Archive for April 13th, 2026

Crisis in Sri Lanka and the World

Monday, April 13th, 2026

Asoka Bandarage Colonial and Neoliberal Origins: Ecological and Collective Alternatives About this book https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783111203454/html?lang=en Now in Paperback This book provides a broad picture of Sri Lanka’s on-going political and economic crisis as the culmination of several centuries of colonial and neo-colonial developments. The book presents the Sri Lankan crisis as an exemplification of a broader […]

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What we need today: An Employment Creation Programme that also provides what we import

Monday, April 13th, 2026

by Garvin Karunaratne I enclose a write upon the Youth Self Employment Programme of Bangladesh, I initiated in Bangladesh which has now grown to international level. The Youth Self Employment Programme of Bangladesh, a Programme that has created three million youth entrepreneurs in four decades. by Garvin Karunaratne It all happened in the Bangladesh Secretariat, […]

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Dutch East India Company (VOC) issued several Placaaten (decrees or edicts) in 1711 and 1732 to suppress Buddhism and Hinduism labeling them as “cannibal-faiths”.

Monday, April 13th, 2026

Senaka Weeraratna During the Dutch colonial period in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the Dutch East India Company (VOC) issued several Placaaten (decrees or edicts) designed to suppress non-Protestant religions, including Buddhism and Hinduism, with particularly severe actions taken in the 1710s and 1730s.  https://share.google/aimode/aCJIYyh6eZ13ncrN5 AI Overview ……………………………………. see also https://share.google/aimode/FZOdytx302xHxZLUx Several repressive placaarts (official proclamations) were […]

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The visit of a Persian Delegation to the Kingdom of Kandy in 1679

Monday, April 13th, 2026

Senaka Weeraratna @SenakaWeeraratna 0 seconds ago Christopher Schweitzer was a German serving in the Dutch forces in Ceylon. The voyage of Christopher Schweitzer from Wurtenberg, Germany who spent time in Ceylon in the 1670s has left an interesting account.  While in Ceylon between 1676 – 1682 Schweitzer refers to the visit of a Persian Delegation […]

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India:  Assam electorates record impressive polling turnout  

Monday, April 13th, 2026

Nava Thakuria After Assam, Keralam and Puducherry (union territory), the State legislative assembly elections are knocking at the doors of  Tamil Nadu and West Bengal in the second half of April 2026. Meanwhile, the millions of voters have shown an extraordinary commitment to electoral politics as they participated in the largely peaceful single-phase assembly polls […]

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ICC is duty bound to uphold Spirit of Cricket aka Natural Justice and apply these principles of fairness to provide relief to the true inventor of Player Referral (DRS)

Monday, April 13th, 2026

Source: AI Overview ICC is duty bound to uphold and promote the ‘ Spirit of Cricket’. ‘ Natural Justice ‘ is a cardinal component of the latter. ICC is mandated by its fundamentals to resolve the dispute on the ownership of Player Referral (DRS) Intellectual Property by invoking Natural Justice principles rather than misleading legal […]

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NDB disco-Digital Promise, Institutional Failure: Lessons from the NDB Crisis

Monday, April 13th, 2026

Dr Sarath Obeysekera The recent recognition of NDB Bank as a top performer at Euromoney 2026, prominently featured in the Sunday papers, painted a picture of strength, resilience, and institutional excellence. Yet, within days, the public has been confronted with deeply troubling revelations of alleged fraud within the same institution. This stark contrast between celebrated […]

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The Lull Before the Storm: Why the Islamabad Collapse Signals Global Catastrophe.

Monday, April 13th, 2026

Desert Wanderer  … with  highlighting imposed by The  Editor, Thuppahi SEE https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/08/ceasefire-deal-iran-us-israel-war-trump/  The negotiations in Islamabad have ended without an agreement. Rather than engaging in genuine diplomacy, the United States attempted to bully the Iranian negotiators into accepting their demands unconditionally or facing annihilation. JD Vance proved to be a big disappointment in this regard; the negotiations in Pakistan […]

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President on Ditwah recovery: All that glitters in the Treasury is not debt-free

Monday, April 13th, 2026

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made two related claims about the government’s financing of LKR 500 billion for Cyclone Ditwah recovery : (1) it was from an existing Treasury [cash] balance of LKR 1,200 billion (or LKR 1.2 trillion), and (2) it was not drawn from borrowing or money printing. To assess […]

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