|
Political
Column |
| |
Govt.-JVP
alliance likely again |
| |
By
Our Political Editor |
| |
The
On-Off political alliance between the JVP and
the ruling SLFP is 'On" again with the prospect
of the former joining the Government very likely. |
|
5th
Column |
| |
We
have won the war, but have we won the battle? |
| |
By
Rypvanwinkle |
| |
"Thaaththa,"
Bindu Udagedera asked, "is the war over?"
"Why, Bindu," Bindu's father Percy asked,
"what makes you think it is?"
"Why, thaaththa," Bindu said, "there
are all these celebrations about capturing Sampur…" |
|
Situation
Report |
| |
Not
Available on this week |
| |
By
Iqbal Athas |
| |
Not
Availabale |
|
Thought
from London |
| |
If
you make a mess on your own doorstep clean it |
| |
By
Neville De Silva |
| |
Like the
Bourbons of France, our governments learn nothing
and forget nothing. One thought that the tragic
events of July ’83 would have been a sufficient
reminder of the consequences of overstepping the
bounds of acceptable human behaviour. |
|
Issue
of the week |
| |
Who
is winning the global war on terror? |
| |
By
Ameen Izzadeen |
| |
When world
history is rewritten, even after a thousand years,
the 9/11 attacks, the fifth anniversary of which
falls tomorrow, will be remembered as the event
that changed the face of world politics. It will
be remembered as the one single terrorist attack
that claimed the most number of innocent civilian
lives, but as a spectacular terrorist act that
broke the impregnability of an arrogant superpower.
|
|
The
Economic Analysis |
| |
Control
of inflation and stability of economy |
| |
By
the Economist |
| |
The
relationship between inflation and economic growth
is complex and controversial. The controversy
on the control of inflation that arose at the
recent Central Bank Anniversary Lecture was only
a small reference to a large and complex issue
on which economists have chosen to disagree. |
|
The
Lobby |
| |
Winning
hearts, minds of Tamils a harder battle to win:
Anura |
| |
By
Chandani Kirinde Our Lobby Correspondent |
| |
Wednesday’s
debate on the emergency regulations came hot on
the heels of the security forces victory in liberating
the strategic town of Sampur and the opportunity
was used by many MPs to praise the military for
its courageous actions that helped secure a decisive
win against the LTTE. |
|
Focus
in right |
| |
Why
the State is not the LTTE and vice versa |
| |
By
Kishali Pinto Jayawardena |
| |
In the past,
our governments made particular grave errors in
its handling of human rights abuses, whether it
was pitting itself against the Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) or the Janatha Vimukthi
Peramuna (a foe quite as deadly and almost as
ruthless as the LTTE in its time). |
|
Inside
the glass house |
| |
NAM:
The aligned and the non-aligned |
| |
By
Thalif Deen |
| |
NEW YORK
- When the fifth summit of the Non-Aligned Movement
(NAM) took place in Colombo back in August 1976,
the meeting was billed as the largest single gathering
of over 100 world political leaders ever hosted
by Sri Lanka. |
| |
|
