Promises in Peril
Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s meteoric rise to the presidency in Sri Lanka has been followed by a sobering realisation: the promises made during a campaign in the heat of a national crisis are far easier to make than to keep.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s meteoric rise to the presidency in Sri Lanka has been followed by a sobering realisation: the promises made during a campaign in the heat of a national crisis are far easier to make than to keep.
Fresh off his last month's India visit, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Wednesday launched the 'Clean Sri Lanka' national programme, which aims to create a morally and environmentally sustainable nation.
Having said that, India and Sri Lanka are still in contention for the second finalist. The two Asian countries are at the third and fourth place in the standings, with Sri Lanka set to host the Aussies for a two-match Test rubber.
Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu, along with two ICC Women’s T20 World Cup finalists - Melie Kerr and Laura Wolvaardt - and Ireland batter Orla Prendergast, has been nominated for the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year for 2024.
The 2024 edition of the bilateral naval exercise between India and Sri Lanka, SLINEX 24, was held from December 17 to 20 at Visakhapatnam under the auspices of the Eastern Naval Command.
A breakaway faction supported his chief opponent, Dullas Alahaperuma, who till recently served as information minister in the Rajapaksa government.
Tents of protestors are being dismantled by the armed security personnel outside the premises of the Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat.
Other posthumously published writings by Shelley had an even longer gestation period — some of his most potent prose was unknown well into the 20th century.
Downside risks about which the IMF had previously warned have now materialized” Ms Georgiva said this to a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank Governors in Indonesia.
In his next 45 years as a ruling or opposition leader, Mr Wickremesinghe was known as erudite but arrogant, and rich but relatively uncorrupt.
