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Political Column

As the saga of the United Nations Panel report on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka is playing out in world capitals, the unfolding drama in Colombo has become a tragic-comedy in most aspects. This is whilst the government, which chose to ignore the report, decided at the last minute to respond to the UN Secretary General.

5th Column

Fairy tale right out of Grimm’s

My dear William and Kate,

I thought I must write to you to congratulate you on your wedding because it is not often that a Royal wedding comes along and anyway, most of the stories we hear about the marriages in the Royal household are those about divorces, not weddings. So, congratulations !

The Economic Analysis

Unemployment, unemployed and the unemployable

Unemployment has been a serious economic and social problem for decades. The incidence of unemployment has reduced owing to several reasons though some of the features and character of unemployment are of concern.

Lobby

Not issued on this week

Focus on Rights

A government’s arrogance and a country’s plight

It appears to have gone unnoticed that the annexures to the report of the Advisory Panel to the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) show that the engagement of the Sri Lanka Government with the Panel had gone far beyond the surreptitious visit of toplevel government officials to New York.

Talk at the Cafe Spectator

Kinpin Mervyn as King Dutugemunu

Minister Mervyn Silva was busy acting in a Sinhala film this week. The minister has been selected to act as King Dutugemunu in the film 'Surangana Lovin Awilla' produced by Suneth Malinga Lokuhewa. The shooting of the film took place in the Sigiriya area this week.

From the sidelines

The importance of being Weiss

Reports indicate that Gordon Weiss, a former UN spokesman in Sri Lanka, has been doing the media circuit to air his views on the last stages of Sri Lanka’s war against the LTTE. The string of articles and interviews he has arranged appears to be aimed at garnering advance publicity for a book he is to publish.