A fast-spreading pandemic reduces an additional 100 million people to poverty
UNITED NATIONS (IPS)— The UN’s highly-ambitious goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 has been severely undermined by a rash of problems worldwide, including an escalating coronavirus pandemic, continued widespread military conflicts and the devastating impact of climate change. According to published estimates, more than 700 million people have been living in poverty around the world, surviving on [...]
1957 Adeline Vitharana murder case and the hawk-eyed inspector
This is a story of general reader interest. But this narrative, in today’s context, strikes one of the differences then and now of the deployment of police intelligence and of the various faculties engaged in this task of policing. Little does one hear of such workings of the police today when other negative deployments have [...]
Social worker and sports promoter remembered
The 86th birth anniversary of M.S.M. Salley falls today. Mr. Salley had been a social worker and soccer lover since his youth. He began his social service work as an honorary teacher in the night school run by the late President Ranasinghe Prmeadasa’s Sucharita movement for the poor. Having received his education at Zahira College, [...]
Making the Most of the Beijing Winter Games
CHICAGO – The 2022 Winter Olympics, set for February 4-20, have been riddled with controversy ever since they were announced in 2015. Many expect the Chinese government to use its role as host to solidify its political power both domestically and internationally. The US-led diplomatic boycott of the Games to protest China’s alleged human-rights violations [...]
Sri Lanka Malay Association set to mark centenary celebrations
The Sri Lanka Malay Association, the oldest Sri Lankan Malay institution in the country celebrates its Centenary Anniversary on the 22nd of January 2022. It was established on January 22, 1922, with a gathering of Malays from all parts of the Island, at the Wekande Hall in Slave Island with the sole purpose of forming [...]