|
Political
Column |
| |
JVP holds the key on Budget |
| |
By Our Political Editor |
| |
 It was the crack of dawn on Wednesday when video crews, photographers, reporters and foreign correspondents gathered at the Information Department at Narahenpita. After short-eats and tea, some two hours later, they boarded a bus to cover an event some three and half-hours away. |
|
5th
Column |
| |
Promises keep us going! So please don't break our.... |
| |
By Rypvanwinkle |
| |
"Thaaththa," Bindu Udagedera asked, "What do you think of the budget?" |
|
Situation
Report |
| |
Muhamalai : The attack
and the withdrawal |
| |
By Iqbal Athas |
| |
 One of the vagaries of war in any part of the world is how successes and failures follow each other. However, in Sri Lanka this axiom assumes greater significance.
It speaks of how the undeclared Eelam War IV is intensifying to higher levels. That is notwithstanding the three mechanisms put in place to prevent such escalation. |
|
The
Economic Analysis |
| |
Budget 2008: Will expectations be realized? |
| |
By the Economist |
| |
 The Budget could be viewed in many different ways. The common perspective is one of self interest. How does the Budget benefit me or my business? Will the cost of living rise? Are the tax rates less burdensome? What are the concessions that would help me? The standard question, “What are the benefits from the budget for me this year?” looks at the Budget from a narrow personal perspective and in terms of short term benefits of a year. |
|
Thoughts
from London |
| |
More egg on our diplomatic face |
| |
By Neville de Silva |
| |
 The panjandrums that run the foreign ministry who believe they are god's gift to diplomacy don't seem to learn elementary lessons.
Three weeks ago when I wrote that despite all the vainglorious talk about rallying the international community against terrorism, the leading lights of the ministry had failed to utilise the one body in the 53-nation Commonwealth dedicated to tackling terrorism internationally....
|
|
Issue
of the week |
| |
Not issued with this week issue |
| |
By Ameen Izzadeen |
| |
|
|
Focus
on Rights |
| |
Institution of the judiciary and the government |
| |
By Kishali Pinto
Jayawardena |
| |
In an era where repeated interventions of the judiciary into matters of policy have become common in Sri Lanka, it is safe to reiterate some hard truths.
First, the traditional (and convenient) view that judges simply go where the law directs them has now long been discredited. From the eighties onwards, we had Sri Lanka's Supreme Court intervening in an extremely forceful manner into questions of rights and using the law creatively for that purpose. |
|
Lobby |
| |
No moving left or right but forward |
| |
By Chandani Kirinde, Our
Lobby Correspondent |
| |
 At the auspicious time of 9.47 am, President Mahinda Rajapaksa enters with a file in hand , walks down the alley to his seat. A loud cry of “Jaya Sri” erupts from a back bench followed by similar cries from a few others in the government side. There is also some thumping on the tables...... |
|
Inside
the glass house |
| |
Bush, war on terror and a dilemma called Pakistan |
| |
By Thalif Deen at the united nations |
| |
 The Bush administration is facing one of its major foreign policy challenges in Pakistan where the continuing civil unrest is threatening to destabilise a country described as one of America's most trusted allies in the war on terrorism.
Perhaps the only country in the world with both nuclear weapons.... |
|
Telescope |
| |
A killing clouded by petty politics |
| |
By J.S. Tissainayagam |
| |
 The assassination of the LTTE's political wing leader, S. P. Thamilselvan, led to an outpouring of sentiment ranging from unbridled triumph to outrage. The wise, such as the international community, maintained a stoic silence, which was perhaps more revealing than all the cacophony. |
| |
|
