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Sajith as deputy leader: Will Ranil give green light soon? In twenty days from now, the Uva Provincial Council goes to polls in what is easily a litmus test before the upcoming presidential election. The major contenders, the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and the main opposition United National Party (UNP), are battling it [...]
Rajapaksa can fight his foes, God save him from his friends
A few hundred metres away from one of New Delhi’s best known addresses – No 7, Race Course Road – security men stopped a three-vehicle convoy. The occupants were told to alight and board three other vehicles for the rest of their journey. It was to the official residence of the Prime Minister of India. [...]
It’s ice bucket, stupid!
My Dear ‘Ice Bucket’ victims, I thought I must write to you when I heard that you are being showered with buckets of ice water, for the worthy cause of raising money for research on a rare disease. They tell me that all this originated in America and has spread all over the world through [...]
Reduction in large trade deficit strengthens balance of payments
The reduction of the trade deficit by 20 per cent in the first half of this year is likely to result in a significant balance of payments surplus. The trade deficit of US$ 4.4 billion in the first half of last year decreased to US$ 3.5 billion in the first six months of this year. [...]
A provincial poll that is more of a battlefield
Is there any country in the world where the ruling administration castigates the Department of the Police, (gripped tightly in the iron fist of its own politicians), for failing to control election violence? This amazing if not palpably ludicrous phenomenon is increasingly exhibited in Sri Lanka as the Uva province moves towards a provincial poll [...]
For Lanka’s good, zip it Mr. Avdhash
Even before making his first appearance at the crease, the Indian member appointed by the President to the international panel of six eminent advisers, Avdhash Kaushal is batting keenly for Lanka in the dressing room where the rest of the team are still to gather; and, though his masterly strokes deserve an audience of appreciation, [...]