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ICCPR, Rabat Plan of Action and Sri Lanka
This AI-generated article presents facts that are crucial to analyse the present context related to ICCPR in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka, one best places to travel
This year, Forbes listed the country as one of the “The 23 Best Places To Travel Around The World In 2023.” And
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Politics
Power politics and elections before people
Ajith Parakum Jayasinghe In political terms, 2023 can be either an election year or a year of ‘Aragala’ agitations. Whatever
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Where is justice for child victims in Sri Lanka? Three stories for adults
This article analyzes three issues that can be read in parallel. In particular, it analyzes the practical problems with the lack of justice for children in Sri Lanka who are victims of violence or abuse. It also questions the deep slumber of three government institutions that should be functioning for that purpose.
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News
Are more Sri Lankans leaving the country?
Media Spokesperson of the Department of Immigration and Emigration, Deputy Controller, Piyumi Bandara, said, reported by The Island. She said
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Economy
How Sri Lanka became the island of a thousand errors
You can only have a foreign exchange shortage if you’re trying to fix the price of that foreign exchange. A government that doesn’t know this … well, perhaps we shouldn’t be all that surprised that they’re also having problems with debt
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My life that is not entirely mine
This is the first of a series of writings on our life. We all like alike to peep into others lives through wicket gates. I like to watch the inside views of houses on roadsides during my evening bus rides. We cannot see the house interiors during the daytime due to light contrast. In the darkness outside, the illuminate open houses expose the family lives to curious people who sit near tall windows of buses. I am not particularly eager to put curtains to cover the doors and windows of my house, but my wife insists on them.
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Politics
What is Sri Lanka’s deal with Zuberi
Central Bank of Sri Lanka, governed by Ajith Nivard Cabral, in 2014 paid a US agent a massive US $8.5
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Is it right to obtain a foreign loan of $ 2.5 billion for petroleum?
Obtaining the massive US $ 2.5 billion foreign loan for CPC is like pumping petrol to one’s car with borrowed money that you have no way to pay back. Unfortunately, much of the benefits of these loans go to the rich while the poor have to shoulder the debt burden equally.
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IMF Alternate Executive Director position that Prof. W.D. Lakshman rejected
In his Zoom press briefing, the outgoing Governor said that he had declined a lucrative offer from IMF to accept the post of Alternate Executive Director, due to his policies and principles. The background of the academic shows that he was a Marxist who even held the post of Chairman of the leftist Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) of Sri Lanka.
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