Sri Lanka Club Bahrain Alumni Group get together
The inaugural get together of the Sri Lanka Club Bahrain Alumni Group was held at Grand Monarch Hotel, Royal Ball Room, Thalawathugoda. The programme commenced with a welcome speech delivered by Sarath Goonatilleke. Wasantha Kahaduwa followed with his speech and the presentation of the Sri Lanka Club History. The Vote of Thanks was delivered by [...]
‘Aquaman’ warns Sundance of deep-sea mining peril
PARK CITY, Jan 21, (AFP) – He is best known as hunky, sea-dwelling superhero “Aquaman,” but actor Jason Momoa brought a stark and sober warning about the perils of deep-sea mining to the Sundance film festival on Friday. The Hawaiian-born A-lister narrates “Deep Rising,” a new documentary about the frenzied efforts by resource-hungry corporations [...]
The Supreme Court proves supreme
One of the most fundamental principles of democratic government is the separation of powers of the government. These powers are divided among three branches: The Legislative Branch which makes the laws The Executive Branch which puts the laws into operation The Judicial Branch which interprets the laws The traditional division into equal and separate entities, [...]
Plight of small countries in the shadows of Big Powers
Small countries sharing land or sea boundaries with big powers are often accused by their powerful neighbours of being sources of destabilization — political and economic — although the boot is really on the other foot. The small and weak nations in the 20th and 21st centuries have more or less adapted themselves to the [...]
Sleepwalking on Megathreat Mountain
A host of interconnected “mega threats” is imperiling our future. While some of these have been long in the making, others are new. The stubbornly low inflation of the pre-pandemic period has given way to today’s excessively high inflation. Secular stagnation – perpetually low growth owing to weak aggregate demand – has evolved into stagflation, [...]