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In 3 Northern districts Gotabaya’s 100,000 job programme is filled with handpicked loyalists

Member of parliament of Northern province Mannar district, Rishad Bathiudeen has complained to president Gotabaya Rajapaksa that his 100,000 job programme is being politicised....

The world’s 2,153 billionaires are richer than 4.6 billion people, says Oxfam

Image courtesy of wealthygorilladotcom. By Marc Daniel Davies/ Bloomberg. The world’s richest 1% have more than twice the wealth of the rest of humanity combined, according...

Sri Lanka budget 2019:Is the money going to the right place? – Shivani de Zylva

On the 5th of March, a long-delayed Budget was presented in Parliament by the Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera. While this delay is indicative...

Inequality and its Persistence in Jaffna – Ahilan Kadirgamar

Image: A  house of a ex-female cadre in Vanni, 2016. Inequality is now one of the most internationally researched and debated social issues. Rising income...

Sri Lankans driven to suicide by exorbitant debt repayments

Image: A protest in Kilinochchi last June against the micro-finance system. By Saman Gunadasa (28 March 2019 /WSW) According to a March 17 report in Sri Lanka’s Observer...

Recommendations made by the Treaty Bodies and Special Procedure Mandate Holders are being implemented, Sri Lanka tells UNHRC 40.

Image: The UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky in Colombo. Statement by HE Mr. A. L. A. Azeez Ambassador /...

Sri Lanka: Generational Challenges of Northern Reconstruction – Ahilan Kadirgamar

Image: A rusted bicycle standing idle by the Jaffna lagoon, April 2018. © S. Deshapriya. ( Daily Mirror 18.02.19) A decade after the war, the North continues...

Post-war development: New direction needed for north, says new study

Image: Post-war development centered on building infrastructure etc has failed. A study commissioned by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka urges a fresh approach to address post-war...

Five reasons why Sri Lanka is not a real democracy

Eranda Ginige. The real meaning of independence is the freedom we the people of this land gained from the British Empire. What we must really...

Urgent steps needed to uplift up-country Tamil community in Sri Lanka

Image:  Majority of the up country Tamils are working in Tea plantations. (c).deshapriya.  Up-Country People (26) 08. The community, primarily Tamils of an oppressed caste from...

Sri Lanka: More Poverty in Four Districts Including 3 Tamil Districts

The Districts of Mullaitivu, Moneragala, Mannar and Batticaloa had a higher rate of poverty in comparison with others, Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute...
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An attempt to cover up epidemic information in Sri Lanka: Warning letter issued by the Health Secretary – FMM

Warning letter issued by the Secretary of Health to all health departments and officials The Secretary to the Ministry of Health has issued a warning...
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Sri Lankan children are at high risk of Covid 19 – Guidelines for children above age two on wearing face masks

Children are now at grave risk from the coronavirus in Sri Lanka, health officials warned today. Public Health Inspectors (PHI) Association Secretary M. Baalasooriya has...

Sri Lanka police to prosecute two main opposition parties over anti-portcity protests!

Opposition claims Covid health guidelines followed during protests DGHS’ health guidelines, Quarantine Ordinance, Penal Code violated: DIG Ajith Rohana Port City Law will...

“You talk about Eelam but Port city is a “Cheelam” where you don’t have jurisdictions over that territory” – M.A. Sumanthiran (MP)

Before I commence my comments on the Bill  I must place on record our protest at having this debate at a time like...