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Year: 2025
The Palmyrah Profile
The Palmyrah Profile The first dominant sign of Jaffna peninsula is immune to change. In fact, such a transformation is simply unthinkable. Those towering trees stretch across the landscape. Just as the slender trunks and sweeping fronds of the coconut define the South, the Palmyrah stands tall in the North, with its fan-shaped leaves and rugged, column-like trunks. The Palmyrah are far more than just scenery. They are part and parcel of the northern region’s economy, culture, and daily life. The latest data reveal that total exports from the Palmyrah…
Read MoreConcessions and credibility
Concessions and credibility Last week, the Minister of Foreign Affairs announced that a delegation of European Union (EU) representatives is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka next week to assess the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) tax concessions granted to the country. The EU is Sri Lanka’s second-largest trading partner. It goes without saying that for dollar-strapped Sri Lanka, the GSP+ concessions scheme is a vital economic lifeline. According to the Institute of Policy Studies, in 2023, Sri Lanka exported goods worth $ 3.63 billion to the EU and…
Read MoreConstitutional Reform for a Stable Sri Lanka
Constitutional Reform for a Stable Sri Lanka Constitutional reform has been a consistent demand of the citizens of Sri Lanka, most of whom firmly oppose an all-powerful president who is free of the checks and balances imposed by a strong parliament. Successive presidents have pledged to abolish the executive presidency only to renege on that promise once they were elected to power. However, since the presidential system was introduced by J.R. Jayewardene in 1978, it has consistently failed to deliver the political stability, economic prosperity and stable peace that the…
Read More7M persons to take part in wild animal census
7M persons to take part in wild animal census By Naalir Jamaldeen Nearly 7 million people are expected to take part in the census scheduled to be conducted on the wild animal population on 15 March, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:05 a.m. The required sheets have already been distributed to almost every household across all Grama Niladhari divisions in the country, said G.G.V. Shyamali, Additional Director General of Development at the Department of Agriculture, on Friday (14). Shyamali also made an appeal to the people of the country to extend…
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