Mahinda Chinthana and SL’s development strategy
The creation of prosperity to the majority of the
people who cannot purely rely on market-based solutions requires
connectivity through roads, electricity, telecommunications,
information technology and education and health services.
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Time to rise up for rice
Global warming has caused significant changes in
Sri Lanka’s climate. Increasing the temperature, rainfall
variability, drought and Saline intrusion caused by sea level rise
are some of them. The Sri Lankan paddy sector faces a serious threat
from climate change. Saline intrusion affects inland rivers flowing
to the sea, and this could degrade arable coastal paddy fields,
causing them to be abandoned,
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Kandy’s Sword of Damocles
Geologists and Geo-Technical Specialists warn
that Kandy is in danger of being buried under landslides originating
from the upper slopes of the city. They also contend that the upper
reaches of the lake identified,
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