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Middle-income misnomer
Sri Lanka was promoted to upper-middle-income status soon after the end of the battle against terrorisn. Now the country has been downgraded — as of 2019 — to lower-middle-income status. It is the best admission yet that the 2014 upgrading was misguided. A country recovering from a searing crisis — a debilitating battle against terrorism that sapped it of its resources...
22 May, 2022
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Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka
At a time, the cynosure of all eyes is on the chair of the Prime Minister, today, May 22, 2022, the island nation sail past the 50th anniversary of becoming a Democratic Socialist Republic and change of the country’s name from ‘Ceylon’ to ‘Sri Lanka.’ This article reflects on the times and lives of the Prime Ministers who have served the nation. On May 12, 2022, one of...
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Victory Day - 13 years on
War crimes allegations - Govt machinery could have performed better - Dr. Palitha Kohona
The scourge of LTTE terrorism was wiped out from Sri Lanka by the Security Forces in 2009, proving to the world in no uncertain terms that terrorism can be eliminated if there is a will. Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to China Dr. Palitha Kohona was the Foreign Secretary at the time. When the country marked this historical event, 13 years of bringing peace to all communities on...
22 May, 2022 0
National Council needed to address current issues - S.M. Chandrasena
Former Minister of Lands S.M. Chandrasena said that as proposed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, it is more appropriate to have a National Council to address the current issues faced by the country. The former Minister in an interview with the Sunday Observer said when a National Council is formed, all political party leaders can become stakeholders and formulate a...
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