By Raj Gonsalkorale GDP Is the wrong tool for measuring what matters – It’s time to replace gross domestic product with real metrics of well-being and sustainability– Joseph E. Stiglitz A country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the standard measure of the total value of all goods and services produced within its borders during a specific […]

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e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ Economists in Sri Lanka: Bribed in Printed US$s e-Con e-News 16-22 March 2025 * Minister Sirisena alleged that Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) had offered him money ‘sufficient for 14 generations  to live in a first world country’ (see ee Random Notes) * • Dear Julie: We’re sure, you consider yourself a […]

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Dilrook Kannangara The world is heading into WW3. It is a matter of when. The only way it can be avoided is if the debt trap trounces them first. It is not the fault of an individual, a nation or a few of them. It is a clash of competing priorities, access to scarce resources, […]

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නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන. දුරකථන 0712063394 1971 ඉපදුනු තෙන්නකෝන් පොලිස්පතිට, රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කිරීමෙන් පසු පොලිස්පති වීමට ඉඩ තිබේද යන්න කාලය විසින් විසඳිය යුතු ප්‍රශ්නයකි…! ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ජනරජයක් වුණේ 1972 මැයි 22 දිනය. ඒ 1970 පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයෙන් බලයට පැමිණි සමඟි පෙරමුණු ආණ්ඩුවේ ගරු සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක […]

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By Afridi Ahmed Courtesy Modern Diplomacy. Tata Motors, India’s leading automobile family, along with DIMO, launched a new range of passenger vehicles (Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles and Electric Vehicles in the country. On 12 March 2025, Tata Motors, India’s leading automobile family, along with DIMO, a Sri Lankan conglomerate and the only authorised distributor […]

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Reported by Prof Manouri Senanayake President, Servants of the Buddha Audience at Maithriya Hall (Based on an oration by Mr Don de Silva to the Servants of the Buddha) The Servants of the Buddha, an organisation that discussed the Buddha’s Teachings on a weekly basis for 104 years, staged its second Annual Oration on Saturday […]

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KELUM BANDARA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, March 24 (Daily Mirror) – Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite broadband services will be on hold in Sri Lanka until it guarantees the right for the government agencies to secure data or communication details in case of issues related to national security, Daily Mirror learns. The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission […]

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