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In many ways, the future of the Myanmar military junta may well lie in the decisions made by the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) as 2022 ends and the two-year anniversary of the coup comes into view.

Dressed in flip-flops, t-shirts and longyi or shorts, many of Myanmar’s Spring Revolution resistance fighters may look rag-tag, yet they pack a punch, committed to live or die fighting.

If she/he would, why don’t tyrants seek election periodically? (no kerena deege hevnallath adai! Even the shadows of a failing marriage are misaligned.) by Usvatte-aratchi I was mightily amused by the demands of several astute political leaders in and outside parliament that president Wickremasinghe uses his constitutional discretionary power and dissolve the parliament, after February […]

By MAHINDA PANAPITIYA Irrigation Engineer who has worked for Mahaweli Project since 80s As originally planned, the present phase of the Mahaweli Project should be focused on social and economic development of the families settled in Mahaweli areas. It could be done by promoting food production in a sustainable way, to gain the return on […]

E-Paper Live 1200 October 14, 2022The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka will procure a significant portion of maize seed requirements in Sri Lanka, targeting the Maha cultivation season. Maize is a staple input in the livestock feed industry and maize-based food items such

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems preserve the biodiversity in their midst

JICA recognizes immediate Maize requirement for the fast-approaching season Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in Sri Lanka, will procure a significant portion of maize seed requirements in Sri Lanka, targeting the Maha cultivation season, To address the immediate needs of the ongoing socio-economic crisis in Sri […]

JICA recognizes immediate Maize requirement for the fast-approaching season To address the immediate needs of the ongoing socio-economic crisis in Sri Lanka, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in the partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka will procure a significant portion of maize seed requirements in Sri Lanka, targeting the Maha...

Sampath Bank recently handed over restored Pubbiliya Wewa, a 45-acre tank in Pubbiliya, Kurunegala District at a ceremony attended by bank officers, members of the executive committee of the local farmers association, villagers, and officials from the Department of Agrarian Development’s Kurunegala District Office. This project involved restoring the tank spill and removing layers of […]

By Prof. Nimal Gunatilleke This is a sequel to my earlier article, titled ‘The Sri Lankan Debt Crisis: A Layman’s Review’, which appeared in two parts on the 01st and 02nd June in The Island Midweek Review and also in the Daily Financial Times on the 06th and 07th June 2022. In the second part […]