democratic governance, durable peace, and unity in Sri Lanka, which require reinforcement towards reconciliation, a matter of great concern. Given all the above, it is crystal clear that the LLRC has yet to generate the expected outcome of reconciliation...
In Sri Lanka, individuals with disabilities make up approximately 8.7% of the total population, according to the 2012 census. The prevalence of disability is higher among women compared to men, particularly within lower socio-economic groups and rural areas, where access to adequate facilities is ...
“If constitutional reform with consultation and participation by the ethnic and religious minorities becomes a reality, Sri Lanka will be on the road to relegate ethnic conflict to the past, as in Western Europe” ~ (Dr. Jehan Perera,the morning, 5 March 2024). The national question of Sri...
NPP is a movement which has its roots in the grassroots. This bottom-up process gives it solid strength, absolute power, high quality, and profound value. The livelihood of most people in Sri Lanka is agriculture, including plantations, of which rural areas are a part and parcel. Because th...
Sri Lanka’s economy has been governed by Green and Blue or UNP and SLFP/SLPP politicians. However, they failed to establish stable and sustainable economic growth and development, and finally, the economy collapsed in 2022. Parallel to the above, compared with other Asian countries, the perfor...
Sri Lanka is 22 million Lankans + 1 Scot ……… its they who should decide who should rule them. – It’s not for one man, a rotten to the core monumental humbug like Ranil or his worthless hangers-on like Ranga Bandara to decide who should rule the nation. ...
secondary measure, modern Sri Lanka has adopted this carnival-type celebrations in order to galvanize their grassroots on the one hand and self-assess their on strengths and weaknesses on the other. Nevertheless, introspection is not a sign of our political leaders and it has never been so ...
Foreign policy is another area where NPP has to clear some clouds. Once again it is JVP’s past that is creating unnecessary fears among discerning voters. With the Indian Ocean looming large as the regional theatre of a new cold war, and Sri Lanka being strategically placed in it, the ar...
It is not an absence unique to the JVP but figures more in Sri Lanka than it has almost anywhere else. I say this because the same ‘absence’ characterized theLTTEas well. In short, that factor or its radical absence has marred the anti-systemic forces of South and North on the island...
face another hit from the shock waves of recent collapse of two financial megaliths, the Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse. The ripple effects of this collapse are yet to reach the shores of small open economies like Sri Lanka. Once again, no economist or financial wizard predicted this ...