Finding Me Beyond Illness: Book signing
Dr Shanali Perera who specialised in Rheumatology in the UK will be signing copies of her book Finding Me Beyond Illness on Sunday, December 17 between 10.30 am to 12 noon at Vijitha Yapa Bookshop, 2, Flower Road, Ernest de Silva Mawatha, Colombo 3. Dr Perera was diagnosed with vasculitis, a rare condition causing inflammation [...]
Journalist honoured for his contributions to Palestine cause
Veteran journalist and author Latheef Farook was honoured for his contribution to Palestinian cause for more than half a century. The award was given by Dr Zuhair M H Zaid, Palestinian Ambassador in Sri Lanka and Bimal Rathnayake, the President of Sri Lanka Committee for Solidarity with Palestinian People, SCSP, at a ceremony held at [...]
Developing countries’ never-ending debt crisis
By Barry Eichengreen PARIS – The debt crisis in low-income countries continues to fester. Meanwhile, the international policy community seems to be losing traction on the problem. Can it recover its grip, or has a developing-country debt disaster become inevitable? The number of economies in debt distress had already risen sharply between the global financial [...]