News Room : Why we should worry about a nuclear winter
On 16 July 1945, the world witnessed the mind-boggling destructive power hidden inside a nuclear bomb. After seeing the catastrophic might of the bomb, at the Trinity Test Site, in Alamogordo, New Mexico, Robert Oppenheimer, Director of the Manhattan Project, famously invoked a quote from the Bhagavad Gita, “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” By QUAMRUL HAIDER On...
News Room : Trousers and robes in tussle over sari – The Island
Some news stories published in the front page of our stablemate, The Island, on Friday together with a letter to the editor on an inside page deserves deep reader reflection. The news stories were a convocation address at the Sri Jayewadenepura University by Dr. Rohan Pethiyagoda and Prof. GL Peiris’s warning that the necessary procedures to hold local government...
News Room : New research reveals human tendency to hit the snooze button – The Island
Greed is a burning desire, unquenchable thirst, a craving and lust. People who are greedy want the objects of their desire to provide them with lasting satisfaction so they feel fulfilled, whole, and complete. Greed creates an inner hunger so that that they always seem to be striving towards an unattainable goal. They mistakenly believe their happiness is dependent...
News Room : Police arrest Krrish CEO over financial fraud links
ECONOMYNEXT –The head of the controversial Krrish development, Janaki Siriwardhana, was arrested Friday in connection with a multi-billion-rupee fraud that also involved sex, lies, video tapes and blackmail.A top police source said Siriwardhana was arrested following extensive investigations into a scam operated by her close associate Thilini Priyamali who is already in remand custody. Hours before the latest arrest, police...
News Room : Women and children the most affected by Lanka’s economic crisis – ESCAP
Women and children are the most affected by the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Head of the ESCAP Subregional Office for South and South-West Asia, Mikiko Tanaka claims that there is a greater possibility of safeguarding women and children within the family environment by promoting...
News Room : Rulers thrive while people starve, says Cardinal – The Island
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, November 5:Sri Lankan singer-songwriter-rapper Yohani has shifted her base to Mumbai. She is focussing on Bollywood, and is learning to speak Hindi, the language in which films are made in Mumbai. Hindi is spoken by half a billion Indians but understood by 1.4 billion Indians who love films made in...
News Room : What next for Wanindu? – The Island
Fifa has written to all 32 teams competing at the World Cup telling them to “now focus on the football” following a controversial build-up.Host Qatar has been criticised for its stance on same-sex relationships, its human rights record and its treatment of migrant workers.The tournament starts on 20 November. The letter urges that football should not be “dragged” into ideological...
News Room : Yohani shifts base to Mumbai, learning Hindi, but misses her family – The Island
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, November 5:Sri Lankan singer-songwriter-rapper Yohani has shifted her base to Mumbai. She is focussing on Bollywood, and is learning to speak Hindi, the language in which films are made in Mumbai. Hindi is spoken by half a billion Indians but understood by 1.4 billion Indians who love films made in...
News Room : India’s Defence ministry is world’s biggest employer:‘Statista’ report – The Island
ANI: India’s Ministry of Defence is the world’s biggest employer with 2.92 million people, which includes combined active service personnel, reservists and civilian staff, according to a report in ‘Statista’.A close second to the Indian Defence Ministry is the US Department of Defence which employs 2.91 million people, according to the Statista infographic on employers with the largest workforces...
News Room : Bankrupt Sri Lanka’s inflation dips to 66 percent
By Amal Jayasinghe Inflation in crisis-hit Sri Lanka dipped marginally for the first time in 12 months but prices were still an eye-watering 66 percent higher than a year ago, official data showed Monday. The island nation of 22 million people has suffered months of extreme economic hardship with severe shortages of essentials including food, fuel and medicines.The Department of Census and Statistics data...