Dec 31, 2024 · Photo courtesy of akd In 2024 Sri Lanka elected its first leftist head of state and government, giving rise to hope that the system change desired by its citizens would become a reality in the future. The new leaders promised to wipe out corruption and put the bankrupt country onto a stable path. Groundviews carried

Jan 1, 2025 · In mid-November last year the National People’s Power (NPP) centre left coalition won a landslide victory in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election after its leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was voted president in September….

Jan 9, 2025 · Photo courtesy of WWD. Meta’s decision to completely dismantle its fact checking programme with immediate effect will result in the accelerated abuse of the company’s technologies. This abuse will invariably lead to the loss of life, adding to the blood already on Mark Zuckerberg’s hands. This reading is neither fatuous nor false and is simply the forward projection of what the Global ...

The discussion surrounding the potential adoption of nuclear energy by Sri Lanka has gained traction in recent months. The NPP government has expressed support for integrating nuclear energy into the country’s long…

Oct 24, 2024 · Photo courtesy of The Conversation As defined by the United Nations International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), a child is any person under the age of 18. This period of life for any child is supposed to be marked by safety, love and development. However for many children, these formative years are

Nov 16, 2024 · Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera Sri Lanka stands on the brink of a transformative era. The National People’s Power (NPP), under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has secured a historic two thirds majority in parliament. This unprecedented victory transcends a mere political win; it signifies a collective yearning for hope, unity and a

Jan 22, 2025 · Photo courtesy of AP I make poems constantly about oddities and offenses in American political practice, how one president sent bombs, jets, and drones for use by a rogue state and its murderous army, while his successor decrees death for crimes including killing a police officer, while pardoning even most violent offenders of

Nov 20, 2024 · Photo courtesy of UNHCR. Hundreds of thousands of terrified Rohingya refugees flooded onto the beaches and paddy fields of southern Bangladesh in August 2017.When the refugees – almost 60 per cent of whom were children – poured across the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh, they related accounts of the unspeakable violence …

Oct 17, 2024 · The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) publishes official poverty statistics based on the Official Poverty Line (OPL) in Sri Lanka. These statistics include the number of people living in poverty, the poverty rate (or Poverty Headcount Index), the depth and severity of poverty, the poverty shortfall and the distribution of poverty across sectors, provinces and districts.

Jun 20, 2024 · Photo courtesy of AP Today is World Refugee Day In 2023, the number of refugees and asylum seekers (those with pending refugee applications) in the world increased about 8.75% from 45.9 million to 50.3 million, according to statistics of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). But Sri Lanka’s contribution to address this increasing global