09/06/2011
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AFP
Sri Lanka and India have finalised a joint venture to set up a $500-million coal-powered electricity plant in the island's former war zone, the two sides announced on Tuesday.
09/05/2011
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IPS
COLOMBO, Sep 5, 2011 (IPS) - As paddy cultivation revives in Sri Lanka’s former war zones, prospects for the island’s food security have improved dramatically.
08/10/2011
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Talking Economics
Over 4,000 youth gathered along Havelock Road near the Police Field Force Headquarters on Monday to apply for jobs in South Korea, following an announcement by the government under a bilateral foreign employment scheme with South Korea; an arrangement that could potentially provide employment in Korea to thousands of Sri Lankans annually. This centre in Colombo was one of 29 centres islandwide set up by the Ministry of Foreign Employment that are distributing applications for Korean employment (particularly language tests), and attracted youth from various districts who had queued since afternoon the previous day. While registration of applicants began at around 8am, by 11.15am the officials along with Police support, announced to those queued that the centre is now closed as the maximum number of 3,500 applicants had been registered. Just prior to this, and the slight tension that ensued following the announcement, IPS researchers conducted a snap survey of a sample of 41 youth in the queue, to get some insight into their profile, education level, employment status, and reasons for seeking migrant work in South Korea. This article discusses the key findings, supplemented by background information on youth unemployment and foreign employment migration from current research by the IPS.
08/08/2011
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Groundviews
Anushka Wijesinha (who blogs here), a Research Economist at the Institute of Policy Studies, sent us these incredible photos and video of the chaos in Colombo today when thousands of Korean job seekers appeared for Korean exam applications at the Police Park down Havelock Road. Mainstream media reports a figure of 10,000, which going by the video and photos appear to be mostly young men.
08/02/2011
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National Fisheries Solidarity Movement
young boy has taken the burden of feeding ten membered family in a village of Jaffna district. 17 year old Muththaiya Dharshan work as construction worker and live in temporary shelter built in some one else's land. The family from Valikamauam North, have been shifted to vanni during war in 90s, after the end of war they have reach to home town hoping to resettle in their own land, but the land still inside the high security zone barbwires (HSZ).
08/01/2011
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Himal Southasian
By Kannan Arunasalam
Those who chose to stay behind in Jaffna had to innovate to survive.
07/10/2011
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Lanka Business Online
July 10, 2011 (LBO) - Sedentary lifestyles and absence of regular health checks are making Sri Lanka's workforce unhealthy with an alarming increase in early deaths that could have implications for economic growth, a media report said.
07/07/2011
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Times of India
WASHINGTON: China, seeking to gain influence in the Indian Ocean, has reportedly increased its aid to Sri Lanka dramatically since 2005, a US Congressional report has said.
06/05/2011
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Groundviews
Protests in Katunayake Free Trade Zone: No police in sight has audio and video footage of the violent protests over the course of the week in the Katunayake Free Trade Zone. A 10 minute video of the protests on Thursday, after the Police killed 21 year old Free Trade Zone (FTZ) worker Roshan Chanaka, can be seen below.
06/03/2011
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Lanka Business Online
June 03, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka spent 5.5 billion US dollars in its military campaign which crushed Tamil Tiger separatists, far less than what foreign powers spent on their current wars, central bank governor Nivard Cabraal said.