Sunday Observer

5 February, 2023 0

President pledges in address to the Nation

Strong foundation laid to become developed country by 2048

Sri Lanka can become a developed country by 2048 if all Sri Lankans work and move forward in a united and planned manner envisioning peace and reconciliation, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday. In an address to the Nation delivered last night, President Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka has the potential to become a developed country which does not beg from any other nation.“True freedom...

5 February, 2023 0

34,000 teacher appointments before next school term

The Education Ministry will recruit 26,000 new graduate teachers and 8,000 Science College teachers before the start of the new school term in March,said Education Minister Susil Premajayantha.Minister Premajayantha had obtained special permission for this program from a Cabinet Review Committee chaired by the Secretary to the Prime Minister. Graduates in Government Service, under 40, are eligible to apply...

5 February, 2023 0

January expenditure exceeds income twofold

President Ranil Wickremesinghe who is also the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilisation and National Policy has told the Cabinet that the State’s expenditure should be further limited as spending had been more than double its income last month.The President said that it is difficult for the Treasury to bear the expenses apart from Government employee salaries, pensions, welfare, medicines and debt...

5 February, 2023 0

Follow Modi’s India

What is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trick? Some wag said it was intestinal fortitude. But it’s not just that, crudely put or otherwise. He has got what Kenneth Galbraith referred to as a functioning anarchy, to function.He had accomplished this while neighbour Sri Lanka in the 75th year since independence is reeling from an economic meltdown. Not that the rest of the neighbourhood is doing that well...

5 February, 2023 0

JVP lacks international relations and capacity to rebuild nation

Former JVP Presidential candidate Nandana Gunathilake

In an interview with the Sunday Observer, former JVP Presidential candidate (1999) and current Panadura Urban Council Chairman and UNP organiser Nandana Gunathilake said the voters are not deceived by the JVP’s rhetoric on the political stage and the party also does not have a viable policy on national issues. It also does not have the international relations to rebuild a country, Gunathilake added....

5 February, 2023 0

President on IMF bail out package and economic management

During the past week President Ranil Wickremesinghe personally got involved in the arrangements made to celebrate the 75th Independence Day celebrations on a grand scale.The President laid emphasis on activities such as getting the IMF bailout package and economic management. The President also focused attention on the Government Policy Statement to be made when Parliament reconvenes on February 8.As usual...

5 February, 2023 0

Rumesh Ratnayake bails out Sri Lanka ahead of ‘gigantic World Cup’

One of the island’s finest ambassadors of sport, Rumesh Ratnayake, came to the rescue of a troubled Sri Lanka Cricket administration to bail them out just in time ahead of the women’s T20 World Cup commencing on February 8 in South Africa.Ratnayake will be the coach of the team in the 10-nation championship that will showcase modern women whose technique and style of play is no different from their male...

5 February, 2023 0

Independence Day celebrations, a fillip for tourism - Hotels Association Chief

The celebration of Independence Day on February 4 despite the economic crisis will have a positive impact on Sri Lanka’s global tourism destination marketing image, said President the Hotels Association of Sri Lanka, M. Shanti Kumar.Sri Lanka has been generating huge negative publicity recently with the ouster of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa due to violent street protests and subsequently a change of...