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Oct 9, 2013 · Today, however, the LSE confirmed that the former President’s son was given an Aegrotat degree in 1991, and not 1989. The LSE said they had read the Colombo Telegraph story, “ Exclusive: Sajith Premadsa Only Has Sick Degrees From UK And US, London Uni Carrying Out Further Investigations ” and apologized for giving wrong dates previously ...
The Colombo Telegraph is a Sri Lankan website run by exiled journalists. It was founded in 2011. [2] It has been blocked in Sri Lanka repeatedly. Uvindu Kurukulasuriya is the editor. He went into exile to UK in 2009 after the murder of Lasantha Wickrematunge and after he was threatened publicly via national radio by the president's media advisor.
Aug 15, 2014 · The values in Table 2 proves beyond doubt that the percentage estimates of Muslims in Sri Lanka provided by the Pew Forum is an underestimation and completely erroneous because the 2012 Census confirmed that the percentage of Muslims had already reached 9.2% of the total population whereas Pew forum report estimated the maximum percentage of ...
Aug 12, 2014 · “Sri Lanka narrates its history from an epic that has been written and shaped by Buddhist clergy; it’s disturbing and strange, and frictions are evident since then,” he elaborates. Samanth goes on to narrate a story about King Dutugemunu in the Mahavamsa, a chronicle of Sri Lankan Buddhism, who slew the King Elara only because he is a ...
Jul 22, 2022 · The current President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, is the nephew of JR Jayewardene. Ranil Wickremesinghe, like his uncle, is a staunch proponent of neoliberalism. For instance, when Ranil was Prime Minister in the early 2000s, and had control of the Sri Lankan legislature, in 2002 his party introduced a poverty reduction strategy paper.
Nov 20, 2022 · Rising global sea-level endangers many island nations and costal communities. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami magnitude 9.0–9.1 megathrust undersea earthquake which devasted the Tohoku region of northern Hokaido on 11 March 2011 had its epicentre at a depth of 29km in the Pacific Ocean, 72 km east of the coast, and is recorded as the strongest earthquake in the history of Japan.
