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Governance in SL diagnosed as grave

report in Daily FT, Oct 2, 2023The first-ever Governance Diagnostic Assessment (GDA) on Sri Lanka compiled by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed widespread systematic and severe governance weaknesses and corruption vulnerabilities across State functions, with particular macroeconomic impact. The report stressed the appalling status impacted budget credibility; expenditure control; public investment management and control of spending); public procurement; management and oversight of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs); transparency of revenue policy and the integrity of…

UN Rapporteur Report Spotlights Islamic Emirate Edicts Regarding Women:

By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, June 16, 2023 at 10:53 PMA report authored by the UN special rapporteur for Afghanistan Richard Bennett, and the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, indicated “widespread and systematic discrimination to which women and girls in Afghanistan are subjected.” According to the report, between September 2021 and May 2023, more than 50 edicts were issued regarding women and girls by the Islamic Emirate, which has “deprived Afghan women…

Was she inappropriate or a victim of misogyny?

By Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, May 18, 2023On May 8, Sumana Shrestha, a member of parliament from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), raised a series of questions about the wrong template of budget, its systematic failure in the three layers of administration and criticised the government for failing to introduce a much-needed ‘social security programme’ to help people cope with the economic crisis. Shrestha appeared bold, clear and confident when she put across…