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.
Several dramatic videos have been doing the rounds on social media after Saturday's upheaval where thousands of protesters stormed his official residence in the capital of Colombo, forcing him to flee to an unknown location.
As per reports, he has been communicating with Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, who announced late Saturday night that the President would resign on Wednesday.
The think tank also said that China's economic help to Sri Lanka was mostly a plan to get political and security leverage against India, and move forward with its expansionist goals along the Indian Ocean Rim.
Several gunshots were heard being fired in the air and police unsuccessfully used tear gas to ward off protestors who surrounded the presidential residence.
Without gasoline, all national transportation has been suspended for the past two weeks, and an island in the Indian Ocean is essentially under lockdown.
