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Media rights groups have written to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chandana Wickramaratne raising concerns over “indirect threats” levelled by a Senior Deputy Inspector General (SDIG) against a journalist on Facebook. In a joint letter to the IGP, six media rights groups have drawn his attention towards a series of angry Facebook posts by the [...]
Greener times ahead?
My dear Green Man, I thought I must write to you because you are in the news once again after many months, entering Parliament as the only Green MP. It must have been a surreal experience for you to take oaths as a mere MP, when you have been Prime Minister and Leader of the [...]
Inappropriate economic policies in a weak state of the economy
The country is heading towards a severe economic crisis. External finances are perilously low; foreign debt repayments are large; weak public finances severely limit the capacity of the government to take adequate measures to alleviate the escalating poverty by providing income support and prevent starvation or stimulate economic growth. These fragile financial conditions are compounded [...]
Give heed to the war cries of Sri Lanka’s farmers
As the seething fury of Sri Lanka’s farmers spills over onto village roads and sets the country ablaze with war cries of ‘give us fertilizer to farm our crops, our paddy lands and our vegetable fields,’ the best role that an utterly inept and incompetent Opposition can play is to refrain from polluting this anger [...]
Where have all the patriots gone?
Continuous mismanagement of the economy has made the country vulnerable and over dependent on questionable measures to keep the economy afloat. Large scale printing of money and currency swaps are being resorted to as a means of replenishing the empty coffers of the Treasury. With Sri Lanka’s Fitch Ratings being shown up in a negative [...]
Economy flashes red light: ‘Coming colours, no good’
People may be compelled to brace themselves for a brewing financial storm that may make landfall soon and possibly leave the country’s economy flattened in its relentless trail. On both the domestic and the international front, the rupee has come under siege with no relief in sight. In the domestic sphere, the Government took the [...]
The Chinese are coming or are they
Though I did not hear the deafening sounds of relief, there surely must have been many from different quarters back in our Resplendent Isle. Concerns began to mount as Chinese nationals in seemingly camouflaged military-type fatigues were spotted digging up the ancient Tissa Wewa in Tissamaharama not too far from the Hambantota port. It was [...]
In collective move, SLPP backbenchers invite Basil to enter Parliament
(As the Sunday Times Political Editor is unwell, we publish today a translation of the Thiraya Pitupasa (Behind-the-Scenes) column that appears in the Sunday Lankadeepa today.) As fertiliser crisis deepens, President meets farmers’ representatives and promises relief President says no family feud, Rajapaksa brothers remain united and Basil is coming back with their blessing SJB holds [...]
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