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By Ifham Nizam Instead of offers on debt cancellation, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa assured that they would provide more support to Sri Lanka to get out of the economic crisis.The ADB chief was responding to Hemantha Withanage, who was representing the Centre for Environmental Justice (ECJ) on behalf of the NGO Forum on ADB and other civil […]

Tamil Makkal Thesiya Kootan (TMTK) leader CV Wigneswaran in an interview with Tamil Guardian has stated that Sri Lanka should be referred to the International Criminal Court.Stating that the resolution passed against Sri Lanka at the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council session was weak, Wigneswaran slammed the resolution as “insufficient” noting that the […]

The CSSF programme in Sri Lanka is seeking bids for projects addressing challenges associated with conflict dynamics, climate change and livelihoods.

Janashakthi Foundation, the Philanthropic arm of Janashakthi Group, partnered with the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) and YUMA Foundation, to jointly sponsor Sri Lanka’s first Inequality Report. An agreement was signed recently, between the partners by signatories Ramesh Schaffter, Managing Director / Group CEO of Janashakthi Group, Karin Fernando, Acting Executive Director of CEPA and...

Multi-country research commissioned by The Asia Foundation; Study conducted in Sri Lanka by Centre for Poverty Analysis The Asia Foundation convened a multi-country regional meeting in Delhi on March 24 & 25, to discuss optimizing screening and support services for Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Trafficking in Persons (TIP) victims in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal....

Professor Camena Gunaratne has said that there was not enough focus in Sri Lanka on the various national plans on internal trafficking of women into working as sex workers and child labour. She said so at the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA’s) open forum recently that essentially dealt with issues pertaining to victims of human […]

Virtual A UN Food System Pre-Summit Affiliated Session exploring solutions for amplifying the role and contributions of small-scale aquatic food producers for better livelihood outcomes in line with the Summits Action Track 4. Date: Tuesday, 27 July 2021 Time: 19:30-20:20 (CEST) Aquatic food related livelihoods underpin the foundation of sustainable development and achievement of the goals set out in the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 in leaving no one behind. However, aquatic foods a...

When the European Parliament passed a resolution calling for economic sanctions against Sri Lanka, everyone over here sits up and takes notice. For the first time in years, the Government suddenly talks about those Thamil youth detained after the defeat of the LTTE. The Opposition seizes the chance to blame the Government for putting the country under this cloud of sanctions. But those who must seriously worry about direct impact on their lives from a European Union action are the lakhs of garm...

The Bank of Ceylon took the opportunity to join with the Sri Lanka Police Department to extend its support towards “COVID 19 Precaution awareness campaign” in locked-downed areas. The Bank deployed its “Branch on Wheels” mobile banking vehicle in order to provide essential banking services to people in these areas. This service will be following the schedule arranged by the Sri Lanka Police Department to cover the eight currently restricted areas. It was brought to notice that people we...

(Continued from yesterday) The pandemic should have by now encouraged the provision of flexible work hours for older workers. Therefore company structures need to evolve so that younger workers can get promotions while retaining older skilled employees.We cannot afford to have young people without jobs.  Extra income is also crucial to deal with healthcare, transport, living quarters and other essentials that become ever more expensive as people age. The proposal to increase the a...