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| Political
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Folly and fallout of Fonseka drama |
The questions the men raised and the answers they received showed it was a delicate operation. Various methods of dealing with their quarry played out. That included how to wrest control of him when seated or when he is standing. |
| 5th
Column |
Losing our way between fact and fiction! |
My dear General,
I didn’t think I would have to write to you again so soon, but I thought I must because these days you are the man who is being talked about the most, even more so than Mahinda maama who won the election against you. |
| The Economic Analysis |
Favourable foreign exchange reserves could impair economy |
The foreign exchange reserves of the country are high. The foreign remittances of Sri Lankan workers from abroad have wiped out the trade deficit to transform the current account in the balance of payments into a surplus in 2009. |
| Lobby |
A tale of crossovers and politics of confrontation |
The Sixth Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka will no doubt be remembered as one of the most tumultuous legislatures that the country has seen in its history of parliamentary democracy. Beginning with the divisive manner in which UNP MP W.J.M. Lokubandara was appointed Speaker in 2004, it has been confrontational politics from day one with hardly any consensus on any major issue. |
| Focus on Rights |
The 'ides' of February 2010 |
| If one may be pardoned for departing from the strict etymological sense of the term, it may well not be the Ides of March but rather the Ides of February 2010 marked of note when public anger at the arrest and initial incommunicado detention of the country's former Army Commander and losing Presidential candidate spills over to the streets of Sri Lanka's capital and towns and seems poised to fashion itself into a political movement that challenges the very heart of the current administration. |
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