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Govt. to take website to British court
A Britain-based website, banned in Sri Lanka, has come under investigation by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The move is said to be a prelude to the Government instituting legal proceedings in British courts against the website for what is being called “scurrilous and often false reporting on Sri Lankan issues.” The court action is to [...]
Political Column
DPL strategies fail; Govt. loses friends and makes more enemies
UNHRC sessions make Sri Lanka a focal point in world affairs US takes stronger stance on HR and rule-of-law issues Piqued Presidential spokespersons and ambassador attack the Sunday Times Political Column By Our Political Editor Just over two weeks ago, Anuradha K. Herath, Director (International Media) at the President’s Office gave some gratuitous advice to [...]
5th Column
A legacy of folly and falsehoods
My Dear Satellite, I thought I must write to you even though I know that hardly anyone writes to you these days and even your former golayas ignore you when they happen to meet you at social functions. Why I want to write to you again is because you had announced that you were writing [...]
From the sidelines
The R2P Trojan horse trots in to Geneva
From the sidelines By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya The ongoing sessions of theUN Human Rights Council, thus far, going by the webcasts, give the impression that Sri Lanka is one of the burning flashpoints in the world today. The number of times and context in which it was mentioned by certain influential actors would even seem to suggest [...]
Focus on Rights
The killing of children and Sri Lanka’s bloody legacies
The mass grave in Matale uncovered late last year and the ongoing demands for independent and credible investigations into the fate of disappeared persons during the last days of the fighting between government forces and the LTTE in 2009 have at their core, the common element of impunity and a common cry for justice. Pitiful [...]
The Economic Analysis
Reducing trade deficit: Import less, export more
The massive trade deficits of more than US$ 9 billion in the last two years brought out the fundamental flaws of the country’s trade balance and the overall weaknesses of the economy. Such large trade deficits are strains on the balance of payments and on the country’s reserves.It is imperative that we increase exports as [...]