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, by KADIRGAMAR Ahilan
Since the end of the war, Sri Lanka’s economy is being transformed through a rapid process of financialisation. Such widespread financialisation facilitated infrastructure development, a real estate boom linked to urbanisation and expansion of credit leading to increasing indebtedness of the (…)
"For over three decades, Sri Lanka’s Catholic clergy risked—and lost—their lives defending the oppressed. From the bloody ethnic riots of 1983 to the final days of the civil war in 2009, priests and nuns who spoke against human rights violations faced brutal consequences. Through previously (…)
, by KANDEEPAN Suganya
The current economic crisis cannot be resolved by households or social institutions alone, and loans are not the solution. The Government should introduce livelihood and income stabilisation programs to help people escape the debt trap. It should also leverage cooperatives to create markets and (…)
, by SATKUNANATHAN Ambika
As FATF has pointed out, blanket and arbitrary measures can drive financial flows underground, thereby undermining the entire purpose of the FATF standards and instead increase terror financing risks
"Two entities play a visible and critical role in State attempts to place repressive controls (…)
, by JAYASINGHE Pasan, WEDAGEDARA Amali
The National People’s Power (NPP) has made history. With its unprecedented, record-breaking electoral victory at the general election of 2024, the NPP has succeeded in engineering popular dissent towards comprehensive regime change. Its parliamentary super majority has been secured on the back (…)
“She enjoyed the rare privilege of living a meaningful life through her dedication to organising the working class for the liberation of the working class and humanity,” remarked Dan Gallin, a prominent intellectual in the international trade union movement and a former President of the Global (…)
, by ALPHONSUS Mimi
Sri Lanka’s prisons are holding more than double the number of prisoners they have capacity for and as a result prisoners are suffering under atrocious conditions. The vast majority are remand prisoners, also known as pre-trial detainees. They are unconvicted, not yet found guilty, but forced to (…)
, by The Island
The government will allocate Rs. 100 per child to provide breakfast to more than 155,000 preschool children from Jan. 2025, a government spokesperson announced on Thursday.
Speaking to journalists in Colombo, Cabinet Spokesperson and Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said (…)
, by Daily FT
Following is a statement by Yukthi, calling for economic policies that lead to a process of sustainable development that uplifts working people. It opposes a return to high-interest international capital markets, which have already created an intolerable burden for the people
On 13 December (…)
, by CHAMARA Sumudu, MADURANGA Kalpa
Protection Union’s Gen. Secy. Kalpa Maduranga points out that ‘domestic workers being excluded from Nat’l Minimum Wage Act, is an act of modern slavery’ that ‘excludes them from EPF, ETF, gratuity, maternity benefits’
Despite being represented by tens of thousands of workers, Sri Lanka’s (…)
, by PERERA SaSanka
To prove that degrees, per se, are worthless. Often, they are honorifics of true scientists or learned scholars or inspired teachers. Much more frequently they are false faces for overeducated jackasses.’ – Robert A. Heinlein
It is the above quote that came to mind when witnessing the barrage (…)
, by Front Line Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)
Finance ministry of Sri Lanka has issued a statement on the 14th of December that it has successfully negotiated and signed a deal with the ISB holders. Statement further states that 98% of the ISB holders agreed and current bonds will replace with new bonds to commence the restructuring (…)
, by The Island
Over 300,000 Sri Lankans have gone abroad for employment this year by Dec. 13, according to Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE).
About 300,162 Sri Lankans have left for foreign employment and among them are 177,804 males and 122,358 females, the SLBFE said..
Kuwait is the leading (…)
, by UYANGODA Jayadeva
The topic of inter-ethnic reconciliation has returned to Sri Lanka’s current political debate due to two reasons. The first the outcome of recently held parliamentary election which saw the emergence of National People’s Power (NPP) as a formidable political force in the Northern and Eastern (…)
The Central Bank (CBSL) Governor’s sanguine assurances about Sri Lanka’s debt sustainability ring hollow in the face of Sri Lanka’s impending foreign exchange obligations. While the recently signed International Sovereign Bond (ISB) restructuring agreement is touted as a panacea, the reality (…)
, by JOACHIM Michael
Malayagam women are one of the ethnic minority groups who have immensely contributed to the economy of this country for the last 200 years. However, they are also among those who have endured all forms of violence, including the worst forms of structural and political violence. They made history (…)
, by The Island
The Millers’ Mafia has won another battle, a very decisive one at that. It has been able to coerce the mighty NPP government into increasing the maximum retail prices (MRPs) of all varieties of rice except keeri samba by Rs. 10. By opting for an upward price revision, the government has (…)
, by ROZAIS Naveed
The 200-year legacy of the Malaiyaga Tamil community in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is renowned for its incredible cultural diversity and pluralism – the result of a long history shaped by various ethnicities, languages, and religions. It is this cultural diversity, coupled with our incredible (…)
, by RUBATHESEN S.
South-based party accurately gauges northern sentiment and secures victory. While north-based Tamil parties neglected the socio-economic issues of the people, especially the marginalised sections, the Sunday Times journalist S. Rubathesen analyses how the NPP made inroads into northern politics, (…)
, by PERERA Amantha
Social media has usurped the traditional media’s influence in Sri Lankan politics, particularly after the Aragalaya – and even any improvement in media freedom under the new NPP government cannot solve the industry’s entrenched problems
“LISTEN TO THE SONG,” was my mother’s advice on how to (…)
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