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Food fight – Battle over Sri Lankan food production

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 23:05:00 +0000

In 2016, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena published an ambitious three-year agricultural plan to build a ‘toxin-free nation.’ The plan reimagines the country’s agricultural future based on the principles of agroecology: an approach which prioritizes sustainable and people-centered practices over corporate profit. The plan speaks of prohibiting agrochemicals, promoting the use of traditional seeds, subsidizing

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Sugar industry suppressed connection to heart disease for

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Newly uncovered documents indicate findings of unfavourable study were kept from public In the 1960s, a debate began over the effect of sugar and fats on cardiovascular disease. Researchers say that the sugar industry, wanting to influence the discussion, funded research to look into sugar consumption. And when it found data suggesting that sugar was

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SCOR Literary Salon celebrates 60 events

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:55:00 +0000

To the literati in Colombo who are not part of this exclusive club, it may come as a surprise that SCOR (a silent community of readers) literary salon since February 2009 hosted their 60th event in October 2017 at the Mansion, Movenpick Hotel. SCOR which was initially known among its pioneering members as ‘Sarrah’s Book

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Your kids according to zodiac signs

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:50:00 +0000

Capricorn Capricorn kiddos are old souls, and you’ll sometimes marvel at their level of maturity (it can seem like they’re wise senior citizens living in young bodies). Because of this, they gravitate toward older friends, and adore spending time with Mom and Dad. They are ambitious and diligent, stable and consistent, and will actually help

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Weekly Predictions (December 10 Sunday to 16 Saturday)

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:45:00 +0000

Aries (Mesha): Circumstances that could cause humiliation to you are likely when the Sun moves into your 9th House by the weekend. However, Venus in the 8th House can bring you an increased income and higher status and generally a happy time. Mars though unfavourable in the 7th House has turned benefic due to Jupiter

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Do Kandy in a day

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:40:00 +0000

Kandy is where the last king lived and ruled from. It is where the most revered object in Sri Lanka is located – its most prized possession – the Tooth Relic of the Buddha. In fact, once you have paid your respects at the Temple of the Tooth, nothing else matters. I have been to

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TNA splits – Crucial talks between ITAK and disgruntled parties on Saturday

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:35:00 +0000

A crucial discussion is to be held between the members of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) following last week’s development where one of its constituent parties decided to quit the alliance. The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO) headed by Selvam Adaikkalanathan announced that it would quit the alliance and contest the upcoming Local Government polls

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JO will work with President – If SLFP breaks up with UNP

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:30:00 +0000

Hambantota District Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has said that the Joint Opposition would consider working with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) only if it terminates its relationship with the United National Party (UNP). Rajapaksa made this comment on his official Twitter handle on Friday (8). He said the Joint Opposition’s decision not to align with

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Myliddy fishery harbour to be rebuilt

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:25:00 +0000

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed a quick rehabilitation program to re-build a fishery harbhour in the former war torn area of Jaffna which has been cleared for civilian use. The Myliddy fishery village was a restricted area during a civil war in the island which ended in 2009. The state information office

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IMF approves USD 251.4 million to Sri Lanka

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:20:00 +0000

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has completed the third review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility arrangement, which enables the disbursement of about USD 251.4 million. While the authorities met fiscal targets and legislated the income tax reform, further consolidation is necessary, given Sri Lanka’s high debt burden and large gross financing needs.

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Sword attack – Six arrested in Jaffna

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:15:00 +0000

Police have arrested six individuals who were suspected be connected to the criminal gang allegedly responsible for the recent sword attacks on two individuals in Meesalai, Jaffna. The suspects were reportedly arrested during a special operation carried out by the Police on Thursday night based on a tip-off. It was reported that the said members

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What will happen when the Queen dies

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:10:00 +0000

Earlier this year, The Guardian published an in-depth report on what, exactly, will occur when the Queen of England dies. “The idea is for nothing to be unforeseen,” the article reads. The top-secret plans for the death of a royal are only discussed using code names — Elizabeth’s is Operation London Bridge; her father’s was

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Reunion at a marriage

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:05:00 +0000

President Maithripala Sirisena and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa attended the wedding ceremony of the son of Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena last week

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Looking at Constitutional Reform in Sri Lanka

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:00:00 +0000

The Diplomat’s Taylor Dibbert speaks with Sri Lankan civil society leader Jehan Perera about constitutional reform. Perera is the Executive Director of the National Peace Council, a nongovernmental organization based in Colombo. The Diplomat: How have negotiations pertaining to a new constitution been going? Jehan Perera: There was a three day parliamentary debate last month

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Changing Political Horizons in Sri Lanka?

The Nation Online — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:55:00 +0000

The circumstances were right in 1933 for James Hilton to craft the image of Shangri-La in his novel Lost Horizon. It appeared as food for thought to many thinkers in the west who were disillusioned with the direction of world events and keen to entertain notions of a fantastical Oriental utopia. The effects of the

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