SL ranked 11 among most miserable countries

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2 weeks ago

May 26, 2023

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Sri Lanka has been ranked as the 11th most miserable country in the Annual Misery Index (HAMI) 2022 compiled by Economist Steve Hanke.

The index provided rankings for a total of 157 countries. Zimbabwe has been ranked as the ‘most miserable country’ in the Index.

Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan, Argentina, Yemen, Ukraine, Cuba and Turkey are the 10 most miserable countries.

Sri Lanka is ranked 11th due to high inflation.

The index is the sum of the year-end unemployment, inflation, and bank-lending rates, minus the annual percentage change in real GDP per capita.

According to the index, unemployment in Sri Lanka in 2022 was at 6.5 percent and inflation had exceeded 57 percent.

The report said that the GDP per capita showed a negative growth of -9.3.

The bank lending rate in Sri Lanka was over 20 per cent.

Sri Lanka has a score of 99.63 in the classification of the world’s most miserable countries.

India is also on the list

India is at the 103rd place among the 157 most miserable countries due to high unemployment.

Switzerland has been named as the least miserable country followed by Kuwait, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Niger, Thailand, Togo and Malta.

Finland, which has been named as the world’s happiest country 6 times in a row, is ranked 109th in this index.

The USA was ranked at 134th.

EC enables online voter registration

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22 mins ago

June 9, 2023

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The Elections Commission (EC) said the voters can now register for the 2023 voters list via online.

Elections Commissioner General Saman Sri Ratnayake said that this can be done by visiting www.elections.lk website.

The 2023 voter list is being updated at the moment and he said that the census papers have been issued to the Grama Niladharis for this purpose.

The Election Commission requested all voters to assist in completing the relevant census forms properly.

The updating of the list will end on June 16.

Trump to appear in Federal court on Tuesday

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28 mins ago

June 9, 2023

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Donald Trump will appear in a federal court in Miami on Tuesday after being charged over his handling of classified documents, his lawyer says.

Taking to his social media – Social Truth, Trump announced that his attorneys have informed him he has been indicted for a second time over the mishandling of classified documents.

He also said that he has been “summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday, at 3 PM”.

Reports suggest he is facing a multi-count indictment related to retaining national defence information, and obstruction of justice. However, The indictment – a document which details the charges against him – has not been publicly released

The former president, who is campaigning to return to the White House in 2024, says the move is “a disgusting act of election interference”.

“I never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former President of the United States, who received far more votes than any sitting President in the History of our Country, and is currently leading, by far, all Candidates, both Democrat and Republican, in Polls of the 2024 Presidential Election,” he wrote.

The Department of Justice has yet to put out a statement.

This will be Trump’s second court summons in a matter of months after a New York grand jury indicted him in April.

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Bus collides head-on with lorry injuring 22

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2 hours ago

June 9, 2023

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A bus belonging to SLTB collided head-on with a lorry at Embulgama in Hanwella on the Colombo-Avissawella Road early this morning (9).

The drivers of both vehicles and 20 bus passengers were injured in the accident and hospitalized.

The accident occurred when the lorry travelling from Colombo towards Avissawella collided head-on with the bus travelling from Akkaraipattu to Colombo.