HYDEPARK

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank Dr. W. A. Wijewardena and Senior Professor of the Department of Economics at the University of Colombo, Athula Ranasinghe expressed views contrary to that of the Sri Lankan government, insisting that the island should turn to the International Monetary Fund for assistance, as a home-grown solutions have not worked.  Their views came during a discussion with Indeewari Amuwatte on our current affairs programme At HydePark on Ada Derana 24.    

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Tourism stakeholders are calling for the extension of a credit line and a rescheduling of their debts, once the government's loan moratorium is lifted, so that hotel operators can deal with accumulated interest charges.  

Speaking to Indeewari Amuwatte on our current affairs program @HydePark on Ada Derana 24, past president of the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators, Mahen Kariyawasam, and former president of the Hotels Association of Sri Lanka, Anura Lokuhetty, also called on the government to end the discrimination of the sector in terms of utility charges and some local authority tariffs.   

Ada Derana | ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විශ්වසනීය හා ප්‍රමුඛතම පුවත් සපයන්නා

Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Japan, Sanjiv Gunasekara, says that Sri Lanka needs to negotiate a comprehensive economic partnership with japan, focusing on key export products such as apparels and tea, if it is to move towards a better bilateral trade balance.  

Speaking to Indeewari Amuwatte on our current affairs program @HydePark on Ada Derana 24, Ambassador Gunasekara also announced the visit of Japan’s Marubeni Corporation representatives who are eyeing a $375 million wind power project in Mannar, in addition to solar projects as well.   

Ada Derana | ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විශ්වසනීය හා ප්‍රමුඛතම පුවත් සපයන්නා

Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal called on the country's private sectors to come forward and do their bit to resolve the island's Forex crisis, while a private sector expert revealed that more digitalisation efforts were expected in the budget 2022.   

The Central Bank Governor was joined by Treasury Secretary S. R. Attygalle, Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Vish Govindasamy and Managing Partner of BDO Partners Sujeewa Rajapakse to discuss the budget 2022 with Indeewari Amuwatte on our current affairs programme At HydePark on Ada Derana 24.       

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On our current affairs program at @HydePark on Ada Derana 24 with Indeewari Amuwatte tonight, we aired never before seen footage of the farewell message recorded by Easter attack leader Zahran Hashim and his followers, that may be able to answer a lot of questions in the public domain regarding the source of the group's funding.  

Speaking on the program Prof. Rohan Gunaratna of the Institute of National Security Studies, explained that the footage shows Zahran clearly boasting of not having accepted funds from non-believers to carry out his deadly plan.   

Ada Derana | ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විශ්වසනීය හා ප්‍රමුඛතම පුවත් සපයන්නා

World Bank Vice President for South Asia Hartwig Schafer says that Sri Lanka looks on track to achieve a projected 3% to 3.5% economic growth this year, and has shown very impressive gains in other areas as well, such as the human capital index, which is higher than both the global and regional averages.   

Speaking to Indeewari Amuwatte on our current affairs program @HydePark, Schafer also highlighted Sri Lanka's need for the island to do more work to ease any pressure points such as in preparing for an ageing demographic in the next 15 years, rapid digitalisation, and post pandemic recovery.

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Justice Minister Ali Sabry outlined his plans to amend the Prevention of Terrorism Act, that will include increased rights for detainees, such as greater access to courts hearings and more fairness in bail and detention provisions.   Speaking to Indeewari Amuwatte on our current affairs program @HydePark on Ada Derana 24, the Justice Minister however added that the new Prevention of Terrorism Act will maintain a delicate balance between public freedom and national security.  

  Ada Derana | ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විශ්වසනීය හා ප්‍රමුඛතම පුවත් සපයන්නා

EXPERTS DISCUSS CHILD VACCINATION CONCERNS WITH INDEEWARI AMUWATTE @HYDEPARK 

 With the rapid spread of vaccine misinformation causing undue stress and anxiety in society among parents these days, Consultant Paediatrician Dr. Surantha Perera, and Consultant Child Psychiatrist Dr. Miyuru Chandradasa joined Indeewari Amuwatte @HydePark on Ada Derana 24, to shed some light on the matter.    With that, the two medical experts urged parents to avoid falling prey to unfounded claims circulating on social media, and to talk to their doctors about the safety of vaccines for their children.   

Ada Derana | ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විශ්වසනීය හා ප්‍රමුඛතම පුවත් සපයන්නා