Groundviews - Journalism for Citizens
WEBThe Need for Humanitarianism is Greater Than Ever. Former High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, said there were no humanitarian solutions to humanitarian problems because what they required were political solutions. When states and governments fail their citizens, endangering their…. Groundviews on 08/30/2024.
Sajith Premadasa and A.K. Dissanayake Tied in Voter Poll
WEBMay 30, 2024 · The Institute for Health Policy’s (IHP) Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) MRP provisional estimates of presidential election voting intent in April 2024 show support for NPP/JVP leader A.K. Dissanayake dropped to 39% levelling with SJB leader Sajith Premadasa. Support for President Ranil Wickremesinghe increased to …
Blocked: RTI requests reveal process behind blocking of
WEBDec 8, 2017 · After civil society flagged the blocking of Lankaenews, Groundviews, Vikalpa and Maatram filed RTI requests in order to gain more information around the process of the blocking of news websites. These were the questions submitted to the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission on November 10: Complaints against news …
Saving Sinharaja: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Groundviews
WEBApr 13, 2021 · The Sinharaja Complex of forests is the largest, and one of the most critical, protected areas in the Wet Zone of Sri Lanka. It is the last remaining, relatively undisturbed, remnant of a tropical humid evergreen forest. Straddled between the Ratnapura, Matara, Kalutara and Galle Districts, the forest complex spreads in an east-west direction ...
Education Archives - Groundviews
WEBDespite having a high literacy rate, free education and good humanitarian development indicators, Sri Lankan society’s attitudes towards the disabled are still mired in the past although the country has 1.4 million…
From Tamil Nadu to Badulla: A Century in the Tea Estates
WEBAug 11, 2017 · The Spring Valley region of Badulla, nestled at the foothills of the Namunukula range, is one of the coldest areas of the Uva province. The tea factory of the same name has long since been abandoned but the estate that surrounds it is home to many. At 104 years old, Muththu Theyvaney’s story …
Saving Sinharaja: Many Layers of Protection But Threats Continue
WEBApr 23, 2021 · To understand the blankets of protection that covers this forest, it is necessary to revisit some facts. Sinharaja on the face of it appears to have the highest level of legal security due to a number of overlaying factors. It is one of the oldest protected areas dating back to the colonial times. It is a conservation forest (under the Forest ...
Uthayan in Jaffna: All the news that’s fit to print, and then some
WEBon 11/29/2014. JAFFNA. “Even though the war is over and the guns are silent…it doesn’t change a thing. We still face threats. We are still feeling the fear,” said 35 year old Thevanayagam Premananth, the editor of Uthayan newspapers. We talked in his office, part of the compound that had once been the torture chambers of the Tamil Tigers.
Devolution of powers under the 13th Amendment in Sri Lanka: …
WEBJul 19, 2009 · The 13 th Amendment provides that the function of the Chief Minister and the Board of Ministers is ‘to aid and advice’ the Provincial Governor in the exercise of his functions. So it is clear that the Ministers of the Province do not have any discretionary power in the administration of the province.
Taking Aragalaya Ideas Seriously - Groundviews
WEBJul 19, 2022 · Many of the aragalaya demands and slogans had a distinctly political character reacting to that political crisis. They indeed went beyond the goal of removing the Rajapaksa government or individuals holding office. These political demands were not initially direct in the traditional sense we are so used to.
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