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By Prof. Samitha Hettige Diwali or the festival of light is seen as celebrating a bumper harvest following the arrival of the monsoon. It is celebrated for few days during the last weeks of October mainly by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs (by illuminating their places of association). Some sociologists   interpret the celebrations as “victory of...

By Prof. Samitha Hettige The Sri Lanka Army celebrated its 73rd anniversary on 10th October. Throughout the years the SLA as an organization has acted for the good of the country. Fidel Castro of Cuba blamed the one who fires the first shot for the destruction caused in a conflict. SL security analysts since 1948...

By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lanka’s private sector would have about five years to get ready to supply goods and services to the Colombo Port City, Sweden-based economist, Kasun Kariyawasam, said at a seminar on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), organized by the Asia Progress Forum on Monday. Kariyawasam said the Port City would need […]

By Prof. Samitha Hettige The Hatton National Bank opened its Sri Jayawardenepura (Kotte) branch in the early 1990s. Media advertisements announcing the event included a poem from the historic “Selalihini Sandeshaya” in which Sri Jayawardenepura was referred to as the city of rich Buddhists (Ref. Media). The city became a rich economic hub along the...

By Prof. Samitha Hettige Sri Lanka approaching the IMF and the World Bank and the recommendations which followed indicating SL should work closely with China is being widely discussed at present. Bangladesh which supported SL during the recent months is the latest South Asian nation to approach the IMF for assistance to recover from the...

SJB Parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne says the SJB will support the government hoping that it will follow the right policies. Addressing a press conference at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition in Colombo on Sunday, MP Wickramaratne said that it was a positive sign that the government had already appointed international advisers to work […]

Govt. to provide monthly assistance package – official By Ifham Nizam  Plans are underway to assist an average needy family of  four with a monthly package of Rs. 15,000, a senior adviser to President Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday, adding that the move was expected to help ameliorate the plight of nearly 65,000 families. Food Security […]

By Chaminda Silva MP Sarath Fonseka’s call for people to join anti-government protests was not a decision taken by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), party MP J.C Alawathuwala said. The SJB believed that they had to help President Ranil Wickremesinghe stabilise the country, economically and politically, he said. MP Alawathuwala said the President must be […]

By Prof. Samitha Hettige Botanists refer to “Kurukkan” or “Filler Millet” as “Eleusine coracana”. Some in SL refer to the late DM, DA and their Rajapaksa clan as the Kurahan clan because of the colour of the shawl they wear. Presidents Mahinda and Gotabaya managed to make their marks in SL history by leading the...

By Prof. Samitha Hettige Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were in Madrid, Spain discussing challenges it faces in the new world order. Spain is famous for Bull fighting where a brave man uses a red cloth to confuse/annoy a bull. NATO seems to be like a confused bull running amok seeing the...