Anuradha Yahampath Archives

‘US-Sri Lanka: 70 years of a fruitful partnership’ Source:-dailynews Part 2 Q: Touching on the Hambantota Port and some of these other investments and projects that have been occurring, regarding the aspects of China’s relationship with Sri Lanka, do they raise concerns within U.S. government circles about Sri Lanka’s sovereignty? A: Yes. Frankly, they do. And the American approach, the U.S. approach, is one where we would like to see countries able to fully exert their sovereignty over their territory, over their exclusive economic zones particularly in the maritime space. This is essential. And projects that maybe don’t obviously infringe on a country’s sovereignty can do so in maybe kind of back doorways. I come back to the potential for leverage. If a country, it may not even be majorly indebted to another bilateral partner but the agreements that they signed have onerous requirements in them or would lead them ...

Eastern Province Governor leads plastic-mixed asphalt road paving initiative Source:FT From left: AGC Innovate MD/CTO Dr. Judith Samaranayake, Eastern Province Governor Anuradha Yahampath and Eastern Province Chief Secretary Thusitha P. Wanigasinghe Eastern Province Governor Anuradha Yahampath initiated a sustainable solution to the ever-increasing waste plastic environmental menace by utilising green technology in converting waste plastic into an industrial raw material which becomes an additive to conventional asphalt, for road paving in EP. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Eastern Province Chief Secretary Thusitha P. Wanigasinghe and AGC Innovate Ltd. MD/CTO Dr. Judith Samaranayaka, at the EP Governor’s Office, Trincomalee. The unique tripartite stakeholder model of the MOU ensures its long-term sustainability. The Eastern Province Governor’s Office represents the waste plastic source by virtue of the tonnage collected daily by the Pradeshiya Sabhas from households and industries while the Provincial Road Development Department represents the end user with AGC Innovate ...