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Sri Lanka Celebrates 77th Independence Day Under New Leadership-by Kalani-eLanka On February 4, 2025, Sri Lanka marked its 77th Independence Day with a solemn yet hopeful ceremony held at Independence Square in Colombo. This year’s celebrations were led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who recently assumed office, making it the first Independence Day under his leadership. A Historic Celebration Under New Leadership President Dissanayake’s leadership brings fresh perspectives to Sri Lanka’s independence celebrations. His vision for economic revival and national unity was a central theme of the event, reflecting the aspirations of the people for a prosperous future. Economic Challenges and Fiscal Responsibility Unlike previous years, the 2025 Independence Day celebrations were notably scaled down due to the nation’s ongoing economic hardships. The government, prioritizing fiscal responsibility, minimized state expenditure while ensuring the ceremonial significance of the event remained intact. The traditional military parade featured 1,800 personnel—significantly reduced from the ...

Feb 4, 2025 Posted by In Articles, Kalani Prabodha Tagged , , ,
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Clean minds essential for a Clean Sri Lanka. The system change must begin with mind-set change. – By Aubrey Joachim Resemblances to the early pre-transformation days of Singapore are beginning to show up with the new regime in Sri Lanka. Six decades following Lee Kuan Yew’s cleansing and development of that nation has given rise to a world leader in a number of contexts including corruption elimination and cleanliness. More recently, it has also emerged as a leader in digitalisation. Ironically at the beginning of Singapore’s transformation journey Lee Kuan Yew set out to model his fledgling nation on the Ceylon of the 1960’s. Ceylonese were invited to help with setting up administrative and other processes. To date, Singaporeans of Ceylonese descent hold important positions in the country and are held in high esteem. In the six decades that followed, while Singapore scaled the heights of economic and governance achievements, ...

Jan 4, 2025 Posted by In Articles, Aubrey Joachim Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Sri Lanka’s Forthcoming General Election: A Review Source:Thuppahis Verite Research  The General Election (GE) is scheduled to be held on November 14, 2024. Analysis This week’s TMA marks the final issue of the election update series before the 2024 General Election (GE). As highlighted in the previous issue of TMA, criticism of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the NPP government continues to gain momentum.[1] Nonetheless, Sinhala press reporting and TV coverage advanced positive views of the NPP, more than of other political parties. These positive views were also echoed on social media, as reflected by data gathered from the monitoring tool Junkipedia.[2] This issue of TMA will unpack two dimensions of electoral contestation as discerned from the criticism directed at political parties by their political opponents: (i) credibility and (ii) experience.  Two dimensions: Credibility and experience The credibility dimension: This is linked to how parties are perceived in relation to democratic governance, eradicating corruption and being accountable and transparent in their conduct. The experience dimension: This ...

Nov 15, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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