In the face of an escalating climate crisis, the call for ambitious action has echoed across the globe. Recognizing the urgency of the situation, President Ranil Wickremesinghe of Sri Lanka introduced the Tropical Belt Climate Ambition Plan (TBCAP) at the UN Climate Summit in September 2023. This bold initiative aims to transform the highly biodiverse…
In a powerful address at COP28, Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe urged world leaders to take immediate and decisive action to address the escalating climate crisis. He highlighted the disproportionate impact of climate change on developing countries like Sri Lanka, emphasizing the need for global solidarity and climate justice. President Wickremesinghe called for the establishment…
There has been a growing international condemnation of Sri Lanka’s use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to arrest and detain Tamils. The PTA, a controversial law that has been used to suppress dissent for decades, has been increasingly used against Tamils in recent years, Tamil media report. At least seven Tamils were arrested…
නොච්චියාගම මහජන පුස්තකාලය ස්වයංක්‍රීයකරණය කර, ‘ඩිජිටල් හා ස්වයංක්‍රීය දිස්ත්‍රික්ක ආදර්ශ මහජන පුස්තකාලය’ නමින් ජනතා අයිතියට පැවරීම උතුරු මැද පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාර මහීපාල හේරත් මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පසුගියදා සිදු කෙරිණි. මේ සඳහා ජාතික පුස්තකාල හා ප්‍රලේඛන මණ්ඩලය, එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන, අන්තර්ජාතික සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂණ ආයතනය යන ආයතන අනුග්‍රහය දක්වා ඇත. ලංකාව පුරා මෙවැනි ඩිජිටල් පුස්තකාල 25ක් පිහිටුවා ඇති…
Sri Lanka has made significant progress in resolving its bankruptcy crisis, reaching preliminary debt restructuring agreements with both official and private creditors. These agreements pave the way for the island nation to revive its stalled IMF loan program and secure much-needed financial assistance. The country’s financial woes, culminating in a sovereign debt default in April…
