Looking afresh at Lalith’s prophetic words ‘export or perish’ in today’s competitive world
Excerpts from the Lalith Athulathmudali oration, “Sri Lanka: The way forward” delivered by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday, at the BMICH I was thinking of when I first met with Mr. Lalith Athulathmudali. He was a lawyer and a lecturer at the Law College and I was an apprentice under Mr. H. W. Jayewardene QC, [...]
A nuclear-weapons-free zone in Middle East remains a fantasy
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – A longstanding proposal for a nuclear-weapons-free-zone (NWFZ) in the politically and militarily volatile Middle East has been kicked around the corridors–and committee rooms — of the UN since the 1960s. A joint declaration by Egypt and Iran in 1974 resulted in a General Assembly resolution. But it never [...]
A memorable SLAAPS Member’s Day
The Sri Lanka Association of Administrative and Professional Secretaries [SLAAPS] Members’ Day 2022 was held at Ramada Hotel, Colombo recently which concluded with a resounding success. SLAAPS is the only registered Association for Secretaries’ and Administrative Professionals’ in Sri Lanka and is affiliated to the Association of Secretaries and Administration Professionals in Asia Pacific. The [...]
Discussion – End the Last Colony in Asia: Justice for Palestine
The Sri Lanka Committee for Solidarity with Palestine will hold a public seminar to mark the International Day for Solidarity with the Palestinian People on Tuesday, November 29, from 4.30 pm to 6 pm at the Olympus Auditorium of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) at the BMICH complex. The seminar will be addressed [...]
Global health is the best investment we can make
By Werner Hoyer and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, exclusively for the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka No one could have predicted the extent to which COVID-19 would erode decades of progress in global public health. And the world is still reeling from the shock. But we have the opportunity—and the duty—to learn the right lessons to [...]