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Ashraff: From the SLMC towards the National Unity Alliance

By Mohammed Ismail Mohammed Sadaath (Continued from the Sunday Island Sept. 13) By the late 1990s, Ashraff was beginning to speak differently about his political future.

  • Ashraff, a Muslim leader in Sri Lanka, considered shifting focus from SLMC to broader unity.
  • National Unity Alliance (NUA) registered on August 23, 1999, representing political expansion.
  • Ashraff died in September 2000, NUA unfinished due to his helicopter crash on September 16, 2000.

From Galkissa (Mount Lavinia) to Tambuttegama

‘Before I took this position, I knew so little about them that I didn’t even know their names. I had not met them in any context outside the present.’ (My translation.) President Dissanayake, recently…

  • President Ranil Wickremesinghe attended schools in Tambuttegama
  • New government includes individuals from rural backgrounds
  • Government achieved public health schemes reaching every child

Surge acquires majority stake in IDEA8 to launch Surge Robotics

Surge has acquired a majority stake in IDEA8, an IoT and embedded systems company, to launch Surge Robotics. The new business will focus on industrial automation, intelligent hardware and connected manufacturing. The acquisition moves Surge beyond enterprise software into physical technology.

  • Surge acquires majority stake in IDEA8 for Surge Robotics
  • IDEA8 specializes in IoT and embedded systems
  • New venture focuses on industrial automation

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