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My dear Caroline and Pushpika, I thought of writing to both of you because of the singular status you have brough to our little island, popularising its name even in faraway lands. In just a few seconds of interacting with each other, you have achieved a feat that would have otherwise cost millions of inflated [...]
Government group blasts S. B. for his comments in interview
A controversial figure in Sri Lankan politics and one-time Minister S.B. Dissanayake, was literally ‘roasted’ by his parliamentary colleagues at their meeting last Tuesday. In what seemed an orchestrated onslaught, Parliamentarians accused him of violating party discipline and practices, by criticising a minister in an outside forum. Mr Dissanayake once brokered a deal between then [...]
Opportunities and threats of global economic recovery
The gradual recovery of the global economy brings with it benefits, disadvantages, opportunities and challenges. It provides Sri Lanka’s export-import economy with both opportunities for export growth and also brings with it external shocks and disadvantages as prices of essential imports are likely to increase. On balance However, on balance, the global economic recovery confers [...]
Soon, the whole of Sri Lanka will cry out, ‘we can’t breathe’
When the head of Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church asks in entirely inappropriate language as to whether Maithripala Sirisena, a former President of Sri Lanka is ‘wearing clothes’ when making statements regarding his responsibility as Head of State when Islamist jihadists struck on Easter Sunday in 2019, the good Cardinal must be apprised of several home [...]
An ousting, a challenge for duel and other boisterous scenes rock the House
Heated verbal exchanges, protests, insults and an open challenge to a fight outside the Chamber marked yet another tumultuous week for the country’s Ninth Parliament. The reason for the mayhem stemmed from the announcement made by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Wednesday that the Secretary General of Parliament had written to the Election Commission (EC) [...]
Don’t cry Mrs. Lanka, the crown’s all yours…for now
Technically, Pushpika de Silva, the woman at the centre of last Sunday’s Mrs. Lanka hullabaloo, is correct in maintaining that she is a married woman as no competent court has yet put asunder what her marital vows had once enjoined. The filing of divorce papers in court does not change one’s marital status, though it [...]
Why hide the qualifications
Now that is a new one on me. Not just me surely. It is on the entire population of the Resplendent Isle also known as “a country like no other” and many other glorifying sobriquets that advertising blurb writers can come up with. But it probably hurts the voting public most, those people who are [...]
National New Year dawns as Govt. plunges from crisis to crisis
Essential commodity prices skyrocket; sweetmeats tradition contaminated by import of cancer-causing coconut oil Rupee crashes to lowest value, adding to economic woes and further increasing the cost of living With little evidence, Public Security Minister Weeraskera identifies Naufer as mastermind of Easter attacks; but questions over whether it is linked to Cardinal’s deadline PC polls unlikely this [...]
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