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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...