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Awards ceremony at the Korea Press Federation which honoured Sri Lankan embassy

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The Korea Press Federation and Seoul Press Club, the premier media institution in Seoul, honored the ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Republic of Korea, Dr. A. Saj U. Mendis, for promoting, aggrandizing and enhancing international friendship and diplomacy and mutual national development between the Republic of Korea and Sri Lanka, including the peoples of the two countries, at this mega event.

The aforementioned award was bestowed on Dr. Mendis by Korea Press Federation and was attended by a number of National State Assembly Members (Members of Parliament), Diplomatic Corps, corporate leaders and captains of industry of the RoK, academia and a large contingent of media personnel from both electronic and print, amongst others.

The aforementioned award was bestowed by senior National State Assembly Member of the Parliament of the RoK, Kim Haejae. After the award ceremony, Ambassador Dr. Mendis addressed the gathering, during which, he expressed deep gratitude to the government and the peoples of the Republic of Korea for extending assistance, cooperation, facilitation and collaboration for the betterment and advancement of Sri Lanka during the last three decades. He further added that the RoK is home to over 22,000 Sri Lankan expatriates/migrants, who live and work comfortably in the RoK, thus providing much needed foreign exchange to Sri Lanka.

Dr. Mendis, in the presence of a number of National State Assembly Members, enunciated and entreated the relevant authorities of the RoK to receive not only the re-entry workers but also the new-entry workers from Sri Lanka since they have been literally stuck in Sri Lanka after duly passing the Korean language examination and other concomitant necessities to secure employment in the RoK. He also added that out of a total of 22,000 Sri Lankan migrants in the RoK, only about a two dozens of Sri Lankan nationals had ever contracted COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. Dr. Mendis also paralleled and equated, during his address, that Sri Lanka today is what RoK was in mid 1980s and earnestly requested the select audience, including corporate leaders, to partner with Sri Lanka in its economic advancement and augmentation as Sri Lanka is well poised and strategically positioned to rise, similar to the unprecedented rise and advancement of the RoK, thus becoming the 10th largest economy in the world and the fourth largest economy of Asia.

Dr. Mendis prognosticated that within the next couple of decades, the advancement and rise of Sri Lanka would be known as “Miracle on Kelani River” similar to “Miracle on Han River” of the RoK or “Miracle on Rhine River” of the then West Germany.

 

 



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‘Adani Group has withdrawn from controversial wind power project’

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By Ifham Nizam

The Adani Group has officially withdrawn from the controversial wind power project in Mannar, citing unspecified reasons, Friends of Earth chairman Hemantha Withanage said.

It is believed that strong legal challenges, including a case filed by the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) on behalf of local communities, have played a crucial role in the project’s cancellation. These cases have raised concerns over environmental and social impacts, the absence of a competitive bidding process, and the project’s high unit cost.

The decision comes in the wake of mounting public opposition and a recent resolution by the District Development Committee (DDC) of Mannar, which declared that no further destructive mining or wind power projects would be supported on Mannar Island. Local communities have been protesting against the environmental damage caused by existing development projects, including wind farm construction and road expansion, which have exacerbated flooding in the region.

For years, the Centre for Environmental Justice, in collaboration with the Mannar Citizen’s Committee, has been providing legal and scientific support to address these issues. Environmental activists argue that the government’s approval of such projects without proper scrutiny could lead to long-term ecological and social consequences.

With the Adani Group stepping away, the future of large-scale wind power projects in Mannar remains uncertain, as local resistance to potentially harmful developments continues to grow.

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Sharmini Pereira of the MMCA Sri Lanka speaks at the DBF-KMB lecture series

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Sharmini Pereira, Chief Curator at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka), was a panellist at the ‘New Dialogues: Contemporary Art from South Asia’ lecture series, which took place in Bangladesh. The series was organised as part of the inaugural Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation/Kochi-Muziris Biennale Award (DBF-KMB Award), a new multi-year exhibition and lecture programme that brings together the Hayward Gallery, the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation, and the Kochi Biennale Foundation.

The lecture series featured several eminent arts and culture professionals from South Asia such as artists Bani Abidi, Jeebesh Bagchi, Nikhil Chopra, Iftikhar Dadi, and Munem Wasif. Sharmini Pereira contributed to the panel titled ‘Exhibitions as Infrastructure’, where she explored the ways in which MMCA Sri Lanka is creating a museum of modern and contemporary art in the country, through not only exhibitions but also the training of museum professionals, who for Pereira are the most necessary component of any infrastructure project.

Speaking of how exhibitions contribute to the canon, knowledge production, and building a critical infrastructure, Pereira looked at the museum as infrastructure in the South Asian context. She identified how the MMCA Sri Lanka has been shaped by the process of making a museum from scratch, and took the audience through the MMCA Sri Lanka’s past exhibitions to explain the canonical approach to exhibition making. Pereira also emphasised that exhibitions do not exist without human capital, such as curators, exhibition designers, installers, editors, translators, conservators, etc., and that exhibition-making has helped the MMCA Sri Lanka to train and build up an infrastructure of expertise and knowledge.

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A bold step towards sustainable food production

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An initiative aimed to improve the energy landscape of Sri Lanka’s food and beverage sector, project titled, “New Solutions for Low-Emission Food Production in Sri Lanka,” was successfully completed. The project which is funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) Small Grants Programme which is jointly commissioned by three German Federal ministries was implemented with several partners in Sri Lanka. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Sri Lanka monitored the project on a local level on behalf of IKI programme. Ministry of Industries and the Sri Lanka Food Processors Association provided necessary guidance to National Cleaner Production Centre, Sri Lanka to implement and the complete project successfully.

The project dissemination event, graced by key figures from the Food Sector, government ministries, non-governmental organizations, relevant authorities and industry partners.

The project aimed at reducing energy losses in the food sector by implementing energy management systems, streamlining production processes, and obtaining international certifications, with a focus on achieving ISO 50001 Energy Management System certification. This strategic move was introduced not only for companies to cut energy costs but also to enhance their reputation on the global stage.

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