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Factum Special Perspective: பயங்கரவாத தடுப்புச் சட்டமூலம்

Peace and ConflictApril 15, 2023705Views 0Likes 0Comments

ஜகத் லியன ஆராச்சி, சட்டத்தரணி 1979 ஆம் ஆண்டின் 48 ஆம் இலக்க பயங்கரவாதத் தடுப்பு (தற்காலிக ஏற்பாடுகள்) சட்டத்தை நீக்குவதற்கும், பயங்கரவாதத்தைத் தடுப்பதற்கான புதிய சட்டக் கட்டமைப்பைக் கொண்டு அதனை பிரதியிடுவதற்குமாக "பயங்கரவாத தடுப்பு சட்டமூலம்” 22 மார்ச் 2023 அன்று வர்த்தமானியில் வெளியிடப்பட்டது. சட்டமூலத்தின் சுருக்கமான விளக்கம் கீழே கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது: பயங்கரவாத தடுப்பு சட்டங்களின் வரலாறு இலங்கையில், பயங்கரவாதம் தொடர்பான ஆரம்ப சட்ட ஏற்பாடுகள் 1947 ஆம் ஆண்டின் 25 ஆம் இலக்க பொதுமக்கள்…

Factum Special Perspective: ප්‍රති ත්‍රස්ත පනතේ හොඳ සහ නරක මෙන්

Peace and ConflictApril 13, 2023706Views 0Likes 0Comments

ජගත් ලියනආරච්චි 1979 අංක 48 දරණ ත්‍රස්ථවාදය වැළැක්වීමේ (තාවකාලික විධිවිධාන) පනත අහෝසි කිරීම හා නව ත්‍රස්තාවාදය වැළැක්වීමේ නීතියක් ස්ථාපනය කිරීම සදහා ර්‍ණත්‍රස්ත විරේධී පනත් කෙටුම්පත” 2023 මාර්තු මස 22 වන දින ගැසට් පත්‍රය මගින් ප්‍රසිද්ධියට පත්කර ඇත. එම කෙටුම්පත පිළිබද කෙටි විවරණයක්. ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධි නීති ඉතිහාසය ශ්‍රි ලංකාව ත්‍රස්ත ක්‍රියා සම්බන්ධව මුල් කාලීනව නීතිමය…

Factum Special Perspective: The Anti-Terrorism Bill

Peace and ConflictApril 12, 2023395Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Jagath Liyanarachchi The "Anti-Terrorism Bill" has been gazetted on 22 March 2023 to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act No. 48 of 1979 and to replace it with a new legal framework to prevent terrorism. Given below is a brief description of the Bill: History of anti-terrorism laws In…

Factum Perspective: Overextending and unbalancing Russia

Peace and ConflictApril 9, 2023336Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Vinod Moonesinghe Some years before Russia’s Ukraine “Special Military Operation”, the US Army’s Quadrennial Defence Review Office sponsored a study by the RAND Corporation of strategies to “extend Russia.” RAND published its findings in a 2019 report , Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous Ground. The RAND Corporation, a private research organisation providing analysis and…

Factum Special Perspective: The troubled history of Sri Lanka – DPRK relations

History and Culture, Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsApril 5, 2023406Views 0Likes 1Comment

By Chandani Kirinde The emphasis of the United Front (UF) government of Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike, which took office in May 1970, was to forge a new foreign policy that would move away from the pro-West policies of the UNP government, replacing them with a policy of non-alignment. While, theoretically, the focus was on non-alignment, in…

Factum Perspective: A new dawn for the Middle East

Health and Economic Cooperation, History and Culture, International Development, UncategorizedApril 3, 2023696Views 0Likes 2Comments

By Deshani Samaragunarathna ألا هو لا دان (Ala ho la dan) Look who we are, we are the dreamers - We make it happen 'cause we believe it Look who we are, we are the dreamers - We make it happen 'cause we can see it Here's to the ones that keep the passion…

Factum Perspective: Central Bank Digital Currencies and Emerging Economies – Part II

Health and Economic Cooperation, International Development, Tech CooperationMarch 26, 2023435Views 0Likes 0Comments

Read Part I of this article here. By Kasun Thilina Kariyawasam In general, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) can help businesses and individuals engage in international trade and investment, by providing a stable, regulated, and transparent currency that mitigates some of the risks associated with cross-border transactions. CBDCs for firms A CBDC can help…

Factum Perspective: Mission Accomplished? – The War in Iraq at 20

History and Culture, Peace and Conflict, UncategorizedMarch 21, 2023490Views 0Likes 0Comments

Vinod Moonesinghe At the beginning of 2003, the United States seemed on top of the world. The sole superpower, its ideologues spoke openly of America as the “global policeman”, fighting multiple major wars enforcing a “Pax Americana.” That March, the US invaded Iraq, setting in motion a sequence of events which resulted in today’s increasingly…

Factum Perspective: Central Bank Digital Currencies and Emerging Economies – Part I

Health and Economic CooperationMarch 13, 2023697Views 0Likes 0Comments

Read Part II of this article here. By Kasun Thilina Kariyawasam In a survey conducted by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in 2021, 90% of Central Banks said they were exploring Central Bank Digital Currencies or CBDCs, with 54% considering issuing one within six years. With its CBDC – the digital renminbi…

Factum Perspective: Janissaries and Reluctant Fundamentalists

History and CultureMarch 5, 2023665Views 0Likes 0Comments

A comparative review and reading of Nayomi Munaweera's Island of a Thousand Mirrors and Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist. By Dhanuka Bandara It is becoming increasingly clear to the more astute observers that the historical process has entered a paradigm shift. The “black swan” event of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of…

Factum Perspective: The rise of the regional film – A paradigm shift in South Asian cinema

History and CultureFebruary 27, 2023935Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Deshani Samaragunarathna “Telugu is the new Hindi.” Ram Gopal Varma Unlike the American cinema, there is no single film hub in the Indian subcontinent. Bollywood has long held the distinction of being India's “national cinema.” With stars such as Priyanka Chopra making forays into Hollywood and artistes like A. R Rahman winning Academy Awards,…

Factum Special Perspective: Safeguarding Sri Lanka

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsFebruary 22, 2023772Views 0Likes 0Comments

Read this article in Tamil: vidiyal.lk/post/--2816 By Vinod Moonesinghe Sri Lanka has, for 75 years, faced many internal and external threats, ranging from civil unrest, through insurgencies and military coup attempts, to overt acts of war or more subtle economic sabotage or sanctions by foreign powers. It has met them with varying degrees of…