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Champika, Ruwan pledge that Army will be protected Ranil concerned about attitude of pro-Rajapaksa official; issues to be sorted out on his return from Japan President says international community now supports Lanka, calls all-party conference to discuss reconciliation issues UN office in Colombo hits back at Wigneswaran; tells him to come through the central government [...]
When Daham makes newsMy dear Daham aiya,
I thought I must write to you because for some inexplicable reason, you seem to be the man of the moment these days. Everyone is talking about you just because you accompanied your father to the UN— and they are not at all interested in what your father said or did in New York! Your [...]
Cutout mania back again: Whither Yahapalanaya?
Soon after the Presidential election in January, orders went forth from the President’s office to remove posters put out by various politicians praising President Sirisena’s victory. That was probably Yahapalanaya. But last Friday was a different story. Hanging from the lamp posts, roundabouts and other available spaces in Colombo streets were posters hailing President Maithripala [...]
About Western hypocrisy and presidential progeny
Hallelujah! The British government is ready to stand steadfastly by Sri Lanka’s side as Colombo adopts and proceeds with the implementation of the recent Geneva resolution that it acceded to, readily co-sponsoring it. Not to be outdone, the US which has actively pursued the chastisement of Sri Lanka for several years at successive Geneva confabs and [...]
Sugar Daddy US does hatchet job to save Lanka’s sovereign virtue
For the last four years, the month of September has been that time of the year when the Lankan Government has been forced to undertake its diplomatic hajj; to make its annual pilgrimage to the Mecca of the United Nation’s Human Rights headquarters at the Palais des Nations in Geneva and superficially grieve past sins [...]
Containing fiscal deficit critical for economic stability and growth
The most fundamental economic problem that must be resolved is the containment of the fiscal deficit. The increasing public debt, foreign debt and trade deficits are closely connected with, and arise to a large extent from, the continuing fiscal deficit. Bringing down the fiscal deficit to 5 per cent of GDP or below is essential [...]
Sri Lanka’s justice systemhttp://www.sundaytimes.lk/151004/wp-admin/post-new.php
and ‘the total lie’When Dr Kasipillai Manoharan father of Manoharan Ragihar who, with all the trappings of a classic Greek tragedy, was shot along with four other friends at the Trincomalee beach front on 2nd January 2006 says that he has no confidence in domestic legal mechanisms to redress his anguish (The New York Times, [...]