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If the croaking of frogs signal imminent rain in the offing, then the occasional rumble of CEB officials followed by attending claps of thunder boomed as warnings by their heavily tutored and house trained minister portend the call for the indispensable need for another coal plant or two to avert power cuts and prevent the [...]
Ranjan tapes: Officials not talking to journalists for fear of recording
The Ranjan Ramanayake tapes saga continues to be the hot topic on people’s lips, no matter what other issues exist in the country. The scandal is such that even those who have no connection to it cannot escape its overarching influence. Journalists themselves are starting to find this out the hard way when they try [...]
It’s time to let go and look back
My dear Ranil, I thought I should write to you as you fight to cling on to your political life, hoping to be the leader of the Green party for as long as you live. For years, I wrote to you as the ‘Green Man’. It is now time to change that because, if you [...]
Killing the world with their song
While fires in Australia continued to destroy thousands of hectares of forest and kill millions of animals trapped inside and out, in snow- covered Davos Donald Trump and his naysayers sang the same old song. To them climate change and the impending dangers to the planet from man-made activities were hyperbolic nonsense propagated by sections [...]
The ‘Ranjangate’ game of smoke and mirrors
Notwithstanding understandable wrath that Sri Lankans may feel over political betrayals of the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe coalition during 2015-2019, the way forward does not lie in giving sweeping majorities to any political force in the upcoming General Elections. A despicable political culture True, the scorching fury of ‘good governance’ being replaced by ‘no-governance’ to the extent that [...]
New move to resolve UNP crisis: Ranil as leader but Sajith to lead alliance at polls
Crucial meeting tomorrow; Wickremesinghe not going anywhere yet; and Premadasa does not want to quit party Concern over AG’s arrest order; police committee to review it while President Rajapaksa advises caution President also clarifies issues relating to missing persons, claims misquotation of talks with UN envoy On the verge of a split down the middle, [...]
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