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President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that immediate measures are being taken to create an investment-friendly environment in Sri Lanka and create economic stability. The President said this addressing the gathering at the Mireka Tower Opening Ceremony at Havelock City in Wellawatte Thursday (20), where he was the Chief Guest. The President also said that laws that. ....
By Sumi Moonesinghe narrated to Savitri Rodrigo Believing strongly in the Premadasa ideology of sustainable development long before it became a buzzword, I began working even more closely with him once he was elected President. I had erected a statue in memory of Dr. C W W Kannangara, the Father of Free Education in Sri […] ....
Posted on April 7th, 2021 KAMALIKA PIERIS Philip Gunawardene returned to Sri Lanka in 1932 after ten hectic years abroad. Of all the socialist politicians in the island, Philip Gunawardene is the only politician to have had close contact with socialist movements abroad, observed Ananda Meegama. He had met with revolutionaries and freedom fighters in four continents. Philip said he has associated with socialists of different brands from pale pink to dark red in various parts of the world. His father got to know something of his son’s activities when Queen’s Counsel R.L. Pereira returned from New York. Pereira had watched a massive demonstration by the Hotel Workers ....
Posted on March 8th, 2021 KAMALIKA PIERIS One of Philip’s great success stories was potato farming in Nuwara Eliya. This had been tried before and failed. The MEP government wrote off the debt on this failed attempt and tried again with better seed potatoes. The trial was a complete success, and a potato research station was established in Rahangala. In 1957 Philip reported that sugar cane production was begun on a large scale in Kantalai. This was the first time that lift irrigation on a large scale was being used in Sri Lanka. In 1958 Philip reported that the sugar factory was also coming up. ....