2025 - Groundviews
2025年1月1日 · In mid-November last year the National People’s Power (NPP) centre left coalition won a landslide victory in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election after its leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was voted president in September….
Rohingya Refugees in Sri Lanka Seek a Permanent Solution to …
2024年11月20日 · Photo courtesy of UNHCR. Hundreds of thousands of terrified Rohingya refugees flooded onto the beaches and paddy fields of southern Bangladesh in August 2017.When the refugees – almost 60 per cent of whom were children – poured across the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh, they related accounts of the unspeakable violence and brutality that had forced them to flee.
Sri Lanka’s Political Moment in 2024: Part 1 - Groundviews
2024年10月4日 · Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera In the wake of the National People's Power (NPP) party's remarkable victory in the 2024 presidential election, some observers have been quick to attribute the result to a protest vote against traditional political parties and misinterpret its failure to secure a clear majority. The Indian media in particular - which has
Jimmy Carter - Groundviews
2024年12月30日 · Photo courtesy of Forbes Jimmy Carter has died, after one hundred years, after healing river blindness, ensuring fair elections, negotiating the release of prisoners, calling out tyranny, assuring that to love your neighbor is the fundamental task of government, this preacher and teacher who taught Sunday School, who gave the sermon, who gathered
NPP and Women’s Parliamentary Representation - Groundviews
2024年11月11日 · Among 262 candidates fielded by the NPP there are only 34 women, which accounts for only 12.9 percent of the total. The highest number of females nominated by the NPP for any district is for Colombo at five (23.8 percent).
Do Not Resuscitate - Groundviews
2024年12月31日 · Photo courtesy of niussp. It is illegal to take one’s own life in Sri Lanka. And in addition to the legal blocks, the cultural stigma against suicide is extended to the idea of death with dignity or death which is chosen by an individual. It is not sanctioned by the state – all the major religions practised in Sri Lanka uphold doctrines which …
Poverty and Malnutrition in Sri Lanka: An Overview
2024年10月17日 · The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) publishes official poverty statistics based on the Official Poverty Line (OPL) in Sri Lanka. These statistics include the number of people living in poverty, the poverty rate (or Poverty Headcount Index), the depth and severity of poverty, the poverty shortfall and the distribution …
Beyond Electoral Victory: The President’s Political Tasks Ahead
2025年1月4日 · Photo courtesy of Foreign Policy Sri Lanka enters year 2025 with a new leader and a new political regime. The landslide victory the National Peoples Power (NPP) obtained in the general elections demonstrated the extent of mass resentment against establishment politicians and political parties. With the formation of the new government, it can be said
Christmas, Palestine, Rohingyas and Sri Lanka - Groundviews
2024年12月25日 · Photo courtesy of anews Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Palestine, during a time of colonization and political and economic oppression by Roman imperialism. Those who dared to call for freedom and justice were brutally crushed. Some were thrown to the lions or crucified in public. This was to instill fear and prevent further uprisings.
Muslims Returning to Jaffna Face Many Challenges to Exist
2024年4月13日 · Photos by Ama Koralage In October 1990 some 75,000 to 100,000 Muslims in the Northern Province, about five percent of the province’s total population, were forcibly expelled from their homeland by the LTTE. In some places, they were given only about 12 hours to leave. Beginning in Chavakachcheri on October 15, all the Muslims were