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Though they are arch opponents in politics, there is still camaraderie between former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe when it comes to personal relations. That is why Mr. Rajapaksa telephoned Mr. Wickremesinghe last Monday morning, just hours before the four-day long Opposition protest march from Kandy to Colombo entered the city limits. [...]
Colombo Port (Financial) City; Govt. swings into action
All set to sign Tripartite Agreement on August 16 for ambitious new port city PM explains major changes and practical economic benefits to Sri Lanka; Attorney General disputes claim for compensation SLFP ministers who silently agreed to the project under Rajapaksa regime now voice concerns; Ranil angry but President cools situation By Our Political Editor Last [...]
A tired march
My dear Mahinda maama, I thought I must write to you after seeing you in the ‘paada yathra’ last week – although, for you at least, it was more a ‘jeep yathra’ than a ‘paada yathra’. Therefore, I hope you don’t have blisters on your feet- something Maithri was very worried about, given his concern [...]
The balance of payments and fiscal deficits serious economic concerns
Despite some recent improvements in the economy, the twin deficits– balance of payments and fiscal deficits– continue to be serious concerns. The reductions of both these deficits are of paramount importance for the country’s economic stability and growth. The country’s external financial vulnerability arises out of the heavy debt servicing costs of the massive foreign [...]
Correcting Lanka’s ‘injustices by law’
With Sri Lanka’s Right to Information (RTI) law finally certified this week as Act, No 12 of 2016 by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya who remained a rare voice in pursuing what the cynics felt was a fruitless demand for a statutory right to know, a contempt of court law needs to be next on the country’s [...]
Govt. and JO yo-yoing on the Colombo Port City seesaw
No one but a complete numbskull, clueless of the historic rivalry existing between India and China and ignorant of the current power play by both nations in the South Asian region with Lanka at the hub of contention, would have failed to fathom that India was against the Chinese-funded Colombo Port City. Only a nitwit [...]
Shameful politics for the Brits, déjà vu for us
There is an old Sinhala wise saw which, roughly translated, says the departing devil delights in breaking the pots and pans. One is loathe to label David Cameron, who resigned recently as Prime Minister following his defeat at the recent referendum to determine whether or not Britain should remain in the European Union, Satan-lite in [...]