report in Prothom Alo, Dec 26, 2023Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday urged the United States (US) to impose visa sanctions on those who are impeding the next general elections. “It is a widely circulated announcement of the US that it will impose restrictions on the people creating barrier to holding the elections and apply those. To this end, we are seeking attention to the visiting five-member US delegation, including NDI (National…
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By Norman Palihawadane in The Island, Sept 10, 2023Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith says that even though many including the Church authorities were unaware of imminent terror attacks on Easter Sunday 2019, almost 15,000 other persons had prior knowledge of it according to the reports of the Special Presidential Commission. Addressing Holy Mass celebrating the blessing of marble structures of the 12 apostles gifted by people of Brechia, Italy to St Sebastian Church at Katuwapitiya,…
by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Morning, June 26, 2023The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday (25) stated that they have no knowledge of any impending Cabinet reshuffle, despite reports that one would take place once President Ranil Wickremesinghe returns to the island today (26). It was recently reported that the President, who was on an official visit to the United Kingdom and France, is expected to reshuffle the Cabinet of Ministers in the coming…
by Sangam Prasain & Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, June 20, 2023Nepal is staring at stagflation, a scenario where an economy faces high inflation, low growth and high unemployment—all at the same time, economists said on Monday. Nepal’s efforts to stamp out a surge in inflation have slowed the economic growth rate sharply. At the start of the current fiscal year, the government had pompously declared that the economy would grow by an astounding…