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Last Sunday the Political Editor of this newspaper exposed some shady dealings at SriLankan Airlines which Minister Kabir Hashim had brought to light at a recent cabinet meeting. The Sunday Times said that what appeared to be closely guarded deals which had shocked many of the ministers including earlier Minister Kabir Hashim, the minister under [...]
SriLankan bosses and pilots on collision course again
The row between SriLankan Airlines’ management and its Pilots Guild continues. SriLankan Chairman Ajith Dias has told the Guild that its members will face “disciplinary” action if they resorted to “any form of industrial action.” He claimed that a Collective Agreement between the management and the Guild signed on September 12 2014 forbade such activity. [...]
UNP, SLFP at cross purposes on key issues
Rajitha says new Constitution and referendum, but senior SLFP leaders say no new constitution and referendum Cabinet reviews Arjuna’s proposals to link world cup winning cricketers with apartment project; Ranawaka says he was misled By Our Political Editor Government leaders, it appears, are taking turns to contradict each other’s statements on matters of official policy. [...]
Ban, ban, big ban!
My dear Omalpe Sobhitha hamuduruwane, I thought I must write to you when I heard that you wanted big matches banned because they promoted alcohol consumption and led to unruly behaviour and disruption of traffic. You were even planning to go to courts, planning to get an order from them, so that all big matches [...]
Remove obstacles to agricultural exports
Excessive checks, delays and unwanted procedures serious drawback to export growth West Asia is a potentially large market for our agri-products, but Lanka losing competitiveness The sluggish export performance of recent years has been one of the main reasons for the country’s balance of payments difficulties, economic instability and slow economic growth. The country is [...]
The ‘scarlet pimpernel’ garb of Sri Lanka’s elusive witness protection authority
Akin to the fabled (and damned) Scarlet Pimpernel of Baroness Orczy fame, one is constrained to search high and low for Sri Lanka’s elusive Witness Protection Authority. In fact, advocates in this country may be forgiven for indulging in the ditty ‘we seek (it) here, we seek (it) there, is (it) in heaven or is [...]
Hollywood’s Oscar bungle and La La Lanka’s gazette blunder
Accidents happen in the best of families. So do mistakes. In the case of the world’s film capital, Hollywood, it tripped on its own red carpet which it had rolled out to greet the night of a thousand stars last Sunday but, amid many a blush, still managed to call for a retake, identified the [...]