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By Ifham Nizam The European Union Ambassador yesterday assured that the EU would consider granting Sri Lanka assistance vis-a-vis the impact of climate emergency and other related environmental issues. He gave this assurance when he met Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera and other senior officials, including Secretary to the Ministry Dr. Anil Jasinghe. The focus of the discussion was on the introduction of new technologies for agriculture and tackling water scarcity. EU Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives, Dennis Chaibi, said that the new technology used by European countries to mitigat...

The Writing Is On The Wall, But The Tamil Parties Aren’t Reading It On December 18 th, the evening’s television newscasts showed the Minister for Public Security and the State Minister for Provincial Councils addressing a packed hall of uniformed Civil Defense Force personnel in the sensitive, Sinhala-majority district of Ampara in the multiethnic Eastern Province and swearing a solemn oath (“sapatha kara kiyanawa”) that the “system of Provincial Councils” (“Palaath Sabha kramaya”) will be done away with, not least because its very existence, with the capacity of nine Provinci...

Expert Prof. Malik Peiris highlights a gamut of issues at APACPH annual conferenceView(s): From left: Prof. Indika Karunathilake; Prof. Vajira H.W. Dissanayake; Dr. Sunil De Alwis; Dr. RaziaPendse; and Prof. M.C. Weerasinghe at the inauguration, listening to Prof. Malik Peiris. The science came first and then a beautiful image of earth, riveting the eminent audience physically present in the Lotus Room of the BMICH in Colombo on Tuesday and joining virtually from around 40 countries. The image had been taken from one of the Apollo flights from near the surface of the moon, showing the earth...