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Countrywide, Police have launched night operations to nab drunken drivers after reports that traffic accidents were on the rise. They take place mostly on Friday evenings, long-weekends and Monday mornings, Motor Traffic Director Indika Hapugoda said yesterday. “We have arrested 45,750 drunk drivers from July 5, 2019 until June 15, 2020,” Senior Superintendent Indika Hapugoda [...]
Match fixing allegations- cricket back in the news
Cricket is back in the news. Barely a few weeks after the dust has settled on the controversy over the attempt to build an international cricket stadium at Homagama comes the allegation that the World Cup Cricket final between Sri Lanka and India in 2011 was ‘fixed’. The allegation is not made by a random [...]
A doosra that has all players confused
My dear Mahindananda, I thought I must write to you because you have captured the headlines these days, beating even the coronavirus, by claiming that our World Cup cricket final in 2011 was ‘sold’ to India. I don’t know whether you realise it, Mahindananda, but it is an explosive allegation to make, nine years later. [...]
Unprecedented world food shortages, hunger, starvation and deaths amidst corona pandemic
The World is facing unprecedented food shortages and a hunger crisis. According to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), more than 260 million people will face starvation and about 18 million people are estimated to die of starvation and illnesses related to food shortages. Most of these deaths would be in Africa and South [...]
The increasing irrelevance of a constitution for Sri Lanka
If President Gotabaya Rajapaksa can be so bold as to set up institutions running parallel to constitutional bodies situated in his Presidential Secretariat, the consequential question arises as to what need is there of a Constitution for Sri Lanka? Duplication of constitutional institutions This query becomes pertinent in regard to the recent appointment of an [...]
President’s tongue lashing leaves Central Bank’s top brass red faced
Face masks, meant as the first shield of defence against any airborne COVID droplets, came to the unexpected aid of Central Bank’s squirming top league of officials to hide their shame behind its veil, when President Gotabaya Rajapaksa delivered a no-holds-barred tongue lashing over their gross failure to come with a solution to kick start [...]
President faces manifold challenges: August 5 polls vital
Forming a stable government after the elections and reviving the economy will get top priority SLPP and main opposition parties begin their campaigns in a small way; pledges to follow health guidelines; manifestoes being prepared Central Bank acts fast after Governor and top officials get a public blast from President Thanks to President Gotabaya [...]
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