announced that he will not be contesting in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Issuing a statement, Semasinghe reflected on the country’s economic challenges over the past year and his dedication to rebuilding the economy alongside former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, following the economic collapse. Semasinghe expressed […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Member of Parliament Patali Champika Ranawaka says that his party – the United Republic Front (URF) will not contest the 2024 Parliamentary Election. He communicated this during a media briefing held today (10). We decided to withdraw from this election campaign.We were hoping to contest the election representing Samagi Jana Sandhanaya from […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has advised relevant Ministry officials to allocate 11,000 acres of land belonging to the Kantale Sugar Company to farmers for the cultivation of short-term crops, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Courtesy Adaderana The National Police Commission has approved the reappointment of former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shani Abeysekera in the Police Service on a contract basis for one year, with effect from today (10). Speculation has been rife that Abeysekara, who retired from the service 3 years ago, is expected to lead a new […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s economy has stabilized, with growth expected to reach 4.4 percent in 2024, surpassing earlier forecasts. This positive outlook follows four consecutive quarters of growth driven by the industrial and tourism sectors and supported by critical structural and policy reforms, says the World Bank. Released today, the World Bank’s bi-annual Sri Lanka […]

උපුටාගැණීම හිරු පුවත් මින් පෙර පාර්ලිමේන්තුව නියෝජනය කළ සහ මෙරට දේශපාලනයේ තවත් ප්‍රබල චරිත රැසක් ද මෙවර මහ මැතිවරණයට ඉදිරිපත් නොවීමට තීරණය කර තිබෙනවා. මේ වන විටත් හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මෙවර පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයට කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙන් හෝ ජාතික ලැයිස්තුවෙන් තරග නොකරන බව සඳහන් කර ඇති අතර එසේවුවහොත් ඔහු 1977න් පසුව මෙරට පාර්ලිමේන්තුව නියෝජනය නොකරන පළමු […]

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