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 …
Other State Forests and the Conservation of Sri Lanka’s Rainforest ...
WEBNov 23, 2020 · These forests contain 94% of the 830 flowering-plant species endemic to the island 4 and more than 80% of the island’s approximately 200 endemic land mollusc species 5. The Wet Zone covers about 13,000 km 2, that is less than 20% of the total area of the island 6,7. Remarkably, many Sri Lankan endemic species …
Survey Reveals Dramatic Shift in Voting Patterns - Groundviews
WEBFeb 22, 2023 · The latest Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) carried out by the Institute for Health Policy (IHP) by the polling in January 2023 shows the NPP/JVP and SJB running neck and neck in a general election with voting intentions among likely voters at 32% and 31% each respectively. Both are ahead of …
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: 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 ...
Uthayan in Jaffna: All the news that’s fit to print, and then some
WEBNov 29, 2014 · 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. A mug with “Happy birthday to the best editor in the world” printed on it rested on top of some old ...
Documenting the Environmental Degradation of Sri Lanka
WEBSep 4, 2020 · Photo courtesy of Tharmapalan Tilaxan. A road is cut through the Sinharaja World Heritage Site forest with the approval of the president, illegal trawling in Puttalam is destroying fish stocks, elephants die painful deaths eating garbage dumped across the country, the Anavilundawa wetland sanctuary is bulldozed overnight for prawn farming, 90 percent of Sri Lanka’s corals are dead, sand is ...
Some Observations on the Current Situation in Sri Lanka
WEBDec 8, 2021 · In fact, in some areas the situation has worsened. The post-war period has seen the emergence of extremist Sinhala Buddhist political currents. Muslims and evangelical Christians became their targets. The suicide bomb attacks on Easter Sunday in 2019, have made the situation worse.
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 ...
Police Brutality and Corruption: the Rot Starts at the Top
WEBNov 20, 2022 · Brutality and corruption in Sri Lanka’s law enforcement are perennial issues. However with the government coming under increasing scrutiny, the cracks in the already fractured system are in the spotlight. Recent developments have exposed the drastically increasing violation of human rights and misogyny within the system.