Justice C.G. Weeramantry was bestowed Sri Lankabhimanya , the highest National Honour of Sri Lanka in 2007. Justice Weeramantry also won the UNESCO Peace Education Prize in 2006 and the Right Livelihood Award in 2007, considered alternative Nobel Prize. …

I am one who managed to get through my education without having to go to tuition classes. However today in the Sri Lankan context, it is almost a…

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices March 11, 2010 S ri Lanka is a constitutional, multiparty republic with a population estimated at 21 million. President Mahinda Rajapaksa, elected in 2005, and the parliament, elected in 2004, both for six-year terms, share constitutional power. The government is …

End Witch Hunt Against the Media and NGOs Full text of Joint Press Release…

U S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented the Women of Courage award to Sri Lanka’s Jansila Majeed at a ceremony held at the US State Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 10. Majeed was among 10 …

by S. Skandakumar H on Minister,past and present Principals of our revered institution, our eminent guests of honour, the Principal of Ladies College and …

By Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha A mongst the many sticks used to beat me and the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka now is the claim that we have abandoned our commitment to the …

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by Suwendrani Jayaratne, Research Assistant and Anushka Wijesinha, Research Officer – IPS

The India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISFTA) which was signed in 1998 marked an important milestone in India-Sri Lanka relations paving the way to [...]

by Jehan Perera T he opening of the road to Jaffna was one of the dividends of the Presidential Election. It illustrated the benefits that …

There are different but no doubt interrelated issues that I am trying to address in this blog to try to arrive at rational and logical thought, in order to make an appropriate recommendation with regard to killing…

“You never see it comin’ till it’s gone” – ‘Falling & Flyin’, Jeff Bridges in ‘Crazy Heart’ Seeing it comin’: Will the Tamils silently celebrate…

by S. Sivatahasan A mong the war devastated to be rehabilitated, the displaced of Wanni are a category apart. Battered by cruel fate, they evoke our sympathy and call for proactive support. War was traumatizing. Embargoes impoverished them…

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We think a lot about network effects: the positive externalities caused by greater connectivity. A telephone network with 100 subscribers offers 99 calling opportunities whereas one with 10 subscribers offers only 9. [...]

by Namini Wijedasa T he government of Mahinda Rajapaksa has from the beginning of his term as president conducted a love-hate relationship with local and international NGOs. Publicly, it has been more hate than love. NGOs are constantly – and conveniently – accused of a flood …

by Namini Wijedasa P resident Mahinda Rajapaksa has summoned parliament on Tuesday – a month after its dissolution – to allow for the extension of the state of emergency. The president was acting well within the ambit of the constitution which states that he may summon parliament after …

by Muttukrishna Sarvananthan [ii] 1. Introduction S ri Lanka is, slowly but surely, emerging out of a vicious civil war that has lasted over twenty-five years (July 1983 – May 2009); armed conflict since 1972; and the conflict per se ever since independence in 1948. The amount of human, material, environmental and psychological…

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Makes eminent sense for a telco operating in the Gulf and in Sri Lanka to offer mpayment services. Also makes eminent sense to abolish excessive roaming charges within countries they operate in, like [...]

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The colloquium was conducted by Nalaka Gunawardena.
The colloquium began by Nalaka explaining the big picture; Climate change and energy use.  Global warming is not new but the rate of global warming is. There is [...]

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By Sunimalee Madurawala, Research Officer – IPS

In recent months Sri Lanka’s health sector has come under heavy scrutiny, in particular, the provision of pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines. Provision of high quality medicines in [...]

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