Evolution of Sri Lanka’s Educational Reforms From Kannangara to Dhammika Perera-By Anushka Kahandagamage, University of Otago, New Zealand Source:Island This essay is about how our politicians look at educational reforms. The positions of two of the key characters mentioned in this essay have now radically changed. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country amidst a popular uprising and Dhammika Perera has resigned his ministerial position in the same context. But the way these once powerful people looked at education should be taken seriously when imagining the future. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa recently stated that educational reforms should be introduced to create ‘good citizens productive to economy’. It is ironic that the President, who has been hiding from the public for several months, has suddenly come out and made remarks on educational reforms. When discussing the aim of the educational reforms proposed by the president ‘to create good citizens productive to economy,’ ...
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Sri Lanka Current – By Dr harold Gunatillake Website : www.Doctorharold.com Dhammika calls on Ranil to resign as Finance Min. Investment Promotion Minister Dhammika Perera said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should resign immediately as the Finance Minister and from the post of Prime Minister, and the political game he is playing needs to be stopped. Addressing the media today, he said the PM had halted all the projects that could bring in dollars to the country. “From today onwards, I have decided to prepare myself for the struggle. It has been seven days since I joined the government, and I saw what has been going on here,” he said. The PM has no plan for the cash flow of the country. He doesn’t have a plan to feed the people in the country or a plan to bring in dollars to the country. Sri Lanka seeks Credit Assistance from Russia ...
Jul 9, 2022
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BOI launches five-year residence visa to entice foreign investors Investment Promotion Minister Dhammika Perera hands over visa document to Unilever Sri Lanka Chairperson and Managing Director Hajar Alafifi Laadel in the presence of BOI Director General Renuka M. Weerakone (extreme left) Source:dailymirror.lk Investment Promotion Minister Dhammika Perera hands over visa document to Lanka IOC PLC Managing Director Manoj Gupta 10 investors received long-term visa yesterday Application process entirely online Initiative aimed at improving SL’s ease of doing business index In an effort to step up the nation’s game in luring in foreign direct investments (FDI), Sri Lanka’s investment promotion agency, the Board of Investment (BOI), launched yesterday the five-year residence visa programme dedicated to investors. The initiative has been launched by the newly-appointed Investment Promotion Minister Dhammika Perera to make Sri Lanka meet the international benchmark in terms of ease of doing business.The long-term visa programme, a long-felt need, primarily ...
Jul 3, 2022
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Dhammika Perera’s 12-point Dollar earning strategy for Sri Lanka Source:Newswire Newly appointed Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Dhammika Perera has laid out a 12- point Dollar earning strategy for crisis-hit Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka businessman turned MP says his action plan is aimed at generating an additional inflow of USD8 billion per annum from 12 key strategies. Dhammika Perera further said the government will not incur any additional capital investment by implementing the suggested 12 strategies. The action plan of Dhammika Perera which was proposed some time ago is now receiving attention, as he has now joined the government in a possible bid to implement his strategies. Following is Dhammika Perera’s 12-point Dollar earning strategy: ...
Former Ananda captain Ruwan Perera no more, leaves behind a legacy Source:Sundayobserver The Ananda College cricket team of 1976: Seated from left: Saliya Witharana, Thilan Wijesinghe, Priyal Perera (Vice-Captain), Ruwan Perera (Captain), Sidath Wettamuny, Kushil Gunasekara, Gihan Karunaratne. Standing from left: Saman Kohomange, Dhammika Perera, Anura de Silva, Keerthiraj Perera, Lalith Hewavitharane, Mahendra Samararatne, Prasanna Amarasinghe, Senaka Ekanayake, Hemakantha Ekanayake, Kolitha Nilaweera. Absentees: Prasanna Karunathileke, Tilak de Silva Former Ananda College cricket captain Ruwan Perera passed away last month and will be remembered by both team-mates and rivals for the gritty centuries he scored against top teams. Ruwan was known to many as the flamboyant cricketer who lived next to Salgado Bakery in Maradana. He captained junior and first-eleven cricket teams of Ananda College in the 70s and the first team of the Burger Recreation Club in the 80s. ...
